up. for years. mike, what is the update on that now these multi-billion-dollar companies breaking news? blocked two lanes. >> i am hoping we can get that we'll send it back to you. wrote deceptive prop 22 >> sounds good, thanks, mike. live camera because i threw it breaking news this morning, to buy themselves a new law. in the run down at the last minute there. some debate drama. we are still looking at the we're not even talking about to deny drivers closure of the functional lanes the rights they deserve. of northbound 101. last night's vice presidential no sick leave. debate. what i mean by that, the main we're talking about what was no workers' comp. traffic lanes are all blocked by supposed to be the next no unemployment benefits. this big rig that was crossing presidential debate that's vote no on the deceptive the lanes and since before 4:00 coming up. within the last hour, the uber, lyft, this morning and so you're commission on presidential doordash prop 22. debate said it would hold a jammed down to just the shoulder you can use. one ride california doesn't want to take. virtual debate with president trump and joe biden in different looking at the map and the locations. backup goes three miles with the but president trump was quick to split with 85. fire back on live tv just a lighter traffic flow keeps short time ago saying he won't things moving smoothly aside from the three-mile stretch of do it. 101 and slowing fremont out of >> i heard that the commission a little while ago changed the fremont into sunol for that debate style and it's not construction crew. acceptable to us. back to you. >> well, you're saying you're >> thank you very much, mike. not going to participate? >> i'm not going to waste my 6:00 right now. so much breaking political news time on a virtual debate. this morning. that's not what debating is all we've got our team ready to go. about. you sit behind a computer and "today in the bay" cierra it's ridiculous. johnson has highlights from last >> now, for now, the debate is still scheduled to be held next night's vice presidential debate. we begin in washington with thursday october 15th town hall tracie potts and breaking news style from miami. from the president. the president saying no way is

he going to participate in a as for last night's vice virtual debate. presidential debate, we'll have the complete break down and analysis in just 15 minutes. >> exactly. this morning, president trump in ten minutes. all right. even as more and more people responding to the presidential work from home, if they're lucky commission on debates saying enough to still have jobs, that this next debate, a week google still plans to build its massive new development in from today, will now be virtual. it was a town hall style debate downtown san jose. it is a plan that is now called and the president who happened to be in an interview at the downtown west. time was asked about it and today in the bay sharon katsuda pretty much said, i'm not participating. is showing us how those plans >> i heard that the commission a are moving forward. little while ago changed the good morning, sharon. debate style and that's not >> good morning, kris. this would include more office right now at 6:39. acceptable to us. space from this project by >> so you're saying you're not google and because so many going to participate? people are working from home, i still am watching the weather >> i'm not going to waste my conditions around the glass fire there are now in the plan six and it's a cool morning. time on a virtual debate. times more housing units than very light wind and high the original plan before the that's not what debating is all humidity, which will hopefully about. pandemic. google and the city are working slow the spread of the fire. you sit behind a computer, we're also going to have a cool that's ridiculous. on this massive project day ahead. we'll talk about the possibility >> the commission following up this morning with a statement described as a city within a of rain in our forecast, that's saying that these debates aren't city. there will be community hearings coming up. mandatory. and a vote on the project in it's up to every candidate spring next year. whether or not they want to and i should have cleared participate. google says the site would this red, but they cleared the we also have a statement from joe biden from his campaign crash north 101 at hellyer. include 4,000 housing units, 25% saying that he looks forward to of that affordabl comes at a ti speaking directly to the a lot of traffic built up before american people in this debate.

home prices are still high in talking about what he calls the bay area while rent prices you get out of 85 from morgan hill and more slowing past donald trump's failed leadership continue to drop. on the economy. rent prices are down 10% in san so, it sounds like biden is in, capital expressway and north on president trump may be out. jose and oakland and 20% down in san francisco. 87. the other big issue the metering how much of the debate is that lights. we have a crash blocking two going to be? looking live at the white house bay area home prices continue, lanes and heading southbound on though, to reach unprecedented 680 approaching the benicia this morning, we are also waiting to see if president levels and the median sale price bridge coming out of the north trump will head back to the oval for a single family home in the bay. >> thanks, mike. office. he worked there most of the breaking right now, the afternoon yesterday despite his bay area was $975,000 in august. latest just released weekly jobless numbers. the labor department says 840,000 people filed first-time that's up 16% from a year ago. covid diagnosis and having not and the limited supply of homes yet fulfilled the recommended is the main reason behind the claims last week which is slightly higher than forecast. higher prices. ten-day isolation. he was in the office dealing and it's also 9,000 fewer than with the stimulus and now, today, dealing with this debate. the week before. back to you. we realtors say other professionals continuing claims came in at >> thank you very much, tracie. want more space for family and just under 11 million people. home offices. back here live, the story in the meantime, let's get to the vice presidential debate triggered a memory when i came to work here more than 20 years it's 6:40 right now. ago at this station, i covered a let's talk about decision 2020 what everyone was talking about over the last 24 hours. job conference and i ran into a bringing in scott mcgrew to talk checking in with cierra johnson about this overnight debate right now. the debate mostly civil. booth called google. i asked them back then, i said drama. >> wow, this is as doey for tdo. what do you do? they said we're a start-up >> goodern moi morning, yes, it company looking for employees the president saying he will not and, wow, look at them now. participate in what is now a pretty civil but some points of what an incredible success contention between mike pence virtual debate but, scott, story. >> what a difference 20 years and senator kamala harris as you're looking a closer look at make. now they're building their own where the history is on this. they debated the most pressing

city practically. >> the history is that you have issues. to start with they discussed thank you for that memory, told our viewers have said this sharon. now to our pandemic coverage. morning that this would be a covid as expected. the bay area now seeing a spike virtual event to protect the just a week after president right now but, still, hundreds trump was diagnosed with the safety of everyone involved. of new cases reported. here's a look at your screen president trump saying he's not virus, senator harris reasserted going to participate. her message that the trump county by county of how those administration simply failed in cases uptick. president's already back in the its handling of the pandemic in total now more than 105,000 oval office despite being while the vice president touted confirmed cases. contagious. well under the ten-day minimum trump as a president who put the to isolate says he will not health of the people first. participate in the 90-minute a staff member for governor take a look as both of the newsom has tested positive for c debate. candidates discuss that issue. he said that during a 55-minute >> they knew and they covered it phone call to fox business this up. the president said it was a hoax. covid-19. the governor says he had no morning. now, if we do have a remote contact with that employee. they minimized the seriousness in a separate case, another debate, it certainly wouldn't be of it. the first time. >> we were able to see to the state worker also tested delivery of billions of supplies positive. that employee works in a shared >> in new york, the democratic space with some of the presidential nominee senator governor's staff. john f. kennedy separated by so the doctors and nurses had but, again, the employee has not the support that they needed. 3,000 miles and a los angeles we began before the month of studio, the republican february. had direct contact with california's governor. presidential nominee vice well, happening today, dr. president richard m. nixon. >> and another point of anthony fauci is joining a forum now, joined for tonight's contention, the president's at uc berkeley to give an update handling of racial injustice. on the coronavirus. discussion by a network of the virtual event starts at 5:00 electronic facilities which trump's response to whether or not he would condemn white this evening. permits each candidate to see fauci will answer questions and hear the other. supremacists at the first debate was addressed by both >> you may have watched the vice candidates. take a listen. presidential debate on your about the virus and how it could >> the president of the united ha electronic facility last night.

states took a debate stage in affect the ability of colleges front of 70 million americans to reopen safely. another sour note for one of largely civil our seecierra john and refused to condemn white the biggest music festivals in the world. coming up next on "today in the bringing you highlights throughout the morning. supremaci bay" covid delaying coachella an appeals court said the president has to turn over his supremacists. >> he condemned the kkk, neo-nazis and white supremacists even more. tax returns to a grand jury in and has done so repeatedly. we'll tell you when the next possible show date is. manhattan, who we believe are looking into two things. kris teold you that the the payment mr. trump made to >> and although this was the two women, including stormy first and only debate, we can president won't participate in a daniels and possible tax evasion agree it was pretty civil. by the trump organization. both of those candidates did virtual debate but have past and president trump is pushing stick to their talking points candidates? take a look. the fda to give quick approval although they did not stick to the time limit with the out to the big poerboards, stoc to an experimental drug for moderator having to interject. continue to move higher. both candidates at several times plus -- ♪ covid-19. during that debate. 90 minutes full of a lot of very regeneron was given to the intense conversation. president at the hospital and he we're live in san francisco, went twitter to praise it. cierra johnson for "today in the >> you know that "sister act" >> within a very short period of bay." >> we can't talk about the vice time they gave me regeneron and presidential whoopi goldberg revealing something this morning about a possible third "sister act" other things, too, but i think the fly. movie. you're watching "today in the this was the key. did you see it? bay." they gave me regeneron and it couldn't help but notice it. it landed on vice president's this election, was unbelievable. head and stayed there for two i felt good immediately. i felt as good three days ago as minutes, 3 seconds. i do now. s joe biden seized the moment so, i just want to say that we have regeneron and a very holding a fly swatter pitch in

all californians similar drug from eli lilly and will be able to vote safely from home. $5. every active, a fly briefly landed between registered voter we authorized it. will receive a vote-by-mail ballot i've authorized it and if you're hillary clinton's eyes during a with a unique barcode. town hall with candidate donald you can track it using where's my ballot? in the hospital and you're feeling really bad, i think trump. this is, of course, not the same and you'll receive automatic notifications by text, we'll work it so you get them fly. we do have much more on all the and you get them free. email or voice call political breaking news coming up at 6:30, but we thought maybe to let you know the status of your ballot you could use a little relief. once you mail it, >> white house chief of staff drop it off at your polling place mark meadows held a wedding >> oh, yeah. or at a drop box. it was the talk of twitter, it reception for his daughter in vote by mail ballots. may, despite the governor of georgia prohibiting large seems like, last night. simple, safe, secure. counted. groups. at 6:05 this morning. meadows has not responded to happening today striking nurses learn more at vote.ca.gov those allegations but the in the east bay return to the journal "constitution" says it picket line. health care workers at san has pictures that we at nbc have leandro hospital and alameda not seen showing about 70 people hospital are striking for five days along with service workers gathered and dancing and eating indoors without masks. at oakland's highland hospital. they're citing stalled contract diagnosed with covid. talks and safety concerns during the pandemic. he is very seriously ill. alameda health trustees issued a taking california for a ride. statement saying in part that a we're tracking that one on twitter. you can follow me there @scott strike is unnecessary and harmful to the community. california's back log of @scottmcgrew. unemployment claims is slowly you mentioned cierra johnson shrinking. as of late last month, it had and we want to bring her in because she's following the vice

more than one million unprossed presidential debate from last claims. two weeks ago they halted the night. i think we can agree it was more civilized than what we saw claims to handle the backlog and between the presidential candidates last week. has now processed one-fifth of >> good morning, yes, that's those claims. the entire backlog won't be exactly the case. a lot more civil but there were cleared until january. also the edd is, once again, several points of contention processing new unemployment between vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris claims. the agency has installed a new as they debated some of the computer system to speed things nation's most pressing issues and as you can imagine, one of up and verify identities. the top issues is how the four bay area counties are president handled covid-19. not meeting california's new well, just a week after trump equity met rick rics when it co was diagnosed with the virus, senator harris last night treating the coronavirus. answered her campaign's message meant to show testing and that the trump administration simply failed in its handling of treatment disparities among the pandemic while vice president touted that trump as a disadvantaged communities in the largest counties. it is also included as part of the color coded tier assessment president put the health of the american people first. system allowing counties to take a listen to them discuss reopen. san francisco, contra costa, covid last night. >> they knew and they covered it sonoma counties all not meeting target goals. up. the president said it was a eight other california counties hoax. they minimized the seriousness also missed the mark. of it. good news now, dogs are free >> we were able to see the to run wild again in east bay delivery of billions of supplies

so our doctors and nurses had parks and off leash rules were a the resources for what they hit to maintain social needed. and we began really before the distancing, but in the meantime, month of february. not so good news if you were it was hard to develop a vaccine. planning to trick or treat in willow glen this year. >> another point of contention, as you know, a famed tradition the president's handling of to trick or treat on the avenue. racial injustice. trump's response to whether or that is now canceled and no not he would condemn white treats this year. probably the case for a lot of supremacists at the first debate was addressed last night by both main streets across the bay area. i did ask that on my facebook candidates. take a listen to what they had to say. page asking what is happening in >> the president of the united your community. states took a debate stage in >> i'm just going to have to front of 70 million americans make a little party for my own and refused to condemn white little party here. supremacists. >> at least you have three trick >> he condemned the kkk, or treaters. that is exciting. >> they want games and like can you set up a carnival and we'll neo-nazi and white supremacists see what i have to come up with. and has done so repeatedly. >> we thought regular halloween was a lot of work. >> so, it is safe to say that kari, are you going to trick or last night's debate was more treat with your two little coblico civil than the presidential goblins? candidates. >> no, we'll take some pictures they both stuck to their talking and post it on social mead i points. really reiterating what the aand have a little party at home campaign has been saying from both sides since the beginning. but that's about it. but they did have a problem both of them speaking to the time

we'll still have fun. all right. let's talk about what is frame that they were allowed to happening in our weather today answer. because we still have been so, the moderator did have to seeing some of the smoke moving step in a couple by and we're watching our air but last oth of othose vice quality, of course. that has been an issue as we take a look at our air quality presidential candidates discuss for today. it's been most unhealthy in both issues for the one and only parts of the north bay and we time. we're live in san francisco, will still have some moderate cierra johnson for "today in the air quality for the rest of the bay." bay area for this afternoon. >> thank you very much, cierra. look at these temperatures. 6:46 right now. it is still going to be so nice a skilled nursing home in santa today. cruz county is now dealing with 71 degrees in livermore. a deadly outbreak of covid. yes, that's the high temperature. 72 in concord and napa and 65 nine people have died at watsonville acute center and degrees today in oakland. half moon bay staying foggy with more than 60 patients and staff temperatures in the upper 50s. have been infected since the we'll talk about the weekend start of the outbreak three weeks ago. forecast coming up. state and county health workers are now helping. mike's been keeping us updated also on the covid front, bad on what is happening on 101. news for music lovers this >> yeah, kari, 101 north of morning. the show will not go on at coachella after all, not this year. hellyer or shy of that. the event was rescheduled from things are changing as we speak. live look with our photographer april to this month and now festival organizers are just showing north 101 and hellyer. they moved the rig. calling it off altogether. that event usually draws a there it is. it is moves under its own power quarter million fans.

but in the middle of the lanes promoters say coachella may someone sweeping up some fuel or some other issue there with the return next october but so far not setting any dates for 2021. liquid on the roadways. they will have to use the trending this morning, the absorbent. academy making a major change still only one lane getting by. just the shoulder, actually. ahead of the 2021 oscars. but we have the backup in amidst the pandemic it will progress, at least. there's hope in the future. allow drive-in movie showings to we'll look at the map. the backup extends from the 85 qualify films for nominations. split all the way up to hellyer. traditionally have to complete a seven-day run in an l.a. county if you get on at hellyer, you're in the clear. theater. but for the 2021 oscars drive-in just past that backup. the only backup for the south bay and the only backup aside theaters in seven major cities including los angeles will now from the one that is forming at be included. and speaking of movies -- the bay bridge mildly. ♪ a new traffic alert south 680 approaching the benicia bridge and two lanes blocked, as well. ♪ i love him wherever he may go ♪ >> also trending, the "sister back to for how act" nuns are getting back in long? the habit and whoopi goldberg the state's plan to allow theme parks to reopen and why it will likely be a very different ride. confirms another "sister act" plus -- movie is in the works. >> how about a supersonic ride. no word yet on when "sister act one step closer to building the next concorde. 3" might be released. let's take you out to wall street and have a lift there, as both films were partially shot well, for the second day.

futures are up. in san francisco and we're hoping "sister act 3" might bes, plus -- as well. >> they always say to me, it's probably not as funny as you >> whether or not you're stuck remember. i think sometimes they're right. at home all alone, the message >> the '80s and '90s. macaulay culkin is sharing amongst the pandemic and his >> all right. hey, we're saying good-bye to must see really creative mask. 80s and 90s temperatures. cooling things down a little you'll want to stick around for bit, huh, kari. it. 6:10 right now. >> yeah. you're watching "today in the bay." for now. we're going to take it in and enjoy it. as the seven-day forecast comes up at the bottom of the screen, a lot of changes ahead. let's start out with our high temperatures for today as we reach into the upper 60s in palo alto and low 70s for concord and also low 70s for napa today and santa rosa upper 70s for ukiah while san francisco will be in the mid 60s. so, we've been watching a couple of weather systems. you've probably seen us talking about the rain chances that we were expecting for the weekend. so, the first one is already

here spreading some clouds across the bay area. but a lot of the rain is staying off the coast. and that will just kind of slide down the coast over the next several hours. so, we're not expecting much out of that. the next one right behind that looks like it does stay to the north of us. so, even with two weather systems nearby, it doesn't look like we'll see a lot of rain out of this. in fact, by saturday, as that storm system moves to the north, we only have very slight rain chances and an active weather pattern continues for the pacific northwest. high pressure moves in for the bay area, once again. and heats up our temperatures. i was really sad to see that we're not going to most likely get a good soaking out of this because we are in an extreme drought right now. especially for the north bay and the vegetation is just so dry. we've had so many wildfires and that rain would have really helped. we're mostly in severe drought from san francisco over towards the east bay and a moderate drought for the south bay where we are expecting a lot we'll

28,000 employees. well, trending this morning, macaulay culkin may take the title for most creative face covering. the 40-year-old posted the photo to instagram the mask showcasing his younger self in the vintage "home alone" look where he grabbed his face and screamed after putting on after shave. it is his way to remind people to take those precautions although touching your face not such a good idea.

you're okay if you're in your house. >> some really creative masks. the lady at my local grocery store my safeway and she had a dog face and i'm like, that is really cute. she's like, it's my own dog. i have seen kitties. yeah. >> and i still have my tortilla. >> you need some salsa. kari, our forecast a little spicy and that little chance of rain you said dried up. >> yeah. i was so sad about that. we'll talk about why that is happening. let's get a look at our temperatures that are definitely a welcome change as we are starting out with some 50s and today at lunchtime, it will still be in the 60s. if you're like me, you'll probably still be wearing some long sleeves and then as we go into the rest of the day, we'll see those temperatures only reaching into the low 70s for parts of the inland east bay, as well as the north bay down to the south county. we are going to see some of our

warmest spots staying in the 70s this afternoon and then quickly dropping back to the 60s in time for that evening walk. later on tonight, we're going back into the upper 50s all across the bay area. okay, so, we talked about why we're not seeing as much rain. so, here's the first of those two weather systems coming in. the center of low pressure still off the coast and it's just going to slide down the coast and keep a lot of that rain off shore. now, the second one that is moving in looks more likely that it will stay to the north. so, as we go hour by hour, we can see the clouds moving in. it does look like, though, that we could see still some spotty light showers but this is not the heavy soaking that we needed to help put an end to our fire season. we're going to see only some spotty light rain and then as we go into the weekend, some of those showers stay to the north of us. really hard to see that because as we get the drought monitor update this morning, it still shows the bay area is in an extreme drought for parts of the

forth bay and much of parts of the north bay and east bay we're seeing severe drought right now and then for the south bay we have moderate drought conditions. but we know that the vegetation is very dry and any rain would help. we are, at least, once again seeing the cooler air as well as the higher humidity. take a look at our forecast for the inland valleys for the next few days. we better take it in and enjoy it because there will be some changes next week. we'll see our highs trending back into the upper 80s by next wednesday while san francisco will stay for the most part in the 60s and then some 70s coming next week. we'll be watching the drizzle along the coastline, as well as san francisco. and that may be about all that we get. mike, you've been tracking the commute. what is the update for us? >> well, this was in for san jose and the update, let's take a live look. every time we look away progress or change a little bit. north

up a second lane and the backup is starting to move a little better and the flashing lights right at the bottom of the screen and tow truck backing up to hook up to this big rig or this box truck which hopefully can be cleared from lanes. i'm looking at the silhouette. the people still standing in the roadway but no longer sweeping. thank you. our photographer adjusting for usepe as we speak. crews on scene there. and i think they may have gotten that absorbent to take care of the spill in the middle lanes. we're tracking this. look at the backup. before the 85 split and bogged down before you can get to your alternate which is 85 and monterey road which will take you on surface streets before you get to that backup and doing just fine for the morning commute and the rest of the south bay, no problem. the other traffic alert we have is in the north bay and southbound 680 approaching the benicia bridge. another overturned truck there no major injuries for either one of these crashes. a backup at the bay bridge very mild for the last few minutes. it's just starting to build in the middle. back to you. >> all right. sounds good. thanks so much, mike.

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kenosha, wisconsin, police at shooing left him paralyzed. jacob blake has been released from the hospital. he's now undergoing treatment at a rehabilitation center in chicago. blake was shot in the back seven times in august after walking away from officers trying to arrest him. the kenosha district attorney is waiting for an outside report before deciding to charge the officers. wisconsin health leaders are trying to contain a new surge in coronavirus cases. in response, the governor announced the opening of a 530-bed field hospital at the state fairgrounds. today a new statewide order takes effect limiting crowds in bars and restaurants. for a second night protests on the streets of brooklyn. angry over in-house worship. the new closures impact schools and businesses and restaurants as part of the most severe restrictions we've seen there in months. new york mayor bill de blasio

says the city is ramping up its cra crackdown on covid hot spots with up to $13,000 a day. it is 6:26 right now. coming up, breaking news on the next presidential debate. all new this morning, debate organizers now saying next week's faceoff between president trump and joe biden will be online. but now the president is responding in a whole new way this morning. you'll hear from him, next. i'm sharon katsuda where google is building more office space. you're watching "today in the bay." oscar the grouch here to tell you, yeah, you,

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right now at 6:30, breaking news. debate drama and the changes just made to the next presidential debate. this coming after president trump tested positive for covid-19. what he just told fox news about taking part in round two. as "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning to you and thanks for joining us on this thursday. i'm kris sanchez in for marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll check that morning commute with mike in just a little bit. let's talk about these cooling temperatures, kari. >> this is going to be so nice to have some cooler air, but, unfortunately, the smoke has still been an issue for people who want to get out and enjoy all of that and also open up the windows and not have to run the

ac. now, we're going to see the most unhealthy air quality continuing in the north bay, but we're also going to see it drifting into the other parts of the bay area while we're starting out pretty good thisern morning, we are g to see, once again, really nice weather for today. highs only reaching into the 70s. we'll talk more about this and some more changes ahead in the forecast. that's coming up. mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute? >> well, kari, in the last few seconds it looks like they may have cleared this sig alert and traffic alert from 101. live shot and our photographer has been bringing us great photos to show us all the progress all morning. all lanes northbound 101 just cleared in the last few seconds. and all this traffic back up as we look on the map to clear north 101 beginning the recovery from before you get to highway 85 all the way to hellyer. a lot of traffic up towards oakland road and 880 and 680 where we typically see shlowing

around this time. now we have the span. a better drive 680.

most likely move into louisiana tomorrow as a category 2 hurricane and, of course, that will be making big headlines as it takes basically the same track as hurricane laura did a few weeks ago. so, here in the bay area, a nice cool down. we talked about no 80s as of yet and continue into the weekend with the 70s and higher humidity and no clouds and spotty light showers and then for next week we reach into the upper 80s. it will heat up, once again, while san francisco will see some 60s and a lot of fog, mist

and drizzle. expect more of that as the weekend continues. as we head over to you, mike, how is it looking right now for that traffic especially with what was happening earlier on 101. >> yeah, kari. we'll give you the thumbs up and talk about the ripple effect here. i'm showing you that crash has cleared with the big blue sign there north 101 at hellyer. all lanes are cleared from the earlier crash and the big backup is moving better from the 85 split and now ripples up as traffic moves and folks try to avoid the backup since before our show started and now looking at traffic shifting over to 87 north, as well as pushing north in towards 680 and 880. those are the two stretches that are tough out of morgan hill up through san jose and heading towards santa clara. when they merge sort of near the airport. smooth drive north of there for the peninsula. southbound 880 and a couple crashes near 92 and did cause more delays and a little brake tapping going on through hayward. should move more smoothly over

the next few. we hope this should clear at the benicia bridge 680 and here at the bay bridge, the metering lights they're just on like regular. back to you. >> thank you, mike. happening now. the head of the world athletic organization says he stands by his statement. he believes athletes should be able to advocate for social or racial justice at the olympics. four-time medalist sebastian coe, the president, is speaking out against the game's rules with racial demonstration. he's now meeting with organizers ahead of next year's games in tokyo and working with a social justice team to hammer out some possible rule changes. it's 6:52 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay" all the top stories we've been following for you including as we've been telling you, president trump says no way to a virtual presidential debate. hear from him himself on why. plus, google planned san jose expansion is starting to take shape. the new effort to reshape

downtown that suddenly includes a lot more new housing. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back to "today in the bay." 6:55. quick look at the top stories we're following for you this morning. >> take you to the white house for breaking news as we have been reporting early this morning. the commission on presidential

debate said the next debate would be virtual with president trump and joe biden in different locations set next thursday for the interest of public health. but president trump was quick to fire back saying he won't do it. >> i heard that the commission a little while ago changed the debate style and that's not acceptable to us. >> well, you say you're not going to participate? >> i'm not going to waste my time on a virtual debate. that's not what a debate is all about. >> former vice president joe biden responded to trump saying he, quote, looks forward to speaking directly to the american people. complete coverage continues next on "today" show right after "today in the bay." well, closer to home, google's new downtown san jose development is starting to take shape. "today in the bay" sharon katsuda live with the first look at the project in downtown san jose. >> that's right, laura. google's plan is to make this entire area a place where you

really won't have to get out of your car. you'll be able to live in this area, go to retail stores and then experience arts and culture here. google and the city are working on this massive project described as a city within a city. there will be community hearings and a vote on the project in spring next year. google says this site would include 4,000 housing units and 25% of that affordable housing and this all comes at a time when home prices are lower. rent prices are down 10% in san jose and oakland and 20% down in san francisco and bay area home prices continue to reach unprecedented levels and median sale price for a single family home in the bay area was $975,000 in august. and that is up 15% from a year ago. city leaders say they're grateful that google is moving forward with this project even during this pandemic. reporting live, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay."

>> thank you. in the meantime, san francisco is boosting renter protection to help renters make it in the bay. supervisors this week voted to halt no fault evictions until march. the ban is meant to help tenants struggling to pay rent during the pandemic. emergency orders to ban evictions and the order was initially supposed to end next month. california's backlog of unemployment claims is slowly shrinking. as of late last month, it has more than 1 million unprocessed claims. but two weeks ago the edd halted all new claims adding new technology to better handle the backlog. it is now processed about one-fifth of those claims for the entire backlog expected to be cleared by january. four bay area counties are not meeting california's new equity metrics when it comes to with this criteria meant to show testing disparities among

disadvantaged communities . so far so good for the a's. now facing elimination. they have to win three in a row to move on in the postseason. yesterday game three they came back to beat the astros 9-7. now, 2-1 in the best of five series. game four is today at 12:30.oka. they remain a threat. what about the threat of rain headed our way. is that kind of fizzling out, kari? >> yeah, it has been fizzling out some of our more recent forecasts. we are at least keeping the cooler air but only some very spotty, light rain as we head into saturday. we will, of course, be watching that. let's head over to you, mike. how is the commute going? >> folks traveling out of the north bay and south 680 and two lanes still blocked and chp

hopes to have the lanes open and the toll plaza metering lights are on there and 880 through hayward and a crash is clearing and 92. vehicles take a little longer there and the ripple recovery for, again, that traffic alert is clear. >> all right. that will do it for us here on "today in the bay." >> that's right. thanks so much for joining us. "tod "today" show is coming up next. leaving you with a beautiful live look outside overlooking san francisco. have a great thursday morning. good morning. breaking news, going virtual and that major change just announced this morning for the next presidential debate and president trump saying he will not take part. >> i won't waste my time on a

virtual event. >> but vice president joe biden saying he will take part. and the president saying where he might have gotten coronavirus. vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris go head-to-head in their one and