Good morning. Thank you for joining us on mornings on 2. Its friday, october 4. Im pam cook. Im dave clark. Steve paulson is off today. Do you mind if we give you more warmer weather . I would like it a little warmer. Its a bit chilly. Can you helper . And you may need a sweater in the morning but by the afternoon you will be shutting that. Dress in layers. Thats the weather thats coming our way. Its a cool start to the day but by the afternoon, a nice warm up. 45 degrees right now in santa rosa. A dark start over sfo and 55 in San Francisco, oakland, livermore in san jose. A bit of a chill in the aierall variable. Here is the 24 hour temperature change. 20 degrees warmer in half moon bay. 8 degrees cooler in fairfield. Getting into the afternoon we go partly cloudy at the coast. Mostly clear for the rest of us. Temperatures come up a few degrees for inland cities. More notable on the coastline and around the bay. Cool and breezy in some areas yesterday. Napper reporting onshore breeze
Largely dismissive of concerns about the coronavirus, even suggesting it was a hoax designed to undermine the presidency. Then came the massive testing blunders, local and state officials calling on the federal government for help. Front line medical workers pleading for protective equipment. Now the president is warning up to 240,000 americans will die even in a rosie scenario where everyone stays home as much as possible through the end of april. Today Vice President pence said that the United States is on the same path as italy. Thats not good news. Theyve been ravaged while this disease while being totally locked down for four weeks and counting now. The number of cases in the United States today surged past 200,000. More than 4,500 deaths have now been recorded. Even the rosier models cited by the white house are now predicting the u. S. Health care system will be overrun at least in parts of this country. 93,000 will die. More than 84,000 people will not have access to a hospital
Million. Nearly 19,000 americans have died in total. Global deaths now surpassing 100,000 with nearly 2 million cases, more than 300,000 people have recovered worldwide. Good morning to you. Im Griff Jenkins in washington with my colleagues, gillian and pete up in new york. Hi, guys. Good morning, griff. How are things in dc, give us the weekly update. The weekly update, they fear a spike here. Theyre urging the mayor to get you to wear masks, to continue the social distancing, much as the rest of the country, as you see signs of hope, glimmers of progress in new york. Other areas like dc are well aware this is not a time to take your eye off the ball. This is a time to stay steady, keep doing what youre doing. In new york, i see a ton of people wearing masks. Theyre taking precautions, wearing masks, wearing gloves, doing everything they can, the majority of the people ive seen to stay on course. Ive seen about ive been to the Grocery Store, liquor store, about half and half id say, m
Im done. He said in his report and i believe barr that there was no collusion. So i am done. Were not going to retry the case. I think in the best interest of the attorney general and of the Justice Department or of the country. Bill barr will be far more transparent than i think if the shoe were on the other foot and this was a democrat a. G. Bill Catherine Herridge begins our coverage live at the Justice Department and she is awaiting like we all are. The attorney general william barr testified earlier this week he wants to make sure there was no unauthorized surveillance of the Trump Campaign and looking for a proper predicate that justified that decision. We know from our reporting at fox news, the Opposition Research funded by the dnc and Clinton Campaign was a fundamental element of the application for the surveillance warrant for the Trump Campaign aide. It was barrs use of the word spying that set off senior democrats. Let me just say how very, very dismaying and disappointing
Has admitted wearing blackface at a party when he was 19 years old as a College Student. Governor northam continues to face controversies of his own reviewsing to step down. The Lieutenant Governor emerged in a Sexual Assault scandal. Bill the headline today, virginia is for losers. Many lawmakers being asked about it and weighing in now. Im shocked and incredibly disappointed. This has been a horrible week for virginia. Just made me sick from friday to now. It has been one bit of bad news after the next and it has all been shocking and surprising. The only thing about it if you look for any Silver Lining is that virginians are saying clearly and loudly that behaviors are unacceptable. Sandra elson barber is live with the latest from richmond, virginia. There is a cloud over richmond literally and figuratively right now. The states top three democrats are engulfed in scandals related to racism and Sexual Assault allegations. Northam, herring and fairfax, if they were unable to serve in