david kerley thank you. >>> and now, to the systems we're watching on both coasts tonight. lake effect snow in upstate new york. a slow start for some people who headed out early. the northwest tonight, stormy through thanksgiving day. rain here in the northeast. tomorrow morning. let's get to chief meteorologist ginger zee, tracking it off. >> reporter: we don't have much but it didn't take much with the volume of people. it will create rain. it's i-95 corridor. a lot of people are trying to leave tomorrow morning. you're going to run into rain and storms from washington, d.c. to philadelphia. the good news is it clears right so, even bos the afternoon. holiday travel-wise, on wednesday, aple of areas to tionary front in florida. showers up to five inches in the pacific northwest and record heat in los angeles to phoenix, all before it really feels like thanksgiving right here with wind chills sub freezing to durham north carolina. >> bundle up. ginger, thank you. >>> overseas and from russia tonight, syria's president bashir al assad meeting with vladimir putin. tonight c

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david kerley with us live from washington. and david, officials are being flooded tonight with thousands of calls from people who felt the tremor? >> reporter: a couple thousand phone calls to the usgs and 6,000 people self-reported on the website. we're hearing from the dover air force base, no injuries, no damage. in fact, david, it looks like there was possibly no serious damage from this quake. >> lrment, well, that's the good news. david kerley, thank you. >>> to a much different shakeup in washington. this one possibly inside the trump administration. there are reports tonight the president wants secretary of state rex tillerson out. and who he wants to replace him with. abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega tonight, asking president trump, do you want rex tillerson on the job? >> reporter: in the oval office today, hardly a vote of confidence from president trump. do you want rex tillerson on the job, mr. president? >> he's here. rex is here. >> reporter: but the question tonight, for how much longer? abc

david kerley, our thanks to you. >>> and now, to the systems we're watching on both coasts tonight. lake effect snow in upstate new york causing hazardous driving there, and a slow start for some people that headed out early. the northwest tonight, stormy through thanksgiving day. rain here in the northeast tomorrow morning. let's get to chief meteorologist ginger zee, tracking it all. ginger? >> reporter: we don't have much, but it didn't take much, with the volume of people hitting the roads, and that's why we're watching this cold front. so, it will create rain. i think it's i-95 corridor. a lot of people are trying to leave tomorrow morning. you're going to run into rain and storms from washington, d.c. to philadelphia. the good news is it clears right out quickly. so, even boston will clear by the afternoon. holiday travel-wise, on wednesday, there are a couple of other areas to watch. there's a stationary front in florida. showers up to five inches in the pacific northwest and record heat in los angeles to phoenix, all before it really feels like thanksgiving right here with w

. >> more than 50 million people are expected to travel this year, the most in 12 years, david kerley has more. >> reporter: two days to thanksgiving dinner and airports are jammed. and your biggest challenge? >> handling the sheer volume. >> reporter: what you don't see behind the scenes is the mad dash to get you on your aircraft. >> everything has to be done in 120 minutes. otherwise, we don't make our time. not be an issue, that doesn't mean there aren't problems. we went behind the scenes in dallas at southwest airlines where a team of 40 watches king a connection.orried about what's he say? >> he says oh, good, we were really worried about it. >> reporter: american airlines workers continue to work on this tarmac. passengers started traveling on friday. all that leaving was spread out. everybody wants to come back on sunday, that will be a very busy travel day. abc news, charlotte. >> in case your bag does not make it on that charlotte flight, blame david kerley. hit him up on twitter personally. >> he had the vest out, and he wasn't quite sure what to do with it. >> exactly. >>

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>> david kerley tonight, david, thank you. >>> we turn next this evening to the major new health alert about high blood pressure. the american heart association late today changing the guidelines when it comes to hyper tension. meaning nearly half of american adults could now be living with what's called the silent killer. of course, it affects both men and women. so, let's get right to dr. jen ashton. jen, good to have you. and you got the numbers, what they used to be and what they are tonight. >> reporter: let's get to the numbers. under the old criteria, someone had high blood pressure if they had a raegd of right now, it's an average over 130 over 80. the point behind this change is the thinking that it's better to treat the cause, in this case, high blood pressure, than an effect, like a heart attack or stroke. >> to bring the number down in advance. but a lot of people watching at home are going to say, does this mean i'm going to be on medication. >> reporter: not necessarily. and it is estimated that number will only go up by 2%. so, the key here is life style modification. th

abc's senior transportation correspondent david kerley starts us off at reagan airport in washington. >> reporter: this is what airports hoped to avoid during the thanksgiving rush. >> we didn't expect the tsa line to be this long. >> reporter: in denver, these long lines because the trains to the terminals shut down. >> they need to figure this out. >> reporter: they did hours later. it was a broken sensor. and we are told most flights were able to get out without incident. this is what thanksgiving travel looks like. packed planes. 3% more flyers this year than last. and this is what just a couple hours looks like in the thanksgiving rush at charlotte international, where we went onto the tarmac to watch workers preparing aircraft to carry passengers home. maintenance engineer brett ebert. what about that time when i'm sitting in my seat and we're ready to go and the captain says, "oh, we got a maintenance problem." you're the guy that comes on and fixes it? >> yes. and kit be anything. it can be a broken tray table somewhere in the back. >> reporter: to deal with the nearly 30 mill

david kerley, abc news, washington. >> a timely story for sure. >> 140,000 miles. big target. big thanks to david kerley this morning. >>> time to check the weather on this busy, busy travel day. and yet again, let's get it over to rob. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. the radar is clear, yes, it is going to stay nice and mild here this week after we get past today with wind chills in the 30s. it's smooth sailing monday, tuesday and wednesday mild all three days. lots of sunshine. i just want to point out one of the many things i love about rob is his deep, deep stubbornness. a few weeks ago, ron made fun of him for wearing a brown suit. and in an act of sheer defiance, rob decided to wear the suit every day for the rest of the year. >> well, for the rest of november. it's my version of no shave november. >> how long have you worn it? >> every day for the last few weeks. >> have you dry-cleaned it? >> no. >> dry cleaning is very bad for a suit. just dry-brush it. get rid of the schmutzes, you're fine. >> as ro

david kerley, abc news, washington. >> a timely story for sure. >> 140,000 miles. big target. big thanks to david kerley this morning. >>> time to check the weather on this busy, busy travel day. and yet again, let's get it over to rob. hey, man. >> again, during bad weather, the trains are a great way to go about it. this is really the only bad weather we have. a couple of streamers off the great lakes. it's falling apart going to the east. from west to east. riding that jet stream. the mid level winds, as well. and that's been the case. the zonal flow making it relatively quiet. a little bit unsettled out west. this is the reason it takes longer to travel out west if you're going east to west today on an airplane. later in the week, maybe more of a dip in the jet stream. and more unsettled weather across parts of the northeast. we may get more storminess. next several days look good. and above average. we men after next, look at this. well above average across the midsection of the country. this gets into the northeast as well. well below average across parts of

david kerley, abc news, charlotte. >> and it should be noted.sonally. >> he had the vest out, and he wasn't quite sure what to do with it. >> exactly. >>> the weather may also have a say in whether your bags and more importantly, you, make your connecting flights. >> yeah. we get the forecast right now from paul williams. good morning, paul. >> good morning, kendis, diane, thanksgiving travel, wednesday before you head off to grandma's house. if grandma is in the northwest, soggy weather. we're expecting problems throughout florida as well as right along the east coast for wednesday travel. on thanksgiving day, high pressure to the west and east, not a problem. cooler in the east, but still thunderstorms rumbling through florida and the northwest corner of the country for thanksgiving day. and mow, the big day, the one that really counts, the shopping day. scattered showers around the great lakes region but clear every where else. kendis and diane. >> we know where paul's priorities are. the big day. >>> we turn now to charlie rose, facing a new

david kerley, abc news, dallas, texas. >> all right, coming up, more travel insight before booking yourext trip. >> the destinations offering deals receipt now, that's coming up next on "world news now." not all fish oil supplements provide the same omega-3 power. megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. so one softgel has more omega-3 power than three standard fish oil pills. megared advanced triple absorption. >>> a caribbean vacation sounds pretty nice right about now. >> i would say so, and after the hurricane season we've had, places that depend on tourism, they want everyone back, so potential deals there. >> ooh. >> here's expedia's courtney scott. >> reporter: the holidays are quickly approaching which means everybody's a little more price conscious than usual. but luckily, there are a lot of places to escape the winter cold on a budget. there's a misconception that the entire caribbean has been sidelined by recent hurricanes. but 70% of the caribbean was not impacted and is still very much up and running for tourists. one of the best places in the cari

with your gma first look i'm david kerley, abc news, dallas. >>> decades after they were banned from the airwaves big tobacco companies are returning to tv this weekend but not by choice. under court order the tobacco industry will be forced to advertise the deadly addictive effects of smoking. the adds come more than 11 years after a judge ruled that the companies have misled the public about the dangers of cigarettes. years of legal push back over every detail means the ads will be less hard hitting than what was originally proposed. >>> marshawn lynch is partnering with line bike to bring bike sharing to urban communities and college campuses. alameda residents have probably seen the bikes around time. lynch and line bike collaborated to design a beast mode branded bike which you can start riding yourself next month. lynch will also provide free ride credits to children through his foundation. >>> car share is expand to go sfo now, the free floating car sharing service started in the east bay. you download the gig car share app and use it to find one of hundreds of gig cars in oak

david kerley is at the airport there in charlotte, north carolina. with what you can expect. g, robin. last hour we watched aircraft after aircraft pull away from the gates and head out. the thanksgiving crush/rush is on here at charlotte and across the country. we went behind the scenes here in charlotte with american airlines to watch the workers turn aircraft very quickly to deal with the nearly 48 million people who are traveling by air over this thanksgiving weekend. so far without weather issues, there have been few cancellations and while there are lines in the terminal, they are moving smartly. of course, today, though, is the biggest day on the road and some estimates suggesting today 50 million americans will be on the move, they'll pay more gas prices up 18% from last year and plus travel up is 10% as well an amtrak says it will move 750,000 the good news for everybody moving, sounds like a lot more are this year is the weather. it's not impeding air traffic. it's not impeding those who want to drive home for the holidays. >> david, how are you getting home for the

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with your gma first look i'm david kerley, abc news washington. >>> a road in petaluma is back open afterriver hit and killed a pedestrian. it happened on south mcdowell boulevard at corona road. the driver did stay at the scene. southbound lanes were closed for the investigation but reopened around 10:00 last night. >>> san matteo police need your help to find a man who robbed two people at gunpoint last month. take a look at the sketch police provided. the thefts happen on october 13th. officers say two victims were walking when a man pointed a gun and demanded their belongings. >>> in the south bay get ready to pay a little more if you rely on vta to get around in santa clara county because fares are going up starting january 1st. the hike includes light rail and bus trips, vta says adult fares are changing from $2 to $2.25. youth fares are dropping from $1.75 to a dollar. taking effect on january 1st vta vehicles will be picking up passengers more frequently. you will find a full list of fares and all the changes to vta on our website abc7news.com. >>> self driving cars could soon sav

abc's david kerley has that story for us. ng, this is a call for an investigation by the government and a recall by the company, chrysler, for one of its most popular van, the pacifica minivan, they will stall without warning. the center for auto safety calling for this. th which this vehicle has stalled without warning leaving the driver without acceleration or power steering on the roadways. there have been no injuries. the center is saying that chrysler should be offering rentals and recall the vehicle and chrysler is telling us it is -- most of complaints are single events of engine stall adding the customers were able to restart their vehicles and the stall did not reoccur according to chrysler so the question this morning, robin, is will the regulator, nhtsa listen and start an investigation. will chrysler recall or leave these on the road? >> people want to know because as you said extremely popular. you see a lot on the road. david, thank you. >>> coming up, michael's exclusive with junior, dale earnhardt jr. as he tak

david kerley has more. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning.entioned more than half the time it's actually worse than that. we got a tip that the fail rate was around 0% and a source familiar with this classified report says, that's in the ballpark. now, this comes two years after the fail rate for tsa and some of these tests was 95%. now, the tests and the teams including secretaries and administrative workers try to sneak components from bomb, guns and weapons through security. this is an effort to stress the system because terrorists still believe attacking u.s. aviation and the system can the crown yule for them. and for many u.s. officials the threat of lap weapons remains extremely high right now. these new results are alarming for members of congress from both parties. they were briefed on this latest classified test yesterday, one of them called it very disturbing, another alarming. one member, michael, told the head of tsa your administration, your agency is broken, michael. >> very strong words and, david, what is congress want to hav

our senior transportation correspondent david kerley is at reagan national airport with the story. much we rely on computers these days. up to 7 million passengers could have been affected by this computer glitch. we're talking about 15,000 flights according to the pilots union that were affected by this computer glitch. now, here's what happened. piles have the opportunity to opt out of a flight on this computer system but because of the glitch, they were actually able to get out of flights when they were needed and that's a problem for american airlines. they ended up with this shortage of pilots and now trying to figure out how they can get all these piles back on the schedule for the last two weeks of december so that everybody is get home for the holidays. american has been scrambling for the past five days working to find pilots for all those flights that are scheduled and they're making some progress, george. >> filling the hole going to >> reporter: it's going to cost them a lot of money. they say they have some reserve pilots that will fill some of these flights. they won'

the tsa preparing to screen more than 24 million passengers this week and david kerley is inside southwest hub where they are responding to complaints in realtime. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, george. it is on. the rush for thanksgiving travel and if you have a problem on a plane and you post on social media to the world that problem here are some of the people that are listening to you. this is inside southwest social media hub where they listen to you and try to solve problems with this very powerful tool. heading home, lines are longer. airlines expected 3% more flyers this thanksgiving. >> i honestly didn't think it would be this busy. >> reporter: if there's trouble, these days, expect a tweet and the airlines are listening. >> if she can get something on her phone. >> reporter: in dallas southwest airlines calls this its listening center where you hear the sound of fingers tapping keyboards. >> so what did he say we fly -- >> with you all the time and today has been the worst day yet. >> reporter: from a father with three young children trying to get to cancun. we'

about fire extinguishers and david kerley has details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.ety commision and involves these extinguishers with the plastic nozzle. nozzle can break off or so this is from under my kitchen sink one of the recalled and sey it actually works. this one does but not all of them do. fires on our cooktops in our kitchens. car fires on the road. reasons millions of americans buy fire extinguishers. this morning, 38 million of those extinguishers with plastic nozzles made by kidde are under recall. what's wrong with these fire extinguishers. >> this one has a push button and this has a plastic handle. either can have a problem. and it may get clogged or may not deploy. >> reporter: meaning own some or none of 9 contents is sprayed on your fire. >> that could be one of the problem, yes. >> i'll try this with a little bit of push and could clog. >> reporter: the consumer product safety commision points to the death of 22-year-old brendan roscoe traveling down this pennsylvania road in august of 2014. he crashed into a tree and the car started to burn. po

david kerley has the story. look at him getting tackled.a little scary and high praise for those american airline workers who jumped into action had this man suddenly and dramatically ended up on the tarmac yards away from aircraft. it was a brazen move. a man jumping onto the baggage belt, then crawling into the back secured area and onto the tarmac. where american airlines workers in miami quickly tackle him and hold him until police arrive. miami police call this man's actions sensitive and according to the airport this case remains under investigation. an official tells us this guatemalan man was involuntarily committed for mental health reasons a few days before this saturday incident and when he was caught he rambled about wanting to depart on an aircraft. earlier this year several passengers walked through an unmanned tsa checkpoint at jfk. but a more common way of breaking security happens when someone jumps or breaks down a fence. now, in this miami case it was the miami herald that obtained this video. we are told that the man is