Embattled leader of arrives in russia seeking support. Political and economic backing from president putin to shore up his regime. Contrabands Ruling Liberal Democratic Party units. As its new leader and the man most likely to succeed chins of it as Prime Minister. Welcome to the Program Israel has become the 1st country to announce a 2nd National Lockdown to combat the coronavirus after a surge in new cases that the new lockdown begins on friday and will restrict any life in the country for at least 3 weeks. As israels outbreak threatened to race out of control Benjamin Netanyahu announced the unpopular but perhaps unavoidable decision were going to be today we decided on a Strict Lockdown plan for 3 weeks with an option to extend but as of now weve decided that the lockdown will last until the end of the holiday. Door prelims lot of Health Ministry executives and hospital managers have warned us that death rates are forcing the application of immediate measures. A part of the medical
The rate has climbed from 2. 7 people per 100,000 to 5. 1 . If that continues over the next couple of days, we could be in our red zone. Reporter the city has delayed the plant reopening of hair salons, and outdoor bars. The city moved up the opening date for those activities because the infection numbers had stabilized. The Health Director would not say what neighborhoods are making up the new cases or if any particular activity including protests played a role in the spike. We are taking a close look in evaluating the demographics to see if with the search these new cases are significantly different. Reporter he also said San Franciscos hospitalization rate is relatively low, but they are concerned that could change when the disease typically worsens for some people. Over the next few days it will be telling to see where we are with regard to that curve. And then whether we can move forward with our reopening plans. Reporter the Public Health will be watching the infection rates and
This is the 10 00 news on ktvu fox 2. San francisco slows its role deciding to relate reopening delay reopening after more than 100 coronavirus cases in just one day. Was gotten a little too comfortable. The fact weve seen over 100 cases overnight completely changes our plans for reopening so weve got to put a pause on it. San franciscos mayor pressing pause after Health Officials reported 103 new covert cases, their highest one day total so far and far outpacing the citys average fewer than 30 cases a day over the past two months at least. Good evening to you, i am andre senior. I am christina redone. Thank you for joining us. If you had plans for a haircut in San Francisco on monday or maybe you wanted to visit the zoo, forget about it. They are not reopening and this year you can also forget about the pride parade on sunday in San Francisco. Weve got live coverage now from ktvus amber lee in castro with the bad news. Reporter christina, we cover pride weekend here in the castro ever
It or not. Im frank. Good morning. Good morning. Yes, good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Frank, good morning and thank you for watering my plants this morning. I just got it. He gave my plants love. Ive been worried about them. I was going to say he must be talking about the plant on your desk. I know he didnt drive by your house. Oh, you do. Good to know. Hi, frank. Hi claude i cant. Happy saturday to all of you. Starting out with another round of june gloom. Were going to cool it down getting into your bay area weekend in and around the bay area this morning. The low clouds and fog. Takes a look. Cant see the Golden Gate Bridge this morning. Ill have better details on what you can expect for your extended neighborhood and the extended forecast in a bit. Thanks. Governor new . Worried about a growth in coronavirus cases. Santa clara county on the watch list because theyre being flagged for surges in transmission or hospitalization rates. Each county is listed on the map on
Director, kari watkins, discusses the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. Its sunday, april the 19th. Ahead, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has surpassed 700,000 in the u. S. And the death toll in our country, nearly 39,000. A number of states are beginning to bend the curve, leading to a new debate on how quickly can or should reopen. That is the starting point on this sunday morning. Join in on the conversation. If you live in the eastern or central time zones, 202 7488000. Ut west, 202 7488001 is your state ready to lift restrictions . Tell us where you live and what you think. You can always send us a text , onage, 202 7488003 twitter, or on facebook. Look at the numbers around the world, courtesy of Johns Hopkins university with total confirmed cases at 2. 3 million and deaths around the world in excess of countries. Ths in 185 yet today at the white house and the Daily Briefing the president at this about sta