Celebration separation. Easter weekend is transformed with empty churches, services on computer screens, and families limiting their gatherings. How even the peoples pope is without his people. And surprise in the sky. With millions of businesses shut down, it seems the lights are on in the heavens above. What stargazers are seeing now that hasnt been seen in generations. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We have not reached the peak. Every day, we need to continue to do what we did yesterday and the week before and the week before that. Reporter the u. S. Reaches half a million coronavirus cases. The actual curve is much, much lower than any of them projected. Now is not the time to stop the social distancing. It is working. This cannot be a weekend to think we can let our foot off the gas. Were not even close, folks. We have to keep with it until this war is won. I dont know what ive had a bigger decision. Im going to surround my
Reporter bazemore is communicating with parents any way she can like over textings. She started hosting virtual pizza parties with a different student each friday as encouragement. I solicited donations from friends and family, and through those donations, im able to provide a pizza at their doorstep, forget all of the things that are happening in our world today and just have a relaxing moment. Reporter are you concerned that theyre going to be left behind . Oh, im absolutely concerned. We talk about summer slide, how students decline over their reading and math skills over the summer, were going to have a corona slide and its going to be very very significant. Reporter education expert dr. Karen aronian agrees, saying data points to a steep decline. This is a crisis right now. We know were looking at with reading, a 30 dropoff, and in that, 50 for this time frame. Reporter aronian thinks district should begin utilizing retired and substitute teachers to help reach students who dont h
Issue . It is better. Bridge. I want to show you that traffic is very light and hopefully it will stay this way for this thursday morning. Something we have to remind you of. It is thursday, and traffic is moving well as you head south. There have been no problems on bay area bridges and it continues to look good for now. It is 4 31. Lets go back to pam. All right, thank you, sal. Topping our news. The irs is advising people to check its stimulus webpage to check the status of their corona virus relief payment. The money has already been direct deposited to 80 million americans. You can find the status of your payment by going to ktvu. Com and then click on web links. But the irs is also warning people about stimulus scams. Be suspicious. If someone calls and asks ifer your Social Security and bank account numbers, do not give that information over the phone. California is now the first state to provide stimulus benefits to give each undocumented adults 500. Undocumented immigrants mak
Hello. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of the story of higher, faster, and farther. First, i would to talk about the museum overall. It has over 8 million visitors a year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. About 67 are on display in the National Mall building. What supports these artifacts are up to 60,000 small and medium artifacts. Were going to talk about the story of higher, faster, farther. A bit of a cliche in the history of aviation but has a real meaning. We look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. The idea of flying to the highest altitudes, faster speed, longest distances tells us a lot about the Technical Development of the airplane and the reinvention of what the Wright Brothers did. Only the smithsonian can tell the story. Behind me, you see the wright flyer. Oracle right, at the controls takes flight Or
Page. It is great to be here with you all to celebrate and discuss an excellent new book by one of our countrys most original and insightful economic thinkers. Amity shlaes. Over the course of her distinguished career she has brought her wideranging intelligence and feel for storytelling to some of her countrys leading intellectual and cultural institutions. She has served as a member of the wall street journal editorial board, columnist for Financial Times and bloomberg news, she has taught economic history at the stern school of business. Now in addition to her prolific book writing, amity serves as a president ial scholar for kings college, chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation, and in a big coup for us at michigan chairs the whole Selection Committee for the Manhattan Institute high outcries. An award she herself has won. Few decades have imprinted on the popular imagination quite as much as the 1960s and so many of us remember that decade for its most dr