Estuary there. Alameda opened on the right and San Francisco in the background. Welcome to the 9. I know that will be open, the 8bayshore and the n and t bus lines. Some of the middle days of the week seem kind of jumbled but they expect more people will we can always tell when its start writing trains as they go monday and friday. And i can ask my coanchors if back to work. Muni is increasing service to theres anything to do this avoid over crowding and of weekend . Because you know we are also feel staying home. I will start with you. Are you staying home or are you course, more operators are available. We are really focused on the going out . Data to see where our writers are and over the past couple weeks, we have been incrementally adding muni outside of a big trip to the service to make sure that people have the appropriate Grocery Store every seven or social distancing when they do eight days, i have only been have to use our service. Looking at the same three other faces in my
We do know some options that they have. Well explore that a little bit later. Meantime, i was telling you about a lot of depressing economic news. Latest home sales are expected to fall at least 15 this year. That adds to a string of stunningly weak numbers. I say stunningly weak. Wall street was bracing for some bad numbers but to connell mcshane, i dont think they were bracing for this bad. To you, my friend. Connell i think that is the point, neil. In many ways to your point what we learned on both the economic front and when it comes to earnings is soar of confirmation what we already knew. That this economy, thanks to the coronavirus inspired shutdowns is in very rough shape. But when you look at things like retail sales and drop we saw there, this, is even worse than we thought. I mean the largest drop that weve ever seen in retail sales on a monthly basis. So thats march. Economists know april is likely as bad or worse. This comes from the commerce department, only been tracking
Government says hes undergoing tests off the showing persistence of tubes. As well come the chancellor Angela Merkel has suggested that germany is ready to help the European Union get back to Economic Health once the current coronavirus pandemic is over she said it was in germanys interests that europe should emerge strongly from what she called the use biggest test since its foundation at the same time germany is to impose a 2 week quarantine on citizens and long term residents returning from travels abroad. Back in the chancellery after 2 weeks in coron 1003 negative current virus tests german chancellor Angela Merkel made her return. If you go start of our go. In my opinion europe the European Union is facing its biggest test since its foundation populations are also facing a huge health challenge. All the e. U. Member states are being affected on varying levels were all affected. And so it must be in everyones interest and it is in germanys interest that europe should emerge strong
Welcome to the Program Germany is to impose a 2 week quarantine on citizens and long term residents returning from travels abroad the decision comes just ahead of the easter holidays when many germans book springtime getaways the authorities dont want to lose ground in the countrys battle against the coronavirus rant that has been gained through social distancing measures already in place chancellor Angela Merkel took a wider european view. Yeah i do the students are. My not the 1st peers to a new one for the. Woman on behalf. Of always follow in fatigues on time the 1st song. Started all peace when you won then open up just to buy isnt the toughness. And the meet her star struck the human. Taking issue with us thanks. Speaking our chief Political Correspondent lyndal crane joins me now from our parliamentary studio Milind Americal called this crisis the biggest test for the e. U. Since its inception. At the time when italy and spain are struggling and he used sentiment is growing in i
Yet fox wagon is keeping its china production facilities shut over persisting fears of the new coronavirus initially v. W. And others planned to resume production today the move comes as analysts try to gauge how hard the virus is hitting carmakers business now the impact could be particularly severe for german brands which make between 30 and 40 percent of their global sales in china alone. Car sales in china are falling rapidly in the wake of the corona Virus Outbreak the bank u. B. S. Expects february total sales to tumble by half a clear threat to popular german brands like b. M. W. And mercedes as if that werent bad enough extended factory shutdowns and supply chain disruptions the set to lead to a massive drop in production china has so far been a Success Story for german carmakers the overall market is in recession but german brands are still growing. Folks bargain notched up sales of nearly 4200000 passenger cars in china in 2018 the biggest single country for v. W. By far dime