the winds and it's just looking gray and gloomy outside with all the rain coming down as we are on storm watch. we'll have the latest, coming up. the white house is sharply criticizing president-elect trump for his response to allegations of russian interference in the u.s. election. this has the trump transition team works to finish up cabinet appointments. >> we are here to deliver over -- >> a group of demonstrators at trump tower delivering a petition calling on president-elect to take care of his conflicts of interest before he's sworn in. he was expected to lay out how he will separate himself from his business interests and put things in the hands of his sons and other company executives. that press conference was cancelled. trump tweeted thursday, quote,

the media tries so hard to make my move to the white house as it pertains to my business so complex when it isn't. on cnn monday that's exactly how a top trump advisor framed it. >> what it does is make more clear how convuluded and complex many of these business holdings are. >> reporter: the kremlin connection to interfere ng the u.s. elections deepens. they tell meebs that russian president was directly involved in the dnc hacking. the white house thursday stopped short of confirming those reports. a spokesman did issue this. the most direct statement pointing the finger at putin. >> pretty obvious. that they were referring to the senior most government official in russia. >> reporter: as for those reports that trump's daughter and her husband would have a role in the white house, a top trump advisor would not confirm that but did say the administration would benefit tremendously from them being

there. the deadline to sign up for insurance through covered california has been extended. you now have until saturday. the original deadline was set for tonight but increase demand prompted the attention. people won't have their coverage begin until february 1st or march 1st. test of wills continue between the bureaucrats and disrupters. >> it's truly amazing. it appears to be a stand off. we caught one of the self-driving cars still out on the streets today. the flak began when uber announced some drivers would be picked up in self-driving cars starting yesterday. the dmv fired off a letter saying they were illegally testing the cars on public roads without a required permit.

the dmv demanded they stop running the cars or face legal action. so far they have ignored the demand for a response. uber has ignored our questions about whether it pulled the cars off the road or not. however, we spotted this self-driving uber car this morning driving in san francisco. uber said it doesn't need a permit to use the cars because a driver is behind the wheel monitoring the car. uber says they worked well in pennsylvania. the dmv says so what. none of that matters. california law require a permit. devry university has agreed to pay $100 million it misled students about prospects for jobs after graduation. half the money will be distributed to impacted students. the federal trade commission sued devry this january accusing it of falsely claiming that 90% of its students got jobs within

six months after graduating. a lawsuit has been filed by 20 states alleging six different drug companies conspired to fix prices of generic drugs. the are generally cheaper. two drugs named is an antibiotic and another for diabetes. so far there's been no response from the drug companies. this is really big news. we're talking about pills that used to sell for pennies that now sell for dollars. this is interesting. >> thank you. emmy award tv producer shanda rimes is now selling secret to success. >> this is a moment in television now. even if you have five kids and work a job, you can find ten minutes a day to write something down. >> the creator is now sharing

her play book in a flu course. she says her master class will teach practical tips for creating compelling characters, pitching your idea, writing a pilot script and more. master class is previously offered writing classes with james patterson and acting classes with kevin spacey. if you're looking for something fun to do, we have you covered. >> this week's holiday hoodline takes us to the ballet. did you know professional dancer go through 30 pairs of pointe shoes per season. you thought your feet hurt. if you've never seen their holiday show, where have you been? this is they're 22nd year. the first act is traditional. >> the second act we shift gears. everything is bright red and we go into the cool christmas. we have a little of everything in that. >> what is a cool christmas? >> it's eartha kitt singing

santa baby for sure. that's been in every single year. >> there's a couple of tutus in the show. otherwise it's jazz, tap, swing. it's good for the whole family and it plays until christmas eve. if you still need to get your shop on this is the ultimate in shopping local. everything created right here in the city. 60 vendors set up table in the college of california arts san francisco campus. it's free. it happens sunday from 10:00 to 5:00. if all that shopping gets you un unhungry, you can hit it up. you can find these events through our link on our website. i'm reggie aqui and hope your weekend is on pointe. time is running out to get your gifts mailed. the u.s. postal service says if you want your packages guaranteed to arrive by christmas day using standard ground delivery, you have to get

them out by today. now. the deadline for fedex standard ground packages is storm. it's monday for ups. now if you're thinking about christmas cards, you still have time. the u.s. postal service is giving everything until next week to get the cards out. aaa says more americans than ever before will travel this holiday season and most will be in the lane right in front of you. the motor club projecting 103 million people will hit the roads or fly between december 23rd and january 2nd. that's one and a half percent more people traveling compared to last year. nearly 94 million will be driving. worried about that yahoo breach. what you can do if your information was hacked? dan is here with a look at what's coming up. >> would you pay $9, nine bucks to cross the bay bridge? how the cost of your commute

could skyrocket. facebook outlines the plan to stop the spread of misinformation. how steph curry is giving family days to remember. those stories and a lot more.

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to who is responsible. here is abc 7 with the latest. >> reporter: tech giant yahoo a massive cyber attack with one billion users aaccount. hackers stealing massive accounts of data including name, e-mail addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth even security questions and answers opinion yahoo saying they are notifying potentially affected users and have taken steps to secure their accounts including requiring users to change their passwords. it's not the only step account holders can take. >> how do yahoo users protect themselves going forward? >> come up with some sort of secondary authentication. yahoo has something called yahoo account key. when you want to log in, you have to get a code from yahoo. >> reporter: that makes it harder for the bad guys to get into your e-mail. for yahoo users it's the second time this year they have announced a significant breech that may impact them.

if you made adjustments changed your password after a more recent breach, do you need to do anything in reaction to this older breach we just learned about. >> there's not much you can do about a breach that's already occurred because whatever data and information that vi about you they have it at this point. >> reporter: experts advise looking out for suspicious e-mail and activity. yahoo says change the pass word and security information on any other accounts that use the same information as your yahoo account. a whole knew super mario run is here. users make mario run and jump by tapping the screen instead of using a controller. the game marks a shift in strategies. the gaming industry moves past consoles and computers. users can play part for free. you can purchase unlimited

access for 9.99. >> thank you so mump for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. roads in marin county are under water. king tides takeover the water front. crews are cleaning up downed trees as fast as they can. >> fast and furious. streams across the north bay may look a lot like there one in santa rosa tonight.

flooding is a concern as parts of the north bay have gotten three inches of rain. >> be so careful out there. this is what it looked like on miller avenue in mill valley earlier this afternoon. the heavy rain is causing flooding on roads all across the bay area now. >> thanks for joining us. from the north bay to the south bay, we have reporters all over the bay area covering the storm. first, we want to start with abc 7 news meteorologist. >> take a look at live doppler 7. we have seen intense rain, strong winds. right now it's still pretty wet. the intensity is not as widespread as earlier. we're seeing pockets of moderate rain. street level radar around castro valley. you'll notice pockets of yellow. pittsburgh area you are still seeing downpours right now as we take you down into your area. san francisco, lighter rain from the sunset to the bay view district. we're seeing pockets of brief

downpours right