amazon offering discounts up to 50%. walmart says it has tripled the number of online products from last year and thousands of deals are being offered. coming up at 5:00 a.m. we'll check in with reporter amy hollyfield at the amazon distribution center in tracy. that's where employees are hard at work packaging your orders. if you or someone you know is travel through mineta san jose airport you could face delays. the busiest day at mineta is the busiest day at mineta is expected to be today. more people traveled through the airport every day. we checked and right now there are no delays. and here's a live look at sfo this morning where travelers may experience some delays due to weather. be sure to check your flight status with airline before heading out to the airport.

on that note we want to check in with followings m more time. let me put it into motion and show you the entire bay area from ukiah down to gilroy. you can see the showers. they were steadier rain but now showers. you could miss out on one of those or get hit several times and it will create more puddles on the road. that could change over the next couple of hours. so your 12-hour day planner for today about 41 to 47 by 7:00 with showers and fog. partly cloudy by noon. rain is over, 57 to 59. grab the sunglasses. 56 to 58 at 4:00. and then low to mid-50s by 7:00. dry air and cool by then. hi, frances. >> good morning, everyone. give yourself extra time.

wet roads mean a lot of accidents. traffic is light. a sig alert in hayward. you are detoured off and can connect back to 880. westbound traffic still looking good for taillights moving here and a few more accidents to tell you about in my next report. guys? thank you, frances. happening today president trump and lawmakers back to work after the thanksgiving holiday. >> the focus now tax reform in the wake of sexual harassment allegations that have rocked capitol hill. abc's kenneth motten has more on how the allegations could impact the agenda. >> reporter: this morning president trump is back in washington and focused on tax reform. he didn't answer shouted questions about whether he plans to campaign for ray moore, accused of sexual misconduct with minors. >> he denies it.

he said 40 years ago this did not happen. >> reporter: trump tweeted support for moore over the weekend and blasted his opponent democrat doug jones. the last thing we need in alabama and the u.s. senate is a schumer/pelosi puppet weak on crime, weak on the border. jones would be a disaster. >> it's clear to me the best thing roy moore can do for the country is to move on. >> reporter: more than 20 republican senators are calling for moore to quit the race. capitol hill is still reeling from sexual harassment allegations against prominent lawmakers. minnesota democratic senator al franken, accused of improperly touching four women, broke his silence speaking to a television station. >> i am a long way back -- i have a long way back to win the trust of the people of minnesota. i've let the people down. >> reporter: john conyers is denying allegations he sexually harassed women on his staff. he stepped down on the house judiciary committee amid an ethics investigation.

conyers and franken say they will not resign. trump will head to meet with republican senators about their version of the plan. kenneth motten, abc news, washington. president trump is questioning the authenticity of an "access hollywood" reporting and the off-camera conversation president trump heard bragging about his ability to grope women because he's a star. >> when you're a star, they let you do it. you can doanything. gr grab them by the [ bleep ]. do anything. >> sources say the president has repeatedly questioned the tape in recent weeks, and to a republican senator earlier this year. this comes as the president faces growing criticism from his gop colleagues of his defense of roy moore. a state assembly meetiwill a meeting tomorrow. the committee will not address a

specific incident recent accusations brought against hollywood executives and other politicians are encouraging the assembly to get ahead of the issue. the committee is led by laura freedman, a first-time democrat from glenville. the jury in the kate steinle murder trial returns to deliberations after a break for thanksgiving. >> the jury needs to decide if the accused killer intentionally targeted steinle or if this was all a terrible accident. matt keller live for us in san francisco. matt? >> reporter: good morning, reggie and jessica. the jury will be back at work again inside this courthouse later today after taking the long thanksgiving weekend off. now the jury last deliberated this past wednesday, before the thanksgiving holiday. they say hose -- jose garcia zarate had the gun go off

accidentally after finding it wrapped in a rag under a chair. they called the case presented by the defense as fiction. they said he wanted to fire the gun at people and aimed at the closest people, the steinles. the jury is allowed to consider first-degree murder or involuntary manslaughter. the judge says he will give a 30-minute notice before the verdict is read. reporting live in san francisco, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> and you can be the first to know when the verdict comes down by downloading our free app and enabling push alerts. search abc 7 news. we'll bring the verdict live onair and online. new details about divers who have identified the body of a truck driver who plunged into the oakland estuary. they say paul scherer was the only person in the vehicle. the truck careened off the fruitvale bridge and sank

quickly. abc 7 news was at the estuary as they led the search with a dive team from san francisco. >> the vehicle was located about 30 feet of water, under water, zero visibility in the estuary. everything is by touch down there. you can't see anything. >> paramedics tried to revive scherer. he died at the hospital. happening today students, parents, and educators plan to pack the unified school district's board meeting protesting a proposal to cut millions of dollars they believe will hurt students. earlier this month the school district said it needed to cut $15 million from its budget to build its fangs reserves. the district is falling short of meeting state mandates. today's school board meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. at la escuelita elementary school in oakland. california weeks away from the legal use of medical marijuana. now a report on the problems new

users could face. according to "the chronicle" the report says the biggest challenge will be warning users about the hazards of consumption, things like the possibility of overdosing or driving under the influence. most of what we know about pot comes from medicinal use. recreational pot does become legal january 1st. everybody dealing with slick conditions this morning. this is 101 and 880 where about .17 fell from this system. it is definitely wet out there. the bay bridge toll plaza, about half an inch here, give or take a little bit and you can see it is wet there. the roads poor because of the wet morning commute. rain to sunshine if you're going to be taking mass transit today. umbrella this morning, sun glass this is afternoon, and morning showers if you're going to be out on the water taking a ferry. now you have to dress a little bit warmer. look at these temperatures at 47

in west portal. in the financial we have 48, sunny side. a trio of 50s in castro, mission, and potrero hill. the rest of the state today, morning snow in tahoe, yosemite. in the afternoon partly cloudy. 60 in sacramento and fresno. increasing sunshine. 70 in l.a. 76 in palm springs. if you're heading up, the seven-day forecast for tahoe, you can see snow to showers today and then a break with temperatures close to average. average highs 46. average lows 19. we'll get more snow saturday and sunday. we'll keep an eye on that. look at the temperature, 34 degrees. now here is our chance, about 30% of us are going to get hit by these showers over the next couple of hours and then we have goose eggs and then, wouldn't you know it, the weekend comes and so does our next chance of rain. we'll take a look at that coming up in the accuweather seven-day

forecast. first, good morning to frances. there have been quite a few accidents. the chp is clearing them quickly. a live shot at the golden gate bridge. southbound 101 at spencer but they're working on clearing that. right now you can see traffic is light but roads are slick and wet. and a live shot of walnut creek, southbound 680 for the taillights moving well for highway 24. there is another accident southbound 680 in danville. and that one hopefully will be cleared as well. the hot spot this morning is a sig alert in hayward. eastbound 92. there's a full closure so we'll keep you posted on that one. and just coming in new this morning, a car caught fire on interstate 80 in vallejo. luckily no one was hurt in that. we just got this video. the fire was first reported around 10:50 near the redwood off ramp. abc news viewers shared the video of the car on fire. the car was destroyed.

chp closed two lanes of traffic for about half an hour while the crews cleared the scene. a baby taken hostage in los angeles. overnight police shot and killed the child's father. some people say police shouldn't have used deadly force. uber and lyft drivers taking a stand. why they say picking up people from the airport just isn't worth it. and yoga in the tap room. a bay really? really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way.

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the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level one. that means light rain, so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm anytime on the abc 7 news app. download it now. a wild story from the los angeles area overnight. officers in southern california shot and killed a man after he barricaded himself inside of a car with his 7-month-old daughter for showers. police say the 22-year-old man pulled a knife and threatened his girlfriend inside the car, then threatened to hurt himself. a s.w.a.t. team used a flash bang device to get him out of the car. he got out but police struggled to get the baby away from the suspect. a man who knew the man explains what happened. >> he was telling me he's a little scared of what's going on. the baby was in no danger

whatsoever. we all know that. i told the cops what he told me, if one of us, myself, my dad or my brother go to the car he would give us the kid and he would come out. >> the baby was taken to safety and appeared to be unhurt. this morning two fugitives who escaped from the palo alto jailhouse are back in jail. the second inmate who had been on the run has been arrested. john bivins was taken into custody at a san leandro hotel. alyssa harrington has that. >> reporter: this is where a nearly three-week manhunt came to an end outside room 204 of the fairmont inn in san leandro where the manager says john bivins stayed for just one night. someone else booked the room then let bivins inside. that accomplice's car was towed away. u.s. marshals waited all night and watched for the fugitive to

walk outside. bivins finally exited his room around 9:30 sunday morning but didn't get far. other motel guests say u.s. marshals shocked him with a taser right here in this parking lot. this man had just arrived to check in when the arrest took place. >> i was coming from the outside from the street and i was parking my car and the police came in. scared. >> reporter: 47-year-old bivins had been on the run since november 6th along with fellow inmate tramel mcclough. they escaped from a palo alto jailhouse. the pair was tracked down to walmart on tuesday. they arrested mcclough but pitches got away. the u.s. marshal says he got in a car and tried to run over members of law enforcement. bivins was later captured on surveillance video at a gas station that night. he's now being treated at a hospital and will be sent back to santa clara to face

additional criminals charges. in san leandro, abc 7 news. nearly two months after the deadly mass shooting, survivors gathered over the weekend for a holiday pot luck. about 100 survivors shared a meal and opened up about the horrific event. some said the pot luck was the first time they've been out in public since the shooting. others have not returned to work, traumatized by the attack. >> it sunk in that a lot of people have moved on and don't realize we're still struggling, we're still healing. >> 58 people were killed in the massacre, about 500 others were hurt. uber and lyft drivers protested for higher wages on one of the busiest travel days of the year. yesterday they picketed outside of l.a.x. drivers say they often wait in traffic to pick up passengers from the airport who then only go a few miles. they say the short trip isn't worth the wait. uber tells our sister station in

l.a. it is making changes to its policy. the company plans to pay drivers a $10 minimum fare when they pick up passengers from l.a.x. okay. time now to check our weather one more time. see if it's still raining out there. hi, mike. what's going on, jessica? the storm impact scale. we still have one for today and it's going to be a one and it's mainly for this morning. scattered showers will continue during the morning commute possibly up to a quarter of an inch. that will be really rare. most of us around a tenth to .15 of an inch. fog can form across the north bay. coming in from the east bay, look at this. collinsville, antioch, all the way out to stockton and coming through highway 4, discovery bay, byron and bretwood, tesla road. you can see some moderate showers there so some puddles forming down through the sunol grade. some scattered lighter showers you can see about to move in to west marin and on the peninsula

down to the south bay. so it's going to be wet for the better part of the morning commute. it's the people who aren't even up yet that are going to have a much drier commute than you and i will or did. about two-thirds of an inch of rain in walnut creek. morning showers, partly cloudy. much cooler and foggy tonight. watching the weekend for our next rainmaker. here we go from 6:00 this morning to 9:00 you can see everything's pretty quiet by the end of the commute. clouds start to open up by noon. and as we head through the afternoon hours everything should be fairly dry, at least the pavement. ow the grass and everything else will be wet for a while longer. we head through the evening hours, take a coat. temperatures will drop rapidly. a look at the seven-day forecast. partly cloudy tomorrow. a whole lot of sunshine wednesday, thursday. high clouds out ahead of our next system friday. temperatures in the low to mid-60s and then saturday into sunday another light storm on the way. let's see what frances is

watching. a couple new accidents for you. chp is en route to a new crash. a new accident also reported westbound 92 at the san mateo bridge toll plaza. we have been tracking a sig alert. all lanes blocked eastbound 92 heading in towards hayward just before hisperion. a detour would be industrial and that will get you back to 880. eastbound all lanes block. southbound 680 at sycamore valley an accident being cleared. traffic is slow approaching the scene and also a solo spinout reported in san jose. 280 near highway 17 in this live slot. guys? >> thank you, frances. a berkeley brewery is blending yoga and beer in hopes of attracting a larger crude to its tap room. >> abc 7 news was at the brewery in west berkeley yesterday when they held a post-thanksgiving yoga class at their location.

customers came for yoga and then stuck around for a free drink. the brewing company says it knows their customers' priorities. >> it's just bringing two things together that people really enjoy especially in the bay area. a lot of people love craft beer and yoga is very popular. >> participants paid $20 for the class and a beer. that's a pretty good deal. >> that is a good deal. is it like going to a spin class and someone giving you a chocolate bar? >> it's exactly like that, yes. you burn off the calories and you just replenish them. >> if it works for them. a big media company sold in a multibillion dollar deal. >> who is taking over the company that publishes popular magazines like "time," "people" and "sports illustrated." >> thousands of people went to the movies. a roundup of the box office hits coming up. first this morning's "tech bites." in today's "tech bites" cyber monday. experts are predicting this will

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welcome back, everyone. time incorporated is getting a new owner. >> meredith will buy the company for $1.8 billion. it will put a lot of magazines under one roof. they publish better home and garden and "time" owns "sports illustrated," "people" and "time" magazine. meredith was able to make the deal after an infusion of money from the coke brothers. pixar is back on top of the box office. coco who defies his family's ban on music and finds himself in the land of the dead. it scored 9 6% from

tomatoes. it is expected to top $71 million by the end of today am "justice league" $41 million. "wonder" $22 million. "thor" and "daddy's home" rounded out the top five. i can't wait to see "coco," mike. >> the color and the story sounds fascinating. hi, everybody. a look at what's going on up across the north bay. one of our better showers heading over towards sonoma. you can see the showers tapering over the last hour up in the north bay some of that drier air starting to move in. your temperatures this afternoon about 59 to 62 degrees. and then tonight that's when it gets much cooler, 30s in our inland valleys. low to mid-40s around the bay and the coast. san francisco, the odd spot, 51 degrees. warmer than everybody else.

let's see what frances is watching. where is your hot spot? eastbound 92 at hisperion and we've been tracking that. a couple live shots. the bay bridge toll plaza is starting to back up beyond the end of the parking lot and there was a crash reported westbound at the san mateo bridge toll plaza. it was a hit-and-run. you can see traffic moving well into san mateo. eastbound traffic has been the hot spot heading towards hayward at hisperion. a sig alert issued. you can get back on at 880. we'll keep you posted on that one this morning. >> frances, thank you. next at 5:00 a.m. a dramatic rescue caught on camera. how firefighters saved a man who drove off a cliff. and the online shopping frenzy begins. amazon is gearing up for a busy

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and good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. it's monday when a lot of you go back to work, isn't it? welcome back. we're here to get you off to a good start. there is going to be a lot of rain on the roads, though. >> it could be a tough commute. >> had to slow down today. it took about five or ten minutes longer to get to work at least, and that's because there was hardly anyone on the roads. once you get deeper into this and you can still see the showers, some encroaching the golden gate bridge now and highway 37 across the north bay. put this into motion and you can see the heaviest is over. we still have plenty of chances of showers. you can see the puddles on the embarcadero here and san francisco has had more than a half inch of rain. 7:00 in the