social distancing and masks. the numbers show an explosion of new covid-19 cases from sunday until today. just in the last few days, the number have increased some 69%, to 7149 individuals. reporter: testing is also up to 96,000 over the past 24 hours. that s a new record. but the rate of positive tests on a steady decline since april are heading back up. couragely at 5.3%. not good but not as bad as states lying texas seeing positive results of nearly 11%. florida at 13%. but arizona has more than four times our rate of positives at more than 22%. newsom says, it will get worse because of big crowds at recent one assume, we can increase the positivity rate as we do more and more testing. they refuse to enforce masks and social distancing mandates. you can lose access to a $2.5 billion assistance fund. it seems counter intuitive that you would provide those resources but harmful. james taylor says newsom would rather have cooperation than play hard ball. if nece
a stand, pulling their hit song, calling the allegations against him horrifying and indefensible. the $137 billion divorce battle. amazon founder jeff bezos and his wife of 25 years calling it quits. his new relationship and is his soon-to-be ex-wife about to become the richest woman in the world? baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo and the music taking a bite out of the billboard charts. how did the children s song baby shark become one of the biggest hits? everyone from lebron james to josh groban singing it. do, do, do, daddy shark okay, we ll start off with an apology. you re not going to get that song out of your head all morning long. good morning, america. great to have cecilia here. i m surprised that neither of you heard that song until today. now you ll hear it all morning long. we want to get right to that latest on the government shutdown. absolute stalemate right now. president trump is going to head to the border to make his case. want to show you
live where you live. this is abc 7 news. live doppler 7 showing us the most powerful storm of the season aimed at the bay area like a punch to the midsection. all the screen can wreak havoc on your commute tomorrow. good evening. i m eric thomas. i m dion lim, thanks for joining us. it is relatively calm now but the biggest storm of the season is coming. a live picture from mt. tam. tomorrow this shot will be bouncing up and down in the wind. drew tuma? live doppler 7 is tracking rain. take a look at this. when it gets down to street level, live doppler 7 showing you from burlingame to san mateo, live doppler 7 showing you light rain. south slide to palo alto, sunnyva sunnyvale, light sprinkles beginning to fall. east bay, similar from berkeley to oakland, emeryville, richmond. some light sprinkles from 80 to 580. inland light showers around benicia and martinez, approaching pleasant hill and concord. this is just the beginning of a storm system that will pack a pun
live where you live, this is abc 7 news. here you see they re lowering someone in a basket. hundreds of people escape flood waters in houston as hurricane harvey just becomes aparpt. we begin with developing news out after texas. the tropical storm causing unprecedented city. tonight, houston is a city. crisis. rescue operations continue in the darkness of night. more than 2,000 rescue callses have come in and more rain is expected. we got you. don t worry. a crew from the abc station in houston stepped in to help as elderly people struggled to get out of their home. you see them lifting a man to safety from his flooded home. four been reported since harvey hit. lana has the latest from houston tonight. reporter: rescues tonight in the dark of night here in houston. we get you, don t worry. reporter: di secretaried by roads that are now rivers, america s fourth largest city is in crisis. we need help in fifth ward. we need people here to evacuate people. get p
the officer is in critical condition right now. he went into surgery this morning. so did the suspect. but a hospital spokesperson tells me they can t give us the suspect s condition because he is in custody. meanwhile, behind me you see that the scene is still active. they still have this area shut down. police still looking for evidence. diamond and 18th still closed. some residents in san francisco s castro district woke up around midnight to the sound of rapid gunfire being exchanged between a man and a police officer. all the sudden i thought it was m-80s or something going off. bam, bam, bammi, bam. it was really loud. reporter: police say someone waved down two officers who were on foot patrol and pointed out a suspicious-looking vehicle. as officers approached, they say a man shot at them, and the officers fired back. one officer was transported to the hospital for a gunshot wound. it happened right in front of our house. reporter: doug says he is shocked th