Bush in the persian gulf dropped at least one 500pound laserguided bomb on an isis artillery piece that was shelling kurdish positions near the city of irbil. Thats a city where scores of americans are operating out of the u. S. Consulate there and president obama said last night that he had authorized strikes in the event that isis columns started advancing on irbil. We do not know yet for sure whether the artillery piece has been destroyed, but we do know for sure that the two f18s are safely off the target. David, you mentioned the pair of f18s and this first strike. Do you expect there to be more . Reporter i do because in addition to defending irbil, the president has also authorized air strikes to break the siege around that mountain where isis has stranded these thousands and thousands of iraqi refugees. So in addition to those air drops, which are intended to keep them alive, that is only a shortterm solution, and sooner or later, if isis doesnt pull out of there, the u. S. Wil
Ahhh what is it . There are no marshmallows in this box of lucky charms huh. Weird. Seriously . What . Theyre magically delicious yawn ding toaster strudel more fruit in the filling, ya . Mmm ya warm, flaky, gooey, toaster strudel now, with more fruit live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. We begin with breaking news tonight. We are learning that eight firefighters have been seriously injured battling a wild fire. Reporter they suffered burns when a fire flared up. It is burning near the town of latenville. The firefighters got caught in the wild fire. Right now, they are all been flown to the uc davis burn center. This photo that you are about to see is from the press democrat. And the fire has been burning since july 30. It was all started by lightning. The fire has burned about 5400 acres, it is 30 contained. Liz, we are bringing you details as soon as we get there, eight firefighters have been badly injured battling this blaze. Thank you veronica. Tonight, an insi
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. We begin with breaking news tonight. We are learning that eight firefighters have been seriously injured battling a wild fire. Reporter they suffered burns when a fire flared up. It is burning near the town of latenville. The firefighters got caught in the wild fire. Right now, they are all been flown to the uc davis burn center. This photo that you are about to see is from the press democrat. And the fire has been burning since july 30. It was all started by lightning. The fire has burned about 5400 acres, it is 30 contained. Liz, we are bringing you details as soon as we get there, eight firefighters have been badly injured battling this blaze. Thank you veronica. Tonight, an inside look at the u. S. Air strikes in iraq. This is video from targeted strikes. Tonight, the militants are vowing revenge. Threatening to blow up u. S. Embassies. It is not exactly shock and awe, but this is what the First American strike of the new bat
Crash spopts for the death of a 93yearold woman inside it is friday night and big story on action news tonight is latest on a hitandrun investigation and police say they have now questioned the opinion believed to be the owner of the truck. Live in Bristol Township action News Reporter dann cuellar, dann whats the latest. The latest jim is that the 0yearold according to authorities is cooperating but for now he has been set free without being charged. This pending further investigation into the hitandrun accident that ended with a woman dead on her 93 birthday. He expressed remorse and been cooperative through the entire process. Acting chief ralph done john said owner of suspected truck came in voluntary after Police Located the red dodge ram with visible front end damage 500 block of badge road in bristol burrow. Became with the parts from the scene and matched the vehicle. Authorities say now they have to establish who was driving it was there alcohol in the blood stream and wait un
Scattered sprinkles farther south into prince william. This is right into washington, northern prince georges, howard county. Everything is still wet, even where the rain has stopped. Our roads are still wet. Temperatures near 50 degrees. Shenandoah. Out of the mountains, mid and upper 50s. Closer to washington, though, it is a balmy morning. Southern prince georges, midsix. As is southern fairfax, stafford is, spotsylvania. Low 60s in our western northern suburbs. This is going to stay balmy for the morning and get milder in the afternoon. You can see the crowds racing through the weather headlines. Mild morning. A warm afternoon. Rain to snow likely on wednesday. Chuck bell joins us with a look at neighborhood highs. Right now a problem that could have affected your commute is all clear. Crews fixed a big water main on georgia avenue, henderson avenue in wheaton. Police had to shut down lanes there and originally told us it could be a 24hour job. Water ran out on the road and towards