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Thanks so much for joining us. Im Jonathan Mccall justine is enjoying the night off today the United States passing yet another mild grim milestone in the fight against covid19. The country now topping more 11 million cases just 6 days ago the United States had 10 million cases. The death toll from the virus dealt sits at more than 246,000. The rising case counts along with hospitalizations in the bay area now forcing local Health Officials to once again in force restrictions in order to limit the spread on tuesday alameda and warren counties are expected to move back into the red tier meaning that Indoor Dining will be banned. Currently both counties said in the orange here which is the moderate here also on tuesday napa county is expected to move back into the purple tier which is the most restrictive on the reopening map currently that county is in the orange here. Health officials in north bexar also urging the community to take proper steps in order to prevent further spread of the virus and to take advantage of testing in calistoga mobile covid19 Testing Centers will be available by appointment monday and tuesday at the calistoga fairgrounds testing will also be available in napa at the napa county expo appointments can be made by calling online or made online or calling the number there on your screen. The rising number of coronavirus cases is being made more complicated by the flu season. Doctors say it can be tough for folks to tell the difference between flu and covid symptoms. Their recommendation get tested for both some sites in Santa Clara County are now offering a free covid test and also providing a free flu test. These locations include the Santa Clara County fairgrounds and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center clinics appointments for the fairground locations can be made up to 5 days in advance and to keep track of the new restrictions here in the bay area or where you can find to get tested for covid19 we have those details on our website at kron 4 dot com. Also while youre there you can find a comprehensive list of restrictions and closures county by county including that air that each county is currently in. Now to a big story. Were following this sunday night a bay area mother killed in a senseless shooting last week Toledo Police say the 21 yearold mother of one hit by bullets during a shooting friday the womans family making the tearful decision to take her off life support. Kron fours dan thorn talking with the womans family. Hes live tonight in the newsroom with there heartbreaking story and how theyre getting through this pain. Dan well jonathan this has been obviously an extremely difficult time for this family, they no idea why someone would do Something Like this. The victim. Leaving behind a young son and a grieving family thats looking for answers tonight. 21 yearold ivana or resolve celebrating her sons first birthday a joyful memory just weeks before tragedy struck the young mother and richmond native was killed after being shot in the head in valais how mean i know in the new. Justice is done. The thing that everyone is going through his son. So im going to be healed. For cousin cuba that remember sir is friendly to everyone and always had a smile. He says the family was heartbroken she couldnt pull through in we were given the option will that we would have to because pretty much their brain can handle bullet. And there was nothing else did they could do save her life her family says ivana was with her boyfriend in a car along georgia street on thursday when someone in a passing car randomly fired several shots, one of them hitting her in the head she was rushed to a nearby home and was later taken to the hospital the shooter drove off from the scene over the last few days her family has been honoring her life with candlelight vigils in valais ho enrichment. The sadness of losing her has been hard to shake its pretty painful and its just been really difficult so all of us. Well the waco police have not made any arrests in connection with the shooting the family. Right now is also holding a fundraiser to help with paying for funeral expenses reporting live in the newsroom. Dan thorn. Kron 4 news lets hope they can get some justice dan thank you happening tonight, the king tides making a return back to the bay area take a look at this video from the from back in january. Showing just how high these waves can reach. This is what things look like today along the embarcadero San Francisco seeing some tides and nearly 7 feet kron fours gayle ong spent the day tracking the conditions across the bay area. We didnt see the dramatic waves like we saw in the past and those are expected in december and january were storms are more likely to push the water higher today marks the first king tides of the season and these annual tight help scientists identify Sea Level Rise vulnerabilities. From San Franciscos embarcadero. Also led up. King tides made a splash along the coast and left puddles of sea water behind king tides occur when the earth moon and sun or near alignment and when the moon is at its closest position to the earth. Typically on the full or new moon sunday marks a new moon we spoke to ron in an educator at the Exploratorium Museum of science in San Francisco king tides give preview. Of what high tides are going to look like in the future. Because of the Sea Level Rise because of Global Climate the seas are slowly getting higher and higher heres a look earlier this year pier 3 on the embarcadero reaching its peak in mill valley flooding on shoreline highway near one o one. Well we saw dry and calm weather on sunday high tides and Half Moon Bay flooded the local beaches. The high tide paid a visit its usual spot on gate 5 road in sausalito where you stood and we were we were prepared and keeper we have a. Print out of the tide report so we are always like looking out for prepared when floods at the heat Ceramics Factory staff call it lake heated named after their founder renounce around must eat of heat. Lisa do busy assistant manager. She says this is nothing but theres been times where we actually had to have the floodgate up and direct all customers to our back door, so you can even enter this way. So it does happen, especially when its raining. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted tides as high as 7 feet. San franciscos peak reached 6. 9 feet above Mean Sea Level just before 10 45am in the morning, the next king tides event will occur in december when tides are expected to be more than 7 feet high on monday, you can still catch king tides people should be around 11 19am now that california king tides project theyre asking if you observe any like to participate. Submit pictures using the hashtag king, the tides now will help them identify healthy level affects local communities. Reporting in sausalito gayle, ong kron 4 news. And those king cut ties will return to the bay area coastline for your monday morning shortly before 1130 where we could see very similar conditions like we saw today even continuing for tomorrow with high tides as high as nearly 7 feet and that Coastal Flood Advisory will remain in effect tonight through 2 oclock for your monday afternoon for our bay area coastline and lets take a look outside as you head out the door for your sunday night tracking very mild temperatures and also a pleasant night out there, widespread warming out there this evening, thanks to todays warmup that we saw early in the afternoon double digit warming for those of you in Half Moon Bay, 13 degrees warmer this evening. Then where you were last night when you were already in the upper 30s, but tonight, 52 degrees so not too bad at all in fact tracking widespread 40s 50s out there for your bay area forecast this evening and stormtracker 4 tracking a very dry and calm outlook. But i am keeping an eye on this approaching atmosphere river set to ride for the bay area bringing us some much needed rain on tuesday with scattered showers continuing on wednesday tracking the storms hour by hour with a look at updated rain totals in my full forecast in just a few minutes back to you jonathan thank you so much down the very latest on the transition of power. As president elect joe biden now moving forward to january. President trump remains in denial labeling the election he lost a fraud. Today he issued a tweet that sent shock waves in the political world, but ultimately fell short of a concession. Carlos saucedo has more. Any series of tweets sunday morning President Trump appeared to finally acknowledge President Joe Biden did in fact win the white house but fell short of conceding because of what he called a rigged election on Fox News Channel sunday morning futures with Maria Bartiromo she press trumps attorney Rudy Giuliani on the tweet. Is the president right now in this street conceding this election. No no no far from it what hes what hes saying is more i guess you call sarcastic a comment on the terrible times in which we live in which the media has said he won giuliani is helping lead trumps Legal Defense on election challenges but has yet to produce evidence of widespread fraud. Election officials from both Political Parties have contended there were no serious voter irregularities after trumps twitter storm the president left for his golf club in virginia. This as president elect biden spent his morning at sunday Church Service in wilmington, delaware. Biden vowing to move ahead with his transition team. A growing number of republicans are calling for a smooth peaceful transfer of power in the meantime in a taped interview former president obama telling oprah he was thrilled with the election results, joe. Is somebody who stood by me on every major decision i had for 8 years hes become a brother a genuinely good friend com was one of my earliest supporters when i first launched my presidency. So im personally invested in them. And they have the character and experience i think. To do an outstanding job. In. A very difficult time very challenging time in this country. That was Carlos Saucedo reporting for us tonight. Its been almost 2 weeks since the election, but President Trump still has yet to concede or even call president elect joe biden officials at the white house and says they are getting ready for a second term. Meanwhile within the last hour, the president doubling down on his claims that he has won saying quote i won the election twitter has flagged his tweet for misinformation noting that official sources have called the election differently. So plenty more tonight here on kron 4 news at 10 oclock. Another hurricane churning toward an already battered Central America, well show you how folks are getting ready just days after another hurricane made fall. Plus a 1030 more states issuing new restrictions on indoor businesses as coronavirus cases continue to surge. Its also raising new concerns as we approach the holiday season. Blasting off into space history being made in florida will show you how Todays Mission between nasa and space x also breaking with triple cheese and bacon or chili cheese. Try my sauced and loaded fries. Its pretty delicious. Try my sauced and lcgrand openinge flooin san leandro safely shop our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. Discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. Floor and decors newest location is now open. Also open in milpitas and burlingame. Seasoned curly fries, with triple cheese and bacon or chili cheese. Try my sauced and loaded fries. Its pretty delicious. All eyes on Cape Canaveral florida this afternoon after the successful liftoff of a manned mission to the International Space station which marks a new era of human spaceflight Spacexs Dragon capsule becoming the first privately owned and operated spacecraft. Certified by nasa for human space flight. 4 astronauts 3 americans and one astronaut from japan are on board amanda holly has more on this historic flight. Over 500,000 people look to the sky here on the space coast sunday night for a launch that is now written in the history books. Resilience thats where the 4 astronauts who blasted off from Kennedy Space Center Sunday night means their space x crew dragon capsule. The very first capsule to be certified by nasa for commercial human spaceflight this cleared space x to begin regularly flying astronauts to and from the International Space station and ends the almost decade long sole reliance on russia to get american astronauts back to space. Although these trips will now be considered routine nasa administrator jim breitenstein says they will still learn from every single flight we take all of them with great precaution. Were take them very seriously. And every bit of attention to detail that we have on a test flight we also have on operational flights this first trip will take one japanese and 3 american astronauts up to the space station for 6 months once docked, theyll join 3 other astronauts already on board. The iss chief scientist occurred costello says the capability of the crew dragon capsule is the start of a new era of research and discovery we hope to double the amount of crew time going into science and research. Will gain have easier access for those samples when they come back to earth and will have easier access to our crew members. Both pre and post flight to conduct some of our Human Research after years of design developments testing and demonstration flights including one with 2 american astronauts which successfully flew earlier this year. Think its safe to say a new era of spaceflight here on the space coast has the rendezvous will take 27 and a half hours in the astronauts are scheduled to arrive at the International Space station monday night at 11 00pm eastern time reporting from Kennedy Space center. Im amanda holly back to you. Meanwhile back here on the ground evacuations are underway a Central America braces for hurricane iota the storm is about 250 miles offshore and could make landfall as a category 4 storm. But the time it hits the honduras nicaraguan border monday night. The region though still recovering from hurricane eta which triggered and caused widespread flooding and landslides that left dozens dead or missing just 2 weeks ago. Iota is the 13th named hurricane of the 2020 atlantic hurricane season. A different story here at home as we take a live look outside at downtown San Francisco. A picture perfect day outside well get ready for another day similar to the day we had today, heres kron 4 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez to get you ready to head out the door for the start of your monday, yeah and were going to notice a warmer and drier outlook. So if you love todays forecast youre certainly going to love what im going to show you on monday because. Were going to notice temperatures anywhere from about 5 to 10 degrees above average live look outside though from downtown San Francisco and we are noticing that lack of marine layer out there this evening. So like jonathan is saying it is a perfect clear night out there lets take a look at temperatures as you head out the door starting to cool down into the mid to upper 40s. For those of you in the north even livermore cooling down to 49 degrees but milder temperatures, especially around the bay area shoreline with widespread mid to upper 50s out there for your sunday night so enjoy that even tonight overnight lows going to be a few degrees warmer than last night we are going to be in the mid to upper 40s for most bay area cities but to outliers this evening downtown San Francisco only cooling down to 50 degrees but a little bit chillier for those of you and santa rosa 38 degrees. But also warmer than what you saw last night where you were near freezing so we are going to notice that warming trend even continuing for your work week monday downtown San Francisco you should be in the mid 60s instead youre going to be flirting with 70s by monday afternoon, 69 degrees in the mid 60s for those of you at Half Moon Bay, widespread low 70s throughout the east bay shoreline with mid 70s as you make your way inland 10 degrees above average for those of you in santa rosa and avato even livermore warming up to 73 degrees with san jose also in the mid 70s and stormtracker 4 tracking a very dry outlook tonight even through your monday, but an Atmospheric River will start to make its way into the bay area first bands of rain will be in the north bay but then becoming more widespread with light showers by tuesday afternoon through tuesday night that storm starts to break apart by around wednesday and then we are going to notice drier conditions by wednesday night and much needed rain making its way into the bay area about 3 quarters of an inch of rain or less for those of you in the north bay about half an inch of rain or less for everyone else but then a dry outlook in the days to come but taking a look at our 1010 outlook could see rain on monday the week of thanksgiving holiday, so it could impact your travel plans. But it looks like thanksgiving thursday. It is going to be a dry one according to the latest model run so thats a good thing right there all right a lot of folks looking forward to the turkey day forecast. Yes, im not going to the sound that you want me to do though you have to do the impersonation in the next we have to end them on a fun note, well see about. Well see if after thank you. Now to the south bay with a longstanding debate over whether to close Reid Hillview airport in san jose. Is expected to heat up again next week tuesday, the santa clara supervisors will review to reports on what to do with the land as kron fours rob fladeboe reports some argue that closing the airport would keep the neighborhood safe and help solve the Regions Affordable Housing shortage. Ford has fended off efforts to close it for decades over safety concerns. It closed 180 acre county own land in east, san jose would go a long way to solving the Regions Affordable Housing crisis as spurs Teresa Alvarado it is time to re imagine revealed airport as inaccessible Community Asset. That stimulates production of Affordable Housing and economic opportunities. The airport was here long before the neighborhoods in shopping malls that surrounded today. There are more than 500 takeoffs and landings every day. 200,000 every year. Supporters say its Safety Record is excellent, but there have been several crashes through the years. Neighbors have long complained about noise and pollution as well, but supporters argue Reid Hillview is a Community Asset and should not be closed the airport. Provides us a piece of the National Transportation infrastructure for one thing and as a reliever airport for san jose which puts small aircraft that come into the valley into this airport to stay out of the path of the big jets going into san jose. Also provides we saw fire fighting. Aircraft working out of here during of the fires up on the hills of him right over there and she got some the role that to illustrate the potential for housing here advocate showed how the airport land is 3 times the size of levis stadium. And half again as large a San Jose State University and the proposed google village in downtown san jose Reid Hillview has served a select few in this community for decades. But the best use of that land is no longer to accommodate private planes or even teach students the basics of aviation. If the airport is alternately closed many of the pilots flight schools and other traffic would likely move to a similar sized airport in san martine in southern Santa Clara County. In a first step toward closing Reid Hillview the county stopped accepting federal funding last year funding that could help keep Reid Hillview open for another 30 years in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Still ahead tonight in sports, another sunday, another rough loss for the niners special teams playing a big role in their defeat. Sports director jason dumas school break down the highlights on where things went wrong in the big easy. If i was exposed to a person who had covid19 today getting tested tomorrow would largely be a waste of time. Plus doctors say when you tested for covid19 and what type of test you take it impact your results will explain why next. As coronavirus cases continue to climb across the bay area local Health Officials are also urging people to get tested. Whats not often talked about are the different ways to test for the virus. 2 types of tests are typically used one calted a rapid antigen test which detects proteins from the virus. Well a pcr test detects the viruss genetic material. Doctors say that the pcr test is typically more accurate regardless of the result. There is no perfect test. You can have a false negative. Pcr test and you can have a false negative and agentes antigen test are not quite as sensitive. But again if theyre positive. Theyre very good. Doctors also say when you get tested when you get tested can play a role in your result. They recommend waiting 5 to 7 days after becoming exposed for the most accurate results with either test. If i was exposed to a person who had covid19 today getting tested tomorrow with either test would largely be a waste of time. If you are showing any covid19 symptoms but test negative on an antigen test. Then doctors say you should go ahead and get a pcr test too which is more sensitive. Still to come here next on kron 4 news at 10. The u. S. Facing a spike in covid19 cases from coast to coast. Tonight well break down which states are imposing new restrictions on indoor activities and what doctor Anthony Fauci says he believes it will take for americans to return back to their pre pandemic lives. Plus after a devastating wildfire season in california. Well show you the changes on the way to one local Fire Department making it easier for crews to respond to fastmoving flames. And today were about 5 degrees above average for your bay area forecast but we could be upwards of 10 degrees above normal to start your work week monday. Details ahead on your microclimate outlook in just a few minutes. Make your holidays happen. At ross surprise ahhh yes i love it you dont have to spend a lot to give a lot to the ones who mean the most. Youve got the holidays, and weve got you, with the best bargains ever. At ross. Yes for less yep get the gifts you love. Yesss . For everyone on your list. Youve got the holidays, and weve got you. With all the gift for less. At ross. Yes for less its not in the ongoing fight against covid19 here in the United States. More than 166,000 new cases reported nationwide in the last 24 hours along with more than 1200 new deaths, america has now surpassed 11 million total confirmed cases and 246,000 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic get this it only took 6 days for the United States to go from 10 million cases to 11 million cases and this those cases continue to climb across the country governors are taking significant steps to crack down on the spread of the virus in their states. Theyre now enacting new sweeping restrictions as part of an effort to encourage social distancing and other protocols in michigan governor Governor Gretchen Whitmer called the last week. The worst in her state since the pandemic started today she announced that all Indoor Dining and in Person Learning at high schools and colleges will be suspended for the next 3 weeks. Michigan has seen massive cases case surges in the last 6 weeks from just over 1000 reported daily cases back in early october to nearly 8,000 daily cases just this past week. A similar situation is unfolding all across the country, including Washington State as well. Today. November 15th, 2020. I have to report to washingtonians. Is the most dangerous Public Health day. In over 100 years. Washington governor jay inslee also unveiling a new set of statewide covid19 restrictions among the most businesses including gyms movie theaters and museums must close their Indoor Services for at least the next month. Meanwhile this morning we heard from doctor doctor Anthony Fauci who predicted when the country could begin to return back to normalcy doctor fauci said that prediction depends on a number of factors. Most notably an effective vaccine. If we get the overwhelming majority of people taking the vaccine and you have on the one hand and effective vaccine on the other hand a high degree of uptake of the vaccine we could start getting things back to relative normal as we get into the second and 3rd quarter of the year where people can start thinking about doing things that would too dangerous just months ago, but weve got to put all those things together jake, we cant just wish it happening weve got to get the vaccine. Its got to be deployed and we cant abandon fundamental Public Health measures. So heres a look at how the recent spread of cases compares to the rest of the pandemic you can see the country has been dealing with 2 small peeks of new daily reported cases. The first of spring pick to just over 30,000 cases daily. Then in the summer that number climbed to as many as 70,000 per day. Fast forward to november. And now the country dealing with more than 100,000 new cases every day weve been dealing with that for 12 consecutive days. Earlier this week we did did receive some good news in the form of the pandemic the pharmaceutical giant pfizer announcing that its Coronavirus Vaccine has reached 90 effectiveness and that now has Health Experts feeling optimistic. Basil john in our Washington Dc Bureau explains why. I think its a great. A great first step upstate medical University Infectious disease chief doctor steven thomas. Says hes encouraged by news that pfizers trials show their vaccine is 90 effective may soon be ready for approval by the food and drug administration, but think that it exceeded the expectations of lots of. That scene developers and immunologist and clinicians after approval pfizer will shift toward manufacturing and distributing the vaccine there could be a significant role out of vaccine by the first or 2nd quarter of calendar year 21, however, one major distribution challenge. The vaccine needs to be stored at 94 degrees below 0 and not every hospital has the required equipment you have to verified you got the good side to take care of the vaccine to make sure that is going to still be efficacious when youre administering it to be out to the general public in patients were care associate medical director doctor Anthony Harris says the handling and distribution of this vaccine under these requirements will need cooperation from state and federal agencies, its going to be paramount things are done properly to ensure people are confident in the safety as well as efficacy of the vaccine, but both Health Experts have faith in the process this is being figured out and that it will not be a major impediment to where. To distribution a vaccine. Pfizer estimates it will produce 50 million doses this year. Reporting in washington, im basil john. Meanwhile there was a solemn memorial today in los angeles for many of the victims of covid19 here at home and all across the world. A horse drawn hearse leading the way for a caravan of cars along the streets of pasadena. Organizers put on that procession to honor a doctor in wuhan china who died back in february after alerting the world about the virus. There are also pressuring china to release several journalists detained as a result of their reporting. The International Community should be consent because what is happening in china is affecting the well. And suffering from and victims around the well have passed away. China is refusing to let International Researchers into wuhan preventing them from learning more about the source of the virus. Other news in the bay area tonight were 30 still searching for information about a body found new sutro baths this morning, San Francisco Fire Department called to the bouts after a report of a body found in the water just before 9 oclock this morning. The coast guard also called to that scene at the time of the call were told there were high surf rapid set waves. No other details have been released on the victim at this time. Anyone with information is urged to call police a day on the water quickly turning into a rescue operation to try and save them for one family, San Francisco fire says that just before 3 oclock this afternoon a boat that family was on started to take on water capsized then saying just west of alcatraz island. Crews from the u. S. Coast guard and sfpd marine Team Responding to that scene to people quickly rescued by another boat, a 3rd person, a man found a short time later on shore. The trio checked out by medics and were told are expected to be okay after record setting fire season across the golden state. Santa clara county fire now has some new tools to help in their fire fight. Recently the county received 2 new mobile Operations Centers and a new vehicle that will help with mobile communications and incident support. Leaders say the resources will help crews quickly detect and monitor wildfires which will allow them to get to victims more quickly. Proud to show you some of the latest technology. That we are using in our efforts to combat largescale emergencies. All the resources that you see today benefit the entire state of california. Not just the county of santa clara. Many of these resources are available to be deployed to the california mutual aid system to any community that is in need. That new equipment will be also used to help plan evacuations during a disaster. Fire season behind us tonight, the good news, some rain on the way in the forecast this week kron 4 meteorologist for recent rodriguez is here to talk about when your umbrellas before you head out the door. Yeah and were going to start our reign season with an atmosphere river bringing widespread much needed rain on tuesday into the bay area. But just a heads up for those of you in the east bay shoreline getting some reports of poor air particles there was a small grass fire reported earlier today in the east and also chimney smoke is it getting trapped because we are seeing lack of winds out there so if you do go outside and youre smelling smoke or ash out there in the east bay shoreline that is it so we are noticing though very calm conditions and a very dry and clear outlook throughout downtown San Francisco in temperatures on the mild side tracking widespread mid to upper 50s for most of the bay area downtown San Francisco 58 degrees berkeley at 56 with oakland and alameda 57 degrees but san jose in the south a few degrees cooler at 53 degrees and we are noticing temperatures starting to cool down into the upper 40s for those of you in dublin and livermore with widespread mid to upper 40s for most of the north bay napa 46 degrees petaluma and santa rosa, currently at 48 degrees for your sunday night and youre microclimate monday outlook warming up in fact were going to be about 5 to 10 degrees warmer than where we were today and for our daytime highs as well learning with 70s for the Marina District and for downtown San Francisco with mid 60s for those of you at half moon low 70s for daly city am with widespread low 70s from brisbane all the way into burlingame so wind speeds going to be on the calm to breezy side but by monday night with the approaching storm that will make its way into the bay area on tuesday could see wind gusts upwards of 30 Miles Per Hour less but overall looking like a calm day for san mateo 71 degrees 73 degrees for those of you in san jose in the south bay same for livermore as well below 70s for those of you in hayward mid 70s at 73 degrees for richmond conquered and walnut creek napa in the low 70s and Santa Rosa Nevado 10 degrees above average also in the mid 70s and were going to notice rain returning tuesday through wednesday, dry outlook for the rest of the week even for this upcoming weekend. But then more showers for your thanksgiving week monday. So if you have any travel plans plan on some Rainy Weather so make sure to keep that in mind. But it looks like its going to be a dry outlook for your thanksgiving in or turkey. Gobble expert Jonathan Mccall has something hed like to thats your forecast youre welcome bay area. Thank you people local laws of a breeze of her making lot of diligent. All right that does it for kron 4 news at 10 oclock of Jonathan Mccall dont go anywhere though. Up next is sports night live in the 49 ers just couldnt hold onto the ball today in new orleans kron 4 sports director jason dumas school break it all down plus it will also have the raiders story and the tale of a 100 yearold tennis player. You definitely do not want to miss stand your chairs keep the remote right there hand is sports night live coming your way and just welcome to sports night live not many people gave the niners a shot to win todays game against the saints and and overmatched but you still have to strap up the pads in play. Well the niners play just not very well, nick mullens in the offense actually came out with the purpose today started out well molins led a 13 play 75 yard drive that resulted in this touchdown right here from rookie Brandon Aiyuk the niners actually jumped out to a 10 nothing lead. But they had issues today fielding punts as you can see here the ball bounces off ken