Bob wachter shared his thoughts monday saying each member provides very different perspectives to the pandemic and this task force is really set up with a broad group of people very diverse in every dimension, including Patient Advocates policy experts act practicing clinicians epidemiologist for allah just doctor David Kessler has been named one of 3 cochairs on the task force he served as commissioner of the fda under president s George H W Bush and bill clinton doctor wachter says cassler knows how to make the washington machine move any move the ball way down the field in terms of in terms of nutrition in terms drug use his dog good, he gets things done he understands how the federal Government Works understands research and i think hell do a terrific job at this doctor eric goosby also brings previous washington dc experience he worked with the Obama Administration to implement the emergency plan for aids relief yeah erica is a legend is an expert in global health. Hes an expert a
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From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. Now a night of San Francisco firefighter is in Critical Condition tonight after a major accident. This is video here of the scene where it happened courtesy of the citizen app. Officials say a firefighter standing near a hose line was hih and dropped to the ground hitting his head and muni bus was involved fire crews, were responding to an electrical fire near market and spear this afternoon when that accident took place good evening, everybody, thanks sure being here 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis that firefighter is recovering tonight at San Francisco General Hospital. And thats where we find kron fours Jonathan Mccall his life for us with the latest on the investigation and what could have happened to this firefighter jonathan s. Grant vicki so many questions still unanswered tonight. But we do know that firefighter matthew van a sixyear veteran of the San Francisco Fire Department remains here at zuckerber
Monitoring events throughout the week. The San Francisco Police Department has canceled the case days, so that means all officers will will be on duty over the next two weeks. California has already shattered its early voting record, more than 11 million mailin ballots have been returned so far. Thats more than half of the states registered voters, and according to state records, nearly 6 million of those early months are fund from registered democrats. Maureen naylor joins us live with the records already being broken in this election and also some stories about some first time voters, as well. Reporter like other residence, Santa Clara County has already reported record voter registration. Now south bay Election Officials say they are on track to also see record voter turnout, as well. On the day before election day my your votes count. Your idea needs to be respected, whatever it is. Reporter south bay residents were casting ballots early in san jose, including many first time voter
Cristina . Well, Business Owners have dealt with protests in the past, and they are doing what they feel is necessary during this heated election. Reporter prepping for a hurricane. Stores . N downtown walnut creek or boarding up for the possibility a political storm that could leave civil unrest in its aftermath are. The city and the Police Department are monitoring any potential unrest via social media. Reporter Kathy Hemingway with an association of restaurants and shops said that stores are making the individual decisions to taking precautions. Walnut creek police are planning for the possibility of protest, even though there are no Credible Threats of such activities here or in other cities. We thought well just go ahead and board it, and hopefully nothing will happen, but we thought might as well just do it just in case, because its been just a crazy year, as we all though. Reporter the owners spent 400 on plywood, a small price compared to any potential damage to their neighborh