If this morning on the kron 4 morning news. Wet roads. As another band of rain pushes through the bay area. See if your morning commute students return to school in richmond today. To news that a seventh grade teacher has been arrested on sex charges the for involving other students. And a car hits and kills another pedestrian here in the bay area. This time in san jose. What the driver in this case did. After the crash. The kron 4 morning news starts right now. Lets take a live look outside at the Road Conditions right now. After the latest band of rain overnight. Lightning strikes were reported over mount diablo and concord, among other places. A strong cell hit pleasanton, too. Well see a few more showers this morning. Over the last week, the bay area has been hit with rain just about every other day. To find out more about the latest round of rainfall. Thousands of people lost power overnight in parts of the east bay. Pg and e says two outages knocked out electricity for palm nearl
Friends first on thursday morning. Rob thanks for starting your day with us. We begin with a fox news alert, isis claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on american troops overnight. 5 rockets fired at bargain airbase in afghanistan, the militarys largest base and that country. Good news, no troops were hurt. The attack comes amidst all peace talks between the taliban and and afghan officials. We will follow this. In the meantime we have other breaking news, the federal stockpile of protective equipment is nearly depleted in the fight against covid19. 90 of supplies center areas most in need including new york, the state recording its deadliest day yet with at least 779 deaths. The new guidelines to get some people back to work. Good morning. That 90 number you mentioned is of critical items like masks, face shield and protective clothing. The other 10 saved for federal healthcare workers. Supplies so desperately needed in the hotspots like new york which saw another daily high for
Cases topping every country outside the United States. Jillian a stark warning that it may have hit its peak. Todd pyro has the governors message. Reporter close to 162,000 cases of coronavirus in new york, that is almost 10,000 more cases than the next closest country which is spain according to Johns Hopkins university when the state death toll eclipsed 7050100 of them in new york city alone. Governor andrew cuomo with this grim morning. We cant handle the worstcase scenario. We cant even handle the moderate cases. Is essential we keep the curve flat because we dont have the option of handling the curve if it goes higher. Rob hope the new york hit it speak continues to grow thanks to the drop in hospitalization thanks to Anthony Fauci showing how important it is to keep social distancing. What we were predicting, the increase in real adherence to physical separation, the guidelines the Vice President talks about, the physical separation at the same time as we see the increase in deat
White house Senior Adviser Kevin Hassett joins me, next. Plus back on the trail. President trump ramps up visits to swing states hell need to win reelection and escalates a fight over mailin voting as likely opponent joe biden is on defense over a new controversial comment. One contender to be his running mate, congresswoman val demings, will join us. Hello, im dana bash in for jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is remembering our dead. Today a memorial day weekend like no other, honoring those who gave their lives fighting for this country as we approach 100,000 americans dead from the coronavirus, an almost unimaginable toll visualized on the front page of this mornings new york times. In just over three months the virus has killed significantly more americans than the vietnam war, the revolutionary war, the war of 1812, the iraq war, and the war in afghanistan, combined. As the u. S. Approaches this grim milestone, Many Americans are making this unofficial start
Ships have been blocked. They have moved to black the entrance to a lake. This is a very interesting movie. The pro Russian Parliament has called for a referendum on whether to stay part of the ukraine. They want it to take place in ten days time. Lets begin at the white house. Reporter today, we see a sort of symphony of diplomacy. All 28 yeerp peen heads of state hold a special sanction. Something thats also been actively repaired for right here. Well, russia still insists all those system engineers arent russian. We dont accept anything that president putin said as fact. Carefully. The United States and its partners is focusing intensely on a remedy. Reporter john kerry met with his russian counter part who then refused to meet with ukraine. They are urging russia to pull back its troops, let in International Observers who yesterday were blocked from getting into ukraine and continue discussions. The result now moves towards sanctions by europe and by the u. S. On its own. Were at a