Villone on this unseasonable alert. Reporter ken, this fire station is lit up for the holidays, but santa is not all that is red. The warning issued this evening lasts overnight and into midmorning. This was some wind will burn crazy. Reporter this chief doesnt recall a red flag warning ever this late for northern california. But what matters are the conditions; not the calendar. I should see green grass, but its still brown and with the drop in relative humidity, it can quickly grow into larger fires. Reporter like two fires last month. In napa and sonoma counties. Fires taking hold at a time most folks were planning for thanksgiving and not clearing fire breaks. When the inversion is really strong, you can really see it stratify. Reporter because of winds gusting along ridge tops and canyons. Redflag doesnt change operations much for local departments around the bay area, but calfire has ended its season and scaled back, sending temporary crews home, parking engines and grounding air
Overseas if we had a preclearance locations. We have global entry located overseas. We are working towards that together. The secretary is driven towards that goal and i think we are in the process of doing that. I would differ to my colleague from cbp to answer some of that as well. If you would please. Looking up at different arrival experience. Its getting rid of forms for them to fill out. Its motivating selfservice kiosk that not only gives them a better strength but helps us be more efficient and more secure in what we do. Saying things like global entry that frequent lowrisk travelers keeping a program like that. We are getting 60 to 70,000 applications a month for that program. Its been steady like that for the last yeartoyear and a ha half, tremendous uptick in that program. Usage can vary from five to 10 depending on the day the week but it tends to trend with business travel. Later in the week we see those percentages increase up to 10 of total arrivals. Automated passport c
To deploy automated passport control kiosks known as abc. These are like the exact change booths. The administrator portion of the arrivals process thereby reducing the overall interaction time with the cbp officer and allows the cbp officer to focus on the security aspects of that inspection process. In the past year 16 airports are launched apcs and several more planned to join by the end of year. All of these airports that have launched these kiosk we have seen average wait times decrease by 30 to 35 after the installation of kiosks. We have also automate the for 494 arriving at seaports of entry. We have the arrival information from electronic record taking into processes easier and faster for travelers in addition to using reducing hc cause. We are are looking for Paper Production formed to eliminate the process. We envision several ways to use the internet mobile device kiosk and seeing the options available like when checking in for flight. Effective secures should be a travel f
Good friday morning, everyone. Im Ayman Mohyeldin in new york. The urgent plea for a pause. Dr. Anthony fauci urging some states to put a hold on their reopening plans as they shatter daily records in new coronavirus cases and deaths. Nearly 60,000 new cases reported in the past 24 hours alone. That is the sixth time in ten days of recordbreaking increases. Florida, the new epicenter for the virus, reporting another 120 deaths breaking its previous record for deaths in a single day. Were going to talk to an icu doctor who is also working on a new treatment as part of the search for solutions. And were about to speak live to a researcher in arizona about a new cheaper and faster saliva test that is being launched today. Our nbc News Reporters are in some of the nations hot spots this morning. Allison basher in west columbia, south carolina, joe fryer out in los angeles for us and Vaughn Hillyard in phoenix. Allison, lets begin with you. We start with this exclusive look at a hospital fl
Had five children with her husband and then adopted two more from haiti, one of whom is specialneeds. The youngest child has down syndrome. On any level, Amy Coney Barrett is a remarkable person and an unusual person and the most impressive person to receive a Supreme Court nomination in memory. Here she is with her family at the announcement on saturday. If confirmed, i would not assume the role for the sake of those in my own circle. And certainly not for my own sake. I would assume this role to serve you. I would discharge the judicial oath which requires me to administer Justice Without respect to person. To equal rights to the poor and the rich, and fearfully and impartially perform my duties under the United States constitution. You can see the problem for democrats and how would you derail the nomination of someone like that . A legal scholar who went through Senate Confirmation and is assented judge and has seven kids and welladjusted and normal. Its the last point that jobs th