Starts right now. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. With more than 3 million covid19 cases and counting in the u. S. , the question remains, how do we protect the most vulnerable. Tonight a nightline investigation into one nursing home ravaged by the virus, looking at what went wrong and what we can learn. The whole box of pictures from my childhood. For dante, this box is a time capsule. Transporting a son to the moments with his father he holds most sacred. I remember being a kid and saying, santa, you smell so much like my dad. You have the same exact shoes as my dad. I dont know how its possible, but you do. And i could literally, to this day, hear his voice laughing and crying at the same time. Because he recognized that i knew it was him, finally for the first time. Dante says joseph was often looking for a laugh. Say hig, dante. Hi, dante. My father did as much as he could to make me have a good life when i was a child. Which is why years later as his father aged, dante sa
Unfortunately, over the last two or three weeks, things have gotten out of hand. I think we let our guard down. Reporter dr. Robert says the period after memorial day weekend was a turning point in that socalled california miracle. These are the charts that worry him. Abc7 news analyzed the numbers and found that six cabrera counties saw a spike in covid19 hospitalizations between may 22nd and june 29th. In the case of marin county, the hospitalization rate went from 1. 15 . In San Francisco, 4. 94 to 7 . If we continue to see some of the surges were seeing, there is no good reason to think we wont be packed with Covid Patients within two, three, four weeks. Reporter here are more troubling numbers. Total covid19 cases in the bay area on june 29th, almost 24,000. Thats a 74 increase from may 29th when we were at just over 13,000. At ucsf, there are currently 20 in patients. 11 are in icu. We are double where we were two or three weeks ago. Overnight, there were a bunch of people admitt
Unless a full capacity crowd is allowed. And demands schools nationwide open as soon as possible. While his democratic rival, joe biden, steps out in public for the first time in months. Multistate manhunt. A desperate search under way for a Connecticut College student wanted in connection with a deadly crime spree. The 23yearold last seen in pennsylvania. His family making an emotional plea for his surrender. If youre listening, you are loved. It is time to let the healing process begin. We will have the very latest in a live report. Confrontation in central park. Please send the cops immediately. Video thats gone viral showing a white woman calling police on a black man after he asked her to leash her dog. Im going to tell them theres an africanamerican threatening my life. Her exclusive apology and his reaction to their heated dispute. All that, plus let the countdown begin. Tomorrows historic launch for nasa and spacex receives the final green light overnight, the first for america
And equal pay setback. We talk to soccer star Megan Rapinoe about whats next for the Womens National team after a judge dismissed a key part of their case. Setback is the word. But, first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Were not playing games. We mean business. The time for educating people into compliance is over. Dont be stupid. The race to reopen the ailing economy is picking up speed, even as the coronavirus outbreak is, according to health experts, far from over. Were not out of the woods. You go back to your old behavior, that number goes right back up. I didnt wake up in communist china, and i didnt wake up in north korea this morning. Everybody has a right to protest and express their feelings. Sadly, we have far more people die yesterday in maryland than we had protesters. President trump appeared in a virtual town hall and offered a bold prediction. We are very confident well have a vaccine at the end of the year. By the end of the year have that vaccine.
Are doing. Their back and forth just ahead. Arthur on approach the first Tropical Storm of the season inching closer to North Carolina packing heavy rain and high winds millions along the east coast feeling its impact al has the very latest on where it could be headed. Start your engines detroits Auto Industry begins reopening plants this morning. 60,000 workers returning to the line in a new world. This camera gives you a realtime reading of your temperature. Just ahead our exclusive look at new safety precautions in place and our interview with the ceo of ford. What i know is were ready. Why he says today marks a vital step for the entire country. And back in the swing. Major sports return over the weekend with golf and nascar and the crowds go wild. Won the race, and its dead silent out here. We miss the fans. From home today, monday, may 18th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza good morning, everybody.