Team. Workers dropped protest petitions in front of gm Paul Wiedefeld as they turned their backs and said the words who moves this city . We move this city and once they were outside you saw that human chain surrounding headquarters. All week long we have been talking about this, management bracing for a possible sickout happening today because they did receive an unusually high number of absence requests from bus and rail staff, nearly 500 applied for that absence request and they have denied all of them. So, its a bit of await and see this morning. The union tells matt ackland yesterday, our matt ackland that they do not plan to be out sick today. Metro says but just in case, they have planned accordingly. They have asked their supervisors to step in if there are any problems. So, again, await and see game this morning. Thats the very latest here from metro center northwest, annie yu fox5 local news. Annie thank you. Today marks day 99 of President Trumps time in office. Its also sup
I appreciate that. I hope you had a i hope you had a happy day yesterday. Did you remember to like all the pictures of your friends moms on facebook . [ laughter ] i have to say im very proud of myself. I made sure my wife had a great mothers day. I got up early. I got up at 7 00. I quietly i slipped out of bed. I left the house, didnt come back until nighttime. [ laughter ] that way she could have the whole day with the kids, just her and a 2yearold and an infant. And you know whats weird, she didnt even thank me. [ laughter ] President Trump had a message for the moms of the world yesterday. He wrote, wishing flotus, melania and all the great mothers out there a happy day with family and friends. Then he went to play golf by himself. [ laughter ] im pretty sure going to play golf alone on mothers day while your wife takes care of the kid is grounds tore divorce, isnt it . [ laughter ] not only was it mothers day, also this weekend we had the mother of all cyberattacks. The bigger cyb
I appreciate that. I hope you had a i hope you had a happy day yesterday. Did you remember to like all the pictures of your friends moms on facebook . [ laughter ] i have to say im very proud of myself. I made sure my wife had a great mothers day. I got up early. I got up at 7 00. I quietly i slipped out of bed. I left the house, didnt come back until nighttime. [ laughter ] that way she could have the whole day with the kids, just her and a 2yearold and an infant. And you know whats weird, she didnt even thank me. [ laughter ] President Trump had a message for the moms of the world yesterday. He wrote, wishing flotus, melania and all the great mothers out there a happy day with family and friends. Then he went to play golf by himself. [ laughter ] im pretty sure going to play golf alone on mothers day while your wife takes care of the kid is grounds tore divorce, isnt it . [ laughter ] not only was it mothers day, also this weekend we had the mother the bigger cyberattack in history,
Fourth of july weekend. Scenes like these are only heightening those fears as many beaches, pools and parks across the u. S. Were open and packed with people. Right now, this is what the trend looks like compared to one week ago. Just three states are seeing a decline while 34 states are seeing cases go up. California the state set a new record for the most cases reported in a single day. With more than 11,000. Thats according to Johns Hopkins university. Only florida and new york have seen single day case totals above 10,000. And the news out of florida at this hour is not good. It now has more than 200,000 confirmed infections. One possible factor . A cnn investigation finds florida authorities often failed to do Contact Tracing seen as a key tool to slowing the spread. The mayor of miami beach says President Trump needs to set a better example. Were telling people to socially distance from people they love. To make sacrifices for others. Then i saw the president where none of those
To finish above 1700 for the first time in history. It is now up nearly 20 percent yeartodate. The records did not stop there. The russell 2008 its 4 record high of the year. The smallcap index up nearly 25 so far this year. The nasdaq up nearly 50 points in a 52week high. The wilshire 5,000 measuring the days paper gains of 2,705,000,000,000 on the year. Good ns on main street as well as wall street. The number of americans applying for unemployment topped 326,000 last week. That is the lowest level in nearly six years. Manufacturing growth accelered in july as well new orders surging in the Auto Industry continuing its strong comeback. Sales posting the best july performance since 2006. Chrysler, ford, gm of reporting doubledigitains. The economy, markets and ignoring the theater of the absurd today at our nations capital. The markets and t economy improved, the Obama White House struggles to maintain order domestically and yes, even abroad. Russia today allowed americas most wanted