Good morning, from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you, im annemarie green. There are breaking developments in the coronavirus crisis. Health officials in Washington State say sa second person has died there. A man in his 70s died saturday in a nursing facility near seattle after the first death was reported this weekend. Those are the first two coronavirus deaths in the u. S. Researchers say the virus may have been circulating in the state for weeks undetected. There are at least 89 reported cases of coronavirus in the u. S. Across 12 states. Worldwide, there are more than 88,000 cases. The death toll is more than 3,000. So Laura Podesta is here in new york. What is being done here in the u. S. To prevent the virus from spreading . Annemarie, americans who are flyingk fm high 11 airp for a h screening, and then no matter if they have symptoms or not theyre being held for an incubation period. Locally here in the u. S. Some state and to
Her. Postchristmas rush. The deals arent done. The best bargains th you running to the stores this morning. Surprise. The epic secret santa moment that has this military mom jumping out of her seat. My love my love and good morning, america. Happy friday, guys. The last friday of the year. Ah. We have to make it count. I cant wait to show you guys the rest of that secret santa surprise. So cute. Thats all coming up. We have to start with some nasty stuff, the weather. Its severe at this point, in particular out west. It has put a delay on a lot of peoples postchristmas and trying to get home plans, and also their prenew years travel plans as well. Well begin with marcus moore. Hes at Los Angeles International airport. How we looking out there, marcus . Reporter hey, t. J. It is the start of a busy day here at l. A. X. We have seen waves of travelers coming in, lining up, some of them at 2 00 this morning to catch flights home. This morning, with millions of drivers heading home on the
A scene scored for the late to germanys record champion the games will spill. On many peoples mackinnon thanks so much for joining us australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been forced to apologize for taking a holiday at the height of the devastating bushfire crisis emergency crews are struggling to contain hundreds of blazes around sydney a combination of record temperatures drought and powerful winds is fueling the end thought i least 9 people have now been killed since the fires began but there is hope at last all of a break in the wet. The air is acrid the pall of smoke dense the impact on Peoples Health can be serious smoldering ruins and the town of lift go in the Blue Mountains. Theres a. Lot of. Logs lost. You. Know. The village of balmoral has been almost entirely destroyed the fire came so fast Steve Harrison didnt have time to escape. The day before i had actually built myself a small kid down the back. So its. Just big enough for me to call and so i knew hed be in th
Jacket. Later today with that sunshine and temperatures warming up to above average for this time of year. For the coast, mid to upper 60s. For the bay, mid to upper 70s. And check out our inland locations. As we head through the day, with plenty of sunshine across our region and we are going to continue with temperatures climbing as we head through the next several days. Details on this coming up. How is it looking out there in traffic . Its looking busy on 580 early this morning. We have another trouble spot. This just reported by chp. You can see an interesting traffic pattern in our live shot, just as you approach the dublin interchange. Theres a slowdown there, probably where that crash is. So youll see a couple cars blocking lanes. It is reported to be in those middle lanes. Thats the case in this live shot. A little slow as you approach the scene. Hopefully, less cars on the roadway. East of there, we were dealing with delays anyway. 62 minutes, i think that improved just a bit.
Greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to our arts and culture news and before we get dazzled by some cutting edge of light art heres what else is coming up. In our continuing series 100 german must reads a personal account of the wrong realities of trench warfare in world war one. Our new series underground europe explores whats going on below the surface of the continents many must see locations this time in poland. And some exciting news in film as the latest from Marvel Studios and ventures and skate has become the highest grossing film of all time. Oh yes sociate light with bright ideas and at the worlds 1st Museum Dedicated entirely to light art there are certainly plenty of those housed deep in the belly of a former brewery in western germany the center for International Light art opened in 2001 when addition to its Permanent Collection its currently showing the finalists for the 3rd International Light art award with some brilliant explorations of a material that of course is