Waters edge have been ordered out. Including baresa knockingsville road and all the baresa estates subdivision. Joining us now by for the benefit phone is janet upton with the county of napa. Thank you for joining us. Can you hear me . Yes, i can, good afternoon. The evacuation orders and warnings have been evolving rapidly what do people need to know right now . People in the fire area need to stay vigilant and follow orders of emergency personnel. We just effected another round of evacuations in the area you were describing. Were up to 1900 homes in the area evacuated from a series of fires that burned over 12,000 acre. We expect the number of acres to go up tonight due to the activity that we saw today. Absolutely, this is allen martin now, with fires in e ththe esarea, irem evacuees have a specific place to go. Where is it . The Community Crosswalk church in the town of napa on the west side of highway 29 off first street. Theyre equipped to handle folks. And we have other continge
Legal attack. A new report published in the journal of pediatrics finds a threefold increase in dog bites during the pandemic. Well tell you why. Wildfires raging in california as temperatures soar and Power Outages grow throughout the states. Early today starts right now good wednesday morning im phillip mena. And im frances rivera. Covid19 is now the third leading cause of death in the united states. The news comes as over 5. 4 million americans have now been infected and over 1712,000 people have died from the virus. The virus is also sweeping through College Campuses across the nation just as the fall semester begins. Students attending Notre Dame University will go online for at least two weeks and students at chapel hill are headed home. Reporter notre dame going virt you for at least two weeks after 19 of students tested positive for covid19. The surge attributed to at least two offcampus parties according to University Officials who say they may be forced to send students home.
The postmaster generals reassurances this morning. Its the abc news exclusive, the Joe Biden Kamala harris sitdown interview. What theyre saying about trumps attacks, the election, and covid19. You cannot get the country moving until we control the virus. Would joe biden be prepared to shut down the country again . School struggles to open and stay open during the pandemic. The startling scenes in alabama, crowds attending football gamese postponements. [ crowd chanting ] and the plea from a student paper, dont make us write obituaries. And scorched earth. Deadly California Wildfires killing at least six people and destroying 500 homes and structures and killing at least six people. Resources stretched thin. The residents taking matters into their own hands. Hey, good morning and happy saturday. So in washington today members of the u. S. House of representatives are working on a saturday. Thats normal for us here on weekend gma but its rare for them. They are set to vote on providing
Were in westchester, pennsylvania. The expectation this will be biden country. Not far from home in delaware. The focus is Kamala Harris as she gets ready to take stage in the Democratic National convention. Well talk about this state important overall, this area is so pivotal for the hopes of the democrats. In moments i will speak with Everyday Americans and Business Owners. Stay tuned for that. Well get their perspective which is why we are here. First our top stories, fox Business Team coverage set up with gerri willis on the markets and blake burman at the white house. Gerri, we start with you. Reporter thats right. Not as exciting of a day as we had yesterday thats for sure. All three major averages finishing lower taking a breath. All three stock averages down after a big day yesterday. The big stocks driving the dow down, target and lowes hit alltime highs on blowout earnings. Target having an incredible quarter, online and stores open at least a year up 24. 3 . Alltime high. As
We have blake burman at the white house. We begin with gerri willis. We finished with the s p at new record highs for first time in six months. Above the prepandemic highs. Think about that. That is the 14th record close this year. Turn to the nasdaq as well, also at a record high today, second Straight Record close for that index. The 34th record close this year. 174th record close since election day. Good news there. Market keeping an eye as you said on two big earnings reports today. One was walmart. Shares down after the nations largest employer reported eps of 31 cents a share, blowing out estimates samestoresales up 9. 9 . Online sales up 97 . Even so the stock is down. Dont know what it takes to get walmart up today. Home depot that stock up as well. Blowout Second Quarter with the sales up 23. 4 . Americans are remaking their homes as they are forced to live there, stay there, work there all the time. Finally weve been watching apple shares closely. They are higher today as the