Good morning, bay area. Lets get up and get going. This is abc 7 mornings. Good morning, everyone. Im carolyn tyler. Thank you for joining us on this sunday, august 20th. Lets start with the quick look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning to you. Hi, everyone. Blanket of low clouds have actually brought temperatures up a little bit this morning. And anywhere from 2 to 4 degrees milder and we are looking at a system off shore there that will allow for more sunshine today. 60 here in santa cruz. See how gray it is. 62 in the city. 66 with sun in san jose. Half moon bay, 61. Live look outside from our exploratorium camera, numbers from the upper 50s to mid60s, sunshine and our inland valleys. So sfo, delays of 55 minutes. Getting brighter there. Partly to mostly cloudy this morning, looking at more sunshine at the shoreline and it will be cooler tomorrow with more fog for our eclipse. Full look at that forecast and the sevenday outlook in a few minutes. We are fo
Reunions. Live where you live. This is abc 7 news. The nation prepares for a rare phenomenon. Im erin thomas. Were about ten hours away from an event. Cnn poll tells us that half of americans survey plan to watch as the moon passes in front of the sun blocking out all or part of it. Abc 7 News Reporter is live tonight in oakland where people are excited and katie were hope those people already have their eclipse glasses in place. Eric, were also hope that the fog clears out tomorrow. And it should. But i know well have more of that in the forecast. I can tell you about a thousand people are expected to show up here tomorrow. They only have 300 more of these Solar Eclipse glasses. So the advice tonight, show up early. The future is looking bright you better get sun glasses, eclipse sun glasses, if you can. Today theyve been calling like crazy. Both the berkeley and Oakland Library ris gave away 3,000 glasses in the weeks leading up to the eclipse. The Science Center cantantant them on t
We can say good morning. Hopefully, you have your glasses ready for the eclipse. Im kendis gibson. And im lynda lopez. In for diane macedo. But were going to begin with breaking news. The search for ten american sailors after the second collision in two months between a Navy Destroyer and a commercial ship. You can see the damage. The sleeping quarters, were told, among the places that were flooded with seawater. It happened overnight in the waters east of singapore. As the u. S. S. John s. Mccain was headed to port. Several sailors were airlifted to the hospital. Arlette saenz joins us from washington. Good morning. Reporter good morning, kendis and lynda. Ten u. S. Sailors are missing and five injured after the u. S. S. John s. Mccain collided with a vessel off the coast of singapore. The second incident in the summer where a u. S. Destroyer has collided with a merchant ship in the past few months. To focus on the search and rescue effort. Reporter the search and rescue operation is
Mission boulevard, still in the green at 14. Northbound 85, wide open in the green at just 17 minutes. Well take a closer look at the south bay commute coming up in less than ten. We have developing news now. Ten american sailors are missing. Five are hurt. Following a collision between a Navy Destroyer and a merchant ship. Ship. The uss President Trump will address the nation on his strategy for the war in afghanistan. And the New York Times is reporting the president will likely announce plans to increase the number of troops there. The number of Additional Forces not clear at this point. This will be mr. Trumps first formal address to the nation. Hes scheduled to speak at 6 00 tonight our time. And developing news out of iraq where the next phase of the countrys war on the Islamic State is under way. U. S. Backed iraqi forces have launched a multipronged assault to retake the town of talafar. The forces have recaptured a series of villages. One of the last pockets of Islamic State h
We have a collision involving a tanker truck and a smaller vehicle. Doesnt sound too serious at the moment. Theyre both on the shoulder, seeing a little bit of a delay coming from the decision 80 merge. Ill keep an eye on that. Everyone else, pretty quiet today. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. No metering lights yet. Well take a look at mass transit coming up next. You look good. That cant be true. You make them look good. I can see absolutely nothing. Today is finally the day you can use these or at least share them with your friend who thought enough to get them weeks before now that theyre costing a Million Dollars to buy. This is how i know we cant see anything. Thats not what the prompter says, but its been almost 100 years since a total eclipse crossed the entire country. Matt keller is live at nasa research center. Hey, there, matt. Good morning. A lot of cool things to they have a jet, a giant hangar to the right of me. Of course, the main event will be coming i