And caught on camera. Fireballs lighting up the sky. The incredible images zipping across the horizon and leaving behind a trail of mystery. Hey, good morning. And brace yourself. Much of the country is about to get hit by bitter cold and in some parts the first big snow of the season. Whether we like it or not, which means if you havent done so already, it is time to dig around, get that snow shovel ready and your heavy coat too. The arctic blast is on the way and so the meteorologist rob marciano with your full forecast. Keep it here for that. First our top story that deadly train accident. A train operator spotting teenagers on the track on a bridge but unable to stop in time. Abcs bazi kanani is in lynchburg, virginia, with more on this developing story. Good morning, bazi. Reporter good morning, paula. This area is popular with photographers and residents say occasionally thrillseekers will hop a fence to climb out onto that railway bridge. It is hundreds of feet high. This mornin
Paper mache is the comet. Comets can travel up to 300 miles per second so everything is really hauling here. This is such amazing stuff we are even seeing celebrity tweets. William shatner saying simply hooray. He posted this youtube video. Good luck, rosetta and philaes going to land on, i am so excited. A lot of people are excited. This remarkable achievement is the latest step in a mission that actually began a decade ago and culminated with cheers and hugs in a control room in germany. This celebration went on for a few minutes but the crew quickly got to work Monitoring Communications from the robotic probe. Philae was launched by rosetta which has been circling the comets for week. Researchers believe the comet holds clues about the dawn of our solar system, maybe even life on earth. A time capsule telling us what were conditions like when the earth itself was just forming. Thats huge. Officials say the aircraft may have bounced once before coming to rest. Scientists hope to lear
They believe these injuries, visible injuries, were caused by restraint on behalf of mcdonald, not necessarily physical violence. After a comprehensive review of the facts, we have determined that theres insufficient evidence to file charges against ray mcdonald. Both parties agree that jane doe struck mcdonald first and her injuries as a result of an attack. Because of accounts, because of lack of eyewitnesss and the lack of cooperation by jane doe, we cannot prove that a crime occurred beyond a reasonable doubt. Reporter the d. A. s Office Released more details on what they believe happened the morning of the fight. As you just heard, the fee ianc hit mcdonald. She followed him to the house and then he called the head of security called Sergeant John pritchard. He asked for a female to be removed from his house and two minutes later his fiancee called. Mcdonald was calm and cooperative. He had been drinking but was sober enough to carry on with a conversation during the interview. Th
Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Few tuesday morning. January 20 thank you for joining us. I am eric thomas. I am kristen sze. With leyla gulen. A lot of folks are saying, is that me or is it impossible to see . Impossible to see. Look at that, quartermile in livermore. Half mile in oakland and petaluma. Threequarters of a mile in concord. That is just the reporting stations. There is more widespread fog this morning than yesterday morning. Like yesterday fog is the word. 60 to exwife 65 with aboveaverage temperatures. 69 at the coast. A gray going but a nice and sunny ending with temperatures above average. On the road this morning you cannot see the roads. You cannot see them but so far not causing any problems. This is walnut creek. A couple of seconds ago it looked more foggy but you can see the traffic is coming and going and tail lights moving southbound at highway 24 at top speeds. No accidents. We will try and keep it that way across the bay area. Mass tr
Country. Good evening. Caltrans says crews will stop installing those guardrails and a state senator is calling for safety hearings following an abc7 news i team report. Tonight his family speaks with dan noyes. We do celebrations. Hundreds crowded into greater st. Paul church paying their respects to the 24yearold Darrell Blackman. He played at kansas state and tried out for the 49ers in april. This is to so many people. He meant something to me. My big baby boy. You know . The loss is deep, deep, deep. And you know youll never get to the other side youll never be filled. There will be no bridge. Its going to be empty. His dad is a navy recruiter. His mom, a berkeley parking control officer and long shoreman. Their son worked all three jobs that day at the Sports Authority and as a defensive line coach and as a bouncer in a nightclub, they believe he fell asleep coming home at 4 30 in the morning. He should not have been taken away. I mean if he fell asleep at the wheel, fine. But tha