The republican ticket official again. He and his allies defended his record on several key issues and took aim at joe biden. Fireworks on the final night of the Republican National convention, both in President Trump speech and over the washington monument. At no time before have washington voters faced a clear voice between two artese. An is with the president , his family and allies all tried to paint joe biden as extreme. We have spent the last four years reversing the damage joe biden inflicted over the last 47 years. Reporter especially given the unrest and violence over the summer. Resident trump, you got it wrong from the beginning. Reporter while the president was speaking protesters held a loud demonstration, making their voices heard. Any other year the president ial debates are a given, but this year the Trump Campaigns as they think joe biden wont show up. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says he shouldnt. The Trump Campaign accusing biden of wanting to stay in his basement saying quote, biting bailey knows he cant defend the radical left policies he is adopted and wants to keep voters in the dark as long as possible. Im going to go by the rules of the debate commission, play by the rules and we are going to have a debate. Reporter some of the protests we saw are still going on. Have remained fairly calm. There were some skirmishes between police and protesters, but nothing like what we saw a few weeks or even a month or so ago. Next, its on to the general election. First, President Trump says he will head to texas and louisiana this weekend to survey damage by hurricane lori. Protesters demonstrated near the white house during tonights speech. There is also music playing at the black lives matter street merrill, lafayette square. The Washington Post reports the honking of horns and music from the protester are clearly heard on the south lawn when the president was speaking. The situation did escalate slightly after the speech ended. Protesters confronted senator rand paul and other white house guests as they were leaving the event and also briefly clashed with police. Hurricane laura carved a path of destruction through louisiana and across the gulf region today. Fortunately, the storm is not as catastrophic as feared. And still barreled across louisiana, ripping the roofs of houses, snapping the trees and power lines. Laura came ashore nearly charles, louisiana, which saw buildings flattened in windows blown out. The hurricane killed also six people. All were related to trees falling on residences, which is in line with this being a major wind event. Lauras wind speeds topped 150 miles an hour, making it one of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the u. S. And the most powerful to hit louisiana. Laura was downgraded to a Tropical Storm today as it moved into arkansas and toward missouri. To the latest on the wildfires burning in the bay area. Containment in the scu fire has grown to 35 . More then 369,000 acres have been burned so far in the fire. Is burning in seven counties, noting alameda in santa clara. There is progress being made against the czu complex. It is 24 contained and has burned more then 81,000 acres. In the north bay containment of the lnu complex is at 35 . That fire has destroyed 1080 structures and born more then 369,000 acres. Today and also prompted new evacuations in colusa county. As that fire burns officials are working out how to help victims with shortterm and longterm assistance. Reporter shortterm such as living expenses, longterm like sba loans. People who have been through it so you cant start soon enough. My wife had a list of stuff. Reporter the worst has happened for hundreds of households across the bay area who lost everything in lightning set fires, now facing questions and an uncertain future. We are trying to decide. Im more afraid of the fire. Reporter no doubt its overwhelming. This is step one in your journey. Like many of you, i am a fire survivor. Reporter in a virtual town hall on recovery, a Sonoma County supervisor who lost her home in the 2017 firestorm. Know that sadly, tragically, we are a county that is very, very experienced at recovery. Youre going to get through this. Reporter from the start, document everything. Not just losses, but expenses and correspondence. United policyholders formed after the end firestorm 30 years ago and offers a roadmap to recovery program. The bottom line is, when its safe to go back to your property you want to take pictures of debris. If it is too painful to do it yourself, get somebody else to do it. Reporter homeowners are advised to take help cautions, to wear protective gear when handling health and rubble and to contact Insurance Agents early and often because the process does not drive itself. For anyone who is evacuating this place lost property, my heart goes out to you again. This is not something we need right now on top of another natural disaster, thats hell. Reporter the fire is so massive cal fire says it cant be surveyed without refueling stop. It has stalled in Sonoma County. After those who didnt make it through, officials offer comfort. Breathe, because we will be with you every step of the way. Some counties are pushing to have local Assistance Centers open by september 1st, next week. Those will streamline the process of replacing documents and applying for aid. The woodward fire at Point Reyes National seashore remains at eight percent contained tonight. No homes have been lost there. That fire is burning west of highway one and is consumed more then 2800 acres. That county sheriff says it is very smoky and theyre asking visitors to avoid the coast this weekend. A meth tutor is behind bars for allegedly molesting several teenage girls. How victims help release with the investigation. Also, protests lead to destruction in downtown oakland. The cleanup as people set fires. Superfast internet. Its a beautiful thing. Superfast internet with an xfinity flex 4k streaming device included . Even beautifuler. And now flex also comes with peacock. Ooh la la. This rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, shows, news, sports and more. And with flex, its all at your beck and call. Show me parks and rec see . The best really did get better magnificent. Switch to xfinity internet and get a flex 4k streaming device with peacock premium included for no additional cost. There is relative calm in kenosha, wisconsin following the Police Shooting of jacob blake. Small groups of people are protesting and police are making arrests for curfew violations. Businesses and residents leaning some of the damage left from the demonstrations earlier this week. The National Guard and federal Law Enforcement agents are on standby. The police chief is listening to what protesters are saying about the injustice of shooting a man in the back. The voice of this people is not falling upon deaf ears. We are hearing what is being said america spoke to his commitment. Ushering change where thats possible. Prosecutors today charged 17yearold kyle written us with two counts of homicide after he allegedly shot and killed two protesters. He also faces one count of attempted homicide for wounding a third person. He could face a mandatory life sentence if convicted. Hundreds gathered in downtown sacramento tonight for an event called solidarity with kenosha. People began rattling around 8 00 this evening. Demonstrators were asked to wear black and masks. Police are in riot gear. There are reports of banks and businesses being vandalized also, a fire we started saw that of the District Attorneys Office that would is broken. Our Crime Reporter henry lee tells us the protests started feasibly, but then turned to mayhem as the night went on. Its a familiar scene, markers in downtown oakland boarding up windows and taking stock of the damage. Among those hit, the modern times brewery, the bank of the west and another frequent target, whole foods. The cleanup thursday came the morning after some people went on a rampage to process the Police Shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin. It began peacefully wednesday night with 200 people marching to the Oakland Police quarters. Some individuals threw objects at inside lasers and officers. Atlanta this morning. That message not received. The crowd grew to 600 and police say agitators within the group begin wreaking havoc downtown. They set fires, smashed windows, torched cars downtown. And for the second time, torched the Alameda County courthouse. The firearm, i am told, was worse this time inside that vestibule. That building, its just a matter of time before something catches on and not building reporter they also displayed antipolice messages like, kill cops. You can distrust the police and have a lot of different feelings, but i think we need to take the conversation to that level and its really not helping anybody out. Reporter police also condemned the destruction, saying their focus and target was destruction and damage. Breaking windows, lighting fires, doing whatever damage they could. We know most of our downtown buildings are boarded up and in some cases the protesters were the plywood off the set fires. There was nothing peaceful about last night. Their intentions were to cause damage. There were several arrests, but no reports of injuries. About 21 businesses suffered window damage and more then two dozen fires. The man accused of murdering a federal agent and a Santa Cruz County sheriffs deputy has pleaded not guilty. 32yearold Stephen Carino is charged with the Fatal Shooting of federal officer Dave Patrick Underwood and olsen and i week later he allegedly ambushed a santa cruz sergeant in ben loman. They are accused of traveling to oakland to Kill Police Officers during a protest in late may. Korea is set to appear in a Santa Cruz County room in december. New at 11 00, police in palo alto arrested a man for allegedly molesting at least seven teenage girls. Police say two women in their 20s came over and back in june. Base and they had been sexually molested at the home of 74year old mark allen hood during private meth lessons several years ago. After investigating, police were able to arrest him at his home on tuesday. All of the victims were between the ages of 14 and 17 when the alleged abuse occurred. Police say there may be other victor thames who have not yet come forward. The Fairfield Police department is getting a new police chief. Deanna control has headed up the San Luis ObispoPolice Department since 2016. She will leave that job at the end of september and begin her new post in fairfield. She is no stranger to controversy. Last year she left her gun in a restaurant bathroom only to have it stolen minutes later. It took her two hours to report the and was missing and it led to the arrest of an unrelated man. Recently she has faced criticism over handling of a black is better protest. After losing his fiancc this spring, in san jose special Education Teacher loses his home in the czu complex fire. Coming up, how the community is now rallying the finding. It makes me want to keep going, you know. I want to get back to who is adding back to me. We are tracking the poor air quality around the bay area, plus the weekend forecast. 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 a special Education Teacher in san jose lost his fiancc in april. Now he has lost his home to the wildfires in the santa cruz mountains. He is still teaching, despite everything is been through. Reporter on the outside nelson southward looks like a tough guy. But if you dig deeper you will learn the 56yearold is a special Education Teacher in san jose for 23 years, described as goofy and kind. Every christmas he dresses up at santa claus. You will also find out nelson has endured immeasurable loss. I lost my fiancc in april. Reporter his fiancc tracy, his partner and best friend of 12 years, dying of a brain aneurysm. Still reeling from her death when the czu complex lighting fires struck the santa cruz mountains. When i was waiting around i was really anxious. Reporter this is what nelsons home in Boulder Creek looked like before the fire. This is it today, only mailboxes left. All of his belongings, everything he shared with his fiancc is gone. Logic well, not everything. I have the ring. I havent wanted since i lost her. Honestly if you joined the zoom sessions he would have no idea he is going through so much right now. Reporter this teacher coe teaches south grade in san jose. A title i school, where many families are low income, teachers setting up a gofundme, families giving what they can. Our community doesnt have a lot and our school doesnt have a lot. But you know, we are still giving. To my teacher, stay safe by andre. I dont know if you can see that. Reporter nelson students writing him letters and sending him money. This makes me happy, you know. This keeps me going. Reporter faith, family, friends and a he has a lot. He makes we want to keep going, you know. I want to get back to who is getting back to me. All around the bay area people are stepping up to help feed firefighters. Today firefighters fed police and Emergency Responders in petaluma. Mango drinks were served free of charge. Organizers say it was a way to say thank you for those working long hours to protect our communities. We are watching the fog come barreling into the city. We checked it about 45 minutes ago or so and you can see the city. Now, as we look at this picture, you can see salesforce but the fog is filled in. You cant see Market Street. Down here is Market Street in the buildings and city. Is gone it does that a lot. There is a time. Of course for salesforce it would be popped tuitele enough building that it sticks out. 21 miles an hour right now, that is sustained and very favorable out of those areas. This wind direction, very very favorable for firefighters. And know that was a big. And is a huge story, but it has been winding down. What is not winding down is the air quality and spare the air alert again tomorrow. Mornings are worse. We talked about that last night. The smoke slows down and some areas are getting breaks, some arent. And really just depends on a west northwest wind or southwest westwind. You are getting a bunch or not, and could change from day today. In the way, is with us until those fires are out. Temperatures a little warmer then last night, so tomorrow will be not a rule, but i am kind of guessing it will be a few degrees warmer, 3 to 4 degrees warmer then today in the and. Said it was a lot of 80s. Is the fog along the coast, the classic august temperature foot , not that far from. 84 in santa rosa, 90 in fairfield, 92 in brentwood. This is for friday. It will be a little warmer and we get mid and upper 90s back into the forecast as we go monday and tuesday of next week. In september a republican assemblyman is staying away from the state capital after his roommate tested positive for coronavirus. Randy faulkner confirmed the news on twitter. His roomie is state senator brian jones from san diego county. He recently tested positive for the virus. This news comes during the final week of a legislative session. The assemblyman says he will be back to his official duties once his quarantine is over. Starting tomorrow, alameda and contra costa counties are starting to roll back some of their covid19 restrictions. In Contra Costa County they will be open to the general d nail salons will be permitted to do outside. Wine tasting rooms can open, even if they dont serve food. Next in sports, the powerful show of unity between the mets and marlins tonight to protest racial injustice. So youre a small business, or a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . 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Both teams then observed 42 seconds of silence in honor of the great Jackie Robinson who broke majorly baseballs color line in 1947 with the brooklyn dodgers. The players then left the field with a black lives matter shirt draped over home plate. There was no game tonight between the mets and marlins, despite the fact both teams were in uniform and did reporter the pleated doubleheader today, that did not work out well for the giant. A seven game win streak, two game losing streak as the youngster logan webb is on the mound. A little bounce or two for the whole. Donovan celano, really playing with a lefthanded batter over there and the doctors find themselves with an insurmountable 2 zero mack continues, adding austin burns yanking down the left field line. He has a two run double with chris taylor wheeling around this door four nothing. Thats way too much for the giants office on the state. Will see some defense, as usual. [ laughter ] that is just a great catch to run just turner with a home run. And he didnt do it, neither did any other giants win with the offense continued as they were shut down by the dodgers 2 0. Nba, last time we were reporting at this time if there was an emotional blake out of three games yesterday as the Players Union voted with the owners in favor of ending the boycott. The playoffs will resume, but not until this weekend. We dont know exact way when or how those games are going to be scheduled, but it will come very soon. We do want to recognize one of basketballs break coaches. Luke olson has died today. If you are not familiar with this story, what a great coach. University of arizona, 23 consecutive times he led arizona to stansel aa playoffs, including a National Play championship in 1997. He suffered a stroke last year and was 85 years old. She later everyone, you may. Madam president. Ng, may i introduce you to the ambassador of java . Oh, thank you. 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