Force and warned tonight of another surge of covid19. It evening. Dr. Fauci stressed the importance of wearing a mask and following guidelines for social distancing. We are here in out more with what the doctor said about the pandemic and how students reacted to the virtual event. Reporter frank, doctor fauci spoke for 45 minutes tonight and a very frank conversation with Berkeley Students. It is my distinguished honor to welcome dr. Fauci to the berkeley form. Reporter in a virtual fireside chat sponsored by the form the Student Group in the school of Public Policy , dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases talked about the pandemic. I have never seen a disease with a wide range of clinical manifestations from 40 to 50 of the people who get no symptoms at all. Reporter he said the vaccine probably would not be widely available until spring or fall of next year. Our baseline of infection is around 40,000 per day, which is unacceptably high, so we have to get that down. Otherwise, we will have a very tough winter. Reporter the organizers say the invent drew an unusually big crowd. For this event we streamed through two platforms and first through facebook which we had approximately 2000 views and on youtube with approximately 1500 views. Reporter concern and interest tightened as a number of cases in the u. S. And deaths rise. Even if people disagree with these ideas, we want them to have a chance to interact with them and interest and them and level. Truck the Public Health side of the pandemic has become increasingly political. We are driven by the science. Science knows no political party. Science, in its purest sense, doesnt know any ideology. It just knows the facts. Reporter the facts of coronavirus prevention that he listed such as wearing masks, social distancing, avoiding crowds and washing hands have at times been disputed by president reagan, trump and white house advisors. The new england journal of medicine published an unprecedented editorial signed by all its editors critical the Trump Administration that said quote mac truth is neither liberal nor conservative when it comes to the response to the largest Public Health crisis of our time and our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent. The new england journal of medicine tried to stay focus on policy and they gave a devastating critique of what the Trump Administration has done, but they didnt go so far as to say vote for joe biden. Reporter a sign of the times according to henry brady dean of the Golden School of Public Policy during an unprecedented election. Donald trump has broken so many norms that many professional organizations, journals and so forth are breaking norms that they have held for a long time as well. Reporter he said today if the Vaccine Development goes as scheduled in a patient combination may be able to return to normal by next spring or next fall. President trump doctor said tonight that the president can return to public engagements on saturday, which would be 10 days after he tested positive for the coronavirus. The president suggested in an interview on the fox this morning that he caught the virus either at a rose garden event announcing his Supreme Court nominee on september 26 or at a meeting with military families at the white house the following day. They come within an inch of my face sometimes and they want to hug me and kiss me. And they do. And, frankly, i am not telling them to backup. I am not doing it. But i did say, you know, it is obviously dangerous. It is a dangerous thing, i guess, if you go by the covid thing. President trump that he is feeling perfect now and he does not think he is still contagious. At least 34 white house staffers and contacts have reportedly been infected with the coronavirus. Today senator Mitch Mcconnell says he is not been to the white house in more than two months because of what he says are lax protocols. I can tell you that i have not been to the white house since august 6. I personally didnt feel that they were approaching protection from this illness in the same way i thought it was appropriate for the senate. He said he still speaks to the president regularly, but he said he is following the advice of the cdc and the capital physician on wearing a mask and a social distancing. Tonight, it looks like there will be a president ial debate in miami next week. Today the commission on president ial debates announced the debate would be held virtually and they say President Trump is refusing to take part with just 26 days until the election. Truck after the commission on president ial debates announced that the second showdown between President Trump and joe biden would be virtual, the president announcing he is bowing out. No. I wont waste my time and virtual debate that is not what debating is about. You sit behind a computer and do a debate is ridiculous and they cut you off whenever they want. We dont know what the president will do. He changes his mind every second and for me to comment on that now would be irresponsible. Reporter former chair slammed the organization for changing the format. There is a 10 day period that is nerally accepted in the medical field with respect to how long you would have to wait. This is really an issue of when the debate should occur. Reporter they say that Trump Campaign is wise to push for a delay in the debate. It gives the Trump Campaign the best chance of getting the best possible performance out of the president. Truck this comes as they say the president cant beat joe biden without another president ial debate and at the same time the president is watching support from senior slip away and the president thursday putting out a video targeting that crop of voters. The seniors will be taken care of and everybody will be taking care of. Reporter republicans and political experts believe the outcome of the election may hinge on undecided voters. The candidate that says to them here is how we will move forward into 2021 and have that be successful, i think will grab the momentum in the closing days. Reporter a real clear politics average of National Polls find that joe biden is leading President Trump, but just like the last go around forecasting the november 3 victory may very well be a fools errand. This is a closer election than most people think. I think the polling numbers that we see are very optimistic for joe biden. Reporter the Trump Campaign is pushing to have next weeks debate delayed to october 22. The Biden Campaign initially agreed to that date but later pulled out. Instead biden will hold a town hall next thursday the day the debate was supposed to be held. A study of the antiviral drug found it reduce Recovery Time for people with coronavirus. The drug cut Recovery Time by five days compared with the placebo of 29 days of treatment. For patients on oxygen Recovery Time was reduced by seven days and remdesivir is one of several drugs given to President Trump to treat his infection. The report was published in the new england journal of medicine. Of the bay area has seen a spike in the number of deaths from the coronavirus and at least 35 deaths were reported yesterday including 13 deaths in Alameda County and six people also died in Contra Costa County and six deaths were reported in santa clara county. According to data compiled by the chronicle, this is the highest total in the bay area in three weeks. New state numbers released today show california with 835,000 cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began. There were nearly 3600 new confirmed cases reported today and more than 16,000 people with the virus have died in our state including 99 more deaths reported in the last 24 hours. The 14 day Positivity Rate is 2. 6 . In Santa Cruz County, officials are trying to trace the origins of an outbreak at a nursing home. So far, as we find out 61 people have become infected and at least nine people have died. On the outside we are scared to death for loved ones and we dont know what is going on and it is really hard to get information. Reporter mary campus at her 91yearold mother has been on lockdown inside the watsonville postacute center. This is Santa Cruz CountyHealth Officials confirm they covid outbreak with started three weeks ago. We dont know where it started. It is very likely that it was a staff or contractor in the building but it is sue, too soon to tell. Truck she said nine residents have died so far with the corner set to send the death certificate for a 10th. 46 others have been infected with the virus and 15 Staff Members also tested positive. Santa cruz has over 2500 total cases, and officials are now conducting Contact Tracing to determine how the infections within postacute occurred. We are still dealing with an outofcontrol pandemic. Reporter Stanford UniversityInfectious Disease expert doctor jake scott said as long as covid19 cases continue spiking outside of care facilities, those insider at risk. We cant feel them off completely because the staff and people who have to visit these facilities come from the community. Reporter county Officials Say the National Guard has been called in to help supplement postacute staff since more than a dozen are now quarantined. Facility management has posted a statement saying quote mac each day we evaluate all of our residents are following state and county guidelines to determine who meets the criteria to be transferred out of the unit. This is a positive first step in reducing the number of positive cases in the facility. Reporter even so, not knowing eats that relative the residence, almost as tirelessly as the fear of the spreading virus. I am trying to prepare myself that i will never see my mom and person again. Reporter Health Officials say they expect the death count to rise in the coming days and that relatives of those on the inside can check with the facility to see if they want to bring the relatives home or leave them in place in the middle of a covid outbreak. Searching for answers for an unsolved killing in oakland. At 10 30 we hear from the victims mother who said she doesnt know why anyone would want to kill her son. Tracking hurricane delta. I will let you know how that will transpire tomorrow and a chance of some what weather in our forecast. It has been three years since the devastating fire hit santa rosa and todays ceremonies two the victims and how survivors say life has not been the same ever since. This years anniversary, it was difficult because we did not know if we would have to evacuate from the fire and last month it was the august fire. Your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. Well, dr. Farrell, it feels really good. Thats good. And. Im sorry. Baby, dont touch that. I dont want you to play with that. singing twinkle, twinkle little star. How i wonder what you are. still singing up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky. Im so glad that your shoulder is feeling better. But, how are you doing . Im hanging in there. Schedule a video visit with your doctor. And get quality care with no copay. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. Pg e is planning for possible power shut us in the coming days in certain parts of northern california. They say the eastern portion of Tehama County as well as butte, plymouth, yuba and sierra counties could go dark on sunday and monday if no rain falls in those areas and the high wind continues. The outages are meant to keep trees from falling on powerlines and starting wildfires. None of the nine bay area counties is included in the possible planned power shut off. It was three years ago tonight and howling winds and downed power lines whipped up a firestorm of the north bay in sonoma, napa and mendocino counties and what no one realized then it was not a one off but a new normal. We are joined now live with more on the anniversary. Reporter julie, santa rosa got the worst of it in 2017 with 22 lives lost, 5600 homes destroyed. Survivors say it was a turning point. Three years ago, we went through some very incredibly difficult times. Truck the fire chief of santa rosa in the past presided at public ceremonies marking this date and disaster. Covid quashed that this year. Plus, he is still turning the corner on the glass fire and hundreds of homes gone into counties. Firefighters are not all that aware of anniversaries. I want to thank all of you for being here today to help us with this current fire we are experiencing, knowing that many of you were here in 2017 helping us. This was my neighbors house. Truck that night fire warden so fast people ran for their lives and then have a long ordeal of turning wasteland in the neighborhood again. Coffee park is almost entirely rebuilt but nobody forgets, not with big fires and the camp, the lightning complex and every year since. We had people in santa cruz reaching out to us to be able to give them information. Reporter is neighborhood leaders make welcome packets for returning homeowners, they now hear from a new wave of victims. We do have a wealth of information that can help them know there are people who have gone through it. We will help them every step of the way. Vegetation management is a huge issue for us right now. Reporter he was santa rosas mayor during the disaster and now a newly elected county supervisor, he expects fire to remain a dominant issue. I dont know whether we are Getting Better at stopping them or we are getting lucky, they have all had the potential to be just as bad as the tubbs fire and 2017. Reporter while there has been improvement on warnings and readiness, he understands how ongoing stress, smoke, power shut off, may have people ready to leave. When one crisis hits year after year after another it gets hard. But i tell you i think this is the best place to live in the whole country. I am not going anywhere. Reporter thursdays glass fire briefing was dedicated to those who didnt survive three years ago. For the 22 souls who lost their lives on october eight and nine. Reporter a long moment of silence to honor them. There will be some small remembrances tomorrow and an earlymorning bellringing in santa rosa and some neighborhood meet ups. But julie, mindful of the pandemic, public observances. Looking at those pictures of all those burning homes and the debris and not much left after, it is hard to look at. Thank you. It was lifechanging. It certainly was. The glass fire burning in napa and sonoma counties has burned more than 67,000 acres and the fire has also destroyed more than 1500 residential and commercial structures. It has been burning now for 10 days and containment has increased to 70 . The cause of the glass fire is still under investigation. A spare the air alert has been suspended since saturday. There have now been 48 of those this year and the bay area air Quality Management district said it is a new record. The previous record for an entire calendar year was 46 back in 2017. The district said smoke from the glass fire burning in sonoma and napa counties is a big factor for the bad air quality in the bay area. Joining us now for the air quality under weather is our chief meteorologist. Yes. First we have to look at delta, which is a major hurricane, category 3 right now and it looks like it will come on shore near lake charles, louisiana as a category 2. So the forecast models have up to 7 feet or 11 feet of storm surge. Category 3 just off shore of lake charles. Quickly it will hit landfall at category 2 tomorrow later afternoon or early evening. Six named storm to hit this area this season and that is a record and that will be more problems for them and a lot of rain and wind and a lot of problems and that is a friday there. Here, we have the weekend coming up. The chance for rain is less than it used to be and the rain chances are down. We could see a few sprinkles but not a lot. The main impact will be clearing out the poor air quality and keeping temperatures cool. When we come back we will look at that and the five day forecast. A strike team returning from the fire lines today made a stop in San Francisco to honor a fallen firefighter paramedic jason cortez. In these pictures tweeted by the Fire Department you can see engines from Southern California including the downey alhambra and la county Fire Departments as they saluted station 3 in the tenderloin and that is where cortez worked. 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