Latin x community is being disproportionately impacted. The reason seems to be linked to the times of jobs held by members of that community. Governor newsom breaking down the numbers looking more closely at exactly who is gettin covid19. He says it is californias essential workers. Who are these essential workers . Reporter front line workers, people like farm worker, construction laborers, cooks, cashiers and janitors to name a few. This shows the breakdown by ethnicity. Green represents the latin x community. Thats the community that increasingly and disproportionately is being impacted. Not only by the spread of the virus but the mortality. Reporter the governor says the black and asian minorities also make up certain sectors of our economy, also considered essential during covid19. He wants to make sure employers are supporting them to stay home if needed. People feeling sick, people that may be sick. We dont want them going on work, infecting other people. And those on the list f
And warning of a potential war with iran. The growing Security Threat at home and around the world. New york deploying heavily armed police units, warning the city could be a prime target for an attack. American troops on alert to protect the u. S. Embassy in beirut. Ian pannell there on the ground. Tonights other major headlines the Bank Standoff as we come on the air. Authorities say a gunman holding at least one hostage inside. Heavily armed officers on the scene. The deadly stabbing spree in an american city. One person killed, and several victims rushed to the hospital. The powerful line of storms stretching 1,500 miles, from the gulf coast to new england. Rob marciano with the track. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im whit johnson, in for david tonight. As we come on, President Trump has now addressed the nation about that major escalation in conflict with iran. The u. S. Drone strike targeting an Iranian Military chief minnesota after he landed at the airport in baghdad. Ge
Also this morning, the massive firestorm in australia. That country expecting the worst fire conditions yet. Police have been telling us to get out right now. Thousands forced to flee their homes and now america sending in help. Preparing for prison . Actress Lori Loughlin reportedly hiring a prison expert in case she has to serve time if convicted in the College Admissions scandal. How is she preparing . Mysterious sightings. Swarms of drones spotted in the sky. Theyre right here coming. Thats another one. Law enforcement investigating as cowboys suit up for a space invasion. And a new years eve proposal. The first the elation, then the deflation when the ring falls through a grate. How new yorks bravest saved the day. And good morning. We begin with the latest in the highstakes standoff between the u. S. And iran. Heres what we know. Nearly 24 hours after the drone strike that killed the notorious iranian general qassim soleimani. President trump speaking out for the First Time Since
From California State University officials. We simply have defined it is the ability to think and reason intelligently about the measurement in the real world. The new proposal would require High School Students to take an extra math, science or Computer Class to be eligible to attend 1 of the csu campuses but critics say the extra class could end up hurting low income and minority students. This is a serious equity issue and if we dont get this right, we could be blocking thousands of students, especially students of color and low income students from accessing education. The executive director says the admission process is already complicated and adding another requirement would make it more difficult. She wants the csu board to take a beat to discuss the real issues facing education. Sick take some time before voting on the proposal and work closely with partners on the k 12 side and the system to figure out how we can resolve some of the Teacher Shortage issues, make sure that stud
As it heads towards the u. S. Mainland. Good evening, im julie haener. And im frank somerville. The good news is that Hurricane Dorian only caused limited damage today as it passed the Virgin Islands and then puerto rico. The hurricane did knock down trees and caused scattered Power Outages across the northern caribbean but there is no official flooding or excuse me no major flooding and officials in puerto rico say they are breathing a huge sigh of relief tonight. Chief meteorologist bill martin is here now with a look at the storm. Dorian is now a herrick and as you know. Checking out the last 10 hours or so as it moves by puerto rico and they dodged a bullet here. This went right between the islands, not a lot of damage at least so far on san juan, puerto rico. But we are looking light in thi the forecast for dorian as a category one for it to turn into a category three as we get to the weekend here and look at the focus of the storm. Category two as it moves in through the bahamas