Welcome, everybody is welcome and i am not asking for anything. Reporter the city does plan to expand in mid october. On october 15th, the Vaccination And Testing proof will also be required at adult care facilities and dental offices and pharmacies and home care. Berkeley is divided on the issue of having Government Mandate Anything when it comes to saving lives in a global pandemic. Its like segregation, its dividing the nation. If thats what prevents more covid spread from happening in berkeley then i think thats a price that we should pay. Reporter in berkeley, thom jensen, Nbc Bay Area news. Lets take a look at berkeleys number. The city has a Positivity Rate of about 1 . Thats considered pretty good. The winter surge, you can see 32 cases per 100,000 people. The Summer Surge and it went up to 22 cases for 100,000 and now its at 19. Possibly signaling that the city is on the other side of this latest peak. Berkeley follows San Franciscos lead in requiring proof of vaccination to g
Dipped into the past but was very present in terms of the environment. In fairness, michael, well let you have that bit of Analysis Andy Card former chief of staff, never off duty certainly a rebuke for politics, no question. He did have tough words for the way politics is conducted in this country in 2021. I think he was calling us to a higher position of respect in our democracy. I dont view that as chastising. I think he was really kind of being a leader and a conscience. He has introduced a new conscience to us think about what youre saying think about what youre doing. Cant we be better, people arent we better than that and he was always for that. Seems like unity has been the theme today. I was thinking about the indication we heard, everybody come together. You can view it as political or not political. I was nodding my head when i was listening, thinking, cant we all just get along its a perfect day to remember what it was like and also a perfect day to come together michael, l
Latest. Reporter when ida arrived in the northeast, it still had plenty of fight. We saw a horrifying storm last night, unlike anything we have seen before. Reporter heavy rain in new York City created waterfalls in subway stations and flash flooding. A City Bus inundated by water in queens. In new jersey, roadways became waterways overnight. Cars overwhelmed by the rising water. Rescuers busy throughout the region today, using Air And Water to bring people to safety. Were homeless right now. But were all going to come together, and were going to figure out a solution. And well go from there. Reporter before the storm slammed new york, it hit maryland and metro philadelphia. A possible tornado pounded the South Jersey Community of mull aca hill. It was pretty quick. Winds, maybe five minutes. And then just everything was decimated. Reporter a Fastmoving Storm that has left longlasting damage. Dan scheneman, nbc news. The impact of ida is being felt here in the Bay Area too in some ways
About 22,000 people are scrambling to leave town. That includes the casinos on the south shore. And Hurricane Ida trapping people in floodwaters in coastal louisiana shattering the Power Grid there. Lets start with the destruction in the wake of that hurricane. Search and rescue efforts continue after this powerful category 4 storm roared across the coast. Right now more than a million people are without power. So far, one person is confirmed dead. Sadly, that Death Toll is expected to rise. Lets bring in Liz Mclaughlin who joins us in New Orleans. Whats happening around you this evening . Reporter raj, officials are only beginning to assess the impact of Hurricane Ida. Here in New Orleans weve got debris lining the strees. A massive tree behind us in jackson square, a famous part of New Orleans, just snapped in half like a twig. And thats just a fraction of the damage that could be seen across the state from this deadly storm. A massive Search And Rescue operation is under way, a day
High, students show up with a first day of school with masks on. I think it is great. I think my kids are comfortable wearing the masks. Reporter meeting had to halted after a crowd of demonstrators demanding the mandate to be lifted and among those protesters there was disagreements with some saying no masks ever and others saying they wanted parents to be able to make the choice. Unfortunately because of 10 of you, we look like lunatic. It was disheartening. I am not surprised unfortunately. Yeah, it was hard to see. Reporter while everybody we saw had their masks on, not everyone agrees on whether they should be required. It is not just covering the face, but it is the culture of fear. Reporter Kourtney Cronin decided to Home School her children. I dont want them to be fearful of people and to think that they are causing harm to other people just by living and going to school. Reporter she says she has not seen enough data to support masking mandates for young children. The district