Funeral for general soleimani, of course, killed during drone strike as we are hearing fresh threats to set u. S. Facilities on fire bringing death to israel and officially, official designate the u. S. Military a terrorist force, the administration is defending the air strikes that killed soleimani this morning claiming hes responsible for leading operations in iraq that killed 600 service members, rob, thank you very much for your service in the country, your reaction to that all of this . I think we are getting away from the fact that soleimani was found in baghdad which could have become another benghazi but thank god because the appropriate response went in. This was not an act of war, killing was a strong and appropriate response, so this attack on the american soldiers has been happening overseas for a while now, i think the response is strong and i think also when we see all of the crowds gathering to mourn soleimani, a lot of people are pretending that they are there by force.
Car. What police did next to save his life. And from the sea lions rocking this boat to an unusual search for a missing dog to the owl getting cozy inside this familys christmas tree. All the top trending stories for your friday morning. Good friday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with the big holiday escape now under way. Millions of americans are hitting the roads or heading to the airport. In some places the weather will not be cooperating. Today is expected to be the busiest air travel day in history for the winter holidays with 3 Million People expected to fly on the major airlines. The toughest travel will be in the pacific northwest. You can see why right there. Heavy rain along the coast and heavy snow in the mountains. Wind gusts could hit 60 miles per hour. The other big weather story is the cold in the east. People from syracuse to boston are starting the morning in the Single Digits but temperatures will head back to normal today. Well take a closer lo
Heres abc 7 news meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning. He scale anlookg at srs moving acro closer towards north beach, i80 through berkeley, wet streets. Over into walnut creek, danville 680, the showers extend out eastward and further to the south over in the hills, at hayward a few areas of rain and then a little bit heavier south of woodside in the santa cruz mountains. Still quite a bit of activity across the state winding down throughout the day today. It is 53 in vallejo, 56 oakland, cooler than yesterday the strong south winds, starting out slightly cooler with a little bit of fog in hayward and napa. Three mile visibility. Scattered showers this morning and looking at a quieter afternoon. Well talk about the week ahead in a few minutes. Thank you. Water really was everywhere. This is the van ness muni metro station where rain water cascading down an escalator. Rain service was shut down from vanness to the west portal station to deal with this. Reporter luz pena has more on h
Scale. You can see much of the north bay is dry. Were going to zero in on the east bay and show you where that rain is. You can see far lake county, walnut crk, t discovery bay, it is wet with a few showers and down through danville, san ramon the 680 corridor and along the coast here from john mere drive, south city, and through hayward, around mission peek, fremont boulevard, wet weather in the santa cruz mountains. Where some of the showers will linger throughout the day today as we look at the system winding down. Were in the low to mid 50s with some patchy fog and looking live outside, from our exploratorium camera, a few scattered showers around the bay today and they will be diminishing. Temperatures if the uppers 50s to near 60. Mxture of clouds and sun late in the day with the level one winding down for a dry evening tonight. Thank you. Water really was everywhere. This is the vanness muni station where rain water cascading down an escalator. Rail service was shut down from va
Iranians struggling with the effects of International Economic sanctions. This is the w. Business in berlin welcomed when i met Boris Johnson the public focus was all on the brakes it back stop and political will but on the line that talks was the question void destroying one of the most important trading relationships in the world both merkel and johnson no germany is britains most important trading partner in europe and the u. K. Needs germany more than germany needs the u. K. With the threat of recession looming not does not want to see further pressure on the trading relationship tens of thousands of german jobs are reportedly at stake if there is a no deal breaks it. Now lets bring in or this hopper hes with a german british chambre of commerce and joins us from london all is are you convinced like mackle that a deal can still be reached it will be still be reached but i think i get im out of that quite heavily shes all that into both Conference Call because shes actually said you