take a look at a few other stories making headlines around the world today. hurricane helena is moving fast across the gulf of mexico towards the us state of florida. authorities there so could strength into a catastrophic category for storm causing major planning and wind damage. helena has already dumped heavy rains on parts of cuba and mexico. the names of $43.00 students were beamed onto a monument and mexico city to mark the 10 year anniversary of their disappearance. all are believed to have been abducted and killed by a drug cartel and corrupt officials. despite of state commission, no one has ever been convicted. new york city mer eric adams has been indicted following a federal inquiry into alleged corruption. the indictment is sealed, but us media are reporting, he will face criminal charges. adams says he will refuse to resign. if he fast to face charges, a russian president vladimir putting says born western nations that russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missile supplied by any states supporting an attack on its territory. the russian leade

i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me. we begin in lebanon where there are concerns tonight over escalating violence between the militant group hezbollah and israel and what it could mean for the region. hezbollah has now confirmed the death of a top military the latest strikes come after four days of deadly devices, prompting new condemnation from the un human rights chief. it isa it is a war crime to commit violence intended to spread terror among civilians. we examine what the attacks in lebanon could mean i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me. we begin in lebanon where there are concerns tonight over escalating violence between the militant group hezbollah and israel and what it could mean for the region. hezbollah has now confirmed the death of a top military commander, ibrahim aqil, after israel struck a high—rise block of flats in the lebanese capital beirut on friday. ibrahim aqil is considered the most high—profile member of the group to be killed in the current conflict, with the us having had a multimillio

helena wilkinson reports.ed moments after he was sentenced — a far cry from the polished and highly—respected bbc newsreader he once was. earlier, he arrived at court to face his sentence. no answer, as he went in to questions about whether he wanted to apologise for his crimes. in court, though, through his lawyer, he did say sorry for what he said were truly repugnant images and the hurt done. he listened as the prosecutor laid out the distressing details. huw edwards was sent hundreds of images by another man — 41 of them were indecent images of children. on one occasion, the man asked if huw edwards wanted more images of young people — he replied, "go on." another time he said, "amazing." tonight at 10pm, thousands of police officers... up until last year, huw edwards was the most high profile newsreader. he presented the 10pm news, as well as election and royal coverage. bbc television is broadcasting this special programme, reporting the death of her majesty the queen. huw edwards was suspended from the

as helena said, where do you look— founded. as helena said, where do you look to — founded.ation, a bit here and there... but it is bigger than the prime ministers _ but it is bigger than the prime ministers. the global financial crisis. — ministers. the global financial crisis, brexit, coupled with covid, coupled _ crisis, brexit, coupled with covid, coupled with the ukraine invasion. the intellectual capability of the prime _ the intellectual capability of the prime minister's was simply not up to dealing — prime minister's was simply not up to dealing with it. —— of the prime ministers — ministers. then if you slash the civil ministers. — then if you slash the civil service, as they— then if you slash the civil service, as they did, — then if you slash the civil service, as they did, i think we need to have as they did, i think we need to have a prime _ as they did, i think we need to have a prime minister now who does restore — a prime minister now who does restore trust, who can show that they— restore trust, who can show that they can — restore trust, who can show that

helena, thank you.ds on bbc iplayer now and on bbc 2 tonight at 9pm. and the new season of the world of secrets podcast is available right now on bbc sounds. some prisoners who were released early last week to try free up space in overcrowded prisons haven't been fitted with electronic tags to monitor their location — despite that being a condition of their release. more than 1,700 prisoners were let out last week — thousands more will be released in the next months. the government has blamed the company that provides the tags — serco — and is understood to be holding urgent talks later today. 0ur senior uk correspondent sima kotecha reports. 0ur our recent visit to hmp pentonville, crowded gel like many others up—and—down the country. last week the government let 1700 people out from multiple prisons to make more space. but now, some of those released have told the bbc they have not been tagged when they should have been, like this offender. who was inside for drug offences. he agreed to speak to us as

helena wilkinson, bbc news.ey have heard. al fayed bought fulham football club and during his 16 years as owner the club rose up to the premier league and european football. today at the press conference you've been hearing about, the lawyers representing the women who have alleged sexual abuse by al fayed say they aren't currently representing any women who worked here at fulham. they say the investigations are continuing and that wherever al fayed went they would be more victims. they are trying to establish weather anyone here was affected by him. they are encouraging people to come forward not only to the club but to the police as well. tonight there is discussion among many fulham fans that the chants sung in honour of al fayed be stopped. there were four previous police investigations into rain and sexual assault. the most recent one and only ended when al fayed died last year. detectives struggled to corroborate the testimony of a 15—year—old girl, but we now know because they were intimidated... that pol

helena wilkinson, bbc news.london time from mr al fayed's legal team — and we will bring you live coverage of that here on bbc news. and you can get more on this story by listening to the new season of �*world of secrets', from the bbc world service, from wherever you get your bbc podcasts. you can also catch the full documentary �*al fayed: predator at harrods' — on the bbc iplayer. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the number of identified russian fighters killed on the frontline in ukraine has hit 70,000. that's according to bbc research. while official statistics may be hard to come by, an investigation by bbc russia and the independent russian media outlet mediazona has been collating and identifying dead russian soldiers since the beginning of the war with ukraine. our analysis reveals volunteers are increasingly older men with lower incomes, and are not surviving long in battle. 0lga ivshina reports. the faces of russian fighters killed in ukraine are changing. now more and more men in

helena? it boasts clay and well manicured tennis courts. it draws tennis stars, big name talent and coaching, and then there is everyone else like this guy. >> reporter: this is fun being in a place like this with a vineyard right next door. we have clay courts, we have grass courts. it's like this place is from the movie, "the field of dreams." gilbert hosted a clinic last weekend at the napa valley lawn club in st. helena. >> i told kids, the net is the enemy. >> reporter: he was joined by john isner, who recently retired after 17 years on tour. >> finally my body sort of said uncle. >> reporter: isner still wants to be around the sport as much as possible. >> no! okay, all right. we're good. >> reporter: but it's been an adjustment as a tv analyst. >> i'm going, let's say right to the media entrance and not left to the locker room. very weird. i've been denied access to certain areas, and it's like i don't fight them on it because my badge says i'm not allowed. fair enough. >> reporter: it's hard to miss him. he's 6'10". and best known f

triple digit heat in ukiah, saint helena, fairfield. now you're in the mid to upper 90s from livermore to concord. these are some of the hot spots. as you will notice, the heat advisory is for our inland hills and valleys and mountains. excuse me, you will notice until 8 p.m. tonight there is a risk of heat related illnesses. now, one thing to keep in mind is our fire danger remains elevated moderate to high tonight. and it's going to carry over a little bit into your saturday, even though we are expecting the temperatures to drop off, you can pretty much see why the humidity levels are pretty much low 8%, cloverdale 13%, brentwood 14% and livermore area. but the thing is, even a little bit of a breeze could really set things off, especially when you have critically dry conditions. so hour by hour we go. if you have friday night plans still hot at 6:00 inland, as you will notice by 9:00 the fog starts to push in a bit. temperatures fall tomorrow morning. there's a lot more fog around. i'll show you those temperatures for your weekend. c

helena wilkinson, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. doubt" the covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak. they were analysing hundreds of samples collected from wuhan, china in january 2020. i've been speaking to one of those researchers, professor michael worobey from the university of arizona. he explained what his team had uncovered. the data that we're looking at here was from samples collected the day that this market, the huanan seafood market, was closed down at the beginning of the pandemic, 1st to january 2020. the scientists from the chinese cdc sent swabbed surfaces from all over this market — floors, walls, cages, carts — and what we're looking at now is the data that they generated from that when they asked, you know, not specifically, is sars—cov—2 there? but let's sequence the heck out of all of the dna and rna in each sample and just see what's there. and when you do that, you can start to see what potential host species were definitely there. and how cooperative were c

helena wilkinson, bbc news.etropolitan police have revealed that 19 women made allegations of rape, sexual assault and trafficking against mohamed al fayed over the past two decades, but he was never prosecuted. and fulham football club — which al fayed owned until 2013 — is also trying to establish whether anyone has been affected. we'll speak to our uk affairs correspondent daniel sandford injust a moment, but first to laura scott, our sports news correspondent. laura, what's the latest with fulham football club? what we've learned today is that lawyers representing several women who have accused mohamed al fayed of rape and sexual assault have received several inquiries relating to fulham football club during the 16 years when al fayed was owner, between 1997 and 2013. now, all of these women have come forward since last week's news conference, when the barristers representing all fired's victims said he was a monster who silenced and threatened his sexual assault victims —— representing mohamed al fayed's vi

helena wilkinson, bbc news. al—fayed over the past two decades but he is never convicted. and seeing whether anyone has been affected. ten years ago on the 26th of september, 2014, 43 male students from a teacher's couegein students from a teacher's college in southwestern mexico disappeared after being forcibly abducted in the town. it is been seen as one of the most infamous human rights cases and they were alleged to have been taken into custody by local police officers in collusion with organised crime gangs. later evidence implicating mexican army, officials concluded there was no indication that the students were alive but exactly ten years later, the remains of three students have been identified and their deaths confirmed. earlier, spoke to a latin american correspondent who had the latest.— who had the latest. these are the latest _ who had the latest. these are the latest families _ who had the latest. these are the latest families gathering i the latest families gathering behind me towards the preside

helena wilkinson, bbc news.he july attempted assassination of republican presidential candidate donald trump at a rally in pennsylvania. in a news conference within the last hour, the acting director of the secret service said some employees will be held accountable. so in today's hyperdynamic threat environment, the mission of the secret service is clear — we cannot afford to fail. after reviewing the planning, event details and coordination with partner agencies regarding the attempted assassination of former president donald trump onjuly 13th, our mission assurance review is nearing its completion. as i've said, this was a failure on the part of the united states secret service. it's important that we hold ourselves accountable for the failures ofjuly 13th, and that we use the lessons learned to make sure that we do not have anotherfailure like this again. the findings of the mission assurance review have prompted the secret service to move into the accountability phase of this process. the office of professi

helena wilkinson, bbc news.fc, which mohamed al fayed owned from 1997 to 2013. you've been talking to a former manager of the women's team. tell us more about what he said. yes, tonight i've been speaking to a former manager of fulham football club's women's team who told me that extra precautions were put in place to protect female players from mohamed al fayed. he managed the team from 2001 to 2003 said that members of staff became aware that the late billionaire liked young, blonde girls, and as a result the players were not allowed to be left alone with the late billionaire owner, who owns the club for 16 years, from 1997, to 2013. earlier, we had a statement from fulham, saying they were deeply concerned by the disturbing reports that have come to light about all al fayed and they were trying to establish whether anyone at this club had been affected, encouraging anyone with information to come forward, not just to the club but to the police as well and whilst lawyers representing women who have accused al

helena wilkinson, bbc news. those accusations against the former owner of harrods. support is available/ action line. still to come on the world today — the mayor of new york city finds himself at the centre of a media storm after he's charged with receiving illegal campaign contributions while running for office three years ago. we'll have the latest from new york. and the item that's the third—most used appliance in britain's kitchens, now used more than conventional ovens — how the air fryer seems to be more than a passing fad. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected international calls for a ceasefire with his brother, saying his country's military will keep hitting the lebanese armed group with full force. the us, france and other western allies have come up with a proposal for a 21—day break in hostilities. air strikes have continued in lebanon, with israel saying it's hit dozens of his brother targets. israel says the head of the hezbollah's drone unit had been killed

hurricane helena powerfully hit the southeastern united states. join to the national, cultural and historical motives of belarus, a tour of the palace of independence for those who are eliminating the consequences of the july disaster. and the latest news, israel may begin a limited-scale ground operation in lebanon within a few hours, cbs reports, citing an american official. indirectly, this information was confirmed by the israeli defense minister. he announced the imminent start. explosions thundered in beirut, there are casualties, against this background, information appeared that the pentagon may increase the number of troops contingent in the middle east, there are currently about 4,000 american troops stationed there. there is currently no consensus in the european union regarding the escalation in the middle east . moreover, the entire essence of the presentation of information to the eu has appeared in the coverage of events. such opinions. regional wars that can transform large interregional conflicts. these specialists are currently working on precisely the fact that the small re

helena wilkinson, bbc news.y trustee for five years. the regulator, the charity commission, found there had been serious mismanagement of funds at the charity fashion for relief, which ms campbell set up and was overseeing. graham satchell has been looking into the story. what more can you tell us? naomi campbell is one of the most famous supermodels in the world. she set up a charity, fashion for relief and was regularly giving interviews in the media to promote it. the idea was to raise money for poverty relief and to help in global disasters. today the charity commission has found that actually not very much of the money it raised ended up going to good causes. specifically over a six—year period, only 8.5% of the charity's overall expenditure was given out on charitable grants. so where did the money go? the commission says that almost £8,000 was spent on a three night stay in a 5—star hotel by naomi campbell. she racked up more than £6,000 on spa treatments, room service and cigarettes. so today she has bee

helena wilkinson, bbc news. football club from 1997 to 2013. 0ur sports news correspondent laura scott there. what is being said where you are? today in a statement, fulham football club say they were deeply concerned by the disturbing reports that have come to light about the former owner. mohamed al fayed bought this club in 1997 for a reported £30 million and during his 60 years as owner, they rose up to the premier league and european competition. al fayed backed a move for the women's side to turn fully professional in 2000 but their funding was withdrawn in 2006. lawyers for the women who have alleged sexual abuse said they are not currently representing any women who previously worked at fulham football club but they said their investigations are ongoing and that wherever mohamed al fayed went there would be victims. the club are trying to establish whether anyone at the club was affected and have encouraged anyone with information to come forward to the club or to police. tomorrow fulham play here at cra

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helena wilkinson, bbc news.d direction on where to get support by searching for bbc action line. the prime minister has insisted he is completely in control as rows continue within government about his chief of staff, sue gray. during a series of bbc interviews ahead of the labour party conference, sir keir starmer was pressed on a range of topics, including questions about his most senior aide and whether a labour donor should be buying clothes for him. our political editor chris mason was watching. it's a bit like speed dating, this, really, isn't it? yes, it's a long list. you have onlyjust started. we've onlyjust started, we're going all over the united kingdom. a day of non—stop scrutiny for keir starmer. 26 back—to—back interviews, including 15 with bbc colleagues from across the uk. this is the prime minister's chief of staff sue gray. last night, i told you about the rows within government about her, her pay, her influence is cheesing off many of her colleagues, and they're telling us about it. why is yo

this report from helena wilkinson does contain descriptions of sexual violence.when mohamed al—fayed took over harrods, he quickly embraced his high profile role and the status that came with it. to his customers and the celebrity guests he was all charm, but to many of his female employees, he was a different man, a predator. we've heard testimony from more than 20 of al—fayed's female ex—employees. he tried to rape me more than once. and he pushed me in and onto the bed so that i couldn't move. you know, he was 79, i nearly 80, and i was 15. mohamed al—fayed was rich and powerful. that power allowed him to carry out assault at scale over decades. i think is a serial rapist. gemma worked as al—fayed's personal assistant for two years. just a small dictaphone i had in nry— just a small dictaphone i had in my pocket. 0ne just a small dictaphone i had in my pocket. one of them was in my pocket. one of them was in paris. — in my pocket. one of them was in paris. in— in my pocket. one of them was in paris, in his residence there _ in paris, in his residence there nea

i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us.es of deadly attacks across lebanon using explosives and pages and walkie—talkies as, "a declaration of war".

hello, i'm helena humphrey. it's great to have you with us.y announcing it has found several bodies underground in the gaza strip. the idf has not confirmed whether they are the remains of israeli hostages held by hamas. israel says the bodies were discovered during combat and its military is working to extract and identify them, which will take several hours. us presidentjoe biden addressed the media in the state of delaware just a short while ago. my staff have been in contact with the israelis and discovered bodies in gaza. not sure the exact number. they have not taken them out yet. they wanted to identify the bodies. a lot of speculation as to who they are and names, i am not at liberty to do that at the moment. it is time this war ended, we should end this war. we are on the verge of having an agreement. it is time to end it. palestinian health workers in gaza have started vaccinating some babies against polio, a day before

i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us.russian missile strike that's being described as the moscow's single deadliest attack so far this year. the target was the city of potalva, in central ukraine. at a military training insitute and nearby hospital were hit.

helena wilkinson is at...ck on the last nine months on how topic has been for the family, but also then pitching forward. yes. topic has been for the family, but also then pitching forward. yes, and ou aet also then pitching forward. yes, and you get the — also then pitching forward. yes, and you get the sense _ also then pitching forward. yes, and you get the sense of _ also then pitching forward. yes, and you get the sense of the _ also then pitching forward. yes, and you get the sense of the princess i also then pitching forward. yes, and you get the sense of the princess of| you get the sense of the princess of wales, and she sets herself in that video filmed in north norfork over the summer, last month's with the prince of wares and their three children, it almost has a sense, a carefree sense about it, and she talks about the relief of having completed her chemotherapy treatments but it is a reflective video, in her own words, she cared it —— clearly want to talk about her own cancerjourney it —— clearly

man and his dog got into trouble when their sail boat became disabled and started taking on water. helena is moving inland, and losing strength. it was downgraded to a tropical storm, but official say it is still life threatening. forecasters are warning of tornadoes, mudslides and flash floods. yes or am i know about the whole story? it is our lebanon's capital b, which has again come on by heavy ease, route fire, with multiple strikes on saturday for us and hospitals to groups with photos attacks on friday with ease ross and targets at the head on the head split up for many times. and that's all for now, and let's see what else coming up next. look at how the best of nefertiti ended up in germany and egyptian spots. so to get it back, i am at the michael junior things to watch and we have more news on the top of the, on the power to kick in the south china sea was shapes are here. what this is supposed to mean of the global conflict of 2 decades of chinese expansion is in the nation is resisting with us in the course of a powerful incentive on september 12th. 2 and if a t t almost 50 ce

i'm helena humphrey. it's great to have you with us.ezbollah and israel and for what it could mean for the region. hezbollah has now confirmed the death of a top military commander, ibrahim aqil, after israel struck a high—rise block of flats in the lebanese capital beirut on friday. ibrahim aqil is considered the most high—profile member

helena wilkinson, bbc news.rosecuted. and fulham football club — which al fayed owned until 2013 — is also trying to establish whether anyone has been affected. the conservative party's former co—chair, baroness warsi, has resigned the party's whip in the house of lords over what she calls the "hypocrisy and double standards" of how it treats different communities. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticus has more details. taking us back and saying, who is she? she was a conservative party as you say, brought to the party by david cameron and put into the lords and served in the cabinet and she was prominent as the first muslim cabinet minister in which she said in her tweets today was that she said she is deciding to no longer take the conservative wit and so resigning as a member in the lords and she is a conservative remains above the current party are far removed from the party she joined and served and and a reflection on how far right she believes the party had moved and the hypocrisy and double sta

here's helena wilkinson with today's developments.e who was a powerful figure in british society. the former boss of harrods and one—time owner of fulham football club, he was also the father of dodi al fayed, who died in a car crash with princess diana. today, at an extraordinary news conference, more shocking and disturbing details about al fayed's behaviour towards female staff at harrods were revealed. mohamed al fayed, my boss, the person i worked for, pushed himself onto me. ifell to the floor with him still on top of me but i managed to kick free. he just laughed at me. he then composed himself and he told me in no uncertain terms that i was never to breathe a word of this to anyone. i was subjected to an unnecessary and intrusive medical examination. i was never given those results. i was subjected to aids and std testing without consent, and now believe in hindsight i was checked for my purity. lawyers representing al fayed's accusers said this was one of the worst cases of sexual exploitation they had ever seen. we will say

now our top story, the imminent landfall of category four hurricane helena. the senior correspondent steve harrigan is live on the ground and the big bend area we are being told that landfall could come any minute. what's alike where you are? >> the wind has picked up here considerably. the rain coming in sideways. you hear a lot of figures about the storm. things like category four and 130 mile-per-hour winds. that can basically tear roofs off of well-built houses and also exterior walls as well. that's really only one side of the story -- the deadliest will be the storm surge. it said to get up to ten to 12 feet. could be up to 20 feet in parts of the area. so you are looking at two stories of water moving in. they've been using a word i haven't heard and hurricane coverage before and that's on survivable. they are saying the surge in parts along the coast will be on survivable and all this happening at night, happening for most people in the dark. more than 300,000 people without electric power. they are poised to get help as soon as winds permit. more tha

your busy lives to be here this afternoon for before began i went to say a few words about hurricane helena. he spoke this morning whether fema administrator. president biden and i of course will continue to monitor the situation closely. we have mobilized more than 1500 federal personnel to support those communities that have been impacted. we have food, water, generators ready for deployment. [applause] we are working to restore power for millions of people who are currently experiencing outages. and i just want to stress for the press who are here, to those who are watching the storm continues to be dangerous and deadly. lives have been lost in at the risk of flooding still remains high. i continue to urge everyone to please continue to follow guidance with your local official until it passes moment. i'll speak about the people who are here today and gathered here today. this is what you know you are all here there are consequential's issues one is security of our border. we have a duty to set rules that are border and to enforce them. i take that responsibility very seriously. the unite

a powerful hurricane helena hit the southeast of the united states, more details about the elements from our forecasters. exactly 2 years have passed since the reunification of lugansk and the donetsk people's republics, zaporizhia and kherson regions with russia. vladimir putin congratulated russians on the holiday in a video message. we did not abandon our brothers and sisters, we tried to achieve a peaceful resolution to the gravest conflict. you know how these negotiations ended, with lies , forgery and deception on the part of western elites, who during this time turned ukraine into their colony, into a military base aimed at russia. they systematically sowed hatred and radical nationalism, incited hostility towards everything russian, supplied. sent mercenaries and advisers, prepared the ukrainian army for a new war, in order to again, as in the spring and summer of 2014, organize a punitive action in the southeast, as a target were designated not only donbass, but also crimea and other russian regions, the fateful agreement on the entry of the territory into our country was signed

helena. welcome to the show. helena, welcome to the show. himself. is this really the kind of language you should be saying about the queen? it seems astonishingly rude to me. >> it is rude. it is. >> it is rude. it is. >> i mean, look, you know, ian , >> i mean, look, you know, ian, sir ian mckellen, enthusiastic , sir ian mckellen, enthusiastic, outspoken, opinionated. we know that he's actually known to be outrageously funny, quite tongue in cheek, quite caustic on occasion. and i think really, you know, we can see this in this talk that in this interview and what i do know as well that this was an interview promoting his new film that's coming out, the critic, you know, and obviously people are talking about him. so he's done his job, i do think , though, you know, if i do think, though, you know, if you've got nothing nice to say, just why say it at all? and it's not fair. the things that have been mentioned, i don't know. you know, obviously we know he's had his fall, his blustering falstaff in his fat suit, you know, has he taken a kn

i'm helena humphrey, glad you could join me.nce between the militant group hezbollah and israel — and what it could mean for the region.

hello, i'm helena humphrey. it's great to have you with us.several bodies underground in the gaza strip. the idf has not confirmed whether they are the remains of israeli hostages held by hamas. israel says the bodies were discovered during combat and its military is working to extract and identify them, which will take several hours. us presidentjoe biden addressed the media in the state of delaware just a short while ago. my staff have been in contact with the israelis and discovered bodies in gaza. not sure the exact number. they have not taken them out yet. they wanted to identify the bodies. a lot of speculation as to who they are and names, i am not at liberty to do that at the moment. it is time this war ended, we should end this war. we are on the verge of having an agreement. it is time to end it. palestinian health workers in gaza have started vaccinating some babies against polio, a day before

i'm helena humphrey, glad you could join me.now been upended by this week's escalation between israel and hezbollah. tonight we'll bring you the scenes from lebanon's capital beirut, where the israeli military has bombed what it says is hezbollah�*s central headquarters there — targeting senior commanders from the group. we'll bring you reaction to the conflict from the united nations, where members are urging all sides to agree to a ceasefire, and from the white house, which says it had no advance knowledge of friday's israeli air strike in beirut.

plus, florida hunkers down as hurricane helena approaches. the storm is expected to make landfall as a category three. a live report on the final preparations now underway, and meteorologist kari hall is tracking its path. this is today in the bay. and good morning. i'm ginger conejero saab. marcus is off this morning, and i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike for a look at that morning commute. what about the forecast? good morning kari. good morning. yesterday was so nice. it did get really windy in the afternoon into the evening. but we are going to start to see those temperatures trending up a little bit more. right now we're nice and cool. it's 57 in dublin, palo alto and in san francisco and in san jose, 62 degrees. as we take a look at these highs for this afternoon, we are going to be up to 85 in novato and santa rosa and 78 degrees in hayward. we're looking at low 70s in san francisco and upper seconds for concord in san jose. look for a high of 80 degrees and some upper 80s, even a few low 90s for some of our inland valleys. we

>>>gilbert hosted a clinic last weekend at the napa valley lawn club in saint helena. >>>>i tell all kids the net is the enemy. >>>he was joined by john isner, who recently retired after 17 years on tour. >>>>finally, my body sort of said uncle >>>isner still wants to be around the sport as much as possible. >>>>no okay. all right we're good. >>>but it's been adjustment. as a tv analyst >>>>i'm going, let's say, right to the media entrance and not left to the locker room very weird. i've been denied access to certain areas, and it's like i don't fight him on it because, like my badge says, i'm not allowed. and. fair enough. >>>it's hard to miss him. isner is six foot ten. >>>>oh, let's go. >>>and best known for his big serve, he recalled the first time he reached triple digits. >>>>i remember we used to have an old school gun. i don't know how accurate it was, but i must have been in like eighth or ninth grade. wow. when i was kind of would get it up to like 105, 110. yeah >>>isner didn't stop there. he topped out at 157mph in 2016. >>>>that's still the world record as

. >> and ktvu tom vacar joining us now live from mount saint helena there in napa county, where customers there have been notified. tom simply 140 customers. >> now, the reason they've been warned is that we are halfway up mount saint helena, about halfway up from calistoga, headed towards lake county. now here's the situation. october turns out to be one of the worst months for high winds. the santa ana's in the south and the diablo up here. so as a result, they've got to do something to make sure that in the most vulnerable areas where power lines can come down, they can stop the power from flowing. so if they do come down, there's no fire. here's that story. cal fire says we already have some red flag warnings in extreme northern california. such conditions strong, steady winds with huge gusts, plus bone dry humidity plus extreme heat could develop. this week in the greater bay region. >> that creates a recipe that could lead to the potential if a fire were to start for it to spread rapidly. >> but for pg and e, a red flag warning is not a precondition for public power safety shut offs

helena boasts clay and well manicured grass tennis courts. >> yeah, a large tennis community and draws tennis stars. our vern glenn took on a former tennis pro who pretty much looks like a giant. well, here, take a look. >> this is fun being at a place like this. we got a vineyard right next door. >> yeah. >> we got clay courts. we got grass courts. it's almost to me like this place is like -- from the movie the field of dreams. >> gilbert hosted a clinic last weekend at the napa valley lawn club in st. helena. >> i told kids the net is the enemy. >> he was joined by john isner who recently retired after 17 years on tour. >> finally my body sort of said uncle. >> isner still wants to be around the sport as much as possible. >> no! okay. all right. we're good. >> but it's been an -- adjustment as a tv analyst. >> i'm going let's say right to the media entrance and not left to the locker room, very weird. i've been denied access to certain areas and i don't fight them on it because my badge says i'm not allowed and fair enough. >> it's hard to miss him. he is 6'10''. >> let's go. >> and

"new york times" atlanta facing flood of emergency as helena leaves and millions without for the powerful category four hurricane came ashore in florida's gulffl coast quickly moved into georgia where it dumped her record amounts of rain. it was four people were killed across the southeast. went to notes on your mind this morning. will'l start david mount vernon, new, york democrat you're an on forum. >> caller: good morning. spewing good morning. >> caller: i would ask everyone in the country to listen to this. get your party affiliation, economic status, religiousac background and just be in american for five minutes. by saying this, we enjoy our freedoms because of our right to vote. our right to vote is what makes us americans. donald trump said if you vote for him you will never have to vote again. he is going to fix it. do that means is going to take away our right to vote if he gets elected. anyone who is a true american and enjoys the freedoms that we have, you cannot vote for this man. if you do we will lose our democracy. ii need people to hear me and hear me clearly. the only v

helena's bocce ball summer league championship. they took down the top two teams in the tournament to win their first title in over a decade. >> that's right. >> that is a photo of athletes. >> let me tell you something, bocce ball no joke. they have a following that is everywhere. >> it's fun, too. >> you play? >> oh, yeah. >> i've never played. >> you got to. it's great, especially up in wine country. >> get a little tournament. >> there you go. we used to have a team here at the big 5. >> we did years ago. >> a bocce ball team? >> yes. right on the embarcadero, fierce, too. >> we need to bring it back. my favorite story has to be panda, though. i love that he's still playing. >> he loves the game and he plays with so much joy. >> thanks, vern. >>> meet the business owner who says she's not going away fighting back next. next. stop. we got it? no. keep going. again... [ gasps ] next. if you don't pick one, i... am i keeping you from your job? next. stop! do we finally have it? let's go back to the beginning. are you... your elect

helena with temperatures there warmer due to the farther inland location.rms of how things will warm up, look at the color temperature representation for futurecast and tomorrow you see a lot of yellows, orange for the hottest spots. monday all of a sudden the whole map looks angry as we bring more red and even maroon into the equation, where temperatures will be more likely to get closer to 100 degrees. it's something we'll watch as we head through the extended forecast. anytime you're close to 100 degrees, we have to watch the potential of heat risk getting into dangerous territory for folks sensitive to the heat. we are still running a few degrees above average wednesday, thursday, friday and that trend continues through the eight to 14-day outlook. there's a good chance of above normal temperatures continuing into early october, not that far above normal around the bay, 70s wednesday and thursday and friday after a couple days in the 80s monday and tuesday. along the coast 60s over the weekend, a couple days in the low 70s, offshore winds present but no

but it's fear that number could rise. hark and helena hit with winds of move in 200 kilometers an hour. millions has been left without power. all those uh, those are some of the stories that we're covering, but i'll have much more for you in the new south that's coming up in 25 minutes time. i'll see you then one. 0 one east is the park. i'm coming up next the there's no limit to how a dream continue to study in your own event, you know, counter and cheese one said in china section by the united kingdom and idolized by thousands and me and my dad and i didn't have any right now a lot of times in china and try to show it to tang speaks exclusively to 101 east. come always the mass. all for the do it have to copy. this is all he says he's a former chinese spy. punished for knowing too much, which is what i'm the yeah. you just as you now have to take awesome marietta devices. why should we believe any of these different forms of claims? these are groups that specialize in a search for the truth, takes us to the time in my buddha, our region now notorious for human trafficking. and scam c

helena wilkinson, bbc news.ral disaster, as extreme flooding extends across parts of central and eastern europe, and torrential downpours are forecast to continue until at least the end of monday. at least three people have died in poland, five have been killed in romania, while in austria, a fire fighter died tackling the floods there. several people remain unaccounted for in the czech republic. some parts of poland have faced the worst flooding in almost three decades and a bridge collapsed in this historic polish town near the czech border. let's speak to our correspondent rob cameron who's in prague for us. tell us the latest situation there and what is likely to happen throughout the day. figs and what is likely to happen throughout the day.- and what is likely to happen throughout the day. as you can robabl throughout the day. as you can probably see. _ throughout the day. as you can probably see, there _ throughout the day. as you can probably see, there is - throughout the day. as you can probably see, th

i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me.g violence between the militant group hezbollah and israel and what it could mean for the region. hezbollah has now confirmed the death of a top military

you can still feel the heat around brentwood, fairfield, concord, livermore, danville, saint helena. these places are all in the 90s and 100 still, 64 in the city, 71 in oakland, 83 san jose. right now it is 85. in santa rosa. so earlier in the day, the southerly surge developed. that fog rushed up along the coastline and that that's what has driven our temperatures down, especially along the coastline. and around the bay. right now on live doppler seven, we have a lot of fog. it's going to stretch out as we head towards the overnight hours. here's the reason why all those changes are happening. high pressure is starting to shift east. this area of low pressure is starting to draw up the marine layer and also bring in the onshore winds a little bit stronger, 22 miles an hour in san francisco. and that will help to push that marine layer along the winds will remain gusty as we head into the evening hours and even into tomorrow, which will help to take those temperatures down. bright view from san rafael camera tonight. the marine layer expands. tomorrow we're looking at breezy and muc

i'm helena humphrey, glad you canjoin in.nterim government to set up an electoral council to organise presidential election by the end of next year. mr blinken made the comment on a trip to haiti, has now arrived in the dominican republic ways expected to meet with the country's president on friday. the trip by america's top—level mat is part of washingtons latest efforts to help caribbean