golden gate bridge due to the off shore breezes you see blowing through the north bay up to 35 miles per hour at mt. saint helena and that is creating the fire threat and the red flag warning for the higher elevations of the north bay through 8:00 wednesday morning. as far as temperatures, a little bit warmer today thanks to that off shore breeze from near 70 at the coast and mid and upper 70s around san francisco and oakland, richmond and 80s just about everywhere else and east bay valleys 90s are possible. kumasi? >> thank you, mike. as we mentioned, here we go, again. pg&e is warning of another round of fire prevention shutoffs this week. 50,000 customers could lose electricity as early as tomorrow night. here in the bay area,near ly 70,000 homes and businesses. the areas near mt. diablo are most impacted. people all over the bay area are preparing for the next round

of potential outages right now. amy hollyfield live in danville with more on this. amy? >> hi, yes. we are in a high-risk area. this is stone valley and green valley road. this neighborhood has been alerted that the lights may be getting turned off as early as tomorrow night. so, this is the section of contra costa county that is under the warning. other county sections of these counties have been alerted by pg&e. alameda, napa, santa clara and sonoma. residents in marin county are dealing with the closure of fairfax. residents there tell us they will deal with road closures and outages if that is what needs to be done to keep people safe. >> it can be a busy road with people going through to the beach here but it's never terrible. it's not like the road to stenson. it's a back way. but definitely less traffic when the gate is closed. people who live on this road or any open space area, we're all

thinking about it every day. so, we appreciate the red flag warnings. >> definitely disappointed this is going into place but totally understand that having people up here is increasing the risk that they want to take the right precautions. >> reporter: pg&e is warning it might shut the power off to keep its equipment from possibly sparking a fire in the windy, hot, dry conditions that are expected. it has already been a deadly destructive fire season and this windy weather is expected for at least another week. residents are getting pretty good at preparing for these shutoffs telling us they have filled their freezer with ice and keeping their phones charged and embrace the outdoors. reporting live in danville, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you, amy. pg&e does call for these power shutoff an easy way to find out if you'll be affected. we have a tool where you can put

in your address and we have some information about what you should be doing right now before the power goes out. you can find all of that on our website, abc7news.com. today california's health and human services secretary will provide an update on the state's response to the pandemic. dr. mark ghaly is expected to reveal new guidelines for the reopening of theme parks and resuming team sports. dr. ghaly will speak at noon today. california is adding an extra layer of protection to its covid-19 vaccine approval process and announcing a group of 11 scientists will independently review the safety of any vaccine that receives fda approval before it is distributed in california. >> we will do our own independently reviewed process with our world class experts that just happened to live here in the state of california treasure-trove of experts. >> the committee includes

doctors from san francisco's department of public health, ucsf and uc berkeley and stanford. one ucsf epidemiologist we talked to knows many of the experts on that committee. >> enough distrust of the vaccine going around as it is that if this, if a committee like this takes an extra week and that encourages a greater proportion of people to get vaccinated, then it's hugely important. >> even if vaccines get fda emergency use authorization this year, we have been hearing about that. governor newsom says people should not expect widespread s distribution until 2021. santa clara county will vote on a program to provide low-interest loans to small businesses. one supervisor said it is rare to have relief funding from the county level. >> it's become clearer and clearer that if we wait for the

state and federal governments to step up, we could be waiting a very long time with great hardshhard ship for small businesses. >> if approved at today's board of supervisors meeting, we do expect to learn more about the program next month. negotiations between house speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary steven mnuchin are coming down to the wire. the deadline to reach a coronavirus relief deal is today. and even if an agreement is reached, the measure will still face some stiff opposition in the senate. house democrats want to pass a $1.8 trillion spending proposal but members of the gop led senate are wary of our budget deficit. they are backing that proposal that cost $500 billion. the commission on president's debates promised more structure after a chaotic first debate between president trump and joe biden. changes to ensure a more orderly discussion during thursday's debate meani fewer interruptions. jobina is at the live desk with details on the big change.

good morning, jobina. >> good morning, julian. that big change is a mute button. each candidate will have two minutes uninterrupted at the start of each segment. also here to ensure that the other candidate's microphone will be muted and then both will be unmuted for follow-up discussions. president trump is expected to make the final debate about foreign policy while the pandemic still dameinatominates conversation. unloaded on scientists and dr. anthony fauci. >> people are tired of hearing fauci and all these idiots, these people. these people that have gotten it wrong. he's a nice guy. he's been here for 500 years. >> this man had an opportunity to deal with but denied fact, denied science and lied to the american people. we know we need a change. and a change is coming. >> on fox news this morning, the president said he does not support the changes, but he plans to attend the debate

anyway. abc7 news will air the second and final presidential debate this thursday night. coverage begins at 6:00 right here on abc7. kumasi and julian. air travel trends in the age of covid-19. what airports are seeing go through those security gates. plus, a new study on sick covid-19 patients. why it may actually be better to have a worse case for just this one reason. and another fire threat looms in our forecast. this one starts wednesday night and goes through friday morning. right now we're under a watch which means get prepared for a cool fire conditions because when that red flag warning is issued, that means they are here.

all right. welcome back. 6:10 on a tuesday. let's take a look at some neighborhood temperatures. you need to grabt a jacket. 53 in union city to about 57 in alameda and head up in the hills a little warmer. here's a look at temperatures else where from 46 at santa rosa to 58 in san jose. for your activity planner today, going to be another warmer than average and sunny day with moderate amounts of tree pollen lurking outside. you can see as we head from this morning into the afternoon

hours, our threat decreases just a little bit and then during the day and the afternoon, it remains pretty moderate. but today, again, the fire danger increases across the north bay. let's get a check of the morning commute, here's jobina. >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. we're going to start off with a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the chp has still not given us an update whether the metering lights are on but the build up continuing to build there. moving over to the golden gate bridge now where we have a fog advisory issued by the chp, so be aware of that low visibility as you move in and out of the north bay as you're comingqn a going from san francisco. checking out the map, i should say, i just want to bring in this update to the crash that we were following in oakland on 880 at

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and we do have some breaking news this morning. the justice department is getting red a eto file a major lawsuit against google making it the significant tech challenge. jobina at the live desk with the new details. >> yes, julian. unfortunately, i'm not able to pull this up because i lost my script but we have this breaking news from google and i want to send it back to you for more on that. >> we'll take it over from fro google has an illegal monopoly on search and search advertising and we'll get back to more information on that. right now, i want to tell you about a celebration of life for a fallen san francisco firefighter. a private memorial for jason cortez took place last night. police and firefighters escorted his body to st. ignatius church. cortez was killed in a training accident earlier this month. the private celebration for the

42-year-old starts at 11:00 this morning in oracle park. doctors have been treating covid-19 patients with antibodies taken from covid-19 survivors. blood from the sickest patients are the most effective, is the most effective because those antibodies produce a stronger response. according to researchers at john hopkins, age and gender can also play a role in this. specifically older men who have been hospitalized for covid-19 are among the strongest candidates for plasma donation. a wildfire that has been burning in colorado for more than two months is now the largest in state history. the cameron peak fire has 2004 acres. firefighters are battling the flames through intense winds of up to 50 miles an hour that whip up dust there. we want to check in with meteorologist mike nicco with a look at the conditions today.

they are at least isolated for us here. >> that is widespread with what they're dealing with in colorado but dealing with the same kind of drought that we have been dealing with seems like forever and now starting to experience some of the side effects that we've been dealing with as this drought spreads throughout the inner mountain west. back here at home, how about the exploratorium. how about some of the stars you can see. beautiful shot from pier 15 back towards the salesforce tower on the other side of the embarcadero center. dry breezes. that's why we have the red flag warning and warmer also with those off-shore breezes. the fire threat will continue through friday and possibly returning saturday night and sunday and i hope not because i'm really looking forward to those seasonal 60s and 70s for highs this weekend. two areas of high pressure still dominating the storm track and still steering everything well away from us. the result low to mid 80s through most of the south bay until you get to los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy. peninsula today most of us in the low to mid 80s.

near 70 along the coast with mid 70s in downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. near 70 along the north bay coast with more sunshine than yesterday and look at the mid to upper 80s through most of your valleys there. even some 90s north of cloverdale. we'll have a mix of upper 70s to low 80s. 77 to 82 along the east bay shore and 87 to 92 in our east bay valleys. you can open the windows tonight. temperatures back in the 50s and most neighborhoods up in the hills especially the north bay, a little bit warmer. 60s and 70s because of those breezes. you can see our warmest days are today and tomorrow. we start the cooling trend thursday and friday. we have a fire weather watch then also and then those 60s and 70s as we head through the weekend. a refreshing change eventually. have a good one. back to you. >> thank you, mike. now, we're checking in with ginger for a look at what is ahead on "gma." goodern moi morning. >> hey, kumasi and julian. nice to be with everyone this morning.

we are officially two weeks away from the election. two days away from the final debate. and the commission has announced those new rules about muting candidates' mics for the full two minutes they're speaking. more on that and the state of the race as early voting has reached new levels. also this morning the latest on jeff bridge's health after the oscar winner announced he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. dr. ashton will discuss. and then the new holiday shopping alert because record online shopping has already started and experts are now saying that you might need to order really early to get the packages you want in time for the holidays. i would just say shop local, if you can. it helps, too. plus, get ready. the king of country kicking off the terrific tuesday we have ahead for you. he also has some new music. we hope you'll join us here on "gma." >> see you at 7:00. marine researchers in southern california say they have found more sharks hanging off the so cal coast than ever

before. the shark lab at cal state long beach said they tagged 38 sharks when they went out last week that is more than triple the number tagged last year. researchers are trying to figure out why. they say the sharks are normally migrating south to warmer waters but this year they seem to be sticking around. when we return, we'll return to the breaking news this morning. jobina back at the live desk following that major new lawsuit against google. could you ever go on a cruise to no where? what one company is proposing for people to escape covid-19 coming up and the types o

we're back now with the breaking news. the justice department getting ready to file a major lawsuit against google making it the most significant legal challenge to a tech company in a generation. jobina fortson at the live desk with these details. >> yes, julian. the department of accusing google of violating an anti-trust laws. it claims that google has an illegal monopoly on search and search advertising. google's power is so vast that no competitors can make end roads with users.

they are expected to file that long anticipated lawsuit today. google which is set in mountain view an aggressive legal challenge to the company's dominance in the tech sector and could impact other big name companies like amazon and apple. >> big story we'll be watching there. dozens of bay area flight attendants will hold a demonstration outside of congresswoman's office in oakland. they're calling for immediate action to pass a covid-19 relief package to help struggling furloughed workers. it comes as air travel is starting to climb for the holidays. it screened the most passengers since the pandemic started. on sunday more than 1 million people through airport security checkpoints. still down 60% compared to last year. the cdc is also now strongly recommending masks on public transportation for all travelers 2 years and older.

cruise vacations are pretty much canceled because of covid-19. but if you still want to head out to sea, a panama-based company is turning a cruise ship into a living and office space for remote tech workers. according to the telegraph a company named ocean builders is buying a carnvilival cruise shi and converting it. it is advertising to digital nomads, influencers and other like people. building on cabins -- >> bidding? >> you can start moving in in january. look, i don't want to work out. let me see, what else can you do? i can do this. look at the ocean. >> i'm thinking about all the things of cruises and people fixing you meals nonstop and always stuff to do if you want to go play bingo. plenty of bars there. but you're still stuck on that cruise ship for all that time. i don't know. >> but the cruise is to get away from work. >> and go somewhere else.

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team will, with the company moving closer to market and what stands in the way. plus -- >> i'm here on business, i need your help. i've been quested to bring this one back to its kind. >> the major "mandalorian" trailer this morning. dropping some season two secrets on disney plus. a sneak peek of what is in store. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, october 20th. before we get to all those stories, though. we know you are watching the forecast with this high fire danger in some areas, mike. >> that is correct, kumasi. good morning to you. julian, jobina. red flag warning. this is the most pressing need and in the north bay mountains and go through 8:00 tomorrow morning and then we've got the northerly winds gusting up around 30, 35 miles per hour right now. the air is pretty dry around 20% to 30%. we have those critical fire

weather conditions. it's also going to add up to warmer temperatures this afternoon. near 70 at the coast and mid to upper 70s around san francisco and oakland, richmond. 80s else where until you get to ukiah and east port. >> thank you, mike. pg&e is warning of another possible round of fire prevention shutoffs as early as tomorrow night. here in the bay area, nearly 7,000 homes and businesses in six counties you see on this map could be affected. the mountains in the north bay and the areas near mt. diablo are most impacted by this. amy hollyfield live for us in danville this morning. good morning, amy. >> good morning. pg&e has warned people in high-risk areas like this neighborhood here in danville where we are at stone valley and grass valley road. that the lights may be going out as early as tonight or wednesday night. they let people know in alameda and sonoma and santa clara and

napa counties that their lights also might be getting turned off. they need to be ready. residents in marin county are dealing with the closure of fairfax through the mt. tam water shed because of the threat of fire. residents there tell us they will deal with road closures and outages in the name of safety. >> totally understand that having people up here is increasing the risk that they want to take the right precautions. >> i'm not ever going to complain about being safe. >> pg&e started these public safety power shutoffs two years ago in an effort to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires and hot, windy conditions. the utility forecaster are predicting fire conditions later this week and that's why they have issued this warning. live in danville, amy hollyfield. >> thank you, amy. we have a helpful tool where you can plug in your address to find out. you can find that on our website

abc7news.mco. coronavirus are surging across the u.s. they advise people to wear masks when traveling on public transportation and something we're already doing in the bay area. the new recommendation comes as nearly 400,000 new kacases are reported nationwide. hospitalizations are up in 41 states and 21% of hospitals in the u.s. are running low on icu beds. most of the u.s. is dealing with a so-called third wave of coronavirus, california and most of the bay area are managing this outbreak well. the state's rate of spread is down slightly over the past ten days and it's stable. sonoma county is the only county to report an increase in the bay area but health experts say we're not in the clear yet. >> we've been here before, right. we were doing great at the end of may and it got away from us. we don't want that top haen again. >> yesterday governor newsom pointed out that hospitalizations and icu admissions have been going up

the past week and that could be a sign that another wave is just around the corner, especially with holiday season here. with that in mind, health officials are encouraging all of us to just hunker down until a vaccine is approved. jobina is at the live desk with an update on vaccine development. >> yes, julian. so, moderna has an updated timeline for its vaccine. the drugmaker ceo told "wall street journal" it expects to get the results for a vaccine trial next month. if all goes well here, moderna could get emergency use in december. moderna's timeline on track withifies with pfizer that it may apply for emergency use notification by november. if a vaccine is approved by the federal government, may not be immediately cleared in california. yesterday governor newsom announced a covid-19 scientific safety review work group. 11 california doctors are on the

committee, including physicians from public department of public health, uc health and uc stanford. the committee will immediately review vaccine trials to guarantee the safety. kumasi and julian. >> thank you, jobina. anticipation is ramping up to thursday night in nashville and those microphone modifications for the presidential showdown. coming up next, how the debate commission thinks this change will get rid of some confusion. and you're taking a live look at the big board at the new york stock exchange this morning. you see trading going up in the positive direction ithis mothis after closing 400 points down yesterday. another update on the markets coming up in just a bit. plus, getting schooled and stopping covid-19. an exclusive first look at a new study out this morning showing what is working and what is not and what schools around the world have been doing to keep students safe. but, first, we want to check in with mike for a look at our forecast. >> all right, thank you very much. hopefully you guys are having a good morning.

let's take a look at what the weather is going to do to your morning and it is going to be a little difficult along the coast. thick fog at half moon bay 50 and low to mid 50s everywhere until you get over to redwood city. and let's take a look else where. we have the 40s up in the north bay valleys, as you would expect. 50s else where until you get to antioch at 61 and up in the hills it's in the 70s. warmer day today than it was yesterday. 58 right now in san jose. you can see pretty quiet for your commute other than that patchy fog that is roaming around the coast. the golden gate bridge and i've seen some also around napa that was a couple hours ago. some floating around the bay also. let's take a look at the winds. the big issue with this particular red flag warning. you can see as we head into the afternoon and early evening hours, they peak and they start to push around 20, 25 with gusts even higher than that up to 40. higher elevations and then they calm down a little bit and overnight one more burst of wind and that is the key with this forecast. not a complete onslot of winds

the entire time this red flag warning is out, but going to be bursts now and then and that's what you need to be ready for and have that defensible space ready because not only today but fire threats coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. let's talk about that commute and turn it over to jobina. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike. thank you. goodern morning, everyone. i have a commuter alert from b.a.r.t. and the san francisco train line is experiencing a 30-minute delay in the dublin pleasanton direction an earlier problem at the balboa park station. going to bring in our live cameras now and checking out the bay bridge toll plaza. it looks like i'm just going to double check the chp log and the metering lights came on at 6:21 this morning. expect it to be a bit slow. once you make it through, clear ride on the bay bridge and then lastly here checking out san jose to 280. very clear. the toll plaza our

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if you're into stargazing maybe a little remote learning for the kids at night. yeah. the orion meteor shower is expected to be at its peak in the next couple nights with enough darkness and clear skies in about 30 minutes to let your eyes adjust you might be able to spot up to 30 shooting stars an hour and they move faster. some of the fastest shooting stars up to 148,000 miles per hour. the meteor shower is made from dust and ice from the tail of haley's comet and it is clear everywhere tonight. peninsula coast, that would probably be the least likely place. here's a look at what is going on from sutro tower. we have a little bit of fog along the peninsula coast and some floating around the san pab low bay but not as much as yesterday. look at the temperatures. definitely going to be warmer from near 70 at the coast to near 90 inland.

fire danger continues not only here but central valley into the foothills and then under the same fire weather watch and same area. in fact, little bit more expanded as we head from wednesday evening through friday. so, there's two of our fire threats for the week. there's a small one possible this weekend. we'll talk about that coming up. if you're traveling around the state, hot. 101 in palm springs. >> all right, thank you, mike. election day just two weeks from today and president trump is headed to pennsylvania to campaign. he will deliver a speech at a rally in erie this afternoon and democratic senator kamala harris will take part in a vuirtual milwaukee rally. the new abc news/"washington post" finds a statistical tie with biden at 49% support in the state with president trump with 48%. well within the margin of error there. north carolina voters have backed a democratic presidential

candidate only twice in the last 50 years. and, of course, we will be airing the second and final presidential debate this thursday night. coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. right here on abc7. today the san francisco board of education is set to vote on a controversial admission's policy change for an elite high school. we're talking about lowell high school which is nationally recognized. it admits students based on grades and state test scores but because of the pandemic, a plan to switch for one year to a lottery system. some parents, though, they are opposed to that idea saying the hard work students put in during middle school would be overlooked. the board meets at 3:00 this afternoon. new at 6:00, lessons learned in education. a new study looked at best practices for online or in-person classes for kids during the pandemic. jobina is at the live desk with the findings. >> yes, kumasi. the university of washington study featured on "gma" looked at how different countries

handled the return back to school and also remote learning. what we're learning here is that denmark was one of the first countries to resume in-person learning in may. kids were initially put into small cohorts and now school is relatively normal with class sizes of 24 students. in south korea, students going to school use a covid-19 symptom tracker and must check their temperatures five times each day. >> we take turns going to school. in the fist werst week, the sev graders go to school and the eighth graders and ninth graders stay home taking online classes. >> researchers recommend countries be careful reopening the schools because going back and forth between opening and closing schools could be hard psyc psychologically on children. they also found schools were not the driver to covid-19. today the board of education will vote on creating a black

studies curriculum. teach classes on contributions of black people in society. the curriculum for students from kindergarten to high school seniors. the board will vote at their meeting this afternoon. our special week-long series "our america living while black" continues on abc7 this afternoon. these are stories that really bring to life truly alarming statistics. today at 4:00 we', we see how bs are treated in our public school systems and how one of the largest districts in america are hoping to change how kids listen and learn. that is today at 4:00. now to your morning money report. a brand-new housing report shows the bay raria housbay area hous selling at a hot pace. the median single family home in the bay area let this sink in $1.06 million. that is up more than 20% from just last september. experts say buyers are taking

advantage of ultralow mortgage rates to scoop up a shrinking number of homes on the market. only took a median of 11 days to sell a single family home last month. that is a low since the association started keeping track. well, this morning, home depot is hiring ahead of the holidays if you're looking. the company says it's looking to fill nearly 600 full-time and part-time positions throughout the area. that includes customer service, overnight freight and filling online and curbside orders. you can apply on home depot's website. all right. let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. >> you can see that numbers are trading up this morning, again, after a tough day on the markets closing about 400 points down as it looks like republicans and democrats passing any type of coronavirus stimulus. of course, updates as we get them throughout the morning. you can expect some changes in lake tahoe this ski season, but mostly indoors. because of the pandemic, there

will likely be capacity limits and some resorts may use a reservation system for tables and lodges. on the slopes you won't notice too many changes. skiing and snowboarding are already pretty safe because people already have on goggles and masks and they have on gloves. well that's good for people actually out there skiing. but i would be inside drinking my cocoa. >> you go to watch other people ski. >> go ahead. >> pretty much, mike. >> yes. by the fire. absolutely. yeah. that is fun. that is picturesque and makes me think of hallmark movies and lifetime movies. i've already seen commercials for those. wow, it is the season even though it doesn't feel like it. eventually it will, but we have to go through a few fire threats before we get there. beautiful shot from the exploratorium camera at pier 15. absolutely stunning. thanks for dialing that up,

brian. here's some dry breezes and warmer temperatures today. those dry breezes will keep us in the fire threat all the way through at least friday and cooler weather this weekend. the possibility of one more off shore event saturday night. keep that in the back of your mind. for now, let's focus on today. 82 in sunnyvale and 90 in gilroy. 78 in millbrae to about 84 in redwood city. near 70 along the peninsula coast with mid 70s in downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. look at that near 70 north bay coast with more sunshine there. and temperatures in the mid 80s to near 90 through the north bay valleys. along the east bay shore 77 at fremont and 82 in castro valley. upper 80s to low 90s in our east bay valleys. thankfully for those long, cool nights. get that trapped into the house and then shut the windows this morning and then try to live on that for the rest of the day so you don't have to use the air conditioner. 50 for most of us tonight and notice the lack of clouds in many areas. 60s and 70s in our hills and here's our next fire threat.

takes up more real estate the east bay hills, the diablo range and santa cruz mountains and that is friday night through saturday morning. back into the 60s and 70s as we head through the weekend and early next week. no rain, though. everybody is asking and i just don't see it. kumasi? >> thank you, mike. an attraction built to celebrate the 150th anniversary of san francisco's golden gate park finally opened to the public this week. the giant observation wheel opens tomorrow and the entire park has been transformed during this pandemic. the rec and parks department says in the last seven months they worked on 150 improvement projects. that includes a new multimillion dollar tennis center and clubhouse and upgrades to the japanese tea garden and the conservatory of flowers. >> so, we're seeing things bloom that maybe wouldn't have before. we're seeing our banana tree produce tons of fruit. >> that's what mike was talking

about. workers have accomplished all these projects even with a 600% increase in pedestrians and bike riders. if you're looking for something to look forward to as i feel like so many of us have been during the pandemic, this morning we have you covered with the second season of the hit series "the mandalorian." >> i'm here on business. i need your help. i've been quested to bring this one back to its kind. if i can locate other mandalorians, they can guide me. >> this is no place for a child. >> wherever i go, he goes. >> oh, yeah. this is the new trailer for the "star wars" series and, of course, baby yoda is in it. the season will explore a much larger story in the world and story lines are expected to intertwine even more. just saw yoda there.

"mandalorian" returns next friday and disney the parent company of abc7. looks good. >> get ready. all right. well, coming up next, the seven things you need to know today. >> abc7 has launched new streaming app. wherever you are, you can get our live newscast, breaking news and weather with our new abc7 bay area app on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and roku. hi, everyone. michael finey here. i know many of you are waiting for your unemployment or covid-19 payments. i asked the edd what is going on. why can't our viewers get their money? >> a number of different things that could impact someone's eligibility. >> 7 on your side got your e-mails. hundreds of e-mails all about the edd and you deserve better. that's why i promised to keep asking the tough questions and getting answers. so, stay with us and we'll

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gusty winds and dry conditions are expected. it can also mean another round of public safety shutoffs this week. and the fire threat for today through wednesday morning is greatest up in the north bay mountains where we have the gusty winds, the dry air and the extremely dry vegetation. now we'll have lesser fire threat but a more widespread one starts wednesday night through friday. number four. a fallen san francisco firefighter will be remembered today at a service at oracle park. a private memorial for jason cortez took place last night. number four. thursday's debate between president trump and joe biden will include a mute function. each candidate will get two minutes of uninterrupted time for each topic. and number five as we take a live look outside. we are seeing off in the distance there people

approaching the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights came on at 6:21 this morning. lastly hershey's bringing the candy to you this halloween with trick or treat. this is a robotic door. it, as you can see, dispenses king size reese's peanut butter cups. now, if you want the door to come to your neighborhood, reese's says -- >> i do. >> it says get on their instagram page and tell them where you are and use the #reesesdoor. they didn't make any promises because i have a feeling a lot of places will make this request. >> especially if they're handing out the king size and not just the reese's pieces or anything like that. they have the good stuff there. >> right. >> so, julian you just said reeses pieces. >> reese's. oh, no. we have a reese's versus reese's

battle happening now. >> julian h but i can't say i expected this. because it was easy. to fight these fires, we need funding - plain and simple. for this crisis, and for the next one. prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. so firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. the big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. it's what they do. well, i do what i do. if you'ld like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15.

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good morning, america. final push. just two weeks to go until the election. president trump in the battleground state of arizona overnight downplaying the pandemic, arguing americans are tired of hearing about covid. as the death tolls now crimes past 220,000. the president blasts dr. fauci calling the nation's top infectious disease doctor a disaster as he prepares for the final debate against joe biden. the major rule change announced overnight about muting the candidate's microphones. the clock ticking to strike a deal for a relief package to help millions. house speaker nancy pelosi saying this is the last chance before the election. where negotiations stand at this hour as more than 12 million unemployed americans struggle to make ends meet. uncontrollable spread. as covid hospitalizations rise