To take out the top iranian general. He says despite criticism americans facing an imminent threat with Qassem Soleimani in power. We had information of an eminent threat of a larger attack being argued by Qassem Soleimani. The president took action, and all along the way weve heard the threats, weve been prepared and, frankly, the action we took wasnt simply hunkering down, savannah. You can watch the full interview at 7 00 a. M. In the meantime theres a big vote in congress today. It will decide whether to curb President Trumps power to wage war with iran. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us from washington. Reporter even though lawmakers are voting today, to force the president to come back to congress to get the okay to take further military action, what the president is saying he wants to hit iran in the wallet. He says there were no casualties and little damage, and so hes pushing nick sanctions, more of them, to punish iran for those missiles that struck where u. S. Troops w
The money flow, you know, work with our allies, look at other ways to really, really put the pressure on iranians. You know, i dont, im not in favor of doing that for tat kind of thing because the hearing is with drag us down in the mud with them. Pentagon says they would take all necessary actions to protect and defend u. S. Personal, orders and alice in the region. We are learning that Vice President have we stopped the ruckus in the congress on the iranian attack. There are reports that President Trump will not address the situations that as he continues to monitor the situation and talk with his advisors in the white house. Were going to continue to monitor her the changes in the middle east. Housing activists is drowned out by other housing activists in oakland. It is to hear about a new bill and increasing housing against public transit. On why homeless advocates are against the idea. Reporter it all started quiet and simple, they held a press conference about a controversial sta
Medical expenses. That was not right. Horrible. That poor lady. If youre just waking up, an update on that cold weather. Hi, mike. Hi, guys. Looking at that, along with your planner. Lets start with the planner. You can see that were looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 30s inland. Some frost is possible in the deepest valleys. 41 to 43. 53 to 55, a very bright day after the fog fades. Few high clouds this afternoon, 53 to 57. Tonight, 46 to 49. We have about two miles visibility around santa rosa. Around novato and san rafael, where 101 and 37 come together, the fog is thicker there. Thankfully those temperatures are not near freezing just yet. Well keep an eye on where that fog will move. It looks like it may drift south a bit. If more fog develops around those temperatures and freezing conditions we could have black ice to talk about. So far were in the clear. Lets talk about the commute. Here is jobina. Good morning. Happy friday. 4 31. A live look at the bay bridge toll pla
Im president of the United States, iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. There was a headline to that address, that was it. As we showed you in the last hour resident trump President Trump made his remarks to the nation. Ktvus Cristina Rendon has been following the developments this morning and is live in our newsroom and joins us with warren what the president had to say. We could tell you it is a short response about 10 to 15 minutes long. The president says the u. S. Should be extremely grateful and happy. No americans were harmed in last nights attack. Iran fired more than a dozen missiles to two military sites in iraq that housed u. S. Troops. President trump says there was only minimal damage to the military bases and that an early warty Warning System worked very well. It he was joined by top u. S. Officials and started his feet speech by saying as long as he is president , iran will never have a nuclear weapon. For far too long, all the way back to 1979 to be exa
Military leader, Something Like this was going to happen. I was briefed on friday, and did not believe that the intelligence that the president cited just about any imminent c2 take out such a senior leader. Something that we have never, we have not done since 1944 when we shut down a plane with the japanese admiral. It was really on a precedented act of escalation and it clearly has put us in harms way, american servicemembers, who do not deserve to be running for their lives right now. Again, all this set of by the u. S. Strike that killed the top Iranian Military leader, Qassem Soleimani, invited last week. They had evidence that he was planning attacks on american. Secretary of state mike pompeo said, the u. S. Was prepared to act if iran retaliated. Joining us now is dr. The director of iranian studies at stanford. First of all, professor, your reaction to all of this. I am surprised, i am saddened. Lives might be lost in all of this. This morning, listening to the iranian media a