We have our usual Early Morning slowdown out of the Central Valley for just under an hour ride to get up and over the Altamont Pass. A look at our drive times from 4 to walnut creek looking good. Walnut creek to highway 13 in oakland about an eightminute drive. Theres that ride from tracy to dublin slowing and that earlier accident is out of lanes. It is recovering somewhat. Sue, thank you. A call from a group of Health Advocates to yank facebook app off the markets. They claim the messenger app made for kids is a threat to their wellbeing. Amy hollyfield live for us in menlo park. Amy . Reporter hi, good morning, reggie. 97 child advocates have signed a letter, a combination of individuals and nonprofits are asking facebook to pull the plug on this messenger kids. Thats what this app is being called, an advertising free facebook app targeted to 6 to 12yearold kids. Facebook says it took steps to be responsible with the app including giving parents tools to control their childrens soci
Live where you live, this is abc7 news. [ chanting let them go ]. Across our country tonight, demonstrators are letting their voices be heard at our airports. San francisco, chicago, new york, and many more. Tonight a bit of good news for those protesters who are against pesident trumps controversial extreme vetting executive order. Good evening and thank ou for joining us, im matt keller. Earlier this evening a federal judge in new york issued a stay for part of that executive order. Federal judges in virginia and seattle have since followed suit. That was, of course, welcome news for protesters here in San Francisco and across the country. The new york judges order tonight will ensure those detained will not be sent home for the time being. We have Team Coverage tonight from San Francisco international airport, abc7 News Reporter kay larson and Sergio Quintana have been there for hours. Beginning with sergio. Reporter we are now about eight hours into the protest at sfo. Theres still
Millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Sergey Petrov would go no further. Not even to say russia would hand over the two intelligence agents if found guilty. He was adamant, though, that russia had no influence in the november u. S. Elections. As far as i know, my government approached the u. S. Government requesting this evidence and we never received anything. Reporter he is cautiously optimistic that under President Trump the relationship between the two countries will improve. He insists that under president obama things deteriorated. Towards the end of his administration, mr. Obama ordered the expulsion of some Russian Diplomats in the united states, including a few from the San Francisco office. I wouldnt use word offended. I would use a word disappointed. Reporter there is a large russianspeaking community in San Francisco concerned about whats happening between the two countrie
Tensions escalate internationally, im kristen. Im dan ashley. The operatives behind the cyber attack are increasing levels of distrust between the two countries. The issue has been deepening. Abc reporter spoke with the consum Russian Federation in San Francisco. She joins us live in the newsroom. Leeann . The consul general called all these allegations of hacking and then, of course, posting things on wikileaks, he called them, quote, ridiculous fantasy. Now, he told me these accusations only make both countries move further apart. Now, russia, he says, doesnt want to go back to the days of the cold war. Until they are Proven Guilty in the court of law. Reporter thats the russian consul general responding that the agency filed criminal charges against two russian intelligence agents and hackers worker for them. They sold private information of millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Se
We begin with some breaking news. Lots of reaction overnight from around the world to the u. S. Attack against syria ordered by President Trump. Heres what happened, cruise missiles flying off the u. S. Destroyers overnight targeting the airfield. Syrian jets used for tuesdays chemical attack. Now, syrian Officials Say several people were killed in the strike including some military officials. A russian spokesman this morning saying Vladimir Putin believes the u. S. Attack violates international law. A top official from u. S. Ally turkey calling the air strikes imperative to punish the assad regime for this chemical attack on its own citizens. So, mixed reaction all over so far. Lets begin our coverage right now with abcs Alex Marquardt who just arrived in the region. Reporter overnight, a major step for this new commander in chief. Tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. Reporter the president addressing the na