Case, you can get the moderate to heavy rain. Thats another cold one. Now, the airport is at 38 and this morning its on the peninsula and also on the mountains. The secondary system is the one that could really light things up in the afternoon. Again, it looks like San Francisco south and to the north. With the focus around the mountains and the coast. 50s and 60s today. Sal is here now. Lets see if anything is going on. Good morning, sir. Good morning to you , steve. We do have traffic thats light for the most part. Unfortunately, sometimes when the traffic is so light we do get the traffic accidents that are more severe as you take a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge here t. Traffic continues to move along very well. Theres no major issues. Right now the traffic continues to move on all of the bay area bridges. Now, back to the headlines. Thank you, sal. Topping the news this morning, the number coronavirus here in the bay area continues to grow. More than 3,600 cases are now repor
And thats where the rain was over the weekend especially on sunday. Santa clara mountains, and 35 inches of rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The system off the mendocino coast and it swings in and you can light up the rain gauge again today and 30s and 40s very cold. This time of year we are well below average for the morning and the rain south bay even sneaking over parts of the east bay into the Santa Cruz Mountains and briefly at times and on the peninsula. Penn temperatures upper 60s low 60s in hamilton. It looks to be San Francisco oakland south. Sal is here now and he will tell us if there is anything going on. South . People are driving and whenever it rains we get crashes in effect because the roads are wide open as we look at the san mateo bridge here. Westbound 92 traffic is moving along pretty well heading out to the highways and you can tell the roads are damp and weve had a couple of incidents is clear. For the most part the traffic is moving along very well and airports
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Host we are joined by Michael Greenberger. Both of the issues facing the u. S. And the world when it comes to the coronavirus, what does your organization focus on . Guest it was founded by the university of maryland president in the wake of the 9 11 attacks to deal with counterterrorism issues. We are about to celebrate our h anniversary they 15th may 15 and we have moved from counterterrorism but also controlling emerging infectious diseases, responding to superstorms and also dealing with cybersecurity issues such as ransomware. 9 11, the world has never seen an epidemic like this but in your organizations experience in dealing with other viruses and health outbreaks, health concerns, and even the tabletop exercises your group may have done, what is your appraisal so far on how the u. S. Has responded . The federal government to the coronavirus outbreak. Guest let me say this virus is more serious than anything we have faced going back to 2001. Sars, mers,thrax, ebola, zika, h1n1. V
But broadly, what does your organization focus on . Michael well our organization , was founded by the university of maryland president in the wake of the 9 11 attacks to deal in the first instance in those days with principally counterterrorism issues. Days with principally counterterrorism issues. We are about to celebrate our 18th anniversary on may 15, 2002. , still do counterterrorism, but also we do controlling emerging infectious diseases, responding to superstorms like superstorm sandy, and also dealing with cybersecurity issues like ransomware. And since 9 11 the natin the world has not seen a epidemic like this. In your organizations experience in dealing with other viruses and health concerns, and even the tabletop exercises your group may have done, what is your appraisal so far of how the u. S. Has responded, the federal government, to the coronavirus outbreak . Guest let me say this virus is more serious than anything we face going all the way back to 2001. We have had an