Getting lighter. Lets check in with meteorologist bill henley and the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. Bill . The clouds blocking sunshine for the second day in a row. Skies are starting to brighten up. Clouds are going to hang in through the day. Theres a good chance well wind up with some showers. It hasnt happened yet. Dry in south jersey and delaware. Just to the south, you see a line of showers not looking very impressive. There was a thunderstorm as it moved into maryland. Light showers in southern delaware. It will take time for the activity to move into the area. There is that chance of showers during the day today. Mostly cloudy and cool. In the 50s now. 56 in the Lehigh Valley. New jersey, 55. 54 in the suburbs. 57 in philadelphia. 50s in delaware, too. Delawares most likely to get the showers this morning. Most of the morning, just cloudy. 58 at 7 00. At 10 00, 63. A chance of scattered showers, and the chance will be around through the day. The better chance wil
Becoming the youngest competitor ever to qualify for the National Spelling bee. How shes preparing to go up against kids twice her age as the showdown kicks off this morning. And good morning, america. So 6yearold edith fuller about to make a little history at the spelling bee. Youngest competitor ever. But the big question is could she solve President Trumps spelling challenge . Could she spell covfefe . Or covfefe. The v is silent. Covfefe. Youre right, george. Youre right. He broke it down. To that extent. 12 06 tweet this morning. Never finished it. Covfefe. That tweet, that word, covfefe, covfefe, whatever you want to call it has sparked more than a million tweets and jimmy kimmel saying, what makes me sad is i know ill never write anything funnier than covfefe. And as george alluded to he responded to it on twitter and found humor in it. Well have much more on that in a bit. First we want to get to breaking news. A devastating attack rocking afghanistans capital near several emba
Crews trying to block off a storm drain first so as to limit the spread of the hazardous acid. In san leandro, Melanie Woodrow, abc7 news. And this is a look at our drive time traffic map. You can see the area in red is the area that is still affected by the closure. You can see a couple of those red spots there. We will keep you updated throughout the evening and let you know just as soon as that road reopens. The Oakland City Council approved a Million Dollar settlement after a Police Sex Scandal that involved several of their former officers and a young woman who identified herself as an under age prostitute. This afternoon we heard from the young woman at the center of the case. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Anthony joins us live from oakland city hall. Laura . Reporter alma, the settlement reached with the city of oakland is much lower than what jasmine or her original attorney originally asked for, but she told us today she is satisfied with it nonetheless. The morning after the Oakla
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We begin with overnight breaking news after a massive explosion went off in the Afghan Capital of kabul injuring and killing scores of civilians. The explosion sent clouds of smoke in the sky. It happened in the city of the center, the Diplomatic Quarter there. Look at the devastation at the scene of the blast. It may be very well the deadliest bombing in kabul this year the casualty number continuing to climb. The Afghan Health ministry say up to 80 people have been killed in the attack and over 300 wounded. No group has taken responsibility. However, the taliban denied any role in the attack. Well provide you with updates as we get them here at nbc news. Back in the United States the russiatrump investigation getting closer to the president s inner circle. We get word it now includes two more associates, Attorney Michael Cohen and press aide boris epstein. After saying he would not respond to house and senate requests, cohen said he would testify before congress if a subpoena comes h