Heodel mainturnt has and us the time well within the next few weeks to have enough ventilators we believe to meet the needs of 40 million californians. In fact, Governor Newsom is so confident of the states ability to meet the demand he is now sending 500 ventilators to the national stockpile. They can quickly be redirected to hard hit areas like new york. Governor newsom says the state will get the ventilators back if the need arises here. Good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight. While the governor is loaning out ventilators to the federal government, Santa Clara County is looking for some. Local officials held a News Conference today issuing a bounty for a thousand ventilators, new, used, or broken. Well be giving a thousand dollars per ventilator but were also really excited to take donations. I mean, so if you can donate it, it would be great. Santa clara county is the hardest hit county in the bay area with more than 1200 cases and 39 deaths. Right now the county has some 650
Brad wenthrup. Your reaction to this seemingly good news. We are not out of the woods, but it seems like its good news. You want to see the numbers go down. The goal all along was to beat the models. You saw the models happen in other countries where it went right up, very high. We were trying to stay under that and keep our Healthcare System in check and not overrun. This is good news because thats what we have been after all along. Starting to see the trend go down. Liz will be do you think the United States has answered the wakeup call . You saw the warnings about pandemic. Now the president is saying one of the toughest decisions of his life is reopening the country possibly on may. Americans may wake up to a brandnew world of having to wear masks, and maybe tests for coronavirus. New apps on their iphones and phones to track them if they are near somebody who has coronavirus. Do you think congress has answered the wakeup call that has been ringing for years. We are in an able of a
San francisco, san mateo and santa clara. Health Officials Say that theyll release more details when the orders are officially updated later on in the week and today, San Francisco Health Officials said the bay area has slow the spread of the virus, but it is important not to lose the progress that we have made so far Health Director and San Francisco doctor grant colfax says while the rate of hospitalizations are relatively steady now. We still need to see those numbers go down significantly for 2 weeks before the shelter order can be lifted. Hes also calling for more testing. In general we need to increase our testing 2, 2, 2, or 3 times what it currently is. Theres new shelter order will come with some changes most of which will be announced later this week. But mayor breed announced the jfk drive in Golden Gate Park and shelley drive in mclaren park will be closed to cars. Starting tomorrow to allow people to have more space to get outside and exercise. In this is about protecting
Psa on hate crimes. A moment to take a look at a short part of that. There are animals hit because of and if you hurt or threaten someone because of those things lighter traffic. Youll have a lot more to worry no problems all the way down to the south bay. Reporter good morning, lots of people are curious about this very expensive question. About than covid19. In fact, alvin asked me about it thanks, mike. On twitter. On capitol hill President Trump is pushing back on a does he have to pay his taxes by the april 10th deadline. Report hospitals are facing a the color of their skin or where the answer varies by county. You think someone is from then critical shortage of supplies. You have attacked us all. Lets start in san mateo. Tracie potts is live from inside her home with the latest. I actually wrote down that the treasurer there just issued last part because i wanted to this letter saying san mateo is talk to you about it. I thought it was powerful to use pushing back the deadline f
Red flag. The newly revealed memo that reportedly shows the white house was warned about the risk of a pandemic in january, as dr. Anthony fauci suggests life after the outbreak may never be the same. If you want to get to precoronavirus, that might not ever happen. Well talk about the difficult road still ahead with the nations Surgeon General. Turn for the worse. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spends the night in intensive care amid his ongoing battle with the coronavirus. A top official now deputized to step in as the nations leader when necessary. Just ahead, the very latest in a live report from london. Aboutface. The secretary of the navy apologizes after slamming the captain of a u. S. Aircraft carrier, concerned over a Virus Outbreak on his ship. Hes a, too naive or too stupid to be the Commanding Officer of a ship like this. The blame game of the captains firing and fallout. And breaking overnight. Bringing back baseball . The plan reportedly being worked on to start the