This is the. Here is our first group of semifinalists a freshman at northwestern university, from evanston, illinois. A sophomore at the university of florida, from longwood, florida. And a senior at indiana university, from greenfield, indiana. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. To the first of our semifinal matches in this Years College championship. Only the winner of todays game gets to come back later this week to play for 100,000. Thats a lot of money, and i do want to thank lending tree for being our sponsor this year. Hope you guys had an enjoyable easter weekend. Now we put you to work. Good luck. Here are the categories. Followed by. Then you deal with. Youre gonna love this one. And finally. Each correct response beginning with that letter of the alphabet. And, tyler, speaking of beginning, you get to make the first selection. Id like to take arts culture for 1,000, alex. This longtime exhibit of officially sanctioned french art ammed pason of officially sanctioned yla. French art salon. Ight. 00ts cultu,. Word foyourrid whouanditu,. Or for the showy late gothic style seen here. Hospitals are keeping a close look at these predictions and the general says they are ready. Depending on where its necessary we could potentially double that in capacity and, again, potentially use either tents or other unused wards to expand into. Reporter at ucsf gist doctors say they have over 70 ventilators red rebut that doesnt take away the concern of the most vulnerable population like the elderly and people with preexisting health conditions. Epidemiologists are following those places really closely and was really closely about those populations, as far as nervous in a healthy way. Hopefully that were trying to really stay on top of those populations. Reporter and on a wider scale the peak nationwide already passed april 10th. The professor with the university of washington has been analyzing this data closely. They compared with other countries that the u. S. Is not doing very well. Its net infection rate is one and a half times that of europe. Germany and even italy and its two times that of the epicenter wuhan in china, and thats because we dont have strict social distancing rules. Ru reporter and those predictions are correct. The predicted covid deaths are 2,950 and they are hoping the social distancing will continue to flatten the curve. We certainly hope so. Thank you. The coronavirus has exposed an ugly element of societies around the world and here in the united states, too, of course. People targeting others because of stereotypes and preconceived notions. Today abc 1 news anchor dion lynn spoke with members of the africanamerican and latino communities to get their thoughts on what needs to change hand she is live from her home tonight. Reporter dan, over the weekend new video came to light of a cans in one part of china being unfairly evicted from their homes, and that got me thinking about how hate is a virus that knows no color. As the drives spreads around the world africans in china are fearing new cases seine phobia. Africans say they are being discriminated against, lawly evicted and blamed for spreading the virus. Racism anywhere is something that we have to cop dem. This comes at a time when asians feel more backlash than ever. More than 100 hate incidents a day have been reported in stop hate online portal. Were only hearing the tip of the iceberg of whats happening over this past weekend in San Francisco. There were a number of c c restaurants that were vandalized and i read reports all over the country of these incidents continuing. Reporter and theres discrimination for other reasons. Covid19 already affecting a disproportionately large number al. Blacks Community Leaders say its also a lack of education on how to stay safe. Were getting it very slowly but im talking to people saying why are you out here on the street . I didnt know that. A lot of them watch Television Online and anything and not getting the information. Reporter on a day when President Trump is calling to lower Migrant Workers to assist farmers latino workers are highlighting the discrimination to the very people working on the front lines. In many cases the family members will not be included in any form of federal relief. Many people are expressing fear to be able to go out into the street to take part in food pantries because they are afraid of enforcement. Reporter while issues are different across the board there is a common theme, the need to speak out and Work Together to make the world a more tolerant place. Once we unify and come together on any issue we can solve the problem. Reporter now we do want to remind you recently we held an interactive town hall to face the issues Asian Americans face during the pandemic including hate crimes. You have more information on that at abc7news. Com. Live at my home studio, limb, abc 7 news. Whats it like to contract coronavirus and survive . Youll hear one womans story next. Im Wayne Friedman in santa rosa where the mannequins are social distancing. Well explain coming up. Im Spencer Christian with a look at a sunny start to this woke and more sun to come. Ill have the accuweather whaso lets do the rightver chanthing, today. Ow. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. With the nasdaq picking up a gain as investors prepare for whats expected to be a terrible corporate earnings season. The dow lost 128 points closing at 23,390. The nasdaq rose 38 and the s p ended the day down 28 points. The first economic stimulus checks from the federal government should start arriving in Bank Accounts this week via direct deposit. Paper checks will be distributed later this under in. How much can you expect to receive . We have a calculator on our website, abc7news. Com. One covid19 survivor in the north bay calls coronavirus the worst experience of her life even after battling cancer three years ago. Shes now at home telling her story. Reporter this is a picture of a healthy 58yearold stacy allegro back in january smiling, but on march 18th she began getting symptoms after her husband returned from a trip to morocco. 11 days later she was in the emergency room. She posted fighting for my life with covid19. Today out of the hospital she facetimed us to talk about her ordeal. All i can do was stare at at ceiling burning with fever, feeling like a pinata being beaten up by kids at a birthday party. Reporter while at kaiser san rafael m coitn. Shwr sweating through three set of bedding per night. She will never forgot how isolation brought loneliness. I dont think that i was scared that i wasnt going to make it. I was scared that i wasnt ready to lose the people in my life without being able to say goodbye. Reporter she told micheel always remember her medical team, including her doctor posting messages of gratitude on the hospital wall for the staff on the fourth floor. The doctor said in marin county the virus has not exclusively affected the sick and elderly. The average age of people with disease is 54. They are young. So they are seeing people below 50 and they are seeing people above 50. Reporter after spending search days in the hospital allegra was released but remains in isolation at her family home in sonoma. Im terrified to go back out. Even if they say its okay. I just i dont know that im going to feel okay with it. Reporter leanne me lelendez abc 7 news. One of San Franciscos most doubting fight against the krifd is the homeless population. Theres been 70 cases announced and since then its gotten worse and now theres 919 cases including ten staff. Over the weekend everyone from the msc south shelter were moved out, some to hotels. Stand up, fight back. Activists in their cars held a protest today asking the mayor to use hotel rooms to house the homeless and to test all of them for coronavirus. The protest was held outside the musconi center originally designated as an extra shelter for homeless. Those plans have change. The city has arranged thousands of hotel rooms for the homeless. A food giveaway along the peninsula is seeing unpress denned demand. Politicians including congresswoman Jackie Speier and state senator scott weiner were among the volunteers today Wearing Masks and gloves, okay. The charity is used to serve vinagre about 200 meals per day. Now they are serving double that number and more and more show up each week. People line up to have food backs provided to them that never thought in a million years they would be in this situation, but as they wait for their Unemployment Insurance to kick in, as they wait for the sba to actually approve their loans they are strapped and for those of us that can help we should be doing that. Reporter recipients get a weeks worth of groceries including meat, produce and bread. Samaritan house is seeking new volunteers, and if you want to help or if you need to get help yourself, go to abc7news. Com take action. You will find a curated list of resources for you there. Live with kelly and ryan and American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is donating 1 million to Coronavirus Relief efforts in new york city and los angeles. 75 of that money will go to the First RespondersChildrens Foundation to house and feed 200 new york city First Responders for the next six weeks. Seacrest says he made that donation after seeing a report about First Responders sleeping in their cars in order to avoid putting loved ones at risk. They are doing so much right now. Well, coming up next, abc 7 news weather anchor Spencer Christian has our sevenday forecast. Also. Governor newsom says tomorrow hell lay out a pramwork for lifting restrictions in california. You can watch it live here on abc 7 and if you download the abc 7 news app youll get push alerts with details just as soon as they are announced. Do that when you have a Metastatic Breast Cancer is relentless, but i was relentless first. Relentless about learning the first song we ever danced to. 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Symptoms include tiredness, appetite loss, stomach pain, and bleeding or bruising. Blood clots that can lead to death have occurred. Tell your doctor if you have pain or swelling in your arms or legs, shortness of breath, chest pain, rapid breathing or heart rate, or if you are pregnant or nursing. My relentless reason its them. My choice with my doctor its verzenio. Ask your doctor if everyday verzenio is right for your first treatment. Chp investigators examined a bulletridden car along 880 in oakland a short time ago. A Law Enforcement source tells abc 7, you can see the bullet holes, that people inside another car pulled next to that car and opened fire around 4 30. That prompted officers to close all northbound labors of 880 near 23rd avenue for a short time. Sky 1 flew above the scene moments after the chp reopened the freeway. There is no word on how many people were shot or if anyone has been arrested. At least 32 people have died as dozens of tornadoes hit several Southern States on Easter Sunday and early this morning. Alabama, georgia, louisiana and mississippi have all declared states of emergency. States are having a difficult time responding to the Severe Weather because of the coronavirus pandemic. In one Louisiana City the mayor says they would nominally open shelters and those are now a last resort. The storms are moving through the northeast now forcing some covid19 Testing Facilities to close. Just terrible on Easter Sunday and today. Bad storms. Yeah. And with whats going on with the pandemic really just not what they need right now. Now its like a double whammy, isnt it. Lets turn to Spencer Christian. This time of year spring in that part of the country, spencer, they get a lot of these. They certainly do, especially down in the southeast. Tornadoes have become very common there. We used to talk about Tornado Alley over in the plains but now the southeast is the region of the country that gets more tornadoes than anywhere else. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Such calm and beautiful weather here in the bay area. We should embrace it. Sunny guys right now as we look towards the tower from the exploratory. 59 degrees in San Francisco k. Midto upper 660s san jose and gilroy and 67 at half moon boy. Blue sky over golden gate. Petaluma is 65 and 6 napa and 7 in fair feil. Nice and mild over there. 72 in concord and 7 is at livermore, and looking i think it looks like the shark tank in san jose. These are our forecast features. Mostly clear skies tonight. Breezy in the hills and well have a warmer pattern the next couple of days and cooler at the end of the week with a chance of rain sunday into money. Tonights lows mainly in the mid to upper 40s under clear skies except near the coast we may see orf clouds developing and tomorrow another wright sunny day. Much like today only milder with high temperatures ranging up frommer 60s at the coast from the mid170s up to the bay shore line and israel up to 80ss in the inner inland location. Well develop a bit of offshore flow making it warmer at the coast as well as other regions. Wednesday, it will remain mild to warm around the bay shoreline and inland. It will cool down a little bit near the coast on wednesday and then on thursday it it will be a little bit cooler and on coast and around the bay shoreline and then on friday well see cooling reaching to all regions of the bay area, but it will still be a relatively mild day until the clouds move in over weekend and heres our forecast animation starting at 3 00 p. M. Sunday. At that point well see increasing clouds and some precipitation over in the sierra and some just offshore moving in our direction and by sunday evening, by 8 00 or so well see light rain reaching much of the bay area, steadier more widespread rain will be concentrated across the bay area overnight into monday morning and then later in the day monday well see the rain pushing to our east over towards the sierra where there will be some sno and area will clear out a little bit by monday night. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Mild to warm with bright sunny skies and on thursday as i mentioned slight minor cooling. Friday, there will be further cooing as the clouds increase. Partly cloudy or increasing clouds on saturday as well and then a chance of showers late saturday going into early monday and it looks like the week will start a little bit cooler than this week is starting, but we do need the rainfall. Beautiful weather right now and im sure weran joig it and have such a severe rainfall deficit and good to seat rain coming back here in april. Dan and aima. Thanks, spencer. During the shelter in place rules we have to go grocery shopping. What about the farmers providing the food for us. They are getting some extra help. What you take from it is hope. And hear from people on the front lines of the Coronavirus Fight at Regional Medical my skin hurt, i felt gross. But then i started cosentyx and i havent really had to think about it. Real people with psoriasis. Look and feel better with cosentyx. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. Before starting get checked for tuberculosis. An increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen. Or if youve had a vaccine or plan to. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Ask your dermatologist about cosentyx. The u. S. Has the highest number of coronavirus cases and the highest number of deaths reported of any country in the world, but there is, ama, a bit of a light at the end of the tunnel. Yeah, there is, so lets take a look at this. Six states in the northeast, including new york, are banding together to work on a plan to reopen. California is working with oregon and washington on a west coast plan. Were going to get the details on that tomorrow. Yesterday new york states death toll surpassed 10,000. 10 were nursing home hospitalizations and the rates are flattening hand the icu admissions are decreasing. Wyoming reported its first coronavirus death mean people have died in all 50 states. A sailor from the uss roosevelt has died and more than 600 have tested positive, including the former captain Brett Crozier who was relieved of duty after criticizing the navys response and abc anchor george stuff plus has tested positive for coronavirus. His wife also has the disease. 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