[ inaudible ] this is ktvu mornings on two. Well, good morning to you, welcome to mornings on 2. I am dave clark. Good morning, i am Claudine Wong. It is thursday, august 26th. Lets get right to our top story, there are two house fires burning in san jose right now, the largest on del monte place, there are concerns about the safety of the neighbors there. Jade hernandez is out there. What is happening now, jade . Reporter well, about a half hour ago the battalion chief told me he pulled his firefighters 100 feet away from this home because he was concerned about a ruptured gasoline. I want to take you to the sky, news chopper 2 cab show you this burning home. I understand from the captain i spoke to a few minutes ago he told me they are still concerned about that ruptured gasoline and pg e are not here just yet so many of the residents have been told to say inside their homes. The vicepresident of the Neighborhood Association came here and was shoeing people back into their homes. The
And chicago are now ghost towns. Number of confirmed cases has topped 19,000 across the country with at least 260 deaths. President trump offering words of encouragement during todays task force briefing. I want to thank all of the incredible people of our country, the citizens of our country, that what youve done and the way youre responding is just has just been very special, something that we will never forget, that the history books will never forget. Arthel we have Fox Team Coverage, alex hogan, Mark Meredith is standing by. We begin with Steve Harrigan reporting live outside cdc headquarters in atlanta. Steve. Reporter arthel, as the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Approaches 20,000, that means in the past week that amount of cases has risen by 1,000 and new jersey has joined with new york, california and illinois, becoming states which are asking all nonessential workers to stay at home. This means by monday, one out of four americans who are in the workforce will be aske