It is a humbling experience many been expire but how he turn a happenout into a rapo lend a hand. It is no just graffiti. Sprau paint has become the tall of american protest. Meet the street artists of the social justice movement. Soledad im Soledad Obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. As covid19 batters nation pandemic is exposing a at that time health carr crisis. Rural hops overwhelmed and near capacity fighting it keep their doors open. Before pandemic nearly half of all rural hospitals were praulgt at a lossment 17 have been doctors to close this year and morning 400 others face saul fate. Texas has seen more closures than think or state in recent years. Our correspondent Jessica Gomez traveled to tights tight county in the northeast part of the state and spent the day at a rural hospital struggling to stay afloat. East texas far from the hustle of big city life but now the usual peace and quiet here shattered but a pandemic. As you know we have another surge in covid. Skraurbgs thi
Colors only on cbs this morning. The singer reveals the lineup for her latest concert to help lgbtq kids who dont have a home. Its a good one, but first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I want to be very frank to the american people. The vaccines critical. But its not going to save us from this current surge. The sweeping new lockdown in california. Doctors and nurses across the country are being pushed to the brink. Were not likely to see a peak in the number of infections in hospitalizations until probably at some point in the middle of january. As bad as things are right now, theyre going to get a lot worse. Rudy giuliani says hes getting great care and feeling good as he recovers from coronavirus in the hospital. President elect joe biden is poised to nominate California Attorney general Xavier Becerra as health and Human Services secretary. To the last line of defense. All eyes on two critical runoff races in s is in georgi will determine which party control
Simply concerning. Could the bay area run out of hospital beds . We continue to be at risk of exceeding our hospital capacity. Its not all bad news. Tonight a positive trend doctors and nurses are noticing. Plus what will it take to flatten the curve . Tonight we ask the experts. And cant wait to clear your head and hit the slopes . California just releasing its covid rules for ski resorts. We begin now with this. At this rate we could see a statewide lockdown as early as tomorrow. As of tonight, many people are simply defeated, especially business own. They already see the writing on the wall. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana leads our coverage from the east bay. Reporter after governor gavin newsom hinted at a possible statewide stayathome order on monday, members of his cabinet had a Conference Call with Business Leaders yesterday. Should we consider this imminent . We should. In fact, i think were understanding that were expecting that the governor is going to be making an announcemen
Whipping winter winds. Today in the bay starts right now. Good thursday morning to you, thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Well get to mike with a look at the roads but start with the forecast. Another cold start to the day. Another cold start. Take a look at these numbers that were seeing right now in parts of the north bay and inland east bay as well as the south county where we have a lot of 30s as you get ready to head out the door. Youre probably already feeling that right now even just trying to get out of bed. As you make your way to work, were seeing the east bay temperatures in the 30s or low 40s and hold steady for a few hours and then start to warm up with a lot of sunshine as we go into today as we eventually make it into the mid and upper 60s, another nice afternoon. Its been so dry, well talk about that and how much rain we need catch up to normal. Thats coming up in a few minutes. Vianey, how is it looking as early commuters head out the doo
Not recommended but if you must get together there are things you can do trying to to protect you and your family. And were following breaking news. Officers open firing near a popular mall near San Francisco. And jeff ranieri has the latest on the rain thats soaked parts of the bay area. We begin with that at home covid testing. Tonight the fda has granted emergency approval to an east bay company. Its different, though. This is rapid test that you do at home. Results in 30 minutes. Theres no shipping it to a lab and waiting days for the results. The fda says this is important for getting people tested and to do it faster. All right, jessica, heres how it works. You swab your nose, swirl that swab in a vial, and then put it in a portable device that will tell you if you have covid or not, results within 30 minutes. Heres the catch. You need a prescription to get the test. Though word yet when these tests will be available or how much itll cost. So for now normal testing continues, and