One of the most seminal days of my life was november 22, 1963. As an eightyearold, i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. It isnt unusual for someone like me or anyone of my generation to remember where he or she was, but it seemed to me to change something, and from he developed a fascination. As i grew up, my friends were andrested in captain kirk the new frontier and i was interested in jfk in the old frontier. Lookingdent, i had been , and as a washington correspondent as well, as a way into the kennedy story can story. There were studies, heavy amoirs, there was scarcely part of jfks legacy that had not been dissected and expected inspected and examined. I wondered if there was something new to say. Then i came upon, innocence, these two days in june. We are on the eve of the anniversary. What could i say that was new . When i thought about it, i said to myself, my goodness, two extraordinary speeches, one at in then university morning, one on civil rights in the eve
Hitting the suspect in the torso. Well have more details ahead on abc 7 news at 6 00 and on abc7news. Com. Hello and thanks for joining us, im eric thomas. And im dion lim. Now to the coronavirus pandemic where starting today several bay area counties are rolling out requirements for people to wear Face Coverings outside their homes. San franciscos order went into effect at midnight. Contra costa, marin, san mateo, alameda and sonoma counties will also be requiring face masks. Cornell bernard is getting reaction to the new rules. Reporter life is changing for us once again here in the bay area. That includes wearing a Face Covering in public. Dropped the food off at the door and go, you know. Reporter ares jackson is working his food delivery job in San Francisco where hes now required to wear a mask. It is what it is, you know. At least our the rates of the virus is going down. Reporter San Francisco now one of five bay area counties requiring people to wear Face Coverings in public.
In san leandro a man was shot and killed by Police Inside this walmart. Now police are interviewing at least 20 witnesses. The governor announces 15,000 hotel rooms will house the homeless amid this pandemic. Some spring showers are in the forecast. Ill show you when they arrive in accuweather. Announcer now, your health, your safety. This is abc 7 news. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. Governor gavin newsom has emphasized since the start of the pandemic the need to help and protect the states most vulnerable people. Today part of the effort took a monumental step forward with the announcement that california has a deal for thousands of rooms to house the homeless. Abc 7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez spoke with neighbors that live literally behind one of the locations to get their thoughts. We didnt have any forewarning this was going to be going down, and it just was a little bit of a shock. Reporter residents in the south bay were surprised from the announcement g
Stories from europe including britains brightest brains say theyre struggling to make a living forcing thousands of University Lecturers to go on strike across the u. K. And this boy limpid president thomas back tells us its full steam ahead for this years games back insisted tokyo a limp exhaust film course to begin in july but the corona Virus Outbreak. Turkey has shot down a syrian warplane of ablett in the northwest as Government Forces try to advance deeper to capture the last major rebel held area of the 3rd syrian find a jet downed in 3 days turkey is escalating a campaign and its threatening to bring it into direct confrontation with the Syrian Governments ally russia the violence is taking an increase in increasingly on. A heavy toll on civilians and people were killed by an explosion in the city elsewhere fighting is intensifying in the south its happening and there are despite a ceasefire thats been in place there since 2018 there are reports that at least 5 people have been
President ial race over to research and joe biden on super tuesday. And then spoil him pick president thomas tells assy its full steam ahead for this years games back insists the Tokyo Olympics are still on course to begin in july despite the color Virus Outbreak. The head of the World Health Organization has warned that shortages of protective gear like mosques are leaving Health Workers dangerously ill equipped in the fight against coronavirus south koreas president has declared war on the corona virus after nearly a 1000 people were infected in one day taking the total to more than 5000 there iran says 800 new infections have been discovered there including the countrys Emergency Services chief 23 m. P. s also have the virus italy has seen its highest number of deaths in just one day 79 people fell victim to the virus and authorities warned they may quarantine more towns and japans olympics minister said. The tokyo games could be postponed until later this year globally more than 90