It highlights the urgency with which supplies are needed to protect essential workers on the front lines treating those who have fallen victim. The governor said that higher numbers show that Health Care Workers are churning through supplies on hand. But when youre burning through 46 Million Masks monthly. Even having 100 million of the n95 masks and inventory you can go through those pretty quickly. Reporter going big is the name of the game. He announced the state is extending an agreement with a chinabased manufacturer to purchase 120 million n95 masks. In 300 million surgical masks. A big number for a big order which Governor Newsom says is far from over. We really get the price down significantly. We are in a different environment. And we will demand more competitive pricing. Not only in this environment going forward. Reporter is the name of the manufacturer sounds familiar be whitey. Thats because the governor inked a deal to pay the company 1 billion for masks. The federal gove
Our state. You heard him there. More than 12,000 cases. Also sadly more than 115 more deaths in just one day. Staggering numbers that suggest we have a long way to go here. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. And im julie haener. With that in mind, the governor announced hes spending 350 million to secure a fresh supply of masks for doctors, nurses and other essential workers. Ktvus andre senior begins our coverage. Reporter from a warehouse in sacramento wednesday wear personal protective equipment like surgical masks and gloves are stockpiled, governor gavin newsom held his first press Briefing Since new numbers show california has the highest numbers in the country. We tested a cohort that was slightly in excess of the average number of test. Reporter 12,807 people tested positive tuesday, bringing the states total to 409,000 infections there was a sharp rise in mortality too with 115 deaths for a total of 7870. With that number of 115 just yesterday, its just another proof
We have a new crash on westbound 92. You can see, if you are driving across the san mateo bridge, as soon as you get off the bridge, you will notice traffic, because of an overturned car, west 92 at 101. It looks like it could be there for a minute. Not a minute, i mean, it is a figure of speech. It could be there for a few minutes. If you use the san mateo bridge, use the don barton bridge, we will have more coming up. Lets go back to the headlines. Thank you, sal, we start breaking news. The Labor Department released the unemployment report for the week. 1. 4 million americans file for new Unemployment Benefits last week. That is higher than wall street and economists projected. Layoffs are high as businesses are ordered to shut down again because of resurgence in coronavirus cases. It is the 18th straight week that the number of unemployment claims have topped 1 million. The number of Weekly Applications had never exceeded 700,000 previously, and whil report from the bureau of labor
2027488000. Call in at 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents. 2027488002. You can also send us a text. That number is 2027488003. Include your name and where you are from. Erwise you can start calling now as we show you the map as it stands after what is being called super tuesday. The allimportant state of michigan. Michigan the state where senator Bernie Sanders committed his campaign to winning. He spent most of his attention headed into tuesday. Joe biden winning by 17 points, 99 reporting. The race being called quite a while ago. Joe biden at 52. 9 . 36. 5 . Sanders at michigan expected to be a key battleground state in the fall. A few states remaining outstanding including washington , a delegate rich state, some 89. Elegates in washington 33 point 7 . Joe biden at 32. 5 . Just 67 reporting at this point. Is other state outstanding north dakota. Bernie sanders at 48. See 78 reporting. We will keep you updated throughout the program as more of the races get called. Her
Too close to call come in washington and north dakota. We will get response from naomi. Lein and alicia garza then, as the coronavirus pandemic grows, nurses on the frontlines are holding a national day of action to protest lack of basic protections for nurses and their patients. When something doubles every day, gets to very large number very quickly. So if there are 1000 people infected today, in seven or eight weeks, there can be 64,000 people infected in the state o f washington if we dont somehow slow down this epidemic. Amy well speak with the president of National Nurses united jean ross. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has deployed the National Guard to new rochelle, a suburb of new york city, ordering a onemile containment zone around a synagogue whose congregation is at the center of the nations biggest single largest coronavirus outbreak. National guard member