Strikes. Partly cloudy skies. 74 livermore and san jose in the 24hour temperature change i dont think ive seen that. Everyone is in double digits. Anywhere from 1015 degrees warmer than yesterday in the cloud cover has a lot to do with it along with yesterdays warm to hot temps. They are hotter today and we are way above average on these highs and we will continue to do that into early next week. Over to sal now. 6 01 a. M. Anything new you want to get to . Bridges are somewhere . Right now we are off to a good start, steve. Many people thought on friday even if they have to drive the drive early or something is going on because it is lighter than usual now and some of these commutes. I can show you the bay bridge whole plaza. We usually have some slow traffic and fridays is lighter volume and we see what happens in the next halfhour. 6 01 a. M. And lets go back to the headlines. Thanks, sal. The agency that runs californias power grid expects the demand for power to shoot up. Ktvu allie rasmus is here with why they want to save energy. Morning, allie. Reporter yes. Between the hours of three to 10 00 p. M. And thats when Peak Energy Usage is expected. People crank up the air conditioner and put pressure on the power grid and adding to the pressure is the fact more people than usual at home now doing work in school and therefore using a lot of different electronic devices. It is expected to be cloudy which impacts the energy coming into the system from solar panels. In order to avoid any power outages, account iso is called a flex alert today. They want people to conserve energy energy. Doing things like turning the thermostat up to 78 in closing shades and turning up pool pumps and avoiding using large appliances during these peak hours. Washers, dryers, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners and if you have a second refrigerator thats not being used its a great idea to unplug that as well. Turning off lights and things like that make a difference. Every little bit help. And peed pg e says, if the power goes out today its not your fault. Its likely because the power grid is being overwhelmed. There are no Public Safety shutoff plans. Crews are where the temperatures are the hottest so they can respond quickly. Reporting live, allie rasmus. Ktvu fox 2. Temperatures are more than 100 degrees in many parts of the bay area in many countries are opening up cooling centers to help people beat the excessive heat during the next few days. The pandemic led to changes for those who stop by there are strict social distancing rules and there will be plenty of Hand Sanitizer available in an effort to keep everyone safe. We want to make sure we have that access available to those folks in the area. Senior, disabled or others, who might need some cooling from their homes and who dont have air conditioning. The National Weather service issued an excessive heat advisory that goes into effect at noon today today. Everyone is urged to stay out of the direct sun and possible entry on the affluence. He is raising concerns over possible pg and the power shut off to help prevent fires. The utilities said, any land outages will be smaller, shorter and targeted than we saw last summer. The red flag conditions are not expected this weekend that would cause a power shut off. Its been a busy year for us. The outlook shows heightened fire risk above normal fire potential for as much as Southern California as well as parts of northern california. Dry conditions and wind events. We will place special emphasis on protecting hospitals, food banks, covid testing site during any planned outages. Download and use the ktvu weather have. Its helpful and has hour by hour forecast for your neighborhoods and you can find out the hottest time of day and where you live. The time is 6 05 a. M. Today in new Governor Newsom gives us an update on the coronavirus pandemic. A new report says, today california will reach 11,000 corona virus deaths. So far 603,000 people in california have tested positive and more than any other state. The rate of hospitalizations in the number of intensive care unit cases continue to go down. In Morgan County leaders there are still skeptical about the states Data Collection system. Marin county stop reporting its case and gusty numbers to state officials. Matt willis says, he is not convinced they are accurately processing information the county is sending them and california will resume eviction and foreclosure proceedings at the beginning of next month. The Judicial Council of california 4191 2 and the temporary band thats been in place since april lawmakers and Governor Newsom have not worked out a deal to hot most evictions during this pandemic. Santa clara, San Francisco cameron countys past their own eviction moratoriums in an effort to protect renters. And a new Program Designed to help personal Service Shops struggling to stay in business. Martinas announced that barbershops barbershops, hair and nail salons and Massage Services cannot apply for temporary nocost permits so they can operate outside. Martinas city leaders is moving outdoors has been a safe way for these businesses to do business during the pandemic. Stanford is one month away from the start of the school semester, a quarter that is. Administrators are announcing undergraduate courses will be taught online for the school hope to offer some onsite classes but the change in e to sophomore or new grads onto campus. I dont have the energy to jump on soon again to go over that one math problem. I would say, i have a lot of fear and i am very uncertain of what the future holds. The city of palo alto will fuel the Economic Loss of no economic students on campus. They are losing money was a lack of sales and hotel revenue. Dr. Fauci has voiced concerns about the coronavirus cases and the top Infectious Disease expert as one important safety tip for those schools who have resumed in person classes. Dr. Fauci says, fresh air is the key when it comes to class time, and time in recess. To the extent that you possibly could do that i would get as much outdoors as you possibly can. If you look at the super spreader events that have occurred, you know i think it is incorrect. Many School Districts begin a new School Year Amid the pandemic. Our time is 6 09 a. M. You talk about going outdoors right now, it is already hot on this friday morning, just like steve said, it would be. You copy writing of your back on email go ahead now dave and pam. As i was saying, to pam cook, Steve Paulson is here with you friday for just. Thank you. I was writing j in Castro Valley and a good and loyal observer for a long time. We do have a lot of high clouds and keeping it up to 70 degrees for some. You can see the cloud cover off the coast there. I think we will see cloud cover and very hot temperatures coming in here and 90s, one hundreds. All 100 on this panel today. San jose, high clouds may prevent livermore from getting to one away but it will be close. There is no doubt about it. This is a hot start for england locations. I dont think we see the one awaits all the way that far to close to 100 up to next tuesday for many away from the coast the excessive heat watches jason and unless something shows up that is unexpected along the coast, like paul, inland taps are worn and already with mid seventies for some and the 24 hour temperature change, i could not tell you the last time we saw this much warmth. You are double digits for everybody everybody. Except for fairfield, which is only eight degrees warmer. A lot of high clouds make for a nice sunrise and sunset. It will be a day when temperatures are near recordsetting territory. And in the high clouds and that increases the humidity hot and muggy conditions. Something we do not handle well and thats the way it will be into the weekend, 80s, 90s and one hundreds. Any relief comes to the coast and we have some high clouds and shower activity sunday to monday and still staying rather warm. Your time is 6 11 a. M. Mental Health Problems a major concern and what the u. S. Surgeon general is advising to handle the stress from the pandemic. And one of the most Popular Video games in the world now pulled from google and apple app stores. The reason they delisted fortnite. You have the power of two newscasts at night. The 10 00 and 11 00 news. Download the ktvu fox two news app. Experience the ultimate sports hub. Where you can find games, news and highlights. All in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. Use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. Follow the teams you love. And, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. So youll never miss an update. With the xfinity sports zone everybody wins. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Click, call or visit a store for details. Mike it is now 6 13 a. M. The 911 dispatch center inside Livermore Police headquarters was temporarily evacuated overnight. It happened because of a mysterious order coming from inside the building. Firefighters think it may be because of recent upgrades to the buildings lighting system. 911 was never interrupted. Dispatchers were only outside briefly and continue to work with their headsets chp looking for a driver in a highspeed pursuit in the east bay it began in hayward in the area short time ago. It involved a driver and a stolen car. Chp officers on the ground managed to find the carpet the driver got away and we will update the story as soon as we get more information. 6 14 a. M. The cdc said, the number of americans thinking about suicide is increasing. 11 of adults say, they seriously considered suicide in the month of june. That is double compared to the same time last year. Surgeon general jerome adams said, you should make a Mental Health a priority and schedule time for things that relieve stress. The time is now 6 15 a. M. The annual honor for victims at the september 11 attacks in new york will not take this this year. The tribute in light has taken place every year. Organizers cancel the because of the risk of spreading covid19 among the people that needed to set it up. They hope to bring it back to 20 years since the 911 attacks. The pentagon is investigating ufos. The new task force is response the pentagon released three videos of ufos and take a look. Previous efforts were led by the navy. Many of the documented encounters involve their aircraft. Several lawmakers in washington showing support for more efforts to identify what that is , particularly, those seen near military bases. Hundreds of out of work School Workers plan to stage a demonstration. The Union Workers are locked in a paper dispute with management. They are working because of thepande at the games. They are demanding Financial Aid that the giants provided at the beginning of the pandemic shutdown. It comes as the giants host the oakland base for the start of this years bay bridge series. The as are tied with the cubs for the most wins. Oakland leads the American League west with 13 wins and six losses. The giants are last in the National League west with eight wins and 12 losses. First pitch at oracle park, 6 45 p. M. Tonight. The 49ers send their best player to a deal. Fiveyear 75 million extension. The largest deal given to a tight and and includes in 18 million signing bonus. Head coach has shanahan went on the radio and said, carol is worth every penny. His earned it. He does everything the right way. It starts with how talented you play and he does that to me than any other tight end in the league. In a recent poll carol was ranked as the seventh best player in the league. He is a great player. The time is 6 17 a. M. Hey, sal. I know you are getting busy ready for traffic. I want to make sure everyone is behaving on the roads. And looking at the commute here at the bay bridge that is lighter than usual. If you can see it here it is backed up just to the middle of the parking lot. There have been no major problems. Normally its back up all the way out and some people are going definitely its a little lighter than it normally is thats very good news. Lets talk interstate 880 north and south in this commute has been doing well and on the san mateo bridge we are looking as well. People are out there and its not completely light but you will see traffic that is just a little bit less in volume 6 18 a. M. And what about todays weather. Lets Pay Attention and bring stephen. Its warm, sal. We have high clouds and just heard from our San Francisco observer. Clouds. It evaporates before it reaches we call it. Maybe a few sprinkles and really the end result, this has humidity and mugginess to the mix with really hot temperatures especially, when temperatures 100 plus and for many fire danger increases and you are better off turning sunday night into monday. Inland taps 98108 bayside has a heat advisory taking in at 11 00 a. M. And an excessive heat watches jackson and 11 00 a. M. And that goes until next wednesday until something changes warm those with higher clouds coming in and we make for beautiful sunrise and sunset. We are sitting in the 60s and 70s. 75 brentwood, 75 san jose and except for fairfield everyone is running double digits warmer compared to yesterday. The high clouds and retaining heat from yesterday has a lot to do with the. Now you can see the heavier clouds and colder tops to the west and they think they will stay there. Because of the highs rotating in get multiple sources of higher clouds coming in and we get another band coming in on sunday and monday and tropical moisture with hot inland taps records today and tomorrow anywhere from 1001 away should cover the spread and we take a few degrees off some of these forecast highs and we go into sunday and it looks cooler as we head into next week but e for inland locations thank you, steve. Wildfires continue to burn across the state and we have a look at how crews are working on the biggest fire just outside los angeles. American airlines planning to stop service after ending flights in and out of oakland and we will tell you how many cities are on the chopping block. We make it a mission to understand how you live. Then, we make choices. Choices to make Beautiful Homes smart, which is beautiful. We try to make choices tol put back what we take out. Oh and we can also make kitchen fronts out of plastic bottles now. 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S. The executive order is unconstitutional. President trump signed the orders next week designating the chats from china as a National Security threat. More information from american airlines. It could stop lying to smaller cities if the government doesnt step in. Megan airlines permanently stop flying into oakland as a way to reduce costs and plans to stop flying to 30 small u. S. Cities unless it gets federal aid to serve those communities the cities have yet to be identified by changes in the flight schedule could up here as early as next week. The outdoor retailer rei selling is nearly complete Corporate Headquarters outside of seattle. The eightacre campus in bellevue, washington took nearly two years to build. Most of the employees assigned to work there never moved in. Extensive say, the pandemic has everyone in the Company Working from home and it will now have small satellite offices in 71 Central Location to better serve those workers. The u. S. Postal service is trying to update its look. The agency will award more than 6 billion of contracts to build the next generation of delivery trucks. 180,000 trucks will be purchased and here are three proposed models. One aspect is that it should still be the same, the Steering Wheel will remain on the right side. Some american produced farmers say, foreign competition make it impossible for them to survive seasonal crop imports increased 500 . From 2000 to 2019 and farmers say, its a crisis situation. It for the with fruit and makes it hard to compete. Growing in florida versus growing in mexico. The new trade dealtween the u. S. , mexico and canada will fit very, poultry and egg farmers no protections for produced farmers. The Department Ag is working to identify a solution for those produce farmers. Todays hot weather could draw a lot of people to the coast. What you need to know if you are headed to the beach. We are learning more about the teachers and the School District. 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There is the opening bell we have all your Business News coming up in todays dollars and cents. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on this friday morning, august 14. I am pam cook. Good morning. I am dave clark. Steve paulson outside moments ago and it is just, hot, already. Im having problems with my computer. Go ahead. Maybe its overheated. It is overheated. Exactly. See, that is what it is. So many things going on here at the home office. A lot of high clouds. My low is currently 68. A friend of mine said, he was 75 and it has to do with the high clouds. There is rain falling from the clouds to the west of San Francisco francisco. 60s and 70s. 74 livermore and had san jose. Along the embarcadero 66. The average high in San Francisco is 68. They are sitting in 66 unofficially but it will still be upper 80s. A hot friday forecast with warm loads and high clouds and be heat advisorys for bayside locations in the excessive he watch also starts at 11. Temperatures soaring above seasonal averages across the board. Over to sal now. Something neto get to work is it all right out there . Its getting a little more crowded. We only saw it backed up to the middle of the parking lot and now its backed up more and not a huge deal of the bay bridge. You will see traffic is backed up for a 10 minute delay and it has not completely sold out to the macarthur maze. It may have been and we will see. We are looking at the east bay commute which looks really good and the san mateo bridge and a nice looking commute. San jose drive is doing well here in the silicon valley. 6 32 a. M. And lets go back to the headlines. Thank you, sal. Soaring temperatures naming we want to head to the beach but authorities are quick to remind us we are in a pandemic and should not let our guard down. Frankb mallicoat joins us which the morning. Hot weather means californias coast is the place to be. Lost in the beauty of the sand and surf are the two rules we know too well. Where a Face Covering and keep your distance as well. San franciscos three largest beaches ocean, bigger in quincy fields are open and expected to be very crowded all weekend long. The combination of the sun and fun and scores can be dangerous to your Health California averaging over 1000 new covid19 cases per day and a 25 increase from july and they are currently over 66,000 cases in the bay area alone. Have your fun. Where a Face Covering. Keep your distance. Keep an eye on the ocean too. If you go into the water we recommend you plan the trip. Go to a lifeguard in the closest is in marin county at Stinson Beach. Stinson beach is open and so is the parking lot there. That is subject to change. If it gets flooded with people not abiding the covid19 rules. Its already 64 degrees at Stinson Beach and scorcher. Pacific beach is open as well in Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk open for food and retail newco walked the boardwalk but the rider shut down. Thats the latest. I am frankb mallicoat ktvu fox 2 news. You, frank. He is putting a strain on the power grid. Everyone is asked to reduce the power usage between 3 00 p. M. This afternoon until 10 00 p. M. Pg e also has some important power saving tips to help avoid widespread outages during the next few days. If you can use a van instead of air conditioning that is encouraged, if your health permits for keeping your shades drawn to block off the warmth in your home. Turning off lights. Things like that also make a difference. Californias power supply could be especially, tight. The clouds are expected over much of the state in the next few days and that will cause a drop in solar power. The time is now 6 35 a. M. We are waiting for the latest on the lake fire. It burned 11,000 acres and only 5 contained. It started wednesday afternoon in the National Forest north of la near lake hughes. At least three homes have been destroyed, but even more i have been lost or damaged. At least 100 homes have been evacuated. Making things worse temperatures around 100 degrees are expected. Just all a bunch of flames and the members down there. You could see one point theres a huge tornado of flames. It may take days or weeks to control the lake fire and more than 5000 homes are in danger. Another wildfire, arrange fire is burning in Southern California, at least 3000 acres earned near azusa. Overnight evacuation orders were lifted. The ranch fire is 0 contained in the major highway in the area is still close. Firefighters in the east bay city of danville, still watching for hotspots from house fire that caused tense moments. It started yesterday afternoon at the house on willow view court, just as three children were finishing the first day of remote learning, learning from home. Her grandmother, who was watching them, had just left the house. The 13yearold girl and her younger brother and sister still got out of the burning home safely. And looked out the window and there were smoke and flames outside the bathroom window. When i pulled up i could barely see the house there was so much smoke coming from the roof. The family lost their home and everyone is okay. Firefighters say, the flames came close to threatening other homes in the neighborhood and the cause is still under investigation. Happening today, San Franciscos supervisors host a virtual town hall meeting about the plan for Distance Learning for the new school year in the fall semester begins monday. The meeting will focus on the tentative deal reached between the San FranciscoUnified School District and the Teachers Union and the cause for teachers to provide at least two hours of live instruction every day. Some San Franciscos students had little or no live instruction during the Distance Learning in the spring. The san jose Unified School District issued a report part for attendance on the first day of school. School district records show 28 thousand students took part in online instruction on wednesday School Officials say, that exceeded their expectations with 93 of students getting online. However, students in san jose low income neighborhoods had the highest absentee numbers on the first day of the new semester. And the Teacher Shortage is adding to the stress of a new school year of Online Learning in southern santa clara county. One school in gilroy is among the many in the nation dealing with the shortage of both regular teachers and substitutes during this pandemic. One mother of a kindergarten student said, her daughters excitement about starting school quickly became disappointment this week. The School District has not assigned a teacher to her class. There are approximately 20 students with no teacher, no platform to work on and are sitting and waiting to start their first day. Kindergartners need routines. Now you are encroaching upon economic time. Needless to say, it really sets the school and students back. Late yesterday School Leaders announced two teaching candidates accepted jobs with the School District. Check out our ktvu School Survivor pride on our website and it has helpful information and tools to help parents with Distance Learning, as well as educational videos to help supplement online classes. Click on schools right at the top of the homepage. The time is 6 39 a. M. Alcatraz island reopens after being shut down for several months. The National Park service is the nations best known penitentiary will reopen on monday. The inside of the present will stay closed but the trails in the outside features will be open. Alcatraz attracts close to 6000 people a day to the San Francisco ferry dogs. That increases businesses at stores and restaurants at Fishermans Wharf and north beach. Our time is 6 39 a. M. We could talk about the weather but i think you know what steves forecast is. Steve knows. Looks like my low will be 68. Its the warmest ive had. Not 68 and there are some who will get below 70. The high clouds and heat being retained moving mainly off the coast and it looks like shower activity will stay off the coast. Hot muggy dangerous heat for some. Fire danger increases when you get the tropical moisture picking up with temperatures this hot. Its a long hot stretch inland. One away tops out today or tomorrow and it looks like it will stick and stay 100 on the way into the early next week. The excessive heat watches starts at 11 00 a. M. And something moves in like a big fog bank. 94 and beautiful in palm springs. 72 in sacramento and 75 in monterey. Warmer in monterey than sacramento. You see the cloud cover making for a beautiful sunrise and sunset and setting the stage for a hot and muggy pattern with temperatures in the 104108 the cloud cover might take a few degrees off but they will be storing above average levels for this time of year. In inman they will stay there inland into early next week. Some relief for the fog as we go into early next week. A hot stretch for us. No doubt about it. The time is 6 41 a. M. The cleanup continues after the huge deadly explosion last week. What investigators think started the fire that led the blast. San franciscos nightlife will be transformed after the pandemic. With the owners of bars and music venues say, about the future of their businesses. Then coming up at 7 00 frozen chicken wings tested positive for the coronavirus. Coming up what the cdc says, about contracting covid19 by handling or eating effective foods. Have the Morning Headlines delivered right to you by signing up for the new ktvu newsletter. Go to ktvu. 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Democrats say, mail in voting is essential during the pandemic and asking for 25 Million Dollars for the postal service. In the next round of coronavirus funding to help her deal with male in voting in november. In a fox news interview President Trump admitted he is trying to block funding to stop mail in voting. They want 25 billion dollars. Billion for the post office. They need that money for the post office to work so they can take these millions and millions of ballots. If we dont make a deal that means they cant have universal male in voting. The president is afraid of the american people. He knows it would be hard for him to win so he wants to put obstacles to participation. Despite his opposition to mail in votingat their home in the time is 6 46 a. M. Live music and other entertainment a big part of the nightlife in San Francisco. The businesses are struggling to survive during the pandemic. Ktvu Christien Kafton shows how it will take a lot of money to save those music venues. Reporter live shows and comedy and music part of the fabric of San Francisco. The bottom of the hill my music venue coming up on its 29th year rocking in the city and running a business is never easy but the pandemic has been devastating. I was finally feeling relaxed, like, we will make it. And then march 13 hits and we have to shut down operations completely. There has not been a time coming in since then. Reporter the bottom of the hill is one venue with dozens of music and comedy and live music spaces. In addition to adding to culture they help pay the bills. The latest studies show nightlife at 7. 2 Million Dollars to our local economy and employs more than 60,000 people. Or something doesnt change soon the curtain could fall. The tourists say, the Industry Needs a major infusion of cash, likely more than concertgoers alone that could make a buy merchandise or through donations. It could be one guy one company is as my 10 million could save every single small to medium venue in San Francisco and i will be a hero and we will put on a concert in your name. They agree the city needs to do some outofthebox thinking. We are ready to put in the hard work for socially distance concerts in the park and make sure we are doing it safely. Its not as complicated as it sounds. We need guidance on how to do it safely. Advocates say, they need longterm fixes to ensure long term viability including streamlining regulations for opening and operating venues and rolling back fees such as turbos parking fees. In San Francisco, Christien Kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. All right, Christien Kafton, thank you. Sal is here and i want to make sure everyone is behaving for you, sell. Dave, it looks like a nice looking drive there. Lets start off in the south bay at interstate 280. Its not getting it light is early as i thought and it is still light early in here it is just is get slightly shorter they. Here is the bay bridge thats improving here and we may have a very short commute here at the bay bridge and those clouds are Something Else lets bring in like good friend mr. Steve paulson back in. The days are getting shorter , sal. There are a lot of high clouds and midlevel clouds and it looks like a record setting day. Most of the records were set one year ago. 2019, San Francisco did not. We will show you that coming up in a second. High clouds keeping lows in the 60s and 70s. Its all up on the errors today for santa rosa, livermore, palo alto, sathree, only high clouds will get these towns reaching lofty levels. San jose and sfo will be closed. He advisory for bayside locations starts at 11 00 a. M. When 88 for the city in the record is 86 in 1944. The lowest i saw was 63 60s and 70s on the thames. San jose, livermore and brentwood sitting at 74 degrees and temperatures are double digits warmer except for fairfield compared to 24 hours ago and san jose plus 12 and novato plus 13 in concord plus 12 and we set the stage for a hot day and we have high clouds holding back a little bit. Anyway you look at it the temperature trend is up since tuesday we had a nice cool day. We tapped out today or tomorrow inland locations near one away. Pencil didnt and there will be many one hundreds in the upper 90s soaring above average highs for this time of year. It looks like a bit of a Tropical Power washer will return sunday into monday. Still hot inland going into next week. All right, steve thank you. Highs are looking for volunteers to help test the covid19 vaccine. Coming up at 7 00 we hear from bay area people who decided to participate. Plus honoring kobe bryant life and legacy and also what nike is doing to honor the pro basketball legend. But, first. The moment when a little girl from yemen was reunited with her family after being stranded on the other side of the world. The virus is still spreading. Californias economic challenges are deepening. Frontline workers stretched too thin. Our nurses and medical professionals in a battle to save lives. Our schools, in a struggle to safely reopen, needing money for masks and ppe, and to ensure social distancing. And the costs to our economy, to our state budget . We need to provide revenues now, to solve the problems we know are coming. Good morning. Up on the roof. And this picture is taken with our roof camera from the ktvu mothership. Leonard, thank you for the request. This song, by the way, 1962. The drifters. Thank you. Send me a request on facebook, twitter or instagram. With hashtag ktvu. It is 6 55 am, an investigation by u. S. Authority sate Maintenance Work triggered the huge explosion in lebanon. Investigators believed a fire set off almost 3000 tons of Ammonium Nitrate stored at the beirut port for years. At least 172 people were killed. 6000 were hurt. 30 others are still missing. That explosion caused a lot of damage with hundreds of thousands of people homeless now. The government of lebanon resigned on monday but kevin is still there in power for now. Iran, turkey in the Palestinian States are criticizing a new agreement between the United Arab Emirates and israel establishing full diplomatic ties. In a joint statement with the u. S. , israel agreed to suspend their plans to annex parts of the west bank and they will pursue normal relations with the uae. Palestinian leaders say that is treason. Theyre calling on arab and islamic countries to oppose it. President trump called it an historic peace agreement. This deal is a significant step toward building a more peaceful, secure and prosperous middle east. Now that the ice has been broken, i expect more arab and muslim countries will follow. The uae is now the third arab country to seek dippel care ties with israel. Today joe biden and Kamala Harris will sign the documents to accept the democratic nomination next week in milwaukee. The biden harris ticket is increasing criticism of President Trump and how hes handling the pandemic. Masks for at least the next three months. Haydn says this could possibly save more than 40,000 lives. This is not about democratic or republican independence. Its about saving megan lightspeed lets institute a mask mandate nationwide starting immediately and we will save lives. Jill biden revealed that in a meeting with Health Experts they talked about School Reopenings and distributing a vaccine and how the pandemic has expanded racial disparities. It is 6 50 am. A little girl from yemen reunited with her family here in San Francisco. She is 10 years old watch this big hug and she saw her family again for the first time in more than one month at sfo last night. The family escaped the war in yemen and applied for asylum in the u. S. While they were in egypt. The families visas were issued in march except for the little girls. Her mothers and siblings visas were going to expire and they had no choice but to leave her behind with their neighbors. With help from the Yemen Association of the bay area, or visa was finally approved. She says that she is so happy. He is so happy to see his daughter and to be reunited with the rest of the family. The family, as you can imagine, theyre happy to be together again looking forward to building a new life in the united states. Many people are planning to crank up the ac and turn on every fan in the house. How you can help conserve energy and still stay cool, all at the same time. Also, californias temporary eviction and ends another looming threat of eviction over closure foreclosure grows. When the protection is expected to expire. Also growing concerns about reopening schools while coronavirus cases continue to rise, coming up, what the nations top Infectious Disease expert want school to do to keep students and staff safe. Good morning. It is friday and the heat is on. It is friday morning, august 14. You look nice and cool. You do. Dont be fooled. Upswing already. Steve is here with all the information. I dont think you will like everything he says though. I have to take that walk or run or bike ride, go now. It wont get any better than t beautiful sunrise. A lot of high level mid level clouds that is retaining the heat from missy. So we are very warm. Theres a lot of 60s