that one cellblock. reporter: about 42 % of the prison population has been deemed medically vulnerable meaning they are at high risk for contracting the virus . like he s a bargain since close friend who is currently serving time at san quentin. we are very worried, i m hoping he doesn t have covid- 19. he is actually in a setting with all of these people and their bunks are very close to each other. we don t have the transfer of inmates going on right now. where is the concern? does it come with the employees going in and out of the prison gates? the neck is exactly right, you have to be concerned as the entire bay area. both our ability to infect the prison but are ability for infections in the prison to come back into the community. reporter: many inmates are treated a bay area hospitals under heavy security. then advocates and family members are demanding the governor grant more releases amid the outbreak they say prisoners with fewer than 180 days left on their s
a pedestrian hit in san francisco has life threating injuries. happened a little before 7:00 p.m. on hudson avenue. about a block south of young blood coleman playground. the driver stayed at the scene and the cause of the crash is under investigation. san francisco may be on the task of taxing sodas like the idea put in place last year in new york city. those behind the proposal say it is not just about bringing in more money. brian webb has more. reporter: two cents announced on sugary drinks, almost a quarter a can. the old fashioned soda fountain is alive and well, but the idea of a soda tax is falling flat with customers like chris miles. i don t know if they are taxes that would help the situation at all. reporter: sodas have changed a lot over the years and so have the people drinking them. two-thirds of americans are now considered overweight or obese with one out of eight now saddled with type two diabetes. the approach is similar to the approach with tobac
medicare. we ll have more on today s birthday with a look at why presiden presidents seem to age faster presiden presidents seem to age faster than the rest of us. captioning funded by cbs good thursday morning to you. i m erica hill. nice to have you with us this morning. i m chris wragge. nice to have you with us, everyone. a police some are calling robo cop. some people have different dna. he gets knocked down by a hit and run driver, gets up, gives chase, eventually caught the guy, caught him. we ll ask him what was going through his mind during all of that, after nearly being run over. the guy has a pretty good sense of humor about it so i hear. also ahead at home the heat that is relentless. 114 degrees in little rock, 109 in dallas. the death toll is also climbing around the country. this is dangerous stuff. marysol castro is in dallas this morning with the latest on the heat wave for us. we do want to get to this first, that massive nationwide recall of gr