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Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 500AM 20240712

Flag warning for the next hour. Live doppler 7. The Higher Elevations are experiencing the gusty winds. They could be anywhere from 25 to 35 miles an an an an 13 to maybe 20 miles an hour, will continue to weaken throughout the day but looking at poor air quality in the north bay and inland east bay, impacts from the wildfire smoke, also a spare the air alert today with current check temperatures cooler this morning, where the glass fire is at relative humidity coming up a bit to 24 . Winds southsouthwest moist flow, 2 to 4 miles an hour. Instead of the mid and upper 90s, just about 90 inland today and lower 80s around the bay. So today begins a more widespread cooling trend with a lot of fog and a sea breeze at the coast to start but then things will get sunny there. Well talk about the cooldown threat weve had and rain coming our way on friday. Liz . Lisa, well cross our fingers for that, t President Trumps battle with coronavirus coming in this morning. A group of the president s supporters gathered outside Walter Reed Medical Center where mr. Trump is being treated. The white house physician says he is cautiously optimistic about the president s health. Meanwhile, a growing number of his aides have tested positive. Abc News Reporter elizabeth schulsey joins us live from washington with the latest. Good morning, liz. President trump spent his second night at Walter Reed Medical Center. He remains fever free and continue treatments of remdesivir. The istillected to staylor t next few days. President trump spoke directly to the American People from the hospital in a strid yo posted on twitter last night. I came here, wasnt feeling so well. You dont know over the next period of a few days thats the real test so well be seeing what happens over the next couple of days. Reporter a senior white house official told reporters yesterday the next 48 hours will be critical for the president , as he battles covid19, calling into question what the president s physician said earlier in the day. This morning, the president is doing very well. The president s been fever free for over 24 hours. We remain cautiously optimistic but hes doing great. Reporter the white house flgs repeating in a memo the team is cautiously optimistic on the president s health but adding hes not yet out of the woods. The physician declining to say if the president had ever received supplemental oxygen. Has he ever been on supplemental oxygen . Right now he is not on oxygen. Reporter but sources telling abc news President Trump did receive supplemental oxygen on friday at the white house when he was having trouble breathing. We were real concerned with that. He had a fever and a blood oxygen level that rapidly. Chris christie also testing positive, tweeting he checked himself into the hospital as a precautionary measure and is experiencing mild symptoms. Hes one of eight people infected with the virus who attended a ceremony Coney Barrett last saturday. I dont want to be attacking the president and the first lady now and jill and i pray for their quick and full recovery. Now the Biden Campaign is moving forward with inperson events. The Campaign Says the former wle regarly teedoravusndill tt results. In washington, elizabeth schulsey, abc 7 news. Thank you. President trump spent his second night at Walter Reed Medical Center amid confusion about his current condition. Sources also tell abc news the president is bored and wanting to leave the hospital, but is expected to stay there for the next few days. I came here. Wasnt feeling so well. Reporter reassuring words from President Donald Trump but dr. Robert wachter says the president s health remains uncertain. We certainly see people that do this and they come up a little bit and the next day they crash. Reporter the doctors biggest concern is that President Trump was allegedly given oxygen at the white house, indicating the virus may have affected his lungs. Now that his oxygen level has fallen, he is at risk of a bad case of covid pneumonia. The key is that his oxygen level is low, sometimes we slap on a little oxygen, but knowing he h needed it is very important. Reporter the diagnosis that according to uc hastings law professor hadar avaren who change the president ial race. This will be a detriment people aus coaccusing him of downplaying the pandemic or rising from behind. Reporter there is a question that lingers. If the 25th amendment is invoked, who would be under the hood . Pence will take over the president ial duties temporarily while trump remains on the ballot. Reporter President Donald Trump is 74 years old and clinically overweight, two factors that place him under the high risk category for recovery. Hes not out of the wood, if you take all people of his age and his situation at this point in the progression, you would have to say his chance of passing away from this is at least . Rorte d wachter believes theres a chance President Trump could be contagious after recovery and suggesting for the next president ial debate scheduled for october 15 to be remote. Well wait to see if its postponed or anything changes. In the newsroom, luz pena, abc news. Overnight the white house released photos of President Trump appearing to work in the makeshift office at Walter National military center. The one taken at the conference table here and also one from the president ial suite. The president s team says hes still carrying out his duties in between treatment. Critics of the president are questioning the authenticity of the photos, pointing to the blank piece of paper he appears to be signing with a sharpie. As these updates come in in on the president s condition and those within the president s circle you can be sent the latest as soon as it happens. Last night we sent a paush lert saying the president is not out of the woods yet according to his doctor. Enable push alerts for your phone and were posting this on the front page of our website for you, abc7news. Com. Moving on now, happening today, another spare the air alert day across the bay area and lasting through at least tuesday this week. Youre seeing our network of cameras around the bay area and no matter where you are, east bay, San Francisco or south bay, there is just no escaping this thick haze. The smoke from the glass fire continues to go south and blanket our skies. New video from the show ma county sheriffs gives you a birdseye view of some of the glass fires destruction, this is the eastern edge of santa rosa. The Skyhawk Community down below and more of st. Helena and silverado trail beyond those charred hills. You can still see many homes are this mnifornlo ts good news for ason. M ste ts 20,000 total of 4 million acres burned in california this year. The glass fire has destroyed at least 600 buildings since starting one week ago. The flames threaten another 29,000 north bay homes. And its burned more than 7 square miles, only 15 contained, although that has gone up over the past 24 hours so that is good news. Abc 7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez has more on the fight. The copters that are working this fire are doing a really good job at trying to keep this in check. Reporter cal fire Public Information officer jason shandley explained air drops take precision. They are fighting a hot spot. An amber could start something and before you know t you got another 500 acres on your hands, because of the winds. It pushes everything. Saturyteoon. Gty the cleinof smoke during the h y conditions prompting a red flag warning. The fire slowly backing down the hill. Reporter fire officials tell me they dont need engines where the hot spot is at. What they need is people so thats why this crew is walking sanctify. This is foo iris not the only thing affected by red flag warnings. The firefighters it takes a toll only their bodies. Reporter the hot spot is burning above cal fire, sonoma lake and napa unit headquarters and down the road from grist mill a historic landmark. Celaly vasquez is watching the fire from afar even though she was told to evacuate. Were and vigilant. Weve been told to evacuate two days ago bull were ready to go if needed. Reporter shandley asked residents who have evacuated to be patient. The glass fire is currently threatening more than 20,000 structures. Understand theres so much going on and the last thing we want to do is put a resident in harms way. Reporter by nightfall, the winds had calmed down, and fire crews lit a back burn. In st. Helena, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. If youre affected by the glass fire, some help is coming. A local Assistance Center opens tomorrow for north bay residents. Sonoma county residents can stop by Maria Carillo high school . Santa rosa, from 1 00 to 7 00 tomorrow and 10 00 to 7 00 tuesday through saturday. Its possible these dates will be extended as well. City officials will make an announcement later in the week. Abc 7 is teaming up with the red cross and tv stations to raise money for people affected by the fires this year. You can doutoe nate online go t redcross. Org abc. We also put together this live updated air quality tracker to see the Current Conditions where you live on our front page and your abc 7 news app. Lisa, what can we expect . Still pretty hazy out there. It is hazy but in spots closer to the bay weve had clearing. The onshore flow will pick up today that will help as well but the haze will be with us especially in our east bay and north bay. A live look outside from our exploratorium camera, yesterday 65 to 105 so quite the extreme. Well narrow that range today and talk about more moderate temperatures throughout the week and some rain next. Thanks, slee. Lisa. Pack the lunches and pack the bags. Back to school for one bay area county for real this time. Kids are back to the classroom tomorrow. Plus ill treat you to my steak here. The indoor restaurant scene in San Francisco, why it might only now be a shelf what it your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. Well, dr. Farrell, it feels really good. Thats good. And. Im sorry. Baby, dont touch that. I dont want you to play with that. singing twinkle, twinkle little star. How i wonder what you are. still singing up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky. But,ow a youoing im hanging in there. Schedule a video visit with your doctor. And get quality care with no copay. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. We know that when we take care of the earth, the earth also takes care of us. Youd be surprised by our environmentallyfriendly way of baking breads. Our ingredients are farmed per strict usda organic standards. Our bakeries are powered by renewable wind energy. And we support environmental causes through 1 for the planet. Oroweat organic bread. Great taste thats sustainably baked. And now, introducing our super delicious and nutritious organic kids bread featuring disneys mickey mouse and minnie mouse all right, as we all work our way through this pandemic together, abc 7 is committed to finding ways to build a better bay area through the crisis with five main focuses in mind. One of them is caring for our students education and their mental health. Some students in the north bay are getting their backpacks and supplies ready for tomorrow for the First Time Since march. Four Public School districts in marin are reopening for inperson learning. Schools in larkspur, courte made madera, read miller and kent ee. Teachers are excited to welcome back students and decorating hallways with balloons. They want to make it comfortable and fun and to show the kids how much theyve missed them. Abc 7 news took some time checking you out the San Francisco restaurant scene this weekend. The first in more than six months with indoor dining. Most restaurants may appear empty but because theyre only limited to 25 capacity or 100 customers. One diner is thankful to be back inside johns grill near union square. We are so happy that the indoor restaurants are opening up now. That means all the people that had worked in the restaurant can come back in and work. Ive been wanting to come back here since they closed it really. Many restaurants plan to keep serving guests outdoors until the city allows more seating indoors. And hundreds of catholics went marching through San Francisco demanding city officials ease restrictions on how many people can worship indoors. Some sang, others carrieds a marys cathedral. A mass celebrating the feast of st. Francis assisi. Houses of worship are limited to 100 people or 25 capacity, whichever is fewer. Its just not fair. Its discrimination against us that our churches cannot be open but others can be open. The federal government threat bed to sue San Francisco over hits ban of religious services. This morning the United States is trending in a concerning direction with new covid19 cases. Friday the u. S. Recorded its highest single day increase since midaugust. In here in california there are encouraging numbers. The state reported more than 2,100 new cases and far below the average of 3,000 per day. There were 88 deaths, which pushes the states total past 16,000 but notice the 14day positivity rate, where things are really good. Its dropped to 2. 7 , and that is the lowest its been since the pandemic started and a good indicator of low transmission. If you ever want to see how close your county is to the next step of reopening, we put together this interactive guide for you, it shows you whats open, whats closed and the data where each county should belong. Its right on our website, abc7news. Com and on your free abc 7 news app. Happening today, the San Francisco museum of modern art reopens to the general public, offering Free Community days today through august 18th so for free but last check this g,orry capacity. Masks must be worn at all times. Visitor als will not be allowed and out privileges. The moma opens at 10 00 this morning. New this morning, how about this sight at sunrise . So pretty. Hot air balloons are up over albuquerque for the annual balloon launch which happens throughout the month of october. This years Famous International balloon fiesta event is canceled with covid19, but more than 100 balloons are still taking flight and dotting the skies over the duke city. It turns out al beer canner citn early october. Thats a bucket list thing for me to see that. It looks so gorgeous, lisa. Very cool. We are looking at just some slightly cooler weather. I know you told me you slept most of the day away yesterday. Tired. I was kind of jealous, but letting you know it was really hot and still hazy out there. Today not as hot and were having pockets of the bay looking a little bit better but still spare the air alert. North bay and east bay high elevated smoke. 7 08 is the official sunrise. With the longer nights were a couple of degrees cooler. Fog at the and a half mile visibility and live doppler 7 picking up on the low clouds and fog down the shoreline. This system here will bring us modest cooling as we get into the beginning of the week, and then another system is going to link up with a remnant tropical system allowing for some rain to arrive on friday. Maybe friday night. Well show you preliminary totals in a moment. 61 in oakland. 58 in hayward with just about 50 in santa rosa. We had some upper 40s yesterday and we get our coolest temperatures right after sunrise, so we could certainly drop into the upper 40s still and looking at that fog along the Golden Gate Bridge not a lot of it. It wont be influencing any areas except for you right along the shoreline, and well see these gusty winds up to 30 miles an hour for the next 30 minutes or so in the north bay hills. So still that red flag warning but winds are continuing to weaken and today looking at still those smoky and hazy conditions but it will be cooler by five to ten degrees but still above average and looking at that chance of rain coming into play. A couple of things happening here with the air quality, were hazy throughout the day today but as we get into your monday, notice the yellows and the oranges. Now those winds will switch around to a southerly component and thats going to bring up more smoke from the fires to the south of us, thats why we have the spare the air alert into your tuesday. As we look at high temperatures into monday, not much change. Well have that shallow deck of low clouds and fog and near 09 90 in our inland valleys. Tuesday a little bit of cooling. Wednesday, mist and drizzle, probably could see that at the coast and temperatures barely in the low 80s inland so thats really when the changes get going. Picking this up on thursday, as theres a system to the north o bringing some rain to the north coast, and then look what happens, it tries to slip to the south. Between now and friday and saturday, this is certainly going to change, but it looks like two inches up near reading, aybe over ansc so thats certainly something and maybe 0. 4 up by the fires. 80 in oakland. 85 today in fremont. It will be hazy, not as warm but still hot with 90 in livermore, 86 in san rafael, 90 in santa rosa, that is an improvement, mid60s half moon bay. The accuweather sevenday forecast so hazy again today, morning fog tomorrow. More of it and look at temperature trend going down throughout the middle of the week, mist and drizzle and rain. Our storm impact scale is with us with a level one by the end of the week. So thats excitihat is exciting. We hope for that. Thank you. Just ahead, rising from the ashes, why a summer camp turned to ruins, signs of hope after traffic and air pollution will be even worse which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. To keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. 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