Why she says a woman will face more scrutiny just days before biden is set to announce his pick. Plus, high speed crash. The pileup during an International Bike race with sticker shock, whats behind the rising prices at the supermarket and how much more you can expect to pay. Mac and cheese for breakfast . How your childhood favorite is breaking into the most important meal of the day. Good thursday morning, everyone. We begin with the growing crisis along the southern border. Were going to show you how covid19 is taking a toll in texas, but first the national numbers. Were seeing more than 1,000 deaths per day, but the increase in deaths over the last week has slowed down to 3. 6 . Facebook has now removed President Trumps post from wednesday in which he claimed children are, quote, almost immune from the virus. Children are not immune and overnight we learned one county in south texas has reported the number of babies testing positive has nearly doubled in the last two weeks. Abcs an
Plus, what were learning about the College Football season. Saved by a viewer. The tv news anchor undergoing surgery today thanks to what a viewer spotted on her neck. Close call, new details on Simon Cowells bike crash and how bad it could have been. Grab and go, the viral video that has this sneaky little seagull on one stores most wanted list. Good Tuesday Morning, everyone. We begin with that shooting outside the white house. President trump was briefly evacuated from a press briefing after he learned about the shooting and overnight we received new video of the chaotic scene outside the white house grounds. Were also learning more about the suspect. He and a secret Service Officer were taken to the hospital. Abcs reena roy has the new information. Reporter this morning, new details in the officer involved shooting that sent the white house into lockdown. The suspect approached the officer and told the officer he had a weapon. Reporter police say a 51yearol t suspecturd around, ran
Outside the white house. The new details this morning. Chicago crackdown. Overnight the city under curfew, bridges lifted after that mass looting leading to more than 100 arrests. Violent storms wreaking havoc in the midwest leaving more than a million without power. Winds blowing at more than 100 Miles Per Hour, flipping this semi truck on an iowa highway in blinding rain and ripping this roof off a chicago building. And overnight a wildfire shutting down an interstate in ning, the red flag warnings for fire danger in the west. Ginger is tracking it all. Faceoff. 14 popular face coverings put to the test. The new demonstration using lasers to see how effective they are and the one mask researchers found that was actually worse than no mask at all. Game over . One of the top conferences in College Football reportedly on the verge of canceling the entire season. Will other conferences follow if the big ten backs out, ivorin for a chance to take the field. The commissioner of the powerfu
All right, lisa, thank you. What School Looks Like for bay area students of all ages is coming into sharper focus. Districts are detailing their plans for fall. But the push to bring kids back to classrooms is getting push back from many teachers. The debate over education is so important it is a key focus of our efforts to build a better bay area. Kate larson heard from two of the Largest School districts in the bay area, oakland and San Francisco about what they are planning this fall. Reporter in a presentation San Francisco Unified School District laid out a plan for the fall. While staff has not yet agreed the district is recommending almost all students distance learn when School Starts on august 17th. Small groups of priority students may be able to do inperson school. And once data suggests its safe a gradual return to a hybrid distance and inperson plan would begin. I spoke to an sfusd elementary schoolteacher who says shes crushed she cant return to her classroom. I think com
Lets talk about the other wildfire near rodeo, burned at least 230 acres and forced the closure of the coming skyway. Thats the link between highway 4 in contro costa county. That came dangerously close to some homes. Some people said they grabbed whatever they could and evacuated as quickly as possible. One man said the smoke started coming right into his house. Right away, we got the kids out and got them in our van. I took a look in the back, and sure enough, there was a big fire coming out from the freeway. Just in time to get the kids out. Interstate 880 scorched an area around an oil refinery, but no evacuations have been ordered. Around 2 00, a fire erupted on 680 that led to all of the south bound lanes being closed. That fire burned about five acres before it was brought under control. In santa clara county, the cruz fire burns near gilroy. 2,000 acres have been destroyed. That fire is 20 containd. Some structures have been destroy and evacuations are in place. Fires burning n