Crimes. The gun violence archive finds that there have been nearly 300 Mass Shootings, meaning at least four people shot at once, since this year began. Cnn chief White House Correspondent Kaitlin Collins is with us now. So give us a look at what we expect to hear from the president. Reporter i think, number one, the fact that were hearing from President Biden taking the entire day at the white house to focus on this publicly shows that the white house is wanting to look like President Biden is on top of this, that he is taking steps to address the spike in Violent Crime that youve seen happening in several cities across the u. S. So thats why hes sitting down with the attorney general, with those Law Enforcement agencies and mayors to talk about this. Whats important, though, is what were going to hear from President Biden is he is viewing all of this through the lens of gun violence. That is primarily going to be his focus when he comes out a few moments from now to address this. One
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In the days and weeks ahead, we expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths, and the number of affected countries to climb even higher. W. H. O. Has been assessing this outbreak around the clock, and were deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction. We have therefore made the assessment that covid19 can be characterized as a pandemic. Pandemic is not a word to use lightly. Or carelessly. Its a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over. That the fight is over, leading to unnecessary suffering and death. Describing the situation as a pandemic does not change w. H. O. s assessment of the threat posed by the virus. It doesnt change what w. H. O. Is doing, and it doesnt change what countries should do. We have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus. This is the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus. And we have never before seen a pandemic tha
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Rain. For the majority of us, it will be coming in later. The fog is here and drizzle is here. The dense fog advisories out and rain eventually drops out. It might take a while to even get down toward san jose and santa clara valley. Another system is on the way with various very high snow levels. Tomorrow, it will start to come down tomorrow afternoon and evening. It make it down to 4500 feet or 4000. For the majority, it will stay above 6000. There is a dividing line between the deeper moisture and fall, but if it doesnt burn off, doesnt matter. Visibility is either really good or not so good. The not so good is Half Moon Bay at zero visibility. Santa fe, two and half miles visibility. 60s for a lot of the temperature. The fog may have led to an accident and berkeley. We have a crash at eastbound and ashby. I want you to know what i can see at this area. I have the powell street offramp, and this is east body headed this way. I did see police cars going by with their lights on headin