Good morning. There are just six days to go until the General Election and we have bought the sofa to scotlands ancient capital, dunfermline. What does the politics mean for the money in our pockets and how does that affect how people vote in six days time . We have come to meet local voters and local businesses to find out what it means for them. Matt is also here with the weather. Good morning. Iam in the grounds of Dunfermline Abbey finding out what place it plays in the towns history. Brighter and fresher conditions on the way and that lasts into the weekend. I will tell you what that means for you in 15 minutes. We are in the historic surgery of dunfermline in the kingdom of fife. Let me set the scene will be here all morning with the sofa talking to voters and politicians about the issues that matter to them six days ahead of the General Election. You will see in the background, lars, a historian. Youll be teaching us about Robert The Bruce who is buried here. Also this was home
In a brushfire. First, we go to mark on how hot it got. Did we see any records . Not anything in records, but a lot of triple digits. Temperatures soaring. Take a look at the highs above 100 degrees out toward danville, antioch, 107, walnut creek, 105, cloverdale, 103, and to saratoga and gill row, temperatures gilroy, temperatures over 100. What has been interesting with the weather pattern, it has extended period of him. This is livermore last saturday, 97, temperatures jumping up to 105, 104 on monday, slight dip in tuesday, and theres the 106 for today. You probably noticed if you were near the coast, some fog making a comeback, and that will have an impact on temperatures tomorrow. Livermore still triple digit temperatures, 100, but we begin to cool things off in the friday forecast. In fact, we have a heat advisory still in effect for portions of the bay. It has been downgraded from the heat warning, we begin to cool off friday, and bigger changes i think you might like if you do
Ambulance on the way to the hospital. And stay with ktvu for more on this developing story. Well bring you the latest in all of our newscasts as well as on facebook, twitter and our mobile app. Now firefighters battled the heat to save several homes from a fast moving grass fire. The fire was started by a jeep that caught fire at the carquinez bridge toll plaza. It spread to the backyard of several homes in the glenn cove neighborhood. Almost 40 acres burned. But fortunately, the fire didnt cause any major damage to those homes. We have our lives. I consider being blessed. Were insured. Two firefighters up suffering minor leg and ankle injuries. We saw temperatures above 100, but people should notice the heat backing off tomorrow. We will notice more fog coast side. It wont and extreme dropoff in temperatures. Today, temperatures today soaring up above 100. Danville, 108, antioch, 107, livermore 106, walnut creek, 105, and gilroy 101. Now, tomorrow, we are expecting things to cool off.
Highly celebration of transidentity and community. For some its a rare chance to be out and not be an outsider. Its been a hard year. Reporter jay muldivado says transgenders nationwide have been facing a difficult fight. On friday there was a delay in a policy allowing transgender troops to openly enlist. In the past year by the wave of bathroom bills in 16 states that are limiting transgenders access to bathrooms. Its resilience and resistance and how you have to be a part of our movement as we move forward and challenge the decision in washington and really make our lives visible. Reporter he came from San Antonio Texas where he says a new law prohibits him from using bathrooms at his high school. We cant go on the boys bathroom or the girls bathroom. Reporter but some point to North Carolina where a bathroom bill was passed and then repealed after mainstream groups such as the nba and ncaa and Large Companies boycotted the states. We need to continue to fight back and educate peopl
Charlie hebdo, rose 112 points. Other days world events bring stocks down. Today was one of those days. Not only was there word that that germanwings aircraft deliberately crashed by the coe pilot but new risks arose in the chaotic middle east. Still, the Worlds Biggest Oil producing region. Saudi arabia and the pew of Regional Airlines began rebel strongholds in yemen where the government disintegrated. Ground troops may be next. All that with economic and profit worries more than the market could withstand today. The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 40 points to 17,678. Nasdaq fell 13 and the s p 500 was down almost 5. The conflict in yemen felt in the oil markets, west texas intermediate shot up more than 2 a barrel to 51. 43. Brent prices also spiked higher. Jackie deangelis has more now on the mideast tensions and why theyre rattling oil. Reporter oil prices seeing a significant setback on geopolitical turmoil in the east. Reports of saudi air strikes in yemen and saudis and e