i'm kristen sze. this is our daily program called "getting answers." we're asking experts your questions every day at 3:00 to get answers in realtime. we'll talk to renowned scientist dr. lucy jones, and she calls it the music of climate change. that's not all. other disasters we cannot even foresee right now, and covid. so a whole host of issues, science-related, earthquakes, of course. if you have any questions, please go ahead and post them on our facebook page right now on our live stream. she's going to talk to us about the news briefing today, the san francisco's covid response and the latest numbers and give it to you right now. as of today, san francisco has 7,433 cases. the total number of deaths, 91. good news and real positive progression in the last 14 days is that the number of new cases per day, that is down. about a couple months ago, we were seeing about 200 new cases per day. as of yesterday, and the day before, the day before that, around 70 new cases per day. given these positive developments, she is allowing more things to reopen no

. >>> hi there, i'm kristen sze. welcome to our daily programmed called "getting answers". we have california state school superintendent tony thurman, always great to have you here. i know it's a busy time with you with all the kids going back to school. and so many changes. so thank you. >> thank you. great to be on. thank you. >> superintendent, i want to start with what grade, i know, but you know. what grade do you give california schools in the first few weeks of the school year, this new school year, that's of course, so different than any school year we've ever seen? >> i want to commend to make this happen. certainly "a" for effort. i've listened to zooms, my own kids. everyone is leaning in and really trying to make being in a place where 97% of our schools are opening in distance learning, they're really trying to work. i would say that there are definitely some challenges that have not cooperated and my heart goes out, at one point, asked the remaining 30,000 students who opened in distance learning but yet, they big challenges in northern california and other p

i'm kristen sze. welcome to our daily program called "getting answers." we're asking experts every day at 3:00 to get answers for you in realtime. today, we are remembering the life and legacy of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. we're also going to explore the controversy and legality of when her replacement will be selected. of course, as you know, that is a debate being discussed across the country. we'll talk with law professor hah d hadar but welcome someone people in california know very, very well. she was a u.s. senator from 1993 to 2017 and she is, of course, familiar to the bay area. senator barbara boxer, good afternoon, so great to see you. thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much for inviting me. >> it's long overdue. sorry it's under these circumstances but see what you're doing since retiring. what are you busy with? >> there's a little place in the bay area. our main residence near palm springs right now and with covid, kind of doing that. and have been giving a lot of speeches but with covid, we have been realizing we had to

. >>> i'm kristen sze. welcome to our daily program called "getting answers." of course, today is september 11th. we've all seen me moirms and ceremonies throughout the day the south tower when the attack happened. 9/11 survivor joe, thank you for joining us. >> does it feel like it's been 19 years, joe? >> it feels like it was yesterday in some ways, and in other ways, it feels like it's been forever. relive as if it were yesterday. >> as you wrestle with the emotions, does it get any easier? has time erased or healed any of the wounds? >> i think it's something that, you know, you don't necessarily get over. it doesn't become necessarily easier, but you learn to manage the circumstance. it's something that by doing things like i'm doing with you today, by talking about it, being able to explain it by doing presentation across the country. it helps me to manage and to stay safe, quite honestly, because i think something like this could absolutely get the best of you if you allowed it to. >> we're glad you're telling those stories because there's so many things

>>> hi there, i'm kristen sze. welcome to our daily programmed called "getting answers." every day at 3:00 to get answers for you in realtime. and green, especially when the smoke returns, big of many virus related headlines most people need two shots confirms what was suspected that essential employees including health care workers and the most vulnerable will get first priority. the state and local communities need a precise plan when it comes to handling, storing and distributing the vaccine. so joining us to talk about it is ucsf infectious disease specialist, good to see you again. >> thank you for having me on. >> cdc robert redfield was incorrect when he said a vaccine wouldn't be available until next summer. which timeline to be trusted or all just a guessing game? >> the name of the game here is uncertainty. one, kind of the dogmatic about a timeline when you have to wait for the data to be thoroughly analyzed and right, not based on political. >> you heard dr. redfield saying to congress saying this kind of mask protects him more than a vaccine. why? >> i think

. >> i'm kristen sze. getting answers. we ask experts your questions every day at 3:00 to get answers for you in realtime. today, we will examine huge development in the college admissions landscape. cannot use for s.a.t. admissions and talk to a top bay area college counselor to ask her what she's advising her students right now. approve a vaccine by november 1st. distribution of the vaccine. november 1st is two days before the presidential election. abc7 news obtained a copy of the letter, a message from cdc robert redfield. what do you know about it? >> robert redfield, and various states. to prepare the infrastructure and facilities and to get a vaccine. on november 1st. >> i want to show our viewers what we have in the pipeline with the vaccines and various stages of development. show that to you. 23 of them right now. 42 candidates. when do you actually think when it will get approval? >> translato . >> in the regular world, probably not full approval until the spring of 2021. given, you know, we want to be sure when

i'm kristen sze. welcome to our daily program called "getting answers." today, we'll talk to the principal of a marin county school that just reopened for in-person learning today. that's right. kids are back. but first, the big headline this afternoon. president trump's visit to northern california and a discussion about our devastating wildfires. governor gavin newsom talked face-to-face with the president about his concern over climate change but the stronger point was made by wade. listen to this exchange. >> one area of mutual agreement is vegetation management but i think we want to work with you to recognize the changing climate and what it means to our forest and actually work together with that science that's going to be key because if we ignore that science and put our head in the sand and think it's all about vegetation management, we're not going to protect californians. >> i don't think science knows, actually. >> i wish science agreed with you. joining me now to talk about this presidential visit is abc7 news visit phil matier. most people h

. >> and i'm kristen sze. a task force report claims 600,000 claims are gathering dust and a million more workers had benefits cut off. now the e.d.d. has stopped accepting new claims during this reset. michael finney has the latest. >> i've been waiting since august. august 1st. >> reporter: kim nicole of santa rosa is one of the 600,000 workers who still have no benefits months after losing their jobs. >> you can't get through. the regular customer service line 8:00 to noon, forget it. >> reporter: michael hurley has been waiting since june. >> no faith in the system, none at all. >> reporter: the e.d.d. blocked benefits saying they needed to prove they are who they say they are, like thousands of others they mailed in paper documents verifying their identity and then heard nothing back. >> i think i'm now in another >> reporter: kim was told to wait eight weeks. >> i was upset. because how would it be eight weeks to find my identity? i sent -- why eight weeks? >> reporter: the e.d.d. required thousands of w

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. united states added about 40,000 coronavirus cases today after hitting 6 million yesterday. >> california reported a little more than 3,700 diagnosed covid-19 cases, its lowest total in a while. >> but the state also saw 85 deaths, pushing its total to more than 13,000. the bay area has had nearly 88,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. >> in san francisco, a new timeline has been established for reopening businesses and schools. this as some barber shops and nail salons were allowed to reopen for outdoor services to day. here is abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez. >> reporter: it was a welcoming sound for the owner of joe's barber shop in san francisco who took his business outside after being closed for six months. >> very well spaced, lots of airflow. it's really -- it's great. a nice safe place for a haircut. yay! >> reporter: besides barber shops, hair and nail salons and massage centers were allowed to reopen outside. everyone must wear a mask and go through a screening process.

. >>> hi there, i'm kristen sze. welcome to our daily program called "getting answers." today, we have the man behind the contest reminiscent of charlie and the chocolate factory. it's our top clipped story of the day. the man who does himself the candy man is offering you a chance to win a golden ticket and a candy factory. there's a lot of excitement, but also, confusion. so joining me now is a man who created the jelly belly brand, david kline. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> all right, i'm just going to ask our director and crew to bring me a new battery pack here because i'm not able to hear you right now, and i suspect probably because my battery is dead, but assuming that our viewers can hear you, david, where are you coming to us from? >> florida. we are in the sunshine state of florida. >> all right. well, that's great, so you're in florida. i want to ask you about this contest you've launched. you have a web site and a video. tell us about the idea behind this treasure hunt. >> here's how it got started. i was in philadelphia, pennsylvania,

i'm kristen sze. we're ganswering your questions every day in realtime from experts. governor newsom directing by 2035, all new cars and passenger trucks sold in california must be zero emission vehicles. first, the top story across the country. one officer indicted on three charges in the breonna taylor shooting. the indictment is three charges of wanton endangerment,arryin a max of five years per count. none of the officers will be charged for the actual death of breonna taylor.ist and close family friend of the late trayvon martin, dwayne bryant. he's also the author of the "stop: improving police and community relations." thank you for joining us, dwayne. you're now an activist focusing on tensions between police and people of color. you didn't become so until the death of your friend, trayvon martin. remind viewers how trayvon died. >> trayvon martin died in florida at the hands of a security guard told by law enforcement to stand down, not pursue, do not continue to assault this person and did not, but a vigilante himself. dehumanized him and decided to take the

i'm kristen sze. welcome to our daily program called "getting answers." we're asking experts your questions every day at 3:00 to get answers for you in realtime. today, we have a packed show for you. we'll be soon joined by the president of the league of women voters to protect mail-in ballots and questionable election mail you might have already gotten. san mateo high school journalist doing something fascinating. documenting his own distance learning experience. but first, it's the story everyone's talking about. tiktc tick tok. banning from further downloads on the app store, after raising fears of national security and users' data security given its chinese ownership. the app has exploded over the past year or so and completely taken over teen and young adult culture. so to get to the bottom of what this means for tiktok or if it means your kids will be having to say good-bye to the app, daniel castro, vice president of the information technology innovation foundation. that's a think tank based in dc. thank you so much for joining us. daniel, how are

. >>> hi there, i'm kristen sze. there's one topic on the minds of just about everybody in the bay area right now. and that is the orange sky casting over our region. let's just show you a picture that i took at the ballpark about 90 minutes ago. look at this. no filter. and of course, normally, we giants fans love orange, right? but not this kind. we'd love the pictures as well wherever you are, share them with us on facebook live right now. bring in weather anchor, professor christian. >> right. >> to explain what is going on out there today. >> this is one of the eeriest things i've ever seen. i woke up this morning and thought i was on mars. it looked orange outside. let me give you a quick explanation for why it appears orange in the sky. the smoke particles scatter blue light, which leaves us seeing what appears to be yellow and orange. any particulate matter in the atmosphere affect the way we see light, the way our eyes and brains translate light. water droplets can do that and smoke particles can do it. all

. >>> hi there, i'm kristen sze. welcome to our daily program called "getting answers." we're getting answers for you from experts in realtime. former law clerk. author of best selling novel, front row view of how taiwan is winning battle against covid as well as personal insights the late justice ruth bader ginsburg. we want to begin with the latest on the pandemic. as the u.s. hits a sad milestone, 6.8 million cases, 200,000 at'sorth world wnd the combined. u.s., about one-fourth to one fifth of the world's number of cases. although we do have a big popul population but overrepresents in the number of cases. so we want to explore what is happening there and we have a doctor with the johns hopkins university center for health security who will be us or we had him, lost him, getting him back. we want to talk about flu season coming up, a lot of doctors fear the twindemic. we want to check in with dr. alok patel who talked about the importance of the flu shot. >> let's get right to dr. patel because i got my flu shot yesterday, right? i posted about it on social media and

. >>> hi there, i'm kristen sze. welcome to getting answers. we are asking experts your question every day at 3:00 to get answers for you in real time. toz we will talk about mail-in voting and how to make sure your vote counts. first ucf dr. george rutherford with the latest. thanks for joining us today. >> my pleasure. >> i am doing fine. good to see you. thank you. i want to start with this. cdc's newest model forecasting 214 to 226,000 total deaths by october 17th. now, that's a big increase from their forecast three weeks ago. any reaction to that? >> it's probably about right. there 200,000 deaths now. that would be an average of about 1,000 deaths a day between now and then, a little bit less. that's just about -- so that's about right. that's not -- i don't see that as particularly startling. >> i guess just the sheer number itself. but of course we can control -- >> the sheer numbers, totally. >> right. >> 214,000 people is the size of salt lake city. >> when you put it that way, it is, i mean, it is sad and alarming and all that. the

kristen sze has more. >> hospitalization numbers declining at a relatively consistent rate over the course of not just the last two weeks, but even beyond three or four weeks. >> reporter: another decline in hospitalizations, icu admissions, and test positivity. the two-week test positivity average is down to 3.1%, the lowest number since the state started keeping track of it in april. and while testing declined amid wildfires and poor air quality, it's now ramping back up. >> we're making real progress on building out this very large lab where we will substantially increase our testing well above the 124,000 average daily tests you see reflected in the last seven days. >> reporter: the governor announced $236 million in the second round of funding for project home key, to purchase permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness. recipients include san francisco, oakland, mountain view, santa clara county, and the band of pomo indians in sonoma county. >> this is happening in historically short period of time and shows a resolve and commitment, a sincerity of effort, and a long-term

kristen sze has more. >> hospitalization numbers declining at a relatively consistent rate over the coursef not just the last two weeks, but even beyond three or four weeks. >> reporter: another decline in hospitalizations, icu admissions, and test positivity. the two-week test positivity average is down to 3.1%, the lowest number since the state started keeping track of it in april. and while testing declined amid wildfires and poor air quality, it's now ramping back up. >> we're making real progress on building out this very large lab where we will substantially increase our testing well above the 124,000 average daily tests you see reflected in the last seven days. >> reporter: the governor announced $236 million in the second round of funding for project home key, to purchase permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness. recipients include san francisco, oakland, mountain view, santa clara county, and the band of pomo indians in sonoma county. >> this is happening in historically short period of time and shows a resolve and commitment, a sincerity of effort, and a long-term s

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley.nited states added about 40,000 coronavirus cases today after hitting 6 million yesterday. >> california reported a little more than 3,700 diagnosed covid-19 cases, its lowest total in a while. >> but the state also saw 85 deaths, pushing its total to more than 13,000. the bay area has had nearly 88,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. >> in san francisco, a new timeline has been established for reopening businesses and schools. this as some barber shops and nail salons were allowed to reopen for

i'm kristen sze. >> i know you remember it from a week ago. it was orange. these shots were taken of the bay bridge at 10:00 a.m. on the respective days. spencer christian joins us on whether blue skies will last. >> yes, they will last a little while. and weren't you impressed? we're seeing around

. >> and i'm kristen sze.t claims 600,000 claims are gathering dust and a million more workers had benefits cut off. now the e.d.d. has stopped accepting new claims during this reset. michael finney has the latest. >> i've been waiting since august. august 1st. >> reporter: kim nicole of santa rosa is one of the 600,000 workers who still have no benefits months aft

i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm larry beil.sident walked into a chorus of californians who are claiming california is getting hotter because of global warming. the president disagreed. laura anthony was in sacramento for the president's visit. >> reporter: as air force one touched down outside sacramento, a cut through the haze and smoke that has plagued california for weeks. it was clear, though, that this visit, at this time, by this president, was itself an illustration of a strange new normal.

i'm kristen sze. >> i know you remember it from a week ago. it was orange. all these shots were taken of the bay bridge at 10:00 a.m. on the respective days. spencer christian joins us on whether blue skies will last. >> yes, they will last a little while. and weren't you impressed? we're seeing around the bay ciulation offshore to our northwest. sweeping in cooler, cleaner marine air. i should point out, it's not going to last very long. that counterclockwise circulation will start bringing some northerly flow. which means smoke from the fires to our north. we'll start sweeping to the bay area over the weekend. let's enjoy the clean air over the next few days. i'll have more a little later. >> thank you. the governor gave an update on wildfires and covid-19. those fires have been the source of all the smoke have been clouding our skies. stephanie sierra has the latest. on the wildfire front, there are some staggering totals that were released today. >> yes. we report on these wildfires every day. it is pretty sobering to comprehend these as the big picture.

i'm kristen sze. good afternoon. welcome to a shortened edition of "midday live." now, here's the latest on the glass fire burning in napa and sonoma counties. the fire has burned more than 48,000 acres, 2% contained. 61 structures have been damaged or destroyed. there are evacuation orders and warnings in effect, and you can see them down below on the ticker running at the bottom of your screen or you can go to right no weather anchor spencer griffin for the latest. spencer? >> weather conditions are not very favorable. only 24%. the wind, however, is relatively light. in fact, the gusts are calm. so that's encouraging news. as we look at the wind gusts in the higher elevations, you can see they're moderate, generally between 10 and 14 miles per hour, but we expect stronger wind gusts developing over the next 24 hours. here are our wind gust animations. you can see an increase from the gusts up to 30 miles an hour at times in some of the higher elevations, diminishing a little bit in terrell part of the day tomorrow and picki agan strong gusts to contend with. as

i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm larry beil. the president walked into a chorus of californians who are claiming california is getting hotter because of global warming. the president disagreed. laura anthony was in sacramento for the president's visit. >> reporter: as air force one touched down outside sacramento, a cut through the haze and smoke that has plagued california for weeks. it was clear, though, that this visit, at this time, by this president, was itself an illustration of a strange new normal. president trump arrived as california is in the midst of unprecedented wildfires. not just in number, but also intensity. >> i have approved the emergency declaration, as you know. >> reporter: president trump met with the governor and cal fire officials to talk about wildfire response and also their differing opinions on cause. the president emphasizing forest management, with the governor pushing the discussion towards climate change. >> when trees fall down, after a short period of time, about 18 months, they become very dr