20 counties in looting alameda, santa clara, and contra costa county. The acronyms at the beginning of the names where each fire, were tasked with fighting the wildfires. Lm you is the sonoma lake napa unit. Scu is the santa clara unit. And cz use the san Mateo Santa Clara unit. We have Live Team Coverage for you this afternoon, we are monitoring the lm you lightning complex in solano counties. Mark tamayo tracking the air quality around the bay area and the fire conditions. We want to go to jesse gary with more of the mandatory evacuations under place for the ccu fire which is burned more than 40,000 acres. 0 contained in thousands of people forced into evacuation shelters. Because of that they want to open more evacuation centers. We are standing outside the Civic Auditorium in downtown santa cruz which is one of two sites currently open. But ive just been told that a third is opening. Officials here in Santa Cruz County will open the Seventh Day Adventist parking lot on san jose soc
Dr. Anthony fauci the top disease expert and three other members of the task force testified before a House Committee on capitol hill. They were grilled on the claim made by trump in tulsa over the weekend and again Tuesday Morning that he asked for the testing to be slowed down because more infections were revealed that made the country look bad. Would you just kidding . I do not kid. Let me make it clear. To my knowledge, none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing. Reporter the other factors the search of coronavirus cases including here in california which had a single day record of more than 5000 new infections on monday. Hospitalizations have crept up to 5000. An increase in Community Spread is something i am quite concerned about. Reporter the bright spot is the fast results of operation warp speed. The head of the National Institute says he is cautiously optimistic that one will be available by late this year or early next year. Several are moving along at various pi
Schools reopened they are expected to have inperson instruction with a mixture of face to face and distance learning. We have the professor of Infectious Diseases at usc, they will be reopening schools. It would seem in Santa Clara County with an emphasis on distance learning. The cues it sounds like you are going to be the physical distancing among as many kids as possible Wearing Masks and a lot of handwashing and an emphasis on keeping things clean. Are you confident this will be enough to keep everyone safe in the School Environment . I do not want to say i am confident. It is very heartened to find a balance and provide the best education to our children and at the same time make sure if they are safe. When you mention this its important that we keep the social distancing, we need to wash her hands and wash the childrens hands and make sure that they follow the guideline to minimize the exposure to the virus. I feel that it is important to really help the in Person Education but a
It is a mixed bag. Some good and some we have a problem with. Reporter dr. Anthony fauci says theres arising and this could follow. The next couple of weeks will be critical in our ability to address the surging we are seeing in florida, texas, arizona, and in other states. Reporter he is urging people to follow cdc guidelines. Plan a, dont go when the crowd. Plan b, wear a mask. Reporter some lawmakers criticizing the cdc for allowing the white house to politicize n. These comments made by President Trump over the weekend. So i said to my people, slow the testing down please. Reporter the president was asked if he was teasing. Let me make it clear, weve got the greatest testing program. Reporter experts said they had not been told to slow down testing. Neither the president or anyone has suggested we should do less testing. Reporter dr. Fauci said it is when and not if they come up with a vaccine. Lauren blanchard, foxnews. For more and todays hearing we are joined by a congresswoman
Justice. Reporter an emotional funeral for george floyd whose death sparked a Worldwide Movement for change. We are rising in love. He went down and injustice and we are rising up for just is. It is our time to honor his life and death by becoming one family with one teacher. Reporter the eyes of the world were on houston, texas as leaders gather to bid a final farewell to george floyd. 500 people were invited for the private service. Silent says his casket was carried into the church. Reporter it was a heartwarming celebration including emotional remarks from the grieving family at the video message from former Vice President joe biden. Unlike most, we must grieve in public and that is a burden. A burden that is your purpose to change the world for the better in the name of george floyd. Reporter an impassioned eulogy by reverend al sharpton. Asbury lake you to rest today, the movement will not rest until we get justice, until we have one standard of justice. Reporter the mayor and th