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Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 5pm 20240712

As White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany. This morning she emphasized that she had previously tested negative quote consistently and is experiencing no symptoms on your screen are the pictures and the list of those closest to the president to have recently tested positive for covid19 as you can see the outbreak is quite extensive joining us now with more is our washington correspondent alexandra le mon live from washington dc and alexander what is the latest on the president s condition and the growing number of cases at the white house. Good evening. Well just a short time ago we watched President Trump arrive at the white house go up to the white house balcony and then remove his face mack facemasks he then proceeded to walk into the residence without the mask on and in that picture you could see several people Walking Around inside of the white house now earlier today i spoke to california congressman raul ruiz who is a doctor and he told me he was very worried that Something Like this would happen particularly because the virus is already rapidly spreading through the white house. The president walked out of Walter Reed Medical Center monday evening and then lifted off on marine one. 10 minutes later he was back at the white house, the president waved at reporters as he walked into the white house where hell continue his treatment for covid19. The president s doctors say they backed the president s decision to check out of walter reed. Over the past 24 hours. The president has continued to improve. Hes met or exceeded all standard hospital discharge criteria. Meanwhile, covid19 continues to spread through the White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany announced she tested positive back in any spoke to reporters sunday afternoon without wearing a mask in all we know of at least 26 people who have been around the president or his closest aides and have tested positive. I wasnt safe for him not return to the white house for there been so many cases any of us if we work with our Infectious Disease experts. To make some recommendations for how to keep everything safe. Joe biden says so far hes tested negative and as for the next debate, j. Now there are still many Unanswered Questions like when President Trump last tested negative for covid19 neither the white house nor the president s doctors will answer that question. But they say the white house is Contact Tracing. Alexandra le mon thank you for some news reports, however are saying that the cdc. Some other news operations are saying that the cdc has been ordered not to contact trace. However, your sources say that is continuing. No so the white house is doing their own Contact Tracing but i can come from that that they have elected to not have the cdc helped them which you would expect the cdc to do we know the cdc is helping us state governors for example do Contact Tracing in the places where President Trump traveled to however for some reason the white house is not involving the cdc. Alexander le mon reporting for us live from washington. Thank you for that information. I just left Walter Reed Medical Center. And its really something very special the doctors, the nurses, the First Responders and i learned so much about coronavirus. And one thing thats for certain dont. Let it dominate you. Dont be afraid of it youre going to be that we have the best medical equipment we have the best medicines all developed recently. And youre going to beat it. I went i didnt feel so good. And 2 days ago i could have left 2 days ago 2 days ago. I felt great like better than i have in a long time i said just recently better than 20 years ago. Dont let it dominate dont let it take over your lives. Dont let that happen with the greatest country in the world. Were going back with them back to work will be out front. And you leader i had to do that i knew this danger to it but i had to do it. I stood out front. I lead. Nobody thats a leader would not do what i did. And i know theres a risk there is a danger but thats okay and now in better and you i dont know. But dont let it dominate your lives get out there be careful. We have the best medicines in the world and theyre all happened very shortly and theyre all getting approved and the vaccines are coming momentarily. Thank you very much and want to read what a group of people thank you very much. That was the latest comment to come from President Trump following on planned release from the hospital today as we he is trying to calm public concerns, however many are critical of the statement that you just heard saying that he is downplaying the severity of the covid19 crisis in the country we believe that was recorded right after he landed at the White House Well after he left walter reed medical we saw walk up the stand outside for a few moments take his mask off anyone inside thats when we think this video is recorded and pam youre right. 210,000 families who have lost their loved ones might have a different perspective on being able to beat this virus. A lot of people have compromised immune systems theres a lot of reasons that some people do not pull through this. Including the fact that they dont have the kind of health care that the president does he had a team of doctors more than a dozen doctors yet. Therapies put on him that are not read readily yeah to the general public so he had the best doctors on the planet working on him. A lot of he top the medical people surrounding him through this whole this is not something that you or i or anybody else can just typically walk into a the hospital and get that kind of treatment and of course he will be constantly monitored while at the white house now that hes back at the white house. By a team there and the medical facilities that are at the white house that are stationed there permanently anyway so well see in the coming days, were told that. The next week will be important in terms of diet really understanding the full extent of his case of covid19 and we will be monitoring that as well meantime the last several days certainly have been filled with all kinds of questions about the president s covid19 diagnosis for instance, we still dont know when and where the president actually got infected. Kron fours noelle bellow shes breaking down everything we do know about his treatments nc got those positive test results. Through a series of confusing and misleading updates from President Trumps doctors we are piecing together the president s condition after testing positive for covid19 early friday morning. Over the course of the day friday, the president s vital signs were said to be concerning. He was put on supplemental oxygen friday and received an antibody cocktail before being transported to Walter Reed Medical Center. While at the hospital the president was given several rounds of remdesevir which is an antiviral drug on saturday. We learned the president was fever free while at walter reed he began tweeting out videos and photos of himself while working at the hospital. However was later revealed his oxygen levels dropped a couple of times on saturday leading him to be put back on supplemental oxygen for a short period of time. He was also given the steroid dexamethasone however doctors remained optimistic. On sunday, the president took a bit of a joy ride around the Medical Center waving to supporters from the back of an suv and by monday doctors said the president s vitals were Strong Enough and he had been fever free for 72 hours. So it was appropriate to discharge him so he could continue his recovery with the help of a team of doctors at the white house. May not entirely be out of the woods yet the team and i agree that all or evaluations, most importantly, his clinical status. Support the president s safe return home. The president did of course attend and host several events in the days leading up to his positive diagnosis. Officials say Contact Tracing is being done noelle bellow kron 4 news. Our coverage continues at kron 4 dot com there you can track the president s progress and treatments monitor the Virus Outbreak at the white house and watch expert analysis from doctors here in the bay area and beyond again its all at kron 4 dot com. Story we are following tonight, alameda countys District Attorney has agreed to reopen the investigation into the high profile 2009 bart Police Killing of oscar grant that decision comes after a call from grants family to charge a second officer with murder kron fours dan kerman covered the case for us back then use at on hand for todays News Conference and now he joins us live with the latest dan. Well what they are saying is that the Second Police officer put a need to the neck of oscar grant similar to what was done to george floyd. They say with this renewed focus on equal justice they want the second officer charged and thats why theyre calling for the reopening of the investigation. Our family stands here today along with the community of opening making that demand that the murder of oscar grant case be reopened at a News Conference monday outside the Fruitvale Bart station family and supporters of oscar grant called on the District Attorney to file murder charges against another officer who was at the platform new years eve morning 2009, former bart officer tony perrone. Do not drown. We was informed that officer tony tony. It would be charged. At a later date. It has been 11 years. And deal. We that grants family says while it was bart Police Officer Johannes Mehserle lee who fired the shot into grants back that killed him it was peroni who created the atmosphere that led to the shooting. And then the proromney the bart officer who created the climate of violence. Then now with his knee on his neck. This had been his pushing 250 pounds of this way fracturing the bones and asked for a after it. 3 times. Skirt all lied to the investigators. Also by the investigative report. And that stay just as is really was charged with murder and eventually convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter after maintaining he intended to use his taser not his Service Revolver peroni was never charged though he was fired from the bart police force. Now near the tail end of that News Conference oscar grants family indicated they had just received an email from District Attorney ernie nc omalley, saying she had agreed to reopen the investigation kron 4 news received a similar email saying that she would not only reopen the investigation but a sign a team of attorneys to look into the circumstances death and from there make a determination. Reporting live dan kerman back to you guys in the studio all right dan thank you very much lot of work ahead on that lets move on to the wildfires in california. They have broken yet another grim record more than 4 million acres have burned so far this year thats more than double the previous record from 2018. At least 31 people have died this year hundreds of homes have been destroyed. Most of the damage came this summer when those Lightning Strike sparked dozens of wildfires across the state including 3 major fires here in the bay area. More than 16,000 firefighters right now are battling 23 major wildfires in california among those major fires, lets get the latest on the destructive glass fire burning in the north bay tonight that fire has grown to more than 65,000 acres and containment at this hour is 30 tonight, some residents are allowed to return back to their homes or what is left of their homes after the fire destroyed more than. For 450 houses in napa and sonoma counties emergency crews are still working in some areas where the fire burned through and then moved on including pg workers are out there. The utility says as a routine inspection they are making repairs and re conducting a transmission line that runs through several north bay counties. Tonight the glass fire is still burning in the north bay, however, many evacuees are returning home, although some only to what remains and in santa rosa. Tonight, the city of santa rosa has put up a Damage Assessment map for homeowners to be able to see the status of their homes kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia joins us now with a look at that map son os. Pam and ken the map you can see the its used to determine the status of the property just by entering your address, heres what that map looks like the red shaded areas as you can see here those are current evacuation orders, the yellow areas, those are areas that are under evacuation warnings that if you zoom in to certain neighborhoods in the red such as the calistoga south skyhawk area youre then able to see if your home is damaged safe or a complete loss now structures that are not colorcoded were not assessed by the city and those structures are soon to be due to no surrounding damage structures or vegetation and again back to thank you very much tonight coming up governor, newsome weighs in on the aftermath of President Trumps covid19 diagnosis will have that story coming up next plus wildfires leaving behind a lot more than just their destruction will take a look at the toxic chemical cleanup happening well, we know these wildfires are leaving a path of destruction in their way, but sadly that is not all although burned to the ground in many cases destroyed homes going harbor residue from household chemicals and other potentially Hazardous Material kron fours rob fladeboe joins us now live from Santa Cruz Mountains or the removal of those toxins has begun rob. Thats right ken the cleanup is beginning but before large scale debris removal or rebuilding can get under way. These Properties First have to be inspected any Hazardous Materials removed. Now i caught up with a crew from the epa this morning expecting a home here in Boulder Creek, lets take a look. Phase one of a 2 step Fire Debris Removal Program is now underway here in Boulder Creek among the hardest hit areas of the 86,000 acres czu lightning complex fire zone equipped with extreme ppe the team from the Environmental Protection agency is combing through the rubble and whats left of this home is search of residue from household chemicals and other potentially Hazardous Materials says the epa is jeremy johnstone. Anything that any one of us might find in our home, you cleaning chemicals under the sink. Things in the garage paints thinners fuel ys propane bottles fertilizers pesticides. Batteries the crew is equipped with a device to detect radiation Carbon Monoxide and other gases. And a site like this most of the potentially Hazardous Materials were incinerated by the fire. But usually moved items are immediately removed well other potentially Hazardous Materials are marked with paint for later disposal by still other crews in phase 2 of the operation or not. Digging and routing around forced to fit this is. Things that are readily identifiable by us and that can be without the use of heavy equipment or are moving obstacles out of our way in some cases, the authorities may require that contaminated soil beneath all that rubble be removed. Still other crews are assessing the potential for talk 6 following the surrounding watershed ahead of winter rains phase 2 often soil excavation because yes. Toxic metals in particular can leach into the soil typically phase 2. It will include removal of some soil. Now these epa teams have their work cut out for them, theyll be inspecting more than 900 homes in both santa cruz and san mateo counties they expect to be here for at least 2 months live in Boulder Creek rob fladeboe kron 4 news rob. Thank you for that update and people who are still dealing with the state Unemployment Benefits will want to know today is the official reopening of the states Unemployment Insurance Online System is also called you i that system uses the new id dot me Identity Verification technology. This is the system used at the beginning of the application process for jobless benefits. Last week a td says its that email and Text Messages to 136,000 individuals telling them to submit their new applications for benefits starting today. You might remember this follows a 2 week reset for a td which has come under heavy criticism for is inefficient handling of jobless benefits. Governor strike team issued a series of recommendations to expedite new claims reduce fra

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