Reopened in new york on chris james reporting. Joe biden is calling for a nationwide mask mandate saying that it could save thousands of lives in the next 3 months. Every single american. Should be wearing a mask when theyre outside. For the next 3 months at a minimum. Every governor should mandate. Every governor should mandate. Mandatory maskwearing. The estimates by the experts are will save over 40 1000 lives. The next few months. 40,000 lives. Biden goes on to say wearing a mask is less about the individual contracting the virus and more about preventing others from getting sick and tonight more than half the states in the country require people to wear masks when out in public. Here in the bay area there are more than 64,000 coronavirus cases and 924 related deaths we are seeing the most cases in Alameda County with over 14,000 infections. The virus has also been deadliest in alameda. County with 216 deaths you can find a complete list of cases by county and city on our website kron 4 dot com. California lawmakers are coming up with ways to boost state revenue amid the pandemic one of the proposals rolled out today attacks on californias richest of the rich california. Rather Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains your telephone and democrats unveiled a proposal thursday to add another tax on the wealthiest in the state there is an absolute limit to how much wealth. One individual to accumulate while people are literally struggling to survive the bill ab 2088 would put an annual tax rate of 0. 4 on residents with a worldwide net worth of 30 Million Dollars or more those subject to the wealth tax would need to report all assets, including stocks bonds cash, private equity or hedge funds and other Financial Assets to the states Franchise Tax board which would then manage tax collection lawmakers say this would be a first in the nation law generating 7. 5 billion dollars a year they say the tax would be imposed upon the top 0. 1 5 of earners in california for about 30,000 people over a super wealthy. Who can quarantine on a yacht, but critics say this could push already valuable taxpayers to leave the state john cabal as the president of the Howard JarvisTaxpayers Association have the highest income tax rate in america, its 13. 3 this notion of the wealth tax i think is it. Stream with for ocean and what frankly i doubt people getting traction even as progressive as this legislature as lawmakers admit the proposal wont get a hearing or go through the legislative process before the end of session on august 31st advocates are hoping for an informational hearing during recess with the possibility of reintroducing it in january in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news time now for 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look over walnut creek. Triple digit temperatures expected in some of the inland cities. Theresa rodriguez here to fill in the blanks well. Its going to be extremely hot thats ever going to have an excessive heat warning in effect for most of our inland valleys, including those of you in walnut creek live look outside of San Francisco international airport. Not even tracking any clouds overhead due to todays warm air mass but for those of you along the coast are getting some relief finally with pacific and Half Moon Bay in the mid 60s, mid 70s for downtown San Francisco warming up to 83 degrees to get about 15 degrees above average. But we are noticing finally some cooler weather heading its way into alameda 79 degrees but widespread 80s for berkeley and oakland in the 90s as you make your way inland into the east bay with livermore at 95 degrees near triple digits for those of you in concord and fairfield upper 90s there. But petaluma and napa in the mid 80s as you step outside right now for your thursday night santa rosa still toasty in the low 90s so today were about 5 to 15 degrees above average we take a look at your microclimate friday outlook 10 to 20 degrees above normal downtown, San Francisco about 10 degrees above average at 81 degrees and widespread 70s for those of you in daly city and mont era el granada 80 degrees for your friday afternoon highs of tomorrow is going to be the peak of the heat wave and thats when our heat advisory away from the San Francisco peninsula coastline is going to begin burlingame and millbrae in the low to mid 90s amatil youre going to be part of that heat advisory at 95 degrees Mountain View 92 degrees for you and san carlos also in the midnineties with triple digit heat for those of you in the south bay. Morgan Hill Campbell and cupertino going to hit that century mark santa clara, not that far behind 99 degrees with san jose 97 degrees for your friday afternoon about 20 degrees above normal livermore you should be in the upper 80s instead youre going to peak out 105 degrees pleasanton not that far behind a 100 degrees there walnut creek 108 degrees in concord a degree warmer at a 109 degrees so very rare even for bay area summer standards inland low 90s as you make your way into the east bay shoreline with richmond 92 degrees oakland in the low 90s nap, but 96 degrees and santa rosa nevado a 101 degrees of taking a look ahead at the next 7 day outlook. Were going to continue with this heat wave with that excessive heat warning not expiring until wednesday night they get back to you, thanks for greece a chance to spend more than 150 days since the shooting of Brianna Taylor and no charges have been filed against the officers involved. Taylors family attorneys met with louisville mayor greg fischer today. And nationally known civil rights attorney benjamin calling the meeting with the mayor positive adding that he hopes charges will be filed in less than 50 days. We do expect. Charges to be found. Rather than later. But those responsible for the death. And the execution of Brianna Taylor. Trump went on to say that the actions taken by louisville mayor will send a message to other u. S. Cities in regards to killings like taylors. Jobless claims fell below 1 million for the First Time Since march 963,000 americans filed for firsttime Unemployment Benefits last week but the continued jobless claims number which counts people who have filed for benefits at least 2 weeks in a row that remains high at 15 and a half million. Coming up in sports. The fortyniners take care of one of their star players, how George Kittle became the highest paid tight end in nfl history. And after the break how russia says the u. S. Is russian Officials Say they have offered us access to covid19 vaccines and treatments, but that the u. S. Is quote not currently open. To those options. A senior russian official told cnn general mistrust of russia on the american side is to blame. The World Health Organization is now weighing in they say that the vaccine approved by putin is not among the 9 that they consider in advance stages of testing u. S. Officials say the russian vaccine is considered halfbaked and therefore has not peaked the countrys interest. The World Health Organization and unicef are warning more than 800 million children are not able to adequately wash their hands at school. Most of them are in Northern Africa and western asia that means that it maybe even harder to protect children from the coronavirus the w h o and unicef of launched the Global Initiative hand hygiene for all which aims to scale up and hygiene in response to covid19. Coming up next some coronavirus patients experienc months in the hospital with symptoms that just wont go away thats the reality for some americans diagnosed with coronavirus the medical community they are known as the long haulers in these patients are living a nightmare cnns chief medical correspondent doctor sanjay gupta spoke to one of those patients and his doctor to find out war. 4 months later. My stomach is not what it used to be ive been treated as covid for 97 days, im pretty much in the throes of that. They are known as long haulers diagnosed with covid19 but months later were still experiencing some things everything from blood clots seizures. I have a lot in iraq that he i dont. Control pretty much of the left side of my face and she issues memory loss. 50 yearold Michael Reagan had always been on the go. Rock climbing running scuba diving. And then just like that everything changed. When did you first feel sick. Well on march 22nd, which was a sunday, i woke up in the morning, i was unable to catch my breath i went into the bathroom and i coughed up blood. The game ended up the same day at Lenox Hill Hospital in new york city. At the time in the spring. It was the epicenter of the u. S. Coronavirus pandemic. I remember seeing structures come in with lots of people people gasping for bras. His symptoms. Dire my Blood Pressure was out of control it was 200 over a 100 and something lowery guys highs almost 200 beats a and i was gasping earlier. Fortunately after 5 days reagan began breathing more easily with the help of medications. He never went on a ventilator. But he spent the next 2 months in and out of the hospital. We realize that the patients dont really fall into the black and white where some patients are a second and take a healthy again and then some patients are sick and then they got him. Doctors each inch in is medical director of the center for postcovid care for the Mount Sinai Health system a first of its kind in the country focusing on recovery. For the first several months doctors have been just trying to figure out this disease. But now the longterm effects are also proving equally mysterious. If you have shortness of breath, were looking to see whether we see Something Like ask and or we see something serve pulmonary function testing to see that their specific organ damage. The reason we picked this town is because we need to look at it physically to see what the a virus actually does to your guns physically. The cdc estimates 35 of adults are not back to normal 2 to 3 weeks after testing positive. Still experiencing difficulties, breathing. Nerve pain or even memory loss and brain fog. The study of a 143 italian patients found that 87 of them reported having at least one lingering effect 60 days after the onset of their first symptom. And that was cnns doctor sanjay in a similar poll done here in the u. S. More than half of the survey respondents reported at least one of the 6, 6, symptoms occurring just weeks after being infected. Switching gears here for a moment time now for 4 zone forecast as we get a live look outside of downtown San Francisco. Our meteorologist mabrisa looking out the window what we say were noticing a lot of the tropical clouds overhead of what was once hurricane a lead above. We are noticing very muggy conditions making temperatures feel a lot warmer than what they actually are but fortunately, no thunderstorm activity in the bay area today and it looks like we do have a slight chance for your friday as well if any do for him. Temperatures out there right now widespread 60s and 70s along the coast of the San Francisco peninsula with 80s and 90s as you make your way inland. So overall today we were about 5 to 15 degrees above average with conquered in antioch right now at 97 degrees and overnight lows tonight, not really going to get much relief widespread low to mid and upper 60s antioch only cooling down to 76 degrees and tomorrows daytime highs, 10 to 20 degrees above average conquered in antioch a 109 degrees widespread triple digit heat for most of our inland valleys Santa Rosa Novato hitting that century mark san jose, not that far behind 97 degrees and downtown San Francisco 81 degrees in Half Moon Bay 76 degrees for your friday afternoon highs. Time now for schools. George kittle has established himself as arguably the best tight end in football, but he was entering the season on the last year of his rookie deal and if the nfl has taught us anything star players playing on the last year of their deal can cause some friction. The niners made sure to have none of that the organization will make George Kittle the highest paid tight end in nfl history, the team in cattle have agreed to a 5 year 75 Million Dollar deal on thursday kettles or received 30 million guaranteed soon as he puts that pen to paper this is the deal that the niners have stated that they have been working on to get done all season, but there had been some whispers that the 2 sides were far apart over the past 2 seasons kill ranks 6th in the nfl among all passcatchers in receiving yards, 11 in receptions in second in yards after the catch. I think its safe to say he has earned thats payday and one of his former opponent current teammate think the same thing as i do now. Kiddos kill man hes a beast and of course we we planned he still. Still work this and it was fun great as far as practice killings could have hes gonna make plays on the block best blocking tight end this canton tightening best hiding lead so. Its always good competition going to be not proud of. Really deserves in pain. Staying on the gridiron lets go out to henderson, nevada. Remember these guys remember. Yes, the las vegas. Raiders theyre plugging along at camp themselves. A lot of new faces donning the silver and black and this is a team that has an infusion of young talent 8 rookies got meaningful snaps last season and this year there are 7 more rookies who can realistically have a role. The raiders took a few steps forward in 2019 and theyre guys believe they can do the same thing in build off of that in 2020. I go fouryear contract and for all says. Always just focus on this or so. With us today you have to be ready to do was is there some new so for me and to be a cornerstone of this organization. Weve got a place up and down the line. And its a lot of knowledge through also just to be able to do so. Happy to express a lesson in a radio. Good ol raiders already a number of power 5 conferences have already postponed its fall sports season. But some commerce is like the sec are saying theyre going to proceed with caution but still play well if they do play wont be for any championships and cw president mark emmert said on thursday that they will not be fall and c double a championships, he said that all of the conference is postponing fall sports. Theres simply not enough teams to realistically compete for championships. The decision by the nc double a will impact 22 championship games and once the nc double a believe that championships can safely resume. Theyll even consider taking a page of the nbas book in creating a bubble. Its obviously expensive to do that. But were not going to hold a championship in a way that puts student athletes at risk if we. If we need to do bubble model and thats the only way we can do it then well figure that out. Trophies wont be any of them this fall that you look at sports back to you. Thanks jason coming up next how one hospital came together to give a dear california. We know these are challenging times. Rest assured, you are not alone. Weve all had to adapt. And with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. Together, we can save energy and money. Try closing your shades during the day. Setting your ac to 78 or higher. Or cooling off with a fan when you can. United we are always stronger. Stay well, california, and keep it golden. Want restand schools . Pen . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. Critically ill covid patient was able to marry his fiance this week well still inside a texas hospital. Back in july carlos munoz was getting ready to wed his girlfriend grace, but you came down with the coronavirus and had to be hospitalized in san antonio after a month at the hospital carlos did test negative for the virus, but he still struggling and hes not able to go home so carlos his nurse. It came up with this great idea for carlson grace to say their vows in the hospital and as you can see the couple happily accepted they tied the knot on that some of their family members were able to witness the ceremony in person other family and friends watch to be a live stream. Carlos is nurse says that the wedding seem to give carlos fight. Shes noticed a positive change in him. Already lets hope he does well enough to go on his honeymoon. Okay recent lets do one last check of the weather. Yeah, lets take a final check at Current Conditions out there right now still warm widespread 80s and 90s as you make your way inland. Some relief for those of you in oakland 79 degrees and you were in the low 90s for your daytime highs in downtown San Francisco, 72 degrees, thanks to some of that cool sea breeze influence, but Half Moon Bay. Thats a place we all want to be 63 degrees out there right now for your thursday night, todays daytime highs 5 to 15 degrees above average were in the triple digits already for livermore concord and only going to get harder from here. A 109 degrees for conquer tomorrow, antioch also in that century mark in livermore 105 degrees. So widespread 90s in triple digit heat as you make your way away from the bay area coastline. Thats why were going to be under heat advisories and excessive heat warning starting early friday morning limit your Outdoor Activity by around friday morning after 11 oclock all the way through 5 6 oclock in the evening because were going to see temperatures continuing to soar and then hot weather all weekend long. 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