A nominee friday or saturday. Senator majority leader mitch mccolonel elhas already vowed to hold a vote. Elections have consequences. Its called you pick people for the Supreme Court. Reporter the president previously said hell pick a woman. The choice has become a central focus of the election and could give the president a boost, especially with conservatives. I think that there is a potential advantage this gives the president , maybe even those running for senate. It is going to be, you know, buckle up. Speaking to those republicans out there, senate republicans, who know deep down what is right for the country and consistent with the constitution. Reporter democratic president ial nominee joe biden spoke directly to those gop senators, pleading with them not to follow mcconnell. Biden centered his argument arout round the issue of healthcare and the Affordable Care act. When a vacancy occurs if the last year of the first term, you can see Lindsey Graham said lets let the next pre
Coronavirus spreads. Last week the cdc updated its website to say its possible that covid19 may be spread through droplets and airborne particles that are formed when a person infected with the virus coughs sneezes scenes talks are even just breeds. Well now the cdc says that update was a mistake. They released a Statement Today reading a draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agencys official website. The cdc is currently updating its recommendations regarding airborne transmission of the virus that causes covid19. Once this process has been completed the updated language will be posted. And quote we just checked the cdcs website. The new language has not yet been posted. They all this back and forth with the cdc has doctors really concerned and theyre issuing their own clarification is tonight can force theresa is in Alameda County tonight. Shes live to explain what Infectious Disease experts locally are saying about the latest cdc state
Changed as is the case often thanks for joining us. On this monday night everybody im grant lotus yeah, its a sad fact, im Vicki Liviakis this a death toll in the u. S. Has doubled since just the end of may and the number is projected to climb even higher before the years and the top covid19 projection model is predicting nearly 380,000 coronavirus deaths here in the u. S. By january. If that happens were going to hit half the death toll of the 1918 pandemic. And the united is on the. Grant i believe youre next all right there is some growing confusion tonight over the cdcs latest guidelines on covid last week. The cdc updated its website to say it is possible that covid may be spread through droplets. An airborne particles that are formed to a person infected with the virus. Coughs sneezes sings talks or briefs teaser things that were widely known at least if you talk to medical experts the cdc said it last week but now the city says the cdc says that was a mistake to issue that guida
The news station. Youre watching kron 4 news at 9. Outline is roaming the streets of a neighborhood in pacifica the big cat caught here on video as it was watching 2 kids sewer riding bikes in the street that is a good size Mountain Lion later you saw there, jumping the fence and then crouching under a neighbors truck until it eventually ran away yanks good evening, everybody thanks for being here 9 oclock, im grant lotus yikes is right, im Vicki Liviakis us course happened. On mason drive in pacifica our kron fours Taylor Bisacky reports. This area of the neighborhood backs up to the hills in a wooded area full of wildlife. Neighbors say its probably the reason this Mountain Lion is sticking around they saw over the weekend and as recent as monday afternoon i from his dog a governor who you are nothing like they get out here and then it turned and thats one of the only got couple good. And so i got my camera and started in the life of the kids in the 3rd young for the kids timothy car
Think he should keep his house cat in from now on. A focus now on your health and in our effort to build a better bay area, we could see a new standard to help when counties can reopen. It involves measuring the difference between wealthy neighborhoods and low income areas and its creating controversy. Reporter counties in california are placed in one of four color indicators. Californias department of Public Health is still finalizing details, but a third metric, called the equity metric, is in the works. Dr. Mike reed, who helps run San Franciscos Contact Tracing program, explains what it is. A ratio of the covid test positivity in low income neighborhoods compared to high income neighborhoods in any given county. Reporter San Franciscos overall Positivity Rate is 2 . In august, a study in just the Mission District found a 9 Positivity Rate. The equity metric could mean the difference between the 2 and 9 would have to decrease to reopen the city. This is not just me making a morally