California reported 96 deaths yesterday. That is a significant drop from the previous two days. 9000 people have died statewide since march. Overall, the numbers are moving in a better direction. There were 8000 new infections reported for a total of 493,000. Hospitalizations are down nearly 2 . Now to capitol hill where the House Committee did hear from three of the nations leading health experts. As a Lauren Blanchard reports, the committee wanted answers on the countrys response to the pandemic. We do hope as a time, we get into the late fall and early winter, we will have a vaccine that we can say would be safe and effective. Reporter doctors tell the House Committee positive news about a possible covid19 vaccine. Still, lawmakers had questions. Wire all of the other countries defeating the disease and we are not . There was such a diversity of response in this country from different states. We really did not have a unified response. Reporter 4. 5 million americans tested positive for the virus and 152,000 have died. Admiral gerard acknowledged that the demand for testing is so high that it is only done results, making Contact Tracing more difficult. Dr. Anthony fauci, what role does Contact Tracing play in the states ability to control the virus . Testing a Contact Tracing is one of a number of tools. Reporter representative jim jordan went after dr. Anthony fauci for not calling for an end to the protest that we have seen over the last two months. He said that people should avoid crowds as much as possible. Should the government limit the protesting . Im not in a position to determine what the government can do in a forceful way. You made comments on dating, baseball, and everything else. I will leave that to people that have more of a position to do that. Reporter despite the heated position, President Trump tweeted after the hearing in support of both men. And washington, Lauren Blanchard, fox news. Chemical wall street, optimism over a vaccine sparked a late rally as Technology Giants powered indices higher. The dow is up 114 points. The nasdaq jumped 157 points. The s p 500 was up 24 points. Shares in apple did soar on strong earnings. Congress adjourned without extending benefits. Republicans want to cut the 600 per week boost to 200. The gop offered a oneweek extension of the benefits while the two sides work on the larger bill. A federal moratorium on evictions expires tonight. The democrats argue that they did pass a bill 10 weeks ago and it is republicans that failed to negotiate. The white house pushed back. A temporary solution to make sure that unemployment, enhanced unemployment continues, it has been rejected, not once but multiple times. First of all, they dont have the votes in the senate. Republicans are resisting more stimulus for the cash strapped states and cities. Speaker nancy pelosi and Democratic Leaders are set to meet with white house negotiators in the Speakers Office tomorrow morning. The loss of unappointed benefits will affect millions of people when it expires tonight. Tom spoke with two people that are concerned about what happens next. When the weekly federal supplement ends on friday, saturday morning, 30 million recipients, including more than 3 million in california, will fall on an average of 65 . Despite this reality, congress is not acting to renew the benefit as yet. That will do grievous financial damage to the recipients, and degrade the overall economy. Example . Rideshare and food delivery driver, omar, whose business collapse with the pandemic. I need to be able to pay rent. On top of that, i use the federal bonus on a down payment for a used car, to lower my monthly payment. I will have to make payments on the car. Reporter with the bonus running out, this man must now return to risky rideshare driving. It is risky even when it was just during regular cold and flu season. Ive been around sick passengers. Ive had that tickle in my throat. Ive had a couple of days of wondering. With coronavirus it is 5 of 14 days. Reporter mary is a salon receptionist. She has a theater degree, working actress gigs. When we heard that the shutdown was going into effect, my job immediately closed. That was my last day of work. Reporter that was 4. 5 months ago. Four months that was a fruitless fight with the bureaucracy to get any benefits at all. I just started to receive benefits from them two or three weeks ago. There was this whole battle of me trying to my account. Reporter she will be cut off from the weekly federal payment, as of saturday. I am nervous about the future. I was just thinking about that. I will be moving soon. My lease is up. We do not know what will happen. Maybe they could just raise out the bonus instead of just sending people off that cliff. Mack congress is expected to replace the 600 with another amount. How much that is, and of course, when, is unknown two 3 million scared recipients. The high unappointed rate means that people need food aid. We have the new weekly driveup food bank opened in fremont. Is cosponsored by the alameda food bank. Tricity volunteers and wells fargo sent 600 boxes of food to give away at the wells fargo offices on walnut avenue near liberty street. People can drive up, stay in their cars, and volunteers put groceries into their cars. The boxes include Fresh Produce and canned and packaged goods. Fresh food, we have vegetables that are important. This is very good. This community has been shaken by covid19. We are seeing numbers, we used to we 600 people needing food every day. The location will be open every friday through august 28 from 9 30 a. M. Until 2 30 p. M. Now to oakland where renters at risk of eating evicted rallied outside of the offices of a landlord group. Union members and others demonstrated outside of the Company Offices on telegraph avenue. They are pushing for rent cancellation and eviction protections. They say many people that were hit hard by the shutdown are now facing another fear, becoming homeless. We just got our notice that rent will increase my 225 in august. That on top of what we already know, puts us in a predicament of what we will do . If the rent is not canceled, how do we afford to live where we are . They are covered by and eviction moratorium. They do fear they will not be able to repay the thousands of dollars in back rent when the protection expires. San franciscos mayor delivers the new budget in the spending plan. It has been drastically reshaped by covid19. The cost to defund Law Enforcement. Reporter mayor london laid out some of the details on the proposed 13. 7 billion budget for 2020 and 2021. There was a 12. 6 billion budget for the following year. Her plans are shifting money from Law Enforcement to invest in the cities africanamerican communities. We will redirect 120 million from Law Enforcement to support these priorities over the next 2 years. Reporter the police chief said that the cuts were anticipated. He is at a statement, while the cuts are significant, we can absorb them and it will not diminish our support. Officers association says, as an organization, they support investing in communities of color. They say, they are concerned that by not filling vacancies, the department will be stretched thinner. The mayor said, despite the unprecedented economic fallout from the pandemic, this budget does not include layoffs. She is asking unions to agree to a wage freeze for 2 years to keep as many people working as possible. I want to be very clear, if the unions do not agree to delay raises, we will be forced to lay people off. We will be forced to cut city services. Reporter the mayor is also saying, just because there is a pandemic and hardship, that does not mean this he cant ignore long simmering issues Like Mental Health and homelessness. The mayor did announce the creation of the office of where needed care, aimed at getting those experienced a break and addressing homelessness. This funds 1500 units of supportive housing. This is part of the homeless Recovery Plan to move 4500 people from hotels, shelters, and the streets, into housing in the next 2 years. Reporter it does appear that the city is far from finished with his response to the pandemic. The budget does direct 93 million from the general fund to meet went over 2 years combating coronavirus. In San Francisco, ktvu fox2 news. Coming up, a teenager is among three people arrested for the twitter hack that access accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities, and technology moguls. We have details about the case. A hate Crime Investigation in vallejo. We hear from a councilmember after his Campaign Offices vandalized with graffiti, including a racial slur. The weekend is just about here. We are tracking a warmup across most of the area. We have the updated forecast, coming up. 100 laptops were stolen from a school in San Francisco. Later in this newscast, why the teachers say it could not have happened at a worse time . We are looking at the traffic. This is highway 24 lafayette. Friday night is here. We have a great celebration here. Ktvu news at 6 00 will be right back. Were living in uncertain times, but as californians well get through this together. If your income has been reduced or youve lost your job or your Health Insurance, covered california is here. We can help you find the Health Insurance you need to protect you and your loved ones. And, you may even get financial help to pay for your Health Insurance. So, if you or someone you know is without coverage, visit coveredca. Com to learn more or enroll today. We have new details on the massive twitter hack the impact of high profile accounts like barack obama, joe biden, and elon musk. Is a teenager from florida was the mastermind behind it. Graham clark was arrested in tampa and is facing 30 felony charges. Investigators say the hack was aced him to deal bitcoins. Two others were arrested for this case. There is a 19yearold on the uk and a 22yearold in florida for aiding and abetting. Now to vallejo where of vandal spray painted a racial slur and antipolice messages on the offices of the city council and overnight. Henry lee spoke with that man about his Campaign Offices being analyzed. He has more on the investigation. Reporter a racial slur, defund the alejo police department, black lives matter. Those messages were spray painted early outside of the Downtown Campaign office of candidate brown. I dont know who did this. I am not surprised. The rhetoric has in building. Reporter brown has been pushing for reform. I have never been called a racial slur by someone of color. Whether it is tied to the Mayors Campaign or not, i think people are very resistant to change. Reporter Surveillance Video shows a woman spray painting at 2 15 in the morning. This is vandalism and hate speech. This is an attempt to be divisive and get away from the issues. Reporter the police spent the morning investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. In a statement, the police chief said, this is a despicable act of hate that will never be tolerated in the city of alejo. Will conduct a thorough investigation and seek to identify the perpetrators of this disgusting hate crime. I do not tolerate any type of Police Brutality or racial profiling. Reporter s critics say he is supported by the police union. That is him standing beside the union president. I did not ask for their endorsement and this election, nor have i received it. Reporter when officers on leave. A detective fire through windshield kelly shah ahmad rose after mistaking hammer for gun. A former officer with the Department Also denounced the vandalism. I am very upset by this. This is vile and racist. It is uncalled for in our community. Reporter of alejo police say depending on what is developed, they could reach out to the fbi. Henry lee, ktvu fox2 news. We are about to change the calendar page to august. Looks like we will start off on the warmer side. This is not a major warmup. Temperatures will trend up a bit. Highs this afternoon were fairly pleasant. Highs from thi afternoon. The cool spot is out toward pacifica. Happened bay is near 60 degrees. Oakland is at 70. We have 80s inland. This is the plan this weekend. We start off with fog going back to the shoreline. Tomorrow will be warmer than today. On sunday, skies will be clearer. This is the satellite. Look at what is interesting. Over the last 4 to 10 days. The clouds back to the coastline. To look at this. We have clearing for portions of the bay area coastline, especially north of the Golden Gate Bridge. The clouds are regrouping just offshore. The current numbers . Concord is at 86. San jose is at 76. San francisco is at 62. This is the live camera at the Golden Gate Bridge. We are in the clear. Overnight, we start tomorrow in the 50s and low 60s. The clouds will temperatures ar degrees. We will look at the highs tomorrow with more changes heading our way in the five day forecast. That is coming up in a few minutes. A hiker in marin county says he was attacked after he asked a jog and where facemask. The 59yearold man told officials that it happened on wednesday near phoenix lake. He said while hiking with his wife, beside jogger approaching without a mask. The hiker held up his hand, and asked the jogger to put on a face covering, the jogger pushed him to the ground and kept running. Officials in Contra Costa County are urging people to keep safe. Also protect yourself from covid19. During the briefing, Health Officials said Community Transmission of the virus is accelerating. They did call on residents to follow all local and state guidance to protect their families and fellow Community Members from getting ill. Right now, 74 of the icu beds are full. We do not want to be in a position where we reach capacity, and people that need icu do not get it. That is what has happened in other places. It is really important to stem the spread, so it does not happen. Health officials said they are trying to reach out to those being disproportionately affected by the virus, including latinos and African Americans. The city of san jose is filing a lawsuit over the president s plan to exclude undocumented people from the census. Why the mayor says this fight is personal for him . New challenges or puppies in the north bay, and those being trained to be guided dogs are learning to navigate distractions and sidewalk obstacles. President trump picked up another Law Enforcement endorsement from floridas Largest Police organization. The announcement came ahead of the meeting at the white house with the National Association of police organizations. President trump has been critical of those that are calling to Defund Police departments in the wake of the killing of george floyd. Following todays meeting, he departed the white house for florida, where he is meeting with sheriffs groups. The city of san jose is suing the Trump Administration to have undocumented residents counted in the census. Is a the south bay would be shortchanged at the undocumented are excluded. Jesse gary reports, the mayor says it is personal. Reporter in santa cruz, a rolling caravan calls on Community Members to step up and be counted. Three dozen participants from various groups are making a five mile loop to the beach flat and downtown neighborhoods. They are hoping to sway the skeptical and shy that the census is worth their time. Is the mecca means money for the local community. Every person that does not fill it out, we will lose about 1500 every year for 10 years. Reporter each decade, the constitution requires a national headcount. The results determine federal funding and congressional representation, provided that the residents respond accurately to the questionnaire. And in a safe, easy, and important. We do not share your information in a way that it can be traced back to you. Reporter controversy, especially this month when President Donald Trump penned a memorandum to exclude undocumented residents. For me, this is a very personal issue. I have friends that are undocumented. I have classmates that are undocumented. Reporter the mayor is a named plaintiff in a lawsuit that seeks to block the president s action. The constitution is unequivocal. Is is all persons should be counted. It does not distinguish between documented residents, undocumented, u. S. Citizens, is has persons. I cannot speak to the actions of the executive branch. At the Census Bureau, we are committed to getting a complete and accurate count. Reporter the census Response Rate in california is about the National Average of 62 . The bay area as well beyond that. Advocates are canvassing areas. They set up the census kiosks, to ensure everyone is counted. The popup sites are a great way to find people in the community that are they are doing their civic duty and being tested and safe. They have not filled out the census, they can take 10 minutes to fill it out right then and there. Reporter outreach ambassadorship to increase Response Rates ahead of august 11 when the workers from the