I am robert costa of the Washington Post was welcome back to the postelection daily show. We launched this show just yesterday so you could have up to the minute news at 1 00 pm eastern. Im joined by Newt Gingrich who is a strong supporter of donald trump, and attorney general eric holder has been working on redistricting for years now with president obama, and advocating for democratic nominee joe biden. To to my network a bit of the headlines, paying attention to in the final days, and an that is the focus once again. And and going to broward county, i will talk to you about that and Voter Suppression issues, florida is in the 5 days to go, shows you it is in play. A new poll shows Vice President biden is ahead narrowly 51 with likely voters, donald trump is 47 of likely voted. That is in the pauls margin a. Pennsylvania, unrest, Deadly Police shooting of a black man in philadelphia, Vice President biden seized on the news in pennsylvania rising number of coronavirus cases, if you su
How interconnected these two areas really are. Our Public Health continues to show signs of improvement. Take a look at this comparison for the number of newly reported coronavirus cases and deaths in california. Both are distinctly below average according to state data. And take a look at the trend in the bay area. A yellow line represents a rolling average of newly diagnosed cases. Its continuing downward trend. Thats a very good sign. And one day after business opened, Health Officials say theyre closely watching the case rates following Labor Day Weekend. The mayor today said she doesnt want to turn back the clock and hopes the guidelines are followed. Lyanne has the latest. Reporter the salon in downtown San Francisco decided to wait until tomorrow to reopen. This is our third time preparing to open. After six months, we feel very ready. Reporter mayor london breed warned all businesses to follow the proper protocols if they want to remain open. We dont want to turn back the clock
President ial debate. This time we heard mostly uninterrupted from both Vice President pence and senator Kamala Harris. They squared off at the university of utah in salt lake city. Now the candidates were separated by 12 feet and plexiglass dividers. Senator harris requesting the additional safety measure because of the Vice President s potential exposure to the president. As we all know has contracted the coronavirus. The two answered questions from coronavirus to taxes with some occasional interruption. Joe biden has been very clear. He will not raise taxes on anybody who makes under 400,000 a year. Im speaking. Im speaking. The important thing is you say the truth. Joe biden said twice in the debate last week that he will repeal the trump tax cuts. We begin our Team Coverage with jay gray in salt lake city. Jay . Hey there. Good evening, jessica. Good evening, raj. You could tell this would be a. Different debate than the president ial debate last week. Psych the covid protections
Vaccine, which we will getlyso hehe capability by doing things that weve been speaking about for so long, the simple Public Health things that are not universally being implemented, wearing masks, the attention to keep distance, the avoiding of crowds. Here in the bay area were nearing 102,000 confirmed cases. Only two bay area counties remain in the purple tier. Thats the most restrictive in the system. Sonoma and contra costa are still purpose along with mendocino county. Everything else is now red. Lets get more from kate larson with what these kaleidoscopes of colors mean. Out of the purple into the red. Today, they moved into a lower risk covid gews a around bu st guard. California health and Human Services secretry says there are no early signs of transmission because of reopenings but the numbers could change. I will reserve final judgment a couple more weeks until we see how labor day data impacts those numbers across the state. Despite that, Alameda County says there will be n
Leaf the house. I wont go out. Today i was watching. It was about 102, so i put on my tennis shoes and came out. Reporter it was a breath of less toxic fresh air. Good enough for this older couple. Still not clear. I mean, im breathing. Its okay. Its sad that it has gone to this point. It is almost normal. Reporter normalcy for dog walkers. For the last week, you couldnt make out mt. Diablo or the foot hills. They were totally obliterated by smoke. So the fact that you can least see the outline today, thats encouraging to people. 260 golfers seized the opportunity to tee off when the decision was made to reopen today after four days of a complete shutdown. I cannot remember ever that weve ever done four days straight. In fact, before this year, ive never closed due to air quality. So whats the new normal . People and pets gradually coming out of hiding. More grateful than ever to be back outside. In the east bay. Abc7 news. Abc7 news anchor Spencer Christian with more on the changing a