Postmaster general, who was appointed by President Trump, president defended his could mean problems with mailin postmaster general, louis dejoy. Ballots. On saturday the president , without evidence, claimed louis is working very hard. Mailin voting to be, quote, reporter dejoy is under fire catastrophic. For an overhaul that led to mail all of it coming as we learn of a loss in the president s family. His brother, robert, passing delays, cut backs on worker away overnight. Overtime and removal of mail well have more in a live report just ahead. To discourage nt and mailboxes. Well also preview the Democratic National convention and talk about some interesting new poll numbers with chuck todd. Then our sunday focus. With more than 150 coronavirus mailin voting . Are you trying to discourage no, not at all. Vaccines being developed right the steps that hes taking are now, how soon, if ever, will we trying to stop the tremendous actually see one that can get losses that have taken place
From the nations capital. Odonneodning and thank you for joining u deam coronavirus closing in on 150,000 americans, it now,a peers the outbreak is growing so rapidly nationwide, nearly half of all states are in what the white house calls the red zone. In a new report given to governors this week, but not released publicly, the president s Coronavirus Task force says the infection rate in 21 states is so high that they should begin reimposing restrictions. This is even as the president is publicly calling on governors to reopen. Now, nowhere is that more obious than in florida where tonight the state has reached its highest singleday death toll since the crisis began. And in yet more ominous evidence that the pandemic shows no sign of slowing down, dr. Deborah birx, the administrations coronavirus coordinator, says virus is again moving north, and shes now encouraging more states, including virginia, to limit Indoor Dining and shut down bar service. Tonight, major lbeabl i shutting dow
Else to beat still out. Thats going to be tough but what what we do have today is definitely going to be one of our hottest ones of the forecast if not the hottest day for many areas so not going to be comfortable one the shelterinplace only complicates things more a lot of times you have a lot of cool options to get yourselves to want to be such today. One of those are pretty limited downside say watch out for your neighbor, if you know someone is a bit more susceptible to the he doesnt have a c keep a close eye out for him do everything that you can that maybe help them out as we make our way into this afternoon as of right now were still comfortable though lots of clear skies across the bay area and comfortable temperatures looks great an area that is actually going to be encouraged by sri again this afternoon peach areas on the map heat advisories back in effect while in chic are excessive heat warnings back and clay temperatures right now are still nice and comfortable 50s and 60s
That could be delay ad little bit. May 15th, on time could be pushed back a little bit for presumably that portion of new york. He doesnt spell it out. The fact that he was talking about maybe having the state sort of bifurcate a little bit open up sooner up state than down state, saying the may 15th deadline is moving target for down state that includes the worlds Financial Center and that is going to be a big issue. Well see how all of that goes. Well hear very soon from new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Remember new york, and new jersey, much like connecticut, pennsylvania, massachusetts, rhode island, and delaware are among those states that will sort staffinger in kind if you will. Theyre keeping to the same rough schedule. Whether the garden state, which is the most densely populated state in the country subscribes to the same rules as new york might be considering is anyones guess. New jersey, like neighboring connecticut and new york, opening up many of its marinas. Keep with th
San francisco and san mateo counties easing restrictions on retailers a lot more details coming up in a live report. Thanks for joining world start with the breaking news, which is the deadly accident 4 people were killed in a single car crash. On highway 85 in san jose, the sole survivor is the driver who was arrested for dui kron fours will tran has been reporting live from the scene all morning long is everything clear yet will. No it is not clear that all we are 9 hours into this accident and they dont expected to be cleared until at least well past 9 oclock this morning i am literally duryea standing on southbound 85 which of course would be dangerous it in any situation. But this morning. It is safe for me because they literally shut down this stretch of freeway to allow the investigators to do their job you can see just how big this scene is to tow trucks on the side of the road there that car the suv still over there on the left side of your screen its pretty close to the Cente