we thank you for joining us this evening. i'm julian glover. you're abc 7 news watching live on hulu live and wherever you stream. we begin in afghanistan the president left open the possibility of keeping u.s. troops in afghanistan beyond the august 31st withdrawal deadline. we explain the effort to get people out of the country is now expanding. elizabeth: as the chaos continues to unfold outside the airport, president biden once again addressing the nation. pres. biden: the evacuation from thousands of people will be hard and painful no matter when it started, when we began it. there is no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss of heartbreaking images you see on television. elizabeth: tens of thousands desperate. the embassy advising u.s. citizens and afghanistan to avoid the airport altogether. and seek shelter unless they have individual instructions from the u.s. government

representative. >> we're going to look at every means possible to get american citizens, third country nationals, special immigrant visa applicants into the airfield. elizabeth: the united states has agreements with 26 countries on four continents to accept evacuees. >> in the last 24 hours, the united states alone flew out 3900 people on military aircraft. and our partners with flights we facilitated flew out 3900 people for a total of 7500 people. elizabeth: the pentagon activating a civil reserve air flight program, compelling commercial -- airlines to provide aircraft. >> we need more planes to move them from the initial points of landing on to the places they will ultimately resettle. elizabeth: several airlines announcing they have partnered with the department of defense. scott mann is part of task force

pineapple, a group of veterans using connections to help allies get to safety. >> i'm sitting here now because of some actions that afghan friends took years ago. i'm still here. now it is our turn. julian: a veteran in the bay area helping his translator flee from afghanistan. we spoke to both men about the dramatic escape. it's a story will only see on abc 7 news. >> i didn't think i would be able to make it back to the states without losing my head. >> jay is talking about his terrifying escape from afghanistan back to the bay area. we've agreed to protect his identity because he fears for his family safety and retaliation from the taliban. jay is a former u.s. military interpreter who traveled to kabul weeks ago to help his family but got trapped.

>> a total disaster. >> kabul city in chaos. jay made several attempts to get to the airport but the taliban made that almost impossible. >> when they were stepped on, people were and this is that i would never forget in my life. >> when he finally reached the airport, he was met by armed security guards. >> i was surprised they had that force out four times. i had to sit down. on my visa, my green card with my passport up, see me? an interpreter who we consider family. i refer to him as my brother. >> a retired marine lieutenant colonel is jay's friends who served in afghanistan helping local governments and training militia. that effort now unraveling. >> people are desperate. it's just a sea of chaos. seeing the fear, confusion, and just utter helplessness and

despair in the afghan people who deserve so much better. >> hudson has been working to help jay and others. overnight success. jay made it safely to washington, d.c. he hopes to get his mother and other relatives out of the country soon. >> the only thing i'm thinking about right now is to make sure to get my family out of their safe. -- out of there safe. julian: about 100 people turned out in oakland for a rally supporting afghan refugees. the group afghans for a better tomorrow gathered at the lake muir amphitheater calling on the u.s. to keep the doors open for those fleeing afghanistan. >> i would love to see united states make a more active role in cleaning up this mess, an open-door refugee policy, expediting special immigrant visas. and ensuring the kabul airport stays open so that the majority

of the individuals trying to leave can do so safely. julian: organizers called on local leaders to expedite special immigrant visas. you can find a collection on stories about the situation in afghanistan on the abc 7 bay area streaming app. scroll down to our collection and you can keep up-to-date on what is happening at home and abroad. download that app wherever you stream. abc 7's commitment to building a better bay area include your focus on your health and covid-19. the fda could give full approval to the pfizer vaccine as early as tomorrow. more than 973,000 received vaccine doses yesterday in the u.s. after three straight days of more than one million doses being administered. this week, the venetia city council will consider reinstating a mask mandate there. solano county is the only county not currently requiring mask

indoors. this include unvaccinated and vaccinated people. the 49ers are playing the chargers in l.a. today and there was a special offer for fans who attended. get a vaccine and get a ticket. the state and l.a. county set up a mobile vaccination clinic right outside of sophia stadium. -- outside of so-fi stadium. pfizer and johnson & johnson shots were offered. >> is just a part of being human. so they are more motivated to do something. giving out gifts and merch, if you may, is really encouraging people to get vaccinated. julian: our camera did catch a few people getting their shots. new details on the largest fire burning in the state. we're talking about the dixie fire. some of actuation orders have been downgraded to warnings. the fire has charged 127,000 -- has charred 127,000 square

miles. 16,000 buildings are being threatened while 1200 structures were destroyed. the fire has been burning for 39 days in five counties northeast of chico. the caldor fire is still grow and there is no containment. 98,000 acres have been burned in el dorado county. thousands remained evacuated from the fire that started a week ago. 328 structures had been destroyed. the fire jumped highway 50 yesterday. >> this was one of the control points. it does raise concerns. >> the fields are thick, primed to burned. julian: more than 40 miles of highway 50 is closed right now. calfire says the closure of highway 50 happened just in time, making the spot fire across the highway a priority and they are focused on protecting structures at this point. wildfires forcing more closures across much of northern

california, including nine national forests. all u.s. forest services, beaches and campgrounds in like -- in the lake tahoe basin are off limits. lake tahoe still open and the closure does not impact areas operated by the city, county and state. the closures include the mendocino national forest and shasta trinity. people who violate those orders can face fines of $5,000. you can get live updates at all of the fires burning in california with our wildfire tracker. you can find it on abc7news.com. a beach barbecue ended in quite the rescue mission. a decision by a group of teenagers that put them in a dangerous spot. drew: better air quality to finish out the weekend today. your air quality forecast for

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stranded on a cliff face. two people were rescued from the top of the cliff. a group of teenagers were barbecuing on the beach and some of them decided to climb a 400 foot cliff. we talked to one of the young man who was rescued and he said it was one of the stupidest things he has ever done. >> there was a point where was just probably a 50 degree angle. i was falling on the cliffside. julian: the coast guard says cliff operations are risky. they are glad the conditions last night allow them to save these lives. more than 4000 salmon have a new home. now at a high school in the north bay. we'll tell you about the move that gives new meaning to the term school of fish. we're taking a live look outside right now. the work week will start off cooler than average for august. meteorologist drew tuma is up next with the accuweather forecast. chris: sunday found at the

coliseum, the giants and a's. see how the giants came through with a pinch hit homer that made history.

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relocated some of its stock. thousands of juvenile salmon have moved to a high school. the department of fish and wildlife says rising water temperatures at the hatchery has increased the risk of pathogen outbreaks. these salmon are endangered so experts say moving that was necessary to help save the species. the fisher at the student run conservation facility at casagrande high school. an oakland man got a chance to relive his favorite pastime on the san francisco bay. we were there at the port as david walton set sail. a resident at a senior living community. they have a living the dream community that allows residents to experience a day in their past. walton has spent many years sailing around greece. he was excited about the opportunity to get back on the water. >> at has been a lovely, lovely day. i woke up this morning having no

idea this was going to happen. yeah! julian: he took a three hour boat ride with a friend and a neighbor. the sailed along the bay bridge and you can tell he was happy to be there. in county first race since early 2020. the charity walk were on was this -- walk run was this morning in san jose, raising$250,000 for the medical center. there was a vaccination booth as well. checking in with meteorologist drew tuma for a look at the accuweather forecast. drew, you're telling us we will enjoy the free ac for a few more days. drew: we will enjoy some better air quality as well before hot weather looks to be turned by the end of the upcoming week. a shot outside, from our san jose camera. certainly a better looking picture than this time yesterday. yesterday there was elevated

smoke. today, we're breathing easier as our air quality has improved. current conditions across the border. most of us are in the good green category. we have issues around -- in the moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups but in onshore breeze is really helping to bring fresh air locally. however, we still have a lot of issues around lake tahoe. smoke from the calder fire is sitting a row for the lake -- si tting over the lake. very unhealthy air quality there and it looks like it will stay that way the next one for hours. here is the smoke forecast. i do anticipate more elevated smoke in our sky tomorrow. our air quality will fluctuate between good and moderate on monday and similar on tuesday. even though we have that onshore breeze, there is a lot of smoke. it will be hard to push it all out of here. air quality both monday and tuesday, you can see the closer

you are to those wildfires in northern california -- that moderate air quality the farther south you go, good air quality. here's an onshore breeze stronger today compared to yesterday. 25 miles an hour in the city. 17 that wind in napa. that onshore breeze in the morning fog helping to keep temperatures on the cool side this afternoon. widespread 60's and 70's for a lot of us now. 69 in. santa rosa all in all, a comfortable evening out there. over tonight -- our marine layer is expanding. widespread low cloud cover fog first thing. mid-50's to start the day on monday. we'll timeout the fog. 7:00 a.m., gray skies for a lot of us. through the late morning, the fog will slowly pull back. that will slow the warming tomorrow morning by 11 a.m. mainly sitting in the 50's and 60's for a lot of us and that

means tomorrow afternoon a repeat performance when one comes to our to temperatures slightly below average for this time of year. highs on monday morning, clouds, afternoon sun. 64 in san francisco. 77 in san jose. high of 81 in concord. the seven day forecast, cool for august on your monday. air quality remains good to moderate tuesday and wednesday and then temperatures take off. hot weather returns friday and into saturday. >> abc 7 sport sponsored by river rock casino. chris: the giants and a's with their last meeting at the coliseum. both teams are playoff contenders. it is ok to have dreams of october baseball. another prize -- the winner of this afternoon's game gets the bay bridge series trophy. more tailgating. 30,000 fans supporting the giants. top four, we are scoreless. frankie montaz gets kris bryant to end the inning.

none too pleased. canha, base hit into right field. wheeling tony kemp around. a's take the 1-0 lead. alex dickerson strikes out to end the inning. 105 pitches nine strikeouts. top eight. puck in relief. solano pinch-hitting. there goes a two run homer. san francisco becomes the first team in mlb history to have two pinch hit homers -- in consecutive games in the eighth inning to take the lead. automate. groundball to third -- unbelievable. the a's failed to score. jake mckie on for the sake. and mcgee gets chan pindar swinging. the giants win 2-1. their 80th win, and they take the bay bridge trophy. >> our guys are ready for those

moments. they know what needs to be done i do not think donovan went up there trying to hit a homer but he knew what he was looking for. he jumped on that picture was -- on that pitch. able to elevate it. >> expected win those games. it was just, it was kind of crazy. just kind of how they did the same thing to us this year that we did last year. it's like insane to think about how that happened two years in a row. chris: the 49ers are just underway in their second game against the chargers. jimmy garoppolo started a -- at quarterback. 10-8 chargers at the half. during the practice week, drew brees stopped by to say hi to jimmy garoppolo. he had social media buzzing as the number three overall pick showing off his wheels for a touchdown. he seems like he is tired of asking the same -- of answering the same question. >> i'm here to see whoever's on the field withm me.

-- with me. i hope they throw me the ball. >> about the jimmy garrotte below questions? >> it is what it is. i will look at you guys and smile and say what i can chris: the warriors play six times. highlighted by kevin durant and the nets visiting saturday, january 29th. this week k.d. and jay migraine talked about the 2018 conversation -- confrontation that blew up. both guys claimed management over each other. >> there wasn't an argument. it was the everybody-- the way everybody, steve kerr acted like it did not happen. they tried to discipline you. i really felt like there was such a big situation for us as a group. i look at that time with playing with wars as so special-- with

warriors as special to me but it was time to move on. chris: sports sponsored by river rock casino. george kail has been asked the same question since trey lance got drafted. and even before jimmy garoppolo, is a good enough? hes's tired julian: thank you as always. the story behind this art display in the east bay coming up next. boost and cricket charge you more for unlimited 5g.

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some fleeting works of art add color outside of the pleasant hill shopping center. 20 local artists took part in a chalk festival creating life-size murals on the pavement. cool. they used hundred of sticks of chalk to create a wide range of designs. children were also invited to create their own little masterpieces. the exhibit will continue until nature takes its course and the chalk art fades on away. thank you for being with us. i am julian glover. see you back here tonight

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