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And more concerts on the way to Golden Gate Park. The decision that is exciting music lovers and businesses. But its not really sitting well with people who live in nearby neighborhoods. Good morning. Welcome to wednesday, september 13th. Yes, were going to start the check of our forecast with drew. Good morning. Good morning. So a little bit of a warmup coming our way today. So temperatures a little bit above average as we head into the afternoon. It will feel quite comfortable. Heres a live look outside our exploratorium camera. We do have that fog overhead in spots. It is dense along the coast right now and not out of the question. You see some coastal drizzle as well. Temperatures right now waking up into the mid 50s to the low 60s. Good morning, concord. Youre at 6257 in san mateo, one of the cooler spots in novato coming in at about 50 degrees. So here is future weather. There you can see the marine layer this morning at about 9 a. M. Pulling back to the coast line for afternoon sunshine and our warmest areas will go back into the low 90s later on this afternoon. So upper 80s lower 90s in the inland east bay a lot of 70s and 80s around the bay shoreline 71 in the city, 82. In san jose 76. In oakland feeling a little warmer today compared to yesterday in napa coming in at 82 degrees. That is your wednesday forecast. Lets see how were doing with traffic today. Good morning, jobina. Good morning, drew. Thank you, everybody. So the zipper truck just moved past the camera. The lanes have switched over officially at the golden gate bridge. We have no blocking issues or advisories. This morning, so you are in good shape for your commute so far. This is a live look in oakland showing you our 880 at the coliseum camera. The headlights are traveling in the southbound direction so far. This is probably one of our busiest stretches right now for the commute. We are checking out our drive times here, tracy, to dublin is our only significant slow spot. 38 minutes there and you have to concord and san rafael to San Francisco. Are on time. And when we come back at 515, well show you some updates with bart. Reggie, thank you, jobina. The new covid shots are coming. They could be available in just days. Moderna is also giving us an update this morning on a combo flu and covid shot that will eventually be available. Abc News Reporter lena howland is tracking that all shes live in walnut creek this morning with what we should know. Lena hey, reggie, good morning to you. After final approval from the cdcs director yesterday updated Covid Vaccines can now be available label in places like here in walnut creek and across the country. Three now, the cdc endorsed the updated shots from from both pfizer and moderna for everyone, six months of age and older. This comes just a day after the fda authorized and approved the new shot the boosters made by pfizer and moderna were formulated to target variants that are currently circulating, which are related to xbb, an offshoot of the omicron variant. Moderna ceo Stephen Hodge says the launch of these shots comes amid rising covid 19 cases and hospitalizations. Is really important right now because at this moment were seeing an increase in the rate of hospitalization and cases of covid 19 from the most recent strain of the virus. And we do already know, based on Clinical Data that we put out a couple of weeks ago, that the updated boosters that are now broadly recommended and going to be available very quickly in pharmacies and doctors offices can protect even against these new strains of the virus. But their work does not end there. Moderna is also working on a combination flu and covid shot with both vaccines given as one dose. If studies continue to go well, they say they could have a combo shot ready by 2025. And moderna is also continuing to study mrna for cancer with some promising early results in both melanoma and lung cancer. Live in walnut creek, lena howland, abc seven news. Lena, thank you. And now a little bit more information about when you can get this shot. Walgreens has already opened up appointments for that new Covid Vaccine, as you just heard lena talk about, the fda and the cdc signed off on the vaccines from pfizer and moderna. The cdc recommending the shot for everybody over six months old. People who really need to have it. And this is more from the w. H. O. And not the cdc. Cdc recommended it for everyone, but most countries, including the who is recommending it for over 65 of those on immunosuppressants and those with comorbidities. A third vaccine by novavax is still under review. Walgreens says theyll begin administering the shots on monday unless stores get supplies sooner. You can schedule the shot online or by calling the store. Appointments can be for yourself or for your whole family. For more information on when, where and how to schedule your booster, just head to our website, abc7 news. Com. Com. As we head into cold and flu season, a new warning about some of the most popular nasal decongestants. The fda says they dont work and jobina doctors say the doubts around an ingredient that several over the counter medications have yes. Kumar so an Fda Advisory Committee says overthecounter oral epinephrine or p does not relieve congestion any more than a placebo. P is one of the ingredients in sudafed, p, dayquil and mucinex. Doctors say taking oral p is not harmful, but proves to be ineffective because its process passed by the body before it reaches the nasal passages. Drugs containing p will remain on store shelves as the fda consider hours if they should stay on the market. Doctors say always read the label when youre picking which deacon assistant to take. Always good to look for you know 24 hour anti histamines. Some examples you know are like allegra, claritin, zyrtec all of those you know lasts for 24 hours. They actually help treat the symptoms, you know, whereas phenylephrine did not. Doctors say its more important to note that other ingredients found in medications with p, including pain relievers and cough suppressants, are still effective and is also effective as a nasal spray. The fda did not reveal a timeline for when it will decide if drugs with oral p will stay on the market. Reggie. Thanks jobina. Interesting. San franciscos effort to crack down on the drug crisis about to enter a new phase. The city has already asked for assistance from the federal government and were getting a better idea of what that will look like. A Senior Reporter with the San Francisco standard, our media partner believes an emphasis is going to be placed on the federal prosecution of drug crimes. They have started charging drug users actually to try and get them into treatment and get them off the streets. Very, very few people are accepting treatment, so theyre looking now how do we get to disrupt the Drug Trafficking markets and doing that with federal prosecutors, with federal cases they believe is going to be a new strategy that really disrupts operations. He says its part of the partnership between the city, state and federal government to put an end to San Franciscos open air drug markets. Undercover Police Officers and bait. Those are some of the new tools. Oakland mayor shengtao says shes directed her citys Police Department to use to crack down on crime. Im just sick of it. Im sick of it. The residents are sick of it. We are upset. And right now were doing everything from a bait car to put ipads and electronics into vehicles. And then were going to have Police Officers to chase them. And not just that, but more so than that, i just got off the phone with the chief and we have a shipping team thats going out there actively undercover so that we can actually capture where the people or who are committing these egregious offenses. And just creating chaos in society. She oakland is also using a 1. 2 million loan from the state to install 300 new license plate camera readers across the city. And those cameras will be used to track the license plates of vehicles believed to be connected to crime, including neighboring cities like san leandro and piedmont. Abc seven sat down with Alameda Countys pamela price. The conversation was wide ranging, both on what she has done and what she still wants to accomplish. Its an adventure. Its a great adventure. We came into a situation that was highly unstable, ill prepared for the change that was about to come. So its a transition. Good morning. Price is facing criticism for her stance on crime, and theres an effort to recall her just nine months into the job she liked to remind people that performing the criminal Justice System was the focal point of her campaign. You go today to Alameda Countys juvenile hall. You will only find black and brown children there. And theres a lot of reasons for that. But one of the challenges that i have taken on and that i believe i was elected to take on as District Attorney is to eradicate the racial disparities. Price says her office is currently reviewing 2500 cases eligible for resentencing in Alameda County under the New California Racial Justice act. 509 this morning to san jose. We go. A live look we have clear skies across the south bay this morning. No complaints when it comes to our air quality. Were good to go today, tomorrow, friday and into the upcoming weekend, we will be in the green. We are good. Heres live doppler seven along with satellite. We have very weak ridging happening right now. That means just a very minor warmup is coming our way. Today is really quiet across much of california. We expect fog to sunshine today and temperatures is just slightly above average for this time of the year. It will feel a bit warmer today compared to yesterday. Looking at the day planner today, your suns up here at 649 this morning. Well have a mix of sun and clouds with a marine layer overhead and then well find brighter conditions as the day goes on. And that warmer weather today, our warmest spots inland back into the low 90s. A lot of mid and upper 70s around the bay shoreline, the coast thanks to the marine layer staying in the low 60s today. So 79, the high in fremont, 84 in san rafael hit about 92. In fairfield, 76 in palo alto, lakeport, ukiah. Its warm if not a little bit hot today coming in in the low 90s taking a look at the three day forecast, that minor warmup today still a pretty wide range tomorrow but by friday well see a cooling trend get underway here for Rosh Hashanah in the evening. It is looking pleasant, but well track that cooler weather over the weekend. Well show you the weekend forecast for you coming up in about nine minutes. Thanks, drew. The future of ai isnt just being discussed at San Franciscos dreamforce conference. Coming up, the meeting of top tech execs happening on capitol hill later today. And tuition could be getting more expensive for California State University students. The major decision expected today in the protests happening on campuses around the state and major moments on stage at the video music awards, including the return of a 90s boy band. Some technical malfunction, us and some of thats why we carry the samsung bespoke french door refrigerator. 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I think its very interactive and then really like relaxing kind of diverse environs. The mayor was also there for opening day. More than 70 ai leaders will speak at that convention. Celebrities in town include dr. Jane goodall, Matthew Mcconaughey and spike lee, while a dreamforce discusses ai in San Francisco. Theres going to be a summit involving some of those names i just mentioned in tech happening in dc. Mark zuckerberg, elon musk, Googles Sundar Pichai and Openai Sam Altman are among those expected to be at the forum today hosted by senator chuck schumer. We arent going to know what they say because this is a closed door conversation. There are no cameras allowed. There is some pushback from advocacy groups, including one that would like to see more minority groups invited. Happening today, hundreds of thousands of california students are going to be finding out if they have to pay a higher tuition, starting next year. California State University officials are going to vote on whether to increase tuition by 6. So undergraduate students would pay 324 more. Starting next academic year. But 60 of students will not be affected because their tuition is fully covered by grants or waivers. Students and faculty spent yesterday protesting as the cal state board of trustees held a meeting on the eve of the vote. Those who oppose the proposal call it unfair. My first thought was what am i going to do now . How am i supposed to afford a Higher Education when its becoming near impossible to do so . If this is passed, the tuition hikes would continue each year and gradually increase until 2028. In the small bay area city of sunol, a growing battle over flags boiled over at last nights Sunol Glen Unified School board meeting. Things got so heated the board actually had to shut down the meeting for a time. Yeah, nobody School Leaders expressing frustration before a vote to ban all flags on School Campuses with the exception of the American Flag and the california state flag. At one point, the district superintendent and the boards president got into an argument in front of the crowd. Much of the debate centered around the pride flag, people who oppose the rule are worried that this will hurt lgbtq students. As for many kids, the only safe and welcoming and affirming place they have is their school. Others disagree. They think the us flag is inclusive of everyone and they said they thought this entire process was being politicized. Some say they think without this resolution, certain flags will be favored over others. The payroll system causing ongoing issues for San Francisco unified employees was going to be replaced soon, according to our Media Partners at the San Francisco standard, superintendent matt wayne announced the district is looking for another system thats more fit for a Public Education institution. Employees have complained and protested over wrong paychecks, errors with retirement accounts and errors in tax filings. Since sfusd started using this system , more flights are coming this winter for people traveling between the bay area and southern california. The chronicle reports united is adding two nonstop flights from sfo to burbank beginning in november. That adds up to six total nonstop routes between those two airports. Tickets went on sale over the weekend. The new schedule goes through next year. And San Francisco city leaders have approved a plan for a new Golden Gate Park concert series. It would be a free series of smaller concert at the park the weekend after outside lands, which is the Music Festival we all know in august. And city officials predict the music series will bring economic benefits to San Francisco. But nearby neighbors say the events will be a nuisance. The plan is for a three Year Agreement starting in 2024. It was a big night at mtvs video music awards, and it turned out fans of 90s pop and boy bands got quite the surprise. Surprise. Unless you saw it on twitter like hours before. But anyway, all five members of nsync presented the first award of the night for best pop video. This was the first time the bandmates reunited on stage in ten years. Okay, jesse and the vma. To taylor swift, antih man on the side. Who are any of those people . Do you know any of those people . Dont know them. Managers probably, yeah. Are they just regular people . But ll look good. Yeah he did that shirt. The arms. Taylor swift won for video of the year for a song called antihero. This was the second year in a row that she won that category. Swift won nine awards last night, bringing her vma career to 23. Go ahead, taylor. Theres only one person who has more beyonce. She has 30. We just got a lot in this in these two little stories. Did yall see jk . Yes, the hair and the tinted shades. Yeah. Do we like the wide everything . Yeah, its coming back. Im telling you. Oh, yeah. The boss. The box. Yeah, its here. Its here to stay. I know. Do we like it . You know, in a way, i kind of do. Okay. Im getting used to it. Yeah, its gonna look really dated in about 4 or 5 years. Oh, for sure. When you look back at everything, well flip back to what, skinny again . Yeah. Yeah, maybe a flare. Flare . Yeah, a good flare. Yeah, it would be fine, though. Shoulder pads. Im telling you, people are. Some people are wearing the flare. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, i have a couple flares in the rotation, but its like time and place. Yes, correct. Very accurate this morning. It is going to get warmer later this afternoon compared to yesterday. Its going to feel pleasant out there, maybe a few degrees above average visibility right now. Its reduced in some spots like novato and half moon bay, but its not too thick right now. Usually when we get dense fog, thats when those numbers start to drop below two miles. But right now we dont see that anywhere on the map. Temperatures were in the mid 50s to the low 60s. As you get outside this morning, a light layers all you need, but it will feel warm later on this afternoon. Heres future weather. Well time out that marine layer for you. Its still quite cloudy by 11 a. M. Over the city even parts of the east bay shoreline. Were still breaking down that cloud cover. Certainly cloudy along the coast. But into the afternoon, we will see that sunshine everywhere except the immediate coastline where that marine layer will keep us under partly sunny conditions, going to 71 in the city today with afternoon sunshine in 82. In san jose, well go to 76 in oakland, 88 in santa rosa, 90 in antioch, 92. In fairfield and san mateo, up to about 75 degrees. So sunny seasonal, a little bit above average for this time of the year. Overnight tonight, well find some pockets of drizzle as our marine layer expands even more 50s and low 60s once again. Now future tracker temperatures, little change in our temperatures as we head into thursday and by friday well see those temperatures cool a few degrees and then over the weekend well actually find those numbers below average. But despite the below average temperatures, we will have a fair amount of sunshine, both saturday and sunday. So heres the accuweather seven day forecast warmer today compared to yesterday. Well start that cooling trend here on friday and that continues over the weekend. Saturday, the warmer of the two days this weekend and then early next week. Those temperatures still are below average, but well get that morning fog to afternoon sunshine jobina. Thank you, drew. Good morning, everybody. So we are going to start with something new coming in from bard, a little commuter tidbit for you. So they have updated the platform signs. When you go to the trains. So there you see at the bottom, you see that where it says l line stands for yellow line. This is new because theyre doing all fleet of the future cars now and not the older trains. They dont need to say if the train has two doors or three doors or anything like that which is freed up some space there on the signage. So anyone thats ever confused about what color line youre going to hop on, its going to show it to you now right there on the sign. So thats new. Starting this week, bringing you some live pictures outside. Were going to begin with the richmond, san rafael bridge. Nice and light for you there. Same thing goes in walnut creek as we show you 680, those tail lights traveling in the southbound direction so far, no blocking issues to report in this round of drive times. Looking great if youre traveling westbound on the bay bridge, which we know is one of our busy corridors, youre only looking at about seven minutes. Camassei. Thanks, jobina. Coming up, the seven things to know this morning and the search for a convicted killer in pennsylvania now stretching into its second week. What were learning about the latest sightings as the escaped prisoner continues to elude police we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. Like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. Great on their own, even better together. Try cretors, handcrafted smallbatch popcorn. [ tense music ] one aleve works all day so i can keep working my magic. Just one aleve. 12 hours of uninterrupted pain relief. Aleve. 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Number two, the white house is calling an impeached inquiry into President Biden, quote, extreme politics at its worst. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy announced the inquiry yesterday , claiming republicans have uncovered a, quote, culture of corruption that demands deeper review. Number three, the states investing 267 million to fight retail crime across california. The money is going to be divided among 55 cities to fund more police, which the Governors Office hopes will lead to more arrests and more felony prosecute. Number four this morning, crews are still working to repair a giant sinkhole that opened at green and fillmore streets after a water main break sunday night. Many Property Owners are dealing with water and mud damage from the flooding. Number five, were getting ready for a minor warmup today. Sunshine later this afternoon. But we begin with patchy fog around the area. Well see those temperatures later today. Back in the 90s and our warmest spots inland mid and upper 70s around the bay shoreline. Number six, bart is reporting an equipment problem on the track in between the walnut creek and Pleasant Hill stations. So youre going to experience about a ten minute delay on the antioch line in the sfo direction. Number seven, Vladimir Putin and kim jong un have wrapped up a meeting in russia. The pair reportedly met for more than four hours in todays gma first look, many women sharing what it cost them to be a bridesmaid for their best friends special day. Heres abc News Reporter rihanna ali in this mornings gma first look, the runaway costs of being a bridesmaid. This is beautiful. Is gorgeous. Its 800. Ive collectively spent just under 10,000. Some of the breakdown of that cost is bachelorette parties, room and board travel fees, transportation in bridesmaids dresses, hair and makeup. Weddings are a 70 plus billion dollar industry. 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Did i mention bmo has more feefree atms than the two largest us banks combined . Uh, bmo . Just beemo, actually. Quick question, will all this stuff fit in your car . should i get rid of the mug . Bmo 531 of the remaining retailers inside San Franciscos landmark mall is now suing the former owners, the Company Behind American Eagle is alleging mismanagement and letting crime run rampant from massive sinkholes like this one in San Francisco to underground adding power lines in fire prone areas. Infrastructure is top of mind for so many across the bay area. The work being done right now to move forward. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy makes the call on something conservatives have wanted him to do for a while now. And impeachment inquiry of President Biden. Good morning, everybody. Its wednesday, september 13th. Well get to all of that. But we start with drew. Hey, good morning. We do have a couple of chilly spots this morning. You look at novato, were waking up at 48 degrees. So maybe the heavier layer needed this morning there upper 50s to lower 60s from oakland to vallejo. Good morning san jose. Youre coming in at 58 right now. So heres a live look outside the exploratorium camera. We do have our morning marine layer overhead. Well have a blend of sun and clouds once that sun is up here at 649. This morning, brighter skies ahead and it is a minor warmup later on this afternoon, a couple of degrees warmer today compared to yesterday. Our warmest spots inland, upper 80s , lower 90s, a lot of 70s and low 80s around the bay shoreline underneath the marine layer along the coast. Well stay in the 60s later on this afternoon. Lets get a check on how those roads are doing this morning with jobina. Good morning. Good morning, joe. Thank you. Hi everyone. So we are going to start in emeryville showing you 880 here where you see all those headlights blowing right now. Thats in the westbound direction. In traveling towards the maze, we have no problems to report there. Its pretty busy, though, on the san mateo bridge in the westbound direction as you travel towards the peninsula. So far blocking issues, not a problem, but if you do rely on mass transit, i mentioned this a couple of minutes ago, but because so many people rely on this line, it does have the potential to back things up. Theres an equipment problem on the track between Pleasant Hill and the walnut creek stations. So expect about a ten minute delay on the antioch line in the sfo direction. Thank you, jobina a record amount of money is going toward retail Crime Prevention here in california. Governor gavin newsom announced the state will send more than 267 million to 55 cities as the largest single investment in the states history. He says the money will lead to the hiring of more Police Officers and to secure more felony prosecutions. Now, sheriffs and Police Departments statewide, including those here in the bay area, could be awarded up to 23. 6 million each. District attorneys offices could also get some of that money. All of it is a part of the governors real Public Safety plan. A retailer in San Franciscos landmark mall, formerly known as the westfield San Francisco center, has filed a lawsuit against the former owners. The Company Behind American Eagle is alleging mismanagement and letting crime run rampant. West field is no longer running. San franciscos downtown mall. Abc7 News Reporter Gloria Rodriguez joining us live in the newsroom with the details on this. Hi, gloria. Good morning, kumasi. The complaint claims that there were more than 100 security incidents at this American Eagle, San Francisco location between may of 2022 and may of 2023. It says store employees suffered multiple physical attacks and assaults with someone even threatening them with a machete. Now, this is a lawsuit that retail west, which owns American Eagle, has filed against the owners of the mall, formerly known as westfield San Francisco center, saying they are to blame for problems that their store has encountered. The complaint claims that westfield failed to maintain common areas of the mall like they were obligated to in their lease, calling it a breach of contract and saying that westfield must be held accountable for the damages caused by its failures and broken promises. Legal analysts Stephen Clark believes that American Eagles end game is to get out of their ten year lease, which was signed in 2017. Not wanting to be the last retailer left there with nordstrom and others leaving American Eagle is allowed out of its lease based on the crime, the violence, the shoplifting and the other problems at the mall. I think youll see a lot of other retailers looking at this as a tool to say we want out as well. This lawsuit is interesting because now we have a retailer inside of westfield, one of the big remaining ones saying, hey, wait a minute, you guys didnt take care of some of the conditions inside of the mall when you could have. That was reporter laura wax, a woman who was the first to break news of the lawsuit in the San Francisco business times. The complaint mentions a request for monetary compensation for American Eagle, but no specific number was given. American eagle representatives are not commenting on this and westfield representatives say they are declining to comment now because they have not been served the lawsuit. Live in the newsroom, Gloria Rodriguez, abc seven news. Thanks, gloria. Some people in San Franciscos cow hollow neighborhood say they are still without water three days after a water main break flooded the area. The main has been fixed, but crews are still working to repair a giant sinkhole that opened at green and fillmore during the flooding. The owner of marina submarine on union street has Surveillance Video showing the water that rushed into his business. The whole basement is flooded. Even the sidewalk, you know, the water went between the cracks and there is a office downstairs and theres a basement. Its all flooded. I have a lot of equipment such as like freezers. You know, i have fridges. I have a lot of inventory downstairs. Now, i have to toss everything down the street to smaller holes have opened up in the ground. Businesses say the road closure is impacting the foot traffic that many rely on for their customers. Pgandes is hoping to bury 10,000 of its 25,000 miles of power lines over the next decade. But the process to do that is slow and its expensive. In an effort to speed things up, the Energy Company is shopping for new technology and innovative ways to bury the lines underground. Pgandes is currently hearing pitches from Nine Companies in san ramon with inventions that could make the process faster and easier. So the big advantages to having the lines underground is making the system more reliable, so youre less potential to have weather related events. So less outages as its safer in the fact that you would have reduced wildfire risk. So were not subjected to having lightning strikes on our lines or having trees fall into the lines. Pgandes is hoping to bury 350 miles of cable by the end of this year. Santa clara county supervisors have delayed a decision on how to take action on a series of measures to battle the fentanyl crisis that includes how the county will spend nearly 50 million from opioid settlement. Its the board is waiting on new reports before deciding how to move forward. One proposal calls for investment in resources so people can get into a Treatment Program as quickly as possible. Another calls for the county to Fund Education program about fentanyl and make sure narcan and fentanyl testing strips are more widely available. A bill to allow amsterdam style cannabis cafes has been sent to the governor for his signature. The bill was approved yesterday by both the state senate and the assembly. It would let local governments license cannabis shops to venture into other businesses, like selling coffee and food. San Francisco Assemblymember matt haney, who wrote the bill, says it will help both struggling cannabis businesses and empty downtowns. New this morning, moderna says its working on a combo flu and covid shot that will be ready in less than two years. The announcement comes as cvs just said its ready to start offering the new covid boosters. Abc7 News Reporter lena howland is in walnut creek with what we need to know this morning. Hi lena. Hey reggi. Moderna says they not only have a vaccine, which they believe will be effective in preventing current strains of covid 19 this year, but behind the scenes, theyve been working on a combination shot to make everyones lives a little bit easier. Come flu season. The combo shot is for both flu and covid with both vaccines given as one dose. This has been in the works for a while now as moderna executives say, the idea of two shots has been less appealing, less convenient, and more expensive than just one. If studies continue to go well, moderna ceo Stephen Hodge says they could have a combo shot ready by 2025. The ability to combine different vaccines in a single injection is something that we think messenger rna is uniquely capable of doing because it really is the same platform. Were already developing a flu covid combination vaccine has been through phase two studies, and were looking forward to carrying it forward into phase three and launching it soon. We do think that will help people more conveniently protect themselves against all of these circulating respiratory viruses. Moderna added that they plan to regularly update combinations with improved next generation vaccine candidates as appropriate. Again, that combo shot may not be available until 2025 at the earliest, but you can get your Covid Vaccine and your flu shot separately as early as today. At some locations. Live in walnut creek, lena howland, abc seven news. Thank you, lena. Developing news this morning from russia. North Korean Leader kim jong un has met with russian president Vladimir Putin. Kim offered his countrys, quote, full and unconditional support to defend its security interests. He also called north koreas relations with russia, quote, the first priority. Theyre also expected to talk about a trade deal that may include north korea supplying russia with ammunition, which may be used in the ongoing invasion of ukraine. In. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy is officially directed three committees to launch an impeachment inquiry against President Biden. Mccarthy is facing more pressure from some hard right republicans who have threatened to oust him from the speakership if he didnt move ahead. Jobina. The speaker doesnt have concrete evidence of any abuse of power by the president , right, reggie so Speaker Mccarthy opened an impeachment inquiry into the president without a full house vote to begin one. The speaker says americans deserve answers about whether mr. Biden benefited from the business dealings of his son, hunter. Republicans have been investigating the president for nine months, but they have not found any evidence of misconduct by biden when he was vice president. Some gop members admit there isnt any direct evidence of wrongdoing. Have you seen any hard evidence that President Biden did any wrongdoing here . For two months, we are developing that there is not a shred of evidence that President Joe Biden has committed an impeachable offense. There is not a shred of evidence that President Joe Biden has committed a crime. The white house was quick to condemn mccarthys move as, quote, extreme politics at its worse, but it would take a majority vote on the house floor to impeach the president , something thats currently a long shot. Only three other president s have been impeached. Andrew johnson. Bill clinton and donald trump twice. Coomassie. Thank you, jobina. The death toll is rising in libya after floodwaters swept through cities, leaving a path of destruction. The impact Climate Change is having on these destructive weather events. According to experts, the nfl season has come to a quick end for Aaron Rodgers, the new york jets qb getting the results of an mri after going down just minutes into the first game of the season. But first to check on the weather with drew. Hey, good morning. Were looking at air quality to day and we have all these green dots on the board. We have fresh air and it will stay that way through the next three days. Well take a look at future weather as we go hour by hour. You can see we have that marine layer with us this morning and spots that gray contour on your screen. Watch as it breaks down, pulls back to the coastline this afternoon. Later today, well find a minor warmup compared to yesterday. We do expect our warmest cities back in the low 90s inland. Well see a lot of 70s and 80s around the bay shoreline today. So expect a lot of sunshine this afternoon with that minor warmup. Well stay with a pretty wide range tomorrow. But by friday well start to see a cooling trend take over where those temperatures are at or just slightly below average for this time of the year. Just want to get you a quick update on hurricane lee. It is a category three storm. It is now making its trek to the north. So the latest track on lee does have it moving north and weakening as we head through the next couple of days. Dangerous rip currents is a huge indirect impact along the entire east coast from this storm. But the latest track now, the hurricane cone does have late friday into saturday, parts of maine and nova scotia as a weakening hurricane into a tropical low. So that would certainly bring some heavy rain and some strong winds along with some rough surf by the weekend. We will every business deserves a great deal. Thats why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. Powered by the next generation 10g network and with 99. 9 reliability. Plus one line of free mobile for an entire year. Its the mobile made free eventhappening now. Get started for just 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. Comcast business, powering possibilities. A week ago is now over for Pennsylvania State police say daniela cavalcante has been arrested. Theyre planning to hold a News Conference to give us more information. Just about an hour from now. But this search for cavalcante has been intensifying over the past few days as sightings of him continue to come in. Now, we dont know how the arrest happened, but again, more information is expected to be released in about an hour. We will bring that News Conference to you live when it happens. Police are still searching for a murder suspect in washington, d. C. A week after he escaped custody. Authorities say 30 year old Christopher Haynes overpowered a guard at George Washington hospital to escape. This is video of haynes, apparently hopping over a fence into someones yard. He was charged with murder at the time and was at the hospital getting evaluated for an injury. Investigators are looking into numerous reported sightings of haynes, a 30,000 reward is out for information leading to his capture. Today, the man charged with the deaths of four university of idaho students is expected back in court. Former doctoral student Brian Kohberger is accused of murdering those students in their off campus home in november. A hearing over the use of cameras and recording devices during the trial could determine whether or not the case is televised. A statement from two of the families of the victims argued that it is vitally important to broadcast cast this trial. A date has not been set. Sports betting giant draftkings is appealing, rising for a 911 themed wager on the 22nd anniversary of the september 11th attacks. The Company Offered a never forget bet that three new york sports teams would win their respective monday games. Draftkings issued an apology apology saying, quote , we respect the respect the significance of this day for our country and especially for those of the families who were directly affected. Nfl reporter jim trotter is speaking after filing a discrimination lawsuit against the nfl and its media affiliate. The journalist was let go from the network in march, but says his termination was due to racial discrimination. And for the last two years have been pointing out, both internally and externally, that in our newsroom we did not have one black manager. We did not have one black copy editor, and we did not have one full time black news assistant. And yet we were covering a player population by the leagues data that is 60 to 70 black. The nfl disputes trotters claim, saying that his filing was based on a company wide decision to lay off employees. The new york jets got the devastating news that they were expecting an mri yesterday revealed quarterback Aaron Rodgers did have a torn achilles tendon after a turbo violent off season and endless negotiation. The jets acquired rodgers from green bay, the super bowl hopes began immediately in new york for a franchise thats been down for years. But just after four plays on the game monday, the former cal star is out for the year. I feel more for aaron than anyone. You know, he he is hes invested so much into this organization, so much into this journey that hes hes embarked on and wanting to be a part of what weve got going here. And its really all about him now surgery is the next step. Theres hope rodgers will come back to lead the team next year. Some fans online want the jets to call on retired tyrod qb tom brady to step in. And speaking of tom brady we all know that he can throw a football but did you know that he can shoot huh. The one time Sarah High School star posted a video of himself shooting jumpers and he even has a back step that kind of looks like steph currys. I just assume that if youre athletic, youre probably pretty good at a lot of things. Yeah, i mean, i would definitely take him to a carnival and you know, play the games, not take tom brady to the carnival. But that is the true test. Thats the true test. But theres trickery there. The Carnival Game has it has a different shaped basket from the basket can be a different shape or like so if he can do that, if he can win a giant stuffed animal, lets lets see. Thats true. Wait, has steph curry has anyone ever done that with steph curry . Like taking him to the boardwalk . How to right to like the Alameda County fair . Yeah. And see if he can win the games and do like the rings to the little try and get them on the bottles. Yes. And that one that seems so simple just toss the ball into the bucket. Never works. Bounce it back in my face. Okay thats thats. I think we have a new thing next year. We got it. We have to do that. Lets go ahead and pitch that to their pr team now for next year. Now for next year. Go to the fair. Good morning. Well get swamped at the fair. Oh, my gosh. Do you imagine with steph curry there, itd be fun. Heres a live look at our abc7 Oakland Airport camera this morning. We do have partly cloudy skies overhead. And heres your accuweather highlights a minor warmup today compared to yesterday. Feel a little warmer out there back into the low 90s and our hottest spots inland but then the weekend we go down were cooler than average saturday and sunday. September can be known for its heat waves, but we do not have any on the horizon. What we do have is a steady pattern of morning fog to afternoon sunshine right now, temperatures waking up to the 50s and the low 60s to get you out the door on this wednesday morning. Very typical for this time of the year. Heres future weather. Our marine layer still pretty intact over the city, even through 11 a. M. But by the afternoon, well see sunshine across much of the city and areas away from the coast. But the coastline does remain pretty socked in with fog as we go about the day today. And that will keep temperatures there in the 60s. So we have what we would call kind of a summer spread out there even though were in the final days of the summer season, 63. 5 moon bay. But compare that to the 90s in fairfield and antioch, 76in oakland today, 71 in the city, 82 in san jose, same in napa, hit about 84. In san rafael later on today. Overnight tonight, well see a wider coverage of our cloud cover as our marine layer expands a little bit more. Some areas of drizzle and temperatures mainly falling into the 50s and low 60s. Once again, here is the accuweather seven day forecast. Youll find that minor warmup today, that cooling trend gets underway here on friday continues us over the weekend even though were below average saturday and sunday. We do expect a lot of sunshine and then those temperatures stay below average early next week. Jobina. Thank you, drew. Good morning , everybody. So i want to let you know that we have concurrent events happening in San Francisco today that will certainly jam up portions of the embarcadero. So it would be best to take a muni if youre traveling to chase center or oracle park today because the giants take on the Cleveland Guardians at 1245 today and then chase center is, of course, hosting dream fest at 6 p. M. So there will be some overlap there bringing you the bay bridge toll plaza now, metering lights came on at 534. Backup is not too bad at the moment in san jose. Looking live at 87. Very clear here. And then we will end with a bart commuter alert because is that equipment problem on the track . Has now increased the delay . Its going to be 20 minutes thereabouts on the antioch line in the San Francisco direction. The equipment problem on the track is between the walnut creek and Pleasant Hill stations. Reggie thanks for being a new at six. The newest feature from Rideshare Company lyft. How theyre making women and nonbinary people more comfortable on their rides. First, though, rescue efforts across morocco shifting to recovery missions. A look at how last fridays earthquake is impacting the most remote communities in the thats why we carry the samsung bespoke french door refrigerator. And the full line of bespoke appliances. Including the samsung bespoke washer. Because here, saving is always in style. Shop labor day deals now in store, and online. Ready to feel what its like . When you can du more with less asthma. Its possible with dupixent. Dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. 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The storm comes in addition to eight other major flood events that have been happening around the world, all occurring within the first 11 days of this month. Experts say that Climate Change is affecting storms by creating a warmer and wetter atmosphere, making these much more destructive. Climate change a potential aggravating factor here. The un saying that rising sea levels are leaving libyas low lying coastline more vulnerable to flooding. 30,000 people have been displaced by flooding in the city of derna and humanitarian aid has been slow to get there because damage has been made. So tough in areas its inaccessible to nonprofit groups. And morocco, the countrys armed forces are working tirelessly to find survivors in remote regions after a devastating 6. 8 magnitude earthquake. Many villages in the Atlas Mountains are inaccessible by land, forcing rescue teams to provide aid only by air. But now the search for survivors is quickly turning into a recovery. So since the day that we arrived here, we found the more than 200 dead bodies and we according to the moroccan interior ministry, the death toll from the earthquake has now reached more than 29,000 people. While the quake in morocco is just the latest crisis impacting organizations worldwide. According to the noaa, there have been a record 23 disasters that have each done more than 1 billion in damage. And at the current pace in 2023, were looking at a billion disaster every nine days. And when i joined the red cross right after hurricane katrina, there were definitely seasons in the work. There would be hurricane season, then wed have a bit of a break in the fall. Wed see hurricane, you know, tornado season in the spring. You have a few floods in the early summer, but there would be these breaks between these types of events that you could rebuild capacity. And we dont have a break anymore. It is constant to meet the demand. The red cross Disaster Relief agency is launching a billion dollar response effort as these events are expected to increase because of Climate Change. 557 this morning we have a really quiet pattern that has set up for much of the week ahead. A live look outside this is our south beach camera looking at the bay bridge as all the folks come into the city right now. Heres how our day shapes up. Well have that sun up here in about an hour at 649, brighter skies this afternoon. The big takeaway, a minor up today, 70s around the bay spots inland. The news atmest then we are looking for you. We are the peace corps. With volunteers in more than 60 countries. Living together. Working together. Transforming lives. Together. Join us. In the mood for breakfast . At dennys, the super slam is now only 9. 99. Come get the biggest, crispiest, fluffiest, sweetest deal in breakfast for only 9. 99. And for a limited time, try our new pumpkin pecan pancake breakfast. At dennys, its diner time. 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