Institute of Health Director doctor Francis Collins gave an update on, 19 vaccine trials in the current increase of coronavirus cases across the country, this is oneli hour. Welcome to the National Press, the leading professional organization for journalists, i michael freedman, 113 president of the National Press club and the former general manager of Radio Network and journalists and residents at university of maryland global campus and executive producer of the public broadcasting series moderated bl journalist marvin, we thank you for joining us for our virtual newsmaker event with doctor Francis Collins director of the National Institute of health, we are pleased to accept questions from her audience especially our journalist tuning in today ill ask as many as time permits, to submit a question please email headliners at press. Org, the National Institute of health or nih a part of the u. S. Department of health and Human Services is our nations medical research agency, the larges
University of maryland global campus and executive producer of the report, moderated by journalist marvin cal. We thank you for joining us for our virtual news maker events with francis collins, director of National Institutes of health and were pleased to accept questions from our audience, especially our journalists tuning in today. Ill ask as many as time permits. To submit a question, email headliners press. Org. National institute of healths, or nih part of the health and Human Services is our nations medical research agency. Its the largest public funder of Biomedical Research in the world and investing more than 32 billion a year to enhance life and reduce illness and disability. Nih comprises 27 different components each with its own specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems. All, but three of these components received their funding directly from congress. The office of the director is the Central Office responsible for setting policy for n
Orinda with more dan. Well this is literally the calm before the storm right now there is absolutely no wind at this point but theyre expecting gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour in this region and other regions throughout the bay area beginning tomorrow night that coupled with possibly triple digit heat has firefighters on alert. As the sun bear down on Contra Costa County friday winds remain calm with temperatures in the 70s. But come this weekend a recipe for disaster high temps low humidity and winds gusting to 50 Miles Per Hour. Looking at very high fire danger and as you point out. We got an awful lot of dry fuel out thats just waiting to burn it was last october when Contra Costa County experienced similar conditions. And had a fire siege, 10 major fires and 15 hours including one that jumped the carquinez bridge. Sleep with one eye open. Those who live in Contra Costa County have been through this before and are ready, we know or pc is and all of our personal documents and should be
Youre seeing red flag warnings posted there expecting to win 20 to 35 Miles Per Hour humidity dropping down to about 20 to 30 as we head into sunday morning, maybe even lower than that as we get into monday, strongest winds will occur above a 1000 feet in the north bay expected some 35 maybe some 50 mile an hour gusts, there humidity dropping down between 1025 so very dry conditions around the bay area. Heres the latest forecast on the winds weve have mainly a westerly wind over the past few days to bring us that nice clear now overnight tonight things begin to change. Front goes through and High Pressure begins to build in behind it you start to see that northerly component beginning to kick in nothing really strong just yet it will be breezy especially over the mountain tops and then as we get into late saturday night early on sunday morning that will be probably one of the peak of the gust of wind you can see those pouring in some of the red the yellow beginning to show up there som
The news station. Youre watching kron 4 news at 9. Now at night taking a live look over downtown San Francisco tonight, beautiful, yes, but we are bracing for a weekend heat wave that is expected to be felt across the bay area. Good evening. Everybody thanks for being here at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Justine Waldman in for Vicki Liviakis tonight, the hot and dry weather could put us at risk for some fire sparking again over the weekend, a red flag warning is going into Effect Tomorrow here we go this is a look at how hot is expected to get tomorrow. Not really all that bad but saturday isnt the worst of it not by any stretch. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is with us now for more on what the brace for large yeah, this really just the beginning tomorrow, yeah, not to bet is to get toasty inland 90s there. Then we get into sunday, we really start to crank up the heat near triple digits in spots inland by sunday, 80s a few 90s even and around the bay 70s even out toward th