Great. Ugandan president ial candidate bobby wine is charged and released on bail as the death toll rises from the protests over his arrest. Republican leaders fly in from michigan to meet president trump, who is seeking a way to overturn his election defeat. This as the u. S. Suffers more than 2000, coronavirus in just one day of the argentine angry at being the focus of negative attention at the club. We begin the news hour in east africa where there are warnings of escalating conflict and unfolding humanitarian crisis that could devastate ethiopia and sudan. The u. N. Is calling for an immediate cease fire, and preparing for up to 200000 people to flee the military campaign in ethiopias north mt. Great region. Ethiopian Government Forces say theyve taken 2 major towns. And as they advance towards the to graham capital mechanic, its been 2 weeks since Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner made ordered the offensive accusing to grand leaders of trying to destabilize his govern a
Remains a just to present. The number of homes and businesses destroyed has increased to 150. Ktvus amber lee joins us live from the front lines. But first, meteorologist mark tamayo on tomorrows red flag warning. Yeah, the red flag warning tomorrow will be different than the one that moved in last weekend. Last weekend we had the extreme winds set up. Although it will still be breezy, the main concern is the real heat and critically dry conditions. Lets check out some Current Conditions around the fire zone right now. It is such a large area. We are showing you quite a few sites and temperatures. Is still showing 70s and 80s, with the winds is not two too much of a factor. They will develop rapidly heading into tomorrow. As we had an dear thursday we have this red flag fire warning for the hills. From 1 00 p. M. Thursday to 6 00 p. M. Friday very hot, winds approaching 20 to 25 miles per hour. But very dry, single digit relative humidity throughout the day. In general you can see the
Will that lead to the reopening of more businesses . From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Good morning, thank you for joining us. I am dave clark. I am pam cook. It is wednesday, august 26. Mark tamayo is in for steve paulson. Mark, you said it is hard to predict air quality. I can imagine. Yesterday, we had clear blue skies, then smoke rolled in. It is one of those things. I look outside and see not much smoke. It is quite a gift. Its a break from the smoke filled skies. Nothing is permanent, especially with these conditions. There is great news. It has been cleared out as a result of the spare the air alert. This has been extended through friday. It has been extended into your friday forecast. Here is the plan, this morning. Into the afternoon hours, hazy sunshine is on track to reach low 60s to 70s. The hotspot is near 90 degrees. Santa rosa, 54, san jose, 64, fairfield, a bit of a breeze. Here is the camera looking out towards sfo. We have patchy clouds out there. There are
I was happy to welcome you back. It is always good to see you. I have to point out that you are golfing on vacation. Pam cook had a hole in one. Her first holeinone. I had to shut that out to everybody. I am always proud of you. You did it. Congratulations. It was fun. Along the coast of oregon. It was a nice way to get away. Plenty of space. Golf is one of the things on the market, i know that youre a surfer. You can do that in social distance. Right . Absolutely, when youre stressed and stuck inside, it is great to get outside and enjoy the outdoors without the crowd. Congratulations to you, pam. Hopefully more great accomplishments in the future for you. Weatherwise, we are tracking patchy fog out there. Right around the bay, heres the plan this morning. Mid50s to 60s into the afternoon hours. Hazy sunshine, temperatures are in the 60s to the 80s around 90 degrees. They are quality, actually okay this morning. Were showing you the current numbers out there. 50s and 60s. Heres a came
More than 350,000 acres have burned. Containment is up to 27 . Nearly 1,000 homes and other structures, though, have been destroyed and tonight some of the victims are getting a firsthand look at whats left. This fire also the deadliest. Five people have died. Today we learned one of the victims was a disabled man. Jodi hernandez joins us from vacaville. Reporter james leon bone lived in the English Hills area of rural vacaville all of his life. We are told he was mentally and visually challenged. He could barely see. He didnt have a phone. He didnt drive. And sadly he did not survive. He deserved a life and he deserved he deserved to know that he was he was loved. Stephanie is beside herself thinking about her neighbor who lost his life when the lnu complex fire blew through rural vacaville. James leon bone was wellknown in the area. His neighbors say he lived in a home without Running Water or electricity and was almost completely blind. He could feel and, like, steps and certain thi