An amber weather warning, urging people to be prepared for possible disruption. Some eastern areas could also be affected. Olivia richwald reports. Layers of thick snow a scene of beauty in shropshire, but the first heavy snowfall of the winter is bringing disruption to parts of the united kingdom. Motorists are being told to avoid driving unless absolutely necessary in parts of the north because of the icy conditions, as temperatures plummet down to minus six tonight in parts of scotland and wales. In oldham, greater manchester, this depot has been working 2a hours a day since thursday. The drivers here grit more than 300 kilometres of road. From busy urban centres to remote routes through moorland. With heavy snow showers forecast overnight in this area, they say theyre prepared. Weve just had the forecast in so the temperatures are going to drop quite significantly. Sub zero. So what were doing this afternoon now is we will pre grit all our primary gritting routes and then overnight
But also criticise some of irans actions while arguing for iranian prison releases, including of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe a case many accuse him of damaging by loose talk last month. Watching anxiously with me in london, nazanins husband, Richard Ratcliffe. He has campaigned day in, day out for her freedom since nazanins arrest in april last year. Im sure itll make a difference, im sure him being there, im sure him raising her case, raising her case in the context of lots of other stuff can only help improve relations and improved relations can only lead to a better case for us. I think thats right, but im not expecting that on monday morning he comes back with her on the plane. Borisjohnson is saying nothing at all publicly while in iran. Instead, the Foreign Office issued a statement after two hours of what they call a constructive meeting. They discussed the full range of bilateral issues and they both spoke frankly about the obstacles in the relationship, including the foreign sec
Money. They are bringing in, um,folks from other countries and not paying the workers, you know, us, who live in the community not paying us a sustaining wage to be on the project. Reporter the eb5 visa is almost 30 years old. It was designed to spur Foreign Investment in rural depressed or high unemployment regions and it does offer Foreign Investors u. S. Residency for them and their families. The congresswoman zoe lofgren says the program has been abused. The way the investment for disadvantaged localities has been administered is outrageous. Reporter the program got headlines recently when the sister of President Trumps son inlaw and adviser Jared Kushner used eb5 to attract chinese investors to a high rise in new jersey with views of manhattan. Its been a flaw that needs to be stopped. Reporter lofgren says previous reform bills have gone nowhere. He is not aware of the silvery towerss use the ew fire to lure investors but e b5 to lure investors but she said san jose would probabl
With expertise were called in to assist. Around 1 00 p. M. , the man climbed down. Chp tweeted this picture of him hugging his girlfriend. Chp says hell receive a mental psych evaluation and could face charges. He could face anywhere from resisting arrest to delaying, blocking traffic. Reporter meantime drivers in san leandro were still caught in traffic after a big rig overturned on a connector from northbound highway 880 to southbound highway 238. Chp says the big rig spilled a Hazardous Material resulting in a shelter in place at a cal trans building. The driver had minor injuries. Chris blocked off a storm drain before righting the overturned vehicle so in case of the second spill they would limit the spread of the hazardous acid. In san leandro, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. Two children in a car in car seats escaped this accident in san ramon. In the meantime we want to show you our drive time traffic. You can see that area we are talking about in red. That is still being affected
Cases as the death rate rises in 15 states right now. President trump meanwhile is visiting the battleground state of ohio where the gop governor tested positive for the coronavirus. Governor mike dewine just spoke out about his infection saying he feels fine but has a slight headache. Well get more on that in a moment. Lets check in with martin savidge. Fifteen states seeing coronavirus deaths on the rise in certain states. You add the new projection coming from the university of washington saying we could see as many as 300,000 deaths in the United States due to coronavirus by december 1st according to modeling. With the caveat you could reduce that by 70,000 deaths with consistent mask wearing but thats not happening. In a private call with state and local officials, produces Coronavirus Task force coordinator dr. Deborah birx outlining areas of danger. We are concerning the high level kansas city, portland, omaha, talked about central valley. Experts roar about the percentage of po