four more marlins players testing positive. that brings the total of positive tests on the team to 17. major league baseball announcing it was postponing the team's games through sunday in order for the marlins focus on providing care for their player. officials say everyone who tested positive is currently in isolation. marlins ceo derek jeter announced the team has moved to a daily testing schedule. he said in a statement we continue to take this entire situation very seriously. all of our players, coaches and staff are understandably having a difficult time enduring this experience. marlins are next scheduled to play on monday against the philadelphia phillies in miami. now the phillies were the team that miami was playing against when the outbreak hit. no one on that team tested positive but mlb postponed their games until friday just to be safe and since the already shortened schedule was becoming a mess in order to add flexibility down the line the yankees who were supposed to play the phillies will travel to play the ori

i'd like to believe that the marlins are one off. common sense tells me that's not likely. >> just to differentiate, the nba in a bubble, every one is in the same place. they are playing the games. no fans. clearly nhl same thing. baseball, they are traveling. they are flying to different cities. they are going home spending time at home with their families, friends. it's a potentially very risky operation, right? >> by the way, if and when the marlins resume their season, where do they play? in south florida. one of the hot beds which is why the nationals balked at heading down there. the canadian government says we don't want any other teams coming in here. we're not going to run that rust risk. they might have to find a new temporary home for marlins. i sympathize with what baseball is trying to do. it seems like they are just swatting at locusts. there's too many things in different directions. >> how would you assess what major league baseball has done right because it's really worrisome. i worry about these players and i totall

this is a bump. >> reporter: tonight the commissioner says not only has a marlins game been postponed for tonight, two other games are canceled. the season is still going on. dr. rutherford said this is a good test to see how they operate and how mewhile, the is about their upcoming road trip later this week. >> you know, we will see if it gets worse. we will talk about it as a group today. about the road trip and we will see. >> reporter: the giants' ceo said that he could not comment too much on the marlins situation and how this could affect the league. as for their home opener tomorrow, it will go on his plans. in oakland, kpix 5. >>> also tomorrow, contra costa county will decide whether to find people who are not wearing masks. under this proposal, individuals could be fined up to $100 for each offense. and businesses up to $1000. city and county officials would issue the citations. and similar roles are already in place in marin and napa county's. >>> tomorrow marks one year girlstivgunman opened at killing three people,woundi 17 others and aving a community we are in the south

the marlins are next scheduled to play on monday against the phillies in miami. we'll wait and see if that game ends up taking place. the phillies were the team that miami was playing against when the outbreak hit and major league baseball postponing their games until friday just to be safe and since the already shortened schedule was quickly becoming a mess in order to add flexibility down the line. the yankees, who were supposed to play the phillies will now travel to play the orioles. the orioles were supposed to be playing the marlins and those two games will take place today and tomorrow. major league baseball, as i said earlier, they said this outbreak problem right now, it's strictly a marlins problem and over 6400 tests conducted since friday there have been zero new positive tests from on-field personnel from the other 29 clubs. nfl training camps are now open. the union announced that 21 players had tested positive since they started reporting at camp last week. after arriving at training camp players must have two negative tests before they're allowed

the marlins left the clubhouse the yankees were to use. they're ready to go to fill in for these type of situations. the team being hampered by coronavirus cases for a long time is something they're going to need to address. >> i think that a team losing a number of players that rendered it completely non-competitive would be an issue that we would have to address and have to think about making a change wlrks that was shutting down a part of the season, the whole season. that depends on the circumstances. >> now something else that seems to need to be addressed is what is the threshold to postpone a game. the marlins went ahead and played sunday knowing they already had a number of positive tests along the team and it turns out the players made the call on a group text chat. >> we made that decision that we didn't want to continue and we'll play the game as hard as we can. we never thought we wasn't going to play. >> dodgers pitcher david price challenging commissioner manfred on twitter saying part of the reason he decided to sit out the

this poor marlin fan empire and the pirates manager. he had to wait to get his mask back on and argue some more. >>> and he makes a grab, somebody forgot to lock the gate. he did not take a tumble. the giants home opener is tomorrow night against the padres. i will be there. i hope that the players are too. >>> all right, we will be right back. >>> some bay area students are getting a big, helping hand tonight. (birds chirping) (woman chattering) - [narrator] ordering dinner for the family? (family gasps) rewarded with a side of quiet. (baby murmuring) grubhub rewards you, (scooter horn honking) get a free delivery perk when you order. (doorbell rings) - [group] grubhub. >>> a bay area community helping students in need as they go back to school and proving that we are better together. >> they have been busy this time of year. especially with the pandemic. today they held a social distancing back pack drive giving each child a $45 target gift card and a back pack and school supplies. in total, they will give out about 2000 to children i

the marlins and 4 other teams moving forward. >>this is asking for the marines and it's really a disaster for racial baseball. well baseball's with this cell for 5 days in already lowe's decision 60% of the team's infected with the interestingly, none of those players were ejected early rolling ridge under the quotes true tree is only a to that we saw this operator. so. but his suggestion frankly what it tells us is that what major league baseball's put into effect to try to present. exactly this problem is not working and i don't think there's anything special about the marlins baseball team. i think this to happen with any of the response teams around the country. and fortune think we're going to use over over >>coming up next if you saw doctor anthony fauci is pitch for the nationals last week you know, pretty bad. but fans don't care he's well if you saw doctor anthony fauci is first pitch for the nationals last week you know it was pretty awful but apparently his fans don't care. >>fauci does have his own topps baseball card

they will now play each other because the orioles were supposed to play the marlins. this week and the phillies were supposed to play the yankees. so now baseball does switch day in day orioles and yankees will play on wednesday and thursday i no doubt a lot of info to take in. that's what's happening right now no here in oracle park, the giants fortunately haven't been affected by that marlins outbreak and gabe kepler he is satisfied with everything that's going on in this clubhouse with the team doctors have done and he things everything will be fine by with the giants moving forward well like i said everything can change their just fortunate that this outbreak having touched their >>the medical staff us has led us well so far. we've got we've got strong leadership in that regard and i think we've done a really nice job of following health and safety protocols but there's no there's no question that this adds. kind of an additional layer of sensitivity and give us an opportunity to keep talking about it the testing was was very well organized. i feel like we have pl

the marlins/orioles game, as well as the yankees/philadelphia game where the marlins played yesterday. >> there's heightened awareness, because what everybody was hoping wouldn't happen did, and hopefully we can control that. >> we know it can happen to any team. we're taking the safety rules, we'rengthing owing the we. >> and h hi >> reporter: the a's and angels played the first mlb game of the day on monday, with safety weighing heavily on the minds of everyone involved. >> what we've gone through the last four months, we have to take everything day by day, we know the risk out there, we know it's going on in other clubhouses. all we can control is us being safe. >> i'm on record saying it's not going to be perfect, maybe something like this, that's going on with the marlins creates more awareness and more caution as far as that goes. if that's the case, probably a good thing. >> reporter: as i mentioned, that game just wrapped up. so the a's are speaking right now. larry, i noticed one thing, all this news, matt olson and mike trout both wearing masks on first base. so you might se

. >> reporter: for you more miami marlins have tested positive. all their games this week postponed. yankees-phillies series postponed. >> losing a number of players that rendered noncompetitive would be an issue we would have to address. whether that was shutting down a part of the season. the whole season. >> reporter: and football pre-season games have been cancelled. nfl commissioner roger goodell announced in an open letter the regular season still on but every player and coach currently subject to daily tests. according to goodell, this process has not been easy. here in california there was excitement tuesday. 6,000 or so new cases reported by the state. well below the 9,000 plus average we've been seeing recently. and then a state official came out and said hang on, we think there might be a delay in some reporting and that's why the number is so low. cal still in the thick of this. >>> meanwhile u.s. president donald trump is once again touting the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment. he resumed his "daily news" briefing on tu

the marlins and 4 other teams moving forward. >>this is asking for the marines and it's really a disaster for racial baseball. well baseball's with this cell for 5 days in already lowe's decision 60% of the team's infected with the interestingly, none of those players were ejected early well the rich florida under the quotes true tree is only a to that we saw this operator. so. but his suggestion frankly what it tells us is that what major league baseball's put into effect to try to present. exactly this problem is not working and i don't think there's anything special about the marlins baseball team. i think this to happen with any of the response teams around the country. in works is if we're going to use over and over it. >>still to come. senate republicans unveiled their stimulus proposal what is included in the next round of checks and what is being taken away plus what's standing in the way of an effective tool that can help create a way to stop the spread of covid-19 and speaking of which may be a step forward in the fight

it's a shortstop from the marlins and the decision to play yesterday. watch this. >> we made the decision that we want to continue to do this, and we're going to continue to be responsible. and just play the game as hard as we can. we knew it could happen at some point, and we came to the ballpark ready to play. it was never a thought we wasn't going to play. >> okay, bob, go on. what is the danger in that? >> the danger is they exposed the phillies players. they exposed the personnel who work in the park and the yankees couldn't play tonight in philadelphia, and the fact that the phillies had to be tegsed. the yankees have to be occupied in the same clubhouse that the marlins just left. in fairness, the overall positive rate of players and personnel has been less than 1% since they started summer camp. now you have an outbreak on one team. and it's possible -- i'm in no position to predict. but it is possible at some point it could be not confined to a sing the team. this situation if it stops with the marlins is not going to end their season or the ml

. >>> and the marlins with covid-19, 17. >> losing 18 players would render it noncompetitive that we would have to address. whether that was part of the season, the whole season. >> thank you, nick. joining us is the mayor of kansas city. kansas city is dealing with a spike in coronavirus cases. your city is seeing a rise in deaths and hospitalizations. how do you explain this surge? >> i think we are seeing something that happened in the southwest. when we reopened we saw the same bad activities and we are seeing the results of it. folks out from memorial day weekend, we are seeing cases now, more asymptomatic spread from bars with people under 30. >> so you are not seeing one from fourth of july? >> right. they started memorial day weekend, expanded into june and then july. we are seeing records in missouri, kansas city, rural, metro. everybody is impacted. >> you were on the coronavirus task force. did dr. birx have any advice for you? >> she did. throughout this we haven't gotten clear advice from the white house, but i heard loud and clear that the recommendation was to shut dow

el Único equipo que va a estar parado van a ser los marlins. el resto de los equipos van a seguir jugando. todos tenemos que ser conscientes dentro de los jugadores de saber lo que estamos haciendo. preferiblemente no salir si no es necesario. entiendo que es difÍcil. estar encerrado pero hay que hacerlo, hay que poner has estado en contacto con algunos de los jugadores de los marlins... ?como estan los animos dentro del equipo? equipo? dentro del estan los animos dentro del equipo? >> es algo nuevo para todo el mundo. no se sabe lo que va a pasar. tambiÉn hay muchas cosas del Ámbito polÍtico con respecto a aceptar en ciertas ciudades jugadores infectados o no. no saben en quÉ situaciÓn van a terminar. han tratado de mantener la calma. carolina: te agradecemos por estar aquÍ hablando de un tema -solamente estaran renovando permisos por un aqo y sera caso por caso. esto afecta a las nuevas solicitudes de permiso de trabajo. -no aceptara nuevas solicitudes. -no otorgara permisos de viaje. -rechazara solicitudes pendientes de carolina: hace

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the washington nationals manager, he is supposed to play the marlins next week. i commend the commission of the mlb for positing the marlins season, taking a break for 2 or 3 weeks, they need to heal and the team needs to get well and get back on the road. don't see why we don't have fans in the stand limiting capacity. jillian: let's talk about, to talk about football for a second, i want your opinion on this. football is a contact sport. i'm in the minority of thinking optimistically about the season when i say there are fewer games in football, traveling less frequently than you are in baseball, do you think of the nfl can figure out away with the helmets and protocols that they can have a better outcome? >> i don't think so and here is why. if you can't keep players from certain activities the spread of this thing is not going to be stopped. there is obviously an issue with baseball players and nfl players not being in a bubble or being contained, they will do things coming in their mid-20s in most cases, these are kids, think about things, and how they conti

have a few days to try to field the competitive roster >> have any players other than the marlins tested positive in the last few days? >> as of friday to now, no other teams in baseball besides the marlins have had an on field player register a positive test. >> reporter: the league says its positivity rate through last thursday is below 1% as it tries to keep an infectious disease from stopping sports sam brock, nbc news, miami. >>> up next a 6-year-old's mighty effort to help the zoo. >>> in our latest installment of "nightly news kids edition" we'll visit a book store that wants to help kids of color have positive self-image plus introduce you to a girl who used her tooth fairy money to help feed the animals at the zoo you won't believe what happened next. our new episode is streaming right now. >>> that's "nightly news" for this evening. thank you for watching i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. (upbeat music) - hey, what's up, y'all? i am super excited about this hour. we're honoring maybe the greatest musical of the last hundred years. it recounts a histo

the marlins the season is on hold until at least sunday after 17 players and staff tested positive. in just the last couple of hours, one "usa today" baseball insider reported the outbreak may have been caused by marlins players who went out on the town in atlanta, just days before the season. the team is still investigating that claim. >>> that news is breaking as the giants let their season -- get their season underway at home. tonight at oracle park in san francisco. we are live at the ballpark, a lot of people wondering tonight how the marlins situation is going to affect all teams? any idea? >> reporter: there are some serious questions tonight. there is some talk in the mlb of perhaps doing a weighted system, if not all the teams play the same amount of games, base the playoffs off of winning percentage. but at this point, it seems to be anybody's guess. there is hardly a cloud in the sky at third and king for the san francisco giants home opener with the exception of the long shadow cast by covid- 19 and a fabulous season. even still, orange and black diehards made their way

two games postponed due to a outbreak in the miami marlins. the new york yanks were supposed to play against the phillies an the orioles were to play the marlins in miami. now according to espn, 11 players and two coaches from the marlins tested positive while playing in philly last weekend bringing the total number of cases to team to at least 13. rosa flores is in miami. and rosa, the pmarlins were supposed to play the home opener in miami tonight. what are you hearing from the team? >> reporter: we're learning more from the mlb. they issued a statement saying that the two games that you mentioned are postponed. and that the marlins are staying behind in philly so they could get tested for covid-19. we're also learning from the marlins ceo saying in part, quote, after a successful spring 2.0 we have now experienced challenges once we went on the road and left miami. postponing tonight's home opener was a correct decision to ensure we take collective pause and try to properly grasp the totality of this situation. and, brooke, as you mentioned

where the marlins? in miami, in south florida where it's exploding now. it's pretty problematic. >> and they're in a place warm. remember, at first it was thought, at least the president said, even some experts said that the heat, they were talking about the transmissibility of heat, and that it might go down. but florida is a warm place, and it's still happening in these warm places. >> yeah. >> major league baseball is nearly unlimited resources. they're still having these issues. what do you think that says about where we are, you know, in the country against this fight right i know? >> well, sports often is an indicator. people pay attention to sports. it influences how they feel. and it appeals to people across a very wide swath of america, all demographics. and some people might be saying to themselves, look, with all our resource, as you say, and with being able to test players on a regular base circumstances and they'and they're not taking from medical personnel that the general public is depending on. but still, all of those resources brought to

he co-authored why did the marlins play baseball on sunday. maybe let's start with the answer to that question. i have been following your reporting throughout this pandemic on the major league baseball plan. as the details come out they're voting by group texts that the manager basically said we never thought of not playing, how did this happen? >> yeah. it's really quite amazing, chris, that from what we can gather no one seriously discussed the idea of not playing that game. now, it's not quite as simple as to say, the marlins had a group text and decided to play. there were conversations with major league baseball. major league baseball was monitoring all these developments. what we were told at the athletic is that because no one else had tested positive, no one else had displayed symptoms, that there was no reason in their mind to not play, to cancel that game. look, we have always wondered how many positive tests would it take to shut down a team? i mean, now we know. four was not enough. 11 is not enough. major league baseball says the

more positive cases came up later in the week with a total of 1000 members from the 33 person marlins traveling squad infected with covert 19 more cases came back positive later in the week totaling almost 20 members and the alarming rate of positives worried many teams and players around the leak yet ellaby commissioner rob manfred tried to put those concerns to rest i think most of the owners realize that we built protocols anticipating that we would have positive tests at some point during the season that the protocols were built in order to allow us to continue to play through those positives and i think there was support for the notion that we believe that the protocols are adequate to keep our players say the maryland outbreak doesn't just influence its own schedule philadelphia's entire team originally had no positive results but after coach and home clubhouse after tested positive on july 30th the team postponed activities until further notice including their weekend series at the blue jays washing nationals announced tuesday they voted not to travel to miami for their weekend

con pinzas 5 equipos se han visto afectados sus horarios juegos modificados >>> y esos equipos son marlins 15 jugadores y 2 entrenadores dieron positivo al covid-19 los phoenix que jugaron el fin de semana estÁn monitoreando tambiÉn los yankees que tenÍan previsto jugar con los phillies no puede hacer >>> tampoco lo pueden hacer national de washington dijeron que la mayorÍa de jugadores a miami no vamos como saben es el epicentro de la pandemia >>> la liga ordenÓ que los marlins no jueguen hasta el lunes prÓximo y los phillies hasta el viernes >>> el alcalde de miami agregÓ de quienes dieron positivo en el equipo de los marlins deberÍan de permanecer en cuarentena por 14 dÍas pero la liga no considera esto una pesadilla aseguran que tienen todos los protocolos establecidos para continuar con este torneo >>> se hizo viral la liga de bÉisbol pero estÁ encendiendo las alarmas en la nfl y en el basketball >>> vamos a comenzar hablando de la nfl hasta ahora la pandemia >>> no habÍa golpeado al fÚtbol mÉxi americano ahora vuelven en septiembre y la nfl dicen que tienen en marcha un

after an outbreak of covid-19 in the marlins' clubhouse, the mlb has put the marlins' season on hold. >> oh, boy. >> reporter: 17 members of the marlins organization have tested positive for covid-19. the marlins saying, we continue to take this situation very seriously. all of our players, coaches and staff are understandably having a difficult time enduring this experience. the marlins were supposed to play the washington nationals this weekend. >> i'm going to be honest with you, i'm scared. right now you don't know if because of my heart condition what happens, you know, to me if i do get it. >> reporter: the marlins outbreak has led to a domino effect. their opponents last weekend, the philadelphia phillies, have canceled their games through friday as a precaution, including the series with the new york yankees. >> if you're going to have success on the baseball field this year, you're going to have to be able to deal with, you know, the curveballs that, you know, can likely come on a daily and weekly basis. >> reporter: this all comes just six days after the start of the long de

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the marlins played yesterday's game already knowing at least four people had tested positive. here is where the domino effect starts. the marlins home opener tonight against baltimore has been post personned, and tonight's scheduled game in philadelphia with the new york yankees coming to town has also been postponed. the marlins had just co atnta where they played a an exhibition game, and the washington nationals are scheduled to be in miami this weekend, and their manager has concerns. >> it's unfortunate for the marlins that this had happened, but as you can see, you know, it's affected not only them, but, you know, the phillies, you know, the yankees, baltimore. a lot of things have transpired since then. because of my heart condition, what happens, you know, to me if i do get it? so i've got to be extra careful. i'm going to be honest with you, i'm scared. >> marlins ceo derek jeter said his teams primary focus is an health, while saying that the postpone 789 of tonight's game today. they played yesterday's game knowing that at least four players had already tested posit

after more than a dozen miami marlins, players, and coaches tested positive two games involving four teams were canceled just hours before they were to be played. mlb commissioner rob manfred says the league will carry on despite the outbreak. >> i don't put this in the nightmare category. obviously, we don't want any player to get exposed. it's not a positive thing, but i don't see it as a nightmare. >> in d.c., one of president trump's top advisers tested ipo, but the white house says there is no risk of exposure to the president, even though he was last seen at the white house on thursday. meantime, notre dame is pasting on hosting the first presidential debate which would have been the university's first because, quote, the necessary health precautions would have greatly diminished the educational value. but a major milestone in vaccine development. biotake moderna begins its phase 3 trial. dr. fauci said on fox news safety is of utmost importance. >> certainly there are no corners being cut, john, i'll guarantee you that safety is very important. what we're doing is not compromi

the miami marlins started the year with two games in philadelphia. they found out today that at least 14 either players or members of the organization have tested positive for the coronavirus. the marlins played yesterday's game already knowing at least four people had tested positive. so here is where the come knee know effect starts. the marlins home opener scheduled tonight against baltimore has been postponed, as has tomorrow's game. and tonight's scheduled game philadelphia with the new york yankees coming to town has also been postponed. in addition, the marlins hat just come presume from atlanta where they played exhibition games, and the washington nationals are scheduled to be in miami this weekend, and their manager has concerned. >> my level of concern went from about an 208 about a 12. i mean, this thing really can -- hit else home now that you see half a team, you know, getting infected. because of my heart condition, what happens, you know, to me if i do get it? so i've got to be extra careful. i'm going to be honest with you, i'm scare

have tested positive that's according to their your sources marlins worse to host was 1st i was the baltimore orioles at miami sees an home opener on monday night instead marlins players are staying in their hotel in philadelphia after finishing a series there meanwhile the new york yankees game with the philadelphia phillies has also been counseled as the visiting iraqis would have used the same clubhouse as them are listed on the weekend. and that brings us to the end of this edition of do you have a near use on mylar rock n roll and don't forget you can get all the latest headlines for heading to our website that's deep w. dot com for now thanks for watching. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona. coated 19 special next on d w. a meal and i'm good looking but the 2nd season on the.

liz: well, marlins aside, florida has just marked a grim milestone. the sunshine state recorded a new single day record for coronavirus deaths with 186 confirmed in just the last 24 hours. that pushes the state's current death toll to 6,117. florida also adding 9,230 new cases since yesterday. so that state has now leapfrogged over new york to become the state with the second highest number of cases behind california. ira robbins is a ceo who operates a bank in all of those states. he's president and ceo of valley national bank. ira, what's life been like? because you also operate in new jersey as we said, but also alabama. it's not easy here, the rate of transmission is increasing in those states. >> it's been unbelievable dichotomy between what's happened in each of the states that we operate in. obviously florida wasn't as impacted to the degree new york and new jersey were initially, and many of our business customers were able to reopen, earlier in the state of florida. that said, many of the new jersey and new york customers now are now reopenin

those teams like the marlins, that screws it up for everyone. outbre teamands at 15, marlins pretty much half the team. seven of the games are postponed. the washington nationals voted against a trip to miami, the marlins can't play until monday, at the earliest. the phillies, who were exposed because they played the marlins, they can't play until friday. >> i don't put this in the nightmare category, i mean obviously we don't want any player to get exposed. >> reporter: one player summed it up like this. >> i know for me personally i don't feel comfortable with where we are ar and anxiety for all of us. >> opening weekend so all the fan noise, cardboard cutouts, even virtual fans at dodger stadium. the giants split at a 4-game series, and in ordinary circumstances they would be relishing in the pomp and circumstance of opening that. instead, covid-19's threat to baseball now seems very, very well. >> i know that the players in our clubhouse have sensitivities and concerns that match those around baseball. in our country right now. that said, i

after more than a dozen miami marlins, players, and coaches tested positive two games involving four teams were canceled just hours before they were to be played. mlb commissioner rob manfred says the league will carry on despite the outbreak. >> i don't put this in the nightmare category. obviously, we don't want any player to get exposed. it's not a positive thing, but i don't see it as a nightmare. >> in d.c., one of president trump's top advisers tested ipo, but the white house says there is no risk of exposure to the president, even though he was last seen at the white house on thursday. meantime, notre dame is pasting on hosting the first presidential debate which would have been the university's first because, quote, the necessary health precautions would have greatly diminished the educational value. but a major milestone in vaccine development. biotake moderna begins its phase 3 trial. dr. fauci said on fox news safety is of utmost importance. >> certainly there are no corners being cut, john, i'll guarantee you that safety is very important. what we're doing is not compromi

have tested positive according to various sources the marlins were to host the baltimore orioles at miami's season home opener on monday night instead while his players are staying in their hotel in philadelphia after finishing a series there in while the new york yankees game with the philadelphia phillies has also been cancelled as the visiting yankees would have used the same clubhouse as the marlins did on the weekend. the jersey that basketball icon michael jordan received from the chicago bulls when he 1st signed with in 1984 will go on auction jordan was 21 at the time and a 1st round draft pick he wore the number 23 and became the driving force behind the bulls helping them win 6 n.b.a. championships in the 1900 the auction will take place in december it's estimated the jersey will sell for as much as $400000.00. and a reminder of the top story this hour. u.s. lawmakers of pain tribute to civil rights pioneer john lewis his casket returned to washington d.c. today the late congressman lies in state at the u.s. capitol. the student news from berlin don't forget you can keep u

as a result the marlins canceled last night's home opener. some members of the team remain self-quarantined in philadelphia where they last played the phillies on sunday. the phillies, too, postponed its game against the yankees. the giants organization says it is following all protocols set for major league baseball. however, some giants fans say it seems too risky to continue. >> we don't need to be entertained so badly people's hel healths are at risk. >> they're smart. let them figure it out. they're not going to do what's bad for them and the players. >> reporter: no fans will be in attendance tonight at oracle park, but some s o w them like we've seen at other baseball games like at the oakl for example. first pitch at 6:45 against the padres. you can watch the game on nbc sports bay area. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right, thank you very much, bob. >>> well, tonight, one year after the mass shooting left their city broken, the community certainly is coming together to showcase why they're still gilroy strong.

it's not good for anybody. >> now the nationals are scheduled to play in miami against the marlins on friday. meanwhile, nfl players report to training camp today. they're going to be tested three of the next four days. and already this morning, we have another high profile player opting out of this season. according to adam schefter, dont'a hightower has decided not to play this season. he had his first child earlier this month. he was scheduled to make $8 million this season. he's the fourth patriot player to opt out playing this season. you know, guys, the nfl season is going to look very different. roger goodell sending a letter out to fans yesterday, saying there's no preseason games. things are going to look much different, and quote, adaptability and flexibility are going to be what the nfl is about moving forward. >> wow. andy, thanks for the reporting on all those fronts. >>> a rise in covid cases has chinese officials concerned there. we're tracking the pandemic around the world. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the coronavirus is wrecking stif the senate doesn't act, it will mean painfu

ligas y complicaciones para mantener a flote, 5 equipos afectados por un brote de covid-19 >>> los marlins de miami tuvieron 15 jugadores contagiados los phillies jugaron con ellos el fin de semana y tampoco podrÁn jugar los yankee tenÍan que jugar con los phillies no podrÁn hacerlo los orioles tenÍan que jugar con los marlins no podrÁn hacer y los nationals de washington que jugaban el fin de votaron y decidieron que a miami no vamos, la liga ordenÓ que los marlins no jueguen si no hasta el lunes prÓximo y los phillies hasta el viernes el alcalde de miami agregÓ que quienes dieron positivo tendrÁn que permanecer en cuarentena por 14 dÍas >>> aseguran que tienen todos los protocolos para continuar con pero quÉ dice la nfl. >> comenzamos con la nfl hasta ahora la pandemia no habÍa golpeado al fÚtbol americano porque el torneo justa habÍa terminado antes de la crisis pero vuelven en septiembre y dice que estÁ lista con pruebas que van a castigar y multar a cualquier jugador que estÉn en bares y fiestas >>> crearon esta burbuja en orlando florida todos los jugadores aislados e

the marlins, last i checked, are still in philadelphia. they haven't even gotten home yet. >> that's correct. they're still being tested in philly. good morning. what does it say that we haven't gone through one full weekend of major league baseball. already the sport is finding itself at a crossroads. one-third of the miami marlins traveling roster has contracted covid-19. what that means is the home opener here was postponed. you see cars behind me right now. this isn't security personnel or associated with the marlins. these are people getting tested for covid-19. game two, the second game here at marlins park has also been postponed. now the question becomes, what will it take across the sport to see a larger shutdown. the prevailing thought is it could take a handful of teams, three or four of them, to experience what the marlins have. rob manfred, the commissioner, did address this question last night on mlb's network. it would take a team completely losing the capability of competing or widespread transmission within the league, but

would be an issue that we would have to address. >> reporter: john brossy with mlb network says the marlins have a few days to try to field the competitive roster >> as of friday to now, no other teams in baseball besides the marlins have had an on field player register a positive test. >> reporter: the league says its positivity rate through last thursday is below 1% as it tries to keep an infectious disease from stopping sports sam brock, nbc news, miami. >>> up next a 6-year-old's mighty effort to help the zoo. >>> in our latest installment of "nightly news kids edition" we'll visit a book store that wants to help kids of color have positive self-image plus introduce you to a girl who used her tooth fairy money to help feed the animals at the zoo you won't believe what happened next. our new episode is streaming right now. >>> that's "nightly news" for this evening. thank you for watching i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. >>> california makes a major change in its testing strategy. who it's now asking not to get tested for the coronavirus, and why that's leadi

confinedy, this is not to just the marlins. obviously, playing the fillets, potentially spreading to them as well. can we assume -- maybe it is too soon to assume -- but maybe it was a mistake to get sports teams together in practice and then restarting leagues? nhl -- i say that with an eye on the nhl. they floated something nba, everyone playing in the same area. they were not really keen on that because it is really hot in arizona and there is only one indoor stadium. the question of restarting has been there for some time, but this really brings it to the forefront. vonnie: what are the players themselves saying, are they showing a united front? is a former cy young award winner with the los angeles dodgers, plays for the dodgers now. he decided to sit out the season. tweeted, this is case in point why i did not play. i did not feel it was safe to do so. here you have an example of someone saying he did not believe mlb was putting the health of players first, not resisting the temptation to say i told you so. i reached out

the marlins were going to be hosting the home opener against the orioles. that was slated for today. we found out late last night the team was not going to be flying back because of a possibly outbreak of coronavirus on the team. now we know from espn that 13 or 14 players out of 33 that are traveling, that's more than a third of the traveling team, that has covid-19. derek jeter is not only a famed yankees shortstop, he's oalso te ceo for the marlins now. he came out with a statement saying that postponing this game was the right thing to do. it allowed them to take a pause to grasp the totality of this situation, translation, they got to figure out what they're going to do. jeter says now that all of the marlins players and staff are still in philadelphia where they were playing. they're going to be tested there and pending those results, may be able to return. we also found out the yankees phillies game, their opponent over the weekend, that's being pulled right now. the phillies players thhave to tested and in terms of the incubation period, if you were

miami marlins have postponed the next six games all the way through sunday. four more members of the team tested positive for covid-19. they cans seed the yankees/phillies series because the marlins played the phillies. manager cave capler says the players are well aware of the situation bought -- >> they're also focused on and excited about opening day. and i think that there's plenty to get to with respect to doing our jobs on the fi >> major league baseball says since friday it has tested 6,400 ball players, and the teams' entourage, and they have had zero positives for covid-19, it's just the marlins, they're saying. coming up later, you want to see a sad tailgate party? we'll show you one out here this evening. this family came over from pleasanton. they said, whatever, they're coming. they're going to have their tailgate and party by themselves in a parking lot. we'll introduce you to this family and show you more out here at mccovey cove. it's just not the same. >>> one year ago today, tragedy struck gilroy. a gunman opened fire at the garlic festival,

the marlins have tested positive for covid-19 two of tonight's games have been cancelled. julia on the tv ratings score us eric on how much the gamblers made and diana on the stadium real estate play julia, leet's start with you >> the mlb opening is off to a rocky start. the number shows that viewer are eager for live sports to return. with virtual fans in stand and many of the games, fox sport triple header sites prime time game 17% over last year's average. the two daytime games are up 23%. espn opening night game thursday generated the largest audience ever for an mlb opening night bringing in four million viewers. that's up 17% from the prior record back in 2017. now we're waiting for numbers on yesterday's games. while fans wats to see what happens with mlb, more are in the pipeline with nba scheduled to start playing on thursday and then nhl on saturday >> online betting got a huge boost. one major platform is getting crushed on growing concerns that covid cases could shut down baseball again eric has more on that. >> that's right draftkings stock getting crushed to

the marlins canceled the home opener tonight. the team is still in philadelphia, where it played the phillies over the weekend. the phillies postponed a game with the yankees. with the scope of the outbreak unknown and testing ongoing, major league baseball's commissioner says the plan is to continue playing ball. >> we expected we were going to have positives at some point in time. i remain optimistic that the protocols are strong enough, that it will allow us to continue to play even through an outbreak like this and complete our season. >> reporter: some giants fans say it seems too risky to continue. >> i don't need to be entertained so badly that people's health are at risk. >> reporter: others trust the league can keeps bats swinging and players safe. >> just test iti think that's t approach. they're smart. let them kind of figure it out. there's not going to do what's bad for them. >> reporter: the giants organization says it is following all major league baseball protocols. the players will hit the field here at oracle pa

the marlins won't play again before monday at the earliest in the phillies won't play before friday at the earliest meanwhile, their old opponents, the yankees and the orioles. they'll now play each other today and tomorrow so this is the world we're in right now as we try and do baseball. as we head to break, here's a live look outside with their we'll be right back. >>welcome back to the kron 4 morning news i'm rebecca strom in for john stray ball on this. wednesday wednesday morning, happy and everyone we're taking a live look outside right now lots of fog lots of cloud cover around the bay area, especially in san francisco, you can see it here on our south of market camera and the good news is though sunshine of course is on the way once we get through these early morning hours we're going to see some warm temperatures, especially inland. it's going to be nice and mild pretty much of the coast and around the bay much of the same going to happen it's going to be a morning fog then opening up to a lot of sunshine and those seasonal continue into the next couple of days until we get t

miami marlins, they don't have baseball. they're not going to have it until at least next week because of a covid-19 outbreak. so the fans are out here tonight are saying, let's celebrate this crazy beginning to this season while we still have it. >> let's go marlins! >> reporter: some hints of normalcy at oracle park for the giants home opener tonight. lucille doing his thing. the cove covered with kayakers and fans trying to peek in to see the game for free in right field. but inside, no fans, just cardboard cutouts because of covid-19. twin sisters kristen hembree and lisa thomas haven't missed a home opener in ten years and they didn't miss tonight's. >> just to have something positive and normal even if it's just weird. >> and even if it's just two is fragile season might last. the miami marlins today announced four more covid-19 infections for a total of 17. no more games for them this week. manager gabe kapler says players still have to focus on baseball. >> i think they're pretty focused on and excited about opening

miami marlins team of tested positive for the corona virus but according to various sources the marlins were those the baltimore orioles at miami season home opener monday night instead marlins players are staying in their hotel in philadelphia after finishing a series there tuesday's game is also off meanwhile the new york yankees game was filled out if those one day also postponed prevent the visiting yankees from using the same clubhouse the marlins did over the weekend. is reminder of our top stories this hour germany says it will make coronavirus testing mandatory for travelers returning from high risk regions of the world beginning next week when it comes as infection rates rise here in germany and at popular european hold a dozen nations as well. and u.s. lawmakers have been paying tribute to civil rights pioneer john lewis whose casket the turn to washington d.c. the late congressman now is lying in state at the u.s. capitol. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background infor

the marlins scheduled home opener against baltimore orioles is postponed after reportedly over a dozen marlin players and personnel tested positive for kobe 19 news came after the team finished up a 3 game series against a filthy affiliate however trouble even for the game started a sunday starting pitcher save the rain yet was scratched last minute after positive test players reportedly decided to continue the series making that decision via group text started by shortstop miguel rojas marlins major don mattingly echo the sentiment of those players in the group text take a listen never really considered not play and from our standpoint we're taking a risk every day. every day we're taking so let's call it declares all around the league and. you. know it started with this roach if you travel you're in planes or in buses you're in different hotels the risk. positive cases have postponed the team's trip home and the amid the outbreak and the team will stay in philadelphia itself quarantine for philadelphia their monday night game against new york yankees is also postponed over concerns a

behind me you're looking at marlins park. you see the cones here. they're conducting covid-19 testing concurrently as the team was preparing for the home opener tonight. this is developing news now. this game has reportedly been canceled. the home opener between the miami marlins and baltimore orioles after somewhere around 8 players and 2 coaches according to espn contracted covid-19. we know there already are reports of positive tests among the mar ly marlins player previ. an outbreak on the team, we know this for sure, ayman, they canceled their trip from philadelphia to miami. that's done. so now the question becomes if this is true, what are the implications for major league baseball as they try to balance the situation without putting players in a bubble. that is going to be the question going forward. ayman? >> you have to think about other teams they played including the philadelphia phillies they shared a field with there. sam brock, all right, sam, thank you so much, stay on top of that for us. >>> now to texas, we're joined by the mayor o