Whole , with love and understanding and small acts of kindness. Is the Halfway Point of a very unconventional convention. Good evening, everyone. The democrats ramped up their criticism of President Trump tonight and made an appeal to moderate voters. Our local reporter greg lee is back with us. The nominee himself even made a couple of cameo appearances tonight. Reporter at a normal convention we would to the only see the candidate and full of times. The democrats really tried to use this virtual format to showcase joe biden sympathy and emphasize the parties diversity. 231 votes for Bernie Sanders and 263 votes for our next President Joe Biden reporter with a virtual rollcall from across the country democrats formally made former vice President Joe Biden there 2020 president ial nominee. Thank you very much, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you all, it means the world to me and my family. Reporter day two of the highly produced Democratic National convention headlined by dr. Jill b
He and camilla will work yo this nation better. And rising like alexandria ocasiocortez , not only telling the country why joe biden is the best choice to lead america, but highlighting what they see as the president s failures. Delaware is proud to casted 32 votes for our favorite son and next president , joe biden. Reporter it also featured Small Business owners and essential workers telling their stories from living rooms and landmarks across numerous states and territories. During this 30 minute reimagined rollcall they officially cast their vote for biden is the partys nominee. Thank you very, very much from the bottom of my heart. Thank you, thank you all. Reporter meanwhile president gym continuing his campaign and battle states iowa and arizona, highlighting big agenda items like border security. Bidens plan is the most radical, extreme, reckless, dangerous immigration plan ever put forward by a major party candidate. Reporter senator Kamala Harris will become the first woman o
And antioch. Lots of 90s for hayward and san jose and even in San Francisco, downtown San Francisco, into the lower 80s. Hot stretch will continue, especially inland. Look at all of these days into the weekend and next week for monday, tuesday and wednesday. For tomorrow most areas within this range are at 95 to 108 degrees. Excessive heat warning for the inland areas. The Santa Clara Valley and the north bay mountains, this from 11 00 a. M. Friday to 9 00 p. M. Wednesday and then a heat advisory for the areas in yellow basically tomorrow from 11 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. On friday. The highs for tomorrow, places like livermore going way up above 100 degrees and the heat will continue to stick around into the weekend. We will have more on your weekend forecast coming up. Now to Southern California where firefighters are battling a massive outofcontrol fire. The lake fire broke out yesterday afternoon and spread out across 11,000 acres and is mourning north of l. A. In the Angeles National
Outcome today i could not peopl the castro, they say the courts decision was monumental and has revitalized their efforts for full equality under the law. Many say they were prepared for a different outcome in light of the conservative makeup of the court. We did not know where it was going to land. And it being so clear and straightforward was a little bit of a surprise. Many say todays decision was a bright spot and what has so far been a terrible year with the pandemic of course and the anger unleash the Police Across the country. Reporter the Supreme Court ruled employers cannot fire or discriminate against members of the Lgbtq Community based on gender, identity and sexual orientation. The decision extends the federal protections of title vii of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to gay, lesbian and trans people. Today is a landmark victory for lgbtq equality decades in the making. It was the right step, this is something a lot of folks have been thinking about. Reporter carolyn weisin
Coronavirus cases in most area counties, which prompted the question, why . One possibility for the increase in numbers is that more people are being tested, but that may not tell the whole story. We are also seeing increased number of hospitalizations, so just suggesting that this is not only due to the increased number of testing. Because testing should not affect the number of people who get hospitalized is because dr. Lee riley, purpose of epidemiology and Infectious Diseases at uc berkeley thinks that the states reopening non phase 2 is the most important factor kris pickel almeda county made the news because it surpassed Seneca County as the county with the highest number of cases in the bay area. Mike those numbers from the health around showing 840 increase in covid19 cases from the week before. We did have a larger loosening of restrictions of her shoulders order around may 4th, the lot for construction, more outdoor activities. Reporter there are now 450 new cases in Alameda