Milestone despite having less than 5 of the worldwide population. The u. S. Says recorded more than 20 of the covid related deaths, the death toll in the u. S. From coronavirus has topped 200,000 numbers said by some. To be an imaginable 8 months ago when the first covid death was reported covid19 is now one of the leading causes of death. According to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins university here are the latest numbers worldwide there are more than 31 million cases. With nearly 7 million of those cases here in the u. S. , california continues to lead the country with the number of cases, 792,000 we also have more than 15,000 deaths in the state and the bay area has recorded more than 97,000 cases and more than 1400 deaths and despite this grim milestone nationwide San Francisco has had the lowest covid19 death rate. Of any other major us city throughout most of the pandemic our conference send a is live for us in the newsroom with details on this tonight. Thank you thats right, San
Bring him says he has the backing to topple the Prime Minister and form a new government. And thousands displaced and villages destroyed now fears that the floods in sudan could trigger a food crisis. And im lee harvey with all of your sports news tokyo its a one pick organizers are meeting with japans new government and the n. B. A. Playoffs the comeback is on yet again for the Denver Nuggets as they beat away at least. 2 weeks off to europes largest refugee camp was destroyed by fire the European Union is set to unveil a new plan on how it deals with the 10s of thousands of people searching for a new life the current rules have seen a disproportionate burden on mediterranean nations such as lol to italy and greece the u. N. Says the news efforts so far have often led to devastating human. Consequences we havent. Been meeting from paris but decades in the greek island of lesbos where thousands of refugees a stranded. People there how closely are they watching the outcome of this meeti
Streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out north at Golden Gate Bridge. Good morning everyone, its wednesday, september 23rd. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. To the forecast first, heres mary lee. Good wednesday morning to you len and michelle. Halfway through the workweek. And we are looking at near normal temperatures. Maybe a degree or two warmer compared to yesterday. But still, looking great across the bay area. Good air quality as we start off our day. That clean and fresh air continues for the region with that onshore flow. Now lets show you our daytime highs. Because we are looking at temperatures about upper 60s in San Francisco and mid 70s in oakland and mid 80s for san jose and upper 80s for concord. So looking at a degree to six degrees above average for this time of year although in San Francisco two degrees below average. Well talk about some changes as we look to the weekend and p possibility ely going
Russian Opposition Leader like simi valley says he has a long rehabilitation ahead of him after being released from a hospital following his poisoning. A new power play in malaysia and what abraham says he has the backing to topple the Prime Minister and form a new government. And im were hard in with sports tokyos olympic organizers discuss ways to host the games safely amid the pandemic and the n. B. A. Playoffs the comeback is on yet again for the Denver Nuggets as they beat the l. A. Lakers. The way europe deals with refugees needs to change thats the declaration from the European Commission president who has unveiled a new plan to overhaul its asylum system. Vonda layan says the destroyed more account in greece is a stark reminder that all you nations have to step up to help the current rules of seeing a disproportionate burden on mediterranean nations like walter italy and greece this package reflects a fear and reasonable balance between responsibility and solidarity among Membe
Some of the worst air quality here in california in the world, however, it was much better out there today, this was the view of San Francisco, the skyline from the east bay, the improved air quality is giving businesses a glimmer of hope kron fours taylor sackey stopped by several restaurants today that started to see an uptick in business and she joins us now live in the city with more taylor then we moved into that better air quality tonight and you can see here behind me that people are still taking advantage of it now earlier today we were in that moderate level but even then restaurants say that it was a breath of fresh air could because finally they were seeing customers sitting outside at the restaurants yet again. The first time in a while because of that that air quality and they say its something that is much needed right now after hitting that second hurdle in the pandemic. The past 2 days has just been really smoky, ive tried to kind of avoid going outside as much as i pos