The u. S. Dedicated to showcasing africanAmerican Music. Some of its incredible artifacts will be right here in studio 57. Its monday, february 17th, 2020. President s day. We begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The tension for hundreds of americans brought over from japan. Evacuees arrive in the u. S. U. S. Officials revealed overnight 14 of those americans tested positive for the coronavirus. Flooding hit mississippi. It could get worse. State of emergency was declared. This is a precarious situation that could turn at any moment. Two people are dead after being trapped in an avalanche. Three snowmobilers triggered the slide. President trumps Reelection Campaign kicked into high gear. Gentlemen, start your engines storm dennis hit large parts of the uk with entire towns submerged by floodwaters. All that j. J. Watt busted a move with his grandmother. When was the last time you saw a shattered backboard. Just runs out of the gym. And all that matters.
A refuel for the center of auto safety found more than 35,000 cabs licensed in nine of the ten u. S. Cities with the most taxis are not required by their regulators to get safety calls fixed before picking up passengers. Theres no way for a customer to know. Reporter dlerkt jason lavine found only San Francisco requires cabs to be screened for recalls. There are no cosmetics recalls. Recalls are only done for safety reasons, defects or violation of standards. But in your mind, this is something that should get addressed. In my mind, yes, there are potential safety concerns here. Reporter the Maryland Public Service commission regulates cabs in baltimore. Transportation director says the centers letter has prompted a very view of the states regulations. Safety is paramount. As far as looking at the safety recalls, its complicated. Thats why we want to take a deeper dive. But is it complicated . Cant the state of maryland say you as a licensed taxi cab operator have to do this . We certa
Here. The northeast breeze kicked in. That was the key for around berkeley, and oakland. The football forecast, i do not see any issues. Maybe grab a jacket but i think we are good to go. It is 65 to 79 degrees, all above normal for this time of year including San Francisco home. It is not too bad and then get towards sfo and it is zero miles of visibility. Watch out around the peninsula and highway one. That is where the highest concentration of fog is. We will have he the sunshine, 56 around the coast, 70s inland and the client pattern and there are signs of things turning in our favor later. We will start at the bay bridge because we are doing very well. Here is what commute we are facing, even the fog is going away. We got here and you could not see anything here now you can see all the way back to the hills and the traffic is light. Not only is the fog not an issue but neither is the traffic apparently. 680 is slow through Pleasant Hill and walnut creek. That is about it for this
Five million kids now using ecigarettes. The fda said juul ignored the law with Misleading Health claims. Now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn San Franciscos ecigarette protections. Say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. Is. A young muslim athlete is taking on air canada. These are the fare gates youre used to. Soon, there will be three different options. Im in downtown pallo alto where hundreds are getting involved in the Global Climate strike. Abc7news starts right now. A Global Climate strike led mostly by young people sent tens of thousands into the streets of San Francisco today. Burkely and the south bay were also there. Amanda . Reporter crowds across the south bay. We saw students, seniors and others who spent hours pushing for change. With worldwide, local marchers say theyre hopeful their message was heard. Climate strikes across south bay brought out thousands, different demographics, same goal. Theres so many issues involved its going to take cooperation at eve
Are hospitalised as forest fires choke part of the country in smoke. And in business briefing, will the feather or preserve cut us Interest Rates again . And will be enough to give the president happy . Welcome to wednesdays briefing, we will make sure you are across all you need to know. Also high tempo tunes causes motorists to drive faster and more radically say experts. So with track songs of more than hundred and 20 beats per minute are particularly risky, apparently some of it like to know, do blast rock music in the car to mark and if you do deserve change the way drive . Use our hashtag. The main bible of the israeli Prime Minister has said he would work towards a government of National Unity after tuesday general election. Exit polls suggest that neither his opposition nor the president s party will have enough seeds to form a government. Addressing his supporters, he stressed that the final results were yet to be announced. Tom bateman reports. Both are still being counted on