Welcome, and we are re the satoe wr thoswho mi akertu so that part of quakerism i belong to, we call it a Friends Meeting rather than a Friends Church although there is such a thing as a Friends Church, and we worship in silence. So we sit in silence and wait upon the spirits and then people might speak out of the silence as they are moved by the spirit. So in an hour we might get a few messages. And then we just kind of return to the silence and stay in that space. We dont have ordained clergy, we all take responsibility and we do everything by committee which often happens in churches. And in a quaker community, what would be some of the other activities are ministries that might occur there . Theres always been a close relationship in our tradition between our faith and our actions, particularly work in the world related to social justice, the environment, and so forth. So theres a lot of work, we have committees to do that. We also have a worship and Ministry Committee and a Pastor
Enforce shutdown orders. Their governor, gretchen whitmer, joins us live. Dr. Oz apologizes, sparking outrage after suggesting schools should reopen despite the death rate. It might be a tradeoff some folks would consider. Now the tv doctor saying he misspoke. Potential breakthrough. Covid19 patients in chicago given that ebola drug, remdesivir, then discharged just days after being admitted to the er. The new report this morning. Harry and meghan step out. The couple giving back to their community in los angeles and the prince opening up about his life during the pandemic. Can you feel the love tonight and sharing the love, some of the biggest stars on the planet thanking our Health Care Heroes from demi lovato to ariana grande. Upon a star plus, that surprise performance from beyonce and the powerful High School Musical mashup with a big message. Were all in this together good morning, america. Great to have you all with us on this friday morning. See all the stars there sharing the
Morning drive for everyone heading out, our essential workers especially. And theres Nothing Holding them up over there getting across the bay. Instead of fog we have an issue of visibility. Youll notice its dark between Treasure Island and the oakland toll plaza. It is dark there. The Street Lighting or the roadway lighting has been out since at least midnight. I saw that noted on twitter. Headlights and taillights no problem. Be extra cautious. Back to you. A look at the latest u. S. Confirmed cases tops 460,000 including more than 16,000 deaths, the second most of any nation behind only italy. Nonessential businesses remain on hold. Today in the bays tracie potts live for us in washington and, tracie, congress was talking about adding more cash to help Small Businesses but thats hit a snag. Reporter exactly. They didnt get it done because republicans want to put more money in the pot where the money hasnt been dispersed yet and democrats are concerned about that because they say the
Economy. And then the church is on Easter Sunday strike a somber tone in the holy land day of celebration britain. The United States has surpassed italy to have the worlds highest coronavirus death toll more than 20000 people are known to have died since the outbreak began Public Health experts are warning that figure could reach 200000 within months if stay at home orders are lifted too soon in europes hardest hit countries some steps are being taken to loosen restrictions infections and deaths have been slowing in italy and spain and the Easter Sunday services in the holy land and around the world are being held in largely empty churches and cathedrals covert 19 is keeping people away well begin our coverage in the u. S. New york states governor says while the death toll is a grim milestone there has been a drop in hospital intensive care admissions you can see that the number is some more it. Stabilizing but it is stabilizing and horrific rate. 783 people 777799 these are just incre
Drivers to slow down, especially with all these people out on the roadway. To be clear, oaklands slow streets is not to close any city streets, rather to limit traffic to locals only on certain residential streets and quarters. That means if youre driving in your own neighborhood, maybe getting a delivery to your home, those are okay, that is local only. This will apply to 74 miles of oakland streets, as you mentioned. Thats 10 of the citys roadways. Were taking this opportunity to try some new things. Oaklanders are very anxious right now, and really trying hard to adjust to a radically different reality. And we hope that this slow streets movement will help give some joy, some recreation, some exercise, in a safe and physically sdadistanced way to oakland families throughout the city. Reporter if you drive on a slow street without knowing it, you will not get a ticket at this point. This is an education campaign. But a city councilman is urging the sheriff to crack down on speeding a