cameras above the door showing a man with long black hair wearing eye glasses just before explosions. two days later fbi made an arrest. >> black friday law enforcement officers arrested a man from daily city, california in connection with the fire. >> the complaint says he called police friday saying he set the tire. officers took him into custody and called fbi. then told investigators he doused the entrance with three containers of gasoline, then attempted to the light a fire but the fire did not ignite then used a large black lighter. the second attempt was successful. fbi believes this is a criminal case. >> court documents reveal he

told fbi he targeted chinese consulate because all voices he had been hearing were in chinese. and the consulate had to have been involved. they say they're trying to find out more about the chinese national living here. >> of course there is information through our own systems. >> fbi would not comment on why he decided to turn himself in. vic lee abc7 news. >> one suspect is in custody for saturday's kidnapping and possible sexual assault of a 24-year-old woman. investigators say the woman was waiting for friends about 7:00. she says a man approached her, grabbed her

tablet computer and pushed her into a car. >> police arrested a 34-year-old man for this. >> a 13-year-old oakland girl declared brain dead southbounding cared nor a new facility tonight her family moved her from oakland childrens hospital to an undisclosed location. laura? >> reporter: jahi mcmath's family vowed to get her out of this hospital last night. the legal battle over what happens to her here is likely far from over. >> she looks peaceful. like she's sleeping. and i think i saw her smile when they took her out of childrens hospital. >> 24 days after being pronounced brain dead jahi

mcmath left hooked up to an ambulance. >> she's being given antibiotics to help combat infections that were growing while she was laying in the bed. she's being given some knew frigs trigsal -- nutritional supports. >> the 13-year-old removed at 8:00 p.m sunday night when an ambulance pulled up to the back of childrens. >> she's in the new home she's going to be treated like the innocent little girl she is and in the like a deceased body. >> she's deceased. unfortunately, a body, this is in our court records and statements filed friday, her body is deteriorating. that is a natural course of events when a person is deceased. >> abc7 news spoke on the 12 a woman who coordinated the

transfer. her name is angela. >> she is being treated adequately the way she should be. she's being also addressed as she had been in the beginning by her name. hopefully we're at least giving her an opportunity to see if there can be improvement. >> 13-year-old grow. 8th grade, deserving a chance. >> the yoern of a brain injury clinic called new beginnings say they dmot have her now but left opt possibility she may be transferred there at some point. >> tonight police are telling the must be lick to be on alert after a woman escaped a kidnapper last week on new year's day on 17th street near jackson off lake merit. police say the 19-year-old woman was walking down the street when a man jumped in between two cars

wrapping both arms around the woman. >> he grabbedner a bear hug and started dragging her down the street. they both fell to the ground she was able to escape. >> the man described as african american in his late 20s wearing a gray hooded parka. police are reminding people not to be distracted on cell phones while walking. and to stay in well-lit areas. >> police arrested a suspect when they say smashed a stolen car into a front yard. the heavy took out a hydrant and a fence stopping just outside of the home bathroom window. interest there is nobody inside. a school nurse being called a hero tonight. a student passed out and was not breathing in concord. the nurse performed

cpr. by the time paramedics got to the school the udent was breathing and up and talking. the nurse says she's just doing her job >> a possible cease-fire tonight. at the center commuter bus that's take google and apple employees to silicon valley. now, activists blocked and vandalized buses claiming influx of tech workers is driving up rent and home prices >> that is right. private shuttle buss have come to symbolize economic divide of the city. now, these companies will have to pay to use muni stops like the one behind me. >> latest contenders are the

private shuttles. >> they disrupt the regular flow of traffic. and get in the way. >> the city says they keep 45,000 cars off the street. that is good. still the city hasn't benefited from having these buses take up space. that is about to change. >> we're going to focus on 200 of these zones out of the 2500 zones we have in the city. >> part of a $1.5 million pilot program for 18 months, companies picking up or dropping off employees will have to pay a fee and get a permit. >> in recent years we have seen wild, wild west on the streets this, is an important first step. as well as asking

companies to pay what it costs stoit maintain our streets. >> the shultel buses have been controversial. genentech started shuttling employees in 2006. >> the goal of our prom to encourage students to stop driving to work alone in their car. and the give information on the improvement needed to make this transportation work for everyone. a state of emergency in effect across several mid west states tonight. because of a blast of bitterly cold air produced by a weather phenomenon known as polar vortex. temperatures dipped well below

0. wind chills reached 50 below after more than ten inches of snow fell. jet blue grounded flights at three airports as well as boston logan until 7:00 tomorrow morning. and chick airport alone. well, all told 3400 flights have been cancel add cross the count tray cording to flight ware.com. another 3800 have been delayed. capseled flights mean stranded travellers. they booked 40 rooms at the holiday inn. the travellers aren't too pleased but are trying to make the best of it.

>> i spent time on hold and on phones trying to reschedule things and tell people we're not there. you put your life on hold. could be in worse places but it's we're trying to make the best of it. >> check out alcatras and fisherman's wharf yesterday. >> experts say bottom line check with your carrier before heading to the airport. >> just extreme weather in parts of the country. mild here and abc7 news tonight >> tonight here on the roof it's comfortable weather. you'll see high level clouds looking at temperatures right now, arctic chill check out green bay. 17 below now. 15

below in minneapolis. it feels like 39 below in green bay. minneapolis 38 below. windchill factors have been in 54 below in michigan today. minnesota, 56 below. and taking a look at north pole, cold air dropping down with this area of low pressure. that is what is giving the chill. we're seeing changes with cooler weather details coming up. a former teacher convicted of a sex crime in the student in the 90s back in trouble again. a spike in the flu has officials urging people to get flu shots. it's not too late.

>> a billionaire sharing one of the largest donations of its kind. >> odds are new year has you signed up for a new gym membership. michael finney going to explain how not to be a dropout. so you can see like right here i can just... you know, check my policy here, add a car, ah speak to customer service, check on a claim...you know, all with the ah, tap of my geico app. oh, that's so cool. well, i would disagree with you but, ah, that would make me a liar. no dude, you're on the jumbotron!

whoa. ah...yeah, pretty much walked into that one. geico anywhere anytime. just a tap away on the geico app. yeahs 56, nays 26. nomination is confirmed. >> with that, history is made in the united states senate. senators today confirmed janet yellen as the first woman to lead the federal reserve. in

washington, d.c. she has been vice chair of the u.s. central bank since 2010. she has been a strong advocate for fight unemployment and a backer of the efforts to spur the economy with low interest rates. replacing chairman benbernancke >> the flu is wide spread in about half of the united states. hardest hit states include oregon and nevada. experts say best ways to avoid getting the flu include washing hands a lot and getting a new shot. >> we worry about flu in anyone with chronic illness and asthma. and in young children.

>> santa clara county reported the california's first flu death of the season the swine flu has been found in contra costa and marin counties a billionaire shipping magnate donated to conditionser researchers. estate of daniel ludwig donated $540 million institutions including stanford. going to fund ludwig cancer center for research and medicine. today's gift is one of the largest made to the field of cancer research from an individual donor. >> bay area based zynga testing bit coin as payment in several games the social game developer using bit coins in farmville, kas developville, chefville and

others. it's a digital currency the price surged past $1,000. shares are almost 2% as well. >> well, we're only six days into 2014. already there is bad consumer news involving price hikes. >> that story and how to be success envelope your efforts to slim down. >> good news, let's start at the gym. in a month from now, thousands are going to be gym dropouts how do you keep on track? platinum fitness says make it a habit. >> you have 21 days to make a habit. i suggest joining in january get a personal trainer can kind of put a program for you for 21 days. >> when you join you're training your body for sure, but also,

your mind. price of a first class stamp continues to go up the economy continues to recover. prices are rising. stamps going from $0.46 to $0.49. the largest increase in years. chocolate will cost 3% more. and even staying home can cost you. rents expected to go up this year. okay. now some facebook likes you can see for celebrities and corporations are fake. that is techies running an off shore click farm. people paid to use fraudulent accounts to hit like button on facebook. the fake clicks many people or companies appear more popular. facebook estimates 14 million of

it are fraudulent accounts. >> amazing. >> yes. >> i hope they're not mine. i hope they're real people. >> they are. >> they're real. >> michael, thank you. >> let's update the forecast here. cool outside still mild compared to what is in other parts of the bay. >> wind isn't gusting up there. >> hi, sandhya >> hi. it's a light breeze. just looking at flags there just barely blowing santa cruz. live doppler hd in the bay area, cludz are high level clouds to the north. some light returns along northwest california coast. so far only a trace in you're yeeka. look at this view. better air quality

today nochlt doubt bit. 56 oakland temperatures upper 50s for san jose, los gatos and view from our tower camera, barely getting a glimpse of this sun. it's already set official sunset time 5:06 p.m here are the temperatures. 53 santa rosa. mid-50s concord. 57 livermore. a lovely view from our camera now. cooler patterns and a slight chance of rain into thursday. so you can see areas of low pressure off the coast. well, right now we're not getting any that have stuff moving in. just clouds coming n second one will bring in a slight chance of rain. this is thursday morning. by 10:00 a.m it heads south may making it

down to the north bay. slight chance of rain now rainfall amounts looking light 5/100ths or less. think good thoughts. perhaps it will happen. tomorrow, low to mid-30s. 36 in concord. 36 livermore, many of you probably back to work. kids back to school. kids need a jacket or sweater in the morning. jose. and some areas may come up a few degrees. 59 san francisco. 63 san jose. a look at the accu-weather forecast, yes. a drop off in temperatures, mid week there slight possibility of very light rain thursday, once again, best chance of rain in the north bay. i'd start looking or thinking

about pulling up umbrellas temperatures coming up into weekend mild weather returns low to mid 60s and still waiting for major changes in our weather big storms to arrive. that is the hope. it's january. this is one of our wettest months but as of now, just one possibility of seeing rain here for next several days, thursday. you, dan, cheryl? >> thank you. >> a dump truck dumps a load.

mary kay la tourneau is in trouble with the law again, arrested in washington state for driving with a suspended license then failing to appear in court rment tonight she's out on $5,000 bond. she married her

former student. >> a walnut creek man is hospitalized after getting hit by a car after crossing a busy street the man walking on north california boulevard crossing street in a splichlt police say he was hit by a man driving a chevy cam yaro the driver stopped and is cooperating with police. >> san francisco streets continue to be dangerous for pedestrians and bicyclists a woman hit by a car as she rode her bicycle along a marked lane near ucsf mission bay campus the driver was question by the police but not cited there have been several accidents in the past week, including one that killed a 6-year-old girl. also, in san francisco a dump truck lost brakes then dumped its load on the steep hill in castro street. a witness says the driver prevent that had situation from becoming worse

saying the driver turned on to 23 ready, stopping the truck from barrelling down to 24th, a very busy intersection. >> a strike team from marin county is on its way north to assist cal fire with a brush fire. the team travel together fire site west of willow creek the fire has burned 350 acres since saturday and it's at this point only 40% contained very unusual to fight a wildfire this time of the year. >> it's going to be cold. and is rare to be in january. as far as my understand is thatting we've never had this record of rainfall in northern california ever recorded >> the strike team expects to be in hult bol county oup to two weeks >> just ahead a bracelet that

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electric show gets underway tomorrow. >> this company created what claims to be the world's first app connected toothbrush. >> a wireless connection let's it keep track of how long, how often you brush. a smart bracelet called june is equipped with a sensor monitoring your daily sun exposure. >> helps you avoid burning and premature aging. >> there are high definition televisions and a self driving car from audi. >> we're talking to politicians and the government and discussing all of the framework that you need to have this technology on the streets.. >> i want my own drum. >> good idea >> the massive show is expected to draw 150,000 people. >> yeah. just an amazing show.

thanks for joining us. >> from all of us here, we appreciate your welcome to "world news." tonight, frozen nation. the arctic express slamming most of this country. this isn't siberia. it's lake michigan. chaos on the roads this weekend. stuck at the airport and trying to sleep and bathe. and icy cold waiting outside your window. superslimmers. in this new year, 15% of us lose weight and keep it off. tonight, we'll tell you the secrets of these superdieters. and true grit. the college football championship tonight. and we have the story of the true winners behind tonight's big game. good evening. it is good to be with you on this monday night. and as we come on the air, they