And the starstudded celebrity sendoff to the class of 2020, words of inspiration from beyonce, lady gaga and condoleezza rice. Those of some of our top stories on this monday, june 8th. And we begin this halfhour with todays reopening of new york city which has been the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. Comes as the u. S. Hits more than 110,000 americans that died in the pandemic, more than the next three nations combined and more than 1. 9 million infections were reported. Abcs trevor at has more from new york. Reporter 100 days since new yorks first confirmed case of coronavirus, new york city prepares to take their first steps towards reopening. Many of us made significant sacrifices, but now it is time to try and see what we can recapture of our city. Reporter as many as 400,000 people will be back on the job ilers li limrb and mafag rnnd e or oso media and instagram and people are able to pick them up at the shop. We will do a contact list, pick up as we can. Reporter the mta
Attacking californias move to send mail in ballots for novembers general election to all registered voters in the state. The president tweeting in part theres no way that mail in ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent mail boxes will be robbed ballots will be forged and even illegally printed out and fraudulently signed 20s been governor newsome responding to the tweet tuesday saying theres no evidence of major fraud and vote by mail elections listing off a series of studies and states supporting his decision to allow all registered voters in california to vote by mail it doesnt skew democrat doesnt skew republican. Were just focusing on public health. The governor signed the executive order earlier this month to authorize this move in response of the pandemic this does not make californias election vote by mail only state Officials Say they are putting together plans to provide safe in person polling. Were not even through phase. One of this pandemic. And the real
Rather have that than it being more for today tomorrow still 2 more days of this heat wave ahead of us so yes, Power Outages today. I think those of us that having seen youre going want to use it you dont have ac well i hope you had a good plan yesterday to get cool, you might want to do that yet again this after went outside of berkeley right here skies are Crystal Clear and we do have heat advisories and peach and excessive heat warnings same exact places theyve been the past couple of days now, and they wont remain in effect through 07 00pm tomorrow which is when our heat wave officially ends before it cooler weekend now today will be a touch cooler in part due to increased sea breeze helping to draw on some cool coastal air youre actually seeing a touch of fog at times right along the coast in San Francisco today, a sign of that cooler marine air thats trying to push and today, its really not going to make it past berkeley and oakland out, but its going to help to result in a sligh
Were seeing low advice nblt spots. This is a look at San Francisco, the golden gate headlights acro bridge. Other than that its pretty low the title at the top of the screen. Just allow for extra time for that drive this morning leaving from antioch. Were going to see some fog and temperatures in the upper 40s. After all of this clears out another nice day ahead. Youre tracking the dense fog and a deadly crash. Im not saying theyre related, im saying we have dense fog all around the bay. National Weather Service has issued it for the entire north bay getting into the north bay. Richmond very tough as far as visibility and patches where the yellow is on our maps all morning. Many parts of contra costay thi deadly crash, though, and this is on the frontage road. Its not 680. Locals will use itullave to us noll. Use 680. Its clearer and well follow that investigation for any details. Silicon valley in time to start the commute, back to you. Thanks, mike. If you have chicken in your home,
Haiti, Trapped Americans begging to get out as we await an update from the State Department. So begins a thursday afternoon. Sandra a developing situation at this hour. Im sandra smith in new york. This is america reports. We are following it for you. Violent gangs are attempting to seize control of haiti led by A Brutal War Lord known as barbecue. John barbecue, a former Police Officer, got the nickname from his penchant to eliminate his opponents by burning them to death. Believed to be responsible for a massacre in 2018 that killed at least 71 people and burned some 400 homes. He is now calling for a bloody revolution. Sandra haitis top political leaders are rejecting the latest regional plan for a transitional government. Gillian turner has an update live at the State Department for us. Gillian we do know there are americans stuck inside haiti who want to escape as the country is teetering on the brink of collapse. Officials here at the State Department do not appear to know how Ma