yes, we are in a bubble vicky and i for filming yes, we are in a bubble vicky and i forfilming and yesested every couple of days —— being tested. we a re tested every couple of days —— being tested. we are following the rule strictly. yes, thank you very much. really appreciate it. thank you for talking to us. thanks a lot. good luck with the rest of the filming. if you have particular experience, if you have a relative with dementia, and as vicky said they don't have to be in a home, many aren't, you maybe looking after them at home or if they are in a care home what are your concerns as we head into the rule of six restriction, send me an e—mail. 0r message me on twister. the headlines now. restrictions in england which ban social gatherings of more than six people have come into effect — with some exceptions. similar restrictions are in place in scotland and wales but with younger children exempt from the rule of six. the prime minister's former attorney general, geoffrey cox, says he will vote against a bill that would enable the government to break they law by overriding parts of

>>that's right vicki grant behind me is the salon the east along where the house speaker went and got her hair done on monday inside. and that hair do is continue to be a hot topic. a press event where she was the headliner. >>house speaker nancy pelosi came to the mission education center elementary school in san francisco's noe valley to push the heroes act a 3 trillion dollars stimulus package in the wake of the pandemic money that would in part be used to help make schools safer for students and teachers to go back to the classroom but that message got blown away by the backlash to her now infamous blowout video of ms. pelosi with wet hair and not wearing a mask inside the east salon on union street monday was released to fox news and that has sparked outrage because many san franciscans no indoor haircuts are still not allowed just yesterday hairdressers were okayed to cut hair outside. today when asked about her hair appointment pelosi called the whole thing a setup i take responsibility for trusting. >>other word of the neighborhood salon that i've been to over the years, many

pair have vicki. yeah, the trump administration framing this as the president doing everything he can to guarantee national security but professor david mckeown he says this controversy is also aimed at helping trump get reelected if it is turning into a big deal and it is that is to the president's advantage. right so what you have here is an uptick a really substantial escalation by the trump administration against we chat and take talk what this does is it requires those companies to then go to court to battle against what is happening this weekend. it makes china front and center a campaign issue an issue that democrats like joe biden will have to address nancy pelosi will have to address and this escalation or the threat of of a national security incursion the escalation or worry about interrupting or if you will of messing around in our what we've seen in terms of the the russia investigations over the last couple of years that escalation works to the benefit of the trump campaign and president

everybody, i'm vicki liviakis jonathan mccall in tonight for grant lotus our top story this monday night the fast-spreading wildfire burning in napa and sonoma counties. >>the glass fire erupted yesterday morning in so far has charred more than 36,000 acres. more than 53,000 actually more than 68,000 people have now been forced to back away. tonight that fire is at 0% contained. >>cal fire gave an update on the firefight in just the last hour they say this historic fire season is pushing firefighters to their limits. >>firefighters out on the line again today a double shift due to lack of resources statewide due to me over 25 of 27 major fires to date. stretching 17,400 firefighters. deployed throughout the state to their to breaking point but our firefighters are holding the line. digging in and finding that inner strength to protect the communities that we sworn an oath to do so so as fire did make it to oakmont and into an adele early this morning. but there was a firefight by our local firefighters and our help firefighters on the east side of santa rosa. to save as many homes as the

thank you vicki.charged with murder and seven counts of attempted murder, after a series of stabbings in birmingham on sunday. zephaniah mcleod will appear before magistrates tomorrow. jacob billington died as a result of a stab wound to the neck, and seven others were attacked in the city centre in what police declared a major incident. a teenage boy has been charged with attempted murder and firearms offences after another teenager was shot. the incident happened yesterday morning in kesgrave in suffolk as the victim walked to school. the 15—year—old sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to addenbrooke s hospital, where he remains in a critical condition. the public inquiry into the manchester arena bombing in 2017 has heard that a0 minutes after the blast only one paramedic was in the area where the bomb went off. 22 people died in the attack outside the concert arena. the inquiry has been asked to investigate whether delays in getting to the injured made a difference to the number of people

vicki young, bbc news. 0ur economics editor faisal islam is here. has cancelled the autumn budget, which underlines the seriousness of the situation. autumn budget, which underlines the seriousness of the situationm autumn budget, which underlines the seriousness of the situation. it is a big deal that the budget has been cancelled and the big picture is squaring that circle, of having to support the economy and jobs more because of the extra restrictions of coronavirus announced in the past week, but also just generally because of the economy. at the same time, a budget would have been a place where you start to explain how taxes might have risen to begin to pay some down payment on repaying that, so the budget being cancelled means that, tomorrow, we will get, i think, more spending on supporting jobs but that question about, you know, where is the payback on this, that can be delayed. i also think there will be pressure on the spending review. ithink there will be pressure on the spending review. i think we will probably get a spending review, it

grant and vicki. >>thank you catherine coming up the lowest gas prices for the labor day weekend in almost 2 decades will track the prices at the pump also promising progress for the u.s. economy. unemployment is falling and more than a million jobs have been added but experts say we are far from out of the woods. >>and after the break what swedish researchers have found so you're a small business, or a big one. you were thriving, but then... oh. ah. okay. plan, pivot. how do you bounce back? you don't, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. powered by the largest gig speed network in america. but is it secure? sure it's secure. and even if the power goes down, your connection doesn't. so how do i do this? you don't do this. we do this, together. bounce forward, with comcast business. >>an >>alpaca named tyson been instrumental in the discovery of a tiny particle that can neutralize the novel coronavirus aipac is apparently don't get sick like humans do from covid-19 but the animals d

vicki and grant. >>thank you catherine well, president trump appears to be encouraging voters to vote twice in north carolina, the president said voters to mail in ballots. should also then go to the polls ago out of the vote and they're going to go check to vote by going to the ball and voting that way at tabulate said they won't be able to do that. >>so let him send it in and let him go vote. >>and if this isn't as good as they say it is then obviously they want them to vote if it isn't happy elated to be able to vote so that's the way it is. >>voting twice is illegal in every state in the u.s. president trump made those remarks after he was asked about his confidence in north carolina's ability to count absentee ballots. the president has frequently criticized states for allowing vote by mail. election officials in north carolina are telling voters that they should not vote twice in fact they know it is a felony. all right weather time we're talking about some hot weather coming our way today, not

grant and vicki. >>thank you catherine now to a stunning claim from the military whistleblower tonight, federal officials reportedly were interested in obtaining. what's known as a heat ray to disrupt a peaceful protest in washington dc earlier this year in a letter to a house committee major adam demarco said the defense department asked the national guard if they owned either a heat ray or a long-range acoustic device used to transmit loud noises. the national guard owns neither you may recall federal agents were criticized for using rubber bullets and smoke canisters to scatter the crowd of protesters at lafayette square in d c that was back in june. they were gathered to raise awareness about police brutality and racial injustice after the death of george floyd once they were dispersed president trump walked to this local church here for a photo op where he held up a bible. >>and now for the latest on tropical depression sally after it made landfall as a hurricane ravaging the gulf this is new dro

good evening, everybody, i'm vicki liviakis in for pam moore and i'm ken wayne you're watching kron 4 news at 8 o'clock our big story tonight, the glass fire in senate. >>which is 3 fires burning across parts of napa and sonoma counties, the glass fire burning near napa valley the boysen fire near saint lena. and the shady fire in sonoma county together those fires have burned more than 36,000 acres. and our at 0% containment 50,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to this wildfire in parts of sonoma county napa county they are under evacuation orders tonight. including what we have been told us the entire city of calistoga so certainly if you need to leave that area, the open evacuation routes include route 29 south and north along with one 28 north for more on the evacuation orders for sonoma and napa counties we're joined by kron four's jonathan mccall johnson, the largest of those evacuations 68,000 ordered so far for folks in sonoma county want to show you the map of where things stand right with those evacuation orders you can just in the last few hours from when

vicki young, bbc news, westminster., our world reveals what life is really like inside iran during the coronavirus pandemic. iran is a mystery to many — and its rulers like to keep it that way. collaborating with foreign journalists is strictly prohibited. coronavirus has hit the country hard. and the regime has gone to great lengths to keep the outbreak hidden from view. but with the help of social media and the videos posted by its people under lockdown, we are going to take you inside. this is iran like you've never seen it before. it's january 3, 2020 and iran's top military general, qasem soleimani, has been assassinated by a us air strike at baghdad airport. it's a huge loss to the establishment. but his death has brought millions together in mourning. a show of strength for a regime recovering after weeks of anti—government protests. a funeral tour is held across the country. among those covering in the holy city of qom, is ali. a journalist and regime supporter who is documenting the crowd for his youtube channe

rt political correspondent vicki young. let s get some of correspondent vicki young.tion with the death of a black man, george floyd, in may have appeared in court in the city of minneapolis. derek chauvin, who faces the most serious accusations, was making his first in—person court appearance since he was charged with murder. afghan government negotiators, seen here leaving kabul, have arrived in doha to take part in the first formal intra—afg han peace talks with the taliban which start on saturday. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, will also attend the negotiations. the chief executive of one of the world's biggest mining companies rio tinto, has announced he is leaving the firm after sacred aboriginal sites in western australia were destroyed. the company went ahead with the destruction of thejuukan gorge rock shelters despite the opposition of aboriginal traditional owners. they were among the oldest historic sites in australia. shaimaa khalil has the story. a land that dates back millennia destroyed by modern giant. the blast of thejuukan gorge childers wa

vicki young usefully telling us about the other home nations. of wales and scotland have been announcing their new measures to control the spread of the virus. the first minister of wales — mark drakeford — announced that pu bs, cafes a nd restau ra nts will have to shut at 10pm every night, and urged people to continue working from home, because that advice in wales hasn't changed. working from home advice has remained the same so he has underlined that. we will hear from mr redford in a moment but here is nicola sturgeon the first minister of scotla nd nicola sturgeon the first minister of scotland announcing her new restrictions for in scotland. we have decided that from friday, there will be a national curfew for pubs, bars and restaurants. they will have to close by 10pm to reduce the time people spend there. and from tomorrow we are all being asked not to visit each other‘s homes because we know that this is often how the virus spreads most easily from one household to another. there are exceptions for care of the vulnerable, extended hous

vicki young, thank you, at westminster.he rise in cases, what are the new restrictions millions will be under from next week? well, there'll be no socialising with other households in private homes and gardens. pubs and restaurants will be required to shut by 10pm, and public transport can be used, but only for essential purposes, like going to work. these are the areas that will be affected from tuesday, including liverpool, wolverhampton and bradford with the new restrictions, being the same as those that came into force across the north east of england today. these new measures follow other areas in the uk currently under local restrictions, including bolton, birmingham and glasgow. here's our special correspondent, ed thomas. new rules are coming to go alongside covid rituals. device beeps. 33.6, that's all right. can i come in? no, you've got to do your hands. inside paula's hair and nail salon. you're taking this super—seriously. yeah. these people are very dear to us. all to protect people like carmel, 81, with the l

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. there will be emergency talks betwen the uk and the eu tomorrow. 0ur europe editor katya adler is in brussels. the eu asked for emergency face—to—face talks so the government could tell them in person exactly what it intends to do with the withdrawal agreement that it signed last year. the eu is not happy. we had from the european commission president today. she said this undermines trust. we heard from vicky that the taoiseach, the irish prime minister, spoke to boris johnson said this is a serious development with particular implications for northern ireland. tonight eu lawyers are pouring over the print of the bill and there is talk that brussels could take legal action. but essentially here, this is seen as a tactic. the french trade minister said this is part of a game of bluff. it is assumed that it is an attempt by the government to put pressure on brussels now that eu-uk to put pressure on brussels now that eu—uk trade talks are really coming toa eu—uk trade talks are really c

>>and i'm vicki liviakis thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8 the highly unusual sight all across the bay area skies. it's just better. all people are talking about today indeed taking a live look outside right now across the bay from the bay bridge to the golden gate bridge. >>the san mateo bridge to the richmond sandra fell bridge. it looks normal right now, but all day. it was just about as dark run for chief meteorologist lawrence karnow begins our team coverage explaining. what we've been witnessing in how long the skies could stay like this lawrence what's going on yet let my entire life here in california have never seen a day like today wake up to the orange skies and certainly. >>was concern looking at the maps though you can see where it came from not the more fires locally but number we have the paradise fire a few years back that but all the smoke in the bay area will now we've got another fire near they're called the bear fire. we've also got the august complex and that also brought that smoke back in the bay area but it was at such a thick level, but it actually of t

thanks for joining us on kron 4 news at 8 o'clock, i'm ken wayne and i'm vicki liviakis in for pam moore, firefighters have gotten a break today because breezes replace those powerful gust that sen. >>the glass fire raging the previous couple of days, but 10's of thousands of people still remain under evacuation orders, the glass fire burning in napa and sonoma counties has destroyed more than 46,000 acres. fire crews reporting the first containment. but it's not much to percent cal fire says 80 homes have been destroyed 28 in sonoma county 52 in napa county. >>more than 22,000 structures remain threatened. tonight about 70,000 people are still not allowed to return home, but some mandatory orders are being downgraded to warnings while others have been upgraded. >>kron four's ella sogomonian has the latest details on this l a. >>yes, so the wind tends to drive the movement of the flames so that has now shifted direction as well as evacuation orders and warnings tonight. santa rosa isn't as much of a concern now it's really the northeast that is in the path of the glass fire because of th

thank you for joining us at 5 o'clock today, everybody i'm grant lodes and vicki liviakis d system o ni >new for tier the coronavirus pandmi the changes that come with th >>that system went into effect today so here's the status of represents counties with it wprvid-19 transmission tefor substantial orange for moderate and yellow for minimal as you cathe bay area ce still in t widespread for category except. >>san francisco and napa counties which are in the rtanto despitstate ranking system it is ultimate up to the counties to decide when to ease restrictions and u might expect ha salons barber shops are among sinesses advantage of the easing of restrictions in santa clara cou fladeboe joins us now live from san jose with some reaction from salon owne and >>clients can only imagine rog. >>that's right vicki and grant a san jose's oakridge mall among others open again other indoor shopping. pent-up but i would have to say it's clear that they're those happiest about these easing of d their clientele let's take a closer look. >>it didn't take long for aroun missions square barbershop

>>thank you for joining us on this thursday night everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis the north bay city recorded its 21st murder of 2020 last week. police chief shawny williams says that 16 of those deaths were african americans kron four's dan thorn joins us now live from the late show with more on how the city plans to stop the shootings. dan obviously easier said than done. >>that's right vicki in grand the police chief and other city leaders are looking into making community connections out here they're calling it operation peace because the chief believes that they cannot enforce their way out of this problem meanwhile, the vallejo police officers association has made it clear that by hiring more police officers they will be able to curb crime in the city. >>in an effort to hold violent crime in valais how the police department launches a new initiative operation peace aims to stop a significant spike in shootings unfortunately when we look at gun violence in our city the last. >>this last august we had up to 209 shootings in our city. we've had 21 murders. that's a

>>and i'm vicki liviakis in from pam moore tonight, cooler temperatures gave firefighters a bit of a break today, but those flames from the glass fire there still devastating communities. throughout the north bay and the glass fire has burned more than 46,000 acres. fire crews are reporting their first containment just 2% cal fire says that 80 homes have been destroyed so far 28 in sonoma county 52 in napa county and more than 22,000 structures remain threatened tonight, this is the 4th major fire in just 3 years in the napa and sonoma county areas kron 4 aqi. >>continues our team coverage from santa rosa residents. taylor unfortunately are all too used to these situations. >>that's right ken the family spoke with they've been through many fire evacuations before but of course this time unfortunately it was different this time they won't have a home to return to and you can see some of this area over here still smoldering right now i'm standing in what used to be the garage inside they had a gym you can see this barbell in way track still standing they also had a. really important ar

there are some care homes and vicky i take your point not eve ryo ne and vicky i take your point notthrew with adrian for a moment, there are some care homes who you would argue rightly are stopping the visits again, the socially distanced visit, through plastic screens because of this rise in coronavirus cases, i wonder if you any in the name of infection control, that some o taken shall harm is being inflicted on some patients with dementia, adrian? well, yes, this is a trade off between, you know, really, the basic thing ofjust staying alive or a deterioration in the patient. it mean, you know, it's a terrible scenario for, you know, the people in the care homes, but the people in the care homes, but the staff in the care homes, i mean, a lot is resting on what they do now, how they respond themselves to it and we have to give them support, because they are the link between the people inside and the people outside, so, if we are going to close the care homes down, we have to support the staff who are, who are working in them, that is my opinion. this e—mailfrom this e—mail from re

thank you for joining us everybody, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis the charges coming amid heightened tensions nationwide. >>over violent and deadly police encounters, san leandro officer jason fletcher is now charged with voluntary manslaughter. the da saying deadly force was not reasonable because steven taylor did not pose an immediate threat to the officer or anyone else in the store. here's a look at how the situation unfold. taylor was shot just minutes after that encounter fletcher had been responding to a call. >>about an alleged shoplifter with a baseball bat when he arrived. apparently he did not wait for backup instead tried to grab the bat from taylor before firing his taser and then his gun this all happened in less than 40 seconds the alameda county d a explains her reasoning. >>at the time of the shooting was not reasonable to conclude. mister steven taylor pose an imminent threat of death, a great bodily injury to either officer fletcher or to any one else in the store. >>taylor's family has said that he had mental health issues but that officers should have tried to d

that was vicki young there.s hitting headlines around the world. japan's ruling party will shortly hold a vote for its new leader and the country's next prime minister. the current prime minister, shinzo abe, is stepping down due to health reasons after almost eight years in the role. the liberal democratic party has a majority in parliament, so whoever wins the leadership contest will become prime minister. protests have been held in several cities in argentina against the policies of president alberto fernandez. they were sparked by the transfer of funding from the capital buenos aires to the surrounding province, to pay the police who have been on strike over pay and working conditions. protestors in buenos aires also demanded that lockdown restrictions — in place now for almost six months — should be lifted. the dutch finance minister has warned that it can't be assumed the airline group air france—klm will survive the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. both the dutch and french governments

signs are the that he plans to do something, and he heard vicki talking about things like the possibilitya circuit breaker. ere have been a lot of options talked about over the last couple of weeks. for example, we think it is likely perhaps there willtr be some rtions announced on the hospitality sector, perhaps closing at 10:00 at night. that sort of thing is what is likely to happen tomorrow. ink what is clear is th there's no political will for another full national lockdown like we were in back in march, not from the government, not from labour, the official oppositionoere, they a believe it would be catastrophic for the economy. certainly not fro northern ireland, wales, scotland either. they do not want tgo back. today we have seen the data, and there has been stuff happening boris johnson has been on the phone t the first ministers of wales, scotland, northern ireland. he will bring them into the cobra meeting tomorrow, the emergency committee. he c will talk to hinet and then address parliament tomorrow, house of commons, to talk about what measures the government would want to b

a ton of weapons and ammo thank you for being with us on kron 4 news at 6 i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis tonight, ellen be arraigned go is facing. >>felony counts of stalking and harassing a public official. kron four's dan kerman joins us now live from the santa clara county hall of justice in san jose with more on this troubling story >>well a public official a santa clara county health officer doctor sara cody, authorities believe she is a victim, but they also believe 3 other local officials have been victimized by the same person they are investigating that and they are looking in to see whether there are also additional victims. >>santa clara county prosecutors have charged this man 55 year-old alan b urrainn go with threatening a public official and stocking they say over the course of 4 months the gilroy man is alleged to have sent santa clara county health officer doctor sara cody more than 2 dozen letters voicing his objections to her covid-19 health orders but law enforcement officials say these comments crossed the line into criminal threats, he said things to be it'

vicki young, our chief political correspondent.ing fresh criticism over his " war on drugs' as the number of drug related killings continues to rise during the coronavirus pandemic, with the united nation's human right‘s council set to discuss the issue on monday. howard johnson reports. this is pinyahan, the seemingly bright and breezy suburb of manila. but, at night, death stalks the streets. the war on drugs here is a very public spectacle. 11 people have been killed this year, all allegedly involved in drugs. 0ver recent years, the police have killed thousands of mainly poor low—level drug suspects, during operations across the philippines. the government say it's made streets safer, but communities like this one sayjustice isn't being carried out. father robert reyes is pinyahan‘s parish priest. he shows me to the spot where jeselyn 0rdono, a 39—year—old mother of five, was shot dead injuly. it's said that bullets were sprayed across here. yes, they shot her here. there a bullet hole there's another bullet hole in one of the m

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. numbers are rising across europe.ed over 13,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 2a hours, which is a new record for the country. and in ireland, where cases have also surged in the last few days, new restrictions for the capital dublin will come into force from midnight tonight. people are being told not to leave the city except for essential reasons — and to only use public transport for essential journeys. they are again being asked to work from home where possible. and restaurants and pubs that serve food will only be allowed to have guests outdoors or provide a take—away service. spain has also just announced new measures in the madrid region, which has the highest case numbers in western europe. there will be restrictions on movement between the region's worst affected areas; access to parks and public areas will be suspended and gatherings will be limited to between 6 to 10 people. our correspondent guy hedgecoe is in madrid explained the impact the fresh measures could have. this is obviously got so

thank you for joining us at 5 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis are top storyonight finally being able to breathe and tours. >>the air quality is a close to normal believe it or not after more than a month of that smoky unhealthy air all across the bay area it is been a mess it was actually just one week ago today you remember this that dark orange day the ominous skies since then people have been encouraged. >>to stay inside as a record breaking spare the air alert streak reached 30 consecutive days so here's a look at just how much the air quality has improved since early yesterday, look at all that green, so those green dots they signify air with little to no pollution. even in the east bay, you see a lot of yellow dots those represent decent air with the some particulates but still dramatically better than the past few weeks you really have to zoom out on this map to see the orange and the red again with some purple dots to the far east and north where those big wildfires are still burning. >>and the blue skies unhealthy air has many people heading outside

vic vicki nguyen has more on that. >>> the wild fire disaster intensified.gon declared an emergency because of fires. we're seeing first signs of life after a long night. everyone had been evacuated. people are slowly coming out to see what they can, see if anything survived. the news is not going to be good for most of them. oregon's governor calls it unprecedented event. a once in a generation kind of event. combination of dry conditions, incredible wind meant it did not slow down overnight and burned through areas like behind me. we have seen nothing but devastation. and seeing the dynamics of wildfire. this isn't a single structure fire that catches a neighbor, e fiefrs are stretched incredibl edges of a structure to control the situation. it is out of control here, savannah. >> a long night for sure. thank you very much for your report. >>> to covid-19 and the classroom. more than a half million contracted coronavirus sam brock looks at a learn as you go process >> reporter: it's a great way to describe it, hoda. good morning we have already seen some o

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.still to come: fire and disease — the twin tragedies affecting the lives of millions of people in brazil. george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and a clear voice, "enough of blood and tears. enough!" translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: a second fire breaks out a camp in lesbos, as greek officials blame migrants for the blaze that's left thousands homeless. the us democratic presidential contender, joe biden, has accused donald trump of lying about coronavirus, after a new bo

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ave turned the sky blood—red over san francisco. the governor of oregon says it could bring about the greatest loss of property and life in the history of the state. our reporter has the story. this is san francisco in the middle of the day. smoke and ash looking out the sun, making it feel like the end of the world. 11:15am. crazy. 1115 in the morning and it is like the middle of the night, almost. they say it is coming all the way from oregon which is hundreds of miles away. and it looks like the apocalypse right 110w. looks like the apocalypse right now. nighttime in the daytime. in los angeles the guy is a more normal colour but the smoke is still there, i hasten is enveloping much of the city and this is the reason — just one of the fires burning out of control here in california and also further north. this was a trailer park in medford, 0regon. trailer park in medford, oregon. the fire has ripped through it, destroying property and destroying lives. it was coming through, level

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ya has lost her appeal at switzerland's federal supreme court against the restriction of testosterone levels in female runners. this means that unless the olympic 800m champion complies with the ruling and takes hormone—suppressing drugs, she will not be able to defend her title in tokyo next year. semenya has said she was disappointed with the decision. joining me live from new south wales is morgan carpenter, he's the co—executive director of intersex human rights australia and is an intersex man assigned male at birth. there is a very big question here, of course, a big part of theissue here, of course, a big part of the issue of whether gender is fixed at birth or whether people should have the right to self identify in all walks of life including sport. i don't believe that's the issue in thisjudgement. caster semenya was observed female at birth and all she is asking for is the right to be accepted, like alice, that woman assigned female at birth and she is a being asked to compe

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.how the suicides of their young sons spurred two mothers from singapore to campaign for better awareness of mental health issues. the public inquiry into the manchester arena bombing in 2017 has been told that — a0 minutes after the blast — only one paramedic had entered the room to help the injured. 22 people were killed, and hundreds wounded when a bomb was detonated after an ariana grande concert. greater manchester police did not know that that pop concert was taking place that night. the fire brigade, the first fire engine arrived two hours and six minutes after the explosion and as for the ambulance service, the inquiry heard the first a0 minutes after the explosion, only one paramedic was actually actually at the scene where the bomb went off in 2a minutes after the first request, a british transport police officers are to control, you're going to hate me, but where are our ambulances, please. control replied, we do not know, we are calling them again. this is bbc news, the late

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.belarus as police detain more than a00 anti—lu kashenko protestors taking part in mass demonstrations in the capital. a group of migrants rescued by a danish tanker in the mediterannean have been allowed to land in italy after more than a0 days at sea. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. here is 0lly foster. good evening. we have had two games in the premier league, and there's been an encouraging start to the season for everton, start to the season for everton. they've been very busy in the transfer market and they've now beaten tottenham for the first time in eight years. dominic calvert—lewin with a towering second half header to win the match. that was the only goal of the game but the three everton debuta nts looked impressive, james rodriguez, abdoulaye doucoure and allan all started. tottenham blooded their two new signings matt doherty and pierre—emile hojbjerg, but neither really imposed themsleves. everton deserved winners. we needed this performance to impro

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.inue to blaze. authorities say more than two million acres has been burnt, an area larger than the state of delaware, if that goes any way to put the mind boggling numbers into context. firefighters say the one of the fires , el dorado, that's the one that was reportedly started by a gender—reveal party, is less than 5% contained. all this when california is experiencing a record—breaking heatwave. here's chris martinez from cbs new in san bernardino county. we're in an area called monrovia, this is a foothill community and there is certainly a bit of anxiety here and the reason is because of what you see right on top there, a lot of smoke. the bobcat fire, the large fire in this area, is burning just on the other side of that mountain. that fire, nearly 9000 acres, 0% contained, it has mostly burned in a forest area. but the concern right now is we are expecting some very strong, powerful winds here, the santa ana winds. they'll blow to this area tonight. so neighbourhoods like where

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ald trump did play down the gravity of the coronavirus pandemic — deliberately — because, he said, he didn't want to cause panic. the news comes from taped conversations with the journalist bob woodward, for a new book. 0n the tapes, the president describes the virus as "deadly stuff," certainly more serious than seasonal flu. at the time he was saying something very different, repeatedly, in public. more than 189,000 americans have since died from covid—19. from new york, the bbc‘s nick bryant. even as the coronavirus began claiming scores of american lives, the us president publicly talked down the threat. it will go away. you know it is going away and it will go away and we will have a great victory. but at the same time, donald trump was telling the legendary watergate journalist bob woodward that he had deliberately played down the pandemic, even though he understood the deadliness of the virus. well, ithink, bob, to be honest with you... sure, i want you to be. i wanted to always

vicki another. pretty crisp clear day to take from just lawrence karnow joins us now as we get our first look at the 4 zone forecast for you guys so what a difference so we're seeing that nice air here you 70 though. >>well this looking 70 falls right out there the iconic falls in yosemite. yeah last and all that smoke that continues to settle into the valleys. there of course we have the nice westerly wind here has blown lot of the smoke out of the bay area, but it's got to go somewhere and it's headed east and that puts it in his 7 years, so they are under an air quality alert as they're seeing some very smoky conditions over the next few days hoping to make some of that out too but it's going to take some time just like it took time here makes our equality but yeah we're looking good out there now in fact this looking toward a suitor towers. you've got some haze in the atmosphere and you've got little marine layer out there and that is good news as we're going to see more of that fog forming over

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. of deliberately misleading the american people about the gravity of the coronavirus pandemic. the claims come in a new book by the journalist bob woodward. but they've been picked up by the democratic presidential candidate joe biden. he's accused president trump of lying to the american people for months and failing to do hisjob. nick bryant reports from new york. even as the coronavirus began claiming scores of american lives, the us president publicly talked down the threat. it will go away. you know it is going away and it will go away and we will have a great victory. but at the same time, donald trump was telling the legendary watergate journalist bob woodward that he had deliberately played down the pandemic, even though he understood the deadliness of the virus. well, ithink, bob, to be honest with you... sure, i want you to be. i wanted to always play it down. i still like playing it down, because i don't want to create a panic. this was impossible to dismiss as fake news and

vicki young, thank you.rity that represents care providers in england says the government's coronavirus testing regime has had "serious problems". it comes just days after the department of health and social care wrote to care home providers, warning of a rise in new coronavirus infections within homes. the letter acknowledged it was mainly staff being affected, but also said some residents have tested positive, too. our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, has more details. in care homes, like this one in manchester, they've already had a long, exhausting fight against coronavirus. in april, they lost nine residents. but with careful infection control like this, and increased testing, they've managed to keep it out of the home over the summer. if there is a second wave, quick testing will be vital in identifying people without symptoms and keeping residents safe. but mark adams, who heads a charity that runs 18 uk care homes, including this one, says in recent weeks they have had problems getting resu

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. numbers are rising across europe.ed over 13,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 2a hours, which is a new record for the country. and in ireland, where cases have also surged in the last few days, new restrictions for the capital dublin will come into force from midnight tonight. people are being told not to leave the city except for essential reasons and to only use public transport for essential journeys. they are again being asked to work from home where possible. and restaurants and pubs that serve food will only be allowed to have guests outdoors or provide a take—away service. spain has also just announced new measures in the madrid region, which has the highest case numbers in western europe. there will be restrictions on movement between the region's worst affected areas; access to parks and public areas will be suspended and gatherings will be limited to between 6 to 10 people. madrid limited to between 6 to 10 people. regional had an workers madrid regional had announced that workers will not be a

>>good evening, everybody thanks for being here tonight at 8 o'clock i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis thanks for joining kron 4 news at 8 our top story tonight more than 167,000 customers have been left in the dark this evening. this result of the planned power shut-offs by pg and e because of wildfire concerns. the impact has been felt by more than 22,000 customers in sonoma and napa counties, 17,000 customers in sonoma county. 5,000 customers in napa this is the current interactive outage map shut offs here indicated by those pink triangles you see the area just west of lake hennessy there is inundated with shut offs. >>power for some customers may not be restored until tomorrow night according to pg and e and while most of those customers have dealt with these power shut-offs before they are no less frustrated. kron four's michelle kingston reports now from santa rosa. >>i mean we're becoming experts and being flexible up here in santa rosa street lights are out atm is not working thousands of people are without power in santa rosa. i understand the need for of course it's frustrat

18th street toward the police station on valencia street in the city good evening, everybody, i'm vicki liviakis stand i'm grant lotus today, a grand jury in louisville ruled that none of the officers involved in the shooting death of brianna taylor. >>will be charged in her death this has resulted in protests around the country. this is video from the revenge for brianna taylor demonstration in san jose tonight. we know of multiple protests going on across the region this evening. >>just hours after that a grand jury ruling authorities say the 2 officers were shot during protests in louisville. we know one officer is in stable condition. one officer is being treated tonight. the suspect has been taken into custody. several shots rang out as protesters tried to avoid police brought blockades a nighttime curfew has been in effect in the city of louisville tonight. >>the only charges brought by the grand jury where 3 counts of wanton endangerment against fired officer brett hankinson for shooting into a home next to briana taylor's home that had people inside yeah that despite taylor gett

hi everybody good evening, thanks for being with us on kron 4 news at 8 i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis you're watching kron 4 news at 00:08pm tonight, the cdc is walking back its guidance on how the coronavirus spreads. >>last week the cdc updated its website to say it's possible that covid-19 may be spread through droplets and airborne particles that are formed when a person infected with the virus coughs sneezes scenes talks are even just breeds. well now the cdc says that update was a mistake. they released a statement today reading a draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency's official website. the cdc is currently updating its recommendations regarding airborne transmission of the virus that causes covid-19. >>once this process has been completed the updated language will be posted. and quote we just checked the cdc's website. the new language has not yet been posted. >>they all this back and forth with the cdc has doctors really concerned and they're issuing their own clarification is tonight can force theresa is in alam

everyone, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis thanks for joining us tonight at 8 our top story thisning. still smoke from those wildfires raging across california and oregon leaving the bay area with some of the worst air quality in the world tonight. >>and that smoke is expected to linger through the weekend. our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here with the details on what we should expect lawrence we need that out of here. yeah we certainly do and to get that out of here we need really a push for some good gusty winds right now we're not getting that we just got a light breeze so there you go you've got sites like this all around the bay area that smoke. >>just sitting right down on the ground and it's unhealthy all around the bay area in fact right now you're looking at some very unhealthy smoke sitting across in the san francisco down to san mateo half moon bay across the bay in the oakland, even parts of the north bay now being touched by that and then you head to the east bay see san ramon you see little more right in the pocket of some very thick smoke, not very good

thanks for joining us even vicky what a woman and as a father of a young girl who. >>i read the book rbg very often i think of the path that she has cleared for my someone who will go into the workforce with more rights and opportunities young women before her because of justice ruth bader ginsburg know she died on the night of rashaana and in the jewish tradition anyone who pass on rashaana is considered somebody of great righteous this and i think that sums justice ginsburg. >>how do you think that she will be remembered not only by the millennials if you will that have almost created a iconic figure for but but in generations to come as as hopefully our country and our world becomes more equal from the gender perspective racial perspective, you name it how do you think her legacy will play out. >>she's adored by millennials and gen z because of who she price for she writes for the marginalized and your people who have not had opportunities to pour in our country. she's also admired by others because of who shipped partnered with in the past when she and justice s

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. our economics editor, faisal islam, is here. talk about this cancelled budget? some people mayjust assume that it budget? some people mayjust assume thatitis budget? some people mayjust assume that it is one of those things that just needs to be put off for a while because of the crisis that they're dealing with, what should be read into it? i think it is a big deal because of what it tells us about the big picture. the autumn budget was planned to be the launch of the medium—term strategy for the government, it's levelling up agenda, spending more on big infrastructure projects around the country, but also in repairing the public finances, getting the debts down from the extent to which they have ballooned so far, the tough decisions, if you like. those tough decisions, if you like. those tough decisions have been parked, at least for a few months, whereas they are going to spend more on extra help forjobs, because, going to spend more on extra help for jobs, because, and going to spend more on extra help forjobs, because, and

everybody, i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus thank you for joining us tonight for kron 4 news at our top story tonight once again a dense layer of smoke from dozens of wildfires. >>they darken the skies around the bay area again today, this is a live look at the bay bridge. those lights really illuminating just how smoky and hazy it is once again. yeah well the orange glow from yesterday is mostly gone the poor air quality sure isn't. >>we kick off our kron 4 team coverage with the latest air quality checked around the bay from chief meteorologist lawrence karnow lawrence yeah that's kind of the irony we don't have that orange glow today, there's less smoke in our atmosphere, but the smoke that you're next all the way down to the surface and the spore quality out there right now and you can see out toward sfo you see the lights out there you see the haze that smoke down below as a small continue just to flow around the bay area and it is bad in some part of very very unhealthy air quality in the san francisco you can see a purple here also across the bay in oakland and richmond a

starting monday good evening, everybody thanks for being here at 9 o'clock, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis the announcement coming this afternoon kron four's gayle ong. >>live for us in the city with reaction from some happy business owners who have been waiting for the green light gayle. >>they can grant one of them. they first heard it from us when we call them for reaction. hair salons and gyms so they've been operating outdoors but it's of course been challenging especially with the bad air quality now and these new restrictions loosening assign san franciscans are doing their part to slow the spread of covid-19. >>it's unbelievable fritz clay owns hair play salon in the city and has been closed since march constantly like people hearing about yes other counties of all and so can make an and micah, you know. you know listen to the is not san francisco yet we were there when clay was getting ready to reopen in june only to have held orders reversed after a spike in covid-19 cases hair salons are allowed to operate outdoors but not for clay salon he says he's ready to get back t

everybody, i'm vicki liviakis i'm sanaz tahernia grant lotus has the night off. our top story is the heat and the impact it has on our power grid and is it hot tonight, the state's power grid operator cal, iso just tweeted this afternoon that there is enough energy to power. the state and that your conservation efforts helped. >>however pg any which supplies power to most of northern california says that due to weather conditions. >>safety power shutoff could happen for 2 bay area counties starting as soon as 09:00pm tonight, those 2 counties are napa and sonoma counties this interactive map on the pga any website shows the areas where customers could be affected. we should add that parts of lake county will also be affected in total more than 158,000 customers across 21 counties could be affected tonight. i want to bring in lawrence karnow water talk about this excessive heat warning. >>and the weather conditions that might prompt a shot off port yeah we're going to see some very gusty winds developing overnight tonight. it's tomorrow week air of low pressure ki