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now news to build a better bay area. from abc7. >> we will have you home soon. right now the grand princess is 10 to 12 miles off our coast before docking at the port of oakland tomorrow. 21 people tested positive for coronavirus. >> back at the port preparations are underway. sky seven is overhead. libby schaff explained how getting the passengers off will work. they attempted to reassure residents they will not be affected. >> hello, i'm eric thomas. i'm deann lynn. here are the latest surrounding coronavirus tonight. we'll get right to it. two bay county areas announced a total of ten new cases today. there are dozens across the

region. governor newsom sewed in california 110 have tested positive. 1045 are being monitored. 12 people from that february cruise have been diagnosed with coronavirus. a plasser countiman has died. >> the state department released a statement saying that u.s. citizens, especially those with underlying conditions, should not take a cruise. >> more now on that decision to dock the grand princess at the port of oakland. moments ago the governor toured it. >> abc7 news reporter ansar h hassan joins us live an the earlier press conference. >> we don't know what time the ship will be coming in tomorrow, bsed on the weather and tides. governor newsom said they picked it for a couple of reasons, the

size, a secure location, and it's nor near the airport this is being secured to bring in the grand princess chewship and it's crew members who have been quarantined due to the coronavirus. >> this site allows us a number of advantages. >> governo governo governo goveo this. it's close to the travis air force base where californians will be taken to be quarantined. it's near the oakland airport where international passengers will be sent home. >> there will be no contact with the general population. >> oakland wasn't the first choice. >> we had originally looked at ala mooeda as preferable. some of the silltine issues, drafting issues, created some concerns. >> san francisco's port along the embarkadero was ruled out

because it's too close to a major population center. >> the federal government announced its decision. >> mayor shaf has been in talks with the city about the plan. but only learned of the details this morning. the city has to help in this time of a national emergency, but adds her residents come first. >> i want to ensure that our public and our community keeps constantly informed with detailed information about this operation as well as about the covid-19 virus in general. >> they say this is an operation that will conducted by federal employees. no port of oakland employees will be involved. this could take up to three days then the ship will leave the bay area. reporting live. thank you very much. now there are mixed emotions in oin oakland. >> some people feel that since

the ship started in san francisco, it should have been brought back to san francisco. abc7 news reporter j.r. stone continuing our team coverage. you spoke with a number of people including council member libby reed not to mention a port of oakland employee. what did they say? >> reporter: there is certainly concern out there. i talked with council member larry reed. he believes that the ship could and should be docked in the city of san francisco, not oakland. because he has major concerns about some of the folks who live in west oakland. the port of oakland worker that i talked with said he's okay with the ship being docked at the port, but he's just concerned about the whole process here. he like many other people doesn't want the virus to spread when the passengers start getting off of the ship. he believes the problem could get worse if there is any mixup over the next couple of days. >> does it worry you?

>> of course. you look at it as that -- you got a virus that they don't have no cure for, and it's spreading, and so now it came closer to us, now it's at home now. and so if they don't handle it properly and it get out and spread, then it's going to affect a whole lot of people. >> reporter: now the governor says the port of oakland is the most ideal spot to be docked. but still a lot of people talking about this decision to dock at the port of oakland tonight. i will say, there are a number of people that i spoke with this afternoon who said, listen, if the governor and the mayor both say that this is the best situation and this is the best location for this ship to be docked, then they are all for it. you'll hear from some of those folks tonight at 6:00. reporting live in oakland, j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> thank you very much. and welcome. now today we spoke to

several passengers aboard the chewship kwhor looking forward to monday. >> looking to get tested. reporter loose pena has more. >> we learned today from governor gavin newsom of 962 californians aboard the chew cruise ship. several are looking forward to disembarking, hoping to start the isolation period adds soon as possible. >> good afternoon. >> that's the captain. >> i'm happy to announce we are now ready to commence the process of guests to access the open decks. >> on high alert, that's how thousands aboard the grand princess chews ship are feeling every minute. during their face time with san francisco residents lory and john miller, the captain announced they will be able to go out on the deck. >> i am advertising the inside cabins for reasons that i'm sure that you understand. 2,000 passengers have

been stuck inside their c since thursday without any physical contact. many watching movies, speaking to their neighbors, making songs about their experience, hoping to go home. >> it's nice to talk to people that, you know, all sharing this with you and we laugh about it. there was a small personal boat, you know, small power boat that came out and buzzed around the ship. yelling at it to bring us pizza. >> now before the disembarking process, governor newsom announced today they will send a mobile medical team to perform rapid assessment of passengers aboard the ship to make sure they don't have any unmet medical needs not related to the coronavirus. in the newsroom. >> thank you. now the regal princess was supposed to dock in fd lauderdale but is sailing off

the coast of florida as it awaits tests from two members. it had transferred off the ship off our port. a passenger on a carnival cruise ship has tested negative-guests have been cleared to disembark. that ship resumes today. >> now a number of bay area cases is now at 76. santa clara county has five new cases. contra costa has five new cases. archbishop rear done in san francisco announced today it has canceled all activities for tomorrow. ica academy will close for two weeks after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus. and gilroy in gilroy, a patient suspected of having it has tested negative. >> we sent out this push alester

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deaths and 12 new cases. >> more than 440 caseses being day. vermont today announced its first presumptive case. virginia and connecticut too. >> the u.s. surgeon general said it's being contained in certain areas, and if there were a massive number of cases there would be more deaths. >> just like when you look at the flu. the flu tracker, some parts of the country are having much more severe flu seasons. some are having very mild flu seasons. same thing for coronavirus. >> he continued on to say federal health officials now know more who is at risk. the average age that died is 80. the average age needing medical help is 60. >> ted cruz is going to stay at home for two weeks after he shook hands with a person who

became affected with the coronavirus. it happened during a brief conversation at cpac cruise has not experienced any symptoms. >> it's spread everywhere except ant auktca. more than 105,000 have been affected since it broke out in wuhan, china in december where the majority of deaths have owe kourd. nearly a quarter of italy's population is on lockdown. pope francis today delivered players via live streams. >> some sunday service traditions have been altered at home. abc7 was at grace cathedral where wine was not served during communion. the church has discouraged embracing and shaking hands. >> people are more likely to be bowing to each other, holding their hearts.

>> they have a lot of people who live alone. and i've been really concerned about what it's going to be like for them when they're already so isolated. i worry about them being more isolated by our response to the coronavirus and the virus itself. >> members of grace cathedral have been training on how to prevent the prettye spread of covid-19. some events canceled like grace light's schedued for tomorrow night. >> former vice president joe biden is getting another endorsement. >> more on the most

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who really does care about the people and who can therefore unify the people. and i believe joe can do that. >> biden spent the day in mississippi which has its primary on tuesday. five other states also vote that day including michigan. that is where bernie sanders was today at a rally in grand rapids, he announce the the endorsement of jesse jackson. i stand with him because he stands with you. >> senator harris will also be hitting the campaign trail. she says she'll join biden in detroit tomorrow. >> now your accu waerlgt forecast. accuweather a lot of cloud cover out there on sunday afternoon. tracking a few showers for some of us tomorrow. liven doppler 7 showing you it's a mainly quiet picture. but we do have one little area in the north bay that is smeg seeing sprinkles. you can see as we go down spreete street level over to

parts of napa, an isolate pocket of drinksel. mostly cloudy skies. and the clouds are going to linker for the first half of the workweek. we switched our clocks forward as daylight saving time did get underway. sunset going down at 7:10 in the evening. two months from now after 8:00 p.m. but the summer sole stis, that sun is going down at 56 in san francisco. zagt in san jose. similar in concord coming in at 56. we're going to hang on to a lot of this cloud cover. not as chilly tonight as we were last night. a couple of pockets of 30s in the northay. elsewhere mid and upper 40s. along with satellite, we're you

can see the area of circulation, our next storm is going to move into california. but it looks like southern california will get soaked by this next storm system. for us we'll be on the outer fringe. a couple of isolated showers but nothing widespread. future weather tomorrow morning, a fair amount of cloud cover, likely isolated showers. for most of tomorrow, mix of sun and clouds. by the evening we will watch in the south bay for isolated showers to pop up to finish out the day tomorrow. this storm is going to move into southern california. that's where you can expect the highest rainfall over the next 48 hours. similar in palm springs, inch and a half. northern much less. we're getting kind of brushed by the top of the storm as it moves into california. highs tomorrow partly sunny skies, isolated shower. best chance will be in the south ba temperatures in the mid

and upper 60s. warmer tomorrow than today. accuweather, best chance in the forecast. isolated shower on tuesday. otherwise brighter, drier mid week. by thursday and friday topping out in the 60s to low 70s. enjoy that extra hour of daylight tonight. >> will do. >> coming up in sports warriors back to work after prime time win. while you were sleeping st. mary's wept

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alvarez. >> steph and curry did not practice today. he missed with the flu and an off day, questionable for tuesday's game against the clippers. golden state has been forced use lineup combination and players. the coach gave them a vote of confidence. >> he makes fun. just plays with no like don't worry about making mistakes. go out and play. we've had so many different teammates this year. that's one thing he does great is just keep making it fun. >> there have been times this season where we had to introduce ourselves to each other before the game. literally. and that's a tough way to play basketball because it's a fiveman game. but here we're near the end of the season and the dust has settled and i feel like we've got a lot of familiar yater with the group amongst each other and they're all doing a great job. >> next up for the w's, host a

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new on abc7 news, words of praise for president trump, the rare compliments offered by governor newsom on how the administration has handled the crisis. >> the tour he's making at 101 years old and how he was honored. today is international women's day, a call for equality. cal fire is celebrating. >> san mateo county fire has their first three-person all female engine crew. ellis, captain lewd rits. they are inspiring younger generations.

a youth explorer has participated in ride alongs. sometimes that all you need. yes, there are other people that will do the same thing. >> that's it. see you right back here at 6:00. tonight, breaking news.6:00. with coronavirus spreading, deaths mounting, some local leaders issuing an s.o.s. to the trump administration. the virus now confirmed in at least 33 states. roughly 500 people sickened. thousands under self-quarantine. tonight, the wife of that new york lawyer in critical condition breaking her silence. and two new deaths at that washington state nursing home. dr. jen ashton here to answer questions. could there be a mass quarantine in the u.s.? also breaking tonight, the new travel warning from the u.s. state department, advising citizens not to travel by cruise ship, as the "grand princess," held off the coast of california, is now set to dock. 3,500 people onboard. where will they be quarantined?

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