And a senseless tragedy. A sixyearold and his mother shot while inside their suv. His violence on the rise in wilmington . Now fox 29 news at ten. We begin tonight with that developing story out of delaware. A mother and her child shot in wilmington much police say they were not the intended targets. Thanks for joining us. Im iain page. Im dawn timmeney. Lucy off. They were not the targets a but a child is fighting for his life nonetheless. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson has been in wilmington ton all night and joins us live outside Police Headquarters with the latest. Shawnette. Reporter this is really shaken this neighborhood. I talked to man who didnt want to go on camera but he said no one should see what he saw when he came outside and saw this little boy in the street. Tonight we are waiting to hear if that child is going to make it and, of course, who did this. I heard them, yeah. Because it was loud. It was down there. Reporter gunshots frightened this woman she sat in in front of he
Reporter all sunshine we will see plan and some upper 70s ladies with mostly sunny skies. Michelle dont belong to cause these temperatures will continue to meander in the upper 50s this afternoon and will be dealing with clause across the coast for much of the day the rest of the day clouds and temperatures in the mid60s later on today and continues on a lot and you drive home after picking up some different airport will close out their flights laid on average 55 minutes keep that in my contact local airline if you have any issues. The 50s out there with isolated forties 48 daily city. 49 it warm from here and how much warmer we will get coming up with some checker and 74 cassettes of 15. George weve been watching this incident the bay bridge toll plaza a motorcycle accident and the motorcyclists here injured in this crash as you can see theyre doing a pretty good job here of clearing out lines and u. S. And fire trucks on the scene the touch up chp so pollo now as predicted that this
Yesterday. 149 americans have died. This chart on your screen shows how the number of cases has steadily risen since last week as testing has ex pachbded. Developing overnight, new data showing people of all ages can get seriously ill from this virus, not just the elderly. The cdc reports that nearly 40 of the patients in the u. S. Who were sick enough to be hospitalized were between the ages of 20 and 54. The head of the Coronavirus Virus Task force is pleading for the young people to take this seriously. We spent a lot of time on this. It really needs to sink in. Were hearing new pleas from Health Care Workers about a shortage of protective gear. Officials in wes Chester County new york releasing a bulletin saying for all registered nurses, including retired nurses to volunteer services. The president signed one emergency funding measure overnight and is discussing details of the 1 trillion economic package that could be finalized early next week. Two members of congress have now tes
Months, now six months worth of supplies in less than a week and we are scrambling. Were scrambling. Even to the point where these are n95 masks. Weve got three days of supply of n95 masks on hand. In order to preserve these and get them to last longer, we have a team of people sewing masks together. In some cases its the appropriate swab. Were in the situation now where we dont have the reagents to do the extraction from the samples so that we can run the tests. There wont be enough resources especially in rural areas if the outbreak rose. That includes hospital beds, medical staff or equipment like ventilators. Two automakers could play a role. Gm and ford are examining whether they can manufacture ventilators at their facilities. The white house is pleading with young people to practice social distancing. Scenes like this one on florida beaches show basic safety and Health Recommendations are being ignored. New Research Shows young people are not as immune as once thought. There are
Providing emergency relief for families. A trillion dollar stimulus plan is next. Will it be enough for Small Businesses struggling to survive . We have reports this morning from shanghai, london, berlin and madrid. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is early start. Im christine romans. Im laura jarrett. You feel so far away from me but were doing it for a good reason. Invisible enemy posing a very clear threat this morning. Front line medical workers across the country now reporting a dire shortage of materials to conduct tests for coronavirus. With the virus spreading more rapidly by the day, experts say the u. S. Health care system will be overwhelmed. Consider this warning from president obamas ebola czar. We have hospitals that are going to start to break this weekend, not weeks from now, not months from now, in the next few days. The case count in the u. S. Approaching 8900. 149 people have died. Both of those numbers essentially doubling i