News with Norah Odonnell, reporting tonight from cbs news election headquarters in times square. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are coming on the air tonight with breaking news on several fronts. Just six days before the election, tonight, that powerful hurricane zeta is slamming into louisiana at 110 miles per hour, the fifth time that has happened this year. More than 30 million americans are in the storms path right now, and tens of thousands have already lost power. At the same time, the Coronavirus Crisis is reaching a dire new peak tonight, both at home and overseas, cases are exploding. The u. S. Is now facing its worst week of new infections since the pandemic began. In the past seven days, more than half a Million People have been infected nationwide. That news, along with nationwide lockdowns in france and germany, sent the dow into freefall, dropping more than 900 points today. And tonight, the Coronavirus Crisis is slamming headlong into the preside
Bit more of that today as we do see return of moderate conditions for air quality for most of the bay area, not enough to stay inside, but just enough that were not those Crystal Clear skies we had once been saying 40s and 50s for most of the bay, although its another chilly one for the north bay take a look at fairfield the votto petaluma and santa rosa this morning, each falling into the upper 30s. Santa rosa right now youre the cool spot at 38 degrees. Robin all right, thank you for the update john now lets update your morning commute because its picking up out there, especially on 92 are checking a trip across the san mateo bridge there it is and you see its crawling right thats a westbound traffic right there leaving hayward and its been stopping go since the 4 oclock hour and only heavier now so were at 40 minutes and growing which is still a very quick trip off to the peninsula here the bay bridge toll plaza 80 west, no delays at all so come on and were at 12 minutes to fremont
Morning shows you just how Crystal Clear those conditions are we do have an marine layer, but hasnt resulted in the fog blocking out the view so were thankful for that winds definitely come again and i would say were probably most thankful for that actually because after windy start to the week in the high fire danger that brought us. Todays calmer conditions much like yesterday will bring favorable weather for stepping outside now air quality isnt quite as Crystal Clear as its been we do have good areas towards the coast. But also some moderate spots returning for the north bay and portions of napa moran and even sonoma counties to so do watch that air quality is definitely not as bad as we had seen in previous days. But it is an ideal today either 40s and 50s for your current temperatures not quite as chilly as yesterday for most areas, were in the low 40s right now for petaluma and napa each at 41 degrees while saint helene and nevado each sitting at 45 degrees to kick off the morni
52 look at the north bay though weve got some 30s back in fairfield Petaluma Santa Rosa and san anselmo cs another cool start and extra layers, youre stepping outside after these Cool Conditions this morning 70s and 80s later today under all that sunshine talking more about that. Still ahead robin. Thank you john were checking in on a caltrain because we have delays up to 20 minutes are having issues in the south bay, so train one 23 has stopped in morgan hill theyre having some mechanical issues this morning so thats causing a 20 minute delay right now. They are holding that rain pretty much until further notice so as soon as they release it or solve the let you know and pass it on meanwhile plan ahead or consider an alternate source of transportation they want to check in on the bay bridge which is unusually light into San Francisco and has a really backed up much and never reach the 80 the overcrossing or even the maze so easygoing at 13 minutes for 80 west from the bottom of the ma
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