Abc 7 news contributor and chronicle insider is here with his perspective. First though lets hear from abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz breaking down the debate. At least we had a debate tonight. We did. A total 180 from the debate a few weeks ago. The candidates were still as contentious and combative but did allow each other to speak in part because the mics could be muted which led to a healthy debate on several topics starting with coronavirus. The two sparred on how to reopen the country. If you have a restaurant you need plexiglas dividers so people cannot infect one another. You need to be in a position where you can take testing rapidly and know whether the person is in fact infected. You need to be able to trace. These are businesses with no money. Putting a plexiglas up is unbelievably expensive and its not the answer. Youre going to sit there in a cubicle wrapped around with plastic . The candidates also sparred over health care and national security. The president went after bi
Going back and forth, there will be plexiglass tonight and social distancing tonight. We have more from what we can expect from utah. Were hours away from the first and only president ial debate. It will be an exciting night and one highly and faced. During a election year, it wouldnt draw a big audience. This year, all eyes are on Vice President mike pence and senator Kamala Harris. The president has covid19 and joe biden is 77 years old. Topics could include the economy, health care and the supreme court. A big focus will be on covid 19. Not only will the stage be different with plexiglass and 12 feet of space between the two. The pressure is on for the Vice President mike pence will have to talk about the handling of the pandemic. He will put harris in the hot seat too. He could push her on changing her stance on the green new deal. He may try to separate her from joe biden. Dont expect this to be as chaotic as the first debate. He said given the temperament it will be different. Mi
Course and called on congress to approve a series of Coronavirus Relief measures. The news came in two tweets. The president wrote, the house and senate should immediately approve 25 billion for Airline Payroll support and 1. 35 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses. The president also wrote, if i am sent to a standalone bill for stimulus checks, 1200, they will go out to our great people immediately. The president s earlier message to hold talks until after the election spooked wall street. The dow ended the day down 375 points. Nasdaq lost 177 and the s p fell to seven. A change in dialogue tonight, what comes next . Reporter it was just this afternoon that the president had sent the first tweet saying negotiations were off until after his reelection. Tonight he did an aboutface and basically said that he is calling on congress to send him a relief bill. President trump turned to his messaging app on tuesday tweeting out his call for congress to pass federa
Cal students get a lesson from dr. Fauci. His prediction about when theyll be able to return to catchus safely. Plus, who would try to kidnap a governor . The bizarre plot, and why President Trump is going after her tonight. A bay area barber who reopened just two months after the start of the lockdown could have to hang up his sheers. And a food truck that helps to feed lots of people in need, stolen in alameda county. How do we feed thousands of people with one truck that barely works . Trouble in the pandemic. 31 states now showing an increase in cases. Here in the bay area, the average number of deaths per day rose from 11 to 15 in the past week. And tonight, some new insight on a possible vaccine. We heard from the the nations top disease exterior, dr. Anthony fauci, in a virtual forum, hosted by uc berkeley. Reporter for 45 machine, dr. Fauci addressed a long list of questions. Here on campus, students jup to know when theyre gonna get back to inperson learning. Ive always wanted
Barber who reopened just two months after the start of the lockdown could have to hang up his sheers. And a food truck that helps to feed lots of people in need, stolen in alameda county. How do we feed thousands of people with one truck that barely works . Trouble in the pandemic. 31 states now showing an increase in cases. Here in the bay area, the average number of deaths per day rose from 11 to 15 in the past week. And tonight, some new insight on a possible vaccine. We heard from nation top dse anthony fauci, in a virtual forum, hosted by uc berkeley. Reporter for 45 machine, dr. Fauci addressed a long list of questions. Here on campus, students jup to know when theyre gonna get back to inperson learning. Ive always wanted to come to this school. Ive all. Ed to be here to get instruction. And im just doing this online. Reporter as a transfer student, he worries he will graduate from cal without ever stepping foot inside a classroom. Online education is just not the same, they say.