Plus, breaking news, america under attack. Russian hackers target email used by the state department, a brazen almost cheeky assault. And this morning u. S. Apparently with a Treasure Trove of unexamined evidence over origins of the mystery over the coronavirus. A very good morning to viewers here in the United States and around the world. It is friday, may 28th, and the Senate Burning the midnight oil and then some overnight, setting up a showdown this morning on the bill that would form a commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection. So heres what is delaying the senate. They went until almost 3 00 this morning to debate a bill that counters chinas influence after republicans derailed it. Senators looking to skedaddle this holiday weekend, they can take it up with wisconsin Senator Johnson whos staaling the bill. Debate will pick up where it left off, meaning a vote on the Insurrection Commission not expected until later today, and even when it happens, republicans almost c
Years. That is the best month of the year, im connell mcshane. This is the closing bell. Time for news of the hour. Jackie deangelis in new york, blake burman in white house, Hillary Vaughn with the president elect in delaware and Edward Lawrence in washington with the latest on the covid19 relief deal. A lot of moving parts well get into. The market is back in rally mode. Good afternoon, jackie. Reporter good afternoon, connell. Well talk about the records we set today with the s p 500 and also the nasdaq. Look at the gains there we beat what we were expecting handily. You only needed 16 points on the s p and only needed seven on the nasdaq. This was a strong broad based rally today what is interesting big tech continues to gain on this momentum and continues to go higher from there. Facebook, apples, amazon, microsofts of the world are continuing to climb up. That is something you expect to hear. Again it wasnt just tech, it was broadbased. Look at the dow winners you can see we have
Hospitalizations. Contra costa county has moved from the orange here to the more restrictive red tier and even though San Francisco has remained in the yellow tier local Health Officials are preparing the state to move them back into a more restrictive tier. Our personal bello has more on what is being affected and when those restrictions go into effect. Mayor london breed said tuesday that 2 weeks ago officials knew they were possibly headed in this direction. And unfortunately after seeing a 250 uptick in covid cases here we are the fact is. The virus is spreading. And we have to make the hard decisions citing a consistent uptick in cases since last month mayor london breed is once again asking the residents of San Francisco to be cooperative as they make significant rollbacks beginning friday evening the city will eliminate Indoor Dining. Gyms and theaters will go back to reduce capacity of 25 . And while schools currently open for in Person Learning can remain open additional reope
Reopening plans to be county office of education will tonight the Livermore School District Board is holding a vote on its plans but as kron fours phillipe to call reports. The decision to move to in Person Instruction or stay in Distance Learning may ultimately depend on the will of the parents. Nobel ababa started a petition and has collected more than 300 signatures from parents and the Livermore Valley joint unified School District demanding in Person Instruction resume before the end of this year are dynamic as a teacher student just isnt that great or dynamic as mother and daughter is wonderful. She has 2 young daughters in the district who are struggling with Distance Learning a strong feel like a normal cake and go back to school some way us tonight, the District Board will vote on the recommendations developed by its reopening Plan Task Force if approved the plan would be submitted to the Alameda County office of other School Districts in the country in the state and even in t
The flames. At one point powerful winds pushed smoke into contracosta county. It took views about two hours to get control of the area. Winds were Strong Enough to take someones backyard trampoline over the fence. Fremont Police Tweeted this picture as a reminder to secure things in your yard. Pg es website shows all the places where the power is out now. And recently released updates from the Utility Company indicate it could stay out longer than originally expected. The purple triangles on this map youre looking at indicate a Public Safety power shutoff. San francisco is the only bay area county not affected. The north bay is bearing the brun of all this. About 25,000 customers are without power in Sonoma County alone. Along with nearly 14,000 in marin county, 11,000 in napa and about 1,500 in Solano County. In the east bay there are roughly 16,000 customers without power in both alameda and contracosta counties. Santa clara county and san mateo counties also have a number of custome