Guest post them on Facebook Live on the live stream. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Sure thing. Chris, im starting with you as the travel expert here what do we know about the number of americans flying this week . Higher or lower than expected . I think its about what we expected. There are about a Million People a day are passing through tsa security checkpoints. That started last friday which is typically one of the busiest day. A Million People a day up from about seven or 800,000 that we had been averaging before that. This time last year we were looking at 2. 3 million travellers per day passing through security. All right. Thats still a lot. Certainly not compared to normal years. In a pandemic, were reaching our peak. Do you expect packed lights or do you think airlines have adjusted. I think theyre people are going to pack the flights. You know, few planes that are flying are flying full. I flew back to atlanta about three weeks ago, expected somewhat unpacked flights an
Desensitized to these numbers. Imagine three boeing 747s crashing every single day. Thats what were looking at right now. Thats abc thats abc 7s special go ahead, ama. Please. Sorry, dan, go ahead. Thats abc 7 news special correspondent dr. Alok patel who just spoke on our 7 00 news getting answers. Good evening to you. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Dr. Patel talked about 1,000 deaths a day. Experts say that could soon hit 2,000, matching or exceeding what we saw in the spring. Thats because just a little while ago we learned that a quarter of a million americans have died from the coronavirus, passing the number dr. Anthony fauci predicted in march. And tonight several counties are seeing the most Covid Patients admitted in a single day since the last wave hit in july. It raises the question will hospitals have to ration care . Abc 7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra is digging into this question and leads us off tonight. I have not been in the military and i have not been in wa
Creek. Southbound 680 slowly starting to fill in. I have been watching this guy with his hazards on, not a blocking issue and i dont think thats going to slow you down. That should not be a significant problem for you. Quick check of drive times. Highway 4 to walnut creek, still wide open in the green at six minutes. Westbound 24 walnut creek to highway 13, another nine. And tracy to dublin, our normal early slow spot, in the yellow, up to 39 minutes. A couple minor issues in the south bay, well check on those next. Right now, im tracking a ferocious wildfire raging, that is threatening homes near yosemite. We just got this new video into our live desk. You can see the det wiler fire burning along highway 140 in Mariposa County. The fire ballooned overnight from 15,000 to 25,000 acres. Only 5 contained at this point. The entire town of mariposa is evacuated. Crews are fighting this from the ground and air with about 1400 firefighters on hand right now. Firefighters say the fire is, quo
On its way for us as we get into the afternoon. Heres where we are right now. We have cooled down considerably thanks to the cold front passing by and the rain cold air. 52 the temperature in philadelphia, 46 in the suburbs. Were looking at cloudy conditions now. Only some showers remaining in parts we saw in jersey and delaware. Upper 40s in the Lehigh Valley and delaware as we track along. Winds are strong, theyll continue to be strong into the afternoon. So, were going to take a look at those wind gusts later today and talk about the temperature trend dropping off this weekend. All that coming up in a minute. But currently well head to traffic with jessica. And krystal, currently it is starting to get 95 around nay mans road. It is starting to see some jamb ups. Getting messy ourt there. Were starting to see lay little more volume moving by the scene. We are watching two lanes getting by. At least some good news there. The accident is over into the left hand shoulder, part of the le
Control or influence 73 of all loss hold spending. I want to do ultrasound. Reporter this Nursing Student works two jobs on top of her studies. She wasnt able to stop, not shop or show up for what had to be done and she hopes the movement pays off. I do feel like men and women should get paid equally going to the same amount of school. Reporter and the women are expected here with their children to start making signs, then they will march over to city hall. Their hope is that kids, husbands, bosses, their employers, local government here in center city and in cities across the nation as well as politicians in washington will be listening. Were live in center city tonight, im cydney long, nbc 10 news. And the philadelphia teaches union is using a day without a woman to remind people they have been work more than 1200 days without a contract. Union members held a picket before school outside h. A. Brown elementary. They say they havent gotten a raise in five years. And more stories on In