but i'm okay. have a great day. making news in america this morning, missile strike fallout. u.s. officials now revealing iran's attack was designed to kill american troops. but in washington, outrage from members of president trump's own party. briefed on the conflict. >> i find this insulting and demeaning. >> both set today on whether to limit the war powers for the president. the increase of iranian cyberattacks targeting the u.s. new clues over what brought down that boeing 737 killing all 176 people on board. what the crew did just before the crash and the image raising questions. was the plane shot down? new this morning, vaping in

school. the target of a new lawsuit. the growing push to hold e-cigarettemakers responsible for lost time in the classroom. stepping back. new details on the shocking announcement from prince harry and duchess meghan withdrawing from royal duties moving part time to north america. what the scene is saying and where the couple could be heading now. plus, coining a new image. the change coming to the quarter. and out of this world. the discovery made by a new intern at nasa. good thursday morning. thank you for joining us and begin with the u.s. and iran pulling back from the brink of war at least for now. >> president trump says iran is standing down and he's now talking about diplomacy after iran carried out that missile attack on american troops in iraq without any casualties. >> but now lawmakers in washington are demanding more information after being briefed on the deadly u.s. drone strike

that escalated tensions. and some of the sharpest criticism is coming from a member of president trump's own party. >> abc's serena marshall has the latest from washington. serena, good morning. >> reporter: kenneth, janai, good morning. despite that the president is saying iran is standing down and won't be ordering military retaliation wanting to focus on peace talks. the before and after of their ballistic missile strikes targeting troops in iraq. new satellite images reveal the scale of damage, the 17 missiles launched at the two bases just one day ago causing chaos. each missile carrying a 1,000-pound warhead. >> they were intended to cause structural damage, destroy vehicles and equipment and aircraft and to kill personnel. >> reporter: even as iran claimed victory and troop deaths on state tv there were no

casualties for u.s. or coalition forces. the president saying that's evidence iran was standing down. and instead of retaliation, talking tougher sanctions. >> the fact that we have this great military, we do not want to use it american strength both military and economic is the best deterrent. >> reporter: in a change of tune urging the continuation of the existing iran nuclear deal he pulled the u.s. out of to pursue negotiations over a new one. >> we must all work together toward making a deal with iran. >> reporter: on capitol hill his national security team briefing members of congress but democrats leaving unconvinced. >> it is a far cry from meeting a standard of imminent threat. >> reporter: and two conservative republican senators, rand paul and mike

lee, agreed saying they'll join democrats and vote to limit the president's war powers. >> what i found so distressing about that briefing what that one of the messages we received from the briefers was do not debate, do not discuss the issue of the appropriateness of further military intervention against iran. and if you do you'll be emboldening iran. i find it insulting and demeaning, not personally but to the office that each of the 100 senators in this building happens to hold. >> reporter: that senate vote isn't expected until next week but later today the house will be taking their vote on a resolution making clear to the president if he wants to go to war, he'll need congress to sign off. kenneth, janai. >> all right. serena marshall in washington this morning, thanks for joining us. a major security concern has been the threat of cyberattacks by iran. one news report claims cyberattacks have nearly tripled since the u.s. drone strike that killed an iranian general. federal, state and local government sites have been the most common targets. authorities in texas are the latest to reveal that they were targeted. new clues this morning in that mystery over what happened

to a boeing 737 that crashed in iran killing everyone on board. iran has disputed claims that the plane was shot down and now says the crew was trying to turn back to the airport when the plane crashed. this morning, new questions about what caused this boeing 737 to crash in iran less than four hours after the country launched a barrage of missiles at american targets. the ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people disappeared from radar minutes after taking off from tehran. >> the data to stop something like that you have to say something catastrophic. >> the debris field massive with body bags lining the street. experts say only three things could cause such a catastrophic crash, mechanical failure, a bomb or shootdown. a theory getting attention because of the military activities in the region. some point to what appear to be shrapnel holes in the wreckage

similar to what was found on malaysia airline 17 shot down over ukraine in 2014. the iranians deny they shot it down and say they have recovered the black boxes but will not provide those to u.s. thosht -- authorities or to boeing. in a statement ukrainian airlines says the pilots were trained specifically to fly in and out of tehran and given the crew's experience, error probability is minimal. we do not even consider such a chance. >> right now we don't have enough data to go one way or the other. it's a shootdown possible? yes. can i come up with mechanical failures that are possible? yes. right now we just don't have the data. >> iranian investigators say the crew never made a radio call for help. while u.s. officials may not get the black boxes, it's possible the ukrainians will share the data. now back to washington and a major development in the impeachment showdown. senator lindsey graham says the senate trial will begin next week even though house speaker nancy pelosi has not turned over the articles of impeachment yet. pelosi is demanding senate majority leader mitch mcconnell say what the trial would look

like but lindsey graham appeared on fox news last night and said it will happen soon because even some democrats want to move forward. >> you said it was urgent. if you believe it to be urgent, send it to the senate for disposition. she's losing democrats in the senate. the impeachment dam of nancy pelosi is about to crack. hat's off to mitch mcconnell for playing this very well. we'll take the trial up next week. >> mcconnell met with president trump yesterday. sources say they discussed plans for a quick impeachment trial with no witnesses. now to the wildfire disaster in australia. the u.s. state department has issued a new travel warning. >> it's calling this year's fire season one of the worst in australia's history. conditions are expected to get worse tomorrow. officials now say the fires could burn until april. new videos show animals struggling to escape from a wildlife sanctuary including these wallabies running for their lives. volunteers are stepping up to care for the ones that survived. an estimated 1 billion wild animals have perished so far. our coverage from australia continues later on "good morning america."

now back here in the u.s. san diego has become the latest school district to sue the e-cigarettemaker juul. the lawsuit claims student vaping has disrupted learning in the classroom. the district cites e-cigarette-related absences and the cost of programs to teach them about the risks of vaping. juul says it's focused on preventing underage use of its devices. time now for a look at your thursday morning weather. time-lapsed video showed a snow squall moved from philadelphia and went from sunny to snowy and reduced visibility on the roads. frigid cold has moved in. look at the windchills. it feels like single digits or the teens across much of the northeast this morning before it warms up later. looking at the national happen, today's high 62 in memphis and atlanta. minneapolis will be warmer than new york, denver, 43 and more rain and 40s for the northwest.

coming up, some change in the news. the new image that will soon appear on the back of the quarter. but first the avalanche tragedy in the rockies. we hear from a man buried under the snow for nearly one hour. what he did to survive. and later justin bieber opening up about the disease

this makes you want to hold your breath. we're back with this terrifying video of a child walking on a ledge outside this building in the canary islands four stories up. reports say her mother was in the shower when she got outside. she is okay this morning. the family was vacationing from finland. now to new details about the connecticut man charged with murdering his estranged wife jennifer, the mother of his five children.

investigators believe fotis dulos killed jennifer in her garage last may, cleaned up then disposed of her body. the arrest warrant reveals the nanny said she had stocked the pantry with 12 rolls of toilet paper or paper towels the night before but only the next day. "the hartford courant" reports police found an ax in the garage now tested for dna. two other skiers killed in tuesday's avalanche on silver mountain. five rescued including one who spent nearly one hour under the snow and had passed out. he says he's eternally grateful to the rescuers who didn't give up. >> when they unburied me after 50 minutes, i shouldn't have been alive. i got lucky because i had the air pocket. my lips were blue and i was passed out. i just remember opening my eyes and i couldn't believe i was still here because i had already kind of made my peace. >> he says the survival training he took including lessons on how

to create an air pocket in the snow helped him stay alive. a high school student is being credited with discovering a new planet during his internship at nasa. the senior from scarsdale, new york, was analyzing variations in the brightness of stars when he discovered the planet orbiting two stars about 1,300 light-years away. nasa says the planet is seven times bigger than earth. were you that good at your internship? >> no, i was not. >> the u.s. mint is going batty with its latest design. a new quarter coming out will feature samoan fruit bats. it will promote awareness about the threatened species living in american samoa. well, coming up, some very encouraging news in the fight against cancer. first the bombshell rocking the british royal family. the announcement from harry and meghan and where they could soon be moving.

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the royal family. harry and meghan will still be known as the duke and duchess of sussex. they'll keep their frogmore cottage and continue to get security detail. so what's changing? harry who is currently sixth in line to the throne could get bumped down in the line of succession, but that takes an act of parliament. the couple says they want to become financially independent, no longer accepting british taxpair money for their official duties, and they plan to move their family part time to north america touching off speculation they could move to canada or los angeles. it's not been the fairy tale once imagined. relentless and crushing coverage from the british press has taken a toll on the couple. they sued several british tabloids after the birth of their son archie. >> i will always -- i will always protect my family, and now i have a family to protect. >> reporter: and back in october, meghan admitted to itv that royal life has been overwhelming. >> not many people have asked if i'm okay, but it's a very real

thing to be going through behind the scenes. >> reporter: abc news has learned the announcement blindsided the royal family with some members reportedly, quote, deeply hurt by the decision. buckingham palace has released a statement saying, we understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through. critics say the couple wants all of the trappings of royal life without all the responsibilities but harry and meghan say in a statement, the geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter. and the couple has not said where in north america that they would live part time, but meghan has family near toronto, and her mother lives in l.a. we're now hearing from the fiance of a texas mother who was strangled after vanishing with their 2-week-old baby. police say heidi broussard's body was found last month in the trunk of a car belonging to her close friend. and the baby was found in her home. that friend was charged with

kidnapping, and now shane carey is speaking out for the first time since being reunited with his infant daughter. >> i don't understand still. like it's still not real. you know, it's still not real. like i wait for like a phone call, you know. it just makes me angry. these beautiful kids don't deserve this. she didn't deserve this. >> heartbreaking. the suspect is accused of faking her own pregnancy and may have been planning to pass off the baby as her own. we'll have much more of our exclusive interview later on "good morning america." well, some good news here. there's been a drop recently in a record number of cancer deaths. the american cancer society says the death rate fell more than 2% between 2016 and 2017. advances in treating lung disease are credited with that record drop. a surprise announcement from

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talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424. making news at 4:27, might want to grab that umbrella before you go out the door, a storm is hitting the bay area right now. mike nicco is tracking what's ahead. and a porsche crashes on treasure island leaving this mangled mess behind. we're learning that someone died. one man turns the evening commute for thousands of people into a nightmare. he climbs on the b.a.r.t. tracks near concord and refuses to come down. good morning on this thursday, january 9th. >> we'll get to those stories in a moment. first we heard rain, umbrellas, we have to start with you, mike. >> even heard aggressive drizzle today. >> wow. >> our boss said that. martin said i have aggressive

drizzle outside. i said i'll put that in the show. anywhere from aggressive drizzle to moderate showers, up to a third of an inch possible and brief gusty winds, if you're on the east/west bridges you will feel those. live doppler 7 shows a few light, spotty showers out here a fast moving storm. this will be here and gone by the end of the morning commute. it is going to fall during the entire morning commute. if you're stepping outside now, temperatures are milder, mid 40s to low 50s. by the afternoon hours, it will be partly cloudy, 56 to about 58 degrees. we'll take an hour-by-hour look at the rain coming up and another chance tomorrow night. breaking news from the live dressing, police and fire crews are on the scene of a deadly crash on treasure island. this is a look of what's left of the scene. officers are there. that mangled mess on your screen of a porsche involved in this crash. the left side torn off. this happened off of 9th street

and avenue h. san francisco police have closed the area off for the investigation. we'll update you on this developing story as it continues throughout the morning. >> thanks, jobina. b.a.r.t. officials say normal operations have resumed for the morning commute after being shut down for hours between the concord and pleasant hills stations. >> a man they described as unstable refused to leave the tracks, this standoff left thousands of passoengers forced to use a bus bridge between the stations. long lines were waiting for buses. the man was finally removed this morning. b.a.r.t. tweeted after 3:00, to the thousands of stranded riders last night, we offer our deepest apologies for the major delays. we had a situation on an aerial structure by trackway where an individual amid a mental health crisis needed rescue. we thank our first responders. now it is 4:29. if you're just waking up to us, good morning. here's a quick update on your

weather and traffic. >> all right. let's look at live doppler 7, i zoomed down to show you around hayward, the santa cruz mountains, around sfo, and also up in the diablo range, that's the heavier showers. you can see from top to bottom we have rain everywhere, right now and here's a look at future radar. the next six hours goes from about 4:30 this morning to about 10:30. you can see after the morning commute ends, just a few lingering showers possible in the south bay. some of the higher elevations like the southern tip of the east bay hills. unfortunately this will be here throughout the morning commute. let's talk to jobina about what she's seeing. >> we have a wet start to the morning commute. a live look now on the golden gate bridge here, those puddles and the rain coming down as drivers make their way across. please take your time as you head out on the road. we have seen minor incidents in oakland, take your time. live look here in san francisco,