through maricopa county. when he talks about protecting our borders, standing up against human trafficking, those things are important to us because we see the impacts here in maricopa county. we feel them every day. >> the most prominent thing that is in my mind leaving this debate is that we have steps moving forward. we have a candidate that wants to unite the country, not, you know, with red or blue states, but as american citizens. >> the voices of voters. that's "nightline." thanks for staying up with us. good night, america. significantly.

but they're all americans. they're all president trump and former vice president biden clash over coronavirus, race and

immigration. we are breaking down the highlights from the last presidential debate ahead of the election. >> a drive-in held in san francisco to watch the debate. we have got reaction. >> police in oakland track a double murder suspect to this shoe store where he takes a hostage inside leading to an hours-long stand off. >> strong, potentially damaging winds ahead. i will have the forecast coming up. >> left out in the cold, san francisco orders a dance studio to stop holding indoor classes. abc 7 news starts right now. >> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc news. >> it will go away. i say we are rounding the turn. we are rounding the corner. it is going away. >> 220,000 americans dead. anyone responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the united states of america. >> critical night in the race for the white house. the presidential candidates went head-to-head for the final

debate before election day and we have team coverage for you. >> yes. let's begin with liz in the newsroom. >> reporter: tonight was in many ways a 180 from the debate we saw two weeks ago. the candidates were combative but allowed each other to speak leading to a healthy and informative debate. with joe biden wearing a mask as he walked on the president destage and president trump without one, the two candidates clashed from the get-go. it started off with coronavirus and how best to open the country amid the pandemic. >> if you need to have a restaurant you need to have plexiglass dividers. you need to be in a position where you can take testing rapidly and know whether a person is infected. you need to be able to trace. >> these are businesses with no money. putting up flplexiglass is

unbelievably expensive. you go to sit there in a cubicle wrapped in plastic? >> reporter: the attacks got personal with the president going after biden's son, hunter and biden attacked trump over his tax returns. one of the most heated moments came in a debate over immigration. >> talk about what we are talking about. what happened? parents' kids were ripped from their arms and separated and now they can't find over 500 sets of parents and those kids are alone. nowhere to go. nowhere to go. nowhere to go. it is criminal. >> they are so well taken care of. they are in facilities that were so clean. >> reporter: the president transitioned to obama era immigration laws. >> catch and release is a disaster. a murderer, a rapist, a very bad person would come in.

we would take their name. we have to release them into our country. >> reporter: the debate was less chaotic than the first two weeks ago. a change by the debate commission to mute the mics. a final heated exchange came on the topic of race. >> i am the least racist person. i can't see the audience because it is so dark. i don't care who is in the audience. i am the least racist persons in the room. >> abraham lincoln -- he pours fuel on every single racist fire. every single one. >> reporter: character was a big focus of the debate. biden tried to draw contrast between himself and the president and the president tried to frame biden as a classic politician. both campaigns appear happy with the performance and both are claiming victory. no surprise there. it was at least, liz, a real

debate tonight. debate watch parties had to get creative because of the pandemic. in san francisco a drive-in watch party was held at fort mason. j.r. stone has reaction from the event and around the bay area. >> reporter: they were honking in favor of joe biden at this drive-in debate party at san francisco's fort mason. >> who wants joe biden as their next president? can i get a honk? that is right, everyone. that is right. >> reporter: while support for biden was strong at this event, former chairman of the california republican party not so fast. he believes tonight was a win for president trump. >> biden now is going to have to explain why he thinks his son's laptop is a russian hoax. where trump gets to say i am not the politician, he is. i get things done. biden hasn't. >> reporter: those watching the debate out of their trunks say

there were surprises. >> i think trump is acting more civil than i thought he would. >> very surprising compared to how the first one, even through the honking here. compared to the first debate, being able to hear each of the people talking. >> reporter: knowing the mics could be turned off helped both candidates. if she had to pick a winner? >> i think joe biden had quicker and more policy-oriented responses than donald trump did. >> j.r. stone, abc 7 news. now this was the first presidential debate in which the candidate's microphones were muted at times to allow both time to speak uninterrupted. we asked our chronicle insider if it worked. >> it was embarrassing. the idea that we had a presidential debate where you had to mute the microphones. come on. that is where we are, starting from that? it is not a good place to be.

it controlled both sides. it gave joe biden his two minutes to get out there and say what he wanted to say and trump his. they still ran over each others times. >> abc 7 was fact checking both candidates in the debate. very tense moments in oakland when a grass fire broke out in windy red flag conditions. flames seen burning along the freeway near 35th avenue from sky 7 as you can see here. when the winds pushed the flames towards apartment building, the oakland fire department called in more help. oakland fire said that it started in a homeless encampment. those are part of the reason why a red flag warning is in effect tonight. right now there are scattered power outages because of the windy conditions and fire conditions in northern california. none of those are in the bay area. >> no.

pge says no shut offs are possible from sunday to tuesday when more dangerous winds pick up. >> the winds are expected to really ramp up. right now the winds, gusting to 36 out of the north on mount diablo. they have increased since earlier in the day. humidity is very low. red flag warning in effect for the northeast bay hills and valleys until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. gusts 35 to 45 combined with the dry fuelings and low humidity means that the fire danger will be running high to very high and particularly in the north bay through the morning. you will notice parts of the inland east bay high as well. the red flag warning then goes

over to a fire weather watch from sunday until tuesday. i will be back with a look at that and how much stronger the winds are going to be this coming weekend. >> great. see you shortly. new details in oakland after a six-hour stand off with a double murder suspect came to a peaceful end. the gunman barricaded himself in a shoe store, took a hostage and opened fire. matt boon spoke with an employee next door who said that bullets cut through the walls. >> he tried to shoot the wall down. he let off six rounds. >> reporter: bernardo works right next to the wss shoe store. >> it hit the back room and then one of the bullets hit this wall down here as well. >> it was a good thing -- >> it was a good thing we evacuated. nobody was there>> reporter: police cleared them out evacuating a nearby super market

as well, telling others to shelter in place. >> we had a six block perimeter set up. >> reporter: the suspect took one of the employees hostage. police were able to safely negotiate the release of the employee around 2:00 but said the suspect kept firing more rounds. >> the armed gunman is in distress, highly agitated. very challenging with the communication. >> police say the suspect was wanted in connection to a double homicide last week on 84th avenue in oakland. after six hours they coaxed him out, bringing him in to custody. >> we will continue to demonstrate to our community that we are serious about reducing the violence and for those that are responsible for the violence we will seek to take you in custody. oakland unified school district is apologizing for releasing a survey that included a racist term for people of

asian descent. they released a statement saying we are sorry to anyone who saw it and felt the crushing weight of historic racism associated with the word. district officials are working to find any digital security issue that might have led to the problem and they will send a replacement survey soon. >> a california appeals court ruled uber and lyft violated a labor law. it goes against assembly bill 5 granting fair wage. the ruling raises the stakes for a ballot measure that seeks to exempt uber and lyft from the state law. >> coming up, san francisco orders a dance school to stop hosting indoor classes. now ballet students are being left out in the cold. >> the race to develop a

coronavirus vaccine outside experts meet for the first time to discuss how to do it safely. >> those stories and more coming up. first here is a look at what is ahead on "jimmy kimmel live." jimmy. >> tonight, octavia spencer, and all of the very dumb things from tonight's debate next on "jimmy kimmel live." it's following your passion to bto the very top... ...and setting the standard by which all who follow, will be measured. tequila herradura, the world's most gold medal awarded tequila. in business you have to be then do it all over again.

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shorten a patient's recovery time by 5 to 7 days. an fda committee met tasked with the idea of evaluating any of the covid-19 vaccines in trial might be ready for release. >> during a livestream researchers and health experts weighed in warning the fda against politicizing the process. >> usually meets in near obscurity. experts joined in on a live stream of the hearing. it would also require strict follow up testing. >> these are what we consider minimum criteria. >> concern s poured in and the perception that the agency is under intense political pressure from the white house to approve

a vaccine quickly. >> the president of the united states has promoted unproven miracle cures. >> if we don't restore public confidence in this all of the people told us they are not going to take the vaccine. >> they argued the evidence of mistrust is building and pointed to the responses by a third of people in a recent poll. >> endorsed a statement saying it is definitely or probably true that the vaccine's harmful effects are not being disclosed. >> the committee has the responsibility of pouring over data. the advisory committee includes experts in the field. >> the keyword is advisory. the government doesn't have to take any of the recommendations

officially. >> with the pressures from the vaccine rivalled by demands for transparency an obscure fda committee will be working in a very bright spotlight. >> your health is one of the pillars of building a better bay area. as san francisco yadvanced to te yellow tier more businesses have been allowed to reopen but some forced to close. a youth dance class that is facing a tough decision. >> reporter: city ballet san francisco has operated indoors without incident but on thursday they received an e-mail saying youth classes must meet or online. >> we have done everything we have been asked to.

>> reporter: the city moved into the yellow tier, but the deputy city attorney wrote the health officer determined they are not allowed out of school time programs and outdoor classes could be offered but there are several important restrictions. >> that opens up the door to injuries, dancing in the cold. the rainy season about to come. it is not practical or realistic. >> he received no prior warnings and must comply by monday or risk getting shut down. >> all right. no power shut offs for now. not necessarily for good. >> things could change again.

>> if the winds verify and right now it is looking like a strong wind event sunday in to monday the power shut offs likely will be happening. take a look at the forecast. we are keeping an eye on the area of high pressure in the pacific, and this area of low pressure that is going to be dropping down. i am going to go ahead and just forward this. as we head into the weekend the system moves in and across to the east and it brings showers to southern california. high pressure builds in behind it creating the strong down slt sloping winds. sunday in to monday we are expecting the potential for an extreme fire weather event. very low humidity and high concerns here locally. critical to extreme fire conditions possible sunday in to

monday. doppler 7 showing you on shore winds that brought the fog back and it is here along the coast. temperatures from the 40s to the 60s. much cooler. you know it will be a chilly night. a live look at this beautiful view of san francisco, the financial district. gusty in the hills and overnight. a chilly start in the morning. and a cooler weekend with colder mornings to follow next week. i want to show you the hour-by-hour fog forecast. the fog will hang around for the afternoon and it will expand for saturday. definitely grab a heavy jacket or a coat.

it is going to be another mild day. the winds will relax but breezy over the hills. low 60s to 80s. it will be a similar range for today. as you check out saturday, notice the drop in the temperatures. upper 50s to the middle 70s. sunday will be close to the level and sunday night, we are watching the potential for an extreme event. here is a look, morning fog followed by a mild afternoon. cooler pattern for the weekend. late sunday night, we are talking 11:00 p.m. on going in to monday, gusty winds with the high fire danger and cold winds follow tuesday through thursday with afternoon highs coming up a few degrees. >> thank you very much. >> a turkey that terrorized

>> we are relieved to tell you tonight that a turkey's reign of terror is over. >> yeah, dan, gerald was captured in the rose garden today after evading officials for five months. that is impressive. the turkey was aggressive and it was attacking locals. a wildlife expert pretended to

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>> good evening, the 49ers travel to foxborough for the first time since 2012 this weekend and the low key jimmy g seems excited. the 49ers have extra pep in their step after beating the l.a. rams. most people don't get too

excited to face bill belichick and the patriots, but jimmy g is eager to visit the team that drafted him. >> it is an exciting week. i get to go back to where it all started my nfl career. it is different than the chicago week two years ago, you know. i feel like i have come a long way learning the offense. i feel different going into this one. the excitement level, the exact same. it is an exciting week. i can't wait for sunday. >> jimmy is the same cat he was last week. he came in, works hard. he is slinging it. boys are fired up and ready to go. >> a pair of one-win teams on thursday night. giants and eagles. giants down three points. daniel jones on the bootleg, an absolutely perfect play call. all by himself. wait a minute. stay up. that is like when you get hit by the blue turtle shell in mario cart when you are way out front. 40 seconds to go. eagles down by five.

carson wentz finds boston scott for the 18-yard score and the eagles hang on to win this one 22-21 for their second win of the year. they are tied for first in the nfc east. now gold glove nominees out today. ramon laureano nabs his first nomination. he nabbed nearly everything else this year. 0 errors in 146 chances, best among major league outfielders. first baseman matt olson was in line. brandon belt was the only giant to be nominated. 2020 strikes again,

>> gusts 40 to 60 miles per hour. higher terrain could see 70 plus as you look at the hour-by-hour forecast. dangerous winds ahead. >> all right. thank you and thank you for wa from space since 1997.

>> twitter reaction to rubin, by mail or did you put it in a near drop box? hilarious. i hope it gets there in time. what did we say? the experiment they did with the asteroid, it took three years for it to return. it's pretty cool. that means if they can do it, you can as well. coming up, who won last night's final presidential debate. our powerhouse political roundtable weighs in. first, the latest retail casualty of our pandemic pause. 350 gap and banana republic stores are set to be closed for good. later, this year's holiday casualties. from halloween to new years what's not happening this year but where to find those silver linings. what's not happening this year but where to find those silver linings.