Week. In new york today, the governor compared the pandemic to september 11, calling it evil and stressing that people should continue to stay at home, even though there are signs that the curve may be flattening. Thats because fewer people are being admitted to the hospital now, but more people are still dying each day. Nationwide, there are now 425,000 confirmed cases, though there are still concerns that without widelyavailable testing, those numbers may not represent the total amount of infections. And as we come on the air tonight, a plan to add another 250 billion to that fund to loan money to Small Businesses has stalled in congress, even as the number of americans who have thats twice the population of new york city. Our team is covering every angle of this ask well get to the financial fallout in just a moment, but mola lenghi leads us off tonight in the epicenter of the crisis, new york city. Mola. Reporter well, norah, Health Officials canceled plans today to open up another
Clouds. Thats not something we have said most of this week. Its been a really unseasonably strong system to come in. 50s for temps. Remember monday with 30s and 20s . Well have some high clouds but i think a lot of those are clearing the area, allowing High Pressure to build in and bush off this cloud deck sooner. We had some rain earlier but looks like everything is about done here, except in Southern California, where they are getting the rain and snow there. For us today, temps are near or a little above average. Sal is here now to see if anything is going on. We have a crash right now, steve, and traffic is going to be a little slow in this area because of this crash we saw with a medic and Fire Department. Montague expressway at dela cruz, this involves a couple different cars. Also two medics called for trauma to the people who were involved. So avoid that scene if you can because there are lane closures. Also if youre driving out to the macarthur maze, traffic is moving well. Ap
We will show you the future cast timing out the rest of today coming up lets check in with gianna for a look at the traffic. Lets look at the roadways right now. A couple of trouble spots responding to a broken down vehicle. Reported runaround Treasure Island. Tow crews headed out to the scene as well. Eastbound 24 in the tunnel right on that second bore there is a stalled vehicle, looks like the person in the vehicle is outside walking around, really keep your eyes peeled for that. More changes to mass transit. This will actually be some good news for those that utilize the light rail. They will be back up and running, the service was shut down after an operator tested positive for covid19. The first change should be rolling in the next couple of minutes and they will be running every 30 minutes. We will have all that information and in fact all the changes to mass transit, on our website, kpix. Com. We have some breaking news just coming over the past half hour on jobless claims, the
That breaking news is in quebec city, canada where weve just learned six people are dead and eight wounded after gunmen opened fire inside a mosque at the end of evening prayers. Police have arrested two people. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling the shootings a terrorist attack. New yorks mayor has ordered extra security in mosques there in response. So far there is no similar reaction here in the bay area. Download the abc 7 news app and enable push alerts and youll get breaking news updates. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Thanks for joining us. That shooting comes as americans across our country and here in the bay area have spent the weekend protesting President Trumps controversial executive order banning people from certain predominantly muslim countries from entering the u. S. Demonstrators showed up at airports across california and the country today. Youre looking at video from los angeles, fresno, san diego, and in San Francisco. The second day of protests at sf
To get food. So why is congress fighting over more funding to help those in need . Close to home a doctors struggle. Why we cant care for the patients he cares about most, his parents. Im so helpless in this whole process. Odonnell preventing the next outbreak inside the effort to close those markets for composite animals where the deadly virus was first spread. Why are they still in business . And moments of grace, americans coming together in crisis. The meaningful ways tonight that were all growing closer, even when were forced to be apart. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, donnell evening and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news. Two stark numbers that show how dramatically coronavirus has changed life in america. Tonight, the death toll nationwide has now reached more than 16,000, and more than six million americans have filed for unemployment in just the last week. In new york today, the governor compared the pandemic to septemb