Im julie haener. Im Frank Somerville tonight working from home. Lots of new developments to tell you about this evening. Governor newsom has put out an urgent call for doctors to help treat the expected surge of coronavirus patients. The governor says the number of people in the hospital in california has now doubled and the number of icu patients has tripled in just the past four days. Across the u. S. More than 3,000 people have now died from the outbreak. Among them the first u. S. Service member, a new Jersey National guardsman. Today the Navy Hospital ship comfort arrived at new york harbor to ease the burden on hospitals by caring for people not suffering from covid19. At the White House Health and Human Services secretary alex azar said the u. S. Has tested more than 1 million coronavirus samples, more than any other country. He also says the u. S. Is now testing nearlysamples a day. Experts say the u. S. To test between 100,000 and 150,000 patients a day to contain the virus. S
She has a check on the morning commute. How is it going . Its going much better, mike, after we had major issues on the roads in the south bay this morning. Things are looking good. All green here excluding our little area that matches my jacket, the Altamont Pass, commuters coming out of tracy. This is the dprigolden gate bri. I can see some droplets on our camera. Overall a smooth and clear wide. Same thing here in San Francisco. Were looking at our king street camera there. Nice and clear for you all. Just nice clear ride across our bridges. Everything is green. Thanks. The San Jose City council is backing the mayors proposal to turn pg e into a customerowned utility. The Council Voted to support the resolution mayor liccardo recently introduced. It follows pg es Public Safety power shutoff that left thousands in the dark in the bay area and beyond. It appears san jose elected leaders are not the only ones fed up with the utility. 90 of you want to get rid of pg e. This is according
Mark matthews, nbc bay area news. Thanks, mark. Another big move today by President Trump, john bolton is out. The president fired his National Security adviser and announced it on twitter. He said the two have had a string of policy disagreements including taliban negotiations and china trade talks. The president tweeted that he asked for boltons resignation but bolton claims to have resigned on his own. The two men had a history of differences which the president acknowledged in the past. John bolton is absolutely a hawk. If it was up to him he would take on the whole world at one time but that doesnt matter because i want both sides. By next week President Trump is expected to neighboring the fourth National Security adviser in less than three years. And nbc bay area exclusive we have learned one of the most controversial judges in recent bay area history has a new job. Recalled judge aaron persky is coaching tennis at a south bay high school. Now kay made National Headlines a few y
Happen again today. Also want to show you hidef doppler anyone across the north bay rain on the windshield if you are driving on 101, 5, thats where the rain is coming down. Its coming down pretty good for places like corning and chico, eventually working towards santa rosa, sonoma. Not expected to bring much measurable precipitation. Oakland turkey trot starting this morning at 8 30 a. M. When people will start trotting around lake merritt. Cloudy, cool conditions. 59 degrees for that high this morning. And then later on this afternoon, oakland will be down into the upper 60s. Thats cooler than yesterday. Its a big day to maybe trot before you eat . Not a bad idea. Two bird strikes in one day at sfo on one of the busiest travel days of the year. First a United Express skywest plane taking off for oregon hit a bird around noon yesterday and that bird got sucked into one of the two engines. The plane like this one was in the air for 30 minutes before making an Emergency Landing back at
Nbc bay area news. Thank you very much. Some frustrating moments and long lines for travelers at sfo. Terminal two was cleared out because of a suspicious item. That item now called a toy hand grenade. Spokesperson for sfo says it was discovered in a piece of luggage at a check point at terminal two earlier today. There was a Strong Police presence while investigators tried to figure out if this thing was real. The terminal lobby was cleared out and travelers went to terminal one where they were frustrated by long lines getting longer all the time and concerns about missing their flight. Originally, there wasnt a line. They had to shut down the terminal and told us to go to one. Before you knew it, that line was all the way in l. A. X. Here we are in San Francisco. Lines are back to normal now and its business as usual at both terminals. If youre going to sfo, help yourselves. No long lines anymore. Administration says they didnt have information on possible residual delays and advised