We kick off a busy tuesday. Early today starts right now good morning. Im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. Hurricane sally is creeping toward the gulf coast. The category 1 storm is one of four cyclones in the atlantic. Sallys outer bands have already started impacting floridas gulf coast. The impact is expected to make landfall anywhere between the Florida Panhandle and south easternlouisiana residents have already started evacuating in mississippi. I dont want to be here when the water is that deep and be stranded that wouldnt be smart reporter sally is churning at 3 Miles Per Hour. Forecasters say a slow moving hurricane like this one only means a prolonged impact and heavy rains, flash flooding and storm surges mandatory evacuations stretch from alabama the the bayou state. Janessa webb joining us now. She has the latest on this slow moving Freight Train Hurricane Sally is not moving and overnight the west side of the storm system has kind of collapsed. It will reorganize by the mor
100 days of protests and counting rallies against Police Brutality and racism in the u. S. Showed signs of ending supporters and opponents of the demonstrations are hardening restaurants so can anything bridge the divide this is inside story. I. I. I. Hello welcome to the program im convinced just over 3 months ago black american george floyd suffocated his offices in minneapolis tried to arrest him his death triggered protests across the u. S. Against Police Brutality and racism the rallies have been largely peaceful but cities such as portland have become flashpoints on rest after President Donald Trump sent in federal agents and accused protesters of what he called domestic terrorism more examples of heavy handed arrests have since emerged on social media as rob reynolds reports the issue is creating more division in the country less than 2 months out from the president ial election. Well i stand back state was speaking from a hospital bed jacob blake described his constant agony 24
One airline is working to stop the spread with Rapid Testing. And banning gas cars. California announces it will go right there. Officer down . We had two officers shot tonight. And its very serious. Its a very dangerous condition. Two officers shot during protests after a grand jurys decision to not charge officers in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Do not sully her memory by engaging in violence. Totally inappropriate for that to happen. President trump praising kentuckys attorney general for his handling of the Breonna Taylor case. Really brilliant Kentucky Attorney general is doing a fantastic job. I think hes a star. Lawmakers heard testimony on the latest Pandemic Response efforts. Preliminary results appear to show that most americans have not been infected with the virus and are still vulnerable to serious illness and death. Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrived at the Supreme Court for a final time. It was said that shed want to be an opera virtuoso but became a rock star instead.
Excessive heat and high fire danger. We approach a very hot weekend, medical experts are concerned aboutf covid19 cases. Tonight more residents are returning home, evacuation orders across parts of the mountains reduced to warnings. Fires in the wine country may be easing up for now but the troubles getting itting is gettg wine growers. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. Tomorrow we will probably stay most of the day with the air conditioning on. That sounds like a great idea. We are expecting brutally hot temperatures. Add in the poor air quality, a record setting 18th consecutive spare the air day today. And concerns about a spike in coronavirus cases from large gatherings. Live Team Coverage on the heat wave. Reporter this is a heat wave that is going to be extreme and dangerous. Lets take a look at the excessive heat wave that starts tomorrow until 11 00 and covers all inland areas. The risk of heat illness will be running high to very high
Land on the different issues of the day, what is coming to the floor is the ways we talk to one another, the ways in which we listen. You have written a fantastic book with understanding and hearing other peoples stories and ways they are heard and ways you listen to them. Lets jimp in and ask you, what led you to this book . What is this book . Tell us the background of it. Your assessment is right. I worry a great deal about that we dont converse anymore. We have lost that as an art of conversation. We have become divisive. The rhetoric on both sides takes over the conversation. This is about human beings, an ethical issue. For me it started many years ago in childhood, t 20when i ma eastern chad and refugee camps right when they were coming over. In those camps i would say is when i started listening to refugee stories and i heard the best of humanity and i heard about the worst, what happened to people. I made many subsequent trips. Then many years later, in looking at this world w