I want to note our deep appreciation to the ford foundation, prudential financial, walmart, the Cigna Foundation and the Mastercard Center for growth for the support of opportunity in america series. At the Economic Opportunities program we focus on advancing strategies, policies and ideas to help working people and Small Businesses thrive. Working people and Small Businesses are facing extraordinary challenges today with over 26 million recently applied for Unemployment Benefits and millions of Small Businesses at risk of closing for good. At the Economic Program we recognize for too long, race, ethnicity, gender and race have played out side role in who has access to opportunity and to a shutout. We see today black and latino workers being most affected by unemployment, and by the health risks that come with being classified as an essential worker. We see black and latino owned Small Businesses facing much greater vulnerability to the economic devastation of covid19 and more challeng
Make this area into a pedestrian promenade in order to do that theyre going to have to close down some of the streets and immersion say that this is a safe and helpful plan for them and their customers. Owners of tightly packed shops and restaurants and upper grant avenue say they need space to better serve their customers where cars have been lining up along the narrow streets of north beach businesses would like to take over basically what happens is people come here, they parked their cars and they dont use the businesses right now. Merchants Association President dan mock erie nice as by expanding into the parking spots it will allow shops like his more room. It will also allow his customers to move more freely. Mikey rini is hoping the city will take it one step further by closing the street so the area can essentially become a pedestrian promenade partially by taking over those patients we are reasserting. The idea that that for support Small Businesses in the neighborhood once s
And the list goes on, good evening everyone, im julie haener. And im frank sommerville, working from home today. Or than half 1 Million People around the world now have the coronavirus, the United States has surpassed china and leads the world in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins university. The United States, china and italy, all have more than 80,000 cases. Unemployment claims hit a record of 3. 28 million last week, thats more than quadruple the previous weekly high setback in 1982. Many states are overwhelmed and economists expect it will get worse. On wall street stocks surged despite the appointment numbers, traders are anticipating passage of the massive coronavirus ada bill. The dow gained more than 1300 points today, nasdaq rose 413 and the s p was up 154. The relief bill is the president desk as soon as tomorrow. Jana katsuyama joins us live and she spoke with a labor economist. Is there a sense this bill will be
Pelosi says she does not believe any reason it will not pass tomorrow no in the morning, trumps leadership during coronavirus pandemic is resonating with the American People, despite the analyst attacks from radical dems and left Wing National media, President Trumps approval has never been hire. President s Approval Rating at an alltime high. His disapproval at lowest since the month after he was inaugurated. 60 of American People approve of how the president is handling the coronavirus. 116 16 than approval of how media is handling it. Dow exiting bear market today, rising 1352 points. S p 500 up 155. And nasdaq also up big time, 413. The Trump Administration actions to combat the coronavirus having an Immediate Impact on more than just the markets and americas pocketbooks, monday attorney general william barr had this warning for anyone hoarding the medical equipment. On a warehouse with masks, surgical masks, you will be hearing a knock on your door. David well, guess what. The Ser
Air in the afternoon yesterday and there was a little hailstorm. I was going to say, dave, 19 Testing Center is making you made it to friday. Results public on the first day of testing. 54 people out of 207 were i thought it wasnt possible. Positive for covid19. Today will be a lot quieter. Thats roughly one in four people who were tested monday. Any thunderstorm activity looks we expected once more to be out of the picture right now. Testing was available when we the dew points are higher. Opened the test site that its still cold. Theres going to be some santa rosa 45. Positive cases. Livermore 42 and that frost reporter captain don nick advisory goes until 9 00. Olson says the positive samples yesterday, we were down in the are immediately reports to the lower 20s. Cdc and shared with the public were seeing temperatures in officials in the county where the 30s and 40s. That person lives. Our goal is to test kenwood still 30s. Everybody that we can. Stes still cold enough. But, you kn