More now from washington. President trump says the coronavirus pandemic is worse than sitting target american tragedy like this is worse than pearl harbor, this is worse than the world trade center. Theres never been attacked like this. And it should have never had. He also reversed his decision to dissolve the White House Coronavirus task force adding the doctor Anthony Fauci and doctor deborah birx will remain part of the group very happy with doctor fauci and. Well be doing the same and a denver will be doing the same. But a pivotal new priorities is expected including Vaccine Development in treatment and reopening the u. S. Economy. More than 40 states will have loosened restrictions by the end of this week, even though experts told a house panel wednesday its too soon. Its clear to me that we are in a critical moment of this fight we risk complacency in accepting the preventable deaths of 2000 americans each day hot spots continue to emerge and flair. Kansas Health Officials say t
For reopening that means we could see some businesses open tomorrow is your city ready. It depends were going go out live kron fours will tran to explain good morning. Well. Good morning james absolutely it depends and ultimately be up to the citys to. Decide if they want to roll on with governor newsoms face to plan which he will unveil in a couple of hours from now and once again we will carry his News Conference live for you he talked about it actually. Last friday that we are not weeks but days from starting to loosen up a little bit of the shelter in place and that is great news for many stories like that one right behind me Clothing Stores that have been shut down for 7 weeks or desperately looking for business again. Good news, bad news, even though you might be reopened it will not be the same as it was before the pandemic before the shelter in place because even though the governor plans to loosen up a little bit of a stranglehold a shelterinplace it still means that curbside
Next phase just yet we have kron fours will tran live in walnut creek with the story will. The reason being because each city is different from one another San Francisco, according to mayor london breed she seen too many coronavirus cases where she feels he could really explode and according to Governor Newsome the citys will have the final call he has a broader plan, but they have specific plans. But like in walnut creek you can see this Clothing Store be i mean there is a good chance. They could reopen tomorrow that the governor will go into detail when he has the News Conference a little bit later this morning which we carry every day. He talked about this last friday that we are not weak spent days away from face to which finally lets the shelter in place for many nonessential businesses. Yes weve seen many businesses open like Grocery Stores and hardware stores. But nonessential businesses like bookstores music stores, Sporting Goods Clothing Stores. They could reopen as early as
State. But the bay areas current order is more strict and that looks likely to continue. Tonight there are now more than 9,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the bay area and 333 people have died from the virus. Santa clara continues to be the hardest hit in the bay area with more than 2200 covid19 cases in that county san Mateo San Francisco and alameda counties all have more than 1300 cases for county by county breakdown you can head to our website at kron 4 dot com much of the state is getting ready to start reopening later this week but it will likely be a different story here in the bay area there are 5 goals, San Francisco officials want to meet. Before moving to the next phase. Kron fours justine waltman live in the newsroom with details on what all this is just seen what. As director of Public Health said today the virus does not have a timeline and it will be here in the summer and the fall and beyond even so the state is getting ready to reopen some parts of the econo
Cases there will be more joyful these people were years that actually calling now as you know john the nation words youve got to be warriors week. We cant keep our country close down. And we have to do something. The president went on to say this pandemic is worse than both the attack on pearl harbor and the attack on the World Trade Center in new york. If we tested every single american in this country at this moment, we have to retest them an hour later and then an hour later after that because at any moment you could theoretically contract this virus. So the notion that Everyone Needs to be tested is just im simply nonsensical. The notion of testing has long been an issue during this pandemic doctor Anthony Fauci has said that testing is important an important factor when considering reopening the country to its fullest today. The new White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany clarified who President Trump believes should be tested. More than 57 need to be tested are vulnerable po