Milestone despite having less than 5 of the worldwide population. The u. S. Says recorded more than 20 of the covid related deaths, the death toll in the u. S. From coronavirus has topped 200,000 numbers said by some. To be an imaginable 8 months ago when the first covid death was reported covid19 is now one of the leading causes of death. According to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins university here are the latest numbers worldwide there are more than 31 million cases. With nearly 7 million of those cases here in the u. S. , california continues to lead the country with the number of cases, 792,000 we also have more than 15,000 deaths in the state and the bay area has recorded more than 97,000 cases and more than 1400 deaths and despite this grim milestone nationwide San Francisco has had the lowest covid19 death rate. Of any other major us city throughout most of the pandemic our conference send a is live for us in the newsroom with details on this tonight. Thank you thats right, San
Action when your favorite tv shows could be back in action. And baby owe da, how it made the day for firefighters glad youre with us im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. The nation will begin to pay respect to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg today just down the street Senate Republicans are forging ahead to fill her seat in record time and now it appears the gop has all the votes it needs to approve a nominee. Tracie potts has the latest. Mitch mcconnell has secured a key swing vote here. Reporter right that key vote is mitt romney of utah he says he will side with the president on this. He was the lone vote for impeachment, the lone republican in the senate. This time he says he thinks President Trump and the Republican Leadership is on the right path to replace Justice Ginsburg where a nominee of a president is from a Different Party than the senate, then more often than not the senate does not confirm. When there is a nominee that is a party in the senate they do confirm. We have tremend
Announcer tonight on late night with seth meyers Elizabeth Banks, host of cosmos, astrophysicist Neil Degrasse tyson, from ted lasso, actor brendan hunt featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and now, Seth Meyers Seth welcome to late night. How is everybody doing yeah i feel like after this weekend, even if we did have an audience, thats the response id be getting. Lets get to the news. President trump called into fox and friends this morning and said his list of potential Supreme Court nominees was down to five names. Though, i think thats only because Mitch Mcconnell made him add four more names. The Justice Department has reportedly labeled new york city an anarchist jurisdiction. Are you kidding me nobody has more laws than new york city. You have to have a law degree just to park a car around here you ever heard of a coop board . There are more rules in my buildings lobby than there are in all of wyoming. Those people are out there firing automatic weapons at scarecrows and i hav
Selloff. The dow industrials down 36 points, nasdaq up 61 and s p higher by 3 and a quarter. This as we await testimony from treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve chairman jay powell today, both on capitol hill later today. This follows a huge selloff yesterday sparked by an open Supreme Court seat and impact of it on the ledge Kellyanne Conway slalegislative agenda. Dow indusn 500 points, nasdaq lower by 14 and s p lower by 38. The state of our cities, the department of justice naming three major cities anarchist jurisdictions that could lose federal funding due to ongoing unrest. Rudy giuliani is back with us with his take on all of this. Then, fine on the field, nfl handing out massive fines for mask violations, all the numbers coming up this morning. Women and wellness, how some are expanding business while keeping their cool in the era of coronavirus. Super model Kathy Ireland is here with lifestyle tips you dont want to yo miss. Mornings with maria is live right n
Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live in the district with more on this. Good morning, amy. Good morning, kumasi. The center of education reform in washington, d. C. , Distance Learning saying its better for kids to be here in the classroom than to be learning from home and suggesting that some kids are falling behind. As they do all of this Distance Learning. Anexpert alyzednd having too ma students at once on google meet and zoom is robbing children of the opportunity to engage or get the proper feedback from teachers. Were seeing children who whether they are elevated in their learning or below in their learning and even mid line coming in way below with this type of offering. The center for education reform in washington, d. C. , is a nonprofit, pro charter advocacy group. It releases a yearly parent power index in which california scored a d in the area of digital and personalized learning because of last april when schools went online and the state lacked laptops and wifi hot