Sandra fell just a few minutes ago we had a little bit of a backup. But now not so much so 9 minutes off to highway one o one which is a really good start to your drive. Lets see its a little frozen see if i can vary go were heading over to the bay bridge. Checking the drive into San Francisco. It has also picked up no delays here at the pay gates only 10 minutes to make it off to fremont street in ill give you one more which is also improving 92 the san mateo bridge crowded but not bad 13 minutes from hayward to send the tail back to you. Well the big story this morning Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg will be the first woman to lie in state in the Nations Capital with services for the late justice scheduled to begin tomorrow morning this while a battle is brewing between democrats and republicans about who will fill her Vacant Supreme Court seat alexandra le mon has the latest from washington d c. Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell is promising the senate will vote on President Trumps choi
About it. And all jokes aside, the first public apology from Ellen Degeneres. What shes saying about toxic workplace allegations now that shes back in the studio. She had some things to say. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. As our nation mourns the loss of ruth bader ginsburg, i will soon announce a nominee for the United States Supreme Court. The president told his crowd of supporters that he will name his nominee for the Supreme Court by this weekend. The president said he wants this done very quickly. Before election day. Can it be done . We believe that it can. With a fight over the next Supreme Court justice looming, joe biden tried to keep voters attention focused on the pandemic. The virus was too big for him. He just wasnt up to it. He froze. He failed to act. He panicked. The u. S. Will likely hit 200,000 coronavirus deaths today. Were rounding the corner in any event. But were going to have a vaccine very soon. A great vaccine. Tropical storm
Traffic is so slow back from trimble all the way up to the scene. It looks like a drive time is about 42 minutes because of this crash will not only because of this crash but weve had several along that stretch we had about 3 or so so 42 minutes right now from san jose to menlo park you want to get out there early looks like or accident northbound 85 at all and it is out of the way a little sluggish 87 and here at the bay bridge toll plaza check this out looks good into San Francisco right delay free on 80 west, its an easy 11 minutes off to the fremont street exit james back to you ok, thank you very much robin at 9 oh one. The big breaking news story this morning, the United States has just surpassed 200,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic a milestone that we anticipated was going to happen this morning and it looks like it passed in california more than 15,000 people have died of covid. But our Positivity Rate is actually going down which is a good thing governor newsome says the
Area in fact, one good thing about today in addition to the nice temperatures is air quality remains good all across the board to step out there enjoy a nice mild conditions. Well weve got him as we mentioned its not gonna last 50s and 60s for current temperatures, a cool start to the morning along with that good air quality in some of those low clouds ive got more details in your forecast all still to come. Robert all right. Thank you john were checking in on your money youre almost said monday. Its tuesday Tuesday Morning commute its off to a great start and trouble free at the bay bridge toll plaza were checking the drive on 80 and so far its looking good through the maze across the upper deck right through downtown San Francisco so come on in its 8 minutes off to the fremont street exit, heres 92 and its a little busy so we have a crowd here leaving hayward heading over to the peninsula and its been like this for the last 40 minutes or so so, but no big problems its going to thin o
Is in effect this weekend for parts of the bay area strong winds and triple digit heat putting fire crews on high alert at the peak of fire season. Here in the bay area. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman were less than 24 hours away from a heat wave that expected to bring strong offshore winds and triple digit heat to parts of the bay area. Not only high temperatures but also the heightened fire danger thats coming for parts of the east and north base. We have Team Coverage on this weekends coverage on this weekends events and kron fours charles concerns there. But we begin now with kron fours meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez whos standing by with when the red flag warning goes into effect and just how hot it is going to be good afternoon. Risa i yes a little bit of good and bad news, the bad news is that our fire weather watch has been upgraded to a red flag warning. But the good news is that instead of it starting saturday morning it wont sta