Again this is a fatal crash, were working to find out more details but in the meantime make sure you follow me on twitter for the latest on the crash in polk county. We also have this situation in hillsborough. Gravel spilled on the roadway on busch boulevard. Two westbound lanes blocked now, this is just east of 56th street. Traffic indicators still in the green, no delay here but you may want to leave yourself a few extra minutes if your morning drive takes you through that area. Your drive on the veterans looking pretty good now. All in the green. 6 01. Lets begin with democracy 2016. After months of campaigning and debating voters will finally begin to narrow down the field of candidates for president. Iowa is the first major test for the candidates. Voters will head to the polls there tonight. Candidates on both sides of the aisle are bringing out the big guns. Hillary clinton and donald him on the campaign trail. In a final push for votes. As for texas senator ted cruz conservati
After months of sheltering in place. But many are not practicing social distancing and there have been shocking scenes of people gathered very closely together and without masks. Its raising serious new concerns about a potential new spread of the virus. A top official with the World Health Organization is now warning we could be facing a second peak. He says its dangerous to assume that the next real danger point in the pandemic wont come until the fall. Lets begin this hour with our Senior National correspondent kyung lah joining us from los angeles. Kyung, less than three months ago, march 5, there were just 11 known coronavirus deaths here in the United States. And now less than three months later, were approaching 100,000. Reporter certainly a very grim marker. And this bears repeating, wolf. The administration expects that the numbers are still anticipated between 100,000 deaths and 240,000 deaths here in the United States. So what does it look like on this memorial day . Im here
Just because the disease is on the way down now, that it is going to keep going down and were going to get a number of months to get ready for a second wave. We may get a second peak in this wave. We may get a second peak in this wave. Lets begin with Brynn Gingras from new rochelle, new york. One of the first hot spots in the country. I remember when you were there back in march, when they were closing down. Now on track to reopen . Thats right. It was just about three months ago, close to it, that the National Guard was here, remember, handing out food, to people. Also this whole area which we are in was called the containment zone. People were asked to stay within their homes because more than a thousand people, about a thousand people had to be quarantined because they were linked to a synagogue just up the street from where we are, who attended services because someone there had the coronavirus. One of the original cases, one of the first clusters in the entire United States. And
Any other as there is still a life and death battle against coronavirus. The u. S. Death toll will hit 100,000 very soon. A fact none of us should ignore. Especially as we see disturbing images as holiday crowds, flocking to beaches and other locations, in the south as well as across the United States. Health experts warn this could lead in a dangerous expansion of the spread in the virus. The u. S. Is cautioned against complacency as states start to reopen. Jason, less than three months ago on march 5, there were just 11 confirmed coronavirus deaths here in the United States. Tonight we are approaching 100,000. Its incredibly sobering and Officials Say more sobering when you look across the country and see people refusing to practice social distancing. After weeks of caution and confinement you wouldnt know a pandemic was going on by looking at the beach. Memorial day weekend is looking like normal in some places. Busy boardwalks and beaches with little signs of social distancing. In
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has declared a disaster in response to at least one EF2 tornado and severe weather that swept through Garland County in May.