Good morning. If i can ask everyone to please put their phones on silent mode and let me welcome you to the campus of George Washington university. It is a real treat, a real trip pleasure, and a privilege to once again host chairman mccall on campus. He has been chairman of the House Homeland Committee since 2013. At a time when there seems to be quite a bit of gridlock in washington, d. C. , i can say without any exaggeration that he is one of the most prolific and more important, effective legislators in d. C. Right now. Focused on a host of National Security issues, and also chairs his committee and a genuinely i partisan kind of way, which is very true to the issues our country faces on national and Homeland Security. I am going to be reef which is rare for me, since i have never had an unspoken thought but i will turn it over to the chairman. Afterwards, we have an amazing panel. When you think about embers of congress, you do not think cia, you do not immediately think National
50 homes are threatened and this woman says the smoke is so thick, they cant get a cell phone signal. Whenever you see breaking news, post it with a hash tag abc7 now, so we can find it and feature it on air or online. San francisco Sheriff Deputies are reminding sheriff mirkarimi rescind his orders for talking to immigration agents. Abc7 news is live in the county jail with the story tonight. Vic . Well, dan, here is the letter sent to sheriff mirkarimi. Here is the most serious charge, listen. You had a woman who needlessly died because of the policy. It in response to two orders barring deputies from contacting federal immigration agents. Saying mirkarimis refusal compromises the safety of sworn personnel, and those who come to visit San Francisco. The reference to Kate Steinles murder. The accused murderer is an illegal immigrant deported five times before. You cant silence us on a criminal issue. The deputys leadership wants the sheriff to rescind directors immediately. How many p
The north fire is burning through san bern and hesperia. The flames racing across a a big rig started in the median and moved up the highway. Lets take a look at the fire look at that those flames our sister station kabc is reporting two minor injuries. 75 cars are abandoned on the freeway. This is the main road between Southern California and las vegas and it is closed right now. Five structures have burned and there are mandatory evacuations. Go go people. Oh my god. I can feel the heat. So hot. Amazing video from our sister station. You can see a family on the highway trying to get past flames and you can hear their relief. They get clear of that fire. And this is what crews are worried about now. The homes just up the hill from that fire. This getto is from a house in the city in San Bernardino county. The flames are heading that way. 50 homes are threatened and this woman says the smoke is so thick, they cant get a cell phone signal. Whenever you see breaking news, post it with a
60s. Officials have reported 87 Flight Cancellations due to the rain. We have Team Coverage on the storm, top is in walnut creek. Jesse is following developments in the south bay. Mark has been tracking the storm all day long. Its been a busy day and the focus has been in the north bay, the storm targeting the north bay. With all the rainfall, the river levels have gone up quite a bit, we have a flood warning, 14. 3 feet, its edged up to 15 feet. It will crest just above flood stage. Russian river, takes time for the water to get there, it will crest just below flood stage. Yesterday at this time the river was 8 feet, it will crest close to 30 feet. Heres all the moisture streaming into the bay area. Northern and central california. A number of warnings to talk about. This is flashflood warnings. You can see with the excessive rainfall. Southern sonoma to marin county and napa county. Well show you the green areas, these are flashflood warnings and the north bay, that could expire at 6
Pennsylvania, delaware, new jersey. The moon was bright and that means clear skies. Its amazing how much light will come as it clears out like this morning. Live views this morning, clear skies and Cool Temperatures 52 in the suburbs. Low 60s in delaware. The Lehigh Valley sat 54. We will see bright sunshine, no sign of the fog that started things off in the Lehigh Valley yesterday. Look at the warm jump, 10 00, 75 degrees. Plenty of sunshine today. Showers are completely out of the picture. 60 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00, 71 degrees. High temperatures this afternoon, well, stand by. A real summer preview. Looking at upper 80s for new jersey, Lehigh Valley, delaware up to 84. Look at the jersey shore. 87 inland. Right on the beach, on the boardwalk, 74 degrees. Philadelphia heading for 88 degrees. Ill be back with futurecast in ten minutes. Right now here is Jessica Boyington with traffic. 422, this construction project is supposed to clear around the 5 00 hour. This is headed eastbound o