Too many they say to reopen for in person learning, given that Santa Clara County in the red tier is experiencing substantial spread of covid 19. To have a lot of kids in a classroom, that is an indoor gathering, and we dont think thats safe. A high schoolteacher in san jose welcomed the decision. I wasnt totally surprised, but i was relieved. John fensterwald told Us School Districts are grappling with how and when to reopen. The Elementary School districts, its easier to bring back your teachers. If youre a unified school district, thats more difficult. Thats a harder negotiation to make. In San Francisco abc 7 news was told the unions Bargaining Team is preparing right now for three meetings next week with the school district. The Oakland Education Association on the other hand informed us that they have not not negotiated with the school district, and no talks around schools reopening are scheduled. Reginald moseley works from home and is able to supervise his three children as the
State, many sparked by lightning that will become a concern again today. At least 965 structures destroyed, many of them homes. Heres a quick look at just how widespread these fire zones are. The lnu complex in the north bay, primarily in napa and sonoma counties and spread out among lake county. The czu in san mateo counties. The possible threat of new thunderstorms is a main concern right now for firefighters. Something we are tracking. Lisa, we can we expect this morning . We are looking at better possibility of that tonight into monday and under a red flag warning right now and we have fog dense along the coast but the view of mt. Tam shows the colors and the air quality is better for most of you this morning. That will be changing into those winds throughout the afternoon. 60 in mountain view. 57 in San Francisco. This is the east bay where you can see the gray sky here and some of the smoke and poor air quality with you. 53 santa rosa. 59 in napa. Cooler temperatures, higher rela
Weve got the new audio, first obtained by the washington post, in which President Trumps own sister allegedly describes him as a liar and a phony. The change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying. Why niece mary trump said she recorded it. Does it back up her accusations that the president had someone else take his s. A. T. S . New this morning more from that abc news exclusive. Our own Robin Roberts and david muir sitting down with joe biden and Kamala Harris. It was an easy decision to make, although theres an enormous number of really qualified women. Why he says he picked harris to be his running mate. And school setbacks. College students returning to their dorms, hearing the news about escalating outbreaks. Hundreds placed in quarantine. With random testing required. Plus, the fears for teachers in School Districts about returning to work. Good morning. The coronavirus toll hitting sad, new highs overnight. 23 million cases globally and more than 800,000 deaths. All the
Total anarchy, madness and chaos. Now his party takes to the stage. The choice the American People face. The Gop Convention just 24 hours away. Our special coverage starts this morning with white house chief of staff mark meadows. Biden deputypaaner kate bedingf. Plus, insight and analysis from our powerhouse roundtable. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. The democrats have wrapped up their First Virtual convention and as we come on the air this morning, our brandnew poll shows it may have done joe biden some good. His favorable rating is up eight points from ten days ago. The gop kicks off monday with President Trump set to appear all four nights. The first lady and the president s Adult Children also slated to speak in primetime. But as we come on the air this morning, a different trump Family Member now in the spotlight. In audiotapes given to the Washington Post by the president s niece mary
South. The fires so far have killed at least three people. 64,000 have evacuated san mateo and santa cruz counties as the fire rages. Cal fire expects these fires to grow significantly. That growth is putting a big strain on resources. Ten states have contributed or pledged assistance. Hes pledged help from australia and canada. We want to take a look at the czu lightning fire, 50,000 acres and spreading, still no containmt. E un where tens of thousands of people have been evacuated. Ie know that cal fire can only give us statistics, we know that 20,000 structures are threatened, 50 destroyed, 64,000 people evacuated. Its one other thing to hear the personal stories behind those numbers. Thats what we got as we went into the evacuation zones, the air quality was downright dangerous, not as devastating as what we found there, homes burned to the grounds. We started to come back the next day on wednesday, and we were able to get a significant amount of the precious things. But for the fa