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>> tonight a teacher infected more than two dozen students.

what health care experts a what needs to change to prevent outbreaks. >> the fire is affecting more than 18,000 homes. set lake tahoe is bracing for an evacuation warming. -- warning. >> some people want to enjoy the friday. >> smoke in the skies today. i will you how long it will continue. >> right now. >> moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> a warning of security threats at the couple airport. americans are being urged to avoid traveling to the airport and avoid the gates. the abbey gate was the site of the attack yesterday. >> through tillery launched a successful drone strike tonight.

there is no link between the target and yesterday's suicide bombing but they were involved in planning additional attacks. no civilians were injured in the attack. >> president biden vowed to retaliate after the isis attack. >> a correspondent response about the latest in afghanistan. >> grieving is underway but also the business of evacuating has restarted. just over 4000 were evacuated between 3:00 and and 3:00 p.m. today local time. the giving away any operational details, it has oneares.generalckenzie underling that the threat level remains extremely high.

the clock is ticking. four days left. the reality is that there will be thousands of people left behind. we do not have a clear sense of how they will be able to leave the country. the taliban are saying that people who are eligible would be able to use commercial airplanes. the taliban have made promises that have not been delivered. seeing the taliban deliver warning letters, one had a letter under the door saying we know you are, you need to stop it. other people have been taken out of the house. there are reports of some people being killed. as echoes on, the tension, fear remains in kabul. big question tonight about how the people who are not being left behind will get here

safely. ian pannell, abc 7 news. >> members of the afghan community are leading a relief effort. donations and supplies are being received, clicking toys, food for refugees who may be arriving with nothing. abc 7 news spoke to some families. >> we want to make sure they are comfortable, we want them to fill at home. we do not want them to feel like our parents felt. when they came here, they had nothing. >> we will continue donations to the we can. there are a lot of ways you can help, go to the website. you will find resources, especially for veterans. >> it is just mother nature. >> new evacuation warnings tonight is the raging caldor fire continues its march to the

tahoe basin. >> the flames jumped both sides of highway 50. >> the wildfire, sending massive amounts of smoke -- across northern california, and now the bay area. >> it will be bad. >> we have team coverage on the wildfires and all that smoke tonight. >> let's get to our meteorologist. >> that smoke is getting to me. i want to show you the air quality index. livermore is still unhealthy. more in san jose, but we are seeing some improvement and san francisco, and oakland. spare the air alert is in effect tomorrow as we will continue to see the wildfire smoke impacting the air. monday and tuesday we will see some improvement. that smoke is coming to us from all directions. that is part of the reason why the air quality has been so bad today.

we still have some pockets of moderate air quality along the coast as well. if you look at the tahoe area, it is unhealthy. it is only going to get worse. the forecast is showing you the thickest smoke there. look at the heavy smoke and lake tahoe. you could not make out the lake. i will be back with the rest of your we can forecast which includes when cleaner and cooler air will arrive. >> get some water. our reporter's continuing team coverage. outdoor events are still going on, despite that better quality. >> as smoke billows, air quality rose into the unhealthy range. some other events still went on, the bite -- despite the bad air. there was an in person town hall event since it pandemic began. he did not want to postpone it. >> the high school football

games were postponed. i will limit my opening remarks tonight. we will probably have to cut it short. >> his constituents who gathered at the high school did not want to miss it either. >> i feel ok. i do have concern for people who have medical conditions that prevent them from being at events like this. >> the weekly festivities went on as usual. some people think they did not want their evening road by the smoke. >> given the pandemic and everything, i do not blame them if they want to be out despite the quality of the air. >> there is a spare the air alert throughout the weekend. anyone who expenses trouble breathing should state inside. >> take precautions.

you may want to stay indoors if you are someone who has a preconditioning condition. >> those we spoke to tonight say the air quality is something they will be mindful of. >> i am being careful trying to not breathe as much. >> in the east bay, ryan curry. >> air quality continues to worsen because of the fire. it is 529, anything above 500 is hazardous. it is the worst in the country right now. residents of south lake tahoe are already leaving tonight ahead of evacuation warnings. the caldor fire has jumped both sides of highway 50. they are racing to save homes and some of the most popular areas. more been damaged. we have more on the firefight

and strawberry. >> this is where it goes down into myers. >> the caldor fire is inching closer to lake tahoe. >> how would you rank the risk level for south lake tahoe in terms of mandatory evacuation orders tonight? >> i do not believe that will occur tonight. i believe the risk is low. there is potential that something will occur but i do not believe the wrist tonight. >> he has been working the front lines for the past two weeks. he expects the next couple days will be the worst. >> it will be hot this weekend. the wind is aligning and it is burning in the northeast. >> the northeast into -- includes the town of strawberry were the firefighters are stationed. calfireireire warnings along highway 50, towards the community of myers,

echo summit, and strawberry, or most of the active fire is burning, with hotspots trailing down. we drove the fire line, all that is visible is thick smoke. an outline of trees submerged, threatening homes. >> the majority of the people have evacuated and are following the warning so we issued. >> as far is what is next -- >> that is where it is headed. >> the air quality is worsening by the hour. fire crews are headed northeast into south lake tahoe. they understand that a lot of it is dependent upon what happens in the next three days. stephanie sierra abc 7 news. >> you contract the air quality with our weather tracker.

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new details about the unvaccinated teacher behind in outbreak. he infected more than a dozen students and their parents. a news reporter and vaccine team member spoke to county officials about what they're planning to do to prevent another outbreak. >> it was may 22 anyone, the school year was ending and the county was almost reaching a milestone. the county with the highest vaccination rate in the country. behind the scenes, this happened. >> somewhat let their guard down. >> we had in unvaccinated person. someone who took the mask on. >> providing insight into a covid-19 outbreak at an unnamed school. 22 students infected with covid-19 by in unvaccinated teacher. >> those who rescinded -- who wo receiving in the front -- who

were seated in the front of the classroom. >> contact tracing led them to this teacher and confirmed that even though this group of students were too young to get vaccinated, they were not significantly sick. >> fever, headache, cough. >> according to the school district, out of 6000 staff members, 200 are unvaccinated. all staff members have to wear face masks indoors and get tested every two weeks. vaccines are not mandated. >> do you believe believe beliee should be mandated to get vaccinated? >> i do. >> the superintendent says this outbreak is making them look into mandating vaccines for teachers. >> it could be that you will not be able to continue working with children. >> the deputy public health officer says mandating teachers

is not part of their plan now. they are letting the state decide. >> when everyone is wearing their masks, indoor and outdoor, when people are staying at home when they are sick, we do not seek school transmission. >> the u.s. intelligence community has revealed its findings about where covid-19 may have come from. that is it -- is as cases continue to climb. abc news reporter morgan norwood has the latest. >> leasing the findings of an investigation into the origin of covid-19. for agencies are investigating how covid spread to humans from an animal. one agency saying it came from a laboratory incident. president biden p b effort to learn the origin of the virus will continue. the toll of the pandemic is rising by the day.

more than 1200 deaths were reported in just 12 hours, the highest single date total since march. >> the hardest thing is watching these young people get sick or dying. >> all 50 states saying high transmission -- >> full of covid patients. sandhya: up tenfold. -- morgan: up tenfold in the past few weeks. >> i am a little emotional and raw. morgan: pediatric omissions are also climbing. 500% since july. a glimmer of hope as students head back to the classrooms. new d shows vaccination rates among children are improving. cdcdcdcdcdcdcd >>

members. morgan: morgan norwood. larry: new developments, the man convicted of assassinating robert kennedy was granted parole today. sirhan sirhan was initially sentenced to death for the murder. when the california supreme court declared the death penalty unconstitutional, he was committed to life sentence. two of support. the parole -- the release could be blocked. heading into the weekend, the weather, a glimmer of hope. ama: we will take any bit of hope. sandhya: i do have hope. that is for the second half of the week. we will see improvement in our air quality then. not tomorrow. let me show you a time lapse.

this was this afternoon. it was very hazy and smoky across the bay area. there is the ashtray there. if you are going to the a's game against the yankees, it will be smoky. keep that in mind. if you're going to the niners game on sunday, it should be better. right now, it is good to moderate. for sensitive groups around fairfield, concord, he would notice that livermore is in the red. north wind that dragged the smoke down. i will continue. because of this, you will see smoky skies again tomorrow morning. the heaviest concentration over south lake tahoe. sb head into sunday, we start to have a switch in the wind. -- as we head into sunday, we start to have a switch in the wind. hot and hazy today. it was in the upper 90's to mid-100s.

along the coastline, 60's to 80's. gil wright did tie a record at 102 degrees. it will be hot tomorrow. we do have a heat advisory. take it easy. risk of illnesses here in our inland communities. live doppler 7 showing you a patch of fog. 50's to 70's on those temperatures. a life look from the tower camera. hayes and smoky tomorrow. air quality improves on sunday. cooler and cleaner air coming your way early next week. morning temperatures will be on the mild to warm side, 50's to 70's. in the afternoon, south bay numbers look like this, 97, 93 in san jose. 88 in mt. view. upper average in the north bay.

93 in san rafael. 88 in hayward. head inland and it is triple digit sizzle. quick look at the atlantic hurricane. it will be a major category 4. they are looking at some really rough conditions this weekend. heavy rain flooding and a storm surge. seven-day forecast, smoky, warm and hot. air quality improves and it will be much better next week. better air, cooler days coming up. larry: everything will be better next week. [laughter]

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