Some highlights perhaps lowlights. Oh, boy, yeah, this was 90 minutes of chaos, no other way to describe it, spiralled into contention frustrating backandforth between biden and moderator as President Trump repeatedly interrupted and at one point chastised the president to agree to the rules of the debate that each candidate get two minutes uninterrupted. Heres a bit what it sounded like. Make sure you let people know. Why wont you answer the question. Im not going to agree with that. Will you shut up man. Who is on your list, joe. This is so unpresident ial. Gentlemen. Hell not going to give a list. Weve ended this segment well move on to the next segment. That was really productive segment keep yapping man. They addressed also Climate Change and california wild fires and asked the president if he believed in human made Climate Change and this is what the president said followed by a response from biden. I they a lot of things to an extent, yes, but i also think we have to do better m
Some voters designed to intimidate and damage President Trump. They say the country is circulating a video suggesting fraud ballot can be cast from overseas. Weve been working for years as a community to build resilience in our election in infrastructure and today that remains resilient. You should be confident that your vote counts. The agencies didnt elaborate on how the voter information was obtained. They say countries that interfere with the election will face costs and consequences. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. Lets turn to our effort to build a better bay area and protect our health from coronavirus. Well start with the big picture. Look how california handled the pandemic in the past six months. From the left the daily case counts have dropped and actually flattened out. The in middle the hospital ieszed patients is on the down swing and on the right, the number of lives claimed each day continues to decline. San francisco is the first ba
Thank you for joining us. This map highlights where people are likely to be affected by the Public Safety power shut off. In total 22,000 local pg e customers could lose power. The shut offs are starting now in the north bay and three counties, napa, sonoma. It a fresh round for residents who lived through fires, smoke and other Power Outages. Lets go to abc 7 news Cornell Bernard live in st. Helena. Reporter dan and ama, if folks havent been through enough, thousands could lose power again. Its in the name of safety but the timing is really tough. Im stocked up on batteries, flashlights, i have more flashlights, lanterns. Reporter she has what napa needs. Im here to service the community. Reporter shes assistant manager at Outdoor Supply hardware with a possible pg e shut off hours away, most of the portable generators have sold out. This could do a refrigerator, couple lights. Reporter john was buying extra flashlight batteries and not happy about it. There is a general sense of disi
Going out now. All vote by mail ballots in california come with prepaid postage and you can return your ballot at any time to and including election day. November 3rd. The envelope must be sealed, signed and dated. It can be turned into your county elections office, a ballot drop box, a vote center or any polling place. And if youre mailing it back, there is more time this year for it to arrive because of the concerns about the u. S. Postal service. Now, a ballot with a postmark no later than northern 3rd can be received as late as november 20th and it will still count. You can track your ballot online through the secretary of states website. And earlier today on abc 7 news at 4 00, we spoke live with the secretary of the state alex padilla about the benefits of voting by mail. Its convenient. You get to vote from the comfort and safety of your own home and it is proven to be secure. So any suggestion otherwise is, frankly, not true, and only seeks to undermine confidence in our electi
Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. As we hear about surges in coronavirus cases in other parts of the country. Californias numbers have been fairly steady the past several weeks and thats helping us build a better bay area. Nearly 3300 cases were reported with Southern California remaining the hardist hit region. The twoweek average is about 3200. There were another 22 deaths, which pushes californias total close to 17,000. More than 3100 people are hospitalized around the state with coronavirus. But there is very good news locally. San francisco is the first county in the bay area to move to the yellow covid19 safety tier. Thats the least restrictive tier that allows more businesses to expand and increase capacity indoors. Abc 7 News Reporter stephanie sierra has the story. Reporter San Francisco may start to feel alive again. The city officially moving into the yellow tier today granting the least restrictive rules for reopening. Here are the big take aways. Starting next tuesday, nonessen