right now at three, a somber

anniversary across israel and around the world. today marks one year since the october 7th hamas terror attack, and one year later, the war rages on. the countdown to election day in the u.s, now less than a month away. today, early voting gets underway right here in san francisco. and the blue angels have arrived. that can only mean one thing. fleet week is officially underway. good afternoon. thanks for joining us for abc7 news at three. i'm kristen sze. fleet week begins or brings a lot of big events, ships and air shows to the bay area this week. abc seven news reporter lena howland caught up with some of the military men and women involved in fleet week in san francisco. >> it's definitely a privilege to be here throughout the week, you'll see ships like the uss tripoli here to help showcase the contributions of men and women of the u.s. armed forces. >> this is our opportunity to open our arms to the civilian side and say, hey, this is who

we are. this is what we do. we love our country, and we're trying to give you a little bit of a glimpse of our everyday life. it adds a personal side to the military that i think helps the public feel more connected to us. >> fresh off her promotion ceremony to lieutenant on saturday, lieutenant kimberly main says for her, this is a bit of a homecoming. >> it's an honor and a privilege. it really is. and i'm excited to kind of embark in the city and experience it as a service member for the first time. >> and she's not the only one. corporal john bojorquez grew up in brentwood before joining the marine corps. >> i came into the marine corps. i was extremely out of shape. i was 200 pounds, and now i'm probably in one of the best physical fitness of my life. >> it's very special to interact with the san franciscans and other bay area natives, so i'm happy to be home. >> lieutenant kelly is here with the u.s. navy. wouldn't be here without her roots in danville. >> so coming back to san francisco is pretty special. >> even with the blue angels taking flight this weekend, she says she's most looking forward to hosting people on board for

ship tours. >> this is a great opportunity for people who have never been on a ship to come aboard and see what we do, and learn more about our capabilities. we have some air assets from the marines here, as well as all of our sailors who love to talk about what they do. >> ship tours open up to the public on wednesday. the famous blue angels will fly on friday, saturday and sunday in san francisco. lena howland, abc seven news and you can head to abc seven news.com for a full schedule of fleet week events and information. >> fleet week starting just as the bay area is about to wrap up our recent long heat wave. the hot temperatures are still hanging around today, and records are still possible in some places inland. abc seven news meteorologist lisa argen has a look at the accuweather forecast. >> we have an excessive heat watch today. the advisories along the coast have been lifted. we're nine degrees cooler. half moon bay, six degrees cooler in livermore. so we haven't been able to see that

or say that for about eight days now. near 100 inland. cooler at the coast. the city around the bay today. peeking that heat right about now at the coast. then temperatures will begin to slide. so we're backing off for some of us and then continue cooling tomorrow, wednesday, thursday a nice day, but we have extra cloud cover and we have a chance of showers with another system headed our way in time for the weekend. there's a look at the winds picking up throughout the day today, 20 to 25 miles an hour. even getting inside the bay. then they'll back off throughout the overnight hours. we'll look for some patchy fog and then look at the breeze. kick up for your tuesday 20 to 30 miles an hour. and so you know that will bring the temperatures down into the low 90s inland. for your tuesday. there's our first system allowing for a mixture of clouds and sun. partly cloudy the next couple of days. and then as we get to thursday, this system here is going to move right over the bay area. and an early call shows rainfall estimates favoring the north ba,

but much of the bay area getting wet throughout saturday, so we'll watch that. but you heard rain or shine, fleet week and turning that around for sunday with sunnier conditions. mid 90s. another warm day, but not 103 in the south bay today 90 redwood city. it's been warm and warm morning, so we'll continue to see the temperatures climb, but that sea breeze throughout the afternoon 70 at the shoreline. so the beaches will be very nice today. fog offshore 82 downtown. so that is certainly an improvement from that 97 yesterday up in the north bay. still warm mid 90s to near 100. and as we get to the bay shore here we are 100in oakland. yesterday coming down, but still a hot day in the upper 80s. but it will feel a little bit better out there. you head inland and you still have another day to sweat it out. unfortunately, with upper 90s to near 100 today, the accuweather seven day forecast, we have a cooler night tonight, so that will be better for sleeping but still on the warm side. still 15

degrees above average today for many of you tomorrow the temperatures moderate and then by wednesdy we're back to average even a little bit below average. and looking at rain then for saturday, sunday a little bit drier and maybe warmer as well. >> all right. so now to our other top story today people across the world are remembering the lives lost in the brutal october 7th terror attack on israel. president biden and first lady jill biden were joined by a rabbi for a candle lighting in washington. this morning. in less than a month out from election day. former president trump and vice president kamala harris paused on the campaign trail today to honor the victims. abc's jay o'brien has the latest. >> president biden and the first lady marking one year since the gruesome october seventh hamas terror attack on israel. lighting a single candle in a simple, solemn ceremony for the souls of the holy ones, men, women and children who were

killed on october 7th. the president, calling israeli president isaac herzog to offer his condolences on this anniversary, but not speaking with his counterpart, prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israelis pausing monday to honor the more than 1200 people killed and the roughly 250 taken hostage by hamas. more than 100 of whom are still missing, including at least seven americans. >> we're calling for president biden and his administration to focus on getting the americans home. >> we want prime minister netanyahu as the leader in israel, to put bringing the hostages home at the top of the list of what they will accomplish that october 7th attack, igniting a war in gaza, the hamas run health ministry says more than 40,000 people, many civilians killed in the fighting there. >> entire communities now unrecognizable, and israel conducting new airstrikes over

the weekend against hezbollah targets. another iranian backed terror group that's been launching rockets into israel in support of palestinians back home. law enforcement on high alert. the department of homeland security and fbi warning the october 7th anniversary could motivate more acts of violence. and less than a month from election day, both former president trump and vice president harris marking the solemn milestone. trump visiting a jewish memorial in new york city and the vice president saying in a statement she is devastated by the pain and loss felt by israelis and adding, quote, we must never lose sight of the dream of peace, dignity and security for all. jay o'brien, abc news, washington. >> pro-israel and pro-palestinian groups in the bay area are marking one year of war today. students for justice in palestine held a rally at san jose state university. they say they're demanding an end to the genocide of palestinian people. that began in response to the

october 7th attack. it's estimated 41,000 have died in gaza since the war began. meanwhile, student organizations supporting israel designed and flew kites on san jose's campus in honor of a long standing tradition in an israeli town just outside of gaza. stay with abc seven news and abc seven news. dot com for our continuing coverage of the one year anniversary of the war between israel and hamas. coming up, a live report from tel aviv and a live interview with a newsweek reporter to offer perspective on the war one year in. that's coming up

israel today. israel and the world are mourning the many lives lost as tensions rise with iran and hezbollah. reporter josh einiger from our abc sister station has the story from tel aviv. >> one year to the minute after israel's darkest day, the sun rose over the dusty field where thousands of young people had come to dance and where hundreds were slaughtered as a wave of terror washed over them, their faces smiling back at devastated loved ones. from posts that dot the desert sand. >> the healing process is a not something that you can finish in one day. it's there's no magic that can heal that wound >> the nova music festival started off magically, but with the dawn came the mass slaughter of nearly 400 people and dozens carted away. back to gaza. today, prime minister benjamin netanyahu lit candles in honor

of the fallen after taking his country down a bloody and violent path of war on multiple fronts. the idf stepping up attacks just today against hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in gaza, where the hamas run health authorities say 42,000 people have been killed in a year. and with nearly 100 hostages still in captivity, the crisis has left deep divisions in israeli society. angry families today protesting outside the prime minister's home in jerusalem. >> we have an attack kind of attacks coming from all different sides and affair, and a hundred other hostages are still there, and i think that's part of the disbelief. >> it's the disbelief that was so palpable this morning in the desert, the grief punctuated by the blasts of israeli artillery firing into gaza just three miles away. >> there's so much goodness here. >> eric goldstein is ceo of new york based uja federation and led a delegation of new yorkers

to join in the memorial. his agency bankrolling the nova community's desperate need for mental health services and other support because one year later, there is no end to the pain. >> they were hunted down. i mean, there's literally killing fields. we're sitting on and. and then you look at the beauty of this place. it's hard stuff >> and we are back live now in the area. now known as hostage square. one year and one day ago, it was just the square outside the tel aviv art museum. but now it's a place where hostage families and those who support them like to congregate. it's pretty late now. it's about what time is it? it's about 1:00 in the morning. a little after that. here on a monday night. so it has cleared out for the nigh. but a big question right now is what happens with israel and iran, just like it's one year since october seventh, it is now officially one week since iran struck israel with nearly 200

ballistic missiles. how will israel respond? will it lead to a further escalation in this region? it's another reason why there is so much anxiety among the victims of october 7th. we are live in tel aviv tonight. josh einiger, abc seven news kristen, we can certainly see why. >> all right. thank you so much. appreciate it. the attack on israel and the year of war that followed greatly impacted communities here in the bay area from a reported rise in anti-semitic and islamophobic incidents to impassioned protests in november, pro-palestinian supporters shut down the bay bridge for hours during a peak, the largest convening of world leaders in san francisco in decades. then, in april, another high profile protest shut down the golden gate bridge. 26 of those demonstrators are facing charge, including conspiracy, trespassing and false imprisonment. dozens of demonstrations impacted bay area college campuses as well, from encampments in the plaza. sproul plaza at uc berkeley to

vandalism and arrests at stanford and throughout the year, we've seen the tragic loss of lives of hostages held by hamas, including berkeley native hersh goldberg-polin. he was taken hostage after hamas invaded israel last october. his parents became leaders of the cause to bring hostages home, even speaking at the dnc this past summer. but dreams of seeing their son again were dashed. weeks later, when the 23 year old was among six hostages found dead. so, one full year after the start of the deadliest war in the history of the israeli-palestinian conflict, the fates of more than 100 israeli hostages remain unknown. and in gaza, more than 40,000 have died and instead of a ceasefire, we've seen an expansion of regional conflict in the past month. joining us live now to talk about how much has changed, how much is not in the past year, newsweek security and defense reporter ellie cooke. ellie, thanks for your time. hi. look, we saw in josh

einiger report out there that there's been so much impact that this war has had on civilian life in both israel and gaza. but what is your insight into that? >> sure. so i think it's best to look at maybe three key things when we're talking about the last year. first, we have the war in gaza and the humanitarian toll that the war has taken on the palestinians living there. and then i think it's important to also note that we've seen direct attacks on israel by iran, first in april and then earlier this month, as you previously mentioned, where there was a huge number of missiles and uav's involved. and then we've also got the opening of this front in northern israel and into southern lebanon. and i think for israel, it's quite clear that october 7th has left a bit of an indelible legacy. the two times i've been in israel in the past few months, it became clear that it's not a day many have moved on from. and this was true both months ago when i was there and just a few weeks ago, and is clear today too, for hamas. i also think

it's worth noting it's been a year of relentless israeli attacks. israel has worked very hard to accomplish the goals it set out to achieve to destroy hamas infrastructure, to rip up its command chain and to kill its commanders. but it's not really yet clear whether hamas truly sees this as a loss. more broadly, when you look at this together, it's been a year of escalation. and as british prime minister sir keir starmer said today, the region is on the brink and i think that's certainly one way of looking at where the past year has brought us. >> yeah, you mentioned the northern front. you know, we've certainly seen conflict expanding to now include lebanon. explain why that is and the role of hezbollah in this conflict. >> sure. so hezbollah is primarily based in lebanon, and it is backed by iran, and it has been firing across the northern israeli border into into northern israel in what is it's

described as solidarity with hamas throughout the war in gaza. so we're talking nearly a year now. and so we've seen almost a year of exchanging of fire across the border to varying degrees. tens of thousands of israelis evacuated in the north. and what had been until recently, about 100,000 people in southern lebanon until the recent escalations internally displaced israelis in the north particularly pointed to hezbollah's weapons like anti-tank guided missiles, as a real threat for their communities there. a little over a week ago, israel started what it described as limited ground operations into southern lebanon, all the while intensifying its aerial strikes. these have been wide scale, particularly in the south and in the southern suburbs of beirut in recent days, which the idf has described as hezbollah's nerve center or its capital there. to put it into context. just earlier today, the idf said it had struck 120 hezbollah targets in the south in just an hour. and the signaling from the idf is that it's going to

continue these ground operations in southern lebanon. and there's little indication that the strikes on what it describes as key hezbollah targets are going to stop, particularly not with a few high profile wins in recent weeks. but we're now seeing hundreds of people being estimated killed in lebanon and upwards of 1.2 million displaced, all of which amounts to further regional tension and more worry about just how far this will go. >> right. and as the casualty tolls increase, how has u.s. involvement in policy and public sentiment changed? >> sure. so the us government has been very firm throughout this conflict. in the last year that it backs israel. it's sent significant military aid into israel. a new report released, i believe, today showed that the us had sent a record amount of military aid in the past year, and statements from the likes of president biden, vice president harris and from secretary austin have today reaffirmed this very long standing commitment. and in the last day or so, kind of more

militarily speaking, we've seen the commander of the us central command, which covers the regio, discussing the situation in northern israel and particularly with regards to iran, according to statements that we've seen released by israeli media and israeli officials. but it's also clear that the us really hasn't enjoyed so much influence over decision making in israel, as it maybe would have liked. it's consistently lobbied for de-escalation, which hasn't happened, and there's still no concrete ceasefire in gaza that is lasting months on after it was proposed. so it's not really clear just how much of a hand the us is having in influencing the conflict at the moment. but what is clear is that it isn't going how they would have hoped, right? >> leading some to question really what kind of influence the us still has over israel, even while supporting israel. so let me ask you what strategies could lead to a sustainable ceasefire. that is number one. and then also real quickly, you

know, where does this put the us in terms of our middle east relations? >> honestly, at this point, it's really hard to say. we've had a year of largely failed efforts on this on this front. efforts to agree a ceasefire in gaza have so far amounted to very little, apart from a temporary ceasefire in november, which was short lived. but we're seeing potentially most vocally, the families of hostages still remaining in gaza really, really calling for this, as are humanitarian aid organizations, as are as are any kind of public officials here. but we've also now got this added element of a need for a ceasefire in lebanon to contend with. and i think, crucially, there is no real consensus on what the future would look like after a ceasefire. and in terms of your latter question, i think it's safe to say that the us isn't going to pull back from the region anytime soon, although it has a lot of other global flashpoints to contend with, not least the war in ukraine. but

iran is a main focus, and that's hammered home in many public statements constantly reiterated. so the us will be working to minimize iran's actions and influence wherever possible, a difficult time on the international stage. >> la cook with newsweek. thank you so much. thank you. and up next we'll look at the election day coming up. the candidates push to get people to the polls as early voting begins

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abc seven tomorrow. vice president harris will appear on the view. it will be her first live interview and talk show appearance since accepting the democratic presidential nomination over the weekend. the vice president was featured on call her daddy, one of the most popular podcasts in the world.

the discussion centered around women's rights. vp harris said former president donald trump's claim that he is a protector of women, and that women won't be thinking about abortion if he's elected, is completely false. >> so he who, when he was president, hand-selected three members of the united states supreme court with the intention that they would undo the protections of roe v wade and they did just as he intended. and there are now 20 states with trump. abortion bans. this is the same guy that is now saying that this is the same guy who said that women should be punished for having abortions. >> the former president has defended his stance on abortion. he's claimed, quote, many people want a roe v wade overturn so states could decide on abortion. last week, we learned former first lady melania trump does not or does support a woman's right to choose. it's not just the presidential race hitting the final stretch. this week,

we're digging into the race to represent california in the u.s. senate with candidates adam schiff and steve garvey. tomorrow, join me, along with my colleagues at our abc sister stations in los angeles and fresno, as well as univision. we will be asking schiff and garvey about the important issues facing our state and our countr, helping you decide who should represent california in the u.s. senate. watch the u.s. senate candidate forum live tomorrow at 5 p.m. here on abc seven, and on all our streaming platforms. san francisco residents can vote starting today. you can vote or drop off your ballot at the city hall voting center. you can also go there to register to vote. the center will be open most days from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. before you fill in your ballot, check out abc7's in-depth discussion with san francisco's top mayoral candidates. watch the unedited interviews on our website abc7

team is complete, the landing will have an expanded plaza, more seating areas, a new promenade and improved queuing zones for cyclists and pedestrians. the project will not impact ferry service and that's going to do it for now. thank you so much for joining us for abc seven news at three. world news tonight with david muir starts now. and i'll see you back here at four. tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. hurricane milton has now exploded into a category 5 hurricane, now set to slam into florida.