>> breaking news. this is new drone video that still had 4,000 people out of their homes. many of them waiting in shelters as they have all night long. the fix is taking longer than officially expected. it has been an alarming and sleepless night now morning until evacuees wait for the all clear. this is the area around poinsettia avenue. we do have team coverage for you. matt is live for us at an evacuation center. first we go to amy who is in

pitsburg at the command center. >> big progress announced moments ago. they think firefighters will be able to get close to that fire and that vault within the next 30 minutes or so. that is what they have been wanting to here is a little look back at how we got here. it has ban long night and morning for first responders. here is a look at the fire from an infrared camera. the fire is burning inside a vault and one that is full of gas. >> what we have going on here it is sub surface in a concrete vault. we can't really put eyes on it until we extinguish the fire. >> it was sparked bay vegetation fire that started last night. they havspent the

pipeline then they can safely get close to it and inspect it. the process is taking a while. >> the purge of the pipeline continues. that's the pushing the flamable gas, natural gas out with nitrogen. it is continuing. it is taking a little longer than we anticipated. >> he said the pipeline was not in dangerov of exploding. >> no. we are not in any threat of an explosion at this point. >> yet fire officials still want the area evacuated. here is why. >> until that fire is extinguished we are not comfortable that truly there is no chance there could be a catastrophic failure of that larger pipe. so in the abundance of caution for our citizens and our personnel we have chosen to keep the evacuation order in effect.

>> reporter: within the last few minutes they have gotten a look at drone video that was just taken. they feel better about the progress they have made and people will be able to get in there soon and take a look. no one has been hurt. firefighters keep pointing to that when we ask about it. they say no one has been hurt. no property has been abc 7 news. >> thanks for that. woken up by police officers pounding on their doors. thousands racing out of their homes and looking for a warm place to wait. our team coverage continues with matt keller who is live at an evuaonenr. >> ror morning. the red cross shelter is still open. a lot of people are still inside. they are resting up on the cots and trying to make up for sleep they lost overnight. the red cross workers say they

do have lunch on the way. this is very late in the day. a lot of people wanting to go home. this was less than ideal. an estimated 200 bay point residents were sleeping in their cars overnight at the bart station parking lot after being evacuated from their homes. >> the red cross ran out of blankets handing out 150 to people in the cold. workers also had water and coffee available. nothing could take away from the very frightening night for the evaccuees. >> we got out of there. >> i'm cold, hungry and i want to get back in my bed. >> another evacuation acceptabilitier set up at calvary temple church. about 165 people ended up there. some arrived in tears but felt better after being updated. >> we are good. we are good. it could be worse. we are good.

thank god for this church. >> they opened up another shelter in pitsburg. >> it is better than, you know, anything else we have. t least you're safe. >> yes. for now. >> the animal services is here. they are providing support services for people who have pets. most of them are staying in their cars here. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you, matt. we are thinking of them today. staying up to date with abc 7 news. we have been sending out push alerts like this one since evacuations were ordered last night. you can get updates right to your phone by thering our abc 7 news app. u.s. park police say the officer involved in a shooter at san francisco's aquatic park has been placed on leave. he won't beifd uess he

is ce. thayhe man that was shot tuesday night was shot and remains with life threatening injuries. the crown prince was involved in the journalist death. mike pompeo spoke about the case this morning. we have the latest now from washington. >> these may be some of the last words he ever penned writing arab governments have been given free reign to continue silencing media. his plea to fight against government censorship may be. today u.s. secretary of state pompeo is back in the u.s. after being dispatched to meet with

sa saudi royals. >> they too understand the serious nature of the disappearance. they also assured me they will complete a thorough investigation. >> one of his closest friends say turkish officials believe they have evidence the saudis were behind his murder. they have aud crow tapes of him being killed. president trump says he wants to hear the tapes if they exist. the president has been criticized for coming to the defense, a financial power house and military ally. >> $110 billion worth of military. those are the biggest orders in the history of this country. >> it is a charge the president denies. >> i'm not giving cover at all. saudi arabia has been an important ally. >> also meeting with pompeo and president trump was secretary

who just a little bit ago tweeted he will be pulling out of a future investment summit that is being held in saudi arabia. abc news, washington. california senator may be gearing up for a 2020 presidential run. according to her new report advisers are discussing a tough strategy. it is the first state that has a primary. she will visit the state next monday and tuesday. the trip will follow a stop in south carolina. that's another early primary state and a visit to the battleground state of wisconsin. harris has not announced if she is actually running for president but they are certainly signs there that direction. at 10:18 this morning millions took part in the great california shakeout. they were practicing the skill of drop, cover and hold on. this is video from a previous event. today marks the tenth anniversary of the drill that got started in southern

california. the state's major events took part in los angeles city hall. an earthquake early warning system is ready to be used more widely on the west coast. if you have been enjoying tour warmer fall weather mike is saying it could be sticking around through winter. is that true? >> yes. their forecaster just came out with their winter out dchs lolo. it doesn't say when we'll have arctic out dcbreaks. but right now they have us in a better than average chance of above average temperatures across the entire state. the cool weather will be along the gulf coast and into the southeast. it will be system of the wetter areas. near us they weren't so sure. they have a little less confidence. they say we have equal chances of being above, below or average. what is that going to do for the drought? the drought is going to persist.

you can see it may even get worse. if you look where we are it is kind of an olive color. it says that is drought removal likely. if we get the equal chance of above average it will more likely wipe out the abnormally dry conditions we are dealing with right now. i'll update you on that and this warm weather is coming to an end. >> thank you. the already huge lottery jackpot that just jumped up again. and recall on the whole foods product that could make you sick. a 13-year-old boy that urvived a shark attack goes minute." there on top of the mountain. >> so

you can see sky 7 is over the pittsburgh area. it prompted the evacuation order overnight. about 4,000 people out of theirr homes. the grass fire is what started all of this. those folks are waiting do go home. we have applied that onto the ettia avenue, this is the area that's been evacuated. all of these people are out of their homes and waiting for the all clear which right now is taking a little longer than initially predicted. so our reporter is saying that firefighters will be able now to get close to that fire that is in the vault which hopefully means they will be able to put

it out soon. stay with us for our abc 7 news ones for this evacuation and fire. before you reach into your fridge to get lunch that afternoon make sure this is not what you're eating, ready to eat salads at whole foots. it contains a corn product. the rule includes santa fe style and barbecue style salads. no one reported actually being sick. if you have one of these items you can throw it out or if you want, take it back to the store and get a refund. now to an abc news exclusive. the teen that survived a shark attack is back in school. here is amy with the questions he is getting from his curious classmates. >> a ruound of applause. making a triumphant return back to his classroom less than a month after being attacked bay great white shark.

>> i thought it is probably a big fish. my mind infant substantiately we -- instantly went a shark. >> a great white taking a bite out of the 13-year-old. he escaped making his way to a near by chi jackayak. >> once we threw him up and i looked back and the shark was behind the kayak. >> i'm on the beach like ten minutes then we get a helicopter. >> he was air lifted to a hospital where he endured five hours of surgery. his mother overcome we motion, grateful her son was still alive. >> i just want to tell him that i love him from the bottom of my heart. i feel very lucky. >> today he is ton road to rekor ri. a process his doctors say is likely to take months. >> we have to really start with

baby steps and build our way up. >> back inside the classroom it was light hearted banter. >> the first thing i said when my mom came up, can you take pictures for instagram. [ laughter ] >> also wanting to know about his celebrity hospital visitors including bethany hamilton and tony hawk. >> she shows me how she plays pool. i tried that. >> as to the question of when he will take to the ocean again, well, his mother has a few safety ideas in mind. >> any plans when you start surfing again? >> hopefully really really soon. >> he'll be wrapped in bubble wrap though. >> what a brave kid. >> he still has to wait for his 1000 stitches to heal.

he says he wants to lobster dive again. he also says he likes sharks now more than ever before. he is better than me. >> back with a look ahead for your weekend.

kind of weird to be talking about toilets but you may see these. they approved these sleek new designs to replace the green toilets you see throughout the city. in three locations they will have two stalls. the design goes before the arts

commission next month. if approved it will go to the board of supervisors. that's all the toilet talk i have for you today. >> it looks though for now. it looks like summer out there. you can see the marine layer dashing through here. this just like it would in the summer. evaporating from the coast. hazy sunshine. warm again this afternoon. average to above average depending where you are. fall, cool, not anything cool t fl coolness will develop through the weekend. we have a slight chance of rain later this week. here is a look at two areas of

high pressure. what it is doing, here is the northern branch. notice they bow out and move farther away and then they meet together along the east coast and they are having most of the weather and we have absolutely nothing but sunshine. look at these temperatures. upper 70s to low 80s. you morgan hill at 85 degrees. wait until i show you the picture from santa cruz. it will be 76 this afternoon. 73 to 77 is our spread. we'll be in the mid-to upper 60s. so just a touch warmer than average. we'll have upper 60s with increasing sun shiechblt increasing sunshine. we have already cleared out of all of that fog. along the east bay shore very delightful. as you move into the valleys low to mid-80s. because of cold nights when i r.

here is that gorgeous picture. look at that. there's three, four, people out on the beech. -- beach. as we head through the flexinex hours you can see this. let's talk about the evening hours. we dropped to the 50s and 60s. clear conditions at 8:00. grab coat heading out around midnight. mid-40s to mid-50s through the morning hours. this is the one model that has a chance of sprinkles tuesday night into wednesday morning. thursday then we could see that storm come in. it is coming in quicker but not nearly as widespread for are the greens quite as dark as yesterday. this model shows rain for next week. it is kind of pulling back a little bit on the rains. for sure starting sunday

temperatures will start falling back to average. wen 60s and 70s instead of these 70s and 80s chltd so you might be wondering why we have purple on. it is because this is spirit day. spirit day is the day all of us can support this is our day we stand up against bullying. someone tweeted me why do we need a day like this. the reason is because they more likely to result some sort of injury or consider or actually take their own lives sot's necessary. >> it could be a live changing event in their life more so than other people. >> absolutely. i this.

we'll be able to see it and compile photos all of of our viewers. you know who educational is wearing purple? the anchors at good morning america who gave us a little face time in time square. >> good morning america. >> it was so awesome. >> we sent them the video not knowing when or if they were going to use it. they put it in the big digital billboard outside of time square. if you want to send your own good morning america just tweet a video to them and use #mygma.. you never know. two

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>> it's celebrity week, las vegas, and tom green is back to play for charity. coming to you from caesars entertainment studios, this is "who wants to be a millionaire."

[dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] everybody, welcome to the show! it is celebrity week, las vegas! [applause] so let's bring back out comedian tom green! ♪ welcome back. >> thank you. great to be here. >> tom green, who has his show over there at harrah's going strong. good to have you back. you're playing for charity. you're playing very well for charity. remind everybody who we're supporting. >> i'm playing for the keck school of medicine of usc which is a cancer charity. they saved my life in 2000 when