Senior adviser Jared Kushner is heading to the middle east this week. Hes meeting with the israeli Prime Minister and the palestinian president , in hopes of brokering a peace deal. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, june 19th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We say good morning, everybody. Were going to start with the breaking news from london. A large van plowing into pedestrians near a mosque in the north of the capital city. This video shot right after the incident took place. The man with the ripped shirt was taken into custody. You see there. Two other people possibly involved somehow got away. Thats right. Emergency responders performed cpr on victims at the scene. But at least one person was killed and several others injured. The mayor of london is being blunt about this. Hes calling it a horrific terrorist attack. Investigators have been at the scene for several hours, now. Abcs molly hunter was there, as well. Shes back at our bureau. She joins
Temperatures. Weve got nice cool drinks and plenty of rides to get some breeze in your hair, so worked out just fine. Reporter john came from tracy to celebrate fathers day with his family and says they came prepared. I got some sun hats and sunscreen and brought some drinks. Howdy. Reporter shawn has been working at the fair almost 10 years and says hes definitely seeing a difference in the crowds because of the heat. Its so hot. So hot people aint coming out. Reporter a pint size steph curry was the exception looking for a dunk. Its like real slow during the day and you come in the evening is when you get some people in. Reporter now fair Officials Say heat is not impacting attendance. They still anticipate about 15,000 people will be here today. The only difference is theyre not coming out during the heat of the day. Theyre coming out about now that its finally starting to cool off. Tonight at 6 00 well be talking with the Alameda County Fire Department about tips they have for stay
People were flocking toward the coast to beat the heat. We are at the beginning of a heat wave as we head into the first few days of summer. The heat advisory has now been extended to thursday as the strong ridge of High Pressure is expected to stick around until then. Theres a little breeze but not as stong as yesterday. If youre going out tonight the temperatures will be very warm to mild away from the coast. We are starting to see some fog forming near the coast. Thats a sign that at least some places will cool tomorrow. Well show you where in a few minutes. jr stone another big story we are tracking tonight. One man is dead and eight people are hospitalized after a van slams into crowds near a mosque in london. Youre looking at new video and pictures of the scene just into the kron4 newsroom. Right now police are not saying that this was an act of terrorism but say counter terrprism police are investigating. Police say the driver of a van that hit pedestrians is a 48yearold man who
Airconditioned. I was not alone. How are you sleeping . I am not sleeping. Look at this clouds, but it is too hot. We will see if it will cool down. Thank you for joining us on this monday morning, june 19, i am pam cook. I am dave clark. Lets go right over to steve and find out about the weather. I thought i was dreaming and there was a burst of rain around 1 00. I think it was lovely and it cooled it down just a little bit. It added a little bit of humidity. We have gone from one extreme to the other. We had thunderstorms last sunday and now we have them again with recordsetting heat. We may never see that again. The fog is trying, getting a little bit of help today with that slight onshore push after the yesterday recordsetting highs for many. Mountain view, santa rosa, sfo, san francisco, san rafael at 105, livermore at 106. One week ago livermore was at 65. Backtoback sundaes with thunderstorms. The one last sunday came down out of the north with napa county, Solano County, and th
They had to accomplish one simple but crucial task. Can you guess what that was . Well tell you, coming up, on this monday, june 19th. We say good morning to you on this monday. Were going to get straight to the breaking news out of london. A van driven on to a sidewalk in north london, running down pedestrians near a mosque. One person was killed. Several other people who were leaving that mosque after prayers were injured. Police have abrearrested a 48yearold man. Hes being treated at the hospital. And two other people may be connected with that incident but got away. We look at the scene. Like many that weve seen in london lately, you see the technicians are there. Several hours after that incident. You will remember the deadly terror attack just two weeks ago. Attackers driving a van on to the pedestrian bridge on London Bridge and attacking with knives. Witnesses who saw this mornings incident describe a scene of chaos. He basically drove on the pavement, coming straight towards a