The president. Its the most serious known medical threat to a sitting president in decades. President trump walking out of the white house and into marine i on the way to national walter reed military medical center, this after testing positive for covid19. I think im doing very well, but were going to make sure that things work out. Reporter President Trump is in a highrisk category for serious complications. His doctor gave the president a dose of regeneron, an experimental treatmnt as the president is evaluated by a team of experts. If we give our antibodies, we hope that we will give his immune system enough of a boost so he can win this and make a complete recovery. Reporter when the president revealed his diagnosis early friday, he tweeted, we will get through this together. Thursday after his aide hope hicks tested positive for covid19, the president attended a private fundraiser in new jersey. Wednesday he held a new jersey rally with minimal masks or social distancing. Tuesday he shared a stage with president ial nominee joe biden. Every time i see him hes wearing a mask. Reporter the president is now a patient. The white house says he will continue to work from tor the n several days from the president ial offices. From the white house. We spoke to one woman who was standing just feet away from the president at the debate this week, a woman who lost her own father to covid. She shared her lack of safety precautions taken inside the arena. Proud boys, stand back and stand by. He yelled a lot. I cant help but imagine people were exposed to the virus. Reporter San Francisco native kristin orkeza was sitting 15 feet away from President Trump during the debate tuesday night. We have no idea how much virus he put out into the air with his performance. And that is what scares me the most. Reporter the risk of exposure hits home for orkeza. She just lost her father mark to covid19. I have seen firsthand through the loss of my dad the darkest results of covid. Reporter she says holding his picture that night was difficult, as nearly the entire republican side of the debate hall wasnt wearing face masks. Trump children, Melania Trump who we know is positive, i saw them all. They were all without a mask on. Reporter how concerning is that to you . Im terrified. Reporter orkeza is in the process of being tested and will be selfquarantining just like the president and first lady. Were saddened and concerned for the president , especially given his age. Reporter john dennis is the chairman of the San Francisco republican party. He also lost his father bill to covid19. Dead within 72 hours. It just went right through him. He had an underlying issue. That was not a good combination. Reporter after living through it, he expects the next 72 hours will be critical for the president. I pray for the president s health and the first lady and hope they make it through. Reporter now, one possible source of the virus spread may be the ceremony in the rose garden when the president announced the nomination of judge aim Coney Barrett for the supreme court. About half of the people there had tested positive. Kate . That event and others have launched a very large and complicated Contact Tracing effort. President trump has attended many events and has been in contact with even more people recently, including rallies, fundraisers and various events and press conferences inside the white house. The event in the rose garden was a whos who of top administrative officials. At least seven people who attended it have tested positive for covid, and others will need to be tested if they havent been already. In the past few days the president spent time with the Vice President , gold star parents, military leaders, his cabinet, military members and the press. During the debate, trump was surrounded by dozens of family members with few signs of masks or social distancing. His family posed with masks behind the stage but took them off in violation of the rules and refused replacements. On it went as mr. Trump and his entourage crammed into marine one. An epidemiologist shares the details about an experimental drug the president receives now on trial now in stanford. Abc news, back to you. We pushed this alert when the news broke about trump going to walter reed. We livestreamed on our abc news app. The app is free to download in the app store. Now to grass fires in sonoma and napa counties. Cal fires announce 293 homes have been destroyed since saturday. 272 commercial structures have burned, and they include wineries. There is 8 containment. There are still a number of people under evacuation orders, including all 5,000 people who live in calistoga. There is 400 million acres charred this year. Joining us is meteorologist sandy patel, and what a doozie it has been for the firefighters fighting this fire. They dont seem to be taking a break. The winds are up to 25 miles an hour in mt. Tam. This tends to dry out the atmosphere even more, and were already dry to begin with. Hour by hour we go. You will notice 20mileanhour winds near gernville. Those winds will remain dusty until tomorrow morning, which is why the concern is there for the firefighters. Near the glass fire, it is 81 degrees but still pretty dry. 21 humidity. Winds are light, fortunately, so hopefully they can hold that fire. Red flag warning until 6 00 a. M. Saturday for those gusty winds and low humidity. Ill be back to look at the air quality, including the weekends forecast, coming up. In the north bay, were getting more pictures of destruction from the glass fire. This time its a family home that dates back to the 1920s, but miraculously, their vineyard went untouched by the flames. Lori has the story from calistoga. Reporter on the way to visit a list of napa valley wineries, we found lauren in calistoga. This is the first time shes seeing the house her grandfather built in 1929, now completely destroyed. She says she comes from a small family of farmers. My brothers little tractor. As kids, my brother and i were in school or in the vineyard, and it was wonderful. We had the most incredible childhood anybody could have. I had all the photographs from my little newspaper i was partnership in for two years. I had all the negatives. Reporter she found another memory in the ashes. That was the gutter that my grandfather pieced together, and there was a cat when i was little. It was mean. He would get in that gutter, and when you would walk in the house, the door was here, he would swipe your head. Standing here where i stood so many times with my grandmother and grandfather, my mom and dad and my brother. Wow. These are our vineyards. This that youre looking at, that was planted in the 50s. Reporter her brother, vince, cu stores the wine off the property, so it hasnt been touched. Its disconnected and just another property on the portfolio. There are still people whose roots were here and their roots have been cut, and i dontknow how deeply theyve been cut yet. Its too soon to know. Reporter in calistoga, lauren martinez, abc7 news. I can still feel her pain. If youd lik to keep track of the glass fires the fires burning in the state, you can use abc7 exclusive wildfire tracker. Its right there on abc. Com and the abc app. Tonight there is a program for helping people during the pandemic. The concerns of just how accurate it will be in november. So, i go to floor decor where i find every imaginable tile, wood, laminate or stone without compromising my design. Cause one aisle doesnt cut it. I need an entire store. Explore floor decor in person or online. Im to help californias 19 most vulnerable. Over 24,000 homes were destroyed by wildfires in less than two years. Too many of those victims are also hit with a sudden tax hike after their forced to move. Its wrong. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims and limits taxes on seniors and severely disabled homeowners. Join firefighters and Emergency Responders in voting yes on 19. With just 32 days to go until election day, californias attorney general is taking steps to help ensure a free and fair election. Were going to do everything to encourage voting, including allowing people to vote up to election day by mail and getting your ballots in at least 17 days after the election. Attorney general javier basera teamed up with the attorney general today. Both have joined a growing list of leaders around the country focused on stopping changes at the u. S. Postal service imposed by the trump administration. Attorney general basera said there are 21 million registered voters in california, and if our state has the turnout he expects in this election, it will be the largest in history. Before he tested positive for covid19, President Trump called on his supporters to go to the polls before election day and observe. Thats certainly something they can do, but there are rules all election observers need to follow. Observers cant do any electi electioneering, you cant wear a branded political sign or hat or anything like that within 100 feet of a polling location. You also cant challenge voters qualifications or question their ability to be there casting their ballot. Julia marks is a staff attorney for voting rights. Her Nonpartisan Organization will send hundreds of observers to the polling places to keep an eye on the process. Professional sports teams came out in support today of proposition 16, the Ballot Initiative to repeal californias ban on affirmative action on State Government institutions. There is strength in numbers in sports. And getting this collective group together with our collective brands to be able to amplify this message and let people know how important this is to us, to our players, to our employees and to our fans, i think its very, very important. Executives with the 49ers, giants, earthquakes and the Oakland Roots Soccer Club participated in a discussion today on social justice organized by the social council. Each said they would make an effort to be more inclusive. We have voter information on abcnews. Com election, including how to register to vote and a guide to all the statewide propositions. Turning now the weekend is upon us, deanna, and were hoping for cooler temps coming. You actually took the words right out of my mouth. Sandra, are we going to get that . Im just going to go ahead and bring it to you ladies since you both asked so nicely. Lets call for cooler weather tomorrow, but even more so on sunday. Lets look at a time lapse from our emeryville camera. It was a smoky view as the sun was getting ready to set. Really, we all experienced poor quality to unhealthy quality throughout the day. Right now we have moderate air quality in San Francisco, santa rosa, san jose and oakland. Youre in yellow. These places were unhealthy early in the night. As you take a look at fremont, moderate air quality. In the santa cruz mountains, we do have an improvement there. Smoky forecast for the rest of this evening. As we head into tomorrow, though, notice what will happen. The sea breeze will start to push that smoke out of our area, so most of it will be away from the coast and parts of the bay, but as we head into saturday night, some of that smoke spills back over, or especially into the north bay, the glass fire going into sunday morning, and then the air quality will get better throughout the day for the second half of your weekend. So the spare the air alert has been extended through tuesday. Its a recordsetting spare the air alert for 14 days now. Poor air quality for sunday, monday and tuesday for all areas. 59 in the city, 67 in oakland, 70 in san jose. A live look from our emeryville camera as we look toward salesforce camera. Still pretty mild. Livermore, low 70s. A lovely view from our camera. Clear fire danger. A chance of rain is coming your way late next week. Live doppler 7 is showing that fog near the coast first thing in the morning. Expected right near the beaches, mid50s into the 70s. Some haze around and that will continue into the afternoon. 94 in gilroy. Not quite as hot as today. On the peninsula, mid80s from palo alto and mountain view. Youll see the fog in the sunset district. A welcome sight. Inthe north bay, 85 in san rafael, 90 in sonoma, 85 in santa rosa. Hazy because of the glass fire. Its going to be hot and hazy around antioch, 94 degrees. 92 in concord and livermore. I want to fastforward this. Remnants of maria, its a part of a hurricane. That could go until friday, possibly until saturday morning. Spare the air for four days, cool for the weekend. As we head into middle of next week, lets just say it will feel like late fall, low 80s for most spots. Im putting that chance of rain on my calendar. Thank you. Just ahead, they are hitting the brakes for a good cause. A south bay car shop has already stepped up during the pandemic, and now its looking to help fight another problem in april we introduced you to the familyowned Car Repair Company in the south bay that gave back to First Responders impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Now as abc7 news south bay dorothy shows us, the shop is giving back to address another problem. Reporter just because your job title says more than one thing doesnt mean you cant be more than that. The owners of the car clinic in san jose prides themselves of their expertise in keeping drivers on the road, but they also support their community in other ways. We wanted to give our support to someone who needs help. Thats very important. Reporter they offered free oil changes to First Responders. Now in october the support will come in the way of brakes for breasts. 10 of all labor fees will be donated to the breast clinic vaccine fund. Breast cancer does run in my family, and as a woman, you look at wanting to have that security and know, you know, an important part of you that gives back to life, you know, you should be able to keep and you should be able to feel comfortable and safe about. Reporter Breast Cancer Awareness Month may be more important than ever in 2020. Experts worry that covid19 may lead to an increase in undetected Breast Cancer. They want to make sure that doesnt happen. We dont want to lose more people. We dont want to lose life anymore. Giving back is incredible. Big shops can do a lot, but it shows a small shop like us can definitely make a difference as well. Reporter the shop hopes to make 10,000 to fight the fight and find a cure. Dustin dorsey, abc7 news. Moving on to sports now, and there were three larrys in studio tonight. You can never have enough. I think science proves thats correct. Lakers halfway to the nba championship. The combo of lebron and a. D. Great day on the lake it is. Lunch is cookin and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. Fellas, can it get any better than this . Whoa my old hairstyle grew back. So did mine. [80s music] what . I was an 80s kid. It only gets better when you switch and save with geico. Its rising. The pain is coming. The lakers may be onto a sweep in the nba finals. Miami missing goren it showed. Lebron from the corner, then drives from andre. Lakers by 14 at the half. Anthony davis just ridiculous here as he floats it up and in. 32 points, 14 rebounds for a. D. 9270 l. A. Miami trying to hang around despite the fact they were unmanned. Lakers rack up the most threepoint attempts in the finals game. Lakers took a 20 series lead, 124114. Lebron not pleased with the overall effort. Were not satisfied with just a win. We want to be great. We want to be great as close to 48 minutes as possible. I know i said it in game one, but im extremely excited to watch the film tomorrow as a group and see ways we can be better. Well have game 3 of the finals on sunday night. The tipoff is at 5 00 p. M. As julia mentioned, we had the exwarrior, and he brought two trophies with him. The lakers on the way to two two larry trophies. Too many larrys. I thought she said too many. Following President Trumps covid19 diagnosis, the tough tasks ahead for contact tracers both in d. C. And now cleveland where trump debated. A family of six loses their home and medical equipment for their son in the glass fire. How the community is now rallying behind them. Plus the new effort tonight for people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if youve had angioedema with an ace or arb. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. Ask your doctor about entresto. Local doctors weighing in on the experimental drug that President Trump received as well as the widening circle of contacts testing positive for covid19. He held the family. He lost his equipment in a fire. The family is now homeless. Keeping Small Businesses in business during covid19 and poor air quality. How downtown san jose leaders hope to help. Abc7 news starts right now. Were going to make sure things work out. That was the president today. The president and several of his contact have been diagnosed with covid19. Trumps doctor said the president is now being treated with the drug remdesivir. The drug is my by gillead based in foster city. In a tweet late tonight trump wrote going well, i think. Thank you to all. Love several more trump contacts have tested positive, including Trumps Campaign manager and kellyanne abc News Reporter elizabeth sholzy has more. The white house saying the president will work from the president ial office at the hospital for the next few days out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of his physician and medical
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