What police and eyewitnesses are saying go time. The Republican National Convention Kicks off tonight, with president rump set to appear every day and joe biden shaking off trumps blaclaims he is not fitr office watch me. What to respect as the republicans take their turn in the spotlight. Out of control i have lost so much if i thought to think about it too long, it overwhelms me. The death toll from the california wildfires, blazing 1 million acres this morning weather conditions only getting worse. Were live from the front lines. Shake up after months of family drama playing online, Kellyanne Conway, one of the president s closest aides announces she is stepping down. The surprise move, just days before she is set to speak at the Republican National convention and miracle baby a newborn panda at the national zoo defies the odds and captures hearts today, monday, august 24th, 2020 from nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.
High winds are believed to have were lower than the world been a factor there. Lower than the world . The ntsb and the faa are now lower than europe in what investigating the exact cause of that accident. But a much different take from dr. Anthony fauci this all right. Morning saying the nation must it is now 7 17. Lets go back to al and get a check of the days weather. Do better at stopping the spread as new images of crowded parties emerge from coast to coast hey, al. Hey, guys. Good morning. Final moments. Let me see your other hand. You can see weve got also besides isaias making its way up im sorry, im sorry. The coast, its going to be hot and dry out west today. Severe storms will be firing up the previously unreleased in the northern rockies. Below average temperatures below body cam video of George Floyds arrest revealing what led up to his death at the hands of this cold front. Minneapolis police behind it, i should say. And back through florida where brace for impact isaias f
Nbc bay area. We keep our fingers crossed. The lets focus on what we got coming up at 6 00. Earthquake alerts, not alerting as expected. Whether you got the early wakeup or misfire yesterday, the main act for Early Warnings is bugging out. Were asking the experts, whats going on. Neighbors are fed up again in the east bay after another problem with the martinez refinery. This time a strange smell and sirens going off overnight. And a live look in downtown san jose. Not just time for sweaters, not yet. Were tracking heat across the bay area right smack in the middle of fall. Welcome back. The news at 6 00 starts right now. Thank you for joining us. Were going to start right with our chief meteorologist tracking the high temperatures. Here we are middle of october. It is like a 95 today. Yeah. A real scorcher. Were getting the official numbers in. And now even up as hot as 96. The one spot that did reach a record again. The numbers just brand new into us this very minute on santa rosa at
Produce the rainfall to finally get here to the bay area. The core of the storm remains up near seattle and portland. We do have cloud cover rolling in right now. So the very first rain drops look like 7 a. M. , and later pushing down towards San Francisco and also contra costa county. So again, tomorrow morning, rainfall beginning on tuesday, moderate to light pockets, make that slick. The sierra snow levels could go down to 2,000 feet. Well tell you exactly how much snow and rain and what it means for thanksgiving coming up in just about 15 minutes. All right, thank you, jeff. As we begin this holiday thousands of people for the holiday will be stuck out in the cold. Tonight, one shelter that is supposed to help the homeless will not be open. Robert handa has more. Was the shelter caught off guard . Reporter a little bit, here is where the rain and cold have people concerned. Were at the san jose shelter for home first. In fact, a lot of programs were launched today to try to protect
Off in an hour from now. The white house aiming to get Senate Republicans to back its two big new demands, a payroll tax cut and a cut to funding for testing. But so far, key republicans and democrats, they are rejecting those demands, with just days to reach an agreement before some of the current relief expires. And the Coronavirus Crisis at hospitals is worsening hospitals in seven states, plus puerto rico, reaching all time highs for Covid Patients leading more state and city officials to reimpose restrictions including a shift in chicago, back to tighter limits on gyms, bars and restaurants. Nbcs Garrett Haake covering all the politics for us on capitol hill and Nbcs Carol Lee at the white house this morning for us. Garrett, let me begin with you a lot of meetings and briefings in the works there today walk us through what were expecting and the sticking points that remain reporter yeah, the administration is sending some of their top officials to capitol hill today, chief of staf