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gone, except for the chiefs fans wearing red. the texans fans showed up in their red, as well. sammy bonn, that 71-0 game was asked if his pass for a touchdown was held? he said we would have lost 73-7 instead of 73-0. >> jon: i put a premium on coaching, mike, as an ex-coach. what a staff. doug pederson. rumored to be a hot head coaching candidate. emmitt thomas. how about dave toub, the special teams today? kickoff return for a touchdown. three punts inside the 20. seven touchbacks. they get it done in the meeting room with their coaching, too.
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>> mike: two knees and close this out. let's talk about houston for a moment. they're going to play a first place schedule. the bengals and patriots in denver next year. the afc north. the tough schedule ahead. they'll play kansas city. they'll be in the market for a quarterback. no doubt about it in their offseason. look ahead for kansas city. as bill o'brien's season will end, 9-7, first playoff game. what about the chiefs going forward to denver or new england next weekend? >> jon: a big loss in maclin. you lose chaurls and potentially maclin, it's a big bite out of your skill on offense. over the last 13 games, mike, with this included, they've given up less than 12 points a game. cow can ride that a long way. andy reid knows it. >> mike: trips to houston have been good for kansas city teams in this great sports year. this that wonderful city, world series champ royals beat the
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astros in a memorable game. and a playoff shutout for andy reid and the chiefs over the texans. 30-0, here today. alex smith, a second playoff win. standing by. >> lisa: thank you, mike. in the second half, you started to make it look easy. what came together and started working? >> um, i think a little by just identifying how they were going the play us. a lot of unfelonioknowns. been a long time. seeing how they would treat formations and personal nell. got some of that ironed out in halftime. >> lisa: what impact did the opening kickoff return, what did that have jump-starting everything? >> you never expect to start a game like that. that's what we feel like. we can play flthree phases of football. >> lisa: you're moving on. it could be without jeremy maclin. your thoughts on that? >> we'll find out. you know, i'm sure. but, you know, obviously, he's a huge player.
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tremendous player for us outside. anytime a guy like that goes down, i mean, it's hard. it's hard. he's such a leader for us on and off the field. we'll see. right now, we don't know. >> lisa: 11 consecutive wins after starting 1-5. what is going on with this team? >> it's everything. it's hard to explain. you know, a little bit like i said, three phases of football. high-character guys that put in the time and sacrifice. so, yeah. >> lisa: thank you very much. congratulations. >> thank you. >> mike: number one overall pick. alex smith. found that man, andy reid. chopping their way to the last eight in the nfl playoffs. kansas city is moving on. he gets a kiss from his wife, tammy. 30-0, our final score here. stay tuned for the gmc post game on "sportscenter" coming up next on espn. when we come back to houston, we'll reveal the wild card gruden grinder. it's been a presentation of espn. and a kansas city win in
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houston. in the playoffs. again. for the first time in 2years, the chiefs have won playoff game. they do it with they won the last playoff game. in houston. they won one in the afl. came here and beat the oilers. time for the gruden grirnd. this is big. a wild card grinder. who is it? >> i would like to give to it the chiefs. i'm picking travis kelce. the tight end.
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pro bowl tight end of the chiefs. what a game he's had here today. eight catches. 128 yards. he did it all day long. corner route. beautiful pattern. he beat jackson. went up and got it. and then just a simple flat route. he gets the first down. he beats kevin johnson. another first round draft choice on a deep cross. then he goes down and gets a low ball. make johnathan joseph miss. he's off to the races. he kept the chains moving. he picked up the slack. when maclin went down. if maclin can't play, it will be a lot more kelce. >> that's the way it was last year. the offense did the job. special teams, defense. reid's team gets a shutout. never happened before regular season or post season. the most games as a head coach. see you in hawaii. see you for the pro bowl. enjoy the rest of the playoff. good luck to our friends 59 fox,
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cbs and abz. those of you on espn, we'll go to "sportscenter." those of you watching on abc, your local station will pick up with regularly scheduled programming. we say good night from houston. 30-0, kansas city. (ding)ocket blasting off (dong) (ding) (ding) (ding) (ding) (ding) (ding) sfx: (countdown) 3, 2, 1 (ding) (ding) (ding) rocket every insurance policy has a number.
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long lines and high hopes. a look at the rush to buy tickets as the powerful jackpot hits a record high. got your tickets? happening now across the bay area and in 44 states, people with two dollars and a dream of striking it rich. at stake $900 million. here's a live look at people getting their powerball tickets. you see big laws and excitement at cavanaugh liquors where five winners previously bought tickets. the winner can take home $558 million lump sum after taxes and a chance it will rise higher than that if there's a late spike in ticket sales.
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if a retail location sells a single winning ticket it gets 1 emergency diz. if no one wins tonight the jackpot will grow to 1.3 billion, with a b, dollars, for the drawing, january 13th. in the largest previous ball was in 2013. ticket sales end tonight at 7:00 with the winning numbers picked at 8:00. so you have close to two hours. we'll have a live report on the growing excitement an 5:00. now on to the weather. we have seen a lot of 2013ing skies put not -- threatening skies but not much change. we have an update from drew tuma. >> the showers earlier today are all but out of here. what is left over is the cloud cover live doppler 7hd showing you a blanket of cloudy skies and santa rosa got a third inch
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of rain, san francisco and concord, less than quarter inch. oakland, redwood city, san holiday say, .01 of an inch of rain. outside we have the cloudy skies so looking ahead to your evening planner, we may have a spot area of drizzle early on. by 9:00, we're still holding on to overcast skies. by midnight we have some clearing but it will be on the mild side. we rate the winter storms from one to five, one is light, five most severe, and the system moveness is a one. light snowstorm, light showers and minimal rainfall but a stronger storm lies on the horizon. the forecast is coming up. >> reminder, when you see weather where you live, take a photo or video, if it's safe, and share it with us using the hash tag "abc7now." we me a show it on the air of online at abc7news.com. >> develop news in oregon. severalmer militias joined the
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armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge, supporting keeping western lands out the hands the federal government. the occupation leader is defiant. >> many of you asked how long will this go? and we say to you, not a minute too early. >> talk about the constitution. i feel like my rights are being site latest here. >> locals have said if the federal government doesn't own the land they woken be able to fish. ammon bundy says his on a mission from god. >> today word that mexico is willing to allow the u.s. to extradite drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman to stand trial here, sharp reversal from the government's position after his last capture in 2014. any extradition would likely not come soon, with a lengthy legal process likely.
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we're in mexico city. >> we wanted to spin his infamy in celebrity. instead, "el chapo," is back in handcuffs. the drug lord paraded in front of cameras as he is taken back to the same super max prison he tunneled of. and the attorney general says that's thanks to "el chapo" himself and a healthy dose of vanity. after his escape last year the criminal wanted a bionic made about him so his people reached out to local producers and actors. those communications helped track him down. the final showdown playing out in his home state. mexican marines raiding the house, killing five of his men, and seizing these weapons. including 50 caliber sniper rifles, and grenade launchers. they finally caught up with guzman after he ran through
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sewer tunnels and hijacked a vehicle. you can see him when he was caught in filthy tank top. the u.s. department of justice calling the arrest a victory for the citizens of both mexico and the u.s. >> he faces charges in multiple u.s. districts for murder and drug trafficking, and now mexico is considered extradition. abc news, mexico. >> a man is in custody following a security scare on a denver-bound unite airlines flight. the plane left anchorage, alaska and was diverted to vancouver. police say there was a, quote, legitimate security concern. a spokesman says a threatening message from a passenger was the reason for diversion. passengers were questioned at the vancouver international airport. airport operations were not affected. >> well saw some light showers in the bay area today. looking live outside, the sun went into hiding and we can expect more wet weather. you're looking from mt. tam at
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but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. mmmm, yoplait. a second sausage re-call hits the south bay. new york style sausage company is re-calling pork products because they don't have a complete label. usda says the label is did not include sheep casings which can cause reactions in people allergic to sheep. officials advise people to throw away all the re-called products. look outside, see the skies promising rain but didn't deliver very much, drew. >> a really weak system that
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moved through here early this morning. less than a quarter inch of rain in most spots. right now, a lot of cloud cover. live doppler 7hd showing you not seeing any moisture on live doppler 7hd but that's going to change tomorrow night and monday. when the next storm moves in. right now we have a nice south wind keeping temperatures on the comfortable side. 54 in san francisco, 56 san jose, 52 concord, napa, 51. live doppler 7hd and satellite, a brief break in the activity for sunday, here comes the next storm system. this moves in sunday night and monday morning, so hour-by-hour on he day planner, early on sunshine tomorrow but the clouds go back in rather quickly, by 4:00, likely track coastal drizzle. by 7:00, anyone is fair game for a light possible shower. this storm system moving in on sunday, it's right -- light on the storm impact scale and most areas end up with less than .2 of an inch of rain.
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similar to this morning. so future weather, what you're seeing right here, warm front. the first chance to pick up a light shower on sunday but the bulk of the moisture wants to hold off until monday morning, 6:00 for the monday morning rush. light showers across the region, once again, not a lot of moisture and a quick-moving system. by mid-day on monday, we're already tracking the tail end of it in terms of rainfall, not impressive. this is a one on the storm impact scale. most locations, less than .2 of an inch of rain and some locations just light drizzle. a strong easterly storm is in the works -- a stronger storm is in the workses, moving in on wednesday. more rainfall and a south wind at times between 20 and 30 miles-per-hour. so, going by future weather, tuesday lots of clouds. by wednesday, slower moving system. by 1:00 in the afternoon likely be tracking steady light showers and this looks to linger wednesday afternoon and evening. that's why we'll likely see higher amounts of rain mid-week
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this week. so, overnight tonight, we have the clouds up there, perhaps clearing tomorrow morning, but most spots well glove normal overnight. highs for your sunday, some brief areas of sunshine, very early in the morning. the clouds will build back in and then we'll track the chance of light showers in the evening hours. a pretty seasonable numbers in the mid-50s. the accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow is increasing clouds, late-day sprinkle, morning showers on monday. a one on the storm impact scale. tuesday is dry, wednesday, bit of a strong easterly storm moves in, so wet and breezy. by thursday and friday, friday, sunny and seasonal, and then saturday, chance of north bay rain but maybe one week from now on sunday we could see another storm moving in. >> public safety announcement. don't get between shu and the tv when there's playoff action going on. >> best two weekends in sports for nfl fans. kansas city and houston. what a start for the chiefs,
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opening kickoff, gone, 106 yards, and a rough road from there for the this is violet. she's been waiting for this moment for awhile. a moment other kids wouldn't think twice about. her first bowl of cheerios. because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first bowl today.
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game. chiefs knile davis, takes the kickoff, finds the seam and is gone. 106 yards on the opening kickoff. chiefs take a 7-0 lead. first quarter, alec -- alex smith's pass is tipped. first ever playoff interception. second quarter, houston desperate for offense. watt gets stuffed. we had to do something. next play, bryan hoyer, picked by the chiefs. kansas city leads at the break. hoyer, three picks and a fumble first half. third quarter, alex smith finds chris conley, great catch for the rookie. chiefs advance with a win. 30-0 your final. >> never expect to start a game like that, but that's what we feel like we can play three phases of football and getting a kick start. >> the niners can check another
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potential head coaching candidate off their list as the miami dolphins hired bears offensive coordinate nor adam gase at your head coach. he was the runner up for last year's job. he will become the youngest coast in the nfl at 37. he'll call plays for the offense. the dolphins who signed ryan tannehill hope he can turn the kid into a player. >> i've been trained by some of the best coaches, between john fox, nick saban. some of the best, and i've been put in a position where now i'll get an opportunity to show that training in front of the 53 guide we'll have on the roster. >> bengals offensive coordinator hugh jackson meeting with the 49ers, seems to be front runner in for the job. more coming up at 5:00. >> got your tickets?
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ahead at 5:00, we'll take you live as people line up for a shot at a record high powerball jackpot. too bad you won't win because i'm winning. >> oh, really. >> you hit the jackpot if you like crab. prices have gone down but crab season is stalled on the local coast.
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now on abc7~news at 5:00, local gun show visitor yo sound off about the president's new gun rules. we'll see more of this, what you can expect from our next storm and an update on when the rain will start. >> a lot of people joke and say i made a deal with the devil but i don't think that's the case. >> one office lottery pool thinks it has the advantage in winning the jackpot. his coworkers think this guy is their good luck charm. next on abc7~news. hello, i'm eric thomas. new action by president obama to tighten gun laws brought big crowds to a gun show in daly city. cornell bernard has the story. >> some folked needed hand carts to carry out boxes of ammunition they boughtty crossroads of the west gun show, where the sign out front says welcome patriots. >> good ammo for a good price before hopefully they don't stop
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allowing you to get it. >> fred from los gatos showses the ammo he bought to use on the firing range. jesse hopes to trade up this nine millimeter weapon for a 45 caliber. his first time at the gun show. >> want to make sure i can have one legally, and hopefully don't have to use it. >> reporter: our cameras not allowed inside the gun show but the footage shows how many people the show attracts, this weekend, 8,000. >> people are concerned about the future of gun rights. >> the gun show owner says president president obama's new initiatives to keep guns out of the hand from those who shouldn't have them has not gone over way. >> background checks are a must but not to the point to where it's going to infringe on our rights. >> no guns three show but you can order 0 through a gun dealer after a background check and ten-day waiting period. >> the idea of a gun show is
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sending the wrong message. >> low rain's organization was create after her two sons were murdered. >> given the fact so many innocent people have lost their liars to senseless violence, having a gun show, makes it appear respectable, and we know it's not respectable. >> the gun show continues on sunday. in daly city, cornell bernard, abc7~news. >> we are just a few hours away from tonight's powerball drawing. incredibly the jackpot has reached over $900 million, and people are still buying lots of tickets. sergio quintana is live from a favorite spot for lotto plays, cavanaugh liquors in san leandro. >> reporter: i tell you at that time a lot of people know to come to cavanaugh liquor. the line stretches down the block and curves around down the street. but you come through the line,
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and i it still snakes around inside the store. i i talked to a few people at the front of the line. they tell me it's taken them a little more than an hour to get to the front of the line so they can go ahead and buy their tickets. a whole lot of people very excited about this big jackpot. i talked with one man who even flew here from mexico to buy his tickets. >> from where in mexico did you fly here or drive here? >> uh-huh. fly. fly. only for play. >> do you do this every time the jackpot gets -- >> my first time. very first. >> why now? >> because it's so big. it's my chance. >> reporter: i had a chance to chat with her a little bit about what she would buy if she did win the jackpot. she was nervous because i put her on the spot. but she had plenty of time to think about all the special
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things she will get. cavanaugh liquors here is going to stay open until 9:00 tonight. that's when ticket sales cut off. reporting live in san lorenzo, abc7~news. >> thank you very much. california lottery has a list of the luckiest stores in the bay area, each of these cities has at least one store that sold two tickets worth a million dollars or more, and cavanaugh liquor is number one in san lorenzo is the area's luckiest store. five withins have fought tickets there. for the exact locations of the lucky stores go to our web site. you can get tonight's winning numbers with the abc7~news app. we'll notify you as soon as the numbers are drawn and if there's a winner, download the free app now for your mobile device and enable the push alerts. >> now on to the weather. this is what you saw today if you were driving in the north bay. the area with the most rain today. the people in san rafael wok up to rain showers. and abc7 news was along san san
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francisco's embarcadero where the day good at off to a soggy gray start. just a sprinkle and using the umbrellas and windshield wipers and annoying. here's a live look now at conditions in san francisco international airport. you see the cloud cover. no widespread major disease lays or cancellations reported at the airport but the faa says flights to and from the chicago area are delayed an average of an hour and a half due to snow and aisles there. live look now showing cloudy skies over emeryville as well. abc7~news meteorologist drew tuma has his eye on two upcoming storm systems and here's the latest on the timing with live doppler 7hd. >> rain is out of hire from this morning. we still have the cloud cover left over so live doppler 7hd paint ang overcast picture right now in terms of rainfall totals, the heaviest was in the north bay but not a lot. san francisco, less than a quarter. oakland, redwood city, even san jose, only picked up .01 of an
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inch of rain. this is a one of the storm impact scale, minimal effect across the region. right now mainly cloudy skies. looking ahead the evening planner. by 6:00, there are could be spotty drizzle in the north bay. otherwise we'll keep the overcast skies. by midnight may have some clearing but a mild night on the way. the storm impact scale goes from one to five. one is a light storm, five is the most severe storm we can get and we'll be rating the storms all season long, and the next storm coming up will be tomorrow. going to be a one on the storm impact scale, a light storm sunday night and monday morning, expecting very lights showers. in terms of total rainfall most areas pick up less than .2 of an inch of rain. we have a stronger storm in the forecast. >> take a look at this rare sight. snow in palm springs this wetter, the first time in years
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there's been enough snow to open the palm springs adventure center, and it's been long time since the area has seen more than two feet of snow. skiers can rent equipment that would be damage it with less than two feet of snow. developing news. access to yosemite will be easier in a few minutes. caltrans plans to open the el portal road on highway 410. rocks the size of cars fell on the road after the heavy storms. once work crews cleared the road they had to fix it. the park itself is still open but it's a here to-hour drive through the snow to get to the other entrance on the south side. officials say all drivers must carry chains. a conservation organization has bought a huge chunk of property and plans to add today mt. dean -- diablo. these are earlier pictures of the mountain and state park. the sale price was reportedly
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$1.1 million, payable over ten years. the owner says they were discouraged at overdevelopment in the area and refused to sell the to builders. >> for the first time the discipline system used for guards at the santa clara county jail was aired publicly. were in san jose where a blue ribbon commission heard before the the system anymore. leeing comes on the disclosure that 86 officers have been disciplined and 60 either fired or suspended. >> i pointed out one case a day, a person was found to have engaged with an inappropriate relationship with the inmate and falsified an and accessed confidential information and the person is still working for the department. >> the demand for a commission came from local activists after an inmate was beat ton death last august. three deputies are facing murder charges. the meeting comes aafter new
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claims. three claims were filed against the jail yesterday. two mentally ill people and the family of michael tyree, the man who was allegedly beaten to death by three jail guards in august, say the inmates were repeat lid subjected to physical abuse. don't call it's comeback but crab lovers have a reason to nile. a kind gesture in san francisco helping to build culture bridges. could this guy be the key to winning tonight's gigantic paunch jackpot -- powerball jackpot? his coworkers thing. so
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>> we're learning more about the gunman who targeted a philadelphia police officer. police released the mug shot of edward archer, investigators say he mentioned allegiance to isis and confessed to shooting the police officer at point-blank range. >> surveillance video shows the i this terrifying attack. the man is edward archer seen here rushing towards a market police cruiser, firing a dozen rounds. he even reaches into the car before running away. >> shots fired. shots fired. i'm shot. >> this morning, archer, who police say confessed he carried out the unsuccessful assassination aattempt in the name of islam is being investigated by the fbi. abc news learned the 30-year-old was not on any watch list but officials are now examining two trips to the middle east, one to saudi arabia in 2011 for the hajj and another to egypt in
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2012. >> one of the scariest things i've seen. this guy tried to execute the police officer. police officer had no idea he was coming. it's amazing he is alive. >> reporter: despite being seriously injured the video shows officer jesse hartnett getting out of his patrol car and chasing after his attacker, firing back, hitting him in the backside. other officers picked up archer a short distance away. >> three gunshot wounds to the left arm. absolutely amazing that that's all he sustained. i cannot explain how he escaped that. nothing short of miraculous and we're thankful for that. >> reporter: speaking to philadelphia abc station, hartnett's father says helord hospital where his son was able to talk with him after waking up from surgery. >> we talked. he is a tough guy. i love him and very proud of him, and he is an excellent person. >> that was ava pilgrim, the officer is expected to recover.
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police say the gun was stolen from an officer's home several years ago. a show of compassion in general rossty today from the bay area's sikh community at san francisco's glide foundation. we were at ellis street for the contribution of 500 new blankets to the needy. the blankets and socks are the items must in demand at glide this time of year. sikhs do a lot of giving in the bay area. >> part of being sikh, any sikh temple, 24 hours a day, welcomes anybody of any religion, and offers free food, no matter religion, creed, color, free food to anyone. 24 hours a day. >> the bay area sikh community has collected new blankets and money over the past several weeks to buy more blankets. the japanese new year called shogatsi its being celebrated in san francisco. can we were at the japanese cultural center. the celebration features arts
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and crafts, music and dance, and the making of japanese rice cakes. one volunteer says it's more than just a celebration. >> keep in contact with the community and also remember a lot of the cultural traditions that are left over from our ancestors from japan and want to carry them on. >> this is the year of the monkey in japanese culture. if you're clever, investmenttive, flexible and decisive, you're a monkey. great news for seafood loves, dungness crabs back on the menu. the crab is from washington and oregon where they're declared safe by officials. the alioto fish company got 1200-pounds of dungness will which affect prices. >> price is down so we're looking at $7 per pound live,
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which is great. great for the consumer. and hopefully maybe it will go down here. we just have to wait ask see what happens. >> state officials closed the season in san francisco in november after finding unsafe levels of toxin caused by algae bloom fueled by el niño. it's possible the season could begin late this month. also we showed you live a few minutes ago, lots of people have been buying up powerball tickets hoping to win then $900 million prize. one particular group in columbus, ohio, sent the one guy they believe is a lucky charm to get theirs. terra morgan taught up with them to find out what the office pool thinks the odds are good. >> we have the receipt from the gas station as well, and it's kind of tickets. >> you could say nick has a reputation at the office. >> a lot of people joke and say i made a deal with the devil, but i don't think that's the
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case. >> reporter: a good reputation. >> are you a lucky charm? >> they think so. >> reporter: he says he never was a lucky guy until he started worker for cover my meds two years ago. >> i won a vegas trip at work. >> reporter: when his good fortune kept paying out. >> i won a superfecta at a horse track. >> reporter: he says it was this moment. >> i got go to "the price is right" a year ago on a company-sponsored trip, and i got called down, and i got called up on the stage after getting called down, and ended up winning the entire show,. >> reporter: that sealed his fate at the office. a lottery pool that started with ten people, soared to 79. >> it ended up being 1500 and $80, so we were able to buy 790 tickets. >> pots estimates each would get 4 million after taxes. >> we put together a contract. there's an excel file that lists everyone that paid and everything. we had it notarize.
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>> his powerball dream mostly selfless. >> make so it my parents didn't have to work again and outside of that, just try to make someone else's life better. >> reporter: he would keep his job. >> overwhelming majority will stay. >> reporter: like this moment on a national stage, he may soon have another incredible story to tell. >> we have a 790 and 230 million chan -- chance to win the powerball. >> the lucky guy says the office pool is counting on the luck of the draw and went with all quick pick numbers. the computer made the choice. speaking of computer, weather computer has been busy tracking the clouds that didn't have much rain in them. >> a sad system. shu told me if he wins i get half. so it's on record. we have overcast skies right now. a fair amount of cloud cover and a nice south wind keeping
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temperatures on the mild side 5. 5 in oakland. 54, san jose, most locations mid-and low 50s, and san jose right now, overcast skies in the south bay. 50 in santa rosa. 51 in concord. livermore, 54. sunday, we'll likely see early breakness the cloud cover. my afternoon clouds fill back in, by 4:00, tracking coastal drizzle but the south wind pumps temperatures into the mid-up toker 50s, and anyone is fair game for a sprinkle tomorrow evening, by 7:00. on the storm impact scale the next system tomorrow night is one. very light showers expected. and you do notice most areas less than .2 of an inch of rain, similar to this, future weather, 6:00 tomorrow evening, what you see right here, the warm front ahead of our initial storm system. so there's a chance of an isolated shower first thing in the evening on sunday.
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bet most of this doesn't reach the ground. what will reach the ground, the main rain event is monday morning. we'll be dealing with scatters showers but not a lot of moisture with the system and it's a quick mover, and by lunchtime just tapers to isolated showers. total rainfall with this system, like i said, less than .2 of an inch of rain and this is why we're rating this a one on the storm impact scale. a stronger storm on the horizon, moving moving in on wednesday, this will be a two on the impact scale. a south wind also, 20 to 30 miles-per-hour, will keep things breezy. future weather, tuesday, mainly cloudy. by wednesday, this is a more likely seeing the steadest of the showers and the system is slow so wednesday afternoon and evening, likely dealing dealinge wet weather. overnight, well above normal. temperatures holding in the mid
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to lower 40s, and then for your sunday, perhaps some early breaks in the cloud cover, but then the clouds fill back in. we'll track the light showers into the evening hours, most spots mid-50s to upper 50s for the second half of the weekend. the accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow, late, day sprinkle. morning showers on monday, one on the storm impact scale. a break tuesday, a stronger storm on wednesday. that will be two on the storm impact scale. it's wet, breezy, but thursday we're dry, partly sunny, friday looking beautiful. sunshine and seasonal, and then saturday a chance of light rain in the north bay. >> two games today two games tomorrow as we look towards super bowl 50 at levi's stadium. alex smith would love to be there. kansas city takes care of houston.
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the last time the kansas city chefs won a playoff game, 1994, on the road in houston, with joe montana at the helm. today in houston, former 49er quarterback alex smith tried to break kansas city's losing streak. this is how you start a game. knile davis takes the kickoff, finds the seam and is gone. 106-yards to the house on the opening kickoff. special teams big in playoff. 7-0 chiefs. first quarter, smith's pass timid. first playoff interception. second quarter, houston desperate for offense. watts, wildcat quarterback, stuffed at the line of scrimmage, and watt takes off his helmet and said we had to do something. next play, brian hoyer picked off by the chiefs.
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hoyer, throw picks and a fumble in the first half. third quarter, alex smith, drives them down. perfect strike to conley who makes a great catch. chiefs advance, first shutout in ten years in postseason, 30-0 the final. >> never expected to start a game like that, but that's what we feel like, we feel like we can play all three phases of football and special teams and getting us a kick start. >> the niners can check another potential head coaching candidate off the list as miami selected adam gase for head coach. he was considered one of the hottest candidates on the market and will be youngest coach in the nfl at 37 and will have the final call on the roster and will call plays for the offense. he is a quarterback whisperer, >> i've been trained by some of the best coaches you could be trained by, between john fox, nick saban, mike march, i feel
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like i've been around the best and seen the best do it and i've been put in a position to where now i'm going to get an opportunity to show the training in front of the 53 guys we'll have on the roster. >> high school ashe american bowl in san antonio, first score, patterson finds his teammate for a 35-yard score. 7 or west. cal looking for speed. they've got one. stovall, 55-yard kick return here. sets up kj costello. to usc commit, vaughn. costello with a couple td tosses. the west rolls. >> s -- fires a bullet to bonnet for the touchdown. north dakota state leads 10-0. breaks left, runs for the touchdown. three tds, one passing, two rushing, understand d. north
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dakota wins 37-10. we call that a five peat. college hoops, steal, t marys and pepperdine. the pretty layup. gaels up two. murray, jr. misses but the tip. rain showing some jets. spin move, 59-57 pepperdine. take the lead. the jumper, pepperdine up 3. 1:10 to play. calvin hermson cut he lead to one, then for the win, no good. that was actually for the tie. gael's first conference loss and it's a stunner, 67-64 that final. >> that was the chiefs' fourth straight playoff win with a quarterback that began with the miners, joe montana, alec smith, and steve deberg. he left the niners for the chief. like a farm club for.
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the. i'll give a quick shoutout to the mill valley girl scouts, three groups here today watching the news. we welcome them. >> welcome. >> with ohm hands. >> they look so smart. your jobs are in jeopardy. thanks a lot. coming up at 6:00, new developments in the search for a missing uc berkeley student. what investigators found this afternoon. and upset with uber. what cautions dos of drivers to stop taking rides this afternoon. join us at 6:00. that's it for this edition of abc7~news. i'm eric thomas, thank you for joining us. college football is next.
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