tonight. cecilia vega at the white house. the coronavirus in the u.s. new york now just hours away from lifting its mask mandate, as a growing number of states now follow those new cdc guidelines. but what dr. fauci said today if you want to keep that mask on. and news tonight on the pfizer and moderna vaccines. what they re seeing against common variants and those antibodies, particularly in older americans after six months. tracking new severe storms in the south tonight, after multiple rescues overnight. tonight, a tornado watch in effect at this hour and that flash flood emergency in louisiana. nearly 18 inches of rain falling in some places. police asking for the public s help tonight after this terrifying surveillance. appearing to show an attempted kidnapper armed with a knife, trying to grab an 11-year-old girl waiting for the bus. what police want you to know. the major league scare. the batter hit in the face by a 94-mile-per-hour fastball. news on his condi
tonight. the coronavirus in the u.s. new york now just hours away from lifting its mask mandate, as a growing number of states now follow those new cdc guidelines. but what dr. fauci said today if you want to keep that mask on. and news tonight on the pfizer and moderna vaccines. what they re seeing against common variants and those antibodies, particularly in older americans after six months. tracking new severe storms in the south tonight, after multiple rescues overnight. tonight, a tornado watch in effect at this hour and that flash flood emergency in louisiana. nearly 18 inches of rain falling in some places. police asking for the public s help tonight after this terrifying surveillance. appearing to show an attempted kidnapper armed with a knife, trying to grab an 11-year-old waiting for the bus. what police want you to know. the major league scare. the batter hit in the face by a 94-mile-per-hour fastball. news on his condition tonight. also, the new recommen
practice coronavirus mitigation measures. good afternoon. head out to to survey the damage from hurricane delta. before i left, i wanted to give you a brief statement, an overview of what we know. first of all, hurricane delta as forecasted made landfall last night near cleo, louisiana. only about 12 miles east of where hurricane laura made landfall. it made landfall as a category two, and the forecast appears to have been quite accurate as it relates to the surge, the wind and rain. the highest rainfall totals were in lake charles, over 15 minutes in the last 48 hours. in baton rouge, they received over 10 inches of rain in the same time. obviously this was a very big storm, even if it wasn t quite as powerful as hurricane laura, it was much bigger. while the impacts were evidenced across a large portion of the state, it is obvious the hardest hit areas appear to to be southwest louisiana and cameron, geoff davis, allen, vermillion and acadia parish. , larges a very seriou
landfall. it made landfall as a category two, and the forecast appears to have been quite accurate as it relates to the surge, the wind and rain. the highest rainfall totals were in lake charles, over 15 minutes in the last 48 hours. in baton rouge, they received over 10 inches of rain in the same time. obviously this was a very big storm, even if it wasn t quite as powerful as hurricane laura, it was much bigger. while the impacts were evidenced across a large portion of the state, it is obvious the hardest hit areas appear to to be southwest louisiana and cameron, geoff davis, allen, vermillion and acadia parish. , larges a very serious and powerful storm that produced significant amounts of damage. before we get there, we already know there will be damage in southwest louisiana that will be difficult to differentiate between what was caused by hurricane laura and what was caused by hurricane delta, but what we know is that tens of are inds of louisianans a difficult situat
i don t think so. doesn t sound like a good idea to me. will it hurt your budget? definitely. bicyclists are expected to benefit from the new tax even though they won t be paying it. bart director robert rayburn says he and his wife have had damage to the bikes from potholes. we have broken axels, had pinch flats, broke a frame and broke a rim. these caused us to limp home. reporter: governor brown is hoping lawmakers will agree with him better to increase taxes now rather than, rather than wait when the cost of repairs will only go up. live in san francisco, david louie, abc 7 news. gas tax increase is raising eyebrows not all drivers will see increasing. reporter: that is correct. also talking increase in the vehicle registration tax. all of that is discussed at state legislature. what the formula will be, no one knows yet. still talking about total increase of $65 per driver on average. all right, david. thank you. we are getting a lot of feedback about t