a silent night if you will with just a breath of wind at concord and also in san jose. 5 miles per hour. the rest of us calm and clear. you can see the marine layer clouds are well off the coast. that's where they'll stay for today. total sunshine. the coast will hit the mid to upper 60s. low to mid 70s around most of the bay. upper 70s and 80s in the inland neighborhoods. we'll look ata warm weekend coming up in the accuweather 7-day forecast. let's get back to jobina. >> thank you, mike. we know one of the biggest questions for parents right now is when can your kids go back to class? alameda county says middle and high schools can reopen as soon as november 9th if they have a plan. education is one key area we're focusing on in our effort to building a better bay area. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in dublin on what may or may not happen any time soon. good morning. >> good morning, jobina. they can open but will they? parents still have a lot of questions. one question has to do with

these high schools and how crowded the hallways can get as they change classes. does that really allow for social distancing? one question of many that they have. alameda county has just announced that middle schools and high schools can reopen if they have a safety plan. they can reopen in about a week, november 9th. not this monday, but the next. oakland and dublin schools, they've already kicked that can down the road saying they won't open until january and it will be the elementary schools that open first. the older kids will then still be at home. one parent in fremont is on board with that idea. she has doubts about high schoolers staying six feet apart. >> i definitely would want to know what type of safety matters they'll take before kids touch the campus. the hallways are so jam packed, i don't see how yet even if it's a modified amount of students, how they can keep them six feet apart, not crowded, you know, not clustered and stuff.

>> alameda county says one public school, one charter and 56 private schools have either reopened or announced they plan to reopen. it is up to each school district. it's not up to the county or the health department. so parents should contact their district to find out if their school plans to reopen. live in dublin, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. in oakland a coalition of community groups and educators are pushing a plan to close the achievement gap for black students. supporters of reparations for black students say 50% of black students scored below grade level in reading and math. 72% of black eighth graders. >> reporter: not ready for high school. >> we have to begin to look at those things as a part of the design of the current system. >> our students are in a state of emergency and we have the power here to get this resolved

together. >> part of the proposal calls for spending lccf money which is unrestricted state funding to go towards programs targeting struggling students. other goals are hiring more black tony thurmond is holding a virtual news conference today in support of proposition 15, that would change commercial and industrial property tax to be based on market value rather than purchase price. the proposition would provide new funding for schools. it does not affect private property tax. in the south bay, new fallout from what's being called a blatantly racist ad by a prominent silicon business valley business group. the silicon valley organization posted this photo on their website. it shows a group of black men rioting in a street and then it has the question, do you really want to sign on to this? the ad has since been removed. it was seemingly meant to sway voters away from san jose

district 6 council candidate jake tonkel. he's running against dev davis who since renounced that organization's endorsement. >> it was an attack on me in this race, but at the end of the day it was an attack on people of color and our political discourse. >> neither candidate in this race is racist or will tolerate any kind of racist behavior. >> in a release, the svo announced its president and ceo has been placed on administrative leave. it's hired a third party investigator to look into the incident. voting ends in five days. ballots are flooding election offices nationwide as a record number of people vote early. more than 75 million americans have already voted either in person or through the mail. to help voters get to the polls in the midst of a pandemic, the oakland a's are opening the coliseum as a voting site. that will happen from saturday through election day tuesday. >> it's a critical thing for our community to enable people to safely vote in a pandemic and to

ensure democracy has its day. >> in california early voting is at historic levels. 36% of registered voters in the state have already turned in their ballots. that's almost 8 million people. we have voting resources on our website. this interactive map shows the early voting and ballot dropoff locations in the area as well as your guide to the 12 state propositions, go to abc7news.com/election. still ahead, a new change for bay area drivers. the new express lane opening today on a normally congested interstate. have you been washing your hands with soap and water a lot? >> that sound byte creeps me out, but in any case, a new way to holiday even for santa. we'll show you how st. nick is changing his workplace so he can still visit kids this year. make it go away.

not quite your average way to see santa. not quite your average afternoon coming at you. hi, everybody. here's a look at the afternoon temperatures that are 4 to 8 degrees above average. expect a lot of this in the

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welcome back. let's look at some neighborhood temperatures. starting on the peninsula, 40 in redwood city. menlo park, 42. then you hit the mid to upper 40s around belmont and up towards san bruno and look at 39 at half moon bay. elsewhere, not quite that cool outside of santa rosa where it's 38. most of us in the 40s, even a few 50s out there. it will be a great day. another outdoor day with sensational conditions out there whether you're working from home and taking some breaks or remote learning. you will enjoy getting outside and taking in that warm sunshine. let's talk about what will happen for your halloween planner. some people do have some activities. 60s and 70s through at least 7:00. 50s and 60s from 8:00 on. the temperature will drop sharply after the sun sets at about 6:11. let's get over to traffic and talk to francis about what to expect this morning. hi, francis. >> good morning.

two big trouble spots. one is a sigalert in the north bay. it's on southbound 101 approaching sausalito. four lanes blocked involving this crash with a garbage or dump truck. traffic is backing up on southbound 101. only the left lane open right now. a sigalert has been issued. so we don't know when lanes will be reopening so the backup will continue to grow. the other hot spot is in east bay, westbound 80 in san pablo, san pablo dam road. traffic is backing up towards hercules. highway 4 to the maze is 32 minutes. across the bay bridge, slow and go as well. it's a 13-minute ride. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, 10 minutes. here is interstate 880 for those headlights. once you get past that accident it's crowded but moving well towards the bay bridge. happening today, a virtual

ribbon cutting sermceremony wil held to hark the opening of a new explaress lane on one of th most congested freeways. the new northbound lane on 680 will run through sunol. it will be converted into an express lane when electrical work is completed. a contention hearing on capitol hill with facebook, twitter and

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appeared before the senate commerce committee yesterday each defending their company's practice and rejected accusations of anti-conservative bias. it didn't take long for the hearing to turn contentious. >> mr. dorsey, who the hell elected you and put you in charge of what the media are allowed to report and what the american people are allowed to hear? # >> we're not doing that. this is why i opened this hearing with calls for more transparency. >> the ceos all argued against repealing a key internet law called section 230 which protects online businesses for being held accountable for content their users create. this week we're looking at the new way to holiday. today we're getting a look at how things have changed for santa. here's abc7 news meteorologist drew touma. >> have you been washing your hands with soap and water a lot? >> sometimes i do it more than

20 seconds. >> oh, excellent. >> reporter: this santa is coming to children online through a company called hire santa. which was featured a couple years ago on the show "shark tank." >> hire santa uses some of santa's friends to spread christmas cheer. >> reporter: a lot of these santa friends are older and at high risk for covid-19. to keep them and visiting children safe, the elves are making modifications for in-person visits. we got details straight from the head elf. >> we're using what we call a santa shield, it's an acrylic shield between santa and the child. you still get that traditional santa picture but you're not coming into direct contact with him. >> okay. let's look at this boy here. this is me all day long. he's not so sure about that santa shield. drew's complete report on santa's changing workplace airs at 4:00 this afternoon on abc7. were you all fans of santa, visiting him at the mall?

>> yes. we saw the same santa every year. i think -- >> where did you go? lennox small? >> no, south dekalb to the black santa. >> oh. i like it. >> a couple thoughts on this plexigla plexiglass, the little boy said he washed his hands for more than 20 seconds, things about how they're being good this year have changed. they wore their masks this year, they didn't have to use a virtual background because they cleaned their room for online class. things have changed. >> that's a great point. i never thought of that. boy, we could use the panned to get the best out of our kids. >> mm-hmm. >> used to be just santa's watching. i heard that all year long. santa's watching. and he was. mrs. claus, too. there's a thing on twitter, how

did it start and how is it going? that's pretty -- i thought that would be a good way to talk about our drought. you can see how it started, january 1st. no don'rought. today, we're in moderate to extreme to severe drought. there's a slight chance of rain, but it's next weekend. so let's focus on the next seven days where we'll have sunshine today. warmer than average temperatures. we'll get even warmer this weekend in the afternoons. november starts sunday, it will continue the pattern of warm and dry weather until, again, possibly next weekend. i'll show you that in the next weather coming up. here's the fog. there's some developing over the ocean but it stays off the ocean as a slight offshore breeze develops. as the afternoon and evening wears on, an onshore breeze will develop. here's our temperatures that are running 5 to 8 degrees warmer than average. 75 to 83 across the south bay.

narrower stretch across the peninsula. 73 to 76 there. we have 66 to 68 along the peninsula coast. low to mid 70s downtown, south san francisco, sausalito. 77 to 81 across the north bay. 73 to 77 along the east bay. we have 79 to 81 inland. let's look at what's going on with the accuweather 7-day forecast. you can see slightly warmer afternoons. sunday and monday for election day touesday, a few more clouds but still above average through wednesday. thank you. "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 on abc7. >> and ginger zee is in biloxi, mississippi with what's ahead. >> another day here at the gulf coast where we will be cleaning up and it is not just here. let me start you out with what's behind me. that's a church steeple taken off this church along the gulfport and biloxi state line. wind guests were over 100 miles per hour. we had storm surge over eight

feet. rob is in new orleans, i'm here in coastal mississippi, it's all the way up to georgia where 800,000 customers are without power. i'll have the latest track coming up here on "gma." coming up at 6:00, an urgent alert about health care data. cyber criminals are going after hospitals. also we'll tell you about the new contactless way you can get your soda on. all right. and as you get your day started, a live look outside. beautiful shot of the golden gate bridge. asof being stretched too thinar to do my job right. and it's not just health care workers. our teachers and school staff are going the extra mile for our kids. our firefighters are taking on unthinkable missions

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do you remembering a typical la nina year, which is what we're kind of in, you can see the rain mainly hits van voouf vancouver and portland. on friday that front moves south, and perhaps next saturday we could have our first chance of rain, a long way away. the fbi is warning hospitals and health care systems about an imminent cyberattack that could lead to data theft and disruption of health care services.

federal agencies say criminals are using ransomeware to scramble up health care data. they threaten it can only be unclocked once the target pays up. the group hit five hospitals with this malware this week. covid-19 infection rates are soaring in europe. now two countries are taking drastic steps to slow is. france is reimposing a nationwide lockdown starting tomorrow through december 1st. people will only be allowed to leave their homes for essential work, doctor visits and shopping for necessities. they'll need to fill out a form before they go out. germany is also imposing a four-week nationwide lockdown, their's starts monday. if you work at facebook, they have a holiday surprise for all the staffers. all u.s. employees are getting the entire week of thanksgiving off according to an internal memo. it's meant as a reward for their

work during the unprecedented challenges during the covid-19 pandemic. mark zuckerberg says the idea is to give as many people as possible a break. new at 6:00, coca-cola is teaming up with amazon to create mobile pouring at its freestyle machines. those machines use a touchscreen interface where you select what you think you want to drink and then you put -- you don't have to touch the screen here. instead you will be able to operate the machine with the smartphone, all you do is scan the qr code on the machine which brings the touchscreen interface to your phone, then you press pour, fill up the drink. there we go. ♪ it's spooky season, everybody. here's a fun and safe way to celebrate halloween and get your car washed at the same time. extreme wash in san jose opened the tunnel of terror. abc7 news south bay journalist

dustin dorsey checked it out in person. he will have an in-person tour, full tour of all of that later on in our newscast today on abc7. >> here's something i just found out. the money goes to charity. it goes to st. jude's. >> that changes everything. >> isn't that cool? >> i love that. >> it does. i already liked it. as you said what was it, double trouble? >> double the trouble in the car wash. >> you can get a car washed and get scared to death. now it's a triple threat because you're giving money to charity. >> there we go. next at 6:30, the new order that will make it easier for certain california drivers to renew their licenses by mail. and san francisco public schools on the path to in person learning. an update on the progress they made and timeline for reopening schools. and if you're looking for a job it's thursday, everybody. we have a bay area company offering

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now at 6:30, alameda county will allow kids to return to ne schools to reopen. we've got a group of volunteers all lined up. they're also excited. the race for a coronavirus

vaccine resumes in san francisco today. a doctor explains why she's look at the nt about the opening bell. investors closely watching wall street after the dow dropped more than 900 points. good morning. welcome to thursday, october 29th. we'll start with a look at your weather today. hi, mike nicco. >> nothing that dramatic here. in fact, a tranquil pattern. you can see a few clouds out there as we talked about, they're staying off the coast so everybody is clear this morning. look for a few more clouds tomorrow morning along the coast. from the exploratorium, that shows how clear and cool it is outside. 30s and 40s most of us, san francisco a bit warmer in the 50s. by the afternoon hours, a much warmer than average day with 80s in the inland neighborhoods. 70s around the bay. mid to upper 60s along the coast. i'll have an update on the weekend forecast coming up. back to you.

>> thank you. as covid-19 numbers improve in some p area, there's talk about when students can go back to the classroom. education is one of the areas we're focusing on in our effort to building a better bay area. alameda county is saying that middle schools and high schools can reopen as soon as next month if there's a plan in place. abc7 news news reporter amy hollyfield is live in dublin with the latest on this. amy? >> the county says that they can reopen, but that doesn't mean that the doors of schools like this one will be swinging open in a week. alameda county just announced that middle schools and high schools can reopen if they have a safety plan in place on november 9th. parents and teachers are asking a lot of questions about safety, about social distancing, especially in crowded high school hallways.

>> the hallways are so jam packed, i don't see how yet even if it's a modified amount of students, how they can keep them six feet apart, not crowded, you know, not clustered and stuff. >> oakland and dublin school districts announced they will not be opening when the county says it is okay. instead they have announced they will not reopen until january and even then it won't be the older kids. the elementary schools will be opening first. alameda county has been in the orange tier of this state's reopening plan for two weeks. that allows for schools to reopen. the county had not given the go-ahead until now. ultimately it is up to the school districts not the county. alameda county says so far only one public school, one charter, and 56 private schools have either reopened or announced that they plan to reopen. reporting live in dublin, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. san francisco unified is

also preparing for a return to in-person learning but it won't happen until at least january. it could be longer before the doors are actually ready to reopen. according to the examiner, district has completed assessments of about 36 schools so far for the first phase of hybrid learning. the hope is to have all 72 elementary schools and 12 early education sites assessed by early december so improvements can be made for the spring semester. a celebration in the east bay for the michelle obama school in richmond. officials will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new remodeled campus. the school was formerly called woodrow wilson elementary. the school board approved the name change in february. volunteers in san francisco will begin getting vaccinated in phase three trials of astrazeneca's covid-19 vaccine.

the entire stud by was put on hold worldwide in september after a participant in the uk got sick. one doctor said it wasn't bad news. >> we're also really pleased that the usual checks and balances built into a particular study were actually being effectively used. >> the fda reviewed the vaccine before allowing for trials. new at 6:00 a.m., governor newsom signed a new order that allows senior citizens to renew their driver's licenses by mail and avoid the trip to dmv offices during the covid-19 pandemic. the governor's previous orders gave extensions to at-risk state residents aged 70 and older. most other drivers are also eligible to renew licenses by nail or mail or online. just five days until election day. both president trump and his democratic challenger, joe biden, will try to lure voters in the state of florida today.

today president trump and joe biden will appear within hours of one another as tampa. some pollsters see the interstate 4 area the area that's crucial for winning the white house. so far 73 million americans have either voted by absentee or by mail. we have plenty of voting resources on our website for you. we posted a guide to the 12 state propositions and interactive maps showing the early voting and ballot drop off locations across the bay area. head over to abc7news.com/election. we have developing good news in southern california where thousands of residents who had to flee because of the fires are allowed to come back. this is time lapse video of the silverado fire burning near irvine. evacuation orders have been lifted now for residents there. more than 13,000 acres have burned. it is 32% contained. and this video will show you how close flames from the blue

ridge fire burned to homes near chino hills. imagine seeing that outside your front door. last night all evacuation orders were lifted for residents there. the fire scorched more than 13,000 acres and is 23% contained. developing news, hurricane zeta weakened to a tropical storm but it's causing havoc for millions of people across mississip mississippi. two deaths with being blamed on the storm. powerful winds shredd eded tree and damaged buildings. >> there was a window of 10 minutes, 15 minutes where it was intense. and the tree just cracked. went over. it clipped the corner of my house and went into my daughter's bedroom. >> i don't remember the last time we had a storm of this magnitude in october. >> right now you're looking at storm surge inside a casino's garage in biloxi, mississippi. zeta is the strongest hurricane to hit the continental u.s. this late in the season in more than

a century. really feeling for people down there. >> yeah. there and all the way into north carolina right now, which is where zeta is. still 60-mile-per-hour winds. live doppler 7 showing you that it's sitting in the southwest corner. it will be an economic impact that we don't think about around here. but it's leaf watching season. if you've seen pictures from the appalachians during this time of the year, it's so gorgeous. the people drive for hours and stay over the weekend just to see the beautiful colors. all those trees are getting stripped of those beautiful things. plus there's the potential for flooding and wind damage. so it is still wreaking havoc. look at the swath of wet weather all the way up into new england where it will create flooding rains. you can see along the coast, that ar wroorange is beesis bead gail warnings. this is moving at about 50 miles per hour, so thankfully it won't

be around past tomorrow. we have 40s and 50s on the peninsula, 39 at half moon bay. santa rosa at 38. the rest of us are in the 40s and 50s. let's look at what's going on with your commute planner. everything is good. so enjoy the wonderful weather commuting. let's find out how the roads are doing with frances. good morning. >> fogood morning. an earlier sigalert is still out there but lanes have been reopened. this is southbound 101 approaching sausalito. four lanes were blocked. now only the right lane is blocked. traffic is starting to recover. it is still slow approaching the scene. what's really heavy is westbound 80 towards san pablo. there was an earlier three-car crash still causing big delays. traffic is slow from highway 4 in hercules. the drive time from hercules to the maze is about 30 minutes. once you get to the bay bridge

toll plaza, i noticed traffic has been picking up. it is looking really good and quiet so far t at the bay bridge. it is a little slow across the upper deck. here's a live shot in san jose, headlights moving northbound on 101. problem-free in the south bay and for the most part on 101 in the peninsula. >> okay. thank you. still ahead, a bold promise from a bay area company that's offering to help you find a job for free. and you're looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we're down right now. another update on how the markets are doing coming up. many of you have seen this home all decked out for halloween. this morning we're hearing from the man

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50s and 60s this evening. if you're going out for a walk, take that coat. here's a look at your halloween activity planner. 60s and 70s at 6:00. a few 70s holding on for 7:00 inland. all of us dropping into the 50s and 60s by 8:00. before you go to bed, halloween night set your clock back an hour, daylight savings ends. an extra hour of 2020. the who could want anything more. reggie? >> okay, mike, thank you. the u.s. labor department released its latest weekly jobless claims report. 751,000 people filed for unemployment benefits last week. that's a slight decline from the week before. there are 7.76 million continuing claims. that's slightly higher than the previous week. a live look at the new york stock exchange. you can see we are down about 200 points this morning. new this morning, united airlines is going to begin free

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once you apply and make it to the next round. all this information is on abc7news.com. >> good luck, job seekers. we're two days away from halloween, most of us have our favorite homes in the neighborhood that are lit up for the holiday. "good morning america" is showing us some of the spookiest homes across the country. one of the most spectacular is in tracy where the homeowners spent 600 hours to make this halloween light show. >> ever since i was a child, when i heard music i saw colors. so when i program lights, i already have an idea of what i want it to look like. i try to create effects that best emulate what's going on inside my mind. >> the homeowner already has plans for next halloween to program a tribute to hamilton. wow. you can hear the entire interview coming up at 7:00 on "gma." i was always wondering who the man was behind that display. now we see him. >> all right. we have that house, the haunted

mansion house in oakland. the mask house. that's in san francisco. >> mm-hmm. don't forget the haunted car wa wash. >> of course. but of course. and charity. >> the tunnel of terror. >> yeah. it's so nice to see people using their time to try to bring joy to the rest of us. appreciate that. i wish i could do something like that at some point in time. that is neat. thank you, everybody, for doing that. let's look at what's going on from the exploratorium. you can see as we look back towards san francisco from pier 15, it's clear and 53 degrees. one of our milder areas this morning. all right. we'll have total sunshine, sunglasses needed again today with above-average warmth. still can't wear those fall and winter warm clothes unless you want to be hot and sweaty. clear and cool tonight with clouds gathering along the coast. a few of those spilling into san francisco. a new month this weekend means warmer temperatures in the afternoon. 75 in sunnyvale.

san jose, 78. 83 in gilroy. on the peninsula, 73 in millbrae, 76 in redwood city. 66 to 68, a little narrower on the peninsula coast. total sunshine today. low to mid 70s downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. 77 in vallejo to about 84 up around calistoga. and as we head over towards the east bay, 73 in richmond, 76 in oakland. 77 in fremont. as you head inland, 79 in san ramon, to about 81 in livermore and concord. tonight, back in the 30s in the north bay valleys. 40s and 50s for the rest of us. here's a look at the jet stream. two areas of high pressure pushing any storm track away from us. which means since the beginning of the year we've been stuck in this dry pattern. we didn't have a drought january 1st but we're deep in one now. there's no rain in this forecast. you have to go to next weekend for a possibility of rain. above-average temperatures and more cloud cover tuesday and

wednesday of next week. a little more -- a few more clouds in the morning friday and saturday. reggie, jobina? >> thank you. for groceries is again. in the spring we saw a 6,000 percent increase in demand more pantry items. demand is spiking again but not quite as high as what we saw. food manufacturers say they're upping production to meet demand and avoid potential shortages. >> whatever can be frozen, whatever is nonperishable that you can seep safely into the holidays, we've seen a lot of that. >> we noticed an uptick due to the panic buying that's occurred. seeing huge spikes in tuna fish, pizzas are a huge thing. pizza dough is big. all the comfort foods. "good morning america" will have a full report on grocery demands skyrocketing on "gma" at 7:00 after abc7 news. some couples have his and her robes, one couple has his

and her political signs. rocky and tilda are living in a house divided. they each support different presidential candidates. tilda backing biden. rocky wants trump. >> he does everything different. and it drives people nuts. they want him to behave a certain way. >> well, he's the president. he should be presidential. he shouldn't be, um, cussing everybody. >> excuse me just a minute. excuse me just a minute. >> okay. rocky and tilda say they've been married 34 years. they say the relationship is more important than politics. they already voted. they say they will accept the eventual winner. >> they need to teach some classes, i think. >> you think? >> something. >> wait. this is just bothering me. his and hers. there shouldn't be

apostrophe, right? >> you're right. >> so, let's go to school. let's really read this husband and wife -- sorry. that was just -- that was just bothering me. wait. do you have your lotion? did you steal any from kumasi? >> you know, i think i have some burt's bees here. >> get that burt's bees. >> i got a 15-second -- okay. i made it in time. >> you got it. get it out. lotion up those hands. we cannot be ashy pry to this election ending. >> we cannot. coming up next,

it's 6:55. if you're just joining us, here's 7 things to know this morning. starting with number one, france is on its highest level of terror alert after three people were stabbed to death at a church in nice. police shot and wounded the suspect. this is the third recent terror attack in france. number two, alameda county says middle and high schools can reopen for in-person learning next month if they have a plan. most say they're not ready in the midst of a pandemic. number three, just five days until election day and we're

seeing record early voting acrosses the nation. in california, 36% of registered voters have turned in ballots. that's almost 8 million people. chloe kardashian covid-19. she revealed that in an upcoming episode. she said she will be fine, but it was bad for a couple of days. >> 50s and 60s at the coast, 70s and 80s for the rest of us. we have a fire off of westbound 80. 25 minute delays on b.a.r.t. because of an equipment upon. get your car washed and have some holiday fun. the tunnel of terror opened up and dustin dory will have that on abc7 news. >> i'm so into this. look at this map con coming up

you. i love how he has the reverse shot. can you woman: after covid, my hours got so we can't pay our bills. and now our family budget is gonna be hit hard with prop 15. the yes on 15 ads say it only raises taxes on big corporations. that's not true - we're all going to pay. $11 billion in new property taxes will get passed on to small businesses and farms. they'll raise prices... ...higher gas, health care, food...even day care. we can't make ends meet now.

families can't afford 15. no on prop 15.

good morning, america. hurricane zeta tears through the south. >> oh, my god. the roof just blew off. >> making landfall as a deadly category 2 storm leaving a trail of destruction in three states, packing winds topping 100 miles an hour, ripping the walls off this casino, drowning cars in this parking garage and leaving more than 800,000 people without power. overnight, ginger and rob on the ground near the eyewall of the storm, and this morning, they're tracking where it's heading next. sunshine state showdown. trump and biden gear up for dueling events in the critical state of florida. the president still denying the coronavirus surge around the country at packed rallies. >> normal life will fully resume. that's what we want. >> and the major supreme court rulings overnight about mail-in