(♪) get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn more. forces. now at five new calls for a cease fire in gaza, coming from some of israel's closest european allies. >> as international railway traffic between mexico and the u.s. is now on pause as border policy negotiations continue on capitol hill. >> whether you're hitting the road to the airport or to get away for the holiday, expect a busy commute. what you are facing this week and how rain on the east coast could have an impact. >> but let's talk about the rain right here. it started out light over the weekend, but it has

definitely picked up and it will continue to do so over the next few days. wetrillionoads around the bay area for this morning's commute and you're on the way in. >> did you see this tractor trailer that was in the middle of broadway? no. yeah. so definitely there was a spin out. okay, so please be careful this morning. lots coming down really hard. yeah, yeah. >> this morning we do have those heavy pockets of rain and that's going to last for the next several hours. here's live doppler seven. look how active it is. this morning. we have a lot of bright colors. those reds and those oranges, those are the heavy pockets of rain. will press in to the north bay. we have this band of rain pretty much stretching through petaluma, san rafael this morning. napa even has some heavier rain. vacaville as well. and along the peninsula we're seeing some heavy rain. look at this from south city through san mateo, down into palo alto and live doppler seven. estimating some of this rain is falling at nearly half an inch per hour. so that is some heavy rain. we're dealing with right now on the abc seven storm impact scale. this is a level two, a moderate storm until about 10 a.m. today. showers, heavy at times, gusty

winds as well. those are picking up over 25mph. so it is a wet morning commute. will likely see areas of localized flooding on our area roadways that could cause spinouts. so just be aware it is a very slow morning commute on the way. here's future weather. we have those heavy downpours through the next couple of hours after 10 a.m. we'll start to the showers become more scattered and lighter in nature, but they will hang around for the afternoon. that's how the forecast looks this morning. let's see how we are doing on those roads this morning. sue good morning. >> it's a tough one. good morning drew. good morning everyone. it's wet. it's sloppy there. standing water. and we've got a jackknife. big rig. now this is in castro valley. it is currently blocking all lanes on its side. this is not going to be fun. and it's going to be out there for a while. it's west 580 approaching castro valley. as you can see coming down the dublin grade, you are just basically stopped bumper to bumper as you head to that accident. we also have another accident westbound 580 in oakland at 23rd and near highway 24 as well. so we're seeing some

slow traffic all around the bay. and as drew mentioned, solo spinouts. there's seven of them now. and that's just going to increase. guys >> thank you sue. so if you are commuting to work you want to give yourself a little extra time. we're already seeing flooding and all the things sue just mentioned on the roadways. abc seven news reporter lena howland continuing our storm covers. lena, what are you seeing out there? >> well, kumasi already this morning, we are seeing a very slick go around for drivers trying to make their way out the door. this morning with a lot of rain and quite a few problem areas. take a look. this video taken over night shows some of the rain hitting san mateo hard. it gives us a good picture of just how slick the roads were. driving northbound on highway 101, and it also shows a wet mall parking lot showing a bit of pooling near hillside boulevard and el camino real. it was a similar story over in oakland overnight, with reports of more flooding and yet drivers were still speeding right through it. we also saw some flooding on fifth and adeline street with water spilling over the westbound 880 freeway

overpass onto fifth street. it was like part of some construction site, so i didn't mind it at all. >> the water coming down, down to the to the gate. yeah down to the gate. to the garage in san francisco. >> we caught up with a few people filling up sandbag bags proactively yesterday, south of market, these flood barriers are up at 17th and folsom streets to try and prevent the kind of flooding the neighborhood saw last season. so with the slick roads, you're going to want to have to give yourself some extra travel time when you head out the door this morning and be sure to take that drive extra slow. live in san francisco lena howland abc seven news. >> thank you lena. now in the north bay, workers are preparing for the rain this week by deflating a rubber dam on the russian river. the dam near forestville is being emptied to prevent flooding that might happen with this storm. it's typically inflated in the spring or early summer when water demand increases. >> new developments in the israel-hamas war. the united

nations security council will reportedly hold a vote today for a new resolution calling for an urgent cease fire. it comes after the destruction of a hospital in northern gaza, where eight patients died, including a nine year old child, this morning. the israeli military claims to have uncovered a new hideout of the hamas terror group this new video from the idf claims to show the tunnel, which is two and a half miles long and large enough to drive a car through. meanwhile, families of hostages being held by hamas are camping outside israeli military headquarters demanding new negotiations to secure their release. >> the only way to bring hostages alive is by negotiation and by a deal. i know we are doing a deal with the devil. i'm sure. i know it's tough, but this is what we have the calls for negotiation come after the israeli military mistakenly killed three hostages on friday. >> investigators say soldiers thought the men were a threat

and shot them. the men reportedly had signs asking for help, but it's unclear if the soldiers saw the signs. >> this morning, two major freight train crossings between the u.s. and mexico will be temporarily closed after border agents detected a surge in people being smuggled across the border on trains. officials say 4000 people were detained yesterday alone. it comes as a u.s. senate has delayed the start of its holiday break to try and agree on a new framework for securing the southern border negotiators met for hours yesterday but downplayed the possibility that a deal could be reached before christmas. republicans are demanding border security improvements before agreeing to new support for israel or ukraine. >> to all the national security expert, when you say if we don't have ukraine, they could lose and the world would fall into chaos. putin will keep going. i agree with you, but if you're a national security expert, you should have the same energy and vigor to fix a broken border. >> this morning, former president donald trump is facing criticism for his anti-immigration comments about

blood purity, which echoed slogans from world war two. trump doubled down last night, saying if he's reelected, he will carry out, quote, the largest deportation in america. >> the san francisco based uber is making its debut on the s&p 500 index today. the s&p represents the 500 largest companies in the stock market. uber is worth about $127 billion, making it the largest u.s. company not currently on the index. the impact of this could be felt beyond wall street. that's because many of our retirement accounts are tied to funds that track the s&p 500. when a company like uber joins the index, those funds automatically buy its stock and that could potentially drive up the stock price. >> an iconic san francisco business, closed for months, will be back open just in time for christmas. larry a bakery, was forced to close after a fire in august, and it's hoping to reopen in a few days. the north beach staple has been around since 1911, and it's famous for its focaccia, the scirocco family says they're grateful to be opening just in time for the

holidays. they say christmas eve is the busiest day of the year for business, with customers lining up sometimes as early as 3 a.m, one of san francisco's last remaining toy stores may have to close its doors if business doesn't pick up soon. the beloved jeffries toy store in union square, which has been family owned and operated since 1938, has been hit with hard times. there were once seven jeffries toy stores in the city, but this one on kearny is the last one. the pandemic's been hard on people uh- the uptick in crime. >> we. i look around me right now and i see so many buildings that are closed and are shuttered, um, why are we here? well we love san francisco. we love toys and, um, we're the type of family that just doesn't give up, the store's co-owner says this week will be the determining factor on whether or

not they will be there after christmas. >> it's a heads up if you've still got to ship items ahead of the holiday, the us postal service says today is the deadline for ground service or first class mail for day shipping. if you want packages to get there by christmas day. as for ups, tomorrow is the final day to send packages via ups three day select. fedex says its deadline for two day shipping, which offers delivery in two business days, is wednesday, december 20th. all of these carriers have overnight options, but obviously that gets extremely expensive. you'll find more information on shipping deadlines on our website. abc seven news.com this morning. >> it isn't just the bay area experiencing cold weather, a severe storm system, i should say, is moving into the north northeast. after a weekend of heavy flooding. 2 to 4in of rain are expected from delaware to the canadian border and more than six inches could fall in parts of new england, with wind gusts of up to 60 miles an hour. >> fire one three anchor placeness just figuring out how

we got to set up for the next storm and what time the high tides are coming. >> the storm is making difficult. is. making for difficult travel for millions of americans, hundreds of flights have already been delayed at airports in atlanta, miami, fort lauderdale. after this storm, much cooler temperatures will be returning to the east coast. >> 509 this morning, we're taking a look at your morning commute, because it is going to be a wet one. you look at the rainfall chances. they are elevated through 9 a.m. and that's we're anticipating pockets of heavy rain after 9:10 a.m. things start to quiet down. the rain becomes more scattered and lighter in nature, but it's going to be a very slow commute. look at live doppler seven. we are really busy on this monday morning. i want to press down into the city and along the peninsula where we do have heavy rain falling right now in live doppler seven is showing you these deep reds like we're seeing that is heavy rain that is low visibility rain where it drops very quickly. so from the city down through san bruno, san

mateo, the san mateo bridge certainly is going to be very slow this morning as this heavier rain moves through and we have a pocket of heavy rain on highway four, pretty much stretching from pittsburg to antioch through brentwood. so we do have these lines of heavy rain. this morning, all associated with an area of low pressure. the low pressure way back here. it's about a couple hundred miles off shore and it's pushing this cold front into our neck of the woods. this morning, supplying us with that plume of moisture. it's a level two, a moderate storm on the abc seven storm impact scale today. we'll keep it at a level two until about 10 a.m. after 10 a.m, the rain becomes lighter, but it's still with us for the rest of the day. so the heaviestrillionain first thing in the morning. it lightens up in the afternoon, but still we'll keep scattered showers in the forecast even through this evening. temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s this afternoon. reggie drew thank you. >> we'll take you to sfo to see how travel is going there for folks who are already heading out of town. >> also, a car rams into a secret service movie with president biden right nearby.

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landers has more on the investigation. >> overnight, a momentary scare for president biden and first lady jill biden. mr. president, why are you losing to trump in the polls? >> ron paul? >> when a car in the president's motorcade was struck by a vehicle as they departed from a staff dinner at his campaign headquarters in wilmington, delaware, this seemingly startled president whisked into his car by the secret service. the first lady was already waiting in the suv. neither were her hands. right now. okay. the

driver putting his hands up. a statement from the secret service says a vehicle securing the president's motorcade was struck by another vehicle. there was no protective interest associated with this event. and the president's motorcade departed without incident. the wilmington police added that they are working to determine if impairment was a factor in the incident. sources tell abc news that the incident did not appear to be politically motivated, and president biden is scheduled to stay in delaware through tuesday . in washington, liz landers abc news. >> a busy week ahead for airports all across the country. and of course, that includes sfo here in the bay area. officials say thursday the two busiest days leading into the christmas holiday, families at sfo yesterday only experienced small delays at security. abc seven news reporter josh stone spoke with performers from the lion king, who are having to travel right now. >> so i'm here with the lion king national tour right now, and heading home for the day to

spend time with my family. since i don't have christmas much of a christmas break. so i'm going to go spend christmas with them a little early and uh- come right back to work. >> saturday is expected to be the most congested day on the road. if you're driving, head out early. the worst time to travel is going to be between 11 and 7 p.m. they may seem like something as simple as batch of holiday lights, but for one homeowner in the north bay, they mean much more. >> abc seven news reporter tara campbell has the story. >> at first glance, these may look like your average christmas lights, but there's a story behind how they were hung and will begin with this hug. it's sabrina van der ford's way of saying thank you. >> i saw them coming down de street with a ladder and they said, oh, we're going to put your lights up for you. and i'm sure i just went, what did you don't i just i couldn't believe them. >> this sonoma county fire crew finishing the job. her son began

a couple of weeks ago. rod falling from this ladder while hanging his mother's lights and uh- looked up and kind of got that feeling. >> all of a sudden, like you get when you stand up too fast and next thing i knew, everything just kind of show trunk. and then i was on the ground and i kind of remember going through the rose bush a little bit. >> he also remembers being in a lot of pain, ended up with a separated shoulder, contusions in my chest, um, bruised bones, but amazingly enough, no broken bones. >> we pull up here and there's christmas lights all over the ground. he's on the ground, ladders toppled over. so of course we go right to work on rod. >> and they got him into the ambulance and on his way to the hospital. and it's right as this crew was packing up that they decided to stay and hang the lights themselves, and we all stopped there for a moment and we said, let's just put the lights up for her. >> i mean, it was just so fantastic that they would do such a thing for me, you know? >> and, um, i'm going to cry all

over, you know? >> and what do you think it's meant to your mom just to have that gesture? >> well, a feeling of community here, because the pandemic, when she first moved here, she was a hard, hard to meet people. but to have that happen really gave her a sense of community. and in a showing of her gratitude, sabrina baking some sweet holiday treats, i just wanted to do something for them because i just, i just i still can't believe they did it. >> it's just unbeliev able to me that they would think to do that saying you all tara campbell, abc seven news problem. >> oh oh i love that. >> come on christmas firstrillionesponders right. way to go. we love that this rain though it is heavy at times. >> behind us you can see live doppler seven. it is pretty bright on those colors. we'll talk about where that heaviestrillionain is falling right now. we'll press on down a little bit closer. here's live doppler seven as each of the active sweep around the region, we have some heavier downpours. you can see clearly through the

city, down through the peninsula. now approaching the east bay, oakland, san leandro, hayward now seeing some heavier pockets of rain. just a slow monday morning commute. take a look at sunnyvale, cupertino, santa clara, san jose, even milpitas right now. los altos. seeing that heavy rain in your neighborhood and it's going to stick around for the next couple of hours. so the storm concerns we have this morning, the highest one is for ponding on roads, water to standing on roads leading to a slow morning commute. could see pockets of localized flooding. because of these downpours that are slowly crossing through us, power outages will look low because the winds are not too strong and this is a pretty warm storm. so we're not talking about a lot of sierra snow. unfortunately, temperatures right now were basically on either side of about 50 degrees. so here's future weather. we'll keep the heavier rain through 10 a.m. after 10 a.m, you notice the showers become more scattered in nature and lighter, but they stick around for the afternoon and the evening. we'll keep that on and off. shower chance for the rest of our monday winds. do pick up later on this afternoon.

they'll start to gust out of the south later on this evening. 20 to 40mph, so it will be a gusty end to the day highs with thatrillionain moving through, we'll go into the upper 50s to the lower 60s overnight. tonight we'll keep scattered showers in the forecast and numbers mainly in the 50s, so it is a mild night on the way heading into tuesday. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a level two until 10 a.m. this morning for that heavy rain. that rain is on and off tuesday and wednesday before we start to dry out on thursday, which is the first day of winter. >> sue good morning everyone. and yes, of course the rain is affecting your drive this morning. it's sloppy out there. they're standing water. a couple of major problems. let's go first to castro valley. jackknife big rig. now it seems to be blocking two lanes of traffic. chp is on scene directing folks around this jackknife big rig. it was reportedly on its side. we'll get more detail in just a little bit. but this again westbound 580 headed towards castro valley. and the chp has just issued a sig alert. this one in oakland on west 580 near highway

24. you can see the red approaching the intersection of highway 24. that's an accident blocking a couple of lanes and temporarily it sounds like they are all currently blocked. we've got about 35 incidents on our chp log this morning with a lot of solo spin outs, so extra caution is needed. >> thank you. sue coming up, the seven things to know this morning. >> checking in on kareem abdul jabbar. the latest on the nba legend after a fall sent him

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>> number three, southwest airlines has been hit with a $140 million fine for that meltdown during last year's holiday travel season. this is the largest fine ever issued by the department of transportation . >> number four, supporters of the protesters who shut down the bay bridge last month will rally today to call on da brooke jenkins to drop the charges, jenkins announced on friday. 80 people would be charged with five misdemeanor counts for each. i should say each for that protest. number five, take a look at your screen. >> police are looking for this woman. this is 61 year old alice carmack herman, and she was last seen in december on the third in santa cruz. her car was found outside of her boyfriend's home in el cerrito. anyone with information is asked to contact the el cerrito police department. >> number six. north korea launched a long range ballistic missile overnight. japan says it had the range to hit anywhere in the u.s. it's the first missile

test north korea has conducted in about five months. >> number seven san francisco based uber is set to debut in the s&p 500 today. shares reached a 52 week high last week, making the company worth about $127 billion. lakers basketball legend and activist kareem abdul jabbar is recovering after breaking his hip. the 76 year old former center fell while attending a concert in los angeles. he had surgery on saturday. abdul jabbar is the nba's only six time mvp and was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 2016 by president barack obama. a spokesperson says he is expected to make a full recovery . any excitement is growing for a 49 ers. return to the super bowl. the team clinched the division after a 4529 win against the arizona cardinals last night. niners a christmas day matchup with the ravens. the 40 niners cap off the christmas day action right here on abc seven. it includes the warriors visiting denver. that game

starts at 11 a.m. our coverage of it does a celtics lakers matchup. and toyota after the game wraps it all up like a nice present. a blast from the past made it big at the box office this weekend. >> ladies and gentlemen of the gallery gourmet, my name is willy wonka. >> he's good. >> so people went and saw this wonka, the origin story of willy wonka starring timothee chalamet, opened with $3,039 million at the box office. >> shalom drew in a younger audience with 36% of sales going to moviegoers under 25. the hunger games is still doing it. the ballad of songbirds and snakes comes in second. in its fifth week of release, the boy and the heron came in third. there's a new baby animal at disney world. an african elephant was just born at animal kingdom. she is cora, 218 pounds. her mom was also born in animal kingdom. in 2005, the

mother daughter will spend some time bonding before joining the rest of the elephants. disney's, a parent company of abc seven. >> san francisco, is a city known for pop up trends, but this time it's the big top that's popped up downtown. circus bella is a homegrown community show, putting on a winter holiday spectacular. this modern one ring circus is looking to revive the city and bring the community together with new indoor and new indoor seated show called kaleidoscope 2023. well we have shows running uh- till the 31st, um, and it's a group of mostly local artists, although we have some people coming in from the outside. >> um, and we're just all coming together and making a wonderful holiday show for you. >> all right. so you can find circus bella big top at beale and howard streets. the show is suitable for all ages. it goes from now until the end of the year. and if you want more information, tickets, all that stuff, you can go to circus bella .org. that's cute.

>> coming up at 530. much more on that major fine just announced against southwest airlines after a holiday meltdown last year. left millions stranded. how the airline will have to compensate passengers for similar issues in the future, and a helping hand for those in need. >> the giveawa

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new developments in the israel-hamas war. now, at 530, israeli troops discover and are now investigating a new tunnel, while protesters here in the bay area, you remember shutting down the bay bridge while calling for a cease fire in gaza. >> now what? the charges against them dropped. what they are asking of san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins and a live look outside. >> it is raining pretty hard this morning. the word of the day is precipitation. a system moving into the bay area over the weekend, and it's here to stay for a few days. >> good morning everybody.

thanks for joining with us. joining us. hope you're having a great monday. >> you can see that live doppler seven is fired up behind us. meteorologist drew tuma is going to tell us how long this lasts. >> yeah good morning reggie. we just had a flood advisory issued for san francisco and southern portions of marin county that does include mill valley, tiburon, larkspur, sausalito, all of the city as well, because we have heavy rain, which is creating minor flooding on our area roadways. here's live doppler seven. let's get you the big picture for us. you can see it's very active this morning. the brighter colors, the yellows, the oranges and the reds indicating that heavy rain will zoom on down to where we have that flood advisory. you can see that heavy rain falling up and down 1 to 1 from the city into southern marin county. right now that precip is falling at nearly an inch per hour. and that is some very heavy rain. we have this morning. it's not only in the city, it's down through the peninsula into the south bay, even the east bay shoreline. right now is seeing these heavy rain showers move through on the abc seven storm impact scale to level two through 10 a.m. this morning,

where those showers are heavy at times. that is leading to a wet and slow morning commute and already seeing areas of localized flooding. we already have a flood advisory in effect for parts of the region. more will likely pop up this morning. the big takeaway after 10 a.m, the showers are still with us. they just become lighter and more scattered in nature. so the umbrella. take the rain gear with you this morning. you'll need it throughout the afternoon and the evening. that's a look at the forecast. let's see how we are doing on the roads this morning with sue. good morning. >> good morning. drew slick is the word of the morning. and extra caution is needed. we've got a couple of well we've got a lot of problems but a couple of biggies. first, we will go to castro valley where we've got a jackknife big rig, a couple of lanes are blocked there. west 580 as you're coming down the dublin grade towards castro valley, you'll find very slow traffic and a sigalert posted in oakland. now for westbound 580. they had temporarily all lanes blocked. you could see the purple there now a reported from the chp to two lanes are blocked in the westbound direction. so try to avoid that. we've got a lot of solo spinouts and slower

traffic, which is the way to go. this morning. >> thanks, sue. and that rain is making the morning commute a little hairy. abc seven news reporter lena howland continues our storm coverage with how people are preparing for this wet week, and lena, the umbrella is out. >> reggie. that's right. the umbrella is out because that rain is coming down extremely hard on us right now. on top of the kgo roof, we are seeing a very slick go around for drivers across the bay area, with a lot of rain and quite a few problem areas so far. already it's going to be a similar day to what a lot of the bay area already experienced for part of the day yesterday. take a look. this video, taken overnight, shows some of the rain hitting san mateo hard. it gives us a good picture of just how slick the roads were driving northbound on highway 101, and it also shows a bit of pooling in a shopping mall parking lot near hillside boulevard and el camino real. oakland also saw reports of more flooding overnight. and yet drivers were still speeding right through it. we also saw some flooding on fifth street and adeline street, with water

spilling over the westbound 880 freeway overpass on the fifth street. the santa rosa fire department posted on x yesterday warning about the potential for urban and small stream flooding, thunder, thunderstorms and gusty winds possible through today on the russian river. sonoma water will soon be deflating its rubber dam in forestville as river flows increase with the incoming storms. >> we're predicting river flows can reach upwards of 3600 cubic feet per second, and we definitely don't want to be damaging the rubber dam during those high river flows in san francisco, south of market. >> these flood barriers are now up at 17th and folsom streets to try and prevent the kind of flooding that this neighborhood saw last season. so with the slick roads out here, you're going to definitely want to give yourself some extra time before heading out the door this morning. and be sure to take that drive slow when once you get in the car, live in san francisco. lena howland, abc seven news. >> thanks, lena and don't forget you can stay up to date with the

forecast anytime. just head over to abc seven news.com or download our free abc seven bay area app to follow the weather. >> this morning, defense secretary lloyd austin has arrived in israel to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, amid reports the us is trying to get israel to pull back its offensive in gaza. it's coming as the israeli military says it's discovered a massive tunnel not too far from the border. abc news reporter alison kosik explains it's raising even more questions about intelligence failures before hamas's october attack. this morning, israel's military is revealing what it describes as hamas's largest tunnel under gaza. >> nearly two and a half miles long, large enough to drive a car through. inside, idf soldiers say they found weapons. even a rail system. abc's ines de la cuetara was there. >> you can see how deep this tunnel goes. this is something that would have taken years to build the idf saying this probably took millions of dollars. let's go. uxor.

>> families of some of the israeli hostages still held by hamas are now camping out inside israeli military headquarters, demanding a new deal to release their loved ones, their protests coming after israeli forces accidentally killed three hostages friday. a preliminary investigation found the three hostages left a building in an area of very intense fighting, carrying a stick with a white cloth. a soldier reportedly saw them as a threat and opened fire. troops were ordered to stop firing, but another soldier shot and killed the third hostage in. investigators say the men had written these signs outside the building pleading for help, saying sos and help. three hostages written on fabric using leftover food. it's unclear if the soldiers saw those signs. us defense secretary lloyd austin arrives in israel today as the biden administration pushes israel to discuss a more targeted phase of the war that could better

protect civilians in gaza. meanwhile, back in the u.s, amid a surge of anti-semitism, synagogues and jewish facilities in at least 19 states and washington, d.c. received bomb threats yesterday day and hundreds of so-called swatting incidents have been reported in recent days. that's when someone reports a non-existing, serious crime. >> swatting is not a prank or a joke. it's intended to disrupt, harass, cause fear in washington , d.c, a man was also arrested for spraying an unknown substance at people outside a synagogue. >> he's being charged with assault. alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> the supporters of the protesters facing charges for shutting down the bay bridge last month are calling for those charges to be dropped today. they're going to hold a rally outside the hall of justice on friday, da brooke jenkins announced her office was planning to charge 80 people with five misdemeanor hours each . the protests called for a cease fire in gaza and it

snarled traffic for hours sideshows showed up all over the bay area, blocking traffic in san francisco, oakland and vallejo over the weekend, video shows police trying to break up a sideshow in san francisco after cars were spotted spinning donuts onto boats and vans. in vallejo, people lit a christmas tree on fire during an illegal sideshow on louis brown drive. spectators also gathered to watch cars burn rubber on seventh and grand avenue in oakland. we don't know yet if anyone has been cited or arrested. >> new this morning a historic fine for southwest airlines after last year's meltdown during the holiday travel season , the airline has been ordered to pay $140 million and provide new compensation for people in the future. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez in the newsroom with what the u.s. transportation secretary is saying this morning, gloria. >> yeah. good morning. kumasi us

transportation secretary pete buttigieg saying with a failure this large, there has to be consequences. he says this sends a message with a new standard and level of accountable. this all goes back to the holidays last year, when southwest canceled 16,900 flights after an operational meltdown, stranding more than 2 million passengers. the department of transportation found southwest didn't provide adequate customer service assistance, flight status notifications, or prompt refunds. the airlines has since paid out more than $600 million in refunds and reimbursements, and now they'll have to pay $140 million in fines and make changes to the way they compensate passenger fares. >> what we're doing here is sending a message to the entire airline industry. you need to take care of your passengers, and if you don't, there will be consequence as and southwest saying in a statement, we are pleased that we reached an

agreement with the dot that prioritizes our customers so what changes for you if you fly southwest, will. >> the airline will now be required to establish a $90 million system to compensate people affected by delays and cancellations, and that includes a $75 flight credit to any passenger whose flight is delayed more than three hours. when it is the airline's fault. live in the newsroom gloria rodriguez, abc seven news thank you gloria in today's gma first look, three women in north carolina are sharing their one of a kind friendship after they experienced a rare condition while carrying twins. >> here's abc news reporter eva pilgrim in this morning's gma first look three. >> in incredibly rare twin pregnancies, no one ever said that they had mano mano twins. >> i was the only one the doctors and nurses at atrium health cabarrus and helping a trio of moms facing the same incredibly rare and risky condition, a monoamniotic twin pregnancy, they said, oh, you

know, it doesn't look like there's a membrane, but it's too early to see anything, so don't freak out yet. >> but these moms would soon discover they weren't alone in this medical journey. >> they told me that there were actually two other moms, um, that were having the same twins that i were, and that they were also going to be admitted into the same hospital on the same floor. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, you'll hear the remarkable story of how these women helped each other and are now bonded for life. with your gma first look, i'm eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> a woman from capitola missing for weeks now. police say her boyfriend is a person of interest in her disappearance. the clue found in his front yard . >> plus it was actually in in the money and there was a dollar bill kind of around it. >> the unusual donation found wrapped in a dollar inside a salvation army red kettle. but first, a check on the weather with meteorologist drew tuma. hey, good morning reggie. >> it is messy out there this

morning. a live look from our bay bridge toll plaza. thatrillionain is coming down heavy at times. and the day planner. what i really want you to take away is that the heaviestrillionain is between now and about 10 a.m. after 10 a.m, the rain lightens up, but it still sticks with us for the rest of the afternoon and the evening. but the next 4.5 hours or so is when we are finding the heaviestrillionain, and we are seeing numerous flood advisories being issued this morning because of the heavy rain dealing uh- some pockets of flooding in parts of the bay area, especially the east bay shoreline from richmond down through berkeley, oakland, san leandro, this one just issued. this will last until 845 this morning because we are seeing pockets of water standing on a roadway. similar story for the city and southern marin county. a flood advisory in effect until 830. you can see live doppler seven. it is very active this morning tracking those heavy rain bands moving through over the next couple of hours on the abc seven storm impact scale. it's a level two moderate storm this morning until 10 a.m. that's when we expect the worst

of the storm to occur. now, through 10 a.m, and that is creating a slow morning commute out there. here's future weather will track that heavy rain through seven eight, 9 a.m. after 10 a.m. you're seeing a lot less of the yellow, the orange, the red, the heavy rain, but the scattered showers will still stick with us throughout the afternoon and even the evening. by 9 p.m. or so, tracking those scattered showers. more rain is on the way on the seven day forecast. we'll show you that coming up

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61 year old alice kamakahukilani herman, who goes by alex, was last seen in december on the third in santa cruz. her relatives reported her missing december 12th after not hearing from her for more than a week. then police in el cerrito

located her car in front of her boyfriend's house. 51 year old theobald leong gil played saxophone in the 80s. it's an experimental rock band called mr. bungle. el cerrito police are looking for him, who also goes by the name milo stone. they believe he may have traveled to portland, oregon. anyone with information is asked to call the el cerrito police department. >> it's been four months since the devastating wildfires that swept through lahaina on the island of maui. so mauna on maui is all about culture and history. and over the weekend, an organization called free guitars for kids delivered nearly 200 instruments to the island. many of the kids lost everything when their homes burned. i lost a guitar, ukuleles, a drum and piano. >> we want to give you something that can help with your journey and help keep music. that fire

of music in your life. swease gonna organize has teamed up with local artists to share the healing strength of music with these kids. >> and speaking of hawaii, meta ceo mark zuckerberg is getting a lot of buzz for a top secret compound. he's apparently building on the island of kauai. according to wired magazine, zuckerberg is building something massive on his 1400 acre shoreline property construction workers and contractors have been keeping the work a secret. part of strict non-disclosure agreements. the project is estimated to cost upwards of $270 million, making it one of the most expensive properties on the planet. >> a special donation inside a salvation army kettle is bringing some holiday joy. >> a donor in boston left a wedding band and an engagement ring inside one of the group's red kettles. they also left a note saying the rings were from their first love, and they wanted those rings to matter again. the salvation army says the proceeds from the rings will

go a long way. food on a table for a family to toys under a christmas tree. >> a utility bill paid rental assistance. i was in shock. i was honored that somebody would think of the salvation army. we thank you and we love you. merry christmas. >> the rings are worth about $1,500 in the south bay. sacred heart will begin its annual christmas food box distribution today. >> they'll be giving out food and gift boxes worth about $150 to families who need a little help this holiday season. this is the 59th year giving out these boxes and sacred heart is hoping to give more than 18,000 boxes out this year. >> i'm still kind of confused. you're going to give your wedding ring your engagement ring? >> that's their first love. >> what does that mean? >> you found you got divorced and they wanted it to matter again. okay >> found love and hopeless place. >> you know, it happens, you know, new beginnings. first starts. okay. you know, out with

the old and with the new. >> always the romantic. true lovers. look for the silver lining. >> mhm. >> uh huh. mhm. >> sure. all right. this morning let's take you to live doppler seven. we have a lot to talk about. flood advisories are being issued pretty fast this morning. you see a lot of bright colors on the screen indicating heavy rain. i want to take you inland right now. you can see from danville, san ramon, dublin over into livermore, then back into castro valley. we have heavy rain this morning. that's the red you see on live doppler seven. we have numerous flood advisories, one for southern marin county and the city of san francisco. another one issued for parts of the east bay shoreline from richmond down through san leandro. and now we have a new one issued for parts of napa and sonoma county. this is a big portion of the north bay from guerneville, healdsburg, santa rosa, penngrove, saint helena, napa. what this means is that heavy rain is creating areas of localized flooding, and some of that flooding is happening on our area roadways. that's really hard to see see when it's still dark outside. so what you'll need today, take the umbrella with you. the rain jacket, the rain boots. give yourself some extra time. you don't need the

sunglasses. we're going to see very limited of any sunshine today to really overcast sky with a lot of rain to talk about, especially this morning. here's future weather we're in and out of the heavy rain through about 10 a.m. after 10 a.m, the rain becomes lighter in nature and more scattered in nature, but it still sticks around through the afternoon and through the evening. winds will pick up as well later on today. the future tracker wind gusts showing you by the afternoon and evening we'll find those winds gusting about 20 to 40mph. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a level two with the worst occurring now through 10 a.m. rain is on and off through tuesday and wednesday. we still stay unsettled. we start to dry out here on thursday as winter arrives, and it looks like the upcoming weekend looking quite nice. sue. >> good morning drew and a couple of well, a lot of issues out on the roads, but let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see the rain metering lights have been turned on this morning. it says san mateo bridge, but that is the bay bridge. and san mateo bridge is also very wet, as is the golden gate. this morning. lots

of slipping and sliding uh- many, many solo spinouts this morning and speed pretty much a factor if you're taking bart, it's running slower due to the wet weather, so expect some delays. we have a sigalert coming over the dublin grade west 580 headed into castro valley that is a jackknife big rig for a time was blocking all lanes. now just two lanes in the westbound direction and they've cleared the accident out west 580 near highway 24. that is better news. and that traffic is recovered thanks to new at six taking elon musk to court. >> why spacex is now facing another lawsuit. >> first, though, a church in southern california is destroyed and it's at a devastating time. how the community

say a family got cut off by an aggressive driver over the weekend. then that driver pulled alongside the family's car and started to shoot at. police quickly made two arrests in this case. >> we've got cameras everywhere, but we also have these flock. there's called flock cameras and we pretty much know at this point anybody in the city's license plate. and so we're able to track it. you know, you do something at point a we can track you to point b, uh- and then it's a question of getting the warrants and going in and making the apprehension. >> investigators haven't released the names of the suspects. the mayor says he's been told they are gang affiliated. malibu, california. synonymous with pristine beaches. golden sunset bet the pacific coast highway has a reputation of being one of the deadliest roads in l.a. county

for pepperdine. students were recently killed when a car going more than 100 miles an hour crash into a set of vehicles parked on the side of the road. at least 58 people have died on malibu highways since 2010, and people who live there say that more needs to be done to make the roads safer. >> it feels like four huge holes in my heart. if change isn't made personally, i'll feel unheard. >> caltrans is looking into making safety changes on the highway, including adding bike lanes and lowering the speed limit. it's never convenient, but at this time of year, i think it's even more, you know, hard to see. >> also, in southern california, the members of a church there are cleaning up after a fire destroyed their building. this happened just hours before its annual christmas play and toy giveaway, known he was hurt, but it was still a rough awakening for these church members. fire fighters in the town of pomona say when they arrived early yesterday morning, they thought they were gaining the upper hand

. but after about 20 minutes the roof started to collapse and the fire expanded. the pastor of the church says he's deeply saddened because about 500 people had registered for yesterday's christmas celebration, and the kids had practiced all day yesterday, the kids were doing the play and we were going to have two showings. >> we're going to have a train outside and everything, so obviously that's not going to happen. so it's a tough day, but the church is know that somehow some way, even though it's going to be a process where to come back stronger. >> the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> as we take a look at the seven day forecast, rain stays in the forecast through wednesday. but then we'll finally dry out here on thursday. but for the morning commute this morning, you're going to be dealing with that rain all morning long until about 10 a.m. that's when we start to see the heaviestrillionain move out. and then we have scattered on and off showers throughout the afternoon and the evening. look at live doppler seven this morning. it is very busy. we

have those pockets of heavy rain , especially through parts of the east bay and the north bay. we have flood advisories in effect until about 9 a.m. on the abc seven storm impact scale. this is a level two moderate storm. we're dealing with this morning. showers are heavy at times and that is leading to localized pockets of flooding, especially on our area roadways and freeways. winds will turn gusty later on today. over 25mph. so let's break it down. region by region from the coast to the bay, shoreline and inland , you can see we are in and out of thatrillionain all day long. the heaviest between now and 10 a.m, turning lighter and more scattered in nature in the afternoon and the evening. guys, thank you. >> drew ahead at six respiratory illnesses on the rise across the country. a local doctor breaking down the numbers and how you can protect yourself. >> then thieves steal nearly $5,000 worth of premium meat from a san francisco restaurant. the issue the owners now have with the city, and why the 40 niners will likely be rooting for their arch rivals during monday night football tonight

now at six. it is a messy and wet, soggy monday morning. we are checking the roads and the forecast of this level two storm on our storm impact scale. >> then of course, expect crowds if you're traveling for the holiday and depending on where you're going, you could see some delays and the technology that is helping