Noticing anything unusual and not seeing major problems where riders, for example, cant get on a platform or into a train. According to bart though, that massive traffic jam this morning did send thousands of people who normally drive to work to bart instead so they can get into San Francisco. The agency had to move more than 10,000 additional commuters today through the transbay tube and into the city because of the box truck crash that caused a traffic nightmare for drivers. Bart said it is not adding extra trains for the evening commute, but did suggest that people live earlier in the day to avoid huge crowds or just wait until later in the evening. One bart rider noticed more people today and many saw the crash on social media. I go reverse commute and i didnt see it too badly, but the opposite train was quite full. Even more than normal. I can see the tweets going on, crazy stuff this morning. So far again, it doesnt look like wereee at the embarcadero station, just the usual comm
So far, it looks like folks are able to get on the trains without any major problems. B. A. R. T. Says the agency had to move more than 10,000 additional commuters today through the trans bay tube into the city because of the box truck crash that caused all the traffic. B. A. R. T. Did suggest that people leave earlier in the day to avoid huge crowds or wait until later in the evening and leave then. One b. A. R. T. Rider described what a headache it was for him to change his plans last minute this morning once he learned about the bay bridge crash. I left my house out of concord at 8 00 in the morning. By the time i got to lafayette, it was just too backed up. I had to take my car, drop it off at a hotel, then find my way to the b. A. R. T. In lafayette. Reporter were not seeing any major problems but certainly a lot of commuters here at this hour. B. A. R. T. Did tell us that the agency, however, did not add any extra trains for this evenings commute. Reporting live from san bay area
And spain and france. Strong gains across europe. And look at crude, which is set for weekly gains, up by 1. 25 on the week. Showing just about that gain today. We got surprising inventory builds yesterday. Traders seem to be taking in stride. The u. S. Treasury department issuing final rules to crack down on those tax inversions. Thats when a company is acquired by a smaller foreign business in a low tax country to avoid paying the higher u. S. Corporate tax rate. The new rules crack down on earnings stripping when the u. S. Subsidiary avoids taxes on domestic operations by sending them overseas as tax deductible payments. Got that . Sara eisen does. This is clearly becoming a signature issue for the treasury secretary, for this administration. And what he issued yesterday were new rules to crack down on tax avoiding companies. This earnings stripping strategy, its a common practice by inverted companies, they use the u. S. Subsidiary to issue loans from the Foreign Company that are t
Workers that got hurt in the church when part of the building collapsed two weeks ago. The registrars contracting says it is one of eight violations that caused it to be removed. A deadly Apartment Fire underinvestigation that killed one person andself several people were looking for a place to reporter firefighters performed c. P. R. On a woman they rescued from a burning apartment this morning. The 50yearold woman was pronounced dead at the hospital hours later. The whole complex was smoky. It was covered in smoke. Reporter when crews arrived at the complex just before 2 00 a. M. , the first floor unit was fully engulfed in flames and smoke. It was pretty bad. You could see it. It was coming outside of the door and it was going up. Reporter the thick smoke filled the Early Morning sky. Crews continued to work to keep the blaze from spreading. Two other units above the victims apartment has smoke and water damage. Those residents were evacuated. I was scared for everyone who lives her
On the way, relief check for millions of america. And keeping afloat, some businesses finding unique ways to survive as the coronavirus shuts down the country. The details are next. As we do say good morning, everybody, it is saturday, march 28th. Im kendis gibbon. And im lindsay riser. We begin with it is coronavirus pandemic. There are 1,274 cases across all 50 states. The death toll climbing to 1,605. The number of cases in the United States reaching a new high, surpassing 100,000 as lindsay mentioned. The u. S. Now has more reported coronavirus cases that know any other country in the world, including china. President trump signed the 2 trillion economic stimulus package focused on providing relief to businesses and workers impacted by the pandemic. The bill passed with byyou partisan support in both the house and the senate. The package sends 1200 to adults earning up to 735,000 a year, 2400 for joint returns and 500 per child. Most americans will receive that money via can direct