SEVEN-DAY
SEVEN-DAY FORECAST COMING UP. >> THANK YOU,ER IS. ER IS.
THERE ARE OVER OVER COV HUNDRED
CASES OF COVID-19 ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS.
IT'S.TO PUT SOME OF THEM IN
CONTEXT FOR YOU.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING.
WE'REUP DEED FLATTENING THE
CURB.
LOOK AT THE LATEST MODEL WE'RE
SHOWING YOU THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
THIS IS CHANGING DRASTICALLY
THE LAST FEW WEEKS SINCE THAT
IS WHY THEY SAY MODELS IS NOT
AS IMPORTANT AS YOU GET NUMBER
INTERESTS A GRAPH LIKE THIS.
THE PURPLE LINE AT THE TOP, THE
HOSPITAL BEDS AVAILABLE.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE BELOW THAT
LINE, BECAUSE OF SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IS
WORKING.
THE QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S MIND
IS WHEN ARE THINGS GOING TO+@ G
BACK TO NORMAL?
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE WILL
BE THE ONE TO REOPEN THE
ECONOMY, NOT THE GOVERNORS.
>> THEPRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES CALLS THE SHOTS.
IF WE WERE NOT HERE FOR THE
STAT+@ES, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD A
PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY LIKE YOU
HAVE NEVER SEEN OF ABOUT.
>> AND WOULD BE SEA THE
CONSTITUTION DOESN'T WORK
EXACTLY LIKE THAT.
THE GOVERNORS DO HAVE A STAY
SAY IN THINGS LIKE THIS AND
WE'RE CONTINUEING TO SEE THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN
THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND
CHARLOTTE.
THE GOVERNMENTnd A HIRING
FROZE.
NOT HIRING ANY NEW EMPLOYEES
BUT FIRST RESPONDERS.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE KICKS OFF.
AND HERE IN CHARLOTTE, THEY
TAKING A BIG FINANCIAL HIT.
>> Reporter: YEAH, THAT IS
SOMETHING THE MAYOR TALKED
ABOUT +@JUST LAST WEEK, BEN.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
GOOD TUESDAY MORNING.
SAYING THAT BASICALLY, WE HAVE
SOME TOUGH DAYS RIGHT NOW
DEALING +@WITH COVID-19.
TA IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH +@EVEN WHEN
THE WHOLE PANDEMIC IS OVER.
>> THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN
SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING I
HAVE EVER SEEN.
+@
SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING I HAVE EVER SEEN. AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS IS
GOING TO END.
>>> A DIRE PRODUCTION BY THE
+@
GOING TO END. >>> A DIRE PRODUCTION BY THE CITY MANAGER SAYING PROJECTIONS
SHOW COVID-19 COULD COST+@
CHARLOTTE NEARLY $14 MILLION IN
LOST REVENUE.
MOST OF THE LOSS BECAUSE SALES
TA+@X REVENUE COULD BE DOWN SOM
20 TO 30%.
>> IF THIS IS NOT CORRECT -- .
>> Reporter: HE PROJECTS THE
TAX MONEY BROUGHT IN FROM HOUR
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WILL DROP
BY 85% BY MID-SUMMER AND WON'T
+@ RETURN TO NORMAL UNTIL NEXT
APRIL.
THE COUNCILMAN SAID THAT
COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO BE
FISCALLY SHARPER THAN EVER.
>> THE SHORT-TERM STORIES WE
HAVE BEEN HEARING THE LAST, YOU
KNOW, COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE BEEN
TERRIBLE, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEGIN
TO SEE THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS
THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
DEAL WITH HERE.
>> Reporter: SOME OF THE
LEADERS WANT TO USE THE CITY'S
$116 MILLION IT HAS IN THE
RESERVE ACCOUNTS TO HELP.
JONES WARN OF THE CONSEQUENCES
IF THEY DO.
>> YOU DON'T GET THEM WITHOUT A
PLAN TO REPLENISH THEM.
>> Reporter: AS FOR WHAT THAT
MEANS FOR THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE
AND A POSSIBLE FUTURE, COULD
THERE BE LAYOFFS OR FURLOUGHS,
THINGS LIKE THAT, AFTER ALL OF
THIS IS OVER, WE DON'T KNOW.
LAST WEEK AS THE MAYOR SAID,
EVERYTHING WILL BE ON THE +@TAB
AND THEY'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT
EVERYTHING GOING FORWARD.
RICHARD DEVAN FOR WAKE WEAK.
>> THANKRICH RICHARD DEVAYNE
FOR WAKE WALK.
AND THE PUT RESPONDING TO THAT
HE DID NOT ACT QUICKLY.
>> EVERYTHING WE DID IS RIGHT.
I ISSUED TRAVEL RESTRICTS AND
GOT BRUTALIZED SOVIET J. THERE @
WERE SEVERAL WARNINGS WEEKS
BEFORE THE PRESIDENT CALLED ON
AMERIC+@ANS TO STOP THE SPREAD
MARCH, ACCORDING TO MANY
REPORTS.
+@
MARCH, ACCORDING TO MANY REPORTS. >> THE CURVE OF THE INFECTIONS
IS FLATTENING IN +@NEW YORK.
THE DEATH TOLL IS STABILIZING
AT A HOUR OF COURSE RATE.
THE GOVERNORS OF MUCH IS STATES
IN THE NORTHWEST INCLUDING NEW
YORK FORMED A JOINT STRATEGY
COUPLE TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO
REOPEN THE ECONOMY +@IN THAT
REGION.
>>> THE WHITE HOUSE SAID
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT
+@
>>> THE WHITE HOUSE SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT CONSIDERING FIRING DR. ANTHONY
FAUCI.
ON SUNDAY, HE RETWEETED A
MESSAGE WITH THE #FIRE FAUCI
AND?
AN INTERVIEW WITH CNN SUNDAY
MORNING, FAUCI SAID MORE LIVES
COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IF ACTION
WAS TAKEN SOONER.
HE BACKTRACKED THE STATEMENT
CALLING IT A POOR CHOICE OF
WORDS.
>>> AND TWO MORE VETERANS
TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
AT THE VA MEDICAL CENTER IN
SALISBURY, BRINGING THE +@TOTAL
+@ NUMBER OF POSITIVE CASES TO 7.
LAST WEEK, WE REPORTED TWO
VETERANS DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS-
RELATED ILLNESSES.
OFFICIALS SA+@Y THEY TESTED EVE
VETERAN AT THE CENTER AND ARE
NOW MOVING ON TO THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
>>> AND ANOTHER PUSH TO KEEP
YOU SAFE, THE FRESH MARKET IS
REQUIRING ALL SHOPPERS AND +@
EMPLOYEES TO WEAR FACE
COVERINGS IN THE STORE.
AS OF 5:00 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, ALL GROCERY STORES
IN CAROLINA HAVE TO LIMIT THE
AMOUNT OF CUSTOMERS INSIDE AT
ONE TIME AND PEOPLE HAVE TO
STAND SIX FEET APART AT ALL
TIMES.
>>> AND WITH EVEN MORE
RESTRICTIONS PUT IN PLACE,
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT
WHEN THING ARE GOING TO GET
BACK TO NORMAL.
THE KEY TO THOSE THINGS TO THE
NORMAL STATE ARE TWO THINGS.
THE TWO KEYS.
TESTING AND TRACING.
WAKE UP CHARLOTTE'S RACHEL
+@
TESTING AND TRACING. WAKE UP CHARLOTTE'S RACHEL LUNDBERG HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THES TO
REOPENING THE ECONOMY IS BEING
ABLE TO, A, TEST, AND, B, TRACE
EXPOSU+@RE OF EACH PERSON THAT
TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
ON MONDAY, DURING THE
AFTERNOON, GOVERNOR COPPER
ANNOUNCED A GROUNDBREAKING
STUDY THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE
IN OUR STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
LAWMAKERS PROVIDING $100,000 TO
WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH TO
PERFORM THE STUDY, TAKING A
GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES, A
WIDE VARIETY O+@F PEOPLE FROM T
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA SEEING
IF THEY HAVE ANTIBODIES FOR
COVID-19.
THIS IS A HOT TOPIC YESTERDAY
DURING THE U.S. TASK FORCE
BRIEFING AND UPDATE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUYING AND
MAILING ABOUT 1,000 AT-HOME
ANTIBODY TEST KITS AT THIS
POINT.
THE WHOLE GOAL OF THE
GROUNDBREAKING STUDY, AGAIN, IS
TO LEARN IF THIS SITUATION THAT
WE'RE IN IS BETTER OR IF IT'S
WORSE THAN THE MODELS ARE
PROJECTING RIGHT NOW.
THE GOVERNOR REITERATING THAT
HE IS PLANNING TO CONTINUE
WORKING WITH THE PRESIDENT ON
REOPENING THE ECONOMY AND THAT
HE IS LOOKING INTO EASING SOME
RESTRICTIONS BY THE END +@OF TH
MONTH.
SO, LET US KNOW IF YOU AGREE
WITH THIS DECISION.
THIS GOAL TO EASE RESTRICTIONS
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