And also Johnson Johnson, just releasing the results from its phase three trials. Saying in its announcement it is 66 Efficacy Rate overall. 85 against severe disease. Still notably lessective than the vaccines from pfizer and moderna. What does the biden team say about that . The White House Press secretary just said this morning that President Biden is encouraged by the data coming out from j j but also said that the politicians will leave it to the scientists who we should hear from any moment. While were standing by. Lets bring in Elizabeth Cohen following the latest developments. So on this announcement from Johnson Johnson, what are they saying . Basically the bottom line here, kate, is that this vaccine does work well against covid 19, this j j vaccine. Im going to jump in. Andy slavic, one of the members of the Covid Response team is beginning the briefing now. On both the successes and the hurdles we face. I hope on these calls, that the public will get a regular and consisten
A live look there. We will take you there live just as soon as it starts. Right now though, the word of the moment is vaccine. Im at a Football Stadium thats part of the Charleston County School District. Its the second largest in this state. They are ready to give their teachers the vaccine just as soon as the state gives the green light. Already some people in the state getting their vaccines at drivethru sites which presents its own set of challenges. We will talk about that and learn about an ingenious solution from Mount Pleasants mayor. It includes an unlikely ally, chickfila. More on that in a moment. We will start in Charleston County. The School District is ready to roll out vaccines to its teachers. First, they need the green light from the state. I want to bring in jeff buroey. He is the Chief Operating Officer in the School District. 50,000 students. Jeff, first of all, i will put my mask on. We might be within the six feet here. Lets just start with the teachers. Again, So
Morning. Our cruise covering the fire nfl coverage on fox begins on sunday with a doubleheader right here on ktvu. At 10 00 a. M. Seattle seahawks and then coming up at 1 00, home opener took this video yesterday. For 49ers. All of it was taken as they were driving along highway 162 they host the Arizona Cardinals north of the lake. To get the 2020 season you can see the shots, flames on both sides of the roadway. Underway. In someplace post holding up the now for the latest on the guard rails. The fire zone here, where coronavirus. Is 743,000 cases in california. The fire swept through yesterday is towards the left thats more than 3300 cases in side of your screen. The towns of paraguays and the the last 24 hours. 14,000 people have died in our state since the start of the pandemic. 137 people with the virus who town of or will. Among the died yesterday. Most cases and deaths are disproportionate among black people, Pacific Islanders and casualties is a summer camp. Latinos. A special
We continue our breaking News Coverage tonight as protesters have taken to the streets of louisville these are live pictures from the scene. This after a former Police Officer was indicted only on firstdegree wanton endangerment charges for his actions on the night that Brianna Taylor was killed by police in her apartment. These live pictures from downtown louisville. There is a curfew the supposed to take effect in less than a half hour. We have not seen a lot of activity a couple minutes ago these live pictures did show some people kind of running down the street going around a corner. We saw some officers with helmets and batons also moving down the street, some civilian vehicles kind of racing rather quickly down the street but we havent seen tear gas or rubber bullets. Chemical irritant said police say they are prepared to use and we havent seen any signs of the National Guard which has also been called into action the Downtown District in louisville, kentucky started boarding up
Latter part of the day sunshine returns. So dont worry about that were holding on to plenty of sunshine and good air quality for your thursday which is the stuff that weve enjoyed lately all that sun. These mild temperatures and of course the easy breathing that has come along with it lately 60s for your current temperatures, youll notice its warmer feel stepping outside all that cloud cover overhead shelters us from a lot of heat loss during overnight hours. So as opposed to yesterdays clear but cool conditions. It is a fairly mild but cloudy start to this morning. Later on today, well be looking at highs in the 70s 80s, not much different than today. A pleasant afternoon before the weekend warmup which ill get to in the rest your forecast. Robin all right. Thank you john how about we check in on the traffic. For the early birds that are heading to work this morning we are hot spot free. So thats a great way to start off the morning commute 8024 5. 80 the nimitz all doing fine leading