The congressional hispanic caucus, has said there is a lack of latinos in the incoming cabinet, if confirmed this air will face the daunting task of leading the department during a pandemic that has killed more than 281,000 people has disproportionately affected people of color. Our other big story this sunday night more than 30 million californians now facing stay at home orders and less than 2 hours at 10 00pm. Those orders will go into effect for 3 bay area counties that San Francisco contra costa and santa clara. The order is very similar to the lockdown that many of us all the way back in march. Those counties now taking an earlier approach to governor newsoms order that requires counties to go into lockdown when icu bed capacity has dropped below 15 . Right now icu bed capacity here in the bay area, no hovering around 24 . Number of Health Leaders across the bay area say right now they dont want to take any chances. Thats why theyre doing this early. Stay at home orders will also
Of other couples that were outside the household you can quibble about the guidelines, etcetera etcetera, but the spirit of what im preaching all the time was contradicted and i got to own that and so i want to apologize to you. Because i need to preach and practice not just preach and not practice and ive done my best to do that. The governors claiming that hes going out to dinner only a couple other time since february outdoors and along with his wife on those occasions at the time of the dinner party napa county was in the orange tear the second least restrictive of the pandemic reopening system allowing indoor and Outdoor Dining at restaurants in National News tonight president elect joe biden making pandemic response. A top priority as he transitions to the white house and he says more lives could be lost if the Current Administration keeps interfering with the process Kareen Wynter has more on the president ial power struggle. Mincing no words on the Trump Administrations attempt
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.
Death by a 5th while Oxford University professor Martin Landry coleading the trial said this is a result that shows that if patients who have coma 19 are on ventilators or on oxygen are given dexamethasone it will save lives and it will do so at a remarkably low cost coleader investigator peter or be added its a major breakthrough doc some of the sound is inexpensive on the shelf and can be used immediately to save lives worldwide meanwhile stocks also jumped off of the u. S. Commerce Department Released data on Consumer Spending for the month of may after 2 consecutive months of record drops retail sales posted a record 17. 7 percent thats more than double previous 8. 4 percent estimates well in march it plunged by 8. 3 percent and in april by 14 point 7 percent retail sales make up nearly half of all Consumer Spending and almost 70 percent of u. S. G. D. P. Last year im. Can spent 14. 00 trillion dollars well for more we are joined by a tauriel director at the American Institute for
Telegraph radio used right before the ship sank to the bottom of the ocean well tell you all about that all right its time to use i. Fed chairman Jerome Powell is testifying before Congress Today on the health of the u. S. Economy in a current and post pandemic america hell be cruising in on the good morning news from the retail sales sector posting the best data they have seen in a while so for more analysis and discussion lets go to ben swan hes an investigative journalist and cohost of boom bust and host of news with Rick Sanchez Rick sanchez gentlemen good to see you both ben i want to go to you 1st have we finally turned a corner since the pandemic hit and also whats driving the market. Where. We got some very good numbers as you said in terms of the numbers for may and retail kind of coming back about a 17 percent increase in retail sales that was not expected and it shows that obviously people are anxious to get out and to spend and get back to normal weve seen some reopening yo