The u. S. Iowas governor is now reversing course issuing a statewide mask mandate. Stricter Public Health orders are also being imposed from philadelphia to california where governor gavin newsom said the state needed to pull the emergency brake on reopening. The action comes as the u. S. Faces 14 Straight Days of new cases surging past 100,000. Yesterday more than 166,000 new infections were reported in the u. S. , the Third Largest in a single day. Ian lee has the latest developments. Ian, why are Health Officials most concerned about next week . Reporter annemarie, we talk about super spreader events where a lot of people congregate in one place and the virus spreads. Doctors are worried about a super spreader holiday. As we know, next week is thanksgiving and its typically one of the busiest travel periods of the year because folks are visiting friends and family, but doctors warn if that happens this year, we could see a further spike of coronavirus cases on top of the current one
Good morning. Its wednesday, thank you for starting your day with us. A live look right now at the transamerica tower from the top our out of roof camera at kpix 5 headquarters. Thank you for starting your wednesday here it is june 24th. Im anne makovec. And good morning. Im len kiese. Great to see you, anne, and to have you with us as well. Lets check the forecast to startday. Mary lee with that. Good morning. Reporter good wednesday morning to you, len and anne. We are starting off the day with low clouds, along the coast and around the bay. Once again this morning, and here is a live look with the Treasure Island camera, looking at the bay bridge. You can see the clouds in the sky. Clear skies for the inland locations, concord, livermore, and san jose, and the clouds from oakland, San Francisco, and santa rosa. Mid to upper 50s, and around 60 degrees through the afternoon, and especially inland, we will see hot temperatures, and you can see 93 in concord, and mid70s in oakland, and