that is harsh. i m in a cloud of shame for the rest of the trip. i m glad i asked. i had no idea. more than i ever could have. awesome. poopy diapers. now i m hot. okay, let s get started. we re going to begin the half-hour with baseball s most extensive mass punishment for using banned performance enhancing drugs. we ve been talking about this for a long time. right in the middle of this one, alex rodriguez of the yankees. yeah, he was greeted with a loud round of booing before the first at-bat last night in chicago. that was just hours after he got slapped with a 211-game suspension which he is a appealing. abc s devon dwyer joins us with details this morning. good morning. reporter: good morning, john, diana. those suspensions were the biggest one-day doping action in baseball history. the league s top target, alex rodriguez, isn t taking punishment without a fight. facing the fight of his career, alex rodriguez is keeping his eye on the ball. the embattled yankees th
tai hernandez in for diana perez. i m john muller. we re going to begin this hour with stepped up security at home because of terror threats overseas. there s an increased police presence at airports, train stations and other public venues. 22 embassies and consulates will remain shut until the end of the week because of the threat which is described as strategically significant. abc s devon dwyer has the latest. good morning now, devon. reporter: hi, john, tai. so far, no signs of trouble at any american embassies this remains a very active plot led by osama bin laden s former personal secretary. across the mideast, u.s. embassies look like siege points. in yemen heavily armed local troops ring the american compound, manning security check points and patting down passers-by. from western africa to bangladesh, a 7,000-mile security belt was pulled tight. leaving 22 u.s. embassies and consulates dark and empty. there is a significant threat
0 this season and next for using performance-enhancing drugs and lying about it. he will be approaching his 40th birthday when he s allowed to come back. with two bad hips, injury record over the last couple years, i wouldn t count out the fact that a-rod is done. a dozen other players will get 50 game suspensions according to espn sources. all have ties to florida s now defunct biogenesis clinic and the owner tony bosch, who is cooperating with authorities. rodriguez has never failed a drug test. but admitted using peds in the past. stupid mistake. and a lesson learned. rodriguez claims he never used them since 2003. baseball says the evidence shows he is lying. rodriguez will fight allegations and appeal the league s decision. sources tell espn, yankees expect a-rod to be eligible to play on monday in chicago. he is our teammate. this is the biggest mass closing of u.s. embassies since 9/11. done out of abundance of caution. abc s nick schriffen is in cairo, egypt. at
upper 50s as far as inland temperatures are concerned, 58 degrees by the way you 52 along the coast ramps up about 20 degrees by noontime and then another 10 degrees by 4 p.m. but it will start to cool off there, evening hours, another great day tomorrow, all changes on sunday. accuweather seven-day forecast in a minute. for now, it is a dump truck fire that is on surface streets in oakland, international boulevard, one-way traffic control is in effect, detours are in place. we take you back over to the bay bridge, eastbound side, anchorage, between anchorage and the metering lights, where we have some construction that is going to be taking place until 6 a.m. already starting to see the load of traffic, moving out of emeryville, westbound direction toward san francisco. outside we go, a beautiful shot of the maze. make your drive out of berkeley, the bay bridge, top speeds out there, no crashes, katie? leyla, thank you. coming up on 6:02. developing news. no, we have break
rain gear. and that small umbrella will not get you through the day. and fog and 71 as we head into the 10:00. wet coming in at 72 degrees. andrea is weakening up the coast. but it is still expected to drench the region. and we see what the storm left behind in florida. the toppled trees. these were the tropical storm s parting gifts. this is a reminder for all people to be prepared and be ready for hurricane season. those trying to heed the advice. those who got in were tossed around by the wind and waves. we went out it was not this bad. it was not too windy. as we started getting out there. it hit us like a last. and it spawned two tornados. this woman was there on vacation. she describes the moment that the tornado hit. and it was like it was coming off the ocean. it was so fast. it was one minute it was calm. she rode it out in a classet. it is the first encount weir the weather. i will be all right if i don t experience that again. make sure th