Unshakeable. Woodruff and to denounce President Trump. Today we are a country divided and we have a president doing everything in his power to make it that way. At the time like this the oval office should be a command center. Woodruff tonight former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former president barack obama and this years Vice President ial nominee Kamala Harris. Day three of the Democratic National convention. Woodruff again, im Judy Woodruff and welcome to our special pbs newshour live coverage of the Democratic National convention. Were now on night three of this virtual event. Tonight, we will hear from Hillary Clinton, the partys nominee four years ago. Well hear from former president barack obama and then we will hear from Kamala Harris, a historymaking Vice President ial nominee. Im here in our studio with political analyst amy walter and right around the corner our senior correspondence amna nawaz. Both socially distanced. And we have reported and guests across the coun
Morning. Several lightning strikes to the north in mendocino county, between korea and ukiah. You can see all the lightning strikes. Engh instability, fighting off as thunderstorms this morning. Because of that a red flag warning remains in effect for the entire region until 11 00 a. M. Because lightning strikes can lead to new fire starts. We saw that 50 wild fires started over the weekend from thunderstorms, lightning strikes. Also extreme heat continues. Excessive heat warnings and advisories remain effect to the dangerous heat. Were talking checkable digit heat in concord, fairfield, livermore. Mid 90s in san jose and 80s for San Francisco and 82 and 89 for oakland. Along the coast in the mid 70s. Up in a fetersto threst, exacy i ts ecthkiet do good morning. We are coming to you live near snow. Keeping an eye on the flames all morning long. In the past hour or so, you can see the bright line of orange flames. T ofees at arsilhouette toward the left. This fire is progressing overnig
Lets get to the news. President trump claimed yesterday that if former Vice President joe biden is elected, quote, markets would crash and cities would burn. Our country would suffer like never before. I guess the only good news is that by november, you know, well be used to it. Thats right, in case you werent concerned already, our president is now talking like the opening crawl of a star wars movie. Seth according to a new report, President Trump made up the story about the new york yankees inviting him to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at their game on august 15th said trump, okay, you got me. I was lying. They wanted me to pitch the whole season. Thats right, President Trump made up the story about the new york yankees inviting him to throw out the first pitch because he was jealous of dr. Anthony fauci appearing at the Washington Nationals home opener even worse, now it looks like he is jealous of dr. Birx, too. When asked in a new interview if he regretted writing a negativ
Incredible video shows a former College Football wide receiver making an incredible catch in phoenix. Wow. Thats philip blank snatching a 3yearold out of midair after the boys mom dropped him out of the top floor of a burning threestory building. The boy is in critical condition. His mom, unfortunately, did not survive this. Another child was saved in a nearby building when neighbors caught him in a blanket after his mom dropped him to safety. Incredible. Wow, to see those videos. Turning now to the grim reality check from hundreds of scientists that the coronavirus can linger in the air for much longer than wed initially thought. It now has a growing number of us taking a second look at air purifiers and filtration systems. Heres abcs bec w reporter its in the air. Thats what a group of 239 scientists representing 32 countries reported to the World Health Organization, asking for a revision to the w. H. O. s recommendations for covid19 due to evidence showing the disease is airborne.
Why newly surfaced body cam footage of an incident from 2019 could raise new questions in the investigation of his shooting death in february. And safer skies. An inside look at how one airline is taking lessons from hospitals to make people feel safe about traveling again. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I happen to be taking it. Hydroxychloroquine . Im taking it. Hydroxychloroquine. Right now, yeah. The leader of the free world reveals hes taking daily doses of a drug medical experts and the u. S. Food and Drug Administration warn could have harmful side effects. Hes our president and i would rather he not be taking something thats not been approved, especially in his age group and his, shall we say, weight group. What is morbidly obese. Reporter more americans are heading back to work as states continue to ease restrictions. It never has been about money. Its about our freedom. Monday, new york, california and texas joined the Sunshine State in saying t