Coming home. A san quentin inmate who is up for parole in just a few months is dying of covid19 at a bay area hospital. His daughter now forced to make a very difficult decision tonight weather or not to keep him on life support kron fours michelle kingston is at san quentin with more on this heartbreaking story. Want to swartz is father has been battling coronavirus for weeks now he told his daughter with a nod of his head that he doesnt want to live like this anymore. My dad is not brain dead that he is there he just has control of his body and he will not back to want to short his father is 74 years old she says he contracted coronavirus at san quentin in june and has been fighting for his life for weeks unable to speak he listens to his daughter on facetime calls every day and nods in blanks to communicate the 2 of them are very close despite his incarceration there are so many people that are dying alone and so it is. The hardest part of the as of tuesday, there are more than 2200
The question is, does he have a defense for the actual charge against him . Plus Kevin Mccarthy meets with Marjorie Taylor greene as pressure grows to have her stripped of her committee assigns, the question is whether mccarthy is ready to take action. And a major shakeup in the tech world as jeff bezos prepares to step down. But does he plan to step away . It is way too early for this. Good morning, and welcome to way too early. The show that really just show that its delivers stay on time. And we start with the news. House Impeachment Managers are arguing that Donald Trumps responsibility for the events of january 6 is, quote, unmistakable. While the former president s lawyers countered by denying the allegations and calling the whole trial unconstitutional. In detailing their case for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office, the legal briefs linked trumps faufls claims that the election was stolen and his baseless efforts to overturn the resul
Another day. They wanted to hear from mayor San Francisco mayor london breed also in attendance at that location on the steps of city hall was actor and activist jamie foxx who addressed the crowd as well, i mean there their anger is still there about what happened with george floyd but now they were as says widespread as what we saw from say saturday and sunday monday was a little bit better and what we saw over the weekend we still have not heard of any new numbers in the overnight hours and were still working on that for San Francisco, lets go across the bay to open with thousands of people gathered at around 4 oclock in the afternoon at oakland tech. And this gathered momentum on social media and it was widespread i even saw on social media, they said show up protests dont create any destruction and for the most part that was pretty much what happened from oakland tech they marched down to the Oakland Police department through the streets and they were followed by Police Officers.
Rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds. There were some arrests that were made as well, we know one officer was injured. Thats a police say since these protests are expected to continue the Contra Costa County board of supervisors. Well decide this morning of a countywide curfew is needed for now the sheriff had just been recommending county residents to stay at home. Specifically after 8 oclock so that meeting kicks off this morning at 9. 30 so well have to see what the board of supervisors decides however cities across Contra Costa County already have curfews in place including walnut creek know im hearing word that another protest could happen here in walnut creek but no concrete information quite yet obviously were waiting on a lot more information as it all always stay tuned right here to the kron 00 04am morning news online walnut creek Sarah Stinson back to you all right still a very fluid situation. Sarah. Thanks a lot for that report from the inspector rob, him. Were a
Bay and fog getting thicker around Half Moon Bay and visibility less than 200 feet and we need to be careful there. Breezes shooting through the san bruno gap and they will pick up south of the bay bridge this afternoon and it will clear all these clouds youre seeing this morning. Remember, we talked about how the clouds would come back and they kept us milder. 54 in the east bay hills and most of us in the mid to upper 40s and well stay around 60 at the coast and bay and inland neighborhoods by noon and warmer than average and well take a look at the next. Live news desk update. Its a question that is weighing on many peoples minds right now, when will businesses be allowed to reopen. At the live desk, looking at where some states stand on the issue right now. You saw governor newsoms press conference yesterday at noon and heard all those details. Governor newsom said its too early to set a timeline on opening nonessential businesses. Due to the current situation, we are not prepared