And trump says he has been using it for the last week and a half, and the fda has warned against using hydroxychloroquine because it could cause heart problems and the president justified his decision yesterday. Heres my evidence. I get a lot of positive calls about it. The only negative i heard was the study, was it the va, the people that are not big trump fans i would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group and in his, shall we say, weight group, where he is morbid lhrae obese, they say. And a study says the drug does not fight the virus. A white house doctor did issue a statement saying he addressed the pros and cons with the president and they both agreed the benefits outweighed the risks. Joe biden used his latest video from home to President Trump. Stop tweeting about it. This pandemic is hitting everybody hard. We need serious confident leadership now more than ever, and frankly we need moral leadership as well
I am still watching out for a and fed chairman Jerome Powell few spots that may still get will go before the senate some rain. More on that in the forecast Banking Committee as it looks coming up if a few minutes. Into why so little of the money set aside by the c. A. R. E. S. Act has actually reached american thank you very much. Well, this morning theres mixed businesses. That hearing starts at 7 00 our reaction that were hearing from President Trumps unexpected time. The stock market rocketed upwards monday after a small announcement hes actually taking some kind of pill Company Reported positive news prevention in a sense to help about the search for a vaccine prevent coronavirus. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says saying eight patients built a high level of antibodies against she doesnt think that the president should be taking it. Coronavirus. Airlines, hotels, any industry checking in with today in the hit by the pandemic moved bays tracie potts live in washington with more on that
And in his shall we say week group has but hes more visibly of these 6. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responding to President Trumps revelation that hes been taking hydroxychloroquine despite an fda warning about the drugs safety and efficacy of the covid19. Thank you for joining us on this tuesday may 19th im James Fletcher and im darya folsom in our big story is california relaxing the rules in more counties. Allowing some businesses to reopen governor newsome estimates all but 5 of the 58 counties across the state are likely eligible to begin offering in restaurant dining in just the coming weeks. Counties that meet the new criteria can also begin opening schools with modification yeah, the new criteria requires counties to have a stable covid19 related hospitalizations with no more than 20. Covid hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks counties must also have fewer than 25 cases per 100,000 in the last 2 weeks or less than 8 of tests coming back positive in the last 7 days so some pretty
Apart or they must have some plexiglass between them. Provide hand sanitizers and employees and customers need to wear face coverings. No preset table settings. No table linens will be there waiting for you. They must be transported in a sealed bag. Also get ready to see disposable menus and that is also going to be new and that will see when we are allowed to eat out. We dont know when that will be. Local officials have not said yet when this will take place in the bay area. Reporting live in walnut creek, abc7 news. Thank you, amy. Oakland has joined l. A. And San Francisco in passing an emergency sick leave policy and heres more of what were learning. East bay times reporting that the City Council Unanimously approved the legislation yesterday. It requires employers with more than 500 employees to provide 80 hours of paid sick time off for front line workers, if they are exposed to covid19. The measure also applies to workers not classified as fulltime employees such as uber and lyf
Not a hard shutdown in Alameda County officials said that if they meet the requirements for safety. And things stabilize meaning theres an explosion of coronavirus cases that they can resume operations as early as next week. But you can clearly see how many cars are in the parking lot at this time at tesla people are coming and going looks to be just as busy as it was yesterday so even though they reached agreement to make sure to buy the next several days to see if measurements are put in to make sure that everybody is safe it looks like busi ess as usual for tesla we tried to reach out to tesla late last night and so far no comments at this particular time the Alameda County Sheriffs Department and Fremont Police department they say they dont anticipate going in there and making arrests should they not fully comply with the order. Minimal operations according to Alameda Countys guidelines requires them to do basic things like payroll and just run of the mill opera operations, but you