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KTVU KTVU Fox 2 News At 5pm July 14, 2024

Record at 96, it advisory is st effect, and as we go into tomorrow, big changes. That is sort of the story, its record hot, two days in a row, and then we get this recipient is dropping temperatures starting tomorrow. Theres a trough of low pressure that gets closer to us, and it brings the chance for some snow flurries to lake tahoe as we go toward the weekend. So the plan for tomorrow, today santa rosa, 103, tomorrow, 84 degrees. 94 and six San Francisco, the go to 95, so temperatures drop off. You will notice the cool down, but in the meantime, its still pretty warm, in the next few hours things will start to cool down as the wind shifts and we see more of an onshore flow. In the meantime, one more day with lots of records. If you live in the north baker you may hear helicopters flying overhead. Those are pg e crews that are inspecting the condition of powerlines after they shut off power to about 1500 customers in sonoma and napa counties. Tom vacar continues our coverage now, hes in the mountains above calistoga. Reporter sonoma is now totally restored, we are on france valley road, about 1000 feet up on the calistoga side. Around here there is still power outages, but they are now inspecting those lines and they soon hope to have the power restored pretty quickly. But heres how the day went. Jerry factor is one of 1400 pg e customers still shut off. He was shut off early this morning, and he hasnt had power in almost 12 hours. But like many of his neighbors in the rural area, he has a big generator that runs his entire house when needed. Theyve got to do what theyve got to do, thats all there is to it. Im in favor of them shutting her down, if you want to live here, youve got to be prepared. Its like a little city around here, there are generators running all over the area now. Though the town of calistoga was not shut off, the arco station was on the shutdown circuit, inconveniencing folks needing to fill up. I think its a good idea, its better that than the alternative, id rather that than a fire any day. With five generators going, it was a normal safe night and day for safari west and its overnight guests, day visitors and 900 animals. We have a Management Plan to keep our grasslands mow down, naturally, we have fire trucks and water trucks. We have the Fire Department that comes up and trains our staff on how to put out grass fires, how to use the fireworks and kosher, all of those things come into play. Pg e has an airconditioned resource into at the napa county fairgrounds for those needing to recharge phones, get water, and information about restoration. We are waiting for the weather to pass and get the all clear. Crews are on standby and ready to start the reunification process. The supervisor was happy that the shut off on a rural micro grade was small, but he said communications from pg e were not so good. We have to hold pg e a cannibal for better cooperation, coordination and communication. We are getting too much information that is fuzzy, at best. Power should be restored this evening here in the napa area, but only after all the inspections are done, the roads are very wind he up here, there are a lot of trees, so it may take a little bit of time, but they are pretty sure they can get it done this evening. Reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu , fox 2. The summary of a phone call, unclassified and released to the public, this morning the white house released this document on the telephone conversation between President Trump and the president of ukraine. It is the call that took place on july 25 that launched the House Democrats impeachment inquiry. After that release the president defended himself while sitting next to the ukrainian president at the United Nations Brianna Smith ukrainian leader defendant President Trump saying there was no pressure on the call. Greg lee here now with reactions from local congress when. They are saying there was absolutely nothing there, democrats obviously disagreeing, it sets a very big day in congress tomorrow. We understand right now members of the house and Senate Intelligence committee, we are just starting to see some reactions about it on twitter. This after President Trump stressed transparency this afternoon. Its a joke, impeachment for that . When you have a wonderful meeting, or you have a wonderful phone conversation . President trump remains defiant, denying any wrongdoing in a phone call with ukraines president , as the white house released a memo reconstructing the call. In it, mr. Trump asks you cranes a leader to do us a favor, referencing a Company Involved in the Russian Election investigation. President trump goes on to urge the president to work with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and attorney general william barr to investigate potential corruption and former Vice President joe biden and his son, hunter. The two leaders held a News Conference after meeting in the yuan, and President Trump was defended. We spoke about many things. And there was no pressure. This is part of a whistleblower complaint, and what pushed a House Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry. The ap report some members of congress received the complaint ahead of testimony on thursday. The Justice Department determined the president did not break the law based on the entered evidence available. Jackie spear, disagrees priest make hes referring to himself as a candidate for reelection who wants to dredge up dirt on his opponent, and hes withholding 400 million in aid that was supposed to go to ukraine. The white house, and many House Republicans say the memo of the phone call shows no quid pro quo, and in a statement Speaker Pelosi said the president tried to make lawlessness a virtue in america. This afternoon, the president said he asked republicans not to object to the release of the complaint. We were going to do this anyway, but ive informed them all of the house members, that i fully support transparency on these socalled whistleblower information. We see evidence that the president does not comply with the law, does not respect the law. And furthermore, is abusing his power. Once again, the acting director of National Intelligence will go before the Intelligence Community tomorrow where he will be pressed about this whistleblower complaint. Joe biden was in los angeles, and they asked him from afar, and he said this was very revealing, so take it for what its worth. B mac so in the wake of all of this, is it too soon to talk about the potential indications for the Trump Campaign, and possibly the Biden Campaign . I think a lot of people are talking about this, saying this will inspire President Trumps base, and in fact in light of the call for impeachment inquiry, the Trump Campaign sent out an email to all its supporters and said helpless fight this impeachment and have raised quite a bit of money in the last 24 hours, which is telling. What about this whistleblower complaint . We have the director of National Intelligence speaking tomorrow, how much can he talk about, and is there the possibility that at some point that they will actually see the complaint. Weve heard adam schiff to say that hes working with the attorney for the whistleblower, who he or she would like to go before the committees at some point. I think if and when that happens, it will really be our first chance to see what indeed is the case. Maybe we will get some answers tomorrow. I also thought it was interesting that he threatened to resign. And he said he wanted to speak openly and candidly, because he took an oath and wanted to be true to it. A california committeewoman with the Republican National committee talked to us live, and said no pressure was exerted on the president of ukraine to dig up dirt on a political rival. I dont think the president considers joe biden to be a viable political rival. I think the democrats will have totally killed his chance at the presidency by the end of this week, as a result of this. But even before that, he was not really arrival, so i think thats really over blowing the situation. A number of National Polls have given joe biden a lead over President Trump, however its important to remember that we are more than a year away from the 2020 election. To make democratic president ial hopeful castro made a stop in the bay area today. Meeting with people in the fruitvale area. He discussed more affordable housing, and he also visited a homeless encampment. We see that Everyday Needs here in fruitvale and neighborhoods across the United States. We have an urgent rental affordability crisis. More people are sleeping on the streets, more people having to double up emma more people sleeping in cars. When i was the secretary of housing, i worked with many others in the Obama Administration and local communities to try to put more resources into getting people off the street. He included a plan to invest in homelessness by the year 2028 nationwide, he will attend the heritage celebration in San Francisco along with mayor london breed. There was a seven acre fire that began when someone tried to steal copper wire from a power pole. The fire began just after 3 00 this morning. Reporter aerial video from firefighter shows a steep glowing hillside before sunrise, the fire burned overnight, it started at around 3 00 this morning, it burned 10 acres before it was 100 contained by 9 am. Near the fire scene, investigators found power poles with clear saw marks. A fire investigator said this fire was started by a person who intentionally cut into two power poles, causing them to spark the fire. Investigators found saw blades nearby, they have their own power supply, and theyve had some recent problems. They reported to us that theyve had an occurrence lately of individuals attempting to steal copper powerlines for recycling purposes. Its really tragic. Definitely we have lots of wild animals, we have a snake that is no place else in the world, there is treasured resources, that we dont even know are there. Thats why we call it a preserve. Lorna hayes is a volunteer manager with the preserve, and she said there were some people camping last night that had to be evacuated as a precaution, but the campsite was not near the fire. No one was hurt and no buildings were threatened or damaged. The preserve will be open to visitors and hikers and campers this weekend, and she wants firefighters to find the person or people who the fire. Its a new phenomena area sadly this morning, it destroyed part of our preserve and used up some very precious resources from our fire crews. They hope to collect some fingerprints from those saw blades that were left behind at the scene the others power poles. New trouble for a San Francisco ecigarette maker, the shakeup at the top of juul. From mindfulness exercises to stress toys, we bring you on tour of a new Wellness Center made especially for high School Students. After being shut down for hours, montgomery street in San Francisco is now open. We will tell you why protesters left of these colorful murals right here on the street. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. The juul record. They took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. Five million kids now using ecigarettes. The fda said juul ignored the law with Misleading Health claims. Now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn San Franciscos ecigarette protections. Say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. California is among 17 states to sue the Trump Administration to block the rules that we can the endangered species act. The general made an announcement today in davis. The new rules will allow for the first time to consider how much it would cost to save the species. They also remove blanket protections for animals newly listed as threatened and make it easier for species to be removed from the protected list. The endangered species act directs protections of imperiled species take precedence over corporate profits. The law is clear, it is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure that actions will not jeopardize the survival of a species or degrade critical habitat. Those new rules are set to take effect tomorrow. Environmental activist spent the day blocking some of the key intersections in San Franciscos financial district. They are calling for a change in policy. Christien kafton is on california street tonight, and those protesters also blocked access to several financial institutions. Reporter yeah, they did, and in just the last half hour or so, the last of the protesters made their way out of the area. You can see traffic now moving along montgomery street. This of course at the evening commute, so we are still trying to gauge just how big of an Impact Todays protest is going to have on the days commute. Protesters began gathering before the workday got underway, looking to disrupt business as usual in the financial district. Activists blocked the doors to banks in the area. We are blockading the people that are destroying what we need to live. So thats why people are in front of chase and wells fargo, bank of america. We are kind of all over, because we have to be. Activists blocked the employee access door to wells fargo, blocking workers from getting in. We want to hold corporations accountable, our action of disobedience is nothing compared to the violence that corporations like wells fargo are taking around our earth. Wells fargo workers were left Milling Around the street try to figure out just how long the protest would go on. None talk on camera, but off camera one wells fargo employee told me blocking people from getting to their job might alienate the very people who would otherwise agree that Climate Change is a crisis. Officially, wells fargo released a statement reading in part we recognize the growing concerns of Climate Change and environmental sustainability, and we are working to find solutions. Wells fargo is committed to accelerating the transition to a low carbon economy. Chase said it is reaching out to stakeholders we firmly believe that balancing environmental and social issues with financial considerations is fundamental to sound risk management. Please let a handful of protesters off, activists think thats part of the cost of making sure their method message is heard. We are taking action because of the climate crisis, its so critical and people are not paying attention. Those environmental protesters are gone there, they clearly left their mark here on montgomery. Painting this series of murals, they go on for about two blocks along montgomery street. Those euros painted with biodegradable and earth friendly paint. For now, a lot of people have been stopping by and looking at them, and asking a lot of questions about what happened here. Its provoking a lot of conversations. Live here in San Francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. Lets take a look at the weather out there. 103 in santa rosa, thats unofficial, it could be higher, it will be 84 tomorrow, temperatures tomorrow coming down from today. You can see all these numbers, we showed you the records earlier, temperatures as we go in to the next 72 hours will plummet. So today will wind up being the warmest day of the week. Temperatures after that will just fall off the map. Now weve got 100 degrees in fairfield, 97 in santa rosa, 99, these are the current temperatures. Livermore is a couple of degrees cooler. Hayward, san carlos, san jose, five and 3 degrees warmer than where they were yesterday at this time. Still a heat advisory in effect, as look at the satellite mapping, you can see a lot going on. You can see all the thunderstorms and activity down around the southwest. Then you see this low Pressure Center around here. This guy up here, is going to drop in and come into the bay area, starting tomorrow. It will last through the weekend, and that brings a chance of some snow or snow flurries to the mountainous areas, maybe a sprinkle here or some drizzle, but the main event will be significant calling from where we have been. Outside we go live and you can see the butyl show beautiful shot of the San Francisco skyline, little hazy, it is a spare the air day, and you can see, its also the second day of the heat advisory and the red flag warning, which has now been dropped. The overnight lows will still remain on the mild side. In fairfield at 65, conquered at 65, 66, so it will be warm overnight. Then the low gets in here, and a completely reverses the weather pattern weve been experiencing. A big reversal. The fog along the coast will return tomorrow. That will start the cooling with an onshore flow. Then look at this temperature footprint. Completely the opposite of

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