this is abc7 news. >> our people are begging to receive holy communion. they're begging for baptism. my health care workers want to return to church so they can get the spiritual strength to be there on the front lines. >> religious leaders are calling on the governor to allow parishioners back into church as part of the state's phase 2 of reopening. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm kristen sze. some of the religious leaders went as far as saying they would defy the governor's stay-at-home order if things don't change by the last day of this month. abc7 news news anchor eric thomas reports from oakland. >> the church is essential. the people of god are essential. >> about 40 clergymen and women from all over the state held a news conference in the parking lot of oakland's baptist church to argue that the governor's order banning churches during the coronavirus outbreak is not only government overreach, it also puts people's mental health

at risk. >> you get suicide. you get depression. you get mental problems. >> one by one, the religious leaders stepped up to the mic to ask why grocery stores could be open but houses of worship could not. >> can't we reopen under the same conditions that the stores and supermarkets, marijuana clinics, tattoo parlors are opening under? >> both bishop barber whose diocese covers 85 churches in alameda and contra costa county and bishop bob jackson whose church holds 4,000 parishioners say they already have protocols in place including masks, seating to keep parishioners six feet apart and cleaning and disinfecting of pews after every service. some say they plan to reopen on may 31st despite what the government says, and to that end they already have legal representation. >> our goal to defend the first amendment right to spread the gospel of jesus christ. >> tyler says he has an army of lawyers ready to defend any

church leaders who defy the governor's order and resist arrest. bishop jackson says he is willing to be arrested for the cause. >> i'm willing, because i do believe we have a right to do it. >> the religious leaders hope they can negotiate with the governor so arrests won't be necessary. the clergymen also say they chose may 31st as their day of act because it is pentecost sunday, the day the christian church was born 2,000 years ago. in oakland, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> what's happening now is a real opportunity to build a better bay area, and abc7 is committed to navigating this with you. we're dedicating more resources to the issues that you're dealing with, health, education, finding a new job or keeping the one that you have and the local economy, the impact on the economy really came into stark focus today as the governor made it clear the pandemic has just ravaged the state's finances. he is now preparing to make some painful cuts. abc7 news anchor dan ashley joining us now with the impact that this is having.

the finances are not pretty at all, dan. >> not at all. ugly and painful, larry, and likely to get more so as time goes on. for more than hour today, the governor laid out what he expects to be a challenging, trying time for the state during today's may budget revision. now in just the past two months, listen to this. the state has gone from a $21 billion surplus to more than $54 billion in the red. more than $70 billion swing. revenues have plunged 22%. he says it will mean billions in cuts affecting every sector, including public education. he is opening for help from the federal government. >> but i want you to know that we are not just going to roll over and accept $19 million of cuts to public education. and let me be specific and tell you what i mean. we're going use some $4.4 billion from the c.a.r.e.s. act to allow for real discretion and realtime and put that money rather than the general fund,

we're going put it into public education. >> and keep in mind, if the money doesn't come through from washington, the state may have to make deeper cuts. the governor is also proposing a pay cut for all state workers. >> we're asking across the board for 10% contribution in wages. we'll be negotiating and bargaining with each bargaining unit in the state of california. i know this is the last thing that our partners want to hear, but fortunately, we're in a position where it's required of all of us. and by the way, including me and including my entire staff. we have been making historic investments in the last many years in the state of california, and now being forced back into this position where we are having to make cuts. it breaks my heart. because one thing i know about cuts, there is a human being behind every single number. we've been talking in terms of life and death. as the first state to do the

stay-at-home order, to take seriously this pandemic, to flatten that curve to it never increased, we believe we've saved lives. >> very sobering talk today from the governor. the governor also predicted that state unemployment could peak at 24.5%. that is just slightly below the unemployment rate at the peak of the great recession in 1933 it averaged 24.9%. of course we'll recover a little more quickly when people get back to work, but it's still going to be devastating for a long time and with a significant unemployment rate that is going to take a significant amount of time to bounce back from, larry and kristen. so some really sobering kind of get real talk from the governor today about the consequences that we've dealt with trying to flatten that curve, the consequences financially to the state in the long-term. >> yeah, absolutely sobering, and mind-boggling. thank you. nationwide, 36 million people have sought unemployment

insurance since the pandemic began. that includes nearly 3 million who filed just in the last week, and that number peaked in march at 6.9 million claims. the previous record for new weekly unemployment filings was 695,000 in 1982. now finding jobs is one way to help recover from the coronavirus pandemic. as part of our commitment to building a better bay area, we're holding a virtual job fair on abc7news.com this afternoon, and devoting time to stories on the jobs outlook. for seniors about to graduate from college, economists predict they'll have a rough entry into the job market. lyanne melendez takes a closer look at what they can expect. >> megan grosspeach is a graduating senior at uc bank of americaly. she was only 11 years old during the 2008 financial crisis. still, she remembers it well. >> we were barely making ends meet. we had to have my grandparents give us money just to pay the bills. we had to ration toilet paper.

so kind of similar to today. >> because the coronavirus has all but shut down the u.s. economy, it now appears the same scenario will play itself out for many college graduates. tom devlin is the executive director of the career center at cal. >> i think the job market and what we all are facing, we're in a tunnel, and we're not sure where the light is at the end of the tunnel. >> grosspeach thought her fall 2019 internship would lead to a job, but it hasn't. >> we're not sure which companies are hiring, and when we do apply, we don't get any responses back on if we've been rejected or if they just rescinded the position because of the pandemic. >> sarah day, an architecture major, has had several job offers only to be canceled by the pandemic. >> so that was kind of disheartening to have a couple of jobs that were really my dream job in terms of what i wanted to do in the next couple of months or year, to have that taken away. >> many seniors start building their network by doing weekly

recruiter introduce. but with the campus closed, they are now done online, if at all. it's bad enough that their hard work will not immediately be rewarded with many also have to face the harsh reality of having to pay those student loans. yes, the c.a.r.e.s. act suspended all payment of federally held student loans, but only through september 30th. here are some steps up for graduating seniors published by "forbes" magazine. for a generation uncomfortable with using a phone, it's a good idea to build up your phone interviewing skills. include parents and your extended family in your network. stay active on social media, especially on linkedin. search the career section on corporate websites. take any job offer, even part-time work. and stay strong. >> even if they find a simple part-time job, they will get to know people. those individuals will pass them on to others. >> as one graduating senior put

it, years from now saying she graduated with the class of 2020 means that you overcame great adversity and still made it. but for now, it's a waiting game and trying to stay safe. at uc berkeley, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> all right. now back to that virtual job fair we've been talking about. >> 7 on your side's michael finney always helping people. so it's natural he'd be helping people now trying to find employment. and michael joins us now from home with how all this is going to work today. michael? >> yeah, look. let me start off by telling you, this isn't kidding around. this isn't some vague thing going on. these are real jobs that you can apply for and land. hopefully you can apply for them today. i have an expert from ziprecruiter. she really knows what she is talking about. she has strategies and advice, and we'll be taking your questions live. now let me explain how this is all going to completely roll out. at 4:30, we're going to be on

facebook live, and on abc7news.com. on the program again we have a problem expert. we're going look at the companies hiring, the big companies and small. strategies for finding work, and job openings again that are available today. now this is serious. we plan to find you a job. if you have a friend or a loved one who needs a job, tell them to tune in. we're building a better bay area today, hopefully one job at a time. and i know you guys are going to be checking in with us during the rest of your program as well, or at least i hope you are. >> that's right. we can't wait to see how many people are connected. >> yeah, and this is fantastic. it can really help a lot of people this afternoon. we'll check in with michael later on, as he said. coming up, a demoted government scientist testifying on capitol hill. his warnings to lawmakers as he gives a rather bleak assessment of the country's response to the coronavirus. i'm laura anthony in oakland where the owner of this yoga

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>> i'll never forget the email is received from mike bow indicating that we are mask supply, n95 was completely decimated. and he said we're in deep [ bleep ]. and i pushed that forward to the highest levels i could in hhs. i got no response. >> but some lawmakers pushed back, saying bright was in a position to help. >> you hadn't gotten the job prior to january, and you were at those tables, as were so many others. >> in a whistle-blower complaint, bright says he was removed from his post in retaliation for speaking out. >> i believe part of the removal process for me was initiated buzz of a pushback that i gave when they asked me to put in place an expanded access protocol that would make chloroquine more freely available. >> bright's assessment is at odds with president trump who has promoted that drug repeatedly, including today as

he departed the white house. >> we've had a tremendous response to the hydroxy. when i watched him and he looks like an angry disgruntled employee. >> bright is calling on the trump administration to ramp up production of supplies and implement a national testing strategy. as parts of the country reopen, he casted doubts on the white house's efforts to find a vaccine quickly. >> we need to have a strategy and plan in place now to make sure that we cannot only fill that vaccine, make it, distribute, but administer it in a fair and equitable plan. >> and that's not the case at this point? >> we don't have that yet, and it is a significant concern. >> the white house has launched the program to produce and distribute a vaccine when it becomes available. health and human service secretary alex azar also reacted to dr. bright's testimony today saying everything he is complaining about has already been done. rachel scott, abc7 news, washington. million of people around the country are unemployed right now because of the pandemic. as part of our efforts to build a better bay area, we're

providing resources to help you find a new job. joining me now is blake barnes, senior director of careers and talent solutions at linkedin. thanks for joining us, blake. >> thanks for having me. it's great to be here. >> yeah so, linkedin is a platform to connect and showcase professionals. so what are you seeing right now from both the employer side and the job seeker side? >> there is no doubt that it's a hard job market out there right now. and hiring in the u.s. alone has fallen by nearly 25% in the last month alone. but the good news is there are jobs out there. industries such as hardware, networking, public safety and education have proven to be quite resilient. some of the most in demand jobs are things like customer service specialists or an i.t. network developer. we've seen a huge increase amount of jobs remote, 90% in the last month alone. so there are jobs out there for people. >> okay. so given those jobs that are available, what types of skills are they looking for most? how could you acquire those skills? >> yeah, so people are looking for a lot of skills.

when you think about the foundational skills of communication and collaboration, those are some of the foundational ones. there are a lot of things you can do to help prepare yourself for getting the opportunity. there a handful of things on you ever profile, for example. if you can turn your setting to open 2 and allow people to reach out to you with opportunities. you can also leverage your network. networking is a great way to figure out what jobs might not exist out there and aren't listed and get tips and interviews, things like that. so leverage. reach out to colleges and things like that to figure out what the right thing to do is. and the last thing is there are all sorts of skills. you mentioned skills and what might be useful. we have a ton of learning courses on linkedin. for example, how to land the interview or interview great within a video context. >> and i see on linked in a really useful feature is if you have a profile, you guys suggest jobs that, you know, the applicant may be interested in

based on their skills that they've entered an their relevant experience, right? >> that's right. you should list the skills that you have. the soft skills or the hard skills that make you unique what n what you do. we have a whole suite of skill assessments. these are short assessments that you can take on linkedin that show you know the skill. and when you take these assessments, recruiters on the other side are better able to assess the skills that you have and may fast track you for the opportunity. so list the skills you have in your profile, and then take the still assessments that match up to them to show the world that you do in fact know that skill. >> got any tips for people who may not necessarily have a li link linkedin profile? i think there is plenty of things you can do. first i would consider creating one. we're always welcoming new members into the community every day with hundreds of million people in the platform. that would be my first piece of advice. the second like we talked about, user network. talk to people that you know and respect that are kind of, you know, in a good spot and get advice from that.

that's one of the best things we can do on the platform. in a lot of ways, that's what our platform is built around, the network that you have. get on linkedin if you're on already, and if not use your real network to understand what the right move for you is. >> a lot of people suddenly finding themselves unemployed. do you think this might be a good time to launch a new career? >> you know, this is a time for transformation in a lot of ways. and we're seeing people learn things in an unprecedented rate. people are teaching themselves all sorts of great things on linkedin. it's a great opportunity to figure out what the next move for you might be. we're seeing a huge uptake in the amount of learning on our platform. we think the reason why is people are recognizing the opportunity to rescale and figure out what their next progression might be. so absolutely. >> all right. sometimes with challenges come opportunity as well. blake barnes, senior director of careers and talent solutions at linkedin. thanks for joining us today. >> thanks for having me. have a great evening. >> you too. so we continue with jobs. abc7 is partnering with zip

recruiter to host a virtual job fair. join 7 on your side's michael finney in about ten minutes at 4:30 to see who's hiring in the bay area, and they're going actually try to hook you up. we're streaming the event live on abc7news.com and on our facebook and youtube pages. so let's get to the forecast now. spencer, you and i have been broadcasting from home for a while. and every few minutes i look outside and i'm seeing cloudy. i'm seeing gray. i'm seeing windy. i'm thinking certainly it's going to get sunny >> well, you're right. it is going to get sunny soon. some pockets of the bay area right now are seeing sunnier skies i'm seeing earlier. whoops, i almost knocked my equipment over here. here is doppler 7. you can see most of the bay area is dry right now. in the northernmost part of our viewing area, there are spotty isolated showers, parts of lake county, and the northernmost part of sonoma. wind is -- well, it is fairly

calm and light right now. breezy, up to 15 miles per hour. so it's not very strong. but it is warming up already in our inland areas. you can see many inland locations 4 to 58 degrees warmer right now than they were at this time yesterday. that's because the sun finally broke through the clouds in some areas during the afternoon hours. here is the view from emeryville as we take a look at current readings. 61 degrees in san francisco. upper 60s in redwood city, and oakland. 73 in san jose. 70, gilroy, and 64 at pacifica. some other temperature readings right now, 62346 santa rosa. petaluma 69. 70 at fairfield and livermore. 69 in concord. so it's getting a little milder inland, and it will be milder still tomorrow. here are the forecast features. showers will taper off this evening. that's happening already. but there is still a chance of a few more isolated showers popping up. sunnier and warmer tomorrow, and our next storm arrives saturday night. that's going to be with us for a while. i'm bringing in the storm impact scale, even though the current storm is winding down, because this evening there is still a

chance of isolated showers, mainly in the north bay. but we expect not more than a couple hundreds of an inch of rain. here is the forecast animation. notice a little after that we'll see spotty showers in the very northernmost part of our viewing area. but by midnight shore, be all over. some lingering clouds into the early morning hours. but starts to get really bright early in the morning, and we'll have a mainly sunny day tomorrow, and of course it will be quite a bit warmer. overnight lows will be mainly in the low 50s, and then tomorrow, look for high temperatures ranging from low and mid-60s a the coast to upper 60s and low 70s near the bayshore looirn to upper 70s to near 80. we haven't seen 80 in a while in our warmest inland areas. saturday temperatures drop off a few degrees, but it will still be relatively mild, although later in the day on saturday, clouds will increase as that storm gets closer. then on sunday, once the storm is here, of course, it will be cooler and it will be wet. even cooler still on monday. and here is a look at our long-term forecast animation starting on saturday evening. notice by 6:00 saturday evening,

we expect the first wave of rain to be pushing into the north bay. it's going quickly sweep through the entire bay area overnight saturday into sunday is going to be pretty wet, and it will get kind of breezy along with the rain on sunday. and then on monday, as the atmosphere becomes more unstable there is a chance of not only rain, but even some thunderstorms could pop up, possibly some small hail could fall on monday and tuesday. but tuesday night, the storm will wind you down. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. bright skies tomorrow. bright at the beginning of saturday. rain comes in saturday night. then three consecutive days of unsettled stormy wet weather sunday, monday, tuesday. finally we get some drying out midweek next week. larry and kristen? >> all right. thanks, spencer. there, larry, are you happy? you just got to wait a while. >> well, a dose of sunshine there tomorrow. maybe we'll do the 4:00 news from outside. i don't know. thanks, spencer. >> just ahead this afternoon, facing the facts on r wo choose

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and that's exactly what we don't want. >> the material matters too. the cdc advising all masks should allow for breathing without restriction, fit snugly but comfortably, and include mltiple layers of fabric. >> tightly woven cotton cloth, something approximating the weave of a bandanna. certainly not a looser weave like the kind of material or knit that a sweater is made out of. the holes in that type of material are much too large. >> but microbiologist rachel noble points out anything too thick can restrict breathing, and she recommends staying away from designs with things like skins and glitter with porous fabric that can harbor bacteria more than regular cloth and can be itchy, likely causing the person wearing to it touch his or her face more. and experts to say to wash masks at least every day or two. marci gonzalez, abc7 news news, los angeles. in the north bay, novato

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> as you know, abc7 is dedicating more resources to building a better bay area. we're focused on four key issues all the time for you, including the local economy and finding a new job or keeping the one you have. so with skyrocketing unemployment numbers, we're dedicating much of today to helping you find a job, if you're one of the tens of millions out of work. so karen warren from professional staff firm robert half talks about how to network remotely. not an easy thing. you guys have a great information. want to find remote work fast? my answer is yes, but how. let us know. >> well, first, kristen, thanks for having me. and, you know, this has impacted all of us on the national and local level. but companies are still hiring.

and so there are important things to do during this time when we're all at home. and the first is make sure that you got a presence from a social media perspective. and make sure it's a professional presence. in addition, i know it's been some time for some individuals, but make sure you dust off that resume. we also want to share that 58% of hiring managers are still looking for a cover letter. so that's important as well. and i'd also share lastly that when in doubt, pick up the phone. it's harder to say no to individuals via facetime, zoom, et cetera. and so make sure you're working that networking presence. >> networking more important than ever probably. i want to ask you, though, if you do get through the first round and you get an interview, that virtual interview can be awkward. how do you overcome that? how do you look your best in a virtual interview? >> so once again, remain

professional. but it takes some practice. i think all of us have been scrambling over the course of the last seven plus weeks to make sure that we have a professional presence when interviewing and/or having call, work calls, so on and so forth. make sure you practice with the technology. it can be tricky. make sure it's set up and you practice with a friend, a mentor, a colleague, and you like what you look like from a professional standpoint. >> i was going to say you're kind of modeling that, really neat and clean behind you, the focus is on you. you have a nice light there on you to look a little smoother? part of the tip? >> exactly. you want to make sure once again that you're in an environment that is going to put your best foot forward. yes, there are a lot of people who are looking for work, but once again, there are still a lot of companies that are hiring. but you still want to put your best foot forward. make sure you're in a nice clean space. you try and minimize as much

noise as possible. we all have the same things going on with kids, pets, family, parents. but it's a time to really focu y >> so if you're freshly furloughed or laid off, give us the one, two, three, the step by step of starting that job search. because that's so difficult, just the first step. >> yeah. first and foremost, make sure once again that your technology skills are up to date. you have that presence online, and you're networking. but more importantly, go back to basics. go become and call all the individuals that you worked with previously. make sure you are, you know, doing the things that you still love to do, whether that's volunteering, charity work, et cetera, and you're letting everybody know what your career goals are and what that job search looks like. word of mouth is very powerful. >> if you were to land a job and you start virtually, how do you make a splash and kind of

connect with your coworkers when it's virtual? >> yeah. so do your homework. make sure you know who is with the company. since you're not going to be introduced to where the kitchen is on the first day, make sure the first thing you do is your technology works, it's always important that you're not muted on that first call, right? but it's about communication. i think in this environment, communication is key. so setting up appropriate times to interact with your cleeb colleagues, you new manager and understanding what that company culture is and diving right. in. >> what is the outlook right now for hiring? >> you know, once again, we have a lot of clients that are still hiring. we do have a lot of clients we're working with. some of the positions that are hot in the market, accountants, auditors, still less than 2% unemployment. same for individuals in the legal field, administrative. the good news is that there are jobs out there. i would definitely recommend that everybody connect with either a mentor, work with a

specialist, work with a recruiter, and make sure that you're out there and you're actively networking. >> all right. karen warren from robert half, thank you so much for your insight today. appreciate it. >> great. thanks, kristen. >> thank you. >> here at abc7 we are launching a new series called job hunting with jobina. abc7 news anchor jobina fortson will be profiling open jobs and give job hunting tips to you to help the community get back to work. >> we've seen the temporary closure, permanent shutdown, and the unemployment numbers keep going up. >> i'm not here right now for grim news, no. rather to introduce you to paul wolfe, the senior vice president of global human resources for indeed. >> i always tell everybody i come in contact, with keep your resume updated whether you're going to look or not. you never know. >> indeed shows since may 1st, job postings in the san francisco bay area are growing 41% slower than last year.

but there are still more than 34,000 available jobs posted for our region right now. the most popular titles -- >> software engineer, senior software engineer, retail sales associate, customer service rep, and delivery driver. >> indeed has launched a new online job for searchers impacted by the pandemic. >> if you've uploaded the resume #ready to work. that will signify to clients or employers who are looking to hire, these folks are looking to get to work right away. >> be prepared for a video interview. >> they should prepare for that brew like they're preparing for any interview. make sure the camera works, the audio works beforehand. >> wolf also advises job seekers to be patient, tap into network and be flexible. before we go, we're going look at one job posted right now. it's available. the california professional group is looking for an entry level medical office billing assistant. you can make anywhere from 11 to

$20 an hour, and among other requirements, a high school diploma is required. >> jobina fortson reporting there. and a reminder, we're holding a virtual job fair right now. got a live look from abc7news.com. we're partnering with ziprecruiter and 7 on your side's michael finney is moderating this. you can watch the virtual job fair live right now. just go to abc7news.com. we're also streaming this on our facebook and youtube pages. alameda and contra costa counties revealed today they're navigating their way into phase 2 of reopening some time next week, meaning there will be more curbside retail opportunities as long as guidelines are met. but the loosened restrictions may be too late for some small business owners. some have made the difficult choice to close permanently, while others are trying to hang on long enough to survive. abc7 news reporter laura anthony has the story. >> just basically surrender to what's happening.

>> it's an empty kimberly leo never imagined, an agonizing decision imposed on her to close her oakland yoga studio called namaste. >> i looked at a hybrid, in-person virtual model and the expenses associated with that. just none of it pencils out. >> she has tried to see a path forward for her 17-year-old business, one that doesn't lend itself to masks and social distancing. >> we come together in a room, and we're very close together. and obviously that's not going to happen. >> the teachers here at least, they're dependent on how large their classes are. and they can't survive with a class that is 20% of what it used to be. >> on lakeshore avenue, even the most successful business, a restaurant with two celebrity chefs is trying to envision a future. >> i don't think anybody had pandemic in their business plan.

>> tim nugent, the owner of shakewell has had to reinvent his business from fine dining to takeout, and with that lay off 70% of his staff. rather than thrive, the goal now is survival. >> i think if you stop, if you've already got boards up, you die, you don't stay alive. so people remember me, we're still here. so when that day comes, we're still alive. we're not >> back here at 'nam mastnamast kimberly leo takes small solace in knowing she is not alone. >> i wish i could hug you. >> that doesn't make the goodbyes any easier. in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. reserve your ride? that could be a reality in new york. the major changes being

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spencer with us and dan with us. so if you ever want to do your part to not spread coronavirus, try whispering. a new study says droplets from the mouths of loud talkers can stay in the air for 8 to 14 minutes before disappearing. the study us was done by a team of mit and government workers. if a covid patient talks loudly for one minute, they generate at least one thousand virus containing droplets that then hang in the air, especially the small ones. researchers say the study raises concerns that an infected patient talking could be, quote dangerously effective in spreading the virus. they add this is all the more reason for everyone to wear masks right now. spencer, you agree with that? >> i do agree with that. it's scary. it's a scary thought that those droplets can remain in the air around you for so long. but i understand it. i remember what, fourth, fifth grade science seeing those large enhanced photos of a sneeze where you can see all that stuff out there.

>> right. >> yeah, let's wear masks. >> fortunately, none of us in television talk very much. >> right. >> well, larry, kind of. >> i think we all do. but as this thing progresses, we learn a little bit more and a little bit more about how it might be transmitted and how we can protect ourselves. >> yeah. and larry, i also think it's a good point to maybe not stand so close to a loud talker as well. you know, right? the farther away you get, you're giving those droplets a chance to get down on the ground or hang on surfaces and not be in the air. so you don't want to be right next to someone. >> yeah. i think all of these are sensible solutions. i'm not sure the universe that we're in right now has that much sense, which leads us to our next topic. the party is really on for some in wisconsin. a day after the state supreme court narrowly struck down the governor's extended stay at home oders, justices call those restrictions unconstitutional and unenforceable.

president trump expressed his approval tweeting "people want to get on with their lives." democratic governor tony ebbers met with republican leaders to discuss the next steps going forward after blasting the decision, saying, quote, now we have no plan and no protections for the people of wisconsin. so here's what i'm wondering. i don't know what they're thinking, some folks in wisconsin. we're at 1.4 million cases, over 85,000 deaths. this is not a fake illness. this is real, and we all saw the scenes of mother's day brunch with everybody packed in a restaurant. nobody is wearing the masks. so i have a potential solution for this. i'm sure the twitter users will crush me, but if you want to go get your banana pancakes, if they're that important to you, okay, go. but before you sit down at the restaurant maskless, sign a waiver saying you waive the right to any hospital treatment. so if it ends badly for you, it ends badly, but we're not all

going to support your ventilator because you thought the extra crispy bacon was really worth it. okay? that's my solution. dan, you with me or what? >> you know, it's not a bad idea. you want to ride your motorcycle without a helmet, you know what the risks are. we can't pay for it necessarily. i will say this. the country got to see how the bay area fared because we led the way in shelter in place early on, and we got to see some effectiveness from that. now california is going to see what happens when we watch what other states are doing and see what the consequences of those decisions are. so we will see. >> yeah, hopefully we're very sensible here. okay. some major retailers are discontinuing hazard pay for people working during the pandemic. starbucks and target are not extending the so-called hero bonuses after the end of the month. starbucks is cutting its $3 an hour raise even as it reopens locations nationwide.

target's $2 an hour bonus will also run out there. is no word yet from whole foods, costco, cvs and peete's on whether they'll pull back incentives for workers. spencer, i think this is sad, and you hate to see it, but you look at the companies and their bottom lines and how they're losing revenue. i don't know. i guess i expected it. >> yeah, i feel the same way, kristen. it seems unfair and harsh, but at the same time, companies don't have an endless supply of money. so i can see both sides of it. it's just a very difficult situation we're all facing right now. and i don't know what the answer is. >> well, and i think i agree, spencer. and i think it's still the people working in these positions are still risking their safety. and will be for the foreseeable future. but, you know, everybody is hurting. businesses included. >> yeah, i just have to say, larry, those workers need to be given ppe or masks and

protection. >> sure. >> by their employers for sure. >> yeah. it's not like the threat has diminished, that's for sure. new york city considering a new way to ensure social distancing on public transportation. riders may be required to make a reservation to ride the subway or the bus. the mta chairman and ceo says having riders plan ahead would reduce density on trains and buses that are typically very crowded. new york is also testing social distancing markers at some stations. the city is tapping into its extensive camera system to see if it can be used to monitor how many people are actually gathering on train platforms at once. spencer, you lived in new york for many years. i can just see the reaction from new yorkers. you talking to me, a reservation? >> i can't even imagine what that's like. i lived and worked there for over two decades. let me tell you, a crowded new york steroid is like bart on steroids. it's hard for me to imagine how

you can make a reservation and do the proper social distancing with that many people trying to commute. i don't know. >> i also don't know how you'll do it administratively. that's a whole another system to process reservations. that's a whole different ball game. >> i mean, they have ridership data. they know exactly how many people ride the train each day at this particular time, peak hours, not peak hours. they could just run more cars if they need to dedensify the cars by let's say in half so that there is social distancing. . >> i'm not sure how this is going to work. but four@4 worked because

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last year local visited a popular restaurant for the pancake challenge. it's time to see how they're dealing with challenges of ther own during the devastating time for small businesses. >> it's so much more than a job or a pancake. it's really a home to so many people. it's such a place of gathering and community. we are insanely grateful for the customers and our team. who is just the root of everything that we do here. >> we're really trying to adjust to what is our normal now.

in doing to go orders and we have been really thankful and grateful for the customers that we have had. that call us and place to go orders. >> we did go down to a very minimal sk minimal skeleton crew with the employees. we have to keep our doors open. i went home and cried. they are family. they are all so amazing and they understood. not one had an issue or took it personally. but i did. they're all so important. it kills you to have to do that. >> just call in and place a to go order. that's all we're asking for. we're not doing anything else right now. we hope the customers at the loyal customers and first time customers during this time, i'll

so bad they're not getting the normal experience. to come and place an order. we'll bring them curb side and trying to work with door dash. that's new for us. it's really just call in and place an order. we'll be happy to help you. >> our customers they are our lifeline. they're incredible to us. people may come in as strangers and leave as a family. this is such a family run business. customers are our people. we have been to weddings and funerals and baby showers. birthdays. we have an immense amount of love for the people that choose to come in and eat with us. it's a choice. we adore every one of them. >> that's going to do it for now. thank you for joining us. i didn't choose this exact type of metastatic breast cancer.

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being forced back into this position. making cuts. it breaks my heart. >> california massive debt and the plan to deal with it. the state is $54 billion in the red. fixing it will test all of us. >> churches are willing to defie the governor to resume services. from the pews to the pulpit. hear plans to ensure safety. >> the growing uncertainty over kick starting the economy. pressure is building and so is the apprehension. >> breaking bread and back in business. one neighborhood is -- >> we begin tonight with a pandemic hard financial hit for california. governor newsom says unemployment will peak this year at 24.5%. nearly one in four of us