First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Fires in six southeast states this morning. Georgia, alabama, kentucky, tennessee, and north and South Carolina are all affected. As ried binion reports, the smokey air is becoming hazardous. Wildfires fueled by unusually dry conditions are causing Health Concerns for communities in the southeast. Upwards of 30 large fires in six states. And filling skies across the region with a smokey haze. The blanket of smoke so widespread that its visible from space. Captured in satellite images from nasa. The Health Impact of poor air quality has been particularly severe in tennessee. Where its landed more than 200 people in the hospital with breathing difficulties. Fire officials are carefully planning their battle against the flames. Taking the what we dont want is to put the fire out and have 50 or 60 yards of fuel ready for reignition. Effor ts to extinguish the fires hampered by a continuing drought. And the constant threat
Harassment. The unwanted advances she said shes experienced throughout her career. I remember thinking to myself this is happening again . Leading to the blockbuster allegations that helped cost roger ailes his job. Why shes coming forward and telling her story now only on gma. A hero brothers splitsecond decision. The 9yearold rushing in to save his baby brother from this terrifying fall. I just ran and i caught him but i cant even carry him so i dont know how that happened. The scary close call and what his mother is saying about that moment and her warning for all parents. . And good morning, america. Happy thursday to everyone. Mike, i think we have a kid who has a future in pro football. He was so fast. That kid deserves a Christmas Present of all Christmas Presents and any time his younger brother acts up when he gets older say lets go to the videotape. Youre right about that. This morning all eyes on seen all kinds of vips heading in. No one really knows whats going on behind th
Entire of the 55 Million Dollar modernization. And acknowleding the planning that went on, the Airport Commission chairman says they were guided with the idea of changing the now 30 year old terminal in a way that future Airport Commissions would still find useful. This commission really felt the we now, the commission 30 years from now and passengers, appreciate the work that we did, and that it is a sustainable, well thought out project. Now the next phase of construction will probably start sometime next year, and it will go on about a year and a half. Some things will be behind the scenes, some things will be rather disruptive, like totally changing this concession area. Airport leaders hope passengers will think the end result is worth it. Live in meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first even with filtered sunshine, we have a warm day ahead thanks in part to erly breezes. Record highs will be in jeopardy as we soar into the lower to middle 70s. Well stay mild tonight, not droppi
80 today. Livermore from 98. 89. And san jose from 90 to 83 degrees. So speaking of san jose, today that 83 57. Average is 82 57. They are right where they should be. 101 1989 the record high. We are looking at temperatures, because they are cooling down, when you have a delta breeze to 31, 40s, 50s, soft 60s for some. Outside of napa 46. Sebastopol 37. The fog has come ramping back in a big way. System to the north helping to enhance that. Low clouds, sunny, breezy, still warm. 90s inland. Coming down 5, 7 degrees compared to yesterday. 60s, 70s, upper 80s, few mid 90s. Way out there, if you know what i mean, sal. If you know what i mean, sal. Yes, i do, steve. Thank you very much. Good morning you to. We are look at the commute from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. Its not a bad commute. Its taking 30 minutes. By the time you get to the maze, it looks pretty good, but there is slow traffic in richmond, as there normally is. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza you wil
275. A little bit of a slowdown on 54th as you can see trying to get through the interstate. We also have a crash at 126th avenue north. Leave yourself a few extra minutes there. I275 from pasco to hillsborough looking great from the apex to i4. Rodney . The re from hurricane hermine are just beginning. More than 125 homes and properties were damaged. The damage estimates in pasco county alone were 89,000. It would be cheaper to buy up the homes and move everybody out instead of dealing with the impact from flooding year after year. Lindsay, it sounds good but is are. Reporter for some people, that is a real possibility. A week after hermine came through, they are still pumping out thousands of gallons going out into the street onto ridge road. County leaders say absolutely buy up the homes and move us out. Other people say they are not going to go anywhere. The cleanup here will last few more days. Inside not to mention the repairs to waterlogged homes, parks and appliances. Areas alo