Chokeholds. This is 20 minutes. Good afternoon. Or probably still in the morning. We are in the afternoon now. Our updates for our numbers, we 13,252 cases of covid19 in utah. That is an increase of 380 eight from yesterday. We have tested over 250,000 new utahans. Individuals818 currently hospitalized for covid19. We have a total of 131 deaths which is an increase of three from yesterday. One individual, a Salt Lake County residents over president over the age of 85. Another, a Salt Lake County resident hospitalized at the time of death. The third, utah county resident between the ages of 18 and 60 years, hospitalized at the time of death. We have been experiencing an increase in our growth rate for the past couple of weeks. This started right after memorial day. Our daily cases have been in the 200300 range memorial range with a few spikes in the 400500 range. The percent of positive tests was hovering around 44. 5 . 44. 5 . We have seen the trend increase. There are some parts of th
Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining me today, two days in a row. And thanks to secretary esper, attorney general barr and ambassador or National Security advisor obrien for being with me on this important occasion as many of you know. I have an important affection for our service men and women. Im a veteran myself, and heres a scenario that i think about a lot. Imagine american soldiers, sailors airmen, marine, or Intelligence Officers on leave family, maybe on a beach in europe. And over the course of two decades or more this soldier defended america. Then suddenly that vacation turns into a nightmare. The European Countries National Police takes the soldier into custody, detaining him or her on politically motivated charges, a prison sentence abroad is a distinct possibility. A spouse behind bars for defending freedom, a son or daughter robbed of their mom or dad, all on the initiative of a prosecutor in the netherlands. Making sure this does not happen is the essence of am
The Senate Armed Services committee met to consider the nominations of the Lieutenant General to be chief of the National Guard bureau and an army general to lead operation warp speed which is tasked with developing a coronavirus vaccine. In his testimony, he told lawmakers it was likely the u. S. Will have a vaccine by the end of the year. Their confirmation hearing is almost 2. 5 hours. Good morning. The Committee Meets today to consider the nominations of Lieutenant General David Hokanson to be chief of the National Guard bureau, and general Gustave Perna to be chief operating officer of the project warp speed. I think both of you for being here today particularly under the current circumstances of what we are facing now, we are doing things differently. I know you are down there but i can barely see you. Anyway, we enjoyed meeting the families and all of that. We were not going to be able to do with the same way. When you do your Opening Statement, you may want to introduce family
Forecast for you. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. Kari, what can we expect from this weather today . Its going to be much cooler and well see some sunshine. As we head outside in walnut creek, this is one of the spots where well see some significant cooling at least ten degrees lower than yesterday. As we start out this morning expect it to be in the 50s and then into the low 70s as we go into early this afternoon. Checking out our microclimate forecast, in santa rosa 72 degrees. More on this in the forecast for the weekend coming up in a few minutes. Marcus . Thank you, kari. As protests in the bay area and across the nation continue President Trump seems to be drawing new battle lines with his planned rally in tulsa, oklahoma. Congress call for Police Reform is picking up steam. Tracie potts with the effort to restrict Certain Police tactics may end up hitting a brick wall at the white house. Tracie . Reporter in light of these protests after the death of george floyd
Clouds moving through and its going to also feel much more comfortable compared to the weather weve had. Were looking at highs today in the south bay that only reach into the low 70s. Thats actually cooler than normal with some mid70s inland. Well talk more about this coming up in the forecast. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Well, im looking toward the city moving nicely, lighter volume around the bay bridge toll plaza. The volume is increasing. More cars coming through without delay. The maps shows a slight slowdown on the incline and no problems. We may see the metering lights turned on today. It will be closer to 7 00. Well track that the next hour. The rest of the bay no major problems and no major slowing. Back to you. Thanks, mike. As protests in the bay area and across the nation continue they ask me every day when President Trump seems to be will you be open . When can we make a reservation . Drawing new battle lines with his planned rally in tulsa, right now at 6 30