And for being willing to share what youre going through, because i want to know first hand. I dont want to know from reading about it in the press. This crisis has shown the nation we literally couldnt surviveow without you all. I mean thatt sincerely. You always have been essential, even if most of america has learned that term until recently. You have been protecting our b communities vermonts, being called on once again as the fiber surges across the nation and i think in each of your errors thats basically doubled. Its not enough to praise you. We have to. Protect you and pay you, and you deserve leadership that listens to you and that works as hardan for you as you o for the families in your communities because you are ine your own communities, you know the people you are caring for. I want to hear from you today whats on your mind, what you think is needed most, what i can do as your president to help you and your colleagues and the challenges you have. But im not going to talk m
Now palo alto double in livermore concord each in the 30s, upper 30s for these areas while santa rose at 31 degrees or one spot below freezing, san mateo and alameda egypt, 45 some of our fog year areas there little bit more moderated because of that marine layer thats hovering overhead im talking what else to expect today later on in your forecast but robin is talking about how that fog has had an impact on your morning commute. Impact it has had. I dont lost the game, the bridge looking this and driving in these conditions, john is not good its not safe. It is challenging for sure were checking in on the bridge right now you can see daria in the midst the to searching its dangerous on the roads this morning. We have lots of people are doing theyre like where am i less of the toll plaza its going to be like all the way across the span so be careful out there folks headlights and wipers slowdown dont tailgate you know the drill but 40 minutes here over to the peninsula. We cannot see i
With the cares act in march and prevented the covid pandemic from doing even more harm to the economy and welfare of americans than it did. The cares act is essentially been spent, many people are about to lose benefits. Unless Congress Acts. And unless Congress Acts fiscal policy soon will be a drag on growth. They are still more than 11 Million People still unemployed by the official count. Most economists and certainly those gathered here today agree more fiscal support is necessary. Following that discussion, we turn to an issue predating the pandemic him one that persists. How to think about the federal debt and very low Interest Rates. Its growing and unsustainable rate. There is sentiment among comp economists for doing anything about that right now. When is a debate about how and how best to address that Going Forward. Had to balance the risk and cost. And too little Public Investment. We look at that issue with the paper posted on our website. By two veterans of economic polic
Volume of traffic and notice the low clouds in this shot that getting across the bridge the low clouds have hit the bridge there and the fog is an issue for the rich mamond san rafael bridge. All have fog advisory from chp and a possible crash near the toll plaza and well track that off the berkeley curve and dense fog through the trivalley a major issue for drivers. Back to you. All right, thank you very much, mike. So, lets check in with bob redell for more on the breaking news overnight. This is were talking about a third player just announcing some promising results with its vaccine this morning, bob. Correct, marcus and laura. Astrazeneca and the university of oxford announced their vaccine is safe and is triggering an immuno response in all adults. This is according to preliminary results from a phase two trial that was published in the medical journal. You have pfizer and biontech and they found they are 95 effective. That is higher than initial results suggested. The companys p
Dont need those winds sticking around any longer than they need to its actually a ping fire danger rarity for this time of year clear skies across the bay areas we do see offshore winds kicking up especially in the north bay or windy spots right now our areas like Sonoma Petaluma napa on up to calistoga which is seen winds well in excess of 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour this morning, red flag warnings remain in effect for the north bay, the inland east coastal San Mateo County through 05 00pm after that we take our foot off the gas pedal and winds begin to come down quite a lot into the evening tonight, right now temperatures are in the 50s and even low 60s a mild start to this breezy day. Rebecca. All right john thank you a couple of problems to take note of if youre going to be taking the bay bridge soon trying to get into downtown San Francisco. This is going a little bit weve got a little bit of a backup. Here behind the pay gates because theres a broken down big rig, a stalled out to gr