Ong joins us now live with why doctor says, although the number of cases is going up theres a glimmer of hope tonight, gayle. Vicki and grant were told Ucsf Medical Center is stable with 15 to 16 patients in the last week and that other bay area hospitals are also seeing relatively low numbers. Thanks to people sheltering in place. Well before other parts of the country. The orders are heated empty streets in San Francisco crossing market street. We found few people appearing to be essential workers and no traffic an example of why Health Experts say the city is showing signs of flattening the curve to slow down the coronavirus we spoke with doctor Robert Wachter chair of ucsf department of medicine people, San Francisco listen i think they they understood the science and they said this is the right thing to do obviously causes hardships. Doctor wachter says even know the number of cases continues to rise, theres been a slow search and City Hospitals at ucsf so we have had and her 16 p
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. The captain of that illfaded south korean ferry who abandoned his sinking ship while more than 300 others, mostly School Children is under arrest with two crew members suspected of negligence in the deadly disaster. Today for the first time, divers searching the mirky waters broke through windows to recover a few of the victims inside while holding out slim hope they may yet find survivors. At least 36 people are listed as dead. For the families waiting for word of the loved ones, the pain and grief is overwhelming, and so too is the anger, even as the ships captain tries to explain why he delayed the order to abandon ship. Bill neely is in south korea and has the latest, bill . Reporter good evening, lester. A fifth day of searching has begun here but one korean official says the operation to recover bodies in the ship here could take months. The relatives here are under immense stra