Addition to the pandemic relief and fighting the coronavirus, what else should be a priority. Republicans, one line, democrats, one line, independents and others,. One line you can also send us a text. Include your name and where you are texting from. And onter, cspanwj facebook. We will hear from a couple of members of Congress Later in the program. We will ask them both about the status of a potential pandemic relief bill. We will also show you some of the highlights from last nights cnn interview. First, a piece from page of washington journal using data from johns hopkins. The whole front page, if you go online, you will see the interactive map showing the spread of the virus across the country. The april 17 spring peak, july 25 at summer peak, the low point between the summer and fall of september 19. So far, in the fall, the fall peak to describe, two weeks in november, over 2 million cases. Over 12 million cases. The bottom line is how the surge engulfed. They write today, about
Just one day after President Trumps valet tested positive. She tested the very good for. A long period of time and then all of a sudden today she tested positive. The white house now says theyre taking every precaution we have put in place. The guidelines that are experts at experts have puto forward on to keep this building safe. This as americas jobs market suffered a massive hit 20. 5 million jobs lost in april the highest number since the Great Depression enter a transition period. The summer. Before we have sort of readmission of the economy and i think that were not quite in the transition period yet. Its 5 that stocks barely flinch closing out the week at more than 450 points up we have to start all over again. And we will start all over again and well build something that was. Even better than we had before. Across the country in california. Were now learning the first known coronavirus fatality in the u. S. Died from a heart rupture triggered by the virus and on the first case
department. meanwhile, an intellectual property dispute is brewing over a drug made by foster city-based company gilead. scientists in china have applied to patent an experimental drug to treat coronavirus infected patients. there is an international rule that could allow china to force gilead to patent the drug. gilead applied for a patent in 2016 but is waiting for a decision. infectious disease doctors from two prestigious research institutes held an event today to share what is known and what scientists are still learning about coronavirus. the goal is really quite simple, replace fear with fact. abc7 news reporter eric thomas is live in mission bay with the information that was passed along today. the first thing researchers wanted people to know is they are familiar with coronaviruss. in fact many colds, about 30% of them are caused by a coronavirus. this one is a new strain, and they are still learning the exact makeup of it. it looks like this is a less leth
at travis. lawrence livermore lab is joining teams around the world in trying to figure out what makes the coronavirus tick. they re using one of the world s most powerful super computers to figure out the proteins that make up this virus and they they can be attacked and neutralized. the virus is not very well understood yet. it s what you can t see that can hurt you. that s why scientists have put long hours into creating this 3d image of the proteins at the core of the coronavirus. the structure of the key protein that we want to target is not known. reporter: scientists are taking their best guess using the dna makeup of a close cousin of the coronavirus, the sars virus that killed nearly 800 people in the early 2000s. from that structure we can begin to design a therapeutic anti-body. reporter: since the two viruses are not identical, the lab s own super computer sierra, rated as the second most lawrence livermore d. scientists used to come up with their mo
outside and not as accessible for people like jade. b.a.r.t. s general manager recently met with riders who had disabilities during a listening tour. a b.a.r.t. spokesperson said they were in the process of reaching out to jade. they would like to meet with her in person and plan to provide her with a 24/7 number to call where a remote agent could open the gates. we want b.a.r.t. to be available and accessible to everybody. reporter: jade believes more staffing could help and more training, but he wants b.a.r.t. to be aware there are challenges that come with these new changes. disabled people exist. we are everywhere. and we re going to start making a stink about it. reporter: liz kreutz, abc 7 news. part of our effort to build a better bay area focuses on our neighbors from becoming homeless, which is a huge problem in the bay area. today oakland mayor libby schaaf praised a multi agency effort to fight homelessness. laura anthony is live in oakland with the story