Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the u. S. Supreme court. Shes expected to record to work today for her first day as a member of the highest court in the country. Barrett was confirmed last night by the senate in the face of democratic opposition. Barrett was then sworn in at a ceremony at the white house. Nancy chen is in washington. Nancy, her vote was pretty much right along party lines, no surprise there. Reporter thats right. Good morning to you, annemarie. Justice barrett was confirmed last night by a 5248 vote with all democrats and only one republican voting against her. Now today will be her first day of work. Amy Coney Barrett is now a Supreme Court justice. I, Amy Coney Barrett reporter the 48yearold was sworn in last night during a ceremony at the white house. It is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences. It would be a dereliction of duty for her to give in to them. Reporter barrett is the third associate justice appointed by President Trump. Our country ow
Im annmarie green. We are going to start this morning with the coronavirus pandemic. For the Third Straight day, the u. S. Has broken its daily record for new covid cases. There were more than 153,000 cases recorded just yesterday. Thats according to Johns Hopkins university. All 50 states are now seeing upticks in new daily cases. The u. S. Also broke another record with more than 67,000 hospitalizations. And california has become the second state to surpass 1 million total cases. Texas hit that mark earlier this week. In americas Third Largest city of chicago, mayor Lori Lightfoot has issued a new stayathome advisory. People are asked to stay home for the next 30 days. That includes the thanksgiving holiday. And while this is tough, of course this whole year has been tough, we must tell you, you must cancel the normal thanksgiving plans. That stayathome advisory begins monday. And despite the surge in pandemic, tens of millions of people are still expected to travel this upcoming tha
We will warm up as we look to the weekend. Details on that are coming up. Gianna is tracking a crash on the bay bridge. I am. Thankfully it is a minor fender bender. A couple cars got tangled up. It looks like it is being pushed off the bridge. It is not causing a lot of delays though it is early and it is friday. We see less cars on the roadways on friday. It should be a good pace even with that trouble spot. Traffic is quiet as you head towards the pay gates. Chp is working on a crash, cesar chavez on ramp, we have a motorcycle accident that has that shut down until further notice. Main lines of 101 though are not affected. I am anne makovec. We are keeping an eye on an investigation about to commence in the south bay into this fire in san jose yesterday. Search teams are going to be going into an under ground utility facility where this erupted yesterday to try to find out how this fire started and assess the extent of the damage, flames shooting from the median at the height of the
Had patchy fog yesterday, now we are starting to see more midlevel clouds which has helped keep the temperatures warm. Thats why as you look at the number in livermore its 44. Thats also warmer than yesterday. Its 37 in santa rosa. As we look ahead to the forecast for the rest of today the clouds are all going away. By late morning will be blue sky and low to mid60ss. Wind for thanksgiving. Ly be back with more on that. Lets look at the roadways as you work onto80 just getting reddy to head out the door. We have a trouble spot near grant line. Its blocking that middle lane. Traffic slow as you work westbound. Have you brake lights onto the pass on that580. A 30 minute drive time from 205 toll plaza. We are starting to see a few brake lights. A live look at the johns hop kins map. Tracking coronavirus. The United States has reported more than 200 death for the First Time Since may. Theres a Record Number of people in the hospital across the country. Along with an increasing positive rat
Meteorologist mary lee. Good friday morning, so grad we made it to the end of the work week and the weekend is almost here. We are looking at cooler conditions for today, on shore flow kicking in with a bit of fog along the coast and around the bay this morning. Temperatures are still chilly in the 30s, 40s, 50s. San to rosa is down to 37, 46 concord and livermore, 54 in oakland, low 50s in San Francisco and down to 49 in san jose with clear skies. As we head through our day, mid to upper 70s inland to low 80s, mid to upper 60s about to 70 right around the bay and low 60s for the coast. Well talk about the all important weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. Lets check with gianna, tracking delays on 880. Weve got brake lights north 880 around 23rd, 29th where on going construction is we typically see overnight. They were hoping to have lanes open by 6 00. However it is running a little bit late. Cal trans is on scene with the two lanes blocked. As we see more cars on the road wa