Ring in the new year. The new video coming in. Caught on camera, the High Altitude rescue after a teenager falls 500 feet down the side of a mountain. Plus, the shocking moment a sinkhole suddenly opens up swallowing this suv. And as more americans go online looking for love, what would you do if a celebrity reached out to you for a date . The surprise encounter involving a world famous actress. Good morning, everyone. We begin with breaking news on this new years eve. An urgent situation at the u. S. Embassy in baghdad where protesters are trying to storm the embassy furious over recent u. S. Air strikes that targeted militant fighters backed by iran. There is word that some of the protesters got through the gate of the embassy. Lets bring in abcs Julia Macfarlane standing by monitoring the situation. Julia, what have you learned . Reporter kenneth, there is a huge amount of unconfirmed information flying about. What we know and what we have seen coming in this morning from baghdad is
The steps oakland leaders are taking amid a string of complaints from businesses along the heckenberger corridor. Breaking news just in. A 78yearold woman now being accused in that deadly crash at that bus stop in San Francisco. According to court records, mary fing lau was arrested on three counts of vehicular manslaughter as well as reckless driing and driving the wrong way. An suv dropped into a crash where four people were waiting. Three people have died. A baby is fighting for their life. People started loving mementos at the site of the crash. Many are still struggling to process how this all happened. I was trying to visualize it. I thought it happened on the other side of west portal. No, its by the library. By the library. I cant imagine. How did it happen . Theres a memorial planned for 5 00 tonight at that site. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Our other top story, oakland, state leaders are working to address growing crime concerns near the oakland airport. Kris sanchez
Primaries this week. And back open in time for your morning commute. The update on the weekend closure of interstate 680 in the east bay. This is today in the bay. Lets get this monday started off right. We want to say good morning to you all. Thanks for allowing us to be a part of your morning. Im marcus washington. Im laura garcia. Were going to check the morning commute. Good news when it comes to 680 this morning. Good news in the Weather Department as well. The nice weather from the weekend continues today, highs in the 70s and sunshine. We are starting out cool. Take a look at our current temperatures around the bay area. Youre stepping out the door to 45 degrees in napa and sonoma, it is 50 in los gatos and 53 in san mateo. Looking at cupertino and our daily trend were going to see today, in the mid40s at 8 00, and then at noon it is 62 degrees. Were headed for the low 70s. Very nice and springlike. Even some upper 70s for parts of the south bay and some low 70s for oakland, whi
Taking care of us, getting us out the door. Roadways looking pretty clear so far this morning. That will will change when rush hour hits, but the weather not affecting anything either. A nice travel day, if you are traveling for the holidays today. Wont be able to say the same thing of course as we head into tomorrow, unfortunately, but let let me take to you some temperatures across the region, starting out your day not as cold as we were yesterday. Not dealing with the winds either. Thats making for a better start to your friday, 35 degrees, in philadelphia. Thirty in millville. Still, chilly out there, right so 27 degrees in Atlantic City , were at 25 degrees in wildwood. And then in delaware, looking at 33 degrees in wilmington, it is right around 29 degrees in dover. Winds speeds as i told you really not too bad. Right around 5 Miles Per Hour out of the east in philadelphia, but calm, into south jersey, also cents into delaware, so not dealing with much in the way after chinned wi
All seems beautiful to me. Good morning bay area. Lets get up and get going. This is abc 7 mornings. Fireworks explode along San Francisco ringing in 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the street for the event and it seemed like everyone decided to leave at once. Huge traffic jams lasted into the Early Morning hours. But this morning the streets are quiet as the new year begins. Good morning. Its sunday, january 1st. Happy new year. Lets start with a quick look at the weather with lisa. Lisa, happy new year. Thank you. Same to you. It looks nice with the sunshine but we have fog in the north bay and clouds around the bay around. Youll notice the precip to the north. Thats a cold weather system headed our way and a Winter Weather advisory for lake county. Sano ma in the 30s. Sunshine throughout the day. Cool, breezy. Showers towards evening and overnight with the cold air in place and snow levels down to 1,000 feet. Well talk about a wet week ahead. Breaking news out of los ang