Bridge toll plaza. It is. Metering lights are on and we are starting to see a back up. You see traffic stacking up a bit as you work out of the east bay into the city via bay bridge. Once you pass this, it looks better across upper deck into San Francisco. A couple hot spots to look for, if you are taking bart, we are dealing with bart delays on the richmond lines. This is due to an equipment problem on the tracks. Do plan ahead if you are taking bart. South 880 is pretty busy. We are seeing brake lights away from 92. There is a crash not far from the connector and theyre just clearing it out of lanes. Reporter we are getting new information in now on this Apartment Fire in San Francisco. This is video from the citizen app from earlier this morning. You see the flames shooting out of the window. Thats on the 11th floor of this high rise on davis court. A total of 22 apartments were significantly damaged by this fire and five people were injured, escaping the building. When firefighters
And racings checkered past. Ever aspect of life. Nightline starts right know. Byron pitts. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Tonight parts of the u. S. Seeing what a Top Health Official says is a disturbing surge in covid19 infections. Now the Health Care Heroes going wherever the virus takes them. Their latest battle ground, arizona. Heres matt gutman. Today is my first day on the floor on my own. Its exciting, but its a little bit scary. Reporter Bridget Harrigan has answered the call of about, hospitals overwhelmed with covid19 cases are desperate for help from people like her. Be putting me in the covid unit the whole time. So ill want to be dressed up for that before i even get in the building. I was meant to go help on the front lines in some way. Reporter the traveling nurse has seen what the coronavirus has done to a dedated herself t fighting this pandemic starting in new york city. My hospital was full of patients, pull of people. Ive been to hospitals before where the
The drug from gilead remdesivir has shown promise in a couple of trials and i think well only of stalemate how soon help is coming, see more of that. Whats the implication of an athome test they are starting to roll it out who gets it. The new outrage that the wealthiest schools, harvard, got today. Millions in aid weeks ago. Is this something that could be scaled up and really make a essential items, toilet paper, difference here . Im biased, my background is paper towels and food. In diagnostics outbreaks begin and end with how stores are rushing to get diagnostics. Its when we have diagnostics available everywhere, very easy and cheap and as rapid as more on their shelves. The mystery deepens over kim jongun. Possible, thats how were actually going to stop this outbreak, combined with social the north Korean Leader not seen distancing and ultimately a for weeks. This morning what u. S. Officials are saying about his health. All that plus reunited Rob Gronkowski comes out of retireme
A lot of people are leaving home only to make essential trips places like the Grocery Store or the pharmacy. So we put together some advice from doctors. They suggest to designate one person to be the errand runner and that we limit exposure. They say you should set up a disinfecting station outside your home or in a room with low foot traffic where you can disinfect packaged food and while youre out stick to social distancing of course wipe handles on cars or shopping baskets and if you dont have gloves or mask wash your hands often use Hand Sanitizer and of course avoid touching your face. They say back home wash your hands of the usual 20 seconds disinfect any takeout boxes and packaged food wash produce of course before putting it away and finally they say disinfect everything you touch, they mean everything from door knobs to keys, phones and remote controls. Well a lot of americans are staying home myths about the coronavirus they continue to spread, steve spray shot has the late
Finkbime, not her real name, the story was about a choice that her family was facing. She was pregnant. Her husband had recently travelled to europe where he acquired a drug called thalidimide. It had not been approved for use yet in the United States of america but it was available in many European Countries to treat a number of Different Things, anxiety, insomnia and nausea. Nausea here is key. So, women began taking it to aleve morning sickness. Sherrys husband had been in europe, he acquired these pills and brought them back home for her. Shes pregnant, she takes about 40 of them during early on in her pregnancy. She and her husband did not know that thalidomide causes birth defects. Then she read an article about the drug, found out more, and she called her doctor. She started to learn more about what thalidomide can do. For developing babies, children, thalidomide caused brain damage, damage to the eyes, nose, ears, face and it can also severely damaged growth of limbs. In many c