On a ventilator. Doctors best friend. The robotic dog helping Health Care Workers on the front lines. And a creative update to a classic board game keeping one family on the move during the lockdown. Good friday morning, everyone. President trump is praising new research on the coronavirus saying it offers new hope as we approach a grim new milestone. Today the u. S. Death toll from the virus will reach 50,000 people. It was back on april 6th when we first hit 10,000 deaths, and as you can see, the number has been rising by 10,000 every week. Just yesterday california reported its deadliest day so far. Here in new york this is one of the youngest faces of the victims. The 5monthold daughter of a new york city firefighter has passed away. She had a preexisting heart condition. At the white house briefing, President Trump said the u. S. Is doing a, quote, great job on testing. He disagreed with dr. Anthony faucis statement that the testing is not where it needs to be. The president also
3 and wake up with fox carolina. Weve got traffic and weather every ten minutes from five to nine am. 3 ill have much more,coming up upthanks kendrawe continue tonight 3 a viewer sent us this picture from spartanburg county. A utility pole got pushed into power lines along whitestone glendale road. The viewer called duke. Worried it could fall at any moment. 3 the wind damgae is widespread. Snapping trees on top of rooftops. And putting people in the dark, without heat for their homes throughout the carolinas. Carolinas. Fox carolinas Sharon Johnson has seen much of the damage first hand things looking now . 3 the wind is still high tonight but not like it was earlier. Some of the damage has been cleaned up but not repaired. And there are still many people in the carolinas 3 weather predictions of strong and powerful winds lived up to the warnings. Damage everywhere in our area. Thousands without power at one point duke energy says there were nearly 30 thousand homes and businesses wit
3 expect sunny, breezy conditions for most on thursday with highs in the mid40s to low 50s. Light tennessee border snow lingers. Tonight stays clear and cold with lows at freezing or below. Friday brings back sunshine and Cool Temperatures in the low 50s. 3 wrap up Traffic Center. Center. You are looking live at 3 thousands of people in the thousands of 3 thousands of people in the upstate are waking up without powerall likely due to those high winds. Winds. Here are some of the biggest numbers at last check more than 33hundred Duke Energy Customers were still without power in Spartanburg County. Greenville county is reporting about 37hundred. And in Anderson County about 12 hundred homes and businesses are in the dark. And in Rutherford County a little more than a thousand people are without power. 3 in Spartanburg County the damage is widespread. Snapped power lines on several streets and downed trees have created a mess across the area. 3 Fox Carolinas Ashley Minelli is live on east
Im still here you know. I dont work here and thats how it is. Bill former panthers player and ravens player stock talks with genet caiazzo about commuting back and forth now is using childhood experiences. Good evening and thank you for joining us for fox 46 news verdana bill melugin. Kayla im kayla ayres. First time fox is thousands of families with charlottemecklenburg schools share more regarding the controversial Student Assignment plan wanting to wait to see how their kids education may change. Bill the possible benefits of maybe branching out impossibly starting their own School District. David sentendrey is live in the newsroom to explain what do you think about doing. That came to light earlier today when the mayor mathewson out a tweet in a nutshell said he wanted to look into his town completely. Annabel mendez is celebrating her daughters tenth birthday by creating art outside of their neighborhood school. Matthews elementary. I know the teachers are like a community so its
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