Largest rescue package in american history. This is not a moment of celebration, but one of necessity. Well this is what a lot of us have been waiting for a while you were sleeping the white house says it has reached a deal with congress for stimulus package to help jolt the struggling economy as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Well Senate Democrats they strongly rejected the original version that was introduced on monday. They argue that it just focus too much on wall street and did not spend enough money on main street businesses and also the health care system. So while full details have yet to be released. The breakdown looks like this. 250 billion for direct payments to individuals and families, 350 billion in Small Business loans, 250 million and Unemployment Insurance benefits and 500 billion and loans for distressed companies. A final senate vote is expected today. And speaking of helping out main street thousands of workers who are filing for unemployment are in the servic
Useful when that time comes. Melissa caen, kpix5. Meanwhile the 17 billion delta water tunnel plan may be in for some downsizing. A new proposal calls for just one huge tunnel to deliver Northern California water south instead of two. Kpix5s Susie Steimle tells us some of this water would go to people in the south bay where the Water District says one tunnel may be better. Reporter state officials appear to have changed course when it comes to the scale of the controversial delta items project known as water fix tunnels project known as water fix. The governor asked for bids on one tunnel, not the originally planned two. Yet, but its a great step forward. Reporter Richard Santos is the santa clara waterboard of directors chair. He thinks one tunnel is less expensive and something taxpayers would support, which is crucial, as south bay taxpayers would help foot the bill. We didnt want two tunnels, 17 billion is a lot of money. Reporter santos said if one tunnel goes well, a second one c
This mysterious cases continues to unravel. Came the sad news of the family of dean finocchiaro. It was found in a grave over 12 feet deep. And the families of the other missing men wait in limbo as they work to identify the other human remains. They are side by side combing through vast fields and building and down 12 foot deep in a hole that is getting deeper by the minute. Cadaver dogs led the crew to the spot where the discovery was made. Its now a crime scene and its land is owned by the family of the person of interest in this case. 20yearold Cosmo Dinardo, Police Arrested him wednesday afternoon and the first time was an unrelated firearms children and later released on bail. The new charges alleged that he tried to sell a car belonging to one of the missing men thomas meo. And a judge set a 5 million full cash bail in this case. One victim is accounted for. Mark sturgis and tom meo and Jimmy Patrick are still missing and investigators are still searching the dinardo familys pro
While boarding a plane and therefore neither the company nor the public should rush to judgment. It appears another passenger may have threatened a Flight Attendant with violence which is a violation of federal law and no small matter. But the American Airlines customers we spoke with back the passenger. For someone to get involved, as an advocate of that customer, i support him 100 . I salute the man. Hes sticking up for a fellow passenger obviously in distress. As for the mother in the video, American Airlines says it upgraded her and her family to first class for the rest of their international trip. Tens of thousands hit the streets of San Francisco today to stand up for science. A march thats part of a nationwide call to action was planned to coincide with earth day. Jackie ward was in the mid of it all middle of it all. Reporter as part of a movement that happened all over the country today, these bay area residents stood together in the name of science. Science is under threat m
Thanks for waking up with us on this monday. Maybe the moon is starting to fade out there, but the warm temperatures are not. Walked out this morning, and it felt, well, kind of summery. Kevin we are a solid 20 degrees warmer than we were yesterday at this time, and it looks like the milder air is around for the fist half of this week. A couple of fronts is eventually going to mean shower chances. 40s and 50s early this morning in western and Northern Areas of the state. The normal suspects seeing the patchy fog early this morning. But even there we give way to partial sunshine, and ranging anywhere from the upper 60s in the North Country to lower and mid 70s elsewhere. And again, that will be with partial sunshine, as the warmer air is around through wednesday. Much more coming up in just a bit. Lets look at your monday morning ride here in the granite state. Were joined live by deb davidson. Good morning, deb. Deb good morning, kevin. We are seeing some building volume right now on r