here in the bay area by this power safety public shut off. that's just coming from pg e because of the high fire danger that's coming our way this week. cities impacted include ag win calistoga deer park. pope valley saint helene and also unincorporated parts of napa county. the estimated shut off time is anywhere on the 7th which would be monday between 10:00pm and 02:00am with power not being turned back on. i assume this means the earliest on the 9th which would be 2 days later at 07:00pm this will impact about 2700 customers that just for napa sonoma county only has about 3 customers are saying impacted in cloverdale we're still working on getting all the information about this a p s p s people who are impacted should be getting an alert at some point tonight that this is coming. >>meanwhile earlier this evening cal iso the state energy monitoring agency declaring a stage 2 emergency. which meant rotating power outages were possible. but once again that flex alert that we we're under ending just 2 minutes ago at 9 o'clock. the agency tweeting this out earlier this evening that a fire caused a generator in solar farm to go offline no rotating power outages reported here in the bay area from pg and e as a result of the stage to emergency. but once again the flex alert at least for the saturday night. now over with at 9 o'clock an excessive heat warning in the bay area as we mentioned expected to last until at least monday. the national weather service now calling the impact of the heat in the state dangerous and life threatening. this is video of folks out and about today in walnut creek where temperatures saw or at least 96 degrees. and folks in san francisco also trying to beat the heat today. >>the always popular parks are crowds as the city continues to pose push social distancing and also mask wearing kron four's dan thorn went to the park today he joins us now live with more on how people are trying to stay cool and also stay apart good evening. dan. >>good evening, justine yes city officials want people enjoy the outdoors but they want people to be safe and also follow covid-19 guidelines to understand that it's going to be one of those hot holiday weekends. we saw people that were out at the park today but not as many as we typically would see out there maybe he was keeping them away, but there were still a lot of others who are taking care or rather taking advantage. these warmer temperatures. >>san francisco sun seekers had to dolores park is the heat settles into the city for those not catching the rays. it was a mission to find fresh air in the shade it's pretty hot outside you this in some areas social distancing seem to be a challenge clusters of people were packed tightly together and masks were not being worn, but parkgoers tell us they feel like the majority were following the rules honestly, everyone they feel is socially distancing and we are. >>and you have the circles on the ground, so i feel like everything's pretty safe even like love life and a large happy i everybody have their masks body you know like there. >>the painted social distancing circles and the newly installed hearts continued to be a hit and for those that didn't have masks park rangers were handing them out even in the time of covid-19 some parkgoers say outside is better than inside i've been here pretty often and i haven't gotten it yet so. >>hoping for the >>expected that parkgoers will continue heading out to dolores park over the next couple of days because it looks like the heat only going to get higher park rangers in the meantime we'll continue to be out there handing out masks and also monitoring and making sure that people are following the social distancing guidelines, reporting live in san francisco. dan thorn. kron 4 news thank you so much dan of temperatures will not be cooling down any time this weekend. so just how hot will things get meteorologist. rebecca strong is here with a look at the forecast jonathan just see me uh we could see upwards of a 115 degrees that we could top out on especially inland over the next couple of days, this excessive heat warning. >>continues around the bay area a live look outside right now conditions with our east bay's on camera the sun to have our east bay hills in the berkeley area. and you can see mostly clear tonight so far but yes, the temperatures only going to continue to rise as we get into the next couple of days so most of the bay area under that excessive heat warning and then we do have a sliver of summer coastal spots underneath the heat advisory so keep that in mind but here's the temperatures that you can expect in line anywhere from 95 to a 115 degrees tomorrow. around the bay, we're looking at mid 80's to mid 90's expecting and then the co 70's to mid 80's and again for tomorrow and for monday as the holiday weekend continues temperatures outside right now we're mostly in the 70's 80's on the board 88 right now in morgan hill 83 in san jose but 90 though i am tracking a 90 degree mark. >>in livermore still at this hour 85 in concord 83 in berkeley right now we're looking at 77 in san francisco. and 86 degrees for the current temperature in tehran. we did break some records today record heat in napa one '02 versus a 100 degrees back in 2008 gilroy you broke a record at one of 6 today and one '05 even along the central coast for king city and more expected to break over the next couple of days and quiet in fact, here's a quick peek at your 4 zone forecast for tomorrow's afternoon highs, 114 degrees expected in livermore a 104 in hayward 93 though if you're going to be in downtown san francisco. how long has he waived going to last all have all those details. coming up a little bit later back to the news. >>rebecca things right now california is under a state of emergency because of the extreme aid. the move by governor newsome gives the state access to energy sources while also temporarily cutting pollution regulations for power plants. there are several ways that you can help save energy during this flex alert that we have this weekend first save your thermostat to 78 set your thermostat to 78 degrees or higher turn off unnecessary lights closure blinds and drapes in order to keep your home cool avoid using appliances and other electrical devices, especially in the heat of the afternoon. when power uses at its peak also use fans instead of air conditioning, whenever possible. >>so that statewide flex alert ended at 9 o'clock tonight, but there is another one for tomorrow and also on monday. this is the second time in less than a month and energy leaders in the state are actively trying to prevent an energy shortage. the flex alert will continue tomorrow on monday and also on monday the time that they're asking us to conserve energy from its peak from between 3 and 09:00pm. >>and while folks in the south bay also feeling the impacts of these triple digit temperatures today kron four's reyna harvey shows us how they're now keeping cool. >>the heat wave begins i'm out here mountain view where one of their community centers will be converted into a cooling center to help keep residents safe. but people were already taking actions to stay safe today they started doing their work out early in the morning before it started to get really hot. some other tips you want to keep in mind you want to drink. plenty of fluids wear light colored clothing in stay indoors. if you can check on family members and neighbors and watch out for heat cramps or heat exhaustion. now they are other locations where some cooling centers will be available for you to go to out in cupertino gilroy morgan hill mountain view palo alto san jose santa clara and saratoga i spoke to some residents, many of them were out getting some exercise in before it got too hot. it is look to one woman who tells me she wanted to make sure she took her dog out before it started to heat up. beat the heat. >>just to beat the heat to go in. yeah take him out before it gets too high and i can take him out when it's too hot. >>than the house they don't go and keep hydrated with now your mountain view temperatures are expected to increase over the next few days. you want to be mindful where ever you are to be safe and pay attention to your body because he can really sneak up on you but for now reporting out here in mountain view reyna harvey kron 4 news. >>that our wildfire coverage we did talk with calfire live on kron 4 news at 8 o'clock tonight and we learned then that full containment of the 3 major wildfires burning in the bay area might not happen for another 2 weeks. still there are there are 12,000 firefighters who are continuing to battle 22 major wildfires in the state right now and with the excessive heat here all weekend long cal fire has upped its staffing during this critical fire weather. >>crews were told of making more progress on contain those fires burning here in the bay area. the lnu lightning complex in the north bay now currently at 89% containment with more than 375,000 acres burned. the scu complex burning in the east and south bay is now up to 80% containment with more than 396,000 acres blackened and the czu lightning complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties or up to 64% containment. more than 86,000 acres have burned in that fire. you can find the latest wildfire and evacuation information on our website at kron 4 dot com. now it could sway the food and drug administration when it comes to a possible covid-19 vaccine that's the message. >>from the fda vaccine advisory committee member doctor paul offit he's the director of the vaccine education center at children's hospital of philadelphia. and he spoke about his concerns tonight. >>the fda is not an independent group they are part of hhs health and human services which is part of the executive branch can they be politicized. yes they've been politicized with hydroxy-chloro-quinn decision they've been plus politicized with the convalescent plasma decision so that's what makes people word. >>offit says it's imperative that the fda not rush the approval process to the point of degrading trust. he says researchers need to prove any vaccine. work safely and effectively so the public we'll be willing to take it. >>democratic vice presidential nominee kamala harris says that she would not trust the covid-19 vaccine based on president donald trump's word alone. senator harris is concerned that the trump administration is putting pressure on the fda to rush the vaccine process. >>and it but do you trust that in the situation where we're in now that the public health experts and scientists will get the last word on the efficacy of the vaccine if past is pro law that they will not they'll be muscled they'll be suppressed. they will be sidelined because he's looking at election coming up in less than 60 days. and he's grasping for whatever he can get to pretend that he's been a leader on this issue not so let's just say there's a vaccine that is approved and even distributed before the election. would you get. i think that's going to be an issue for all of i will say that i would not trust donald trump. and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the the efficacy and the and the reliability of whatever he's talking about i will not take his word for it he wants us to inject. >>also tonight the world health organization says at least 25 potential coronavirus vaccines are undergoing human trials across the world of those 5 are in a phase 3 the most advanced stage of testing before a vaccine can reach the public. no serious side effects have been observed with the coronavirus vaccines up to this point in phase 3 one problem. that is surface, though companies haven't been able to recruit enough members of minority communities who have been hit especially hard by the virus. the white house has suggested a vaccine could be ready for the public within the next 2 months. health experts say that's unlikely but not impossible. >>still to come tonight here on kron 4 news at 9 coming up many cities across the u.s. have seen a spike in crime has been since the pandemic we'll let you know why officials say that covid-19 and shutdowns are partially to blame. >>and a longtime critic of joe biden now says she has his back despite how she says. he wants turned his back on her. and many people are expected to head to the beaches this weekend. we have details though on local leaders ♪ ♪ try my $4 mini munchies with marinara or ranch. back at jack in the box. ♪ try my $4 mini munchies with marinara or ranch. back at jack in the box. >>officials in santa cruz and other parts of the bay area want to keep crowds down this weekend, especially at the beach this comes as officials are trying to get us all to follow health guidelines and protect visitors and residents from lingering smoke from wildfires and also the coronavirus phil gomez is in santa cruz walking us through the story. >>because of safety concerns with the czu fire. and the pandemic the city and counties are rolling up the welcome mat and asking tourists to remain in their own counties. >>so this is our last hurrah before school started and we wanted to come before the weekend's to beat the rush of people who would be coming for labor day city and county leaders were concerned with the jump in covid-19 cases they took action to close state. county and local beaches to avoid large groups of people gathering law enforcement for all agencies have a plan or we're doing is setting up barricades and then also having people educate. >>from park and rec staff will be here to educate people and then we'll have officers on the beach doing enforcement visitors can cross the sand for water activities the county is also asking hotels and motels to give czu lightning fire victims. first crack at available rooms rather than tourists and we're asking hotel owners to please a comedy those evacuees whenever possible. >>and wherever possible and make a local. individuals a priority over the visitors from out of town in santa cruz and the county public access is only from 48 pm in capital it is 6 to 8 in the evening. >>law enforcement will be out in mass but rather than site they'd rather educate but fines will be stiff. at $1000. in santa cruz still going. >>a number of beaches across the bay area will be closed this labor day weekend in order to limit the spread of the covid-19 virus. all beaches in pacifica will be closed until tuesday morning. beaches in santa cruz county and the monterey bay will be closed during the day. the public can use them though from 04:00pm to 08:00pm lake berryessa in napa county will also be closed. beaches will be open in marine county and half moon bay, but county both but both counties are asking visitors to stay away. you can find a complete list of those closings on our website kron 4 dot com. >>and if you're looking for a place to stay cool, we've got you covered here is a list now of all the cooling places in the bay area you can go to will start in the east center will be open at the robert livermore community center in livermore in contra costa county centers will be open in antioch concord pleasant hill and richmond and the north bay centers will be open in sandra fell and santa rosa. we have more details on where to go and what you can bring their on their website kron 4 dot com. now poor air quality continues to plague the bay area's those major fires continue to burn. the bay area air quality management district is extending the spare the air alert through labor day light winds combined with triple digit temperatures also play a factor. air pollution can be extremely difficult for sensitive groups, including the elderly and people with respiratory illnesses. >>all right, let's switch gears now, let's talk weather with meteorologist rebecca strong we've been tracking these triple digit temperatures all day long the big question everybody wants knows. how long are we going to have to sit on a block of ice rival looks like over still going to have to do that over the next couple of days as we ride out this heat wave. >>through your holiday weekend. yes, those triple digits will return tomorrow and even a higher than what we saw today the were expecting and more records expected to be broken tomorrow as well and of course, yes, another spare the air alert in effect and we're thinking that it's probably going to last for the entire holiday weekend. and of course high fire danger, especially as we get into next week because we are going to see those winds start to pick up around the bay area. so for this weekend, yes, the temperatures continue to be hot very dry. we could see upwards of a 115 degrees for some of our inland areas around the bay. we're looking at mid 80's to mid 90's expected and then off the coast 70's to mid 80's continue. we are under an excessive heat warning through much of the bay area and then at the coast we're looking at a heat advisory. so stay indoors if you can i definitely want to watch out for the elderly make sure the a call on your family and make sure that everyone's ok and again that just try to stay hydrated lots of sunscreen if you do have to go outside. but yes, a fire weather watch in effect as we get into monday evening. that's going to last through wednesday morning and we're thinking the winds are really going to pick up at their peaks on tuesday night so just be aware of that this is for the north bay mountains and the east bay hills so all the areas that you see in that yellow behind me and we could see gusts of up to 50 miles per hour. some are highest elevations. humidity also obviously going to be a factor very low as we get to through wednesday. but the temperatures going to be soaring once again tomorrow even hotter than what we saw today. but how long is this going to last all have those answers in my seven-day around the board a forecast coming up a little bit later back to news from banks, the santa cruz county correctional officer now finds herself being arrested for an inappropriate relationship with an inmate. >>the investigation started back in july ended yesterday with the arrest of 31 year-old jessica smith that inmate was serving a sentence through a supervised released as part of their custody alternative program. we're told that smith has been a member of the sheriff's office since 2015. she's now on administrative leave as this investigation continues. so to come here tonight on kron 4 news at 9 our heat wave coverage continues at 9.30. >>we'll head to the east bay to see the best ways folks there keeping cool. >>and t mobile is stepping up to help millions of students how the company is giving >>2.90 mobile is offering free internet to millions of students who might not otherwise be. >>connected the program is called project 10 million it's a partnership with schools, the more than 10 billion dollar initiative will provide free wireless hot spots and high speed data as well as laptops and tablets at cost tino t mobile notes that some 50 million students are now learning from home 15 million are learning from home and it says the idea is to make sure the technology gaps don't cause achievement gaps ers more info on our website kron 4 dot com. now san francisco base jewel is laying off about 1200 workers that's nearly half of the company's workforce. the wall street journal reports the jewel is also considering pulling out of some international markets. the e-cigarette makers trying to rebuild trust with the public after concerns about health risks and crackdowns from us regulators tesla shares dropping friday after the s and p 500 index decided to move at sea. >>turned on and cattle into into the s and p 500 but passed on tesla at sea the online marketplace for crafters saw major sales this year turned on specializes in industrial automation and robotics and cattle and develops pharmaceuticals also picked tesla has a cap of over 400 billion dollars and is now worth more than toyota disney and coca-cola investors have been waiting for weeks to see if the automaker would join the snp but after the news friday tesla stock fell by more than 7%. tonight, many cities across america have seen big spikes in crime during the pandemic. >>we'll let you know why officials say the covid-19 and shutdowns could be partially to blame. >>plus the bay area saw triple digit heat this weeke it was just a get together with friends. no big deal. everybody felt fine. but now im super sick. everyone is sick. i just wish we had been more careful. it would have been easier than this. so wear a mask. do what you can outside. stay six feet apart. because some things you just can't take back. do your part to lower the risk. >>let's go to the east bay in our triple digit temperatures tempted people of the head. some nice outdoor parks, the hot weather inspiring some families to spend some time outdoors maybe perspiring hopefully they had something cool to drink while they're out there across forcefully to call. >>has more from lake chabot where it stayed busy all day long. >>even though picnic and barbecue areas were closed off to the public families made the best of lake chabot regional park in castro valley anyway, the east bay regional park district keeping most of its parks open during the holiday weekend but tape common areas off to discourage large groups from gathering during the pandemic so families just kept to themselves the stick and very nice proportions and you feel really safe being here, especially seeing >>and they're being really cautious about everything so got to the does utters appreciate others were following the by wearing face coverings when close to other people in the grass or on the trails it was very pleasant out there despite how uncomfortable it may be to have to cover your face and hot weather people did so anyway out of respect for others we all want to like the outside but then everyone's like a cable receptive like social distance that's kind of nice donald francis and his son joined their friends for a boating trip. >>and a little fishing they showed up early on and there's every this crowd are we pulled up the story by 30 in the parking lot was us. >>qadri a department have milder or but he says it was all worth it for both agree players to walk up the hills and that the dow. take a little bit. no can trigger to a safe way to spend the holiday weekend in castro valley phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>so just in case you thought i wasn't hot enough today. it's going to be even hotter >>get ready. there's then you can do about meteorologist rebecca strong as it was just how hot things will get and how long it's going to be hot outside this in some brain to know are not firing on all cylinders because of all the. >>weather that we're seeing over the next couple of days, yes, your labor day weekend going to continue to just try to beat the heat around the bay area because it is going to be soaring once again as we get into tomorrow afternoon live look outside right now looks really nice to start the spay camera on top of the east bay hills in berkeley and we're seeing mostly clear conditions around the bay area current temperatures some mostly in the 70's and 80's but we're still at 90 degrees though if you are in the livermore valley right now 84 in dublin right now 82 for the current high are the current temperature in oakland 77 in nevada nap but you're currently at 79. and yes, a hot and dry conditions as we get through the next couple of weeks or the next couple not not weeks just a couple of days, i'm just making sure you're paying inland temperatures tomorrow, we're going to max out and about a 115 degrees that's possible for tomorrow for our hot as inland spots around the bay mid to upper 90's even possible and then at the coast 70's to mid 80's that we're going to be seeing and again an excessive heat warning for much of the bay area and a heat advisory if you're going to be for summer coastal spots but try to stay indoors if you can in fact we're going to see a this list only continue to grow that's we're expecting tomorrow as the more record breaking expecting. for sunday and for monday one of 2 the temperature today in napa and another record breaking the heat number one of 6 in gilroy one '05 if you are in king city along the central coast. but tomorrow look at this more triple digits on the board than you can see what we saw today one '04 expecting in hayward tomorrow. one of 3 forgoing fremont one of 7 though for the high expected. and morgan hill, a one on 9 in antioch and look at the north bay completely covered in those triple digits once again one '07 in napa and again i just mention that we had record breaking heat there yes, but today, one '02 but we're expecting one of 7 tomorrow there and then in san francisco. low 90's we could be seeing in half moon bay, a high of 84. looking ahead over the next couple of days, yeah, it's only going to continue to rise as we get to 2 monday and then things are going to slowly start to taper off and then by the middle of the week we're going to see things. get into just about the 90's inland 70's 80's around the bay 60's at the coast, but of course we are under a fire weather watch. through wednesday. i'll have all those details coming up in just a bit back to the news. thank you so of a number of people passing through security at us airports this holiday weekend. >>could set a new pandemic record. it's a glimmer of hope for an air travel industry that's still struggling. reporter pete muntean is at reagan national airport. >>the lines here are pretty thin compared to a normal holiday weekend air travel still a fraction of what it was a year ago, but the tsa thinks the number of people passing through security at america's airports will break a new record of the pandemic over the holiday weekend the high point on thursday was 10 times the low point seen back in april the tsa thanks 900,000 people will have flown on friday that official number will not be out until tuesday, those who are flying are facing an entirely new experience here at security. you're being asked to empty your pockets and put everything into your bag bypassing those typical trays in order to reduce touch points tsa employees are blocked by acrylics screens the goal there is to protect you. but also workers about 1800 of them have now tested positive for coronavirus since the pandemic began one other way of keeping up social distance is being tested here for the first time at reagan national airport, a new machine will scan your id and also your face to prove that it's really you briefly at the drop your mask in order for that to happen airlines are mandating masks starting at check in all the way to your flight. delta says it has banned about 270 passengers for refusing to wear one that averages out to 3 a day since delta's policy went into place. >>pete muntean reagan national airport. >>as the debt how rises related to covid-19 many cities are also seeing a spike in crime since the start of the pandemic researchers say that since the start of the pandemic property crimes murders and assaults have all spike across the country from may to june of this year homicides in 20 major u.s. cities increased by 37% chicago leading the way aggravated assaults jumped by 35% over the same time. health officials say the increase in crimes could be really related to stress due to the pandemic. >>the pandemic is being blamed for an escalation of violence and murder and mississippi's largest city. the mayor of jackson says his community is in crisis. reporter ross adams has details. >>the jackson police say a man found shot to death outside a church thursday morning is the city's 81st homicide of 2020 it appear that he wasn't bothering anyone a surveillance video captured a man fired 2 shots at stopping off camera near disciples of christ ministry on grand avenue. moments later the gunman wearing a face mask stuff the weapon into his pocket and walks away. investigators identified the shooting victim as 61 year-old elway franken someone just walked up and just opened fire on. >>an innocent man that killing the latest in a string of islands this week which prompted mayor show glee and to speak out in a video. >>posted on social media friday. >>the recent spike in violence where friends and family are turning anger into violence in harming each other. when even a 6 year-old child is a shooting victim are signs that our community is in crisis the marin jpd believe the impact of coronavirus on jobs and mental health. >>helps drive violence, you know people that are a combined. >>lot of people and i'm not working that out of work and they have to look for ways of of possibly taking care of the families of beating the families and police say 45% of people murdered so far this year. >>were killed by someone they know. >>we know that in these cases. police can only make arrest after the harm is done. our call to do more. >>the mayor says his administration now working to strengthen crime prevention and provide services for anyone in crisis our goal is to work with everyone in our community. faith leaders. business leaders, those who work with people in conflict. and are you. everyone because it will take all of us to turn this around. >>that was ross adams reporting for us tonight in a spokesman says the mayor of jackson, mississippi will unveil a comprehensive plan next week aimed at de-escalating conflict before it leads to violence. >>black lives matter protesters and counter demonstrators marching through the streets of louisville ahead of the kentucky derby today. it's been 6 months since brionna taylor was shot to death by louisville police. when they entered her home on a no knock warrant. a civil rights group calling themselves until freedom leading a peaceful protest in the streets calling for justice for taylor, other groups shutting back the blue including the kentucky patriots, white militia groups and one led by a man who calls himself the angry viking grand master jay is leading a black armed militia group known as the n f a c they also marched in the streets of louisville. peacefully. no charges meanwhile have been filed in taylor's death as the state's investigation continues. jason carroll talked with briana taylor's mom about that weight. >>briana taylor's mother is still looking for answers. >>i've never had a lot of faith in the system. and just because i've saying it failed of the people some many times so. and going through this i definitely have less say like i said i just can't understand for the life of me. why it's taken so long tamika palmer says she waited 5 months for answers 5 months since her daughter was shot and killed by police a lot of times you want to you want to give that you want to walk away, but. >>i know they she deserves taylor was killed in the early morning hours of march 13th after louisville police serving a no knock warrant broke down her door with a battering ram. police say they banged on the door but got no response. her boyfriend says he fired a shot thinking they were intruders and police opened fire. taylor a 26 year-old emergency room technician died within minutes of being shot anger raised her, guilt. >>it feels like bill. as a parent the one job is to protect her baby had and i wasn't there. well. the investigation is not complete one point is tragically clear. >>police forced entry into taylor's home wrongly suspecting she was connected to a drug ring that operation ended with taylor's death and lots of unanswered questions about the officers actions. protesters have continuously called for the 3 officers involved in her shooting to be prosecuted none have been charged, but in june the louisville metro police department did fire one of the officers, detective brett hankinson for showing an extreme indifference to the value of human life after he allegedly fired 10 shots into taylor's home, his attorneys appeal the dismissal and disputed the allegation hankinson blindly fired his weapon in the wake of taylor's death the louisville city council has passed brianna's law which bans no knock warrant and requires officers serving search warrants to wear body cameras a state version of the law introduced last week. taylor's family says they continue to be inspired by words and actions of support as george floyd brianna taylor. >>and a never ending list of innocent people of color continue to be murdered. >>stating the simple fact that of black life matters is still met with derision from the nation's highest office there is no vaccine. >>for racism. >>we've got to do the work. for george floyd. for brianna taylor. >>athletes all over the world have taken a stand for the black lives matter movement. taylor's portrait gracing the cover of this month's vanity fair back in louisville 26 billboards posted around the city one for each year of her life and calls for justice continue i think they'll now be protests every day and so just as a side. >>and if justice is not served. >>just i can't even think about that. >>jason carroll, cnn louisville, kentucky. >>still ahead tonight, a change of heart why a longtime critic of joe biden now >>this is not just about me. it's not just about joe biden it's about millions of people in this country. >>and in a surprising turn of events a longtime critic of joe biden says she actually wants him in the white house this coming november. you may remember it was back in 1991 that anita hill testified before the senate judiciary committee that then u.s. supreme court nominee clarence thomas had sexually harassed her. biden chaired that all-male committee which question hill's character and came off to many has not taking hill seriously well now she says between biden and president trump. >>she picks biden gloria borger spoke with hill and biden about their shared history. >>the press or the swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god. >>was it scary. ellos terrify he would call me into a soft it's been nearly 30 years since anita hill testified before a now infamous senate judiciary hearing led by joe biden you lay out she has come to a surprising conclusion would you like to see elected in november. >>i think joe biden is a person who should be elected in november and that's not all would you be willing to work with him. >>oh yes, my commitment is to finding solutions and i am more than willing to work with him i was very uncomfortable with the ideal became a household name testifying before the all-male committee. >>during the supreme court confirmation of clarence thomas judge thomas began to use work situations to discuss. hill claimed thomas sexually harassed her when she worked for him at the equal employment opportunity commission. thomas vehemently denied those accusations as a black american as far as i'm concerned it is a high-tech lynching. he was confirmed to the supreme court after biden led the fight against him some say let the republicans can a takeover i don't think i did but the point was i wish i could have done it differently under the rules. >>in early 2019 just weeks before joe biden launched his campaign for president. hill got a phone call. >>i have apologized to need to tell wish i could have done better for her. the truth is i believed her and i believed he should not be in the court. >>you called the phone call on satisfying it didn't take responsibility he didn't hold himself accountable. and anyway except that he was sorry that i felt i wasn't treated fairly. >>but hill says she's been watching the selection closely and biden seems to be taking more responsibility now. >>for her that's enough this is not just about me. it's not just about joe biden it's about millions of people in this country and around the world that we can. >>be a model for and i would love to be a part of that and if it means voting for joe biden so be it. >>that was gloria borger reporting for us tonight. >>taking a live look outside of san francisco's embarcadero tonight looking at it you would know that it was a 100 and something degrees outside today. >>it looks cool next shot. we are really does guys looks can be deceiving that's for sure because we're going to see this heat wave only continue to increase as we get into tomorrow and monday as a matter of fact, here's another live shot outside this hour, south of market camera and san francisco d a by the looks of it you think it's nice and comfortable outside, but no it is definitely on the warmer side tonight it's going to continue to be that way over the next couple of days we ride out this say he way we're going to be seeing very hot and dry weather of course again tomorrow afternoon with a record breaking temperatures more of those expected as we get into the next couple of days because he thought today was hot, it's expected to get even hotter. as we get into tomorrow, another spare the air alert in effect for tomorrow so keep that in mind try to limit your outdoor activity. stay inside if you can and of course the fire danger we are under a fire weather watch starting on monday night into wednesday morning and those the temperatures that i was talking about yes, we broke some records today, one '02 in napa today, one of 6 was the high in gilroy and then king city along the central coast. a record breaking one '05. but of course this list only going to continue to grow that's what we think over the next couple of days because it's going to get even hotter in the valley locations, we're looking at anywhere from the mid 90's to a 115 degrees that could be our max tomorrow for summer hottest spots around the bay. mid 80's to mid 90's expected and then up the coast 70's to mid 80's that's we're expecting still so we're still going to be under this excessive heat warning that saw the future color behind me some most of the bay area's under it and then up the coast just tiny sliver here under the heat advisory by the national weather service over the next couple of days. so temperatures a lot hotter tomorrow you can see on the board, here's a quick breakdown of them a lot of triple digits, especially around the bay and inland livermore we're expecting a 114 degrees there in your neighborhood a 104 in hayward those triple digits continue in the south bay, one of 3 expected tomorrow in downtown san jose, one of 7 in morgan hill 80's at the coast, half moon bay 84. with a whole lot of sunshine there if you want to get some relief head out in that direction 93 expected here in downtown san francisco and then the north bay completely covered in those triple digits once again. how long is this going to last. here's a peek at our 7 day around the bay forecast. looks like the middle of the week cooling trend which would be really nice and then things will only taper off even more so as we get into next weekend. that's a look at the weather now back to the news. thank you so much not the number of deaths in louisiana attributed to hurricane laura is going up. >>the state's department of health says the death toll now stands at 27. victims include a 41 year-old man and a 47 year-old man who died from heat related illnesses while removing storm debris. a fallen tree limb killed a 59 year-old man when it hit him on the head and carbon monoxide poisoning from generators has been the leading cause of death so far from the storm. now the storm made landfall on august 28th as the strongest hurricane to hit the state and more than 160 years. more than a week later over 200,000 people are still without power. >>time for sports. >>the days in desperate need of a win after going without a victory in more than a week 10 days to be exact and after being shut out against the potters last night 7 zip. the is looking to change their tune a little bit this afternoon to the highlights we go. they still of 2 and a half games on the astros in the al west bottom of the first runners on first and second matt olson. >>triples to right field bringing in tommy la stella and mark hanna. a's would go up 2 zip next inning jonah heim tacking on another run scoring stephen piscotty putting up putting these up 3 nothing they would tack on another 5 runs to take game 2 of the series 8 to 4 game 3 of the sentra ping up tomorrow afternoon the houston astro's who they are leading in the we'll be back in oakland on monday. meanwhile john to the back squaring off at oracle park tonight it was actually the first game. >>back for former giants ace madison bumgarner. the arizona diamondbacks in the city for a four-game said would not be not so happy welcome for mad bomb bottom of the second the backs of one evan longoria rocks a pitch to left field for his 5th dinger of the season. check this out very next batter as they're in rough, he crushes one to deep center field putting the jockey some to one wow look at that the giants would go on to win this game. 4 to 3. meanwhile, the winner of the 146 kentucky derby. favored to the law says she is finishing second place on the odds on authentic to want it to the horse's trainer bob baffert. >>the swiss trained the last 2 thoroughbreds to win the triple crown because the ongoing covid-19 pandemic the derby taking place later than usual this year. and of course, no spectators were in th >>that wraps up kron 4 news at 9 i'm justine waldman and