Course and called on congress to approve a series of Coronavirus Relief measures. The news came in two tweets. The president wrote, the house and senate should immediately approve 25 billion for Airline Payroll support and 1. 35 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses. The president also wrote, if i am sent to a standalone bill for stimulus checks, 1200, they will go out to our great people immediately. The president s earlier message to hold talks until after the election spooked wall street. The dow ended the day down 375 points. Nasdaq lost 177 and the s p fell to seven. A change in dialogue tonight, what comes next . Reporter it was just this afternoon that the president had sent the first tweet saying negotiations were off until after his reelection. Tonight he did an aboutface and basically said that he is calling on congress to send him a relief bill. President trump turned to his messaging app on tuesday tweeting out his call for congress to pass federa
Of something wrong came mid morning. We had the report of 16 firefighters that were possibly exposed to Carbon Monoxide. Reporter the firefighters were assigned to the glass fire, but werent actively fighting flames when they fell ill. At an offsite location from the base camp unrelated to the fire area. Reporter they were taken to the fair grounds and were examined on site. Of those 16 firefighters, one firefighter was transferred to a local hospital for further evaluation, and all of the other firefighters have been released back to duty. Reporter investigators are trying to determine what sickened the firefighters including the source of any Carbon Monoxide. The victims were part of the same group of firefighters. It was an Engine Strike Team assigned to the incident. So a group of five fire engines with 16 personnel on it. Reporter firefighters are usually the ones responding to Carbon Monoxide which is known as the silent kill person symptoms include nausea, headache, and confusio
New infections is just over 3000. This afternoon, the president abruptly called off talks to another Coronavirus Relief package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted the decision saying the president is putting himself in front of the rest of the country. The nasdaq was down 177 and the s p was down 47 in washington the joint chiefs of staff and the top u. S. Military leaders have now gone into quarantine after coast guard admiral charles ray tested positive for covid19. All of those military leaders have since tested negative for the virus. They attended meetings with admiral ray last week. It is not clear how ray contracted the virus, but it is not believed to be related to the white house outbreak. Also today President Trump this dr. Gave a statement on the president s condition as he recovers now at the white house. Democrats want clear answers to what led the president and many in his circle to be infected by the virus. Reporter President Trump gave an update a day after being disch
The president s message threw cold water on wall street which was positive in the early going today. The dow ended the day down 375 points, just over 1 . Nasdaq lost 177 points and the s p fell 47. House Speaker Pelosi blasted the president s move saying President Trump is putting himself ahead of the country. The coronavirus continues to impact the United States at the highest levels of government. Today the joint chiefs of staff and top u. S. Military leaders went into quarantine. This after coast guard admiral charles ray tested positive for covid19. General mark milay and the chivas the army, navy, and air force have tested negative for the virus. They attended meetings with admiral ray last week. Its not clear how the admiral contracted the virus, but its not believed to be related to the outbreak at the white house. President trumps Senior Advisor Stephen Miller has tested positive for the virus now. Miller has reportedly been working remotely for the last five days. This comes a
More 30s and upper 40s than weve seen lately. Low 50s in el cerrito. There is still a slight component of an easterly breeze. That will pick up as the system moves in. Doubleclick northeast california and the sierra. Maybe a quick dusting of snow. High pressure to the north and a load to the south. The wind will then pick up. We have a wind advisory and dry conditions will continue through the weekend. 60s for the temperatures. The solano super commute. As i look at some of these commutes, do i see any red . The good news is right now all the commutes are doing well. We will start with solano county. There isnt a lot of slow traffic. Traffic from vacaville, fairfield and vallejo looks good. No major issues on vallejo, the carquinez bridge or the benicia bridge. If youre driving through the area you see that traffic is not too bad on the bridge. If you on the east shore freeway, traffic is moving along relatively well. I think i skipped to the shore this is highway 101 and san rafael. N