the world is talking about. president trump and the first lady have tested positive, that new coming in a tweet from the president just before 1:00 in the morning on east coast. >> and so it is unclear if the president and the first lady are experiencing any symptoms. what we do know is that hope hicks a top aide is experiencing symptoms, she is one advisers. and about the president's schedule, he had a rally in florida tonight, that has been canceled. and at this point, the only thing on the president's agenda today is a phone call talking about covid-19 support for vulnerable seniors. we're also keeping a close eye on reaction from democratic rival joe biden, a cnn source says that he plans to get tested today, but there is no official word from the cam paikacampaign. the two met face-to-face in the

debate in cleveland on wednesday, there is no word yet on how this could impact the next presidential debate, that is set to happen in a week and a half on october 15. here is alex presha. >> reporter: and hicks travels with him often including multiple times this week. this morning the coronavirus pandemic reaching the oval office, president trump tweeting overnight the first lady and i tested positive for covid-19. we will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. we will get through this together. the first lady adding, as too many americans have done this year, the president and i are quarantining at home. please be sure that you are staying safe and we'll get through this together. the white house position saying that both are well and they plan to remain at home within the white house. late thursday, president trump announced plans to quarantine after one of his closest advisers hope hicks tested positive for the coronavirus. sources telling abc news hicks is experiencing symptoms. the president saying this on fox news -- >> you know hope very well.

she's fantastic and she's done a great job. but it is very hard when you are with people from the military, from law enforcement, and they come over to you and they want to hug you and kiss you because we really have done a good job for dhthem. and you get close and things happen. >> reporter: she traveled with the president multiple times this week including the trip to cleveland tuesday for the debate. sources also telling abc news that hicks tested positives next day. >> i don't wear masks like him, he could be speaking 200 feet away and he shows unwith the biggest mask i've ever seen. >> reporter: he also admitted to downplaying the virus and held rallies that defy his own coronavirus guidelines. and just said this on thursday -- >> we're on track to develop and distribute a vaccine before the end of the year and maybe substantially before. and i just want to say that the end of the pandemic is in sight. >> reporter: throughout this

pandemic, more than 7 million people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in the u.s. and more than 207,000 have died. there is also the question of what does it did to the trump campaign. the white house released a revised schedule that the appearance in florida has been canceled. alex presha, abc news, washington. and president trump often touts his robust health. and dr. jennifer ashton says though nobody is immune to covid-19. the president is 74 years old and that makes him more vulnerable to the disease. >> this virus does not diskrichl nature and just because you have great doctors and you live in the white house doesn't mean that the virus stops at the front door and then turns around. this will be the diagnosis heard around the world in terms of, you know, when someone this well-known is infected with a medical or health crisis, there is an intrinsic opportunity here. and so whether or not wield se'

the president switch gears and become kind of the walking psa for mask wearing is unknown. but at this point, his physical condition, his medical condition, and the well, of the president and those around him has to take first priority. >> dr. ashton points to a very important statistic saying up to 45% of people infected will show no symptoms. we spoke to republican national committee woman from here in the bay area, and this is what she said shortly after he learning that the president tested positive. >> the president is a relatively strong man and robust in his health as well as germaphobic and tested more than any person in the world probably. so if anybody in america is going to beat this exposure and this disease, i have high confidence that it will be president trump. i am praying for his and mrs. trump's and everybody else's

speededdy recovelse's speedy recovery. >> and as long as the president stays asymptomatic and relatively healthy, she is confident that he will continue to lead the country. with just 31 days until election day, the diagnosis may pose political challenges to his campaign. jobina is tracking that part of the story. >> yes, there are a lot of questions this morning, but what we do know is that this diagnosis will impact the president on the campaign trail. he has already canceled his appearance in florida. we're also learning here that trump is scheduled to attend fundraisers in southern california next beak, and could impact his scheduled debate with joe biden on october 15th. all of this. so some political analysts say his re-election bided may emaye affected by how he gets through the illness. if he becomes seriously ill, it could hurt his chances, but if

the president has a mild case and recovers, it could re-energize the president and h supporters. >> and we sent out this push alert as soon as the president confirmed that he had covid-19 last night. you can get alerts like this right to your phone, just download the abc 7 news app. now to developing news in the north bay, a red flag warning is in effect and strong winds could have significant impact on the glass fire. it has burned close to 59,000 acres and only 5% contained. cal fire revealed the fire has destroyed 220 homes since it started on sunday. and two more areas were issued evacuation orders include all areas of napa county north of calistoga and from whitehall lane to the bella oaks area, that is where many of the mostefmost famous wineries where located. now let's bring in mike nicco

for the latest on this red flag warning. >> at you know if you were with us yesterday or following us on line or on your phone, the fire danger was extended through 6:00 tomorrow morning. still includes the north bay, the east bay hills, diablo range and also the santa cruz mountains. we have the gusty north/northwest winds, very dry air, very warm air especially overnight. and we could have some jumping of the fires once again. let's take a look at the critical fire danger index. and it is not so high this morning, but once the winds pick up, you can see in the diablo range and in the north bay, we get high to very high for a few hours and then it will taper a little bit overnight. and tomorrow morning we'll get one more burst of some winds and that is why we have fire dachker through tomorrow morning. for all of us outside of the coast, we've got the heat index today, that could reach well over 100. moderate risk of heat illness

through at least 8:00 this evening. we do have big changes coming this weekend, at least temperature-wise, not so much smoke-wise. people in the berkeley hills are concerned about the red flag warning. some are already preparing to leave if told to. because the streets are so narrow, the city is asking people to park in their garage or driveways so that emergency vehicles can get through just in case. >> so i'm turning the car backwards into the driveway so it can be pointing out. >> and for this season, i'm always very nervous. and i don't know how much longer i want to live like this. it is getting worse and worse. >> in some neighborhoods, it will be faster to use foot paths versus city streets in case of an evacuation order. we found one frustrated woman who just evacuated from sonoma and now facing the possibility of having to pack up yet again. governor newsom got an up close look at some of the

destruction caused bay the glass fi fir he met with cal fire chiefs and local leaders to hear about the ongoing firefight. the governor says resources have been calmed in from around the country to help bring the fire under control. >> it is a scene very familiar with people in the napa and sonoma regions that have been torn asunder by wild fires seemingly every sinkgle year. >> he calls this year's season historic with close to 4 million acres of the state burned just in 2020. you can get updates on our weather and our fires any time. we have a wildfire tracker that gives you the latest information on the fires now burning in the state, as well as the latest air quality data. you can see it at abc7news.com. definitely want to keep an eye on that when you are away from talking with us because the air quality we're waking up to is poor to unhealthy for all of us. here we start in the north bay,

santa rosa, san rafael, that is poor for the sensitive groups. but napa, fair field, vacaville, concord, oklahoma, livermoakoakh unhealthy for everybody. most of us were in the red just an hour ago, but some places seeing just a drop down to poor. and san jose is also unhealthy along with the santa cruz mountains. and as you look outside, you can see some of the haze hanging in the air. unfortunately that is not the marine layer and that is not the correct graphic. what i was going to show you is we are under a spare the air alert all the way through tuesday of next week. so we have to get through today, tomorrow, sunday, monday, tuesday, five more days of smoky skies. temperatures right now, it is 75 in daly city, that has to be up a couple hundred feet because down below everybody else is around 59 to 65.

a whole lot of 60s out there, it is mild this morning. for your activity planner, if you are working from home, that air conditioning will be needed. recess for the kids when they take a break from the school work, keep them inside. you don't want them outside in that air quality. and same thing if you are walking the dog. we'll take a look at a slight chance of rain next week coming up. how about a check of the commute? is it friday light? well, mike, somewhat, but unfortunately, we're following a tough situation in the north bay. we have a deadly crash in petaluma i want to get to. we'll bring in the maps here. all lanes are shut down right now, this is going to be southbound 101 just before the east washington street on-ramp. so a there. the car involved here was fully

engulfed in flames. bringing in a live camera now of san rafael looking at 101 here once you get passed all that, you can see that it is a clear ride further south. new toll lanes on interstate 880 are opening today, there is one southbound lane that begins drivers must have fasttrack to use the express lanes between 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. tolls vary based on the level of traffic. alameda county is giving the green light for more businesses and schools to open later this month. it will be on october 9, but with capacity limits. hotels can start welcoming guests for tourism and then october 13th, elementary schools can reopen for in-person classes, however, schools have to get approval first. the county said that it would

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5:15 on a friday. taking a live look at the bay bridge from our camera in san francisco south beautiful neighbor neighbor. you can watch this live cam and others from around the bay area 24/7 on our new streaming app. it is available to download now on roku, apple tv, android tv. and you can also watch our newscasts live and on demand. and we have information on air quality and fires. everything you need to know. let's take a look at what is going on with the air quality forecast. and i mentioned to you and now i want to show to you. visual is always stronger when you see saturdy and sunday with unhealthy air quality in the north bay and inland east bay and poor air quality elsewhere

that lingers through tuesday. it is exhausting, isn't it? but hopefully next week we'll see a significant change in the pattern and autumn cool weather will arrive. here is a look at your smoke forecast and you can see along the coast tomorrow a little bit of a break as a little bit of a seabreeze starts to develop. sunday we have some areas where at times it won't be sheetly smoky like today, but then look at monday, we shut the door on that and even tuesday, we're looking at a little bit of clearing late into the afternoon hours. around the state today, it will be smoky and almost as hot, no flex alert today like there was yesterday. we've learned that vice president mike pence has tested negative for covid-19. his press secretary says that this morning vice president pence and second lady tested negative for covid-19. vice president pence remains in good health and wishes the

trumps well in their recovery. it is unclear right now what the next step is for the pences. the cdc recommends that people stay at home for 14 days after having close exposure with someone who has tested positive. the news about the vice president comes as the president and first lady are staying at the white house isolated after they tested positive. the diagnosis came just a day after this rally in minnesota where you can see the president was throwing hats out to the crowd. this is the memo the president's physician dr. connelly released last night, it says in part the president and first lady are both well at this time and they plan to remain at homen with the white house during their convalescence. i expect the president to continue carrying out his duties bought disruption while recovering. it is unclear if the president or the first lady are showing any symptoms. president trump has been downplaying the threat of the coronavirus for months now. jon karl weighed in on the president's words and actions.

>> reporter: the president has gone forward with, you know, as if the pandemic was a thing of the past. in fact he just spoke via to normal smith dinner talking about the pandemic as if it would soon be over. those are been his words but also his actions. the president announced amy coney barrett has his nominee for the supreme court vacancy created by the death of ruth bader ginsburg at the white house over the weekend. it was an event that was held in the rose garden. it was a rose garden that was packed. people seated shoulder to shoulder virtually nobody there wearing masks. this has been routine. >> that was jon karl. right now on our website, we have several stories about president trump and the first

lady testing positive and abc 7 news is updating these articles with the very latest when we get it. now back to the fired that continues burning in the north bay and all the smoke that is now affecting just about all of us. a spare the air alert is in effect through tuesday forcing many people to stay inside this weekend. some are weighing fun indoor activities against the coronavirus risk. in san mateo county, movie theaters can plaoperate at 25% capacity and one woman rented out the theater for her son's birthday for will less than $12 books. >> thought that it would be good idea after remote learning for quite a while. >> cinemark says that is perfectly safe. each auditorium has its objeown

conditioning unit and they haven't had any issues. >> i could use a movie. i miss that experience. and also, mike, it is so hot and yesterday i was just trying to get inside anywhere i could. >> yeah, 93 yesterday in san francisco officially. today about 83, which is still too warm if you don't have air conditioning and you are outside in that smoke or inside your house in that smoke because you've got the windows open trying to stay comfort only. another rough day, but the temperatures will cool this weekend but the smoke may not go away. and as we look outside, you are seeing smoke, not much fog. and look at the flags, not moving whatsoever. so it is a very stagnant air mass this morning. dangerous heat and fire conditions continue today, they will taper over the weekend, and we're looking at a slight chance of some wet weather flex

thursday a next tlu thursday and friday. and a look at the fog forecast, there isn't much, but along the coast it will keep you in the 60s and 70s while the rest of us are in the 80s and 90s. but it starts to spread inland during the evening hours. so there could be a touch of cooler weather this evening especially compared to last evening. otherwise low to upper 90s in the south bay today, 84 to 91, 92 on the peninsula, 80s in downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. mid to upper 90s through the north bay valley, along the east bay shore, 84 to 93. and lastly, 100 in the east bay valleys. my accuweather 7 day forecast, temperatures in the 60s and 70s possibly by wednesday. got my fingers crossed.

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if you are just joining us, here are the 7 things to know this morning. number one, the president trump and first lady tested positive for covid-19. the white house doctor says that they are both well at this time and they will quarantine together at the white house. this is after an adviser hope hicks tested positive. mike pence has tested negative according to his press secretary. number two, joe biden will be tested for coronavirus today, that is according to cnn.

of course biden stood on page near the president during their debate tuesday night. and number three, u.s. stock futures dropped nearly 450 points after the president revealed his diagnosis. it was also trending lower in anticipation of the jobs report. number four, the glass fire in the north bay still claiming homes including this one in cam calistoga. and number five, unfortunately smoke lingers in all of our neighborhoods. we are either poor or unhealthy from the north bay through the bay all the way into the south bay this morning. number six, we're following a deadly crash in petaluma this morning. there is a sigalert in effect. all lanes are closed southbound 101 beforest washington street on-ramp. and new toll lanes on

interstate 880 are opening today. southbound begins at haguen burger. and tolls vary based on the level of traffic. a prochingts fessional socc in san diego is forfeiting a playoff game in proceed proceed time. >> reporter: in "first look," taking a stand. >> san diego is walking off the field. >> reporter: the san diego loyal coached by landon donovan decided to take a stand refusing to continue playing after an opposing player allegedly used a guy slur. >> this is a group of guys that will support each other to the end. >> reporter: near the end of the first half, the. >> referee: fee stops play and mistakenly gives collin martin a red card rejecting him.

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and the first lady are both isolating at the white house. we don't know if any symptoms that they are showing at this point. all president trump's events have been canceled for today except a phone call on covid-19. vice president mike pence and his wife have tested negative and joe biden is planning to get tested today after being with the president at the debate earlier this week. julian glover is live with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning. reaction coming in from all across the world waking up to the news that the president who has long down played the severity of covid-19 has now tested positive, tweeting the news that he and the first lady tested positive for covid-19 just before 1:00 a.m. on the east coast, 10:00 on the west. the first lady also fired off a tweet saying that the two are quarantining at the white house and feeling good. the president at 74 years old is considered to be at high risk of severe covid complications.

the 12ustunning news is just ho after hope hicks, his aide, tested positive after testing negative wednesday morning. here is the president thursday evening reacting to hicks' positive result. >> she wears masks a lot but she tested positive. and i just went out with a test. because we spend a lot of time and the first lady also went out with a test also. so whether we quarantine or whether we have it, i don't know. >> reporter: we now know that they are in fact quarantining at the white house. the president has retpeatedly down played the severity of the virus and said er8ier thursday that the end of the pandemic is in cite. he has held large campaign rallies. and the president now canceling a rally in florida. and in tuesday night's debate, he mocked former vice president joe biden for wearing a face mask. we're also learning this morning

there is an economic impact here, markets in asia and europe have opened down, reacting to the news. of course we'll be watching what happens when the markets open here in the u.s. but nonetheless, a make shakeup just 31 days to the presidential election. jared kushne julian glover, abc 7 news. and dr. patel says that this is just a reminder of how contagious coronavirus is. >> i would imagine the white house dakt tracontact tracers w working on lightning rapid pace right now looking at everyone that hope hicks, the president, the first ladies all have been in dakt with over t contact with the past two days. because remember 48 hours before symptoms, you can still be contagious. and there are a lot of people in the white house, on air force o one, in his office. so there will be a lot of phone calls being made and we'll have to see what happens. because potentially a lot of people will need repeated testing and to be quarantined.

>> dr. patel says given the trump's age and bmi, that the president is in a higher risk group. dr. patel says that he would expect trump's medical team to take a high level precaution if he were to start showing symptoms. this morning leaders from around the world are beginning to react to the news that the president has coronavirus. jobina fortson is at the live desk. >> international leaders are taking to twitter offering their well wishes to the president and first lady. we're hearing from uk prime minister boris johnson, he switch wish wished them a speedy recover. he spent several days in icu after being diagnosed in april. and the prime minister of modi wished him well. and the president of the european council said in his tweet that the battle against

coronavirus is one that we all face no matter where we live. russian president vladimir putin sent a telegram wishing the president a quick recovery. and we are also hearing from leaders in afghanistan, pakistan and taiwan reaching out to the president as well. now let's take a look at some of the front pages around the united states this morning. the "chronicle" reads trump says he has virus. new york "daily news" simply says infected. and the star contribute would you saying trump has virus. and the new york "post," president has covid. our team is staying on top of the developments. you can get the latest at abc7news.com or our free abc 7 news app. and developing this morning, the glass fire has spread to nearly 59,900 acres. containment remains at 5%. as firefighters face record hot

temperatures in the fire zone. cal fire says that they expect fire activity to increase under the red flag warning. let's check in with mike new for the latest on that. >> yeah, the red flag warning continues until 6:00 tomorrow morning. there will be a slight burst of winds tomorrow afternoon, so interesting to see if they take into account if the winds are fast enough to meet the criteria. right now 6:00 in the morning know that during the overnight hour, evacuation orders could be ordered. not as likely as the winds will be fastest during the day, but still possible that we could have ember displacement or jumping from the fires and they would jump from north to south because the winds are blowing from northwest to southeast. so we're red in the north bay mountains, east bay hills, diablo range and santa cruz mountains. for the rest of us, it will be another hot day away from the coast with 90s and 100s in our put. and that is a moderate risk of heat illness.

you know what saves us getting too hot? all that smoke, it blocks some of the sunshine. it could be three to five degrees warmer if we didn't have that smoke. so there is your silver lining? >> hard to see it that way, but i know what you're saying. thank you. and this is day six of the glass fire and it is still largely burning out of control. sadly we continue to still watch these homes burn. amy hollyfield is in calistoga again for us this morning. >> reporter: and this fire continues to destroy. look at this home behind me in a wooded area of calistoga, it caught fire overnight. we do have video of that fire, this happened on tucker road, it was at about 1:30 this morning. we are south of the downtown of calistoga. and there are a fau othew others

tucked back here and firefighters did save those homes. but about 220 homes in total in napa and snoeconoma counties ha burned since sunday morning. firefighters were focused on the fire overnight burning around calistoga and angwin. crews could be seen working along highway 29, ready to keep the fire from jumping the highway. so really taking a stance there. they will be dealing with the red flag warning today and the weather that comes with it, all the way through tomorrow morning. but i did check with this crew here on the scene and asked them how overnight went and they said that the weather was actually in their favor, those winds about being a responsible fapossible materialize. so they felt like overall the weather was receipt cooperative and they had an okay night as far as that part of the firefight. but just one more example of

heartache and devastation of what this fire continues to do. it has been burning since sunday morning. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. and yeah, we talked about that a little bit yesterday, it was looking like the evening hours would have the faster winds and they would lay down a little bit if you will during the overnight hours and here we go, we're only 17 in knoxville, and you can see the winds are fairly light everywhere across the north bay. they come ramp around to 20 and 23, but we'll take that over 40s, 50s and 60s that were possible. but bad news for napa. you just switched from unhealthy to very unhealthy air qua qua qa we have, very b very, very bad. oranges are okay for most of us, but sensitive groups absolutely need to stay inside. but the red in concord and also in oaklan and livermore and san jose and santa cruz, that is

unhealthy for everybody. so light winds, stagnant air that allowed the smoke to build as the dolan and glass fires continue to just pump through tabts in pollutants into the air. and look at that, all the way through tuesday we'll have unhealthy air. but i think that tuesday is a strong definitive cutoff. right now look at the 60s along the east bay shore, temperatures mild this morning from 54 in santa rosa to 75 in pacifica. for your commute, you can see the haze from the bay bridge toll plaza. it is all about staying cool when it is hot and finding clean air if you have to be outside for any length of time. we'll talk about the big changes this weekend and next week coming up in the 7 day forecast. and now let's send it over to jobina who is watching an accident in the north bay. >> yes, we do have to report this this morning, we have a

deadly crash in pet laluma. this is southbound 101 before the east washington on-ramp. all lanes are currently shut down, that is why you see the purple line there. so please be aware, you will be diverted off and then you can get back on 101 and it is a clear ride as you continue south. moving to the east bay you now, in oakland, we have road work in between 23rd and 29 tth avenue 880 that will hopefully be picked up shortly. but slow northbound. and as we head to break, i want to show you walnut creek. 680 has been -- actually, let's look at san rafael.

let's look at the fire weather index. what you will see is things are pretty quiet this morning. green and blue are good, that is low to moderate and that is because the winds were calm during the overnight. still warm and dry. relative humidity down in the teens. but look what happens when the winds pick up during the afternoon and evening hours. we explode to high to very high it does taper a little bit as we head towards tomorrow morning, but another birs of winds tomorrow afternoon and you can see the yellow returns to the north bay and even some very high during the evening hours. so we'll see if they extend the red flag warning. here is a look at your smoke forecast. tomorrow almost exactly like this morning, but during the afternoon, a little bit of a break at the coast. and pockets of cleaner air sunday and into monday morning, and then look monday into tuesday, the smoke covers us once again and it will linger

through at least early wednesday and then we see the signs of change. and we have breaking news, new information about the president's condition after being diagnosed with covid-19. abc news sources say that the president cut a wednesday night rally short because he wasn't, quote, feeling his best as he appeared exhausted and fatigued. news of the president's diagnosis and a stimulus stalemate that is continuing in washington sent stock futures in the u.s. down overnight. and minutes ago, we got the september jobs report. here is jobina with more on that. >> yes, the bureau of labor statistics just released the latest monthly jobs report, this will be the last one released before next month's election. afrnt t and the unploumt rate dropped to 7.9%. forecast was 8.2%. the jobless rate was 8.4% in

august. 661,000 jobs were add back last month, much lower than predictions of 875,000. this week's laufyoffs by airlin and disney are not part of the report. meanwhile dow futures were down as much as 450 pinoints overnig. and futures are down more than 400 points. and also being weighed down by nancy pelosi and steve mnuchin's issue of not reaching a coronavirus stimulus deal yesterday. pelosi says talks will continue. house democrats passed their own $2.2 trillion package last night, it is not expected to be passed by the senate. we'll see how it affects wall street. markets open up in about 45 minutes. a cardiologist and professor of medicine at george washington

university in d.c. says that the president's entire staff should be in isolation for thes next 14 days, and especially important for president trump and vice president mike pence that they should remain apart. >> important is that the president and vice president should not be together now for 14 days to prevent both the president and the vice president from contracting the virus. >> as you can imagine, august eyes are on the election and we're waiting to see how the iid impact the fimg weofficial week campaigning. officials say that casting your vote is still safe. and nearly 600 polling places will be open on election day if voter who goes want to cast their ballots in person, all voters will still be getting the

mail-in ballots. >> the city, department of elections have put much time and thought into making sure that voters have many options to cast their balancing lot alot and th has a good experience on election day. >> he has spoken with the u.s. postal service which reaffirmed its ability to get ballots from voters the department of elections. we're keeping a close eye on the president's diagnosis. constantly updating stories for you on abc7news.com and you can also find voter information including how you can register to vote and a breakdown of the statewide propositions. now to the poor air quality in the bay area. a spare the air alert has been extended until at least tuesday because of the wildfire smoke. abc 7 news spoke to dr. nelson who has asthma and also treats it, and she can tell you why she doesn't take chances when the air is bad. >> several years ago i made the mistake of running during the

2017 fires and got incredibly sick for months. >> bad especially when you are running up and down, you can't really breathe. >> dr. nelson says that they are seeing a 10% to 20% uptick in patient s since the fire started in august and so she says please take the air quality seriously. >> i mean, we have to. >> 14e7d jushe said just becaus can't smell it doesn't mean that we're still not inhaling some pretty dangerous par tick could you you lats. and mike has been saying that for a while. >> yeah, they are so small, you can't see them. we can see the ash on our cars, but that is not what you will really inhale. it will irritate your eyes and skin. but the fine particulate matter is what the n95 mask can stop

from penetrating your lungs. have you ever tried to exercise vigorously in a mask? it is not easy. and no swimming is allowed. so kind of a double whammy for me. let's take a look at what is going on from our roof camera. we have dangerous heat and fire conditions today. we have san jose 95, 98 at gilroy, 80s and 90s, everybody else in the low to mid-90s on the peninsula. mid to upper 70s along the coast today. and low to mid-80s. so a little bit of relief downtown, south san francisco baurp in t because you were in the low to mid-90s yesterday. we'll have mid to upper 80s richmond, berkeley, everybody either low to mid-90s along the east bay shore. temperatures in the 100s inland.

a little relief along the coast, but the rest of us in the 60s and 70s up in the mountains. so here is the storm track well to the north once again, but it is this, that is hurricane marie that exploded overnight and remnants will head our way and we'll start to feel it thursday. and look at friday and saturday and sunday, so almost a 10 to 15 to 20 degree drop, but the smoke will still linger. we bump up in temperature monday and tuesday and then the refreshing breeze develops wednesday and possibly only 60s and 70s for highs. and if marie comes through, a slight chance of wet weather thursday and friday. we desperately need it. and coming up, former governor of new jersey chris christie tells us about the lack of mask wearing during the president's debate prep. and also, abc news white house correspondents talk about their own experiences at the white house during the pandemic. plus look at this, cute

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jeffrey epstein has juoe bi his statement after president trump was diagnosed with coronavirus. he says jill and i send our thoughts to president trump and first lady melania trump for a swift recovery. we will continue to pray for the health and safety of his family. we still don't know when he will be taking a test himself. and this morning on gma, abc news white house correspondent jon karl and cecilia vega are talking about their experiences

at the white house during the pandemic. >> what more can you tell uts what you have seen up close about how they handle the virus? >> when i go into the white house, you see signs as you enter telling you that you must socially distance, stay 6 feet apart, wear a mask. but i have ob served over and over again officials in that white house not social distancing. >> and viewers probably noticed that john oig wasn't directly in front of the white house and it is because we decided that it is not safe to be there. but to jon's point, we were seeing people without masks regularly, we were seeing people stopping to not social distancing. they stopped taking temperatures for people who were regular visitors. it just got to the point where our team made the call that it wasn't safe. >> you can hear more coming up on gma. it starts at 7:00. vets at the oakland zoo are

caring for a mountain lion cub badly burned in a fire near redding. they captured the injured animal on wednesday. he was transferred to the zoo where vets were ready to treat him. the cub weighed less than in fo pounds. he was cleaned, given fluids and pain medication. decemb there is no damage to his bones or lungs. so crossing our fingers for that little guy. >> adorable. hopefully they can release him back into the wild. if not, i'll take him. here is a look at what is going on. i mentioned the fact that things will change next week. here is the setup next wednesday. and you can see just to the east what is left of marie and then coming down from the gulf of alaska is a cold core low versus the warm core low that is marie. and look at how they try to join

forces as we head into thursday. and that will slow the forward progress down, but they merge together and start to head our way by friday and possibly friday into saturday if we don't get rain, we'll have highs in the 60s and 70s. and if we get rain, that will be a bonus. new at 6:00, a symbol of hair he row i heroism at a winery. >> reporter: and overnight the president and first lady announcing that they have tested positive for the coronavirus. i'll have details coming up. and because of that positive covid-19 test, president trump is off the campaign trail. the changes made to the white house schedule. and we will leave you with a live look outside right now. looking at the emb recently you have

cited the issue of waiters touching their masks and touching plates, are you

questioning -- >> no, i think the masks are okay. you have to understand, i have a now at 6:00, well wishes are pouring in from world leaders including boris johnson and vladimir putin after the president and first lady announced that they tested positive. democratic presidential nominee joe biden also tweeting just this morning wrishing tishing t a speedy recovery. and here is a look at the white house where the couple is now in self-isolation. abc news is reporting that the president cut his wednesday night rally short because he was feeling fatigued. and now there is buzz surrounding how this might affect the president's re-election campaign. white house officials say that mike pence has tested negative and joe biden will get his test this morning. good morning, everybody. what a friday, october 2. we have a lot to talk about this morning with the president. but first there is a lot going on weather-wise. so let's check in with mike.

>> yesterday our toughest day this week to deal with the weather. and today will be almost the same. let's start with the red flag warning which continues for the same areas. due to the embreaker hopping, and possibility from the ongoing dolan and glass fires. away from the coast, a moderate risk of heat illness once again. 90s and 100 degree highs. and look at the poor air quality, we can't escape it this morning. now back to the breaking story this morning, the president and the first lady testing positive for coronavirus. they are currently self-isolating. this has really thrown a wrench in president trump's campaign plans. this is video of him from wednesday, you can see him throwing campaign hats to his supporters at a rally