Across six states. A Bridge Collapsing into a raging river. Communities cult off tonight. Families in asheville, North Carolina, without food, electricity, cell service. Cars lined up for more than a mile, just to get gas. Tonight, Vice President harris cutting her Campaign Schedule short, turning her attention to storm relief, meeting with fema, and speaking with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. Authorities in North Carolina had asked the administration to wait before traveling there, given the emergency. And tonight, former president Donald Trump traveling to the Storm Zone in georgia. Tonight, the developing headline. Israeli troops expected to launch limited Ground Raids into lebanon, just days after the killing of the leader of hezbollah. Here in the u. S. , the economy, and tonight, the potentially crippling port strike, now just hours away. Were monitoring this. Up to 45,000 Dock Workers along the East Coast and the Gulf Set to walk off the job at midnight. What this could mean for
Emergency use authorization next week. But there is a caveat, the efficacy of the j js vaccine dropped 57 from the highly contagious variant from south africa. Despite the travel van to stop that variant from coming over here, the new variant is already here. Two cases identified this week in South Carolina with two patients with no ties to each other and no travel history given that, signals community spread. During todays White House Briefing dr. Anthony fauci stressed the importance of vaccinating as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, before those mutant strains get out of control. Whether or not thats going to ultimately take over in the sense of being dominant is unclear by now. The projection that is made with regard to the uk is that probably by the end of march, the beginning of april, it actually will become more dominant in this country. The fundamental principle of getting people vaccinated as quickly and as efficiently as you possible can will always be the be
Liviakis saying im grant lotus alameda san mateo and solano counties. Where the latest to join that red tier that means restaurants in the 3 counties can resume Indoor Dining at 25 capacity indoor malls can reopen at 50 capacity, hair and nail salons barbershops can serve clients indoors with modifications museums zoos aquariums, places of worship movie theaters can all operate at 25 capacity. Gyms and Fitness Centers can operate inside at 10 capacity. And School Districts that choose to well have the ability to reopen, but they have to wait another 2 weeks to make sure they dont backtrack. But Contra Costa County in Sonoma County theyre left behind in the purple tier now we want to be kron fours Taylor Force Act he was in Sonoma County tonight to find out. What the issue is there. This is a big disappointment for many people and businesses here in Sonoma County and one supervisor i spoke to says a lot of it has to do with the countys makeup of its population, its elderly facilities an
Thanks for joining us on kron 4 news at 3 im noelle bellow just over 6 months since shelterinplace orders began california is seeing widespread improvement. An infection levels at the same time the nation and california are about to mark some grim milestones in the pandemic the United States is on the brink of reaching 200,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic right now there are little more than 199,743 deaths and more than 6 million cases have been reported across the country here at home that grim nationwide milestone comes as california and statewide covid19 numbers continue to improve governor Gavin Newsome provided an update this afternoon. He says the state has averaged about 3400 cases over a sevenday period. The latest numbers showing the low that with just under 3300 cases reported yesterday. Now the governor says on average theyre conducting more than 100,000 tests a day and with the number of testing going up the Positivity Rate is going down over the last 7 days weve have
All safe. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 10th. Thank you for starting your week with us. And we do begin with schools ng a as coravirus cas millionaon be Holding Classes online today and tomorrow, while the building is disinfected following an outbreak among students and staff. In bigtime College Football, the power five conferences may be considering moving their season to the spring. Meantime, the pandemic has prompted some top ncaa players to call for the creation of a union. Abcs Andrew Dymburt has more. Reporter the u. S. Now surpassing 5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. Kansas city among nine cities warned by the White House Task force they are in danger of becoming new hot spots. Were seeing a lot of activity that has been against Public Health advice. House parties of up to hundreds of people, a lot of backyard parties. Reporter chicagos mayor threatening to shut down the lakefront, posting these images on social media after witnessing what she