Restrictive tier. Its not the news we want heading into the holidays. As weve seen reopening, which is anticipated we started to see more cases. Like much of the country, cases are on the rise california and now 11 1 counti are moving into a restrictive tier. Contra costa moved from orange into red meaning substantial spread. Californias health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galley said most of the transmission is coming from high risk situations where masks are not worn the entire time. Imagine multiple people at a small table playing a board game or having and sharing a meal. Across the state, the 14day Positivity Rate is 3. 7 up from 2. 5 . You can see on this graph showing bay area covid cases going back to march, cases arent yet where they were during the summer surge but there is a significant increase since mid october. We anticipate if things stay the way they are, between this week and next week, over half california own counties will mo into a restrictive tier. Reporte
I think its going to be another warm one. It was pretty warm yesterday, mike. It will be warmer than average again today. Welcome back, reggie, kumasi, jobina. The cooling trend is on schedule. However our critical fire conditions thankfully are a bit slower to develop. So theres some good news to start the day with. We still have historically low fuels. That means the vegetation is drier than average at historic levels. So the fire danger is still high. Thats why we have the red flag warning until 8 00 tomorrow. Lets look at the winds. They are fairly light, up to 40 in diablo, 22 as you head over to the north bay mountains. Humidity level is lower than yesterday. Still around 25 . Lets talk about whats going to happen this afternoon. 68 at the coast, look at that southerly surge of cloud cover. That will make a dent in our warm weather. Thats tomorrow. 70s around the bay. 80s inland today. Reggie . Happening today, forced blackouts for thousands of pg e customers in california. The u
Will tell us with some infected and ideally can we go back into society and be safe. The truth is we dont yet have that information. The test cannot provide that assurance. I think a lot of people think if they get this Antibody Test and they test positive that they are going to have a shield that allows them to go to the Grocery Store without their mask on. Is that what a positive Antibody Test means . I think we cannot safely say that to people yet. ticking this is a snapshot of the microbiome. And this is the trillions of bacteria represented by the different colors. The microbiome, the they help process the food that we consume, but they do a lot more than that. They make vitamins. Theyre able to produce essential amino acids. Theyre able to talk to ticking im lesley stahl. Im bill whitaker. Im anderson cooper. Im sharyn alfonsi. Im scott pelley. Those stories, tonight, on 60 minutes. ticking ticking ticking because there are options. Like an unjection™. Xeljanz. The first and on
Questions about the Mental Health of pilots. Well explore what can be done in the name of aviation safety. And an unexpected new use for ridesharing apps. Crab poaching off the bay area coast. Well talk to fish and wildlife about how theyre fighting back against this new criminal trend. But first, finally, a new speaker of the house, 22 days after former speaker Kevin Mccarthy was ousted by his own party. Reporter falcons placed their trust in a relative unknown. Youre watching getting answers. Im kristen sze. In the end, it wasnt Steve Scalise or jim jordan or tom emmer. It was 51 year old mike johnson from louisiana. First elected to congress in 2016. He got 220 votes on the house floor, winning over the right wing of the gop, which had ousted mccarthy. It is now my solemn honor and responsible committee to hand over the peoples gavel here in the United States house of representatives to the gentleman man from the great state of louisiana and the 56th speaker of the United States hou
Florida congresswoman and we are wondering what on earth were our soldiers doing in an african hell hole. Why should these four brave men paid with their lives for a war operation that overstayed its welcome and overstepped its bounds. Its not just freaky libertarians calling for new boundaries. Even hawkish john mccain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee wants answers that hopefully stretch beyond the particulars of this tragedy. It does nothing to keep us safer and compromises the lives and liberty of those charged with protecting ours. Gum flappers are calling this trumps benghazi. We hardly have the facts to make that gross assessment. But this administration has to be held accountable for not overextending a war fought in the shadows with virtually no oversight. Lets get into the show. Im kennedy. Defense secretary mattis today said the troop deaths are under investigation. The pentagon is sending a team to niger to figure out what happened. But why were we there