In southwestern louisiana, about 30 miles east as a cat 4 a storm surge forecasters say could be 20 feet deep. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. The rain is steadily coming down here as hurricane laura moves up the coastline or state line from lake charles up to shreveport where i am the rain is coming down steadily for the past several hours this storm has been downgraded to a category 3. Many concerns remain around heavy rain that could lead to flooding and the possibility of high winds that could impact trees and cause trees to fall and lead to downed power lines and outages much like we are seeing in the southern part of the state. Shreveport is one of the places folks were evacuated to from lake charles we are here along the riverside where folks are staying in hotels to get away from the storm but the businesses here are closed casinos here are closed. The cities in the area, the surrounding area, School Districts all closed for the day as they wait out to see what exac
Across the state received a notice the Public Health mandate must be enforced. But how it will be enforced is still a question. What we do know is the state is not issuing a penalty for those who do not come my. Ahead of the holiday weekend, governor gavin newsom announce ad new Awareness Campaign hoping to encourage compliance. Messages that we think can hit home in traditional ways, emotional ways. Reporter while the videos may spread awareness, some criticize it is not enough to solve the problem. What do you say to critics who suggest that psas may be great but its time for your office to get tougher on y imposinfi orter the reon ptily answered the wiheld funng to thosemand but it is still foggy. What enforcement means. Look. Were not going into peoples back yards to enforce it. I encourage peopled the the right thing. Reporter even Scientists Say encouragement isnt going to cut it. If you want to solve this, we need to enforce it. Reporter dr. Wit with Kaiser Permanente said there
Says he didnt commit. And the person who fought for his freedom. The Fireworks Safety tips that Everyone Needs to be reminded of to have an enjoyable weekend. Early today starts right now im frances rivera. Im cori coffin were heading to the fourth of july Holiday Weekend like we have never seen before cities across the country canceled parades and more businesses are closed as new covid19 infectionsrage out of control in several states. Infections have now surpassed 2. 7 million nationwide federal Unemployment Benefits set to end this month, some states are taking things into their own hands. California and new jersey have decided to extend them jobless californians will get an additional 7 weeks, while the garden state extended them for 20 weeks usc reversed its reopening as californi in cases classes will be mainly online. As the nfl gears up preseason, fans could be in games. They would be required to sign a liability waiver jay gray is looking back at states rolling back reopening
Rates from the spring to one year ago. And it found that when looking at the total number of patients who died, that there was an increase that couldnt totally be explained just by the reported numbers of covid19 deaths. Which leads to the question, at else caused this in and so their conclusions included that there were secondary deaths due to covid19, such as patients not coming in to seek health care in a timely manner. We learned today that labs across the country are currently near or at capacity due to the increasing demand for coronavirus tests in recent days. Your thoughts . I think overall this is a good thing. To my knowledge, the companies arent necessarily running out of the tests themselves, but its more a matter of the capacity that theyre able to process these tests. There are new results out from pfizer regarding promising news on antibodies developed during the vaccine trial. What do you think about this data . Overall, im cautiously optimistic. The data was one of the
Plus, the new power graby Vladimir Putin. Mmer scorcher. The potentially historic heat wave on the way as we gear up for july 4th. Newlywed nightmare. The couple washed out to sea and the dramatic rescue. Plus, the woman who claimed she was fired because her boss felt her kids were too noisy during conference calls. Good thursday morning, everyone. In the last 24 hours the u. S. Has broken another record when it comes to new cases of the coronavirus. For the first time weve seen more than 50,000 new cases in a single day, and the number of people in the hospital is back to the level we saw in may. 22 states are now pausing or rolling back their reopening plans. That means more restaurants and ek tmorning with man theres incoern ou our coverage. This morning, california rolling back reopenings as new Coronavirus Infections explode. The bottom line is the spread of this virus continues at a rate that is particularly concerning. Reporter 70 of the state now under new restrictions. Restaur