sweeping pieces of legislation in most recent history, set to impact american life on many, many levels. by now you probably heard about the $1,400 stimulus checks, which could start going out via direct deposit next week but the bill is also expected to add 7 million jobs to the economy. it s designed to cut child poverty in half, specifically helping black and hispanic families through the tax credits and family aid and it will fund nationwide vaccine distribution that should help bring an end to this covid pandemic. to underscore that, we just learned in the last hour, the biden administration will announce plans to buy 100 million additional vaccines from johnson & johnson. we should make it clear, that while there is a lot of hope and a lot of potential surrounding the new covid bill, we will not be sure how effective it s going to actually be until it s put into action. i want to bring in garrett haake on capitol hill. also with us, chief white house correspondent for n
Like 14 below in the mountains, 3 below in reading, 1 below in lancaster, 2 above in philadelphia and 1 above in wilmington. Throughout the day the wind chill values will get a little bit better. By lunchtime it will feel like 12 in philadelphia and during the Late Afternoon and early evening hours, were talking about mid teens. So yes, it is a far cry from the 64 degrees that we had two days ago but its not going to continue to feel quite this bad as the day wears on. Satellite and the radar shows clear skies. Its going to be a nicelooking day, just blustery and cold. Mostly sunny, windy or breezy and cold with a high of 27, wind chills in the teens. When i come back in just a few minutes, well focus on how long this cold weather will stick around and the possibility of the snow in the accuweather 7day forecast. Another january thaw arrives this weekend and this past weekend has been bitter cold but there are signs we could be in the 60s by next weekend and ill have details in just a
Different reasons one of them including our march time weather. Our temperatures today are going to be panning out a couple of degrees actually above average. Right now, live weather camera looking out towards a calm bay water. Temperatures 36 degrees in livermore after dropping to 34 degrees during our 4 00 hour this morning. Its 41 degrees in san jose. It is now 39 degrees in redwood city. In the 40s around the lip of the bay. So we do have some clouds out there and they will be on approach and will be lining the skies for our friday. Until then, fullon sunshine. Were not going to have a day as sunny as today for at least a week or as warm as today. Were topping off at nearly 70 in napa. Full details at 18 minutes after the hour of 5 00. We have to take advantage of that. Thanks, roberta. We have red arrows on the Altamont Pass meaning its slower at 40 Miles Per Hour, down to 30 at north flynn road. At livermore it freeze up on to the dublin interchange. Slow from the Altamont Pass o
This morning that he will recuse himself whenever its appropriate. Today caltrain holds a Board Meeting to figure out how a Modernization Project can get off the ground if federal money falls through. Kpix 5s maria medina is live in san jose with the details on this fight for funding. Maria reporter good morning, michelle. Get this. The upgrades were to start yesterday but now theres a fourmonth delay. The Trump Administration essentially pulled the plug on the project delaying about 650 million in federal funds. Now, until the president can consider the two billion dollars project as part of his budget plan there will be this delay. Its consistent with their reluctance to do anything [ indiscernible ] and the good news is the president has indicated he wants highspeed rail. He has been around the world and seen it in various countries. Reporter they hope the delay will buy them time to convince the president. It also hit other snags including a lawsuit by a former contractor. Now they
Are all gone . News4 midday starts right now. A manhunt stepped up security and travel warnings all happening alongside a city in me mo moriam. Crowds are gathering to honor the people who were killed and hurt in the brussels terror attacks. Were learning more about the bombings this morning and a manhunt for a suspect police say is on the run right now. For several hours, it wasnt clear whether Najim Laachraoui is in custody. Hes not only responsible for the brussels attacks but the paris attacks as well. Another person was arrested in a raid today. Police said they found bombmaking supplies with more than 30 pounds of explosives along with an american flag. But they lived in brussels for two years. They were at the airport saying goodbye to stephanies mom, who was getting on a flight. We are told she made it back safely. Nobody has heard from them. At 11 15 were live from the embassy of belgium here in washington where the president arrived to pay his respects just a short time ago.