October seven last year in that 0ctober seven last year in that cross border raid by hamas. In terms of the operation to get them out, the Israeli Military have said it was a joint operation between Special Forces from the army and also members of israels intelligence service. They said they were acting on intelligence and he was found in a tunnel. He is now backin was found in a tunnel. He is now back in israel, he is in hospital and surrounded by his family and said to be in good health. John there in jerusalem, said to be in good health. John there injerusalem, thank you for that update and plenty more on that story you were seeing come of the first pictures of that Freedom Hostage talking to israels Prime Minister a little earlier. So those are some of the latest pictures and some of the latest detail. Now as promised, for the latest sports news lets cross to sarah. Lets start with the Us Open Tennis where four british players begin their campaigns today. Womens number one Katie Bo
Talks about social Media Companies approach to misinformation on their platforms. At 945 a. M. , virginia senator tim kaine host this is the washington journal for october the 20th. Pennsylvania,p in Vice President pence planned a stop in cincinnati, ohio. Two recent polls suggest when asked about the impact of social media and political discourse, most people responded it had a negative effect. What about you . What do you think of social medias impact on the way we get information about politics and how we talk about politics . You can let us know on the lines this morning. 2027488000 hooves 2027488001 who support President Trump and mike pence, 2027488000 for joe biden and Kamala Harris. 2027488002 if you are undecided or support another candidate. If you text us, you can do so at 2027488003. Our Facebook Pages facebook. Com cspan. Those polls, one of them comes talks about social medias impact. Heres a result of the survey saying by Political Party, there slight while 83 to republi
Accident near high street and that was in the same area of road work at 29th avenue, so they still have at least one lane closed this sort of move that activity over to the construction area which is still under way so thats why we have the heavy traffic from high street just north of 29 that is your slowest stretch and i just avoided altogether you can easily take 5. 80 west instead of the northbound them thats going to save you lots of time into San Francisco, its nice and smooth and trouble free 7 minutes is a great average off to fremont street and our busiest bridge is 92, no surprise right always start stacking up first. We see the brake lights west of the toll plaza but for only averaging 12 minutes from the east bay to the peninsula. Well check more traffic coming up a little bit later back to you thanks a lot robin is 5 oh one this week, hundreds of thousands of people could lose electricity because of the pg e power shutoffs now the company says that high winds hot temperatur
Of the list. The president ial race. Whats the best way to look at who has the lead and the things to watch out for, especially as we go towards election day . Guest the best way to orient yourself around the Current Trends in the president ial race is using the first president ial debate as a mark in time. Probably the lowest points for republican through the cycle. In president ial polls and also down ballot. Who were at all tied to trump, which is every , tendedan in the party to see a downturn in their numbers. So now we are seeing whether or not trump is going to be able to recover, and whether republicans can recover. T that will look like theres a spectrum. On one end, trump has completely turned things around and could win the Electoral College. I think its difficult to imagine how he could win the popular vote. In the other, he loses the presidency but maybe saves some republicans in the house and senate who would be dragged down if his numbers continue to crater. Host a lot p
Milestone despite having less than 5 of the worldwide population. The u. S. Says recorded more than 20 of the covid related deaths, the death toll in the u. S. From coronavirus has topped 200,000 numbers said by some. To be an imaginable 8 months ago when the first covid death was reported covid19 is now one of the leading causes of death. According to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins university here are the latest numbers worldwide there are more than 31 million cases. With nearly 7 million of those cases here in the u. S. , california continues to lead the country with the number of cases, 792,000 we also have more than 15,000 deaths in the state and the bay area has recorded more than 97,000 cases and more than 1400 deaths and despite this grim milestone nationwide San Francisco has had the lowest covid19 death rate. Of any other major us city throughout most of the pandemic our conference send a is live for us in the newsroom with details on this tonight. Thank you thats right, San