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president is now being treated with the drug remdesivir. the drug is my by gillead based in foster city. in a tweet late tonight trump wrote going well, i think. thank you to all. love several more trump contacts have tested positive, including trump's campaign manager and kellyanne >> abc news reporter elizabeth sholzy has more. the white house saying the president will work from the presidential office at the hospital for the next few days out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of his physician and medical expert. president trump experienced
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fever, low grade schils nasal congestion and a cough. they called his symptoms mild. he's taking a antibody cocktail. posting a photo on twitter before he departed for the hospital. >> i want to thank everyone for the tremendous support. we're going to make sure things work out. the first lady is doing very well. >> donald trump jr. telling abc news that he spoke to his father this morning describing him as a little tierld but in great spirits. calling him a true warrior. now the job of track down who has been in contact with the president. former vice president joe biden who was on the stage with president trump during the debate tuesday testing negative. biden saying this is not a moment for attacks pulling all
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his negative campaign ads. >> my wife jill and i pray that they'll make a quick and full recovery. >> sources say president trump did not participate in a scheduled call this afternoon about covid-19 with senior sit against. vice president mike pence stepping in instead. a spokesperson confirming pence tested negative today. president trump has not transferred power to vice president mike pence at this time. abc news, washington. >> the white house medical unit capitol hill staff and state health officials are rushing to contact trace after the president's positive test. kate larsson spoke to doctors about the mass effort on hand. she joins us from the newsroom. kate. >> reporter: three white house reporters have tested positive for covid as well as 11 people involved in debate planning in cleveland. >> there are many countries able
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to manage their senior executive staff and not get exposed to covid. >> dr. mike reed is at ucsf.sf. he helps lead san francisco and california's contact tracing programs. >> probably spread to him by somebody who really didn't think they were that unwell. i was trying to understand the outbreak better there, i would want to understand who he spent time with, were they wearing a mask, did they spend more than 15 minutes in close proximity. is there anybody with symptoms. >> reporter: president trump that is attended 11 events, and news conferences in several stits, including saturday's supreme court announcement in the rose garden and the debate tuesday with joe biden. >> reach all cases of confirmed cases within 24 hours.
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somebody hopefully sat down with mr. trump and found out who spent time with him. >> reporter: the president and first lady tested positive. on friday, they reported symptoms. trump flew to walter we'd medical center on advice of his physicians. >> he's over 65 and he is obese. he has high cholesterol and he is male. >> reporter: this doctor was a stanford epidemiologist. she's involved in a clinical trial of an antibody cocktail which the president received a single dose of. the passionate use deal with the company and the fda. >> see if it actually prevents people from getting progression of disease well need to protect this world leader and i -- that the point i would use anything that i think is reasonably safe and has been reasonably tested, even though they're not approved
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yet. >> dr. reed hopes this outbreak will kick start a change in testing. he hopes president trump will start take the disease more seriously and recommend universal mask wearing. i'm kate larsson, abc7news. back to you. >> house democrats are hopeful that americans will take the virus more seriously and calmed on the senate to pass a revised stimulus bill to help those economically def stated during the pandemic. >> so many looifls on the line, so many americans who are now unemployed, struggling to put food on the table and keep shelter over their heads. we have to provide this relief. >> mean time, east bay congressman mark deson yay missed them. played fast and loose during a real and deadly pandemic.
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although the president's campaign is being scaled back, republican strategists say it's too early to tell what effect this will have on the election. >> we want to make sure that the government that's in power currently has the fwloilt govern as quickly as possible. that means the quick recovery of the president and first lady. >> well wishes to the president. abc7news lauri anthony tweetsed this video shortly after the president headed to walter reed medical center. they were on the overhead cross over with trump signs. te latest information on who else has tested poz stif on our website at abc7news.com. >> cal-fire reporting 2993 homes have been destroids since the fire started sunday. another 2972 strurls have burned
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including seven wineries. and there are still thousands of people under evacuation orders, including all 5,000 people who live in calistoga. in total, california is closing in on four million acres burned this year, an area larger than the entire state of connecticut. >> a napa family lost everything in the glass fire. they found out the insurance cover isn't covering as much as they thought. luis pena has their story. >> this is the house. it's completely birnds. >> 19 years of memories now turned into ashes. she describes it as her biggest nightmare. last sunday at 4:00, the memor of firefighters orders to evacuate is still fresh. the glow lighting up the dark night. they evacuated with their kids. antonio stayed back with their
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18-year-old stop protect their home. >> i felt like i needed to oversee the house. >> reporter: they swraekd their home burning in the distance how close were the flames when you decided to evacuate? >> we last about from the fire department told me we left ability an hour and a half before the flames hit our house. >> reporter: holding back tears they say they're staying strong for their four kids. first, they lost their jobs through an epidemic. now they lost their home. they wish they could go back for a medical device their son with autism needs. >> it was like a pump. where you put a certain medicine. it's like a asthma treatment. >> today the insurance company confirmed their plan does not cover that. homeless staying with a family member for the mean time.
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they hope more people help. what's left is this photo to remind them of the trees and the good memories they shared as a family. >> we just got to keep working hard to rebuild our dreams. >> reporter: in napa county, lewis pena. >> meteorologist sandy patel, i guess the good news is temperatures are cooling off a little bit. >> yes. we're going to see temperatures dropping, humidity rising. that should then fiervegts particularly on sunday. right now, no help. wind gusts 28 miles an hour. 22-mile-an-hour wind. hawkeye, 24. it's already dry around this time of year, as you know. near the glass fire fortunately the winds are light. it is still light. 81 degrees right now.
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the temperature has dropped from earlier. red flag is in effect until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. something to keep in mind as we do deal this time of year with a high fire danger. northwesterly winds an the onshore breeze beginning to show better air quality. moderate air quality. still unhealthy for san jose, liver moore. through tuesday as air quality will continue to suffer due the wildfire sploechblgt i'llfo. the forecast is coming up. back to you. >> thank you. california theme parks will have to bait even longer to reopen. criticism from industry leaders that may have led to the delay. >> a popular dining program expanding during the pandemic. why business owners say it's
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much-needed tool during this tough time. that story up next. first here's a look at what's coming on jimmy kimmel live after abc7news. jimmy. >> thanks, alma and deon. you won't believe any of this. >> adam sandler, wherever you are, thank you slech. >> he's in philadelphia doing a movie with bron. to the best bargains ever at ross! yes! oh, yeah! yep. yesss! savings on savings on savings? that's yes for less. at ross. traffic and air pollution will be even worse
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pushing the states's total to nearly 16,000. the positivity rate is holdi ii steady at 2.8%. >> governorer newsom has delayed the opening of california theme parks. a plan was supposed to be released today. parks would have reopened at 25% capacity. that's once the county it's located in reaches the lowest level in the state's foyer takeover opening ranking. it would be people who will live within 121 miles of the park. the states says negotiations are continuing. disney, of course, behind disney lands is the parent company of ax 7. >> four public school districts in morin will reopen classes for in-person learning. there's a hybrid model with students splitsing time between the classroom and distance
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learning. they'll welcome students back in 14 day intervals. in kentfield, schools are opening with a pilot of nine classes. along with education and your health, the economy is one of the key things we're focused on here. in the south bay covid 19 is forcing downtown san jose leaders to look for different ways to dooep keep small businesses in business. that's why the dine downtown program is coming back, with a longer schedule. ? that energy coming back. >> nowhere close to prepandemic crowds but there is hope in the city's core. pushing scott niece's team to spread special offers across six weeks instoefd the usual ten days. >> we're stressing going downtown allow breakfast places, basically anyone who's open that
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is serving food. >> places that would normally be pakds on a friday night nearly empty. nearby sports venues as more. >> it's very sad and so many people check in and see a completely empty restaurant. >> they understand it's not specific to san jose. the hope is prediction fix menus and chefs specials to get businesses through this difficult time. covid-19 and poor air quality is keeping people at home. over at teke pete's -- >> we haven't seen a lot of consumers coming around. >> a welcome tool to keep them in business. >> the unique thing about covid-19 is it brought out the creativity from our chef and
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bartenders. >> the extended program will last until november 16th. incomes 7 news. >> restaurants and those diners hoping for good weather so they can dine outside. >> do you have any of the weather for us? any on the menu? >> i do it on the menu, actually, for part of your weekend. let me show you first signs of our cooling trend for this weekend. look at this view. this was this evening. first it started out with the smoky skies. then the fog started rolling in. as the fog started cascading the temperatures began to go down. this is a welcome change. let me show you a live picture from the san jose camera. elevated fire danger will remain until early tomorrow morning. cool weekend. still smoky and hazy at times
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but not as bad as it was today or yesterday. a chance of rain next week, so we have some good news. look how dramatic this is. this is showing you how far the smoke was traveling from those fires up to our north. it wasn't just the august complex fire but other fires as well, so definitely a dramatic view there from the satellite perspective. obviously, it's been impacting our air qualities. take a look at the smoke forecast. the blues and light breens, more smoke as it's pushed eagles. still going to see impacts of the smoke. 9:00 a.m. sunday, pretty good air quality except in the north bay. heavier smoke coming in across sunday night. radar showing the fog near the clyn klein.
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coastline. patchy fog, temperatures mid 50s to low 70s. out the door. if you have plants tomorrow afternoon it's going to be more tubl books comfortable than today. 87 in san jose. 85 degrees cupertino on the olympians. 80 in san mateo. downtowns san francisco, 74 degrees. north t bay temperatures, anywhere from the 60s coastside to the 90s around kalas towicala we'll be on the hazy sigh and warm. 92 degrees in live moore. remnants of marry. linking up with that cold front next week, a week from tonight, we may be seeing some rain going into that following weekend. it would definitely help the firefighters on the fire lines.
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accuweather forecast, hazy and cooler, noticeably cooler on sunday. spare the air right through tuesday and see temperatures dropping midweek with the
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need. happy news we need, especially today. >> yeah. absolutely. wonderful. let's get on to sports. larry is here. i got to say every time you a.d., my ears perk up. >> a.d.'s -- if you can get 32 points in a game, we'll call you a.d., too. >> no problem.
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good evening. can the lakers lure anthony davis to l.a.?
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too much firepower. from the miami team missing too key players, both hurt. lakerslet led pretty much all the way. playing bully ball against andre iguodala. he had 33. lakers by 14 at the happen anthony davis, just unstoppable. floater on the baseline. then the put-back off the miss. that wasn't a duck. 18-point lead. lakers shot 47 threes, most ever attempted in a finals game. they hit 16. lakers hit 124-114. they're up 2-0 in the series but lebron still not satisfied. if you caught after the game we had three special guests, zaza pachulia and we were filled in on what led to his new role as a consult want the wubs. >> i started playing when i was nine years old.
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i joined the warriors kwhifs 17 so i was 33 years old. during that 24 years i was preparing myself for this moment, i can easily say that, but you mentioned i played for the teams that, you know, we could have made the playoffs, we were with the worst reports in the league, those were all important moments for me. that's why you learn. that's where you grow. >> nick mullens will get the start the 49ers versus the eagle. looks like george kittle is going to play and so will deebo sanders. sadly the baseball world lost a legend. cardinals hall of famer bob gibson passed away at the age of 84. the kargesz on the field tonight. padres. fifth inning. eric hosmer. tatis will score. padres.
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tatis he's one of the most exciting players in the game. paul dejong, rokds. padres win 4-0. take the series 2-1, face the dodgers next in the division series. after a rainout yesterday, it is jason hayward. broken bat sink single. contreras coming home. and highs out. top seven. here it comes. there it goes. garrett cooper solo blast. marlins win
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tonight thanks for watching. >> right now on jimmy kim em, ♪ this is an abc color presentation. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight, shaquille o'neill, rachel nichols, and music from m asap ferg. now, jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: hello. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. we are here on a friday night. a very unusual friday night. just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any 2020-er, last night, it's around 10:00, i just got home from throwing my ballots in the river. my wife and i are on the bed. making love. which means i'm on my computer, she's on her phone. and all of a sudden, everyone we know is texting us. everyone.

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