past two decades. >> middletown, new jersey.our's train ride from manhattan. it's a community that was deeply affected by 9/11. it also happens to be my hometown. so i returned a few weeks before the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks see how people have moved forward, even as they look back. first stop: a scenic overlook that's now home to the county's 9/11 monument. an eagle clutching a beam salvaged from ground zero. i'm here at mount mitchill in atlantic highlands, which happens to be the highest point on the atlantic seaboard. people come up here to admire the sweeping views of the neyork city skyline. but on september 11, 2001, many people, my own family included, came up here to bear witness to the horror that was unfolding across the riv. >> it is very difficult to convey the chaos that ensued, the disbelief, the fear. >> jodi molisani was my fourth grade teacher. >> i can remember being on my driveway days after and smelling the smoke from ground zero. >> 147 county residents died that day. their names inscribed on

and yet, something of this magnitude always seems to demonstrate the strength of middletown as a wholetoday with a smile because i'm so very proud of everyone. >> it is likely there will also be federal charges added to thi case the suspect will be back i state court later this month. good thing they caught up with impurity could have done a lot of damage. >> business as usual. the white house under fire on its take of the taliban as americans remain stranded in afghanistan. >> brutal new evidence on why not much has changed with the terror group. stay with us. va refi benefit and get cash. you could take out $50,000 or more because the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value. use that cash to pay high rate credit card debt or plan for retirement. the newday 100 va loan. what do we want for dinner? burger... i want a sugar cookie... wait... i want a bucket of chicken... i want... ♪♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two

unfortunately, not a lot of rain accompanying this but as we track it for you, heading into middletown, lower lake by 11, -- 11:43 p.m. discovery bay seeing a lightning strike and they are seeing some showers heading out towards highway four as you will notice as we pull out a little bit and show you what is going on. there is an area of low pressure just off the coast. this is what is helping to lift that moisture and actually cause the thunderstorms. trace amounts of rainfall. oakland airport. kenwood, 107 inch. we are not expecting a whole lot but as of right now, putting that storm impact scale up. it is exclusive to abc 7 news. it is rare for the summertime. thunder with the possibility of dry lightning. high fire danger and with those scattered showers, gusty winds being accompanied with those storms. temperatures anywhere from the 50's to the 70's. here is a live look from our exploratory him camera. -- exploratoriam camera. fire danger remaining elevated with a red flag warning going into tomorrow and we do get a break from the heat next few days so the lightning strike risk sh

even heavy rainfall toward cobb and middletown as well. let's bring it over to the east bay.e've seen this reason be the most active right here toward discovery bay, also bethel island. all of this moving to the north with the potential for some line. it is pretty scattered at the current moment. all it takes is just one lightning strike. let's home we'll be in the clear from that. as we head out here to 2:00 tomorrow morning, we have the instability over the north bay with the chance of thunderstorms into early tomorrow morning. we'll keep it over the east bay as well. the same thing for about 6:00 in the morning. really, the highest risk is to the north and also to the east of us. and really, anywhere we would get any line strikes, not good here with how much of the state has burned this year. so i do think, here we go. once we head into the late morning hour, into the afternoon, we'll start to see those conditions clearing out. as we started off tomorrow morning, the temperatures will begin in the upper 50s and low 60s. we might need a jacket here at least to start. 62 in

unfortunately, not a lot of rain accompanying this but as we track it for you, heading into middletown, lower lake by 11, -- 11:43 p.m. discovery bay seeing a lightning strike and they are seeing some showers heading out towards highway four as you will notice as we pull out a little bit and show you what is going on. there is an area of low pressure just off the coast. this is what is helping to lift that moisture and actually cause the thunderstorms. trace amounts of rainfall. oakland airport. kenwood, 107 inch. we are not expecting a whole lot but as of right now, putting that storm impact scale up. it is exclusive to abc 7 news. it is rare for the summertime. thunder with the possibility of dry lightning. high fire danger and with those scattered showers, gusty winds being accompanied with those storms. temperatures anywhere from the 50's to the 70's. here is a live look from our exploratory him camera. -- exploratoriam camera. fire danger remaining elevated with a red flag warning going into tomorrow and we do get a break from the heat next few days so the lightning strike risk sh

but middletown already tracking some light scattered showers santa rosa dry for now. but you could start seeing rain within the next 1015, minutes there. futurecast for, though, is going to show the bulk of the wet weather arriving for those of you in the north bay shortly before midnight tonight right around 1030, and also along the coast of the bay area. we could see showers off the coast of the pacific starting to make its way inland shortly before midnight as well. let's take a look at what we can expect during the overnight hours because the storm track going to shift from the northwest to southeast. so then those of you in the east bay and even the southern parts of the san francisco peninsula. we'll start to see some very light scattered spotty showers still drive for those of you in the south bay, but by around 2, 3 o'clock in the morning. that's when the storm is really going to start to dry out and fizzle out as it starts to make its way out of the south bay. but just really tracking about a 10th of an inch of rain or less pretty rare for the month of septem

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for our independents line, ted in middletown, connecticut. good morning. go ahead, sir.aller: yeah. ok. i'm calling -- i give president biden an f. all the foreign policies or most of them -- host: most of his foreign policy what, ted? caller: well, no, not true grade. in fact, i believe it was the former secretary of defense -- secretary of state, robert gates made a statement. i believe it was him that everything, every policy that biden made when he was a senator was disastrous. and now, we're treading water. -- with the pandemic. urging everybody to get a shot. and a booster shot. and yet, how many of these people from this southern border came into the united states and we don't know how many of them are infected. so what are we doing? we give a thousand people with shots and we're getting 1,500 people coming in and more. host: that are managing the covid crisis. here's some more from that pew research report. again, came out late last week. it's gotten a lot of attention since it's been out. they write that report as has been the case since he took office, biden dr

could be spotted for miles and another new fire been called the lawrence fire burning north of middletown and gold country and the fires burned about 40 acres and is 15% contained. >>> looking live outside a warm labor day weekend for much of the bay area but a spare the air alert has been extended into tomorrow and the latest on air quality. >> at times today san francisco has been reading worse air quality than most other parts of the bay area which is not what we usually think of and you can see why that would have happened when you watched the time-lapse. and you see all of the haze coming in and there is some humidity and also smoke and the marine layer doesn't show up until we get toward much later in the day and by that i mean that stratus cloud which is trapping the smoke and we are pulling it in because there is a big batch of it off the coast and watch what happens on the high resolution smoke forecast and shades of yellow and orange show you where there are higher concentrations of smoke and that gets us ahead till tonight so we will tappan the more smoke sitting out here, and

for our independents line, ted in middletown, connecticut. good morning. go ahead, sir.aller: yeah. ok. i'm calling -- i give president biden an f. all the foreign policies or most of them -- host: most of his foreign policy what, ted? caller: well, no, not true grade. in fact, i believe it was the former secretary of defense -- secretary of state, robert gates made a statement. i believe it was him that everything, every policy that biden made when he was a senator was disastrous. and now, we're treading water. -- with the pandemic. urging everybody to get a shot. and a booster shot. and yet, how many of these people from this southern border came into the united states and we don't know how many of them are infected. so what are we doing? we give a thousand people with shots and we're getting 1,500 people coming in and more. host: that are managing the covid crisis. here's some more from that pew research report. again, came out late last week. it's gotten a lot of attention since it's been out. they write that report as has been the case since he took office, biden dr

william from middletown, connecticut says this -- "democrats are irresponsible in this type of negotiationoo big, too much, inflationary spending now. republicans voted for a $2 trillion tax cut for the wealthy, 1%, but will now not vote for a 3 billion-dollar infrastructure package for rebuilding the country. that is mike in orlando, florida. to anthony, democrats line in baltimore, maryland. caller: yes, thank you, and good morning to everyone and c-span. i am going to be quite honest with the. i do not know what is in the $3.5 trillion bill. that is from the streets. people on the streets do not know what is in it. we know all the spin doctors talk about childcare and talk about help for the community, but we really don't know. what are you going to do with that much money? i think that needs to be made more open to the public, and the democrats need to stop playing games and just get down to business and vote correctly and straight. what i do know is that the infrastructure bill is necessary, because everybody drives on the roads, everybody ride the train now and then, everybody flies