Go ahead get those windows wide open. Let the cool air in before yet another hot afternoon just around the corner. Daytime highs are going to be climbing. Well back into the 90s for inland spots with 60s 70s along the coast in the bay. James all right john, thank you now lets get to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic one day after Governor Newsom gave his warning about a spike in covid19 cases the state actually saw its highest singleday total of coronavirus cases since this pandemic began. There were more than 5,000 new coronavirus cases yesterday. Heres a look at how the numbers shake out across the state were looking at more than a 191,000 confirmed cases of covid19 with more than 5600 deaths here in the bay area. Were now topping more than 20,000 confirmed cases with more than 500 confirmed deaths. Alameda county also reporting the most new cases in the past 24 hours with more than 250 new cases on their books kron fours reyna harvey live in Alameda County now with details on t
Is laid to rest. Dont stop until it matters that dignity, justice, and equity are a reality for all black lives. What mlks daughter had to say to his children. No crime. The fbi finds nascars Bubba Wallace was not the target of that noose hanging in his talladega garage stall finding it had been there for months. Wallace reacting overnight. Whether it was tied in 2019 or whatever, it was a noose. And this morning wallace is with us for an interview. Sound familiar . Complaints of illegal fireworks skyrocketing from coast to coast. It goes on all night. Why its happening and what cities are doing to crack down. All that plus play ball. The Major League Baseball season finally gets the green light. Training camps opening next week. The first game set for next month, and legions of thrilled fans are on deck. Today, wednesday, june 24th, 2020. This is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a live in rockefeller plaza. And morning, everybody. Welcome to today on this we
Getting tested, so the Positivity Rate is just above 5 . The governor implored californians to help protect each other. I dont care what your political stripe is or background is, Everybody Needs to be loved and everybody loves. So you know what . Everybody cares about somebody. And somebody else. If thats the case, demonstrate it. Reporter as far as hospital capacity, the covid19 cases account for 8 in the state and 30 of i. C. U. Beds are filled with coronavirus patients. We have more Surge Capacity for the hospitals if necessary. And theyre ramping up Contact Tracing and on track to have the goal of 10,000 contact tracers trained by july 1st. Back to you. Thank you. And the governor noted the importance of Early Warning systems after a 5. 8 magnitude quake jolted the eastern sierra. Some of you may have gotten the alerts. Reports came in around 10 40 mt. Ande are hours awa from a vote that could end policing in Oakland Schools. Theres a rally right now in front of the Administration
Which is why do we have police . Is it plus we are students of color . Oar she wants to have a good solution to put them at ease. I dont think they understand the effect of that uniform, that baton. The Oakland School board member said 6 million would go back into the general fund and would be used toward student services. Today at the board of education meeting, members believe it will past. Ousd is moving in the right direction. Reporter it could include security cameras, gates that lock and trained peacekeepers. She said police at schools give a false sense of security. You cant get officers to 84 schools if theres an incident going on all over the place. We already had to rely on city police, so this isnt anything new. Reporter tony thurman launched a program to get more on the impact of police on schools. When police are on campus, this results in more suspensions and arrests and specifically africanamerican students and students of color. Reporter thurman wants Clear Alternatives
We cannot continue to do what we have done for the last number of weeks. There is counties continue to reopen, the governor pleaded with californians to take covid 19 seriously. There is a surgeon hospitalizations and icu patients. The state performed a record 96,000 tests with the positivity road rose to 5. 1 . We have seen increased numbers and a lot of those numbers reflected in the bay area. That is part of the state that has moved into this new phase. Reporter the governor appointed to memorial day and statewide protest. The state remains confident in its preparation. We crushed the curve. We made it Crystal Clear when we did that. We never experienced the big spike where we were not prepared for an increase. Reporter the governor threatened to withhold relief funding for counties that would not comply with the reopening criteria including a new face mask order. We are going to attach consequences to that. It simply will not flow to those counties. Reporter the message is not sitt