Help were clear. Let them go [ applause ] reporter and now Governor Newsom has responded. A plan to battle the virus that is wreaking havoc inside california prisons, now up to 8,000 inmates could be eligible for Early Release by the end of august. I think its a good step. Reporter former inmates and advocates have been worried, especially surrounding san quentin, the site of the states largest covid19 outbreak. 7 prisoners have died. We cant afford the luxury of a slow roll out and continuing to make incremental changes in the state prison populations. We need a large scale release. We need to follow the Public Health experts leadership on this. Health experts agree. Large packed settings are a prime place for the disease to spread. Its really a chicken coop of risks for covid. Reporter ucfs doctor peter plods the governors decision to then the prison population, but remains fearful. It may not be enough. The devil is in the details. Because 8,000 inmate six only 7 of the states count
Still hopeful that the house will ratify the agreement calling on house peeker nancy pelosi to do the right thing. An wall street, a record day. The s p 500 closing at an alltime record high, the dow closing at its third highest level in history, only 75 points tonight from its record high. All of this despite heightened tensions in the middle east after iran shot down that american drone over International Air space. President trump today slammed the roi rogue nations mistake s iran made a big mistake. This drone was in international waters. Clearly we have it all documented. Its documented scientifically, not just words. And they made a very bad mistake. Lou a big mistake, a sad mistake and for more on the iranian attack, Fox National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin with the latest from the pentagon. Lou, pentagon officials deny the u. S. Drone was shot down over iran. The air force released this video of the actual moment of impact of the u. S. Navys Global Hawk Drone being
Well is more on the birds super bowl preparations in a minute. First, tonight, pennsylvania gongs gress man pat meehan announced he will not seek reelection amid Sexual Harassment allegations. He plans to retire next year. Hes accused of making unwanted advances on young staff member he described as soul mate. He gave her a secret settlement after she left the job and tuesday he told Eyewitness News he two wept out for ice cream last spring and admitted to giving her pa payout. She was talking about brand new relationship she had. I opened the door to something which i said that youre leaving me is going to hurt and i believe that to be a pavement of severance because i wanted her not to walk out of the situation once engaged with attorneys in a way that was going to be harmful. Congressman meehan faces an investigation and paul ryan told him to repay the taxpayer money. Tup are bowl lii is getting closer, in my opinion days and 19 hours left until eagles and patriots kickoff in mip ap
Hear whats riding on the outcome of the game for that very young fan. Good eveningsh im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Well is more on the birds super bowl preparations in a minute. First, tonight, pennsylvania gongs gress man pat meehan announced he will not seek reelection amid sexual harant to retire next year. Hes accused of es on young staff member as soul mate. He gave her a secret settlement after she lefte told Eyewitness News he two wept out for cream last spring and admitted to giving her pa payout. She wasng. I opened the door to something which i said that youre leaving me is going to hurt and i believe that to be af sere i wanted her not to walk out of the situation once engaged with attorneys in a way that was going to be harmful. Congressman meehan faces an investigation and paul ryan told him to repay the taxpayer money. Tup are bowl lii is getting closer, in my opinion days and 19 hours left until eagles and patriots kickoff in mip app list. They return to the pract
20 degrees right now in the suburbs. Philadelphia, lee high valley, new jersey, everyones going to be seeing sunshine. A little slower to begin with. By 11 00, well see 36 degrees in wilmington. Ask the winds that are coming out of the east at 11 00 become southerly this afternoon. Thats going to boost all of the temperatures in every neighborhood today. 43 degrees for the suburbs and the lee high valley and up to 44 degrees in delaware. And today begins a warming trend thats going to continue right on through the weekend. A look at that when im back in ten minutes. But first katey zachary has your first alert traffic. And were going to start things off on a good note, a green note. All in the green, that indicates no construck thats affecting things, no crashes. Average speeds across the board in the low to mid60s. You cant go wrong with that starting the 6 00 hour. Route 73 on cedar hill road where throughout the morning theres been pretty light to moderate traffic. If you were to co