The economy, the Supreme Court, the big issues affecting americans were addressed tonight by both men hoping to be our next president. They appeared at separate events but took aim at each other. The president always takes his eye off the ball. The whole ball game changed when i saw the way they treated justice kavanaugh. I have never seen any human being and im not just talking about Supreme Court. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Glad youre with us tonight. Joe biden and President Trump were originally scheduled to hold a town hall together in person tonight. But after President Trump was diagnosed with coronavirus, the nonpartisan commission that organized the debate announced the event would be held remotely. Well, the president refused to attend, resulting in two separate events at the same time. We brought in a team to cover what happened tonight. Abc7 news contributor phil matier is in the newsroom with his unique insight. That in just a moment. First lets go to anchor liz kreutz breaking down both events on a night like weve never seen before. Whiplash for voters who had to go back and forth between the two town halls. You saw two different town halls , no surprise, given we have two different candidates. Both the president and former Vice President biden were asked about a range of toippics, starting with covid19. Vice President Biden was in philadelphia and President Trump in miami for dueling town halls. The president was asked about covid19. When his last negative test was before contracting the virus. He wouldnt say. Okay, and you dont know if you took a test the day of the debate . Possibly i did, possibly i didnt. Later answers George Stephanopoulos asked biden to respond if he will demand the president take a test the day of their next debate. By the way i came up here, i took another test. Its just decency. The town hall with biden was calm and substantive in contrast with a more combative debate with President Trump. There was a lightweight moment when the viewer complimented his smile. I have to say you have a great smile. Gotcha. Thank you. But much of it was filled with Nbcs Savannah Guthrie grilling him on the pandemic. Youre the president. Youre not someones crazy uncle. The president said he denounces White Supremacy but would not disavow qanon. I know nothing about it. I do know they are very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard. But i know nothing about it. Meantime, biden was confronted by issues race. Was it a mistake to support it . Yes, it was. The former Vice President was also asked again about his plans for packing the Supreme Court. He kept the option on the table. Im not a fan. It depends on how this turns out. Not how he wins, but its its handled. The Supreme Court also brought up with President Trump. What do you say to the voter thanks its hypocritical to act in that manner and they cant trust republicans word. The whole ball game changed when i saw the way they treated justice kavanaugh. I have never seen any human being, and im not just talking about Supreme Court, i have never seen a human being treated so badly with false accusations and everything else. A lot brought up tonight. Health care, climate change, immigration, and daca and lgbtq rights also topics of discussion tonight. Next week one week from tonight well see the two candidates face off for the last time in the last president ial debate. Liz, thanks. Stand by for just a moment. Lets bring in contributor and San Francisco chronicle snds north sider of phil matier. First of all, just unprecedented given that i would assume most people who supported biden watched biden and most people who supported trump watched trump. Im not sure anyone benefited from this in terms of voters. That is the question. But both groups had different goals. Joe bidens ahead in the polls, although his camp is worried about he wont turn out the numbers to come across on elections day, so his job was to energize his base and to reach into whatever undecideds are out there. Some say he was slow, and he was. He was also long winded on answering questions. Trump was the polar opposite. He was quick, snappy, and confrontational. He was also being grilled. It was less of a town hall for him and more of a more of a morr a reporter. Im not sure trump accomplished the goal sort of deflating that eccentric image we had in the first president ial debate. Im not sure he presented himself as the calm, reassuring type of president that people are starting to say thats what we were looking for, at least in him, and of course in joe biden as well. Phil, nbc got a lot of criticism for deciding to host this town hall at the exact same time as this abc town hall. It wasnt really a service to any voters. I feel like Savannah Guthrie and the fact she decided to grill the president , it was 20 minutes before we heard her turn to take questions from voters. This is a town hall, youre supposed to take questions from voters. What do you make of that . Ill be honest about that. If you or i or anybody else got the call and said the president is going to be available and theres other competition out there that he could go to, chances are i would say, yeah, well take it. And then youll sit down and show that were not just going to roll over for this. Were going to ask the tough questions. If he made the rules that he would only show up at this time, then you dont have to be a George Stephanopoulos and sort of have the Traditional Town hall. You have a right to go in there and grill him as well. So both sides got what they wanted out of it and, you know, the american public, you either got a split screen or split personality going back and forth or you checked out your candidate to see if they were meeting up your expectations. And maybe people would dvr the other and then watch the other after the first one. Theres only so much time in the day. And only so much we can take, right . Exactly. Thats a very good point because, you know, right now america is dealing with so many things, and this on top of it, youre right. How much more can we take, and that is in this election when i tell people on the streets, its hard to figure out what they want more, this to be over with or the fear of what happens when its over. So i dont know what it is, but youre right. So we do have to endure this 19 more days. Thats when the election is happening. So any predictions leading up to election day, phil . Record turnout, after that its anyones guess. Biden appears to have a comfortable leave, not make mistakes, that would be the biggest thing for him. I have to be honest with you. I was talking to democratic operatives and they appear to be worried. They say the minorities, especially the minority male voters arent swinging necessarily in bidens direction and they say that could be part of the decision. So we got 19 more days. Its going to be a very active 19 days. A fascinating 1 days. Phil, thank you so much. You can read phil matiers columns in the San Francisco chronicle every wednesday and sunday. Votebymail ballots have been sent out, you can return yours before or on november 3rd. Dont forget to seal, sign, and date your ballot. You can mail it back, take it to your countys Election Office in person and official drop box, vote center, or any polling place. You can track your ballot online through the secretary of states website. If you would like to vote in person on election day, you certainly can do that. You should wear a mask but you wont be refused to your right to vote if you dont, but why not just wear a mask and be safe . Happening now, 32,000 pg e customers in Northern California are without power during this Public Safety power shutoff. The pink triangles show you where they are. Pg e says the first wave is over, but were now in a second wave. Winds are expected to remain gusty overnight until 10 00 a. M. By 10 00 a. M. We should see the winds on the decrease and well begin to start issuing weather allclears when its safe to do so. Power is expected to be pull fully restored by tomorrow night at 10 00 depending on the weather, which our team is tracking very, very closely, dan. Absolutely, ama. Im sure noticed today it will find like a blow drier out there today. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here. You can see very clearly why its so dangerous, sandhya. Absolutely. Its that time of year when our peak fire season takes place. Take a look at the wind gusts right now. 42 miles an hour out of the northeast in mount diablo. The diablo winds dry out the atmosphere even more, and its already dry out there red flag warning for the gusty winds and low humidity north bay, east bay, valleys and hills. We also have a heat advisory until 9 00 p. M. Tomorrow for the entire bay area. Risk of heat illnesses. We have records today, kentfield tied at 91. 92 in downtown oakland, broke a record set back in 1974. San jose tied at 94 degrees. Ill let you know how long this fire danger and the heat is sticking around coming up. Dan . All right. Thanks, sandhya. Coming up next, new from the abc7 news iteam, we take you to a local yoga studio thats bucking the rules when it comes to containing the virus. Youll hear the owner defend his decisions. Plus its something weve been working on that needs to be done. Our officers are not experts. 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Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. Tonight a bay area hot yoga studio is under investigation after more than a dozen complaints allegedly the owner is defying state Public Health guidelines. Im not spreading the virus. I had the virus in february, so what . Its over . Okay, thats great. No one even knew you had it. Pacifica beach yogas Facebook Page still welcoming students. The owner tells the iteam he hasnt closed since the pandemic started and has no plans to do so given the precautions hes taking. Iteam reporter stephanie sierra is on that story. At pacifica beach yoga, you can come feel the heat with maskfree, virusfree, cowardfree bikram yoga. Im recording this part, is that okay . Okay. This is the owner, Thomas Antoon who goes by tommy. If its a pandemic, wouldnt we be stacking bodies . We dont hear about anybody dying. Only what you listen to on the news. I dont want to hear about the numbers and dying. Its a bunch of bull [ bleep ]. Its [ bleep ]. People are dying but not like theyre saying. He tells abc7 news hes not afraid of covid19, which is why he has been hosting inperson, maskfree yoga classes for the past seven months. Are you concerned about potential spread . No, no. Its been seven months and we have the distance. We do our yoga. They can put themselves here. Theyre all wiped, the spot you have when you leave. And then we come in and clean it. According to him, he took us every customers temperature upon arrival and follows a rigorous cleaning routine in between each class. We have this fogger full of 99 pure alcohol and we fog the entire studio. The floors, the bathrooms, the changing areas, the front lobby, between each class. Inside the studio he says he can accommodate 11 people socially distanced by the tape. How long have you been operating like this . Youre recording me, though. Well, yes, but i wanted just to clarify how long. Weve been doing it for a long time. Seven months . When did this all start . According to guidelines, yoga studios were not allowed to open on a permanent basis from march until september 22nd. At that point inperson instruction is permitted only at 10 capacity, yet he tells abc7 news he is operating with 11 people in a studio that can accommodate 26. Thats more than 40 capacity. You are aware this is against the rules . No, not as far as i know. I havent heard nothing. County and state regulations require that everyone have a mask inside. Yeah, well, everything is optional. But its state required. Im not making them wear a mask. It is a state and county requirement. Okay yeah, thats what you say. I dont know. I dont see no laws. I can somehow. After we saw complaints from consumers online, we requested an interview with Pacifica Police captain to check. How many complaints were filed against this business and when were they filed . Pacifica confirmed they received 16 complaints about Health Order Violations since april. One of the complaints resulted in a written warning issued back in may. Totally irresponsible. It jeopardize ts the safety of e people. He explains the emergency ordinance provides new penalties for commercial businesses violating health orders. These fines can range from 250 to 3,000 per violation. Weve already received complaints of businesses that are not compliant with state regulations. He says the county is launching a covid19 compliance unit next week. Well have a way for the public to report businesses that are noncompliant. Well send out emails to these businesses, well go out and make sure we follow up with them. If theyre not complying, well seek Civil Penalties and criminal prosecution. But if you ask antoon im living my life and saving lives. Ill never close this place. Ever. Never. We finished our conversation as promised after speaking with pacifica place. I later showed up to explain the regulations specifically pertaining to to businesses like his. I have the guidelines right here to show you. But he wasnt interested. If you know the business in San Mateo County that is not complying with Public Health guidelines, starting friday you can file a complaint to the covid compliance unit by either calling 211 or filing a report online. We have all these details posted on our website. For the iteam, stephanie sierra, abc7 news. You can find the details that stephanie just mentioned on our website, abc7news. Com iteam. In the south bay, a new partnership between San Jose Police and county Mental Health professionals could help quickly connect more people to the resources they need to get healthy and help build a better bay area. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen has the story. It could go a long way in preventing a tragedy from happening during a Mental Health crisis. We need to have experts with us that are able to respond to assist to keep our officers safe, to keep the individuals safe, and to keep our Community Safe at large. Starting this week, clinicians from the countys mobile Crisis Response team will have access to a special group of San Jose Police officers when responding to psychiatric emergencies. Officials with the county department of Behavioral Health services say the arrangement might help reduce response times, giving back minutes that are vital to diffusing a dangerous situation. Crisis assessment, verbal deescalation, as well as providing resources and referrals to individuals who are in need of Mental Health support services and treatment. But some say the program wont be effective, including the mother of a man who died five years ago after being shot by police during a mental distress call as he was wielding a knife. She hopes police and clinicians largesse better job connecting with Family Members upon arrival. The Family Member can give you information about the person thats having that mental crisis about what they know about that person, whats important to that person. Maybe even clues as to why theyre having this mental breakdown. The new initiative is being funded for one year by a grant by the state department of justice. More officers will receive additional training to better handle issues in the field. I think pairing that with a clinician creates opportunities to improve Public Safety in our community in ways that i dont think we yet understand. 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