Basic commodities such as fuel and and that has resulted in shortages at petrol stations and bakeries its also led to an inflation of more than 200 percent making many families many of them who live below the poverty line struggle to get 3 meals a day in the United Nations World Food Program is warning of catastrophic levels of hunger in parts of the. Mali unless aid groups of. Violence and insecurity in central whole region of west africa has pushed millions into acute hunger the number of internally displaced people has risen to nearly 1600000. And arrange already fragile situation. Exacerbating natural disasters to be raging. Theres risks that this region faced former d soviet humanitarian crisis in the years to come if we. Continue to build our response. And Development Assistance the International Red cross says a stable ceasefire is needed in the dawn of hot about so it can help civilians the head of the agency says so far its only been able to provide limited aid there all repor
A disputed election. And we speak to the is there is who are longing to go back to their homes after being uprooted by the conflict with the media in the early 1990 s. And im with your school says. A record 7th straight formula one constructive title and Lewis Hamilton closes in on the drivers championship. So we begin this news hour with one of the most divisive u. S. Elections in recent years donald trump and joe biden have less than 48 hours now to make their final pitch to the American People and theyre doing it in several important battleground states President Trump is now on his way to michigan where he won by less than one percentage point and 2016 joe biden is hoping to win that state and he made his case when he visited there on friday trump is expected to hold. These in 5 different states on sunday will focus on pennsylvania another crucial state for the full fights president correspondents a closely following the campaigns alan fischer is in washington d. C. But 1st lets go
Is actually familiar across a lot of the bay area tonight as many pg and e customers are bracing now for a 3rd day without power. Thank you for joining us at 10, im pam moore and im ken wayne pg needed start restoring power to some neighborhoods tonight, well bring you the latest on the shut offs in a moment, but first. Lets check in with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow on the when and the heat or yet were not done with the win check in effect. Today we had some very impressive gusts around the bay area 65 mile an hour gust reported. Mount st. Louis that was early on in the morning, 57 mile an hour gust amount the album in the Santa Cruz Mountains 53 Miles Per Hour 52 healdsburg Oakland Hills almost 40 mile an hour gusts. Thats where were seen over the mountain tops especially not as windy down below, but certainly concerning as youve got very dry conditions youve got the hot temperatures record heat in place today and you got those strong offshore Winds Continuing to blow in f
Kari, you have had sky ranger to look out for and track downed power lines. It looks like its over off the shoulder there right around high street, coming up in through the Oakland Hills where highway 13 got a wind advisory from chp. Well watch for the traffic moving smoothly. At least part of a tree down inside this freeway. Outside the bay bridge toll plaza in the east bay and the oakland area metering lights turned on earlier than necessary because of the volume. I think theyre keeping folks on the shoreline to keep volume on the span lighter as we look at the map. That would make things easier to handle if there are problems. High wind advisory reported for many of the spans there and this traffic incident is the only problem because of the crash over into sunol and west 84, around the ge plant and that may be clearing lanes right now. Back over to you, kris. This morning about 225,000 pg e customers are without power across northern california. Look at the map. The north bay and e
Supreme court has faced questions on health care and abortion from a panel of senators Amy Kearney Barrett is appearing for the 2nd of 4 days of confirmation hearings in washington d. C. She said the president had not sort of views on any case challenging the result of next months election democrats who criticize the unusual speed of the hearings with time running out before the poll would you commit to reach you shall put them in a dispute the rises our quarterly president ial election. Senator leahy i want to begin by making 2 very important points and they have to do with the a. C. S. And with any election dispute that may or may not arise. I have had no conversation with the president or any of his staff on how i might rule in that case it would be a gross violation of Judicial Independence for me to make any such commitment or for me to be asked about that case and how i would rule and i also think it would be a complete violation of the end of the judiciary for anyone to put a ju