Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with another day of disturbing new milestones in the Coronavirus Crisis while the country awaits approval of the vaccine. Yesterday, the u. S. Recorded more than 217,000 infections and more than 2,900 deaths and over 100,000 hospitalizations. President elect biden said on his first day in office, he plans to ask americans to wear a mask for 100 days to help slow the spread of the virus. Debra alfarone is in washington. There is only so much the president can do. Is he can ask and he has some dominion over places where he can make it mandatory. Absolutely. We are talking federal buildings and any transportation that crosses state lines. Planes, buses and trains. The post thanksgiving surge predicted by Public Health experts has arrived with the coronavirus spreading out of control in much of the u. S. More than 217,000 positive tests reported on thursday. Shattering the single total set a day earlier. We dont want to scare
Doses ready to ship once they get the green light and speaking of green light, joe biden wants to go ahead and raise Corporate Taxes, he is tapping his inner Bernie Sanders and outlining his economic plans using terms like fair share and calling for an end to what he calls shareholder capitalism. We are all over that story you can bet. We may hear the president s response to mr. Bidens plan shortly, he will be leaving for an event in florida this hour. We expect he will speak to reporters before boarding marine one as he likes to do and you will certainly see that right here when it happens. You will also see very little let up in the tech rally, despite theyre down day overall, the big tech names holding their own with more record gains. Amazon, it is hit an alltime high for six days in a row. Not bad. Apple, not much of a pullback of the stays above 380 a share, same story for microsoft, not much of a drop there, for microsoft still at 213 box. Facebook is above 240, despite constant
50s for the most of the most of the suburbs. 54 in norwood. 59 in plymouth. Low to mid60s over cape cod and middle to upper 50s west of town. The satellite and radar across the northeast looks fantastic. You can barely see in bedford the fog is out there locally dense. Quarter mile Lawrence Worcester keene and e after that we rise out of the 60s and 50s and through the 70s. 78 by lunchtime mostly sunny beautiful and wind off the ocean keeps the coastline a little bit cooler today. 82 for ride home mostly sunny 70s at the coast sunset at 8 01. Lets check nonet commute and check on the commute. Reporter check out the view but the perk to getting up so early is we have seen beautiful sun ryes. We are keeping an eye on an accident that is happening on the expressway. This is northbound at savein hill in door chester. The backup is building and the drive time doubled. Its now 20 minutes from east Milton Square to savein hill. Now back to you. Right now Billerica Police reviewing Surveillanc
Some parts of northeast iowa saw rain again this morning and state leaders now are trying to get more money to help the areas hit hard by last months flooding. Flooding. Governor Terry Branstad has requested a federal disaster declaration for eight counties from president obama. Its not clear when the white house will announce the president s decisi. Congressional delegation has reached out to the president urging him to act quickly. State assistance is available to anyone trying to repair damage from the flood waters. A developing story overnight police in Charlotte North Carolina say at least 12 of their officers were injured during protests after another Deadly Police shooting of a black man. One of those officers was hit in the face with a rock. Protesters were shown breaking the windows of a Police Vehicle and destroying other demonstrators started throwing rocks at their van too. Early this morning protesters blocked a portion of interstate 85 before officers cleared the roadway
Catherine the group called art esteem has completed two of five planned murals in west oakland. All using an underpass as its canvas. The project brings together young students. And artists to envision and design the murals that are uplifting and help beautify the neighborhood. Catherine Oakland Police are looking for answers after a body was found on the street today wrapped in plastic. Catherine the body was found in west oakland just after eight this morning. On union street at twenty sixth. Thats a commercial warehouse area. Catherine police were not initially able to determine the gender, race, or age of the person. Catherine last night. Two men in killed in a car. Police believe theyd been targeted. Catherine the victims have been identified as hoang nguyen pablo. Catherine the car was found on Natalie Court near san pablo avenue around eight thirty last night. Both men were shot in the upper part of their bodies and were dead when medical help arrived. Catherine another inmate h