Theyre getting robbed right now. The push to get kids back in the classroom tonight. The bay area parents who say home schooling isnt helping. And the cold continues but for how long. Were tracking the chilly temperatures. And a not so smooth transition of power. I think it will not help the president s legacy. President elect joe biden breaks his silence about President Trump refusing to concede. We have a lot to get to tonight. We begin with Health Officials sou sounding the alarm. In the first ten days of this month alone more than a Million People tested positive for covid19 in the united states. In california cases are also spiking here. The state pushed two of our local counties into the most restrictive tiers. Contra costa county and santa cruz moved back to red. What does this mean and what counties are next . Reporter california covid cases are rising. The state announcing 11 counties will be forced to add more restrictions including contra costa and santa cruz. And more other
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Much goes into the planning of the conference, and its gratifying to see a Record Number of colleagues from across the region taking advantage of our good work. For the first time ever, we hit over 1200 registrations. Welcome to our returning attendees, new attendees, and remote viewers who may be tune in through zoom or via cspan who has asked to broadcast the recording for todays keynote. We are absolutely thrilled to reach so many colleagues, wherever you might be. It took a whole team to get us here, team of colleagues representing more than 17 campuses in the broad expanse or our metropolitan region. They and others are volunteering time and energy to ensure all runs smoothly. We would nominally ask them to stand and be rick need built that not possible this year, unless you want to do so from home, please too. So as you see them convening sessions or helping, thank them for their work. Idles like to take a moment to wreck fine tee enormous effort taken by their center for teachin
Vice president al gore accepted his partys president ial nomination at the 2000, National Convention in los angeles. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my husband, our next of al gore. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you. I speak tonight of gratitude, achievement and high hopes for our country. Tonight i think first of those who helped me get here, starting with the people of tennessee and then those who braved the first snows of iowa and New Hampshire and all of you here from all over this country who have come with me into the warm sunlight of this great city. While i cant think of you individually in words, i do so in my heart and i know you wont mind if i single out someone who has just spoken so eloquently, someone ive
And is it time for a change in algeria polls have just opened in a referendum to rewrite the constitution. We begin in hong kong where 7 prodemocracy politicians have been arrested on charges related to a Legislative Council meeting more than 5 months ago the group is accused of contempt and obstructing a session police have not ruled out making more arrests devika pollen is live for us down hong kong d. V. S. These are politicians not protest is remind us of the background to this the meeting that say its all of these events in motion. Why apologies we seem to have lost their we will try and bring her back if we can. To get a little more on that story about those arrests in hong kong for now though lets move on at least 4 people have been killed in super typhoon gorney one of the most powerful this year hits the east and philippines. It crossed the coast with catastrophic li violent winds gusting up to 280 kilometers an hour about a 1000000 people have been moved from its path the pow