sunshine in an hour democratic hopefuls face off. a voter information breach could play a role in the debate. >> map rushed to the rescue when a car careened into an east bay canal. the stage is set for tonight's democratic debate. one issue on the table, an unexpected dustup involving the democratic national committee and charges of one campaign improperly accessing voter information. hello, and thank you for joining us. abc7 news is on a half hour

early due to the democratic debate. marcy gonzalez is at the debate in new hampshire. marcy? >> reporter: drama ahead of tonight's democratic debate. four members of bernie sans deers' campaign staff accused of tapping into hillary clinton private files. >> very unhappy these young people would do this. >> this was a very egregious breach and our data was stolen. this not an an inned a vert tent. >> the breach mace potential in a glitch in the massive databases but the one sanders staffer fired says he did nothing wrong. >> i saw that there was data. i saw that it was different than ours. and that was really the extent of what i learned. >> the dnc has now reversed the decision to ban the sanders campaign from accessing the crucial voter information in the

database but the issue is still expected to be a focus in the debate. >> chance scows the issues. >> while clinton still holds the commanding lead in the latest national polls, here in new hampshire, sanders' and clinton's numbers are close. >> if bernie sanders is going to beat hillary clinton it has to start in new hampshire. >> we expect to hear from the candidates on the marriage issue -- major issues, the economy and terrorism. this is the first debate since the san bernardino attacks. >> we'll have live coverage at 5:00 p.m. to weather now. getting a break from the rain but not for long. a live look at a sunny sky with a bit of clouds from sutro camera. let's get the latest on the timing of the showers from drew tuma. >> right enough it's quiet.

live doppler 7hd scanning to try to find in moisture and we're coming up empty-handed. a live look from the east bay cameras. temperatures will cool off under the clear skies. by 6:00, mid-40s to low 50s, a light wind by 9:00 and cool by midnight, upper 30s to upper 40s. clouds increase after midnight, wet end to the weekend. we'll detail that. that's one of three storms we're tracking in the next seven days. >> track weather on the go with the help of the abc news app. police in berkeley are trying to find out what caused a man's death at a fraternity house. this morning officers found the man unresponsive inside a home on channing way. the death happened at the phi kappa phi practice concern. they're calling the death suspicious. officers trying to resuscitate

the man using cpr but unsuccessful. new details on an elderly woman who went missing from her san jose home yesterday afternoon, prompting a silver alert that's morning. the chp says 76-year-old lee yang was hit and killed just before 3:00 a.m. happened on center road five miles from her home. the driver of a honda accord first hit her and then tried to wave off other cars from hitting her again. officers say that's when a silver four-door saturn hit her a second time and kept going. call san jose pd if you have information. >> u.s.a. posteriorsal service is racing to get mail back to its destination after a big rig spilled thousands of letters in san francisco. cornell bernard is live at the scene of this developing story. cleanup has not been easy, has it? >> reporter: it hasn't. so much mail to clean up, and yes, it's been a very slow process today. just a few minutes ago the overturned big rig was righted back on its wheels. you can make out the top of the

truck. soon it will be hauled away, and although traffic wasn't real impacted today, the crash caused quite a mess. >> it's not the kind of thing you want to see one week before christmas. thousands of letters spilled on to the been offramp to 101. >> i think my christmas card migrant be in there. >> could be. tons of mail got tossed around when this big rig contracted by the postal service, crashed and over turned. the top of the semi ripped open. kevin heard the crash from across the street. >> here, -- hear a car crash noise and you think it's a car crash. when we look over the fence and see a whole trailer truck flipped over. >> postal workers showed up and raced to offroad the dumped mail on to other trucks as fast as they. could the chp says the driver of the big rig was speeding. >> the driver was fine. he did say he believes he might

have fallen asleep. doesn't remember overturning. so he was transported to the hospital for precautionary reasons. >> jose owns a nearby window-tinting business and sees accidents here all the time. >> it's common because you have the offramp, you have bay shore and people going to cesar chavez. >> no boxes or packages were onboard but all the first-class mail was headed to a facility blocks away. the letters will be back on their way tonight. >> i hope santa claus got his letters. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. developing news in alameda. dive teams are searching the oakland estuary for more possible victims of this suv crashing into the water this morning. an alameda fire rescue swimmer pulled man believed to be the driver out of that vehicle that sunk about 15 feet. he died at the hospital. i. >> witnesses say the vehicle came through the parking lot here at a high rate of speed,

travel across the sidewalk, through the railing. >> into she estuary. >> i jumped into the water but the moment i go underwater it becomes completely black. i can't even see my hands. >> that good samaritan came out of the water unharmed just as alameda fire arrived. men low park police re-open sand hill road win santa cruz and oak avenue at 2:00 p.m. after deadly crash forced closure since 7:00 a.m. officers shut down the area to investigate what happened. details have yet to be released but we know at least one person died in the crash. ahead, signs of a crime but no victim. why several officers responded to the scene after a car was found along an east bay freeway. super saturday. have you finished all of your holiday shopping? it's crunch time now for procrastinators.

a mysterious discovery along a freeway in oakland. you see chp officers responding to a car found riddled with bullet holes and was still running when officers arrived but no one was nearby. the car was 2001 on an embank. on interstate 580. a 55-year-old man is in critical condition at st. mary's medical center? san francisco after firefighters found him face down in the water around ocean beach this morning. fire crews pulled him out on the rocks and did cpr.

>> all of a sudden he just ran out. got him out of there and came back with the head down. i'm like, okay, he must be just doing this snorkeling. >> it's not clear what the man was doing in the water or how he got into trouble. rescue crews think a wave overtook him. a small earthquake rattled the east bay this morning. magnitude 3.1 quake was reported in san ramon after 12:30. no reports of damage or injuries. the same area where string of earthquakes hilt in october and november. during that time size michiganists detected 600 small earthquakes. the largest one 3.6. the force is strong with this one. >> finish what was started. >> up next, how the new "star wars" movie has already made history, and an early indication about whether the film is living up to the hype. >> here's a live look outside, sunny out there but that will change. drew will let us know when the

who coined the term "side bread?" because there's nothing "side" about this bread. it may look like the moon. but it's the star of the show. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop.

bay area retailers have escaped their hours for last-minute christmas shoppers this supersaturday. today is expected to be the busiest shopping day the season. retail red face says 90% of people are still shopping for the perfect present at the best

price. they forecast sales to rise 3.7% to $631 billion with each shopper spending more than $800 on average. "star wars" fever spread through movie theaters around the globes even reaching the white house. look at this picture tweeted by the white house. the "star wars" scored $125 million on the first day. disney, which opens "star wars," projects total weekend ticket sealifts at least $215 million. tickets are available and you might see mark zuckerberg there. he posted this picture of his dog beast on facebook. apparently he turn to the dark side. audience polling has given the movie an a-grade. more rain is coming your way and we're can go you to share you photos and videos.

as people head out tonight, will you face the rain? drew is here now. a little break? >> a nice december saturday night is setting up across the bay area, including mainly clear skies and dry conditions. live doppler 7hd right now is quiet but tomorrow it's going to be tracking our next storm. with a westerly wind right now, everyone is pretty much sitting in the mid-to-low 50s. 53 in oakland, and san francisco, 54, hayward, san jose, 55. so, live doppler 7hd along with satellite, hearings the system we had yesterday. that's now pushing to the east on the heel of that storm here comps sunday's storm and it's taking a similar path that yesterday's storm took as well. so on the storm impact scale, it's a one, very light storm, rain spread to the south, on sunday, so begin thursday the north bay, south bay, last coke -- last location, wet weather on sunday, slower than normal travel, and between a half inch and inch in our

wettest spots. a lot of locales will have half inch of rain. this future weather on sunday, if you have errands to run, the earlier the better. by 8:00 we're seeing light rain in the north bay. by 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon, the front is marching to the south. by 2:00, most areas seeing some light rain, heavier pockets are developing in the north bay. by 4:00, a set of showers moves to move through the bay area, and then by 8:00 we'll owe see the tail enmove through. by 8:00. wet weather along the peninsula. on monday this main event moves through tomorrow afternoon in terms of total rainfall, half inch in most locations. future weather is picking up on some downpours so between a half inch and inch of rain is likely. i want to fast forward and show you our second storm. this one moves in monday night,

future weather, 11:00 monday night, and looks to linger into tuesday morning as well. both storms tomorrow and monday might and tuesday bringing snow to sierra. so future tracker snow total shows you the first storm sunday, half foot of snow, and then a bigger storm monday into tuesday. look at the numbers two feet in donner near that. 16 inches in south lake tahoe. 20 inches in tahoe city. overnight, we see clear skies, early clouts moving in after midnight. mid-30s to mid-40s across the region. then we have the rain move in first to in the north bay and slowly spread to the south throughout the day. so a wet sunday afternoon, with temperatures cool. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast, on the storm impact scale, the next storm, monday night and tuesday, with periods of rain and also wednesday, short break, and then christmas eve and christmas day, we're tracking our third storm, which is a two on the storm impact scale with wind and rain.

>> and santa can make it through anything. >> he's got rudolph. >> thank you, drew. shu is here now with sports. as maybe santa appears everybody else disappears into their dens to watch their bowl games. >> the bowl games and your 80-year-old uncle is in orlando watching san jose state. the bowl season has begun locally and nationwide. bears play air force. that's next in sports.

the cal bears finished up finals and few preparing for air force in the armed forces bowl december 29th in fort worth, texas. sunny dike's first bowl appearance as coach of the bears and perhaps quarterback's last game as a bear. most people think he is turning pro after the game. but jarred just wanting to think about the bowl game, not his future. >> probably play harder than anybody we have seen on film all year. something they try to do consistently year in and year out, and they're a very successful program. go to a bowl game almost every year. it's nine of the last ten years they've gone to a bowl game. so they know how to win games and you can tell how they play in the way they win games. they play hard.

>> san jose state playing in their first bowl game under their new coach. had a chance to score. potter was in single coverage. lucky it wasn't picked off. the game is scoreless. highlights at 9:00 and 11:00. new mexico and arizona, the new mexico bowl. second quarter, his brother stop him. 92 yards, 28-17 arizona at the half. baker with the monster game, 107 yards on 12 carries, three tds. arizona up 18. lobo's starting quarterback. one last chance.

arizona wins the new mexico bowl 45-37 that final. utah and by new las vegas. byu quarterback had three interceptions in the first quarter. this one off his receiver. 28-yard pick six, 14-0 utes. utah leads after the first quarter. mac magnum's second pick six. hatfield, 46-yards the other way. utes fought off a late charge to win. 385 the final. >> the celebration bowl in atlanta. cohen ran for 295-yards and three touchdowns for the aggies. they came on a 73-74, 83-yard run, leading north carolina to a victory, 41-34 the final. >> harrison barnes missed nine games due to an annsel sprain but didn't stop him from hosting a shopping spree. these youngsters are part of the boys and girls club of oakland

and barnes is an alumnus of the same club in iowa. >> whether i'm on the court ore sidelines, being able to give the kids the opportunity to enjoy the holidays. i remember a long time when i was in there position, too, andi did shop with a cop. so meant a lot to me. >> great to see these athletes giving back to the community and you can see it on their faces how excited they are. by shoes and shirts and things the pros wear. >> they have to be the best basketball players and have to be the pest people, too. >> people are starting to hate on the warriors. >> who knew santa's elves wore blue and carried a badge up next a surprise for children in san francisco.

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we were in san francisco today for the annual mission police station holiday toy giveaway. officers stationed in the myth district collect hundreds of toys, games and sports equipment each year so the neighborhood

kids can enjoy christmas. have a great night. >> announcer: from abc news, the democrats debate. >> i'm not going to do a donald trump. >> bluster and bigotry are not credentials for becoming commander in chief. >> i say that we are a better country than this. >> people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> i will never quit. >> i did not speak out of both sides of my mouth on this issue. >> let's transform america. >> i will not be silenced. >> announcer: now, live from saint anselm college in manchester, new hampshire, the democratic debate, moderated by david muir and martha raddatz. now reporting, george stephanopoulos. good evening from new hampshire. the first primary state has launched future presidents, dashed the hopes of so many others. and tonight we are joined by 1,000 voters from the granite state for the first and only debate here this ye