Can be really vicious. Sleepy joe biden surrendered. You know where he is right now . Hes in his damn basement. The fallout this morning with senior advicers to both campaigns. Jason miller for trump and Symone Sanders for biden. And wildfires ravage the west coast. Over a million acres burned. Right now, our air quality ranks the worst in the world. The clairon call for action. We have to start thinking there are more climate fires. Were live from the fire zone with Washington Governor Jay Inslee and senator jeff merkley. Plus, the roundtable analyzes all the weeks politics. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week just over seven weeks until election day and the voting has already begun in the battleground state of North Carolina. Georgia and minnesota start this week, in an election that will break new records for early voting and vote by mail. And with the days ticking by, President Trumps still fig
Hes the president of the United States. As the virus spreads through the white house, Trumps Campaign and the senate. Three more people tested positive for the virus. Hope hicks testing positive. Kellyanne conway tweeted tonight i tested positive. Two gop senators on the Senate Judiciary committee have tested positive for covid. Seems to grow by the minute. Mounting questions about the safety of the president , the stability of the country and the race for the white house in this final month of voting. This is not a matter of politics. Its a bracing reminder to all of us that we have to take this virus seriously. I look forward to finishing up the campaign the way it was started. Re now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. What a week it has been. When we signed off last week, heres what we didnt know that President Trump had paid just 750 in income tax in 2016 and 2017. On the hook now for several hundred Million Dollars in debt come due in a se
Witnesses shocked at the flames. Oh, my god, thats so scary. The latest on this Emergency Landing. Happening now, wildfire rescues. More than 150 people evacuated by helicopter when their only escape route was blocked by flames. The desperate situation and those fightingor f tir lahebo. This weekend is critical. Fears holiday gatherings could cause a new surgin coronavirus caseme aasnscari down to contain the spread. And battling back. Serena williams finding her mojo in a comefrombehind victory against fellow american Sloane Stephens at the u. S. Open. I hope that she saw her mama fighting. Did a tiny fan make the difference . Good morning. This is not a quiet and peaceful Labor Day Weekend by any means. Wildfires raging in california, forcing more than 150 people to be evacuated by heptpecolihoo s. Some people said to be critically injured. Meanwhile in portland, oregon, and in other parts of this country, its inflamed emotions over race, protesters throwing molotov cocktails, igniti
Donald trump and joe biden will take the stage for 90 minutes. Six topics on the table. The big question, will the candidates do anything tonight to change the course of this race . President tru behind right now, has been for months. And our statistics guru nate silver at fivethirtyeight calculates that joe biden has a 78 chance of winning the white house. But there are three debates, five weeks to go and President Trump has a history of shaking things up. Our chief White House Correspondent jon karl is on the scene in cleveland. George, donald trump goes into this debate with his back against the wall. By every publicly available measure, he is losing this race. Trailing in the national polls. No consistent lead in any of the top dozen most competitive battleground states. He needs to change the dynamic of this race and tonight is the best chance for him to do it. Hes been here before, four years ago, his campaign was collapsing and he turned it around in part with a debate. And goin
Bay area as well creating more moderate air. Right now its the lack of fog and warm temperatures. 69 in oakland. 66 in santa rosa. Were in the 70s in concord. 70 in livermore. 85 in los gatos. Half moon bay 55 degrees. Compared to yesterday, already 6 to 12 degrees of warming, that sun comes up at 6 44, thats important because we get our coolest temperatures about an hour after sunrise. We have about another two hours of cooling to go to lose maybe a degree or two. After that, numbers coming up. Good air quality so far for the most part, except for fremont and down by santa cruz, where it is moderate and of course our excessive heat warnings continues until 9 00 tomorrow with our heat advisory along the coast and once again, we are looking at potential records so a spare the air alert today, poor air quality inland and south bay, by 9 00, well into the 80s. Look at 1 00, we are 107 san ramon. How about 109 in gilroy, by 5 00 and well look for another very toasty day for labor day. Well