Morning as we get a live look of oakland from the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. Good morning everyone im anny hong. Thank you for joining us this wednesday july 31st. Good morning, notice, very similar conditions to what we saw just a few moments ago. Really just prepare yourself for that pattern of morning fog and possible patchy sunshine. There is an incident with a big break on west bound flight 80 but it looks like it is not going to impact the traffic lanes. Here is a live look it is flowing pretty decent. The san mateo bridge, just 13 minutes. Southbound 101 it not that bad. With lots of again no incidents to report your drive looking good. Well have more on your top stories in just a moment, but first lets check in with erica for an update on your weather and traffic. Good morning erica. The bay area is just days away from a second possible bart strike and there is still a lot of work that needs to be done before the sunday night deadline. No deal was made yesterday whe
This abbreviated session. This is historical tendency in terms of the period between thanksgiving and december 3rd. Most of the time we are higher in the markets and were seeing that play out so far in future. Look at the picture in europe. A surprise increase in german Business Confidence there really helping to push the indices higher across the board with the exception of spain which is down by. 2 of 1 . It is the most wonderful time of the year for the retailers. Millions of shoppers are hitting the malls this black friday looking for door buster deals. A number of Stores Including walmart, target and toys r us upping the ante with thanksgiving night openings. 147 Million People will hit the malls and Stores Friday through saturday slightly below last years levels. Unbelievable number of people who started lining up so early. I mean, a week ago. Those people we saw at best buy with the tents. We assume they got whatever they were after. I certainly do. I certainly do. There were un
House that includes free testing, extended sick leave billion dollars in food aid. Mean wile, several states and cities across the nation have shut down restaurants and bars in california, illinois, and new york city among them. The city of new york announcing last night that it is closing schools, nightclubs, movie theaters and other entertainment venues. The city of new york is now considering whether to join two other states, georgia and louisiana in their primary elections. The governor of california has called on the more than 5 million Senior Citizens in his state and those with Underlying Health conditions to isolate themselves. All of this as the number of confirmed cases continues to surge now closing in on 3500 people. Florida saw a huge spike this weekend and West Virginia remains the only state without a confirmed case. And this was a result of the Trump Administrations airport screenings for travelers from europe. Hoards of people crammed together in the types of crowds we
100,000plus ventilators we need, we dont have the staff to operate them. So hospitals are bracing for a rush of patients trying to free up as much space as possible. That means getting patients who are well enough out of the icu and cancelling all elective operations. We just have to make this a standard across the board. In some cases, hospitals are trying to prevent patients who are well enough from coming to the emergency room in the first place, like building tents to triage and treat potential coronavirus patients. Using telehealth so that people can call in from home and building up their testing capacity, in some cases without people even having to step out of their cars. But all of this hinges on having enough supplies, which means hospitals are now rationing what they do have. My hospital, you had a mask and gloves, they were just sitting out, you could use what you needed to use. Thats changed. Thats right, weve had to remove many of these items from the shelves. To be clear,