Measure that would increase the next round of stimulus checks from 600 up to 2000. Thanks for joining us tonight, everybody, im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus this move follows the president s request a day after he signed off on the spending package. The plan passed today with a super majority vote 44 republicans actually joined the democrats kron fours washington dc correspondent Raquel Martin has more. The bill is passed the house of representatives voted yes on a plan to increase stimulus checks for most americans from 600 to 2000 honor our heroes and put money in the pockets of the American People the president had demanded the increased and democratic lawmakers jumped at the opportunity time to do what the economists want us to do of a new Democratic Congress and Matt Cartwright said for democrats the higher checks were a nobrainer our economy is in a shambles right now the 600. Is is insufficient missouri Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver backed the bill people are strug
Extending our stay at home order. And the goal with 20 million vaccinations by the end of the year, but so far the nationwide total is just 2 million. Whats the hold up . Weve got some answer. And when is it your turn . Whos next in line for the vaccine and whats being done to speed things up. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Covid relief checks will be issued in a few weeks, but heres the issue. How much will each person get . While the politics plays out, peoples lives and livelihoods hang in the balance. Nbcs jean elle, joins us from San Francisco. Reporter Small Business owners say they dont understand why it took nine months for elected officials in washington to pass a second round of Financial Relief to get help here to main street and to the people who support it. Some say its too little, too late. Ive skipped multiple paychecks so my employees can get paid, so i can pay a little bit of rent. Reporter like most Small Business owners who cant operate during covid19 shu
Robin not exactly sure why theyre getting in but we do know that they have the equipment to handle perhaps thats one of the reasons why theyre among the first hospitals in california to get it the vaccines to for an adage boots are on the ground its actually in california as we speak it arrived over the weekend in fact it started its long journey from michigan from the pfizer facility it was box and then shipped all across the country. California being one of the destinations and it finally arrived here over the weekend to the tune of 5,000 doses at least for John Muir Medical Center of course a lot more as it needs to go all over our state. The reason why john myhre is ready to go as far as the vaccines are concerned because they have freezers they can go to at least negative 70 degrees celsius. Its going to be cryogenically held until its being distributed to the front line workers the icu nurses emergency room, the doctors people who deal with covid19 patients on the daily for them
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Some criticism and some support for californias new curfew. But are people in the bay area following the new rule . With that we say good evening and thank you so much for joining us, everybody. Im dion lim. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard is live in palo alto now with the check on how the first night of curfew went. Corn y el . Reporter Police Agencies from santa rosa, Alameda County reporting to me that they had no major issues with the curfew overnight. And were here on University Avenue where a lot of restaurants will be serving for a few more hours before curfew begins. Of course not every county is part of the curfew. But many feel like they should be to avoid confusion. Day one of californias overnight curfew and Many Bay Area Police departments are giving the all clear. As of last night and this morning we have not had any issues, and we appreciate everybody following as best they can. We know this i
5 00 p. M. Through december 31st. Covid19 business call center. Reporter Santa Clara County wants the public to call this covid hotline to report any curfew violators. South bay police agenccies are tweeting the same number. We havent receive complainted in the Emergency Operation center regarding the curfew. Reporter that could change as we head into the holiday season. Santa clara county still with one of the highest covid rates in the state. We continue to see this increase of this rate, hospitals are going to reach Maximum Capacity in three weeks. Reporter in neighboring San Mateo County, the numbers are better, remained in red tier with no curfew. Thats where some people are getting confused. This is the spot where San Mateo County ends and Santa Clara County begins so, in other words, curfew no curfew. I think its kind of stupid, one has it, the other one should too. Theres a lot of movement between the two counties so it might make sense for both counties to have the curfew. Cov