give qualified americans a $600 check earlier this week, but president trump says it does not help the american people enough. he wants a $2000 payment instead kron four s dan thorn spoke with a political science expert about the implications of the president s inaction he joins us now live in san francisco, a details good evening. dan. good evening, justine well with the president not signing this bill so far not only will pandemic unemployment benefits possibly run out. there s also the risk of the federal government shutting down which will lead to millions more being furloughed sam san jose state university political science expert tells us the president was weak and his negotiating and it is far too late to be asking for an increase in terms of the payments. the clock is ticking for president trump to sign the second covid-19 relief bill aimed at helping millions of struggling americans if the bill is not signed expanded unemployment benefits will be cut off as well as
morning allow probably more sunshine today than we saw from yesterday. take a look at some of the pictures here, here s the golden gate bridge as you can see looking pretty good at that vantage point and here s alcatraz with the city all lit up behind it as we see the sun join us but temperatures have been able to slide look at that 30 s up in the north bay there down in the east bay we have mid to upper 40 s, 44 any off 44 livermore little chilly in some of the valleys there. 45 meanwhile for san jose but here s the real deal. we re some doesn t degrees or so behind up there in the north bay that was the last place to see this cloud cover arrive contrasted with down south we re kind of originated which is interesting how this next storm system is going to blow on in looking at the fog will see some clearing of this happen as we approach the noon hour and get better sky conditions to however with rain developing tonight and into tomorrow morning there you got that fog particu
strategic plans across america to deliver those vaccines safely and these doses cannot come soon enough as covid-19 continues to devastate the golden state california health officials reporting more than 35,000 new cases of the virus and 225 deaths both numbers shattering daily records more than 13,000 people are currently in the hospital that s also an all-time record and the state s icu capacity is now at just 7.9% some good news though california is expecting some 327,000 doses of the pfizer covid-19 vaccine as early as monday. as part of the initial vaccine rollout the move comes after the fda authorized emergency use of that vaccine late last night. the chief operating officer of operation warp speed now praising the effort today calling it historic. for 7 months we have realized the greatest public private partnership in modern times. doctors scientists researchers factory workers low just asians and hundreds more have all come together for single or purpose. that purp
skies as severe storms rolled through the bay area a lot of folks getting an early morning wake-up call. this is one of the many videos flooding our newsroom from you or kron 4 viewers, thank you so much for all of it. you can see more pictures and videos on our website that s kron 4 dot com if you have something called the show s hey guess what we want to see it as well all you have to do go to the website click on the the reported tab which is under the about us tab right there on our home screen. and we could be seeing more lightning strikes into tomorrow, the national weather service is extending the red flag warning until monday morning at 11:00am and but to the bay area of course is under this warning with a red flag warning comes an increased risk of wildfires that could start near where that dry hits. and those lightning strikes the spark a number of fires across the area in santa clara county the marsh fire which is a total of 3 fires has burned more than 850 acre
at 70 degrees with 50 s for much of the rest of the bay area currently later today we can expect a slightly cooler day but still a warm onwith highs near 90 degrees to 90 degrees for some of our inland spots. bayside area certainly warm 80 degrees while coastal areas noticing a cooler day from the 70 s yesterday, the 60 s today talking even cooler weather for the weekend ahead still to come james. all right, thank you very much john time now is 4.31. now let s get back to one of our big stories this morning, san francisco restaurants are set to reopen tomorrow with outdoor dining but bars are not allowed to reopen for at least another 2 months. and now city leaders are pushing to reopen bar sooner throughout the city for percent of the sacking has more. we re hoping for. os that the city understands that. there are hundreds of responsible for operators in the city. that are ready. and eager. to open their doors and safe and responsible way anthony healy london owns several