guaranteed! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ it's a huge victory in the global war on drugs. this afternoon, the world's most wanted drug lord is in custody. good afternoon. thank you for joining us today. >> mexican authorities captured joquin "el chapo" gusman tonight in a shootout. >> public enemy number one since escaping from a maximum security prison 6 months ago. there was a whopping $5 million reward for his capture.

his covered after capture as he's else korted to a vehicle that will take him to the plane. and here he is. the face of a defeated man at the end of his fugitive journey. he was taken in a bloody shootout at his home. five associates were killed and one mexican marine was wounded. and this is a non-dript home in which he had been hiding out. mexican marines seized armor vehicles and a huge cache of military weapons. it is a very big deal that they were able to pull this off. >> saying el chapo's arrest doesn't prove. the wait was last july when he

busted out through a mile-long tunnel. no word whether he will seek extradition. no extradition may mean a third escape. something nobody can afford. >> new developments in another case. raymond chow, better known as "shrimp boy" say he was a reformed china town gangster. >> they convicted him of murder and racketeering. >> reporter: the trial took about two months, but it only took the jury two and a half days to reach a verdict. it was a big win for them. chow's lawyers will appeal, but, for now, chow facing mandatory life in prison. >> guilty of murder.

guilty of conspireing to kill another. guilty of money laundering and trafficking in stolen property. guilty on all 162 criminal counts. raymond "shrimp boy" chow sat stokely. his attorney says he was noble in 5:accepting his defeat. >> he was almost sadistically acceptive of the consequence. >> a five-year undercover fbi probe led to his arrest two years ago. he was indicted along with 28 others. e avoided trial by pleading guilty to racketeering. his most serious charge that he order the 2006 unsolved murder. a group that chow took over after his death. chow took a chance by testifying on the stand. he said he lived a crime-free life after serving time in the

1990s for racketeering. volunteering his time, helping troubled kids. that's what he told me when i interviewed him in 2007. >> chow also told me what he said in court. that he was no murderer. >> at the risk of being rude, did you have any involvement? >> no. >> the jury didn't buy that. his attorney says jurors did believe his former associates who turned and testified for the government. >> his conviction was predicated on the testimony of five snitches that no rationale human being would believe. >> chow would be sentenced in march. >> turning now to a weekend

weather, another grey day, kind of dreary out there. more wet weather and another storm moving in. >> also outside, spencer christian. and he has a look at when that storm is expected to arrive. hi, spencer. >> it's getting close. it's pushing up against the coastline, almost as we speak. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. you can see the large mass of moisture. there may be a couple of spots to get damp before the actual wave of rain arrives later tonight. this has been a pattern that lasts three hours or so. we do have a storm coming which allows us to help you prepare for the impact steadiest rain will be overnight. winds will be light and we

expect less than half an inch of rain overall. notice the clouds get thicker and it will be way wet across the entire bay overnight. we'll start the animation at 6:00 tomorrow morning. the entire weekend holds for us in just a moment. >> el nino 46 enhanced storms, tennessee valley beach, north beach access and campgrounds at the marine head winds are expected to stay off limits through the winter season because of high water level, unstable ground and fallen trees. >> you can track weather

conditions this weekend wi the abc 7 news app. just allow push alerts to get sbant notifications. >> the problem of deputies mistreating inmates. >> the new response to an inmate beating death. matt keller has the story. >> reporter: sheriff law reel smith has come under fire correctional deputies were arrested and face murder charges. what's being done inside the jail where a blue ribbon commission was formed. >> what i hope that it shows is that when we've become aware of ms. conduct, that we vigorously

investigate that those are found to have sustained charges, that we take swift action. >> from 2010 to 2015, there were eight officers who were disciplined including romantic relationships with inmates. 24 of those disz plined were terminated. >> commission members say they're appreciative but believe more transparency and information is needed. >> coming up tonight on abc 7 news, the iteam has breaking

news at another questionable death. we'll have exclusive details on that case and what investigators did not find coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> a 22-year-old suspect is now in custody. the intended target wasn't hit, but a woman with a stroller nearby was. the suspect is identified with a felony charge of suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. >> hillary event. >> on the republican side, a new

poll out as ted cruz is holding onto his lead. trump has 23. last month, cruz was leading donald trump by 2%. >> the extra security after a man shot a pennsylvania police officer. what he said as he fired the shots. >> the protest that greeted the mayor right before his inauguration. >> and the first-ever power ball billionaire? the growing jackpot just ahead. >> this is interstate 80 in berkley. it doesn't really matter.

this was the scene today as dozens of protesters called for the firing of police chief. >> derek thomas was there. >> reporter: expecting a big, noisy protest. but dozens of act viss got inside. and they caused enough of a ruckus that a handful were taken away in cuffs.

you can hear the governor swearing in the mayor, ed lee, over the shouts of protesters. both outside and inside city hall with the police chief, greg sur. they're angry over this cell phone video showing the shooting death of mario woods. police say he was holding a knife. critics say there should be a better way to take him down without gunfire. >> we're not going to allow the blood of black people to keep dripping all over san francisco when everybody blees this can be a party and are having a fine time.

the lieutenant governor no stranger to protesters in his term in officer. he said it's par for the course in san francisco. >> we love two-way conversations, not just one-way confers. >> the mayor did not speak to the media after the ceremony, but a spokeswoman says he stands behind the chief and will continue meeting with the kplunty to find a solution. >> abc 7 news was there for a historic moment. a strong code of ethics will be a corner stone at her time in office. there are now 754 officers on the force. that's nearly 120 more than just four years ago.

credits the extra officers and fire strategy for reducing the overall crime in oak lapd. the oakland raider made history today. two positions, defensive end and linebacker. the linebacker made the team for the fourth time. great accomplishment following a devastating knee injury. >> the power ball jackpot is now the largest in u.s. history, estimated at more than $800 million. lottery officials tell us it could reach as much as $900 million because of tomorrow's line.

your odds of winning recently got tougher. >> reporter: power ball fever is sweeping the nation. now, building to the biggest jackpot ever, worth more than $800 million and counting. just look at this massive line in nevada? >> it's going to be a wait. >> millions hoping to cash in the winning ticket after 18 drawings with no jackpot. >> we're at levels we've never seen before. >> the reason? the odds of winning are now larger, too. you still need to match five white balls and one red ball. but in october, it became more difficult when the number of white balls went up from 59 to 69 and the number of red balls one down increasing to 1 in 292 million.

>> we just take a million, million and a half of the money and give away all the rest. >> tickets are now selling so quickly for saturday night's drawing, law officials say they're on the verge of creating the first-ever lottery billionaire. >> you would have made more in that one ticket than the world's highest-paid celebrity giek garth brooks and katie perry combined. >> you could still top the list. >> we were saying the other day when it's 400 million, the odds of us winning -- you had a better chance of getting hit by an asteroid.

>> i think people are playing out of fear at this point. all you have to do is enable push alerts to get instant notifications. >> the dow had a historically bad week dropping more than a thousand points. this is the worst five-day start to a year on record. you can see the dow's sharp downturn. analysts say there are two reasons. good news for yahoo shareholders. yahoo has confirmed that it's reorganizing but it hasn't revealed any specifics about layoffs. >> spencer, what's going on. we haven't had any rain in two

days. >> you don't have to wait very lodge, it's on the way. >> here's the golden gate bridge, where it's cloudy. light storm arrives tonight, rain tapers off tomorrow afternoon and we'll have a rainy pattern starting next week. right now, generally in the low 50s, ranking a one on our storm impact scale. it will be steady rain overnight. we expect most locations to receive less than half an inch. here's the storm locations beginning at 5:00 p.m. by 9:00 tonight, we'll see the first arrival by 9:00.

rain and scattered showers tomorrow night. a winter weather advisory is in effect tonight and tomorrow afternoon. there will be a second storm sunday into monday, which will also rank a one on the impact scale. you may see some light rain blow in. guess what, a wet start to the morning commute on monday.

we expect widespread rainfall and that rain will continue well into the morning hours on monday. so here's our rain forecast animation. for the first storm, tenth of an inch to a third of an inch. and anywhere from .2 in san jose to really .7. the accuweather 7 day forecast all adds up to much-needed rainfall larry and alma? >> up next, the nominations

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the nominations are out for the bafta awards. steven spi lerks burg received the most nominations with nine. here are the best picture nominees. the big short, the revonant, spotlight, carol and bridge of spies. the oscar nominations will

come out at 5:30 a.m. on january 14th. you can watch them live right here on the abc 7 morning news and you can also watch the academy awards. the show is on february 28th, again, right here on abc 7. >> after being named woman of the year the nation's oldest theatrical organization. washington is scheduled to receive the honor on february 28th. quickly, ending her trip. and a shocking attack. >> plus, top silicon valley tech leaders teaming up with the obama administration to tackle terror. details when we come back.

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aby 7 news reporter vick lee was in the courtroom when he was found guilty today. the jury took two days to find he was guilty in the murders of two people. in developing news in philadelphia, where investigators say this man shot a police officer and confessed to being inspired by isis. abc 7 news reporter says why the police chief calls this attack the scariest thing he's ever seen. >> chilling surveillance images of what philadelphia police called an ambush on one of their officers by a suspect they say pledged loyalty to isis. this video shows the suspect firing at least 11 times into a patrol car. >> my god.

i mean, the way he's got his arm inside that vehicle, i mean, he knew what he was doing. he was trying to assassinate this police officer. >> the officer in the driver's seat, jesse hartnitt. shot three times in the arm. >> i'm absolutely amazed that officer hartnitt is here with us today. >> he managed to get out of the car, follow the suspect and fire back. police saying the suspect gave an alarming confession. >> he stated that he pledges his allegiance to islamic state. he follows al la and that was the reason he was called upon to do this. >> according to him, he believes that the police defend law that is are contrary to the teachings of iran.

>> he's a tough guy. i love him. i'm very proud of him. >> that .9 millimeter gun used to shoot him was a police firearm stollen in 2014. >> new information on the paris terror attack back in november. they also say one of the plot plotters hid out in the apartment after escaping a police dragnet. they say they found a fingerprint last month. they don't know when it was from. he stole the target from an international man hunt. squl a high level meeting was convened in san jose that lasted just over two hours. abc 7 news reporter david louis is live at city hall where that meeting was held. david? >> well, alma, in the past, tech

companies are reluctant with such issues as giving access to encrypted communications. yet, we do not know whether the tech companies agreed with the government to help. >> arriving. on today's agenda, how to identify terrorists from using social media to recruit and plan attacks. there is no way, currently, even with reasonable cause to be able to get reasonable information when you have good reason to believe the terrorist plot may be in the planning. >> the trademark office was one

of three initiatives announced by the white house today. senior officials say they think they're safe over social media. it's how people communicate and how content is distributed. >> the meeting broke up with participants looking back doors to reporters. in san jose, david louis, abc 7 news. >> a new field poll shows more than 70% that california voters believe another terrorist attack in this state is either very or somewhat likely in the near future. the poll was in the wake of the shooting that killed 14 people.

president obama has vetoed legislation. house speaker paul ryan says it's only a matter of time before it's overturned. >> this cell phone video shows the woman being carried from the united express flight following an emergency landing in detroit. the woman dmapded to get off the plane. when she was told no, she ran to the back of the jet where she attacked another flight attendant as well as a passenger where she was bipolar.

glt still to come here on abc 7 news at 4. this news is breaking records. what makes it so special coming up. >> i'm michael finne yoorks. just search for michael finney. i'll answer your questions here live in just a little bit. >> i'm spencer christian.

a new record for the highest price ever sold in alameda county. it's big. it sits on the border between oakland and berkley. it just sold for $27.5 million. it comes with a 2,000 square foot living room, a 16 square foot garage, a vineyard, a wine sell seller and seven fireplaces. >>. >> this 1894 dime is one of the rarest in the world. the san francisco mint made about 2.5 million of these dimes, but fewer than ten are still known to exist. the buyer is choosing to stay anonymous. >> a check on our accuweather

update. it's going to be a partly wet weekend. you can see the moisture building along the coastline. we'll have that storm beginning to move into the north bay later tonight. it ranks one on our storm impact scale. here in san francisco, right and 3:00 a.m., it won't be very, very heavy rain. it will be the heaviest in the overnight period. it will taper off gradually into the daytime hours tomorrow. statewide, it will be wet tomorrow. that includes snow in the sirra. it will be mainly dry here in the bay area. mostly rainfall during the overnight hours. it will continue into the morning breaking up into scattered showers in the afternoon. high temperatures tomorrow will range only from low to mid 50s

for the most part. maybe a few locations with highs right around the upper 50s in the bay. it's going to be wet for the seven-day period. >> thank you, spencer. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4, power ball fever is running high. but what about the downside? >> i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. how do you

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they claim they were sued. there's this construction worker in new jersey. . he was in charge of buying the lottery tickets for his work pool, but, without telling anyone, he claimed a $38 million jackpot as his alone. >> greed can come into play when hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. i went into the office where 15 of the interior designers are in the powerball pool. or is it 16? >> are you in the pool? >> wait a minute. you don't know if the boss is in the pool? this is the most unprepared thing. >> the group has just gone in together on 77 power baltic ets with no plans on what they'll do if they actually won. but it's not all bad. and even though the new girl had no money for a ticket, they still cut her in.

>> we grew closer. >> now, they're all really good, really rich and ready to get even richer. >> i feel a hundred percent confident that in this group, we will hit the 700 million. >> alma has a feel for this. they were talking about 700 million. it keeps going up and up. some think it could be 900 million by tomorrow night's consequences. >> that's just mind boggling. well, ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00, where the winners go. a look at the luckiest lottery retailers in the bay area. >> time now for ask finney. i think he's in the pool. >> where do they go? they go anywhere they want to go. anyway, questions sent in by twitter, facebook and e-mail.

>> i get an e-mail that has no sender. how can you stop these e-mails with no sender. >> it's really tough. here's the bottom line. all businesses know how it works. your friends aren't taking time, so the best thing you can do is wipe it out and just forget about it. if you respond to it, because these are ripoffs, then they know you will respond to e-mails and you'll get worse. you'll get more. so just ignore it. >> all right, well, they wouldn't redeem a gift certificate buzz it was issued by the previous owners. >> we find many new owners. sometimes they're right. sometimes they're wrong. if you bought the entire business, then you've bought the debt. if they only bought the name and

the name and likeness, that kind of thing, then they don't have to honor. good luck figuring out one or the other. give us a call, we'll figure it out for you. >> what happens when a fraudulent web site puts my number down for customers to call? who do i report that too? >> they all call you. internet crimes center. internet crime complaint center. it's run by the f.b.i. you go online. i think it's ic3.gov, i think is what it is. they take it seriously. and that's all the job is. it's not like they get distracted with something else. that's their job. >> well, japanese auto-maker mazda has added 374,000 cars to its affected air bag. it's a limited number of sports cars. mazda is one of many car companies recalling air bags

made by the takada corporation, according to japan. two new wrongful death lawsuits. the lawsuits filed and claimed that the kid knew the furniture lacked counter balancing weight. last summer, they announced 27 were potential lull unsafe if unsecured and they made three anchor kits available to consumers. the families are not satisfied. >> the first thing they need to do is design in safety. >> the government says falling furniture and tvs send a child to the hospital every 24 minutes and kill a child every two weeks.

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will help raise consumer awareness. from the nasdaq, i aem jane king. >> up next, one of the most flood-prone areas in the bay area. the morrinne county hot spots and what's being done to fix the problem. >> also, a look at what's coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> coming up next, the dog disappears and ends up getting hurt. so who's on the hook for what happened. >> plus, police cars smashed. it was a wild night in two east 46 bay cities.

a dry morning has become a sore spot that's often closed because of flooding. >> wayne fried man out looking for an explanation tonight and he joins us live. >> you've seen this before, you'll see it again. you'll see the barricade where i'm standing now will be flooded once again in a few hours. it is a point of sore neness fo

lot of residents. today, we went looking for some answers. yogi berra may have described this as deja vu all over again better known to locals as the park and float. it becomes a ramp to cross the flooded parking lot. actually kind of scary coming across. >> they haven't so we asked bob haas who speaks for cal-trans. don't shoot he's only the messenger. >> the flooding, a consequence of big rains, high tides and low elevation relative to sea level,

which keeps rising with climate change. when it backs up so does travelic. flooding could cause this lot to flood for days at a time. he runs public works for morinne county which has no jurisdiction over this trend. they tell him what they told us. it's a complicated situation. >> we'reworking with all the options we have here. >> what does it take to turn manzanita into a priority for california. >> it is a priority. >> they're tired of dealing with it. >> all right, thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> i'm larry biel.

abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with dan and christin. >> strong words after ri monday, "shrimp boy" chow was found guilty in a corruption case. but his lawyer is not going down without a case. >> protesters round out the inauguration for san francisco's mayor. >> also, wry three bay area parks are suddenly shut doin. >> and why this woman is making this his -- well, let's make it her dream. >> abc news starts right now with live, breaking news. >> breaking news base on officials in the last hour with delayed trains due to a possible kidnapping chlts. >> bart says service is being

restored all because of a domestic dispute. >> we're waiting for more information right now from bart on this incident. >>. >> other top stories, the verdict is in. a former san francisco gang is found guilty in the murder of a rival. his lawyer says it's based on a sham. >> the man, known as shrimp boy is looking at a long time behind bars today after being convicted on 162 federal charges. federal prosecutors say late today, the conviction was a just and final end to mr. chow's

long-running and deadly criminal career. now, chow faces mandatory life in prison unless he appeals the trial and wins. >> guilty of murder. guilty of conspireing to kill another. guilty of money laund ring and trafficking in solen property. guilty on all 162 criminal counts. he sat stokely. his attorney said chow is noble in 5:00 septembering his defeat. >> he was calm. he was almost sadistically 5:00 septemberive of the consequence. >> he was indied with 22 others. chowed to fight.