Line between Civil Service and the military. If confirmed he will be the first black american to lead the pentagon. Getting there will require a special congressional waiver since he hasnt been out of active service for the requisite seven years. Some are hesitant to sign off. Biden wrote an article in the atlantic explaining his choice and urging a swift confirmation. Austin led the u. S. Central command under president barack obama when biden said he pved he could react well under pressure. Biden wrote his many strengths and knowledge in the department of defense and our government are uniquely matched to the challenges and crises we face. He is the person we need in this moment. The required congressional waiver has been granted only twice in the past, most recently when Congress Approved president Donald Trumps nomination of jim mattis in 2017. Biden says he aims to vaccinate 100 million americans for covid19 during the first 100 days in his administration. My first 100 days wont e
But Boris Johnson warned it will take several months for highrisk people to complete their shots. The Prime Minister urged the public to keep taking preventative steps. Health secretary matt hancock revealed britain will get the first shipment of 800,000 doses. And people will start receiving shots early next week. Mass vaccinations will take place next year with priority placed on residents of homes for the elderly, nursing care workers and people aged 80 or over. As the vaccine has been developed with new technology, british authorities will continue to check its safety and efficacy. Challenges lie ahead as the vaccine needs to be stored and shipped at temperatures of minus 60 to 80 degrees celsius. Quality checks of the vaccine will take place upon its arrival in britain, and it will be sent to National Health Service Hospitals and other medical institutions. The government plans to create hubs to allow mass inoculations. Turning now to russia, president Vladimir Putin has ordered t
Welcome back. A restaurant appears to be burned and a witness says that firefighters told him that icks. He she reaunteaceerord is fami owned. And a devastating milestone in the pandemic. The coronavirus has now taken more than 200,000 lives here in the u. S. Right now cases are on the rise in 33 states, washington, d. C. A puerto rico. Officials warn at least 18 states are in the socalled red zone. Here at home, cases do appear to be stabilizing. Now more indoor businesses will get the green lights to reopen. Solano, alameda and is an made day counties moved from the purple tier to the red tier. And the economy of course is just one of the things that were following. Amy hollyfield is live for us in san mateo county. How are you . Clrt it looks like people are working out there. Well come back to you in a moment. We do want to check in now with some other reopenings that are happening. The state has relaxed restrictions on nail salons, they can now reopen and take customers inside. Bu
So hard for us model. A role model for all of us. She was our our beacon for womens rights. And while the political world wrestles with what this means for the november election americans are remembering the real life implant impact of Justice Ginsburg had on all of our lives. And at a time when businesses across the bay area are struggling program there in oakland steps up to a lot of businesses with a little release. Youre watching kron 4 morning news at 7. Good morning. Everybody, thank you so much for joining us on the kron 4 morning news on this saturday, September Martin gonzalez. Well have a lot more on all of those stories in just a moment, but we want to start with a check of the forecast from days foreign dave. After the Welcome Break of a couple of days, were back to a spare the air alert for the bay area. Yeah, good morning morning, good morning, everybody and its not total though, but it does cover good chunk of the bay area. We have some fog actually interesting enough, b
Voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice. He made a decision to wait until President Trump hopes this after close to an election, abraham will up end a race hes losing, lincoln was president and he made a decision to wait until after the election, and you have but is there any evidence it the fact that the people are voting right now, and i think that creates pressure on my is will ill talk to former democratic president ial nominee Hillary Clinton. Democratic senator Amy Klobuchar about. They dont want to have the of the Judiciary Committee and Affordable Care act thrown out the third ranking republican in the senate, john barrasso. Plus an administration at war when you colleagues, honestly, thats what a democracy is about. With itself. Covid deaths hit 200,000 and they dont want the Affordable Care act thrown out when you have hundreds of millions of americans with preexisting President Trump fighting his own conditions are you kidding me thats in f