Watching kron 4 news at 9. Now 90 us passes another major milestone in the coronavirus pandemic more than 6 million cases have been reported in this country. But the number of cases appears to be slowing down here in the bay area experts warn were still not out of the woods, thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 9, im ken wayne and i pale more in just 2 weeks, the average number of covid19 cases in california has dropped by some 20 . Heres a look at the latest covid19 numbers across the state and the bay area experts call the news promising. But they still warn people not to let their guard down. Well for Jonathan Mccall is live in our newsroom tonight, he has the latest details jonathan ken pam, heres something to think about just over just under 4200 new cases reported in california in the last 24 hours. Its a significant drop from where we were just 2 weeks ago in the last 7 days every bay area county has seen at least a 20 drop in the number of covid19 cases. Its also a trend th
Lets get straight to one of our top stories. It is Hurricane Irma. This is the hurricane go function on bloomberg. It charts the path of the ongoing story. That northward shift we have been waiting for. We are getting a better indication of what will happen when it comes to that. The projected path right now as the hurricane approaches the u. S. Coast is for a direct hit up the west coast towards tampa. Buti might be squared, tampa looks to be the big loser here. Meanwhile, we are talking about a storm surge of about 13 feet up tampa. It is headed towards the north. We are not expecting it to come in to beaumont, louisiana or oil refinery hub towns in texas. One more things before we leave the hurricane go function, take a look at hurricane jose. It is coming up right behind Hurricane Irma. One of the forecast models has jose moving up the east coast and making landfall as a category three hurricane. Lets talk about some of the Market Impact we have seen. If you pull up the gmm irma hu
Competing for the limelight. A great exclusive with Vladimir Putin, that it is also jobs day. People want to see the indication of what the fed will do. Tom right. 8 30, but on jobs at certainly the putin interview is front and center. There are a lot of different themes here, francine, not only what he said but what he didnt say as well. Francine right. And it was a twohour interview so we have a lot to get through. Lets get now to the bloomberg first word news with emma chandra. Emma for more on that interview, russia wants to compromise in the dispute with japan, that stretches back more than 70 years. At the end of world war ii, the soviet union occupied four small japanese islands. In an exquisite interview, Vladimir Putin says he wants to develop a longterm relationship. [speaking russian] there is a discussion of this topic, and we did that, we met them halfway. Withe past couple years, our relationship from the japanese side, we have moved forward. Our partners are showing a wi
News. A critical meeting in san jose is happening now for the family of a man shot and killed by police last year. San Jose State University police say they had to shoot Antonio Guzman lopez after he charged them with a drywall cutting saw. The family has been calling for the release of the body camera footage from the day of the killing. Abc 7 News Reporter leah medical less thandez joins us live from san jose. Lyanne. Reporter for lori valdez, 15 months of asking why was my husband shot in the back. And today the Santa Clara County d. A. s office agreed to show her the video from the body cam the officers had on them. She will also hear the 911 call and review the d. A. s findings. None of these things have ever been released. Now recapping, he was seen on campus with a 12inch saw typically used for cutting drywall. Now, when san Jose State University Police Responded they found him off campus they ordered him to drop the saw. They tried to tase him. He according to reports charged a
We have red flag wanting in the middle of winter. All the areas in red, the north bay mountains and east bay hills and diabolo range through thursday morning at 8 00. We have been able to clean up the debris and make the perimeter they lick to you make so you will have a natural fire stop. Record highs if livermore at 69. 69 in San Francisco. 71 in san rafael, 75 in santa rosa, 72 in napa is the theme. The only thing we dont have is poor air quality coming tomorrow. That is in the bigger forecast. First, a slippery ride this morning. Slippery not because of black ice but because of oil in the roadway. In emeryville at frontage road, westbound 80, we have a tenseat in diameter circle of oil that could cause accidents out there, certainly a treacherous drive if you drive right over it. You can see it is causing a delay as you head between University Avenue up to the scene of the oil. It hurricanes like it look like c. H. P. Will be out there. The capital core corridor, a up cough the tra