Washington, and with that, welcome to americas news headquarters, im leland are visit earth. Kristin and im kristin fisher. The president also signaled that he has no intention of conceding even as the president ial transition moves ahead. David spunt joins us live at the white house where the just returned from camp david. Reporter hey, kristin. The president said pointblank about the election that his mind will not change in six months, so for his supporters, for those close to the president hoping that maybe he might concede, that he he might accept joe biden as the next president of the United States when he gets sworn in on january 20th, there is your answer when he says that his mind will not be made up in six months. Now, he doubled, tripled, even quadrupled down on his claims that the election was fraudulent, though no indication that is the case. Joe biden is the President Elect. He took 306 electoral votes. The president 232, the same spread, actually, that trump and secretar
Im liz kreutz. Today is the 20th straight spare the air alert for the bay area and lets get right to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at what we can expect today. Good morning, lisa. Good morning, liz. Hi, everyone. More sizzling temperatures, certainly records will be shattered. We look at live doppler 7, nothing to speak about here. As we widen the view, thats a Lightning Strike just north of shaver lake from the fire there, the creek fire. Those pyro cumulus clouds high in the atmosphere creating their own weather and you can see the smoke by reno there, looking at some very poor air quality in the mountains. Our air quality expected to go down as well. 67 san mateo. It is 78 in daly city. 55 Half Moon Bay with 70s in san rafael. 60s in the north bay. Low 70s in the south bay. 7 to 12 degrees warmer than yesterday at this our. Air quality in the moderate category for most and looking at some of that smoke to drift into the bay area on some lighter winds. Excessive heat warning u
Excessive heat and high fire danger. We approach a very hot weekend, medical experts are concerned aboutf covid19 cases. Tonight more residents are returning home, evacuation orders across parts of the mountains reduced to warnings. Fires in the wine country may be easing up for now but the troubles getting itting is gettg wine growers. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. Tomorrow we will probably stay most of the day with the air conditioning on. That sounds like a great idea. We are expecting brutally hot temperatures. Add in the poor air quality, a record setting 18th consecutive spare the air day today. And concerns about a spike in coronavirus cases from large gatherings. Live Team Coverage on the heat wave. Reporter this is a heat wave that is going to be extreme and dangerous. Lets take a look at the excessive heat wave that starts tomorrow until 11 00 and covers all inland areas. The risk of heat illness will be running high to very high
Excessive heat wave that starts tomorrow until 11 00 and covers all inland areas. The risk of heat illness will be running high to 8 00 a. M. You will be over 100 degrees by the time in the early afternoon. We also have fire danger comingg up. North, northeasterly winds will develop. Offshore wind drives it even more. I wi b bk to show you how extreme our weather will return for the second half coming up. We have a live air quality tracker on the website so you can see what the conditions are like outside. Extreme heat could strain the states power grid, and that is why there is a flex alert for this Holiday Weekend and a possibility of more rolling blackouts. I know i can hear you groaning through the tv. But they are not planning any right now. Instead Utility Companies will focus on conservation during peak hours. Celebrate the Labor Day Weekend responsibly. Temperatures are expected to hit triple digits. Luz. Reporter there will be seven centers here to help the residents cool off
How hot are we talking about on day one of the heat wave . 110 antioch, 103, 98 in santa rosa, 95, san rafael, 77 in San Francisco, 70 degrees in half moon bay. This is just the start of the dangerous heat wave. It is only going to get hotter as we head to the second half of the Holiday Weekend. Ill be back with the details coming up. Now in morgan hill, this Ace Hardware Store is already out of large fans but they do have generators. Theyve been struggling to keep the shelves stocked since the last heat wave just weeks ago. Generators, misting, hosing, all of that. Were pretty solid on it. The store manager says pools have been hard to come by with people looking for any way to stay cool. A lot of beaches in the bay area are closed this Holiday Weekend. In marin county, visitors are not allowed at point reyes, pacifica has closed all of its beaches. The fitzgerald Marine Reserve and Tunitas Creek beach is closed. Lake berryessa because of the wildfires is closed. Santa clara has close