who is tracking two storms heading our way. >> goodern moi morning, those t storms will last three days. the possibility of a third storm for monday and two storms will hit this weekend for sure. let's see how they are lined up showing you how quiet they will be today. milder this morning low to upper 40s at 7:00 under mostly sunny sky and increasing sunshine at noon. breezes pick up at the coast and keeping you in the 50s while the rest of us make a run into the low and mid-60s. even a few upper 60s inland around the 2:00 to 3:00 hour and back down to the low to mid-50s at 7:00. storm churning out over the pacific. looks pretty benign right now and when it comes in, it will bring us light to moderate rain for the north bay and light rain for tomorrow and when the secondary storm comes in a chance of showers and thunderstorms and snow down to around 4,000 feet and we'll continue that to a lesser extent monday. i'll give you an hour by hour look at that coming up next. now breaking news from the

abc 7 news desk. >> breaking news at the live desk this morning. a cruise member from the "grand princess" cruise ship has died. sky 7 is flying over the cruise ship right now. we want to get you that so you can see the area. the crew member died in a san francisco hospital after being tra transferred off the ship last month. hundreds of workers remain on the "grand princess" docked at its home port in the san francisco cruise terminal. 14-day quarantine ends tomorrow. a coalition of unity groups and experts will hold an emergency press conference later today. they'll be talking about worker safety, as well as testing. reggie, i'll send it over to you. >> i had forgotten that that ship is still here in the bay area. bay area public health officials are now recommending that you wear a face cover when you're out in public. we are talking about cloth face coverings, not the n95 specialized mask that people in the hospitals need.

amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with more on this. amy? >> there have been debates on whether officials should make this recommendation and now bay area health officials are taking it one step further. they are recommending that you cover your face when you do your essential outings like going to the grocery store or the doctor's visit. just those essential outings you have to do. the world health organization still has not taken this step saying only the sick and those that care for the sick need masks. the concern is that once this recommendation comes across, people will keep all the n95 masks for themlves. officials a emphasizing, leave those for the health care workers. you just need a cloth mask. and president trump is now also saying it's not a bad idea to cover your face. >> the reason why the conversation is coming up now why the cdc may readvise their guidelines is because we're getting more and more evidence

that people can spread the is wn they are asymptomattic. >> 3m to produce more n95 face masks for medical professionals. the rest of us just need a cloth covering. cove it could keep the virus from spreading and also just remind people to stay away and keep that social distance. that is still a key in this and then hand washing. hand washing, social distancing still the top strategies needed in this fight. reporting live from walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. i want to get some breaking news we just got into the abc 7 news room. the labor department just released the march job's report and it shows that employers cut 701,000 jobs last month and this increased the country's unemployment rate to 4.4%. it had been at the 50-year low of 3.5%. but this report really doesn't

even tell the full story because it doesn't include the layoffs that hit in the last two weeks. now, experts say the unemployment rate could go as high as 15% over the next month. and that would be the highest since the great depression in the 1930s. so, we'll have to wait and see how investors react to this when the stock market opens up in about 30 minutes at 6:30. well, there are officially more than 1 million coronavirus cases worldwide this morning. 11,000 of those are right here in california, but that number could be a lot higher. jobina is at the live desk with a look at why. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi. the state has a massive backlog of 59,000 pending coronavirus tests and that number continues to grow. unfortunately, this will not give us a clear picture of how many people are possibly infected in our state. we'll bring up the graphic here so you can take a look at these numbers. the bay area and santa cruz county has more than 3,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. that's 230 people more than

yesterday at the same time. 75 people have now died, including the first reported case from solano county. santa clara county leads the bay area in confirmed cases with more than 1,000. bay area officials are recommending face masks for everyone as amy was just mentioning, but social distance is still the most important for safety. 6.6 million people have filed for unemployment since the crisis began. and that includes 2 million californians. >> we've averaged 111,000 unemployment insurance claims on a daily basis. the economic consequences are p profound. >> san francisco mayor london breed announced a new task force to speed ucoveryand speaking of recovery, the u.s. treasury says americans should expect those stimulus checks somewhere in the next two weeks. i'll send it back to you in the studio, kumasi. >> thank you. governor newsom will give us

an update on the state's effort to protect homeless people during this outbreak. this comes as san francisco confirms its first case of coronavirus inside a homeless shelter. a person staying at the division circle navigation center tested positive and now that person is recovering at an isolation hotel while other residents are getting screened. anyone with symptoms will be tested and relocated along with anyone who is at high risk of being infected. city supervisors are pushing to move all homeless people into hot hotels. >> that navigation center sits in my district and i will fight to get every one of those residents like all of my constituents inside sheltering stare also d safe. getting masks to wear at all more than 1.9 million californians have filed for unemployment since march 12th and now there's a new website for people who are currently looking for a job. here's abc 7 news anchor ama daetz. >> reporter: the website onward.org will connect californians to thousands of

open jobs and it's very easy to use. from the home page, click on the connect to resources and jobs link and then be taken to a form to fill out. all you need to do is input your name, e-mail and zip code. if you want, you can add other fields like desired earnings, type of work, when you want to work and preferred industry. but those things aren't required. next, click submit and then cri click on jobs and then search. a list of jobs will autopopulate. again, the website is onwa onwardca.org and a link on our website, abc7news.com. ventilators are key to fighting covid-19. on a story you'll only see on 7 a group of students and engineers and doctors may have found another way in an genc here's j.r. stone. >> i have sleep apnea and this is, this is a machine. >> reporter: a cpap machine that engineer and executive brian martell says can be and should be used as emergency ventilator. he's part of a group of anducan

for support from local, state and federal leaders. >> this is a last resort option. >> reporter: dr. aj daria and martell are part of the coid-19 rapid response team who have formulated a way for the proper fittings and tubes to refurbish cpap and bipap devices that will be allowed to use them as ventilators in emergency situations. >> there's tents with 300 people in them and they don't have ventilators. here's a solution. this is a back-up solution. >> reporter: the group is asking for those willing to donate these es to register their devices onventilatorsos.com. in less than an hour after we learned of this, two viewers offered to give away their back-up cpap devices. >> definitely. i would love to help. >> i would be more than happy to donate it. it's right here. i got it from a friend of a friend.

>> reporter: dr. daria says these devices would be used in moderate cases of covid-19 where the patient is suffering but still able to breathe on their own. it would then free up ventilators for more critical patients. >> if we don't think about it now in two weeks and four weeks when the surge potentially can happen, we can be overwhelmed. >> reporter: a reason why the group is acting now in hopes of getting the word out. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. new at 6:00, we are learning new details about how hard the bay area real estate market has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic. also quarantined bachelor. the new online dating series swapping out the rose for a roll of toilet paper. and wintry weather is on the way. check out some of these rain totals for the weekend. totals for the weekend. we'll give you an bubbles at this price? is this for real? oh... it's real. believe me.

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reagan national airport to boston on march 27th. this plane can normally seat 100 people, but it was just her. the flight attendants had a little fun and hopefully brightened her spirits just a little bit. take you now to the peninsula where i'm sorry to tell you that this year's county fair has been canceled. the fair grounds are being used for a very important purpose. emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic. it will be that way for at least the next 90 days. this is only the second closure in the fair's 86-year history. you have to go all the way back to world war ii when it was shut down for one year. all exhibitor entry fees and online ticket purchases will be> so, listen t this. two men in san francisco have started an online dating series based on the popular television show "the bachelor." the creators behind the instagram show "quarantine bachelor" wanted to create a show while they were sheltering in place. they launched it a couple weeks back and now hundreds of

applicants from all over the country. here's how it works, instead of giving out a rose, you get a roll of toilet paper and instead of an engagement ring, you get a date. making a decision is a lot harder than it looks. >> having to do it and everyone know what is going on and everyone has their own opinion and objections to what you say and do. it is definitely a challenge. >> poor richard. well, the final roll ceremony will be posted on instagram tonight at 5:00. they're hoping to get more applicants so they can launch same-sex couples series, as well. what do you think, friend? >> i think i would watch. how about that. i mean, i'm entertained. >> i agree with you. what about you, mike? >> i would just want to be on the end of, i can't spare a square.

>> white gold. >> nice. all right. let us know how that goes, reggie. i'm probably not going to watch. let's take a look at what is going on outside. welcome to friday. it is 41 and mainly clear down in san jose. your accuweather highlights, mostly sunny and seasonal. a few clouds this morning and a few more during the evening hours and a colorful sunset. capture it, post it and #abc7. we'd love to see it. cloudy with rain moving into the north bay and then everybody gets wet starting tomorrow through at least monday. let's take a look at our temperatures. you can see down in the south bay we're looking pretty comfortable there with mid to upper 60s. that is the case in most inland neighborhood. around the bay, low to mid-60s and along the coast upper 50s to low 60s where it's going to be a little breezier. now, lows tonight are going to dip down into the low to upper 40s. with increasing clouds. that's going to keep us a little

bit milder than the last couple of mornings and once we get past that, that's when the rain will start to move in. i apologize. my computer is having a little bit of a hiccup. you can see the low to mid-40s and even a few upper 40s. let's look at storm impact scale. one for not only tomorrow and sunday but also for monday. now, tomorrow, light to moderate rain in the north bay during the morning hours. light rain moving into the rest of our neighborhoods during the mid-morning and am to the afternoon and early evening hours and turns over to scattered showers. you can see them changing as we head through the evening and overnight hours. the stronger storm comes in as we head towards sunday and that's when we can have our downpours with the thunderstorms and some lightning hail and a snow level down to 4,000 feet and temperatures up to 15 degrees cooler than average. kumasi, reggie. >> all right, thanks, mike. now, let's turn to another meteorologist that we love, mr. rob marciano. hi, rob. >> good morning, reginald,

kumasi. great to be with both of you coming to you from new york, lots coming up on "gma." little storm here but, of course, big headlines continue to be the coronavirus crisis with the number of cases now reaching 1 million worldwide and a quarter of those here in the u.s. we have all the bases covered, including the potential for finding a new cure from a doctor on that netflix docu series "pandemi "pandemic." we have some encouraging news from him. also much more on the virus on many fronts. the economy. how you can get through it. there are a number of ways that we are going to share with you on how to kind of ease that financial crunch that so many families are feeling right now. and, also, here's a story about a man who got the virus and has been without his family trying to recover from it. after 23 days, he's been reunited and we'll have that story. so, those are the kind of stories we need to get more of as we try to get through this

together, reginald and kumasi. i hope you and your family and your friends are well. it's unbelievable times, isn't it? >> it sure is. >> it sure is but still rays of light, rob. good to see you. thank you so much. >> indeed. patriots owner robert kraft is stepping up to help in the fight of covid-19. he purchased n95 masks and used the plane to transport them from china. the masks will go to health care workers on the front lines in massachusetts and new york. coming up new at 6:00, meghan markle's disney debut. the documentary hitting your tv just in time for the weekend. also making sure the public stays safe at events like outside

all right. let's talk about what to expect this weekend rain wise. you can see the heaviest of the rainfalls in the north bay up to

half an inch saturday with a tenth to a third for the rest of us. as we head into sunday, much strongerist systems in green, u inch. the rest of us up to three quarters. >> other marine life at a public aquarium in san francisco needs your help. the aquarium of the bay is raising money to help keep up operations during the shut down. most of its workers have been furloughed, but there's a dedicated team monitoring and feeding 24,000 animals and 186 species at the aquarium. there's a go fund me set up. the goal is to raise $500,000 so they can keep up with animal care during the closure. people have donated about $4,500 so far and they still have quite a ways to go. it is a national trend, gun sales have surged since the beginning of the covid-19 shelter in place started. businesses booming for a dublin gun shop. the owner's name is travis

morgan and in his 20 years operating the shop called guns fishing and other stuff, he's never seen a spike in gun sales quite like this one. recent fbi data said california saw a 72% increase in firearm background checks since february. >> got a gloc, got a beretta. you name it, we ain't got it. people are worried what is going to happen being locked down and staying at home. >> a record breaking 3.7 million background checks performed across the u.s. in march. that's right around the same time that shelter in place orders prompted mass hoarding of toilet paper and cleaning supplies. in california, organizers are still planning to hold the outside land music festival. two months after the current projected peak of covid-19 hospitalizations. they are working closely with local officials to make sure if outside lands does happen, it will happen in the safest environment possible. the south by southwest film

festival in austin is heading to amazon after it got canceled because of the pandemic. amazon prime videoewill be hsting some of the movies. the online film festival will be free to ever aen with around th country with or without an amazon prime membership, but you will need to set up an amazon account. no official launch date yet but south by southwest and prime video are hoping for some time in the late part of this month. new at 6:00, meghan markle is making her debut in a new nature documentary "elephant." this will be the first role of the duchess of sussex since stepping away. she and harry worked with elephants without borders. markle narrates as they make an epic eight-month journey across africa. >> shani has already lost track. there he is. he's -- what is he doing?

>> oh, look. this is cute. i think we just love the animals. all right. so, she is not the only celebrity that is working with disney now. natalie portman is going to narrate for the dolphin documentary "dolphin reef" and you can watch both on disney plus. the parent company of abc 7. reggie has still not decided to share his disney plus password with me. i have to figure out things on my own. >> in these times, kumasi, we need to support the company. get your own. >> okay, friend. coming up next at 6:30, much more coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, including that breaking news overnight about a crew member of the "grand princess" cruise ship. a new coronavirus testing site is opening up here in fremont. today you can see a tent is already set up where folks will be able to get tested. i'm julian glover in fremont with the symptoms you need to be abe to get one of those coronavirus tests.

now your health, your safety. this is abc 7 news. now at 6:30. breaking news, a crew member of the "grand princess" cruise ship dies from coronavirus at a bay area hospital. sky 7 this morning live over the ship. yes, it is still sitting in the middle of the bay with hundreds of other crew members onboard. and trading is about to begin on wall street and we are expecting a drop because of the march jobs report that just came out. the government reporting 701,000 jobs were lost. the number as actually muclarge because the survey was taken before most of the coronavirus layoffs had happened. we are going to keep tracking the situatin.

plus another drive-through coronavirus testing site is opening up in the bay area this morning but not everyone that shows up will qualify to get a test. good morning, everyone. friday, april 3rd. we are excited it is friday, friend. your first day working from home, reggie. >> it is. i feel like it's the first day at school. this has been such a wild experience. but it's so nice to see you guys. >> i know, hi, mike. >> hi, kumasi. hi, reggie. i hope it gets better for you, reggie. i was a little nervous, out of my element the first couple days. this is day five for me and i'm feeling pretty good about it. nice having the wife in the next room in case i need something and the cat hasn't come in so far this morning so we're doing okay. we're doing okay, not even up yet. that's good. that's good because you have such a booming voice and i'm surprised that phil is not coming in going, hey, can you keep it down a little. let's talk about what is going

on weather wise. mid to upper 30s in many inland neighborhoods and we do have highs today, that will be pretty close to average. upper 50s and mid-60s along the coast where the breezes will remain. around the bay, a calmer day with low to mid-60s and inland we'll have mid to upper 60s. start off with a few clouds this morning. sunshine and a few clouds this afternoon but the clouds will get thicker tonight as waves of storms. three of them come in. one saturday, one sunday and one monday. light rain and showers tomorrow and potential downpours and snow down to 4,000 feet for sunday and monday. we'll talk more about that in the next half hour. >> thanks, mike. >> happening this morning the city of fremont is opening a coronavirus testing site at the fire tactical training center on stevenson boulevard. you to have to certain symptoms to get one. abc 7 news reporter julian glover is live at the testing site with more on this. julian? >> good morning, kumasi.

you'll see one of the tents already set up this morning. the idea is to alleviate some of the pressure put on the emergency departments that have been doing the bulk of the coronavirus testing so far. so first responders and those on the front lines, our health care workers, can get tested and get tested fast. we do want to stress this is free and oepen to the public. but the organizers are saying you must have symptoms in order to get a test here. let's walk you through what we know. it will open at 10:00 a.m. this morning and run until 5:00 p.m. or until they run out of the tests that they set aside for the day. again, in the video, you can see some of those tents already set up where this drive-through testing will be conducted. let's talk about the symptoms you need. you to have to have a fever of at least 100 degrees and be dealing with a cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing or ongoing chest pain and these are ongoing symptoms of covid-19. again, organizers stressing you have to have those symptoms before they give you that nasal or oral covid-19 test and you must be in a vehicle.

they hope to offer walk-up testing soon but they do not have that t sai they took cues from the first drive-through testing area in our neighborhood and they have been seeing streams of long lines with people showing up hours before the center opened since it first opened last week. now, the testing site here in fremont, if you're looking for the address, it's 7200 stevenson boulevard opening at 10:00 this morning. as i mentioned, first responders and those on the front lines, medical staff, will be prioritized. you can call ahead and schedule a screening. that number to call is up on our website abc7news.com. another thing that we're looking to find out that we don't know so far is how long it will take folks to get those test results back after they've been tested. reporting in fremont this morning, julian glover, abc 7 news. >> thank you, julian. this morning, we are learning a crew member from the "grand princess" ship has died. want to take you to sky 7 which is live above the "grand

princess" in san francisco bay near oracle park. the crew member died of coronavirus in a san francisco hospital after being transferred off the ship last month. hundreds of workers still remain onboard the "grand princess" now docked in san francisco. their 14-day quarantine ends tomorrow. now, there are nearly 3,000 cases of covid-19 in the bay area and in santa cruz county. 75 people have died, including the first reported death in solano county. santa clara county leads the bay area with more than 1,000. north bay, mendocino county reporting four confirmed cases and lake county remains unchanged with no positive cases. in richmond, an old ford factory is being converted into an emergency federal medical center in the event of a possible surge in covid-19 cases.end w

transform the event center into a makeshift hospital. >> doubling from 1,100 beds to 2,200 beds. >> it's a giant space and has all the capable infrastructure to support something like this. >> national guard troops have assembled 250 beds. this makeshift hospital would only be activated if other medical centers end up being overwhelmed with patients. jobina? thank you, kumasi. here at the live desk i'm tracking the latest numbers of coronavirus around the globe. 1 million people have been diagnosed with covid-19 worldwide and 250,000 of them are right here in the united states. now, this has really become an intense situation as shortages on ventilators and masks continue weeks away from the estimated peak infection rate. to ease the shortage, president trump has announced he is stepping up the defense production act and ordering companies to manufacturer desperately needed equipment and more 3m face masks, health care workers say they feel

defenseless. >> every day when i go to work, i feel like a sheep going to slaughter. my colleagues and i are writing our last will and testament. >> the number of coronavirus cases in new york is especially daunting with more than 100,000 infections and 1,500 deaths. makeshift morgues are being built across the city. now, americans have really been wondering about these stimulus checks. we are hearing from the government those should be available within the next two weeks. we'll send it to you, reggie. >> thanks, jobina. santa clara county is preparing for a possible surge of covid-19 cases. currently 200 people hospitalized in the county's 11 hospitals because of the virus. officials expect that number to go up in the weeks to come and they're working to ensure that amitan officials say they were proactive with the early installation of temporary tents. now, this is outside the emergency department. each has enough room to triage up to six patients at a time.

they also have the capacity to triple the number of beds in the icu. >> working on staffing to make sure we have enough nurses and physicians to care for them. >> the santa clara convention center is being converted into a federal medical station with 250 beds to treat less severe cases of covid-19. that should be open as early as next week. california state prisons and county jails are releasing thousands of inmates to try to reduce the spread of coronavirus. community advocates fear those people may have no place to go. >> everybody has been arguing about release, but nobody's arguing about where they are going to be resourcing themselves. >> we modified our largest shelter, our 98-bed shelter in berkeley to accommodate an isolation unit, as well, for >> several community groupsacan and transform them into shelters

for released inmates. abc 7 news was proud to bring you a virtual town hall. look at all those faces on the screen. our team focused on some of the cultural stigmas connected with coronavirus. so, we spoke to people with a variety of backgrounds. and they share how misconceptions about the disease are hurting our asian american neighbors and friends. >> the virus doesn't care who you are, what class you have, what race you are. doesn't matter if you're poor or if you're rich. it really depends how many people in that community have it. >> you can watch our entire virtual town hall by visiting our website abc7news.com or on te free abc 7 news app. i know a lot of you are hungry for content. i'm telling you, this is an hour worth spent. i swear, i had nothing to do with it, but the people did an excellent job. >> it was really good. we have gotten used to getting our meals, our groceries and even our toilet paper delivered straight to the house. there is competition to get your

prescription drugs to you, as well. also, watching your distance. why you may have to wait to get into your neighborhood target store starting tomorrow. and right now we're taking a live look at the big board at the new york stock exchange. only down about 40 or so points right now. we will keep watching because we just got the march job's report. 701,000 jobs lost. we'll see how the markets will react to this. in the meantime, though, checking in with mike for a look at our forecast. hey, mike. >> hi, kumasi, reggie. thanks for being with us this friday morning. still frosting to freezing cold in the north bay and lake and mendocino county keep those plants protected and pets in or at least get them out on a limited bases through 9:00. a little cloud cover snuck in during the overnight hours. upper 30s to upper 40s. so, little chilly to seasonal temperatures. here's a look at your commute and there is an issue on the bay bridge toll plaza and we'll talk

t jona about that. everything else weather wise pretty quiet and a lot less breezes to contend with on the bay water today. here's a look at the north bay. 30s at 7:00. 50s at 11:00. mid-60s for several hours this afternoon. sunny with a few high clouds and 60 at 7:00. east bay is not going to be quite as warm, but not quite as cool this morning either. low 60s for a couple hours this afternoon. if you're heading out this afternoon, 55 with increasing clouds and around san francisco breezy at the coast and not quite as breezy on the bay side and we'll run from 48 this morning up to 59 with sunshine around 3:00. and then 54 at 7:00. we'll take a look at heavy snow in the sierra and thunderstorms for us coming up. first, back to jobina with that look at traffic. >> sthauthank you, mike. good morning, everyone. tracking a sig alert on the bay bridge. let's get right to sky 7 that is flying overhead right now. this is inbound 8 ojust past

treasure island there. looks like two box trucks are involved. according to the chp, this happened shortly after 6:00 the ismorning. at one point all lanes were blocked and looks like at least three lanes are blocked. they have not given an eta to when all of this will reopen and called out the fire department, as well as an ambulance. not clear if any injuries were reported but called for the ambulance. again, does look like two box trucks are involved here and limited details right now. but i will keep you posted on this as you look ahead, again, at sky 7 overhead and we'll be

you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is abc 7 mornings. we'll have a beautiful morning. look at the beautiful sky developing as the sun is about to come over the horizon there. some clouds to be uplit by the sun. it is going to be gorgeo it will be that way. 54 to 58 at noon with little

less high clouds and thentaoand the mid to low 50s. springs. 48 in tahoe but look at this. not that you could drive up there, but if you could, you wouldn't. at least not sunday. saturday up to half a foot of snow, but look at this. three to four feet of snow may fall just sunday itself and by the end of this storm, look at those storm totals starting to reach up around four to four and a half feet. a surge of needed snow. we can keep those reservoirs full. reggie? >> okay, mike, thank you. we're hearing from the fallen santa rosa police officer's family who died from covid-19. marylou armer is california's first law enforcement officer to die from the virus. armer spent 20 years with the santa rosa police department after growing up in san diego.

armer's sister said her loved ones could not be by her side while her condition worried. >> we couldn't be there to console her and touch her and tell her we loved her. >> that is so hard to hear. armer's family is now headed to the bay area from san diego. a group of san diego police officers will escort them to the airport. eight other santa rosa police officers have tested positive for covid-19. for bay area students, coronavirus has been really disruptive. no classes so they see their teachers on a computer screen and then there is the loss of social connections. things like prom, graduation and sporting events. abc 7 news reporter chris reyes has more on how parents can help students cope. >> we talked to two therapists at their clinic here in burlingame called see saw and they specialize in family therapy. how do you break to your child that they may not be going back

to school? for young children, don't give hard dates. >> give them a sense of control that we're figuring this out together and we're here to protect you and keep you safe. >> reporter: for teens they may already know they're not going back to school. so, instead try these conversation starters. >> how are you feeling? what does that feel like in your body? and, you know, what are some things that you've done to help yourself when you're feeling that way? >> reporter: for young children when starting a conversation, try a different approach. >> make sure that maybe you're not necessarily initiating the conversation, but letting the child lead. >> reporter: for parents of teens, there is the added burden of letting their child know they may not be going to graduation or even prom. >> it's a major disruption for them and many of the teenagers we talked with are just kind of in shock. parents can play a very pivotal role in that and just model for them that, yes, it is hard and, yes, this is, you know, this is super disappointing. but that we can do this

together. >> try to gauge where your child is at in terms of providing information or responding to their questions. to maintain routines as much as possible. to offer a lot of comfort. >> stay connected and talk to your parents, talk to your family. and don't pressure yourself. >> reporter: in burlingame, chris reyes. nationwide leaders are saying we should definitely cover our noses and mouths when we go out in public. they say we should be wearing cloth masks, not the ones that medical professionals need. for more on this we go to amy hollyfield in walnut creek. good morning, amy. >> hi, reggie. it has been a debate among health care officials whether to make this recommendation, but bay area health officials taking this next step telling us to cover our nose and faces when we do essential outings like heading to the grocery store or doctor's appointment. go ahead and cover up.

the concern with the recommendation is that people will buy up all the n95 masks and hoard those and officials say leave those for the care workers. the emphasis with this recommendation is just wear a cloth mask over your face. that's all they say you need out in public. to remember for every n95 the public is using, that is one less n95 on the front line and that's one potential life at risk whether it be a health giver's live or patient's life. >> reporter: president trump invoked the production for 3m to produce more n95 face masks for medical professional s the worl health organization are still only saying someone who is sick or taking care of someone who is sick should wear the masks but they're taking it one step further because they worry about those who don't have symptoms and could be passing this on without realizing it.

of course, social dist psiancind washing your hands are the top two recommendations. make sure you're doing those and one extra layer being recommended, cover up your face. live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. now to your money report. target is taking new precauonpr coronavirus. stores will promote social distancing and stores will monitor and control, if necessary, the number of people allowed in stores. employees will be given face mavs and gloves to wear to work. the auto industry is being hit hard. stay at home orders and economic kerns are keeping people from buying. fiat chrysler said sales were down 10% in the first quarter. general motors reported a 7% drop and toyota fell 9%. other automakers report their first quarter sales next week. right now taking a live look at the new york stock exchange now. trading under way this morning for about 20 minutes or so. you can see that we are down 17

points. the march unemployment report was released earlier this morning and we know that is really weighing on investors. it showed 701,000 jobs were lost, but that number is likely a lot larger than that. and that's because the survey of employers was taken before most companies started laying off people because of the coronavirus stay at home orders. of course, we'll stay on top of this for you. i want to show you something cool that the salesforce tower is doing in downtown san francisco. you see the top of the building there. those are hands clapping and you may see some prayer flags illuminated in support of medical workers and first responders on the front of the coronavirus pandemic. that seems more than appropriate right now. we also have some good news if you happen to be a musical theater fan like me. you'll be able to experience some of them for free. >> i am andrew lloyd webber and universal have come up with the idea of a whole series now called "the show must go on"

which is about musicals going from stage to screen and show one of mine every friday for the next few weeks. >> yes, that includes "joseph and the amazing technicolor chn dreamcoat" which epremierer ares at 11:00 this morning and next friday "jesus christ superstar" on the new youtube channel called the shows must go on. no charge. you don't have to sign up. "jesus christ superstar" is definitely in my top ten and maybe my top five. >> you know what, friend, i'm going to have to watch it. i have to get all caught up. i don't know. >> you've never seen that? can we virtually watch it together? >> can we. on easter sunday. good friday. we can do it. >> will you mind if i do the choreography? >> nfriend, so much joy. >> i think i still remember it

from my college days. >> all right, mike. one more check. >> i'll be watching for the live tweeting that you guys do during this, how about that? >> that's fair. >> all right. realtime tweeting during the musicals, i love it. i might learn something. here's a look at what is going on. hi, everybody. golden gate bridge where lights are wind and variable this morning. a few high clouds out there and mostly sunny and mild and our last dry day for a few days as waves of rain, showers and even thunderstorms starting tomorrow and lasting through at least monday and then drying and the warming trend and we'll have to wait until late next week. one on the storm impact scale not only for saturday but also sunday and monday as we'll have different types of weather depending on which storm and when it comes through. the first one will be light to moderate rain tomorrow morning on future radar. up in the north bay, you can see the yellows there. those fade away as the storm slides through the rest of us from mid morning afternoon hours and turns over to waves of showers as a moist

flow comes off the ocean and those could be light to moderate at times and won't be steady everywhere. then you can see sunday morning we wake up to some light rain and then the cold front or stronger storm comes through and that is when we have a chance of some moderate showers. and then another, you can see that swirling clouds and green coming off the ocean for sunday night into monday. that's our next chance and maybe our better chance for some thunderstorms. but we do have definitely a chance sunday for thunderstorms and a snow level down to around 4,000 feet and some hail. so rainfall amounts a tenth of an inch in the south bay and nearly a quarter saturday for the rest of us to a half inch in the north bay and you can see more than double that sunday. monday's rain totals will be significantly lower as the showers and thunderstorms will become more scattered. there is a chance in the south bay tuesday but notice we start to rebound out of the 50s for highs sunday and monday back into the 60s and by thursday we'll be back to average. have a great weekend and good luck with the rain trying to get outside. use our app. live doppler 7 is there. it will show you where the

storms are and where they're going. as we shelter in place, more people are depending on home delivery for food and deliveries. going to the pharmacy could be a challenge for people who are at risk. the timing for this couldn't have been better. a pharmacy called now rx and it's expanding here in the bay area. it makes home deliveries for free and in the past month, it's seen a 30% increase in orders. it's able to offer free delivery of prescriptions by using centralized dispensaries in san jose and mountain view where they use robotics to boost efficiency while also reducing the cost of staffing. there are 30 registered pharmacists, assistants and technicians and 25 drivers who make delivery from daly city to san jose. >> they give you an eta on when they'll be here with delivery of your product and knock on your door or give you a jingle. they leave it at your orstep de a picture so they can show they have dropped it off. >> now rx has plans to expand

free delivery soon to san francisco after it adds a new facility in burlingame. have we put on our lotion yet today? >> i was just thinking about you. can you give me some from home. >> i'll bring you some, okay, i will bring you some and i say every day at this time for as long as this lasts at 6:56 we >> okay, friend.

it is 6:58. if you're just joining us seven number one, a crew member aboard "grand princess" ship has died. is sti anchored in san francisco bay. hundreds of workers are still onboard but their quarantine ends tomorrow. a news conference is expected later today. and number two. today fremont is opening a free drive-through covid-19 testing site at the city's fire tactical training center on steven.

>> scott: boulevard. the patient has to have a temperature of 100 degrees and coronavirus symptoms. bay area health officials are recommending you cover your nose and mouth with a cloth when you leave the house to get essential needs. something like a bandanna or something similar will do. make sure you leave the n95 masks for health care workers. number four, live look at the new york stock exchange right now. you can see we're down 56 points so far in early trading. the march jobs report shows employers cut 701,000 jobs last month which increased the country's unemployment rate to % 4.4%. number five. sunglasses today and an umbrella all weekend.aler onhe bay bridge. this is eastbound 80 past treasure island. four lanes are blocked. hbo is doing its part to get people to stay at home. tweeted out free streaming for all these hit shows. .>> pixar's "onward" is tremi

good morning, america.emi growing global crisis. confirmed cases of coronavirus now top 1 million worldwide. nearly a quarter here in the u.s. hospitals across the country feeling the crush. new york's governor andrew cuomo now warns the state is just days away from running out of ventilators. >> if a person comes in and needs a ventilator and you don't have a ventilator, the person dies. >> new york city and los angeles now recommending people wear face coverings in public. the white house expected to release new cdc guidelines as health officials worry about new hot spots in texas and florida. >> we cannot take it anymore. doors and onacting arming rate. health care workers making up 20% of covid-19 patients in ohio and minnesota.