Help. Through a translator, a mother makes a plea from San Francisco while her 10yearold daughter is stuck overseas. The little girl is in egypt and her family is in originally from yemen, they had to leave the girl behind on their journey to the bay area because of a visa problem they havent been able to fix. Nbc bay areas jean elle has more on the difficult decision to separate and the painful months of waiting. Translator pain. Im in pain every day. Every day crying. Reporter with only three of her four children by her side, through ahi woman talks about the pain of leaving her 10yearold daughter, rahad. Translator it was the hardest moment of my life. I left her, and she was crying and was saying, please wait a little bit, wait a little bit. Reporter this is video of the tearful 10yearold who is waiting for a visa in egypt. As the San Francisco chronicle first reported, after years ofp family left wartorn yemen to join the childrens father in San Francisco earlier this year. Their immigration visas were approved, but when they arrived, rahads was missing. Their Attorney Says the u. S. Embassy assured them it would be issued. They said the visa should be issued shortly. Unfortunately in the meantime, President Trump issued a ban on immigrant visas, a ban on the issuance of new immigrant visas. Reporter amir says the family had to be in the United States by july 1st or their visas would expire. So they made the difficult choice to leave the girl in egypt with a neighbor. A month later, her mother says the girl is not doing well. Translator she has a hard time to eat, sleep, and everything. She needs to eat. Everything she likes from food, she dont want it. Reporter while the family waits, their Attorney Says he has reached out to House Speaker Nancy Pelosis office for help. He also says the u. S. Embassy did reach out to him earlier this week to ask if rahad would be able to travel in midaugust. Hes hoping that means things are moving forward. In San Francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. Breaking news in San Francisco. A raging car fire slowing traffic along highway 101 tonight. This video just into our newsroom. This is northbound near the ellis street exit. No word on any injuries or a cause. The covid death toll is rising to its fastest rate in months. Roughly one american died every minute from the virus yesterday. In california, 194 deaths were reported and more than 10,000 new cases. Governor newsom once again making the plea to californians to wear a mask. Across the bay area, we added more than 1,000 cases today. Alameda county had the highest number of new cases today at 358. Contra costa county added 86 new cases. Yesterday the county reported 400 new cases but now says that was a glitch in the system, and county wide there were just cas. A live look now at San Francisco, where Health Leaders say the city is experiencing a major surge in cases. This graph shows the number of hospitalizations within the city over the last four months. You can see there was a rise in hospitalizations in april and may. Then it dropped off. And at the beginning of this mor month, hospitalizations soared once again. Grant colfax says if cases continue, the city could have more than 750 people in the hospital with covid by midoctober. The virus is moving fast, and more people are getting seriously ill. As the city sees cases going up, it announced two inpatient facilities in the presidio. Patients who dont need a high level of care and are recovering from noncovidrelated illnesses could be sent to these facilities. That will free up more hospital beds for covid19 patients. To the south bay now and the covid outbreak at a sunnyvale costco we told you about last night. Well, its not the only one. Santa clara county Health Officials say three other Costco Stores have seen outbreaks among employees. But as nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana tells us, the county says customers are not at any risk. Reporter over the span of four days, this site has seen 13 employees test positive for covid19. County Health Officials say the company has been very cooperative, and theyve taken numerous measures to try to prevent any further infections, and thats one of the main reasons why the store has managed to remain open. The other main reason, so far county Health Officials do not believe the infections happened while at work. The initial investigation appears to tell us that the cases have really been infected most likely in the community and outside the workplace although were not done with those investigations. Theyre ongoing. Reporter county Health Investigations say it includes four sites. Its going to happen. Reporter customers we talked with say it was business as usual inside the sunnyvale site. I dont think its weird because thats just the reality of a pandemic. All it takes is one person to expose 20. Reporter at this point Santa Clara County contact tracers have not pieced together any connections to any of the cases at each store. One worker who spoke to us on the condition that we conceal his or her identity said the Company Needs to provide more protection. They dont understand that you have pregnant employees. You have employees with young kids, employees that go home to grandparents, elderly parents and everybodys at risk. Reporter but two other employees we talked with off camera say they feel costco is trying to keep workers safe, but theres always a risk when dealing with the public. In sunnyvale, Sergio Quintana, nbc bay area news. New at 11 00, castro nightclub badlands has closed its doors for good. The popular gay bar made the announcement on facebook today but has since deleted the post. It did say another bar would take its place later this year with a new owner. Indeed the pandemic has had many restaurants fighting to stay in business. But now it has one San Francisco icon fighting with its Insurance Company. The historic cliff house tried to make a go of it with just takeout but recently decided to shut down until county Health Regulations relax. Because theyve lost so much money, the owners filed a claim with their Insurance Company and were denied. So now theyre suing. The owners say they paid large premiums for decades to protect a controversy like this but the company didnt pay out when they needed it. We reached out to the company for comment and did not hear back. President trump tried to walk back his tweet from this morning, the one suggesting the november election be delayed. Its something the president doesnt have the authority to do. Political analysts are weighing in about just what message the president is trying to send. Heres nbc bay areas ian cull. Reporter tonight a slight change of tune from President Trump. I dont want a delay. I want to have the election. But i also dont want to have to wait for three months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesnt mean anything. Reporter now walking back his tweet from this morning suggesting delay the election until people can properly, securely, and safely vote. Its not possible. Reporter law professor Margaret Russell says the constitution only allows congress to delay it, which has never happened in american history. Its absurd, but its also troubling that hes even saying that. In fact, republicans and i just read a meme called it fascistic, so hes gone too far. Reporter its also being dismissed by Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. Well cope with whatever the situation is and have the election on november 3rd as already scheduled. Reporter historically there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud from mailin balloting. Democrats are accusing the president of trying to distract from the coronavirus pandemic along with the u. S. Economys worst ever plunge in recent months. Theyre also worried hes laying the ground work to not accept the election results. In some cases it makes the voter wonder, is it worth it . Its a way of depressing turnout. Why should i vote if in fact its not going to matter . Thats what hes trying to do. Area news. The coronavirus has taken the life of a former president ial candidate. Herman cain ran for the white house as a republican for the 2012 campaign, and at one time was leading the polls. He dropped out of the race in late 2011. Cain was a billionaire Business Executive at Companies Including burger king and godfathers pizza. He attended President Trumps Campaign Rally in tulsa, oklahoma, in june, and was diagnosed with the virus less than two weeks later. Cain had been cochair of black voices for trump. He was 74. Longtime congressman john lewis was laid to rest today but not before being honored one more time for a life dedicated to advancing civil rights. Three former president s, congressional leaders, family and friends gathered for lewis funeral in the atlanta church. Reporter Martin Luther king jr. Was once pastor. President obama delivered the eulogy. He praised lewis work on civil rights and encouraged americans to continue that work to get in called john . Lets honor him by revitalizing the law he was willing to die for. Reporter lewis final message was an essay published today in the new york times. In it he challenged americans s saying, quote, together you can redeem the soul of the nation. Still ahead, new concerns about children and covid and their ability to spread it. The new study raising some eyebrows tonight. Plus a simple gesture thats turning into a movement. The refrigerators popping up in bay Area Neighbors to help stop hunger. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Ill get you ready for another round of fog tomorrow morning and a look at a hurricane that could bring some travel delays coming up in seven minutes. We made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. An army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. New details tonight in the Deadly Police shooting of William Mccoy in vallejo. Were now learning that a special prosecutor will oversee that investigation. 20yearold mccoy was shot and killed last year in a drivethrough lane of a fast food restaurant. Police say mccoy was ordered to keep his hands visible but reached for his gun. Thats when six officers opened fire. But a lawyer for the mccoy family says officers didnt have an actual plan of action to safely remove mccoy out of the car. The mccoy family is now suing the Vallejo Police department. The special prosecutor who will take over the case is michael ramos, a former d. A. Out of san bernardino. The mccoy family Attorney Says hes a bad choice. For me i dont see in this long history of being a d. A. Where he had many occasions where his office prosecuted police officers. And so i dont know theres enough of a history to make the family feel comfortable. Burruss says he hasnt decided but has considered asking the Solano County d. A. To withdraw ramos name. An investigation is under way in the east bay after a fire started outside a predominantly black church in berkeley that recently hung a large black lives matter sign. An alert neighbor spotted a man setting the churchs trash bins on fire and quickly knocked it down. Eugene gonzalez lives behind the Way Christian Center in berkeley. He and his roommate were able to keep the fire from doing too much damage. The Police Department says theres not enough evidence yet to call it a hate crime. The churchs pastor believes it was. Im angry, and i think all of us are angry. Were tired, but were not deterred. The Police Department said it doesnt want to discount it. A study showing children under the age of 5 can carry as much of the coronavirus in their noses as older children and adults. The study was done by lurie Childrens Hospital of chicago. This means that young kids may be able to spread covid19 as easily as adults and its another factor to consider when it comes to opening schools. I think the study should have people think for a second about what we need to do to make sure that when we reopen schools, were doing it in a safe manner. We cant assume children dont get coronavirus or spread coronavirus. 145 patients were involved in the study. It was published in the journal of the american medical association. Speaking of opening schools, while a vast majority of bay area schools will begin the school year with remote learning, dozens of south bay schools are hoping to reopen for inclassroom learning. They would need to get the okay from Health Officials first. Under governor newsoms pandemic plan, Elementary Schools have the option to apply for a waiver with their local health officer. If they qualify and are approved for this exception, students can return to class even if the county remains on the state monitoring list. Private schools like gidian housener Jewish Day School are among those applying for a waiver. It starts with Health Checks and temperature checks at the front door for all staff and children. We have provided all of our staff with ppe that they can replace every day if they wish, face a. Mmasks, as well as sheei and gloves. At least 80 schools have reached out about getting a waiver. No word on when they will be approved or denied. Four students around the bay returning to class or learning from home, it will bring a lot of changes and challenges. Chris chmura and the rest of our Response Team are working to help your family prepare. Aplease join us for a half hour back to School Special this saturday night right after the nhl on nbc. In tonights making it in the bay, theres a new Community Project thats working to fight hunger. As nbc bay areas cheryl hurd found out, its a cool experiment thats really catching on. Reporter as night falls and many families in the bay area gather around the dinner table, some not so lucky are wondering where their next meals are coming from. Carlos is one of them. Its the end of the month. Hes running low on cash, which means hes running out of food. For him, this Community Fridge is a life line. Its been great. Its really provided some sustenance, got some eggs, some bread. Just a few things because thats really all i need. Reporter thats why organizers started this movement. They wanted people to have an alternative to hunger. The idea started in new york city and is now in los angeles, San Francisco, oakland, and soon coming to san jose. We found this fridge plugged into a volunteer host familys home in west oakland. It was filled with produce, bread, water, and guacamole. No raw meat is allowed. We found another one in north re homeless a few blocks away, and i hope they us to be right here for two days, but the owner of pearl arts tells me she received an email from the city telling her that she had to bring it inside because having it here was illegal. Its not perfect because its not accessible to the public, so pretty much the idea of the project is defeated because its supposed to be free food for all. Reporter we reached out to the city about the downtown project. A spokesperson in part says this is New Territory for the city. Although its part of what makes oakland the amazing city that it is, we must also consider the health, safety, and wellbeing of all of our community members. Officials say they are working on a solution that will make this unique project work. In oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. Lets bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. He joins us right now to talk about the weather, and that includes fog at home and hurricanes across the country. Yes. Another round of that fog rolling in as we move through tomorrow morning. Well get to that hurricane here in a second as well. As we start off tomorrow morning, youre going to need that light jacket if you are up early. We have those low clouds returning. Temperatures in the 50s. Got you at 56 for the trivalley. Peninsula 58. The south bay at 57. My coldest average in the north bay at 53. San francisco 54. The east bay at 56. Lets give you an overhead view of this fog just because we can. I think it really helps to show how widespread it will be again tomorrow morning right here through the north bay down to San Francisco, oakland, berkeley, across the bay to hayward, castro valley. A few clouds in livermore and a little bit of cloud cover here for the south bay as well. But i do think it will be another morning where well clear out by 11 00 a. M. For most of us except for the immediate coastline and San Francisco. It will be a little bit slower there. My forecast tomorrow, its going to be another pleaser here from the south bay to the north bay. Right here were looking at 81 in san jose. Doesnt get much better than that in july. The end of july. 74 in hayward. That will be the spot to be. Over to pittsburg, up to 92 but at least its not the 100s. Peninsula, redwood city, 76. Sunny, a light wind out of the north west at 10. San francisco, you know what to do here. If youre headed there, bring that jacket. 58 in the marina. The north bay, as hot as 95 in clearlake. Mill valley has been really chilly lately with upper 60s and low 70s. So all good here but if youre doing any traveling anywhere, especially with some reduced flights as airlines are dealing with covid, we have hurricane developing right now and its going to move parallel to florida as we head through saturday and sunday. A half to four inches of rain. A wide range here, mainly impacting the eastern side of florida. Winds of 20 to 60 miles per hour. Now, the path has been kind of all over the place, but we keep an eye on this of course as we head into that weekend. San francisco, we have 67 by saturday and more rounds of morning fog coming your way. Right here for the inland valleys, we go to low 90s saturday and sunday. But for the first full week of august next week, 80s on monday, tuesday, wednesday, and also on thursday. S so nice weather ahead. I think anyone working from home, its going to be a really good weekend to just unplug and take a break. Fantastic. Great advice. Thanks. Maybe a little mental note to myself there. Thanks so much, jeff. Up next, testing what you touch. The Bay Area Company looking for covid19 on everyday surfaces. And happening now, nasas latest mission to mars is under way. Today the mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral florida, its expected to land on mars in february. Then it will spend two years looking for evidence of life, including drilling into the red planet to collect rock and soil samples. The samples should arrive back at earth around 2031. We are back in just a moment. Lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att just in, an outbreak of coronavirus on uscs greek row. The university of Southern California is reporting about 40 cases of covid19 in four fraternity houses. The chief Student Health officer blames the spread on shared Living Spaces and social gatherings. She also notes the university does not have control over offcampus housing. It does appear, though, that the outbreak is mostly over. In india, the coronavirus is spreading faster than anywhere else on earth, but that country could also hold a key to the lifesaving vaccine for the entire planet. India produces about 60 of the worlds vaccines, but they are playing a leading role with an Organization Called the Global Vaccine Alliance to share those resources with 160 other nations to distribute vaccines equally around the world once its developed. That way poorer nations dont stay sick while wealthy nations get the vaccines. We talk a lot about covid19 testing for people, but what about testing the surfaces we touch . A company in San Francisco developed a new test using swabs to find out if the covid virus is present on handrails, elevator buttons, shopping carts. The Company Cofounder says the tests are useful for businesses to monitor indoor exposure to covid19. The real power lies in knowing whether or not you have infected people that are asymptomatic that are shedding the virus in closed indoor spaces. A tenpack of swabs costs 400. Doctors say touching contaminated surfaces is not the main way covid19 spreads. Youre much more likely to get sick from droplets that come from a sick persons breath, cough, or sneeze. Was it another wild night of celebrating for the giants . Highlights from oracle park next. Tara, did you know geico is now offering an extra 15 credit on car and motorcycle policies . Wow. Ok thats 15 on top of what geico could already save you. So what are you waiting for . 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Fresh off last nights dramatic walkoff win, the giants are hoping to make it two in a row against san diego. Wrapping up their series at oracle park, the giants came back from five runs down. In the top of the tenth, padres left fielder tommy fam bounces a single into center field. That scored a run. The padres went on to score five more times to win the game 127. For the First Time Since early march, nba basketball players took to the court to play in real games. Tonights marquee matchup in the leagues bubble in orlando, lakers taking on the clippers. Before the start of the game, both teams along with referees took a knee during the playing of the national anthem. The game lived up to the hype. It came down to the end. Lebron james hits the game winner with less than 15 seconds remaining. The lakers hold on to win 103101. When we come back, greece opens up a one of a kind museum. The ancient exhibit under the sea. Thats next. Hi. Were glad you came in. Whats on your mind . 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For all the places we cant go right now, heres something thats about to open to the public for the first time ever. An ancient shipwreck in greece. Starting monday, authorities will allow recreational divers at the site. Normally thats restricted to preserve the integrity of the wreck. But now there are underwater cameras and Image Recognition software to alert administrators instantly if anything is disturbed. The wooden vessel was carrying clay pots when it sank in the late fifth century b. C. Archaeologists say the wreck gives insight into commerce in the period known as the golden age of athens. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Our next newscast is today in the bay. That starts bright and early at 4 30 in the morning. Have a terrific night
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