Francisco. So your drive time is still under 10 minutes really at 7 minutes from the bottom of the maze after fremont street daryn james coming up, well check in on some more bridges and drive times back to you thank you for 30 right now and this morning. Were following the latest from capitol hill because senators there will be taking a crucial vote. To move judge Amy Coney Barrett one step closer to becoming a Supreme Court justice washington dc correspondent kelli meyer is live right now with more on the vocal morning kelly. Good moria diane james well its a last minute showdown between democrats and republicans and an attempt by democrats to delay judge barrett from becoming justice barrett. Effort to stop the confirmation of President Trumps Supreme Court pick judiciary members will boycott the markup all 10 democrats on the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Plan to be a no show for thursdays vote on judge Amy Coney Barrett is nomination to the Supreme Court. I think what the democrats are doing is correct Alphonso David president of the Human Rights Campaign is supporting the Democratic Senators boycott because they need to remind all of the others senators who are voting that this is the wrong decision but democrats arent deterring republican Senate Judiciary chairman Lindsey Graham the South Carolina senator tweeted about the democrats threat that is a choice they are making adding i believe it does a disservice to judge barrett who deserves a vote up or down several Senate Republicans met with judge barrett on wednesday ahead of the anticipated full senate vote on her nomination set for early next week, Florida Republican senator marco rubio tweeted after their meeting by this time next week she will be justice Amy Coney Barrett. And grand promises that full senate vote will happen. Even if democrats dont show up for the committee this morning gramma shores he will get the nomination through. All right. Thank you very much kelly. Time now is 4. 32 and with less than 2 weeks till the Election Officials say that they stopped Foreign Countries from trying to interfere with voters, the fbi held a late night News Conference in dc and joe khaleel reports. Some of americas top intelligence officials had a stark warning for all American Voters wednesday night we have identified. That to foreign actors, iran and russia have taken specific actions to influence Public Opinion relating to our elections director of National IntelligenceJohn Ratcliffe says both iran and russia have obtained some registered voters personal information and are trying to sow confusion and misinformation directly undermining the confidence in the integrity of the election these actions are desperate attempts by desperate adversaries rack of says irans efforts include sending fake threatening emails to hurt President Trump along with videos promoting the idea that fraudulent ballots are being cast from overseas radcliffe said firmly. This is not happening. You should be confident that your vote counts head of the fbi Christopher Wray says his agency is working with the Intelligence Community and with tech and social Media Companies to combat foreign interference on all platforms weve been working for years as a community to build resilience in our election infrastructure and today that infrastructure remains resilient both officials urged the public to stay vigilant and to trust the integrity of american elections in washington, im joe khaleel. Well, Californias Republican Party does not have to hand over the names and addresses of voters who have used the partys ballot dropoff boxes. A Sacramento Superior Court judge rejected the states attorney general and secretary of states demand for that information. The legal battle stems from the unauthorized ballot dropoff boxes that the states gop party, intentionally placed across 3 counties. The parties also set up some drop boxes in gop offices and your gun shops and churches. It will be in home help for the Republican Party voluntarily hand over to secretary of state, the names of voters trusted theres out to us we believe theyre entitled to privacy we do intend to respond formally in writing to discovery requests that propounded on us, but they may. They may not be able to get all the information they want but for now its round one but what to us. Well a spokesperson for the attorney general says that they will continue to review the matter to ensure every voter gets their voices heard state Democratic Leaders say the boxes are illegal while republicans remain confident that they are in line with state ballot collection laws. Its 4. 35 and theres a red flag warning in effect for big part of the bay area high winds dry conditions should be lasting for the next couple of days, yes, we got from 4 Sarah Stinson standing by for us in San Mateo County where weather conditions there. Have prompted this wildfire concern good morning. Sara. Yeah good morning, yeah, not only has the red flag warning been extended until tomorrow. It also has been extended to wear on live right now in San Mateo County was extended last night at 10 oclock and then its going to be until tomorrow at 8 oclock in the morning that could always be extended if these weather conditions continue take a look at this map you can see the areas that are affected not only San Mateo County. But also the north bay mountains east bay hills interior valleys as well as the Santa Cruz Mountains and as i said the San Mateo County coast. We have more wins in the forecast up on the mountains and ridges of 10 to 25 Miles Per Hour with gusts up to 40 Miles Per Hour. The valleys could see gusts up to 35 Miles Per Hour in the coast could also see those gusts up to 40 that combined is extremely dry conditions caused potential for a fire to spark easier and spread more rapidly this is right now theres also a fire weather watch in effect until tomorrow so make sure not only are prepared been talking about this all week and i warn you that this would be an all week thing and in fact it is going to be all we can well see if it continues into the weekend. So have that go bag ready a lot of the bay area were talking to today since they have extended it. Also lets do everything we can to make fire doesnt spark reporting live in San Mateo CountySarah Stinson kron 4 news and sara i notice that you have scarf on is it chilly out there. And is a little chill is in the 50s been under dressing last couple days and okay, thank you to its just i usually go by your words over what the weather is like it is i was just a little surprised okay. Shes been think of sarah sarah. Time now for 37 an Alameda County is finally allowing businesses to offer more services indoors. The county moved into the less restrictive tier allowing Indoor Dining 2 weeks ago, but leaders decided to wait until now to actually put that into effect the new measures allow restaurants to have 25 indoor capacity bowling alleys climbing walls and movie theres an indoor gyms can also have 25 capacity indoors. You cannot swim indoors yet no indoor pools allowed in addition, retail malls spaces inside they have to operate with percent. Im not sure what percent im going to guess here is a 10 . Im not sure. And in downtown pleasanton owners are relieved about things loosening up. Laying off people. Just something you just dont want to go through. And dont look forward ever having to go through it again thats for well see if people want to come indoors. Im and im a little were starting to book a lot of reservations which is a good sign for indoors. But well see Going Forward how it how it plays out we. First lake delton how he was moving a little slower than wed like to seen. Especially when we Contra Costa County right next to us opening thing sooner and its confusing to people in the tri valley because we think of ourselves as one region. The changes. Theyre going to affect tomorrow and i just wanted to show you where all the bay area counties stand with reopenings by taking a look at the map San Francisco in the least restrictive tier thats yellow. So as you can see here thats considered minimal and only San Francisco is in the yellow napa alameda and santa clara counties. Those are in the orange which is considered moderate so youve got a couple of areas of moderate a san mateo contra costa. Solano and marin county. Those are in the red here. Which looks to me to be kind of pink actually so you can see them right here thats the bulk of the bay area and then sonoma that is the only county thats in purple when things are purple thats bad. Thats considered widespread. So that is the worst here that you could james. All right well time now for 40 and u. S. Health officials are redefining what counts as close contact with someone who has covid19 previously the cdc said the close contact meant spending a solid 15 minutes within 6 feet of someone who tested positive. Well now the cdc says its a total of 15 minutes or more adding that shorter and repeated contacts that add up to 15 minutes over a 24 hour window. Now counts as close contact. The news comes as the country has reported more than 8 million cases of covid19. Unfortunately were seeing a distressing trend here in United States with covid19 cases increasing in nearly 75 of the country. I know its been a difficult year for americans. Well we are going to come through this on the other side. Also have limited supply. One or more covid vaccines. Available for distribution for the end of this year. The cdc advises anyone whos been in close contact with the covid19 patient to quarantine for 2 weeks. 4. 41 is the time and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news viva las vegas, a sneak peek at some of the live shows that are coming back to the vegas strip. And new details in the case of Brianna Taylor why an officer involved in the shooting says she didnt have to die. And right now temperatures are cool in the 50s and 60s across the bay antioch here at 62 all a word at 58 degrees. Im talking a just a touch cooler afternoon and then a cooler weekend just around the corner in your forecast. Traffic pretty cool to john to no major hot spots working right now a live look at 92 or traffic remains nice and smooth to the peninsula. Ill have a complete traffic check coming up after the break stay with us. Welcome back, it is 4. 44 right now, and you may have noticed things look a little different around here. Yeah brand spanking new said today is our first morning show where where giving it a test run lot of hard work went into making this happen behind the scenes 2 and a half months worth of hard work and we will put together a little piece to kind of show you what happened. Music you like that so im blown up like that you like these spinning chair like this whole place very fancy the thing i like about it is ok, so i mean because the viewers dont know anything about like what matter. So this stuff is all live. Yet so thats cool because now will be sitting in you go like oh thats what its like outside. Yes surreal absence, not say which cools same thing with like we have a vertical thing over there and that will all be lives. We have more places to show you video which i like john has a lot of gizmos now and so does robin and he has a similar thing too with all the video monitors behind him are also projecting live pictures from San Francisco. So we can all watch the sunrise together i wish you could see on actually kind this monitor in front me so big now weve got to keep up with cameras like which is the trickiest part of all they get my cardio in the look at berkeley camera here you can see skies are nice and clear overhead. No marine layer yet again no big surprise there thats how weve been doing things this very little fog to be talking about anywhere across the bay. But plenty of wind and were keeping that around for a few more days to we may be relatively calm for most of the bay right now some breezy spots up in the north bay but look at how wind speeds pick up this afternoon. This afternoon is actually going to be our windiest one of the week so far and no big surprise there. One red flag warnings are still in effect. Tomorrow, we maintain those windy conditions into the afternoon. This is as we work our way into friday at 06 00pm Oakland Hayward fairfield conquered vacaville all looking at pretty breezy conditions to then come saturday notice, how wind speeds again uptick into the afternoon for another round and by sunday what looks likely to be the most significant wind event weve seen in a while actually this is a model run of where we could be come monday morning at 09 15am oakland 50 mile per hour gusts possible San Francisco and hayward also looking at the possibility of some strong is so much wind out there over a prolonged period of time even with the cooldown fire danger is expected to remain high red flag warnings are in effect right now and lasting through at least as of this point friday at 10 00pm for upper elevations of the north bay all of Solano County the inland east bay and then on the peninsula at the coast and in our upper elevations High Pressure has built up in place now the one thing that we do have to talk about this forecast that could help us with fire danger is the fact that we are seeing a nice cool down mild conditions with the dip in the jet stream. Unfortunately its going to stay windy during this time so even with the cooler weather winds will stay with us 60s and 70s at the coast today on terror at 65, daly city at 72. Temperatures on the bay side of the peninsula mostly 70s to 80s really not a big change from where we are at yesterday saying carlos 83 south bay temperatures in the low 80s today while out in the east bay, a range of 80s to 70s in union city in fremont while oakland at 79 berkeley and richmond also in the upper 70s today, temperatures in the north bay will be in the 80s to 70s for you with fairfield and vacaville 84 degrees Santa Rosa Petaluma and nevado all at 83 degrees today, lets get a look at your next 7 days so far inland areas look at this nice cooldown hold to be in the low 70s by sunday. Really nice way to finish up the weekend. Bayside areas in the 70s 60s for the weekend ahead after some warm spots today and then temperatures right along the coastline also seeing a nice cool down down into the 60s. Thats the update on your forecast weve got a look at traffic of course with robin over in the traffic center. Yes we do thank you john lets check in on your morning commute which is off to a really good start is still quiet out there which means now is your chance to go in and take that drive into San Francisco, heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza we remain delay free so you dont have to worry about any problems right now and easy 8 minutes from the bottom of the maze over to the fremont street exit so off to a great start 92. Busy already its our busiest bridge and we see the brake lights right now levy hayward heading over to the peninsula so its getting a little crowded for you going west, but youre still clocking in at 12 minutes and thats good. Thats right on time from a day off to one o one the Richmond Sandra fell trouble free, no problems here to worry about 8 minutes to make that trip into the north bay so once again were hot spot free. No major accidents or stalls but the earlier you can leave the better because you never know whats going to pop up well check for drive times coming up back to you, thanks ron right now and in national news, one of the Louisville Police officers who shot and Brianna Taylor says she didnt have to die speaking for the first time to abc news. And the louisville courier journal Sergeant Jonathan mattingly says the police at the scene had to defend themselves. After taylors boyfriend shot at them. Mattingly was wounded by taylors boyfriend last month at the grand jury, charge one of the officers with endangering taylors neighbors, but none of the 3 police who fired their guns that night were charged in her death. A grand juror says they they were not given that option. Live entertainment is coming back to vegas. Its been silent since coronavirus and yeah, the money months or so here we have some pictures gm for instance, Mgm Resorts International plans to bring back some shows yeah. Crist a drum and has a sneak peek at the citys return as best they can to be the entertainment capital of the world. From unemployment. To back on center stage soon just very proud. Happy and fortunate moraine apparel welcomes the chance to perform again she headlines and his lead singer of fantasy a female review show outlooks or one of 7 shows coming back to 3 and Gm Properties next month, including mainstays David Copperfield and care top but. Expect a few changes from performers there says will be wearing a mask and he does will not be where will be required wear ppe entire time, adam stacked cones thunder from down under a male revue show at excalibur and the osage murray blocked creating a different experience while maintaining the required 25 foot distance between on stage performers and the audience and gm is also limiting capacity at shows. In some cases thats requiring the performance to move inside larger theaters to increase distancing in the audience. Necessary steps to ensure all remain healthy and safe you would not do this all safety precautions in place the 7 mjm shows plan to reopen on november 6 reporting of the strip cristen drummond. Leave it to that you could be make it but you must wear a mask because safety first thank striptease shows i love this were lots more ahead for 52 at the time and we will continue here on a thursday morning. Giving the very latest weve had. Red flag warning this weather is going to be changing all of theirs sfo happiest place on or enjoy the view i used to i used to be so complain all the time about it now. Its all clear looks like pretty for take i got nowhere welcome back 4. 55 now almost 4. 56 on this thursday morning getting things going this morning with some clear skies out at the golden gate bridge, nice to see that we wont be looking at much if any fog along the coast today as we do see some winds pushing that cool marine layer way means actually pretty warm in areas like Half Moon Bay in San Francisco in the mid to upper 70s while 80s do remain for inland valleys so at the coast today expect upper 60s to 70s red flag warnings for areas like Half Moon Bay, right down the coast as winds do increase this afternoon as for day planner in lindas daytime highs Still Holding on to those 80s. It will be a range of low to mid 80s today for inland valleys. Winds also remaining study with red flag warnings still there with us back to you all right john for 56 is the time coming up on the kron 00 04am morning news pg e power shutoffs are looming. Across the bay area with napa county being the most affected well be live there with the latest plus find out what countries are trying to influence the election here in the United States by threatening voters to vote for trump or else well explain. News station youre watching and im James Fletcher today again thursday october 22nd our top story this morning. Were following the latest with the power shut offs that are still possible in parts of the north and of course we have that red flag warning thats now in effect as well, yeah we have Team Coverage this morning will tran is in napa county. Hes looking at a power shut offs and Sarah Stinson is in San Mateo County with the latest there yeah, but first though we do want to start off here in the studio we have john trouble standing by in the Weather Center with the latest on what we need to know john yeah guys because yes we are indeed looking at another day with red flag warnings across the bay area as winds remain high and that is posing the primary threat and he sort of spark with all the dry tinder that we do have could result in a fast spreading blaze. Looking outside this morning skies are beautiful clear center tower just as nice and pretty as its been all week long. Its not so fun to be looking at these red flag warnings though thats the big downside of this forecast is of