Have want to heal with less time. Amy the u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 250,000 as the number of infections soar across the country. Nearly 2000 deaths in one day. But President Trump is all but missing in action. He has not attended a Coronavirus Task force meeting in five months. He continues to have no Public Meetings on his schedule. We will speak with the atlantics ed yong. Then to iran. As President Trump installs loyalists in a shakeup at the pentagon, is the president laying the groundwork to attack iran . Plus, we will look at why climate activists and progressive democrats are protesting president elect joe bidens decision to tap congressman Cedric Richmond to a Top White House post. He is the leading democrat recipient of fossil el money in congress. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The official u. S. Death toll from covid19 has passed a quarter of a Million People as the virus rages
Have want to heal with less time. Amy the u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 250,000 as the number of infections soar across the country. Nearly 2000 deaths in one day. But President Trump is all but missing in action. He has not attended a Coronavirus Task force meeting in five months. He continues to have no Public Meetings on his schedule. We will speak with the atlantics ed yong. Then to iran. As President Trump installs loyalists in a shakeup at the pentagon, is the president laying the groundwork to attack iran . Plus, we will look at why climate activists and progressive democrats are protesting president elect joe bidens decision to tap congressman Cedric Richmond to a Top White House post. He is the leading democrat recipient of fossil el money in congress. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The official u. S. Death toll from covid19 has passed a quarter of a Million People as the virus rages
Determined the devices were actually inert. There wouldnt be any explosive material within the devices. The bomb squad nonbrought the items outside, dismantled and reconfirmed that they did not contain explosives materials. By the way the people who brought in the hand grenades are not facing charges tonight, because they were simply trying to do the right thing. And the captain says this is a valuable reminder that if you happen to come across any ammunition or what you think might be explosives dont touch them, dont transport them. Instead get out of the house, call 911 let the experts handle it. Reporting live in sunnyvale, marianne favro, nbc bay area. Thank you very much. Now to another big story lets talk about the heat advisory in hekt effect right now. Temperatures up to triple digits in parts of the bay area. How long will it last in meteorologist has the answers including more about a red flag warning. Indeed and in fact concord is at 100 degrees at this hour definitely scorc
For some. You may have noticed if you are out and about now, it is still fairly warm outside. In the south bay, 71 degrees even at the peninsula, 69. 78 degrees even at this hour in the trivalley. The trivalley was one of the warmer spots today. In the north bay, 71. We did see triple digit heat in concord. Concord did hit that 100. Thats why we have a heat advisory in effect until 9 00 along with that red flag warning until 9 00. Ill tell you about the hottest spots later. To get the latest on advisories and warnings download the nbc bay area app. We have an entire section devoted to weather. You can find information on cooling centers in san jose this weekend. Nine people were rushed to the hospital after a crash if n brentwood. Two cars crashed on westbound highway 4. It happened just after 8 00 this evening. Seven adults and two children were injured in that crash. The helicopters had to transport some of the victims. In concord a man is under arrest for suspicion of driving drunk.
The train is almost unfightable. Shes moving five Different Directions and theres only four. Chuck murphy knows the danger but hes staying put to protect his home and his neighbors. Yes, sir. Im going to stay here until the devil demon drives me out. Fire stations across the bay area are also doing their part. In the face of this fastmoving and dangerous wildfire. Reporter you can see we have helicopters dropping water on some of the areas around mariposa. That drop in a neighborhood around houses. Weve seen a lot of helicopters concentrating on that area as they try to keep the homes and the property wet to keep the fire from destroying any more homes. We have not seen the large retardant tankers dropping anything really. Weve heard that the retardant bombers are being used on the smaller spot fires to get those knocked down before they blow up into Something Like this. Live in mariposa, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. Thank you, thom, for the updates. There are thousands from the bay