in washington, i'm jessi turnure. >>and international news france is announcing a full nationwide lockdown for the second time this year, yeah, this comes as german officials are also imposing a partial four-week lockdown tonight the world health organization says the european region which includes russia, turkey, israel and central asia at least according to the w h o definition accounted for almost half of the 2.8 million new covid cases reported globally last week. the health agency says virus-related deaths are also on the rise in europe but about a 35% spike since the previous week as well as rising coronavirus hospitalizations. >>on the gulf coast. we are monitoring hurricane zito which made landfall just hours ago in southeastern louisiana, the storm is expected to bring life threatening surges and strong winds to places already pummeled over this historic storm season. the heavy rains could reach all the way to georgia and the carolinas on thursday. our first chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now wi

turnure. >>still ahead the clock is ticking as many wait a second covid-19 stimulus relief checks how much longer of people have to wait for the relief as democrats and republicans continue to battle on and off for him. plus there's a new way to test if you have covid-19 how your sense of smell could indicate a positive result. >>and next at 6.30 violent crime continues to rise in the crime continues to rise in the east bay, but local leaders. uber and lyft are like every big guy i've ever brought down. prop 22 doesn't "help" their drivers-- it denies them benefits. 22 doesn't help women. it actually weakens sexual harassment laws, which are meant to protect them. uber and lyft aren't even required to investigate sexual harassment claims. i agree with the la times: no on 22. uber and lyft want all the power. so, show them the real power is you. vote no on prop 22. is you. woman 1: get your woman 2: you can stay healthy and fill it out from the safety of home. surfer: or you can fill it out any

i'm jessi turnure. >>our team coverage continuing tonight with kron four's dan thorn is live now in the newsroom and has more from a bay area doctor who is not convinced that the president is progressing as well as the white house doctor is leading us all to believe down with this doctor say. >>that's justine and jonathan this you sf in fashion infectious disease specialist telling us that he's a little worried about the president's condition in the video we saw the president without his tie his voice a little raspy and as for the therapies he has been receiving the local doctor says it's too early to know how well their work. >>i'm doing well i want to thank everybody of president trump expressing confidence and gratitude as he gives an update on his condition at walter reed hospital. >>the president moved to the acute care center friday after testing positive for covid-19 and showed symptoms including fatigue fever and shortness of breath. the symptoms were said to be mild but the president was taken

our washington correspondent jessi turnure reports on therts to confirm gi replacement the court is now setting the u.s. supreme court justice has opened their first monday morning, the late justice ruth bader ginsburg we at the court will remember her as a dear friend and a treasured colleague chief justice john roberts recognize ginsburg's work during her nearly 3 decades on the bench. she authored 483 majority concurring and dissenting opinions we now turn to the business of the court. the first case centered on whether delaware can require its own supreme court to be evenly split between democrats and republicans. >>well just across the street, the partisan battle continues over the confirmation of president trump's nominee to replace ginsburg judge amy. >>kony barrett. despite the growing list of positive covid-19 cases senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham said barron's confirmation hearings in one week will continue as planned tweeting monday president trump is very excited about judge amy coney barrett being confirmed to the supreme court. those who were at the white house th

was set before the article that was released to the new york post but our washington correspondent jessi turnure reports republicans now have even more questions about social media platforms alleged bias against conservatives. it's outrageous that senator roger wicker is response to twitter and facebook's handling of a controversial new york post story about the biden family a message from the conservative point of view or from the republican point of view somepow get shut down it's a it's a mystery that i'd like to see us exam wicker chairs the senate committee that already subpoenaed the social media giant's to a hearing next week. >>he now has even more questions whether they continue to deserve this liability protection workers referring to section 2.30 which currently gives big tech companies a free pass when users post questionable and sometimes illegal content fellow republicans like senator tom cotton say this latest controversy shows why the law should be changed. it is an open declaration of war conservative republicans not seen them account for their actions democrats praised

turnure joins us live this morning with a last ditch effort to delay the vote good morning jesse. >>good morning robin if confirmed barrett, what actually beat her predecessor the late justice ruth bader ginsburg for the fastest confirmation in recent history. but on my ginsburg barents is happening during an election year and it will not be receiving a near unanimous vote. >>i believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent supreme court. >>after judge amy coney barrett made her case to the senate judiciary committee, democrats tried to delay her confirmation do indefinitely postponed the nomination american or not despite chairman lindsey graham's objections, connecticut democrat richard blumenthal push forward we do grave damage. to the supreme court by politicizing it in this way but louisiana republican john kennedy argued the committee has an obligation to confirm president trump's nominee, the constitution zone affected by the electoral calendar. when it deals with filling supreme court nomination. the democrats attempt failed and republicans scheduled a final c

turnure. >>all right, thank you for the update just see if you'd like to watch the judge barrett hearing just log-on to our website kron 4 dot com there you'll find an uninterrupted live stream. president trump is back on the campaign trail. he was in florida for his first campaign rally on the road since he's been. >>diagnosed with covid-19 the president stood before a crowd without wearing a mask claiming that he is now immune to covid-19. >>i went through it now they say i'm i'm you i can see i feel so powerful rockets. just i just think guys in the beautiful women every bout just give you big fact is. now but there is something i saw the president also schedule campaign events this week in pennsylvania, iowa, north carolina and wisconsin you can. >>meantime a democratic presidential nominee, joe biden was in ohio now during his campaign event biden highlighted his role as vice president during the obama administration biden talked recusing that you are rescuing the u.s. auto industry after

in washington, i'm jessi turnure. a developing story that we're following for you this morning kentucky attorney general daniel cameron. >>is seeking to keep grand jury proceedings and testimony in the breonna taylor case secret. that's according to a motion that he filed cameron had until wednesday to respond to a motion filed last week by an anonymous grand juror on the taylor case. now that motion seeks the release of recordings transcripts and reports in a statement cameron said in part allowing this disclosure would irreversibly alter kentucky's legal system by making it difficult for prosecutors and the public to have confidence in the secrecy of the grand jury process going forward. well taylor was killed in march when 3 louisville police officers conducting a drug investigation came into her apartment and opened fire. now last month a grand jury indicted just one of the 3 officers but not in taylor's death. a grand jury then filed a motion calling on the state's attorney general to release a recording of the f

turnure. >>coming up we'll show you how a family is using a fall for to shun of corn mazes to honor health care workers during the pandemic plus some fun fun, but covid safe halloween terror ideas happening right >>time now to check in with the news nation on wgn america to see what they're working on tonight, joe donlon joins us live from chicago with a preview. hi, joe. >>hello sanaa's good to chat with you hello to everyone in the bay area there know you guys are focused on the wildfires we're going to take a peek the election tonight course it's 2 weeks from tomorrow, we have a look at a new poll that looks at the state of georgia normally a reliable red state could be in play this year the results of our poll, we'll also talk with our atlanta bureau chief about the record number of vote by mail ballots. and in person early voters as well in georgia plus a great story out of tennessee. a dedicated fan of the nfl team there lost his job, the father of 3 was about to lose his home too when t

turnure reports on the latest partisan effort to confirm ginsburg's replacement. >>the court is now setting the u.s. supreme court justice has opened their first monday morning, the late justice ruth bader ginsburg we hit the court will remember her as a dear friend and a treasured colleague chief justice john roberts recognize ginsburg's work during her nearly 3 decades on the bench. she authored 483 majority concurring and dissenting opinions we now turn to the business of the court. the first case centered on whether delaware can require its own supreme court to be evenly split between democrats and republicans. well just across the street, the partisan battle continues over the confirmation of president trump's nominee to replace ginsburg judge amy. >>kony barrett. despite the growing list of positive covid-19 cases senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham said barron's confirmation hearings in one week will continue as planned tweeting monday president trump is very excited about judge amy coney barrett being confirmed to the supreme court. those who were at

i'm jessi turnure. now since the president was diagnosed many other top level u.s. officials who are in regular contact with the president are also getting tested on capitol hill. >>the latest to test positive is former new jersey governor chris christie christie checked himself into a hospital precautionary measure. we're learning he has mild symptoms of covid-19. also testing positive is campaign manager bill stepien a former counselor to the president kellyanne conway republican from north carolina, the senator thom tillis republican sen. ron johnson from wisconsin and also trump aide hope hicks we know about that and rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel republican utah senator mike lee and first lady melania trump. we're also just getting word now that the quote president's body man known as nick lou, not that's a person who travels closely with the president. basically keeps a schedule carries all this runs oval office operations is named nick luna he has also tested positive. that is just coming in the last 30 minutes or so. now tonight democratic presidential candid

>>and contesting the presidential election in washington, i'm jessi turnure. >>all right, thank you very much jessie and if you would like to watch the hearings you can see them live on kron on ours or sorry kron 4 dot com. they will be uninterrupted streaming online on our website go to kron 4 dot com all right, let's turn our attention to our local weather we've got john trouble with a look at the week ahead and temperatures on the rise john yeah sleiman as we work our way through the week eyes. so i hope you enjoyed the weekend's mild conditions this morning, not all that bad as you're stepping outside right now with the crystal clear conditions we're seeing from see church hour. >>and good air quality just the cherry on top where we are sitting right now now unfortunately from this point on things start to get a bit dicey and it's familiar territory for us as we've seen high fire danger for much of the past couple months and that will be something we deal with later this week 40's for parts of the north bay, but most of us are in the 50's and 60's to kick

kron four's washington correspondent jessi turnure has more on one lawmaker's efforts to compromise on coverage. >>health care took center stage during this week's vice presidential debate if you have a preexisting condition. heart disease diabetes breast cancer. they're coming few president trump and i have a plan to to improve health care and for present protect preexisting conditions for every. >>american sodas arkansas congressman bruce westerman to cover more people to lower costs. cover preexisting conditions the republican says his new fare care act combines both parties priorities for patients and taxpayers. much of the bill builds on provisions of the affordable care act, including a direct copy of its protections for preexisting conditions would actually cover some. more so than the affordable care act because we also have risk. >>re insurance pools westerman is legislation would also expand on another idea from the ac a insurance exchanges to create more competition among providers and more flexibility for employees, mostly democrats learned their lesson on partisan health c

washington correspondent jessi turnure joining us live from dc with more on what we can expect just a good morning. >>good morning about a dozen people will be testifying and the republicans witnesses will focus on barrett qualifications whereas the democratic ones will focus on topics like abortion health care and voting rights all issues senators have grilled barrett on this week. >>americans want to know your legal positions, democrats on the senate judiciary committee like richard blumenthal tried one last time to get judge amy coney barrett to opine on hot-button legal issues she would likely face if confirmed to the nation's highest court you're pushing me to try to violate. >>the judicial canons of ethics for advisory opinions and i worked through that blumenthal focused on lgbtq rights think of how you would feel. >>as a or. let's be an american to hear that you can't answer sure you. >>i don't have any agenda. fellow democrat cory booker pressed barrett on the role of racial bias in the criminal justice system in the system right now that so many people feel like isn't just t

a committee is scheduled for a vote next week now washington correspondent jessi turnure joining us live with the very latest. >>is there is a latched a last ditch effort to try to delay the vote jesse. >>there was certainly a saw that play out yesterday. if barrett is confirmed she would actually beat her predecessor justice ruth bader ginsburg has the fastest confirmation hearing in recent history, but unlike ginsburg barents is happening during an election year and she won't be getting a near unanimous vote. >>i believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent supreme court. >>after judge amy coney barrett made her case to the senate judiciary committee, democrats tried to delay her confirmation to indefinitely postpone the nomination american or not despite chairman lindsey graham's objections, connecticut democrat richard blumenthal push forward we do grave damage. to the supreme court by politicizing it in this way but louisiana republican john kennedy argued the committee has an obligation to confirm president trump's nominee, the constitution zone affected by the elect

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in washington, i'm jessi turnure. >>6.21 and take look at this center healthy is using what they call an electronic intensive care unit to cut down on covid treatment times can't they have cameras and computer systems to check for vital signs in the hospital rooms. this system is able to monitor patients 24 7 without putting the real care workers at risk. so if they didn't actually. >>we need to go into that isolation room, they still had a way of communicating and so that saved additional exposure but also the additional use of ppe. >>with this technology nurses can monitor patients at several different hospital locations all at once. >>6.22 times, san francisco supervisors have approved a new ordinance to provide funding for landlords whose tenants have been unable to pay rent because of the pandemic san francisco landlords have lost as much as 32 million dollars monthly in unpaid rent and under this ordinance owners with properties that have 10 or fewer units and have voluntarily waive the debt obligation from their tenants that have been impacted by covid-19. could now receive bet