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get started with xfinity for thirty four ninety nine a month for 12 months and get xfinity flex a personalized streaming dashboard for all your favorite apps. click or call today. tracking this storm and multiple days of showers. 7-day forecast looks more like winter than spring. i'll have the details coming up. >> saving graduations. one local county gives the green lights to ceremonies with a twist. >> a rare syndroe many children associated with covid-19 diagnosed here in the bay area first. what a baby's mother and doctors want families to no e. >> tesla reopening their fake toir in fremont. what an employee and former employee have to say about it. >> we now are struggling with
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tens of billions of dollars budget deficit. >> california dealing with serious financial fall out due to the coronavirus. the state on monday became one of five western states to jointly request $1 trillion in federal aid for state and local government. >> a sense of the thrust of the needs that we are all feeling. >> here in the bay area almost every county is taking things slower than state guidelines. phase two on hold until next week. >> the fact we're offering a delivery and pickup service is a big step. and a big risk. >> a new rule at the white house. staff wearing masks. after two people close to the president and vice president tested positive. >> everybody i have seen today has worn a mask. >> dr. fauci telling the "new york times" he's due it testify before congress. opening too soon will result in
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needless suffering and death. >> governor newsom expected tesla's factory to start operations next week. ceo musk said he'll start today and is willing to be arrested over it. live from fremont with the story. >> i have heard a couple people drive by and yell on how excited they are to be back. a number of people reached out to me with different opinions about being back here at tesla. >> tesla is back open right now despite a shelter in place order currently in effect in alameda county. >> i have spoke with two people they are concerned and are not happy about going back. they don't want to necessarily lose their job. >> that from former tesla employee.
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fearful for her friends who work at the factory. >> they have families to provide for. and at this point they don't feel like it's an option. >> elon musk tweeted monday that he would be on the line with everyone else. saying quote if anyone is arrested, i ask that is only be me. from sky 7 you can see the parking lot was nearly full on monday. fremont police tell us they currently have no plans to make arrests. or issue citations. for what would be a misdemeanor. county officials told them they are in act i have communication with the company. an employee reached out monday to say there are new measures in place. she was given a temperature check before getting on the shuttle bus. and when she arived at the factory. and scanned by a camera. still she's fearful of being back and catching covid-19 among the 10,000 workers.
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jackson who was let go a year and a half ago and husband just fired from tesla three months ago feels fortunate they are both gone. >> he could have been forced back to work. and have to come home to our toddler and infected us. so i'm blessed and happy it happened. >> back out here live this evening. the tesla employee that we spoke with and i talked about there said some of the workers actually came back last friday and saturday. and workers who haven't yet made it back will be back here come wednesday. >> okay. thank you. a rare illness possibly caused by cov-19 is affecting more children across the united states including a bib by in california. in the news room with what the mother and doctors want families
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to know. >> doctors believe covid-19 is a trigger for an inflammatory syndrome in children. we actually haven't had any cases here diagnosed since. there have been more than 100 cases of the disease around the world and a few associated deaths. >> the rash was getting very big. and hand and legs were swelling. >> in march. her six month old daughter developed a rare inflammatory illness seen in young children. >> her eyes were red. >> she was treated at stanford. she was diagnosed with covid-19. >> it's a very interesting case. e mentioned it to my colleagues when it happened. >> now in new york there are at least 93 cases of what's being called paid yatic multi-syndrome inflammatory syndrome.
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ten states are investigating cases. her team treated the baby. >> the main thing we worry about is that there can be long term complications in true reactions. those include inflammation of the artery. especially those around the heart. >> before coronavirus, how often would you see this case? >> it tends to cluster. so there are some years we kwoent won't see very many. and other years we see more cases. and happen in clusters in some states and not other states. >> some of the new york cases have severe cases. she wants to reassure families that we know how to treat it. and most children do fine. >> which is exactly what happened to her baby. >> they gave her the medicine to treat it. everything was turning out very good. she's out of danger.
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>> in many of the pediatric cases it's is the symptoms that present first not covid-19. call your doctor if your child has fever, rash, red tongue or eyes that last more than three days. wear a mask. sanitize and distancing. most children positive for covid-19 get it from a family member. keep yourself healthy. >> thank you. a follow up to a story we brought you on saturday. doctors full united flight from new jersey. the airline says it will contact fliers with an option to rebook or cancel if an upcoming flight is too full for social distancing. the tweet led many to accuse united of not giving enough physical space to fliers. the carrier says people on full flights have an option to choose another flight or nix the trip altogether in exchange for a
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future flight credit. he says united was gracious when the airline reached out to him tonight and happy to carry the new policy will match expectations with reality. >> in the east bay a couple cities are hurting from the pandemic. one is furloughing employees and another is considering it. media partners report richmond is facing a $27 million deficit. thinking of furlough and closing libraries. they have until june to come up with a solution. a plan to furlough the entire city staff until the end of year. the furloughs would be two to three days in may and june. and 13 additional days from july until the end of the year. any plan will need the approval. they reworked the contract with the firefighters. >> long lines mark the reopening of the dmv in san francisco
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today. one of 25 field offices that have reopened statewide. in order to maintain physical distancing the offices are serving only customers with scheduled appointments. they have granted a 60 day extension and waived late fees for car owners who need tags. online is available for any business that doesn't require an appointment. >> silicon valley engineer forced to return tens of millions of dollars after he failed failed provide 1,400 ventilators. neighbors saw warning signs on social media before the deal became public. >> these neighbors responded very quickly and strongly to a post. on next door in march. can anyone help me get in touch with california department of health we have a stock of masks.
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in quantities of 18 million. >> it screamed that it was an attempt to profit off a desperate situation. >> i wasn't sure whether he had them. and if he did, why was he trying to ask us. >> neighbor after neighbor criticized him until he removed the post that day. >> after that backlash, they were shocked to see the article in the "new york times." of him making an even bigger deal. >> he had never sold a ventilator. new york gave him an $86 million deal. march 24, new york governor cuomo urged the federal government to help with ventilators for coming surge of coronavirus patients. >> how can we be in the situation you can have new yorkers possibly dying because they can't get a ventilator. >> three days later trump tweeted general motors must start making ventilators now.
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electrical engineer tweeted back. we can supply ventilators. have someone call me urgent. within days new york wired him $69 million. out of $86 million contract. >> new york officials jumped on it. is and say federal officials told him he was vetted. >> team of volunteers chosen by jared kushner vetted him and a recommendation went to new york who closed the deal. the neighbors were stunned. >> we were able to vet him better than the trump administration. we vetted him quickly. >> wells far goe froze the account. so new york cancelled the order and demanded the money back. they are arguing over the last $10 million he hasn't returned. i e-mailed his lawyer and called and knocked on his door today. no response. >> the times quotes an e-mail he
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sent to official ins new york. saying the ordeal has been worse than death itself and hasn't done anything wrong. >> graduations are being reimagined in the bay area. one county allowing ceremonies but there are ground rules. >> this is not old video. the california county that decided to ignore the stay at home order to hold a rodeo. >> scattered showers are in the 7-day forecast. not just one. but multiple opportunities. when and the time line is coming up. >> all of that is coming up. here's a look at jimmy kimmel live.
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history made in education today with students taking the ap test online. for the first time. they were available online to the coronavirus pandemic. 3.4 million students are taking the test through may 22. a make up test window will be in june. >> in less than an hour a new order takes effect in san mateo county as way to save graduations. they are limited to 200 vehicles. with many restrictions. >> any typical epd of the school year senior milestone missed. san mateo county wants to save graduation. by tuesday a new order will allow people fo get together for certain highly regulated vehicle based gatherings. >> down the road it's one of the events that kids won't easily forget.
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>> county superintendent says it's a way to recognize the thousands of students who senior year was impacted by covid-19. the order limits the numb of vehicles to 200. and three hours. requiring a set plan and security. >> one of the order that feels good. we worked hard to make an additional opportunity for students to celebrate. >> the empvent center is offeri graduation packages. the events would be held at the west parking lot able to hold 600 cars. leaving space to social distance. >> we can put audiotape cone and a stage. let the teachers speak and provide the venue. so a school can come in. pop it up. and really reserve the right of passage. >> graduating senior says with every missed milestone, she
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wishes she could go back and share this message. >> don't try to rush it. don't try to get straight to college and graduate and everything at the end. you're not going to get this time again. you won't get another seen your year. >> traveling to and attending the gatherings will be considered essential activity. >> thousands turned out for a mother's day rodeo in defiance of the state shelter in place. it was packed house. now in its 50th year. look at this. the event appeared to get the blessing of the sheriff office. which said it wouldn't enforce the stay at home order. hand sanitizer stations were brought in. food and alcohol sales were suspended. >> the colorado restaurant hoetsed a busy mother's day bunch has been shut down.
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it was packed. customers didn't wear face masks nor practice social distancing. local health officials say what the restaurant did was unfair to hundreds of other restaurants that followed the rules. >> lock heed martin with deep ties to silicon value hee is on a special mission to help front line workers in the fight against covid-19. we have the story only here. >> innovation is under way as scientists and engineers work to create game changing technology to help those in the thick of the novel coronavirus crisis. >> we have been designing and have to perform all the different tests to make sure these work and robustly in the hoit ronment. >> within weeks the company produced a working proto-type of a powered air purifying res
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prater. sending to the federal government nor emergency approval. the process from conception to authorization would normally take years. the fda is making exceptions on a case by case. >> the workers will be protected and receive adequate air flow. and have something that will stay clean and free of any contamination. >> with limited supply the goal is take advantage of easier to find piece that can be put together to deliver the same functionality at the lower cost. >> you have seen res prater bags on any medical show. the patients go down the hall in a and someone is squeezing a bag. to keep the breathing. that's a respirator bag. we can mechanically squeeze that. >> a bag that can be a ventilator stopgap for patients. they plan to provide the items free of charge to hospitals in the bay. the company has already produced and donated more than 30,000 protective gowns and 25,000 face shields along with temperature
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scanners and other essentials to dozens of other medical facilities. >> we never forget who we're working for. and that never is more home than it does now. the people are in our backyard. front line defenders and it feels good to keep them safe. >> stepping up in times of need. in pursuit of making a lasting impact. >> rain returned to the bay area today. it was not a downpour. it left its mark in pittsburg. this is not the first or last time maybe the first won't be the last around the bay area this week. >> meteorologist is here with more. >> that's right. we have more opportunities for seeing wet weather in the 7-day forecast. let's get right t doppler 7. things quieted down a bit. we have spotty showers around the bay.
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toward the delta. it's really light stuff. spotty and light around gilroy. highway 101. street level. mont ra road seeing slippery conditions. widen out the picture. low pressure off the pacific northwest is quite impressive looking this time of year. a late season storm. it delivered showers earlier tonight. this is the view from earlier tonight from the camera. it was a wet view. we got enough rain to measure in many parts of the bay area. some cases up to a half inch almost. trace amounts around san jose. livermore. and eleven hundredths at the airport. wind are gusting. blowing today. 41 miles per hour. temperatures at this hour from the 50s to the 60s. south wind keeping us on the mild side. and the visibility is good. you can see san francisco right
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no. scattered showers the next two days. mild weather thursday and friday. and more rain is arriving this upcoming weekend. it's a level 1. through tomorrow. expect the scattered showers. breezy up to additional quarter inch of rain. time this out tomorrow morning. if you have to have head out 5:00 a.m. watch out for slick roads. scattered showers at 7:00 a.m. you need the umbrellas still. as we head into the early afternoon the showers become less numerous. notice by evening they are winding down. and this is turning to snow in the sierra. very high in elevation around 7,500 feet. in terms of rainfall, most will be under a quarter of an inch. temperatures in the morning 40s 50s. not chilly. but certainly will require extra thin layer and for the afternoon it will be cool. for most of yu in the 60s.
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70 in antioch and morning hill. 7-day forecast level 1 tomorrow. another one with the next round of showers wednesday. slight chance in the north bay thursday and toward the weekend we have more wet weather in the forecast. saturday sunday. possibly monday. can you believe this? we get showers in may. this is looking like winter. >> all right. we'll take it. >> tomorrow on good morning america democratic presidential candidate joe biden w
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good evening baseball owners and players will discuss tomorrow exactly how to start the season. and there are so many obstacles to consider. health and money. owners are proposing 82 game asked yul starting july 4. without fans. and want a 5050 split of revenue. players union is opposed of that. players feel they are putting themselves at risk. logistical concerns and testing procedures. governor newsom conferring with the baseball commissioner. >> we talked to the commissioner. he said we won't do anything that's not consistent with state guidelines. so i'm in the concerned about what they do. as long as it's consistent with state guidelines. we'll see where we will be. in july.
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>> the nba open practice facilities today. kings, nuggets and jazz had limited sessions. it was jazz players who first tested positive for covid-19. and today the 13th anniversary of the absolute hammer dunk that davis threw down in the 2007 play offs. ultimate we believe. with authority moment. as the warriors beat the mavs before losing to the jazz in round 2. that dunk. signature moment of the play off run. nfl news. training camp opens. warren will be ready. niners receiver balancing on the ball catching footballs. that's hard enough. >> we have been doing these call my play videos for coming up on a month now. this video i think it's just the best. oh baby. >> check out six month old hunter howard. he is already begun intensive training to become the next
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ronaldo. helping him with headers. and the tosses. hunters nickname is bub baa. grandpa call him tank. in his walker he's a lean, mean scoring machine. football also an option. developing hand eye coordination. like an an an an an a >> imagine in 20 years he's a professional athlete. we'll look back at this video. send me your videos. our house was built in 1926. we saw the earthquake grace in bold was offering a grant program. i signed up and i was actually selected it leaves the house in tack. you now know that in the next earthquake your house will be standing and we also got a discount on our earthquake insurance.
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search is down load it free. that'll do it for us tonight. thank you for watching. >> we appreciate your time. right now jimmy kimmel. ♪ pa-da-pa, pa-da-pa, pa-da-pa ♪ pa-da-pa, pa-da-pa, pa-da-pa ♪ jimmy kimmel live >> from his house! >> jimmy: hi there. i'm jimmy. here we are again. you in your house, me in mine. i hope you had a successful mother's day. this was probably the strangest mother's day ever, especially for me. i spent some of my mother's day in a twitter feud with, you know that weird baby that lives in the white house? the one with the orange face? well, he is in a mood! and apparently part of the reason for that mood is something i did. on thursday night, i showed a video. it was one of these embarrassing photo ops of mike pence,
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