the gang is all here, including drew tuma in today for mike and, drew, you're saying it is going to be pretty cloudy and rainy for some of us. >> we're finding the showers scattered in nature for the first half of our day today and that is the best bet of finding rain in your neighborhood. showing you scattered showers in the east bay and zoom in to livermore and a live look right now. light showers around 580. scattered, isolated in nature and showers coming out of the santa cruz mountains and move into saratoga

the gang is all here, including drew tuma in today for mike and, drew, you're saying it is going to be pretty cloudy and rainy for some of us. >> we're finding the showers scattered in nature for the first half of our day today and that is the best bet of finding rain in your neighborhood. showing you scattered showers in the east bay and zoom in to livermore and a live look right now. light showers around 580. scattered, isolated in nature and showers coming out of the santa cruz mountains and move into saratoga and san jose over the next 30 minutes. san jose wet roads and overcast skies with a live look from our camera and day planner level one storm system even midday the chance of a thunderstorm popping up. even some peeks of sunshine this afternoon with temperatures in the 60s. >> thanks, drew. >>> now the effort to reopen the country. three bay area counties will ease restrictions joining 48 states relaxing stay-at-home orders. this comes as the total number of cases across america nears 1.5 million. many of those people have now recovered and a new hot spot. dallas, texas. here

how is our friend, drew tuma, this morning? >> i know you were very excited about that sports announcement, reggie. it will come in june. here we go. and it's a quiet stretch out there except in the east bay. we will zoom into one spot, sunol, fremont, union city, we have an isolated pop-up shower, and that threat stays with us throughout the day today. no widespread rain. we will find sun up at 5:56, and there's the isolated chance in the afternoon, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. >>> sports fans have been hungry for their teams to come back and for the first time they are seeing the governor give them a bit of hope that it could come sooner than later. julian glover is live with how the giants are responding to this news. >> a big announcement and indication that we are moving in the right direction as far as pro sports returning. the governor said they could be back in the first week of june, but the catch is there will be not be fans in the stands, no live audience, and there's a lot to be worked out before we could see li

drew tuma is there this morning. >> indeed, he is. drew tuma. >> reggie, where did you get your shirt from? >> where did i get this from? i'll get back to you. >> good to see you, friend. i stumped him at 5:00 a.m. i don't know what i'm wearing, what day it is, what hour it is, what month it. today we're tracking rain. zoom on in to where we're finding the wet weather. it's not everywhere but in the south bay, san jose, mt. hamilton and light showers from hayward to livermore and fremont and widely isolated showers in the north bay from cloverda

and good morning to our other friend, drew tuma. >> so nice to see woodstock. what a treat on this wednesday morning. live doppler 7 showing you we are clear and quiet. all about sunshine and warmer temperatures. let's take you outside. a live look from oakland. overcast skies right now from this vantage point and that sky will be changing later on today. let's break it down for you. that 12-hour day planner and sun's up here shortly before 6:00 a.m. and find a warmer and brighter afternoon compared to yesterday. low 60s along the coast and around the bay and inland, feel much warmer in the 70s. even warmer weather is coming in for the upcoming holiday weekend. we'll detail that. >>> big news out of the north bay. napa county just got the green light to move further into phase two. that means sit down restaurants, shopping malls and other businesses can now reopen. our effort to build a better bay area focuses on four key things the reopening of the counties is a key part of the bay area recovery. let's go to amy hollyfield with what we can expect today. amy? >

tuma. >> go ahead, drew. >> i'm meteorologist drew tuma.e are tracking a heat wave headed our way tomorrow. we will look at the numbers, how hot we will get tomorrow afternoon, in the accu-weather forecast. >> sorry about that. >>> abc 7, celebrating the bay area class of 2020, by featuring as many sior gictus as en us your not professional, casual picks by going to abc7news.com. there are times when our need to connect really matters. to keep customers and employees in the know. to keep business moving. comcast business is prepared for times like these. powered by the nation's largest gig-speed network. to help give you the speed, reliabndty you need. tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. and a team of experts - here for you 24/7. we've always believed in the power of working together. that's why, when every connection counts... you can count on us. >>> a woman with a long list of accomplishments and an expert often seen here on abc 7 news has died. she was a consumer psychologist, author, consultant and professor at gol

thank you, drew. appreciate it. good morning, everyone.checking in on traffic here and starting with emeryville looking at 80. if you make your way further westbound, a little sluggish getting on to the bay bridge. there are no metering lights. those lights have not been on since basically the start of the pandemic. i just want to let everybody know that traffic is moving and across the bay area, we have no major incidents on our roads this morning. now, over to san francisco, scoot is resuming service in the city starting today. the company says it's to support socially distanced essential trips in the city. scoot is also launching a new in-app feature that allows riders to find local restaurants serving takeout across san francisco to support local businesses during the pandemic. we will be right back after the break. >>> hey, there. how's it going? if you said fine, great. if you said something else, that's why i'm here. i want to let you know it's okay to not be okay. so much going on right now. you might be feeling anxious, overwhelme

drew: there are so many people struggling.hen our customers are struggling, that impacts our business. more broadly, there can be a silver lining in all of this. when we go back to the office, there will be more flexibility. i think this shift to distribute work will last well beyond when we are physically back. if you're able to work from home and be equally productive, be able to work from home for a day be a goodeek, it can thing. there certainly record demand for tools that make that experience good. the economicbout devastation? you obviously have customers for sure who are hurting here. are you doing anything to help the customers who are kind of desperate right now? drew: the human toll of covid has been unbelievable. upside lives turned down. a lot our customers have been deeply impacted. certainly, for the customers that are really in need, we are talking in more payment terms. in general, our customers are knowledge workers, so they are generally able to work from home and so are less impacted than other sectors. eve

i drew on the sources of the writings of john locke. i drew on mr.homas paine's pamphlet, "common sense." all of this together provided a foundation, nonetheless the virginia declaration of rights written by my friend colonel george mason. he wrote that virginia declaration of rights at the same time i was writing our declaration of american independence. a further question, if you will. >> how long did it take you to draft the document? thomas jefferson: that is a very good question. if i can recall, it took me some time. you asked me how long it took me to write the declaration. well, i believe it took me three days. three days to write that declaration. in fact, i have here one of the first drafts. there were several drafts. three days to write the declaration on four sheets of paper. many of you may wonder, mr. jefferson, that is quite a long time to simply write a declaration of independence. as you just said, everything was there for you to utilize. you were not designed to put forth anything new or original. citizens, i will tell you i am guil

. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. while it's a pretty cloudy night out there tonight, we have brighter days ahead. we'll have the details in the accuweather forecast coming up. >>> plus, how some local high school across america, business owners are figuring things out. finding new ways to serve customers... connect employees... and work with partners. comcast business is right there with you. with a network that helps give you speed, reliability and security. and enough bandwidth to handle all your connected devices. voice solutions like remote call forwarding and readable voicemail. and safe, convenient installation. when every connection counts, you can count on us. get the connectivity your business needs. call today. comcast business. >>> opposition is growing to governor gavin newsom's order to close beaches in orange county because of public health concerns. newport beach's city council voted to affirm its support today for two other cities that are challenging the governor in court. protesters rallied to reope

drew? >>> it was a mild start to the weekend. very nice, comfortable mainly in the 70s.it's a different forecast. we're talking cooler weather and rain crossing through the bay area. live doppler 7 along with satellite right now showing you. your location is key in determining what your sky looks like at this current moment. in the south bay, in the east bay and parts of the peninsula we're still getting a fair amount of sunshine out there. but the north bay is socked in with cloud cover. and you can see some showers already moving in to parts of the bay area. we'll zoom on in a little bit closer around cloverdale, ukiah, point arena, sea ranch, we're seeing some very light showers just beginning to move into northern california. but this is san jose right now. it's dry. it's a pretty picture on this saturday afternoon. some high thin cirrus clouds moving in ahead of our storm system. breezy conditions. also moved in ahead of our cold front. you can see winds. breezy anywhere from 15 to 30 miles per hour. and we'll keep these winds with us even through sunday. pretty com

it was scenes like this one in oakland last weekend that drew the ire of officials. they're warning people to follow the guidelines or else the restrictions may not be lifted. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard to see if people were behaving a little better this weekend. he's live in san francisco. cornell, what did you find? >> eric, many say it's been so tough staying indoors for so long. a popular place to be today, marina green. we saw a lot of people out and about on both sides of the bay. luckily, no large gatherings, though. >> you getting antsy? >> a little bit, yeah. >> reporter: seven weeks at home has been a long time for roxana rojas. she's not alone. lake merrick was crowded with folks getting sun and exercise on saturday. >> the lake is one of the few places that counts as a place to be allowing us to walk because a lot of the parks are closed. >> last week it looked like pre-covid 2019. not much social distancing happening. it prompted the mayor to send a warning. give the lake a break. >> lake merrick is getting too crowded. please, recreate somewher

>> drew, very nice, actually. great news this tuesday morning for our essential commuters that need to head out the door. we will look at the bay bridge toll plaza. very nice, but beginning to fill in. more and more cars are heading out the door as people return to work. we are glad to see people back, but no major slowdowns as well, and we will keep you posted if anything changes. for now we are going to break and will be back with coronavirus updates in just a few minutes. >>> how are you? if you said fine, great. if you said something else, that's why i am here. it's okay to not feel okay. if you are feeling anxious, depressed, you are not alone. if you are in crisis, there are places that can help, go to abc7news.com/takeaction. i won't say we are in this across america, business owners are figuring things out. finding new ways to serve customers... connect employees... and work with partners. comcast business is right there with you. with a network that helps give you speed, reliability and security. and enou

drew joins us. >> yeah. hi, eric. next 24 hours as a cold front moves into california. we have had the cloud cover increasing throughout the evening. a couple sprinkles out there. as we look live doppler 7 over the past three hours, much of the wet weather has been focussed in the north bay where we picked up anywhere from a 100 to a tenth of an inch of rain there. light showers falling from redwood city to hayward, san ramon and concord. this storm late in the season is not going to pack a punch. you will find some drops in your neighborhood, especially tomorrow during the day. now right now, thanks to a southree right now. cloud cover overhead. 65 right now in oakland. not too chilly out there. 62 in the city. 66 in san jose. 65 in concord and napa coming in at 62 degrees. this is a level one light system we have over the next 24 hours. mainly light rain, a couple scattered downpours here or there but nothing widespread. it is breezy at times, especially those winds out of the south. and rain fall, less than a quart

now's your chance, but be prepared to pay. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we are tracking our first heat wave of the year, an excessive heat watch will go into effect shortly. we'll let you know how hot we get and how long the heat wave lasts in the accuweather forecast. >>> and maybe you've seen abc 7 is celebrating the class of 2020 by featuring as many seniors as possible. you can get your grad or senior class featured by posting candid pics by we congratulate each and every one of them. here's what we want everyone to do. count all the hugs you haven't given. all the hands you haven't held. all the dinners you didn't share with friends. the trips you haven't taken. keep track of them. each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. so for now, keep your distance. but don't lose count. we'll have some catching up to do. >>> taco bell plans to hire 30,000 workers for the summer even while other companies are laying people off due to the economic crisis spurred by the pandemic. they need to

. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. with a bright end to the weekend today.e week ahead features very warm weather. making a return. we'll take a look at the numbers in the accu-weather forecast coming up. >>> a south bay community bike shop's can live with them as long as they want. according to the census: it doesn't matter if you're related or not, everyone living in your home on april 1st counts. because this count helps inform funding on how billions get spent every year. and where there are more people, there are more needs. complete the census online, by phone, or by mail. shape your future. start here at 2020census.gov . >>> the coronavirus treatment drug remdesivir is expected to arrive in hospitals this week. the fda gave the drug emergency use authorization on friday, following a recently completed study by the national institutes of health showing that it shortened treatment time by four days. the company is preparing to ship tens of thousands of doses. >> we are now firmly focused on getting this medicine to the most urgent patients around the co

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drew: that is a fantastic question. one of the things policymakers will have to figure out is we will see batches of whatever line in the off the millions, but not enough for everyone to get this at once. what we've heard from most people is the first to get this will be frontline health care who are the first to get the infection as well as elderly vulnerable people. you can expect to see a phased rollout of this vaccine. i think there's a lot of pressure to make sure the vaccine is global, but there is a current of vaccine nationalism come in terms of economic protection, population protection, and international prestige going on. thank you so much for being with us. that is drew armstrong who is responsible for health care reporting for bloomberg. coming up, out editor in chief matt winkler will join us to explain why the republicans should not be that worried about helping the blue states. that is coming up next on "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: welcome back to "balance of power" on b

drew, it's going to heat up middle of the week? >> yeah. and that heat wave we're tracking is going to last several days. we'll have excessive heat watch starting monday. right now not too hot. live doppler 7 and satellite showing clear skies across the board and wide range of temperatures. sea breeze just kicked in. coast is cool. 60 in the city. 73 in san jose. 80 in concord, 81 in santa rosa and san mateo at 66. overnight we'll hang on to the clear skies. plenty of stars out there. most spots you can see level off in lower 50s over next 12 hours. for starting temperatures tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon will be warmer but excessively hot air will not arrive until monday. tomorrow afternoon 91 in concord, 79 in oakland. 87 in san jose. 73 in the city with sunshine. 85 in san rafael. napa about 90 degrees. hot air arrives for memorial day itself on monday. monday afternoon hottest spots hitting about 100 degrees by monday afternoon. even the coast will be mild, in the 70s. lot of 80s to mid-90s around the bay shoreline. turns hotter o

keep our distance, but it was scenes like this last weekend that drew the ire of officials. they're warning people to follow the guidelines or else restriction might not be lifted. abc 7 reporter cornell bernard went out to see if people are behaving a little better this weekend. are they? >> reporter: the good news is we didn't see any large gatherings across the bay area, although people admit it's getting very tough to stay home. are you getting antsy? >> a little bit, yeah. >> reporter: 7 weeks has been a long time for roxanne from oakland and she's not alone. >> the lake is one of the few places that really counts as a place to be allowing us to walk because a lot of the parks are closed. >> reporter: last weekend the lake looked a lot like pro-covid 2019, not a lot of social distancing happening. it prompted the mayor to give a warning, give the lake a break. >> please re-create some else. >> reporter: today oakland police officers were on duty to discourage many large gatherings despite that many say things are definitely changing. >> a lot more traffic and people wal

. >> i'm meteorologist drew tuma. clouds streaming in tonight ahead of a storm that will bring some rain tomor >>> new details on the alameyn boulevard overpass. the highway crotter cc myers will pocket $8 million for finishing ahead of schedules. they were offered $1 million for every day ahead of schedule. and you can read the column in the san francisco chronicle every wednesday and sunday. >>> mother's day 20202 is reimagined in the bay area. for so many of us, with the shelter in place reality. but many families are making the best of it during these strange times. we have the story from san francisco. >> greg smith and his sister are spending mother's day hanging out with their 89-year-old mom, margaret. >> happy mother's day. >> well, thank you. >> the balcony is as close as margaret can be these days, she's sending love and hugs, from afar. >> i'm sorry we can't be in a nice warm household. but this is a lovely place to be. >> margaret lives in byron park senior village in walnut creek where visitors are not a

drew? >> yes. you got the memo, eric.oing find some very hot temperatures arriving tomorrow as a heatwave gets under way that will last for much of the week ahead. live doppler 7 along with satellite this evening. we have clear skies. really beautiful day out there. plenty of sunshine. so we'll take you to the tam cam. a gorgeous shot of san francisco right now. you can see the east bay in the background. and really, a light breeze out there. and we are soaked in sunshine across the board. look at temperatures right now. we're at 90 in concord. 81 palo alto. cooler with a bit of a sea breeze in the city. we're down to 69. 82, though, in novato. and brentwood coming in pretty warm, at 92 degrees. so overnight tonight, we're going hang on to some of this warmth. we'll find temperatures warmer than last night under clear skies. we'll level off in the mid and upper 50s in a lot of spots. and that will set the stage, a launching pad, so to speak, tomorrow morning for us to quickly warm up into the afternoon on monday. so highs

drew? >> yeah, and you know what? this stretch of sunshine that started today will last for several days. we're talking about not only brighter weather coming, but also warmer weather, especially by the end of the upcoming week. so right now live doppler 7, along with satellite. a very quiet picture. nothing but sunshine and dry conditions. with those clear skies, though, later on tonight in lake county we do have a frost advisory that will go into effect for early tomorrow morning. for temperatures around lakeport, clearlake, middle town dropping into the 30s. it will be a rather cool start in lake county first thing tomorrow morning. the picture from santa cruz right now, a live look at the beach. early calm ocean current right now. a handful of people strolling along the beach. a lot of sunshine, and temperature-wise we're in the 60s and 70s, pretty close to where we should be this time of the year. 67 in san jose. 71 in palo alto. so it is mild in the south bay. 73 in santa rosa. 74 in napa. 61 that current temper

. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we're tracking cooler weather to finish out the weekend tomorrow before rain returns on monday that could mean an increase byin 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. >>> troubling news for parents in the midst of this pandemic. doctors are reporting new cases of at least one in california of a syndrome striking kids and it may be relate to covid-19. here's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: this morning the rare illness possibly related to covid-19 is affecting more children across the country and turning deadly. in new york, there are at least 73 cases. health officials confirm a child died at a hospital just outside new york city after being treated for pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome. likely stemming from the coronavirus. new york governor andrew cuomo announcing another child, a 5-year-old in new york city, died. but it w

let's check in knew with meteorologist drew tuma. drew? >> yeah, it was really an active day, especially earlier this morning. we had numerous lightning strikes, especially in the north bay, and then that weather shifted into the east bay, into the afternon with those thunderstorms you saw in that video. hail, heavy downpours, flooding. that storm system has now moved out to the east, and calmer conditions have prevailed tonight. live doppler 7 right now giving the active sweep. it was tracking all the action earlier. tonight it is showing you a pretty quiet picture as the storms, they have moved out. numbers right now, it's still mild and it's still pretty muggy out there. we're at 62 in oakland. the same in san jose. down to 59, though, in the city. 61 in san ramon and napa coming in at 59 degrees. here's live doppler 7 along with satellite. the story we are tracking. an area of low pressure that has moved into northern california today brought several thunderstorms. you can see tons of lightning, especially early this morning between 3:

. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we were tracking numerous thunderstorms this afternoon. we will take a look at where the rain is right now i do motivational speakingld. in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to or they don't remember things as vividly as they once did. i've been taking prevagen for about three years now. people say to me periodically, "man, you've got a memory like an elephant." it's really, really helped me tremendously. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >>> once again back live. let's take a look from sky 7 this vantage point of the protest march through san francisco. you can see right now they are quite disbursed making their way in one direction. we have been following this situation for hours now. where at one point there were law enforcement officials blocking off the highway, preventing what appeared to be several hundred of them from entering the freeway. we will stay on to

here's drew tuma with a look at the forecast. >> reporter: yeah, eric.n the days ahead we'll be finding ways to stay cool. as our first heat wave of the year hits us for several days. tomorrow you'll find a warmer afternoon. our hottest spots going into the low 90s around the bay shoreline. we'll be in the mid 70s to mid 80s. but an excessive heat watch will go into effect monday morning and will last several days until thursday afternoon for all areas shaded in red, essentially the entire bay area for some very hot temperatures that will really peak tuesday into wednesday. so futuretracker temperatures will at the time you into tuesday afternoon p you can see those very hot numbers exceeding 100 degrees in our hottest spots even around the bay shoreline. mid 80s to upper niernts. the accuweather seven-dy forecast we'll show you it's sunny and warmer tomorrow. our heat wave gets under way here for memorial day itself on monday. and then we have a series of hot days back to back to back through thursday. eric, before much cooler, refreshing air moves in h

. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. it's a nice afternoon for mother's day today. but don't be oled. we're tracking rain returning tomorrow. we'll have a timeline in the forecast ahead. >>> plus, the beloved point raise >>> vice president mike pence is in self-isolation tonight after his press secretary received a positive coronavirus test late last week. the white house says pence tested negative today and will return to work tomorrow. three other members of the white house task force, however, remain in quarantine. here's abc news reporter andrew dimvert. >> reporter: several trump administration officials now under quarantine. dr. anthony fauci will start a modified quarantine staying at home and working remotely while taking appropriate precautions to mitigate risk. also in self-quarantine for 14 days, cdc director robert redfield and fda commissioner steven hahn. the news coming after two confirmed cases of the virus at the white house. one of the president's personal valet's, and katie miller, who is married to steven miller. saturday, white house staffers we

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meteorologist drew tuma up next with the accuweather forecast. >>> and coming up in sports, we go down memory lane with the warriors 13 years ago today, a pretty big win for a special team. >>> and we catch up with giants star evan longoria, talk about the 2020 squad and the

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thanks, drew.bc 7 news update in about 30 minutes. we'll see you then. until then, [music] [music] especially in times like these, strong public schools make a better california for all of us. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. almost every state is easing restrictions coast to coast. beaches and boardwalks packed with people. bars, restaurants and nail salons buzzing as new hot spots pop up across the country. texas reporting its highest daily rate in cases. >>> tropical storm threat. arthur, the first named storm of the hurricane season churns closer to the east coast. ginger tracking the latest. >>> new this morning, so many people flooding etsy with orders for baked goods from bread to biscuits. how the site you think is just for crafts is turning into america's bakery. >>> also this morning, pamela anderson one-on-one, her new job, what she's saying about julian assange, and her hope for finding love again. >>> the future of shopping. how nike is going no contact when it comes to buying

let's go to our senior investigative correspondent drew griffin. d drew, what are you learning?> reporter: wolf, there is worry that this nation's covid-19 response is being guided by politics and not the science and the data that's needed to overcome it. multiple sources inside the centers for disease control tell cnn they are convinced politics, not science, is the driving force behind the white house response to covid-19 and those decisions have made the effects of the pandemic in the united states worse. >> now, there hasn't been as much input from the cdc from my point of view. >> reporter: cnn spoke to six current cdc staff members and many of them say the white house has stifled the cdc in its coronavirus response, and at times limited its ability to provide health information to the public. one source telling cnn, we are working under a black cloud of an administration that doesn't have our backs. another saying, we've been muzzled. dr. james coran is dean of had you been health at emory university and former assistant surgeon general at the cdc. has the cdc been sidelin

. >>> i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we're tracking cooler weather moving in tomorrow for mother's day before rain returns to the >>> troubling news for parents in the midst of this papd. doctors reporting more cases, at least one in california of a syndrome striking kids. it may be related to covid-19. here's abc news reporter stephanie ramos. >> this morning, the rare illness possibly related to covid-19 is affecting more children across the country and turning deadly. in new york, there are at least 73 cases. health officials confirm a child died at a hospital just outside new york city after being treated for pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome. likely stemming from the coronavirus. new york governor andrew cuomo announcing another child, a 5-year-old in new york city died. but it was unclear if he was being treated for the syndrome. >> this is every parent's nightmare, right? that your child may actually be affected by this virus. but it's something we have to consider seriously now. >> doctors warning paren

because they never quit. >>> now your accuweather forecast with drew few tuma.r this afternoon, look at these temperatures. very comfortable. 69 in san mat. 77 in santa rosa. >> thanks, drew. >>> another abc7 news update in 30 minutes of the y minutes. "gma" continues right now. ♪gma" continues right now. >>> and welcome back. time for our "open for business" series. lara, you're taking us to a great restaurant in seattle. >> reporter: i sure am, george. we're highlighting the small restaurants as you say. they're across the country. yesterday we did willie mae's scotch house in new orleans and they showed us how to whip up their famous mac and cheese and it was our top story on our website.ook. ♪ >> hey, welcome to mojito. i'm the owner. >> reporter: american owned mo bn tantal taste buds with its flair in seattle, washington, for 20 years. >> it's more than a typical restaurant. it's a place where like you're family. >> reporter: now with the pandemic they lost about 80% of their business including catering orders which they relied on the most. >> i'm trying t

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. >> and that loss, says charlene drew jarvis, is what motivated the research of dr. charles drew.ho became the father of the nation's blood banking system. >> what he did was to discover how to store and preserve both whole red blood and plasma. the plasma could be dried, and then it could be reconstituted. >> reporter: in other words, separating that liquid yellow plasma from blood's oxygen-carrying red cells greatly improved the shelf life of both from one week to nearly two months, making person-to-person transfusions almost obsolete. >> that was critically important because we were in the middle of the war. and because we had soldiers who were dying abroad. they needed to have whole red blood which, of course, could not be provided on the battlefield. plasma was what was used. >> reporter: that war provided the demand. >> when world war ii started in 1939, there was a request from britain could we assist in providing plasma. >> the american red cross then called on the expert, dr. drew, to initiate the blood for britain campaign, becoming its first medical director of blood se

howie: president trump drew plenty of media backlash for threatening to cut off funding to nevada. >> we don't want them to go mail-in ballot because it's going to lead to total election fraud. we don't want them to do mail-in ballots, we don't want anybody to do mail-in ballots. howie: michigan said that these were routine applications and nevada secretary of state defending the process. we are back with kristen soltis anderson, you do this for a living, the press says there's no evidence of significant fraud in voting by mail and it may not be true that voting by mail helps democrats over republicans, your thoughts? >> kristin: does it help democrats or republicans more, there's evidence that it doesn't help one party or the other more. you had instances where in the pickup election for republicans really picked up the seat in california and awful lot of ballots cast by mail were cast by republicans than democrats. there's plenty of study there's mail balloting helping republicans or democrats, there's no bias whatsoever. the most high-profile example was in north carolina, republic

what do you think, drew, could you handle another three months?ntally, i think it would be really tough. i feel like a lot of people are in the same boat where just thinking about three more months is mentally taxing. however, i do think it is necessary. but giving us some little leeway here and there, like opening up a beach, maybe that just helps you one day a week you're able to go to the beach and have that social distance experience. just kind of help you through the next couple of months. so i think that find that middle road where we obviously know we can't do much without a vaccine, but are there things that aren't open right now that could potentially be open to kind of help people mentally? and i think opening up the beaches is not a bad idea if you just wear your mask and you're also doing that six feet distance between you and other people. you got to help yourself not only physically but mentally. >> i want to say one thing. messaging from government has to be a lot better than what we saw yesterday where the health director says thre

that's why he drew on others. but that sense of virtue and character, he had to not only project it, he had to live it. jeffrey: thank you so much. lindsay, last word to you. you had a chance to think about the henry adams question. was washington a paragon of roman virtue, or paper saint, or something in between? lindsay: yeah, i kind of want to stand by my original answer. i think he was neither and both, and that's what the nation is. it's this great idea and this great possibility in this great experiment, but of course continues to be deeply flawed. but that doesn't mean there is not incredible potential for innovation and growth and improvement. and as we've talked a lot about today, that's what washington wanted to pursue himself was constant betterment. and so, what better legacy to actually lead for the nation -- to actually leave for the nation then constantly wanting to be better and be more virtuous and improve? jeffrey: thank you so much, lindsay and ed, for a superb launch of our national constitutio

drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. >> thanks, drew. >>> joining me is democratic congresswoman debbie powellhe's currently self-isolating after she was possibly exposed to the virus while touring a nursing home in her state of florida. first congresswoman, how are you feeling? >> hi, fredricka. thank goodness i have no symptoms. i went to get tested today. i had to wait a few days to make sure the test is as accurate as possible. i'm feeling optimistic that the test will come back negative. >> how much longer are you going to give yourself to quarantine or self-isolate? >> i'm following the guidance of our medical professionals. i've been in contact with them and after i receive the test results i'll be giving them a call and following whatever guidelines i need to abide by. >> great news that so far so good. all right. i understand that you were touring these nursing home facilities as part of a personal investigation. what have been your concerns and what did you find? >> look, what's happening to me right now actually is shedding a light on the issues that so many families are struggling

cnn's senior investigative correspondent drew griffin digs deeper into this. drew?yn, if it works, we could have a vaccine in unheard of speeds. but as you said, the company the u.s. is betting on has never brought any drug to market. >> three weeks ago ian hayden was injected with one of the first possible vaccines against the novel coronavirus. he runs, takes his temperature several times a day and he has not gotten sick. >> today i feel exactly like i did two months ago. i have absolutely no symptoms. nothing to report. >> hayden was injected with a vaccine using a new medical technology by a medical company called moderna which has never had a drug approved for market. synthesizing messenger rna, a molecule in a person's body, prompting the body to make its own medicine. in this case, directing living cells to kill off any novel coronavirus. in theory, it should work. in reality, no one knows for sure. >> the ceo promoted the technology and speed at this meeting at the white house march 2nd which president trump ran like an episode of shark tank. >> we want it f

he was more selfless it drew me closer to him. it drew everyone closer to him. these are among the 29 heroes, just from new jersey. mr. president, madam president, there are countless more first responders across the country who lost their lives and responding to this crisis. some of their nays we know and some we will learn in the weeks and months toat come. what we do know is we owe it, we owe it as a nation to their families, to their departments, to be there for those families, to be there for those children. theirde families and the families of all first responders across the country who lost loved ones to this virus deserve to be taken care of. for their sake i hope the house of representatives will work quickly to pass this legislation and that the president will sign it into law. our first responders in this unprecedented global pandemic, they did not hesitate or equivocate. they did their duty and stood up, they faced danger, they answered the call. and we now, must answer the call. we must have their backs. just as they had hours. madam president, yiel

drew gruber. [applause] mr.ruber: at this time, i am going to introduce my co-author, doug crenshaw, who is going to come up and lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] mr. gruber: i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldn't help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. and it caused me to rewrite the whole thing. thanks, ryan. forgotten battles is intriguing, and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. then richard lewis yesterday said something last night, where he said, you know, the guy who falls from dysentery, that is his forgotten battle and certainly his family's forgotten battle. and the one guy who was out on picket one night by himself on a cold day who is shot down, that is probably his most important battle. so, i'm going to open with a quote from not a historian, just a guy who fought at the battle of williamsburg. this guy gets hit in the shoulder with a six-

drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. >> our thanks to drew griffin for that report. cnn's chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta is back with me. sanjay, the white house is ramping up production of vials and equipment so the u.s. is prepared if a vaccine is ready to be distributed. but is that goal too ambitious or will the achievement not be able to achieve it? >> i think we're capable of achieving this goal. i think it's a question of now recognizing that there might be this demand. there will be this demand for these supplies. and actually making sure we're in the process of obtaining those things, which it sounds like from drew's piece, a lot of that is happening, which is good. this idea that even before a vaccine is approved, even before it's gone through all the phases of trial, that this process is starting, that they're actually going to start manufacturing the vaccine even if they don't know it works yet because they just want to get ahead of the curve and take some gambles here and make sure the cold storage is available, all the syringes and needles. so

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