welcome to the new normal. live music at the alameda county fair grounds. you'll feel the heat this weekend. i'll have the temperatures coming up. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. california now the third state where covid-19 deaths have exceeded 10,000. more than 8,400 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours but the states numbers have been inaccurate for a week. that's because of a testing backlog that's in the hundreds of thousands. >> you deserve better. the governor demands better of us, and we are committed to doing better. >> reporter: abc 7 reporter amanda del castillo has more on this technical glitch. >> california health leaders are blaming the state's massive backlog of test results on two issues. a july 25th server outage, and the state's failure to renew a certificate at one of its largest commercial labs on time. >> we expected over the next 24

to 48 hours that the backlog that is between 250,000 and 300,000 records will be resolved giving us a better sense of the total number of tests that were delayed. >> california health and human services secretary dr. mark galley admits most of the unreported records are most likely covid-19 test samples but not all. however, without a resolution two very important metrics. total cases and percent positivity remain unclear for counties across the state. >> what we're getting is correct but we're not getting all of it. >> reporter: santa clara county testing officer says meantime it's business as usual while flying blind. the state says it put a freeze on its coronavirus watch list. that means no county is being added or dropped until state health officials are confident the data is correct. salono county public health officer dr. balum says his office noticed the difference

ins numbers july 23rd. they immediately notified the state. he says at its core the massive delay presents a greater health issue. >> by the time we're talking to an individual who has a case it's way too late to isolate them. we can learn about their contacts but it's too late to quarantine them. >> reopening decisions would be based on science and data. >> we apologize. you deserve better. the governor demands better of us, and we are committed to doing better. >> galley says the state is making changes including developing a new laboratory reporting system for covid-19. i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> in the meantime doctors are scrambling to find treatments that could save the lives of people affected by covid-19. >> and tonight there's promising news out of ucsf. a new drug trial is getting under way that could help patients fight the virus

quicker. >> reporter: fighting against the clock. infectious disease doctors are unveiling a new trial that could potentially save lives. >> this is the third stage what's known as the adaptive clinical trial which is an nih sponsored trial looking at interventions for covid-19. >> reporter: ucsf's principal investigator is hopeful about this new drug. >> and the version they're use sg a medication actually approved for use in multiple sclerosis. >> reporter: a version of this drug is already produced naturally by our bodies boosting our immune system. so this is how it's going to work. half of those enrolled will get remdesivir plus the placebo. the other half will get rem des fear plus the new drug. >> half the patients will get this under the skin injection i think over four days every other

day and half the patients will get a pretend under the skin drug which will end up being placebo, but everyone will get remdesivir. >> reporter: the doctor has been studying two clineical trials that used interferem in the u.k. and hong kong to treat covid patients successfully. >> it's readily available so if the study shows it's going to be effective people can just go out and get it. >> reporter: the results of this trial are projected for late fall. luce pena, abc 7 news. santa clara county may become the latest bay area county to threaten fines for people and businesses not following public health guidelines. what makes this proposal different, though, if it's a violation that can be fixed the person or business would have between 24 and 72 hours to do so. the board of supervisors is set to vote on tuesday. happening now with school

starting on monday progress is being made on negotiations between oakland unified and the teachers union over distance oe or professional deisco teachers are voting on a tentative deal for distance learning. it guarantees two hours of live online instruction per day. teachers would have a discretion to offer more if they like. they'll also get additional training and planning time as well as a stipend to help with cost of working from home. the deal comes about two weeks before the new school year is supposed stoostart. california announcing today colleges can reopen in phases for in-person instruction under certain conditions of course. among the guidelines mandate the wearing of face coverings, allow seating to allow for social distancing, serve grab and go or individually pted nl o student live in every dorm room,

and consulting with local public health officials if someone tests positive. about 20% of harvard's incoming freshman class will defer attending instead of beginning classes this fall. ford also reports harvard only expects about 25% of its undergraduates to live on campus after anticipating that number would be around 40%. so it's a big change. had this week abc 7 focused on what back to school will look lke. coming up, the unique challenges being faced by bay area teachers. developing news, president trump says he will step in after stimulus talks ground to a halt today. the president is promising executive orders on student loan payments, payroll taxes and an eviction ban. zerene shah has the details. >> reporter: tonight president trump announcing he'll step in with executive action to provide additional funds for the unemployed. >> we're going to enhance uemployment benefits through the end of the year, so unemployment benefits will be --

that's a big one -- will be brought out to the end of the year. and defer student loan payments and forgive interest until further notice. >> reporter: moments later the president signaling that fighting the virus would take strategy. >> plasma treatments continue to show incredibly encouraging results. if you could go to a blood bank and donate that would be a tremendous help. and we've also been able to send out many more of the tests which are the five minute to 15-minute result tests. testing samples from multiple patients in one batch is also something that we're very focused on in doing. >> reporter: the university of washington tonight pointing to a single solution to curb numbers saying the u.s. death toll could reach 300,000 by the end of the year. almost most people did one thing, wear face coverings. it's unclear if much of the country will jump onboard. roughly 250,000 people from

around the country are expected to be in south dakota at the annual biker rally in sturgis. on friday few people seen in masks. >> we just kindly took an attitude that whatever happen was what was going to happen and we just had to roll with it. >> reporter: and one student in georgia was briefly suspended for posting this video showing few students wearing masks in a crowded school hallway. >> when i walked in on monday it was -- it was worse than that i thought it would be because i thought more kids would be wearing masks. >> reporter: more schools might be seeing similar scenes. new york's governor andrew cuomo is now leaving it up to individual school district's in the nation's largest public school system to have in-person classes. abc news, los angeles. in the north bay traffic on the 101 overpass in novato was shutdown as a group gathered to show support for president trump. there were also counter

protesters. you can see everything was peaceful here, but police say at some point there were punches thrown between the two groups. no arrests were made. a trip to pick up contact lenses nearly turned deadly for a mother and daughter. both are okay before gunfire broke out and a bullet rips through their car this afternoon. >> i never worry when i come to alameda. >> but that feeling suddenly changed for michelle. at first she thought she heard fireworks. >> i start seeing people running so that's when i realized this is a gunshot so i stepped on the gas and tried to get away from the scene. >> seconds later michelle realized her car had been hit and her bullet came within inches of striking her. >> just all of a sudden we heard something hit the car. kind of sounded like a rock being thrown at the car, but then i felt something hit my seat. >> the round penetrated her honda's trunk and tore through the back seat. fortunately her daughter was sitting next to her mom up front. >> if she would have been in the

back seat it would have hit her. >> sky 7 flew above. with so many bullets fired michelle is grateful it wasn't worse. >> i feel very blessed. i feel there was definitely an angel looking over us, god protecting us. >> they are okay, thank goodness. alameda police tell us one person is recovering after being hit and hurt by flying glass. detectives hope to find surveillance video from nearby businesses to help identify the shooters. fans enjoying a night of country music during covid-19. that story coming up next. >> yes, i would love to go back to the classroom this fall. >> meeting my kids and checking in with them every day is everything. anxiety but also excitement. bay area teachers share their thoughts on the start of the school year. and all face coverings are not created equal. what type of mask may be worse than not wearing one at all.

i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. bringing the heat this weekend. we'll take a look at those temperatures coming right up. >> all that's ahead but first here's a look what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live. >> 30 minutes after eating and then watch jimmy kimmel live. it's too bad you're not staying in shape during covid. i'm sorry you've let yourself go. >> listen, i see you're covering

in this different time drive-ins are not just for movies these days. country music fans got their chance to enjoy an outdoor concert tonight socially distanced obviously. ansar hassan has more of the new normal from the alameda county fair grounds. >> reporter: tonight it's masks on, music up and time to get out. >> we've been stuck inside for a while. it's always a good excuse to get outside and listen to live music. >> reporter: with their cow by hats and boots they're in the spirit of tonight's country concert of the alameda county fair grounds. here's how it works. it's $120 per vehicle. you can bring as many people as there are seat belts in your car. they're a group of six. each vehicle is park said in a

marked area with space to even sit outside. >> you actually have your own space. you're not trying to be super cramped so it's kind of nice to have room to tailgate to do this sort of thing. so it's really fun. >> reporter: and you can bring your own food and drinks. >> yeah, we want to be able to promote local businesses but still at the same time we're all trying to save money. >> reporter: but copromoter alex moran is trying to make money. >> i think we're providing a public service to give people an outlet and a place to go that's safe. >> reporter: the fair grounds has space for 200 cars but tonight just sold spots. they only make enough to cover expenses and pay the bands. >> we got shutdown before anybody gets shutdown. guys were like i might have to go home to mom and dad in iowa. we can't have that. so let's do something for me to get you back on the payroll and get you to work. >> reporter: social distancing and masks were strictly

enforced. tonight san jose local ryan skrips was the first of the three acts to ignite the crowd. >> as long as they make it safe for everybody we're totally willing to get outside and have fun. tonight we wrap up our back to school week here at abc 7 as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. as school begins next week at several large bay area school districts we wanted to find out what teachers are expecting from the upcoming school year. listen to what they have to say. >> my home is not my classroom. >> yes, i would love to go back to the classroom this fall, however as a parent i would have to say no. >> i've had a lot of years to work on my craft, and everything that i've known about school is different. meeting my kids and checking in with them every day is everything. and for me teaching to a blank screen is going to be a real

challenge, right. and so it's finding ways to engage and build a community with kids i've never met before. >> this will be new for teachers and new for students to start off the school year not having established relationships. i am excited to make sure that our students actually have a fun time learning considering what's been going on. >> i'm hoping they have cameras on just because i need to know who's who. i need to know what they look like. i need to know who's on the other end. >> i would say that i'm probably most worried that we might try to rush in-person interaction too quickly. i would hate to see like a student pass an illness to another student or to someone in that student's family and it could be entirely preventable. >> i am worried about the future of public school education with continued budget cuts as well as families wanting to unenroll their child from school.

i'm worried about the potential increase in the achievement gap of our black and brown students. >> in the spring we called it crisis teaching. we left school due to the closures and we did the very best we could, and i feel now we are in a better place to embark on this journey of teaching every day from home in the same way i would try to do it if i was in the classroom. >> last spring i was able to have some really intentional, intensive group meetings with students or one-on-one groups and really push my students reading which couldn't actually happen in the classroom because of all the distractions that happen. so i think once we get families re-established and have all the devices they need and the wi-fi and we create community then we can actually have some deeper learning than we had in the spring. >> from a student's perspective last year ended with an opportunity without a whole lot of accountability for learning, and so when we go back kids are going to have to learn that school is real now and school counts. and the expectation is that you

show up prepared to learn and assignments get turned in, and that engagement piece needs to be in place. >> education has been a topic that we have addressed all beak. so good to hear from our teachers and all the educators and all the kids as well and parents. we started with preschools on monday and graduated to elementary schools tuesday, middle and high school wednesday, college yesterday. you can watch all the conversations on the abc 7 news app and anywhere you stream. another bay area tech giant is pushing back reopening plans. the san francisco business times reports social gaming company zyga is holding off on having employees to their bay area offices until early next year. it employs about 600 people in the bay area. facebook and google said their employees can work from home until july 2021, a year from now. delta is sticking to its word about banning fliers for

not wearing masks. the airline ceo says well over a hundred people have been refused to board after not wearing a face covering. researchers at duke university say it's actually worse than not wearing a mask at all. they developed a test to figure out which masks are most effective. they did so using a box, a laser, a lens and a cellphone camera to visualize the pattern of respiratory droplets. bandannas and neck fleeces performed the worst. >> it's relatively comfortable because it doesn't restrict air very much. so what we found is that many more droplets got through those fleeces than would get through, for example, a simple cotton mask. >> researchers say a fitted n-95 mask is most effective, but surgical masks and two layer cloth masks also performed well.

activities like shopping put you most at risk for coronavirus. choose answers to various situations and then see what the experts have to say about it. speaking of experts we have a weather expert. >> we do, indeed, ama. >> you talking about me? >> we are. >> right, it's friday. yes, it's going to warm up. the warmth is getting to our heads. let's take a look at a sunset from tonight. sun went down at 8:11 from our east bay hills camera, we had a bit of fog, just a beautiful view this evening, and as we head into tomorrow we're going to see the fog. we'll see the sun as well, but fog is not going to be really widespread. just leak today it'll be limited so temperatures right now in the 50s to the 70s. it's actually quite comfortable across the region. as you look at live doppler 7 not a whole lot in the way of fog, but where it is foggy right now let's take a look at live

picture. this is golden gate bridge. so definitely watch out if you have early morning plans for the weekend. we are tracking an area of high pressure that's diverting the storm track well to the north and tour east, so we're going to continue it to remain dry and warm up a bit as we head into the weekend. here's a look at the hour by hour forecast. 9:00 a.m., 60s 70s inland. as we go into noontime it's already warming into the 80s. still comfortable with the sea breeze and a few patches of fog. by the afternoon temperatures inland in the low to mid-90s. here's a live look from our kgo roof camera. pretty quiet out there in terms of the winds. we have hot summer weather for you this upcoming weekend, inland at least and minor cooling is expected next week. temperatures first thing in the morning in the 50s and 60s. we'll have a few areas of fog and in the afternoon it is clear in the south bay and warm. 91 in gilroy, 92 in morgan hill, 87 in san jose, 87 in cupertino,

few patches of fog around the sunset district, 66 degrees. 69 in downtown san francisco. i the north bay temperatures will be about average for this time of year. 82 napa, 88 santa rosa, 78 san rafael. 82 free empty. how about the heat? inland it's going to be in the mid-90s for places like antioch, pittsburgh, brentwood. your accuweather seven day forecast it features one thing and that's the heat. the heat holds on for the start of the workweek but then the temperatures level off, it will be breezier and cooler on thursday with a little more cloud cover. i think we'll have to change it up every so often. can't have it just flat line or i'll have nothing to do. >> put your feet up, sandhya,

thank you. >> well, as we continue here bringing customers back to oakland's china town w in the east bay people took advantage of a street closure to support local businesses. this is street fest fridays in oakland's china town aimed at helping merch wants get back on their feet. 35 tables are spread out between

franklin and webster. customers order take out from neighborhood restaurants and grab a seat. street fest fridays will be every friday in august from 4:00 until 8:00. great idea to get people out and help businesses struggling so badly. >> yeah, that looks like a lot of fun. all right, let's bring in chris alvarez. we have some variety in sports. baseball and golf. >> yeah, we've got a fun friday in sports. halfway home for the pga championship, plus the a's, the hottest team in baseball. hottest team in baseball. could they extend alice loves the scent of gain so much, she wished there was a way to make it last longer. say hello to your fairy godmother alice. and long-lasting gain scent beads. part of the irresistible scent collection from gain! five blades and a pivotingglide flexball designed designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke, while washing away dirt and oil. so you're ready for the day with a clean shave and a clean face.

. the a's are the hottest team in baseball. they've won six straight. if the green and gold making a statement against houston this weekend that be a great place to start. dusty baker back in the no decision though for basset. bottom seventh, eight at 1-0 until robby grossman to center field, that would tie things at 1. and oakland down 2-1 in their last strike. austin allen comes through and two batters later with the bases loaded drive home safely

cardboard cut outs, a's win 3-2 in 13 innings. >> kind of an ugly game offensively theho way around, so tomorrow hopefully we come through better. >> there's some times you count on the bottom of the order and that's what really won us the game tonight as well. >> giants begin in a three game series. we had a play at the plate and mike is hustling and he is safe. 1-0 giants, they have the lead. but giants starter jeff sumargea gut roughed up and mookie betts ties the game right there. bottom four, max munsey gets all of that one, solo shot to right, and later in the inning a two run blast to left. dodgers win 7-2. san francisco has lost now five of their last six. day two of golf's first major of the year and the sun came out to play with some of the best. early in the day tommy fleetwood

came out and he vaults up the leader board tied for second with a host of others. how about haotong li? he's the leader at 8 under par. and look at this shot he nearly holes out for eagle. li practicing into the early evening getting ready for this weekend. li at 8 under, six players tied for as we all fight the coronavirus pandemic california is mandating face masks to stop

the spread. that's why abc 7 wants to remind you to wear a mask for you, your loved ones and your community. please, wear because you care. >> all right, we made it through the week. thanks for joining us. i'm ama dates. >> and i'm dan ashley. for all of us, we appreciate your time. have a great, safe weekend. good night.

- today on "tamron hall," prepare for "the dennissance," the new pop-culture podcast hosted by dennis quaid, plus, holly robinson peete, and "mr. chocolate," jacques torres, on the new season of "nailed it!" an all-new "tamron hall" starts now. [dramatic theme music] ♪ - welcome to "tamron hall" from my home. happy friday, everyone. that's jojo in the background there you hear. she's saying happy birthday. that is our bird that's on the other side of the wall. the days are just blending together, so to recap, we just got through another monday to friday, and now the weekend is here. i know a lot of you like sharing things you watch on tv, since we are spending so much time at home.

so here is my tamron tip. check out "the last dance." it's the story of the chicago bulls, their sixth championship season, michael jordan, the dynasty. some of the best tv out there. and my first guest is a fellow texan, hollywood superstar, who starred in more than 60 movies during his five-decade career. from "breaking away," to "the right stuff," and "the parent trap," to "the day after tomorrow," and my favorite-- "a dog's purpose." i could watch it every day. please welcome dennis quaid, who joins us in cyber hall from his home in los angeles. i was just talking about different tv shows and movies to watch to help you pass the time. "a dog's purpose," i think i could watch every single night. i love it. - wow, thanks. and "a dog's journey." - and "a dog's journey"! you never realize, i'm sure, when you make a film like that, how often people will turn to it for comfort. certainly, we didn't see this kind of comfort being needed. - yeah, no kidding about that.

and by the way, with "a dog's purpose," "a dog's journey," we are going to make a third one. that's what i hear. - really? - yes, and it's going to take place in doggy heaven. - well, that's something to look forward to on the other side of all of this. - same here, yeah. - how are you guys holding up? how are you and the family holding up? - you know, being an actor, i think we are more trained for this than a lot of the population. because we do a job for a couple of months, and then you'll have several months off in between not knowing what your next job is going to be. so you know what to do with your idle time. - i know you are quarantined with your fiancée, laura. you were supposed to have your wedding, and it's been delayed as a result of this crisis. i'm sure that was a tough decision, but one you had no choice but to do. - yeah, we were supposed to be married

april 4th, actually, in kauai. - wow. - and we had to put that off. craig t nelson, the actor, he has a beautiful place there. he was going to let us get married in his house. we had all the wedding planners, the invites and all that, and we had to put everything on hold. but we've had some wedding nights. not a wedding day, but-- - [laughing] - oh, my gosh! [laughs] - we are going to get that wedding day going as soon as we pop out the other end of this, but probably not in hawaii. maybe in the middle of the country. - a lot of people have been talking about wedding nights and a lot of "bonding," shall we say, among couples. we may see a baby boom out of all of this sadness, a whole crop of cuties popping up here. you've talked openly about the age gap between you and laura. how old is she again? - she's 27. - and you are 60...

- 66, as of last week. - 66. you know, my parents were 27 years apart, and, in fact, people always used to ask me was he my grandfather? that's the age gap that i grew up with. - [laughs] but i say that to say-- - it's all good fun. - there's always this assumption, you know, that people have. what will you talk about if the woman is older or the man is older? the age gap, what do you have in common? so here you are in quarantine. i'm sure there have been conversations that you had related to the age gap. what have you learned has benefited your relationship, and what are the things that you feel maybe show some differences that are problematic but different? - i really don't know. we hardly really ever talk about it, because we don't-- we haven't noticed it in our relationship, to tell you the truth. that's really been the thing. we're just two people that really fit so well together,

and we're not going to argue with it. she's this beautiful person. we just fit, that's all i can say. i didn't go out looking for somebody younger than me. it's just, uh, the person that god had walked into my life. - i love that you've put it that way because you know what? part of this pandemic really does reset us, to not be caught up in these labels and in these things. rather, we should be looking for that unconditional love, or that love, as opposed to a checklist that someone is supposed to fit into. - right. you know, it's-- it just, what is-- you know, what everybody should do-- follow their heart. - yeah. - that's what i've always believed in. - you followed your heart into podcasting, "the dennissance." - two years ago i had never listened to a podcast. and my now partner, jared gutstadt, used to be called jingle jared, he invited me to be part of his music podcast called

"a bear and a banjo." and it was so much fun to do and it did so well that we decided to create a podcast platform. and the flagship of that is my show called "the dennissance" which is an interview show. and it's basically people that i've met in my life and really have gotten to know. i've interview them to find out what makes them tick. - i love that. we always say around here, everyone's got a story, so let's talk about it. i think it's fascinating that it's an interview show from your perspective, which includes a recent hospital visit to the er, i'm told, in the middle of all of this craziness. not related to covid-19, you ended up in the er. what happened? - i was cleaning out the garage, 'cause you do all those things, you know, right the beginning of the quarantine, that you've been meaning to get around to. so i cleaned out the garage, i wound up with, from a little cut, i guess, a staph infection on this finger here.

i had what i thought was a kidney stone. and i had to go back out again. it was like three times in one week, to the er. boy, those people down there, the medical workers, they're doing such a great job. one of those things that what can go wrong will go wrong. i'm all fine and dandy. - i do want to ask you, dennis, about hollywood and where things stand. i know a film project you were working on, put on hold, the ronald reagan project. you are a hollywood icon. you are a legend. you have locked in tons of movies that are unforgettable. what happens to hollywood at this point, those freelancers, those people who are behind the scenes, those up-and-coming actors, now that everything is on hold? - it's impossible, with the rules being what they are and, of course, just to be safe. i can't remember anything like this. starting back up, there's a real need for content.