department of transportation has been hard at work to help you do this difficult job for our country. at the president's direction, we have reached out to the trucking industry on an unprecedented basis listening to your concerns, providing regulatory relief, and helping ensure that truck stops and rest stops are

guest: if you look at department of transportation statewide, agencies are calling on the federal governmento approve the next recovery package, something about $50 billion. it can make up for this loss of revenue. that is less money going into paying the fuel tax then goes to fund the highway trust fund. diversity -- states do foresee and project having to be struggling financially because of this loss of revenue. of the what the purpose $25 billion were transferred systems was here and have been talking. groups are telling me that may not be enough in the long term. the one in washington, d.c. has struggled financially in the past years. -- this justady compounded that crisis for them. expectation that not only state trance rotation agencies but also other modes of transportation. -- we could be looking at the trucking industry, freight rail, the whole infrastructure network will be receiving some sort of a -- economic relief from capitol hill not so they can rebuild projects but just so they can stay above water and maintain the programs and services they already provide. host: jimmy out

that he paid more than $1500.00 back in january for 3 plane tickets and even after the department of transportation reminded airlines that they have to refund its customers rudolph says they still didn't pay and only gave him travel credit within a year of the original travel date now a spokesperson for united airlines declined to comment on this lawsuit except she said that united is proud of the role and the company and the employees play during this crisis and they are going to continue to operate in nearly every domestic destination reporting in washington fair and fronsac. all right you might call this the cares act part 2 now congress is now looking at a 2nd stimulus package meant to help businesses and workers impacted by the coronavirus shutdowns now this is in addition to be over 2 trillion dollar stimulus which were approved back on march 28th joining us to discuss this investigative journalist and boom bust co-host ben swan so ben what do we know about what's inside this cares act do. well it's being developed right now there's a couple of things i'll get to that in the 2nd but let me ju

they were told by the department of transportation to issue refunds rather than vouchers. t they're not necessarily following that. >> right. this director by the department of transportation said, look, if you go ahead and cancel flights or you significantly delay flight, airlines, you have to give refunds not vouchers or credits. we're seeing evidence that that's notally happ lnecessaril happening, instead, they're giving vouchers and credit so people are complaining about this. and it's also showing that airlines aren't offering up the information to say, listen, we're going to go ahead and give you that cash back. they're kind of holding back that information as well. bottom line here, the department of transportation saying they're keeping an eye on this. my sources are telling me that they could go ahead and take action against airline carriers. not exactly sure what that action will be and how long it will take that it's being watched. christi. >> alison kosik, thank you for walking us through that. appreciate it. >>> covid-19 is having disproportionate impact on bla

department of health and environmental control, south carolina national guard, south carolina hospital association, south carolina labor, licensing, and regulations, our regional health care providers, south carolina department of transportation, south carolina parks and recreation and tourism, south carolina department of the administration, all of those in addition to others to include the army corps of engineers have been a part of developing this plan that we are to begin implementing as of now. reportsve heard from from dr. bell and others over the last couple of weeks, this pandemic is a never moving target. when i said -- an ever moving target. when i say that, the numbers we are looking at have changed and we anticipate they will continue to change, but for planning our additional plan, which is, again scalable and tailored to the needs we may have, our early projections have it that we would have approximately 3500 potential covid patients in south carolina that could need hospitalization in the early part of may. again, we will, each and every day, look at the projections. we will look at those numbers, and we will adjust the plan as necessary to be sure that we are capable of handling the response plans that we wil

in 2015, we issued a very specific report to the faa and the department of transportation very concerned about the lack of a pandemic plan for the airline industry specifically. that was five years ago. we made a number of recommendations to better plan for this and address it. the reason for that is exactly what the caller just said. in our modern world, unlike 1918 with the spanish flu, we have --ays anticipated that this how uncontrollable this is going to spread because of international and domestic air travel. it is a great point and it is something, i think, it has been lacking in the area of planning and something we need to get a better hold on. host: there has been a lot of focus on the white house pandemic response team and what happened to it back in 2018. can you tell that story? guest: i want to go back even further. one of the things we pointed out and other folks have pointed out always been have about a lack of leadership level. recommended, we there should be a focal point at the national level. at the time, it was given to the national security council. the bipartisan c

. >> larry lindsey >>> it's going to be a tough time we have breaking news from the department of transportation i believe. phil >> kelly, because the department of transportation received a couple of thousand complaints of travelers who have had flights canceled and unable to get a refund from the airline that chance elled the flight, the d.o.t. warning airlines if somebody has a canceled flight they are entitled to a refund on that ticket. a lot of airlines saying maybe we'll give you a voucher and now the d.o.t. saying you have to give a refund if they -- the customer requires it also today, delta extending the ticket change waiver for up to two years and southwest extending the amount of time to use the money for a nonrefundable ticket byup to a year >> again the airline index down 4% on that news today. trying to work for the long run. not necessarily the short term phil, we appreciate it >>> today's the first day as we were just discussing that small businesses can request cheap government loans to get through coronavirus. treasury secretary steven mnuchin saying by about noon community ba

department and his next move is to try and remove the barricade legally. >>in response oakland mayor libby shaft for her office forwarded a pair of tweets from the city's department of transportation. it says the open slows streets program rolled out quickly in response to the unprecedented and ongoing covid-19 emergency. we at oak dot want to recognize and acknowledge that many openers were not consulted in this process. we have heard frustration from june community members asking for more communication from oakland department of transportation, we're committed to making improvements to address his frustration and honor our partnership with the community we serve. >>a popular bay area rapper has a message for the bay area community just days ahead of for 2420 is the numerical code for marijuana's high holiday for 20 is traditionally a day of public celebration of everything related to marijuana but not this year and as a reminder, san francisco mayor london breed posted this message from the 40 on her twitter account. >>it was going on areas before he signed amy and i happen to be in one time just to say. a is for 20 come in there and i really want cause bay here. we all love ful

department of transportation is making one billion dollars available to offset the loss of ticket revenue. the funds will be used to pay employees and help maintain service once the economy gets going again. >>> c's candies has suspend production of its famed confections because of the coronavirus pandemic, bus this easts, three a different type of treat for the kid. this bay area candy maker is offering up coloring books instead of chocolate buns for you easter. you can download those on the company's website. >>> up next, drink a lot of cof star hunter pence might have you beat. it's a coffee addiction to the next level. >>> plus toilet paper and cleaning wipe aren't the only hot commodities right now. why people are panic buying baby checks. >>> coming up all new at 6:00, a new way for you to help fight we're all doing our part by staying at home. that could mean an increase in energy bills. you can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or just letting the sun light your home. stay well and keep it golden. >>> needing some to

the department of transportation telling airlines that you are obligated to refund tickets to passengers when you cancel the flight or made significant changes. is that happening, not really. we are seeing the delta and southwest are issuing vouchers and extending the time for which you can use them, will the department of transportation take action against the airlines, that remains to be seen. but american did hit a 52 week low so the airline is struggling in all this. connell: thank you lauren. steve forbes, this is interesting when melissa was interviewing secretaries eugene schoolyard, she opened with a important civil question that everybody wants to know which as we see the job losses, how bad will things get. i wonder what your perspective is on that. >> they will get worse, we know that, only 25% of school small businesses have closed on, that can rush to 40% rate there is eight out there but it got off to a rocky start with the aide will be flowing but these are just stop gaps, these are rescue packages, which everyone wants to know we've been asking from day one when the econo

it's a new approval from the department of transportation they can maintain just minimum service from what they flew b.c., before coronavirus. ashley: exactly. let's take a quick check of the big board, five minutes into the session. just reading a headline here that the u.s. treasury secretary steve mnuchin saying that some areas like new york will indeed take longer to reopen. not having any impact on the dow. we are still up 258 points. but a word of caution from steve mnuchin, the treasury secretary. let's take a look at tesla, if we can. says it will start furloughing workers starting next week. the stock, though, not hurting, up eight bucks. $553 on tesla. >>> the parent company of tj maxx and marshall's making cuts as well. as you can imagine, it's tough. tj maxx companies up 2%, up at $47.59. let's also take a look at disney, if we can. got a downgrade from wellsfargo. they plan to introduce temperature checks when parks reopen. they were downgraded by wells fargo, who says park attendance could take two years to get back to full capacity. disney down just over $1, exactly $10

department s next move we're going to in and try to remove disparities legally. in oakland haaziq madyun kron 4 news. >> response mayor sheriff's office, 42 pair of tweets from the city's department of transportation, the first one here. thoakland slow streets program rolled out quickly in response to the unprecedeed an ongoing covid-19 emergency. dot want to recognize and acknowledge that many oak laders were not consulted in this process. we have heard frustration from community members asking for more communication. we're committed to making improvements to address this frustration and honor our partnership with the community we rve. some democrats in congress say they're outraged by tax cuts for the rich that were buried in the coronavirus aid package, i'm alexandra le mon in washington and i'll explain coming up. >>plus officials say testing is the key to reopeninthe economy and witut enough test to

the state department, department of transportation, we are working on elements that will be required to get international air travel back going, not only to get those flights back in place but in a way that will give confidence to those that want to travel, so they can do so safely. and we have made progress in thinking about how to do that. as for when will the state department will reconsider travel warnings, we will do what we always do, we will apply the same rubric, the same system to evaluate how travel warnings it should go in place. those are connected to how we will think about reopening travel to these places, how the government, the limitations of that will be put in place. so we have these pieces and we are working to work with countries all around the world to not only make sure that we bans, so that people will be able to travel and we hope to get those back up and as each country is ready. and as we are confident that those people traveling from those countries will not create increased risk to the u.s. as well. >> for the summer? sec. pompeo: i will that the vice pres

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>> you can get the percentages of what has happened in the last weekend from the department of transportation. that was part of our consideration. highways, not interstates, but traffic went up pretty 5% in some places. pretty 5% in some places. 25% in some places. those are just the ones we know about. we have to do something. there is no precise percentage but we want to see it go down. we want to see the people reducing interaction with others and the chance for contact and spread of disease to go down. that is what must happen if we are going to stop this virus. it is easy to do. all you have to do is follow the rules we have laid out. follow the rules we discussed every time we have been here including stay-at-home as a undere punishable by law the rules we are announcing. if everyone will do that. , the rate of infection will be reduced. perhaps we will get to the worst case scenarios we are talking about and prepared for. we have been preparing for this for weeks. maybe we won't get there. we hope we won't get there but if people. take it seriously, we will get there. reporter: arenas

that he paid more than $1500.00 back in january for 3 plane tickets and even after the department of transportation reminded airlines that they had to refund its customers rudolph says that they still didn't pay and only gave him travel credit within a year of the original travel date now a spokesperson for united airlines declined to comment on the lawsuit except saying that united is proud of the role and company employees are playing during this crisis and they continue to operate in nearly every domestic destination reporting in washington fair and fronsac r.t. . and elsewhere around the world japan has declared a month long state of emergency in tokyo and 5 other prefectures that continue to see the number of infections rise prime minister shinzo abbay has requested residents to stay at home and a practice social distancing this as the total confirmed cases there are nearly $4000.00 japan is also set to roll out a trillion dollar stimulus package to protect their economy. and over to israel where a complete nationwide lockdown has been ordered during passover to control the outbreak there prim

pandemic the union president of the association of flight attendants wrote a letter to the department of transportation to end all leisure travel until the virus is contained in the letter union president sarah nelson says for air travelers we recommend that the federal government provide all airports sufficient numbers of disposable cloth or paper masks that are more effective than homemade masks at limiting viral spread the letter also points to canada which requires all air travelers wear masks that cover their mouth and nose at screening checkpoints when they can't physically distance themselves from others a letter also questions if flight attendants themselves are helping to spread the virus letter states at least 250 flight attendants covered by the union tested positive for covert 19 well some of the busiest airports like chicago o'hare appear more like a ghost town travelers say getting a flight now is also more of a challenge and there's not going to be a lot of people on the fly that's why my fly got to a fight time because i was one of the only few person in the plane and despite federal ba

suspended renewal requirements for professional licenses and driver's licenses and direct the department of transportation to expedite over $2 billion in infrastructure projects. of activity on the roadways, this is a great opportunity to be able to get in there and make a difference. in terms of getting some of these projects moved up, you can search workers there now and related done. we want you to really take advantage of that. i've also directed the florida department of management to be flexible with tax filing deadlines and they have responded by delaying filing deadline for robbery taxes and sales for businesses adversely affected by the coronavirus. sales and use taxes are now you on april 30. property taxes are now view on april 15. we, of course, activated the state bridge loan program, $50 million set aside for $50,000 loan increments and small businesses all across the state are able to apply for that. of course, we are also pleased with the small business relief that was in the federal coronavirus really ill and i think we have had a good demand signal in florida for that. some of the banks

pandemic the union president of the association of flight attendants wrote a letter to the department of transportation to end all leisure travel until the virus is contained in the letter union president sarah nelson says for air travelers we recommend that the federal government provide all airports sufficient numbers of disposable cloth or paper masks that are more effective than homemade masks at limiting viral spread the letter also points to canada which requires all air travelers wear masks that cover their mouth and nose at screening checkpoints when they can't physically distance themselves from others a letter also questions if flight attendants themselves are helping to spread the virus letter states at least 255 attendants covered by the union tested positive for covert 19 well some of the busiest airports like chicago o'hare appear more like a ghost town travelers say getting a flight now is also more of a challenge and there's not going to be a lot of people going to fly that's why my flight got to a fight time because i was one of the only few person in the plane and despite federal bail

gema, theation with department of natural resources, the department of transportation and the georgia 43 commission are all working hard to restore power, clear debris and provide assistance to the families in need. i would ask everyone to continue to keep these individuals as well as their loved ones and those affected by the storms in your thoughts and prayers. we will do our part to help hard-working georgians recover. atyou know, i got a look some of the damage in murray county today. it is devastating. inis like a bomb went off two different neighborhoods, and many of those georgians are suffering from being out of work due to covid-19, and they have literally lost everything they own. .hey are strong-willed people they are thankful that they had their families and their children. unfortunately some lost their lives, and we continue to keep them in our prayers. , with george'sve resolve, i know we will rebuild together what was lost. on to thee coronavirus update. ,315 cases we have 13 in the state spanning 17 counties.--157 the state lab has processed 3750 tests. commercial vend

in coordination with private sector partners, the department of public safety, the department of natural resources, the department of transportation haneda georgia for street commission, are all working hard to restore power, clear debris, and provide assistance to the families and, and i would ask everyone to continue to keep these individuals, as well as their loved ones and those affected by the storms in your thoughts and prayers. helpll do our part to hard-working georgians recover. as you all know, i got a look at some of the damage in murray county today. i could tell you it is devastating. it looked a bomb went off into different neighborhoods i visited. and many of those georgians are already suffering from being out of work due to the covid-19 virus, and now, they've literally lost everything they owned. but i will tell you, they are strong-willed people. they are thankful that they have their families and their children. unfortunately, some lost their lives, and we continue to keep them in our prayers. , withth that resolve georgia's resolve, i know we will rebuild together what was lost. today to then coronavirus updat

the supporting agency they do have done a fantastic job, both of them the mississippi department of transportationthe department of human services every agency's representative thateverybody knows the role they of the plane we have had zero infighting about who is in charge it was known from beginning the department of health is leading her efforts and i will tell you theyhave done a fantastic job they have built up their team over long time. and they have continued to build insuring that in as he sent teams to various communities that have potential of weeks, there able to assess -- contact tracing and determine who has the virus and isolator quarantine not only those who have the virus but those who come in contact with those who have the virus like what you were saying, dr. dobbs, you could not have possibly planned for this scenario but there were some perils governor, i wonder if they were to rethink the -- two or three things in that plan, school closures, set forth in the plan clearly it did not let you make thecall. coordination with school officials there were two or three other clear mom

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ministerial chamber will work with the department of trade to keep supply chains open so firms can restarting as soon as the operating contact and work with the department of transport with business innovation and skills with impact logistics. with facilitating the trade. >> the pandemic affecting supply chains across the world including those who provide focus to the uk and businesses in gloucestershire. the work in the affected industries in developing countries are supported during the crisis. >> i thank my honorable friend, we are engaging in the uk and developing country to understand the challenges they face to protect incomes and livelihoods. in bangladesh, it will be supporting factories and workers to return to work and also urging what funding is needed and how to have the biggest impact in partnership with businesses and addressing these issues and the most vulnerable country. >> we go to questions to the prime minister. on behalf of everyone in the house of commons, congratulations to the prime minister on the birth of their son. amid such uncertainty 2020 we will never forget. the first secretary of state will into the engagement question. >> thank you

we will work closely with the department of transportation. we have already received the contracts. is guidance up on the web. full transparency. issue, speakerne pelosi and others have said the government taking stakes in those airlines should not be a condition for the government to provide payroll support. >> i spoke to the speaker last night about that. this was something that was highly negotiated between republicans and democrats. the president was personally involved in this. he was on the phone with us many times. mitch mcconnell, mark meadows. senators on both sides. there is a specific line in the bill that says the secretary, meaning me, will determine proper compensation. this is not a bailout for the airlines. once we get our advice from our financial advisors, i will be working closely with the president and we will make sure we strike the right balance. not a bailout. these airlines, these are national security issues. we want to keep our airlines intact. businesses,l restaurant owners, for example, are finding laying off their employees so they can start collecting u

director reiner of the wyoming department of transportation showed me statistics of the number of passenger cars that are traveling not only on our interstate highways, but also in our back roads. that has declined. declined precipitously. people take this seriously. don't let up. let's make sure we beat this thing. wyomings you, god bless , god bless the united states of america. thank you. we can take some questions now. >> [indiscernible] gov. gordon: my response -- i'm sorry, thank you you, michael -- the question was what is my --ponse to the question of some lawmakers asking about a special session. what is my thought about having a special session? i thought is this. we may well have a special , theon, but as i mentioned cares act, the earliest we expected to come to us is around april 24. currently, the revenue is workinggroup backward. it seems like a year ago, but it was only about three weeks ago that the virus came in a huge way to the state. not much before that, to the country. the price ofhat oil has dropped precipitously. of gas isw the price on the floor. on withit is going

department of transportation said they received complaints of people wanting their refund because a flightanceled and the airline wanted to give a voucher for future travel. they are supposed to give a full refund. if you can't reach them on the phone, try online. and if you can't do that, reach out to your credit card company. >> never get that insurance again. >> yes. >> sibile, thank you. >> thanks, guys. >>> did you watch it last night? one world together at home concert, sponsored by the world health organization, global citizens, raising millions of dollars. >> the three late night comedians served as hosts. and it included messages of hope from former first ladies. >> we are thankful for our pharmacists, the veterinarians, the police officers, the sanitation workers and those working in grocery stores or delivering food and supplies to our homes. your strength will carry this through the crisis. >> the coming days will not be easy. but the global family of ours is strong. we will continue to be here for one another. and we will get through this crisis together. >> it wouldn't be a g

we need to get this done quickly, airline need money, we'll work closely with department of transportationt this done quickly, we have lord alread already receivs from a lot of the people. >> secretary. on airline issue. speaker pelosi and others say that government taking stakes in airline should not be a condition for federal government pro to provide payroll support. >> i spoke to the speaker last night about tha this was highly negotiated between the republicans and democrats, the president was personally involved in this, he was on the phone main times, senators on both sides there is a line in bill in says secretary will determine proper compensation, this not a bailout, for the airlines. i will work once we get our advice from our think if financial advisers, i will work with the president. and we'll make sure that we strike the right balance, not a bailout taxpayers get compensated. these are national security issues, we want to keep our airlines in tact. >> some small businesses, restaurant owners, for example, they are finding that laying off their employees to start collecting u

department of transportation issued a notice reminding them that they're obligated to refund the tickets when they cancel a flight. airlines have to contact them in a timely manner if there's a refund option after the flight change. united is also granting extra time to rebook the airline flights. delta is giving people that booked trip for this month or next until may of 2022 to use their flight credits. >> pam, thank you. >>> the time is 6:19. pam and steve is here. i know that we vales the rain around the bay area. you're amount talking about snow up in the mountains. >> yeah, a lot of snow. most of the ski resorts have closed. you're not getting updated information. i know that it was down to gold run and plasterville on 50. that's pretty low. today we will have some possible thunderstorms. there's a little bit of fog out there. under mostly cloudy skies and not much of a breeze. san jose has the light rain right now and then 46 degrees, and that's going to be the focus. the peninsula and south bay and then going to santa clara county and that's two impulses. the other one is off t

so the department of transportation actually got inundated with complaints from customers who were lookingo fly on airlines that now the federal government is stepping in and telling airlines look if you go ahead and cancel flights or significantly delay a flight, you can gave credit or a voucher to the customer, you have to give a refund and give a refund in a timely manner. as the economy has been put on pause to manage for flights has plummeted so we've seen airlines cut their schedules back dramatically and gone ahead and cancelled flights. they've given credits and vouchers. as far as right now no more. airlines have to give -- they have to give an actual refund, give money back to the customer. the rules don't apply to customers who decide on their own that they don't want to fly. let's say because of the coronavirus. but by the way, the airlines are on the hook for a lot of money. $35 billion in credits and refunds owed to customers worldwide this quarter. >> allison, the federal government program helps small businesses started yesterday understanding they encountered a lit any of

at the right now, the department of transportation and the cdc do not, it is required in canada. now, about 80% of planes remain grounded. hundreds parked in the california desert last were distancing in the air. most airlines say they will not book the middle seat at least through may, and will allow gate agents to accommodate those who want to sit together sit together. another sign of normal things returning, dana, traffic is back in california. so officials say, is pollution. back to you. >> dana: while, that will be a sign that things are getting back to normal, indeed. william la jeunesse, thank you. the state with the biggest economy in the country set to unveil plans on how to ease restrictions. california governor gavin newsom facing some challenges as he looks to reopen an jonathan hunt is also in los angeles for us today with this. jonathan, people are anxious to know when they can get back out there. >> yeah, they really are, we made stop to get some answers from gavin newsom who's going to be outlining plans for easing stay-at-home restrictions on businesses, schools,

but even those contracts had to yield to the department of transportation's directive that during this time of pandemic, you airlines have to give refunds to your customers. but they haven't formally appeared to defend the case, so the airlines are going to have to come up with some defenses pretty quickly. >> so tell us about this potential of a class action status. how is exactly that going to work and how are other voucher holders, if they want, going to get in on this? >> class actions are an interesting thing in our legal system. they allow large numbers of plaintiffs, as long as they have somewhat similar claims, to proceed as a giant group. and there are two kinds, really, of class actions. there's the opt out and opt in. the default -- is that you're automatically in unless you want out of the class. and everybody has gotten those postcards in the mail saying that, surprise, you are a member of a class. there are other class actions that are called opt in where the default rule is you have to ask to get into the class. there are different strategic reasons for wanting one over