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>> live breaking news from abc 7. >> breaking news, a taliban conolf anta afte enter kabul to arrange a transfer of power. right away, new developments are coming in by the minute on the situation in afghanistan. faith abu bank tells us the taliban has taken control of the presidential cap -- palace. >> president ashraf ghani afterr the taliban arrived at the presidential palace. a new reconciliation council will be formed by a leader and the former afghan president. in a statement they said the council's goal is to prevent chaos and resume -- reduce the suffering of the afghan people. kabul was the final destination

in the taliban's lightning fast offensive. they took all major cities in just over a week. the taliban told residents they should not fear the truce and none of the fighters would enter anyone's homes or harass them. sunday, all routes out of kabul were sealed off. the emergency evacuation of the u.s. embassy is underway. >> the focus has to be on getting these brave american personnel out and our brave afghans who helped us through the years out. >> this processing center, filled with afghans who helped the west during the 20 year war, now fearing for their lives. x we served the american forces, for the u.s. and coalition forces. they have to take care of us. >> other afghans are bracing for what is to come. >> life has become difficult for people. people are worried about the way the taliban treated us before.

we just want peace. >> the biden administration is defending the decision to withdraw u.s. troops. >> the president determined it was time to end the war for the united states, to get out of the middle of a civil war in afghanistan. >> some in congress are taking aim at both biden and trump administrations. >> president biden bears responsibility, but there is no question president trump and his administration, secretary pompeo, bear significant responsibility. president trump told us that taliban would fight terror. secretary pompeo told us the taliban would renounce al qaeda. none of that has happened. dion: america went to afghanistan 20 years ago to defeat the forces that attacked the u.s. on september 11. the biden administration set may 1 as the official start of the withdrawal of remaining forces, about 3500 u.s. troops. that met the exit deadline the trump administration to go to -- negotiated with the taliban last

year. president biden called an end for the u.s. military mission in afghanistan august 31. officials authorized sending 2000 troops to safely evacuate u.s. personnel as well as afghans who helped american troops. with the increase there will be 6000 troops in afghanistan. a very -- bay area nonprofit is pleading for help to evacuate their employees in kabul. cheryl jennings spent time there with the charity roots of peace and interviewed president ashraf ghani. the group's co-founder told abc 7 that she is worried and frightened about what could happen next in afghanistan. it is a story you will see only on abc 7. >> it is absolutely not only a crisis, it is catastrophic. >> roots of peace founder and ceo heidi kuhn was desperately

trying to help her 360 employees, stuck in kabul. kuhn sent a letter to president biden pleading for help. >> please provide military aircraft to safely get my staff and their immediate families out of afghanistan right now. >> roots of peace have -- has been doing work for two decades, replacing landmines with crops and helping local farmers. kuhn believes her employees are at double risk of being targeted by taliban forces since they work for a u.s. government-funded nonprofit run by a woman. >> right now, that has a price. on my head, on their heads. >> a solidarity ceremony at kuhn 's home supporting the afghan people and praying for peace. >> many people here have worked for roots of peace and have family back home in afghanistan. they fear for their safety. >> they are really scared. >> hamid hopes his sisters can

escape the country. this person from concord has gotten messages from her friends saying goodbye. >> i tell me, you will be alive. you are safe. >> in 2015, cheryl jennings traveled to afghanistan with writs of peace and interviewed president ghani. back then he was hopeful for the future. >> it is a reborn love. people are reengage in with their country. >> heidi kuhn says she is not pointing fingers about the crisis in afghanistan. >> i don't think this is the time to cast blame. i think we need to take this day and get this country back on its feet. dion: we are jennings' exclusive reports from afghanistan at our website. they include her interview with the president and afghan women who risked their lives to work. those stories are at our home page, abc7ne

air a special report tonight at 9:00 on abc 7 on the taliban. seniors and front-line workers could be next in line for supplemental shots. the head of the national institutes of health says the u.s. could make a decision in a matter of weeks. the nih is also making an ominous prediction, we could see daily case levels hit 200,000. that is a number not seen since january. another sign of how bad the surge is, the average number of americans under 50 who are hospitalized has reached a pandemic high. if you have questions about vaccine mandates, you can ask the abc 7 vaccine team. submit questions at abc7new s.com/vaccine. there is also information on how to book your shot. developing news out of northern california, where the dixie fire grew by another 2000 acres overnight as flames chewed

through dried brush and trees. it has burned over 554,000 acres , or 860,000 square miles, a little more than all of solano county combined. calfire says firefighters are working on building a containment line and are trying to protect as many homes as possible. the dixie fire has destroyed more than 1100 buildings. taking a live look at the hazy skies in the bay area, all of this due to the smoke from wildfires, not only in northern california but oregon as well. drew tuma has a look at our air quality and things are set to improve. drew: tomorrow we will find improvement but right now, hazy skies. the smoke is elevated. the marine lerthe onshore winds are helping keep the smoke away from the surface. east bay hills, if you are in the hills youan certainly see and smell the smoke. a live look, hazy conditions

right now. air quality across the region, mainly between good and moderate but we have unhealthy air quality in some areas. onshore winds really kick in tomorrow afternoon, which will help read the atmosphere of a lot of smoke. not only that, we are tracking cooler weather and we will have that in the full forecast. dion: we could use that relief. thanks. just ahead, the great debate over san francisco's great highway intensifies. >> let's turn this into a permanent place for people. dion: a rally to keep cars off the road while some neighbors say the street needs to reopen to traffic. the big change coming tomorrow. also, a change at a south bay airport. supporters

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dion: it's back to school for students in san francio could br first time in a classroom in well over a year. students will need to wear masks indoors and there is another requirement for teachers and staff. they need to be vaccinated by september 7 or be tested weekly for covid until they are fully vaccinated. in addition, the district is offering virtual learning for those who are concerned about returning to campus. san francisco's great highway is never going to -- is going to partially reopen for the first time since the pandemic began. it has been restricted to pedestrians and bicyclists. we were there for a protest to keep it off limits to vehicles. after tomorrow, weekends and holidays will be the only times cars will be restricted. reopen because of the traffic being diverted to other streets.

>> our city has a lot of streets that go north-south, about 40 that can get people from where they need to go in a car, to the other side. no streets that are preserved for walkers, car-free. >> parking big -- has become an issue. everything is affected. quality-of-life issues have been affected. dion: those in favor of reopening the highway have an online petition that has been signed by 12,000 people. in a victory for environmental and community groups, read hillview airport in east san jose will run on unleaded fuel. an announcement is expected from the local aviation community tomorrow. unleaded fuel will be introduced for the aircraft. the change comes as a growing number of officials demanded the airport's closure because of unsafe lead levels from planes. supporters say the airport is critical for smaller planes and emergency operations. people shared music and memories ♪f san w

dion: we will take you to a celebration of life in tribute to the cofounder of san francisco's live foundation. also -- >> wow. thank you so much. dion: you saw a winning moment that left a woman speechless. next, the national title she now holds. drew: tracking relief, not only from the smoke in our skies, but also the hot temperatures inland. al

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longtime partner. >> my god, what a destiny. janice m times. and letting it all hang out. so that she could say one day, didn't want to die. not me. dion: mirikitani was the daughter of japanese immigrants. she found her calling with glide in the late 1960's. she was a writer and san francisco's second poet laureate. turning once again to the weather and the heat will subside a little bit, at least for the inland parts of the bay area. drew: improving conditions not only in temperatures, but also in our sky conditions over the next couple days. today, certainly hazy no matter where you are. satellite over the bay area, this is from today, you can see all that smoke creating a haze.

the marine layer, very close to the surface, helping keep the smoke from really impacting our air quality. most of us have good to moderate air quality. fresh air is on the the near surface smoke. tomorrow when we wake up, i anticipate to find those hazy skies first thing in the morning, but by the afternoon we will find gusty onshore winds developing and that will push the smoke tower east. we will find by monday afternoon, our air quality is much better. that looks to be the case as well on tuesday. close to the coast, fresh air, perhaps some haze in lent improving pit -- conditions -- haze inland that improving conditions. a battle going on between intense heat inland and the cool onshore breeze. 100 in brentwood, 105 in cloverdale, one hundred 17 clear lake but the marine layer is persistent, so it is keeping the city cool at 63.

68, 78 in san jose, 74 in vallejo. a heat advisory in effect for interior mendocino and all of lake county until 8:00 p.m. today because of those hot temperatures come up to 110 degrees. tomorrow, we will find cooler weather. high pressure in control right now, creating the heat inland on trapping the smoke in the sky. the low pressure helps us to out tomorrow by moving the smoke out of here, and cooling us off on tuesday. overnight, hazy conditions, marine layer through parts of the east bay, 50's to mid 60's for a lot of us. antioch, warm at 71. as we go hour-by-hour, the quote -- coastal cloud cover tomorrow morning. i think the marine layer breaks down by 10:00 and we are warming up inland, in the 70's and 80's by 10:00 a.m. highs on monday, wide range, 68 in the city, 73 in oakland, 83

in san jose, 88 in santa rosa but 97 in concord, 100 in antioch. for the next seven days, tomorrow we find better air quality in the afternoon. tuesday, cooler weather tuesday inland. 90 relatively speaking, feels nice compared to today. we will track gusty winds in the hills wednesday. a pretty steady pattern. dion: keeping an eye on sports, chris joins us from home. >> coming up in 49ers regular season opener, less than a month away. we will look back at the preseason opener and trey lance specifically. talk about an arm. lamont looking like trey lance. we will

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>> abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. >> the giants finished up the series against colorado. san francisco is 10-0 entering play after a loss when alex wood starts and guess who is on the mound? junior giants at the ballpark, what a great program. be sure to donate to them. give the gift of baseball. alex wood in a jam, two on, two out, not a problem. six strikeouts in 6.2 innings. bottom of the fifth, bases loaded for tommy la stella. deep drive to write and it is almost a grand slime -- grand slam. la stella wonders how that was not a grand slam. so is gabe kappler. he missed it by just that much. 3-0 giants.

top of the seventh, giants up run. connor joe, and here comes lamonte wade with the first -- the perfect throw to gunr ou ae plate. grea tag ends the inning. what a play from wade. giants go to 11-0 after a game in which they lose. giants win 5-2. the a's hope to see their team win, hoping -- checking out the rubber match in texas. manaea roughed up early, peter's to run blast to left, 3-0 texas. chapman hit two homers saturday, hits another on sunday, a solo blast. the 101st career homer for chapman. a's down 3-1. peters had manaea's number. three homers allowed by manaea. the a's route the tying run to the plate, starling marte gives

a ride but the flied out is caught just shy of the warning track in left. rangers win 7-4. season sunday, september 12 in detroit. last night they opened the preseason at levi's and trey lance the rookie quarterback made his debut. let's look at his night. there it overall pick, smiling, especially after this 80 yard strike for his first touchdown. jimmy g. the same play design, against the packers in 2019. for lance to execute this play, big step in his progress. among those impressing the head coach. and his teammate, jimmy garoppolo. >> it was awesome. we saw it coming. knowing the planned everything,

watching him the whole time, he broke the guy off and trey put a beautiful pass out there. >> he is a good player. he looked very composed. and he had a nice play on o firecracker. >> it is the moment you dream of, scoring your first touchdown, even though it is preseason it is pretty the guyse so excited. it was a special moment. >> he had a good first day. still a work in progress it wasn't perfect, so until he is perfect, we will keep working. chris: got to love coach shanahan's sense of humor. until you are perfect, keep practicing. good stuff. dion: many thanks. just ahead, and opportunity of achievement. and east bay woman gets a national platform to advocate for those with

dion: a young woman from danville has been crowned ms. wheelchair america. here's the speechless moment. >> uh--i'm a communications major. i am supposed to be able to get this going. wow. wow. thank you so much. dion: i think you communicated just fine. that was awesome. christine won the virtual competition. she was born with spina bifida and will serve as a spokeswoman

for the americans with disabilities. her advocacy at form is putting disability back into diversit breaking tonight as we come on the air, the u.s. sending 1,000 more troops to afghanistan's capital as terrified afghan citizens and foreigners rush to flee the country. new video just in tonight shows armed taliban forces inside the presidential palace in kabul. u.s. military helicopters racing to evacuate personnel from the american embassy. smoke rising nearby. the scene eerily similar to the fall of saigon. the afghan president leaving the country. the kabul airport reportedly coming under attack. thousands desperately racing to evacuate. the u.s. embassy urging americans to shelter in place. the taliban releasing video claiming it shows the militants arriving in eastern afghanistan. stunning developments in america's longest war as we approach 20 years since the terror attacks on 9/11. the white house releasing