one of the headlines from this story today is the smoke and ash that you see in the air. we re at the evacuation center which is at least 20 minutes south of where the fire is burning. you can see how much smoke and ash is in the air and it s making people nervous. 18,000 acres burned so far and it s only 5% contained according to cal fire. they say three structures have burned and 450 structures are threatened or evacuated. i tried asking some of the people how many were evacuated and they say it s at least several hundred. from the information center we learned that the fire is burning in a northeastern direction and there are some people being housed at the evacuation center at middleton high school. 20 people spent the night last night and more are expected today. it s pretty scary and stressful because the fire keeps shifting and they don t know from one minute to the next if they re going back home soon or whether it s going to be a while. it s been stressful. repor
thank you for waking up with us. welcome to mornings on 2. it is saturday, august 1st, i ll claudine wong. i m paul chambers. happening now, b.a.r.t. is repairing a vital section of track near the transbay two, no service from west oakland and embarcadero stations. service will resume early monday morning. 80,000 riders who rely on the transit system on weekends must find another way around. made plans with my friends. so those plans are out of window? now they are out the window, of course. what this is addressing is some of the wear and tear of a system that s almost 45 years old. now, starting saturday, september 5th, b.a.r.t. will again shut down the transbay tube during the labor day weekend. both closures will allow b.a.r.t. to cross trains from one track to another from the west oakland station to the transbay tube. with these changes b.a.r.t. says if there is a delay they can move trains around easier and reduce the length of the delay. taking a look a
only about the outlook for the next seven days is looking pretty good, especially for the weekend. high temperatures in the 60 s. next week, we are going to need the jackets and the umbrella. elizabeth: thanks, metinka. this morning a fired-up donald , trump is making headlines for his jabs at just about everyone last night in fort dodge. mr. trump: how stupid are the people of iowa? how stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap? elizabeth: that was just one of several controversial statements during his 95 minute appearance last night. this morning, eric hanson s live with more of what trump had to say and preps for the democratic debate tomorrow. eric: trump did not hold back at all last night. he spent most of his time he did not hold back speaking about his chief rival, ben carson saying he has a , pathological temper that can t be cured and questions his story of nearly stabbing a friend. mr. trump: let me tell you, i m pretty good at this stuff. so i h
metinka: a bit frosty but not the wind we dealt with yesterday. 33 in des moines. a light breeze from the north at five to 10 but brisk wind chills in the 20 s. a great afternoon, dress in layers, a light ejected is needed later on with highs where they should be, near 50 degrees. a little bit more breezy this afternoon. the weather looks gorgeous this weekend, a southwind, a warm wind, 10 degrees warmer than today on either side of 60 saturday and sunday. elizabeth: sounds good, thank you. this morning, a fired up donald trump is making headlines for his jabs at just about everyone last night in fort dodge. mr. trump: how stupid are the people of iowa? how stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap. elizabeth: just one of several controversial statements during his 95 minute appearance last night. this morning, eric s live with more of what trump had to say debate tomorrow. eric: donald trump did not hold back. he spent most of his time talking about foreign p
it gives you no solace? mother 7:24:01 nooi mean not at all. in an exclusive interview with abc s brian ross.. diane foley.. remains critical of the administration .. her son, american journalist james foley was among the murdered hostages.. diane foley7:23:38 it sadens me that um here in america this is here we re celebrating and the killing of this deranged pathetic young n. jihadi johoh was the chief executioner for isis.. presiding over the killings of foley along with fellow americans, steve sotloff and peter kassig plus two britons and two japanese hostages.. his real name was later revealed to be mohammad emwazi.. a british citizen, the son of kuwaiti parents who emigrated d o the u-k. diane foley7:24:01 ish its just so sad that our precious resources had been u know concentrated to seek revenge if you will or kill this man.. 7:24:22 when if a bit of them had been utilized to save our young americans. liz tag: foley went onto say this brought her no sense of justi