Heavier. So that is more than likely send thoif indications on any reaching the ground. Power outages or other breaking and you can see just off the news as it happens. Happening today, we expect coast, this is a rapidly forming governor newsollpowim ekal tut t thunderstorm, those six or seven waveovid1 lightning bolts within just the last few minutes. So our action is igniting a ind mi ancht live here and ool throughout the morning. These will stay off the shore and head more towards the north also on our website and app. Education is one of the five bay, but more is developing south and they could roam off key areas that were focusing on as we work to build a better bay into other parts of the bay. Area and this week thousands will start the new school year but it is definitely near the with distance learning. Coast in the north bay that has the best chance of those showers the San Francisco unified school and thunderstorms today. District will have its first all of us will be hot on
Burning statewide. And the Toronto Raptors defense of their nba title officially begins this afternoon. They are among eight teams playing on the opening day of the pandemicdelayed playoffs in orlando. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 17th. Thank you so much for joining us on this monday. Happy to have will reeve here, as well. Glad to be here. We begin the half hour with the Postal Service crisis in a dramatic move by House Speaker nancy pelosi. She is calling for the house to get back to work. Critics say those costcutting delivery of mail, medical prescriptions and paychecks and they could have a huge impact in november. Abcs got more. Reporter the battle over mailin ballots in the u. S. Postal service intensifying. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, cutting the august recess short to deal with the unfolding crisis. We have to do everything that we can to get rid of the new postmaster general who is a Campaign Contributor for trump trying to undermine the Postal Ser
Possible throughout the day. So we are not out of this yet. Not by a long shot. Good morning, it is monday, august 17th. Lets get straight to mike nicco. Mike, i know the north bay is experiencing some of this, but as far as the heat goes, this is something that lasts through much of the week. Yeah, wednesday especially inland. And now for the bay and the coast, hopefully we got our fingers crossed that it ends after this afternoon. And then we still have the red flag warning too, so the high fire danger. The hottest spot right now is san rafael. So right on 101, we cou hava heavy downpour right now. For sure moderate rain and you can see the thunder right there. And it also goes down to the Marin Headlands and more developing. You can see the moisture moving in to the area. And the lighter green stuff that you see probably just sprinkles right now. But lack at what is developing to the south. More moisture on the way. So this is not like yesterday, it is starting later and it will end
Country agree to establish diplomatic relations. Iran is a big loser. We will talk with Jared Kushner. Playing tag with sharks. We ride along with scientists tracking the youngest great whites and helping them grow up to be apex predators. Can you say baby shark . First, here is todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Joe biden is calling for a nationwide mask mandate. Be a patriot. Protect your fellow citizens. Unlike the biden approach, our approach is guided by science. The American Academy of pediatrics suggesting all kids over 2 should wear cloth covering. If the children are old enough to keep a mas on, then you put masks on children. President trump is vowing to block funding for the u. S. Postal service that would aid mailin voting. He does not want people in the middle of a pandemic to vote. Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached an historic Peace Agreement brokered by the u. S. I wanted it to be called the donald j. Trump act. Major fires in Southern California
The viewers. There theme is unity, and when im watching tonight, what im most going to be wer looking fo, can they bring the Democratic Party together, which is what they are hoping to do with the speeches tonight. They have everybody from pay new york governor, something of a moderate, andrew cuomo, doug jones from alabama come all the way to burning centers Bernie Sanders, and john kasich. I want to see if theres any sort of interparty squabbling, as the case may be, given how big of a tent the Democratic Party is today and how joe biden and Kamala Harris are trying to bring everybody together. I think its going to be a big task. The big question is for what . Are they against President Trump or are they for something . I think thats exactly right. One thing that they do agree on from all sides of the party is that they want to get rid of donald trump, remove have power office. But i think your question is on point. Can they agree to what comes next, should biden win. I was struck by