Good evening, everybody. Im dan ashley. Thank you for joining us. Its especially urgent in santa clara county. New data reveals hospitals could exceed capacity by middecember. The county pleads with the public to follow covid19related rules and restrictions including the new 14day mandatory travel quarantine. Abc 7 News Reporter chris ngueyn has the story. Reporter the coronavirus rages on, a grim assessment this afternoon, hospitals in the areas of the county hit hardist by covid19 are nearing capacity as administrators scramble to ensure they have enough beds. More specifically the hospitals serving East San Jose collectively have less than a dozen icu beds available. Hospitals throughout the county are working together engaging in phone calls at least daily to redistribute patients as needed to ensure that we are continuing to provide safe and high quality care. Reporter with the growing number of patients being admitted to hospitals each day, county leaders are urging the public to
You know what love is on thanksgiving . I love you so much and im so thankful for you that im not going to see you. This year if you love someone, it is smarter and better to stay away. Well be alone physically, but we are spiritually together celebrating in a way that is even deeper. The story is, my mom is going to come up and two of my girls is the current plan. But the plans change. But thats my plan. Sandra and that grabbed a lot of headlines. Laura ingle is tracking it for us. How long for the governor to change his tune about those plans . We crunched the numbers, looked at time codes. It was exactly 1 hour 33 minutes for him to Reverse Course and change his plans. As others plans go forward others move forward. He is letting folks know things are getting so bad in new york he is putting some restrictions in place for some areas where those cases are spiking, limiting the hours of restaurants and exactly how many people can gather for their thanksgiving day meal safely in new yo
Were on the ground surveying the damage from the strongest hurricane winds in louisiana in over 160 years. Coronavirus reinfection. The troubling report. Nevada researchers confirming the first such case in the u. S. There wont be such thing as invulnerability. What it could mean for the fight for a vaccine. And march on washington. Tens of thousands of people fighting against social injustice. Families of those killed or injured by police speaking out. Dr. Martin luther kings granddaughter at center stage. We will fulfill my grandfathers dream. Plus human rights activist Martin Luther king iii joins us live right here this morning. Hey, good morning, america. Happy saturday. Whit is taking some well deserved time off today. The good news is that janai is with us on this saturday morning. The bad news is that we do have some shocking news out of hollywood. Actor Chadwick Boseman passing away after a very private battle with colon cancer. He was just 43 years old. The black panther star
The Police Escorted and protected the white nationalists versus how they harassed and prevented us from getting on bridge. Reporter in an email statement, a spokesperson with the Golden Gate Bridge district writes reporter but some people documented instances of not being able to walk across the bridge, even though they say they were not with the counterprotest. You let them go, but why not me . I believe you have underlying motives. Thats wrong. It was clearly racism in play. Reporter a bay area nurse at the bridge to promote covid19 best practices tells abc7 news she saw it, as well. Its just like racialized medicine, i witnessed racialized Law Enforcement at the bridge yesterday. Reporter izzy says the e. And therefore didnt need a permit. But the Golden Gate Bridge district says there is an exception that applied here. Only one expressive activity is allowed in the same physical space at the same time, citing reporter several people appear to be arrested by chp. Abc7 news reached o
After almost a year of online learning. In chicago, teachers are considering a strike tonight to stay put, to stay out of the classroom. In cincinnati, a judge threw out a Teachers Union lawsuit over safety concerns. The politics and Health Experts here seem to be at odds on some items. We have fox team coverage. Dan springer is in the Pacific Northwest where a pair of states are putting teachers near the front of the line or at the front of the line for vaccines. We begin tonight with mike emanuel and the confirmation for the nominee to lead the Department Of Education. Reporter good evening. President biden set a goal of students reopening for in Person Learning in his first 100 days, but so far unions are not budging. Today his Department Of Education secretary nominee said it is still up for interpretation. We want to make sure we can get our students back into school safely. Reporter he side stepped a question about the Teachers Union in fairfax, virginia, that all teachers and st