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jobina. >> kumasi.upreme court will review a $6 billion bankruptcy settlement between purdue pharma, the maker of oxycontin, and the victims affected by the opioid crisis. the deal. the deal gives purdue farmers owners the sackler family immunity, protecting them from lawsuits. attorney edward niger helped negotiate the settlement and wants it upheld. but the justice department is opposed, arguing there must be unanimous consent among all claimants to give the sackler family, which made billions off of oxycontin immunity. >> the sacklers may be bad people, but they're not stupid people and they will not give any money to abate the opioid crisis or to victims to help rebuild their lives. unless they get those releases, if they really want to make a lesson of what the sacklers did, they can and should criminally prosecute the sacklers. >> if approved, the bankruptcy settlement would pay $6 billion to individual families, state health programs, and native american tribes over the next 18 years. but if the

and jobina is at the live desk jobina. we're now learning israel may have known about the october 7th hamas attack months in advance. >> yes, gloria, so a bombshell report claims israel obtained the battle plan used by hamas to carry out that attack over a year ago. the new york times reports the israeli military reviewed a 40 page hamas document last year. it called for a barrage of rockets at the outset of the attack drones to knock out the security cameras and automated machine guns along the border. israeli intelligence reportedly dismissed the plan as aspirational, but hamas followed the blueprint with shocking precision. that's a direct quote from abc news and also abc news has not reviewed the document and israeli military declined to comment here. about 140 hostages remain in gaza right now, including at least eight americans. us officials admit they know little about the american hostage condition. >> we will not stop working until we get every hostage back home with their families and loved ones. at the same time

jobina. >> thank you, kumasi.reme court seems divided as it reviews a landmark bankruptcy settlement for purdue pharma. that's the company behind the powerful painkiller oxycontin. the drug is linked to tens of thousands of overdose deaths. the justices heard arguments over whether the owners of purdue pharma, the sackler family, can be protected from future lawsuit. it's under terms of the settlement. under the bankruptcy deal, the sackler family would pay about $6 billion to settle lawsuits with opioid victims and state governments. but the biden administration says by guaranteeing immunity, the deal violates federal law. justice elena kagan questioned if the government should end an agreement that was approved by opioid victims. it's over whelming the support for this deal and among people who have no love for the sacklers among people who think that the sacklers are pretty much the worst people on earth, they've negotiated a deal which they think is the best that they can get. >> so i'm wondering why one nutca

jobina is live at the desk with what happened in the courtroom. hi, jobina.tephanie. >> thank you. the supreme court seems divided as it reviews a landmark bankruptcy settlement for purdue pharma. that's the company behind the powerful painkiller oxycontin. the drug is linked to tens of thousands of overdose deaths. the justices heard arguments over whether the owners of purdue pharma, the sackler family, can be protected from future lawsuits. under the terms of the settlement, under the bankruptcy deal, the sackler family would pay about $6 billion to settle lawsuits with opioid victims and state governments. but the biden administration says by guaranteeing immunity, the deal violates federal law. justice elena kagan questioned if the government should end an agreement that was approved by opioid victims. it's overwhelming the support for this deal. >> and among people who have no love for the sacklers, among people who think that the sacklers are pretty much the worst people on earth. they've negotiated a deal which they think is the best that they can get

kumasi. >> thanks, jobina. and those attacks on us naval ships come as israel is renewing its military operations in gaza. the israeli military says it expanded, quote, ground operations to every part of the gaza strip. hospitals in gaza report being overwhelmed with hundreds of people killed just over the weekend. the us is urging israel to protect innocent civilians. meanwhile, more than 130 hostages taken by hamas are still being held. >> we're working at this literally by the hour. the national security council and all the way up the high levels of the administration to try to see hour by hour if we can get these discussions back going going forward to see if we can get the pause back in place and get the hostages out in gaza. >> the hamas run health ministry says more than 700 people have been killed, hundreds more injured over the weekend. we will keep you updated on what's happening in israel, gaza, as well as here at home. you can find the latest updates anytime at abc7 news.com and download the abc7 ba

reggie, thanks, jobina. >> developing news out of texas. suspect has been arrested after a series of shootings in austin and near san antonio, leaving six dead and three hurt. police say yesterday morning the suspect killed two people in a home, then shot and killed a man and a woman after that, he allegedly shot a man riding a bike before then opening fire on a police officer who was responding to a burglary call at a home where two more people were found dead. the suspect is charged with capital murder. he could face additional charges. >> the former pilot accused of trying to crash an alaska airlines flight headed to sfo has been indicted by a grand jury. in oregon, joseph emmerson now facing 83 misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person. now, that's instead of the 83 counts of attempted murder he could have faced. emmerson told the new york times he suffered a mental breakdown after taking psychedelic mushrooms. emmerson also texted a friend he was having a panic attack. the faa announced a special committee is being fo

jobina. >> thank you, kumasi. hunter biden has been indicted on nine tax related charges here in california. he's accused of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2020. after earning more than $7 million. that year. prosecutors right that hunter biden spent this money on drugs, escorts, luxury hotels, exotic cars, clothing and other items of a personal nature. in short, everything but his taxes, end quote. the indictment says that he earned millions from foreign entities, as the white house has not responded. >> so it's really a speaking indictment. it talks about hunter biden's business dealings with china and the ukraine and the fact that he made all this money, perhaps some of it not legitimate, at least according to house republicans, and that he wrote off business expenses that did not qualify. >> hunter biden's attorney from the indictment as having no new evidence and accused special counsel david weiss of, quote, bowing to republican pressure earlier this year, hunter biden was charged in delaw

reggie >> thanks, jobina. we're going to continue to keep you updated on what's happening in israel, gaza and here at home. you can find the latest updates anytime at abc7 news.com and download the abc7 bay area app to get breaking news alerts and live stream updates happening today. >> house members are set to vote on whether to expel congressman george santos. a bipartisan investigation alleges that the new york republican spent campaign funds for things like rent designer clothes, even botox. santos was also indicted on 23 federal criminal charges, including identity theft and credit card fraud. he pleaded not guilty to the republican ethics committee chairman said that santos is at the center of a complex web of unlawful, lawful activity. >> he has manufactured his entire life to defraud the voters of his district and honest choice for a member of congress. >> santos defended his legislative record as stellar and said he's at peace whether he gets expelled or not. if two thirds of house members vote to ous

jobina >> thank you, reggie. authorities credit the responding officers with saving countless lives when the gunman opened fire at unlv, killing three people just before noon yesterday. the sheriff says students were gathering outside a building that houses the business school. they were playing games and eating when the gunfire started inside the building, police arrived and told people to, quote, run, hide , fight. video shows students scrambling to get away. many barricaded themselves in classrooms. about 40 minutes later, two university detectives killed the suspect in a shootout outside the building. >> we heard a bunch of shots and the second police got there, they went in and more shots fired. >> everybody starts running in the opposite direction. i nearly got trampled like some girl fell over herself, going down the stairs. >> police identified the suspect as 67 year old anthony polito. investigators are searching an apartment in henderson, nevada, believed to be his home police also say the three victims

jobina thank you. here in the bay area, we're seeing symbolic stands when it comes to the war over fourrael and hamas. city council meetings demanding a cease fire in the war in san francisco. the line for public comment stretched outside city hall and down the block. supervisors dean preston and hillary. ronen introduced a resolution for a cease fire in gaza, joining cities like richmond and oakland. >> israeli airstrikes killed three generations of my family at once. >> the country is looking to us as a leading voice in social and racial justice in san jose, several speakers demanded the city council introduce a resolution. >> mayor matt mehan said city policy prevents council from taking position on foreign policy during the berkeley city council meeting calls for a cease fire led to several disruptions for the second week in a row. >> okay, this is my second attempt to restore order. this is not okay. you are too close to the dais. you're too close to staff. >> the vast majority of people here are

jobina is at the live desk with what we know about the investigation. >> jobina thank you, reggie. authorities credit the responding officers with saving countless lives when a gunman opened fire at unlv, killing three people just before noon yesterday. the sheriff says students were gathering outside a building that houses the business school. they were playing games and eating when the gunfire started inside the building. police arrived and told people to, quote, run, run, hide, fight. video shows students scrambling to get away. many barricaded themselves in classrooms for about 40 minutes later to university detectives killed the suspect in a shootout outside the building. we heard a bunch of shots and the second police got there, they went in and more shots fired. >> everybody starts running in the opposite direction. i nearly got trampled like some girl fell over herself, going down the stairs as police identify the suspect as 67 year old anthony pulido, investigators are searching an apartment in henderson, nevada, believed to be his home. >> police say the three victims wer

we're going to check in now with jobina for a look at traffic. hi jobina. >> hi kumasi. thank you.n see it's slow. it's due to a crash on northbound 880 right at 23rd, we have at least one lane blocked in that spot. elsewhere, though, you're looking pretty clear for this friday. a live picture here from the san mateo bridge. and check out these drive times all on time, kumasi. >> thanks, jobina. meteorologist lisa argen has your accuweather forecast after the break. >> here's hoping we can all be home for the holidays. not really selling great like only the jeep brand can with everything you could ever wish for, including jeep grand cherokee, the official vehicle of winter. join the family that lets you go anywhere and do anything. ang jeep. >> there's only one during the jeep wrap up the year sales event. >> well qualified current fca lessees can lease the 2024 jeep wrangler willys for body for 359 a month or finance and get no monthly payments for 90 days. >> welcome to the happiest place on earth where you're happy is everywhere. >> anywhere. he's. pew pew pew pew. kind of happy

we're going to check in now with jobina fortson for a look at traffic. jobina. >> hey kumasi.ads this morning and now a new crash in hayward and it's been upgraded to a sigalert on southbound 880 before a street. your speed is going to be around 17mph in that area. then moving over to tracy westbound 580 past grass line road and you can see there's a large slowdown in that area too. we will end with the fog 880 at the coliseum camera. you can barely make it out right now. >> hey drew. hey drew being out, we're looking at that fog from our rooftop camera at kgo. clearly you can see that low visibility this morning. we do have a dense fog advisory in effect until 10 a.m. a large portion of the region is dealing with this low cloud cover right now. our worst spots at zero miles. visibility san rafael, you can see that fog. we'll have that fog through 10 a.m. brighter this afternoon with temperatures in the 60s. kumasi you are streaming with us on the abc7 bay area app abc7 at seven is next. >> for everyone else, it's now is your chance to save big on a new toyota. >> the most rel

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. >> had jobina. >> hi, reggie. >> thank you. good morning, everyone.ontinuing to see residual delays but no longer sig alerts in effect on 17th. so southbound 17 before redwood estates is cleared and northbound 17 past idlewild road has as well. we will end with the san mateo bridge. that is heavy as you travel westbound. reggie thanks, sabrina. >> here's a holiday thought to ponder. is it truly a wish list? if you only have one wish each. here's to getting everything you're hoping for this season. make your wish list a reality with exceptional offers during the season of audi. >> the perfect gift one carrot three stone and halo rings are 699, one carat, two stone rings, 990 tennis bracelets, 499 per carat, top white studs, 599. thousands of gifts guaranteed to appraise for double factory. direct the jewelry exchange. redwood city. watch abc7 news now streaming 24 divided by. seven. >> we'll take you to live doppler seven along with satellite this morning. here's our next cold front that moves through here later on today. for most of us, rain showers r

here's jobina with a look at traffic. >> thank you, stephanie. good morning, everybody.is area, the metering lights came on at 529. and check this out. there's still a fog advisory in effect issued by the chp for the golden gate bridge, but much clearer. hey, drew. hey, drew. >> yeah, we still have one issued by the national weather service for the coast in the north bay until 10 a.m. but visibility nowhere near as bad as it was yesterday. rain is approaching live doppler seven along with satellite, showing you a cold front is on its way on the abc seven storm impact scale is a level one for showers and downpour hours. the best chance of finding wet weather will come the middle part of our day into the early afternoon. temps in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. stephanie, thanks. >> drew. and time now for live with kelly and mark. we'll be back at 11 for midday live. have a great day . >> it's live withwith kelly and mark!" ♪ ♪ today, actress and podcaster, shannen doherty! plus

i'm like, jobina are you going?re having i'm not going to go, but we are having a brunch tomorrow at my friend's place. all of a few of my famu rattlers here in the bay area. we're all going to get to strike, strike and strike again and we better win. that's all reggie. and you got on the green, friend. thank you for thank you. you know you represent he follow sports. >> yeah. >> follow sports famously. you bad. >> we got to see whose band is better i'm just excited that we could watch it on abc seven. have a good. >> that is cool. yeah. it's awesome. and have a blast. >> this morning we are starting out with clear skies, but we will have hazy sunshine later on today a spare the air is in effect here with that hazy sun tomorrow. it is a lot brighter. we'll get rid of some of that smoke in our atmosphere and it's warmer. saturday certainly is going to start out with a lot of sunshine. and then on sunday we are tracking wet weather, returning the timing is changing just a little bit. it looks like the best chance of f

we can get there, but let's just win on saturday to the ice sharks visiting the desert dogs here at jobinaird, william eklund with the score that ties the game. or does it? phenix challenges the play goaltender interference right there by lou keenan. no goal. and the coyotes hold on one nothing. the ninth ranked stanford women hosting portland strike up the band cardinal hit eight of their first nine shots. this game was a blowout. hannah jump making history three threes ties her with kiana williams. most threes in school history a total of 311 cameron brink again on unstoppable. i'll take that 23 points 15 rebounds, four blocks stanford cruises 8151. the cal bears face texas tech in the independence bowl tonight in shreveport. cal tailback jayden not oh, he's scared a lot of bears fans with a video post about trans offering entering the transfer portal this upcoming season and i'd yeah, respect my decision. >> please going to stay so he's staying. >> but that was very well executed and coach justin wilcox said that was the worst joke ever. that's rap on morning sports. have a great weeken

jobina i'm sorry, kumasi. it's all good. >> thank you. contra costa health officials could be back at the martinez refinery today after showing up unannounced yesterday. the surprise inspection comes after dozens of incidents at the refinery over the last year, including flaring and chemical releases. abc seven news reporter lena howland in martinez, with the details on this. lena kumasi. >> we know this inspection is expected to last for a few days to even a few weeks, because officials say they want to do a deep dive on this refinery. health officials were joined by the bay area air quality management district for the surprise inspection. they looked at maintenance records and reviewed staff training and procedures. authorities say they're concerned about the frequency of flaring incidents and hazardous material spills at the refinery, and they also accuse the refinery of not being transparent with some of the flaring. >> we can say that the frequency of incidents at pbf is not normal. pbf has experienced multiple serious incidents that

tony jobina chelsea holiday loooooong holiday union the grace cathedral choir of boys caroling by cablechoir climbed aboard at the cable car museum, performed a few christmas favorites on the ride to union square. then on the main stage at union square plaza, the singers are part of the choir that regularly performs at the grace cathedral's sunday evening service. >> they sound great, although i'm not sure it's going to be great caroling weather this weekend. >> and maybe indoors. >> yeah, yeah, a lot of indoor caroling under the porch. >> yes, yes. all right, let's check in with spencer and see about that rain. >> well, great caroling weather on the first part of the weekend. tomorrow is looking much like today. even warmer, perhaps the sunday changes begin to happen. here's a look at the change that's coming our way. looking at the satellite radar composite image is a big storm brewing out there in the pacific, and you can see it's clearly defined here. notice it's counterclockwise swirl. but before we get to that, let's talk about the calm conditions we have right now. it's not very