Stunning launch. And liftoff of sentinel 6. The Spacex Falcon 9 rocket roaring into space. The billion dollar project mission. What it will monitor from space to help us learn more about the earth. And musics big night. Were live in los angeles as we look ahead to tonights American Music awards. No ones around to judge me your sneak peek at the performances, the host not letting the pandemic stop them. Were creative people. Were still going to give you a big, big show. And the new awards being handed out tonight. Good morning. Since we gave you the numbers last sunday, the u. S. Has seen 1 million new coronavirus cases, and the death toll has surpassed 255,000. In only one state, hawaii, are cases low and staying that way. Here in new york state we are now seeing the highest level of cases since april. In california the surge is threatening to swamp hospitals, and the state has now put in place a nighttime curfew. Overnight, the food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authoriza
Your voice, your vote. This is abc 7 news. I said at the outset i wanted this campaign to represent and look like america. The battle to restore decency, defend democracy, and give everybody in this country a fair shot. Democracy is not a state. It is an act. It takes sacrifice. But there is joy in it. And there is progress. Because we, the people, have the power to build a better future. A vision of unity as president elect joe biden and his running mate, vp elect Kamala Harris, echoing the words of the late john lewis, welcoming everyone together as americans and laying out their vision for the next four years. Good morning, im jobina fortson. Im sure many of you all heard the celebrations inside your home. Well have much more on this historicmaking ticket. But first, lisa argen. Good morning, jobina. The rain is out over the ocean. We have a wind advisory in the coast and upper elevations. Its windy where we live as well. The wind gusts above a thousand feet could be in excess of 50
Harris by his side saying he expects to be declaring soon that he will be winning the presidency. President trump not speaking, thank you forjoining us, im liz kreutz and we have much more ahead on the election as we all wait for a winner to be projected, but first as we wait lets start with a quick look at the weather. Heres meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, lisa. Liz, good morning. It feels like december out there. Forget november. Weve got pretty cold weather, temperatures below average, even chillier today with north westerly winds. Theres live doppler 7. Not all of that is real, those dots, but this is real. Were looking at showers down towards santa cruz, Boulder Creek area. Scotts valley, the system missed us, went off the ocean and you can see the circulation pulling into the San Joaquin Valley and parts of Southern California. Lucky them. It is 34 on top of mout. Diablo. 45 Pleasant Hill and upper elevations are cool with some clouds. They could be cooler in spots. 37 na
The latest from prosecutors in court and why the defense says the governments got the case all wrong. Melanias message. The first lady firing back at the former friend who shared secret recordings of their conversations. They are not with the parents. Its sad. But when they come here alone or with coyotes or illegally, you you know, you need to do something. How shes hand lynx the fallout and the way she chose to get her message across. Nfl setback. The patriots canceling practice after a new positive covid19 test. How more cases could affect the nfl schedule. Will they now be blitzing in the bubble . Hey, good morning, everybody. Great to be with you for another weekend. Lets get straight to our top story. With tminus 17 days until the election, President Trump and former Vice President joe biden are hitting the campaign trail hard focusing on key battlegrounds. President Trump Holding rallies overnight in florida and georgia while biden was mobilizing voters in michigan. The candidat
Near 80 at the beaches as well and the coast. Upper 60s to near 70. Sun sets at 5 10 this evening and mild days ahead before a chance of rain works its way into our sevenday forecast, which ill share with you in a little bit. Liz . Frances, thank you. Election exuberance is flooding offices with early mailin ballots. Out of 21 million registered voters in california, more than 10 million returned their vote by mail. More than 282,000 in San Francisco county. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard has a look at how some are casting ballots where the warriors once called home. My son got me up this morning and said its time to vote and i said oh my goodness, well, lets go. Reporter rosa vaughn made a trip to the oakland arena saturday to vote. The former home of the warriors has been transformed into a voting. We the people have the voice and if we have the voice, we need to speak. Reporter Alameda County registrar of voters tim dupuis says you can still vote here if you dont feel comfortab