Reporter iran has bought retaliation after a airstrike killed suleimani. The general has been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers. The state department accused suleimani of a bruising violent protest in baghdad. President trump ordered the strikes, secretary of state mike pompeo defended the president s decision. The risk of doing nothing was enormous. Also, highly risky, doing nothing in this region shows weakness. It emboldens iran. Reporter the u. S. Embassy issued a travel advisory urging u. S. Citizens to leave iraq. U. S. Cities are also on high alert. New york officials are taking steps to protect key locations. We are now facing a threat that is greater than anything we have faced previously. Over the last 20 years this city, more than any other, has suffered the results of terrorism. Reporter Many Democrats called the air attack reckless and dangerous. Nancy pelosi released a statement saying this action was taken without Consulting Congress pursed. She said
Phenomenal job again, alex, billington. Is cruising around yesterday, ill 4, getting my meds come over the counter guess what i saw . Hearts, lots of hearts but valentines day, i noticed that. Caught me off guard i saw the red and i thought his Christmas Decorations no hearts everywhere. Pressure on delivering come valentines day . They just made a lot of money they did well. Keep it going. I got in and got up quickly. Maybe you did i dont know. Start loading up. For the calendar believe it is a friday this year. Absolutely. Weather, we have been watching patchy, dense fog portions of the coast but actually the inland spots. Dense fog impacting visibility to concord. Improving a little bit up to a quartermile in fairfield just over a mile. Here is the plan for today partly sunny skies more clouds especially for tonight in mild this afternoon upper 50s to lower 60s. Storm tracker to the north of the bay area. We will introduce scattered, high clouds throughout the afternoon hours. Today
And a senior in for alex. The state Department Says stop iran anan attack. U. S. Now sending 3000 troops to the middle east. Rebuild and live in the Nations Capital with more from President Trump on the elevating tensions. Reporter good evening to you, there have been some questions today as to whether or not President Trump has the authority to make this attack because some consider it an act of war. Something we heard a lot of democrats say today. Just about an hour and half ago, National Security advisor Robert Obrien had a phone call with reporters and said this was an authorized strike in there that it doesnt do authorization for the use of military force against iraq. We took action last night to stop a war. We take action a war. Reporter President Trump defended his decision to take out one of iran stop generals, Qassem Soleimani. Ahead of the guard as well as an advisor to him both dead with the strike. Byron reed was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on american diplomats
Stories of desperate calls for help. Last i love youse and some found just outside their front doors. Cal fire determined the fire was caused by a faulty pg e transmission line. It destroyed roughly 19,000 buildings with most of the damage occurring in the first four hours. The day the fire broke out the town of paradise had a population of 26,000 people. So far only 3000 have moved back and one year later the number of destroyed homes that have been rebuilt stands at 11. The future paradise is bright. City Officials Say the rebuilding of 450 more homes is in the pipeline. Alex savidge has been in paradise all day and he joins us live with much more. Reporter there certainly is a lot of construction happening all over the town of paradise and surrounding communities. Tonight we are here at the Paradise Alliance church where fire survivors are gathering to honor the lives that were lost one year ago in the camp fire. While this is a somber day, a lot of people are also very hopeful, exp
Best way to curb fire danger. Thank you for joining us. Im in for frank. And im julie hane nor. Pg e says they have not made the call whether to turn off the power and the official announcement comes tomorrow. If it is a go 189,000 customers in 16 counties could be affected. Here in the the bay area it affects some of the counties. Here is the timeline. We have live coverage from you tonight with how people in napa are preparing arena second out taj in two weeks. Amber reporter julie, were in north napa off of highway 29. People who live in this Community Expect this clubhouse to be in the dark tomorrow night. They say they dont like it but it appears to be a new way of life. At the Retirement Community in napa, these folks are all about especially joying life. They say theyre ready for the hand that pg e has dealt them. They lost power two weeks ago. No tv, that was terrible. We couldnt watch your news. That was the worst part. Yeah, it was. No channel 2. Reporter terrible indeed, and