Plus, the man who wrestled a shark with his bare hands. And from the cool cub beating the heat to the toothy terrier breaking the internet, all the trending video to kick off your summer weekend. Good friday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. As we head into the weekend, a new poll Shows Americans from coast to coast are growing more concerned about the coronavirus and a potential crisis this sumer. New figures released overnight show a record high increase in the number of cases thursday. Nearly 40,000. It comes exactly one month after memorial day when many people attended family gatherings and parties. Heres another sign of the growing concern. The White House Coronavirus task force is holding a public briefing today for the first time in nearly two months. Now more cities and towns imposing rules to require face coverings in public, an issue thats becoming a political hot button. We begin our coverage in the surge in cases causing more states to delay reopening plans. Th
Early, Early Morning commute. First we want to start with a look at the forecast for you as we head into the week. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. Were looking at temperatures cooler than weve been experiencing this week. Right. Its been a very warm week for the bay area. Its nice to know we will have a cooldown but it starts tomorrow. We have one more day of some hot weather. At least we have the Morning Hours as we take a look at our temperature trend, not too bad for the south bay with willow glen in the upper 50s. At noon, 75. Still comfortable but we will heat up as we get ready for highs that will reach into the mid80s. Mid90s in the inland east bay and even triple digits farther to the north. So we will still have a wide range in temperatures, and well all cool off for the weekend. That also comes along with high winds. Well talk more about that and whats ahead. Mike gets you ready for a look at your commute. How is it looking . Brace yourself, folks. Pretty much
Pacifica. It is clear inland, 58 in livermore. And throughout the day today, the fog will clear by about 8 00 and the winds will pick up again. At the coast it will be breezy, numbers topping out into the lower 90s inland. You will have a bit of a breeze as well, just around 80 around the bay. Well talk wind and big time cooling over the weekend in a few minutes. Thank you, lisa. It is good news for new drivers out there. The dmv will start offering behind the wheel driving tests again today. Of course the economy is one the main things were following in our effort to build a better bay area. The riding tests were suspended in mid march because of the pandemic. And kris reyes is live in san mateo with more are on this reopening. Reporter good morning. Yes, good news. You can imagine sitting at home not being able to drive all this time . That is about to change. Empty parking lot right now here at the dmv, but that should change in the next few hours when they open at 8 00 a. M. Here i
Will see the winds pick up as well, so changes ahead. Heres a live look with the Treasure Island camera. Great start to the day right around the bay, clear skies inland for concord, livermore, and san jose. In the mid to upper 50s as we kickoff friday and as we head into the afternoon. Mid70s in oakland, upper 80s in san jose, and 90 degrees for concord. Still heating up inland this afternoon. I will let you know what you can expect for the weekend. Details on that are coming up, back to you. Developing this morning, the u. S. Seeing a disturbing trend in new coronavirus infections. On thursday there were more than 36,000 new cases, a single day record according to Johns Hopkins university. The previous record was set back on april 24th. And this morning, texas is pausing its reopening plans, a new study from Baylor College of medicine says if Current Trends continue, houston could be the most affected city in north america as we continue to track the hotspots. Back in the bay area, on
Of people hospitalized with coronavirus. The drug which is already used in the u. S. Has now been approved in the european union. They will give it to patients who suffer from that pneumonia and require oxygen. Several weeks ago, the department of health and Human Services said the u. S. Is at risk of running out of remdesivir by the end of the month. At the time gilyard sciences planned to ramp up their production, so well see how that goes. In developing news, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is exploding at san quentin prison. It jumped to 48 cases on june 14 and then 499 cases last friday. At last check, there are 523 active cases among inmates. And inmates are telling abc 7 news that the prison is rotating guards from infected areas to uninfected areas daily. And officials are even investigating if a death row inmate has died from the virus. Meanwhile, a team of uc berkeley and ucsf Health Experts told the chronicle they are worried that an outbreak inside the prison c