They come in. I want to thank you for joining our midday show. And im marcus washington. Now, our other top story for you this morning. Tens of thousands of workers are cross the bay area and country for that matter are walking off the job for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Thats how long a Police Officer kneeled on George Floyds neck before he died. Todays protests, taking a stance opposing systemic racism. Nbc bay areas Cierra Johnson is live for us in Mosswood Park in oakland. Whats happening there . Reporter yeah. This rally really just kicked on of a few minutes ago. But folks have been making their way here for about the last hour. This rally is part of a Larger Movement thats taking place in as many as 25 cities across the country today. Organizers expect tens of thousands of everyday workers nationwide like fast food workers, rideshare drivers to walk off the job to make a statement about ongoing cases of Police Brutality and the presence of systemic racism. National organizers
Cloud cover right across the bay is sitting above the bay instead of sinking down into it which would be problematic for bridges. Where you can expect some low visibility, oakland and the east bay hills in general and then right along the coastline, pretty similar areas to yesterday fog is sitting just a bit higher today though, and that is definitely good news. Just means more of us are going to see less of an impact but youre still going to notice a lot of grey out there to start the day by the time we work towards lunchtime, the only spots holding on to the fog. Areas right along the coast and then right through the golden gate sunshine will prevail elsewhere as for skies, they will be dry aside from coastal drizzle that you may experience due to that fog in those misty conditions that may cause you to turn the windshield wiper on just a tiger to the breezy a spot in the bay area this morning, definitely being fairfield right through the delta weve got a pretty significant sea breez
Again going to be really warm well into the 90s for many spots, inland. While remaining in the 60s at the coast jace. All right john, thank you now lets get the latest on the coronavirus pandemic or one day after Governor Newsom gave us warning about a spike in covid19 cases we saw the states highest singleday total of cases since this pandemic began with more than 5,000 new cases confirmed yesterday alone and so heres a look at the numbers and where they stand state why we have more than a 191,000 confirmed cases now covid19 with more than 5600 deaths and locally across the bay area with more than 20,000 confirmed cases and now 538 deaths. Alameda county is reporting the most new cases in the past 24 hours with more than 250 kron fours reyna harvey is live there now with the details reyna. Dorian james good morning like you mentioned coronavirus is not just spreading but its spreading rapidly like california. You mentioned we hit a record high yesterday. 5,000 new cases in the state.
Areas still in the 70s with the coast, staying cool yet again. Daria. Thanks a lot john the 7 oclock and lets get to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic thats a growing problem in california. Governor newsome as we know just gave that warning yesterday about a spike in cases and the state has seen its singleday total of cases the highest since the pandemic began yeah so weve got as we take a look at the numbers more than 5,000 new coronavirus cases just yesterday alone. Statewide for more than a 191,000 confirmed cases with 5600 deaths closer into the bay area were looking at more than 20,000 confirmed cases now with 538 deaths the numbers continue to climb and whats troubling guys they start to climb faster now like in Alameda County there reporting the most new cases in the bay area the past 24 hours 250. New positives kron fours reyna harvey is live there now with the details reyna. Well dorian james you just laid out the alarming numbers 5,000 new cases in california in a day an
They jumped from animals to humans, spread rapidly around the world. Both are pretty lethal. Fortunately, this is much less lethal than the 1918 pandemic. However, considerably more contagious than the 1918 pandemic. Virulence, itless will still kill a lot of people. Steve how did the country react . Of course, a different time in terms of news, and how his word spread about how to protect yourself from what at the time was called the spanish flu . John it was a completely different situation because we were at war. Woodrow wilson created an , designed to win the war, with a Propaganda Machine and the architect of that Propaganda Machine wrote and false are just terms, all that matters is what the impact is. That was one thing when you are trying to keep morel up during the war, it was another thing when you are fighting and infectious disease. And because of that infrastructure when the pandemic arrived, National Public Health Leaders or outright lying about it there was no tony fauci