Did hehe say what is this s pla to watch your is now streaming exclusively on max hello thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, new details coming into cnn seven, u. S. Troops it s our recovering after they were hurt in a raid that killed at least 14 members of the radical group, i. S. I. S. That raid happening thursday in iraq. And according to u. S. Central command it targeted i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan future attacks. And you re looking at brand new images of the cache of weapons and other items that were seized in that raid in the anbar desert in western iraq, iraqi militia sorry, just releasing these pictures cnn s chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh, is following these developments and has the latest from london will be hearing more details from the iraqi military as to exactly what s happened in frankly, the middle of the anbar desert in western iraq in the early hours of
San jose, oakland, the golden gate bridge, and sf oh, the bay area facing some of the worlds worst air quality. And this is the scene driving through the bay bridge i should say across the bay bridge earlier today, just s will in smoke. This impact in the air as far north as canada stretching into parts of x ago. We do have Team Coverage on the unhealthy air quality. Reporter juliet, there are so many fires it is hard to keep track of the name. I bet you have never heard of sqf complex. It has been going for a while, but this afternoon it took off. Take a look at the high risk satellite. Look down at the kpix 5 bug and then just look immediately to the left of it. Spotlight where the trouble is. If you watch it, you can see a couple of flashes of white on their show you another one of those darn cumulus clouds. In other words the fire is burning so intensely hot it is doing a huge plume of smoke into the atmosphere which is been caught in the prevailing winds and in general heading our
The sqf complex, but it started when our fires here locally in the bay area started with that Lightning Storm. It has been going since then, but today it took off. If you look at it, were going to talk about that plume of smoke in a second. If you got good eyes, you can see there is kind of a white dot that shows where the flames are emanating from, and that white dot is a telltale sign in addition to smoke this fire has developed another one of those pyro cumulus clouds. That word. Those are the clouds able to develop still high into the atmosphere they through smoke really high and can spread it really far. Its also not good news for that fire. For our immediate concerns, the way the atmosphere is looking right now, look at the direction for that plume of smoke. Is it possible to see exactly how this plays out, but if you just connect the dots on this, it doesnt look promising. There could be some good news on this tomorrow. If you look at the way the upper level winds removing those
President backtracked and said a quarantine will not be necessary. That comes as the states raise to continue to keep up with a surge of covid19 patients. Our alex hogan has more from york. Reporter President Trump watched as the uss comfort pulled out of the port in virginia. That ship is loaded with medical supplies and is headed for the epicenter of the coronavirus in the United States. The United States is leading the world with the highest cases of coronavirus cases, surpassing italy and Mainland China where the outbreak was first reported. Since the beginning of the epidemic, new york, california, and washington have captured the countries tension with spikes and the virus. There are a growing new number of hotspots emerging from coastto coast, including detroit, chicago, and new orleans. Every day we have a dramatic uptake in a number of cases. Despite the surging number of cases, the u. S. Is with a severe shortage of ventilators and equipment. This is the alternative if you do
The 40s to kick off this thursday morning temperatures into the afternoon back to the comfortable weather we go upper 60s for many of us comfortable and well above average few showers for the southern part of the state and a dry weekend ahead for the bay, those updates are still ahead. Robin off to the bay bridge toll plaza where its not so comfy we call this a tight leading up. Plaza traffic years filling back through the bottom of the maze. So yeah it has reached that point you need to get out there early if you have to work your way through this 13 minutes and growing into San Francisco. Heres a trouble spot, its left over from the last hour northbound at 8066 injury accident involving a motorcyclist moving from that middle lane, but now youre solid from 2. 38. So if you have to leave san leandro heading toward oakland, youre up to 19 minutes and growing toward downtown just go ahead and use 5. 80 west instead, it looks a whole lot better james darya. Thanks robin. So back to our bi