Could lose it. Nbc bay area kris sanchez is joining us live why people should calm down and not stress out too much right now. Kris . Reporter yet is that operative word. While Supreme Court is hearing those arguments, we should know they are not expected to issue any sort of ruling until the spring so your 2021 coverage would not be affected because we would already be locked in at that point. The word is dont worry yet. There was a lively, but peaceful, demonstration outside of the u. S. Supreme court as the justices began to hear those arguments. This is the third time that the aca has been before the Supreme Court. But with newly sworn Justice Amy Coney barrett, this is the first time the court has a conservative majority. If the court were to strike down bill clinton, as many as 21 million americans could lose their Health Care Coverage and that would include people with preexisting conditions potentially, low income adults who got medicaid through the Affordable Care act, and you
For about 15 minutes now and we see the backup packing in on the toll plaza and the approach and the span itself. It is slowing because of the volume so they may slow the metering lights down a bit. We look at the map, the rest of the bay shows a smooth expected commute except for here northbound 680 coming through fremont. We have that construction crew clearing a little bit late so theyre slowing north in to sunol and the south bay incidents coming up. Back to you, laura. Thanks so much, mike. We begin with a transition of power in washington. Overnight attorney general bill barr making headlines after saying improper voting allegations should be examined. The Trump Administration not making it easy for team biden to get started. Today in the bays tracie potts is following the post election drama. I know the president firing the defense secretary with possibly more firings to come. Reporter exactly. Some people being moved around within the administration as well on Climate Change no
Of us. Thank you, mike. Firefighters put out a small grass fire along interstate 580 alonging along regatta boulevard in richmond. Fires were reported in Castro Valley and healdsburg. Firefighters worked to stop these fires quickly before they could reach homes and other buildings. Because of the dangerous fire conditions pg e cut off power to more than 106,000 people across the bay area. People in the north bay were some of the first to go dark. Lauren martinez is live in mill valley. Here in mill valley you can see some degree in the strebris. Restaurant owners at tips roadside in kenwood were angry after they lost power an hour before they were told it was scheduled to be shut off. They hope they dont lose whats on ice in their freezer. A couple weeks ago, we lost all the food in there. It was probably 15,000, 20,000. Everything is so much harder now because of covid, fires, Power Outages. Its just you know, everybody is saying i cant wait for 2020 to be over. Hopefully, you know, 2
The red flag warning takes place right now, good evening i am julie haener. Pg e are anticipating a shut off. Pg e says that the Public Safety power shut off will affect several customers and 15 Northern California counties, and the bay area it will mostly affect customers in napa county. Santa clara could expect their power to shut off at 3 00 and continue throughout the day tomorrow. We spoke to someone and he said its okay if it reduces the risk of fire in his neighborhood. I would rather lose power for of yours rather than breathing that type of air in for days. Santa clara county customers could have their power back on this time around night other affected bay areas will continue with the outages until friday. Tran62 the conditions that prompted the conditions. Bill martin is tracking the warnings and the wind speed were basically it is a wind speed of at tonight as far as what they are going for. The red flag warning and affect. I will do a move here we we go through the current
Potts and, tracie, the president seems to be all over the place when it comes to getting americans another stimulus check. Where do we stand on it this morning . Reporter so the latest is the president says im ready to sign off on the stimulus check but not the other that comes with it. The more popular parts he wants to take care of the election. The other stuff theyre still trying to negotiate the president wants to push those negotiations until after november 3rd. Stimulus deliberations shut down by a president recovering from covid19. He first tweeted negotiations are off until after the election. The stock market took a nose dive. Clearly a huge shock to the system. Millions are out of work. Reporter in an apparent reversal the president said hes ready to sign off on stimulus checks and billions for airlines and Small Business loans. The white house explaining the big deal is off but the president wants to deal with each issue separately. Still contagious he says hes planning on a