Plus, what the president said about going headtohead with oprah. James franco under fire. Overnight the actor taking on those Sexual Misconduct allegations coming on the heels of his big win at the Golden Globes. And breaking news about Serena Williams and her secret Health Battle. What the tennis superstar and new mom is revealing first on gma this morning. And good morning, america. What a devastating scene in Southern California right now. Lets look at those pictures. There you see the destruction, fires then floods in those neighborhoods causing so much destruction, search and rescue operations are under way for some survivors, it is a difficult situation. Very devastating. Before and after pictures show just how serious the damage is. The roads and highways, you see there, completely caked with thick mud, c completely destroyed. So here is what we know right now. At least 13 people are dead, 20 injured. Many are missing and most of montecito is without power on drinkable water. Ou
And sharpens his attack on Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. Did she abuse her position while secretary of state . And good morning, america. We want to get right to the breaking news. Relook live at the italian town of amatrice. Town reduced to rubble after a deadly earthquake struck overnight. Look at the before and after photos. The before on the right. The utter devastation on the left. Heres what we know. The 6. 2 magnitude quake hit around 3 30 a. M. Local time. Dozens confirmed ted. An italian seismologist says there have been at least 150 tremors since. The aftershocks hit in rome. The pope says hes deeply saddened. Praying for the victims. Thanks volunteers and rescuers. Terry moran is there with the latest. Good mo reporter good morning, george. Well, the quake was felt here if rome for about 30 seconds or so of swaying and shaking. But at the open centers about 100 miles northeast of here, it lasted for a terrifying 14sec2 d seconds. It happened in the middle of th
Clouds moving in. Our scan shows all the precipitation off to the south. The leading edge of moisture moving into spots like roanoke and charlottesville now and i think by the time we get into the latter half of the evening commute, well start to see some of that precipitation make its way into our area. So a Winter Weather advisory remains in effect for d. C. And the metro area until noon saturday. However, the National Weather service has just upgraded Washington County in maryland berkeley jefferson, frederick counties in virginia until noon a winter storm warning in effect and those are the areas that are going to see higher snow accumulations and the storm watch weather 7 team will be pulling together our fans and weve updated this snow total map a bit. Were seeing more of a shift in the snow totals farther northwest. Here in d. C. I think its going to be very wet. Mainly rain. Now, we will have the potential of a little sleet and maybe wet snow mixing in. But the ground temperatu
Dealing with the troubling road conditions. She joins us live in Loudoun County. What did parents have to say snoo auto well autria some mixed reaction about whats happening with the schools here but certainly some say they understand why because of what theyre seeing on the roads. Take a look here. You can see this is a sheet of ice. And very slick walking on it. I have to tell you within the last hour, here in this neighborhood, we have seen some changes. This was all covered with a sheet of ice as well and now with the direct sunlight shining down on it we can finally see some pavement. We live out in western Loudoun County, out by middleburg and the roads are sheer ice. You can see it on these roads. That sheen from the ice and snow combination smothered across neighborhood and side streets in Loudoun County. Days after the snow that wreaked havoc on commutes. Doesnt look like theyve ting or sanding to them at all. But yeah it was a little rough getting out of there. The main roads
In others, it is heavy, cold rain. Low visibility, heavy snow, 32 degrees in clark county. Snowl, we are seeing the coating in some areas. Ae Doppler Radar gives us rough guide of where the precipitation is falling. Back and forth rain and snow through the eastern suburbs. Heavy rain to the south and east of the metro area. All part of this developing storm system off the coast of the outer banks. The biggest impact of snow will be in the mountainous area of the midatlantic, pennsylvania, and the new england coastal areas pounded with rain. The storm moves toward the northeast. Some of the rain will see the kick over to snow. Advisorysher continue in the northern and western suburbs. The winter storm warning posted for the rest of the day. The bulk of the precipitation will move out of the area. Cold temperatures continue to fall. As the colder air gets driven in, temperatures are slowly falling throughout the remainder of the day. Visibilitys are also falling. Four miles visibility in