Glad youre with us im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. Today the Supreme Court justice will be the first one to lie in state at the capitol. Joe biden and his wife will pay their respects to the late justice today and theyll likely receive a much warmer reception than President Trump did yesterday when he went to honor ginsburg tracie potts. That is what is leading to this latest controversy. He is questioning whether the outcome of the election will be legitimate because of states that are mailing ballots directly to voters as a result the president with direct questioning could not commit to a peaceful transition of power to leaving office based on the results of that outcome meantime we heard chanting when the president was visiting the u. S. Supreme court yesterday with people who were saying vote him out as a result of all of this democrats urging the president to abide by the result remind him you are not in new york korea you are not in turkey and you are not in russia and you ar
Downgraded to a tropical storm. It mitt landfall overnight as a category two hurricane near gulf shores, alabama a. The storm moving northeast at the relatively slow pace of 2 miles an hour. It has hit parts of alabama, florida, mississippi and georgia. Parts of those states are being pummeled with massive amounts of rain, and thats why we point out the speed, the slow speed with which it is advancing now that its made landfall. Its produced lifethreatening flooding, and winds are damaging. Fema has more than 2500 responders prepositioned, ready to give assistance to those in the path of what has been a disastrous storm. Meanwhile on the west coast, 87 large wildfires are burning. 34 people have been killed, almost 5 million acres of land scorched and thousands of homes have been destroyed. Making matters worse, choking smoke from these fires has adversely affected, as you would expect, the air quality, placing it in an unhealthy range, to say the least. Smoke has traveled far now as e
Downgraded to a tropical storm. It mitt landfall overnight as a category two hurricane near gulf shores, alabama a. The storm moving northeast at the relatively slow pace of 2 miles an hour. It has hit parts of alabama, florida, mississippi and georgia. Parts of those states are being pummeled with massive amounts of rain, and thats why we point out the speed, the slow speed with which it is advancing now that its made landfall. Its produced lifethreatening flooding, and winds are damaging. Fema has more than 2500 responders prepositioned, ready to give assistance to those in the path of what has been a disastrous storm. Meanwhile on the west coast, 87 large wildfires are burning. 34 people have been killed, almost 5 million acres of land scorched and thousands of homes have been destroyed. Making matters worse, choking smoke from these fires has adversely affected, as you would expect, the air quality, placing it in an unhealthy range, to say the least. Smoke has traveled far now as e
Lewis did joy spoke with the Economic Club of washington dc about postal club operations. In the handling of mailin ballots. He also talked about the impact of the coronavirus on the workforce. Let me first now go to our special guest the postmaster general lewis did joy. Thank you very much for giving us your time today. Thank you david for having me and i want to thank the Economic Club of washington for paying attention to me. Thank you for attending. You are the 75th postmaster general the first one is behind you i can see. He was the inventor of the Postal Service. You are a native of new york and you went to college in florida in stetson and then you went back to your familys business and you belted up in greensboro North Carolina and built into the Largest Logistics Companies in the United States. You had been very involved in philanthropic alma mater. Thank you for giving us your time today. O let me just ask at the outset when you agreed to be postmaster general did you realiz
A blunt and direct warning from San Francisco mayor london breed. She wants to crack down on illegal side shows like the one that recently ended with a Fatal Shooting of a 21yearold man. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. That recent side show happened at paris street and russia avenue in the citys excelsior neighborhood. As abc 7 News Reporter liam melendez explains city officials want to impound the cars in these driving events. They like the intersection because there are five ways to escape. Reporter this intersection in San Franciscos excelsior district has so many tire marks left behind by side shows that the pavement is now entirely black. It was also where earlier this month a Sacramento Man was shot and killed and two injured in the area of Mission Street and persia avenue the night a big side show was taking place i know people think theyre fun and exciting and especially during covid people feel like there is nothing to do and they want to go out and participate and the