Outage map at this hour the areas highlighted in yellow are impacted, including Calistoga Napa eastern walnut creek in eastern milpitas we are awaiting an update from pg e and were going to take it live when it starts. We also have Team Coverage this evening kron fours dan kerman is in napa county where residents certainly are on edge, but first a chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is tracking the dangerous conditions prompting fire concerns lawrence, yes, certainly gorgeous out there today, warm all the way the coastline High Pressure now taking over you can see really see as this ridge is building in now its going to set itself up over the next 24 hours. And as it does is sliding toward the coastline start to see more of that northerly component the win as air clockwise around that ridge of High Pressure and brings us those offshore winds very typical this time of year, but it is going to be gusty in spots. The fact weve already had a very hot in the summer fires burning already cer
Bay area almost have fires. In the last hour, two fires also sparked in Sonoma County, forcing evacuations there. Lightning suspected as the cause of most of these fires. Now, fire danger not the only concern tonight. Power outages are also possible as the states grid is once again pushed to the max. Pg e is asking people to conserve electricity through 10 00 this evening. We have a lot going on right now and a team of reporters in place on the Power Outages and the wildfires. Lets start with nbc bay areas ian cull live in San Mateo County. Ian. Reporter yeah. Hey, guys. Very active scene up behind us here. You can see the plumes of smoke hundreds of feet in the air. This is what you can see from Silicon Valley throughout the bay area as more than 350 firefighters are onscene up there along that ridge. On officer who th a cal fire tells me that this is very steep, difficult terrain to be fighting a fire. Its also very dry up there because of this heat, and thats also a worry and a diff
And well be following this roll call as it plays out. It happens over several minutes. There are a lot of states who want to be counted. You see the tally at the bottom of your screen. Well bring you highlights as we go this evening. Well of course go to that big moment when joe biden officially clinches the nomination with 2,374 votes needed. We can dip in if you want. Theres montana now. Joe biden has a plan to make it happen. Montana casts one vote for Bernie Sanders and 18 votes for our next president , joe biden. Nebraska. And thats the way its been playing out. This is really a nomination on location. There are also some big speeches ahead this evening, including former secretary of state john kerry, who was the democrats 2004 president ial nominee, form secretary of state colin powell, a republican, and tonights headliner, joe bidens wife, dr. Jill biden. Well, its been a busy night. They have been on the air over an hour now. Weve seen a number of noteworthy speakers, including
The second hour will focus on Bernie Sanders and former first Lady Michelle obama. Watch all of the Democratic National convention on cspan, cspan. Org, or listen live with the freeseas been radio app. Free cspan radio app. Holly otterbein joining us from philadelphia today. Good morning. Host what would be the goal of the d c . Nc. Ahead and iiden is think his main goal is to do no harm. It is the democrats opportunity to present a vision they are unified. This is something the party has worked hard at. They did not want a repeat of , there6 convention where was a lot of commotion protests, Bernie Sanders supporters were upset. They wanted something very different this time around so it was an opportunity to showcase that. You will see that with bernie and making his case for joe biden. Host as well as michelle obama, we expect to hear from governor john kasich. Guest absolutely. Right there that shows you the unity they are trying to present. You have john kasich on one side of the s
The dow as the president says the u. S. Government should take a cut of its deal. Apple inches toward a 2 trillion market cap. The price were looking for to hit that level is 4. 6777 about 27 above where we are now. Apple is up 1 today gold topping 2,000 an ounce for the first time ever. The precious metal is up as the market attempts to price in a postpandemic recovery, there are new signs the road back could be longer and bumpier than experts think steve is digging into the data good afternoon. Even if the forecast of economists for the strong second half ebound pans out, the u. S. Economy is still going to be in the e kwif lenquivalent of a reb year end the Unemployment Rate forecast decline from 11. 1 now to 9. 8 by december. Look at those numbers and the 9. 8 Unemployment Rate would make it the third highest among recessions we have done a good job of taking it down from 15 . It would be e clipted by the surgeon jobless followed by the 81 and 08 recessions. Charlie evans talking t