Doctors in england say theyve discovered the first drug that dramatically reduces deaths in covid19 patients, and it turns out its already on the market. Reses inges a lowcost steroided trial, it cut deaths among the ird. Est coronavirus patients by a third. Tonight, doctors are cautiously optimistic that if the research pans out, the drug could eventually help save hundreds of thousands of lives. The new study comes as nearly half of the states in the u. S. Are struggling with spikes in cases, including in florida, where tonight, the state has its highest number of new infections since the pandemic began. Oklahoma, texas, and arizona are also reporting record highs in new cases today. And as we come on the air tonight, more than 116,000 people have been killed by the virus in the u. S. , and there are more than 2. 2 million confirmed cases nationwide. Tonight, theres also new research that says Wearing Masks could prevent hundreds of thousands of infections by stopping the spread of v
The chronicle reporting to do so safely. Slowing mild through san jose. Yyeah and things are heating up. Chokeholds, no knock warrants the salons arent the only ones places may see temperatures in leaders say they have approved a back to you. The 90s today. And qualified immunity for able to open. Thanks, mike. Request to happening now for you federal officers. Republicans insist notles and ny regulators are investigating yeah were going to talk about that Personalized Services like nail this weeks massive tmobile hey, hey coming up in just a second. Today in the bay continues salons, were still waiting for outage on monday. Right now. Details on that. Thousands of customers were lefr houses of worship as well as to keep the public safe. Yeah you say that customers maklets talk data. S. I think cops are innocent they would reopen dinein funerals can now reopen. Only Xfinity Mobile lets you switch up nearly 12 hours. Until proven guilty. Restaurants, day camps, hotels the Company Blames
Soon enough. Im laura garcia. Hey, lets check in with vianey. Good morning, mike, to you as well. Vianey is in for kari this morning. Another hot one ahead of us . It will be but we have the influence of the marine layer creeping along the coast. Areas along the coast are going to have a cooldown. Still a hot day. Walnut creek but i want to show you the current temperatures so you get an idea where we currently stand when it comes to the warming and cooling. Were in the 50s and 60s which is normal for around this time. Look at the fog and visibility. Were down to about a mile, santa rosa down to eight miles. Well continue to see that. Ill talk about what we can expect for the first day of summer in a few short minutes. Vianey, talking about that fog and chp advised there may be a problem for visibility because of fog at the golden gate bridge. They issued the warning overnight. Taking a look outside, flashing lights and a little bit of haze in the air. You see there is no south tower.
We will have a later, if any, metering lights, because its friday today. Laura, back to you. Its juneteenth, today are the celebrations taking place marking the end of slavery. After George Floyds death became a new movement and discussion about race in this country. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson and how the bay area is celebrating. Good morning. Reporter good morning. It was 155 years ago today that a group of slaves in texas received the news they were, in fact, free and had been for two years. It was on that day juneteenth was born and today its being celebrated with a renewed passion and several bay area organizations are marking the day with some celebrations and we have some information on that for you. At 1 00 today there will be a march and a rally at San Francisco city hall. The event runs until 3 00. Participants are asked to practice social distancing. The group uplifting black leaders of sonoma organized the festival that will start at noon today at pioneer park in santa
Temperatures will be doing. Areas like san jose will remain fairly warm in the upper 80s by about 2 00. Now keep in mind thats usually sort of the hottest time of t day. If you want to enjoy the 60s and the 70s, you do that before 2 00. Now as we head into the weekend, fathers day forecast is looking spectacular. Plenty of sunshine expected, perfect day for grilling. If you have a backyard, it should be a nice one. Mike . All right. Well do that grilling regardless. Well find a way. Looking to the roadways and san jose shows a nice, easy drive. For our camera north 101 north of 680 a lighter volume shows up on the camera but the map shows you just past our camera a little slowing, some brake tapping up to oakland road. No surprises for the area. I guess it just cleared. The sensors went to orange and back to green. The rest of the bay shows an easier drive. I have one concern over in oakland but mostly light traffic. Folks arent just talking about it being friday, though. No, its also