Postmaster general, who was appointed by President Trump, president defended his could mean problems with mailin postmaster general, louis dejoy. Ballots. On saturday the president , without evidence, claimed louis is working very hard. Mailin voting to be, quote, reporter dejoy is under fire catastrophic. For an overhaul that led to mail all of it coming as we learn of a loss in the president s family. His brother, robert, passing delays, cut backs on worker away overnight. Overtime and removal of mail well have more in a live report just ahead. To discourage nt and mailboxes. Well also preview the Democratic National convention and talk about some interesting new poll numbers with chuck todd. Then our sunday focus. With more than 150 coronavirus mailin voting . Are you trying to discourage no, not at all. Vaccines being developed right the steps that hes taking are now, how soon, if ever, will we trying to stop the tremendous actually see one that can get losses that have taken place
Oakland, 95 so far. San jose, triple digits. These are not the official highs. These are highs so far. There will be a lot more added to this list. Look at this map. Everyone other than Half Moon Bay in the 90s and 100s. Extreme heat, absolutely. 109 in fairfield. We have the dangerous heat wave prompting much of the bay area to go under that excessive heat warning until 9 00 p. M. For the inland spots on wednesday. There is a high risk of heat illnesses. Ill let you know how long this heat wave will last and what is changing for your weekend, coming right up. Right. Anyou. With te power grid operator has issued a statewide flex alert. It asks to you conserve energy as much as possible until 10 00 p. M. There was a flaring incident at the she have ronachevron in spewing black smoke into the afrlt you could see it for miles and miles. Live with more on the story, eric . Reporter larry, most of us know around here, the hot weather and spare the air days go together like salt and pepper.
Is primed for burning in the fall . We have a live look at dolores park as heat settles in and the bay area. San francisco is hitting the 90s. The heat is not leaving anytime soon. Good evening, i am alan et. K the crowds late this afternoon. Every spot in the parking lot was taken. Its one of the few places to get relief from the heat. This is the state of ocean beach. People were spaced out compared what we have seen at other locations. Brian is tracking the hotspots and the records that were broken today. It is no surprise that they have excessive heat warnings and advisories posted around the bay. It will stay that way for a while. It is rare to see these posted for more than a couple of days. The numbers, concord is at 106. That is a record. Livermore broke a record, started San Francisco. San jose has the record. Santa rosa is approaching one. You can see that the numbers are warm. They will stay that way. Some records have stood for quite a while. The heat is here to stay. There
Dangerous heatwave continues until next wednesday for inland areas. Heat advisory until 9 00 p. M. Tonight for the bay shoreline. Heat illnesses are possible. The risk is high. Be careful. Live doppler 7 showing you no fog. What we have been dealing with is tropical moisture, which has added to the humidity, and thats made it even more uncomfortable. Ill let you know how long this heatwave will last and whats changing for this weekend, coming right up. Okay, sandhya, thank you. All right there are several Power Outages in the bay area, affecting at least 10,000 customers, including some large ones on the peninsula and the south bay. There are also two large outages in concord and martinez that were affecting 4,000 customers at one point. Power has been restored to some of those people. Now we just got this video our newsroom not long ago, showing a melted mess on Begonia Court in martinez, where one of these large Power Outages is going on. Contra costa fire says a transformer box in f
Weeks of testimony come to an end in a liable suit involving johnny depp and his exwife amber heard and a british tabloitabloid. Good Tuesday Morning im fipp p phillip men na. Im frances rivera. There is good reason to be hopeful this morning it is a major week for Vaccine Research and a promising candidate is entering a critical stage of testing. Heres nbcs tom costello. Reporter its a make or break trial, the eyes of the world on the nih and drug maker moderna beginning phase three trails involving 30,000 candidates across the u. S. Well count cases of covid19 that occur in the participants you want to see the covid19 reduces the number of cases in this people who received the vaccine. Theyll be exposed naturally as the virus spreads across the country. 24yearold john penman received a shot thinking of his two grandmothers living with his parents while his mom works in a preschool. I worry about it every day. For me this is something i can do personally to benefit not only my family