Why he says hes not the predat predator they say he is. The shopping scams on the rise. How to protect yourself. Caught on camera on video, explosive evidence of just how dangerous batteries could be after you throw them out. Later, a reallife game of pacman. Good Tuesday Morning, everyone. Im mona kosar abdi. Aim andrew dymburt. Kenneth is off. We begin with the historic white house event last night to swear in the new Supreme Court justice, Amy Coney Barrett. A large crowd gathered but this time most people were wearing a mask and were socially distanced. It comes as the president ial campaign enters the final stretch. Both candidates announcing more trips to swing states. Joe biden is defending his smaller events saying hes being responsible in the age of covid. But the Trump Campaign claims biden could never get the crowds the president gets. A record shattering 64 million votes have been cast and Melania Trump hits the campaign trail today. We begin with history at the white house
So, lets jump right in to weather. Let me take it from here. We have some issues out there as kumasi talked about. You can see it over my shoulder. The red flag warning in effect for the diablo range and east bay hills and also the north bay mountains and this goes through 5 00 this evening as winds could still gust 50 to 60. That is looking less likely but still possible but extremely dry out there. 8 to 18 relative humidity. We could have extreme fire behavior because of that. Winds are still running anywhere from 35 to about 41 in knoxville. So, that is still pretty critical as far as fire starting and fire spreading. Look at this. 8 in the Oakland Hills to about 10 , 11 relativi relative ty ty rest of us. For the rest of us extremely dry air and temperatures in the mid 70s to mid 80s. Away from the coast in the mid 70s. Okay, mike. Thank you. Oakland police are investigating an incident along mcarthur boulevard. One person is dead and we have reached out to investigators for more i
Without power. At the height of the shutoff, 345,000 customers had their power turned off. Most areas are expected to have their lights turned on today. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live in orinda this morning with how residents are dealing with this and also businesses. Good morning, amy. Hi, jobina. You cant help but feel bad for the businesses and i ammic looilo looking at them in orinda and a second day and morning of not being able to light. Its the same situation in lafayette and also in moraga. Their downtown areas do not have power and, of course, some homes also have had their lights turned out. We have seen Grocery Stores bring in lights to stay in business. Some people are frustrated. You can go on nextdoor and read how hard this is for people as they try to distance learn and work without power. The Hardware Store now say they plan for these. After last years one we restocked and held stock on things like generators and cords for generators, oil for y generators and
Devastating fire. Once this wind event is over power will be then restored in phases starting on monday night through tuesday night so some people could be without power until tuesday evening all right we have Team Coverage on tonights wind event kron fours gayle ong is live in the east bay where winds are picking up tonight. We will have the latest from her location. In just a moment we want to start now with meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez who was monitoring the areas that are under the wind advisories. Winds are whipping across the east bay right now for theresa yeah thats right justine and and in fact the gusty as winds that ive seen all day and all night long happening right now for those of you in the north bay. And its going to continue to peek through 4 oclock for your monday morning and were seeing sustained winds in the 20 to 30 mile per hour range with gusts reported in the valleys at 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour highest peaks already seeing wind gusts at 60 to 70 Miles Per Hour.
The plot. Caught on camera, a close call for a distracted pedestrian. A consumer alert. The new scam targeting amazon slopers. And later feel like living under a rock for the next month . Well, now you can. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with President Trumps health. During a new interview last night, he said he wants to return to the campaign trail as early as this weekend. His doctor says the president should be able to resume public engagements tomorrow, which is ten days since he was diagnosed with covid19. But this morning many Unanswered Questions remain regarding his condition and the state of the president ial race with just 25 days before the election. This morning President Trump eager to get back on the campaign trail after his covid19 diagnosis. I just saw the doctors today. They think im in great shape. Reporter on fox news the president refused to say if hes been tested again and hopes to hold a rally this weekend. I think im going to try to do a rally on saturda