N 95 masks and ventilators but he says his warnings were dismissed lives are endangered and i believe lives were lost in and not only that we were forced to. Procure these supplies from other countries without the right quality standards last month bright was abruptly removed from his position we have the worlds greatest scientist let us lead. Let us speak without fear of retribution for as it trump dismissive breaks testimony, i dont know. I get still bright has a dire prediction. The covid19 pandemic will get worse of the United States ds not develop a National Testing strategy and put in place a plan to distribute a vaccine time is running out because the virus is still spreading everywhere Camila Bernal kron 4 news. Senator richard burr is stepping down as the chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee as the fbi investigates stocks trains that he made back in february. Burr has been criticized for selling up to one million in stocks. After he and other lawmakers were first briefed about the coronavirus he said he didnt do anything wrong and made the trades based solely on public information, not what he learned behind closed doors. But yesterday the fbi serb or with a search warrant and took a cell phone. Burr will step down officially tomorrow. Also happening tomorrow, the full house of representatives will return to the capitol to vote on the heroes act. The democrats latest Coronavirus Relief package costing more than trillion and is likely to face substantial opposition from the republican controlled senate. The gop opposes the bills huge costs in its call for increased crisis funding to state and local governments. What nancy pelosi is proposing will never pass the senate its got so much unrelated the coronavirus it is dead on arrival here. The house will also vote on a plan to allow all lawmakers to telecommute and vote by proxy. While washington dc remains under a stay at home order. Republicans are expected to fight that bill as well. A new Study Suggests that the coronavirus tests currently being used by the white house may be inaccurate. The white house uses the abbott id now tests which can show results and 13 minutes. But New York University researchers found that has to be quote unacceptable for use with patients, they looked at nasal swabs from 101 patients who came in for testing one test found the 31 of them had covid19. And of those positive swabs 48 tested negative with the abbott s the company has disputed the finding saying it is inconsistent with other studies. The fda which authorized the test in march is now investigating. Amazon announced today it will start mass producing hundreds of thousands of protective face shields for medical workers and they will eventually be available for the general public as well, the gear allows for plastic shields to snap into a 3 d printed head piece and this comes after the Company Previously announced it will test all of its workers for coronavirus however, amazon has also com under fire during this pandemic lawmakers have questioned the company about Safety Policies for its warehouses and delivery employees. Lets go now to the midwest where the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned the states Stay Home Order calling it a lawful and unenforceable Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has extended the stay at home order through may 26. But state republicans filed a lawsuit calling the move an abuse of power and then a 4 to 3 decision the court ruled that the order reach beyond the governors authority. This led to confusion across the state some bars reopened immediately as you can see here drawing large crowds. The governor says the decision will put more people at risk. All we have no plan and we have no protections for the people wisconsin this will cause the really wants to show have spikes across the state theres no question about it now the onus is on the individual if you dont feel comfortable going into a restaurant or to church and dont go. As of tonight, wisconsin had more than. Had more than 10,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and over 400 yes. New tonight at 5 the napa county board of supervisors has now given the green light to a plan that would allow more businesses including wineries to reopen. A number of it or say theyve already been. Theyve already been getting ready for when they will be allowed to reopen their doors members of the napa valley vintners submitted their ideas to county leaders and how they plan to make sure the customers and workers are protected. Once they reopen. The wrecked recommendations were part of the countys plan that were submitted to state leaders to move deeper into the states recovery plan. Some of the suggestions include reservations for visits spacing tables, at least 10 feet apart. Temperature checks for workers. The rest of the Hotels Private writers and were all anxious to get somewhere and and and separate really see again im just like your the county plan now heads to sacramento where state meters could approve it and just a few dates. Well its happy hour somewhere right as we take a live look outside at a very foggy Golden Gate Bridge, the commute this evening. Its not looking clear lets check in now is our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow working from home a lot of fog and wet weather out there today as more of that on the way for the weekend tomorrow, even. Yeah, i think tomorrow probably going to be a really nice day just team but after that things start to get a bit if you in fact we may be looking at the last real rainmaker of the season coming our way that movie in late saturday night into sunday outside right now though weve got a whole lot of cloud cover out toward the Golden Gate Bridge very damp ballots or if you just and right now, but certainly we did have some light showers moving through the bay area today is him coming through right there that we can sliding on through but holding on just enough to bring a few scattered showers popping up around our skies make things. A little bit damp out there on the roadways right now it is quieting down Doppler Radar is clearing out as well the winds kicking up just a bit little breezy in spots this afternoon 60 Miles Per Hour in oakland right now 16 in the napa valley, 13 of benicia 14 in concord a 15 mile an hour winds in both livermore and san jose at this hour overnight tonight. So really theres a chance of a couple more scattered light showers i think the focus though will be well to the north mainly north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Then overnight tonight were going to see continued patchy fog developing around the bay area tomorrow morning a little bit broken early on. But as we head toward the afternoon. We clear out your skies and then some high clouds begin to drift in late in the day so starting out today with some patchy fog and low clouds giving way to some sunshine and then a few clouds move in late in the afternoon, but temperatures to warm up a little bit that the looks like by torrow afternoon. Were talking some 70s in the valleys lot of 60s 70s inside the bay and cool 50s and 60s along the coast over the weekend how about this justine not only a chance, some rain maybe some thunderstorms and a chance of showers on tuesday. Thank you lawrence we have much more ahead tonight here on kron 4 news at 5 Many Airlines are now requiring passengers to wear masks when theyre on board but which company says it will let passengers board without one. Plus a 5. 45 counties around the state are loosening their stay at home restrictions so does that mean that people are making travel plans for memorial day. And prices at the Grocery Store are slowly going up during this pandemic but one were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. It is cutting prices on some of its meets but only for the rest of this week from now until saturday, the company will discount its meets by 20 to 30 , including chuck and round roast as well as some ground beef products. This comes as reports show the prices at Grocery Stores across the u. S. Are rising. The cost of groceries overall increased by more than 2 and a half percent last month. That is the biggest month to month increase in more than 40 years. One South Carolina restaurant has a unique way to ensure social distancing inside the owners want to make the restaurant look as full as they could. So they ordered 10 blowup dolls and dress them up like customers even giving them wigs to wear and a nice suit coat as well, its looking pretty. The owners say theyre also following social distancing guidelines by spacing out Customers Using disposable menus and ensuring that employees wear masks. But are they good tippers. Still ahead as the air travel industry adjust to the pandemic what steps oakland so right now were 2 weeks away from memorial day weekend aaa says more people are starting to make travel plans through its site. This is some counties are already easing their stay at home restrictions. Earlier today here on kron on we spoke to a member of aaa to learn of it is concerned about an influx of travelers during the pandemic. This is the first year in 20 tripoli will not be providing a memorial day forecast. So what were seeing is that you know as you said as travel restrictions begin to ease up a bit we have seen a bookings rise on tripoli dot com slash but at the same time were not seeing obviously that same volume we expect the people will start gravitating for their first trips likely road trips and likely within the United States. We are expecting demand for travel to increase especially restrictions are lifted on international travel. And you know it it is more important now than ever. If you havent done it maybe talk to a travel agent i mean its something that seems like most people dont use anymore but theyre the ones were doing all the research ahead of time. For people so if youre thinking about traveling. I mean thats something to consider. This interview first ran on our 24 7 streaming app kron on you can download the app today for free to get commercial free local News Coverage and stay up to date on the coronavirus pandemic. Now by now most Major Airlines are requiring passengers to cover their faces father inside the terminal and on the plane. But an internal memo sent out by Southwest Airlines is telling flight crews, not to stop passengers from boarding if they refuse to wear a mask, southwest official policy says customers will be asked to wear the mask when social distancing is not possible. The airline is telling flight attendants to inform customers of the policy and asked them to comply, but not to enforce it. Adding quote we will not deny boarding solely based on a customers refusal to wear a face covering. Now in the east bay Oakland Airport is taking new steps to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus truck kron fours Charles Clifford has the details. Well here in oakland, the airport has been hit hard by the ongoing pandemic travelers have just all but vanished, and now the airport is hoping that as social distancing requirements ease up and that state start to reopen that travelers will return and they are doing what they can to make sure that the corona virus doesnt spread here. The Oakland Airport has created a Resiliency Task force with the goal of examining how the airport should adjust to the ongoing pandemic they had already made some changes including requiring that everyone wear face masks, but now additional precautions are being taken. Airport Officials Say they have installed socialdistancing markers to help people stay at least 6 feet apart plexiglas shields have been installed at ticket counters boarding gates as well as at the customs and Border Protection area for international rivals, seating and staffing around the airport have also been adjusted to enhance social distancing and high exposure operations have been suspended that includes taxi stands an employee shuttle buses. The airport has also started using new cleaning products and train employees in new cleaning methods to hopefully keep the coronavirus from spreading here in oakland Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Now lets take a live look outside at San FranciscoInternational Airport and passengers at sfo are also required to cover their face. The San Mateo County health order makes it a requirement inside the terminal because it is an essential facility. The this week, the airport began handing out free face coverings to anyone who might need one. And in this shot there we do see some clouds and from this next shot will see our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow working from home high to lawrence. Im doing well justine thank you very much hope youre doing your time in the stud here at home. Were checking out your weather today certainly a damp day specially along the coastline but all around the bay area we had some reports of some scattered showers with the Santa Cruz Mountains picking up almost a quarter of an inch but were not done with the rain just yet lou this off the coastline latest satellite you can see that big blow off the coast and those clouds will start work their way toward the bay area and the not too distant future but will squeeze in a nice friday here before that comes through tonight still some passing clouds out there into early tomorrow morning were going to see some patchy fog that i think will break out the sunshine for in the middle of the day on a friday and by the afternoon, the clouds start to thicken up at least some high clouds moving in late today should make for a beautiful sunset, but then you can see that big cloud mass off the coast and thats all part of that says were just take a look at on the satellite image source tree a little cultures saturday night. Saturday night sunday that storm system coming through i think may open the door so very unstable air. Maybe even some thunderstorms as we get into sunday afternoon and evening temperatures for tomorrow 50 60 school in San Francisco cool out of the beach will keep in the 50s their little breezy cosigned to 60 degrees burning games, some sunshine 69 degrees in redwood city 73 in mount view lot of 70s in the south a matter of fact maybe about 73 in san jose 71, the warmer spots and livermore 78 also in concord 77 in danville about 74 in arena plan on 79 degrees and fairfield 74 degrees in flail how about san anselmo checking in at 63 degrees 71. In petaluma so looks like things changing enjoy the nice dry day tomorrow by this weekend were talking about more rain just. Thank you lawrence next here at 5 well take you to the north bay were Health Care Health care workers in sandra fell treated to a tour of appreciation today marine county First Responders made a pass through Kaiser PermanenteMedical Center and kron 4 stripped of all reports. Although the parade was brief. It will leave a Lasting Impact on the brave people working around the clock to treat sick patients during this pandemic. Enough lifting break from what at times during the Novel Coronavirus pandemic and the the front lines. This is awesome. Staff sandra fell in Medical Center honored by their close partners. First its a win win and we are so tight with them we call 911 to one of our patients is having a infusion reaction and theyre right there for us. Dependability is especially important these days life and death decisions are made on a daily basis at hospitals regardless of the is facing now attacks in by covid19 and we work hard for patients. And we like being recognized, but even if we werent we would store card for a patient. Hospitals that weve been trying to get to a started a couple weeks ago at or in General Hospital and then yesterday were at Nevada Community hospital and today were at kaiser turtle and the First Responders met up at Terra Linda High School down the street before heading to the hospital the procession was organized and efficient allowing the time to share their gratitude and still be able to make it to any emergency calls since they were still on this is just a way that we can show our appreciation for everything that our Health Care Professionals are doing for a community keeping us safe hopefully taking care all of this is something comes up we want to show them how much. We appreciate them on the day that theyre showing us how much they different lines of work with one First Responders who serve and their community in doing so as a teen. Well now we go to the east bay where Health Care