To get to on this very busy day lets get started. And we begin with another bloody day for wall street down another 1000 points and yes we have now seen the worst week for markets since the 2008 financial crisis wiping out as christy just said 5 trillion dollars from Global Markets im going to say it again wiping out 5 trillion dollars in one week were going to break down Global Markets and the horrific week they just had in just a minute but 1st lets get you caught up on the very latest with the corona virus which of course is blamed as the catalyst for all of this so here are the latest numbers more than 83000 people and at least 53 countries have been infected and of those more than 2800 have died outside of china the largest number of deaths is in iran at 34 where that country has seen a huge jump in infections to ron had already canceled friday prayers at the capitals of 23 of irans 31 provinces u. S. Secretary of state might bump aoe says that the u. S. Has. Offered to assist ira
Monday but it came to a happy ending. Wayne freedman is live. Reporter what a story. What an interesting story and fascinating because of technology. You know, a lot of people complain about technology these days. They dont like cameras on freeways that can track cars based on license plates. Well, today that technology paid off and a family is thankful because of it. If youre going to get a happy ending to a crisis, what better day than thanksgiving. That was going through my mind, weve got to find mama. The family and friends of sandra young had no idea where she or her two great grandchildren had gone. Today they turned up in this gas station. I said im not positive but i think its her. Barbie lieden worked behind the cash register. This morning she saw this, a localized endangered and missing alert. The system relies on freeway cameras that read license plates. It monitored several license plates and activated the wireless Emergency Alert system on behalf of Fairfield Police depart
Thing. But we want some solutions to the problems. Solution and answers. Thats a county supervisor talking about state regulators today opening an investigation into the recent pg e power shutoffs. Blackouts that pg e insists were necessary to prevent its lines from sparking wildfires. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. Thanks for joining us. More than a million customers were impacted. We went through four rounds last month adding up to ten days total. Thats about a third of october. Abc 7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow was at the cpcu meeting. Shes in the newsroom with the latest. Dan and kristen, the vote followed a series of Public Comments in which residents and local leaders conveyed the challenges theyre facing in the wake of the shutoffs. They may consider taking action if they find pg e committed violations. Commissioner cher ohm a the California Public Utilities Commission voting to formally investigating the pg e power shutoffs. The the investigation will assess whe
Speak to consumers, expected to spend a whopping 7. 4 billion today according to a dopey analytics. Jackie deangelis joins us from a mall and edison, new jersey. What is it look like right now . Well, its starting to heat up. Behind me, macys was open from 5 00 p. M. Last night in the mall is just opening inside in the concourse now so you can see h and m is still closed the people are lining up outside. Down here we have an Urban Outfitters with people getting ready to go in as well and as you said the projection is for over 7 billion this year hoping to set new records last year black friday spending was about 6. 2 billion. The average consumer that comes out today is expected to spend about 400, but the question is, is at the same kind of black friday we are used to to maybe five years ago or 10 years ago . People would line up and storm the stores for deals. You can get a lot of deals online in the deals in the stores, the discounts have been active pretty much all this week. From
Went missing ten days ago when they took a plane to mend n see know county. Friends and family came together to pray and hope for their safe return. Were tracking a dry night ahead. In the north bay where one p townsends the biggest thank you to frighters youve ever seen. Announcer now news to build a better bay area from abc 7. Family and friends Still Holding out hope that a San Francisco businessman and nurse are still alive. The pair and disappeared ten days ago. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. Kate joins us with more on the emotional vigil. Reporter what im told is that officials are still working to narrow the search area of the missing plane. Friends at the vigil tonight say once that happens theyll help look for Justin Winfrey and Kayla Rodriguez. At Third Baptist Church in San Francisco, reverend amos brown called for hope. The two friends disappeared after what was supposed to be a quick trip. You are our hope. Reporter on october 24th, 27yearold rodriguez and 43yearold winf