Live shows all through the election. Theres something so great about having snl live. Not that i can stay up for it but i like that its there. We want to begin this half an hour with a check of the headlines. We start with the fears of a new coronavirus wave as the number of cases across the country gets closer to 8. 1 million. More than three dozen states right now, many of them in the midwest, are reporting an alarming increase in cases as the death toll has now approached 220,000. It comes as pfizer announced it will not seek authorization of its vaccine until at least midnovember. Heading overseas, some breaking news overnight. A horrific attack in france. Several people have been detained near paris in connection with the brutal killing of a teacher in the middle of the street. The teacher was beheaded after showing caricatures of islams profit mohammed to his class. Police shot and killed the suspect after he refused to surrender. In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers kept their p
Dollars in jobless benefits have been paid out to imposters samsung unveils a hot new outdoor tv that can resist the weather. Early today starts right now on this friday, good morning, im david gura. Im frances rivera. The country is about to face the biggest test of the coronavirus as more businesses open up for the memorial day weekend. The United States has confirmed nearly 1. 6 million infections and more than 95,000 lives have been lost to the virus flags will be lowered to half staff over the next three days in honor of the victims of covid19 the flags will be lowered to pay tribute to veterans. A massive testing effort has been launched on the las vegas strip. Theyve teamed up to screen 4,000 casino workers a day resorts are hoping to reopen by june 1st but no official date has been set facebook is the latest to announce that work from home may be the new normal. Half of facebooks work force could be remote within the next five to ten years. Salaries may be adjusted based on whe
Berkeley. Reporter hundreds of people are here at berkeleys Civic Center Park for a city sponsored rally. Were city leaders are telling their own personal immigration stories. I think about the fact that that couldve happened to my family, if they were a younger me. Reporter her voice, shaking, berkeley city auditor jenny wong addressed the crowd gathered just the on the steps of city hall. We couldve been rounded up and placed in detention centers. Reporter wong says she, her parents, and her two sisters came to the United States illegally from taiwan when she was only six years old. Her family became legal citizens in 1986 thanks to Ronald Reagans amnesty law. That is what i experienced as a child. A government that showed compassion for immigrants. And, now, we dont have that compassion. If ice comes into our community, we will protest, we will fight for the rights of our immigrant brothers and sisters here in our community. Reporter todays rally was originally planned to demand mor
Livermore, 89. San francisco, 76. Napa, 87 today. For those of you who battle a west wind, not today and not to more. Is plenty of fog but it cannot make it here. I think it will by late sunday into monday. And offshore breeze at hayward and onshore at sfo. 40s, 50s and upper 50s for some. We had a lot more 40s the last couple of mornings. There is our ridge of High Pressure. Its offshore. We will warm up but not crazy heart. 60s, 70s, upper 80s and near 90 for a few. I noticed the bay bridge backing up. It is backing up and we do not have light conditions. I think sometimes on friday people want lighter conditions and we can do a little bit for you. But at the bay bridge its busy and backed up for a 25 minute delay. Part of the reason is they had to close the bridge briefly westbound to get some debris. Every minute that bridge is closed come even if its for a couple minutes, they start things off on a slow foot. Things are probably going to improve. The westbound bay bridge, 20 minut
Congress to fight false propaganda littering social media. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with us. Im annemarie green. This morning the Weather Report for a lot of folks is bone chilling cold and a lot of snow. Heavy snow and freezing temperatures stretched from the sierras to the great lakes to the northeast. By the weekend single digit wind chills will hit the deep south. The snow and freezing temperatures making travel difficult and dangerous. Hanna daniels is here in new york. Good morning. Two separate snow systems have triggered blinding snowstorms that have led to deadly snow pileups in several states. The whiteout conditions and subzero temperatures are expected to last throughout the weekend. As snow plows got to work in upstate new york crews in ohio worked into the night, towing vehicles involved in a major pileup along interstate 90. Pretty aggravated about it. Im trying to get home. The Chain Reaction crash th