On the idea of a National Lockdown this is after a coronavirus adviser to president elect joe biden said it is one way to control the surge of covid19 cases, thank you for joining us at 6 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis doctor Michael Osterholm says that a nationwide lockdown would drive. The number of new cases and hospitalizations down manageable level while the world around for a vaccine kron fours dan kerman joins us live from San Francisco on what this could mean for the baiji zdan you hear the word. Lockdown and everyone cringe is it sure seems like we need something more nuanced in surgical for different parts of the country. Well thats what medical experts here say what we didnt hear just a few seconds ago was state medical expert in the bay area talking about. How things are bad in parts of the country but here in the bay area while theyre going in the wrong direction, what he did not hear him just a few seconds ago it was the fact that they are still no
Dry right now this is a live look outside looking out over downtown San Francisco in the bay but thats going to be changing pretty soon trump for chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow here with the details be prepared he out on the road tomorrow roadways probably going to be slick as the storm system comes by and well slick as they usually are on the first rain of the season bringing up some of the oils from the ground and certainly. It looks like the first significant rain the first fall rain of the season rolling on in now were seeing some partly cloudy skies outside some high clouds coming up above that is from that cold front that will soon bring a few raindrops the bay area see the very latest here with the begin to make its way in the pacific northwest. Some showers showing up there and you see some of those clouds already entering into california and how about that weve got a couple raindrops beginning to show up to just to the north most that is very light, but you almost blue mi
Of something wrong came mid morning. We had the report of 16 firefighters that were possibly exposed to Carbon Monoxide. Reporter the firefighters were assigned to the glass fire, but werent actively fighting flames when they fell ill. At an offsite location from the base camp unrelated to the fire area. Reporter they were taken to the fair grounds and were examined on site. Of those 16 firefighters, one firefighter was transferred to a local hospital for further evaluation, and all of the other firefighters have been released back to duty. Reporter investigators are trying to determine what sickened the firefighters including the source of any Carbon Monoxide. The victims were part of the same group of firefighters. It was an Engine Strike Team assigned to the incident. So a group of five fire engines with 16 personnel on it. Reporter firefighters are usually the ones responding to Carbon Monoxide which is known as the silent kill person symptoms include nausea, headache, and confusio
New infections is just over 3000. This afternoon, the president abruptly called off talks to another Coronavirus Relief package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted the decision saying the president is putting himself in front of the rest of the country. The nasdaq was down 177 and the s p was down 47 in washington the joint chiefs of staff and the top u. S. Military leaders have now gone into quarantine after coast guard admiral charles ray tested positive for covid19. All of those military leaders have since tested negative for the virus. They attended meetings with admiral ray last week. It is not clear how ray contracted the virus, but it is not believed to be related to the white house outbreak. Also today President Trump this dr. Gave a statement on the president s condition as he recovers now at the white house. Democrats want clear answers to what led the president and many in his circle to be infected by the virus. Reporter President Trump gave an update a day after being disch
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