Great modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great, he really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come here to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents other people had not seen before. Hes done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. In addition to that, on top of his Research Skills he is an excellent writer. I had the privilege of reading many of his books including the one thats just come out. I can tell you as much as i have followed the subjects and done my own research, there were many points i came across new information, i said, wow, that really explains whats going on. If you want to understand the difference in the United States between the 1970s and 1980s. In case you have forgotten, there were very significant differences and you wanted to know about the transition to
Starting this weekend, every single city parking lot is closed to discourage day trippers. Yet people keep showing up. You cant go to work right now. Its against the law. But people are going on vacation. Reporter ken collins showed this video in santa cruz. Parked cars lined up for more than a mile near the beach. Because beach parking lots are now off limits. You couldnt find a parking spot if you wanted. Ive never seen it this crowded, fourth of july, labor day, christmas. Seens like this. Crowded beaches with little social distancing. Beaches are full of people, and i dont think its right. Staying at home is just not easy. I think people are getting a look at quarantine kwat teague. Reporter university of maryland professor is conducting a study tracking smartphone data which shows a disturbing trend. For the First Time Since the stay at home orders, Many Americans are staying home less. Thats a shift in momentum which is really not helping in terms of fighting the virus. The bowen
Warmer weather moves back in. Well show you when and how hot we get in the accuweather forecast. Testing continues in San Franciscos Mission district. The goal is 5,000 by tuesday but today, they saw a decline. Tonight, San Francisco doctors are firing back as many are pushing for the state to reopen. Abc 7 news starts right now. As the bay area enters week seven of shelter in place, all of california remains under the order indefinitely. Doctors up and down the state are debating the best course of action for what is next. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. A video of two bakersfield doctors pushing for the state to reopen asap has gone viral. The doctors are saying are saying not so fast. Jr stone is live in the newsroom with details tonight. Reporter eric, there is a serious debate about when to open up. Right now, these two doctors from the bakesfield area say they have compiled their own statistics after testing more than 5,000 people. I say do we need to still s
And a handful of governors are leading the charge on this. On friday we saw georgia reopen barb ships, gyms, nail salons, the list goes on there. This morning in georgia, restaurants will resume dinein eating. Already ease their orders. Some businesses reopened today in colorado, arkansas, montana and tennessee. Ohio lifts restrictions this week and Texas Governor greg abbot will announce plans tomorrow for announcing his statewide order. But governors in california and michigan say its important to stay hunkered down. We know no one wants a second wave. It would be devastating for our economy and the state of our economy. We have to be really smart as we reenga reengage. We saw the bright weather lead to packed beaches and parks up and down california here in the bay area and santa cruz and in orange county. It will be interesting to see how Governor Newsom responds to all of that later on in his press briefing because even in christy field i saw pictures being sent in to me, lots of
Start to the day. As we look from the exploratorium camera at pier 15 50 to 52 is our spread at 7 00. Cooler places in our deeper valley and 60 at the coast today because of those breezes and 70 to 72 at the bay and 75 to 78 at 4 00 and little bit above average and 67 to 71. Going to be a gorgeous evening. Heres reggie. All right, mike, thank you. Governor newsom said that one of the keys to easing shelter at home orders is more testing for coronavirus. And today a new testing site is opening up. This time in the east bay at the Alameda County fairgrounds. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live with who this could help. Amy . Hi, reggie. This opens at 9 00 this morning and i want to let everyone know there is not a line of people here yet. There is no one here yet. Different from when the centers were opening weeks ago. Wed see people lining up well before it opened. If youre thinking of coming here, dont panic. There is no line at this point. Alameda county fairgrounds people who l