Blake burman as usual following latest from the administration. Well get Lauren Simonetti on the markets as well. Edward lawrence reporting on Small Business from washington. But blake, we start with you. Reporter hi, there, connell, after initially canceling the 5 00 Coronavirus Task force briefing earlier today as the white house did, they put back on the schedule a News Conference with president of the United States in the rose garden next hour to unveil the new testing guide lines that the white house says will be in place come may and june. The white house says that they will be giving all 50 governors everything they need to test at least 2 of that states population. The guidelines call, for example, the acceleration of the research and development of diagnostic tests, the development of Rapid Response programs, the federal government acting as supplier of last resort for the states, implementation of what they say would be a vast monitoring system. Along with Antibody Tests to h
Happen again in what could be an doing. This includes data from the nine bay area counties and five even shorter time frame. Surrounding counties. New at 6 00 tonight, a well keep a close eye on it. Back to you. Michigan man is accused of n95 thank you. Today is takeout tuesday. Its a chance to support local mask fraud. Restaurants that are really some of his victims are right here in the bay area. Going through a tough time right Melanie Woodrow broke this story now. We spoke with local michelin earlier today. She has exclusive details youll star chef and restauranteur michael mina. See only on 7. Grown every week, each week bay area residents thought they were buying much needed n95 its growing a little bit more. Masks from an Online Company called em general. But according to a complaint today, a 24yearold michigan and its been fun to create man running the company, rodney different experiences for people at home. Stephenson ii had no intention his Restaurant Group allows of deliver
Thats something to behold. Its hadding the lowest level since march of 1999. Right now well take a quick look at my board, which is current. I can see it down 4. 13 i say that because ive been practicing waiting 12 seconds to get a quote on something that im trying to give you instantaneously. Now im back on the nasdaq and i can actually see it. The coronavirus pandemic has sapped demand for oil and global storage is rapidly proefing capacity the world is running out of room on ships anchored at sea the may futures contract for wti expires tomorrow looking out to june, the situation isnt quite as dire. Its back to more of what were used to, kind of, at least in the last couple of weeks as you can see there, june delivery under 23 a share meantime, an update now on the pandemic as we bring you the numbers as we do every single morning. Here are the latest numbers. Global cases topping 2. 4 million now with 165,000 deaths. Now, the u. S. Cases nearing 760,000 with more than 40,000 deaths
Reporter ocean beach will stay open as will beaches in most bay area counties. In sonoma and mendocino, so many outstanding examples where people met the moment. Reporter the National Park service is increasing access to federally maintain beaches including Golden Gate National Recreation Area following guidance from the white house and the cdc. We are staying six feet apart as much as we can. I did not want to see ago. Reporter the governors decision to not close the beaches is a big relief. We get to be outside and get some energy out. We had to get all of our energies out. Reporterlo plement s to what cabe brouthe ach and wh see santcrwe altocheck their websites and they are advising beachgoers to check websites as the new rules will be posted and updated. Live in pacifica, kenny choi, kpix 5. The only county that the governor put in the corner was orange. At a hard closure of all beaches in response to last weekends crowds. The surfers in Newport Beach say they should not have to p
August. Another curveball for parents. Governor newsom is now floating the idea of starting the next school year early to make up for lost time. And the plan is getting mixed reaction from parents this morning. Good morning, everyone. It is wednesday, april 29th. Good morning, friends in the quad box. Good morning. I think, i know its getting, yes, hello, friend, in the studio. I think some kids might be happy to see their friends with that story. I dont know. Definitely a lot of sides to that one. Well get to that story and also when i was outside this morning, mike, i felt a little drizzle. Im not used to that. Its been really nice this week. What is this . That is the change. You go, going back to the parents, theyre like, when will we take a vacation because we desperately need a vacation now. So, thats something to think about, too. Kumasi nailed it. Thank you for that weather report. Little misty and little bit of drizzle out there along the coast into San Francisco and also as y