Timeline. First of all, because it requires run indicating, and rushing to the finish. Particularly the door knocking, that will again next week. Reporter experts and civil rights activists were in the sped up count could hurt its thoroughness and produce inaccurate data used to draw up districts and distribute government funds. Its a lot of data that is going to be the basis of policies and research for the next 10 years. Reporter the House Committee on oversight and reform now wants to interview 8 Census Bureau officials as it looks into the latest move by the agency. And we are concerned about the accuracy of the count. The president has done Everything Possible to distract from accounts. Reporter san jose con mapman will konna is a member of that committee. He and other are concerned that it it would negatively impact minority communities and as a result, limit their representation in congress. In those are the areas that are going to be undercounted and have less representation, then that leads to Less Public Health dollars. Reporter they also say that census data helps navigate the country through events like the pandemic we are dealing with now. Which communities will be hit hardest, which can get how much relief over the next few years. Reporter despite the shorter timeline, the agency is putting measures into place to ensure the completeness of the data collected, they say. Today President Trump continued to cast doubt on whether states can manage mail in balloting this november. He was asked at a briefing today wife he supports absentee voting in florida, but no other states. Theyve been able to get the absentee ballots done extremely professionally. Florida is different from other states. I mean, in nevada, where you have a governor, he said lets just send out millions of ballots and the post office cannot be prepared. Event spoken to the post office about it, but i dont know hough they could possibly be prepared. President trump has threatened legal action against nevada, which like california has approved a plan to send ballots to all registered vote errs in an effort to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. On capitol hill, there may be some signs of progress toward a fourth Coronavirus Relief package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer continued negotiates today with white house officials. The Washington Post reports that the white house has made proposals over the extended unemployment benefit and federal eviction protections that expired at the end of last month. This bill is going to pass with all democrats in the house and a majority of democrats in the senate, its got to be something that democrats like and support. The democrats feed to meet us at least halfway. There are some signs that republicans may agree to a democratic proposal to increase food stamp benefits for the needy. Here is a look at the latest numbers on the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Now has more than 4. 7 million confirmed cases of the virus. Health Officials Say new cases are rising at more than 60,000 a day. More than 156,000 people have died, and 1. 5 Million People have recovered. Here in california, there have been more than 519,000 cases and 9500 deaths sense march. Officials say that a recent dip in positive cases here in california may not be entirely accurate. Greg lee tells us the States Health secretary said today that he is concerned about discrepancies in the data. So for the past few days, the state system, weve discovered some discrepancies. Reporter a recent drop in california covid19 cases could be due, at least in part, to technical issues. Health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galley acknowledged problems with cal ready, the statements laboratory reporting system, reporting in counties underreporting positive cases. They are concerned, just like we are. Weve been in communication with them about what these discrepancies are. How we might help to improve them. Reporter dr. Galley did not say how many days had been impacted. He said local Health Officials who rely on the system for data have raised the alarm, and now the state is working to provide accurate numbers manally. On monday, Governor Newsom express caution optimism over the declining numbers. The 7day Positivity Rate is lower now. 14day Positivity Rate reflected in the slide, 7 percent. This 7day Positivity Rate now down to 6. 1 . Its not where it needs to be. It is still too high but, again, it is good to see this number trending down. The 7day positive the rate is absolutely affected by this. We will certainly be updating the Positivity Rate on a daily basis, and remember we take into account not just one day, not just 7 days, but even 14 days. Havent despite the glitch, the state is coverfy dent in the two week trends especially when it cop tops hospitalizations and some icu numbers which are tallied through a different process. We are confident they are stabilizing. As the governor mentioned yesterday. We are seeing reductions. Without the data, and without the power of that tool, which is data round who might be infected or who isnt infected. We spoke with officers this afternoon who said they started to notice discrepancies last week. This is the largest discrepancy they have seen so far. The Alameda CountySheriffs Department said a final farewell today to officer rocha. He was buried with full Law Enforcement honors. The Alameda CountyFire Department tweeted photos of truck 17 honoring deputy rocha. He died on july 23rd from complications of the coronavirus. Another inmate at san quentin prison has also died from the coronavirus. The inmate died yesterday at an outside hospital, bringing in the death toll in san quentin to 22. Details is not been released. Right now san quentin has 168 inmates with covid19. More than 2,000 inmates have been infected at the prison since the outbreak began there in late may. Were following the very latest out of beirut tonight, after a massive explosion. You see it there. Rocked the citys port, sending a giant Mushroom Cloud into the sky. It injured 70 people and injured more than 3,000. We have the latest, including the rescue efforts now underway. Reporter as the death toll keeps rising we, the Lebanese Health minister said thousands are injured after this explosion in beirut. Lebanons interior minister said initial information indicates highly expolicive material was to blame for last state television is reporting the presence of sodium nitrate. The Prime Minister spoke this evening saying there will be a price to pay and that someone will be held responsible. Images from beirut show broken glass and splintered buildings across the city. Rescue crews continue to search for survivors at this hour. Hospitals are flooded with patients who have wounds from the debris from the explosion. The blast was felt 140 miles away in cypress and registered at the equivalent of a 4. 5 magnitude earthquake. The International Community is reacting today. Israel is offering support. We are also seeing paid being offer bed i france, and iran among others. Weve been considering the gotten joing Economic Disaster in lebanon. The economy is collapsing. There are many people hungry in the city of beirut, and there are now bodies on the streets. Coming up after the break, thief caught on camera smashing his way into a jewelry store. Why the owners say it could have been worse. And we are hearing from San Jose Police chief eddie garcia about his plans to retire later this year. The two pieces of advice he has for his successor. A significant cooldown today. It cools further tomorrow, another 10 degrees. So the high temperatures will be in the low 80s. When we come back, well look at that and the five day. Plus an announcement today from two Major Airlines regarding furloughs and layoffs. And taking a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge tonight. You can see virtually no traffic. Thats what its like during this pandemic. Ktvu fox 2 news at 6 00 will be right back. We love our new home. Theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Youre slouching again, ted. Expired, expired. Expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Its a lot of house. I hope you can keep it clean. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . Uh, ill have to check. doorbell ringing aunt jonis here for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. Hello . A burglary at forever diamonds. Police say it happened about 3 20 this morning at the store on blossom hill road. The owners able to monitor their stores surveillance cameras from home and awoke to see a man had broke back into their store. He comes in, smashes through the front door, smashes cases, smashes through we have a jewelers room. He kicked in that door. We lock everything up and keep it highly secure, so he wont able to get anything of high value. Police have not yet identified the suspect, and no arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to call San Jose Police. Now to a story that we first reported yesterday on the retirement announcement from san joses police chief. Maureen naylor talked with the chief, eddie garcia about the timing of the announcement and his advice for his successor. Its not an easy decision. Its been a life of service thus far and im going to miss it. Reporter after 28 years with San Jose Police and four years at chief, eddie garcia announced he is retiring in december. You want to leave while youre still effective. I believe im still effective and i would be effective. But its one of those things where you look at it, and i was not going to chief forever. Reporter he will turn 50 in december. Shed recent protests and criticism of the Police Department and calls for changes had nothing to do with his decision to leave, saying he postponed his own june announcement because of the unrest. It was the right decision for me. Now with everything going on right now, people may be asking that, but this decision was made long ago. Reporter the native of puerto rico who moved to San Francisco when he was young worked patrol, specialon w, and a homicide investigator among other functions. Garcia was sworn in as chief in march 2016. Garcia says low points include mistakes made responding to recent george floyd protests, and the 2016 donald trump rally, but said there were more highs including diversifying staffing, supporting the Lgbtq Community and boosting staffing and morale. He said two things will be important for his successor. Answer to the community, listen thorough neighborhoods. Listen to what they want in policing, and also ensure that theyre treat their sprang file fairly. Reporter the San Jose City manager released a statement which said in part chief garcias shoes are going to be tough to fill. Under his leadership, recruitment was boosted and instituted new practices to bolster the professionalism of the force and the communitys trust. Chief garcias last day will be december 12th. The city is launching a nationwide search for his replacement is said an interim chief will be announced at a later date. Maureen naylor, ktvu fox 2 news. Two people scene on camera painting over a black lives matter mural were arraigned on hate crime charges this morning. Nicole Anderson David nelson entered pleas of not guilty in the downtown courthouse. The incident happened outside that same building on the 4th of july. A witness caught them on cellphone video painting over the street mural just hours after it was completed. Their attorney called the charges outrageous and politically motivated. That a highly politicized d. A. , who intend george soros would categorize anyone who disagrees with the radical black lives Matter Organization as hateful or racist and charge them, use the actual criminal Justice System to charge them with a hate crime is outrageous. Its something ive never seen as a former prosecutor, the law used in that manner. That incident happened in martinez. Their attorney said the they have the right to protest the use of taxpayer funds to support that mural. The case returns to court in october. Were looking at the forecast. Ill tell you what, a big drop in temperatures today. Tomorrows temperatures will drop further. Its not going to be cold, well unless youre at the coast, but its going to be cool. Even in walnut creek, temperatures will be in the upper 70s, not in the low 90s. Had mid and upper 90s the last few days, but not anymore. You see all of the brown in this here. Its that time of year, fire danger, a lot of it, and we are not going to have a big one tomorrow, because weve gotten good fuel, high moistures, and hyper humidities. So thats something to always think about at this time of year. There is already a trough over us, but then this guy drops in, too, and enhance this is trough. So what it means is just more cool, more cool air, and thats why tomorrow will be cooler. And then after that, we start to warm a little bit as we get into the basically into the next thursday, friday, and saturday. Farther along the coast, as you know, 73 in ndamukong. 2 in fairfield. When i come back. Well see you will with the fivei do forecast. Now to wall street, where stocks finished high on gains in apples okay and the energy sector. The dow was up 164, the nasdaq up 38, and the s p 500 closed up almost 12 points higher. Reports of hundreds of layoffs and furloughs. Today American Airlines announced it sent furlough warning notices to 700 bay area employees. It follow this Airlines Announcement to end flights all together at the oakland airport. And the move comes as Alaska Airlines gets ready to lay off 4200 employees companywide starting october 1st. Today the company confirmed to ktvu that here in the bay area, layoff notices were sent to 652 employees, or about 33 of employees, ranging from Customer Service agents, flight attendance, and maintenance technicians. Sonoma university is warning of layoffs as they prepare for another semester of remote learning. Many have been told that their last day on the job could be november 6th. The layoff letters were among the first to be handed out in the California State University system, which is facing a 299 million drop in state funding. Ssu officials are preparing for a 20 million deficit because of the coronavirus. Californias Great America announced today it will remain closed for the rest of this year. The Amusement Park posted a statement from its Vice President and general manager, citing the uncertainty of the covid19 pandemic, and related restrictions as the reason. Season passes for this year have already been extended through september 2021. When guests can return safely, they can look forward to the debut of a new water park, as well as popular seasonal events like the halloween haunt, and winter fest. Still ahead here, supporting the restaurants of San Franciscos historic chinatown. The new project launched today. Most dont know haloing they can survive. Theyre just going month by month and hoping they can survive past this pandemic. 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Chinatown has more than 200 places to eat with some places open for business for more than a century, but more than a third of them may close forever, within the next six months. Adding xenophobia to the pandemic, we saw the worst decline in business chinatown has ever seen. Reporter at noon today, San Franciscos Chinese Chamber of commerce and the Chinatown Community center officially launched the chinatown Outdoor Dining support project. They are reported a revenue loss