good morning, everybody. it is friday, acceptsseptember . mike, people want to know when will it be safe to spend time outdoors? >> sunday. i'm still pointing toward sunday for sure because i think that the smoke will linger through tomorrow, especially the morning hours. so we'll talk about that. we are stepping in to some of the most dangerous air we've had during this 25 day stretch of consecutive spare the air alerts. you can see that it is very unhealthy to unhealthy. and that means that everybody is susceptible. unhealthy even down to san jose, livermore, concord. clean her around the monterey bay, but that will also change. and so it is smoggy out there,

especially the closer you are to the coast and up 101 where visibilities are less than a quarter of a mile. and there is no wind to turn over the atmosphere and make the smog go away. don't expect to see the sunshine today. take a look at these two videos shot. on the left, you see august 21. on the right, you see what happened yesterday. as the cameras pan on a clear day, you can see all the way to twin peaks. now you can barely see in front of you. julian glover is live in san jose. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, an issue out here in the south bay as well. and on that 25th consecutive spare the air day, nighmight mi as well call it spare the air month right now. we really want to show you the

difference a day makes. look at the video, on wednesday the day the sunrise looked more like the sunset, the eerie orange and yellow skies. it trapped the wildfire smoke over the bay area protecting some of the air quality. and then thursday, you can see the skyline disappearing and the thick gray smoke there, wind shifting mixing all of the wildfire smoke with our breathable air making air quality even worse. and i want you to listen into stanford researchers as they describe why inhaling this toxic air can be bad for your health. >> long term exposure to air pollution increases your risk of cardiac disease, your risk of strokes, your risk of asthma whi exasser bases and reduces your life expect

>> reporter: and even right here, we can't smell the smoke, but doctors say that our senses can stimg be deceiving. it does not mean that the air quality is okay to breathe. you want to check the aqi before you are heading out the door. and if you do have to be outside, try and limit the amount of time that you actually are outside. and as mike said, some right leaf could be relief could be coming our way this weekend. julian glover, abc 7 news. happening now, we want to honor those who lost their lives on september 11th. so here is a live look at the memorial in new york city. in 2001, it was around that time, 6:03 pacific, that plane hit the south tower er. to hit that building konlg plex. about 15 minutes ago, officials in new york city held a momgt of silence for the moment the north

tower was hit. and in about 45 minutes, the san francisco fire department will hold a ceremony remembering the lives lost, the moment that the first tower fell. at the live desk, a fire that is contributing to the poor air quality in our area is actually now the deadliest fire in california this year. the 244,000 acre north complex fire burning in butte county has now claimed the lives of ten people. the butte county sheriff's office said remains of seven additional victims were discovered yesterday and 16 others are still missing. within woman is frantically searching for her parents. she fears the worst after remains were found. >> waiting for the remains to be identified that they found and in the same location. and i pray to god that it is not my parents.

>> in fresno county, fire crews at the creek fire say yesterday was a huge turning point for them. for the first time since the wildfire erupted last week, firefighters were on the offensive instead of the defensive. containment slowly inched upwar upwards, it is now theat 6%. president trump spokedolences a that the trump administration is offering its full support for those on the front lines. people in san francisco will now be able to get their hair done or get on a treadmill inside of a gym. monday barber salons and indoor gyms will be allowed to conduct business indoors but limited capacity. it really is a welcome sign for

hotels which have been hit really hard by the pandemic. >> at least have the opportunity to welcome tourism back, it is something is that we're very excited about. and we'll do it in a very cautious and safe manner. >> many hotel operators say while the news is good, they are not expecting many visitors to come to san francisco. almost no tourists and no con skrenkss in the future. and state university campuses will remain virtual for the rest of the school year. in a letter to the 23 campus community, tim white says that the decision is the only responsible one available to us at this time. white cited a number of factors including wanting to give students and parents plenty of tinlg time to plan for the rest of the school year. and you can find the latest on the map at abc7news.com.

and it is on the abc 7 news app. and still ahead, as more and more businesses open back up, the cdc is warning about the risks of where you visit. the places experts say could make you twice as likely to be infected with covid-19. plus dabsi i"dancing with t stars" is back and carole baskin is one of the competitors. we'll share with what you shoppi you what song she will be dancing to. and this morning we're in the mid to upper 50s. even some 40s up in the north bay with 50s for the rest of us. we'll talk about there's a combination y of two immunotherapies you can take first. one that could mean... a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed

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issued by the air quality management district and this is their official forecast for saturday, sunday and monday. and what i have there friday is what we're dealing with right now, unhealthy to very unhealthy air. i think the smoke according to this forecast will be almost as bad tomorrow morning, but the air quality will increase by saturday and into sunday. so notice how we are pegged under the highest amount of smoke there and it never really goes away in our inland neighborhoods today. along the coast, maybe a little bit during the overnight hours, but not really. it will be trapped in that fog and that is why we're waking up to the same conditions tomorrow, but look tomorrow evening, we start to see an increase in the air quality and by sunday, it should be out of here. let's talk about the commute, how is it going? >> well, visibility is low out there. and we are following one crash right now. but it is not too bad, so let's

start with the golden gate bridge where there is a fog advisory. and advise and less th ability f check, i want to say that the metering lights came on around 5:40. pretty light there, but you can still see the smog in the air. and this is not just impacting the san francisco area and oakland, but look at all of the gray covering the roadways, that is the smog in the air creating the visibility issues. and the raiders left okay land for vegas, but another team could soon be taking their place. the announcement expected later today. and also we're hearing a positive message about a coronavirus vaccine, the time line that points to the end of this year and

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welcome back. expect tens of millions of doses of fda approved coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year, this is according to secretary alex azar. three covid-19 vaccine candidates are currently in phase three clinical trials each involving 30,000 patients. some of the largest vaccine trials ever. the race to develop a vaccine has taken center stage in president trump's re-election campaign. he has suggested a vaccine could be available before the november election. still azar is insisting that has no bearing. >> politics and elections will play no role in the authorization of a vaccine by the food and drug administration. it will be based on data, science, evidence and the appropriate legal and regulatory standards. >> azar says that we could see data by october from a few of

these trials. a new study says eating out or going out for drinks during this pandemic is among the riskiest things you can do. the cdc says it tracked more than 300 people tested for cocalifornia. and everyone was asked the same questions about where they have been going, what they have been doing, were they wearing masks. and the cdc found that adults who tested positive were about twice as likely than those who tested negative to have gone to a restaurant in the two weeks before getting sick. oakland unified school district's food distribution program is getting a boost. congresswoman lee handed out food at just one of the 22 grab and go sites. this is just days after a waiver was granted allowing any student to take part in the program. >> all children deserve to be able to eat, there should not be

hunger in america, no child should go to bed hungry, no family should be without food. >> the district is also taking steps to help parents who can't make it to one sites with a sith delivery program. and mayor schaaf will be joining us live this morning to talk about the status of distance learning and reopening in schools in oakland. a lot more we'll talk with her about, and that is in the next half hour. and a businessman says he will be presenting a plan to roger goodell. he fough the raiders from leaving town, it didn't work, but now he is looking to launch the first african-american owned team. he wants the new team to be wasted way based in oakland and he will give us an update later cat ent

"tiger king" fame carole baskin has picked her song for her first dance, and it tracks. she will make her grand ball room entrance to the hit eye of the tiger. a nod to the netflix show that propelled her to fame. she says she is very excited about the song choice. and you can watch her dance on "dancing with the stars" monday at 8:00. >> i'm ready for it. i'm ready for the outfits, for the head dress. i mean, ready. >> she is gone right away, correct? like no way she comes back for week two. >> you don't think people will vote for carole? >> the nation is guiddivided on. and i won't say why because i

don't feel like being sued today. but things happened in that documentary. okay? >> nope, nope, nope. nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. nope, nope, nope. all right. let's move on. hi, everybody. welcome to friday. it will feel even more claustrophobic outside today. and this is the third consecutive day without sunshine. look at that, that is the exploratorium camera. we can't see anything from pier 15 right now. the smog is so bad. the air quality will improve this weekend and we do have brighter and warmer temperatures for a few days before it gets autumn cool in the air. so advi visibility is less than a quarter mile especially near the

coast. petaluma and santa rosa are aree dealing with visibiluarter ev nu head inland than it does fog. a few 70s, but most of us in the today. and temperatures in the 50s tonight. and we'll wake up tomorrow morning with the same conditions, but tomorrow evening we'll start to see an improvement along the coast as the seabreeze starts to get a littledy up be absent today. some upper 80s by tuesday before drizzle starts to roll in and some autumn temperatures back in the 60s and 70s by thursday. so cleaner air is on the way. and now we'll bring in our

friend ginger cia withzee with t what is ahead on "good morning america." >> good morning. and by the way, i disagree, i feel like carole will have o bf alone. >> why wait to see the foxtrot or whatever. >> it should be very interesting to watch either way. and here on a friday morning, so much to get to including the wildfires. of course we'll be covering those. matt gutman is still up in oregon where now we know more than 500,000 folks have been evacuated, 17 people have died in the fires. so we'll talk about the air quality which i just heard mike talking about all the way down into southern california now moving into nevada andaron also the latest on president trump on defense after all of the allegations that he knew how dangerous coronavirus was, so we'll discuss what is going on with that story.

and then i think we've got so much more coming up on gma nobody can stop talking carole . baskin, and that is why i think that she will still be around. >> you are our "dancing with the stars" expert, so if you say it, i totally agree with you. but what do you think -- because she is obviously a nondancer. so going into this, since you have been through this experience, the night before monday, what kind of butterflies did you have in your stomach? >> see, this is the difference too. carole baskin is not just a nondancer. i was a nondancer, but i work in live tv every day. when you add in the element of live and you cannot doagain,'m . or not. on my personal level, i didn't feel it until about right before

and then i blacked out. i'm not joking. i don't remember three quarters of the first dance. my body just moved. >> muscle memory. >> you were relng onned a dren lynn and muscle memory. >> yes. >> i love it. >> and this woman literally worked with tigers, so perhaps she won't be squacared. we'll see. >> thank you, ginger. look at this, new at 6:00, a massive alligator named bob. and we mean massive. so bob is feeling better now after getting veterinary care at the university of florida. bob is 660 pounds. and the 38-year-old lives at an alligator farm. his caretakers say bob had been limping and appeared to have pain, so they took him in. he was treated for an infection

on his bone and it will start an antibiotic therapy. we're told that bob went back in his pond with all his buddies after this whole ordeal. this is an ordeal. >> that looks like a dinosaur. >> florida, friend. >> did you know bob? >> that is my friend now. >> why want to speak poorly of your friend. >> never skipped a meal, not once. still ahead, the new court document filed on behalf of theranos founder elizabeth hoemts oig that coul hey, my twitter is blowing up! dear jack box, bring back the spicy chicken strips, still waiting for the spicy chicken strips, so many about spicy chicken strips. wow, i hear you. so i'm bringing back my juicy 100% all-white meat spicy chicken strips combo

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e within a month. now, the report found infection rates dropped among black, has contin latinx and the homeless population, but rates for african-americans and latinx were still higher than whites. but this is pretty have a ordinary given where our city has been. and new developments involving elizabeth hoemgs oig. the former ceo of theranos may attempt to claim mental disease in her criminal fraud trial. holmes whose failed company claimed to have revolutionize blood testing was indicted on federal charges. the indictment alleged that they engaged in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud investors and

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[ bell ] a moment of silence to remember the lives lost during the september 11th terror attacks. it has been 19 years since the tragedy. several memorials about to get under way. our air quality even worse

in the bay area today because of all the wildfires. here is a live look outside through you our south beach camera. i'm tracking the dangerous conditions this morning. and mayor schaaf is joining us live at 6:45, we'll be asking her questions about covid-19 testing and reopening the city. good morning, everybody. it is friday, september 11th. straight to mike for more details on this air quality. >> and it is some of the worst air quality we've had during this consecutive streak of 25 spare the air alerts. we have places like willitts and napa and concord and san francisco unhealthy for everybody. but then you look at santa rosa, san rafael, fairfield, even worse there, very unhealthy. and the unhealthy air extends all the way into the south bay. so nowhere can we go to escape

it unless you wake up on the other side of the santa cruz mountains. in fact that is a look from our exploratorium camera and you can't even see across the street in san francisco to any buildings along the embarcadero there. visibility less than a quarter of a mile along the coast, san francisco, up through the north bay. and look at the winds, they are fairly calm. so we won't see anything that will stir up the atmosphere. so the dense fog advisory through at least 10:00, this will be our third consecutive day without sunshine. more coming this weekend though. today marks 19 years since the 9/11 terror attacks. and we want to take you live right now to new york city where two ceremonies are scheduled to happen this morning. there is also a ceremony happening here in san francisco. and covid-19 and the air quality

are prompting changes. usually the family members are there live reading out everyone's names. this year the names are recorded and being played. so definitely a lot of changes in new york and also in san francisco. and amy is joining us live at the fire station where we expect that ceremony to start in about 15 minutes? >> reporter: that is about right. and here we're not only dealing with covid-19, we're also dealing with bad air quality. so you will not see the firefighters outside this year for the first time. you do see a sign over there and some candles and that number, 343, that is how many firefighters died on 9/11. but the ceremony has been moved inside for the first time and that is because of the bad air quality. they will be lowering that door to keep out all of the

they also have not been able to invite the public. they can't have them indoors because of covid-19. but they do still plan to ring the bell, have a moment of silence and they do plan to read all of those names of the 343 firefighters who died that day. the san francisco fire department has done this every year since the attacks happened in 2001, vowing to never forget. they will be streaming it live on their facebook page so the public can participate, can be at part of this. really want to make sure no one ever forgets, that we still take time out today to remember. amy whhollyfield, abc 7 news. and less than an hour ago, we remembered those lives lost at the 9/11 memorial and museum. [ bell ]

that bhel, the moment of silence marking the moment the first jet hit the north tower of the world trade center. this year, no live reading of the victims names because of the pandemic. organizers instead played recordings of family members reading the names. and less than 15 minutes from now, president trump will participate in a ceremony going on at the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville, pa about pennsylvania. and joe biden was in new york at the ceremony. biden will also travel to shanksville later today. and vice president mike pence was also in new york city this morning. and senator kamala harris will deliver remarks today at a remembrance ceremony in fairfax,

virginia. the north complex is now the tenth largest fire ever in california. and it is the deadliest in our state so far this year. seven more people have been found dead. the complex is burning north of sacramento. and more than 247,000 acres have burned an and it is only 23% contained this morning. the latest reported deaths ten and 16 people are unaccounted for. at least 2,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed. one reporter went to are rowville aro oroville and talked to a daughter. is this your parents' home? >> yeah. yeah. is there an a-frame house to the left? >> that is so tough. chico state anthropologists will

help to search for remains this week. a white house spokesperson says that president trump called governor newsom yesterday to express his condolences and reit rates his support. you can follow the latest details on the fires with our wildfire tracker. you can also see the current air quality readings. it is available at abc7news.com and on our abc 7 news app. president trump and some of his supporters getting a lot of criticism because of a rally that happened in michigan yesterday. last night he insisted to a crowd that he did not lie to the american people about the coronavirus threat. that is despite the newly released audio conversations between him and bob woodward where he said that he downplayed the virus. the crowd in saginaw was big and mostly maskless. the president tried to shift focus on the crisis to nakoula basseley nakoula. his campaign keeps finding itself trying to explain the

president's own words.y it down. i still like pying ite i don't a panic. >> think about what he did not do. it is almost criminal. and the virus is not his fault, but the deaths are his fault because he could have done something about it. >> bob woodward is responding to criticism about why he wait this had long to release the audio and he said that he didn't know the source of the information or if the president was telling the truth at the time. palo alto unified school district has launched a program helping students struggling with distance learning. the district has opened some school sites for students t staend attend virtual classes. a tutor keeps an eye on them. students no instruction happening at the school. it doesn't require a waiver from

the state. social distancing and masks are required. still ahead, we welcome back mayor schaaf to the show and ask her questions about covid-19 testing and reopening businesses and schools. and also let's check in again with mike because i know a lot of people are concerned about this air quality. >> reporte >> all of us should be. and it is mixing in with cooler conditions. we're up to 13 degrees cooler this morning in places like novato. so if you have to venture out, dress for low to upper 50s from 52 in castro valley, most of us in the mid-50s. even 40s showing up in the north bay. even a 60 around pittsburg. that is it from our roof camera. we would normally see the ferry building and the bay bridge.

put everything off if you can until the weekend. there is no good time to be outside and escape the clean air today. it will be a day without sunshine. right now the north bay, coast and central bay have very unhealthy air. that is the second worst air quality category. the rest of us have unhealthy air. and here is a look at the smoke. it improves slightly near the coast, but still going to be unhealthy. wake up tomorrow morning, i think that it will be almost exactly like morning, maybe a touch better. but and by the evening hours, we're starting to see an improvement that will accelerate as we head into sunday. so sunday will be much better to be outside. let's see what is going on with the commute. any other issues besides the fog? >> actually, we do. a new you issue just cou ew you overall you can see the gray

that is cover there. th is augull the smog.lert in sunol. this is southbound 680 past past andrade road on-ramp. injuries have been reported. and a look at the golden gate bridge bridge, the bridge, there is a fog advisory for the golden gate bridge and the bay bridge. there is just quarter mile i have of visibility there. and a look at walnut creek, traffic is moving nicely there,

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welcome back. let's open the weather window on the north bay where we're seeing some of the thickest fog away from the coast. san rafael, about a quarter mile visibility. your commute planner, it is pretty dangerous because of the smoke that is unhealthy and the reduction in visibility because of the fog out there. so you have to be careful. n95 mask will filter out the fine particulates and help you breathe cleaner air. you did see in the south bay, almost as smoky there. we'll try to reach the 60s at noon, a few 70s, but they will be the exception. back into the 50s and 60s this t evening. and images like this will stick around. and you can see how bad it is comparing the video on the left from the end of august todhis v same place. and it is all over the bay area.

julian glover is live for us in san jose this morning. >> reporter: >> reporter: yeah, nice to have the reminder of what the skies used to look like back in august because we've had this poor air quality for so long now. being told to reduce your outdoor activity. and during the pandemic, one of refuges was to get out and be active. but doctors are saying don't let your guard down at this point because the air quality could be even worse today. wednesday it was the day the sunrise looked more like a sunset, of course we'll never forget that one, the eerie orange skies. it trapped the wildfire smoke over the bay area, protecting some of the air quality. then thursday, you can he seat san francisco skyline encased in delay, mixing all of the wildfire smoke with our breathable air making the air

quality even worse, and that has made it so tough for some debris. >> i can't smell it, but it is bothering my eyes and making it harder to breath. and so i find myself wearing my mask inside and out. >> reporter: and reminder to keep those doors and windows shut. you don't want your air indoors -- you want to be as clean as possible, that is one of the things that we can control, the inside air quality. of course limit your time outside, and check the achqi if you need to be outside. and of course even by zip code it can vary. and here we are, you can see how it is blanketing the air. so be safe. julian glover, abc 7 news. aping right now, we want to

take you live to shanksville, pennsylvania where president trump is attending a 9/11 observance say mother. you can see him there along with the first lady. this will start in just a moment now we want to you live thi department is getting ready to start their remembrance as well. they will ring a bell at 6:59 and that will mark the time that the south tower of the world trade center collapsed 19 years ago today. and then that will be followed by one minute of silence. abc 7 news is focusing on five key issues. and this morning, we are focusing on the situation in oakland. >> and for that, we welcome back mayor schaaf who is joining us live early this morning.

good to see you. >> good to see you. i understand you had a birthday, happy birthday. >> thank you. yes, my birthday and wedding anniversary are the same day, which is either narcissism or something else. not sure. but yeah, it was a big week. and it will be a big week for a lot of people in san francisco on monday because we just heard from the mayor that we will have some reopenings including indoor businesses like hair care and gyms and of course there will be special steps taken. but that pretty much leaves oakland as the major city that has now sort of left out of this sort of reopening. so i'm wondering if we can get your thoughts on that as we reopen at different times and speeds. >> it is important people that keep watching those indicators. san francisco moved into the red zone, oakland is still purple.

so while san francisco may be reopening more, oakland is not. and that is because we still have higher case rates and higher positive rates. so please keep it up, we are getting very close to moving into that red, although you can get your haircut indoor, i finally did. >> i know a lot of people are looking forward to that. and i know a big part of moving forward, there was pop-up testing set to happen. will that be canceled because of the air or where do we stand? >> it is. and what a difficulty right now. with covid, we're telling everyone to go outside. we're inviting our restaurants to open up up outside. but with this air quality, we have to tell you, no, wait, come back inside. the air quality is dangerous, we did postpone a mass testing

event that was planned for the fruitvale this weekend. we still tentatively have one next weekend at the eastmont mall. we're trying to get out to the neighborhoods most impacted by covid. they are free, they are walk up, no insurance needed and there are a lot of other resources when you show up to the mass testing events. stay tuned, we'll let you know when the fruitvale one gets rescheduled. but backpacks and school supplies and stuff for kids, it is all still in storage and we'll be back when the air quality clears up. >> and the community testing is so important to get the data and testing out to com askou about in-person learning and the waivers that some schools are now starting to get across the bay area. are there any updates in that

arena? >> 39s have parents have to acc distance learning will be our reality for quite some time. there are no current plans to reopen particularly the public school system. we do have an agreement in place with our beloved teachers through the end of the calendar year. and there are a lot of resources for parents. so please just google ousd family center, there is a whole suite of online tools. my favorite is kahn academy, and they have one-on-one tutoring. so if you have a kid that needs extra help, get on that computer. and speaking of computers, we have started passing out the 25,000 laptops for families to own, not just to borrow, as a result of our fabulous campaign. >> that is awesome. i want to ask you about the

announcement for the medicare for all advocacy group. you c you c can you tell us why it was importan important? >> i was so honored when mayor garcia reached out for me to be co-chair. mayor garcia lost both his mother and stepdad to covid-19 just within the last few weeks. so this is personal. we have seen that more than ever health care should be an american right. it is one of the biggest drivers of bankruptcy and even health disparities. it is an idea whose time has come. so we've launched this effort to really rally local leader, those of us who are on the ground in our communities, to send a very clear message to this next congress that it is time for

universal health care, medicare has been a fabulous system, every american should have the benefits of it, and it should be there for them regardless of whether they are working or not. that is definitely a lesson that we've learned during covid. >> mayor schaaf, it is always good to have you on the show and i'm happy to see that that haircut finally happened. >> look forward to seeing you both soon. try and not go outside, be safe, and we will get through this. next week will mark six months that we've been in this shelter-in-place. we have a lot to reflect on today. we have a lot to reflect on as a community. >> certainly do. and speaking of that, we have this air that we're talking about today, mike. and the fact that it is going to be worse today before it gets better this weekend. >> right. it is definitely worse this

morning. i wouldn't step outside unless i had an n95 mask on or something comparable because the air is that acrid. in fact that is our exploratorium camera at pier 15 looking back to san francisco. we can't even see from the end of the building to the embarcadero, which is a couple hundred feet. so we're breathing our worst air quality right now, air quality will improve this weekend and then we'll have a see temperatures next week. and we're right across the street, and this is our roof camera and you can barely see theado. we have dangerously low visibility and dangerous air vau quality. and you can see that it stretches into the north bay a valleys there. and the air quality will hang around through at least tomorrow. temperatures today 60s, maybe a few 70s, and those are up to 15 degrees cooler than average

because today will be our third consecutive day with no sunshine. temperatures tonight will fall back into the 50s, we'll wake up tomorrow under nearly identical condition, but by the evening hour, we'll start to see a thinning of the cloud deck and the smoke, but it is really sunday and you can see the temperatures warm up with that extra sunshine and clean air, it will be warmest tuesday, we'll have the best chance for drizzle wednesday and thursday morning as the cooling trend begins again. have a great day. and i know someone is having a great day, an oakland matthew bailey's job is in jeopardy because of a lack of funding. and it is called play works. it is a nonprofit that helps kids build social and emotional skills through recess. so there is a fund raising in place to try to help him out, and he is in for the is you are price of a lifetime. and you can watch what happened ongmco uat 70. y are

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. if you are just joining us, here are the 7 things to know. number one, here is a live picture from our abc 7 roof cam. can't see much. clearly today is not going to be a good day to be outside. the bay area's air quality went from bad to worse and doctors are saying that long term exposure to the air pollution can increase your risk of cardiac disease. and number two, some of the worst air quality during this 25 record-setting days of spare the

air. unhealthy to very unhealthy everywhere across the bay. number three, right now we're taking a live look at san francisco's 9/11 remembrance ceremony. it is being held indoors this morning because of covid-19 and that bad air quality. you can watch it right now live on our app and at abc7news.com. and a live look at the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville, pa about pa. you s pennsylvania. you see the president and first lady there. joe biden will pay his respects there later today. and number five, starting monday san francisco will allow some indoor businesses to reopen with limited capacity. and that includes hair salons, barber shop, massage services, nail salons and fitness centers. and we're following a deadly crash in vacaville on westbound 880 past 505. the vehicle involved is fully engulfed in flames.

ann, carole baskin has picked her song for the first dance in good morning, america. deadly infernos. wildfires rage in the west. claiming the lives of at least 23 people forcing more than 500,000 to evacuate oregon alone. over 10% of the state's population. an emergency declared in portland and firefighters now battling the biggest wildfire in california history with crews stretched to the limit. we're live on the scene. not backing down, overnight president trump holding a large rally in michigan after the revelation in the new bob woodward book that he purposely downplayed the severity of the coronavirus threat. >> it's a very serious problem and it's always a serious problem. that doesn't mean i'm going to jump up and down in the air and start saying, people are going to die. >> joe biden taking aim on the campaign trail saying the president's actions cost

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