the time of day. when the president focuses on weather-related. we want to take you to our neighbors to the east. this is some cool news. personal gain. one town in nevada doing well, he believes that the more everything right and not one person there has covid-19. people who vote, the less likely we'll explore their efforts, next. he wins. he believes mail-in voting expands the pool of eligible voters and he thinks that's bad for him, even though of course in the state of california, which held an all-mail election for a special election for a good morning. it is sunday, august 16. congressional seat that got an unusual start to the morning. vacated, and it was the many people are considering the republican that won the mail-in last day of summer as many vote, in a democratic-leaning district. so there is no evidence to schools return or go to distance support any of this. it's just in the president's head. i will say this. learning tomorrow. i think the postal service is thunder, lightning, rain, strong winds, heat and humidity, as we uniquely -- is a uniquely gover. look over downtown san jose. it looks like a beautiful morning now but very different messing with it, at from what we saw the last three, your own peril. i think the president's plan is four hooining matches next to the gasoline us. i'm kira klapper. tank. i wouldn't be surprised if the president buckles a little bit vianey arana joins us for your on the postal service because rural america loves the postal forecast. what a wacky morning, vianey, service and rural america is a

good morning you to. big part of the president's reelection strategy. >> indeed. i mean, i'm fan of snail mail >> indeed, good morning. waking up to you guys' texts, from you and aaron, i apologize, i am so sorry for waking up you. back funding for covid-19 and it i hope it didn't wake up was almost like a tit for tat everybody's babies. about funding the postal service. my dog is barking. so regarding that deadlock between democrats and i want to talk about satellite republicans over that new and radar. we're not in the clear just yet. covid-19 package, which side do these storms can be very you think has the advantage has dangerous as they're time goes on, how is this fast-moving. you've seen the lightning. we've gotten reports of hail, impasse likely to affect the gusty conditions. election results or is there and we're not clear just even any way to tell? yet. i'm zooming in satellite radar a >> well, look, i do think that, little closer. frankly, the longer this goes you can see how quickly the without any deal, the increase fast-moving storm is pushing to the north and all those pox on both houses outcome here. lightning strikes, those are the early on the democrats had a lot lightning strikes we've captured more leverage than t the ones le in the past three hours, on a loop. that severe thunderstorm warning is now set to expire until 8:00 bag right now. a.m. this was actually just recently they don't have any legislation to show to voters, look, we want updated, a few minutes before

this. the house democrats have something. gusty winds, upwards of 70 plus even the president has his executive actions. senate republicans have nada. miles an hour. hail the size of a penny. i do think that not being there in action is also a penalty. lightning, thunder, and rain. there's some talk that the house we're not in the clear just yet. democrats may end their recess if you have pets, please, please early to deal with the postal bring them inside, the heat will service. if they do that, i'm guessing these days it may seem like remain for today. the senate republicans end up the red flag warning extends doing the same thing and if they covid-19 is everywhere. until tomorrow. can come back early, maybe we you might want to turn off the a lot to unpack, we'll have more tv right now, but this is a will get a bigger deal on virus in the full forecast. little bit of good news. >> see you in 15, thanks, relief. denise roche of our nbc it could be this firestorm about the postal service might affiliate in las vegas takes us to a small town in nevada with vianey. actually motivate everybody to my two sons woke up very scared, come back to washington and get zero cases of the virus. unprecedented thunder and a deal done. >> let's hope so. lightning. we want to get right to the and the dnc begins tomorrow video sent in by our viewers and captured by our sky cameras. virtually. we have a lot to look forward here you can see downtown san to, we'll hear from you, a week >> reporter: it's the place to go for a little good news in jose illuminated by these from now, we look forward to goldfield, nevada. lightning strikes. seeing you then, thank you so >> i've got a great show to wind we can still hear the thunder much for joining us. up here and we're going to have rumbling at san jose at our we hope you'll join chuck for studios as i speak. fun no matter what. and a surprising jolt in mill this morning's exclusive interv >> reporter: carl brownfield sitting at the controls of kgfn, valley. thanks to josh for sending in the only radio station in town, with national security adviser this incredible capture. with a population hovering at robert o'brien and vermont around 280 people.

and take a look at this from senator bernie sanders. we hope you stick right here. there's not much need for another. >> i live here because i just emeryville. the lightning highlighting the and coming up in 30 minutes from love history. now we'll talk to our nbc bay i always have. bay bridge. and san francisco in the >> reporter: while brownfield area political analyst for our keeps the content light -- background. can you imagine being on the bay bridge and seeing that? >> this is leon the weather and to santa cruz, mother nature burrow. >> reporter: -- there's no putting on quite this kind of w. weekly sentiment to look at how ignoring world events. the president's claims could >> people are cautious here, we impact the november election. know what's going on. all right. i personally have had three this can be now back to coronavirus. friends die from it. a cheaper test with faster not here, obviously. scary for the rest of us. >> reporter: statewide, covid-19 results. finally, lightning bolts over could it be true? has taken more than 800 lives. sfo, illuminating the tarmac, the fda has granted emergency it just so happens none of them authorization for another likely affecting air travel are from goldfield. saliva-based covid-19 test, less today. be sure to send us your videos in all of esmeralda county, not miserable than the ones they and pictures. stick up your nose. tag us across your social media the test was developed by a single case so far. >> it's inevitable that it's researchers at yale with funding going to happen. so we're just trying to do what platforms @nbcbayarea. from the nba and the players' we to postpone it. as a result, we're tracking association. saliva direct, as it's called, >> reporter: esmeralda countyhi power outages across the bay uses small saliva samples to area, not related to the rolling detect the coronavirus but it outages we saw friday night to their isolated lifestyle helps. does not require labs to have a preserve power. many of these blackouts came special extraction kit, the surrounding mines are still this morning as soon as the something that has been in short going strong but the boom days lightning started hitting the of the early 1900s, when bay area around 3:30 a.m. supply. the testing method is open goldfield was the biggest city on this pg&e map, the red shows source which means any lab can in the state, are long gone. use that same protocol. some calling this picturesque where more than 5,000 customers it's expected to cost about $10 community a semi ghost town,

are without power. so that's the case for parts of a test. with more residents buried in fingers crossed on that. north bay, san anselmo, santa back to our top story, bay the local cemetery than walking the streets. area skies lit up overnight. >> that would be accurate, yes. this is video from south san >> reporter: killed by gunshot rosa. across the bay, we're seeing the or eating library paste, but not same thing in richmond as well jose. wow. as in san francisco and around if you have any video, we would love for you to share it with@n covid-19. >> knock wood, you don't even want to say those words out loud. >> reporter: jim faucet is m san mateo. orange means between 500 and social media platform. perfect timing to check in principal and teacher at the elementary and middle school, 4,099 outages. with our girl vianey arana. you see that over martinez, set to welcome back 35 students you are so busy this morning, in august. american canyon. unlike other districts, this i'll let you take it away. will be in-class learning. and the yellow, 50 to 499 >> oh, yeah. a lot to sort of dive into, >> we've worked forwards and customers in the dark. although i did ask my instagram because that severe thunderstorm backwards through the associate, community if they had any the six feet, three feet, get warning has been extended, and outages and the ones who were we're not in the clear just yet. the mask on. awake overwhelmingly replied right now, i want to show you >> reporter: temperature checks this great shot of san they did not lose their power, mandatory before each student francisco, just because it shows steps on the school bus. a much calmer picture compared >> it's sad, i wanted to tell lucky for all of them. you, yeah, how we did these back to the heat, which was to all the lightning we've seen. special things. we followed the rules that but we're still expecting to see our primary concern, just 24 the possibility of more everybody else did and we've hours ago, it seems lightning. and we're seeing that right now tried to be careful. but we are very isolated, i insignificant now as we woke up on satellite radar. think that helps us a lot, gives to all the thunder and if you take a look at all of hu us a leg up. lightning. but we do remain under a red >> reporter: if the population is healthy, that doesn't mean flag warning for excessive heat. yesterday was another day of goldfield has been i. last three hours. record high breaking i'll zoom this in a little bit

tourism is down, and the biggest closer. you can actually see that rain party of the year, the temperatures. and yesterday people were pushing from the central coast concerned about another round of north to south, which is what those rolling blackouts for pg&e dolledfield days, was canceled the models were showing last night. to conserve power. it showed the possibility of it was confusing. too, which means no ghost-hunters around the old cal iso, which controls the seeing them near santa cruz, and it's certainly putting on a show hotel and fewer customers at state power grid, said there now. what are we expecting today and dinky's diner. would not be a repeat the friday tony taylor's family owns the night, the bay area's first the next couple of days? the severe thunderstorm warning place. >> we get a lot of paranormal rolling blackouts since 2001. has been extended until 8:00 a.m. we're talking about gusty winds, but a short time later pg&e was 70 plus miles per hour, hail told to begin blackouts. people coming up all the time. possibly the size of a penny. who was impacted? if your car is outside without we haven't seen them, they're monday he ray, santa cruz, and any sort of protection, might be not coming around right now. >> we have the oldest san joaquin counties saw lights a good idea to figure out a way population, over age 65, of all to put something over it. go out, power has since been the counties. that makes the covid thing even take your pets from outside, restored. the possibility of rolling more riskier for us, we have a blackouts in the bay area is bring them inside. still possible over the next few the lightning and thunder can number of people terrify any of us, imagine your usceptible to it. days with other western states now suffering through a heat wave. pets, we don't want to imagine >> i'm 76, right in that group. the west coast grid is being any fur babies getting lost >> reporter: -- brownfield keeps an eye on traffic outside his outside. we've seen lightning strike taxed. front window. the main drag of u.s. 95 linking >> we rely on imports from other vegetation fires. states to help us meet our this is earlier in the santa cities like las vegas and reno. energy demand, especially in the evening use cruz mountains, the pg&e cameras for now, this town without tends to rise during the summertime because everyone is captured this. covid -- >> we're careful about what we this has been 100% contained do and where we go. coming home from work, that's

according to the fire the hottest part of the day. department. i want to show you why that red >> reporter: -- during a world >> the cooling centers are flag warning was issued, because actually being opened across the of this big, big fire threat. bay area, even though there is w50 wide pandemic. the concern about covid spread. that lightning, that dry >> that was denise roche lightning can easily strike any reporting. coming up, back to that top marin county exposition center of that dry brush out there. story, equally breathtaking and you can see how quickly this frightening. in san rafael is opening. we'll show you the lightning it's the first time it's used displays that lit up bay area spreads. i've seen vegetation fires this building as a cooling skies just about four hours ago. center. sparking up in livermore as it can comfortably accommodate well, so we're not in the clear. the red flag warning was and the battle over electio. 150 people, if necessary up to extended through monday because 300. but of course space is limited the threat for thunderstorms will continue well into today because of covid-19 precautions. and also into tomorrow. that site in san rafael will be not only that, you guys, but a former president is weighing in. operating through tuesday during the hottest hours of the day, we're still in a heat wave. in addition to us having to 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. worry about lightning and thunder, we're still dealing with the heat. now, to do our part, here we're going to expect to see are some ways we can all help that for the next several days. i want to show you a quick graphic of yesterday's record conserve power in our households. this may sound extreme, but try breaking temperatures in napa, to set your thermostat for 78. gilroy, andmonterey. use a ceiling fan if you have one or a floor fan. napa hit a high of 103 i've bought three for my yesterday, old record was 102. household. close your blinds, cover your gilroy saw a high of 108 windows, keep the sun and heat out during the day. degrees, setting a new daily record in the gilroy area. and avoid using your oven. we'll see another hot day today.

limit opening your refrigerator the models are struggling to or freezer to keep that power forecast this heat. cool inside. as expected with this heat, we've decided to sort of pump up the numbers for today once a lot of people hit the beach. again, because we're expecting we predicted this yesterday. to see another hot day across social distancing a concern, the area, valleys well over 100 although things looked pretty safe yesterday. again. some people drove hours just to watch out for heat through get to the water. wednesday. right now we're in the 70s, folks at san francisco's ocean probably the coolest part of our morning. beach tell us that finding parking was a struggle once they tran got there, then it was all about it is muggy. finding enough space, hour by hour showing the remembering to social distance, and bring important supplies. possibility of thunderstorms >> we take our masks, we've got especially in the east, south our hand sanitizer, our lysol. lake tahoe area. you see where we're setting up tomorrow's highs will be in the 80s into the triple digits. camp right there, a pretty far distance away from everybody. if you're wondering about >> the city of san francisco is possible relief from the heat, encouraging people to stay home we're not expected to see that if possible, stay hydrated, but until thursday when we start to notice some cooling. if not, wear a mask outside even so a lot going on. yes, please share your photos if it's hot. some of the worst heat was and images with us. kira? in the east bay yesterday. but people were still out and about. this is in livermore. temperatures well over 100 degrees, rising through the afternoon. keep in mind, people are still required to wear masks, as just

mentioned, regardless of the heat. we spoke with some folks in downtown about what they're doing to keep cool. >> when we can, we get indoors with air conditioning. i brought a cooler with me full of water and ice to make sure we stay hydrated and cold. >> of course a lot of restaurants have moved operations outdoors for covid. but this heat is making it difficult to patronize those shops. be sure to get your up to the minute weather alerts sent straight to your phone. our nbc bay area app is free. you can set it to get alerts just for your area. good morning to you. and now to our other top it is sunday, august 16, 7:29, story, the fight against covid-19. cases in the bay area continue as we look at the sun shining to climb. counties reported more than 900 over san jose. new infections. clear skies right now, a little bit of cloud cover. santa clara county alone added very different from what we saw four hours ago. 363 cases. cocoa county, 257. thunder, lightning, rain, all san mateo county, nearly 150. sort of things to get to. i'm kira klapper. the counties with dashes did not we appreciate your starting your morning with us. update their numbers yesterday. this comes as california vianey arana starts with reported an almost record

breaking number of cases just everything under the sun, quite literally, in your microclimate yesterday alone, saturday, forecast. hey, vianey. >> hey. oh, yeah, and thank you to our 12,614 new cases were added. that's shy of the 12,800 record viewers who have been messaging me via instagram, twitter, and set back on july 21. facebook. remember, stay safe. if you see lightning, head this comes just one day after inside, please, please, please. governor gavin newsom announced this could be a dangerous the state has caught up on a situation, especially considering how fast these storms are moving and backlog of covid tests. developing. we've still got plenty of we should note that the positivity rate, that's the number of people testing instability in the atmosphere, positive, is going up right now. where you can see these storms pushing from the north to the that number stands at 6.3%. south. and look at all of those lightning strikes. this is a three-hour loop of all be sure to stay with us for complete coverage on the the lightning that woke you up pandemic, how it affects you. at night and has kept us up we're putting together the since last night. latest headlines and updates all in one place, really easy, on so a severe thunderstorm warning has been extended until our website, a.m. potential impacts include erratic winds, hail, periods of nbcbayarea.com/coronavirus. all right. we're going to take a breath. rain at times. hail the size of possibly even a we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." penny. coming up, we take you live to bring yourxtended until 8:00 talk with chuck todd who has a a.m. preview of this week's "meet the but even pastential of more press." plus a cheaper and

coronavirus. the role the nba is playing in thunderstorms developing into helping develop this potentially this afternoon as well. groundbreaking covid test. so i will keep was also want restaurants to open? extended until monday. so originally it was set to expire today. we have decided, the national weather service decided to extend that until monday, for good reason. we're still seeing the fast moving thunderstorms. we're not in the clear just yet. so i'll have a closer look at that. i'll also be bringing you a quick explainer about thunderstorms and lightning coming up in my full forecast in about 15 minutes, kira. >> that will be good, because i think a lot of people in the bay area are unfamiliar and will need the tutorial. vianey, see you then, thanks. as vianey was discussing, it was a rude awakening for a majority of the bay area, thunder, lightning, reminiscent of living to the midwest or the south. and schools? we want to get to these videos captured by our viewers and our want the economy to get back on track? sky cameras. this first one shows downtown you're not alone. san jose illuminated by and you can help make it happen. lightning strikes. here in san jose, 30 minutes ago

stay 6 feet apart. we were still hearing thunder rumbling. wash your hands. to the north we go. a surprising jolt for mill wear a mask every time you leave your home. valley. thanks to josh for sending in choose to join the fight against covid-19. this incredible video of thunder and lightning. do your part. and from emeryville, we see, slow the spread. wow, lightning lighting up the bay, the bay bridge, and san francisco. you saw sutro tower there lit up too. now, this is santa cruz, the pacific ocean, putting on quite a show as mother nature strikes this lightning. finally, lightning bolts over sfo. wow. from north to south, east to west, we saw it across the bay area. please tag us across your social media platforms @nbcbayarea and thanks to everyone sending photos this morning. we're tracking power outages across the bay area, not related to the rolling outages we saw friday night to preserve power. many of the blackouts on this map came as soon as the

lightning started to hit. this was around 3:30 this morning. and these outages are still in place. this pg&e map shows in red more than 5,000 customers without power. that's like san mateo, san rafael you see there. the orange means anywhere between 500 to 4,999 outages, that's the majority of the bay. and the yellow, 50 to 499 customers in the dark. although i put an instagram quiz up, and the majority of my viewers have not lost power, so i'm happy for them. back to the heat. is this an empty threat we remain under a red flag meant to distract from bad news, warning for excessive heat, as continuing covid-19, continuing vianey said. yesterday was another day of bad numbers on the economy? or is it a belated attempt to record-breaking heat, high use the postal service to tilt temperatures, and last night the outcome in his favor? many people in the bay area were concerned about another round of rolling blackouts. >> all learned is if the president pg&e did not nishinitiate them, is doing some of the things he does forr cal iso which controls the state

power grid said pg&e did need to institute those rolling blackouts. these were the areas that were hit. monterey, santa cruz, and san joaquin counties. they had their lights go out. here is the map. more than 200,000 customers were in the dark. good news is, power has since been restored. but the possibility of those rolling blackouts for the bay area are still possible over the next few days. with other western states suffering through a heat wave and fires, the west coast grid is being taxed. >> we rely on imports from other states to help us meet our energy demands, especially in the later evening hours. so, and when energy use tends to rise during the summertime, because everyone is coming home from work, that's the hottest part of the day. >> cooling centers are being opened across the bay area including this one, the marin

county exhibition center in san rafael. it's the first time it's been used as a cooling center. it can comfortably accommodate 150 to 300 people if necessary. but state is limited because of covid-19 precautions. this site will be operating through tuesday during the hottest hours of the day, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. okay. so to do our part, we really need to band together. here are some ways to help conserve power in your household. set your thermostat to 78 if you can, although that does sound quite warm. use a ceiling fan if you have one. i bought three or four fans for my place and my family. close your blinds and cover your windows to keep the sun and heat out. avoid using hot appliances like your oven and limit opening your refrigerator and freezer so your food can stay cool inside. with the heat, we expected this, a lot of people flocking to t beach. social distancing always a concern, although what we saw, things looked pretty safe

yesterday. some people drove hours just to get to the water. this is here in san francisco at ocean beach. finding parking was the real struggle, people said. then they had to find space on the sand, keep socially distant, and remember important supplies. >> we have our masks, our hand sanitizer, our lysol. you seth ting up camp, a pretty far distance from everybody. >> they're from elk grove. officials say stay home if possible, stay hydrated, and wear a mask even if it's hot. get up to the minute weather alerts sent straight to your phone with our nbc bay area app. it's free to download. set it to get alerts just for your area, it's really convenient. we're going to turn to other news now. the archdiocese of san francisco allegedly is continuing to violate coronavirus health orders. according to "the san francisco chronicle," city officials have reprimanded the archdiocese for the third time in two months.

the latest infraction was another wedding inside peter and paul c and paul church in north beach. the first wedding led to a covid-19 outbreak. pastors at other san francisco churches continue to hold indoor prayer sessions, we're told. four churches in all are named in a letter sent to the archdiocese from the city attorney's office. and our continuing coverage in the fight against covid-19. cases in the bay area continue to climb. counties reported more than 900 new infections yesterday. santa clara county added 363 cases. the counties with dashes like sonoma county, solano county, did not update their numbers. this is all coming as california has reported a near record breaking number of cases. just yesterday alone, 12,614

cases were added. that is a little bit shy of the record set back on july 21 of 12,807 cases. this all comes just one day after governor gavin newsom announced that the state has caught up on a backlog of covid tests. we should note the positive activity rate, that's the number of people testing positive, is slowly going up. that number stands at 6.3%. we told you about this yesterday. a second round of rallies by locals in lake tahoe. the reason? they're not happy with visitors coming to visit and not following covid health guidelines. they also don't like that people are littering their beautiful lake. protesters gathered yesterday to address these concerns. we are told there will be another one today. but a look at how many people are heading to the mountains. this picture from a traffic

camera earlier yesterday in the tahoe area, a fair amount of traffic heading in the direction of people looking for a place to cool off, can't blame them, i hate to say it. stay with us for complete coverage of the pandemic and how it affects you. hopefully you've seen nbcbayarea.com/coronavirus. president trump is mourning the loss of his younger brother. robert trump died at a new york hospital yesterday where he was being treated for an indid you say undisclosed illness. questi illness. the president issued the following statement saying, quote, it is with heavy heart that i share that my wonderful brother robert peacefully passed away tonight. he was not just my brother, he was my best friend. he will be greatly missed but we will meet again. his memory will live on in my

heart forever. robert, i love you. rest in peace. shifting gears now to the battle over the post office. protesters gathered outside the home of the new postmaster general louis dejoy, who is a trump donor. the postal service has long been under financial strain but now jobs are being cut, postal machines being taken out of service. it is all leading to concerns that mail-in ballots will not arrive in time to count in the election. just yesterday, trump predicted that universal mail-in voting would be, quote, catastrophic and he defended louis dejoy. >> reporter: the steps the postmaster general are you trying to discourage -- >> not at all. the steps he's taking is trying to stop the tremendous losses that have taken place for many, many years.

he's trying to streamline the post office and make it great again. >> democrats say that postal delays hurt more than just voting. seniors and veterans who depend on medications by mail are just one set of people already being impacted. it is just shy of 7:41. still to come on "today in the bay," game two in the battle of the bay series left a lot of us wondering if we were watching friday night's game all over again. oh, boy. highlights, or low lights, from the a's/giants coming up next in sports.

the giants and a's continue their series at oracle park. last night's game was a lot like friday's game, unfortunately, not good news for orange and black fans. giants starting pitcher kevin gauzeman racked up 11 strikeouts on the night. the giants hoping he can be a piece of the future. game tied at 3-3 in the seventh.

ruff hit his first home run as a giant. giants go up 6-3. just like friday night, trevor came in for the ninth inning. could you believe it? the a's did it again, the game-winning three-run home run. a's win 7-6, back to back painful losses for the giants. meanwhile a's looking strong, and i'm thrilled for you, my producer rick. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, our political ant joins us to break down president trump's claim of voter fraud, that's next.

welcome back. president trump has upped the ante on mail-in ballots. first he argued that mail-in ballots enable fraud. any the president claims in addition to fraud, the post office doesn't have the resources to handle a surge of mail-in ballots because of underfunding. we bring in nbc bay area's political analyst larry gerston to unravel it all for us. thanks for joining us. what do you make of these claims? >> look, we talked about this issue a few weeks ago, kira. it bears repeating. a major academic study between 2000 and 2012, hundreds of millions of votes for national elections, 495 cases of voter fraud. another example, another case study, in 2016, over 130 million ballots cast. four instances of voter fraud. by the way, in 2016, more than 20% of the public voted via mail. so this idea about fraud just doesn't exist.

look, there are times when people forget to sign their names, write down the wrong address. that's not voter fraud, that's just a mistake. so it just dea it. >> or whether they check your signature to make sure ititted, wouldn't match. we've cleared u question. what about the president's allegation that the postal system isn't up to handling the task of handling the flood of mail-in ballots? >> there are several things to consider. the post office has asked for help. they asked for $75 million. this, by the way, was -- billion, excuse me. this is by the board of governors. why did they want that money? not only because they need to update machines that they said had issues in terms of delivery problems, but also because 40,000 postal workers of the some or another by

they had, in many people's eyes, legitimate reasons for asking for that help. the house went ahead and gave them $25 billion. they're waiting for the senate to come along and agree to that massive stimulus bill they're stuck on. there are other things to think about too. the new postmaster general, lou dejoy, has lifted, removed over 600 mass sorting machines. that's a problem. he stopped all kinds of overtime. that's a problem. so many of the problems we talk about right now are the efficiency moves that mr. dejoy is doing and that many people fear would hurt delivery downstreamed, caused by these decisions by the new postmaster general. >> what does that have to do with the president balking at the $25 billion request, that seems like a lot of money to cover these issues. >> as chuck todd sauid earlier,

he doesn't like the idea that democrats might benefit more than republicans, even though, as chuck todd said, last time around in a special election in california, republicans benefitted in a democratic-leading district. the president has been all over the map. just last week, on one day he said, you know what, this bothers me, i'm not going to do anything about it but i don't like it. the very next day he said, if i get the legislation for this boost of money, $25 billion, i'm going to veto it. the third day in a row he said, the only way i'm going to deal th this is if congress comes together on a bigger deal and we get more of what we want on other issues. the president has been all over the map, inconsistent, leaving people stretching their heads over an issue that would be beneficial to everyone downstream. >> how do you think this will impact the election? >> we don't even. we don't know. nine states now say they're

going to conduct all their elections by mail. more states will probably do so because of the pandemic. there may be millions of people disenfranchised. we don't know, we just don't. we know this much, if things don't come to a head pretty quick, people will be claiming each other, democrats blaming republicans, republicans blaming democrats. at the end of the day the ones who will lose will be a public. >> an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, right? larry gerston, as always, thank you so much for your insight. vianey will be back with a final look at this unprecedented weather. stay with us.

good morning. is everybody safe? i hope everybody is staying safe. we're probably all missing a little bit of sleep because those thunderstorms kept a lot of people up, including the team in the station. our director was texting me, kira as well. we're still seeingjose, 79 degr. i want to getr. i have a lot to get to today. you see those silver lightning strikes right there? yeah, that's within the past three hours. dozens and dozens, probably by this point hundreds of lightning strikes, if you want to connect the lightning strikes down to our south yesterday. the system continues to track further north. we're not in the clear just yet. we could still see the development of more

thunderstorms heading into tonight as well. the severe thunderstorm warning orig at 5:15. then it got extended twice. and now it's set to expire at 8:00 a.m. i wouldn't be surprised if this got extended. the potential impacts, we've already seen the gusty winds. we've seen reports of hail in the area along with all of that lightning, the thunder, and of course the periods of rain at times, not to mention the fact that it's still warm outside. so temperatures today are still expected to run into the triple digits. that dangerous heat will remain through wednesday, in through the valleys. we're talking over triple digits. i decided to bump my numbers up a little bit. the models have been struggling to sort of forecast the daytime highs. they've all managed to be a little bit higher than what the models have been showing. the red flag warning was set to expire today. it has now been extended through monday. why? we've still got plenty of instability in the atmosphere

clear. that's why i want to emphasize how we really need to focus on the threat [ inaudible ] because we actually don't get a lot of it here in the bay area. i want to take you through how lightning works and what we're seeing in the bay area. we're seeing cloud to ground lightning. how it works is, electrons begin zigzagging in a downward motion called a stepladder. as it nears the ground, it draws the positive charge upwards. as the leader and the streamer merge together, the powerful electrical current flows. this is what you see. you see the return stroke traveling at 60,000 miles per second. so this is how lightning forms. there are various forms of lightning. thatl times which is why you

might catch several lightning strikes at once. there are various forms of lightning, everything from cloud to cloud. that is very uncommon. cloud to sky is occasional. the one we're seeing now is cloud to ground lightning. this is actually common. but intt's not common for the b area. let's take a look at why we don't often get thunderstorms here. our storms are typically lower in the atmosphere and more shallow. that pacific ocean current is cold, which means less energy for those storms to develop. on average we get about two to three thunderstorms a year, no so in the mountains. daytona gets about 93 per year. that's why a couple of things to keep in mind when it comes to lightning safety. if you hear thunder or see lightning, head indoors for at least 30 minutes after the last thunder. don't go under a tree, don't touch metal objects. look out for each other. we'll continue to see that threat through today. temper tuesday and wednesday. and then we'll start to notice some cooling heading into

thursday. be safe, everyone. you. >> thank goodness for thursday, because heat, humidity, wind, rain, lightning, thunder, we cannot catch a break. power outages, i forgot. so we look forward to thursday. thanks, vianey, for that forecast. vianey will be back tonight with your forecast at 4:30, 6:00, and 11:00. thank you so much for making us a part of your sunday morning. stay safe. democratic ticket.

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