The 2020 Republican National convenon. Good evening, im judy woodruf and welcome to our special pbs newshour live coverage of the repu National Convention. This years political conventions are like none any us can remember. Welong with thousands of others have planned to be in thcharlotte, north carolin week. But because of the pandemic, this gathering will be almost entirely virtual. Speakers w are the thethe republicans am im here in the studio with amy walter and amna that. Warner right around the corner. Both df them sociallytant. We have reporters and analysts across the country. We plan to bring you the same depth of coverage and analysis ering this critical time in an historction year. This week President Trump will years. He case for another four and we will be here to hear all of it. Lets turn first to our newshour reporters am that nawaz as i say is in thstudio just around the corner from me to give us a guide on whato expect and key moments to look out for. Hi judy, like the
And i wanted them to know that they got to make their own decisions and we would respect and support those decisions. Kneeling for the anthem was started in 2016 by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as a way to call attention to these issues. As for the game and how it turned out, abc7 news sports anchor Chris Alvarez will have the highlights a little later. I dont need Law Enforcement in oakland. I need testing. I need personal protective equipment. Strong words from oaklands mayor tonight following President Trumps threat to send federal forces to her city. It follows fierce clashes in portland between federal officers and protesters. Part of our efforts to build a better bay area include focusing on issues of race and social justice. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Martinez is live in the newsroom with more. Lauren. Ama and larry, earlier today President Trump suggested hell send federal agents into cities like new york, chicago and oakland in response to protests across the countr
Lets check the forecast with kari. Its going to be a really nice day as we check out our high temperatures, looking at low 60s along the coast and some low 80s for much of the east bay. Farther to the north it will still be hot in ukiah but well have that wide range of temperatures continue. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Overall, great. I call out an issue for oakland, an incident on the nimitz as we look at your maps. Well zoom into where it is not green. North 880 approaching davis. More slowing showed up the last few around davis and 98. A fenderbender in the roadway. Well track it, marcus. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Breaking news this morning out of the east bay. This is east Contra Costa County. An Early Morning far destroying cars and boats in oakley. Today in the bays bob redell is live at the scene. Talk about this. I know its been a busy 12 hours for the firefighters. Theyre still battling the fire . Reporter the fire here in unincorporated oakley, not far from Bet
H President Trump is threatening to send federal troops into cities across the united states, including oakland. San mateo county has managed to stay off the coronavirus watch list. But county leaders expect that to change tomorrow. Many salon services, hair cuts and manicures included allowed outside. The new one size fits all rules dont work for everyone. A break from the summer heat. Ill let you know how long it will last coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. A powerful moment before tonights exhibition game between the giants and as during the playing of the national anthem. Several giants players including manager gabe were kneeling. The gesture follows recent protests after the death of george floyd and the push for social justice. After the game he explained why he joined several of his players in kneeling. I wanted to use my platform to demonstrate my dissatisfaction with the way weve hand
f0 now at 11 00, the message tonight stay home for the 4th or risk an even bigger coronavirus surge. Just because you can doesnt mean you should or that its safe. Santa clara county takes a major step into reopening its economy. How most businesses will be able to reopen. Unfortunately one of our members of our Leadership Team tested positive. Questions tonight about reports dozens of Bay Area School principals were forced into quarantine. And were tracking that hour by hour fourth of july forecast plus the complete weekend forecast coming up. Police are looking for the driver of this white van after it hit a 7yearold and then took off. The boy was struck on vine avenue between leslie and merl streets just been 4 00 p. M. He suffered major injuries, but is expected to survive. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the fourth of july weekend is almost here and Health Departments are begging you to stay home. Im allen martin in for kim. It may be hard to ask with people itching to