and we do say good monday morning, everyone. the president begins this workweek with a trio of major foreign policy challenges. first the syrian airfield bombed by the u.s. is back in operation. secretary of state rex tillerson heads to moscow tomorrow after calling russia complicit or incompetent for failing to eliminate syria s chemical weapons stash. and then second north korea, the u.s. has rerouted warships towards closer to the coast as tensions escalate there. and in egypt, isis attacks again sending suicide bombers into two churches on palm sunday killing dozens. meanwhile, the president is back at the white house after spending the weekend at mar-a-lago and we are covering it all for you this morning beginning with abc s maggie rulli in washington. maggie, good morning. reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. there certainly is so much to cover, and the white house has found themselves today now in the middle of this high stakes showdown with the secretary
celebrates the jews liberation from slavery as described in the book of exodus. the holiday continues until next tuesday night. those are some of our top stories on this monday, april 10th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. it is holy week, as well, for christians. we ll start with the attack in, on a church, in egypt. they took place on palm sunday. beginning of this week for christians. two blasts killed at least 44 people, injured more than 125 more. isis has claimed responsibility. and is promising more attacks against christians. abc s alex marquardt has more. reporter: one of the holiest days of the year ending in tragedy. palm sunday services in egypt, torn apart by explosions. dozens killed in two separate terror attacks, both targeting the christian community. isis now claiming responsibility. it started at saint george s church, just north of cairo. this photo taken just minutes before the first blast. showing a full congregation inside. th
40s on the temperatures in a few 30s. mid 30s in the santa cruz mountains. look for morning clouds and afternoon sun. temperatures, 60s for most. things are picking up. tried this morning is okay, it depends on where you are driving. let s start with this accident we have been following. this came in about a half hour ago. this is westbound 80 your hercules offramp. this is a two car crash. the two left lanes are blocked because of this. and it has created a backup from hercules up to the royal bridge. there is a tow truck on scene. hopefully this can get moved out of the way. we are expecting this to have a residual impact. and that may be why your drive is now 41 minutes. we checked this about 15 minutes ago it was 28 minutes. it is bumping up i think because of that crash. taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza things are getting crowded. it s about a 20 minute delay to get onto the span. this is southbound 101 at the south san francisco offramp. there is a two car w
like not a lot left. the low clouds are still holding on as it moves across but not much of this system as it moves south. the next system is taking aim to the north on tuesday afternoon in the evening with lost altos 38 and even 38 up in truckee and 32 toward sacramento and otherwise on the cool side and for us look for us in the 50s and the 60s with this next system wanting to move north. it is 7:00 and monday traffic is doing what, allie ? it is behaving like monday traffic. let s show you the map because the commute is keep having issues. west of the bailey road offramp there was a crash that was tying things that you can see in the red congestion westbound and another wreck that popped up close to it westbound at the san marco offramp. that is impacting south on 680 there was an earlier crash and they moved it out of the way, but things are still very slow in that area. then moving over to 24 westbound through lafayette last week the schools in this area was on spring
i american astronaut makes history. doctor peggy, becomes the first woman to take command of the international space station, twice. up here we don t wear shoes, but leaving really big socks for me to fill. good sense of humor, too. and doctor is on track to breaking another record later this month for the most days spent in space by a men or a woman. trailblazer indeed. let s get out to katie, talking about warm stretch. the only thing better than warm day is a warm stretch. looks like nice conditions through the course of the week, what i do expect here today basically perfection, fan of the warmth, low humidity, the full sunshine, the pleasant warmth. all here with us here today. and real case every late spring for sure. going outside, we take to you storm scan3, i start things offer by mentioning that even though i do have jacket on, it is actually quite comfortable. i would suggest an extra layer walking out the door this morning, that is nice moonlit sky out