19th "spare the air" day, and third in novato with quarter-mile visibility and temperature of 32, enough moisture that there could be black ice forming. next 12 hours around the bay, we are clear and 42 and upper 50's by noon, and mid-60's near record high temperatures during the afternoon hours and falling back to a mild 53ibility enof the day. inland we have frost in the north bay and east bay valley and hazy sunshine and poor air quality hitting the upper 50's to mid 60's from noon to 4:00 and 49 so cooler inland at 7:00, and at the coast, we have clear conditions and mid-40's and in the mid-60's by noon, and it will drop into the upper 50's in the afternoon and mid-50's by 7:00. >> now, what we do have is a possibility of fog that is in novato causing the black ice and we are tracking to see if anything is happening this, so far, so good, we had an early accident, though, that is in the clearing stages northbound along 101 headed into mill valley, and

southbound traffic, that is looking clear at this hour. as we take a look right new from our waze app we have an object on 680 through alamo if we pull that up, in the southbound direction, watch out for that, and it is right here, it is not causing any delays but we will try to find out what it is as we look at the toll plaza, right now, traffic is running smoothly and metering lights are not on. matt and eric? >> happening now, some of the favorite department stores are opening early for the after christmas sales and retailers are hoping to salvage the shopping season. amy hollyfield is in pleasanton hill with more. >> eric, kohl's was open an hour ago and it is not crowded at eight to ten people inside in the last hour. they are one of the stores that had a lot of stamina this holiday season and it opened at

5:00 this morning. before that, it was open for 108 hours trait leading into christmas eve. the stores are at a disadvantage this year because thanksgiving was so late they lost six days of shopping and they have done all they can since then to get the shoppers inside. this morning it doesn't appear that kohl's has atrabbed new shoppers. people say they do this each year. each year after christmas, i come out for next year, certain things and i get a good sale. that is why i am here. my family is hope sleeping. this is my adventure in the morning. >> there are some good deals out there and some of the best deals going to be on clothing, tv's and holiday decorations. some deals are offering up to 75 percent off of merchandise so if

you have the negative or the money left it could be worth coming out with the deals that are good, the stores are already open, and this in pleasanton him is -- hill is not crowds. >> thank you, amy hollyfield. in san francisco, two people are hospitalized after a fire last night at the newly refurbished victorian building. fire investigators expect the construction near golden gate park helped the flames spread quickly. there were in firewalls built between the floors. >> this is a photo of 21-year-old taken last year before the murder, he has longer

hair and should be considered dangerous. investigators believe he murdered 21-year-old woman after there was a restraining order and her body was found yesterday inside the gilroy apartment. >> good news for a south bay family, the search for a 79-year-old san jose man who never showed up for a family christmas gathering has been called off. police found howard safe yesterday. >> two are recovering from injuries suffered in an accident near san francisco's cliff house. the chain reaction accident happened last night when a mini keep rear ended another car and a third vehicle crashed into it, and the accident closed a stretch of road for more than an hour. >> a judge will hear arguments this morning on the future of city college of san francisco. san francisco city attorney and the california federation of teachers are suing over over the

revoking of the school accreditation saying they are bias. >> the mission said they failed to comply with financial and academic standards. without accreditation, they will lose physical funds and will likely be forced to close. >> developing news, a u.p.s. drive calls it the worst picture ever, u.p.s. and fedex trying to make good with angry customers after mailing to deliver thousands of packages. according to both shipping giants, and increases shipping demands from online orders that overwhelmed the systems, many are turning to social media to complain saying "thanks for ruin ing christmas." >> it is terribly disappointing. we order these things december 1st for the people in the building say they can not fine them because this are a thousand packages can they can not find our packages. >> u.p.s. and fedex are apologizing for the delays and officials will not say the exact

number of packages that did not make it on time but it did impact people across the country. >> in the bay area, our reporter is at the u.p.s. distribution center in south san francisco. he will have an update in the next half hour including what amazon doing to make it up to the upset customers. >> a shelter that helped homeless teens in san francisco if a dozen years now closed for good this morning. san francisco's homeless youth allow an was not able to renew the lease at height -- haight street. from 100 to 150 teens receive medical care there each day. the founder says the services including a needle exchange program will now have to be run out of a van. >> now a check with mike nicco and another warm day ahead. mike? >> yes, it is hard to believe we will have near record highs after looking at the temperatures: 31 in danville and 32 in san san ramon, and live

more is 35, and 36 in brentwood, and dublin and lafayette. 38 right now in pittsburg and antioch and the 20 around vote of oh and black ice with no reports yet but we watching that. 30 in santa rosa and 48 in san francisco and oakland is 39 along with fremont and san jose and los gatos at 38 and around 40 to 41 from mountain view and to san carlos. from the embarcadero, all the way back to the bay bridge this morning, temperatures within a degree or two of where we were yesterday, oakland, 68, our best chance of a record high temperature today. a cold front is moving through tomorrow, a dry front, with mid-to-upper clouds dropping the pictures a little bit and we are back in the low-to-mid 60's with total sunshine this weekend. >> why not take a look around

the bay area and see if we can find any accidents, so far, no reports, and we were lacking with the waze app an object on the road at 680 but so far, no reports of anyone hitting it. we will watch for that. and along 80 headed through fairfield toward american canyon, top speds, no problems to report, and this is cleared, eastbound 80 at 7th street, a stalled vehicle blocking the off-ramp now taken off the freeway and now we are starting to see a buildup of traffic approaching the gay -- bay bridge so the drive on lower deck is slow from albany to the maze at four minutes. and 80 southbound fremont to san jose is 15 minutes and 280 northbound 101 to cupertino is 11 minutes. matt and eric? >> thank you, time now 6:08. next, many kids got the tablet they wanted and what doctors say your kids could miss out on if they play too much with the new high ten toys.

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>> covering fremont, palo alto and north bay and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> on december 26, a beautiful shot from mount sutro of san francisco and the christmas lights still up on the skyscrapers for. >> near ploy taxpayer. christmas is over the returns begin today. everything you didn't get from santa. >> here is proof that print is not dead. new york city's popular strand bookstore showed wall to wall customers before christmas. the 86-year-old store had record sales to holiday season. >> maybe you were waiting for a new tablet at the top of many kids' christmas list. they fun and easy to use and the last part hassed pediatricians worried: the ease of use.

some doctors are worried that children are missing out on adult interaction and physical play with toys. both have been proven to promote brain development. used right the tab lets can be a great educational tool. those who grow up using tablets will be better with technology. key is "moderation." >> if santa brought you a new iphone or ipad you can make that gift greater with the latest version of the abc7 app, our updated app has great new features including you make the text as big as you want and you can use the new user generated content feature so it is simple to send us photos and video of any news. go to abc7news.com/app for download details. >> a pre-game festivity continues for tomorrow night's fight hunger bowl between the washington huskies and byu cougars and at 1 11 -- at 11

and the sports director will be there with kickoff at 6:30 tomorrow night. >> year, the huskies team helped to feed 5,000 in san francisco. they joined 500 volunteers to make and serve food at the annual dinner dishing up turkey and ham. around the corner, byu players were push up food at st. anthony 's with the fight hunger goal became that raised food and money for 300,000 meals. >> great voluntarism. >> competition, even off the field they cannot stop competing. >> great weather. temperatures are falling in the upper 50's, so, good time. >> we will talk about what is going on today, whether you are shopping or going back to work and taking decorations down already, we have issues this morning getting around in

northwest aquarter-mile visibility and temperature at 30 degrees so enough moisture in the air for black ice to develop so slow down in that area. the western span of bay bridge has the lies still on at 6:15 with record warmth with poor air quality is possible the 19th of the soap, and dry cold front means more clouds and the highs dip tomorrow and no rain sunny and warm into the new year and january 5th the pattern could finally change and that is two weeks from now. you can see how clear the bay waters are and how glass-like they are looking at the reflection and the port of oakland and everyone has the possibility of poor air quality for those more susceptible. 68 in oakland, and that is where i forecast a record high and mid-to-upper 60's elsewhere from san rafael, richmond and antioch at 63 to santa cruz cloverdale

and santa rosa and oakland and san jose at 68 and morgan hill at 69. tonight the temperatures are as cool with a thin veil of high clouds keeping us up and low-to-mid 30's inland and upper 30's to mid-40's at the bay shore and 47 is the mild spot in san francisco with hazardous conditions if you are near the water, sneaker wave or two could come up and get you so be careful with that. they are traveling further up the beach than normal. and the rip currents are stronger if you are out in the water. that will continue through tomorrow afternoon. two areas of high pressure look familiar, storm track to the north, nothing has changed in this respect. if you are traveling today, we have wet weather in southern texas, and florida, and snow and rain in boston, otherwise, it will be easy to get around with more lake effect snow for the great lakes but everyone else is quiet if you are traveling across the country good luck. here is the seven-day forecast

low-to-mid 60's tomorrow, and not a big dip in temperatures but more cloud cover with sunshine dimmer tomorrow and probably is "spare the air" day again, and sunny and all the way through the weekend with low-to-upper 60's and as we said good by to 2013 and welcome in 2014 we will be in the low-to-mid 60's. and dry. why would it be any other way? leyla gulen? >> it has been is warm and beautiful but very unseasonal. as we look right now over the altamont pass, westbound traffic is building ever is slightly but a lot of folk are taking the rest of the week off and you can see at this hour we have 58 miles per hour which is unusual over the altamont pass out of tracy to dublin and right now that drive is going to take you 30 minutes to make it in the westbound direction and we look at the dublin interchange traffic will build and all in all, no crashes and traffic is slowing. as we head down highway 84,

beyond buchanan, 46 miles per hour, 75 miles per hour through pleasanton on 680 which is too fast, and drive time traffic is 680 walnut creek to dublin at 14 minutes and 101 southbound from santa rosa to san francisco is looking good. the bay bridge commute is coming up. >> thanks, leyla gulen at 6:18. next, food packaged lately, "consumer reports" partners with "7 on your side" to tell us why you may not always be eating what you think you are. >> feline first in the united states. rare cub that could be the hi. i'm henry winkler. and i know there are many myths out there about a reverse mortgage, so i want you to know the facts. there are currently no credit score or income requirements to qualify. you can get tax-free money from the equity in your home. you can use the money to pay off your current mortgage if you have one. the remaining money can be used for anything.

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on day after christmas thanks fogging us. this is a picture from our camera of the almost dessered embarcadero with a lot people off. we will check the both for you if you are off this week. traffic, too, coming up. >> now, a check with what is coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. >> good thursday morning to all of you on "good morning america" next. stranded at sea, a cruise ship is stuck in the ice on the edge ofant architect that as we wait for a rescue mission and we have the latest on the voyage

that has gone horribly awry all next right here on "good morning america" next. that is in 38 minutes. "consumer reports" has partnered with "7 on your side" for a report on what really in your groceries. mike finney has the details. >> good morning, everyone, looks can be deceiving and with food that means you may not always be eating what you think you are eating. "consumer reports" takes the lid off what is included and what is missing from the supermarket products. >> expecting to find blueberries in your blueberry cereal? confident there is cream in your cookies? or in your creamer? think there is bacon in your bacon bits? "consumer reports" says "think again." some processed food has strayed so far from the farm and the field they are frightening long list of ingredients bears little resemblance to anything in the we pantry.

>> we looked at supermarket favorites to see what key ingredients are involved. international delight crimer, the label said you will blast off to the sweet and creamy central sphere but this creamer is mostly water, sugar, and palm oil. >> how about bacon pieces? surely they contain bacon? >> they don't contain any meat at all. they motley taxtured toy flour. looking for a fruit fix in the morning? down the count on blueberry wheats. not a berry in the box. and oreos. surprised to hear this is no dairy in the creamy middle? >> when it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, you think it is a duck but not always. when we got a explanation we got

only a vague response. >> do not look if butter in mrs. butter worth, but look beyond the pictures and see the truth in the ingredient list. >> another labeling pitfall? buzzwords. there is a reason snacks are called potato christians rather than chips because chips is to be thinly sliced potato but a crisp can be made without using potatoes. >> temperature naturally ill girl has lost her battle with cancer dying yesterday morning from a rare form of leukemia. on saturday, 6,000 people died outside her home in pennsylvania to fulfill her wish if a huge holiday sing along, she was too weak to look out the window but they post add facebook of two thumb's up as she her the

christmas carols. >> what do you get when you cross a tiger and a lion? a liger. they are rare. a zoo in oakland is lucky enough to have the first, ever. they are three healthy cubs that are ex stemly rare, three parts lion and one part tiger and could be the biggest cats ever eastbound at a thousand pounds. but right now, they are just small. you will not hold them like that in a year. author cute new but in six months they will be huge. >> still he at 6:30, target responds to claims that hackers stole customers' en

what happened with u.p.s. and fedex? that is ahead. >> the metering lights are not on because it is still holiday lite out there there there are areas with some congestion but no accidents. i will tell you where t

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning. at 6:29. san francisco international airport shows traffic is going to be heavy this morning but wait until next week when folks come back from vacation. >> thanks positive christianing us. i am matt keller here for kristen sze. they say 673 delays in or out today but that is a good start. we will not have problems here. mike? >> i don't think so. good morning to you, i am watching the traffic, across the embarcadero as the city sputters back to life this morning. it is so quiet, at time i hear the traffic all the way from from the bay bridge. now, visibility, i want did show

you what is going on, on live doppler 7 hd, tracking half mile visibility. we have fog and the temperatures are right around 32 or 31, and black ice is still possible if that part of the day. the day planner is off to a cool sport in the mid-30's to mid-40's and low 30's inland and, also, a few upper 40's around san francisco. we going to have hazy sunshine and "spare the air" with nod with burning and upper to mid-60's at noon, and near record highs from low 60's at the coast and mid-to-upper 60 around the bay and midland and we will taper to a mile evening under stars and a few high clouds and low-to-mid 50's. and now leyla gulen? >> it is quiet with not too many reports of citizens with a couple of early citizens this morning but, mostly, look behind me, it is green and green mean we are at top speed. we have the possibility of fog affecting the commute through marin county headed through novato, and lucas valley down to

san rafael and mike was telling us, very cold temperatures, so, possibility of black ice. speaking of black ice, we had fog reported along 80 and this is where we don't have any chain controls in effect but watch out if all of the fog and very cold out there, as well. this is going to be walnut creek as you make the drive through pleasant hill to the 24 junction and traffic is moving smoothly. matt and eric? >> thank you, leyla gulen, santa clause may have come through with presents for christmas but united states up and fedex have disappointed many customers we are in south distribution center. nick? >> u.p.s. said the volume of packages simply exploded outside of the network so they struggled to keep. they were not the only giant that struggleed. u.p.s. and fedex are working

around-the-clock but did not deliver packages on christmas upsetting customers would sound off on social media. >> my mom did not get the gifts she wanted to give. contribution is espn -- next week. u.p.s. failed. >> does a promise delivery date not mean anything? >> a spokesman said there was a backlog create bid snow and ice and an ice storm that hit dallas-ft. worth 2 1/2 weeks ago and some are show up to stores to fine the packages directly. >> it hasn't been processed they say. they say it hasn't been processed. i cannot tell you how many countless hours we have spent on the phone dealing with this issue. >> the problems of failed fedex and u.p.s. delivery affected many parts of country from california to alabama and neither u.p.s. or fedex is

saying how many packages have been delayed but say the delays are nationwide. i can tell you the trucks have been backed up to the loading dock and workers plan to get the pack packages out today and tomorrow and for the weekend. amazon contacted their on-line customers offering to give free shipping or a $20 gift card and contacting the customers individually. u.p.s. hopes to have this cleared up in the next three days. target is responding to new claims hackers would hit their database also managed to steal customers encrypted pin numbers. up job decided to limit the withdrawals and debit card purchases of affected customers. they admit names, account must bees and expiration dates were

exposed but deny that the pin date was compromise. in an e-mail yesterday they said they would offer free credit monitoring for a year to anyone who was impacted by the crime. >> al-qaeda has released a video showing a kidnapped u.s. government contractor, the 72-year-old was abducted this pakistan in 201 and in the video he says he feel totally abandon asked forgotten and calls on president obama to negotiate for his freedom. the 13 minute video provided to the "washington post" is not the first. a similar video was released last year. the officials have repeatedly said washington will not bargain with al qaeda and the obama administration is not issuing a response. >> developing news in san francisco, where two people are hospitalized after a fire break out in their newly refur dinnered victorian building much the fire break out before 9:00 last night in the four story victorian near golden gate park. officials say two people

suffered serious burns and rushed to the hospital. two others displaced are being helped out by the red cross and firefighters say there were no fire stops between the walls or floors because of the type of construction. >> at this time we expect it was poor construction but the units did a great job. hopefully they will be okay. >> they justified 2 1/2 years of $1 million in republican -- renovation. that saw ruined. >> the file starts on the third floor and spread to the 4th floor, arson investigators were at the scene trying to figure out how it started. >> happening now in southern california, a red flag warning is in effect in los angeles. this is what the crews are worried about. winds threatened to spread the flames after a brushfire broke out. there concern high winds will increase the risk of a fire.

southern california could see temperatures in the 80's this week. >> it is about:36 and today, we jahi mcmath's family will meet to decide whether to appeal a judge's addition to take her off life support after complications from a routine tonsil with jahi mcmath putting up a christmas tree and presents. her parents are thing about moo-ing her to another facility to be kept on life support. >> another "spare the air" day and the napth so far this season. that means it is illegal to burn wood or manufactured fire logs through midnight need or out. this video shows bad air hanging over the bay area and christmas day "spare the air" day was a big disappointment for folks

making it a tradition to light a wood fire on christmas. >> we got our chimney cleaned in anticipation of my baby's first christmas so we were disappointed to hear it turned out to be a "spare the air" day, one of many this month. >> the young and elderly are especially sensitive to pollutants given off. our air quality index has been in the range of unhealthy for sensitive groups. >> people chased from their homes by the wild five at big sur and we will hear what happened and what is next in a meeting with the forest service. the 100 evacuees were allowed to go home monday and the fire started december 15th in los padres national forest sparked by an illegal campfire. when it was over, 34 homes were destroyed and 900 acres of land were scorched. 115 firefighters are still in the area. the meeting starts at 10:30 this morning off highway one.

>> coming up next on the only news, that is next for the accused lamb shooter when he returns to court today. >> a look outside and you can see in the bay area looking at mount diabolo from sutro tower.

good thursday morning from the roof news center from mount tamalpais there is a colorful sunrise and temperatures are going to be seven to 11 degrees above average and that is 68 in oakland will be a record high the most of state is quiet but for down around los angeles it will be windy with high fire danger and in red that begins this morning and goes through 6:00 and temperatures are 80 san diego and palm springs. and look at the low-to-mid fists in -- 50's in the high country. in lake tahoe, they. make snow because mother nature is providing nothing. near record high temperatures in the low-to-mid 50's in lake tahoe. >> leyla gulen? >> snow makers can be seen

making the snow. if you are headed along 80 we have fog that we are tracking with no chains required but we have fog this can cause black ice. as we stay try here, though, we are traveling along 880 and we will find northbound a big rig lost the tires and tire debrises are in -- tire debris with a trk in the ditch on the shoulder and not causing any delays as you making it along westbound 80, still clear, as you continue the drive. a look outside, you can see the drive through san jose, northbound 87 beyond the julian street off-ramp. >> 6:42, today in southern california the accused gunman in the deadly shooting in los angeles international airport is scheduled to be arraigned: 23-year-old paul ciancia is facing 11 felony counts including murder. ciancia was on a shooting rampage at lamb last month killing a t.s.a. officer and

wounding three others. ciancia will likely be asked to enter a plea at the hearing at san bernardino county jail and the case will be assigned to a judge in los angeles and trial is likely set. he faces the death penalty. >> next, how doctors can perform surgery without actually being in the room because of technology from a bay area company. aalso, the new year brings price hikes for satellite t customers. it could raise your services. >> the annual post holiday tradition in san francisco, helping residents get rid of a fire danger now that holiday

>> covering los altos, antioch, petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> 6:46. welcome back, happening today the same stores that were open around-the-clock for holiday shopping are open today for after christmas sales and returns. our reporter is live in pleasant hill. the retailers doing anything to make up for the lackluster sales? >> whatever they can. if you are watching this in your pajamas, it is 7:00 and the store has been open for two hours. there are already shoppers here. not a lot of it is not crowded. we have seen a dozen people the last couple of hours. those who are here are getting good deals.

retailers are hoping you are just not returning but you will also buy. a woman we talked to was headed in to get a christmas ornament which she knew would be marked down but said she is open to the possibility of buying more, maybe something for her sell. there are deals today, some stores are offering up to 75 percent off, and hoping to get their numbers up this season because it was not so lucrative. the foot traffic was down 21 percent. if you shop today the best deals are on the christmas items, of course, and, also, tv's and clothing, some stores are already open, and the dears are there if you have energy and money left. >> thank you, trading is underway on wall street. >> we will look at the big board right now and you can see the dow is up 56 points at 16,400. and another round of price hikes

in the new year, both dish network and direct tv ray the fees $2 to $5 a month and directv average price increase is 4.4 percent depending on your package. additional increase is 5.5 percent, both blaming the rising cot of programming. >> a google glass now has helped in the operating room. a surgeon at the university of alabama birmingham recently used it for a shoulder replacement procedure. it was used with video conference there and the doctor said the glass transmitted live video to another doctor while his happens were super imposed by computer over what the other doctor saw in the operating table. google glass was previously used by a doctor at ucsf to pull up x-rays during a surgery. >> starting to sound like "star trek" the. >> christmas tree recycling is a tradition with recology

announcing upcoming dates for christmas tree recycling going through a chipping machine that turns them into biomass fuel to republican jet electricity that keeps hundreds disregarded trees out of landfills. last year the city recycled 530 tops of christmas trees. >> remember to water the christmas tree. people, it is dry and warm out there. >> absolutely. fire hazard wherever you look. you name it. last time we had rain, december 6, and today is the 26th, so, it has been quote a while. 1.75 mile visibility. we could see we black ice form. have not heard of it but it is a possible. to the south by with temperatures in the hills in los gatos at 55, los altos hills is 45 and alum rock is 44 and cupertino is 39 and san jose at

38 in saratoga and sunnyvale and 37 in campbell and the cool spot is santa clara at 34 degrees. we are 41 in redwood city and 40 in san carlos and 46 in san francisco right now and 51 in san pablo. and 31 in alameda and lafayette is 37 in newark is 39. from the exploritorium camera, you can see the sun is about to break free of the east bay hills and when it does, it will set us off to record remain warmth for the fifth day in a row and poor air quality for the 19th time under "spare the air". it will be dry, the cold front comes through tonight and tomorrow, but it will drop our temperatures and put a few more clouds in the sky with no relief from the warm and dry weather we have had because it runs and hangs around into the new year. from the camera this only everyone could have poor air quality if you are most susceptible, try to stay inside, no wood burning until midnight and tomorrow will be day 20 of

the semi spare. 68 in oakland, and record high if today, and mid-to-upper 60's in most neighbors, and may hit 70 in santa cruz and cloverdale for the warm spot, and 68 today, also, in san jose, and santa rosa and san francisco is 64, and along with concord and vallejo and san mateo is 65 and fremont is 67. today we are low-to-upper just stay away from the water. low-to-mid 60's tomorrow with the cold front and low-to-mid 60's saturday and sunday and a dry helping to 2013 and a dry, warm beginning to 2014. leyla gulen? >> we are tracking the black ice with no reports of any yet but go have an accident involving a big rig and a vehicle.

both went in a ditch westbound 80 and no delays but as you might see coming off 505 headed to the interchange. here is a look ating for, the patch of orange is right over 101 so, very cold temperatures throughout novato and into lucas valley and the possibility of black ice, be very careful, and outside, it will be the bay bridge, and as we look from our emeryville camera toward san francisco, the cars are moving to treasure island into the city and no slow down at all metering lies are not on and it is holiday lite. >> thank you, leyla gulen, the end of december means it is time for the best of lists for the year. >> for all the smartphone and tablet users, the favorite apps are 2013, we did not make the top list yet but we are pulling it for next year on "usa today" list. the big three. the facebook, twitter and instagram but the rest was mixed

including a budgeting app, and was the top app for drivers? leyla? >> i wonder...this is waze app that has been a tremendous help for us and i use it all the time when i am on the roads but you can always download the exclusive waze app by apple app and google play with great features including a vehicle stopped on the shoulder, all wazers contributing. so a wonderful app to have. >> :5 -- 6:53.

here are seven things to know before you go: number one, the rush to deliver is on this morning by u.p.s. and fedex

after failing to deliver thousands of packages in time for christmas. though blame the delays on ice and boost in online shopping. amazon is offering to refund shipping charges and $20 gifts card. >> fire investigators are look into the cause of the fire in a refurbished victorian building in san francisco. two men are hospitalized with serious burns. two others were displaced. neighbors say the home want through a $1 million renovation. >> jahi mcmath's family could decide whether to appeal a ruling to take her off life support after being left brain dead from complications from tonsillectomy at children's hospital. the hospital can remove the breathing tube on monday. >> target says customers encrypted bank pin numbers were not compromised and experts blame chase limiting withdrawals because access had access to the

pin. >> a wildfire burning in southern california has prompted road closings in simi valley with crews having the issue of wind. a red flag warning is in effect and there is concern high winds will fan the flames. >> at home, beautiful picture from sutro tower at the bridge with the haze hang out in the not bay and it is "spare the air" with no wood burning and it will be a day total sunshine and record highs and low-to-mid 60's inland and mid-to-upper 60's an the bay and low-to-mid 60's at the coast. enjoy. >> enjoy this: no metering lights are on and this is the bay bridge toll plaza and traffic is light in the east bay, though, we have a couple of problems with the big rig lost the tires and a sofa on right hand 880.

good morning, america. a merry mess. tens of thousands left without power on a bitter cold christmas day, from michigan to maine, as motels and shelters fill up. meanwhile, record heat. hot winds in the west spark growing wildfires there. ginger zee here, with both extremes. breaking overnight. the first images in nearly two years of this american worker kidnapped by al qaeda in pakistan. his plea to the president to bring him home. and present fail. u.p.s. and fedex saying this morning a perfect storm of problems made them miss their christmas deadline for thousands. angry customers are lashing out about the broken promises that left empty spaces under trees. ♪ i'm a survivor