The thread of wildfire is not over everywhere. Good evening. Pg e started checking their equipment today but high winds kept them from reaching many areas. Here are the latest numbers, they have cut power to 345,000 customers in Northern California but by 6 pm they restored power to more than 100,000 of those customers. They hope to have everybodys power back on by tomorrow night. The feeling among many is the bay area dodged a bullet here. Reporter it is a big relief, tonight there was a update, a say in some places the wind gusts were 89 Miles Per Hour and the inspectors did find places where trees blew into power lines and they say they could have sparked fires. Moonlight on monday night was the only bright spot in parts of lafayette. We do not have a generator, we were modestly prepared. Reporter some residents will be spending another night in the dark as pg e tries to bring grades back online safely after the shut off. All day traffic lights were not operating and businesses had
Ceremony is taking place at oracle park for jason cortez. Earlier, there was a solemn procession with jason cortezs casket carried on the back of a fire engine. He was a 13 year veteran of the San Francisco fire department. He fell 3 stories at a training facility. He was a husband and father of three Young Children and the son of a retired San Francisco firefighter. In jackson, grayson, nobody can ever be your dad. Your dad loves you and nobody can ever take that away. You loved you to the moon and back and now he loves you to the heavens and back. There will be a session following the ceremony from oracle park to holy cross the ceremony. That is where a private family burial will take place. It is an it the week for another high fire danger. A red flag warning is in effect. We have morning on we have more on this impact for residents. Northern california has already seen several devastating wildfires since august. This time of the year is the heart of wildfire season. The hope is to
Democrats in the battle over replacing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Senatomitt hes on board with the Senate Taking up a vote on a nominee ahead of the election. He had been viewed as a possible holdout. Meantime, a public memorial takes place today for justice ginsburg. Her body will arrive in front of the Supreme Court at around 9 30 eastern. That is where Laura Podesta is just outside of the Supreme Court. What can we expect to see today . Reporter good morning. People are coming from all over the country to pay their respects to justice ginsburg. Were expecting some long lines, huge crowds. She will lay in repose at the top of the steps right behind me here from 11 00 a. M. To 10 00 p. M. Today and all day tomorrow. Final preparations were finished yesterday outside the Supreme Court where Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg will lie in repose today and tomorrow. Important for us to come down and have our children see what an impact that she has made. Reporter next door at the
This week. The democrats say there is no rush and that any decision should wait for the election. An exclusive interview with atlanta feds rafael on the prospect of race. The bank of thailand make policy decisions this week. Central banks heading the headline when it comes to the agenda this week. Take a look at markets setting up in the early part of this monday. Liquidity is in session in asia. Japanese markets are off in respect to the holiday. That also means treasuries at cash trading wont begin until the london session. Asian equities are up someone it comes to rebound after tech put u. S. Stocks to a sixweek low on friday. The s p contracts trading law by that the , suggesting downward pressure could continue after three days. Kospi futures are looking positive. That does hold the crucial export data. About half a up percent. Sydney futures lower by 6 10 of 1 . We did get positive developments when it comes to the coronavirus case numbers continuing to trend lower and 11 cases r
We saw a poll coming out of the weekend on sunday, a couple polls, actually, saying a majority of americans that were surveyed had very strong feelings about the fact that the president himself managed to contract this virus. Emily to a certain extent, it has served as a little bit of a wakeup call, if you will, that the president , with all of his security, testing, and the people that have been around him, even the most powerful man in the world can contract this virus. Can contract the virus. You see republicans. They have been sort of pushing forward and saying we are going to go ahead, continue with the debate, continue from what they can do with campaigning. Look over in the senate, where there is a huge debate going on right now about filling the Supreme Court vacancy. We have not seen any changes to that schedule despite the fact that we have three republicans who currently have the coronavirus and a couple of them sit on the committee that is going to be responsible for having