most of the bay area. and then some showers and sunshine this afternoon. thunderstorms not likely today. there's just not as much energy in the atmosphere and the atmosphere is a little milder and the snow level around 3,500 feet. so far the south bay still waiting for the shield to roll on in and just 0. which will make things wet and slick, once again, if you're trying to get out and about. temperatures in the mid-40s mid-50s this afternoon. >> all right, thanks, mike. now to the very latest on coronavirus. john hopkins university says more than 200,000 cases worldwide. about 370 confirmed cases are here in the bay area and in santa cruz county. 8 million people and governor newsom says it's unlikely that schools will reopen before the end of the academic year. expected to have release

programs for people who are out of work or sick because of the coronavirus. uber and lyft drivers are taking action in court. they want a judge to give them paid sick leave. good morning, jobina. >> now the "san francisco chronicle" reporting drivers for uber and lyft want a judge to pay them sick leave and this is as employees and not contractors. this will protect not only their customers from the vircoronavir because many feel they can't stay home right now. >> work is super slow. i was waiting on sfo because i'm an uber and lyft driver. five hours. i can show you. five hours i just got someone in five hours and put them on bay street and i got $24 in five hours.

>> it's really awful to hear. the ride hailing companies classify their drivers as independent contractors. they aren't eligible for the benefit state law requires for employees. lawyers made filings in san francisco supreme court yesterday and both are asking for hearings on thursday morning. reggie. >> thanks, jobina. this morning when a lot of you are waking up and getting ready to home school your kids or start working from home, the people we are relying on for food have been getting up for hours getting our fresh produce ready. amy hollyfield is live for us in south san francisco. amy? >> hi, good morning, reggie. there is not a food shortage here. look at all this beautiful produ produce, but they tell me if people keep buying at the pace that we saw on monday, you could see somesu they can only grow the food so fast. the suppliers here in south san francisco say the rush on the grocery stores monday impacted them yesterday as stores tried

to replenish. they said yesterday was crazy. they need people to slow down or the supply chain could fall apart. you don't think of people panic buying produce, but they are. they're stocking up on food with a longer shelf life. the staples like onions, potatoes and we have almost broken the cycle for bananas. >> people overbought and there's only. our banana, my banana program is running three weeks out of ecuador. we are three weeks ahead of schedule. but only so many loads coming in and if we buy twice or three times what we normally buy, that means there's not enough product for everybody. >> they say the pace today looks good so far. they're hopeful this means that people have slowed down. but that is the word from distributors. slow down to a regular buying pace so there is enough for everyone. reporting live in south san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7

news. >> thank you, amy. really every industry is being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. here's abc news reporter. >> reporter: doors of businesses in in many cities look like this. held together by chains and many restaurants are closed except for take out and deliveries. >> take out and maybe not over ten people. >> reporter: more than seven million jobs are at risk at restaurants and bars across the country and in the travel industry, nearly five million jobs are at risk. travel spending is now expected to drop by $355 billion this year. an impact six times worse than after 9/11. hotel chains like marriott planning to furlough tens of thousands of employees. empty streets signal a change for the big three. ford, gm and fiat chrysler have now agreed to a rotating partial shut done of their facilities. but small busines mayor's promie

loans. >> social distancing saves lives. new at 6:00 a.m. this morning. we are hearing from people who have survived coronavirus including people in our own abc family. >> last wednesday it was just a runny nose. i honestly thought it was allergies. i didn't think it was anything more than that. i woke up the next morning just last thursday and, you know when you wake up and you know something's wrong immediately. you just feel it in your body. i had the feeling before when i had the flu or when my body is just broken down and i've gone too hard and i've been run down. i knew something was off as soon as i woke up and that's when i started consulting medical professionals. >> kaylee is recovering at her

home in isolation in los angeles. you can see robin's full interview with her coming up at 7:00 a.m. on "gma." covering every angle of the coronavirus pandemic. a new show is starting today "pandemic what you need to know" week days at noon right after "midday live" it will include the latest health and safety guidance. this morning we're learning more about how long the coronavirus can live on surfaces. what a new study is revealing. target announces major changes as it deals with the rush of shoppers. the special hours it's offering to seniors today. when you feel the need to get outside and get fresh air and sunshine which are good for you, remember to grab an er

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you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is abc 7 mornings. 6:09 on this wet wednesday. you can see some of the light rain falling there. that's going to be the issues if you do have activities that you need to do whether it's going out and getting essentials and getting fresh air or sunshine. all which are much needed as we continue our shut in. let's take a look at what's going on. you can see some of the light rain falling and heavier rain around hayward and union city on the dumbar bridges. 238 and 880 getting wet right

now. in the 40s through 9:00 with a chance of rain and again a chance of rain this afternoon and not the thunderstorms that we saw yesterday. temperatures in the mid-50s. we have ten degrees of warming here. east bay valleys chance of rain through 7:00 and the peninsula a chance of rain through 9:00 and sunshine late this afternoon. i want to turn it over to jobina now. you have a new update on covid-19. >> our viewers have been watching me this week, they have been hearing me say that mass transit is running and some changes. this is day one of a new change here for the golden gate transit and golden gate ferry transportation service. want to let you know that they will be eliminating all eastbound and westbound route 25 service until at least april 3rd. this is all due to the coronavirus. heads up to anyone that relies on that. it has been eliminated. you will nautot be able to use . if you use b.a.r.t. right now, you will not see many people,

but everything is running as usual. ridership was down 70% compared to a usual monday. 280,000 fewer people were on b.a.r.t. the agency has not changed service levels and continues to run long trains so you can maintain safe social distance from others. i know from personal experience tht is true. >> same here. so, we thank b.a.r.t. for keeping their trains running. kindness and compassion to get through these tough times. how people in the south bay are paying it forward. >> the queen is reacting to the coronavirus outbreak. the changes she's making to her schedule to stay safe from the virus. it's 6:11. we'll take a quick break right now and a quick look outside at sfo and talk about numbers declining. that place is definitely a shell of what it

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welcome back, everyone. new at 6:00, queen elizabeth is

canceling events and leaving for her than expected because of coronavirus. buckingham palace says she will head to windsor castle tomorrow. the decision comes the day after boris johnson said to stop nonessential contact with others and avoid public spaces. learning more details on how long the coronavirus can survive. a new study in "new england journal of medicine" said it can remain infectious on steel and plastic surfaces for up to three days. it can linger in the air for up to three hours and be detected on copper for up to four hours and on cardboard for an entire day. >> important information to know. there aren't a whole lot of people out and about especially in the middle of the day with a shelter in place in effect. our abc 7 staff took a tour of san francisco answering your questions about the order. >> check it out. here is, this is mosconi park

area and there are some families with kids there. this is not shut down, but, again, this one family normally it's really pack ed. keep distance from folks. >> yes. do not have the kids play on the playground. that is not a safe place right now. that equipment. we are using all of our platforms to keep you informed about the coronavirus pandemic on facebook you'll find us by searching abc7news. on twitter we are abc 7 news bay area. devoted one page of our website to all of our coronavirus stories. a abc7news.com/coronavirus. you can download our abc 7 news app. we'll send you breaking news alerts so you know the latest as it's happening. kindness and compassion now more than ever to get through our tough times. >> people are paying it forward and helping seniors and spreading positivity. a mom and her four kids found a

unique way to connect while social on a recent visit to a park they spelled out the words i like to, dot, dot, dot in sticks and pine cones and when they got back they found other people added things to the list. >> this is the time for us to teach them a lot. teach them kindness and compassion. >> another san jose man posted on social media if anyone needed help getting food or other necessities. helping a 70-year-old woman with disabilities who needed cans of vegetables. she needed two cans and he brought her so much more and she was so grateful because she wasn't going to go out and be able to get those cans. i love to see stuff like this. just people giving back. >> that is really nice. >> i have been thinking about my parents and they're going to need some very hehelp very soon. >> my parents don't want to sit down. are yours sitting down?

>> kumasi? >> they are like, i want to go. no, you sit down. >> sit down. >> all the way down. >> slash their tires. >> extreme measures for extreme times. >> that's what i got to do. >> sorry, mom. >> need to talk to them. my parents one of the best advice my dad ever gave me is to have a hobby when you retire. so, he's got so much to do around the house. he's staying busy. my mom has hobbies and she stays busy and they're not leaving the house anyway. which is good for them. maybe they should call your family. >> somebody. >> here's a look at what's going on. hi, everybody. sprinkles to light rain and that shield moving slowly north and south and impacting our morning commute and then scattered showers this afternoon. and we're looking at a 3,500 foot level and the thought of thunderstorms a lot less today and hail and pel a lot today.

wet 880 whether north towards the maze or south and looking the coliseum and rain and showers and sunshine and one on the storm impact scale and trending drier through at least saturday. if you have cabin fever, we can go outside and use the social distancing and chance of rain returns sunday, monday and tuesday. identical you'll need the umbrella then. colder and also drier and some fog possible and the low is down to the south. we talked about this omega block and how lows sliding down it from alaska and also canada and we have a small low over top of us right now and as that pushes through, that's how we can see on future radar and the chance of rain this morning and notice the scattered showers develop this afternoon and into the evening hours. as far as tonight, you can see it quiets down. a random shower thursday and quiets down friday morning and then another isolated shower or two for friday. couple hundredths of an inch of rain out of these systems. no storm impact scale tomorrow. and friday and saturday and then

sunday, monday and tuesday we've got a one coming once again. those temperatures in the upper 60s by sunday and into the mid-50s and upper 50s by tuesday. >> thank you, mike. ginger zee is in new york city with a look at what is ahead. >> good morning, reggie, kumasi. great to be with both of you coming up this morning on a wednesday on "gma" we will have the latest coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. the mayor of new york city warned the people here they might have to shelter in place. that is something i know millions of you could teach us something about because you're learning to live with it. hospitals, of course, facing a critical shortage. an e.r. doctor on the front lines battling this virus. also this morning, some signs of hope and we'll hear stories from survivors sharing what they went through and how it felt like. i think a lot of us interested in that. plus, many families are just starting to realize what we're facing here in the weeks and

months to come. kids home from school and parents working from home. how moms and dads are working with teachers and share our family survival guide. so many are giving us their advice and we're taking it. virtual dance party and what else he might have in store to get through this tough time all coming up right here on "gma." >> now i heard that ben platte was doing a virtual dance party but i already thought of doing that. i swear. ku am, kumasi and i and jobina. keep watching at midday and we'll see if it comes together. social distancing really poses a challenge for people who are naturally social, including some seniors. a hotline that is helping older

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i want to take you over to utah really quick. look at that strong earthquake mag magnitude 5.7. look how close to salt lake city. right south of 80 between salt lake city and the lake itself. so, we're going to keep an eye on this and see if we hear any more information. we know just a few moments ago

they had a pretty major earthquake in that area. rainfall over the weekend and into next week. the weekend trending drier and so is the rainfall for next week. so, it's kind of influx. we know it is going to rain, not quite how much. as we get closer we'll dial down on that. three weeks of sheltering at home will be a challenge for a lot of us. especially hard on some seniors who have limited options to socialize. so, a lot of people are now calling what is known as the friendship line. patrick arbury started it 47 years at the institute of aging. staff and volunteers are seeing a substantial increase in calls from seniors who need to express their anxiety about needing someone to comfort them. >> talking to me today about being a child and the whole duck and cover era, you know, from when we were, you know, 7 or 8 years old and how scary that was. and she said i'm feeling that same way. she said i'm feeling like a

child that is scared and i want my mother. >> volunteers with the friendship line are now working at home instead of the call center that you see here. but they're reassuring voices are there, if you need someone to talk to. what a nice service that is. >> that's sweet. also changes coming to target to help some seniors and people who have a disability. >> cutting store hours and reserving the first hour of shopping every wednesday for vulnerable guests. that includes shoppers over 65 and those who have underlying health concerns. target says it will be closing all of its stores by 9:00 p.m. every night and this will help crews restock shelves and do deep cleaning. coming up next, it is a good idea. spreading to more stores across the country. next at 6:30 shelter in place orders across the bay area will last several weeks. >> now a new study is revealing we may stay inside a lot longer to stop the coronavirus pandemic. >> the new reality for now. school out for the foreseeab . bombshell

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now your health, your safety, this is abc 7 news. now at 6:30. a wild week on wall street. the opening bell ringing as you just saw there as the markets hit a limit down early this morning. meaning they can't trade any lower. futures were all over the place overnight as investors continue to worry about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. i'm tracking all of this at the live desk, plus we have the trillion dollar rescue being planned to save the economy. >> thanks, jobina. who is in the newsroom as we continue to self distance. >> tracking governor newsom's announcement that your kids will probably be out of school until the fall. how netflix is helping you get together with friends while still being physically apart. covering all the angles of the coronavirus pandemic. but, first, a live look right now at a pretty empty san mateo bridge. mike is tracking the conditions outside. if you are one of the few people out of the door this sprinkles

that is falling on that bridge right now and also making its way out to discovery bay and just about to hit the altamont pass and now just entering the south bay via 237. if you're taking 27 or 17 through the santa cruz mountain, it is rather quiet. all of that will be wet. snow level around 3,000 feet this morning. that will climb to 3,500 feet this afternoon because this storm is not quite as cold or energetic. we have a shield of sprinkles to light rain this morning and then a chance of showers this afternoon. more widespread. even a little sunshine. temperatures in the mid-40s and mid-50s by 4:00. and at the live desk. i am tracking the stock market right now. you can see we are down more than 1,100 points as trading officially is under way this morning. you can take a look at your screen here as we watch this continue to fall. overnight, stock futures fell as

investors continue to be concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus. it's been a wild ride this week. monday was the worst day for the market since 1987 and yesterday stocks rebounded with the dow closing up more than 1,000 points. the dow has actually had at least a 1,000-point swing every day for the past seven trading days. we will continue to keep monitoring the situation throughout the morning and i also want to make a note here that new york stock exchange tweeted out that it remains open for business that precautions have been taken and they increased social distancing there and also have contingency plans in place, if needed, to trade on a fully electronic basis, which i thought was interesting, kumasi. >> thank you. this morning a lot of parents and students here in the bay area are waking up to the reality that school might not be in session in april as planned. governor newsom announced they might not reopen schools until the full and that has a lot of parents concerned.

julian glover is live in fremont with more on this. julian? >> good morning, kumasi. we should mention and stress this is what the governor is calling the worse-case scenario. students not able to go back to class until the fall. but this leads, of course, to so many questions for parents to wrap their heads around. how do you make sure your child is learning if they're out of school for the foreseeable future. if you have to go to work, leave home, how do you arrange child care for the next several weeks and months to come. of course, for those students who want to go back to school to see their friends. how do you explain all of this to them. of course, we have so many questions after the governor's bombshell announcement that he made yesterday. again, that school may not be open and students may not be back in class until the fall. it's making so many of us realize how serious this pandemic is. now, yesterday the governor said he had to explain the situation to his own daughter who is having stress and anxiety and missing her own friends. >> very sober moment over a

course of about an hour and i told her, honey, i don't think the schools are going to open, again. if i can tell my daughter that and not tell your daughter that or the people, then i'm not being honest and true to people of the state of california. >> the governor said it may be shocking, but he wanted to be honest with californians about where we are in the crisis. of course, keeping students fed another top concern. we've talked about it before. so many students depending on that guaranteed meal that breakfast or lunch provided by the school. that's why public school systems across the bay area are continuing their meal to go services where anyone 18 or younger can get that free meal. now, coming up later today, we're also expecting to hear from the state superintendent of schools tony therman to further address and lay out exactly what we can expect and how this will shake out in the days to come for the millions of californian children who are out of school for the foreseeable future. for now reporting live in fremont this morning, i'm julian

glover, abc 7 news. >> julian, thank you. this morning, nearly 8 million people in seven bay area counties are now under a shelter in place order. sonoma county joined six other bay area counties yesterday. sonoma county is telling residents they should stay home for three weeks. governor newsom signed an emergency declaration providing up to $1 billion in funding to fight coronavirus. he's putting the national guard on alert to help with things like food distribution. >> we have asked the national guard to work with us on logistics and aid and begin to regionalize strategy solutions and address what we do often in emergencies. >> newsom also says the state is negotiating with about 900 hotels to acquire tens of thousands of rooms that could be used for hospital patients and for the homeless. a hiring rush is on to get more nurses working in san francisco in the event of a coronavirus overwhelm. an emergency order to speed up the process.

normally takes six months and now nurses can be hired. some of them in a week. a hiring fair is set for this weekend at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. >> today i waive the prohivisior around hiring rules so we can hire qualified, registered nurses on the spot. >> the governor also signed an emergency order unlocking funding to increase hospital capacity statewide. he's confident that in the next week or two the state will be able to significantly increase the number of covid-19 tests that it administers. a new drive-through testing site is now open. sky 7 shows thus site at the santa clara fe science runs it. they are a subsidiary of alphabet which is google's parent company. you do have to apply online to get tested. do not just show up to this site. there is a second drive through in san mateo county. some emergency hand washing stations in san francisco are also being vandalized. crews put more than 20 of these out around the city last week.

we found one with graffiti all over it. the stations are supposed to help slow the spread of the coronavirus and people who are homeless. president trump is now urging congress to deploy a trillion dollars right away. he wants checks sent to american families who are struggling because of the virus. this comes amid a new warning that the nation's unemployment rate could climb to the double digits. alex has the details. >> reporter: urging congress to inject up to $1 trillion into the economy to fight novel coronavirus. >> we're going big. >> reporter: one big piece of the plan direct case payments to most americans. it's unclear how much senator mitt romney proposed 1,000 per person. >> i mean now in the next two weeks. >> reporter: the plan would also include $500 billion in a payroll tax cut, $50 billion for the airline industry and $250 billion for small business loans. treasury secretary steven mnuchin telling senate

republicans the u.s. could see 20% unemployment without government intervention. the plan comes as cities shut bars and restaurants. >> asking people is to st to s y the bars and restaurants. >> reporter: now bracing for a surge in patience and shortage of medical supplies. two ships to assist with patients who don't have the virus freeing up valuable hospital beds. we know a lot of you have questions about coronavirus and you can find answers and other resources by going to our website abc7news.com/coronavirus. our social distancing this morning and hopefully you're doing the same thing. coming up next, a new report showing that this pranctice may have to last a lot longer than any of us expected. preparing for the pandemic live where local grocers are

getting the food that so many of us are trying to stock up as we shelter in place. here is mike with our weather forecast. >> do you mind the trickle or just go to the extreme and start now. okay, now, we're going to do 1,000 people to 5,000 people to 250 to now school may not be in session. can we maybe just go the extreme and get it over with or are we trying to soften the blow by doing this? >> our local governments are the ones doing it. not coming from the national government at all. i wish that more governments were doing what we're doing here in the bay area, mike. >> i kind of agree with you there. if everybody would do what we're doing then that would really flatten that curve a lot quicker and more so than what we're doing now. i feel like other parts of the country are just like, it's a california thing. all right. let's take a look at the earthquake. here's utah. this is salt lake city. this is actually the big salt lake. you can see several earthquakes this morning. the magnitude 5.7. you're getting up there around a moderate earthquake to even a

strong one. so, a very impressive one we're still waiting to hear if there is any damage out of that area. if you've ever driven that route on 80, it is pretty sparse. that one little area just west of town near the lake. a lot of strip mining going on there. here's a look at richmond. that one area wet with rain and if you have to be out and about, plan things around using our app and see where it is raining on live doppler 7. up to 0.2 and nearly a 0.01 in mill valley. that is what you can expect as this storm comes through. those areas i just showed you are areas that get higher amounts of rain. 40s in the north bay with the chance of d nsne degrees. here's a look at the east bay where we have rain possibly through 9:00 and 40s and then low to mid-50s with sunshine this afternoon. and san francisco we have a chance of rain through at least 9:00 and then partly sunny conditions with a stray shower

and mid-50s, again, this afternoon. we'll take a look at the drying trend for the weekend forecast. jobina is upstairs keeping an eye on traffic. jobina? >> hi, mike. thank you very much. a new piece of traffic news. this has been impacted by the coronavirus. i want to let everyone know this is the first day the golden gate transit and golden gate ferry transportation district will completely eliminate all eastbound and westbound route 25 service and that is until at least april 3rd. that is all due to the coronavirus. so, if you rely on that, that is not available to you. every other mode of mass transit is running but some are on different schedules. make sure to check all of that before you leave today. also want to look at our live camera here that we'll pull up showing you a live picture of the bay bridge toll plaza where things are light. no metering lights and i'm calling it the ghost townacki. do herne,

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minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> snow totals over the weekend because a, they're very impressive and, b, this is what will keep us out of a drought in the summer. here's a look where snow is most likely today and tomorrow. 4,500 feet around l.a. and also san diego. you can see some snow, a couple inches possible in the sierra today and tomorrow. mid-50s from eureka, chico, sacramento and monterey with scattered showers. a look at my seven-day forecast for tahoe. looks like we could get another dumping of snow early next week. now on abc 7 news live update. just minutes ago president trump tweeted the border with canada is closing. the president saying, quote, we will be by mutual consent temporarily closing our northern border with canada to nonessential traffic. trade will not be affected. details to follow. end quote. much more on abc7news.com and the abc 7 news app.

move to social distancing for those of you wondering how long we may need to practice it. i have the results of a new study from the imperial college london. researchers say americans may have to practice social distancing for months, perhaps until a vaccine is available. this will keep the health care system from being overwhelmed with severe cases. researchers say if the u.s. did nuthing to mitt ga nu nothing 2.2 million people would die and social distancing can save lives, as we know. reggie, i want to point out something else. i found on twitter from abc news chief raunt rebecca jarvis saying that each person with covid-19 affects 2.5 others every five days. so, that really, i think, just speaks to why it is so important for everyone to stay home. >> the study that you're talking about that came from london is so important. so scary to read, but so important to see the effects of what social distancing can do.

it's essentially saying that we may need to be on a very long period of social distancing that cycles where certain cities are doing it and then other cities are doing it and i'm talking about the long term after we get after this initial wave that this is going to have to keep happening until they say, possibly, we actually have a vaccine that can treat a lot of people, which may be a year and a half away. >> they just started those trials in seattle and then to know that it can be 18 months before we get any sort of result is really interesting. >> yes. so, don't mean to scare people this morning, but just something to know and keep in the back of your head. this is not just a few week situation that we could be facing many months down the road. jobina, thank you. you're probably just waking up this morning, but the people who may sure that our grocery stores are staying stocked over the coronavirus pandemic, they've been up for hours. abc news reporter amy hollyfield is live in san francisco with

the latest to get fresh produce ready for us to buy. amy? >> hi, kumasi. this is a distributor that sells to grocery stores and you may not think of people binge buying produce, but it is happening. it's not just toilet paper and pasta. they say people are binge buying produce, too. and the word is they need everyone to slow down. they really got slammed earlier this week. they say when people went to the stores on monday, that rush on the stores on monday, the stores then came here on tuesday, yesterday, to replenish. they say yesterday was crazy. they saw big sales of produce. the produce that has longer shelf life like potatoes, unen is ai onions and bananas. they are getting low on bananas. they can only grow the food so fast. they need everyone to take a breath. >> we are trying to get people, to encourage people to keep buying to a regular pace and then that way the supply chain

won't fall apart. that's when we'll start having shorts. we've been communicating with the growers and the shippers and they're not having a problem getting product. the problem is we have to just go back to a normal buying schedule to keep everything smooth. >> they say today is looking a bit more normal here at the distribution point. they're hoping that means that buyers have settled down a bit. as the stores are getting slammed, restaurants are suffering. they tell me some of their restaurant distributors were calling and asking if they want to buy back some of their produce and help them out. apples and oranges and food that lasts a little longer. they are in talks with them to see if they can help them. reporting live in south san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> we thank them for keeping us fed. thank you so much, amy. another look at the stock market this morning. you can see that we are down about 1,100 points. futures were down all night long. this is not a big surprise. we ended up in positive

territory yesterday, but so far it appears we're going in the opposite direction. we'll keep an eye throughout the morning. if you're missing movie nights with friends during social distance google chrome and netflix has a pretty neat solution. net flix party. allows you to watch and chat with your friends while you're in separate locations. all you have to do is download the extension and start watching a netflix show and click on the np on the tool bar. give you a web address to send to anyone you want and chat like you would chat if you were in person. you can pause and restart the video whenever you need to laugh about what you just watched or discuss something. >> this is good. we need this. >> we do need this. >> you see something and you're like, oh, my god, you need to share it with somebody. >> we're doing the same thing tonight. we're having a little virtual friend party where we're going to play video games together. >> fun. >> i know.

>> that's fun. >> and i'm not usually a video game person but i'm looking for any entertainment and socialization at this point. i'll take it. >> reggie is going to be playing mariokart with his friends. >> i'm there. come on, princess. >> i need my son to set up his. >> one on the storm impact scale and sprink tools light, steady rain this morning. you could see that shield and then showers this afternoon. less energy, less likely of thunderstorms. snow level rise from 3,000 feet this morning to 3,400 this afternoon. 101 and 880 as the rain hasn't made it to you and it will in the next hour or sorneend trendg ou have cabin fever. temperatures today about 54 to 58 degrees. as we look at tonight, mid-30s to mid-40s. pretty dry where the clouds opened, some fog to deal with tomorrow morning. remember the omega block we

talked about. low pressure sliding down this jet stream and continuing the chance of wet weather and we have a weaker one today and that's why we have the wet weather. you can see we get a lull as we go through future radar and then this afternoon we get heating of the day and showers pop. tonight they go away and tomorrow there is just a random shower. one or two, maybe three. not needing an impact scale and friday there may be one or two. we don h an scale on that, too. rainfall amounts, just a couple hundredth and most of us less than 0.01. my accuweather seven-day forecast. spring starts tomorrow and we start to feel it. monday and

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it is 6:55. if you're just joining us or heading out the door. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has now crossed 200,000 worldwide. that number has doubled in the last two weeks. this all according to john hopkins university. 8,000 people have died. number two. it doesn't appear that california students will be returning to class any time soon. governor newsom says schools are likely to remain closed through summer break. number three, governor newsom says he's putting the national guard on alert for duties like food distribution. newsom also says the state is negotiating with about 900 hotels to acquire tens of thousands of rooms that could be used for hospital patients and for the homeless. number four. a stark warning from treasury secretary steven numnuchin. the u.s. could hit 20%

unemployment if the government doesn't help people who have been impacted by the pandemic. a new drive-through testing site has opened at the santa clara county fairgrounds runned by google's parent company. you have to apply online to get one of the tests. number six. you need the umbrella this morning for sure as we have sprinkles to scattered, steady light rain and that will turn over into showers as we head to the afternoon hours. little bit of sunshine and mid-50s. number seven in traffic news. we want to let you know that today is the first day that golden gate traffic and transportation district will eliminate all eastbound and westbound route 25 service until april 3rd due to the coronavirus. we're taking a live look here at the toll plaza, which is nice and clear. all right, thanks so much, jobina. we are back. i think i figured this out. that's kumasi. i say hello down here to jobina and there's mike. mike is -- it's hard.

it's hard out here. >> yeah, see,

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good morning, america. as we join you on this wednesday morning, coronavirus cases are now present in all 50 states. new york city considering drastic measures to control the outbreak. >> the idea of shelter in place has to be considered now. >> nba star kevin durant and three of his brooklyn teammates testing positive. 7 million people in the san francisco area already facing shelter in place restrictions. president trump urging people to stay inside and limit contact. >> by making shared sacrifices and temporary changes we can protect the health of our people. >> as hospitals across the country brace for a surge of patients, the navy prepares to send two hospitalhi