you miss the ask is much bigger here in oakland than it is here right. so why is that? why is it that they're like, we're good with this from vegas, but from oakland we want a whole lot more. >> i'll tell you why. because 2024 is when the a's are off revenue sharing, and that's coming quick. so if they don't have a deal in place by the end of this year, they got nothing. so at this point in time, when they first introduced howard terminal, they had years to work on it and it was pre pandemic and the entire landscape of the real estate was different in the bay area and the world frankly, interest rates were lower. construction costs were lower, pre inflation. the pandemic hit. it changed everything. it changed the entire calculation. so at this point in time, they think vegas, quick, easy, small, fast, get it done, stay on revenue sharing, be done with it. you know, in oakland, when they propose this it was this

grand vision. well you can do the same thing here in oakland. just build a ballpark. no one's going to stop you there right. >> okay. so can i ask you about this event next week? next tuesday, is it? yeah tuesday. okay. show of unity is always good. you know, speaking with one voice, always good. but we've seen attempts like that before, right? there was that whole come to the ballpark. everybody wears sell signs. everybody. yeah yeah, yeah. so did that accomplish anything? and do they think this will actually make a difference this time? >> i think what it accomplished is it made major headlines. i mean, viral national headlines everywhere. it sent a very clear message to major league baseball. and what's about to happen in just a couple weeks mid november, where they're going to vote on whether or not to approve relocation to las vegas. so this is their last that is the timeline. >> this is their last chance right now to say, look, look, we're here, we're all unified. the political will is there to get this thing passed. we want to get this done. we want to keep the a's. and that's it.

this is their last chance right before relocation to say, let's do something like come back to the table. major league baseball owners of other teams, you can get a deal done here and expand to vegas because if you expand to vegas, that's a $2 billion expansion fee split amongst the owners. that's a lot of money that if you give it to john fisher for free. yeah you got nothing. >> oh, hey, that could be a persuasive argument. >> they're going to waive the relocation fee for las vegas for john fisher and the owners won't get the $2 billion expansion fee. so why. why get it done here? maybe with a new owner, you get all of it. >> well, i understand you just spoke with mayor shental. and because our editors are quick like that, shall we show folks part of it? >> yeah. let's go and roll it. >> the confirmation from the elected themselves, the ones who are making the decision. right. saying like, yes, we agree that the a's belong here in the city of oakland. we have you know, the howard terminal. but if they decide like, look, we don't want this grandiose plan anymore with, you know, condos and businesses and the ballpark we

have that other option, too, where it's just the ballpark. yeah, right. and so there's so many different ways that we can look at this and we're ready to actually reach a solution an and we're just calling upon john fisher to say, are you also ready for solution? because it doesn't look so solidified in las vegas. >> that's a good point. she makes there. >> so then if we read between the lines, maybe he just doesn't want to be here anymore, correct? >> i think he finds that las vegas is faster, it's cheaper. he had the will to do something in oakland back when the financial situation was different. and that's why he's looking at las vegas. but what the mayor just said there is true because if you look at las vegas, right now, they approved $380 million in public funds for a stadium. they did that. but there's also already a group called schools over stadiums led by teachers trying to get it on the ballot. if this gets on the ballot in vegas, it's going to be toast because as this issue is wildly unpopular for people

in las vegas, they don't want the a's. they do not want the a's. they don't want john fisher. they don't want dave kaval. they want an expansion team like the golden knights, who's been wildly successful. they see what happened. they got the raiders. the raiders haven't been that successful in terms of. so it's like, why do we have to keep inherited oakland's problems when we could just build our own thing? yeah and here's what they do. >> they have the fan base here. yeah. why don't you want to stay where you're wanted? yeah. >> so here's the issue with vegas right now, and i'll just lay it out. the renderings, the a's put out, they've already said wad those up in the trash and throw them away. they're not even real. they don't even have a rendering of what the ballpark will look like. they don't have a design architect. they don't know how much it's going to cost. >> i remember it looked like it was ripped off from something else like, yeah, it was like i or something. i dunno. >> they don't know how much the ballpark is going to cost. they don't know if the referendum is going to take away the free money they were given. they don't have any of those answers yet. major league baseball is going to vote on this issue in two weeks. they don't even have

any answers. >> can i just ask you before we go, in terms of all that's going on in the city of oakland right now, all is challenges, right? from the economy to some of the crime issues and housing issues. how much would this particular project bring in terms of resolving some of those issues? how far will it take us in the city in terms of the crisis that it's facing? >> yeah. i mean, will it would bring a lot of money. i mean, we're talking a multi billion dollar project. they've already raised $400 million for the off site infrastructure. what's great is they get to keep that whether the ballpark ever gets built or not. so no matter what happens, they're going to start improving the whole area around jacqueline and square and the waterfront corridor that will lead to jobs, that will lead to pedestrian safety. it'll lead to a lot of good things for the city of oakland, whether they stay or not. >> all right. well, casey pratt, you are the expert on this. thank you so much for coming on to share that with us today. yeah, my pleasure. all right. more later today on abc7. >> every show will be on all of them. yeah. yep >> all right. you'll see a lot more of casey. thank you so

much. all right. coming up next, a push to protect outdoor workers in california. a proposed federal bill calls for smoke days during wildfires to give workers leave and protect their health. we'll dig into the details with the sponsor,

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all right. welcome back. we've been lucky this wildfire season so far, things have been quiet with favorable weather conditions that have allowed cal fire to do some prescribed burns to manage our vegetation and lower our risk. you're looking at video from a couple of weeks ago from marin county. but things could change in an instant. and smoke inhalation could result in serious illness. that's why oakland area congresswoman barbara lee has introduced a new bill this week and she joins us live now to share the details. congress woman lee, always great to see you. >> thanks for being with you.

thank you for having me. >> before we get into your bill, did you follow the last segment that i had with our sports reporter, casey pratt, talking about the oakland a's? >> i just got on i heard the end of it. but you can kind of let me know what you were talking about. >> well. well casey brought up you're the one who introduced the moneyball act. right. which would challenge the exemptions for major league baseball in terms of the antitrust exemption . talk to us about how that would mean and how it would play out in this whole debate right now of, you know, possibly the oakland a's going to las vegas. >> well, certainly what what we want to make sure is that they adhere to the antitrust laws and really they've got to ensure that if they have if we have invested in what they needed and the city has in terms of maintaining the team in our community, and then they decide to leave, well, they're violating many of the regulations that are in place and so they've got to pay.

that's all we're saying. and so hopefully they understand that and they'll reconsider what their attempt to do. >> choose wisely. right right. all right. congresswoman lee, i want to talk about your bill called the smoke mitigation and occupy national key enhancements act. what exactly would it require? >> well, you know, 70% of californians experienced over 100 days of unhealthy air quality in 2020. climate change is real. we've experienced so many wildfires and the air quality is not what it should be. and so what what this bill does and it's very simple. it's require the secretary of labor to develop standards that would allow for when the air quality is over 151 that workers, especially like farm workers, workers who work for amazon truck drivers, people who work outdoors primarily, they have the ability to take off and say,

okay, i'm going to not allow this to impact my health and my wages, but i need to be able to make sure that i can take leave paid or unpaid, depending on what the organization provides for up to 12 for up to 12 weeks. >> you said, okay, i think we might have just lost you there. in terms of the audio, i'm not sure why. hopefully you're back, but i wonder in can you hear me okay? yeah, i heard you there. that's great. in lieu of just giving people leave rising, you don't have to work today. or the employees saying, i don't want to work today. are there other alternative steps like mitigating steps that the employer could take to say, okay, now you're protected and you're not breathing in that bad air? >> well, no, because what this bill does is just make sure that this is another eligible criteria to allow the employee if the employee is impacted by the unhealthy air quality, if it's over 151, then, in fact, that employee can take time off.

we don't want that person to be sick and it could be too late if in fact we move forward to engage and hope these organizations do help mitigate against what is taking place. but that takes a while. so we want employees to be able to say , you know, i want to either use this against my leave or get paid for my leave that i have already accrued. >> is this informed by any data health data from previous wildfires that we've experienced here in california? >> yeah, yes, california has no a law in place right now. and we the inspiration for my law actually came from the california law. i think the difference is that employees aren't allowed for to be eligible because the department of labor sets these standards. and this is just criteria that they would have to use to be able to allow employees to take off to apply for leave or paid

or unpaid depend on what the policies are of the corporations or the organizations that they're working in. >> i see. i'm sure the department of labor has to work out the details, but do you foresee this applying only to large companies of a certain size? >> no. this would apply to any company, any organization. if the according to my bill, if the secretary of labor establishes this as a new standard, that is a federal standard, that would that every organization which employs people would have to adhere to. >> is there an added cost? any cost estimates on the employers? >> not yet. we have to get this legislation through the you know, it has to go through the process. but believe you me, the sierra club and the american lung association and other organizations have supported it. we just introduced this bill. i assume that there may be some difficulties that businesses may have, but we're going to make the claim and the point that it really will save and it will

save the companies and organizations a heck of a lot of money in the long run because they'll have healthy employees who will not be on sick leave forever, you know, or who won't necessarily apply for disability compensation. and so i think this is a really far reaching legislation. it's a far reaching bill. we'll hopefully get more co-sponsor. right now, we have congressman mark desaulnier and congresswoman jasmine crockett on it. but i hope that business and industry understands that this is a win win for everyone on. >> all right. it's like you read my mind. i was going to mention the endorsements and then the challenges you may face from businesses. so there's still a lot of steps ahead. but certainly do keep us posted. but okay, let's talk right. okay. great. let's talk a little bit about your run for the senate for the seat left behind by senator feinstein. mine now temporarily being filled by the appointed laphonza butler who will not run for the seat next year. but you are running. let's

take a look at the latest poll from the berkeley institute of governmental studies. that is just out today. so here it is. you can see are your fellow democrats representative katie porter and adam schiff. at 17 and 16. and then you have republican former dodgers steve garvey at 10. and you're currently in fourth at 9, according to this one poll. i'm wondering if you think there's still enough time for you to catch up before the primary. >> absolutely. because what this poll shows is that it's wide open. first of all, and nearly 40% of voters haven't even tuned in to this campaign. and also, polls show that once undecideds and people who aren't aware of the of who i am because the name id is the big issue, then my agenda, who i am, my lived experience is what i've been able to accomplish as an educator, as a legislator, appropriator and negotiator, and the issues that people care about in california, 40 million people, 20 million people live below the poverty line. and so

our one excuse me, one paycheck away from poverty. so once people get to know me and that's what we're doing now, going up and down the state also, i have some amazing endorsements. six out of the eight constitutional officers have endorsed me. our revolution has endorsed me. and we've got a grassroots campaign, working families party. and, you know, bernie sanders won the primary in california, and that was because of the people power of our revolution. the working families party putting together a multiracial multi generational, progressive coalition. so i'm confident we're going to make it into the top two. and what we're doing now is talking to constituents and voters up and down the state. so they get to really understand why my voice and needs to be in the senate and why those gaps are there. because representation really does matter. and you have to have someone in the senate who's going to represent the majority of californians who just want to be able to live the golden dream in the state of california,

which is the american dream. >> i want to ask you where you see the differentiator is between you and your two fellow democrats. right of course, after 911, you were famously the only member of congress to vote against the authorization for use of military force. what's your position right now on aid for israel and where do you stand on how much the us should pressure israel for a pause in fighting as a retaliates for the hamas attack and kidnaping? well let me just say october 7th, you know, shook the world and there is no way that any of us can not be in a you know, all of us should condemn the terrorist attacks by hamas and really say that the people who were killed in israel, the civilian us, the horrific attack we should never forget. >> and we need to make sure that we do help israel in terms of its defense, i've always said

that i oppose violence and that's against civilians. that's against israelis and palestinians. and yes, i have called for a cease fire because what is taking place, uh- civilians are being killed, women and children. that's unacceptable. there are rules of war. and we have to make sure that and i've helped negotiate $1 billion more of the aid that we need to be sending over, not only to the west bank and to excuse me to gaza and to the middle east, but we have a crisis around the world, humanitarian crisis. and so i've called for a cease fire. i think that's the only way the humanitarian aid and the killing can stop and yes, we have to make sure that we find a path where the israelis and the palestinians have an opportunity to live in security and in peace and with justice side by side, continuing to go to war. and we have seen that as it relates to

nine over 11, isis was developed, came to be. and in fact, the war ended. it lasted for 20 some years. and so we have to say we're going to find a path where we have a cease fire and make sure that the hostages get released. right now with the war taking place is going to be very difficult to get these hostages out and also mitigate against a regional war, because this could explode into a regional war that could even more be more catastrophic. so we have to understand what the impacts are, and we have to understand that we have to make sure that the that israel is secure as well as the palestinian people and make sure that the deaths that are taking place cease and believe you me, that has to be done through as deescalate and a cessation of the hostilities. >> congresswoman barbara lee, thank you so much for coming on today to talk about the situation in israel and hamas

and also your new bill to protect people against smoke. thank you. >> thank you. >> coming up next, get your appetite ready. today is the kickoff of fall san francisco restaurant week. we'll show you what's on the menu this year. next on getting

one of the best showcases of san francisco's food scene kicks off today. the twice annual restaurant week is back. this fall edition is being extended because of the asia pacific economic cooperation, or apex summit. so you have two whole weeks to enjoy all the food deals. and joining us live now with more on this is lori thomas, the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association. hey, lori. >> hi. >> our time is short, so let's jump right into it. i know it's being extended. tell me how apec is making this bigger and better and more exciting and more diverse than ever before. yeah so we extended it. >> it's really restaurant fall. restaurant. two weeks. it goes from tonight, the kickoff tonight through november 16th. so you have lots of time to

experience all the restaurants. we have over 210 restaurants and 40 of them feature asian cuisines. >> that's fantastic. i'm salivating already and i know many of them have special pre-fixe menu deals. let's go ahead and throw up some of those deals for you so you can walk us through and people know what to expect. what do we have here? >> yeah. so basically we've given the restaurants the option to offer brunch or lunch for price points as low as $10 through $40 on our restaurant weeks. com. you can sort by price, you can sort by cuisine, by neighborhood type the dinner options start a little higher there from 30 to 90. often restaurants will incorporate wine or some sort of beverages with those. so they're usually really great deals and special items that you don't see on on menus, you know, normal menus. >> okay. can we show some of the delicious looking food as well? oh okay. i was waiting for that. oh, that looks amazing. palette. tea house. i've eaten there before. the d sums fabulous.

so many. you can taka lo, but do you have to dine at a restaurant, lori, to participate in restaurant week? or can you also do takeout component? >> you know, everybody has a choice. and one of the great drop downs on our website, again, it's restaurant week.com, which is sponsored by the golden gate restaurant association. but that's the website, the dining options. you can sort to see if it's indoor or outdoor takeout delivery. we gave everyone the option to do what works best for them. our goal is to drive business to the restaurants and everyone needs it. >> all right. china live yummy, yummy too. okay, so i'm wondering, overall, how is san francisco's restaurant sector doing? because i've heard that while, you know, commercial real estate and retail are struggling, dining is doing great. is it has it fully recovered from the pandemic? >> no. and i think it's very varied. some neighborhoods are doing better than others. but i can tell you, 2022 has been a tough year, even in the neighborhoods. i just saw some new numbers from open table that particularly september and october are down like ten, 10%

from last year, nine two, 9 to 11. and the us in general is down about 3 to 4. so we are definitely seeing a dip in people supporting our restaurant arts and we need everyone to go out and really try to support our local restaurants and this is the best time to do it. >> so lori, where can people get more information on restaurant week? >> yeah, so easiest thing to do is go to sf restaurant week.com or you can go to the website great.org and look under events. google sf restaurant week and all. that's our site there and that links to all of the different options. you can make reservations directly through the restaurants, websites or through their links to open table on the site. so you know, we offer all kinds of options. and again, 210 restaurants i think is our biggest participant number yet. >> lori thomas, thank you so much. we'll take a

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thanks so much for joining us for getting answers today. we'll be here every weekday at three by answering questions with experts from around the tonight, the israeli military surrounds gaza city. face-to-face battles. strike near a hospital in gaza and the death toll tonight. secretary of state antony blinken back in israel, asking for a humanitarian pause. in the u.s. tonight, the scare at one of the largest nuclear power plants in the country. the hunt for the driver right now. and the fire on board a flight at jfk. first, israeli fighters taking on hamas inside gaza city. the strike near gaza city's biggest hospital. israel tonight saying it was targeting an ambulance being used by