wang training at this gym twice a day, in the morning and the evening. >> wang's home is a ten minute walk away from the gym. she has rented a family-sized apartment for $2,000 u.s. a month. the 90 square meter apartment has three roomoms, as well as a kitchen and a bathroom. initially, she thought of decorating all the rooms herself, but they have just become storage space. the only bare area is the kitchen, which she hardly uses. wang feels most at ease in the bedroom where she works, eats and does most everything else. she used to work at a securities firm, but quit, weary of ththe volatility of the stock market. now she meets with individual investors to get them to fund movies. she works on commission, and the returns will be good if the film is a box office success. however, if a movie fails, she will have worked for next to noththing. to survive in this business, she must find promising projects to pitch to the investors. today she's meeting an acquaintance from her time at a security's firm. this man runs a medical equipment firm. she is trying to getetim t to invest before, b

and agnes cho are on trial for involvement in the civil unrest that rocked the territory last year wang says now is not the time to give up the fight for democracy despite the harsh new security law imposed on hong kong by beijing. the man on trial for the murder of a pro refugee german politician last june has confessed to the killing stefan said he shot a regional politician in western germany and a member of chancellor angela merkel's conservative christian democrats party. india has bolstered security in kashmir as it marks one year since scrapping the disputed regions semi autonomous state as well the government stripped john ruined kashmir india's only muslim majority state of its special rights last august well mr new render modi's a government said the move was necessary to spur economic development and to better

>> sreenivasan: npr's hansi lo wang joining us from new york. tha ynks so much. ou're welcome, hari. >>as sreen: before the coronavirus pandemic changed everything, the summer of 2020 was goiheng to be the time of traditional days-long national political conventions. but as newsho weekend special rrespondent jeff greenfield reports, the conventions were already faotng from the ght and their historic role years before covid-19. >> the strangest sound you will be hearing this month is the sod silence. there will be no throngs of democrats cheering the nomination of joe biden in milwaukee; no crowds of republicans celebrating presiden nt trumparlotte, north carolina. nor in jacksonville, florida, where the republicans planned to decamp, the better to hold a more traditional convention. the persistence of the covid-19 pandemic has forced both parties to abandon an event that has been a mainstay of american politics for close to two centuries: the nationalna nong convention. but in a larger sense, conventions have been something close to life support for decades. from

the former tiananmen square protest leader dan wang. story behind a legal reform that has changed many lives. in 1972 england and wales became the first countries to pioneer a new alternative to prison. it was called community service. the scheme was soon copied around the world. we hearfrom one of the world. we hearfrom one of the people in charge of implementing this new sentence for criminals. britain has one of the world's largest prison populations. we maintain 42,000 prisoners and victorian conditions designed for half that number. it costs more than twice as much to send your son to wormwood scrubs as it does to wormwood scrubs as it does to send him to eat and. prison sentences, particularly short—term, were not effective. but 70% of people who were serving less than 12 months we re serving less than 12 months were being reconvened, so prison in that sense was a favour. some of the younger chaps who were in here, they come in here for small sentences and go out as adults. the great and the good in legal terms began to think we m

protesting against the destruction of the buddhist sites in the outskirts of the city the 3 faced statue of wang even the d.t.i. of mercy in chinese buddhism is bound for demolition. suddenly the government fenced the statue off they are doing works inside but they haven't informed society about the reasons for the destruction. this is left us buddhists and those who worship the goddess of guanine inside and outside china quite bewildered. the 3 faced one human limit jason monastery would between 2002 when the company donated the giant statue to the buddhist community made of white jade quickly gained fame. i am trying to take a look at the site the statue is located in a mountainous region about an hour's drive from the city center. we approach the statue where security guards up posted at the roadside stopping and taking pictures of the demolition is strictly prohibited the government does not want these images to spread on social media we can only feel them out of the car window. it is unclear how far the demolition has already gone activists have written to the government and complained on s

pro-democracy activist and the former secretary general of the political party demos you store joshua wang joshua welcome what is your reaction to the arrest of jimmy lie. the frets of aging which is hops for us to guarantee our personal safety and what the dollar and the muscle rest condo with the national secretary legislation which just proved how that shouldn't be fact is being used to silence up with what's. what is the message of beijing is trying to deliver to the pro-democracy movement in hong kong with such a high profile arrest. we have no intention to have any collusion with a foreign force with never call on a stench that is after nationalist implement it but now beijing just provided these leaders up again and just try to generate more and more excuse to silence a wise and to crack dollar the protests but no matter what happened when just urging beijing to hold the ability to stop the erosion of you know 1st where you including press freedom and also free election all we fight for but just how successful are you all being really in your terms i mean you as a candidate have bee

briefed now on some of the other stories making the news today on kong democracy activists joshua wang and agnes chao are in court they're standing trial for involvement in civil unrest that rocked the territory last year before entering wong said it was not time to give up the democracy fight that despite on kong's draconian new security law those recently by the communist party in an age. chill a into lease of used tear gas to break up demonstrations importing the rights of the country's indigenous peoples violent clashes are picked up in recent weeks in the pooch a people fight to have their ancestral lands and chile's southern region return. it's to india now where prime minister narendra modi has led a ceremony to inaugurate the building of a new hindu temple that has been at the center of a bitter century old dispute between his 2 induce and muslims in india the temple will be erected on the side of a demolished mosque after breaking ground and praying at the site modi for claimed the beginning of quote a golden chapter and cold the temple a symbol of unity and love in his decisi

thank you, salena wang in hong kong. we appreciate it. >>> just like most industries, tv and film have been hard hit by the pandemic. but renowned producer and director, tyler perry has gotten his cast and crew back to work safely. sanjay gupta takes us behind the scenes. >> i was ready to go. i'm watching and reading and paying attention with the numbers. okay, we have to shut down. >> reporter: prolific media mogul, tyler perry, was ready to go into production for his tv season, when coronavirus changed the world. >> when you're shooting television shows, you work closely with people. you're pretty much one-on-one with them. >> reporter: located in georgia, a state that's been a hot spot, tyler perry studios is facing the same challenges as other businesses. how to most safely reopen. >> a few weeks in, i realize, you have to figure this out. >> reporter: here is how he did it. welcome to camp quarantine. you're looking at perry's audacious effort to bring 300 cast and crew as safely as possible back to work. it might

wang the option of forcing the fem bike dance to give up on a ship to talk. about next out reports more news headlines in the meantime you can stay up to date on our web site j w dot com and follow us on twitter and instagram as well at the deputy news i'm rebecca written in bed and thanks so much. in the height of climate change. africa's mystery. what's in store for. one of the teams to come for the future. e.w. dot com african american cities to go to insight. into. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll all be. just through the topics covered and we couldn't read your blog is called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at dot com slash science. point. here's where it all starts it goes in kitchen the room about a region in west germany. the. pitch is where those football story started. probably one of the last street footballers in germany if you start playing regularly as a 4 or 5 y

and agnes cho are on trial for involvement in the civil unrest that rocked the territory last year wang says now is not the time to give up the fight for democracy despite the harsh new security law imposed on hong kong by beijing. and france almost 3000 people have been evacuated from an area close to the southern city of must say due to raging forced fires some 800 firefighters are battling the blazes which broke out on shoes day afternoon the fires are threatening residential areas and campsites near the coast. former colombian president alviro rebate is being placed under house arrest while the supreme court decides whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness tampering this case is considered an important test of colombia's judicial system rule your rebate serves as president from 2002 to 2010. india has bolster security in kashmir as it marks one year since scrapping the disputed regions semi autonomous status while the government stepped jammer questionnaire and his only muslim majority said of its special rights last august narendra modi's government set the move was ne

wang chih and john was taken without warning after that his wife did not hear anything about him until his trial was announced more than 3 years later and today i am very tense very nervous i could not sleep. when december 26th of 20181 trend john was charged with state subversion a serious offense and chandra levy was hoping to get a glimpse of him in court but again state security had gathered in front of her hans. now of the families trying to put these experiences behind them would take time for them to get back to a life. after my release my son and i will very affectionate with each other at least on the surface but the estrangement is quite obvious. when i tell him something he opposes me he rebels this gives me a headache i feel embarrassed. i wanted to become closer to each other. right now once and i mean there's a lot of time to spend with this family of origin these have evolved as well as license to use for it you plan to appeal and to sue the government for it's wrong so. many couples living in different countries have long distance relationships the pandemic has made the

and agnes cho are on trial for involvement in the civil unrest that rocked the territory last year wang says now is not the time to give up the fight for democracy despite the harsh new security law imposed on hong kong by mainland china. where. in france almost 3000 people have been evacuated from an area close to the southern city of must see due to raging forest fires some 200 firefighters are battling the blazes which broke out on tuesday afternoon the fires are threatening residential areas and campsites near the coast. the man on trial for the murder of a pro refugee german politician last june has confessed to the killing stephanie said he shot votes on the ticket in a regional politician in western germany and a member of chance the american conservative christian democrats party. india has bolstered security and kashmir as it marks one year since scrapping the disputed regions semi autonomous status the government stripped and customary and use only muslim majority state of its special rights last august new render modi's government so the move was necessary to better integrate

selena wang for us in hong kong, thank you very much. see you again soon. >>> california, scorching temperatures and dire predictions, the worse may be yet to come, as firefighters battle more than 500 wildfires. derek van dam will talk about it coming up next. >>> also, looking at two potential powerful storms on-track toward the u.s. gulf coast. you can see them right there. we'll get the latest coming up. lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria. detergent alone can't. lysol. what it takes to protect. ® i'm a talking dog. the other issue. oh...i'm scratching like crazy. you've got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. apoquel can work on that itch in as little as 4 hours, whether it's a new or chronic problem. and apoquel's treated over 8 million dogs. nice. and...the talking dog thing? is it bothering you? no...itching like a dog is bothering me. until dogs can speak for themselves, you have to. when allergic itch is a problem, ask for apoquel. apoquel is for the control of itch associated with allergic dermatitis and the

. >> president bleiman: commissioner wang. >> commissioner wang: yeah, i wanted to echo my fellow commissionersin commending all of your efforts, robin. i work closely with the small business community and handled the insurance for the valencia street closure as well and have heard really, really positive things about their ability to recoup some of the lost capacity in income. i did have some questions with the outer sunset merchants' association. thank you, honey. [laughter] my daughter. and i had heard them express some frustration because they had put in an application about -- potential irving street closure and had a several week delay in hearing back. i haven't talked to them in the last week or so, but i'm wondering if there was a status update on something like that? because i did see less dots on the map on the west side of the city. >> thank you, commissioner wang. and we would want to see west and south and southeast, or where there's still a lot of opportunity. so first off i want to acknowledge that the program has been extremely popular. we saw some of the numbers. i mean, the nu

. >> president bleiman: commissioner wang. >> commissioner wang: yeah, i wanted to echo my fellow commissionersin commending all of your efforts, robin. i work closely with the small business community and handled the insurance for the valencia street closure as well and have heard really, really positive things about their ability to recoup some of the lost capacity in income. i did have some questions with the outer sunset merchants' association. thank you, honey. [laughter] my daughter. and i had heard them express some frustration because they had put in an application about -- potential irving street closure and had a several week delay in hearing back. i haven't talked to them in the last week or so, but i'm wondering if there was a status update on something like that? because i did see less dots on the map on the west side of the city. >> thank you, commissioner wang. and we would want to see west and south and southeast, or where there's still a lot of opportunity. so first off i want to acknowledge that the program has been extremely popular. we saw some of the numbers. i mean, the nu

let's bring in cnn's lena wang standing by for us.the tennis ball itself is fighting back. tiktok, obviously the ball in this. this metaphor made a lot more sense in my head, but hopefully, you understand what i mean here. what is the latest in this battle. >> reporter: kim, i totally got your metaphor. and when it comes to tick tockt they are putting in their strongest statement, saying they're shocked by the trump administration's executive order and even threatened to sue the u.s. it found that the administration, quote, paid no attention to facts dictated terms of agreement without going through standard legal process and tried to assert itself into negotiations between private businesses. now, this executive order certainly adds urgency for microsoft to complete this acquisition of tiktok. but the deadline doesn't give these two companies a lot of time to sort out a technically very complex deal. now, these latest moves from trump are clearly part of a broader campaign on his administration for deeper economic decoupling between

joining us live from hong kong is cnn correspondent selina wang. good to see you again.at more are you learning about this and where is it all going? >> reporter: rosemary, great to be with you. this is just another unexpected political hurdle that's being thrown at tiktok as it's struggling to keep its u.s. operations alive. this is also as technology becomes increasingly center to this broader geopolitical clash between the u.s. and china. on friday, china announced these new restrictions on technology exports. they include data processing, text and speech recognition. these are all technologies that are important for tiktok, especially for it ai recommendation algorithm, which makes the app so powerfully addictive. tiktok has said that it would strictly comply with these rules which could potentially undermine or delay potential transactions. you have companies including microsoft, oracle, walmart, that are vying to purchase this company. china says that the reason why they're making these changes is because of national security, but experts i spoke to say that it's m

janelle wang joins us. i understand there was ash near you today. >> ash was falling on the peninsula. it's gotten better since this morning and hopefully it will improve with winds moving in. it depends on fire containment. as the fires continue to burn, the smoke is just going to continue to stick around. we want to show you a map and data on a website by the bay area air quality management. the areas in dark red are unhealthiest. >> we are recommending that if you do have to go outside, and we know that everybody is wearing masks for covid-19, the cloth mask does not do anything to protect you from wildfire smoke. that is n95 or higher. but we recommend you stay indoors as opposed to wearing a mask. >> reporter: so really unhealthy air quality, especially in the south bay. this is drone video over milpedas. health officials say stay indoors, close all your windows and doors, and it's just too stuffy inside your house and you can't stand it, try to find a cooling center. there are a lot available in the b

let's bring in cnn's correspondent selina wang from hong kong. packed pool in wuhan, the epicenter of the virus, it's unimaginable from a few months ago, set ago side the wisdom of a gathering like that, it speaks to an amazing turnaround. >> reporter: kim, those images were striking. wuhan ground zero have not reported any new cases since mid-may. but those images are unthinkable to see all of those massive crowds packed at this electronic pool party, no masks, no social distancing as you can see from those images. meanti meantime, life in wuhan is getting back to normal until beijing. they're getting more normal as well. according to government regulations people no longer have to wear masks in public as long as they're not in close contact with people. kim, just months ago, back in june, the capital was grappling with a fresh outbreak leading to the wholesale market. the city went down in partial lockdown and started testing millions of its residents. even though people aren't required to wear masks. some people still prefer to and some say it

intenta sobrevivir en la materia, esta vez por los incendios, observen las imágenes publicadas, miren wangs >>> la mayoría de los negocios continúan con las pagadas por la pandemia muchos están sobreviviendo nos dicen en el incendio es un golpe más de su bolsillo, esperan poder salir adelante >>> suspende >>> nacen unos 10 cuando la región entran en un estado de emergencia. las llamas en el incendio destruye todo a su paso sin el bosque, comunidad nin ahora su economía >>> es un compuesto y el condado san martín como hoy luchan >>> cada venta según ellos es crucial para sobrevivir... a una distancia negocios como svencorrían mejor suerte, son los suficientes para vivir en un día >>> hay mucho tráfico pero van de paso >>> sus restaurantes es una de mocos sobre la calle (nombre extranjero) que están abiertos luchando para sobrevivir >>> gnomos nuevos de gran vientos para cerrar en y evacuar el área >>> ambos nos la industria de la comida es crucial durante la emergencia los bomberos y rescatistas de benefician de los servicios, simplemente esperan las evacuaciones de niños, noticias del mund

joining me, ray wang.et your thoughts on nvidia because it is living up to the hype and then some. the stock has gone parabolic. it's a rocket ship. what do you make as they report after the close? >> yeah, no, these guys are doing amazing. in the short term, they are winning on the cloud computing data center wars. they are also winning on the gaming, the long term autonomous vehicles and everyone is looking at them as kind of the industry leader. you're right, people look at nvidia versus intel, looking at the shift that's going on in technology and they won on the gpu argument. charles: we had cisco laid an egg recently as part of the dow. it shouldn't be. we know other names. what do you make of it, these newer names, these exciting names that are sort of zooming past the old guard? >> you are definitely right. we are seeing this shift that's happening and because, you know, you are seeing newer tech replace older tech, those have actually made the next leap in transition. those actually moving forward

selena wang, thank you so much for that.iate it. >>> well, white house senior adviser jared kushner is showcasing a trump administration foreign policy victory. kushner is in tel aviv for an historic flight that will launch normalized relations between israel and the united arab emirates. that flight is set to take off about half an hour from now. sources say kushner will pursue more agreement with other arab nations and he will press arab leaders to attend a signing ceremony for this deal. john defterios is in abu dhabi with more. he joins us now live. good to see you, john. so is this a two-track effort by israel and the uae to normalize diplomatic relations and at the same time codify those relations with business with jared kushner hoping to use this model in other arab states? >> yeah, i think that's a very good way of putting it, rosemary, to use the uae as an example of what could be in the months and years ahead. in fact, at a press conference in jerusalem overnight, we had jared kushner joining prime minister benjam

janelle wang tracking the air quality across the bay area. >> a little bit of good news, it has improved, air quality in some areas. but still have unhealthy levels across the bay area. at peak today, around late morning/noon, we had some of the worst air quality in the world. check out this website, called purple air. air monitoring website. dark red is unhealthiest air, a bit of san francisco, south bay and east bay along the 886/80 corridor. peninsula was in dark red earlier but clearing up. because of all the wildfires, every bay area county except san francisco county. you can see the extreme heat trapping the haze on us like a blanket. district says everyone should stay indoors. children, elderly, people with respiratory issues. try to put your air conditioner on recirculate if it's possible. peninsula saw worst air quality because of the wildfires in san mateo county. jackie is live with how people are coping. we've been on the peninsula all day. this morning couldn't see the sun, dangerous levels. i see some blue sky now. what are you seeing? >> reporter: it was really eerie earl

janelle wang now continuing our coverage tracking the unhealthy air. this is a tough task, janelle, because it keeps changing from bad to worse. >> and right now the worst spot is santa cruz county. it is so bad right now, raj, it's at the highest level possible. the air there is hazardous to your health. i'll show you a map, a picture i took at 9:00 a.m. you can see most of the bay area was yellow, just moderately unhealthy air. but around vacaville, livermore, santa cruz in red meaning unhealthy air. check out the map now last updated at 5:00 p.m. much more of the bay area in red. the north bay and peninsula seeing some improvements, now green meaning the air is good but check out santa cruz down knee in maroon. that is the highest level of bad air possible. sky ranger flying in the hills above livermore. the smoky air dangerous to children and the elderly, people with respiratory conditions like copd. but even the healthiest people may notice symptoms. >> dependsing on how close you are to the smoke and how sensitive you are, you can feel your eyes

janelle wang joins us with how it's surviving with really no income coming in at all. >> reporter: yeah, nothing coming in. fortunately, the san francisco and oakland zoos are back open, but happy hollow, like you said, not yet. it's been closed since mid march. it's been five months, jessica. it's had to make budget cuts. zookeepers are still working because they have to care for the 150 animals on the property. fortunately, they will survive the pandemic because it's owned and operated by the san jose parks and rec. department and supported by happy hollow foundation. >> yeah, so we don't have a reopening date yet, but we have definitely taken a safety-first approach and our happy hollow team has develop add very robust reopening plan. at this point, the plan is going through a thorough review process by the city of san jose's emergency operations center to enlusure compliance wh all of the guidelines. >> reporter: when it does reopen, masks and a brief health screening will be required before entry, and only the two zoo sections will open first with a new virtual tour. you're going t

necessarily black people, wh and once they get elected they use that power to block health care and living wangswe are the only ones that can turn it around. >> i hear the passion, intensity, even anger in your voice. are you hope follow this will happen? you talked about dr. king where he move towards, many would argue it cost him his life. are you there in your lifetime? >> i'm hopeful. if we come together across all these racial lines. >> reverend dr. william barber, thank you, sir. continue grace. we'll see you down the road. >> god bless you. >>> and when we come back, remembering black panther actor chadwick boseman. ♪ i had this hundred thousand dollar student debt. two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars in debt. ah, sofi literally changed my life. it was the easiest application process. sofi made it so there's no tradeoff between my dreams and paying student loans. student loans don't have to take over for the rest of your life. thank you for allowing me to get my money right. ♪ thank you for allowing me to get my money right. hey allergy muddlers... achoo! ...do your sneezes turn

we're joined by janele wang. >> three critical things needed to treat the sickest covid patients -- a steroid and plasma blood. there's a shortage. that coming up in a bit. >> we have been doing this every thursday for the past three months, reports on the unemployment numbers. another 1.2 people lost their jobs and file for unemployment. to make matters worse, they're losing hope they'll ever get the jobs back. >> i'm normally very positive. >> reporter: barbara bernard says this is the first time she and her colleagues had to look for work since the dot come bubble burst. >> older folks like myself that can't find a job, and i'm looking daily. >> reporter: when the pandemic shut down first hit, a new study from the california policy lab said 80% of californians filing were hopeful they'd go back to their old jobs. now that number is down to 61% as hope

. >> and i'm janelle wang. cautious opt miss about the state numbers and we have jessica aguirre with us. >> janell and raj, distance learning is tough on every parent regardless of your socioeconomic situation, but imagine if you don't have resources, if you don't have access to computers and if you don't speak english. navigating the school system now is more complicated than it was last year. coming up, we're going to talk to a woman who runs an oakland nonprofit helping to bridge the digital divide and language divide for so many families so when school starts in a week kids are better prepared and their families have a little less stress. we'll talk to her in a little bit. >> that is so important. thank you, jessica. >>> if you are planning to vote by mail in november, don't wait until the last minute to send in your ballots. a union that represents postal workers in the bay area is sounding the alarm about short staffing during the pandemic and a new cost-cutting policy slowing things down. >> the postal

wang when-bin said washington is invoking national security as a pretext and is using state power to oppose non-amamerican businesses. >>> japan andberry pain are working to conclude an agreement covering bilateral trade now that the u can, has left the european union. the two sides are discussing tariffs on farm and industrial products as well as the treatment of digital data. japan's foreign minister and britain's international trade secretary are holding talks in london. sources say they are considering including a clause on corporate data as part of the new economic partnership agreement. the provision is designed t to restrict the two governments from collectining data from domemestic companies excepept f reasons o of national security. the two countries hope to set a precedent for the treatment of corporate data. behind the move is concern that excessive government data collection will hamper the business activities of companies. >>> japanese gaming giant nintendo saw earnings surge in the latest quarter as many people stayed home amid the covid-19 pandemic. the company says sa

we also have janelle wang with us. >> with all these evacuations, we are dealing with poor air qualityimproving in some spots, but still unhealthy levels at much of the bay area. i'm going to tell you the worst spot in the bay area and what health experts and air quality experts are saying about that. that's coming up. >> thanks, janelle. >>> as you know, we are well versed in fires in the bay area, but what we have burning now is really unlike anything we've seen before. that's because we have fires raging in practically every one of our counties. these are all the fires burning right now. down south to davenport, which is in santa cruz

junel wang is also with us. >> yeah, raj, school has begun in some districts but with distance learning in place, but some parents are fighting for the option of in-class instruction. their lawsuit will be heard in court on monday, today they spoke publicly for the first time. i'll have more on their fight and the states response coming up in just a few minutes. >> that's an interesting case. we begin though with another wild ride on b.a.r.t. one rider tells us he's fearing for his life after being jabbed by a used needle on a b.a.r.t. train. >> reporter: this is a picture of a needle that an east bay rider says punctured his leg this morning after he got on the train at the el cerrito station. >> it was a needle wedged between the seat and side wall of the train itself. >> reporter: he was headed to daily city when it happened. he says at first he thought maybe it was a screw or a piece of plastic that poked

let's bring in janele wang now with the details. >> reporter: raj, doctors ideally want three things to treat the sickest covid patients to help them survive. one is a steroid drug. there's plenty of supplyly. it's chcheap, it's readidily available,e, it's b been arorou decadedes b but there's's a s s of thehe other twowo things. onone is s remdesivirir. it's d developed b by gilead i foster city. it's expensive. it's the only drug that's received fda approval to treat covid patients. the other is convalescent plasma. all three are needed because they target the virus in different ways. >> one is like the virus part, like making sure you make less virus, which angers to body in terms of the immune system. and the other part, which is where the steroids come in is quieting down the immune system so it doesn't get super angry and cause the lung and hearts to be super inflamed. >> ideally you have all three to treat a patient, but right now you're making difficult choices depending on people's conditions who gets what. >> yeah, so it's all about supply, just like the supply lines for ma

janelle wang joins us, tracking the worst. you can only eat outside if you want to go somewhere. that's kind of difficult. >> i know. maybe just get take-out now and eat inside with your windows and doors closed. the spare the air alert in effect until sunday. could be extended if we can't get containment on these fires. many parts of the bay area have seen fire conditions get worse. this is our emeryville camera looking at san francisco just after 2:00 this afternoon. socked in with smoke the city is. you can barely make out the skyline. check out that same camera now. you can't even make out the bay city. this is another picture from the san jose studios. the south bay has a thick blanket of smoke. another area that hasn't seen relief for three straight days, the tri valley. they have smoke coming in from the north bay and the east bay. and take a look at the current data by the air quality management district. most of the bay area is in red. san francisco and the peninsula getting better at this hour. they're in yellow, but as i mentioned, a spare the air alert remains in effe

janelle wang joins us as well. >> reporter: yeah, as these fires continue to burn, our air quality continues to be poor. some areas seeing very hazardous air conditions. i'm going to tell you which ones, and also the health yers people can be seeing symptoms right now. i'll have that in a few minutes. >>> it's not just the rural areas but down in the cities as well. so many people impacted not only by the flames that you're seeing here but of course the smoke. and we might be doing this several more days. let's start our coverage in san mateo and santa cruz counties. our sky ranger over the czu fire. it's confusing to keep track of all the names but this is the czu fire, san mateo

let's bring in janelle wang, and do they have a legal standing here and what's the state's response? >> well, they say, yes. the state says no. these parents want to have the choice to be able to return to class in person for in-person instruction and not have to state tell them yes or no. so this case goes to court on monday. a judge will decide whether or not to grant a temporary restraining order against governor newsom's order which says schools must start off with distance learning if they are in a county on the state watch list. the center for american liberty which is headed by a leader ina has filed this lawsuit on behalf of these groups of parents. many from southern california. some who spoke on today's virtual news conference says distance learning has hurt their kids emotionally and academically. they've already seen the effects after the end of last school year and want districts to have the choice whether to hold in-person classes. >> the district and schools say people will want to return, and that's what this lawsuit is saying is give districts the choice. don't just

rita wang is a recent graduate. >> to me, like, i don't think that these cases, like, being brought by the doj is to benefit asian-americans. instead, i think it's using as dismantle one of the few forms of economic mobility we have in america. and so that's why affirmative action is so important to me. >> reporter: in 2014, a lawsuit against harvard alleged similar discrimination. harvard won that case in district court. but the trump administration is now backing an appeal. as for these new findings against yale, critics say the government's four-page argument is thin. >> i think it is highly unusual to suggest you got major findings in a case in discrimination where you're issuing a four-page letter that basically gives you no underlying facts. >> that was gabe gutierrez reporting for us. it's important to point out that the justice department's letter is not a lawsuit, at least not yet. the government gave yale until august 27th to agree to suspend. if not two sides would likely go to court just like in the harvard case. >>> stanford is under new fire over how it deals with sexual

. >> president bleiman: commissioner wang. >> commissioner wang: yeah, i wanted to echo my fellow commissionersin commending all of your efforts, robin. i work closely with the small business community and handled the insurance for the valencia street closure as well and have heard really, really positive things about their ability to recoup some of the lost capacity in income. i did have some questions with the outer sunset merchants' association. thank you, honey. [laughter] my daughter. and i had heard them express some frustration because they had put in an application about -- potential irving street closure and had a several week delay in hearing back. i haven't talked to them in the last week or so, but i'm wondering if there was a status update on something like that? because i did see less dots on the map on the west side of the city. >> thank you, commissioner wang. and we would want to see west and south and southeast, or where there's still a lot of opportunity. so first off i want to acknowledge that the program has been extremely popular. we saw some of the numbers. i mean, the nu

agnus chauhan are on trial for involvement in the civil unrest that rocked the territory last year wang says now is not the time to give up the fight for democracy despite the draconian new security law posed on hong kong by the. and she lay and police have used tear gas to break up demonstrations supporting the rights of the country's indigenous people violent clashes have picked up in recent weeks as the people fight to have their incest all lands and southern region richer. india's prime minister night and imo the has led a ceremony to inaugurate the building of a hindu temple at the center of a century old dispute between hindus and muslims the temple will be erected on the site of a demolished mosque they broke ground and prayed at the site who claimed the beginning of a golden chapter he called the temple a symbol of unity and love last november the supreme court awarded the disputed site to the hindu community in a decision criticized by muslim groups a mosque once on the site was torn down by hindu nationalists during rioting in 1902 and this here is file footage there are fears

in agnes child are on trial for involvement in the civil unrest that rocked the territory last year wang said now was not the time to give up the fight for democracy despite the draconian draconian new security law and pose on hong kong by beijing. the former colombian president i would hope would be bay is being placed under house arrest while the supreme court decides whether he should stand trial for bribery and witness tampering his case is considered an important test of colombia's judicial system served as president from 2002 to 2010 . and chilean police have used tear gas to break up demonstrations supporting the rights of the country's indigenous people violent clashes have picked up in recent weeks as that people fight to have their ancestral lands and southern region return . in the u.s. the presidential election is just 90 days away and all the signs are that donald trump is facing a difficult path to reelection he's trailing in opinion polls and he's been criticized for his handling of the pandemic so some republicans are now mauling what was once unthinkable voting for joe b

on kong democracy activists joshua wang and agnes chao are on trial for involvement in the civil unrest that rocked the territory last year. says now is not the time to give up the fight for democracy despite the harsh new security wall imposed on hong kong by beijing. where. now for a change of 2 concerts and the coronavirus 4 months musicians have been live streaming from their living rooms madonna even addressed her fans from her bath tub but when and how will we get back to rio in person concert where we have some answers for you tonight from right here in new york. this is probably the easiest way to feel safe and keep your distance to get out into nature the audience seated on a lake amid pastures and cows the biggest threat to the musicians is of getting their feet wet. larger scale events have also successfully taken place the summer opera is back on stage but outdoors like last week in naples with soprano on another trip cohen tosca the orchestra members were seated far apart and there was no stage set. in verona to the approach was less opulent with fewer people in the audienc

. >> isn't there a janelle wang cat and a raj mathai cat out there somewhere?ington's cat. i think we'ret( siblings. >> we're back in a moment. jean, did you know geico is now offering an extra 15% credit on car and motorcle pycicies? that's great! that's 15% on top of what geico could already save you. so what are you waiting for? john stamos to knit you a scarf? all finished, jean. enjoy! thank you. i give. the stitch work is impeccable. it's just a double fleck pattern with a reverse garter stitch. no big deal. is your hair this soft? softer. geico. save an extra 15% when you switch by october 7th. >>> what a difference a week makes, raj. believe it or not the giants six-game win streak has them in playoff position. >> i don't believe it. >> it's true. >> tomorrow the giants back in action as they host the first place dodgers at oracle park. >>> the a's tonight, a little bumpy these days. in texas. we pick it up, top of the second inning. stephen piscotty ties the game with this home run. we're all tied up at two. the fifth home run of the year for him. reme

and hong kong democracy activists joshua wang and agnes child are on trial for their involvement in the civil unrest that rocked the territory last year one says now is not the time to give up the fight for democracy despite the harsh new security law imposed on hong kong by beijing. of a man on trial for the murder of a program few german politician has confessed to the fatal shooting in june last year stefan a far right extremist told the court in frankfurt that he pulled the trigger. the trial focuses on the killing of. a member of chancellor angela merkel's conservative christian democrats and a regional politician in the west of the country who was shot in the head on his porch on june 1st last year and he died later that night. our political correspondent kate brady is following the story for us hi kate the defendant confessed to firing the shot that killed. what else did he tell the court. but this of course is a huge development in this court case but he also made some serious allegations against his alleged perfectly legit. accomplice as well saying that he had actually allowed