Earlier today the governor expressed optimism that social close quarters, being essential distancing and the stayathome workers. You combine all of this, which order have bought the state valuable time to prepare for a of course in the black community has a history of systemic and historical racism, and youve got a real, real, potential surge in cases. He and the state Surgeon General also spoke about the serious emergency on top of an stress and emotional struggles californians may be having while they shelter at home. The Health Impacts of emergency. Coronavirus go beyond infection so i was on a call, as we speak, about how we address this. First of all, our healthcare and coded disease. Its important to recognize that stress related to the pandemic, many are feeling right now, compounded by the providers, africanamerican, economic distress due to lost wages, employment and financial historically black colleges medical schools have come up with some suggestions on how to prevent this
Fractional moves overnight in asia. And now the latest on the coronavirus this morning. 1 Million People have now become infected. The United States is representing nearly a quarter of the world cases and the cdc is expected to advice all of americans now to wear cloth masks in public to stop the spread of the virus. Vice president mike pence saying that the new guidelines are coming in the next few days, this on top of social distancing rules. The Coronavirus Task force keeping close eye on louisiana, michigan, indiana, georgia and illinois as next potential coronavirus hot spot. In louisiana 26 of all tests are coming back positive. Connecticut being watched closely this morning. Covid19 fears growing abroad stranded crew ship. Princess cruise ship headed to florida today with several infected passengers, comes as a crew member dies on the celebrity infinity ship sitting off the coast of st. Petersburg this morning. Cruises finally dock at port everglades. Passengers will remain on b
Bay area on the front lines sayi are facing ensh whes to tips re getting by as much they can during this emergency. While some struggle to make ends meet, others struggle to fight the demand. Well show you how a home testing kit works. Good morning im devon feely. Emily turner has this morning off. Lets get a check of our weather in the Weather Center with daren. There are showers down in the south bay. Most of this is to the south down around santa cruz and monterey. But some of this is going to get into the south bay today. Since we have a chance for light showers, im going to show you that were going to spotlight the time frame right here. Watch what happens as we go through the rest of today. San jose could pick up. 10 of rain today. Some of this, but really it would be light unless youre down in the south bay. As far as getting you ready to step out the door right now, temperatures are in the low to upper 40s. 49 in san jose, oakland, and San Francisco. Ill be back with more on th
Some of the democrats wish list has been taken out but the Kennedy Center for performing arts still gets 25 million and there is a provision which limits the response of Small Businesses to union action. Surely at times like this we should be able to pass a clean bill without measures that have nothing to do with rescuing the economy. It is a 900 page bill. We are still going through it. We are looking for the pork. Now look at the markets. There is virtually no reaction to those really bad jobless numbers. We will open with a very small loss, maybe go to the plus column at the time we open up. Right now we are looking at a 57point loss, 67 points for the dow industrials. Remember, please, this follows backtoback trading sessions where stocks went up. Some think that is a sign of at least a shortterm bottom. Well see. Again, the dow is now down 70. S p down 13. Nasdaq down 21. Lets get to the virus. 200 americans have died in the last 24 hours. The death toll now exceeds 1,000 in the U
President. That was then. A lot of people think it is fundamentally different this time. All of this is really catalyst, via a virus. But again, one of the interesting things im also following is that we still have negative Interest Rates at the very, very front of the socalled yield curve. One month and threemonth bills are still in negative territory right now with the one month bill at negative. 117 , the three month bill at negative 0. 348 . I hate to add that. That is actually good news. People dont look at a prospect of negative rates as good news but what it means technically, when you give the bank your money, you have to pay them for a privilege. A lot of people look at that, say, what the i will take my chances in the stock market. At least with conservative investments and dividend yields north of 3 i could do better almost doing nothing. That is the view. It benefits stocks. The fact we think were over the worst of the potential Economic Impact of this. That might be premat