Department. They tell me they now believe that this fire started on the second levl above the sleeping quarters. Also today, families have been giving dna samples to help identify the victims. And we have been watching, norah, as the fbi has been carting away evidence gathered at the scene. Norah . So tough to hear those details. Jonathan vigliatti, thank you. Chaos and confusion at the airport in new jersey. A flight attend apt at Alaska Airlines became suspicious of two men last night, and sounded an alarm telling everyone to evacuate. The men were later questioned by police and released without charges. No one was hurt in the race for the exits. Alaska airlines is investigating this false alarm. Federal Law Enforcement sources confirm that the gunman in last weekends mass shooting in west texas purchased his ar15style rifle in a private sale. Now, the search for the seller is underway. Sources say 36yearold seth ator had previously failed a federal background check because ileopl de
Reporter according to the San Jose Police officers association, street racing incidents are on the rise and until the department can fully staff traffic enforcement, the union says getting help from the community will be essential. Its very, very important when they do see Something Like that that they call immediately so we can try to get officers out to that area and hopefully prevent another tragedy from occurring. Reporter while nothing can bring the victims back, family members are hopeful the through suspects will do the right thing and turn themselves in. They reached out to so many lives and they always brought smiles to those faces. Reporter Memorial Services are being planned for the two victims, anyone with information on this case is urged to call police. Reporting in san jose, im chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Thank you. Highway 24 had to be closed after a crane doing work at the lafayette bart station hit a power line this morning. It happened just before 5 30. The crane came
Now at 4 30, taking a live look from our roof camera at coit tower in San Francisco, partially visible with all that fog in the air on this Tuesday Morning. Good morning. It is at the third. Im kenny choi. Michelle griego is at chase center. We will check in with her in just a bit. We have got somebody special in the traffic center, deanna, welcome back. I missed you, doing the traffic. We are going to get the traffic report in just a bit. But first our forecast. You can see the fog this morning. We are starting off the day with areas of fog, low clouds across parts of the bay. You can see that gray start, temperatures are running in the 50s and 60s, 63 concord, oakland 62, 60 livermore, 59 San Francisco, 62 in san jose. Another breezy day along the coast, cool in the mid60s. For the bay, upper 60s, low 70s with breezy conditions and eventually that clearing and afternoon sun and for our inland locations topping out in the upper 80s to low 90s. We will talk about the rest of that coold
The fire started. They say its clear the fire almost instantly overwhelmed them. There was an extraordinarily hot fire and the bodies do exhibit signs of extreme thermal damage. Reporter also a grim change in tactics. Just before 10 00 this morning, this went from a rescue mission t to a recovery operation. A total of 34 people are presumed dead. Only 20 have been recovered. The five survivors are all conception crew members, including the ships captain. All were stationed on the top deck when the fire started. Today we also learned that many of the victims were from northern california. Today a mother of one of those 34 victims showed up at the shoreline memorial. We showed up because my daughter, alexander kurtz, was on the conception. And she died. I can tell you that very poignant duty that we have. Reporter a vly shaken sheriff says hes spoken to many moms and dads who have happen and why were so many lives lost . And they will rely on us to do everything in our power to find out
Well also bring you the very latest on that deadly fire on a dive boat off the Southern California coast. Search efforts are still under way, even at this hour, for any possible survivors, though hope is fading. And in texas, were learning more about the gunman who police say killed seven people in a shooting rampage saturday along roadways in odessa and midland. Much more on those stories ahead. First, we want to get the latest on Hurricane Dorian. Right now, the category 4 storm has stalled over the bahamas, where its already blamed for five deaths. 30 inches of rain could fall in some isolated areas. Obtained bw flooded homes nearly fully submerged. Officials say they have received a tremendous number of calls for rescue. Yet, in many places, conditions are still too treacherous to respond. One pipe lot it one pilot telling me earlier that rescue planes could not go up until daylight. Hurricane dorian one of the most powerful atlantic storms ever recorded. Heres the situation in fre