cornell: it is a concern in san helena. the mayor says the pandemic has taught local officials how to prepare for a psps. >> the silver lining of covid is we have a more clear communication system and network around the entire county. we feel we are staying in touch and monitoring the situation. cornell: steve's hardware is down to its last portable generator, and batteries and flashlights are in short supply. >> last time the power went out, it wasn't even windy. cornell: rosa says they have been through it before, but are ready again if the power goes out. >> it is frustrating. we are over it. cornell: pg&e says of the power is cut it may not be restored until tuesday. the mayor says everyone should have a plan and be prepared. in napa county, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. j.r.: we have put together a list of things you can do to prepare for a plant power shut off. you can find it by going to our website, abc7news.com, along with live updates of the temperature and wind speeds through our real-time tracker. as the 40th ann

cornell barnard, abc 7 news. liz: you can always check doppler seven and the radar conditions where you live on our news app. it is free to download. just search abc 7 news bay area. the evacuation order for a wildfire has been downgraded, allowing people in santa cruz county to return to their homes. the estrada fire has burned over 148 acres. crews were doing a burn at estrada ranch on friday when some of the embers jumped the containment line and started another fire. the fire is northeast of carlito's, and nearly 300 people were told to evacuate. calfire canceled another controlled burn yesterday for pescadero. activists in the family of an oakland man killed by the fbi are demanding answers. [chanting] outside of oakland city hall yesterday. jonathan cortez was shot and killed last month as an fbi agent tried to serve a warrant. fbi agent says cortez pulled a gun. his family says they were being profiled and an fbi agent showed up at the funeral. in an interview last week the fbi denied the allegations. chil

in san rafael, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. kristen: cornell, thank you so much. things will be changing at the beaches this weekend. larger waves are in the forecast for saturday, and there is a threat for strong rip currents on sunday. dan: and with more rain you days ahead, schools are trying to play it safe, keeping kids indoors while trying to follow covid protocols. as abc 7 news senior educational reporter lyanne melendez explains, it is a balancing act. leanne: this was everett middle school on the first day of classes. outdoor space big enough to make students and staff feel comfortable amid covid but today the rain forest many schools to have a staggered recess and lunch periods. >> we will have indoor lunch in the classroom, and we have the ability to deliver those lunches or to stagger when students go to the cafeteria to get their lunch and bring it back. . lyanne: this was one of the san francisco unified school district's preschools this morning, where teachers had to get creative during the recess period. a month ago, san francisco unified distribu

live in novato, cornell barnard. cornell. a week dropped their mask mandate because it was down to the cdc's moderate category for transmission. it has since climbed back to the substantial category. most of the bay area counties are in the same category. napa and solano counties are in the next category, with high transmission. ama: los angeles just passed one of the strictest rules in the country when it comes to showing proof of vaccination to enter indoor businesses. the city almost unanimously passed an ordinance that includes bars, jams, personal-care salons, and entertainment venues. exemptions are allowed for medical or religious reasons. you will have to show a negative covid test instead. after the mayor signs it, the requirement will take effect in november. it is similar to mandates in the bay area. san francisco requires vaccination for indoor events. shopping malls are not included. a negative covid test does not exempt you from the vaccine n:at coy %%%%% ages 12 and older have received one vaccine dose. statewi

cornell: cornell barnard, abc 7 news. larry: wow. got the rattle right here. 91 of them. cornell is brave. ok? larry: this sets up the obvious. speaking of snakes in the grass, spencer christiana, the dodgers are here. [laughter] nguyen spencer: i was going to say but no thanks --"fangs, but no fangs!" [laughter] spencer: it will be cool and breezy, but we don't expect powerful gusts. tomorrow, look for sunny and warm conditions with highs from the 70's at the post the mid-80's inland. that is the seven-day forecast. a couple of degrees warmer inland on saturday. sunday, turning sharply cooler. partly cloudy and cool and unsettled pattern going through next week, with a slight chance of showers on wednesday, larry. larry: may be the last blast of summer heat there, thanks, spencer. you got your list and you are checking it twice. checking it twice. but you better not wait too working from home means driving less, and now paying less for car insurance. with metromile's per-mile pricing... your rate is based on how much you actually drive. isn't that delightfully different?

cornell: a public health officer appeared on our 3:00 p.m. show giving answers, telling us when the mask mandate could be listed across the board. >> if we stay in the yellow tier, we have three more days in the yellow tier, if we stay in the yellow tier for three weeks, on november 3, we will be able to lift the mask mandate as a county and we will be crawling back to the state mask mandate. we are only talking about the local mandate. the state was still required that people who are unvaccinated in public faces -- public spaces to continue to cover their face. cornell: the doctor says do not just -- ditch the masks because the state will have the final say if the mask mandate is lifted across the board. liz: an independent fda panel has voted to recommend johnson & johnson's booster shot for millions of americans. adults over the age of 18 would be eligible and since the single shot vaccine does not offer as strong gusts protection against covid, the panel agreed to recommend the booster shot two months after recipients first dose compared

cornell: in santa rosa, cornell barnard, abc 7 news.ldfire season was the most destructive on record in california. at the time, last year was the rsfire sn ev. throughout that year, fires damaged or destroyed more than 10,000 structures. that tally was higher than the previous nine years combined. in total, 9,133 2017 will be remembered of a year of extremes. it was the second hottest year in call-up history. right now, a wildfire is tearing through the sequoia national forest. the complexes been burning since early september. four firefighters suffered serious injuries. a tree fell on top of them. a fire chart more than 8600 acres. that can be complex is one of 11 fires actively burning across california right now. you can see them noted as orange flames on our abc 7 interactive wildfire tracker. you can find this tool on our website, abc7news.com. anchor 2: a bay area shark attack victim is out of the icu and talking about his frightening encounter. eric's timely suffered a severe bite on his leg when a sharp, estimated to be -- shar

live in rain county, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. pfizer submitted paperwork to get emergency use authorization for its vaccine for children ages 5-11. the agency will consider the application three weeks from today. given daily, compared to roughly 281,000 doses. federal health officials are urging americans to get a flu shot in hopes of avoiding what they are calling a twindemic. san mateo county is looking to add to those numbers. they opened a drive-through mass vaccination clinic at the san mateo county events center. those eligible for a third dose can get one from 9:00 to 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, then next tuesday from noon to 7:00, then wednesday from 9:00 to larry: tesla ceo elon musk has announced he is moving the company headquarters from silicon valley to austin texas. he made that announcement at the shareholder meeting he says the company is not moving out of the state of california completely. >> to be clear, we will be continuing to expand our activities in california. this is not a matter of tesla leaving california.

cornell: cornell barnard, abc7 news. liz: on capitol hill, the countdown is on to pass the stalled bipartisan infrastructure bill. house speaker is a policy set an october 31 deadline. that is when the current deadline is set to expire. we have the latest details on where negotiations stand. >> president biden sounding confident he can get both an infrastructure and reconciliation budget bill across the finish line. >> i believe i can get this done. i believe, when the american people are aware of what is -- >> pushing for an immediate vote on the bipartisan info structure bill that has already passed the senate and would revamp the nations roads, bridges, and airports. but progressives have wanted to hold off until there is also agreement around a sweeping reconciliation budget bill, to create new social programs and fight climate change. >> are we going to deliver universal pre-k to this country or not? expand health care to our seniors or not? >> during a meeting on capitol hill friday, president biden told lawmakers

cornell: cornell barnard, abc7 news.andemic. from 10:00 to three clock today, stop by the clinic at international boulevard and fruitvale avenue in oaklands fruitvale district. kaiser will administer both the pfizer and j&j vaccines. anyone 12 and older will be eligible. anyone who gets a shot will get a chance to win alaska airlines travel vouchers. developing news -- american airlines is blaming staffing problems, along with the weather, for hundreds of flight delays and cancellations this weekend. this is video of long lines of passengers stranded at the carrier's miami hub. more than 500 flights were canceled yesterday at, around 300 flights delayed. the airline has already canceled more than 700 flights today, 7:45's schedule. american says short staffing of flight crews are affecting its operation. they expect things to improve tomorrow, when 1800 flight attendants return from leave. animal-rights activists gathered outside the in-n-out in san francisco. reivoach t p their point across. ♪ they kicked off the protes

cornell: cornell barnard, abc 7 news.you can keep an eye on the storm with our live doppler seven. it streams 24 hours a day on our bay area app for your connected tv. it is available on roku, amazon fire, and apple tv as well. moving on, millions more children could soon be eligible for a covid vaccine. the fda and cdc are set to meet in the coming days to discuss the shot for children ages five to 11. christine sloan has the details. christine: more than 11,000,012 to 17-year-olds have received a covid-19 vaccine, and shots should soon be available for younger kids. >> it is a step in the right direction for equipping physicians. 3 -- christine: the fda's advisory committee is set to meet this tuesday to discuss vaccines for five to 11-year-olds. data from pfizer shows that in its trial the vaccine was nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic disease. >> we know it is safe. we know that it produces neutralizing antibodies against the virus. christine: it is expected the fda will recommend the fda will recommend a

cornell: locals know that all too well.05, and epic winter flood turned downtown into a river my that event remembered and commemorated with plaques and a high watermark on the firehouse flagpole. creek levels were monitored as low saturday. swift water rescue gear carried in engines. >> i think i am too late. cornell: dave shoveled the last of the sand at this station. >> once it starts raining hard, it is just going to come pouring down and flat out my garage, most likely. cornell: over the past week, we found city public works crews across the north bay clearing storm drains and unclogging others, preparing for the big storm. tree crews contacted by pg&e war trimming branches around power lines, the bay area ready for the storm. >> every time there is a big storm, the hair on our net was up a little bit and we do not sleep quite as well. liz: less than an hour ago, calfire tweeted out this video showing a downed tree and a polo that had caught on fire. this is in san mateo county. officials say firefighters were able to

cornell: the blue angels giving us a major finale. cornell barnard, abc7 news. liz: see more fleet week performances from the comfort of your home, head to our website, abc7news.com. we have full highlights from the show plus the parade of ships. if you would prefer to see it in person, such a fun thing to do today, we have the entire schedule of events posted on our website as well. any events in san francisco are bringing an influx of people taking public transportation. ryan curry shows us how busy yesterday afternoon was. ryan: it is amazing what a difference a year makes. at this point in 2020, bart and muni was relatively empty. that was not the case yesterday. >> we tried to beat the crowds, but i think we were just barely in front. ryan: saturday's fleet week activities ended about two hours before first pitch. that made the stations crowded. >> this time, everyone is headed in the opposite direction, going to the game. i think it will be great. ryan: passengers say was the preferred way to get around town. >> it is the easiest and most efficient way to

cornell, was it too hot for mitch mcconnell, could he not handle the fire? >> well, mitch is the king of the smoke, but i will give you -- i will say this, i think there's a different variable in here. i think when the president and dems start talking about getting rid of the filibuster, because they're going a step too far, i think the calculation starts to turn it and mitch and republicans had to blink on this, but i also say this, i think the more extreme mitch mcconnell and the republicans in both the house and the senate behave, the more likely they are that filibuster is going to go away, and i think a lot of people want the filibuster to go away. i think we saw some good news in that when quite frankly now joe biden is at least talking about it and considering it. i tell you this, if joe biden says the filibuster needs to go away, i think it's going to be hard for the senate republicans, even manchin to hold out when republicans are doing these sort of extreme acts of foolishness. >> cornell, you're talking about the heat, and then the mechanism to ap

locals there cornell. yeah, dion rain is the only thing people have been talking about and check it out. the rain has arrived here in petaluma. it is so good to see and certainly a welcome sight for the owners of this rose farm here in western petaluma, because the drought has really been tough and many very excited about the potential of snow up in the sierra. i'm super excited jessica yao and daughter olivia rose were planning a new rose bush at their home garden valley ranch in petaluma home to 8,000 rose bushes and hundreds of varieties, and they all need lots of water now that i know there's gonna be days of rain just super excited to get out there and sew some seeds jessica says the drought has made growing roses very tough, but the promise of rain brings. hope for the season the rain is super important just to create a nice water. able and to help the roses get peopleo come in this weekend. we found a lot of people at this ace hardware store in windsor getting storm ready. it's gonna be used to capt

ama: cornell, thank you so much. the rain sparked a power pole fighter in oakland forcing a business to close and knock being out power to 11 customers. take a look you can see p&g crews on the scene at adeline and 30th street. the utility says rain turns dirt on power lines into mud which conducts energy and can start fires. it forced hoto foods to move food out of their war house. p&g expects to have power restored by midnight. dan: that wasn't the only outening due to the mud phenomenon we're talking about. power went out in parts of the peninsula and the east bay, too. and the el serrato berkeley here pg&e switched customers to a different line so the outage was actually fairly short. ama: and here's a live look at the current outages in our area. according to pg&e right now, about 1,800 customers across the entire bay area are without power. 1,500 customers in the east bay and the rest scattered across small pockets of the peninsula, north bay and south bay. and you can always check live doppler 7 and the weathe

very quick lightning round starting with you cornell.rnout in 2022? yes or no? >> if we don't get justice and policing and we don't get voting rights turned around, yes, i'm very afraid those african americans won't turn out. >> are you concerned about turnout in 2022? >> yeah, i'll tell you this. the republican party understands how transactional the democratic electret is. they're going to deprive us of the victories there is no way the republican party will do anything to help or really just, you know, not put out every stop to keep the things that cornell wants done from getting done because even if the democratic consultant class doesn't yet understand turnout, the republican party does. >> they -- like al qaeda, they think long term. rachel, cornell, thank you very much. >>> up next on the "reidout," a report uncovers for years a tennessee county, get this, has been arresting and imprisoning black children as young as 7 years old for a crime that does not exist. one of the reporters that broke that story joins me next. ry joit wond

cornell: even pirates made a comeback. carly. i'm batgirl for halloween. cornell: carly's sister sarah says halloween got cancelled last year, but the pandemic isn't over. >> i feel like people still need to be safe, need to wear a mask and socially distance and have fun. cornell denise mcdarment was : hopeful about vaccines recently being approved for kids ages 5 211. >> i don't think a lot of people will hand out candy this year, but with vaccine coming out, by christmas, we can go back to birthday parties. cornell: in berkeley, halloween is back. a spooky carnival at grove park and, would you believe it? a roller skate boogie. tiera wilson was loving all of it. >> i brought my one-year-old and six enjoying the atmosphere and the community. liz: american airlines is blaming the weather and staffing shortages for hundreds of cancellations. more than 500 flights were canceled yesterday. the airline has already canceled nearly 300 flights today. american says a number of crews got stuck in dallas because of bad weather the

cornell: firefighters will be watching those burn scar areas for sure. with so much rain in the forecast, police and fire crews simply urge drivers to slow down and avoid accidents. larry: good advice. the rain sparked this power pole higher in oakland, knocking out electricity to 11 customers. pg&e crews on the scene. the utility says light rain turned to dirt on power lines into mud, which conducts energy that can start fires. the outage caused this food manufacturer to close and move their refrigerated food. pg and he expects power to be restored by tonight. outages in berkeley, albany and some on the pollen and on the peninsula. >> i used to be a flight attendant. i am thinking, what is going to happen next? you do not want to explode. i think it was scary. larry: some of the outages were brief because pg and e were able to switch customers through different line. this map illustrates a wide swath of outages with -- the areas hit hardest include oakland where pg&e says power should be back on by 7:00. san mateo service is expected to return at around

we're live in petaluma cornell bernard abc 7 news. yeah, you definitely have that right cornell many. thanks now as the showers move into the bay area. we wanted to take closer look at a rain deficit. once again meteorologist francis deglassen joins us to explain how our rain totals are. so low every little bit matters. yes deon, we could use every drop in fact our rainfall deficit for last season in santa rosa. we were almost below by 21 inches san francisco almost 14 inches, and you see even your 10 inches in oakland and in livermore, so well below normal last season now for california. here's our drought monitor. most of california is in the exceptional to extreme category about 87% and for the bay area. it's basically of us in the exceptional and also the extreme category what's great is we're expecting rain today to continue through this evening tapering off but this week we're opening up a wet weather pattern so we have periods of rain through the seven day forecast and that is great news for us because we could use every drop w

cornell barnard is live in novato tonight. in mind the end may not happen, in terms of the indoor mask mandate, overnight, right? cornell: that's right, don't lose the masks just yet, but we should know tomorrow how long we will have to keep wearing them indoors. they are required in just about every county in the bay area except solano, but some business owners are getting tired of enforcing it. >> it is time. it has been 18 months. cornell: adam says if you are working out of sonoma fit, you must still wear a mask.that n e

dion: it is torture no more, cornell. thanks to you. abc 7 news sent out a push alert the moment the giants won the title. be the first to know by downloading the abc 7 bay area news app and allowing instant notifications to be pushed to your device. a surfer is in critical condition after a shark bit him on the leg near bidet obey. a chp helicopter flew the surfer to santa rosa memorial hospital. he suffered a severe bite on the thigh. that man was with a group of surfers when the attack happened. >> i the dorsal fin of the shark and i saw the tail fin of the shark kind of going down into the water. it definitely was not like a quick attack. it was nice and slow. kind of like a dolphin peeking out. dion: jerry davis said the victim was able to crawl onto the beach. david send other surfers use their leashes as a tourniquet on him. he is expected to survive. moving on to developing news, an oil spill off the coast of orange county. it forced the cancellation of the final day of the pacific airshow and prompted warnings from officials to

all right cornell. thanks. let's talk more about that broader plan to lift indoor mask mandates in most public settings in most bay area counties. in fact in every local county except solano. there are multiple benchmarks that have to be reached before masks can come off first accounting must reach the cdc's yellow tier for moderate covid transmission and stay at that level for three weeks. both marin and san mateo counties are there. in fact napa is the only local county still in the red tier with high transmission rates all others are orange, which means substantial also covid hospitalizations must be low and remain stable and 80% of the total population in the county must be fully vaccinated or eight weeks must have passed since fda authorization of a vaccine for children ages 5 through 11 now as you heard from dr. matt willis, marin county could reach these goals and lift the indoor mask mandate on november 3rd. we told you there was news about both masks and vaccines. so let's turn to vaccine watch people

so cornell, you show those barriers there. is there anything else that people who are living in the burn scar regions do to try to get ready for a storm like this. yeah, larry, the fire departmen urges folks to clear their storm drains and storm gutters. keep your cell phone charged and on at all times in case emergency alerts come through and report any movement of earth any mudslide, you might see and have a plan to leave if you have to. all rig beautiful there now obviously conditions are going to change in the next 2448 hours. keep an eye on the storm with live doppler 7. you can see it on the abc 7 bay area streaming app available on roku amazon fire android and apple tv a person and their dog had to be rescued from a cliff at fort funston this afternoon take a look in this video shot by sky 7. you can see there. two of them. just hanging from the cliff as first responders work to harness and haul them to safety neither the person nor the dog suffered any injuries the san francisco fire department says this kind of rescue

insight an analysis, nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker, democratic pollster cornell belcher, anna palmer, founder of punchbowl news and republican strategist brad todd. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. happy halloween. we have a brand new nbc news poll out this morning still with some scary news for the democrats. the overarching message, dtqi (jjt)qq'ce in president bi and their optimism for the country. at least they have right now. just 22% of adults say we're headed in the right direction. a shocking 71% say we're on the wrong track and that includes a near majority of democrats who are saying that. president biden's approval rating stands at a dismal 4% versus 54% who disapprove. two months ago president biden was in positive territory. what's pulling down the president's numbers? look at this set of numbers, just 37% say he has the ability to handle a crisis versus a majority who say he does not.

we certainly hope so we're live in santa rosa tonight cornell barnard abc 7 news right cornell thank you and our live team storm watch coverage continues now in the east bay with a focus on another issue wet weather brings power outages abc 7 news reporter ryan. is in hayward and ryan pg&e says it will be all hands on deck during the storm. all hands on deck indeed especially for certain parts of the bay area like this street in hayward or power has been going out multiple times. just this week one business told me it's affecting how they operate and they're worried with the heaviest rain on the way. the power is just going to go out again. just a little surprising that you know a small amount of rain could knock the power out of you know an entire block of businesses if kristen toth could use one word to describe this week. she would choose frustrating. i really feel like something needs to be done in order to make sure that you know small businesses are protected from nonsense like drizzles of rain knocking our power out multiple times this week her business king. fitness has lost

we're live in san rafael cornell barnard abc 7. yes. hoping for that for november 3rd for marin county of all goes well, but for today cornell this easing that we have today. a this all depends on stable cohorts of vaccinated people. so is that just on the honor system? no, it's not actually in in in setting starting today proof of vaccination required if you want to work out and take your mask off that same rule has been on the books for quite a while in san francisco. so it's a small step. word plus as one person said to me today, it's so nice to see. people smiling faces. once again, it's been a while, right? it has been a while. all right cornell thank you covid transmission is dropping in the bay area currently marin and san mateo counties. are in the yellow tier which means moderate transmission napa is the only local county still in the red tier with high transmission all others in the bay area are orange which means substantial by the cdc's definition new vaccination requirement went into effect today for berkeley workers at ind

knowing that he won't be there for him when they need it. >> and, cornell belcher, listening to wait till people learn what is in these bills. the biden agenda is contained in. and that is a criticism actually of the messaging. why don't people understand what they are going to get, how their lives are going to be improved and enriched? where is the barnstorming? where is the pr campaign? biden is going to michigan. but that leaves 49 other states that have not seen an itemized list of what's bridges are going to get blown up and build back. and what people are going to be served. >> well the short answer, brian, is that democrats are really good at government, but they are really bad at messaging. and that is nothing new. the guy i once worked for, obama. a lot of the stuff that he was putting forward is really popular. including the ac a, which now is above water. and people really want to keep aca. but the time that the messaging was off. politics one one, if you are explaining the process, you are losing. and to a certain extent, democrats have been really bad at explaining the p

place in the you know, there's a sense of wow, this is exciting and don't screw it up and garnville cornell bernard abc 7 news. earlier this year. we covered the story of a man brazenly attacked on an oakland bus now five months later a good samaritan is coming forward who saved the man on the bus while putting her own life at risk abc 7 news anchor dion lim with a story of unity and heroism that you'll see only on 7. unfolded on this oakland bus april. 96 i saw this man walked past me and he had his cane and he just hit the man in the face or also a prime example of humanity at its finest. i wouldn't sit there and watch anyone be heard michelle who didn't want us to use her last name works in the non-profit sector witnessed 69 year old hua lin get randomly attacked by this man with the cane we caught up with mr. lynn and his daughter shortly after the incident painful and can't see this scale on the sipping and i of the surveillance video used in the investigation. we know michelle not only stepped into shield mr. lynn from his perpetrator. i just put him up against the plexiglass. i jumpe

i'm cornell barnard that story coming up. and with that we say good afternoon.m larry beil and i'm kristen z. you're watching abc 7 news at four live here on abc 7 hulu live and wherever you stream some big news today when it comes to covid vaccine booster shots an fda advisory panel authorized a third shot of moderna for seniors and those who are at high risk or who have underlying conditions the same panel. also authorized johnson & johnson boosters for everybody 18 years and up. and visor has asked european regulators to approve its vaccine for five to 11 year olds. it has already made the same request in the us starting november 8th foreign travelers will need proof. they are fully vaccinated in order to enter the us the other big news a slight easing of mass rules abc 7 news reporter corn. our joins his life from san rafael with the big step forward today and perhaps an even bigger step in the near future cornell. yeah, you're right kristen. it is a milestone for sure in marin county and in san francisco masks no longer required for certain. indoor settings

in san rafael, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> today, an independent f.d.a. panel voted to recommend johnson & johnson biefeldter shots for millions of americans. -- booster shots for millions of americans. adults over 18 would be eligible. the single shot j&j vaccine doesn't offer as strong protection against covid-19 as the others the other panel recommended booster shots after a recipient's first dose. that's compared to fizer and moderna boosters recommended for six months after a recipient's second shot. j&j says its studies have shown that their booster shot increases the immune system's response against covid-19. >> increased efficacy against severe disease, it will increase efficacy against all symptomatic covid. >> the f.d.a. and c.d.c. still need to approve the panel's recommendation for both j&j and moderna's boosters. that colorado happen within days. the city of oakland announced today a seven-day a week covid testing and vaccination site that will be open until the end of november. the site will be located in downtown oakland at franco gawa plaz

in kernville, cornellle, cornell abc 7 news. liz: california's eviction moratorium has expired.ay arearea finding solutions. liz: this is abc 7 newsliz:. we will start this half-hour --- >> building a better bay bettera finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. liz: we will will will w half-hour with the weather. frances: we have a wind. with this wind we will see hazy skies in the inland areas. moderate for expect the october heat the heat up this afternoon. hazy and sunny by lunchtime. by this afternoon we will warm to the mid 90's for the inland areas around the bay. even at the beaches we could some low coastal cloud. liz: sunset is at 6:50 and i will have a forecast coming up with a chance for rain. the covid-19 pandemic -- frances: will have your forecast coming up with a chance for rain. liz: the covid-19 p p now the deadliest in u.s. history. >> mer new drug that appears to work against a variants. merck will soon be taking the drug to the fda for consideration for emergency use authorization. in new york city a school vaccine mandate is going into effect after a last-minut

cornell, let's start with you.as to why they talked trump out of announcing early? >> i do, but it's kind of ironic that trump announcing that he's going to run for president again would somehow be a hindrance to republicans. if the guy who you want to be at the top of your ticket is problematic for you at the top much your ticket, maybe you should think about whether or not it's a good idea for him to, in fact, run again. i do think they're right. trump announcing would reenergize that 7 million-plus americans who is the difference between his coalition and biden's coalition and would energize a whole group of americans who, quite frankly, don't want to see trump and trumpism in the white house and in power again. but also, brian, the moment that trump announces he's running for president again, it becomes really problematic for all those other republicans who are, quite frankly, from desantos on who are angling for that office as well. >> yeah, nikki haley is so desperate to be considered she came out in the last

grant fred, i professor of africana studies at cornell university. thank you. welcome. dozens of tracks in easton, sir dan have been allowed through a blockade which has been causing a supply crisis. demonstrators had forced port sudan to close as part of a protest against the government. but they have not now allowed laurie's carrying medicine to pass for humanitarian reasons. the members of the b j tribe are angry about the regions wake economy and a pay still between the government and rebel groups. the families if people have disappeared in mexico as searching the countryside for their bodies, some 80000 people have vanished. many of them, victims of the ongoing, tranquil, or criminal gangs fight in the government for control of large areas of the country . john hallman spent 4 days with one group of families in the western state of mitchell, a can rental credit given for the 9th. we're heading into a ranch in which we can state southwest mexico. a group of families have come here to search for their treasures. oh, that's what they call that disappeared rel

>> but cornell, mitch mcconnell's not responsible for the afghanistan situation. he's not responsible for the border situation. i mean, biden is going -- >> let's talk about what he is responsible for, and right now what has sent panic through americans, through the global marketplace? the debt ceiling crisis. that's artificial manufactured crisis. and you know what we're going to have in the next couple weeks? this manufactured crisis all over again. right? so it's -- so washington is chaos. washington isn't working. and who do they blame? the people who are in charge. and that happens to be democrats. now, on the flip side of this, you know, i do think democrats are going to pass the infrastructure. i think they're going to pass major parts of build back better. and the question becomes can they sell that to the american people and connect that with the values and needs of the american people while at the same time pivoting and making mitch mcconnell and republicans pay some price for blocking everything? we were not able to do that in 2010. is it a challenge fo

hope the invitation gives them a break from fighting wildfires abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard shows us how are getting ready in the north bay. it's a great sunny day for pickleball and novato rain is coming but these players say bring it on the rain will not deter these people. they'll be out there on wet courts. our dry weather pattern is changing there are opportunities to see more rain and in fact two atmospheric rivers for northern california, it could bring some relief for our epic drought dry. grass is everywhere and so is the threat of fire this guy seven was over this wildfire monday night, which burned 132 acres in american canyon. luckily. no homes were lost. cruise at cal fires air attack c base in santa rosa we're watching the weather hoping for a break from see wildfire summer. it's looking really good. all the weather forecasting is looking really good. it should give us a little bit of reprieve the rain is welcome. but battalion chief glazer says fire season is far from over we need to remain vigilant and prepared for after the rain comes through it could rain solids

now it's already killing both fries with people's voice cornell jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm marianne demising. welcome to the news our life from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. a spiraling humanitarian crisis. now complicated by a diplomatic one. united nations warns ethiopia, it has no legal right to expel 7, un and officials on capitol hill. a presidential intervention joe biden arise to heal party divisions of his.

cornell bernard, abc 7 news. dan: thank you. keep an eye on the storm with live doppler 7. see it on the abc 7 bay area streaming app, available on roku and to write and apple tv. ama: we are an hour away from the start of the warriors home opener. fans are making their way into chase center right now. that's where our sports director is. mast up. reporter: hey. mask up. here we are courtside. a little bit of a concert going on to our right. i'm joined by the warriors assistant general manager mike dunlevy who was concerned about the masks. he did not trust that i wouldn't alter his audio. >> you will be able to hear what i've got to say but we will try to get through it. reporter: absolutely. the whole world changed in march of 2020. 18 months later, here we are. we are expecting 18,000 people tonight. how exciting is that for the organization? >> it's great. we are really excited to get back to some normalcy. we have a dj right here by us. fans are courtside. everybody has been waiting for this. we are excited about our team. that helps even more. reporter: the nba releas

senior professor at cornell university. can get more on evergrande and other stories you need to know to get your day going in today's edition of daybreak. bloomberg subscribers go to dayb on terminal spirit of course, one of those stories is really being well read across the terminal, what is happening with the pandora papers, because we are now starting to see more and more insights on how world leaders and the superrich sort of hide their money away from the public. we are talking about these papers, the pandora papers, which file details more than 29,000 offshore accounts, double the number identified in the panama papers five years ago. we know some of the beneficiaries of these secret accounts include very high-profile individuals like jordan king abdullah, the former u.k. prime minister, tony blair, and of course, vladimir putin as well. haidi: some really interesting accounts to note. as you say, almost 12 million financial accounts and records being accessed by this report. really, we are talking about $100 mi

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colonel: yeah, it's a a -- cornel: yeah, it's a nervous time. they could have their power cut off as soon as tomorrow. it's something everybody around here has been through before but the frustration growing once again. >> oh, my god. i have so much to say about pg pg&e. >> rosa subsidy pedestrian ah knows things could get scary in napa county and halloween has nothing to do with it. rosa and thousands of customers got this alert warning of a potential public safety public shut-off or pspc starting sunday -- monday morning. >> if we don't have power, we don't have water. so a couple of days puts us behind. and we have kids so it's really frustrated. >> they want to reduce the risk of wildfires from power lines. >> we continue to monitor the potential weather system that could bring dry, gusty off-shore wind to the northern central and southern regions of our company service area. >> it's a concern in st. helena where digital road signs remind drivers of how dry things are. the mayor says the pandemic has taught local officials how to prepare for

atmospheres of different halloween costumes going around the vibe of the community coming together cornellnd in the south by south bay, excuse me, levi's stadium put its best foot forward today in an effort to become one of the hosts of the 2026 world cup abc 7 news was there as fifa officials arrived to check out the santa clara facility. the 2026 competition has multiple host countries. it is going to split up between the united states canada and mexico those behind the bay area efforts say they're more than ready. 'cause levi's is already hosted the largest events in the world super bowl international soccer matches concerts. we're ready for this. we have the infrastructure to do so, we have the capacity to pull it off and we have a tremendous reach in behind us. now the united states last hosted the men's world cup back in 1994. i have a t-shirt from that event stanford stadium was one of the sites but it has gone through a renovation and decreased its capacity substantially to the host cities will be announced early next year. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11 and icon in the bay area m

mayor ellsworth says everyone should have a plan and be prepared in napa county cornell bernard abc 7ma is tracking the conditions. what does it look like now? what does it look like in the coming hour? yeah, jr. we're seeing those wins first ramping up in the hills as we speak and then tomorrow we will feel those wins area wide, especially in the afternoon that red flag warning it is now an effect and it will last until 5pm on tuesday for all areas shaded and red. it's pretty large portion of the region for the strong winds and that low humidity. we already have those winds that are pretty strong even at this hour into into the hills we go those winds anywhere from about 20 to 35 miles per hour right now, and those gusty winds will drag in some dry air you combine those two variables you get the fire danger index when the humidity is low and the winds are high that increases your fire danger by tomorrow afternoon that fire danger is high to very high across a large portion of the bay area. we'll go hour by hour on those winds once again, jr. and that full accuweather. thanks so much

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. >> in all there have been strikes against 178 employers this year according to a tracker by cornell university school of industrial and labor relations. >>> u.s. power companies ramping up coal consumption for the first time in seven years. u.s. energy information administration says coal is expected to increase by 22% this year. the agency does not believe the rise of coal generation will continue into 2022. report forecasts a drop by 5% next year. >>> ford motor company has a plan to build electric car components in northern england. it will invest more than 300 million in a project at its hail wood factory near liver pool. this is a first following several moves by other car makers. ford wants line up of new cars in europe to be all electric by 2030. >>> apple unveiled two mac book pro laptops, latest powered by silicone chips called m1 pro an ops available in 14 and 16-inch versions. apple says the computers have a sharper displaymore ports, improved audio. prices start about $2,000. apple unveiled air pods which it says can offer unrivaled sound and a magical wireless head phon

joining me is cornell belcher.ke colorado, my former state that used to be a pretty reliable republican state but now it's reliably democratic. biden won there easily. can you explain why it's even close when you have a trump backed republican who is vowing to turn it basically into a mini texas on abortion and who is out there doing the whining about critical race theory that isn't taught in virginia schools. >> it is a slide campaign trick. you'll notice, joy, he didn't start off talking about abortion and stolen election because now he's going to his base. he started off quite frankly and as a virginiaen, i live in d.c. now, southeast with my peoples, you know, he started off to a certain exextent, people saw hi commercial and didn't know if he was democrat or republican. he tried to walk the thin line but what republicans do very well is go towards the end and often in the beginning republican wills fire up their base. and to me, joy, what's happening in virginia now is going to be a real bellwether for democra

here's abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard. needed no introduction the amazing blue angels roared over san francisco the crowd of spectators looking up in amazement. pretty awesome. i mean ever since i was a little kid just watching him being on the playground. it's great to see him back. again lamar had a front row seat from this party at the aquarium of the bay and he stalls in his high up as he can right down. he measures every inch stunt planes open the show along with the navy's parachute team and check out this united jumbo jet barnstorming the bay. oh my goodness. my heart is gonna be for somebody francisco now another thing hard to miss all the people. thousands of people are expected in san francisco this week and by the looks of it. yep. they have arrived. the crowds are downright. pre-pandemic makes me a little nervous with the amount of people here, but past that i'm certain a lot of people are vaccinated and nice to see everybody out and about. i think it's so great to see everybody out here today, and i so happy t

cornell barnard is live at oracle with all the excitement. reporter: giants fans got the season finale they dreamed for. it is kind of mind blowing. >> w everything was going to end today. positive vibes all day. reporter: the energy inside oracle park was electric as the giants pounded the padres 11-4. >> did you see the score? did you see the score? >> yeah! >> we are doing big numbers. that's what i'm talking about. we are doing big numbers. reporter: many say they were not worried. for others, getting here was more like torture. >> it is giants baseball. torture. >> down to the last game of the year, can you believe that? reporter: for the johnson family from reading, today was extra special. daughter monet is turning 11. the day she was born in 2010, the giants clinched the west against the padres, going on to win the world series. >> it could not be more perfect. they played san diego 11 years ago and here they are. -- here we are. >> we are here today playing the same team trying to clinch the west on my daughter's birthday. >> bars an

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