Major breakthrough. Good evening. Im julie haener working from home tonight. Im a frank somerville. Researchers at Oxford University have been testing the drug and they say that if the steroid had been used from the beginning of the pandemic, probably thousands of lives could have been saved. 10 months is a smith has talked with medical experts today and the drug is widely available and not that expensive. Yes, frank in fact i did speak to a stanford doctor on the front lines of the pandemic who is cautiously optimistic but says she would like to see the data behind todays findings before putting the steroid to use. At Stanford University doctors in the intensive care unit treating the sickest covid19 patients are taking a closer look at the drug dexamethasone to help improve patients chances of survival. Dr. Leandra rogers specializes in pulmonary and critical care. One of the most important things about the study is it seems to help very sick patients with covid19. Reporter on tuesda
Slurpy day citing concerns of the pandemic. It has been going on almost every year for 20 years. The do plan on donating meals. You can get a coupon for a free slurpy. Welcome to the 9 everyone. I can tell you what. The 7eleven and hit that 5 days a week after football and track practice. I would probably get a coke or gatorade, or a can of you know what that i dont do anymore. Are you a fan . I am a fan and i used to go to the very same 7eleven, we would show up and me and tony, and mike, dan, we would pull in and get junk food and cruise around. Donating to meal a nice touch. I agree 100 . Give the money and resources to people who need it. Lets back to news we have been following, a memorial getting under way to honor a santa cruz sheriffs sergeant killed in the line of duty recently. There is a public event planned today to honor him. The memorial is scheduled at 10 00, i believe we have a live picture of what the looks like where the memorial will happen. The gates opened at 9 00
On a Police Department in the central coast. The shooting following two similar attacks in the oakland and santa cruz mountains. Attacks that left two Law Enforcement officers dead. Sources tell us those attacks are linked. We could have three cases of domestic terrorism all linked in our area. Nbcs Terry Mcsweeney has the inside story from oakland. Reporter federal authorities believe two bay area attacks on Law Enforcement are the work of the same domestic terror cell. The ambush that led to David Underwood dead and the attack that killed Sergeant Damon gutsweller. Federal sources tell us that Steven Carillo is believed to be the sun gan gunman of the shoot oakland. Justin earhart trained with him in utah and never had a hint he was capable of an attack, especially on Law Enforcement. It was a shock. A lot of us have known him as someone who was nice and helpful and very friendly. Reporter at the times of the killings, he was stationed in fair field, training explosives and tactics.
Now. It is thursday morning to you, thanks so much for starting your morning with us, im marcus washington. Im laura garcia. Good to see the team altogether. 4 30. It is early before the suns arrival and kari is here with a look at the forecast. Good morning. Slightly cooler as we head into today for many of our microclimates it has been hot for the past few days, so, today, were talking about san jose and our temperatures that will reach into the mid 80s today compared to the low 80s and 90. Most of us starting to feel that cool down. Well talk more about that for the weekend forecast. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Slightly cooler. Sorry, commute. Were looking at green sensors almost everywhere. Let me take you over to the maps and the dublin interchange west 580. It sees a crash on the report for chp involving a motorcycle and a sand barrel, laura, but no injuries reporting and no lanes blocked and tracking that. Well show you the area coming up. Breaking news, the manhun
For them. He said he urged him to take action. He had a face to face meeting but it did not go well. The bishop of oakland is a racist. Their meeting last friday spurred this video. He said to me, black people should be happy with the way the church and this country has treated them. And in that moment, i got up and i am, i cannot believe what you just said. This meeting is over. His spokesperson tells me, bishop barber did not say those words but barber declined my request for an interview. Did he make a media appearance last month with other clergy urging Governor Newsom to allow churches to reopen. Cant we reopen under the same conditions that the stores and supermarkets, marijuana clinics tarks too parlors are opening under . He pointed to this video today in which california clergy come out against racism. So many of our brothers and sisters suffer daily from the injustice of racism. Bishop barber is there but does not directly comment. He did hold an Online Service the day george