suspend its entire police force and puts two officials on leave following the school shooting that left 19 children dead. how the families are reacting. and anger and confusion in florida as many left homeless by hurricane ian are stuck waiting in line for hours to get the help they need. we re going to take you there this morning. new day starts right now. amara, we made it. the weekend, saturday, october 8th. we re so grateful that you re with us. before we start, a heartfelt welcome is in order. i hope our viewers will join me in welcoming and congratulating amara walker, the new new day permanent host. i m so excited. truly, there s no one else i would rather be doing this than you especially during these dark and early morning hours, but you and me together, we ve got this. world, watch out. happy to be here. thank you so much, boris. of course. we re following breaking news out of crimea where there s been a breaking escalation in russia s war on ukraine
good morning. buenos dias and welcome to your new day. i m boris sanchez. good morning, boris. i m amara walker. with the final push to election day till the midterms, president biden makes a final pitch and now the student debt relief program has hit a roadblock. we ll tell you what it can mean for millions of people across the country. plus, an alarming surge in respiratory viruses among kids leaving pediatric wards overwhelmed. what is behind the spike and what does it mean heading into flu season. and the january 6th committee hands over a s&p to former president donald trump. will he comply and what s next. ukraine s infrastructure and forcing rolling blackouts. we re going to take you to ukraine for the very latest. take a nice big deep breath. it is the weekend. saturday, october 22nd. we re so grateful you are starting it with us. great to be with you, amara. great to be with you as well, boris. good morning and happy weekend. as we were saying this mo
Studios, this is kpix5 news. The conditions now are extremely high. Extremely hot. But theres good news tonight. The ridiculous temperatures over the last couple of days are on their way down finally, im juliette goodrich. Im brian hackney. No matter where you went today, it was hot. Some areas unbearable. Pleasanton, 105. Ocean beach, 92. Across parts of the rest of the bay area, not a sign of low clouds which would be a sign of cooler weather. It got to 110 in concord. The same for fairfield. Santa rosa, 111 degrees, but the High Pressure that has been giving us all of this warm weather finally begins to ease up over the next 24 hours. And as a result, things are going to be cooling down. Well have a complete forecast of what happened next. And i think you will think it is good news in just a few minutes. Well, the south bay was sizzling today, kpix5s Sandra Osborne is in san jose where the heat is expected to continue. Reporter airconditioning units are a hot ticket item right now.
Comey. His legal career started in San Francisco in the 70s and later he served as u. S. Attorney in Northern California. Ktvu fox 2 news Jana Katsuyama is here with more on his appointment. Reporter frank and julie, i spoke with his former boss who says mueller is a perfect choice. He describes him as someone with integrity who leaves politics out of his investigation. His appointment brought relief to republicans and democrats who now hope the 72yearold former fbi director will bring credibility to the federal probe into whether the Russian Election meddling was linked to the trump campaign, Rod Rosenstein issued the order wednesday saying my decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted. But, he said for americans to have confidence in the outcome, he felt the need for a special council who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command. I think it is a good thing. Because, it takes the politics out of it. This ha
Reporter it is 10 00 and things are still packed out here at phoenix sky harbor. Passengers are coming in by the huns. By the way it is looking at the terminals, there are plenty of people waiting to get their luggage and this is what we have been keeping our eyes on throughout the day. The traffic has had its moments congested like you see it now and weve seen it go smoothly as well. Rush hour in the air and on the ground as families get ready to join together for the thanksgiving holiday. Cars wrapped around sky harbor this evening. Long lines forming outside of arrival terminals. Terrible. Reporter traffic exceeding some folks expected holiday rush. I expected a 10 minute delay but with the construction, you have to loop around the airport terminal was fun. Reporter security inside sky harbor was not too bad. Lighter than the traffic we saw outside of the airport. Perhaps less people are leaving the valley and more are coming in. We are expecting to be back and forth. As fast as the