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Transcripts For KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At 6pm 20240712

Dr. Anthony fauci the top disease expert and three other members of the task force testified before a House Committee on capitol hill. They were grilled on the claim made by trump in tulsa over the weekend and again Tuesday Morning that he asked for the testing to be slowed down because more infections were revealed that made the country look bad. Would you just kidding . I do not kid. Let me make it clear. To my knowledge, none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing. Reporter the other factors the search of coronavirus cases including here in california which had a single day record of more than 5000 new infections on monday. Hospitalizations have crept up to 5000. An increase in Community Spread is something i am quite concerned about. Reporter the bright spot is the fast results of operation warp speed. The head of the National Institute says he is cautiously optimistic that one will be available by late this year or early next year. Several are moving along at various pieces. One of them will interface the study in july. Reporter dr. Fauci referred to the trial which is getting ready to give small doses to 30,000 people to test its efficacy. If you look at the history of viral diseases, it is generally vaccines to put the nail in the coffin of these types. Reporter while signs are promising, we must take note that the nation is headed toward another aggravating circumstance which is the flu season another respiratory illness. That will prove to be another strain on hospitals and healthcare providers. The big message is getting your flu shot will be vitally important this year. Frank . Andre senior, thank you. The European Union may decide to keep blocking americans from visiting due to the surge of coronavirus cases in the united states. They may also been visitors from russia and brazil that are seeing spikes and infections. The u. S. Has reported more cases and deaths than any other country in the world. U. S. Travelers have been banned from visiting the eu. The eu is set to open their borders to most other countries on july 1. Cases of coronavirus have no top 9 million. Johns Hopkins University says more than 474,000 people have died world wide. The u. S. Has by far the most confirmed cases and more than 2. 3 million. 121,000 people have died. California has more than 183,000 cases and the death toll is more than 5500. Estate Senate Hearing is going to be held for the number of cases in state prisons. There are more than 4400 positive cases among inmates and staff statewide including 20 deaths. Sam quentin previously had a handful of cases and now has more than 350 after a transfer of inmates from chino. The oversight hearing is set for wednesday, july 1. A new testing site at the sap center. Jesse gary tells us Officials Say they are close to their goal of averaging 4000 tests per day. Reporter it has been a long time since there was a long line outside of the sap center. I am here waiting in line for a little bit. All in all, a good experience. Reporter hundreds of people are here for health. The shark tank is now home to Santa Clara Countys new was pop up covid19 test site. This is our largest Testing Center so far. We have two teams that will accommodate a large crowd here. Reporter from tuesday to thursday officials are joining forces with the sharks offering Free Covid Testing to upwards of 1000 people per day. Most are asymptomatic but they want reassurances. We have kept ourselves pretty isolated. Just to be safe, i think its a good idea. Reporter it takes about an hour ending with a nasal swab. I think it is wonderful. There is supposed to be free testing, but it took me a while to find it. It wasnt until i got on social media that i found out there having a down here. Reporter the results aid in the understanding of the virus in forming strategies for its defeat. The more testing we do the more we know how far is spread and what the extent of the infection is. We can begin to get an idea of where it is. We continue to see cases of people testing positive even though they never had symptoms. We worry about them passing the virus. Health Officials Say they flagged patients of various testing sites around the county. For those being tested at sap they will get results in four text via email unless the test is positive at which point they will get a phone call urging them to self quarantine. Jesse gary, ktvu fox2 news. The San Jose Human Rights Institute released a report today illustrating what a pulse persistent Racial Discrimination and income inequality in Silicon Valley. The report authors gathered in front of the Martin Luther king library to release findings from the pain index. The report says bias can be found in all of the systems including parental justice, education, healthcare, and housing. What this report shows is that the entire Playing Field that is the whole system is tilted to advantage whites over blacks and asians, latinos and native americans. Among the figures cited in this report is the amount of Venture Capital going to people of color. 1 of the 19 billion of Venture Capital generated in Silicon Valley went to African American startups. In seattle protesters are still in the capitol hill organize protests own known as chop. The city is making plans to try to dismantle it. There is an a timeline, but the mayor has asked protesters to leave voluntarily. She has told police to get ready to move back into the precinct there. In washington dc, officers have moved protesters from st. Johns square. Protesters tried to take down the statue of Andrew Jackson in lafayette park. We have a specific monument act and we are looking at long term jail sentences for these vandals and these hoodlums and these anarchists and agitators, and call them whatever you want. Some people dont like that language, but that is what they are. The president says he has authorized the arrest of anyone who vandalized his or her tears down statues on federal property. Lawmakers working on legislation aimed at reforming police. Democrats and republicans have differing plans. They are not in agreement on how to best address one of the most debated issues in the country right now. Reporter protests stemming from George Floyds death continue to this day. It gave lawmakers a bipartisan determination to reform. On wednesday the Senate Majority leader will bring the justice act to the floor. It appears they will not have enough votes to start debate. The American People expect us to do our jobs. Legislate on the subject is captured the publics attention. They need 60 votes to move forward. Cory booker, Kamala Harris and Chuck Schumer wrote to mcconnell urging him not to bring the justice act to the senate floor. This bill is not salvageable, and we need bipartisan talks to get to a constructive starting point. It is clear that the republican bill will not get 60 votes. Theres overwhelming opposition. Reporter 138 civil and human rights organizations including the acl and naacp wrote to senators urging a no vote on what is called the motion to proceed. The republican author is willing to hear and put on changes. I am open to an amendment process as long as we dont demonize Police Officers along the way. Reporter meanwhile the george flory just to send policing act. It provides for serious accountability and supports uplifting Police Officers. It is expected to pass the house on a party line vote. Fox news. Coming up, the pole to close after a day of primary elections in kentucky and new york. We will take a look at some of the key races. The man accused of killing two Law Enforcement officers in the bay area made his First Court Appearance today. Why he said he cannot represent Steven Carrillo. It is heating up out there. It is jacket rather at the coast. I will have your five day forecast coming up next. A massive earthquake hit southern mexico killing several peoples buildings collapsed. We are taking a live look at the san mateo bridge. A little bit slow in the eastbound direction. Nothing like a normal evening commute. Ktvu channel 2 news at 6 00 will be right back. When we closed our doors in march, wynn committed instantly to keeping all 15,000 team members onboard. We then focused our fivestar level of service to all who needed it. We made improvements to peoples lives. We strove to be better and we made people happy. This closure may have temporarily taken us out of wynn and encore, but it couldnt take the wynn and encore out of us. And now, we are proud to welcome you back. Primaries in new york, virginia and kentucky. This was the scene at the expo center in louisville. There were no reports of problems reported there. Some areas that report long lines including lexington where people had to wait 90 minutes to vote. The most closely watched race is Mitch Mcconnell has already been declared the winner of the republican primary. On the democratic side amy mcgrath face a strong challenge from state representative charles booker. The winner takes on mcconnell and the fall. The latest numbers show mcgrath with a 10 point lead. New yorkers are casting ballots as well as a number of high profile congressional races. Those include the first reelection bid for democratic representative alexandria a cossio cortez. Elliott ingle is facing a challenge on the democratic side and many voters voted absentee. It is really important specifically for voting for your community and voting for the representatives that you think will best represent you as a person that lives in this community. Pulls in new york just close about 15 minutes ago. Because of the large numbers of absentee ballots, complete results could be days away. Twitter says they will give most of their employees election day off with pay. They plan to give other employees a paid day off to vote in their National Elections as well. Twitter advice employees in an email today. The u. S. Elections every four years will be a holiday going forward. Another positive day on wall street as investors pin their hopes. The dow was up 131 and the nasdaq and 74 and the s p was up 14. We are looking at that heat inland. Cool at the coast and just right in between. The fog will remain at the coast all week. The heat advisory remains in effect pretty much all week. This temperature footprint, that is where the big heat is. Because of the extended nature of this, it is going to be multiple days and we have concerns obviously for brush fires, free wifi is and things like that. That is how it works. Hot overnight lows, high daytime highs, and when you do that three or four days in a row, there you go. Wednesday, thursday, or friday. We do not have huge wind, but just know that this is the weather that gets those brush fires going, especially along the freeways. Youve got to love Mother Nature and the way she sends that moisture inland. 78, redwood city. You can see where the sea breeze stops. Not a sea breeze but a little bit of a breeze. Its a pretty deep marine layer. It will get further inland. Tomorrow will be a warmer day inland and the same with the coast. It is easy when it is like this. I will see you back here with the fiveday. Pg e laid out their plans for power shutoffs as we head into the of coming fire season. Pg e is taking steps to make sure those power shutoffs are not as severe as they were last year. Reporter pg e updated the board of supervisors on how it will make a psps a Public Safety power shutoffs smaller and shorter. They are conducting many such meetings to inform towns, cities, counties and other agencies on how it can do just that. We understand that they were impactful to the county. Reporter the basic rules for a psps remain the same. A red flag warning, forecasters sustained winds about 25 miles per hour. Wind gusts approximately 45 miles per hour. Low humidity levels and low moisture and my vegetation and graham materials. Direct observations by the Operation Center and field crews. Specific locations and conditions including temperature, terrain, and local climate. First, how does pg e intend to reduce the number of psps events by one third compared to last year. We are installing technology on the lines that will help us more precisely shut off the fire to the areas where the fire threat is. Reporter pg e says it will have installed 600 of the Smart Devices in high fire danger areas that will reroute power and greatly reduce the size of areas to be shut off. On top of that, pg e will install small generators at substations so that shutoffs will bypass those areas that might have been set up before. To keep the lights on and when it is safe to do so. How will pg e shorten the length of a psps event which sometimes takes days to inspect and reenergize the lines our goal is to restore power after an event in 24 hours or up to 12 daylight hours. Reporter pg e has an largest helicopter inspection fleet from 35 to 65 2 aircraft with sensors that can for the very first time inspect lines and equipment at night. Reducing the length of a psps. There all of this will be commuted on a website with a lot more Community Resource centers in the fire danger areas. But remember, all of this depends on reasonably expected weather. Ktvu fox2 news. Struck a powerful earthquake struck southern mexico killing at least five people. The 7. 4 magnitude earthquake was felt to guatemala and throughout south and central america. The shaking was felt to mexico city sending thousands of people into the streets. The president of mexico said one person was killed there. Otherwise the reports were minor damage. Officials say a second person was killed in an apparent house collapse in a Tiny Mountain village. It started moving really fast. And really hard. It was like a circular motion. It is a weird feeling. Literally the ground you were standing on is moving. The other two fatalities include a worker in the state run oil refinery and also a man who died when the wall fell on him. Coming up after the break, the fbi complete the investigation into the news at talladega speedway. The Surprising Development and why there will be no federal k crime charges. Estate will now advancing to the state legislature. How it would affect shortterm rentals. Explore floor and decor your way, and comfortably shop over a million square feet of in stock flooring our expansive store is fully equipped with safe distancing guides, so you can browse our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. Or easily order online, and pick up all the products you need for your flooring project curbside so come discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. All in one stop visit floor and decor in person or online. Lawmakers in sacramento approved the bill to stiffen penalties on shortterm rental violations. The bill was in response to a Mass Shootings halloween that killed five people and wounded several more evident air bnb rental. The bill authorizes a city and county to impose a fine of up to 5000 for a violation of a shortterm rental ordinance. It now moves on to the assembly. The man accused of killing two Law Enforcement officers in the bay area made his First Court Appearance today. Steven carrillo is accused of killing Damon Gutzwiller on june 6 and the killing of federal Security Officer dave patrick underwood. Steven carrillo faces federal and state charges and murdering a peace officer making him eligible for two death sentences. He is due back in Court Next Week after his public defender said he could not represent Steven Carrillo due to a conflict of interest. The Sonoma County shares Department Released pictures founded sonoma raceway. It was found saturday morning hanging from a tree near the Old Administration building. The quarter inch thick rope was cut down by employees and turned over to investigators yesterday. Attendant remembered seeing the rope seven or eight years ago after crashing a model airplane. It was not tied in a noose at the time. The incident is being treated as a hate crime. No charges related to the news found hanging and Bubba Wallaces garage at talladega speedway. The fbi has completed their investigation and determine it was a garage door pull rope fashion like a news. Photographic evidence confirms it may have been in the garage since last october before the space was assigned to wallaces team. Nascar says they are thankful to learn this was not an intentional racist act against bubba wallace. Coming up, south bay students are back in the classroom. We will show you the coronavirus Safety Measures now in effect. Thoughts on the upcoming nfl season and whether he thinks there will even be a season. Struck a controversial move that some say hurts the status of the u. S. Mobile talent. The impact it will have

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