Breaking overnight, at least three officers shot in a standoff in texas. The suspect barricaded inside holding multiple family members hostage. What we know about the standoff right now. Plus, in the dark, the dangerous heat wave in california leading to rolling blackouts and massive wildfires. Back on the court. The first round of the nba playoffs starts today. What to expect in the bubble. And the new shortage that could be a big problem for pizza lovers. Good monday morning. Im mona kosar abdi. And im will reeve in for kenneth moton. Good to be with you, mona, but we begin with yet another grim milestone in the battle against the coronavirus, more than 170,000 american lives now lost to covid19 and there are 5. 4 million confirmed cases nationwide. College campuses across the country are having a tough time coping with new outbreaks as students ignore social distancing rules and attend jam packed parties and more grade schools are being forced to switch to Remote Learning with a gro
Markets looking to start the week to the upside. Futures inching higher this morning take a look there. The dow jones up about 71 points the nasdaq up about 63, and the s p 500 indicated higher by just about 10 points. This after markets finished a little change on friday. Retail, of course, and focus this week earnings expected from heavy hitters including walmart home depot lohse and target fighting back former mcdonalds ceo steve easter brook is slamming lawsuit from the company over his severance his defense later this hour. And heat wave, brutal temperatures hit the west, threatening the power grid in california. Plus, the state of travel airports bracing for a whole new world of changes at checkin what you need to know before heading to the airport. Mornings with maria is live right now. And were taking a look at the european markets edging higher as well. Take a look there the ftse higher and now investors are keeping the focus on travel restrictions, and u. S. China trade tensi
Now, that fog. Right. Were seeing that as we look now from the cupertino hills in the south bay. Right now not a good view of it, but hopefully tomorrow youll have a better chance. Lets go through our temperature trend. Were going to see our morning start in the 60s, and then as we go throughout today, its going to reach up to about 80 degrees, and this will actually be one of the coolest days of the week as we reach into the mid80s in the south bay and some mid80 force parts of the inland east bay with concord reaching 86. Well talk about hotter weather ahead in the forecast. Mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute . Kari, the bay area toll plaza just turned on about 10 minutes ago. You see all lanes have filled in, so that was pretty quick. Theyre not stopped up, but theyre close to getting there. Looking at the map, there is no problem on the approach, just the backup on the toll plaza. The rest looks good, so does the rest of the bay. Back to you. Thank you, mike.
Several calls about a road side today. That fog will linger for the first half of the morning and fire right near the junction. The air quality advisory that not a major problem there has been issued is because of traffic flow. That drifting smoke. Concerned because of the fire it was drifting west and north risk. Well follow that closely. And now theres is a fire we know about it and well track burning near the Fresno County area. It for you. Its called the mineral fire. Back to you. Thats what were seeing today. Thanks, mike. Moderate air quality and if Health Leaders sounding the alarm. A new alarm on the road to youre part of one of the recovery as cases climb, more sensitive groups take precaution this afternoon. East san jose 89 and as we head hospitals really feeling the pressure. And one expert warns that the into the east bay the upper 80s virus is mutating. For areas like concord and today in the bay sharon is live us in san jose to show us antioch and peninsula 70 and San Fr
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