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For most of us there are clouds in the forecast, but we expect to see unusually clear skies tomorrow because police and city leaders have nipped the annual 420 smokeout in the bud. Reporter ahead of this weekend mayor london breed warned her city this 420 would not look like it has in years past. During 420 we are going to be at golden gate park. Were going to fence up golden gate park. Were going to have Police Officers out in force. Reporter this will not be the scene at hippie hill on 4 20 this year. Instead the San Francisco Police Department says they have the discretion to site and or arrest people for violating the shelter in place order. Jared kylo, the United Cannabis Association President , said celebrating 420 is still possible. Lets not spread this virus around. If we can celebrate without spreading the virus around, lets do. That. Reporter he said theres been a nationwide effort to encourage people to celebrate virtually not just on 420, but from the 17th to the 21st to flatten their own curve, so to say. Its looking like the four days of celebration is going to equal the one day of celebration that usually happens on 420. Reporter this year people are especially taking advantage of online delivery, drivethru opportunities and even Curbside Pickup in some california counties. Yet despite the cannabis industry being zoomed essential in california, kylo says it still bothers him that it has high levels of taxation, no federal assistance programs and no banking. He hopes 420 is an opportunity to highlight the work that still needs to be done. Sometimes you have to work out the logistics internally for these Financial Assistance programs to really assist what is still a schedule 1 narcotic at the federal level. Reporter road closures will be in place from 5 30 a. M. Until 7 p. M. Tomorrow mainly in the east end of golden gate park. Avoid the typical areas of kaiser, mlk and jfk. A spike in breakins on empty compasses, officers arresting three separate groups for various crimes in the past several weeks. Theyre now asking neighbors to report any suspicious activity around schools. That includes people on campus in the middle of the night, sound of broken glass and any sounding alarms. Fremont police say property crimes are a notable exception to an overall downward trend theyve seen since the start of the shelter in place order. Commercial burglaries have shot up by 133 compared to this same time last year. Auto thefts have jumped by about 60 , of meanwhile auto burglaries are down by nearly half because most people are now parked at home. One way to really reopen the country is more widespread testing, but there is still no organized effort in place to do that. As a result, kpix5s john ramos shows us entrepreneurs are starting to step up to fill that void. Reporter one of the most troubling things about this virus is most people Walking Around have no idea whether theyre infected or not. So it seems like it might be a good idea to know that. Testing has been erratic at best with people often waiting in long lines and thats the biggest problem according to the founder of carbon health, a private Health Clinic operator in california and nevada. S there downside to testing, but there is downside to hundreds of people getting in a line in front of a clinic to get tested. Reporter the country has outfitted a former mobile dental trailer today set up in a parking lot in redwood city. Testing is by appointment only to eliminate crowding and the nasal swab test takes only about a minute to complete. If i just walk around thinking that i am healthy and if i am not, im just contaminated and putting everything back as it was before. The first thing is responsibility. I dont want to infect you or anybody else if i know im sick. Reporter positive or negative, at least you know. Kevin mcgovern has a job delivering cannabis and says fear of infection has kept him from seeing his young daughter for four weeks. So it means a lot to him that they use a rapid test system with results available by the end of the day. The whole time youre going through whether you have it or not. So being able to get the result in the time they can do it i think gives you a little bit actually a little comfort, a little comfort. Reporter the company says the test is covered by most insurance plans and if not, the fee is 65, but thats uncertain because even to them the government has promised that testing will be free, they have not created a system to reimburse those doing lot of financial risk to be honest because we are not collecting copays or credit cards. We are just hoping we will eventually get paid for this. Reporter in redwood city, john ramos, kpix5. The ceo says if the company ever does start getting paid, it hopes to create 10 mobile testing units that can do Antibody Testing as well. A venture capitalist helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to test everyone in town. The coastal marin enclave will offer the free driveup service tomorrow at colinas park. Ucsf researchers will study the results to try to learn more about the pattern of infection. A similar effort is being utilized in a section of San Franciscos mission district. A trail derailment is blocking traffic, the Union Pacific tanker cars ran off the tracks along shellmound street around 2 00 this afternoon. The cars are still blocking the rail crossings at 65th, 66th , and 67th streets. Drivers are asked to use the powell street overpass. Nobody was hurt and the tanker cars were empty. Oakland police are looking for a hit and run driver who killed a pedestrian last year. The 55yearold victim was crossing at 35th avenue and brookdale around 8 p. M. He was struck by a vehicle described as a mercedes r class mpv. The driver fled in the northbound direction. The victim was taken to the hospital where he died. His name has not been released. Well, as congress inches closer to more big money for Small Business, local governments are asking what about us . Nd00 million out itpust on already our social safety net. Plus the bay area city could that vote this week on sweeping relief for renters. And serving up smiles at a gorilla arms length, how an aspiring bay area barista is keeping the community caffeinated from his kitchen window. This small chance of rain tomorrow, theres not much. If we get it, san jose will be most likely to notice it. Well show you what that looks like and then well turn to the actual headline in the forecast. Well be as much as 15 degrees above average by next weekend. That is coming up in the forecast next. This week the city of richmond will consider an emergency moratorium on rent and mortgage payments. The order would suspend all residential and Small Business rents and ge paymts for homeowners, small landlords and Small Businesses. It would last through the duration of the shelter in place order. The author as the proposals say federal unemployment funds are not sufficient to cover housing costs for many residents. The City Government will take up the proposal. While this outbreak has put enormous strain on the budgets of bay area cities and counties, they are worried that their looming budget crises could fall through congressional cracks. County government is really on the front lines of responding to this pandemic. We are arranging for medical capacity. We run the ems system, the Public Health system. Contra costa supervisor saying his county expects to spend 100 million of its reserves between just march and june paying for things like an extra Medical Center while traditional Revenue Sources like sales and property taxes are expected to sharply fall. An aspiring barista in north beach is proving that we are all Better Together when we can have a little caffeine in enrarez giving out coffee and smiles from his kitchen window seven days a week. His regulars are neighborhood nurses, doctors, delivery drivers and other essential workers. Check this out. He uses a toy gorilla arm to hand out his fresh pourovers. Why a go . This gorilla arm . Was in to keep our distance so we could stay at least six feet away. Its working. Ramirez is a tech worker, but his dream is to one day open a cafe and coffee roastery. He can be found at his kitchen window from 8 a. M. Until noon. The coffee is free, but he also accepts donations to keep the project going. Want to see more stories like this . We do. Just head to www. Kpix. Com together and we are committing to bringing you all the good news happening around the bay area now. We would love to hear your story idea. Send it to together cbs. Com. Might get slightly wet together tomorrow, a little bit in the south bay it sounds like . Technically, brian, yes. Were talking about like that much. I dont want to get your hopes up theres a legitimate bay area wide rainmaker tomorrow. There isnt. Some of us could get a sprinkle. First let me show you what it looks like today across the bay area if you havent gotten out of your part of it, look, blue sky over the golden gate bridge, same story inland. Thats what it looks like over the trivalley now and heres what it looks like over san jose. Theres a theme here. Were all looking at a beautiful sunday afternoon. Well put a lot more clouds into that sky tomorrow with this weak little system that will try to bring us a few sprinkles in the morning. We will be a little cooler tomorrow, 2 or 3 degrees. Its not the temperatures that are the story, but since im obligated to show you those, there you go. Morning lows right there, low 50s, daytime highs into the low and mid60s tomorrow. Lets talk about what is the headline for tomorrows weather. Now you can see that storm sitting off the coast, that spin. That looks promising. In futurecast youll see there is rain that shows up out here. Look at those scattered showers trying to get over our way. That says 9 a. M. Lets go in for a closer look at home and get rid of the clouds. In the predawn hours as we play this forward, yes, there are few showers that come across mainly the south bay, the peninsula maybe, the east bay hills through the late Morning Hours tomorrow, but that looks a lot more impressive than its probably going to be. It stays with us, a small chance of rain going into the afternoon, but i think the best way to come away with a take away from this is look at what the forecast is for actual measurable rain tomorrow. These numbers are very small, maybe 0. 03inch of rain, maybe 0. 01inch of rain. Thats the ki rain you dont even know. You might get a sprinkle in the morning and afternoon. That storm will go east and drop a little light snow in the sierra. Its not a major consequence here, but its kind of nice to see in the middle of april we might get a light dusting up on donner pass and up in the headwaters of the tuolumne rivers, about another inch up there and thats it. Once we finish with mondays big excitement were done and the story is going to turn. Before i show you the sevenday forecast which has daytime highs in the mid80s for inland spots at the end of it, next weekend, i just want to show you the longer range forecast even beyond that, six to 10 days. Where the sevenday leaves off taking us into the early and middle part of next week, the deeper the shades of red on here, the higher the degree of confidence temperatures will stay above average. Heres your general takeaway. Once we finish with tomorrows cloudy maybe drizzleness, its game on for sunny and warm. You can see how this will play out. San jose, ill use you as my example here, 71 on tuesday. Thats an average daytime high, but look how much well overachieve here by next weekend. Oakland wont be that dramatic, but youve still got the warm up coming. 67 would be average for this time of year. By next weekend its 77. Were not breaking records, but its sunny and warm. The thing that stands out about this, by the way, San Francisco, 73, 10 degrees above average and concord kind of the extreme, makes it up to 86. Its not so much just that we warm up that much going into the weekend. Its a little more interesting that if you look at some of the longer range stuff, we may be staying there going into the week after next weekend. Lets let that play out. More on that as we get closer to it. Well take it one seventhis po i think thats wise. Dennis. Over to you. Cal linebacker makes a mighty bold prediction on thursdays nfl draft. And third round pick, this guy turned out to be pretty good. Joe montana is playing for a new team coming up. Wow im original. One of a kind. Love ya. 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He didnt get a chance to work out for teams, but he feels plenty of on tape last season when he led the nation in tackles. They ranked you somewhere about 5. 9 out of 8. That falls into their category of a special teams player on an nfl roster. You dont see it that way, i know. What do you see . Me, i see myself as a future pro bowler, starter, person thats going to turn either a team around or keep a team winning. I mean thats what i do. I make plays. Linebackers job is what i do. Meanwhile yesterday marked a 25th anniversary of joe montanas retirement, but joe is still coming through in the clutch off the field. Montana is part of the all in challenge, athletes and celebrities trying to raise over 100 million to help out during this pandemic. Montana and ronny lott are auctioning off a dinner for six at dia montana in calistoga, current bid . 25,000. The dinner will most likely be done between the pizza oven, the tuscan grill, somehow outside. Well try to eat outside el fresco. Theres a special bus will take out for cocktails and hors doeuvres. Obviously no one is going to leave empty handed. We have wine that we produced that will be there for people to take home. Joe doesnt worry about opposing defenses anymore. These days the only pressure he faces is from his wife jennifer as they fight over the phone to facetime with their grandchild. The couple became grandparents for the first time in december. Reporter you are a grandfather for the first time. What is that like . Grandpa joe. Its so much fun. Actually jennifers come up with some great names for us. Shes boo boo and im yogi. We can have dinner with yogi and boo boo. You come up with about six grand apiece. Tell darren hes in. Were all going to via montana. Im sure theyre doing a great job as grandparents. Thank you. Coming up in our next half hour, as more americans defy social distancing to demand the right to work, the feds are preparing to toss another lifeline to keep Small Businesses afloat. Plus with outbreaks erupting at the nations Food Processing plants are we facing a potential break in critical supply chains . And a bay area band was on top of the world until their world tour took them to the hospital. Still to come they tell us about their battle to beat the virus. Our top story at 6 30, as angry calls to reopen the economy grow louder, a new deal to shore up the nations Small Businesses may be a done deal as soon as tonight. More than three quarters of 1 million americans have tested positive for the coronavirus and more than 40,000 have died. Cbs reporter meg oliver on the life or death decisions the nations governors must make before they can put people back to work. Reporter as morgues continue to overflow in new york city, these construction workers have been deemed essential in order to construct ving for dozens of refrigerated trailers. Still new yorks daily toll of coronavirus deaths hit its lowest point in more than two weeks and the states governor announced an Antibody Testing survey will begin monday, a first step in an effort to reopen the economy. I know people are eager to get on with life. We have a very small margin of error here as we naviga gbut pr pushing back against stay at home orders ramped up over the weekend in about a dozen states and more are scheduled for monday. Its the flu. The people who have poor health are always the most vulnerable. God bless them. Reporter protesters say theyre encouraged by President Trump who has accused some state governors of going too far with stayathome orders. Last week he tweeted, liberate minnesota, michigan and virginia, but some republican governors say the president is sending mixed messages. The president s policy says you cant start to reopen under his plan until you have declining numbers for 14 days, which those states and may state do not have. So then to encourage people to go protest the plan you just made recommendations on on thursday, it just y se ortesury expethhouse democrll rea an ay usplan tboost the now drained loan program for Small Businesses, help hospitals and increase testing. That will be a terrific impact on Small Business and it will also cover Unprecedented Program of 25 billion for testing. Reporter the stimulus plan could go to the senate monday, the house tuesday and to the president s desk for signature on wednesday. Department researchers say the u. S. Needs to more than triple its coronavirus testing before it can even think about reopening the economy. They say with such a High Percentage of positive tests it is not possible to get an accurate picture of the crisis because right now testing here is mostly restricted to people who are already ill. S suggestepositive rate should somewhere between 3 and 12 . At the moment ours is more like 20 . We have some developing news out of canada this evening. Police there say at least 16 people including one of their own were killed in a shooting rampage across nova scotia. Investigators say the suspect disguised himself as a uniformed officer and mocked up his car to look like a Royal Canadian mounted police cruiser. 51yearold Gabriel Wartman was arrested at a gas station and later died. The motive is still unclear. Today marks 25 years since the deadly Oklahoma City bombing. Mes on that day billowing from the alfred p. Murrah federal building. 168 people were killed including 19 children. Hundreds more were hurt. Timothy mcveigh was convicted of the terror attack and was executed by lethal injection in 2001. Most memorial events were canceled this year because of the pandemic. Typically survivors and family members gather at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and museum for a remembrance ceremony, but this year the annual reading of the 168 victims names was prerecorded along with remarks by political leaders. However, some still stopped by the memorial to leave flowers. New tonight Health Officials believe france has passed the peak of its coronavirus outbreak. The Prime Minister made the announcement during a press conference in paris today. He says more than 19,000 people in the country have died, but the number of patients in intensive care is dropping consistently day after day. For the First Time Since th francis delivered sunday mass outside the vatican. He held the divine mercy sunday mass in a church just down the road from st. Peters square. However, worshipers were not allowed inside. And still to come, the latest business casualty of the virus. The Department Store chain that could be just days away from bankruptcy filing. Meanwhile some new maps are giving us some new perspective on the impact on air travel. The best way to predict the future is to create it and change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. 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Reporter even with the smithfield pork Processing Plant in sioux falls, south dakota, now the hottest coronavirus hotspot in the country, republican governor kristi noem says a stayathome order doesnt fit her state. Were just very different than the big populated cities, new york city that you see on tv. Were spread out. Theres a lot more open space here in south dakota. Reporter though some worry the virus is spreading outward from the plant where hundreds of workers have tested positive, noem cites hard to verify data to back up her stance. We have seen such an outstanding call to action among the people of south dakota that we actually have more people staying home than many of the other states that have put in shelter in place orders. Reporter the smithfield plant processes about a ons pork supply. It is now closed indefinitely, but that closure and those of other food processers because of the pandemic are stressing the nations food chain. Katelyn woac is an industry analyst at university of notre dame. Were seeing so many disruptions across a number of different product categories particularly meat and Dairy Products throughout the supply chain. Reporter the disruption right now adds up to more of an inconvenience for consumers because there is food, but as more workers get sick, real shortages could materialize. At the jbs meatpacking plant in greeley, colorado, 78yearold saul sanchez was working sick, but his daughter could not convince him to stay home. My dad was an amazing, humble, hard working individual. Hed be like, they need me. Theyre short staffed. Reporter sanchez died last week from the coronavirus. The plant is now temporarily closed. Dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. Meantime tyson foods says it is increasing Safety Measures after a coronavirus outbreak at its tennessee plant. At least 90 workers there have tested positive. The company said in a statement it is following cdc guidelines to address the situation and that includes requiring workers to wear masks and to have their temperatures taken before beginning each shift. Neiman marcus could be the first major u. S. Department store to fall victim to the virus. Reuters reports the chain could file for bankruptcy as early as this week. The dallasbased company is reportedly billions of dollars in debt and doesnt have many options left after having to shut down its stores. They were in a great place at the worst possible time, still to come a Grammy Nominated bay area band telling us about their terrifying encounter with covid19. Those shelter in place orders may have saved some lives in the southeast today where it was hailing hard enough to punch holes in houses. Those high clouds streaming in are the very leading edge of tomorrows small chance for light rain. I want to show you where were most likely to see that tomorrow and then well talk about the warmup coming our way. Before we do that we want to wish a very happy 90th birthday to kpix5 viewer beverly enue. She graduated from San Mateo High School and San Mateo Junior College and was marid to her late husband nearly 70 years. Beverly ann, happy birthday. We wish you the best. We wish you the best were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. Metastatic Breast Cancer is relentless, but i was relentless first. Relentless about learning the first song we ever danced to. About teaching him to put others first. About helping her raise her first child. And when i was first diagnosed, my choice was everyday verzenio. Its the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. 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Look at that. The homeowner says the storm only lasted about 30 minutes, long enough. Absolutely. I guess we have a little bit of rain coming our way, right, darren . We do, juliette. I dont usually do national weather, but since this is happening now and its dont were pretty much in the middle of this event. Its going to go throughout the night. I wanted to show you where the trouble spot is still, if you have friends or family in the southeast, its going to be a busy night. Everywhere in yellow has a tornado watch, but the redbox is a Tornado Warning for southeastern mississippi and alabama as we see showers start to work through the east through the remainder of tonight. That goes until 7 00 tomorrow morning our time and to spotlight where the trouble spot is, the deal shade of orange oing across the deep southeast. Thats where we really need to have friends and family on guard over the rest of tonight. If you know someone back there, maybe give them a call. Back at home those high clouds may not look like much, but they are the leading edge of the change in weather for tomorrow. Ill show you where theyre coming from in a second. The way it feels out there now, low to mid60s. Thats about 3 or 4 degrees off the highs we hit about an hour ago. Tomorrow morning we go back down to the low 50s, a cloudy start to the day. Those clouds while they deepen through the morning do not let up like they have the last few days because these clouds will be driven in by this next weeks storm sitting off the coast. By tomorrow theres a lot more of them and late morning there will be a few spotty showers embedded in those clouds. Theres not a lot to this, but late morning and early afternoon the chance for a few stray showers to come in across the bay area, most likely from the bay bridge south through the late morning and early afternoon. It really wont amount to much. If we look at the rainfall totals, theres the tally through the day tomorrow. Very few places get anything measurable. Since you might get a spritz tomorrow i didnt want you to be taken off guard by it. There are your daytime highs. The numbers are maybe like 3 degrees on average cooler than today was. Its not like this is going to be a cold system for us coming in, but it does make the day look different, keeps it gray a rnand y afternoon and then it will break apart as we get past sunset tomorrow and its done. Then we really turn a corner and the real story in this forecast once we get past tomorrow is the rapid warmup that comes our way for the end of this week. Look at those daytime highs. By friday and saturday next week climbing into the mid80s, 86 degrees for the daytime high for many inland locations and well be in the mid70s through the bay. So those will be the highest numbers weve reached yet should we get there and it looks like it will stick around. So its not just that we warm up into next weekend. Looking out past that even on to some of the longer range forecasts, theres a good reason to believe temperatures like that will stick around into the early and middle part of next week. Thats where things stand on the sevenday forecast for now. Well be right back a classic San Francisco restaurant feeding front line workers across the bay area. Yes. Theyre doing it every weekend for the next four months. Izzies steakhouse plans to donate 420 meals per week to the entire e. R. And icu staff at cpmc and stanford. The owners of izzies say this is a way to help local healthcare workers and keep their staff employed during this difficult time. You can heck check out more positive stories like that at www. Kpix. Com together and you can send your ideas to together cbs. Com. Put on your mask when you go out in public put on your mask help save the world from covid catchy, from behind the facemask pop superstar Gloria Estefan get on your feet, the 62yearold singer saying the idea came from a close friend who happens to be an Infectious Disease doctor. The lyrics are appearing nightly on the new paramount tower in downtown miami. The stars and stripes light show begins at 10 p. M. To signal the start of the citys overnight curfew. To continue this musical theme, legendary band from the bay area had a horrifying brush with coronavirus. Yes. Only on 5 kpix5 reporter betty yu has their story. Betty. The groups name is death angel. Earlier this year they were on top of the world with their first grammy nomination, sold out concerts and a blockbuster album. Then covid 19 came knocking. Late december at flynns in San Francisco death angel hit the stage with two soldout shows. The shows were amazing. We had the big tour coming up next. Reporter . The tour would take the Grammy Nominated band and two other thrash bands throughout europe. The schedule was packed and grueling, 24 shows in 36 days. Everyone knew each other. It was kind of like a heavy metal family reunion, you know. Reporter first stop, copenhagen early february. At that time a dangerous new virus had ravaged china and was quietly picking up steam in europe. We knew about the coronavirus and we knew it was spreading, but we didnt think countries were going to be getting shut down while we were out there. The information initially was not it wasnt that strong like we couldnt tell, you know. We couldnt tell the socalled fake news from the real news. You know what i mean . When water on tour like that moving day by day, were like were in a different city every single day. We travel by night. Everythings going by in a flash. Sometimes you dont hear about things for a little while because youre in your little bubble on tour. Founding member and lead guitarist, their bass player and drummer all spoke to kpix5 about their ordeal. I dont get sick very often. So i knew something was wrong. In europe the shows were selling out to enthusiastic crowds, but soon the virus would take center stage. I could pinpoint the moment that i started feeling weird. On february 25th a sobering eye opener, their show in milan was abruptly canceled due to concerns over the coronavirus. You started to realize either this is getting sensationalized or its getting serious. Death angel continued touring through spain, france, ireland and the united kingdom. In the few weeks remaining the threat became real. You didnt feel like you couldnt perform, but you just felt like you needed to catch your breath at all times. I woke up in manchester feeling run down. Honestly i thought i was brutally hung over. I had a really intense fever and just lack of energy. It was the back and forth between, you know, extreme fever and sweating and the cold sweats. I felt so run down and just like i had been run over by a truck and im like somethings weird here. This achy g, but vewas ifi their finashowgermany canceled. The band headed to the airport. The gravity of the situation really didnt hit us until the last week when it was time to fly home. Just getting to the airport, getting to sfo was kind of worrisome because i didnt think they were going to let us back in. The situation about travel and the whole pandemic thing was in our face at this point and we were just pretty concerned about not being able to be allowed to get home. After arriving home since we fly in and out of there so often and they know us and recognize us, they were like hey, death angel, you guys are back. How was the tour . Kind of waved us through without even taking a look at us or noticing that we were sweating profusely. My fever was so intense i was kind of going delirious. At cpmc on van ness will was admitted to the icu where he was put on an ventilator and into a medically induced coma. They took five pounds of liquid out of his lungs. During that time his heart failed. He almost died. The drummer remembers a vivid dream. I was in hell and the devil was a woman and very scary looking. She had redskin and glowing eyes and fangs. She was sitting in a throne laughing at me. After 12 days in a coma and doses of the experimental drug called remdesivir will opened his eyes. When i came out of the coma, they couldnt believe it and the doctors who worked on me and other doctors in the hospital all came into the room just to see for themselves that i was actually coherent. That kind of opened my eyes when a group of doctors are like marveling over me opening my eyes. I was like whoa, i must have been really, really far gone, you know. Damian got over his infection by hunkering down and sweating it out. I was getting 14 hours of sleep. I wasnt really eating anything. I was just getting water no, caffeine. I do feel i recovered quickest. Rob selfisolated and stayed away from loved ones. Drinking water and trying to ride it out. I had a fever that wouldnt quit for like a whole week straight after i got home even. All three beat the virus. Will is going through physical therapy and plans to start drumming again by june. Rob is writing music. Damien is itching to play it. An album is in the works. Through adversity is the ability to persevere and come out stronger. Were fighters, i guess. We have a hard time giving up. We live for what we do. We love what we do and we just are fortunate that were able to keep on doing it despite these hurdles. Their advice to fans, in fact, anyone who doesnt take this virus seriously . I wouldnt wish this on my worst enemy. Take it seriously. Stay indoors and follow the rules for the time being. Will, rob and damien want to thank all of their fans for their well wishes. They lit candles, sent healing vibes and prayers. The band says all of that helped. Well, betty, i think will would want to probably thank a local Company Gilead for developing remdesivir which is this drug that is showing promising treatments for people who are really have advanced coronavirus, right . Its a local company. Thats right. He somehow got ahold of remdesivir. Hes a living example of that drug playing a big role in his recovery and as you saw, even the doctors were amazed. Right. Boy, he was in a coma. In fact, its that same drug that caused the stock market friday to go up 700 points because people are thinking oh, boy, heres the not the cure, but even gilead i was said not so fast. Its still being in the experimental phases, but im sure will is glad it worked on him. So is everybody who is a big fan of the band. Thanks to them for talking because we see them on stage because as healthy and vibrant as they are, they got it as well. In the meantime, well see you back here at 11 00. Thats right. Were always on www. Kpix. Com. Have a good night step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find a way through this. Our that thethe bogy, reall spitals capepitals, r lotthes all across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Just know were all with you. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you doctors nurses. This is kind of a first. For all of us. Is time to put other things. First. Like being the first to check in. Or the first to try you hand at the culinary arts. Or all the arts. Be the first to volunteer. Or the first to say its all going to be okay. And when the day comes, when were no longer looking at our worlds from the inside out. It will be what we did in here that will make us stronger out there. Captioning funded by cbs and ford. 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