Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with another day of disturbing new milestones in the Coronavirus Crisis while the country awaits approval of the vaccine. Yesterday, the u. S. Recorded more than 217,000 infections and more than 2,900 deaths and over 100,000 hospitalizations. President elect biden said on his first day in office, he plans to ask americans to wear a mask for 100 days to help slow the spread of the virus. Debra alfarone is in washington. There is only so much the president can do. Is he can ask and he has some dominion over places where he can make it mandatory. Absolutely. We are talking federal buildings and any transportation that crosses state lines. Planes, buses and trains. The post thanksgiving surge predicted by Public Health experts has arrived with the coronavirus spreading out of control in much of the u. S. More than 217,000 positive tests reported on thursday. Shattering the single total set a day earlier. We dont want to scare
This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with breaking news tonight. America is now in covid hell. In just 24 hours, the u. S. Has broken every record set since the pandemic began 10 months ago with more new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths in a single day than ever. So Many Americans are now being killed by the virus, four people have died just since this broadcast began. Thats a rate of one life lost every 30 seconds. As we come on the air tonight, more than 100,000 people are now in the hospital with coronavirus, pushing the countrys Healthcare System to the brink. Californias governor says i. C. U. Beds are filling up so fast there, he may soon have to shut down much of his state, ordering people to stay at home to try to stop the virus from spreading any faster. Now, tonight, president elect joe biden says hes going to ask all americans to wear a mask for
San francisco at 49. For down to 34 degrees. As we head through our afternoon mid60s for San Francisco and oakland. So running about 5 to 11 degrees above average for this time of the year. Well talk about those changes for the weekend and the increased fire danger. Now lets check in with gianna. Is it friday light out there . This is. Good news on the freeways. Starting with a live look at the bay bridge you can see at the toll plaza everything is moving at the limit into france. No delays on the lower deck. Golden gate bridge looking good. Also, they removed those lane closures, so things are quiet and southbound 101 coming out of marin, no delays. San mateo bridge also clear. Its about a 13minute right between 880 over toward 101 and 101 traffic is very quiet. Michelle . All right, gianna, thank you. New stayathome orders could be on the way. Governor newsom announcing regions will be announced region by region. Tighter rules will take place if the number falls below 15 . In the bay
To you rob all right, thank you for the update john checking in on the traffic still recovering from some issues here so in the 4 oclock hour we had an overturn accident that is still active, but its not causing major delays so is 1224. At the oak hill exit as you work your way through lafayette couple of lanes of traffic still close as they try and get this out of your way a special Traffic Alert remains in place. But no major delays getting through the westbound side is the commute direction and its doing fine out of lafayette into are and and over to the caldecott tunnel were checking in on the bridges, the bridges look really good. No delays at the bay bridge toll come on in wide open across the upper deck and were off to the golden gate. Were checking in on one oh one which is smoothing out the limit so if youre coming from the north bay and easy 90 minute trip rolling south nevado to the toll plaza darya james all right, thank you very much robert 5 oh one is the time breaking ne
The tarmac there skies are generally going to clear as we work our way through this morning and as that happens more and more favorable weather for waiting in lines at the polls even this morning, although it is cool and gray for some areas still not at all about morning to get out there were in the 40s and 50s for most of us oakland, the warm spot right now at 57 degrees while the cooler side in areas like santa rosa starting off this morning at 45 degrees later today, its 70s and ill give you more details about what to expect. Later on still to come robin all right, thank you john a little busy out there traffic still jammed up crossing the bay, especially heading into San Francisco, heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza approach and yes, its still pretty crowded from the bottom of the maze. Its been like that for the last 2 hours or so its not a terrible commute, but its definitely crowded and still under 15 minutes to make it and so thats considered pretty good. Were check