Being said led to asian americansei harassed and targeted and what is bng said in response. For all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to wor news america. The United States reported 30,000 new ronavirus cases on thursday, a reco. Texas and florida are seeing surging infections. Someti restrs are being reimposed in both states. Meanwhile the u. S. Prime Vice President says that we are in a better place. Here is jon sopel. Jon florida was one of the first states to lift the shutters, despe not meeting guidelines. Now coronavirus cases are skyrocketing, up 60 n hours and the governor is hitting the pause butto urging people to maintain social distancing and wear masks, but its not going to be an easy i need you to tell me how do i play a saxophone in sing with a mask on. Jon listen to these people. You cannot mandate someone to wear a mask g th mask is killing people. And they want to throw gods wonderful breathing system out you are all turning your backs on it. Jon wi
Vaccine boosted the antibodies in patients fighting the virus well have more on that new development. And as new cases hit a record high here, Tillman Fertitta says this is a mess for business and employees he will join us later this hour. Power lunch starts right now thank you, tyler, as we await the minutes, lets get todto dom chu. It could be the same. With quarters like we just saw, typically the momentum however, tyler mentioned the trading today very mixed the dow is up just 206 points, the s p 500 up about 23, so we are seeing a bit of a move off those session highs right now. Still, though, for the time being, green on the screen namely the s p 500 and however it sits away from the record high we saul earlier this year, remember, from that level to where we are now, were still about 8 below record highs. Well see if they can break out above or below this range. Two stocks to keep an eye on fedex stock after the great Earnings Report that they had. You can see here up about 12 o
Week on the hole for global stocks. Lets get a first word news update. Heres leighann gerrans. Leighann president macron of france has appointed a new Prime Minister. Macron is preparing to reshuffle his government in the widely expected relaunch of his presidency for the final two years of his term. North Korean Leader kim jongun urging people to stay alert of coronavirus. He warned that complacency could lead to unimaginable and irreversible crisis or get despite the warning, he has reaffirmed north koreas claim to not have had a single case of covid19. This is widely doubted by Global Health officials. European president christine crisiss signature fighting tool is becoming the focus of disagreement among policymakers. Governing councilmembers face a potential risk over how much their emergency Bond Purchase Program should stay weighted toward weaker countries such as italy. That is according to multiple conversations with central bank officials. And hong kong, police have charged a
Will see the winds pick up as well, so changes ahead. Heres a live look with the Treasure Island camera. Great start to the day right around the bay, clear skies inland for concord, livermore, and san jose. In the mid to upper 50s as we kickoff friday and as we head into the afternoon. Mid70s in oakland, upper 80s in san jose, and 90 degrees for concord. Still heating up inland this afternoon. I will let you know what you can expect for the weekend. Details on that are coming up, back to you. Developing this morning, the u. S. Seeing a disturbing trend in new coronavirus infections. On thursday there were more than 36,000 new cases, a single day record according to Johns Hopkins university. The previous record was set back on april 24th. And this morning, texas is pausing its reopening plans, a new study from Baylor College of medicine says if Current Trends continue, houston could be the most affected city in north america as we continue to track the hotspots. Back in the bay area, on
With our weather compared to yesterday. You can see the gray start to our day out of Treasure Island camera and looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 50s at this hour. Low clouds and areas of fog right around the bay with clear skies inland, once again. As we take you through her afternoon mid 60s in pacifica with clouds in the upper 60s in San Francisco, a mild day around the bay. 88 in san jose, heating up to 90 degrees for concord and livermore. We will talk more about the weekend forecast, i will show you futurecast in a few minutes. Back to you. I am kiet do, live work conditions are gorgeous for a good weekend to come out and enjoy the shoreline, that is good, at night the county officially opened the beaches this morning. It didnt matter because people had been overwhelmingly ignoring the closures so the county just gave in after nearly 2 months. The county Health Officer said she recognizes people no longer wish to be governed in this way. The original closure on may 2nd