Encourage more aid. So far the senate has no plans to take the bill up. Starks lower on wall street given back some of the big game the dow lost 390 points just over 1. 5 and the nasdaq dropped 49 points and s p fell 30. Banks, healthcare and household roads were on the sector on the downside. 4 million americans should soon get there stimulus payments on a prepaid debit card. The cards will be mailed to people who are eligible but have not gotten their checks. The irs said many of those are taxpayers that typically do not receive a refund through direct deposit and only one debit card will be provided per family and the cards can be used withdraw cash, transfer money to a personal bank account or make purchases. President trump mention the bay area today in a tweet about the federal funding for transportation. The money is intended to help strapped transit agencies experiencing low ridership due to covid19. President trump from the white house announcing u. S. Farmers and ranchers aff
Ktvus Jana Katsuyama and some changes to the air travel industry. Reporter the tsa said that they have the highest level of passenger screenings in the entire time since they have the Coronavirus Travel restrictions and also, some good news today from sfo. They said they are expecting to see flights to europe resume. Is a glimmer of good news, the tsa announced nationwide they screened 250,000 passengers a day, up from about 90,000 in mid april. And at sfo some airlines are resuming flights that have been shut down. Starting on june 1st were going to resume flights to europe york reporter Swift Airlines will be the first to restart with a few a week. This will be the first nonstop service from sfo to york weve seen since april 1st. Reporter tourist destinations like venetian casino in las vegas are taking reservations starting june 1st or the nevada gaming control board is issuing guidelines for sanitation and social distancing. Businesses are enticing people with special travel deals.
Homeless. A hefty todo list. He says Companies Need to prioritize work and developing covid treatment, and a staggered return to work and classrooms. Finally, the state needs to establish criteria for issues a new stay at home order if and when needed. So it is a question everyone has. When will chings get back to normal . A lot of people hoped the governor would answer that we today. The new normal will look very different. And nbc bay area lili tan tells us, schools, offices and local businesses. Now, as students head through the doors next fall, they could be going in at different times, having lunch at different times, whatever they need to. But for businesses, things can change more drastically, that is f they are still here to change them. When californias stay at home orderers are finally lifted, what we knew of normal life is likely to did a discan substantiate dream. And we we have a vaccine. Reporter today, Governor Newsom refusing to give a date. But what the new normal look
The fog came roaring back. Coastal variety and if youre going to arizona i expect rain and cloud cover if youre going to spring training i dont think theyre playing today or tomorrow. And, for us, temperatures getting back to near average for some and above for others for at least one more day. Sal castaneda is here. So far so good. Yes, sir. So far so good. We dont have a lot of traffic. There are not a lot of people out there. It has been pretty light. The middle of the commute is where it gets busy. Right now at the bay bridge it looks good as youre driving through. Interstate 880 and 580 it has been a decent commute. As we look at Contra Costa County also petaluma, novato and lynnwood and really the entire bay were off to a good start. We are following a developing story right now out of berkeley. Theres a heavy Police Presence on berkeley way near sacramento street. This is just a few blocks from san pablo and university avenues. At this point, police have not been able to tell us
Implement socialdistancing where people would not be closer than 6 feet apart. There is several schools and events have also been canceled over the growing concerns about coronavirus and this includes Lake Shore Elementary School in San Francisco, the school will be closed for 2 weeks after 4 students and some family members reported having a respiratory illness. Now there arent any confirmed coronavirus cases linked to lakeshore any other school in the district. But theyre not taking any chances lakeshore is right next to Little High School which we know was closed for nearly a week after a students parent became infected with coronavirus the high school reopened yesterday. To keep new cases from entering our shores. We will be suspending all travel from europe to the United States for the next 30 days. Those will go into effect friday at midnight. And theres President Trump announcing the big travel ban and nobody can come up from the euro europe to us americans can that europeans ca