In the bay area alone. Thanks for joining us tonight, im ken way and i pale more here is a look at the bay area broken down county by county right now Alameda County continues to lead with more than 11,000 cases of covid19 Santa Clara County not far behind with nearly 10,000 cases. Tonight, San Francisco county has more than 6,000 reported cases of the disease and city officials are preparing for a surge in hospitalization to get ahead of the curve these cities building a new temporary hospital to try to free up beds for Covid Patients. The new hospital will open for non Covid Patients who need shortterm medical care or observations kron fours tips aqui joins us now live from. Georgias avenue in the presidio where the new facility will be located taylor. Well the citys Health Director isnt sugarcoating things today. He said we are in a major surge of coronavirus cases. And thats exactly why they are opening this site here to be proactive rather than reactive now. The city says that thi
Allegations of misconduct on the set of ellen. How the talk show host is responding. The new season in a bubblseo new lengths for lunch. Good friday morning, everyone. As we get ready for another summer weekend, 21 states are now being labeled coronavirus red zones. Florida just reported a Record Number of deaths for the third consecutive day, and a new poll this morning shows 66 of americans disapprove of the way President Trump has handled this pandemic. Were getting new information about coronavirus testing. One expert says most test results are now coming back within five days, and he says much faster results will be widely available by the fall. Meanwhile, the other big story this morning is concern about mailin voting. Thats for this falls president ial election. President trump yesterday suggested the election should be delayed, and now theres word of potential problems at the post office. Abcs alex presha begins our coverage. Reporter this morning new concerns about delays at t
And temperatures 60 at the coast, 77 around the bay, 86 inland. 90s in the east bay valleys. A nice evening coming up with 70s and 80s by by 8 00, 50s, 60s and 70s. At the live desk, im following a deadly accident in Southern California involving nearly a dozen marines, one has been killed, two have been seriously injured and eight are currently missing right now. It happened just before 6 00 last night off the coast of is an clemente island. Right now it is being described as a mishap with an assaults amphibious vehicle. The navy and coast guard are helping with the ongoing search and rescue efforts. San francisco is taking new steps to prepare for a worst case scenario. The city has transformed a buildingesidio care facility. There have been 1,000 cases in just ten days, and were seeing a new peak in hospitalizations. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live with the concerns about the Hospital Capacity and the new surge. Reporter yeah, if you were wondering how concerned officials
As we head through the afternoon hour, your 12 hour planner starting at 7 00, a little cloudiness, mid to upper 50s. That hasnt changed. Temperatures will run from 77 to 87 inland from noon to 4 00, 67 to 87 around the bay. And so cool along the coast and sunny and warm inland. San francisco taking new steps to prepare for a worst case scenario. They transformed a building to a care facility. Of course health is big focus for us. And there have been 1,000 cases in ten days in the city and a new peak in hospitalizations Amy Hollyfield is live talking about Hospital Capacity and the new surge. Reporter yeah, they plan to bring patients who need medical care to these warehouses here in the presidio so they can make room for covid19 patients in hospitals. So they have set up beds here in these warehouses, they have created a Field Hospital here. They have 20 beds so far, but the plan is to eventually have room to treat 93 people. This is for people who need hospital care who dont have covi
At the scab of ethnic anger. President trump stirred it up all last friday criticizing nfl players who kneeled during the National Anthem. Hes double down again and again since then. Nbc news reports he told dinner guests at the white house just last night he wont back down and is confident hes on the winning side of this issue. Well, today the president was asked whether he was preoccupied by this story at the expense of other important issues. Lets watch him. I wasnt preoccupied with the nfl, i was ashamed of what was taking place because to me that was a very important moment. I dont think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our National Anthem. To me the nfl situation is a very important situation. Ive heard that before about was i preoccupied. Not at all. Not at all. I have plenty of time on my hands. All i do is work. And to be honest with you, thats an important function of working. Its called respect for our country. Last night the Dallas Cowboys and the teams owner, jerr