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Im allen martin and vicki for joining us on the special election edition of kpix 5 news. Voters are turning out in droves. Here is a live look at the coliseum. One voter we spoke to shared what motivated him to vote in person on election day. I believe there are people in this world that wish that they could. And there are those that walk hundreds of miles in order to cast a vote. I believe doing it in person, for me, is a personal mission. Spoke with a good amount of voters in alameda, as well as richmond. And the santa clara registrar had people lined up for the doors opened. The Alameda County registrar is coming up with creative ways to get people to the polls. As you can see we are using tongs to grab the ballots and we had back the i voted sticker. Election officials in the south bay estimate 85 to 95 total turnout by the time polling places close. Kpix 5 reporter Andrea Nak ....
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is chair of the House Democratic caucus. He was joined by congresswoman Katherine Clark at a briefing early. The talked about the weeks legislate agenda and call for additional coronavirus aid. Good morning, everyone. We had a very emotional caucus call today, dedicated largely to remembrances and reflections on the life and legacy of john robert lewis, our dearly departed colleague and american hero, civil rights icon, friend to everyone, friend to truth and justice here in america and throughout the world. We had two special presentations. Professor meachum as well as don porter. Professor meachum of course is working on a biography of the life journey of john lewis, and don porter is documentarian produce the recently released documentary, john lewis, good trouble. Keep the faith, keep ....
And later, john lewis, a lion in americas civil rights struggle makes his final journey across the Edmund Pettus bridge. This is the cbs weekend news. Yuccas good evening, im jamie yuccas in los angeles. With money running out fast, americans are looking for a new coronavirus lifeline from congress. The latest on those negotiations and the virus straight ahead but first to a developing story. Tonight hawaii is bracing for a brush with hurricane douglas. You can see here, wind, flooding and surf are forecast to be dangero people have begun to seek shelter in honolulu. The category one hurricane will pass close to the island chain. And late today President Trump approved a disaster declaration for texas after it was hit by hurricane hanna. Janet shamlian is in corpus cristie. Reporter this is the power of a strong category one hurricane. 90 mile an hour winds flipping this 18 w ....
What does mayo Keisha Lance Bottoms say now . Firing lineth wi Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by. Corpate funding is provided by. Welcome to firing line, mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Thank you for having me. You are the 60th mayor of the city of atlanta, anyour National Profile has risen as you have faced more crises in the past several months than many Politicians Face in an entire lifetime. From the pandemic to these fatal shootings, both at the hands of polic and civilians in your city, to the protests that rocked your city in the wake of the murder ofeorge floyd. You are also considered to be a top v. P. Contender for a biden ticket. And so we have a lot to talk about. T rst, i wan ....
Kloots. What does she know, as Ghislaine Maxwell sits in jail. Whether shell cooperate in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. How some of the greatest cultural sites are turning to new technology in the pandemic to let tourists return safely. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The growth is exponential at this point. You know, weve been breaking record after record after record all the last couple of weeks. The staggering 40 out of 50 states are seeing Coronavirus Infections on the rise. Florida surpassing more than 200,000 covid19 cases. More hospitalizations, more icus and respirators and more fatalities. 99 of which are totally harmless. President trump told a crowd on the National Mall those covid19 cases are, quote, totally ....