The growing outage after severe storms in the northeast and midwest and the stunning damage to crops in the heartland. Rush the season . The Early Arrival of Pumpkin Spice this year. And let it flow. How President Trump wants to improve your morning shower. Good thursday morning, everyone. And we begin with breaking news from california where a wildfire described as explosive is raging out of control. The socalled lake fire broke out near lake hughes about 60 miles north of los angeles and quickly grew to more than 10,000 acres. Flames are threatening at least 100 structures in the area. Mandatory evacuations are under way, and crews warned overnight that they have zero containment. Kabc reporter veronica miracle is there. Reporter here in l. A. County the lake fire is sucking up everything in its path. You can see firefighters here protecting this property as fire creeps up along the hillside right behind it. Now, this fire is so powerful, it created enough force to make several fire tornadoes and while firefighters havent confirmed if any of the homes have been destroyed in this area, several people believe their homes are gone. Incredible images there from veronica, and hundreds of firefighters are already on the ground, but with the fire burning at a rate of 55 acres per minute, even aerial attacks are doing little to stop this spread. We will give you more information as we get it. We turn now to the Biden Harris Campaign kickoff. The history making democratic ticket making their first appearance together. Senator Kamala Harris sharing her personal story but also going on the attack and overnight, her rival, Vice President mike pence returning fire taking aim at harris track record. A new poll shows 40 of americans approve of biden choosing harris as his running mate, 36 have no opinion right now. Heres abcs ines de la cuetara. Reporter this morning new momentum in the race for the white house. For the first time your next Vice President of the United StatesKamala Harris. Reporter joe biden and Kamala Harris appearing together for the first time as running mates. Everything we care about, our economy, our health, our children, the kind of country we live in, its all on the line. Reporter the pair helping raise 26 million in 24 hours. We are ready. Were not going to take it anymore. Weve had enough. Reporter laying out plans to make sure every ballot is counted this november despite the pandemic. Voting by mail matters. Having drop boxes, having early voting, having enough poll workers. Reporter but President Trump says funding for the postal service, one of the sticking points in stalled Coronavirus Relief talks in washington, could jeopardize mailin voting this fall. They dont have the money to do the universal mailin voting, so, therefore, they cant do it, i guess, right . Reporter trump also laying out a laundry list of attacks on harris. Shes very bad on facts. She wants no fossil fuels. She wants to defund or at least sub stantly reduce money going to police departments. Reporter Vice President mike pence overnight building on those claims. Where joe biden said hed be willing to cut funding to police she said recently that she thought we should reimagine the police. Reporter but earlier in the day trump surrogates sending mixed senates calling harris both too soft on crime and too tough. I dont want someone who says that they are not going to be tough on hardened criminals. She fought to keep inmates locked up in overcrowded prisons. Reporter biden already firing back. Donald trump has already started his attacks calling kamala, quote, nasty, whining about how shes, quote, mean to his appointees. Its no surprise because whining is what donald trump does best. Reporter his campaign accusing trump of, quote, melting down after the president tweeted, the suburban housewife will be voting for me saying biden wants to flood suburbs across the country with low income housing. Theyre going to in my opinion destroy suburbia. Reporter according to one recent poll, trumps support in the suburbs has dropped by nearly 30 since 2016. And overnight new details emerging about the Democrats Convention next week. The 13 candidates who ran against biden in the primary will appear at a virtual event, and congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez will speak, but shell only be allowed one minute, kenneth and mona. Our thanks to ines for that report. Now to the coronavirus and a new warning from the director of the cdc. He says unless everyone wears a mask, this fall could be the worst america has ever seen despite encouraging trends across much of the country. Searcherexaini why this fall could be a, quote, perfect storm and now more teachers are protesting the reopening of classrooms. Heres abcs andrea fujii. Reporter this morning, nearly half the country seeing deaths on the rise from coronavirus, and though hospitalizations are decreasing, infections are increasing in some of the nations largest cities. Houston reporting nearly 1,000 virus deaths as texas schools prepare to start the school year. The countdown to the first day of school in person is like a ticking time bomb unless we do this right. Reporter county Officials Say children should not be in class, but the governor says that decision is up to local districts. Just north of san antonio, this school adding plexiglas barriers and mandatory masks for everyone. They make me feel safe, but im just really, really excited to go back. Reporter in georgia nearly 1,200 students and staff quarantined after dozens tested positive in Cherokee County now forcing the closure of two high schools, and at the school where these images of students without masks went viral and dozens tested positive, students are now protesting the decision to switch to partial online learning. We shouldnt be forced to go online because others are fearful. Reporter President Trump wednesday reiterating his call to reopen classrooms. So sitting in isolation with a computer looking at a laptop is not the same as being out there in the real world. Reporter the president also hopeful for a College Football season. The big 12 now planning to play despite other Major Conferences canceling or postponing the season. At notre dame two players now fo their lkitive for covid19 ringing fansntstadiums in socalled pods, groups of people who agree to sit together Wearing Masks but stay distanced from other groups. Cdc director dr. Robert redfield warning if people dont wear masks, we could see our worst fall ever. We are not asking some of america to do it. We all got to do it. Reporter but not everyone is listening. Youre a bunch of idiots Wearing Masks. You know its not real. Look at you fools. Reporter in tucson video shows a man yelling at a Grocery Store employee wearing a mask. His son carrying him out. Researchers warn with current virus levels a fall resurgence threatens parts of the midwest and east coast including new york. After an uptick of cases in one brooklyn neighborhood, new york city is now working to get all residents there tested. As the world awaits a vaccine, colombian Officials Say they arrested two florida men wanted in the u. S. On charges they illegally sold a bleachlike chemical as a miracle cure, andstti mounting as businesses are closed. Lets get rolling and start bowling. Reporter outside michigans capital, protesters from the bowling industry upset theyve been shut down for months with no word on when they can reopen. Meanwhile, amc announcing theyll open 100 theaters by august 20th and plan to open twothirds of their theaters by september 3rd. Kenneth, mona. Andrea, thank you. The fbi is investigating a shooting that forced a military helicopter to make an Emergency Landing in virginia. Officials say the air force helicopter was hit by a bullet during a training mission. A crew member suffered a minor injury. It was flying at about 1,000 feet preparing to land when it was hit. Weather systems are causing power problems in two parts of the country. A storm with hurricaneforce winds knocked out electricity to more than a million customers in the midwest and also damaged 10 million acres of crops in iowa. Meanwhile, in new york some people have gone nine days without electricity after Tropical Storm isaias. Time now for a look at your thursday morning weather. More flooding is possible today in the Baltimore Area with another round of storms expected to move through. Some areas got nearly four inches of rain on wednesday. Extreme flooding also hit southwest arkansas forcing evacuations after eight inches of rain fell in the region. Thats a single day record for august. No rain will be in that area today but it will be hot. Some cooler air moves into the northeast today, 85 and rain in minneapolis, and the fire danger continues across much of the west with windy and hot conditions. 85 in los angeles. Coming up, a mistake at the dmv results in the most bizarre license photo weve ever seen. But first a new threat from uber and lyft. Why millions of people may soon be unable to get a ride. And our favorite story of. What he did to save his mothers life. How will 2020 census data where there are more people, there are more needs for public services. Thats why the census is used by the government to inform funding decisions each year. But thats not all. Its also used by nonprofits to inform services, by businesses to create jobs, and even by students for school projects. Understanding how the population changes helps us shape communities across the country for the better. Shape your future. Start here. Visit 2020census. Gov. Back now with the Police Officer jumping into action to save a man in a wheelchair from an oncoming train. The officer saw the man was stuck on the tracks at a Railroad Crossing just as the train was approaching in lodi, california. She risked her life as you see there pulling him to safety with seconds to spare. Uber and lyft are threatening to shut down in california if theyre forced to make their drivers employees. A California Court has ordered both companies to reclassify their drivers. Right now theyre independent contractors. Ubers ceo says the company could suspend service until at least november. Uber and lyft are currently supporting a ballot measure that would keep drivers as contractors. The 7yearold boy being hailed a hero for helping to save his mothers life during a medical emergency. This is south floridas newest junior firefighter. At just 7 years old, this boy saved his moms life. 911, what is the address of the emergency . Hello. Hi. My mom is choking. She cant breathe. Reporter aidyn toban stayed calm as he explained his moms condition. Is your mommy completely alert . What does that mean . Like are her eyes open like if you talk to her, is she responding to you . Mommy. No, shes not responding but her eyes is open. Reporter aidyn was able to tell the dispatcher his mother recently had a seizure and provided their address. Oh, my god. If all callers were like him, stayed calm, answer the questions. They asked if i could read and then i said yes and then i read a mail and gave her where i live and then they came. It was awesome hearing the actual dispatchers call that we got to hear and just how he articulated and just how he sounded so good on that. Is that the police . Yes. Okay. Aidyn, you did such a great job. Youre such a hero. Thank you for helping your mommy. And we provided first aid, and after speaking with aidyn, he told us a little more about what was going on and we were able to treat mom. Im very grateful and im very proud of him, very, very proud of him. Reporter the rescue crew went back to visit aidyn this week. We think you did a fabulous job. Yowere you re ao mommy. Ltiim truck and handing him a bag of gifts including a firefighters hat. He does deserve all of this and i want him to be extremely proud of everything that hes done. One for me too. Way to go, aidyn. As you can see mom is doing okay there. Just incredible. Coming up, a massive sinkhole leaves hundreds stranded. Also ahead, should you avoid going to the dentist right now because of the coronavirus . 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New details about how the coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on new york city. 6,500 businesses have closed their doors permanently since march, many of them retailers. Hundreds of neighborhood shops have also vanished, and larger chains have left the big apple in favor of cities with lower rents. The state of retail in new york basically did an overnight shift with the onset of the pandemic in march. With people in new york city leaving town, it just became essentially a ghost town over the last several months. Many store owners have lost their lunchtime crowds as well due to people working from home. Really hate to see that. And dentists are speaking out against the World Health Organization which is recommending people postpone visits to their dentist because of the coronavirus. Earlier i spoke with dr. Yvonne maldonado. We also discussed a new study raising concerns about how far the coronavirus can travel. Weve been told for months to maintain six feet of social distance, but a new study out of the university of florida found the coronavirus can travel up to 16 feet away from an infected person indoors. How worried should we be about this . Weve known that the virus can spread for a variable distance for some time, but the majority of the spread really occurs within that six feet radius, and its and it indicates its important to continue to wear masks and distance because of that variety of spread of droplets. Researchers are forecasting along the i95 corridor between virginia and new jersey we have not seen any evidence of improvement when it comes to the transmission rate of covid19, but people in that region have been told theyve flattened the curve, so whats going on here . Why has the transmission risk not weakened . Its not going up, but its also not coming down because people are businesses are open and people are still going indoors and the behaviors really havent changed that much, so the behaviors need to keep changing. And this was a bit of a surprise. The World Health Organization is now urging people to avoid going to the dentist because of the infection risk unless its an emergency. The American Dental Association is fighting back saying dentists offices across the country have improved safety protocols and ventilation. What are your thoughts . I think it is a risk benefit calculation that needs to be done. The World Health Organization has to think about the entire world and different procedures and Different Countries vary. The American Dental Association of dentists in the u. S. 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