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broadcast center, this is abc7 news. >> a gruesome discovery at an east bay bart station. authorities find a body in a u haul connected to the man who opened fire at a police officer. good evening. i'm dan ashley. ama daetz has the night off. authorities retrieved the body in the u haul about 8:00 p.m. at the hayward bart station. that's the same place where earlier today police say a man opened fire on a bart police officer wounding him. abc7 news reporter is live with the details. sergio? >> the discovery of the body in the rear of that rental u haul truck is the latest twist in what you mentioned was an already disturbing story on this christmas day. we watched as police officers pull a shovel, gas canisters,

sandbags from this rental truck and the county coroner collected the body of a dead man. this is a story that started this morning when two bart police officers spotted something that didn't look right. >> one officer noticed they were in a u haul with a smashed out broken window and the suspect was walking away when he approached. >> the suspect is 28-year-old charles getting who is on probation. police were about to search him when he pulled a gun who started to fire hitting one of the officer. >> the officer produced a weapon and fired several times. the two officers took mr. getting into custody. >> this is a photo shot by a witness. they saw what happened and began helping the officer who was hit in the exchange of gunfire. >> we were taking off his jacket to see what happened. my dad got the gloves like to take off his shirt and see where the bullet landed. >> the policeman was hit in

the arm and treated and released from the medical center. it is the same hospital where the suspect was taken. tonight he is facing several charges including attempted murder of a police officer and it is not clear how he may be connected to the dead body found in the u hule -- u -- u haul. breaking news in palo alto where police have a huge area blocked off after a shooting involving an officer. this is a live picture from the area. we are told the officer was not injured. it is unclear where it was struck. we whim -- we will update you on abc7 news. a woman walking along north street was injured by a hit-and-run driver. it happened before 6:30. the victim was taken to the hospital to be treated. her condition is unknown. the driver of the car has not

been located. a motorcycle rider who lead police on the peninsula on a chase was arrested after crashing his bike. it happened in redwood city. police say the rider was wanted for a felony warrant. they lead officers on a high speed chase before crashing. he was not hurt. a different story in pacifica. 24 is all that is left of two cars. two people sadly died in this accident when a driver going the wrong way on highway 1 plowed head on into an uber car. the collision happened about 2:30 this morning near paw loma avenue. investigators say the wrong way driver and the uber passenger, a man in his mid20s, were killed. thankfully the uber driver suffered only minor injury. the passenger in the uber car was not wearing a seatbelt. now look carefully at this surveillance video captured at 3:00 this morning. a san francisco optometry office, police say the man in the santa hat is trying to break into the business with a

set of keys that he stole hours earlier from a hillsboro home he burglarized. police say the thief went into an unlocked car parked on san remondo road and he used the garage door opener in the car to get into the house where he stole several itemses including the keys to the family business. >> it is unfortunate this grinch came along today. again the one thing you can do is remove available items from your vehicle, any items at all. >> it is not clear whether he took anything. they are compiling more surveillance video clips to identify who this man is. there is mass destruction after a tornado swept across the city. houses were blown into the street. a church was heavily damaged by the twister. rescue workers are working to free them trapped under the debris on this night. several people were injured. parts of the south were hit hard by severe weather in the

last 24 hours. it has been unseasonably warm in many parts of the country. let's turn to the weather here now. what a beautiful christmas day. here is a live look. we are finally drying out tonight after a fair amount of rain. the temperatures are plummeting. it is chilly out there. here is abc7 news weather anchor. >> the cold snap has us in its grips. here is a look at live doppler 7hd. we have a freeze warning from midnight to 9:00 a.m. for the entire bay area with exception to the coast and san francisco. overnight lows will drop in the midto upper 20s in some locations. of course with the temperatures this low there is the danger with freeze damage to sensitive plants. already the temperatures are headed downward. right now 34 degrees in napa and 2 degrees away from freezing and numerous other locations have temperature reading near the bay . i'll show you just how cold it will be overnight and how long

the cold snap will last in a few minutes. >> thanks a lot. the temperature may be cold, but the warriors are hot. as you saw here the nba finals rematch between the warriors and the cavaliers and they came out on top. fans came from far and wide even from the other side of the world literally to catch this christmas day game. >> on the court it was 32 lucky kids who got christmas presents from the team. but for thousands of fans the game was the best present of all. >> this is your christmas celebration. >> yes, my baby bought me tickets to the game. she bamboozled me. >> they drove all night from san diego to get here. but some fans came from farther than that. >> australia. >> come all the way here from new zealand. >> and they even came from the north pole. >> it is a long way for you? >> yes, it is a long way. i was in the neighborhood last night.

i got a room and hung out. >> all for an epic grudge match. >> i am here to see stefan curry and bra bron james. -- and lebron james. >> it is one of the greatest rematches bar none. why miss this? >> always lebron number one. >> what about her? >> oh man every day she is talking steph curry, klay thompson. i said lebron is number one. >> i don't listen to him. i don't listen to him at all. >> what do you think of lebron? >> i hate lebron. i hate lebron. >> lebron has haters in this crowd. >> oh yeah. everywhere he goes he will have haters and then some people love him like me. they follow him. >> cavs fans were on enemy's ground. and even though he is wearing red father christmas knows who he is rooting for. >> go warriors. go dubs.

>> and santa claus delivered for the warrior fans. now he is headed back to new zealand and it will be ever so sweet. jonathon bloom, abc7 news. >> and rick quan will have highlights of today's game and post game reaction coming up in a few minutes in sports. stay tuned. still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, a small town getting big attention. the arson investigation that now has the fbi stepping in to help. and working on christmas? the package problems that had fed ex employees clocking into the office today. and from the bay area and beyond the celebrations here at home and across the world on this christmas night. abc7 news at 11:00 returns in a moment. stay with me.

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bay and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. police in hope, arkansas are treating a fire at the boyhood home of president bill clip -- bill clinton as an arson. the fire caused minor damage to the house. firefighters smelled gasoline when they first arrived. they say someone scrolled graffiti on the building. the national park service operates the site which was originally owned by clinton's grandparents. clinton lived in the home for parts of his childhood. some fed ex employees had to skip celebrations at home to deliver late packages today. drivers and handlers worked extra shifts to help the company manage late shi.es that did not arrive in time for christmas morning. bad weather at the memphis air hub ept kept packages grounded and they dealt with a surge in on-line shopping orders as well. santa had special helpers

in the south bay this morning. abc7 news was at the willow glen post office as dozens of letter carriers delivered and sorted the mail the plan was to deliver every piece of express priority mail to san jose this christmas day. all-around the bay area and all-around the world millions of people of course celebrated this christmas day. abc7 news has more on the christmas tradition and messages from leaders across the continent. >> from santa's singing in south korea to surfing in australia and even swimming in germany, christmas traditions came in many forms. the common theme was spreading smiles. this volunteers feeding the needy in italy. 33 years and counting. christmas cheers also took over country rocked by violence with parades in syria and prayers in bethlehem.

currently the center of the violence between israelis and palestinians. prompting pope francis to deliver a message of peace not only to the holy land, but around the world. in britain a message of love from queen elizabeth. >> first message of -- was not one of revenge or violence, but simply we should love one another. >> and a message of gratitude from president obama. >> during this season we honor all of those who defend those values in our country's uniform. >> a tribute for soldier including these men and women celebrating christmas in afghanistan. >> it is sad because i am not with my family at this time. i have a job i have to do. >> meanwhile bracing for potential attacks we were told there was increased security at festivity around the world with the u.s. and british

embassies and even china issuing a warning about a terror threat. abc news, new york. abc7 news was at the ellis hill hutch community center as hundred of kid got to pick their christmas presents today as part of the center's holiday toy give away. the restaurant dropped off more than 4,000 items for today's distribution. abc7 news was in st. anthony's dining hall this morning as nebraska football players helped hand out 3,000 meals to those in need. the players are in town for the foster farms bowl at levi stadium. the team has been practicing and sight seeing. but the coach said today ease dsh dash today's event will leave lasting memories. ucla players were helping out at glide memorial. they prepared the food trays. glide served 5,000 today. the kickoff for the foster farms bowl is tomorrow at 6:15

p.m. and a south bay ministry brought them to the homeless pop pop -- population. they caught up with the mercy mobile as they served up hot meals near coleman avenue. they have been working with the homeless for over 25 years now. they distributed sleeping bags, blankets and clothes. one of the best things in the bay area is that so many are volunteering and helping those less fortunate. the weather cooperated as well. it was beautiful in fact. spencer christian is here with a look ahead to the weekend. >> dan, more beautiful days ahead, but very cold overnights and early mornings coming our way. this night is one of them. here is a look at live doppler 7hd. clear skies and the temperatures are dropping. here is a live view from the tower camera looking out over san francisco it is 45 in the city and 41 across the bay. in oakland 40 in mountain view

and 39 at morgan hill and 37 at half moon bay. here is the view from the rooftop camera along the embarcadero. theater 7 in san -- 37 santa rosa and 40 in fairfield and livermore is 39 -- 30 ichs is at con -- 36 at concord. one more live view looking west toward the bay bridge. these are our forecast feature. freezing temperatures the next two morning. a chance of showers late sunday night and a dry pattern next week. here is our freeze warning in affect for the entire bay area overnight from midnight to 9:00 a.m. notice the temperatures in the north bay valleys will drop into the midto upper 20s. we'll see upper 20s and low 30s in many other locations. we have a freeze watch in affect for tomorrow night from midnight until about 9:00 a.m. on sunday. the coldest night in a series of nights is expected to be tomorrow night. this covers everything except the coast and san francisco. it is going to be quite cold

these next couple nights. then we have rain or showers coming our way late sunday. by sunday night at 8:00 we will see the next wave of showers arriving and they will sweep through in the overnight hours and dissipate on monday and give way to partial clearing. rain chances in the bay area, and we will use san francisco as an indicator. 60% chance of rain in san francisco for sunday. 10% chance on monday. some of the showers on sunday night may linger into early monday morning. then we'll get clearing and we'll have a dry pattern for the remainder of the week with near zero chances of rain after monday morning. tomorrow look for sunny skies and a day like today. it will be a little on the cool side. seasonally cool with temperatures in the low 50s. no warm spots tomorrow and here is the seven-day forecast. sunday is a similar day and clouds up crease late in the day. it looks like the cold snap will begin to leave us by

monday morning. sunny skies with a little bit of a milder pattern toward the end of the week. sunny skies on thursday and friday and alt more mild temperatures. >> still ahead on abc news at 11:00, a very merry 1k3 -- and curry christmas.

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to ring in 2016 with abc7. dick clark's new year's rockin eve is with ryan seacrest and then a break for the news at 11:00. and then the countdown to 2016 continues at 11:30 with more new year's rockin eve. steph curry's wife iesha shared this photo on instagram

today. saying merry christmas from our family to yours. they are 3 and four and a half months. taking a holiday picture is a family tradition and merry christmas from the curry. everyone is wearing the same pajamas. steph posted this last night on his instagram page. i don't know what he posted tonight about the big game with lebron, but must be pretty satisfying. >> they had a merry christmas at the curry house both at the game and at home. some basketball fans are looking more forward to this game than christmas. in a rematch of last season's nba finals, the warriors again prove they are the team to beat. >> when it happens where you live, we'll move to our next top story. >> highway one -- >> the abc7 news team covers your neighborhood. >> your story -- >> if it wasn't for channel seven i don't think we would have impotten to this point. >> i am so happy. >> your everything. >> this is something i like about this job. >> identifying something that needs to be fixed and pushing

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brought to you by xfinity. >> when the warriors won the championship they were without love and irving wasn't in the series. golden state still came out on top. even santa had trouble getting a ticket to this game. despite being bothered by a calf injury steph curry sinks this three. with curry not 100% green came up big on both ends. he had 10 points in the first quarter. this game was close throughout. lebron james with the floater ties the contest.

now it is irving with a nice move. he and love combine for just 23 points. the warriors lead by three at the half. klay thompson had 18. here is a nice put back. now it is james turning the ball over. curry brings it up court and dishes to green who throws it down the chimney. lebron lead cleveland with 25 and made four of nine free throws. sean livingston scored a high of 16 off the bench. the cavs made a late run and lebron with back to back dunks. it is curry with the answer. the war -- warriors had their lowest scoring of the season. they are now 28 and 1 and it is a 32nd straight win at home. >> i think we proved to ourselves we can win games like that. it is what you saw and getting comfortable being uncomfortable.

>> it is a huge honor to be one of those teams playing at home. we feed off our crowd's energy. >> deep in the heart of texas and houston played host to san antonio. the spurs have the second best record in the league. kawhi leonard is the big reason why. he scored a team high 20. tim duncun is still a factor in the paint. the basket cuts the lead to one. late in the fourth and james hardin got hot putting houston up by eight. fear the beard. hardin hits the beard and they snap the seven-game win streak 88-84. san antonio was 25-6 overall. kobe bryant and the last placed lakers were hoping for a christmas miracle. making his final appearance with nine in the second quarters. they lead by as much as 26. chris paul with a nifty turn around. he scored 23 as the clips beat the lakers 94-84. no bowl games, but you can

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