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>anchor>vice president kamala harris is now the official democratic nominee. tonight, we'll break down her highly anticipated address at the dnc with a panel of political experts tonight as local democrats cheer on the bay area's native daughter kamala harris that stems from a violent act right here in the bay area thank you for watching a special edition of cbs news bay area. i'm juliette goodrich. a celebratory mood in chicago on this final night of the democratic national convention. kamala harris, her husband doug emhoff, along with the vp

candidate, tim walz, and his wife, gwen taking the stage together in triumph shortly after the vp's highly anticipated speech, where she accepted the party's nomination with a nod to her upbringing in the bay area >>on behalf of americans like the people i grew up with, people who work hard, chase their dreams and look out for one another. on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth i accept your nomination to be president of the united states of america >anchor>quite an applause there. ryan yamamoto has heard it all. he's been at the convention all week long. joining me live now tonight for this final night and, phil, the mood for us. how was it? i can only imagine just the

crescendo. >reporter>there were so many people that wanted to get inside to listen to kamala harris speak. they actually had to lock the front doors of the united center because they were already over capacity and so when she finally took the stage, there was that massive roar, that massive cheering of that crowd, and she got a huge standing ovation. and as she addressed the crowd in the nation while making sure also to honor her bay area roots and her hometown. >>it was mostly my mother who raised us before she could finally afford to buy a home, she rented a small apartment in the east bay in the bay in the bay, you either live in the hills or the flatlands. we lived in the flats, a beautiful working class neighborhood of firefighters nurses and construction workers all who

tended their lawns with pride >reporter>but what california already familiar with kamala harris, especially in the bay area. the goal tonight was to introduce herself to the nation >>aborigines, about my death won't let my freedom rot in .... >reporter>chicago's united center was at peak capacity when vice president kamala harris took to the stage to accept her party's nomination. >>i accept your nomination to be president of the united states of america >reporter>the democratic nominee called for unity and warned that returning former president donald trump to the white house could have devastating consequences for the country >>i will be a president who unites us. >reporter>recent polls put harris in a dead heat with trump, but her campaign filled the night with democratic heavyweights from battleground states. >>donald trump skipped his

intelligence briefings. donald trump called me that woman from michigan as an insult. kamala harris will fight for you to the very end. oh, say can you see >reporter>the chicks kicked off the primetime event performing an a cappella version of the national anthem there was a strong emphasis on patriotism, with vp nominee tim walz watching it all from the stands. delegates also wore white, a nod to suffragists who fought to earn the right to vote. more than 100 years ago. and the theme of joy stayed consistent to the end >reporter>and that was skyler henry reporting >>here inside the united center. if you look behind >reporter>in the moment you hear the balloons popping behind me, they think there was 100,000 balloons that came falling to the ground in the

floor here in the united center, but it was definitely a magical night for the >anchor>dnc absolutely. okay. and all of your observations tonight, you know, it was quite a star studded event. any celebrity show up any celebrities who were supposed to that maybe didn't or that were reportedly supposed to give us the scoop? ryan. >reporter>i think i think we should talk about who did not show up throughout the week. and throughout the morning. there was rumblings that maybe a beyonce would show up. and in fact, there was also more rumblings today that taylor swift's airplane had landed in chicago. but those rumors turned out to be false. but there were some other celebrities that were here. some superstars like kerry washington. she >>spoke >>along with her scandal costar tony goldwyn, skyler's pension. the chicks also perform, and, of course, warriors superstar steph curry sent a video message. >>i got to visit kamala with my team in the white house last year, and i can tell you one thing i knew then, and i definitely know now. the oval

office suits her well >reporter>so the chef making an appearance here inside the dnc. so as the democratic national convention does wrap up and comes to a close with a major crescendo with kamala harris taking the stage, the momentum is now in their favor. but the question is, can they keep that momentum come election day with only 75 days left to go? >anchor>every day is important. every speech, every debate ryan yamamoto, ryan, thank you so much. we'll catch up with you later on in our newscast and in the 11:00 hour. okay. and back here in the bay area. boy, there's a lot of hometown pride this evening for the new democratic nominee kelsi thorud spoke with the supporters who turned out for a dnc watch party in oakland. >reporter>well, this is such an historic night for so many people across the country. but for oaklanders here, this night means something even more. we're here at a watch party hosted by the naacp. oakland

branch, and we talked to people about what this historic nomination means to them to even know someone from oakland is going to become president of the united states. it's amazing. cynthia adams, the president of the naacp oakland branch and organizer of this watch party, says many of the people here never thought they would live to see the day where a woman, let alone a black south asian woman and an oakland native, would rise to become the democratic nominee for president. we probably thought we would see a man but a woman can't change the past. an african-american woman before any other race. it's a blessing. dozens of oakland natives and people from across the bay gathered to watch harris's historic nomination. sisters ernestine and nadia harrison told us watching her accept the nomination in the town where

both they and harris were born is something special. being the nominee for the one of the two major parties is a big deal and so just seeing oakland represented in that kind of positive way is something that i'm excited about. terry wiley, the inspector general of san francisco and former colleague of vp harris when they were both at the alameda county district attorney's office, told us he too is proud to see her rise to this moment but he's not surprised she's here in terms of the hard work, the intelligence, the integrity and just the dignity that she always carried herself with. for cynthia adams, the feeling of this night can be boiled down to one word joy. and what does that joy mean to her? that's hope. that is hope that is hope. i'm ready for it. i'm ready for it, i can't wait. and you can really feel that hope here in this room people

are energized. they are excited but they also know that this is going to be a lot of work for them between now and the general election. they say they are ready for that task, and they are excited to see what happens in november. >anchor>kelsey thank you. so we have a panel of political experts with us tonight to break it all down. breakdown. kamala harris's speech. we have professor david mcewen joining us now from sonoma state university. professor thank you so much. we also have melinda jackson of san jose state university, both of you here to give insight. let's just hit the ground running right now. professor, why don't you tell us out of the gate your reaction? david mcewen to the speech tonight. >reporter>all right, so she had a number of tests she had to meet. this is stage too big for her. can she keep that momentum going? does she remind us about donald trump and the threat that he has for democrats? does she avoid being distracted? but really, i think the biggest test is being genuine. there's a hard thing in retail politics in a big crowd. she's had this momentum this last four weeks.

can she be genuine? it's her wedding anniversary. she talks about her husband, she talks a lot about her mother. she talked a lot about oakland. she talked a lot about the hardships, but also the importance of being driven. that's sometimes hard to connect with voters. barack obama did this in 2008. bill clinton did >anchor>this >>and early on for democrats, and that connectedness also is about turning the page because it's not about breaking the glass ceiling. for kamala harris and her team, it's about a new face and a new era, and that helps them keep that momentum going. let's see what that looks like, especially when we get to labor day and move forward from >anchor>there. yeah, it hit the ground running. continuing on cbs poll conducted just last week shows about one third of registered voters don't know what kamala harris stands for. so i'm going to direct this to you, melinda jackson about her speech. did it provide any clarity tonight? what are your thoughts on that >reporter>i think it did. obviously we know kamala harris here in the bay area. we've known her for years but most american voters don't know that much about her. and what they have heard is probably, you

know some of these negative memes and things, but, well, they're positive memes, too. but, you know, there have been some negative ones over the years and so this was her opportunity to really tell her story, to introduce herself and to talk about you know, her vision for a kamala harris administration i think she did that pretty effectively. there weren't a lot of specifics on policies, but she really drew the contrast between the democratic and the republican agendas. and they are stark they are great contrasts, not only between the personalities of the candidates, but also the policies. so i think that she really hit the right tone in terms of, you know, presenting herself to the broader american people while again highlighting those those contrasts. >anchor>okay. speaking to the policies now, a lot of people were certainly hoping to hear more about the issues. so here's what she had to say about the economy. and then i'll ask both of you about that. let's listen in >>we will create what i call

an opportunity economy. and opportunity economy, where everyone has the chance to compete and a chance to succeed whether you live in a rural area, small town, or big city. and as president, i will bring together labor and workers and small business owners and entrepreneurs and american companies to create jobs to grow our economy and to lower the cost of everyday needs like health care and housing and groceries. >anchor>okay, so she's laying out her plan. is this enough professor mcewen? >reporter>i it can be on the margins because, look, this is a base plus election for democrats. they have their base. that's what we see in chicago. then they have to get these margins. and those margins are principally subgroups of voters. and there

are five people who are undecided in this election. okay fine. but those subgroups include a lot of 18 to 34 year old voters. and those voters were not enthusiastic about participating a month ago. now they have things to talk about. and there were elements of her economic plan that she laid out last week that were targeting these voters. first time homeowners overall medical costs, student loan debt these types of elements, those key elements or those specific components are going to be important because republicans are going to hit back on immigration, crime and other policies. but the economy is still going to be front and center for all of these subgroups. that helps with your base, but your plus, which puts you over if you will, and helps you get to 270, at least in terms of their electoral strategy. >anchor>okay, let's talk immigration certainly a hot button issue, a big topic on both sides. so here's what she said about her border policy >>after decades in law enforcement. i know the importance of safety and security especially at our border last year, joe and i

brought together democrats and conservative republicans to write the strongest border bill in decades. the border patrol endorsed it, but donald trump believes a border deal would hurt his campaign so he ordered his allies in congress to kill the deal well, i refuse to play politics with our security. and here is my pledge to you as president. i will bring back the bipartisan border security bill that he killed, and i will sign it into law i know i know, we can live up to our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants and reform our broken immigration system we can create an earned pathway to citizenship and secure our

border. >anchor>okay, so, professor jackson, i'm going to direct this one towards you. was her message strong enough to the crowd tonight? and also, was there anything that you saw that she didn't address, that you were hoping she would have >reporter>so i think she did an interesting thing on the immigration issue. obviously, this is one where she's received a lot of criticism from the republican side, and i think she she did that that merging of the security narrative around immigration and she gave this strong, forceful message around border security and safety she merged that with write the american story of being a nation of immigrants, which is not only her personal story, but again, something that is a big part of our national culture, that we see ourselves as a nation of immigrants. and that is one of our great strengths and so i think she took this head on. i think she this was one of the ways along with talking about foreign policy, where she was really making that case to to

show that she can be tough, that she can be presidential and, you know, it's a it's a tight, it's a tight rope to walk. but i think she addressed this issue as effectively as she could at this >anchor>point. all right. professor jackson and professor mcewen, thank you both for your insight tonight appreciate it. we always love having you on our shows to discuss what we just heard during these elections. and certainly tonight during the dnc s final speech for kamala harris. all right so thank you again. and moving on. an attack ad that's focusing on kamala harris's time as da of san francisco. take a look get to the truth behind it. and later we hear from some key figures from kamala harris's past including a former love interest and a polit

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i'd want to ask them “why?” illegal immigration and kamala harris's record during her time here in california is part of a new attack ad on the vice president >>kamala put violent illegals, convicted felons back on the streets. pamela just doesn't care about protecting people like >anchor>me. so this is a pro-trump campaign ad from the make america great again pac. it features a san francisco crime victim as you can see, several shots of the golden gate bridge were shown there, and the ad attacks kamala harris's record on crime, specifically as san francisco da that ad is getting a lot of airtime in swing states like pennsylvania so wilson walker has more on the ad and what it tells us about this campaign. >>attacker was an illegal i was robbed, they tried to run me over with a getaway car. he almost killed me right over

here. he was laughing as he fractured my skull. amanda's attacker was an illegal immigrant drug dealer arrested twice before >reporter>the attack happened in pacific heights in july of 2008. amanda kiefer was robbed of her purse and then run down by her attacker, a man who was in the country illegally and had been previously charged in two cases one a drug charge and another an unrelated purse snatching. now, that was one of several cases that year that raised controversy surrounding the city's sanctuary city policies. most notable was the murder of a father and his two sons in a mistaken gang shooting the edwin ramos case actually prompted changes to those sanctuary policies that dated back to the 1980s. >>we stopped the process of sending people out of state, and we began to initiate conversations with the city attorney's office with the u.s. attorney. now, your critics are already

already saying your opposition to the death penalty is going to hurt you your support for sanctuary city is going to hurt you. what do you say i say that crime is a nonpartisan issue, and what most people want is they want an attorney general who will follow the rule of law above the rule of politics. >reporter>the issue was raised when harris began to run for california attorney general, and now, 16 years later, it becomes part of the presidential campaign. >>immigration and undocumented immigration. this is a theme that trump wants this election to be on and they can tie, you know, vice president harris to that kind of thing, then. yeah, absolutely it's a kind of ad that can that can have an impact. >reporter>san francisco state political science professor jason mcdaniel says the specifics of the case are inevitably outweighed by the optics of the ad. it not only hits the immigration and crime buttons, but also comes with the added bonus of including the long time republican

nemesis that is san francisco >>being sort of out of control. and issues of drugs, issues of immigration issues of homelessness, taxes these are issues that republicans have long wanted to highlight as core democratic issues. >reporter>but what is different this time around is that san francisco leadership is featured so prominently at the very top of the democratic power >>structure forward. that wouldn't have been the case 30 years ago, right? that that a national electorate would have, i think, very likely seen san francisco as too extreme, too liberal. right. and yet that is no longer the issue. i think, amongst democrats but republicans, i think, still see that as a vulnerability and want to highlight that. but she's a radical left believer. she ruined san francisco >reporter>we should add that donald trump, when speaking to crowds about the harris record in san francisco, often does so with wild inaccuracies. for example, he has said that harris refused to arrest

murderers in san francisco. that is patently false. edwin ramos, for example, was charged and convicted with murder. and as for the attacker in the case cited in the ad, he too was charged and convicted. and when he was kamala harris lobbied for his deportation back to honduras and that ultimately happened in 2011. >paul>temperatures across the bay area took a step towards autumnal territory. today, most of us into the 60s and 70s just the warmest spots around santa rosa above 80 degrees. and i think we're looking at 70s for the warmest locations on friday. what happens after that? we'll get to the details coming up in the first alert forecast

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the day tomorrow. as this autumnal storm system that's going to be sending most of its energy, most of its moisture towards the pacific northwest is going to continue to dominate our weather. let's bring in our map on the floor here and take a look at the big picture pattern. this coastal storm is going to send the coolest temperatures into the bay area tomorrow. even the possibility of a couple showers in the north bay late tomorrow and into tomorrow evening. but then as that storm system moves inland the transition day is going to be on saturday. we start to warm up as we head into the weekend, and then we have a little august heat wave in store by early next week. so some changes farther down the line. but let's talk about that shower chance while it occurs. it's not going to be a tremendous chance lower than 5050 even for the north bay. but we are going to see a lot of clouds out there for the first half of the day tomorrow. partial clearing inland. see a few blips on the radar simulation, a few patches of mist and drizzle here and there but in terms of actual rain forecast, models are keeping most of that to our north in mendocino and lake counties, its closest approach to the bay area but more rain farther north into far northern california and into oregon and washington. this is going to have a great impact on the fire season in those states, but we're going to have to watch for a little too much rain

around the fire scar of the park. fire that has been largely contained at this moment. but now we're worried about debris flows with a little bit too much rain back to the bay area. we're going to see some clouds to start the day on saturday, but then the skies are going to be clearing out by saturday afternoon and that's the point at which our temperatures start to warm up with temperatures peaking by monday and tuesday of the longer check of the forecast coming up during our next half hour jules. all right, paul, thank >anchor>you. after the break, we go back to chicago where we catch up with those who watched kamala harris rise on the national stage and following her to the dnc i'll say what city hall insiders won't. we have a drug, homelessness, and economic recovery crisis, because the system that's supposed to fix things is the problem. record budgets. fewer officers. business killing bureaucracy. the insiders won't change a system built for their benefit. i'm daniel lurie and san francisco needs a mayor unafraid to take on the status quo, bring accountability,

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run for the white house, we've been talking about kamala harris bay area connection. born in oakland before eventually representing the city of san francisco and the state. but she didn't make the journey alone. ryan yamamoto joins us again tonight with a look at those who helped harris along the way and really now how she got her successes and how so many people came to cheer her on tonight. >reporter>yeah, so many people have followed her career with kamala harris officially accepting the presidential nomination tonight, it marks a moment for those who worked to get her to this point from behind the scenes from san francisco da state attorney general u.s. senator, vice president of the united states and now just one election away from the white house >>i am now officially the democratic nominee, >reporter>the democratic national convention has been a journey. >>kamala harris has always done. the right >reporter>thing, a journey for those who have worked behind the scenes to help kamala harris rise on the nation's

biggest political stage >>it's just been incredible to watch this >reporter>debbie mesloh may know kamala the best. that's her in the upper right corner. when she worked as an advisor for a young district attorney, harris at san francisco city hall, saying it was harris who was always gracious with her wisdom. >>i think the advice that she would always give is similar to what she said her mother has said to her, don't let anyone define you ever. you define yourself and you decide what you're going to do. black women can do anything, and there's no one that can tell us that we can't >reporter>for oakland native shay franco clawson, a two time delegate and volunteer for the party since 2008, the moment first hit her on monday when harris made a surprise appearance. >>i was crying, i was grabbing everyone because it's like it's very emotional and very personal to me when we fight, we she will become our first south asian woman

president. >reporter>harini krishnan, who has worked the past several years to mobilize the south asian vote from her peninsula >>home says >reporter>the convention has been an emotional ride >>this is somebody who looks like me. this is somebody who gives my daughters hope that they too, can aspire to the highest office we are so honored to be your nominee. >reporter>now, as the convention wraps up, the party shifts to turning that momentum into votes. >>oh no way >reporter>during an impromptu meeting of u.s. senators between barbara boxer and current california senator alex padilla, he went on the offensive while making a case for harris. >>look, one way or the other, we're going to make history this november. if the republican party gets its way it's going to be the first time we elect a convicted felon as president. united states, i don't think so. i'd rather like the first woman, the first woman of color, one who has an optimistic vision of our country and our future. and that's what we need >reporter>and the people who

work behind the scenes, all those volunteers, they know. while today is the final day of the dnc and you know, the energy is so, so high, the real work actually begins tomorrow as they work their way for the next 73 days until election day because remember, after the republican national convention, it felt like the gop was totally in control of the race. and then only a few weeks later, now the dnc seems and the democratic party seems to have control. so a lot can happen between now and election >anchor>day. boy, isn't that the truth. and hats off to your momentum reporting every single night. and you got to keep that momentum going until >reporter>elections. i got one more hit. one >anchor>more hit okay. all right. we'll see you at the top of the hour. thanks so much ryan. >reporter>yeah. >>all right. on the final night of the dnc. former president trump campaigned from the battleground state of arizona, where he toured the southern border. immigration is also the focus of his running mate, senator j.d. vance's visit to georgia. cbs's natalie brand has the latest for us

>reporter>former president trump went to the arizona border today to tie the thorny immigration issue to his rival kamala harris. >>we had a border czar who was the border czar. she loved the title, but she didn't want to do the work because she's lazy. >reporter>trump has called harris the border czar repeatedly, but she was actually tasked by the president with dealing with the root causes of immigration from central america, not the crisis at the border. this is trump's fourth visit to a battleground state in as many days, and cbs news polling shows 87% of republicans say immigration is a major factor in their vote this election. it's been a constant attack line for trump using increasingly harsh >>rhetoric. she is a radical left marxist. she wants open borders. wants our country. i don't understand why anybody would want it, but she wants our country to be open to the world's criminals so they can

come in and rape and pillage >reporter>what trump leaves out is that illegal border crossing numbers are at their lowest point in four years, due in part to the executive actions taken by president biden in june. democrats, including harris have criticized trump for helping to kill a bipartisan senate deal that would have strengthened border enforcement and increased funds for detention centers. >>he tanked, tanked the bipartisan deal because he thought it would help him win an election which goes to show donald trump does not care about border security he only cares about himself. >reporter>and the u.s. supreme court today reinstated an arizona state law that requires proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. and here in arizona, every vote counts. president biden won here in 2020 by just under 11,000 votes. caitlin huey-burns cbs news at the border of arizona

and mexico. >anchor>all right. we have our panel of experts back with us tonight. professor david mcewen of sonoma state university, back with me. we've also included lanhee chen, fellow for the hoover institution, stanford university, also former republican candidate for state comptroller. thank you both for joining me at this hour. lonnie, let's start with you and the dnc tonight. and it just wrapped up. how do you think the week went? >reporter>well i was at a strong week for them. i think that they were able to make a case for why kamala harris and tim walz represent a change, and i think that's an interesting argument to make, given that you have the incumbent vice president who has presided over what we've seen the last few years, whether it's on the economy or on immigration. but they clearly saw it as their goal to present the harris walz ticket as indicative of of change. and that ultimately, i think, is where the american electorate is. the american electorate is grumpy. they're interested in candidates who will bring about a breath of fresh air. and this

week was about positioning kamala harris and tim walz in that light. so overall, i thought it was a successful convention. i think the big question will be, and ryan pointed this out in the package you >anchor>had before. >reporter>can they carry that momentum through the next 70 plus days to election >anchor>day okay. let's also get into former president trump's mindset. does he have any reason to be nervous right now? does he need to go on the defensive or the offensive? where does that stand? this evening and moving forward >reporter>well, look, i don't think donald trump is ever going to be on the defensive from from in his own mind at least. you know, i think he's going to want to present his argument he's going to continue to do it the way he's going to do it sometimes it'll be a little less disciplined maybe than than we'll find from the harris walz ticket. but i think, look everyone understands this race reset completely. when kamala harris became the nominee of the democratic party. and it is a much closer race today than it has been at any point in recent history. and you can make the argument that the

democrats are coming out of this convention with a ton of momentum. so if you're the republicans not just at the top of the ticket, but in senate and house races around the country, there is reason to be worried, given where things sit today. >anchor>all right, professor mcewen, i'm turning it over to you now. 74 more days. how do the democrats keep the momentum going? what do they need to do? beginning now and tomorrow and moving forward >reporter>all right, so you know that donald trump is going to try to steal some thunder, particularly with this rfk jr issue. and if he's in or out. so you know he's going to try to get into those news cycles. in addition to that, you're going to have to go back to those rust belt and sunbelt states. you're going to have to talk to some of those voters. you have not just coach walsh and not just the vice president. you have the obamas. you have others in the fold. you have steph curry, you know maybe you have lebron. heck, maybe you have draymond in there and you might have the beehive and you might have the swifties. all of that puts that momentum forward. but it has to be targeted in key states. so

what democrats have to do they're going to have a lot of resources. they're going to have a lot of dollars. and it goes to lonnie's point. they're also going to have to work down ballot. and to do that, they're going to have those resources targeted. so they're going to have to do a better job of targeting, not the base, but the plus and the plus of those swing voters who make decisions late. that makes the debate on september 10th a really important event. it also makes the vice presidential debate a big deal. we might even see a second debate in there, but donald trump has to get on message so expect those attacks to come, particularly on issues like immigration and crime against kamala harris her and her team. they're expecting that to come. it just hasn't come yet because donald trump is not a disciplined candidate. >anchor>yeah. so we saw all of the celebration tonight that usually comes with any convention for the republicans and the democrats. but let's talk about the debate, lonnie, and what needs to happen really, all eyes are going to be on both of their performances. >reporter>yeah, i mean, this is a complete reset point, potentially, because this is a debate. we saw it with the first debate and not the first

debate, but the debate that biden had with trump, the degree to which that changed the complexion of the race. this debate has the potential to do that, and it will be interesting to see strategically how kamala harris and her team approach this. are they going to be aggressive in going after trump? are they going to try and rise above it? there's some basic strategic questions. they're going to have to answer. and then tactically, what elements of the trump record are they going to go after? what are they going to say about issues that we know voters care about, like pocketbook issues and immigration? to what degree are they going to double down on the kinds of things you heard in the speech tonight so there'll be a lot of decisions to be made about how to approach this debate. but there's no question having prepped, you know, candidates for for 50 or 60 debates in my lifetime, i can tell you that this is one of those things where you got to make a lot of decisions and you got to be confident in what decision you make and stick >anchor>to it. yeah, absolutely. all right professor mcewen, i'm going to end with this one. you were talking about rfk jr. how is this possibly going to help the trump ticket? >reporter>all right so

generally vice presidential selections help you in the home state of the vice presidential candidate historically by about two, two and a half points. if you look at third party candidates, they generally poll about three times their final national average or their final average on election day. so if he's polling at like six points, he ends up around 2 or 3 points. that's not a lot. he's at nine. he goes to three. that's where he ends up. but that is a lot in a state like pennsylvania or a state like nevada or arizona, or a state like georgia. so he's on the he's on the stage he's on the debate. he's on the ballot in several states. it's not a big deal that rfk is going to be a spoiler. it's a big deal that he could help on the margins with some of those voters particularly in a state like a sunbelt state like nevada or arizona, that would be a component where rfk could be critical with kind of fringe elements there moving forward. for donald trump. and that helps him puts a little pressure on kamala harris and her team and those two states in particular. >anchor>all right free for all. either one of you can take this one. president biden still on the job. is he going to do any key moves the

last days, you know, as he's in office, lonnie. >reporter>well, he's got some opportunities, right? i mean, he can use executive action to address any number of different things. congress is going to be tough because, you know they don't they're not in for that many days. so it's going to be tough for for them to do a whole lot that way. but but having the power of executive action is something where we could see president biden move on economic issues, on pocketbook issues, on competition, issues, on immigration so, yeah, i fully expect this administration to try to run through the tape and do everything they can to help kamala harris get across that finish line in november >anchor>as well. all right. professor mcewen, you were agreeing? >reporter>yeah, i think there's two areas different from lonnie's are in addition to those. one would be ai and building some things on ai, and particularly on voting security and the voting administration process, because as we know, the vote doesn't end or the voting may end on november 5th, but the litigation of the election is going to continue past that. i'd look for that kind of voting area. voting administration and ai, those

two areas for the administration to make some moves after congress recesses for the election itself at the start of the federal fiscal year, end of september. >anchor>all right, gentlemen, thank you both so much for joining us this evening. and we will follow up in the days to come. keep that momentum going for us. all right thank you. >reporter>thanks. >>we have been talking a lot about kamala harris bay area ties. nikole killion recently spoke with some key figures from her past including a former love interest and a political rival >reporter>kamala harris was born in 1964 at the height of the civil rights movement to immigrant parents. her father donald, an economist from jamaica. her mother shyamala, a cancer researcher from india who raised her, and sister maya in this modest berkeley flats apartment. >>we didn't grow up with a lot, but we grew up with a lot of >reporter>love. carole border lived down the street and was bused with kamala to thousand oaks elementary to integrate berkeley public schools. >>we didn't think about it. we just really thought about ourselves as people and we were

very prideful about who we were as black women. >reporter>after graduating howard university and attending law school, harris began her career at the alameda county district attorney's office >>i needed somebody i could trust. >reporter>former san francisco mayor and california assembly speaker willie brown mentored harris and appointed her to two state commissions, but they briefly became romantic in the mid 90s. >>how would you characterize that relationship? it's a great friendship. when's the last time you've spoken with her? it's been a long time it's been a very long time for being too tough on crime, but conservatives criticized her for being too lenient by supporting policies that lowered criminal penalties. >>whoever is characterizing

her as kamala, the cop, i think is mischaracterizing her. >reporter>steve cooley ran against her for attorney general. >>kamala being soft on crime. i think that's a little closer to the >reporter>mark her record now back in the national spotlight. >>when we fight we win. >reporter>as she prosecutes her case for the presidency. >anchor>coming up, how a group of young voters in the south bay are calling on their peers to ramp up

for the first time in history, the democratic national convention has opened its doors to social media influencers, many of them gen z. more than 200 influencers were invited to attend the dnc this week. 24 year old doja fox, a reproductive rights activist and content creator addressed the convention on monday the arizona native says

the economy is top of mind for young voters planning to cast their ballots in november. >>young people we know do not need to be policy experts to know that there is a difference between getting by and getting ahead and young people deserve a shot at getting ahead and not just the ones who started out at the top. and so young people are thinking about, how do i move out of my parents house? how do i catch up after losing years of my life, my professional life, personal life to a pandemic? >anchor>two of the youngest democratic delegates are from the state of minnesota and are also at the convention to represent a new generation of voters. so we hear a lot about how the youth vote could make a difference this election. in east san jose, a nonprofit is trying to mobilize young voters who don't have much experience with the democratic process and may be even be the first to vote in their families. amanda hari has more on the new campaign >reporter>the no decision about us without us campaign aims to

let young people know that their voices matter. they're filling up this room with young potential voters to let them know that their one vote can make a big difference and these youth tell us we don't feel like we're being heard. that's why fabiola ribeiro, a youth program coordinator with somos mayfair, decided to launch this campaign ribeiro is trying to encourage young voters, especially from underrepresented and vulnerable communities, to head to the ballot box. i think just having that power to say for the next four years, i get to choose what this is going to look like and i have a say. she believes it's important for young people to realize that in november of 2022, less than 10% of voters ages 18 to 24 voted in santa clara county. ribeiro started digging to find out why. we came to the conclusion that a lot of these youth grow up

with parents who cannot vote and families who haven't been voting for generations, so they're not educated on the subject. for ribeiro, who will be turning 22 later this month, voting didn't come up in her household. some of her loved ones couldn't vote, which gave her even more reason to head to the polls when she turned 18. just before the 2020 election. my voice and my vote spoke for a lot of my loved ones. she tries to explain to the young people she works with that their vote can be for more than just themselves, something amazing and something that we celebrate is that we have so many youth who would be the first to vote in their family? ribeiro also works with younger kids who can't vote, yet ages 12 to 18 can go really underrepresented, and that's what we want to do to represent them, to uplift them and put them at the forefront making sure that they know that their voice matters. she still involves them in the election cycle they can pre-register to vote in the future as well as campaign for candidates that they support and want to see in

office she says. no matter what age you are you can still have influence if you can't vote, educate those around you to vote for you to use their vote as your voice. the campaign will also involve young people trying to get other people their age to vote as well. they'll be using social media to do that >paul>seeing some fog, trying to roll back in across the bay area this evening. also seeing some clouds in the distance and that almost full moon rising on the eastern horizon. a lot to check out in our time lapse this evening. one more day of really fall like weather tomorrow, then some changes i'll say what city hall insiders won't. we have a drug, homelessness, and economic recovery crisis, because the system that's supposed to fix things is the problem. record budgets. fewer officers. business killing bureaucracy. the insiders won't change a system built for their benefit. i'm daniel lurie and san francisco needs a mayor unafraid to take on the status quo,

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to care for all that is you. the autumnal equinox is still a month away but you would not guess it based on either. today's weather or tomorrow's weather. a lot of clouds out there tomorrow. partial clearing inland, but temperatures running a good 6 to 12 degrees below average for inland parts of the bay area on friday. even the chance for a

few light rain showers in the north bay tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening. it's just a chance i wouldn't count on it, but even a chance is remarkable here in the month of august, we see clearing skies. by saturday afternoon that's when the warm up starts to kick in, and it's going to be significantly warmer as we head into early next week. in fact, inland, it's going to be hot again. some weather whiplash in store for us over the course of the next several days. let me step out of the way. we'll bring in our map on the floor and talk about the evolution of those slight rain chances as we head through the next 24 to 36 hours or so. the storm system is sending most of its moisture into the pacific northwest is close enough to us to have kicked into that stronger breeze today, sending plenty of cloud cover across the bay area tonight and at least the first half of the day tomorrow, we're going to see partial clearing inland. we also see the chance of showers drifting in from the north. a few blips on the radar simulation around the bay area. some patches of mist and drizzle. but in terms of actual rain, the bulk of that is going to be falling just off to our north but just enough of it sneaking down towards northern sonoma county, northern napa county that we can't rule out the possibility of maybe a little bit more than a trace of

rainfall. a few hundredths of an inch of rain would be the upper limit of what we're going to see out of this particular system. but again, it's august. normal rainfall is essentially zero, so even a few hundredths of an inch is above normal. we will start to clear out by midday on saturday, and that's when our temperatures are going to start to warm up. let's take a look outside right now. we'll step over to the monitor and look outside. this is the view right now from the mark hopkins hotel. seeing some of that cloud cover and some of that fog trying to reassert itself. temperatures, there's not much variation. everybody is in the 60s, anywhere from 60 downtown to 66 degrees right now in san jose. those numbers are going to drop off as we head through the rest of tonight. but the presence of the cloud cover overhead means we might actually be a couple degrees above average to begin the day tomorrow. we just won't warm up that much. it was blustery earlier today. now the winds have backed down mostly to the 10 to 15 mile an hour range, and the wind is not going to be as much of a factor tomorrow. we're mostly going to have winds registering in that 15 to 20 mile. an hour range for the strongest gusts. well, today we had some wind gusts over 30

miles an hour. it was again blustery from time to time. let's talk about our high temperatures for tomorrow. and again, this is the coolest weather that we are going to see for a while. probably until we get into actual autumn high temperatures in the santa clara valley, only getting up into the middle portion of the 70s. that's about 6 or 7 degrees below average. the biggest departure from normal is going to be inland in the east bay, only in the mid to upper 70s there as well. that's close to 12 degrees below normal. even when the warmest spots are not even approaching 80 degrees. this is really unusual for the month of august. temperatures around the bay, a mix of 60s and 70s 60s along the coast. as you would expect, no real departure there with temperatures in the north bay. with that cloud cover a little bit thicker. that chance of showers drifting in, only getting up into the low 70s as well. now we do have some changes as we head into early next week. let's take a look at the ten day temperature outlook for livermore and again, we have a big spike in temperatures that's going to take over. this is the roller coaster ride that we're in for from the mid 70s tomorrow. up to almost 100 degrees by monday and tuesday and still in the upper half of the 90s on

wednesday. so be prepared for that as we head through another very fall-like day tomorrow, seven day forecast, we'll focus on just the seven days instead of the ten day outlook shows that hot weather settling back in for inland parts of the bay area. so our early taste of fall is followed up by just late august reality. the warm up will be noticeable around the bay as well, with temperatures getting up to around 80 degrees by sunday already and then into the low 80s monday and tuesday beginning to back down by wednesday and thursday. and a quick check of the forecast along the coast. even there, your temperatures are going to warm up early next week. low 70s monday and tuesday. but be prepared for some coastal drizzle tomorrow even if we don't get any actual showers. >anchor>i like this little one day of >paul>fall. i >anchor>know >>okay, thank you paul. we'll take >anchor>it. okay. thanks. so much for >paul>watching. >>we'll see you back here at 11:00. for more news at the top >paul>of the hour

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