Airlines ucsf cardiologist was returning home after treating covid19 patients in new york in one tweet he writes i guess united is relaxing their social distancing policy these days every seat full on the 7. 37 is it simply a another you know like i for united douglas kidd is the executive director of the National Association of Airline Passengers even before the coronavirus pandemic his organization petitioned for more space and safer flight he says because fewer people are flying new standards should be implemented right now. The health and safety of the passenger has to come first as a part of its social distancing policy united says theyve been limiting seat selections in all cabins so customers wont be able to select seats next to each other or middle seats where available. But as documented by doctor weiss his flight had lots of passengers the airlines are really taking a lot of measures i actually just take me to make sure answer high range aviation expert, an Airline Captain la
The university of washington kron fours noelle bellow joins us from our newsroom tonight with a closer look noel, pam and ken researchers at the universitys institute for Health Metrics and evaluation have been projecting the numbers nationally. And state by state based on a number of factors today at named california has one of a handful of states where coronavirus cases and deaths. Are going up more than researchers expected now if you take a look at this graph you can see that by june first the institutes per project 4,276 deaths in california one month after that 5,555 deaths and by august 4th. Theyre looking at 6,806 1086 deaths in california now thats a jump of 1420 deaths since the institutes previous projection now just yesterday. The state added 2,244 coronavirus cases and 64 related deaths about 900 of the new cases and 45 of the new deaths were reported in los angeles county, the. The institute is also tracking the nationwide deaths. The latest model now projecting 137,184 d
A lack of social distancing is concerning many travelers on flights. Shelter life has brought out quite an array of wildlife, but wait until you see the animal that was spotted in this fremont neighborhood. After a beautiful mothers day, were tracking rain returning to the area tomorrow. We will have more in the accuweather forecast. Abc news at 11 00 starts right now. West wing quarantine. Expect to see more officials waring masks and staying the recommended six feet apart at the white house. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Thanks for joining us. Three of the governments top doctors are also in self quarantine tonight because of possible exposure to the coronavirus. And more on that story right now. It is scary to go to work, you know, its a small crowded place. Its a little bit risky. But you have to do it because you have to serve your country. In less than 48 hours, this past week, two white house staffers tested positive for coronavirus. First, the president s personal valet on thur
Literally standing on the freeway but i am safe because they have shut this freeway down this is southbound 85 just south of coddle road you can see for chp cars at the scene there this scene actually is on the left side you might be able to see it its right next to the Center Divider we do know it was so horrific that 2 people actually were rejected from the car 2 others were trapped inside in fact let me show you video of the scene this took place at 10 oclock last night we do know that drugs or alcohol were factors in this by the simple fact that they did arrest that driver. 3 people died at the scene 2 others they are actually rushed to the hospital but one person died at the hospital that breakdown goes 3 men. One woman died at the scene so for all together fortunately we do know that one person at this time still alive at the hospital, but we dont know the extent of the injuries if you can head back out live now want to show you the scene on the left side of your screen there you
It being a dui incident where one driver the driver was arrested. 4 people died. 3 of them were men, one was a woman. One person actually from what were understanding is still at the hospital at this time so it is such a horrific scene that they had to close down traffic for quite some time get the cars off the freeway. In fact they are taking cars off the freeway right now at cala roads you have to negotiate past this area to reconnect to 85. We do know because it was a dui involved accident that alcohol or drugs were possibly a factor in this maybe speed as well there been talking about because there are so few cars on the road at this time that that might been something that caused it that they were probably going too fast at the time as well but obviously were still early on in this investigation. This is such a massive scene darya and james at the Fire Department they had to come out as well they help search the area go through with their flashlights because its still dark at this