Im eric thomas. Im dion lim. Now to the coronavirus pandemic and how it could lead to a legal battle for one bay area county. It was a fierce barrage of tweets by Tesla Ceo Elon musk. He says hes suing Alameda County over the shelter in place order that doesnt allow tesla to resume manufacturing operations and he may not stop there. Reporter Cornell Barnard is live in fremont with the story. Cornell . Reporter yes, eric and dion, things are moving very fast this afternoon. Abc 7 news learned that elon musk indeed filed an injunction against Alameda County to allow this plant to reopen. Musk is also threatening to relocate the entire operation to another state. The last thing i want to see them do is leave. Alameda county supervisor Scott Haggerty doing damage control following a firestorm of tweets from elon musk. Clearly, unhappy about not being able to resume manufacturing operations at his plant in fremont. Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately. The unelected
Is appointing mike pence to lead to effort. Todays announcement comes after the World Health Organization comes after the announcement of more new cases outside of china than inside the country where the virus first started to spread. Chinese officials reported 412 new infections with 459 cases in the rest of the way including norway, pakistan and brazil. The total number globally has now reached 81,000 with more than 2,900 deaths. None so far in the u. S. Where 57 people are infected. Most are repatriated fraengs a cruise ship in japan. The question now is, is there anything had to do now . We went to the experts for advice. Reporter the coronavirus has infected people in 42 countries including the u. S. There is no treatment or vaccine. The citizens of San Francisco, theyll have to prepare as well. And a big part of it is understanding how to prevent the transmission of viruses between people. He is a San Francisco Public Health officer and epidemioligist. He said people can prepare
Would see their parents again are relieved. We have details. Sergio . Reporter their sons tell us their parents have pretty interesting survival skills and also tell us the last eight days has been an emotional roller coaster ride for the entire family. A speck tack kwtacular end to a emotional eight days, two plucked out by a helicopter. Their sons, john and jonas cl this the best possible outcome. They are probably dehydrated and a little hypothermia, but for the most part they are in reasonably good health. 77 years old, and she just kept going. They both just kept on. Their parents have decent survival skills, and they ate ferns and tkrapb tprdrank from n the woods, and the pair got lost after watching the valentines day sunset together. They started yelling help, and we looked at each other and said, thats them. Their family had been expecting sad news after the first several days of searching, authorities notified them they were switching the search from a rescue to a recovery ef
50s and 60s at 7 00. Heres jobina with the morning commute. In everyone. Heads up for anyone traveling on the san mateo bridge. Im following a multi car crash on westbound 92 before foster city mrvboulevard. Two lanes are blocked. Eastbound side, theres some debris in the roadway. Looks like a few cars got some flat tires. Mass transit, everything is on time. Ferries, b. A. R. T. And ace 1. Cash lanes at the bay bridge toll plaza, theyre stacking up. Everything else moving smoothly on the bridge. A final look at the san mateo bridge, things are clear as well. State of emergency. San franciscos mayor steps up the citys response to coronavirus. Julian glover is live at city hall with what the declaration means for us. Good morning to you both. You heard it before, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Thats why San Francisco is trying to get ahead of a coronavirus outbreak by declaring a state of emergency even though theres no confirmed cases so far in the state of San Franci
Are all talk, no action. The usa is in great shape. The president went on to say he will talk more about the coronavirus at the white house later on today, at 6 00 p. M. Eastern time, 3 00 p. M. Our time. He says representatives from the cdc and others will be there. Well have updates on this story throughout the day on abc7news. Com. State of emergency. San franciscos mayor steps up the citys response to coronavirus. The move comes as concern of an outbreak in the u. S. Grows. Julian glover is live at city hall with what the declaration means for us. Good morning. You heard it before, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Thats why San Francisco is trying to get ahead of a potential outbreak of the virus declaring the state of emergency officially yesterday. So what does it mean and why are we doing it . Mayor london breed says the Emergency Declaration will free up local and federal money to prepare San Francisco communities for a potential outbreak. This allows for better