We are wrapping up the month of march which will be unlike any other. We are glad you are with us. Are you among the millions working from home. We are social distancing but getting work done. You bet. I had an interesting telephone call. We hear stories about a family member, sister that is a nurse. I wont say where but in california. She is working nonstop and doing what she does. What she told me. Shes being an intermediary. In between. Family members cannot go inside the hospital. Shes having telephones and having facetime conversations. Things she has never done before. Being the person in the middle. Is eyeopening. Somebody close to me, someone in my family. A firefighter is doing what he is doing. I cant thank the First Responders enough. Doctors, nurses. Especially since retired doctors, nurses are being called. A big thank you. Retired nurses, doctors, coming in to take care of people experiencing normal things. Somebody who comes into the er. Somebody who has to go to the hospital for Something Else because they are older. You have staff normally on hospital duty taking care of covid19 patients. It will be interesting. We wish everybody well. Let us talk about what is happening at home. Social distancing guidelines are in effect for another month in california. The mandatory stayathome orders in many communities leaving businesses with uncertain futures. Congress and lawmakers are debating on if they have done enough to help with the increasing financial toll with the pandemic. We get more information. Reporter the way we saw. Stopping the spread by limiting large gatherings. Stayathome. Four federal government and Health Experts telling americans the worst is still to come. April will be critical for stopping the spread. House speaker nancy said Congress Needs to work on a spending bill that she says will be a part bipartisan effort. The country has a republican president , republican senokot democratic. You have to compromise. I hope in the next bill , we will be able to address the concerns of the state and local government. Reporter you are on board. Not until the cares act has been rolled out. We dont have checks yet. Four 1200 for those that made less than 75,000 a year. Not expected until april. They dont know when they will put together another bill. They are asking lawmakers to avoid the capital and telework when possible. Nancy is not allowing remote voting. He thought congress should hold teleconference hearings. Reporter he is in favor of a phase 4 spending bill and should be a bold infrastructure bell. A large hospital in new york city, central park is expected to open to patients. One day after the u. S. Navy hospital ship docked in manhattan. The crew will relieve new York Hospitals dealing with a surge of virus patients. New york is the clear hotspot for the pandemic within our country with roughly 40 of u. S. Cases. New yorks governor is asking the entire nation for help. I am asking Healthcare Professionals across the country. If you dont have a healthcare crisis in your community, please come help us in new york now. The cdc issued a 14 day advisory calling for new york, and connecticut, new jersey to refrain from travel. Plan ahead. The entire shelter in place order looks like it will be extended at least another month and maybe even into may. Reporter this affects 7 million in 6 bay area counties. Sheltering in place limiting trips for just the essentials. Officials now say we are going to have to maintain social distancing efforts for the next month through may 1. Shelter in place orders will remain in effect until may 1 for these counties. Napa says they are discussing. We havent heard back from two counties. They were set to expire april 7. The virus is said to reach up peak in mid april. Its effective from a regional approach. It is essential to collaborate share information and act together to reduce the pandemic. For the sake of planning and so that everyone can begin to know this will continue to have an impact. You should plan to stay at home. This process and what we are doing will continue until may 1. Representatives involved in the shelter in place say they will release details today, tomorrow. They are working to finalize the plan. Will there be additional restrictions. They said we have to wait until they release information in the next 24 hours. Statewide across california there is a shelter in place, stay at home order for all people in california. It was handed down by the governor a few weeks ago. That order has no expiration. It will continue. The captain of the Nuclear Power aircraft is asking the navy for permission to offboard the majority of the crew. 4000 people in order to save their lives. The chronicle obtained a letter written by the captain of the theodore roosevelt. He describes a deteriorating situation on board. It is docked in guam. More than 100 sailors are infected. There is no room for social distancing on the ship. There asking for appropriate lodging in guam for the crew to quarantine while the ship is thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. We mentioned, the governor is requesting that we hire nurses, doctors step up in the fight against covid19. The governor launched a new program called California Health core. Hes asking retired doctors, dentists, paramedics to sign up to work for california. The state identified 37,000 who qualify and can help. If you are a Nursing School student, med school student, we need you. If you just retire, we need you. I was put on this earth to be a nurse to be there for patient to make a difference. State licensing boards are temporarily suspending rules to speed up the hiring process. Volunteer healthcare workers will be paid through state, federal funding from sources such as fema. The workers will receive special malpractice insurance. Taking a look at markets. Stocks are on track for the worst quarter since the financial crisis. The dow jones. Both indexes are slightly in positive territory. People who have jobs at whole foods plan to have a sick out. They want amazon who owns whole foods to get paid sick leave for people who stay home or are self quarantine. They demand hazard pay which would be twice what the normally our rate is. They want free testing a better protection while on the job. The company says its taking appropriate precautions to keep workers safe. San francisco, insta court says operations were not affected by the strike. Workers say insta court is not giving them protection. They want hazard pay. Five dollars per order. Is deckards president says the Company Announced a covid19 bonus. They distribute hand sanitizer. A nonprofit in San Francisco is trying to help thousands who wont get stimulus checks. They are raising money for undocumented immigrants, college students, parttime workers. Many of those people need the help. Were talking about individuals going to work. Ensuring the supply chain is intact. They are the ones stocking the shelves in the Grocery Stores. The group raised 4 million in one week. The money would protect grants and have zero interest lents. A college in east oakland is Opening Doors to help people homeless during this pandemic. They are being leased by the state to shelter people who are homeless. More than 8000 homeless in this county alone. Getting people off the streets and in temporary housing will help save lives. Some people who rent homes in several states are vowing to go on a nationwide rent strike until the pandemic is over. Renters say they want rent payments waived. Several states ban evictions. Activists want rent payments canceled. They say a rent strike would worsen the economy Property Owners cant pay. Supervisors will consider 650,000 to homeless rental assistance providers. There are 5 programs in the county that will be part of the deal. Each program will receive 75,000. Money remaining would assist programs as needed for services. Able come from a one Million Dollar grant from the Community Foundation created last week. Coming up. Returning to class with new guidelines. The new rules affecting students returning to stanford who traveled over spring break. Deemed essential by the president. What the Trump Administration is doing for the firearm ministry during the coronavirus pandemic. Can live with them as long as they want. According to the census it doesnt matter if youre related or not, everyone living in your home on april 1st counts. Because this count helps inform funding on how billions get spent every year. And where there are more people, there are more needs. Complete the census online, by phone, or by mail. Shape your future. Start here at 2020census. 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Americans abroad are looking to return home. Russia, peru, pal are the latest with lockdown issues. The state department is warning people to make plans to return while flights are available. More than 25,000 people have flown back. Others asking for help. We dont feel like we want to leave but it is the right decision to get back to the United States. Reporter the farreaching impact of the virus is a driving force of the International Olympics committee to postpone the summer olympics. We can therefore, there is something happening next year. Reporter the state Department Says 100 repatriation flights are scheduled. The Trump Administration designated the firearms industry as an essential, Critical Infrastructure during the coronavirus. The guidance lists gun stores, manufacturers, distributors and shooting rangers as essential. They sued over gun store closures. The governor said each of the states counties can decide whether to list firearm dealers as nonessential businesses. Democrats using the virus to push the country to widespread voting by mail to protect the november election. In some states it would have a major revamp eight months before the election. Republicans say it opens concerns about fraud, security. Men in florida are teaming up by making face shields. The owner of a 3d Printing Company wanted to get involved after he heard the owner was creating shields on his own to help First Responders. He offered his help. He was only using a couple printers. Now the 2 are making 100 a day. The story has gone viral. People want to help. I got messages from new york, new jersey, connecticut, california. Chicago. It is good to see people willing to chip in. For information on how to order, click on the link. One of the largest winemakers is switching gears. They have delivered dozens of cases to First Responders and others. Our reporter shows how the winery is using part of their facility to make hand sanitizer. Reporter the Spirits Production line is busy. It looks different. The Worlds Largest winery is Still Producing wine. It is also producing hand sanitizer. You can see what looks like a liquor bottle. It is hand sanitizer. They sent dozens of crates to the office of emergency service. Not just here but statewide and nationwide. Its an example of how Many Companies are stepping up to challenges to do what they can. Reporter offices of Emergency Services has distributed hand sanitizers to First Responders like police officers, firefighters, healthcare workers. They will distribute to elderlys and those with great need. Its important for 1st responders to protect themselves. We have a service to provide in times of need where people have medical emergencies and need help. We want to make sure our law enforcement, ems, fire personnel are able to work and be able to be safe and healthy so they can offer services. If the systems go down we look at a different crisis that affects the community. Reporter given the shortage of hand sanitizer, our team members took the initiative to Work Together and quickly created a hand bottling line in the spirits plant. We are honored to play a small role in helping our colleagues and community during this time. A time where hand sanitizer, masks, protective equipment are valuable for protection against the virus. Half of the employees are working in modesto. This production is about supporting the community. Coming up on mornings on 2 9 am. Violating rules against large gatherings. A pastor in florida has been charged. The pastor of a large church in tampa, florida is facing charges for Holding Services with the restriction on large gatherings. He helped 2 services at the Tampa Bay Church sunday. It shows hundreds at the church. He is charged with unlawfully assembling and violating a Public Health emergency order. The goal is not to stop anyone from worshiping. The safety, wellbeing of our Community Must always come first. I remind the goodpaster, there is no more important thing than to love the neighbor. Loving your neighbor is protecting not jeopardizing health by exposing them to a deadly virus. And attorney for the pastor says church is an essential business especially during emergencies. They enforced the 6 foot social distancing rule. They gave out hand sanitizer. All church staff was wearing gloves. The reverend is out of jail on bail. The city of oakland continues to crackdown on sideshows during current shelter in place. People gathered to watch dangerous stunts. They made arrests. They towed away 12 vehicles. It is posted online showed people to find the stayathome order and showed them crowding intersections and cheering the sideshow. Accounting supervisor from san mateo once to crack down on commercial inspections. Work continues at construction sites amid shelter in place. It allows construction of Critical Infrastructure like housing and hospitals. Outside of that, san mateo supervisor says theres no place for commercial construction. Im deeply disturbed. The only construction that should happen in hospitals. We are all to shelter in place. Because were facing a pandemic. We are looking for a proposal that would slap noncompliant general contractors. There were pictures of bulldozers at the shopping center. They are building a movie theater, gymnasium, hotel, retail space. The building of a gymnasium facility, isnt it ironic that gymnasiums are close. One is a potential hotel. These are not essential services. Reporter the Company Managing the project did not return calls requesting comments. Confusion between local, state rules. Bay area orders are clear. Construction on Critical Infrastructure can continue. The governors order allows for all construction. The governors priority is to help the safety of the california people. That should supersede. Four the ceo of the Sacramento Regional builders association. He says all construction is essential. Workers take major safety precautions. Construction can be done safely. Putting arbitrary decisions on what is essential and not. It creates problems. If crews have safety concerns they need to contact the general contractor. And anonymous worker says precautions are not being taken. This video was taken at a Housing Project in San Francisco. Some workers walked off the job. They know this is unprecedented. If nonessential work does not stop, things will get worse. They have asked San Mateo County to clarify the order. Coming up. A plan to help some of californias most vulnerable people. A new program to help elderly stay connected while sheltering. San mateo is preparing for a surge of coronavirus patients. What is being done to help fight the coronavirus. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. 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