City officials are working to make that happen. Plus commitment to change the sierra club saying sorry for its white supremacist history, particularly that of its founder john new york. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 8 im Justine Waldman in for pam moore tonight and im ken wayne thanks for joining us at 8. Our top story tonight, california has surpassed new york for the most confirmed covid19 cases in the country. There are now more than 415,000 cases in our state thats after a singleday record of 12,807 new cases yesterday. According to Johns Hopkins University Data that total is roughly 6,000 more cases than in new york which had the most cases in the country before now, but new yorks death toll is still 4 times that here of california for comparison california has about 40 million residents just shy of 40 million 1 new york has about half that amount. Governor Gavin Newsome announcing the state is extending its mask deal with the chines
Thank you all exclamation point. Shortly after that, the Vice President announced that, he would cut his trip to south america short. He will return now to d. C. He said this today. Were also praying that in america, that we will not allow the few to divide the many. The strength of the United States of america is always strongest as the president has said so eloquently when we are united. Around our shared values. So it will always be. And his attorney general, jeff sessions, adding his thoughts at an event where he was speaking on sanctuary cities in florida. We cannot, in no way can we accept, apologize for racism, bigotry, hatred, violence and those kinds of things that are too off arise in our country. So all of this, acknowledgement that they are haves are certainly frayed. And once again, the agenda which was supposed to be the sanctuary cities appearance by jeff sessions, and also infrastructure, are sub merged in a drama that many would say the president has fueled. In a momen