Minutes ago out of washington dc that relief measure designed to help americans who are suffering from the coronavirus pandemic moving forward tonight, thank you for joining us at 10, im pam moore and im ken wayne. The us house just passed the Coronavirus Relief package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi first announced the measure last night and the house took it up late this evening kron 4 grant lodes joins us in studio with latest on the bill that is now heading to the us senate indeed ken and pam desperately needed this because we need testing to be free. So that people get tested, you know what sort of data you have and this includes paid sick time for people who dont have it so that you dont go to work if you need to work to make rent. And in fact other people so critically important to get this passed and bipartisanship is a tough thing to find in washington these days, but kudos to them. They got it done the goal of course to give Americans Health care assistance and Economic Relief d
Down early today starts right now good morning and thank you for being with us. Im lindsey reiser. And im frances rivera. Coronavirus tightens its grip. And heres what we know at this hour so far, cases in the states have spiked over 4,400 as the death toll passes 80 the city that never sleeps is officially shut down after new york bans crowds of over 50 people dining out and also closes schools. Governor cuomo is also calling on military bases and College Dorms to be used as makeshift call centers for the virus amid the frenzy, a glimmer of hope oscar winner tom hanks and his wife rita wilson have been released from the hospital the two were receiving treatment for the virus and had been in isolation in australia last week, they were the celebrities, the first ones, to go public with their diagnosis First Lady Melania Trump confirmed the cancellation of the white house easter egg roll. She says the safety of all americans is the number one priority and those widebrimmed derby hats won
Cbs Radio Network news and former managing editor for the broadcast division of united press international, the boys on the bus was required reading. And i had the pleasure and the challenge of having on my upi team one of the boys, the legendary chamberlain of upi. A prospect. Sounds like a lot of you knew him. Looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening and now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the National Press club history and heritage team, the 87th president of the National Press club the your chief of the gaylord News Washington bureau for university of oklahoma, and a different mr. Gil klein. [applause] thanks so much, mike. The legacy of the club 112 year history as well as to explore the history of journalism especially in washington. We are pleased on april 27 a new book, new history of the club called tales from the National Press club is scheduled to be published by the history press. It explores the events that happened at the club that it had an
A massive storm system rolls across the middle of the country bringing strong winds, rain, hail and even some tornados in the south. Homes damaged, debris in its wake and dangerous conditions on the road. With nearly 50 Million People at risk today, what you need to know. All that plus scare in the sky. Unruly passenger in the back. A passenger tries to rush the cockpit on a flight bound for Newark Airport. Royal drama. President trump and Oprah Winfrey now weighing in on that bombshell announcement from prince harry and Meghan Markell this week, that they are quitting as senior royals. And welcome kristen. My white house colleague Kristen Welker officially joins my weekend family as coanchor this morning. Well take a look how she got here, some fun and some surprises too. Today saturday january 11th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Peter Alexander, Kristen Welker and dylan drier live from studio 1a. We thank you for joining us this saturday morning. I could not be mor
And disagrees with public works current approach to remove public trash cans based on requests. They just do it based on complaints. And the result is theyre putting out trash cans and pulling them away all over the place, and they may pull one away and the result of that is there isnt one for block after block after block. Thats unreasonable. One solution being tested is a new automatic lock on private bins. This Pilot Program includes giving customers a key, a collection time window, and changing the times drivers work. We have switched our tenderloin drivers from servicing at night starting at 7 00 p. M. Until morning time so the carts out on the street all night. I want to appreciate you all for being innovative for really trying solve this problem. Now public works is working on a new design for city cans, and theyre hoping that will become a public process later this summer. In San Francisco, lauren martinez, abc7 news. All right, lauren. What is the impetus . You got to think th