Early today starts right now good morning on this wednesday. Im cori coffin. And im frances rivera. An epidemic with no end in sight. The coronavirus reaches a grim milestone as the american death toll hits the triple digits. Heres what you need to know at this hour. As the deadly outbreak evolves, u. S. Officials are boosting measures to combat coronavirus in new york city the shutdown threatens to go further. Mayor bill de blasio urging new yorkers to prepare for a shelter in place order a decision will be made within the next day or so as hospitals become strained by a surge of patients the pentagon announced it is getting 5 million respirator masks and also 2,000 ventilators to the department of health and Human Services secretary of defense mark esper said 1 Million Masks would be available immediately. And one South Carolina School District is putting meals on wheels the anderson School District is delivering breakfast and lunch to thousands of students the bus driver miss patric
Cook. Im dave clark. There is fog in parts. Lets get to mike. There was fog when i came up on the estuary. The next system should arrive thursday morning. Patchy fog turns to mostly sunny and then partly cloudy this afternoon. Early tuesday we get rain from the system which is off to the north best between portland and northern california. 30s and 40s are the temperatures. Then at Sonoma County airport, a quarter mile. Around oakland, 24. Last night we had 30s and 40s on the temperatures and we have increasing clouds today. It is 7 no one and lets look at traffic. We are in the peak of traffic between now and 7 30. A 32 minute drive from the car canis bridge to macarthur. At the bay bridge there is slow traffic and the fog has lifted and even on the eastshore freeway, its moving around. You can see traffic on the south bay is getting busier and we will revisit the commute in just a few. It is 7 02. The afc championship game and the winner goes to the super bowl. Lets go to allie. A big
Courtesy of an image being circulated online but thats too gruesome to show you. This is secretary of state john kerry talking about it at a press conference with australias foreign minister julie bishop today. This image, perhaps even an iconic photograph that julie has just referred to, is really one of the most disturbing, stomachturning, grotesque photographs ever displayed of a 7yearold Child Holding a severed head up with pride and with the support and encouragement of a parent, with brothers there. This is utterly disgraceful. It underscores the degree to which isil is so far beyond the pale with respect to any standard by which we judge even terrorist groups that al qaeda shunted them aside. Thats why they represent the threat that they represent. Chief chuck hagel is calling isis a threat to the civilized world. Today more u. S. Air strikes bringing the total to at least 17 over the past four days. Nbc news is reporting that the u. S. Is sending more than 120 additional milita
A vague new trend is appearing on Instagram, TikTok and X, formerly known as Twitter. The various posts encourage iPhone users to say a command that calls 911.