Presidency. President trump turns to the courts to try to slow down bidens momentum as hundreds of thousands of votes still have not been counted. Good evening, everybody. Thanks for being with us on kron 4 news at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the Trump Campaign says it is filed lawsuits in pennsylvania, michigan. And georgia laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states today, joe biden was awarded wisconsin and michigan. He now has 264 electoral votes. We said he is inching closer to victory and that number leaves him 6 shy of the magic number 2. 70. Well take a look here at the map it is filling out the states that have still not been called broadcast partners with the Associated Press, pennsylvania, which we dont expect a result from until maybe friday as they just started counting all those male and covid ballots if you will yesterday North Carolina has a big called georgia has it been called and nevada hasnt been called the easiest path to victory for
Ma message from the very beginning was this is not Public Health visit the economy. If we dont get the Public Health part right, you cant do the economy. Reporter is it still possible that we could still reopen cautiously if people wear masks . The masks are the most important thing we can do. If people reliably wore masks in all the activities where theyre coming in contact with other people, we would markedly decrease the transmission rate and stay on top of this. The virus doesnt care that we had a really good march, april and may. Reporter just to make something really clear, here in the bay area, the numbers have been trending upwards, but for the most part, we are still flattening the curve. Dr. Wachter believes we can come back as lo wear these masks. The bottom line here is that people have been getting inconsistent messages from government officials, from politicians, but this is whats going to save us and keep us on that course. The storys not finished being written. Right, a
The mayors to try to but the message from the very beginning was this is not Public Health visit the economy. If we dont get the Public Health part right, you cant do the economy. Reporter is it still possible that we could still reopen cautiously if people wear masks . The masks imrtant thwe can do. If people reliably wore masks in all the activities where theyre coming in contact with other people, we would markedly decrease the transmission rate and stay on top of th. The virus doesnt care that we had a really good march, april and may. Reporter just to make something really clear, here in the bay area, the numbers have been trending upwards, but for the most part, we are still flattening the curve. Dr. Wachter believes we can come back as long as people wear these masks. The bottom line here is that people have been getting inconsistent messages from government officials, from politicians, but this is whats going to save us and keep us on that course. The storys not finished being
Coming up in a few minutes. Back to you. New this morning, a fast spreading fire in the foothills just east of concord has now been contained. It broke off near highway 4 and fire crews from cal fire and contra costa brought the fire under control despite the windy conditions. It was a real challenge. The cause of this fire is still under investigation. Now to the governors new coronavirus crackdown. Dine in restaurants and bars are now closed for three weeks in 19 counties including contra costa, santa clara and solano counties. But those arent the only bay area counties seeing some restrictions. Next up, beaches. Kpix 5s kiet do joins us live from pacifica this morning where today is your last chance to catch some sun and some surf before the Holiday Weekend. Reporter yeah, better get on it. So yesterday the governor announced the closure of the parking lots of the state beaches. Not the beaches themselves, but the parking lots. Well, then the mayor of pacifica then took it a step fu
Those who are tackling some of the most pressing issues of our time including sustainability inequality and Climate Change what will it take to redesign todays business todays economic models in order to provide for that sort of long term value and ultimately a more sustainable and a more Inclusive Society to discuss we have a very distinguished panel the c. E. O. And chairman of the Management Board of royal d. S. M. Is joining us fica see this month Senior Advisor to the World Economic forum and also the interim merican Development Bank caroline n. C. And we have the cofounder of byebye plastic bags and also one of the cochairs at this years summit. And we have the Prime Minister of cent lucia joining us from there alan tasm. Thank you so much to all of you for being here today and please give our panel very well thank you and id like to begin with you because you have a company youre helping to run a company that was not always sustainable youve been around for more than a century y