and skilled an unarmed black teen michael brown speaks out publicly for the first time. he has a message if those who doubt the story of the killing of michael brown. >> a look at emeryville camera checking out i-80, it is get away day. you can see how busy it is, if you are traveling by air, by plane, there could be big delays. we talking back east weather problems. it is november 26, wednesday, i am kristen sze. i am eric thomas. we will cover the traffic for you top-to-bottom. >> la guardia has flight delays and philadelphia has already called it. >> travel troubles at half moon bay at santa rosa because of fog.

in worries at sfo because there are no clouds. the first forecast is 69 to 73 inland and up to 70 along the coast. up to 72 around the bay. it is a "spare the air" bay so no burning of wood. >> today is the busiest days of the season and we have a lot of traffic. first, i want to show video of a semi truck that ran into a power semi truck that ran into a power pole in san to make repairs. there are at least a thousand people without power right now. through berkeley, this takes you either to oakland airport or across the bay bridge into san francisco to sfo so expect a lost traffic. lower gas prices, too, and plenty are taking to the cars. >> interesting factor.

our continuing coverage of the ferguson fall intermediate for the second night in a row, protesters hit the street in st. louis suburb to protest a decision by thing from not to charge the white police officer for the shooting debt unarmed black teen. >> 44 people were arrested in the second night of protests with three times as many national guard troops last night to deal with protesters after it was announced that officer wilson would not be indicted in the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown. authorities say some protesters threw objects at police officers but there were no serious injuries. they say that some protesters does their own policing. >> what you saw today, we deplayed our resources and made sure they were where they needed to be. we got help from our community, as well, today. it is about a partnership.

we want to make our community move forward with a partnership. >> most of the arrests last night were for misdemeanors with authorities say there were four felony arrests. oakland and emeryville are calm at this hour but it was a different story last night. amy hollyfield is along telegraph avenue with the latest. this is a focal point of the many businesses were damaged including this paint store on telegraph at 42 under. the windows were smashed out. they are boarded up now. paints were stolen, and the paint was spilled and the cans were used at weapons. a car dealership was smashed up, a walgreens was lotted. a business owner said when the window to the cafe was open he and another business owner decided to take a stand and try for protect the building but his knees were shaking.

>> we decided to stand if front of the entrance and block them from coming in. not in a heroic manner but just made our presence known we are standing in front of the door you just broke, the window, and stood there calmly and watched them start the fires in the streets. an older man was hit in face with a paint can and he was with a pastor trying to discourage violence when he was hit. police say they issueed several dispersal orders that were ignored. protesters threw bottles and rocks at police and start the several fires. at 1:00 o'clock a.m. it came to an end. a man stopped by here at the paint store and taking pictures of the exterior and we asked if this is his business and three said yes, he did not want to talk on camera but it appears the cleanup process now is under

way. it wasn't just the bay area where prefers skim pathetic to michael brown turnout. look at this map, los angeles, new york, boston, washington, dc, pittsburg, atlanta, new orleans, and a host of other cities saw demonstrations. >> if los angeles, video shows the situation there. >> protesters made their way into the lanes of the busy freeway and blocked traffic. there was a citywide tactical alert if anticipation of the demonstration so officers stayed on duty beyond their normal shift. >> i am order you to leave this road way and sidewalk. >> a similar seen layed out in new york city, hundreds of protesters hit the streets last

night. at one point necessity -- they blocked the entrance to the lincoln tunnel and launched on the fdr bridge most of them were peaceful but there were a handful of arrests. >> in boston a thousand marched through city streets and massachusetts state police and boston police established a perimeter to try to gather the demonstrators. protesters tried to talk on to a highway to disrupt traffic. in new york the profit was peaceful, as well, with only a handful of arrests. >> the ferguson officer wilson said he could not have done anything differently to have prevented the 18-year-old shooting death. >> he appeared in public yesterday during an exclusive interview with george stephanopolis and offered details of the august 9 shooting including the confrontation with brown at his police vehicle. >> i used my door to push him back and yell to "get back," but he pushed the door shut.

i looked back and suddenly punches were flying. he threw the first punch? >> yes. and hit me in the left side of my face. >> some witnesses said they saw you trying to pull him into the car. >> that would be against every train ever statute to law enforcement. >> ill son told stephanopolis he has a clean conscience because he knows he did his job right. a lot more of this interview is coming up on "good morning america" this morning. we are following the period ofs over the ferguson decision closely online and on air and we will bring you any major develop mets during the newscast. our coverage continues on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. now the other top story is travel. the thanksgiving travel rush is on. i-80 from emeryville camera it is busy headed west and most are traveling by car. expect traffic out of san francisco to pick up as the day continues.

from walnut creek, interstate 6 area, the tail lights are headed southbound and things are moving without any trouble and gas is cheap. or relatively chip and more people hit the roads to sacramento expect the stretch of roadway to be busy. >> as for air travel the east coast forecast calls positive snow and is causing delays and cancellations. i am happy to report that things here seem to be moving smoothly at sfo and we do have new members on the flight cancellations and delays cross the united states. look over my shoulder you can see the people are moving law with no long delays. according to flight tracking service airlines have scrapped 299 flights for today moving in or out of the country. an additional 510 flights have been delayed. fortunately they are not here at sfo where we found lines moving quickly with no notice alerts on

the travel board. >> the delays and cancellations are because of expectation of bad wets on the east coast where most of the business of the airports are there are 46 million passengers moving by car, train and plane. >> i prepare two days before with kids. i'm packed. that is a big deal. that is my tip. >> no one is calling this a major weeks ago problem but they will have disruption to holiday plans with carriers deciding to cancel flights preemptively when more weather was forecast. in anticipation of the poor weeks ago, every united states airline has moved to wave rebooking fees to cities in the path of the storm and back at sfo you can see the people are having no problems checking in and moving along.

i spoke to a woman on told me that she spoke with already airline and they said we are having a problem in connecticut so rebook and we will do it at in -- no cost. the weather at sfo is conducive to travel but, boy, mike, the nor'easter. >> the last time we talked, we talked about philadelphia and john f. kennedy and newark experiencing delays with snow in new york and philadelphia and washington and baltimore right on the rain-snow light. no issues there yet but it will be cooler throughout the day. 39 at palo alto and low-to-mid 40's for menlo park and wood side and foster city and up federal 40's if belmont. san bruno is 57. most of us in the 40's but santa rosa and napa and san ramon at 39. a last haze in the east bay hills in the mid-60's this

afternoon. nearly 70 by 4:00. back in the upper 50's and nearly 60 at evening hours with high clouds. the meter lights have thinned owe the traffic but look at this: gaps in between the cars. it is a busy drive through berkeley and at bay bridge toll plaza the headlights are extending back to the maze and we are still seeing big gaps in between each vehicle so you are actually move along pretty well. here is the golden gate bridge on the travel day of the season and you can see traffic is light. we have a problem blocking off the intersection at grant avenue where a big rig took out the power lines with crews on the scene trying to repair those and if you are traveling southbound 880 at fremont we do have a new crash blocking a lane. biggest names in silicon valley is now the target of union activists, the remain employees at apple that will

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covering cupertino, concord, wine country and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. welcome back at 6:15. one is dead the another is hurt. they were both hit by bart trains in two separate incidents. the first happened at 6:30 last night at downtown berkeley station. police say they responded to a report of a person under the train. it is not clear how that person ended up on the tracks. the station was closed for three hours. >> before 9:00 p.m. another person was hit by a train at embarcadero station in san francisco. that person was taken to the hospital. there is in word on their condition. as organized labors expands efforts in the silicon valley a local union and civil rights activist jesse jackson is pushing for better working conditions for security guards

at apple. united service workers is looking to unionize security guards who work on the cupertino campus amid a growing debate of the widespread use of contract workers. while the technical workers they serve receive huge salaries and impressive perks, contractors often struggle to make end's meet. if you have experienced deja vu on friday, there is a reason, retailers offering the same products and prices as last year. according to a study, 93 percent of stores offer-year-old products for the same discount as last year. it is not a huge issue for furniture and cookware but it could matter for tech and electronics that could be outdated or lesser quality. new data shows the retailers do not necessarily see a big boost in sales by opening early on thanksgiving day.

buyers simply shop on thursday rather than friday but they do not buy more or shop thursday and friday. >> by the end of the weekend the receipt is the same. if you are shopping over thursday and friday, certainly the weather locally is going to be conducive. >> saturday and sunday and monday and tuesday, not so much with the much noded rain on the way. good morning, everyone, the high pressure is still dominating our weather and look how dry it and on live doppler hd with the lack of clouds as we still have the offshore breeze and the cap on the atmosphere making it look hazy in some spots. san jose and 280 at 17 waking up to sunshine this morning. we are going to have a lot of sunshine and warm temperatures again today and tomorrow and "spare the air" today for sure and likely tomorrow. it will be cooler. cleaner. dry, as well, daylight on friday. in the evening we have lit rain in the north bay and the soaking storms get the rest of us

saturdays sunday, monday and tuesday. san rafael and 101 has in fog but it is the north bay again that could have the poor of the air quality this afternoon and all of us under the spire spare umbrella so all of us cannot burn any wood until midnight. temperatures all the numbers in the upper 60 to low 70 and a few exceptions along the coast where we may have mid-60 with high clouds later in the afternoon. we will drop into the mid-to-upper 40's inland and mid-50's around the bay similar and to the coast. high pressure today and tomorrow and the storm will be steered to the north and keep us rain-free through thanksgiving day and it will be put the lid on the atmosphere and create another "spare the air" tomorrow with waves of storms over the pacific coming in from the west and they will have more moisture and you can see friday evening has height rain developing in the north bay and saturday morning

that is moving through the heart of the bay and heavier rain is developing saturday evening through sunday morning. sunday afternoon we are going to get a break with light rain and monday morning through monday afternoon, moderate to heavy rain and tuesday on into early hours tuesday afternoon another batch of light-to-moderate rain. it means 3" to 5" in the north bay and mudslides not likely but breezy with trees coming down or losing harelips and 1-3" for the rest of us and temperatures on friday or low-to-upper sick and friday or low-to-upper sick and low 60's monday and tuesday. >> pg&e are working down powered line after a couple of power poled were run interest. we do have live power lanes or we did, and the power now is shut down to 3,000 local

residents in the industrial area but you are advised to stay away from the area while pg&e crews work on the lines. >> nows holiday travel, we have seen the traffic busy through berkeley and over the bay bridge but mass transit has a thanksgiving day schedule on bart, on a sunday schedule. ace train today working only two trains in the morning and two in the evening. action on ac t sunday schedule, tomorrow, so check the schedule so you are not stranded. a thanksgiving day tradition continues today at the white house. the turkey getting a reprieve from president obama before tomorrow's big feast. at 6:30 a scary scene at a ferguson protest: a car hits a bystander in a plowing fashion and we will show you the cell

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>> good morning at 6:23. the day with thanksgiving day, a lovely shot showing the bay bridge and the lights shining. it is pretty. the sun is rising. >> everyone is talking about sing are billy joel is accusing a washington, dc of blowing smoke say he shared a cigarette with president obama at the white house. he is denying claims president obama offered him a puff at the white house after a report arose claying the two had a cigarette on the balcony. president obama has spoken publicly of the struggle to give up smoking saying he feared the wrath of the first lady if he doesn't ditch the habit. the president has a tough decision to make: which thanksgiving day turkey to pardon? this is video from last year. the turkey is chosen based on looks and behavior lick a

futurity pageant. one is pardoned by rebound and crowned "national thanksgiving day turkey," at at white house ceremony today and an alternate turkey serves as runner-up. we are not sure who actually gets put in the oven. >> how can you tell them apart, they both have a "crown." >> so true. >> we will have to figure that out. >> that was a "fowl," scream. >> we are on a wing and a prayer. >> high school students fighting back to stop so-called slut shaming. >> first, breaking news, crime tape surrounds the san francisco club overnight after gunfire breaks out sending half a dozen people to the hospital. a we are lending of investigation. another morning of clean up for oakland after another night of violence much we will show you what happened last night. >> nor'easter is brewing and causing delays in washington,

dc, philadelphia, newark and la guardia. this weekend we will have our own issues with rain that will get rid of the fire air quality. that is coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> in the traffic center, it is get away wednesday with the bay bridge toll plaza showing traffic busy from the east bay and possibly folks headed to sfo. i will let you know. we do have one new crash in santa rosa possibly involving a pedestrian. more information on that when we continue. first, though, we have remark and weather where you live with abc7 news now. ♪ [instrumental music] ♪

♪ ♪ it's a marshmallow world in the winter. ♪ ♪ tot tot -- live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. thanks for joining us the wednesday before thanksgiving day. we are watching the travel situation out there. this is a very busy travel day. >> travel situation is gumming up on the east coast. for us, it is fine. a little bit of fog in the north bay. we are tracking that with live doppler hd.

1.25 visibility at san jose but the rest of us are just hazy but i do not expect delays at sfo and the plus is up from 24 hours ago. you can see it from the tower. napa and oakland and san jose have the highest pollution right now. as far as the forecast the next 12 hours we have high clouds and sunshine and temperatures in the middle-to-upper 60's at the cost and middle 70's for the rest of us. >> on the west coast a lot of us are drying to get to thanksgiving festivities but i have to get to this in santa rosa we have all lanes blocked northbound side of 101 at the off-ramp it has been reported a pedestrian has been hit and we have emergency crews on the scene but we do not have delays driving into south santa rosa we will let you know the developments in a couple of minutes. breaking news in san francisco: police are investigating a shooting that sent six people to the hospital.

shots were reported at mission and 13th before 1:00 o'clock this morning and we have new word there could be a club. officers found four victims at scene, two are life threatening injuries. two other victims turned up at a local hospital. we do not know their conditions. >> in the fallout from ferguson the police chief is call night two "much better." >> the most severe damage was broken ones at ferguson city hall, where tear gas was used by police. 45 people were arrested inning if -- arrested in ferguson. >> officer darren wilson who shot unarmed black teenager michael brown is defended his actions in an interview with george stephanopolis. at 6:35 we will take you to ferguson for a report from our reporter on the ground blue we will hear more of the interview. in the bay area for a second

day oakland businesses have to respare and restock. >> professors angry over developments in the shooting took to the streets and the freeways. a lot of the violence happened here on telegraph avenue and a lot of it started at the paint store with workers cloning up where paint was spilled. the windows are boardedded up. the paint is not just inside but outside, on the street and the sidewalk. look at the footprints, paint everywhere in oakland on telegraph. a lot of the cans were break windows. >> the group marched down telegraph and set fears in the streets and smashed up

businesses. a car dealership, a walgreens, a cafe. one cafe owner said he stood between his business and the protesters and said his knees were shaking. >> we stood there calmly as the glass was breaking an us and they were throwing the cans through the window, the cans of paint. we saw vandals in emeryville seeing from people's garages so not just targeting businesses. there was a heavy police presence last night and they had officers in from livermore and some great hayward, all over the bay area. they say they made several arrests and will not know the official number until later today when they go through the arrest reports. they broke it up at 1:00 o'clock a.m. and everyone went home and the protest was over but, now, the clean up begins and a business owner says he is really hoping last night was the final night of the violent protests.

it is 6:33. protesters should down two freeways in oakland last night as police tried to round up dozens of demonstrators on interstate 580 with the protesters rushing an intersection of telegraph after 9:00 laugh night blocking traffic in both direction until a few dozen officers moved in and began making arrests and did the same at 980 clogging up the lanes. a rally in minneapolis was scary when a car struck a protester and burst through a pack of protesters. several hundred gathered to show solidarity with michael brown. the video is tough to watch the driver of the car called police soon after to report the incident. ferguson police officer

darren wilson is braking his silence in an interview with george stephanopolis. our reporter is in ferguson with that story and details on the arrest last night. karen? good morning, it was calm and quiet in ferguson overnight different than the previous night's violence and chaos with a significant increase in law enforcement. on monday there were 700 national guard troops in ferguson and last night, 2,200. that may have helped prevent an escalation in violence. >> demonstrators gathered at the ferguson police department headquarters, county police used tear gas to disrupt some who burned a police car with reports of vandalism. >> we saw protesters out there, there for the right reason but there are a few bent on prevent ing this from happening

in an ideal fashion. >> and officer darren wilson speaking out for the first time to abc's george stephanopolis describing what three said was a physical struggle with michael brown. >> i saw him coming back around with his left hand and in the shape like this coming through the window and a solid punch. >> you are trying to figure how to get out of this? >> yes, how to survive? >> how to survive? >> i didn't know if i could withstand another hit. >> is there anything you could have done differently to prevent the killing? >> no. >> nothing? >> no. >> in ds of -- in dozens of cities around the nation large crowds took to the street demanding justice for brown. president obama in chicago said he had no sympathy for demonstrators who destroy their own communities. >> i have never seen a civil rights law or a health care bill

or an immigration bill result because a car got burned. it happened because people vote, it happened because people mobilize, it happened because mobilize, it happened because people we are following the profits over the ferguson decision closely on-line and on the air and we will bring you any major developments during the newscast. the other top story we are following, the thanksgiving travel rush. we are at sfo with the delayed passengers are facing as an early winter storm hits the eastern seaboard. >> at break, a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is becoming up and, yes, it is

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>> coming up on 6:41 on wednesday. 280 at 17, san jose, a little hazy this morning. warm this afternoon. ten degrees warmer-than-average

at 72. the record high is 79. you will not be close do that. we are nearly a record high saturday through tuesday and when with the rain. a flag warning around san diego with high fire danger. 84 in los angeles. mid-60's through the industrial -- central valley. lake tahoe is at 63 today but 40's with rain and snow saturday through tuesday. this is now how we want to start off holiday. we have a fatality. c.h.p. has confirmed santa rosa northbound highway 101 we have delays in the area so the sig-alert will be around until further notice with one lane currently open. if you are traveling in the area and you need to get an the delays you can get off at todd road and back on here. this was a fatality involving a big rig and several other vehicles with more information in a few minutes.

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>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 6:45. high school students in berkeley demand better policies on sexual harassment following the shaming of some girls through social media. some students have lunched a campaign pass out buttons with t-shirts "stop blaming my body for your harassment." some boy on campus created slut account on instagram mocking girls' bodies. students say school

harassment need to be improved. >> considering we are the next kids moving on at college it is serious time to have disucssion on concept and alcohol. >> they hope to raise awareness and bring change. >> the thanksgiving travel rush is on. getting to grandma's house by plane could be a problem. not bad weather here. i got done speaking with a spokesman at sfo, people are dropping off and move through quickly at for -- sfo and we proud of this. but on the east coast, airlines have canceled 510 flights moving in the united states or out of the country. an additional 299 flights have been delayed.

they are not here at sfo where we found lines moving quickly and no notice alerts. the delays, however, and cancellations are because of an expectation of bad weather on the east coast. most of nation's busiest airports are located this. all big united states airlines have moved to waive rebooking fees to cities in the path of storms. >> i got a phone call that said the flight could be canceled or delayed because of the storm on the east coast and they let me change. for free. that is encouraging. i got to go a day early. carriers have increasingly decided to cancel poor weather is predicted. >> travel experts are predicting the delays will cause disruption to the holiday travel lands. i spoke with a spokesman at sfo and he said the problems

la guardia and philadelphia so if you are traveling there, call ahead. they still want you to call ahead as you come here. what i will do today, i will stay here this morning and i will have a report at midday telling you the latest with the travel information we learned. follow me on twitter with the latest information there, too. >> thanks, knick. -- >> how is the with the back there? >> you can see the nor'easter developing and the snowstorm creating delays at washington, dc, philadelphia, newark and la guardia. if you are connected through minneapolis and st. paul we have delayed because snow is falling and the snow shield is expanding as we head through the morning hours. boston will have delays soon as the rain is turning over to snow. we have fog in the north bay and

it has been as low as 1.25 visibility in santa rosa with haze in the east bay and haze over the bay itself. if that looks more murky than yesterday you are right, there is more pollution in the air than this time year. "spare the air" day today and warm again and likely we will do it again dome for thanksgiving day and cooler and cleaner and dry during the daytime friday but friday evening is when the storm door opens and soaking storms are coming saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday. four days of it. this is how it looks from walnut creek you can see how gritty the air looks headed southbound into the san ramon valley. the north bay is supposed to have the worst air quality but all of us are under the burning ban until midnight. we have a few mid-60's along the coast and high clouds are on the increase as we head into the afternoon hours and the high clouds will keep up in the mid-to-upper 40's inland and mid-50's an the bay and to the coast. here is what is happening, high

pressure is sit on top of us and capping the manufacture and creating a light offshore wind so we have so much pollution. the clockwise storm will give us high clouds and friday evening in the north bay, saturday evening, all of us are wet. on saturday evening, a surge of moderate rain. sunday is light are rain but headed to monday morning into early afternoon, moderate to heavy rain and we will have one more push on tuesday morning into early afternoon and by tuesday evening it is gone. 3-5" of rain possible in the north bay and breezy conditions and 1-3" for the rest of the us and our deficit tolls should be wiped out by tuesday afternoon. temperatures are going to go from upper sick to low 70's today to upper 50's to low 60's by tuesday. have a good day. leyla gulen? >> you have been warning us there is a lost fog in the in the bay through santa rosa at a

mile visibility. had was a fatal accident when a pedestrian was struck and killed. northbound highway 101 before you get there, we have all but one lane is closed down. one lane only gets you by and the signature alert is in affect until further notice. you can take santa rosa to get open freeway and you can get on here, as well. we have fog in the area. safe travel for you on the busy travel day before thanksgiving and drive time traffic at 29 minutes, 28 minutes, excuse me, and highway 4 is busy at 2 minutes antioch to conquer, 101 from san rafael to san francisco under 20 miffs. where is everyone? a lot of people looks like they took the day off and they will be traveling later this afternoon. more on that in a few minutes. what a shock, people taking a day off early.

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traffic on two interstates, 580 and 980. the protests spilled over into emeryville. >> officer darren wilson cleared in shooting death of mile brown says his conscience is clear in an interview with surveillance e stephanopolis he said he could not have done anything differently to prevent the teen's death. it is a in go for thousands of people trying to get home for the thanksgiving holiday. norly 300 flights have been canceled this morning because of snow and rain. more than 500 flights back east are delayed. santa clara will set aside $2 million for activities related to the 2016 super bowl at levi stadium. the city council voted to covert cost of a week of evens leading to super bowl 50 including a parade, fireworks and a food festival. >> you can support california museums today by recognize the birthday of bay area cartoonist

charles schultz, pre-orders begin today for special snoopy license plate that reads owe my seems are for everyone costing $50 initially and then $40 each year after that. off to a murky start especially inland east bay with the hills and values you can see mt. diablo is poking up through it with a "spare the air" day. 6 to 70 at the coast. upper 60's to mid-70s if the rest of the us. >> seeing is believing, where did everyone go? a lot of folks took the day off. they are going to be traveling later on this afternoon. expect delay delays. we have a sig-alert in the woulds santa rosa 101 so be careful. thank you very much. we continue online and twitter and facebook and all mobile devices. see you in 25 minutes.

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