Widespread virus transmission. Only those purple counties are subject to the 10 pm to 5 am curfew. Now here are the latest numbers from across the state. Or than 15,000 new cases were reported since yesterday. Which is the second highest ever for a total of over 1,125,000 cases. 43 more people have died since yesterday and the total death toll has risen now to 18,769. Hospitalizations and icu admissions are climbing in the test Positivity Rate is up close to 6 . We are just days away from thanksgiving and state and local leaders are saying we are in the midst of a major surge. Christien kafton joining us live after talking with officials who say the actions we take now will really determine what happens in the next two months. We are seeing an increase in covid rates throughout the state and an increase in travel, and experts say that is a dangerous mix. This holiday has to be different from years past. The rising Covid Infection and hospitalization rates simply make gatherings too ris
friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensity oper
As it moves forward. 3 to 5 as it moves into georgia. Well continue to monitor this storm for you. Dan . Spencer, thank you very much. More than 5. 5 Million People in florida are being ordered to evacuate before Hurricane Irma arrives. For days, weve seen roads jammed with cars and airports packed with people hoping to get a seat on some of the last flights out. This storm is wider than our entire state and is expected to cause major and lifethreatening impacts from coast to coast. This video is just in. The hurricane rolled past here and battered the turks and Caicos Islands with waves as high as 20 feet. Irma has caused the death of at least 22 people in the caribbean. Members of the Silicon Valley Air National Guard deployed to florida to help with rescue efforts. Most of the unit just returned from texas where they saved more than 100 lives. Danielle valdez and her sons are at the airport watching daddy deploy. Overwhelming at times. But were very proud of him. Eric valdez has bee
From right here in the bay area. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. No more flights are going into and out of miami and ft. Lauderdale. Hurricane irma is expected to sweep by the area in the next few days. Spencer christian is tracking the storm right now. This storm is frightening. Lets look right now at the image. Its massive and powerful. This was the path, leaving the turks and Caicos Islands and now the eye is moving along the northern coastline of cuba as a cat 4, expected to take a turn towards the northnorthwest tomorrow. By late tomorrow, as a category 5 once again will slam into the Southwest Corner of the florida peninsula and move on sunday directly through florida, closer to the west side. But still the storm is so massive, it covers its wider than the state of florida. Monday, moving into georgia as a Tropical Storm and continuing northward up into tennessee as a low pressure system. The rainfall is unbelievable. The hardest hit areas can receive 1
One of the members of the jury got sick and another one was about to leave the county. So the District Attorneys Office worked with capoot family and they decided to go ahead and accept the sentence that was handed down today. This sentencing hearing has been a long time in coming. Next week will be the fouryear anniversary of officer jim capoots murder. His family and fellow Police Officers came together for a moment of silence moments before heading into the courthouse. Im thankful that all of you guys are here for jennifer and her three daughters. Reporter video cameras were not allowed in the courtroom, but in this series of pictures, you can see henry entering. He remained stoic during the reading of an angry statement from the family. It is disgusting that he lost his life. Henry smith was sentenced to three life terms in prison for capoots murder and the bank robbery he just committed. The deputy d. A. Said smith went to Great Lengths to plan the robbery that ended with the jet