Not decreasing. Counties have self certified to ease more of the stayat home restrictions, this is in rural areas with very few cases. That includes El Dorado County were the governor spoke this afternoon. Those counties can move more quickly through phase two reopening. The governor said the counties are being cooperative, including sutter and yuba counties which he criticized last week for opening too soon, without state approval. I think we are up to 31 consultations, different counties we have been engaged with most have gone very well, some are not where they need to be. And we are going to try to do our best to work through some issues. Counties that meet certain benchmarks dining restaurants, shopping malls, and schools with modifications. The governor also used todays time at another danger that is of course wildfires. He outlined what is being done to protect Public Health and safety during this pandemic. Ktvu tom joins us now with the preparedness plans. Tom. Remake the virus spares no one even firefighters, even if they are in the most remote locations. We are entering a fire season. Mindful of the anxiety coronavirus has brought on californians. It is currently booting up its strength two 6100 permanent firefighters, 26 seasonal firefighters, 3200 inmate firefighters, and 600 Fire Prevention volunteers. This year already looks to be far different from last years wet and mild fire season. From january to may 10th last year from january to may 10th, this year we had 1135 wildfires. Why california continues to fight the viral pandemic. It must also be ready to fight wildfires while protecting the firefighters, from the virus. This is being done by training in smaller groups, with more spacing between firefighters. At real fires, base camp temps will be much further apart to ensure distancing as well. Try to do our best to sip press the spread at the same time weve got to mitigate, and suppress these fires. The priority, use more people aircraft, fire engines, and equipment, to nip fires in the bud. Keeping firefighters small and they would be required to spend 5 billion on safety and wildfire mitigation. To ensure that happens, the governors increasing the state budget to launch a 106 person wildfires safety division. That division will 24 seven oversee the efforts of all three of our largest investor owned utilities. Does Public Safety power shut off they say after consultation with utilities, shutoffs should last only half as long. More than ever, cal fire needs and expects individuals to help themselves and each other with dispensable space. Neighbors helping neighbors to be prepared for this fire season the governor announced hundreds of millions of dollars to set up Emergency Response to all hazards. Pots are getting hotter, the drives are getting dry the weights are getting wetter. There is a new reality. So tomorrow the governor will release the overall budget to accomplish this, and many many other things. The question is, will we really have the money . Tom, ktvu, fox 2 news. That is the big question. All right tom, thank you. Elon musk has apparently ended the automaker was given approval to resume full operations next week, under new safety guidelines. There was a small protest earlier today outside of the fremont facility, about two dozen demonstrators showed support for tesla demanding the state reopen. Tesla has been defying Health Guidelines, restarting production on monday. The county says discussions with tesla about their safety plan had been good. Talk about the ongoing feud. Technology policy reporter at the washington post, and author of the technology 202 news letter. Its good to have you on your part does this mean that elon musks strong arm tactics worked, or do you think the county was maybe close to working out a solution here . It seems like the county is buckling under the tactics. We have seen from musk in readings in recent days. Send workers back on monday and ramped up production, Strong Political allies like President Trump, he made serious threats to move some of these jobs to nevada, or texas. I think what we are seeing today is a real victory for tesla, in the county saying that they will be able to resume operations early next week. And we havent seen any action yet. From the police, to prevent them from doing elon musk packing up a whole operation and moving out of the state. I think they took it pretty seriously when he was saying that you can come and arrest me, i will be on the line, we heard the county officials saying that cooler heads needed to prevail. We saw that there were politicians from some of those states that musk was talking about moving to. Saying that they would welcome those jobs, and reaching out to musk. So certainly creating a lot of pressure seeing that other states from texas were welcoming musk there. I think that puts a lot of pressure on the local officials to comply with what musk wanted. Any sort of consequences at all for defying the county Health Guidelines over the days i think that remains to be seen, so far it seems like tesla is getting off pretty easy in this one. But, you know, we could see the county get more aggressive before early next week, i think you know theres a lot of questions about what this means for teslas Public Health perception. I think there are a lot of americans who are rallying behind musk right now. There are also a lot of people who are really concerned about the Public Safety implications of this. So now that musk has made such a big stand Public Officials will be looking very closely to see the company is complying with the standards they said they would force as they bring people back to work. Its a really good. , he has been such an outspoken critic of the whole time of the stayathome orders, and the social distancing measures, that have been in place during the pandemic. It does raise the question of whether or not he might alienate, some would be car buyers out there. Is a really polarizing position to take. Its so different from what we have seen in the bay area. And, when you think about with the clientele is, who are typically buying teslas, i think its a risky move to come out in this way as he has earning calls on twitter. And with this campaign basically, and recent days to get trump to reopen the plant. So, i think that its really controversial, and it remains to be seen how this may impact the companys perception. A full operations seem that they will resume some. Next week. That is cats aggressive , and author of the technology 202 news letter. Really appreciate your time and your insight. Thank you. The terminals at oakland were also virtually empty. Starting today Delta Airlines is suspending its flights to and from oakland. Due to the unprecedented drop in passenger travel. Passenger volume at airports around the country is down more than 90 compared to a year ago. The city is considering allowing Restaurant Owners to set up tables on sidewalks, streets, and even in parking lots for Outdoor Dining the cities rules and open Government Committee is considering that idea today. The proposal will then go to the full city council for possible approval coming up later this month. Santana row is bustling with activity once again but not from the shoppers who are going to restaurants or stores there. Instead, large construction project that was stalled during the outbreak has now resumed. Ktvu jesse drains is now live with more. Jesse. Reporter the west santana project is an Office Building where the parking garage at the bottom for. Its not the kind of thing that would get a whole lot of fanfare. As we know these are not normal times. This project could offer a glimmer of better Economic Times ahead. The sounds of construction once again drowned out other noses near santana row, this is cruise resume work on a 375,000 square foot Office Building. Our general contractor is happy, our sub contractors happy. We are very happy to have this privilege. To restart the project. The Santa Clara County Public Health officer ordered an end to Mass Gatherings and construction. That is considered nonessential. Only building related to affordable housing, or covid 19 was allowed. That order was eased at the end of april due to success due to the spread of coronavirus. Going i get is the right step. This is an industry that is always demonstrating an ability, it is highly regulated, and it works safely. Very used to being held to high standards. When it comes to health and safety. Reporter it could also be a harbinger for a frigid south bay economy. Some Small Businesses couldnt hang on and have shuttered permanently. There has been damage done to the extent that pub businesses are closing. We met dr. Colleen says construction could have an ancillary impact bringing other industries back to fiscal health. Any time you have somebody going back to construction or some other industry. That person has income coming in. That allows them to buy stuff. So, it increases consumption. And, to the extent that that persons saving or investing we see that activity increasing as well. This project is a part of a total buildout in that area. The developer says when this project is complete they will be able to house about 1500 workers, in what they call a quote nondense setting. Youve got to remember, that when they started this project there were completely different economic conditions, and conditions related to covid19. Now, when they get ready to complete it, and when they do completed. We have done under the specter of social distancing. We will head back to you. Jesse do they have any update on a new completion date for this project . Reporter they are looking at next spring, but you know, lets see how it goes thank you. Coming up here, the debate over reopening intensifies. As more leaders from across the globe, announced plans to ease social distancing. The concern from health officials. New research on smoking and covid19. We will talk to an Infectious Disease doctor about what researchers are saying about the risk of more severe symptoms. We will let you know about your forecast and possibly a stronger storm system as we head into the weekend. What i was going to say was, i looked outside, and all of a sudden it was raining. I dont know why, but it threw me off guard a little bit. It caught me off guard. Is one of those deals where its dry for so long, and then all of a sudden you get that little shower to remind you yes we are in this unsettled weather pattern. While it has been dry for a good portion of the day, showers to pop up. Its going to be that way as we head into come as we head into your thursday forecast. Looking at some of the rainfall totals. Monday to tuesday. Approaching two inches of rain. Three quarters of an inch. Santa rosa, kentfield, close to a half inch of rain. San francisco just over 10th in san jose, just a few hundred hundred seven inch. Heres the rainfall forecast, you can see the possibilities in the showers. Is a chance tomorrow but tomorrow we will have lots of dry conditions. Then, in two saturday night into sunday. Possibly a stronger system comes on board for this could be really impact being the coast of california, even ukiah come even parts of the north bay. It looks like the story will continue to be the rainfall favoring the north bay. Especially airports sonoma county, and mendocino county. The weather pattern remains in place, you probably noticed its pretty mild out there as well. As we had some warmer air moving in it it vance of the system, the warmer air is moving in, as a result kind of feels mild out there. 60s and lower 70s. Either satellite and radar over the past few hours. As alex mentioned some of green out there. Some showers developing over the past half hour, 45 minutes. In fact you can see some of the covered up and moving into portions of the east. Closer to berkeley, richmond, and hercules. Lots of cloud cover this afternoon, looking out toward mt. Diablo, temperatures right now in the upper 50s. To the upper 60s, heres the forecast model tonight. Heres a plan tomorrow morning, possibility of a popup shower throughout the day. Best chance will be through the morning hours. Into the weekend it could get rusty, well talk about the stronger system a new study found the coronavirus patients who smoke have nearly double the chance of experiencing more severe symptoms. Researchers looked at 19 different studies from the united states, china, and south korea that included more than 11,000 patients per they found that people who currently smoke, or previously smoked saw the disease progress significantly more often than nonsmokers. Joining us this afternoon to talk more about the research of dr. John is a clinical professor at berkeley Public Health. Thank you so much for being here. At first glance, what do you make of these findings . They are not surprising at all, i would have been shocked if smoking didnt make covid worse. I think this is just confirmation ecigarette use may make people sicker. It damages the airways considerably. We have known that for decades. We also know that as far the virus that causes covid is primarily although not exclusively a respiratory pathogen. Its a bug that attacks the airways and the lungs. So, smokers who have already insulted their lungs, are going to be much more susceptible to severe disease, to get infected with covid. What does this tell us about how covid19 actually attacks the lungs . It doesnt tell us anything about how the virus attacks our lungs. What it is telling us is that smokers have already chronically damaged their lungs. So, when covid goes down into the airways and gets into the lung tissue itself. It is already in an area that is damaged and predisposed to getting infected. We have known that smokers for ages, are much more predisposed to all kinds of different pathogens that cause pneumonia. So, it would be shocking if covid wasnt one of those. What the study did, was it looked at a lot of papers, a lot of the study said looked at people who are very sick with covid. And it turns out that the additional portion number of these folks are smokers. And its smoking that is making them much more sick. Is the take away here is that if you have healthier lungs, the disease could actually be less harmful . You got it, that is the take away. The more likely you are going to be able to withd the insult of having an infection from this virus. This particular study, this is my final question. It didnt look at a smokers chances of getting covid19. But, just but on the other hand, once they have it, how it may in fact progress in the body. That is a very good. The study did show that once you had covid, you are likely to have a much more poor outcome, there is nothing really to suggest that a smoker per say is more likely to get the virus. Its just that if the smoker gets the virus, they are much more likely to get seriously ill. It will be much more severe symptoms. Dr. , i appreciate your u welco coming up here on the 4 Federal Reserve paints a bleak picture for the u. S. Economy. Why he says more federal economic assistance now will naturally pay off later. Be sure to tune in tonight for the semifinals of the masked singer. A gets underway at 8 00, followed by the 10 00 news, and the 11 00 news, all right here on ktvu. There still are concerns that the coronavirus outbreak continued to spread states are easing restrictions this week however some cities like los angeles and washington, d. C. , are extending stay at home orders and concerns about a surgeon cases. Oversees the uk is easing restrictions after a sevenweek lockdown. With germany and south korea seeing an uptick in cases, there is concern the same could happen there. We are ly and whats happening in other countries. Its a very clear recklessly. The uks new guidelines could change of social distancing is not followed. Stocks tumbled again today as the federal chair, what about a tumbling u. S. Economy. That federal assistance may be needed to avoid longterm damage. Lauren is in washington were democrats in the house, are now preparing for a final friday vote. On the biggest economic coronavirus bill so far. Reporter Federal Reserve om saying there could be a sustained recessioin february. Those in households have lost the job in march. Reporter as Congress Debates whether or not to pass another Economic Relief bill. The chairman seeing more money now, may pay off down the road. Additional fiscal support could be costly, but worth it if it hopes avoid longterm damage, and leaves us with a stronger recovery. Reporter has democrats have introduced the heroes act, a 3 trillion bill which republicans say is a liberal wish list. Thousands planning to vote on the measure on friday. We will pass it in the house, and then we will negotiate as we go forward. I think it doesnt pass the last test, it is garbage. Reporter republicans in the white house are against passing more economic bills until previous ones have had a chance to take effect. Because they sensitive doing something, they want to pause. There is no pause in hunger, or joblessness, or paying not being able to pay their rent. The list goes on. We truly need to meet the americans need without being counterproductive, indeed put us in a pathway so we can go forward as coronavirus continues. Reporter heating speak unemployment numbers will come in the next month or two. Then we will begin to decline. He said recovery will come, it just may not come as quickly as some may hope. Washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. Todays the deadline for those waiting for federal relief payments to update their direct deposit information. About 130 million americans received payments, after the first several rounds went out to fastest way to get payments out. The irs is now urging anyone who hasnt received the payment yet, to add their ranking information to the agencys get my payment website, to get the stimulus by direct deposit. Some employees at twitter are out of the office for good. Coming up, a talk with Silicon Valley tech ceo about the work from home announcement, and what it could mean for other bay area companies. The bay area continues to showed support for healthcare workers on the front lines, how the community of nevada, came together this morning to say thank you. 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. A welldeserved show of support today bay area healthcare workers in Health Responders on the front lines of the crisis. Right there for a 15 igor eagle fighter jets. From the air national guard. Flyovers that medical police facilities, richmond, oakland and san jose. They also over the State Capitol and the Governors Office of Emergency Services in sacramento before jets flew out of fresno, and are part of a nationwide salute by the united air force. For our frontline workers. Workers at a Northbay Hospital got a special thank you this morning. For their work in the fight against covid19. K davies allie shows us how responders cheered on doctors, nurses, and staff, at novato hospital. Reporter everyone was wearing masks, but you could still see the smiles on their faces. Nurses, doctors, and Staff Members walked into Novato Community hospital this morning, showered with cheers and applause. Everybody, its from the Community First responders restaurants, schools, the kids, people everybody has been great. They want to show frontline healthcare workers how much they appreciate their efforts now and even before the coronavirus pandemic. I have actually been cared for at this hospital. Its really great for me to take the hospital staff as well. On behalf of my department. But also personally for me and my family. Reporter Staff Members clapped for the first responders, there is a Mutual Understanding these are stressful times for everyone. This is what we live for. Taking care of people. Its been slower than we expected. We are trying to do the right thing all the time. We have seen appreciation events like this one for other medical workers in San Francisco, in the peninsula, and the south bay. Events are timed to happen during the morning shift change. Between 630 and 730 in the morning. Workers finishing their overnight shift those coming into start their day, can also get in the show of support. Allie, ktvu, fox 2 news. Hearing more about when schools may start here in california, and what classroom instruction will look like. Today, the state superintendent of public instruction tony said there could be staggered start dates, beginning as early as july. There may also be shift learning to create smaller class sizes for social distancing, and some School Districts may opt for virtual learning. His is local School Districts and counties will have the om t state. We will continue to console, with the experts to understand workplace safety, to understand health of Human Services needs, and the ways to keep our students safe. We anticipate that there might be some Distance Learning for the some School Districts might choose to open in a hybrid model, where there is some in class instruction, and where there is still some Distance Learning. They also said students and teachers will likely have to wear facial coverings, while they are on campus. Twitter was one of the first companies, to react to the coronavirus pandemic by letting employees work from home. Now, in a blog post on the companys website entitled hashtag love wherever you work. It says in part, if our employees want to continue to do so forever, we will make pen the head of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group says other companies are expected to do the same thing. Joining us not to talk more about this from twitter, and what this could mean for future bay area Tech Companies. A tech offers collaboration what you think, facebook and google and even Smaller Companies follow suit here . And sort of the decision on employees and say if you can work from home, you can do so as long as you want. Absolutely, i dont think its just a function of whether getting back in the office is going to make you more productive or not. Not sure it does. I think most people are seeing incredible production and, facebook, and everybody else, as we are remote anyway. The whole concept of people having to go into a commute, and go into an office and then be in an in hon unhealthy environment because it is compressed. I think for the foreseeable future we are going to see productivity and not necessarily be stuck at home. How are Tech Companies like twitter, facebook, google, how are they going to have to reconfigure their operations, in the future to allow more employees to work is it sort of already set up that way . I think the problem is we saw a lot of it is we saw the conference call, security related issues, people actually getting into content. Might be very sensitive, competitive, could be earning working at home, or the controller. The product, or engineering, you cant afford to be doing screen sharing, where people actually looking at the content. There is a tremendous amount of emphasis right now, by these large organizations, with sensitive information, that typically have to sit inside the corporate walls. You know, the cloud was provided the ability to be remote, it doesnt necessarily protect us, when we are working on a vpn. You are expected to be in home and whatnot. Its going to be paramount, its going to be even more the discussion number one, and number two how you put those tools in front of people, so that they are more productive. Not being in the same room like we have all often been used to doing. These are the real elements that are challenging people. Remember, 24 of the work forces the mort it. They were doing this in many cases before. Its important to. Out, not every employee of these Tech Companies is going to be able to continue to work remotely. You know, what percentage of employees do you imagine that a company lets say like twitter, are going to be able to keep on working from home, as long as they would like. There is a few answers to that question, it depends on where your home is, a lot of people in new york. 600 square foot place with the job dog and the child doesnt make the remote experience better. I think there is a whole collaboration. Being able to work with your team. And be on the same page. My sort of thinking is that the off changes in the sense that maybe going into the office. I think that the cohabitation of places like regis, where we were. Are not going to be within the same Health Guidelines because you have multiple companies in there. And you are not adhering to the same issues, spacing issues, people you dont know. I think Companies Like the salesforce are going to have the ability to come in and work in an office. Think the mandate. Its going to be a function of productivity. If the job isnt getting done, then maybe you are calling somebody tech ter jackson is the ceo of company jewel collaboration platform. Robots are making their mark on the fight against coronavirus. It may not be a positive thing. Why some experts say they are also threatening millions of jobs. A rare sight in the streets of san jose. Had a large herd of goats, were able to break free in one neighborhood. A weather tracking the clouds even a few showers this afternoon. 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As marianne reports, that could jeopardize millions of jobs in the future. Reporter robots around the world have joined front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. From helping covid19 patients in the hospital, to enforcing social distancing at parks. A number of airports are deploying robots to clean floors, and bathrooms. This machine in hong kong, and its ultraviolet ladies raise. Killing all viruses and bacteria within 10 minutes. In germany, and Automation Company is developing a robot to take over testing duties. A person drives swab test themselves, and returns the tube for analysis per the robot is still in the testing phase, but the Company Hopes it will soon be ready for widespread use. It can be then set up outside soccer stadiums or concert halls, and only people who tested negative for the coronavirus would be allowed inside. Reporter restaurants and Grocery Stores are also expanding their use of autonomous technology. With millions of people relying on food delivery, robots are helping businesses turn more revenue. While reducing the chances of spreading the virus. This rise of robots is not without concern. Analysts warn automatic machines are increasingly becoming a crucial part of the workforce. Threatening millions of jobs. Laying off workers for economic reasons. Then, they are able to incorporate more technology, and it turns out that they actually dont hire those workers back. Even economically covering rolls around. Study suggests robots could take over 20 Million Manufacturing jobs within the next 10 years. Marianne rafferty, fox news. An unusual sight in the south bay, where a large herd of goats broke loose and one neighborhood. This video was taken in san jose, then posted to social media. You can see the goats running through the residential neighborhood. People tried to move the goats along, and shoo them away. Some of them decided to stop for a quick snack, and eat some of the flowers from peoples yards. A post on twitter says the goats had been clearing brush nearby, but then they broke through a fence. Lets bring back mark for another update on the forecast. A few light showers. In San Francisco earlier today yeah right into the showers earlier today. Yeah, i did. You called it earlier in the week. But still caught me a little offguard. Is one of those deals where its all the cloud cover, all the brakes you think its okay to go outside. That will probably be the story tomorrow. Mostly be a dry day. They could develop in your thursday forecast particular look in fact heres the forecast for tomorrow. Throughout this. Maureen expected. Its a chance for tomorrow for your thursday, and that a stronger system this weekend, in fact it might actually surprise especially up in the north bay. The rainfall rates could be picking up. Places like santa rosa and ukiah come as we head into saturday evening. Rainfall projections through 4 00. A chance tomorrow, look what happens into the weekend especially for saturday night come into sunday morning. Those are the numbers going off as the cold front comes on board. Heres the overall weather pattern right now. This area of low pressure here. It does feel mild out there we are on the southern n of this. We have warmer air moving into central and northern california. That is why it feels that his mild temperatures in the 60s, and the 70s. Heres the satellite and the radars we come in closer right now, lots of clouds, and still a little bit of some green showing up on the radar for your wednesday afternoon. Especially up and portions of east bay. Right around clayton in concord right now, also approaching martinez and vallejo this afternoon. Current numbers lots of 60s inland out toward concorde outpoured livermore. Oakland, 68. San jose, 69. In San Francisco 63 degrees. Heres a live camera looking out towards san jose with lots of clouds, but also just a few breaks in those clouds this afternoon. Overnight lows starting out tomorrow morning with this mild weather pattern overnight lows not extremely cool, in the 50s the sky cast is suggesting that we could be tracking a few scattered showers out there as well. So we still have a chance in your thursday forecast, the forecast model tomorrow, you notice it does bring in a lot of clouds, still a chance for a pop up shower, maybe by 4 00 tomorrow afternoon, some breaks in the clouds, as thursday afternoon, and then into friday we will scale back on the clouds, and that will be a warmer day. Taking a look as we head into the weekend, saturday most of the day we will be dry. Heres the approach of the frontal band coming in from the pacific. Let me see if i can trace this out for you. This will be the source of some heavy rainfall as we head into saturday evening, up into the north bay. Saturday night come into sunday some scattered showers expected here in the bay area. Tomorrow, lots of clouds, especially for the first half of the day. The clouds will break up into the afternoon hours. Friday will be a nice warm day, lots of 70s, then we bring in the possibility of some evening rain on saturday, though showers could anger into sunday. And even a chance into monday. So, it looks like the sun the settled weather pattern caught you run into a public charter of the day tomorrow. Once again as we head into saturday night. Coming up here on the 4 a new twist in the Michael Flynn saga. Up next, why the judge says hes not ready to dismiss that case just yet. New graduation guidelines, the bay area county that is working to make graduation special for students despite the pandemic. It is no secret covid19 has had devastating economic impacts, the budget deficit now facing San Francisco, and sacrifices that want to be made in the city to make up for those losses. I just love hitting the open road and telling people that Liberty Mutual customizes your insurance, so you only pay for what you need [squawks] only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Starter the chp is investigating two unrelated freeway shootings. What happened at 1 00 yesterday afternoon on northbound 85 it investigators say the driver of the pontiac in of a road rage dispute, the pontiac driver shot the other driver, in the leg. The second shooting happened in oakland, just before 3 00 p. M. On northbound 880 near coliseum way. Someone fired at a 17yearold boy who was driving a Dodge Durango suv, in what authorities believe was a targeted shooting. Anyone who has any information about either of those shootings, should put in a call to the chp. The Oakland Police Department Today honored the 53 officers who have been killed in the lied line of duty. During this ceremony, it coincided with National Police week which honors fallen officers all across the country. This years ceremony was scaled down because of the coronavirus pandemic. A wreath was laid at the Oakland Police memorial wall. The mayor and Intern Police chief susan mann higher were at the event. Each of these names behind me belong to sons, brothers, husbands, fathers, and friends. Never forgotten. What we are doing today, and each and every year, is ensuring that their names, are never forgotten. Their sacrifice and valor is honored. 10 Police Officers have lost their lives in the line of duty, tonight in washington, d. C. , 307 names have fallen officers around the country will be memorialized on the walls of the National Law Enforcement memorial. So kris pickel a federal judge has told the Justice Department that he is not ready to toss out the case against former National Security advisor Michael Flynn, at least not yet. It is just the latest twist in the case that has been full of them. Griff jenkins has more now from washington. Reporter when the curity advisor Michael Flynn, President Trump seemed surprised. I didnt know that was happening at this moment. I felt it was going to happen just by watching and seeing like everybody else does. He was an innocent man. He guilty over his contacts with the russian investor. Attorney general bill barrs investigation determined that the case was baseless. Now, in another twist, rather than dismissing the case, the judge is pressing the pause button allowing outside groups, to offer their opinions, in amicus, or friends of the court briefs. The attorney sydney fired back. Writing a further delay should be tolerated, for any further expense caused to him in his defense. Flynns name is servicing in another controversy, involving who in the Obama Administration revealed his name and reports. Acting intelligence director Richard Grenell has declassified their names, and could soon release a list. The question for us as a congress is to the Obama Administration use unmasking as a political weapon, that is the question that i want to answer. Another name from the mueller investigation. Serving his sevenyear prison sentence for tax fraud and conspiracy has been sent home to serve out the rest of his sentence over coronavirus concerns. Griff jenkins, ktvu, fox 2 news. Most movie theaters across the country are empty right now. Up next, how Hollywood Studios hope to get you back to the cinema by taking you back in time. California phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. And accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state Program Visit right now or call during business hours. Hollywood studios are working to get moviegoers into theaters. They are planning on releasing some classic blockbuster films that could cost as little as two dollars a ticket. This is the logan theater, an independent in chicago so they are used to playing the new films along with the older ones like the texas chainsaw massacre. Right now, these theaters look like so many across the country. They are empty and because of that, the Hollywood Studios dont want to release their big blockbuster movies right now. Instead in states where theaters are allowed to reopen, the studios are putting out classics, movies like cycle, jaws, back to the future and new or old movies like harry potter and the hunger games series. Ticket prices might take you back in time as well. They would be between two dollars and five dollars and the smaller studios would take a smaller cut compared to what they normally take. The manager doesnt know when they will be able to reopen but she says she thinks this is a good idea in a time when new movies arent coming out. Everyone has been cooped up for a long time and they are looking for reasons to come out. I hope we can bring them that reason to revisit us. Many Hollywood Studios are planning to release any new movies until the end of july and those are tentative dates that could get pushed back even more. In chicago, grady, foxbusiness. Ktvu fox 2 news at 5 starts now. Another danger is living in the bay area. Wildfires. Today the governor announced what is being done to protect the state during fire season. Governor gavin newsom said there has already been a steep increase in the number of wildfires this year compared to last year. Good evening. I am frank. The plan to protect the public looks very different now because of the coronavirus pandemic. Tom is here now with how the state is preparing for the upcoming wildfire season. Reporter we have to consider this, the virus really spares no one, even firefighters, even the most remote of locations. We are entering a fire season. Mindful of anxiety coronavirus has wrought on californians, cal fire is currently building up its strength two 6100 permanent firefighters, 2600 seasonal firefighters, 3200 inmate firefighters and 600 Fire Prevention volunteers. Years w