Making the match ups virtual even as he fights coronavirus. Reporter the commission on president ial debates announced next weeks debate would be done virtually in light of President Trumps positive coronavirus test. But they didnt run it by the candidates first. I am not going to waste my time on a virtual debate. Thats not what debating is about. We dont know what the president will do. He changes had us mind every second. For me to comment would be irresponsible. Reporter democratic president ial nominee joe biden did not comment this morning but the campaign issued a statement saying the president was trying to avoid questions in the town hall debate format and said biden would find a way to have his own event that night. President trump said he wants to be back on the campaign trail, even saying he would hold a rally tonight if he should despite the cdc saying covid positive people should quarantine for ten days. If i am at a rally, i would stand far away. I wouldnt go to a rally if i was contagious. Trump campaign is considering in person event in pittsburgh as early as monday, something that stumped mr. Biden. If he is going to have a rally, i dont know what ill do. New, nancy pelosi told reporters she plans to discuss the 25th amendment tomorrow. The 25th amendment lays out plans for replacing the president of the u. S. If he were unable to fulfill his duties. With their debate behind them, the Vice President ial candidates are campaigning in arizona. Senator Kamala Harris will meet with joe biden to launch a bus tour of the battleground state. Vice president pence will be in peoria this afternoon. First, a stop in nevada. He arrived in las vegas this morning and is hosting a make America Great again event in boulder city. While there were interruptions and dodged questions, the tone of the Vice President ial debate was more civil than last weeks president ial debate. Candidates were able to make points on issues including healthcare and fracing. If you have a preexisting condition, heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, theyre coming for you. They want to abolish fossil fuels and ban fracing which would cost hundreds of thousands of american jobs. Supporters say candidates did what they needed to do. The Trump Campaign has put a lot of stake in the outcome in pennsylvania. Fracing and energy, in western pennsylvania, is a big deal for jobs. She used her time wisely to talk about whats at stake here. Families all around the country are worried about their healthcare. With plexiglas separating candidates, senator harris slammed President Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Vice president mike pence, the head of the Coronavirus Task force, defended the administration. The American People have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in our country. I want the American People to know from the very first day President Trump has put the health of america first. The Vice President went after senator harris for refusing to say whether a Biden Administration would try to add seats to u. S. Supreme court. The moment in the debate generating most attention, a fly landing on the Vice President s head and staying there for two minutes. Biden campaign quickly tweeted an image of a fly swatter, turning it into a fund raising opportunity. You have until october 19 to register to vote. For more information on how, just go to kpix. Com campaign2020. Today, hundreds of nurses in east bay are back on the picket lines for the second day in a row. They are on strike demanding better working conditions amidst the pandemic. Kiet do was at the hospital where nurses have been calling on management to hear their concerns. Reporter this is day two of the nurses strike in the east bay. They are turning up the pressure and it does not seem to be slowing down. At san leandro hospital the action started before sunrise. On the bus, outside workers brought in to cover shifts of employees on strike. They entered through a back door behind the er and got an ear full. I have been here a few years. To see this is really upsetting. Reporter day two of the strike drew hundreds of people to all four of Alameda Health systems hospitals and also their clinics. Sciu local 1021 says theyve been trying to negotiate for ten months and was disappointed to see them bring in replacement labor. You could have settled at the table with us and provided the things we needed to give our patients the safe care and we wouldnt have to be out here now. Reporter the nurses demonstrated at the county building to try and pressure board of supervisors to intervene. They say under staffing led to unsanitary unsafe conditions at the hospitals. Needle bins overflowing, blood spattered equipment uncleaned, damaged walls. Theyve had to discharge needy patients in dirty clothe and nurses say theyve been provided with these. They say not for medical use. We are spreading disease against our will without any way to get out of the situation. Reporter the chapter president says the county needs to take back control. This is a broken system even before the pandemic. Management agrees with us. This is under funded hospital system. Homeless people, people with complex medical problems, that is not a money making enterprise but it is something we need to do and we need to be invested in that. The county needs to directly fund this. Reporter with no agreement in sight the union says the strike will continue through sunday. Kiet do, kpix5. Ahs says theyre disappointed the unions called the strike but encourage the nurses union to go back to the bargaining table. We are learning a worker at a south Bay Post Office tested positive for coronavirus. This is at the santa Clara Sanchez annex. Usps says it is reaching out to the local Public Health office and believes the risk is low for other employees. Contra costa investigating a fatal crash in concord. This happened in the area of 242 and highway 4. At least one person died but no other details have been released. City streets below the interchange were closed for a few hours. The on ramp was also closed and reopened hours later. There is no word on the cause of the crash. New, Oakland Fire Department is about to get a major equipment upgrade. Fema announced a grant aimed at providing new and improved safety gear for fire crews and the Fire Department says the program was a much needed boost for crews hard at work during an exhausting fire season. A very exciting day. We want to thank fema for awarding us this grant. The upgrades are very important and vital to the safety of our firefighters. The program will allow firefighters to purchase self contained breathing apparatuses and face features. Theyll help protect in toxic environments. We brought you live coverage on cbsn bay area. Stay up to date 24 7 by streaming on kpix. Com. Wildfire evacuees allowed to return to burn areas are able to pick up safety supplies. They can get things like masks and goggles at drive thru stations. The last thing they think about is the small things. When they come back and dont have them, they realize what they need. I think we should give anything or everything we can to help people get back. Drive thru supply stations will be open today through monday 10 00 to 7 00. The sky hart location is open now until 6 00 and Sonoma Valley region is open today through monday from 10 00 to 7 00. Glass fire is 66 contained. Full containment is expected in two weeks. The fire destroyed more than 600 homes in napa and sonoma. More than 13,000 structures are still threatened. Because of the smoke the spare the air alert was extended through saturday. Storm watch, hurricane delta barreling across the gulf of mexico. People in louisiana are filling sand bags and boarding windows for the sixth time in the last few months. Delta could make landfall tomorrow as a category 2 storm. Governor John Bel Edwards is using Text Messages to urge people to be prepared. Weekly labor report is out and another 840,000 americans filed for unemployment benefits. The number was more than expected and underscores a weak jobs recovery. Only a little more than half of 22 million jobs lost in the pandemic have been recovered. Coming up, federal charges in a foiled plot to kidnap michigans governor. What the fbi is saying about the men accused and their plan. What Facebook Says it will stop doing to reduce confusion about the election. Its a much cooler day today. I am tracking that on shore flow. I will let you know what you can expect as we head through the end of the week if there are rain chances to speak up. Well have that, coming up. Kpix is working to bring you the positive stories during this difficult oscar the grouch here to tell you, yeah, you, to wear a mask out in public around other people. Sure itll keep you healthy. But more importantly, i wont have to see your happy smiling face. Ugh. And if you dont want to wear a mask, ive just got one thing to tell you. Scram, go away. Ugh. Caring for each other because we are all in this together. So wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya . Ugh. New, six men were arrested today in an alleged plot to kidnap the michigan governor. According to the fbi the men planned to target her at her Vacation Home before the november election. Authorities say they learned about the plan through social media. The group allegedly discussed violently overthrowing government and Law Enforcement agencies. Suspects face federal and state charges. Facebook says its taking new steps to protect the election. The company says it will stop running issue and political ads after polls close november 3. It says it wants to reduce what it calls opportunities for confusion or abuse. Jamie yuccas reports from los angeles. Were going to take this seriously. Reporter as he told gayle king, Mark Zuckerburg has been under increasing pressure to monitor and control political content. He says he wants to be sure that campaigns dont use the platform to declare victory prematurely or argue an ongoing vote count means the election is rigged. I think that would be dangerous. I think it would be delegitimizing of the election. I think it could risk increasing people getting into the streets and civil unrest after the election which i think would be very problematic. Reporter at the time of the september interview, facebook banned new political ads the week prior to the election. Now its extending the ban to all political ads after polls close as well with no set end date. Theyre scared. Reporter the wired editor in chief Nicholas Thompson believes facebook executives are facing pressure from employees and media to take action to better control the platforms political content. Theyre worried their democracy will be destroyed in one way or another and they dont want to have a role in that. Join army for trumps Election Security operation. Reporter another new policy going forward, ads like this one, using so called militarized language or other ads that seem designed to intimidate voters or Election Officials will be removed. Such ads already on the platform will not be taken down. Its almost built a monster they cant tame and theyre trying their hardest right now. Last month alphabet inc. Said its subsidiary google would block election related ads after polls close also for an indefinite period. Tiktok and twitter have already banned ads. If you are headed out, you might want to grab a sweater. We are looking at cooler temperatures for today thanks to the strong ocean breeze kicking in for us. Much cooler today. Temperatures are five to ten degrees below average for this time of year. We have the spare the air alert that remains in effect with hazy skies for north bay, east bay, south bay for the glass fire as well as the creek fire. We should see improving air quality tomorrow and into the weekend with the stronger on shore flow kicking in for us. Lower rain chances friday and saturday, we were hopeful for rainfall at least earlier in the week. It looked more promising. Now not so much with weather models trending drier for the end of the week. The satellite and radar view, the parade of disturbances bringing that cooler air with that Pacific Ocean breeze kicking in for us but still staying dry unfortunately. Taking you hour by hour on futurecast, well continue with the clouds and colder temperatures. Friday staying below average this time of year and into saturday. As we look to the storm system tomorrow, its going to be trending further south and away from us. The first storm system and then the second storm system will stay to our north. Thats the reason why we are looking at the lower rain chances, maybe can squeeze a little bit of drizzle or a sprinkle or two friday and saturday but thats pretty much about it. Smoke concentration forecast. We are going to see improving air quality and again hazy skies for north bay, east bay, south bay today. It does get better. Thats what we are thinking with the sea breeze friday and saturday especially. Lets check our daytime highs, much cooler today with 50s, upper 50s along the coast, low to mid 60s around the bay and low 70s, feeling more comfortable for inland locations. There we go with the extended forecast, looking drier friday and for saturday but maybe can see a sprinkle or two. Otherwise warming up sunday. As we look to next week with the temperatures on the rise. Still ahead, bridging a language gap. How bay area students saw a need among her school mates and took action. Kpix5 has a new app. It gives 24 7 access to im voting yes on prop 19. Nineteen limits taxes on seniors. It limits property tax on people like me. Nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. It says so right here. If 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. I looked at moving but i cant afford the taxes. Will you help californias most vulnerable . Vote yes on prop 19. A peninsula teen is working to put a dent in a National Education statistic that surprised her. One in ten students in American Public schools. We are introduced to the jefferson awards winner and how shes making a difference. Gupta noticed a student wasnt following the teachers instructions in the weight lifting class. This kid almost hurt himself badly because he was lifting improperly. The student spoke limited english so kay who knew spanish started translating. But he wasnt the only one. About a third of the class didnt speak english and had no idea what the teacher was saying. Reporter she talked to teachers and administrators and discovered the english as a Second Language Program only allows students with limited english skills to take the basic classes. They feel they cant take advanced or electives because they didnt have the proper support to take them. When i heard this, it shocked me. I was able to take any class that i wanted to. Reporter with her schools permission the 12th grader gathered volunteer tutors and started an after School Program to give academic support for english learners. Since the pandemic the program has run through video conferencing, has tutored more than 70 students from seven schools in a variety of subjects like algebra. She really helped me a lot. Reporter for 8th grader garcia. Helped me with my mathematical skills and makes me more excited to do math. Reporter kay even programmed an interactive chat box named lexi on the website so students can practice conversations in english. Tutor isabel cobb calls her determine. She Takes Initiative when she sees a problem. Reporter for developing a tutoring program for english learners, this weeks jefferson award in the bay area go to kay gupta. If you would like to nominate your hero go to kpix. Com hero. Its not your typical vacation booking. The experience that takes you under ground to get a taste of the flint stone life. On the Drew Barrymore show an interview with Kathy Lee Gifford and they do one of the most difficult jobs there is, even in normal times. Our Frontline Health care workers. And when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. Prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. 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