19 deaths. A look at the coronavirus headlines. Cars are lined up for blocks. If you can get to the hayward site Health Officials are turning most away. The lab is dealing with a backlog. They have to get back up to speed which would mean testing 370 people a day. Suspending lights rail service after a training operated tested positive. They are sanitizing all vehicles the training may have used. Buses are an option for people who need them. Stunning new data on how hospitals are coping with the rise in the coronavirus cases. Kaiser permanente said nearly half of the beds are filled with covid19 patients. The hospital has 242 beds. A quarter of the infected patients are in intensive care. What is more alarming is doctors say they have seen patients conditions go from relatively stable to serious and just a matter of hours. The hospital also said the patients requiring ventilators usually need treatment for 10 to 14 days. Santa clara has the highest number of cases with more than 459. T
Expressway, very busy all the time, that will be entirely shut down all the way from conshohocken at the blue route, all the way south into 95. No traffic on the schuylkill, going westbound, it will be shut down from 95 all the way up to u. S. One. Lets talk about u. S. One really quick, that will be shut down in the west philly section from lancaster over to belmont, that is the area where the pope will be staying overnight, so that busy city avenue section will also be shut down. Ben franklin bridge will be entirely closed. Officials confirming that for the first time today. That will allow pedestrians to walk across from new jersey into center city and walk over to see the pope at the world meeting of families events. There is one rumor that was spreading around that i95 would shut down. Theyre telling us no, not at all. 95 will remain open entirely, there may be some exits and onramps that are completely closed. Lets take a look at penndot from a few minutes ago. These road closure
Lets take a live look at the stage as the last bit of work continues. Even as the convention gets underway, its marked by its own scandal. The chairwoman of the dnc has announced she will step down from her post amid the leaked emails choosing Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. That scandal has become a criminal matter, the fbi is investigating. Protesters have taken to the street to philadelphia as they did they found an unwelcomed guest, swelter heat. Not only is the dplk the hottest dnc the hottest ticket in town souls the temperatures. So is the temperature. Meteorologist david murphy has more on the heat warning and possible bumpy weather this afternoon. Reporter we have excessive heat and humidity across the region and strong storms later. Excessive heat warning doesnt expire until 6 00 p. M. Tonight between now and then, that warning in the Central Counties highlighted in purple could see heat index values as high as 105 and high temperatures in the upper 90s. In the advisory
The hildebran town hall building. Christine Brody Oconnell following the details now in the alert center. Brody, what do you know so far . Brody this is up near i40 off i40 near morganton at the hildebran town hall. Here is the map giving you an idea where it is while i give you the latest details. We called dispatchers to see what was going on, we reached an official who gave us the address of 202 center street. We specifically asked if this was the town hall that was on fire, dispatcher said they were responding to a fire at the town hall, which is in a complex that shares office space with other buildings. So the town hall and other offices are located in a bigger building, that used to be the old hill Hildebran High School. Steve ohnesorge has done thorough coverage whether they were going to tear down the building. They are in the newer part of the section slate forward demolition was the oldest part of the build, built in 1917. Well bring you updates whether we get crews to the s
Chinese Pigeon Fanciers for hundreds of thousands of dollars. We begin in yemen where Houthi Rebels captured the airport in parts of yemens Third Largest city. Theyve fired shoots into the air to disperse a rally against them. They are pushing towards aden where the president is trying to hold power. Anti aircraft guns opened fire at an unidentified plane flying at president hadis compound. The United States pulled out its last remaining special forces teams giving this explanation. With each day houthi fighters move further south yemens moving closer to all out war. These are the rebels, taking over the Third Largest city and here they are taking over the airport. Heres what the reason might be. The houthis attacking through the air from sanna to aden, they now can attack aden from only minutes away. Ousted president adou Rabbo Mansour hadi is trying to hold power from aden. I stress the following firstly, the evacuation of all armed militias from the militaries the withdrawal of all