Coming up. The future of the Supreme Court hangs in the balance the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg sparking political debate plus her friendship with Antonin Scalia coming up and Kayleigh Mcenany is here and eugene will join me at 8 a. M. Eastern. Mornings with maria is live right now this monday morning. Global markets this morning under selling pressure underway this morning, the down 207 points and cac down 153 and dax in germany down 400 points. 402 loir concerns of growing about u. K. Economy and it is going to go into a second lockdown over the coronavirus cases as they rise. People in the u. K. Who violate selfisolation rules face fines now of up to 13,000. In asia overnight decline acrossed board there as we also on heels of three straight weeks of decline in the u. S. , as you can see japan is closed for a holiday, but the worst performer in hong kong hang seng index down beaters than 2 . Hang seng down 2. As hsb shares slide to a 25year low. Weve got the news on bank th
Phase two of reopening starts in several bay area counties come tomorrow. Aisle he explain what that means. Another round of showers heading our way. Ill let you know how long it is expected to last. American idol contestant has an entire neighborhood hyped up. This is only the beginning. Abc 7 news starts right now. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Your health, childrens education and the changing workplace. As well as your money. All issues were focusing on in our effort to build a better bay area. Tonight, the economy. Looser restrictions go into place tomorrow in marin, San Francisco, and san mateo counties for some businesses, and those counties in green, much of the north bay, is already in phase two. While almeda and Contra Costa Countys say they will begin to move on to the next phase very soon. Santa clara county has no date set to begin phase two. We begin our coverage with abc 7 News Reporter jr stone who went to marin county. Were going to do everything we possibly can to make
The teachers here at least, theyre dependent on how large their classes are. And they cant survive with a class that is 20 of what it used to be. On lakeshore avenue, even the most successful business, a restaurant with two Celebrity Chefs is trying to envision a future. I dont think anybody had pandemic in their business plan. Tim nugent, the owner of shakewell has had to reinvent his business from fine dining to takeout, and with that lay off 70 of his staff. Rather than thrive, the goal now is survival. I think if you stop, if youve already got boards up, you die, you dont stay alive. So people remember me, were still here. So when that day comes, were still alive. Were not forgotten. Back here at namaste, owner kimberly leo takes small solace in knowing she is not alone. I wish i could hug you. That doesnt make the goodbyes any easier. In oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. And employment rates are plummeting across california. A 42 decline in new jobs this april was reported compar
Inquiry and the headlines. Impeachmentry probe reaches into white house with new subpoenas. The House Democrats of the committees in charge of the impeachment inquiry are asking the white house for documents related to ukraine and the phone call between President Trump and ukrainian leader. U. S. News world report House Democrats are requesting ukraine documents from Vice President pence, as well. Other headlines this morning from Business Insider, a Second Intelligence official is considering filing with the whistleblower complaint about President Trump and the ukraine leader. And in the Washington Examiner, secretary of state mike pompeo missed yesterdays deadline to provide ukraine documents to the house committee. Your thoughts this morning on whether President Trump has committed an Impeachable Offense. Yes or no . Lets begin with what the president told reporters on thursday before departing on thursday. He is asked specifically, sir, what did you want out of that phone call . [v
regard, it s good news. but we need to put it in that context. 0bviously, china is facing a slowdown. what do you expect the government to do to try to boost the economy going forward? boost the economy going forward? ~ . ., forward? well, li keqiang made it very clear forward? well, li keqiang made it very clear that forward? well, li keqiang made it very clear that the forward? well, li keqiang made it very clear that the 5.2% - it very clear that the 5.2% growth was basically not by stimulus. as he said, china s good immune system. it is very clear that to reach anything similar, which i think is what the government is going to announce in the two sessions in march, they will need some stimulus. and we are already seeing additional issues for local governments and expectations of a cut in the ratio and monetary policy and stimulus, etc. some stimulus will come, but it will be limited. just to barely make it to 5% and possibly maybe even slightly below 5% next year. t