Speeds are in the green but very foggy out there. So please be careful. Foggy conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza. No metering lights. I dont know if you would be able to see them even if they were there. Theyre not on yet. 10 minutes into San Francisco. And the Richmond San Rafael bridge just a few cars out there for the start of the friday morning commute. Back to you. Reports of racially charged comments from President Trump have thrown negotiations on Immigration Reform into disarray. Sources say the president got frustrated during an Oval Office Meeting called to discuss restoring protections for people from certain countries. Those in attendance say the president said why are we having all these people from expletive countries come here . He used a curse word that we will not repeat. Several sources say President Trump complained about the u. S. Accepting immigrants from africa, haiti and el salvador. The president then suggested the u. S. Allow more immigrants from countries
This was taken from the helmet camera of a firefighter interlock. Crews arrived overnight and found a major leak in the stairwell. They had to shut off several valves to stop the flow. No one was hurt but residents on the ground floor had to be evacuated. 20 people are confirmed dead in the mudslides. Crews still expect to find more victims as they continue to sift through mud and debris. They are using backhoes, jackhammers and chainsaws. Tuesdays slide destroyed at least 65 homes in montecito. Normal activity has ground to a halt. My mom was telling me the stories. Think about this, its now not functional. So the longer the recovery takes, the harder its going to be for them to bounce back. The hillside gave way as rains sent floodwaters down slopes. Now crews are trying to keep clear basins before another storm hits. Check out this satellite image of montecito before the mudslide. Lots of green and this is the same area after. Covered in a brown layer of mud. Back in the bay area su
Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Good morning, everyone. Im carolyn tyler. Thanks for joining us on this sunday, january 4th. Lets start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Carolyn, good morning. Hi engine. Considerable cloud cover this morning that keeps the temperatures up. A few light showers moved through sonoma, highway 37, and right now towards Discovery Bay and brentwood. Highway 4, all the way up to the sierra nevada. A couple hundredth and even kirkwood looking at light shower activity. The pink indicating some of the freezing precipitation. The numbers of still in the 30s out by the delta. Some black eyes is possible. 35 in san carlos. Looking at another spare the air day today. As the weak system moves through, the winds pick up mix up the atmosphere, and we are just a little bit milder. So today look for mostly cloudy skies. Numbers in the upper 50s to low 60s. Carolyn. Thank you, lisa. Happening now, mourners are g
Live from the kgo Broadcast Center this, is abc 7 news. It was for 12 hours they were sitting on the plane, before they took off for their 16hour flight. Dozens of passengers finally on the ground at sfo, after being stuck on a plane for nearly 28 hours. And it began with a freak fog accident that shut down an airport in abdhabi. We go to San Francisco International Airport where we caught up with some of the passengers after their very long flight. Reporter anyone who has ever flown out of sfo, knows about fog delays. But in abdhabi, they have sandstorms and not fog. This freak fog incident shut down the airport there for hours. And thats one of the reasons why the flight just arriving now, had passengers aboard it for 28 hours. For passengers aboard the flight 183, frustration has been brewing for hours. They kept telling us we were going to leave, you know, 15 minutes from now. 20 minutes from now. 30 minutes from now. For 12 hours. Because of the bad weather. And the gates all of t
Valleys. We are switching things up a bit with numbers anywhere from 2 to 5 degrees warmer. We will have some fog. And with the lowlevel moisture, perhaps some icy roads out there. So do be careful. As you head out this morning temperatures are cool. It will take time to warm up. When we do we will will have the hazy conditions again. 59 in oakland with 58 San Francisco. Somes with filtered sun in San Francisco. We will talk about above average readings back in the bay area coming up. Carolyn. Lisa, thank you. Thousands are expected to attend this morning he is Funeral Service for a second new York City Police officer killed in the line of duty. Here is a live look from brooklyn where the Funeral Service for officer wen jian liu will get underway around 8 00 this morning our time. Yesterday hundreds lined the streets outside the funeral home where a wake was held for liuliu was shot to death in his patrol car two weeks ago, along with officer rafael ramos, who was laid to rest last wee