COMING
COMING UP
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, BEN? >> THANK YOU, SIR.
>>> THE SENATE AND THE WHITE
HOUSE REACHING AN
AGREEMENT ON A TWO TRILLION
DOLLAR CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF BILL.
THE FULL DETAILS HAVE NOT BEEN
RELEASED BUT WOULD
GIVE DIRECT PAYMENTS TO MOST
AMERICANS AND ZAHN
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND IS
EXPECTED TO INCLUDE
BILLIONS FOR HOSPITALS.
>> IT WILL RUSH NEW RESOURCES
ONTO THE FRONT LINES
OF OUR NATION'S HEALTHCARE
FIGHT AND IT WILL INJECT
TRONAS+@ OF DOLLARS OF CA+@SH I
THE ECONOMY AS FAST
AS POSSIBLE.
.
>> THE SENATE EXPECTS TO
OFFICIALLY PASS THAT BILL
LATER TODAY.
ALSO BREAKING OVERNIGHT TWO
MORE DEATHS FROM
COVID-19 IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE A TOTAL OF
342 CASES ACROSS
THE STATE.
HERE IN NO+@RTH CAROLINA, 507
CASES BUT NEARLY A
QUARTER OF THOSE RIGHT HERE IN
NORTH CAROLINA
BECAUSE OF THAT FACT
MECKLENBURG COUNTY WILL SOON BE
UNDER A STAY AT HOME ORDER
TAKING EFFECT +@AT
+@ 8:00 A.M+@.
TOMORROW UNTIL MIDNIGHT APRIL
16.
RICHARD DEVAYNE LIVE.
SO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
A +@LOT OF FOLKS CONFUSED EXACT
WHAT THIS MEANS.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
A STAY AT HOME ORDER.
WHAT DOES THAT INCLUDE?
>> BASICALLY BEN GOOD MORNING
TO YOU FIRST OF ALL.
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING
EVERYONE.
THIS STAY AT HOME ORDER IS JUST
A WAY FOR
MECKLENBURG COUNTY TO FURTHER
MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
OUT HERE ADHERE TO SOCIAL
DISTANCING TO TRY TO HELP
BATTLE THE CORONAVIRUS.
.
>> TAKING SOCIAL DISTANCING A
STEP FURTHER.
STARTING TOMORROW MORNING AND
LASTING 21 DAYS.
>> THIS IS REALLY BASED ON THE
FACT THAT WE CONTINUE
TO SEE INCREASES IN CASES HERE
IN MECKLENBURG
COUNTY.
>> RESIDENTS ARE TOLD TO STAY
HOME.
THERE ARE THINGS YOU ARE
ALLOWED TO DO SUCH AS
VISIT THE GROCERY OR PHAR+@MACY
YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE DOCTOR
IF TELEHEALTH ISN'T
AVAILABLE TO YOU.
DRIVE-THRUS AND TAKE OUT.
AS FOR EXERCISE YOU CAN DO THAT
INCLUDING WALKING
AND JOGGING AT PARKS AND THE
GREENWAY.
WALKING YOUR DOG IS ALSO
ALLOWED BUT IN ALL OF
THESE SITUATIONS YOU'RE STILL
TO REMAIN +@AT LEAST SIX
FEET BETWEEN YOU AND OTHERS.
>> THE PARKS WILL REMAIN OPEN.
THE PLAYGROUNDS WILL NOT BE.
>> GOING TO WORK ONLY IF YOU
ARE PROVIDED WHAT CALLS
ESSENTIAL SERVICES INCLUDING
MEDICAL AND GOVERNMENT
WORKERS AND GROCERY STORE
EMPLOYEES.
IF YOU WORK IN ONE COUNTY AND
LIVE IN ANOTHER
YOU'RE STILL DEEMED TO STAY
HOME UNLESS IT'S DEEMED
ESSENTIAL WORK.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW
AND +@IF POLICE HAPPEN
TO STOP YOU THEY WILL REMIND
FOLKS THAT THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO REMAIN AT HOME.
+@
FOLKS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO REMAIN AT HOME. OF COURSE THEY SAY THERE IS A
IF THEY HAVE TO THEY
CAN CITE SOMEONE OR EVEN ARREST
+@THEM.
IT IS A CLASS +@TWO MISDEMEANOR
RICHARD DEVAYNE FOR WAKE UP
CHARLOTTE.
CHARLOTTE. ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪
>>> OVERNIGHT HASHTAG EASTER +@
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪ >>> OVERNIGHT HASHTAG EASTER SUNDAY WAS TRENDING
AFTER THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED
THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO
LIFT THE BANS INVOLVING THE
CORONAVIRUS BY EASTER
SUNDAY ON APRIL 12.
IT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE
LATEST TASK FORCE
UPDATE.
HE WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE WHEN
THINGS START TO GET
BACK TO NORMAL BECAUSE EASTER
IS A BEAUTIFUL TIME.
OBVIOUSLY IT ERUPTED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
EVERYBODY STARTED REACTING TO
THIS.
ALL OF THE NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENTS TALKING ABOUT
WHO SUGGESTED EASTER.
HE SAID IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TIME,
A GREAT DAY AND
THAT'S WHAT HE'S HOPEFUL FOR.
LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT NUMBERS
IN THE COUNTRY THE
PANDEMIC WE'RE CURRENTLY
DEALING WITH.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC HERE IN
THE U.S. WE ARE IN
THE INITIATION PHASE OF THIS
PANDEMIC.
27 CASES REPORTING COMMUNITY
SPREAD, 44,000 CASES
HERE IN THE COUNTRY AND MORE
THAN 540 DEATHS AT THIS
POINT.
DOCTORS, EXPERTS RESPONDING TO
THESE COMMENTS BY
THE PRESIDENT SAYING THAT IN
PART HE'S MAKING A
MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
DISASTER BY SAYING THINGS
LIKE T+@HAT.
THE INFO IS EXTREMELY FLAWED.
HIS OWN DOCTOR AT THE TASK
FORCE UPDATE FOLLOWING
THAT AND HE TALKED WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND HE HAS TO
BE FLEXIBLE ON ANY KIND OF
SPECIFIC DATE WHEN IT
COMES TO+@ THINGS GETTING BA+@C
NORMAL SINCE WE'RE
DEALING WITH A PANDEMIC IT'S