Its an incredibly busy area i mean. Dubai all the middle eastern carriers theres a lot of traffic that goes through that area and i think that thats a problem the short term problem is everybodys going to have to do some rerouting or recruiting. So the flights may take a little bit longer they may have to put on some more fuel that may increase costs a little bit for the airlines but i think the f. A. A. And the airlines are acting out of an over abundance of caution which is a good thing because they dont want to have another Malaysian Airlines that was shot down over the ukraine in 2014 and going back even further in history they dont have another iran air flight 655 that was shot down by the u. S. Navy in july 1908 im actually looking at a British Airways flight that left from new delhi and normally it would have a pretty straight shot over the gulf to. England and now its taken a hard right turn and it is flying over the middle of iran right now so its not flying anywhere near the
Well talk about what you can expect with slightly cooler temperatures and details coming up. We are keeping an eye on the realtime traffic and the map is seeing some hotspots this morning. Im keeping an eye on the off my pass as well as the golden gate. That commute into marin, thats slow as a result of the accidents. Here is a look at the travel times. Its now in the red, 40 minutes to the ultimate pass and a windy ride. The wind advisory is in effect. The eastshore freeway is starting to slow down. Drivetime in the yellow and same thing on highway 4 and coming in to the city from the south bay, thats still in the green. Metering lights are on at the bay bridge and you are slow going and under a foggy sky as youre heading to the toll plaza. The eastshore freeway slowing down as well. The san mateo bridge, you will see some brake lights in the western span. Or the westbound direction, i should say. No issues to report slowing things down, just regular rush hour and eastbound direction.
Nights cowboys raiders game used a folded piece of paper to measure for a dallas first down. The raiders coach seen saying no way afterwards. Dallas went on to quick what was the winning field goal in a 2017 victory. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 18th. From abc news, this is world news now. Couple of weird calls in the sunday games yesterday, but uh, it is how it is. A lot on the line right now, too. Exactly. We begin this half hour with the Third Largest wildfire in california history. Some multimillion dollar homes in the Santa Barbara community of montecito have been leveled. One firefighter recorded flames and smoke surrounding his truck. We get more from abcs marci gonzalez. Reporter fire crews waging an allout war against this massive, unrelenting wildfire. Crews climbing the california hills with chain saws, axes and shovels, desperately trying to get the upper hand. The inferno now burning for two weeks. The wall ott smoke at one point so thick it n
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Thats the message from donald trump speaking at the World Economic forum in davos in switzerland. He told an audience of business and political leaders that the us was doing fantastically well and was open for business. But he hit out at what he called other countries predatory trading practices. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Wherever donald trump has gone in davos, the crowds have gone with him. And wherever the cameras have been, the president has been pleased to oblige. I hope were going to bring back many billions of dollars into the us. I think that will happen. Its already happening. But billions of dollars is coming back into the us and i think that will just continue. How much today . How much . Probably a lot. And that was the theme of his speech. America first, yes, but an America Welcoming the world. I will always put America First, just like the leaders of other countries should put their Country First also. But America First does not mean america alone. When