Criticizing the move. Steve danes writing its hurting hundreds of communities and small towns already devastated by the covid19 pandemic. I want to be clear. Were fully committed to our long service. Forcing the furlough of 20 of its work force by october. Its part of an effort to slash costs while asking the federal government for more than 3. 5 billion to weather the pandemic next year. Very di decision. The decision is to size the company as best as we can. Were operating at about 15 level of ridership. Our intention is to restore services. We certainly want to bring people back. Now, flynn expects many of these new cleaning protocols for a part of a lasting new normal. Amtrak has required masks since may. They say passenger compliance has been pretty good. But if somebody refus to a ty n beend boarding. Kris van cleave at the station. Social distancing has made this a lost summer for the music industry. Bars and clubs are closed. Concerts, tours, and Music Festivals have been cance
Why the Georgia Attorney general is assigning a special prosecutor to handle the case. And pandemic proms. How teenagers are getting all dressed up even with nowhere to go for their own very virtual, very real prom night. You want to look good, but first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We have a lot of people coming in and out. Everybody coming into the president s office gets tested and i felt no vulnerability whatsoever. The white house is now requiring most staff to wear a mask. President trump again saying the u. S. Is the world leader when it comes to testing. Why is this a global competition to you if Everyday Americans are still losing their lives. Theyre losing their lives everywhere in the world and maybe thats a question you should ask china. Hardesthit new york announces the state will begin a limited reopening this friday. We had the worst situation in the nation. The worst. The department of justice is deciding whether federal hate crime charges should
How cruises will be very different. And rowing to the rescue. Gondoliers in venice, italy, are helping the city recover from the pandemic. What america can learn from europe. And were listening. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We must figure out a path forward, but we must always be aware that this virus is still with us. The death toll from coronavirus in the u. S. Could drastically increase in the coming weeks just as states are reopening. How much suffering are we willing to accept to get back to what you want to be some form of normality sooner rather than later . The senate is back in washington but not all lawmakers agree on the decision to return. If were going to make these fine people come into work, let the senate at least conduct the nations business and focus like a laser on covid19. Were about to start baseball. Pumped up. Live sports are coming back to tv with espn announcing theyll broadcat the korean baseball organization. If theres live ba
Find people who may be infected. New questions of how to balance privacy and Public Health. And economic survival. Congress negotiates more help for Small Businesses struggling to stay afloat. How even some big retailers may go bankrupt. Thats not good. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Really, any part of the country is vulnerable. Even rural parts of the country. You see these superspread situations as we saw in south dakota. The debate over when the reopen of the country is getting political. Its no time to get cocky or arrogant. Nobody wants to reopen this country more than president donald trump. Theyve got cabin fever. They want to get back. They want their life back. Their life was taken away from them. Rallies to end stayathome orders were held over the weekend. Its the facts of life. We live and we die. So to shut down the economy because of that is its insane. A gunman in canada has killed at least 16 people in the deadliest such attack in the coun
Highs and partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies, upper 50s in San Francisco, low 60s in oakland, 67 in concord, upper 60s in san jose and 74 fairfield. We will talk about our weekend forecast coming up and now lets check in with gianna for the latest on a Traffic Alert along the peninsula. Weve got to trouble spot here and that we are seeing quite a few brake lights as well, this is northbound 101 just south of broadway for commute as you head into burlingame. If you are hitting the roadways this morning, heads up, 101. A couple of cars, it is stuck off on and lanes. Chp has issued that alert and we will let you know when lanes open, but right now, traffic is definitely backing up. You know, still not a lot of volume on the roadways, so you know, traffic is traveling pretty quickly along onetoone so you makeup up on this pretty quickly with those brake lights. If you are taking onetoone, just a heads up if you want to avoid any of that, you can use 280 which is moving nicely in both dire