It has been one week since the tragedy of Sandy Hook Elementary School in new town conn. This morning the nation will mourn those victims with a moment of silence. And we will hear we will hear from the National Rifle association for the First Time Since the shooting. Also with the fiscal cliff we will hear with House Speaker john boehner. And at the another big story is the weather and the rain. The north and san rosa is getting some pretty good rain. It is moving into san revell in San Francisco. Everyone will be getting wet. Lets start our Team Coverage with Jackie Sissel who is live on the richmond san revell bridge this morning. You may already feel the wind im tempting fate out here. I have not put the rain cover on the camera. I am on the richmond stammer fell bridge and you can see the flag being blown around out here. There has not been a wind advisory issued year but there is what kind of bay area are wide right now. You can almost feel rain in the air right now. It feels lik
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Showers and some sunny spells. Its sunday, september 6. Our top story. Tougher coronavirus measures are being imposed in bolton, in Greater Manchester, because of a rising number of cases. The infection rate is now the highest in england. The increase is being driven by a spike among younger people. Our reporter simonjones has this report. Everyone in bolton must play their part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter restrictions part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter restrictions are introduced. The infection rate has risen to 99 cases per 100,000 people per week, the highest in england, with people aged between 18 49 accounting for 90 of cases. Residents are now being told to only use public transport for essential purposes and not to mix with other households in any setting, indoors and outdoors, in this part of a support bubble. Although, some restrictions are being lifted elsewhere, a ban on people from differen
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