After the resignation of sort of by jeenbekov the World Health Organization says the number of corona virus deaths in europe could be up to 5 times higher by january if containment measures on stepped up france germany and the u. K. Are among the countries tightening restrictions the top u. S. Infectious disease expert is criticizing a declaration by a group of scientists that supports the concept of herd immunity talk to answer he found she says that backing the idea that the disease will stop spreading once nearly everyone has had it is ridiculous. If you just let things rip and let the infection go no masks crowd it doesnt make any difference that quite frankly george is ridiculous because what that will do is that there will be so many people in that community that you cant shelter that you cant protect who are going to get sick and get serious consequences so this idea that we have the power to protect the vulnerable is total nonsense because history has shown that thats not the c
Warmer than weve experienced, some patchy fog out there. Because of the lighter winds and the warmer day, air quality will be moderate as we get into that ridge of High Pressure building in today, tomorrow and monday. Air quality is moderate from san rafael to oakland and concord. Good in redwood city. Moderate in san jose which as we go through the afternoon, could get hazy. Thats emeryville, numbers in the 40s to 50s right now, about 71 in concord by noontime, 66 over in hayward. By 4 00 we are trailing back out of the 80s, afternoon highs should be reached at about 3 00. Tonight its mild for the trick or treaters, 70s to start out around the bay and inland, dropping through the 60s, very comfortable and dry conditions, right on through the evening. Liz . All right, lisa, thank you. This morning San Francisco officials are asking people to stay away from large gatherings, especially from the castro, where hundreds usually celebrate halloween. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena has a look a
Francisco. So your drive time is still under 10 minutes really at 7 minutes from the bottom of the maze after fremont street daryn james coming up, well check in on some more bridges and drive times back to you thank you for 30 right now and this morning. Were following the latest from capitol hill because senators there will be taking a crucial vote. To move judge Amy Coney Barrett one step closer to becoming a Supreme Court justice washington dc correspondent kelli meyer is live right now with more on the vocal morning kelly. Good moria diane james well its a last minute showdown between democrats and republicans and an attempt by democrats to delay judge barrett from becoming justice barrett. Effort to stop the confirmation of President Trumps Supreme Court pick judiciary members will boycott the markup all 10 democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee Plan to be a no show for thursdays vote on judge Amy Coney Barrett is nomination to the Supreme Court. I think what the democrats a
Talk about just that its really pretty out there actually get it from coming up, so its a brighter commute but the lines getting longer john so its pretty busy, especially on our bridges were checking out the trip here on the bay bridge 80 wesson to San Francisco you see all the headlights right. The backup is pretty long it goes back to the bottom of the maze and thats normal for this time of mourning, but at least you dont have any problems or crashes in the mix to add to the slow traffic so were up to 14 minutes and thats still a really good drive into San Francisco with no big problems right now were checking on highway 4 because i just got word of a crash in pittsburgh on the westbound direction thats the commute side. So thats bumping up their drive time to 25 minutes thats no longer highway 4. But this is a beautiful shot of the city right now to overview of San Francisco for coming up well check in on some more bridges star ian james and well see how the traffic is moving aroun
Since the disputed parliamentary election earlier this month the largest Prisoner Exchange in yemen civil war is underway in sanaa more than a 1000 detainees are being swapped between the rebels and the saudis. The u. N. Special envoy for yemen has been Briefing Members of the Security Council. The implementation of this agreement will build confidence and indeed momentum by demonstrating a simple truth that peaceful dialogue. Between the parties deliver the road to peace prisoners agreement does not include many thousands more of yemenis detained during the course of this project and it is therefore our obligation and the obligation of the parties to convene very soon to discuss further releases. Corona virus cases are surging across europe and countries are imposing new restrictions to curb the outbreak in the u. K. London is moving to the 2nd highest covert 19 alert level a new 3 tier lockdown system has come into force in england italys recorded its highest single day tally of new