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shooting investigation, the scene that had officer shutting down all lanes. >> a supermarket stabbing overseas, the attack that authority san ices follower carried out overnight. reggie: the progress we are seeing in the firefight against the caldor fire. >> the holiday weekend is getting underway and we are talking to passengers about traveling now even with the spreading delta variant. reggie: good morning. you are watching abc seven mornings live on abc seven, hulu live, and wherever you stream. mike: good morning. it is for joining us at 5:00. the cloud cover is a little lower to the ground to we will
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keep an ion the coast and the north to see if any fog develops. the low clouds are hugging the ground more than yesterday. at 7:00 52 to 59 degrees, so all of us are in the look how much faster we get sunshine today. that means 60's for the bay and 70's inland. this afternoon at 4:00 we are in the 60's along the coast in san francisco and 70's around the bay, upper 70's in the south bay and the north bay. mid to upper 80's inland. this evening it will cool quickly into the 60's and 70's by 7:00, 7:30. we also have a little issue with the air, but that will change this weekend. reggie: breaking news and daly city, the chp investigating a freeway shooting along 280. at one point officer shut down all southbound lanes at ease more avenue. you can see the suv with the windows shot out. everyone in the suv went to the hospital.
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we are working together more information about their injuries. officers were canvassing freeway lanes and taking pictures of evidence markers on the ground. no word what led up to the shooting. an update on the closure in a few minutes. kumasi: in new zealand, police killed a man who stabbed six people in a terrorist attack. an ices follower hurt random shoppers at a supermarket. this cellphone video shows a bit of the chaos as people were running for safety. police shot and killed the man when he came at officers with a knife. >> what happened today was despicable, hateful, and wrong. it was carried out by an individual, not a faith and not a culture and not an ethnicity, but an individual person gripped by ideology that is not supported here by anyone or any community. he alone carries the
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responsibility for these acts. let that be where the judgment falls. kumasi: the prime minister says that national security had been monitoring this man since 2016 for reasons that she's not allowed to publicly discuss. by law he was not allowed to be in prison. investigators believe that he acted alone. later this morning president biden will be flying to new orleans to survey the damage from hurricane ida. he is planning to meet with state and local leaders from impacted communities and will tour a neighborhood in laplace to get an aerial view. then the president will give remarks on his administration's response. reggie: a drought and cleanup going on across the -- a dry up and cleanup going on across the northeast. crews are removing abandoned cars that got flooded from maryland to connecticut.the death toll from hurricane ida in the flooding in the northeast is up
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to at least 59 people. faith: this morning news of heroism and tragedy in the wake of the devastating flooding disaster across the northeast. in connecticut, state troopers among those who didn't survive. >> one of the senior sergeants on the state police, well respected, and it's just a tragedy. faith: the sergeant was checking on conditions in woodberry where three rivers come together when floodwaters swept his patrol car away. a new york city 30 people died when the water-filled homes and overwhelmed streets and the local transit system. 835 subway passengers had to be rescued and nearly 500 vehicles across the city were abandoned. in new jersey the death toll rising to 23. in philadelphia, hundreds of calls for water rescues after the river spilled into communities. the water, as high as this overpass flooding an expressway that runs through the heart of the city.
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a pump that was designed to clear the road failed. here's what the expressway normally looks like. at a nearby apartment complex, the national guard rescued nearly a dozen people and their pets. a big building like this. faith: experts who are following the signs are attributing the frequency of extreme rainfall the human-caused climate change. forecasters warned about wednesday's storms for days. the national weather service in new york city issued a flash flood watch on monday. the intense rainfall proved to be too much for the local infrastructure. >> in reality, what was once the 100-year flood, that had 1% chance of happening in any year, is not the 100-year flood any more. reggie: abc has an easy way to help victims of hurricane ida via the red cross. go to redcross.org/abc to donate
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online. kumasi: this year many resorts are closed because of the wildfire. rs say the caldor fire burn 330 square miles and is 27% contained. other weather conditions helped yesterday. the crews created breaks along highway 89 to stop the flames from spreading. >> if you can take away the intensity you can bring the fire to a manageable level. you have a place to make a stand. kumasi: firefighters are trying to protect close to 32,000 structures threatened by the wildfire. a lot of you might be ready to head out of town for labor day weekend. consider the risk of traveling with the highly contagious delta variant. amy hollyfield is live. what is it looking like? amy: it is busy this morning. people are on the move.
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airports are expecting a busy weekend, but the cdc is recommending that those who don't have the vaccine should stay home and not be traveling this weekend. on tuesday. not a lot of time for the unvaccinated to change their plans, but the recommendation is that those who have not been inoculated to stay home and not travel because of the rise case numbers from the delta variant. we talked to some travelers about their plans. one couple said that they picked spain because of how the country handled the pandemic. >> i just learned that they are one of the countries that is the most vaccinated in europe so i'm feeling reassured. >> one reason we got vaccinated was so that we could travel. amy: the cdc is telling the vaccinated to proceed with caution if traveling this weekend, saying that everyone needs to wear a mask indoors and hold gatherings outside.
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about 72% of eligible americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine. at sfo, amy hollyfield. reggie: a new indoor vaccine mandate is in effect in berkeley. the health order kicked in at midnight. it requires customers to show proof of vaccination at indoor businesses. >> we are going to be educatingg businesses about the requirements, providing signage and information about what forms of vaccination to check. kate: a vaccine card or a total of one will allow customers into indoor settings. >> if you're going to a yoga studio where you are breathing a lot, that would be good to be vaccinated. >> ocean would have come sooner. kate: support for the order comes with the knowledge that his general manager, the new
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rule may come with tough customer conversations. >> it is going to be definitely a negotiation of being hospitable and maintaining public health. kate: linda lives in florida where these types of vaccine mandates don't exist. >> i think that if you are running a business and it is your business, privately owned, you should be able to do whatever you think is right. kate: but she likes the rule for this reason. >> i am vaccinated and i feel much safer being in a place where i know everyone else is vaccinated. kate: i spoke to an east bay man against the order who didn't want to get on camera but told me that he only got vaccinated because his work required him to and he thinks that proof of a negative test should be enough to go in a business. enforcement starts at the end of next week. reggie: bottle rockets was canceled last year because of the pandemic.
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guns and roses and the foo fighters will headline the three-day music and food festival and masks are required when visiting any indoor venue. attendees are required to provide proof of full vaccination or a negative covid-19 test within 72 hours of the event. we have a whole team that is vaccinated dedicated to getting you information. to ask questions go to abc7news.com/vaccine and click the blue box. ♪ kumasi: how is this for a welcome home? this pollock pines resident is welcoming back his neighbors after the caldor fire forced them to evacuate a couple of weeks back. you can hear him playing the star-spangled banner. calfire lifted the evacuation orders on wednesday night. mike: that is good news. let's see if i can show you more. 33 in the valley and 89%
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relative humidity and calm conditions. that is why we see such a halting of the forward progress of the fire. variable winds east through the morning and then they ramp up and pushed out of the south and west up to 14 miles an hour. overnight they will calm down out of the east, light and variable. then west at 50 miles an hour. very manageable winds, but they will scatter the smoke. you can see that it is red just about everywhere all the way back to placerville. that even backs up more towards auburn. look where the purple is, pollock pines, zephyr cove, and then the really bad air continues to work tonight into tomorrow morning, almost all the way to sacramento and i-5 to chico and redding. you can see saturday there will be plenty of accurate a -- acrid air there.
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the fire and the fact that the air quality is dangerous. at home, if you want or need to do yard work before the holiday weekend, today will be the mildest day. we have the air-quality alert, so be careful he susceptible to smoke. i will show you the heat wave coming up in the accuweather seven day forecast. sue: it is friday and we will start with good news. since we are in september, half off for all fares through the month of september. if you travel on ac transit they have started a new program for the next month or so, free fridays. all ac transit buses are free today. let's start at the golden gate bridge where we had overnight roadwork cleared out of the northbound lanes.southbound is looking good , free and clear. we were talking about the overnight police activity at east moore on 280, daly city.
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all lanes have reopened, 280 at east moore. you can see the long line of green at 280 so no problems getting through that vicinity. will have more in a few minutes. near greenville we have an accident in the slow lane, but i'm not seeing much of a slowdown at all for your early morning commute out of the central valley. reggie: two sweet treats, one forgetting vaccinated and the other because fall. kumasi: good enough. the controversial new abortion law in texas being challenged by planned parenthood.
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reggie: the owners of the ghost ship warehouse in oakland will pay money to the families of the 36 people who died in the fire in 2016. the deal was struck with the warehouse owner. $6 million will be paid by the insurance company and another $6 million will be paid through the
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sale of other real estate. criminally charged in the aftermath of the fire. the warehouse was being used illegally as a residential artist's haven. artist's haven. the families of the 34 people killed in a fire on a scuba diving boat two years ago are suing the u.s. coast guard. the lawsuit claims that the coast guard showed lax enforcement of safety regulations and should not have certified the vote for passengers. kumasi: fallout from the supreme court's decision to allow a new abortion law in texas. several states are passing similar laws but there's a new legal fight brewing now. andrew da is in new york. andrew: a new legal challenge after texas banned nearly all abortions in the state. planned parenthood filing a restraining order seeking to end the new law's financial
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incentive that allows private citizens to sue anyone helping a woman get access to an abortion if she is further along than six weeks pregnant. >> the van gets enforced by private parties who consume any abortion provider or anyone who aids or events in abortion. for rape or insist, only medical emergencies. the texas state senator defending the part of the law. >> it is recognizing that the baby is a human life. an abortion ends a human life. andrew: wednesday the supreme court rejected a request to block the law with five conservative justices saying that the law should take effect. now texas is providing other states with a blueprint for imposing abortion restrictions without the supreme court revisiting roe v. wade. president biden is blasting the court's decision, saying that it unleashes constitutional chaos and empowers self-anointed enforcers to have devastating
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impacts. the white house press secretary engaged on the issue with a male reporter. >> why does the president support abortion when his catholic faith teaches abortion is wrong? >> he believes it is up to the woman to make those decisions. you have never faced those choices nor been pregnant, but for women who face those choices it is an incredibly difficult thing. andrew: a doctor in houston said that he typically performs between 20 and 30 abortions a day but since the new law he has performed three. reggie: here's one more reason to get your covid vaccine, it can earn you free ice cream. this week giving away a pint of cornflake crunch to anyone who shows a proof of vaccination. the promotion is at all of the bay scoop shops. it is while supplies last. it is so good. we need to get into this. kumasi: secret breakfast. i'm doing too much.
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krispy kreme wants you to fall for glazed. they are releasing a series of limited flavor starting next week. each of the flavors is available for a week. first, pumpkin spice. they are -- there are two versions of a glazed donut and a cake doughnut from the sixth and 12th of this month. the week after is apple cider glazed, and then maple glazed. reggie: ok, i could get into this. kumasi: which one? reggie: i think the maple is what i'm looking forward to. kumasi: i could do the pumpkin spice, maple, and apple cider. that's all of them. do you like cake donuts? mike: they are my favorite. reggie: are they really? you can have those. mike: i like to put them in milk. kumasi: i've never tried that.
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why would you choose that when you have glazed? reggie: that is what i'm saying. mike: you can get the glazed hot and the cake cold by putting it in the milk. covering all the bases, trying to make everybody happy. kumasi: all right. mike: you are not having it. that's fine. you can't have the hot glazed, though. you can't get that. let's look at today's accuweather highlights that i put together. a warming trend begins today and we still have hazy conditions. the air-quality alert. it looks like the haze will hang around tomorrow also. maybe not as quite a being as spare the air as today but it will still be there. here is the set up. we have the trough that has been bringing us the wonderful weather. it is moving away and taking the onshore breeze. it tapers and that brings a
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brighter and bluer sky as it steers smoke away from us and soaring high temperatures.today we are getting closer to average in the mid to upper 70's. 75 to 79 in sunnyvale and san jose. that is a sign of more of what will come this weekend. 72 in san bruno. everyone out 75 to 79 on the mid-peninsula. near 70 in south san francisco. a huge series, the giants and the doctors. 60 -- and the dodgers. we could use every one of you to get there to cheer them on. 80's for the rest of the north bay valleys. 72 at richmond and berkeley and 73 to 78 elsewhere. in the valley it is getting close to air conditioning whether. tonight, temperatures in the low to upper 50's with fewer clouds and more of a likelihood of fog in the northbay valleys.
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mid 90's inland and 102 by monday with low 80's around the bay but it is so comfortable at the coast. next week, we are back to average. kumasi: the challenging cleanup for folks dealing with flooding in the northeast. reggie: what you see next to the baby?
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kumasi: here are the seven things to know this morning. a freeway shooting on 280 and dale city overnight sent everyone in an suv that is seen here to the hospital at one point. officer shut down all the southbound lanes at ease more avenue and there is no word on any possible suspects. reggie: a busy holiday weekend at the airports. the cdc says that if you are not fully vaccinated stay home and avoid traveling.
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biden will be in louisiana to survey the damage from hurricane ida and plans to meet with state and local leaders from impacted communities. reggie: the weather is helping crews make progress against the caldor fire. at last checked the fire has burned 330 square miles and containment has gone up to 27%. remain dangerous in tahoe throughout the weekend into next week. at home, 24 hour change from two degrees warmer in san francisco to 10 in livermore to 88. this is just the beginning of a summer-filled weekend. sue: light conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza with no metering rights so far. it is pretty quiet out there. hopefully it will stay that way. kumasi: bottlerock kicks off in napa today. chris stapleton, guns and roses, and the foo fighters are highlighting the festival. attendees are required to provide proof of full vaccination or a negative covid-19 test. reggie: hurricane has left many homeowners with flooded basements. the steps they will be taking
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and the many days of cleanup ahead. >> in this morning's gma first look, what to do with a flooded basement. >> natural disasters often strike with such little warning that we get stunned. >> it is a horror show with roads awash, sewers overflowing, and basements filled with water. a contractor in texas worked through the hurricane harvey flooding disaster and says that recovery can happen with some tools you may already have. >> you want to think about your personal protective equipment. the water can have bacteria. >> he stresses documenting the damage for insurance purposes. >> floors, ceilings, walls, everything. >> next, throw out what is damaged. that's not all. we will walk you through the steps to make sure that your basement is dry and mold free, plus, what to do to protect your space before the next storm. kumasi: listen, a scottish couple is convinced that a ghost
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visited their baby while the child was asleep. they share this video. see what you think. they say that it shows two floating lights to their baby that appear on the screen before the baby monitor turns around. the mom says that the monitor never spins around like this, and her husband did not believe in ghosts but now is not sure. they moved into this house in 2019. mom says that her grandparents owned the house and she believes that the light is the ghost of either her grandmother or grandfather coming to visit the baby. reggie: probably is. kumasi:kumasi: could very well be. reggie: what do i know? i like spooky things anyway. these are kind ghosts. ghosts who are just trying to visit the baby. kumasi: happy.
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reggie: but they did not want to be seen because they pushed away the monitor. kumasi: let me ghost in peace. reggie: new covid guidance for kids in sports. advice that's not just for young people. kumasi:
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to help keep our state golden. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. reggie: now at 5:30, a deadly crash involving three cars in san jose. the intersection where this happens. kumasi: a sense of optimism in the fight against the caldor fire. the progress and why officials say that there is still a long way to go. reggie: are you heading out of town? we are talking to travelers about the cdc's warning. good morning. abc 7 mornings is live on abc 7 seven, hulu live, and wherever you stream. kumasi: want to start with a
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check in with mike. mike: that sounds good. friday. forecast. it will be warm if you're not ready to say goodbye to the summer, especially in san francisco where our average high hit 70 and we are in our warmest days through october 23rd when we drop down to 69 agrees. 70 to 71 for several weeks. let's hope that it doesn't get out of control. our winds have combed down but we still have cloud cover pretty much everywhere, as you saw on the san jose 280. i doubt that you run into any drizzle compared to the last couple of mornings.look how quickly the sun breaks free of the clouds. 60's around the bay with 70's in our inland neighborhoods. inland east bay hits the mid to upper 80's, the biggest jump in temperatures today along with clearlake, cloverdale, and ukiah. even the bay with 60's along the coast in san francisco.
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this evening it will be 60 in san francisco to the upper 70's inland. i will show you the heat in the accuweather 7 day forecast of that you are prepared for it. kumasi: san jose police are investigating a high-speed crash involving three cars that left one man dead and two others with critical one of the cars crashed into a building on east santa clara and 10th street around 10:30 last night. they say that this is an intersection that is known for high-speed travel. san jose police say that this is the 41st traffic of the year on city streets. reggie: millions of people are heading out of town for the labor day weekend despite the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.more than 42.9 million americans are expected to drive or fly somewhere. company arrival list predicts that road trip volume with -- trip volume will be down 1% from last year.
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the cdc is warning people that are not vaccinated to not travel at all. amy: good morning. sfo looks busy and people are on the move this morning. they are getting out of town, ready to celebrate the long weekend. the cdc is warning that travelers need to be on alert and careful as they head to their destinations. federal health officials are saying that the unvaccinated should stay home. they shouldn't travel now because of the rise in deaths and hospitalizations from the virus. they put out the warning on tuesday saying that even the vaccinated need to be careful, and the unvaccinated should sit this one out. >> it might affect a few people. i do think that people should get vaccinated. i think it will help out a majority of the people who have bad immune systems and everything. i think it would be a good idea. >> i think people should do what they need to do and follow the guides as far as travel.
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personally, i would not like the virus -- let the virus slowly down. amy: the cdc is telling the vaccinated to proceed with caution if traveling this weekend, saying to wear a mask indoors and to hold gatherings outdoors. about 72% of eligible americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine. at sfo, amy hollyfield. kumasi: thank you. strict new masking guidance for youth sports, strongly encouraging the use of masks by all participants and coaching staff, volunteers, and spectators regardless of vaccination status. guidance is aimed at protecting young peoples in schools, sports leagues, clubs, and organized activities. reggie: food concession workers at oracle park will take a strike as the giants play a key three-game series against
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the dodgers. their union claims at least 20 workers came down with covid-19 this year and is demanding management pay them $3 an hour in hazard pay and better access to health insurance. if not approved the workers could walk out at any time. the giants have not commented. kumasi: the exact locations are located on your screen and voting centers will be open from 9:00 to 5:00 tomorrow through september 13. on election day, september 14, they will have extended hours from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. the recall election is 11 days away and candidates have been campaigning trying to win your vote. yesterday governor newsom visited local restaurants in chinatown and pointed to california's success compared to other states when it comes to pandemic recovery. his opponents attacked his handling of crime and
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homelessness. > other states had better health outcomes and better economic outcomes. >> you've heard the numbers of crime going up. not just crime, violent crime. shootings, homicides are up substantially in oakland and san francisco. >> care enough about people not to let them die in a tent on our sidewalks. kumasi: one of opponents was in san francisco and stopped at the tenderloin highlighting his plan to build homeless shelters and ban encampments on public spaces. reggie: historic flooding in the wake of hurricane ida is paralyzing much of the northeast. in new jersey a house exploded hours after it was evacuated because of the rising floodwaters. [explosion] reggie: wow.
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a person traveling by the house at the time was hurt. the death toll from ida and it's flooding has increased to 61 people across eight states. in new york city officials have rescued more than 1000 people from floodwaters. many of them, 835, were subway passengers. 166 people were rescued on the roads. kumasi: the weather is helping crews make progress against the caldor fire. at last check the fire has burned 320 nine square miles but containment has gone up to 29%. j.r. stone has more on the sense of optimism. j.r.: smoke pouring into the air as acres born in the cal -- burn in the caldor fire. there is a sense of optimism among those we talked to. >> we are seeing decrease in the fire activity. >> it is a totally different night. it is nice and cool.
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.j.r.: the fire marshal says that the conditions are improving. you can see the yellow area where more evacuees may get to go home the next day or two on the northeast side of the fire closest to south lake tahoe. you can see three main areas of concern. early on thursday water drops were made near lower echo lake and no additional cabins were destroyed. crews are continuing to try to herd the fire towards more remote areas away from people and structures, something that appears to be working. this was the main drag of stateline, nevada on wednesday night and this was the same spot on thursday night. less smoky. while progress is being made, there is still a long way to go. >> i don't want to give the viewers any false sense of security. it is still a fire and if the wind kicks up it could change the whole thing again, the dynamics could change.
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we hope that we can take advantage this time and maybe squelch it a little bit. kumasi: you may have noticed this qr code on the bottom left of your screen during fire coverage. you can grab your cell phone and open your camera app. if you scan it will take you to the abc 7 wildfire tracker to help you follow the major fires and track air quality in your neighborhood. reggie: a cabin owner in kirkwood has been keeping an eye on her property and neighborhood from her nest cam. she spotted l.a. county firefighters outside of her front door and her home is intact. she got their attention through the security camera. >> we thank him a lot and said if you need a place to rest this is where the keys are hidden. we talk about how technology is destroying us but this is a time that technology has been a boon. reggie: she hopes one day to
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thank the firefighters in person. you can go to abc 7 news/take action to find resources and ways to donate. kumasi: extreme weather like fires and hurricanes are happening more often. the community suffering the most as our climate changes. reggie: car prices may be ready to skyrocket again. the reason behind the premium pricing. mike: we will definitely be using the air-conditioners in the car around the bay this weekend. to filter out some of the haze, but also because it will be so hot. the air quality is moderate everywhere, but we are under in air-quality advisory. like yesterday in san rafael for an hour post-up became unhealthy for sensitive folks and that will happen again today. there's not much in the way of fog yet, but will keep an eye on it. the marine layer is closer to the ground than yesterday. throughout the weekend our air quality will be good to moderate on saturday, sunday, and monday,
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so don't let the haze scare you. it should be less hazy after today. a lot of yellow and orange over top of us today, but they never completely go away, the haze that is. lou andy green, cleaner air tomorrow -- blue and green, cleaner air tomorrow. the golden gate bridge looks pretty quiet, just a few foggy areas near the coast and in some of the coastal valleys leading into 101 in the north bay most of the drizzle, not seeing any in mass transit. just the air-quality alert. if the smoke doesn't bother you, you should be ok. how you can escape the heat, coming up. sue: it's friday and we are checking out the san mateo bridge. i was looking at the golden with mike. i will tell you about that one in a second.
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the causeway and the highway towards san mateo, a 16 minute drive. the taillights are headed westbound towards the peninsula. elsewhere, green is good. even out of the central valley folks are taking off for the holiday weekend later today because now it looks green everywhere. we did have overnight police activity in daly city near broadmoor -- near east more. that activity has cleared up and all the lanes are open in the daly city area and moving at the limit. off the ultimate pass we have slow traffic near north greenville because of an accident that's blocking the slow lane. otherwise, you are at the limit with the blood of red move -- the blip
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kumasi: classes will resume after a deadly stabbing. a 17-year-old student was stabbed on campus on tuesday. law enforcement officers arrested two students, a 14-year-old and 17-year-old. it is not clear what led up to the stabbing at this point. the school is providing counselors for students at three locations. reggie: the labor department released a disappointing august jobs report, a reflection of the company's economy -- the country's economy. decreasing from 5.2 percent from 5.4%, only 235,000 jobs were created last month, nearly 400,000 below what economists forecasted. it is the fewest jobs created since may falling back to back months of payroll gains. president biden will deliver remarks on the jobs report at 7:00 this morning. kumasi: the biden administration is releasing oil from the national stockpile in response to the damage by hurricane ida.
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1.5 million barrels of crude is being released to meet demand. the decision comes as two third of service stations in new orleans and baton rouge are out of gas after the hurricane. regulators say that more than 93% of the gulf of mexico's oil production remains off-line. reggie: extreme weather events like wildfires and the recent hurricane and flooding is more common in the u.s. a new report shows climate change is making it worse and it is impacting vulnerable communities the most. abc news race and social justice reporter speaking with officials about seeking solutions for climate justice. released on thursday underlines that black and latino population 65 and up and the economically disadvantaged more at risk as the threats of climate change intensified. >> it is never too soon to act and never too late to act. >> he hopes that this report will be a wake-up call to take action. >> everything that we can do to
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curb the increase in global temperature will have at least some benefit. >> with just a three point five degree increase in temperatures over time black people will be significantly more likely to die from extreme temperatures and likely to live in areas with the increase in childhood asthma no c's with air pollution. >> as climate change gets worse, these kids will be more impacted. >> the director stanfords air pollution and health research is concerned about climate justice. >> unfortunately, the minorities produce less pollution but are exposed to more pollution. >> take 880, the interstate open to semitruck traffic that snakes through the oakland flatlands. on 580 truckon 580 truckon 580 0 for 70 years winding through the east bay hills in oakland and
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san leandro, home to the wealthy and more white residents with fewer instances of childhood the epa report shows the spanish and latino population is more likely to work outside in construction and agriculture and will be impacted by heat-related injuries due to rising temperatures. the elderly are more likely to suffer from unhealthy air quality of action is not taken. >> those are where we should be directing particularly our investments. ensuring investments in climate change and resilience will ensure a better future for all. kumasi: an 11-year-old in paris wants to help the planet and inspire others to take action too. for the past year and a half the 11-year-old has been using magnets to fish objects out of the river. he posts his discoveries on social media and look what he has pulled out. about 300 bikes, 200 scooters,
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100 shopping carts, handguns, a german rifle, an artillery shell, and jewelry. what? reggie: someone just done with this scooter. just throw it in the seine river. mike: you can't say that doesn't happen here. reggie: it definitely happens here. i don't understand it. do they think that this is ok? good for this boy. kumasi: he is trying to help. mike: maybe someone here will mimic him in a good way and clean up some of our areas. that would be interesting what they find. it might be a good ida that that -- a good idea that that is left untouched. let's look at what is going on, it is pretty quiet.
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the flags are not quite as aggressive or active as they have been the last couple of days, meaning that our sea breeze will back down a little bit. look for more sunshine today and a little bit of haze. temperatures are warming back to average levels today with fewer clouds tonight and a little fog as we compress the marine layer and push it closer to the ground. it will be cool overnight. it will get really hot around the bay and inland and fallback to comfortable levels during the overnight hours. there is a moderate risk of heat illness over the weekend during the day. cloud cover pretty much everywhere. because it is thinner the sun can get rid of it quickly. it will make a slower push as we head into the overnight hours.
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we are starting to see signs of warm weather. pretty close to san jose. 75 in san mateo, palo alto 76. mid 60's along the coast. near 70 in south san francisco. we will have temperatures warming up through the central valley with very tough air quality around tahoe and yosemite. you see how comfortable it gets? 50 to 58 degrees. look at the temperature saturday, sunday, and monday. near 100 inland, 80's at the bay, 70's at the coast on labor day. reggie: a local michelin star chef is part of the special menu collapse coming to a local shake shack. the item it is serving next week. kumasi: now may not be the best time to buy a new car because prices are going up. reggie: lightning cable warning,
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kumasi: a warning this morning about a dangerous new tool for hackers, an updated version of a cable that resembles the standard lightning cable and allows hackers to steal your information and remotely send it to attackers. experts warn us that he can swipe passwords or anything that a user types from a mile away. opening statement set for wednesday in the fraud trial of elizabeth holmes. jurors were sworn in yesterday after two days of questioning more than 80 potential jurors. the panel will be seven men and five women, diverse ethnically and in terms of age. elizabeth holmes was indicted three years ago on a dozen federal fraud and conspiracy
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charges, accused of knowingly misleading doctors, patients, and investors about the capabilities of her company's blood testing technology. reggie: big news if you're in the market to buy or sell a car. prices are about to rise higher. general motors announced a pause in production at eight plants joining ford, toyota, and nissan because of a worsening shortage of computer so conducting chips using a variety of carp -- used in a variety of car parts. they are ma -- they are mostly made in asia right now where the delta variant is causing plant closures. >> we will have this start, stop situation where the lines come back on, get shuttered back again. some automakers are we working their vehicles to have fewer chips. it has not been enough to actually completely curb all of the issues. reggie: with less supply comes increased demand sending prices skyrocketing.
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the average price of a new car last month was $42,832. yikes. kumasi: apple cars could be on the way. executives are reportedly in talks with toyota about possible production of its own brand starting in 2024. details are scarce, but insiders say that the company is focused on creating cars for consumers in the near future. at 6:00, the warriors are getting some love in the hugely popular nba 2k video. how it is being made more realistic. reggie: a deadly supermarket stabbing abroad. and isis follower already on a terrorist watch list. >> it is going to be definitely a negotiation of being hospitable and maintaining public health. kumasi: a new vaccine mandate is now in effect. the large east bay city now requiring a proof of vaccination indoors. reggie:
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shutting down lanes. reggie: uplifting way one person's welcoming neighbors back home to the area. kumasi: it is said to be a busy morning here, as well, taking a live look at san francisco international. gearing up for a hectic weekend. travelers telling us how things are looking right now. reggie: good morning this friday, september 3, you are watching abc 7 live, hulu live, and wherever you stream. we will start with the forecast. mike: nice to see everybody. we are looking from our roof camera towards the bay bridge, and you can see while it is cloudy out there, it is not too foggy and 57 through 7:00. a gorgeous new time, temperature

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