World and confirmed cases of more than 1. 1 million and 66,000 deaths. The pandemic has created astronomical unappointed numbers nationwide. So far, more than 30 million americans have filed for unappointed benefits since mid march. And aprils unappointed report is set to be released next week. Lots of Garrett Tenney is in washington with a look at what that report might actually look like. Reporter and Administration Officials are expecting next weeks jobs report to be one of the worst weve seen since the great depression. Last week alone, 3. 8 million americans file jobless claims, pushing the six week total to more than 30 million according to data from the labor department. This morning, white house economist Kevin Hassett painted a bleak picture of the short Term Economic outlook, predicting next weeks job employment between 16 and 19 . You will see Economic Data over the next few months that is as bad as youve ever seen. We turned the economy completely off which is something tha
Warmer weather moves back in. Well show you when and how hot we get in the accuweather forecast. Testing continues in San Franciscos Mission district. The goal is 5,000 by tuesday but today, they saw a decline. Tonight, San Francisco doctors are firing back as many are pushing for the state to reopen. Abc 7 news starts right now. As the bay area enters week seven of shelter in place, all of california remains under the order indefinitely. Doctors up and down the state are debating the best course of action for what is next. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. A video of two bakersfield doctors pushing for the state to reopen asap has gone viral. The doctors are saying are saying not so fast. Jr stone is live in the newsroom with details tonight. Reporter eric, there is a serious debate about when to open up. Right now, these two doctors from the bakesfield area say they have compiled their own statistics after testing more than 5,000 people. I say do we need to still s
Workers. Greg wiggins is here now with more. This evening i talked to a doctor on the front lines as well is a volunteer working for a group that is trying to buy ppe in china and bring it to the bay area and donated. The consensus is, getting their hands on ppe is still very difficult because it is in big demand. On face the nation, london breed lane to the pp supply issue on a lack of federal leadership. This should be a federal coordinated effort. We should not be having these conversations. It is difficult since we are purchasing things from china. He is with covid19 relief bay area. A coalition of Chinese Americans buying and donating locally. Even with connections in china, the group said it is not just about sourcing equipment, it is getting supplies that meet u. S. Standards as they learned the hard way when they tried to donate mass similar to the n95. China is using k n95. Many hospitals rejected the donations. The group has since donated 77,000 in equipment, including n95. O
Social distancing restrictions. Today and texas malls and restaurants movie theaters. Uh some of the places that are being allowed to reopen nadia romero has details from dallas. Inside a cafe in katy texas diner sit together and eat breakfast the morning ritual seem simple. But just a month ago 9 out of 10 americans were understand home orders. I think its time. All the rain. Across texas restaurants, shopping malls and theaters are allowed to reopen but with limits on occupancy i think everybodys excited to look at the opportunity of being able to get reopened and re invite customers and gets into their location. By the end of the week more than 30 states across the country will be partially opened but the nations top Infectious Disease expert fear some may be moving too quickly. There is no doubt in my mind. That when you pull back mitigation youre going to start seeing cases crop up here and there and if youre not able to handle them, youre going to see another peak, a spike as mos
Asking governor newson to end the stay at home orders and reopen the economy. Thank you for joining us tonight at 8 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis we are a little more than a month and a half into quarantine and protesters are taking to the streets against the order. Governor Gavin Newsome insists its helping prevent more people from contracting the highly infectious coronavirus. And mayor in San Francisco, one of several bay area. Leaders who is extending the shelter in place by at least another month kron fours Ella Sogomonian is live in the newsroom tonight with the latest tug of war between local leaders and opponents l a. People against ongoing shelterinplace rallied outside of San Francisco city hall today demanding that it be over and done with take a look at the scene as more than a 100 protesters held up signs calling governor newsome a dictator. While others waved american flags in the air. They want the state to re open and just go back to normal now,