thank you, leann. they are creating that fire break, trying to keep that fire from going anywhere else on that hill. this is a drive time traffic map on your left-hand side. you see why on your right. that smoke, that fire. but you can see 80 is still closed in both directions there, that's between highway 4 and the carquinez bridge is closed as well. kristin, so this started around 2:00. i was driving in and i saw it around 2:00. has -- spencer, we haven't checked in with you for a while. any change in the winds since then? what's the situation weather-wise? >> very little change, except that the wind has actually been getting calmer as we've been on the air. by the way, remember the old c cliche, our intrepid reporter, leann has certainly been our intrepid reporter today, and hats off to her and whoever her camera person is as well for actually being right there in harm's way and getting the latest information directly from the safety officials who are moving them out of the way. here's a look at our

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. >> leanne >> reporter: we know the strong winds will begin about 4:00 in the morning, but pg&e ssay not going to wait that long. it takes time. when will it come back, sometime on friday. residents in santa rosa knew the rr ouit wleldec t bhatom we are going toctally shut off power and reduce 34 northern >> rest r residents should be prepared in stages beginning after midnight. >> there's a significant increase in firefighter's -- >> they have added four engines with 16 firefighters to boost their presence in the area. their presence in the area. >> we have a network of watch resources. >> reporter: residents not in the safety shutoff area may suffer power loss if power lines are damaged by the strong rest won't be restored to repair any damage thast' found. we kntd define it. reirs ano make all of the powers on that line. >> ken baldwin says there are many trees near power lines that should have been cut down. instead, they have markings on them. >> i understand that catastrophes, but you would think in two years they would have been able to make more progress and mark things. >> m

still with us, leanne, sahil, adrian, and danielle.ce you worked for clinton, i need to ask you the bizarre phillip tucker thing. i'm not going to play the clip. but is this real? is this a troll balloon or a -- is this trolling fox viewers? >> yeah, i'm not going to speak on behalf of my friend phillip. i'm not a spokesperson. but i think we're at the stage of the campaign where a lot of donors are not exactly thrilled with the field of candidates. i think we've got some really strong candidates running and people are saying is there anybody else out there? i think a lot of people are concerned about joe biden's fundraising. i think people are just in that kind of panicked stage right now. so they are looking to hilary clinton. they're looking to mike bloomberg. but i think at the end of the day, we are with the field of candidates who we're going to be with for the duration of this cycle. >> tim cane on the show, couple days ago, i asked him if the nominee was running. i was surprised at his answer. take a listen. >> is the democrati

leann lamonte. sf public defender's office. glide, laura sign, hillary brown, june bug and tak fatina. you have two minutes. speak directly into the microphone. if you have prepared written statements leave those with the clerk. no applause is permitted. in the interest of time speakers are encouraged to avoid repetition. >> hello. in the spirit of melvin bell high i want to use demonstrative evidence as my debate. i am the evidence here. i don't have a doctor in front of my name but i do have a ph.d. in drug addiction and homelessness. i was a drug addict for 20 years, 15 of those i was homeless on the street of san francisco. i had three sons on the street between fifth and sixth on market street. i have been clean and sober for four years. i know the programs today in san francisco have worked for me. i want to talk about why i am passionate about treatment on demand and i believe we need treatment on demand now. we live in a age in a society. it is now. when i was homeless in the 1990s i had a lot of opportunities and peopl

bill neely and leanne.ant to share what lindsey graham tweeted. >> we'll introduce bipartisan sanctions against turkey if they invade syria and they'll call for their suspension for nato if they attack kurdish forces insisted the u.s. in the destruction of the isis caliphate. if necessary would be veto proof. how should we take this? >> lindsey graham is not happy about this. he's been on a tweet storm all day long. in one of his tweets, he called this a disaster in the making and republicans are pretty united. we heard from ben sass and susan collins and also from the house, liz cheney and she called this catastrophic mistake if the president moves forward with this. the only person who's standing with the president is senate errand paor rand paul. >> her e is what he tweeted today. he wants to have a america's first policy. republicans have been uncomfortable with the president's foreign policy. steph, this makes them really nervous. >> bill, the president's series of tweets there. as it relates to isis f

first, we're going to go to leanne caldwell. we've been watching what is happening with phillip reeker. and you've seen one republican so far that has gone for this deposition. do we expect this to finish soon? >> we do think that it's actually winding down. that it should finish at least in the next couple hours. but we're getting a few details that are emerging from what is being said behind closed doors. what we know is that phillip reeker did talk about the ouster of the well-respected ukrainian ambassador, marie yovanovitch. that's according to a source very close with his testimony. we're also hearing that he also discussed about the role of mike pompeo. and that he also talked about the three amigos and those are energy secretary rick perry, eu ambassador sondland, and special envoy volker. these are the three people that were put in place from the -- by the administration -- after yovanovitch was ousted and recalled back to the united states. and they are the shadow state department that was starting to run ukraine polic

abc7 news, leanne melendez brings you the story from sausito. >> words travel fast and many residentsr at homemade their way to the store. >> reporter: everyone is buying ice. they got to be safe and sure because who knows what we'll be ahead for whether it is five whatever. >> reporter: it was a different outcome for customers at target in near by marin city. the store did not have generators so one by one people returned away. >> i have a flight tonight. i kind of needed to get some stuff. >> reporter: medicines scheduled to be delivered were not accepted. >> i can't get it because they're closed. >> reporter: moms andeftn the dark. most gas stations were closed. years ago the city invested in generators. >> when there is power outages we encouraged people to come to city hall to charge their devices. >> reporter: it can always be worse. >> it is run by electricity so theres no showering and flushing the toilets so it is extra fun. live here in sausilito. this is a 600 kilowatt generator. it is really loud. the average u.s. homey about 30 kilowatts a day. again, live , leanne melend

in the news room, leanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> what a wild scene. appointment and the protesters chasing her around. classic san francisco politics. how are the other candidates running for the post dealing with the post today. >> there are three. leaf douch, nancy chung, chess is a bow dean and, of course, suzy loftus. they're not happy because they see this as a political move, one that gives loftus an advantage and they're well aware that incumbents or people appointed usually win an election. >> leanne, thank you. >>> in the east bay a new trial has been set in the deadly ghost ship trial case. derick almena will be tried on manslaughter charges. almena is described as the master tenant of the oakland building where 36 people died in a fire in december of 2016. a judge set a trial date of march 30th, 2020 and also denied the defense's request to reduce almena's bail of $750,000. the judge moved to hold two of the jurors from the previous trial in contempt. >>> there could be new trouble for their mows founder elizabeth holmes. her attorneys are

leanne caldwell. they now have the mueller -- they may be getting, within a week, the mueller grand jury material. does that become a way to widen the probe itself? is this potentially a distraction from their laser-like focus on ukraine? does this slow things down? does it, you know, or -- or does this -- is this more about the ruling itself that will allow them to get other documents associated with ukraine? >> i think you're -- it's both, chuck. let's start with the fact that it's a big win for democrats definitely because as julia just said, undercut the republicans' argument. they're saying that because there is no formal impeachment inquiry vote, then they don't have to comply with the democrats' document requests or they can try to block people from coming in to testify. so the judge said, no, there doesn't need to be a formal vote. and the impeachment inquiry is under way. okay. so does this complicate things for democrats? it actually could because we know the house speaker nancy pelosi and a

. >> reporter: eighth grader leanne rodriguez says classes have been canceled through thursday. at evergreen valley college, empty lots. campus was closed out of an abundance of caution. elsewhere we met at least one dadntl. wl we'll just go out and eat. >> reporter: aside from the panic and rush to now they're r for anything. >> something's going to happen. if it's not this, it might be a earthquake or some other stuff. you never know. >> reporter: something to remember for those who will wake up without power on thursday. there are resource centers. pg&e has established one at the stadium and the city has established three across the city of san jose. i'm in alum rock tonight. >> thank you, amanda. the city of morgan hill will enforce a curfew if their power gets shut off. it was originally scheduled for 7:00 p.m. but is delayed until the power is shut off. this is the to reduce criminal activity. >>> pg&e launched a new website a few hours ago after an earlier site kept crashing. the new site was designed to handle heavy traffic from people searching to see if their neighborh

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singer leann, i started getting bubblegum i.c.e. cream because i thought if i live in u.s. court just might, i might get it back intact. when i would give her just an afternoon at the harbor with you. you have all of that is going down. i will miss the way you squeeze so much catch up on me much everything. but especially the fries and incense fink with tomato goodness at the bottom. i will miss our brief conversations between meetings and hearings. and i will miss the longer ones. i will miss our months of long sleepovers we're we just hung out and just discussed in our lives. sometimes we would be silent and watch the latest 2020 murder mystery. i do, see her face and catch y you, that is love. enduring love. we weren't just saddened daughter, we we're confidantes and friends. and daddy i will miss that the most. so on this day after some much has been said and the week is been filled with celebrations of your live. i feel a phrase from you, and stop by today to tell you how much i love you. i'm a thank you, and how much i will be indebted and forever connected to you. th

. >> i am leanne fetter and i'm asking if you postpone the dispensary, i would ask to comment today because we've taken off work. if we could add our comments, that would be appreciated. >> i'm here for the dispensary at 2934 and i would like to know why it would be posted and i would like to have it heard today. >> are you project sponsor? >> i am. >> thank you. any other items? public comment. >> john kevling, on behalf of 55 bellcher street. it's going to be a story of accommodation. we continued this hearing for a month from june to july and to work further with dtna. we got that resolved. we agreed to october 3rd, to work with the adjacent neighbor. we are at the point where we've got updated floor plans, reduced roof deck and we're trying to decide between through facade designs, but we're essentially done. we'll come back with a corporate rental restriction and right now, the next available hearing is november 21st. i just ask the commission that you consider accommodating this project sponsor considering they've been through. i think more than three weeks is enough time to get this

. >> all right, mimi roca, leann caldwell. joining me now on set is new york democratic congressman and member of the foreign affairs and financial services gregory meeks. i jokingly said there's not much to talk about. at least there is this hour. let me first get your thoughts on where the impeachment inquiry stands today. you've been at some of those depositions. do you want to share with us your assessment of where this thing is going right now? >> well, i think we're moving, we're doing our work in a methodical way, trying to get all of the facts and, you know, what we've been listening to is the obvious abuse of power that this president has utilized in trying to use his power to demand that another president of another nation get involved in our 2020 election, which is a violation of our constitution. and so therefore he's violating his abuses of power, he's betraying our constitution and threatening our national security in that he's held back money that we authorized to protect our ally against on going aggression by

joining me now is one of our news reporter, leanne caldwell.hat kind of evidence and what do we know from the state department as to what they did with this packet? operation of resource packet from rudy giuliani? >> chuck, in this packet of rudy giuliani directly handed to pompeo according to rudy giuliani was all the investigative work that rudy giuliani did with his narrative that rudy giuliani used to describe the bidens. it included interviews he conducted with two former general prosecutors in ukraine. one was ousted in 2015 and the other was ousted last month. what did the secretary of state do with this package once he received it. rudy giuliani dropped his work but was there an investigation? we don't yet know. who do pompeo give this information to? we don't know that either. there is a lot of questions that have been raised. democrats are extremely interested and senator mendez moments ago called for an inv t investigation into this specifically. i don't understand the inspector general never pursued the origin of this. it is weird o

let's get to leann. >> president trump is announcing sanctions on three turkish officials and heighteningl to this as military operation in syria continue. the president says, the move is necessary to push back militants and resettle refugees. but it has drawn widespread condemnation. >> the case of cutting rates outweight the risks of running out of ammunition. -- tes show the r.b.i. with could address future shocks. uantum is attempting the first direct sidney flight. no airline has completed the route without stopping. the question is how will he tell us on the marathon. they will monitor the brain of the pilot and the food and sleep of just a few dozen passengers. in the u.k., the police have ordered extinction rebellion campaign to halt their process. that's after the authorities arrested more than 1400 this month. it says the international rebellion continues. the group describes it as halting mass extinction. and minimizing the risk of societal collapse. and l news, 24 hours a day attic tack on twitter. this is bloomberg. anna? matt? matt: now, we have wire card extending its losse

. >> joining me from capitol hill, congressional correspondent leanne caldwell.re has been a backlash to her forced a lot of articles writtet of people are coming out saying she is the victim of revenge porn and is being forced to resign, as she just said, when many other men accused of so much worse are still in their positions of power. >> reporter: the discussion on capitol hill, katy, is not only a generational divide but a double standard between men and women. the older members who don't understand the digital ages that people's lives are very public now are saying she should be more careful. the younger generation, look, this is part of people's lives now. she is the victim of something and should not be blamed. i asked house speaker nancy pelosi today and here is how she responded. >> regardless of any errors in judgment anyone may have made it's shameful she's been exposed to public humiliation by cyber exploitation, and i caution everyone that they, too, may be subjected to that. >> reporter: speaker pelosi is trying to tread very carefully actually on

his mom leann. >> last year, he would just stare and pointing and things like that. >> and that's hard 4-year-old has cerebral palsy. in a normal day how much of being a little boy does he get to do? >> not much. he gets to play with the toys, but it's hard. >> reporter: but this halloween will be different because of them. the art and robotics students at penn high school in mishuwaka, indiana -- >> there was trial and error? >> a lot of it. >> reporter: isabella and michael were part of the foam sculpture team building a hulk costume that fits over zefon's wheelchair. >> wow. look at this. >> reporter: because he really loves the hulk. >> if i was surrounded by all these hulks, i'd be happy, too. >> reporter: for isabella, it's personal. her sister was cerebral palsy. >> it's a very good opportunity that i wish my sister also had. so it's just nice to see other families like get this gift and it's more -- sorry. >> reporter: saturday, the students psented the cantu family with thecostume. >> what would it mean for him to be able to have a halloween experience? >> somebody seeing him

leanne garin with your first word news. asian stocks are higher this morning after the u.s.d on the outline of a trade deal. more than double purchases of american agricultural products and agreed to certain ip measures. meanwhile, washington has pledged to delay a tariff increase that was due this week. in a tweet, president trump said, phase one of the deal will soon, touting the possibility of a broader agreement as well. the developments come as a latest data out of china shows a bigger than expected slump in the companies' imports and exports. tariffs contributed to an 8.5% decline i and imports, while exports declined 3.2%. running us is the bloomberg editor in singapore, and birkhead of greater china -- bloomberg's head of greater china economics. how firm is this deal? do we still have to wait for something to get signed? remember at the beginning of the trump presidency how everyone wanted to psychoanalyze donald trump's handshakes? they are supposed to be really firm and gripping well? that handshake grabs the whole world economy. this is a handshake deal between t

for that, let's go to leanne garin.n told the range of topics beijing is willing to discuss has narrowed in recent weeks. we understand it will not include commitments on government subsidies. there are issues for the u.s.. the u.s. will not stand in the way of turkish operations in northern syria. that according to the white house. it comes after president erdogan signaled action against militants and backing kurdish operations. turkey is prepared to use military force to prevent that. to ease policyd unless the slowdown gets worse, according to a kansas city fed president. the u.s. economy is doing well. cut rates ifed to she sees a sharper change and growth. she is considered one of the most hawkish officials at the federal reserve. a second.s. has whistleblower that may be ready to emerge in president trump's impeachment saga. is actingrm says it on behalf of multiple whistleblowers, abc news reporting that the second whistleblower has not yet spoken to the committee investigating the president. the white house says

leanne: let's start by recapping on brexit.nson will find out tonight if he has any chance of getting his deal through parliament. the second reading vote on the governments eu withdrawal agreement will is set to take place at 7:00 a.m. u.k. time. johnson hasgests just enough support to win but will immediately facing more difficult vote on his rapid timetable for pushing the bill through parliament. has won a second term as canada's prime minister but with a reduced mandate that will force him to rely and other parties to govern. or waseral party won in canada'sth -- election four years ago, the liberal party secured a majority to govern alone. president trump she's trade optimism -- the signing of a potential deal at the meeting next month. negotiations are going well and it has already started buying more agricultural product. netanyahu has failed in his bid to form a coalition government. he is being forced to return the mandate to the country's president, who plans to pass the right opposition leader and former military le

here's abc's leanne melendez. >> reporter: the signs on this post in mill valley suggests there are severally one points the way to a dusty road where anyone entering is warned that you are now living on horse time. >> now you're annie oakley. >> now i'm annie oakley. >> reporter: jean jones is a cancer survivor who once saw herself as an unlikely candidate to take up riding. ironically, cancer helps h ercome the fear of change. >> we start with the crate -- >> okay. i felt like if i could get on a horse at 67 years old and successfully learn how to ride it, i can do anything at this point. she's clean today, though. she's not dusty. >> reporter: bonding with a horse like molly has had a calming effect on jones which is the intention of the program called horses as healers. >> we don't have to be psycho therapists. we don't have to be anything else except for just let these women experience a relationship with an animal where if you open your heart will walk right in. >> reporter: ucsf knew it wanted that for cancer patients and found the stables. becaus it's on it public lands, federal law

much.thanks very leanne garin's with the first word news.se's coo olivier bouee has resigned in the wake of the scandal. tidjane thiam has been spared. an investigation found no indication he approved of the shadowing of iqbal khan. the bank's chairman told reporters the surveillance was wrong and disproportionate. the scandal has taken on another dimension after it emerged a contractor who hired a private detective to follow him has killed himself. in zurich, maria tadeo has been keeping on the story. what is the latest? the way that credit suisse chairman presented this was it was a rogue operation led by the coo along with the global head of security. both men have resigned from credit suisse. when it comes to tidjane thiam, he says there is no indication when it comes to the investigation that he knew or proved the surveillance which the bank will say did happen and apologized for in particular for the employee in question, iqbal khan who left credit suisse to join ubs. the chairman was in full damage control, saying this was something t

>> well, ali, two sources familiar tell my colleague leanne caldwell and me that lieutenant colonel told house investigators during his closed door testimony that the white house offer of a meeting between presidents trump and zelensky, as well as the delivery of that nearly $400 million worth of military aid, in his words, was entirely contingent on ukrainian officials opening multiple investigations into the 2016 election. into barisma, the company hunter biden sat on the board of. into the bidens. so in his opening testimony, the testimony we obtained a copy of, he said i did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen. in his testimony, we're told, he went beyond that. he drew a direct line between those white house deliverables and this demand for investigations. so today, as you mentioned, house investigators are hearing from two current state department officials. both of them worked for the former special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker. katherine croft, who just left, we've got a copy of her opening statement and among the things she told

and morrison also described based on the reporting of my colleague leanne caldwell, who's done such a good job with this story, not really following the burisma connection as it was happening in real time. he really underscores the two parallel tracks of foreign policy that were going on within the white house. the official foreign policy of the u.s. government of which he was a member. and the secondary foreign policy of rudy giuliani and perhaps the president that he was not privy to at the time. and was putting together later. it also speaks to how this impeachment inquiry is just going to build and build and build. the vote today is such a key part of it. setting up public hearings. we've got another full week of depositions at least for next week. just the ones you've laid out with bolton scheduled to come if he does show up on next thursday. so all of that will continue as these members are now on their way back to their districts tonight where they will have to continue to sell this. democratic members, in particular, having to continue to sell this back in their districts as s

year ago and their coach has gone for the tried and trusted combinations with players like peter 0 leanneyear ago and you wonder if new zealand arejust coming into an ago and you wonder if new zealand are just coming into an ominously rich vein of form. if ireland are going to do it, you feel they have to roll black clock and put out their best performance of 2019 by some distance. more broadly on the quarter finals, some distance. more broadly on the quarterfinals, could we some distance. more broadly on the quarter finals, could we see japan spring a surprise? great question and that is the game all the neutrals are looking forward to and obviously the hundreds of millions of japanese fans here obviously the hundreds of millions ofjapanese fans here injapan obviously the hundreds of millions of japanese fans here in japan where iam. we of japanese fans here in japan where i am. we have four fantastic quarterfinals, the england and australia, renewing the old rivalry and eddie jones and australia, renewing the old rivalry and eddiejones and all six nations affair with ireland against new

when i recently met with members of the committee bank association of ohio's, and ohio bankers leanne credit union league earlier this year, nearly every hand shot up when i asked if it affected them. we know it comes with legal and supervisory risks because of the tension, as the chairman said, between federal and state laws. it requires extra layers of due diligence, challenging it costly for banks and credit unions. they play a key role in monitoring for fraud and money laundering and the financial system, and other legal illegal activities. it is important we maintain the framework and access to the banking system is essential to keep our communities safe and ensure full participation in the economy. we cannot continue to ignore this industry that thousands of workers and communities it affects. we also know that today's hearing is just one piece of the conversation. congress must have on marijuana policy. people should not be thrown in jail jeopardized by nonviolent marijuana offenses. let me say that again. people should not be thrown in jail or have their futures jeopardized by