Reporter doctors saying he continues to improve after a delayed acknowledgement that his oxygen levels had dropped twice in recent days and that hes now taking a steroid typically only recommended for seriously ill patients in the hospital. They may be thinking that they can turn the white house into a bit of a hospital for him. But if he needs intensive care unit, hes going to have to go someplace with a great team. Its a very, very serious disease. Reporter at the same time, questions remain about the scope of the outbreak inside the white house. Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany and two top assistants today joining the list of several highlevel staffers testing positive. Even though President Trump is now back at home, you heard his doctors say that hes not out of the woods yet, and he is certainly going to need to be closely monitored because medical experts agree that the next few days in the course of any covid19 diagnosis are critical for recovery. Back to you, jessica and raj. T
Am giving the governor support for his leadership. These communities are devastated. Reporter the governor met with President Trump in sacramento also. The governor honed in on Climate Changes role on the fires. If we put her head in the sand and think its only about management. Things will start getting cooler, you just watch. I wish science agreed with you. It will happen, i dont think science knows, actually. Ideology should not kick in, its just a fact. This is just a fact. And we have to do better as a country. Reporter senator harris focused on Climate Change. Her running mate, joe biden called this a climate arsonist. This is our nation to take seriously extreme changes in our climate. The hot is getting hotter, drier and drier and Climate Change is real. Both senator harris and President Trump had clear reasons for visiting the state. For democrats its a matter of solidifying their position. For donald trump it was more of the photo opportunity, meeting with a major state gover
Heres to a chance for more together time. A chance to live longer. Ask your doctor about opdivo plus yervoy. Thank you to all involved in our clinical trials. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. I will fight. I will fight. On the steps of the Supreme Court, a second tribute to the Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, there to mourn hefrielabeth odernewteot datensrg still bell kreutz. Thank you for joining us. First, many are wondering about the potentially smoky conditions today. Lets get over to meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, liz. We saw the air quality yesterday deteriorate just a bit in the north bay and east bay to hazy conditions. We went from good to moderate. This morning, a shallow deck of low clouds and fog. Look at these pictures, isnt it neat . This is maybe 2 to 250 feet. Where it is shallow, were looking at of course the reduced visibility. But most everyone has good visibility. 69 already in oakland, 66 in san j
To sipriani boulevard. Well update this two situation as it develops. It doesnt appear that the fire is completely out, but based on the amount of smoke, it certainly looks like they are making good progress. As we get more information, well bring it to you. Back now to the problems with the edd. If you need to file for new unemployment payments, youll have to wait two weeks. Thats because the state says the two week shut down should help speed up problems with the system and help get your payments. Tom evacuation joins us now live with a look at some of the big problems facing the systems and how they plan to fix it. Tom . Well, advised that given the States History of making changes, the edd is making plans in this plan goes awry. The backlog has been grow big 10,000 applications every day, is over the weekend, the edd announced it will not accept new Unemployment Insurance applications for two weeks, so it can install a new system to speed up the whole process. This will process abo
Back on march, 1620 20 the bay area was the first region in the country to issue a shelterinplace order in response to the covid19 pandemic. But this is written. A 100 years from now everybody is going to remember that day that the that the 6 perry counties plus the city of berkeley lock things down it stopped. Literally thousands of deaths, although california is trending in the right direction for slowing the spread of the coronavirus doctor George Rutherford professor of epidemiology at the university of california San Francisco says now is not the time to stop being vigilant. I mean you can catch yourself on the back a little bit. I mean we clearly did a great job in march and april and into may. Little away from us in june as you know he is referring to the pandemic surging in the wake of the memorial day weekend. He cautions the return of that behavior could prompt another surge over the next 6 months which has some major holidays. We have a very clear example of how we can mess