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>> he had a troubled childhood and was often violent. the mother expressed fear of him and says she hasn't seen him in one month. >> new details coming out about the gunman who killed two new york city police officers. and the warning for other officers around the country. good evening. a memorial is growing in brooklyn at the site where the two officers were killed. abc news reporter cecilia vega has the latest. >> reporter: on the sunday before christmas, new yorkers stand together on a cold night mourning the death of two police officers, raphael ramos and liu, their death shaking a city and uniting it. >> we all mourn together. >> reporter: the mother of one of the slain officers quietly praying next to a sea 6

candles and -- a sea of candles and flowers where they died. the two officers were in their marked patrol car in brooklyn when 28-year-old brinsley walked up to the passenger side of their vehicle and opened fire striking both officers in the head at point blank range. >> shots feared. >> s.w.a.t teams chased him into a subway station and passengers dropping to the ground in fear. >> get on the floor. >> brinsley then shot hems in the head. earlier that day in baltimore, brinsley shot his ex-girlfriend in the stomp mass and posted this on instagram "traveling on a bus to brooklyn. i am putting wings on pigs today" he wrote. "they took one of ours so let's take two of theirs." bel t -- >> he asked them for their gang affiliation. he asked them to follow hem on instagram and then he said watch what i am going to do.

jay each of the slain police officers leaves behind a wife. officer ramos had two children and officer liu was married just two months ago. cecilia vega, abc news. >> the plea for peace from the mother of eric garner after he was put in what someway is a chokehold by officers. >> anyone standing with us, we want you to not use eric garner's name for violence because we are not about that. >> tonight some police departments around the country are warning officers to wear bulletproof vests. police in florida do not believe this morning's shooting death of an officer is leepinged to the ambush murders -- linked on to the ambush mrds. but the fallen tampa officer began his career with the nypd. they say officer charles answered a call on a noise

complaint. sheriff deputies shot and killed a man who was barricaded in a burning house in the foothills. the man fired more than a hundred rounds at them and at nearby homes. even after the garage caught fire and the house started burning police say he kept shooting. a deputy ultimately shot and killed him when the man was near a backdoor around 4:00 this afternoon. the trouble began just before 11:00 this morning when the sheriff says the man maced his girlfriend. more flooding in the bay area. but this isn't because of recent rains. it is the king tide moving in. sergio is live in san francisco. sergio? >> tomorrow it is supposed to be the highest king tide for december. there are someplaces like redwood city that will see surges as high as nine feet and ten feet toward the south bay. here it is south beach harbor in san francisco. this whole platform is floating. you can see right now it is floating at about five feet. tomorrow it is supposed to

surge to as high as seven feet and actually a little beyond that which is pretty high when you consider past eight feet they run out of ruler. in marin county, the high tide caused them to sht down the stinson beach exit. it was flooded out most of the morning. in the surrounding area, the parking lots turned into the shallow pools. neither snow nor rain and high tide kept him from his uh ponted rounds. >> you have to go slow. >> he is used to this, but for tourists it was a surprise. the parking lot at this hotel flooded. >> i think it is impressive. i didn't expect our hotel would be this close to the ocean. water had to be pumped out of the foundation. operators say the building has sunk since it was built in the late 1940s. so he has to stack sandbags to keep the high tide from rushing in.

>> this birm was put up a decade or so ago. it has been effective. >> the king tide returns on monday morning. the coastal commission is encouraging people to take pictures of the rising water as part of an on going project. >> the coastal access areas or the infrastructure or habitat, it is helpful to have a reference point when they are taking photos. >> these are a few of the pictures submitted. the project at california . king tides .net will chronicle them for years. they are not rerated to climate change, but organizers of the project satisfy the rising waters help people visualize what it might be like if the levels rise. abc7 news. >> in san mateo county, people are ready for whatever the king tide brings, but so far they haven't seen any problems. the belmont trailer park flooded last week and tonight one entrance is closed. there are sandbags everywhere and pipes to divert the excess

water. county officials can apply for state and federal aid to cover flood damage. let's head over to meteorologist drew who is checking our weather. >> we will be dealing with the king syed for -- king tide for 48 hours. it lasts until 3:00 p.m. on tuesday afternoon for the localized flooding along our shoreline and around the bay. that means the sea water once again could get on the roadways and the sidewalks and trails around the water. we want to give you the most recent high tide times. our next one is coming after midnight and early monday. another one is happening late monday morning around 11:00 a.m. we are entering the first week of winter, but it will feel anything but winter-like. katie? thank you, drew. berkeley police hope an autopsy sheds more light on the death of a young man near the cal campus. someone reported that the victim fell down some stairs on piedmont avenue early

yesterday morning. officers say a -- say he was not breathing when they arrived on the scene. investigators consider his death suspicious, but they don't think foul play was involved. the 20-year-old may have been a student at cal. the family of injured window washer plans to talk about his recovery tomorrow. he survived an 11-story fall one month ago. pedro perez of san leandro broke several bones and he remains in the hospital. he landed on this car and it may have cushioned his fall. they believe perez may have sliped when he was adjusting a moveable scaffold high above california street. the driver of the car was not hurt. it is down to the wire for christmas shopping. take a look and a listen to this. a little sax mu seek helped -- music helped keep it stress

free. a lot of last-minute shoppers are out and a lot of stores open extra hours. some are offering extra discounts, free gift wrapping, shipping and delivery. every bit helps because the clock is ticking. >> i work a lot of hours, and sometimes i just don't have enough time. thank god they are open 24 hours. >> today is day one and i have four children at home. i have a long way to go. >> no, no shopping yet. but we have three days. we are good. we are all right. do you want anything for christmas? >> i want clothes. >> too cute. everyone we talked with said their fellow shoppers were being polite. >> if brick and mortar stores are not your thing several are offering big discounts on-line. but you will probably have to buy them by midday tomorrow to make sure the gifts arrive in time for christmas.

still to come on abc7 news at 11:00, it is a video that has gone viral. and now a bay area neighborhood is booming tonight as people check out the "star wars" house. and tis the season. how people are getting out to help a good cause this weekend. and later, could the movie "the interview" still be released despite threats from hackers? what sony is saying tonight when abc ♪

♪ >> a bay area family's holiday display has gone viral. more than three million people have checked it out on

youtube, and now it is drawing thousands of visitors in person. abc7 news reporter alyssa harrington is live in newark with the most festive assignment of the night. hi, alyssa. >> katie, there is nothing like this show that uses 100,000 lights timed to music. it is the perfect christmas display for "star wars" fans and it turns out there are quite a lot of them. it got so packed tonight that police were called to direct traffic and even had to tow a car. it took just five days for this youtube video of a newark home to get three million hits. it shows holiday lights timed precisely to match "star wars" music. ♪ the viral video has turned this usually quiet neighborhood into a must see attraction. thousands lined the sidewalks.

drivers inch by and watch the display out car windows. >> it is pretty well done. it is elaborate. >> it is awesome to bring the kids somewhere local where they are putting a show and a tree. >> i am not a crazy "star wars" junky, but the music is amazing. >> he is a music teacher and spent months programming the lights. >> i knew in june i wanted to do "star wars" music. i started taking my favorite songs and making a mini story line. >> he says it took him 10 hours to synchronize one minute of music. it included a 9-feet piano and seven-foot guitar and using the sky as a canvas. and there is an epic light sabre battle. >> i like it when the tree lights up in a rainbow color. it is nice. >> the show runs from 6:00 to 10:00 every night and visitors are encouraged to make a donation. he hopes to collect $10,000 by

christmas, all of the money going to help feed the homeless. in newark, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. gee awesome show. great cause. that's incredible. we would love to see how you are celebrating where you live. share your photos of holiday lights and events on twitter. use the hash tag so we can find your pictures. e-mail photos or videos to you report at kgo-tv.com. some folks loaded up their cars and headed downtown to help people in need across san francisco. st. anthony foundation volunteers helped donors unload their cars at the annual curbside donation drive. people brought clothes, blankets and food. volunteers well use the items to fill 5,000 gift baskets that will be handed out on christmas day. you heard of merry christmas? this is mary giftness.

it invites people to have greetings pro scrected along -- projected along the walls. it will appear nightly near third street and yes, sir bough buena -- yerba buena lane. i put one up for drew. >> you will get the same gift. the gift that keeps giving. let's talk about weather. it is a very quiet scene. this scene is going to be pretty popular the next seven days. we are not tracking much in the way of rainfall after a soaking of a december. finally seeing a dryer pattern as we strt winter this afternoon. a live look outside and showing you a tranquil sunday night. early tomorrow morning a little fog will be developing across the region. that's the only inclement weather we have the next 24 hours. 60s across the board. 69 in san rafael and 69 in fairfield. got to 65 in redwood city and

63 in san jose. these numbers are some 6 to 8 dries above normal for this time of year. right now we are hovering in the 50s. it is 56 in oakland and 50 feign in antioch and still 61 in livermore. 58 in san jose. satellite and radar and here is what we are tracking. the high pressure is right off the coast and keeping the clouds and much of the shower activity to the north around portland and seattle. for us expect a lot of sunshine and the temperatures are still above average. as we go to the future monday morning patchy fog, but watch as the clouds stay at bay. it will duplicate that picture on tuesday afternoon. not a cloud on the sky. on tuesday, the temperatures are roughly 10 degrees above normal. we would not be surprised to see a few 70s. fast-forward to christmas eve. christmas eve afternoon, 4:00 we could start to see some rain enter the north bay especially by 10:00 in the

evening. light showers will take over much of the bay area. this is a quick-moving system. it is out of here early christmas morning. we are dealing with partly cloudy skys and the rain is out of here and it looks to be a light rain event. probably a quarter of an inch. a little fog out there and otherwise we will stay in the 50s except for the north bay in the upper 40s. after the fog burns off it is a lot of sunshine on the way. 65 in downtown san francisco and getting to 67 in san jose and 69 in san tay you rosa and half -- santa rosa and half moon bay about 70 degrees. it calls for the fog early tomorrow morning and afternoon sunshine. another mild winter day around here on tuesday. wouldn't be surprised if a few inland spots get into the 70s. very warm in the mid60s. christmas eve the clouds increase in the afternoon and then there is a chance of sprinkles moving in christmas day in the wake of front and

the dry and sunny pattern continues saturday and into sunday of next week. >> sunny and dry and warm christmas. >> there you go. california style. >> thanks, drew. raider fans have something to like tonight as well. >> this is good. the start of the season they couldn't win a game and now they are ending on a good note. it will be a new era in oakland next year. tony spore -- sporano's run is ending. the raiders now have as many home wins as

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10-play, 80-yard drive. silver and black hold on late for a 26-24 win, their third straight win at home and in the process they eliminate the bills from playoff contention. >> we are a totally different team in this stadium. in this stadium, if you come here you will get -- >> i can't say enough good things about this team. i love the guys in that locker room. they are fighters. every time somebody counts them out they bounce back. it is a great sign of character. >> we are trying to change the cul -- culture and we are. if we keep fighting and working hard it will get there. finishing 3-0 at home, all of those things are so important. >> how good is derrick carr? the latest on jim harbaugh's future. and before the game he was sick to his stomach and by the en

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fatter than normal. we always take advantage of the food and the hospitality. that's always a good sign. >> the arizona cardinals -- speaking of fresh meat -- sorry, i couldn't resist. this is for the title. russell wilson to luke wilson, not the actor, 80 yards and hawks blow it open. wilson to wilson. twenty yards and 21-6. oakland and berkeley, seen this before? marshawn lynch goes beast mode. teammate bennett said he ran like he was running for his freedom. it was a 79-yard touchdown and seattle racks up a franchise record 596 yards of offense, 35-6 the final of the if the hawks beat the rams next sunday they will win the division and have home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

he hits back with the football and that escalated quickly. a full all brawl ensues. three players ejected rams had no answer. his 11th touchdown catch of the year. that goes for 80 yards. eli manning threw for 391 and 148 to beckham. giants win it by 1037-27. the rest of the day in the nfl, college hoops in our second half hour. this abc7 news sports report is brought to you by ebay. >> thank you. just ahead, nearly a dozen people injured after a lightning strike at the buccaneers game today. we'll show you what happened. and north korea striking back after the u.s. accuses the country of being behind the sony cyberattack. and the human side of monkeys. what this little guy did when he saw another monkey in

i'm katie. in tonight's headlines there is a growing memorial for the two police officers who were shot and killed on saturday. police say the gunman posted on social media i am putting wings on pigs today. that was before shooting and killing liu and ramos. flooded roads and parking lots underwater in mill valley. the king tied is here and people are bracing for another long night. it is caused by the gravitational sun and the moon. experts say it will be worse in january. and shoppers are running out of time. they are open extra hours to

meet demands and freebies. now to the cyberattack on sony. the sackers are now taunting the fbi. apparently they are calling investigators idiots and north korea is issuing a bold message of its own to the u.s. >> tonight north korea is firing back after the u.s. publicly accused the secretive nation of coordinating the cyberattack that crippled movie giant sony. a spokesman claiming president obama himself work traited the attack and threatening repercussions targeting the white thousands, the pentagon and all of mainland usa if the u.s. does not agree to a joint investigation. this as president obama downplayed the cyberattack. >> it was an act of cyber vandalism that was very costly and very expensive. >> and now the u.s. is reaching out to china for help reining in the north koreans. meanwhile sony's hackers are

apparently undaunted. they released another message this weekend. this one is taunting the fbi. and it is linked to this youtube video "you are an idiot" the hollywood reporter could not verify the authenticity, but thisy say the message which abc news did not receive was similar to previous ones. >> you want us to assassinate the leader of north korea? >> the attack because north korea is angry over a movie about a fexal assassination of kim kim jong-un. they say movie theaters refused to show it because of violent threats from the hackers what started as a joke is turning into an international incident. >> if the united states retaliates it is clear there will be retribution and we are in for a tit for tat that could result in something serious. >> back in june north korea made it clear they were not happy about the film. but sony reached out to

experts and the government and no one raised a red flag. and sony has insurance that may possibly protect them from the financial losses of the cyber uhing tay. abc news, new york. >> in an interview this morning, a lawyer for sony says the interview movie will be distributed, but he is not sure how. some reports suggest it may be released via crackle. that's sony's streaming service. fighting for northern iraq. kurdish fighters are going from house to house in the areas they liberated from isis to check for boob -- booby traps that were left by radical islamic groups. calls for peace in fremont today. local muslims and members of the afghan community condemn terrorist groups like isis during a rally on fremont boulevard. the u.s. and other nations believe isis has killed thousands of people in syria and iraq.

>> every tenant is begins -- is against terror. we do not accept the killing of innocent civilians and we do not accept the killing in schools. we do not the burning of churches and sacred and religious entities. >> fremont is home to one of america's largest afghan communities. in florida 11 people are recovering tonight after being hit by lightning. the strike happened in the parking lot of raymond james stadium after the buccaneer game. no one was hit by the bolt directly, but you can see damage done to one of the cars. all of the injuries are minor. four of the people who were hurt even drove themselves to the hospital. scary stuff. now to a story about monkeys that just may warm your heart. one monkey comes to the rescue of another money co -- monkey after the animal was shocked on a high wire. it was lying next to the tracks not moving when he

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area police agency are accusing chair chief of retaliation after complaints of being exposed to pornography. it is raising questions about how the department handles evidence. i team reporter dan noyes has the story. >> january 9th, 2013, santa rosa junior college about 3:00 in the afternoon. campus police arrested matthew whitaker for viewing child porn on a public computer. an open and shut case. he told officers, don't judge me. it is not my fault i am a pedophile. >> as he was arrested he said how much time am i gonna get?

he was not trying to deny it at all. >> fast-forward 15 months, april 26th of this past year. community service officer spotted this thumb drive plugged into a computer that records phone calls calls and radio traffic. she took it to the dispatch area to find out who owned it. >> i plugged it in and click owed a file and it was graphic, disturbing images popped up on the screen. as i went -- they all looked. >> two police dispatchers saw the pictures of girls 8 to 12 years old engaged in sexual acts with men. they have heard a lot in 24 years of a dispatcher, but seeing the child porn shook her. >> it made me feel like i had done something wrong in viewing that. it is illegal. >> it is among the most sensitive evidence you could imagine. >> jim hammer served as a

prosecutor and san francisco police commissioner. >> every time that sieved possessed by somebody or shown to somebody else that child is victimized again and again and again. >> the three santa rosa jc police employees took what happened up the chain of command and finally to the chief. >> he didn't want to have anything to do with it, sweep it under the rug and it is no big deal. you didn't see anything. go on with your job. >> mccaffrey ordered an internal affairs organization and found it belonged to a couple working for the department. a dispatcher and her husband and officer. in addition to the child porn, the thumb drive had a family photo, the couple's refinance documents and utility bills. the dispatcher and her husband did not answer my phone calls and did not speak with me when i approached them after a public swearing in satisfactory mown two weeks ago. >> i want to ask you about the child porn on your thumb drive. >> i have no comment. >> why was that there? >> we are not identifying them because it could be a mistake. the wife told internal affairs

she copied the child porn to her thumb drive to make a cd for the district attorney's office, but she neglected to delete the images from her personal thumb drive and thought she lost it several months ago. >> the internal affairs investigator tells me he wanted to interview the husband, the police officer, plot the -- but the chief told him not to and mccaffrey shutdown the investigation. the chief did not return my e-mails and phone calls for an interview and so i caught up with him after the ceremony. >> why stop the investigation into the thumb drive? >> don't you have an interview scheduled this afternoon? >> i wanted to talk to you about it. >> he did not answer my questions and referred me to the school administration. >> chief, come on. i need to talk to you as well. >> the former prosecutor says this deserves a full investigation to determine once and for all if it was a mistake or something worse. >> is this a crime? is this possibly intentionally possessed? if it is it is -- it is a

serious crime. if somebody in law enforcement is doing that in the department it is more serious. >> the santa rosa junior president tells me he had no idea chief mccaffrey shutdown the investigation into the child porn. >> i am not aware of that. >> and chong has taken steps to help his police department do a better job in the future. >> are you satisfied that it was handled well by your department? >> no. it was not good to have a personal thumb drive to put business on it. we made changes to ensure that doesn't happen again. >> the three police employees say they have been appreciatedded and reassign -- pressured and reassigned. they filed the hostile work environment and are preparing to sue the department. for the i-team, dan noyes, abc7 news. we want to talk about weather now. no rain is in sight, but it is getting foggy tonight. drew? >> that's one of the issues dealing with the first thing tomorrow morning. live doppler 7hd will show you it is quiet in terms of no rain, but as we switch it to

visibility you notice in the north bay we have reduced numbers. looking at santa rosa, napa less than a mile of visibility and even along the coast, half moon bay at three miles visibility. i think a lot of these numbers will fall over the next couple hours as fog continues to develop across the bay area. nationwide weather for monday, looking at a storm system brewing in the midwest, rain showers along the great lakes in the northern states, fargo and minneapolis. on the east coast, washington, d.c. is dealing with rain. back here in california it is a rather dry scene. we will see mainly sunny skies and temperatures 74 in l.a. and 58 in eureka and 65 in sacramento and 65 in money tau ray. the temperatures are on the mild side with tons of sunshine after the fog burns off. 65 in san francisco and 67 san rafael and 69 in santa rosa and 67 san jose. fairfield getting to a warm high of 70 degrees. the accu-weather seven-day forecast shows we had the fog and then sunshine. sunshine on the way for

tuesday and mild temperatures. a little shower activity late christmas eve. light in nature. it is all out by christmas day and then sunshine and dry weather for next weekend. >> thank you, drew. and speaking of christmas day we would love to see how you are celebrating the holidays where you live. we are asking viewers to send us their pictures. we already received some. some of our abc7 viewers meeting santa claus. this is little harley wanting nothing to do with meeting st. nick. you can check out more of what people have sent us at abc7news.com. that's a classic. now it is immortalized in the news. is he feeling more like santa or more like harley. >> let me think about that. >> it was an embarrassing

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string and next year's draft. the raiders players want none of that. ask the bills. first quarter buffalo and they are up 7-0.

leads the team in tackles. carr six touchdowns and no picks in the last three weeks and two td's today. james jones tied it at 7 midway through the fourth and carr leads oakland on a 10-play and 80-yard drive. silver and black hold on for the win. their third win in five games and they bounce buffalo from playoff contention. i think that's what we try to do is come down today. the last home game of the season and come out and get a win for the team and forayeder nation -- for raider nation as well. >> steelers needed a win. ben roethlisberger and this touchdown to an tone quo brown. to an tone quo brown. 20-12 of the tony romo's

dream, andrew luck's worst nightmare. troy aikman is the leader in dallas. the fourth touchdown pass of the game and 25 qardz to wit 10 -- yards to whitten. panthers and the browns and johnny manziel left late in the first half with a hamstring injury. in comes the guy they never should have replaced, brian hoyer. 13-10. cam newton back after a fracture suffered in a car accident and throws a game-winning touchdown pass right there. carolina 17 and browns 13. saints and falcons and drew brees 35 career winning drives in the fourth quarter and it would not be 36. down six and atlanta wins it 30-14 and new orleans eliminated from playoff contention. atlanta's win and carolina's win sets up a winner take all scenario in the georgia dome. winner takes the nfc south and the sub 500 record. they host a playoff game and

loser can party hard on new year's eve. they will have nothing else to do. patriots secured themselveses a first round bye in the playoffs. it was not easy against the lowly jets. to gronk in the second quarter. jonas gray scores early in the fourth. 17-16 new england. and aaron rogers and the packers steal a playoff birth. eddie lacey and a 44-yard touchdown run. 20-3 is the final. john harbaugh's ravens went to houston and they had a problem, many problems. joe flacco picked off three times. the texans will take advantage of the generousity. 16-0 houston and then in the third and flacco 21-50 today. here is number three. 25-13 the final. the oud side looking -- outside looking in and you know who benefits? the chargers who had no bees beating the niners.

the vikings and dolphins trailing. three yards to dame qen williams and -- damion williams. 45 seconds to go and the punt is blocked out of the end zone and that's a safety. dalton wins it. they played in the championship game last year and as cal found out they are pretty good this year too. the men's squad showing support for the ladies. the bears ranked 24th and cardinals 10th. she had a team high 17 points and 10 boards. cardinals are too good. on the inbound pass, you do this in practice. 70-57 louisville and cal has lost three straight. san jose state and washington state and a decent start. brandon mitchell with the one

handed dunking. dunbar with the steal and the lay in and he had 25. 82-53 and the spartans are 2 and 10. this abc7 sports report is prat to you by ebay. a rough day for san jose state. still have about 20 more games. they can cons back. >> plenty of time. plenty of time. that's it for tonight. abc7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. thanks so much for joining us. ha

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