Rally short. Abc news sources say he wants feeling well. He was originally scheduled to attend a rally in florida tonight and that has been canceled. And rallies planned for this weekend in wisconsin have also been canceled. Shortly after the positive tests were announced, the white house updated the president s schedule. The only event remaining on that list is President Trump holding a phone call today about offering covid19 support to vulnerable seniors. And some political analysts say that President Trumps reelection bid may also be affected by how he gets through illness. Analysts say if the president becomes seriously ill, it could hurt his reelection chances. But if the president gets a mild case and is able to recover, it could reenergize him and his supporters and help him narrow bidens lead in the polls. The president first announced the diagnosis on twitter late last night while most were still asleep. And this is after one of his closest aides also tested positive. Alex pre
Restrained appraisal of the covid crisis. Good evening, reported. The Fremont Fire Department im julie haener. Is deploying a strike team to the gold fire. Its burning to the north of and im frank somerville. President trump revived his the hog fire. The gold fire is 8500 acres and coronavirus briefings today and suggested the crisis is going only 5 contained. It is to get worse before it gets burning through rugged forest better. Northeast of redding. Many are calling this a real change in the president s tone. At lake tahoe a person had reporter ya, tone and to be rescued from a burning policy. Boat yesterday afternoon near the president urged americans tahoe city. The coast guard says one man to wear a mask. Was on board when it burst into is returned to the podium, a flames. They say he was rescued by a political reality as his poll Good Samaritan and uninjured. Numbers plummet. Fire crews put out the fire coronavirus is a vicious and dangerous illness. Before the boat sunk and 21
Is no significant incidents to report at this point. We also took a look at how Cinco De Mayo is being observed in San Francisco as it is in sharp contrast to san jose. Even before sundown the parking lot of the pueblo plaza and East San Jose was a hotspot for people celebrating Cinco De Mayo , using their cars. They waved flags and cruised. Spectators included families. We came to meat up with everyone that has trucks, burnout, have fun. Reporter large gatherings now illegal under covid19 restrictions. For the crowd social distancing appeared to be a distant thought, with only some wearing masks. Police arrived in vehicles and motorcycles. They dispersed the crowd. I think they are killing the mexican pride we should be here enjoying the time. Its a tradition, you know . They should let it happen, just for a little while. Reporter san joses police chief says it isnt realistic to have officers going to large crowds to give citations for violations of the health order. In the end our en
Window to make sure i get some cool air. I think, as you said, it will get hot. Today is a transition day. Thursday and friday i think you will go and feel it but it will make a big jump especially for those who had the fog yesterday. The higher clouds are with us and they clear out and we are looking for warming to begin and we cut back on the temperatures yesterday. High clouds clearing and windy and the hills and sunny and warmer. Temperatures mild in santa rosa. All 50s including livermore 50 and 55 in san jose. Northwest at 12. And Fairfield West southwest is variable. They want the higher clouds to slide through rapidly behind it and that will equal warmer temperatures and they are going above here for all including by the coast and the city. 880 san leandro. Better or about the same, sal. Theyve opened the lanes but there is something that could be seen on the shoulder. Just after 1 00 p. M. There was a deadly traffic collision northbound 880 where they had all the lanes closed
The fire has now burned more than 54,000 acres, a steep increase from this morning when firefighters said the fire was 30,000 acres. Containment has fallen from 10 to just 5 . 94 structures have been destroyed and Officials Say another 80,000 structures are still threatened tonight. Also today authorities evacuated another 90,000 people from Sonoma County bringing the total number of people evacuated to 180,000. Heres a look at the evacuation zone. You can see the evacuations stretch from healdsburg down to santa rosa and then all the way to the coast. We begin our Live Team Coverage tonight with ktvus jana katsuyama. Reporter we just got an update. The wind gusts have been pretty intense here. I understand from one of the officials here that the fire has already jumped font road. Up the hill we saw about 15 minutes ago a number of vehicles coming out of shiloh ridge and dashing south down font road because in the past 10 minutes there has been an Emergency Alert imminent fire threat t