Burning statewide. And the Toronto Raptors defense of their nba title officially begins this afternoon. They are among eight teams playing on the opening day of the pandemicdelayed playoffs in orlando. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 17th. Thank you so much for joining us on this monday. Happy to have will reeve here, as well. Glad to be here. We begin the half hour with the Postal Service crisis in a dramatic move by House Speaker nancy pelosi. She is calling for the house to get back to work. Critics say those costcutting delivery of mail, medical prescriptions and paychecks and they could have a huge impact in november. Abcs got more. Reporter the battle over mailin ballots in the u. S. Postal service intensifying. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, cutting the august recess short to deal with the unfolding crisis. We have to do everything that we can to get rid of the new postmaster general who is a Campaign Contributor for trump trying to undermine the Postal Ser
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Now to the race for a vaccine for covid19. It comes amid new guidance about sending kids back to school. Earlier i spoke with dr. Imran ali. Thank you for joining us this morning. New jersey will now require kids to wear a mask in School Buildings even while social distancing. I want to know, what are your thoughts on that . Well, a lot of schools want to open, a lot of parents want their kids to get back to school. And some places are definitely hot spots. For example, mississippi. 1 out of every 5 covid tests are positive, and icu beds are filling up. Governor tate tomorrow is going to talk about schools reopening, and i think masks are going to be a big factor. We know cdc guidelines are people, kids over the age of 2, 2 and above, should wear a mask. And the mask should be wellfitting. I recommend parents not to get the ones that go around the ears because then kids fuss around with them. Theyre either too tight or too loose. Get a nice, colorful, comfortable mask, but it is now im
Over 10 years. Olays hydration was unbeaten every time. Olay, face anything. Welcome back. The pandemic lockdowns have forced nearly 3 million Young Americans back into their parents homes, often back in their old childhood bedrooms. How is that really working out for them . Perhaps more importantly, their parents . Heres abcs whit johnson. Okay, honey, here you go. Youre the best, mom. Reporter for some parents, failure to launch is not comedy, its reality. We were good parents and now were supposed to be done. Reporter according to a recent analysis by zillow, the effects of the pandemic drove 2. 7 million adults back into their parents home in march and april. More than 80 of them were genzers. Whats it like having everyone under the same roof again . Mom, whats one thing you would say to me about living at home now . Buy your own groceries. Reporter the young adults we spoke to say living at hotel mom and dad has its perks. Best part about living with my parents right now is not pa
Wong. Pam cooks office this morning. It is friday. You made it. Steve paulson, excited to see the weekends coming around the corner. I could see it yesterday dave and claudine. Yes. We have a different twist here on the friday forecast. Not bad but not much in the way of fog and clouds. This week has been a solid overcast extending well inland but that is not the case here. We do have a pretty good fog bank but again theres a more of a northwest breeze so there are holes in the fog especially north of the golden gate. 50s on the temperatures, santa rosa to san jose. Embarcadero southwest at 8 56, just a few low clouds, theres plenty of low clouds coast and bay. A west southwest wind at travis. They have had just 46 Miles Per Hour this week. If you liked this weeks whetmos i hope there isnt anything new, but lets ask him. Good morning to you. It is nice and quiet, just the way we like it. We hope that this is going to be a nice and quiet commute. Thats look at the bay bridge. You can se