Claus story, but i read it with such urgency. Essential workers. Yes, exactly. Santa, top of the list this year. But before santa is halloween. Weve got a story on halloween coming up, because you guys know i love it. And skunks, because we all love that scent. Dont forget one more thing, the election too. You keep reminding me of that election. Lets go ahead and jump right in. We begin with the white house juggling yet another coronavirus outbreak, this time linked to the Vice President s office. But the Vice President is continuing to hold rallies as both campaigns make a final push for the most crucial battleground states. Theres word that First Lady Melania Trump will hit the campaign trail this week. Americans are voting early in record numbers with nearly 60 million ballots already cast. Mr. Vice president , why are you still traveling . Despite a small slip while coming off air force two and a covid outbreak in his inner circle this weekend, Vice President mike pence shows no si
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
Superspreader event. Debate canceled. Next weeks meeting between President Trump and joe biden off the table. A town hall replacement on abc. Plus, the cochair of the commission on president ial debates joins us live on what happens next. A new surge . Coronavirus cases climbing in the u. S. The spike were seeing in hospitalized americans as the cdc expands its covid risk warning. What it means for millions of americans. And the heat is on. With the season on the line the. Good morning, and lets get right to the breaking news. Hurricane delta slamming ashore in louisiana overnight as a category 2 storm, but weakening as it moves over land. Delta lashing the gulf coast with 100mileperhour winds. The dangerous storm surge, over nine feet in some places. And this is the record tenth named storm to hit the u. S. This Hurricane Season. We have Team Coverage on the ground in hardhit louisiana, where more than 500,000 people are now waking up without power. Rob is in lake charles with more on
Covid19 relief negotiations with democrats saying that he was going to delay talks until after the election. He had claimed on twitter that House Speaker nancy pelosi was not negotiating in good faith but tonight he says in another tweet the house and senate should immediately approved 25 billion dollars for Airline Payroll supported 135 billion dollars for Paycheck Protection Program for small business. Both of these will be fully paid for with unused funds from the cares act have this money i will sign now all of this coming as the president of course continues to recover from covid at the white house and more and more Staff Members are testing positive. Clippers Ella Sogomonian joins us now live in the newsroom with the latest on this outbreak among the president s aides l a the kids werent as of tonight at least 11 people at the white house have tested positive for covid19. The latest case is the president s top policy adviser, Stephen Miller in a Statement Today miller said that h