All, lets start off with one big news, piece of news for the bay area. Three ucsf doctors have been named to president elect bidens Advisory Council for covid pandemic policies. There are hundreds of jobs that the president elect will need to fill, but the Trump Administration said today that they are not ready to acknowledge him as the winner. President elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris go straight to work with the transition team. They met by videoconference with the transition covid19 advisory board. Focusing on a key campaign promise. I will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around once we are sworn in on january 20. Reporter the bay area doctors from ucsf are part of the board. Dr. David kessler, an epidemiologist and former fda commissioner is one of the cochairs. Dr. Robert you guess, are also board members. Typically, they were closely with Outgoing Administration according to eric schindler, codirector of uc berkeleys institute of governmental studies
So concerned tonight. 358 new cases of covid19 were reported here in the county just yesterday. Im here to share some sobering news. Our case count in saint claire are starting to surge. Chief Health Officer sounding the alarm about the growing numb of covid19 cases and the number of hospitalizations is up in the county too. Climbing nearly 10 sunday. It could be tied to halloween and pandemic fatigue. Similar to the up tick that we saw in the summer, this is also largely younger adults. Between ages 18 and 34. A large number of new cases have been reported in gilroy. And east san jose. The surge which began in midoctober could mean a return of business restrictions or a new round of forced khloe shushes. Were trending ourselves into the red and potentially the purple tier. Which means more restrictions. Health leaders and the governor are urging everyone to keep wearing mask and remain six feet apart. Do not take your guard down. Businesses are urged to do the same. You can look for t
Whats going on. Welcome to the daily distancing show. Im trevor noah it is tuesday, august 25, and we are now just 70 days away from the election. Thats the reason youre starting to hear all the election day songs starting on the radio. The strange hope of the nations hope and fear in the r. N. C. Roy wood, jr. And desi lydic play democracys most depressing game show. Welcome to the daily distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, the daily distancing show presents the Republican National convention, celebrating pressure to come. Trevor yesterday was the start of the Republican National convention, the first and only time donald trump has renewed his vows. Going into the convention. I thought it would be tough for donald trump to sell himself for another four years mostly because, you know, we live in a hellscape where 180,000 people have died and we cant go to a movie or hug our grandparents. But then i watched the convention, and, guys,
To come. Trevor yesterday was the start of the Republican National convention, the first and only time donald trump has renewed his vows. Going into the convention. I thought it would be tough for donald trump to sell himself for another four years mostly because, you know, we live in a hellscape where 180,000 people have died and we cant go to a movie or hug our grandparents. But then i watched the convention, and, guys, it turns out donald trump has actually done a really good job by preventing all of that from happening. From the very beginning, democrats, the media and the World Health Organization got coronavirus wrong. One leader took Decisive Action to save lives. President donald trump. The president quickly took action and shut down travel from china. Donald trumps quick action and leadership saved thousands of lives during covid 19. President trump truly moved mountains to save lives, and he deserves credit. Just imagine what 2020 would have looked like, fighting for your lif
Kosovo agreed to normalize ties also coming up on the news hour lebanon falls silent one month after the explosion that tore through the capital beirut and the philippines considers raising the age of consent from 12 to 16 we meet the activist behind the nations fight for womens rights. In school enormous see is to remain a barcelona player messi says hes changed his mind about wanting to leave to avoid a legal disputes with the club. Welcomes the news our top story Donald Trumps allies are scrambling to his defense amid growing backlash of the u. S. President s alleged remarks on war veterans suckers and losers are amongst the times the president has called americas war dead according to an article in the atlantic magazine but given trumps support in the military and with less than 60 days to go until the election its become the focus of both campaigns of a night party call hayne has more. The u. S. Military and veterans are a big part of u. S. President Donald Trumps base he needs th