Well get to that, friend. Lots of rit . Ye let me take video of this. He could kill me. But let me take video. That is the question. Cant wait to talk about that. What are you doing . Hi, everybody. Lets jump right into weather because im hogging the spotlight there. I apologize. Its tuesday. Yesterday we put everything on hold. We look forward to tomorrow, thursday and friday. Starting at 5 00 tomorrow through 11 00 friday, we have a fire weather watch and this will be upgraded to a red flag warning later on today. S going on outside. Pretty clear out there. You can see it from sutro tower. 64 degrees and well see how it unfolds. 60s this morning and 60s to nea rd low on the way. Well talk about that coming up todays californias health and human secretary will give us an update on the states pandemic. Dr. Ghaly said recently opened schools have not added to increases. Well bring that to you live on the abc7 the state is expected to move from the red tier to the less restrictive orange tier. Julian glover live with the mixed reaction from business owners. Julian. Hi, good morning, kumasi. Yes, the move to the less restrictive orange tier men m mn many of the restaurants could survive when the rain returns to the bay area when they are able to open and operate indoors shortly. A few changes we want to talk to you about if they do, in fact, move to the less restrictive orange tier. Restaurants can operate at 25 capacity. And indoor gatherings, Worship Services would be allowed to happen indoors at 25 capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer. Outdoor gatherings would allow 200 people and shopping malls would be able to operate at 50 capacity, indoor shopping malls. For Restaurant Owners this is a lifeline for them. If youre curious what Indoor Dining will look like. Spaces will be spaced out six feet apart and the tables will and face masks are required to be worn when youre not actively eating or drinking and the businesses are required to keep track of who is dining inside. A lot of new rules we have to comply with. Collect peoples names and phone numbers when theyre sitting inside at a table. We just need to put a open up i. Businesses are all working to get that plan in place. The cases are on count. Again, the county is expected to move from the states red tier to the less restrictive orange tier at the states tier status update this morning and then the changes for Santa Clara County guidelines will take effect tomorrow. 24 hours after that announcement is made. Reporting live this morning in san jose, Julian Glover, abc7 news. Theyre collecting names and numbers. I didnt know that, julian. Thank you. Election day is officially three weeks away thats when voting end here in california. Joe biden will be in florida. This morning growing concern about the rising number of coronavirus cases that are now nationwide. Heres abc new z reporter tossing out make America Great again masks and feeling america is great. I feel so powerful. Ill walk in there and kiss everyone in that audience. Ill kiss the guys and the beautiful women and everybody. Ill just give you a big, fat kiss. Reporter in a new letter sean conley says the president is not infectious and tested negative on consecutive days. At his first rally since being hospitalized, trump defended his handling of the pandemic. If you look of our upward path, no country in the world has recovered the way we have recovered economically or otherwise. Reporter covid cases are on the rise in 42 states and 14 states had a Record Number of hospitalizations. In north dakota only 29 icu beds are available statewide and in wisconsin nearly 2,000 new cases were announced yesterday. At trumps rally supporters seemed unphased by the rise in cases. To me its like a flu. You get over it and you go on with your life. Reporter joe biden holding a drivein rally. Toledo. Reporter supporters honking their horns instead of clapping as biden called the president irresponsible. His conduct since his diagnosis is unconscionable. Reporter as the uk announces new restrictions one official is making headlines for speaking out against lockdowns saying they should not be used as, quote, the primary means of controlling the virus but should only be used to buy time to organize resources and protect health workers. Mona kosar abdi, abc news, new york. Abc news will host a town hall with president ial nominee joe biden on thursday. You can watch it live in a special edition of 20 20 also on our connected tv app and that is available to download on roku, amazon fire, android tv and apple tv. Day two of Judge Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing and two lawmakers are taking center stage. Jobina is tracking what is expected to be a tense morning at the live desk. Jobina . Yes, kumasi. A marathon session lasting about nine hours. So, were hearing from senator Dianne Feinstein and also senator Kamala Harris among the 22 senators questioning barrett today. Expected to appear virtually. She will appear virtually for the hearings. Called it reckless to hold it in person in the middle of this pandemic and also said the confirmation hearings should have been postponed. Senator feinstein said the senate should not move forward on this until the election is over. And the next president has taken office. The san jose state professor says so far democrats and republicans are talking to americans, not each other. What i think theyre trying to do is influence the public debate and persuade people one way or the other in the elections. During her Opening Statement yesterday, Coney Barrett said her philosophy has been shaped by her mentor, the late justice scalia. The hearings are set to continue at 6 00 this morning, kumasi. Thank you, jobina. Live look at capitol hill right now. Abc news will be monitoring the hearings and we will bring you any key votes and breaking news as it happens right here on abc7. If you want to watch the entire hearing, that is streaming at abcnews. Com. Nearly 20,000 bay area customers could lose power to potential Public Safety cutoffs. Pg e keeping an eye on dangerous wind conditions tomorrow night through friday morning. Napa counties could see the most homes and businesses impacted. More than 9,200. Lets check in with abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. It is going to be windy and hot. And dry. All three components we look for when we heighten that fire danger coming together as we head towards tomorrow morning. Here we are at 5 00 when the fire weather watch begins which will become a red flag warning. Its okay. 10 to 20 across the north bay. Look how rapidly as we head into the afternoon and evening hours those winds pick up, especially in the north bay. And in the diablo range and they stay there all throughout the overnight hours. Some of our fastest winds will be tomorrow night. If you live in one of these areas, you have to have an evacation plan ready and if a fire does start, it will spread rapidly. We know not all of us have been through, but those who have can tell us how alarming and disorienting it could be to be woken up in the middle of the night and said you need to leave right noa. Gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour possible. Fire danger index. At 5 00, low to moderate and then look at that as we head into the afternoon hours the high developing in the north bay and then extreme developing in the east bay and north bay overnight. And as we head through thursday morning, look at the santa cruz mountains. Very high there also. Thursday afternoon, mainly in the north bay and then again its going to spread to other neighborhood. If youre heading out right now, temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 50s and a few 60s around alameda and San Francisco and 48 at Half Moon Bay and as far as your activity planner today, no spare the pretty dry afternoon. Lets talk about that morning commute and turn it over to jobina. Hi, jobina. Hi, mike, thank you. Goodern moi morning, everyone. A sig alert in vallejo. Overturned car there. No slow down the chp has opened up all the lanes and just be aware of these emergency crews in the area. This is eastbound 80 before redwood parkway. Taking a live look outside now. Were going to start in walnut creek and see how things are looking on 680 moving smoothly, especially as people make their way south right now and lastly the san mateo bridge back in action for us and things are beginning to pick up as people make their way westbound. Reggie. After pandemicrelated delays apple is finally expected to release and announce its new iphones. The event invitations hint at hi, speed, that will allow the iphone to connect to the new 5g network. The company will launch four new models including the largest phone yet with a 6. 7 inch screen. Prices expected to start at 700 with the highest price at almost 1,200. Still ahead, a brave little boy who did what he could to protect his mom. The scary situation caught on camera. And ten years since a deadly explosion in san bruno. The work happening today to make sure safety is now and in the future. And go away. Im big and scary. A close call with a cougar. The heartstopping mom proposition 16 takes some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. What . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and small busi schools, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. All right. Now, the most dangerous heat is still going to be down in so cal. Heat advisory starts today and goes through at least friday. You look at the temperatures down there and in the 90s already and not going to cool off much at night, not as much as us. Thats why were not in a heat advisory yet. 90 through the Central Valley and not only in the sierra but at the coast. Temperatures well into the 90s and almost everywhere by thursday and again friday. Those are going to be our two hottest days and our record warm low temperatures are in the mid 60s. So, we could have record high temperatures and record warm low temperatures thursday and friday. Reggie . Thanks, mike. A group in support of Defunding Police took their message to the Tenderloin Police district and this follows a Deadly Police shooting over the weekend. An officer shot and killed a man late saturday after an attempted carjacking and chase. Defund sfpd says it organized the rally to demand justice and show support of victims of police violence. Today the mayor of san bruno and state officials will talk about what they learned since the deadly san bruno pipeline disaster. This year marks ten years since that explosion killed eight people. A pg e natural gas pipeline ruptured triggering an explosion and fire that leveled a san bruno narbeighborhood. Pressed for neighborhood utility reforms and what progress has been made and what more can be done to ensure our safety. You can watch todays hearing on the state senates website. In the north bay, the glass fire is close to being fully contained. At last check, 96 containment. More than 67,000 acres have burned and most evacuation oer orders have been lifted. The massive fires are taking a toll on animals across the state. Finding bears and Mountain Lions burned and orphans on the fire lines. The California Department of fish and wildlife is leading a new project called the Wildlife Disaster Network and along with the Uc Davis School of veterinary medicine they created this program to help injured animals from rescue to rehab and release. Right now were not in the middle of an oil spill, but were in the middle of a wildfire crisis and can we take that Network Concept and do better for the wild animals that are in california. Currently under the network, a Mountain Lion kitten found by firefighters along with two others that are now being treated at the oakland zoo. All right. Now, the story most people are clicking on and that is this video of a cougar stalking a hiker in utah. The man filmed this whole thing and it lasted six minutes. No, go away. Go away. No. Stupid kitty cat. He was walking backward and yelling and trying to scare off the animal but it just kept following him and eventually the cougar does run off. If you want to see the full video and actually give yourself a heart attack, go to abc7news. Com. Its on our home page. Its too early for this, friend. First question. How do you keep rolling on this video . Okay, so, friend, this is what leeann and i were talking about. What if this man really thought that he was, like this was his last moment and he wanted people to know what happened in his last moments. Look at that cat how its looking at him. Would you want your mom to see that if that was your last moment . I mean, if i could tell her i loved her in the video. We dont know. He doesnt do that. He says, stupid kitty cat. Okay. You make points here. And he repeatedly says, look, im glad hes ne. Eeadly says to t cck babies. Hes having a full conversation with this cat. I mean, what are you supposed to say when the cat is looking at you like that . What would you say, friend . What would you say to the cat . I mean if it was staring you down like that. First of all, he doesnt sound scary at all. I would be scary as possible. I would be making growling noises and screaming. I would be screaming for help in case Anyone Around me could hear. It just sounds like hes having a nice conversation with this cat. Go see your babies. Go check on your babies. He was trying to deescalate the situation by speaking c calmly. Im agreeing with mike. No need to yell and get loud, irate. All right. Have fun with your kitty cats then. Ill be screaming. Yes, were glad he made it and we appreciate the wonderful scenery, too, if you notice that. The trees were absolutely gorgeous. Of course, i noticed that. Oi o from sutreeunder a clear sky. Warm sunshine and highs similar to yesterday. If youre going to enjoy yesterday, enjoy today. Clear sky tonight. Our last calm and cool night because the fire danger is going to develop but eventually over the weekend it will taper along with the heat. Heres a look at our storm pattern and you can see the jet stream further to the south and it will push the High Pressure away from us just a little bit today and thats why the warming trend is on hold. Heres a look at your high temperatures. Mid to upper 80s through most of the south bay with san jose at 86 and 90s around morgan hill and gilroy. 83 to 86 degrees. Well hover around 70 on the the peninsula coast until you get to d daly city and low 80s for downtown, south San Francisco, sausalito 78 and about 84 to nearly 90 through the north bay valleys. Along the east bay shore, 82 to 85 and a few sprinkling of 90s. Tonight were back in the 50s. And a few low 60s. Heres my accuweather sevenday forecast. You can see four to six degrees warmer tomorrow. Our warmest temperatures thursday and friday. Our best chance of record warm lows and highs. Saturday still going to be warm. Sunday and monday youll notice a refreshing change. Hope you enjoy it. A tough few days. All right, thank you, mike. Coming up next, the seven things to know this morning. And goodness gracious. Im going to be here for a minute. Oh, no. If you have friends in georgia, then you probably saw some of this. Voters waiting hours to cast their ballots. The record early in the tubbs fire. The flames, the ash, it was terrifying. Thousands of family homes are destroyed in wildfires. Families are forced to move and higher property taxes are a huge problem. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims so families can move without a tax penalty. Nineteen will help rebuild lives. Vote yes on 19. Do you solemnly swear that the te its 5 23 if youre just joining us. Seven things to know this morning. Number one, day two of judge Amy Coney Barretts Supreme Court confirmation hearing. California senators Dianne Feinstein are among 22 senators that are questioning today. You can stream it live on our app. Johnson johnson says it has paused its vaccine trial after a patient became ill. The vaccine was in phase three, which is the last step before it can receive approval. Pauses like this are normal. Number three. Santa clara county is easing its covid19 restrictions to going to the less restrictive orange tier. Indoor dining and other businesses and activities at limited capacity. Number four. Governor newsom and state officials have announced new guidelines for families as we head towards the holidays. The state now says you can gather with up to two other households, but the smaller the number of people, the safer. Number five. Were waking up to clear and calm conditions this morning but thats not going to be the case less than 24 hours from now. Critical fire conditions. 5 00 wednesday morning through 11 00 friday morning. Fire weather watch. And number six, we do not have any major blocking issues on our roads right now. We are going to take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza too early for metering lights but i forgot, were doing emery as people make their way westbound on 7 nch. Number seven. Were still talking about this. A hiker in utah and this cougar. The big cat stalking this man for six minutes. You can watch the video right now at abc7news. Com. Look, he threw a rock. That is what caused that stop. The daughter of dynasty star is opening up in an exclusive. She says she was brain washed. An abc exclusive fighting to save her daughter. Actress Catherine Oxenberg played amanda carington dynas dynasty. Now thisern moi morning, cather oxenberg and her daughter are telling her story. This is not the daughter you first knew. When i confronted her in may i thought i could wake her up. Why wasnt what your mom was telling you resonate at that time . I was too deeply in. I was scared and confused. Reporter the emotional interview coming up at 7 00 a. M. With your gma first look im mona kosarabdi. A 5yearold boy throwing toys to protect his mom from a home invasion. Police say mom was ironing getting ready to start the day when four intruders stormed in. Little david did his best to fight back by throwing a toy car. They left without taking anything and no one was hurt. South bend Police Released this video and theyre hoping to get more leads. Yikes. Look at david. He said not today. That boy has no fear. He wanted to protect his mama. Were coming back with a full 90 minutes of news including Michelle Obamas newly released plans. Amazon prime day is here. How to make sure youre getting the best savings. Another step towards reopening theme parks here in californ for a safe and secure future, this is aabc7 news. Now at 5 30 the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of judge Amy Coney Barrett getting under way in two minutes. The two issues taking center stage. The race to develop a coronavirus vaccine. The trial that just hit a road block during phase three. Indoor dining could begin again soon in the south bay. Restrictions easing as soon as today in Santa Clara County. And happening now, amazon prime day is here. The strategy to get the best savings. Good morning. Welcome to tuesday, october 13th. Before we get to those stories, we want to check in with mike for a look at our forecast today. Hi, mike. Hi, kumasi, reggie. First thing i want to do is update you on our critical fire conditions. With those northeast winds gusting up to 50 Miles Per Hour with some of the fastest winds and most critical fire conditions while we sleep wednesday night and thursday night. So, weve got to be vigilant about being prepared in case evacuations are ordered. Right now look how calm it is. Winds are five Miles Per Hour or less and look how clear it is from sutro tower. Lets talk about warm temperatures and no spare the air this afternoon. It was canceled yesterday. 70 at Half Moon Bay and look at the low to mid 80s San Francisco and the entire bay and mid 80s to our inland valleys. Only get hotter from here. Kumasi. Thank you, mike. In about half an hour the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of judge Amy Coney Barrett will continue. Cement a conservative majority on the court two issues health care and abortion will be center stage. Elizabeth is live in washington with the very latest. Elizabeth . Hey, good morning, after republicans and democrats clashed yesterday over the format and timing of the Supreme Court coniffirmation hearing, today the senators will ask questionsbarrett. This morning a new judge Amy Coney Barrett beginning today ten republicans a, including kaa harris. Replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg with someone who will undo her legacy. President trump is attempting to roll back americans rights for decades to come. Reporter Senate Republicans who are confident they already have the votes to confirm barrett before election day say her catholic faith should be off limits. But what your political opponents want to paint you as is a tv or Cartoon Version of a religious rad reporter they instead made ffordaare act with out the fate Supreme Court set to hear challenges on the law next month. Stripping health care for millions of americans during a p pandemic. That is what is at stake. Reporter the ruling that uphold obama care and also face questions on abortion. She signed an advertising calling for the unborn to be protected in law. During her Opening Statement, barrett said her philosophy has been shaped by her mentor the late Supreme Court justice scalia. Not to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life. The value judgments of government must be made by the political branches, elected by and accountable to the people. Meantime, joe biden is continuing to face questions over whether heg justices to the Supreme Court. Bidens saying hes not a fan of that idea. In washington, elizabeth, abc7 news. The race to develop the k coronavirus vaccine. Johnson johnson paused its trial after someone got sick. Jobina foeeina at the live desk more. The last step before it can receive approval. The company said the person had a, quote, unexplained illness. We dont know if the patient got the vaccine itself or a placebo. Experts say pauses like this are a normal part of clinical research. This is the second time a latestage vaccine trial has been paused. Astrazeneca had to halt its trial last month, reggie. Jobina, thank you. Santa clara county expected to move from the red tier to the less restrictive orange tier and that means other indoor gatherings allowed with some restrictions. The economy and reopenings are something were following closely in our effort to build a better bay area and Julian Glover is live with more on what we can expect. Julian. Hi, good morning, reggie. If you own a restaurant here on santana row i bet you have never been so excited to see wednesday. The day the county here in santa clara could officially move to the less restrictive orenange tr meaning they could allow diners inside the restaurant for the First Time Since march. Very, very long time. A few changes that will be happen to the move to the less restrictive orange tier. Want to walk you through them and restaurants able to operate at 25 capacity or 100 people. Whichever is fewer. Same thing with indoor gatherings and Worship Church services. 25 capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer. That number increases and shopping malls allowed to operate at 50 capacity. Churches here in the south bay will be allowed to operate inside for the First Time Since march. I spoke to the bishop of san jose, oscar cantu last week and he told me masks will be required inside of all catholic parishes and distance yourself in the pews and only be allowed to sit with families living in the same household and things like communion will be different and the body of christ and not the blood and that could require a sip from a communial cup. We feel like we have a responsible protocol where we could go indoors responsibly. Were not quite in the clear yet. The changes are dependent on case count and positivity rates remaining stable. We expect to hear the positive news, though, today, when the county is expected to move from the states red tier into the less restrictive orange tier. We should get that news at the briefing this morning. And, again, these changes would then take effect tomorrow, a day after the official announcement is made. That is all according to Santa Clara Countys guidelines. Reporting live here in san jose just outside of santana row. Julian glover, abc7 news. Thank you, julian. Speaking of Indoor Dining, the house of prime rib in San Francisco is reopening on thursday at 25 capacity and it looks like a whole lot ofcait nanes au reservations on open table and in the first couple hours more than 1,600 tables got booked. The owner joe betts tells the chronicle reservations are going really fast. He has bookings to january. Governor newsom is sending a team to florida to see how theme parks like Walt Disney World have been able to reopen. We will be visiting with some of the larger theme parks and continuing those conversations back and forth. We continue in good faith to try to work to get where i know everybody wants to go and thats to get people back to work and also create more entertainment options. Disneyland and other california theme parks remain closed while they await long promised reopening guidelines from the state. Disney is the Parent Company of abc7. Coming up, a kindergarten trend during the pandemic. What some bay area districts are noticing about their youngest students. Michelle obama and lebron james teaming up to boost younger voting. First, we check in with meteorologist mike nicco. Hi, reggie. Hi, everybody. Microclimates along the coast. 46 at Half Moon Bay and then mid 60s around pacifica and daly city and up to 58 into san bruno. As we look else where, excuse me, temperatures range from aout 50 in santa rosa to 60 in ouowards antioch. Look at san jose where its clear and 57 ly looking like mo cars on 87 and thats just an observation. Well go to jobina and talk more about the commute weather wise. Little quiet out there and warm this afternoon and if youre outside for any time, high uv index. Have the sunglasses and may need to wear sunscreen. The last time we talked about the fire, we focused on the winds. Look at the humidity levels drop as we head through tomorrow afternoon ask dond down into th teens and 20s and 30s and 40s around the bay and overnight when we expect them to jump back into the 70s and 80s, not going to happen. They will stay in the teens, 20s and 30s and then they get even hotter or even drier, i should say, as we head to thursday afternoon. Some Single Digits across the north bay and thats why the fire danger is going to be so bad. We have the trifecta of dry conditions, winds and hot temperatures. So, here is a look at your fire danger index and you can see it kind of explode across the east bay and the north bay wednesday and then get even worse as we head into the overnight hours through thursday morning where it pegs at extreme and it stays there through friday morning. So, definitely a concern. Lets talk more about that morning commute. Heres jobina. Hi, jobina. Hi, mike. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. So, im going to give you an overall look at the bay area right now from our map. You can see a couple slow spots im looking at coming out of tracy and sunol and its going to stop right when you get to 238 and picked up by 6 00 a. M. And speeds down to 24 miles per our. Speeds down to 24 miles per live look outside and see how things are going out there. Starting in emoeryvillemeryvill. Lots of headlights making their way towards the maze and bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights are not on yet and then moving over to the south bay here. San josic looing live at 101 and really smooth traffic in the but youve neverhree seen it like this. Now with xfinity internet, you can also save on wireless and streaming. Get internet thats packed with power and up to 400 in savings with xfinity mobile. Plus, stream your favorites with a flex 4k device included at no extra cost. Its three ways to get more and save more. Oh look, another 3 get xfinity internet and mobile together, plus a flex 4k streaming device for just 35 a month. Click, call, or visit a store today. Check out how clean and clear the air is from mt. Tam. You can almost see down from the san mateo bridge and up there at 2,500 feet. 50s this morning. Grab a coat but you wont need it by noon as temperatures are already at average levels with mid 60s at the coast and 63 to 80 bay and inland and touching the 70s along the coast and 80s to near 90 at 4 00 for our bay and inland neighborhoods. Hottest temperatures the next several days down in so cal but pretty darn close. Through 90 through the Central Valley and 105 in palm springs. That heat is coming our way in the sevenday accu weather forecast. All this week were folkicug on building a better bay area. Today is education. Put Lowell High School into the lottery system. It is a nationally recognized school and currently schools are admitted on tests and grades and because of the pandemic grades and scores are mostly eliminated. The School District is proposing all entering freshman have an opportunity to enter through the lottery. If approved, this would apply for Incoming Freshman in the 2021 2022 school year. Kindergarten enrollment is down this year. Some parents opted not to enroll their 4 and 5 year olds in district learning. They are worried those kids wont be ready for first grade. Enrollment is down nearly 17 this year compared to last while oakland unified is down 11 . In Contra Costa County its down at least 25 . Significant for us and significant for all of districts in our count a acount. When you have a large number of students not enrolled in school and we know it will leave an impact behind for them and also require us to think differently about how were going to catch those students up. Some districts are already thinking to next summer and a boot camp. Thats where kids will learn intensive Skill Development including reading and writing. All this week our building a better bay area Educational Team is looking at Virtual Learning and for those who have returned what inperson classes look like. Well also hear from teachers and parents about their biggest frustrations and whats working. Thats all this week right here on abc7. Voters in georgia just broke a record on the states first day of early voting. Many waited in line late into the night. Im literally at the end of the line and this is early voting. Oh, my gosh. Im going to be here for a minute. Well, according to the secretary of states office, nearly 127,000 georgians showed up to vote yesterday. The previous record was about 90,000. Election Officials Say those long lines at the polls had nothing to do with any systematic failure but just the sheer volume of people voting. Bg together they will provide transportation, food, music, ppe to early voting sites nationwide from the 18th through the 31st. This is being done through the former first ladys group and lebron james group more than a vote. Now if you have any questions boabout voting this year, we are getting answers. Joins from 6 00 to 7 00 p. M. On the Abcnews Facebook page and a live question and answer session. A panel of experts and answer any questions you have about voting and also submit your questions in advance right now on our abc7 News Facebook page. This is some Pretty Amazing video. Two stanford professors are now a viral sensation after they won the nobel prize in economics. We first told you about the win yesterday, but did you see this follow up. Stanford tweeted it out and its been viewed more than four million times. It shows Professor Robert wilson one of the winners knocking on the door of his neighbors to tell them that they both just won the nobel prize. Hes sharing the news after the Nobel Committee couldnt reach him. Paul . Its bob wilson. Yeah. You won the nobel, youve won the nobel prize. That makes me laugh every time. So, one stanford professor realized he won he then got on the phone with the Nobel Committee. By the way, Professor Robert wilson who you see here milgrim is his third student to win a nobel prize. Listen, get in the class early. Sign up now. Dont get on the waitlist. This whole thing is so funny. Get up. Get up. You won the nobel prize. This thing. Come on. It happens. Its not the first time. My students done it. That was cute. Congratulations to them. Kumasi, when you win the pulitzer. Im going to come over and have a pot and pan and the cougar over to make noise. A candy chute. Werer a egoing to pound the door. Ill have the candy shooter. Ill get up for all that. Okay, good. We should even get oprah to show up for kumasi. Oprah. All of it. Yes, all of it. Oh, the plans we have if they would only come to fruition once in a while. Lets look at what is going on from sutro tower. It is clear. Lets use this as a backdrop to talk about the accuweather highlights. Highs similar to yesterday as we head into tonight, clearer. Our last calm and cool night and uneventful night and that is because the fire danger is going to develop as we head into tomorrow night through at least friday. Finally, that fire danger in the record heat will subside over the weekend. The storm tracks moving down just a little bit. Close enough to keep that high at bay for now and thats why were seeing similar temperatures from 83 in milpitas to 86 at san jose to gilroy at 92. Nice warm spread across the south bay. 83 to 86 on the peninsula today. 68 in pacifica to 76 in daly city. We have microclimates along the coast. Thats very unusual. Low 80s for downtown San Francisco and mid to upper 80s through most of the north bay valleys. Along the east bay shore 82 to 86 degrees and some of our hottest temperatures in the east bay valleys 88 to about 93 degrees. All right. Check out your temperatures tonight. Mid 50s to low 60s. Enjoy that. Keep the windows open. It will be clean air and cool because its going to be warm wednesday, especially thursday and friday where we could have record warm lows and highs. Still going to be hot saturday but getting back to average by sunday and monday. Kumasi, reggie . Thank you, mike. New at 6 00, fake news on facebook gaining popularity. Users engaging with misinformation. But, first, there are some hicups with that new Testing Program that hawaii is implementing. It is supposed to roll out on thursday. Some details are still being worked out. Also ahead, a brandnew journey to love. Clares season of what . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. Travelers who want to go to hawaii will have an option to not do the twoweek quarantine but two weeks before this new policy begins theyre still ironing out some of the details. Starting thursday, passengers have to get a specific type of covid Screening Test taken through ten approved providers. Now, the big island of hawaii will require a second rapid results test once you land. The report says if you test positive when you land, you will get a long swab test and youll have to quarantine until results are available 24 hours later. Another issue, Hawaiian Airlines will be offering pretravel testing for its travelers, but theyre not ready yet. The first two in los angeles and San Francisco. We expect to have los angeles open at the end of next week on the 16th. And then San Francisco open the week after. And from there, we intend to expand to most of our west coast gateways. Besides airlines and some health care providers, you can get a test at cvs and walgreens. Amazons twoday prime day event is under way as we speak. If youre planning on how to buy anything, how do you stratjz your savings. The best way to take advantage of that is that you download the app of the retailer, whether its prime or walmart app or target app and then you download a conjoining app that will tell you when that price is dropping. Coming up at 7 00 on gma everything you need to know to save big not just for amazon but all the other major stores slashing prices today and tomorrow. Tonight is the night that bachelor nation has been waiting for. After months of delays because of the pandemic, sacramentos very own clare begins her journey to love on the brandnew season of the bachelorette. My name is dale and i couldnt be more excited to take this journey with you. I feel like i just met my husband. Oh, already. Okay, dale. This is the most mysterious season yet and this is why. There are widely circulated rumors that claire ends up leaving the show and they end having to replace her. She addressed that rumor on gma this morning. Did that happen or not, claire . You know whxwoe you know, a happened on this season and i would not do it any justice if i give any of it away to you. Clare says youre not going to find out from me. It premieres tonight at 8 00 right here on abc7. She said the contract was signed. I want my check. Exactly what i was thinking. That do not disclose. Oh, yeah. Could take away all her money. Lets take a look at what is going on in san jose where its clear and 57 degrees. Check out our temperatures anywhere from 8 to 13 degrees warmer than average and we still have our warmest days ahead of us. In fact, lets look and widespread 90s inland by wednesday. 80s around the bay. And i think the 90s will make it all the way to San Francisco by thursday and for sure friday. So, i think this model is underdoing how much heat is going to make it. Look at the winds and look how theyre blowing right from the hottest areas through San Francisco to the coast as we head through friday. Its going to be a tough couple ys especially ift haveir mike. Confirmatiresume. My barret heari a south bay professor is explaining the political stakes. If all goes well, Santa Clara County could move into the orange tier today. What this means for restaurants and businesses during then pademic. What would you do if you spotted a twoheaded snake in your house . These animals this morning. How the snake building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Now at 6 00, day two of judge Amy Coney Barretts confirmation hearing. Here is a live look at the capitol hill where todays hearing is getting started. The Supreme Court nominee could face tough questions from 22 senators. I will kiss the guys and beautiful women and ill just give you a big, fat kiss. President trump willing to greet his supporters with a kiss after his bout with covid19. Election day just three weeks away and he and joe biden ramping up visits to swing states. And for the reopening in Santa Clara County. Indoor dining could be allowed, but youre going to have to hand over more than your credit card if you want to get a meal. Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, october 13th. Before we get to all those stories, we want to check in with mike for a look at our forecast. Good morning, mike. Good morning, jobina, kumasiu reggie. Lets give you an update. 23 hours to get ready for that and if that means building Defensible Space around your house or packing bags and figuring out an evacuation plan in case a fire erupts. If it does, it will spread rapidly with northeast winds gusting up to 50 Miles Per Hour above 1,000 feet which is all those areas you see in orange. It starts at 5 00 tomorrow morning and goes through 11 00 friday morning. Were looking at, what, more than 50 hours of heightened fire conditions. Right now pretty clear on live doppler 7. You can see from sutro tower just how clean it is. No marine layer and no fog and nothing to stop the warming today from 70 at Half Moon Bay and low to mid