In the bay area alone. Thanks for joining us tonight, im ken way and i pale more here is a look at the bay area broken down county by county right now Alameda County continues to lead with more than 11,000 cases of covid19 Santa Clara County not far behind with nearly 10,000 cases. Tonight, San Francisco county has more than 6,000 reported cases of the disease and city officials are preparing for a surge in hospitalization to get ahead of the curve these cities building a new temporary hospital to try to free up beds for Covid Patients. The new hospital will open for non Covid Patients who need shortterm medical care or observations kron fours tips aqui joins us now live from. Georgias avenue in the presidio where the new facility will be located taylor. Well the citys Health Director isnt sugarcoating things today. He said we are in a major surge of coronavirus cases. And thats exactly why they are opening this site here to be proactive rather than reactive now. The city says that thi
The final goodbye included remembrances from three former president s and words from young people he inspired. Heres abcs andrew dymburt. Reporter final goodbyes. The Funeral Service for representative john lewis taking place thursday, closing a historic chapter in american history. Reporter former president barack obama delivering the eulogy, paying tribute to lewis life and legacy. John lewis will be a founding father of that fuller, fairer, better america. Reporter two other former president s, george w. Bush and bill clinton, also attending the private funeral at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in atlanta which dr. Martin luther king jr. Once led. We live in a better and nobler country today because of john lewis. He kept moving. He held for and imagined and lived and worked and moved for his beloved community. Reporter lewis died on july 17th after a monthslong battle with pancreatic cancer. He spent his entire life fighting not just for civil rights of africanamericans but f
That involved multiple people thats when the officer then tried to detain those suspects and there was a confrontation and the officer opened fire. Not clear yet this morning what caused the officer to use the gun. The officer sustained an injury to their foot and was taken to the hospital and has also been placed on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. And we have breaking news from overnight. One person had to be rescued from the fire in San Francisco. Youre taking a look at video from the citizen app it was posted by the San Francisco police Fire Department. The fire broke out about 2 oclock this morning on powell street in the citys north beach neighborhood. Firefighters also has to rescue a dog and the person who was rescued had to be taken to the hospital, no word yet on that persons condition this morning. Well to the south bay now an outbreak has been reported at the elmwood detention facility in milpitas kron fours will tran standing by. With an updat
Words from former president obama about possible efforts to suppress the vote. Epstein revelation. Startling documents from the Ghislaine Maxwell case are released. Why her lawyers tried to keep them secret. Honoring a hero. The emotional tributes to congressman john lewis at his funeral, and the heartfelt messages about the road to a better america. It was a beautiful service. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Unemployed americans will lose the additional 600 in weekly Unemployment Benefits as the Senate Adjourns without passing an aid package. Were at a clip. Its too late. Weve had enough ropeadope, enough empty talk. Hurricane isaias is making its way to the east coast. Isaias forcing florida to close its covid19 testing sites. Winds from the storm out there whipping those palm trees into a frenzy. President donald trump sparking controversy by floating the idea of delaying the 2020 president ial election. Do i want to see a date change . No. But i do
With the protesters in portland. In downtown woke up to a mess today. She says she is wearing the vandalism could potentially lead to the president sitting federal officers into oakland. That is absolutely correct. The president has already hinted at that. The protest last night was peaceful until about 9 pm. That is when they report evangelism at the police station. Shortly thereafter there was a report of a small fire at the superior court house. Some are concerned that those incidents could be enough to motivate the president to send in federal forces. She organized this demonstration in oakland. In solidarity of the ongoing protest in portland. Demonstrations that have seen clashes between protesters and federal officers. Some people say they are okay with federal force being used or but under one condition. As long as it is called for. Meaning if there is a lot of violence or destruction, that is how they can keep it under control or prevent it, then i would say yes. The mayor and