Americans to actually get the vaccine. When they have the chance to do so and joining us now is doctor George Rutherford with ucsf thank you for being with us. Doctor rutherford. I have a friend a nurse. She says she would the first in line to get the pfizer or the moderna but not so much astrazeneca is that theory steeped in science or knowledge and well regular people who live here in the bay area be able to choose the manufacture of their covid vaccine. I think its i think the answer steeped in timing. The astors and a comeback see it is is couple of months off i would guess. I dont think side and i think youre either going to get youre going to get whats what but your provider has if youre a kaiser member for instance, its going to be what kaiser has well just have to go from there. Here in person you are first in line. I understand to get what would you be reticent at all to get the jab. No not i now believe it. Its 68 i i dont have that that much live in left, but i want to make
Stark contrast to most of the country now facing a new surge. Roughly 38 states have experienced a 10 increase over the last seven days of total number of cases. This is that dreaded third wave that some had projected for california. But with due diligence, that third wave hasnt couple. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dion lim. The bay area is also doing well. Abc7 news News Reporter stephanie sierra joins us live to break down the latest totals. Stephanie . Dion, 25,000 cases were reported nationwide each day. Now that daily average has doubled to 50,000 cases. Even though california isnt seeing as much of a spike, the governor was quick to point out today we could be there soon. A third wave of covid19 is moving quickly and broadly across the u. S. , but if you look closely at california, the r effective number, or rate of spread, shows it has declined slightly to 0. 96. In other words, it is considered stable. Epidemiologist george weatherford. We decreased the effective reproduc
To speak at saturdays rally, but the event was stopped soon after it began. Police say three officers were sprayed with pepper spray and several people participating in the rally were injured, including the organizer who was punched in the face and lost his front teeth. Abc 7 news iteam reporter dan noyes was there this weekend and has been speaking with both sides in whats turned into a national controversy. He joins us live. Dan . Reporter ama, the march on saturday was supposed to be an event at twitter headquarters. To protest the company banning some altright accounts but police had to shut it down just after it started. I interviewed Phillip Anderson at the daily city airbnb where he was staying just hours after a sucker punch knocked out his two front teeth at the rally he organized for this past saturday. What are we becoming that people are going to knock the teeth out of my mouth and punch me in the face and yell black lives matter at me. White people, okay . It doesnt make a
Night. Lets our attention to why it is going to be warmer because of the winds blowing through the north bay. The red flag warning that continues until 8 00 wednesday morning and it is very dry and going to get breezy and that means anything that does ignite could spread rather rapidly. The winds are up to 32 Miles Per Hour st. Helena. As far as our temperatures we have this off shore breeze and more sunshine and feel more warmth. Near 70 at the coast and a bunch of mid to upper 70s around San Francisco, oakland and then richmond. Everybody else in the 80s around the bay and even some 90s showing up in the east bay. This is the first of two fire threats this week. Well talk more about that coming up. Heres kumasi. Thank you, mike. Here we go, again. Pg e is warning of another round of Fire Prevention shutoffs this week. 50,000 customers could lose electricity as early as tomorrow night. Here in the bay area 7,000 homes and businesses in six counties could see outages. The areas near mt
Every hour on now and this is our team and not likes to keep me company as we talk through the biggest stories of the day so far. Well lets start with this one a thought a whistleblower has chimed in with claims accusing the wild chemical weapons watch talk of creating an atmosphere of intimidation during the o. P. C. Doppies investigation into the alleged quran attack in the syrian city of duma back in april 28th. The years are server the most stressful and unpleasant ones of my life i feel ashamed for the organization and im glad i left it i would talk to the mail given to invest of news website the grazer and project highlights issues of integrity during a probe it follows revelations by 2 other watchdog employees he stressed the same issue they also question the findings of the final report which in effect pinned the blame squarely on the assad government. Has been sifting through the evidence we like magine that these massive google organizations the un the un meth u. P. C. W thes