>>>
>>> BREAKING NEWS ON SUNRISE, A FIRE BREAKS OUT AT A KINDER
CARE LEARNING CENTER IN
BROOKLYN PARK.
BROOKLYN PARK. >>> WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE
NOT A BLIZZARD, BUT A WINTER.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE
LONGER THAN I THINK FOLKS IN
THE BEGINNING WERE
ANTICIPATING.
ANTICIPATING. >> 77 CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN
MINNESOTA AND THE GOVERNOR
WARNS THERE COULD BE MUCH MORE.
THE NEW CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES
TO TESTING.
TO TESTING. >>> THERE ARE NOW REPORTS OF
STORES UPCHARGING CUSTOMERS FOR
HIGH-DEMAND ITEMS.
HIGH-DEMAND ITEMS. IT'S CALLED PRICE GOUGING AND
IT'S LEGAL IN MINNESOTA.
OUR I-TEAM EXPLAINS WHY.
>>> WITH KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL,
MANY PARENTS ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT LEARNING.
ABOUT LEARNING. ONE MOTHER WHO HAS BEEN HOME
SCHOOLING FOR SIX YEARS SHARES
HER TIPS TO KEEP STUDENTS ON
TRACK.
TRACK.
TRACK. >>> A SOGGY THURSDAY ON THE WAY
AS WE TRANSITION TO THE FIRST
DAY OF SPRING LATER ON TODAY
AND A LITTLE SNOW FOR THE FIRST
DAY OF SPRING FOR SOME.
>>> IT'S THURSDAY, MARCH 13th.
KARE 11 SUNRISE STARTS NOW.
>>> IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE
OF WEEKS AND WITH CORONAVIRUS
DOMINATING THE HEADLINES WE
WANT TO GIVE YOU A BREAK.
THIS MORNING WE ARE ASKING YOU
TO SEND THE LOVE.
>> SEND US UPLIFTING MESSAGES
TO LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS OR TO
YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOUR COMMUNITY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS USE THE
#SENDTHELOVE AND #SUNRISERS AS
WELL AND WE WILL SHARE YOUR
COMMENTS IN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. >> A LOT OF YOU TELLING US SOME
OF THE GOOD HAPPENING IN YOUR
LIVES.
LIVES.
LIVES. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>>> FIRST, THOUGH, GET YOU OUT
THE DOOR WITH A CHECK OF YOUR
WEATHER AND TRAFFIC.
STARTING THINGS OFF WITH SVEN.
>> MIST AND RAIN ON THE WAY.
A SOGGY ONE TODAY.
IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT IN FRESH
AIR, DO IT NOW EARLY THIS
MORNING BECAUSE THE RAIN IS
OLY FILLING IN AND PICKING UP
MORE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
A BAND OF SHOWERS OFF TO THE
SOUTHWEST MOVING IN OUR
DIRECTION, SO WE WILL START TO
SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING IN
BUT THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT
CAME FROM.
CAME FROM. IN FACT, WE HAVE GOT
THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP THERE
AROUND SIOUX CITY, IOWA AND
INTO PARTS OF NEBRASKA.
THAT AREA WILL BE FILLING IN,
MOVING ONTO THE NORTH AND
NORTHEAST.
NORTHEAST. 39 RIGHT NOW, WARM, AND IT'S
GOING TO STAY AROUND 40 FOR THE
DAY TODAY.
DAY TODAY. THAT'S WHY IT'S LIQUID.
A BRIEF SHOT OF SNOW LATER IN
THE EVENING.
THE EVENING. >>> A WIPER KIND OF MORNING
COMMUTE.
COMMUTE.
COMMUTE. WET ROADS, 285th AVENUE IN THE
NORTH METRO.
NORTH METRO. QUIET ALL MORNING LONG.
A CRASH PROPPED UP ALONG THE
STRETCH OF 35W SOUTHBOUND, PAST
THE MOUNDS VIEW AREA, TOWARDS
94, 694, THE LOOP THERE.
GET INFORMATION ON THIS CRASH,
TRY TO FIND OUT ON THE TRAFFIC
CAMERAS AND HAVE AN UPDATE.
>>> A FIRE BROKE OUT AT A
KINDER CARE LEARNING CENTER IN
BROOKLYN PARK.
BROOKLYN PARK. >> ELLERY McCARDLE IS ON
SCENE.
SCENE.
SCENE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US RIGHT NOW?
>> Reporter: YEAH, GUYS, GOT AN
UPDATE A FEW MINUTES AGO FROM
BROOKLYN PARK FIRE, AND THEY
SY THAT THIS KINDER CARE IS A
TOTAL LOSS.
TOTAL LOSS. NOW, THE CREWS ARE STILL ON
SCENE, AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND
ME, BUT JUST PUTTING OUT THE
HOT SPOTS RIGHT NOW, THE FLAMES
ARE OUT, BUT, AGAIN, THEY ARE
TRYING TO SPRAY SOME WATER ON
THE BUILDING AND GET THE HOT
SPOTS OUT.
SPOTS OUT. I WANT TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO FROM
A FEW HOURS AGO AFTER THIS FIRE
BROKE OUT.
BROKE OUT. YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES WERE SO
INTENSE AND JUST BILLOWING OUT
OF THIS BUILDING.
BROOKLYN PARK FIRE SAYS THEY
WERE CALLED JUST AFTER 2:00
THIS MORNING TO THIS SPOT.
THEY SAY THE FIRE STARTED IN
ONE ROOM AND REALLY TOOK OFF.
SO RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, THEY
ARE PUTTING OUT THE HOT SPOTS,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS
FIRE STARTED AND WHETHER OR NOT
THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE TO
INDICATE IF IT WAS SUSPICIOUS
OR NOT.
OR NOT.
OR NOT. BUT IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THEM TO
KIND OF EVEN INDICATE THAT AT
THIS POINT.
THIS POINT. WE DO KNOW THAT KINDER CARE
LOCATION, SOME OF THEM HAVE
BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF
CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS BUT WE
TALKED WITH A WORKER AND SHE
SAYS THIS PLACE HAS BEEN OPEN
AND, IN FACT, YESTERDAY THEY
HAD 50 KIDS IN THERE YESTERDAY.
BUT, AGAIN, THE FIRE WAS
OVERNIGHT SO GOOD NEWS, NO ONE
WAS INSIDE, SO NO ONE WAS HURT.
BACK TO YOU.
>> GLAD THAT NOBODY WAS HURT,
BUT NOW YOU WONDER WHAT HAPPENS
TO THOSE KIDS WHO WERE GOING
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >>> WE ARE TRACKING THE LATEST
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. WE BEGIN WITH A LOOK AT THE
LATEST NUMBERS.
LATEST NUMBERS. RIGHT NOW IN MINNESOTA, THERE
ARE 77 PEOPLE INFECTED, BUT
THAT NUMBER MAY BE A BIT
DECEIVING.
DECEIVING. >> GOVERNOR WALZ SAYS THERE'S
CURRENTLY A BACKLOG OF 1700
SAMPLES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
TESTED.
TESTED.
TESTED. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PULLED
RESOURCES IN MINNESOTA TO FOCUS
ON HARDER-HIT AREAS SLOWING
TESTING HERE.
TESTING HERE. >> GOVERNOR WALZ ALSO ANNOUNCED
HE IS SIGNING MORE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS.
ORDERS.
ORDERS. HE IS RESTRICTING NONESSENTIAL
VISITORS AT MINNESOTA VETERANS
HOMES ELIMINATING WEIGHT
RESTRICTIONS ON TRUCKS TO
SUPPORT THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND
OFFERING PAID LEAVE AND
IMMEDIATE HEALTH BENEFITS FOR
EMPLOYEES WHO CAN'T WORK
BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS.
>> IT IS AN EERIE AND HEART
BREAKING SCENE TO SEE SHUTTERED
BUSINESSES AND SHUDDERED
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS. >> ALSO DMV OFFICES ARE
CLOSING.
CLOSING.
CLOSING. SO THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE'S
INSURING THAT YOU DON'T GET A
TICKET FOR EXPIRED LICENSES AND
TABS.
TABS.
TABS. THERE ARE LIKELY MORE
CORONAVIRUS CASES IN MINNESOTA
BECAUSE THERE'S A BACKLOG OF
1700 TESTS.
1700 TESTS. >>> IN THE U.S. THERE ARE NOW
MORE THAN 9400 CASES.
A WEEK AGO THAT NUMBER WAS A
LITTLE MORE THAN 1000.
150 PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED AND
106 PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED.
THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES
IS ALSO RISING IN WISCONSIN
WITH 113 POSITIVE CASES.
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY MORE
THAN 50 OF THOSE CASES ARE IN
THE MILWAUKEE AREA.
>>> NOW WE'D LIKE TO OFFER A
QUICK CORRECTION ON A STORY WE
AIRED YESTERDAY.
AIRED YESTERDAY. WE MISTAKENLY SAID 12 WORKERS
AT HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
WE SHOULD HAVE MADE IT CLEAR IT
WAS HEALTHCARE WORKERS
STATEWIDE, NOT SPECIFICALLY AT
HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE.
HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE. >>> CONGRESS IS TURNING TO
PHASE 3 OF ITS CORONAVIRUS PLAN
HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES
STRUGGLING DUE TO THE PANDEMIC
AND PROVIDING DIRECT CASH
ASSISTANCE TO AMERICANS, THIS
AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP APPROVED
THE SECOND PHASE LAST NIGHT
PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS WITH PAID
EMERGENCY LEAVE AND FREE
CORONAVIRUS TESTING.
CORONAVIRUS TESTING. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL VISIT FEMA
TODAY TO DISCUSS CORONAVIRUS
PREPARATIONS AND RESPONSE.
>>> MEANWHILE, DELTA IS CUTTING
70% OF ITS FLIGHTS, NEARLY
10,000 EMPLOYEES HAVE
VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE UNPAID
LEAVE.
LEAVE.
LEAVE. >>> TO ONE OF OUR MOST TALKED
ABOUT AND SHARED STORIES ONLINE
IN THIS MORNING'S DIGITAL DIVE.
YOU LIKELY NOTICE THE SHORTAGE
OF ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES BECAUSE
OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
BUT YOU MAY ALSO HAVE SEEN THAT
PEOPLE ARE SELLING THESE
PRODUCTS AT ASTRONOMICAL PRICES
AND THAT'S CALLED PRICE GOUGING
AND IT'S ACTUALLY LEGAL IN OUR
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. IT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. IN FACT, MENARDS JUST GOT THIS
CEASE AND DESIST LETTER FROM
MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE CLAIMING THE STORIES
HAVE ENGAGED IN A SYSTEMIC
EFFORT TO EXPLOIT THE PUBLIC
FEAR ABOUT CORONAVIRUS.
THEY ARE ACCUSED OF DOUBLING
THE PRICE ON CLEANING PRODUCTS
LIKE BLEACH.
LIKE BLEACH. MINNESOTA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL
KEITH ELLISON SAYS THERE'S NOT
MUCH HE CAN DO ABOUT IT HERE
BECAUSE IT'S NOT ILLEGAL.
34 STATES AND D.C. HAVE AT
LEAST SOME SORT OF LAW AGAINST
PRICE GOUGING, ACCORDING TO THE
WEBSITE FIND LAW, BUT THESE 16
STATES, INCLUDING MINNESOTA,
HAVE NO STATUTE SPECIFICALLY
OUTLAWING PRICE GOUGING.
JOHN LESCH TELLS US IT'S A
COMPLAINT HE'S BEEN HEARING
ABOUT A LOT LATELY.
>> BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD GET
THE SIGN THAT, NO, YOU CAN'T DO
THIS, IT'S ILLEGAL.
>> REPRESENTATIVE LESCH IS
HOPING VIOLATORS WILL BE HIT
WITH A $10,000 PENALTY, AND A
LOT OF OUR SUNRISERS HAD A LOT
TO SAY ABOUT THIS.
TRUDY SAYS IT WILL BE ILLEGAL.
WALMART'S PRICE ON TOILET PAPER
ARE RIDICULOUS.
ARE RIDICULOUS. WE GOT THIS COMMENT SAYING IF
YOU DON'T PAY THE PRICE, THEY
BRING THE PRICE DOWN.
AND THEN TRUDY TELLS US WHEN
THIS IS ALL OVER, DON'T FORGET
WHICH STORES DID THAT AND TAKE
YOUR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE.
YEAH, I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE
PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT, TRYING
TO MAKE A BUCK ON THIS BIG
SITUATION THAT WE ARE ALL
FACING.
FACING.
FACING. >> SO MANY PEOPLE IN REALLY
DIRE SITUATIONS NOW THAT
BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED AND SO
FORTH.
FORTH.
FORTH. SO, YEAH, I JUST --
>> I UNDERSTAND SUPPLY AND
DEMAND IN A NORMAL SITUATION,
BUT, I MEAN, THESE ARE UNUSUAL
TIMES AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT
SOME CHAINS ARE TRYING TO
PROFIT OFF THIS.
>> THANKS.
>> THANKS. >>> NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS COMING OUT
CONSTANTLY AND YOU CAN STAY ON
TOP OF IT BY TEXTING VIRUS TO
763-797-7215.
763-797-7215. GET A LINK WITH OUR COVERAGE
SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE.
YOU CAN TEXT QUESTIONS TO THAT
NUMBER AND WE WILL TRY TO FIND
AN ANSWER FOR YOU.
>>> NOW HERE'S A LOOK AT
TODAY'S OTHER TOP STORIES IN
YOUR MORNING RUSH.
THERE'S A HUGE SURGE OF PEOPLE
FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN
MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA. TYPICALLY THE STATE RECEIVES
500 NEW APPLICATIONS PER DAY.
NOW IT'S 2000 PER HOUR.
THE STATE IS URGING YOU TO
APPLY ONLINE AND LEAVE THE
PHONE LINES OPEN TO THOSE WHO
DO NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS.
>>> THERE WAS CONFUSION OVER
WHETHER OR NOT HAIR AND NAIL
SALONS WERE CLOSED UNDER
GOVERNOR WALZ'S ORDER ISSUED
MONDAY.
MONDAY.
MONDAY. ACCORDING TO THE BOARD OF
COSMETOLOGY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT,
THEY ARE, SO PLACES LIKE
DISTRICT SPA AND SALON IN EDINA
WERE BUSY CANCELING
APPOINTMENTS AND CLEANING OUT
THEIR SPACES.
THEIR SPACES. THESE BUSINESSES MUST BE SHUT
DOWN UNTIL MARCH 27th.
>>> ILHAN OMAR IS GETTING HER
PLANS IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. TODAY SHE IS UNVEILING A
PACKAGE OF BILLS.
ONE BILL WOULD GRANT A MONTHLY
PAYMENT OF $1000 FOR EVERY
ADULT AND $500 FOR EVERY CHILD.
ANOTHER BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FULLY
COMPENSATE SMALL BUSINESSES
DURING THIS TIME..
THIS RECOVERY PACKAGE WILL HELP
KEEP FAMILIES AND SMALL
BUSINESSES AFLOAT.
BUSINESSES AFLOAT. >>> A BIG SURPRISE FOR A
BLOOMINGTON MAN ON HIS
BIRTHDAY.
BIRTHDAY.
BIRTHDAY. THEY SURPRISED HIM ON HIS 87th
BIRTHDAY TUESDAY AT MARTIN
LUTHER MANOR.
LUTHER MANOR. THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULDN'T
COME INTO THE FACILITY BECAUSE
OF CORONAVIRUS BUT THAT DIDN'T
STOP THEM FROM CARRYING OUT AN
IMPRESSIVE PARTY OUTSIDE.
AND THAT'S YOUR THURSDAY
MORNING RUSH.
>>>
>>> SVEN,
>>> SVEN, WHAT'S THE ONE THING WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WEATHER?
>> A SOGGY DAY ON THE WAY.
WE GOT RAIN FILLING INTO THE
SOUTHWEST, ACROSS NEBRASKA AND
IOWA, ALL HEADING OUR WAY FOR
THE MIDDAY ESPECIALLY, AND
AFTERNOON LOOKS WET.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 40s, BUT A
BRIEF SHOT OF SNOW THIS
EVENING.
EVENING.
EVENING. WE WILL TALK MORE OF WHO HAS
THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING THAT
SNOW ACCUMULATE COMING UP.
>>> I HAVE BEEN HOPPING AROUND
ON TRAFFIC CAMERAS ON THE
STRETCH OF 35W IN THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF THE METRO.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT SEEING ANY
CRASHES THAT WERE REPORTED
THERE SO PROBABLY ALREADY
CLEARED.
CLEARED.
CLEARED. ROADS JUST WET THIS MORNING.
>>>
>>> TIME
>>> TIME NOW TO CONNECT THE DOTS.
DOTS.
DOTS. WHEN WE MAKE THE NEWS MAKE
SENSE.
SENSE.
SENSE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST
UNCERTAINTIES SURROUNDING COVID-
19 IS A TREATMENT FOR IT, WHEN
COULD WE SEE A SOLUTION?
SHERMAN CIAO CONNECTS THE DOTS.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE A LOT OF
SCARY HEADLINES WHEN IT COMES
TO CORONAVIRUS, THERE IS ALSO
POSITIVE NEWS.
POSITIVE NEWS. LIKE THE FACT THAT HUNDREDS OF
SCIENTISTS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD HAVE TEAMED UP TO FIND A
TREATMENT.
TREATMENT. LET'S CONNECT THE DOTS.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO
ANTIVIRAL DRUGS KNOWN TO BE
EFFECTIVE AGAINST COVID-19, THE
STRAIN OF CORONAVIRUS THAT'S
CAUSING THIS PANDEMIC.
ALL DOCTORS CAN DO IS TRY AND
EASE SYMPTOMS.
EASE SYMPTOMS. WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR LAST MONTH
HOW MUCH OF A THREAT THIS VIRUS
IS, A MASSIVE TEAM OF
SCIENTISTS GOT TO WORK.
THEY SYNTHESIZED THE GENES FROM
COVID-19, INJECTED THEM INTO
CELLS TO FIND OUT HOW IT
OPERATES.
OPERATES.
OPERATES. THEN THEY PORED OVER A LIST OF
DRUGS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE
FDA TO SEE IF ANYTHING MIGHT
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. THEY FOUND 50.
THE RESEARCH TEAM HAS NOW
SHIPPED THOSE DRUGS TO LABS
ACROSS THE WORLD FROM NEW YORK
TO PARIS TO SEE IF ANY ARE
EFFECTIVE AGAINST LIVE VERSIONS
OF COVID-19.
OF COVID-19. ALL OF THIS WAS DONE IN A
MATTER OF WEEKS.
THE TEAM EXPECTING THEIR FIRST
RESULTS IN A FEW DAYS.
>> THAT'S POSITIVE NEWS, WHEN
SCIENTISTS COME TOGETHER, HOW
QUICKLY WE CAN GET THINGS DONE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >>> IT'S A QUESTION WE GET A
LOT.
LOT.
LOT. CAN
LOT. CAN THIS CORONAVIRUS SPREAD
THROUGH MAIL?
THROUGH MAIL? THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO.
EXPLAIN WHY.
EXPLAIN WHY. >>> MANY PARENTS WORKING TO
KEEP KIDS SHARP WHILE THEY ARE
OUT OF SCHOOL.
WE WILL GET TIPS FROM A VETERAN
HOME SCHOOLER TO HELP EVEN THE
BUSIEST OF PARENTS.
>>> AND IT IS NATIONAL
CERTIFIED NURSE DAY.
SO WE WANT YOU TO GIVE A
SHOUTOUT TO EVERYONE IN
HEALTHCARE WORKING TO KEEP US