Day of rage. Fresh turmoil over President Trumps decision to officially recognize jerusalem as israels capital. More World Leaders condemning the move. Those stories plus the massive new lawsuit facing Harvey Weinstein. Why we are flooding this house on purpose. And shoplifting suspects speed away from a mall dragging cu wildfires on the today show the race is on to find them today, thursday, december 7, 2017. We want to get right to the breaking news, the raging wildfires in Southern California. Four major blazes burning out of control right now. The largest is the thomas fire. It has destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings around ventura around los angeles. Then theres the creek fire in northern los angeles, another sweeping through belair and then the rye fire near santa clarita. Theyve prompted the evacuation of more than 200,000 people. Officials expect more will be ordered . Thats because these potentially catastrophic winds that briefly died down on wednesday returned overnigh
Condemnation. A potentially deadly chemical banned for most uses in europe is still a common ingredient in paint stripper sold in the u. S. This morning, the family of a worker who died using methylyn chloride speaks out. Plus, we have the list of the safest cars for 2015. Find out why only 15 vehicles received the highest rating. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This fires such a monster firefighter, telling people it may be a matter of life and death. Southern california threatened by historic wildfires. Flames lighting up the sky. Not a break in sight. Fierce winds ramping back up. That means very, very high fire danger. Ive never seen anything like this. I was expecting to see snow on the mountain and now the things on fire. Now calling on al franken to resign amid Sexual Harassment allegationings. This morning, he is expected to make an announcement about his future. You need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is o
Welcome to the news grid a day of rage in the occupied palestinian territories says u. S. President donald trump recognition of jerusalem as israels capital Israeli Soldiers have been firing tear gas and rubber bullets of protesters outside a mosque in occupied East Jerusalem bethlehem. And not confined to the palestinians alone protests are taking place across the three pictures from the different world capitals. Breakthrough after days of negotiations and the e. U. Have reached agreement challenge for any issue of trade two hundred thousand evacuated is nearly six thousand firefighters battle to hold the spread of wildfires along californias Pacific Coast the flames have been ferocious winds threatening tens of thousands of homes as millions of americans are warned to beware the toxic fumes. I have a hundred nigerian had taken matters into their own hands by such as social Media Campaign to tackle alleged abuse by a special and they say that they have all the latest about the mans ne
But theres still the big backup. We are dealing with those residual delays. The crash westbound 80 at central, backed up to 4. In the red the eastshore freeway 30 minutes. A live look near ashby. Your ride is heavy getting over to the bay bridge toll plaza. An additional 26 minutes heading across the bay bridge. We are still dealing with the slowdowns from an earlier accident as you are approaching fremont street. It looks like thats been cleared over to the shoulder. Speeds starting to resume to their normal limit there. 580 highway 4 out of antioch and 880 all in the yellow. Say goodbye to friday light. Lets check in with neda on the forecast. Good morning, everybody. At least its friday. Heres a look at san jose right now. Clear conditions out there. Yes, it is cool and crisp. Clear in San Francisco. Temperatures in the 30s and 40s. 33 degrees in santa rosa. The temperatures just dropped off one notch. Not quite freezing but very close. What we are going to have today is smoky condi
Iconic Salvatore Mundi. The record 450 million price. And the first black woman to command the corps of cadets at west point. Simone askew as part of our new series. We begin today with a look at eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Surrounding this whole area. Panicked, people are scared. Rage right now with the wind gusts. New wildfires explode across Southern California. This has been a long week and were not done yet. A major snowstorm is making its way from the south up to new england. The hardest ive seen it snow here in texas. Outrage across much of the middle east over President Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. Two students and a gunman dead after a shooting at a high school in northwestern new mexico. No one else was hurt. Republican congressman trent franks stepping down as a House Ethics Committee launches a probe into possible Sexual Harassment. Senator al franken announced he will step down. This has been a tough few weeks for me. A white former Police