The president fires one of his own top officials, the man in charge of Election Security out in an overnight tweet after saying november 3rd was the most secure election in u. S. History. And with the president s legal claims fizzling around the country, the Top Senate Republican vows an orderly transfer of power. All of it will happen right on time and well swear in the next administration on january 20th. Cleared for takeoff. This morning boeing 737 max set to receive the green light to fly again nearly two years after fatal crashes grounded the fleet worldwide. Straight head, the changes being made to get them back in the sky. Panic mode. Empty shelves in stores from coast to coast once again as people stock up on essential fly supplies. Buying up everything hurts everybody. Why Officials Say that the supply chain is solid. No parade . New orleans cancels its traditional mardi gras celebration, but there is a way that you can help keep the iconic party going, today, wednesday, novem
It is out from around the delta. That is what we are keeping an eye on. Highs are coming down. They are still above average. We are in the 60s or 70s. That is down six from yesterday. Lets go over to sal and see if there is anything new at the 6 00 hour. Good morning. There is not a lot going on. Right now, we have a look at the bay bridge and some of the other commutes. We do have fog. Thats what steve was talking about, that is a factor on 80 westbound. That is between berkeley, coming into the area. Now, it is not low enough to be affecting drivers. This is a look at interstate 880. The traffic is there. I see smoke in the background that i normally dont see. We will investigate that. It is 6 01. Lets go back to the headlines. Thank you, sal. Happening today, alameda county, the bay area which has been hit hardest by the pandemic in terms of numbers is moving into the next phase of its reopening plan. The updated phase to order means that retail sales can resume. Restaurants can now
Wilaffectionate creatures. Ge, diekmann are you gonna open up for me . Narrator . Before they are lost to the world forever. And by viewers like you. Thank you. O0 c1 narrator pangolins are shy, secretive creatures. Quite unlike anything else on earth. Their claws can dig through concrete. Their thin, sticky tongues are as long as their bodies. They can travel along on their hind legs. Al these ans have walked the planet for over 40 million years, and there are eight distinct species. Four are found in africa. And four in asia. Pangolins are the worlds only truly scaly mammals. Their scales, just like human fingernails, are made from keratin. But this remarkable natural armor is the cause of their destruction. In the last 20 years, the demand for pangolin scales for use in traditional asian medicines has decimated their numbersworl. Today, a pangolin will be taken from the wild every five minutes. [ diekmann speaking native language ] [ man speaking native language on cellpne ] in nami
Will let us meet these strangeg intet, affectionate creatures. Diekmann are you gonna open up for me . Narrator . Before they are lost to the world fover. And by viewers like you. Thank you. O0 c1 narrator pangolins are shy, secretive creatures. Quite unlike anything else on earth. Ei claws can dig through concrete. Their thin, sticky tongues are as long as their bodies. They can travel along on their hind legs. Al these animals haked the planet for ov 40 million years, and there are eight distinct species. Four are found in africa. And four in asia. Pangolins are the worlds only truly scaly mammals. Their scales, just like human fingernails, are made from keratin. But this remarkable natural armor is the cause of their destruction. In the last 20 years, the demand for pangolin scales for use in traditional asian medicines has decimated their numbers worldwide. Today, a pangolin will be taken from the wild every five minutes. [ diekmann speaking native language ] [ man speaking native
Celebration for freedom. Now, a national holiday, juneteenth is the direct result of centuries of resistance and revolution by black people leading a fight for their liberation. In 1861, tension between the north and the south reached its Breaking Point over slavery and statehood, and The Civil War began. On january 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of The Civil War, president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all people held as slaves within the confederate controlled states were now free. The proclamation also granted black men access into a struggling union army. By the end of the war, more than 200,000 black soldiers, known as the United States colored troops, had enlisted, becoming instrumental to the unions victory. The civil war officially ended in april of 1865, but it wasnt until june 19th of that year, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, that thousands of colored troops arrived in galveston texas, to read general or