Modeling, were looking at about 27,000 icu beds that well need to procure in the state. Reporter that has bay area doctors like ron planning for the worst. What do we do . As long as we can get them, and were really talking about, what decisions well hopefully never have to make. Just to be clear, we are nowhere near that right now, but think when you look at the experience in other countries, it would be fool inventory say were never going to get there. Reporter the governor wants to recruit retired di students. As of today, 34,000 people have applied to join the battle against the virus. Its the first of the month, which means that rent is due, and many were concerned about how theyre going to pay. The governorlocal cities artaking help, but the rules vary. Reporter on this april 1st, rents across the country, state and bay area many are out of work or sheltering in place. Like tara thomas of oakland, a florist. Its starting to get really terrifying, actually. I work in events, and s
And as weve been reporting during this eventful night on this of all days we also have the start of a ground war in the gaza strip with israeli troops invading tonight under a sky lit up by flares and incoming fire. So we begin this second half hour of the special edition of our newscast tonight with the downing of this 777. Nbcs tom costello who covers aviation for us has been covering this all day long. Tom, good evening once again. The malaysian Prime Minister said late today there was no distress call from this airline and it was flying in an ore declared safe by global Civil Aviation authorities. It left amsterdam at 1 30 p. M. Local time bound for kuala lumpur. They lost contact with the plane. Very quickly the Ukrainian Government reported that russianbacked separatists had shot down the plane using a surfacetoair missile. U. S. Intelligence and military sources confirm to nbc news that infrared satellites detected the missile laumpl and explosion. Malaysian flight 17 was a boei
Investigators, including a special u. S. Team are awaiting access to this horrific crash site. Here is what we know at this hour. Keep in mind, the story is change big the hour. The u. S. Confirms a surfacetoair missile struck a Malaysian Airlines jetliner over ukraine. This is near the russian border. Nearly 300 passengers have been killed. Families of the passengers are still being contacted. We have multiple reports tonight. Lets begin with nbcs peggy bunker and the latest on this investigation. Peggy . Reporter well, good evening to you. For the second time in just four months, a Malaysia Airlines 777 yesterday meets a tragic end. This time 298 lives have been lost. The plane originated in amsterdam, flying over towards the russianukrainian border on a flight to kuala lumpur. Three hours in controllers said they lost contact with the plane. Then came the reports of a fireball this the sky. This is all that is left of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, charred and smoldering in a burned o
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