The middle east. Reporter an angry funeral procession made its way through baghdad as hundreds promised to avenge Qassem Soleimani killed by an american drone strike. Iraqs Prime Minister joined the crowd. The number two commander of iran backed militias in iraq. Soleimani was accused of being dehind the deaths of hundreds of americas during the iraq war and commanded the front lines as iraqi forces fought isis. But President Trump says he had a new target. Soleimani was plotting imminent sinister attacks on american diplomats and military personnel. But we caught him in the act. And terminated him. Reporter the president who campaigned on a promise to end american involvement in the middle east insisted friday that killing of the second moist powerful man in iran was done to prevent future conflicts but the white house has provided little proof and democrats are demanding evidence. I think this claim that his concern was to avoid war, i think most people would say this made war more l
And the attic. It will take them several hours to go through the evidence they have here. The victim has not been identified. We know she is a 59yearold woman. She was just widowed in april. She has two adult daughters. They lived here more than 30 years, she and her husband had, and this is a close neighborhood. The neighbors had been coming together and helping her for several months with her mourning, over her grieving with the loss of her husband and now this. Truly devastating this community. At this time tonight, sheriffs investigators have not identified any suspects. They have not identified a motive. They said its too soon at this point to know if anything was stolen from the house. They have to go through the scene closer and bring family members to the home to see if anything was taken. Theyre also asking for the publics help at this point. Theyre hoping some Surveillance Video will lead to clues, will lead to a suspect. Specifically if you have any Surveillance Video betwee
Joining us. Im alma dietz. We begin with developing news out of the east bay. An investigation of a house fire is now a homicide investigation. The fire started inside a home on grove way in castro valley. The Sheriffs Office is there now and so is abc 7 reporter katie marzullo. Katie, whats the latest . Reporter they let us know that technicians inside the home will be on the scene for several more hours, if not overnight, sifting through the debris inside the home there. They tell us this is truly a horrific crime scene. Heres what we know right now as we take a look at some video shot earlier today, that a woman was found dead in a burning home. It was around 2 45 this morning. But as we mentioned, we know now that the woman was not killed in the fire. They performed an autopsy around 9 00 this morning calling her death a murder. Sheriffs spokesperson telling me that he can confirm she was not shot but that she suffered brutal and violent injuries consistent with homicide. Her body
On monday with flooding likely. n the north bay is one of the many areas being hit hard tonight. n kron4s Lydia Pantazes is live in novato. Where crews are helping people in the area prepare for this next storm. Adlib about conditions. Im at the Public Works Department for the city of novato. This is where people who live here can get sandbags. There is no one here right now. But this has been a busy place recently. With the ground saturated from the recent storms. Public works crews are keeping their eyes on trouble spots along the coast including ross valley waterways. A six mile stretch of fairfaxbolinas road remains closed from azalea hill trailhead to ridgecrest boulevard. That area has been inaccessible since last month due to saturated and unstable ground that caused rock falls, mudslides and downed trees. There are plenty of other areas here in marin county that have seen damage from the recent storms. Including highway 37 from highway 101 to atherton. That area isnt expected t
Forced the victim to her own car where he d to several atms in the pike creek area and ordered her tothdraw an u of money. The was able to escape and call 911. Detectives are investigating the kidnapping and believe it is the same suspect who committed the kidnapping at the top of the Hill Apartments on february 13th. Reporter last monday the victim was taken from the park lot at the top of the Hill Apartments in north wilmington. She, too was forced to do her own into her own car taken to an atm and ordered tocash. The suspect struck her ie sexual contact. She was released back at the complex. As an agency our primary focus r to identify and arrest the suspect who is responsible for these incidents. Reporter now police do believe these attacks are random. The suspect kept that that mask on the entire time in both incidents. The victims noted he had a distinct accent and throughout these ordeals talked to himself about his intentions and plans. Police are picking up patrols here in the