arlene: enough is enough.us what we need to fight this coronavirus pandemic. ♪♪♪ [siren blaring] male: updating you on the current numbers this morning. the worldwide death toll of covid-19 has now surpassed more than 100,000. yesterda the numrs of confirmed cas-- ♪♪♪ karishma: paramedics respond to a 911 call in queens. an elderly woman is struggling to breathe, a symptom consistent with covid-19. it's good friday, marking the death of christ 2,000 years ago, but today america is marking its own grim milestone. megan: we're gonna have to take her to the closest hospital, okay? karishma: the country now leads the world in covid-19 deaths. around one-third of those are in new york, the city i call home. megan: it's helping you. it's oxígeno. it's oxygen, oxygen. there you go. male: i've gotta confirm that there's only one patient in the building. karishma: daily ambulance callouts have more than doubled since the start of march. paramedics like megan pfeiffer are pulling double shifts, trying to give each patie

the russian peace would not have come to us here, but and this is what we see now, mavka olya and arlenliamentary tataryn, who is one of the young actors of the theater, and it is also important that you also have actors who are from at one time, they also ran away from the war and ended up in the mirror theater please continue, and here we find this conflict between the little russians and the ukrainians, and specifically in the forest song. i don't know if my predecessors, with mariana, my director , or if they thought about the fact that mavka and lukash are exactly the conflict that there is a conflict happening in our country between a ukrainian-ukrainian woman and this little russian lukash, this conflict that did not give way to this er, fiery love, let it be here, too. because we will overcome them who are we with whom are we now fighting and these eyes inside are ukrainian, as petliura said, they are nits, which are worse than moscow eyes, and we need to charm them, this is the main thing , in my opinion, and we, in every performance, we see how our hospitals are greeted, yes,

arlene was 89 years old.renaissance man, a new york city surgeon who could build cars and computers, and also loved the ballet and classical music. his wife, harriet, says he was quiet and mysterious, but confident in the emergency and operating rooms, and a great teacher. he shared his love for rock climbing with his two boys, duncan and michael. barry was 67 years old. margie kidd was in her 40's when she went back to school to become a teacher. she had a gift for holding the attention of her kindergartners and first-graders in ridgeland, south carolina, and regularly said that learning should always be fun. she'd wake up early, by 6:00 a.m. each day, and send silly memes to her daughters and grandchildren, along with messages of love and advice. >> just remember what i taught you, to become a better woman, you must believe in yourself, you must do better, and you must help others. judy: margie was 71 years old. freddie perez de tagle loved to sing, whether in his church choir or just answering the phone, h

migratorio comenzamos. ( ♪ mÚsica ♪ ) >>> este es tu noticiero telemundo 48 >>> buenas tardes les saluda arlene no ha identificado al ciclista atropellado ayer en san josÉ, un automÓvil impactÓ al ciclista en (nombre en inglÉs) y la avenida (nombre en inglÉs) la vÍctima muriÓ en el lugar, las autoridades confirmaron que el conductor se quedÓ en la escena y colaborÓ con la investigaciÓn. y hoy amanece arrestado por la policÍa el supuesto responsable de causar un choque entre varios vehÍculos en la ciudad de san josÉ, sucediÓ en (nombre en inglÉs) y (nombre en inglÉs) , cuando el sospechoso atropellÓ a una persona y al huir colisionÓ con otros carros, los ocupantes de esos automÓviles sufrieron heridas menores a moderadas segÚn la policÍa el sospechoso fue llevado al hospital y luego serÁ trasladado a la cÁrcel. un oficial de la policÍa de oakland fue herido mientras investigaba las causas de un tiroteo el video que ve en pantalla nos muestra la calle peralta de oakland donde los oficiales indagaban las causas de la balacera fue llevado al hospital y su condiciÓn es estable se desconoce si la pol

arlene was 89 years old. barry weber was a renaissance man.geon who could build cars and computers, and so loved the ballet and classical music. his wife, harriet, says he was quiet and mysterious. but confident in the emergency and operating rooms. and a great teacher. he shared his love for rockclimbing with his two boys, duncan and michael. barry was 67 years old. margie kidd was in her 40s when she went back to school to become a teacher. she had a gift for holding the attention of her kindergartners and first graders in richland, south carolina. and regularly said that learning should always be fun. she would wake up early, by 6:00 a.m. each day, and send silly means to her daughters and grandchildren. along with messages of love and advice. >> just remember what i taught you. become a better woman. you fr thchphilippihines to toledo, ohio in his 20s to be with his wife, priscilla. a dedicated grandfather, freddie loved the outdoors and camping. he also had a lifelong interest in fashion. his family said he took pride in choosing what to

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theresa may was prime minister, jeremy corbyn was labour leader, arlene foster led the dup and carwynjoneses. coronavirus wasn't a word many of us were familiar with. but many of the issues relevant to local elections remain the same, from care for the elderly to bin collections, road maintenance and access to libraries. so let's run through where votes are taking place. we'll start in northern ireland, where 90 mlas will be elected to the assembly. these are the results from 2017, the dup winning one more seat than sinn fein. now, recent polls have put sinn fein in the lead and if they win the most seats, they would get to nominate a first minister for the first time. in england, 1a6 councils are being contested. that includes all 32 london boroughs, plus most other big towns and cities. not many elections in rural areas, so labour are defending most seats. the liberal democrats are hoping to make gains this year. there are also a handful of mayoral elections. in 2018, labour and the conservatives were pretty level in overall national share in england. this is one of the best ways to meas

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pat toomey and arlen all that's right. that's right. i forgot about arlen specter. oh my god. how could i possibly forget about him? all right. so all right. dana, thank you so much.learning good to see you. now up next , what we're w learning aboutho a gunman who killed 19 young children in a texas elementary schoollho today. il >> we'll tell you about when wet come back . ?what's on the horizon? the answers lie beyond the world. we know you recognize that energy demand is growing and the world needs lower carbon solutions to keep up at chevron, we're working to findds new ways fortr through investments and partnerships and innovative solutionsan, like renewable natural gas, including hydrogen fuel, transportation and carbon capture. we mayfo not know just what lies ,but it's only human to search for it. >> attention zantac users. the fda requested manufacturers to pull zantac off the market, noting exposure to unacceptable levels of a cancer causing agent. if you or a loved one was diagnosed with cancer after regular use of zantac, you might be entitled to financial compensa

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now finally, to blend it's arlene, where a filmmaker acted you, have made a comedy about their life together as a young couple in quarantine. a lot can go wrong when 2 people a confined to a small space. actress konstanz, our faith. mon and filmmaker, augustine mandela hartzer, had just decided to move in together. when argentina went into lockdown, that was march 2020. the restrictions and burners are, is lasted 6 months. being confined to such a small space was a challenge until the couple started filming their daily life together. that had been the remark it, doyle gave suddenly we couldn't work any more and found ourselves locked up together in the apartment. i wasn't at all a home dose. luckily, we brought a camera. he bought a sort of valuable jona. i'm a camera man league a model, so he'd brought a camera to have it in case something happened that was worth filming out, even though they said that i thought everybody barefoot at 1st it was very difficult for me. after a while we started filming documentary stuff, but then we made the decision to start testing a scraped and putting fict

arlene's mother. 25 year-old claudia hernandez was charged february second with felony assault on a child. hernandez is behind bars with nobel. we've also learned the church is connected to a woman charged with the kidnapping of brandon quay are who was taken last month in san jose. yes, and air as is reportedly one of the church's members there. coming up on the kron 4 morning news may. 26 will mark one year since a mass shooting. >> at a vta facility in san jose. how the agency is taking another step towards healing. and a nationwide baby formula shortage is getting worse. wise flyers were so low and what's being done about it. we'll be right back after the break. >> a brush fire is spreading rapidly in southern talifornia right now. it is 200 acres and just destroyed at least 20 homes in orange county. fire officials say they have 60 different types of resources battling the flames. johnson tells us how this fire started. >> the flames moved so fast. they even caught fire fighters off guard. the blaze dubbed the coastal fire chewing through more than a dozen homes in an upscale subdivi

riots in the capital. china is said to offer economic and security partnerships with up to 10 other. arlen de sions ongoing militarization of disputed features in the south china sea. predatory economic activities including illegal unregulated fishing. i and then the investments that are extractive rather than beneficial out to the countries that are subject to them. australia has traditionally played a key role in the pacific and fears. china is expanding, military presence, undermines its relationships. australia is newly appointed foreign is to flew to fiji on thursday, offering action on climate change, and bolstering humanitarian aid and development. i don't approach the discussion about china and jonas activities. i'm looking at the pacific as if it is a abstract from australia. i looked at this and think, what is it we need to do to work together? china has rejected fish, is that it's nearly cyber security. pat clears the way for naval base in honey ara and a military presence. 2000 kilometers from australia's coastline. but analysts side, china's leaders, i came to challenge the pa

theresa may was prime minister, jeremy corbyn was labour leader, arlene foster led the dup and carwynjonesfamiliar with. but many of the issues relevant to local elections remain the same, from care for the elderly to bin collections, road maintenance and access to libraries. so let's run through where votes are taking place. we'll start in northern ireland, where 90 mlas will be elected to the assembly. these are the results from 2017 — the dup winning one more seat than sinn fein. now, recent polls have put sinn fein in the lead and if they win the most seats, they would get to nominate a first minister for the first time. in england, 146 councils are being contested. that includes all 32 london boroughs, plus most other big towns and cities. not many elections in rural areas, so labour are defending most seats. the liberal democrats are hoping to make gains this year. there are also a handful of mayoral elections. in 2018, labour and the conservatives were pretty level in overall national share in england. this is one of the best ways to measure how recent events have affected voters. i

thank you very much, arlene. this surprising results of the 1st round of these presidential elections in columbia. we're going to hear from all of the candidates a very soon. and what's clear at this point is that a selection, you've probably seen those been writing that come through for at least the last $100.00. thank you. well, let's come here now to say we're including at the end of today. i doubt that he won't get it that decades on the families who are still fighting for the return of thousands of paintings stolen by the nonsense. i'm wayne. hey, into the fiji. with the latest on the chinese foreign minister, 2 of the pacific and what it could mean for the balance of power in the region. ah hell i we got some violent storms moving across the yeah, northern parts of the us across the plains. central parts of canada, also seeing some lively wellness because of these large area of low pressure which roaring up as suddenly wind very warm, wind cross at east and half of the us into where canada see the temperatu

arlen fernandez helped esme in san francisco.n waiting months for a $1300 flight refund. no one was taking action. he discovered the bank had rejected the deposit. the airline tried again. she got back $1340. stomach our team helped ray, in san jose. he had been waiting six months for a $745 dresser. the furniture store said over and over, it was delayed, obviously. fed up, he called us. we called the store and got the dresser delivered, eight months after he ordered it. no explanation from the store. if you're frustrated with the consumer problem, give us a call. have a great weekend. >>> it is 6:25. we continue to honor and highlight the accomplishments of members of the aapi community. we want to honor an author the took the leap to write about her life, and the challenges she conquered. she is a commercial real estate by trade. she wanted to write a book to tell her life story to her children. she says the mission evolved into something much larger, story of how she navigated, with so many other asian americans have raised. t

you need want to get into stormont to deliver for people by the same time i make special advisor to arleneer in the uk government and yet there was still no resolution, tinkering around the edges, but there was not around the edges, but there was not a resolution that she had sought. it wasn't the resolution she was promised, quite frankly, was coming by the uk government. when sir jeffreyjohnson came in, he looks that felt the dialogue was not working and things were escalated jeffrey donaldson. uf reference safeguards, the dup and commented that after sinn fein collapsed. we put that in place to make sure people would not suffer directly in terms of not having this issue is discussed, by the same time, we do have to send a very clear message to the british government, we are not going to fit all when they place brands, we will not sit up there and get on with business was something significantly detrimental unionists there, that is the unionist position and unfortunately, had been listened to untiljeffrey donaldson had to take action, we want this result. unionism once this result as qui

i forgot about arlen specter. to get selena, thank you. what we are learning about the gunman who killed 19 young children in the texas elementar school today. we will tell you about that whe we come back. what's on the horizon? the answers lie beyond the roads we know. we recognize that energy demand is growing, and the world needs lower carbon solutions to keep up. at chevron, we're working to find new ways forward, through investments and partnerships in innovative solutions. like renewable natural gas from cow waste, hydrogen-fueled transportation, and carbon capture. we may not know just what lies ahead, but it's only human... to search for it. >> at learning more tonight about salvador ramos, the atriu that officials say killed 19 children into adults. trace gallagher is in a restles newsroom with all the details freight what do we know? >> texas democratic state senator says this shooter, 18 -year-old salvador rameau's brought to assault rifles on hi 18th birthday, but we should note that we have zero confirmation on what type of we

the international residence, arlen i happy situation for him. no.his problem in lockdowns ggoo? it did. exactly, the public felt this and it's— did. exactly, the public felt this and it's politically difficult territory for politicians with up in ireiand _ territory for politicians with up in ireland there is a controversy about politicians _ ireland there is a controversy about politicians leading to a golf theatre _ politicians leading to a golf theatre and led to a resignation by a commissioner. european commission or let _ a commissioner. european commission or let go _ a commissioner. european commission or let go to— a commissioner. european commission or let go to logan, said he had to reside _ or let go to logan, said he had to reside it's— or let go to logan, said he had to reside. it's very politically difficult. internationally, the story — difficult. internationally, the story got a lot of legs but more hack— story got a lot of legs but more hack in— story got a lot of legs but more back in february, march when he came back in february,

experts say later car models with rolling codes on their fobs, arlen, but a lot safer. >> apple air tagsare pretty inexpensive. bluetooth trackers meant to be used for finding things like your keys, your purse, remote controls. but there have been some reports of stocking connected to those tags from someone slips. an air tag into another person's pocket or bag. and this is now prompted apple to create a notification. it will let you know when there's an air tag following your location. and while this is very convenient, some people say that this latest bug had created a lot of anxiety and paranoia, criminal experts spoke to the wall street journal saying not to turn off this feature because the benefits outweigh the risks of getting one of those messages. in sports tonight, the warriors are talking about the emotions about. game 3 matchup against the grizzlies as a very tense, serious moves now to chase center. kate rooney the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because the sleep number 360 smart bed is really smart. it senses yo

unionists in the north to the same extent as it pleases nationalists under the north, which is did not say arlenw -- arlette is a come the keita place as you know. the more alarm unionist will become. connected to that effect -- this is also historic -- [indiscernible] represented by the alliance party. middle-class party. nevertheless, just orange or green. a significant section of the representatives in storment do not designate themselves orange or green, unnist or nationalist. that is a new factor. the reason is the constitution in northern ireland, on the good friday agreement of 1998, doesn't allow for green separate designations of storment. the implicit notion everybody in northern ireland sha be allocated green party or the orange party, then the task is, this is what the good friday agreement was about, to find a way in which the greenside or the orange site can live together. the implication in the middle emerging and i think that is a process, emerging uncharted post of this was never planned for. it will be interesting to watch that. amy: i want to go to former president of sinn fÉi

whether it's dick thornberg or tom ridge, arlen specter.said, originally. and i think mastriano is too hot, too conservative, too far out, too far right for the pennsylvania general electorate. i think josh shapiro will be the victor in that race. and i think that's why you saw "the wall street journal" and many mainstream republicans ringing their hands about doug mastriano at the top of the ticket. they fear he'll be a big drag on the ticket and will weigh down the race. i think that's why many republicans are very hopeful that david mccormick will win on tuesday because they believe he is the strongest candidate to win with mastriano at the top of the ticket. i think it's a clear shot for mccormick against fetterman. it's less clear oz and less, less clear barnette against fetterman. the only shot pennsylvanians have mccormick in the senate race if they want to continue to have some republican representation in the state at the highest levels. >> robert, you've got that chesh shire cat grin like you knew this was coming. to david urban's

that job internships and he took, of course, a bunch of ap classes in high school and we're not done arleneartinez is graduating with a 4.4, 2. >> gpa. she has her sights set on double majoring in nutrition and child development. she's already completed 10 college courses that are transferable. the uc berkeley where she said to attend in august. kudos to all of them. >> coming up next, not exactly george jetsons ride, but it is a flying vehicle and it is on the market now that to flying over the bay area traffic in one of these bad voice, that stories after the break. >> director christopher nolan of the dark knight and inception fame is filming his latest project at uc berkeley. excited to see what is going to come of this. a viewer sent us pictures showing some vintage cars spotted around campus. no one's latest film titled oppenheimer. it's set in the 1940's, hence the old cars telling the story of american scientists j robert oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. the movie as a star-studded cast, including so in murphy, emily blunt, matt damon, robert downey ju

a sociologist named arlene--. there's probably something to that.i don't know, i mean, as a rule you can get rid of most of the difference by controlling for incoming access to resources. the same thing about katrina. when everything was, when the bodies were actually counted, right, it turns out that blacks and whites died in the storm and were displaced by the storm in numbers that were roughly equivalent to their percentage in the overall population. what determined who got stuck on the overpasses and in superdome, who got stuck in the astrodome in houston, and other shelters, in baton rouge. or outside the state. who lived their exile in in less strained or stressed conditions, who was able to come back when. the better predictor was always access to resources, prior to katrina making landfall and that was true for blacks and whites. >> right. >> there's something to the weathering hypothesis. there's also a tendency, people like to see the 25 cent bet on the table and raise it $250. that kind of thing. >> a little bit like what happened to the

this is arlene, stay out of it. doctor i want to go ahead and just gonna say 19 states have strict restrictions on access to this medication that earlier this year, the fda ruled women don't need to pick up the pills in person. so does this discord and confusion. concerned you. and can you explain why you believe this method is important to women? yeah absolutely. as you said more than half of abortions in the united states are medication abortions, and we know that this is a very, very safe and very effective way of an option of managing a pregnancy. laws like these make our patients very confused. they place unnecessary burdens on the people who need these medications. i mean, can you imagine seeing a doctor in person every time you need a refill for a prescription? not only needing to see them once, but as his tennessee law suggests, needing to come back for no medical benefit whatsoever to obtain your medication the next day. his laws are absurd. doctor may ask with the supreme court leak. are you seeing demand

on the weathering hypothesis a sociologist named named arlene geronimus um, that's probably to that right? yeah, i don't know i mean as a rule you can get rid of most of the difference by controlling for the income and access to resources, right but the same thing about katrina like when everything was what when the bodies were actually counted right turns out that that that blacks and whites died in the storm and were displaced by by the storm in numbers that roughly equivalent to their in in overall population. and what? what determined? who was who got stuck? on the overpasses and in superdome who got stuck like in it and astrodome in houston or like another? shelters right in baton rouge or or like outside the state who you know lived their exile in in less. um strained or or stress conditions who was able to come back when? um, the better predictor was always access resources prior to prior to katrina making up what i'm landfall and and that was true for black blacks and whites. right? so yeah, there's something to the weathering i mean. hypothesis, i think there's also a tendency of

he didn't want to have a proom. >> like an arlen specter?ng to be totally different. >> it going to be in november. so between now and then there's several months to go. >> we toched on this in many ways peps a you sort of have all and this race is the senate republican prime rip right now in pennsylvania. we're watching every vote as the gop senate trialry in pennsylvania keeps getting, look at this, closer and closer. the big question right now, will dr. memmet oz move into the lead? our special coverage will continue. welcome to allstate where the safer you drive, the more you save like rachel here how am i looking? looking good! the most cautious driver we got am i there? no keep going how's that? i'll say when now? is that good? lots of cars have backup cameras now you know those are for amateurs there we go like a glove, girl (phone chimes) safe driving and drivewise can save you 40% with allstate click or call for a quote today this is a game changer who dares to be fearless even when her bladder leaks. our softest, smoothest fabric k

arlen specter was a chairman at the senate judiciary. he called the hearing on swipe and interchange fees. i attended because i was not familiar with those terms. i heard for the first time what a swipe fee was. the fact that, when i used my debit and credit card, the swipe fee was being charged to the retailer that i was ultimately paying. and then, i learned there was virtually no negotiation of those fees. retailers were at the mercy of the credit cards and banks in terms of what those fees would be. there was no competition because we have a duopoly here, well represented at this table, and that created a situation where the market forces do not work. they are not supposed to work. they are not designed to work. what has happened in america, we all know. the statistics on the amount of americans paying with plastic tell the story. these are from 2020. i'm sure after the pandemic and our change in lifestyle, they are even greater. the number of 2020 transactions involving debit cards, 86 billion. the amount involving credit cards, 41

mural on ocean avenue on the side of the pg&e substation where you will see lone and his beloved wife arlene depicted at the top of the cable car. the mural was created in 1999 by michael minenta and royce vaughn and honoring them. and lonnie is a father to lonnie lawson the iii, and susan lawson. and we are grateful for the hundreds of hours and many, many years lonnie dedicated to his neighborhood and to san francisco. we share our deepest condolences with his loved ones and friends thank you and the rest i submit >> clerk: thank you, supervisor melgar. supervisor peskin. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, colleagues. today two charter amendments that i'm introducing. first i'm introducing the voter participation act, a charter amendment to maximize voter participation in choosing representatives for all local offices by moving odd year elections to even years. my thanks to supervisor peskin for his early co-sponsorship. over the past decade, even year elections have achieved significantly higher voter turnout than their odd year counterparts. sometimes doubling the numb

i walked into the senate judiciary committee chaired by the senator from pennsylvania, arlen specter and the discussion was about swipe fees. i never heard of it before. what happened in that meeting was an exposition of the current situation for every store that you shop in, all the grocery stores, any store that takes plastic knows what a swipe fee or interchange fee is. here's how it works. visa and mastercard control over 80% of the credit and debit card markets in the united states. starting point. it isn't as if you can walk away from these two companies and be a retailer in america. if you're going to take plastic, you're going to take one or both of these cards. and every time a card with a visa or mastercard logo is swiped, in other words at the retailer, visa and mastercard charge a fee and takes a cut of whatever the trans action amount turns -- transaction amount that turns out to be. most of it they keep themselves, most of it given to the bank that issues the card. the fee that visa and mastercard to pay, the card-issuing bank is the interchange fee. it is usually charg