live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> protesters in menlo park police protest outside facebook headquarters demanding the right to unionize and negotiate higher pay for those would drive high tech workers to their silicon valley jobs. facebook schultz drivers and their supporters showed up at the headquarters this morning demanding better pay, work conditions and benefits. matt keller is at the campus.

matt? facebook is obviously a leagued tech company in the world and the bus drivers could be blazing a path for themselves in soft -- silicon valley. >> protests rallied in front of facebook headquarters in menlo park this morning showing their support for the bus drivers who shuttle employees to and from the company. they collected 5,000 signatures on a petition on-line demanding facebook respect the rights of bus drivers to organize a union without interference. if they try to drop off a giant printed investigation of the petition they were interfered with. >> we want to town our petition. >> you want to turn in your petition? let me talk to facebook and see if they will let someone represent you. i need you to go back to the public property back there. >> the teamsters say this started when the bus drivers came to them for help. a complaint was working explain

shifts waiting six careers teen picking up and dropping off employees without being paid. >> they should be able to make a decent page, get paid for the time working and have with the health care and working conditions which is not too much to ask one of the richest companies in the world. >> facebook declined to comment but the c.e.o. of the transportation company sent me a statement saying they pay an hourly wage among the highest in the industry along with full medical benefits, vacation, holiday and sick days. he said that "we are committed to providing comfortable accommodations for drivers teen shifts whether the bus yard or facebook campus." if they are successful in unionizing facebook drivers, it could lead to other tech companies following suit. >> there is a digital divide, those who have and the county of those who have not. >> the teamsters said the union

bus is tomorrow with 87 bus drivers casting a ballot. san francisco taxi driver are staging messy aiports over the rules are not fair for uber and lyft and their business is hurt and passengers are paying a rice as well. amy hollyfield is in san francisco with the story at the airport. for is allowing uber and lyft to operate on a 90 day trial period. some employees who work the perimeter and are observing it say the two sides are at war. >> taxi drivers at sfo broke the rules last might and blocked traffic and created gridlock to protest ma they call unfair rules at the airport. >> we protest the special treatment given to private vehicles who use apps to pick up passengers. >> we found out that, yes,

drivers for uber and lyft do have different rules than the taxi drivers, even some passengers question that tactic. >> they need to make it fair for everyone. absolutely. >> i love uber and lyft because it is convenient and it is nice for me. >> it is because of the appointment-based relationship that the airport treats uber and lyft like limousine companies, not taxis. >> taxis have apps but we and not use them we have to wait in lines for decades following the rules. >> true. officials do not allow the taxis to use apps to connect with customers because there are so many they want to keep it fair and instead make them use the walk up process. they can wait at the curb for passengers. uber cannot. the two pay different fees to the airport. cabs pay $2 for a short-term and $4 for a long and uber pays

$3.85 for all. some drivers say their business is cut in half by uber and small cab companies will be out of business if this continues. >> things are changing. i victim pa these with the taxi people but at the same time it is much more convenient with uber and i use it quite a lot. difficult, difficult, difficult situation. >> taxi drivers are willing to protest again which would be christian ming next week with the thanksgiving day but first they will try and get a meeting with the airport director. developing now in the middle east, three american rabbis and a british rabbi were killed in the synagogue in the most deadly attack in jerusalem in six years. a dozen others were injured after two armed men attacked the judgment scum -- the jerusalem

synagogue. world leaders are condemning the attack. >> nick is following the developments. good morning, we have new information: israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has ordered the demolition of the homes of the synagogue assailant s and the four victims of the terror attack were laid to rest. palestinian president abbas condemned the attacks saying civilians and holy and religious sites should never be targeted as the two men shot and killed after the deadliest attack in six careers in the holy city of jerusalem are identifyied. the two are cousins and members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine or pslp and the two palestinian men entered the synagogue armed with a pistol, knives and axes and attacked the worshippers. netanyahu promised to respond with a heavy hand and accused

president abbas of inciting violence in jerusalem. white house press secretary shared remarks from president obama. >> we are talking about attackers senselessly and brutaller killing innocent worshippers at a sip going. those who were killed include flee american citizens. the fact there can be no discussion for an attack like this against innocent caltrans. >> the attackers are described as matters and hamas praised their actions call thing for the continuation of revenge and said that israeli occupation bears responsibility for tensions in jerusalem. 11 family members have been arrested. so far no group has claimed responsibility. at least two people are injured when a vacuum truck exploded overnight in southern

california. it happened shortly before 4:00 a.m. in an industrial area in ventura county. mandatory evacuation was ordered for all residents a mile of the explosion. a shelter-in-place was issued for residents two to three miles of the area. the fire burned if hours after the initial explosion. haz-mat are on scene trying to determine the cause. mike? >> the clouds are moving in and they are thickening and letting go of the moisture but it is going to evaporate before it reaches the ground today. live doppler hd is quiet. we will zoom out and you can see the area of low-to-upper spinning to our west. ahead of it the cold front will be the first storm to bring us rain in a series of three storms. you want to turn the sprinkler system off now you will probably not need it through saturday.

the storm is 330 miles away. the first storm is tonight affecting the commute and we have two more storms upstraight and the models say each successive storm will bring us a greater amount of rain. i will give you a timetable for that in the seven-day forecast day. >> the national football league suspended adrian peterson without pay for at least the season. he was indicted for physical any -- for felony child abuse after ripping his son hard enough to leave scars. he pleaded guilty to a history but police say he violated the personal conduct policy. the players association says it will appeal the punishment on his behalf. in morning, the san jose city council is hearing a report that wants the police force is shrinking at an alarming rate. according to a media reporter the department may soon fall to the lowest since in 30 years.

less than 1,000 sworn officers. the report says the biggest problem is retaining and recruiting officers. flee to four resign each month while recent academy classes are only half filled possibly related to battles over pension cuts. >> lawmakers will hear testimony about the readiness of california to handle an ebola virus outbreak. we will hear from state and local officials and health care workers on what is being done to prepare if ebola virus at 1:30 at state capital. this is been no cases of ebola in california. a small plane crashes into a home in chicago. what we are learning of the pilot's last communication with the control tower. >> a key vote on the controversial keystone xl pipeline. a last-minute push by supporters may fall

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a scary wake-up call for residents this chicago when a small plane crashed into a home. authorities say the twin engine crashed into the house before 3:00 a.m. and the people were not hurt. the fire commissioner says the pilot was the only person on board was killed. investigators say he reported engine trouble after taking off from chicago's midway airport and asked to turn around before the crash. >> ought f.b.i. is watching of the possibility of violent protests across the country as

the nation waits to hear whether missouri police officer will face charges for killing an unarmed teen. the f.b.i. says the decision will likely lead some extremist protesters to threaten or attack police officers or federal agents. the missouri governor declared a state of emergency and activated the national guard in anticipation of the decision on whether toen diet the officer in the death. >> this afternoon the senate vote on the controversial keystone xl pipeline after the house of representatives voted to approval it. the supporters in the senate are trying to round up one more "yes," vote to get to 60 and there has been a challenge. the white house has not specifically threatened to veto the bill but it has done so for similar measures. california congresswoman pelosi will keep her job in a unanimous vote this morning, house democrats re-elected her to another two-year term.

it was not a surprise because she does not have any challengers. rere-election -- re-election is after the party lost a dozen sites. she has been leader since 2003 including four years as the first female house of representatives speaker. meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> good morning from the rooftop of the abc broadcast center, the warm of the day in the seven-day forecast with rain on the way and a timetable for the first two storms and how much rain to expect and will the second rain affect your weekend. it will, but which part? that is what i will tell you. thank you. a new trend in smoking becomes a new word in the dictionary. find out what the 2014 "word of the year," is. >> taylor swift surprised unsuspecting fans with something they can keep

>> covering benicia, san ramon and san mateo this is abc7 news. >> editors of the dictionary have picked the "international word of the year." vape is the word of the year which is either a known meaning electronic entreat -- cigarette or inhaling or exhaling. >> the use of the word has doubled, as the popularity of e-cigarettes grows. in addition to vape, bay is a

term even dearment, short for baby or babe. i didn't realize "babe," needed to be shortened. >> hey, bay. >> guess we are hype. >> different bay, behind mike. mike? that is wet. full of water. it will get more water over the next, say, four or five days. we have a lot of cloud cover and you will see under the cloud is diffused and it will evaporate with the wind that we seeing on live doppler hd that will keep us mild and dry today. this is how it looks from emeryville back to the west and you can see no marine layer just a lost high clouds. half moon bay is already 70. the rest of us are in the upper 50's to low 60's until san ramon

at 55 and antioch at 52 and we are at 63 in petaluma the warm spots away from half moon bay. you can see haze hang around the east bay hills and valleys but not a "spare the air" day, just cloudy and mild and a chance of wet weather, wednesday through saturday and that is going to be, also, a day where it will be much cooler than today and the dry pattern returns on sunday but the 70's will be feeling today and will not be coming with the sunshine. in fact, we will be 70 at half moon bay and cloverdale and fremont and san jose and morgan hill at 71 to 72 and 70 in santa cruz. everyone else in the mid-to-upper 60's. tonight we are mild with the best chance of rain early in the commute up in the north bay, dress for low-to-mid 50's. why do we need rain? because we are only 29 percent of average at santa rosa to 56 in san jose. who thought san jose who have a better percentage than santa rosa? focusing on the high pressure, the clockwise flow undercutting the rain approaching from the

west, the dry air is bringing a roadblock but when the sun sets the air will saturate and as we head to midnight you can see scattered light showers and the entire area will get rain in the commute and it will taper in the evening. through thursday morning we are dry but 9:00 on thursday, north bay sweeping south into the heart of the bay as noon and out of the south bay by 5:00 on thursday and that is storm two. storm one is .1" in the santa clara valley and a quarter of an inch elsewhere and double that in the north bay and double that in the higher elevations. the next inform is double the amount of rain from wednesday. saturday is looking like a more impressive storm is about the same as thursday. this is not one of the three or four day events we are used to getting where we tap into the moisture from hawaii. that is just not going to

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