and that break news is taking place in oakland. sky 7 above the scene right after a police chase ended with a crash at 54th and adeline streets just before 3:00 this afternoon. you can see on the map where the chase ended. three ambulances rushed to the scene. it appears one of the people hurt was an innocent bystander. that chase last for about ten minutes starting on manila avenue. police have not said why they tried to stop that car, but we'll keep you updated on the story throughout the afternoon on the abc 7 news app. good afternoon, everyone. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. >> let's turn now to union city where a seven-hour standoff ended peacefully after not one but two people surrendered at a home where a woman says she was held hostage for days. a standoff began just after 8:00 this morning in union city.

melanie woodrow joins us live with the late details. melanie? >> reporter: well, all of this began with a call from in a woman to 911 at whether about 8:20 this morning. take a look at some of the video from earlier today. you can see here dozens of union city police officers, also s.w.a.t. teams from fremont and newark, they arrived here within minutes. the woman who called 911 had told police her ex-boyfriend was holding her hostage in her own home for two days. police officers say though when they arrived she was initially uncooperative. she says she didn't really want to tell the officers that man's fame and she would only say that he was in the home alone and armed with some type of gun. law enforcement was negotiating with who they believed was that woman's ex-boyfriend when another man called police and said he was coming out of the house. police initially took that man into custody for questioning first. >> he's not the subject that we're looking for. again, we did not know that he was the inside of the residence. he called us to tell us that he

was coming out. >> and shortly after the woman, the female victim in all of this was taken to the hospital by ambulance. police say for some sort of medical issue that she was having and then a little more than an hour later the man who was still barricaded inside the home did come out. he has now also been taken into custody and is being brought to union city police station for questioning. police say they still have quite a few more questions for everyone involved in this, including that woman who says she was held hostage. live in union city, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> thank you, melanie. more details are emerging about the painful ordeal of the kidnapped redding woman who was found on thanksgiving morning. sherri papini's husband keith described her injuries in a statement to abc news. bruises covered her face. her nose was broken and her long blond hair had been chopped off. papini's captors even branded a message on her skin. papini vanished while jogging

near her home earlier this month. on abc's "good morning america" the shasta county sheriff dismissed claims that papini's d disappearance was a hoax. >> so far we are still investigating this as a kidnapping abduction, and everything that she is providing us thus far is indicating that. >> a passing driver discovered papini wearing restraints in yolo county early thursday morning. detectives are looking for two hispanic women armed with a handgun driving a dark suv. learning new details about the thanksgiving dinner in antioch that may be linked to illnesses and deaths of several people in the east bay. we've learned eight other people who ate at that dinner have been diagnosed with the same symptoms. >> abc 7 news reporter elissa harrington is live where dock trors about to give an update. >> reporter: we've learned that the new cases are people who feel sick but they are not being hospitalized. health officials say that it is likely that they ate the same

food and drink that made the others sick on thanksgiving. nobody answered the door at assisted minerva place where several residents got sick after eating a thanksgiving me. three of them died. minerva place provides care for the elderly and a third home was also impact the. the owner told me one patient was hospitalized and two members of the staff are sick. the common thread, they all ate thanksgiving dinner at the same place, the american legion hall on west sixth street. >> sad for the families. >> reporter: christina loyola is the dining room manager which serves hot meals to the needy. she was cooking lunch at the american legion hall today. thursday's meal was sponsored by the golden hills community church, the same foot cabral ate. >> golden hills served our dinner and none of us got ill. we all brought plates of food

home. it was wonderful and tasted good >> reporter: church released a statement part of it reading we are fully cooperating with health officials and are praying fervently for the families who lost loved ones and others who are sick. the contra costa health department is investigating a number of possibilities. they are advising anyone at the holiday dinner to throw away leftovers and to immediately call a doctor if you feel sick. in antioch, elissa harrington, abc 7 news. >> now there's still a lot of up phones with this particular story. stay with abc 7 news for the very latest developments. if you have our free app we'll send you an alert when new office comes out. we now know the fame of a whom who was hit and killed by a taxi in san jose early this morning. 37-year-old jennifer televera died at the scene on monterrey road. police say she was not in a crosswalk when the taxi hit her just before 3:00 a.m. investigators have ruled out speeding, drugs and alcohol as causes for the accident. southbound monterrey road

reopened after 8:00 this morning. a dump truck crash shut down traffic for several hours on a busy solano county roadway today. that truck was filled with dirt, lost control and timg over on highway 12 just west of interstate 80 around 11:00 this morning. both lanes were blocked until 3:00 this afternoon. the driver was not hurt. investigators believe the accident may have been caused by a blown-out tire. meanwhile, a woman was rushed to the hospital this morning after slamming her car into a building in san francisco's knob hill neighbor. witnesses saw the driver speeding downhill on clay street and hitting the corner of a building on taylor street. the air bags deployed, but the woman was able to get out on her own. the driver told police that her brakes failed. she says she purposefully drove into the building to avoid hitting a person and to stop her vehicle. >> our day has been cool and calm, much like larry. here's live doppler 7. you can see skies are mainly sunny across the bay area right now. we have a few clouds around. we also have a rough surf.

a high surf advisory in effect for a couple more hours that expires at 6:00 p.m. and wave heights up to 16 feet in some spots. there's a possibility of some strong rip currents and sneaker waves and this expires at 6:00 p.m. a little rain on the way. very little. the storm ranks one on the storm impact scale. it will be coming in tomorrow with hit and miss showers. less than .05 of an inch of rain expected in most locations. here's the forecast animation beginning at 5:00 tomorrow morning as the morning commute gets under way. we'll see clouds beginning to increase in the north bay and then by 9:00 a.m. or so we'll see a couple of spotty showers mainly near the coastline, and by noon maybe a spot or two of shower activity, widely scattered across the north bay and near the golden gate and then later in the afternoon spotty showers may pop up just about anywhere and that will be about the end of it, and we're going to have calm weather after that. looking at clear skies right now from mt. tam. temperatures mainly in the 50s. i'll give a look at the complete accuweather seven-day forecast a little later. larry? >> thanks, spencer.

see you in a few minutes. a san francisco lawmaker has introduced the first proposal of its kind in california. this is a measure that calls for spending millions of dollars in taxpayer money to help undocumented immigrants who could face deportation during the trump administration. abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler has the details. >> it wasn't really that fun being alone without my mom. >> reporter: 8-year-old aleashio's smother an undocumented immigrant from nicaragua who was detained two years ago on fraud charges. >> i had a sue side atempt i've lost my children and my home. >> reporter: she explained to this crowd gathered at san francisco city hall she was eventually lucky enough to get a lawyer and get out of jail. that's exactly what supervisor david campos is proposing. he wants the city to spend $5 million to provide legal help to undocumented immigrants through the public defender's office and nonprofit law firms. the effort is in response to president-elect donald trump's threats of mass deportations.

>> it is a shame that there are 1,600 people in detention proceedings right now in san francisco who don't have a right to a lawyer. >> reporter: after mr. trump's election, mayor ed lee renewed his support for san francisco as a sanctuary city, meaning it doesn't cooperate with federal immigration agents. supervisor campos is challenging him to support this budget proposal. >> you cannot say that we're a sanctuary if you are unwilling to make the investment needed to protect the 44,000 undocumented people who live in the city and county of san francisco. >> reporter: mayor is out of town, but his spokesperson says his office met yesterday with community-based legal groups and the public defender's office and will deal with the funding issue over the next two weeks. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. there are new reports of

racially charged hate graffiti this time at a san francisco high school. the graffiti was found in bathrooms on bulletin boards and classroom desks at lowell high school. school staff has sent a letter to students to show respect for their peers and saying there will be consequences. part of the letter reads while these actions have been performed by a very small number of individuals, result of these beha behaveiors has a profound effect on others. we cannot and will not tolerate this type of behavior. big win for the golden state warriors today off the court. the state court of appeals has affirmed a lower court's ruling about their proposed arena in san francisco. the ruling said there's no merit to plaintiff's objections of the city's environmental analysis and its approval of the project. the warriors hope to break ground on this new facility next year. the mission bay arena is slated to open in 2019. well, coming up on "abc 7 news at 4:00," a day of action. from new york to san francisco,

the protesters calling for an increase in the minimum wage. plus, from black friday to cyber monday and now to giving tuesday, how people are giving ga back after all of that fighting. >> and a fight over a parking spot goes from brawl to demolition derby. a wild scene coming up at this hour. and it's a lot calmer on 101 in san jose. all backed up in the southbound direction. carpool lane is moving pretty quickly. northbound lane is fine as is 880

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dozen disease of people were arrested today in protests across the nation calling for a $15 per hour minimum wage. rockers from fast food restaurants, day cares and airports walked off the job today in cities from new york to san francisco. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield has been following the story and has a look at what happened during protests in oakland and at san francisco international airport. >> reporter: protesters shut down the intersection of 98th avenue and international boulevard in oakland this morning to demand a higher minimum wage. they blocked the street for about an hour before police moved in and made some arrests. organizers were pleased with the turnout. >> well, it sends a real strong message that, you know, status quo is not acceptable, and that we definitely need to consider the workers and their rights and their opportunity and ability to earn a sustainable living. >> reporter: this was one of several demonstrations that took place across the country today. here's a look at the rally that happened in chicago this. nationwide effort is called

fight for 15 meaning they want the minimum wage raised to $15 an hour. they staged the protests outside of mcdonald's restaurants and airports, highlighting fast food workers, baggage handlers and ticket agents as examples of who they are fighting for. uber drivers also participated >> we actually make a lot less than minimum wage workers, so we're here basically to say, you know what, we cannot allow corporate america to put profits before people. >> reporter: amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. a $15 an hour minimum wage will become law in several bay area cities in the coming years. san francisco will be among the first. the minimum rate climbs to $15 on july 1st, 2018. san jose will follow suit six months later along with el cerrito. the city of emoryville will have a $16 an hour rate effective january 2019 and the rate goes up in los angeles in 2020. statewide it climbs to $15 in

2022 from the current rate of $10. >> samsung is considering splitting the company and say they will take the next six months into splitting itself into a holding company and a separate operating business. some experts say this move could cost the company stock to soar with dividends rising as much as 30%. this comes as they are dealing with several crises including the battery problems with the galaxy note phones. and dozens of cities considering slapping a tax on streaming services like netflix. cable tv subscriptions are taxed and why not streaming and the ceo of netflix says this is a dangerous precedent that could tax other things like music streaming and stockton is among the cities looking into such a tax. chicago officials filed a class action lawsuit over a streaming tax there. yesterday's cyber monday has given way to today's giving

tuesday, a fund-raising for nonprofit groups. >> kristen sze is here with how local charities are hoping to benefit. >> larry and ama, t the #givingtuesday is trending now on social media. celebrities are urging us to shift our focus from buying for ourselves to helping others. reese witherspoon asking us to support girls, inc and michael j. fox asking to donate for parkinson's disease research and bill gates says participate in giving tuesday any way we like. charities, they certainly hope that they will be able to match or perhaps even surpass last year's total donated globally. that would be $117 million. a san francisco nonprofit that would love your support is lava mae which provides the homeless with bathrooms and pop-up showers. >> it will help support our

ability to design and to release a tool kit so thing pop-up care villages in a box. >> i think they are very needed service for everybody out here that's homeless that cares enough to take a shower. >> kind snacks has a giving tuesday challenge for you. do something nice for someone and tweet about it and maybe they will send you free snacks. and if you want more information, maybe ideas on how to give, the abc 7 news website has a section on giving tuesday so we invite you to check it out. larry and ama. >> thank you, kristen. christmas has come to the white house from giants dogs to giant trees. this year's theme is the gift of the holidays for the obama family's final here in the white house. the decorations were officially unveiled today from military families including a tree and a flag display featuring some of the families the obamas have met over the years. a tree decorated with gold ornaments honors soldiers who lost their lives, and next to it an ipad station where the expected 68,000 visitors this

holiday season can send messages to service members. that is a lot of visitors. >> that's a nice touch indeed. >> yeah. >> well, our weather is not a bad touch outside. feeling a little wintry today. cool skies, but it was a little bit of a chill in the air and that's going to be with us for a while. here's a look at live doppler 7. mainly sunny skies across the bay area right now and interestingly enough there's clouds coming our way. check out this view from mt. tam looking down towards ocean beach under blue skies and currently 58 degrees here in san francisco and upper 50s at oakland, mountianview, san jose, gilroy and 55 at half moon bay. this is the view at the golden gate where skies are also clear. it is 62 degrees right now in santa rosa and other locations, napa, "the new york post"a and hayward and 55 at fairfield and cool 53 at livermore and check out this cool view looking out over the bay towards the bay bridge. these are our forecast features. chilly overnight once again with

the possibility of some patchy frost, and we may see some isolated showers tomorrow, as i mentioned, and we'll have a warmer pattern developing at the very end of the week taking us into the weekend. forecast animation starting at 5:00 tomorrow morning as the morning commute gets under way. most locations clear and dry and clouds will be increasing up in the north bay and then later in the morning hours about 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 or so, we'll see clouds reaching all parts of the bay area and down to the midday hours around 1:00 p.m. we might see widely scattered isolated showers hand they could pop up just about anywhere and it's hard to pinpoint where they may be and at what time, and that possibility remains whether it's through the afternoon commute or evening commute, i should say, into the evening hours, and then that threat will dissipate -- that chance will dissipate. our rainfall totals we project will be not more than .401 of an inch in most locations. a couple of wet spots and that's about it. this is, again, not a major storm. overnight look for low

temperatures under mostly clear skies and to drop into the upper 30s in the inland valleys and clouds will increase later in the morning hours and overnight lows near the bay and the coast will be in the low to mid-40s. tomorrow's highs will range from mid-50s at the coast to mainly upper 50s near the bay and inland. maybe one or two locations will top out at 60 degrees and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. after the passage of tomorrow's clouds and isolated showers, you'll see sunny skies through the weekend with a nice warmup on saturday and sunday and we'll see highs in the mid-60s inland and even around the bay, but the weather turns sharply cooler on monday with about a ten-degree drop in temperatures in some spots stow will feel winter-like as we get into the first few days of the december. >> thank, spencer. coming up on the move, the demolition of the old bay bridge continues. we'll tell you what you can expect next. plus, using robots to learn. the new tools to help local students get to know technology. it is 4:21. let's check the traffic on the

san mateo bridge. it's a little thicker on left side. that's the normal commute hour, rush hour traffic. moving nicely or a little bit better at least on the right-hand side for those folks heading back towards the peninsula. stay with us.

more of the old eastern span of the bay bridge came down today. a 1.7 million pound truss was lowered on to a barge and taken off to be recycled at the of oakland. this is sped up time lapse video from a caltranz camera at the bridge. it's not over yet. there's still ten remaining trusses which will be taken down and recycled over the next year. some of san francisco's youngest learners now have new tools to help help them make technology part of their lives. they were at charles drew elementary school when a wonning a full of mysterious items arrived. look at all the excitement.

the prize, high-tech gadgets to help with s.t.e.m. education. 500 schools entered and only five won. >> i thought it was a long shot, but i decided to apply and i was so surprised when i got the e-mail that we won and how important it is for students even as young as tk age to be able to be exposed to computer science. >> good for her for giving a shot. you can see the children getting to know the dash and dot robots donate bid wonder workshop. they also received tablets to learn coding. recent high school graduates are showing more interest in s.t.e.m. majorses and 53% of students in california are interested in studying is the t.e.m. fields. the study was done by admissions testing coming a.c.t. pope francis and theoretical physicist stephen hawking headlined a vatican conference on science, the environment and sustainability. in the his speech the pope said

the earth is being threatened by an environmental collapse that causes an increase of poverty and social exclusion. he urged scientists who work with the christian community to achieve what he called a global environmental balance. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, the late on the trump transition. >> the meeting went very well. >> was with him for about an hour. >> the new cabinet seats filled today and what's still ahead tonight. plus, the president-elect's push to criminalize flag burning. we'll tell you what he said today. and a woman jumped off united flight using the emergency exit and took off runnin ♪ tomorrow's the day we'll play something besides video games. every day is a gift especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto®- a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto® was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital

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comcast business. built for business. here's a look at what's making headlines as we approach had:30 on abc 7 news. a standoff with an armed man at a union city home is now over. police arrested the man late this afternoon. it all started this morning when a woman called police whispering that she needed help. she later told police her ex-boyfriend had taken her hostage. reporter vic lee tweeted this picture from sky 7 above a hem in san jose today. investigators were hoping to find an escaped santa clara county inmate inside. however, rohelio chavez was not there. a look at the operation that included a s.w.a.t. team and flash bangs. today investigators announced

the arrest of a woman who chavez. a mainly protest at the airport at 5:00 and a look at impact the protesters are having on airports all across the nation. and investigators found the black boxes for a plane that crashed into the mountains of colombia last night. 71 people were killed, including a brazilian soccer team. six people did survive. abc 7 nuts reporter elizabeth hur has the late on the crash and recovery. >> reporter: new and heartbreak images from colombia as crews begin removing bodies from the crash site where you can barely make out this was a plane and incredibly there are survivors. according to authorities there are six survivors rushed to the hospital overnight. 75 others on board, many of them members of a brazilian soccer team on its way to a tournament, were killed.

the brazilian president today offered his condolences to the victims' families calling the incident extremely sad. the circumstances are still under investigation but so far we're told that the british aerospace rj-will 5 owned by a charter company was near its destination flying from bolivia to colombia, and this is a look at the flight radar showing the final moments, the plane circling several times and the crew reportedly saying there was an electrical problem before crashing. the soccer team posted this on facebook before they got on that plane. one of the players allen ruschel, a 27-year-old defender seen here with his teammates, is said to be one. survivors. authorities say in all three soccer players, two crew members and one journalist survived and for the 75 victims, the brazilian president just declared three days of mourning. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. a vigil is about to get under way at the ohio state

university as a way to begin healing after an attack on campus injured 11 people. classes resumed in columbus a day after the attack carried out by abdul razak ali artan, an osu student born in somalia. artan plowed his car into a group of pedestrians, got out and began stabbing people before he was shot and killed. abc news has learned he bought the knives just before the attack at walmart. authorities went door-to-door today speaking to artan's neighbors. >> they have been here about two years, about the same as me. never caused any problems. i would see him and pass hi. never really talked to them. >> authorities say the attack came moments after artan expressed greefnsz on his facebook page about crimes against muslims. death toll now stands at three from the devastating wildfires that are burning near gatlinburg, tennessee in the great smokey mountains. flames from at least 14 fires have forced more than 14,000

residents and tourists to evacuate the area in the eastern part of the state. that fire has destroyed hundreds of businesses and homes in gatlinburg including the home of the city's mayor. personally i think i've lost my hours and, you know, things can be rebuilt. our downtown is intact which that is really great for our economy and for the future of gatlinburg. >> wind gusts topping 70 miles an hour are fanning the flames. the region is also experiencing its worst drought in nearly a decade. singer neil young is calling on president obama to get involved in what he calls the violence of protesters demonstrating against the dakota access pipeline. young calls the precht at the standing rock indian reservation an awakening. demonstrators are standing strong in the wake of unnecessary and violent aggression. the letter is signed by young and his girlfriend, actress darryl hannah. the pipeline is complete except

for a small section beneath the missouri river encampment. >> if you did any holiday shopping online chances are your packages are going up the conveyor belt ready to ship and make their way to your door. unfortunately, thieves may also be waiting at your door for those packages. one south bay city wants to catch them in the act. abc 7 news reporter matt keller has a look at the high-tech sglan 'tis t plan. >> reporter: one to two residents are victims every day. >> we're tired of our customers being victimized. >> reporter: the campbell police delivery bait package program, ups or dhl or other service is delivered to a front door with a gps tracker inside. if the package moves, officers swarm in for the arrest. in fact, we saw what happens when an alert goes off. one of their packages was moved just after 8:30 this morning. officers received an alert on their phone, but it turned out to be a false alarm.

a landscaper with a leaf blower jostled the package but this first run shows the tracker works. let it be a warning to all you thieves. >> don't come to campbell and don't steal packages because you don't know if it's a real one or ours. >> reporter: program is getting a lot of support around town and people are tired of the thefts. >> it feels snishl dr. robert martinez had a package stolen from his office and also happens to be a board member for the campbell police foundation. the nonprofit helped pay for the gps trackers. >> generally campbell has been a very safe and wonderful place to live and have a business. we just like to keep it that way. >> reporter: campbell is the first city in northern california to run this bait package program. if it's successful. you can expect it to come to a city near you. matt keller, abc news. >> central marin police shared these tips on twitter. have your package delivered to somebody who can receive it in person like a neighbor or a relative or arrange for a workplace delivery. you can also track your package online and schedule a specific

date and time for delivery so you know you'll be home to receive it. >> all good info. still to come on "abc 7 news at 4:00," park lot dispute turns into a demolition derby. >> oh! >> wait until you see this confrontation and how it finally ended. >> i'm spencer christian. look at the setting sun. the view from emoryville. no more words needed. that's what people say to me often. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. we do say that. 4:36. here's a look at afternoon commute in walnut creek. this is 680 northbound back up and southbound on the right-hand side is looking a lot better. back with more and more words from

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okay. this is nuts. fists flew and tempers flared in los angeles over the weekend apparently over a parking space. check it out. [ bleep ]. this is cell phone video of a group of women fighting in the parking lot of a local market and laundromat in south l.a. watch as one woman gets into her suv and revs the engine and smashes into the silver suv. oh, it's on now. nearly took off the side door. that was just beginning. the driver spent the next several minutes. they were playing demolition derby smashing into each other's vehicles. this is over a parking space. it finally ended when one of the

drivers took off but first plowed down a fire hydrant. happy holidays. >> that's awful. thankfully nobody was hurt. geez. now to another strange story out of houston. officials are trying to find out why a passenger on a united airlines flight opened the emergency exit and jumped out. you can see her in the surveillance video. she's on the tarmac running towards the terminal. she was quickly caught and taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. authorities say she won't face charges. we'll start with live doppler 7 and clear skies prevail across the bay area right now and tomorrow we'll see a few more clouds around than we had today and maybe a couple of isolated showers. the chance of rainfall is not great tomorrow. highs will range from mid-50s at the coast to upper 50s inland and near the bay. now over the next seven days, notice the high temperature trend in san jose is reflective of what the entire bay area will see. a sharp rise in temperatures

oer the weekend. mid-60s in san jose and a sharp drop-off to mid-50s. it's going to be quite chill, and speaking of chilly, how about morning lows in santa rosa topping out, not bottoming out at a low of 40 and then bottoming out at a low of 30 on tuesday morning and falling below the freezing mark. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we've got a fairly steady pattern coming our way until we get to early next week when the temperatures drop rather sharply into the more winter-like range of only mid-50s for highs, and through the weekend we'll see some pretty mild temperature readings in the mid-60s, near the coast and in the inland area, and about 60 on the coast. pretty mild for this time of the year. >> all right. thank you, spencer. coming up, more names revealed today for donald trump's cabinet. just ahead who he picked and the meeting still ahead tonight. >> 7 on your side's michael finney, a popular airline pulls the plug on its u.s.

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tonight president-elect donald trump is meeting with former massachusetts governor mitt romney. this will be the second round of meetings for the secretary of state contender. it comes on the heels of new

names being added to trump's cabinet nominees today. here's abc 1 news reporter elizabeth hur. >> reporter: at trump tower, another busy day for the president-elect's transition team as a revolving door of meetings continue for job applicants for donald trump's white house as trump's mind is made up for two more cabinet positions. his pick for secretary of health and human services is congressman tom price of georgia, an orthopedic surgeon turned early trump supporter and strong opponent of obamacare. >> what is clear is that the president-elect has chosen an ardent opponent of the affordable care act and somebody who says he is committed to repealing it. >> >> reporter: and trump's nominee for transportation secretary is expected to be elaine chao who served as labor secretary under president george w. bush and the only member of his cabinet to serve of all

eight years. chao is married to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and this nomination requires confirmation by the senate. >> the meeting went very well. >> reporter: meanwhile, the search for the secretary of state john still ongoing with mitt romney and rudy giuliani as the two main contenders, but facing open revolt by members of his own staff trump is also said to be considering general john kelly, retired general david petraeus and senator bob corker. we don't know yet who he will choose to be his secretary of state but he decided to hold a thank-you real for his supporters. that's scheduled to be held this thursday in ohio. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. meanwhile, mr. trump is saying anybody who burns an american flag should face consequences. in a tweet today he said those consequences could include the loss of citizenship or a year in jail. now that would be in direct conflict with free speech rights that are guaranteed by the first amendment to the constitution.

the supreme court ruled in 1989 that flag-burning is protected by the first amendment. u.s.-based employees of a hong kong-based airline are protesting after the carrier announced it would no longer contribute to workers' social security and medicare. >> 7 on your side's michael finney tells us this could have a big impact. this is a pretty dangerous precedent, i would think, for a labor union. >> labor union for you and me. imagine a foreign company owns a company and that's who you work for and they don't pay social security, amazing. nearly 500-based u.s. employees of cafe pacific airways may no longer be able to use social security and medicare benefits. they rallied at union square today in protest. the demonstration took place right across the street from the airline san francisco office. the airline says it's not obligated to contribute to social security and medicare because it is a foreign corporation. reverend norman fong of the

chinatown community development says this sets a bad precedent. >> if other corporations can get away claiming that they are non-american, not having to pay americans benefits, we're all in trouble. >> injustice for one is injustice for all and we're here to support our brothers and sisters. >> reporter: members of the associate for flight attendants, senator dianne feinstein and representative jackie spears sent a letter to the social security administration asking that it investigate this matter. cathay pacific said there's specific regulations in the u.s. tax code governing foreign airlines. tj, we cannot legally continue to make these contributions, and it is not legally possible to make voluntary contributions. now, if you have some unused -- moving on to other news. if you have unraised radio shack gift cards around you have until friday to redeem them. under the bankruptcy agreement

consumers can get cash for the unused cards. just go to o oldradioshackgiftcards.com and file a claim. it's estimated there's millions of worth of unused gift cards still outstanding. the deadline to submit your claim to an oldradiogiftcards.com is again this friday. chances are you're watching this newscast on your television, but more and more of us are streaming tv programs and movies. directv is counting on that. it's launching a new service offering up to 120 channels streamed to smartphones and tablets. the price starts at $35 a month. at&t which bought directv two years ago is behind the move. >> thank you, michael. in today's wellness report, nearly one in four patients isn't covered by insurance when it comes to emergency room visits. and there are benefits to being distracted. here's jane king. >> surprise medical bills happen

in 22% of all emergency room visits. th "new england journal of medicine" study found while people rightly expect their insurance to kick in when they visit an in-network e.r. not everything is covered. patients are too often slapped with surprise bills or charges not covered by insurance because the physician at the facility is not in network. the study says consumers don't have a choice. they are not informed of the costs in advance and have no way to avoid the unanticipated charges. older people's lack of focus is associated with greater creativity and problem solving. research published says distraction can help in learning new information and says older adults are bert at picking up information and using it in situations to improve their performances and scientists at cornell want to make kale more appealing and less birth. it will take eight years before it hits the store shelves. it takes that long to produce it.

>> a caltrans pilot program charging drivers for use the road is about to end. the state is looking for ways to pay for road repairs. state lawmakers don't want to increase the gas tax which doesn't account for all the electric cars on the road and have come up with a plan. the results will be available in the spring. miles driven would be tracked either through a plug-in device, an app or e-mailing in a picture of your odometer. >> abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. a proposed housing project could bring hundreds of new homes to the south bay as it displaces more than 100 military families. we'll look at the controversial project and who is against it coming up. and dan is here with a look at what's coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. coming up next, a sense of optimism in oakland. why city council members are telling abc news that they are hopeful a stadium deal for the raiders will move forward. we'll tell you what's happening right now. 7 on your side's michael finney on the precautions can you take to protect yours from hospital

infections which is a serious problem and the tantalizing preview of mars scientists are getting right now. those stories and allots more

coming up at ksh8gs catch "middle" followed by "american housewife" and "fresh off the boat" and "the real o'neals" and then "the agents of shield" followed by "abc 7 news at 11:00". >> the a housing complex in the silicon valley could be sold and redeveloped and could displace more than 100 families, many of whom are military families. >> abc 7 news reporter lonni rivera joins us with more on this development plan for more on tonight's development council meeting. >> reporter: that's right. it's up for discussion here at the mountianview city council and many families are expecting the who is, rising rent and being forced to move, something we hear a lot about these days

and those affected could be displaced by the same government they serve. >> we were paying 2,300. >> and the notice says rent climbed effective september 1st. >> since the year we've lived here our rent has been increased $500 hand actually has left us january 1st moving in with family. >> reporter: samantha wright, her army officer husband and son enjoyed shenandoah square and lived here for a year and loved the sfreen space for her son. >> probably ten people i knew in this area left because of the incareer, and, you know, 50% of them being military. >> reporter: rent increase was the first bad sign and then samantha wright learned the federal government, which owns the property, is looking to sell it, a proposal that could potentially displace more military families. >> ultimate lit federal government will make a decision as to what they do with the parcel. >> reporter: mountianview city council is holding a study

session for the development's plan. the idea is drawing opposition from congresswoman anna elizabeth chiu who wrote this letter to the city of mountianview saying i'm completely concerned that to date the army supports the seam and has chosen ignore the impact that this sale will have on the 108 military and civilian families residing at shenandoah square >> you know, my husband has been deployed three times and ten years in service, and now we're out looking for a home. >> reporter: her family's reality gives a glimpse, but the bigger picture, she says service men and women deserve bert n.mountaianview n.mountianview, l ho nni rivera, abc 7 news. a new report says u.s. home prices have fully recovered from the housing bust. the standard & poor's home price index is slightly above the peak set back in 2006. seattle, portland and denver reported the largest annual gains since september for the eighth straight month. >> all right. well, that is going do it for this edition of "abc 7 news at

4:00." thanks for joining us today. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm larry beil. >> "abc 7 news at 5:00" starts right now. a s.w.a.t. team on the ground. helicopters in the air and law enforcement out in full force as they search for an escaped inmate in san jose. we are live with what's happening right now. in union city more s.w.a.t. action this time with a battering ram against a house. we're live with a standoff and the surrender. right now in observing land. the battle to keep the raiders in town. the city council is meeting as we speak, and we are there live. also ahead, a day of disruption, the maximum effort for minimum wage and the workers walking off the job to join the effort. >> a s.w.a.t. team uses a long pole to break into the back of an rv in san jose as heavily armed units look for an inmate still on the loose. it's now been six days since two men escaped from jail in san jose. good evening, i'm dan ashley.

>> and i'm kristen sze. >> thanks for joining us. the men broke out of santa clara county main jail last wednesday. today authorities arrested this woman, emily vaca, suspected of helping the two men. >> much of today's action took place at a house and rv in east san jose. abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live at the santa clara county sheriff's office with the very latest on this. vic? >> reporter: well, this was a long day for the sheriff's office. they conducted numerous operations all over the south bay looking for the two escaped inmates. the main operation was about 15 minutes from here. the sheriff's office -- the sheriff's headquarters. it was in a quite neighborhood, a quiet street in east san jose. the operations started around noon here on inman way between waverly place and cunningham avenue. sheriff's deputies blocked off surrounding streets to vehicular traffic and telling neighbors to stay in their homes. members of the sheriff's

s.w.a.t. team surrounded a trailer parked on the street, a mobile command post was set up. overfelt and other nearby schools were on lockdown. elizabeth serna's aunt was baby-sitting her 1-year-old on the same block. >> they said there's a man from the jail break, possibly could be him and i freaked out and i left work right away. >> reporter: the sheriff's officers say deputies were following up on tips from the public, most of them received after the announcement of a $20,000 reward. >> we actually conducted numerous operations throughout the county, targeting various high-value targets, associates of mr. chavez. >> reporter: after an hour and a half s.w.a.t. was ready to move in. first they smashed windows with a poker and then they stuck a camera inside the trarl. a short while later a deputy yelled out a warning and then they set off a flash bang t.turned out no one was in the trailer. the sheriff's officeec