Blitzer in the Situation Room news, Donald Trump says he Wont Repeat Wont take part in the second debate with Kamala Harris trying to spin their showdown this week is a win for him. Even as his allies or deep into Damage Control after his rocky off message performance, were standing by to see if he has more to say at a rally this hour in the battleground, state of arizona, also tonight, Vice President Kamala Harris is firing right back, saying she and trump owe it to voters to face off again harris is working to build on her Debate Momentum with events in the Swing State of North Carolina plus the u. S. Attorney general, Merrick Garland slams effort to turn the u. S. Justice department enjoyed. He calls a political weapon, were breaking down his fiery speech to staffers and his warnings about the threats and the attacks they are now facing welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room the is cnn Breaking News. The Bre
Were going to take sharp turn and were going to have a lot colder and its going to be wet as we get into tomorrow, im tracking a storm system that is coming out of the Pacific Northwest going to be bringing us. Lots of wind lots of rain and colder temperatures all have all those details. Coming up in my next full head and ill have that about 10 to 15 minutes for now though lets hit the roads, the dry roads for today and say good morning to robin good morning. Rebecca, its always good to have you here in the studio with us lets head over to the bay bridge were checking the drive into San Francisco. Its packed its not Getting Better at least not right now nothing in the way to cause us and traffic is this. The typical crowd here rolling into San Francisco. So expect a backup that spills through the bottom of the maze. Were averaging 19 minutes which is crowded slow not so bad in the out for you west of Treasure Island as well were checking in on the e sure thats one of your approach is 2
Were going to check the traffic getting out of these areas because these are massive evacuations that were talking about with mike in just a moment. And, of course, the weather conditions play such an Important Role with what firefighters are up against. Out live to today in the bays Cierra Johnson live in the neighborhood of santa rosa. The last half hour that we joined you, there was a house behind you and now its gone. Reporter these houses are going down very quickly. In the last five minutes there was a breeze that came by, you could see the smoke overwhelm you. I want to direct your eyes to that pickup truck. It caught my attention, almost unrecognizable through all of the smoke, but the house that the driver belongs to completely gone. Just a shell of what it was this time yesterday. I can tell you it is getting hot because of these flames. You see a lot of those embers. Those, too, have picked up. These embers are starting to pick up since the last time i spoke to you. And the
Medical evaluation as well as that nature. Strong winds pick the first one minor medical treatment. Is saturday night and the overnight shelter and as needed is a major concern and we need everyone to keep on moving. Second one was sunday night there are some people who just into early this morning pick dont know which way to go. Thankfully your past those two especially if they have medical maybe they take a route to work challenges so the winds have conditions that we can, not backed up quite a bit. Accommodate using any types of every day or they leave their looking at the forecast, still neighborhood a certain way and very hot around the fire zone equipment. And provide Mental Health with 90s around 102 degrees. Counseling and connect meibrys of 1525 miles meibrys they get stuck once there is a individual social services. Road closure. What we do is encourage them to of 1525 mph and we are scaling the county social Services Back on the wins but still very network as well as support
Investigate a suspicious fire is a hate crime and what the department had to say just minutes ago. The fire watch right now. Cal fireof the city in los ange county. The sun broke out about 2 00 this afternoon in a National Forest and it has already destroyed more than 240 acres. So far, no containment and some cabins and campgrounds in the area have been evacuated. Tonight most of Southern California dealing with warm dry weather. Also right now and news at 7 00, streaming in the bay area, President Trump tonight defending his suggestion that the election be delayed. He is worried about the security of mailin voting. Tonight, bay area Election Officials say they are ready for anything. Good evening. We are live in lafayette for us tonight. Election Officials Say here in the bay area that they are prepared to handle a very smooth very large ab continnt c november. They say they are prepared that they can handle the volume even if it is greater than they expect. Reporter every registered