dave and covington was sworn in today. east bay native and has been with the department for 24 years. in june he took over as interim chief after the previous chief resigned to take another job. covington says one of his goals as fire chief is to improve mental health within the fire department. >>> we have got a lot coming our way in terms of rain , off-again on-again chances heading our way over the next several days. so, as we take a look at the forecast using first alert doppler on the weather computer we will be able to track how that is going to show up in the long range. you can see the showers just off the coast. let's put into futurecast. you can see the leading edge of rain arriving by the time we get into the overnight hours tonight. this is the start of widespread showers. it is just timed, i think, ideally , so that we don't get a major impact on the morning commute tomorrow. plan on the streets being slick. when you start on tuesday morning, most of the tuesday, look where the rain goes. it gets pulled off th

chief covington is a 24 year veteran of the offd.e says the city of oakland has helped him attain this leadership position. prior to being named chief covington served in various positions during his 24 year career, including firefighter, paramedic, fire engineer and deputy chief. congratulations to the new chief. all right. board of directors member rebecca saltzman is now endorsing a candidate to fill her seat next year. saltzman announcing today her support for candidate barnali ghosh on social media. ghost currently works as the vice chair of berkeley's planning commission. she will be on the november 20th, 24 ballot running to fill saltzman's district three seat. the warriors are hosting their first in-season tournament game and it's happening tomorrow night. we'll have a look at the new court designed just for this special occasion. and then coming up later tonight on the 10:00 news, president biden touching down in san francisco tomorrow for the apec summit. everything we know about his really busy schedule. plus, a state of e

covington has been with oakland fire for 24 years.his first priorities is improving mental health in his department by giving his crew resources to deal with the stress of the job. he's focused on trying to solve the struggling 911 dispatch system. covington over as interim chief in june when the previous chief resigned to take a private sector job. welcome ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> norah: tonight hamas says it's ready to release 70 women and children hostages in gaza, but what does the terrorist group want in exchange? the new details. plus what we are learning about the identities of the first military deaths related to the war between israel and hamas. here are

covington has been with oakland fire for 24 years. he says one of his first priorities is improving mental health in his department by giving his crew resources to deal with the stress of the job. he's focused on trying to solve the struggling 911 dispatch system. covington over as interim chief in june when the previous chief resigned to take a private sector job. welcome ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> norah: tonight hamas says it's ready to release 70 women and children hostages in gaza, but what does the terrorist group want in exchange? the new details. plus what we are learning about the identities of the first military deaths related to the war between israel and hamas. here are tonight's headlines. ♪ ♪ hospitals caught in the cross fire. thousands of civilians and patients are trapped as israel surrounds gaza's largest hospital where it says a hamas command center is hiding underneath. the five special ops soldiers killed in a training exercise in the mediterranean. the investigation tonight into the blackhawk crash. plus more american air strikes

covington was officially sworn in. >> i will never stop giving back to oakland. not just time, not just energy, not just food baskets, but my heart and soul. because you guys have raised me. >> he is an east bay native and has been with oakland fire for 24 years. he says one of his first priorities as chief is improving mental health within the department. covington took over as interim chief in june when the previous chief resigned to take a private sector job. oakland is still not with a police chief after the mayor fired the previous chief in february. >>> a lion that escaped from a circus near rome parking panic. residents were sold to stay home while police and circus staff tried to catch kimba. the lion was seen in a local waterway and later back in town. the lion was tracked with a gio locator, sedated, returned to the circus saturday. they're looking into reports that the lion may have been let loose on purpose. >>> back to our first alert weather, here is a live look outside. rain returns to the forecast this week. let's check with meteorologist jessica

also, mayor sheng thao swore in the city's new police chief ne damon covington.ovington has been serving the last few months as the department's interim chief and has been with the oakland fire department for more than 20 years serving in various roles. all right. a look at this. a surprise performance caused a bit of panic for folks in san francisco, dancers from the oakland group. then the loop. they were seen dancing on the side of the transamerica impairment. allow all part of a pact. now the group specializes what they called vertical dance and executive producer with the group telling kron 4 they plan on more performances along the transamerica building today. all right. know it's probably a little slippery if they're out there dancing today. so hope that they're very careful. john's been tracking that storm for us. good morning, john. yeah, don't think there's going to be one. the transamerica building today that. >> was definitely on a much drier forecast. although the system is leaving some of us dry and some of us what it all just depends on where you'r

damon covington, an oakland native with the department for 24 years, officially sworn in this morning>> i will never stop giving back to oakland, not just time, energy, food baskets, but my heart and soul because you guys have raised me. >> he says one of his first priorities as chief is improving mental health within the department. covington took over as interim chief in june when the previous chief resigned to take a private sector job. oakland still does not have a police chief had, though, after the mayor fired the previous chief in february. >>> tomorrow a crucial step in the a's effort to move to vegas, the owners of the 30 major league baseball franchises will get together for their annual meeting. at the meetings they'll vote on a's owner john fisher's plan to relocate the team. 75% of owners need to say yes for the move to gain final approval from mlb. >>> meanwhile the 9ers have ended their three-game losing streak in impressive fashion. vern glenn joins us with reaction to the 9ers dominating over jacksonville. >> they looked angry. they got after it right from the jump. t

damon covington. he served as the interim chief in june and was then appointed to that job full time in october. after the retirement of fire chief reginald freeman covington says this is his dream job. >> thank you guys for entrusting me with a huge opportunity for our 500 members of the oakland fire department and 400,000 members of the city of oakland. you've made the right choice because i'm a person who's compassionate and who cares and who loves oakland. >> now, chief covington says his priorities include updating fire equipment, adding more fire stations and providing better mental health services to his firefighters. as every day oakland fire department handles 250 calls. state officials believe that large fire in downtown los angeles that has shut down one of california's busiest freeways indefinitely was started intentionally. yeah, the engineers are still out there checking the damage to a one mile stretch of the santa monica freeway. they say that project could take the rest of this week,

covington's been serving as interim fire chief for the city since june. he is a 24 year veteran of the department today. he promised his department he'll be prioritizing firefighters, mental health. >> we're working on that working feverishly on that and your mental health, your work, life balance, having the resources, the apparatus, the stations that i think is just doing our job and doing it without. is that the top of my list? >> coming to move to the east bay during his early childhood, he graduated from bishop o'dowd high school in oakland. he succeeds at reginald freemen who resigned back in june to work in the private sector. >> dozens of leaders including president joe biden and chinese president xi jinping will be in caliornia this week for a major summit capitol correspondent wallace. and i'll tell you what it's all about. >> kron four's once again celebrating the remarkable women the bay area. and we need your help to share their stories. if you know, a remarkable woman making a difference in your community, you can nominate her for a chance t

covington has been serving the last few months as the department's interim chief. he's been with the oakland fire department for more than 20 years serving in various roles. today, he promised his department he'll be prioritizing firefighters, mental health. >> coming up, the pandemic life change for us. all. and it really changed for first responders because we didn't have a pandemic off. we can work every single day as if everything was normal and it took its toll on us and and being here for 24 years. all the we've taken. all the getting up and down after midnight, that takes its toll. we want to supply you with the resources to manage and the right way. >> coming to move to the east bay during his early childhood and graduated from bishop o'dowd high school in oakland. he succeeds. reginald freeman, who resigned back in june to work and the private sector. still ahead, forty-niners take the win, defeating the jag wires over the weekend. kate rooney joins us with all the highlights. and you may see some flaring at the martinez refinery. why officials are telling

. >> mayor shengtao today administered the oath of office of fire chief damon covington.been serving as interim chief since june following the retirement of chief reginald freeman. chief covington has spent 24 years with oakland fire , and today he thanked mayor tao , the city administrator and the city council, for appointing him to the post. thank you guys for entrusting me with a huge opportunity for 500 members of the oakland fire department and 400,000 members of the city of oakland. >> you've made the right choice because i'm a person who's compassionate and who cares and who loves oakland. >> prior to being named chief, covington has served in various positions with offd, including firefighter, paramedic, fire engineer and deputy chief. the new house speaker about to face his first major test. the attempts to reach a deal to keep the government funded [narrator] covered california is a free service from the state that's already helped millions of people like you get and pay for health insurance. with financial health to lower the cost of health coverage, you could

chief covington is a 24 year veteran of the oakland fire department this morning, he thanked mayor taod the city council, for appointing him to that post. thank you guys for entrusting me with a huge opportunity for 500 members of the oakland fire department and 400,000 members of the city of oakland. >> you've made the right choice because i'm a person who's compassionate and who cares and who loves oakland. prior to being named chief covington has served in various positions during his 24 year career with the offd, including firefighter, paramedic, fire engineer and deputy chief of police in the east bay city of pittsburg are calling on the city council to approve money for more surveillance cameras. >> there. officers say the cameras have proven to be an effective tool in fighting crime. officers are calling for an expansion of the current camera network because pittsburgh's population has grown dramatically since the first cameras were installed. 15 years ago. the police department's expected to make a formal request for funding at next week's city council meeting. >> well, thanksg

chief covington has spent 24 years with the department and today he thanked the mayor. he thanked the city administrator and the city council for appointing him to the post. it. >> thank you guys for entrusting me with a huge opportunity. for 500 members of the oakland fire department and 400,000 members of the city of oakland. you've made the right choice because i'm a person who's compassionate , who cares and who loves oakland. >> prior to being named chief covington had served in various positions within the oakland fire department, including deputy chief. >> flags are at half staff outside contra costa to county fire stations in remembrance of firefighter john martinez, who died yesterday after a year long battle with cancer. the flags shown here is outside station number two in pleasant hill. officials say martinez was diagnosed with occupational related cancer last year. he died yesterday morning with his family by his side. martinez joined can fire back in 2017 an he was an army veteran serving five and a half years with tours in iraq and afghanistan. he leaves

and mary is dave in covington officially sworn in monday morning.lleagues, all congratulated him. covington has been serving the last from yet few months as the president's interim chief. and now it's permanent. he's been with the oakland fire department for 20 years serving in various roles and he promises that he will prioritize firefighters, mental health. >> the pandemic life change for us. all. and it really changed for first responders because we didn't have a pandemic off. we can work every single day as if everything was normal and it took its toll on us and and being here for 24 years. all the we've taken. all the getting up and down after midnight, that takes its toll. we want to supply you with the resources to manage and the right way. >> covington moved to the east bay during his early childhood and he graduated from bishop o'dowd high school in oakland. he takes over for reginal freeman who resigned in june to work in the private sector. >> 6.39 jays. we just saw those fares will yesterday. we out at fisherman's wharf. yeah. this ferri

prior to being named chief, covington has served in various positions with the oakland fire departmentg firefighter, paramedic, fire engineer and deputy chief. >> tonight, flags are at half staff outside fire stations in contra costa county. it is in remembrance of firefighter john martinez, who died sunday after a year long battle with cancer. >> the flag shown here is outside station number two in pleasant hill. officials say martinez was diagnosed with occupational related cancer last year. he died yesterday morning with his family by his side. martinez joined the confiar family back in 2017. he was an army veteran serving five and a half years with tours in iraq and afghanistan. he leaves behind his father, wife and two young children. the oakland unified school district is handing out covid test kits in preparation for thanksgiving and winter breaks. >> students and staff are encouraged to follow the california department of public health guidelines, which recommends testing if they show symptoms or have been exposed to the virus. the district says each kid contains two tests. the

chief covington, that fits that role more than you. >> covington has been with the oakland fire departmentmerly working as the deputy chief of fire operations, he began serving as interim fire chief in june. the city recently decided to keep him on permanently, so he's now made his promise to oakland to keep its people safe. congratulations and best of luck. >> yeah. all right. and this rain could really help us out. >> boy, it really could maybe tamp down any fire danger for the time being. so let's get to tales from abc7 news meteorologist sandyha patel. sandy. >> well, dan and ama, we're hoping that by the end of the week it could actually end our fire season if we get a good amount of rain. >> right now. i want to show you some live pictures from our tower cameras and the one that really stands out, of course, is sutro tower. you will notice the illuminate lights down market street just really putting on a show tonight, welcoming apec visitors as we take a look at live doppler seven, we are tracking a storm that has really just all the right dynamics. cold unstable air behind it, a moi

chief covington is a 24 year veteran of the offd.d mayor tao, the city administrator, and the city council, for appointing him to this post. thank you guys for entrusting me with a huge opportunity for 500 members of the oakland fire department and 400,000 members of the city of oakland. >> you've made the right choice because i'm a person who's compassionate, who cares, and who loves oakland. >> prior to being named chief, covington has served in various positions during his 24 year career with the oakland fire department, including firefighter, paramedic, fire engineer and deputy chief. >> we are just days away now from a crucial vote that is likely to decide the future of the oakland a's. major league baseball owners are meeting in arlington, texas this week. and at the top of their agenda is the a's pending move to las vegas. a vote is expected to happen at the end of the week if 23 out of the 30 owners approve. a's owner john fisher will have cleared a major hurdle in his efforts to move the team out of oakland. however, if it's

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damon covington has been serving as the temporary fire chief since june when the previous chief resigned to enter the private sector. covington has worked for the oakland fire department for 14 years. >>> let's head down to san jose, taking a live look out, 5:10, meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect. a nice clear start to the morning there. >> yes, and we do have a very nice day ahead. we are going to have one more very mild and also mostly sunny afternoon. now, we take a look at our day planner for san jose, starting out with temperatures in the low 60s at 10:00. at noon, it's at 67 degrees. and reaching into the low 70s just briefing before temperatures come back down. as far as what we're expecting in terms of rain, most of it not getting here until early tomorrow morning with the south bay getting the first round of rain before sunrise. so i'll have more on this and what's ahead coming up. mike, you're looking at gas prices, how is it looking? >> i was looking yesterday, too. i saw them drop. i noted that. a few places with lower prices. in san jose, we have costco

>> covington's roots are in oakland. he graduated from bishop o'dowd high school and teaches fire science at merritt college. starting today throughout next, the next several days, the martinez refining company is planning intermittent flaring. they say this is part of a maintenance projects. the company says the flaring as a result of hydrogen and treated gas, adding the flaring is essential to manage excess. guess if you live in the area, just be aware of that. well, niners fans are feeling pretty good today. it's finally victory monday again after the forty-niners beat the jaguars in jacksonville yesterday. progress reporter kate rooney joins us live now. kate. >> hi, this is the san francisco team that fans came to know and love those first 5 weeks of the season. a few defensive changes. a few guys got healthy. and now those fans are hopeful. but this team is back in business. the niners routed, the jaguars 34 to 3 the final score yesterday snapping jacksonville's five-game winning streak and ending their own three-g

mayor sheng thao swore in chief damon covington into office earlier this morning.revious chief resigned to enter the private sector. he has worked for oakland for 24 years, serving in many roles, including captain of training and chief of special operations. >>> don't try to buy and quickly sell a cybertruck if you get one. tesla adding a clause in the purchase agreement saying buyers cannot sell their new vehicle within the first year unless they have specific permission, or they may be sued. offenders could be banned from buying tesla vehicles in the future. the company may grant some exceptions, but they must get written consent. intelligence lame then buy back the cybertruck at a reduced price. >>> former cal bear aaron rodgers not closing the door on what would be a miraculous recovery from that torn achilles. he suffered that injury just four plays into the season. on "sunday night football," melissa stark reported that rodgers is shooting for a middels return to the jets. achilles injuries are almost always season ending. the jets were beat bin the las vegas

. >> and that oakland has a new fire chief david covington officially sworn into the position monday morning. you saw mayor sheng thao delivering the oath. the city's mayor, family and colleagues graduated, as you can see, covington has been serving the last few months as the department interim chief. he's been with the oakland fire for more than 20 years serving in various roles. so he is no stranger to oakland fire. he has promised that he would prioritize firefighters, mental health going forward coming to move to the east bay during his early childhood. he graduated from bishop a doubt high school in oakland and he succeeds reginal freeman who resigned in june to work in the private sector. >> it's 7.26. and coming up next, we're going to track the storm, which at very moment you can see the live radar is kind of petering out return. yes, there. i just i just did the spoiler alert. but you don' in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus.

dr. covington, thank you so much for joining us. this is a world and places in the world where american power used to matter. and i've just been reading your book again and wondering whether the contraction of america in the world is somehow creating these conditions. you know, i think there are 2 big develop and steve that are making world fuel policy terms, making the world feel like it's going upside down. one of them i think we saw coming and that is the diffusion of power, right? we used to live in a world dominated by the united states and its democratic partners that represented say, 75 percent of global g d, p. and we're now heading into the world in which power will be the center, in which the number one power in the world within a decade or so will probably be china, india and may be number 2 in. the news is climbing the ranks. brazil getting stronger and stronger and this is just leading to the return of rivalries that come with multiple centers of power. the, everything that's happened and i think it, many of us did not

florence came by to help with the giveaway, as well as council member trevor reed and fire chief damon covington, along with a group of oakland firefighters showing their support. >> we're hoping that they will rebuild and continue to be part of the oakland community. >> talk about being thankful during the holiday season and here i am thankful for the outpouring love of the community. horn has two other oakland restaurants. >> maddie's and cowbird, but he says he's focused on working with insurance to reopen horn barbecue as soon as possible. >> all that's relocating to another city or picking up and doing the barbecue somewhere else. and i'm committed to oakland. >> the fire is still under investiga gation. no word yet on how long it could take to rebuild. and there is a go fund me on our website ktvu .com. if you'd like to support horn barbecue rebuild in oakland. crystal bailey, ktvu fox two news. >> across the bay street vendors in san francisco are asking the city to pause a ban beginning this coming monday that forces them to move more than 100 vendors have formed the mission. street vend

covington has been serving last few months as the department's interim chief. he has been with the oakland fire department for more than 20 years serving in various roles. today he promised his department he'll be prioritizing firefighters, mental health. >> coming up, the pandemic life change for us. and it really changed for first responders because we didn't have a pandemic off. we can work every single day as if everything was normal and it took its toll on us and and being here for 24 years. all the months we've taken. all the getting up and down after midnight, that takes its toll. we want to supply you with the resources to manage that and the right way. >> coming to move to the east bay during his early childhood. he graduated from bishop o'dowd high school in oakland, t succeeds. reginald freeman, who resigned back in june to work in the private sector. still to come on kron, 4 news at 11, how some cities are preparing for the storms that are. >> about to hit the bay area. full look at your forecast. coming up. plus thanksgiving just around the corner.

. >> oakland fire chief damon covington says there's no update on the fire investigation on he and his crew came out to support horne's turkey giveaway. even celebrity chef tyler florence was on hand. >> so it means everything to us that horne would continue to operate and care about our community, even through this disaster. i didn't think that he was going to be able to pull it off and he actually pulled it off. >> he's really been an asset to the community. horne says the fire has given him a new perspective of this holiday, but no change to his commitment to his community. >> we're committed to oakland and we're committed to being here in the community and, you know, this this temporary situation. doesn't distract from what our true purpose is in oakland on anser hassan abc seven news. >> well, food as a whole is more expensive. >> this year. items like turkey are actually less expensive compared to last year. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey breaks down the cost. >> a thanksgiving tradition about as common as pumpkin pie. all these people are waiting in line for a f

la alcaldesa 80 juramentó al jefe damon covington. esta mañana. precisamente.án de entrenamiento y jefe de operaciones especiales. hacemos nuestra primera pausa, pero en breve se acerca el día de acción de gracias y ya hay estimaciones de cuántos californianos podrían viajar ese día. los detalles tras la pausa. además, si tiene créditos o deudas de pagos por servicios médicos, quédese con nosotros porque la información que le tenemos al regresar le podría interesar no se vaya y a prepararnos. >> se acerca un río atmosférico al área de la bahía, trayendo bastante lluvia, no solamente para nosotros, pero para el valle central también lesnto locue 12,10 continuamos en vivo con más. >> le contamos la triple a anticipa un número récord de más de 7 millones de californianos viajando para el día de acción de gracias. es que según la compañía, este será 1 de los periodos más ocupados de los que se tiene registro solo a nivel nacional. se espera que 55,4 millones de personas viajen durante el próximo fin de semana festivo. eso es un 2,3% más que el año pasado y el terce

. >> la alcaldesa 80 juramentó al jefe damon covington esta mañana, quien ha estado sirviendo como jefesus fieles de la bahía al regresar al triunfo en jacksonville y en gran parte fue al aporte de su quarterback. y es que luego de presentaciones algo grises, brock purdy recuperó su mejor versión en casa de los jaguars con lanzamientos espectaculares y de alto riesgo como el de la primera anotación y también con la efectividad que le carácter issa purdy completó 3 touchdowns, se acercó a las 300 yardas y lo más importante, no tuvo intercepción. el mariscal de campo de los niners se mostró satisfecho tras dar su aporte al equipo a huge. >> um. you know when you you lose three and a row, obviously, it's like man. you want to get back on track. um, but honestly we've taken every single game. you know very seriously and we come come to work. you know, we never got complacent or anything. there's some things that haven't got on our way a couple plays within the last game last couple games, but uh, for this one came with the right mindset of you know bags against the wall on the sense and you

but to me, i remember load counter at covington, but you know, i don't remember a u. k prime minister coming back as a cabinet minister in my lifetime, and i'm nearly 57 years old. let's go to load carrington leslie because he is an example of 8 someone trying to do the job before and set country well. so if you're in the house of lords, because we're now talking about no camera not way. how difficult is that politically? because you have to engage with members of parliament. he has to have like a standing in the house of commons. is that right? yes, that's right. and it means that the m p is kind of directly question the foreign secretary at the time when there are to essentially world wars that are there's an extraordinary time to not be able to have that direct connection with someone in such an important post. so, i mean, that's already gathering a head of steam. i appreciate that. i mean there's, you know, that the risk of being a little controversial with the alex. i don't think this is a technocratic sort of game, almost where someone that's been a pretty good

it is the covington smear all over the media not learning his lessons five years after falsely attacking a group of teens in maga hats as racist. this photo of a chiefs fan half of his face painted in black along with a headline that reads nfl needs to speak out against the kansas city chiefs savanna blackface native headdress. but it turns out some important context was missing. a fullface photo of the boy shows the other side of his face was painted red to match the teams colors and painting a face at football games is not uncommon as you can see fans do it all the time. deadspin face a major back lash and the writer of the piece doubling down on social media writing for the idiots in my mentions who are treating this as some harmless act because the other side of his face was painted red i should make the argument it makes it even worse. you all are the ones who hates mexicans but where sombreros on sanko. we have reached out to jasmine and have not heard back from them but greg gutfeld pay >> are you sure? are you sure he wasn't dressed as liz warren? i love the guy doubling down on

this is where covington is. keep an eye on that. and campbell, we have more than 73%, basically three-quarters of the vote in in campbell county, and there's are beshear at nearly 60%. he got 51.5% in 2019. it will come down some, but these are all encouraging signs for andy beshear right now in kentucky. just reset the leaderboard there, 37% in right now. again, we are seeing in most of these counties where we're getting more than 90% in, some of them are very small, but in most of them, it's small, but it's an improvement from 2019 for beshear. >> i have a question, steve. this is fascinating to me. i'm curious whether beshear is overperforming in some of the red, more rural counties versus his election four years ago? >> yeah, good example is right down here in bell county. you know, 95% of the vote is in. i think there's one more precinct to come. he's running about two points above what he did in 2019. again, this is relatively small county. but again, if you're running two points better, we're seeing this in a number of counti

we heard about the covington that was a remedial case. a remease where the panel had already fodl gerrymandering, sentt back to the legislature and determine the legislature had not equately fix the problem. it is not a case iwhh there was only weak circumstantl evidence to support a finding of raerrymandering. we heard today that the legislative record gave no incation that the general assembly was drawing lines based on politics. that is completely incorrect. the guidelines from both the house and the senate ted the general assembly to draw it based on politics, to draw communities of iert based on politics and the house guidelines went even further. ey allowed the general assembly to draw around by voting behavior, which isned exactly what the genals some we did here. -- the general assembly did here. matthews, a democrat who opposed the plan, set on the floor the senate it was about politics. she even disclaims the allegation that it was about race she said that senator kamps had drawn based on how people voted including -- also, this

." >> dana: it's the kofing covington smear. sports website dead spin posting an article featuring this picture of a young kansas city chiefs fan from sunday's match against the raiders. the photo only showing half his face painted in black with the headline, the n.f.l. needs to speak out. important context missing, a full-face photo shows the other side was painted read to match the team's color, which is not uncommon. other fans do it all the time. dead spin facing major backlash apologizing to the little boy. the writer doubling down and writing, for the idiots in my mention treating this as a harmless act because the other side was painted red, there is argument it makes it even worse. y'all issue the ones who hate mexicans and wear sombreros on cinco. we will hear from greg gutfeld. what do you think of this? >> greg: see that picture again, side view of the young guy. are you sure, i mean, are you sure he wasn't dressed as liz warren? i love the guy doubling down, i could make the argument. you could but you would be an as

covington has been serving the last few months as the department's interim chief. he's been with the oakland fire department for more than 20 years. >> still ahead, flu season is here and it's peaking early here from the bay area. doctor who says he's seeing an increase of his patients. >> plus, a pact was supposed to mean big business for local restaurants, but one restaurant says that doesn't seem to be the case for them. those details coming up and surprise dance performance on san francisco's. transamerica. pyramid in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to a $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yep, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company with the largest fastest reliable network and that powers more businesses than anyone else. learn how you can get $1000 back for your business today. comcast business. powering possibilities. >> take a look at this. a surpr

the court has affirmedon a circumstantial record in north carolina versus covington. based on ation about the shape of thdistrict, race was in fact relied upon. the district court did look at traditional redistricting principles and found they were subordinate in this issue. residence, e strict is not contiguo. the previous stct was. of course, there was grievously a charleston county divide, i don't think the case that the traditional principlesfully supported the state here. i will go back to the expert evidence in this case. we think [ indiscernibl] was most probative on e review. was a razor politics that were driving the district lines? the doctor said it took [ indiscnie ] by looking up raisings rather than bonafide voter. that is what the cooper expert did. he ran a regression analysis to further isolate out the effect ofrace and politics. >> i want to explore the alternative map, non-requirement requemt. everybody takes the given that the legislature here did seek to purs a partisan tilt, as the preferred term. and this is permissie under the court's precedent

volunteers on hand was celebrity chef tyler florence as well as city councilmember reed and fire chief covingtonatterhorn's third annual turkey giveaway. horn barbecue has been red tagged and the owner is working to rebuild. >>> time is 5:38. the arrival of thanksgiving means the holiday shopping season is in full swing. finding the best deals online can depend on when you shop. we will help you navigate the madness. >>> today , the people will be waiting for food. who will feed them? >> who will feed them? the question of a child. of that child's question kick started an effort that feeds hundreds of people where we live. deep breath. cancer is a journey you don't take alone. you did it! our cancer care team works together to care for all that is you. >>> time for your money watch report. 'tis the season of holiday shopping. black friday and cyber monday are around the corner. and we have some advice for you as to when you combine the best deals on the items that you are searching for. if you're in the market for a new tv or computer, retail experts say friday and saturday are the best days to

the same people who fell for hoaxes such as russia, jussie smollett and covington kids are going to decide the message from democrats is clear. you can choose your own gender, but you can't choose your own newspaper. horace cooper joins me now. he is the project 21 founder and author of put y'all back in jane's. horace, five years old. i thought screens were bad for five -year-olds. now they want to tell you what to watch on the screens. >> this is really, really sad. i wish i could say it's surprising. instead of seeing to it that our eighth-graders can read on an eighth grade level, heck, maybe even read on a fifth grade level, they are going to waste time on this woke indoctrination the left has broken the contract that the american people have. our societal contract with public education. we welcomed public schools as a country because they were going to reinforce the values of what it means to be an american. instead, they are trying to turn all of our children, at least in these dark blue states, into woke social worriers. they won't we able to read the diploma when they graduate and

. >> oakland fire chief damon covington says there is no update on the fire investigation mission. he and his crew came out to support horns turkey giveaway. even celebrity chef tyler florence was on hand. >> so it means everything to us that horn would continue to operate and care about our community, even through this disaster. i didn't think that he was going to be able to pull it off. >> and he actually pulled it off. he's really been an asset to the community. >> horn says the fire has given him a new perspective this holiday, but no change to his commitment to his community. >> we're committed to oakland and we're committed to being here in the community and you know, this this temporary situation doesn't distract from what our true purpose is in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> happening now, the chp is beginning its maximum enforcement period for the holiday. >> all available officers are on patrol checking for drunk drivers, distracted drivers, speeding drivers and more. the maximum enforcement period ends on sunday night. >> thanksgiving travel has been snarled t

so the out of context lie of the covington kid was able to scale massively before it was debunked.afe bistro in soho and i was drinking rose and i had to put my $0.02 in, i had to put my $0.02 in. compare that to now, musk introduces community notes which immediately puts out the hoax fire before it can actively spread. he created it, an actual solution to fake news and it's actually brilliant. nonetheless did. so within hours that story was filleted and humiliated the hoax writer who probably -- this is going to follow him to his muted career. doesn't address how the story got there and that's the process which is designed based on click bait that targets and smears the right targets, not all targets, specific people are targeted to be taken down. dead spin is paying for it now, their spin is dying. but you look what happened to espn and sports illustrated. these were all once-respected sports institutions that are now infected with a mind virus that is predicated on identity and envy, because it creates clicks >> jessica: dana? >> dana: not only is community notes coming for him

florence came by to help with the giveaway as well as council member trevor reed and fire chief damon covington, along with a group of oakland firefighters showing their support. >> we're hoping that they will rebuild and continue to be part of the oakland community. talk about being thankful during the holiday season and here i am thankful for the outpouring love of the community. >> horn has two other oakland restaurants. maddie's and cowbird, but he says he's focused on working with insurance to reopen horn barbecue as soon as possible. >> all that's relocating to another city or picking up and doing the barbecue somewhere else. and i'm committed to oakland. >> the fire is still under investigation and no word yet on how long it could take to reopen. but if you'd like to donate and help horn barbecue rebuild, you can visit our website. ktvu.com for the link to their gofundme. mike, julie, thank you so much. >> he's been through so much. did they have a good turnout today and did they have enough turkeys for everyone who showed up? >> they had 150 turkeys and when i left there around 3:00 tod

this wasn't like the covington kids where it took a week or two to get the real story. really all the pressure is now on this reporter. and the editor to come out with a massive apology. and an explanation. not that the parents would accept it. but at least it would be a hail mary to try to save dead spin. this could be a death blow. >> steve: it will be interesting to see exactly how many people do show up in the black and the red face at arrowhead stadium this weekend. >> ainsley: well, we will be watching for the players for the game for taylor swift. >> steve: i wonder if taylor swift will do it. >> ainsley: i doubt it but we will see. >> brian: a lot of people will never paint their face. it doesn't mean they don't support the child. >> ainsley: don't want to break out. >> brian: exactly, lawrence, i cannot see you as a face painter, am i right? >> lawrence: do you want to hear something? i painted my face in college. >> brian: did you? >> lawrence: i did. >> ainsley: why? >> lawrence: listen, listen, can i be honest? when i'm on the team, if i have to paint my fac

. >> oakland fire chief damon covington says there's no update on the fire investigation.s crew came out to support horns turkey giveaway even celebrity chef tyler florence was on hand. >> so it means everything to us that horn will continue to operate and care about our community, even through this disaster. i didn't think that he was going to be able to pull it off and he actually pulled it off. >> he's really been an asset to the community. >> horn says the fire has given him a new perspective this holiday, but no change to his commitment to his community. >> we're committed to oakland and we're committed to being here in the community and you know, this this temporary situation doesn't distract from what our true purpose is in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news not saying giving spirit is in the air this morning. >> volunteers in san francisco are up early helping the salvation army deliver thanksgiving dinner meals to people who need them most. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez is live in san francisco this morning where those boxed meals are being prepared.

. >> it's official oakland's new fire chief jane in covington.was officially sworn in yesterday morning. he actually been serving the last few months as the interim chief. he's been with the oakland fire department for more than 20 years serving in various roles in. he says he wants to prioritize firefighters, mental health. he succeeds reginal freeman who resigned in june to work in the private sector. >> well, a new free water taxi service is planned between alameda and oakland. according to the city's website, their vision is for this water taxi to shuttle people between the foot of 5th street on the alameda side all the way to the foot of broadway in oakland. it's expected to operate 4 to 5 times per week depending on funding in the season. but you said free freeze set free down that. i like probably a lot of people that enjoy that option. so we'll see. all right. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. >> this time of year is often the time when people begin suffering from seasonal depression, we're going to different methods that a psychol

florence came by to help with the giveaway as well as council member trevor reed and fire chief damon covington, along with a group of oakland firefighters, showed their support. >> we're hoping that they will rebuild and continue to be part of the oakland community. talk about being thankful during the holiday season and here i am thankful for the outpouring love of the community. >> horn has two other oakland restaurants. >> maddie's and cowbird. but he says he's focused on working with insurance to reopen horn barbecue as soon as possible. >> all that's relocating to another city or picking up and doing the barbecue somewhere else. and i'm committed to oakland. >> the fire is still under investigation. no word yet on how long it could take to rebuild. and there is a go fund me on our website, ktvu .com. if you'd like to support horn, barbecue's rebuild in oakland. crystal bailey, ktvu fox two news. and taking a live look tonight at the us canadian rderrossing where a car crashed and then burst into flames today. >> that prompted an all out response by the fbi over security concerns. now in t

chief damon covington was sworn in at a ceremony outside jack london square today. he's been serving as interim fire chief for the city since june and is a 24 year veteran of the department mayor sheng thao says coming to history and knowledge of the city make him the ideal person to lead having his as one of his priorities will be addressing the mental health of his firefighters. >> we won't stop until we get the things that we need to go home safely to be effective members for our family. not just that work. to make sure that you have the balance that you need and that we stack up our department so that you can get your 2 days go home. think your family because that's what you need to recharge. >> coming to roots are in oakland. he graduated from bishop o'dowd high school and now teaches fire science at merritt college. let's talk about our forecast now as we take a live look outside at downtown san francisco looking just lovely outdoors at this hour 3.35. this monday. but things are expected to change kyla. yeah, they are. let's talk about tahoe because this syst

. >> well, there you see the new fire chief of oakland being sworn-in dam in covington officially accepting that position monday morning. you can hugs all around. he's been serving the last few months as the department's interim chief. so now he has it for it. for an official title. the local fire department has seen his services for the last 20 years. he's been in various roles working his way up the ranks. he says he wants to really prioritize firefighters, mental health during his tenure actually moved to the east bay during his early childhood. grew up there, graduated from bishop o'dowd high school in oakland and he succeeds reginal freeman who resigned in june to work in the private sector. we're going take a break your day. 22 coming up on the kron 4 morning news. a stolen car ends up in the front yard of a home. >> as police chased the driver now facing multiple charges. and we're also tracking the weather this morning. a live look at stormtracker 4 shows some rain offshore working its way towards the north bay. santa rose in the clear for now. showers could continue as the morning

. >> but we caught him and this is what happened to nick sandmann remember the covington kid? >> and we hope this little boy sues deadspin into bankruptcy where it belongs. >> mel karen hasn't written about jimi kimmel's blackface. he hasn't written about virginia governor ralph northam's blackface or justin trudeau's blackface. and these guys weren't even at a stadium. they were in legit blackface grown men. why can't a boy dress up like an indian if liz warren can identify as an indian? >> i have lived in a family that has talked about native american and talked about tribes since i've been a little girl. i still have a picture on my mantel at home, and it's a picture my mother had before that, a picture of my grandfather and my aunt b has walked by that picture at least a thousand times, remarked that he that her father, my papa, had high cheekbones, like all of the indians do. being native american has been part of my story, i guess, since the day i was born. >> all right, so let me get this straight. >> the left says boys can dress up as girls, but they can't dress up as

chief damon covington was officially sworn in. >> monday morning. he has been serving the last few months as the department's interim chief. >> and he's been with the oakland fire department more than 20 years serving in various roles. >> coming up, the pandemic life change for us. all. and it really changed for first responders because we didn't have a pandemic off. we can work every single day as if everything was normal and it took its toll on us and and being here for 24 years. all the we've taken. all the getting up and down after midnight, that takes its toll. we want to supply you with the resources to manage and the right way. >> and there is explaining how his priority is the mental health of firefighters who have a very difficult job. as we know coming to move to the east bay when he was young. he graduated from bishop o'dowd high school in oakland and he takes over for reginal freeman who resigned in june to work in the private sector. >> we're going to take a break or 10, 40. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a new discovery at uc