>> kyra, thank you. >>> late today, the supreme court agreeing to hear president trump's appeal on three cases having to do with his financial records. in all three cases, lower courts ruling that documents must be handed over. the justs will hear oral arguments in june. of course that's right in the middle of the 2020 campaign. >>> and the u.s. and china have announced a new trade deal, phase one as they're calling it, halting tariffs set to kick in sunday. and some lower tariffs will stay in place. the white house saying the deal is includes china's commitment to buy farm products. >>> we're remembering tonight a well-known character actor, danny aiello. from "do the right thing," "moon struck", godfather ii. he never took an acting class. danny aiello began his acting career in his 30s on broadway. here in the play, "knockout." he never took an acting class, and he was 40 when he landed his first movie. then in "the godfather: part ii." >> michael corleone says hello! >> reporter: he would earn an oscar nomination in spike lee's "do the right thing." he played sal, a pizzeria owner in

>> kyra phillips reporting from west palm beach. thank you. >>> tonight, from across the country and both sides of the aisle, messages of support are pouring in for congressman john lewis, after he revealed he's being treated for stage four pancreatic cancer. the civil rights pioneer who spent his entire life fighting for justice, for human rights, but admits he's never faced a fight quite like this. tonight, the civil rights giant is vowing to head back to work, following his shocking diagnosis of stage four pancreatic cancer. congressman john lewis saying the cancer was found during a routine checkup, writing, "i have decided to do what i know to do and to do what i've always done. i am going to fight it." for his entire life, the 79-year-old has used his voice to stand up for others. shoulder to shoulder with martin luther king jr. during the civil rights movement. >> keep walking in the streets. keep marching. keep sitting in, keep standing in. >> reporter: later, turning to politics. speaking out for equality and human rights.

impact and what's kind of particularly difficult for the cities involved in this like lagos flight kyra is they often like the funds to actually implement these solutions on a large scale and also that they're from that the day to to actually know exactly how best to go about so what kind of climate issues are they facing so we still heat in this report and i mean water is the massive issue so in a city like kyra you're faced with twin problems of rising sea levels but also of water scarcity of rainfall becomes a bit more erratic and but i mean in the city and others that it's like if we take kampala in uganda for instance i'm not a city that's growing at breakneck speed and i think something like a child born that day will see the city doubled in size by the time he or she turn 30 now in cities like that you've got most of this development happening in informal settlements or slums and also a lot of this is happening in places where these be say weapons where rainwater. would kind of get drained away and sometimes these climate change issues come together with other night zation issues

abc's kyra phillips is on capitol hill with the story. good morning to you, kyra. >> reporter: good morning. defiant, indeed. democrats as they accelerate their push for impeachment, the president telling them, go ahead and without him or his lawyers. in this letter from white house counsel pat cipollone to chairman of the house judiciary committee jerry nadler, cipollone states your impeachment inquiry is completely baseless and has violated basic principles of due process and fundamental fairness. you should end this inquiry now and not waste even more time with additional hearings. house speaker nancy pelosi said participating in the house judiciary impeachment proceeding would offer president trump a, quote, chance to show his innocence. cipollone's letter making it clear the president is not easily intimidated and goes on and write, as the president has recently stated, if you're going to impeach me, do it now, fast, so we can have a fair trial in the senate and so that our country can get back to business. meanwhile, pelosi instruct

kyra phillips is at the white house with this story. good morning, kyra. >> reporter: good morning. the first lady has made it very clear that her be best initiative is to promote kindness online and prevent cyberbullying against children. quite a juxtaposition to the president's most recent rip on "time" magazine's 16-year-old activist who was named person of the year. melania trump's be best campaign aims to protect children against bullying and online harassment. >> be best. an awareness campaign dedicated to the most valuable and fragile among us, our children. >> reporter: but this morning, many people are asking why isn't the first lady publicly disagreeing with her husband after he attacked 16-year-old climate change activist greta thunberg on twitter. >> world leaders are still trying to run away from their responsibilities. >> reporter: president trump lashing out after the teenager was named "time's" person of the year. so ridiculous, he tweeted. greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old-fashioned movie with a friend. chill gretta, chill. and h

kyra devon through drought spots these days climate change of course in the sun helps to dry out rapidly threatening their lifestyle. for traditional full lonny people tending to cattle is a way of life across the plains of new. drive the animals across ancient trails in search of water and pastures but these days keeping their livestock well watered is an increasingly difficult task. during the dry season we always have a water problem it rained earlier this year so the ponds and watering holes were full but the drought came back the watering holes dried up and we had to come back to this well to water the animals. no matter how fatherhood is rome they face the same problem the sahara desert is swallowing up vast tracts of pasta land each year some for lani are considering stopping a lifestyle that their people have maintained for centuries. i don't think we can carry on breeding anymore with climate change things are becoming more complicated for us not to mention what will happen in the generations to come. as well as the spreading desert conflict with farmers over land has also slash

outside their parents home in vallejo the sons and daughters of fred and kyra are in shock tonight trying to make sense of a wrongly crash that left their parents dead. >> everybody loved my dad. everybody. he was the foundation of our family, the pillar of our family. >> reporter:, and her husband frederick were already dealing with a heavy burden as they traveled eastbound on interstate 80. the youngest, 10-year-old marcus had been in the hospital recovering from a severe asthma attack. they were headed home after visiting him. >> he lost both of his parents. >> reporter: that's when a driver driving the wrong way on an offramp hit them head-on. >> obviously he was running from the cops. you can choose the sin but you cannot choose the consequence. the consequence today is that i lost both of my parents. they are nomi >> reporter: police officers have been following the suv that hit them earlier. when they tried to make a stop the passenger jumped out. officers estate with the passenger while the driver peeled out. 45 seconds later the chapelle's were hit. that wrong way driver is still

mohammed didn't have to pay for the equipment kyra based organization should do have installed it for free. shareef cousin e. and his brother set up the n.g.o.s 8 years ago they decided to work with hydroponics because that requires little water and no soil and the space for the efficient system on practically any rooftop. eyelet a lot of us unmonitored there for families with low income this kind of project can raise income a little bit. of them inferred be it was valuable for that so it doesn't have only environmental benefits but also social ones. in poorer districts like how one roof often cluttered with all trash should do fish now setting up 500 gardens here instead the residents of this building set up their micro farm 3 months ago and now they're ready to harvest for the 1st time that i mean it's beautiful i wish everyone would do this and those who have the space should get involved and do this to. get up there unused here installing a rooftop garden cost the equivalent of $630.00 euros but the families only have to pay around $20.00 euros of that. 95 percent of the large sca

kilometers for this isn't even the city government will never accept this the people off the streets on the kyra should understand that the land in the economy called zones are being sought to be a greek site for this is an i believe that turkey is pressing to do a field bit it is military if it is the relink bit also the diplomacy that he signed an agreement between libya let me remind that after turkey sign to agreement memorandum of understanding with the libyan nation or government of a court immediately is sidle make a declaration that he is stopping all it is facile it is together with disappearance in the border of the economy exclusives wrong because this up real says a maximalist policy toward the science economy exclusive zonks widest set decoration like this because he understood also that turkey is very dedicated to protect his rights not on the ground but also at the maritime areas or i believe that the diplomacy be the result of the issue. let me bring will follow what's happening to the u.s. position the u.s. seems to be somewhere between with drawl and confusion officially the u.

here's kyra phillips. >> reporter: tonight, first lady melania trump weighing in after her husband attacked 16-year-old climate change activist greta thunberg. >> world leaders are still trying to run away from their responsibilities. >> reporter: president trump lashing out after the teenager was named "time's" person of the year. "so ridiculous," he tweeted. "greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! chill greta, chill!" he's done it before, taking aim at thunberg, who has asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, after her passionate speech at the u.n. >> you all come to us young people for hope. how dare you? >> reporter: trump's response, "she seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. so nice to see!" now former first lady michelle obama giving thunberg a boost, tweeting, "don't let anyone dim your light. ignore the doubters and know that millions of people are cheering you on." and we're hearing from the current first lady, who has made cyberbullying her signature issue. >> be best, an

people felt he has to resign now for it to be kier i don't like the fact that he saw this like now kyra want to kill it's his family have said that they will use the law to ensure muscat has no further involvement in the investigation quote other than as a possible suspect carol want to kill it it was killed by a car bomb 2 years ago she did ledged the 2 of muskets ministers were corrupt and that they were about to receive secret payments from multiple riches businessmen you've been fenech fenech has been charged in connection with carry want to kill it is murder a charge he denies. the future of german chancellor angela merkel's government is in doubt after her coalition partner the social democrats elected 2 new leaders critical of the partnership now they've indicated they want to see major changes and that dresses the prospect that the coalition a collapse and result in either an early election or a minority government. skins and norbert baltar bore youngs will soon be leaving germany social democrats that in turn could spell the end for the grand coalition with the christian democr

exactly the comps so sometimes if they are that the only way they can go away with all your money so kyra see you see is a very big problem attacks by pirates is a problem worldwide but especially in the gulf of guinea they are on the rise along the coastline of west africa. they want to be there before pirates strike members of the nigerian navy are headed out of their legs headquarters to money toward the sea we are given rare access to accompany them on their daily patrol. we are about to call to you not to call off the coastal plain and this is let us pray differently that is what you think it. was. very good for. is responsible for navigation and training on board there is only one vessel that money tours hundreds of a day but the navy doesn't have enough vessels and personnel to prevent all piracy attacks. more train in position of more platform. minutes. for the vessels given the business off. the difficult is in this pensive another challenge west african countries have different policies to protect their waters in movies of the. countries in the gulf you need to come to them. bec

have the financial ability to control so we have to tackle this issue now and fast and in fact the kyra as you know part as the. process has also been a fund to help people in the global south both adapt to climate change and mitigate the damages that they're facing is that fund in your opinion adequately financed and supported by the rich countries no because we are the main contributors of climate change and if we actually truly want except our position and change something about that we have to direct all of our capacities to solving the climate crisis because the climate crisis is a social crisis and as soon as we see that we can see that all issues that we have right now are directly linked to this crisis and that this is what we have to solve right now and on a global level and germany and europe as certain like financial and political leaders of this world have a responsibility to tackle this crisis crisis and to lead the fight now stephan if i can be you're welcome to respond to that but also if i can just take us back to the report one more time because your research is all abo

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high tech equipment you want that and when you have it you use it and then this is the worst thing kyra what happens when this military mine which which one day when you go into full or the helmand province and you going after isis to your back in cleveland there's a guy who maybe is suspected of you know i think a liquor store or can you understand that law enforcement is share of andy robo cop is a different story police officers serve and protect their part of the community they live their kids they're not soldiers soldiers don't worry about 4th amendment stuff police officers do well unless you think that maybe sometimes the distinction could be blurred it can easily be blurred and as and if we're talking about future technologies that like this report says are only about you know 30 or 30 years away a or you said there were already 5 years ahead so probably 20 years away realistically you know i don't mind if you're talking about something used to help someone in a hospital if you're talking about someone loses a leg in a machinery accident we have the technology to build that man

discoloration efforts in the area the techie's president of egypt taiba do on how to put that to say them kyra come all tunnel a new group fiji for all on its own a spokesman for the tuckers president now say is their boss russia for us ceasefire to avoid the must suck off 'd civilians in tom's and villages with tekken by syrian government forces but washes deploy involved in the operation in keen to help its cover the last bit of territory under the control of rebels it's not clear if the turkish police will be hard mohammad on the wall just zita untuck. internet and phone lines are still down in some parts of the philippines after typhoon fun for now at least 16 people were killed in the storm was tore roofs of houses and toppled trees planes in ferry services are suspended stranding thousands of people the storm has now moved off into the soft china sea richard gordon is the chairman of the philippines red cross he says this storm shows the typhoon season in the philippines is getting longer. about 25000 people on that week the christians like to be a minister extern did in a week prime sen

collision efforts in the area the techies president of egypt tabor do on how to put that to say them kyra come all time to learn new refugee flow all on its own a spokesman for the turkish president now say is their boss russia for us ceasefire to avoid the must suck off civilians in towns and villages were taken by syrian government forces but losses depleted involved in the operation in italy keen to help its recover the last bit of territory under the control of rebels it's not clear if the turkish plea will be heard mohamed on the wall just zita untuck it. became a fast has suffered a 2nd deadly attack near the border with mali it happened a day after 35 civilians were killed near an army base the latest attack happened while security forces one patrol nearby all violence is said since the government norge an offensive in the vendor as up an interesting explains from. many believe the recent attack emo than brickie a fossil was a response to this new offensive bricking a fossil has seen many attacks in the past 5 years that killed more than 700 people with half a 1000000 forced from t

commission efforts in the area the techie's president of egypt taiba on how to put that to say them kyra come all tongil unneutered fiji for all on its own a spokesman for the tuckers president now say is their boss russia for us ceasefire to avoid the must suck off civilians in toms and villages with tekken by syrian government forces but losses deploy involved in the operation in libya keen to help its cover the last bit of territory under the control of rebels it's not clear if the technician plea will be heard mohamed on the wall just zita on talk. to the philippines now where internet and phone lines are still down in some parts of the country after typhoon fun phone at least 16 people were killed in the storm which tore roofs of houses and toppled trees planes in ferry service is a suspended leaving thousands of people stranded the storm has moved off into the south china sea want to be low is in the philippines capital manila he says travelers are likely to remain stuck the several days. we're outside the main port the off manila where traditionally over the holiday season thousan

collision efforts in the end the techies president of egypt table 2 on how to put that to say them kyra come all tongil unneutered fiji for all on its own a spokesman for the tuckers president now say is their boss russia for us ceasefire to avoid the must suck off civilians in toms and villages with tekken by syrian government forces but washes deploy involved in the operation in keen to help its cover the last bit of territory under the control of rebels it's not clear if the technician plea will be heard mohammad on the wall just zita untucked. turkey's president. has made an unannounced trip to tunisia to discuss ways of bringing stability to neighboring libya ankara's offered military support to the internationally recognized government in its fight against warlord honey for hafta law but i've had has more now from tripoli. turkey's president over the landed in tunis to discuss trouble is brewing in next door in libya and encourage it to nieces new president faces a year to help secure a ceasefire. the internationally recognized a government in tripoli has yet to request that turki

everyone's mind indeed is will continue to monitor events with you through the day for the moment kyra thank you let's get some more information what's going on because attacks like these are often claimed by armed groups like al shabaab and it raises concerns about the readiness of somali troops to take over from the african union forces in the coming months somalia has been wracked by conflict since 1901 when clan warlords overthrew the then leader side bari who then turned on each other the armed group al-shabaab was formed around a decade ago trying to topple the government and wants to create a state under its own version of strict islamic law while it controls parts of somalia southern and central regions was pushed out of mortgage issues several years ago but continues to target high profile areas such as checkpoints and hotels as harry mentioned it was blamed for the double truck bombing in mogadishu in october 27th in which killed more than $500.00 people it didn't claim responsibility the group has also been blamed for at least $200.00 deaths this year alone including that of

collection efforts in the area the turkish president of egypt tabor do and has repeatedly said on kyra come out hundreds of new groups to give through all on its own a spokesman for the turkish president now says there was russia for a cease fire to avoid the must suck off civilians in towns and villages were taken by syrian government forces but losses deploy involved in the operation in it came to help its recover the last bit of territory under the control of rebels it's not clear if the turkish police will be heard mohamed on the wall just zita untucked here. wildfires have ruined christmas for many largest city dozens of families are homeless in valparaiso the bay started in a forest and quickly spread to sub suburbs nearby. a neighborhood wiped out by a wildfire that tore down from the hills a valid part of esau on christmas eve. i live over there and my house was burnt my cousins and uncles were relatives in the street this is my mother's house that house was built by my father i was born here. the port town is renowned for its colorful wooden houses its lift is charcoal hundred

and in washington jane fonda and kyra sedgwick were among the climate protesters there.r joined the rally from spain where she's attending a un summit right now. >> we would love some action from the people in power because people are suffering and dying from the climate and ecological emergency today. we cannot wait any longer. >> climate activists gathered in new york city for march and protest. california democrats are calling climate change top priority. a new poll says 47% of likely democratic primary voters chose climate change is the highest priority for the next president. 32% chose healthcare and 14% immigration. 3% chose criminal justice. >>> an elementary school students thought she was demonstrating her piano skills to her classmates at lunch but she played for a surprise guest. reporter aaron taylor as the special moment. >> reporter: is a georgia thought she was playing jingle bells for her classmates. entering stage left was a special guest. >> is he did not miss a beat. >> she wanted to get the job done and i commend her and she was doing phenomenal. >> a

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today through friday picking up anywhere from half an inch to about an inch and a half of rain or kyra mounts up in the hills in the mountains. for today looking at daytime highs right around where we should be for this time of year. for the south bay, 59 in sunnyvale, 60 in santa clara and san jose, 58 for concord and pleasant hill and livermore and pleasanton and san francisco a high of 57. 87 in berkeley, 59 for alameda. 59 for cloverdale and ukiah. a wet start, scattered showers in the afternoon and evening today, a bit dmorrow and there we go with that storm system bringing the rain, the wind, and snow on friday. wet for saturday and a few showers on sunday. then brighter weather early next week. back to you. >>> the time alice 5:50. >> we will tell you why apple ceo steve jobs wanted this one destroyed. >>> years a live look outside at the ri now this is a deal that goes beyond the holidays. don't miss the xfinity beyond black friday event, when you can get $100 back with the package that's right for you. you'll get amazing speed and wifi coverage from america's best internet pro

good morning, kyra. >> reporter: good morning, george.ave to carry epipens, imperative when a passenger suffers a life-threatening allergic reaction, and as we discovered in our investigation, it's not the only emergency medication that may not be on your flight. this family had one of their best vacations in aruba last year until their flight home. >> they served us warm nuts. i ate a cashew and then i look at my mom because my chest and my throat was just all cramping and hurting. >> you couldn't even say what was wrong? >> i couldn't even speak. i was terrified. >> reporter: 10-year-old luca was experiencing anaphylaxis. it's a life-threatening reaction to food. >> did you know that he had allergies? >> no. >> reporter: but luca was lucky. two passengers had epipens and a nurse was on board, a life saving combination. at the time they were traveling on american airlines, the company did not carry auto injectors or epipens. only epinephrine in a large vial requiring measurement by a medical professional. >> what do you say to the airlin

singing out across the bay area rainfall to the rth of soma county that is being seen right around you kyra this morninif you look closely to see a little blue in the hills just above ukiah now ouacross the region, his is the low pressure area in the cd front ahead of it that will eventlly be swinging through tonight and resuing in our overnight showers just arnd the corner so today cloud cover before our storm system pushes hrgh. well after you've gone to bed tonight that should be well after 10:11pm isolated showers in the fo of light to moderate condions at first and then some isolated spots where heavy rainfall wi be seen on into early hours of wednesday morning wednesday going to be your worst commute to work of the week we'v had some really good conditions for your drive to work. but tomorrow morning do expt wet roadways as you do get onto roads by 10:00am to 11:00am showershould be clearing out you actually do have some sunshine into the afterno that sets us up for what will be a dry thursday and friday after rainy tuesday night into wednesday morning. temperatures today a little war

disrupt them come from within 6 months these are coming up funeral on 25 minutes right now man and kyra in 2011 nobody could anticipate that in just 2 years egypt would once again be under military dictatorship. an american egyptian citizen mohammad saltire got on a plane to cairo and quickly found himself at the front lines of the revolt. thousands of people gathered outside the presidential palace. i was crying my eyes out i thought for sure they were going to fire through we were going to die i'll say my life prayers letter and fame moment. the army turns on the speakers of the announcement. a former air force commander hosni mubarak had been the face of egypt's military dictatorship since 1981. he was gone but his military regime remains largely intact. when the muslim brotherhood's candidate mohamed morsi became egypt's 1st democratically elected president the military worked to undermine him from day one. by concentrating power in his own hands and with the economy in freefall morsi lost the support of many egyptians. many egyptians who had supported the idea of the ouster of pres

libya richard type earlier want by the surprise visit to libya's neighbor for talks with president kyra society it once said he believed in as you can promote stability in libya earlier turkey announced it may deploy troops to back me b. is un recognized government which has been facing a months long offensive by warlord relief after his forces. because. we are not guess without an invitation and if it comes we shall look into it we are in constant communication with them however we should raise an issue the forces president libya more than $5000.00 troops from sudan what are they doing there we should ask why are these forces present in libya a request was made to turkey and that's why turkey answered the call based on the agreement related to our economic zone we have signed agreements to rely on and our movies are based on legality and lawful forms however the other foreign troops have no legality to be present on libyan soil in addition are is not a legitimate representative of the libyan people mahmud up there why it is in tripoli he says to want to pee is keen to get libya's neigh

clouds a couple of sprinkles to light rainfall north of sonoma county as you're heading up to you kyras the region there's what's going to bring us the rain this low pressure area steering its way our direction into the evening. >>so cloud cover today bands the sunshine peeking out here still well offshore they'll make their way in after10 to 11:00pm tonight and then they'll be seen pushing across the bay on into tomorrow morning which point we ll have some wet roadways r your morning commute tomorrow so do antipate leaving for work a little x eay on your wednesday, especially if you are encountering some of those slick spots wednesday afternoon ski clear out that sets us up for a nice clear and dry thursday and friday afterwards, good travel days each of those days. 50's for high temperatures across the bay today whether you're out the coast or further inland most of us are within just a few degrees of each other about view in san jose of our warmer spots at 59 degrees. each while a few of our cooler spots will be napa ho on over to antioch 54 today, your next days on and off showers

attack he's president of egypt tabor do on how to put that to say them kyra come out 100 a new route $54.00 on its own a spokesman for the turkish president now says there was russia for a ceasefire to avoid the must cycle of civilians in towns and villages were taken by syrian government forces but russia's deploy involved in the operation in keen to help its ally recover the last bit of territory under the control of rebels it's not clear if the turkish police will be heard mohamed on the wall just zita kentucky as well as talks not to hashimi he's the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver he's also the co-author of the syria dilemma joins us via skype from denver how significant is this syrian army offensive on demand given this latest onslaught not it is a bit like it to finally fall to the russian backed government forces. well i think it's very significant from a human rights perspective from a humanitarian perspective we are literally seeing you know the massacre of civilians a state sanctioned war crimes and crimes against humanity by russ

collision efforts in the area the techies president of egypt tabor do on how to put that to say them kyra come all tunnel a new group should you fall on its own a spokesman for the turkish president now say is their boss russia for us ceasefire to avoid the must suck off civilians in towns and villages with tekken by syrian government forces but russia's deploy involved in the operation in italy keen to help its ally recover the last bit of territory under the control of rebels it's not clear if the turkish player will be heard mohamed on the wall just zita untuck it was not a hashimi is the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver he says russia is the most dominant player in the syrian conflict. turkey rightly argues that they have roughly 4000000 syrian refugees that they've hosted already they can't take it anymore and the turkish government's position seems to be this needs to be a global collective problem in other words europe and the west needs to step up and provide some humanitarian relief but in the meantime while these back and forth accusatio