let's cross now to james bays who's been listening to that our diplomatic correspondent james the chief saying that the virus is accelerating and we must attack. yeah it's pretty grim picture when you listen to the statistics that he gave out that to get 210-0000 cases took 67 days and to get from 200-002-3000 extension 00 has just taken some 4 days showing that this is accelerating and he says the also that nearly every single country in the world is affected now he talked about the need to do all of the things that we've been told in recent weeks and talked about global solidarity to try and preach that message of global solidarity in countries helping each other at this time he will later this week be addressing the g 20 those are the most powerful countries on earth in terms of their g.d.p. they're having a special virtual meeting and dr ted ross will be addressing that meeting saying that they need to collaborate and they don't even don't don't only need to address the cases in their own countries they need to think about some of the poorest countries on earth clearly here at the u

both men have been emphasizing the need to support vulnerable health systems let's speak now to james bay is out there from atlanta to who's at u.n. headquarters in new york james is the w.h.o. unlikely to get all the money that it needs here. what it's not just the w.h.o. the w.h.o. is asking for money as part of a u.n. system wide appeal because it goes beyond health systems it goes to all parts of the humanitarian system what there the case they're making here is that yes every country is suffering every country right now is looking to its own problems and trying to deal with them but if you look at it that way then clearly what's not happening is what normally happens in the u.n. system which is the wealthiest countries help the poorest countries and particularly conflict zones refugee camps places with very poor health systems and that's why they're saying to all the countries in the world we know that you are suffering but we want you to dig deep to come up with money to fund a plan the u.n. has a plan and it wants money to fund that plan so that this does not kill so many people in

health care systems may collapse particularly in poor countries let's cross to our diplomatic editor james bays who's also been listening in he joins us from the united nations in new york and james worry of course is that when restrictions are eventually lifted the virus might come back says essential that these restrictions stem place. yes passing on a message i think to leaders around the world don't open things up too early because you might get a 2nd wave i do somewhat wonder whether that message is in part directed to where i am the u.n. headquarters of course is in new york and president donald trump has said that in a couple of weeks time by easter he is hoping to reopen parts of the u.s. economy now that certainly has been greeted by some medical experts with concern that that's just going to spread the disease and i think it's worth pointing out the doctor said you can have a lock down but you need lots more as well as the knock down and part of that was the testing that needed to take place and certainly the u.s. and some other countries have been well behind on the testing he's spea

countries fight the coronavirus pandemic for more let's cross live now to our diplomatic editor james bays he's standing by for us at u.n. headquarters james the w.h.o. asking for a huge chunk more money is it likely to get the money that it needs. well i think that is the big problem here this is a bigger peel from the u.n. the w.h.o. of the whole u.n. system and the u.n. is making the case that this disease does not respect borders and so the response shouldn't respect borders and wealthy countries are really struggling with this what happens when the disease spreads to parts of the world where there are very poor health care systems whether or not clean water where refugees for example don't have a home to go and self isolate in and it says as the u.n. always does this is about countries working together but of course what you're seeing in reality right now is every nation for itself because the problems are so severe including in some of the most all the wealthiest nations on earth for example where u.n. headquarters is based here in new york which is now the center of the disease outb

efforts to get the stranded home now we have gabe elizondo in new york while diplomatic editor james bays will report on discussions about syria and coronavirus at the u.n. there is a ball has the latin america situation she's in what i said is let's begin though with francesca menotti who is live for us and run francesca just run us through the new numbers coming out of italy put them into context for us the w.h.o. has been talking about stabilize ation just bring us up to speed. and look at that to the president how you're. holding the number of people already in the polling and the number of people think we're in fence. or at the beginning we eat ready now at one hour for one hour i mean out of that 39 for a lot of the navajo when you were in fact then it. knowing our crowd did that mean that you go down in the find that the. info you need to grow begin. the number of that from coronavirus today you know that. we have 800 new that by the new week from re the with the the. outbreath they're ready for in fact and yet they were on our point where they. won the newly in that i'm running fo

and focus together on the to fight of our lives well as cross right away to our diplomatic editor james bays and james that 2 important voices making important calls let's start with until you could tear is that he was speaking where you are at the united nations headquarters saying silence a gun stop the artillery bring in a cease fire to all conflicts around the world a good and worthy call but how realistic. it's going to be very difficult i think because clearly most of these conflicts have been calls for cease fires in the past and they've gone unheeded but the u.n. is deeply concerned about some of these countries that are suffering conflicts and how they would deal if the virus was to spread through them given what we're seeing for example in italy given what we're seeing in the city where the u.n. is based here in new york where cases are going up rapidly and they're really concerned that if a city like this which is the capital of the world financial markets is suffering greatly how is it going to be in some of these conflict zones and in some of the places where refugees are gather

in new york let's head across town and talk to james bays our diplomatic editor james we heard from the world health organization a little bit earlier as well thing i noticed coming out of there was a sort of change in phrasing we use used to talking about social distancing the official term now physical distancing. yes keep your distance is one of the main messages the other main message of the day is one that we've heard from other sources in the last 24 hours but now coming from the world health organization which is a message to young people you are not invincible now i think that is true they they know that young people can get infected and can get seriously ill and can possibly die but i also think they know that young people in many places are not taking this seriously and are not practicing that social or physical distancing and in places are still going to bars still partying still socializing with one another so i think the message to young people is twofold they want to keep young people from getting coronavirus but they also want to stop those young people from becoming spre

representatives which is debating a 2 trillion dollars virus relief bill and diplomatic editor james bays that the u.n. where member states have dolls and for virtual mating let's start though and landed with joy to how boris johnson has the virus what do we know. well you heard the prime minister himself there insists that he is still in charge that he is still running the government and leading the fight against the corona virus his health secretary matt hancock we know is also in self isolation having been somehow to having been infected with the coronavirus as well also working at home both men have mild symptoms we understand from 10 downing street behind me that boris johnson has basically switched offices with his chancellor the chance of the expected research whose office is in number 11 that puts johnson's new office closer to his residence so that he can form a sort of cordon sanitaire between the 2 with food brought to his door and continue working from isolation inside he was last seen in person outside the front door of number 10 at 8 pm on thursday night when he joined the r

governor of south carolina he has tested positive for corona virus ok thank you for all as updates james bays is our diplomatic editor in new york keeping an eye on what the world health organization has been telling us. now you've seen this hopefully on the red ticker at the bottom of your screen now but we should go into it into some more detail italy reporting and this is extraordinary $627.00 for the deaths across the whole country due to coronavirus they are now saying that the death toll is up above 400-4032 in fact is an increase of 18.4 percent the biggest one day increase we have seen in the numbers coming out of basically until today friday is 3 hadn't seen more than 475 deaths in a day which is of course an extraordinary number but now 627 may have been in our european news center in london i can't believe we're reading out numbers. the situation in italy is it just feels like it's getting out of control. it does it feels like it's worsening by the minutes this is the largest single day jump in recorded deaths anywhere since the start of the coronavirus outbreak just to put this in

hello again i'm james bays what started in a single chinese city is now a pandemic so far infecting at least 120000 people in more than 100 countries world leaders are warning the coronavirus crisis is going to get worse but is not on stoppable the measures to limit the spread vary from simply washing your hands to complete isolation and it's not always your choice to decide how to protect yourself governments are taken drastic action to help contain the disease china and its elite of lockdown entire cities hundreds of millions of people staying at home or off work football matches and other sporting events or councils or played behind closed doors the u.s. president has banned all transplanted flights from europe except the u.k. for 30 days and he's announced help for companies struggling to stay in business. we are at a critical time in the fight against the virus we made a life saving move with early action in china now we must take the same action with europe we will not delay i will never hesitate to take any necessary steps to protect the lives health and safety of the american p

to be allocated to deal with the viral pandemic let's go live to our diplomatic editor james bays for more analysis from the united nations and james this figure 10 percent of global g.d.p. just demonstrates just how serious all this is it's a staggering amount of money the u.n. secretary general making it clear that that congressional support package here in the u.s. was for $2.00 trillion dollars that's about 10 percent of the u.s. economy he says something similar will be needed for the global economy 10 percent of global g.d.p. particularly to help those in the developing world where clearly the systems in the medical systems in particular are not going to be able to cope as well but not just to deal with the disease but to deal with the economic crisis that's where he said a huge amount of money is needed right now every scene we do julian and after these crises must be the strong focus of really more equal includes even sustainable economies and societies that are not easy and in the face of climate change and the many other global challenges we face what needs now slowly that w

agencies are worried the virus could spread quickly or even go undetected here's our diplomatic editor james bay is in new york. because of course the seat of the u.n. security council is new york this was a virtual meeting a video conference of security council ambassadors it wasn't public but the briefings that were given to them by senior u.n. officials were made public they heard from 2 senior u.n. officials from the emergency relief coordinator marc local who said the situation in syria was very concerning even though the number of cases wasn't very large at this stage he believed it was the tip of the iceberg he reminded them that after a decade or nearly a decade or more in syria half of the hospitals and medical facilities in the in the country were not operational he also reminded them how vulnerable the population were one example he gave of that in the northwest of syria among displaced children he said 3 out of 10 now had stunted growth because of malnutrition the security council also heard from the u.n. special envoy pedersen now he had some good news he said the amount of violence

humanitarian efforts worldwide to fight the pandemic in an exclusive interview with our diplomatic editor james bays the secretary general antonio tatar says it's in everyone's interest to help the world's poorest nations especially if there is a conflict. well this is exactly an appeal for that it is a humanitarian appeal for those countries in conflict for those fragile states for refugee camps it's always placement camps that have that emetic humanitarian needs that need to go on being met but on top of that the surete of coffee at 19 and you need to do everything to prevent the disease to come to those areas to the extent possible and at the same time in those areas you have people sometimes in slums of big cities or in camps in which it's very difficult to have isolation there is no water in the households and sometimes no soap else care facilities are extremely rugged mentary so we need to boost to the response capacity in those areas that's why we have asked and we mobilized all u.n. agencies that have trust with president movement large number of n.g.o.s we mobilized all to work together and

headlines here on al-jazeera be back with more news but next on al-jazeera is inside story with james bays do stay with us. it really puts a quarter of its population into quarantine to contain the corona virus should other countries follow suit or is it too little too late to stop the spread this is inside story. hello i'm james is with the number of dead rising fast the 3rd highest number of cases worldwide and 16000000 people forced into quarantine italy's government has ordered some of the harshest measures outside china to try and contain the coronavirus it's in his economic heart is under strain the financial and fashion capital milan resembles a ghost town or weddings funerals football matches and other large public gatherings of canceled everyone's been banned from leaving 16 provinces in the north many flocked to train stations and airports before the lockdown came into force it's at least until early next month when not is that such an enemy than what is happening in my city is worrying me and it's also saddening because milan is a lively city and to see it like this today is alm

virtual g. 20 summit to discuss a coordinated response to the global pandemic our diplomatic editor james bays reports now from new york the g. 20 summits are normally lavish set of ends this was last year in a socket japan. but in the new realities of a closed off world the summit became a 90 minute video conference call opened by king's cell man saudi arabia holds the presidency this year from the white house the meeting was hailed a success there is a great uniformity i think we had a it was a terrific meeting tremendous spirit among all of those countries here 20 countries earlier in the week the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists launched a 2 $1000000000.00 appeal for funding for the world's most vulnerable particularly those living in conflict zones and refugee camps but there were no actual pledges in the summit communiqué and no response to a call by 2 prominent g. 20 members china and russia for sanctions relief for countries like iran syria and venezuela so they can get the resources they need to fight the virus. with ideally we should introduce a joint moratorium based o

ventilators that is just staggering and deeply concerning james appreciate your time thanks very much james bays the u.n. headquarters. then across the atlantic to the united kingdom envoy to downing street where the u.k.'s cabinet office minister michael gove is speaking right now at devices to support affected patients and a team from oxford university are also developing related to technology and an odd combination to prevent as many patients as possible seeing their condition worsen we are conducting rapid clinical trials on those drugs including anti-malarials which may be able to reduce the impact of covered 19 on those affected but even as we seek to explore every avenue just slow the spread of the disease to reduce its impact and to save lives i'm conscious of the sacrifices that so many are making that's why the chancellor's economic package is in place to support people through a difficult time it's also why we are working so closely with our colleagues in the devolved administrations to coordinate our response across the united kingdom and i'm grateful to them as i am to the found use

ceasefire to allow the world to concentrate on the fight against the pandemic our diplomatic editor james bays has mol from u.n. headquarters in new york welcome to this the un is deeply concerned about the spread of coronavirus in countries already dealing with conflict and that's why at a virtual news conference the secretary general made this call the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war that is why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the to fight of our lives the world health organization is the part of the un that's been leading the global response it's directed general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pun demick is accelerating it took $67.00 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this that 100000 cases the secretary general we launching a global humanitarian appeal on wednesday he's asking for $2000000000.00 he's also written to the richest countries on earth the g

new york are struggling to deal with their own problems at this stage indeed out of a magic editor james bay is there with all the latest from new york thank you james many restrictions have been eased in china's province the initial epicenter of this corona virus outbreak most residents will now be allowed to leave for the 1st time in nearly 2 months the lockdown in the provincial capital will remain in place that's until april 8th the foreign ministry says the majority of the new cases in the country are from people returning from abroad well that's it for me the news will continue here on al-jazeera after the bottom line stay with us. how much is the coronavirus on the stock market affecting the race to the white house will it be to 5 per cent to secure the democratic nomination i believe we can be down. follow all the developments in the u.s. election campaign on al jazeera. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question in a time when handshakes rallies fundraisers and door knocking have all been cancelled what happens to the american election campaign this year let's get to the bottom line

virtual summit to discuss a coordinated response to the coronavirus pandemic and a diplomatic editor james bays explains what was discussed these were the summit conclusions released in the last hour they say they're going to work to protect lives safeguard people's jobs and incomes restore confidence in the markets minimize disruption to trade provide help to all countries in need of assistance and coordinate on public health and financial measures i read through this very quickly of only had it for a short period of time we're telling you there are no figures in here at all apart from with regard to the financial markets where as you know a combination of the measures from the various g 20 countries they've already said they'll inject 5 trillion dollars but what about the things that one person who was addressing them the u.n. secretary general spoke about he spoke about a global ceasefire that's not been a doorstop by the g. 20 he also said this line in his speech to the g 20 leaders all countries must be able to combine systematic testing tracing quarantine and treatment with restrictions o

al-jazeera i'll be back with more news in half an hour but next on al-jazeera is inside story with james bays do stay with us. it really puts a quarter of its population into quarantine to contain the corona virus should other countries follow suit or is it too little too late to stop the spread this is inside story. hello i'm james is with the number of dead rising fast the 3rd highest number of cases worldwide and 60000000 people forced into quarantine italy's government has ordered some of the harshest measures outside china to try and contain the coronavirus it's in his economic heart is under strain the financial and fashion capital milan resembles a ghost town.

as its civilians in conflict zones who are most vulnerable to the pandemic our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. headquarters in new york. hello welcome to this the u.n. is deeply concerned about the spread of coronavirus in countries already dealing with conflict and that's why at a virtual news conference the secretary general made this call the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war that is why today i am calling for an immediate global cease fire in all corners of the world it is thank to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the to fight of our lives the world health organization is the part of the un that's been leading the global response it's directed general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pandemic is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases and just 4 days for this that 100000 cases the secretary general we launching a global humanitarian appeal on wednesday he's asking for 2000000000 dollars he's also written to the richest countri

little bit like international cooperation and leadership is paralyzed right now nic all right james james bays there at the u.n. in new york thank you well the u.s. has impose new sanctions on iran targeting 15 individuals and 5 companies let's be not as embers robbie joins us live from the iranian capital of tehran and zain tell us more about what impact these will have. well nic it has to be said that iran itself the country of iran the agencies which the united states would have gone after they've already gone after the maximum number of iranian agencies or rainy and assets iranian operatives in the country that they possibly could the concentric circles of sanctions now seem to be moving out this is the 3rd round of u.s. sanctions placed on iran so far this month since the coronavirus epidemic since the outbreak began in iran since this public health crisis started there been calls by iranian leaders saying that sanctions are hurting their ability to react to the pandemic in iran and thereby proliferating the coronavirus something that is a global pandemic they said over and over again tha

to be allocated to fighting the pandemic on diplomatic editor james bays as more from the u.s. . of course very regularly we hear from the u.n. secretary general talking about the problems of the world but i think it's worth putting into some sense of proportion how seriously the u.n. is treating the coronavirus situation the u.n. this year celebrates its 75th birthday and the u.n. secretary general says this is the most difficult challenge the organization has faced in all that time since the 2nd world war it is a combination on my hands of a disease that represents a success to everybody in the world and seconds because it does have yes an economic impact yet you bring a reception at reception that probably is not parallel in the recent past the combination of the effects and there is on people's top. in that this is that it is a no sin breast and it has conflict are scenes that make as believe that this is indeed the most challenging crisis we have faced since the 2nd world war the secretary general says that funding is urgently needed particularly for some of the poorest coun

for people to meet face to face in their identities are living there now thanks very much indeed james bays there in new york. when not of those they marks the start of a 3 week lockdown in south africa where there's been a dramatic increase in infections the country recorded a 6 fold rise in 8 days and that's taken the confirmed number of cases to more than $700.00 it is the highest rate in africa police and the military have been deployed to enforce the lockdown which includes bans on dog walking and alcohol sales let's speak to for me to miller our correspondent who's life was in johannesburg for me to how people reacted in the lead up to this lockdown which begins in what just under 4 hours well people in south africa are such neve very worried oh they are concerned about this rising number of confirmed cases of the coach at 19 which in fact in the last few hours it's been confirmed is in fact is collated to $927.00 cases and that and just you know 10 days ago they were just 61 people are worried about the impact that this outbreak will have on the country and the economy especially as

that civilians in conflict zones who are most vulnerable to the pandemic are diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. headquarters in new york. hello welcome to this the u.n. is deeply concerned about the spread of coronavirus in countries already dealing with conflict and that's why at a virtual news conference the secretary general made this call the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war that is why today i am calling for an immediate global cease fire in all corners of the world it is thank to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the to fight of our lives the world health organization is the part of the un that's been leading the global response it's the right to general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the furthest 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases in just 4 days for this that 100000 cases the secretary general we launching a global humanitarian appeal on wednesday he's asking for $2000000000.00 he's also written to the richest c

support humanitarian efforts to fight the pandemic an exclusive interview with our diplomatic editor james bays section general antonio tara she says it's in everyone's interest to help the world's poorest nations especially in areas of conflict he says millions of people could die if world leaders don't take action now you've launched this global humanitarian appeal to tell us what is at stake here and how many lives could be lost if the world doesn't act to help the most vulnerable countries the refugee camps and the conflict zones well this is exactly an appeal for that it is a humanitarian appeal for those countries in conflict for those fragile states for refugee camps it's always placement camps. that emetic humanitarian needs that need to go aren't being met but on top of that now the surete of coffee at 19 and you need to do everything to prevent the disease to come to those areas to the extent possible and at the same time in those areas you have people sometimes in slums of big cities or in camps it is very difficult to have isolation there is no water in the household sometimes no so

today, but tomorrow you're better chance of rainfall, especially during the morning across the bay area. jamesthank you very much response to the coronavirus pandemic jk rowling is encouraging teachers to post videos of themselves reading. >>the harry potter books rowling and her publishing agent says that there. expanding the regular copyright permissions and the granting an open license for teachers kids around the world are at home right now all schools remain closed to help stop the spread of coronavirus and to help. educators can now upload videos of them reading the text from the 7 harry potter books on to the schools. secure networks until the end of the school year. up in the next hour, a new coronavirus testing site opens up in the east bay today, anyone who thinks that they're infected. >>well they're welcome to stop by and get tested will tran have more coming up in a live report. plus a massive drop in ridership has part changing their service and offering fewer rights to commuters lot details on those changes which go into effect today and national guard troops now helping califor

just 3 james has a breakdown of the county cases all across the bay area james walk you through itcounty by unty san mateo county reported its first coronavirus way to death yesterday. >>w sonoma county has confirmed its second caseof community spread coronavirus both of those people self quarantine right now, here's the county by county breakdown. again 230 cases in all in santa clara county continues to bthe hospot a 114 confirmed cases thereith 37 confirmed cases in san francisco county 25 ovr in contra costa county 32 in san mateo alameda county reporting 15. confirm cases solano county has 7 min county 9 sonoma county 5.and at this time napa county still the only barry county, not reporting yet a single confirmed case coronavirus. in the east bay just days after confirming that a firefiger had been infected with coronavirus we have 8 more alameda county firefighters now on corn team, the cityis assuring the publithat despitthis they expecting no issues in hey are responding to calls. but those corn team firefighters are now waiting for their test results to come back as for other ew

fremont street and i'll give you one more delay free richmond sandra fell 9 minutes to the north bay jamesyou very much rob and time now 8.48 and a's manager bob melvin is now the longest-serving manager in the major leagues he took over the club is interim manager in june of 2011, andrew martin spoke to the skipper and his players about the milestone in spring training in mesa arizona. >>the oakland a's first became a franchise in 19 oh one in philadelphia, connie mack was their first manager a job he held for 50 years easily becoming the longest tenured manager in major league baseball history. 70 years after his last season, the a's can once again say they have the longest tenured manager in the big spins on you know there's been a lot of turnover, you know the last 3 years, it's been there's been a lot of turnover so i'm lucky. >>to have you know the front office above me that believes in me in. you know we've done some pretty good things here like making the playoffs 5 times and bob melvin's 9 seasons twice during that span he was named the american league's manager of the year doesn'

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>>we all in this i am here with james and john in the reporters are still working from home. the bay area is hunkered down. has order all 40 million people living in the state to stay home to try to prent the spread of coronavirus kron 4 sarah stinson listening to the call at your home in san francisco covering the story for us sara. yeah for a second though look at this sunrise behind me it's going to be a beautiful day. >>unfortunately when you're staying at home, you would rather have it be rainy because it makes you feel better about staying home. it's going to be a change for californians not so much for us in the bay area we've already had thousands of peoplestaying at home working from home being with the kids but now as you said for 40 million californians will now be ordered to stay at home. governor gavin newsome put this order out yesterday went into effect at midnight and it's going to be a big change for people it can be make you feel a little bit all to stop e coronavirus s from spreading across our state. in fact in a letter to president trump the governor warned he pr

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the shopping rush amid the coronavirus pandemic is still happening around the bay area kron 4 morning anchor james fletcher sent us some pictures from a. >>knob hill grocery store in san ramon, these pictures were taken about 3 o'clock this afternoon. coming a few hours after that shelter-in-place directive was announced in 7 bay area counties and the city of san francisco a lot of empty shelves well it myers pandemic by now it is easy to feel overwhelmed. but during all of this there are a number of random acts of kindness. >>giving people hope robin curnow reports. one of the most insidious effects of the coronavirus is fear. >>but when times feel as if they're at their worst we can see hope through the actions of others. >>in a city resident shot it in their homes broke out into a round of calls from the balconies in a show of gratitude for the doctors and nurses, caring for the sick. >>couple star steph curry and his wife are helping to raise money to buy million meals for children in california. you may not have access to lunch anymore because of the school closings. >>make sure that we rally

just know it's the first day of the 3 week shelter-in-place order throughout the bay area, i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher and obviously things look a little different here on the morning show because we are practicing. >>what we're preaching social-distancing the cdc guidelines, a minimum 6 feet between you and the person next to you and that's why we're scattered around the study in fact the high shot here shows us her shows you exactly what we're experiencing here in the studio with everybody. >>really far apart and we do have you covered with weather and traffic even though there is no traffic there is whether that matters because you're probably watching this from home not going to work or school now that that shelter-in-place mandate was ordered affectless get right to now for nearly 7 million people across 6 bay area counties. it seems like a drastic measure, but it's necessary in order to help reduce the spread of coronavirus kron four's will tran. >>is following that part of the story for us this morning, joining us live with the latest on how this is going to be impacting. everybody wil

james. >>thank you very much robin said to the north bay now for the second consecutive month ridership are is on the rise, the sonoma marin rail transit district experience double digit passenger growth and the data is signaling a continued upper trend, smart this try more than 3,000 years carrying more than 3,000 passengers on a daily basis. and that's helping to reduce congestion on highway 1, 1, and local barry roads, the biggest rises on the weekends where passengers use at 70%. but more than last year. for your money this morning if you had an iphone 6 or 7 before 2018 you could get some money back from apple. the company settling a class-action lawsuit which claims that apple purposefully slowdown. those iphone models to make users think perhaps they needed a newer faster phone. owners of certain iphone models will be entitled to $25 per device. apple admitted back in 2017 that a software update did did in fact slow down older phones, but they said it was to stop a battery problem that caused phones to shut down. here's a quick check of the big 4 this morning as we're seeing how the

now we have the shelter-in-place has been issued for about 7 million people and the bay area it's a whole new day james absolutely at that shelter in place. >>and dating that folks stay inside affecting nearly 7 million people living across area counties. >>and this drastic measure was ordered to help reduce the spread of course of the coronavirus in kron four's will tran is live with

just know it's the first day of the 3 week shelter-in-place order throughout the bay area, i'm darya folsom and i'm jamessly things look a little different here on the morning show because we are practicing. >>what we're preaching social-distancing the cdc guidelines, a minimum 6 feet between you and the person next to you and that's why we're scattered around the study in fact the high shot here shows us her shows you exactly what we're experiencing here in the studio with everybody. >>really far apart and we do have you covered with weather and traffic even though there is no traffic there is whether that matters because you're probably watching this from home not going to work or school now that that shelter-in-place mandate was ordered affectless get right to now for nearly 7 million people across 6 bay area counties. it seems like a c

james r thank you very much john. so we're looking the bay bridge right now the approach as we take a look at traffic around the band, theirs. >>not much to speak of again just a central workers really reporting for work this morning, so volume is on the light side. do want to make a note though is we're looking at the toll plaza that the cash lanes will not be staffed with that ended so if you're intending to pay cash, don't bother slowing down. they don't want to exchange physical money with people because that could potentially spread coronavirus so they're foregoing that for now just drive through the toll gate. they'll catch a license plate and send you a bill later in the mail. now to some breaking news this morning. pgd just this morning says it will plead guilty to causing the deadly camp fire. back in 20 18 in a statement released this morning. the company says it will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter. and one count of unlawfully causing a fire. 85 people died in that fire pge acknowledges that one of their power