Their closing arguments to the American People. This as their best chance to reach tens of millions of people who were watching tonight. Our special postdebate newscast starts right now. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. And im jessica aguirre. Race, covid19, immigration, climate, health care and china among the topics tonight. The exchanges, though, much more substantial and civil than their first debate. We were actually able to hear some clear answers tonight from both candidates. Now, the debate also had a very different feel. More measured, more controlled, with less interruptions. Now, thats partly due to new debate rules where microphones were muted at times. What we saw tonight, something valuable. Their differences. Their different approaches to the coronavirus, for example, taxes and health care. But one topic continued to be a theme and thats attacks on character. I ran because of you. I ran because of barack obama. Because you did a poor job. If i th
Liberal voice and a champion for equality. And on the steps of the Supreme Court, crowds chanted rbg late into the washington night as attention is quickly turning to the battle over just when her seat should be filled. Tonight the condolences are pouring in. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away. The 87yearold died from complications of partnncreatic cancer. She was surrounded by her family. She was small in stature but larger than life both on and off the bench. We begin our coverage with nbc bay areas cheryl hurd. Reporter Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg spent more than a quarter century on the u. S. Supreme court and spent much of her career fighting for e quality. Please be seated. How wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like. Born in brooklyn, she tied for first in her class at columbia law. But with no job offers at law firms in the late 50s, she taught at rutgers and columbia, then launched the aclu womens rights project in the 70s. Later
Today nbc bay area Jody Hernandez clarifies the dilemma. Its emotionally exhausting to go into work what if today is the day i get it . Thats how this 20yearold starbucks worker describes how she feels about serving guests at the drivethru window. The barista who didnt want us to use her name says most customers dont mask up. If youre close enough i can hand you something you should be wearing a mask. Reporter while starbucks has signage encouraging customers to wear a mask she says employees arent required to enforce it. This notice posted on the stores Bulletin Board says we will not enforce this requirement at the drivethru unless locally mandated. It also offered workers options what to say if a customer refuses to wear a mask inside the store including telling them they can go through the drivethru. A starbucks spokeman confirmed to nbc bay area thats indeed their policy. The last time i had verbal communication with my manager on the issue she told me no matter how hard i try sta
New questions about his own departments use of force during the protest, particularly those rubber bullets. It comes as the city braces for another night of protests. Nbcs bay area Damian Trujillo is live at city hall where a couple thousand protesters we hear are now gathered and you were in the thick of it last friday when the rubber bullets were used. How is it looking tonight. Reporter ive never seen so many people at the plaza at city hall, not since the womens march here a couple of years ago and im going to say there is about three or 4,000 people here at the plaza, theres women and children and all nationalities here and not one Police Officer, and not one is here because this is a peaceful protest this. As the country and the city and the state demand police reform. San jose police say they had to use tear gas and rubber foam projectiles to defend themselves from a fog that was peppering them with debris last friday. But they also stress these were not Peaceful Protesters. Met
Facility to treat those who have tested positive instead of moving them. In san francisco. Lili tan, nbc bay area news. Thank you. We have reached a grim milestone. Today the worldwide death toll topped 100,000 people. Thats according to the Johns Hopkins university. Italy has seen the most deaths than any other country, nearly 19,000. In the bay area, more than 45,000 reported cases, 122 people have died, and were going to focus here on Santa Clara County which continues to see the most cases, sant Claire County right now with more than 1400 infected people. Heres a deeper dive in Santa Clara County, which cities have the most infections. The bigger the circle, the more cases and you can see palo alto, top of the screen, top of the peninsula, with a lot of cases, palo alto has 57 people reported infected, and santa clara, with 54, and you can see the in between cities, mountain view, los altos, cupertino and sunnyvale with 65 cases. The big circle, san jose, which is also the biggest