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lieutenant says that investigators are holding back many details to protect the victim's identity saying only that she was in the restroom of a club and that the man started groping her. the police say the club house does not have surveillance cameras and though there is always somebody inside mauna turning the area. now walther says he will not let his pregnant girlfriend visit the club house alone. > > she was just going to this vending machine to get a soda and that makes me question if even that is safe. > > we have to be careful of everybody you. have to be careful and watch. >> philippe djegal police say the special victims unit is involved in the investigation. >> vicki devolving tonight investigators are working to try figure out why a deputy opened fire killing a suspect in east oakland early this morning. kron 4's scott rates is live at opd. scott what are police saying?? > >scott police are not saying much. all efforts have been turned to the investigation to try and figure out why the deputy opened fire, killing the suspect oakland police, along with the alameda county sheriffs office are investigating an early morning deputy involved shooting the left the suspect dead the shooting happening just after 4am at the corner of 55th and fairfax in east oakland investigators say officers spotted car wanted in connection with a home invasion and pistol whipping back on july 12th opd attempted to pull the driver over however he took off and police chase ensued the suspect was able to get away from officers briefly; however police caught back up with the car near 105th police say that's where the suspect ditched the car and took off on foot. a parameter was set up, and a k-9 unit from alameda county called in. investigators say it was that alameda county deputy who was able to locate the suspect using the dog, however why the deputy had to open fire killing the suspect is still under investigation. i did check with the sheriff's office and they told me the deputy is an eight year veteran of the force. by the way, we are not sure if the suspect had a gun or not. that is still unclear. reporting live in oakland. no one else was injured right now it's still unclear if the a wild car chase in richmond led to the arrest of a san francisco homicide suspect last night. 26 year old miguel ortiz was hiding in an apartment complex in richmond. when police showed up to arrest him.the suspect fled in a car with three women. the female driver led officers through heavy traffic on the freeway. the chase came to an end when she hit a police car after a bad lane change. the the front end of the police car was damaged.but no one was injured. police need the public's help in finding a man who exposed his private parts to children playing in a palo alto park. this brazen act has neighbors concerned. kron 4's alecia reid details the indecent exposure. >> alecia reid five year old ryan happily climbs the monkey bars in seale park's kiddie playground, with his dad and older brother dillon practicing soccer on the field nearby. what they didn't know, was that just a few days ago, 2 women called police claiming this man exposed himself while their children were playing in that same section. >> this is a surprise to me. i thought this park was really safe. that makes me concerned. >> alecia reid soon after hearing about the incident, dillon had to go grab his little brother, and dad kept them close. with his genitals exposed, police say the suspect walked through the playground without saying a word, or trying to make contact with either the women or their children. after passing the terrified victims with his private parts hanging outside the open zipper of his pants, authorities say the suspect hopped over the two foot fence surrounding the playground. >> we know there are crazy people in the world, but it's not good for the children. children will be shocked. as he left the park and headed south on stockton place, a neighbor's surveillance camera caught a glimpse of his face. as a precaution officers will increase patrol in the area. >> report to the police, because he did something bad >> alecia reid not only that, neighbors are also on the lookout. >> he may not come back to this park. he might go to another park to do the same trick. >> alecia reid authorities are searching for a black man with a thin build, around 45 years old, 6 feet tall, weighing 170 pounds. >> we'll be careful and look out for this person >> alecia reid reporting in palo alto alecia reid kron 4 news. >> vicki police in antioch arrested seven people in an operation targeting areas that have seen a recent rise in violent crime. officers also recovered several stolen cars and illegal handguns. one of those cars was stolen during a carjacking. this past week, there were four shootings in three days. a south san francisco man was scammed out of hundreds of dollars to clear fake criminal charges from his name. he tells investigators.he thought he was in huge trouble and used green-dot to wire the money immediatly to a man pretending to be a federal prosecutor. the victim says.he received a second call from the suspect demanding more money.but he refused and contacted police. rain clouds are moving in to northern california. meteorologist brian van aken is tracking the unusual weather for us. brian? >> brian van aken o it sure is. the high clouds have been increasing throughout the bay area so it has been mostly cloudy this afternoon. this weekend will see lots of heavy rain and flash flooding in many locations in the desert as well picking up two to 3 in. of rain this weekend. it is very unusual. now that is making tracks to the north. the next 24 to 48 hours may use the system up to the sierras and into nevada. of the showers may come to the bay area and making a wet day on tuesday a. i will show you what to expect coming at. >> vicki concord police are searching for the person responsible for an attack that left a woman unconcious in popular hillcrest park. as kron 4's mike pelton shows us after hearing of the attacknearby residents are calling for changes to come to their community. > >mike it's not changing daily routines. but for those who come to hillcrest park many are now taking an extra look over their shoulder > > scary that something would happen around here > >mike anna gearon lives across the street. it was here, in hillcrest park that concord police found the body of a woman saturday morning authorities say she was possibly the victim of a sexual assault > > scared to death.scared to death mmikeauthorities say the woman is in her 40semergency crews transpoted her to the hospital and we're told she's in stable condition. police are now trying to piece together what led up to the attack - and who's responsible looklive no risk to public but i found many people at the park who don't feel reassured > > lot of soccer and a lot of baseball > >mike and a lot of kids.the park is home to matties dream a playground seemingly built for royalty and used by many kids > > it's worrisome that something could happen to them > >mike anna tells me she's seen sketchy behavior at the park in the past and that many transients here - in the wake of the attack she is calling for action > >i thnk we need the police to patrol more tie that's a good idea > >mike while police currently are not warning of any increased risk to the public they say it's always important to remain vigiliant. in concord mike pelton kron 4 news >> vicki police are investigating a shooting and a robbery that happened in campbell early this morning. they say.the same man might be responsible for both incidents. two people were shot in the parking of of a first bank. the victims were rushed to the hospital. while police were investigating on-scene.an armed robbery was reported less than a mile away from that bank. the person who was held up at gun point was not injured. now police are looking for the man responsible. many people consider it a san francisco landmark. for over 15 years, "marty's place" was the *only place people suffering from h-i-v and aids could turn to. after closing their doors three years ago. kron four's dan rubin says they could be close to re- opening very soon. > >dan happiness and joy are returning to margie's place. > > he came to san francisco in 89 to take care of his brother who was dying of aids. he then continued to take care of people with aids in his brother's apartment. > >dan he passed away in 2011 and left the apartment over to those who will take care of the place for others who are suffering from aids. > > it is vital that we maintain these are the facilities which are the heart and soul of what the san francisco means. > >dan of the city is helping provide a way for this facility to continue operating and care for these people. but there is still more money that needs to be raised. > > today we are kicking off a fund-raiser to help us raise the avesta the money we need to fund rise-- renovate the place before more people can move then. > >dan it can be a way that helped any people who cannot afford to live any longer with low-income housing. >> vicki another mountain lion was spotted near homes in san mateo county. that was in the ladera area at around 11 this morning. police say anyone who comes in contact with the animal should not run away. instead.they suggest that you face the mountain lion make a noise and wave or throw rocks. all three were wearing life jackets. and were recovered safely. coming up at eight. documents detail the sex allegations against a former san francisco state professor. governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency because of a rash of wildfires that are getting worse. this move allows state officials to deploy the national guard for disaster relief. officials say.as of friday there were 17 wildfires burning throughout the state, including one that crossed into california from oregon. this is the "day fire" in modoc.which has burned over 12- thousand acres and is 25 percent contained. another fire near lassen national forest has nearly quadrupled in size this weekend. it has destroyed eight homes and caused the evactuation of 3 communities and a small extended care hospital. homeowners are starting to rebuild after the carlton complex fire devastated their homes in washington. those rebuilding their homes have begun to clear debris. the alta lake community's golf course was destroyed. the owner of the course says that rebuilding the golf course will motivate those who have lost their home. > > if the golf courses back into writing a kid's encouragement to the homeowners that they can. do the can >> vicki that fire has burned over 250- thousand acres and is now 71- percent contained. >> brian van aken we possibly have to to 3 in. of rain in some locations. we have seen the high clouds from that system today painting the skies over the bay area. you notice low clouds coming up as well from the mount tam cam. we have temperatures in the '60s and '70s. by the 70 inland spots are relatively mild for summertime in the low to mid '80s, normal temperatures are in the low 90s for beginning of august. our view from the bridge shows clouds already pushing in from that bay sky. from the graveside and should stay there for the next two days. the rest of the bay area as we go into the day on tuesday has the possibility for thunderstorms temperatures. tomorrow are almost exactly the same as today in the '60s and '70s bayside. low 80s in land with increasing clouds to the day. monday we see the low clouds go back to the ocean and high clouds increase from the east in the afternoon. watchtowers begin to show up in the afternoon late monday night and into a truly-- early tuesday morning. most of the showers are light and scattered but the forecast shows up to three-quarters of an inch of rain in the north bay. details later on. >> vicki new details came out this week in the case of the former san francisco state professor accused of secretly video-taping his guests in his bathroom. authorities have confiscated a hundred explicit videos and believe the professor was also video-taping his roommate as that person was having in sex. kron 4's j.r. stone has the latest. > >jr this is mark landis, the former san francisco state university professor arrested in july and accused of secretly videotaping his guests as they went the bathroom. all this from a camera hidden in a tissue box. now a first look at the arrest warrant in the case. in itnew details about the accusations against landis. according to documents 100 graphic videos were found inside his castro apartment. specifically on 4 laptops, 2 flash drives, 2 sd cards, and a mini disk. the videos are believed to have been taken between 2011 and 2014. the documents state that landis recorded male and female guests in the bathroom. in those shots there is video of buttocks and genitals. the court papers also say that video of landis's roomate engaging in sexual activity was found as well. a 35 minute video showing the entire act. and it doesn't stop there. according to the warrant the video's also show landis setting up the cameras in both the bathroom and in his roomate's room. 19 victims were identified and 15 have pressed charges. all of which are misdemeanors. when victims later confronted landis he told them he was sorry and he did not keep any of the videos. that was before those victims went to police and well before the search warrant was issued. 15 victims have pressed charges and a video show 19 victims according to documents. four of the victims could not be found but it is possible that he could face additional charges down the road. >> vicki a good samaritan has struck again. buying hundreds of dollars worth of groceries for strangers. this time. it was at a discount store in san jose. the mystery man has paid for customers groceries in the past in concord. this time. he paid for six customers' groceries at the grocery outlet on williams road on friday. gloria klingborg. who works at the grocery outlet. says the man paid for the groceries of those customers who needed it the most. > >gloria it was nice to see somebody pay for groceries for somebody who did not have enough money. it was really nice. i was excited to see people shake his hand or hug him. i got kind of sad but i was happy. >> vicki gloria says the mystery man's generosity is one of the nicest things she has ever seen. she asked him when he would be back. but he just smiled and walked away without saying a word. next. water water everywhere but not a drop to drink. how people in toledo are coping with a toxic water supply. plus.bike thieves in the city - better beware. this camera is watching you. it kept happening again and again. more than a dozen bicycles were francisco. fed up with the thieves - a man turned on his security cameras -- and turned to kron 4's justine waldman for help. >> i have started to convince myself this is a professional bike thieve this security video captures how quickly a thief can steal a bike. since last fall, someone has stolen 14 bicycles from this mission district garage. >> it is really disturbing actually >> justine waldman 10 of those bikes belong to greg schuler. from titanium road bikes to collectables. his loss is adding up financially. >> more than $10,000 approaching $15,000 >> justine waldman and emotionally. since it appears to him from his security cameras. he's being targeted. >> it is really invasive to have someone come on your property especially so many times the man seen several times inside the garage walking away with the bicycles >> justine waldman one time two guys come in and take bikes. some of the bikes are locked in the garage, other were not. to get in the secure garage takes some effort. >> they either used a crowbar not sure how easy that would be or they just jumped over the gate here >> justine waldman then the back garage door gets busted open despite reinforcements. >> this door the mech is destroyed at this point. >> justine waldman after working with police and not catching the alleged criminal greg no longer keep his bikes in the garage. he's offering a cash reward to get them back, even though he's lost his sense of security, money and prized possessions. >> i would love for him to return the bikes that would be the best scenario and i hate to wish jail upon this guy but i want this to stop. >> justine waldman in san francisco justine waldman kron 4 news. >> vicki liviakis coming up at 8:30. a new show "the hunt" leads police to the northern california man accused of killing his family. what they found. and later - here's a twist on "help wanted". we look at a san francisco start up that provides women with - what they call man-servants. an elderly woman. robbed and knocked over. at an a-t-m in point richmond. by another woman. the attack. broke the victim's hip. the victim spoke about the incident with kron-4's scott rates. >> scott rates the 87 year-old is still recovering nearly three weeks after being robbed at this atm > > i drink it was somebody who was probably watching for an opportunity. >> scott rates she said the robbery started here around 6:00 in the evening when a woman approached her and offered to help. > > but she grabbed my hand and pulled. i got a good look at her face before she disappeared but the next thing i knew she was on the ground. >> scott rates jean told me that to the woman took off in a car leaving her on the ground with a broken hip and. that is when she reached into her purse to call 911 but herself phone had no battery power left. out of options she started yelling. yelling. > > moments later a woman came along on a bicycle and offered help. i said please call 911. >> scott rates jean said she has been living here since 1993 and has offered--always felt safe. but now... > > i don't know that i will go there when there is not a guard there. the moral of the story is you have to be aware of everything. around everything vickiinvestigators are offering a 5-thousand dollar reward for any information that leads to an arrest in this case. >> vicki liviakis a jet is en route to liberia to pick up nancy writebol.the second american infected with ebola virus. phoenix air says.their sending a highly specialized air ambulance.equipped with an isolation unit. the interior can be completely decontaminated post flight. the plane is scheduled to land back in georgia on tuesday. the first known patient. dr kent brantly.landed yesterday. he was quickly rushed to atlanta's emory university hospital where writebol will also be treated. they were both infected in africa while treating ebola patients in history's largest outbreak ever recorded. the mayor of toledo, ohio, is telling residents more tests are necessary to ensure toxins are out of the city's water supply. some 400,000 people are still being told not to drink tap water. mary moloney reports. > > if i don't have water my baby does not eat said that is an issue. > >mary samples with the virus were found in lake erie which supplies water. the substance was found in the late alan g. so some 400 people cannot cook or drank with the tap water. > > there is this whole series of tests and there is no exact science. > > officials say the water warming will remain in effect until. tests until. > > this is science and the numbers will be made available when the scientists tell us what they are. > > i think it will be alright as long as i get my water today it will be alright. > > red cross workers along with the ohio national guard are handing out water bottles to the it thursday population. > > there is nobody asleep at the. we are all on this and we will not let up until it is soft. >> vicki liviakis the toxin in toledo's water supply can cause nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and liver failure. officials say boiling the water doesn't make it more safe. so far, there are no reports of people getting sick. the man who shot video of a new york city police officer who killed another man during a chokehold. has been arrested on a gun charge. free cloth ramsey orta was arrested last night in new york. police say they recovered an unloaded semi-automatic weapon from orta. which was reported orta shot the video of an officer using a choke hold to restrain eric garner. garner had been selling loose cigarettes on staten island. the officer was put on modified assignment and stripped of his badge and gun. charges could be filed against the officer. shane miller.the suspected killer of three has been found dead in a california creek. he has been on the run since may of 2013.in nothern california's biggest man hunt ever. police say.he allegedly murdered his wife and two young daughters. now. his remains have been found not far from where is truck was spotten in petrola last year. he was featured on a recent episode of john walsh's show "the hunt." police say. the suspect also faced marijuana distribution.machine gun posession.and money laundering charges in 2002. they still don't know the reason he murered his family.but they believe it might have been because of a domestic dispute. officials say at least 367 people were killed. and more than 18-hundred injured after an earthquake struck the southern part of china today. the magnitude 6-point-1 quake struck at a depth of 6 miles in china's yunnan province. about 12-thousand homes collapsed from the quake. officials say the area is known for its farming and mining industries. however it is also prone to earthquakes. more than 25-hundred troops have been dispatched to the disaster site. and the red cross is sending supplies. israel has agreed to a 7-hour humanitarian cease-fire. but a spokesperson for hamas says it's a no go. the cease-fire is expected to start tomorrow morning. if hamas agrees to it. the latest strike killed at in gaza today. a nearby israeli airstrike caused the deaths. a u-n official says the israeli defense force is ignoring precaution and control when engaging in attacks against gaza. the school had been providing shelter for about 3-thousand people attempting to escape the war. one of the dead is said to be a staff worker. about 35 people were injured. including children. >> vicki liviakis if you are sick.it can be really tough to get out of bed and drag yourself to the doctor's office. now technology is bringing the doctor.to you. house calls are making a comeback thanks to the smart phone. this high tech health care is being dubbed "telemedicine." several apps are allowing users to get a doctor to visit their home with the touch of a button. others let patients speak to a physician over the phone or on video chat. still.tech has some limits. serious medical symptoms still require a trip to the emergency room. >> brian van aken we have a nice day although it was cloudy and breezy. we had a lot of low clouds in the morning with high clouds into the afternoon. we're watching these high clouds that the last glimpse of daylight from our tam tam.--mount tam cam. tonight look for the fog to push into the bay very quickly and into the inland valley with some high clouds as well. tomorrow morning is mostly cloudy start with low clouds and the middle and high clouds increase throughout the day. chance for showers will arrive in the north bay first tomorrow night and then the rest of the bay area tuesday, and the chance for a thunderstorm. wednesday that will all move out with more sunshine. and a warming sunshine the high clouds are on the increase today pushing north into northern california from the unusually strong storm in southern california that has been drenching things and causing flash flooding. some places, adding more than 3 in. of rain. temperatures tomorrow are in the mid to upper seventies making it a mild day with a cloud cover blocking out the sun shine. eighties in the warmest places. seventies in the north bay with a chance of showers on tuesday and possibility of a thunderstorm. forecast shows a possibility for a quarter to a half an inch of rain. we have more sunshine and a warming trend for the rest of the week with highs going back to the mid-90s. >> vicki liviakis the la freeway is famous for car chases, but here's one guy who didn't excactly qualify for a speeding ticket. coming up, what police did with a 150 pound giant tortoise found crossing the street. safeway understands you got to make every dollar count these days. that's why they have lots of ways for you to save. real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. this week relish the taste of summer. fresh sweet corn is 4 for just $1.00. rancher's reserve t-bone steaks are a mouthwatering $6.99 a pound. and nabisco oreo cookies are only $1.99. there's more savings to love... at safeway. ingredients for life. officers didn't have to issue a speeding ticket to a giant tortoise ambling down a street in los angeles. police say they found the 150 pound reptile yesterday afternoon in alhambra. it took two officers to lift the animal into a patrol car so they could take it to the police station. the tortoise was then turned over to animal control authorities. they are asking anyone whose big tortoise went missing this weekend to contact them. in today's health minute. we're and of high efficiency bulbs are on the market which have no more-- mercury. >> the second it the text the water is hot it shuts it down to a trickle. so when you are ready without wasting the hot water you pull the cord and a hot water is coming out. >> vicki liviakis this can also help you cut back on your water bill, as to how hot water is, and shows you how much money you save each quarter. looking at the week's top health stories. including a promising malaria vaccine. the heat risk to runners. and extreme weather's death toll. here's martha shade with more. though marthaa new malaria vaccine is one step closer to being approved. the new vaccine was given to children in areas prone to malaria, and protected them for 18-months. researchers will now see how booster shots affect the vaccine's effectiveness. more testing is needed before the vaccine is available for the general population. and researchers have found that heat stroke is a much bigger risk to endurance runners than heart problems. the "journal of the american college of cardiology" reports, heat stroke is ten-times more likely to kill a runner, than a cardiac event. while deaths have been reported at marathons, a six-year study of more than 137-thousand runners, found only two serious cardiac events reported. and none were fatal. however, they found 21-serious cases of heat stroke, including two fatalities. and finally, the national center for health statistics has found that extreme weather claims about 2-thousand lives per year. most of them. 63-percent.were cold-related. 31-percent were related to heat. and six-percent were due to floods, storms or lightning. for today's health minute, i'm martha shade. >> vicki liviakis blindness didn't stop a georgia man from taking a leap of faith. ken earls has been legally blind his entire life. but he didn't skydiving. earls wouldn't describe himself as adventurous. but when the opportunity arose to skydive in las vegas during a convention earlier this month. he decided to take the leap. earls says he hopes this inspires others to have the courage to live life to the fullest. >> we do not know how many times she has a seizure at night. > > the cost of the dog is well over $12,000. they went through a nonprofit group in northern california and ask for family and friends help. the word quickly spread and dozens of donations were made on their behalf. > > people mailed less money and walked up to us and gave us money for the dog. >> bans medical condition makes it hard for him to survive. >> i heard someone say that i can make more friends with a dog get school. >> that may be more happy because he would have a chance to have people not make fun of him. >> we have been trying to get a hold of positive service solutions and we tried to get a hold of the executive but when we called the we just got a message. >> we spoke to their attorney who told us that the company is looking to file for bankruptcy. we learned that about 20 families are suing the company for delivering dogs that were not trained or not delivering them at all. a new san francisco-based start up has been generating quite a bit of buzz from women lately. the company. manservants. allows women to hire handsome young men to serve them. here's a clip the company released on the new business. the idea behind the new venture. is that instead of hiring strippers for bachelorette parties. women can hire models to do other things. such as hold their umbrellas. serve them champagne. and more. customers can customize their manservant by attire. name. and type. manservants will be available to hire starting september first in san francisco. international outrage over a newborn baby with downs syndrome - rejected by the family that originally wanted him. coming up, we'll show you how social media may be helping out the baby and his surrogate mom. >> vicki liviakis there's a happier ending in store for a baby in the center of an international controversy. an australian couple hired a woman in thailand to carry their baby. the women ended up with twins and when it was revealed the boy twin had down syndrome, the parents said they didn't want him. angie asimus has the story. >>angie asimus being born with a heart defect. hasn't stopped this special little boy from capturing the >> "he's a very beautiful boy. thank you." >>angie asimus while garmy is recovering in hospital his surrogate mother received a life-changing phone call. pattharamon janbua is no longer facing crippling medical bills alone. >> "thank you so much, i have no words for this. everyone is very generous. i can't say anything but thank you - thank you very much." >>angie asimus gammy's australian parents abandoned him, only claiming his healthy twin sister. but - when the 7 month old's story made headlines yesterday - aussies dug deep. >> "the family, i think are both delighted and a little overwhelmed even is the appropriate state that they're in." 16 >>angie asimus 24 hours ago the fund had raised 60-thousand dollars. tonight - it has more than doubled - to 150-thousand. >> "i guess it illustrates some of the pitfalls involved in this particular business. it's a very sad story." >>angie asimus pattharamon agreed to the surrogacy worth almost 12- thousand dollars. but as a buddhist - she refused an abortion when the biological parents found out their son had down syndrome. >> "there's now a nervous wait for the other australian parents currently involved in around 400 similar pregnancies - as the department of foreign affairs examines the thai surrogacy trade." for this family - the ties of a mother and son will always bind. >> vicki liviakis officials say australia's government might help pay for garmy's treatment. those who wish to donate can do so by visiting the hope for garmy website. who's sony going to call? and superheroes dominate the box office this weekend. azadeh ansari has those stories and more in today's hollywood minute. the ghostbusters franchise may be getting a reboot! variety reports sony has approached bridesmaids director paul feig to helm the film. but no formal negotiations have taken place. and to shake things up, feig is said to want an all-female cast of ghostbusters! there was a kennedy wedding this weekend! people magazine reports that actress cheryl hines said "i do" to robert f. kennedy junior at the family's hyannisport compound. the couple had dated for more than two years. guests included hines's former co-star larry david, julia louis-dreyfus and kevin nealon. the box office made huge money this weekend! marvel's "guardians of the galaxy" demolished expectations, raking in almost one hundred million dollars in the u-s and more than 160- million worldwide. "lucy" dropped down to number two this week, making less than 20-million dollars after a strong opening last weekend. and the james brown biopic "get on up" rounded out the top three, bringing in a little over 14-million dollars. ansari. >> vicki liviakis in just a matter of months we have sports night's live with jason and bip with all your sports needs. it happens right after the news at 9:00 and, in matter of seconds. we have a little bit of time for the weather. >> brian van aken we have a big system in southern california that is heading north into the sierras. we should see a little bit of that which some showers and mild temperatures by the bay. there's the wet weather for tuesday with a thunderstorm possible on tuesday. i am pretty excited. >> vicki liviakis that's it for the kron 4 news at 8. stay connected with kron 4 and get latest news developments at kron4.com or download one of our mobile apps. our next newscast is tonight at 11 o'clock. see you then. goodnight.
NevadaUnited-statesAustraliaAlameda-countyCaliforniaCalifornia-creekChinaWashingtonDistrict-of-columbiaSan-franciscoPoint-richmondHollywood a disappointing end to a difficult few days for england manager gareth southgate. and while it's another mild start today for some of you, pressure on the way over the next 2a hours, details of those weather changes here on brick list. it's wednesday, the 9th of september. our top story. social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in england from monday — both indoors and outdoors — in what is a significant tightening of coronavirus restrictions. the government is introducing the move following a sharp rise in the number of cases, which the prime minister has described as "concerning". but there will be some exemptions, as nick eardley explains. wash your hands, cover your face, make space. a new campaign by the government to remind us all of the basics to stop the spread of coronavirus. ministers and experts are becoming increasingly worried about the number of new cases and today, new measures are being announced to try to limit social contact. you could pick up a pass on the virus. but from monday, in england, gatherings of more than six people are being banned by law. the new measures apply indoors and outdoors. police will be given the power to break up groups and if people don't comply, they could be fined £100. this will double in each further repeat offence, up to £3200. until now, people from two households could meet in larger groups but that's been limited to six, meaning to families of four can't all meet at the same time. the new restrictions will apply to hospitality venues like pubs and restau ra nts hospitality venues like pubs and restaurants but there will be some exemptions. for work and education and funerals and weddings and organised team sports. borisjohnson will be back at the podium at downing street later where he will tell people, we need to act now. we've seen tighter rules on a number of areas in recent weeks, large parts of the north of england, a number of councils in the west of scott, caerphilly in wales. in bolton, significantly restrictions have come into force. pubs and restau ra nts have come into force. pubs and restaurants have been told they can only serve takeaway is while ours are restricted at night and people have been banned from socialising with those from outside our household. the rise in cases in bolton is largely due to socialising by people in their 20s and 30s, we know this from contact tracing into oui’ know this from contact tracing into our contact tracing system we've identified a number of pubs at which the virus is spread significantly. but from monday, there will also be new national restrictions the whole of england, limiting how many people can meet at a time, as the government tries to avoid the virus running out of control. nick ea rd ley, running out of control. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. let's get more now from our political correspondent, helen catt, whojoins us from westminster. helen, what more do we know about the prime minister's address later? we will get another one of these prime ministerial press conferences, we haven't had one in a while and he will use it to set up these new rules, really to ram home the message that we've got to stick to them. he is going to say it is absolutely critical that people know applied by these rules and really focus on the basics, that he is setting this out as simplifying and strengthening of the rules, to make them easier to understand, and also for the police to enforce and there has been criticism levelled at the government about how potentially complicated the rules have been getting, they become less straightforward, did people really understand them. he is also going to explain a bit more about the reasoning behind it. as he told cabinet ministers yesterday, what the government does not want to see isa the government does not want to see is a repeat of what's been seen in france and spain with a rise in the number of infections which leads to the number of hospitalisations, and will point out that in spain, there is now a rise in deaths and that is what the government wants to avoid. this is the point of taking action now and will reinforce those m essa 9 es now and will reinforce those messages and we will see as you heard the launch of new public education campaign, the slogan that the government has reduced about hands, face, space, we will hear much more and there will be a video released showing how the virus spreads exactly indoors because that is the big area of concern is a autumn and winter, a lot more time inside. the concern is that it makes it much easierfor the helen, thank you. and we'll be speaking to the health secretary, matt hancock. that is around 7:30am. i know lots of you have sent in thoughts and questions already, sending more and we will try and put as many to him. lots of concerns about testing as well. a major trial of a coronavirus vaccine has been put on hold across the world, after a volunteer in the uk fell ill. the vaccine — being developed by oxford university and drugs company astrazeneca — is being tested in thousands of people in britain and the us, and in smaller groups in brazil and south america. astrazeneca described it as a routine pause in the case of an unexplained illness. a safety review will be carried out before the trial can restart. a man is due to appear in court this morning following a series of stabbings in birmingham city centre during the early hours of sunday. 27—year—old zephaniah mcleod from selly oak, is charged with one count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. jacob billington, who was 23, died from a stab wound to the neck; a man and a woman are still critically ill in hospital. a teenager will appear in court today charged with attempted murder and firearms offences, after a 15—year—old boy was shot near kesgrave high school. suffolk police were called to reports of a shooting on a housing estate on monday morning. the injured boy was airlifted to addenbrooke's hospital where he remains in a critical condition. strong winds are continuing to fan huge wildfires burning out of control on the west coast of the united states. firefighters in california are battling to bring twenty—five blazes under control, whilst in washington state, the small town of malden has been almost completely destroyed. mark lobel reports. the charred remains of the post office. for malden's 300 residents in rural whitman county, the local sheriff says the community has been changed for a lifetime. across the state of washington, an estimated 330,000 acres burned in just 2a hours, described by the state's governor as an unprecedented and heartbreaking event. 0n the west coast, a wildfire emergency has been declared in oregon where falling trees knocked powerlines and ignited fires, strong winds swept far and wide. meanwhile, the largest of the wildfires, california's creek fire, remains dangerously uncontained. but with thousands of firefighters working all hours, there are moments of hope. the coastguard rescued these hikers after they were stranded for several days in hard—to—reach areas. most of the operations have occurred at night. the pilots are describing the scene, so with the night vision they can actually see the embers and the silhouette of the terrain so they can safely land at an evacuation sites and finally get the evacuees and get them out of there. people are remarkable in these moments, and selfless in these next few days most challenging perhaps that we have had so far this year. after a heat wave in santa monica with los angeles county reporting its highest ever temperature of 49.1; degrees celsius, things have improved, but high winds are expected to fan the flames as the west coast remains on high alert. mark lobel, bbc news. kim kardashian has announced the end of the reality tv show which helped to make her a celebrity and a billionaire. keeping up with the kardashians was panned by the critics when it began 14 years ago but it won huge ratings for the e! channel, and a legion of devoted fans for the kardashian family. the final series — the 21st — will be broadcast early next year. crushed by the news. matt's here to tell us how the weather is looking. he is sad as well. sorry to break that to live on the television. just before we went to live, it's going to be tough. very good morning. the first signs of daylight on the norfolk coast, not a bad start. a dry day with a bit of sunshine around, still quite humid in southern areas as it was yesterday but a fresh appeal during the next 24 but a fresh appeal during the next 2a hours. temperatures at the moment just about in double figures for many. 17, 18 degrees across parts of central and eastern england, a jumpstart for some in north—west england in north—west wales, patchy rain working south, a lot more sunshine across the northern and western areas, a few showers in scotla nd western areas, a few showers in scotland and by the afternoon, the weather front with patchy rain and drizzle will be across some southern counties of england so even if you start with sunshine, it might cloud over a little bit. temperatures 23, 20 four degrees. not as warm as yesterday further north but as i said, more sunshine through wales, north—west england, northern ireland and the west of scotland. a bit more ofa and the west of scotland. a bit more of a breeze will make it feel cooler in cloudier moments, and bring showers to the north—east of scotla nd showers to the north—east of scotland through the day and into the evening. those showers fade away and because we will all be into that fresh air, the exception will be the channel islands, cooler night, temperatures widely down into single figures. tomorrow morning's commute could be cooler. for many, more on the way of dry weather. details on all that coming up at around 6:45am. i will get back and think about the kardashian ‘s. i will get back and think about the kardashian 's. if someone hasjust tuned in, they will be concerned. these two are not upset by the fact with keeping up with the kardashians is ending. i've watched a bit of it andi is ending. i've watched a bit of it and i can appreciate while people —— why people like it. so do why, it's just not my thing. i almost spilt my copy. just not my thing. i almost spilt my c0py--- just not my thing. i almost spilt my copy. —— spilt my cup of coffee. let's take a look at today's papers. "britain's hit for six" is the daily mail's take on the story that dominates most of the front pages — as the government moves to ban meetings of more than six people. the telegraph leads on the same story but it also features a large picture of the queen and reports that she's planning to return to her own workplace, this buckingham palace, from next month. the daily star has something completely different. it claims victory in its battle to ensure that supplies ofjammie dodgers and wagon wheels are not affected by a planned strike. and one of the most read stories on the bbc news website is about the wildfires raging across the western us, leaving some small towns in ruins. we'll be getting the very latest from california in a couple of minutes. this is my favourite story from yesterday. i'm a big fan of getting out and going for long walks. this young man i'm going to call him, harry harvey, he is 80. he got lost. his family were very, very worried about him. there was a huge search for him including police and sniffer dogs. he is reported missing on sunday, all these huge searches, people very upset and worried about his welfare and then he turned up at the press conference where they were looking for him. there he was. he was ok. he had all this kit with him. ithink was ok. he had all this kit with him. i think he had attended with him, all sorts of kit, and then he went wild camping for the three days. but knowing there was all this fuss, i would have made my own way home, he said. it's not my seem to have a fuss. a little bit of a break. he said there were low points, he had only £21.05 and didn't think it was enough to get home. he fell across the bridge over a stream and banged his head as well. i'm going on, i do love the story. he survived in his most the russians. including some baked beans. lifesavers. nicht? a digital reconstruction of a 15th century benedict dean monk has been used, after finding the biological details of abbotjohn in wheat homestead and the recreation looks like, wait for it... wayne rooney. 0n the recreation looks like, wait for it... wayne rooney. on average headline. there is 15th century wayne rooney. what do you think? just rotate that for you. looks a bit like him. this is a yacht, a superyacht, or do you think of youths? i enjoy looking at other pupils because this is £358 million worth of yacht designed to look like a swan, tycoons can rule the waves. 24 a swan, tycoons can rule the waves. 2a people can sleep on board and if you look, this is very clever. this is the control centre here. and it comes down and there's a little craft. you can then go on it. one more. one more. what are you allowed to do three? do you know anything about an old man who has gone missing? i do. i want about an old man who has gone missing? i do. iwant to about an old man who has gone missing? i do. i want to speak to him. children as young as six readily choose what television programmes to watch without asking their parents according to research. they said only 7% of six —year—olds say their parents choose what they watch. that is why i end up watching so much kardashians. a firm recommendation. coming up to 17 minutes past six. dozens of wildfires are still burning out of control on the west coast of the united states. more than 111,000 firefighters continue to battle 2a separate fires across california, oregon and washington state. the largest blaze, known as the creek fire, has burned more than 120 square miles since it broke out in the sierra nevada mountains on friday. let's speak to dave malkoff, a weather presenter, who's north of the blaze in clovis county. good morning to you. do you have a sense can you give us a sense good morning to you. do you have a sense can you give us a sense of what is going on? good morning. it isa what is going on? good morning. it is a wildfire that has just exploded yes today when we were in the fire and it was 80,000 acres and now it has exploded to 144,000 acres. we we re has exploded to 144,000 acres. we were at fully with a group of us labour day campers who were actually in the woods and they did not even know that the fire was burning around them to do they had heard of the fire but they were so deep in the fire but they were so deep in the woods, cut off from mobile phone service and they were actually tried in there for hours and hours. they we re in there for hours and hours. they were not the only ones. there are was a us military helicopter run today that did ten rescue military rescue missions that took about 150 people out of the burning area with 16 animals, mostly dogs, in these big general helicopters — fractional helicopters. while they were there it was quite dangerous. clearly terrifying stories and dangerous situations for people. will they be able to extinguish this? what is happening? it is tough here in california and some of these bases have gone through four or five years of drought and the trees are just devastated by the bark beetle infestation. these are tiny bugs about the size of a grain of rice that get into the trees and infest the trees and turn it into firewood. so as these fires go through found by swirling wind and record high temperature we expect 41 celsius this week here in this area and there is just no this week here in this area and there isjust no rain in the forecast either so the fire just swells in here and grows and grows andjumps fire lines, swells in here and grows and grows and jumps fire lines, itjumps over the highways and perhaps people in their and there was actually neighbourhoods we saw torched today, there were schools that were burned and also one iconic california general store that we drove by yesterday was burned to the ground when we saw it this afternoon to ta ke when we saw it this afternoon to take you talk about whole towns being destroyed, are there? yes. many people did get out because of these mandatory evacuation orders but it was really wild to see how many people were still in their and needing helicopter rescue is and ground rescues. the way that we got out of the quarry we were in and the marina was actually via police escort, ten vehicles at a time. we had to wait for the fire to burn over the highway and then everybody about 100 people in that area out ten vehicles at a time driving through the burned area and as you drive through you look around and ucr - drive through you look around and ucr — falling and everything is grey and you can see that the fire has just turned there. back in the 1970s there was a fire season here in california and it would last about five months. these days it is seven months or longer. these fire seasons are getting wilder and longer and more intense here in california and throughout the american west. the authorities are helping and trying to deal as best they can with this. you know how the fire started? throughout the united states it has been a devastating year. we have had 4.7 million acres burned, most of those are actually human caused. 0ne wildfire here in california, in southern california was started, get this, when someone lit off a smoke bomb ata this, when someone lit off a smoke bomb at a gender reveal party and thatis bomb at a gender reveal party and that is not the first time that has started a wildfire. now that is under investigation and many of these fires are human caused but they keep on burning, some of them with lightning but most of them human caused. take care out there, it is dangerous for many people. thank you for your time. tens of thousands of people are still having their wages subsidised by the government, but as the furlough scheme ends many of them could end up looking for new roles. but what kind ofjobs market can they expect? nina's looking into this one for us today. nina? good morning. it's rarely easy — looking for work. but made all the more difficult when competition is so tough and there are so many questions about the future of the economy. let's take a look at what we've found out in today's report. the number of people across the uk looking for work last month reached the highest level since 2008 — that was the time of the global financial crisis and considered the most difficult moment in unemployment in recent years. but at the same time the recruitment researchers found out that the number of vacancies was falling. that's the sixth month in a row when the number of positions have gone down. that was the sixth month in a row where the number of positions has dropped to but according to the employment companies surveyed, august saw an increase in overall recruitment activity. that basically means there were more people finding temporary and permanent jobs. it is the first time we've seen an increase in that stat since the first time the crisis hit. but competition forjobs is tough and getting tougher — that's exactly what alex has found. she was made redundant last month. she did work in a confectionery store. in the last 90 days probably average about 15jobs a day and it has been... it has been interesting to has been a lot of rejection already. something along the lines of there are nine times the number of applicants for each position more than they would have been pre— covid—19. but it does seem to be competitive, it does seem to be, the model, there is definitely not a lot out there in retail. there is much more than i thought there would be but there is still not that much. i am focusing less on retail and a little more on an office—based job, something that covid has shown is that it something that covid has shown is thatitis something that covid has shown is that it is possible to have an office—based job where you can work from home. what does this mean? let's speak to the chief executive of the recruitment and employment federation which put the report together. starting with the point about recruitment and the flurry over august. what sort ofjobs are you seeing? there is a clear split, i think, in the labour market and what we see our blue—collarjobs, jobs in it, in construction recovering much quicker. 0bviously health has not dropped so in those areas demand is relatively good. 0ffice dropped so in those areas demand is relatively good. office work, retail, hospitality, clearly they are the areas most affected by the pandemic that still very slow and in particular across all sectors, more demand for temporary work than permanent work and we think that is about companies just not knowing what the path ahead looks like and seeing concerning news on virus cases in the last few days and companies are looking to bring people on temporarily first and then if the recovery sticks to move those people to permanent. but the danger is that those contracts remain temporary and becomes a downward pressure on pay that then becomes permanent. i think that is quite a hackneyed view of temporary work. we see that most people choose temporary work when they are looking for a job because it is a good and quick way to get access to paid work quicker than you may going through the process at the moment. what is important is that firms who are looking to hire on a temporary basis think about why they want to make that role temporary. that is one of the messages we get through recruitment which is just because there is a booming candidates it does not mean that a candidate experience and how we treat people should change. you spoke at the beginning about in it for example how recruitment started to pick up. have any areas taken you by surprise with new jobs emerging? have any areas taken you by surprise with newjobs emerging? we are definitely saying that as consumers have changed behaviour, jobs have rolled with that so the most obvious example is retailers having a tough time but bricks and mortar retailers having a tough time. if you look over into logistics, tesco signed up for the kick start a programme last we see thousands of people moving into dog home deliveryjobs which ta ke into dog home deliveryjobs which take more people than shopping in a supermarket does because when you go to the supermarket you go and grab a trolley and fill it yourself finally, we heard from alex a little earlier who said she is willing to make that switch from retail to administration. what would your advice be to the hundreds of thousands of people looking for work at the moment? the first thing is to not lose heart. there arejobs at the moment? the first thing is to not lose heart. there are jobs out there full one place where we see a drop but we measured job ads which isa drop but we measured job ads which is a bit earlier in the process and job ads are rebounding. normally there are about 1.3 million job ads life, there is about 1.1 million now. that is up from 900,000 in the lockdown so we are recovering, there are opportunities out there but the most important thing for someone like alec, the carpet bomb approach. get the applications out there, that is probably not the right one. if you take time and do fewer applications but better ones, that will help you stand out from the crowd. and recruiters are your friends on the stop all across the country, get in touch with a local recruiter and they can offer you some pointers. thank you very much for talking to us, greater and with some is there. and as he says, it is best to not carpet bomb, rather than —— rather it is better to target your cv. and after the furlough scheme wraps up only then will we understand the trouble that business is in. 28 minutes past six. time for the news, travel and weather wherever you are watching breakfast this morning. good morning from bbc london. i'm alpa patel. the husband of the woman jailed the husband of the womanjailed in iran months ago has appealed to the government to attend her trial. she was granted house arrest in march and only months from her expect the release date she was told she would face a second trial. a spokesperson for the government said the new charges are indefensible. plans for a holocaust memorial centre next to westminster abbey are set to be challenged in the high court. the london historic parks and gardens trust have launched a judicial review into the plans for a building at victoria tower gardens saying they're not opposed to the idea but that the location is "wholly unacceptable". they also say there a conflict of with the decision making process. the government says they have "robust arrangements" to ensure the decisions is fair. the number of londoners applying for benefits has seen more than doubled since 2019. in hackney, those claiming has jumped from nearly 9,000 to over 19,000. the charity skyway was helping 50 families at the start of the pandemic, but that's now increased to 200. the first london mural festival celebrating the vibrant street art scene gets underway later. the free event features more than 150 global artists, who will be creating more than 50 new pieces of art on walls all across the capital. a map to guide you on walks around the street art and other events taking place over the next month is available to download. let's take a look at the travel situation now. minor delays on the docklands route. that is due to a faulty train. no service on the waterloo & city line until further notice foxholes bridges closed until december, only open southbound to buses and taxis and in palmer's green, the is slow eastbound at brownlow road because ofa eastbound at brownlow road because of a collision. 0n the m25, junction 15, no access their london bound because of a collision. let's have a look now at the weather. good morning. another warm and humid night last night to a mild start this morning. a little bit of around first thing, some hint of sunshine and a cold front starts to sink south and without the cloud increases. brighter spells and we are hanging onto the warm temperatures for today. we are looking at a maximum of around 24 celsius. as a cult frankly as we may get a spot of light rain but very minimal amounts. 0vernight tonight that cloud continues to sink south and we will get fresh air piling in behind so it will feel cooler with a minimum temperature away from central london of around eight or 9 degrees. tomorrow we will see much fresher temperatures and it will feel a little cooler, some say spells around buttock to cloud around as well. for friday, similar conditions, still a bit of sunshine and dry weather in the forecast and through the weekend it is going to stay fairly settled into next week you can have some warm air coming up from the continent so it is set to get quite a bit warmer. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. doing hello this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it's 6:31. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: it'll soon be back to life as we know it in ambridge — the archers has started normal production again to the relief of fans — we're speaking to actor michael lumsden, who plays alistair lloyd, about how they're staying covid—safe. keeping the kids under control — we're getting a glimpse of life as a zookeeper during lockdown at colchester zoo. and we've got the nfl show‘s double act, jason bell and 0si umenyiora looking ahead to the american football season and of course jason's upcoming appearance on strictly come dancing. bolton has become the latest area to have tighter lockdown measures imposed on it, after a spike in coronavirus cases there. the health secretary matt hancock said the town had the highest case rate in the country, with 120 cases per 100 thousand. per 100,000. let's go now to our correspondent, john maguire, who is in bolton for us this morning. john, what are the latest rules? its return back to some of the more harsh and straight rules we experienced earlier a lot done. this pub, not open at this time of day that they would have been forced to close their doors at ten o'clock last night, not able to be open until 5am this morning. no sit down food either in pubs, cafe 's and restau ra nts food either in pubs, cafe 's and restaurants will have to be takeaway only. the interesting thing here, that infection rate above 120 per 100,000. highest in the country. 0nly 100,000. highest in the country. only about 15 just two weeks 100,000. highest in the country. only about 15just two weeks ago, so something has happened here quite drastic in terms of those figures going up, fingers being pointed at younger people, 20s and 30s, perhaps not socially distancing as they should have been. we are out and about in the town yesterday to get a flavour of what people's initial reaction was to that news. we need to protect ourselves and the safety of error and also i feel like it's the right thing, we need to get a bit strict. i get in pubs, younger people want they do go in, there is less social distancing but don't put the blame on the young people, it's not anyone's fault, really. you don't want another lockdown to be honest but we need to be safe and we need to take care of everybody, all of us. it's going to be ages before anything goes back to normal. it's just going to spike in other places. something 's got to be done, doesn't it? we can't keep going on like we have. we haven't hardly been anywhere in six months. it's always difficult when some people feel they made sacrifices and others haven't been adhering to the rules which is why we've seen the figures increase so dramatically. chief executive of bolton council, what's happened? such a drastic increase in the numbers. a number of days ago we we re numbers. a number of days ago we were at an infection rate of about 100,000 per population. it's now around 120 per 100,000 population. a really staggering increase and as a consequence really staggering increase and as a consequence ‘— really staggering increase and as a consequence “ consequence, really staggering increase and as a consequence —— consequence, with had to work with government and restrictions over the weekend and further restrictions out of yesterday. what is the data telling you about what the driver is. it's different, because it is across the borough. it is across all parts of the borough. secondly, a very strong correlation between younger people and infection rates, so for example, between 18 and 49 years of age, over 90% of the infections were traced and tracked so far, so therefore clearly, that's why we've seen some restrictions introduced around the hospitality set and a real plea to young people, it's not about blaming young people, it's not about blaming young people, it's not about blaming young people, but we've all got to do our part here because if this is transmitted to grandparents and so on, we're in difficult place. towns and cities across the country will be very busy, monday and tuesday night, because of the success of the eat out to help out scheme. now a lot of these hospitality businesses are facing closing the doors once again, perhaps forever, a few of them are telling us. i think this is a real serious concern for us but in consultation with government and public health england, we were left with no other choice. we had to take this action. we have a duty and responsibility to protect people's lives. however, it will have an impact and we're working hard government, the vast that the furlough scheme is reintroduced to bolton to these businesses hit hard and we will wait to see the outcome of that. what's been the general reaction? it's early days. a lot of people talking to us yesterday afternoon in support of stricter measures, especially those who look like they played our part. measures, especially those who look like they played our partlj measures, especially those who look like they played our part. i think generally most people see the sense that we really can't keep everyone happy, people have their own views and experiences about this and the wait was introduced but we had to ta ke wait was introduced but we had to take action quickly which is why we introduced the measures over the weekend and the government have introduced these latest ones as of yesterday with immediate effect. most sensible people, reasonable people understand the reasons why and clearly as we proceed over the coming months, we will have to learn to live with covid. is it possible to live with covid. is it possible to say how long these restrictions might last? i'm not sure. clearly, but at this moment in time, it will be foolish to set a date and time or number. hospital admissions, what will be the impact on local healthcare services? we are seeing a slight increase, those will come down again they reckon between four and seven. i think the concern is what's happening on the continent of europe, there is a two time lags will have conversations with our partners about this exact issue, so we partners about this exact issue, so we will be wanting to see how this develops over the next few weeks. what else can you do to support those businesses beside an extension of the furlough scheme? we are trying to help advise all businesses, available for additional advice, making sure existing businesses are complying because we don't want to see further restrictions that have been brought into leicester, so it's all about working together, cooperating, try to make it as effective as possible but we will keep working with governments to do the best for the hospitality sector in bolton. there is nothing to stop people travelling in and out of town. i know one or two local residents have said they will go over the borders. we raised these issues, the position is, as we speak today, and people don't work with these rules,, they will be introduced. obviously for the people of bolton, and all the authorities trying to get a handle on this but that dramatic increase in the infection rate, talked about travel restrictions on two—week quarantine the countries above 20, six times more than was a greek island. some difficult times ahead for all concerned. thank you so much, we will be with you throughout the morning. as we've been hearing, a ban on groups of more than six people gathering in homes, parks, pubs and restaurants will come into force in england from next monday. let's speak now to gp, drjamie parker whojoins us from nottingham. thank you very much for being with us. cani thank you very much for being with us. can i ask you, first of all, about that situation. going to 120, which is a stark rise. i think it is key to help prevent the virus spreading. entering a national lockdown. it will be a disaster. we'll be speaking to the health secretary and about 50 minutes' time live in the programme. last night, talking about a number of people in england meeting up in social settings from monday. what do you think is the thinking behind that step and how important is that at the moment? i think the figures are showing rising numbers in young people. it's important to know how important social distancing is, to contain the virus. when you are young, you might feel invincible from a coronavirus point of view, you may be but if you are young, you will know someone who is vulnerable, think about your older relative, frail relative, friend was going to be treated for cancer. if they get coronavirus, it's extremely serious and when you are out and about, it's behaving not as if they were a long way away, behaved as if they were with you. it's an interesting way of thinking about it. practically, over the summer, lots of us were outdoors, we were meeting with people and now it's got a bit colder and many of those meetings were moving indoors where it's easy to spread the virus around. lots of research is shown being outside is one of the key ways of reducing the spirit. the chance of spreading the virus is much higher inside. testing is another big issue which we will pick up the health secretary later. asi pick up the health secretary later. as i understand it, quite a few calls from people recently who have symptoms but are reluctant to take a test. yes, it's become a fairly common cause, i have a cough but it's not covid, or have a temperature but it's not coronavirus he had discussions with people about the importance of getting tested in the importance of getting tested in the midst a pandemic and it's a big deterrent to people, that isolation period, especially as we come out of lot down, that period of relaxation of the rules. children have gone back to school and there is a degree of normality returning to lots of people, back in isolation. not getting a test and it's people, back in isolation. not getting a test and its key to remind people that if you do have a temperature, a new, persistent cough or changing taste or smell, it's important you do get the test. it might not be covid but if it is, it's important you know and also it's important you know and also it's a new disease much as much as we can learn about this. we do that through testing as many people as possible. you are based in nottingham. have you heard anecdotal evidence about testing now? we've heard about lots of people trying to get a test and having to travel a long way to get a test and it seems the backlog is the processing point of those tests. a few weeks ago, i had to get a test my daughter who has asthma. the process worked really smoothly. i think i would ask matt hancock later on how we got the capacity, increasing the test. especially when seeing a numbers after to sing arising testing. also trying to increase the number of people tested who don't have symptoms. you can focus on those local towns as well. also, the news around the vaccine. 0ne local towns as well. also, the news around the vaccine. one of the volu nteers around the vaccine. one of the volunteers based on the uk fell ill. is that something that routinely happens with these sorts of test? there was so much attention on it. it's nothing to be worried about. this would be a routine part of any big study and it's part of the safety routine. if someone becomes unexpectedly unwell, it's a safety precaution and it's already happened once already. there is a lot of focus on it so it will be reported to be you can understand lots of people are going through, if someone becomes unexpectedly unwell, it would be safe to check and i'm sure the trial will resume when it comes safe to do so. something else we've noticed is this issue of long covid, symptoms going on for months for some people, feeling like they can't get rid of the symptoms of the virus. is that something you are seeing in your surgery? we do have a few people with that andi we do have a few people with that and i have spoken to friends struggling. it is even more difficult for those who may have had coronavirus early on, possibly in march when testing wasn't around so people struggle with long—term real physical and psychological symptoms but without having had a test in the first place so i think it is important that it is recognised as a condition and that there is appropriate support for these people. also, more research going into finding out more about it. should the contact tracing be calling people four weeks later to find out how they are feeling? helpful advice therein great to talk to you, as always. we will continue to you, as always. we will continue to talk about the new rules and regulations that will come into place in england throughout the programme. in the meantime there is sport going on. and anyone who has been paying attention to the headlines this morning may be surprised about what i am about to tell you. despite everything we are talking about on the programme this morning the latest test event for crowds being allowed back to sporting events is set to go ahead at doncaster racecourse. around 3,500 people are due to be permitted entry to the opening day of the st leger festival, with a number of hygeine protocols put in place by the organisers, while spectators will have to wear face coverings to enter the site. and while at the moment, the event is due to go ahead as planned, an earlier pilot of the return of race—goers at goodwood last month was cancelled at the last minute due to a rise in coronavirus cases. the new governement measures could have a huge knock—on effect across a range of sports from grassroots, to the return of fans at elite level events. before yesterday's announcement on social gatherings, the premier league stated that all of september's 28 scheduled games will be shown live on television as the league resumes behind closed doors this weekend. the first match of the season is arsenal's trip to newly promoted fulham on saturday lunchtime england drew 0—0 with denmark in the nations league in a disappointing end to a difficult few days for manager gareth southgate. he'd already sent two players home for breaching quarantine rules. in a game of few scoring opportunities, the danes created marginally more chances but without success. england seldom threatened with harry kane coming close to snatching a late winner deep into injury time but goalless it remained. you get through the two games in the way the players have at this stage of the season, we should not really have been playing, frankly. it doesn't work. not ideal for any of the players. but the games did go ahead andi the players. but the games did go ahead and i really must praise the effort and endeavour of the players enormously. there was yet more history for cristiano ronaldo as he scored his 100th goalfor portugal. he got both in portugal's 2—nil win over sweden in the nations league to become the first european men's player to reach the milestone of 100 goals in international football. is there anything he cannot do? the series already won, england lost the third t20 to australia in southampton. jonny bairstow top scored with 55 as his side set the aussies a total of 146 to win, but proved less able with the gloves last night. the tourists never really looked like losing and won by 5 wickets. the sides will now play 3 one day internationals, the first on friday. fielding was pretty poor generally andi fielding was pretty poor generally and i think we take those chances in that game. you cannot afford to drop players like finch and these guys so, again, a learning curve and a great experience. england captain 0wen farrell has been given a five match ban after being sent off for a high tackle in saracens defeat to wasps at the weekend. it could have been even worse for farrell, he was facing a 10 match suspension for the tackle on charlie atkinson, but factors including a good disciplinary record and evidence from character witnesses meant his ban was halved. former champion naomi 0saka is through to the semi finals of the us open after a straight sets victory over the unseeded shelby rogers at flushing meadows. alexander zverev is also into the last four for the first time in new york. he was a 4—set winner over borna coric. plenty of sport going ahead you would have to admit under unusual circumstances to and the doncaster races circumstances to and the doncaster ra ces a re circumstances to and the doncaster races are due to go ahead today. 3500 spectators expected there. and more over the weekend? for the next four days. let's have a look at what the mother is doing today. matt has it for us. good morning. good morning all. a dramatic start to the day in london with the sunrise reflecting on the clouds there and there will be a bit of sunshine around for all of us through today but a around for all of us through today buta humid around for all of us through today but a humid start in the south, and that will change, fresh air on the way to wall in the fresh air is coming from the north, just for the back edge of this weather front that will push southwards, sweeping away the airas we will push southwards, sweeping away the air as we go through the dated weather front is at the moment we still have rain. rain across parts of northern england into north wales which will push its way into parts of the midlands a bit more as you go through the next few hours a few showers in scotland in the far north, most places are dry with more sunshine across western scotland and northern ireland, north—west england compared to what we saw yesterday. same as cross wales but cloudy and then a little drizzly across the south but here, temperatures are around 23 or 24 celsius. ten temperatures across scotland and northern ireland are lower than yesterday at 14 or 15 degrees. without fresh air in place tonight, clear skies, the wind falling like once again, it will be a chilly night and we had last night and the temperatures more widely down into single figures across the country to start tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning will be a little on the cool side with plenty of sunshine around to begin with. placek cloud —— patchy cloud in the west. good chance of showers in scotland. most of the day will be to try nowhere near as warm as today across the south but still close to around 19 or 20 degrees, 13 or 14 in the north. across scotland and northern ireland, friday looks like a wet day once again, windy as well, and once the conditions in the morning, every rain in the far north of england later in the further south and east you are you will get a largely dry week and temperatures again around 20 degrees. but another weather front come mark ringing one or two showers through the night into saturday, staying breezy into the start of the weekend across northern half of the country and it is here where showers initially in scotland on saturday will be replaced by some long spells of rain late in the day and you can see that charging its way into take us through saturday night into sunday. most of you will start the weekend on a dry night with temperatures creeping up and they will creep up a little bit further as we go through the weekend and into next week. in fact, by the time we get the monday there will be a few spots across the south, 25 or 26 degrees. just before i go, signs of summer returning, we were talking about colorado, denver yesterday had about colorado, denver yesterday had a30 about colorado, denver yesterday had a 30 degrees temperature drop was expected for monday into tuesday and these were the scenes that followed. temperature is around 35 or 36 degrees, barely above freezing for some yesterday as the snow began to fall. there you go. you did warn us and there it is, like you said. thank you. no part of the uk was left untouched by coronavirus. that's even been reflected in radio and tv dramas — but it'll soon be life as we know it in the fictional village of ambridge. archers theme plays fans of 'the archers' will be relieved to hear production has returned to a new normal, with actors recording together in a studio once more, although in reduced numbers. rebecca wood reports. the same studios, the same characters but social distancing and a new way of working. isn't it lovely? i don't know about that. i do. will you kiss me, please? always, yeah. now, no more spoilers so even though they are sitting apart, how do the team feel about being back? it is so nice to be with people in the same room, just to be backin people in the same room, just to be back in the playground of the studio, it is lovely. since lockdown, the cast and crew have been producing episodes of the bbc radio 4 been producing episodes of the bbc radio4drama been producing episodes of the bbc radio 4 drama from home. it meant a whole new style of programme and for james cartwright, who plays harrison burns, a new set of skills. for the sound we had to put duvets over our head to keep in the sound so it doesn't bounce around, you know? credit must be given to the team and the writers and tojeremy and to eve ryo ne the writers and tojeremy and to everyone because it would be so easy forjeremy tojust turn everyone because it would be so easy forjeremy to just turn around and 90, forjeremy to just turn around and go, you know what was to lead stop the programme and pick it up when all this has ended. coronavirus restrictions means that only four people are allowed in the studio at any one time which means, u nfortu nately, any one time which means, unfortunately, you won't be getting any spoilers from me. before covid—19 there was some huge storyli nes covid—19 there was some huge storylines in the pipeline so when we come back, only one person knows the answer and it is not him.|j we come back, only one person knows the answer and it is not him. i will not tell you that. and if i didn't tell you that i have to kill you so, you know... the choice is yours. adapting to restrictions so they could keep the show on air was tops. there was some criticism for the tea m there was some criticism for the team but the boss is now looking to the future. it isjust a really lovely feeling that we are moving in the right direction, back towards normality, back towards yes, maybe we will have a christmas show this year and we will be back in the world at some point full you can see we're getting there. scenes recorded today will be on the airwaves in dover. and it is back in umbrage at least to business as usual. researchers in antarctica have made a discovery that could help explain why the biggest glacier in the west of the continent is melting so rapidly. they've discovered deep channels under the ice, some of which are more than 600 metres deep, which provide a pathway for warm ocean water to get in, accelerating the melting process. 0ur chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt reports. we are whiskey, three, five. next co—ord will be at one, seven, four, zero... this one antarctic glacier is the size of the uk and is already responsible for 5% of world sea level rise and the rate the thwaites glacier is melting has accelerated fivefold in the last 30 years. last year, a team of british and american scientists set up camp on the glacier. it is one of the most remote places on earth. by measuring the gravitational pull of the seabed under the ice, they discovered a network of deep channels, a key step in understanding why the glacier is changing so rapidly. so, these channels are really, really important because they are the pathway that links the deep ocean to the grounded ice sheet and although the surface waters around antarctica are really cold, the deep ocean waters are actually somewhat warmer and it is these warmer ocean waters that get into the ice that you can actually start to see quite rapid changes in the ice sheet behaviour. this is what they think is happening: a series of huge channels, some almost a kilometre below the ice, allowing the warmer, deep ocean water to flow up to the front of the glacier, melting it increasingly rapidly. another team of scientists work from an icebreaker ship at the front of the glacier. exceptional sea ice break up last year meant they could survey over 2000 square kilometres of the sea floor in front of the thwaites ice shelf. it's so important to understand what's going on in antarctica today, particularly these big glaciers, like thwaites, because they are changing really quickly as the climate warms and, as they melt, they are feeding more and more water to our global oceans, which is increasing the rate of sea level rise. there is up to 3.5 metres of sea level rise locked up in the ice here, in west antarctica. that's enough to reshape the map of the earth, flooding many of the world's greatest cities. understanding why this remote area is changing and how quickly it will do so is essential if the world is to prepare for the rising waters to come. justin rowlatt, bbc news. very interesting to hear what is going on there as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will see you for the headlines back here in a few minutes time. good morning from bbc london, i'm alpa patel. the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was jailed in iran four years ago, has appealed to the government to attend her second trial when it begins on sunday. nazanin was sentenced to five years in prison over spying allegations — which she denies. she was granted house arrest in march. on tuesday only months from her expected release date — she was told she would face a second trial. a spokesperson for the government said the new charges are indefensible. plans for a holocaust memorial centre next to westminster abbey are set to be challenged in the high court. the london historic parks and gardens trust have launched a judicial review saying they're not opposed to the plans but the location is "wholly unacceptable" and there's a conflict of interest with the decision making process. the government says they have "robust arrangements" to ensure the decisions are fair. a charity supporting parents who have suffered an early pregnancy loss has launched at guys and st thomas' hospital. cradle gives support to bereaved families, including providing comfort bags which contain items like toiletries and notepads for them to write down their thoughts, as well as details of how to access peer support from a network of volunteers. the first london mural festival celebrating street art underway later. the free event features more than 150 global artists, with more than 50 new pieces of art on walls all across the capital. a map to guide you on walks around the street art and other events taking place over the next month is available to download. let's take a look at the travel situation now. no service on waterloo & city line that all other lines have good service. there is a accident on palmer's green. and voxel bridge is only open southbound for buses and taxis. good morning. another warm and humid night last night so a mild start this morning. a little bit of brightness around first thing, some hint of sunshine and a cold front starts to sink south and without the cloud brighter spells and we are hanging onto the warm temperatures for today. we are looking at a maximum of around 24 celsius. as that cold front clears we may get a spot of light rain but very minimal amounts. 0vernight tonight that cloud continues to sink south and we will get fresh air piling in behind so it will feel cooler with a minimum temperature away from central london of around eight or 9 degrees. tomorrow we will see much fresher temperatures and it will feel a little cooler, some sunny spells around but quite a bit of cloud around as well. for friday, similar conditions, still a bit of sunshine and dry weather in the forecast and through the weekend it is going to stay fairly settled into next week you can have some warm air coming up from the continent so it is set to get quite a bit warmer. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: social gatherings of more than six people — both indoors and outside — will become illegal in england on monday, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. we'll be speaking to the health secretary in the next half hour. towns in california and washington state are left in ruins as wildfires rage on the american west coast. a major trial of a coronavirus vaccine developed by oxford university and astrazeneca has been temporarily halted worldwide after a volunteer taking part in the uk fell ill. a pilot event with around 3,500 racing fans at doncaster today is set to go ahead. despite a ban on large social gatherings in england coming into force next week. and it's another humid day across southern parts but much — a rare on the way for all. details later. it's wednesday, the 9th of september. our top story. social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in england from monday — both indoors and outdoors — in what is a significant tightening of coronavirus restrictions. the government is introducing the move following a sharp rise in the number of cases, which the prime minister has described as concerning. but there will be some exemptions, as our political correspondent nick eardley explains. voiceover: wash your hands, cover your face, make space. a new campaign by the government to remind us all of the basics to stop the spread of coronavirus. ministers and experts have become increasingly worried about the number of new cases and today, new measures are being announced to try to limit social contact. you could pick up or pass on the virus. from monday, in england, gatherings of more than six people are being banned by law. the new measures apply indoors and outdoors. police will be given the power to break up groups, and, if people don't comply, they could be fined £100. this will double in each further repeat offence, up to £3,200. until now, people from two households could meet in larger groups, but that's been limited to six, meaning two families of four can't all meet at the same time. the new restrictions will apply to hospitality venues like pubs and restaurants, but there will be some exemptions for work and education, and funerals and weddings and organised team sports. borisjohnson will be back at the podium in downing street later where he will tell people: we've seen tighter rules in a number of areas in recent weeks, large parts of the north of england, a number of councils in the west of scotland, caerphilly in wales. in bolton, significant new restrictions have just come into force. pubs and restaurants have been told they can only serve takeaways. opening hours have been restricted at night, and people have been banned from socialising with those from outside our household. the rise in cases in bolton is largely due to socialising by people in their 20s and 30s, we know this from contact tracing, and through our contact tracing system we've identified a number of pubs at which the virus has spread significantly. but from monday, there will also be new national restrictions for the whole of england, limiting how many people can meet at a time as the government tries to avoid the virus running out of control. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. what we're going to hear from the prime minister is a real attempt to round home that message we need to stick to them and to do the basics. some of the rationale behind it, why do it now. as he told cabinet ministers yesterday, the government wa nts to ministers yesterday, the government wants to avoid seeing what's happened that then becomes a rise in hospitalisations. a rise in deaths. this has come after borisjohnson spoke to police chiefs. it's about these rules being easier to understand and enforce. not massively different. but this does put it on a legal basis. thank you very much for the analysis. we will be speaking to matt hancock at about 7:30am here on bbc request. a major trial of a coronavirus vaccine has been put on hold across the world, after a volunteer in the uk fell ill. the vaccine — being developed by oxford university and drugs company astrazeneca — is being tested in thousands of people in britain and the us, and in smaller groups in brazil and south america. astrazeneca described it as a "routine" pause in the case of "an unexplained illness". a safety review will be carried out before the trial can restart. the government will publish its new legislation on trading within the uk later — which ministers have admitted will break international law. the internal market bill will outline how powers currently held by the european union will be shared out when the brexit transition period ends, and could allow minsters to modify the uk's agreement for leaving the eu. a man is due to appear in court this morning following a series of stabbings in birmingham city centre during the early hours of sunday. 27—year—old zephaniah mcleod from selly oak, is charged with one count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. jacob billington, who was 23, died from a stab wound to the neck; a man and a woman are still critically ill in hospital. the largest migrant camp in greece is being evacuated after a majorfire broke out. emergency teams and volunteers are battling the flames at the camp, on the island of lesbos, which is home to almost 13,0000 people. that's around four times the number it can officially hold. the camp was placed under quarantine last week after a migrant tested positive for coronavirus. 35 cases have since been confirmed. strong winds are continuing to fan huge wildfires burning out of control on the west coast of the united states. firefighters in california are battling to bring 25 blazes under control, whilst in washington state, the small town of malden has been almost completely destroyed. the governor of california says the state is dealing with one of the most challenging periods in its history with over 900 buyers since the middle of august. we were talking to a weather reporter there about an hour talking to a weather reporter there aboutan hourago, talking to a weather reporter there about an hour ago, but record temperatures. that is hopefully not what is happening here. good morning, matt. set to get a bit fresher here over the next 24 hours. a bit of sunshine, but humid across the south at the moment, temperatures back to 18 degrees, 12 or 13 as we started the day but here, sunshine and a few showers, further south with cloud and patchy rain, pushing its way southwards across the west of wales and the midlands, not much rain on it. further north an increasing amounts of sunshine, spending the rest of the day drive. cloudy afternoon across the southernmost counties of england. notice just north of that, much sunnier afternoon, compared with this morning, and the same for northern ireland with much of scotland, showers in the north—west, the breeze will make it cool during a cloudy moment, temperatures for the northern half of scotland, 12—15. 0vernight, clear skies around the many and that fresher air mass in place, temperatures down into single figures. a cooler start to tomorrow morning. we will speak to you later. a child with cancer brings much uncertainty and heartache to a family, and coronavirus has caused even more concern around diagnosis and treatment. around 4,500 children get cancer each year in the uk. jayne mccubbin has been to meet two young people who continued treatment and were given the all—clear during the height of the pandemic. they remember the exact moment they we re they remember the exact moment they were told. i do, like it was yesterday. that will be in my mind forever. yes, it was sunday the first of october, 2017. the exact moment their child cancer story started. there was a painting in the little private room where the doctor told us. we were told there was something growing and sally's chest. i don't think i had noticed the picture before but i was just looking at it as she was telling me. hearing the word oncology, which is a word that you've never come across before, and as soon as you look it up, you realise it's a cancer treatment ward, your heart sinks. but the reality is that, for most children, there are cancer story will have a happy ending. we like the cars, the cars that go boom. let me introduce to children. who haven't just survived cancer... what did you have done at the hospital? they've survived it, in a pandemic. come on. this is six-year-old rufus, could watch rather tell me about spider—man than talk about leukaemia. now you're talking. and this is sally, who was 13. and how you feeling? feel really well now. three years ago, sally's consultant gave the diagnosis of ewing sarcoma, a bone cancer. and for a while, she was looking so worried and said to stop being so worried because she knew what it was and she could fix it. don't worry, i can fix this. in fa ct, it. don't worry, i can fix this. in fact, almost 85% of childhood cancers are today cured and sally has vloged every moment of the story, from chemo to dialysis, from how lost to locked down. it's been ha rd how lost to locked down. it's been hard because usually i would be able to have friends coming to visit me in hospital and my sister will be able to come with me. you won't both pa rents able to come with me. you won't both parents there and your family around you. covid might've stopped visitors but as it was never a significant threat to children like sally, it never stopped cancer treatment so today, they have a new date burned in their memory. monday the 24th of july? results day. it was a good day. as for rufus, he also has another day to remember, april 15. we had a little bit of lego tea time to get home and trim finishes treatment and they came in the car, didn't they? hello! on the day he should have been ringing the bell to signify the end of his cancer treatment, he was in locked down. his family instead came to honk their horns. you couldn't do it in hospital, could you, so we've sent toa hospital, could you, so we've sent to a bell. i've got a bell. covid might not have stopped childhood cancer treatment, but it has stopped fundraising. the challenge with covid it's devastating and we really just can't afford to lose them. cancer research uk for children and young people, the charity which has supported rufus and sally, estimate they will lose £300 million in income. it's an impossible thank you. these people i've never seen or met, put together this treatment. he is strong and brave and i'm just so thankful that he is who is and that he is here. in half an hour. thankful that he is who is and that he is here. look at him. what a superhero! thankfully there are experimental treatments being offered to help some of the rarest child cancers. a documentary on channel 4 tonight follows three families receiving treatment at the royal marsden hospital in london. we're joined now by esther stevenson, whose three—year—old daughter charlotte received life—saving treatment there. we're also joined by consultant dr lynley marshall. good morning to both of you and thank you forjoining us. esther, let's start with you. tell us more about charlotte. she was diagnosed quite young with cancer. she was only 14 weeks old when a sizeable tumour was discovered in her left lung. it was a soft tissue tumour and we went into cancer treatment immediately. and you were offered a treatment which was very new. how did you feel about that offer? we only started a year into her journey, we had tried more conventional measures and they had not been successful so in part it was, you know, a difficult decision to make, this new treatment we did not know much about but in time it gave us a chance for charlotte to do better and so we grab it in the end. we are seeing some beautiful pictures of your daughter while we are talking to you. she looks like an adorable young girl. what sort of an adorable young girl. what sort of an impact as it had on her and on your life. you are in belfast and i imagine it is quite a commute to the hospital at the royal marsden for treatment. for the last two years we have been travelling there every four weeks and myself and my other two children and my husband have stayed at home and that has been tricky forfamily stayed at home and that has been tricky for family life but being a mother is amazing. we get this little girl who puts light into the world and she does not have to suffer the side—effects we knew she suffered during chemotherapy and so we just suffered during chemotherapy and so wejust get to suffered during chemotherapy and so we just get to enjoy her the rest of the time. let's speak now to doctor linley. thank you forjoining us. tell us about this treatment that charlotte is on. charlotte is on a new personalised medicine plan of oral medication and essentially it isa oral medication and essentially it is a new kind of drug that targets the driving force of charlotte's tumours, the tumour in her lung has a protein that switches on the cancer—causing these tumours. at this drug acts on that switch to switch it off directly and causes the cancer to stop growing and to disappear completely. it is a much kinder treatment than traditional chemotherapy and radiotherapy for other cancers and it enables her to live a normal well life. we just saw pictures of esther carrying around a bottle of medicine. it is interesting to know how expensive that is. this is a costly treatment, isn't it? it is. and that is why she was able to access it in a clinical trial. it was exciting to see treatment from the research lab go into the clinic and it is important that these trials happen early for children so they can access these medicines and that we collect the data so that the best medicine can then be brought into use for more children nationally and internationally so they will not need to travel long distance and thatis need to travel long distance and that is what happened with this drug. that bottle of medicine is worth about £5,000? that is correct. compared to the coast of children being hospitalised and chemotherapy side—effects sometimes needing intensive care which charlotte has neededin intensive care which charlotte has needed in the past, the quality of life years. needed in the past, the quality of life yea rs. if needed in the past, the quality of life years. if you cure a three—year—old early you have added to society for years and years ahead and cost spared to the nhs and you cannot put a price on it. this has been proven that make proven and it will be available for many more children. esther, i imagine you carry these models carefully. how is charlotte doing now? she is very well full she is a well and has just started nursery school. she keeps the rest of the family on our toes so we are so grateful for that. the rest of the family on our toes so we are so grateful for thatm is really wonderful to speak to you. thank you very much indeed. thank you both. the programme "can we cure kids' cancer?" is on channel 4, tonight at 10pm. lovely to hear some good news for people. the 2020 nfl season gets underway tomorrow and there's been plenty of developments during the off—season. there's been new star signings, team names and presidents, so there's lot to talk about with former players and co—hosts of the bbc‘s nfl show, 0si umenyiora and jason bell — and that's before we even mention strictly! when shall we talk about it? this is a huge moment for you, you are on strictly! i am so excited for both. i feel with strictly it is like the nfl season all over again when i played. i am getting ready in anticipation, i am played. i am getting ready in anticipation, iam nervous played. i am getting ready in anticipation, i am nervous but embracing the whole process. and if you need to get onside with the head judge you know that shirley's best friend is your co—star. ifjason needs some tips to get on the right side of shirley, how can he do that? our main goal shirley. she is the absolute best. all you need to do is just take care of her and work hard, be yourself and i think he would do a fantasticjob. be yourself and i think he would do a fantastic job. how be yourself and i think he would do a fantasticjob. how are you? i'd love to give you a hug! we will have to survive via watts at. doesn't like a slice of normal being back to the show? absolutely. it is about time we get back to playing football. i know everyone in america is looking forward to it and we have fancier in the uk looking forward to watching the showers the games and everything that transpires and see what the responses. jason, what are you looking forward to? apart from strictly? i'm looking forward to all of the changes in the quarterback position is to top quarterbacks are moving to other teams is not something you see. especially cam newton and tom brady, i look forward to seeing them in their new team and i think the rest of the nfl fan bases as well. and i remember speaking to you when we were climbing the mountain for comic relief. the popularity of the nfl in the ukjust relief. the popularity of the nfl in the uk just keeps growing year on year. people like tom brady are household names around the world but you get those discussions now in the uk where you did not get that maybe five or ten years ago. i think it has been incredible. over the past five or ten years the game just keeps on growing and growing and people are seeing the drama, they see the intrigue and the athleticism on display in the nfl and they are being drawn towards it.|j on display in the nfl and they are being drawn towards it. i have you been surprised by the huge amount of fancier in the uk? no, no i have not. they already had a fan base and nfl has spent so much time trying to promote the game and you must give all the credit to the fans. they have grown, they have engaged and osi andl have grown, they have engaged and osi and i are trying to carry the torch and do the best we can. year—on—year the growth is just tremendous. one other thing that people who love nfl and love you as well, and there are many of them, honestly, they will follow your podcast as well. if you are not into nfl, you literally talk about everything, don't you? the most recent one, jason, you were talking about your daughter returning to school so you recover basically everything? absolutely. we tried to make it like locker room talk and in the locker room we talk about everything that is not the game of football. that is what we try to do and we enjoy it and dropping my daughter off at school this week was heart—wrenching. i had to get that off my chest. what is it like? have you recorded over lock down? we did re cord you recorded over lock down? we did record that we do it remotely. yesterday was our first day of coming together and maintaining some social distancing and recording but it was good to see jason again and get face—to—face with him and good to record our podcast. jason said we talk about everything, about life in general, because we know sports is a microcosm of life. how much of it gets edited out? laughing none of it?! shocking, none of it. and i know this is something that has come the podcast as well, black lights matters that make black lives matter has been a prominent topic of discussion in sport and right across society. is that something that you feel, will that be reflected you think in nfl and i know that teams have changed their names and there has been a big discussion around that and those issues raised by that in this coming season. that and those issues raised by that in this coming seasonlj that and those issues raised by that in this coming season. i think so. i think you will see a lot of it. for me, personally, it is time for us to start taking more substantive action. i know black lives matter is what got me started doing this many yea rs what got me started doing this many years ago and i think many people is doing it and years ago and i think many people is doing itand it years ago and i think many people is doing it and it has become safe and almost cliche, if you want to be there now but now we need to start getting more substantial action. for one i would like to see, especially with what is going on right here with what is going on right here with marcus rushford at manchester united, the steps he has taken so far in the things he is addressing, they address what i feel like other real problems in the rest of society, issues that are happening, not only in the united states but here in the uk and we need to start doing more things like that rather than just taking a knee or making a demonstration or a protest with nothing to support it. jason, would you echo those thoughts?” nothing to support it. jason, would you echo those thoughts? i totally believe that people, once they find their voice, they should and what i appreciate what the nfl place are doing and you need to cast light on what is happening in society. because if you do not because that light there will be no change. so they may not have the solution but they may not have the solution but they continue to share it a light on what is happening so people can now get together and have conversations and stop providing solutions to great to hear from you both. good luck and enjoy your podcast and the return of the show, this saturday. i love them. i developed deep man love for you when we both claimed that mountain. he was the glue that held everyone together. i love the way that kilimanjaro gets a mention every now and then. i don't know if you know, but i climbed kilimanjaro. i don't like to talk about it. time now for the news, travel and weather wherever you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm alpa patel. the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was jailed in iran four years ago, has appealed to the government to attend her second trial when it begins on sunday. nazanin, from hampstead, was sentenced to five years in prison over spying allegations — which she denies. she was granted house arrest in march. on tuesday only months from her expected release date — she was told she would face a second trial. a spokesperson for the government said the new charges are indefensible. plans for a holocaust memorial centre next to westminster abbey are set to be challenged in the high court. the london historic parks and gardens trust have launched a judicial review, saying they're not opposed to the plans but the location is "wholly unacceptable" and there's a conflict of interest with the decision making process. the government says they have "robust arrangements" to ensure the decisions are fair. a charity supporting parents who have suffered an early pregnancy loss has launched at guys and st thomas' hospital. cradle gives support to bereaved families, including providing comfort bags which contain items like toiletries and notepads for them to write down their thoughts, as well as details of how to access support from volunteers. the first london mural festival celebrating street art gets underway later. the free event features more than 150 global artists, with more than 50 new pieces of art on walls all across the capital. a map to guide you on walks around the street art and other events taking place over the next month is available to download. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tube — no service on the waterloo & city line until further notice. all other lines are running a good service. on the roads — there's a serious collision on the north circular in palmers green. the road is closed eastbound from bowes road. long delays in both directions. vauxhall bridge is closed until december. it's only open southbound to buses and taxis. now the weather with kate. good morning. another warm and humid night last night so a mild start this morning. a little bit of brightness around first thing, some hint of sunshine and a cold front starts to sink south and with thast the cloud increases. brighter spells and we are hanging onto the warm temperatures for today. we are looking at a maximum of around 24 celsius. as that cold front clears we may get a spot of light rain but very minimal amounts. overnight tonight that cloud continues to sink south and we will get fresh air piling in behind so it will feel cooler with a minimum temperature away from central london of around eight or 9 degrees. tomorrow we will see much fresher temperatures and it will feel a little cooler, some sunny spells around but quite a bit of cloud around as well. for friday, similar conditions, still a bit of sunshine and dry weather in the forecast and through the weekend it is going to stay fairly settled into next week you can have some warm air coming up from the continent so it is set to get quite a bit warmer. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. this hello. this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. it's 7:30. social gatherings of more than six people will be banned from monday in england as the prime minister moves to tackle what he's called a concerning rise in coronavirus cases. the new rules will apply both indoors and outdoors, though schools and workplaces are among a number of exceptions. let's speak now to health secretary, matt hancock, you joins us from westminster. there is so much to get through, thank you for your time. first, let's be really clear, what is changing? the changes we are ringing m, changing? the changes we are ringing in, which will come into force on monday, either in social settings, you can't gather in groups of more than six. that is it, really super, simple rule. there are a number of exemptions for schools, because you wa nt to exemptions for schools, because you want to protect education, for work, because work places already have covid secure guidelines and events like weddings, funerals and christenings. other than that, the rule is really simple. one of the piece of feedback we had including from the police was that we need the rules to be super simple so that everybody knows what they are, you can't gather in a group of more than six and this will be rigorously enforced by the police. how? you can get a fine of £100 going up to £3200 for a repeat offence and there was a problem with enforcement of the rules, you could have to households together. how do you have define how big a household is? but this is really simple. gatherings are ok, they should be socially distanced of course, but groups up to six and we brought that in with a specific number, so that everybody knows what the score is. the reason we brought this in, we've seen a rise in the number of cases that you mentioned. also, we've seen in other countries around the world where they don't ta ke around the world where they don't take action, you end up with this second peak leading to more hospitalisations and deaths. we don't want to see that here. is this because lockdown was eased too early? know, because we brought the number of cases right down as we've discussed many times and it was low all throughout the summer which i was really pleased with but then we have seen this rise just in the last few days and because our contact tracing system now can tell is whether cases are coming from, whether cases are coming from, whether transmission is likely to be, we found that most of it is in social settings. not that much of it actually in the work place because those businesses are largely following those covid — secure guidelines. it's largely people socialising of all seen with our la —— with our eyes that the rules were not being followed as much. the vast majority of people still were but you could see that was not happening as clearly so we brought in a simpler, clearer set of rules, no gatherings of more than six. you talk about social settings and you talked about pubs in bolton. it's still safe to go to the pub? yes, you should grow in a group of less than six. the prime minister will be setting out, we will also be tightening some of the enforcement around hospitality businesses make sure they are policing the guidelines very clearly. not only do not go to the pub with a group of more than six, that's your responsibility, the pub needs to have each group of six separate so they can't pass the disease from one group to the other so business has responsibilities as well. what about largerfamilies? responsibilities as well. what about larger families? does that mean they can't see the two grandparents together? i'm afraid for a family of five or six. this will bring in some significant restrictions, i get that, so we don't do this lightly. we're back to where we were, you can only see one grandparent in that case, for example? in those circumstances, it will bring more restrictions. i have three we have a family of five, and we will be able to see one of the person at a time asa to see one of the person at a time as a whole family so absolutely, yes. u nfortu nately as a whole family so absolutely, yes. unfortunately the nature of the virus is that it thrives on social contact. the goal is we are trying to protect education work by stopping this rise that is largely coming through social contact. of course i understand the impact of this and of course, if you are in a household where there is more than six who lived together, and share facilities under one roof, obviously that group will be able to stay together because they lived together anyway. but they can't see anybody else? not as a group, no. what about people who use grandparents of the grandparents are helping out with childcare. that is a serious problem in terms of spread of the disease because white while children are hardly affected in terms of getting ill, we know they can transmit the disease and we know that older people, and most grandparents are older, older people are more likely to die from the disease, especially with schools back, the transmission of the disease from children to grandparents is one of the things we are quite worried about clinically because part of the debate...” tried to stop grandparents taking pa rt tried to stop grandparents taking part in childcare when you are trying to get people back to work? i'm not actively trying to do that but i am explaining that is something we worry about clinically because as we've been talking about in the last few days, we've seen the large part of the rise in the last few days has been a young people and some have said that's fine because younger people tend not to die from this disease but the problem is, they do pass it on in exactly the sort of way you described, a teenager to their parents and their pa rents teenager to their parents and their parents in turn. it doesn't matter how old you are. everybody needs to follow these rules. just meet in up to groups of six and no more than that. it's so important when people follow these rules as previously and enforce them rigorously because we wa nt to enforce them rigorously because we want to see a stop on the rise in the number of cases and we don't wa nt to the number of cases and we don't want to get back to taking more measures which everybody wants to avoid. can we talk about testing, we've been having lots of people getting in touch, encouraging —— encountering serious problems getting tests. on twitter, i am a teacher, i am getting tests. on twitter, i am a teacher, iam isolating getting tests. on twitter, i am a teacher, i am isolating at home, i can't get a test unless a travel from coventry to glasgow. birmingham, iwas from coventry to glasgow. birmingham, i was told no kits were available. they go on. this is another question from twitter. why is this world beating track and trace is this world beating track and tra ce syste m is this world beating track and trace system after you told us repeatedly testing was the key? what is going on. let me explain this fully and firmly. there are currently a record number of tests available, our capacity is higher thanit available, our capacity is higher than it ever has been, higher than it was last week however we have seen a rise in the number of people who are not eligible for a test coming forward and getting those tests. if you have not been asked specifically by a clinician of the local authority, you are not eligible for a test. precisely as you described, some of the people who been contacting the programme. how many people are having a test when they don't need one? about 2596 who come forward are not eligible for a test and deviously, because we haven't had this problem, and we wa nt to haven't had this problem, and we want to getting a test to be as easy as possible. we haven't put in place on the website to go through strong requirements to prove eligibility. i don't want to have to do that, put a barrier on symptomatic people to get a test but unfortunately, we have seen this quite sharp rise in the last couple of weeks of people without symptoms who don't have a good reason, coming forward to getting a test. stories of whole schools or parts of schools being sent to get a test, that is not a cce pta ble sent to get a test, that is not acceptable and inappropriate use of our testing resources so we have a record amount of testing and need to use it wisely. want to address this point, to everybody who does forward for testing, if you have symptoms, please keep coming forward and trying to get a test. we've made tests available regularly. the vast majority of people do get a test local to them and we are trying to stop people having to travel a long distance. one example from birmingham, my son spent night and day trying to get a test and was told the system was down. he was on hold for five hours yesterday and then told there were no tests available, not even a home test.” wa nt to available, not even a home test.” want to get him a test. therefore telling people who do not have symptoms, i've even heard stories of people saying, i'm going on holiday next week, i will go and get a test. that is not what the testing system is therefore. it's there to control this epidemic. we've got to be more firm, i'm afraid, with the rules around eligibility for testing. we we re around eligibility for testing. we were able to be quite relaxed about that but just to were able to be quite relaxed about that butjust to reassure you and your viewers, 90% of people get a test that's within 22 miles of where they live. i told you examples of that. understand that, of course, but the point i'm to make is that the vast majority of people get tests close to them. the average distance people have to go to get a testis distance people have to go to get a test is under ten miles. as you described quite rightly, there are people who are being told the test is only available a long way away or one is not available stop i want to sort that out and part of it is increasing capacity, yes, we are doing that and are at record levels... wide health secretary, i wa nt to levels... wide health secretary, i want to ask you something... i'm just finishing my answer. it also means saying to people, if you're not eligible for a test you can't go forward and take one for somebody who might have symptoms. sarah jane marsh, head of the government's programme has apologised to anyone who cannot get a covid tested present, saying all sites are at capacity which is why they don't look overcrowded, its laboratory processing which is the pinch point. i processing which is the pinch point. , she doesn't mention other people getting tests. what is going on with the laboratories? capacity is increasing, its at record levels and we are increasing it further, we have new machines coming in all the time, we built this system from scratch over the last few months and we got record amounts of capacity. the other thing we've seen in the reason there is a problem is not lack of capacity it's, it's demand from people who are not eligible for a test suddenly over the last ten days or so coming forward in large numbers. i'm being very clear to people on your programme that i want to make sure that anybody who has symptoms can get a test. we've got plenty of tests for people with symptoms to come forward and get a test but if you're not eligible for a test, don't come forward and use up a test, don't come forward and use up the tests that are there for somebody else. can i ask you, many thousands of people due to be going to doncaster over the next few days. what are your thoughts? should that be happening. the prime minister will be setting up new details of the consequences of six people gathering later today and we will set out what means or some of these events that we were planning to do. so they could be a change. and really briefly, on the vaccine, we know that the oxford vaccine has been halted at the moment. are you concerned by that? obviously i'd rather this went completely smoothly, however we are absolutely clear that safety comes first with the vaccine so there has been a pause while they investigate an incident, and this has happened before but it just incident, and this has happened before but itjust shows how much of an emphasis we put on the safety of the vaccine. we are all desperate to see at work. matt hancock, thank you for your time on breakfast. up up to 25% of people getting tests of those without symptoms and he says that's why many people are having difficulties getting a test. let us know what you think about that and we will be discussing that and the ramifications of some of the changes throughout the course of today. i'm also interested in what he said about doncaster because he said the prime minister and he will talk about things like that later today. the key point is that the racing is due to start before we hear from the prime minister and as we speak, that is still going ahead. despite everything we are talking about on the programme this morning — the latest test event for crowds being allowed back to sporting events is set to go ahead at doncaster racecourse. around 3,500 people are due to be permitted entry to the opening day of the st leger festival, with a number of hygiene protocols put in place by the organisers, while spectators will have to wear face coverings to enter the site. and while these measures have been put in place, the mayor of doncaster has been one of those opposed to the event going ahead. speaking on social media yesterday before the government's announcement on social gatherings, ros jones tweeted yesterday england drew 0—0 with denmark in the nations league in a disappointing end to a difficult few days for manager gareth southgate. he'd already sent two players home for breaching quarantine rules. in a game of few scoring opportunities, the danes created marginally more chances but without success. england seldom threatened with harry kane coming close to snatching a late winner deep into injury time but goalless it remained. there was yet more history for cristiano ronaldo as he scored his 100th goalfor portugal. he got both in portugal's 2—nil win over sweden in the nations league to become the first european men's player to reach the milestone of 100 goals in international football. this the series already won, england lost the third t20 to australia in southampton. jonny bairstow top scored with 55 as his side set the aussies a total of 146 to win, but proved less able with the gloves last night. the tourists never really looked like losing and won by 5 wickets. the sides will now play 3 one day internationals, the first on friday. and as you said, quite interesting there to hear from the hills secretary. we may know with the doncaster festival, exactly. he was clear about saying that the prime minister will mention that specifically. we expect a daily briefing like we used to have, do you remember those? here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. a lovely shot here from cornwall this morning, one of our favourite weather watchers of the morning. you can still vote for your favourite summer weather watch. head to bbc .co .ukfor the your favourite summer weather watch. head to bbc .co .uk for the weather, the bottom of the page, click there in the summer selection can be found. as i will the terms and conditions that you have until midnight on sunday to cast a vote back to what is happening for the here and now we have a weather front pushing self and it is a zone of thick cloud, and patchy rain, to the south, humid airand thick cloud, and patchy rain, to the south, humid air and to the north, something sharp with more sunshine. and here is the weather over the next few hours because parts of wales the midlands, patchy and light rain and drizzle on thatjust edging self woods and you can see cloudy skies to the south but much more sunshine around than yesterday plus northern england, scotland and northern ireland. a few showers peppering northern ireland through the day and it is breezy and making it feel cooler. still up to around 24, made 25 celsius across the south, a bit more cloud here this afternoon and to finish the day in southern counties with some light rain and drizzle. that work south through the night, lingering in the channel islands. the skies elsewhere and tonight will be a colder night than recently. temperatures more widely down into single figures so a fresh start to thursday morning. thursday morning will start with plenty of sunshine, patchy cloud in the west, cloud amounts increased during the day particularly in the north and west of the country but elsewhere there will be an afternoon of sunny spells as the cloud increases. shelter the north and west of scotland, most of it tomorrow have a dry day, temperatures 14— 20 celsius, down recent days — on recent days. showers were scotland and persistently through the first part of the day pushing through northern ireland so it does brighten up here after a wet and windy start with wind touching gale force. the further south, the predominantly dry story, temperatures around 20 degrees and even when a weather front pushes through, nothing more than a one or two showers to take through into saturday. across southern areas the weekend will start dry, reasonably sunny for many, cloud developing later, showers across scotland and northern ireland initially but by the end of the day into sunday night more in the day into sunday night more in the way of wet and windy weather spreading and across the far north—west of the country. temperatures up to around 22 towards the south—east corner, starting to rise and it will rise a little further later in the weekend and into the start of next week. there will still be wet weather across scotla nd will still be wet weather across scotland on sunday but by the time we hit the early part of next week we hit the early part of next week we could seating some parts of england and wales hit 25— 27 degrees. no part of the uk was left untouched by coronavirus and that's even been reflected in radio and tv dramas — but it'll soon be life as we know it in the fictional village of ambridge. fans of 'the archers' will be relieved to hear production has returned to a new normal, with actors recording together in a studio once more, although in reduced numbers. rebecca wood reports. the same studios, the same characters but social distancing and a new way of working. isn't it lovely? i don't know about that. i do. will you kiss me, please? always, yeah. now, no more spoilers so even though they are sitting apart, how do the team feel about being back? it is so nice to be with people in the same room, just to be back in the playground of the studio, it is lovely. since lockdown, the cast and crew have been producing episodes of the bbc radio 4 drama from home. it meant a whole new style of programme and for james cartwright, who plays harrison burns, a new set of skills. for the sound we had to put duvets over our head to keep in the sound so it doesn't bounce around, you know? credit must be given to the team and the writers and tojeremy and to everyone because it would be so easy forjeremy to just turn around and go, you know what? we will stop the programme and pick it up when all this has ended. coronavirus restrictions means that only four people are allowed in the studio at any one time which means, unfortunately, you won't be getting any spoilers from me. before covid—19 there was some huge storylines in the pipeline so will they come back? only one person knows the answer and it is not him. i will not tell you that. and if i didn't tell you that i have to kill you so, you know... the choice is yours. adapting to restrictions so they could keep the show on air was tough. there was some criticism for the team but the boss is now looking to the future. it is just a really lovely feeling that we are moving in the right direction, back towards normality, back towards yes, maybe we will have a christmas show this year and we will be back in the world at some point full you can see we're getting there. scenes recorded today will be on the airwaves in october. and it is back in ambridge at least to business as usual. that was rebecca wood reporting. we're joined now by the actor michael lumsden who plays alistair lloyd. good morning to you. it must be so exciting to be back. it is beyond exciting. there is a very active whatsapp group performed since lockdown happened with the cast and eve ryo ne lockdown happened with the cast and everyone has been keeping in contact. it has been so fierce that eve ryo ne contact. it has been so fierce that everyone has been missing our monthly meet ups. we record each monthly meet ups. we record each month in a block and it is strangely like a family. a big family but we do not see each other all the time but we meet up regularly and we just love the times we get together. so this period has been quite difficult. you had things going for the fans but it has felt different with these monologues which... they have kept it going but they have not gone down well with those who want their slice of ambridge. anyone who has been involved knows that it is a passionate audience who are unbelievably involved and committed to the programme. i have had situations where i have been asked ifi situations where i have been asked if i would speak to someone because they love the show and are so excited to speak to someone who was in the show and then become the subject of a thai rate of fury because they are so cross at the storyline i am in, but they love the programme. my feeling is that many people still enjoy what has happened, enjoy seeing characters in a different light and if people have not, then my hope is that they are going to be very happy that we are shortly coming back to more like what they recognise. i must say this, iam what they recognise. i must say this, i am certain i had covid when we we re this, i am certain i had covid when we were recording the block that had to be stopped because lockdown happened. i was at home with a raised temperature which suddenly went through the roof, shortness of rest, a cough, no taste no smell and i remember how dramatic it was and everybody feeling that they could not finish recording the episodes that they were planning, that were written and ready to be done. and i think what happened was extraordinary, the way they turned it around and came up with something that the programme alive because the alternative would have been to say 0k, alternative would have been to say ok, we willjust put it to sleep until we can return to the studio. that would have meant nothing for the fans. i know you are definitely or part of a family with the listeners and the actors and quite passionate and what is it like being backin passionate and what is it like being back in the studio? used to use a single microphone didn't you? we used to use a single microphone and it is much more physical than people realise. the traditional, think back to the 1950s, a group of actors standing ina to the 1950s, a group of actors standing in a row in front of a microphone reading script. we move around a lot, we sit at tables, we get up, we move in and out of space and we will become physically close if we are physically close to the characters. all that is gone. i think you saw in that clip that the floor of the studio was covered in yellow and black tape that d —— show demarcation areas. if anything must be adjusted than the studio manager will come forward and adjust and you retreat two metres. so it is a very different form of recording. having said that, it is away, and in america they record like that anyway, each actor with a separate microphone recording a different track which is all edited later. so it is not unknown but it is odd for us. it is not what we are used to. this may sound like a stupid question but do you miss hugging each other? absolutely. we waited all this time, it is been five or six months since we met any other cast member and now we are not allowed to gather in our normal greenroom because it is not suitable within covid regulations, so we are ina within covid regulations, so we are in a separate area where the seats are all two metres apart. although we are back in the studio and that is joyous and those of us who have been back are thrilled to have been back and it has been lovely. we are only booked to do the specific seems we are in so you arrive at the studios, you go to the waiting area and the only other people will be in the sense that you are doing and when you finish you go and the people doing the next scenes will appearand do people doing the next scenes will appear and do their seems to rather than at least the people in one episode being together and chatting and catching up after however long it is since we have seen each other. so even though we are back, for us it is still a limited form of being back. but in terms of what is going out it won't be limited at all.” know people will be so delighted. thank you so much for your time here on breakfast this morning. you can listen to 'the archers', on bbc radio 4 and the bbc sounds app. stay with us. the headlines are coming up shortly. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: social gatherings of more than six people — both indoors and outside — will become illegal in england on monday, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. the health secretary has told breakfast the changes will mean families of five or more will not be able to see two grandparents at the same time. for a family of five or six, this will bring in some significant restrictions, i get that, and we don't do this lightly. mr hancock also told us that plans for a pilot event with around 3,500 racing fans at doncaster will be reviewed. a major trial of a coronavirus vaccine developed by oxford university and astrazeneca has been temporarily halted worldwide, after a volunteer taking part in the uk fell ill. and in the weather, it will be another humid day across the south but turning much, much fresher from the north. i will have all the details here on breakfast. it's wednesday, the 9th of september. our top story: in a significant tightening of coronavirus restrictions, social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in england from monday — both indoors and outdoors. the government is introducing the move following a sharp rise in the number of cases. in the last half hour, the health secretary has told us that some families will have to make difficult sacrifices when it comes to seeing loved ones. let's get more now from our political correspondent, helen catt, who joins us from westminster. good morning to you once again, helen. lots to digester from what the health secretary said but it is clear that these measures will have an impact on everything from childcare to sporting events. an impact on everything from childcare to sporting eventsm well and a message from matt hancock is that this is about making the rules super simple. there has been criticism that as we have gone through the pandemic, the rules have got more complicated and people had stopped being able to understand them. he also suggested this was a call from the police to simplify the rules so it is easier to simplify them. interesting to note there seem to be tougher language on enforcement, where as previously the government has been encouraging people to observe, guidance. this is a legal rule that comes with enforcement. but if you simplify the rules, you remove the flexibility and that does have consequences. so while they are still well be some exemptions for weddings, work and education, if your family is exemptions for weddings, work and education, if yourfamily is more than six, you won't have to go out in two groups, you cannot go out together, when it comes to meeting other people, other families, together, when it comes to meeting other people, otherfamilies, if you area large other people, otherfamilies, if you are a large family, matt hancock told breakfast yes, this will have consequences. i'm afraid that a family of... for a family, say, of five or six, this will bring in some significant restrictions, i get that, and we don't do this lightly. so there's no exception, for example, so we're back to where we were with you can only see one grandparent in that case, for example? in those circumstances, it will be, absolutely it will bring in more restrictions. you know, i have three children, we have a family of five and so we'll be able to see one other person at a time, as a whole family. one of the other issues which the health secretary was talking about was this problem with people getting tests. we a re was this problem with people getting tests. we are getting a lot of evidence, people saying they have to drive a long way and louise put that question to him and his response was about people getting tested to don't need them? there have been questions raised consistently about the test and trace service, which the government has said will be vital to keeping the spread of the virus under control. there have been lots of questions in recent months about how well or not that is working. recently, people have been told they have to go hundreds of miles to get a test. matt hancock said 90% of people are able to get a test within 22 miles. he also, though, as you said, suggested that some of it was about people actually coming forward when they shouldn't. here is what he said. we have seen a rise in the numberof said. we have seen a rise in the number of people who are not eligible for a test coming forward and getting those tests. if you don't have symptoms, unless you have been asks specifically by clinician or local authority to go and get a test, you are not eligible for a test. but we want the test to be available for people with symptoms. i think there will be more questions asked about that. in terms of the new restrictions, though, we will find out more about the specifics on the detail of that later today. the prime minister will give a press conference to set up more detail. the idea behind it, the government says, is they don't want to see a repeat of what we have seen in spain and france where there is a rise in infections which leads to a rise in hospitalisations and in spain, sadly, a rise in the number of deaths. helen, thank you. a major trial of a coronavirus vaccine, being developed by oxford university and drugs company astrazeneca, has been put on hold across the world, after a volunteer in the uk fell ill. the vaccine is being tested in thousands of people in britain and the us, and in smaller groups in brazil and south america. let's speak with our medical editor, fergus walsh. just take us through this, how significant is it? well, i think it is unlikely to be very significant but we cannot prejudge the outcome ofan but we cannot prejudge the outcome of an independent review. but what happens is whenever someone is admitted to hospital who is one of the volunteers on the trial, and more than 10,000 people in the uk have rolled up their sleeves and been immunised with the oxford university astrazeneca jab, whenever any of them is admitted to hospital and the cause of their illness is not... they haven't been knocked off their bike, then the vaccine trial is put on pause while an independent committee reviews the data. that normally takes just a view days. it is then sent to their medical regulator and they can make a decision about restarting the trial. oxford university have said these things are routine and in any large trial, they will happen by chance when somebody falls ill and it shows that they are running this trial with the safety of their participants as their top priority. which is absolutely as it should be. we know there are lots of different vaccines being tried at this point. we have asked you this before, when might there be one that can be used? i wish i could give you a better a nswer to i wish i could give you a better answer to this! but what i can say to you is i am hoping and the oxford tea m to you is i am hoping and the oxford team and the other big manufacturers, there are more than 30 now in clinical trials, with oxford being one of the front runners because they have already immunised 18,000 people around the world, in the uk, south africa, brazil and now big trials starting in the us, which is temporarily on pause. i'm hoping that we will get some kind of indication on efficacy, and whether this actually works and whether the long—term safety data is good before christmas. but in terms of when you or i might be able to get a vaccine and when the person on the street might be able to get the vaccine who is not a key worker, like a doctor or a nurse, i think thatis like a doctor or a nurse, i think that is very unlikely before next year. we made, if things go well with any of these top six vaccines, we may get some emergency authorisation perhaps before the end of the year. fergus, thank you very much, as ever. i expect we will speak to before then! thank you. the government will publish its new legislation on trading within the uk later ? which ministers have admitted will break international law. the internal market bill will outline how powers currently held by the european union will be shared out when the brexit transition period ends, and could allow ministers to modify the uk's agreement for leaving the eu. a man is due to appear in court this morning following a series of stabbings in birmingham city centre during the early hours of sunday. 27—year—old zephaniah mcleod from selly oak is charged with one count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. jacob billington, who was 23, died from a stab wound to the neck, a man and a woman are still critically ill in hospital. a teenager will appear in court today charged with attempted murder and firearms offences, after a 15—year—old boy was shot near kesgrave high school. suffolk police were called to reports of a shooting on a housing estate on monday morning. the injured boy was airlifted to addenbrooke's hospital, where he remains in a critical condition. the largest migrant camp in greece is being evacuated after a majorfire broke out. emergency teams and volunteers are battling the flames at the camp, on the island of lesbos, which is home to almost 13,000 people. that's around four times the number it can officially hold. the camp was placed under quarantine last week after a migrant tested positive for coronavirus. 35 cases have since been confirmed. the worst ever wildfires to hit the west coast of the united states are continuing to burn out of control in california and washington state. small towns have been left in ruins and officials say the town of malden has been almost completely destroyed. the governor of california says the state is dealing with one of the most challenging periods in its history, with over 900 fires since the middle of august. a man with serious breathing issues says he was "ambushed" into wearing a face covering on a plane. easyjet has apologised after one of its pilots was filmed threatening to remove the passenger from the flight, from jersey to gatwick. mobile phone footage captured the moment the man was told to leave the plane. 0k... ok... don't know the details of all thatis ok... don't know the details of all that is happening there but i'm sure we will uncover that in the days to come. kim kardashian has announced the end of the reality tv show which helped to make her a celebrity and a billionaire. keeping up with the kardashians was panned by the critics when it began 14 years ago, but it won huge ratings for the e! channel, and a legion of devoted fans for the kardashian family. the final series — the 21st — will be broadcast early next year. you are going to miss that, aren't you? there are 20 series i can go back and watch! another big fan of that programme is matt, who has the weather for us. had the dishes out all morning, the tears have been flowing. an emotional morning indeed. 14 years andi emotional morning indeed. 14 years and i haven't seen one episode! what i've seen are some beautiful sunrise shots this morning across the country, this in the east of scotland. fair amount of sunshine to come. starting claudia in the south, where the humid weather is still in place at the moment. temperatures still in the upper teens in many parts. a fresh start for scotland and northern ireland and that fresher air will work southwards throughout the day. a zone of cloudy and rain coming into east anglia in the afternoon and southernmost counties later in the davis to a few showers in the far north and north—east of scotland also. but many in between will stay dry. as we end the day, the zone of the thick cloud, patchy rain and drizzle around these english southern counties. could get to 22—24 before that. further north, a lot more sunshine this morning compared with the morning. brighter day than yesterday for most of scotland and northern ireland. a bit breezy and that will make it feel cooler, especially in cloudier moments where you get them, temperatures 12—15 across much of scotland later today. as we go through this evening and overnight, fresher air in place. sky is clear, winds are light, temperatures drop further so a colder night than last night so get ready for a more chilly commute tomorrow morning for more details on that just before tomorrow morning for more details on thatjust before 8:45. thank you for the morning. let's take you back to our top story. back now to our top story, and from monday, social gatherings in england will be limited to six people — both indoors and outdoors — after a significant rise in the number of coronavirus cases. local lockdowns are already in force in areas across the uk, including bolton, from where our correspondent, john maguirejoins us this morning. you are telling us earlier about the huge rise in cases there, it must be a big concern for the people of bolton? yes, it is an extraordinary number, really, when you think about it. we will find out a bit more after speaking to some people who live here but that number has increased over the last two weeks from 15—18 per 100,000 to now above 120 per 100,000. if from 15—18 per 100,000 to now above 120 per100,000. if you from 15—18 per 100,000 to now above 120 per 100,000. if you think about it, 20 as the cut—off point on which we impose quarantine from those travelling from overseas. a real jump. the thought at the moment is perhaps social distancing measures haven't been observed, that socialising is part of the reason behind it, therefore what has been introduced just in the last 24 hours is that from now on, cafes, pubs and bars will not be able to do sit down meals, everything will have to be a ta keaway meals, everything will have to be a takeaway and they will have to close their doors by 10pm and not be able to reopen until 5am their doors by 10pm and not be able to reopen until sam the next morning. those are the big changes. we spoke to some people out and about yesterday afternoon to see what they thought about these more stringent, some may say draconian measures. if we need to protect ourselves and everyone else so i think it is the right thing to get stricter, definitely. younger people when they go in pubs, there is no social distancing but i wouldn't put the blame on younger people. it is not anyone's fort. i am scared of another lockdown to be honest but we need to be safe, as well, and we need to be safe, as well, and we need to be safe, as well, and we need to take everybody, all of us. it is going to be ages before anything goes back to normal. it is just going to spike in other places. something has got to be done. we can't keep going on like we are. we have hardly been anywhere for six months, have we? know. let's talk to professor george holmes, the vice chancellor of the university of bolton. and an 80—year—old local lad. what do you think, was it as a prize ashok? that increase in numbers, such a dramatic industries that seem to surprise many people. we have been expecting and we have got contingency plans for this so whilst it is a difficult situation it is not impossible for the university important to begin courses next week for students. we have 1350 new nurses starting on campus next week. important to keep that going during a pandemic, more than ever. your profile of students is different from a typical university, you have older students many of whom live here. we have a strong mature profile, lots of people from the greater manchester region, lots of daily commuters, that's important, so they are living at home, living in the community, so we are being careful, it is not like a group of revellers arriving. we will control it in halls of residence and make sure that they are in residence and make sure that they a re in carefully residence and make sure that they are in carefully managed bubbles, that students are as safe as possible and we do not have an impact on the community. preparations have the students coming back, what have you had to do? we have just coming back, what have you had to do? we havejust about coming back, what have you had to do? we have just about done everything, we are known as the most covid secure video in britain, we have a video about it on youtube, we have a video about it on youtube, we have done everything from airport scanners on the airport to 1000 bicycles or student so that they can commute in free of charge and avoid public transport due to massive social distancing measures, even in the library, only 30 people allowed in and they have supermarket trolleys to collect books rather than crashing each other in a non—socially distance way. we have put lots of measures in place. there will be a new tented village put up on campus to give more space for people. it is open, open air, marquees to give people more space and give us that ventilation. professor holmes, thank you very much indeed, we wish you well over the next couple of weeks. now, fingers have been pointed, i don't think that is the right way to describe it, at people in their 20s and 30s, you're 18, describe it, at people in their 20s and 30s, you're18, i think, describe it, at people in their 20s and 30s, you're18, ithink, so describe it, at people in their 20s and 30s, you're18, i think, so a young person, do you feel as if your generation has been observing the guidelines? i feel like personally i've been trying to follow the rules, keeping a mask on and keeping my hands sanitised, but you do see groups of people in town that have not got masks on, things like that, kind of in that age range. in the marketplace and things like that, shopping centres, everything does seem safe because they have hand sanitiser stations, they advise you to wear masks so in that sense i feel like it is safe. people just need to be slightly more careful because the numbers are rising. numbers are rising dramatically. do the numbers seem to correlate to what you think of when you think of your home town at the moment?” didn't expect it to be that fast of a rise but i did hear the didn't expect it to be that fast of a rise but i did hearthe numbers were rising, i didn't hear how big they were. we didn't expect it to be this large. at the beginning of lockdown we were scared of the pandemic and the virus but as time has gone on, we have been less scared because we have got used to it, ina scared because we have got used to it, in a way. i think this second lockdown should kind of help get us back into the groove of being safer and being really careful about it. what has been unusual is that lockdown was pretty rapid, then we started easing out of its stage by stage, the pubs opening, hair salons opening, then james and stage, the pubs opening, hair salons opening, thenjames and things like that, but much of that in terms of the hospitality industry now grinding toa the hospitality industry now grinding to a halt. everything has started to close down again. it was good that things began to open up with the eat out to help out thing and stuff like that and i like the way that we didn't have to really communicate with people when you order things, you could do it all online, that helped, but now with not being able to eat into places, it should help since contacting people should be minimised. thank you both very much. we wish you and the people of bolton very well over the people of bolton very well over the next couple of weeks. we spoke earlier to the chief executive of the council here, and asked him the question, how long do we expect these new restrictions to be in place as matter of course the answer is they are not sure. everyone will be keeping a very close eye on that infection data, to see whether these new restrictions will make a difference and indeed, if they do, how long it will take. back to you in the studio. john, thank you very much for that update. let's find out more about why cases are going up, and what we can we do to prevent a further rise, from virologist dr chris smith. a regular and breakfast at the moment, joining us again on the programme. good to speak to you. —— a regular on bbc breakfast. do we have a handle get on the reason behind this rise in cases? this is going to be the subject of intense scrutiny. for the reassurance of people watching this, insofar a society as a whole across the country the rates remain very low, but this playing field has been punctuated by these mushrooms which are coming up. that is the kind of pattern you would expect. if you are factors that make an outbreak more likely, as soon as you start to see movement and more cases, you then get more cases and you get more cases more quickly, because more people give it to more people, so it has a type of boom and bust picture. we would have expected that. certain factors make it more likely relating to what people do for a living, where they live, how they get to work, the demography, the social make up of an area and how many older versus younger people there are. the figures suggest these present outbreaks in multiple places across not just present outbreaks in multiple places across notjust this country but many countries across europe, heavily skewed towards younger people. this kind of stands to reason. younger people are more likely to be going out to work, more likely to be going out to work, more likely to be going out to work, more likely to have a family, a bigger household, more likely to make more shopping trips as well as more likely to have a bigger social network and do more socialising and have no contact that way, and contacts make cases. part of those restrictions come into force on monday in england. we have been speaking to the health secretary about that. he used the example of a family of five only being able to meet up with one grandparent so that it does not go above six, and from what matt hancock was saying, this transmission within households is a serious issue for the government at the moment. we have known for many months that the vast majority of cases occur within the household setting. 80—90% of transmission events a re setting. 80—90% of transmission events are in peoples homes, and that stands to reason, doesn't it 's if you live with someone you share living space, you share air with them, a lot of time with them and those are the key factors that determine the likelihood of you trading germs with them. it is like a giant supermarket bogof deal, due for everyone case you get you get many free cases on the side because all those cohabiting with that person also then get it. if you add insult to injury and bring in extra households with large numbers of people together you are likely to see more transmissions, and so, intervening where we see 90% of transmission is occurring seems to me to bea transmission is occurring seems to me to be a sensible measure. it is all about keeping a balance. you have a seesaw where, on one end of that seesaw, we are loading it up with risk—taking behaviours like sending people out to work, using public transport, children going back to school, university is returning and on the other end of the seesaw we balance that with measures we can easily add practically take to mitigate the chances of transmission, and of cases, without trying too much to impinge on those values and those activities which we do cherish and value and which we have learnt how much we value them, in the last six months. we are trying to give viewers the best and most accurate information this morning and to reassure them as well and from what you are seen, in terms of reassurance, what we are seeing happening now in the last few days and might see in the coming weeks, it is not a surprise to you. these are expected changes in dealing with are expected changes in dealing with a pandemic. they are not a surprise to me. we have been talking about the likelihood of this for many weeks, for several reasons. number one, we have been watching other countries. they are further down the track than us, and they have seen these surges, we've seen people quarantining off the back of holidays because of this. we anticipate we will see some movement here. we are making changes to the way we go back to work, schools are reopening, more people are on public transport, more people have been as the who called it, letting their guard down, all adding to the likelihood that we will see more cases, and so, we are. the key question would be to what extent can we tolerate an increase in cases because these are not cases turning into mortalities at the moment, they are dominated by younger people who are dominated by younger people who are very are dominated by younger people who are very low risk if they do catch the virus, and it is going to come down to how much of this we can contain, control and sustain, and not infringe our ability to go about our business as usual, or whether we have to grow back on some of these are the things that we are introducing, in order to keep it under control. one of the other things i mentioned this morning, talk us through this research that is under into whether you can contract is under into whether you can co ntra ct to is under into whether you can contract to run a virus again, once you have recovered. what do we know about that? —— coronavirus again. with most viruses once you catch the thing, you mountan immune with most viruses once you catch the thing, you mount an immune response against it then you are protected from getting it again for a reasonable period of time. we hope that with this new coronavirus this would definitely be the case. there was some uncertainty because this new coronavirus is similar to others that cause cold like symptoms, and your immunity is not very long—lived for those. we hope we might get away with it this time, but there has been a patient in hong kong and the person in america and i've been speaking informally to other virologists tracking these cases and there is documented evidence of people who catch the virus, recover, definitely clear the virus from your body, have an immune response and then within a few months catch it again, and this means that we need to be cautious about this. we don't know roughly how many cases there will be like this but it has implications for whether or not a vaccine will work, and for whom, so we need to keep an eye on this. doctor chris smith, good to talk to you, thank you very much forjoining us this morning. time now for the news travel and weather wherever you happen to be. he was sentenced to five years in prison for spying allegations. which he denies. he was granted house arrest thejob of the the job of the government at this point is to get into that courtroom and just to be a presence and keep the proceedings honest. a spokesperson for the government said the new charges are indefensible and that mezzanine should not be returned to prison. plans for holocaust memorial centre next to westminster abbey are set to be challenged in the high court. the london historic parks and gardens trust have launched a judicial review saying that they are not opposed the plans but the location is wholly unacceptable and is a conflict of interest with the decision—making process. the government says they have robust arrangements to ensure that are fair. the first london gross festival celebrating street art gets under way later. the free event features more than 150 global artists displaying works all across the capital, and a map to guide visitors is available. let's take a look at the travel. on the tube, no service on the waterloo & city line until further notice. all other lines are running a good service. on the roads, a serious collision on the roads, a serious collision on the north circular in palmers green. the road is closed east bound from bose road. vauxhall bridge is closed until december. it is only open southbound to buses and taxis. time for the weather. here is kate kinsella. it was another very warm and humid night last night. a mild start this morning. we had a little bit of brightness around first thing, some hints of sunshine and then a cold front starts to sink south, and with that, bc the cloud and creasing. some brighter spells, hanging on to those warm temperatures for today. looking at a maximum of 24 celsius. if that cold front clears, you mightjust get a spot of light rain but very minimal amounts. overnight tonight, clark intends to sink south, we will get clearer spells and that pressure air is planning on behind it so it will feel cooler. minimum temperatures away from central london around eight celsius. tomorrow, much fresher temperatures, it is going to feel a bit cooler. some sunny spells around but quite a bit of cloud around. for friday, similar conditions. some sunshine and dry weather in the forecast and through the weekend it is going to stay settled into next week, we grab some warmeraircoming settled into next week, we grab some warmer air coming out from the continent, so it is set to get quite a bit warmer. that's it for now. enjoy the weather if you managed to get out there. i'm back in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, hour. plenty more on our website at the usualaddress. now, though, it is back to dan and louise. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. lots more from between now and 9:15. let's bring you up—to—date with one of the stories we've been bringing you this morning. researchers in antarctica have made a discovery that could help explain why the biggest glacier in the west of the continent is melting so rapidly. they've discovered deep channels under the ice, some of which are more than 600 metres deep, which provide a pathway for warm ocean water to get in, accelerating the melting process. our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt reports. we are whiskey, three, five. next co—ord will be at one, seven, four, zero... this one antarctic glacier is the size of the uk and is already responsible for 5% of world sea level rise. and the rate the thwaites glacier is melting has accelerated fivefold in the last 30 years. last year, a team of british and american scientists set up camp on the glacier. it is one of the most remote places on earth. by measuring the gravitational pull of the sea bed under the ice, they discovered a network of deep channels, a key step in understanding why the glacier is changing so rapidly. so, these channels are really, really important because they are the pathway that links the deep ocean to the grounded ice sheet and although the surface waters around antarctica are really cold, the deep ocean waters are actually somewhat warmer and it is these warmer ocean waters that get into the ice that you can actually start to see quite rapid changes in the ice sheet behaviour. this is what they think is happening: a series of huge channels, some almost a kilometre below the ice, allowing the warmer, deep ocean water to flow up to the front of the glacier, melting it increasingly rapidly. another team of scientists work from an icebreaker ship at the front of the glacier. exceptional sea ice break up last year meant they could survey over 2000 square kilometres of the sea floor in front of the thwaites ice shelf. it's so important to understand what's going on in antarctica today, particularly these big glaciers, like thwaites, because they are changing really quickly as the climate warms and, as they melt, they are feeding more and more water to our global oceans, which is increasing the rate of sea level rise. there is up to 3.5 metres of sea level rise locked up in the ice here, in west antarctica. that's enough to reshape the map of the earth, flooding many of the world's greatest cities. understanding why this remote area is changing and how quickly it will do so is essential if the world is to prepare for the rising waters to come. justin rowlatt, bbc news. we can speak withjustin now. not in antarctica, we should say! lovely to have you on the programme. i know you visited the thwaites glacier before. remind us why it is significant. not because it has the most ice in the world, there is more ice in east antarctica and greenland but it sits on the ocean floor in thwaites. that means sea water can come up and melt and erode the front of the glacier and because it is submarine, if water gets underneath it, it can break great chunks of it off and that would make it flow more quickly and more ice would break away. thwaites sits at the centre of this basin of ice in west antarctica and the fear is if thwaites and glaciers around it move more quickly, what we will see is a rapid melt out of the ice in west antarctica. there is 3.5 metres of ice there. we are not saying it will happen in the next couple of years, it could take a hundred or 200 yea rs. it could take a hundred or 200 years. but the volume of ice in that basin advice in west antarctica is enormous and would mean really significant changes to coastlines the world. i suppose, there is no easy a nswer to the world. i suppose, there is no easy answer to this, is there, but what can be done to stop it? easy answer to this, is there, but what can be done to stop mm easy answer to this, is there, but what can be done to stop it? it is very unlikely we will be able to stop the ice melting. discovering these huge channels under the ice funnelling the water towards the front of the glacier shows us these big processes on a massive scale are under way as we speak. what is important of course is to understand how quickly this might happen and allow the world to defend cities. we are talking about the amount of water in west antarctica would mean, for example, that new york, shanghai, calcutta or even london would face more regularflooding and would face more regularflooding and would need better flood would face more regularflooding and would need betterflood defences. the question is is it possible to build those flood defences and when do we need to start building? that's what this big collaboration between the uk and us will hopefully tell us, give us a sense of scale, improve the models that tell us how quickly the ice will melt and give us an idea of when and how big the sea defences the world will need as the oceans rise, when they need to be put in place. listening to you there, it makes it quite clear as to why there is such a significant announcement and why the work of these scientists are so important for all of us. it is and what is incredible, remember, as they are working in the most remote place on earth. when i went down to thwaites, it took me six weeks to get there. the weather issues meant we couldn't fly from one place to another and it took an incredible amount of time. a huge amount of resources are putting into doing this work and it really is important for the rest of the world. i should say, all of the research being done in antarctica has been put on hold as a result of covid. imagine getting a case of covid. imagine getting a case of covid on the nose of the thwaites, the most remote place on it, how difficult it would be to make sure people got the medical treatment they needed. at the moment everything is on hold with the intention to getting back to work as soon as they get the all clear from the relevant authorities. justin, thank you very much for talking to us about it all. thank you, good to chat. if you are watching bbc brea kfast chat. if you are watching bbc breakfast half an hour ago, louise spoke to matt hancock and you asked him... given the changes coming in on monday, a lot of people were due to go to the races on monday, so what is happening? the health secretary has told bbc brea kfast the health secretary has told bbc breakfast that the prime minister will be reviewing whether or not large gatherings like the one planned at doncaster today should be cancelled. the decision to allow the event to go ahead has been compared to the cheltenham festival backin compared to the cheltenham festival back in march, just days before the full lock to stop this is what matt hancock said when louise asked him about today's race meeting. the prime minister will set out more details of the consequences of the new rule for six people gathering later today. we will set out what that means for some of these events that we were means for some of these events that we were planning to do. so, interesting from matt hancock. these events that we were planning to hold. lizzie, i hope you had what matt hancock are saying. doncaster due to go ahead today, 3500 racegoers. how difficult a time is at the moment for the racing industry? well, this has not been a good time for anyone, clearly, sally. all sport, all of society has been affected by lockdown that racing in particular is a sport badly hit because it is so expensive, of course, and racehorses cost a lot of money and owners want to be able to go to the races and watch their horse run with an atmosphere if they are going to be ploughing in all this cash every month to keep them training first racing has been hard prize money has been hit hugely as well. racing is desperate to get people back into the stands. it's been quite a successful sport since the restart, even without fans. royal ascot did very well with its television viewings, glorious goodwood also and there has been some nice stories around racing. it has done quite well but it does need spectators and a fortnight ago, the sent leger meeting, which is the final classic of the season, it's a fantastic, the old est of the season, it's a fantastic, the oldest classic of the season, really special meeting. this meeting was listed as going to be one of the pilot events, one of the first pilot events to allow spectators back in. so the whole sport was are excited they would have people back. around 22,000 people will be allowed over the four days, nothing like the normal numbers which would be more like 54,000. but it has been exciting for the sport and they have put in some really stringent measures to be allowed to go ahead. this has not been universally popular. so, racing due to go ahead today as planned, as we know it. what kind of measures can people expect to see if they are in that 3500 crowd at doncaster today? well, i will read out what the racecourse manager said to racing uk this morning for us to be said if you are coming to the races, you will be arriving in a sort of bubble land will be put into a day. everyone will be put into a day. everyone will be put into a day. everyone will be brought in and park in specific areas. these bubbles or bays are hundred— hundred and 20 people. everyone will be obliged to wear a mask. everyone will have had to have sign up to a code of conduct. that is key. they will be hosted in these bubbles by someone from the racecourse. they will have their own private tables, their own private toilets, each of these 100-120. the private toilets, each of these 100—120. the race cards will all be online. you will have your own private bookmaker in these bubbles. everyone will be in an area, they won't have to go anywhere else. in theory, they should be mixing with others. as i said, the code of conduct is key. there has been a petition, i don't know if you have been talking about it this morning, but a petition that more than 5500 people had signed. doncaster has 310,000 people living there, so a small percentage of the people of doncaster but there has been a petition because the people of doncaster or some of them say they have been working really hard on lockdown to try to keep the covid levels down and the covid levels and doncaster are quite low at the moment. they are saying why should we allow thousands of random people into our town who might get drunk, because unfortunately there is a small percentage of racegoers who don't necessarily behave as well as they should, but it is normally a small percentage, particularly at the weekends, and of course, this famous race i was telling you about will be on saturday and that is when they will have slightly bigger crowds of more than 6000 people. so the people of doncaster or some are concerned they won't behave, won't stick in there bubbles and supposed to be doing what they are doing when they are wandering to the tube station, the buses or getting into their taxes so this code of conduct could be key. it is up to the racecourse and the police and the stewards to try make sure everyone does adhere to that code of conduct and those stringent tests. the mayor of doncaster has been quite against the festival taking place. in her latest tweet she said my personal opinion remains this is a major risk for doncaster that i would rather not see happen but there are no current grounds for it to be held behind closed doors. so we come back to what matt hancock was saying, thatis to what matt hancock was saying, that is the prime minister is due to talk later to tell us whether these pilot events, which are covid secure, which means any of those events secure, which means any of those eve nts ca n secure, which means any of those events ca n ta ke secure, which means any of those events can take place, but with the government aspiration that from the beginning of october all sporting events should have a certain number of spectators, you can see there is a nervousness around the public living in these areas where there will be lots of spectators coming for, as we begin to get an audience back into live sport, which is what sporting fans one and sporting organisers are keen on as well. thank you for talking to us but i have to tell you us you have been upstaged by the friend that has joined you on the bed! can you introduce us? laughter my introduce us? laughter my goodness! this dog has a story. she is named after tomasz schafernaker. i she is named after tomasz schaferna ker. i have she is named after tomasz schafernaker. i have builders who are paused, they can't do anything whilst i'm doing breakfast and this is my rescue dog from spain, schafernaker. great to see you and to see schafernaker. i think schafernaker is to see schafernaker. i think schaferna ker is absolutely to see schafernaker. i think schafernaker is absolutely gorgeous! look at the ears! beautifully behaved. yes, look at the ears. the dog is on the bed but never mind! thank you very much indeed, lizzie and schaferna ker. thank you very much indeed, lizzie and schafernaker. i feel terrible thank you very much indeed, lizzie and schafernaker. ifeel terrible it is not called matt! just to remind you, we we re called matt! just to remind you, we were talking about doncaster specifically because we know racegoers are going there. we know the prime minister is giving a conference a little bit later, a press co nfe re nce conference a little bit later, a press conference at 4pm. lots more information on that and other things will doubtlessly be touched on in that. and the health secretary said there will be announcements. have you got any pets? i haven't got any pets called matt. i'm going to get a hamster and i will call it matt! laughter sorry about that! that has made all the difference, thank you. i was hurt for a moment. i'm sure tom will be very happy. good morning. let's get on with the weather. very humid this morning across many parts of england and wales, that will change in the next 24 hours but to get there we will see more in the way of sunshine developing. bringing the sunshine and fresh air is this where the front, working its way southwards across the country at the moment. some thick cloud and patchy rain on it as well. across parts of wales and the midlands at the moment and that will push its way into southernmost counties for the afternoon. always cloudy but glimpses of sunshine, longer sunny spells elsewhere. some showers in the north and north—east of scotland. temperatures down here compared with yesterday around 12-16, compared with yesterday around 12—16, nice enough in the sunshine, still could get 23—24 in the south—east of england. that weather front continues to sweep away the humid air, still lingering in the channel islands tonight. elsewhere, clear skies and fresh air, chilly start to tomorrow morning. temperatures for the vast majority down into single figures, you will notice the change from the past couple of mornings. if you are up early, warm jacket required. plenty of sunshine to warm things up after the chilly start and then the cloud builds. sunny spells for many, because cloud in the north and west of scotla nd because cloud in the north and west of scotland and across the highlands we will see some showers. most will be dry, temperatures widely into the teens. friday, we replace showers for longer spells of rain and windy conditions in scotland to begin with. the wet and windy weather spread through scotland, northern ireland and northern england through the day. brightening up on friday in the day. brightening up on friday in the afternoon across scotland and northern ireland. further south and east, predominantly dry. temperatures start to creep up and they will creep up further over the weekend. not especially so on saturday, some of the wind coming from the north or north—westerly direction. one weather front bringing the odd isolated shower first thing in the south—east. showers are possible in scotland and northern ireland through the day, may be a couple into cumbria but later on, it will turn wetter and windier across the far north—west of scotla nd windier across the far north—west of scotland was not much of england and wales will have a dry start to the weekend, continuing into sunday by which time temperatures start to rise, wins go to a more southerly direction and by the time we hit the starter next week, not only should most of us be dry but increasingly warm again. temperatures up to 26 or 27 for some of you in england and wales. quite a temperature turnaround from the next few days but nowhere near what we saw in colorado. i mentioned yesterday we went from this on monday out in the sunshine, temperatures 35 degrees, to this yesterday. temperatures just above freezing and plenty of snow around. even here we will be back up to 27 by the time we hit the weekend. what a temperature turnaround! suite it's been an unpredictable summer for most — but perhaps it's been suite an unpredictable summer for most — but perhaps slightly more hectic if you live and work inside one of britain's largest zoos. with most of her staff furloughed, colchester zoo curator sarah forsyth has been putting in extra hours to deal with the summer baby boom and various animal emergencies. bshe's part of a new documentary airing tonight on bbc one. let's take a look at one of the more frantic moments from the series. u ,, guys. they are on u guys. they are on the ,, guys. they are on the move. -- come on, guys. so far, so good! goats bleat. come on, guys! look, they were checking for stragglers! that would only take one hour, i'd split the group into three orfour, put them into hour, i'd split the group into three or four, put them into the hour, i'd split the group into three orfour, put them into the horse trailer and dry them down, about one hour's worth, but that took seven minutes. sarah joins us now from colchester zoo. sitting with the meerkats. it has been a busy summer for you, hasn't it? yes, it has been a busy summer. give us the key challenge there has been for you and for some of the staff. obviously, just dealing with stuff we have never had to deal with before. we are used to having hundreds of visitors every day and a full tea m hundreds of visitors every day and a full team of staff and suddenly we had to do the normal everydayjob but with no people here, and less staff and try to continue things as normal as possible for the animals. you had a bit of a baby boom over the summer. what animals have been born? spring is always a brilliant time at the zoo, the term spring babyis time at the zoo, the term spring baby is real thing here. we have had, about ten years since we had one of those at colchester, a rhino ca lf one of those at colchester, a rhino calf born, a hippo car, vultures, lemurs, the list has been endless, and fewer people to share the good news with us. from an animal point of view, have you noticed that they have missed the interaction? definitely. particularly with the more intelligent species like primates. wejoke more intelligent species like primates. we joke that the visitors think they are coming to see the animals but we think it is the other way around and with the corridors and pathways empty the animals are like, where is everybody, looking for that interaction and they couldn't find it. what kind of thing that you do to help them? the keepers are good at making sure the animals are kept well occupied but we had the opportunity to think out of the box because we had no visitors here to worry about, so we would take animals to meet other animals rather than seeing people, so the goats met the otters, and armadillo met the chimps, and the penguins got to meet the sea lions in an underwater tunnel. what happens when an armadillo meets a chimp is macro it sounds like a joke! it was through the glass, not usually interactive, but the chimps we re usually interactive, but the chimps were absolutely just amazed by usually interactive, but the chimps were absolutelyjust amazed by it. it kept them occupied for quite a long time. and the armadillo just got to run around like crazy with all of the different smells. it was all of the different smells. it was a lot of fun to do. the meerkats behind you are clearly having a lovely day in the warmth of the sunshine. yes, keeping an eye on what is going on. looking forward to the visit is now back so that they can watch them and see what they are up can watch them and see what they are up to. zoos are something we spoke about in terms of support from the government, and an understanding of what you are going through, do you feel like you have had that support throughout the pandemic?m feel like you have had that support throughout the pandemic? it was patchy. we are a very unique industry. and our needs are very different to, i guess, most other businesses, because the further scheme was brilliant, we couldn't have managed without it, but we could not just put have managed without it, but we could notjust put all of have managed without it, but we could not just put all of the have managed without it, but we could notjust put all of the staff on furlough, we had 1500 animals to look after, so we had to bring in staff every day and pay wages as well as electricity, water and food bills, so, zoos across the country we re bills, so, zoos across the country were ina bills, so, zoos across the country were in a very tricky situation, and it was a really worrying time for us. we saw at the beginning of this interview the beautiful pictures of the cheaters. what are they like to look after? —— cheetahs. the cheaters. what are they like to look after? -- cheetahs. any baby animal brings lots ofjoy to all of us, the big cats in general are quite special and the cheetahs are great. we leave the mum to do all the work, and she has been fantastic. it has been a joy to watch them. you could stand there all day watching them. they are charging around, keeping mum on her toes, running around and enjoying life, so they are great to watch. it has been amazing to see them doing so well. what is your next job? who are you looking after? we have got to go round and do all of the checks on the animals and make sure that eve ryo ne on the animals and make sure that everyone is fit, healthy and well. but to be honest every day is different in the zoo, you never know quite what you are going to be faced with. thank you so much. zoo mum is on bbc one, tonight, at 7.30pm. i like the idea of the chimps and armadillos hanging out together! it was back in the late 80s and early 90s that the drug ecstasy became linked with the acid house rave scene — and although it was sold as a party drug it had a dark side, being responsible for some high—profile deaths. but the rise of the drug then can also tell us something about the history of britain from the time — and now a new factual podcast, combined with drama, is taking a look at the period through the eyes of those who were there at the time. we're joined now by the bafta—award winning writer behind the series, danny brocklehurst, and also graeme park, former resident dj at manchester's hacienda nightclub, who took part. good morning to you both. danny, first of all, in terms of the drama around this, what have you been trying to convey? which, is obviously... a very detailed real life account of what happened so from my side of it was to offer something different, more ofa to offer something different, more of a kind of secret voice, and it is based on meticulous research and real, live experiences, and what i have done is sort of dramatising certain aspects of the time, to kind of give five different accounts of the scene from different perspectives, through sort of dramatised monologues which have been brought to life by some of our top actors. danny, your line is breaking upa top actors. danny, your line is breaking up a little bit. we will try to clear that up and while we do that we will chat to graham. ecstasy was heavily used at the time and it became ingrained in that culture. was heavily used at the time and it became ingrained in that culturem did indeed. everything kind of came together, the people, the music, the clu b together, the people, the music, the club and ecstasy, but it is important to point out that, although it was a big part of the scene, this fantastic podcast talks about the dark side and the problem is that people will later encounter with it, but chris warburton has done a fantastic job with it, but chris warburton has done a fantasticjob presenting this. it is a very accurate portrayal of what happened, and danny's fictional parts are absolutely superb. and so accurate and so believable, anyone who went raving in the late 805 and early 905 has to listen to this. it is a wonderful podcast. tell us about those days at the hacienda, because they were legendary. they were legendary. louise, surely you must have visited the hacienda. i did, a lot of it! you know what it was like. it was an incredible time. the fa ct like. it was an incredible time. the fact it was in manchester, it was this huge space. with amazing people, with this new drug, with acid house, which came from chicago, new york, detroit, and then people in britain started making that music, influenced by what was going on at the club with mike pickering andl on at the club with mike pickering and i on on at the club with mike pickering and iona on at the club with mike pickering and i on a friday night, john silver ona and i on a friday night, john silver on a wednesday, it was the most incredible period, and it must have been because we are talking about it now, in the 21st—century. been because we are talking about it now, in the 21st-century. let's try with danny again, hopefully the line has improved. it is important, with graeme talking about what it was like, have you tried to give us in terms of that actual portrayal of people not only enjoying themselves but the darker side of it and the fa ct but the darker side of it and the fact that people were hurt, and some lost their lives. very much so. we try to cover all aspects of what happened during rave, and the acid house scene. the dramatic side of the podcast, it is split up into five sessions, the raver, the drug dealer, the dj and the entrepreneur, all played by some of our brilliant top actors. and i think we cover, if you listen to the whole podcast, we cover every aspect of the scene, particularly the dark side and where things go wrong, but also the joy of this scene, obviously people had a great time, but it is more than just a story of a scene or a drug, it is about a movement, what happened with crime, with policing and with youth culture and the government changes that came on the back of that. thank you both very much indeed for talking about that. i can't believe you chose me as the one who would have listened to it, but you are right! thank you very much indeed. kicking a ball about back then, louise! 'ecstasy: the battle of rave' will be available in full on bbc sounds from friday. monica dolan plays the dj, adrian edmondson the promoter, and neil morris of the undercover cop. that is quite a line up on that podcast. you're watching bbc breakfast. it's 8:59am. hi, good morning, welcome to bbc news. i'm victoria derbyshire. here are the headlines this wednesday morning: social gatherings of more than six people — both indoors and out — will become illegal in england on monday, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. for a family of five or six, this will bring in some significant restrictions, i get that, and we don't do this lightly. do you back the new measures? will it work to bring down the number of cases? if you're in bolton, what do you think of the tight new restrictions there — bolton now has the highest rate of infection in the whole country. get in touch by sending me an e—mail or on instagram or twitter. a big coronavirus vaccine trial by oxford university and astrazeneca has been temporarily halted worldwide after a uk volunteerfalls ill.
Be-in-anSichuanChinaAustraliaUnited-statesMidlandsLeicestershireUnited-kingdomShanghaiHong-kongBrazilAntarctica significant delays. that report goes on to blast the postmaster general. more on that in just a moment as well. we start this hour with nbc's kasie hunt. she is following that senate health committee hearing on capitol hill. ca kasie, what have we learned so far? >> reporter: craig, the focus of this hearing has been, as you mentioned, on what's going on with that vaccine trial. it's been one of the most promising that we've been tracking, oxford university and astrazeneca. we first heard from the director of the nih, dr. francis collins, who talked about it generally. why don't we watch a little bit about what he had to say and we'll talk about what senators were asking him as followups. watch. >> i want to address concerns about safety. this is foremost in all our minds. we cannot compromise here. the announcement yesterday about the astrazeneca vaccine is a concrete example of how even a single case of an unexpected illness is sufficient to require a clinical hold for the trial in multiple countries. that is what's happening. there are ways, however, that we have adopted in warp speed to move quickly while retaining those most rigorous scientific standards, and i think you would want us to do that. people are dying. >> reporter: committee chairman lamar alexander followed up on this as he was immediately questioning the first questioner out of the gate there. what the doctor wanted to underscore there was that americans should not read into this clinical hold that things are not safe with this. rather, the opposite, that this clinical hold was out of an abundance of caution and it should show americans that when and if there is a vaccine that is safe and effective, they will be able to trust it because these will be the kinds of measures that will have been taken in these trials. craig, it does also potentially raise questions and this is something that i'm looking for from democrats about any potential emergency use authorization. so remember, the trump administration has signaled and there have been reports that perhaps they would allow an emergency use authorization for a vaccine in late stage phase three trials. but this, of course, does underscore the perils of that. it shows how important these late stage trials can be, that new and different things can come up and to ensure the trust of the public, you really need to make sure that that is all moving along as it should. that's a major focus here today. the other question that senator alexander posed, and is something from a policy perspective we're looking at, we're already producing these vaccines. so if, in fact, one is shown to be safe and effective, it can be distributed widely. the officials testifying today that if, in fact, there is one proven not to be safe or effective, they will have to dispose of all those rounds of vaccine. that's another story watch here, craig. >> kasie hunti starting us off n the hill. we'll talk about the hundreds of thousands of vaccines that are already in production. while that hearing is playing out, the actual work of finding a vaccine, as kasie just mentioned and the witnesses have just talked about, that's hit a set back. pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca pressing pause on late stage trials. the company teaming up with oxford university researchers say they're investigating an unexplained illness in one of its participants. nbc's keir simmons is following this part of the story from london. keir, what do we know so far about this individual and what do we know about what happens next? >> reporter: we know very little about the individual. they are in the uk, craig. in terms of what happens next, there are those speculating that this may just be a pause of a few days. there has been a pause, similar pause during this process of developing this particular vaccine, what we think of as the oxford university vaccine. that was back in phase one with another trial participant who was hospitalized. so it's possible that it could be a short and brief pause. it does underscore, doesn't it, all of those experts who have warned us that it could be a rocky road to a vaccine, to not expect just kind of a smooth ride. why they are right and all those same folks who have worried about making sure that people are confident in this vaccine, that is why i think you're seeing astrazeneca make that statement, just being clear to folks that this is routine while at the same time saying that safety is paramount. we spoke to one potential trial participant, a man in his 60s, who hasn't taken part yesterday who said i'm just reconsidering whether i really want to take part. craig, imagine that. imagine if this vaccine wasn't tested thoroughly enough as it is being and was rolled out to millions of people and then we'd seem to have issues on the safety side, never mind the effectiveness side and what it would do to confidence. that's what people are saying. that's why the process is so important. at the same time, we don't know whether the illness that this particular trial participant has is related to the vaccine. wet can't know whether, indeed, this is a serious problem for this vaccine or whether it's just another bump in the road. we just have to wait, craig. >> all right. keir simmons in london, thank you. let's turn to dr. ashish jha, the dean of brown university's school of public health. dr. jha, to keir's point at the end, and you raised this issue this morning on the "today" show as well, a lot of folks were ringi wringing their hands on tuesday. but the reality is it would seem there's just as much of a chance that this individual who became ill, just as much of a chance that this wasn't related to the actual vaccine, correct? >> absolutely. again, thank you for having me on. we just don't know right now. this is pretty common in clinical trials. we see things like this where somebody might have something happen. we don't know if it's related to the trial, don't know if it's related to the vaccine or drug. so we put a pause and investigate. and often it turns out it has nothing to do with the vaccine. unfortunately, we're going to have to be patient. this is how science works. this is how careful science works. i think it's great to see we're doing the careful science and we'll find out more in the next couple days i hope. >> speaking of the next couple of days, first of all, what are the kinds of serious adverse reactions that would warrant stopping a massive trial like this one, and as it pertains to the next few days and weeks, what are you watching for? >> the biggest thing i'm watching for is more information. more information from the company about what it was, what was the signal that they saw, what if there's a safety board looking at the data. it may take more than a couple days. it can take a while. it want to see what happened. of course, other companies doing vaccine trials are going to go back to look to see if they're seeing any of that as well. there's going to be a lot of information, i suspect, over the next few days to a week or ten days. putting it all together, we'll have a better picture of whether this is a serious problem or just a bump in the road and we keep going. >> let's turn back to that senate hearing that's happening right now as we speak in washington. if you were not busy wearing multiple hats at brown, if you were in that committee room, what would you ask the surgeon general of the united states and the nih director today? >> that's a good question. first of all, i definitely would want to have the fda head there. i would want assurances that the decisions around the vaccine are going to be made based on science and not around any kind of political timeline. i think we've seen too much political meddling in the fda's decision making. i think the nih director, dr. collins, has been incredible. just incredible integrity, speaking plainly about science just like dr. fauci. i'd want to make sure and ask him and the leadership of nih to be involved in making sure the scientific integrity of the vaccine development remains so that we don't end up politicizing this. it's really critical we get the science right. what happened yesterday is just more evidence of the importance of getting the science right. >> truly unprecedented, that group of large pharmaceutical companies in this country coming forward to -- i guess they felt the need to reassure americans that politics would not play a role in the rollout of a vaccine. stand by, dr. jha. we want to get to this breaking news involving the u.s. postal service and your reaction to that on the other side. there's a new senate report that finds americans who rely on the postal service to get their crucial prescription medications are now seeing significant delays in those deliveries. the report is part of an investigation by democratic senators elizabeth warren and bob casey. geoff, take us through this report and what folks who rely on the postal service for their medication might want to know. >> reporter: americans who have experienced delays in waiting for prescription drugs to arrive in the mail, this report will confirm what they already know to be true. this report is the result of an investigation led by those two democratic senators, elizabeth warren and bob casey. what i found, the main takeaway is this. in the summer of 2020, according to the report, all the mail order pharmacies heavily reliant on the u.s. postal service for delivery of mail order drugs reported an increase in average delivery times, you see it on your screen, ranging from 18% to 32%. what that means in practical terms is what used to take two to three days in terms of delivery time according to this investigation are now taking somewhere between three to four days and even longer. they found these delays started in may. the inference is that as the pandemic started to rage, people weren't comfortable going to pharmacies in person so they were making these orders via mail. but then they found these delays got worse and persisted into the summer after lewis dejoy became postmaster general and he put in the policy changes that led to service slowdowns and delivery delays. beyond the obvious dangers and the risks to the american people reliant on usps, the postal service for their drugs, it also found this was costly for pharmaceutical companies themselves. there was one company that found an 80% spike in reshipments that cost one pharmaceutical company some $700,000, craig. >> geoff bennett continuing to follow the postal service story. thank you. dr. jha is still with us. dr. jha, your reaction to that story, particularly the danger it could pose to patients who are expecting to get their medicines at a specific time. >> that story is very disturbing and frustrating because we need the postal service to work for many reasons, not the least of which is, you know, there are a large number of americans with chronic disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, other diseases who rely on those medicines. if you run out a few days. a disease like diabetes, if you run out, it can be very dangerous and land people in the emergency room, in the hospital. we need a postal service that's reliable. i listened to that story and was very concerned about a lot of people with chronic disease who need these medicines. >> dr. jha, we always appreciate you. thank you for your time, sir. we'll let you get back to it. we are following more breaking news on this wednesday morning. a perfect storm is fueling those wildfires out west. unprecedented wildfires. officials now have a scary new warning. the worst may be yet to come. we're going to take you to california and oregon where millions of acres, more than 2.3 million to be specific have already been lost. it's one group that both candidates desperately need to win over this election, suburban voters. the new poll that shows them giving joe biden a big boost in a key state the president won back in 2016. and long-lasting gain scent beads. part of the irresistible scent collection from gain! and when you save up to 60%, let's play! you're always a winner. you got... up to 60% off your hotel! >>but isn't that the only one? 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>> reporter: craig, we've seen a little relief this morning from the incredible wind that hit us as soon as we got out of our cars in the middle of the night. that wind is what was driving this incredible, unprecedented fire. these are wildfire conditions hitting an urban environment. rather than having a single fire that spreads from a single source, you get these spot fires all over the place. that means that places just got unlucky. not only is this entire shopping complex behind me destroyed, on the other side of this fence is a mobile home park, 131 sites all destroyed, all gone. to see this kind of devastation and go a block away and everything is fine for a block, then another block is destroyed. it's the kind of pattern we saw in the paradise fire, paradise, california that i know steve covered. that kind of effect we haven't seen in oregon before now. now officials here saying they've seen three times as much fire so far this year as normal. this kind of unprecedented event is moving further and further north. the whole west coast, so much of the west coast being affected by wildfire right now, craig. >> steve, you've covered a number of these fires. are crews where you are right now, are they close to getting the flames under control? >> reporter: craig, i can give you the more simplistic answer and the more complicated answer. the simplistic answer is no. at this time the fire is more than 10,000 acres. that's an explosion over the last few days. the conditions are prime for it to keep spreading. the more complex answer is, yeah, but it's burning up in a ridge that right now is very inaccessible for firefighting crews which makes the firefight overall more complicated, but it doesn't seem to be in the direct threat of tens of thousands of homes. in other words, it's not burning in one of those urban areas. the thing that fire officials are more worried about even than the firefight itself is this region, southern california, is under a santa ana wind event. these are the winds that a lot of people point to that say, this is the beginning of the firefighting season. this area, the foothills of southern california and this fire where it is is prime that if these winds do come in, this thing is like a time bomb and it will set off over these communities. you have multiple communities with evacuation warnings. others in order. they've clustered these warnings because they're so scared about the winds coming. it's cool. the winds have died down, but everybody knows that covers these fires is with santa ana winds, they start progressing as the day progresses. when you get into the overnight situation, it can blow up. by the way, apply this to several of the other fires that are burning in southern california. remember there are 25 major fires across the entire state. still more than 14,000 firefighters on the front lines. these have scorched more than 2.2 million acres. this is one of the worst fire seasons on record in the entire state. now officials are bracing for what could come with these heavy wins that are expected to move in. red flag warnings on through out the day until tonight, craig. a lot to think about. back to you. >> just to give folks some perspective who are at home watching or listening on sirius satellite radio, in california, 2.3 million acres on fire. not utah or oregon, just california. that is roughly the size of delaware and rhode island combined. that's what's up in smoke out west. steve patterson and jacob ward, thank you both. do be safe. meanwhile, as the scorching temperatures are fueling fires out west, parts of colorado. >> reporter: getting hit with a major winter storm. take a look at this video. some areas there saw up to six inches of snow overnight. in some places this kind of snowfall this early in the year, unprecedented. what makes it even more jarring, parts of the state just saw their highest temperature on record over the weekend. back to politics. two campaigns, two different strategies. joe biden is focusing on the economy. president trump doubles down on crime. so which message is winning out so far. the new poll that may raise another red flag for the trump campaign. ♪ come on in, we're open. ♪ all we do is hand you the bag. simple. done. we adapt and we change. you know, you just figure it out. we've just been finding a way to keep on pushing. ♪ ♪ but come ye back when su-- mom, dad. why's jamie here? 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>> reporter: craig, as you know, when president trump took down the blue wall in states like pennsylvania and wisconsin and here in michigan, how did he do it? he did it in part by being strongly critical of trade deals like nafta that he said helped exacerbate the offshoring of american jobs. he said as president he would make better deals that would be better for manufacturing workers like those here in michigan. what we're going to hear from the biden campaign here today is sort of an attempt on two fronts. one is to say the reality that president trump is offering is not actually the truth, that what he's saying is not backed up by facts, like the fact our trade deficit with mexico has reached an all-time high. we saw our trade deficit with china spike in the months of july and all-august. biden wants to lay out proposals to help bring back jobs to the u.s. he would propose a 10% surtax on the profits of any goods produced overseas but sold here in the united states. he would also offer a 10% tax credit to companies that would take policies that would bring jobs back to the u.s. shores, including with a focus on the auto industry. one of the ways you could qualify for this new buy america tax credit would be for the auto industry investing in fuel efficient cars. that's why biden is coming here, he'll talk to auto workers about that. there's also a focus on the state of michigan. this county in particular, craig, is one of those counties where we saw a huge swing from 2012 when obama care ride it narrowly to 2016 when trump won by double digits. >> our guy on joe biden, mike memoli, thank you. we'll be checking in with you throughout the day. let's turn for a moment to rick tyler, republican strategist, msnbc political analyst and one of my father-in-law's absolute favorites on cable news. rick, let's dig a little deeper into this new poll in pennsylvania, this nbc news/marist poll. joe biden has a net favorable rating among key voters in the keystone state. these numbers are outside the margin of error as well. 50% have a favorable view, 46% unfavorable. only 44% view president trump favorably. how important, rick, is that favorability factor in states like pennsylvania? >> it's important in pennsylvania because pennsylvania is a swing state that has typically gone democratic, but donald trump won it in 2016. so joe biden, that's one of the states he's got to target and win back and he's nine points ahead. he's got to hold that lead. joe biden has deep connections and roots to blue collar working class. so he can connects with people in the very states that will be very competitive. those are michigan, pennsylvania and milwaukee. they also have important cities that have large african-american populations, milwaukee, detroit, pittsburgh and philadelphia. he can turn out those voters. he's proved that in the primary. hillary clinton did not. those are going to be very competitive states. craig, one of the things i keep seeing over and over that i think is really important that the biden campaign and your viewers understand is trump continues to lead biden in handling the economy, and he continues to lose to biden in handling the coronavirus. these two things are linked. there's a disconnect going on here that biden needs to connect very strongly and directly, the coronavirus -- meaning a national strategy which donald trump, as you know, punted that and recklessly mismanaged the coronavirus which led to one of the largest economic collapses in american history. donald trump has created no jobs during his administration. he's 7.8 million jobs in the hole. that is from the time he was sworn in, we're down nearly 8 million jobs including 247,000 manufacturing jobs and 71 coal mining jobs. what joe biden needs to do is show that there's a national strategy to control the coronavirus that will enable him to regrow the economy. who regrew the economy before after the 2008 election -- great recession? that was barack obama and joe biden. who collapsed the economy in 2020 after a mismanagement of the coronavirus? that was donald trump. that's what joe biden needs to focus on every single day. >> rick, to your point, though, and i hadn't considered it, but that's quite the point that you raise there, this disconnect that seems to exist. how can that be? how do you explain that? why do you think there are so many americans that according to pollsters at least are willing to say, yes, the president bungled the response terribly to the pandemic, but we still trust him with the economy? >> because people have those as separate events in their mind. you can't directly blame donald trump for the economy -- sorry -- for the coronavirus, you can directly blame him for the collapse in the economy because of the mismanagement of the coronavirus. we needed a national strategy. as a conservative, that's what the federal government is for. when there's a national security threat and the pandemic is, the federal government needs a response. this administration had a horrible response. we were four to five months behind in getting a response. now donald trump's whole plan literally is let's pretend the virus isn't real, let's give people the impression that it's already gone away and the economy is coming back. you'll notice he's saying things like he's created a record amount of jobs, citing 12 million jobs. sure, 10 million jobs have come back, but at the height he's still down 14 million jobs. yes, we had a 1.4 million jobs added in the last month, but we would literally need 7 million jobs in the next two months to break even. this is a story that donald trump tells well. he had a great message which was the economy. he lost that. now he's lying about what the economy is. joe biden needs to grab hold of the economy, point back to the obama/biden economic years, and they were slow growth year. in the cumulative over eight years you had enormous growth, not only in the stock market and low unemployment, but gdp. that's the story biden needs to tell every day. that's why he's having troubling with latinos down in florida because joe biden, he's not a socialist, yet donald trump has convinced the latinos that he s. they're very wary of socialists. their first and second generation who have escaped socialism. joe biden has to connect with those people because they're entrepreneurs and business owners. he needs to talk to them about those issues. >> you're talking about miami-dade county specifically. there's recent polling out showing -- demonstrating your point. quickly, rick, the first presidential debate coming up september 29th. take a look at this new headline from nbc news. perhaps unsurprising. there's the headline nonetheless, "trump spurns traditional debate prep with first face-off less than three weeks away." the president has not held a single mock debate session and has no plans to stage a formal practice round. what do you make of that approach, rick tyler? >> normally that's a colossal mistake. donald trump is ill prepared to do anything. he doesn't listen so his briefings, doesn't read his daily national security report so it's par for the course. there is such a thing, craig, as overpreparing. i hope joe biden is not overpreparing. i don't know what the expectations for this debate are. it will be very interesting to see how they do. i don't think donald trump did particularly well against hillary clinton. think he was menacing and threatening. i don't know if he can pull that off with joe biden. we'll see. neither one to me has really turned in a great debate perfor performance, so it's going to be interesting and as to-up. >> rick tyler, we'll leave it there. >> say hello to your father-in-law. >> i will. he's watching. he's watching. voters purged from the rolls, accusations of others voting twice. new concerns popping up in georgia in a rare moment. two coveted senate seats both up for grabs this year. i'll talk to a reverend who is running for one of those seats. first, the police department in rochester, new york, is in turmoil after the death of daniel prude. the chief and entire command staff stepping down. so what's next? 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i'm joe biden and i approve this message. . some breaking news on this wednesday morning. attorney general bill barr was just asked in a news conference about the justice department's controversial decision to defend the president in a defamation lawsuit that lawsuit is a woman who accused the woman of sexual assault, an accusation he denies. this is part of the attorney general's response. >> -- how the president was acting in his official capacity when he denied knowing her and also why the -- damages that could be awarded to her. >> this has something to do with something called the westfall act. that is an act that provides that when tort cases, state tort cases are brought against government employees in the executive branch and in the legislative branch and the tort was allegedly committed in the course of federal employment, the case can be certified for shifting to the federal courts, and the united states can be subs sttituted as the responsib party. this has become somewhat routine to the extent that the certification process has been delegated to an attorney in the tort section of the civil division of the justice department. the process involves the employing agency, which in the case of a president has been the white house, sending in a memorandum requesting certification. that process was followed in this particular case. the case law is crystal clear that the westfall act applies to claims against the president, the vice president -- >> okay. that was just moments ago in chicago, attorney general bill barr talking about a decision by the justice department. we're going to have more on this. in fact, the attorney general is going to be sitting down with pete williams exclusively. that will air tonight on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. also this morning, a major shakeup within the rochester, new york, police department after the sudden retirement of its top officials. the announcement brought another night of protests to the streets over the death of daniel prude. nbc's gabe gutierrez continues to follow this story. gabe, what can you tell us about this abrupt decision? >> reporter: well, craig, it was a very sudden announcement. the police chief had been with the department for 20 years, but he had been under growing scrutiny as this case made national headlines. >> black lives matter. >> reporter: amid outrage over the death of daniel prude, the police department in rochester, new york, will now have new leadership after the police chief and the deputy chief abruptly retired. five other members of the command staff also either retired or were demoted. >> i can assure this community i am committed to instituting the reforms necessary in our police department. >> reporter: the city's mayor insists she didn't pressure chief singletary for stepping down though she initially criticized him of not informing city officials of the use of force during the encounter. in a written statement he says the mischaracterizations of the actions i took after being informed of mr. trud's death is not based on facts and not what i stand for. the announcement came on the same day as prude's sister as executor of the state sued the city and some members of the police department claiming prude died from unlawful force and a deliberate disregard for his medical needs. >> get on the ground. >> reporter: police videos released by prude's family last week, show the deadly encounter. back in march officers found prude naked in the middle of the street and placed him in what's known as a spid hood because they say prude told them he had covid-19. at one point he stopped breathing. paramedics tried to revive him but he died at the hospital days later. last week seven officers were suspended with pay. days ago the chief shrugged off a question about his possible resignation. >> have you offered to resign, did you resign? >> no. i know there was a rumor that i offered to resign. i did not. i'm still chief. >> we would like to see everyone who was complicit in what happened with daniel prude held responsible. that means the police chief. that means the mayor. we'll be out here every night until all of those things happen. >> reporter: the mayor says the police chief in rochester will stay on the job until the end of the month. no successor has been named. meanwhile new york's attorney general says she's empaneling a grand jury as part of the investigation into prude's death. craig. >> gabe gutierrez for us there, thank you. more breaking news this morning. this out of the middle east. the united states is withdrawing over 2,000 troops from iraq by the end of this month. this cuts the number of troops in that country by nearly half. in a statement the commander of u.s. central command, centcom, says, quote, this reduced footprint allows us to continue advising and assisting our iraqi partners in rooting out the final remnants of isis in iraq and ensuring its enduring defeat. meanwhile, back here a really interesting senate race unfolding in georgia. listen to who is running in the same primary. a republican senator and a wnba team owner, the son of a former democratic vice presidential nominee and the reverend of dr. martin luther king jr.'s former church. that reverend, raphael warnock will join me next to talk about how he's trying to tackle both democrats and republicans at the same time. we're all finding ways to keep moving. but how do we make sure the direction we're headed is forward? 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(combative yelling) therabreath, it's a better mouthwash. at walmart, target and other fine stores. right now in georgia there are two senate seats up for grabs. one of those raises, close to two dozen candidates are running in a unique system. it's called a jungle primary. and it puts members of both parties in one race to see if anyone can reach 50%. if not, the top two will go to runoff. reverend rafael warnock is the senior pastor of ebenezer baptist church in atlanta, georgia. reverend, thank you for your time this morning, i do appreciate you. >> thank you, it's great to be here with you. >> this race, strange for two big reasons. one, you're running against both democrats and republicans. two, there are big questions, as you know, about voting rights there, specifically in georgia, because of a voter roll purge, questions about double voting raised by the secretary of state. what's your strategy? >> it's good to be here with you. we have two senate races, as you point out, here in the state of georgia. we're the only state where that's true. i'm running in the special election to finish the last two years of the term started by republican senator johnny isakson. i'm running really not in a way of launching a new campaign, in my view. i'm continuing a campaign that i've been on for years, fighting for health care, fighting for economic justice, particularly for the people we're calling essential workers right now, and we're not paying them an essential wage. i've been engaged in this fight for voting rights right here in georgia, which is ground zero for voter suppression. i grew up in this state. i was raised in public housing, one of 12 children, i was number 11. the first college graduate in my family. somehow i made it through college, earned a ph.d. degree, became the pastor of dr. king's church. i'm running for the u.s. senate to continue the work i've been doing from that pulpit for about 15 years now. >> there's not, as you know, a lot of new reliable polling in this race. what's your internal polling telling you? >> oh, our internal polling shows that when people hear my story, that i'm already a few points ahead of the incumbent in a head to head match. as you point out, we're not yet in a head to head match. there are 21 people in my race. but i think that my long career of service will stand out, and that we are getting great momentum in this race. so we're telling my story on air and we'll continue to tell that story in this moment, in which we are dealing with vast inequities in this country. covid-19, then what i call covid 1619, our ongoing struggle with race in this country. i know that pain personally, as i pointed out in an ad we released this morning that talks about my own experience with racial profiling as a preteen here in georgia. we're facing those issues yet again. and i hope to bring the voices of ordinary peoples who the difference between them and the wealthy and well-connected, not only in the area of criminal justice but in health care, housing, and a whole range of issues. and i'm looking forward to it. we're seeing a lot of time moment momentum in the race, which is why the other side is engaged in voter suppression. they will not prevail. we had record turnout in this state during the primary on june 9. you saw the long lines. you saw the corruption and the incompetence right here in our state. the good news is that in spite of it all, georgia voters lined up with the deep commitment to exercise their basic constitutional right. we outperformed them in turnout. and we're going to prevail over the next few days and weeks. >> reverend warnock, we're almost out of time here, ten seconds. if you do win, will you stay on as pastor at ebenezer? >> you know, i've been watching politicians for a long time. i think the longer you talk to politicians, you might accidentally become one. my life is about service. i intend to stay connected to the people that i've served all of these years. i think that stuff will work itself out. right now i'm focused on getting elected. >> okay. reverend rafael warnock, did you for your time, sir. we reached out to the three other candidates in the race who are polling in the double digits to invite them on the show. hopefully they accept our invitations too. that will do it for me today. 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against now former officer brett hankison for shooting into taylor's apartment, charged because of the bullets that threatened neighboring tenants. tonight, the lawyer for taylor's family calling the decision outrageous and offensive. you can see protesters there in the streets. the national guard is standing by. there is a curfew in place for the next 72 hours. and abc's alex perez now leading us off from louisville. >> reporter: tonight, outraged protesters taking to the streets of louisville after a grand jury indicted one of the three officers involved in the fatal shooting of breonna taylor. but not in her death. >> i'm very, very sad. very, very mad. >> reporter: police detaining multiple demonstrators. that now former officer, brett hankison, charged with allegedly endangering neighbors in breonna's apartment complex after he violated department policy, opening fire without a clear aim or shot. >> detective hankison fired his weapon ten times, including from an outside sliding glass door and through a bedroom window. >> reporter: hankison indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree. none of the charges are connected to breonna's death. the grand jury finding the two other officers involved in the botched march 13th raid, detective myles cosgrove, who shot 16 times, and sergeant john mattingly, who shot six times, were justified in firing their weapons. >> the sequence of events from march 13th had to be pieced together through ballistics evidence, 911 calls, police radio traffic and interviews. >> reporter: breonna's boyfriend kenneth walker says he fired a warning shot from his legally owned gun because police did not announce themselves when they barged in that night, executing a search warrant. but the attorney general saying a civilian witness told investigators officers did knock and identify themselves. >> when officers were unable to get anyone to answer or open the door to apartment four, the decision was made to breach the door. >> reporter: mattingly, the only officer to enter the apartment, saw breonna and walker. >> he says that the male was holding a gun, arms extended in a shooting stance. sergeant mattingly saw the man's gun fire, heard a boom and immediately knew he was shot. >> reporter: that's when, authorities say, the officers opened fire, killing breonna. >> our investigation showed and the grand jury agreed that mattingly and cosgrove were justified in their return of deadly fire after having been fired upon by kenneth walker. >> reporter: he said his investigation did not examine how that warrant was obtained. the grand jury decision, demonstrators say, not enough. many overcome with emotion hearing the news today. >> in my heart, it doesn't feel like there's any justice for breonna and that's because they never brought up any murder charges. >> reporter: breonna's family attorney in a statement calling today's decision "offensive" and "another example of no accountability for the genocide of persons of color by white police officers." this comes more than 24 hours after mattingly sent an email to lmpd personnel obtained by abc affiliate whas, writing, "i know we did the legal, moral and ethical thing that night. it's sad how the good guys are demonized and criminals are canonized." tonight, the kentucky governor activating the national guard in louisville and an evening curfew in place. >> all right, so, let's get to alex perez with us from louisville tonight. and alex, i know there's late reaction just coming in from president trump tonight and word from joe biden? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, david. late today, the president, president trump saying -- he was praising the attorney general here of kentucky. and vice president joe biden calling on protesters to remain nonviolent. now, much of downtown louisville right now looks like this, completely boarded up. authorities here bracing for whatever is to come. david? >> all right, alex perez leading us off tonight. alex, thank you. the other officers named in the the breonna taylor case still face a police department inquiry and an fbi investigation. so, we do have one more question on this tonight. let's bring in our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas live in washington. and pierre, what are you learning tonight about the federal investigation? >> reporter: david, the fbi told us today they're investigating all aspects of breonna taylor's case, that agents are consulting with the justice department's civil rights division. one thing that the fbi is looking at is whether the search warrant that brought police to taylor's home was legal. there are allegations that one of the officers gave false information to the court concerning whether the postal service was seeing suspicious packages coming to the home. so, david, the postal service has said to a local outlet that there was no evidence of that. lots of questions about whether the civil rights of taylor were violated. david? >> all right, more to come in the case. pierre, thank you. we're going to turn now to the tense hearing on the hill today involving the back and forth between dr. anthony fauci and senator rand paul. at one point, dr. fauci telling the senator, "you're not listening." and tonight here, the nation's top scientists with a reality check of sorts. how soon there could be a potential vaccine here in the u.s. and then how long it would take before all americans would have access to it. mary bruce up on the hill tonight. >> reporter: as the nation marks a horrific milestone, 200,000 killed by the coronavirus, today, the head of the cdc dr. robert redfield with a stark reality check. >> a majority of our nation, more than 90% of the population, remains susceptible. >> reporter: on capitol hill, the nation's top health experts trying to convince americans to take a vaccine when one becomes available. saying they themselves will. >> i certainly would take that vaccine. >> i would have no hesitancy to recommend to my family. >> reporter: but a growing number of americans are skeptical, as the president sends mixed messages on the virus and amid growing concerns that his administration is putting politics ahead of science. today, the head of the fda insisting they can be trusted. >> our thorough review processes and science will guide our decisions. fda will not permit any pressure from anyone to change that. i will fight for science. >> reporter: but even in today's hearing, the scientists faced pushback. republican senator rand paul trying to discredit anthony fauci, questioning why new york has beaten back the virus. >> they are looking at the guidelines that we have put together from the task force of the four or five things of masks, social distancing, outdoors more than indoors, avoiding crowds and washing hands. >> or they've developed enough community immunity that they're no longer having the pandemic because they have enough immunity in new york city to actually stop. >> i challenge that, senator. >> i'm afraid -- >> please, sir, i would like to be able to do this because this happens with senator rand all the time. you are not listening to what the director of the cdc said, that in new york, it's about 22%. if you believe 22% is herd immunity, i believe you're alone in that. >> reporter: the president has said a vaccine will be ready as early as next month, just before election day. >> we're on track to deliver and distribute the vaccine in a very, very safe and effective manner. we think we can start sometime in october. >> reporter: trump even taking on his own cdc director last week, when redfield predicted americans won't be able to take advantage of a vaccine until mid 2021. >> i think he made a mistake when he said that. it's just incorrect information. >> reporter: today, he was asked if he's under political pressure. >> so, did you get any political pushback for saying what you said? >> i stand by trying to present the data and the science as i see it and i will continue to do that. >> reporter: redfield agrees with the president that a vaccine could be authorized by november, but is making it clear it would not be widely available then. >> i think that's going to take us april, may, june, possibly july to get the entire american public completely vaccinated. >> reporter: and fauci warning even then, covid isn't going to just disappear. >> the vaccine availability will go a giant step to controlling the infection, but you're not going to completely eradicate or eliminate it. >> tense moments on the hill today. let's get right to mary bruce on the hill tonight, because mary, there is also new developing involving a fourth potential vaccine, of course, this one from johnson & johnson, which is now starting its final stage of trial. and i know if this vaccine is approved, this one actually would be different? >> reporter: david, unlike the others, this vaccine would be just one shot. the others would require two doses. the company tells us this means they could treat twice as many americans. it is now entering these final trials and the first batch could become available early next year. david? >> all right, mary bruce. great to have you again tonight. now to the race for 2020 this evening and a major endorsement today for joe biden. cindy mccain, a republican, of course, senator john mccain's widow. on why she stepped across party lines to endorse biden. and tonight here, the new abc news/"washington post" polls in two key battleground states showing a very tight race. president trump tweeting out this picture of his massive rally in pennsylvania overnight, where he mocked joe biden for wearing a mask. our linsey davis today asking vice president pence what kind of message that sends, thousands packed together, few with masks. here's our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: joe biden got a front page boost in battleground state arizona today, where our new abc news/"washington post" poll has the race essentially tied. the president leading by one point among likely voters. now biden has the endorsement of cindy mccain, a republican and the widow of john mccain. and on "gma," she made a direct appeal to women. >> i'm hoping that i can convince suburban women who are kind of on the fence about things to come with me on this and join team biden and vote a man in who would be not only a marvelous president, but who shows the character, the integrity, the values and the wherewithal to be president. >> reporter: biden today warned that women's rights hang in the balance in the battle over replacing ruth bader ginsburg on the supreme court. >> what's going to happen is, women's rights as it relates to everything from medical health care, is going to be gone. women will be able to be charged more than men for same procedures again. pregnancy will be a pre-existing condition again. >> reporter: biden also turned to covid-19, urging people to wear masks, warning that without them, the death toll could go even higher. >> wear a mask. they estimate that would save about -- close to 89,000, 90,000 people. >> reporter: for his part, the president, speaking before yet another big crowd last night, mocked biden for wearing masks. >> he feels good about the mask. i wonder, in the debate, it'll be him and i on the stage. is he going to walk in with a mask? >> reporter: linsey davis today asked vice president pence why the campaign is defying public health recommendations with these big rallies. >> so, i want to show you a picture. i don't know how well you can see that. but this is a picture that president trump tweeted out, you've probably seen it, the rally last night in pennsylvania. thousands of people packed closely together. hardly any social distancing, very few masks. as again, head of the coronavirus task force, when your recommendation is for people, americans to stay away from large gatherings, how do you justify scenes like this? >> well, the recommendations of the coronavirus task force from early on have been state specific. we've trusted governors in our states and, most importantly, we've trusted the american people. >> the governor of nevada urged the president not to have the indoor rally there and he said that, quote, the president was putting countless lives in danger. >> well, we're in an election year and not surprisingly, some politics is being played. we can trust the american people to make the right decisions. >> linsey davis with the vice president. let's get right to jon karl again tonight. and jon, you showed our new poll there, the race virtually tied in arizona. the president ahead by one point among likely voters. let's look at florida tonight, as well, where president trump leads joe biden among likely voters 51% to 47%. and jon, florida is always a key battleground. >> reporter: florida, david, is a state that donald trump almost certainly must win if he's to get re-elected. that's why his campaign is spending more money in florida than any other state. joe biden could plausibly lose florida and still win the election, but that would mean a very close race and potentially a very long election night that could stretch on for days and days. >> yes. >> reporter: david? >> we are all preparing. jon, thank you. we're going to move on now to the solemn tribute at the supreme court today for the late justice ruth bader ginsburg. more than 100 of her former law clerks lining the steps, serving as honorary pallbearers. her flag-draped coffin carried inside, where family and fellow justices heard chief justice john roberts praised her for moving our nation closer to equal justice under the law. former president bill clinton and secretary clinton. the former president nominating ginsburg, of course. and hillary clinton acknowledging in recent days her role in encouraging her husband to select ginsburg. and the signal from the conservative chief justice on the tone set by justice ginsburg and what she did for her country. terry moran has long covered the court. >> reporter: at the supreme court this morning, a tableau of honor and grief. justice ruth bader ginsburg's former law clerks arrayed across the sunlit plaza, her honorary pallbearers, as she returned one final time to the court she served so long. members of the supreme court police force carried the casket up the stairs into the great hall, followed by her family. all her colleagues and former justice anthony kennedy gathering for the traditional jewish ceremony. ♪ >> reporter: then chief justice john roberts spoke briefly and simply of his longtime colleague and unlikely pop icon, "the notorious rbg." >> it has been said that ruth wanted to be an opera virtuoso, but became a rock star instead. >> reporter: the chief justice speaking for the court and the country. >> of course she will live on in what she did to improve the law and the lives of all of us. and yet, still, ruth is gone and we grieve. >> reporter: then the casket was carried outside, to the top of those long stairs, for the public to pay their final respects. former president bill clinton, who appointed ginsburg to the court, along with hillary clinton, who encouraged him to make that nomination, joining the mourners. across the street, in the capitol, the battle over ginsburg's replacement is raging, with republicans all but certain to seat a new trump justice before the election. senate minority leader chuck schumer lashing out at them. >> they are fighting to reverse judge ginsburg's legacy, not honor it. all their speeches of praise rung totally hollow. >> reporter: and president trump today declaring that he wants his nominee confirmed quickly and the conservative majority solidified in case the election results are disputed. >> i think this will end up in the supreme court, and i think it's very important that we have nine justices. >> reporter: and among the first big cases on the docket here, whether the affordable care act, obamacare, should be struck down in its entirety, leaving 130 million americans without guaranteed access to health care. president trump supports that effort. he pledges to protect those americans. he says he's got a plan for it. he said that a year ago, david, and there's no sign of it yet. >> and we can still see that line of mourners right there behind you. terry, thanks for that today. when we come back here tonight, just in this evening, the governor testing positive for coronavirus. his wife already testing positive. but today there's a combination of two immunotherapies you can take first. one that could mean... a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread and that tests positive for pd-l1 and does not have an abnormal egfr or alk gene. it's the first and only approved chemo-free combination of two immunotherapies that works together in different ways to harness the power of 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New-yorkUnited-statesArizonaNevadaStanfordKentuckyMissouriWashingtonFloridaPennsylvaniaCalifornia-creekCapitol-hill get to most americans. and just in tonight, the governor now testing positive after his wife first came down with the virus. the race for 2020. cindy mccain endorsing joe biden. and explaining why she made the choice. amid the new abc news/"washington post" poll, what it shows in two key battlegrounds. a very tight race. the image from the president's rally in pennsylvania. and tonight, lindsey davis asking vice president pence what kind of message it sends, packed rallies, thousands without masks. how the vice president answers. the powerful tribute to the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. 100 of her former clerks on the courthouse steps as her casket arrived. chief justice john roberts and his powerful words today. form president bill clinton, who appointed ginsburg, and secretary clinton who as acknowledged in recent days in her role encouraging her husband to pick ginsburg, paying their respects. the news out of california tonight. the governor issuing a new executive order, banning the sale of new gas-fueled cars in 15 years. and we remember a hall of fame football star right here tonight. good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. we have a lot to get to. that tribute to justice ruth bader ginsburg. what the chief justice john roberts said today. and that tense exchange on capitol hill involving dr. anthony fauci. but we begin tonight in louisville at this hour, after the grandry decision in bnars, but not in her death. breonna taylor, a louisville emt, was shot dead after officers serving a warrant opened fire. a grand jury weighing charges against the three officers on the scene, indicting one of them. not in her death, indicting the officer on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree against now former officer brett hankinson for shooting into taylor's apartment, charged because of the bullets that threatened neighboring tenants. tonight, the lawyer for taylor's family calling the decision outrageous and offensive. you can see protesters there in the streets. the national guard is standing by. there is a curfew in place for the next 72 hours. and abc's alex perez now leading us off from louisville. >> reporter: tonight, outraged protesters taking to the streets of louisville after a grand jury indicted one of the three officers involved in the fatal shooting of breonna taylor. but not in her death. >> i'm very, very sad. very, very mad. >> reporter: police detaining multiple demonstrators. that now former officer, brett hankyson, charged with allegedly endangering neighbors in breonna's apartment complex after he violated department police, opening fire without a clear aim or shot. >> detective hankinson fired his weapon ten times, including from an outside sliding glass door and through a bedroom window. >>ter: hanson indicted connected to breonna's death. the grand jury finding the two other officers involved in the botched march 13th raid, detective myles cosgrove, who, o shot 16 times and sergeant john mattingly, who shot six times, were justified in firing their weapons. >> the sequence of events from march 13th had to be pieced together through ballistics evidence, 911 calls, police radio traffic and interviews. >> reporter: taylor's boyfriend kenneth walker said he fired a warning shot from his legally owned gun because police d barged in that night, executing a search warrant. the attorney general saying a civilian witness said officers did not and identified themselves. >> when officers were unable to get anyone to answer or open the door to apartment four, the decision was made to breach the door. >> reporter: mattingly, the only officer to enter the apartment, saw breonna and walker. >> he says that the male was holding a gub gun, arms extended in a shooting stance. sergeant mattingly saw the man's gun fire, heard a boom and immediately knew he was shot. >> reporter: that's when, authorities say, the officers opened fire, killing breonna. >> our investigation showed and the grand jury agreed that mattingly and cosgrove were justified in their return of deadly fire after having been fired upon by kenneth walker. >> reporter: he said his investigation did not examine how that warrant was obtained. the grand jury decision, demonstrators say, not enough. many overcome with emotion hearing the news today. >> in my heart, it doesn't feel like there's any justice for breonna and that's because they never brought up any murder charges. >> reporter: breonna's family attorney, in a stament, y'decioe of no accountability for the genocide of persons of color by white police officers." this comes more than 24 hours after mattingly sent an email to lmpd personnel obtained by abc affiliate whas, writing, "i know we did the legal, moral and ethical thing that night. it's sad how the good guys are demonized and criminals are con nonized." tonight, the kentucky governor activating the national guard in louisville and an evening curfew in place. >> all right, so, let's get to alex perez with us from louisville tonight. and alex, i know there's late reaction just coming in from president trump tonight and word from joe biden? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, david. late today, the president, president trump saying he was praising the attorney general here of kentucky and vice president joe biden calling ono. now, much of downtown louisville right now looks like this, completely boarded up. authorities here bracing for whatever is to come. david? >> all right, alex perez leading us off tonight. alex, thank you. the other officers named in the breonna taylor case still face a police department inquiry and and fbi investigation. so, let's bring in our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas in washington tonight. what are you learning tonight about the federal investigation? >> reporter: david, the fbi told us today they're investigating all aspects of breonna taylor's case, that agents are consults with the justice department's civil rights division. one thing that the fbi is looking at is whether the search warrant that brought police to taylor's home was legal. there are allegations that one of the officers gave false information to the court concerning whether the postal service was seeing suspicious packages coming to the home. so, david, the postalers sa t l e civilfayr w vie thteioeanghe hill n forth between dr. anthony fauci and senator rand paul. at one point, dr. fauci telling the and the nation's top scientists with a reality of shorts, how soon there could be a potential vaccine here in the u.s. and how long it would take before all americans would have access to it. mary bruce up on the hill tonight. >> reporter: as the nation marks a horrific milestone, 200,000 killed by the coronavirus, today, the head of the cdc dr. robert redfield with a stark reality check. >> a majority of our nation, more than 90% of the population, remains susceptible. >> reporter: on capitol hill, the nation's top health experts trying to convince americans to take a vaccine, when one becomes available. saying they themselves will. >> i certainly would take that vaccine. >> i would have no hesitancy to recommend to my family. >> reporter: but a growing number of americans are skeptic sends mixed messages on the virus and amid growing concerns that his administration is putting politics ahead of science. today, the head of the fda insisting they can be trusted. >> our thorough review processes and science will guide our decisions. fda will not permit any pressure from anyone to change that. i will fight for science. >> reporter: but even in today's hearing, the scientists faced pushback. republican senator rand paul trying to discredit anthony fauci, questioning why new york has beaten back the virus. >> they are looking at the guidelines that we have put together from the task force of the four or five things of masks, social distancing, outdoors more than indoors, avoiding crowds and washing hands. >> or they've developed enough community immunity that they're no longer having the pandemic because they have enough immunity in new york city to actually stop. >> i challenge that, senator. >> i'm afraid -- >> please, sir, i would like to be able tou e nolisting to what the director of the cdc said, that in new york it's about 22%. if you believe 22% is herd immunity, i believe you're alone in that. >> reporter: the president has said a vaccine will be ready as early as next month, just before election day. >> we're on track to deliver and distribute the vaccine in a very, very safe and effective manner. we think we can start sometime in october. >> reporter: trump even taking on his own cdc director last week, when redfield predicted americans won't be able to take advantage of a vaccine until mid-2021. >> i think he made a mistake when he said that. it's just incorrect information. >> reporter: today, he was asked if he's under political pressure. >> so, did you get any political push-back for saying what you said? >> i stand by trying to present the data and the science as i see it and i will continue to do that. >> reporter: redfield agrees with the president that a vaccine could be authorized by november but is making it clear it would not be widely available then. >> i think that's going to take us to april, may, june, possibly july to get the entire american orte and fauci warni enthen dis. >> til go a giant step to controlling the infection, but you're not going to completely eradicate or eliminate it. >> tense moments on the hill today. let's get right to mary bruce on the hill tonight, because mary, there is also new developing involving a fourth potential vaccine, of course, this one from johnson & johnson, which is now starting its final stage of trial. and i know if this vaccine is approved, this one would be actually different? >> reporter: david, unlike the others, this vaccine would be just one shot. the others would require two doses. the company tells us this means they could treat twice as many americans. it is now entering these final trials and the first batch could become available early next year. david? >> all right, mary bruce. great to have you again tonight. now to the race for 2020 this evening and a major endorsement today for joe biden. cindy mccain, a republican, of course, senator john mccain's widow. on why she stepped across party lines to endorse biden. and tonight here, the new abc news/"washington post" polls in key battleground states showing a very tight race. president trump tweeting out this picture of his massive rally in pennsylvania overnight, where he mocked joe biden for wearing a mask. our li hat sends, tusands packed together, few with masks. here's our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: joe biden got a front page boost in battleground state arizona today, where our new abc news/"washington post" poll has the race essentially tied. the president leading by one point among likely voters. now biden has the endorsement of cindy mccain, a republican and the widow of john mccain. and on "gma," she made a direct appeal to women. >> i'm hoping that i can convince suburban women who are kind of on the fence about things to come with me on this. and join team biden and vote a man in who would be not only a marvelous president, but who shows the character, the integrity, the values and the where with all to be president. >> reporter: biden today warned that women's rights hang in the balance in the battle over replacing ruth bader ginsburg on the supreme court. >> what's going to happen is, women's rights as it relates to everything from medical health care is going to be gone. women will be able to be charged more than men for the same procedures again. pregnancy will be a pre-existing condition again. >> reporter: biden also turned to covid-19, urging people to wear masks, warning that without them the death toll could go even higher. >> wear a mask. they estimate that can save about -- close to 89,000, 90,000 people. >> reporter: for his part, the president, speaking before yet another big crowd last night, mocked joe biden for wearing masks. >> he feels good about the mask. i wonder, in the debate, it'll be him and i on the stage. is he going to walk in with a mask? e ence why ey da health romatns wh these big rallies. >> i want to show you a picture. i don see this. but this is a picture of the rally that president trump tweeted out, you've probably seen it, rally last night in pennsylvania. thousands of people packed closely together. hardly any social distancing, very few masks. as again, head of the coronavirus task force, when your recommendation is for people, americans to stay away from large gatherings, how do you justify scenes like this? >> well, the recommendations of the coronavirus task force from early on have been state specific. we've trusted governors in our states and, most importantly, we've trusted the american people. >> the governor of nevada urged the president not to have the indoor rally there and he said that, quote, the president was putting countless lives in danger. >> well, we're in an election year and not surprisingly, some politics is being played. we can trust the american people to make the right decisions. >> linsey davis with the vice president. let's get right to jon karl again tonight. you showethere,he id b one poi among likely voters. let's look at florida tonight, as well. where president trump leads joe biden among likely voters 51% to 47% and jon, florida is always a key battleground. >> reporter: florida, david, is a state that donald trump almost certainly must win if he's to get ree legged. that's why his campaign is spending more money in florida than any other state. joe biden could plausibly lose florida and still win the election, but that would mean a very close race and potentially a very long election night that could stretch on for days and days. >> yes. >> reporter: david? >> we are all we'reoi tsueme cot da forhee g as honorary pal bearers. her coffin carried inside, where chief justice john roberted praised her for moving our nation closer to equal justice under the law. former president bill clinton and secretary clinton. the former president nominating ginsburg, of course. and hillary clinton acknowledging in recent days her role in encouraging her husband to select ginsburg. and the signal from the conservative chief justice on the tone set by justice ginsburg and what she did for her country. terry moran has long covered the court. >> reporter: at the supreme court this morning, a tableau of honor and grief. justice ruth bader ginsburg's former law clerks arrayed across the sunlit plaza, her honorary pallbearers, as she returned one final time to the court she served so long. members of the supreme court police force carried the casket up the stairs into the great hall, followed by her family. all her colleagues and former justice anthony kennedy gath tditial on rorter: then chief justice john roberts spoke briefly and simply of his longtime colleague and unlikely pop icon, "the notorious rbg." >> it has been said that ruth wanted to become an opera virtuoso, but she became a rock star instead. >> reporter: the chief justice speaking for the court and the country. >> of course she will live on in what she did to improve the law and the lives of all of us. and yet, still, ruth is gone and we grieve. >> reporter: then the casket was carried outside, to the top of those long stairs, for the public to pay their final respects. former president bill clinton, who appointed ginsburg to the court, along with hillary clinton, who encouraged him to make that nomination, joining the mourners. across the street, in the capitol, the battle over ginsburg's replacement is raging, with republicans all be certain to seat a new trump justice before the election. senate minority leader chuck schumer lashing out at them. >> they are fighting to reverse judge ginsburg's legacy, not honor it. all their speeches of praise rung totally hollow. >> reporter: and president trump today declaring that he wants his nominee confirmed quickly and the conservative majority results are disputed. >> i think this will end up in the supreme court, and i think it's very important that we have nine justices. >> reporter: and among the first big cases on the docket here, whether the affordable care act, obamacare, should be struck down in its entirety, leaving 130 million americans without guaranteed access to health care. president trump supports that effort. he pledges to protect those americans. he says he has a plan for it. he said that a year ago, david, and there's no sign of it yet. >> and we can see the line of mourners right there behind you. thank you for that today. when we 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New-yorkUnited-statesArizonaNevadaMissouriWashingtonKentuckyFloridaCaliforniaPennsylvaniaCalifornia-creekCapitol-hill never even agreed to it. >> one of the big reasons, this comes a day after another deadly air strike near a u.n. shelter that drew some of the strongest criticism yet from the united nations and the united states. anderson cooper is joining us from jerusalem on the ground there this morning with the latest. what is it looking like just a few short hours into this cease-fire, anderson? >> about three hours into this cease-fire israel has said there's been at least 23 rockets fired into israel from gaza since midnight east coast time. but i want to get you the latest details on the cease-fire. despite the early trouble we told you about, we're about three hours in with four hours to go. israel agreed to hold its fire despite refusals by hamas. israel say it is truce does not apply to soldiers working to destroy terror tunnels including tunnels into israel. the israel defense forces say it will respond if fired upon. a senior palestinian jihad operative was killed. we believe donian monsieur was targeted before the cease-fire began. the pause in hostilities comes in the wake of another air strike near a u.n. shelter. the united states went to call it disgraceful despite them claiming that they were targeting -- for more response, let's go to john vause. john? >> reporter: anderson, as you say, three hours into the cease-fire in gaza city, roads are once again jammed. shops are opened, the markets are crowded. many people taking an opportunity just to simply head out and resupply. children heading out to play in the open. something they haven't been able to do safely for many, many weeks. israel says it is investigating what may have been a strike on a house here in gaza city. about 20 minutes into that humanitarian window. right now they say they do not know what happened, what may not have happened. the palestinians say the home was hit by an air strike. 30 people were hurt. at least one person, an 8-year-old child was killed. the israelis say this is a limited cease-fire. their military operations are continuing, especially in the southern part of gaza. this morning gaza is just hours into another humanitarian cease-fire. israel defense forces declaring the seven-hour window allowing food, water and medical supplies to enter gaza, help for families devastated by attacks. but this humanitarian pause excludes areas still occupied by the idf including the town of raffa. when firing took place early sunday near a u.n. boys school sheltering 3,000 people. an explosion hit just outside the school's main gate injuring dozens, leaving at least nine dead. it's the seventh u.n. school rocked by violence in the past month. the u.s. state department released a scathing statement condemning the strike near the school calling the incident appalling and disgraceful saying in part u.n. facilities, especially those sheltering civilians must be protected and must not be used as bases from which to launch attacks. the u.n. secretary general calling it a, quote, moral outrage and a criminal act. over the weekend dozens of powerful explosions rattled the israeli-gaza border, israeli military saying more than 100 rockets had been fired towards israel on sunday alone. hamas says the reason why they're not entering into this seven-hour-long pause in the fighting, they say, first, they don't trust the israelis, and secondly, they say this humanitarian window is just simply an attempt to divert attention from what happened at that u.n. school in raffa over the weekend. anderson. >> john vause from gaza. mark reg gave is the chief spokesman for prime minister benjamin netanyahu. 23 rockets israel is saying has come in from gaza since midnight time east coast. palestinian officials are saying industrial violated the cease-fire 20 minutes into the strike. >> that's not true. when we give an order from our forces to hold fire, they hold fire. from 10:00 this morning local time we ceased all offensive operations against terror targets, except for the special locations like in raffa where we have an underground operation to find the tunnels and terror targets. yesterday some 220 trucks entered the gaza strip with humanitarian support. we're working to fix power lines, working to fix water pipes to make sure the people of gaza receive both power and water. we've said to all gorn governments and aid agencies, anything you want to send to gaza, we will facilitate the age. >> what about the strike on the house at 10:20? >> i'm not aware of that. i can't tell you it's israeli ordnance. we don't know what happened in this case. >> to palestinian officials who say this seven-hour cease-fire by israel, unilateral, is a smoke screen to deflect attention from the criticism that israel received, really very strong criticism from the u.n. calling it a criminal act, even from the united states, calling it disgraceful. why strike near a shelter where you know there are some 3,000 people? >> first of all, this is the seventh humanitarian cease-fire that israel has agreed to or initiated. >> also the seventh strike near a u.n. school. >> if we want to discuss the u.n., let's be clear. what whapd yesterday we're reviewing very carefully. we do know there were three members of islamic jihad who we targeted. it appears people were killed in collateral damage. i don't know if that's because of our ordnance or they were carrying explosives. >> the united states says nevertheless, even if there are militants operating nearby that israel must take greater caution when they know that there are thousands of civilians sheltering in a place that you have told them to leave one area. there's not many places that they can go. >> let's be clear. no ordinance fell in the u.n. school. no one inside the school was hurt. we don't target u.n. facilities. >> people outside the school, there were a large number of deaths and injuries. >> that's correct. we want to minimize -- we don't want a single civilian casualty in gaza. >> to hear the united states saying that israel has to take greater caution, greater thought to live up to their own desire not to attack civilians, you say what? is it appropriate? they say it's not appropriate to fire artillery shells. >> it wasn't artillery shells. it was a missile, targeted hitting that collateral damage. it wasn't artillery fire or mortar fire. it was a specific rocket. we do hold ourselves to a high standard. when innocent civilians are caught in the cease-fire, it's an operation failure. it's something we deeply regret. we don't want to see the civilians caught up in a cease-fire. >> what happens at the end of this seven-hour window. >> we will continue our operations against terror targets in gaza. ground forces are winding up operations in the tunnels, redeploying our forces in defensive positions. >> does that mean no israeli troops in gaza? >> it's too early to say that because the operation in raffa is continuing. we've got a very aggressive nerve center there of tunnels and hamas activity that has to be dealt with. >> when you say you're going to withdraw to defense positions, does that mean out of gaza? >> some in, some out. >> in terms of any kind of negotiations, there are palestinians waiting in egypt and saying they're willing to talk? >> our level of faith in hamas' ability to honor any arrangement made internationally is at an all-time low. what happened on friday, we were given assurances, the u.n., the americans were given assurances from the qataris that all palestinian factions would abide by the cease-fire. 1 1/2 hours in we're brutally attacked and three people are killed. >> on friday you thought the israeli soldier had been captured, thought there was a suicide attack. now neither of those are the case? >> we were correct at the time. we said that we had two soldiers killed. he waited one or two hours before saying that because we have to notify the families. we said immediately soldiers have been killed and we said one of them has been abducted. we never said we knew he was alive. from our point of view, operationally you presume he's alive until otherwise determined. in the course of searching for him there was evidence discovered that he was unfortunately killed and he was buried, as you know, yesterday. >> mark regev, thank you very much. later we'll have ambassador riad monsieur, palestinian observe tore the united states. >> thanks so much. over to michaela now. good morning everyone. let's give you a look at your headlines. in iraq i.s.i.s. militants are gaining crucial ground, seizing the country's largest hydroelectric dam. after battles with security forces sunday, sunni extremists also seized control of three towns in northern iraq, sending thousands of people fleeing to the nearby mountains. rescue operations under way this morning after a deadly 6.1 magnitude quake struck southwestern china. at least 380 people are dead, nearly 2,000 are injured. thousands of homes were destroyed. right now troops and firefighters are digging through rubble looking for survivors. however, heavy rain is blocking roads and slowing relief and rescue efforts on the ground. a senate report detailing the cia's controversial interrogation tactics, the 6,000 page report reflects how the cia techniques helped bring down osama bin laden. president obama banned the practices after taking office. he said friday the cia had, quote, tortured some folks during george w. bush's administration. those are your headlines, guys. let's talk about michaela's old stomping ground. california having a rough go of it. one person has died, thousands more stranded in southern california. this all comes after heavy rain and mudslides pummeled san bernardino county. flash floods carrying heavy debris cut off roads to the towns of forest falls and oak glenn. among the trapped right now, some 500 children at a church camp. let's get over to meteorologist indra petersons with a look at more on this. was it too much rain in a short period of time? >> exactly what's going on. when you think of southern california, you think of drought conditions. not in the summertime. monsoonal thunderstorms can quickly bring heavy rain and deadly mudslides. >> everything slides down and it's just this rush of rock and water and mud. >> reporter: torrential rain and deadly mudslides leaving residents missing and campers trapped in two southern california towns. the rushing water overtaking drivers and leaving cars stranded. this helicopter footage shows the extent of the flooding. emergency workers forced to break the windows of this car to make sure nobody is trapped inside. the mud flow leaving roads impassable. 500 children and adults trapped at a local church camp. crews using bulldozers and heavy equipment to try to reach the campers as air rescue crews worked to free residents and their be loved pets. this van almost completely emerged in mud on a destroyed campsite. >> i knew it was a flash flood, we were in the middle of it and we only had minutes to turn it around. >> the powerful water knocking this hot tub from its foundation. some roads covered with six to eight feet of rock as floodwaters continue to make driving extremely difficult and dangerous. >> this is the worst we've had since at least 1969. i don't feel like it's stopping. >> notice where forest falls is and where the heaviest thunderstorms are. this area is prone to this. whether the thunderstorms occur 50, 60 miles away, all the rain comes down these canyons and takes campers by surprise as heavy water and mud as thick as five to six feet with rush into the area, seemingly coming from nowhere. >> absolutely seems like it came from nowhere when you see how submerged the van is. >> a sneaky aspect. it looks like water, but actually a mudslide, much more force. people are taken by surprise. >> very dangerous. let's take a break. coming up next on "new day," a second american infected with the deadly ebola virus is heading home. her colleague has already been flown to the united states and seen a dramatic change. dr. sanjay gupta is at the hospital this morning with the latest developments. plus the u.n. and u.s. given the strongest condemnations yet of israel's shelling. israeli's prime minister isn't backing down. what will be done, if anything? 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what happens going forward? >> reporter: the real goal in a situation like this is you want to basically allow the body to overcome the infection and support the body while it does so. so the body could eventually fight the virus, but if it becomes too dehydrated, the person may die. you provide fluids. if the person has bleeding problems, you provide blood. that's the real goal. there's also these investigational drugs which you alluded to, the idea that you take the fighting cells to ebola and put them in somebody's blood to help them over come the infection. i think that is real, that's something a lot of people are investigating and it could be what he received as well. so we don't know yet but i think some of those details are forthcoming. >> any idea whether or not they're going to do that with ms. writebo l. she got the serum as well. there was that very powerful story of where brantley gave the dose of what they thought was the last dose to writebol. it turns out there was another one so they both got one. what about her planned treatment? >> reporter: i think it's very much the same. my understanding of these types of treatments, they go on over a few days. while they may have started the treatment, for example, in liberia, the continuation of the treatment is expected to happen here. >> can we bring in dr.ize cough, sanjay? >> he's right here next to me. this is chris qom ma. >> good morning, chris. >> a lot of high interest in this situation for one big reason. the question is this safe? what can you tell people? >> simple answer of the question. it's absolutely safe. it's safe because the health care workers at emory university hospital's isolation unit and all the providers who helped get the patient here are trained for this. they've worked for 12 years to develop the right protocols, policies and procedures. it's absolutely safe. >> people at home, we're watching. you're wearing these space-looking suits. you need your own breathing apparatus, a special jet. the whole thing seems fraught with risk. how many layers of containment are there if something goes wrong? >> i think it may have been described before that how ebola is transmitted is primarily through contact or through droplets. if i were to touch sanjay or i was to cough in his face and i was infected, he would be at risk. but beyond that, it doesn't transmit by aerosol or by some -- as bruce ribner mentioned before, some magical pathway of transmission. so contact and trop let precautions are something that in health care we're very familiar with. that's true also for the ambulance crew at grady ms. they've taken special precautions not only when caring for the patient but when it's time to get rid of that medical waste. the crew at phoenix air has been prepared for this as well. i think, again, the 12 years of preparation is what has given us confidence we can do this safely. >> interesting you've been preparing for this kind of scenario. i guess you have to as we learn more about these difficult-to-treat viruses going forward. does having a second patient compromise the circumstances? what's your capacity? >> no, i don't think the circumstances are compromised at all. but you raise a good question about capacity. there's a lot that goes into caring for a patient like this, and that capacity is also determined by just how critically ill a patient is. so we've always said the unit has the capacity for two to three patients. based on some factors and how well they're doing and what kind of resources we can bring to bear, the number might change. >> how long can you keep them? >> i think we can keep them until they're better. that's our goal. >> all right. so there's no timeline. sanjay, let me bring you in for one last point. again, we're seeing all these massive preparations and prophylactic systems in place at emery. then we hear about this doctor in tennessee who is self-born, with his daughter when he got off the plane, may have been exposed to someone when they were sick. what do we do with him? >> it's an interesting point. as much as we talk about the sophistication of this isolation unit, quarantine for ebola is much simpler than quarantine for a lot of other diseases. again, it can only spread by direct contact after someone is already sick. ultimately, if he, in fact, has ebola, he's going to need to go to one of these hospitals for the treatment and get the fluids and some of these investigational drugs we're talking about. if he doesn't, then the self quarantine can be pretty effective for preventing future infections which is what the goal is. >> all right, sanjay. thank you very much. doctor, what i'm doing is engaging the suspicion because that's how we keep people calm in these circumstances, by asking the questions that will scare us naturally as the uninitiated. we don't understand how you stay safe the way you do. thank you for telling us what's going to happen. we look forward to updates and hearing that brantly is doing better. we hope to hear the same about writebol. sanjay, thank you for being down there and watching it all happen for us. >> you got it. thanks, chris. coming up on "new day," israel is trying another cease-fire, but already reports it has been violated. moon while, unusually harsh words for the shelling of the u.n. school, the seventh time there has been damage to a u.n. school in this conflict. just a bad situation in the middle east. we'll take you through the latest. plus, another day without drinking water for residents of toledo. you'll hear the scary warning about the quality of their water. why and what can be done about it straight ahead. or creamy broths. everything she's been waiting for. carefully crafted with real seafood, real veggies, and never any by-products or fillers. wow! being a cat just got more enjoyabowl. fancy feast broths. wow served daily. yyyup. with xfinity internet soyour family can use all their devices at once. works anywhere in the house. even in the garage. max what's going on? 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>> reporter: you know, not really hearing anything about that. it is interesting that this humanitarian cease-fire is coming just hours really after this outrage started pouring in. i suppose that question will be asked. you veal the state department spokeswoman jen psaki in later on. it's interesting in what you heard over the weekend, prime minister benjamin netanyahu is reported as saying he didn't want the obama administration second-guessing the israeli operation to root out the hamas militants in these tunnels, and so i think that is a reflection of some of the tensions that are going on between the obama administration and the netanyahu government. of course, the white house likes to bend over backwards and also say the israelis have a right to defend themselves and no government, no country would want to tolerate rockets coming down on civilian areas. >> what are you hearing about that point exactly? netanyahu reportedly saying don't second-guess in how to deal with hamas over the weekend. the questions of tension between especially president obama and netanyahu, that's not new at all. but publicly these two administrations always talk about being on the same page and supporting each other. is that changing now or is this a little bit of more of the same? >> i think it's more of the same. i do think the level of really outrage in that statement from jen psaki is notable. i think this question will be coming up all day long. you'll have her on, josh ernst will be on later. the question will come up as to whether or not there are these tensions. the president was asked on friday about whether or not he has lost influence in the world, whether the israelis are listening to him when he's asking the israeli government to take greater steps to avoid civilian casualties. the president was sort of resigned in saying, look, the united states can't control every bad thing that happens in the world. but, again, obama administration officials reemphasizing they believe israel has a right to defend themselves. you did hear netanyahu over the weekend describe the united states as being terrific in all of this. it was an interesting use of words. he also praised the u.s. government for the 200-some-odd million dollars appropriated by the congress to add to the iron dome system in israel. i think mixed in with some of thoesz those niceties, i think there is tension building between both of these administrations and i think we'll see some of that play out this week, kate. >> you do have tough talk. as you know, it was one of the few things that congress did before it left for recess, offering up more money to israel for support of the iron dome defense system. jim, thanks so much. busy day at the white house. thank you. >> reporter: you bet, kate. up next on "new day," much more out of the conflict in the middle east. hamas refusing to agree to this morning's cease-fire. does the militant group even want peace? 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>> translator: look at the results. how many israeli civilians did our rockets kill? israel knows the number. meanwhile how many palestinians has israel killed? up until now 1,700 people, while we killed by israel's own admission, 63 soldiers. we kill soldiers, combatants while they kill civilians. >> because you're firing your rockets from civilian neighborhoods, that's where you're firing your rockets from. your rockets are fired indiscriminately to civilian areas, tel aviv, jerusalem. president obama says you're firing from civilian neighborhoods. you know that means you'll have high civilian casualties. critics are saying the only reason you're doing this, you get the international sympathy because of high civilian casualties. >> translator: it is unfortunate that the u.s. administration and president obama have adopted the israeli narrative which is a lie. hamas sacrifices itself for its people and does not use its people as human shields to protect its soldiers. these are lies. and hamas does not seek international sympathy through its own victims. >> what are you prepared to do to get a cease-fire? are you prepared to destroy your tunnels? are you prepared to stop firing rockets at israel? are you prepared to accept the right of israel as a state to exist? >> translator: we are ready for a cease-fire. we don't want war. we want the war to end today and we did not attack anyone. it was netanyahu who transferred the crisis that took place in the west bank on june 12 together gaza. he is responsible for this. we are ready to stop this war and we want cease-fire. >> are you ready to stop building rockets, ready to stop firing rockets? >> translator: i'll answer you. i'll answer you. why are there demands only on the palestinian people to get rid of their modest and simple weapons but no similar demands on israel, the occupying state? we are ready to discuss the removal of weapons. >> are you winning this war? >> translator: our steadfastness is itself a victory. for us to kill their soldiers while they kill our civilians is also a victory for the palestinian cause and for hamas. >> are you having a victory for your resistance for the cause while so many palestinians are dieing? you've killed a handful of israeli soldiers. how are you winning? how is this a strategic victory? >> translator: our people are convinced today that the only way to get rid of the occupation and establish their state is through resistance, like all the people of the world have done, just like what the american people did when they got rid of the british occupation and as the french did when they got rid of the nazi occupation. >> president obama asked you to be more responsible, to not fire rockets from civilian neighborhoods. what concessions are you willing to make to get this blockade lifted? >> we are ready to take all the positive steps and we have done it before. let me say it. let the aggression end. >> get rid of the tunnels. stop firing rockets. >> i'll tell you, let the aggression end and the siege lifted and hamas and resistance will not fire rockets on anybody. we're defending ourselves full stop. >> you will stop the rockets? >> translator: when the israeli aggression ends, we will stop responding to them. >> let's define. what is the aggression that has to stop? let's be very precise and clear. >> translator: israel has to stop all forms of aggression, missiles, jets, attacks by air, land and sea. they must open the border crossings and lift the siege. beyond that the main issue is to end the occupation and end the building of settlements because those are the true root causes of this conflict. >> i also asked about the issue that hamas stores weapons in schools and mosques despite the fact that israeli troops have found evidence of that, he said that is not true. he invited international monitors to come and take a look, chris. >> knias we hear from both side both sides say they want peace, but they're each waiting for the other to take the first step and it hasn't happened yet. nic robertson, thank you very much. obviously the conflict in the middle east is at the top of the agenda. we have a lot of news morning. let's get right to it. >> the third attack on a u.n. shelter just like this in just under a week. >> what i hope from the israeli government it will seriously consider any opportunity to stop doing this. >> we will do what needs to be done to protect our people from these attacks from gaza. medically, scientifically, historically this is a first. >> they deerv the best medical care to try to resolve the infection they can get. dangerous levels of micro sis stint sometimes released by algae blooms. >> everybody stay cool, stay calm and we'll get through this. >> can't wash dishes, can't wash up, can't cook. it's hell. welcome back to "new day." there is breaking news in the middle east this morning. the latest attempt at a cease-fire is iffy at best. palestinian officials say 30 were injured in an air strike shortly after the cease-fire began. israel denies the air strike and says three rockets were launched from gaza. we should mention hamas never agreed to the cease-fire. >> also israeli on going operations, those did continue during the cease-fire. israel says it has come under heavy criticism by the united states and the u.n. also today for a deadly air strike that happened near a u.n. shelter, this coming over the weekend. anderson cooper is back with us this morning live from jerusalem on the ground here. anderson, what are you seeing on the ground? what's the very latest? >> i want to get you up to date on the cease-fire details. we are more than halfway through with three hours to go. israel agreed to hold its fire despite no commitment from hamas. they say soldiers will continue to attempt to destroy tunnels. soldiers will fire upon and assume defensive positions on both sides of the border when the cease-fire is over. we also learned a senior palestinian islamic jihad operative was killed in a mission over need. it appears man sewer was targeted before the cease-fire began. all this follows a deadly strike at a u.n. shelter. israel says they targeted three militants after nearly a dozen rocket launches from nearby that facility. they say it was a targeted strike. the united states calls the strike disgraceful. u.n. secretary general calling it a violation of international law. for more, let's bring in -- israel says they're going to continue operations in the area they're already operating. >> absolutely. they've declared it for themselves without agreement from hamas. what they're saying is wherever there are israeli soldiers already operating they will carry on their operations. also, crucially, you mentioned the hit on the u.n. school or near a u.n. school where nine were killed, it will carry on as well. this is a selective cease-fire. nevertheless, this morning we are seeing people coming out of their homes, coming out of their shelters trying to survey the damage in gaza. if you take a look at the pictures over the last few weeks, many people have been trapped in their homes or shelters, unable to move anywhere. as u.s. secretary of state john kerry put it on friday, when they were supposed to have that three-day, 72-hour cease-fire and a break for those people, thigh need to get to the vital functions of life, food, water, no electricity in gaza for more than six days. people are starting to come out and make use of this break. but it's only a pause in certain areas. >> again, the clock is ticking, only three hours or so left in this cease-fire. we'll see what happens when it ends. appreciate the reporting. there is a lot more to talk about. i'll toss it back to you, chris. >> anderson, thank you very much. do me a favor, stay with us so we can have a discussion and you can add obviously what you're seeing and hearing. on this side, aaron david miller, vice president at the woodrow international center, zefrd as a middle east negotiator in democratic and republican negotiations. we also have peter beinart, contributing editor for atlantic media, senior columnist for an israeli newspaper. thank you very much, gentlemen. coop, if i can bring you in first, three-plus hours, four hours into this cease-fire, but what are you hearing on the ground there if that's what this is really perceived as? >> reporter: certainly there's a lot of support in israel for the operations that have taken plus thus far. there's no doubt about it now that support continues to hold. people are waiting to see what's going to happen at the end of the cease-fire. the israeli defense forces say rockets have already been fired in the four hours of this cease-fire, fired from gaza into israel already. for their part palestinian officials say israel violated the cease-fire some 20 minutes into it with a strike on a house in a refugee camp. israel says they're investigating that but say they don't have information on it thus far saying they don't believe it was them. so the tit for tat continues. there is support in israel for the operations. people want to see hamas significantly weakened. no doubt about it. >> coop makes a very strong point, peter. in israel there's tremendous support to keep going, keep getting this done. when we look at the situation on the ground, the improvement this time, this cease-fire is that people do seem to be able to go outside and get what they need in gaza. like last time, hamas not on board. israel is pulling out but not really, still doing the operations which seems to aggravate the tension. another u.n. shelter bombed people say wrongfully. does any of this look like improvement? >> i think the core problem is that each side has a goal that they're not very close to being able to accomplish. israel wants the demilitarization of the gaza strip. nobody knows exactly how to demille terrorize the gaza strip if israel isn't going to be in permanent control of that territory. hamas wants some lifting of the blockade. there's been no suggestion that this israeli government is going to offer to do that, nor is the egyptian government going to do that. you an egyptian government very hostile to hamas. that's the core reason you're not able to get to a cease-fire is because both sides have goals. the other side is not prepared to concede at this point. >> mr. miller, a big flash point at least internationally is what keeps happening at these shelters. we have the strongest language yet from the u.s. and u.n. big words, appalled, disgraceful. the u.n. saying they think it is a crime. but for all the talk, what are they going to do about it? >> they're not going to do much. but look, there's a certain reality here. no matter how compelling israeli talking points on this, the fact that hamas co-locates high trajectory weapons, fighters in densely populated areas. the talking points when compared with the pictures and the asymmetrical picture of the casualties really cause the israelis to lose and they are losing the pl game. the question in the -- the israelis removed themselves from cease-fire operations and operating unilaterally in an effort to preserve as much flexibility as possible, not get bogged down in hamas-negotiated cease-fires. as you saw this morning or yesterday, they tried to impose their own. the objective is to try at least at this phase to deny hamas the political victory they want. the real issue here in the end is this, i think. after 28 days 1800 plus palestinians dead, 67 israeli soldiers, three israeli civilians and a major humanitarian crisis in gaza. will the end game here, the end state be any different than the previous two rounds in 089-089 and 2012. that's the struggle to shape the next several weeks. you can't live cease-fire by cease-fire on this. it's way too early to determine how in the end this is going to play out. >> basically you're saying any u.s. efforts to negotiate peace at this point are fruitless because this doesn't end until israel gets done what it believes it needs to do. until then, you might as well just wait. >> in '08-'09 it ended with a june lat religion cease-fire imposed by the israelis. i'm not sure you're going to get this. hamas' military wing believes its winning. in 2012 it ended with a negotiated cease-fire by the egyptians. you're not going to get that either because you have sissi in power. john kerry tried twice, and the reality is right now there's still insufficient urgency on the part of israel or hamas. i would still believe hamas does want to continue this a while longer, to stand down. that's the struggle and the challenge for diplomats in the international community over the next several weeks. >> anderson, on the ground there what's the feeling about whether the u.s. bungled the last cease-fire and the appetite for cease-fire in general? >> reporter: well, certainly there was a lot of concern within the israeli government and people here about john kerry's role in this, a lot of public criticism of john kerry for what israel viewed as a flip-flopping from originally backing egyptian's proposal and then 24 hours later bucking a proposal from qatar and turkey. a lot of anger. the public statements from the israeli government have been supportive of president obama and general kerry. behind the scenes there's been a lot of tension, a lot of back and forth. a report this weekend that was not denied by the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, some tough words that he reportedly had for secretary of state john kerry essentially saying don't second-guess me when it comes to hamas. he did not come out and deny saying that in so many words. he'll be crippled with the tone of the comments made in that private conversation. i think there's a lot of concern that the u.s. -- particularly from the blunt statements that, as you said, chris, it's the strongest statements yet by the united states condemning actions by israel, the statements yesterday that were made in wake of a hit near a u.n. shelter. >> anderson thank you for bringing up the quote from netanya netanyahu. when you take the strength of that tone, it's going to sting and no change in tactics. is the u.s. kidding itself here in terms of its ability to broker peace? >> the truth of the matter is, the obama administration despite its private deep animosity towards the netanyahu government, hasn't been willing to challenge the israeli government because the domestic political costs are too high. i don't think the united states government or obama administration ever believed that netanyahu was willing to negotiate a two-state solution with mahmoud abbas. barack obama has made the political decision again and again that the political costs with this israeli government are too high and obama has been weakened in his leverage over the israeli government because he's not that popular in israel. i think that's why you've been able to see benjamin netanyahu be able to get away with basically not having to listen that much in the u.s. >> one button point for you, mr. miller. coop had a great back and forth with regev, the spokesperson from israel. regev said, hey, this is the seventh time we've tried a cease-fire here, we've tried to do the right thing. anderson said it's also the seventh time that one of these u.n. shelters have been hit. is that what we're seeing here? do you believe this is more about pr than about peaceful restraint? >> no. i think the israelis are operating in a set of conditions which basically makes it impossible to avoid civilian casualties. last week the u.n. is claiming the israelis used heavy artillery and that caused the damage and the destruction and the death at the other u.n. compound. i don't know. look. my view is israel's policy is not amoral. they're not casual or reckless. the reality is they have certain objectives. preserving civilian life may be a factor in shaping israeli policy, palestinian life but it is not the driving force. that i think is one of the reasons, that and the fact that hamas continues to co-locate its military resources in densely populated areas that you have a catastrophe that you have, and ultimately that is the real problem. i talked earlier about the end state. unless we get a better outcome this time, think about what is occurring over the last four weeks, and most of it frankly is going to be in vain. we've got to figure out a better way to create a more stable end state. that will not, chris, be an easy thing to do. >> not easy to hear but the realities are very important. people have to keep their eyes open about the practicalities. peter beinhart, thank you. coop we'll be back with you. thank you for weighing in. a lot of other news as well. let's get over to michaela. iraq's largest dam and a key oil field are now in the control of sunni militants. they also seized three more towns over the weekend. by taking over the mosul dam sunni fighters have the ability to flood major cities or withhold water from them in their bid to topple iraq's shiite-led government. rescue workers searching for survivors this morning following a deadly 6.1 magnitude quake that struck southwestern china. nearly 400 people are dead, 2,000 others among the injured. the chinese government has sent over 2,000 troops to the region, but heavy rains are blocking roads and slowing relief and rescue efforts. a u.s. marine jailed in mexico since march is due back in court today. andrew tam reese si admits to driving to mexico with weapons. he says he merely took a wrong turn from the california side of the border into tijuana. leaders from across africa are in washington for the first u.s.-africa summit. they will focus on economic development and establishing ties with u.s. businesses. this is the first time a u.s. president has hosted a conference of african leaders. the presidents of liberia and sierra leone were forced to cancel their attendance because of the ebola outbreak in west africa. that is such a big issue in west africa, obviously a topic of discussion there, 000 prevent the spread of it. i also guess that there will be a conversation about the school girls that are missing and being held captive by boka haram. they have a lot of things to discuss today. >> thanks, michaela. up next, the second american ebola patient set to arrive in the united states tomorrow as we learn that the first patient ever treated for ebola in the united states seems to be improving. we'll have an update coming up. the big concern is about the virus spreading. there is a new device that can catch it before it happens. we'll have a live demonstration of this potentially lifesaving technology. you're getting a taste. look how big and red my head is. you two look nice even in thermo color. don't just visit new york. visit tripadvisor new york. with millions of reviews, tripadvisor makes any destination better. your studied day and night for her driver's test. secretly inside, you hoped she wouldn't pass. the thought of your baby girl driving around all by herself was... you just weren't ready. but she did pass. 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>> absolutely. if they were sick and if i lower the level and span down, we can actually make them look hot falsely. the actual temperature measurement is here. you can actually see you're actually doing a readout within this area box, this one on the screen is giving you a minimum average and maximum temperature. >> so if you were using this at an airport, it would be one person at a time. they would be screened. you would have what would be average, what would be high and then you'd also have some sort of alarm or alert if the person was quite ill? >> exactly. for example, if i take the area box and put this around something that's more than 100 degrees, we would alarm. you see the system going into alarm. >> that would alert authorities. >> it's picking up the light in the background. >> so quickly, let me ask you, once they determine this is a person that is sick, what would happen? they would be separated and quarantined? >> yes, they would be separated and quarantined and likely given a blood test. they would likely be given a blood test from the system, too. the only way the ebola virus can be detected is by a blood test. >> let's bring back in dr. sanjay gupta. to me, this seems like this would be a really important tool especially when you have people coming into the country but not being widely used in the united states. why is that? >> reporter: obviously with some of these things as with any public health thing, you want to make sure you're giving a test that is both sensitive and specific. it sounds like this is pretty sensitive based on what you're describing. obviously people have temperature or fever for lots of different things. so how much do you want people doing blood tests, even quarantining for a period of time. with ebola, the fever is, for example, 101.5 is considered a fever with ebola. i'm not sure if he can comment. that's a specific number, can it quantify how much of a fever the person has? >> can it quantify how much fever a patient has? >> it can pinpoint and quantify the temperature, the surface temperature. we're not measuring core temperature, we're measuring surface temperature. surface temperature is typically going to be lower, a little cooler than the core temperature. just as you put a mercury thermometer in your mouth, it takes a couple minutes to get the actual core temperature of that individual. >> interesting use of this technology. we appreciate you bringing it down to let us see it. gary strahan, we appreciate it. as always, dr. sanjay gupta, we appreciate your voice of reason. we'll be following it along as this ebola outbreak continues. >> we'll take a short break here on "new day." breaking news out of jerusalem as we're hearing words that israelis may have thwarted a terror attack inside israel. we'll go live to anderson cooper on the ground in jerusalem after the break. welcome back. breaking news. israeli police say a terror attack was carried out in jerusalem amid a cease-fire declared by israel and gaza. officials say something about a tractor slamming into a passenger bus trying to overturn it. let's get the latest from anderson cooper who is live in jerusalem with the details. this might be video we're just getting in right now. what do you know about this terror attack? >> reporter: this was an incident that occurred a short time ago, about three or so miles from the location we're in in central jerusalem. you can sort of make out in some of the video an overturned passenger bus. what police say happened is a tractor, heavy earth moving equipment, a bulldozer was used by the driver to slam into that bus turning over the bus. when police arrived on the scene, the driver of the tractor was still behind the controls. some of the video actually shows the tractor still moving. police officers responded, shooting the driver of the tractor, killing him according to israeli police. they say the bus itself, the passenger bus was empty at the time, but the bus driver was injured and one other person was injured as well. we're not clear who that second person is who was injured. but again, the israeli police are labeling this a territory attack. they say they shot and killed the driver of the tractor which overturned this bus. as strange as this may sound, this is actually not the first time some heavy equipment was used in an incident like this. there have been two past incidents several years ago. so this is something that israeli has seen before, but certainly it just adds to the tension here in this city as we have some three hours, a little less than three hours to go before this cease-fire, the unilateral cease-fire that israel called is supposed to end. >> i think you hit it with the right word there. strange as it sounds. i would assume at this point there's no claim of responsibility or knowing anymore details about who was involved here. >> reporter: no. we have not heard any claims of responsibility at this point. as i said, police say they shot and killed the driver of the tractor. so we're obviously trying to find out more about that person's identity as well as the conditions of the two people said to be injured in this attack. you can see in the video the bus laying over on its side. in some video you can see the still tractor which is not far away. so there's still more to learn, i think more video is going to be coming out of police actually responding to the scene. this occurred really just within several minutes ago really. so we're trying to collect as much information as we can. >> lay out again -- terror attacks are not uncommon within israel. you said as strange as this sounds, this type of terror attack is not also uncommon. >> reporter: that's true. there were two other incidents that i recall. i believe one was 2008 and another one was 2009 where heavy equipment was used to crush some cars. i can't remember the details of the other one. but this has occurred. this was, as i said, in central jerusalem, in an area near international hotels. not much of a planned incident this was or exactly the circumstances surrounding it. we have crews on the scene trying to gather information. >> absolutely. a lot more detail to come. anderson is on the ground for us. anderson, thank you so much with breaking details. >> let's take a quick break on "new day." when we come back, is the media part of the problem in the middle east? is hamas spinning us or is it israel? we'll speak with a columnist who said the media is enabling the campaign against israel. >> for a third day, 400,000 people in ohio have been told not to use their tap water. we'll speak with the mayor of toledo, ohio, about the top water ban and when he believes residents are going to get some relief. ♪ ♪ ♪here i am. rock you like a hurricane♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. welcome back to "new day." breaking news this morning. a terror attack in israel. police in jerusalem shot and killed the driver of a tractor who overturned a passenger bus. two people including the bus driver were hurt. that attack happened during israel's seven-hour humanitarian cease-fire in gaza. it all comes after another deadly shelling near a u.n. shelter in gaza over the weekend. the u.s. state department and the united nations have both condemned that attack. when it comes to covering this conflict, a different look at this, what is the media's role. lee ha beebe vice president of content at salem radio network and columnist for the international review. you call the western media, you say western media is enabling hamas. you say it's hamas eco conspirators. where is the media lacking? what is lacking? >> i think it's context. who is hamas? who are they and what's their history and their goal? i believe the goal of hamas is strategy. the point of the spear is the media and dead children and dead women. they used to use women as human bombs, women and children. now they're using them as human shields. the american people, the world need to know hamas' strategy. i don't believe that the media is covering it. where are the hamas soldiers? we don't see them because they're hiding. we see the israeli soldiers. they're wearing uniforms. why do we only see the images of dead women and children and not the i'm hajjes of hamas soldiers? that needs to be context liesed by the media. >> how then should the media cover it? do you believe the media should ignore the deaths? >> absolutely not. but it's -- the point of the matter is it's hamas' strategy to delegitimize israel by making it look like they're killing indiscriminately women and children when we know that's not the case. in fact, israel has gone to great lengths to not kill women and children. they could have done drone strikes. they're risking their soldiers in very tough combat terrain and they're losing their soldiers. they could lose none. the point of the matter is there are tunnels, tunnels throughout gaza. hamas has used all that concrete not to build roads, but to build tunnels, terror tunnels that head right into israel. what is israel to do? >> i know cnn and my colleagues have reported extensively about the tunnels. wolf blitzer even went into a tunnel with israeli soldiers to take a look at the tunnels and also covering the israeli side. mark regev, the prime minister's swoex man has been on cnn, been on our show almost daily. when you have a statement coming from the state department just overnight from jen saki saying the united states is appalled and calling it disgrateful, got to cover that as well. >> you do. but that's the error of the state department. you have to cover it. where the media is complicit is in context lizing this entire problem. there's a monster in the room, it's hamas and radical jihad, it's i.s.i.s. in mosul, for the first time in 1600 years there is not a christian mass. christians are being driven all over the middle east away from their homes, killed, executed, asked to renounce their faith. i think presenting this story as a story of the hadfields and mccoys, as a moral equivalency between israel and hamas is a tragedy and a fatal error by the media. these are nazis, hamas. they're making life miserable for the people of gaza. in the end the people suffering the most are the people of gaza. >> that seems to be very true. and hamas, we've noted, they don't believe in the right of israel to exist. also this idea i think is very interesting and very perfect that we're talking about this today, the idea that hamas is trying -- as you point out in your article, the idea that hamas is looking for mounting casualties because they want the sympathy of the international community, because they want to put that out there as israel's problem, that is a question and a criticism that our nic robertson actually posed to khalid meshaal in an exclusive interview. this is what meshaal said in response. he said that the u.s. has now adopted the israeli narrative. it's all lies. how can it be both ways. how can the u.s. media be hamas eco conspirators and also adopting the israeli narrative. >> do we care what the, quote, hamas narrative is? this is the point. nic did a beautiful job in that interview and i commend cnn for periodically doing that kind of work. the fact of the matter is, as i pointed out before, this is not a case of the hadfields and mccoys. this is a case of hamas using women and children as human shields and israel having to do what it has to do to protect its own citizens. the good guys in this case are israel and the bad guys are hamas. this isn't my opinion. i think the world will know ultimately down the road that radical islam is the problem, whether it's hamas, whether it's i.s.i.s., whether it's al qaeda, and presenting this as a case of moral equivalence is a tragedy. i just wonder if the newsrooms of america and the world, are you wondering, are you pausing to reflect upon the idea that maybe you're being used as dupes but very evil regimes to make the case that israel and hamas are the same, that they have the same world vision, that they have the same visions for their citizens and their people? i'd ask this. where would you rather be a woman or someone who is gay? israel or anywhere else in the middle east. >> the conversations, i assure you, have been going on in our editorials and meetings, there have many conversations about who we should cover. i'm very proud of how cnn has done it. i know you're not pointing the finger directly at cnn, talking broadly about the western media. here is my question, though. important to have a conversation and look inwardly and to criticize ourselves and see how we can do a job better. that's for sure. but also what do you think the impact is of the coverage, let's say, on the american people? nbc, they just put out a new poll, a joint poll, nbc, "wall street journal" and maris poll. the results show 54% similar thighs more with israel. only 7% say they similar thighs with hamas. you can be critical and say no one can similar thighs with hamas, but majority of people still stand with israel. >> i think that's good. i think the american people having experienced in 2001 the effects of a radical islamic ideology are able to see through the obfuscation or at least the idea of trying to create a template tore reporting fairly for both sides. i think the american experience has been that radical islam has been a real problem for them. i think they see through just about everything that's been occurring in the media. >> i got to stick you on this one point. we are on the ground. we have an anchor, wolf blitzer on the ground in jerusalem, anderson cooper there as well, mark regev on on a daily basis. we cover when israelis are killed. we've covered israeli funerals. i don't think i need to be defending cnn. i also want to make sure that you're not saying we should not be covering or questioning when the casualties continue to mount, the united states, we do the same thing when the united states sees mounting casualties on its own part when the united states is involved in a conflict. >> i'm not saying that at all. you should cover it. it's the contextization. who is hamas? as you're covering hamas, do the folks really know who they are, who they've been and who they want to be? have we routinely reminded people about their desire for the destruction of israel? that's your negotiating partner. how do you negotiate with a partner who doesn't want to see you alive? this is the problem. it's the context. routinely and continually reminding people who hamas is and who israel is. >> lee, thanks so much for coming. a great conversation. >> thank you. up next on "new day," toxic algae has left more than 400,000 people in ohio without drinking water now for three days. when will the water be safe? we'll talk about it. 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in the mountains you have monsoonal amounts of rainfall that are bringing deadly mudslides. >> everything slides down and it is just this rush of, like, rock and water and mud. >> reporter: torrential rain and deadly mudslides leaves campers trapped in two southern california towns. the rushing water overtaking drivers and leaving cars stranded. this helicopter footage shows the extent of the flooding. emergency workers forced to break the windows of this car to make sure nobody is trapped inside. the mudflow leaves roads impassable. 500 children and adults trapped at a local church camp. crews using bulldozers and other heavy equipment to try to reach the campers as air rescue crews work to release residents and their peps. this van almost completely submerged at a campsite. >> i knew it was a flash flood and that we were in the middle of it and we had minutes to turn around. >> reporter: the debris knocked this hot tub from its foundation. some roads covered with 6 to 8 feet of rock making driving extremely difficult and extremely dangerous. >> we are still looking at just trying to clear the roadways and make sure that people are sheltered in place. >> just take a look at where the heaviest thunderstorms were. notice very far east and north of the region, what happens typically in this area, the deep canyons, no matter where it rains, 15 to 16 miles away, all the rain goes down the steep canyons to form in 5 to 6 feet of mud and takes a lot of the campers from this campground by surprise. >> 6 feet of mud. oh, my goodness. >> it's much thminnesota than jt water. we can't forget those communities. we'll take a break near on "new day" and come back with more on the terror attack in jerusalem. anderson cooper is there with the latest. and we'll spotalk to a spokeswo who has harsh words in terms of action. question, was the shelling of another u.n. shelter the turning point? 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>> reporter: hey, anderson, a different scene here in gaza city. the streets have come alive with just two hours now in the humanitarian window which was declared by the israelis as streets have been filling up and shops are back open. the children are back out playing on the streets. it's also a chance for many people to head back to the neighborhoods that were hit hard by the israeli military offensive. many homes have been leveled and many people are now going through the rubble and are searching for the bodies of those who were killed. a number of bodies have been pulled from beneath the rubble from those schools. now, from those homes, rather. this is a limited unilateral pause in the fighting declared by israel, but they said the military offensive will continue in parts of gaza n particular down south around the southern border town of rafa. those military operations are ongoing with the u.n. school was hit on sunday. the israelis firing the missile and nine palestinians were kill there had. and the reason why hamas did not agree to this cease-fire, or at least one of the stated reasons, they say that this humanitarian window, well, it's just a diversion by israel to take away from all of the international condemnation of what happened at that u.n. school in rafa. anderson? >> john, we'll check in with you throughout the day. simon is standing by at the scene of what police call a terror attack near the scene. sima, what is the latest? >> reporter: let me talk you through the scene here. i just arrived from the other end of the street here in jerusalem. as i came down, there was a huge crowd and then i saw this overturned bus. you can see it clearly is the number 291 that goes through this area. a digger right next to it. apparently a young man was driving, he hit a car on his way to try to overturn the bus. he did manage to overturn that, so there were two police officers on patrol in this area at the time. they got into an encounter with the man and they shot him. now, what i've been told by the police spokesman is that when there's a life-threatening situation, officers are permitted to shoot. and this man was killed. in fact, his body is still lying on the road behind me next to the digger where she was shot dead. apparently paramedics came to try to resuscitate him and he died right here at the scene. one other person has been killed as well. that was a pedestrian passing by at the time. the bus was actually empty. the driver, the only person inside it, we are understand that he's being seriously injured. but as you can see, anderson, i'm going to step aside and let you take a look, there's a lot of police officers here, i believe there's 18 police officers and border police on site already. they acted very fast. and there are a number of fire crews here that are now going to try to clean this up, but this has created a huge amount of attenti attention. this is a rather orthodox neighborhood, a jewish neighborhood here in the center of jerusalem. there are huge crowds surrounding here. families looking over from the tops of roofs of their balconies, and there's been a helicopter as well circling. that's because they are not only looking at this area but they are looking at all areas around here. the police spokesman also told me they are now making inquiries in various other neighborhoods to try to prevent anything like this from happening again. anderson? >> saima, do we know anything about the identity of this vehicle operator, the possible motive for this? i mean, it seems pretty obvious that police were quick to label this a terror attack. this wasn't, from the video we have seen, it wasn't just a mistake. this was multiple strikes by what looks like a backhoe against this bus trying to flip it over. i counted at least five or sticks streams, but have police released anything on the identity of the driver? >> reporter: they haven't, actually. i did ask that from the police spokesman. i asked how he knows that this is a terror attack. and he said, well, this has happened in the past, particularly in jerusalem. a couple of years ago, 2008 and 2009, consecutively. someone jumped into a digger to try to overturn the police car, overturn some civilian vehicles as well. so it's happened before, but on this occasion, they simply don't know the answer. i asked him who the man that was in there that is now lying dead behind me, and they said they are still going through his paperwork to try to identify him and find out who exactly he is. but they are labeling this a terror attack based on the assumption that this has happened before. and let's not forget the environment this is happening in, the ongoing military operation in gaza. anderson? >> all right. appreciate it, thank you very much. we'll check back with you on the scene. chris, back to you in new york. what we are not showing? >> well, chris, cnn has been reporting it, you have been talking about it, every day the world is watching as innocent civilians are killed, as children have shrapnel pulled out of their back. we can all look to make an evaluation more can be done. that doesn't change the fact that we believe israel has the right to defend itself. we want to do everything to support israel's security, but we are looking at a devastating situation here in gaza and there's more that can be done. >> and then the other point of pushback. prime minister netanyahu, don't second guess me again on hamas. forget about what his tone is or what it wasn't. the words by themselves stand to the idea that the u.s. got it wrong in the last cease-fire negotiation. you misread the timing, you misread hamas as a two-headed organization. and you were talking to the wrong one. fair criticism? >> absolutely not. i'm obviously not going to speak to reports of leaked private diplomatic conversations, but i will say, chris, with every day that passes and every day that passed last week, more people were dying. and we have absolutely no regrets of working with both parties, with the egyptians, with the turks to do everything to put in place a cease-fire. clearly, there's more that we need to do to get back to a cease-fire to have negotiations with the key issues troubling both sides for a long time. >> do you think the united states can do anything to end this until israel is satisfied, it has gone far enough with the tunnels and what it sees as the demi demilitarization of the united states? >> when you look at the situation you have on the ground, what we want and what we are calling for, what the u.n. called for and the international community has called for is a prolonged cease-fire to have a negotiation about the key issues. that is not an issue that can be worked out or addressed in 24 to 48 hours. it is something there needs to be a longer discussion about. so that's the point we want to get to. the egyptians have indicated they are willing to host it so let's get back to that discussion. >> any discussion or is this unreasonable, you tell me, any discussion about saying, look, we'll give you these rounds and artillery, but they can only be used for certain things. is that a reasonable way to limit exposure to civilians in gaza? >> well, i think our statement yesterday sent a clear sign that we believe more can be done to limit civilian casualties, prevent civilian casualties, and we think again israel should hold itself to its own standard. that doesn't change the fact that we have a strong partner with israel, we are a security partner with israel and will continue to support them in that regard. and at the end of the day, we don't believe, we believe they have the right to defend themselves. we don't believe that the people of israel should be living with the threat of terrorist attacks coming into their cities and towns every day. >> i don't mean this to come across disrespectfully, but you tell me that the straight take on it is, given what you just said, when you use the harsh words, they seem kind of empty because the u.s. supports israel almost unconditionally. you know why they are doing this, you know they are going to keep doing it, so why even come out with a statement like that that kind of injuries israel but you're not really going to do anything to stop the practice? >> well, chris, with all due respect, i think you are oversimplifying the issue here. the issue is that israel, we believe they have the right to defend themselves, and we understand that they can't, the people of israel can't be waking up every day with terrorists coming in through tunnels threatening their lives and threatening the health of their people. but at the same time as they are defending themselves, there's more that can be done to prevent attacks that are impacting civilians in gaza. this is something that we see in war zones around the world. this is not an ask or a standard that is uncommon. that a country like the united states or a country like israel should hold itself to. >> one last point, the demilitarization of gaza, there are different points of weapons, ideas can be weapons, people can be weapons, you have a generation of kids growing up in gaza now who are seen five wars in three years. those kids are going to grow up with a very definite notion about how they feel towards israel and frankly probably the united states. what about that impact? how does that get controlled? >> te >> well, chris, that's a very important part. one of the things the people of gaza want to discuss is increased economic opportunity and access through crossings, this is an issue that should be on the table. the united states has been a big contributor to not only humanitarian assistance but economic assistance as well as others in the international community. but until this changes, we have seen it around the world, it is hard to see how the viewpoint changes and that needs to be point of the discussion as well. >> jen, we'll be following this closely. thank you for answering questions this morning. appreciate the opportunity to have you on "new day." a lot of other news as well, let's get the headlines from michaela. >> here we go, iraq's largest dam and key oil field are in control of the isis militants. they took over the mosul dam and sunni fighters have the ability to flood major cities or withhold water from them in their bid to topple iraq's shiite government. a team of international investigators and observers are back at the flight 17 crash site in eastern ukraine after pausing to assess security. they are now working on the scene focusing on recovering victims' remains. investigators say shelling in the area was close but it is not clear where it was coming from. back at home firefighters are battling two raging wildfires in northern california. eight homes have been destroyed and a hospital in the path of the flames was evacuated. officials evacuated three other communities in the area and say more than 700 homes remain in danger. 95 square miles of the national forest have burned as of sunday night. california governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency over the weekend. a u.s. air force plane crossed into swedish air space to avoid rocket fire last month. the electronics surveillance plane was approached by russian jets and it flew into sweden briefly before air traffic controllers told them to leave swedish air space. interesting that this is just being disclosed now. >> exactly right. >> often the case. often the case. you don't know when you need to know. we'll take a break on "new day," breaking new details on the serum that may have saved the life of that american doctor who is battling ebola. we have dr. sanjay gupta to answer the most pressing questions. and one person is dead, many more stranded after dangerous mudslides are happening out west. cars abandoned and children left waiting for rescuers as rescue is still happening right now. we'll have the very latest coming from california. in new york state, we're changing the way we do business, with startup ny. we've created tax free zones throughout the state. and startup ny companies will be investing hundreds of millions of dollars in jobs and infrastructure. thanks to startup ny, businesses can operate tax free for 10 years. no property tax. no business tax. and no sales tax. which means more growth for your business, and more jobs. it's not just business as usual. see how new york can help your business grow, at startup.ny.gov "vocce vanduccos!" 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"yummy." welcome back. breaking details exclusive to cnn about the two american patients infected with ebola and a secret medication that likely saved their lives. dr. brantly is now receiving treatment at an atlanta hospital and has shown incredible improvement. writebol, the woman who will be flown back to the united states tomorrow. cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is live at emory hospital. sanjay is on staff at emory but you were able to get new details, extensive details on this serum. what are you learning? >> reporter: it was quite extraordinary to hear the story of this serum, this experiment tall therapy stored at subzero temperatures being flown into liberia expressly for the use of dr. brantly and dr. writebol as you mentioned. this is a medication that came in three viles that needed to be thawed out naturally and then given to the patients. originally as we have been reporting, dr. brantly said let's give the medication to nancy writebol first saying he was younger, more robust, that she would benefit from the treatment better, but at some point during that process, his condition really took a turn for the worse. he started to develop labored breathing and really, really was struggling. he as a doctor himself apparently told people close to the area that he thought he was going to die. and at that point the medication was actually administered to him instead. he told us 60 minutes after the medication was administered his condition completely reversed. his breathing became regular. he had a significant rash over his body and he improved really quickly and was able to take a shower before getting on the pre-planned medical evacuation jet ride back here to the united states. but we have been hearing so many stories back and forth about the experiment experimental therapy and got more detailses on how this transpired and what the therapy is. >> fascinating what the therapy is. that's been a big question for everyone as we have been learning about the experimental treatment. we do know from your reporting this is the same experimental treatment both have received. >> first it was dr. brantly and then his wife received it at well. it had never been used in a human being before. never used before, typically medications go through the clinical trial process where it is more widely available. this has never been done before, only in monkeys, so it was really sort of a hail-mary here just to try to provide this type of medication at all. and again, we did hear that dr. brantly received it first. it's essentially an antibody treatment, an antibody treatment. what they do is inject animals with the ebola virus and the animals make antibodies which fight the virus, they take those antibodies out of the animals and create this medication. i'm sifrmplifying a bit but thas the general principle. and that was what dr. brantly was given and just how quickly his response was to this medication, i think it was quite extraordinary. typically these things work over days and weeks but this was literally within an hour. >> and often these kind of treatments have a lot of trial period before they are used on patients and to see such a dramatic turnaround, maybe this can be a break through. we have dr. anthony joining us from the national institute of health joining us this morning, doctor, an jsanjay said that th representative contacted the organizations to try to offer up this treatment. what more can you tell us? >> well, the nih is not offering the treatment up. this has come, if it is the treatment that sanjay is referring to, and again, i'm only getting this secondhand, if it's the antibodies we are talking about which sanjay correctly described as something to block the virus, the original research on that has been supported by the nih but the actual procurement and ownership is not nih but from a company who was able to get a very, very few doses that were around to get some of the doses to the patients involved, to the doctor and to nancy. so that's the role of the nih in the original research but we don't own the antibodies. >> what's your understanding from the involvement on the part of nih on the risks associated with it? as sanjay just reported, it has never been tested on a human being? >> well, apparently, obviously, when you have an emergency situation, a decision was made to get permission to wave the clinical studies. as sanjay said, whenever you have something like this, you try it in and malls and the results in animals have been favorable but they have not gone into the clinical one phase trials, which is what you want before it is widely distributed. because of the urgency of the situation, the decision was made by the physicians in charge and the people there to go ahead and take the risk. and that's what they did. and i want to just comment about our being careful, about having a response to an antibody that is so rapid because that sure could be impressive related to the antibody, but that's not generally the way antibodies work at such a rapid response. we better withhold judgment on how miraculous that was. >> that actually was my next question for you, sanjay said that he had heard between 20 to 60 minutes that the doctor's condition nearly seemed reverse but you offer a bit of caution on that. >> i do. i do. i think we have to be careful, i hope that's the case, but having worked with administering antibodies to people for a really long time, that would be distinctive unusual, not impossible, but we need to continue to follow that. you can be certain that there will be studies in the future on those antibodies so that we can learn more about them. >> obviously it's impossible to know at this point because he's under quarantine and receiving special treatment at emory, but could something else be a part of that? he received this experimental treatment and then you see this remarkable turnaround. we'll bring sanjay in on this, doctor fouci, you have this serum and you see this remarkable turnaround, you can't deny the images of dr. brantly walking off the ambulance himself. >> yeah. no, i think what really struck me and i'm curious to see what dr. fouci thinks, fbl you want to be care informal describing how rapid, for example, someone's improvement is, but he's a doctor himself, dr. brantly. shortly before this he was said to be in grave condition. he himself said he was going to die, that's how he phrased it himself, dr. brantly. given the medication his situation reversed almost as described but also objective signs with a profound rash over the trunk of his body, which is something associated with ebola. that started to go down as well. it was described as almost being able to see something happening. whether it was the medication, it certainly seems like the medication, but also that one of the doctors taking care of brantly described this as miraculous. it's not a word we like to throw around too much, but that was the word they used to describe this. dr. fouci, i know antibody treatments work much more slowly, but what do you make of that when you hear this description of dr. brantly? >> well, i think it's interesting, sanjay, again, i express the skepticism any physician would. if, in fact, it was as rapid as we have been reported, that you just mentioned, that would be very interesting and very impressive. but as we all know in medicine, as we say, n equals one, a single individual that had that experience, you note it and hope that, in fact, that's the way it has worked, but you've got to withhold judgment as to whether or not that was completely related to the antibody. i hope it was. i'm not trying to be undually skeptical. i hope that, in fact, that happened, but we have taken care of individuals who come in in shock and you give them antibiotic but also give them a lot of fluid and they get better real quickly. and what was it, the antibiotic or the fluid? we need to be careful. i do hope it was as impressive as being described, because if it is, that bodes well for that particular product. >> and also that begs the question, you'll have a lot of people asking this, and sanjay, you can weigh in on this as well, but do you think this could quickly be mass produced? could service be helpful for all the other patients suffering from the outbreak in west africa? >> well, one of the real problems with, in fact it is this product we are talking about, is that there are very few doses and apparently the company is trying to scale up. it is not easy to scale up to large numbers of doses, but that's something that is under intense discussion now about how one can actually scale up to have more doses available. >> what do you make of it, sanjay? >> it was interesting when we did some of the background research and interviews yesterday. the defense threat reduction agency, a particular agency, actually secured more funding for this particular company which makes this product zmap, th thisser serum that we are talk about. if i can ask dr. fouci one more question, there was awareness of this medication being offered and then sub constituently given to these workers, did you have knowledge of this? >> i had heard that there was an nih person there who had knowledge that this antibody was given, that was done under no authority or change of command. i only heard about it after the fact. that that person was aware that antibody was being given. >> all right. >> so the nih representative was aware of the situation. because the only reason i ask, it is unusual, right, for a medication to be given in this manner. there are clauses like a compassionate use clause, for example, but this happened very, very quickly. >> right. >> so it seemed to be the protocol of unusual. >> yeah, the person only had awareness of it but was not involved in the actual administration. that was from the physicians primarily taking care of dr. brantly as well as the company who made it available. >> all right. dr. sanjay gupta and dr. anthony fauci. great reporting by sanjay. dr. fauci, thank you for your time. i was going to ask dr. fauci about a chance for a vaccine being in the works but we have a lot to talk about today. we'll bring him back to talk about that. we'll take a break. coming up on "new day," more on the attempted terror attack in jerusalem that came during israel's humanitarian cease-fire in gaza. israel committed to seven hours. why wouldn't hamas commit to hold its rocket fire for the same amount of time? 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>> we are looking at the same frontal system sitting out here. we are talking flooding concerns and heavier amounts of rain especially when you look at what is hanging off the coastline. you should know by now this is tropical storm bertha and is continuing to strengthen. we are talking steady winds at 70 miles per hour. only at 74 miles per hour. it is so close to becoming a hurricane. that's exactly what it is now expected to do. the latest forecast says bertha will become a hurricane overnight tonight just hanging off the coast of the carolinas. keep in mind the good news is that the forecast says it will remain off the coastline. and you still talk about the frontal boundary close to it with the moisture pulled in from the atlantic. heavy amounts of rain in the southeast. and it is not the only place. if you are going to the midwest, chicago is looking at a different system. by wednesday it is climbing into the northeast. regardless, there will be rain. all around, bertha is staying offshore. >> good moves, bertha. thank you very much. a little break here on "new day." when we come back, an attempted terror attack in jerusalem only complicating the quest for peace in the middle east. we are going to ask a palestinian the tough questions and demand answers. and this man, after his story aired on cnn, the hunt for him and the anonymous tip that led police to the suspect's dead body. more on this discovery when we get back. this is the first power plant in the country to combine solar and natural gas at the same location. during the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar. at night and when it's cloudy, we use more natural gas. this ensures we can produce clean electricity whenever our customers need it. ♪ "vocce vanduccos!" 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[ female announcer ] over 100,000 businesses have already used zip recruiter and now you can use zip recruiter for free at a special site for tv viewers; go to ziprecruiter.com/offer5. welcome back to "new day." we are following breaking news in what israeli police are calling a terror attack. a man slammed a tractor into a passenger bus in jerusalem knocking it over. no passengers were on board the bus at the time but the driver and the driver of the tractor was shot and killed. it happened during a cease-fire declared by israel following another weekend of intense violence between israel and hamas militants in gaza. the palestinian perspective with the ongoing conflict in gaza, we are joined by a palestinian observer to the united nations. mr. ambassador, thank you for coming back in. >> you're welcome. >> let me get your take on this seven-hour cease-fire. why have you heard why hamas did not agree to the seven hours? >> this is the, first of all, unilateral cease-fire. there is a cease-fire called for by secretary of state kerry and secretary general of the u.n. for 72 hours, and we have a delegation in cairo for the last two days negotiating with the egyptians and hopefully through and with the israeli delegation, if they show up in egypt, they will discuss further the cease-fire to make it a mutually agreed cease-fire, not one declared by one side and expecting the other side to abide by it. >> i was going to ask you that, what you think will come in cairo because israel has said they are not going to send anyone for the talks. >> well, i think if they are interested in calm and beginning to agree to a cease-fire, they should send the delegation. i understand also that the american side has a delegation there, and the palestinian side is sending their position through the egyptian to the americans. and we hope that the israelis will be sending their delegation soon to begin the process of talks. >> as you have been on the show, mr. ambassador, you have said we need to stop the fighting and the violence to begin talks of a permanent cease-fire. we have heard israel agree, unilateral or not, israel said they were stopping the fighting. they were putting in place a cease-fire. where is the outrage against hamas that they are not agreeing to it as well? >> well, as i said, hamas is part of the delegation in egypt. it's agreed to the cease-fire and is negotiating as part of the palestinian delegation through the egyptians to have a long-lasting cease-fire and to address the root causes of this conflict. let me just say one other additional thing. we appreciate the strong statement yesterday from the u.s. administration and from the secretary general about the crime committed against the u.n. school in rafa. and i think somebody asked, i think in this show, what should be done with the spokeswoman of the state department. i believe that there should be an accountability. and those who have committed this crime from the israeli side should be held responsible for the crime. >> and you do believe on the other side there should be accountability for any of the attacks that the hamas militants have committed? >> there should be accountability for all the crimes harming innocent civilians. in this case, let me just say that more than 1,800 palestinians have been killed. 80% of them are civilians. more than 9,000 have been injured and more than 80% of them are civilians. those who have committed the crimes should be held responsible. >> let me ask you this, hamas started this latest conflict by firing rockets. hamas has built the tunnels that they say for the sole purpose of going out to prevent attacks against israelis. hamas according to israel has hidden rockets in civilian areas, even in u.n. shelters, that's according to israel. they say they have strong evidence of that. with all of that, do you believe that hamas is looking out for the good of the palestinian people at this point? >> international law does not allow the occupying power of israel to help civilians, even if there are some combatants close to them. the gaza strip is so small and israel isolated a zone of two miles both around the gaza strip with about five to seven miles in depth even smaller. when you have 1.8 million people in this highly condensed area, where is the separation? where would people go? >> do you ask the same question of hamas who is a member of your national consensus government, as you point out on the show, is hamas working for the good of the palestinian people today? >> hamas is part of our political configuration. it is part of our political rainbow. and it is part of our group that is negotiating in egypt. the question is, how do we deal with this complicated situation? i believe that if we have a cease-fire in place and we lift the siege of gaza and give people hope, since we have 50% of the population in gaza are young people, and if those young people do not see a future for themselves, any hope for themselves, this is a great recipe for extremism and going into a direction of something even beyond hamas. but if we give them hope, if we open the borders, if we allow them to go to schools and to look for a good job, if we rebuild gaza and allow for an economic vitality of gaza, then those people will move in the direction of moderation and also we would put an end to this extremism environment that we see there. >> why is part of the conversation not speaking out when outrage is outrage? why not have that part of the conversation be speaking out against hamas on the part of the palestinian authority? >> we are saying that let's lift the siege for this environment. the environment is different from the environment of extremism, of trying to fight the enemy, but an environment where we can rebuild gaza and move in the direction of hope, especially for the younger generation. the national consensus government is working very hard in that direction. number one, let's negotiate the peace, put it in place, make it long-lasting peace and then secondly, let's move in the direction of lifting the blockade, give people of gaza hope, we cannot go back to the status quo. and then after that let's move to the bigger political discussion of ending this occupation, allowing for the independence of the state of palestine so that we can have two state solution at the end of this process. >> for that to happen the rockets must stop firing, being fired. >> all the fighting should be stopped. all the fighting, harming innocent civilians should be stopped. >> on both sides. mr. ambassador, thank you fur your time, as always. chris, over to you. time to talking about the hunt. the show has done it again. another cold case closed after john walsh brought the story to cnn. it remains -- the remains identified in california sunday turned out to be suspected murderer shane miller. now, miller was wanted for the killing of his wife and two daughters. just last week, a tip led police to a new york smokesshop where they found sex offender charles mose dier. two shows and two different discoveries in a row for "the john walsh show." >> first it was john mosdier and now it is shaun miller. we know his badly decomposed body was found in a california creek by a hiker. miller was not far from the part where his truck was seen a year ago. there was no identification on his body with his name, but he was not positively identified until a couple days ago. a massive california manhunt for an alleged killer profiled on cnn's "the hunt" finally coming to a close. an anonymous tip leading authorities to the body of shane miller who police say shot and killed his wife and two young daughters. >> 911 your mortgage? hello? >> reporter: officers discovered the body's of miller's wife sandy and two daughters when responding to a suspicious 911 call. >> our dispatchers knew there was something very wrong at the scene. >> reporter: when authorities arrived, miller and his truck missing. the family, murdered almost three weeks after wife sandy fled with her daughters to a shelter for abused women. >> shane miller became our main suspect almost immediately. >> reporter: according to authorities, miller's body was found near a river bank not far from where his truck was last seen. his decomposed remains identified through dental records. "the hunt's" john walsh reacting to the news on cnn last night. >> i decided to come back on cnn and this guy was one of the reasons. he's just a horrible, violent guy. who can shoot their 5 and 8-year-old daughter to death? these towns are breathing a sigh of relief that shane miller is off the streets. >> reporter: this coming a week after another alleged criminal featured on "the hunt," charles modier. >> my son proceeded to tell me that charlie had touched him up appropriately. >> reporter: authorities tracked him down thanks to a tip submitted to the show. just weeks into walsh's "the hunt," two suspects now off of police wanted lists. and as for shane miller, authorities did find a bunker they believed belonged to miller, inside it were 50 assault rifles and 100 rounds of ammunition. >> wow. the show operates off the principle of people getting involved and that's how the cases have been solved. be sure to watch "the hunt" on cnns at 9:00 p.m. eastern. we'll take a break and coming up, much more on what israeli police call a terror attack in jerusalem. they're irresistabowl... completely unbelievabowl... totally delectabowl. real silky smooth or creamy broths. everything she's been waiting for. carefully crafted with real seafood, real veggies, and never any by-products or fillers. wow! being a cat just got more enjoyabowl. fancy feast broths. wow served daily. he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. when sales rep steve hatfield books at laquinta.com, so he knows exactly when he can prep for his presentation. and when steve is perfectly prepped, ya know what he brings? and that's how you'll increase market share. any questions? can i get an "a", steve? yes! three a's! amazing sales! he brings his a-game! la quinta inns and suites is ready for you, so you'll be ready for business. the ready for you alert, only at laquinta.com! la quinta! we have a developing situation in the middle east, we have the latest on what's going on with the ebola patient. so let's get you right to "the newsroom." >> have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. >> happening in "the newsroom" -- mideast tinderbox. >> palestinian officials are saying israel violated the cease-fire 20 minutes into it with the strike. >> that's not true. >> a question of weapons and warnings. as america bankrolls the bombs -- >> it's not optics we are worried about. >> how can the united states subsidize? >> we are worried about civilian casualties regardless of what ammunition is used. and ebola emergency. >> watch as brantly walks off the back of the ambulance. >> the american
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