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alexis mcadams fox news. the white house says the government is deploying additional health teams to states where hospitals are at risk of becoming overwhelmed. those states include colorado, new mexico, michigan, new york, vermont and new hampshire. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren is the latest lawmaker to test positive covid-19 warren tweeted today that she is fully vaccinated and boosted and says her symptoms are mild. warren was on the senate floor last week before the chamber went on recess. she says she is tested often and tested negative just last week before getting a positive result. today osha says it will start enforcing the federal vaccine mandate for businesses in the new year. the band aid or mandate rather is for companies with more than 100 employees. osha says businesses that do not comply could be fined as early as january. 10th. on friday. the u. s court of appeals reinstated the mandate after a previous court halted it by issuing preliminary injunctions. the san francisco police dep

alexis mcadams fox news. since all macron seems more transmissible healthcare leaders expect to see a surge of cases across california after the new year. we'll be watching medicals and we are again. you know, i do think macron is here. it's gonna, you know, start to really show up more and more and so really want the public to use all these tools. make sure you get vaccinated boosted where your mask get tested before and after any kind of gatherings or travel. make sure there's good ventilation. open the doors and windows. try to do things outdoors as much as you can. california's number of coronavirus cases jumped about 47% after thanksgiving, according to the department of public health, used the coronavirus section of our website to get pandemic updates each day. you can get there directly by going to ktvu .com/ covid. at 11 tonight. we expect to see california lawmakers crackdown on a major corporation tomorrow for alleged environmental violations. california attorney general rob vontaze office says. tom

>> alexis mcadams, thanks very much. the backlash among democratic progressives against west virginia it joe manchin he just announced he will not support the president's social spending plan has made him a target for frustrated liberals. congressional correspondent chad pergram has the latest tonight from capitol hill, hello, chad. >> good evening, mike. it's fess vas the airing of the grievances, democrats are certainly airing their grievances about senator joe manchin. they're irate at manchin for blocking the build back better bill. some progressives have called manchin a liar and a racist. >> it's important to ask the question does him being a white male have anything to do with how he approaches policies like this and how he approaches governing governing overall. bowman believes there is room for manchin in the party but the g.o.p. keeps encouraging democrats to manchin. >> if he came over to our side, we have moderates. we treat them well. we have people like lisa murkowski and susan collins. we don't call them l

fox news alexis mcadams reports now from new york. going maxwell guilty of five of six federal charges the british socialite convicted of helping lure teenage girls to be sexually abused by her former boyfriend, jeffrey epstein. the verdict handed down wednesday. four days after the socialite 60th birthday following a month long trial in new york witnesses throughout detailing accounts of sexual exploitation involving girls as young as 14 in a video statement, u. s attorney damian williams wayne and on that verdict. the road to justice has been far too long. but today, justice has been done. maxwell acquitted on a single charge of enticing a minor to travel across state lines to engage in an illegal sexual act. before that verdict, the jury had asked for the transcripts of 14 of 33 witnesses, but jurors never heard from maxwell herself. she declined to testify, saying quote the government has not proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt, so there's no reason to testify. her defense team, meanwhile, arguing that the six year old was a

alexis mcadams ktvu fox two news colorado governor jared polis has shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly explosive crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110 year term that drew widespread outrage. the decision on rachael agility medeiros. his sentence was among several end of the year commutations and pardons issued by the governor. the move comes days after a judge scheduled a hearing for next month to reconsider the sentence. at the request of the district attorney who would plan to ask that it be reduced to 20 to 30 years. 2019 crash killed four people. well coming up new year's eve celebrations are moving forward as planned in new york city. the police department is preparing for thousands of spectators to flood times square. covid cases are shooting up across the bay area driven by the highly contagious macron variant. after the break, we'll speak with the chair of ucsf's department of medicine about what we can expect over the next few weeks. when you have xfinity, you have entertainment built in. which is kind of nice. ah, what is

mcadams ktvu, fox two news. homeless advocates in san jose say the city needs to do far more to protect those living on the street. during the stormy weather, they say at least five homeless people died in san jose during the bay area's latest storm earlier this week. however city leaders say they are doing their best to protect the homeless from wind, rain and cold with the limited resources they have available. that we are always reevaluating and considering new opportunities, new responses, so it's really an ongoing process. the city has already made some changes ahead of the next big storm. one warming center in san jose is opening its doors today ahead of schedule on this called friday afternoon. a very warm welcome to meteorologist roberta gonzalez, a fixture in the bay area for so many years now calling ktvu home, roberta, welcome. great to have you on board. thank you. hey it's sal. it's been years that i've seen you i know. well, here we are again. reunited at last. yeah, i heard you have a big weekend

alexis mcadams ktvu fox two news our safety and the customer safety is absolutely more important than having new year's. bars and restaurants across the bay area monitoring covid case rates ahead of tomorrow's new year's eve celebrations, the extra safety precautions being put into place to make sure everyone stays safe. stay with us. this is elodia. she's a recording artist. 1 of 10 million people that comcast has connected to affordable internet in the last 10 years. and this is emmanuel, a future recording artist, and one of the millions of students we're connecting throughout the next 10. through projectup, comcast is committing $1 billion so millions more students, past... and present, can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. counties have now brought back indoor mask requirements with no exceptions. as of today, marin, san francisco sonoma and alameda counties along with the city of berkley, no longer have the exemptions that used to allow vaccinated people to go mask free in small indoor settings like gyms or workplaces. the statewid

mcadams live in new york city for spirit alexis, thank you. john. >> john: the chances of reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with iran, appear to be fading again after secretary of state, antony blinken said that iran's recent move and rhetoric did not give him much cause for optimism. iran also questioning the determination of u.s. and european negotiators. the president and ceo the senator for security policy, fred fleitz, former cia analyst and staff of the security council. fred, good to have you in the studio. >> good to be here. >> john: you were at fox op-ed this week. he called the discussion of nuclear talks with iran, disasters. why did you choose that word to describe it. >> disastrous, catastrophe. this week could not have gone worse. it started off with an iranian military official vowing to annihilate israel again. throughout the week, iran refused to i.e. inspections on three sites where there is evidence of covert nuclear weapons work. intelligence came to light that iran may soon start enriching to weapons grade. and throughout th

alexis mcadams fox news. and since, oh macron seems more transmissible. healthcare leaders say they expect to see a surge of new cases across california after the new year. we'll be watching medical z and we are again. you know, i do think macron is here. it's gonna , you know, start to really show up more and more and so really want the public to use all these tools. make sure you get vaccinated boosted where your mask get tested before and after any kind of gatherings or travel. make sure there's good ventilation. open the doors and windows. try to do things outdoors as much as you can. the number of covid cases in california jumped about 47% after thanksgiving, according to the department of public health , and we have an entire section of our website dedicated to coronavirus updates to stay on top of the pandemic developments just go directly to ktvu .com/ covid. sanders a police say a 17 year old was hospitalized today after being stabbed. it happened on the 4900 block of almaden expressway. authorities say the teenagers, injuries or life threatening

. >> for more in this developing case, let's go to alexis mcadams, a report outside courthouse in new york city right now. alexis. >> emily, we have been waiting here for several days standing by for any developments -- she wanted them to stick around at least through 6:00 today due to major covert concerns. she wanted to move things along as quick as possible without pushing them too much. and they did come to a decision in the last 20 minutes or so as he read. guilty, ghislaine maxwell, on five is six counts here that coming out of the federal courthouse just behind the six to make moment ago. all guilty except for county which is enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal acts which carry a minimum sentence of five years in prison. that was the charge that those jurors in that room even asked for a white board, markers, highlighters and they wetness the judge if he could clarify what enticement men on those charges. and this comes after about 40 hours of deliberation today on day six, that verdict finally coming out here for the judge telling the jurors that with the extra mon

first, to alexis mcadams. she's outside the courthouse. good afternoon, alexis. >> trace, good afternoon. that's right, we were waiting and waiting here the past several hours to see if the jury would get closer. there's been a sign that they still have a lot to do inside with the deliberations asking for lots of key evidence in the case. earlier this afternoon, asking for a white paper board and pens and highlighters so they can look at the charges. they have questions. now, this afternoon the jury in this high profile sex trafficking case asking to take a closer look at the key evidence including testimony of a retired palm beach police officer that was called to jeffrey epstein's compound twice. and also testimony of one of the pilots that testified, a lot more work could be done here. maxwell facing child sex trafficking and trafficking conspiracy charges, this is after maxwell is accused of grooming teens for jeffery epstein. during more than two weeks of graphic testimony, jurors heard for four women that were underaged. the women to

correspondent alexis mcadam shows estimate from new york city. >> good evening. here in the art, people are wondering what's going to close next as they wait in line for hours just to get the covid test . tonight, new yorkers are on edg as cases of covid 19 continue t climb. >> it feels like that. right now according to the safety more than 9,000 new yorkers have covid and at least 200 people are in city hospital sick with the virus. this search as new york is now offering a cash incentive just to get people boosted before th new year. between now in the end of the year, so it's a limited time opportunity over these next day get your booster shots, get a $100 incentive parrott. >> as of this week, seven out o 1600 public schools have closed their doors, janet from the new york department of education shows there are nearly 500 students and staff out sick wit covid. yorks governor confident those schools have the tools they nee to keep kids in class brickey part of our winter surge plan i we are committed to keeping the schools open so we wanted to make sure your

correspondent alexis mcadams has the latest outside of the courthouse in new york city, good evening, alexis. >> mike, six days of jury deliberation in new york and jury finding ghislaine maxwell guilty of 5 of 6 charges. deliberations going on 40 hours before that verdict. when the verdict was read, she faced forward in the court as she walked out of the courtroom, she did look at the siblings and appeared pretty much expressionless. following the verdict for the southern district praising the women who came forward. >> the road to justice has been far too long, but today justice has been done. i want to commend the bravery of the girls now who stepped out of the shadows and into the courtroom. they were courage and willingness to face the abuser made today's result and case possible. >> they firmly believe in the clients innocence as they left the courthouse. >> we firmly believe in ghislaine's innocence. obviously, we are disappointed with the verdict. we already started working on the appeal, and we are confident she will be vindicated. everyone, be healthy. >> claim facing child

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alexis mcadams outside the courthouse. alexis, thanks. ♪ >> bret: also breaking tonight new covid-19 case rates hit record single day records in the u.s. today as the white house says it needs more time to begin delivering the first batch of a half billion at home test kits it promised to americans. and now the nation's third largest school district is indicating it wants to go back to remote learning. all this comes amid growing confusion over changing recommendations from health officials, hospitalizations and deaths are rising but at a significantly slower pace than positive cases. mimics what we have seen from the omicron variant overseas. we have fox team coverage on this tonight. mike tobin is in chicago where it appears remote learning is likely going to make a comeback there but we begin tonight with correspondent steve harrigan in atlanta, again, the home of the cdc. good evening, steve. >> good evening, bret. if you do have covid, should you isolate for five days or 10 days? when it comes to the new cases are 2

alexis mcadams covering the case in manhattan. hi, alexis. >> that's right, the jurors asking the judge to clarify a few things and asking for the supplies it shows they are getting down to business and those deliberations. as the jurors are reviewing evidence, we saw ghislaine maxwell in the courthouse behind me in manhattan earlier this morning. she was actually hugging her defense team as they talked to her since over the weekend she turned 60 years old and celebrated christmas behind bars, as she faces these federal charges. let's get to these charges. that afternoon they are asking to take a closer look at some of the evidence, specifically the testimony of a government witness who is a retired palm beach police officer called to jeffrey epstein's florida house at least two times. the jury also asking for a whiteboard and some markers as they entered 20 hours of deliberations and counting here in manhattan. maxwell now facing six federal charges, including child sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy charges. prosecut

alexis mcadams live in new york city at the courthouse. >> that's right, deliberations are still on going here in new york city for the fifth day in the ghislaine maxwell trial. the judge going in to the courtroom and telling the jurors that there's a major concern about the huge spike in covid cases here in new york city. she told them that if somebody has to quarantine, if they get sick on the injury, that could lead to a big delay here in the trial. this is what we know about what has unfolded in the courtroom. the jury still appearing to have questions about this case. right now ghislaine maxwell facing six federal charges including child trafficking charges. prosecutors said she groomed under age girls for her boyfriend, jeffery epstein. the jury requested copies of the testimony for all four of maxwell's accusers asking the judge to identify enticement, which is part of the two charges that maxwell. there's still no verdict. >> the more time goes on, defense attorneys are happier from their perspective that the jurors are looking at the facts and it's not a slam dunk for the prosecu

mcadams live in the newsroom with the very latest on this increase, alexis bray. >> hi eric, events or canceling right now many people aren't on edge this holiday season. the cases are climbing quickly as we have seen and data we've been looking out for the past br show they know omicron variant it is taking over all the other variants we've been worried about in the past. spreading more quickly than ever before but right now hospitals are bracing for the fall out. out in ohio the national guard stepping in cap overwhelmed medical facilities right now the hospitals in kansas and in missouri are doing surgeries trying to keep up with the influx of patients there. the map you see on your screen shows the five states that have the highest hospitalization numbers per 100,000 people. right now indiana is at the top of the list. just over the weekend new york setting another record for the third day in a row. yesterday over 22000 people testing positive for the virus with long testing lines are seen wrapped on city streets. mayor bill the boss you pushing the importance of vaccination tod

. >> gillian: first, alexis mcadams. hi, alexa. >> hi, gillian, this is shocking here. not shocking for the cities where it happened in. the crime rates there keep surging. as you mentioned within 24 hours, two elected democrat as cross the nation were carjacked. one happened outside of chicago and the other happened in philadelphia, this is the congresswoman that was held at gun point. her car taken here in philadelphia and that area turning into a crime scene there. mary scanlon carjacked. two men held her at gun point, tuck her purse, phone, keys and her car. on the phone was government information. hours after they tracked down the s.u.v. in neighboring delaware. the five suspects taken in to delaware after a joy ride. >> if a member of congress is a criminal -- is a complainant in a crime and sensitive material that they left behind and we know was taken, the fbi around the capitol police will assist. the recovery is very important. >> tuesday kimberly lightford and her husband were kidnapped in chicago. they were held at gun point by three guys that fired several

alexis mcadams has more on the growing crime in new york city. >> that's right. the students here at columbia are on high alert as this is an active investigation. the suspect has quite the rap sheet. we're talking in 15 minutes, he attacked according to police two people and killed a columbia grad student. take a look at this photo. this is the grad student. his name is david gere. he was in the school of engineering and applied sciences. columbia said the attack took place off of their campus calling it unspeakably sad and also shocking, this is where the stabbing happened. it was around 11:00 near 123rd and amsterdam avenue. later, the tourist was stabbed. he was stabbed multiple times. police believe the same guy is responsible for both attacks. the photos taken moments after the man was taken in to custody last night. investigators say the suspect was threatening another person with a knife as he was taken in by police. sources tell fox news that the suspect was out on parole for charges in 2018. he's not been charged in this case but we're expecting those t

alexis mcadams is live in new york city with the latest. hi. >> hi, that's right. this is still ongoing entering the fifsh day of jury deliberations. more than 24 hours of deliberations for the jurors on still no verdict. let's get to what we know about the ongoing trial. maxwell facing six federal charges including child sex trafficking and sex trafficking. conspiracy charges. they say she groomed and trafficked underage girls to be abused by her former boyfriend epstein. the jurors still have a lot of questions. the jurors asking to review key evidence in the case taking a closer look at the testimony of all four of maxwell's accusers and f.b.i. deposition and testimony from a palm beach. asking the judge to clarify the definition of inadvertisement. two of the charges she is facing. the judge pointed to legal instructions. throughout the deliberations the jury sending out a total of 12 notes to the judge. at one point requesting a white paper board, colored posted notes and highlighter. two weeks of graphic testimony four women said they were underage when maxwe

put those two things together alexis mcadams you wind up with this horrible devastation you are seeing there, alexis. >> that's right. you can tell how powerful the tornadoes were. four according to the national weather service that touched down for more than 200 miles here in kentucky. what it did just as this location in mayfield. the winds of nearly 200 miles per hour leveling this area and leveling this business. also making this entire brick wall tumble down and walking closer with me this way you can see the back book case there is actually a safe room behind there the people working at the time the storms rolled through took shelter inside barely escaping from those strong winds. not everybody was able to make it out of western kentucky. right now at left 71 people in the area were killed during the tornadoes. the death toll expected to climb. 12 of those people who lost their lives were just children. as a community is still cleaning up today the loss of life is weighing heavy on everyone here. people telling me they are checking the coroner's reports reading through the names

the latest from alexis mcadams in mayfield, kentucky at the epicenter of the storms. >> good afternoon. this is the epicenter, hearing from the woman, trapped inside the candle factory short drive away here, it's heartbreaking. the people had no idea of a tornado would be so severe and had no idea they would make it out alive waiting for five hours and counting. devastation here spans 4 miles in several counties. the winds were so strong didn't just rip apart the community buildings and other things tore apart, it flipped over pieces of machinery and toppled them trained. this is from the ground the past few days, you can get a look at the scope of what people are doing as they continue the cleanup process. people lost their homes but more important family members. kentucky's governor saying 77 people were killed when the tornadoes touched down here. at least 12 were killed, they were just young children. each people leaving behind family, friend and a legacy. the pictures are hanging among the town square in mayfield. a local funeral home i talked to says they've had at least a dozen

alexis mcadams has more from new york city. alexis. >> reporter: hi, neil, that's right. we actually just saw some people gathering outside of city hall as they wait to see what's going to unfold in this council session. the bill is expected to pass later this afternoon and head to mayor de blasio's desk though there is a possible legal battle brewing. it's called the our city, our vote bill allowing anyone who's been a lawful permanent resident of the city or who is authorized to work in the united states to vote in local and city elections. but those people would not is -- not have the right to vote for president or state races. sporters gathering outside of -- supporters gathering outside of city hall, optimistic as right now there's not much standing in the way of that bill turning into law. >> more new yorkers should have a say in our representatives in the city, what they are doing, what they need to do. >> reporter: but some are calling this bill unconstitutional saying it devalues citizenship. listen. >> the right to vote is a fundamental pillar of american democr

alexis mcadams has the latest. >> good morning, that's right. these are supervised overdoes centers and they are hoping staff will be able to step in if needed. there have already been a handful of overdoses at these locations after the centers just opened yesterday. that's according to the "new york post." this is video from inside one of those two supervised injection sites open in manhattan. staff at the privately run centers provide clean needles, education and monitoring for overdoses. just yesterday within hours of opening the doors the center had at least five people overdose. trained staff reviving those people using the drug according to the "new york post" calling the center and haven't heard back yet. it comes at new york is dealing with a drug overdose epidemic. last year more than 2,000 people died of a drug overdose in new york city. 85% of those deaths involved opioids. according to the office of the special narcotics prosecutor somebody dies of an overdose every five hours. >> they do suffer from an overdose. they can get immedia

alexis mcadams live on the ground in mayfield, kentucky. good morning. >> good morning. you have to see the scope of the damage in person to understand exactly what kentucky is dealing with. where i am now in mayfield is wiped out. look behind me. some crews are working and out here for a few hours this morning and they don't leave until late in the evening trying to pick up all of this wreckage. you can see large pieces of trees that were torn out of the ground but also people's belongings and memories and huge pieces of metal twisted up when the tornadoes touched down. four tornadoes on the ground for more than 200 miles in kentucky. 74 people in kentucky were killed during the tornadoes. that death toll expected to climb. 12 of those people killed were children. the governor says there are still 122 people unaccounted for and expecting they will still look through the wreckage and crews are looking for wreckage for people's personal belongings but also looking for bodies of neighbors some of them know themselves. this drone video you see now captures some of the damag

alexis mcadam, thank you for that report. jeez, mike. you think about a sitting member of congress being carjacked in the middle of the day right after a meeting, i think it was an fdr park, it is stunning. >> mike: thank god nobody was seriously hurt, but in one way it is good to give these lawmakers a sense of what their constituents are dealing with, a better appreciation of everyday life back home in the district, i suppose. our friend brian kilmeade is coming up later this hour. i hope we don't pay that guy by the hour. he's on all the time, that should have some hot takes for us. senate majority leader chuck schumer is insisting the senate will vote on president biden's massive social spending plan when they return to washington early next year, but they can move forward without the support of west virginia senator joe manchin. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell singh yesterday he believes the worst of the bill is dead thanks to manchin's lack of support, but is that really the case? let's bring in senate republican senator bil

alexis thank you very very much, alexis mcadams, the former nypd and fdny commissioner, commissioner always great see seeing you but it's a sad indictment on our times when a big employer in the city, bank of america, advises workers to essentially dress down, not draw attention to themselves, just to stay safe. what do you make of that? >> well you know it's just wrong advice . it's not what you wear, it's what you do. there have been many many victim ology studies that basically say it's how you walk, how you present yourself, not to look like a victim and most importantly, don't go into dark places that you don't know without being with somebody. make sure you're aware of your surroundings at all times, but you know, many studies have been done, what you wear is not consequential to whether or not you're attacked. it's just if the criminal perceives that you're an easy target or in a place where there's nobody else around. neil: but the very fact that a major company has to think about something like this , whether it's the proper advisor not, commissioner, just makes me think tha

alexis mcadams is live on the ground in the hard-hit town of mayfield where i believe the president is heading, alexis reporter: that's right and when president biden steps off the plane later this afternoon in western kentucky, this is what he going to see , complete devastation. that area we're in right now is mayfield, kentucky and i'll take you a little bit closer so you can see some of the damage. this is just what the entire neighborhood looks like in mayfield. houses leveled, the place is completely wiped out. you really have to see thi damage in person to understand what the scope is, at least 74 people in kentucky were killed during these tornadoes, 12 of those killed were kids. kentucky's governor tells us there's still 122 people un accounted for , expecting that death toll could rise in the next days. right now crews still searching through this wreckage here, looking for bodies and take a look at this drone video. this captures just some of the damage across the area, right now you're seeing dawson springs, kentucky a short drive away from where we are in mayfield and that

alexis. >> six after eight of deliberations for the trafficking case found guilty on five out of six federal charges, jury spending about 40 hours of deliberating before they came out with that verdict, around 5:00 an hour before they would have been dismissed for the day. in the verdict was read from a maxwell appeared pretty much motionless, she didn't have action inside the courtroom the entire time or expression but she sat forward and listen to the verdict and as she left, she looked at her siblings and was pretty much expressionless. the u.s. attorney for the southern district praising the woman who came forward. >> unanimous jury found ghislaine maxwell guilty of one of the worst crimes imaginable, facilitating and participating in the sexual abuse of children, crimes she committed with her longtime partner and co-conspirator, jeffrey epstein. the road to justice has been far too long but today, justice has been done. >> ghislaine maxwell was facing six federal charges here including child sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. prosecutors say she groomed and trafficked under