we told you it was coming, and on monday the navy hospital ship comfort docked in manhattan to the applause of new yorkers who were careful to adhere to the social distancing rules and avoided newly announced fines of up to $500. the ship has 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms. starting today it will take on noncovid-19 patients to ease the pressure on local hospitals. turning now to the conflicting messages we ve been hearing lately about wearing masks. hospitals are now straining under a dire shortage, but scientists overseas are now suggesting americans should have been wearing masks all along. here s abc s steve osunsami. reporter: health authorities in asia, where the numbers of covid-19 cases are improving, say that americans have it all wrong with face masks. the head of the chinese center for disease control tells science magazine the big mistake in the u.s. and europe is people aren t wearing masks. many people have asymptomatic or re har research ectis i thad
all overnight developments right now on america this morning. good tuesday morning, everyone. america is waking up to a grim reality this morning. a new record in the coronavirus pandemic. more than 500 people died yesterday. that s the highest one-day total so far.ngs aldeath toll in the u.s. to more than 3,000 people, and new york s governor says we re still at least one week away from the peak of the crisis in new york. but doctors warn other parts of the country are also facing a major crisis. this graph here shows the number of cases in texas recently spiking. a navy medical unit is now being deployed to north texas and louisiana. and the graph for michigan doesn t look much better. the white house has now authorized funding to mobilize the national guard there. from virginia to maryland, new restrictions have been announced after some areas reported a 400% increase in the number of cases over the last week. abc s ines de la cuetara begins our coverage starti
beach in oregon just west of portland near manzanita. the worst part is, that tornado was part of a storm system and the worst of that storm system is still expected to hit this weekend. a first alert traffic want you to be ready for a big project of monday. highway 34 will be set down in fernandez is asking about the first phase of the project and what it means for estes park. until memorial day so they can blast the highway and better protected from future flooding. it s peaceful now but we have seen what could happen when the heavens let loose. on monday engineers will blast out 200,000 cubic yards of rock at two locations so they can build a highway more resistant to flooding it is a necessary improoement but ii will make a the owner of kirksville i shop in downtown estes park expects to lose a few customers because of the construction. they said we will see you next spring. this woman came up today knowing that the highway closes on monday i most likely will b
still call it a bad deal for taxpayers. sot :ira hansen: the taxpayers in nevada just lost, because the financial arrangement of the stadium is all profit for the raiders and all liability for the taxpayer the historic decision made and a signature from the governor expected in las vegas on monday - now the push turns toward getting the ok from nfl owners to move the raiders to vegas. sot : with a lot of good luck and good messaging we feel that they are going to get through the nfl process and we re going to change this city nfl owners will meet next tuesday for annnual meeting. there raiders owner mark davis will start selling the move. an official vote from nfl owners not expected to come until january. billion dollars in funding to expand the las vegas convention center. police officers swarmed mojave high school today. after they found out a student brought a gun to school. according to c- c-s-d police.. a 14-year-old student had the gun on them. but they didn t pull
the mcfpd will be coordinating with usfs regarding the management of the fire. tonight.partly cloudy and gusty. lows 64 to 68 on the west side of the valley.66 to 70 on the east side. 25 mph with higher gusts.decreasing to 10 to 15 raiders to las vegas is now under.. league review. this.. after lawmakers approved.. the -1- point -9- billion stadium plan. 13 action news reporter brya more on what has to happen next.. before the new capitol city for raider nation becomes las vegas. take pkg down to the wire that is the way one lawmaker described the final vote in the assembly today. that cleared the way for the nfl to call las vegas home. 00.38.22.00 it is a last-minute win. we were not at all interested in overtime. after 17 hours angering opponents of the plan. 00.45.42.00 that was a debate and discussion. assembly leaders say the 17 hours of discussion thursday was plenty. 01.51.42.00 had we not had literally 17 hours of debates and discussions, i think we would have