Declaring himself a president ial candidate. To discourage abortion, he says everyone who has a baby should get 1 million. He claimed Harriet Tubman never freed the slaves but had them work for other white people. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, july 20th. Thank you for joining us on this monday. We begin with the debate over coronavirus funding taking center stage as the National Death toll surpasses 140,000. Overnight the bahamas announced it is no longer welcoming american visitors. Starting wednesday its borders will be closed to travelers from the u. S. As confirmed cases of covid19 across this country continue to surge. Today people can visit the statue of liberty again as new york city enters phase 4 of reopening, but no one will be allowed to go inside. Abcs Megan Tevrizian has the latest. Reporter the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb. Nearly 64,000 new cases reported. Numbers rising in 80 of states across the u. S. , prompting Los Angeles Mayor
He said without testing it will be hard to guarantee the virus isnt testing. You need to why ary about the frequency of the test and how fast the turnaround is. A delay in either of those leaves open a wider window for somebody to be sick and transmit the disease without knowing it. So what happens if theres an outbreak in cases . Thats one of the Big Questions out there. Once the season resumed, both baseball and basketball have been very clear theyll treat individual cases adds if its an individual injury. But if theres serious spread, adam silver and others say it could mean a stop amg in play. Its fluid. With sports facing an unfamiliar future, parents have a more pressing question. What will become of the new school year. President trump invited parents to the white house to discuss the issue after tweeting that schools must open in the fall. Colleges and universities have their own views tt. Me olitory fro cetoew jy univer ink on campus for one semester. Seniors and sophomores in
Coronavirus could kill 200,000 americans by november 1st. That new prediction from one of the leading models used by the white house, comes as new infections of covid19 are odploding nationwide. In what feels like a flashback to the early days of the pandemic, intensive care units in more than 50 florida hospitals are now full. In texas, new cases and hospitalizations are hitting record highs, with 10,000 new infections reported there today alone. Tonight the military is sending medical personnel to san antonio to support overworked doctors rt overworked doctors and nurses. And with tho and with those long lines for testing growing even longer, the Trump Administration now says it is opening shortterm test sites in three hard hit southern cities, hoping to screen 15,000 people a day. In the meantime, a new study out tonight says half of Coronavirus Infections are due to silent spreading from people who are sick and dont know it. The countrys leading Infectious Disease doctor, Anthony F
Story. Live doppler 7, temperatures are warmer around the bay. 57 downtown. 61 in oakland. It is 62 in san jose. Some 50s along the coast. This is walnut creek. No marine layer out there, with low 50s and low to mid60s in our inland valleys, on our way to another warm day inland, eight to nine degrees warmer than we were 24 hours ago. As we go through the next few hours its about sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s and 80s by noontime. 80s to the low 90s to mid90s by 4 00, the sea breeze is with us, picking up the winds throughout the day. Theyll be quite gusty at times. We tails on that and the cooler week ahead in a few minutes. Lisa, thank you. Lets get back to breaking news in the south bay where a brush fire is prompting evacuations near Anderson Lake east of morgan hill. This is a live look right now of whats being called the park fire. So you can see were told that its pretty steep terrain and you can see it there, burning right now. I know its been burning for the past few
And as you look at the rock there, you can see how hazy it is. There is no marine layer. That is just poor air quality. 57 in the city. It is 59 in oakland. 55 in mountain view. 59 in san jose, with 53 in pacifica. Walnut creek looks better over into the east bay but things will clear out as we get some mixing and the winds pick up throughout the day. 50 in santa rosa. 55 in napa. Low 60s by the delta with the light wind. 65 in concord. Were warmer this morning, anywhere from a degree to about nine degrees warmer. Thats going to translate into another warm day today around the bay and inland with 80s to low to mid90s returning, and well look at that cool coast, that sea breeze picking up, and the fog expanding later on tonight. Liz . All right, lisa, thank you. We want to get back to the breaking news in the south bay, where a brush fire is prompting evacuations near Anderson Lake, this is east of morgan hill. Again in Santa Clara County. Here is our live look there, this is being call