Mike has a look at the morning commute. It is very light. The volume at least. You can go at speed. A quick look at the north bay coming through the curve, the es ess curve, moving smoothly into the Golden Gate Bridge without a problem were at speeds. Be careful, you do have company as you see. The u. S. Just hit a record of the highest oneday total deaths from the coronavirus as the numbers continue to rise, right now the u. S. Has more than 163,000 confirmed cases. March 1st, there were only 75. At the same time Big Companies are now pitching in to address the shortage of supplies. Today in the bays tracie potts is live from her home near washington this morning with a look at the challenges theyre facing. Good morning, tracie. Marcus, good morning. The president says its everyones patriotic duty to do everything they can to fight this virus and for Corporate America that means focusing less on profits right now and more on production. With the coronavirus expected to peak by easter,
Sharon, any action so far . Reporter well, marcus, mayor london breed made the announcement yesterday that the shelter in place will be extended through may 1st. Now, several county boards of supervisors are taking on the issue this morning. Theyre doing virtual meetings. Ive been watching this meeting with the Contra Costa County board of supervisors and Public Comments sent in earlier are now going into the second hour of the meeting. So many pleas for help, residents describing how theyve lost their jobs and are worried about how theyre going to pay for rent and food, worried about evictions. And some suggesting criminals with minor offences should be released to relieve overcrowding in the jails. Those were just some of the comments. Thats why, though, acknowledging how difficult it is for all, mayor breed says the shelter in place must be extended until may 1st to help flatten the curve. Health experts say this will allow time to see if social distancing is working throughout the
Berkeley was 55 yesterday at this time. They are 41. They are losing the easterly breeze. And oakland had a lot of 50s yesterday. Except for a few high clouds, thats about all well see on a mostly sunny and dry forecast and temperatures running above average. 5 01. And alex tells us things are still good . Or did something happen . We may have an issue on the peninsula. Lets check this out and see if its impacting the commute. Its just popped up on the screen. It appears this is an accident southbound 101 in redwood city. And this is just north of 92 so just north of 92 which takes you across the san mateo bridge obviously. And a couple of cars may be blocking some lanes after this crash. So probably an area you may want to kind of skirt around if you have the chance to. You want to maybe avoid that area. And now to highway 24 in the east bay. And well give you a live look. And there you go. Traffic is moving nicely headed westbound on 24 out of walnut creek. No issues getting over to
Early for that. Maybe not. Lucky her who is ever doing 140 on valentines day day [ laughter ] lets check the Current Conditions out the door. Notice the clear skies at the bay bridge. Temperatures a variety, 40 in santa rosa to 52 degrees in San Francisco. Later today warmer than yesterday. And above average 60s at the beaches, 70 bayside and nearly 70 peninsula up to 74 degrees outside number of our inland areas. There you have the valentines day forecast. Yes, records. Well talk about that straight ahead. More 80s. Yes, i did. It looks like our zipper trucks is leaving up heading northbound to get fore southbound lane but as you can see everything is still light out of sausalito. We havent had any accidents for the last halfhour. Everything is great on the nimitz. More crowded out the door but if you are heading to the dublinpleasanton area overnight roadwork gone and the only real delay we are seeing is beginning to see out of tracy in the altamont usual for this time of the morning
Suspension from nightly news . His comments about an experience on the war in iraq led to his temporary removal. Jon stewart plans to leave the daily show after 16 years. In my heart i know it is time for someone else to have the opportunity. The announcement that is rocking hollywood, washington and millions of fans this wednesday, february 11th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a wednesday morning. When jon stewart made that announcement on the show there were gasps in the studio. Its hard to imagine the late night landscape without job stewart and he should be proud of those 16 years. More on that story. A tribute to american aide worker Kayla Mueller who died at the hands of isis. President obama is vowing to bring her captors to justice. Chief correspondent Andrea Mitchell broke the story of her death. Such a terrible 15d story not only necessary her fami