Mike has a look at the morning commute. It is very light. The volume at least. You can go at speed. A quick look at the north bay coming through the curve, the es ess curve, moving smoothly into the Golden Gate Bridge without a problem were at speeds. Be careful, you do have company as you see. The u. S. Just hit a record of the highest oneday total deaths from the coronavirus as the numbers continue to rise, right now the u. S. Has more than 163,000 confirmed cases. March 1st, there were only 75. At the same time Big Companies are now pitching in to address the shortage of supplies. Today in the bays tracie potts is live from her home near washington this morning with a look at the challenges theyre facing. Good morning, tracie. Marcus, good morning. The president says its everyones patriotic duty to do everything they can to fight this virus and for Corporate America that means focusing less on profits right now and more on production. With the coronavirus expected to peak by easter, Corporate America is ramping up production. Ford and General Electric are working together to make 50,000 ventilators in the next three months. Other companies are converting Assembly Lines to produce masks. By friday i want to be up to 50,000 a day. Reporter hospital gowns. Expect to begin delivering 30,000 to 50,000 gowns a week. Reporter face shields. 10,000 in the next few weeks. Reporter the governors requested more test kits but President Trump says he hasnt heard about testing problems in weeks. Hes setting june 1st as a new deadline for recovery. The economy is number two on my list. I think the economy will come back very fast. We basically shut down our country. Reporter 30 states issued stay at home orders. We need to talk about the, you of everybody wearing a mask. Reporter around the country temporary hospitals set up in new yorks central park and the l. A. Convention center. A florida pastor arrested for Holding Services outdoors. And anguish. My rent is due this week. Im the only income. How am i going to provide for my child . My grandmother died alone. She died alone. We didnt even get to say bye to her. Reporter americans dealing with the very real impact of this deadly virus. So far more than 3,000 people in this country have lost their lives to the coronavirus. More than a million tested and now, marcus, were learning there are hundreds of Nursing Homes and longterm care facilities reporting cases. We know that was a big issue especially in washington state. It seems to be a big, you nationwide. Hard for families who cant see their loved ones in their last moments. 6 03. Infectious disease experts from the cdc are now assessing the coronavirus outbreak at San Franciscos laguna honda hospital. They currently have 11 confirmed cases which includes the staff, cleaning crew and patients. There are growing fears of much wider outbreak and the cdc plans to advise the staff on how to manage the spread. Mayor london breed is requesting more resources including registered nurses and more testing equipment. It is 6 04 right now. If youre planning a trip to your local whole Foods Grocery store you may want to brace yourself. Several workers are planning a oneday sickout. Theyre saying theyre not getting enough protection. I want to check in with bob redell live, reporting from his home in livermore. What are the workers asking for . Reporter laura, theres a group called whole worker, a group organized of whole foods workers and employees who are organizing this. You can look at their twitter page. This day of protest that whole foods workers in new york city, chicago, california, and other locations have tested positive for covid19. It should be noted no bay area employee has tested positive as far as we know. They want paid leave for workers who selfquarantine, Health Care Coverage for parttime employees and guaranteed hazard pay which would equal double time. They also want more social distancing between workers and customers. We spoke with shoppers near the s. A. P. Center where that store is only allowing 55 customers inside at a time. Theyre taking a big risk. We get to work from home. They cant do that and they are interacting with so many people. They should have better coverages and better pay. Reporter a whole foods spokesperson said in a statement the company is prioritizing and extensive measures are being taken to keep people safe, deep cleaning, and limiting the number of customers. Employees have received a 2 per hour ways and if they test positive or are quarantined. Bob redell, today in the bay. I understand their concerns. Thanks so much, bob. Today is your day to possibly be a hero and help out a lot of restaurants along the way. Today theyll have the Great American eat out day, kris. I want to check in with kris sanchez live from her home, and i know ive been cooking tons for my family, it would be nice to take a nice off. I think we should have set up our home offices in the kitchen. Thats where were spending most of our time, a little snacking going on during this stressful time. This is a serious thing, as mmm as 30,000 restaurants say they might not survive the coronavirus pandemic by the time this is over. They could shutter their doors for good. Restaurants offering special deals, family meals plans, cocktails doing to keep enough to keep employees on the job. The fda says there is no evidence of someone getting coronavirus from food or foot pajageing. Use Curbside Pickup or request a no contact delivery. When you get your food home throw away all of the packaging and use your own dishes and reheat the food even if its already warm. Using go fund me donations to make free meals for First Responders and essential workers in East Palo Alto and the Ravenswood Education Foundation but also using the funds to pay four work eers. They had food available but not enough staff to serve the kids. A lot of restaurants are trying to be creative, do the right thing for their employees and keep the doors open. If you want a link to that i can put it on my Facebook Page. It may not be a bad way to spend the evening. Kris sanchez, today in the bay. All right, thanks so much, kris. I know my kids are eating tons these days. Marcus . I was eating before this but continuing to eat nevertheless. Lets get a look at the forecast. Maybe some good jogging weather around the neighborhood if you can, social distancing, of course. Yeah, if you can today, but we are also doing those athomeworkouts. Ive been doing some zumba on the tv. On xfinity you can get those free on demand workouts. A little tip there after we eat our restaurant food. Lets get a look at our forecast today. Its going to be beautiful this afternoon in san jose. Were waking up to the clouds starting to part and our temperatures will warm up today. So well see a mix of sun and clouds and also our temperatures reaching into the upper 60s. For the east bay we may see it warm and 70 degrees and then for the peninsula in the upper 50s, San Francisco reaching into the low 60s today and well see some 60s in the north bay. Well talk about rain coming in for the weekend coming up. Mike has a look at the morning commute for people who must drive. Some folks need transit to get there but there will be an adjustment. Weve been talking about a lot of other adjustments. As we take a look at ac transit, theyll modify their Service Today in the wake of declining ridership just like the other agencies. Theyll operate with minor changes from the sunday schedule, you get all the details, they will continue transbay services. Fremont, 880, the light traffic but there is still traffic out there and there is an issue up in oakland and im just hearing about the same freeway, the nimitz. A nurse shares her experiences on the front lines fighting the coronavirus. The new yorkers heartbreaking message to her children. [ no audio ] all right, were having an issue with scott, but, laura, what else are we working on this morning . Well, take a look at this. As we head into break, check out what Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco looks like these days. The popular tourist spot packed with tourists usually but eerie looking here, barely a soul in sight in whats become our new normal. Were keeping tabs on it all. It is 6 11. This is today in the bay. Right now at 6 13 working from home in my green screen. Lets get a look outside at the south bay as we check out our temperature trend for sunnyvale. We will see temperatures starting out in the low 50s. Its going to be a beautiful afternoon with sunshine and highs in the upper 60s. A rainy weekend forecast headed our way coming up in a few minutes. Looking to the traffic flow which is smooth for most of the bay as you would imagine. As we take a look over by the coliseum im tracking the latest which is reports of some debris, maybe a sofa in the roadway 880 right at the bottom of the screen. Ill give you the details if we have more to report and the other issues further south. All right, watch the roads there. Today is march 31st, the final day of the First Quarter. And a terrible quarter it has been, scott mcgrew. Reporter its been a terrible quarter, yes. The worst since the 2008 housing crisis. The worst First Quarter since then. The second quarter, which starts tomorrow looks rough, too. Markets rose monday, the fourth positive day out of five. That wont be enough to save the quarter. A year ago we were having the best First Quarter in ten years. President trump now says he thinks itll be june 1st before the economy gets itself back together. We dont have any way of knowing. Do keep in mind as we talk about ford and gm promising medical products in the first 100 days, 100 days from now is actually midjuly. Washington says it is willing to give money to airlines so they can make payroll but they have to keep the workers, cant lay them off. Nancy pelosi pushing for more stimulus including mortgage relief. And the San FranciscoOrganization Called the internet archive has decided to offer books for free calling it the Emergency Library but a lot of authors are telling the New York Times theyre not so enthusiastic because the internet archive is not paying the authors the way regular libraries do. I havent looked. I know chris san dhkris sanchez user of the library. I assume electronically. Questiyes, you can. Oh, good. Were readers, we read a lot of news and books. We found the right career. Here is something good to report on. You know how theres that lack of Hand Sanitizer out there, take a look at this. A modesto winery is stepping up. They are now producing the product and the business recently delivered dozens of cases to the office of emergency services. They were doing their part to help out all of those in need. I know you know a lot about this next story because across the country many Young Children missing out on having their friends over to celebrate birthday parties. Thats right. The triplets turn 11 in about 30 days. I think were going to have to postpone that party until the summer. Take a look at what theyre doing in some parts. Its a really great idea. I dont know if i can get the fire trucks and Police Sirens going but robyn iovino posted this of local police and fire units helping her daughter celebrate with a parade, Even Community members got in on the fun. And the trend is taking off. In maine a Facebook Page has been started to help parents plan special birthday surprises which is kind of cool. I love seeing stuff like that. How about adding a twist to selfisolation. Busch beer is offering a threemonth supply of beer to 500 people who adopt a foster dog from a midwest Animal Rescue in minnesota. A winwin if youre a beer lover. Im on the fence about adopting right now. Its a great time. Its a great time. Its always a good time to adopt. Hes on the fence. I could go either way right now. You can come practice with my dogs. I could walk your dogs for you. There you go. They would love it. Today would be a good day to walk the dogs, kari. It would be a great day because were going to get more sunshine and warmer temperatures. Were starting out with clouds. A live look outside in San Francisco as you get the day started, of course, only essential workers out this morning. As we go through the day were having to social distance. Enjoying the sunshine and the fresh air. About six feet away from everybody at this point. Its nice to see our views around the bay area. Even if you cant actually go there. But i wanted to show you a look at the nationwide temperatures because we know were not the only ones having to shelter in place and our temperatures have really started to warm up. Today in kansas city theyre reaching up to 69 degrees. I wanted to show you what some of your family may be dealing with looking at cooler air. New york city reaching 47. Compare that to miami today reaching 93 degrees. It is going to be so hot here while here in the bay area were enjoying comfortable weather, upper 60s in san jose. We do still have rain to the north of us. It looks like only spots like ukiah, really far to the north, well see that chance of rain, the rest of the bay area seeing mostly dry conditions. There will be the return of rain for the weekend so were going to see that rain coming in on saturday, continuing into sunday and temperatures will drop as well. Were going to see decent amounts of rain for most of us with if i where from a quarter to half inch of rain. In terms of sierra snow this is going to be a decent snow maker and, yes, its april. Were still talking big snowstorms here looking at the possibility of getting several feet in the sierra. Were going to see temperatures in the low 70s into the next couple days. San francisco some low 60s and the weekend we drop back as the rain moves in. Mike, youre tracking the roads. Any drivers having any issues getting to work . The first one is with our live look. Its by the coliseum on your right. Reports of a sofa that dropped off a truck, presumably and in the center divide. Now south from there with those headlights down to hayward and highway 92 its a smooth drive but as we look at the san mateo bridge getting there may be an issue. The slow lane is still blocked. Im told 70 gallons have spilled out and some may have gone in t. Over on the peninsula side, thats a smooth drive. Back to you. Thank you, mike. 6 22. Helping fill the need. The Southern CaliforniaCommunity Using modern technology to protect health care workers. First, andy cohen speaking out nearly two weeks after becoming infected with covid19. What he says it was like to finally reunite with his baby boy. That interview follows today in the bay at 7 00 a. M. 6 24 right now. An estimated 75 of all americans are now under shelter in place in nevada, north dakota, nebraska, iowa and arkansas have no mandatory shelter in place directives at the city or state level. However in those states some nonessential have been told to close. Now the site of a military Field Hospital to help treat noncoronavirus patients. Should have 150 beds for patients soap t the goal is to up space to treat coronavirus patients. As those coronavirus cases surge in new york city a hospital surgeon there is sharing a heartbreaking message. Take a look at this. She tweeted a photo of herself wearing a regular facemask, makeshift protective equipment covering her head, and an open neck medical gown. She shared a note. She says she wants her kids to have if she dies from the disease. It reads in part, quote, i want them to know mommy tried really hard to do her job. She used the getmeppe which many medical professionals are using to demand proper protective gear. Lets look at the video from the pittsburgh, pennsylvania, area. Look at this. These long lines of cars. This is not for covid19 testing but its for a food bank. So many people showing up there. The traffic patterns had to be changed, the lines of cars stretching for miles as you can see here. The volunteers out there handed out nearly 2,000 boxes of food weighing 50 pounds. Something good to talk about, now in Southern California a help to overcome the shortage of protective equipment for health care workers. Yeah, take a look at what theyre doing here. Neighbors in san diegos Scripps Ranch area are using 3d printers to make hundreds of face shields. The printers work around the clock to create the headbands for the shields as well. Then volunteers attach the plastic cover. So far the group has given over 300 face shields to hospitals across the country. I love to see how everybody is trying to do their part. 6 27 for you this morning. Coming up next the top stories, including the mounting toll from the coronavirus with the expected shelter in place extension for the bay area. 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