There he said it President Trump has now declared the coronavirus pandemic a National Emergency the president laid out his strategy to slow down covid 19 and just moments ago he tweeted out his support for the Families First Coronavirus Response act it provides free testing and paid sick leave for workers who are affected all of this as us cases soar past 2300 and here in the bay area. Well santa clara and San Francisco counties are further restricting large gathering stories now in the newsroom as kron fours dan kerman with the latest on the president s announcement then well this is the National Emergency that we keep expecting the Trump Administration now calling for. The latest attempt to slow the spread of this virus so it doesnt overwhelm the health care community. The president is stepping up the federal response to the covid 19 coronavirus pandemic. To unleash the full power of the federal government that this effort today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. The ord
Officially declare the coronavirus pandemic a National Emergency in the last couple of hours the bay area saw yet another coronavirus death a second person in Santa Clara County has died because of the virus. The local Health Departments, santa county says a woman in her 80s who was hospitalized on march 9th has passed away now that the United States has declared a National Emergency over the coronavirus pandemic people want to know what comes next the house in washington dc is expected to vote any moment now on a relief package called the familys first Coronavirus Response act kron 4 grant lotus in the studio with what all of this means for the country grant well ken and pam number one money this Emergency Declaration means that. A lot of money is now available to help fight this crisis 50 billion will go to both state and local governments in response to the outbreak as part of the executive actions. The president is working with Drug Companies to expand coronavirus testing across th
European countries are not allowed to enter the United States. There are some exceptions flights from a few european countries, including the uk will still be allowed to enter american citizens and legal residents will be allowed to return home as well, but once again states side still have to selfquarantine for 2 weeks, even though theyll be allowed to return home during the 30 day ban. Its been morning americans who are abroad right now. I started getting a much of texas calls the state saying. President trumps made an announcement. I woke me up i started checking the news and i guess initially it was unclear as to the us citizen, if wed be able to get back again its important to reiterate that american citizens and legal residents will be allowed to return to the us while that ban is in effect. Back to you guys thank you all so the money and for us thank you alex. Those flights that do enter the us will be routed to one of 13 pre selected airports that list includes sfo. Right now w
Minutes ago out of washington dc that relief measure designed to help americans who are suffering from the coronavirus pandemic moving forward tonight, thank you for joining us at 10, im pam moore and im ken wayne. The us house just passed the Coronavirus Relief package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi first announced the measure last night and the house took it up late this evening kron 4 grant lodes joins us in studio with latest on the bill that is now heading to the us senate indeed ken and pam desperately needed this because we need testing to be free. So that people get tested, you know what sort of data you have and this includes paid sick time for people who dont have it so that you dont go to work if you need to work to make rent. And in fact other people so critically important to get this passed and bipartisanship is a tough thing to find in washington these days, but kudos to them. They got it done the goal of course to give Americans Health care assistance and Economic Relief d
Red flag warning in effect, rose marry. Things heating up as we get outdoors. Well check on those numbers in a moment. The red flag morning began in the overnight hours, actually 9 00 last night. Well go until wednesday, our early morning, notice where that shade of red is. Its for our north bay hills and down through the diablo range. The winds are expectedded to increase and be at 40 Miles Per Hour at times and relative humidity will be dropping as we get into the afternoon. The heat advisory for most of our bay side communities as well as inland, the only area that i can see from here that doesnt include that advisory for today is right there along the coastline. So, the moment you get away from the coast, we do have the heat advisory already in place. You can see from gernville through santa rosa, napa. All the way down into areas near mill valley and tiburon, for the east bay, widespread along the east bay shores. As you look over towards the peninsula, widespread, stretching towa