Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Mornings Weekend Edition 20170903

Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Mornings Weekend Edition 20170903

We will have a reaction from the white house today. Today is another spare the air day. We will check in with people at most risk and we will check in at a cooling center. A triumphant story of a blind Football Player at usc overcoming great odds for a moment he says he will never forget. It is jake olson. He is definitely someone you want to year for. We will explain this coming up. There is relief and store in the weather. Were excited to hear about that. The red flag warning has expired. We have advisories in place. We could feel a little muggy out there today and ill explain why. This is a live look at the son up in shining already. We had clouds overhead this morning. Mostly cloudy skies. We could have high humidity today. On the positive side, temperatures are coming down. On the flipside we may have cloud cover to deal with. Very calm this morning at the airport. The winds are light and the advisories are in place. The heat watch for areas along the coast and inside the bay will go until 9 pm and the heat warning is still in place for the northeast and south bay hills as well as the inner east bay. That will go on until 9 pm. The temperatures this morning, we start out warmer than yesterday. The cool spot is 64 degrees in santa rosa. Around the bay, a lot of 70s. 78 degrees in mountain view. Most of us did not cool off in the overnight hours. As a result it was hard to sleep. Here is the 24 hour temperature change. 10 degrees warmer in santa fe then yesterday. As we take a look at the cloud cover, notice how widespread it is. Almost the entire bay area is covered in clouds. This is not fog that we want to see come our way, this is coming in from the south. It brings with it some moisture. When we come back we will take a look at the afternoon highs as they trendsatrend down today. We will also have the extended forecast coming up. We start with developing news from asia. The focus is north koreas latest nuclear test which comes days after South Koreans koreas show of force. North korean state media claims that its leader inspects the loading of a Hydrogen Bomb into a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. There will be some skepticism about the claim from experts about assertion that it has mastered hydrogen technology. A statement sunday by the state run Korean Central News Agency will raise already high worries on the Korean Peninsula and in washington that the north is closer to its goal of an arsenal of viable Nuclear Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles that can reach the u. S. Mainland. Kim jongun inspected the loading of an hbomb into the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile during a visit to the Nuclear Weapons institute. The north conducted two Nuclear Tests last year alone. The first involved what it claims to have been a Hydrogen Bomb and the second was its most powerful ever. Fighter jets collected air samples after knew about the test. That has not led to any independent confirmation that it was a Hydrogen Bomb. The Weather Agency says the Nuclear Blast was five times stronger than the tests last september. The country has made huge rides in Nuclear Capabilities that has ramped up tensions are along the peninsula and around the world. The National Security council has called the meeting. North korea will talk with it u. S. About the employing assets. Beijing expressed Firm Opposition and strong condemnation. Russia said the claim deserves the strong this strongest condemnation. The french president says there needs to be united and clear reaction of the european union. 60,000 people in germany have evacuated homes as crews diffuse a bomb discovered this past week. The bomb was found at a construction site in reckford on tuesday. Everyone near the site was asked to evacuate including hospital patients. Some museums have opened their doors to give people a place to go when that bomb is diffused later today. This is the biggest evacuation in recent history there. Fairfield police are investigating a shooting on interstate 80 last night. Police say shots were fired between two cars. Right now police are not saying if anyone was hit or what may have led up to the shooting. They may release more information tomorrow. Police say they are been more than 100 shootings on freeways since 2015. The one we just told you about in fairfield and there was another one in hayward last month. Chp says someone opened fire on an suv. To teens were in that suv and injured by fireaflying glass. Three men robbed a target store yesterday morning. The store was closing. One man had a rifle and another had a handgun. Investigators say they told the employees get on the floor then took money from the cash drawer. No one was hurt. Police say the robbers got away in a four door silver sedan. If you have information please call the police. Now to our weather, more cooling centers will be open for people looking for relief. It will be a bit cooler today but it will still be hot. The fire danger is still out there. A spare the air alert has been issued for fourth day in a row. Air Quality Management encourages people to carpool and use public transportation. People are being encouraged to drink lots of water. More than 12 people were treated for heat at the fairgrounds yesterday. Reporter the record bay area he has toppled many Outdoor Events. Not this one. I am doing it for our heritage and our ancestry. I feel like i am doing it for people looking down on me. Reporter crowds flocked to the fairgrounds for the scottish games. Visitors took notice as temperatures peaked to 109 degrees. It has been very warm. We have had warm fares before but this is the warmest weve ever had. Reporter do you do this everywhere . Yes. For 10 years. I am trying to find shade. It is not humid so it is easy to get over. Reporter people are wearing costumes that way 50 pounds. Summer trying to find relief under tents and missing stations. Meanwhile there are cooling centers. This was one of 16 in this man from houston was taking advantage of it. It is the humidity as well as the heat. 112 is the forecast for the high. Can you hear it in my voice . Its hard to breathe out there. Reporter key is to stay hydrated. When you drink alcohol you get dehydrated. This intense heat does not allow your body to hold onto the fluids. We deal with the weather. Back to you. We received an update on Power Outages around the bay area. About 9500 customers did not have electricity last night, no ac. The numbers down to 2500. The most affected areas are in south there south bay. There are scattered outages throughout the area. 483 customers dont have electricity in east bay. On the poland peninsula, 158 President Trump has declared today a national day of prayer for those affected by Hurricane Harvey. 40 people have died. Beaumont texas is still working to restore clean Drinking Water. Just outside of houston a Chemical Plant that caught fire twice is still being monitored. Donald trump is back in washington after visiting texas and louisiana yesterday. Heres the latest from houston. Reporter many parts of houston are drying out. s dumb flooded neighborhoods are going to remain flooded for longer than anticipated. The mayor says enough is enough. For some of these neighborhoods the water is not expected to go anywhere in coming days. The army corps of engineers is trying to drain the reservoirs. Some have not evacuated. The mayor says is that is mandatory to get out. I have no choice but to issue a mandatory evacuation for those individuals who are living in homes or apartments in this particular area. Reporter donald trump visited those hardest hit saturday. He shook hands with relief workers and handed out meals to those displaced. These are people that have done a fantastic job of getting things together. Reporter harvey has left billions of dollars in damages. The estimate is expected to continue to rise. Donald trump seeks an emergency 7. 9 billion in relief funds from Congress Next week. Rescue efforts continue. Floodwaters are receding in some areas and residents are returning to homes devastated by the flooding. Summer fighting their homes gutted. I lost everything. All my furniture is gone, the only thing i got was my dining room table. Reporter with the school year about to begin sums things will have to be relive dated at some schools may not reopen for months. In houston, back to you. Melania released this statement. She said after spending the day with Children Women and men who have been impacted by the storm, it furthers our determination to provide support as we pledge to continue our effort in the long road ahead. Caltrans is tearing down some peers to the old bay bridge. The explosives being used in the demolition. All that and more coming up after the break. Stay tuned, well be right back. Good morning and happy sunday to you. We have of you for you there, thats an interesting shot. We have been dealing with smoke and haze over the last couple of days. Now we have cloud joining a this morning. The good news is temperatures are coming down and the air quality is include improving. What you can expect for the days ahead coming up. The old bay bridge piers are coming down. More are scheduled for the next for the upcoming weeks. That part of the bay should be returned to its original condition. Reporter with bay bridge traffic halted for just a few minutes, two peers were pulverized by explosives. Reporter the initial take was that it was very successful. We will be able to do a sonar read of the demolition work. Everything went successfully. Reporter caltrans kept a promise not to hurt wildlife. Environmentalist watch this so they could rehabilitate rescue and rehabilitate any animals. Reporter when all the underwater piers and debris is removed the bay will have undergone a significant restoration. The title flow in and out will restore the bay and the bay bottom exactly the way it was. Reporter the remaining pillars and one giant one on the island side may or may not be removed. If they remain in place they would be used for a public purse of purpose such as a fishing pier. This all will happen every other weekend until some time in november when all of the old piers are gone. But, that depends solely on one thing, that wildlife cooperates. Back to you. Fire crews are battling a wildfire in the sun valley neighborhood of los angeles. 5000 acres have been affected and it is moving in the direction of pasadena and burbank. The fire is 10 contained. They shut down up portion of the 210 freeway. Fires are burning in the tuna park. Because of erratic winds and the high temperatures, 730 homes in three separate cities near the park have been evacuated. One home has already burned and hundreds of people are being told to be ready to leave quickly if the wind changes direction again. Everyone is keeping an eye on how fast the flames are moving. When you see how far it is, you know how fast, it just takes a little bit of wind or an ember. Ive never seen anything like this before but im confident in the fire department. We are ready to leave if we have to. This is the largest wild part wildfire in the history of la. Air tankers have been called in. The fire started friday and it is under investigation. Cal fire says the ponderosa fire is now 50 six percent contained. It has burned 4000 acres since it began tuesday. About 500 homes are still threatened. Evacuation orders are still in place. 32 homes have already been destroyed. Cause of this fire is still under investigation. In the sierra foothills they are gaining ground at grass valley. The pleasant fire is now 80 contained. It started wednesday and grew to 400 acres. Evacuation orders have been listed. You feel for the firefighters. It is middleait is 90 and 100 degrees. They have to bring in more crews. It is an extra challenge. We have a little bit of break but we have to wait a couple days, right . Yes. We dont usually get a good soaking until early november. Two more months of this. Lets bring the heat down. First things first. The onshore breeze is making a comeback. We will have improving weather as we get to the labor day. We do have in place, something different, mid and highlevel clouds streaming across the bay area. This comes from the south. I will show you that in just a moment. Lets check in first on what we arks acting for sunday afternoon when it comes to air quality. Central bay is above 100. If you are sensitive to the pollution, this includes you. We have been seeing it for a couple of days. You want to avoid that figure is outdoor activity. In the bay and santa clara county, it is even worse. Anytime we get above 150 we get that. You can see some green on the screen. Off the coastline and over portions of the Central Coast coming all the way from areas of combo, mexico. Giving you a look at what is going on here at home, a lot of cloud cover in place. This will continue this afternoon. Temperatures are coming down but it could feel muggy out there today. We are going to be cooler at the coast as the onshore breeze kicks in. It could take a little longer for it to trickle into the bay and inland communities. The cooling trend continues today but it will not feel too cool. We will get more comfortable weather in the cupacoming days. Here is a look at the cloud cover. Notice it continues to stream in from the south. We could be partly sunny and mostly cloudy. That could bring us a benefit because it could bring cooler temperatures. 67 degrees right now in San Francisco. Along the peninsula, 82 degrees in belmont and 71 in woodside. As we did yesterday, darting off to a warm start. The afternoon hhs, we lost the tripled digits. 89 in sausalito. In the east bay the low 90s and alan mediaaalameda. Head the south bay, head to the south bay, 90 2 degrees. 93 for San Francisco. That is a good 10 degrees cooler, maybe more than yesterday. I never thought id be excited this the a high of 93 in oak and. I will take it. Neither of you have air conditioning, right . I dont. I had to get a blanket wet and sleep with a wet blanket on me just so i could sleep. It was hot. I wasnt that bad. Moving on. All right. Jerry brown leaves california to talk to talk about climate change. We will preview his trip and tell you all about it. A blind student had his dream come true in the closing minutes of last nights game. You wont believe this. All that and more coming up after the break. Stay tuned, well be right back. You may have heard of a program called stand up to cancer. Celebrities take part in a nationally broadcast show raising money and awareness in the fight against cancer. People behind this campaign are working on a new project called super school. Famous figures including tom hanks and Samuel L Jackson will appear in a tv show. They will be joined by educators parents and children to discuss how to improve high school. We will show it next friday night. We began a series today highlighting successful Education Programs in the bay area. Tonight we are introduced to a high school that recently won a 10 million grant sponsored by the rain jobs, the widow of steve jobs. This was founded in 2013. The Charter School is known for tailing academics towards each students interest. They apply what they have learned to real world applications. In traditional models we get good at solving problems that we know the answers to. This develops people who can solve new problems because you need these different skills to solve these problems. You can hear from parents and students about this tonight on the 10 00 news. Super school live will be here next friday night at 8 pm. If you are not a usc football fan you are likely to get a big smile out of this. They were playing western michigan and had of good lead. Coach clay hilton called the number 61. His name is jake olson, the snapper. He is blind so he needed teammates to lead him to the right spot. He makes a great snap. The kick is good. His teammates gave him a bunch of hugs to celebrate the victory. It is great to see. It is in operation from a holder and making sure it is lined up straight. Its a lot of trust. I love being out there. It was an awesome feeling. Something i will remember forever. Getting a snap at usc is, im trying to say as much as i can. Quite believe it yet. He dreamed of playing for usc even after cancer stole his site before he was 1yearold. As a 12yearold he had to have surgery to remove his white eye. He played High School Football and he attends usc on an athletic scholarship. He will get his varsity letter because he played the game in the game yesterday. What a story. He cant see and it was right on the money. Peggy whitson returns to earth after a record making breaking mission. All that and more coming up after the break. Stay tuned, well be right back. Back. Without pg es assistance, without their training our collaboration with pg e is centered around public safety. We could not do our mission to keep our Community Safe. Anytime we are responding to a structure fire, one of the first calls you make is for pg e for gas and electric safety. Its my job to make sure that they have the training that they need to make the scene safe for themselves and for the public. Its handson training actually turning valves, turning systems off, looking at different wire systems all that training is crucial to keeping our Community Safe and our firefighters safe. Together, were building a better california. This and the performed at woodstock in 69. I think its canned heat. That is all you need to know. I think this means were going to have another hot day. That is the Silver Lining of having all this hays. It makes for great sunrises and sunsets. Hopefully that air will clear up in the temperatures will come down. Welcome back. Happy weekend everybody. Lets kick it over to ros

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