Mike gives you an early look at the morning commute. You still have a chance to beat the backup because we havent really seen backups aside from major accidents and we dont have any crashes going on right now. Were looking at a live look at the span, the bay bridge, and its moving nicely, very light traffic flowing here and that keeps you from having those metering lights on. On the peninsula, palo alto as well, no problems for the freeways. I do have a change across the bay for work for essential duty coming up in the next report. Back to you. Thanks, mike. The u. S. Just recorded its highest oneday total of deaths from the coronavirus. As the overall number of confirmed cases continues to rise. Right now in the u. S. More than 163,000 confirmed cases. Keep in mind on march 1st there were only 75. And as we enter a critical stage of containing the pandemic Big Companies are pitching in across the world to address the shortage of those splas. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us fro
Parks closed in an effort to their parking lots closed outbreak county by county in because of this on our website, the region and santa clara reduce crowding and maintain county with the most 320, san social distancing. Ktvu. Com and on ktvu facebook with so many people at home and and instagram pages. Just about all other events canceled, people flocked to the francisco 152, a pretty beach and coast and other live in marim county. Recreation areas this weekend. New numbers released a sharp dropoff with 47 in there and you cant even find parking short time ago and Johns Hopkins University Reports more than 49,000 cases nationwide and theres been 600 deaths here in the united states. New york confirmed 25,000 case and 184 deaths and 125 deaths are in new york city. Starting today, new york Health Agencies will begin testing for possible treatments and underway to quickly turn a Convention Center in new york city into a huge Medical Center and yesterday a huge shut down began in new yor
This morning is speeches from senators laying out their positions. Senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell started up the process starting to vote to advance the measure, but that vote hasnt been scheduled. Now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty and everlasting god, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers defend us. Away. We cry out to you and seem to only hear our echos of laments. As our lawmakers reach out to you night and day, enable them to connect to your matchless power. May they find in you a sure refuge, a shelter in the time of storms. Lord, strengthen the weakness of our faith, and give us trust for our trembling and hope for our fears. Give us patience and cheerful endurance and serenity of mind. And, lord, place your Healing Hands upon john bessler, senator rand paul, and others who need to feel your touch. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the ple
With 6 staff sonoma counties, reporting 95 case is just one death Solano County has 61 cases and one death napa county stands at 20 cases and one death. I think the going to be coming out with the new regulations on that and if people want to abide by and frankly i dont think you could i dont think theyll be mandatory because some people dont want to do that. President trump says the white house will soon release nationwide recommendations on wearing face masks now this comes as Health Officials across the bay area are now advising everyone to cover their faces when we go out in public kron 4 Sarah Stinson has a more on this shes live report from San Francisco. Hi sarah good morning. Marty good morning and what hes a local and state officials are recommending is free to cover your face by covering your nose and your mouth Something Like this this is actually just mass from one time when i was a tv is just an example is that the band and theres something as long as youre covering youll
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