Im eric thomas. Im dion lim. Now to the coronavirus pandemic and how it could lead to a legal battle for one bay area county. It was a fierce barrage of tweets by Tesla Ceo Elon musk. He says hes suing Alameda County over the shelter in place order that doesnt allow tesla to resume manufacturing operations and he may not stop there. Reporter Cornell Barnard is live in fremont with the story. Cornell . Reporter yes, eric and dion, things are moving very fast this afternoon. Abc 7 news learned that elon musk indeed filed an injunction against Alameda County to allow this plant to reopen. Musk is also threatening to relocate the entire operation to another state. The last thing i want to see them do is leave. Alameda county supervisor Scott Haggerty doing damage control following a firestorm of tweets from elon musk. Clearly, unhappy about not being able to resume manufacturing operations at his plant in fremont. Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately. The unelected
This lawsuit in federal court seeking an injunction against Alameda County to allow the company to resume operations. Were really focused on trying to save lives, but im also laser focused on trying to get people back to work. Reporter earlier elon musk tweeted really this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its headquarters and future programs to texas and nevada immediately. Even if we retain fremont Manufacturing Activity at all will depending on how tesla is treated in the future. He needs to give us another week to get this right. Reporter musk clearly under pressure to resume making electric cars and bring 14,000 employees back to work. Hes got a huge factory and is trying to get production back on. But at the same time were trying to make sure its safe for the community as well. Reporter the mayor of fremont appearing to side with musk, saying in a statement as the local shelterinplace order continues without provisions for major Manufacturing Activity, such as tesla, to res
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Threats to National Security. And no refunds. Hotels and airlines might be refunding trips, but many airbnb customers may be out of luck. We have the details. We begin with the volatile state of the markets and the Global Economy as the coronavirus outbreak widens. Italy went into a nationwide lockdown, u. S. Fires the dow cases spike, and the market plunged. The Dow Jones Industrial complex entered a bear market wednesday, the s p tumbling into bear market territory thursday after President Trump took to the airwaves, announcing a ban on travel from europe. Pres. Trump to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the United States for the next 30 days. The new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. Emily in tech, the forecast on how much Companies Like apple, amazon, google, and facebook would lose in a downturn, and uber and lyft shares plummetted on the reality that customers are sheltering in place. Wednesday, i asked Wedbush Se
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