The 2020 Republican National convenon. Good evening, im judy woodruf and welcome to our special pbs newshour live coverage of the repu National Convention. This years political conventions are like none any us can remember. Welong with thousands of others have planned to be in thcharlotte, north carolin week. But because of the pandemic, this gathering will be almost entirely virtual. Speakers w are the thethe republicans am im here in the studio with amy walter and amna that. Warner right around the corner. Both df them sociallytant. We have reporters and analysts across the country. We plan to bring you the same depth of coverage and analysis ering this critical time in an historction year. This week President Trump will years. He case for another four and we will be here to hear all of it. Lets turn first to our newshour reporters am that nawaz as i say is in thstudio just around the corner from me to give us a guide on whato expect and key moments to look out for. Hi judy, like the
Down. Moments ago we saw this. Widespread destruction. This is near big basin in Santa Cruz County. And this is what it looks like for many of our mountain communities. Look down below. You could see those cars and those homes charred and destroyed. So far six people have died across our region. Over the weekend that czu fire claims the live of a 70yearold man near davenport. There is good news. As of right now the red flag warning for the bay area has been lifted. That means no more dangerous fire weather is in the immediate forecast. Also Evacuation Orders are beginning to scale back in santa clara. Some neighborhoods have been downgraded from Evacuation Orders to evacuation warnings. More on that in just a minute. Now our team is on the ground, across the region, covering the flames, covering all of the widespread damage and the weather conditions. Cal fire is starting their nightly press conference, lets listen in on czu fire fire. If you could mute your telephones and keep your ma
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President donald j. Trump. Why . Because he is the president who delivers for america. He built the greatest economy the world has ever known, for the strivers, the working class and middleclass. As commander in chief, he always puts America First. President trump is the law and order president. Now, president ial leadership is not guaranteed. It is a choice. Biden, harris and the rest of the socialists will fundamentally change this nation. They want open borders, close schools, dangerous amnesty and will send your jobs back to china while they get rich. They will defund, dismantle and destroy americas law enforcement. When you are in trouble and need police, dont count on the democrats. As a first generation american, i know how dangerous their socialist agenda is. My mother mercedes was a special Education Teacher from puerto rico. My father also an immigrant came to this nation in pursuit of the american dream. Now, i consider it my duty to fight to protect that dream. Rioters must
Conditions. At least eight people have died and more than 1. 4 million acres have burned. And weve learned there are four burn patients being treated at u. C. Davis medical center. And we want you to take a look at these pictures. Santa cruz sheriffs deputies need your help catching a man suspected of stealing a firefighters wallet while he was battling the flames. Heres a look at the largest wildfires burning in the bay area right now. Lightning sparked them a week ago, and they torched an area greater than the size of rhode island. In the north bay, the lmu lightning complex is proveding to be challenging for firefighters tonight. Sky 7 was overhead the wall bridge fire near water springs road in Sonoma County this afternoon. You can see the difficult terrain crews are facing. So far the lnu lightning complex, containment is rising and currently at 25 . So its a bitten couraging here tonight. Abc7 News Reporter j. R. Stone is following the story and joins us live from healdsburg toni