a big part of our commitment is focused on help for people who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic. today millions of people are losing a major federal benefit they depend on to survive. julian glover is live with how they are caught in a political battle. >> reporter: good morning. washington can just not agree on this one. s are pushing to cut that $600 weekly unemployment benefit to $200, democrats are fighting to keep it at $600. neither will have it at that point with the senate leaving washington yesterday on thursday. and we know a lot of americans all across the country are depending on this help. 1.4 million people filed for unemployment last week as those benefit checks expire today. both parties agreeing that another stimulus plan is needed, but they agree on how big it should be. >> we have unemployment

insurance. we think it should be crafted in a way that does not pay people more to stay home than to go back to work. >> we got here because our republican colleagues couldn't get their act together, they still don't have their act tgether, and now they are worried. but instead of being serious in negotiating, they have created a stunt. >> reporter: democrats are pushing for a $3 trillion package, republicans pushing for a much smaller $1 trillion package. the president is eager for a plan to be passed, less than 100 days toward election day now. but many cannot agree on what should be inside of any relief bill at this point. and of course americans will start feeling this next week when those $600 checks do not show up. reporting live this morning, julian glover, abc 7 news. san francisco is opening a new emergency hospital site because of a surge in coronavirus cases. there have been 1,000 new cases

in ten days, 107 covid patients are in hospitals right now and that is the most since the pandemic started. the facility will be at the presidio and able to handle 93 people if needed. health leaders say they want to be ready in case they can't slow the surge in cases. and here is a look at the latest confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the bay area. we are over 51,500. and these numbers also include people who tested positive but have recovered. in alameda county, they continue to have the most cases, now over 11,000. they have reported 72 new cases just yesterday. contra costa county is reporting seven more people have died, that is the highest total in one day. and that has pushed the local number of covid-19 deaths to 808. with every bay area county now on the state's monitoring list as you see on this map, what does it take to get off the

list? it is not only complicated, but it is almost impossible according to one county health official. kris rey kris reyes has the story. >> it is possible that our county may remain on the watch l list for a long time because we aren't going to be able to change those behaviors adequately to reduce the numbers. >> reporter: stoolano county wa the first on the watch list and every county followed after, meaning each one crossed the line in at least wofrnt sooeeas indicators. but with those metrics, this doctor says getting off the watch list will be very difficult. in the last four weeks, 95% of their new covid-19 cases all happened in private social gatherings. on paper, getting off the list is simple enough. according to the state, after a county is within threshold for all metrics for three days, it is removed from the county monitoring list the following complicated.ly

it is possible that the county would have to reply for a new variance which adds new hoops to get through. the supervisor pleaded for different metrics too, but after weeks of being on high alert, the county was put on the watch list wednesday. >> if you look at the other areas, we're doing rather well. and deaths within congregate care settings, within facilities, was zero. >> i would focus on the realm specific metrics, and i would acknowledge that we can't control what people are doing in their personal lives. >> reporter: kris reyes for abc 7 news. we're tracking every county in california to see whether it made the state's watch list, how long it has been there. you can check out this interactive map on abc7news.com. this morning dr. fauci and other top public health experts are set to testify before the house coronavirus panel about the need for a national strategy. and this is as america breaks

covid-19 records and the virus continues to spread in more than 30 states. jobina is at the live desk with more. >> good morning. nearly 4.5 million americans have now tested positive for coronavirus with nearly 152,000 deaths nationwide. florida had its third straight day of record deaths testing sites closing through the weekend as a tropical storm approaches the state. california, north carolina and texas hit record daily deaths this week. but dr. fauci told cnn last night that he does not think the country needs to go back to a lockdown. >> the thing we need to do is we need to put out all the stops to get down to baseline and to keep it there by doing the things that we've been talking about and that i've been talking about consistently. >> there is a new grim warning from the association of american medical colleges, quote, if the nation doesn't change its

course, and soon, deaths could be well into the multiple hundreds of thousands. that is coming from the american medical colleges. we did have one positive update though, fema is reporting fewer cases down an average of 3% from last week. so an up side there. and coming up next, the real fear of another foreclosure crisis. 7 on your side's michael finney is looking at what struggling homeowners can do now. and painting over the past. the demand for change in the north bay sparked by a controversial figure from history. but first, let's check in with -- hey, jobina. and hey mike, happy friday. i hope we have a good forecast for today. >> we really do. we have a little bit of something for everybody. if you want cloudiness, a lot of people along the coast do appreciate the cooler conditions. we've got that. we have the sunshine and warm weather inland. so it will be a nice summer day

for us. let's start off with what is going on in the east bay, some of our super commuters, tri-valley will, mid to upper 50 anocrentwood, around 63. clouds are late arriving to the east bay. so far the reporting stations say we're the only ones without clouds. santa rosa some fog and 54. san jose 61. so let's talk about the morning commute. it will be cloudy for most of us, but sunny this afternoon on mass transit, so take those sunglasses. the breezes will start about an hour sooner and they will cover more of the bay so all waters will be choppy this afternoon. we'll be in the 50s through 10:00 in san francisco, mid-60s to upper 60s noon all the way through 6:00. and a little milder this evening, 62, north bay will be in the cloud cover through at least 10:00 and then sunshine and 75 at noon. mid-80s this afternoon. 73 at 8:00. and 59 with clouds cover in the

east bay, low to mid-70s this afternoon. and a brisk 76 for your evening plans. and jobina will tell us about the commute. i love your color coordination this morning also. everybody is so festive and i'm wearing white. >> you know what, white always looks good, mike. so rock it. we're into this friday. good morning, everybody. we have a couple advisories to talk about. the golden gate bridge, we have a fog advisory here issued from the chp. very en bridge right now. it doesn't look too bad, so on hopefully it will taper on this morning. and also a high wind advisory for the san mateo bridge and a high wind advisory through the altamont pass. tracy to dublin, 26 minutes.

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i'm tracking a new hurricane that iow way battering the dominican shoreline. and it has dumped flooding rains on puerto rico, expected to reach the central bahamas later today and move near southern florida tomorrow. it could impact parts of the bahamas devastated by hurricane dorian last year. st. louis it will be a wind damage event as well. it is moving into warmer conditions and shallower caribbean water, so more damage could ensue as it becomes more powerful. we'll take a look at that forecast coming up. back here in the planner, it doesn't look much different than the last several days. it will just be breezier for all

of us. we still have the heat down to our south, high risk for illness as temperatures could reach 122. 119 today in palm springs. thank you, mike. the words "black lives matter" now appear in lights in the east bay. the glowing sign sits on top of a building on the north side of interstate 580. it is 40 feet wide, 4 feet high and has thousands evof l.e.d. bulbs. a special prosecutor will now investigate a deadly shooting by six vallejo police officers. willie mccoy died after the officers fired 54 shots at him. it happened in february of last year at the drive-thru of taco bell. our media partner group is reporting the bay area news group is reporting that they are

appointing a special prosecutor and hoping that this settles a dispute between the district attorney and the attorney general, both tried to avoid probing mccoy's death. officers claim that mccoy threatened them by reaching for a gun. his loved ones accuse police of using excessive force. in the north bay, dozens of students and parents rallied outside of drake high school in support of changing the school's name. it had been named after sir francis drake for the last 70 years. but now the district is changing the name because of drake's links to the slave trade. this week they started the process of removing martin, th member of next year's graduating senior class, told us that she has had issues with this name for a long time. the mesn e it is the start ofan

>> school district agrees that they need to hire more teachers of color. and we're dedicating our efforts this week to the housing shift that is under way right now because of the pandemic. it is really a stressful time for homeowners. 7 on your side's michael finney is warning that some distressed homeowners are getting into deeper trouble. good. >> robert walks into his meeting with a housing counselor. the union city man is struggling to keep up with his mortgage payments. the independent plumber has seen much of his work dry upicrtsked succeeded in getting a loan modification to foreclosure. >> i was threatened of auctions of my house on four different

occasions. >> reporter: robert's situation may not be unique. they estimate just under 4 million americans are this forbearance. that allows those with federally backed loans to skip paying their mortgage due to the pandemic. lenders give them three months to get back on their feet. those three months are about to expire for many, but under the c.a.r.e.s. act, homeowners could get another three months and ultimately a total of a year. con secret the executive director fears that that could cause more harm. >> the way i'm seeing it, you are just buying time. you are just buying time and once that is due, unless you have the $20,000, the $30,000 from the back payments, i mean, we're going back to 2009. >> reporter: a 1 community housing services fears a repeat. so for the next seven months, it is hosting monthly webinars for individuals in danger of foreclosure. homeowners who lack the funds

can why a deferment to put the payments owed on the back end of their mortgage. christina of consumer reports emphasizes that may be the preferred option for many. >> there is no requirement that those payments, those skipped payments, be repaid in a lump sum. >> reporter: if you are having a tough time paying your mortgage, go to abc7news.com and click on 7 on your side, there you will find additional resources including links to foreclosure prevention workshops. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. all right. mike, i know that is a tough ting to think about. >> it really is. i looked into it because my mortgage company offered it, hey, we'll help you, we'll offer you forbearance and i'm looking at wow, i get to skip three months. but then you have to pay four entire months when -- you know, the balloon payment at the end of it. so i'm like how does that help?

so i feel for those folks. yeah, so let's talk about something more positive. t's take a look outside. hi, everybody. from the golden gate bridge, we have the free air conditioning still cranking at about 13 miles per hour. and that is why most of us are in the 50s again this morning. the breezes will touch more of our neighborhoods today, but we'll still have a degree or two of warmth added to the air mass. nearly steady the clouds and temperatures through the overnight hours and as we head into next week, it will be breezy with temperatures below average. so if you get through this weekend, we'll balance it out next week. right now mid-50s to near 60 elsewhere. and let's talk about the south bay, 79 in sunnyvale, everybody else in the 80s. 93, in morgan hill. santa cruz sunshinend the peninsula, 72 to 79. along the coast, we'll have temperatures around 62 to 64. upper 60s for downtown, south

san francisco, sausalito, 72. but then 80s to 90s dominate as you head northward through the north bay alonthayshe, 70 at richmond, oakland 74, the warm spot fremont at 79. inland, 87 in san ramon to about 94 in antioch and brentwood. look at the cloud cover, it is almost as cloudy, and those temperatures back in the 50s for most of us. so that is how consistent the overnight hours will be. even though we'll warm a couple dgrees tomorrow, we'll try to hold on to that sunday. monday will be about average, and then look at 70s, 80s for highs tuesday and wednesday. amazon as the okay now to launch thousands of satellites. and music videos coming to facebook. here is this morning ee's "techbytes." onoaunch more than given amazon 3,000 satellites, they will create a broadband internet service providing high speed connections to underserved communities and others.

>> facebook has reportedly locked down deals to show music have videos. it would put facebook in competition with youtube. an official announcement is coming soon. and something new to help walmartoppers, worki need help. it helps employees search for products and prices as well as pull up store maps. sam can also receive real time emergency alerts. suri oig,i siri, alexa and now sam. and coping with the pandemic, wh

let's take a look at what is going on wheith ooigs oigisaias about the damaging flooding rains and surf. and it is trying to skirt right over the bahamas, especially the western islands and then trying to stay along the coast of florida as we head through the weekend. that means that there will be dangerous surf at least even some flooding rains possible as you head up towards georgia and south carolina as we head into early parts of next week. so even though it is a 1, it could cause some serious damage. so we'll keep an eye on it. an organization that helps low income and homeless people in santa clara county is now

asking for your help. west valley community services is looking to raise the final $300,000 of a $2 million campaign that it started last year. the group has seen a triple digit increase in demand since the pandemic started as and got a jump-start toward its goal yesterday. lhi hansen donated $10,000 to their campaign. we know each of us deals with stress and anxiety differently and a new survey reveals some insight into how people are coping during the pandemic. some people have turned to a tool called robot health. a clinical research psychologist developed it and the site found that nearly two-thirds of millennials and gen z respondents say they feel anxious every day. but only one in five essential workers felt depressed or hopeless compared with 27% of everyone polled. >> it just speaks to the importance of having meaning and

purpose in therk that you do and how that can actually convey some protection against the worst effect and emotional distress. >> robots founder also believes that many ppl don't know how strong they are until they face difficult and stressful situations like a pandemic. if you need help during this pandemic, we're here for you. just go to abc7news.com/take action. 49ers quarterback jimmy g has passed his coronavirus test and now he can start training camp. the 49ers tweeted a photo of him wearing a mask. the caption implies if fans can't love g, jimmy g without his mask, they don't deserve him during the regular season. huh-uh. and kno followed it up you where #wear a mask.

will they have to wear a mark wh mask when they play? >> i'm sure that we'll run with that one. but, yeah, wear a mask. jimmy g says so. let's take a look, it was 102 last hour in needles, still 98. still 90 in vegas, 92 in palm springs. phoenix, 97. so even though we're just a touch warmer than average, it could be a little more obnoxious. up near the arctic circle, the high today could be 88 degrees. now, if that doesn't tell you there is a little climate change going on, i don't know what will. coming up next, the city that just announced it is postponing its upcoming election. and more than 30 costco employees test positive at four different warehouses in the south bay. reminder from the public health department on how to keep yourself safe. and a crime at a local

and the hidden smiles.. the foggy glasses... and the muffled laughs. a simple piece of fabric makes a big statement: i care. wear a mask. let's all do our part to slow the spread. now at 5:00, a bay area city preparing for another possible surge in cases. it just transformed an old building into a new emergency care facility. in any retail store, wear your mask always. >> that is the urgent reminder after more than 30 costco employees test positive at four

different stores in the bay area. >> good morning, we made to friday, it is sxrjuly 31. >> wow, and also happy black is king day now streaming at disney plus. >> that's a holiday. >> thank you. >> i can't wait. >> something new out? yes. mike nicco is standing by to tell beyonce forecast is for today. >> it is fabulous, bold, beautiful. i don't know, i can't wait to hear you guys talk about that. let's talk about what is going on, 30-mile-per-hour winds in fairfield, the rest of us lighter, but we always show that to give you an idea just how strong the seabreeze is and the clouds that it dragged in. we're looking from the explore or yum at pier 15, possible to get some mist. waking up to mid to upper 50s as