Home as covid19 cases increase across the nation. More than 13 million americans have been diagnosed at over 2,000 americans are dying every day from the virus. As states brace for an uptick in cases due to holiday gatherings the nations most populous county, los angeles county, is set to impose strict stay at home rules that will take effect tomorrow. Meanwhile, health way be on the way as the first doses of pfizers 1ir9 vaccines are headed to the u. S. From belgium, but keep in mind a vaccine isnt expected for wide distribution until later 2021. A cdc panel will meet on tuesday to decide how the initial supplies of the vaccine will be allocated. Joining me now Emergency Room Physician and california congressman and a good friend raul ruiz, cardiologist dr. Bernard ashby on the committee to protect medicare, dr. Mercedes carnethon from Northwestern University and dr. Corey hebert, former cochair of the louisiana governors covid19 Minority Task force. We should also note that dr. Heber
Legal attack. A new report published in the journal of pediatrics finds a threefold increase in dog bites during the pandemic. Well tell you why. Wildfires raging in california as temperatures soar and Power Outages grow throughout the states. Early today starts right now good wednesday morning im phillip mena. And im frances rivera. Covid19 is now the third leading cause of death in the united states. The news comes as over 5. 4 million americans have now been infected and over 1712,000 people have died from the virus. The virus is also sweeping through College Campuses across the nation just as the fall semester begins. Students attending Notre Dame University will go online for at least two weeks and students at chapel hill are headed home. Reporter notre dame going virt you for at least two weeks after 19 of students tested positive for covid19. The surge attributed to at least two offcampus parties according to University Officials who say they may be forced to send students home.
And i pale more that announcement coming just hours after cal, so i so said that there would not be any rotating blackouts tonight. Thousands of customers were in the dark for hours last night as temperatures soared into the triple digits. Kron fours dan thorn is live in san and elmo hes been talking with people about the heat and their concerns over the potential for more outages in the coming days well ken and pam, the rolling power blackouts for on some people out here are a painful reminder. Last falls Public Safety power shutoff done by pg and e with these high temperatures its been essential for people to keep cool and many of them are also doing their best to conserve energy or the hope for the power to stay on in marine county, the scorching hot temperatures threatening the area saturday with another round of outages something people in san anselmo do not want to deal with again it was really had no notice that it was happening whatsoever on obviously a surprise we didnt know i
Polls. Today in the bay starts right now. And here we go on this thursday morning for you. Thanks so much for starting your morning right here for us. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Well get to mike and that morning commute for this thursday morning in just a bit. Lets check in with kari right now. What are we looking like temperature wise today . A little bit warmer, laura. Welcome back. More of that heat starting to return to the bay area. As we start out this morning anywhere from 46 in Half Moon Bay to 64 in san jose. Were already starting to see that spread in temperatures and as you head out the door in antioch mid 60s by early in the afternoon. So, we start out cool, but its going to be a hotter day. Well talk about this and some extreme heat for this weekend. Thats coming up in a few minutes. Mike, i know you dont want to hear that this early in the morning. Yeah, i dont want to hear extreme and heat together. Were looking over towards the roadways, kari. An extreme
Some parts of the bay area. We have had temporary service to client that should ben lomond,. 4 inches of rain not have happened. So far. We are fixing this. Service here is scattered activity into lake county and northern improved across all categories. I am laser focused on improving will continue. This rain is helping out in service for the american public. Some areas. Poor air quality will remain in place for the east bay and the south bay. The u. S. House passed a bill thunderstorms remaining in place throughout the course of saturday to address mail the afternoon with a red flag delivery disruptions. It provides 25 million in warning in place until 5 00. Funding. Mitch mcconnell says he does not intend to take up the bill. Temperature wise, slightly cooler for some. President trump has said he will be to wait. The Republican National what you can expect for the convention is underway. Afternoon and weekend ahead. Delegates will vote later today to renominate donald trump. Lets say