Latest developments and has that story. Friday white house staff aged in Contact Tracing to track down how the president and first lady became infected. And who they may have infected. To the staff saying that the mitigation plan was in place prior to the positive test result. Because the broader question even with a lot of the mitigating factors what you have is a virus that is contagious that certainly continues to be regardless of what protocol we have that and has the ability to impact everybody. Late thursday night he took to twitter saying tonight we tested positive for the coronavirus. We will begin our Recovery Process immediately. We will get through this together. They are now quarantining at the white house the commander inchiefs doctors say that they are well and that this will not impact his president ial duties. His positive test comes hours after senior aide and confidant hope hicks tested positive for the coronavirus. The president defended her choice to go without wear
Theres a reasonable chance of executing a psps to reduce Public Safety risk. Well, more on the fire in fresno county. But first, we begin with the oppressive heat thats now come across the bay area during this Labor Day Holiday weekend. Good evening. Im andre senior. Triple digit temperatures expected in some areas and we have Team Coverage of this heat wave. This new heat wave. Ktvus greg lig gens will tell us more but we begin tonight with meteorologist mark demayo. Reporter yeah, thats right. Now typically at this time of year its not abnormal to talk about maybe 98, 100 degrees or unusual. But this weekend, were going way up above the average. Today 104 and 105 degrees. Tomorrow another level. So its a start well show you a couple of records here. Gilroy 106 degrees and napa, 102 degrees. And you can see some more highs from this afternoon. Look at all the triple digits out towards santa rosa and concord and livermore and antioch and san jose. Maxed out 98 and San Francisco, 89 deg
Setting wildfire season, and there is concern it could get any worse. The red flag warning started just an hour ago and lasts until 9 00 p. M. Monday night for much of the bay area. Winds could reach up to 50 Miles Per Hour in some areas. We have Live Team Coverage of the red flag warning. Greg will tell us how fire officials are prepping right now, but first we go to mark for a look at the current conditions. Mark . Andre, when you think about this past summer, all of the recordsitting heat that we had here in the bay area, the excessive heat warnings, its history, but it has a lasting impact, right . All of the hillsides are dry and ready to burn and were heading into a critical fire situation. We not only have the winds, we have the heat, as well. Heat advisory. Take a look at these forecast hes as we head into your sunday, but especially into monday. That will be the hottest day of the week, and that red flag fire warning. Were seeing those winds switch out of the north. Current ob
Californians. Reporter californians applying for unappointed benefits will have to wait pick the States Employment Development Department has halted taking new applications until october 5. A two week reset while they switch their updated online Identification System and moved to id me. This comes after a strike team put forth recommendations to update the service. They have been plagued with issues with so many californians applying for caliph fournette an appointment benefits at once. Theres been a massive backlog in claims because so many people are out of work. The former edd director says some very significant action needed to be taken. And i think there is reason to say this new approach with the Identity Verification that at least is claimed to be able to reduce the manual claims which are holding up the process from a 40 to 10 . Reporter with maidla proces which led to that bottleneck here it will still take months to catch up. Part of the statement reads, i am concerned this i
Reporter stinnie a dramatic scene that played on the Golden Gate Bridge. These officers responding to an emergency the, to become part of the emergency as well. It is believed they were all exposed to fentanyl. What started as a call for a suspected dui turned into a hazmat situation and crime scene on the Golden Gate Bridge. A possible fictional exposure sticking seven people including members of law enforcement. It is a chemical that is extremely deadly, takes only a very, very small dose to kill an adult human. So this is something that we have to take very seriously. Reporter this happened after 11 45 am. They received a call about a possible intoxicated driver in the north bound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge. Time the first officer arrived the driver had crashed and was unresponsive. The officer reached into the vehicle to help. Our first officer begin feeling extremely ill and displayed symptoms of a possible fentanyl exposure. Very soon after that, he went down and essentially