A cold start to your morning. Warm coat, the clouds will hang around today. Not much in the way of sunshine. Theres that storm system. Its starting to come together down south. Rain and snow with it. Thats going to be closer to us. Ill show you what to expect coming up. Thank you, sheena. Well start out with break news on the wildfires burning in california. Take a look at the pictures. Six fires now burning across the state including a new one that broke out in san diego county. In all, about 500 buildings destroyed, 5700 firefighters are working the frontlines trying to get a handle on the fires. Lets go to jinah kim in ventura with more on the Biggest Challenges facing the firefighters this morning. Good morning, jinah. Good morning, chris. What a difference 24 hours makes. This time yesterday we were el fires in southern california, mostly contained to the general l. A. Area. Since then, weve added the lilac fire and the liberty fire in murieta. The lilac fire being the one theyre
Not yet. Of course, thats going to change as the morning wears on. If they dont clear this accident soon. Were trying to get some information about the timeline here. But for the moment, all lanes of 95 south are closed. Theyre going to be detoured in dumfries. As for the northbound lanes, theyre moving at speeds. The express lanes are open as well. That doesnt seem to be affected. Well have to wait and see whether we get any rubber necking delays on that side or not. Well keep an eye on it. Melissa, back to you. Thanks, megan. Well be checking with megan throughout the morning. Heres the other closure. Southbound bw parkway being pushed off. This is another crash investigation with all lanes shut down. Northbound is open and unaffected this morning. Taking a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, you dont have any worries there. Everything is looking quite good. Same situation if youre headed northbound this morning on 270. No big problem there either. Beltway, inner loop and outer loo
Cold air is and locally we have some hints of flurries kind of induced by the mountains near luray, charlottesville. Well be watching for that. Your wakeup weather. Temperatures mid to upper 30s. Look at future weather. Heres the wide view. Theres the storm system offshore. That is snowfall. We expected more widespread now into your saturday morning. Well zoom in on this. Well show you more detail what you can expect for your saturday and the totals in a bit. Lets check the roads before you head out on your friday. Good morning, sheena. Chopper 4 moved to the east. Powder mill road at edmonton road. Right now traffic is alternating around this. Completely shut down. A short time in beltsville. Southbound bw parkway at powder mill. We had that crash investigation from overnight. The lanes have reopened. Thats looking better. Outer loop before georgia. Left side blocked by the crash. Inner loop, outer loop everywhere else looking good right 66 and 95 just fine as well. Thank you, melissa
Gone. Reporter judge david norton refused to believe this saying slager shot an unarmed man in the back as he ran away. My soul is rejoicing right now reporter the family of 50yearold walter scott told slager they forgive him for everything. Slager says hes grateful, telling them i wish i could go back and change that day. He never said sorry. Today, he did. He apologized to the family. He called each and every one of our names in court today. And apologized. So who are we not to forgive . Reporter there are no winners here. One man is dead and another is leaving behind a young child as he heads to prison. Slagers team has two weeks to decide if theyll appeal. Steve osunsami, abc news, charleston. Traffic apps are facing new criticism for sending travelers on to local roads clogging them up for residents. One of those places is in lee on na, new jersey, near the alwaysbusy George Washington bridge. And apps send drivers through the town to avoid delays, but residents say its making the
Poor, but in those particular positions i just dont want a poor person. An abc news exclusive. Inside that deadlocked bill cosby jury room. One of the jurors speaking out this morning revealing how close they came to convicting him. Incredible details about those tense deliberations, the moment a juror punched a wall and the two People Holding out leading to a mistrial. 24 karat magic and George Clooneys magic touch from oscar winner to billiondollar businessman, the new dad of twins hitting the jackpot again selling his tequila brand, how hes celebrating the windfall. Good morning, america. And the clooneys, well, i think theyre going to be raising a glass or two sometime today. I think they can send us a glass or two. Thats right, George Clooney, he said hes celebrating the selling of his Tequila Company for a billion dollars by having some of his own tequila. Im glad something good finally happening for George Clooney. Thats true. As we were talking about that in the newsroom. Also