Arraignment this week. Shes facing charges of allegedly luring young girls for sex. In pit lane, eight cars crashed as they came in to fuel up during nascars brickyard race. One crew member suffered a leg injury. The race was delayed about 10 minutes. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, july 6th. We do say good morning on this day after the Holiday Weekend. We do begin this half hour with the growing struggle to curb the coronavirus spreading across the country at an alarming rate. As infections surge from coast to coast, large crowds turned out to celebrate the fourth of july weekend with many people failing to wear a mask or keep their distance. And there are new figures on just how much people of color are disproportionately impacted by the virus. The New York Times reports that black and latino americans are three times more likely to be infected than their white counterparts, and nearly twice as likely to die. Abcs alex presha has more. Reporter as several states are
Ghislaine maxwell, sex offender Jeffrey Epsteins former associate, set to return to new york to face a judge. Why an alleged epstein victim says Prince Andrew should be, quote, panicking. Pit crew crash. The terrifying moment a Chain Reaction leaves a nascar worker pinned on the racetrack. And pandemic dilemma. The fierce debate after one mom says parents now have to choose, kids or job, but not both. Good monday morning, everyone. We begin with the coronavirus. Nine states reported a record high number of new cases over the weekend. The u. S. Death toll is approaching 130,000 people and new data shows the racial disparity. According to the New York Times, black and latino people have been twice as likely to die from the virus as white people. People are still ignoring safety recommendations. We found many examples of people partying over the weekend. Theres more hesitation among sports teams getting ready to play again. The Milwaukee Bucks and Sacramento Kings are the latest to close
Prident trump downplays the pandemic using his fourth of july speeches to focus on the culture wars, saying the enemy is not the virus but americans protesting injustice, calling them part of a new far left fascism as kanye announces hes running for president. Whats behind this latest stunt. A massive outbreak of gun violence over the weekend, 75 people shot in chicago. More than a dozen killed. 55 shot in new york, and in atlanta, an 8yearold killed near the memorial for Rayshard Brooks. Enough is enough. Enough is enough. The call for answers this morning. Waking up behind bars. Ghislaine maxwell, the friend of Jeffrey Epstein, now facing charges, prepares to head back to court as we learn new details about her past and why one alleged victim says Prince Andrew should be panicking. Wild Weather Coast to coast. The fastmoving wildfire forcing evacuations in california and flash floods and high winds wreaking havoc in the east. And major league concerns. Dozens of baseball and basketba
Good morning, everyone, its sunday, july 5. Im liz kreutz. Thanks for joining us. We have a lot to get to us with illegal fireworks and fires across the bay area. Lets start with meteorologist lisa argen. Hey, liz, good morning to you. Were starting out with haze and a little bit of sunshine. Should be a nice afternoon. Warmth returns to our inland valleys. You can see emeryville is a little hazy out there with High Pressure overhead, little wind. Temperatures are quite mild from the east bay to the peninsula, upper 60s to near 70. No sea breeze as of yet. The winds will pick up. Were looking at gusts near 30 miles an hour. Look at the low 70s arriving in our east bay. Today some changes at the coast as the winds pick up and create some gusty winds. Well still be cool, just in the 60s there but climbing through the 00s to around 80 in the bay and low to mid90s return inland. Enjoy the day today if you like it warm. Then well talk about that sea breeze kicking up, bringing the cooling t
You drank a bottle of wine, smoked pot with your cousins, and youre still [ laughter ] youre still awake [ laughter ] man, whatever your grandpa said about trump must have really freaked you out. [ laughter ] according to polls, 63 of americans plan to drink on thanksgiving, just as soon as the adults turn their backs. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause president yeah [ cheers and applause President Trump issued a thanksgiving proclamation yesterday, and called for the country to rise above divisiveness and celebrate united together as one people. Added trump, even the democrats, nevertrumpers, deepstaters, nfl players, fake news media, women, latinos, muslims, late night hosts and eric [ cheers and applause all of us celebrating as one family the wife of childrens tv icon mr. Rogers revealed in a new interview that he would regularly fart in front of her to make her laugh. [ laughter ] and she would laugh to make him stop [ laughter ] and finally, the New York Post has published a lis