One veterans long struggle, and why a Defense Department employee is now speaking out. And murder hornet mission. How crews use dental floss and a vacuum hose to find and destroy the first nest found in the u. S. You heard them correctly. Dental floss and a vacuum hose. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Heres what we have to do. Were not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines. Therapeutics. The white house chief of staff mark meadows says the United States wont be able to get covid19 under control. They are admitting defeat. This is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in the history of america. Mike pence will stay on the campaign trail despite news some of his staffers tested positive for the coronavirus. I think hes taking all the precautions. And my understanding is hes tested negative. Vice president mike pence plans to preside over the Supreme Court confirmation vote for Amy Coney Barret
Current temperatures and later on today as i mentioned warmest were only going to be in the low to mid 80s. No 90s left in this forecast and even cooler in the days to come. Robin. Thank you john lets check in on the traffic now which is picking up around the bay area over to the bay bridge toll plaza more folks heading into San Francisco, not encountering any so its still a great trip a minor weight off and on right down the middle read 11 minutes off to fremont street, heres a trouble spot. This is the east shore freeway this is traffic coming into emeryville we have a crash working 80 west at powell street so as crews try and get that out of your left lane, its backing up into berkeley so 80 west slows from berkeley down to emeryville because of that crash. Were also checking construction on the nimitz this is saw between the hayward in union city southbound id say right around 10 a son and whipple between those 2 exits the 2 right lanes are blocked for late construction. So thats b
Afternoon which ill get to still to come robin all right, thank you john now were checking in on your morning commute which is off to a fantastic start i have not found any hot spots that you need to stress out about in San Francisco. So were checking in on the bay bridge you can get a live look at your approach to the toll plaza if youre about to roll in right now. You are looking good. No problems here from the oakland maze right on through downtown 7 minutes is a good drive time 92 is busy but not bad a little crowded west of the tolls but only 12 minutes to the peninsula. And heres one more the Richmond Sandra fell hot spot free a great time to get out there news at 6 minutes into the north bay more traffic updates coming up a little bit later back to you. Thanks robin. So to our top story this morning, President Donald Trump abruptly ended Coronavirus Relief talks that would have put money in the hands of americans and Small Businesses but House Speaker nancy pelosi is pledging a
When we talk about fire danger, that means there is a red flag warning. For a look at who exactly is affected and when the winds will pick up lets get to francis. We have a red flag warning in effect. Its first going to hit the north bay mountains and east bay hills tomorrow at 11 00 in the morning and spreads to the rest of the bay area for the coast and the rest of the lower elevations by 8 00 tomorrow. Winds will be from the northnortheast, so this is try land breeze, will bring humidity down into single digits. Gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour around the bay and even near 70 Miles Per Hour over the Higher Elevations and ridges. So this is extreme fire weather conditions. Youll want to secure your Outdoor Furniture and everything can you to be prepared. It will peak into monday morning. Now pg e is warning hundreds of thousands of customers across Northern California they may lose power tomorrow. We have high confidence this will be the strongest diablo and fire weather so far. We have
Capacity to handle another influx. New restrictions and even curfews enforced to stop the spread. Just ahead, we will talk to a member of the Governments Task force ahead. Overnight, violent protests. The National Guard now being deployed to philadelphia after a second night of unrest over a fatal police shooting. The mans family pleading for calm. We are supposed to be united and not divided. I hope that people show my family and this city some kind of respect. The very latest ahead. In the cross heirs again, and the gulf coast is in the direct path as zeta strengthens again. Those stories and plus, the wait is over. And they have won it in 2020. The long dods angeles dodger won their first world series in 22 years. A celebration that came with a very 2020 twist. Today, october 28th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news this is the today show with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning and good to have y