Going out now. All vote by mail ballots in california come with prepaid postage and you can return your ballot at any time to and including election day. November 3rd. The envelope must be sealed, signed and dated. It can be turned into your county elections office, a ballot drop box, a vote center or any polling place. And if youre mailing it back, there is more time this year for it to arrive because of the concerns about the u. S. Postal service. Now, a ballot with a postmark no later than northern 3rd can be received as late as november 20th and it will still count. You can track your ballot online through the secretary of states website. And earlier today on abc 7 news at 4 00, we spoke live with the secretary of the state alex padilla about the benefits of voting by mail. Its convenient. You get to vote from the comfort and safety of your own home and it is proven to be secure. So any suggestion otherwise is, frankly, not true, and only seeks to undermine confidence in our electi
Factors that come into play when they decide what charges to pursue including priors, age, lots of different things. Thats where we are with this investigation. Reporter police say the driver accidently hit the gas instead of the brake plowing into an outdoor tent being used by a restaurant. A total of eight people were hurt including one wm evone wom. Neither the restaurant or mall owner applied for a permit to operate outside. Mall management declined our request for comment. When you put cars in a parking lot and people eating outside in the parking lot, accidents are foreseeable and the courts will say were reasonable safety precautions taken to protect the diners . Reporter in this case it doesnt appear any barricades were separating the Outdoor Dining space from the street. The fact that the permit process was bypassed here is going to be a strong factor in favor of the plaintiffs if they bring a lawsuit. Reporter legal analysts Stephen Clark says other restaurants and Business O
To Walter Reed Hospital where he is expected to be treated the next few days. It was overnight we learned he had covid19 and has mild symptoms. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dion lim. Thanks for joining us. It has been a dizzying day following the president s latenight announcement that he, along with the first lady, have tested positive for covid19. Any event he or his family members are supposed to be at are postponed. Now, as for Vice President mike pence, he has tested negative and will do Campaign Events as scheduled. Two people who were at last saturdays white house event announcing the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court have tested positive. Its not clear if there is a link. Reaction has been coming in as the situation evolved throughout the day. We begin our coverage with abc7 News Reporter chris win, who spoke to republicans and democrats about the president s diagnosis. Reporter tonight all eyes are on america as President Trump and the first lady deal
Abc news reports that the president rested well through the night last night. Sources tell abc news he is feeling fatigued as of this morning but is still signing papers and doing work in this Custom Office setup at walter reed. Now, the president had experienced a shortness of breath after testing positive, but again abc news reports his breathing is now normal this morning. Yesterday President Trump was given both fda authorized experimental drug remdesivir as well as a separate experimental antibody treatment from drugmaker regeneron. He is still displaying minor symptoms as far as we know of a low fever, chills and cough, but again well get another update from his physician any minute now. And this from the president himself late last night tweeting, going well i think. Thank you to all, love. Now, right now as we mentioned were awaiting an abc news special report as we give you a live look here from Walter Reed Medical Center in bethesda, maryland. Our chief anchor is standing by
A red flag warning takes if he can tomorrow afternoon. We have Live Team Coverage on the fires still burning in napa and Sonoma County. Well begin with laura anthony. Reporter hi, dan, as you can see, were in down calistoga. This is normally where we are seeing the most active part of the fire right now is in areas that is uninhabited and some very steep terrain. Heavy fuel thats difficult to fight fires in. Same old, same old. Ashes, waking up every day. My girlfriend stayed up until probably 1 00 in the morning because the whole pallisades was just flaming. It was. And it is raining ash in down town calistoga right now. There are concerns that winds could cause trouble tomorrow. So firefighters are preparing for a wind event that they say will be very similar to when the fire started over the weekend. Now is the time for firefighters to do a buckle down. Theyre going to get that door shut and try to protect the communities of kenwood, valley of the moon, and the napa valley all way d