And compensation of a packed show today so lets go and dive right in. In the world now has more than 800000 cases of the coronavirus and cost the lives of more than 40000 people here in the u. S. The death toll grew by more than 500 in a day for the 1st time since my on monday during his Daily Briefing on the pandemic u. S. President donald trump talked about how important the next month will be to fight in the spread of the virus. This is our shared page you had a guilty challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days. And this is a very vital 30 days were sort of putting it all in the mind this 30 day is so important because we have to get back. But the more we dedicate ourselves today the more quickly we will emerge on the other side of the crisis and as the u. S. President touted a newly authorized 15 minute test the nations leading Infectious Disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci said we will be in a better position to deal with the virus if it were to represent itself in the future if
Group, reports Public Health officials in bay area counties are planning to extend the shelter in place order to may 1st. The official announcement could be made some time this week. At last check, there were close to 2,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the bay area. 49 people have died. Starting today in San Francisco, muni is stopping Light Rail Service and closed all of its subway stations and replaced trains with buses. This just in, a new opening date has been set for the tokyo summer olympics. The Opening Ceremony is expected to take place july 23rd next year. Thats 2021. So, big news for that, reggie. And relief is coming here for Health Care Workers on the front lines of covid19. Today Governor Newsom is expected to announce an initiative to boost the workforce. Right now Health Care Workers are working very long hours as we know. Starting this week Governor Newsom is scheduled to take up an update on the pandemic and he will do this every day at noon going forward. A secon
We are reall i think, sitting on a time bomb. Woodruff all that and mo on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50g ears, advanceas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individual this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pio stfrom viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a new week has dawned in the era of covid19, and the pandemic keeps burning through the u. S. Population. Infections across the nation are at 160,000 and still rising, with some 3,000 deaths. W rk state remains the nations number one hotspot for the virus, and the governor is appealing for outsine help. We bwith this report from nawaz at the eer of the u. S. Coronavirus outbreak. New york undertakes new steps to care for the continuing tide of patients, as state Health O
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Reporter from a lack of water . Yeah. Reporter tree ecologists Anthony Ambrose and wendy baxter have been working throughout that drought which lasted from late 2010 to earlier this year. Its not much further. Reporter but they havent been studying the pine, firs and cedars that died. Theyve been analyzing the world famous monsters that survived, the giant sequoias, the largest living creatures on earth. Theyve been living and growing in the same place, some of them for thousands of years. Reporter but even these giants have an achilles heel . Yeah, their demand for water. Weve measured that an individual giant sequoia tree uses up to a thousand gallons of water in a single day. If that water supply diminishes, there is going to be an impact on the trees eventually. Really puts everything into perspective. Yeah. Reporter doing science way out here means more than just a strenuous hike. In fact, thats just the beginning. Most of the action is happening up in the canopies. Thats where al