Senior adviser Jared Kushner is heading to the middle east this week. Hes meeting with the israeli Prime Minister and the palestinian president , in hopes of brokering a peace deal. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, june 19th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We say good morning, everybody. Were going to start with the breaking news from london. A large van plowing into pedestrians near a mosque in the north of the capital city. This video shot right after the incident took place. The man with the ripped shirt was taken into custody. You see there. Two other people possibly involved somehow got away. Thats right. Emergency responders performed cpr on victims at the scene. But at least one person was killed and several others injured. The mayor of london is being blunt about this. Hes calling it a horrific terrorist attack. Investigators have been at the scene for several hours, now. Abcs molly hunter was there, as well. Shes back at our bureau. She joins
Temperatures in the 80s. Overnight, temperatures wont drop very much at all. Heat advisory in effect until 9 00 p. M. Thursday for virtually all the bay area except the coast. And over in this area to fairfield and beyond, excessive heat warning in effect until thursday evening. In just a moment ill come back and show you when we can expect minor relief and longterm relief as well. We certainly need it, spencer. The bay area heat wave keeping pg e crews busy around the clock. Some in livermore have been without electricity since yesterday. At one point 190,000 customers were without power. Fewer than 2,000 are still powerless as we speak. Several people found a way to beat the heat at brookley marina today. A couple of guys were learning how to wind surf. That plunge into the bay probably felt pretty good. Also a good day to sit and watch the boaters. A perfect day to spend next to, or actually on the water if you had that chance. Sitting on the dock of the bay. Sing it. Watching the t
They had to accomplish one simple but crucial task. Can you guess what that was . Well tell you, coming up, on this monday, june 19th. We say good morning to you on this monday. Were going to get straight to the breaking news out of london. A van driven on to a sidewalk in north london, running down pedestrians near a mosque. One person was killed. Several other people who were leaving that mosque after prayers were injured. Police have abrearrested a 48yearold man. Hes being treated at the hospital. And two other people may be connected with that incident but got away. We look at the scene. Like many that weve seen in london lately, you see the technicians are there. Several hours after that incident. You will remember the deadly terror attack just two weeks ago. Attackers driving a van on to the pedestrian bridge on London Bridge and attacking with knives. Witnesses who saw this mornings incident describe a scene of chaos. He basically drove on the pavement, coming straight towards a
Rain. As we widen out there are downpours and storms popping now in cherry hill as well as parts of southern Mercer County ahead that of main line so a lot to go through as a cold front comes through to wipe out this intense heat and humidity. Talking about the heat and humidity and also the hard part of the storms is the intense downpours. You have more on that part of the story. Thats right. The reason why were getting those showers and storms is that because of all of the heat and humidity today. You look at the heat indies feeling like 94 in philadelphia, weve got a heat index of 94 as well in wilmington, close to 100 there in dover. Heat index up the 95 corridor in trenton feeling like 95 degrees. Thats why that severe thunderstorm watch has been posted until 8 oclock. The big concern with these thunderstorms as they move through gusty winds up to 60 Miles Per Hour and the possibility of hail. In combination with that some locations are underneath a Flash Flood Warning up until 6
Hearing live. The speaker the house will be in order. Pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. Foxx, for five minutes. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is good news that the jobless rate has dropped to 4. 3 . The lowest level in more than a decade. However, we still face tough challenges in building an economy that supplies employers with the talent needed to be competitive and educating workers with the skills needed for success in todays economy. Because our economy increasingly requires a more ski