we also have all these other places in the national park service. most people think of our parks as a unit, but we have programs. the national registry of historic places, national historic landmarks, the national historic building survey. all programs of the national park service. underrepresented communities grants, which just opened for the new applications season. please do jump in. in all of these programs that we manage and work with, we have places across the country in every county, every state where the national parks service can explore and tell the story of women's suffrage. we are looking as the 19th the moment as a watershed moment. it is clearly an important moment in history, but also a lot of people got left out. we also are talking about the people they got left out of the right to vote in 1920 and looking all the way up through the civil rights and voting rights act of the 1960's. for our national work, we have all these places, but also have done work online. we know not all visitors to the national park service resources are on th

not the national hospital service not the national hospital service not the national health other areas were overbroad during this crisis. can we look onto the telegraph because we have quite a few to get there, olivia. ) and shops to reopen schools. this is a message from the children's commissioner and long feel that repeating the arguments that i think it was the chief scientific officer who said a few days ago that we are going to have to make some difficult decisions, economy versus education or whatever, where you stand on this? i think children really have to come first now, i care passionately that the economy can get up and running again and i'm terrified about the prospect of a very deep and long recession. but if children are back at school we don't know what we are doing to a whole generation of children's life chances. this is something that is unprecedented, i hate to use the word but it is an unprecedented situation seeing what happens if you ta ke very situation seeing what happens if you take very young children out of education for seven, six months and see

as i get up to the current you come you can see the showers up to the north but the national weather service has left the red flag warning effect until about 9 pm tonight. so the plan here is a red flag warning stays in effect, lightning should be done for now but it is a precautionary measure. the excessive heat warning has been extended until 9:00 wednesday. that is areas in red, excessive heat warning for the next three days. that is significant. the heat advisory will be dropped tonight at 9:00. we could easily see one hoisted up again so really just, julie, a myriad of weather hits coming our way in the net last 24 hours . >> it was amazing how loud that thunder was overnight. bill, thank you. we will see you at a little bit for the full forecast. >>> the lightning from the stormy weather sparked several fires around the bay area. ktvu's leigh martinez joins us with the latest on those fires which, as bill mentioned, all started happening around 3 am this morning. >>> fire crews are battling fires in contra costa county and santa clara county. the marsh fire in santa clara off of two ro

the national weather service shows a warning expiring at 11:00 tomorrow.ecause of dry lightning triggering fires. you can see a plume coming from the south and right now the bay area is the target. monsoonal moisture comes around every summer that typically gives us one good thunderstorm in the summertime. that's what we are seeing today. here is the east bay where it has been going the last three or four hours. it rolled in at about 3 am this morning and continued ever since. we have had quite a bit of activity going on over the east bayshore and it has moved over to the higher area of the east bay. you can see some in and around the diablo range and swell as mount diablo with lightning strikes near fremont that stretches over two 580. and as we come along 680, you can see multiple strikes reported there from errors near san ramon, danville, walnut creek in toward concorde. we have several reported in the last 10 minutes. anywhere from 20-30 lightning strikes in the last 10 minutes. hundreds reported since it all started. in the west, a light from half-mo

the national park service is has closed the national seashore to help the roads clear for fire crews. >>> the city of san jose is offering reduced hotel rates for fire evacuees, rates starting at $99 at night at 13 local hotels. rooms can be booked on a new length that will go live overnight on the city's website. also air b&b is encouraging hosts in and around the fire area to offer housing to evacuees. people forced out by fire may be eligible for a free stay for the open homes program. nice to hear. let's head over to darren, you have a full plate right now. >> obviously the potential for thunderstorms tonight is the main issue. but before i get there let's start out right now where you live. the smoke and the air quality is something we have had to live with, even if you are not on the front lines or directly in danger were still breathing and air that's pretty darn unhealthy. we went over a threshold. if you take a look at the south bay with the deep shades of purple on here and there is a pattern. the farther you get down into these valleys notice how pushed back against the hil

it's likely the national weather service will issue this again on monday. at met for , that stays in effect until wednesday night. hopefully, that sorts out all the messaging the national weather service is trying to get across. that is new. clouds, not marine later. those are clouds that came all the way down from southern california and mexico. earlier they were dropping lightning in monterey. what this does, as they overtake us tonight, they will give us a little bit of a blanket. the overnight lows will not drop as much as they would have otherwise. the clouds are not really helping. will give temperatures of bit of a head start in the morning. thankfully, you will have just you could've had a nicer morning tomorrow. you will still have a nice morning. daytime highs tomorrow. we went over the spots. palo alto 86, union city 85 it's about a ditch to 8 degree drop. concord 101. it was 107 today. at least it's better. oakland, the tim high tomorrow 83. san rafael 90. ukiah, 101. not all that different for you. the 7-day forecast, here's why i said have a lo

the national park service? >> no one has taken responsibility. >> so who is paying your bills to get all this done. >> we're just paying it ourselves. >> hence part of the 18-month delay. when covid-19 hit and the tourists stopped coming. >> could we have prevented all of them? i do you it. >> meanwhile, all the time and trouble from 18 months are now just a bad mirror. >> i just want my stuff and i want to go. >> she's moving to oregon. >>> president trump announcing he is blocking funding of the postal service from mail-in voting. yesterday he said he would not approved $3.5 billion for election resources because he opposes universal mail-in

from several institutions including the national park service, national archives and library of congress talk about their plans for commemorating the 19th amendment centennial and teaching the public about the legacy of women's suffrage. at 8:00 p.m. in lectures in history, alcohol use in the early american republic. good evening, and welcome. tonight topic is modern major general's. first i want to remind everyone that tonight's program, which is being recorded, will last approximately 45 minutes. this includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. please submit your questions using the q&a function. we will respond to as many as possible in the final part of the program. generals. major some of you have commented on our approach to the civil war that while the multilayered social and political history of objects takes into totality of the context of the war, it doesn't really consider the military history or the sequence of battle. what do you think about that? harold: it is a fair enough comment. the objects that we are discussing are all in some way related to new york history. it re

for now, i will send it back to you. >> i'm just seeing something here from reno national weather service. the possibility of a -- there's a tornado warning. so i don't think we've forgotten in this weather forecast. they have everything here. >> yeah. just had that expire. that has the potential to develop. actually, i retweeted that. >> thanks for watching. we're back after the game. . >>> nbc sports, home of the olympic games, the indianapolis 500 and prime time's number one show, sunday night football, only on nbc. >>> edmonton, alberta, northern-most nhl city and rogers place, the place where it will happen tonight and through to the series for the stanley cup. but tonight to the ice, led by a different goalie, marc

they want the national park service to take immediate action. t reyes national seashore is home to several herds of elk, a population that is currently estimated at 445, but environmentalists say to enabling water supply, heat and wildfire are threatening the native species. >> we are concerned of the elk are going to die, there are five, almost 500 and their and five years ago 250 a 500 died for lack of water. >> reporter: gym koda is a wildlife photographer who frequents the area. he and other advocates say four elk were found dead in the past week they said they are concerned lack of water in ponds will kill elk in the national park service is not doing enough to protect them. >> we have been monitoring the water situation. >> reporter: david presses a wildlife ecologist with the national park service. he says cameras in the area have shown that elk to various sources of water, including creeks. this photo shows an elk by a seep, water that flows naturally from the ground. >> there is plenty of water in the seeps and springs that we know the e

service , whose headquarters is right there. trump and louis dejoy are trying to do to our nations postal service is reprehensible -- nation's postal service is reprehensible, not surprisingly, however, and quite possibly criminal. i use that advisedly, but , whoding to the u.s. code ever being a postal service officer or employee unlawfully delays -- and there are a lot of other things they can do. i don't want to read it four times sake. -- is guilty of a crime subject to a substantial finance five-year's in jail. int -- fine and five years jail. that is how important americans think the delivery of their male is, in many mail cases critical, with prescription drugs being delivered to their homes. it is, i think, even more important in rural areas. life-threatening to not have the postal service working correctly. toldl service is are being to cut the routes short. sorting machines are being dismantled and removed. we were told second sukkot that that will be changed. will beds ago that that changed. apparently this press conference has made a difference, and the fact we are coming back saturday to make sure the u.s. postal servi

.>>> the national park service shut down a major road to a newly discovered fissure in the roadbed. it's not close to cars bicyclists and pedestrians until further notice. park service says a contractor doing excavation work is cover the fracture which could fail and cause a landslide. the road is used to access the beach and a number of different trailheads.>>> a three month maintenance project is now underway, fort cruz will be replacing and rebuilding truck components just south of the station. this is causing him to close the trackway for five weeks. the service will be provided to those who need it and travelers should plan or an additional 20 to 40 minutes at into their trip.>>> part of the castro district could soon be shut down to offer more space for outdoor dining. the merchants business association asked the city to close two blocks of 18th street from hartford to carlin would and the transit agency might approve this closure sometime tomorrow. if approved the streets would be blocked off from one to 10 pm on friday, saturday and sunday.>>> the u.s. geological survey repo

that is why the national weather service has us under a severe thunderstorm warning. things to kind mind with this besides the sound and show and fires. and we will have more on that coming up. the dangerous lightning is an issue, so if you are about to get out in the car >> would say do that with the idea that there could be debris on the roadway >> experienced that on my drive into work. all three of us talk about things on our way to work blocking our way, let's not forget the heat advisory and excessive heat warning in place through wednesday. i am going to go over more detail on that coming up and we will get everyone's daytime highs today as well. i want to update you on what is the priority at this point which is the severe thunderstorm warning. guys i will see you with more coming up in a bit. >>> this is >>> grass fires and also >>enhatoml fires weta >> thank you. >> protesters angry about what they say was a riggedlep the pe president. >> israel people protesting outside of the prime minister's residents over dear california, we know these are challenging ti

a vision of the past francesco pyrrhus did his national service in thailand it in the late ninety's he took part in military exercises and his parents say he was ordered to pick up old shields with his bare hands. a few years later at the age of 27 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. his parents blame the armed forces whenever they fuck without throw in no matter what i meant there are many. about the truth. of a general of the malheur. only. with the. more. difficult. this is the rubbish john carlos says built up in his sons leave. their particles so small they can quickly pass through your lungs and into your body. biomedical engineer anthony a to getit analyze francesco's liver tissue the and she found nano particles of 7 different metals in the juma including crimea. tungsten and titanium. there's no metals industry around but these are all used by the arms industry. dr gassy believes francesco was contaminated by dust from a big explosion icicle of. the cakes that made the colleague who were looking. for that for them in. the science of nano particles is still new but the wor

insist on getting back onto the field. >>> first, the humorous but serious warning from the national park servicers. > but first, the humor us but serious warning from the national parks about bears. that's next on "world news now." the surfaces in your home in 24 hours. try new microban 24. spray on hard surfaces to kill 99.9% of viruses and bacteria initially. once dry, it forms a bacteria shield that keeps killing bacteria for 24 hours, even after multiple touches. try new microban 24. available in multi-purpose, sanitizing, and bathroom sprays. this has been medifacts for microban 24. ♪ i always feel like sobody ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me ♪ >>> if you seem to feel like somebody's watching you out in the great outdoors these days, you might be right. >> increasingly it seems that somebody is actually a bear. so our own will ganss can "bearly" contain himself this morning over this one. good morning. >> "bearly." the puns coming fast and furious this morning. good morning, you guys. bear sightings and encounters are up in many parts of north america. this morning it's less abou

i knew i was in trouble. >> reporter: the national weather service reminds people to head indoors ifhtning and stay inside for 30 minutes after you hit the last thunder. i am alyssa harrington, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> it was something last night. you heard it and sought. no one was exempt. we do have an excessive heat warning that stays in effect in these areas and read through wednesday. it will be hot. tomorrow, 108 inland. the yellow is the heat advisory. it was supposed to be dropped at 9:00 this evening. it will stick around through francisco, oakland and all the areas within the bay. 106 was the record at livermore. 100 in san jose. tomorrow will be as hot if not hotter. we are looking for temperatures over the next couple of days starting to cool. what we are waiting on his fog. there is basically none to be found. these are high clouds that could produce a lightning strike or thunderstorm again. we will watch that closely. nothing like what we saw last night. that was the sheer number. the size and aerial distribution of storms and the duration. those things usually last two or

then they realized, because of the wording from the national weather service and the local officials, that this was going to be worse. and that's what we're seeing right now. you can see -- look at this. this door being pushed in by the wind. unbelievable. you know, being at night, obviously, it makes it that much more scary. so as far as my experience goes, this is very much like hurricane ike back in 2008 where the eye wall came overhead for a good -- the eye itself came overhead a good 50 minutes where we had calm. we haven't seen that yet. but that came in the middle of the night too. that's just unnerving, to say the least. it's unbelievable out there right now. better believe it. >> rob, we should tell our viewers, yes, your love shot we're seeing, yes, it's taking hits, but i'm actually a little surprised that we can hear and see you right now with those wind gusts. and also something sobering you said yesterday on "world news tonight," you said life will be flat-out different here in lake charles after tomorrow. >> yeah, and i can't really think of a better way to put it. it's

the national park service raising eyebrows i guess for this sort of funny facebook post. ho may be going to national parks this summer, they say please don't run from bears or push your slower friends down in an attempt to save yourself. yeah, so pretty self-explanatory advice on the friends front. they also say you should sort of walk side ways slowly in a less intimidating manner which i thought was actually sound advice. i didn't know that. jillian: i wonder what they say about feeding bears peanut butter sandwiches like this. >> he's taking our peanut butter and jelly sandwich. >> i mean, this is wild. you don't have to worry about bears i guess when you're with this family or maybe you do. just a run-of-the-mill picnic with friends, family and a giant black bear being fed a peanut butter sandwich. the woman says the bear pops up frequently and is never aggressive but i would venture a guess that the national park service would say that hand-feeding a bear a peanut butter sandwich is not smart. todd: not high on the list of things to do. jillian: it looks cute until th

it prompted a warning from the national weather service at about 3:00 this afternoon. experts think it might be the first warning of its kind. a similar fire tornado occurred during the devastating 2018 carr fire near redding. pretty unbelievable video there. >>> vianey arana joining us now. you're more in tune with this kind of stuff than we are, but that looks very unusual to me. >> yeah. you know, i was actually reading the threads on twitter from this video that, you know, has been circulating everywhere. you know, judging by the meteorologists' response, the scientists' response. they are saying they believe it is the first ever issued, the tornado warning, by the national weather service specifically for a wildfire-generated, pyroconvective event. so this is definitely something that is unique. now, it isn't necessarily rare. i think what made it so unique was the fact that it was observed. it was caught on video, and also there was a warning for it. we've seen something similar in thefire, but that more sort of -- it came out of nowhere, and it caught us by surp

they're demanding the pay rise and recognition for their work during the covert $900.00 and make national service stuffed feel snubbed after the government announced last week that $900000.00 public sector workers will get salary hikes the measure meant to reward workers on the front lines of the fight against covert 19 but it did not include the majority of n.h.s. stuff is a separate deal with already been negotiated 2 years ago we spoke to some medical professionals at the march in london. ever since we've had in may depend on me and we've had these incredible time with people dying struggling we've been separate from our families we just want some recognition for what we actually did and what we feel like we deserve over the last 1015 years. it wasn't too long ago that we were talking about. surviving on charitable donations and food trying to have a stop just because it came in just pretty crap we deserve back a professionally at home and i have to serve better and that was what stage that was really me to find out that 900000 public sector workers to get. this i think it's just appalling if

they say they are concerned that the lack of water will kill elk, and the national park service is not enough to protect them. >> we have been monitoring the water situation. but the i wildlife ecologist with the park service says that cameras in the area have shown that elk go to various sources of water including creeks. this photo shows an elk by the sea, water that flows naturally from the ground. >> there is plenty of water in the springs, that the elk go to. some of them are dry. it is not the only water source that is available for the elk there. >> at the elk reserve, they say should the fire burn this way, many elk will be trapped. >> if they are not smart enough to go down to a couple of places where they can get down to water level, then, they're going to paris. >> reporter: there gates they can open to let out the elk, but it is necessary and it allows dairy farms that have long been part of this area to coexist. >> to find a balance between natural resources and cultural resources -- it is important to remember that these are multi generational beef and dairy operations. >

tribalism and you are who is some are similar is because the trunk is a popular strong woman national service we are not trying to find a lot more in common with bernie sanders populous voters and you know and and dance media center. democrats so you're right no one who doesn't is an art. is the actual system that i think. i am an interest from trump on a bipartisan members obvious hours on end up quite strong i don't know why trump is able to use your connection. because national brand is something that speaks of both parties it's anti-establishment and you know a lot of what i mean you know you. personally you're just. playing on our sleeve is that i would hope that donald trump would have taken the lead in dealing with this crisis but no he let congress do it and i found that really remarkable that he didn't want to take any responsibility for that i gentlemen i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break you know our discussion then demick and its reaction and writing in america. has changed american lives but pharmaceutical companies have a mirac

the national weather service issuing an excessive heat warning starting friday at noon. >> people can handle a day or two of this, but then after you get two days, three days, four days of this continual bomb beyond a reasonable doubtment of heat it wears on the body and it breaks it down. >> sandra clara and contra costa counties opened places for people to cool off. open weekdays only. >> normally precovid we day filter in and out. >> now maximum seating for is 1 people, socially distanced with water, light snacks and hand sanitizer. >> we want to make sure we have that access available to those folks in the area, the seniors, disabled or others who might need some basically some cooling from their homes because we don't have air conditioning. >> remember, seek shade and hydrate. >> check on the elderly. and check on the young ones because those are the most vulnerable in these types of scenarios. >> if you are headed out to the beach this weekend, pack your patience, pacifica is expecting lots of clouds. they are asking people to obey the parking lots and parking meters as well as

we also also have a national park service. ed the golden gate national recreation area so there is a lot of activity to do in the summer time you see people with bonfires. but really families enjoying the beach and the pacific ocean during the rest of the time of year. [♪] >> and golden gate park where we have so many of our treasures here. we have the tea garden, the museum and the academy of sciences. not to mention the wonderful playgrounds that we have here in richmond. this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are toda

heading that way, we should be seeing him shortly, they did get the permit today from the national parks service for fireworks on the national lawn on thursday night when the acceptance speech is given. >> exactly, andrea, it's interesting, because we saw that scene of fireworks from the biden/harris ticket about this came about a week and a half ago when republicans applied for the permit, there were a lot of ethical concerns, there were questions about how the national parks service, the staff, employees would be abe to work on something like this, on the national mall set to take place after the president's speech on thursday night, after he formally accepts the renomination on the south lawn as you're discussing. that permit has been approved and they will be reimbursed fully by the republican national committee and the interrupt campaign, those staffers will have to be the ones working on any of the fires and the production around it. government employees are prohibited by the hatch act, working on anything for political gain. this is where you have a lot of murky territory this week. speec

their rightful place in the pantheon of american heroes whose exceptional valor and service have strengthened our nations indianapolis" bring luster to it as their service brings luster to the united states of america. on behalf of united states congress and a grateful nation, i'm pleased to present the congressional gold medal to the crew of the "uss indianapolis" in recognition of the perseverance, bravery and service. now this gold medal will be proudly displayed at the indiana war mutual wheseum where it wil continue to inspire americans. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> 75 years ago the "indianapolis" plunged into the depths of the pacific ocean when it was struck by two japanese torpedos. that sinking is not what thrust the "indianapolis" into the annals of history. what we're memory oralizing here today is the accomplishments of the crew, not the fact that they were sunk. the survivors of the sinking of the "indianapolis" struggled for almost five days in the water, just to survive. then for the next five decades they continued to fight. they did not fight for recognition for themselves. they did no

watchdog is investigating the nation's postal service which has warned it might not be able to deal with a large number of mail in ballots in the vendor's election the postmaster general louis de joy denies allegations by democrats of intentionally slowing down the postal service now there is expected to be a huge rise in mail in voting due to the pandemic president trump has tried to restrict the method because he claims without any evidence that it's susceptible to fraud garza's health ministry says israeli airstrikes of injured a 3 year old palestinian girl friday's attacks were the 6th such nighttime operation this week israel says it's been targeting hamas facilities because the armed group has been sending balloons which start fires into their territory. the u.k.'s new 14 day quarantine period for all travelers entering from the netherlands malta and france has come into effect but ish tourists cut their holiday short as a scramble to return home ahead of the deadline an estimated 160000 british tourists were in france when the quarantine was announced and japan's emperor has expre

the national weather service describing it in the starkest terms, unsurvivable here in cameron, louisianar the eye of the storm is expected to pass we're alread seeing laura's impact, low lying streets under water. as those gulf waters start to rise. the community crushed by hurricane rita in 2005, an overnight ghost town except for 87-year-old henry mccall. henry, they're saying that storm surge is going to be unsurvivable and here you are. >> yes the last minute i may leave but right now i'm still debating what to do >> reporter: those who did flee finding a new problem, shelters running out of room because of social distancing for covid-19 and lake charles with a precious few hours until landfall stores are boarded up, gas stations empty as the reality of what's to come sinks in. >> we've got or, you know, we're just prepared for anything >> reporter: tonight the gulf coast bracing for impact morgan chesky, nbc news, lake charles, louisiana. >> reporter: i'm sam brock in port arthur along the gulf coast tonight it's not just the winds, but the water they're fearing from the catastrophi

the national weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning earlier this morning. fire is fighting a vegetation fire near arroyo road in the south livermore area. right now it's holding at 50 acres. it is about 50% contained. firefighters are battling several other fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties as well as in marin county. it's possible these fires were started by the widespread lightning. >>> let's get a check of the weather now meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. arning national weather service ab s ghtning out thuero in closer, w milpitas and around union city, really getting hit w the rain. taking you across the bay, up towards hayward and further to the north, walnut creek, orinda, mara oraga isn't seen much of a break. thunderstorms across 280. the peninsula around bodega bay inverness lots of activity. the north bay this will last until about 11:00. and the clouds in san francisco, 73 here. 80 in san jose, so we woke up to hot weather. it's going to continue to stay hot, and the possibility of it remaining through the late morning hours

. >>> and what's believed to be a first of its kind warning was issued by the national weather service. the loyalton fire burning outside of reno sparked a rare fire tornado and a fire tornado warning. the warning being the first of its kind. the national weather service tweeted extreme fire behavior would continue, with new fire tornadoes possible. firenados are an extreme weather phenomenon that can occur with rotating fire columns. pretty wild to see that as well. the loyalton fire has burned 20,000 acres and it is only 5% contained. >>> we'll get back to the weather but let's talk about the turmoil in the u.s. postal service. president trump's newly appointed postmaster general louis dajoy has imposed strict cost-cutting measures in head of a surge of mail-in voting expected because of the pandemic. noisy protesters went to his home accusing him of oppression correspondent rachael scott has more. >> reporter: millions of mail-i trump ally and gop donor of dismantling the postal service after putting place cost-cutting measures that critics say will slow mail delivery. >> louis dejo

the national park service of the nation's most famous penitentiary will reopen on monday.rison will remain closed but trails and outside features will be open. before the pandemic, echo tries drew close to 6000 people per day and helped fuel businesses and stores and restaurants at fisherman's wharf in north beach. >>> fire crews and the east bay are watching for hotspots from afar that caused tense moments in danville. it started yesterday afternoon at a home on willow glen court as three children inside were finishing up there for save the new school year learning from home. the grandmother was watching them had just left but a 13- year-old girl and a younger brother and sister were still able to safely escape from the burning home. >> i looked out the window and there was smoke outside and flames outside the bathroom window. >> when i pulled up, i could barely see the house because of so much smoke on the roof. >>> the family lost their home but thank goodness everyone is okay. firefighters say the flames spread to some brush threatening other homes in the neighborhood.

. >>> what's believed to be a first of its kind warning was issued by the national weather service. ning outside of reno sparked a rare fire tornado and then a fire tornado warning. the national weather service tweeted that extreme fire behavior would continue with new fire tornadoes possible. fir fire-nados, as they're called, can occur with rotating fire columns. the loyalton fire has burned 20,000 acres and is only 5% contained. >>> we will continue talking about the weather and these fires that we're tracking in just a minute. but let's get to another big story this morning, that is the turmoil in the u.s. postal service. president trump's newly-appointed postmaster general louis dejoy has imposed strict cost-cutting measures ahead of a surge in mail-in voting expected because of the pandemic. noisy protesters showed up at dejoy's home accusing him of engaging in voter suppression. abc 7 news correspondent rachel scott has more. >> reporter: the battle over mail-in voting intensifying. president trump launching a new round of attacks, calling it a disgrace. >> universal mail-in v

the hurricane has forced 500,000 people to evacuate across the gulf, and the national wealth service is warning everyone who stayed, take cover now. in cameron parish, one weather station has already measured sustained winds of close to 75 miles per hour. take a look at these live pictures from orange, texas. look at all that rain coming down. the power of the storm, the rain just pelting, and the extreme winds. water levels are expected to rise quickly overnight due to storm surge and the tide. the eye of the storm itself is more than 400 miles wide. abc news reporter elwin lopez has more from baton rouge. >> reporter: the time to get out of laura's path is now over. >> the rain has started to come down pretty fiercely and this is just the beginning. >> reporter: storm surge alerts along the gulf coast extends for more than 400 miles. >> we're brace for a challenge after we see this extremely destructive storm come through. >> reporter: in louisiana the entire national guard on alert and activated. officials warning staying put could prove deadly. >> and if you think you're safe bec

continue to perform to their fans actually care whether they are avoiding national service or not whereas this controversy coming from those who was driving it who was asking the question. well it certainly not the b.t.s. army out of their fans are called it's a sort of i mean south korea is undergoing many movements of moment including me too including immigration reform and there's a big social force to. do over to overcome things like income disparity sums of the spirit if so it's really coming from that can that if they sort of make an exception here do all rock stars get an exemption and then what about scientists what about everyone and they definitely don't want to make a situation where the military becomes a classmate's thing the weight is frankly you know many countries like us so that is we're all right that was to say very very briefly what's a fairly well they ultimately end up doing military service. but a time if they end up doing military service i think that they will definitely do it but maybe after the curer dies down i don't do p.r. wise would be dad to them to avoid i

the hurricane has forced 500,000 people to evacuate across the gulf, and the national wealth service is warning everyone who stayed, take cover now. in cameron parish, one weather station has already measured sustained winds of close to 75 miles per hour. take a look at these live pictures from orange, texas. look at all that rain coming down. the power of the storm, the rain just pelting, and the extreme winds. water levels are expected to rise quickly overnight due to storm surge and the tide. the eye of the storm itself is more than 400 miles wide. abc news reporter elwin lopez has more from baton rouge. >> reporter: the time to get out of laura's path is now over. >> the rain has started to come down pretty fiercely and this is just the beginning. >> reporter: storm surge alerts along the gulf coast extends for more than 400 miles. >> we're brace for a challenge after we see this extremely destructive storm come through. >> reporter: in louisiana the entire national guard on alert and activated. officials warning staying put could prove deadly. >> and if you think you're safe bec

well, before the match, there was a minute's silence to pay tribute to the national health service ande who have died during the pandemic. players then took a knee in unison to show their support for the black lives matter movement — with the exception of israel folau. folau, you'll remember, was controversially signed by catalans dragons this season after being sacked by rugby australia for posting homophobic comments on social media. meanwhile, in the second game of the day, it's 3rd versus 4th, huddersfield giants v leeds rhinos — huddersfield came from behind in the first half through darnel mcintosh. and the giants continued to impress. another well—worked move into the corner, mcintosh struck again. it's 14—8 to huddersfield at half—time. celtic begun the defence of their premiership title with a comprehensive 5—1 win over hamilton at celtic park as they go for a tenth title in a row — odsonne edouard with a hat—trick in a dominant display by the champions. alex gulrajani watched the action. it's a familiar scene in scottish football. for nine seasons, the league trophy hasn't le

rightful place in the pantheon of american heroes whose exceptional valor and service have immeasurably strengthened our nationting the award, the men of the uss indianapolis brings luster to it as their service brings luster to the united states of america. on behalf of the united states congress and a grasteful nation, i am pleased to present this to thesional gold medal crew of the u.s.s. indianapolis in recognition of the ir perseverance, bravery and service. now this gold medal will be proudly displayed at the indiana war museum where it will continue to educate and inspire generations of patriotic americans. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ capt. toti: 75 years ago, the indianapolis plunged into the ocean,of the pacific where it had been struck by japanese torpedoes. what we memorialized here today is the accomplishments of the crew. not the fact that they were sunk. the survivors struggled for almost five days in the water just to survive. then for the next five decades, they continued to fight. they did not fight for recognition for themselves. they did not fight for restitution from the navy for the awful

at this point in time, the national parks service has announced that they're going to put fishing piers, they're going to put boat ramps and they're going to redesign this area for a national park. the people in the community can walk to the water and enjoy environmentally this area. we have a lot of waterways in mobile. and we all enjoy the water. it's peaceful. i don't have the start dates and the anticipated finish dates, they did have a workshop out here and a celebration for the announcement. and it's a part of a blue way grant we have forethe city that's going to also clean up a creek that we have that starts at the delta. it goes through the city for about 18 miles, called the 3 mile creek. we're talk about that a little later. because it's going to be constructed and designed by national parks service, they have to maintain it. it will be well kept for the community toe enjoy. i think that's the plus side of that. if we go north, we run into our delta. and that's where we found the clotil clotilda. >> this was the first of a two-part tour of mobile, alabama. >>> week nights this

the stock was recorded january of 2015 by the national parks service. >> first of all, on behalf of the national park service pm, we'll be talking about long street. the topic today is going to be on general james long streets in appomatox and his famous quote -- on october 7th the reports back to richmond and rights to le suggesting he is ready to come back, but at least with the army of northern virginia, lee wanted a more vigorous person to take charge. he never recovered the use of his right arm. at this point because of the bullet exiting through his throat he cannot speak. lee is having none of that. on october 17, he orders long streak to return and resume command of the first core of the army of virginia. -- north of the james river. lee is going to take charge of the defenses around petersburg itself. by march 29th, the siege petersburg has been going on since june 18 of 1864. at this point it runs 37 miles. his last -- the outside railroad is going to be controlled by confederate forces at five forks. april 1st of 1865, union troops were captured at five forks -- to the south.

watchdog is investigating the nation's postal service which has warned it might not be able to deal with a large number of mail in ballots and the fact is the election the postmaster general lead to joy denies allegations by democrats of intentionally slowing down the postal service as expected to be a huge rise in mail in voting due to the pandemic president trump has tried to restrict the method because he claims without any evidence that it's susceptible to fraud protests by opposition supporters in ivory coast have turned violent for a 3rd straight day demonstrators are trying to hold president al assad that would taras reelection bid but they accuse him of violating a 2 term limit and it just reports. this is what remains of a police station in the south eastern town of. opposition supporters clashes to kill or to force. is the latest in a series of demonstrations taking place across ivory coast one 3rd consecutive day . the protests threatened to plunge the country once an island of stability into its biggest political crisis since the civil war of 2010 the contention is a declarat

national weather service and it comes as firefighters tackle several wildfires across the state. now asperin mountains in northern ireland are thought to be hiding around $4000000000.00 worth of gold and that's attracted the interest of a canadian mining company but many who live there say they want the precious metal to stay where it is despite the prospect of new jobs and record high prices chalons reports. there's nothing to leave you could do that would ease my maint and i don't leasing they can do is go away go back to canada pack up and go away for doma o'kane is literally sitting on a gold mine all rather what will be a gold mine if a canadian company gets its way to years ago this small protest camp sprang up to oppose it we are absolutely determined there are people here who have said they are prepared to sacrifice or lay fs for the land and for the air and for the water here to keep it for their children and for their grandchildren concerned for the gift of nature the spin given to us lisa gold what is there is no useful value to commodity in this show any metal that's

birthday of the national park service. to celebrate, visitors will have to pay park entrance fees. in california, many national parks are shut down because of the wildfires. the park service consists of more than 400 sites. >>> answering the call for federal aleve. how northern california fire survivors can apply for disaster aid now. e, fog and overcast weather to start tuesday. the air quality has been on everyone's mine. smoke from the fires is hovering over much of the bay area. this brings, on the seventh consecutive day of unhealthful air. doctors warn about the health effects of the smoke. this is especially for older people. cloth and surgical masks don't filter smoke. they are still urging people to wear them because of the pandemic. >>> i was looking here at the apple i used to see the air quality. the air quality is much different in different cities. in oakland, it is much better than it is right now in san francisco. >> right, i live in the east bay. air quality has been rough. my brother lives up in el cerrito. things have been better for him there. i always check to s

national memorial arboretum in staffordshire. later, the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall will attend a service of remembrance there. ing, defence secretary ben wallace was joined by military chiefs as he laid a wreath at the cenotaph in london. our correspondentjohn maguire is at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire. it isa it is a very significant day for those who remember and those who mourn. yes, we are a0 minutes away from the beginning of the national service of remembrance, gas gathering say they will be severing armed personnel at the moment, —— guests are gathering, there will be serving on personnel. you can see the families, pushing them around in the world chess, the real stars of the show. the royal family will come here later on, prince charles, the duchess of cornwall will lead to marriage say. you saw the paper, the second paper he was playing on a stretch of railway track, actual sleepers and railway track, actual sleepers and railway line brought over from sumatra and it is used here at the national memorial arboretum as part of commemorations, part of the memorialfor of commemorations,