jobina fortson has the reveal. >> hi. yes.ted nations world food program was awarded the 2020 nobel peace prize for its efforts effort s to combat hunger and food insecurity around the world. the nobel peace prize committee said they deserved the award because last year they helped nearly 100 million hunger victims in 88 countries. the nobel peace prize recognizes those who have contributed the most towards ending conflict, promoting peace and building relationships between nations. the prize comes with a 1$1.1 million cash prize and also a gold medal. reggie? >> thank you. >>> disney's next pixar movie will skip the theaters entirely. instead, "soul" will premiere on disney plus on christmas day. >> what's your name, honey? >> i'm joe. i teach middle school band. >> the release was pushed back a few times because of the pandemic. this is the first pixar film featuring a black lead. jamie foxx is the voice of aspiring jazz musician joe gardener who rethinks his life after falling into a manhole. disney is the parent company of

jobina fortson at the live desk with the findings. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi. this is considered to be the first -- misinformation and traditional and online media. what we're seeing is researchers analyzed 38 million articles written in english about the pandemic. when talking about covid-19 misinformation, president trump's name was mentioned in 38% of articles. miracle cures, deep state, bat soup. the president is likely the single largest driver of the covid-19 info dem yik. 16% of the misinformation conversation is approximate fact checking. misinformation is a serious threat to public health. as we all know, people bully the substantiated claims and less likely to follow the advice of health officials. >> thank you, jobina. >>> deadline extended in the breonna taylor case. why a judge agrees to give kentucky's attorney general extra time to release transcripts. >>> a closer look at this amazing sight in napa county. >>> here's a look at the by product of that. hour air quality forecast. the north bay, inland east bay. most likely to have unhealthy it's ri

jobina fortson watching it from the live desk. thank you, jobina. >> diane feinstein and kamala harris will begin their questioning today. we'll take a live look at the capitol hill and i will see what is going on. senator lindsey graham is still speaking and those hearings taking place today. senator harris will appear virtually as she called it, quote, reckless to hold a committee hearing in person for a vacant supreme court seat in the middle of this pandemic. the confirmation hearings should have been postponed. senator feinstein said the senate should not move forward and the next president has taken office. a san jose state professor says so far democrats and republicans are talking to americans, not each other. >> what i think they're trying to do is trying to influence the public debate. and persuade people one way or the other in the elections. >> during her opening statement, coney barrett said her philosophy has been shaped by her mentor, the late justice scalia. today's hearings are expected to last nine hours, believe

jobina fortson has more on this announcement from eli lilly. jobina? >> yes.ays it has been developing potential antibody treatments for covid-19 patients over the last several months and the company announced it submitted a request to the fda to give emergency use authorization for monotherapy treatment and they're working on combination therapy to treat covid-19. this could benefit patients with mild to moderate symptoms. the company plans to launch a larger study this month and will release more information about all of this later this morning. >>> we're hearing incredible stories of survival from the glass fire including these two newlyweds. 100-year-old howard and his new bride, joanne, they evacuated with their two dogs. they took with them howard's priceless war medals from his career as a u.s. army air corps captain during world war ii. howard and joanne met two years ago when he hired her to compile a book about his military career. they recently tied the knot but sadly their home burned in the class fire. >> the important thing is we have each other.

jobina fortson is at the live desk with details on this. good morning, jobina. >> good morning, kumasi. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate because of these two huge fires burning in orange county right now. so the silverado fire is burning near irvine and has burned more than 7,200 acres within two hours. several firefighters suffered second and third degree burns and an evacuee is describing here how quickly the fire grew. >> it jumped and we could see the flames from our house. i'm ready. i'm all packed. my wife and her kids are already gone. >> southern california edison says a power line may be to blame for the fire and there's also another wildfire called the blue ridge fire burning near yorba linda. a live look at that fire happening right now burned 6,600 acres. we'll stay on top of these fires and bring you the latest information as it comes in. reggie? >> jobina, thank you. >>> first lady melania trump will make her first solo campaign appearance. she is scheduled to speak at an event in pennsylvania. you have to look

jobina fortson is looking at that from the live desk. jobina? >> thank you. san jose police say a man was shot and killed just before 3:00 this morning. this happened near the shell gas station off of story road. parts of king and story are closed as police continue to investigate. if this is a part of your morning commute, please take alternate routes. as of right now there's no information about a suspect. this is the 33rd homicide of the year for san jose. liz? >> thank you. >>> this morning we are waiting for an update on a terrible outdoor dining crash in the south south bay. at least eight people were hurt when a man drove into diners in san jose. this is video of the aftermath at dynasty chinese seafood restaurant. this happened yesterday afternoon. police say two people have life threatening injuries. abc7 reporter julian glover is live for us in san jose this morning with an update. good morning. >> good morning. this outdoor dining setup quickly turned into people scrambling to save their lives when police tell us the driver of this toyota 4-runner

jobina fortson at the live desk. jobina. >> thank you, reggie. a white house spokesperson says that they are taking all the proper health protocols this morning limiting physical access to the president and wearing the appropriate ppe when around him. but you may have seen this video. lots of people did yesterday of the president arriving at the white house and removing his face mask. and, also, going right to twitter to downplay the pandemic. >> the nurses, the first responders and i learned so much about coronavirus and one thing that's for certain, don't let it dominate you. don't be afraid of it. >> the president is not yet fully recovered from covid-19. his doctors said monitoring him through the weekend will be critical. moments ago on "gma" dr. jennifer ashton weighed in on the president's behavior. >> medicine we always have to deal with noncompliant patients and behavior does matter. we try not to get angry and lose hope in changing a patient. but one thing engaging in behavior that has an impact on your personal health and quite another

let's turn our attention to traffic and bring jobina fortson in.ood morning, jobina. >> good morning. thank you. good morning, everyone. so the big traffic story for sure this morning is the fog that is impacting our roads. we have a couple of advisories. i'm bringing in an overall look at the map here. you can see how concentrated it is over the north bay, impacting 101 especially and on the peninsula as well. also bringing in here our live camera. i want to check out what the san rafael camera is looking like. this is 101 in the area. it looks good, but if you see emeryvil emeryville, for example, or even the golden gate bridge, it's really fogged in. i will take a live look now showing you the bay bridge toll plaza, meteri ining lights are officially on. they came on at 5:28 this morning. you can see the fog lingering on that camera. i'll keep you posted on how everything is moving at the toll plaza. once you make it through those lights >>> welcome back. 5:43, almost 544 on:44 on a mon. let's show you what to expect as you come into san francis

jobina fortson is tracking that. >> thank you. hurricane delta is a category 3 storm. it takes aim at xhun communitie still reeling from hurricane laura less than two months ago. this is new orleans. this is the riverfront there. definitely calm before the storm, you can notice slightly that the camera is shaking. southwest louisiana residents are under mandatory evacuation orders again. faced with the poetential of hurricane-force winds and flooding, one couple decided to move up their wedding date. >> we were supposed to get married saturday with over 300 people. we knew about the storm we were like, eh, it wasn't supposed to come to us. then it was coming right to us. of course i got hysterical and my little superman here came in and swooped the day. >> when hurricane delta makes landfall it will break the record for most storms to make landfall in one season in the continental u.s. it will be the tenth hurricane or tropical storm to make landfall this season. the president approved emergency declarations in louisiana and mississippi and now i want to bring in our f

jobina fortson has more on this. jobina? >> thank you. good morning.y committee is expected to approve barrett tomorrow setting up her likely confirmation by the full senate before election day. we'll look live on capitol hill and see what's happening in that room. senator diane fane feinstein is questioning barrett. this is day two of the hearings. the questioning has begun. during a marathon 11-hour hearing yesterday judge barrett declined to say how she would rule on hot button issues like abortion, health care and gay rights. on abortion rights barrett called several cases super precedents, which cannot be challenged, though "roe v. wade" was not one of them. barrett was also asked if she would recuse herself from an election dispute case after the president said he's counting on her to look at the ballots. >> i would consider it -- i certainly hope that all members of the committee have more confidence in my integrity than to think i would allow myself to be used as a pawn to decide this election. >> barrett was also questioned by vice presidentia

jobina fortson at the live desk with more. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi.s a lot of reaction. there appears to be a general consensus that neither candidate did much to move the needle. we're learning both campaigns are claiming victory. pete buttigieg and republican strategist sara tag an are on "good morning america" with what each candidates needs to do. >> president trump is still losing because he did nothing to explain to the american people what he will do to improve his miserable record on dealing with the pandemic, on our divided country, especially over race. >> most americans like donald trump's policies. too many of them do not like his style. he cannot make any major gaffs in the next week. >> she said president trump flooeds needs to lay out detailed substance about what he's going to do in the next four years. she said, as you heard, many americans like his -- excuse me. like his policies, but not his style, kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. >>> abc news was fact checking both candidates during the debate to find out which claims hold up. head to

jobina fortson is at the live desk with the details on how. jobina? >> thank you. kumasi.nt trump won't be able to hold rallies while he's recovering from covid-19 and it's unclear what will happen once he's released from walter reed hospital which could happen as early as today. in the meantime, democratic presidential nominee joe biden has changed his tone. biden pulled negative ads about the president and toned down his attacks. >> i don't want to be attacking the president and first lady now because they're now the -- have contracted coronavirus. >> biden is expected to attend campaign events in miami today. he tested negative for covie-19 and his campaign has promised to release the results of every covid-19 test he takes. the vice presidential debate between kamala harris and mike pence is still on for wednesday. they both tested negative for covid-19 and also sources tell abc news they will be sitting about 12 feet apart. reggie? >> jobina, thank you. >>> a memorial set up outside the white house over the weekend mourns the 200,000 lives lost to covid-19 as presiden

jobina fortson at the live desk with how all of this started. jobina. >> kumasi, yes. all of this started with a deadly police shooting of a black man identified by our sister station wpvi as walter wallace. police say they opened fire after apparently wallace refused to drop a knife. sparked widespread protest. some of it leading to looting and also riots in philadelphia. >> oh, my god. >> police say a sergeant was struck by a pickup truck early this morning. she suffered a broken leg among other injuries and other officers were hit with bricks and rocks. dozens of people have been detained for the violence. people took to the streets after police shot and killed wallace yesterday afternoon. we're not showing the graphic video of the incident that is circling on social media right now. in the video, you can hear the officers fire their guns several times and you can also see and hear a woman attempt to hold back wallace. we have not been able to identify her yet. it's not immediately clear from the video what happened prior to the shooting. police say he was armed wit

jobina fortson is at the live desk with the extra safety measures in place. jobina? >> yes. this will be the only debate between the candidates for vice president and here are just some of the safety measures both candidates have agreed to. so this morning we're learning that the candidates will stand 12 feet apart between a plexiglass barrier. senator harris requested the plexiglass. the vice president agreed to it though his team says they do not believe it's necessary. we're told anyone without a mask will be escorted out of the building. here's a live look at the debate hall at the university of utah in salt lake city. dmc chair tom perez explains why they're adamant about enforcing the rules. >> what we saw in cleveland was the trump campaign recklessly disregarded the rules that were set forth that they agreed to. we were sitting in the debate hall with masks on. there wasn't one trump official with a mask on. you're putting people in harm's way. >> both pence and harris have been getting tested for coronavirus regularly. the latest results show both are negative. you

jobina fortson at the live desk with these details. >> yes, julian.ent of accusing google of violating an anti-trust laws. it claims that google has an illegal monopoly on search and search advertising. google's power is so vast that no competitors can make end roads with users. they are expected to file that long anticipated lawsuit today. google which is set in mountain view an aggressive legal challenge to the company's dominance in the tech sector and could impact other big name companies like amazon and apple. >> big story we'll be watching there. >>> dozens of bay area flight attendants will hold a demonstration outside of congresswoman's office in oakland. they're calling for immediate action to pass a covid-19 relief package to help struggling furloughed workers. it comes as air travel is starting to climb for the holidays. it screened the most passengers since the pandemic started. on sunday more than 1 million people through airport security checkpoints. still down 60% compared to last year. the cdc is also now strongly recommending masks on

jobina fortson is at the debts being with what the governor signed and what he didn't. jobina. >> reggie, yes. the governor took action on legislation to end systemic racism. that includes a bill that is creating a task force to study and develop proposals for potential reparations for the -- >> in some respects, it's rather sad that i'll be signing a couple of these bills, that they weren't addressed decades ago. that we still need to be talking about jury selection, still need to talk about race and relationships to sentencing guidelines. >> the governor also signed a bill requiring public companies to diversify their boards.ds. he also approved some policehol. the governor vetoed several bills, including one that would have made an ethnic studies class a graduation requirement for high school students. and one that would have required workers laid off during the pandemic to be rehired based on seniority in the hotel, airport and janitorial industries. reggie, back to you. >> jobina, thank you. lawmakers avoided a government shutdown. the government signed a bill overn

i'm jobina fortson.aying the person is under the age of 65. they're urging everyone to get a flu shot as soon as possible to reduce the risk of co-infection. here's mike nicco. >> thank you. check out some of the lingering low clouds over the bay looking at our exploratory camera at pier 15. a great day to be outside. temperatures in the 80s and few clouds along the coast and light winds, along san francisco. and set those clocks back an hour. sun will set at 5:11 sunday evening. jobina. >> looking forward to that. now to ryan and kelly. they have costumes today and so >> announcer: "live's best halloween show eve. ♪ ♪ >> kelly: what's up, ryan? you ready to do this? >> ryan: yeah. let's do this. ♪

jobina fortson is at the live desk. >> yes.tech company's experimental antibody treatment is still in large-scale clinical trials. it's been available for compassionate use, which is something the fda has to approve like it did for the president. it's been designed for covid-19, but it's unclear if that helped president trump. it has doses for about 50,000 patients. early data from the company's trial showed it worked fairly safely with few side effects. >>> your voice your vote. with 26 days to go until election day, we may not get another presidential debate. the president is now refusing to participate in next week's debate with joe biden after the organizers announced it would go virtual overnight because of coronavirus concerns. the announcement coming hours after vice president mike pence and candidate senator kamala harris finished their first and only debate. andrew dymburt has more from washington on this. >> reporter: this vice presidential debate was far more civil than the one last week. this debate still had its mo

jobina fortson joins us now for a preview. >> yes. prime time event is 12 days before the election. here's a live look outside the debate hall right now. you can see the area where the debate is happening, it's happening at belmont university. following the constant interruptions in the last debate, organizers announced this time they will mute the candidates microphones during the opponent's two-minute initial responses. >> i think there should be more -- more limitations on us not interrupting one other. >> i think the mute is very unfair. >> president trump says he has done little in the way of formal preparation for tonight's debate spending this week on the campaign trail. he called interviews with the press debate prep. biden has been off the campaign trail the last couple of days spending time in delaware to get ready. you can watch president trump and joe biden go head to head tonight in nashville. the debate begins at 6:00 on abc7. >>> happening today, people will be coming together to watch the presidential debate amid the p

jobina fortson is following that. >> new video shows police using tear gas on protesters trying to prevent them moving forward while police declared it an unlawful assembly saying they dispersed gas at demonstrator after they began following rocks at businesses. the district attorney announced there would not be charges filed against joseph mensa in the shooting death of 17-year-old alvin cole in february. it was the third shooting by the same officer in five years. it was recommended he be fired. the unrest was anticipated. it shut down city hall for three days and implemented a nightly curf curfew. >>> well, this is a reminder to double check your ballot before you mail it in. the reason is that nearly 23,000 of them were rejected across the bay area in the last general election. voters made three big mistakes. first, not signing the ballot or the envelope. second, the signature did not match the voter registration card. third, the ballot did not get returned in time. california law says as law as ballots are postmarked on or before election day they can arrive three days later and still

jobina fortson has more on what the candidates are doing today to sway those undecided. >> the focuseground states. president trump will hold a rally in arizona today, vice president mike pence will be at a valley in pennsylvania and senator kamala harris will be in florida where early voting starts today. over the weekend the president visited wisconsin, nevada and michigan while joe biden spoke with voters in north carolina. both candidates talked about the panned. >> things are getting worse. he continues to lie to us about the circumstances. experts say we're likely to lose as many as 200,000 additional lives nationwide between now and the end of the year. >> he'll listen to the scientists. if i listened totally to the scientists we would right now have a country that would be in a massive depression instead of we're like a rocket ship. >> the latest abc news poll and "washington post" poll shows biden leading president trump by 12 points. it's the same lead hillary clinton had this time four years ago, but she ultimately lost the election. biden and the president are expected to

jobina fortson has more with what's happening on the campaign trail today. good morning. >> good morning. no time off for president trump on the eve of the final debate. he will be on the campaign trail again today holding a rally in north carolina. yesterday he was in the swing state of pennsylvania at a town hall event someone asked the president what he would have done differently in his response to the pandemic, mr. trum trump relied not much. joe biden will not hold rallies today, he is preparing for the debate. president obama will step in for him. tomorrow is the last time to see president trump and joe biden face off in person. there's only two presidential debates this election season. many of you remember when president trump backed out of the october 15th debate which led to joe biden backing out of that as well and they both held their own town halls on different networks at the same time. >> of course, we were flipping back and forth trying to watch both of them. now we see them on the same stage. when you watch the final presidential debate bet

jobina fortson at the live desk this morning. jobina. >> thank you, reggie. a white house spokesperson says they're taking the proper health protocols and limiting physical access to the president and then wearing the proper ppe when around him. now, if you're watching yesterday, you probably saw that when the president arrived out the white house he took off his face mask, basically the moment he got there and then went to twitter to downplay the pandemic. >> the nurses, the first responders and i learned so much about coronavirus and one thing that is for certain. don't let it dominate you. don't be afraid of it. >> the disease the president says we shouldn't fear has killed 210,000 americans with cases in much of the country on the rise. and he hasn't fully recovered. doctors say monitoring him through the weekend will be critical. moments ago on "gma" dr. jennifer ashton weighed in on the president's behavior. >> we always have to deal with noncompliant patients and behavior does matter. we try not to get angry or lose hope in changing behavior in a patie

jobina fortson is at the live desk with more on what they discuss discussed. >> hi, reggie. everything is moving in the right direction in terms of finding a vaccine for the virus, but we are not there yet. so here's the very latest information. we'll pull it up for you. the first large scale vaccine trial happening in the u.s. has hit its target enrollment of 30,000 participants. that's the vaccine being developed by moderna. if all goes well the company's president says the vaccine could be available on the market by december. pfizer has lowered the age of participants in its trial to 16 years old. the company wants at least 3,000 older teens enrolled. an fda vaccine advisory committee met yesterday. experts from around the country joined on a livestream for the hearing. the panel assured them the agency would enforce a minimum efficacy standard before considering any vaccine for emergency clearance and also would require strict follow-up testing. if we don't take measures to restore confidence in this, all these people have told us they won't take this vaccine. >> members

jobina fortson is at the live desk. >> international leaders are taking to twitter offering their wellhes to the president and first lady. we're hearing from uk prime minister boris johnson, he switch wish wished them a speedy recover. he spent several days in icu after being diagnosed in april. and the prime minister of modi wished him well. and the president of the european council said in his tweet that the battle against coronavirus is one that we all face no matter where we live. russian president vladimir putin sent a telegram wishing the president a quick recovery. and we are also hearing from leaders in afghanistan, pakistan and taiwan reaching out to the president as well. >>> now let's take a look at some of the front pages around the united states this morning. the "chronicle" reads trump says he has virus. new york "daily news" simply says infected. and the star contribute would you saying trump has virus. and the new york "post," president has covid. our team is staying on top of the developments. you can get the latest at abc7news.com or our free abc 7 news app. >>> and d

jobina fortson has more on this. >> pfizer could be ready to apply for emergency use of its vaccine by late november. the drugmaker will petition the food and drug administration once it gets the next round of data on the vaccine's effectiveness and drug safety. if both sets of data are positive, pfizer can move forward. the fda requires that companies provide two months of safety data on at least half of trial participa participants. pfizer's chief executive wrote based on our current trial enrollment and dosing pace we estimate we will reach this milestone in the third week of november. that officially puts president trump's promise of a vaccine by election day behind. kumasi? >> all right. >>> scientists with the cdc are accusing the trump administration of installing two political operatives within the agency to try to control information. they were assigned to the cdc's atlanta headquarters in june despite having no public health background. both were tasked with watching dr. robert redfield, the agency's director and other scientists there. the associated press, which is investig

jobina fortson is at the live desk with more this morning. >> good morning. pg&e is hoping to prevent fires from sparking from damaged power lines or power lines knocked down by high winds. the utility's website shows who is affected right now. here's a look at that map. more than 50,000 northern california customers are impacted. in the bay area, about 22,000 pg&e customers are expected to lose power in seven counties. the cruelyou'l utility hopes to power by friday. pg&e is stressing this power shutoff is shorter than last years when some customers were in the dark for almost a week. >>> the outages are having a big impact on people all across the bay area. abc7 news reporter anser hassan is live in walnut creek with more on that. >> good morning. -we walnut creek had power shutoff last night. no street lights, no homes with lights on. the light you see is from our news van. pg&e has been informing residents since monday that power may be shutoff. this affects 6,000 customers in walnut creek, danville, oakland. this is happening in the middle of a pandemic.