York hospital in question is had a huge surge in cases. Its even using a refrirated truck as a makeshift mortuary that and the problems at another nearby hospital in queens. Those problems have resonated apparently with the president. To us there was no question. What the right choice what this is. In my essentially in my community. The president says he is finalizing new strategies and well have details tomorrow. The bay area will remain under shelterinplace order at least another month, the San Francisco mayor. Giving residents a headsup today that that order is coming kron fours Charles Clifford has details. Well here in San Francisco on monday mayor london breed said that City Residents should be prepared to remain shtered in place for at least another month until may first as the city tries to slow the spread of the coronavirus now around San Francisco on monday traffic was light very few people out and about esseial businses like Grocery Stores remain open nonessential businesses
How citizen soldiers from the National Guard are helping to combat the coronavirus. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Every day when i go to work, i feel like a sheep going to slaughter. Confirmed coronavirus cases now top 1 million worldwide. I know you have seen the slope in the United States versus the slope in italy. And we have to change that slope. Certain areas of michigan, detroit, looked like it was doing pretty good and then all of a sudden, it went up. The nations top Infectious Disease expert says the whole country should already be under orders to stay at home. If you look at whats going on in this country, i just dont understand why were not doing that. We really should be. Another historic surge in unemployment claims. More than 6. 6 Million People filed for benefits. A mindblowingly horrible, recordbreaking number. Two cruise ships carrying passengers with flulike symptoms have been allowed to dock in florida. After coming to an agreement wit
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
Warmer than yesterday. Reaching up to 63 in antioch. 65 in morgan hill and in san jose. And San Francisco reaching 60 degrees. So ill have more on this, and well take a look ahead to the rest of the weeks forecast coming up in a few minutes. Mike getting us out the door with a look at the Early Morning commute. Thats right. A picture tells 1,000 words but only shows a couple cars. We look out at the bay bridge toll plaza, no problem as we look at a lighter commute around the bay. Were not really commuting. Its only the essential jobs being filled and we thank you for doing that. Do it safely. Back to you. We continue our Team Coverage this morning from the Nations Capital to the bay area. Tracie potts is live from her home this morning near washington. And, tracie, i know the president is extending those social distancing guidelines. Reporter he is, marcus, because the Health Experts are saying the president s original deadline to have everyone out and about by easter will not work. As
Workers as well as deliveries, really concerned because we have a truck, a wide load at the san mateo bridge toll plaza. We see the bridge itself moving smoothly. The toll plaza, watch the middle lanes. They had to get a truck to back up to get to a wider lane. There are differences in the width. I didnt know that. Well check on any other updates to let you know. The bay bridge toll plaza has no such problem. No problem and no backups. Back to you. Thanks, mike. 6 01 this morning and we continue our Coronavirus Team coverage from the Nations Capital to the bay area. First today in the bays tracie potts is live from her home near washington. Tracie, i know President Trump extending the social distancing guidelines. Reporter exactly, and its based on the fact the Health Experts are telling him we have yet to hit the peak of this virus. The latest projections coming in showing we could be looking at a major escalation over the next two weeks. President trump is abandoning his plan to get