joe biden gave a non-answer. >> i'm trying to answer you know. >> now at 5:00, vice presidential showdown. the big moments from last night's debate plus breaking news about the second presidential debate next week. new criticism of the trump administration's handling of the pandemic. the scathing editorial as more than half of the united states see a rise in cases. and this is the face of a bear about to return to the wild. the recovery after he suffered burned in a wildfire and the intentional place where experts set him free. >> excited to see that and excited to see you, my friends and all of you out there. good morning. it's thursday, october 8th. >> that was a lot of drool. >> really? > i wasn't expecting that at 5:00 in the morning. i know i'm not the only one. someone at home please back me up. good morning, mike. >> yeah. i noticed that also.

he's really -- she excited to be there. drooling. less ta let's talk about what's going on weather-wise. we have poor air quality in napa. everyone else green to moderate as we head down to the monterey bay. it's cloudy outside. just a couple degrees milder than yesterday. you will still need a jacket. temperatures are in the 50s just about everywhere. here's a look from the south beach. with the marine layer expanding overnight, expect less fog during the morning commute. a little drizzle falling along the coast. that could be the case through the morning commute until midmorning. mostly cloudy to partly sunny heading through the day. look at temperatures in the 50s and 60s at noon. 60s to barely a few 70s at 4:00. weren't we just in the 90s? back at 7:00 we're in the 50s and 60s. reggie? >> we'll start with big news. we've just learned that president trump and joe biden will not share a stage in the

second presidential debate next week. the commission on presidential debates just released those details this morning. the commission says in order to protect everyone involved, they are going to do a town hall style debate. this means that trump and biden will participate from separate remote locations. the moderator is going to be at a venue in miami. the debate is happening on october 15th. it is your voice and your vote. vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris faced off if a historic vice presidential debate. the two touched on a range of issues including california's wildfires. julian glover is live with the key takeaways. good morning. >> good morning. we certainly got more substance last night in the debate between senator harris and vice president mike pence compared to the biden/trump debate a week ago. both candidates ignored questions from the moderator, pretty much like a call from the telemarketer. the debate opened with the trump

administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic. it covered topics from the future of the supreme court, the economy and health care. harris evaded questions on whether president biden would increase seats on the supreme court and pence on abortion laws. the back and forth on climate change was hot last night. >> the climate is changing. the issue is what's the cause and what do we do about it? there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago. >> thank you. >> but many of the client -- >> vice president pence, i'm sorry, your time is up. >> to try to sell the goods of a green new deal. >> we have seen a pattern with this administration they don't believe science. joe's plan says we will deal with it and also create jobs. donald trump when asked about the wildfires in california and the question was the science is telling us this. you know what donald trump said? science doesn't know.

>> this may have caught your ear if you were watching live. senator harris gave a shout-out to oakland. some see that as a potential shield against any birther arguments or comments not to let business trump fan the idea that senator barack obama was not idea. important to remember with trump now 74, biden 78, either of the two people we saw on stage last night could be called upon to lead the nation and the next four years. reporting live, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. that debate had a much different tone than lst week's faceoff between presidential candidates. chronicle insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier said there was a marked difference between harris and pence. >> mike pence used to be a talk show host. so he had that certain unflappable attitude, a quiet, lower demeanor.

he had an advantage because he's in lock ststep from the preside. kamala harris, we saw more emotion coming through, flustered at times, and it was just a couple months ago she was running against joe biden. >> the fact checkers were hard at work again during the debate to find out which of the claims hold up. head to abc7news.com. the coronavirus outbreak at the white house continues to grow. in fact, abc news confirmed new cases overnight, a significant jump. jobina is at the live desk with more on this. >> yes. an internal mem move o obtainedc news says that 34 people tested positive for covid-19, that's up from 24 yesterday afternoon. we're learning the white house is facing unprecedented criticism from the "new england journal of medicine" over the administration's handling of the pandemic. they wrote that u.s. leaders should be voted out and have

taken a crisis and turned it into a tragedy. it comes as 32 states and territories are now seeing a rise in cases. >> we could have from 300,000 to 400,000 deaths. that would be just so tragic if that happen. >> another top military official tested positive after attending a meeting with the joint chiefs. general gary thomas is second in command of the marine corps. all but one of the joint chiefs are now in isolation. reggie? >> that is something. thank you. as far as coronavirus and california, we have an interactive map that shows you where each county stands. to find out how your county is doing, head to abc7news.com. flags are flying at half staff today at the san francisco fire department as they mourn the death of a firefighter who died in a training accident. cal osha confirms that 42-year-old firefighter jason cortez fell three stories causing severe head injuries that resulted in his death.

this happened around 10:00 a.m. yesterday at the san francisco training facility in the mission. later hundreds of san francisco firefighters lined up outside of san francisco general as cort ' cortez's body was carried out in a casket draped by an american flag. cortez leaves behind a wife and two kids. >> he's a father of two children, a husband to an amazing wife. >> the training accident is being investigated jointly by the san francisco fire department, police department and cal osha. other san francisco fire stations are paying tribute. this sign is outside of cortez's station, number 3 in the tenderloin. the men and women of station 44 made that. abc7 was there as they passed the sign around and signed the back while waiting on the procession route. they say cortez was well loved. north bay leaders will meet with fema today to talk about federal assistance to recover

from the glass fire. the state has requested a disaster declaration, if that's approved grants will be available to home owners and business owners who had to rebuild. >> everyone save every receipt because you may qualify for the individual and business assistance if, in fact, that declaration does occur and especially in the near future. >> the glass fire has burned more than 67,000 acres in the sonoma and napa counties and it's just over 60% contained. more than 1,500 structures have been destroyed, officials say damage assessment is still under way. that is just one of the things that is holding up this disaster declaration. i have some good news, the cooler weather has finally made it up to the north bay and up in the higher elevations as that expanding marine layer is making it feel like 58 degrees. look at that humidity. it was like 6% yesterday. it's up to 72%. ideal firefighter conditions

with those light breezes. let's see how long it lasts. through at least saturday and then the offshore breezes develop and you can see the dry air and heat coming back as we head to the middle part of next week. good luck to those firefighters, they need a break and they're getting it. if you're just joining us from the tri valley or the east bay valley, look at those 50s out there. another sign that the marine layer has taken over all neighborhoods as it has expanded tall enough to climb over a lot of our higher elevations. 62 in oakland and hayward. everyone else in the 50s. no 40s this morning. in fact, look at this. the golden gate bridge, much easier to see all the way across to the marin headlands. that west-northwest wind at 13, that means it will be comfortable this afternoon if you have to take a break from working at home or remote learning. if you're exercising, use our

app or website and follow the air quality. here's future radar. at midnight tonight through tomorrow morning there's a slight chance of drizzle, a random shower and we'll repeat that for saturday. jobina? >> thank you, mike. good morning. i'm following a sigalert in san jose this morning on -- it's not a great situation. we have some images coming in from the area. you can see there we have an overturned truck. injuries have been reported. an ambulance has been called out to the scene, this is northbound 101 at the hellyer avenue off-ramp. it looks like the chp is trying to get this moved out of the way. this happened about an hour ago now. also learning that speeds are still down to about 5 miles per hour. there are at least three lanes blocked at the moment. those are all the details we have so far. also want to bring you to a live camera showing you a look at walnut creek. we have smooth conditions in the

east bay after an earlier sigalert, a second one in concord that appears to have cleared. i'll keep you posted on what unfolds in san jose. kumasi? >> thank you. it's basically do or die for the oakland a's today. the team has to win again to force a winner take all game five tomorrow. the a's hit five home runs coming from behind to beat houston 9-7 yesterday. the a's trail the series 2-1. game four begins at 12:35. >> let's send them some good energy. we need a celebration, okay? >> okay. that's true. coming up, the celebrity making it known who she's voting for in the presidential election. and new overnight, police used tear gas on protesters. what sparked these demonstrations in wisconsin. ts counted.

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welcome back. let's talk about the air quality. it's unhealthy already. when it's orange, that's moderate. when it's red, that's unhealthy. you can see as we head through the day there's the possibility of elevated smoke reaching it down to the ground. as we head to friday and saturday it looks quiet. sunday, look at that, that northerly wind kicks in. whatever smoke is produced by the august fire and the glass fire will move back in. we'll keep an eye on sunday. here is hurricane delta. it's churning as a category 2. still looking at landfall further to the west heading over towards lake charles, louisiana again.

they don't need this. >> mike, thank you. developing news, protesters in wisconsin breaking curfew after no criminal charges were filed against an officer involved in the shooting death of a black teenager. jobina fortson is following that. >> new video shows police using tear gas on protesters trying to prevent them moving forward while police declared it an unlawful assembly saying they dispersed gas at demonstrator after they began following rocks at businesses. the district attorney announced there would not be charges filed against joseph mensa in the shooting death of 17-year-old alvin cole in february. it was the third shooting by the same officer in five years. it was recommended he be fired. the unrest was anticipated. it shut down city hall for three days and implemented a nightly

curf curfew. well, this is a reminder to double check your ballot before you mail it in. the reason is that nearly 23,000 of them were rejected across the bay area in the last general election. voters made three big mistakes. first, not signing the ballot or the envelope. second, the signature did not match the voter registration card. third, the ballot did not get returned in time. california law says as law as ballots are postmarked on or before election day they can arrive three days later and still be counted but that rule is changing for this election. >> we're extending the deadline to 17 days after the election for this november, anticipating any unexpected delays in the postal service but it must be postmarked on or before election day. >> we have to be careful and make sure we're doing everything right. if you want a more detailed look at how many ballots were

rejected in your county, we have an interactive map posted on our website, abc7news.com. a black bear is back home in the wild in butte county after suffering burns in the north complex fire. let's look at this video. i want to see this drool. it shows this 370-pound bear being released back into the wilderness after being treated for burns. i see it. the wildlife disaster network treated this injured bear and it left. released him into the wild about 25 miles away from where they found him. experts say the new area was not touched by the fire, it will still be very familiar to the bear and it will be able to find food, water and shelter. look at his little burns. >> i'm glad to see him back. >> yes. he's back home. he can find his people and they can get back together. this is good. >> how many of us when we've

been sleeping a little while don't have a little something-something coming out of the mouth. >> that's gross when you roll over into it. you're like, oh. what did i do? all right. good morning, everybody. let's talk about what's going on weather-wise. here's a look from the exploratorium. 58 degrees right now. cloudy conditions and you can see the top of the tow tower. maybe a little drizzle in the higher elevations but it will create more cooling on another day of unhealthy air possibilities. chance of rain fading. drizzle more likely. probably take that storm impact scale down and a warming off-shore wind that could bring smoke back to our neighborhoods sunday. critical fire conditions right

now are looking low. look at these temperatures in the south bay. 67 to about 73 degrees on the peninsula. 64 to 68. upper 50s along the coast today. low to mid 60s in downtown and south san francisco. in sausalito with 68 to 72 through the north bay valleys. along the east bayshore, 64 to 68. check out this refreshing change in the east bay valleys, 70 to 76 degrees. tonight in the 50s. a splotch of green out there. drizzle is possible. random showers possible friday and saturday. you can see the winds shift and the warmer weather sunday. then 90s return to the forecast inland for tuesday and wednesday. back to you. >> all right. thanks. a pop star with 140 million instagram followers just revealed that she's voting for joe biden. we're talking about taylor swift. she posted this photo showing her snack for last night's debate. if you zoom in you can see it's a plate full of biden/harris

cookies. she tells "v" magazine we need a president who protects the rights of people of color, women and the lgbtq community. she said they also need a leader who takes global warming seriously and puts lives first. >> coming up next, 7 things to know this morning. >> and prime day deals. amazon's annual sale is coming up soon. but it's not the only place where you can expect to see some major discounts. in the tubbs fire. the flames, the ash, it was terrifying. thousands of family homes are destroyed in wildfires. families are forced to move

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it's 5:22, here's 7 things to know this morning. the white house covid-19 outbreak is expanding. abc news obtained a memo indicating at least 34 people have tested positive and that's up from 24 just yesterday afternoon. >> number two, last night voters got to see kamala harris and vice president mike pence face off for the only vice presidential debate. they touched on several top inges binge topics but the coronavirus dominated the debate. number three, big changes to the next presidential debate.

organizerers announced this morning that president trump and joe biden will debate remotely but the entire thing is in question because the president just said he will not do a virtual debate. number four, cal investigating the death of a firefighter yesterday morning. jason cortez is a four-year veteran and is survived by his wife and two children. number five. yesterday was the transition from above average to below average temperatures. today we deepen that. anywhere from 6 to 12 degrees cooler. number six, we are following a sigalert in san jose, i do have a graphic if we're able to get it for you. speeds down to 5 miles per hour and this is going to be on northbound 101 at the hellyer avenue off-ramp. an overturned truck there, lots of debris and issues.

number seven, do not plan on going to amusement parks here in california any time soon. governor newsom says he will let science dictate when they'll be able to reopen and that's expected to happen when virus rates stabilize. people in contra costa county will be getting their amazon packages faster. a new fulfillment city opened in oakley. it is expected to bring in an estimated 800 jobs to the city. crews broke ground on the facility in january. it's the first of five buildings scheduled to be constructed at this new business park. city officials are hopeful that the center will be an economic catalyst for the region for years to come. in today's first look, the annual prime day sale is less than a week away and this morning other retailers are announcing they'll compete with their own big sales. >> reporter: in this morning "gma" first look, call it

delayed amazon prime day or just early black friday. >> there was a strong anticipation that some of the best deals will be happening around prime day as opposed to black friday and cyberbound. >> amazon prime day -- >> epic day of deals. >> -- has been turned on its head. normally in the summer, the coronavirus causing it to move to next week. over the two days of october 13th and 14th. and it's not just amazon. >> walmart's event is called the big save. it will be going on from october 11th to the 15th. target, they're calling it deal days. and that's going on the exact same days as prime day, october 13th and 14th. >> coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll tell you which products to buy now, which ones to wait for, and the strategies to save big. with uruguyour "gma" first look becky worley, abc news. the star of the home alone movies is encouraging you to wear masks. mccauley call kin shared this

picture with his more than 1 million instagram followers. he played kevin mccallister, the little boy left home alone in the movies from the '90s. now he's in his 40s. the he's 40. let me give him his years. he wrote just staying covid safe by wearing the flayed skin of my younger self. don't forget to wear your mask, kids. >> why do we all drag people with their age? >> i know. let him be. >> what was that? >> let him be. >> yeah. >> i guess it's because we remember him as a kid in those movies. then you're like he's a full grown man now. >> mm-hmm. but you were a kid when you saw those movies, too. >> friend, don't remind us. >> so -- we're coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including social distancing with st. nick.

visiting santa will be a new experience this year. we'll talk about the new safety measures in place at some mas. and whyom localil cards and flowers have been left at fire station number 7 where a san francisco firefighter was killed. i'm amy hollyfield. i'll have the story coming up. and a big buzz over this. yes. zoom in. a fly sitting on top of vice president mike pence's head for more than two minutes during the debate last night. how the biden campaign is now say yes... to the best bargains ever at ross! yes! oh, yeah! yep. yesss! savings on savings on savings? that's yes for less. at ross.

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firefighter. the tragic accident that happened during a training incident in san francisco. and also ahead, mike is tracking some drizzle and as more fall-like weather moves into the bay area we're looking at that as well. good morning. it's thursday, october 8th. >> we're in fall, friend. i'm feeling it. >> are you? >> yes, i am. i was a little cold, you know how i get, but it's all about the spirit of fall. >> okay. she's living her fall fantasy, mike. help her out. >> yes. we get to wear some different clothes for the next couple of days instead of wearing shorts and short sleeves. if you look at the pictures from the rest of the country, the colors are gorgeous while we're still in the same color we always are this time of year. let's look at the south beach camera, it's not foggy. the marine layer is taller. it's climbing over the hills and

bringing clouds and a bit of drizzle to some areas. and also we've got some poor air quality in the north bay now and that could continue throughout the day. another spare the air day. you can see the sea breeze. look at that. 20-mile-per-hour wind at fairfield. the rest of us are light this morning. we will have high clouds that will slow the repeal of low clouds. expect partly sunny to even mostly cloudy conditions today. 60s and 70s across the board unless you're near the coast where temperatures will hang out in the upper 50s. that's your fall forecast. here's reggie with more news. it is a somber morning for san francisco firefighters who suffered a sudden and terrible loss yesterday. a training accident killed a 13-year veteran, jason cortez. amy hollyfield is live in the mission district with what we know so far about how this happened. amy? >> look behind me. someone has left cards and flowers and candles to remember

the fallen firefighter and thank him for his service. they're also flying the flag at half staff here at fire station number 7. the accident happened at the training facility here. jason cortez died yesterday morning. crews tell us he fell from three stories high during a training exercise and suffered a head injury. hundreds of firefighters lined up outside of san francisco general hospital as the body of the 42-year-old was carried a c american flag. the married father of two has been with the department for 13 years. >> he was just a really wonderful human being, always a straight up guy, hardworking, kind, just, you know, if i could clone him, you know, i would. just a wonderful human being. >> the fire chief says she can't give details about what happened

here, only that it was tragic and they are all heart broken. his death is now under investigation. again, fire station number 7 here showing its grief. the whole fire department is in mourning. the flag here at half staff. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> our condolences to his fellow firefighters and his family. breaking news. president trump is now saying he will not participate in the next presidential debate which is set for october 15th. he made that announcement this morning on fox news a short time after the commission on presidential debates announced that this debate will be virtual. trump and biden were supposed to participate from separate, remote locations while the moderator is at a venue in miami. but certainly it looks like at least at 5:33 in the morning on this day that those plans are now in question. your voice your vote. with 26 days now until election day vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris and

joe biden are now all back on the campaign trail today. last night voters got to see harris and pence faceoff and theyoued on a variety of topics, but it was the coronavirus crisis that dominated the debate night. andrew dymburt joins us live from washington, d.c. with more on this. >> reporter: mike pence and kamala harris offer opposing realities to the response to covid-19. mike pence's performance was a strike contrast to president trump's last week. pence showed >> reporter: senator kamala harris and vice president mike pence squaring off in the one and only presidential debate with the covid outbreak shadowing the west wing, the coronavirus pandemic was front and center. the running mates separated by plexiglass, sparring over the handling of the pandemic. >> the american people have witnessed what is the greatest

failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country. they knew and they covered it up. the president said it was a hoax. >> president trump did what no other american president had done. he suspended all travel from china. senator joe biden opposed that decision. >> reporter: on the question of a vaccine, senator harris casting doubt on the current administration's ability to get one to the american people safely. the moderator pressing pence the head of the coronavirus task force on what appear to have been a supper breaspreader even the white house. >> it was an outdoor event. >> reporter: and harris with her most pointed attack -- >> if you have a pre-existing condition, heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, they're coming for you. >> reporter: the presidential

candidates were quick to declare victory on behalf of their running mates. president trump tweeting that pence won big. joe biden saying harris made us all proud. reporting live this morning in washington, d.c., andrew dim bett dynbert for abc news. kamala harris has been honest and forthright. and vice president pence is having a tough time justifying some of the moves. >> compared to the last debate, pence seemed calmer, more intelligent and more ready to answer questions. he pulled out facts. >> this was the only scheduled vice presidential debate. the fact checkers were hard at work again during the debate. to find out which of the claims hold up go to abc7news.com. the white house covid-19 outbreak is now expanding. an internal government memo obtained by abc news indicates

34 people have tested positive. that's up from 24 yesterday afternoon. the white house says president trump was back in the oval office yesterday six days after announcing he tested positive. officials said the white house was taking precautions to stop the spread, but several white house aides were seen yesterday interacting once again without masks. the assistant of the marine corps, general gary thomas, has tested positive. this comes days after they were in a pentagon with a coast guard leader who was infected. in california a staffer in the governor's office and another state worker who works nearby have tested positive. the governor says both are self-isolating and the department of public health is doing extensive contact tracing. he said neither of these individuals worked with him directly in his office. rejen ron askgeneron asked r

clearance of it's coronavirus vaccine. >> the experimental treatment is designed to block covid-19 infections. it's been available for compassionate use, which is something the fda has to approve like it did for the president. this morning the drugmaker's stock is up sharply but there are new questions as you mentioned about the president's relationship with the ceo of the company. dr. len schliffer has been a hab member of trump's golf clubs and his company received 4$450 million in government funding in july. meanwhile president trump also recently owned shares of regeneron. doses are available for about

50,000 patients. >> thank you. happening today, the nation's top infectious des cti expert dr. anthony fauci will take part in a fireside chat. he will talk about colleges opening safely and the broad every impact broader impact of covid-19. it will stream live on the berkeley forum's facebook page and youtube channel. >> coming up, hurricane delta heading for the u.s. and even santa is social distancing this year. what your family can expect if you're going to get those classic holiday photos at the mall. first, we check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. thanks for joining us. we'll start off with current conditions. going down to the south bay, we have cloudy skies over top of us. 52 in los gatos.

the rest of us around 55 to 59 degrees. as we head deeper into the forecast or more neighborhoods, 52 in napa. 59 in alameda. newark, san carlos, redwood city and the south bay. let's look at your commute planner, it's cloudy outthere. some patchy drizzle possible especially higher elevations and near the coast. temperatures milder with those 50s. no 40s this morning. watch out for that drizzle this morning and air quality issues throughout the day. let's give you an update on what's going to happen the next two days. we've been watching the chances of rain fade away. you can see midnight tonight through tomorrow morning, there's a chance of spotty drizzle, maybe a random shower. heading through the day, you can see more chances of random showers are over the ocean and then across the south bay. that kind of fades away as we head into friday evening. if you're out late friday evening drizzle will develop. that will continue through saturday morning. then a random shower is possible heading into saturday afternoon

and ending during the evening hours. look at the rainfall totals. less than a tenth of a percent of an inch. look how the smoke clears out later today and stays that way through at least saturday, sunday it could come back. we'll talk about that coming up. let's turn it over to jobina. i saw she was following an accident. what else is going on? >> exactly. we have a sigalert i've been following throughout the morning in san jose. we do have our photojournalist on the scene there now to take a live look at what's happening. this is northbound 101 at the he hellier avenue off-ramp. a box truck overturned and was laying across the lanes. one lane of travel is able to move right now on the left-hand side. all other lanes are blocked. according to the chp, they were trying to get this out of the way in the next 30 minutes or so. there is a backup extending

because of all of this. i was tracking this on our censors, it's around 5 miles per hour as people approach because this is in the commute direction. aside from this issue, everything else is looking clear across the bay area which is the positive here. there were some injuries here, but it does look like this person was rushed off to the hospital. we'll be right back after

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reported. how about that. that's surprising. now, hurricane delta is growing in size. likely to strengthen in a category 3 storm. that means we could be dealing with hurricane-force winds when it makes landfall in the gulf coast tomorrow. preparations are under way in louisiana where storm surge could be up to a devastating 11 feet. so let's get the latest right now with live doppler 7. you can see it is definitely bigger. it is filling up almost the entire gulf right now. it's feasting off that 80 to 90-degree water. it's not quite as warm as where it developed but still warm enough, that 85 degree water to fuel it. more than 8 inches of rain possible. gusts 125 miles per hour. 11-foot coastal surge. extreme risk for loss of life and damage. notice as we get closer, the track has narrowed and moved to the west a little bit. now putting lake charles and jennings and lafayette in the path. the path is only about 130 miles

whe whereas it was 185. back here at home, in the 50s this morning. not a lot of sunshine today. highs only in the 60s and 70s. what a refreshing change. enjoy. >> thank you. we have breaking news. the u.s. labor department released the latest weekly jobless claims report. jobina is tracking the numbers. >> this is the sixth week in a row that the jobless claims are now under 1 million. here's the number that we're seeing. 840,000 people filed for unemployment benefits last week. that's slightly higher than economists projections of 825,000. there are more than 10.97 million continuing claims. that's down about 1 million from last week's report. we will see how wall street investors react to this when the markets open up in about 45 minutes. kumasi? >> thank you. president trump says troops

in afghanistan should be home by christmas. the president tweeted yesterday on the 19th anniversary of america's longest war. after 9/11 troops were deployed to fight against terrorists in afghanistan almost two decades later there are still 5,000 u.s. soldiers there. trump's national security adviser says that will go down to 2,500 by early next year, not christmas. earlier this year the u.s. and the taliban agreed to withdraw all troops by 2021. back to christmas for a second. santa claus will be practicing social distancing this year. brookfield properties which owns stones town galleria in san francisco and southland mall in hayward says they will offer a touchless experience with santa at 135 malls. that means you don't get close t him. brookfield says to ensure safe fun santa might show up behind a giant picture frame or riding his slay behind you behind what appears to be a plexiglass wall. he'll be wearing a mask in

states that require it like ours. for those families who don't want to go to the mall, brookfield will be offering virtual visits with santa. >> i think you should designate someone in your family that you will be santa this year. figure it out. go online, get the costume. grow the beard, whatever, tape it on. and then someone in your family is santa. >> okay. >> no? >> yeah. the kids know the mall santa is just a helper to the real santa because he can't be in all those malls at the same time. so, yeah, why not have a parent do it instead? kumasi, you are solving problem problems. >> i just want to dress up and do something. >> and santa wearing a mask. one of my kids was scared to death of the mall santas to

begin with. put a mask on him? that could be trying. here's san jose at 87. it's 59 and cloudy. more cooling today. chance of rain is fading but some drizzle and random showers are likely. another autumn heat wave. 90s coming back to the forecast next week. all right. so with less sunshine, look at these cooler temperatures. upper 60s to mid 70s. 67 to 74 across the south bay. the spread on the peninsula today, 64 to 68 degrees. upper 50s along the coast. and some low to mid 60s, 62 to about 64 from downtown south san francisco across the sausalito. upper 60s to low 70s through most of the knonorth bay. as you move into the east bay valleys, refreshing, open the house and enjoy 70 to 76 degrees. tonight you see some green out

there. fog may be a bit more likely as the marine layer will be juicier tomorrow morning. 50 to 57 degrees. temperatures hanging in the 50s, 60s, 70s for friday and saturday. the onshore breeze will switch. sunday, smoke could return and there you go, tuesday and wednesday, 80s and 90s away from the coast. reggie? >> if you were watching the debate last night you know the social media star of the debate was not the two candidates. it was a fly. now the biden campaign is fund-raising off of it. so this fly landed on the vice president's hair. he seemed pretty unaware of it. neither candidate actually acknowledged it. certainly the internet did. social media lit up with comments about that fly. the biden campaign is also trying to capitalize on that unexpected guest. it tweeted pitch in five bucks to help this campaign fly.

the campaign is adding a fly swatter to their store which says truth over flies. that was quick work by whoever runs that campaign. >> did you see how fast they got that up there? >> yes. you see how long that fly stayed up there? two minutes? the fly got comfortable. >> it sure did. it said i'm a star now. >> i want to participate. new at 6:00, if your kids are hoping for a puppy this holiday season, they better write to santa soon. the puppy shortage this year. first when will california theme parks reopen? the latest update from the governor's office. everything whether it needs to be sprayed or wiped down. >> lights, camera, action. a romantic drama filming in san francisco with some big ch

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at least not in california. governor newsom says talks are still ongoing with the parks that have been closed now since march. the governor said that he and disney's bob iger had disagreements over reopening disneyland and that he is going to let science determine reopenings. that's expected to happen when virus rates stabilize. on friday the governor delayed releasing park operating rules following criticism from the industry. disney is the parent company of ab abc7. don't expect movie theaters to reopen in san francisco any time soon. the city gave the go-ahead for theaters to resume operations with restrictions but the national association of theater owners of california and nevada say members in san francisco decided to stay closed because it is "economically impossible."

they cited the department of health's rules that limits capacity at no more than 25% or 100 people, which ever is fewer and a ban on concessions. movie crews are slowly getting back on set after the pandemic put a lot of productions on hold. this is the set of an upcoming film called "adam & eve." it's a romantic film set in san francisco. while there may be no workers are sanitizing everything. >> we have scaled it down and stretched out the schedule to allow us to move, you know, cautiously and safely. >> this production has ayed six months. shooting was supposed to start back in march.

good luck to them. we could use some new programming. here's a look at what's going on. besides us, we're new every day. the golden gate bridge, you can see it's not foggy but we have an onshore breeze. temperatures below average from 6 to 12 degrees. highs in the 60s and 70s today. look at friday and that cloud cover. that will keep us in the 60s and 70s. cloud cover will be thick saturday. we have a chance of spotty drizzle and a random shower. look at that offshore breeze, that arrives sunday, bringing us sunshine, 60s, 70s and the return of the 80s. 90s show up in the middle part of next week inland. next at 6:00, the edd is taking claims again but people are still getting problems. the new details about the chal s challenges they're facing this morning. and waking up to the first and only vice presidential

debate between senator harris and vice president pence. it was heated at times. they covered everything from climate change to health care to the future of the supreme court. i'm julian glover with that coming up. the covid-19 outbreak at the white house keeps on growing with 34 people testing positive. the scathing ean and do

you support -- >> it means. >> if i might the presidential debate goes virtual? organizers announcing a change this morning but it looks like the president is not on board. what he is saying this morning following a heated vice presidential debate. >> it's thursday, october 8th. we'll get to that story in a few minutes. let's check in with mike to see what our day has in store for us. hi, mike. >> hi, reggie, couplekumasi anda

fortson. napa there is in the orange. that is poor air quality. the rest of us are showing yellow, moderate. even san francisco, you're the cleanest with green. good air. enjoy the clean air while most of us have it. it could deteriorate in the afternoon hours. we saw that in the north bay and down in san jose. look at the cloud cover. a canopy of high clouds and low clouds over us. limited sunshine today. look at these temperatures tank even more. you step outside. it's milder than yesterday with some patchy drizzle in the 50s. 50s and 60s at noon. 60s and barely 70 at 4:00. grab a coat this evening, back in the 50s and 60s. kumasi? >> thank you. debate plans are up in the air right now because president trump is not happy with the next debate going virtual. in a live interview with fox news this morning he said "i'm not going to waste my time doing a virtual debate." the commission on presidential debates announced today it will