i'm standing here in jensen beach. the water you're seeing, the swollen intracoastal, the'sf wa rainfall in this area before dorian formed. now the additional rainn are guaranteed to flood what you see in the distance there. hutchinss expected to flood from the west, the intracoastal and from that storm surge coming in from the atlantic from the east as well. 4 to 7 feet expected there. we know that in martin county at least on that island that stretches along several counties here across this part of florida, there is a mandatory evacuation. the bridges onto hutchinson island have been shut down. the jensen causeway, the stewart causeway and even officials have shut off water service to the island to encourage people to evacuate. right now there is a news conference that's being held by the sheriff's office here in martin county and the emergency management officials giving the latest on the situation here. we do know that there are about 1,400 people in shelters across the county so they shut down anyone coming into

i wonder if you are feeling the wind that we're feeling here on jensen beach. it's picked up in the last 10 or 15 minutes. >> reporter: yeah. absolutely, victor. we are feeling the winds certainly has grown stronger here. we're on singer island which is about a four-mile stretch of beach. it's a barrier island in west palm beach. and says you can see the wind the picked up. we've been getting bouts of rain here. the sun is out but is kind of coming and going. i want to call your attention to the water, though, the key story here right now. just take a look at that. normally here on singer island it is really calm. it is beautiful, clear blue water for snorkeling. really crystal clear, and we're seeing waves that we don't normally see here on singer island. and people here were evacuated. the evacuations started yesterday in this area because it is a barrier island. around 1:00 yesterday afternoon. most people did heed those warnings and evacuate the buildings all along this, the highrise buildings and hotels along this stretch of beach have evacuated. there wer

i'm john berman in jensen beach, florida. alisyn camerota in new york. we are tracking the path of hurricane dorian. it is inching, inching past the bahamas where it has created an unprecedented weather event where people who have been on the islands have experienced really something no one on earth has ever experienced before in recorded history. a powerful, what began as a category 5 storm just sitting over that island for days, days on end, and it is still affecting the people there. meanwhile, it is inching closer toward florida where i am right now. so much of the florida coastline waiting in anticipation of what could be hurricane strength impacts and certainly dangerous storm surge as well. i'm standing right on the intercoastal waterway in jensen beach, and you can see the water here just kicking up already. not high tide yet, a long way to go for this water. the rain comes in in bands, like you can see right now. it comes in strong. the consistent wind speeds are around 30, 35 miles an hour. expected to rise througho

i'm john berman in jensen beach, florida. erica hill is in new york. you can see the surf behind me. this is hurriane dorian. about sn miles from the center. this is what it's doing already. some of the outer bands have passed over us the last hour or so. we've had winds 50 miles an hour or higher and driving rain at times. right now dry. out in that direction, again, i'll point to it again. out in that direction about 100 miles, hurriane dorian is passing over the bahamas. the winds have been as high as 185 miles an hour with gusts over 200 miles an hour. this is the most powerful storm ever. tied for the most powerful storm ever to make landfall in the atlantic basin. we know of one fatality already, an 8-year-old who drowned in the storm surge there, 20 feet or higher. the storm is moving along at 1 miles per hour right now, inching over the bahamas, inching toward the florida coast. the longer it lingers, the more devastation it causes. there have been mandatory evacuation orders for several counties in florida. in just a

. >> jensen has been deaf since birth, although she did have an implant for a time, but it had to bew she is able to talk with us, after an interpreter science questions. >> it happened to me a few times, but this is the worst experience.>> i want to number eight please. i am deaf! i can't hear you! no, i am deaf! >> the confrontation continues for two hours. other customers come and go but jensen remains defiant, demanding the same service patrons with hearing received, she never does get her already and attorneys specializing in disability cases says jensen is protected under the americans with disability act. >> they are required to provide full and equal access to all disabled people, people that are hearing impaired. >> and attorney says in this case, that could ha form of havietting a patron order directly from the window, which is what jensen wanted to do in the first place. >> jack in the box responded to the social media firestorm with the and the reads in part "we do not tolerate the mistreatment of any customers and expect employees to follow all training procedures. be re

>>that's justino reeve a jensen tells me that she has successfully ordered food the drive up here at this jack in the box on several occasions in the past asked, but back on august 31th she says not only was she denied service, but the person working the drive-thru that they allegedly mocked her and made fun of her disability. there's more. >>now. in the video shows you have a campbell who is hearing impaired trying to order a to drive through window sure to in the box on hamilton avenue. birth jessen had bypassed to drive through speakers. >>and placed her order in person at the second window. >>number 8 i say. >>daft. or you can print that. jensen says her son tried to order for her but the server grew angry and mocked her by feigning sign language. >>that we use they got loose. >>and the oversight. >>angry and hurt gentian refused to leave without her order she says made the and we're still. you really don't want to i want to first. >>more child. i can. hey that's >>the discriminating me. >>a statement from jack in the box reads in part we do not tolerate the mistreatment of any c

we saw gabe in jensen beach, florida, morgan chesky in nassau, bahamas.ort, just south of grand bahama island. i think a couple hundred miles south. morgan not seeing much impact it seems right now from the hurricane as we are seeing the eye of the storm over grand bahama island. talk to us about why that is. >> well, right now he is just south here. this radar is currently the cloud coverage here. so yesterday when we were watching really closely, i want to show you on this radar. we move that over here. it's completely out of the area. so they're seeing a glimpse of sunshine, high pressure steering this system and the outer bands really not affecting that area. where we have a big-time issue here is freeport into the grand bahamas here where it is completely sitting. the issue is this will not move for 36 hours. can you imagine that? this is going to be a ton of water here and talking about the left side quadrant really going to be shifting more to the west here and that's why the storm surge potential is very high. >> all right. thank you. before you g

i said i'm deaf. >> jensen never got her order.ey specializing in disability cases says she is protected under the americans with disabilities act. jack-in-the-box responded with a statement that reads in part we do not tolerate the mistreatment of any customers and and expect employees to follow all training procedures, be respect full and courteous to all guests. jensen is filing a lawsuit. >>> still to come, 16 people order to move. >> we are going to be homeless. >> reporter: why their time may be coming to an end at an informal rv park. >> and our chief meteorologist is tracking a warm up. i'm tracking the temperatures. [ music ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the city of antioch has told the property owner that he must evict low income people living in rvs on his land. rob tells us the land owner says the set up is hoping to keep veterans and disabled people from becoming spirit >> jimmy gordon is a vietnam veteran still living with battle scars from shrapnel. once homeless and drug addicted, he got help in the community. but it appears

and derek van dam is in jensen beach, florida, along the state's east coast. first we want to go to our meteorologist here pedram javaheri to get an idea on the path and, of course, when it makes landfall and where you're expecting it to make landfall. >> it's going to be a storm system here that picks up speed the next couple of days, rosemary. this is a storm that was hardly moving the last several days. at 8 miles per hour to the north-northwest we're going to begin to see some progression here potentially towards the carolinas, especially as we go in wednesday night from thursday morning. the system itself, the center sits about 80 miles off the coast of cape canaveral. in fact at port canaveral, they're reporting wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour at this hour. beginning to see some of those hurricane force gusts impact the coast of florida. really, a system just shy of what would be a major hurricane or a category 3 system. really speaks to the significance of what a large player it is at this hour. when you measure the cloud field, it spans some 500

we're joined by phone by jensen burr rouse. jensen, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> it's a pleasure, good evening. >> tell us what you've been doing to rescue people and how you've accomplished it. >> well, we were trying to get people from their homes for two days but we just couldn't get them. finally yesterday we were able to do our first rescue, a minister and his family who we felt was a top priority to evaluate. in the midst of rescuing him, the jet ski turned over twice because of the strong force winds. and from there we were able to rescue over 100 people, which included elderly, infants, and also dogs. the water conditions were so heavy, we didn't know whether we were over water or land. some instances, i just pulled up in person's driveways, person's bedrooms and living rooms for rescue. >> how were you able to get fuel for the jet ski to keep it running? >> well, the day before, what i did was i went -- my friend told me to go in on the jet skis because we may need them, you know, during the storm or

i'm john berman in jensen beach, florida.s safe to say millions of people along this coast are looking out there gazing eastward at hurricane dorian and wondering will it move closer to the florida coastline as it heads ever-so-slowly northward. let's get the very latest on the forecast now from ken graham, the director of the national hurricane center. ken, once again, thank you very much for joining us. tell us about the path of the storm and if it has made that northward turn. >> yeah, john, we're watching it real close. it looks like we're finally up to about 2 miles an hour. that doesn't sound a whole lot but at least we have a trend of movement and not stationary battering the bahamas. with time, continuing to move to the north. right along the coast of florida and even georgia, south carolina and north carolina with time, they'll all be dealing with this throughout the entire week. >> reporter: chad myers was telling us it is now a category 2 hurricane. what are the chances of it strengthening as it moves out over the

so let's head back to jensen beach, florida and cnn meteorologist derek van dam.to see you again, derek. let's talk about what you're seeing on the ground and of course what the big concern is in the hours ahead. >> i think you touched on it there really well, rosemary. this is a weakening storm, still a very dangerous powerful category 2. but as these storms weaken, they expand their reach. they expand their wind reach, i should say. and that's what we've been experiencing here on the intercoastal. just about a half mile behind me is the atlantic ocean. 80 miles to my east hurricane dorian is showing all her fury. but we are on the back side of the storm. so people have taken a collective sigh of relief because we're now starting to focus the most treacherous conditions closer to the northern florida peninsula and into the coastline of georgia as well as the carolinas. the concerns going forward here is we have seen our fair share of rain from this storm and that means the ground is saturated. and every time we get hit with one of these stronger wind gusts it cou

i'm victor blackwell in jensen beach.to show you the intracoastal in just the last couple of minutes during that break. the wind has picked up. the intracoastal, this is the most movement here on the water that i've seen for most of the day. you can see just how active and maybe the boats, you can see some of those, i don't know which angle my photographer amanda has. but this is really on the move. now, just a couple of hours ago, martin county officials ended the mandatory evacuation. said the bridges would e back open. but people need to be especially safe because that does not mean that the threat is over. because this wind on the bridges, on the causeways on to hutchinson island can still be very dangou closed on the other of the island there. but i just want to give you a picture, if you've been watching throughout the day, you know that this is the most action we've seen or on the intracoastal. let's heads up the coast near daytona beach. my colleague rosa flores is there. as officials there are preparing for this

i was saying, i am deaf. >> miss jensen never got her order.ne of the same service that customers with hearing get. lawyers specializing in disability cases say that she is protected under the americans with disabilities act, and miss jensen is filing a lawsuit. now, jack-in-the-box responded to the intention -- attention on social media that states in part that we do not tolerate the mistreatment of any customers and expect employees to follow all training procedures, be respectful, courteous, and accommodating to all guests. the employee in that video has been terminated work>>> richmond's police chief, baldwin brown has resigned after they announced 86% of the members joined in the no- confidence vote. they call it a lack of vision and leading the police department. the assistant chief, lisa french, was appointed as the acting police chief last week. >>> the open police chief commission panel. candace jackie was arrested in december allegedly stealing from the cash register of the home depot where she actually worked. she was caught on video

i'm victor blackwell here in jensen beach on hutchinson island. a barrier island on the east coast of florida. the wind has picked up. this area is under a hurricane warning and a mandatory evacuation. the beach behind me virtually deserted as there were dozens of people here earlier but have decided to get off of this beach, to leave this area. we know that florida governor ron disantis has recently had a conversation a short time ago with president trump. according to the governor's office, the president reaffirmed the federal government support and full resources for the state as hurricane dorian will eventually get closer to the state of florida. we know according to the national hurricane center that it is moving at just one mile per hour. and these effects, the deteriorating conditions, will get worse eventually. let's head about 30 miles north of here to vero beach. my colleague, miguel marquez, is watching the conditions there. miguel, what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah, sounds like much the same. we're about 20 miles north of you on t

to make the conversation continues for two hours, jensen remains defined, demanding the same serviceing receives. an attorney specializing in disability cases says jensen is protected under the americans with disability act.>> they are required to provide full and ample access to all disabled people. people who are hearing impaired. >> the attorneys says in this case, that could have taken the form of having a touchscreen at the drive through or letting of patron order directly from the window, which is what she wanted to do in the first place. >> check in the ripon box responded with seminaries apart "we do not tolerate the mistreatment of any customers, and expect employees to follow all training procedures. they should be respected, courteous and accommodating to all guests. the employee in the video has been terminated." but that's not the end of this encounter, as jensen's filing a lawsuit.>> it was an example of what all of us go through, rejection, denial, and it's got to stop. >> she is hopeful that her struggle me no one else will have together rated for trying to live life

i'm john berman live in jensen beach, florida. erica hill is with me in new york.re the outer bands of hurricane dorian passing over florida right now. the winds with picking up. you can see the rain has fallen very hard. we expect that to only get worse throughout the day. now, the real danger, though, about a hundred miles over my shoulder that way. i can tell you millions of people in florida have their eyes pointed in that direction right now. a devastating category 5 hurricane packing winds of 165 miles per hour. they were as high as 185 miles per hour with gusts over 200. tied for the most powerful storm

there is a mandatory evacuation order in effect here in jensen beach. it has been in effect since yesterday. we're told about 1400 people spent the night here in martin county in emergency shelters. the shelters are considering whether to stay open another night. these conditions are expected to deteriorate throughout the afternoon. here in florida we get the sense that now the track has shifted a bit to the north and the east and, you know, the concern is whether it wobbles anymore again to the west but with it going north and potentially now affecting more so the carolinas and georgia, some residents here in florida are breathing a sigh of relief. but again, local officials are warning people not to get complacent just yet. many of these coastal communities are still shut down with these mandatory evacuation orders in place. already since yesterday more than a million people from florida through the carolinas were ordered to evacuate. so hurricane dorian even though it has weakened still poses an incredible threat to parts of the southeastern united s

this is a special edition of "new day" i'm john berman in jensen beach, florida. alisyn camerota is up in new york. this is hurricane dorian, about a hundred miles from the center of the storm which is still just past the bahamas, devastateingly slow. only now are they getting a real sense of the damage and devastation there. five people dead as far as we know, but you can expect that number will change as they get more information. the communications there have been very difficult. here in florida, it's a waiting game. the storm moving so slowly toward the coast here. there are hurricane warnings up the coast all the way to south carolina, mandatory evacuations still underway. they are still expecting hurricane strength winds in many of the places on the coast and very dangerous storm surge. i'm on the intercoastal waterway. you can see the seas, the water will rise further than this and the winds could reach hurricane strength overnight, and into tomorrow. the overall strength of the storm is down to a category 3, but that is still a major hurricane, and this is

thom jensen, "today in the bay." >>> all right, thom, thank you. 4:34 right now. people who live in the east san jose neighborhood around zachary lane may be sleeping in this morning. they had a late night for them after evacuations from homes for about five hours. >> a gas leak triggered the problem. "today in the bay's" sergio contana. >> reporter: fire engines, several residents called complaining this block smelled like gas. a team of fire department personnel came over and knockedt we need to get out of the vta b was brought in he decided it was time to take a break from the mobile break room. >> i'm hungry now. >> reporter: fire crews were called out and determined it was an emergency. they called in more resources and went door-to-door. the residents of 16 homes were evacuated. they are still trying to figure out why the gas line sprung a leak but there was a e contractors rew digging working in the area. it sounds like they were in the process of digging a trench to lay cable. >> reporter: more than 16 homes were affected because a few blocks were closed d

i'm john berman live in jensen beach, florida. erica hill is with me in new york. you can see it right now. these are the outer bands of hurricane dorian passing over florida right now. the winds with picking up. you can see the rain has fallen very hard. we expect that to only get worse throughout the day. now, the real danger, though, about a hundred miles over my shoulder that way. i can tell you millions of people in florida have their eyes pointed in that direction right now. a devastating category 5 hurricane packing winds of 165 miles per hour. they were as high as 185 miles per hour with gusts over 200. tied for the most powerful storm ever, ever to make landfall in the atlantic basin. it has been devastating over the bahamas. we talk about the wind speeds of 185 miles an hour. the most dangerous speed is 1 mile an hour. it is creeping over the bahamas. creeping. we learned of our first fatal pi from abaco island. an 8-year-old boy who drowned in the powerful storm surge. again, as we sit here in florida and start to experience the outer bands of this storm

. >> such a sad story but "today in the bay's" thom jensen is live in the terrace neighborhood. you learned new information a few moments ago? >> reporter: good morning, yes. firefighters are just tearing into this house right now. we did learn in the last hour that two people were carried from the fire here, that one person, an adult female, has been confirmed dead, an adult male brought out of the house here is in critical condition and a family pet, a dog also found dead inside this home. we are on delano avenue. a "today in the bay" photographer was on the scene early and said firefighters brought the two people out of the two-story home and they did not seem to respond initially to cpr efforts and now we learn the fate of the victims, the woman dead here, the fire officials confirmed, and a family pet, a dog, also found dead inside the home and an adult male, a man brought from the house is at a hospital in critical condition because this is a fatal fire, investigators are already on the scene and are starting to look for a cause. you can see them with the lights inside thi

we have more from jensen beach from derek van dam. whafl what -- what are i seeing there? >> reporter: good morning. we've had our fa irshare of driving resign. a surging ocean overnight. this is a far cry from what our neighbors in the northern bahamas have experienced just 100 miles to the east. nonetheless, we spoke to one of the officers from the martin county sheriff's office. they're not reporting any significant damage across the county that i'm located in. speaking to some of the onlookers that came to check out the surging seas and crashing waves today, they said they are breathing a sigh of relief because we were hoping or they were hoping for that right-hand turn in the hurricane, and it did it just in the nick of time, just before making landfall here along the east coast of florida. good news for them, sparing the worst of the conditions in martin county where i'm at. we still have very treacherous next 12 to 24 hours as this storm rides along the coastline and targets the carolinas in the coming days. back to you. >> all right. stay safe. thank you so much. j

thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> good advice for those. not good. don't forget to check your flight status if your heading to sfo. we made it easy. by including a web link on our story. this is on nbcbayarea.com. this is a great time to download our app. it is free. >>> now to a live look at the coliseum in oakland, where the raiders begin today against denver but even before kickoff, the drama leading up to the game has been monumental. much of it has to do with a star wide receiver who some say burned them to go play in new england. >> look at adam schefter. >> the raiders! >> that is how antonio brown reacted when he was releases on saturday. within hours new england patriots signed him to a one-year deal to cap a tumultuous six months with the raiders. coach gruden said they tried to make it work. >> i wish antonio brown nothing but the best and i'm sorry we never got to see him in gray and black. >> it wasn't a good fit for him. >> it would have been good if he stayed with us. we end up losing him after all. so it was his decision. but the raid

nbc bay area's kerry hall tracking the high risk areas and how you can prepare, but first tom jensen with what residents need to know right now. tom? >> yeah. the owner of this market in sonoma tells us he's very concerned about generator here and afraid that ice cream and other frozen items in his market ys, if the weather ere's a long does not improve and especially with the hot days that are forecasted ahead. the anticipated public safety power shutoff come after the national weather service announced red flag fire warning across the north bay and east bay hills. dry winds, low humidity and high winds and high daytime temperatures creating a lot of concerns and making things more dangerous. it would affect 33,500 customers here in sonoma county. nearly 13,000 in lake county and another county. no definite shutoffs have been announced but pg&e expects the risk to increase beginning around 8:00 as the wind gusts start to pick up. that's when power would most likely be shut off. the company notified tens of thousands of customers last night about the anticipated shutoffs and plans to

and i was, like, i am deaf. >> jensen never got her order.the same service that everyone else gets. they said that she is protected under the american with disabilities act and she is filing a lawsuit. jack about -- -- jack-in-the- box responded to the incident and said we do not follow -- tolerate the mistreatment of any customers and expect employees to follow all training procedures, courteous and accommodating to all guests. the employee in the video has been terminated. struck not to richmond where the police chief, alden brown has resigned following a no- confidence vote. this after a week went 87% of its members of a union joint and a no-confidence vote. they called it a lack of leading in the department and the assistant chief was appointed acting police chief last week. struck this morning, we are learning more about the city of oakland, an employee who picks members of the police commission. atcrime reporter henry lee tells us she kept her post on the selection panel despite her arrest until ktvu starting at -- started asking questi

nbc bay area's tom jensen live in oakland. and tom, you went up in the chopper. >> reporter: we did. it was quite an experience. this, terry, is as you know -- you've seen the video of this spot before i'm sure. this is one of those trouble spots for those sideshows. a huge intersection where those enthusiasts can spin their donuts and smoke their tires. a huge apron for all of those spectators, hundreds of them sometimes at this location. opd has been saturating these trouble spots with patrol units like this one and also watching from above by helicopter. >> as of right now i checked with dispatch. there's been no sideshow calls. >> reporter: oakland police officers focused on reducing sideshows begin every summer weekend shift with a briefing like this. >> 73rd to 79th holly to bancroft. >> reporter: going over the known trouble spots for these incredibly dangerous and traffic-grid lock causing sideshows often occur. officers patrol those roadways through the weekend. especially on the long holidays like labor day. we rode

i'm victor blackwell along the intracoastal here in jensen beach.tinuing to get those gusts of winds, hurricane warning still in effect for much of the eastern coast of florida. as this storm slowly starts to creep north. here in martin county, evacuation orders have been lifted. the bridges on to hutchinson island, the barrier island, those will be opened eventually. water service to the island has been restored. but i think it's perspective that we need in this conversation about what florida is facing and what has happened to the islands of the bahamas this afternoon. we've spoken with several people who rode out the storm in shelters, in their homes. i want you to listen to one that experience was like, and what they've seen. >> this is probably the most and worst day of my life to address the bahamian people. as a physician, i've been trained to withstand many things but never anything like this. >> this one is mammoth. >> we talk about these storms, these hurricanes, they normally come and go over an area. they don't actually sit. it's actuall

and just about 90 miles down the coast from here in jensen beach, rt're getting reports of strong winds and heavy rain. janet shamlian is there. >> reporter: norah tropical- storm-force winds are battering this community. bands of rain and gusts up to 55 miles an hour are churning the water here and sending it up right over the sea wall. this is what hurricane dorian is rmlivering to florida, even as the eye of the storm is 100 miles off the coast. at this hour, shelters in palm maach county remain open. sare in martin county, the sheriff says that there are twer outages and trees down related to the storm, and there's beach erosion up and down the coast of florida. here at jensen beach, there is a tropical storm warning still in effect, as well as a storm surge warning. norah. >> o'donnell: janet, thank you. we're seeing that same beach erosion here, and the hurricane is wreaking havoc on airline schedules, shutting down one of america's busiest airports in orlando. more than 1400 flights were canceled today. let's bring in meteorologist megan glaros from wbbm in chicago. utgan, what d

live in san francisco, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. tragic story. thank you. >>> a follow-up on the construction nightmare at sfo. word this morning that it is almost fished. runway construction project now set to wrap up a week ahead of schedule. a live look at the airport now. they say the work should be finished tomorrow, however officials warn you may sti come across delays and cancellations until the runway officially reopens. the work was scheduled to be completed by next friday. since the closure thousands of departing and arriving flights have been impacted because of the construction. >>> happening now, former president barack obama is in san francisco for a private event. nbc bay area's bob redell is live with more on the visit to the bay area. bob? >> reporter: marcus, president obama ask about to speak inside of augustallind me just off union square in downtown sf. this is a private event hosted by splunk, a silicon valley based analytic company. this is from 20, 25 minutes ago when president obama arrived. there were 40 people awaiting

both the jensen beach causeway, the stewart causeway as well.the intercoastal that has been moving overnight and all morning lapping up against the road here. let's go to my colleague martin savidge. how are conditions there? >> we're on the barrier island here. essentially we're looking at where the storm is hitting the oceanfront. the weather here just changes so dramatically in the span of 60 seconds. you can go from torrential downpour to almost a rain white out to now you've got sunshine and wind in the trees and the palms there. you can see that sea state and that is real concern on the barrier island. weather conditions are expected to deteriorate here from this point on for the next 24 hours or so and the bridges to the mainland in theory are closed. they were saying they were going to do that as of hid might last night and for that i turn to the mayor. thanks very much. how is your community fairing? >> they're doing great. we're totally prepared. there's been too many tragedies in the world the last couple of days and we need to avoid

our thom jensen will be reporting on this coming up.eed points out san francisco sewers are integrated. the sanitary sewers are connected. the needles if they did wash in would never make it to the bay. we are watching what is happening even if we know so little about it. we'll tweet about it, too. you can follow me at scott mcgrew. >> thanks, scott. 5:49 for you right now. we're a little more than a month away. do you know what your kids will be dressed up as halloween? >> no. the debate continues. >> i have a suggestion later. >> okay, good. looking forward to that. only 41 days left. great america in santa clara is gearing up forts halloween haunt. >> two, one, action. got to get ready for the part. 500 people in training mode to be monsters. they go to a scare school to learn about safety and how to fill guests with fear. it's into their costumes and makeup. before they're ready for opening night they have to go through rehearsals with the creative director. >> the way they jump it's this adrenaline and it's so great. they love it.

thom jensen live for us in the city where the argument and the call for solutions. thom?porter: good morning. the president telling reporters on air force one he will nail the city of san francisco next week. he pointed out problems with human waste and dirty needles which he incorrectly said are flowing. the pollution from which is flowing directly into the bay and the pacific ocean. he said, quote, they are in total violation. we're going to be giving them notice very soon. and they have to clean it up. we can't have our cities going to hell. mayor london breed defended on twitter and tweeted this among other things. the president is cutting clean air and clean water standards, restricting our ability to regulate car emissions, and denying climate change even exists. he's cutting funding for homelessness and affordable housing. in san francisco we're meeting the challenges on our streets a series on the problem became a major focal point in san francisco's mayoral race. a top infectious disease specialist found parts of the city to be dirtier than the poorest slums in t

this is jensen area. king tide of course high because they are getting a lot of rain. but as you see, it's just crushed into this wall. we got our last reading on our wind app. at about 55 miles per hour. imagine for a moment what 220 miles an hour feels like hour after hour. the definition of a cat 5 hurricane is catastrophic damage will happen and that is why the bahamas got beat up so bad. we are 116 miles where i am standing from the center of dorian right now. and what you are seeing are the outerbands, tropical storm force winds that are starting to come down. because dorian is not going anywhere in a hurry, that is why it is going to continue to be a problem. including storm surge as well. the officials concerned that people will become too comfortable that the storm is not going to hit them full on. as you can see the danger is out here. here is the probationman for st. lucie county listen. >> we have been staging crews from you partners all the way up to the state level getting ready for the stor

jensen beach high school is expected to close, actually, later today.lie, there is a bit of a sense of relief here on the east coast of florida with this track keeping it offshore. but local officials are warning people just be careful, to monitor the storm surge here which has been the forecast has been reduced -- they are expecting several feet at this point. certainly many people breathing a sigh of relief. it is now threatening the carolinas. mandatory evacuations start in the carolinas. >> gabe, thank you. that is where we are headed, up the coast to charleston, south carolina. kathy, the south carolina governor said don't wait to evacuate. even though it is not expecting to come until later in the week. are p seeing there? >> reporter: i took a stroll downtown charleston. folks are still visiting the area. residents as well. we have mixed reactions. people have weathered a lot of hurricanes living in this area. they are kind of monitoring the system right now. they are watching and waiting. slowly they are starting to repair and getting those esse

"today in the bay's" thom jensen joins us live in sonoma.st areas added to that possible mandatory shutoff list? thom? sonoma county were added to the list. nine counties on the list of mandatory shutdowns, not put in place, that could come later this morning as pg&e and weather experts monitor the weather situation, this comes after the national weather service issued red flag fire weather warnings across the north bay and parts of east bay hills. dry north winds, low humidity and increasingly high winds tuesday morning and high daytime temperatures creating most of the concerns. it would affect 33,500 customers here in sonoma county, nearly 13,000 in lake county and 10,500 customers in napa county. no definite shutoffs have been announced yet but pg&e expects the risk to increase, beginning around 8:00 tonight as the wind gusts start to pick up and the company says it's closely monitoring the weather forecast before making a final decision on mandatory shutoffs. no mandatory shut yourselves but pg&e could make the decisions on mandatory sh

thank you, gabe gutierrez in jensen beach. i want to talk to al about this. strange part about this storm, right, it may never -- the eye of the storm may never hit america. >> right. >> but that's not the problem that a lot of people are going to face. >> no, it really isn't. the problem is that as this cone starts to push up and you will see again it stays here and what's been keeping it -- what's been mind-boggling, ali, this is moving -- it's forward speed has been 1 mile per hour since 5:00 a.m. >> very little in nature moves closer than i do. >> you and me both. so it's expected to break down and as it pushes up and makes its way along the coast, around that ridge, gets caught up by that trough and pulled out. but if this doesn't break down as much as we with think, it's slowed down. it's going to slow down. again, as we've said, there are tropical force winds extending out 140 miles here. >> right. >> the hurricane-force winds are 40, 45 miles. all you need is a jog to the west of about 50 miles and you're going to have all of that storm surge issues w

thom jensen is live in the terrace neighborhood.ld you more about the people who lived in that home? >> reporter: yes, just a short time ago, good morning. a man who lives on the other side of this house the ohm at 66 delano avenue, he's known the family for a little more than 20 years, this is about a block or so from bell bow with a park. the neighbor woke up to the home in flames at about 2:00 this morning and he could hear the new england woman in her 20s who lives here calling to her father. a door was too hot to open, he smashed a window and smoke poured from the house. he yelled at the young woman who grew up with his son to come out but she never responded. the man said it was too dangerous for him to go inside the home. >> i heard her screaming dad and i was screaming camella, come out. she grew up with my son. 23 years old, just started law school at usf so it's horrible. >> san francisco fire has only confirmed a woman who lived here died and a man is in critical condition but not confirmed their names or approximate ages

we've been in jensen beach for 24 hours. we have seen some occasional rain, some wind, right now it's pretty calm, you can see the water here, we're right up against it. there is some choppy water here and, you know, there is some storm surge expected where parking lots could potentially within the next 24 hours be flooded. for the most part thankfully this part of florida seems to be breathing a sign of relief. there are mandatory evacuations in order for much of the florida coast, more than a million residents in florida, georgia and south carolina ordered to evacuate as hurricane dorian makes its way up the east coast. now, local officials and florida's governor are urging people to remain vigilant, some 85 emergency shelters are open here in florida and some 4500 members of the florida national guard are at the ready, but as we just heard bill karins say, this is expected to go just a little bit -- you know, just off the coast, but we could get tropical storm force winds here, so officials are urging people not to let th

. >> reporter: and just about 90 miles down the coast from here in jensen beach, we're getting reports of strong winds and heavy rain. janet shamlian is there. >> reporter: norah, tropical storm force winds are battering this community. bands of rain and gusts up to 55 miles an hour are churning the water here and sending it up right over the sea wall. this is what hurricane dorian is delivering to florida. even as the eye of the storm is 100 miles off the coast. at this hour, shelters in palm beach county remain open. here in martin county, the sheriff says there are power outages and trees down related to the storm. and there is beach erosion up and down the coast of florida. here at jensen beach, there was a tropical storm warning still in effect as well as a storm surge warning. >> officials in southern california have called off the search for survivors after a scuba dive boat caught fire early monday. 34 people are presumed dead. only five crew members survived. all were on the top deck of the boat when it burst into flames. jonathan vigliotti reports from santa barbara. >> repor

renie jensen, the lady, said she bypassed the speaker and try to order directly from the drive-up window, miss jensen tries to tell the employee that she is deaf, but she was still refused service. the confrontation and the drive through went for two hours. that is when she said the worker really got hostile.>> i just got mad and started screaming and saying go, go, go. i was, like, i am deaf.>> she never got her order. she said she only wanted to get the same service that customers with hearing get. the lawyers specializing in disability cases say she is protected under the americans with disabilities act, and she is filing a lawsuit. jack-in-the-box responded to all of the attention with a statement that reads, in part, we do not tolerate the mistreatment of any customers and expect employees to follow all training procedures, be respectful, courteous, and accommodating to all guests. the employee and the video has been terminated.>>> today marks 18 years since september 11th attack. people across the country and bay area are remembering those who were killed and those who saved lives

the jensen amendment doesn't get spoken about enough but in very -- but i am very proud to say that wee obliterated the johnson amendment within our that now, we can listen to the people we want to listenthem. it was a very important thing and i said that at the beginning and i say it now, it is something i am very proud of. we are also grateful that the u.n. secretary general could be here along with so many of his friends and my friends, world leaders, i have got to know a lot of them and i would imagine you know all of them. i would imagine. if you don't, you are not doing your job. [laughter] pres. trump: i also want to thank my daughter of anke -- i vanka for being here, she works so hard for all of the people in this room, so thank you. [applause] statesrump: the united is founded on the principle that our rights do not come from government, they come from god. this immortal truth is proclaimed in our declaration of independence and enshrined in the first amendment to our constitution's bill of rights. our founders understood that no right is more fundamental to a peaceful, prosp

"today in the bay's" thom jensen not only got to ride along with the police, he got to fly as well. >> as of right now, i checked with dispatch, there's been no sideshow calls. >> reporter: oakland police officers focused on reducing sideshows, begin every summer weekend shift with a wrabriefin like this. >> 79th and 73rd bancroft. >> reporter: going over the known trouble spots where these dangerous and traffic gridlock causing sideshows often occur. officers patrol the roadways through the weekend especially on the long holidays like labor day. we rode along by ground and with the department's eyes in the air, argus, where highly trained officer pilots scour those known troubled areas. >> if they start to see cars congregate in some of the specific areas that we know attract illegal sideshow activity, they're going to be looking and helping us. >> i've been on the department 26-plus years and this was going on when i first started. >> reporter: from the air we see many of the wide intersections where there have been sideshows in the past, and where they're being heavily watched by p

ar know jensen can read lips but is profoundly deaf. constant telling us go, go, when it should be equal access. >> i want to order -- >> can i help you? nothing. i say can i help you? >> please, i am deaf. >> i don't care, i don't care. >> this needs to stop. stop. it's very common everywhere. it needs to stop. it's 2019. i fight for equal access. and i feel awful. i feel like it was my fault. >> at one point the employee even mocks her. she stayed for two hours. she never got her order. >> no. >> i can't hear you. >> say no. no, no order. >> i am deaf. >> you're discriminating me. >> she spoke to the manager of the store and was told the employee was fired. but she is standing her ground. and even pursuing legal action for this legal e. reason. >> being done to us, not okay. i will stand and fight for that. for everyone in the community. it's for you guys. the community. not me. but for them. so there be no more suffering for the deaf community. >> jensen is demanding at the very least that jack-in-the-box train their employees, inclu

gabe is live now from jensen beach, florida.ooking and how are people feeling and is everyone heeding the warnings being given to them? >> reporter: hi there, nicolle. i can't tell you. the florida coast seems to be breathing a sigh of relief this storm has mostly stayed offshore. we had intermittent rain bands throughout the day but in martin county, evacuation orders have been lifted and remain further up the coast. as you are saying we are seeing images of destruction in the bahamas and destruction. five have been announce dead but expected to grow. as this storm moves farther up the coast, there is concern other areas in georgia and south carolina can be impacted and 50-50 chance for a direct hit and carolinas. more than a million people throughout the southeast have already been put under evacuation orders and is a huge concern over the next couple of days. where i'm standing in jensen beach there was an evacuation ordered over the last day or so but now there is a chance this moves on without any major impact, at least to

thom jensen joins us in lafayette along 24 with the latest. >> reporter: yeah, they were lucky to get this back up so quickly this afternoon. the pg&e crews had to get it from the pole on south side 24 across the highway to the north side, to that other pole, and do it during two closures late this afternoon and get it across that road while the closures were in both directions. it was obvious early on, there was no way to get the work done without completely closing highway 24 in lafayette. >> the overriding concern is we don't want to have a huge backup on 24 either direction. >> reporter: a crane operator installing new tracks between the ebola a the eastbound and westbound line hit a palestine. power line. it was out for about ten hours. the owner of this yogurt shop had to rent a generatetory keep the freezers operating and save his yogurt. >> a lot of customers were coming by. we were doing the best we can to just tell them that we are closed and the reason why. >> reporter: customers at all of the neighboring stores were disappointed it find everythicl >> it's kind of odd. ever

and heavy rain gabe gutierrez is in jensen beach, florida gabe, what's going on there? >> reporter: lester, parts of the florida coast are feeling tropical storm conditions, even though the eye of this hurricane is about 100 miles offshore. we are seeing extremely choppy surf and some bands of heavy rain as well as wind gusts of more than 40 miles an hour here. across the u.s., more than 1800 flights were canceled today, about another 2000 were delayed, many of them in the southeast. still, many florida residents are relieved that dorian has delivered only a glancing blow, sparing them a direct hit, though some mandatory evacuations remain in effect farther up the coast lester >> all right, gabe, thank you. and the threat to georgia and the carolinas is growing, especially from potential flooding and that has many on the move tonight kristen dahlgren is in the north carolina coast for us this evening. >> reporter: mandatory evacuations now in full swing, from florida to the outer banks of the carolinas, more than a million people have already been ordered to leave conce

jensen says her son tried to order for her but the server grew angry and mocked her by feigning sign language that a that was. the oversight. angry and hurt gentian refused to leave without her order. she says may december and we're still. so you really don't want to i want 1st half the more child. i can. now kay that's the discriminating me. a statement from jack in the box reads in part we do not tolerate the mistreatment of any customers. >>and expect employees to follow all training procedures be respectful courteous and accommodating to all guests in campbell rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>tonight we are learning more information about the woman accusing antonio brown of sexual-assault of course you know he was with the white with the raiders for a bit brittany taylor filed the federal civil lawsuit to say in florida taylor is a former gymnast who lives in memphis. she's accusing brown of sexual-assault on 3 occasions. she says it was a difficult decision to come forward, but in a statement she said quote speaking out removes a shame and today antonio brown's new coach on the new e

we're live in san francisco, thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, thom. it's 6:04 right now. >>> fremont leaders plan to select the location for the city's first homeless navigation center. two locations are being considered, one near city hall, the other near a nursery in the north end of town. both plans are getting heavy resistance from people who live homeless center planned for san francisco's embarcadero are dealing wit asetback. a judge denied a request for a temporary restraining order to block the navigation center. the judge agreed to hear more arguments two weeks from now. the city is going full steam ahead in its plans to build the center, arguing something has to be done with a high homeless population in that area. opponents fear it will increase crime. >>> starting next year, any drinks ordered in union city will no longer have plastic straws. according to "the mercury news" city leaders aproved the ban last night. union city is the latest bay area city to ban plastic straws. the new rules began january 1st with a grace period june. county