James copland come senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute for policy research and director of legal policy for the institute. Todays event casts is sponsored in cooperation with the Manhattan Institutes new policing and Public Safety initiative and we are pleased to welcome senator tim scott, republican of South Carolina. To discuss with us federal criminal Justice Reform. Senator scott is someone i look up to a lot. Hes a South Carolina senator. Im a North Carolina boy, and senator scott is somebody who in initial primary, those who watched him he defeated Strom Thurmond sent in the primary which is abuzz live in the south realize taking out in the primary the son of a long time leader is something that is quite remarkable. I dont care if youre white, black approval but senator scott of course is a black man in these only the fourth black man to serve as a u. S. Senator since reconstruction along with the great edward brooke, of course barack obama and my Law School Buddy cory boo
Where to find the best deals online and the new way that Companies Plan to ship their products to you. Early today starts right now good morning im phillip mena. And im frances rivera. As millions of americans make their way back home from thanksgiving getaways, Health Officials are warning about a surge on top of a surge. The National Outbreak has been devastating this month with the number of cases surpassing 4 million. More than double octobers count. And there are now over 13. 4 million americans infected and grim news also bearing down on the empire state as new york reports its highest covid19 positive test rate since may this as new cases surpass 6,000. And on the west coast, california breaking a record with more than 7,400 hospitalizations yesterday but what Health Officials are worried about now is a postthanksgiving day surge. Heres dan sheneman. Reporter travellers heading home after the thanksgiving holiday. Right now, yeah, i feel great. I hope i stay that way reporter th
Middle peak is doing 30 miles an hour. And then as you look at the elevation spots, rose peak, down by san jose, 26 miles an hire. So the winds have died down. The rain will continue, light sprinkles into the evening hours and tomorrow, and then we dry out. Pack here with all of the specifics and the 5day. This wet suspect is good news for fire danger around Northern California. There is also concern about the areas burned recently by wildfires. Tuesdays transformation from sun to showers highlights the annual transition in Northern California to rainy season. Were starting to see some cold fronts move out of the gulf of alaska. We saw one a few days ago. Theres another one moving through the bay area today. A little bit more rain than the last one. And thats sort of the progression that we get into this time of year. Each successive storm tends to get a little bigger, a little wetter. Reporter from the north bay to the east to the south. Its the kind of brisk wet weather perfectly sui
Joe biden set to receive his first president ial briefing. President donald trump still trying to convince the country the election was stolen. But a former official sets the record straight. There is no indication or evidence there was any sort of hacking or compromise of election systems on, before or after november 3rd what chris krebs is saying about being fired by tweet for speaking out tensions high overnight a funeral held for irans Top Nuclear Scientist assassinated in a targeted hit, irans leaders are now vowing revenge and to carry on his work. Monday mess, a fastmoving storm targeting the eastern half of the country with strong winds and rain and yes, even snow. Al has the forecast. And 9 billion spent on black friday alone, setting the stage for what could be the biggest cyber monday ever. This morning, where the deals are today. All of that and plus amazing escape. And there is a big fire there. A racecar bursts into flames and the race driver is emerging from those flames
November alone about one quarter of all us cases since the pandemic began. More than 256,000 people have awesome that died from this virus. The virus is spreading all across the country, including here in the bay area. Local Health Departments now reporting 185 new cases of covid19. Nearly 139,000 cases have been reported in 1900 deaths have been recorded here in the bay area since the start of the pandemic california seeing 14,000 new cases today. The states Positivity Rate over the past 2 weeks has now jumped to more than 5 . With cases skyrocketing all across america tonight, the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Now strongly warning folks not to travel for the holidays. The cdc says the safest way to celebrate thanksgiving is to celebrate at home with the people that you live with yet the tsa says friday and saturday. Where the busiest day since the pandemic brought air travel to a near halt in march and wednesday and sunday are expected to be the busiest travel days of t