today that tried to get in and search but are hampered by bad weather, who visibility. and had to pull out. >> the local say arrive's office says smith had gone to visit his father in oregon as i said for thanksgiving. he was flying to drop off relatives when the plane encountered problems maintaining altitude. and from the website flight aware, the dotted blue line shows the flight path filed for smith's trip. the solid green line tracks the location until it loses contact somewhere over idaho. and again, the search continues. after an unusually warm thanksgiving weekend, warm enough to sun on the beach even, it is now it time to find your cold weather gear. you're looking at a live view from our mount tam cam right now. you can see just a gorgeous sunset under way. but things are changing. >> let's go to sandy patel who is on the roof of the building. very different up there in the next day or two. >> it is going to be definitely

different. right now quite mild up here. we have high clouds up above we're about to go under a freeze watch. many of us will be dealing with subfreezing temperatures as you look right now, clouds just passing through. they will keep us inside lated. the freeze watch first begins in the authority bay tuesday night into wednesday morning. of course roekt your pets, plants and pipes. and then it extends to the rest of the bay area with the xt essential of san francisco wednesday night into thursday morning. there is increased risk of hypothermia, so be careful. the coast will be down to the mid-30s wednesday, thur. b thursday, but inland mid-20s wednesday morning, widespread freeze thursday morning. we're looking at low 20s showing up. so widespread freezing conditions. it's time to pull out all your winter clothing. i'll be back with a look at what other signs of winter coming

early. warming shelters are opening up throughout the bay area in preparation for this week's cold snap. three shelters in the south bay will open in the next hour at 6:00 providing 275 beds for those who don't have a warm place to stay at night. the shelters are run by ehc life builders who which provide help for the homeless along with a place to sleep, people will also get a meal and a chance to take a hot shower. the shelters are located in san jose, sunnyvale and gilroy. beds are available on a first come first serve basis. just as people need to take shelter from the frigid temperatures that are coming, so will some of your plants. wayne freedman is live from in pleasant hill. looks like peel aople are takine warning seriously. >> reporter: they're beginning to take it seriously. we'll get the more of the plants in a moment. the strange thing about this day was walking around the east bay doing a story about cold weather on a day as nice as this one.

people were still having a difficult time getting their heads around the concept. nothing about this video shows normal december 2 in northern california. not the game or the 60 degree weather and definitely not his shorts. you're sweating. >> i am. contract do you have a par came? >> no. >> reporter: you might need one. because this is your future or so we hear. they will be able to turn off the ice making equipment in walnut creek. >> picked everything out of my garden. >> reporter: all the more than reason to visit this garden center where more than a few customers have expressed concern for their citrus plants. >> also your tropicals are extremely vulnerable. >> reporter: hence the process we're watching here. frost protection. this product synthesized, or the more traditional method of

wrapping your endangered plants in breathable plastic. >> you literally wrap it up like you would a person. >> reporter: the theory behind covering your plants or coating them basic physics. as the air cools, water tends to descend and settle on leaves. the coating protects those leaves and keeps them from freezing. >> frost basically settles on the tissue and as it freezes the tissue, cell s expand and enlare to the point where they can no longer stay within their boundaries and they blow up. >> reporter: generally he says he worries when thermometers approach 32 degrees. but frost can format higher temperatures. either of these products at less than $15 will save your precious plants. it's easy to i go authorize today, but just wait for friday. and remember, we warned you. >> not ready for a cold december. thanksgiving was too warm. >> reporter: wayne freedman, abc 7 news. the pilot at the helm of the

crash in the san francisco bay failed in his latest effort to resume his career. mercury news reports the judge it is missed the captain's lawsuit seeking to get his license back. he served time in prison after investigators found he was going too fast in foggy conditions and was under the influence of prescription drugs when the oil tanker crashed in to the bay bridge in most of of 2007 causing one of the worst ecological disasters in san francisco bay history. a fire inside a glass factory in oakland did not spread to the building today. it started at 10:30 this morning. a glass production line became clogged, that's what sparked the fire. it was contained to three basins and did that reach the walls or ceiling. no one was hurt. sasha fleischman home for thanksgiving after being badly burned had another milestone. she went back to school for the first time in almost a month.

lee an woe len dez has the story. >> i think every at school is excited to see me. >> reporter: that's what sasha told us in a previous interview before arriving at school today. the 18-year-old was driven to school by mom. sash that, who has to wear leg band argues, slowly walked alone towards the school entrance. sasha's motherhood worries today. >> stamina wise, they have been through a tremendous horrific thing and the healing is still going to be going on for months. >> it wasn't a huge fire, but it was pretty scary. >> reporter: a month ago, sasha was on board a transit bus and had fallen asleep when a 16-year-old boy set sasha's skirt on fire. the 16-year-old has been arrested and charged as an adult. sasha acknowledged having limitations. >> i can't walk as fast.

i need to be more careful physically. >> reporter: the school director says sasha's arrival today was low key. >> sasha is the kind of person that would just want to slip right back in. so we didn't really have anything planned today, but i know we're all thrilled to have sasha bag. >> reporter: mom says she will continue to transport sasha back and forth. she adds, eventually sasha wants to start taking the bus again. but only with friends. lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. a former stanford student is challenging the no fly list in a san francisco courtroom today. he was detained in 2005 and told she was on the terrorist watch list. she denies any terror connection. she is suing on get her name off that list. government lawyers worry a trial would reveal classified tore about how they assemble the no fly list. residents in is an carlos are worried natural gas is once again flowing through the

pipeline that has been at the center of controversy. today pg and e restarted a line that runs along a 4 mile stretch under britain avenue. we're live in san francisco on the story. heather, you've heard from their ceo. >> reporter: yes. and we rarely hear from him. he's at a hearing here. pg and e is in trouble with the regular late tore again for waiting ten months to tell the ppuc about discovery of a major discrepancy in its pipeline records. of course that has to do with the is an carlos pipeline. it found out in october of last year that that 4 mile natural gas line, line 147, under britain avenue was an old welded pipe from the 1920s when its record shows something else. but that october 2012 discovery was not reported to the ppuc until august of this year. the problem was hauntingly similar to faulty records considered a contributing factor

to the 2010 pipeline explosion in san bruno that killed eight people. they're considering a fine of $6 millionhe >> i cannot understand how any organization that is committed to public safety and transparency he especially one affected by a tragedy like san bruno could allow the facts to lie hidden for so long unless it were part of a, quote, deliberate and calculated attempt to mislead the commission. >> our mantra is find it and fix it. i want to underscore that that's exactly what we did with line 147. when a leak was discovered, we fixed it. when a discrepancy in the records was identified, we investigated and corrected it. >> reporter: early also told the commission that there was never a safety concern, there was never any danger to the

residents thereof san carlos, it was severally a record keeping error, not a safety error. the commission will have to decide between the $6 million and $17 million penalty on december 19. >> heather, thank you. still ahead, brakes applied too late. federal investigators reveal new details in the deadly crash in new york. also why the b.a.r.t. commute just got shorter by as much as 20 minutes. and how this video of a cop at a rifle range is a first for a police department. stay with us.

from the event recorders, shows that the train was traveling approximately 82 miles per hour as it went into a 30 mile-per-hour curve. >> that's the ntsb talking about this weekend's rain accident in new york that killed four and injured 75 others. investigators say the train's brakes did not fully engage until just five seconds before that crash. it's too early to tell if it human error is to blame, but investigators have confiscated the phone of the train operator to see if any calls or texts were made around the time of this derailment. a shark killed a man kayaking off the coast of hawaii today. it happened in maui. the man, possibly a tourist, was hanging his feet while fishing. a woman survived her encounter. two deadly shark attacks in australia on saturday. a teen was killed while swimming and last week a father of two

was mauled while surfing. 750,000 and counting. that is how many visitors the white house says have been to the government's healthcare.gov website by late today. some people are still experiencing delays, however. the white house says those users are being placed in and on the did the line waiting room. they're hoping they will stick away until speedier service returns. in the meantime, the supreme court turned away a christian university attempt to overturn a key part of the administration's health care law. liberty university challenged the portion of the law that required most employers to provide health insurance to their workers or pay a fine. this case was one of biggest remaining legal fights against the health care law. meanwhile the states today opened and online insurance exchange for small businesses. the program comes two months after covered california opened for individuals and families. the supreme court also upheld the collection of online

sales taxes. am ma'am son had sued over the taxes in states where the company lacks a brick and mortar store. online taxes of course big today by some estimates, 130 million of us went on line to take part in cyber monday. people are expected to spend more than $2 billion today, a record for one day online shopping. and by the way, we have a cyber monday shopping guide for you on our website. you'll find it at abc7news.com, look for it under seen on tv. >> black friday just a memory. getting more information now on cyber monday. >> michael fip anney is here fo that. >> have you done any shopping shall? i have a little. there is still time. >> millions of people are shopping today, but here is the question. why? people don't realize that cyber monday began when home computers were expensive and scarce. after a long weekend of shopping in the store, we would return to work on monday and continue

shopping at work. so many of us did it that it became known as cyber monday. so with laptops, tablets, smartphones and free wi-fi, is there really a cyber hmonday left? there are certainly a lot of deals, many are online only. we don't have solid numbers yet, but if the weekend sales figures hold, online shopping should increase by as much as 40%, could even be 50% over last year. a recent survey has half of all americans shopping online today. that we do know, great news for retailers. but even better news for fedex. the delivery giant says this will be its busiest day of the rear. the company plans to move 22 million packages today alone. now, to get that done, fedex has 300,000 employees deploying 660 aircraft to 220 countries. 90,000 trucks and a handful of boats and bicycles will fan out

to make those deliveries. many of those packages will hold design goods like purses and that brings us to this warning. be carefully when shopping online. "good morning america" aired a report showing many fake goods being bought on line. a recent round of online buying found purses like these were being sold as designer goods when in fact they were just simply knockoffs. valerie runs the authentics foundation and says online counter fit sites are getting much more sophisticated. >> many of these websites are faked up with the same art work, the same logo, same graphics, the same pictures of the products. >> and they say there are legitimate sites like guilt and blue fly selling genuine luxury handbags at a discount. so buy from retailers you know and trust that offer generous return policies because you may

need them. >> thank you, michael. cyber monday. and we have winter wednesday coming. >> it will get cold. >> yeah, here's what i suggest. get a scarf, wrap it around you and keep yourself warm the next couple of days. cyber monday, might want to get a scarf or coat. let's check out the doppler. we have cold weather on the way about that take a look at what's insulating us right now. the cold front hasn't arrived, we have clouds around. and that's doctor we're not so concerned about the cold tonight. but we will be in the not too distant future. wis advisory starts at midnight tonight above 6,000 feet. 3 to 6 inches. above 7,000 inches could see everyone higher totals.

gusty winds. prepare for winter driving conditions. we're looking at a lovely view. the sun already went down. san francisco 54 degrees. 57 in oakland. 58 san jose. pretty uniform numbers. today temperatures are in the upper 50s to the upper 60s. sounds balmy. wait until you see how chilly it will be in the afternoon. santa rosa, 59. fairfield same thing. napa, 57. your time to get up to head to the sierra would be really to wait up thursda until thursday. that's when you'll have dry weather. slight chance of showers in the bay area tonight. colder pattern for the rest of the week and we're looking at a freeze watch to begin tuesday night. it will run right on through thursday morning. here's what is bringing the freezing cold conditions. it's a cold front up to the north. that is going to work its way southward. maybe an isolated light shower, but really that's not the what

i'm concerned about. i'm concerned about the much colder air behind the front. here is a look at the computer animation. isolated shower hit or miss. once we start to see the clearing behind the front, the cold area will settle in, it could be the coldest of the season. and as you take a look at the temperature trend for santa rosa, pretty much spells out who will be hit by the freeze first. 29 wednesday morning. thursday, 24 degrees. temperatures will start to come up friday, saturday. tomorrow morning, not concerned about the cold eyet. low 40s to low 50s. but you might want to grab the extra layer. afternoon, certainly want a sweat are are er or coat. low to upper 50s and breezy, as well. as you check out the accuweather 7 day forecast, turning not only cooler during the day, only in the 50s, well below average for this time of year. nighttime will be freezing cold. dangerously cold. first in the north bay. then for the entire bay area,

thursday morning we'll be talking about widespread freeze. the other sign of winter, chance of rain friday afternoon, a chance of rain sunday and again on monday. so it looks like winter may be paying us an early visit. and don't worry, i have my gloves, too. back to you. >> you are prepared. no question. here is a question. when does a chimpanzee qualify as a person? up next, why this one now has a lawyer and a trust fund.

demonstrators are expected to return tomorrow to the site of a former chevy's restaurant to protest tuesday's opening there of a planned parenthood clinic. they picketed this afternoon. the new clinic was supposed to open today, but some of the equipment was not fully

operational yet, so they delayed the opening by a day. some neighbors have signed a possession against that clinic. they fear young girls will be able to get abortions without their parents knowing about it. >> motst girls get pregnant they'd direction in lots of areas. maybe if parents knew, dhee change the path their children are on. >> we'll be able to provide services for shreds from all age ranges and we hope to be able to expand services to be a primary care provider in the community. >> the clinic will be open only 19 hours a week and will not perform any surgical abortions. but it will offer a drug to terminate pregnancies. long delays for b.a.r.t. riders are over. the agency has finished earthquake retrofit work ahead of schedule bringing an end to single tracking late at night. that has caused lengthy delays. b.a.r.t. says they finished the project six months ahead of schedule. several bay area police departments use video cameras

either mounted on cars or over officer's uniform to record arrests. b but police in georgia are experimenting with wearing google glass. it involves a driver found to have an outstanding warrant, this is according to police 1.com. the by rop police department says it did extensive testing at a gun range beforehand and found google glass does not interfere with an officer's ability to sight and fire their guns. an italian woman this week while trying to get back her toddler from social services, the child was forcibly taken from the woman by c-section after she suffered a mental break down. lawyers for the woman say a case of forced c-section is unprecedented. the woman says she suffered a panic attack when she to got her medication for bipolar disorder. a judge has ruled the child should be placed up for adoption

because the risks that the mother might suffer a relapse. here is a new one. in new york, an advocacy group is asking a judge to have a chimp declared a legal person. tommy is 26 years old, the nonhuman rights project says he's living in a small dark cement cage in upstate new york. the group says based on law science and history, tommy has all the rights of habeas corpus and deserves to be brought before a judge and released. tommy is owned by a couple in the small town. so far they are not commenting. coming up next, how do you show off the star of a new movie when he's 100% computer generated? >> our first look at this massive dragon on tour promoting

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welcome to "world news." tonight, off the rails at 82 miles per hour. news on the train crash investigation, how the train jumped the tracks and how survivors escaped with their lives. special delivery. amazon's dream plan to drop off your packages by drone. is it possible to fly a pizza to your door? critical condition, an abc news investigation. outrageous medical bills, the same tests, wildly different prices -- >> is that a fair price? >> we take on the case tonight. a good evening to you, and welcome back from the holiday weekend. we begin the news tonight with some answers about that train traveling at 82 miles per hour.