Correct. Becoming the youngest competitor ever to qualify for the National Spelling bee. How shes preparing to go up against kids twice her age as the showdown kicks off this morning. And good morning, america. So 6yearold edith fuller about to make a little history at the spelling bee. Youngest competitor ever. Could she solve President Trumps spelling challenge. Could she spell covfefe. Or covfefe. The v is silent. Covfefe. 12 06 tweet. Never finished it. Covfefe. That tweet, that word, covfefe, covfefe, whatever you want to call it has sparked more than a million tweets and jimmy kimmel saying what makes me sad is that i know ill never write anything funnier than covfefe. And as george alluded to he responded to it on twitter and found humor in it. Well have much more on that in a bit. First we want to get to breaking news. A devastating attack rocking afghanistans capital near several embassies during rush hour. Lets go straight to abcs lama hasan for the very latest on this, good
Whatever you can name. Car parts. Theres all hidden pockets of stuff all over. Reporter did it look like a fire hazard . Oh, it did. Reporter how so . Cram to the feeling full of stuff. We have a lot of articles in there and objects that have contributed to us having a hard time putting the fire out. Reporter the Fire Department says it has no record of violations, but it will be looking hard at what happened here. They respect to remain on scene well into tomorrow. From San Francisco, wayne freedman, abc7 news. Rescuers pulled a man to safety near battery crosby. This man was stranded on the rock face. He tried to walk down to the beach but kept slipping. The Fire Department got the call at 2 30. The crew took 45 minutes to prepare their lines for a high angle rescue. They brought him back up the cliff. No injuries reported. The two defrts charged criminally in the ghost ship warehouse fire appeared in court together today. But they wont enter their pleas until next month. For the fir
Looking outside right now it is still in the mid 80s in walnut creek and we want to touch base with sandhya patel. Here it comes. Indeed, dan. The first heat wave of the season so far. It is going to be a scorcher. Youre going to feel it. As you look at live doppler 7 right now, were seeing passing clouds. Theres a heat advisory covering all inland areas from 11 00 a. M. Saturday to 11 00 p. M. Monday. I want to let you know the National Weather service dropped the heat as visory for San Francisco bay shoreline, but for the rest of the region in orange heatrelated illness is possible. Stay hydrated and theres an excessive heat warning for Solano County sunday noon until 8 00 p. M. Tuesday. Dangerous hot weather means you will want to protect not only kids, the elderly and your pets. Remember, it gets extremely hot inside a vehicle. Even though we say it all the time, people sometimes still forget about their pets and kids inside their cars. I will be back with a look at the temperature
The beach. It became a physical pushing, shoving type of struggle. Our officers got down there, again it was escalating to a physical confrontation between the lifeguards, offices and subjects on the beach. Reporter three of those men arrested on the spot, but two others ran into the boardwalk, and then through wonderland pier. I dont know what society is getting to today, but nobody has respect for anybody or anything anymore. It needs to be changed. Reporter the five suspects are from philadelphia and harrisburg, one taken to the hospital, because police say he appeared to be extremely intoxicated. What purpose is it to come down here and get trashed . The next thing you know youre in the water and drowning or making the lifeguards work harder. Reporter no one got hurt in the confrontations, the suspects were all gives summonses and then released. Im ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. Now a new blow to governor Chris Christies popularity. Artists used sun and sand to create this sculpture t
Stop fizz of road rage, exactly one week after this 18yearold girl. , and im gym rosenfield. In a mark of nbc, and near city avenue. It had been working on but the shooting of bianca just gives a special meeting. As they try to crack down on aggressive behavior on roads that can be dangerous. The way they handle themselves behind a wheel says drivers can make roads more dangerous. When i see them being erratic and eratic behavior starting tomorrow more officers will be on the lookout. Penn dot is paying for it. Basically if youre speeding or exhibiting dangerous behavior, police are going to target you. The twomonth enforcement wave comes a week after a deadly road rage shooting, a 28yearold didnt want to give way to a teenager trying to merge, and shot her. The Law Enforcement effort across the state will target aggressive drivers, but also educate. How do you know youre in a situation that could be dangerous . You get that feeling where, you know someone has an ego, and they just wan