joining us now in laffite is mike foster, president of the non-profit search and rescue team tidewaternse. mike, you appreciate you being with us. i know you've been out on boats since 6:00 a.m. what's it been like? >> you know, when we started this morning we actually got the call last night to head down to laffite around 12:30 in the morning. we were up in slide'll trying to ride the storm out. once we got the call we started heading that way. arrived there around 2:30 in the morning and had a few other guys there that were kind of giving us what info they had in laf imt tte and they said all they know is they were guessing upwards of 50 to 100 people trapped. we assessed the situation and decided that with the winds still going on we couldn't get boats in the water quite yet. so we waited it out until sunrise came. and right around 6:00 a.m. we got boats in the water and working with the jefferson parish sheriff's office and the lafitte fire department as well with national guard started working into the area. >> and what did you see? we're seeing some video that you took. obviously

mike. >> here is what we're worried about. we're worried that what you are doing is pomistakenly or distributely destroyed the confidence of the legitimate elected president of the united states and fosteringnever said anything about biden or the democrats, ever. never. wrong. >> you went through this investigation -- >> you pull it up. you're lying now. >> mike. >> i said they warned us. no. you're lying. i said the democrat party. >> you're saying that joseph biden was illlegitimately elected. >> i'm saying that china did an attack on our country -- and the wrong person won. >> that's right. >> the people who have watched your video, believe what you say. >> 100%. >> if you're wrong, isn't that very dangerous. >> yes, but i'm not wrong. i checked it out. you spent millions. you need to trust me and come there. s >> victor, it's pretty clear that mike does not know how voting works in this country. we have ever reason to believe that his so-called evidence is nothing more than information that comes from old recycled conspiracy theoryists who have been involved with scams in the past. we don't know which side of this scam mike may be on. >> nine months since the election and he is still s

mike: thank you very much. we are going to open the weather window on sfo. pretty cloudy. we go from 53 at pacifica, fosterity, redwood city at 58. everyone else around 53 to about 59 degrees. our air quality is going to be good to moderate all the way through thursday. we have that advisory for some smoke. you can see it as many in the higher elevations east of san jose and up to the east of santa rosa, napa county. we had to the lunch hour. it gets a little cleaner along the coast and continues to get cleaner into the evening hours and overnight through tomorrow morning. some of the cleanest air will be tomorrow afternoon and evening. some of the bluest skies we had in a long time. let's talk about your commute. the pavement should be dry. that's about it. let's talk about temperatures and cloud cover. we stay in the 50's through 7:00. by noon the clouds are back to the coast. they will break up for a little more sunshine than we've had the past couple of days. 60's around the beta 70's inland. very comfortable for lunch. 4:00, a few 80's around fairfield, antioch, livermore, ukiah. pretty much 70's exce

mike. >>> vianey, a better drive here on the san mateo bridge. looked like there may have been something, i saw flashing lights, and it looks like there's recovery now from the live camera. creeping over to foster city, and chp did not get it but the bridge crew did, and cleared it out and that's good news. we see the build, the volume from the san mateo bridge, and the toll from the 7:00 hour, it has been the peak commute time for the past few weeks. san mateo bridge tends to see that toll taking it through the 7:00 hour really peak. for san jose, we're talking about the southbound with san jose back online, and for the last few weeks, off and on for the last month, we are talking about 87 and 101 seeing the build that has kicked in once again, and 7:00 will be tough around san jose state. back to you. >>> speak of san jose, mike, welcome back. first day of fall classes there. students and staff have to be fully vaccinated by september 30th or will be tested weekly. all cal state schools have the same vaccine requirement. >>> up next, a look at the top stories including fire, smoke and all the haze vianey was talking about. we have team coverage on the wildfires burning at this hour and the im

mike, god bless you. >> here's what we're worried about. we're worried that what you are doing is mistakenly or deliberately destroying the confidence in the legitimate elected president of the united states and fosteringver. wrong. >> through this investigation -- >> you're lying now. you're lying. i said -- >> listen to what i -- >> you're lying. >> you're saying that joseph biden was illegitimately elected. >> i'm saying that china did an attack on our country. >> and that the wrong person won. >> that's right. >> the people who have watched your video believe what you say. >> 100%. >> if you're wrong, isn't that very dangerous? >> i -- yes, but i'm not wrong. i've checked don, while lindell maintains that his sources are super secret. there is very good reason to believe that all of this is linked to old, recycled conspiracy theories from the past that have been completely discredited. lindell insists this is new material. he says he spent millions checking it out, as he said, validating it. but as you can see, so far, it just does not add up. don. >> thank you, drew. no words. no words. those are the people you're trying to convince the vaccine is -- that you should get vaccinated. and there was n

mike? god bless you. >> reporter: here's what we're worried about. that what you are doing is mistakenly or deliberately destroying the confidence in the legitimate elected president of the united states and fosteringould be damage to this country. >> i never said that about biden or the democrats ever. never. >> reporter: through this investigation. >> you're lying now. you're lying. democrats warned us. no, you're lying. the democratic party. >> reporter: was illegitimately elected? >> china did an attack on our country. >> reporter: and the wrong person won. >> that's right. >> reporter: the people who watch what your video believe what you say? >> 100%. >> reporter: you're wrong. isn't that very dangerous? >> yes, but i'm not wrong. i checked it out. i spent millions. you need to trust me and come there. >> drew griffin joining us now. that was quite the interview. as we all notice there, mike lindell very defensive during this interview. i'm wondering, what was your biggest unanswered question, your biggest takeaway after sitting down with lindell? >> the biggest question remains, jim, who is feeding him these lines? it's very clear to me mike lindell does not understand how we vote in the uni

mike? god bless you. >> reporter: here's what we're worried about. we're worried that what you are doing is mistakingly or deliberately destroying the confidence in the legitimate elected president of the united states and fostering what could be damage to this country. >> i never said that about biden or the democrats ever. never. >> reporter: you went through this investigation and this -- >> you're lying now. you're lying. i said the democrats warned us. no, you're lying. i said the democrats already warned us of this. >> reporter: you're saying joseph biden was illegitimately elected. >> i'm saying that china did an attack on our country -- >> reporter: and that the wrong person won. >> that's right. >> reporter: the people who have watched your video believe what you say. >> 100%. >> reporter: you're wrong. isn't that very dangerous? >> yes, but i'm not wrong. i checked it out. i've spent millions. you need to trust me and come there. >> holy cow. all right, drew griffin joins us now. sorry, drew. i have to get over my temporary shock at seeing all that. where on earth is lindell getting this, i guess put it in air quotes here, information? >> of course, he won't tell us. it's all wrapped in his, you know, s

mike? oh, god bless you. >> here's what we're worried about. we're worried that, what you are doing is mistakenly or deliberately destroying the confidence in the legitimated-elected president of the united states. and fosteringnever said anything bad about biden or the democrats, ever, never. wrong. >> you have, through this -- through this investigation and this -- >> you are lying now. you're lying. i said the democrats warned us. no, you're lying. i said the democrat party warned us of this. and this will -- >> biden was illegitimately elected. >> i am saying that china did an attack on our country and -- >> and that the wrong person won. >> that's right. >> the people who watch your video believe what you say. >> 100%. >> if you are wrong, isn't that very dangerous? >> but i -- yes, but i'm not wrong. i have checked it out. i've spent millions. you need to trust me and come there. >> yeah, trust him. drew griffin joins us, now. do you have any reason to believe that, now, after months of this, i mean, he has never offered proof of anything. and there is no proof. and it's been debunked. it's, like, his support for sham remedies. i mean, he has a history. >> and it just -- the conversation, as you can tel

foster city. we had an earlier crash west found 92 at the high-rise that cleared. now we have a stalled motorcycle. be prepared for delays toward the san mateo bridge. kumasi: thanks. mike alert friday. temperatures jumped above average will continue all the way through sunday. 98 to 100 inland. plenty of 80's around the bay but that nice cool 60's at the coast. kumasi: thank you. we have another update in 30 minutes but you can always find the latest on the app and it abc7news.com. . >>> this is my -- >> your hairline? >> extra large is not my -- >> size. >> whoo! >> hey, i'll tell you right now, that hairline -- >> this is my -- >> bald hair, try that one. i don't think it's going to work. >> a little "$100,000 pyramid" there. michael, you seemed to have fun with tiki barber. >> and joe tessitore. that was a lot of fun. check them out. they're in the hot seat tonight, all new episode 9:00, 8:00 central here on abc. >> how many jobs do you -- >> you know - here. are you a hologram. >> i smelled you -- i said, i smell money. [ laughter ] >> we should introduce you. >> do y'all sleep? >> you know him from the scary movie franchise, also from "white chicks." and "in livin

foster care, bail reform. the democrats' decision to break form. as for congress the u.s. senate is still in town. the house is due to be out until the end of august. dana. >> dana: mike nearly a dozen new police reform and accountability laws take effect starting this week. supporters say the laws will reduce racial inequity, critics say they are causing confusion and hurting officers' ability to fight crime. the president of the seattle police officers guild. how are you doing, mike? this is going to be something else here right now. police use of force is strictly limited. no car chases, no tear gas, no choke holds. what do you think about these laws? >> it doesn't sound like it is fair. definitely seems like it is targeting specific law enforcement people and the reality is it's the public that will be the ones most impacted by this because your safety, the public's safety will be put at risk because we're basically handcuffed from being effective from doing our jobs. all because of the seattle activist class that continue to push some of this legislation that has drastic repercussions for everybody now across the state. >> bill: mike, you said they are going to t