faraway icy world. the interstellar drive-by nearly a decade and more than 4 billion miles in the making and what people are seeing on the surface of the former planet this morning. good morning america. let s take a look at those photos. as you said nearly ten years in the making. there is pluto. former planet. it s not a planet right? not a planet but look at those photos. 13 hours for those to get back to nasa. huge cheers when it happened. there s bill nye. that is so incredible. we re going to have so much more on those stunning images. we begin with a fourth straight day of severe weather that s been tearing a path across the country. 23 states hammered by those storms and nearly 900 storm reports in just the last 48 hours. ginger has been following all of it for us. one of those states arc a. more than 80-mile-per-hour winds knocking over trucks certainly tree limb a lot of folks without all that power and it s hot too in a lot of these places. almost 400 s
now, even nasa wasn t expecting this. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. several developing stories, and first tonight, the president fighting back. after that history-making deal with iran. tonight, taking on his critics at home and around the world. defending the deal with iran. that country now agreeing to sharply cut back its nuclear program, submitted to inspections. the crippling u.s.-led sanctions will now be lifted. but tonight here, you will hear from one of his most vocal critics. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu telling me that america is less safe because of this. but first, our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl with the tense moments during that news conference. reporter: the president came before the cameras ready to aggressively push back on efforts in congress to kill his iran deal. it looks like a large majority will vote to reject this deal. do you have any concerns about seeing a majority o
new information about the strange fires on the bay bridge. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. flames on the bridge. the new eastern span of the bay bridge catches fire again. cal trans thinks it has the cause figured out but they say these fires are cause for concern. good evening i m dan ashley. i m ama daetz. it happened just east of yes, sir bough buena eye ped la. as you can see they sprayed fire retar department to put retardant to put it out. katie is live on treasure island with the story. katie? all lanes of the bay bridge are open tonight and they will remain that way until cal trans determines how and when it is going to repair the fire damage. cal trans says it is perfectly safe to dry on right now but the fires sure did rattle some nerves. i think it is terrifying. fortunately my car is up to date, but anybody driving a car is looking for trouble. sky 7hd shows the aftermath of a second fire on the eastern span of the bay b
i remember hearing a whole bunch of voices. leon: when a prank becomes a nightmare, only on 7 the victim speaks out about swatting. and a driver takes off, dragging a police officer in the car door. and grizzl allegations grizzly allegations in a cold case. now abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. leon: first,a 7 on your side exclusive, shot between the eyes and a mistaken police response, a new crime trend in our area. swatting is what is called when a stranger places a fake call to 911 and the police respond in full force to an innocent persons home. the fbi says it is happening to everyday people. crime investigator jennifer donelan has the story. a warning, some of the images are graphic. i still have nervous pain in my face. jennifer: here he is five months ago, shot between the eyes with a rubber bullet from a police officer s gun. i think it s a miracle he is not blind and still alive. jennifer: this is the first time we are during about a cold february afte
coming up on action news, fire strikes a nine-story apartment building in the spring garden section of philadelphia. and nasa celebrates remarkable pictures from pluto next. action news, delaware valley s leading news program with jim gardner. wednesday night, and the big story on action news tonight is developing news from the spring garden section of philadelphia. police and firefighters responded tonight to an apartment fire at broad and mount vernon. and live at the scene is dann cuellar. what is the story there? the residents have now been allowed to return to their apartments, after a little scare at 640 broad street a nine-story apartment building. an action news viewer sent us this footage showing flames and ambers coming from the roof. around 9:00 the smoke alarm and strobes went off after someone reported smoke from the air conditioning vents. and the firefighters responded to check out what was going on from the roof. more from residents. i was in