6:00 live on abc seven. hurricane ida has roared in louisiana packing 150 mile-per-hour winds and a massive storm surge. ida made landfall on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. that is where elizabeth soldiery hooves -- elizabeth scholes he is tonight. >> hurricane ida mickey went for is a dangerous category four storm bringing torrential rain,i storm surge and winds of up to 150 miles per pair >> is one of the strongest storms to make lynn for in modern times. >> the powerful hurricane tearing through the louisiana gulf coast leaving debris, torn up homes and power outages. we are in the heart of new orleans as the storm has made landfall. you can feel how strong these winds are.

>> and hand crews pulling fire lines around homes. the team is working back grueling shift so that of the past two weeks with no signs of stopping. >> it has been a difficult firefighfoonnelassign bn xee mayors.roughout the state. backh ky turnsrae over mountain. calfire recommends using highway

89 north. there is a a lot of panic right now. we were talking to some families who are parked out here in the parking lot. they have been watching the smoke overtake the mountain. they are scared and packing up and leaving. it is that scary right now for these families as we continue to monitor this throughout the night, calfire says these next 12 hours are going to be the most critical. we are live in myers. >> certainly stay safe out there. onto the fall of afghanistan, a drone strike labbe vehicle powered with explosives in kabul. military officials say the attack eliminated an eminent isis-k threat to the kabul airport. 13 american service members who died rain the bombing last thursday returned home in flag draped caskets. president biden

arrived at dover air force base. including an up date on the local nonprofits fight to get its employees out of afghanistan. >> the purpose is to show them we care. >> a sunday strategy session how to help refugees escaping afghanistan. his phone is ringing 24/7 with esper calls from friends and family. >> they are asking to please help us out. get us out of this country. >> these volunteers cannot help afghans escape but they can assist families who are able to make it to the conquered area. >> we don't know how many people are coming. we want to be prepared. >> with all the necessities to help traumatized families who

may be starting from zero. >> would like to offer them compassion but then also language services, our homes, showing them around. not just the neighborhood but how to grocery shop. >> the committee center is collecting donations for refugees on its website. >> it has been really challenging to watch all of the trauma on tv but we can do our part to help those people who are coming here and that gives me a lot of hope. >> we heard there was an isis threat. we immediately instructed our team, gary and i, to leave the premises. >> meantime, bay area nonprofit founders working around-the-clock from istanbul, turkey to get their 76 employees out of kabul. overnight, their bus turned away from the airport after 10 hours due to security threats. despite an august 31 troop withdrawal deadline, heidi is not giving up. >> we have two more days to get

these deserving afghans out to safety. we are americans. we will find a way. >> there are a lot of ways you can help afghanistan refugees. for ideas, go to abc 7 news.com/take action. on the same page, you will find supportive resources especially for veterans during this difficult time. stopping the hate. a merrill dedicated today in memory of one of the bay area's victims of a api violence. tv legend ed as near has died. we will look back at his storied career

>> ed asner who played gruff has died. the show ended after seven seasons. he moved on to star in lou grant playing the same character. he won a total of eight emmys. he also founded the family center for neuro-divergent children a alt

ans'awho waviently shelved and killed. mural unveiled at the corner of california and grand honors and 84-year-old man who was attacked on a walk in his neighborhood in january. the 19-year-old accused of killing him played not guilty to charges of murder and elder abuse. the santa clara valley transportation authority restarted light rail service today for the first time since the deadly mass shooting edits railyard. it is operating limited light rail service with about one train at least every hour. today's restart coincided with a preseason football game between the las vegas raiders and niners at levi's stadium. we found minis -- manyit to see. this is something we have notnot

seen since 2019. it is a pride parade in the bay area. we will tell you who was not welcomed by organizers. and relief smoke may be on the way. meteorologist drew tuma is up next with his accuweather forecast. > the giants looking for a series victor and atlanta. both quarterbacks playing a big role in the win over the

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>> a large and excited crowd celebrated lgbtq pride. san jose mayor sam liccardo lico hopped on his bike to greet participants at the silicon valley pride parade. the event was canceled last year because of the pandemic. folks who turned out for the celebration were excited to be back. for many taking part in this event was more important than ever. >> after a year of can show each other the love is still there. the support is still there. we can still celebrate. it is not over. >> the parade took folks to the plaza of cesar chavez park for a celebration. uniform san jose police officers

were not invited to this year's event. join now by meteorologist drew tuma. you had some good news to report. we will find better air quality over the next couple of days and cooler weather will move in to bring us some relief from these intense temperatures especially inland. they live look. the freshest air is closest to the ocean. still some smoke and haze away from the coast. a couple of letters right now. the marine layer means cooler weather is on the way. you still notice a lot of elevated smoke in our atmosphere. improving conditions over the next couple of days. tomorrow, we stay in the moderate category. by tuesday is a stronger onshore breeze moves in, a lot of us go to the if not fresh category 2 enjoy. we cannot rid ourselves of the

heat entirely. inland, we were well into the 90's. much cooler along the coast. 80 in san jose. down to 75 in santa rosa. the marine layer is going to help to bring us a cooler night tonight compared to last night. coastal cloud cover. patchy fog around the shoreline. mid 50's to mid-60's first thing in the morning. tomorrow, we will continue the cool down but we are finding hot temperatures inland. 98 in antioch. around the bay shoreline, you will find some relief. 73 in oakland tomorrow. 67 in the city. 85, the high in san jose. everybody feels that he relief on tuesday. tuesday is shaping up to be a nice day. comfortable temperatures and increasingly better air quality. the air quality will remain good to moderate through the rest of the week ahead. i want to give you an update on the calder fire.

live doppler 7 can actually see the intense pyro camillus clouds , the large smoke plumes at this hour. the eastern edge has been very active. you see one or two smoke plumes on the southeast inside another one to the north and east of twin bridges. 30,000 feet in the atmosphere. the fire grew about two and half miles on the eastern side. unfortunately, winds are going to be an issue. a red flag warning will go into effect starting tomorrow morning. that does include areas like the calder fire and the dixie fire for wind gusts as high as 35 miles per hour. these fires are growing to the east. an update on hurricane ida,da,d, did make this morning is a category 4 storm. it will continue to weaken and push to the east. the next seven days for you,

better air quality for you tomorrow. heat retreats for everybody on tuesday. look at september. it arrives with cool temperatures. we will keep the air quality through thursday and friday. >> abc 7 sport sponsored by river rock casino. >> two weeks from today, the 49ers opened the season in detroit. john lynch and mark davis saying hello. george kittle greeting his wife pregame. jimmy garoppolo, your starting quarterback. for a first down. nice pass adeb good to see 85 doing things. the rookie on the option out of the shot done. gets around the corner. 17 yards and a first down. 242 yards. mixing and matching. what would he do? play-action fake. well into the end zone.

7-0, san francisco. number 10 has a linementality ts defense. third and 13. 16 yard completion. he had 64 yards passing. 14 plays, 75 yards. cap to buy trey lance as he gets into the end zone. the rookie and the score. 49ers win 34-10. after the game, coach shanahan was asked if jimmy garoppolo will be his starting quarterback. >> we will have to see. everyone keeps asking me that question. i am not giving the answer just to satisfy the question. i think we have a pretty good idea all along. we are pretty good with it as long as we can keep surprising -- keep surviving press conferences. >> we are clicking like that and the defense is scrambling like that, it makes it hard. we are trying to win games. >> i trust coach shanahan. he is going to find ways to get the guys the ball we need the

ball. it was a ton of fun for sure. >> with a win over the braves come the giants would secure their 10th consecutive series of. instead, the bats fell silent. the giants fans representing. back from the injured list. bottom four, jorge solera gets all of that baseball. two batters lat lat lat lat a two run shot to left center. 3-0, braves. the giants offense did struggle five hits total. quinton crawford strikes out to end the eighth inning. in 9-0 braves lead when austin slater makes his pitching debut in the eighth inning. he is going to give freddie freeman the all-star. got his one out. braves win, 9-0. the dodgers did lose to

colorado. a huge home stand on deck. >> obviously it is a stretch of baseball again some good teams but we are not really doing anything different. we are not going to look at our opponents differently as we have done all year. we are going to play our game and do our best and let the results happen for themselves. >> you sell it right here on abc 7. little lake world series championship. ohio and michigan. michigan strikes first. jackson semi ripping a two rbis to the left. fired up as michigan takes a 2-0 lead. two on again. and other clutch base hit. the throw from center field is going to be off-line. he takes second. that is his eighth series hit. 5-1, michigan. two outs. bases-loaded. a fly ball to center.

jacob fergus makes the catch. michigan wins the title, 5-2 over ohio.

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>> we have all heard the term one pigs fly but what about cows? these are our cows -- these are cows soaring above the ground appeared the animals were injured in the alpine meadows. the rest of the herd is heading down this weekend in the annual cal parade. that is some cow news for you pit that is it for abc 7 news at 6:00. i'm j.r. stone. we will see you back here at 11:00 this evening.

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