This is a tale of two states. Northern california and Southern California. Here are the rankings. The top five counties with the highest number covid19 cases all in Southern California. Los angeles, riverside, san diego, orange county, san bernardino. Thats 71 of all of californias covid19 cases. Meanwhile the bay area counties make up just 11 . So how do you explain the divide . Its hard to say why. Some of this is luck but i think we have to assume it has mostly to do with behavioral differences. In orange county, the Public Health officer was criticized so badly for enforcing mandatory masks, she ended up quitting. In the bay area there happen been any major outcry against mandatory masks. I dont think were in any danger. We need to keep a close eye on it. If we have to, shut it down a bit. Here are a couple major differences. L. A. Countys is 10 million. There are some differences, too, when it comes to Outdoor Recreation culture. So cal beaches with the hotter temperatures made he
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
And, kari, you said this will stick around for a few days at least. Yeah, and its all about your location becau inland valleys reached over 100 degrees, so there will be all about location in those wideranging temperatures as we get a start this morning taking a live look at walnut creek, one of those hot spots as we start out this morning well be in the upper 50s to low 60s and then we start to see those temperatures heating up by late morning and well see once again another hot day for the inland valleys. And this continues throughout the week. Well talk more about this coming up. Mike, how is it looking for Early Morning commuters . The Speed Sensors look great. A live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, had to take a look because reports of a crash, a fenderbender, approaching the toll gate. We dont see a problem and, remember, all cashless. Chp maybe helping with paperwork. As far as speeds go around the bay, a nice, smooth flow. There was an incident on highway 17. Well follow up
Climates coming up. Youve been watching all of our bay area roads. How is it looking . Volume increasing a bit so a little more slowing but theres not the stackup on the approach and no metering lights. Look at the map. No slowing other than that except for in san jose, the bottom of the screen where things are starting to ease up even in the last couple of minutes. Back to you. New overnight, brushfires burning in the south bay. Investigators say the fires were set on purpose. Bob redell is at kelly park. The Fire Department says this is really dangerous given the conditions were in right now. Reporter dangerous anytime of the year but especially now, kris. The battalion chief tells us for the people lighting off illegal fireworks i hear them in livermore where i live, other people have heard them throughout the area just dont do it given how dry this brush is and what happened last night in kelly park. Some time after 1 00, around the 2 00 hour, someone set several grass fires, possi
Including on e. U. Leaders we asked people in new york and london whether china will the u. S. Is the biggest threat. Probably to us probably us anybody having. Access to our data. Either thanks for joining us this is r. T. International. Start this hour with breaking news because the turkish president s announced that the start of a military operation in the syrian province of idlib is quote a matter of time but now that hes been dissatisfied by talks with russia on the situation in the area. It is human soul that. Turkey has made all kinds of preparations to implement its operational plan. As a narrowing operation we see. Well you can come suddenly one night youre going to put it more clearly operation now a matter of time we will not leave earlier to the regime that still does not understand our countrys determination in this matter and to those who encourage it we never intend to shoulder the burden that the developments of this region placed on our country. Clashes between the Syr