Streets in major cities with lock down measures due to the pandemic theyre rallying cries demanding governors and reopen their states all right its time to boost their news i. Q. The Trump Administration is ramping up its rhetoric rhetoric against china claiming a lab in rouhani may be responsible for the world wide spread of the corona virus meantime a new report claims china intentionally hid the severity of this virus Rachel Blevins is joining us from the news room with more of this rachel what more can you tell us well manella the trumpet administration is now doubling down on the claim of the Novel Coronavirus originated from a lab and china during a sunday talk show interviews secretary of state might prompt said he is confident the. U. S. Intelligence community will come to the same conclusion remember china has a history of infecting the world and they have a history of running substandard laboratories these are not the 1st times that weve had a world exposed to virus as a resu
Our nbc news exclusive with a top chinese official lashing out morning some governors are starting to lay out plans for reopening, in fact, their economies days and weeks ahead others are extending after the president raises the stakes demanding china stayathome orders. Compensate the world for the at least 11 states now are personally reopened. Virus. It should have been stopped we can also tell you six states, including florida, texas, and at the source, china. It should have been stopped very nevada have stayathome orders that expire tomorrow much at the source but it California Governor Gavin Newsom is announcing a four phase plan wasnt. Now we have 184 countries going to slowly reopen the state through hell. Here is what he told savannah earlier this morning on today. Just ahead, why the chinese im worried we could erase all the gains in a short period of time. Weve made so much process and are accusing the president of we dont want to run the 90yard blackmail. Dash new hope. You
Clouds along the coast and right around the bay. Otherwise inland, concord, look how mild you are this morning, 61 degrees right now, oakland, 67, 53, livermore. 56, san jose and santa rosa, taking you through our day, upper 60s in San Francisco, mid 70s, san jose, low 80s in concord, 6 to 12 degrees above average and it gets even warmer still. I will have that full forecast coming up. Lets check in with gianna ok a no delays to report on the golden gate, just a heads up, just north of your we do have that ongoing roadwork around 101 as you work your way into the wall to grave, just keep that in mind if you are commuting through their, oneto one, roadwork continues along the san mateo area, also, but again the Golden Gate Bridge looks really good. I am starting to see a few brake lights writer on mission boulevard, some red popping up here. This is an ongoing project, hoping to have things opened up at the east by 6 00 this morning. I am anne makoveck, taken alive look at capitol hill
Second in the Santa Clara County and six in california. There are at least 247 covid19 cases up and down the state right now and more than 2100 nationwide including at least 50 deaths. Concern about covid19 as well as rules restricting large gatherings is putting a serious damper on San Franciscos nightlife. Amber lee is live in the city where a friday night would normally be bustling, and it really doesnt look too busy behind you. Reporter there is some foot traffic along fillmore street but nothing like you would see on a normal friday night. Balboa cafe on a friday night is a neighborhood hotspot, but managers say business is noticeably down this week with coronavirus fears of spreading. Still, some regular patrons say they want to toast the weekend. We are still going out, going to restaurants, grabbing a drink. The owner of tonic, says starting this week establishments such as his across the city have seen up to an 80 loss in business. We like to think of ourselves as resilient. B
Including some turtles. Thats right. Your tax dollars actually paid for a study that put turtles on treadmills. So here we have our turtles on a treadmill. To no ones surprise, it turns out that turtles are really, really slow. Okay. Thats what our tax dollars went to. In fact, this wasteful study found that turtles moved at nearly the same pace as dead turtles on a treadmill. Arent you glad that washington bureaucrats used your hard earned dollars to conduct this study . Good grief, folks. Now how many of your tax dollars went to this study exactly . Well, folks, your guess is actually as good as mine because there is no legal obligation for most federal agencies to publicly disclose the price of government projects even though the american taxpayers are paying for them. Folks, this is your money, your money. So shouldnt you have a right to know how it is being spent . Its been said before, and i sure believe it, government functions best when it operates in the open. This is the basi