will culminate with her funeral september 19th. following the service at westminster abbey she ll be interred at windsor castle. well, a trumpet fanfare on saturday heralded king charles. even though charles automatically became king upon his mother s death the title was officially bestowed in an accession ceremony. with one voice published and proclaimed at the prince charles philip arthur george is now by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory become our only lawful and rightful liege law, charles iii. by the grace of god of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and of these other realms and territories, king, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith, to whom we do acknowledge all faith and obedience with humble affection. as part of that accession ceremony the new king then put his signature to the formal proclamation. it was also signed by the prince of wales and the queen consort. the queen s death may help close a rift between the
the president s visit comes as his administration is facing mounting pressure following this, you know, 41-year inflation high that we re seeing and a huge surge in gas prices. the nation s national average for gas, $5.02 a gallon now. all of this as a key inflation measure slowed slightly last month. also this morning, the white house is now confirming that the president will be traveling to the middle east, specifically to israel and saudi arabia, in july. we re also learning his visit will include a meeting with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. remember, president biden had previously called the kingdom a pariah for its role in the killing of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. that was before he became president. we ll have much more on that in a moment. plus, the january 6th committee is postponing now a hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow. a member of the committee saying this was due to technical issues. we ll be live on capitol hill with
We begin tonight with that developing situation in San Franciscos jails. Multiple attacks over the last two weeks now leading to a lockdown. All weekend. No visitors allowed at two jails as deputies investigate. Good evening. Im dionne lim, the Union Representing deputies is now calling for the National Guard to help in the jails, a move the Sheriffs Office says is premature. Abc seven News Reporter j. R stone looks at the staffing issues the union says are the source of the problem. All eyes are now on two San Francisco county jails. This location on seventh street in San Francisco and this location in san bruno. Its a scary time. I mean, weve had nine attacks in three weeks on deputies, theres been prisoner fights. Theres been civilian staff injured. This is a really violent time. Thats ken lomba, president of the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs Association that represents deputies, many of whom work inside the jails. Lomba has sent this letter to San Francisco sheriff paul miyamoto, c
Medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen to talk about this. What do we know here, elizabeth . Brianna, what we know is that he was tested as you said like anyone to come in contact with the president or be around the president is tested. He was asymptomatic. Apparently he felt fine and he was positive for covid19. I think this teaches us a great lesson. Can you imagine if there was testing on a much more wide scale basis system to what the president gets . Imagine how many more of the cases that we would find. It could be any of us. The problem with this virus is that so many people are asymptomatic and so theyre Walking Around spreading this virus without knowing it. We just happen to catch the Ohio Governor because he was tested because he was going to be with the president but imagine how many more people are like that out there. Thats right. Because he is just another person who has tested positive after doing these white house tests. And at this point in time even though it does not
Dramatically cut down the transmission of the virus and the numbers show how important this is because right now the u. S. Has more than 5 million coronavirus cases and almost 163,000 deaths. Schools are beginning their reopening plans and anxiety is already high among parents and educators and now alarming new finding from the American Academy of pediatrics that almost 100,000 children tested positive for the virus in the last two weeks of july. In georgia you will remember this picture from last week of students packed in the hallways of a high school. That school is now shut down for at least two days after several positive cases. College football is likely done for. There are reports that the leaders of the power five conferences may postpone or even cancel the football season. Over the weekend, the mid american conference announced it canceled the fall season and in the midst of the coronavirus chaos the secretary of health and Human Services is describing a Pandemic Response that