Administration it will be, i guess time will tell. The latest on trumps legal challenges to the election and how the delay in the transition is leaving president elect biden in the dark on critical issues. Deadline approaching. Federal relief set to run out for millions of americans struggling to make ends meet. With covid cases growing as well as lines at food banks lawmakers at an apparent stalemate. Can they resolve their sticking points . And set for launch. Ignition, liftoff. The new liftoff date for a Historic Mission and the final preps under way for nasa and spacex. The two astronauts ready to make history and crew1s nod to a challenging year as they get ready to rocket into space. Hey, good morning, everybody, happy saturday. Were going to start here with the surging coronavirus pandemic. America has just shattered the daily record again with more than 193,000 new cases reported in just 24 hours. Several state and local officials announcing new lockdowns, pauses, freezes and o
Virus. That state senator steve glaser. He said we need to limit interactions to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The east bay lawmakers is the spread of the virus is out of control and that tougher rules are needed. Today the u. S. Passed 4 million cases of coronavirus. This comes just 15 days after we passed 3 million. Here in california the state report a second day of more than 12,000 new cases. Sadly, we set a new record with 157 more deaths in a single day. We have the call to action from state senator glaser. Reporter state senator glaser says he thinks that Governor Newsom allowed the counties to reopen too soon. He says the governor should be putting in place, basically shelter in place restrictions like we saw at the very beginning of this outbreak to try and slow the virus spread. Californias steady increase in not just a number, but also the percent of coronavirus tests from 4 in may 2 7. 6 this week is causing alarm. A stronger shelter in place order is whats required t
In the bay area our analysis found that sites serving mostly hispanic neighborhoods were 20 busier than those serving white neighborhoods. Its not too surprising. Reporter hes professor of Public Health at uc berkeley. This country has a long history of disparities in health care and access to health care with poor people and communities of people of color having less access. Reporter he said one factor driving longer wait times in hispanic neighborhoods is that they a rates of infection and presumably eager to get testing. But two cities buck that national trend, we found. In San Francisco and oakland, testing locations near mostly black census blacks were an estimate 21 less busy. In the mostly hispanic neighborhoods, they were about 4 less busy. The San Francisco department of Public Health emailed a statement that reads in part the results dont square with our perception of the situation or what we are hearing from the community. I am afraid it is pre mature to declare victory. I a
Need and that includes links to testing sites. Just head to abc7news. Com covid help. Beingacross the nine counti there have been more than 43,000 cases of coronavirus. And that includes recovered patients and the current number of infected patients at san quentin prison. In california, there have been more than 413,000 cases. The state has now surpassed new york for the most cases in the country, but california has a higher population and has had far fewer deaths. According to Johns Hopkins data, the u. S. Has seen more than 3. 9 million cases. Happening today, Senate Republicans are expected to present their new stimulus bill, and this comes as millions of americans are facing losing 600 in federal Unemployment Benefits at the end of the month gentlemen b, jobina is tracking these developments. With millions of americans unemployed, congress is divided over whether to continue to give them an extra boost and there are more concerns as well. Mitch mcconnell is said to be proposing ano
The afternoon. So very comfortable for us especially with dry air. And then back into the 70s by the time we get to 7 00. Well talk about the warmer weekend coming up. And there is a rush going on throughout the bay area to get students the tools they need so they can properly learn from home. Today you will hear more about this from the state superintendent as there is still a Digital Divide in so many communities. Education is one of the areas that were focused on as we try to build a better bay area. And there is some good news because there is something that we can do to help. Julian glover is joining us with more. Reporter yeah, that Digital Divide, the difference between students who do have access to a laptop and those who dont, it is a critical issue and we expect the state of california to be announcing today steps they are taking to close that gap, but there are also things that you can do at home. Well tell you about that in a second. Again, the divide was a major concern in