Gloom out there. Were following the Airline Industry very closely as you know. Theyre looking for more aid, this time in the form of direct government grants here. The talk is how are they going to get that . The question, how much. Jetblue, robin hayes, what the significance of the flying industry is going through now. Jetblue has been able to fly over the turbulence. There is something that must be going on that were missing. Were looking what is happening at colleges now. The university of North Carolina at chapel hill. Kids were congregating, going to bars and parties. Not exactly social distancing. Now that university among some others that goes from inperson to virtual classes. Iona colleges president is with us, how that school is avoiding all of that. Meantime were focused on day two of the Democratic Convention as stuart was highlighting. The president has his own plans, continuing to visit battleground states that could turn the tide on this contest, still 76 days away. Blake
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Did you see it or hear it . Thunder and lightning here in San Francisco and across the bay area. Rumbling in the north bay,va, p widespread wildfires. Flashing across the night sky in the east bay, lighting up the oakland skyline. Streaking across the south bay where its blamed for sparking on apartment fire. As someone who grew up on midwestern thunderstorms, it was both intense and unusual here. Yeah, eric. You got that right. Abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma joining us now. Right away with what to expect because, drew, this has been wild weekend of weather. Yeah. Certainly this morning is a morning a lot of us are not going to forget anytime soon. Hundreds of lightning strikes lighting up the morning sky earlier today. Live doppler 7 along with satellite showing you the bay area was basically the bullseye for all of the storm activity. Right now the current lightning strikes are in the sierra. But what is h
Why some schools are change history books. It is friday, august 14th, early today starts right now good morning im frances rivera. Im phillip mena. The United States response to the pandemic is front and center in the race for the white house. In a sharp contrast to president trump, joe biden is calling on every governor to issue a mask mandate for three months Andrea Mitchell has the details. Reporter joe biden and Kamala Harris getting briefed by doctors on the coronavirus today. Every governor should mandate mandatory maskwearing the estimates by the experts are it will save over 40,000 lives in the next three months. Reporter the president did not wear a mask publicly until last month this is america, be a patriot, protect your fellow citizens reporter the president jumped on that joe biden would allow rioters and looters and criminals and millions of illegal aliens to roam free in our country he wants the federal government to issue a sweeping new mandate to lawabiding citizens. R
Flavor of spring as temperatures drop with well more the way of some drizzle in the coastal areas are more in the forecast a bit back to you sounds good day. Thanks. A lot of good news this hour. The state has released the safety requirements that Elementary Schools must follow if they want to apply for a waiver to reopen. California is also releasing new guidelines for youth sports as well and the devils in the details Sarah Stinson has all the details for us in San Francisco. Hi sarah good morning. And there yeah, waiver application applies Double Public School districts and private. Im here at a school in San Francisco for example called Sherman School and is school like this one in a county that is on the governors watch list, well have to jump through a few more hoops before being able to apply for that waiver because they need to consult with parents they need to have major discussions with the county Health Officer and discuss with other schools in the district, its a good idea
Trapped by floodwaters. See how total strangers put their lives on the line to get them out of danger. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is a flood economically and healthwise of biblical proportion, and our republican friends are lookin like they just want to fix a leaky faucet. Reporter with stimulus talks collapsing in congress, President Trump says he is prepared to take executive action. If democrats continue to hold this critical relief hostage, i will act under my authority as president to get americans the relief they need. Reporter the u. S. Has broken yet another unthinkable record. More than 160,000 people in the u. S. Have now been killed by the coronavirus. We have to remain vigilant. Were doing very well, but we have to remain vigilant. Reporter warning of a humanitarian disaster in lebanon with widespread medicine and Food Shortages after this weeks explosion. Reporter a u. S. Top intelligence official is warnin