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At San Francisco, some high clouds moving in from the pacific, and another camera looking at the golden gate bridge. Today is the last hot day of the series, then we cool down significantly heading toward thursday, friday and into the weekend. The heat advisory is in place for most of the bay area, lots of 90s, up to 102 degrees. The north bay and east bay hills had their heat advisories expire. Several others are in place until 7 00 this evening. Could be approaching several records as well, especially san josi, tying a record set back inare the 12 00 observations, 90 showing up in Half Moon Bay. San josi 88, low 90s no concord and livermore right now. Well talk about the big cooling trend that moves in tomorrow, all coming up in a little bit. The power is out for more than a thousand pg e customers today, joining tens of thousands of others after pg e cut service to reduce the risk of wildfires. The utility says the power will remain off until 2 00 this afternoon and after that restoration could take as long as 12 hours. Sara zendehnam has more. Reporter this sign is supposed to say open, but the manager here is turning customers away because the power is out. A quick stop for breakfast at this calistoga gas station, but because of power outages, the store manager is in the dark wondering when his service will be restored and how much it ins thats going to be gone, the pumps and everything shut down. Thousand customers fall under pg es Public Safety power shutoff zone. They say the power is off since 4 00 in the morning. We start to work at 5 00. Reporter eastern sonoma county, west calistoga and north of the lake were all cut off to prevent wildfires during hot temperatures, low humidity and gusty winds. Its a surprise because i wasnt expecting calistoga to lose power. Reporter more than 48,000 pg e customers dealt with the outage. When conditions get better, the utility will inspect lines and turn the power on, but it could take hours to days to get service back, which means these doors will have to wait to open. Sara zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. If pg e cuts power in your area, cell service may not last long. At t, verizon, u. S. Cellular, t mobile and sprint say if a wildfire breaks out, they cannot guarantee service. During the camp fire, 17 cell towers were destroyed, causing communication problems. Airbrush fire happened overnight on the mare island preserve. Allie rasmus explains it started when someone tried to steal copper wiring from a power pole. Reporter a steep glowing hillside before sunrise on the mare island preserve. It started around 3 00 this morning and burned 10 acres before being contained around 9 00 a. M. Power poles were found with clear saw marks. Investigators say someone intentionally cut into two power poles, causing the lines to come down and spark the fire. Saw blades were found nearby. The island has its own power supply. They have reported they have had currents lately of individuals attempting to steal copper lines. Its tragic. Definitely we have a lot of wild animals and a place like no one else in the world. Theres treasured resources that we dont even know are there. Thats night and had to as a pr but buildings were threatened or damaged. The visill be open this weekend to new phenom sadly this morning it destroyed part of our reserve and used up precious resources and fire crews. Reporter they are hoping to collect fingerprints from the saw blades left behind near the power poles. Allie rasmus, ktvu news. The white house is releasing the transcript of a call between the president and the president of ukraine. Its central to the impeachm yesterday by nancy pelosi. Reporter ive got the transcript here it was transcri two cia Staff Members who work in the white house and are assigned to work in the situation room. Something important just happened moments ago in new york city. President trump and ukranian president Volodymyr Zelensky sat side by side at a president ial candidate, and Volodymyr Zelensky said President Trump did not pressure him. The transcript reveals President Trump did discuss the bidens with the ukranian president. During the 30 minute phone call, the president said, theres a lot of talk about bidens son, that biden stopped the prosecution, and a lot of people want to find out about that. Whatever you can do with the attorney general would be insid Intelligence Community found the conduct of the president of the United States alarming enough to file an official whistleblower complaint. Reporter the president ordered advisors to freeze the money sent to ukraine before the call, and some want to know if that was used as leverage. According to the transcript, money was not discussed. Its a continuation of the worst witch hunt in political history. Reporter the statement states the complaint addresses a quote, urgent concern. Statements made by the president during the call could be viewed as soliciting a foreign complication. But the doj says it would have to be turned over to congress. The president of the United States asked a Foreign Government to help him in his political campaign. That cannot stand. Reporter despite the doj saying this whistleblower complaint does not meet the bar for an unurgent concern, they are sending it for a review. A lot of what was said in front of the press between the ukranian president and President Trump, we are working on writing that up so we can bring it to you. Again, Volodymyr Zelensky said he was not pressured by President Trump, and President Trump reiterated the fact that he thinks something shady went on between the bidens and ukraine when Vice President biden was working with them to give them loans to help with the struggles and corruption they have been going through. Well get that back to you coming up. The state is accusing the Trump Administration of 1300 acres of salt ponds not protected under the clean water act. It was a key bay ecosystem. The decision was made at the request of the developers who want to build in the area. The endangered species act directs that species precedence over corporate profits. The law is clear. It is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure that actions will not jeopardize the survival of species or degrade critical habitats. A new report from the un shows the oceans are under severe strain from Climate Change and could affect those l the coasse of acidity is contributing to the drop in fish population. Sea levethan 3 feet within the next 80 years. Environmental activists are calling for a change in policy to combat Climate Change. And those protesters blocked access to several Financial Institutions . Reporter yes, lets go ahead and show you the traffic impact. We are at california and montgomery, traffic being routed around this area, protesters painting a series of murals here on the streets. We are blocked in each directio noon hour. Protesters showed up before the workday got underway, trying to disrupt business as usual here in the financial district. They have blocked the doors to bank of america, chase bank and wells fargo, and bank workers were left Milling Around on the street trying to figure out how long this would go on and coul at 11 00 this morning, police began arresting protesters, saying they were trespassing on private property. The protesters say the banks fund the exploitation of the environment. It is for a purpose. We, um, are taking action because the Climate Crisis is critical and we dont see people taking action. Our act of disobedience is nothing compared to the violence corporations like wells fargo are taking around our earth. Reporter some bank workers say they agree Climate Change is a desperate situation but blocking workers from their job is counterproductive. We are hearing protesters plan on staying here until at least 5 00 this afternoon and will congregate around the brazilian consulate here on montgomery street. We are live San Francisco right now. Happening across the bay, hundreds of workers are holding a rally to protest what they say is severe understaffing in the city. Demonstrators are at 14th and broadway in the downtown area. Labor unions that represent workers say they want to bring attention to the 600 vacancies they say transportation, public works and housing departments are facing the most shortages. Employees are also working without contracts as talks with the city fell through before the june deadline. Mark zuckerberg is speaking about the new technology that could change the way people use Virtual Reality head sets. And what could make it easier to contact 911 in emergencies. Skies permanent says a coalition will establish a 130 million work force a ram to reduce the National Shortage of health and provide annual pay increases. Santa clara county texting hearing impaired to use when calling for help to 911. It was officially launched a couple hours ago and gives people the ability to text 911 services in most areas and could be used by anyone who feels unsafe speaking to 911 over the phone. Calling 911 is the preferred method to tell us about an energy. Text will help those who are deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired, or anyoneto be heard by an intruder or by someone else who could put them in danger. Authorities say anyone using the service should include thr keep the message brief. The fight to fend off and Invasive Species is getting help from the state. The problem rodents are called nutria. Now there are funds to allow the department to hire more dedicated staff to help with the problem. We have a few spots getting close. San josi could be back in the upper 90s. Never know until about 6 00 but we are getting close. These are the live cameras, not much in the way of fog here. San josi camera, this is the walnut creek camera. Just a reminder with the hills so dry, we are approaching the peak of fire season. Heat advisory still in place until 7 00 this evening for all the areas in yellow, essentially the entire bay area. Red flag warnings expired for the north bay hills and east by hills but still in effect for parts of Northern California until 7 00 this evening. Current wind speeds, the winds have not comple you can see gusts now to 33 miles an hour, and middle attack gusting to 24, even the Oakland Hills with winds out of the northeast about 24 miles an hour. The winds have a bit of a breeze out there. Take a look. San francisco is currently 85, santa rosa right now 94, and lower 90s for livermore and walnut creek. Youll see some high clouds out toward the west. We have High Pressure offshore and this area of low pressure to the south. That sets up the heat event today and the offshore flow. It is hot across the entire bay area but cooling heads our way beginning tomorrow, and this will carry over into the weekend. Friday we could be talking about measurable drizzle around portions of the bay area. Here we are today in the clear, 4 00, and then into thursday we call it a southerly surge because the fog be moving in from the south. This will definitely cool off the entire bay area but the biggest cooling is in the bay. Friday lots of clouds, maybe some drizzle and skies remain partly cloudy. Saturday we have a shower chance, the best chance to the north and east of the bay area. Maybe by sunday could have a little dusting of a snowfall in the sierras, amazing. Plan for hot temperatures today, essential will i the bay area in the 90s to around 100 degrees. San josi 97, and we cool off for thursday, maybe some drizzle heading toward the friday forecast. Thank you. The state Health Department is telling everyone to put down the vape pen. What one county is proposing as officials try and get bottom of dozens of vapingrelated illnesses in the state. Kaiser back now to downtown oakland we go, hundreds of oakland city workers holding a protest right across the street from frank plaza at 14th and broadway. They have walked into the middle of the intersection and are currently blocking vehicle traffic in the area, although it looks like they are starting to move out of the middle of the intersection. Cameras are there watching this. I dont see any Oakland Police officers on the scene, but you can see some of the organizers maybe waving these individuals out of the street there at 14th and broadway. They are protesting what they say severe understaffing in the city, 600 vacancies within the city. We see cars now going through that intersection there at 14th and broadway. If this changes, well go back to it. Californias department of health is telling people to stop using all vape pens and e cigarettes, no matter the substance being smoked. The warning will be in place until officials find the root cause of vapingrelated illnesses. They advise anyone with breathing problems after vaping to contact their doctor immediately. Twdied in california after vaping. And the santa clara board of supervisors is considering a ban as well. The juul ceo that owns about a third of the market is stepping down. The Trump Administration proposed banning most flavored ecigarettes. Juul is also supporting a ballot measure to remove a ban on vaping products in advance. That news from juul comes as altria and Phillip Morris called off talks to merge last month. The dow jones is up almost twothirds of a percent and the nasdaq is up over 1 so far. Right now calls for President Trumps impeachment continue after a transcript of the president s call with ukraines president is released. Were talking about what happens next. The bay area is under a heat advisory. Where we could see record temperatures today and where you could go to cool down. We h the far east bay as we look around the golden gate bridge, temperatures here close to what i grew up with, around 90 degrees. You grew up in the city and this is rare for San Francisco. I can remember a couple days it got this warm this time of year, leaving campus for off campus lunch, i guess you could say. I dont remember the exact day, but wed go down to ocean bay. Im sure it was warm even at the 7 00 hour this morning. It was warm, and typically growing up in the bay area, you remember the hot days heading back to school, august and september. Thats what we have today, a heatup across the bay area. We still have the heat advisories and temperatures in the 90s, approaching 100 degrees. If you want relief, we have to get past today. Much cooler temperatures are in store for thursday, friday and the weekend. Day two heat advisory and we are talking about 90s with a few spots around 100 later this afternoon. In terms of records, we could see you 20 to 25 cities. This is the sampling across the bay area, and its tough to beat records this time of year. San francisco is very close with that forecast high of 91 and san josi could tie that 97 later today. Currently out there right now for the 12 00 hour, San Francisco 85. Look at all the 90s, santa rosa, concord, and the sea breeze. Not the case. We have 90 degrees already at the coast this afternoon. Well talk more about the cooldown headed our way with the full forecast coming up in a bit. San franciscos Parks Department is waiving fees at cityrun pools. People often go to the pools to escape the heat as temperatures reach 90 degrees in the city. That can be a concern for many living in the city, learning their homes arent helping them stay cool. The design of some buildings and materials used can hold heat for hours or days. We live in heavy buildings that are made of stone that heat up, then that heat traps in the building. And it goes higher than the outdoors, so indoor temperatures can be hotter than the outside. And many homes in the city dont have airconditiostay hydrated and check on neighbors who may be vulnerable to the heat. Today the white house released a phone call between the president and ukranian president. The president says ukraines leader worked with Rudy Giuliani and the attorney general to investigate the biden story. The conversation between President Trump and ukraines president is just one part of the whistleblower complaint, which is essential to the impeachment inquiry announced yesterday by House Speaker nancy pelosi. James, thank you for being with us. Reporter its hotter in washington, d. C. Than it is in california. When you talk about impeachment, what the chances it will actually happen . I think its already happening. I think once the an informal impeachment happening, that was now they have gained momentum with atic party talking and nancy pelosi joining in. Even if donald trump survives the process of impeachment, say this doesnt end up in impeachment, it stains his presidency forever in the same way Richard Nixon is always mentioned in the context of impeachment even though he avoided it. Lets talk about the transcript, professor. So many lines pop out and President Trump just wrapped up a News Conference with the ukranian president and he emphasized he didnt put any president in this phone call. When you look at the words in the transcript, whats the difference in your eyes between the pressure that he says never occurred and whats in the transcript . Reporter this is why its hot in d. C. If you look at the press conference, the president of ukraine is sitting next to the president of San Francisco<\/a>, some high clouds moving in from the pacific, and another camera looking at the golden gate bridge. Today is the last hot day of the series, then we cool down significantly heading toward thursday, friday and into the weekend. The heat advisory is in place for most of the bay area, lots of 90s, up to 102 degrees. The north bay and east bay hills had their heat advisories expire. Several others are in place until 7 00 this evening. Could be approaching several records as well, especially san josi, tying a record set back inare the 12 00 observations, 90 showing up in Half Moon Bay<\/a>. San josi 88, low 90s no concord and livermore right now. Well talk about the big cooling trend that moves in tomorrow, all coming up in a little bit. The power is out for more than a thousand pg e customers today, joining tens of thousands of others after pg e cut service to reduce the risk of wildfires. The utility says the power will remain off until 2 00 this afternoon and after that restoration could take as long as 12 hours. Sara zendehnam has more. Reporter this sign is supposed to say open, but the manager here is turning customers away because the power is out. A quick stop for breakfast at this calistoga gas station, but because of power outages, the store manager is in the dark wondering when his service will be restored and how much it ins thats going to be gone, the pumps and everything shut down. Thousand customers fall under pg es Public Safety<\/a> power shutoff zone. They say the power is off since 4 00 in the morning. We start to work at 5 00. Reporter eastern sonoma county, west calistoga and north of the lake were all cut off to prevent wildfires during hot temperatures, low humidity and gusty winds. Its a surprise because i wasnt expecting calistoga to lose power. Reporter more than 48,000 pg e customers dealt with the outage. When conditions get better, the utility will inspect lines and turn the power on, but it could take hours to days to get service back, which means these doors will have to wait to open. Sara zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. If pg e cuts power in your area, cell service may not last long. At t, verizon, u. S. Cellular, t mobile and sprint say if a wildfire breaks out, they cannot guarantee service. During the camp fire, 17 cell towers were destroyed, causing communication problems. Airbrush fire happened overnight on the mare island preserve. Allie rasmus explains it started when someone tried to steal copper wiring from a power pole. Reporter a steep glowing hillside before sunrise on the mare island preserve. It started around 3 00 this morning and burned 10 acres before being contained around 9 00 a. M. Power poles were found with clear saw marks. Investigators say someone intentionally cut into two power poles, causing the lines to come down and spark the fire. Saw blades were found nearby. The island has its own power supply. They have reported they have had currents lately of individuals attempting to steal copper lines. Its tragic. Definitely we have a lot of wild animals and a place like no one else in the world. Theres treasured resources that we dont even know are there. Thats night and had to as a pr but buildings were threatened or damaged. The visill be open this weekend to new phenom sadly this morning it destroyed part of our reserve and used up precious resources and fire crews. Reporter they are hoping to collect fingerprints from the saw blades left behind near the power poles. Allie rasmus, ktvu news. The white house is releasing the transcript of a call between the president and the president of ukraine. Its central to the impeachm yesterday by nancy pelosi. Reporter ive got the transcript here it was transcri two cia Staff Members<\/a> who work in the white house and are assigned to work in the situation room. Something important just happened moments ago in new york city. President trump and ukranian president Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> sat side by side at a president ial candidate, and Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> said President Trump<\/a> did not pressure him. The transcript reveals President Trump<\/a> did discuss the bidens with the ukranian president. During the 30 minute phone call, the president said, theres a lot of talk about bidens son, that biden stopped the prosecution, and a lot of people want to find out about that. Whatever you can do with the attorney general would be insid Intelligence Community<\/a> found the conduct of the president of the United States<\/a> alarming enough to file an official whistleblower complaint. Reporter the president ordered advisors to freeze the money sent to ukraine before the call, and some want to know if that was used as leverage. According to the transcript, money was not discussed. Its a continuation of the worst witch hunt in political history. Reporter the statement states the complaint addresses a quote, urgent concern. Statements made by the president during the call could be viewed as soliciting a foreign complication. But the doj says it would have to be turned over to congress. The president of the United States<\/a> asked a Foreign Government<\/a> to help him in his political campaign. That cannot stand. Reporter despite the doj saying this whistleblower complaint does not meet the bar for an unurgent concern, they are sending it for a review. A lot of what was said in front of the press between the ukranian president and President Trump<\/a>, we are working on writing that up so we can bring it to you. Again, Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> said he was not pressured by President Trump<\/a>, and President Trump<\/a> reiterated the fact that he thinks something shady went on between the bidens and ukraine when Vice President<\/a> biden was working with them to give them loans to help with the struggles and corruption they have been going through. Well get that back to you coming up. The state is accusing the Trump Administration<\/a> of 1300 acres of salt ponds not protected under the clean water act. It was a key bay ecosystem. The decision was made at the request of the developers who want to build in the area. The endangered species act directs that species precedence over corporate profits. The law is clear. It is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure that actions will not jeopardize the survival of species or degrade critical habitats. A new report from the un shows the oceans are under severe strain from Climate Change<\/a> and could affect those l the coasse of acidity is contributing to the drop in fish population. Sea levethan 3 feet within the next 80 years. Environmental activists are calling for a change in policy to combat Climate Change<\/a>. And those protesters blocked access to several Financial Institutions<\/a> . Reporter yes, lets go ahead and show you the traffic impact. We are at california and montgomery, traffic being routed around this area, protesters painting a series of murals here on the streets. We are blocked in each directio noon hour. Protesters showed up before the workday got underway, trying to disrupt business as usual here in the financial district. They have blocked the doors to bank of america, chase bank and wells fargo, and bank workers were left Milling Around<\/a> on the street trying to figure out how long this would go on and coul at 11 00 this morning, police began arresting protesters, saying they were trespassing on private property. The protesters say the banks fund the exploitation of the environment. It is for a purpose. We, um, are taking action because the Climate Crisis<\/a> is critical and we dont see people taking action. Our act of disobedience is nothing compared to the violence corporations like wells fargo are taking around our earth. Reporter some bank workers say they agree Climate Change<\/a> is a desperate situation but blocking workers from their job is counterproductive. We are hearing protesters plan on staying here until at least 5 00 this afternoon and will congregate around the brazilian consulate here on montgomery street. We are live San Francisco<\/a> right now. Happening across the bay, hundreds of workers are holding a rally to protest what they say is severe understaffing in the city. Demonstrators are at 14th and broadway in the downtown area. Labor unions that represent workers say they want to bring attention to the 600 vacancies they say transportation, public works and housing departments are facing the most shortages. Employees are also working without contracts as talks with the city fell through before the june deadline. Mark zuckerberg is speaking about the new technology that could change the way people use Virtual Reality<\/a> head sets. And what could make it easier to contact 911 in emergencies. Skies permanent says a coalition will establish a 130 million work force a ram to reduce the National Shortage<\/a> of health and provide annual pay increases. Santa clara county texting hearing impaired to use when calling for help to 911. It was officially launched a couple hours ago and gives people the ability to text 911 services in most areas and could be used by anyone who feels unsafe speaking to 911 over the phone. Calling 911 is the preferred method to tell us about an energy. Text will help those who are deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired, or anyoneto be heard by an intruder or by someone else who could put them in danger. Authorities say anyone using the service should include thr keep the message brief. The fight to fend off and Invasive Species<\/a> is getting help from the state. The problem rodents are called nutria. Now there are funds to allow the department to hire more dedicated staff to help with the problem. We have a few spots getting close. San josi could be back in the upper 90s. Never know until about 6 00 but we are getting close. These are the live cameras, not much in the way of fog here. San josi camera, this is the walnut creek camera. Just a reminder with the hills so dry, we are approaching the peak of fire season. Heat advisory still in place until 7 00 this evening for all the areas in yellow, essentially the entire bay area. Red flag warnings expired for the north bay hills and east by hills but still in effect for parts of Northern California<\/a> until 7 00 this evening. Current wind speeds, the winds have not comple you can see gusts now to 33 miles an hour, and middle attack gusting to 24, even the Oakland Hills<\/a> with winds out of the northeast about 24 miles an hour. The winds have a bit of a breeze out there. Take a look. San francisco is currently 85, santa rosa right now 94, and lower 90s for livermore and walnut creek. Youll see some high clouds out toward the west. We have High Pressure<\/a> offshore and this area of low pressure to the south. That sets up the heat event today and the offshore flow. It is hot across the entire bay area but cooling heads our way beginning tomorrow, and this will carry over into the weekend. Friday we could be talking about measurable drizzle around portions of the bay area. Here we are today in the clear, 4 00, and then into thursday we call it a southerly surge because the fog be moving in from the south. This will definitely cool off the entire bay area but the biggest cooling is in the bay. Friday lots of clouds, maybe some drizzle and skies remain partly cloudy. Saturday we have a shower chance, the best chance to the north and east of the bay area. Maybe by sunday could have a little dusting of a snowfall in the sierras, amazing. Plan for hot temperatures today, essential will i the bay area in the 90s to around 100 degrees. San josi 97, and we cool off for thursday, maybe some drizzle heading toward the friday forecast. Thank you. The state Health Department<\/a> is telling everyone to put down the vape pen. What one county is proposing as officials try and get bottom of dozens of vapingrelated illnesses in the state. Kaiser back now to downtown oakland we go, hundreds of oakland city workers holding a protest right across the street from frank plaza at 14th and broadway. They have walked into the middle of the intersection and are currently blocking vehicle traffic in the area, although it looks like they are starting to move out of the middle of the intersection. Cameras are there watching this. I dont see any Oakland Police<\/a> officers on the scene, but you can see some of the organizers maybe waving these individuals out of the street there at 14th and broadway. They are protesting what they say severe understaffing in the city, 600 vacancies within the city. We see cars now going through that intersection there at 14th and broadway. If this changes, well go back to it. Californias department of health is telling people to stop using all vape pens and e cigarettes, no matter the substance being smoked. The warning will be in place until officials find the root cause of vapingrelated illnesses. They advise anyone with breathing problems after vaping to contact their doctor immediately. Twdied in california after vaping. And the santa clara board of supervisors is considering a ban as well. The juul ceo that owns about a third of the market is stepping down. The Trump Administration<\/a> proposed banning most flavored ecigarettes. Juul is also supporting a ballot measure to remove a ban on vaping products in advance. That news from juul comes as altria and Phillip Morris<\/a> called off talks to merge last month. The dow jones is up almost twothirds of a percent and the nasdaq is up over 1 so far. Right now calls for President Trump<\/a>s impeachment continue after a transcript of the president s call with ukraines president is released. Were talking about what happens next. The bay area is under a heat advisory. Where we could see record temperatures today and where you could go to cool down. We h the far east bay as we look around the golden gate bridge, temperatures here close to what i grew up with, around 90 degrees. You grew up in the city and this is rare for San Francisco<\/a>. I can remember a couple days it got this warm this time of year, leaving campus for off campus lunch, i guess you could say. I dont remember the exact day, but wed go down to ocean bay. Im sure it was warm even at the 7 00 hour this morning. It was warm, and typically growing up in the bay area, you remember the hot days heading back to school, august and september. Thats what we have today, a heatup across the bay area. We still have the heat advisories and temperatures in the 90s, approaching 100 degrees. If you want relief, we have to get past today. Much cooler temperatures are in store for thursday, friday and the weekend. Day two heat advisory and we are talking about 90s with a few spots around 100 later this afternoon. In terms of records, we could see you 20 to 25 cities. This is the sampling across the bay area, and its tough to beat records this time of year. San francisco is very close with that forecast high of 91 and san josi could tie that 97 later today. Currently out there right now for the 12 00 hour, San Francisco<\/a> 85. Look at all the 90s, santa rosa, concord, and the sea breeze. Not the case. We have 90 degrees already at the coast this afternoon. Well talk more about the cooldown headed our way with the full forecast coming up in a bit. San franciscos Parks Department<\/a> is waiving fees at cityrun pools. People often go to the pools to escape the heat as temperatures reach 90 degrees in the city. That can be a concern for many living in the city, learning their homes arent helping them stay cool. The design of some buildings and materials used can hold heat for hours or days. We live in heavy buildings that are made of stone that heat up, then that heat traps in the building. And it goes higher than the outdoors, so indoor temperatures can be hotter than the outside. And many homes in the city dont have airconditiostay hydrated and check on neighbors who may be vulnerable to the heat. Today the white house released a phone call between the president and ukranian president. The president says ukraines leader worked with Rudy Giuliani<\/a> and the attorney general to investigate the biden story. The conversation between President Trump<\/a> and ukraines president is just one part of the whistleblower complaint, which is essential to the impeachment inquiry announced yesterday by House Speaker<\/a> nancy pelosi. James, thank you for being with us. Reporter its hotter in washington, d. C. Than it is in california. When you talk about impeachment, what the chances it will actually happen . I think its already happening. I think once the an informal impeachment happening, that was now they have gained momentum with atic party talking and nancy pelosi joining in. Even if donald trump survives the process of impeachment, say this doesnt end up in impeachment, it stains his presidency forever in the same way Richard Nixon<\/a> is always mentioned in the context of impeachment even though he avoided it. Lets talk about the transcript, professor. So many lines pop out and President Trump<\/a> just wrapped up a News Conference<\/a> with the ukranian president and he emphasized he didnt put any president in this phone call. When you look at the words in the transcript, whats the difference in your eyes between the pressure that he says never occurred and whats in the transcript . Reporter this is why its hot in d. C. If you look at the press conference, the president of ukraine is sitting next to the president of United States<\/a> and will not say the president didnt pressure him. The president of ukraine says, you have the letter, you have the transcript. Look at it. That was his first response. The president of the United States<\/a> began to say, no pressure, i didnt pressure him. Again, he didnt give the president the kind of cover he could have in that moment. How are republicans and democrats seizing on today in w reporter i think the republicans think the democrats are going to blame them. How are the democrats impacted by a potential impeachment . What is the role of the rebl in terms of oversight over these issues that are enough for people to engage in whistleblowerring and reporting conduct to leadership . For Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> and the republican party, i think the president is in deep trouble. I think donald trump has brought joe biden down by sayin biden into the question of ukraine and sort of messing joe biden up with this whole issue down, whereas up to this point hed been leading. I think this is bad all the way around. I think nancy pelosi has found her spot and people are celebrating her leadership at this moment. Going back to the impeachment trials, there have been two in the history of our country and both president s were acquitted and stayed in office. No matter what happens in the house, whats going to happen during an impeachment trial . Do you think there are 67 votes there . No, there arent, and there wont be. And thats irrelevant. I think people should ignore the impeachment process. The house charging and the house trying the president , the senate later in a second step b juror and the judge. We have had two impeachments and neither president was improved. Ask people why they approved the impeachment of Andrew Johnson<\/a> and bill they were not out. He could be removed or he could not be remTrump Administration<\/a> pushing unity and focusing on the threat by iran today at the un. Reporter secretary of state mike pompeo in new york addressing activists opposed to the Iranian Regime<\/a> after President Trump<\/a> challenged iran in a speech to the un, part of an effort to contain and pressure iran following attacks on saudi oil facilities. Iran has a long history of unprovoked aggression against its own people, neighbors, and civilization itself. We had an agreement, mr. Mr. Trump. If the United States<\/a> of americas government is willing to talk, it must create the needed conditions. Un leaders are pushing for a face to face meeting between President Trump<\/a> and the iranian leader to avoid the open military conflict. It is now up to iran and the United States<\/a> of america to Work Together<\/a> to restart the process. Irans defense minister said the country wont give up its Ballistic Missiles<\/a> program as part of any new deal with the u. S. Democratic president ial candidate Julian Castro<\/a> campaigning in the bay area today, in oaklands fruitvale neighborhood to discuss the need for more affordable housing. Hes also touring a homeless encampment. Im happy to be here today because both the challenges and opportunities reflected here represent the challenges we have throughout the United States<\/a>. We have reached a crisis point, not only here in oakland and california but throughout the United States<\/a>. Castro released a plan to end homelessness by the end 2028 nationwide. Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> will be in the next democratic debate in ohio by receiving donations from at least 130,000 people and reaching at least 2 support in four recommended polls. Shes one of the few candidates strongly opposed to impeachment, saying it would be terribly devisive. Up next, a look at the new season of the masked singer. Wh whacha doing . Im watching food. Try my 3 cheddar bacon loaded curly fries. Get em delivered with doordash. Try my 3 cheddar bacon loaded curly fries. Still nervous about buying uhoh, la new house. Meones is it that obvious . Yes it is. You know, maybe youd worry less if you got geico to help with your homeowners insurance. I didnt know geico could helps with homeowners insurance. Yep, theyve been doing it for years. What are you doing . Big steve . Thanks, man. There he is. Get to know geico and see how much you could save on homeowners and renters insurance. Try my 3 steak and parm loaded curly fries. Get em delivered with doordash. A San Francisco<\/a> supervisor is calling to combat the citys number of deadly overdoses, calling the problem involving opioids a Public Health<\/a> crisis. The plan includes more outreach workers and making narcan more readily available for Emergency Responders<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>. We also need to be sure treatment spots are available. If were out there and somebody says, we want to get off drugs, but we dont have anything for you, thats dangerous and thats reckless. Fentanyl Overdose Deaths<\/a> increased 150 in 2018. A new study says americans are not doing great eating healthy foods. The new report shows american diets rely too heavily on foods contributing to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and other health problems. Researchers from harvard found the average consumer gets their low calorie carbs like white bread. Americans have decreased their added sugar and salt intake over the last 16 years. Companies want to get rid of Plastic Waste<\/a> and help make roads more durable and help them last longer. We process the things people throw away and use them to replace the black oil you get in the road. The new material is being used in the uk already. The planned extension through downtown san josi for bart may il 2030. The 2026 target could be slipping by as much as four years. Engineering and design delays could contribute to the delayed opening. Back to the bay area weather, some cities are expecting the break records and others reaching triple digits. Basically everybody in the 90s today, some spots near 100 degrees. San josi could tie a record later this afternoon. This is a look at San Francisco<\/a> in the distance, just a few high clouds here. We are starting to see a change in the wind directio shore arti develop. This is looking out toward San Francisco<\/a> bay this afternoon. Today, the last hot for thursda and friday, and could be talking about measurable drizzle here in the bay area on friday. The red flag warning is in place for parts of Northern California<\/a> until 7 00 this evening with gusty winds up above 25 miles an hour in the higher elevations. San francisco, 87 currently, Half Moon Bay<\/a> down to 82 degrees, a change in the wind direction there. Lots of 90s on this map and a lot of neighborhoods will reach tripledigit territory by about 4 00 this afternoon. You probably saw the high clouds moving in and this area of High Pressure<\/a> is out in the pacific, heating us up. This area of low pressure down to the south, the pressure difference sets up that offshore wind difference. Thats why everybody is on the warm to hot side. This pattern breaks down as this guy moves in from the have interesting here, the sierras have the possibility of snowfall saturday night and sunday above 7500 or 8,000 feet in the higher elevations. Today mostly sunny skies, and tomorrow we have the change in the wind direction. Well see the southerly wind set up in portions of the bay and definitely some clouds friday morning, maybe some measurable drizzle friday morning. Skies are partly cloudy by friday afternoon. Shower chance in the sierra, looks like its outside the bay area as we head into the weekend. Santa rosa 102 degrees this josi noon, San Francisco<\/a> 91, could tie the record with 97 degrees. A look ahead at the fiveday forecast, look what happens. By sunday, the warmest locations around 69, maybe 70 degrees. Thats how much we are cooling off over the next few days. The highly anticipated Second Season<\/a> of the masked singer premiers tonight on fox 2 and the panel has a preview of season one. Reporter themasked singer premier has finally arrived. The fox series returns with bigger stars, crazier costumes and even more surprises. The panelists continue to be amazed, especially considering they had no idea what to expect from season one. The first season its like, is this career suicide . That a legit concern . For a few seconds. Reporter one who knew it would be a hit, ken jungs mother. Its based on a show in korea and its my moms favorite show in korea. I dont know whether i should do it or not. She goes, mark my words, it will be a big hit in america. I dont think ive every made her prouder. Reporter and i wanted to find out what would happen if they were singing. What would you goto song be . My song, probably the only song i know, new kids on the block. I will survive. I like that. Okay. You can catch the season two premier starting at 8 00 tonight right here followed by the 10 00 and 11 00 news. Coming up, Phil Mickelson<\/a> teed off today at the safeway proam, and may not be the most popular athlete on the course. The oculus conference kicked off a few hours ago, Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> opening the conference by unveiling new Virtual Reality<\/a> products like a game with creative tools. And soon users wont need a controller to operate the oculus quest. An experimental device is coming out next year. Facebook bought the company in 2014 for 2 billion. Speaking of money, another look at the market before the closing bell this wednesday afternoon, positive day for the dow jones, up 176 points right now. Same can be said for the nasdaq and s p, both up today. We continue to follow proceedings on capitol hill closely as President Trump<\/a> is going to speak again on the impeachment inquiry. Well have reaction to his statement and insight into the phone call with the ukranian president today on the 4. Dave chappelle is performs in San Francisco<\/a> tonight and tomorrow at the punch line comedy club. Both shows are already sold out. Hes known for his Comedy Series<\/a> on Comedy Central<\/a> and led the effort to save the punch line in recent months when it was threatened of of it location on battery street. Phil mickelson in the safeway proam, playing with steph curry. The fourround event runs through sunday. Thank you for joining us. In the next hour, a News Conference<\/a> with President Trump<\/a> and the president of ukraine will happen and well bring you coverage live as that happens as the impeachment inquiry continues. Have a great afternoon. Great afternoon. A meal in minutes. But are we losing the nutrients . And how safe are those microwave bags . And, what you need to know before you try or buy. Plus, Vanessa Williams<\/a> joins the dish crew with five ingredient meals. Coming up next. Season are you ready for 11 . Yeah [applause] dr. Oz","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia601009.us.archive.org\/35\/items\/KTVU_20190925_190000_KTVU_FOX_2_News_at_Noon\/KTVU_20190925_190000_KTVU_FOX_2_News_at_Noon.thumbs\/KTVU_20190925_190000_KTVU_FOX_2_News_at_Noon_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240716T12:35:10+00:00"}