President trump says it is his decision and he will be calling the shots. Thank you for joining us tonight. Im andre senior, and for frank somerville. Im julie haener. President trump pushing to reopen the country sooner rather than later but he may get some resistance as gov. Newsom and others plan to chart their own course. Live coverage from deborah, she joins us live with that question of timing. Reporter the president has hinted at may 1 as a target date to restart the economy in a but he may face a power struggle with governors who want to go slower. Surviving on a shoestring, this restaurant central suffers home. Get the owner is nervous about lifting restrictions. I care about my community, i want to be sure they are safe 100 before we reopen, even if we get through this tough time. They should open up certain areas. People are dying. You know, financially. We need to get back to work. We are close to putting a plan to open our country. Hopefully even ahead of schedule. Reporte
Trend is encouraging. Good evening. Health supports are urging caution. The engine of the economy plunged in march. Retail sales fell 8. 7 . Consumer spending accounts for 2 3 of the u. S. Economy. That drove more selling on wall street. The governor said that two. 7 million have filed for unemployment. The state is adding more staffing. Californians will be able to apply for the benefits starting april 28th. Less than two weeks from now. California will be the first state in the nation to help undocumented workers. The combination of public and private funds will help those out work. Reporter a one time cash grant, 500 per person, a max of 1000 per household. Its not enough but he doesnt want the undocumented over look. 10 of californias work force is undocumented. Reporter citing the diversity. Undocumented workers dont qualify. They maze taxes with an i. D. Number. Regardless of your status, there are people in need. Reporter many work in construction, hoss by tags, service jobs tha
Have ordered coronavirus lockdown all right its time to boost your news i q. Tensions are once again heating up in the persian gulf after a brief confrontation on the seas between the u. S. And iran which resulted in president calling for the take down of iranian gunboats that come too close Rachel Blevins us following the story shes joining us now from the news room with the details to this rachel whats happening there well manella President Trump is now arming the u. S. Navy with the shoot down a new stronger order after a Close Encounter with iran has increased fears of escalation in the persian gulf trump took to twitter wednesday morning writing i have instructed the United States navy to shoot down destroy any and all iranian gunboats if they harass our ship. See his warning follows an incident last week in which the us claims 11 vessels from irans revolutionary guard came within 10 yards of u. S. Navy and coast guard ships in the gulf near kuwait while the Navy Released footage
The origin of the corona virus has been a politically sensitive issue for china and a bone of contention between democrats republicans and President Trump who refers to it as the chinese virus now to u. S. States and germany plan to sue china accusing the country of lying and covering up the virus what it 1st appeared back in the fall of 2019 for more on this will bring in our chief fronsac ferret how significant are these lawsuits and do they have any bearing so many of the short answer to that is probably not missouris attorney general eric schmidt is leading the case and after talking with economists at the university of missouri the state is looking to get upwards of 44000000000. 00 and now you also have mississippis a. Saying that shes getting ready to file suit now missouri is the 1st state to file against china mississippi the 2nd all the seek damages and it could be the 1st of many states doing this now according to the missouri lawsuit it reads quote during the critical weeks
181,000 cases. Outside of the u. S. , spain has the most people infected with over 161,000. California has topped 21,000 cases, which is the fifth most in the United States according to the tracker from Johns Hopkins university. Heres our latest look at the impact of coronavirus around the bay area. Right now there are 4,862 cases, up 59 from yesterday. The disease has killed 133 people including three more since yesterday. Santa clara county still has the most cases with 1,484 and 50 deaths. San francisco has the next most total cases 857. North of the bay area, both lake and mendocino counties report having four total cases each and so far there are no reported covid19 deaths in lake and mendocino counties. Oakland is trying to give people a chance to safely exercise while at the same time getting them to practice social distancing. Other cities seem to be doing everything they can to keep people at home this Easter Holiday weekend, but whether theyre going to listen and follow dreir