More humidity. You can see the visibility dangerously low around petaluma and your neighbors heading up towards santa rosa. That will be there throughout the morning commute. You can see in emeryville, its quieter as we look northbound there. How about lets look at these temperatures, there you go. 70 to 74, except for mid to upper 60s along the coast. We have rain on the way, even healthier than our last storm. Ill map that out coming up. Some major news about a potential covid19. Mo tederna revealing its vaccins nearly 95 effective. What is the health and Human Services secretary saying about this. He says this is something to celebrate. With todays announcement moderna says theyre on track to ask for fda authorization in the coming weeks. The Moderna Vaccine can be scored at normal refrigeration temperatures making it easier to store and transport than pfizers vaccine. This morning on gma, health and Human Services secretary alex aszar says there are ongoig talks about distribution.
Its monday, november 16, 2020, this is the cbs morning news. We begin with 11 million cases. The u. S. Reaches a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic which is surging in nearly every single state. Over the last week, the u. S. Recorded over 1 million cases, including a recordbreaking 177,000 on friday. Hospitalizations are also at an alltime high. Meanwhile, more states are announcing new restrictions to curb the outbreak. Reporter new covid infections are skyrocketing across the country. Icus and morgues at capacity, mobile units deployed in texas. A new crackdown as americans battle pandemic fatigue. We need to hold this pandemic down until the cavalry arrives. Reporter Washington Governor Jay Inslee ordered restaurants, gyms and other businesses to seize indoor operations starting tomorrow night. Also beginning on monday, the hardhit Navajo Nation will restrict stayathome orders. Well do everything in our power to keep our people safe. Reporter hospitalizations across country
Abuse claims against boy scouts of america. We speak with one of the more than 82,000 accusers about what allegedly happened and what needs to change. And a miraculous recovery of a hiker found unconscious on mt. Rainier. How he lived to tell us the story after he was on the brink of death for 45 minutes and doctors revived him. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. We really are in a critical situation today. You must physically distance when you cannot physically distance, Everybody Needs to wear a mask. The u. S. Has now passed 11 million coronavirus cases. You think it would be a good idea if your team would be able to work with the Biden Harris Transition Team . Thats obvious. Of course, it would be better if we could start working with them. Ill help them in any ways that i can. Now, im not planning to suddenly work around the white house. No cabinet position for you . Probably some things i would not be doing because michelle would leave me. Shed be like,
Scientific community. I think thats a bit of an overreaction. Now at 9 Governor Newsome announcing stricter measures today across the state after a troubling increase in covid cases and hospitalizations also tonight the governor has floated the possibility of a statewide curfew lot of people are talking about that as we say good evening, thanks for being here on kron 4 news at 9 everybody, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis today Governor Newsom announced that he is pulling the emergency brake on the states efforts to reopen our economy. As coronavirus cases surge more dramatically than they did during the summer spike and this comes as daily covid cases in the state have doubled over the last 10 days, 40 counties today were ordered to take at least one step back in the states tiered economic reopening system prompting businesses to depending on the county, the rain further limit indoor capacities. Take business outside or shut down altogether by tomorrow. My top priority, moving in.
With norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news on a potentially Game Changing vaccine against coronavirus, at the same time infections of the virus in the u. S. Are now growing by the millions. Tonight the Biotech Company moderna says it has developed a vaccine that is nearly 95 effective and capable of preventing severe illness. The company says with emergency approval from the f. D. A. It could start giving the shots to highrisk patients and healthcare workers as soon as next month. Well on wall Street Investors reacted enthusiastically, pushing u. S. Stocks to new highs, even as experts warn the country is plunging deeper into a deadly and dark winter for the pandemic. And as we come on the air the u. S. Has surpassed 11 million cases. Thats a million new infections in just one week. That is two million since the beginning of this month. And hospitals, well, they are reaching a brea