Delay. San Jose Police Department has a new command center for the response to covid19. It tracks which officers tested positive, which are symptomatic and when they will get back to work. Today, we got the an exclusive look inside. Nbc bay area Damian Trujillo is live with more. Damian . Reporter well, police shared their video with us. The covid detail here in the police department. Its tracking all the local cases and making sure officers are mentally and physically prepared to protect themselves. Its a virtual war room in police headquarters. I am currently assigned to the command center for the response to the covid 1. Reporter now, he e spends his days here, logging, tracking and assisting officers who are right now, 6 30, now either showing symptoms or who guidance from the white house have tested positive for has Top Health Officials offer a covid19. We talk about what occurred over the night. Over the weekend. We brief everybody so we are all prediction on the toll the pandem
Thats where were at. The Senate Overwhelmingly passed a 2 trillion stimulus package hoping to ease the burden on families during this pandemic. Im proud to announce not a single senator voted against this 2 trillion rescue bill. A worst jobless numbers of all time. The u. S. Unemployment claims soared to 3. 3 million. A Health Pandemic has become a financial pandemic. There are now more than 60,000 cases in the united states. New york accounts for more than half of those cases. You wouldnt even think about putting the damper on whats going on in new york. That would be outlandish as its going up. No doubt. The family of former fbi agent Robert Levenson believes he died while in iranian custody. Even the easter bunny needs protection. Bakers are adding protective face masks to the easter treats. All that oh, my god. Oh, my god. A reporter bails after a Close Encounter with some bison. I aint messing with you. Oh, no. Oh, no. And all that matters. The nba with mike breen doing a psa abou
Its total case count is now at 135. [ closing bell ] the possibility of a deal on a stimulus package prompted a massive rally on wall street today with the dow jones recording its largest ever point gain. A look at the numbers. Te dow squlujumped more than 21 partial Government Shutdown clintons at 20,704. The s p 500 soared more than 200 points today and the nasdaq gained 557 points. Thousands of people in the bay area are out of work as a result of the covid19 pandemic, and not surprisingly, the California Employment Development Department Says its seen a spike in unemployment claims this month. As the department attempts to keep up, some requirements have been waived to help those who need it most. There is also the possibility of benefits for independent contractors who normally wouldnt qualify. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow has the story new at 6 00. Reporter san jose mom tamara cor corbeli is spending more time with her daughter since the covid19. She is a catering director
Propalestinian protest on campus, quote, escalated, Law Enforcement officers moved on to the irvine campus this afternoon. Youre looking at live pictures now from the scene. Officials say demonstrators have blocked the entrance to the physical sciences building. According to our sister station in la, Law Enforcement has declared an unlawful assembly. You can see all the police there. They are forming a line a thick line to hold the protesters back. And we have seen a few people being detained. Also. We have seen the protesters shouting at the officers. But again, youre looking at live pictures right now of essentially a face off between protesters at uc irvine and Law Enforcement. Were going to continue to watch this developing situation when we get any new details, we will bring them to you and back here in the bay area, student protesters at San Francisco State University say they have reached an agreement with the schools president on the issue of gaza. They started camping out on c
over in the nation s capital, president trump became the first sitting president to address the annual march for life rally. unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the white house. and as the bible tells us, each person is wonderfully made. this comes as a trump administration moves to challenge california over a requirement that forces insurance plans to cover abortions. we just don t blee that abortion is health care in any way, shape or form. if california does not end that requirement, the administration says it will cut off federal dollars. planned parenthood of california is calling the warning shot from the white house a tactic. we re defending the right of everyone to have full coverage for every health services they may ever need, including abortion. governor gavin newsom send out this tweet saying in part, trump is threatening to take away health care funding for 10 million people. yet, you call yourself pro life at real donald trump. yo