Made a huge change which could spell the end of theaters. Its friday, december 4th. Its early today and im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. We find ourselves in some of the darkest days of the pandemic a record 2,800 americans have died in just 24 hours. Hospitals in at least a dozen states are delaying elective surgeries. In california a new lockdown could be triggered in some of the biggest cities as beds become scarce. Meanwhile the first batch of Pfizer Vaccines have arrived in the uk over 800,000 doses will be made available next week. Our jay gray is following the latest for us here in the states. Reporter doctors identified the first Coronavirus Infection january 20th now almost a year and almost 14 million cases later we as a country are in a very, very difficult if not crisis situation when it comes to the explosion of cases. Reporter more than 200,000 new positive tests in a single day, more than 2,700 deaths in a single day, both tragic pandemic records. Well, what were
About. Engines that could catch fire. That noreaster may be out to sea, but it did sure pack the first winter punch of the season buckle up. Early today starts right now good morning im valerie castro. Glad youre with us to start the week im Frances Rivera the coronavirus is not taking a holiday break as it continues to ravage the nation. As of today, there have been over 14. 8 million infections, and over 283,000 deaths. Meanwhile, over the weekend, the u. S. Reported more than 200,000 covid19 cases saturday. For the fourth day in a row. The virus is soaring to dangerous new heights in california which is now under a new stayathome order in an effect to curb spiraling Coronavirus Infections and hospitalizations the state reported over 30,000 new cases and 85 deaths on sunday more than 33 million californians are affected by the order and are being told to stay home and stop gathering. The mandate also shuttered inperson dining, salons and reduces retail, as Health Officials try to sav
Fear of a Holiday Season surge the critical next steps and the plans being put in place certified one month after the election, all key battleground states have signed off on the results. President elect biden building his new White House Team President Trump still making baseless claims of fraud this morning our interview with the fired head of elections security, weighing in on the voting, the president s failing challenges and what every american should know about the safety of our ballots. Al is tracking the first significant snowstorm of the season in the midwest and massive Power Outages from another nasty storm that hit millions on the east coast. Fact versus fiction. The British Government calls out netflixs show the crown over its depiction of the royal family those stories, plus seahawks soar hes trying to stay on his feet and hell get there seattle takes down philadelphia. The nfl covid troubles mount, forcing the league to ask fans, are you ready for some wednesday afternoo
We have some issues on the road. Lets turn it over to jobina right now. In San Francisco an intersection is closed after a crash involving a police car. We have new video right now. Police tape surrounding fillmore and waller streets. The police are seeing that theres a damaged cruiser there on the scene and also it appears theres a muni bus involved. It is believed that this was a Police Pursuit that ended in a crash injuring the suspect and the officer. A call is in to sfpd to confirm that. We want to take a live picture of the scene. Officers are still there investigating. The intersection of fillmore and waller is closed now. Well bring you an update on this as soon as we hear back from police. Now to the pandemic. Can cases spiking across the country and bay area counties moving into more restrictive tee tiers, one east bay county is cracking down to make sure businesses not only know the rules but are obeying them. Amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with how this will work. Y
Thats according to data from the covid tracking project. There is hope. Of course a vaccine is on the horizon. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine next week. Dr. Anthony fauci says life may be close to normal by summer if 70 of the public gets vaccinated. This morning bay area counties are working to make sure they have the specialized freezers to hold the covid19 vaccines once they arrive. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is helping out with that process. Amy . Theres like a freezerererer Scavenger Hunt going on in the bay area. Counties across the bay area are looking around trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for vaccine shipments. Counties are doing what they can to find them now that the governor announced the state will be receiving the Pfizer Vaccine in a couple weeks. Alameda countys website said theyre still in the protest of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. In Santa Clara County theyre still in the gathering