FOR
FOR A
FOR A NINE YEAR OLD HAMILTON FAN. NEWS 8 5 STARTS RIGHT NOW. A LARGE INCREASE TONIGHT IN
THE NUMBER OF LOCAL DEATHS
RELATED TO CORONA VIRUS. THANKS
FOR JOINING US. I'M CARLOS
CATTO. AND I'M BARBARA LEE
EDWARDS. TWELVE ADDITIONAL
DEATHS WERE REPORTED BRINGING
THE NUMBER IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
TO 31 COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICER DR WILMA WOOTEN SAYS
THE INCREASE IS NOT CAUSE FOR
ALARM BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS TYPICALLY LAGS BEHIND
THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE CASES
REPORTED. THE NUMBER OF TOTAL
CONFIRMED COVERED 19 CASES ROSE
BY 50 BRINGING THE LOCAL TOTAL
TO 1450 FOR THOSE CONFIRMED
CASES THOUGH. SO AGAIN
THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS THOUGHT TO
BE MUCH HIGHER. U.S. NAVY
SECRETARY THOMAS BODLEY IS
RESIGNING AFTER AUDIO SURFACED
OF HIM DRESSING DOWN
THE CAPTAIN OF THE USS
ROOSEVELT FOR HIS HANDLING OF A
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ONBOARD
NEWS 8. BRANDON LEWIS EXPLAINS
WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING
AND HAS THE LATEST ON
THE SAILORS WHO TESTED POSITIVE
CARLO AND BARBARA LEE. AS OF
THIS MORNING, MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED THIRTY SAILORS WHO WERE
ONBOARD THE USS THEODORE
ROOSEVELT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE
FOR A CORONA VIRUS. THOUSANDS
OF THEM ARE NOW OFF THE SHIP
QUARANTINED IN NEARBY HOTELS IN
GUAM. TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT
WEIGHED IN AS THE SECRETARY OF
THE NAVY RESIGNED. ACTING NAVY
SECRETARY THOMAS MODELING
SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION
TUESDAY ENDING A TURBULENT TWO
WEEK PERIOD OVER A CORONA VIRUS
OUTBREAK ON THE USS THEODORE
ROOSEVELT AND THE FORMER
CAPTAIN'S PLEA FOR HELP. ON
MONDAY, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
VOWED TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER.
IF TWO GOOD PEOPLE AND THEY'RE
ARGUING AND I'M GOOD BELIEVE IT
OR NOT AT SETTLING ARGUMENTS
I'M GOOD AT SETTLING THESE
ARGUMENTS SO I MAY LOOK INTO IT
IN GREAT DETAIL IN DETAIL AND
I'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT
VERY FAST. MODELING BELIEVED
CAPTAIN BRET CROZIER OF HIS
COMMAND OF THE SHIP AFTER
THE LETTER LEAKED HE SAID IT
WASN'T BECAUSE THE LETTER WAS
LEAKED BUT RATHER BECAUSE
THE CAPTAIN DIDN'T PROPERLY
COMMUNICATE THE ISSUES AND
DIDN'T USE PROPER CHANNELS TO
ENSURE THE LETTER WOULDN'T GET
OUT. THAT WAS A COMPLETELY
UNNECESSARY THING TO DO IN
THE MIDST OF A CRISIS. BUT THEN
ON MONDAY CBS NEWS OBTAINED A
RECORDING OF MOTLEY ADDRESSING
THE CREW OF THE USS THEODORE
ROOSEVELT EXPLAINING WHY HE
BELIEVED CROZIER OF HIS
COMMAND. HE WAS A NAIVE
COMMANDING OFFICER OF
THE COMPASS MIGHTILY LATER
APOLOGIZED FOR HIS REMARKS AND
SAID HE DOESN'T THINK CROZIER
IS NAIVE OR STUPID. CROZIER
HIMSELF HAS NOT SPOKEN PUBLICLY
ABOUT THE MATTER SINCE HE TOO
WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CORONA VIRUS
ALONG WITH NEARLY 250 OF
THE SAILORS ONCE UNDER HIS
COMMAND. MEANWHILE, WITH
PRESSURE MOUNTING MODELING
RESIGNED. THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE ISSUED A STATEMENT
SAYING IN PART QUOTE WE MUST
NOW PUT THE NEEDS OF THE NAVY
INCLUDING THE CREW OF THE TEDDY
ROOSEVELT FIRST AND WE MUST ALL
MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. I HEARD
HE DID BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT
TO CAUSE ANY DISTURBANCE FOR
OUR COUNTRY. SO THAT WAS
BECAUSE HE HE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD
TO RESIGN. I WOULD NOT HAVE
ASKED HIM. I DON'T KNOW HIM. I
DIDN'T SPEAK TO HIM BUT HE DID
THAT I THINK JUST TO. AND THAT
PROBLEM TONIGHT. THE NAVY SAYS
NONE OF THE SAILORS WHO TESTED
POSITIVE WITH CORONA VIRUS ARE
IN THE HOSPITAL. ALL ARE
RECOVERING IN ISOLATION AT
THE GUAM BASE. AND COMING UP
FOR YOU AT THIRTY. WE'LL TELL
YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE PRESIDENT'S COMPARISON TO
CAPTAIN CROZIER WITH A FAMOUS
WRITER. FOR NOW, WE'RE GO TO
SEND THINGS BACK TO YOU.
THANKS, BRANDON. A COUNTY
OFFICIALS ARE PRAISING SAN
DIEGO FOR FOLLOWING THE STAY AT
HOME ORDER TO HELP SLOW
THE SPREAD OF CORONA VIRUS. NEW
DATA SHOWS RETAIL AND
RECREATION ACTIVITY HAS BEEN
CUT IN HALF SINCE MID-FEBRUARY
AND TRIPS TO THE GROCERY STORE
AND PHARMACY HAVE DROPPED BY
ONE FOURTH. TRAFFIC AT TRANSIT
STATIONS HAS FALLEN 64 PERCENT
AND 41 PERCENT FEWER PEOPLE ARE
COMMUTING TO THEIR WORKPLACE.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAY
THE LIFESTYLE CHANGES ARE
SAVING LIVES. WE KNOW THAT OUR
REGION IS FARING MUCH BETTER
THAN MANY OTHER AREAS AND MANY
OTHER OTHER PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY AND CERTAINLY
THE WORLD. AND THAT IS BECAUSE
OF THE NUMBER OF SAN DIEGO WHO
HAVE COMMITTED TO JOIN WITH
THE SUFFOLK COUNTY LEADERS ALSO
SAY THE NUMBER OF HOME
DELIVERED MEALS AND FOOD STAMP
APPLICATIONS HAVE DOUBLED SINCE
FEBRUARY. CHULA VISTA CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE PDA AND
KNOWS FIRSTHAND JUST HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS TO BATTLE
CORONA VIRUS. HE ENDED UP IN
THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT TWICE
AND HE SPENT NEARLY TWO WEEKS
ON A VENTILATOR. BUT
FORTUNATELY WE'RE HAPPY TO TELL
YOU TONIGHT THAT HE IS BACK
HOME RECOVERING, MUSES KELLY AS
IT ALL SPOKE WITH HIM AS HE
SHARES HIS STORY. WELL, I CAN
HONESTLY SAY TALKING TO COUNCIL
MEMBER STEVE PADILLA TODAY WAS
EMOTIONAL. WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING
HIS JOURNEY FROM THE BEGINNING.
HE SAYS HE IS JUST GRATEFUL TO
BE ALIVE. IT REALLY UNDERLINES
WHAT A VICIOUS, AGGRESSIVE
INDISCRIMINATE VIRUS THIS IS.
YOU ARE FLYING ONE MOMENT AND
YOU ARE LITERALLY NOT OK.
THE NEXT CHULA VISTA CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE PADILLA
HAS SPENT THE PAST MONTH
BATTLING CORONA VIRUS. HE
TALKED TO HIM ON THE PHONE
MARCH 16TH AFTER HE WAS FIRST
DIAGNOSED AND RELEASED FROM
THE HOSPITAL. IT'S LIKE HAVING,
YOU KNOW, AT LEAST LIKE IT'S
YOU KNOW, BODY ACHES, FEVER.
THREE DAYS AFTER THIS INTERVIEW
,PADILLA WAS BACK IN
THE HOSPITAL IN THE INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT HAVING PERSISTENT
SPIKING FEVERS, COUGHING FITS,
STARTED HAVING BASICALLY LIKE
MAL SEIZURE, YOU KNOW,
CHATTERING TEETH. HOW SCARY WAS
IT THOUGH THAT AFTER YOU HAD
ALREADY GONE HOME I THOUGHT YOU
WERE MAYBE GOING TO RECOVER AT
HOME TO HAVE TO GO BACK AGAIN?
IT'S A SCARY THING TO FEEL OKAY
ONE MINUTE AND BE TALKING WITH
YOUR DOCTORS ABOUT BEING PUT ON
A VENTILATOR THE NEXT. HE SPENT
ELEVEN DAYS ON A VENTILATOR
ESSENTIALLY IN A COMA. DOCTORS
PUT HIM IN THE PRONE POSITION
ON HIS STOMACH TO HELP PREVENT
BLOOD FROM POOLING IN HIS
LUNGS. THEY ADMINISTERED SOME
VERY POWERFUL DRUGS TO YOU AND
WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THOSE
DRUGS THERE SOMETIMES DELIRIUM
WHICH I DID EXPERIENCE A LITTLE
BIT. MY FAMILY TELLS ME AFTER
THE FACT THERE WERE SOME SCARY
MOMENTS WHEN I WAS ON THAT
VENTILATOR. THERE WERE MOMENTS
WHEN I COULD NOT HAVE COME HOME
.HIS DAUGHTER THE FIRST TIME I
SPOKE WITH MY DAUGHTER MY SON
IN LAW AFTER COMING OUT OF
THE VENTILATION WAS JUST SIMPLY
A VERY EMOTIONAL CALL AS YOU
MIGHT IMAGINE. PDA LOST TWENTY
SEVEN POUNDS IN JUST TWO WEEKS.
WE FOCUSED ON HIS RECOVERY. HE
TELLS US THIS. I'M GETTING
WHEELED OUT OF THE ICU AND I'M
WATCHING A STORY ABOUT A
SURGEON IN NEW YORK WHO DIES
AND HIS HUSBAND'S ARMS BECAUSE
THE MAN WENT TO WORK TO HELP
OTHER PEOPLE. AND HERE I AM
GETTING WHEELED OUT OF THAT
HOSPITAL AT SOME POINT AND IT
MAKES NO RHYME OR REASON AND IT
REALLY MAKES YOU REFLECT WHAT
SHOULD YOU BE DOING? EMPATHY.
HE SAYS HE WILL BE DOING
EVERYTHING HE CAN TO MAKE SURE
OUR REGION HAS THE RESOURCES IT
NEEDS TO DEAL WITH THIS
PANDEMIC. HE SAYS HE CAN'T
STRESS HOW GRATEFUL WE IS TO
ALL THE DOCTORS AND NURSES AT
UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH. BACK TO
YOU. HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS SAN
DIEGO KIDS ARE TAKING REFUGE
RIGHT NOW AT THE DOWNTOWN SAN
DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER. MOST
OF THEM ARE FROM SHELTERS
ACROSS THE CITY WHERE THEY
DIDN'T HAVE SIX FEET OF SPACE
TO SOCIAL DISTANCE PROPERLY AND
AS OF TOMORROW MORE THAN 800
PEOPLE WILL BE MONITORED TO
MAKE SURE THEY'RE HEALTHY AND
ARE NOT SPREADING CORONA VIRUS.
AND THIS CONVENTION CENTER IS
REALLY DESIGNED TO BE A SAFE,
CLEAN, SANITARY WELCOMING SPOT
THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE
THE PHYSICAL DISTANCING THAT WE
NEED TO GET THROUGH THIS
COVERED VIRUS. TODAY THE CITY
COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED A NEARLY
FOUR