die. the opportunity was 10, 15 second, that's all he had. >> 10 second was all that officer thompson needed. everyone is calling you a hero today, do you feel that way? >> no. >> why? >> i just don't feel that way. if someone else did that for me, my family, wife, child. i would be the first in two call him a hero. i owe you my life. you saved my life. you stafd my chiaved my child. i owe you. but turn the other way. i don't feel that way at all. that bomb squad officer walked away with burns on his arms and what must be warmth in his heart. sadly the driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. thank you for watching abc news. and "world news now" soon with breaking overnight news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow. and as always online at abcnews.com.

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>> the battle over jahi mcmath, the girl that is still on life support in hospital oakland. the family says she needs an operation before she is and tonight, the hospital refuses. once again, the family is fighting with all they have. even against the best judgment of doctors. abc 7 news reporter allen wong is live with tonight's news developments. allen. >> reporter: this week children's hospital offered the family to help it move jahi to another facility. now there appears to be lines it's not willing to cross, this could all end up back in court again. an undisclosed medical care facility is offering to take in 13-year-old jahi mcmath, it requires her

surgeryically implanted feeding tube but the hospital will not do it. >> help us get her out of your hospital to take her somewhere else. >> reporter: and the family said that the insurance company is willing to pay for it. the hospital spokes person said last week's court ruling that legally ad that jahi alegally brain dead prevent them from performing the surgery. >> the judge did not authorize any surgeryical procedures for transfer for another procedure. they do not believe in performing a surgery on a dead person is good medical practice. >> reporter: the family said she is not dead. >> the court made a judgment of technical definition of briny death. >> reporter: the family will go back to court to get the procedure done but they will

have to act fast because the judge decided that the hospital only has to keep jahi on life support until monday. in oakland, allen wong, abc 7 news. >> this is not the first time, it turns out, children's hospital oakland has been in this type of controversy, the bay area news group found an incident two years ago when another girl went in for a tonsilectomy and left with brain damage. she can no longer walk or talk after undergoing surgery at the children's hospital. her parents sued and settled for more than $4.4 million. developing news out of fresno, a single engine plane has crashed killing the two people on board. fire department officials say the adult male pilot was attempting to land when the car hit a tree. a boy about 9 years old,

believed to be the pilot's nephew, sadly, died in the crash as well. in fremont, a fire chief responding to an in an accident. both parties should be okay. alameda fire would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the crash. reports on of a sufferer in trouble, the call came in just before 4:30 this afternoon, the coast guard as well as local fire crews searched the area around rockawaybeach. no one was found. a sneaker wave could have pulled the the surfer out.

the weather center is telling people to watch out for the strong rip tides and the sneaker waves. the warning will expire foreman night. until then, the stretch of coastline can be treacherous. the search of a missing veteran begins in earnest tomorrow. he has not been seen for about a week. his friends and family are concerned ba can because they s it's not like him to drop off the grid like this. we spoke with them tonight and have the story. a real mystery? >> reporter: certainly is, his friend know him as well, a joker. a hard worker and a teddy bear and they will do anything to fie>> i will not leave san francisco, until i have d it and heaved it and turned this place up side down g for him. >> reporter: jeffrey is on a mission to find his friends and

colleague, sell, nobody has heard from him, not even his father. >> for him to not let anyone, me or his closest friends know that he needs time to himself is unusual. >> reporter: his father worries that his volunteer work may be taking a toll on him. they volunteer in disaster zones. >> he worked on the east coast with sandy, he worked the tornados in illinois in april and may and worked the oklahoma tornado in may. >> reporter: he came to the bay area to visit a friend while on break from college from portland, and they said that he was not acting like himself, he was taken to the hospital. he stayed for two days, and checked out and has not been seen since. so tomorrow morning at 8:30, th. >> we will just split the city up in to a number of zones and the goal is to take search teams and assign them to the various

zones in the city. >> reporter: flyers have gone up around the city describing him as 6 feet tall, 200 pounds and blue eyes. he has a scar on his forehead. the group needs more volunteers to search for him. we have contact information for you on our website, look under see it on tv. dan? >> all right, thank you very much. new at 11:00, a bizarre story out of san jose tonight where a man had to be rescued from the back of a garbage truck. this happened at 6:00 tonight, the man suffered a broken ankle in all this. the department's urban search and rescue team was called in to pull the injured worker out, he is expected to be okay. no word on how he ended up in the back of a garbage truck in the first place. more problems for california's health care website, the cupboard california site was down after an audit found irregularities, the

deadline to sign up for coverage has been extended several times. you now have until monday to complete the process if you want coverage starting on january 1st. new details tonight at least one bank -- bay area bank has issued thousands of new credit cards because of the breech at target stores. the customers were among the 40 million people affected by the breech from november 27th to december 15th. target officials say that they have no evidence that customers' pins were compromised in this hack, despite a report from the security blogger that first exposed the breech last week. a firry crash caught on camera. must-see video of strangers jumping out of their cars and in to the fire to save the driver.

plus, should barbie have a fuller figure? the grows debate of a plus size version of that iconic doll. and paying it forward, how the simple act of buying a cup of coffee for a stranger inspired hundreds of others to do the same. >> reporter: our weather remains dry and our air quality continues

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>> covering santa clara, east bay and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> you talk about to springing in to action, after a firry crash in los angeles on christmas day, the whole thing caught on camera, a 72-year-old man

driving a black mercedes smashed into the center divider on of the 405, a member of the bomb squad rushed to help along with a nearby firefighter. they pulled the driver out. the bomb squad officer had minor burns to his hands and arms, we will have more on "nightline" tonight. it is a debate that is picki ii up steam, online and around the water cooler. it's about barbie, what if barbie got a plus-sized overhaul. this is the barbie we are used to seeing on the shelves, what if the toy company made a plus size variety o the doll. >> there should be a variety of sizes. >> it's a good idea. >> the question was posed and more than 40,000 people liked the idea, but not

image. >> the double chin is not necessary. >> facebook users agreed, others say that it's obese. and she does not like either barbie. >> i'm one of those that think these are not real. this is unrealistic, bring in the more normal person. >> the owner of curvy girl owner said she knew she'd never look like the barbie. and she said this is over the top, but something is better than nothing. >> i would prefer to see a curvy girl barbie girl that does not have a tri that is all we have, i will take it. >> a surgery performed at a cost of 4 billion dollars total, may not be needed.

knee surgeries were done on patients with the symptoms of the menicus tear. groups had levels of pain or of results of the surgery. t results are published. >> the chain of giving started when a customer offered to pay for the next person in line early on christmas eve. the next person extended the offer to the next patron. and it's a gift that keeps on giving. by 5:00 p.m. today, that number had reached 720. got to love stories like that. smartphone this holiday season, you want the abc 7 news app to be one of the first things you download. we explain what is new.

you know the abc news app is the place to go for all the latest news. how you can report news when it breaks right from your mobile device, you report is right at your finger tips. one click and you can send all of your breaking news videos breaking and breaking weather videos to the newsroom. you may see it on air. just pinch squeeze and scroll through stories. or watch the bay area's most experienced weather team. it's all on the new, and improved abc 7 news app. available free on itunes. abc 7 news. >> so when you have the time, please download that. let's go back and update the weather forecast, spencer christian is here tonight, spencer, the warmth persists and the rain will not arrive. >> we are waiting for the rain, dan, and we don't see any in the immediate future. dry conditions right now, mainly

clear skies, high clouds are just beginning to touch the coast line as they push in during the overnight hours. a live view here from the rooftop. it's 53 degrees in san francisco, temperatures are in the 40s, oakland, redwood city, los gatos and half moon bay. another look over san francisco, some temperature readings have dropped in to the 30s. santa rosa and napa. and now we go to our live view from the emory forecast is fors this. spare the air tomorrow, the fifth consecutive spare the air day. that will continue on through the beginning of the new year. high pressure still dominating our weather picture, bringing us mild and dry conditions. we do have clouds to our southwest that is pushing through the bay area. we will start the forecast animation during the overnight hours. more will sweep through in the afternoon hours giving us a hazy

sort of filter sunshine kind of day. it will be mild once again tomorrow. now, overnight tonight, look for a chilly conditions in the inland valley, especially up in the north bay, where lows are up in the upper 20s and napa, low to mid 30s in the south bay, and right around the bay, we will see lows dropping to the upper 30s and low 40s and tomorrow, with our filtered sunshine, look for high temperatures in the south bay, and about 66 in san jose, and 67 in los gatos, and 66, and 65 in mountain view and low 60s on the coast at pacifica and half moon bay n and around san francisco, temperatures in the low 60s, and 62 in downtown san francisco. up in the north bay, we will see mid 60s from santa rosa to sonoma, to napa. mid 60s on the east bay, with a high of 66, and oakland, 65 in union city and the inland east bay, highs of 66 in fairfield, livermore and walnut creek.

here is the accu seven-day forecast, and the mild weather continues and so does the declining air quality. over the weekend and in to monday monday, we will see high temperatures near 70, around the bay and inland mid 60s on the coast. and then just a slight two or three degree cool down on new year's eve and new year's day, 2014 will pick up where 2013 leaves off. mild and dry, and although the weather is pleasant. it's getting dangerously dry. it's the driest calendar year on record. >> we need to get rain. i have never been able to sun bathe on new year's day. sports director larry is here. change in sport tonight. >> you will be posting pictures of that? >> oh, yeah. >> they want it on the web. >> oh, no, no. >> twitter and facebook. >> we don't do horror films.

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>> good evening, donte whitner said he was not guilty on the field tonight and today, the nfl agreed with him, they will not fine the 49ers safety. he rocked steven jackson in the second quarter, but he made no contact to the head and there was no targeting of the helmet. it was clean . the falcons got the penalty call and that aided the drive to a field goal. and the league said, upon further review, no fine necessary. he did nothing wrong. as for the sunday game in arizona, a niner victory helps

them to capture the nfc west. >> we had bumps earlier in the road, but when you look at it and yo scheook at the whole sche of things, they can still be 12-4 and still have opportunities to win our division. if seattle looses and we win. so it's right where you want to be. >> long time raider, nnamdi asomugha will announce his retirement. he played eight in silver and black and went to philly for a couple of years. he was so good for a while that teams would not even dare throw it his direction. nnamdi was released by the 49ers earlier this season. life after football should be pretty good for nnamdi. he is married to rodgers broke his collar bone against chicago, he has been itching to get back on the

field. they finally gave him the thumbs up today and now he will face the bears for the nfc north title on the line. >> i have the opportunity to achieve our first goal, which is the division every year. that means you get to host the home playoff game, regardless of your record. obviously, we -- it's right in front of us. it's crystal clear, it's chicago, at chicago with a chance to win a division. >> it's green bay in chicago, anyway, you know what he meant. byu and washington will meet tomorrow night at at&t park in the 12th fight hunger bowl. today the teams met for lunch. the emcee was outstanding, what was that guy's name again? i can't remember. >> he is pretty good. >> he is the best. the luncheon was a contrast from yesterday when both teams served meals to the homeless. the bowl donates one meal to the needy for every dollar. so far, have b meals have been given out. >> what separates this bowl from

other bowls is feeding the the poor and taking the time to give back instead of taking. you know, a lot of people on christmas, they are always thinking about what are my gifts, what are this? to be able to do that on christmas day and feed the poor and pack lunches is special. >> great perspective. and kind of a weird perspective, stanford of michigan state getting ready for the rose bowl by riding the matterhorn, showing no fear. i'm more of a cups guy cups guy myself actually until i get dizzy in half a second. for the record, abc 7 is owned by disney, but we would show it no matter who owned us because it's fun. >> my kids tease me about it. five seconds into the tea cups. >> don't last long on that. >> thank you, larry. from the white house to the dog house, the steecretary of a sta has a closed fist exchange with a rapper.

>> and here is what we are up to tonight. >> do you think it's better to give gifts or to get gifts? >> i think give. i mean like gifts -- >> okay, all right, that

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yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ] everyone deserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamon rolls. make the weekend pop. >> here is a look at the wake-up weather, cold with patches of frost in the inland valleys and mild in the coast. 5:00 tomorrow morning temperatures will be from 28 to a not so chilly 48. >> thank you very much. john cary the newest member of the dog pound, the secretary of state was pounding fists with

snoop dog. the two men were discussing jazz musician herbie hancock, never saw him do that. >> i never heard john kerry say for shizzle. >> coming up next on jimmy kimmel, actress carie mulligan. thank you for watching, we appreciate your time as always, connect with us on twitter, facebook and all your mobile devices. have a great night. we all have our little tricks. mom swaps one of my snacks for a yoplait. i don't mind, i mean it's orange crème. and when mom said bobby was too edgy... 'sup girl. i just swapped him out for tyler. 'sup girl. mom never questioned bobby again. two can play at this game.

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weinstein. >> my life is in your hands, mr. president. >> reporter: released last year looking healthier, saying his captors would release him if america freed all prisoners at guantanamo bay. today, it's a much different picture. suffering from a heart condition, his health it deteriorating. and with the clock ticking, he ends this video with an emotional message to his family. >> i think about each and every one of them, every moment of every day of my captivity. >> reporter: the state department says they're working to verify the authenticity of the video, but there's no indication any negotiations are underway. all the state department would tell us is that their hopes and prayers go out to weinstein, and the many people who miss him. abc news, london. a mother here in new york is pleading for answers after her daughter and a cousin were found dead in jamaica. suzette clark roe says the women were visiting family over christmas break. she got a call saying their bodies had been floating in a