Lauren simonetti watching the market action. Blake burman on the white house beat. Hillary vaughn on the scene of the big debate, the vicepresident ial debate in salt lake city. Well get to all three of you. Blake, with a lot to cover. The first things first. The president in the oval office right now . Reporter he is indeed, connell. I was talking to a white house official probably about 20, 30 minutes ago who told me the president is indeed in the oval office. I was told according to the white house official the president was being briefed on two matters. One, the monster hurricane out in the gulf right now that could potentially make land shore friday, texas, louisiana, mississippi, hurricane delta the president is briefed on the latest on the relief talks seemingly over at this point. The president wants stand alone bills. Well get to that in a second. We also got a Health Update on the president today as he is now back in the oval earlier today from his doctor, who said the follow
Minutes. Mike, any new issues popping up for the commute . No. Lets not jinx it. Looking at the green sensors all around the bay and little slowing out of the altamont as we expect this time every day. No problems Contra Costa County and pushing towards the bay bridge. Starting to build a little bit of volume and in the north bay we continue to follow those closures. 128, 129 all highways youll hear about related to the fires. Back to you. Thats right. Thats what were talking about. Breaking news we continue to cover. Fire crews working fast to cut containment lines around the glass fire in napa and sonoma counties. Theyre concerned about another round of red flag warnings. The fires burn nearly 52,000 acres. It is only 2 contained. Flames have destroyed 143 homes and damaged 46. Now the burn zone in napa and sonoma counties continues to grow. More than 26,000 structures remain threatened. And fire investigators are really trying to zero in on what sparked this fire. Massive flames on
New jersey, connecticut. That really added to things. It is still going on. Governor andrew cuomo on the screen speaking live right now. At the beginning of this, they cade a joint announcement. People coming into the tristate area from certain highrisk states would be ordered to quarantine for 14 days, when investors heard that, the market went another leg lower. Well cover it from all angles, starting with Jackie Deangelis in the new york newsroom. Like i said, jackie, things were not going great to begin with andth just added to it, right . Reporter exactly right, connell. There are is a twopart story. There was fear in the market about being spike in coronavirus cases across the country in certain states. That added to tension for investors. Were seeing a spike going into the summer. That was not predicted. Theyre thinking about what could happen if there is a second wave. That is the push and pull weve been experiencing in the marketplace. New york, new jersey, connecticut governo
It is scenes like this that are drawing complaints all over the bay area. Dangerous, illegal fireworks set off nightly in neighborhoods. Now steps are taken to do something to keep it from happening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Leslie brinkley dug into the complaints and what is being done in the east bay. Reporter in Alameda County the neighborhood fireworks are bigger, stronger and louder than in years past. That is what weve been getting a lot of complaints on, not just the volume but the force of the explosions that people are hearing in the community and a lot of those are the aerial mortars. People arent watching those into the sky, theyre launching them more horizontally instead of vertically so were seeing projectiles into neighborhoods. Littered with this weekends fire power. Why is it worse this year . Law enforcement officials are guessing that people are bored and at home willing to buy illegal fireworks online for diversion, seizures are down. We believe a lot of the
Statues were ripped from their pedestals and covered with graffiti. This was after a night of protests. Wilson walker is there. It is clear why some of those figures were targeted. Others however it is not so clear . Thats right. So where is the line between protests and destruction of public property . Thoughts on that from the mayor coming up. But two of those three statues are men who are now notorious for their existing as slaveowners. Another was famous for accepting the surrender of robert e lee. All morning and throughout the afternoon, they worked to clean up after the scene here in the music concourse. This is just the aftermath that many had to come and see for themselves. Among the empty pedestal, one that held Francis Scott key. A man who did owned slaves. And another was the founder of California Missions was also a slave owner. When i was here last week, i noticed it was still up. And i just thought it was surprising to have him so prominently in the park considering the