Probably not soon enough, but coming soon, if you consider the weekend soon. I do. Im already thinking about it. It is friday morning. Good morning to you julian and kumasi and jobina. Hi, everybody. I do have the news of a fire danger length extending until 6 00 this evening. National Weather Service brought that up this morning. Thats the difference between when you went to bed last night and whats happening now. 90s possible everywhere, even along the coast, just like we had yesterday at Half Moon Bay. All those records going to be warmer than it was yesterday. Ill show you that relief coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Pg e is expected to restore power by 10 00 tonight depending on the weather. This morning thousands of people in Northern California are still in the dark from the Public Safety power shutoff that started on wednesday. So the pink triangles that you see on the map, those indicate the outages. Anser hassan is live in sonoma with more on this. Good morning, kumasi. Again, this neighborhood in sonoma is without power. If you look up, you can see the power lines and trees are part of the reason why pg e is so concerned about neighborhoods like this one. Pg e says power throughout the state has been cut off due to the threat of wildfires. In the north bay, close to 7,000 customers have been without power at some point. Though the strongest winds of the week have passed, temperatures are expected to reach the upper 90s in sonoma county. The north bay still faces dangerous fire weather conditions. Its been hot but most residents seem to be coping the best they can. If it prevents fires, anything will help. Were still not in a safe zone yet at all. We have not been getting rains, its still hot. The winds are high. Its still a risk, if they shut off the power to prevent fires, i guess i would wait another day or two if it gets us out of the red zone. Pg e says the crews will be out later today to inspect power lines across the bay area. If all goes well, they will begin to turn the power back on to those neighborhoods as soon as possible. Now, in the meantime, pg e is asking those of you who still have power to conserve power throughout the rest of the day. Anser hassan, abc7 news. Right now on our website, we have an entire section dedicated to the Public Safety power shutoff including tips on how you can prepare for the next one. This is on abc7news. Com. Were just 18 days until election day. Today the president has three Campaign Events in florida and georgia. Joe biden will campaign in the battleground state of michigan. Last night undecided voters got a chance to grill both candidates in competing prime time events. The coronavirus pandemic was the key and leading issue on both stages. Elizabeth schulze joins us live from washington. Reporter we were supposed to have President Trump and former Vice President joe biden on stage together, instead we got competing town hall events that took on different tones. The president ial candidates offering starkly differing views on the defining issue of the election, the coronavirus pandemic. Were in a situation where we have 210,000 people dead. What is he doing . Nothing. We have done an amazing job. Its rounding the corner. We have the vaccines coming. Reporter President Trump saying in the nbc news town hall he cant remember if he was tested for coronavirus on the day of the first president ial debate. He tested positive two days later. You dont know if you took a test the day of the debate . Possibly i did. Possibly i didnt. Reporter the president not denying a New York Times report that hes 4 400 million n debt. 4 400 million compared to th assets i have, all of these Great Properties all over the world. Are you confirming you owe 0 40 million . Im saying its a tiny percentage of my net worth. Reporter trump also chose not to condemn qanon. I know nothing about qanon. I just told you. What you tell me doesnt necessarily make it fact. I know theyre very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard. Reporter even though he retweeted baseless claims made by qanon supporters. As the president defended his personal record to voters in miami, joe biden tried to present a trag mattipragmatic a his policies. It depends on how this turn out. Dont voters have a right to know where you stand . They do have a right to know where i stand. Theyll know where i stand before they vote. Youll have a clear answer before election day . Yes. Depends on how they handle this. Theres another debate scheduled for next thursday in nashville. Elizabeth schulze, abc news. With that hour and a half long joe biden town hall and the hour long President Trump town hall, the Fact Checkers were hard at work. You can find out which claims hold up. You can find that out on our website, abc7news. Com. Pfizer is laying out new details on the timeline for its new covid vaccine, it could be out in a little over a month if the trials go well. Jobina fortson has more on this. Pfizer could be ready to apply for emergency use of its vaccine by late november. The drugmaker will petition the food and Drug Administration once it gets the next round of data on the vaccines effectiveness and drug safety. If both sets of data are positive, pfizer can move forward. The fda requires that companies provide two months of safety data on at least half of trial participa participants. Pfizers chief executive wrote based on our current trial enrollment and dosing pace we estimate we will reach this milestone in the third week of november. That officially puts President Trumps promise of a vaccine by election day behind. Kumasi . All right. Scientists with the cdc are accusing the Trump Administration of installing two political operatives within the agency to try to control information. They were assigned to the cdcs atlanta headquarters in june despite having no Public Health background. Both were tasked with watching dr. Robert redfield, the agencys director and other scientists there. The Associated Press, which is investigating this story says congress is now investigating the pair. Numerous examples of the administrations attempts to shelve scientific guidance coming out of the cdc or to change or gain editorial control over scientific publications. A number of Administration Officials corroborated the story with the Associated Press on the condition they remain anonymous. Happening today, cooling centers will be opening across Santa Clara County in response to the expected high temperatures. You can see a list of locations on your screen here. Social distancing will be enforced and you have to be free of covid19 symptoms to be able to enter one of those cooling centers. Lets check in with mike to hear exactly how hot we could expect it to be on this friday. 90s everywhere. Even the coast. Yeah. Its going to be a record setting day. Triple digits are possible in some areas, especially if youre on pavement for any length of time this afternoon, thats a reminder if youre going to walk the dog, keep them off the pavement during the afternoon hours when the sun is brightest. Tonight or last night through this morning our toughest night for sleeping in San Francisco. Look at these temperatures. The coolest i could find, 67 at the ferry building. 69 at crissy field, also heading towards bayview, everybody else in the 70s. This is the last one. Definitely cooler tonight. 70s everywhere and 60s until you get to pleasanton, 59. Mid 50s from petaluma up towards santa rosa and healdsburg. Lets look at whats going on for mount tam. Northeast wind at 20. Temperatures 71 degrees. The activity planner for today, burning sunshine at the coast. Temperatures near 90. Waters 56. Same thing for the bay and too hot to be outside exercising. Our winds are still around 30 Miles Per Hour to 40 Miles Per Hour across the north bay, not as fast as yesterday but fast enough with the humidity level to cause critical extreme fire conditions. We have them just about everywhere, the red flag warning. As we head up into the morning commute, it doesnt change. It does start to taper a bit. We get rid of the extreme by noon and in the evening hours we drop down to low. Breathe a sigh of relief as we head into the evening. Lets talk about the morning commute and hoping for friday light. Jobina, what have you got . You know, we are right on track for that, at least for now. Good morning. Happy friday to you. Were going to start off with a live look in walnut creek, checking out 680 there. Seeing how things are moving. Pretty smooth. Pretty light for the most part. Same story goes as we look at the golden gate bridge. Much quieter this morning. I didnt show it to you yesterday at this time, i wanted to bring it in. Id say a decent amount to sometimes when we look at 510 and its empty. The slowest spot is in oakland as we bring in the map here. Southbound 880 between 23rd and 2 29th avenue. If youre familiar with that area by now, roadwork wraps up at 6 00 a. M. Speeds down to 15 Miles Per Hour and 17 Miles Per Hour. Still ahead on abc7 news, a bunch of bay area schools could be getting new names. And the Trump Administration rejects californias request for federal money to help with wildfires. The parents were calling and saying there is a lemur out on the playground. What a call, right . A big relief for the San Francisco zoo this morning. Maki, the lemur, is back what . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. 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Record warmth this morning and record warmth this afternoon. The sun will set on this record setting day at 6 29. Were still in the 70s and 80s heading out this evening. We have the red flag warning for the northern half of the state. Areas around los angeles and san diego also added. Heres a look at the temperatures today, no flex alert like yesterday, highs will be almost exactly the same. Thank you. The Trump Administration has rejected californias request for federal money to help with losses as we deal with the worst fire season in state history. Jobina is at the live desk with what the Governors Office plans to do next. The state plans to appeal the decision. Governor newsom was seeking help to recover from six recent fires, including the creek fire. Governor newsom estimated the Financial Assistance need at 0 200 million from that fire alone. In total he asked for 3 346 million to cover all six fires. President trump had previously threatened to withhold wildfire assistance from california saying the state has not done enough to manage its forests, but its worth noting here that the federal government controls 57 of the states forested land. A spokesperson for the Governors Office says the priority is finding other programs to apply for aid. Nearly a third of San Francisco schools are considering a name change. The chronicle is reporting 44 schools are working on new names including george washington, Abraham Lincoln and Dianne Feinstein schools. Theres concern the names might have links to slavery, oppression and gentrification. Some parents are upset that district officials are focusing on school names when students are struggling with pandemic and Distance Learning. This morning we have an update to one of the most popular stories right now on abc7news. Com. The San Francisco zoos missing lemur has been found. Maki is back home after getting a muchneeded checkup and some rest. He was found at a school in daly city hanging out by himself. Kate larsen spoke with the little boy who was the first to spot him. The parents were calling and saying theres a lemur out on the playground. Reporter that was not how miss sarah thought she would end her day in daly city. The San Francisco zoos missing lemur maki was out on the yard. He was hopping around the play structures, ultimately while he was waiting to be picked up was hiding in one of the plastic play houses. Its exciting. Reporter according to his parents it was 5yearold james trin who spotted maki first when his mom picked him up from school. What did the lemur look like . Lemur. White, black and gray. Reporter james knew what to do with a wild animal on the loose. Call the zookeeper. Reporter so it was, animal care and control and Daly City Police showed up and took maki into custody. Maki was discovered missing wednesday morning. San Francisco Police discovered evidence of forced entry and damage to the enclosure. Because of makis old able, hes 21, and the traumatic experience hes endured, there is some concern about makis health and condition. We certainly absolutely hope the best for maki. Reporter ed pool who you just heard from promised me james will get a lifetime membership to the San Francisco zoo. And if its covid safe he will have a chance to get up close and personalleeme erleemer erl s and give them some treats. In the newsroom, thats the latest. Im kate larsen, back to you. James was the perfect person to find maki, okay . He knew what to do. He said call the zookeeper hopefully hell get to enjoy that lifetime membership to the zoo. Thats cool. Thats nice. Thats nice. Dont you love kids . So what did he look like . A lemur. So funny. Kudos to james. That was awesome. Were glad he found his home. 75 outside in sutro tower right now. Look how clear the air is as we look over to the east bay hills. Temperatures are in the 70s right now. Record warmth, high fire danger. That will be the last time i say that for a while. Warm hills tonight, but more comfort near the coast. As the heat eases, it will be most abrupt along the coast. 20 degrees cooler on sunday. Inland neighborhoods cool down about 8 degrees. I call this the fog forecast. Were looking at the winds. You can see theyre blowing offshore, east to west. Look what happens as we head into the lunch hour. We start to see more of a northerly gradient. Then heading into the evening hours, a bit of a northwesterly slight onshore flow. That will bring some cooler temperatures tonight. Until then, look for the asterisk, thats a record high. Mid to upper 90s in the south bay. 92 to 95 on the peninsula. Upper 80s, mid 80s to near 90 along the peninsula. 90 for the second day in a row at Half Moon Bay. 90 will set a record in downtown San Francisco. Like yesterdays 90 that didnt, mid to upper 90s in the north bay valleys. 92 to 95 along the east bay shore. 95 to 99 in the inland neighborhoods. Tonight, a little more comfort. More 50s out there and 60. Less 70s and no 80s in the hills. By sunday, 66 at the coast, around the bay. Next week were cooler but still warmer than average. Coming up next, the 7 things to know this morning. And a big im voting yes on prop 19. Nineteen limits taxes on seniors. It limits property tax on people like me. Nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. It says so right here. If 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. I looked at moving but i cant afford the taxes. Will you help californias most vulnerable . Vote yes on prop 19. It is 5 21, heres the 7 things to know this morning. Number one, thousands of people waking up again without power this morning after pg e declared what it calls a Public Safety power shutoff to try to prevent wildfires during this red flag warning. Its expected to restore electricity by 10 00 tonight depending on the weather. Some of us waking up to record warmth this morning. All of us dealing with moderate to high risk of heat illness as record high temperatures will overtake most of our neighborhoods. It will be hot through 9 00 this evening. Number three, the Trump Administration has rejected californias request for federal wildfire aid during the worst wildfire in state history. Number four, President Trump and former Vice President joe biden are back on the campaign trail this morning after dueling town halls last night. Biden will campaign in michigan while the president has several events in florida and georgia pfizer is laying out new details on the timeline for its covid19 vaccine. The drugmaker could be ready to apply for emergency use authorization from the fda by late november. It needs positive results on vaccine effectiveness and drug safety. Number six, we do not have major c