Now, from abc 7, live, breaking news. Its just really hard. So because i just remember my parents building that whole house. Wildfires across the bay area continuing to burn tonight. Some families to the south being told to leave now. While, others in the north bay are finding their homes have already burned. And tonight, fear for firefighters about possible Lightning Strikes. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im eric thomas. This is a quick look at three big fires burning in the bay area. The lnu complex, in the north bay, has charred more than 347,000 acres. It is the secondestlargest wildfire in california history. The scu complex, which covers parts of alameda, contra costa, and santa clara counties, is right behind at 343,000 acres. And the czu complex is up to 74,000 acres. It is burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. A crew in the north bay at the lnu complex and a crew in the south bay at the scu complex. But we begin with weather. There was some rain today. A welc
Its about an hour 50 minutes. All right. So woere going to go ahead and get started. Thanks for joining us despite the rain. I know its difficult for many of you. For those of you who are not familiar with usip, were a nonpartisan independent institute that is dedicated to proposition that peace is possible. Were funded by congress and focused on preventing, mitigating, or resolving conflict. One of the global hotspots that has eluded peace for many years is the korean peninsula, and as you know, recently, President Trump and chairman kim met at the border between north and south korea, which has rekindled the prospects for returning back to negotiations and breaking the current diplomatic stalemate. And, in fact, the two leaders agreed to resume workinglevel negotiations in the coming weeks and try to make progress on denuclearization and peace. One of the sticking points has been north korea asking for sanctions relief. In order for the kim regime to survive and thrive, it needs to g
Of japan to deliver a message to the iranians, lets talk, not only was he rebuffed, they attacked a japanese ship while the japanese Prime Minister is delivering a message from the american president , lets see if we can negotiate. So that tells me all i need to know about the Iranian Regime and negotiating. So i talked to the president this morning. Im going to meet him this afternoon. Senator. Senator the tweets that iran made a big mistake. They made a big mistake shooting our drone down. Was that provocative in and of itself to tweet that. Whats provocative is the shoot the drone down. What provocative is blog u a James Peterson oil tanker we are a japanese Prime Minister in your office trying to start negotiations with the united states. Whats provocative is having your proxy shoot into saudi arabia. Trump is not the problem. Here is is the way this is headed. If they start enrichment at the levels they talk about in a few days. Israel over time will have to respond. There is one
The former president made on the trail and in social media. Major . A key word in that memo, deprive. Robert costa, thank you. Supporters of abortion rights in ohio are claiming victory after voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have made it more difficult to add abortion protections to the states constitution. Cbs Caitlin Hueyburns reports on the political impact of the vote. Reporter ohio, we did it. We did it reporter voter turnout far exceeded expectations for a summer special election that sent a message across the they underestimated ohio. And they have aye awakened a sleeping giant. Reporter at issue, whether to raise the threshold to amend the state constitution from a simple majority, 50 plus one vote to 60 . Republicans, including secretary of state frank larose had hoped to implement the change ahead of november when enshrining abortion protections into the state constitution will be on the ballot. Of course we dont want the see a really radical abortio
Fires, all the consequences of a powerful storm of historic proportions. In sandys wake at least 28 are dead in the u. S. Dozens of homes lost to fire or swept to sea. Mass transit stalled, and some 8 million without power. The president has been hunkered down at the white house declaring states of emergency, working with governors, and helping to coordinate relief efforts. Just an hour ago he traveled to the headquarters of the red cross pledging for support for whats expected to be a lengthy recovery. My message to the federal government, no bureaucracy, no red tape, get resources where theyre needed as fast as possible, as hard as possible, and for the duration because the Recovery Process obviously in a place like new jersey is going to take a significant amount of time. Indeed. The president will travel to hardhit new jersey tomorrow, and just a week from election day the president s challenger was hardly content to sit on the sidelines. For his part, mitt romney tried to turn an