and continue on its way. the biggest threat is of course the heavy rain, mudslide potential. you can see some of the wind gusts away from eye of the storm. about 60 miles away. about 41 miles per hour gusts i'm hearing from people on social he'd mooeda. frank h just posted on facebook and says he has family there in sabu city. their power just went out ten minutes ago. out there, we're hoping they're safe. if they do get a chance to take pictures send them to you report or me on facebook and twitter. >> thank you very much. people here with family in the philippines very worried tonight. >> you can see why. the video from filipino tv shows the beginning of the storm. this isn't close to the full strength of the 200 miles per hour winds. >> more now from leanne melendez. >> everyone in philippines

called it yolanda. meteorologists say it's one of the strongest storms on the planet covering most of the philippines. >> one of the strongest that will hit just rare to see something that has winds at 190 miles per hour and gusts up to 230. just unheard of. >> the bay area has the large second largest philippino community outside of los angeles. >> my brother is there their houses is not that, that strong enough. for a super typhoon. >> the government has been ready for it, preparing for it with shelters and food distribution. >> abc, cbs foundation is based in philippine was offices in redwood stichl the nonprofit is

accepting monetary donations to buy goods. >> food, water, medicine. and clothing. we work directly with the government, military, like the navy, marines and they provide boats or whatever we need to be able to go there. >> two years ago, another powerful storm hit, killing 1900 people. electrical organizations like project pearls helped collect goods for victims. shipping to where they're needed most. once again, project pearls zil a drive for families affected by this typhoon. >> thousands will die and many left homeless we're going to ask you visit our web site and click on see it on tv. what we have links to the two organizations already

helping. >> so much help will be needed here, thank you. moving on. a 16-year-old boy faces hate crime charges and tried as an adult after investigators say he set another teenager on fire on an ac transit bus the suspect told police he was homophobic. the victim is an 18-year-old sasha fleeshman. a student in berkeley. fleeshman identifies neither male for female. prosecutors say the teen is now recovering in a burn center. thomas did not enter a plea and is due back in court next week. >> abc7 news learned authorities are considering adding a rape crime charge. the attack happened monday afternoon inside of a womans rest room on the first floor of the campus media learning center. sources say the victim knew her attack scombrer may have been targeted because of sexual orientation. the victim reported at tack to police yesterday, then notified

students about what happened. >> it's a safe campus and community. we look out for each other but it's just to think that that happened at the time i was leaving class. right whit happened. >> police looking for the suspects. they say is a student at the college. some students picked up free rape whistles from health clinic today. >> those artery clogging artificial transfats may become a thing of the past. the fda today took a step forward, potentially eliminating most transfats from our food supply. fda says they're no longer generally recognized as safe. let's check now with nick smith with more. nick? >> every time you think you've gotten away, you need to look closer. those nasty transfats are still lurking on your supermarket shelves. warning to buyers, look at the label. >> i feel better when i see baked prepared goods from

someone else. it would be nice they don't have transfats. >> allen may get a wish. fda proposed measures to that would just about eliminate transbats the substance is that that is a major contributor to heart disease. >> look for 0 translats fats, low saturated fat. >> transfats have been slowly disappearing the agency wants to finish the job. >> the cdc estimated that if we can eliminate transfats, 20,000 heart attacks per year will be prevented. and 7,000 lives, per year, will be saved. >> in california, they've gone after fast spots and restaurants but didn't ban them from goods on store shelves like cookies, peanut butter and even kid-friendly pop tart. so what

is a shopper to do? if you see anything other than a 0 on the transfat line, put it back on the shelf. >> you can still have some transfats in a product that says 0. you need to look at ingredient list see fit lists something called partially hydrogenated oil. the same thing. it's everywhere. take a look at your snack, then look at the fine print. in less than a year you may not need that magnifying glass to know if it's good to eat. >> you may remember the national movement against transfats began here. steven joseph convinced oreos to stop using transfats. >> some money news, stock in tesla taking a hit, down today because another car caught fire.

this time a moodel s in tennessee. there is the picture. this is the third tesla car to catch fire in five weeks. car fires are not uncommon, focus is on electric cars over concerns that their lithium batteries might be prone to fires. another big day, big bay area company having a great day, however, twitter started trading on new york stock exchange the stock soared. but opened today at $45.10 and went as high as $50 on the first day of trading. david louie is live tonight where with more. this did not disappoint.

>> it's true. it went smoothly today, perhaps with an open approach twitter took. the opening price of $45 this morning really left a lot of money on the table. that meant that twitter could have raised $1.5 billion more than they raised by when setting original price of $26 but now, risk transfers to shareholders. employees gave us a look from their own twitter feeds. a mountain of doughnuts greeted them watching the opening bell. employees gathered around for the 6:30 a.m event. at individual investors could start buying the stock. >> they're curious. we're watching a star born. that is exciting. but they're more experienced now after the last decade. >> milo benningfield is a

certified financial planner the frenzy fuelled by large institutional investors and others with kolerance for risk. >> ipo stock becomes a trading vehicle. and it's a guessing game. houcht company will be worth. nobody knows. there may be revenues we don't know what profitability is going to be there is a host of unknowns. >> the price was # 3% higher than $26 twitter set meaning it could have raised $1.3 billion more. the ceo of yelp tells us setting a price isn't easy >> it's an art. in that room at the end of a day and weeks. you do your best to deliver value to both your existing shareholders and new ones. you try to be as fair as possible. >> we've added new features whether putting photos, centering a time line or making

it easier to onboard people to encourage more people to start using the service. whether they're on it or whether they're going to join it. >> twitter top executives flew back to new york. residents tell me they can see that there is a big party across the way in the works. they see a bar being set up and what appears to be a very large dance floor. live in twitter headquarters david louie abc7 news. >> twitter's top users had honor of opening bell. on left is patrick stewart. on the right is a public information ofls who used twitter to keep the community infoefrmed during boston marathon bombings and in the middle vivienne hart from marin county. she started a

lemonade stand raising 100,000ses today end child slavery. twitter was a big part of the outreach. today she's tweeting great messages from new york. take a look. check this out. this is from the marketing vp at twitter says i have long said that twitter is more than a company, it's a movement. we're honored to be marching alongside you. good job, vivienne. we'll have more on vivienne ahead at 6:00. >> so look for. that hiring heros. just ahead when active duty ends, efforts to put veterans to work. a report finds how successful programs are. >> plus, fan frenzy for the match up against oregon. authorities reissue a warning tonight for people looking for last minute tickets. >> there is no dancing in the operating room. right? tonight flash mob mom. a woman with some serious moves before a

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45 minutes from kickoff. excitement after a fever pitch now. >> a sold out crowd of 50,000 fans waiting for the showdown between cardinals and ducks. >> tough game for stanford. officials are warning about counterfeit tick yichlts wayne that is a risk at high profile games. >> 51100, and change is how many tickets they've sold. stanford saying make sure you buy a ticket that is authentic.

unofficially, tickets selling for $250. going into the game. there is a bit of a black market on it. it's been interesting here in the last six hours we watched trees and dirt to a frenzy. >> reporter: for oregon this may not have been the best of omens two fans having issues with a football. snuck a tree. six hours before kickoff. >> there he was. trying to get the sign up >> we wenter co-mingling of cultures known as a tail gate party. stanford fans in red, ducks fans in green. >> this is a prequell here. beer uponing. >> how do you play? >> we fill cup was beer. try to knock theirs out. they have to drink when we hit cups. >> one of the games for which a college education is neither

handy nor necessary. >> so when you lose, you win? >> right. not that bad. talk to me in four hours. no. wait a minute don't. >> reporter: it's about the spreads. no one goes hungry here, just be care whafl you're eating. >> we have duck. my brother is a hunter. he got duck. we brought the duck. we have a duck salad. >> wild duck wrapped in bacon. a duck sassage, duck pot stickers and fajitas. >> do you like duck? >> no. >> they always base the meal on the team they're playing. >> anyone tough? >> yes. trojans. >> back live, you know they say ask a follow up question. we have breaking news here. take a look at this. marry me, shalea gibbons i swear the ring cost more than my ducks tickets this, is dan cane from oregon. you want to propose live on television with this sign in the snandz. >> do. i want the world to know

how i feel about her. i want to ask her the way she deserves. >> duck fans are okay. you're all right. >> i am. >> no matter what happens tonight we know one guy is a winner. live from sanford stadium, abc7 news. >> great >> wayne, thank you so much. a san francisco doctor organizes a flash mob just minutes before the operation. it happened and the video has gone viral. >> reporter: this patient decided to spread her wings moments before getting a double mastectomy. she managed to convince the surgical team about to operate to move to the beat of beyonce. the song is get me bodied ". for six minutes bodies

in the room at mount zion hospital at university of california san francisco gier -- danced to it. how did she pull it off? the doctor is an obgyn specializing in tweeting pregnant women with hiv. she told a web site this minute... >> i was more nervous about how the flash mob was going to go. >> how can you be all smiles before such a scary surgery? >> yes. well dance trance forms me >> she asked her friends and relatives to dance to the same song. colleagues in san francisco general sent her a video. so did friends. their moves were no match for deborah's the o.r.dance went viral,

posters gushed what an inspiration. wow. so uplifting and beyonce? are you watching? you know she was because on her facebook page, she posted a link to the video saying deborah, you're awesome. but does she feel awesome after being released from the hospital? >> i am doing great. >> the video wendz hugs and kisses. >> it's been an amazing flood of love. iet takes nerve to dance upon a table upon which you'll be unconscious. one poster i want to know what was in her pre-opiv. >> what a way to turn something scary into something positive. >> sandhya was trying to practice. >> not for camera. i'll stick to weather. that is what i do best. live doppler seven hd, enjoying beautiful weather today. 78 the high in livermore. 74 san jose.

76 in antioch. half moon bay, 67 degrees well above aaverage at this time of the year. right now showing you a few high clouds passing through. it's beautiful outside. 55 in half moon bay. i have to step aside this, is just gorgeous. those high thin clouds are adding color to sunset. 69 in santa rosa. mid-60s novato and napa. beautiful skyline right now from our camera. just step outside, check it out. send me your photos i'd love to see them. partly cloudy skies overnight. dry, mild into weekend i don't want to tell thu but chance of rain really getting pushed back. it's not looking very promising for now. early

tuesday. so we need moisture but it doesn't look good. rain and snow up there our dry pattern continue was ridge of high pressure blocking storms we'll continue to see high thin clouds into overnight hours into tomorrow. and nice, mild for friday, saturday. throughout the weekend. then, we'll see changes cold front looks like it's holding together fall big the time it approaches our coastline. so rain chances are diminishing. we're going to put in a slight chance of showers on tuesday. and then, high pressure taking control again, meaning back to dry weather. so mid 40s to low 50s mornings starting out comfortable. afternoon, comfortable as well. concord, 72

degrees. 66 san francisco. 67 in oakland. still pleasant. 69 palo alto. 71 san jose. 68 santa cruz. mid-60s san francisco, half moon bay. enjoy weather here. you know, changes will be coming in the form of cooler weather. over the weekend low 70s inland throw mid-60s coast side. veterans day, some people are off it's now dry. good news but early tuesday morning time period slight chance of showers. i won't cancel plans if you do have them but be prepared. could be wet for morning commute temperatures remaining mild as you look at the accu-weather forecast. cheryl? >> nice >> thank you >> well, just ahead a bay area university changes its mind about cutting classes. >> abc7 news i team looks into binge drinking at cal and

the bill, as amended is passed. >> the senate voted to and there is no indication the house is fog to take it up >> california high speed rail authority helping veterans with disabilities get back to work the authority ask state department signed a new partnership promising small businesses owned by disabled vets will be awarded contracts on the bullet train project. >> it's a great partnership for all of us to have especially

folks committed to a vision. >> a new state audit released found the state is failing miz bli when it comes to helping vets find jobs only 60 were actually offered positions. >> dozens of military veterans staged a protest outside of the oakland federal building upset over epic delays in getting claims approved average wait after ridges almost two years. the veterans tape and under staffed offices. congressman sponsored a bill forcing affairs offices to explain backlogs exceeding six months >> san jose state university officials say all course sections planned for spring, 2014 will be restored. officials say academic programs exceeded

their total budget by $3.8 million. other projects funds will be redirected. >> students relieved about that. coming up next, fireball.

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this woman had it and didn't get it from smoking. now, back to dan and cheryl. >> a one-ton european satellite is floating back to earth. >> the european space agency gravity field circulation explorer or gochi ran out of pro pellant last month. >> it's expected to fragment into as many as 45 pieces. possibly sunday or monday. >> speaking of fragments, comet fragments burn add cross southwest skies. >> yes. national weather service forecasted it was likely part of the meteor show active in november. >> it visible ones are bright and look like fireballs. >> spectacular. >> if you have video send it to us >> that is going to do it for us i'm cheryl jennings >> from all of us, thanks for

watching. look at that beautiful sunset. we'll see you at 6:00. welcome to "world news." tonight monster storm, one of the largest storms in history. winds nearly 200 miles per hour and growing. 10 million people caught in its path trying to outrun the danger. major health alert, the government saying an ingredient that can be found in treats from pizza to popcorn is unsafe. and hashtag big day. twitter soars in its debut on wall street. will this american invention change the american economy? and good evening to all of you. as we come on the air tonight there is a storm so big, so explosive, experts are watching and waiting with concern. look at the map with us.