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Over the east bay right now cloud cover remains into the afternoon for the coast while the rest of us get a good dose of sunshine. Well through the afternoon. Right now temperatures are in the 50s and 60s with alameda and san mateo each of 59 hayward oakland pittsburgh fairfield among areas at 61 degrees for your current temperatures after these 50s 60s to start the day temperatures later on rise into the 70s and 80s for a bayside in inland areas making for a beautiful and pretty comfortable afternoon. Darya and james thanks a lot of california has to shut down again because of a covid surge. The governor says. Its got to be a rollback so that we can try to flatten the curve again. Yeah, hes ordering all counties to close indoor operations for certain business sectors, but the restrictions are even tighter 4 counties that are on the states watch list and we have a few of those here in the bay area. Capital of error for Ashley Zavala reports. Governor Gavin Newsome constantly compares californias reopening process. To a dimmer and not a light switch. The governor announcing california as a whole is toggling back covid19 is not going away anytime soon. Intel, there is a vaccine. And or an effective therapy governor gavin newsom announced monday the entire state must shut down bars along with indoor operations at restaurants, wineries Family Entertainment centers museums and movie theaters. The governor also said 30 counties on the states covid19 watch list must move further and shut down into our operations at gyms houses of worship nonessential offices, personal care salons and indoor malls, those counties representing 80 of californias population, the states latest orders comes as Hospital Capacity dwindles in some counties across the state while the overall Positivity Rate continues to rise now at 7. 4 hospitalizations increased 28 over the last 2 weeks the data suggest not everybody is practicing common sense newsoms Administration Says these closures are indefinite and reopening will depend on data. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. All right well according to the governor if the county is on the States Coronavirus watch list for 3 days or more theyre going to have to roll back their reopening. So as we mentioned a few bexar counties are already. On the list of met that criteria that includes Contra Costa County marine napa Solano Sonoma always counties there on the left column on the right Santa Clara Alameda theyre on the bubble because they were added to the watch list on sunday, so they havent gotten all 3 days in a row just yet that will happen tomorrow and if they are once again on the watch list and they will have to roll back their reopening as well, yeah and why you know ive are in and we already didnt have all that stuff right that for example Santa Clara County had. So yeah we dont know what its like to have to you know erie inside now we can but thats what theyre saying they were you know just get ready to open a lot of businesses and tomorrow. They might have to yank the court on that before even getting going lets go to kron 4 Sarah Stinson to find out the latest from Mountain View. Well daria for Santa Clara County they only had their gyms and their nail salons and hair salons for one day before they got the bad news that they may have to shut down. 2 days from then which is tomorrow well have to see what the numbers what happens with the numbers but for now its not looking good but im here at 5th erie and jim thats a personal training gym, its much different than your bigger. Equinox 24 hour fitness, this is more of a one on one basis but theyve been working outside here you can see the equipment. For the last couple months and yesterday they started working out inside with tons of protocols. The owner having to scale that back now if it if if that happens. Shes just trying to go with the flow, but its really really difficult. Lets take a look at the numbers here were on the brink of shutting down tomorrow this is due to the county being put on the state watch list after coronavirus cases increase this graph on your screen is showing you the case numbers going up and down with in Santa Clara County within the last 14 days monday, the cases in Santa Clara County increased by over 300 cases thats the biggest singleday spike in the last 2 weeks so well have to see what the numbers due today, but the total number of cases at last check are now over 6200 thats about over 325 cases per 100,000 people. These numbers are telling the story of what our future holds a county has to be put on the watch list for 3 consecutive days for restrictions to go back into place for 3 weeks shutting down the businesses that just opened yesterday, including a nail salon that i went to yesterday hair salons a 2 part of barbershops gyms as i said shopping malls. They all may have to shut down tomorrow. Some businesses are going above and beyond even what the county is requiring use all right there that make you get your temperature checked before you even head into that nail salon were going to be talking to them. Later on this morning but for now talking about that jim im at right now 5th erie, the owner she described to me how she split up her gym with physical tape to make sure that her clients stay where they need to in 4 different quadrants and she describes to us all the steps, shes been taking and how she feels knowing that shes still being classified as a major jim, even though her gym is just one on one training in his for the most part very very safe. Each quadrant has its own antiviral. And with their own towel and then theres plenty of other tell so has been used to touch anybody. Its tonnage was got thrown in the washer got laundry facilities in there, so its. Ive done everything i possibly can and we got shut down i was devastated, i would say though that it was you know were finally inching forward and then. No no youre very very frustrating. But of course you understand safety and Health Comes First in this county and across our country as does the nail salon they understand, but its just really hard scoring a lot of mental flexibility can see the green check mark, this is one of those businesses that is quote covid prepared she said that shes looking forward to working out outside thats been successful for her. They obviously do personal training air. But theyre also working on doing a boot camp and thats a little bit more affordable its really important. The obviously to get out there and work out. Gyms inside looking like it wont be happening here in Santa Clara County. It all depends on the numbers and the numbers all depend on what we do our behaviors and hopefully we can get those numbers down stop the spread of the coronavirus for now live in Mountain View Sarah Stinson kron 4 news yes, i dont know whats worse getting an open for a couple of days are like my area not having it all so you dont know what they just pushed back before a open i never got to go to the gym. It was kind of like that Alameda County theyre allowing Indoor Dining and now no more many Restaurant Owners in the downtown area of livermore. Say at this point theyre confused about what they can and cant do covers. Taylors sacking takes a look. Well here behind me people are still sitting outside and enjoying their meals its not just the restaurants that are confused or choosing to continue with Outdoor Dining anyways city leaders tell me that they received the information about the closures through a press release but not an official order saying the directions are unfair and inconsistent people in downtown livermore filled the streets and patio spaces for Outdoor Dining on monday thats after the city received this press release from Alameda County over the weekend saying quote yesterday july 10th. We learned the state issued updated guidance dated july 9th prohibiting Outdoor Dining in on various counties, including Alameda County. While Alameda Countys Health Guidelines allow for Outdoor Dining state announced its tightening of restrictions on friday that we are being hit again, you know i think that a lot of Small Businesses a little bit more time to prepare for these type of significant changes because of the significant amount of. Investment that goes into each business. You know, especially restaurants of course you know what supplies now at where all of us and were school supposed to visit what happens to all the supplies that we ordered you know for the week it just its a loss huge loss. So addresses family owns el charro mexican food and cantina on their restaurant is closed on mondays she says their patio seating was open over the weekend like many other restaurants, its confusing and thats why i think some people are old thing because its like yeah well lets just take advantage until we get a little more clarity is whats happening right now. Meanwhile some city leaders say the changes are not binding since they were notified through a press release and not an official order and then email the mayor told me theres a lot of conflicting information and youll have a better read on things after the county needs on tuesday. The confusion also continues at restaurants in hayward we didnt know. Clear direction from the county up until about. 11 oclock 1030 11 oclock saturday morning. And still it was. You not to certain or clear as to what to do. So so restaurants went ahead without Outdoor Dining Hayward City Council member mark salinas tells me. Many restaurants in hayward have since closed down their Outdoor Dining and reverted back to takeout or delivery options as you can see livermore is still not complying with those guidelines from the state in the main issue here is that Alameda County does not have a variance from the state to allow them to continue with Outdoor Dining now on tuesday Alameda County board supervisors will meet to discuss this variance whether to continue to seek that variance from the state in livermore tiller the psac ii kron 4 news. Well, heres a breakdown of the cases and the deaths weve seen across the bay area regionwide weve got more than 34,000 confirmed cases now in over 640 deaths. As you see the breakdown here Alameda County tops the list when it comes to confirmed cases they have over 7900 of those. But when it comes the deadliness of this virus santa clara actually tops the list with a 167 deaths reported so far. We have more complete breakdown city by city on our website at kron 4 dot com. If you want to check that out. Well despite the governors order for all zoos to close immediately the San Francisco zoo. Luckily can remain open and thats because this last week they were able to bic reclassified as an outdoor museum. Yesterday as we reported the first guests with reservations were allowed to come in. Since march on wednesday, the general public will be able to go everyone visiting the xo the zoo however will be required to wear a face mask and theyre limited capacity to 50 so everybodys got enough space around them to be socially distant. All indoor spaces will be closed. Thats a good example of confusion because you just heard on his so all zoos and museums are closed, but that means indoor. And oakland and San Francisco got the outdoor im hopefully oakland soon the outdoor yeah they were trying to you know they still havent gotten a all, but they were hoping to i guess well find out at the at what point you know theyre going to get the ok the Alameda County board of supervisors is going to take a vote today yet so that will find because the zoo has said in oakland that they didnt have enough to keep operating read about what 3 months worth of operating funds left and after that they said they were going to have to close damning imagines of closing and going out of their cars could and all im partial close my favorite thats the one i always have my kids to when they were little and i just love this deal even if they cant probably do the little gondola singing which i really love you know if they have to operate the only the indoor outdoor stuff just like San Franciscos doing okay, well keep you posted them will find that out tomorrow john in the meantime scott nice to whether yeah it would have been great 0 weather out there today of 60s for current temperatures pretty solid hi. 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Give it up for tara when you switch by october 7th. Right now and we are checking the weather for you on a tuesday or whatever date tuesday. Okay t 5 with us so were almost in the middle of july john just like that yeah middle of july now and feeling pretty good out there are a lot of times july brings the heat we saw that over this past weekend. Taking a step back from it today though yesterday was a lot more comfortable todays going to be even cooler yet just a few clouds remain over berkeley skies of rapidly cleared over the past few minutes over the east bay and that is what were going to see this afternoon sunshine inland a little bit of fog and cloud cover closer to the coastline. High pressure is starting to build back in its not going make much of a difference for us today. Tomorrow a bit of a bump in temperatures not terribly warmer though breezy conditions remain today, although winds will is compared to what we had yesterday. Todays highs in the 50s and 60s for San Francisco as well as elsewhere right along the coastline. That fog remaining pretty steady for most coastal areas, 60s and 70s in the meantime on the peninsula Mountain View southward into the south bay mostly in the 80s. Although for los gatos in morgan hill youve got 70s today, sure beats the 90s that many areas close to the south bay hills hit this weekend, dublin Pleasanton Livermore in the 80s today while Union City Hayward on up through san leandro in oakland. All in the 70s conquered in danville 84. Well in the north bay a range of 70s 80s. Look at napa only 78 today really nice weather. Santa rosa 81 well petaluma nevado in sandra fell also in the 70s. Now temperatures tomorrow will be in the low 90s for a few inland cities but most of us are likely going to hold on to the 70s and 80s for your wednesday. After that we settle into the upper 80s inland 70s by the bay and 60s by the coast. And sunshine and dry conditions not going anywhere. James. All right john thank you 8. 17 on the clock and heres a quick look at some of the bridges for you this morning as we take a look at the bay bridge. As expected it has cleared out nicely that seems to be the trend in the 8 oclock hour, the congestion kind of just melt away and thats what were seeing right now as youre heading westbound from oakland into San Francisco. The san mateo bridge has been moving nicely all morning long and the latest look here from the live camera shows that nothing much has changed on that front youre still making good time for hayward out to foster city. In the buzz, the nba says 2 players in the bubble have tested positive for covid 2 others were caught popping out of the bubble and 2 more didnt even make it inside Russell Westbrook says that he didnt travel with the rockets to orlando because he tested positive. He says hes feeling fine but he has to quarantine and good news for him in the other nba fashion. He says they will get to wear what they want after all the nba says they dont have to arrive to the games in their uniforms. I said to players didnt make it to orlando. The other is james harden though neither he nor the rockets. Well say if its covid thats holding him back meantime another rocket is being held back because he popped out of the bubble when he wasnt supposed to forward bruno have all closed left his hotel room. Before the initial quarantine was up. So now they are having to reset his isolation clock and set king Center Richaun Holmes also breach the bubble. He crossed the line to pick up a food delivery, not kosher i mean out of the food discussion, but its not kosher leave the lobby to get it and the Delivery Driver cant come and so thats a pickle because the players say the disney Room Service Food is terrible. The nfl thinks its all the pickle of how to play football in the pandemic this plastic face shield they claim is both breathe a little and covid filtering. I dont see how thats possible with all of those little holes around the mouth but i only play a doctor on tv the real doctors engineers who designed it say it will not allow the direct transmission of droplets. The oakley mild shield will be distributed to all 32 teams over the next week. So they can try it out. You may be once bitten twice shy, but crikey not the air winds the croc hunter son robert just got bitten by a snake almost exactly like his dad steve did. Lets watch it happen. They going to grab their unionize. The enemy cant be a nice its alright. You gotta go that time. Thank you kyra body. And the good sankeys. Just that cool is i love cops bivens that is a good size a cycle. I got to tell you i or aaron. I first found this guy. Theres 9 y. Tonight we going to be all right and its just like what happened on the original croc hunters documentaries with steve irwin which it spilt watch this one that killed by now this is a part in combat part of just and be aggressive its their only missing amazing why is it when it is amazing how unlike how a like the 2 of them are as well just keep going just ignore it just keep just right just keep going keep must go. Oh my gosh it is amazing just like the 2 of them are can we go look at this. I mean he literally seen this because the sun posted the exact picture kind of a reply. Closing creation of his dad, same crocodile, 15 years or allow and they both at him. They both got snake but people that theyre all in the family right you got be she you know Conservation Wildlife stuff. They all work still at the zoo. And yet this tv media empire going along with it right now its really its like you go on the internet you look at the old pictures the kids post them all the time. With their dad when they were little babies with koalas in all these wild animals, its sweet but its also so sad, i know dad, i know, and thats the buzz. And were back at 8. 24 as the nation continues to demand Police Reform President Trump hosted a roundtable of people who say their lives were positively impacted by Law Enforcement. Our washington dc correspondent kelli meyer shares more about the event. In recent countrys Police Officers have been really under see the Trump Administration is defending Law Enforcement officers following months of unrest over Police Brutality were back the blue. Monday the white house invited individuals grateful for lifesaving Police Action from a South Carolina mother whose baby was saved by an officer in charleston instantly asked her for. The baby might who is now my god. Dunn her to a man overcoming drug addiction in louisville, says hes talking with democrats about finding a Common Ground White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany reaffirmed monday that the president stands with our Police Officers bearden says he wants to see everyone come together instead of be divided and Work Together collectively unite. Reporting in washington, im kelly meyer. Kron 4 is hosting a live town hall tomorrow by the way weve got police chief from across the bay area coming in to talk exactly about how their Police Departments are reforming themselves amid this National Call for Police Reforms and how officers are working to try to regain the trust their communities you can join in on the conversation by submitting a video question for the police chief just go to our website kron 4 dot com submit your question there and then watch the town hall again its tomorrow night at 09 00pm right here on kron 4. A 29 right now and we are well we really are talking about zoos. Stop between the San Francisco zoo open yeah, oakland find out today if they can open and then we just looked at their whens the australia zoo was open last leg and june 12th, yeah, i cant wait for this is to re open. So we can get all the kids out there and enjoy some nature outside not from the tv all the john though of the weather outside of people are going out looks pretty good them. Yeah, beautiful weather today would have been great zoo weather across the bay area. And we are looking at sunshine making its return after what was a foggy morning yesterday you can see San Francisco sitting under some good bright skies right now increasingly bright over the east bay too just a touch of fog that will remain are right along the coastline into the afternoon was a scorcher of a weekend yesterday we backed off of that today were going to get even cooler for many areas palo alto san Mateo Hayward Alameda Oakland fairfield all at 61 right now well berkeley and San Francisco Still Holding on to the upper 50s. Later today after these 50s 60s to start the day daytime highs in the 80s inland and 70s right alongside the bay. Im talking more details and the rest your forecast. Still ahead in the show james and darya all right john thank 30s. The time lets get back to the latest with the coronavirus here in the bay area, 7 counties locally now are on the states covid19 watch list includes contra costa. Marin napa solano and sonoma counties theyve been on the watch this for about 3 consecutive days now and then theres alameda and santa clara counties and those were just added to the list on sunday. San francisco isnt on the watch list, but theyre far from in the clear kron fours dan kerman reports. During an online chat with the mayor monday San Francisco Public Health director doctor grant colfax gable word of warning there are downsides to where we are right now and the alternative unfortunately is even worse colfax indicated covid19 cases and hospitalizations are up even worse the reproductive rate that is the rate of transmission has grown from 0. 8 5 to 1. 2 5. At one 0. 2 5 that means each person infected will transmit it to at least one other person. For people infected will lead to 5 additional cases and if that number can be reduced, it means skyrocketing hospitalizations. I will tell you this is the side that keeps me up at night. It is now possible very possible that we had a hospitalizations that 8830 if we do not do more to stop the spread. And those lighter blue peaks are plausible scenarios as well. So we could get as high as over 6,000 hospitalizations a scenario that reflects the challenges that new york act and certainly we hope that this doesnt happen in colfax is skyrocketing hospitalizations will also mean skyrocketing deaths with average excuse me. 890 deaths from covid 1920 20. Edward 50 right now so by the end of the year we could be at 8. 90 with every project a rate of one 0. 2 5 colfax as reversing the numbers means more social distancing more maskwearing more hand washing. Not being with people outside your household and certainly not having any gatherings inside. In fact he says your chance of catching covid19. Is 10 to 20 less with outdoor gatherings versus indoor gatherings that city hall Dan Kerman Kron 4 news. Well in the east bay hair salons in Contra Costa County are closed once again with many her silence telling us theyre actually not surprised by the governors latest order kron fours michelle kingston explains. All Contra Costa County hair salons are no longer open including this one here in walnut creek we just spoke with a stylus here at the Beauty Lounge about the governors latest order could be. Had that there is rumors going around that things are going to get shut down the rumors turned out to be true california governor Gavin Newsome ordered all hair salons and barbershops in Contra Costa County to close this is because the county is on the states watch list and the governor says all indoor operations in the counties on the list must shut down california has seen a significant increase in hospitalizations over the past 2 weeks. With nearly 2 dozen people dying from coronavirus within the past 24 hours some stylists like megan saleen said she was already thinking about possibly shutting down before the governors order. It seems as people are just very fed up and the numbers are going crazy and theres so many opinions. About how why its happening how its happening whats safe. Whats not it makes your head spin and then youre out in the public and when im home i think he my bubble. Just like are safe everyone when youre here. We cant control or people are going who theyre hanging out with what theyre doing are they Wearing Masks on their time off. So that parts a little nerve wracking in has it the numbers that crazy year. Thats right and got myself thinkikg i dont know i might want to pull back a little bit when salons will be able to reopen is still anybodys guess you know, everybodys like well, you know when youre going to open back up yeah. They havent given us today havent even gotten into the peanut how long were going to be shut down thats just going to be exactly like you said wait and see in walnut creek, michelle kingston kron 4 news. I mean its insane. If theyre able. To do this to us to our members. Thats the north bay gym owner and Sonoma County who doesnt like the wait and see approach and what did the governor call it a dimmer like a dimmer light was not on and off because he feels are the sonoma fitness clubs owner feels that its on again off again and its messing with his business. He spent months getting the whole place ready as you can see to meet the standards to reopen and then they reopen for a month and their toes told now they have to close again immediately. He says this whole thing doesnt make sense. I think about this. This is absolutely insanity. Makes no sense theres no logic and yeah, its just side. Open know. I actually close but you can open partially know open limited. Well at these guidelines never mind just getting close again you might open. Well never mind youre not were 5 months in were 5 months in and were starting all over again. And people are still out there partying. And here his last thing thats the frustrating part hes doing all this stuff, jumping through hoops try to be safe and people are out there partying. James. San franciscos sanctuary policies to comply with federal law thats the ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of appeals. The decision upholds a 2018 ruling which said that the Trump Administration cant withhold federal grant money from San Francisco over sanctuary policies. City attorney jan is a rare it will file that first lawsuit issued back in 2017. And he released a statement recently regarding this new ruling it says in part quote the Trump Administration should spend less time villain ise ing immigrants and more time trying to help all americans. During this devastating pandemic now is not the time to try to withhold funding from local governments. To the east bay an hour a stunning report shows a spike in violence in the city of Oakland Oakland pd says assaults with a firearm are up more than 30 . However, 86 of shootings. They say go unreported and thats why they have to depend on Shotspotter Technology and this is a look at the locations pinpointed this year alone by that technology. Local police say they have seen more than 2600 activations of the system. And thats a 24 increase. Were already getting a better dose of sunshine. This morning that at the same time yesterday i mean look how bright the Golden Gate Bridge is right now definitely some cloud cover near the coast though, and a steady breeze as you can 8. 40 is the time the covid19 pandemic isnt just hurting patients, but also Health Care Providers who of course risk getting sick are having to make life and death decisions about patient. It can lead to something called moral injury washington correspondent alexandra le mon reports. Oh yeah, its its very scary Health Care Workers treating covid19 patients around the country austin worry about contracting the virus and exposing loved ones. Thats in addition to worrying about how to treat the growing number of patients sometimes without enough resources. Ok have one ventilator have 3 patients whose getting a ventilator doctor ron nelson bind an emergency room doctor says all of the choices can take a toll thats a really hard thing to have to do you have to be able to kind of sleeping night after making those decisions doctor rita block with volunteers of americas says all of those challenges can lead to whats called moral injury moral injury is the way your soul gets tied up in knots when something happens to you that violates your core moral foundation brooks as the internal conflict can be harmful and led to addictive behaviors and the accumulation of this many failures as this crisis pandemic has cause. You can just wear them to the point where they give up on themselves and the work they do and even sometimes on their own lives. She also says simply talking with others who have experienced the same challenges can help thats why volunteers of america created a new program to help healthcare. What this connect with others online and anonymously if they choose the program is called rest in a similar to support groups that have been proven to help combat veterans for more information you can visit volunteers of americas web site in washington, alexandra le mon. And more 100 washington coming up with independent concert and 44 right now and were looking at the forecast is going to be pretty nice. Yeah, according to john lets find out more if you leave job, so oh nice out there so you can believe it youve got the youve got the proof right there even if you dont looking out at berkeley better than yesterday it was still really great at the same point yesterday but obviously a lot of sunshine making its way down into berkeley now you can see theres still some cloud cover and fog right there along the coastline. Well elsewhere in the bay area sunshine already prevailing now we will see a slight bump in temperatures tomorrow as this High Pressure builds back in not going to be anything you notice too much though breezy conditions yet again today but winds also relaxing as compared to yesterday. So yesterday was an improvement from the weekend today actually getting even better than that 50s and 60s for your coastal spots still going to be holding on to the low gray right along the coastline. Well on the bay side of the peninsula youve got temperatures in the 60s and 70s making for really comfortable one palo alto at 77 foster city 74 Mountain View not bow to 80 Degrees South bay cooler than you were this weekend when some of our south bay hillside areas were in the 90s. Los gatos in morgan hill only 70s san jose 82. Tri valley back to the 80s today with Fremont Hayward on up to oakland all in the 70s conquered in danville 84 while up in the north bay, no more 90s you had a few of those yesterday today, the closest are getting his antioch at 89 degrees napa only 78 novato youre also at 78 this afternoon. Now tomorrow that slight bump in temperatures for inland spots still going to be holding on to seasonable conditions after that we settled down into the upper 80s and stay that way all the way into next week inland. 70s by the bay and 60s out along the coast. James. All right. Thank you john now lets go outside once more and see how the commute shaping up the richmond sandra fell bridge toll plaza looks fantastic. Traffic moving just fine no slowdowns here at the toll gate and none on the span itself. The Golden Gate Bridge has been a good ride all morning. Long thats our next stop and you can see the southbound direction which is the traffic heading towards the camera is moving at the limit nothing slowing you down as you make your way from the north bay down into San Francisco. Its been only a few days since the president s controversial decision to commute the sentence of roger stone who was convicted of lying to congress during the russia investigation but already both the president and mister stone are using that decision is a talking point on the campaign trail. Jessica schneider explains. Thats getting rave reviews for what i did for roger stone President Trumps first comments on his commutation for roger stone at the same time stone is speaking out there fighting on the deal that spared the 67 yearold more than 3 years in prison. I believe dont matter was in gods hands. And that god would provide and he did stone saying he promised President Trump nothing in return. You kill him or youre going to work for him. I did not. But stone says he is set to write a book debunking any russian collusion during the 2016 campaign telling axios i will do anything necessary to elect my candidate short of breaking the law. Stone was convicted last november on 7 counts, including witness tampering obstructing congress and lying to congress about his communication with Trump Campaign officials about the wikileaks release of dnc emails which prosecutors say stone head in an attempt to protect trump. The man who led the Prosecution Team special Counsel Robert Mueller writing a rare rebuke over the weekend saying in a Washington Post op ed stone was prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes, he remains a convicted felon and rightly so so far only 2 republicans have renounced the president s move. Utah senator mitt romney calling it unprecedented historic corruption and pennsylvania senator pat toomey writing in a statement that commuting roger stone sentence estates the president punch back over the weekend calling romney and to me rhinos republicans in name only House Speaker nancy pelosi is promising the house will pass legislation that prevents the president from offering clemency to anyone convicted of a crime connected to a president s behavior. This staggering corruption, but i think its important for people also to know that its a threat to our national security. That was Jessica Schneider reporting meantime the president is focusing today on a Senate Primary runoff in alabama between his former attorney general Jeff Sessions and former College Football coach tommy. Tuberville sessions is running to take back his senate seat which is currently occupied by democrat doug jones. Sessions gave up that seat to become the president s first attorney general but President Trump frequently and publicly insults sessions upset that he recused himself in that russia investigation for eventually firing him but before he can challenge senator jones in november, he will have to win todays runoff against former Auburn University coach Tommy Tuberville who the president has repeatedly endorsed. Now to more breaking news from overnight. The u. S. Government has carried out the First Federal execution in almost 2 decades, putting to death a man who killed an arkansap family back in 1996. Daniel lewis lee died by lethal injection this morning at a federal prison in indiana. The decision to move forward with the execution was met. Weld was the first of by the bureau of prison since 2003 and it was met by a lot of scrutiny from civil Rights Groups some had sued to try and halt it. Citing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic a 5 to 4 vote though by the Supreme Court this morning cleared the way for lees execution to continue at it. More than a 100,000 mail in ballots were rejected by california Elections Officials during the march president ial primary. The a p obtained election data from the secretary of state was shows a 102,428 mail in ballots were disqualified. In the states 58 counties thats a 1. 5 . The nearly 7 million ballots return and that percentage is the highest in a primary since 2014. And the overall number is the highest a statewide election since 2010. The most common problem, missing the deadline for the ballot to be mailed and arrive, others either didnt have a signature or the signature did not match the one on record for the voter. Its a 51 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. Well keep our eye on the sky and you can see that the winds died down the flag is now flat here along the embarcadero where kron 4 studios are peaking at the bay bridge will be right back. 54 getting close to 09 00am now and if you do have to be leaving the house here in a few minutes, this is what screening you lots of sunshine as cfo it is beautiful and clear all the way over San Bruno Mountain and we are looking at those clear skies remaining through the day. Were also going to see some steady winds today, not as breezy as yesterday was but youll notice winds, especially out along the coast and through the north bay, especially to the carquinez and into Solano County some of our breezier areas into the afternoon. 50s and 60s for your current temperatures, pretty nice start to the morning, hoping up the windows open letting a cool breeze in later today, temperatures even cooler than yesterday as were step up from what was already a nice monday. And the ahca 89 down from the 90s yesterday, san jose 82 while hayward in oakland in the 70s. Dart. Check this 2 yearold basketball scene on out and hes taken the internet by storm in and around the cons and all what do you do with that the eu to point that out these right to the truck, his dad has been making these amazing videos of his kid and 400,000 followers seem to love it. The dad says that he plays one on one with his boy 2 hours a day like thats like a one year. I hope he doesnt go hike isnt that the day right take a look at these Senior Citizens at a care facility using their down time in lockdown to create some classic rock and roll album covers get out now all right, lets see i cant wait. Theres an array of art has yet Michael Jackson and springsteen yeah. And there are other david boyle of oh my god thats great and the Staff Members are doing it too its not just the people who work there, but its gone viral on social media and the organizers said that the main thing is just for fun just for enjoyment. Year thats this is good to the next or size the creative brain and that all right 8. 56 is the time well take a quick break coming up in the next hour california shutting down again because coronavirus cases are surging, well tell you what this means for you and the area businesses speaking of which its a very different morning in Santa Clara County yesterday we were talking about how some businesses are excited at the prospect of reopening today and now theyre being told not so fast because of the spike well have a live report with reaction this morning and education leaders in oakland are giving a clearer picture of exactly what School Might Look Like when classes resume in the fall, well tell you what theyve come up with with their plans. So far. Heres a quick live look outside as we go beautiful shot here at the Golden Gate Bridge clouds overhead but some decent sunshine, a nice clear traffic conditions to enjoy this morning. Time now is 8. 50 all coming up on a 57 back with those and today require all counties to close their indoor act to tease their indoor operations are counties have gone you to put job with Contact Tracing in days not theres not case that was traced back to us 0. So we have done everything and now the government says sorry just kidding. The governor says the state has to roll back and shut down because covid is on the rise and some businesses dont like it. Youre watching kron 00 04am morning news at now. And thanks for joining us on this tuesday, im darya folsom and were going to check the weather first with josh are able and they get on to the news john hey there daria weve got lots of sunshine already across the bay area lot clearer than it was at the same point yesterday berkeley getting some good brightness overhead you can see that all the way up to San Francisco in the distance. Most of the cloud cover youre going to see is going to hover right along the coastline that low gray not really departing the coast even into the afternoon while the rest of us get sunshine and some pretty comfortable temperatures all in all oakland and ha