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exploritorium the winds keeping the flags unfurled with a biting breeze at temperatures 38 to 50 it will feel cooler than that and will be and all day but they are not up to the level we had yesterday with the wind advisory. 58 to 60 at noon, 56 to 62 at 4:00, and 48 to 54 is going to get chilly quick when the sun is set. how is the commute, leyla? >> a couple of fender benders but mostly congestion. the bay bridge toll plaza shows trending at 17 minutes between macarthur maze and the city. walnut creek is slowing heading away from highway 4 out of pleasant hill and toward walnut creek. the drive is slow-and-go and mass transit we had early problem on bart and the rest pond line but egg is become on track. no delays are reported.
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>> a very busy night in paris. rebound is now expected to speak from turkey at 7:30 this morning our time. he is wrapping up the g-20 summit and has vowed to hunt them down. he will help france. the c.i.a. director said the attack should be a wake-up call for all. the master mind was identified, abdeslam salah now believed hiding in syria and a m silence was held paying only an to the 129 people killed and 350 injured on friday. people are trying to regain normalcy with school, businesses and tourist attracts including the eiffel tower are re-opening. an international manhunt continues for abdeslam salah the 26-year-old believed one of ten terrorists linked to the attacks. france carried out 168 raids and arrested two dozen people and
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bombing isis strongholds in syria. >> the united states is on high alert, americans are told to expect to see heightened police presence in major cities and behind the scenes, officials are working to prevent an attack here. >> law enforcement agencies in the united states are working to protect the whom -- homeland with an increase in security in soft targets. officials are working with counter parts in france trying to figure how isis terrorists were able to go undetected to pull off the brutal attack. >> isis is much more kippable and more of them. it is a much bigger threat from al-qaeda. >> federal law enforcement officials say they are deeply concerned isis may have used new cell phone encryption technology with communications invisible to trackers. it is called "going dark." >> i have come planed about going dark and it will play a significant factor here. interested to see the phones and
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apps they had. >> isis is more aggress of than al qaeda and more advanced with technology as they show off their ability to terrorize western cities and take commercial planes from the sky. we watched security response play out as four stadiums and arenas in new york. >> i feel safe and i am not nervous but there are dangers wherever you go. >> people will see an increase in security throughout the weekend as we head into the holidays officials in washington say that it is all be done out of caution not because of a of caution not because of a credible threat. >> yesterday, hundreds of students gathered at california state university long beach to honor a fellow student killed in the attacks. the 23-year-old nohemi gonzalez was an industrial design student studying abroad in paris. gunned down at a restaurant on
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friday in one of six attacks. standing room only at the remain can pus as classmates, teachers and family and friends spoke of her impact. [ inaudible ] today, tomorrow and forever. >> her parents came to the united states from mexico and they say show also wanted to make a difference. the university president said her death was a you have length attack on everyone's hearts. >> this is the million outside the french consulate in downtown san francisco with people leaving flowers and imam -- images. the moving image of the eiffel tower and the piece symbol. post your pictures on social media hash abc7 now. check out our photo gallery while you are online. >> over the weekend, airbnb urged hosts to house victims of
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those stranded. for free. facebook activated their safety check tool. all three wireless companies and google are offering tree calls to paris part of an effort to make sure americans can reach family and friends who are currently in france. >> abc will carry the president's speech from turkey this morning and bring you a possibly report when it begins expected at 7:30 our time but we hear the president could start sooner. we will stream it live at abc7news.com. you can follow us for any breaking developments open twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> breaking news the east bay shows fire ripping through a richmond grocery store this morning and a firefighter captured this video on his camera. no one was hurt. it break out on 23rd at 2:00 a.m. there is a lot of water damage on the first floor where the grocery store is located.
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and some fire damage to the second floor. >> oakland police are expected to reveal new details of an officer involved shooting that last a man dead. it happened after a weekend of side shows. officers were dealing with the aftermath of the sideshows when police say a man approached and pointed a gun. we flew over the intersection of 930 there can bancroft where officers were towing cars yesterday evening at 5:30 a man walk up to them with a gun if hand. several officers opened fire. the man died. police recovered this gun that looks like a hand gun but police determined it is actually an airsoft replica. >> it looks like a firearm and it is difficult in circumstances where you have replica or firearm. it is difficult to determine until after you have a chance to look at it, study it.
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>> the officer involved shooting followed a weekend of side shows involving up to 700 cars. numerous intersections and a portion of 880 were closed in oakland as drivers performed stunts and to notes. this video showed spectators surrounding and stopping on the parole california causing major damage. >> police. discuss the sideshows and officer involved shooting during the protect today. >> the man would tried to turn himself in to the santa clara county main jail for killing his ex-girlfriend is scheduled to enter a plea today. the 28-year-old castro confessed to stabbing a san jose state university graduate student. he was initially turned away from the jail but new is in custody without pale. the sheriff is in the middle of an internal investigation into the jill's protocols. >> four adults are still in critical condition after a double deck you are tour because crashed in san francisco's union
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square on friday. san francisco general hospital said the status of the two men and two women have not changed and the tour bus hit a bicyclist, several cars and another tour bus before crashing into the scaffolding on post street. investigators will look at medical issues of the driver or a malfunding. you may be waking up to quite a mess outside with high winds causing damage in neighborhoods this weekend and the windy conditions continue for much of the night. matt? >> i choked the pg&e website and there are no reported power outages in redwood city. that will comes as a surprise considering how much dam the wind did overnight. check this out, this is a tree that came down on wires here on page street and the fire department said the trees came down all across the area. we still got breezy conditions although the wind advisory is expireed.
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when a tree hit a moving car at 8:30 and it took down a power pole. the driver get out safely. on yawn street in san francisco another fallen tree blocked half of the busy street and the tree crush add car and fell on the muni lines. no one was hurt. there was a mess in millbrae with homeowners spending the evening cleaning up. with some places saw sustained wind of up to 20-0 miles per hour and gusts queen 40 and 55 miles per hour. with winds lasting through the night be came when you drive to work. expect to see the debris on the roads. >> 6:09 and now what is going on with the winds. >> they seem to be dying down. mike? they are. matt nailed it saying the
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advisory is over. i will show you the wind and the forecast. i will focus on day the next 12-24 hours. afternoon is better for walking the dog because of the breeze. and it will be mild. the breeze is around all day so boating only "fair." walnut creek shows it is clear, at 36 degrees, the northwest wind is pushing the cars down 680 to 24 and 59 to 64 inland and around the bay and the coast is 59 to 62 where you fine the fattest wind headed into the afternoon. san jose is at 41 degrees near the shark tank and mainly in the 60s tomorrow north bay in the 70s and that is a trend. more of us in the 70s on wednesday and thursday. i will let you know that continue through the weekend and if there is a four this weekend of rain. leyla? >> i have the dry five for walnut creek in a moment. right now as we look at san jose, light and easy up to the
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san jose airport tail lights pushing in the north direction and headlights southbound with no traffic. moving over to the other side of 101 in the north bay, that is heading into san rafael, southbound tail lights heavier and still moving along without any problems at pinole valley and across the bay bridge with drive time traffic as promised 680 southbound from walnut creek at nine minutes so the crack is causing a slow down and if you are headed along 24 between walnut creek and thin, it is nine minutes and 580 is heat up, 53 minutes between tracy to dublin. >> a man sounds the alarm about the t.s.a. and how a gun ended up on a cross country delight without anyone noticing. >> we heard the warning to cut red meat from the difficulty and now the world health organization is make a clarification and what officials say they really meant.
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>> more weather, more traffic ahead all morning. we show you the sun getting ready to rise in the east bay with a beautiful flow, colors, with a beautiful flow, colors, ready if the
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>> fremont, palo alto, north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back, 6:15. last in we told you california was considering adding processed meats to a cancer warning list. now, the world health organization is clarifying their stand on meat linked to cancer. it said they did not ask people to stop eating processed meats but suggested people reduce their consumption because it can decrease the risk of cancer. the department of health advises people would eat more than 90 grams of red and processed meat to cut it down to 70s grams. a mental health worker as kaiser permanente have assert add strike after a tentative deal and three year agreement allowing works to advocate for patients and meet treatment needs without fear of discipline and the ratio of new parents to returning patients will be 1-4. kaiser permanente agreed to rescind the cuts to pension
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benefits and will vote on the agreement in the coming weeks the >> voters in california will be required to have a license, the california vessel operator card, and if you take the wheel of a bet you have to pass a safety curse and written test similar to a motorcycle license. operators are non-motorized boats live kayaks and canoes and rants do not need the car. the license will be available starting in 2017 and required start in 2018. it will be valid for 10 years. >> we not thinking of bodying with budget like this. we are theying skiing. >> small craft advisory so watch out on a ferry this morning. it is not the best time to be site seating with the crisp wind and waves that are splashy. from sutro tower you can see the colors of the o waking up against the black backdrop of mt. diablo. normally we look at dew points the amount of moisture in the
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air in the 50 to 59 degree range. ever down into the 30s in the winter but when you get in the 20s and 30s this is when you can make static electricity and watch the kids shocking each other all morning. hopefully they did not see that. or hear that. maybe they do not know how to do it. they can google it. the wins are 15 miles per hour at novato and 13 in oakland and telephone at half moon bay, sustained win at 15 at san jose and gusts in the 20-25 miles per hour range. you can see the water on the babe as we look from the exploritorium to the port of oakland, and we look at crisp breezes and sunshine, and you could need a humidifier that would be leyla. i looked like a porcupine this morning because of dry air. we do not go for a fourth weekend if a row of rain. now, talking temperatures
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sunnyvale and morgan hill are cool and everyone else is 60 to 61 and downed winds off the mountain and warmest in santa cruz at 64, and san mateo south at 60 to 62 and half moon bay is the cool spot. 62 in downtown san francisco fed and sausalito and south san francisco at 63 and 62 at san rafael and napa, the cool spots and 64 in novato and 62 to 64 along east bay shore with oakland and castro valley and new around the 64 and 61 to 63 degrees inland east bay neighborhood. the winds are still gifty through noon and even into the 5:00 hour around 15 to 25 miles per hour and overnight you will watch moist areas come down and temperatures are in the 30s and 40s tomorrow morning but we will not have much of a wind chill like this morning. baby steps, a degree or two each day and thursday and friday and saturday we are in the mid-60s
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at coast and upper 60 an the bay and low-to-mid 70s inland and it will be warmer. if anyone says that hair spray works they are a liar. good morning, everyone, it is, centrally dry. it is very windy. that is why we have c.h.p. issue high wind advisory for the bay area bridges. if you drive high-profile vehicles be careful. drive slow. we have more traffic now coming in from the east bay toward san francisco so right now it is 15 isn't months between the maze into san francisco. drive time traffic heavier and 101 southbound we santa rosa at petaluma where you are finding that pocket of slowing, 580 westbound castro valley to the maze, seven minutes and heading through oakland, 101 northbound from 280 to 680 split to highway 85 a 13 minutes so light. we have an accident on the
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transition road, southbound 80 to highway nato wive and block -- to highway 80 blocking one lane. give yourself a few extra minutes. >> tonight on abc7 at 36 a food truck owner feeled taken tell abc7 news anchor that she sold her house put everything into the business and paid a man more than $16,000 for a new truck but ended up with nothing. >> i was superior disappointed. i have worked so hard. you think you are getting somewhere and it pulled the rug out. >> this local case is connected to a string of strangely similar stories on the other side of the country. the investigation tonight on abc7 at look. >> next, some residents concerned abut a huge development on the peninsula. >> concerns over airport security after a man was able to travel with a loaded gun. he got the weapon through
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would broke into an army reserve center and stole military weapons, it happened at the lincoln army reserve center in massachusetts. the break-in was discovered on sunday but authorities do not know when it happened or how many helps were stolen they are hoping a national database will help track the guns. officials say the claim is not limped to terrorism. >> common mistake for traveler to go through security with items that are not allowed at the airport but how about a loaded gun? a man accidentally got away with it in atlanta and made it to chicago with a loaded gun if his carry on bag. he said he was not traying to test security or making a name but an honest mistake. >> my backpack, of all things it goes through the scanner, no problems or issues. and i had a loaded 380, semi-automatic and the t.s.a. said though are investigating any steps that need to be taken to ensure security protocols or
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to ensure security protocols or executed you can see the exchange there observing that moment silence tore the victims of paris attack. the opening bell will ring in a few minutes after the >> a housing property on the planes is a to ice of discussion with the plan commission looking at the report of the $200 million development at bart
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station, and it will be for mixed use including retail and office space and markets and a hotel but the problem is, many residents worry about traffic becoming a bigger problem if the project is approved. >> if you watch the jacksonville jaguars take on the buffalo bills you were part of history. >> yahoo streamed it live with more than 15 million viewers for the large of the sporting event if history, but, it is a record that may not last too long, analysts believe the experiment could set off an unparalleled market for sports streaming rights. >> the morning news continues at 6:30 with the top stories. >> we are tracking developments in the paris terror attacks and up to the minute new information on the international efforts to track down the suspect. >> plus, the commute is about to go high-tech with an effort to may paying for the muni right easier in san francisco.
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> we thank you for the company. a lot is going on. we will start off with a check of meteorologist mike nicco. mike? good news at 4:00 this morning. the wind advisory is expired but it is breezy. the surface we are seeing 10 or 15 miles per hour wind but if the higher elevations like mount tamalpais we are gusting around 28 or 29 and that work its way down to the rest of us as we head through the morning and into the find hour so expect it to be breezy and more so. temperatures are running in the upper 30s to around 50 at 7:00 and around 58 to 60 at noon and frozes could take per a little bit this afternoon, temperature around 56 to 62 and we will start to see more of a drop off when the sun is setting at 4:58 and by 7:00, upper 40s to mid-60s. >> we popped into mobile 360
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westbound along 24 and this is where we just come through the tunnel and traffic is clear so far, heading out of orinda is not a problem. now, we can see traffic is coming to a grinding halt here on the bay bridge and 9 eastern span, it is at a standstill, with 30 minutes to get us between the macarthur maze and into san francisco and it is because of this, curing to our exclusive waze app we have a couple of folks reporting a vehicle is blocking the right hand lanes but it could be a minor accident and we have slow traffic indicated by the red and our top speeds are barely moving. >> a busy day for authorities as the search continues for at least two suspects linked to friday terror attacks to paris. police raided 168 locations and they made nearly two dozen arrests and more on manhunt
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paris and how people are trying to move forward. >> early today, police reportedly thought they were really close to capturing one of the men who carried out the attacks here in paris and that turned out not to be the case and now the manhunt conditions. -- conditions. >> this morning, 100 raids if france and belgium where the international manhunt for the accused terrorist. 26 year old abdeslam salah led the team of gunmen would opened fire at people in instruments and bars here in paris on friday night. >> 129 people were killed in the attacks at six locations. of the ten terrorists believed responsible, police say three survived, possibly escaping if this get away car loaded with assault rifles. two of the suspects were taken into custody in belgium. but this morning, abdeslam salah is still on the run.
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police tracing the kill other's cans to isis saying that the groups' commander in syria planned and directed the violence. >> you this is a specific unit on the organization chart of isis for external attacks. >> the air force quickly responding dropping 20 bomb on the isis capital of raqqa northern syria as police continue looking for others with links to the attacks including the alleged master mine, abdelhamid abaaoud with thousands cross paris and european pause for a moment silence honoring victims. >> france is still under a state of emergency today the eiffel tower and other tourist attractions and schools are opening for the tires time since the tragedy. >> 6:33, new video showing a growing memorial outside the french consulate in san francisco with people stopping
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by to drop off flowers, cars and signs to remembrance of the victims in paris, dozens showed up for vigils for san francisco one of the sister cities of paris. >> the civic auditorium if san francisco is lit up in blue, white and red this morning in solidarity with paris. we have been seeing tributes since friday, many landmarks changing to match the blue, white and red of the french flag. >> hundreds garred from the heater year at city hall in san francisco including french citizens who now call the bay area home. [ national anthem singing ] >> if the crowd, french high school students in california on a field trip led those gathered in a republican addition of their national anthem of france. they were supposed to sight see in san francisco but they came to city hall after their tour guide told them of the memorial. the students head back to france today and say they are not sure
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what to expect. >> president obama will be speaking from turkey this morning as he wrapped up the g-20 summit. we will bring you a special report when that happens but we are hearing he could also start 7:10 this only our final and we will stream it live and can you follow us with breaking develop the months on twitter@atthistime. >> bart trains are back on track in the east bay after a delay this morning caused by a problem with a pg&e power line. if more now we go to abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield at the north berkeley bart station. amy? yes, ear is the problem, we found it, the power pole. it is blackened. it caught fire. after 4:00 this morning, look how close it is to the bart track we are at gillman and curtis street in berkeley and the concern was that pole would fall over on to the tracks. they stopped the trains for 20 minutes while they got the fire
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out, they tested the tracks, the tracks were fine, and they got everything situated they got the train controlling again and he started for 20 minutes. there was delay for a while but now we can report the schedule has caught up to itself and all is running without any problems and back on schedule on bart. >> thank you, amy at 6:36. muni goes mobile and you will soon be able to pay for your fare with your phone. >> a new era for the barbie doll fighting criticism over creating body image issues for young girls. girls. stay tuned.
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let's put more value on what really matters. this season, bring back the holidays. with t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods. >> we are back and starting with california where the entire state will be pretty quiet other than a few showers at eureka at 56. chico is 57. mid-50s through the central valley, and mid-60s in southern california. 42" of show in kirkwood and opening a week early. unfortunately, the dry weather
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here will extend up to lake tahoe where it is bone-chilling cold today but close do average with temperatures in the low-to-mid 20s in the morning and 50s in the afternoon and the activity planner is better to walking the dog in the afternoon, so it will be warmer then. chilly and mild running and it will be gusty all day and small craft advisory if you are headed out on to our water. leyla? >> remark is looking more challenging right now and mobile 360 made it to the transition road, westbound highway 24 we are getting closer to at least take a look at all of the cars we have to wait behind, and we are making the transition up for 580, 80 up to the macarthur maze. we have major delays and we are trying to get clarification from c.h.p. as to whether this is a salted car or crash on the web portion of the bay bridge with traffic coming to a very slow grind and looking at the bay
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bridge cars are sitting had at 4 minutes between the maze and san francisco. >> happening today, you will not need cash or a clipper card to catch muni extra san francisco with the transportation agency launch add new mobile app fog playing fares call muni mobile, you can pay anywhere any time and you do not need exact change or have to find a clipper card or vending machine to add money. officials say the goal is to speed inboarding and make riding muni easier for tourists, which is free and worked on iphone and droid with the 18 program details coming out this morning. >> a warning of the smartphone could be at risk for hacking attack. >> the paris attack could impact the oil prices around the world as we head into the holiday travel season. >> first, stay in the know with abc7, our camera showing you the bay and the glorious clouds over the east bay with the sun in the
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novato, oakland, certify -- sunnyvale and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> we expect to learn more about a deadly officer involved shooting in oakland. it capped a weekend of side shows that shut down
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intersections and caused traffic delays on 880. our reporter joins us from the newsroom with more. >> police are clearing up the recommend. thats of a side show when a man approached at 90th and bancroft and point add gun if their direction and several officers opened fire. the man died at the sketch. >> police shared this image of the suspect's weapon social media, while it look like a handgun investigators determined that it is deal an airsoft replica gun. the five arm is very real and the replica looks real if you hook at it, it looks like a firearm. the shooting started a weekend of side shows with spectators stomped on a police vehicle causing damage. police are address the officer involved shooting and a news conference today. in the newsroom for abc7. >> you may soon see more pit
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stopped around san francisco and, banding the mobile restroom program. the restrooms look like these in the tenderloin making the neighborhoods cleaner. the city has saved 165 gallons of water a day because the streets where the toy lets are install means less power watching. -- washing >> the oracle arena court will be converted to the original city logo the first time a team has switched out for a hardwood classics game in nba history. tomorrow night they will wear the alternate uniforms for the first of eight games with tip-off at 7:30 against toronto raptors. we showed you the moment of silence and trading on wall street and a look at the big board showing the dow is rallying and up 60 points. >> an expert wants that 50 billion devices i don't be subject to cyber attacks.
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>> we are in the nasdaq with more in the money report. jane? >> yes, good morning, very interesting to watch the market. asia and europe tourism and airline stocks were hit but it and a welcome to digest the news of paris and big question, are americans scared? will they stay home since the targets in paris were soft targets. oil is higher here today. by 2020 there will be 50 billion interconnected devices and each provide an spray point for hackers. he predictsness generation of mobile devices will have internal hardware to sense a camera be turned on that allows someone to watch a home or office and report those anomalies. and the new barbie ad campaign puts focus on her many careers, all 150. she has been hit by declining sales and criticism for the body
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imam -- image disto >> the markets seem to be russia -- slugging off the caps so maybe the fed will not raise interest rates. the dow is up 73 and nasdaq trading higher, as well along with the s&p. >> football fans are talking about this take down. >> at the end of the 34567up with the vikings a fan darted on to the field at the coliseum. this is video from fox sports. the fan made it rety far before viking safety took him to the ground where he was handcuffed and dragged away. raider fans tweeted fan run on the field far more successful picking up yard than the raiders' offense. the raiders by the way lost the game 30-14.
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>> it hooked -- looked like it was a clean hit. >> lucky he fell. was that liquid courage? >> it would not cushion the hit. >> now, as far as the weather, you would school secretary of state looking at that. look at the flags on the exploritorium are unfurled with a few white cap on the bay. our fastest gusts are sill in our higher will sprays like mount tam tam near 30 and around napa valley, 30, and at last peak at 25 and lows low -- and los gatos at 16. the air will sink down and we will see the breezes at the lower level picking up a little bit in the morning and through
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the lunch but it has brought the bone dry air and chased the chance of fog developing away from us. watch the winds, i know the wind advisory is canceled but we have a northern wind going across our east-west bridges, bay bridge, san mateo, dumbarton, all those will deal with the cross wind at 20 to 25 miles per hour through the commute. it will be sunny today with dry braises, clear tonight and the freezes taper and more 30s and 40s tomorrow and air too dry for frost, slow warming trend and though rain. i was hoping for a fourth weekend in a row of wet w this is an abc special report. >> we're coming on the air. the president is about to hold a press conference. >> world leaders. the deadly terrorist attacks at the top of the agenda.
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and the pressure to take the fight to isis. i want to start with brian ross. and brian, first off, a siege in belgium where, police thought they had the eighth attacker who has been on the loose surrounded. >> a three-our siege in the suburb of brussels. they thought he was there. discovered he had fled. they're still looking for him worldwide. he is the eighth shooter. believed to have escaped the scene in paris on friday. >> they've identified the master mind. >> reporter: they believe the master mind is a well-known isis fighter from belgium. he's been identified as the mastermind in and out of belgium, going back and forth from syria. boasted about his ability to operate inside europe and not get caught. also behind the foiled attempt to attack a french passenger train earlier in year. what's most important, isis seems to have gone global.
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u.s. and french authorities say they have created their own unit to organize and plot attacks with sleeper cells against europe and the u.s. there is a new isis video this morning with a threat that washington, d.c. may be the next part. >> here comes the president now. >> good afternoon. let me begin by thanking the president and the people of turkey for their outstanding work in hosting this g-20 summit. antalya is beautiful. the hospitality of the turkish people is legendary. to our turkish friends -- [ speaking turkish ] i have been practicing that. at the g-20. we've been focused on growing economies and jobs for our
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people. growth has to be inclusive to address the rising inequalitity throughout the world. given growing cyberthreats, we have set up new rules. a commitment not the engage in the cybertheft of intellectual property for private gains. we pledged to work together for a successful outcome in paris. of course, much of our attention is focused on the heinous attacks that took place in paris. across the world, in the united states, american flags are at half staff in solidarity with our french allies. we're working closely with our french partners as they pursue investigations and track down suspects. france is already a strong
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counterterrorism partner. we're streamlining the process by which we share intelligence and military operation with france. this will allow our personnel to pass threat information to our french partners. we have to protect against more attacks and protect our citizens. tragically, paris is not alone. we have seen outrageous attacks by isil in beirut, last month in ank ra, and routinely in iraq. we have sent a message here at the g-20. waer united against this threat. isil is the face of evil. our goal as i have said many times is to degrade and
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ultimately destroy this bar bashbash -- barbaric organization. we have a strategy to use all elements of our power. military. economic. development, the strength of our communities. we have always understood this would be a long-term campaign. there will be successes. the terrible events in paris are a setback. as we grieve with our french friends, however, we can't lose sight that there has been progress being made. on the military front, our coalition is intensifying our air strikes, more than 8,000 to date. we're taking out isil leaders. commanders. their killers. we have seen that when we have an effective partner on the ground, isil can and is pushed
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back. so local forces in iraq backed by air power liberate d sinjar. iraqi forces are fighting to take back ramadi. we have stepped up our support of opposition forces working to cut off supply lines to isis strong holds. so in short, both in iraq and syria, isil controls less territory than it did before. i made the point to my fellow leaders, that if we want this progress to be sustained, more people need to step up with the resources this fight demands. the attacks in paris remind us it will not be enough to defeat isil in syria and iraq alone. here in antalya, we've committed to sharing more information and stepping up efforts to stem the
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flow of foreign fighters in and out of syria and iraq. as the united states showed in libya, isil leaders will have no safe haven anywhere. the best voices to discredit isil's warped ideology. on the humanitarian front, our nations agreed we have to do more individually and collectively to address the agony of the syrian people. the united states is the largest do donor of aid to the syrian people. we're donating additional supplies including clothing and generators through the united nations. the u.n. appeal for syria has less than half the funds needed. today, i'm again calling on more nations to contribute the resources this crisis demands. in terms of refugees, it's clear that countries like turkey,
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lebanon, and jordan, which are already bearing an extraordinary burden, cannot be expected to do so alone. at the same time, all of our countries have to ensure security. as president, my first priority is the safety of the american people. that's why, even as we accept more refugees, including syrians, we do so after subjecting them to rigorous screening and security checks. we have to remember many of them are the victims of terrorism themselves. that's what they're fleeing. slamming the door in their faces would be a betrayal of our values. our nations can welcome refugees desperately seeking safety and ensure our own security. we can and must do both. finally, we have begun to see some modest progress on the diplomatic front. which is critical because a political solution is the only way to end the war in syria and unite the unite the
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syrian people and the world against isil. the vienna talks mark the first time that all the key countries have come together, as a result, i would add, of american leadership, and reached a common understanding. with this weekend's talks there's a path forward. negotiations between the syrian opposition and the syrian regime under the auspices of the united nations, a transition toward a more inclusive representative government, a new constitution followed by preelections and alongside this political process a cease-fire in the civil war even as we continue to fight against isil. these are obviously ambitious goals. hopes for diplomacy in syria have been dashed before. there are any number of ways that this latest diplomatic push could falter. there are still disagreements between the parties including most critically over the fate of bashar assad who we do not believe has a role in syria's future because of his brutal
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rule. his war against the syrian people is the primary root cause of this crises. what is different this time and what gives us some degree of hope is that, as i said, for the first time all the major countries on all sides of the syrian conflict agree on a process that is needed to end this war. and so while we are very clear-eyed about the very, very difficult road still ahead, the united states in partnership with our coalition is going to remain relentless on all fronts, military, humanitarian, and diplomatic. we have the right strategy and we're going to see it through. with that i'm going to take some questions and i will begin with jerome cartillia of afp. >> thank you,

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