Announcer building a better bay area for a safe secure future. This is abc7 news. The coronavirus pandemic continuing to hurt bay area workers. Tonight were tackling unemployment. The new relief bill some workers say cant come soon enough, and the red tape some Restaurant Owners are running into as they try to reopen. Good evening, and thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. Taking a look at where california stands right now with the coronavirus, the number of confirmed cases in the state is down significantly with more than 8200 cases over there were over 10,000 cases yesterday. The seven day Positivity Rate went down to 7. 8 which is under the states threshold of 8. Santa cruz county was added saturday to the states watch list. That means in cases dont drop in three days it will have to roll back its reopening. Tonight bart board dufty. They said they failed to comply with the health orders. The pandemic including the economy, a big part of that is record numbers of unemp
Enslaved. I dont think thats something we ought to honor in america. President trump stands firm, refusing to rename certain u. S. Military bases, as he gets set to return to the campaign trail once again. Well have the very latest. New era. Nascar bans the Confederate Flag from all events, as Bubba Wallace, the sports only black driver, debuts his black lives matter car in a race overnight. Man, our car was so good. Our black lives matter chevrolet. Thats good to say right there. Well talk to bubba live. Calling for change. He said he couldnt breathe. Nobody cared. George floyds brother urges congress to take action to Reform Police before joining a march through washington. As the chief in minneapolis speaks out to nbc news on the events that triggered a nationwide movement. Over the last two weeks, whats your biggest regret . That humanity was not there for mr. Floyd when it should have been. Just ahead, his message to the officer charged with murder in the case. Wild weather. Sever
Charles has been treated for the virus. In march he suffered mild symptoms. He says the worst part of isolation is that you really want to give people a hug. The prince, just like us. Here in the u. S. , there are troubling coronavirus spikes being reported in arizona and utah. Both those states have been partially reopening. In utah, mothers day and memorial day gatherings have been one of the drivers of new cases. Overall, the number of covid19 cases is still climbing in at least 16 states and puerto rico. Officials say thats partly a consequence of expanded testing. Those spikes in infection rates are causing some concern among Many Public Health officials. I spoke earlier with dr. Shashank ravi. Were seeing spikes in Coronavirus Infections in utah and arizona being linked to reopenings and gatherings during mothers day and memorial day. Im sure this is not surprising to doctors who warned this could happen. Yes, we have continued to see pockets of Community Spread that have continu
Today, the dow had its worst oneday point drop, falling nearly 1200 points. Thats more than 4 . This is now the worst week on wall street since the financial crisis in 2008. And adding to the concern a california woman diagnosed with the virus and Health Officials have no idea where she got it. And lso tonight, new concern about the government response as a whistleblower claims federal Health Employees lack training and protective gear when they interacted with quarantined americans. And then those federal employees scattered into the general population. We have a team of correspondents covering all aspects of this. Meg oliver leads us off from wall street. Meg. Orter norah, irah, i have been talking to analysts all day here on wall street. Stoking fears was a warning from Goldman Sachs that the virus could slow Economic Activity across the planet. applause the coronavirus has infected wall street. Markets plunged for the sixth e nsecutive day today over fears of the virus spreading an
With the announcement to fight the virus. Of course this is a day after the markets worst drop since 1987. We have full Team Coverage on the latest coronavirus developments. Just in the past 15 minutes, san francisc a moratorium on we started at 1,000, then 500, then 250, now 100. There are several exceptions to the rule including offices in transit. Several businesses including restaurants will be forced to rethink how they operate. Abc 7 reporter kate larsen is in San Francisco digging in to how parents and families are affected by this widespread closure. Klandunified. It chri larry, afternoon. S nye as the number of cases go up, for many bay area businesses, next week will be the first full week with stop the spread of the virus but employees working at home. School closures. To protect our Health Care Parents will be juggling getting system as well as essential work done and keeping an eye on their kids. Joining us, global hr and talent services. For the foreseeable future, life g