>> i am eric thomas. we will check on the weather forecast before the news. mr. mike nicco, what do you have >> what do i have? good morning, i have 44 degrees. and 56 at noon. about 59 at 4:00 so cool we than yesterday. oakland, though, has a chance of setting a record for a third day in a row at 52 and mild at 7:00. way will notice is the clouds. they will be thick are throughout the day and inland where our day planner at noon is 56 and mild and 61 at 4:00 and 49 at 7:00, the next 12 hours at the cost we have 49 this morning, and dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves and temperatures in the upper 50's to 60's until 7:00 and decreasing clouds and 51. >> if you have to work today you are not going to be late. we do not have any traffic to

speech of. we have in accidents, either. the construction projects that we had, have wrapped up. here is a look in the north bay traveling along 3 between american canyon, vallejo up to the point we are at continue speeds with a bit volume building but now it has dissipated along highway 12, and you are in great shape as you make the commute through big bend and over to sonoma and up to 101. mass transit, all running on time and muni and bart trains and ace train run is rolling, with no delays and a look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are not on and 11 minutes from the east bay to san francisco. the search for a navy veteran last seen a week and a half ago checking out of a san francisco hospital is set to we begin this morning. our reporter, amy hollyfield, is in san francisco with more. they are going to start here

at the veteran's center at market street. those leading the search or former and active military with search-and-rescue experience. they say that he has not been heard in offer a week, a united states navy veteran of the iraq and afghanistan wars. his friends and relatives are worried that he is on the streets of san francisco in need of medical thank. they say he came to the bay area around thanksgiving day holiday to see a friend and he wasn't acting like himself so he was checked into san francisco general. they say he was released last week after two days in the hospital and no one has heard from him since that time not even his father. use all we know is this is not indicative of how he normally operates. he is in constant contact with his friends and with his family, and very loving and connected go and this is very out of character. >> they have already put out flyers around the city with his pictures and a description of 6' tall and 200 pounds and blue

eyes and a scar on the forehead. he is 30 years old. they land to split up the city into zone and send teams to each zone. they say they going to be in san francisco until they have turned it upside down looking for him. thank you, amy. a twist in the brain dead 13-year-old oakland girl. undisclosed medical care facility is offering to take in jahi mcmath but children's hospital oakland is refusing to provide the surgery she would need to move there. jahi mcmath suffered complications from a routine tonsillectomy that left her brain dead and on a haven't -- a ventilator. the judge ruled she does not have to be kept on life support beyond monday evening at 5. the new facility requires a feeding tube be implanted and children's hospital oakland said the judge's ruling is clear and

it is unth school to perform surgery on a deceased person. this is not the first time children's hospital oakland has been. broiled in this type of controversy. a report by our media partner found out two years ago another girl was left with brain damage. she can no longer walk or talk. her parents sued and settled if more than $4.4 million. >> breaking news this morning: we learned a snow badder killed in an avalanche in jackson hole had ties to the area. he is identified at 29-year-old who moved to jackson. he went to school at uc berkeley and an employee of hotwire. a statement released says that he loved his family, cal bears, skiing buddies and san francisco. >> from louisiana overnight, a hospital worker is dead after a crime spree.

authorities say a 38-year-old man identified as ben free man drove to the hospital and shot his ex-wife's sister, mother, and father killing the former mother-in-law and then shot and killed a hospital administrator at the hospital that he used to work for and wounded the man's wife. his current wife was found dead in the couple's home. investigators say free man, worked at three hospitals in the area in the past few years. >> today, we will get insight into the police investigation into last year's new stun shooting massacre. police will release throughs of pages of documents including text, photos and 9-1-1 calls to sandy hook elementary school after 20 children were murdered and six adults. >> >> bizarre story from san jose where a, worry was rescued from the back of a garbage truck. this happened at 6:00 last night. the san jose fire department

says that the man suffered a broken ankle the department's urban search-and-rescue team was calmed to pull the injured worker out. he is expected to be okay. there is no word on how he ended up in the become of the garbage truck in the first place. >> the ac transit workers will vote on a new contract proposal today after a tentative deal last friday. members have voted down two previous offers. the union leaders are not reveal ing any details. >> some muni fares will increase january 1, with the cost of one, and three and seven day passes will store slightly. muni encourages rider to load cash values on to the clipper cards for traveling convenience. >> police say they have two men instead in a string of armed robberies after arresting one of

them for attempted murder. a 20-year old is accused of shooting a 22-year-old man on december 8 that sent the victim interest a coma. during arrest on monday, they also took 19-year-old suspect interest custody. according to the detectives, the two were involved in several armed robberies in slay -- vallejo and fairfield with several stolen items found in their possession. >> poll shows oakland mayor sliding the mayor's race and could be the frontrunner in the mayoral election as long as the city council member stays out of the race. the poll by a pro business group showed her first in mock race against the current field but half of the respondents disapproved of the performance but the mayor dropped to second place if a separate mock race that included kaplan. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton and new jersey governor chris christie would be

neck and neck in the next president am election. the poll has christie leading hillary clinton 48 percent to 46 percent among registered voters. >> hearing over whether a judge should block a decision to revoke the accreditation of city college of san francisco will continue on monday. a packed house attended yesterday's hearing in superior court and the teachers union and the city of san francisco are suing the private agency that acredits community colleges in the united states. they wanted to reevaluate the financial and academic changes. the city and the crown want an injunction to prevent city college from losing accreditation in july. lawyers for the agency filed a countersuit asking the judge to toss out the original legal action because it says that the city anddown have in standing to sue. >> now a check with mike nicco and another warm day heed. mike? >> another warm day, indeed. we will look back at yesterday and show you where the records

were, 79 in monterey and gilroy, and oakland said a record high at 68 degrees. oakland has our best chance of setting another record high today with the records very low at the oakland museum. in fact, i am going to 66 which will be a record high. 63 is the record. san francisco is three degrees cooler at 62 and fremont at one degree cooler, and concord is 54 and san jose could go up a degree to. from the east bay hills this morning, poor air quality and the 20th of the season, but the fifth consecutive day. san jose and san pablo and oakland and san rafael have the poorest air quality. through the weekend after a dip in temperatures, low pressure 60's on saturday and monday with mid-to-upper 60's on sunday. enjoy. leyla gulen? >> we have 47 bart trains that are running on time right now, and as i take you over to lake talk he where it is ten degrees

we have freezing fog and the possibility of black ice. so fur headed out there for the welcome, budget very careful, no chain control in effect for 80, 50, 88, so it will be a pretty decent drive but watch out for the freezing fog and black ice. 580 westbound from tracy to dublin is 25 minutes and highway 4 westbound from antioch to concord is 21 minutes and from san rafael to san francisco is 16 minutes. headed back into the north bay southbound 101 we have a christmas tree fatality, lying in the lanes, is we want that out of the lanes and not causing teach of a slow down but a little bit of a dip in speed away from 116. >> we will get the name of the christmas tree when the next of kin is notified. >> next, another spacewalk is happening receipt new when shot

-- when the russian astronauts are installing. a alabama lawmaker is coming to the defense of the "duck dynasty" star over c

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proposing a short-term extension if three months but congress will not consider it until it reconvenes next month. >> hundreds at a connecticut starbucks remain inspired to pay it forward and pick up the tab for strangers over the holiday. the chain of giving started when a customer offered to pay for the next person in line on christmas eve and the recipient of that free drink extended the offer to another pay ron and by the time the store closes more than 300 customers had paid it failure. it is a girlfriend -- gift that keeps on giving because by yesterday it reached 720 drinks paid failure. >> right now 52,000 customers are without power in michigan after the ice storm and 38,000 in toronto are in the dark. in the maine it is down to 6,700

working double shifts to get that work done. >> those are tough times. you are lucky guy you don't have to go through that. >> i was in norfolk and we had cold temperatures. nothing like losing power during an ice storm. growing up in san jose you do not face that situation. it was cool in the only when i went to high school. we saw frost. had to wear a sweatshirt with the sports. >> and flip-flops. >> good morning, everyone, we make height but it is serious situation going on for those folks and you can see the split continuing with the moisture through houston and dallas and in the cold air coming in from canada, through minneapolis and the storm system is going to meet over the mid-south and that will create more winter weather for those folks. for us, just high clouds rolling in, with a cold front to our west and we have partly cloudy conditions and no fog on live

doppler 7 hd. we start in the south bay where in the hills in los gatos 60 degrees and alum rock is 46 and 44 in los altos hills and 42 in mountain view and 40 in santa clara and san jose and cupertino at 36. campbell and saratoga and sunnyvale at 38. now, at look at everyone else, freezing cold in danville, east bay valley is 32. lafayette at 36. alameda and redwood city and novato at 44. san pablo, 48. we we have 57 in bodega trees barely moving. with the clouds, it will not be so warm today with barely getting sunshine and the long of the days of the year taking away the sunshine and filtering it with high clouds and shaving a few degrees off the temperature. poor air could stop this

welcome. i was watching the air quality management district website and they said, maybe just moderate amounts pollution this weekend. sunny and warm, and well into the new year. by sunny and warm, warm we mean low-to-mid 60's today with 62 in san francisco and half moon bay as the cool spot and could get to 68 in cloverdale and morgan hill and 70 in santa cruz and most of us around 64 to 65 degrees. tonight, a lot like this morning but we will have less cloud cover and low-to-upper 30's and low note 40's away the bay shore and san francisco is mild at 47. high pressure is getting overrun by the high clouds and as the cold front steers them across the state, you do not see the radar runs and this have been dry so it will only bring high clouds and it will only be today. as we head through the morning, into the anxious you can see how thick they get filtered sunshine, and temperatures are a few degrees cooler but we can hit a record high of 66 in

oakland and you can see traveling across the country today pretty easy and tomorrow, maybe more difficult if you are headed to the deep south or headed through minneapolis with the snow there. and now our seven-day forecast, the run of 60's, low-to-upper 60's tomorrow and mid-to-upper 60's on sunday and low-to-upper 60's on monday and into tuesday and the new year on wednesday and thursday. have a great day. leyla gulen? >> 52 bart trains running on time and bart will run through 3:00 a.m. open new year's eve. so, if you do need to take bart and you are out there parting hearty, can you take bart and get to where you ned to be safe and sound. i bet you a dollar it is holiday light out there with a lot of people taking the day off. what do you think? >> today? >> today. today. it is quiet. it is showing not a single airport. tonight, if you going to grab

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good morning, a beautiful shot of san francisco. we have the fight hunger bowl later today. it will be nice and warm for the football game. in alabama, state senator is coming to the defense of "duck dynasty" star after last week's media firestorm. he was suspended forant gay comments made in an interview for "gq magazine" with many standing up for the right to express his beliefs but yesterday, alabama state senator stood by robertson on religious grounds. >> what he said according to the bible is completely supported

and i think it is time that the overwhelming majority of people speak up and speak out on these issues. >> he will introduce a legislation in the alabama state senate officially supporting robertson say the resolution is nut meant to convey anant gay merge. the representative todd, the only openly gay member of the alabama legislature responded saying that there are more important things lawmakers should be working on the. we will introduce you to the newest member of the dog pound, his name is john kerry, the video showing the secretary of state doing a fist hit with the white house jazz my an -- jazz piano legend and snoop tweet add link and posted it on the account yesterday which was

re-tweeted believe it or not by the state department on twitter. long time since the early 1990's when he was king of the "bankster" rap, right? >> still ahead, the latest figures for the census will be released and california is the most populated state. >> health begins to arrive for dozens trapped on a ship in the frozen seas off antarctica when ice breakers are expected to reach the ship. traffic is tame this morning and it is still holiday light and people are out of town most likely and we have a few extra cars making their way across the bay bridge but mostly accident

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is the 27th day of december, a friday, and this is the bay bridge from our roof camera. it will be a night day. thanks for joining us. >> i an here for kristen sze. we will check with mike nicco hanging out on the roof at

broadcast center. we have another warm day and a "spare the air" day. >> it is chilly this morning if you are headed out. good morning, everyone, with frost possible inland. most of us erupting the same temperatures as yesterday. we will start with our day planner inland at 44 degrees with high clouds and we will be in the mid-to-upper 50's for most of the afternoon and top out in the low 50's at 1:00 o'clock, and mild this afternoon, up to upper 40's to low 50's. most of the front is to danville and petaluma and a last mid-30's and the upper 50's from noon through 2:00 and low 60's this afternoon. and high clouds at the evening at 49. at the coast we will be at 49 to start, and then the low 60's and liken else the high clouds will taper and move away through the evening. unfortunately, the clouds will not bring us rain but they will

be dry. the "spare the air" day shows who has the worst air quality. but, first, the traffic. >> mike, thanks. good morning, everyone, at 6:30. if you be leaving town, no chain trolls in -- controls in effect. we have freezing fog bringing the chances higher of black ice. if you are traveling along i-80, be very careful. this is the drive across 87 beyond the julian street off-ramp with a few extra cars and top speeds and 101 as you make the come mutt away from 880 toward the san jose airport, and, again, you are accident free. we have developing news from oakland, what would appear to be a partial solution in the case of a brain dead 8th grader is the source of a brand new dispute because children's hospital oakland is holding up a plan to move dead -- jahi

mcmath to another facility. >> we have reached out to the family and the family's attorney to learn the latest but the fate for jahi mcmath has a new twist. children's hospital oakland said they would help the 13-year-old family move her to a different facility but argue that the move should not include new treatment. undisclosed medical care facility is offering to take in 13-year-old jahi mcmath but they are requiring she have a surgically iment that -- implanted feeding tube that the insurance is willing to pay for but children's hospital oakland is refusing. jahi mcmath suffered complications after a routine tonsil secretary -- tonsillectomy leaving her brain dead and on a haven't late. a judge ruled she is decease the and children's hospital oakland only needed to maintain the currently level of care until further testing can be performed. >> you don't want her? we have a place that wants to keep her alive. help us get per out of your

hospital to take her where someone wants to help us. >> the judge did not authorize or order surge california -- order surge california procedures. children's hospital oakland did not believe performing surgery on the body of a deceased pump is appropriate. >> the attorney for jahi mcmath says the next move is to go back to court to issue an order to have the procedure continue but the clock is ticking. the judge issues an order for the hospital to keep her on a ventilator only until monday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. >> we will have the latest on abc7news.com. thank you, the nonprofit group consumer watch dog is using jahi mcmath case to raise money to fight to lit the $250,000 cap on pain and suffering for malpractice. they sent an e-mail saying and i quote, "hospitals like

children's hospital oakland have an incentive to let children like jahi mcmath die." they say hospitals are motivated to let malpractice victims die to avoid paying for a lifetime care. children's hospital oakland responded saying the hospital finds it reprehensible that consume watch dog is taking advantage of the tragic death of jahi mcmath to raise funds. >> fremont police are asking for witnesses to an accident involving a fire department vehicle. the accident shut down the intersection on the parkway for about six hours last night. police say an s.u.v. being driven by a fire department chief collided with another vehicle at the intersection. the chief was responding to an emergency call. both drivers were treated for their injuries and released. the intersection did not re-open until just before 11:00 last night. >> this morning, authorities are wanting anyone headed to the bay area beach to watch out for sneaker waves. there is a coastal hazard alert for help withs stretching from sonoma county to monterey.

in pacifica pier, you can see it is rough with concern today because the warm weather and the holiday week are drawing a lot people to the beach. coast guard says that many do not realize how quickly the large waves sweep in. >> in pacifica the coast guard fear as sneaker waiver may have pulled a surfer to sea with the search checked yesterday afternoon after calls about a surfer in trouble. crews searched until dark but never found the surfer. >> investigators are expecting to start going through the wreck an of a small plane that crashed in the front yard of a home. the plane went down the last night near the fresno executive airport killing a man and a young boy. officials say the pilot was trying to land when the plane clipped a tall tree and tried to regain criminal but went down in a neighborhood about 800' short of the runway.

the boy was the pilot's nephew and the family was waiting for him at the airport. >> officials say the state health care website is up and running normally. it was down for three hours yesterday after an audit discovering regulators. officials will not say watt "ing -- say what the "irregularities remain" but said it was not a hacker attack. you have until monday to start coverage going new year's day. >> when new population sometimes are released by the census bureau rankings could surprise you. immigration trips continue to fuel growth in warm weather states such as california, the most populated state in the country. the victim trend goes for texas and florida's population growing so fast that it will likely push new york into 4th place. it will certainly come a few thousand people and likely move into third place during the new year.

>> a bay area bank has issued thousands of new credit cards because of the breach at target. if you cars have been given to 5,000 of the 55,000 customers. they were among the 40 million affected by the breach at target from fremont 27 to december 15th. other beens are considering a similar move. target says this morning they have added more support staff to the callsts tripling the number of people to deal with concerned shoppers. >> happening now, help is finally arriving for expedition ship trapped in frozen ice. the chinese ice breaker is obligate 15 miles from the trappedship expedition ship but it is moving slowly because the ice is so thick. 74 scientists and tourists and crew are on board. they safe. they have plenty of provisions. three ice break wees have been trying to reach the ship since it was locked in the sea ice. the captain hopes to reach the ship later today.

>> final preparations are underway for the 125th rose parade. the rush to put the foreigning touches -- put the finishing touch on the float in time for new year's difficult. >> you can see the thin high clouds at the bay. it will be warmer later on today after a cool spot. that is

good morning, from the top of the broadcast center. worst air quality this morning on the 20th "spare the air" day is in san francisco, san rafael, and slow. the hire clouds are taking over the state. we have the freezing fog advisory until 10:00 around free necessity. it is north of 80. we have red flak warning to the south. it will be nearly 81 if los angeles. 60's in the central valley. 50's in lake tahoe. not a chance of a snowflake the next seven days. temperatures are above average in the low-to-mid 50's. possibly a few record highs. leyla has the commute.

>> mike, thank you. let's go to our waze app. we found a surface street sheriff department north of sfo. it is at the intersection of south airport boulevard and mcdonald road and it is a major accident. this is in impact on the freeways but you can track your traffic with abc7 news apple app and google play. this is the commute through walnut creek and pleasant hill to the 24 junction. a few extra cars but running at top speed. eric and matt? >> there are only four decorating days let before the 125th rose parade is volume tees are busy in a southern california warehouse trimming and glueing like crazy. this is where the floats peoples their magic, the warehouse is not far from pasadena where the parade will take place on wednesday morning. each inch of the floats must be

covered from continue to bottom with mother nature's offering. we have coverage on new year's at 8:00 am right here on abc7 news. >> byu and washington meet at at&t park in the fight-er bowl. it is the first goal game to have two female officials. the two teams met for lunch yesterday. it was a contrast from wednesday when they were serving meals to the homeless. if each ticket sold they donate a meal to the needy and provided 300,000 meals a day. game is at 6:30 on sister network, espn. >> next, at look at the big board following the record high close for the dow. >> a blockbuster christmas day for hole booed. >> -- for hollywood. >> two bay area marching bands are

this area of low pressure steering some of the high clouds over our area of high pressure. but they're just high and mid-level clouds, no rain associated with them. in fact, barely dip in the temperatures today. tomorrow, we're back into the low to upper 6 0z, mid to upper 60s sunday, probably the warmest day. low to upper 60s monday. and then low to mid-60s tuesday as we say good-bye to 2013 and also wednesday and thursday as we say hello to 2014. here's leyla. we have a brand new accident in oakland. we have until 3:00 a.m. service for new year's eve on b.a.r.t. now, as we take you right back into oakland we have this crash involving two vehicles and a

big-rig also stopped nearby. it's blocking one lane eastbound side of 580 just past 980. look at drive time traffic westbound direction from tracy to dublin. 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco 18 minutes. and outside we go here's a live look outside. this is your drive on 101 as you come away from 880 right up to the san jose airport, accident free. matt, eric. thank you, leyla. time now is 6:53. >> seven things to know before you go

it is 6:54. seven things to know before you go. number one, developing news in the case of the brain dead oakland girl on life support. her family wants to move her to a new facility, but childrens hospital oakland refuses to surgically attach a ventilator she would need first.

the hospital is calling it unethical to perform surgery on someone who is deceased. number two, the search for a navy veteran will kwet underget underway this morning in san francisco. the 30-year-old hasn't been seen for about a week. his friends and family are concerned because they say it's not like him to drop off the grid. >> number three, breaking news, a snowborder killed in an avalanche in jackson hole, wyoming, has been identified of a 29 who went to uc berkeley and worked for auto desk and hot wire. >> number four, new security concerns this morning about our nation's airports after two alarming incidents on christmas day. cameras caught a man running right up to a southwest airlines jet on the tarmac in phoenix. and in new jersey a man dressed in womens clothes breached a $360 million security system before being stopped. >> oscar hostel -- ellen will host the ceremony when the oscars are presented sunday

march 2nd right here on your oscar station, abc 7. >> number six, you can see the high clouds, they'll shave a few degrees off our high temperatures. i still think we could have a record in oakland, but that would probably be it. get ready for 60-degree highs today. low to mid-60s at the coast, mid to upper 60s for the rest of us. this will last through the weekend. enjoy. >> number seven, holiday light, there's a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where we have got great conditions. 11 minutes to get you away from emeryville into san francisco. we do have this accident though that we're tracking eastbound side of 580 just past 980 involving two vehicles. big-rig also stopped there to help out. one lane is currently blocked. not seeing any delays just yet. maybe a little bit of volume coming away from the maze, but we also have critical mass tonight at 6:00 p.m. it takes off at the justin hermann plaza. abc 7 news continues online, facebook and mobile devices. >> we'll be back in about 25

good morning, america. breaking overnight, a terrifying shooting spree. the suspected gunman targeting his own family and friends. going door-to-door in a murderous rage. what caused him to attack? airport security breaches caught on tape. look at this man on the tarmac, actually coming in contact with a plane. this, on one of the year's busiest travel days. how could they get past security? and the terrifying piranha attack in argentina. dozens of holiday swimmers injured as the deadly fish swarm the unsuspected. and a record pay it forward. starbucks customers sharing the holiday spirit, with a merry caffeinated christmas. as more than 700 people buy a cup of high-octane cheer. ♪