For your commute that traffic theres pretty stop and go you can see some of the traffic starting to back up there along that bridge and then move into the Golden Gate Bridge, this definitely is the lightest bridge out of all of them 37 to the tolls about 23 minutes for your morning commute there. And in the bay bridge here we go the maze to fremont you can see back to here definitely reaching past me on that overpass about 14 minutes for your drive. Daryn james thanks reyna. To one lets get to some breaking news from overnight and sad to say the u. S. Has set a new record now for the most covid related deaths in a single day you see the number on the screen behind us more than 3100 people have died now from the virus on wednesday alone most deadliest day we have seen in the pandemic and for the first time. More americans than ever in the hospital with covid a 100,000 plus americans are hospitalized in 20,000 of them. Or in the icu and this comes after california set records for numbers
Burner as the Biden Administration and Senate Democrats push forward on a cody relief bill that some lawmakers and even leftleaning economists say could actually hurt the economy in the long run. President biden saying today its an easy choice, pointing to the latest jobs numbers as proof there is no time to waste. This as he met with 10 republican senators earlier this week who proposed a Counter Offer to his nearly 2 trillion plan. White house correspondent Kristin Fisher has been following it all. She joins us live from the north lawn from the white house with the latest. Good evening, kristin. Good evening, bret. The week started with President Biden meeting with republican senators and hoping to cut a deal. But it is ending with the president giving his strongest signal yet that he intends to move forward with his relief plan without republican support. Im going to act. Im going to act fast. In his most fiery defense of his 1. 9 trilliondollar relief plan, President Biden made it
Until 11 00 this morning. Its been a noisy evening because of the trees rustling. High fire danger continues until 11 00 tomorrow. Moderate risk of heat illness starts at 11 00 today through 00 tomorrow. Tonight will be warmer than this morning. Temperatures 90s everywhere except for the coast. Thank you. Extreme fire conditions forced pg e to cut the power to thousands of people across the bay area. They could be in the dark for the next two days. Jobina fortson is at the live desk with more this morning. Good morning. Pg e is hoping to prevent fires from sparking from damaged power lines or power lines knocked down by high winds. The utilitys website shows who is affected right now. Heres a look at that map. More than 50,000 Northern California customers are impacted. In the bay area, about 22,000 pg e customers are expected to lose power in seven counties. The cruelyoul utility hopes to power by friday. Pg e is stressing this power shutoff is shorter than last years when some custom
Airline industry. How it could impact the future of flying. Deadly disaster. Even more wildfires explode in california. The death toll and damage growing by the day. Its beautiful here, but thats being stripped one fire at a time. This morning, the devastation facing thousands of homeowners, left with nothing to return to. And a new warning about the fire danger still to come. Opening day. This morning, the iconic Washington Monument welcoming back its first guests since the start of this pandemic. Wow. That view is right there the minute you get out of the elevator. It is absolutely spectacular. Tom costello there live from the very top. Those stories, plus, delay of game. That coronavirus outbreak inside the Tennessee Titans forces the nfl to postpone its first game of the season, but it is full steam ahead for the nba finals. Drives, its inside, finds davis for the slam. And the major leagues postseason. And the braves have won it. Today, thursday, october 1st, 2020. Announcer from
Weekend in the bay area. A cooler start today. Thats today. How about what happened on this date 35 years ago . [music playing]. Today is the 35th anniversary of live aid. Freddie mercury performed with the rest of queen during that iconic set. Live aid was watched by 2 billion people worldwide when it was broadcast back in 1985. Welcome to that 9. Other big performances included Paul Mccartney as well as you to. I will say and i remember watching this at home. Freddie mercury with a great performance. A lot of pressure on queen. They had an album that failed back in 1982 in here they were in 1985 in making this come back. A lot of people said, can you prove it and do it . He took the challenge and took the stage. Will start with you claudine. He wanted to nail it and he did kneel that performance. When you watch it still and video its Pretty Amazing to watch the energy that flows through. The Freddie Mercury story is so amazing in his voice and talent is so incredible. I was watching