That we saw over the summer in july. Weve talked so much about the twindemic, that covid surge combined with flu season. This could overwhelm hospitals in a matter of weeks, and despite the gloomy outlook, many local Health Leaders are feeling much more confident this time around. Here is nbc bay areas anousha rasta. Reporter if the latest surge in covid19 cases wasnt bad enough, now hospital workers and Health Care Workers need to worry about the looming flu season as well. We have been preparing for capacity. Making sure that we have equipment and supplies and just making sure that our protocols are in place to keep our patients safe as well as our Health Care Workers. Reporter dr. Sam shen is an emergency medicine doctor at Stanford Health cares palo alto campus and tells me he thinks the team and the hospital are ready to face a surge in covid patients. Should we hit a surge scenario, you know, we have prepared different backup plans. We have a scenario to manage surges and then we
Supreme court, thousands gathered for a second night to pay tribute to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. There to mourn her friend and lead the crowd in a chant was senator elizabeth warren. She is just one of many lawmakers, tonight, now debating when ginsburgs seat will be filled. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. Ginsburg died yesterday at age 87 from complications from pain kr pancreatic cancer. The justice was longknown for being an advocate of womens rights and civility. Abcs Carina Mitchell has more. Reporter outside the Supreme Court, lawyers gathering to pay tribute to Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. A popculture icon, who became known as the notorious rbg. Even though people talk about her as being tiny. She actually is at least tenfeet tall, and looms over all of us in her energy and force and determination. Reporter the battle to fill her seat already underway. Joe biden tweeting the Supreme Court is on the ballot. And the outcome
In cramlington and a 35 year old man has been arrested in oldham in greater manchester, after a 42 year old woman and her 15 year old son died in another incident. While millions of motorists have been on the roads this weekend with the met Office Warning of the risk of flying debns warning of the risk of flying debris and power cuts too, as wind gusts get up to 70 miles an hourin wind gusts get up to 70 miles an hour in parts of scotland and Northern England, many rail passengers have also faced delays in dealing with delays and cancellations due to engineering works. The number of engineering works. The number of people shopping this Christmas Eve is down by 20. 6 when compared to last year. Thats according to the latest data analysis. Experts say that the cost of living crisis and sunday trading hours are to blame for the fall. High streets saw the biggest decline, down 14. 8. However retail parks actually saw an increase in shoppers, up 6. 7. Well, tomorrow is set to be the warmest
Temperatures coming. We really want to get ahead of this thing. The race to contain western wildfires. There are at least 22 wildfires burning. The tornado ripped through one canadian profvince. Outrage and backlash following buck Mike Huckabees controversial comments. President obama wrapped up his historic visit to africa. He became the First American president to address the after union. The body of that of a missing girl is thought to be found. A aseries of earthquakes rock california. And the search for two boys lost at sea has been enlarged to the size of the state of indiana. And shes the first woman to hold any kind of coaching position at all in the nfl. And more than a Million Dollars worth of gold coins salvaged from a 300yearold shipwreck. And all that matters. A globally renowned airport that is worthy of the name new york. After years of complaints sweeping changes are coming to laguardia airport. Thats right. Theyre going to burn it down dozens of bill cosbys accusers ap
People would react. His arraignment is set for 8 15 this morning. Back to you. Kiet, what kind of sentence could gonzalez potentially face . Reporter because he is a juvenile he is not eligible for the Death Penalty so he is looking at life in prison. Live in santa cruz, kiet do, kpix 5. This morning a procession in the east bay happens ahead of a Hayward Police sergeants funeral. Law enforcement officers will escort the body of scott lunger from a mortuary in hayward to oracle arena in oakland. Closures will be in effect along interstate 880 northbound and its onramps. Lunger died in the line of duty last week. Kpix 5s anne makovec is at the arena where Governor Brown and thousands of others will be at todays Funeral Service. Good morning, anne. Reporter good morning. They are expecting officers from around the state, even some other places around the country. And thats why they had to move the service here to oracle arena to accommodate the very large crowds expected. Sergeant scott