Discover. The power of community. It is friday morning july 24. I know you cant quite visit yet but we will celebrate because when the gates open, let the fun begin as we give you a live picture. I cant tell you how many times in high school i would be. With that, welcome to the nine. I am going to give you my 2 cents off the bat. There is Southern California and Northern California. My take is the beaches down south, theyre beautiful, pretty, nice, white beaches. Everyone goes on sunny days. Up here we dont get those sunny days. Maybe we dont have the same sand but i will say this, when it comes to overcast skies i think more people around the bay area go to those beaches. When i bring my children, those are some of the greatest days. A lot of people in the bay area enjoy our coast around here because we dont get that sunshine like l. A. But that does not mean that we dont enjoy our coast. One of my most favorite days was when we went to the lighthouse several years ago. We walked all
California had one of its deadliest days yet. Yesterday there were 68 new deaths confirmed in the state bringing the total to 453. According to Johns Hopkins university, there are now 17,803 coronavirus cases statewide. More than 2700 people are hospitalized. Governor newsom says there are 1154 people in intensive care units. That is a 4 increase from yesterday. Governor newsom says california has secured and distributed 41 1 2 million n95 masks. The state is also going to use over 1 billion in Disaster Response money to buy personal protection equipment. That would allow us to invest over d can secure the anxiety that many of us have. Those ppes will not only be for medical workers but also for Grocery Store workers, dmv employees and Homeless Outreach personnel. At the white house today Officials Say the nationwide stayathome effort is in fact paying off. Officials were asked about the latest projections on the coronavirus death rate here in the u. S. A widelyward from about 82,000 d
The students. Christian yes heather, alex districts around the bay area really around the state are working on their distancelearning plants. Now that it is becoming abundantly clear though students might not be back in their classrooms before the end of the school year the bay area going growing increasingly accustomed to seeing empty School Buildings and empty schoolyard. Now the governor acknowledging it is increasingly unlikely that students will return to the classroom this year practical we should be clear that the right thing to do for our children, the right thing to do for the parents, for households, for the communities in which they reside is to make sure that we are preparing today to set our School System up where we are increasing class time but increasing it at home and fulfilling our obligation through Distance Learning the governor and ask google is stepping up providing thousands of computers and Internet Access points to facilitate Distance Learning for all students.
The centers for Disease Control 7,038 casest least 97 people have died. The virus has been detected in all 50 states, as well as the district of columbia. Puerto rico, guam, and the virgin islands. New york, Washington State and california have the most cases at 2,6930. The Trump Administration invoked Emergency Powers while lawmakers consider several measures to help workers. Were going to defeat the invisible enemy. I think were gonna do it even faster than we thought. Reporter President Trump along with his Coronavirus Task force announcing new steps the federal government is taking. Well be invoking the defense reduction act. Just in case we need it. Reporter the defense production act am boost production ofcal medical supplies hospitals need. Like n95 facemasks, hand sanitizers and ventilators. The availability and speed of testing is starting to ramp up, which will likely mean somewhere around the number of confirmed coronavirus cases. We will see the number of people diagnosed d
This is not the way we approach a pandemic. You need to make plans. You need to have coordination in place, and you have to Fund Agencies over a period of years. Reporter but his allies say now is not the time to play partisan politics. Thats not how we connect business. Thats not how we solve problems. And lauren also tell us some lawmakers are asking for stand alone hearings on the coronavirus. They say it will help make sure there are enough resources, understanding, and oversite of the situation. There were more losses on wall street today, though not as steep as the sell off we saw yesterday and monday. Traders are still worried about the impact on the world economy, the dow was down 123, the nasdaq was up 15, and the s p was down 11. The cdc is concerned about the potential spread of the virus within communities. As tom vacar shows us, one of the main areas of worry is public transportation. Many experts, most notably, the u. S. Centers for Disease Control say the spread of the c