Case. And hes quoting a conservative Supreme Court justice to make his point. Good morning. 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart in for ana cabrera. And we start with that Breaking News overseas. Israeli forces say they have rescued a 52yearold hostage from a Southern Gaza location. He had been abducted by hamas on The 7th Of October Massacre and is in stable condition. Lets get to matt bradley in tel aviv with the very latest. What more do we know about this . This operation and who this hostage is and how hes doing . Hes 52 years old, as you mentioned. Hes a member of the bedouin arab minority here in israel. And hes been held since october 7th, well more than 300 days. And he was rescued by Special Forces from a tunnel in the Southern Gaza strip. Now, this is a man who has 11 children. He was a Security Guard at a kibbutz in southern israel. Hes from a bedouin Arab Community in southern israel. So this man now, hes in stable condition, according to the idf. He
Deals and israel, which has fortified embassies in those countries. Now were going to continue to follow that breaking story, bring you updates as they come in. I want to say good morning, thank you for joining us for our midday newscast, im marcus washington. The other top story right now, utes your window, the heat in the bay area. Yes, weve been talking about it since the beginning of the week. Downtown san jose in the 90s today, even hotter tomorrow and through the weekend. Meteorologist kari hall has been keeping us up to date what we can expect throughout the day. Kari, it is definitely going to be a hot one out there. Yeah, marcus, weve had heat several times throughout the summer, this time its coming o away from the coast. Were not going to have cooling were at 84 in concord and 73 in palo alto and in oakland. When you compare this to yesterday, it is 17 degrees warmer now invoi santa rosa that was hours ago. We can feel the heat. Look how on the its going to be. Over 100 for
Now to the race for a vaccine for covid19. It comes amid new guidance about sending kids back to school. Earlier i spoke with dr. Imran ali. Thank you for joining us this morning. New jersey will now require kids to wear a mask in School Buildings even while social distancing. I want to know, what are your thoughts on that . Well, a lot of schools want to open, a lot of parents want their kids to get back to school. And some places are definitely hot spots. For example, mississippi. 1 out of every 5 covid tests are positive, and icu beds are filling up. Governor tate tomorrow is going to talk about schools reopening, and i think masks are going to be a big factor. We know cdc guidelines are people, kids over the age of 2, 2 and above, should wear a mask. And the mask should be wellfitting. I recommend parents not to get the ones that go around the ears because then kids fuss around with them. Theyre either too tight or too loose. Get a nice, colorful, comfortable mask, but it is now im
Accuweather sevenday forecast. Heres reggie. Thanks, mike. All this week abc7 news taking a closer look at education and how School Districts are handling going back to school. The San Jose Unified School district says teachers will be required to actually teach from inside the classroom even though no one else will be in that classroom. Abc7 News Reporter Julian Glover is live with the details on this one. Julian. Boy, good morning, reggie. A big blow to the 1,600 teachers that teach in the San Jose Unified School district. They will not be given the option. They will be required to teach from inside their empty classrooms with their students continuing to learn remotely at home. This is the only district within the entire state of california opting for this requirement. The School District and Teachers Union announced the agreement late monday. Now at a recent school board meeting, the district superintendent Steven Mcmahon said teachers from teaching inside the classroom will give t
Right its time now to prove your use i use. The sparks are flying on capitol hill today as u. S. Attorney general bill barr is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee bar is being questioned on his handling of various legal issues including the federal response to these nationwide protests and his intervention in the mall or russia probe. Is live outside of congress and fair and things are still getting pretty heated there. All middle of heat it is an understatement when it comes to this hearing thats actually still going on right behind me in congress now it was the democrats on the House Judiciary Committee that called for this hearing a bill bar and it was originally to specifically asking questions on why the department of justice sent federal office. To the city of Portland Oregon where youre seeing a lot of riots and on rust but it quickly turned into questions about roger stone Michael Flynn Donald Trumps twitter why donald trump and it were a mask originally when corona