y area and this is a little different. we are tracking the low visibility and seconds away with the forecast. >> new detail on the sticky substance killing birds in the east bay. officials think they know what the mysterious goo could be. >> rebound is ready to deliver the "state of the union" address and what makes the address different from any other dress -- address made. thank you for joining us. i am eric thomas with leyla gulen but, first, meteorologist mike nicco has the fog. it is thick. it is widespread. live doppler hd shows it is more widespread than yesterday. down to quarter-mile in oakland and livermore and half mile in concord and mountain view and three-quarters of a mile in santa rosa. the fog is moving. by noon, it is fading to a partly cloudy sky. it will be sunny this afternoon with above-average temperatures.

low-to-mid 60's and 56 to 64 inland and at the coast 59 to 63. >> hopefully the inability to see well is not affecting traffic too much. we start off quiet and now it is changing. as the fog is getting thicker, we are seeing accidents. here is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with the metering lights turned on. we are seeing heavy conditions interest san francisco. we have a fog advisory for the san mateo bridge so as you head across the water it doesn't look like the traffic is too built up but ten minutes from hayward to foster city. 6:01. we are continuing to following developing news a 4.4 hit monterey county a short time ago. it hit at 5:21 near king city an hour south of salinas. so far there are no reports of damage. we have reports it was felt as far north as half moon bay and fresno to to the east.

we are gathering new details on the earthquake and we will bring you updates as they become available. more developing news the number of birds found coated in a mysterious goo has jumped up again and now officials may have an idea of what the sticky substance is that last ds of birds -- left dozens of birds dead. >> number is now 242 birds and they plan to keep looking. they are looking to see if they are covered in a substance that is a fuel additive that kills thousands of birds in the u.k. a couple of years ago. officials suspect it was dumped or spilled in the bay. at least 80 birds died. the birds are found on the east bay sures. they are dying because the goop takes arm their ability to insulate themselves so they are freezing to death. it is impacting a variety of birds.

>> picked up some of the little shore birds and even a bird but it is affecting little birds and even the sea ducks. the international bird rescue is spending $7,000 to $8,000 a day on finding and treating the birds and they do need financial help and are asking for donations. necessity do not need help finding or cleaning the birds. they are relying on trained volunteers to do those jobs. they are expecting to find more birds and are waiting for laboratory tests to find out what the substance is covering them. thank you, amy hollyfield. >> two men were rescued after getting stuck in the mud during king tide. the fire department brought the stranded voters back to the marine in san jose last night and they called for help using

their cell phone around 6:30 and dropped it into the water accidentally. they were spotted near fremont and officials say the higher than. no am tide could be causing some voters to misjudge the waters and it is the third time boaters have been stuck if less than two weeks. >> authorities are trying to determine if a bomb threat that forced a flight from san francisco international airport to new york is a hoax. this is video uploaded by a passenger on the flight the boeing 757 was evacuated and taken to remote area of the runway at john f. kennedy airport as soon as it landed. it was fund to have no explosives. a plane bound from new york to tel aviv with the same flight number as the sfo plane was also searched and cleared. oakland's city council will decide today if a san diego-based businessman will get a 90 day extension to secure more financing for the proposed come see crumb city development. this comes as mayor schaaf wants

both the athletics and the raiders to submit competing plans for re-developing the 120-acre coliseum complex. the mayor's plan calls for development including at least one new stadium along with a mix of homes and businesses. a major change in higher education is coming today when we will learn which community colleges will be offering four year bachelor degrees. cam lawmakers approved-historic change in the fall of 2017 designed to help us keep up with the workforce demand for college graduates. the community ledge four area degrees cannot duplicate programs offered by the uc and cal state systems and must be in purged with unmet workforce needs. >> we do not have so many young people going to college as we did earlier and next we now stand to have the first generation of americans that are less educated than their parents. only 15 colleges statewide

can offer bachelors degree under the pilot project and those schools will be named today. education will be on president obama's agenda when he delivered the "state of the union" address. >> it is the first time he is delivering a state of the union in can republicans control both chambers of congress. we are in washington now, with the key point that the president plans to make. good morning this is president obama's first state of the union with republicans in control of both houses of congress. >> the president of united states. president obama is preparing to give his next-to-last "state of the union" address before a joint session of congress tonight. he is going interest it with momentum and a message for the middle-class. >> he will talk abut how middle class economics brought us back from the brink and put us to a place where the economy is graying, jobs are growing and the deficit is shrinking. >> gas prices are plunging and the unemployment is down to 5.6

percent and 2.95 million jobs were added the best your since 1999. americans are noticing. three months ago only 27 percent said the economy was excellent or if. now, according to the latest washington post/abc news poll that number is up to 41 percent. that is the highest legal of the obama presidency. the white house released this video of the president preparing. now we have fought our way through the crisis how do we make sure that everyone in this country is sharing in this growing economy? >> among the president's ideas is tax cuts for the middle class, flee community college education and child care tax credits and new taxes on the wealthiest and fees on beens to pay for it. >> this could be a legacy state of the union where he realizes he has two more years in the white house and what is the memory he wants to leave people

with? the president says he hopes to find common ground with the republican opposition but if high doesn't he intends to act alone. you can watch the president's "state of the union" address as well as the republican response this evening on abc7 news with the coverage going at 6:00 p.m. right now, we are covering the fog and you can see from the shot on the embarcadero it is clear but certainly it is out there. >> auditing for is moving around too. mike? yes the fog is on the move. we will talk about that in a second. i will show you where the earthquake was because that is a top story. the 4.4 that hit to the southeast of the national forest east of greenfield and the northeast of king city, and out in the remote area so hopefully there is not too much damage. we are in the mid-40's in palo alto and redwood city and wood

side. foster city flirting with into. san carlos 48. most of us in the mid-to-upper 40's and the cool spot is san ramon dress for 39. this is how it looked at 101 and 880 the clouds are thicker and the fog is not to your neighborhood yet but it could over the next hour because it is thick. 38 to 50 on the day planner the next 12 hours and partly cloudy and up to 60 at noon. at 4:00, up to 62. clear this evening and cooler at 48 to 52 and this is how it looked in crack correct the fog made it to 680 as we head through wednesday and thursday much warmer starting on friday and i will show you the record temperatures. >> in san jose it is clear on 280 pulling away from highway 17 but we have a few extra cars moving to condition attend in -- to cupertino and all trains are running on time.

and muni no delays and ace train three five and one all on the tracks with no delays. >> we have video shot earlier and that shows the fog will get to that in a moment but, first, to hercules with possible injury accident but not causing any delays right now. eastbound highway 4 at 80 all traffic is confined to the westbound direction moving to el sobrante. if you video showing bikers blocking traffic. the scary moments for drives dealing with the thrill seekers on a busy freeway. >> the leader of the faithful has inviteds if moms and dads with the pope making a point on parenting with animals. >> and super bowl scam: a warning going out. >> fog lights this morning.

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covering walnut creek, burlingame campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good morning it is 6:13 look at foggy san francisco international airport. you know what that means. the delays. if you are going to? for you will want to check ahead with the airlines. right now a group of daredevils taking over the roads

of florida yesterday. this is new video of riders on motorcycles and atvs moving influence i-95 and many of riders were not wear helmets but that did not stop them from popping wheelies and speeding. authorities say one crash was reported. new york city mayor is to paris this morning in a show support following the latest terror attacks this month. he visited the memorial in front of the deli where sell hostages were killed. he will attend events with french officials and jewish community leaders to honor and come people rate the victims of the attacks. he can empathize with the sorry. last month two new york city police officers were shot and killed by a man would later took his own life. aol is gearing up for lay offs and closing some of their underperforming units. this morning's report of the

restructuring comes from a website that happens to be owned by aol and they will likely consider web traffic when dying the people would will face layoffs. the revenues grew final quarter last year but were short of expectations. >> pope francis is speaking out about birth control a very controversial subject saying catholics have a more 58 responsibility to limit the number of their children commenting this during the flight back to rome from the philippines saying there is not a need for catholics to reproduce like "rabbits," but he reaffirmed the ban on at official means of birth control and said they should practice responsible parenting saying they are plenty of church approved ways of preventing birth. >> this will likely be a group of 49ers fans bowl with local leaders headed

to arizona for a crash course on putting on a super bowl. santa clara will host next year's super bowl 50 and the delegation headed into glendale including local police firefighters and organizers looking for tips on how to handle the crowds, the broadcast, and how to make sure the power doesn't go out. >> tickets? the game is sold out. the higher end ticks are $1,900 but you can expect to shell out between $2,000 and $4,000, if you can find one. the ticket is full of anticounterfeit measures to make sure your ticket is ream. all you need is a black light to see them. >> february 1, 2015 and? i hell it like that you will see yellow flakes in the paper as you run the black light over it. it will say super bowl at the top. ticket broke are say other ways to tell if it is legitimate is to feel it. it has a raised have and make

sure the top and bottom bar codes match up. the numbers shoulden identical. >> do you think well ever see the prices get so high that the attendance goes down? >> no, because there are always people who can afford it and you can have prices drop closer to the demand. >> you think supply and demand will bring it down? >> technology will have a bigger effect than ticket prices. >> you can almost make it better at your home with surround sound. >> we all love football. even i know football is better viewed on tv. >> darn tootin'. >> and you can not follow much with this fog. now, we will talk about the fog. i is breezy this morning. fog is manufacturing. petaluma is quarter-mile visibility and same in oakland and livermore and half a mile in

mountain view and we have improved to three miles in santa rosa and half moon bay and fog has not made it to san jose yet, and seven miles at reporting station light and variable with the winds and everyone is three miles per hour which is our lowest threshold and i show you the radar and satellite because the clearing is taking place on the left side of the screen so when we get rid of the fog we have a brit -- brit afternoon. when we started you could see the tarmac and now you know why they have 59 minute flight arrival delays. golden gate bridge has king tide at 10:46. san rafael park park-'n-ride at 11:22. remember, the opposite happens on king tide with the highest of the high but they are the lowest of the low and that is why you can get caught in the mid-because you are not used to

the water receding so were. from south bench we can see part of the bay bridge trying to pull back the curtain in san francisco there is clearing. on bridge, it is tough to see. fog to sunshine and mild temperatures today and citizens fog the next two nights and it is gone. that sets the same for record highs friday saturday, sunday and possibly monday. today we have let 60's and 63 at half moon bay and 60 at san francisco and santa rosa and 63 at san jose and highway four is definitely cooler there. upper 30's north bay san ramon valley low-to-mid 40's most of our neighbor. high pressure is building over the to which us and that will set bring us another chance of fog on wednesday and thursday morning and low-to-mid 60's. fog is again. look at the response upper 60 to 70's on friday and low-to-mid 70's through the weekend. it will feel like spring. >> now we have word of a new accident southbound on the nimitz, if you travel the

nimitz right near 92 that is where you will find the accident but first taking you to the north bay it look like traffic is starting to the abyss of fog. it is very foggy. we have a fog advisory for 580 and you get to the golden gate bridge again very soupy conditions coming in from marin to san francisco and use the low beams. we reported this problem earlier this morning a stalled big rig westbound 92 at skyline boulevard and it is still there and traffic is moving into eastbound lanes for get an it so you have one lane blocked. back to thing for we took video shot earlier and here is one of those signs, it will be very familiar, heavy fog on the bridge. reduce the speed. this is in emeryville, conditions are dense. it look like mother nature is closing in on us. travel safely. use the low beams. thanks, leyla gulen tv

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walnut creek and 80 in emeryville and i will show you where the otherring fore spots are with live doppler hd. >> good morning, everyone i am in the traffic center you are getting one for me and the san mateo bridge shows traffic building across the water from hayward to foster city and we have a c.h.p. issued folk advisory. the detail are ahead.

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning. it is tuesday. it is 6:29. you are looking at a picture of what you can see of the bay bridge. >> half the bay bridge. >> not very much. the reason you cannot see much, because of the fog.

i am kristen sze. >> i am eric toll. leyla-- i am eric thomas. leyla gulen will have traffic in a second but meteorologist mike nicco has more on the fog. >> it is moving. >> if you came westbound boom, you saw all the lights of san francisco going eastbound and suddenly you are in the abyss so you have to be careful. quarter-mile in livermore and oakland and petaluma and now at sfo with the 59-minute flight arrival delays and mountain view at one and three-quarters of a mile and fog shows san rafael southbound on 101. this afternoon total sunshine and 56 to 64 and quite a spread inland and 59 to 63 at the coast and 60 to 65 with temperatures above average around the bay everywhere. folks are facing that after the holiday yesterday? >> indeed. like carpetbagers, just picking up and moving to different areas. here is a look at the drive 280

away from 17 the drive in cupertino looking heavier and we have a new accident in the east bay near highway 92 off the nimitz and i will have more nervous on that in a few minutes. thanks, leyla gulen. now, the news we are following developing new a 4.4 earthquake hitting monterey county. this tremor hit at 5:21 in greenfield near king city and an hour south of salinas. this map shows the red star is the epicenter near greenfield and the shaded area you see the light purple, that is where people reporting feeling the earthquake. you can see up here in the bay area we have folks in san jose, santa cruz, half moon bay feeling the light shaking. you can see the purple means weak and aqua is "light." that is close to the epicenter. we do not have word of damage

but it was felt as far south as fresno. we bring you new details. i will show you we have a couple of tweets "i was trying to fall back asleep, and i am in moan tray and it was a doozy." more ahead. >> mother nature is busy elsewhere if you are boating or fishing or surfing, watch out for the king tides a pair of fishermen had to be rescued yesterday from their stranded boat. matt? >> yes, the kick tide was a royal pain if some fishermen in the bay and this is the second bet do get stuck in the muds in the past couple of days and these two men were out here on the day fishing yesterday and they became stuck after the king tide pushed out. they called for help at 6:30 and to make it worse, their cell phone fell in the water and was

lost. the coast guard helicopter found the missing betters in fremont far away from the place they originally set they were. a fire boat picked them up and took them to safety lat night. one spoke to us after being rescued. i was near the channel marker but if you miss it by a bit you mit the mud. when you are stuck it goes out that is that you have to wait until it comes back up. >> this is the second rescue in over 24 hours and the third in a week and a half. aural three boats ended up in shallow water and were stuck. rescuers say it is a big bay and these are very small boats so these the fishermen should feel lucky they found. developing news this morning the islamic state group or isis is threatening to kill two japanese hostages. a video released appears to show

them threatening to kill the two men unless they receive $200 million in 72 hours. the video shows the british sounding jihadist who has appeared in previous votes. the prime minister has called the threat "unforgivable," and demanding the release of the hostages. now ohio, where police and rescue workers are at the scene of a collapsed freeway overpass in cincinnati all night. the collapse killed a construction worker. it injured a tractor trailer driver. workers were demolishing the old overpass and it gave way. several hundred tons of concrete fell on to interstate 75 below. it is closed now. drivers are told to figure out another way. a truck driver missed being under the overpass by a few seconds. >> renters in santa rosa need to be out of their apartments by today for their own safety and

health. every unit in the complex is plagued with toxic mold. there are black spores growing on bathroom ceilings and bedrooms and all furniture stays behind because it is likely infested. inspectors sent an evictionments and tenants do not want to leave but their home is making them sick. >> is for bronchitis if january. a positive hard i got pneumonia. >> property owners like this and across the county are knowing that people are stuck in the situation because there is 1 percent vacancy rate and people are getting squeezed. >> the property owners did not spend to our request for an interview. the families have been given $2,000 to reelect. >> residents of the neighborhood in san francisco castro neighborhood fear a serial arsonist could be loose after two fires started one in a truck

and one in garbage cans. the second fire burned the identified of a house while a family slept inside and they get out safely but the fear is that some will get hurt. >> it is unsettling, actually, this is a very closely knit and tight community. >> i am scared. worried. i am afraid they will do it again. i am positive they will do it again. though are probably listening right new and proud of themselves. >> investigators are calling the fire "suspicious," and linking it to other incidents in the area. the issue will discussed next week at a meeting. >> today, san francisco's municipal transportation agency board will vote on a rope am to give tree muni rides to seniors and people with disabilities after approval of giving free muni rights to low and moderate income youth. right now muni sells 24,000

discounted monthly passes to seniors and disabled and say it will cost between $4 million and $8 million a year. a spokesman believes the proposal will pass. a sticky substance is killing birds still in the east bay and what is planned today and the rescue efforts continuing. a trip to europe is about to get a lot cheaper. and jc penney is reviving catalog. that is ahead. cher clir

>> even san francisco is warmer-than-average with low-to-mid 60's through thursday and upper 60's to nearly 70 through the weekend and into monday. only to be outdone by san jose looking at 280 and 17 this morning the backdrop to show low-to-mid 70's saturday, sunday and monday and average high is 59 degrees. king tide, the high side is 10 10:4611:22 at park-'n-ride and in oakland at 11:33 of the around state fed we will have 50's in the central valley, and 70's this los angeles and nearly 80 in palm springs and dry in lake tahoe at 49. leyla gulen? 17 long minutes of travel across the san mateo bridge. it is packed. we still have c.h.p. issuing for advisory. south of there we have an accident in the clearing stages and check out all of the delays:

huge backups from castro valley. southbound 880 from hayward to the south bay, that is the number two worst drive in bay area. as you travel out of castro valley we are seeing backups on 2389 and we have a new accident northbound 85 in san jose, the traffic begins when you head past highway 87. thank you, a eur vacation is now more affordable than ever. >> paddle boarding with orcas ride off the california coast. >> you can stay in the know with abc7 news now with fog and traffic on the golden gate bridge as the headlights come into san francisco with traffic and weather

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>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. welcome back at 6:44 we are learning new information on mysterious sticky substance that is killing birds along the east bay shoreline. our reporter, amy hollyfield, is in alameda with the developing details on this. amy? >> i am looking into the substance that is known to have killed thousands of birds in the u.k., a couple of years ago. it is a fuel additive and they believe the sticky substance was spilled other maybe dumped in the san francisco bay and they have new found 242 birds on the east bay shores covered in the goop. they will not know for sure what the substance is until completed laboratory testing and crews are making good progress in the clean process and wish they could is continue more sooner.

i wish we were here friday evening and even saturday after it was declared nonhazardous and it would have made the difference in many lives. there are hundreds of birds. >> crews is washed more than 50 birds and they still very busy trying to stabilize almost town more so they can watch them. the international bird rescue is hand goaling the effort and they are asking the public not go out to the beach or show up at the center and they are relying on trained volunteers to help collect and clean the birds. right now we want for check out this video a paddle boarder was "too excited to be scared," weapon face-to-face with killer whales off southern california. he captured this video off the shore of orange county. a pod of favoring cans -- five orcas came a few feet from him

and one mammal swam under him twice and wanted to raise awareness of the "incredible magical creatures." police are looking for a man who has been looking into the weapons of two homes. a resident saw the man around the home and roaming around. also, the daughter of eric guard neither says her dad's memorial was burned to the ground. new video shows the seen at staten island where the new york man died after police placed him in what consider a chokehold. his death inspired the" can't both," and maybe it was an accident by a candle that tipped over. >> okay. oil may not be done going down if price yet. some changes could be coming to microsoft windows. we are at the nasdaq with those stories and more in the money

report. >> not a lot of movement with the dow down a little and the s&p announced trading is slightly higher with oil doing this morning and we have not seen the lowest of the oil prices. a strategist said it could be headed to $30 a barrel. right new is it $50. 28 states boast gas prices at an agency below $2. the average in california is $2.50 according to aaa the europe will get a lot more affordable because the euro value is dropping so fast against the united states dollar that you can send a thank you poet card to the head of the european central bank if that lowering interest rates to get the economy moving again. >> jc penney is bring back the catalog. the reason? they say catalogs help drive internet sales. wasn't the internet supposed to kill catalogs? they can work together and retailers are using this as a

branding tool and a consulting company says a third of purchasers looked at catalogs and then purchased. >> and witnesses -- and windows 10 will work with upgrades to the office system and the xbox and may be voice activated and introduce a new browser. i get nervous we i hear "seamless." >> those devices...need a little time to work together. we cannot see very well this morning. the embarcadero is clearer but the fog is thick around the bay. >> mike, what is going on? >> it is keeptory travel to europe but london has nothing on our fog. look at this: we are half while in concord. everyone is touched by fog. napa and fairfield are ten miles visibility which is unlimited. livermore descending into the

area you will see reduction in visibility. all the way through the san ramon valley to concord. quarter-mile in oakland. quarter-mile at sfo. that is why we have hour long arrival delays. the bay bridge is overcast and socked in and very difficult to see. if you take bart we are in the my 40's this most neighborhoods and traveling through oakland and hayward and san francisco 50 and the warm spot at sfo at 52 degrees and this is the way walnut creek looks, notice 680 is hadder and harder to see southbound into the connection so fog has a lot of sunshine and mild temperatures and dense fog runs the next two nights and fog is gone friday through the weekend and record highs are going to develop in the afternoon hours. today, coolest around fairfield and antioch and upper 50's and the rest of us in the low-to-mid 60's to the coast. tonight, cooler than this morning which is ten degrees

cooler than yesterday morning and upper 30's, san ramon valley and everyone else in the low-to-mid 40's until you get to san francisco the warm spot at 48 degrees. two areas of high pressure starting to exert their dominance over us and storm track headed to the north as the high pressure expands and we will get the nice offshore breeze that will bring us record highs but likely starting on friday a string of "spare the air" days that will run through the weekend. notice we have cloud cover tomorrow and thursday and the dry air comes in and taxes the clouds away on friday. we will look at tuesday and wednesday and next week we will have a system coming up to us for scattered showers and look to the west and see if it oftens the storm door for late next week into early friday. that is the hope, it is not a great chance but that is the hope. low-to-mid 60's as long as the fog is around through thursday and upper 60's to 70 for friday

and low-to-mid 70's at the coast this weekend. injury -- enjoy. it is clearer coming in from the north bay to san francisco so some of the fog is lifting off of 101 headed into the city. we have a brand new accident gumming up the commute southbound 680 at mission boulevard traffic is building. traffic language the nimitz is bad with heavy backup away from 238 to union certify. new accident involving two vehicles northbound highway 85 blocking one lane in san jose and the travel is stop and go and the rest of san jose is looking busy around 280 and highway 17 easing up though closer you get to cupertino. we are back with seven things to know before you go. >> first we will keep weather and traffic through the entire commercial break for you and you can see right here in the bay bridge toll plaza a lot of fog

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>> a look at traffic in the north bay here on san rafael traffic is on 101 and look how backed up it is coming south toward the tunnel and the golden gate bridge interest san francisco. we will check with leyla gulen in a couple of seconds actually and find out what is going on. aright now it is 6:53.

whether you just joining us or headed out the cure he are seven things to know, the number of birds found covered in a sticky substance has green -- 242. many have died. officials are doing laboratory tests to identify the substance. >> two boaters are on dry land after being rescued when the filibustering boat was stranded in san francisco bay. firefighters found them stuck in the mud and brought them to the marina in san jose last night. fog is the big story from mount tamalpais. high clouds are leaving us but makes for a beautiful sunrise. in san jose it is cloudy. not much fog at 280 and 17. this afternoon, a switch: total sunshine, above average temperatures, around the bay and 60 to 65. the coast is 59 to 63.

inland is up to 64. i second that, the fog at the bay bridge is busy from the east bay at 24 minutes from east bay to san francisco. the drive is bumper-to-bumper traffic across the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city and we have this accident now blocking one lane, southbound 680 at mission boulevard causing heavy backups and further to the north at sunol boulevard we have a solo accident up the embankment. >> this morning isis is threatening to kill two japanese hostages and a video released appears it she the group threatening to kill the two men until they receive $200 million in 72 hours. >> six a 4.4 hit monterey county this morning at 5:21 in greenfield an hour south of salinas. so far no reports of damage. people have reported feeling it as far north as half moon bay.

>> president obamas with deliver the next-to-last "state of the union" address tonight. he is expected to focus on the middle class and the economy and ask congress to end the cuban embargo and push for higher taxes on the wealthy. you can watch the address and g.o.p. reaction start at 6:00 and we establishing the dress at abc7news.com. thank you for joining us. be safe. it is foggy. keep the low beams on. what time will it dissipate? >> between 11 o'clock and noon. it will take a while to lift. >> and modest sunshine. so have your sunglasses this afternoon.

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good morning, america. and breaking right now, deadly collapse. >> overpass collapsed down on to a semi-tractor trailer there. an overpass crashing down on to a major highway. a tractor trailer slamming into tons of concrete and machinery. one person killed. and a busy interstate shut down this morning. also breaking, terror threat. the brutal group, isis releases a new video overnight threatening to kill two more hostages demanding $200 million in ransom in the next 72 hours. plus, the latest on that american woman being held by the group. >> we got visible fire shooting up from the ground. mansion mystery. this $10 million, 16,000-square-foot home known as the castle up in flames. dozens of firefighters battling for hours.