Judge barretts for right, out of the mainstream views the generations. Her confirmation means the court will be firmly in conservative hands with a 63 majority, the vote could be crucial in deciding the fate of the Affordable Care act, which will go before the court a week after the election. Any objective standard, judge barrett deserves to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. The American People agree in just a few minutes, she will be on the Supreme Court. , President Trump is set to host the swearing in at the white house tonight, with Justice Clarence thomas giving the first of the two odes, this is a live picture of the scene there on the south lawn, you cant tell, but there is a Group Gathering for the swearing in and we have seen, for the most part, most of them wearing masks, and the chairs on the lawn, it is hard to see because it is so dark, but the chairs on the lawn are spread farther apart than they were when barretts nomination was first announced. Lawmakers say there is s
Restrictions coming to bay area businesses as coronavirus cases continue to surge this comes as state Health Officials announced. A new grim milestone today, more than 18,000 californians have died due to complications from covid good evening, im ken wayne and im pam moore, 3 of californias largest counties are among 10 statewide which are rolling back on reopening businesses and on other activities. An increase in cases and hospitalizations has forced Contra Costa County to move from rinsed year to the more restrictive read to year San Francisco county remains in the yellow tear but Health Officials say the county is more is imposing more coronavirus restrictions so that it can remain in that tier today, San Francisco mayor london breed said 2 weeks ago officials anticipated a covid19 surge and now the city is seeing a 250 increase in cases since early october. The fact is. The virus is spreading. And we have to make the hard decisions. Citing a consistent uptick in cases since last m
Purple creates where the power is shut off intentionally. Pg e expects to restore power in some areas by 10 00 p. M. 90,000 currently impacted by this power shut off. High wind over night and today will lots of damage. Branchs came crashing down. Winds threatening to spread small fires that started popping up across the bay area. One of the most recent fires sparked a few hours ago. Off highway 12. We have Team Coverage tonight. Well begin with tom in lafayette. About 17,000 customers have been without power since 8 last night. There were some fires but fortunately the winds were not as wickedly strong as some predicted. However pg e just put out a notice to a lot of customers here in lafayette who have lost power, thousands of people. That their power will not be restored until tomorrow at least. Because of high wind. They said they were not able to get helicopters in to fly equipment. To make sure there was no serious damage that could cause more fires. Also because there were not su
Certified joe biden as the winner. President elect joe biden met with mayors discussing the pandemic on january 20th. The effort got a big boost. The gsa administrator emily murphy sent a letter recognizing biden as the winner and president elect. Murphy explained because of recent developments involving legal challenges and certification of Election Results i have determined to access the post election resources and services describe tphrd Section Three of the act upon request. Well, i think today she may of stent to the michigan decision. It pretty much makes it impossible for the president to find any route towards winning the election. Reporter henly, the dean of the Golden School of Public Policy says murphy was following precedent trying to wait for one side to concede. That is what happen inside 2000. A decision was not made until after gores concession speech. December 14th. The Trump Campaign and allies lost 27 court cases challenging Election Results and a growing number of r
Im not running a false promise and being able to end this pandemic by flipping a switch. But what i can promise you is this, we will start on day one doing the right things. We will let science drive our decisions. We will deal honestly with the american people. Biden and his wife jill cast their ballots in wilmington today. Meanwhile, democrat, democratic Vice President ial nominee Kamala Harris held two drive in rallies in arizona. She criticized President Trump for putting the health of his supporters at risk by packing them together. Stocks tumble today because of worries that the pandemic in the u. S. And in europe will mean more restrictions on businesses and drag down the economy. The dow dropped 943 points, the nasdaq lost 426 and the s p was down 119. Early voting numbers continue to break records nationwide and if the trends hold, we could see historic levels of turnout. Our political reporter greg lee tells us whats driving the numbers. Reporter with less than one week until