Negative. The president s chief of staff earlier today said the president is experiencing some mild symptoms and this transfer to walter reed is out of an abundance to caution. Elizabeth schultz has the very latest. Reporter tonight the white house announcing that President Trump is still suffering mild symptoms but has been transferred to Walter Reed Hospital out of an abundance of hospital. And out of the recommendation of the physicians, he will be working from walter reed for the next few days. The white house physician saying the president is being treated with an eightgram dose. Dose. He tested positive hours after the news that one of his most trusted aides, hope hicks, tested positive. As this virus goes on, other people in the white house will certainly have a positive test result. Reporter the president chief of staff saying trump is in good spirits. Sources say the president did not participate in a scheduled call this afternoon about covid19 with seniors. The Vice President s spokesperson saying pence tested negative today. Also, former Vice President joe biden who was on stage with President Trump during tuesday nights debate. My wife jill and i hope that theyll make full recovery. After the noult of amy c c barrett. At least four people in attend yags have tested positive. Top aides saying they observed the president not feeling his best after a rally in minnesota saying he appeared exhausted and fatigued. Thank you. Reporter the president has been heavily criticized for repeatedly down playing the severity of the virus. It affects virtually nobody. Its an amazing thing. Reporter trump at 74 years old and overweight has said he feels no as a resulter in bill to the president. Even making fun of biden for wearing a mask at the debate. I dont wear masks like him. Every time you see him, hes wearing a mask. He could be 200 feet away and he shows up with the biggest mask. Reporter but he could not be shielded from the virus which has claimed the lives of more than 208,000 americans. New video just coming in of President Trump walking into walter reed medical central. Marine one land thered a short time ago. From the white house, it is a short trim to nearby bethesda, maryland. A crowd of Trump Supporters in the bay area semigo their well wishes to the president. Lawyer this shows people to overpass in lafayette. We spoke with one bay area woman standing just feet away from the president at the debate this week. A woman who lost her father to covid. Stephanie sierra shares her first hand account of the lack of safety precautions taken inside the debate arena. Stand back. Stand by. He yelled a lot. People were exposed to the virus. Reporter the San Francisco native was sitting a mere 15 feet away from President Trump turk the debate tuesday night. We have no idea how much virus he put out into the air with his performance. And that is what scares never most. Reporter the risk of exposure hits home for her. She just lost her father mark to covid19. I have seen first hand through the loss of my dad the darkest results of covid. Reporter she said holding his picture night was difficult as the republican side of the debate hall was not wearing face masks. Trump children, Melania Trump who we know is positive. I saw them all. They were all without a mask on. Reporter how concerning is that to you . I am terrified. Reporter she is in the process of get go tested and will be selfquarantining, just like the president and first lady. Saddened and concerned for the president. Especially given his age. Reporter john dennis is the cheryl of the San Francisco republican party. He lost his father bill to covid19. Dead within 72 hours. It just went right through him. He had an underlying issue. That was not a good combination. Reporter after living through it, he expects the next 72 hours will be critical for the president. Think about the president , the first lady, hope they make it through. Reporter stephanie sierra. Abc7 nus. Now a quick look at today. The state reported nearly 3,600 diagnosed cases. Thats above the daily average. Another 98 deaths pushing the states total to nearly 16,000. The Positivity Rate is Holding Steady at 2. 8 . Thats a good indicator of the transmission rate of the virus. Oakland mayor libby schaaf talked about it. I wear masks any time i leave the house. I have Something Like ten different masks, in my car, my purse, the house. Im always sure to bring a mask when i heave the house. Reporter mayor schaaf went on to say she recently got her hair can you tell for the First Time Since the pandemic. She said she wanted to wait until it was safe to do so under local health orders. She xomtd shes running the of oakland from her living room. California has hit a stark mile stone. 4 million acres burned. Two dozen major fires continue. Tis is already the worst fire season on record with 30 people killed. And the area that is sburnld larger than the state of connecticut. Virtually all the damage has been done since midaugust. And cal fire is giving us a birds eye view of the glass fire burning in napa and sonoma counties. They shared this video showing what one of the helicopters saw this afternoon as it flew over steep terrain. You can see smoke. And the glass fire is just 6 contained after burning more than 60,000 acres. It destroyed more than 220 homes. Weary firefighters are on the front lines trying to stop forward progress in this enormous plays. Cornell bernard is in the napa valley. Reporter the glass fire exploded across a ridge on mt. St. Helena. Flames jump go high into the air. Fueled and energized by tinder dry brush. Cal fire did rapid fire water drops from choppers. Ground crews doused the flames with water while others lit back fires, in homes of slowing the fires forward march. It was a race to feed and water the animals which couldnt be evacuated. A cow and some the fire is close to the house. So were worried about that. It is stressful. Not a lot of sleep. Reporter as the fire rages on, additional homes and structures have been lost in the fast moving blaze. The fire is still forgive moils north of where we are on highway 29. There was barely a soul around. 5200 people remain under a mandatory evacuation order. Were hoping for the best, giving people space to do what they need to do so we have this beautiful place to come back to. Hot, dry, red flag conditions are working against firefighters, and so is the thick, hazardous air quality. Despite the odds, crews are not backing down. When you get a first this big, this aggressive, this dill, it is hard to maintain mental composure. But hats off to the firefighters doing it. Theyre doing it every single day. Reporter this wind Country Community giving thanks. The fourth time ive used this sign the last three years. Reporter now more than ever, the words are inyears. Abc7 news. Cal fire is describing some incredibly dill conditions on the fire lines. Officials say it was a very active notice for firefighters with temperatures at Higher Elevations remaining above average, and humidity still low. Downed trees and dried vegetation are proving fuel for the fires at critical levels. Very hot temperatures, dry conditions. It is at a very High Percentage for that. It wont take much for any ignition source to get the vegetation, live vegetation or the heavy vegetation burk. Cal fire said the effort has been helped by lines that were set during the 2017777777 you can see the color coded dots show wine country land marks that have been damaged or destroyed and survived the gas fire. You can log on to abc7news. Com and click on each dot for pictures and more details. Some bay area residents were surprised to receive an alert on their cell phones telling them on leave the area if they felt unsafe. It was received in areas where there were no fires and no evacuation orders. Reporter it was napa countys wireless Emergency Alert system that put out the following warning. Fire danger. Stay alert. Leave area if you feel unsafe. The alert was also sent out to people this solano, contra costa, sonoma and marin counties. Some were not sure it employed to them. I dont know where the fire is but its not here. Reporter some began calling 911. Where is the fire . Should i evacuate . Should not i . Thats when the Sheriffs Office said this warning intended for marin county residents. There is no fire in marin and no evacuation orders in effect. Napa county Emergency Operations said the message bled over from the targeted area into neighboring counties. How does that happen . Times weve been out hiking or something in a remote area. Youll crest the hill and have a cell phone signal. It may be from many miles away. Maybe another peak. A resident reached out and wrote, we have to believe these warnings or they wont work. This could have worked if they had made it clear that the warning employed only to napa county. The marin county Sheriffs Office, it is a critical tool during wildfires. Abc7 news. More to come. Well walk the the medical contributor about the president s diagnosis and what it m hey, my twitter is blowing up dear jack box, bring back the spicy chicken strips, still waiting for the spicy chicken strips, so many about spicy chicken strips. Wow, i hear you. So im bringing back my juicy 100 allwhite meat spicy chicken strips combo for only 5. 99 is it the juicy 100 allwhite meat . Or because you can spice them up or cool them down . Or because a little birdie told me you wanted them back really bad. Get my spicy chicken strips combo for only 5. 99. Ine. Back to our top story, the president s coronavirus diagnosis. Joining me now, dr. Patel with more insight into the president s diagnosis and care. As always, thank you for being here. So many questions. Beginning with this. What struck me, the white house says the president will spend a few days at the hospital. He will be working. We saw him walk to marine one on his own accord. Why go to the hospital at all if he seems to be functioning okay . We would probably have that answer if there was more transparency coming out of white house right now. If the white house physicians or anyone close to the president explaining how he was doing. If we go off the time line, which the white house hand provided, what reporters have gotten, the president developed symptoms today. We know about symptoms can absolutely get worse. On average the time until the really bad symptoms is after a week after they start. So is it an abundance of caution . One. His vital sign was concerning . Was he short of breath . We dome know right now. Thats really Important Information for the American People. And transparency is something i dont know if well get. We did hear abundance of caution along with two other words to describe his case, very moderate. What does that even mean . In the last 18 hours or so, weve gone from asymptomatic, feeling great, to fatigued to mild symptoms to moderate symptoms. That is in a short amount of time which makes people wonder, were we being held back on information . Is there something about the president s course, what were his exact symptoms . A fever, cough, fatigue, those are what we call generally mild symptoms. We dont usually see patients getting hospitalized until they have shortness of breath or they think they might need more advanced imaging or respiratory support. They have a pretty top notch medical support at the white house. So we dont know. We saw the president walking. We saw him wearing a mask and we did see him talk to reporters and put on a quick little show like he likes to do. So it is all speculation right now. We saw some of his staffers being socially distanced, walking behind him. With the symptoms you mentioned, low grade fever, chills, cough, those are symptoms abc sources have uncovered. Is that a good sign . Is it not more serious at this point . You said it could still develop. We still have time here. Its hard to tell. One thing that everyone knows, the president is in a high risk category. Because of his age and his bmi. His clinical obesity. He could deteriorate quickly compared to what weve seen over the last seven months. As far as his symptoms, i think people need to realize that were several days out. So it is hard to know what direction hell go in. He was walking comfortably to marine one doesnt really tell us. He was started pretty quickly on a i cant say enough how important transparency is. This sends a really big message to the American People to take it seriously and it can affect anyone. Even the most tested person in the united states. Indeed. Many directions this can go as we wait and see how it unfolds. Always a pleasure having you on. Thank you. Thank you. Were going to turn our attention to the weather and the smoke. The fires continue to cause smoky, hazy skies all around the bay area. And a spare the air alert has been extended through tuesday now. So far, thats 41 days this year. The most ever. Lets check in with abc7 news sandhya patel. It seems a little better. Still not very good at all. Its not good at all. Were seeing some signs of change. Just look at this view as we look at San Francisco. A little behind of blue showing up. To 70s with the temperatures in the 80s. Gusty in the hills. A cooler week. Still smoky and hazy. We have the spare the air through tuesday. Youll still notice plenty of reds to violet purples. Pu smoke forecast, well show you the smoky conditions staying with us through this evening. Going into tomorrow afternoon, you start to see some blues and some yellows, indicating less smoke as the sea breeze strengthens on sunday. Improved air quality is expected. Expect some smoke around the glass fire as you will notice. Spare the air through tuesday as cysten just mentioned. Poor air quality the next two days. It is hot nooflt degrees. Relative humidity. 16 . And a little breezy out there. It is the dry, hot conditions and the prospects for the winds picking up. So you look at the hour by hour wind forecast. Tonight, 25, 24mileanhour winds. It will dry it out even more. The winds will begin to taper. The red flag warning until 6 00 a. M. Saturday. Gusty winds means any fires that do develop will spread rapidly so that warning is for the hills. Heat advisory tonight. There is a risk of heat illnesses so take it easy out. There youre seeing a hazy view. 92 degrees in san jose. 86 in oakland. The view from our emeryville camera showing the smoke and haze. Hot inler more. Live doppler you have, showing you the smoke from the upper 50s to low 70s. A cooler day, upper 60s coast side to the midnight inland. It will be warm and hazy. At least well see a shift. The spare the air through tuesday. Looking at a cooler weekend. And then next week, increasing clouds on friday. The possibility of some rain as we head into saturday and sunday. So thats definitely something we can use here, especially with the fires burning around the state and locally. Just ahead, the grand opening as a model for private, public part i felt gross. It was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. Four years clear. Real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. Before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. 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It comes nearly a year after a deadly shooting at a home in or indiana where five people were kill during a halloween party. Air bnb says previously booked places will be canceled. It doesnt affect two and threenile reservations with you they say it could change. Bay area officials are working to get people into Affordable Homes have good news. It is a team effort. Leslie brinkley has the story. A brand new house go project with a play ground and a zen garden . It was celebrated today. The complex celebrates emeryville and oakland. It not only is providing a safe sanctuary to 250 working families, formally unhoused and veterans, but it has onsite services. Including free wifi to bridge the digital divide. People moved in months ago. But the socalled grand opening had to wait for covid protocols. This project was fast tracked as a private Public Partnership with the city working more than a dozen financial supporters. You see that. This project happened so quickly and its such a beautiful project. You had multiple groups working together to get it done. Theyre not saying thats not my problem. This was a place where all of us regardless of where we come from, will thrive. Reporter jessica and her mother and children ages 9, 4 and 3 moved here from a cramped east oakland apartment. She said she pays around 1650 a month. We were paying just about the same amount we pay here for a two bedroom and we have four here. So it is so much better. Reporter the housing crisis in the bay area does not care about municipal boundaries. This was the time of work we must do to really make a dent in that affordability complex. Reporter this is also in the works. In emeryville. Abc7 news. Just ahead, election security. The concerns about how accurate it will be in november. Well talk with a local election observer. And how one local winery is recovering and looking to the future after major losses from bay area its rising. The pain is coming. Top officials of the bay area professional sports teams came out in support today of prom significance 16. Thats the Ballot Initiative to repeal californias ban on affirmative action in State Government institutions. There is strength in numbers in sports. And getting this collective group together with our collective brands, to be able to amplify this message and let people know how important this is to us, to our players, to our employees and our fans. I think it is very, very important. Executives with the 49ers, giants, earthquakes, and the Oakland Roots Soccer Club participated in a discussion today on social justice. Organized by the bay area council. Each detailed their organizations efforts to be more inclusive. The as and sharks backed the effort. With just 32 days to go until election day, californias attorney general is taking steps to help ensure a free and fair election. Well do everything to encourage voting, including allowing people to vote up to election day by mail and get go your ballots in at least 17 days after the election. The attorney general Javier Becerra teamed up with pennsylvanias attorney general for a virtual town hall today. Both have joined a growing list of leaders from around the country focused on stopping changes at the u. S. Postal service imposed by the trump administration. The attorney general becerra said there are 21 million registered voters in california. If our state has the turnout he expects this election, it will be the largest in history. President trump told people to go to the polls and observe. Thats unusual. Actual election observers are not. Joining us, the election attorney to talk about this. Who are election observers . What is their role . Yeah. So any of us in a way can be election observers informally when we go to the polling place. We have a right to see whats happening at the polling place. But there is a whole net work of organized poll observers out there. So civil rights organizations do poll observing. Sometime the department of justice goes out there. And the purpose is to make sure all voters eligible to vote have the opportunity to do so. That there are not any by aiers in the way stopping them from exercising their right to vote. It sounds like they need to be sanctioned. H in california we dont have a formal process to sanction poll observers. Best practice is to be trained. Youre there for a reason so you know what to look for to make sure we make the voting process go smoothly. There are clear restrictions on people prohibited from taking steps that would interfere with the voting process. So if you are other at the polls pretending to be a poll observer but without really a mission, and youre watching, thats okay. As long as youre not interfering in process and not deterring any voters. So they can second their own watchers. So what are you doing this year that is different from past years . So we send out hundreds of volunteers around Northern California to check for come appliance with important civil rights laws. This year its a little different because of covid. Were trying to make sure our volunteers can observe the polls but also be inside polling places for as short a time as possible so they dont get in the way for the flow of voters through voting places. There will be some limitations on the number of people in the voting place at any given moment, to protect public health. We want to make sure volunteers are not interfering with that at all. We doable and they will to be there checking. So explain what is the code of conduct for an observer. I asked this for people who are going to the polls and how can they tell the difference between, for example, voter intimidation, if they were to see that, versus, you know, your conduct. Sure. So observers are supposed to check in first with the staff at the voting place to say, hi, im here. Im observing. Here the things were looking for, to be really collaborative with the staff so they get what they need without holding tim process at all. In this cycle, were going to have to maybe a little by to make sure were not overcrowding the polling place. And then other key things are that observers comdo electioneering. You cannot wear a political sign, a hat or anything within 100 feet of a polling location. You also cant challenge voters qualifications or their ability to be there cast go their ballot. Those are prohibited by law. A trained observer knows not to do those things and be coopive in checking to see whats happening and making sure theyre not getting in the way of peoples ability to vote. So voters should know their rights. Your work is always challenging. This year with some complexities. And still to come, signs of hope from the ruins of a very special say yes. 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They said the new rule should not be a problem since the airlines have received nearly 60 billion from the cares act. Time is almost up if you requested a new deadline on your taxes. Thats the date for your income taxes. Because of the pandemic, the april final dead line was pushed back to july and the extension to midoctober. Amazon announced nearly 20,000 of its workers have tested positive for the virus that causes covid19. They said the infection rate of its employees is well below what weve seen in the general american population. Amazon which owns whole foods, employs more than 1. 3 million people. Once you add that 20,000 number tom number, it is a lot but not as bad as it first sounds. Sound. It does sound like a lot. Gear delis sign was reinstalled after several months. Repairs. The sign the 19 feet tall. 152 feet long. Originally erected in 1915. It is protected by San Franciscos Historic Preservation commission. 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Theyre determined to bring it back to life. Reporter these pictures show the camp in happier times. Last summer would have been the 63rd year hosting students with disabilities. Then came the czu lightning complex fire. Two weeks ago, one of the camp directors finally got to see what the massive blaze left behind. This was your favorite spot. Yes. This was our bell tower. This is where we had ten of our cabins. Theyre all gone. To smell it and see the enormity of it all was overwhelming. Reporter the camp sits on 87 acres and hosted at least 1,000 campers and counsellors from all over the world. Everything that you saw was volunteers and love and friendship and community. And thats just, how do you let that go . Despite the warnings of more fires in the years ahead and the possible of mud slides that could wyoming out the roads, they cant let go. Their hope torsion raise, 5 million and rebuild. This is such an integral respite for the families. We really ned to get back as soon as we can. In the ruins, there are signs of hope. A play ground, a canoe, buds of green. Well be back. This is what that says to us. In boulder creek, abc7 news. Yes, they will be back. Now to another story of resiliency. To the napa valley and the winery affected over and over again from wildfires. The 2017 fires destroyed the crop at hoops vineyard. And once again as we know, fires are burning in the area. So joining me now are the master distiller, thank you both. So for joining me today. Its a pleasure to be here. Thank you. First and foremost, i have to ask how you both are doing. I cant imagine the deja vu here. How have you been affected by the glass fire . Reason weeks . Its about two minutes from our vineyards. All of our properties at the moment. I should say the evacuation zone. Were extremely close. Weve been covered in smoke. It is the worst ive seenseensen injure crop was destroyed in 2017 but youve been able to recover through a little ingenuity. And i want to hear what youre doing. This is the ultimate pivot. Yeah. Well, i have to say, it was out of necessity. Also a little bit of luck. A chance encounter. I have exhausted everything that i could think of in terms of fixing the wine, removing it, ultimately, any money through insurance, and when i sort of thought i hit rock bottom, i actually traveled to kentucky. And i was at an industry event for taste makers in the industry. Both spirits and wine. And i met maryanne. Very fortuitously. It was like an angel entered my life. I made a joke. I said well, i love scotch and i love grapes, i love wine. There must be something we can do with those two flavor profiles that would be interesting. And she can tell you what she thought about my question. I think it sparked an interest coming out of such devastation. Please do elaborate. I think a lot of times, alcoholic beverages, they inject with artificial smoke. Tell me about the brandy, the product itself. Absolutely. The first thing that fascinated me when she approached me as being part of the project was to understand what the varietal of grape would come out with. Im a bourbon master distiller. I had no experience making brandy before she approached me. It is an exciting part of the partnership. I dont have a traditional view. It may see this as unfit to make a great brandy. However, i think it is such a fine product already. They didnt just say should we trash it or not. They went to the end level to try the save this 2017 crop. So it is a beautiful wine. A lot of distilled projects want to bring out that smoky characteristic. The grapes already have that infusion and i can enhance that and further with maturation. So im really excited about the opportunity here. This is so cool. It is like sustainability thing. I cant help but think about pork belly was a throwaway cut of meat and now it is in star restaurants. People are clamoring for it. Give us an idea of when this will be ready. I know there is an aging process. Absolutely. Weve got the unaged brandy. Weve still got quite a bit of the wine stock to were really taking our time to make sure it is a great reat ret it is probably too good to be made into brandy but were doing it anyway. So exciting. Good to see both of you. Thank you both for joining us. Hopefully when this brandy is ready, youll provide us with a samp and well get an update. Absolutely. We would love that. I dont drink but i love that thinking outside the box. Thinking of smoke, we still have smoky air out there so lets check in for the very latest as we head into the weekend. Sandhya . Yeah. We are still being impacted by the smoke around the bay area from the august complex fire. We have a red flag warning. Gusty winds, low humidity means any fires that do develop. Existing fires will quickly spread. So keep that in mind and stay vigila vigilant. This is covering virtually all the bay area. So warm to hot outside. We do have informing that will be returning later tonight, going into tomorrow. And that along with the sea breeze will help drop our temperatures. It will be still hazy out there. But definitely not hot. So much as it is going to be warm. Upper 60s to the mid 90s. We are looking at temperatures from timer 60s to the mid 90s tomorrow. Cooler, much cooler on sunday. Spare the air through tuesday. And we are keeping eyes on a weak front today. Increasing clouds leading up to a chance of rain. Not just friday by going into the following weekend. Rain chances are better going into saturday a week from tomorrow. Thank you. One mans trash is another mans treasure. Up next, how an east bay artist is plugging through pandemic to turn an old hobby into new creations. And reaction on President Trump testing positive for coronavirus. We are reaching out and well have reaction from both political parties. And stunning images from the north bay where the glass first has devastated wineries. A home that dates back to the 1950s. Tonight on abc7, its the nba finals starting at 5 30 followed by after the game. Then jimmy kimmel game night at 10 00. At 10 30, a special hourlong abc7 news. You have heard the term one mans trash is another mans treasure, right . This rings true for an east bay man who is creating unique guitars with items that would otherwise end up in landfills. Melissa pixcar has the story. I started making cigar box guitars about five years ago. Theyre generally easier and lighter and you dont have to be as careful with them. The pandemic has certainly allowed me to have more time to do this, and ive made 14 since april whereas i would normally make maybe five a year. Its certainly given me time to make more interesting guitars. I havent made the same guitar twice. Ive used a lot of different items to build guitar. Ive made one out of a metal gift tin from cookies, the pool rack. Ive made them out of a bedpan. Ive used wine cases. Anything thats got a body and will resonate sound. I like to call it the art of imperfection. Its taking things that were never meant to be together. A lot of the hardware is for instance drawer pulls and knobs and different kinds of things i fie find. Garage sales, yard sales, theres usually some treasures in there. Its fun to make these things and im making them more for the art value than anything else. The fact that it creates more art with the music you can play with it is just phenomenal. And thats going to do it. Get the latest news anytime with the abc7 news app. It has enhanced live video features, more customization, and personalized push alerts to get the news you want delivered to your phone in real time. Thank you for joining us for abc7 news wean air force veteran made of doing whats right,. Not whats easy. So when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. Thats how you do it right. Usaa insurance is made just the way martins family needs it with hasslefree claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. Because doing right by our members, thats whats right. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Usaa its rising. The pain is coming. Ust moments ago. I want to thank everybody for th im going to Walter Reed Hospital. I think im doing very well. President trump is hospitalized tonight with coronavirus. Were getting reaction from both sides on his diagnosis. And a San Francisco woman tells firsthand how devastating the virus can be, losing her father to it. Her reaction after learning the president is infected. And it is an uphill battle in the north bay right now as firefighters try to get a handle on raging glass fire flames. Well check in from the front lines. And the vineyard, it is still there, but the longtime family home is gone. Well have this heartbreaking story. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Just a short time ago, President Trump was taken by li