Partnership with the new england journal of massachusetts. Here we are days away from the close of 2020 and we are at an inflection point. While the news around vaccines are promising the daytoday headlines are as grim as they have ever been. An american is dying of covid19 every 90 seconds and we have recorded 4 million new covid19 cases in november and more than 1 million cases in december just nine days into this month. Covid19 has just passed Heart Disease as the number one killer of americans. As of this morning more than 286,000 americans have died due to covid19 and in just one day, just one day yesterday, we lost 2600 of our fellow americans to covid19. To put those numbers into context we are experiencing a tragedy on the scale of pearl harbor every single day, right here at home. From an Economic Security standpoint we are facing the greatest threat to Value Creation since world war ii. If there were ever any doubt about the seriousness of this virus these facts should cast t
Through loud and clear, if it hasnt already, the extent of the January 6th Riot On Capitol Hill and the former president s role in all of it. An Impeachment Trial Set to start in just three days time, but Donald Trumps lawyer says that he has found the real villains in all of this. The democrats. Theres an awful lot of tape of cities burning and courthouses being attacked and federal agents being assaulted by rioters in the street cheered on by democrats throughout the country, and many of them in washington using, really, the most inflammatory rhetoric its possible to use. When you have the president of the United States give a speech and he says you should peacefully make your thinking known to the people in congress, hes All Of A Sudden a villain. So, while the previous president s preparing to defend the indefensible, the current one is trying to solve the crisis that he left behind. From new efforts to get more vaccines to all americans to the push for covid relief, President Bide
Has burned at least 150 acres so far. Chopper 5 flew over the area. The attack from the ground and air. No evacuations have been ordered but we have been told one structure has been threatened. Chopper 5 was overhead and try to keep the flames from creeping near one of the few homes in the area and we are monitoring the situation and we have an update on kpix 5 news at 11 00. Right now tension tonight within the San Francisco police department. The union is pushing back against new black lives matter posters. Good evening i am veronica de la cruz. In San Francisco with the story tonight. Reporter new posters would have to be 32 inches by 24. Each Police Station including the one by me would have to display the posters in an area where people coming into the building would be able to see it. That is not sitting well with the rankandfiles union. Large murals featuring black lives matter painted on city streets. In front of houses. We are not doing anything illegal. Electrified confrontat
Least one structure is threatened. Chopper 5 on the way to the scene, we will get you more as we get it. Our meteorologists paul heggen is standing by. What can you tell us about conditions in altamont, a little breezy this afternoon . Yeah the wind picked up in the last hour or slow slightly. It was at 15 Miles Per Hour the last time we checked on the wind map and now is 18 Miles Per Hour around livermore. You go east of livermore and they had wildfire there just over a week ago and now is the same area that has a slightly heightened fire danger because the wind has to accelerate a little bit. The wind in that spot likely in the 2020 mileperhour range. It is enough to fan the flames. Also if you notice some smoke or haze overhead it is because of some larger fires down to our south. The worst of it just outside of our counties, but you can see where that smoke and that hayes is much more prevalent. Of course this is just the beginning of the fire season. Our overall fire danger is not
They want firstdegree murder charges. The former Minneapolis Police officer seen on video kneeling on George Floyds neck taken into custody accused of murder. He is being charged with third degree murder in the death of a black man. We have never charged a case in that kind of timeframe. We could only charge a case when we have sufficient evidence to prove the case without a reasonable doubt. Floyd was nonresponsive for nearly 3 minutes before floyd was down. Provide the order. They promised swift justice well standing for peaceful demonstration. I refuse to have it take away the attention of what we need to work on. Fundamental racism that allows a man to be held down in broad daylight. After activists including al sharpton called for the rest and conviction of all four officers at the scene. Floyd repeatedly said i cant breathe. We have a way to get justice. We are not asking for anything but what is right. We will use our platform i will use everything i have to get a conviction. It