>> i just finished the splendid and the vial by erik larson. wonderful account of churchill and his family really in the worst year of the war, the year right after the prime minister made camp in 1940, the day of the german invasion of low country of france and basically what it was like to stand alone against nazi germany until in june 1941 the russians are in the war and then obviously by december 41 the united states is in the war but it's an extraordinary book. it's a wonderful read about a guy i consider literally the greatest person of the 20th century and the supreme ordeal of a long and brilliant career. and i've also been reading, i just picked up a great historian by the name of jean edward smith. my other four. i read his biographies of grant and eisenhower. by far the best eisenhower biography ever written and there's been some good ones but he died in 2019. so i'm right now just got into what may have been his best book was on fdr, one something called the parchment prize which american 's dorians to zest the best book of beer. on

>> i have just finished the splendid and the bile by erik larson, a wonderful account of churchill and his family. really in the worst year of the war, right after he becomes prime minister's in 1940 really the day of the german invasion of low countries of france. and then basically what it was like to stand alone against not see germany until june of 41 the russians are in the war. it's an extraordinary book. it was a wonderful read about a guy that i consider literally the greatest person in the 20th century. and the supreme ordeal of a long and brilliant career. and then i've also been reading, i just picked up a great historian by the name of gene edwards smith a great biographer, i read his biography grant and eisenhower, eisenhower biography is by far the best ever written. and there have been some good ones. but he died in 2019. so right now, i just got into what may have been his best book is on fdr something called the parkman prize which american historians use the best book of the year, back in 2007. it is been around for a while, it has been sitting on my bookshelf. i just

>> i have just finished the splendid and the vial by erik larson. a wonderful of churchill and his family. really in the worst year of the war. right after he becomes prime minister, may 10 of 1940, really the day of the german invasion in the low countries of france. and basically what it was like to stand alone consulting germany until june of 41, the russians are in the war. and then by december of 41 united states is in the work. it's an extraordinary book. until wonderful read by a guy i considered the greatest person of the 20th century. the supreme ordeal of a long and brilliant career. then i've also been reading, i just picked up grade story by the name of jean edward smith great, great biographer. i've read his biographies of granton eisenhower. eisenhower is by far the best eisenhower biography ever written and there been some good ones. he died in 2019. right now just got into it may have been his best book was on fdr, something called the parkman prize which they choose the best book of the year. back in 2007. it's been around a while.

in his first tv interview, larson speaks with james brown about race in america.is hoping for a second chance. >> i know deep down i'm not a racist. i said a racist word, and i can fully understand why people would label me a racist. >> kyle larson is one of the sport's rising stars. but back in april of this year, larson was heard using the "n" word while speaking on headset during a virtual racing event. you can't hear me? >> kyle, you're talking to everyone, bud. >> what prompted you calling your friend, who is white, who was a spotter for you, why did you call him the "n" word. >> i raced with him in australia and the group that we were with kind of used the word casually as a greeting. i didn't use it in a way to degrade or insult anyone. >> when you say that it's kind of a term of endearment or wasn't meant to be offensive, how is it that it's in use and no matter what the circle, and people don't take offense at it? >> you know, it's not my word to use. i need to get it out of my vocabula vocabulary, and i have. >> he was fired from his racing team. lost hi

abc 7 news reporter kate larson has the dangerous gatherings taking place among students. >> reporterback in june former county high school students tested positive for covid. a parent tells me this happened after a sleepover. now four months later campus is closed after reports of even more sleepovers and a large student party over the weekend. >> we know the police was present, and it sounds like there was up to 100 people there. >> reporter: dr. matt willis is marin county health officer. >> this party was an illustration. >> reporter: a marin county parent who wants to remain anonymous says to me about the gatherings, i think it is irresponsible parenting. teachers are putting their lives on the line to teach our children. this is not a safe choice. you're endangering every single person in our community. >> it was time to pause. >> reporter: chris valdez is the principle of marin catholic. on monday after learning of the risky behavior outside of school, he sent this letter to families and made the decision to suspend in-person learning for two weeks. students had just returned t

i'm kate larson, abc 7 news. >> great stuff on this story, kate. good to see a happy ending. what a lesson for those kids. kate, thanks. >>> well, the san francisco zoo has had other notable incidents. biologists believe a mountain lion may have killed through wall wallaroos and -- a tiger killed a teenager after escaping from its exhibit. police shot and killed the tiger while it attacked two other men. they both survived. in 2000 two teenage boys stole two koalas to be gifts for their girlfriends. they were safe, but scared. >>> shifting gears, happening right now, it has been a busy day for south san francisco firefighters. this is the most recent of two big fires to break out within city limits today. fire raced through a bakery warehouse on starlight street earlier this afternoon, and it reached four alarms. firefighters from all around san mateo county lent a hand. that fire is mostly out, but as you can see from sky 7, crews on the scene are still drowning the building with water to put out any remaining hot spots. >>> now, just down the street in south san francisco t

abc 7 news reporter kate larson has the dangerous gatherings taking place among students. >> reporter: back in june former county high school students tested positive for covid. a parent tells me this happened after a sleepover. now four months later campus is closed after reports of even more sleepovers and a large student party over the weekend. >> we know the police was present, and it sounds like there was up to 100 people there. >> reporter: dr. matt willis is marin county health officer. >> this party was an illustration. >> reporter: a marin county parent who wants to remain anonymous says to me about the gatherings, i think it is irresponsible parenting. teachers are putting their lives on the line to teach our children. this is not a safe choice. you're endangering every single person in our community. >> it was time to pause. >> reporter: chris valdez is the principle of marin catholic. on monday after learning of the risky behavior outside of school, he sent this letter to families and made the decision to suspend in-person learning for two weeks. students had just returned

. >> reporter: lindsay larson has been harvesting this land in iowa for 40 years. in august, he lost half of his corn to a massive storm. >> i know that we've just gone through one of our worst harvests in 2020, but i'm already starting to make plans for 2021. >> reporter: the lifelong republican farmer, among the crucial base the president won in 2016 and is now relying on to win a second term. >> the farmers are unbelievable. they're the heart of this nation. >> reporter: but u.s. farmers have been left reeling from the president's trade deals, devastating weather and covid-19. the federal government pumping more than $37 billion in aid to american farmers. >> in fact, some people say our farmers do better now than they did when they actually had a farm. >> the aid was far from what the pain was. but the pain sometimes is necessary to get to an agreement where we can feel like we can go forward. >> reporter: supporting trump's trade policies, larson voted for him again. but the pain across the midwest continues. wisconsin losing 10% of their darety farms in the l

>> i just finished the splendid and if i do want - - by erik larson. and then to become prime minister in the forties of the german invasion weather is like in nazi germany when the they were in the war and the united states is in the war. it is an extraordinary book and it is a wonderful read and then i've also been reading the greatest stories jean edward smith a great biographer with about the freeze the grant and eisenhower but he died in 2019 when fdr with american stories chooses the best book of the year back in 2007. and those that have been sitting on my bookshelf it is a six or 700 page read but we lost smith last year and we have to think about that and then the last book which i have not read yet that was published 2019 so i have been doing that in earlier this summer by accident i got on the bench and then the american ambassador in the 1930s and then that eclectic and eccentric group and being and not see germany everyone is consolidating power with that truly dark. world history and then also reading a paper called in the cauldron with t

abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke with county and community leaders in one north bay county that is failing. >> reporter: kbbf in santa rosa was the first public, bilingual radio station in the country, at its founding in 1973. the station is volunteer and donation based and yet it's responsible for giving critical information to sonoma county's latino community, which accounts for 54% of the county's covid cases. edgar is kbbs volunteer director of programming.rocastsave spent a lot of time battling misinformation during the pandemic. >> as soon as the government says something, we -- we struggle to get on the air to say to people, yes, this is actually true. even though, you have no reason to trust these people, sometimes. >> if they're undocumented people, you know, there is a trust issue there. they're not necessarily going to turn to government. >> reporter: sonoma county supervisor, dav rbit, says reasons. >> the gatherings. the fires with the congregate shelters. labor day. the tourist economy that we have. >> rabbit says sonoma countypea strategize about how to reduce cov

abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke with county and community leaders in one north bay county thatfailing. >> reporter: kbbf in santa rosa was the first public, bilingual radio station in the country, at its founding in 1973. the station is volunteer and donation based and yet it's responsible for giving critical information to sonoma county's latino community, which accounts for 54% of the county's covid cases. edgar is kbbs volunteer director of programming. he says the broadcasters have spent a lot of time battling misinformation during the pandemic. >> as soon as the government says something, we -- we struggle to get on the air to say to people, yes, this is actually true. even though, you have no reason to trust these people, sometimes. >> if they're undocumented people, you know, there is a trust issue there. they're not necessarily going to turn to government. >> reporter: sonoma county supervisor, david rabbit, says they are lagging behind the rest of the bay area for a number of reasons. >> the gatherings. the fires with the congregate shelters. labor day. the tourist eco

kate larson spoke with emotional parents anda school board member about what the future may hold for lowell high school. >> reporter: the school is a nationally recognized school. currently students are admitted based on grades and test scores. because of the pandemic, grades and scores have mostly been eliminated the proposal is that all entering freshman would have an equal opportunity to attend through the public school lottery system. >> it's an exciting opportunity. >> reporter: gabrielle lopez said that october 20th, the board will vote on an admission policy change for one year. but -- >> would you like to see lowell be part of the general lottery system in to the future? >> yes, if any future vote that comes up, i will vote yes. one thing that i've been hearing from the student body at lowell is more reputation in the african-american community of course and the latino community. >> it's been a family's dream to attend the school. he attended lakeshore elementary next door. >> her son is an eighth grader and always wanted to attend lowell, his father as alma mater. >> i feel

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chairman this is rick larsonic again. i am still the only member in the room. >> alright thank you mr. larson. i yield now if she has returned. >> okay, he said she is not on. cement can you hear me? >> yes i have a now, go ahead you are recognized for. alright that's fine. thank you so much for the witnesses for being here. appreciate your time and your presence. i have a question about staffing related issues. as a former cia officer, i am aware of the importance of detecting threats before they actually harm americans. and that must be our choice when it comes to biological security as well. we have to get in front of biological and health security risks before they can do significant damage. like we have seen with covid-19 but we have to work with our partners so that no matter where a threat arrives, we can contain it. and if the officers in charge of preventing and responding to these threats are understaffed it is hard for us to get ahead of that problem. so i open this up to all members of the panel, u.s. national

kate larson spoke with emotional parents anda school board member about what the future may hold for lowell high school. >> reporter: the school is a nationally recognized school. currently students are admitted based on grades and test scores. because of the pandemic, grades and scores have mostly been eliminated the proposal is that all entering freshman would have an equal opportunity to attend through the public school lottery system. >> it's an exciting opportunity. >> reporter: gabrielle lopez said that october 20th, the board will vote on an admission policy change for one year. but -- >> would you like to see lowell be part of the general lottery system in to the future? >> yes, if any future vote that comes up, i will vote yes. one thing that i've been hearing from the student body at lowell is more reputation in the african-american community of course and the latino community. >> it's been a family's dream to attend the school. he attended lakeshore elementary next door. >> her son is an eighth grader and always wanted to attend lowell, his father as alma mater. >> i feel

judge joan larson of the sixth circuit sat with you during a 2017 hearing in fact she was confronted with issues on the michigan supreme court in 2016. then president elect trump had a ballot recount challenge. she was on the short list was a conflict and required her recusal. you are also on the short list, and then you were actually chosen. the president makes a similar thing as he did -- he's counting on you to deliver him the election. the other judge said that was a conflict for her. and would have to recuse. you do not find his comments he called for you. >> senator, i'm not familiar with judge larson's decision, but she clearly made it once it was presented to her in the context of an actual case where she had to weigh her obligations under 28 ucs 455. if presented to me, i would like judge larson, apply that statute, and i recently read a description by justice ginsburg of the process that supreme court justices go through in deciding whether to recuse, and it involves not only reading the statute, looking at the precedent, consulting counsel if necessary, but the crucial las

larson. i will yield now to miss f fanberger if she has returned. okay, i understand that she is not on. >> can you hear me? >> yes, yep, i have you now. you're now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. thank you to the witnesses for being here. i appreciate your time and your presence. i have a question about staffing related issues. as a former cia case officer i'm aware of the important of detecting threats before they actually harm americans. we have to get in front of buy logical and health security risks before they can do significant damage like what we have seen with covid-19. we have to work with our partner sos no matter where our threat arises we can contain it. and if officers are understaffed it is hard to get ahead of this problem. so u.s. national security agencies have long suffered from high rates of vacancies for the past two years. and given how long it can take, we're likely to see ripple effects of this for years. in your view, how can state and d.o.d. reform hiring practices to ramp up to the needed can passty. in a call o

decision to move forward with a nominee on the supreme court whether it is judge barrett, judge john larsonrom michigan, judge rushing or todd, the fifth one that's been floating around that your father confirmed larson. they will frame it as a negative thing for him to move forward with a nomination. twenty-nine times there's been a vacancy on the supreme court during a presidency, 29 times presidents have nominated when their party is controlled by the senate, 17 to 19 times the nominee has been confirmed. so it should go forward. they will frame it negatively. what's your advice going to be to him about how to answer a negative framing of why not just wait until the election is over, what about garland? >> guest: if i break it down into simple politics, for me, there's no enthusiasm for joe biden. there may be enthusiasm for the supreme court seat. i would feel it now and take it out of the equation. people are showing up for joe biden, but they may show up and try to fill that seat. i think we have an obligation to do it. i think the other side had a free quote imaginable and the statis

nascar ordered him to attend racial sensitivity training and last week larson told james brown he hasd is working to change after his highly publicized suspension. >> what i said was extremely hurtful and i would fully understand if i was never allowed to race another nascar race again, but i hope i will get that opportunity to race with them. >> and he says he will make the most of this opportunity and he looks forward to the future. >> i'm glad he's back. before people judge and start slamming kyle larson, a, you have to put it in context and look at the whole story before you judge. clearly lesson learned. i'm so glad the cancel culture didn't work this time. he deserves a second chance. >> he said i've done a lot of reflecting and there's no excuse for my ignorance. >> you go, kyle larson. >>> a nasa spacecraft carried out a historic mission on the surface of an asteroid more than 200 million miles from earth. >> we're going in. we're going in! >> touchdown declared. >> man, god bless the folks at nasa. they're so excited when they see something like this. the agency's o'cyrus rex

that is the larson lamb playground. chris larson and lena lamb, provided the f.p.c.a connection of $2.5 million to support playground construction. next is the b4 and that is the community garden. she and her husband provided $500,000 to support construction of the community garden. lastly, is area b5. the greg and bev james picnic area. bradley and chris james provided the f.p.c. with a contribution of $1 million to support the picnic area and seeked to name the picnic area after chris' parents. just to give you an idea of how these will look, this is an illustration of the types of plaques that will be installed in the four areas to highlight the names of the donors who supported the project. and then i also just wanted to share with you the progress that they've made in the donor recognition plaques. these were also approved by the commission. i wanted to note there will be donor plaques in 10 of the 13 sites that were approved. and these are just signs in the park. they will not be official names reflected on that. this will be the kind of plaques for the donor r

>> this is rick larson again. still the only member in the room . >> iq mister larson area i yield now to miss andorder if she's returned . okay. i'm seeing she is not on. >> can you hear me? >> yes, i have you now, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much to the witnesses for being here.i appreciate your time and your presence. i have a question about staffing related issues. as a former cia case officer unaware of the importance of detecting threats before they harm americans and that must be our approach when it comes to biologicalsecurity as well . we have to in front of biological and health security risks before they can do damage like we've seen with covid-19 and wehave to work with our partners so no matter where brett arises we can contain .we see offices in charge of presenting to the threat ours understaffed it's hard to get have that program so i open this up to members of the panel, national security agencies have suffered from rates in the past two years and given how long federal h

one of the possible models for dealing with homelessness throughout california. >> reporter: kate larsonnews. >>> if you happen to walk around downtown livermore this time of year, you might notice a number of the trees are covered in sweaters, yes, i said sweaters. a group of artists decorated the trees to bring art into the town. ♪ ♪ >> they call it the tree sweater forest. to beautify livermore. people look forward to it because when i put them up, people are like this is great it's back. some people are like why do you put a sweater on a tree? they don't get cold. >> the tree forest is created for art appreciation and an opportunity to share facts and joy with our community. >> so when the tree sweaters come up, we know fall is coming. like signal great stuff we like to in the fall but because of what is going on, at least this got to go up this year. it helps people realize everything is going to be okay. >> after the sweaters are taken down, we're going to make sure it goes to the local animal shelters where pups and kittens waiting for homes will have something to lay on, somethin

from michigan, judge rushing or kate todd and your father confirm joe larson today.ll frame it as negative for him to have moved forward with the nomination, 29 times there's been a vacancy on the supreme court during a presidency, 29 times presides have nominated, when they're party is controlled the senate, 17 of 19 times that nominee has been confirmed. and so it should go forward. they will frame it negatively. what's your advice to him how to answer a negative framing of why not just wait until the election is over? why not leave it, what about make garland? >> the --mer rick garland. >> for more there's no enthusiasm for joe biden. may be. >>> for a supreme court seat. i would fill the seat now and take out of of the equation for the election. panel nye show up to try to fill the seat. we have an obligation to do it the other side has every quote imaginable that works in favor of this. the statistics you just point out, sort of show it's obvious. anything donald trump does they've frame negative limit middle east peace teals in a negative light because donald t

in contra costa county, kate larson, abc 7 news. >> the creativity of those teachers is amazing. >>>, the holidays in 2020 are going to be a lot different than what we've enjoyed in previous years. a b abc 7 dr. patel joins us now. hey, doc, let's start with school holiday performances. even if they are drive-through events and kids are spaced out, in your opinion, is that still too risky? >> not necessarily, larry. you know, you have to look at the situation, you have to look at local transmission. i your drive-through, you're in control of your environment in a car. if the kids are spaced out and possibly outdoors, those are factors taken into consideration, as well. i could trust schools are keeping this in mind when it comes to holiday celebrations. >> is there any way to really do halloween safely? you can try to do a drive-through thing to look at lights and stuff, but door to door, what's your feeling? >> my feeling, you know, since march when you and i first talked about this, i feel like i'm always the fun police. if you really want to have zero risk, that's staying at home

abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke to doctors about the effort to stop the spread. >> there are world leaders in many other countries that are able to manage their senior executive staff and not get exposed to covid. >> reporter: dr. mike reed is an infectious disease specialist at ucsf. >> everybody the president included needs to wear a mask. >> reporter: he helps san francisco's and california's contact tracing programs. >> probably spread to him via somebody who didn't really think they were that unwell. if i was trying to understand the outbreak better there, i would want to try to understand who he spent time with, were they wearing a mask, did they spend more than 15 minths in close proximity. >> reporter: over the past week president trump has attended at least 11 events, rallies and news conferences in seven different cities including saturday's supreme court announcement in the rose garden and tuesday's presidential debate with joe biden in ohio. >> it is our goal to try and reach all close contacts of confirmed cases within 24 hours, so one way trump and find out who he was

ica kate larson has what you need to know. >> reporter: oakland firefighters were in the first engine to arrive at the fire that destroys two houses in the oakland hills tuesday morning. >> we were lucky we had crews pre-positioned here in oakland because it was such a red flag event. it could have been enormous had we been there a minute or two later it would have gone incredibly far. >> reporter: the oakland fire department said the preliminary cause was an overloaded generator running outside because pg&e cut power to the neighborhood. >> we turn the power off in order to stop wildfires and people use generators which have their own set of dangers and tend to start wildfires. >> a new professionally installed generator started a fire at this restaurant. the owner said it was too close to the outside wall and heat from the exhaust ignited a fire. >> reporter: this is a typical generator that costs about $500 at a hardware store. keep your generator outside with several feet of clearance away from grass or anything flammable and have it inspected by a electrician and do not overload

kate larson has been on top of the story from the very start and reports there's now been an arrest.: just like any other day 5-year-old james trin was leaving school with his mom when everything changed. right here he spotted a wild animal in the parking lot and called over his friends who were astonished to see a -- >> lemur. >> reporter: james, brandon and sophie all kindergarten students at day school in daly city explained what happened next. >> then the lemur jumped over the gate and he was there. >> and then they called police, animal control. >> reporter: cell phone video taken thursday evening shows mocky wandering around the yard. eventually the endangered primate found comfort in this play house. >> what was he doing in there, james? >> playing. >> hiding. >> reporter: animal control and daly city police showed up and fortunately they had snacks for mocky who at 21 is very old in lemur years and requires constant feedings. it all started at the san francisco zoo where he was born and raised. on wednesday morning mocky was discovered missing from here, the lemur forest and

ica kate larson has what you need to know. >> reporter: oakland firefighters were in the first engine to arrive at the fire that destroys two houses in the oakland hills tuesday morning. >> we were lucky we had crews pre-positioned here in oakland because it was such a red flag event. it could have been enormous had we been there a minute or two later it would have gone incredibly far. >> reporter: the oakland fire department said the preliminary cause was an overloaded generator running outside because pg&e cut power to the neighborhood. >> we turn the power off in order to stop wildfires and people use generators which have their own set of dangers and tend to start wildfires. >> a new professionally installed generator started a fire at this restaurant. the owner said it was too close to the outside wall and heat from the exhaust ignited a fire. >> reporter: this is a typical generator that costs about $500 at a hardware store. keep your generator outside with several feet of clearance away from grass or anything flammable and have it inspected by a electrician and do not overload

abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke to doctors about the effort to stop the spread. >> there are world leaders in many other countries that are able to manage their senior executive staff and not get exposed to covid. >> reporter: dr. mike reed is an infectious disease specialist at ucsf. >> everybody the president included needs to wear a mask. >> reporter: he helps lead san francisco's and california's contact tracing programs. >> probably spread to him via somebody who didn't really think they were that unwell. if i was trying to understand the outbreak better there, i would want to try to understand who he spent time with, were they wearing a mask, did they spend more than 15 minutes in close proximity and in particular did anyone have symptoms. >> reporter: over the past week president trump has attended at least 11 events, rallies and news conferences in seven different cities including saturday's supreme court announcement in the rose garden and tuesday's presidential debate with joe biden in ohio. >> it is our goal to try and reach all close contacts of confirmed cases within 2

larson. rep. larson: thank you, mr. chairman. first question, i think it's probably for mr. oxford. just wondering if you can help us understand, with regards to the biological threat, kind of response,role is for and then what that role is in terms of contributing to the future thinking about what to do? are you strictly responding to requests or do you have a role in planning and and proliferating the information about what to do when you plan ahead? >> we play two roles in the program. the years worth of work that we have done to prepare some of the nations, they were able to rapidly respond. they needed an infusion of capabilities. morocco specifically, there were 199 trained laboratory technicians. with $100,000 worth of ppe, we were able to get them in a situation where they could start doing the response. we are not really a response program in that regard, but we were able to benefit from what we have done working with them. we are actually on the cutting-edge of all the research and develop. we are looking forward, as we have made reference to things like synthetic bio, we

larson sat next to you during your 2017 hearing. she was confronted with this issue as a judge on the michigan supreme court. in 2016. pleasant and elect trump challenged a ballot recount. judge larson was on the short list for the supreme court at the time. on the shortlist was on a conflict and required her recusal. you are also on the shortlist. you are actually chosen. he's not the president-elect, he's the president. thing as he similar he'sith judge larson, counting on you to deliver him the election. judge larson said that was a conflict for her. and would have to recuse. [inaudible] is that correct? judge barrett: i'm not familiar with judge larson's decision. she clearly made it once it was presented to her in the context of an actual case where she had to weigh her obligations. would,ented to me, i like judge larson, apply that statute. i recently read a description by justice ginsburg of the process that supreme court justices go through in deciding whether to recuse. it involves not only reading the statute, looking at t

abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke to doctors about the effort to stop the spread. >> there are world leaders in many other countries that are able to manage their senior executive staff and not get exposed to covid. >> reporter: dr. mike reed is an infectious disease specialist at ucsf. >> everybody the president included needs to wear a mask. >> reporter: he helps lead san francisco's and california's contact tracing programs. >> probably spread to him via somebody who didn't really think they were that unwell. if i was trying to understand the outbreak better there, i would want to try to understand who he spent time with, were they wearing a mask, did they spend more than 15 minutes in claes proximity and less than 6 feet away from him, and in particular was there anybody who had symptoms? >> reporter: over the past week president trump has attended at least 11 events, rallies and news conferences in seven different cities including saturday's supreme court announcement in the rose garden and tuesday's presidential debateoal to try and reach all close contacts of confirmed cases w

at the san francisco zoo, i'm kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> while many bay area school districts have worked hard to close the digital divide the abc 7 news i-team found a gap still exists in distance learning when it comes to who's attending class and who is not. abc 7 news melanie woodrow digs into the data. >> reporter: every weekday thousands of bay area students log into their classrooms. >> it's almost like we transformed under covid. what does it mean to make sure a child has basic access to education? >> it used to be making sure you got to school and had the right supplies. now it's having the right device, connectivity, band witth and a safe quiet space. >> not everyone is living in those kinds of housing conditions. >> reporter: hetty chang is part of an organization that mission includes reducing chronic absences. >> for kids who have access to technology showing up to school is much easier. but for other kids it's much harder because they don't have the technology or the internet. absences are going to be much more concentrated in those populations. >> reporter: data from

kate larson has been on top of the story from the very beginning and she reports there's now been an arrest. >> reporter: just like any other day 5-year-old james trin was leaving school with his mom when everything changed, right here. james spotted a wild animal in the parking lot. and called over his friends who were astonished to see a -- >> lemur. >> reporter: james, brandon, adrian, samuel and sophie, all kindergarten schools at hope lutheran day school and daly city explained what happened next. >> then the lemur jumped over the gate and he just come inside -- he was there. and then they called -- >> animal control. >> reporter: cell phone video taken thursday evening shows mocky wandering around the ward, eventually the endangered primate found comfort in this play house. what was he doing in there, james? >> hiding. >> reporter: animal control and daly city police showed up and fortunately they had snacked for mocky who at 21 is very old in li lemur years and requires constant feedings. it started at the san francisco zoo where mocky was born and raised. he was found missing

kate larson spoke with doctors and patients about brain fog. >> we went into a room and i didn't remember why i was there. >> it's like my memory has gotten so much worse. >> reporter: sunnyvale father and daughter say their entire family was infected with covid in april. 17-year-old natalia says simple school tasks, like remembering class times, became difficult. >> so i noticed like my clock in my head was off. >> it's all related, the fact that people are losing their sense of smell and taste and this whole system is neurological. >> reporter: the family is in a study that is being conducted on the long-term cog nif ty ability of covid patients. >> there's probably inflammation, but not everyone gets it. >> we're seeing these changes on tests we're giving to people. >> reporter: she says the changes aren't usually visible. >> in some ways that's not surprising, because in other viral diseases that can lead to cognitive changes like hiv or hepatitis c, sometimes we can see totally normal brain scans. >> reporter: both say more studies are needed to understand how and why covid affects c

larson. we played two roles in the program. we are not in the response rope at the covid environment is mr. lasseter said the years were good done -- a years work has been done and they were able to rapidly respond to capabilities with test kits and those kinds of things. on iraq there were 199 trained laboratory technicians that we train to the ctr program so if $100,000 with the ppe we were able able to give them a situation where they could start doing the response. we are not in the response program but we are able to benefit from what we have done over a decade or so work with them. we are on the cutting-edge on research and development that we are looking forward to as we made reference to things like synthetic bio. we fully understand the technical expertise and the various ways how it can be used for it on the flipside we are for the advantage we might gain by understanding synthetic bioby making detect there's the better. we do have that in the technology program that we operate. >> mr. lasseter on that point, two ques

abc 7 news reporter kate larson explained why police are hopeful the public can help locate a missing lemur. >> i just couldn't believe it. why would anybody want a lemur? >> it's a question a lot of people are asking after a male ring tailed lemur disappeared from the san francisco zoo. >> i was out there yesterday and everything seemed perfectly normal. >> reporter: former zoo member provides funding for the lipman forest where he lives with 18 other lemurs. >> they're incredibly rare animals, endangered, they're not easy to take care of. >> reporter: mocki was accounted for tuesday night but wednesday morning was missing. in june, two kangaroos were found dead in the exhibit. san francisco zoo officials expected a mountain lion. >> they think a human broke into the enclosure? >> that's right. we found evidence of forced entry meaning there was damage to the enclosure. >> mocki was born at the san francisco zoo, and at 21 years he's older and slower than the other primates, which is why zoo officials think someone was able to catch him. 20 years ago, two teenagers were charged with

larson . i wheeled now to her if she has returned. okay. i understand that she is not on. >> can you hear me now. >> yes. i have been out for any go-ahead you are recognized for five minutes . >> excellence. so thank you very much to the oneness is for being here. i appreciate your time and your presence. i have a question about related issues. as a former officer i am aware of the importance of detecting threats before they actually harm the americans and that the approach when it comes to biological security as well. we have to get in front of biological and health security risk before they can do significant damage. like what we have seen for covid-19. we have to work with our partners because no matter where threatat arises, we can contain it. and if the office is w w in chae of responding to these threats are understaffed, it is hard for us to get ahead of the problem. sorry open this up to all members of the panel. you have national security agencies, have long suffered from vacancies in the past two years . given how often the hiring

kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> good to hear but still scary to see those flames.at our tracker. the glass fire is leading to poor air quality in most of the bay area. the smokey conditions have folks seeking out things to do to avoid breathing the smoke. others are weighing coronavirus risks. >> reporter: the san francisco skyline, smokey. golden gate bridge, smokey. port of oakland, smokey. >> my mom does not like smoke at all. she didn't let us go outside that much. >> he was allowed to go to his buddy patrick's birthday at cinemark. >> i thought it would be a good idea to get the boys out and bring them to a movie. >> reporter: movie theaters are able to be open at 25% capacity but sarah rented out a theater for her son's birthday. a fee that costs between $99 to $149. not bad for 20 people. >> i had a soccer practice and it was cancelled obviously. the theater was nice, no smoke. >> is it safe with covid-19 still out there? those from cinemark say yes. >> every auditorium has their own air conditioning unit. we have been open for more than three and a half mon

kate larson spoke with doctors and patients about brain fog. >> we went into a room and i didn't rememberhere. >> it's like my memory has gotten so much worse. >> reporter: sunnyvale father and daughter say their entire family was infected with covid in april. 17-year-old natalia says simple school tasks, like remembering class times, became difficult. >> so i noticed like my clock in my head was off. >> it's all related, the fact that people are losing their sense of smell and taste and this whole system is neurological. >> reporter: the family is in a study that is being conducted on the long-term cog nif ty ability of covid patients. >> there's probably inflammation, but not everyone gets it. >> we're seeing these changes on tests we're giving to people. >> reporter: she says the changes aren't usually visible. >> in some ways that's not surprising, because in other viral diseases that can lead to cognitive changes like hiv or hepatitis c, sometimes we can see totally normal brain scans. >> reporter: both say more studies are needed to understand how and why covid affects cognitive hea

abc 7 news reporter kate larson explained why police are hopeful the public can help locate a missing lemur. >> i just couldn't believe it. why would anybody want a lemur? >> it's a question a lot of people are asking after a male ring tailed lemur disappeared from the san francisco zoo. >> i was out there yesterday and everything seemed perfectly normal. >> reporter: former zoo member provides funding for the lipman forest where he lives with 18 other lemurs. >> they're incredibly rare animals, endangered, they're not easy to take care of. >> reporter: mocki was accounted for tuesday night but wednesday morning was missing. in june, two kangaroos were found dead in the exhibit. san francisco zoo officials expected a mountain lion. >> they think a human broke into the enclosure? >> that's right. we found evidence of forced entry meaning there was damage to the enclosure. >> mocki was born at the san francisco zoo, and at 21 years he's older and slower than the other primates, which is why zoo officials think someone was able to catch him. 20 years ago, two teenagers were charged with

doctor marc larson heads the city's covid response team. >> as of two days ago we hit our in-patient capacity. >> reporter: mentally, emotionally, what does this do to the staff? >> it adds stress, and it really does take a toll on the staff. >> reporter: no state seems safe from the pandemic's fury. in the past 24 hours at least seven states set records for infections, one out of every four tests in wisconsin is now coming back positive. michigan has over 1,000 covid patients in its hospitals for the first time since may. new mexico is now reporting a second straight day of record- breaking cases and hospitalizations. >> we're not succeeding at combating the virus. this is the most serious emergency that new mexico has ever faced. >> reporter: in ohio, 29 of the state's counties are now under the highest state of alert. new cases are at their highest rate since the pandemic began. al there's a red tide flowing all over the state of ohio. >> reporter: in north dakota, just 22 i.c.u. beds remain in the entire state. >> we are having a significant crunch in our hospital system. >> repo

larson, the floor is yours. >> good morning chair peskin.ice chair mandelman i'm reporting on our september 23rd c.a.c. meeting. there was extensive discussion among c.a.c. members regarding program guidelines, programming and allocation request concerning the traffic congestion mitigation tax or t.n.c. tax. given it was the first time a request related to this new source of funds, this come before the committee, c.a.c. members inquired about the difference between projected amount of tax and lower amount actually collected even before the impact coded. oversight of time lines and budget delivery of projects and the prioritization of quick build projects especially in communities of concern. because priority is being given to quick-build projects, defer to the sfcta tax goals. the c.a.c. unanimously approved these recommendations. equity and concerns about communities of concern were highlighted in the discussion of the prop k request for paratransit replacement in item 7. there was lack of familiarity among c.a.c. members how services are p

whether judge barrett, judge john larson from michigan or the this one on the list, they will frame it as negative for him to move forward with the nomination, 29 times there's been a vacancy on the supreme court during the presidency, twentynine palms, presidents have nominated when their party is controlled, the senate 19 times the nominee has been confirmed so it should go forward, they will frame it negatively. what is your advice going to be to him about how to answer a negative framing -- why not just wait until the election? why not leave it, what about merrick garland? >> if i break it down into simple politics, for me, there's no enthusiasm for joe biden. there may be for supreme court see, i would fill it and take it out of the equation for the election. people aren't showing up for joe biden but they may try to fill that seat. i think the other side has every quote imaginable that works in favor of him, the statistics he pointed out show it's obvious. anything donald trump does, they will bring in a negative light. they frame negative the middle east peace deals. i don't thi

judge larson was on his short list for the supreme court at the time. she found it was a conflict and required her recusal. you were also on the short list and then you were actually chosen. now he is not the president elect he is the president. the president makes a similar thing as he did to judge larson and what she looked at. he is counting on you to deliver him the election. judge larson said that was a conflict for her. and would have to recuse. you did not find his comments -- >> senator leahy, i am not familiar with judge larson's decision. she made it once it was presented to her in the context of an actual case where she had to weigh her obligations. if presented to me i would, like judge larson, apply that statute and i recently read a description by justice ginsburg of the process that supreme court justices go through in deciding whether to recuse. and it involves not only reading the statute, looking at the precedent, consulting counsel if necessary, but the crucial last step is that while it is always the decision of an individual justice

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kate larson has been on top of the story and has the latest. >> reporter: just like any other day, 5--old james trin was leaving school with hiss mom when everything changed here. james spotted a wild animal in the parking lot and called over his friends who were astonished to see a lemur! >> reporter: james, adrian, samuel, and more explained what happened next. >> then the lemur jump over the gate and come and he was there and then they called police and animal control. >> reporter: cell phone video taken thursday evening shows maki wondering around the yard venn actu. eventually he found comfort in the play house. what was he doing in there, james? >> hiding. >> reporter: animal control and daly city police showed up and fortunately had snacks for maki who had 21 is very old in lemur years and requires constant feedings. what did they give him to eat? >> grapes and bananas. >> reporter: it started at the san francisco zoo where mak irs w was born and raised. police opened a burglary investigation when they found the enclose sure had been tampered with. 36 hours later police arreste

. >>> firstnascar driver kyle larson speaks following his highly publicized suspension for using a raciallur. what he's learned and why he is searching for a second chance store leer has been breaking barriers. the legendary producer tells us why he's never appreciated anything more than than the latest reboot of his popular series "one day at a time." all of that is coming up at 7:00. >> pretty exciting stuff there. >> i love rita. she's wonderful. see you soon. >> thanks so much. we'll see you at 7:00. >>> new, european union trade talks are over according to a spokesman from the uk prime minister. it casts doubts on plans for negotiations next week despite eu's insistence they'll continue. britain says eu is refusing to give a canada style free trade deal. >>> in the u.s. fresh talks for a potential coronavirus relief bill. naomi ruchim is joining us live with more on that. >> reporter: good morning. investors are trying to figure out if washington can get a new coronavirus relief bill passed. yesterday nancy pelosi and steve mnuchin said they made progress for negotiations for a packa