Of those debts, more than 125,000, have been reported here in the u. S. The number of cases is now more than 10 million globally and the United States is over 2. 5 million cases. Governor newsom today ordered bars that have opened in seven california townies to immediately close down. The governor made the order as the number of coronavirus cases is spiking in parts of the state. Governor newsom released a statement reading it is critical that we take this step to limit the spread of the virus in the counties that are seen the biggest increases. La is the most populous county affected, the other counties are fresno, san joaquin, kings, kern, imperial and tulare counties. He also urged other counties to close bars in contra costa and santa clara counties. The other counties are sacramento, riverside, san bernardino, ventura, Santa Barbara and stanislaw counties. State Health Officials say there are more than 211,000 coronavirus cases in california and sadly more than 5900 people have di
And the list goes on, good evening everyone, im julie haener. And im frank sommerville, working from home today. Or than half 1 Million People around the world now have the coronavirus, the United States has surpassed china and leads the world in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins university. The United States, china and italy, all have more than 80,000 cases. Unemployment claims hit a record of 3. 28 million last week, thats more than quadruple the previous weekly high setback in 1982. Many states are overwhelmed and economists expect it will get worse. On wall street stocks surged despite the appointment numbers, traders are anticipating passage of the massive coronavirus ada bill. The dow gained more than 1300 points today, nasdaq rose 413 and the s p was up 154. The relief bill is the president desk as soon as tomorrow. Jana katsuyama joins us live and she spoke with a labor economist. Is there a sense this bill will be
still quite dangerous. rescue crews are looking for survivors now five days later and the death toll is climbing. officials have confirmed 76 people have died. most in lee county where ian stormed ashore as a category 4. it is feared there had be more victims. now the power is slowly being restored in florida. more than 6,000 homes and businesses still in the dark this morning and it could be months before many are back on the grid. many don t have clean tap water, that makes the overwhelming task of rebuilding that much harder. and now officials in lee county are facing questions about why the first mandatory evacuations weren t ordered until a day before landfall despite a plan that said evacuations should have happened earlier. governor ron desantis defending their actions. they informed people, and most people didn t want to do it. are you going to grab somebody out of their home that doesn t want to? i don t think that s the appropriate use of government. florida res
Operation continues around san mateo and San Francisco. It involves chp and local police departments. We know agents served warrants and made arrests yesterday in South San Francisco in daily city and San Franciscos sunny dale housing project. The neighbors we talk to in South San Francisco say they dont know whats going on, but there have been earlier visits by police at one of the homes where the agents were. Im glad the police came because they need to be people pulling up, going to the side of the house, and somewhat handing something down towards the, you know, somebody there and them leaving. San Francisco Police did release a statement saying that from the safety of all involved, were not able to release any information at this time. Once operations have concluded, well pro provided well provide you with the information. Some information will be released at a News Conference p. Police are looking the deadly happening at jims liquor store on quinn bee road. The mask gunman rushed
E. Trump we condemn in the strongest possible terms this display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. President trump addressing the violence in downtown charlottesville, virgina after clashes erupted between white nationalists and counterprotesters. A number of people were injured during the unite the right demonstration and not just from the fighting. Several pedestrians were struck by a car that slammed into a crowd of people. Nats thousands made their way to Emancipation Park protesting the statue removal of confederate general robert e. Lee. The Organizer Says the statue itself is symbolic of much larger issues. Jason kessler Event Organizer the primary issues are preserving history against this censorship and revisionism. The second issue is being allowed your interest as a white person. And finally is this about free speech. In february, the city Council Voted to remove the statue but is on hold pending litigation. The move follows efforts by communities across the sou