Hospitalizations over the last couple of weeks and it is an indicator. Of what may come thankfully, though because at the beginning of this pandemic they so heavily prepared for a surge that never fully came to fruition here in california that they really do feel prepared going into what looks like this 3rd surge in cases now all that work really has allowed them to feel more prepared at john muir, they have plans to upscale the number of icu beds dramatically so that theyll be able to convert regular units and isolation units pretty rapidly. Over at ucsf the Hospital System is said to be stockpiling remdesevir as they anticipate a shortage of that treatment. Theyre also banking up on masks and pp e as well doctors say because of how prepared they are this time around they dont want this threat of another surge to deter people with other Health Issues from coming into the hospital and seeking the help they need. You initially when everything started many months ago. We emptied out the
62,000 patients admitted with serious cases of covid19 that breaks the record of 60,000 patients that was set back in april. The u. S. Recorded an 8th straight day of more than 100,000 new cases and texas became the first state to top 1 million coronavirus cases surpassing all of italy. Governors across the country are urging people to stay home and limits, socializing. California could surpass 1 million confirmed cases by tomorrow. There were 7400 new cases today and 69 people died. While here in the bay area there were 300 new cases and one new death. Contra costa and santa cruz counties were forced to roll back their reopening plans due to a rise in covid cases and San Francisco has also halted reopening plants other bay area counties are on track to do the same. If they are unable to slow the spread. How about this if everybody wore a mask, the lockdowns might go away sooner and the pandemics impact on the economy might not be as bad yeah well thats the upshot of revised recommenda
Narrow vote to advance the nomination this afternoon. Live coverage when centers return on cspan2. House Democratic Caucus leaders talked to reporters about their goals during the current lameduck session in preparation for the next congress in january. Good morning everyone, thank you for your patience. Good to be back here in the United States capital. Weve had our first caucus meeting this morning, we did it virtually. Subsequent to the november elections, everyone was in good spirits. We welcomed our new members. Were excited about them and the opportunity to serve with people from throughout the north, south, east and west and other incredibly diverse plans that we have to the most Diverse Congress in the history of the republic. More women serving in congress than ever before, more africanamericans, more latinos, or asian americans, more members of the lgbt q community, to muslim americans. Women, two native american women serving in congress for the first time in history and our
14 at half moon bay. The daytime highs, in the upper 50s to low to mid60ss. We are looking at as we head through the next few hours. The ride out of the east bay. You have a few brake lights. Taking a look at traffic. Its the usual stuff as you work in to the pass with the slow and go ride. Chp working on this crash southbound 280. We have four lanes shut down right now. They havent issued a traffic alert. Traffic is still a little slow as you approach the scene. Once past that you are moving at a much better speed. The problem is that a vehicle hit a tree, that tree fell there to the roadway and then two other vehicles hit the tree and debris. Causing a bit of a problem. South 280. We will watch that. Cases rising around the country, california, the state recorded more than 13,000 new cases monday night. Yesterday the governor pulled an emergency break on reopening. That means marin, San Francisco and san mateo are all sliding back in to the red. What that means and when the roll back
They were getting overrun. You must cancel the normal things given plains, states across the u. S. And else more restrictions as the country hits a new high of more than 180000 covert cases. In one day, President Trump supporters take to the streets backing his Election Fraud claims. As he makes little progress in the courts. Of the days of denial, an official in ethiopias to grey region has admitted its forces carried out the attack which sparked the countrys war. He said the to great Peoples Liberation front, launched a preemptive strike against a military base last week, which prompted the government to launch an offensive in the region. It also says it was behind rocket attacks on 2 airports in the neighboring region. Meanwhile, if the open soldiers have captured homeric airport into grey, the 11 day conflict has already killed hundreds of people. With reports of massacres, both sides have been accused of atrocities against civilians. Thousands have been flooding into sudan. The p.