hospital. that, by the way, happened to have covid as well. ucsf says 56 hospitalized children and adults have tested positive for covid-19 and its facilities in mission bay and oakland. that s a 7% drop from a month ago. statewide covid-19 related hospitalizations are up 40% since the first week of june. and the number of covid-19 patients admitted into intensive care units has increased 34% during the past month. phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. the cdc has added 3 new destinations including a nordic favorite to its high risk travel list for covid guatemala, morocco and sweden are now among the nearly. 115 destinations at the top spot for high covid transmission. almost half of the places monitored by the cdc are now at level 3 officials advised travelers make sure that there are up to date with their covid vaccines before visiting one of these destinations. back here in the bay, san jose s largest school district has voted to keep officers on campus for at least
one-on-one with an expert about the impact it may have in the bay area. we have made it to the end of the work week. it is friday morning and kris sanchez brought the sunshine s. you look like sunshine this morning. you know how it is, you walk into your closet. that was the first thing you saw. no, it is beautiful. we have a lot to get to this morning. first we are tracking a warm up for your weekend. i am grinning and a lot of people will be smiling. some people like the warmer weather. we will see warmer temperatures for the weekend as we take a live look outside at san jose. it is a clear sunrise with temperatures starting at 60 degrees. we will see our temperatures warming up quickly today. already 77 degrees at noon, the high temperature we ve seen for the past few days. reaching 80 today with fairfield heading toward 91 degrees. we will take a look at that weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. we begin with breaking news out of japan, the assassina
good tuesday to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. we have our eye on several key races, georgia, alabama and beyond. 2022 election lies are key in several of those matchups around the country. some running on those lies, brian kemp, endorsed, however, by former vice president mike pence. he is facing a battle against senator pe rdue backed by forme president trump. kemp resisted his ideas in 2020. president biden on a trip to asia, his first since becoming president. he said his issue on taiwan has not changed despite his comment that our military would help defend taiwan if there was an invasion. let s begin this hour with primary races in georgia and alabama. diane gallagher is in huntsville, kristin is in georgia. walk us through what folks are watching out for today. good morning, erica and jim. it is a big day here in georgia and the biggest race we re watching is that gubernatorial republican primary which has become a proxy war between trump and the e
driver s seat in the peach state against his trump backed challenger former senator david perdue and a showdown to come this fall with stacey abrams. we re in a fight for the soul of our state. we win this primary and dana: following a runoff in texas. henry cuellar is fending off a challenge with the backing of the party s progressive wing including aoc and bernie sanders. gillian: another big race is in alabama. three candidates vying for the seat vacated by richard shelby. a late surge by mo brooks is making this a close race now with three strong candidates there again a runoff could be in the cards. dana: that race is interesting to watch. team fox coverage. we re in alabama. and also texas. let s begin in atlanta yeah, georgia with mark meredith is standing by. good morning. there are a lot of notable races to watch in georgia today. perhaps the one getting the most attention the race underway right now to be georgia s republican governor nominee. incumben
militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. now, a white house official be the pentagon tried to walk back the president s comments, insisting the decades old policy of strategic ambiguity has not changed. but the defense secretary had a different explanation than the president when asked if biden s comments could mean putting troops on the ground. putting troops on the ground defend taiwan? our one china policy has not changed. we reiterated that policy in our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. cnn s jeremy diamond is in tokyo. this is not the first time that president biden said something like this about taiwan. reporter: that s right, alison. it s certainly not, and that is what is is critical to understanding biden s words here. back in august, president biden said we would respond if there s an attack on taiwan. two months after that, he said the u.s. had a commitment to if it were