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in baton rouge, i'm elwin lopez, abc 7 news. >>> abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking hurricane laura's path. sandhya? >> yeah, laura just made landfall, ama. hurricane laura is a category 4 storm. could potentially cause catastrophic damage. i want to show you, it just made landfall, 150-mile-an-hour winds, gusts to 185 miles an hour. radar is showing you bands of heavy rain moving over lake charles, louisiana, and thunderstorms are certainly possible along with tornados. cameron reported 115-mile-an-hour wind gusts. that's according to the louisiana national weather service. 98-mile-an-hour wind gusts lake charles, beaumont, 61. the winds are going to be extreme as you take a look at the track here, category 4 as it makes landfall. category 2 tomorrow as it continues on with heavy rainfall across the region. flooding rain along with dangerous storm surge 15 to 20 feet above ground. ama? dan? >> all right. thank you so much, sandhya. >>> coming up, a live report near the texas-louisiana border as hurricane laura roars ashore. >>> well, hurricanes there. fires here to this devel

in baton rouge, i'm elwin lopez, abc 7 news. >>> abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking hurricane laura's path. sandhya? >> yeah, laura just made landfall, ama. hurricane laura is a category 4 storm. could potentially cause catastrophic damage. i want to show you, it just made landfall, 150-mile-an-hour winds, gusts to 185 miles an hour. radar is showing you bands of heavy rain moving over lake charles, louisiana, and thunderstorms are certainly possible along with tornados. cameron reported 115-mile-an-hour wind gusts. that's according to the louisiana national weather service. 98-mile-an-hour wind gusts lake charles, beaumont, 61. the winds are going to be extreme as you take a look at the track here, category 4 as it makes landfall. category 2 tomorrow as it continues on with heavy rainfall across the region. flooding rain along with dangerous storm surge 15 to 20 feet above ground. ama? dan? >> all right. thank you so much, sandhya. >>> coming up, a live report near the texas-louisiana border as hurricane laura roars ashore. >>> well, hurricanes there. fires here to this devel

trevor ault, abc news, new york. >>> mayor in education. tomorrow he will announce new investments for 11 hotspots in san jose. he plans outdoor wi-fi the libraries and tax parks to taket in distance learning. >>> with back to school fast approaching, we've been wondering what this new school year will bring. how will distance learning work? will we see any new changes to what's being taught? how will we make sure each and every student has what they need to learn? so all this week abc 7 is coming together for building a better bay area back to school. you'll see in depth reporting and conversations on every aspect of schooling from preschool to college and challenges facing teachers, all starting on abc 7 news at 11:00 and on abc7news.com and our abc 7 apps. lisa, this special will be fascinating. oakland is back to school a week from tomorrow. >> wow. and summertime weather with us today, it was nice yet, it's going to continue to start the workweek. but look at this, we still have plenty of low clouds and fog. 55 degrees here. some parti

in middletown eric thomas, abc 7 news. >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, honoring our heroes. we're hearing from the family of the helicopter pilot killed in a crash while doing wss the bay a thousands of families have already been forced to we know these are challenging times. rest assured, you are not alone. we've all had to adapt. and with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. together, we can save energy and money. try closing your shades during the day... setting your ac to 78° or higher... or cooling off with a fan when you can. united we are always stronger. stay well, california, and keep it golden. >>> our wildfires, they have burned at least 771,000 acres. that's an area, dan, larger than the state of rhode island. >> it is hard to even conceive, ama. it is all spreading so quickly. the two largest are the scu lightning complex and the lnu lightning complex fires. the we're expecting an update on the lnu complex at 7:00 tonight. cal fire says it's gotten more resources, 500 firefighters in the last 24 hours. firefighters are concerned a

abc 7 news. >> liz, thanks very much. n catch live coverage of the republican national convention tomorrow and thursday at 7:00 p.m., right here, on abc 7. >> developing news. despite a curfew, a crowd of protestors gathered tonight outside the courthouse in kenosha, wisconsin, in response to the shooting of jacob blake. police used tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disperse the crowd. earlier today, wisconsin's governor declared a state of eergency to deal with a third day of protests. blake's mother condemned the violence during the demonstrations. >> do jacob justice, on this level, and examine your hearts. we need healing. >> blake's family says he was shot seven times and is paralyzed. he was shot in the back, on sunday, by a white officer, as he appeared to be getting into a car. >>> california's covid-19 surge appears to be slowing so the state is getting ready to issue a new set of rules for reopening the economy, again. >> reporter: california is seeing coronavirus cases drop, along with hospitalizations and c

. >>> abc 7 news at 11:00 starts now. >>> building a better bay area, this is abc 7 news. >>> good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. i'm dion lim. >> and i'm eric thomas. protests continue in the bay area over the shooting of a black man in kenosha, wisconsin by police. for a second night in a row, we've seen things turn violent, with tear gas deployed.eployed. >> reporter: this is night three of oakland protesters demanding justice for jacob blake, an african-american man who was shot seven times in the back by wisconsin police officer, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down and generating nationwide protests. oakland police reporting one of their officers was injured as the crowd threw rocks and bottles and pointed lasers to their officers. >> changes in policy need to be made with the police brutality against the african-american males in this community. so definitely we're supportive of peaceful protesting. >> reporter: many are afraid of history repeating itself where smashed windows and fires were left behind. shonda scott, with the oakland african-american chamber of

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followed by an abc news special tribute. ey which owns marvel is the parent company of abc 7. >>> gosh t is hard, 2020, lisa, i mean, one sort of upsetting news story after the next this year. >> yes, add the weather to that and definitely. looking outside, it is gray and the air quality in parts of the bay area is not only good in concord and oakland, but moderate san rafael and san francisco. so that's a little bit better. you see the reds towards the della at that, fairfield and it's okay down by lahanda. we will be looking at temperatures today once again cool at the coast but 0 inland. 60s at the shoreline. mid and upper 70s from oakland to fremont. the accuweather seven-day forecast getting into a warming trend that will bring a wind shift and slightly better air quality as the smoke gets pushed justify shore. liz? >> lisa, thank you so much. thank you for joining us here on this sunday. i'm liz kreutz along with lisa argen. abc 7 news continues at 9:00 a.m. this morning. "good morning america" is next followed by "this

abc 7 news. >> liz, thanks very much. catch live coverage of the republican national convention tomorrow and thursday at 7:00 p.m., right here, on abc 7. >> developing news. despite a curfew, a crowd of protestors gathered tonight outside the courthouse in kenosha, wisconsin, in response to the shooting of jacob blake. police used tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disperse the crowd. earlier today, wisconsin's governor declared a state of eergency to deal with a third day of protests. blake's mother condemned the violence during the demonstrations. >> do jacob justice, on this level, and examine your hearts. we need healing. >> blake's family says he was shot seven times and is paralyzed. he was shot in the back, on sunday, by a white officer, as he appeared to be getting into a car. >>> california's covid-19 surge appears to be slowing so the state is getting ready to issue a new set of rules for reopening the economy, again. >> reporter: california is seeing coronavirus cases drop, along with hospitalizations and cou

she shares the inside story all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. e'll see you then. >>> all right, well, abc 7 is committed to building a better bay area and we're looking closely at the ways coronavirus has impacted our lives and looking at the changing workplace. >> live entertainment and bars are closed across the bay area, but in san francisco one club is literally bringing their show to the street to pay the bills. >> abc 7 news anchor dion lim shows us how one nightclub is trying to survive the pandemic. >> reporter: the oasis club in san francisco is known for its drag shows but when the covid-19 pandemic pulled the curtain on nightlife the stage went dark. >> covid hit and we thought we were going to be shutdown for maybe a couple of weeks or month or two and it's turned into a much longer thing. >> reporter: the curtain may be down but there's movement backstage keeping workers on the job and giving performers an opportunity to bring their show to the road. >> we have started a delivery service called meals on heels. >> reporter: order onli

in cupertino, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> the economy is one thing we're focused on on abc 7 as we work to build a better bay area. ago key topic, education. stanford is walking back its plans for on-campus classes and housing this fall. their president published a letter this week. it would allow freshmen and sophomores to go to some classes. it was hoping the pandemic would improve before the start of school, but that hasn't been the case and now all undergrad classes will be held online. >>> another athletic conference has decided to delay fall sport, st. mary's and santa clara are all part of the west coast conference. they reached the difficult decision after considering the health and safety of student aths lets. the sports affected are soccer men's and women's cross-country and women's volleyball. conference officials are still hoping to have a basketball season this winter, but we'll see. >> the u.s. has reported more than 5.2 million coronavirus cases and these are people who have since recovered and more than 166,000 people have died and reported deaths in the country have bee

dozens of players testing positive. >>> from abc news, this is abc "world news tonight." >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin with the twin hurricane threat closing in on the golf this hour. two hurricanes expected to make landfall about two days apart. hurricane marco taking aim first after lashing away at southern mexico. the cat 1 storm expected to make landfall in louisiana tomorrow. and laura blamed for several deaths in haiti and the dominican republic. that storm blamed for several deaths in haiti and the dominican republic. and hurricane hunters flying into the storm tonight. the coast now bracing for an unprecedented event. back-to-back hurricanes taking aim just 48 hours apart. rob marciano is in new orleans to lead us off. >> reporter: tonight, the gulf coast readying for a one-two punch of districtive storms. tropical storm laura tearing through haiti, killing at least five people. flood waters causing this home to collapse. the dominican republic taking a devastating hit, killing at least three people there. desperate reside

karina mitchell, abc news, new york. >> and abc news is the first network to land a joint interview with joe biden and kamala harris, as you just saw. you can watch the prime time special tomorrow night at 8:00 right here on abc 7. the candidates are sitting down with david murer and robin roberts to talk about their history making presidential ticket. >>> now to the u.s. post master general in the hot seat over delays in delivering the mail. he testified and was asked if he spoke to the president about change tuesday the post office and if he can promise every ballot will be delivered in time to be counted. here's abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan carl. >> reporter: president trump once again raised dark and unsubstantiated fears about mail-in voting. >> you're not going to be able to know the end of this election in my opinion for >> reporter: but the president said this just after the post master general assured congress election mail will be secure and on time. >> this sacred duty is my number one priority between now and election day. >> reporter: lewis dejoy firmly

abc news coverage of the convention begins each night at 7:00 eastern on abc news live. oulos and the powerhouse political team pick things up at 10:00 p.m. here on abc. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi is calling lawmakers back from recess to address the u.s. postal service crisis. pelosi wants members to vote on a bill that blocks operational changes at the postal service. signation, over me in rachel democrats, calling on th postmaster general to resign. accusing the trump ally and gop donor of vying to silence millions of donors. >> we need to do everything we can to get rid of the postmaster general, who is a campaign contributor for trump, trying to undermine the postal service. >> reporter: this says democratic lawmakers on capitol hill, now demand an urgent hearing later this month, demanding he testify before congress, under scrutiny for cutting back on costs and overtime, just months before election day. >> our elections are sacred. men and women have died for them and the right to vote. and to do sh is disgraceful. >> reporter: attorneys general from six states a

this one or another one, i feel hopeful. >> reporter: kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> all this week, abc a special series of stories and guest interviews exploring the way the bay area is taking part in developing and testing a possible coronavirus vaccine. you can catch it on abc news, you are our app and website. >>> a 14-year-old girl in san jose is making it her mission to help senior are dogs find a forever home kind of like she did when she was adapted. mena has received a total of $14,000 to help putville senior dog rescue. she herself was adopted from india. her parents say she's always had a love for animals and decided she wanted to help the dogs find homes. she came up with a plan to take care of animals around her neighborhood and donate the money she earned to muttville. >> for dog sit thing, walking, dog board, pretty much everything. i thought this would be a way that i could spend time with dogs and also help muttville. >> muttville says with the thousands that she's raised, they have been able to save more dogs. that's beautiful. >> hey, can you can see me? >> i can see

a new pilot program will pay people to stay home and self-isolate. abc 7 news reporter anser hassan has the details. >> reporter: alameda county supervisor wilma chan has visited parts of the county hardest hit by covid-19 like the acorn district in west oakland. >> what people said was they can't isolate. they have to keep going to work because they don't have any money. >> reporter: the county board of supervisors unanimously passed a program that will pay infected people a one-time stipend of $1,250 to stay home. >> when you have people who are going out and not being able to quarantine when they're sick, this is going to spread the disease even more. >> reporter: $10 million has been earmarked for the israel program. it will help those living in the five neighborhoods of alameda county with the highest rate of covid-19, acorn in west oakland, two areas of east oakland, south hayward and ashland and cherriland and alameda county. not everyone will qualify. individuals must be covid-19 positive and referred by one of the several approved neighborhood c

wlooif in ben low man, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >>> one fire victim is feeling the sting of living through a personal tragedy during a pandemic. her family is risking staying with elderly parents because they have no other choice. abc 7's chris reyes on what gives her hope and courage to move forward. >> reporter: listen to the way megan talks about her home. >> beautiful original glass in the window, just so charming. there will never be another one like it. >> reporter: now you'll understand why this moment was so delicate. she gave us permission to drive by her house in boulder creek. this is the first time she's seeing a video of what's left behind. >> that's it. we loved it so much. it was my first home purchase together. >> we love everybody on that street. we love where our house is. >> it was such a special house and it can never be replaced. >> reporter: i asked her how she knew right away it was her house just from glancing at the rubble. >> because everything is so familiar, it's just covered in ashes. >> reporter: megan, her husband and two kids are staying with her dad

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> researchers at ucsf feel they have a potent new weapon against covid-19 and it could fit in your pocket like a nasal spray. it's want a traditional vaccine. they believe one spray daily could protect you from the virus. >> here's abc 7 news reporter kate larsen. >> if you've never run across an aeronab you may soon be inhauling one. >> because it is so stable, we can put it in one of these and this is a nebulizer. >> it could be a potent line of defense against covid-19 in humans and it is traced back to a molecule first discovered in camels. they're smaller than human antibodies and could be manipulated to perform specific tasks such as attaching itself to the coronavirus. >> it is an amazing mousetrap and binds to it, and never lets go. >> it poured through roughly 2 billion synthetic nano bodies before they found the best candidate and they re-engineered it to be the most potent and it uses its spike to attach itself to the abc-2 receptor and they worked to stop the invasion in its tracks and a process illustrated in an animation produced by researc

right to not be coughed on because she's at risk. >> reporter: in the north bay, wayne freedman, abc news 7. >>> owners of small businesses in the bay area say they are facing failure unless they get help from the government quickly. talks between the administration and democratic leadership in washington for a new round of stimulus grants collapsed and no plans for future meetings o talks about this. and this comes as a cloud continues to hang over the ppe loan program designed to save small businesses suffering in this pandemic. >> reporter: the owner of this franchise in san jose pays $10,000 in rent and overhead per month. survival will depend on a second round of ppe loans. >> our people will not be able to survive. we really need this kind of a life line. >> reporter: 44% of small business owners say they expect to fail in the next six months. 35% have tapped their retirement account to stay open. 16% have considered filing for bankruptcy. the survey was done by the group small business majority. small business advocates complain they can't measure the success of a $310 billion prog

christine sloan, abc news, new york. d ademocrational nv the republican national convention follows the week after, but both events are going to look pretty different than previous years. this morning, we have a preview of what we can expect as they go virtual, and how one bay a trump delegate believes the changes could ultimately help the biden ticket. >> once again, the strength of democratic processes was demonstrated in the united states. >> reporter: it's a staple of our election process. every four years, thousands of the country's most politically active gather at the republican and democratic national conventions to formally nominate their party's presidential candidate. accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: but this image of this many people crammed into one convention hall space is clearly not 2020 safe. like so much else this year, the pan demme lick give a whole new look to this political tradition. >> this will be an interesting test case to see what a virtual conventio

rachel scott, abc 7 news, washington. >>> and as part of abc 7's commitment to cover five major areaser bay area, we focus on health and the latest of course on the coronavirus pandemic. california health officials say there were more than 12,000 newly-recorded confirmed cases on friday. that total may include delayed test results. the governor said california has caught up with its reporting. the state reported 151 deaths, down 37 from the previous day. los angeles and riverside counties had the highest case counts in the state. >>> the abc 7 news i-team has learned about a team by san mateo county jail inmates to obtain unemployment benefits. sources tell the i-team that at least 11 inmates used county-owned computers to apply for benefits. some of those inmates face murder charges. the scam netted about $250,000. san mateo county sheriff's deputies and officers from other agencies arrested 21 people in three clients stretching from san francisco to the san joaquin valley. those suspects include girlfriends and friends of the suspected inmates. >>> people all around the bay area wer

abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. >> good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm dion lim. many bay-area businesses are getting ready to reopen, again, tomorrow. it's all due to the new tiered system, governor newsom introduced on friday. counties are now color coded. this is what the map, for the entire state, looks like. you can see yellow is about as good as you can ask for. meaning, coronavirus spread is minimal. orange is moderate. red is substantial. and purple is widespread. now, we've zoomed to the bay area, and everyone is purple, except napa and san francisco. but, under the new system, hair salons and malls will be allowed to have indoor operations, in certain counties. if you're confused, abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez sorts it all out for us in the south bay. >> client. they call me and i googled it. and that how i heard from his own clients that, on monday, i'll be able to welcome his customers indoors. but there's some confusion. >> partially, indoor. but

a new pilot program will pay people to stay home and self-isolate. abc 7 news reporter anser hassan has the details. >> reporter: alameda county supervisor wilma chan has visited parts of the county hardest hit by covid-19 like the acorn district in west oakland. >> what people said was they can't isolate. they have to keep going to work because they don't have any money. >> reporter: the county board of supervisors unanimously passed a program that will pay infected people a one-time stipend of $1,250 to stay home. >> when you have people who are going out and not being able to quarantine when they're sick, this is going to spread the disease even more. >> reporter: $10 million has been earmarked for the israel program. it will help those living in the five neighborhoods of alameda county with the highest rate of covid-19, acorn in west oakland, two areas of east oakland, south hayward and ashland and cherriland and alameda county. not everyone will qualify. individuals must be covid-19 positive and referred by one of the several approved neighborhood c

new moves, calling them bizarre. good evening. >> thank you for joining us. as abc 7 news reporter chris wynne explains south bay leaders say the abrupt changes could -- >> within st. claira county this afternoon health officials didn't hold back after learning of the new covid-19 testing guidelines from the cdc. >> when i first heard about this change in guidelines, i actually didn't believe it. >> reporter: the nation's health protection agency now says as long as a person doesn't show symptoms testing may not be necessary. health officers however are questioning the guidance saying it is important to identify infections in the small window preceding the onset of symptoms while people are still contagious. >> it seemed entirely bizarre. in that it undercuts our very basic ways we control an infectious disease. >> reporter: this comes amid questions on whether politics has leaked into public health guidance at the national level. dr. anthony fauci expressed his concerns earlier this afternoon about the erin terptation of the new guidelines saying he was undergoing

so here is abc 7 news reporter j.r. said this year is going to start at a distance what was your reaction? >> i said oh, that's stupid. but okay. i guess. >> reporter: jason dempsey will be a freshman at castro valley high school there and you heard her there. she is not so happy about starting the school year distance learning from home. >> people are saying that the teachers are scared. i don't know why they should be scared. if we're staying 6 feet and wearing masks it's like we're outside but we're inside. >> reporter: not everyone though feels as comfortable going back. for this story we talked with teens all across the bay >> hi my name is eric. i am 14 years old. >> i am victoria mendoza. >> i am jasmine mendoza. i'm 13 years old. >> reporter: everyone we talked with did some form of distance learning last year. >> it went really well. all of my grades were good. i don't think there is any problem staying at home. >> i see it as a new challenge. >> reporter: for several students we spoke with distance learning di

>>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. >> overnight, lightning strikes off the coast, as a severe thunderstorm warning moves across the bay area. we are bracing for another day of intense record-breaking heat after more rolling power outages affect hundreds of thousands of people. good morning, everyone. it's sunday, august 16th. i am eight liz kreutz. the lightning strikes we're seeing off the coast of santa cruz on the peninsula, san francisco, and all across the bay area overnight, and from the lightning to the winds to the heat, we are tracking it all. so let's get right to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at what's happening out ther pull myself away from the window this morning to drive to work, because it was such a show. 3:00 this morning, unbelievable. as we go to live doppler 7 right now, check out this view of all the lightning strikes over the entire bay area. so we're not talking only the north bay, but they all started yesterday from san luis obispo moving up overnight you may have seen a few high clouds. look at the surge of mo

reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> abc 7 news spoke with former san francisco mayor willie brown about harris and he has much bigger aspirations for her. >> i want to see kamala harris as the president of these united states in whatever route it takes. and i'm pleased that she is going to generate attention that she may very well be the deciding factor that beats trump. >> brown says harris will more than hold her own on the campaign trail and on the debate stage. >> she does not mix any words. she doesn't stumble through answers. she really puts it where it anbelieveme, slexoliforn >> bwn helped launch harris' political career in the 1990s when he was a speaker of the california assembly. >>> senator harris' fellow democrats are praising her presence on their party's ticket. former ambassador to the u.n. susan rice called her a tenacious and trailblazing leader. senator warren says she is an inspiration to millions of women. and the top democrat minority leader charles schumer shared this insight. >> she combines two qualities that you rarely see in the same i

news, the humidity is high. they hope the wind days down. if that doesn't happen, kit be much worse. live in napa, wayne freeman. abc 7 news. >>> for that update. and sky 7 took the pictures today of four fires. and over 1700 acres have burned. mandatory evacuations from homes on the road. and residents in eastern contra costa county are out of homes because of the deerfield fires on the northeast side. burning nearly 1200 acres by noon. no homes have been destroyed. lightning strikes are a big problem. let's get the latest from abc 7 news sandia. >> yeah, the thunderstorms continue to rumble through the counties and take a look at live doppler 7 tracking the storms. these storms here off the coast, by 5:23, tracking them in ft. ross, just a cluster of storms, to hopland. there is a red flag warning that just got extended. new fires are possible as the dry lightning conditioning. and conditions near the fire. it's hot. relative humidity, is helping the firefighters but the wind is not good. and out of north, 7 miles per hour gusting to 11. could make it difficult for the firefighters along with the heat that is cont

live in the newsroom liz kreutz, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much, liz. you can catch live coverage of the democratic national convention wednesday and thursday night right here on abc 7. it begins at 7:00 p.m. right after our early newscast, abc 7 news at 6:00. >>> in the south bay a racist and homophobic rapt caught on camera. the melt down happened at a marshals in campbell when one man refused to wear a mask. even more surprising the man behind the tirade is known for his work with the lgbtq community. you're looking at the first of several homophobic slurs and racist language caught on camera. this confrontation happened inside this marshalls in campbell on monday. witnesses say employees had asked the man to put on a mask or. that's when the man challenged workers saying doing so would be a health code violation. beyond offensive language the man is also captured unzipping his pants. >> what's your name? what's your name? >> reporter: a primary concern according to captain ian white with campbell pd. >> really looking at the crime aspect of exposing

new clusters of cases are showing up in school districts, especially in the south. abc'sdetails. >> reporter: a revealing look at the struggle so many families are facing. "the new york times" inside houston methodist hospital in july where 60% of the covid patients are latino. rosary beads resting in the hand of 30-year-old ivan sanchez, who for weeks has been on a ventilator. >> just so you know your family and everyone's praying for you to have a speedy recovery. >> reporter: florida marked its deadliest day yet. 277 lives lost. cases are declining in 23 states, but there's also concern about the potential for spread in schools. across cherokee county, georgia, at least 925 students and staff are quarantined after 60 people tested positive. masks required for teachers but only recommended for students. in texas, debate over reopening classrooms. >> please, go by science. >> reporter: middle school teacher rebecca asher quitting at this school board meeting. >> i respectfully offer you my resignation, for i need to take care of my family. i just didn't feel the district

channel, "abc news live." george stephanopoulos and the powerhouse political team pick things up at 10:00 p.m. on abc. >>> the gulf coast is preparing for an unprecedented double threat from two powerful storms. marco is forecast to strike first. it could bring heavy rain, strong winds, and dangerous storm surge to parts of louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. tropical storm laura arrives later this week as a category 2 hurricane. the new orleans metro area could take the first hit, and residents are bracing for the worst. this is drone footage from the dominican republic. laura's blamed for at least three deaths there. >> we know that marco is weakening, but laura is getting stnder threat. let's get the latest from accuweather's chris nallan. >> mona, kenneth, we are talking about a storm that is bringing with it the potential for quite a bit of storm surge across the gulf coast, and that's where we're watching very closely. that is marco, even though a tropical storm, it could still pack a punch. we're also

good night. >>> this is an abc news special. ident trump's most loyal supporters take center stage. moments from now, his son, eric trump. then secretary of state mike pompeo, and from the rose garden, the first lady, melania trump. live from new york city and across the country, the republican national convention. now reporting, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> good evening and welcome to our special coverage of the republican national convention. before last week, we had never seen a virtual party convention. a roll call of the states from the states. a candidate delivering his acceptance speech to an empty room. that's

and let's turn to new orleans. abc's victor oquendo is on the ground there where it remains quiet. victor, tell us what they're expecting. >> reporter: well, kenneth, we are right along lake pontchartrain definitely kicking up some waves. new orleans was prepared for the worst and checked all the pumps. they were working. the worst of it is in lake charles. in many cases first responders are now using new orleans as a staging area and the trick for them will be getting from here to the west to lake charles. the main highway there i-10 shut down. we're talking about 120 miles of that highway. a lot of low-lying areas along the way prone to flooding so won't be so easy to get there. won't know the scope until the morning but can tell you the entire national guard here in louisiana, it's been activated. that has not happened since hurricane isaac in 2012. other agencies ready to respond as well. kenneth and mona, we will wait to see how bad the damage is here statewide with sunrise and send it back to you. >> thank you. we appreciate it. >>> coming up we take you to kenosha, wisconsin.

andrea fujii, abc news, new york. >>> at the live desk, we are a step closer to being without uber or lyft at least for a little while. what we're learning this morning is that lyft is alerting customers to all of this. in an email, they say there is a possible shutdown. both have been ordered to classify their drivers as full-time workers. yesterday a judge denied their request to extend the deadline. drivers who have been fighting to unionize for years say that they are not buying the shutdown threat, but not all feel the same way. some don't want to be full-time employees and say that their livelihoods would be devastated if a shutdown actually happened. >> people are trying to work and people need resources, they need to get to doctor's appointments and we're telling them that this is potentially going to be shut down. >> both companies say they will file another request for an extension with the court of appeals immediately. >>> coming up, some of the first people to be injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine are talking with us about their experience. some of the highs

in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> still ahead on "abc 7 mornings," a racial encounter caughtmera this past week and one group is. >> customers in there. >> reporter: okay. >> is it your store? that's all we want to know? >> what one north bay group did this week to understand stand behind the black business owner. >>> here is a live look from our exploratorium camera this morning, 57 degrees in san francisco right now. a little bit hazy still, 5:38 on this sunday. we'll check in with lisa, wh you can adjust youriggest sacomfort on both sides...eep your sleep number setting.. can it help me fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable will it help me keep up with mom? you got this. so you can really promise better sleep? not promise... prove. and now, all beds are on sale. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus 0% interest for 60 months on all smart beds. ends monday. >>> protesters made their

new evacuations. the fire burned more than 325,000 acres, 15% contained. abc 7 news reporter spoke to the residents who were told to leave. >> i have sprinklers on the roof, both my house and my barn. >> reporter: eliot dawes built the home. the neighbors above him on the ridge have already lost their homes. >> it's really hard, really hard to have to talk with them and console them and wish them the best and you are at any moment in the same situation. >> reporter: fire engines before on stand by for any movement from the fire. the main concern -- wind shift and more lightning. >> looking back the last significant storm in a fire system was 2008 an ento go that long until a week ago is a potential for another one to stack on top of this one is troubling and it is a concern, especially with how stretched resources are right now. >> reporter: the fire is the top priority. alexis grand parents live in lake county. >> took the pictures off the wall. they're on stand by. it is scary to hear that everyone is just waiting. >> reporter: in residents like simone came

ines de la cuetara, abc news, washington. >>> and abc news is the first network to land a joint interview with joe biden and kamala harris. you can watch the primetime special sunday at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. the candidates will sit down with david muir and robin rob bhert salk about their history making presidential ticket. >>> and here is a look at live doppler 7. the fog there pushing into san francisco. so the marine layer well established anywhere from about 800 to 1,000 feet this morning and it extends locally downooba a mile. wish it could move into the east bay, but not the case. at least we'll be looking at some relief in terms of higher relative humidity for the morning hours for the firefighting efforts to get a little bit of a boost. but by the afternoon, that seabreeze keegu 63 llejo, 64 in hayward. it is 62 in fremont. and we are looking at that poor air quality for your friday, a spare the air alert right into sunday. the worst air quality of course in the east way and mbay and mo elsewhere. and so you could get a part of the day where the air quality isn't so bad a

stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. >>> today is your last chance for a weekend deal from alaska tet more people flying. if you buy one ticket, you get a second one for free, only paying the tax and fees. with alaska's policy of blocking the middle seat because of the pandemic, passengers essentially get an entire row to themselves. the deal is good for more than 100 destinations and you must travel by the end of october. masks of course are required. >>> still to come on "abc 7 mornings," thousands of motorcycle riders pouring into of coronavirus concerns as numbers rise above 5 million cases in the u.s. >>> also a parent's plea after their 10-year-old boy is ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! (announcer) and you may lose weight. adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. i lost almost 12 pounds! oh! (announcer) for those also with known heart dis

trevor ault, abc news, new york. >> just incredible there.other round of talks is set for today aimed at hammering out a deal on a new coronavirus relief package. both sides are still far apart on key issues after the $600 unemployment benefit expired for tens of millions of americans. democrats are pushing back on gop efforts to cut those checks down to $200. house speaker nancy pelosi is blaming president trump and the republicans for the impasse. >>> coronavirus has claimed the nation's oldest department store chain. lord & taylor has filed for bankruptcy. the news surprised shoppers who were met with store closing signs on many of the chain's 38 locations on sunday. lord & taylor dates back to 1826. a report in "forbes" says workers expect some stores to stay open flew the holiday season. the bankruptcy filing comes a year after lord & taylor's new york city flagship closed down. >>> a so-called murder hornet has been trapped in washington state. scientists are trying to find more. scientists say the asian giant hornet was caught three we

new evacuations this weekend. the fire has burned more than 341,000 acres. it is 17% contained. abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez spoke to some of the residents who were told to leave. >> i have sprinklers on the roof of both my house and my barn. >> reporter: this resident's neighbors above him on the ridge have already lost their homes. >> it's really hard. it's really hard to, you know, have to talk with them and console them and wish them the best and know that you're at any moment kind of in the same situation. >> reporter: fire engines including the santa rosa fire department were on standby for any movement. the main concern, wind shift and more lightning. >> the last significant storm we had in this area during a fire to go that long week ago, we'll now have potential for another one to stack on top of this one, is troubling and it's a concern, especially with how stretched thin resources are. >> reporter: it's the top priority in the lnu complex. this woman's grandparents live in lake county. >> they took the pictures off the walls, they're on standby. it's scary to hear

stone, abc 7 news. >>> all right. j.r., thank you. right up 80 from fairfield a little south of vacaville is california state prison solano and a department of corrections medical facility. officials say they are not being directed to evacuate at this time. >>> in the north bay more residents were told to be ready to leave at any moment. fires making up the lnu complex are burning ever-closer to neighborhoods. lauren martinez is live at the sonoma county fair grounds where people who have been evacuated are gathering tonight. lauren? >> reporter: dan, there are two fires burning in western sonoma county. the myers fires and the wallbridge fire. the wallbridge fire grew from 1,500 acres today to 14,000. now tonight all residents in healedsburg received an evacuation warning. people we spoke with today say they're used to preparing and packing. riz dents in healedsburg are loading up their cars. >> clothe, pictures, you know, things that can't be replaced. >> reporter: just in case the evacuation warnings from the myers and wallbridge f

you can get an idea just how quiet uc berkeley is on this first day of the new semester. abc news reporter lyanne melendez shows you what it's like on the ground. >> reporter: one year ago uc berkeley was bustling with students as the fall semester began. today the plaza was noticeably empty as the virus sent everyone learning from a distance. >> all my classes are online. i just had spanish over zoom this morning at 8:00 a.m. >> reporter: the student union was closed and so was the main library. students on campus are limited to one per one. anyone gathering a gathering on or off campus will face disciplinary action. everyone has to be tested and students are meant to self-isolate. >> you are supposed to be by yourself for seven days. but then after that you are allowed to have a small group of people you can go out and do stuff with. >> reporter: more than 50 years ago the steps served as the place students gathered to demand that uc berkeley lift its ban on political activism. today their voices have been temporarily silenced by the virus. still, there was one group protes

stone, abc 7 news. >>> all right. j.r., thank you. right up 80 from fairfield a little south of vacaville is california state prison solano and a department of corrections medical facility. officials say they are not being directed to evacuate at this time. >>> in the north bay more residents were told to be ready to leave at any moment. fires making up the lnu complex are burning ever-closer to neighborhoods. lauren martinez is live at the sonoma county fair grounds where people who have been evacuated are gathering tonight. lauren? >> reporter: dan, there are two fires burning in western sonoma county. the myers fires and the wallbridge fire. the wallbridge fire grew from 1,500 acres today to 14,000. now tonight all residents in healedsburg received an evacuation warning. people we spoke with today say they're used to preparing and packing. riz dents in healedsburg are loading up their cars. >> clothe, pictures, you know, things that can't be replaced. >> reporter: just in case the evacuation warnings from the myers and wallbridge f

they'll have a whole new set of health and safety changes and abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard has been looking into it and has the details. >> we just came out to enjoy a day and check out the city and see what's going on now. >> reporter: delise boone from salt lake city flew to san francisco for the day. she says union square was kind of disappointing. >> well, it's very empty. it is not what we're used to, but it's beautiful, the weather is great. >> reporter: she won't need a hotel tonight, good thing. most hotels in the city remained closed to tourists, housing essential workers and some homeless. >> it's extraordinarily challenging right now and many of our partners feel it. >> reporter: kelly powers from the hotel council of san francisco says the pandemic has been devastating to the hotel industry. she says the council has developed new clean and safe protocols for guests and employees when doors reopen, including requiring the use of hand sanitizer, and wearing masks. employees should avoid touching car and taxi doors. valet services suspended, one person or party allowed

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we don't know the status of the case, the key west police department in a statement obtained by abc newsdard operating procedures were followed. >> our thanks to marcus. >>> we're learning more about the fire at rachael ray's upstate new york home. the tv cooking show host was home with her husband when the blaze broke out. they were not injured, nor were any firefighters. the home was heavily damaged, as you can see there. officials do not think the fire was suspicious. >>> coming up next half hour, college football hanging in the balance.eng egesorg y to wheth and the growing voices from players who insist on getting back onto the field. >>> first, the humorous but serious warning from the national park service about bears. > but first, the humor us but serious warning from the national parks about bears. that's next on "world news now." the surfaces in your home in 24 hours. try new microban 24. spray on hard surfaces to kill 99.9% of viruses and bacteria initially. once dry, it forms a bacteria shield that keeps killing bacteria for 24 hours, even after multiple touches. try new micr

stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to stephanie there. >>> president trump is tryingive orders aimed at bypassing congress amidst stalled talks on the coronavirus relief bill. after white house aides said a $400 a week unemployment supplement hinged on states paying a portion, the president told reporters the federal government can pay for the entire benefit, but each state would have to apply for their portion to be covered, which may or may not be approved. here's abc's rachel scott. >> reporter: democrats blasting the president, calling his executive action on coronavirus relief weak, narrow, and unworkable. >> it doesn't do anything, it is the american people -- look at these executive orders, they'll see it doesn't come close to doing the job. >> reporter: at his new jersey golf club, president trump sidestepping congress, ordering a $400 a week expense of unemployment benefits, asking already cash-strapped states to cough up $100 for each resident out of work. >> states will be asked to cover 25% of the costs. >> reporter: the announcement seemed to catch govern