victorian era why do i mention him right here at the start of this newscast because well because he is credited with coming up with this phrase are you ready adversity makes strange bedfellows i want you to keep that quote in mind as i share with you what is happening right now between china and iran 2 countries presently being targeted economically and militarily by our government here in the united states so here we go this morning the new york times is pending a piece about a leak that describes how china and iran are signing a 25 year military and economic partnership agreement the peace and titled when china met iran seems to suggest that washington is kind of freaked out by this that it has quote the united states in a geo political storm. so what is this deal between the us is biggest adversary in the middle east and the us is the most predominant economic competitor on the entire world stage well it s described as an agreement that is going to provide iran with all th
the east bay. accidents were also an issue. abc 7 news was in san rafael with a big rig accident for hours. and big waves are still pushing further onshore. team coverage for the damage caused by today s tomorrow beginning with spencer christian for a look at what s still ahead. all right. here s live doppler 7, and, of course, it s still wet over most of the bay area. although at the moment there s not much activity up in the north bay so a closer look at where the rainfall is at the moment. let me close it a little bit here. line of rain moving into marin county and eastward over to el torito. patches of rain around san francisco, concord and livermore and east bay, hayward, milipitas getting light to moderate rain and san mateo and redwood city getting rain. view of the san mateo bridge and these are rainfall totals, an inch and a quarter in kent field and .7 in richmond and oakland and san francisco.33 and under .1 in palo alto. storm impact skill, the rain and in
trump allies have discussed because they are discussing whether it will help donald trump s currently cratering poll numbers. tonight there were no task force members. that s why you see the president there alone. that made this more of a presidential address than a fully staffed medical update but i want to be clear about something. the president may have been technically alone up there but on key points how to combat the virus, he wasn t really alone. the guidance of the cdc and dr. fauci and many other critical voices moved donald trump to concede things he used to deny about this deadly pandemic he said this thing is bad and it s getting worse and you have to fight it with social distancing and masks i carry it and i will use it gladly, no problem with it i ve said, if you can, use the mask when you can use the mask, if you re close to each other, if you re in a group i would put it on when i m in a group. the cdc also announcing the data from ten cities and states sh
right away. this, a truly miraculous story. this morning, a pregnant woman struck by lightning survives to give birth to a beautiful baby girl. crazy story and happy ending on that one. good morning. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m john ber man. once again, it is friday, 5:00 in the east. we begin with the closing pitch in the trial. these are the final moments of what has been a national story for a year. the attorneys will argue to the jury why their client is not guilty of murder or manslaughter in the death of unarmed teenager, trayvon martin, after the prosecution made its case. george howell is live for us in sanford, florida. these are the final moments of what has been a very long, a very painful period, isn t it? well, christine, absolutely. all eyes in this town, all eyes around the country today will be on mark o mara. he will get three hours to make his case to convince this jury it s not manslaughter or second degree murder. the pros
the jury will soon begin considering the fate of george zimmerman on trial for the murder of trayvon martin. we know this is a case that has americans watching and arguing all across the country, and abc s matt gutman tells us about the fireworks in the courtroom today. reporter: tensions boiling over in the courtroom today. have you made a decision, sir, as to whether you want to testify in this case? i object to that question. okay, overruled. reporter: three times, judge debra nelson addressing george zimmerman directly. have you made a decision as to whether you want to testify in this case? no, not at this time, your honor. reporter: her insistence to try to assure that george zimmerman wasn t pressured to testimony. finally his answer. what is your decision, sir? after consulting with counsel, not to testify. reporter: it was the most he had spoken in court on a day in earlier calling a witness who said zimmerman was by no stretch an athlete. under