Cleveland police have made a major drug bust on the citys east side. Welcome to fox 8 news at 6 00, im jennifer jordan. Bill sheil has the night off. Lets get right to fox 8 Allison Brown who is live along st. Clair avenue where officers have been on the scene all day. Allison, what do we know at this hour . Ay jennifer, this happened early this morning in this big lot behind the warehouse. Its in the 17,000 block of st. Clair. Dozens of kilos of cocaine were seized according to officialszen a large truck behind this building. The fox 8 i team found out the Cleveland Fire Department was called out this morning to break a container that was believed oo be the letting illegal narcotics. This is son pair shea property. He said hes received a call early a about the bust this morningt and its an Industrial Complex were trucks come and go however, all vehicles are legitimate and there is a paper trail, according to this owner. Craig christ says the box trailer in question was not here last n
Novel coronavirus or covid19 hour by hour as we work to help americans understand the facts about the outbreak, the scope and the risks. At this moment at least 849 cases have been confirmed in 36 states and the district of columbia. At least 27 people have died in the United States, most of them in Washington State. As the illness spreads, live in this nation is changing in multiple ways. More universities across the country including american university, harvard, ohio state, are canceling classes and moving to online instruction. Several airlines have announced deep cuts in domestic and International Flights as people are discouraged from traveling. First lets start with erica hill in new york. Erica . Jake, good afternoon. As you mentioned, these numbers jumping. It seems almost as quickly as we report them, the numbers change as more states report back. We are now at 27 deaths, as you mentioned. One man in new jersey is the first death in that state, a 69yearold man who didnt have
Experts suggest vaping might be a factor. You can get it. The numbers show you can get it if youre a young person. Reporter there is yet more conflicting messaging from the administration. Here is the Surgeon General on the today show. He strongly supports social distancing. I want america to understand, this week its going to get bad. It means Everybody Needs to be taking the right steps right now, that means stay at home. Reporter but just last night the president on twitter suggesting strict rules on staying inside might be relaxed just a week from now. The restaurant and Food Industry alone estimates 7 million could lose their jobs. Jay bokan already has. People are not going to be able to support their families. Reporter and stayathome orders still spreading. Ohio, louisiana, connecticut, indiana, west virginia, and michigan among the recent additions. Not everyone, apparently, taking social distancing seriously enough. We cant have the kind of social distancing that parts of ital
One vaccine maker. And this news is helping to drive up stocks. The dow closing up about 900 points just moments ago. Well have much more on the economy in a few minutes. First, cnns nick watt is going to bring you the latest on that search for a vaccine. Reporter in the worldwide scramble for a vaccine, good news. This is really a very first important step in the Journey Towards having a vaccine. Reporter all eight subjects in a phase i trial developed effective covid19 antibodies. Next return phase ii, with maybe 600 subjects. If they can enter into phase iii by july, again, the goal of being able to get to a vaccine by early next year, i think becomes more realistic. Reporter so today, massachusetts became the 50th and final state to lay out its plan to reopen. Construction and manufacturing are back. May 25, a Retail Establishment may also offer Curbside Service and some personal services such as barbershops and hair salons may reopen. Reporter in roughly a third of states, the cas
Fortunate enough to remain untouched by this virus because the devastation is happening all over the country and behind closed doors. We dont see images of the devastation because of Health Privacy issues. Funerals are kept very small. And we should note these are confirmed coronavirus deaths. The actual death toll, we are told by officials, is assuredly higher than 100,000. President trump framed the 100,000th death, apparently a pending milestone, around the projection of 1. 5 to 2 Million Deaths if the u. S. Had done nothing. And that is a way to look at it. There is another way to look at it, and that is if the president and governors had acted even just one week sooner, tens of thousands of lives in the u. S. Could have been saved according to a study from columbia university. And we still do not have the kind of widespread surveillance testing and Contact Tracing programs that Health Experts say we need nationally, the kind that the white house has to keep its officials safe. But