Excuse me. The procession from the hospital to here began about an hour ago. Firefighters and other First Responders have lined the entire route and theyve already been joined by some civilians who want to show their support. A lot of people wanted to pay tribute. Such a tragedy. And that family now having to deal with what happened. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ash areally. Thank you for joining us. Its a terrible loss. Jason cortez was injured during a Training Exercise this morning. He died at the hospital a short time later. Abc 7 News Reporter kate larsen is live with the very latest on, kate, a very tragic story. Reporter absolutely, dan. Were still out here in front of San Francisco General Hospital and an hour ago you guys were showing that procession. This entire driveway and this entrance to the Emergency Department was filled with countless firefighters, Police Officers and sheriffs deputies who were all trying to pay their respects to jason cortez, who died around
Hes really she excited to be there. Drooling. Less ta lets talk about whats going on weatherwise. We have poor air quality in napa. Everyone else green to moderate as we head down to the monterey bay. Its cloudy outside. Just a couple degrees milder than yesterday. You will still need a jacket. Temperatures are in the 50s just about everywhere. Heres a look from the south beach. With the marine layer expanding overnight, expect less fog during the morning commute. A little drizzle falling along the coast. That could be the case through the morning commute until midmorning. Mostly cloudy to partly sunny heading through the day. Look at temperatures in the 50s and 60s at noon. 60s to barely a few 70s at 4 00. Werent we just in the 90s . Back at 7 00 were in the 50s and 60s. Reggie . Well start with big news. Weve just learned that President Trump and joe biden will not share a stage in the second president ial debate next week. The commission on president ial debates just released those
Fauci says we are headed in the right direction. Every day this seems to be a record of number of deaths. At the same time we see the increase in deaths we are seeing rather dramatic decrease in the need for hospitalization, that is going in the right direction. I say that and i always remind myself when i say that, that means what we are doing is working. Therefore we need to continue to do it. Ashley what we are doing is working says Anthony Fauci, voters seem to like how the president is handling the crisis. His Approval Rating hitting a high of 49 in the latest poll and by the way he has tied joe biden in the president ial race. Just last month he trailed biden in the same poll by nine points. Still there is work to do in america remains worried about their money in 79 say they all worry that the virus will lead to Economic Hardship for the family. The Chip Administration still targeting the reopening of the economy and for 8 weeks and heres what Vice President mike pence says need
Couple of days over 8 if you are looking at five days. If you were expecting a quick pull back, you are not getting it s p futures are off by 8. 5 nasdaq off by 31 all three major averages have lost all three of the gains for 2020 so far. We have looked at treasury yields so far. If that goes up, a tick higher well take anything. It is hard to take the big drop when you have one day at 22 keeping things in perspective. Our top corporate story. Disney ceo bob iger is handing offer the keys to the Magic Kingdom immediately. Hes not going anywhere i have a theory this beautiful succession is so orderly it is weird that it comes down to, oh, im leaving today. I want to hear what you know and some of your water cooler scuttlebutt. And go wild. My son informed me yesterday, bob iger is stepping down. Replaced by bob chapek hes been there a long time. Head of the global parks unlike Nbc Universal hes not a content guy hes a parks guy we think of it differently at comcast. Parks are important
Live coverage from the hospital where the victim passed away, coming up. A curfew snapped down in new delhi. The second day of unrest over a controversial citizenship law marking the worst violence in decades. It also comes as donald trump wraps up his visit to india. Bernie sanders takes the brunt of the bruising as u. S. Democrats hold their final debate before the South Carolina primary. Next weeks supercritical tuesday boats. Also coming up, the man who married Luke Skywalker and mickey mouse. The boss of disney hands over the keys to the Magic Kingdom after 15 years in charge. A former french Prime Minister in court today. Wife onef paying his Million Euros in government money for a fake job. The details on the way. First, our top story live from paris. Genie a 60yearold man has become the first french victim of the coronavirus in this country. The man died overnight after being rushed to a paris hospital in serious condition on tuesday. Two people have now died from coronavirus i