Measures like masking and smaller class sizes are in place, but teachers unions are pushing back against the idea of opening early we want them to go back to school after Vice President Kamala Harris avoided saying its safe for teachers to go back to school if theyre not vaccinated House Minority whip Steve Scalise tweeted its clear the biden administrations policy is follow the teachers unions, not follow the science we obviously rely on science. And rely on our Health Experts in a Virtual Press briefing thursday White House Press secretary jen psaki reiterated the Vice President and president believe teachers should be prioritized for vaccines but not required the president committed reopening school 5 days a week as quickly as possible and his chief medical adviser doctor Anthony Fauci says the danger of Future School infections doesnt lie with in Person Learning were seeing it reflective of whats going on in the community. And the white house Just Announced one 0. 6 billion dollars
Joining us. A live look across the bay area, the regional stayathome order has been extended indefinitely as icu bed numbers remain below 50 capacity. In fact it stands at just 3 . The latest covid numbers are not looking good. The state set a new record today for the number of deaths reported in a single day with 695 lives lost. In the past 24 hours california saw more than 52,000 new coronavirus cases. The positivity rates over the last two weeks is at 14 . Right now the state desperately needs more medical workers at hospitals overwhelmed with covid19 patients. We are learning that almost no help is coming from a program that Governor Newsom created at the start of the pandemic. In the beginning an army of 95,000 volunteers raised their hands to help but now just 14 are working in the field. Governor newsom form the health court to help deal with the surge but very few actually meet the qualifications and only a tiny sliver had the experience needed to help with the most serious vir
Now at 11 00, a dire situation as california sets a new record for covid related deaths. The new concerns tonight from doctors. Plus, stay at home orders extended throughout the bay area. How some businesses are fighting to stay afloat with no ring in sight. If you are at risk or feel uncomfortable, you should absolutely stay at home. And, tonight, dozens behind bars after storming the u. S. Capitol. Among them, a state lawmaker. Is President Trump on the verge of a second impeachment . How it could affect his future outside the white house. He has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him. Now at 11 00, and streaming on cbsn bay area, a live look at San Francisco. And a grave situation across california. Good evening, im brian hackney. Im juliette goodrich. State Health Officials confirming a record 695 new deaths in the past 24 hours. Along with more than 52,000 new cases. Another troubling statistic. Just 3 of the bay areas icu beds are available tonight
Well, selfevident zero capacity. That likely is the case. I will remind you when we conceived of this framework, we are looking at projections four weeks out. We are looking at current case rates. Positivity rates. Based on our modeling where that growth will be over a fourweek period based upon the data that we will collect today, dr. Galley and his team likely tomorrow will announce and thats why you see on this slide the 12 29 announcement. They will announce when todays data is collected their projections over the next four weeks pivot, it is clear and understandable that it is likely those stay at home orders will be extended but again, based upon the data that determination will be made and based phenomenon data that needs to be collected today to complete that threeweek period the doctor will update you tomorrow on more specific projections. We see the greater sacramento area and the bay area. Those stay at home orders, the threeweek period expire on january 1 in sacramento. Wel
Capacity in san joaquin and Southern California, that likely is the case. I will remind you that when we conceived of this framework, we were looking at projections 4 weeks out. We were looking at current case rates, positivity rates, looking at the Community Surveillance and anticipating where that growth will be over a 4week period. Based on the data that we will andect today, dr. Ghaly his team likely tomorrow will announce. Todaysl announce once data is collected their projections over the next four weeks. It is clear and understandable that it is likely that those stayathome orders will be extended. Based upon the data, that basedination will be made on the data that needs to be collected today to complete that threeweek period. We see that greater sacramento area and the bay area, those stayathome orders, threeweek period due to expire on january 1 in sacramento, we will update you after the beginning of the new year. And the bay area a week later on january 8, and we will update