Food agency is warning more than 8000000 people are at risk of starvation. Also ahead francaise a cease fire in the hole no cut a bucket could be agreed soon as early and a medium Foreign Ministers head to moscow for talks. Iran accuses the Trump Administration of conspiring to starve its people as the u. S. Imposes new sanctions on the radio and banks. Im going to go with the sports to n. F. L. Games have been postponed because of a coded 19 outbreak and bron james in the l. A. Lakers and chasing glory in the n. B. A. Finals against miami heat coming up later this news hour. Theyve got to Nations World Food Program has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and Food Insecurity around the globe. Its also being credited for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict zones a u. N. Agency says winning the prestigious award is a proud moment and nothing short of a feat it spokesman said the groups work in providing food and supplies during the c
Our dangerous heat wave arrived today, and its only going to get hotter tomorrow. Were tracking the recordbreaking temperatures. Excessi creating several concerns. One, health. Two, slow business traffic. Three, potential power shutoffs. Raising money for the Boulder Creek volunteer fire department. Abc 7 news starts right now. Good evening and thanks for joining us, im indion lim. Imatcri is on, another scorr tomorrow. Lets get to meteorologist drew tuma. Were tracking even hotter temperatures tomorrow, eric and dion. Right now, a warm night, 79 in the city. 80 san jose. 77 in oakland. The air quality is moderate across the entire region, however, if you have been smelling a pretty strong, new smell of smoke, there is in fre start today, the creek fire. It did send a lot of smoke into the atmosphere. There are no new fires in the bay area tonight, but there is a lot of smoke in our atmosphere from that fire in Fresno County. Future tracker temperatures, get your workout in early by 8
Saturday and fairfield and livermore, 104. Im going ahead to sunday we expect high temperatures to range from 100 to 110 degrees in the hottest inland areas, areas like ant i dont know, fairfield, they could hit 110 or higher. On monday, labor day, not a lot of change. Maybe 106, 108 in the hottest inland areas. And locations around the bay shoreline. Well see highs in the 90s, 80s at the coast and excessive heat warning is in effect for virtually the entire bay area. 11 00 a. M. Saturday to 9 00 p. M. Monday and during that time, there is an increased rifgs heatrelated illness so please limit your exposure to the sun and the heat. All right. Thank you. Well catch up with you. Cal fire reporting progress on the three major blazes in the bay area. Now firefighters are racing against the 00. They want to get the fires completely surrounded. Eric thomas reports from the towardy place. It was big monster. It looked like mushroom crowd. At the height of the fire, he thought he might lose hi
Containment. Were wrapping it up. At least theyre trying to. Firefighters want to completely surround the fire zone before the Holiday Weekend brings a change in the weather. This fire did its greatest damage when humidities were low and temperatures were high. Exactly the weather conditions forecast for this coming weekend. These next 12 to 24 hours is very crucial for to us get in there and get as much work as we can done. No one wants to see this fire kick up again. Bill is optimistic that the worst is over. I assume they have it under control. The neighbor who lost two buildings on his property but saved his home isnt afraid of the weather change. He says it is just part of living here. It will be 105. It was 105, 6, when its burning. Its hot. Worry about fire danger. Its nothing new to us. Weary crews are ready to jump back in but they hope they dont have to. Abc7 news. And Spencer Christian joins us now. What are firefighters facing in the next few days . This just looks ominous.
And we are looking out for our health which is at risk we all know because of this pandemic. Coronavirus has claimed 164 lives on wednesday according to the latest report from the state. And that is still higher than average. But the number of new cases is still below average and the number of people in the hospital continues to drop. The test Positivity Rate has gone down to 5 and that is a really important benchmark for counties to move forward with reopening plans. I dont owe anyone an apology. Mrs. Pelosi owes the entire country an apology. New developments, the owner of the salon you see here where House Speaker nancy pelosi got her hair done says that it wasnt a setup. And the stylist who shampooed pelosi as well as other stylists who work there have quit. Here is kate larsen. Nobody set up mrs. Pelosi. Reporter erica kious says she doesnt owe anyone an apology after she released video of nancy pelosi in her salon getting her hair done. Indoor Salon Services are against San Franc