live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> the jury considering the kate steinle murder case is back in court, as we wonder if today is the day they deliver a verdict for the man accused of killing steinle. the jury has a question of its own. thanks for joining us, i'm reggie aqui. kristen sze is going to be with you later today. the jury in the murder trial hasn't, been in the courthouse since wednesday. this morning they made a request of the judge. matt keller live for us in san francisco. matt? >> reporter: reggie, this is the third day of deliberations at the hall of justice in san francisco. and we were told that the jury had a question for the judge.

all that took place inside here in the past hour or so. initially, we were told the media would be allowed in for that question, but a few minutes later they told us it would just be the attorneys, the judge and the jury for that. we do not know what that question was that the jury had for the judge. this is the first day of deliberations since wednesday before the thanksgiving weekend. the jury must decide if jose garcia zarate is guilty of second-degree murder. they're also allowed to consider first-degree murder or involuntary manslaughter. defense attorney matt gonzalez says he had no intention of hurting kate steinle in the summer of 2014 on pier 15 in san francisco. gonzalez argued the gun -- prosecution told the jury garcia zarate had the gun with him, wanted to fire the gun at people. that's when he aimed at the closest target, the steinles. when the verdict is reached the judge says he'll give a 30-minute notice before it is read. reporting live there san francisco, matt keller, abc 7

news. >> matt, thank you. be the first to know when the verdict k0comes down by downloading the abc 7 news app. we'll also bring you the verdict live on air and online at abc7news.com. turn to the weather for a second. look at that. clear skies. boy, it certainly wasn't like thereat overnight into this morning. the golden gate bridge just stunning rightnicco with a look at your afternoon. >> hi, reggie, hi, everybody. quick turnaround, especially during the morning commute when the dry air rushed in. there you go on live doppler 7. chased away all the wet weather. go back in time to midnight, last night, you can see some of that moderate rain that rolled on through the yellows and the oranges there. and there you can see the transition over to the showers during the morning commute. over the next six hours, it's going to be bone dry with mostly sunny sky. rainfall totals, very impressive across the north bay. more than an inch in santa rosa,

nearly 2 inches at kentfield. nearly an inch at san rafael. happen inch at napa. 2/3 at oakland. half inch at sfo. quarter inch in the east bay, barely .2 an inch in the south bay. i'm tracking one more chance of rain, it could happen this weekend, reggie. >> all right, mike, we'll see in just a few minutes. that overnight rain may have been to blame for this crash in los gatos, happened before 10:00 last night along highway 17, a black volkswagon jetta went off the freeway and karimed down an ec embankme embankment. the rescue forced the closure of both northbound lanes of highway 17. they're back open now. the driver appeared to suffer only minor injuries. he was transported to a nearby trauma center for evaluation. we know the names of four victims in a hit-and-run crash in san pablo. 14-year-old joseph horn,

50-year-old darryl horn, both of dm napa. the other two victims are from bainbridge island, washington, near seattle. 12-year-old baden bittle and 52-year-old troy bittle. they were killed in the crash saturday night. fred lowe of sacramento is arrested for the crash and bo booked in jail and bond set at $1 million. raul bontenegra of los angeles apparently changed his mind, resigned now after saying he was going to wait until next year. a number of women accused him of sexual misconduct. the resignation comes one week after he said that he would not seek re-election next year. last week, he said that he would resign at the end of the current session next september. seven women have come forward to accuse him of groping, and forcing himself on them. new details now as minnesota senator al franken goes back to work following accusations of groping women while posing for

photos. he said this morning he doesn't remember those instances but you have to respect the women's experience. >> there are some womenenenenenn is too many many who feel that i've done something disrespectful and that's hurt them and for that, i am -- i am tremendously sorry. >> franken says he has let a lot of people down and vows to work to regain their trust. and new details on roy moore. a white house official says president trump will not campaign for the alabama senate candidate. the president has tweeted attacks on moore's opponent, doug jones. he's also raised doubts about the accounts of the women who have accused moore of sexual misconduct decades ago. that special election happening december 12th. a drone pilot is in custody after he flew his drone over both the 49ers and the raiders' games yesterday. that drone dropped this. it's what police describe adds

propaganda leaflets. this is can what fans saw. a big red x and lengthy text talking about the 1st amendment. for many fans the fact that it was an unauthorized drone flying over them was disconcerting. >> drop leaflets, they can drop down anything really, you think about it. it's kind of a scary thing to think someone can fly something over during the game and nobody can really stop it. >> the drone pilot's name has not been released. police say he faces several charges ranging from violating faa regulations to local ordinances that prohibit drones near stadiums. happening today, students, parents and educators plan to pack the oakland unified school district's board meeting, a proposal to cut millions of dollars they believe is going to hurt students. earlier this month the school district said it needed to cut $15 million from its budget to build its financial reserves. the district is falling short of meeting state mandates. today's school board meeting happens at 5:30 at la esquelita

elementary stool on 2 elementary school. we're hearing from prince harry and megagaghan markle. following their engagement this morning. expected to marry in the spring. molly hunter has the details. >> reporter: ladies, he's off the market, taken by this meghan markle. >> all the stars were aligned, everything was perperfect. this beautiful woman tripped and fell in my life. >> reporter: the two looking madly if love. >> we're a fantastic team. thrilled and very happy they told reporters during a brief appearance on this rainy london day. meagan shows off her glittering ring, one from botswana and two from princess diana's personal collection. >> to have this which sort of links where you come from and botswana which is important to us, it's perfect. >> reporter: for harry, a heartfelt tribute to his mother, the people's princess. >> it is days like today when i

really miss having her around and miss being able to share the happy news, but, you know, with the ring and with everything else that's going on, i'm sure -- >> she's with us. >> i'm sure she's with us. >> reporter: the official announcement came monday morning from harry's father prince charles. though harry says they were actually engaged earlier this month. prince william and kate soon followed up with their congratulations saying they're very excited. >> the family has been great and over the past year and a half, we've had really nice time getting to know them and progressively helping me feel a part of not just the institution, but also part of the family. >> reporter: in 2016, she began dating prince harry, and it wasn't until this fall that they made their first public appearance at the invictus games in toronto. holding hands here and kissing in these photos, making headlines around the world. >> she chooses me, i choose her. and, therefore, you know, whatever we have to tackle together or individually will always be us together as a team. >> and that was molly hunter reporting. we want to know what you think

of meghan markle's engagement ring. go i a head, go ahead. we have a poll on our facebook page. go there to give your approval or yellow face big mouth open. it's on our abc 7 news bay area page on facebook. it's a day for deals and serious high-tech hustle. we're talking, of course, about cyber monday. how an amazon headquarters right here in the bay area is helping sort through the holiday shopping rush. get ready to play ball. yes, we're already talking about the 2018 season in oakland. and it's gearing up to be one to remember.

the postal service not releasing much morning about a package that exploded in alameda. the incident on friday startled the avenue on lilac street. law enforcement sources say a woman living in the house had to go to the hospital but will recover. the atf, alameda police and alameda county sheriff's department are investigating the incident looking for evidence. neighbors say the house where the explosion occurred is owned by a police officer. in today's morning money report, it's the biggest online shopping day of the year. cyber monday. and amazon is bracing for record-breaking sales. that means employees, of course, are hard at work making sure all those orders get to your door. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield takes us inside the cyber monday madness at the amazon fulfillment center in tracy. >> reporter: these items zooming around the amazon facility in tracy will make history today.

they will be part of what is ex. e expected to be the busiest cyber monday ever. the employees handling them say they are ready. >> this is my fourth cyber monday here and it's definitely a very exciting day. we've done a lot to free paprep this day. >> reporter: the popularity of shopping on this day hasn't changed. but the methods have. customers don't even have to look at a computer anymore. they just say what they want. and this method is ex. ekt ed expected to be bigger than it was last year. >> shopping, simply as easy as saying, alexa, i want to buy whatever it is you want to buy and she finds something for you and you say, yes, that's what you want, and it's on the way. >> reporter: amazon says last cyber monday the company process processed 64 million items and they say these employees are working quickly. imagine them fulfilling your order by the time it takes to sing a christmas carol. >> we could have items outside from receiving all the way to shipping by the time you finish singing "the 12 days of

christmas." >> reporter: the good news is, you have more than 12 days until christmas. a lot of the cyber monday deals are only good today. use your time wisely. in tracy, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. speaking of amazon, on this cyber monday, walmart is closing in on matching amazon's online prices for the first time. according to reuters, on average, prices on walmart's website are on the .3% more expensive than amazon. analysts say walmart invested more than a billion bucks last year to make its pricing more competitive. consistent price cuts throughout the year have lep edhelped that box store with increased sales. in new york this morning, a familiar face to help kick off trading on wall street. [ bell ] look at that. mickey mouse alongside disney ceo bob iger. the duo there to ring the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. disney is there to celebrate the company's 60th anniversary on the stock exchange.

and disney is the parent company of abc 7. a standing ovation for an on-stage moment that is sure to make you smile. it's for the woman who competed in miss usa. how she is making pageant history. here's a live look right now at sfo. all that rain gone this morning. mike nicco up next with today's accuweather fore

in developing news, one of the men behind that massive yahoo! hack three years ago appears to be changing his plea. he initially pleaded not guilty to charges of computer hacking and economic espionage in august. federal officials say baratov, a

22-year-old canadian born in kazakhstan helped russian agents steal 500 million yahoo! acco t accounts. he's expected to change his plea to guilty tomorrow in a san francisco courtroom. it's never too soon to talk about bay area baseball, right? happening now, tickets are on sale for the a's opening day. this is going to be a special season. 2018 is 50-year anniversary of the a's in oakland. opening day, march 29th against the angels. another game to look forward to is april 17th. that will be the anniversary of the first game the a's played in oakland. what's believed to be the first time ever in major league baseball history, every fan of that game is going to get in for free. nice. >> that's a cool way to celebrate oakland. >> absolutely. >> and their fans. who have been loyal to them for many years. >> absolutely. i like that. the game yesterday, the raiders/broncos team, they tore that turf up. the field crew is the best and will have it looking great by spring. >> the last one in the business where they have to switch back

and forth. >> exactly. they got to be pretty good. everything's looking green now. >> yeah, isn't it nice? is. >> it is nice. >> see the hills starting to turn over. it's that time of the year, everybody else is going brown, we're going green. here's a look at what's going on with live doppler 7. it is bone dry out there right now. and it's all due to these northerly winds that are blowing in, anywhere from about 5 miles per hour in livermore, to 15 in petaluma. they're not going to be very fast. however, that was a picture from mt. tam, i don't know what happened there, so we'll move on and show you what's going on with temperatures, cloverdale, clear lake, clearly the cool spots along with los gatos around 50 to 51. most of us in the mid to upper 50s right now. it's a pretty mild 11:00 hour. just not quite as warm as it was this time yesterday. nor as humid. it's also brighter. that may make you feel warmer and put you in a better mood. here's a look from our east bay hills camera. drier air with mostly -- we'll have a few clouds here and there. those will fade tonight.

dense fog forms. for my last accuweather highlight, the weekend possibly wet. two models, one has wet, one doesn't have wet. so we've got to get a little bit closer and see exactly where those models are going to end up. all right. so for today, about 59 to 62 for most of us. up, way up, ukiah, clear lake, mid 50s. great day to walk across the bay bridge. winds 7 miles per hour. look how clean that air is. the golden gate bridge, in case i said the bay bridge. sorry about that. noon, 56 to 59. by 4:00, as you go through the accuweather 12 hour day plan e still the upper 50s. the 40s already showing up at 9:00 and fog is going to start developing. we could have a widespread fog event tomorrow morning. at midnight, we're already in the mid to upper 40s on our way to mid and upper 30s in our deepest inland valleys. the rest of us 40 to 46 degrees. in san francisco, we'll be warmer at 51. i wanted to show you the seven-day forecast for tahoe. some snow showers lingering. but those are about over for

today. and then you can see, they'll be making snow. it's going to be plenty cold in the morning with pretty close to average temperatures, mid to upper 40s through thursday into friday. and then there's a slight chance of some wet weather saturday and sunday. we have the same slight chance of rain saturday and a chance of some showers sunday. for sure it's going to be breezy and much cooler with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. until then, get used to 30s and 40s in the morning, except for san francisco in the 50s, high clouds and sunshine, temperatures in the low to mid 60s tuesday through friday. all right. let's send it back to reggie. >> we have found fall. thank you, mike. a 22-year-old from minnesota is quickly earning the title of trail blazer after a pageant this weekend. she's believeded ed tto be the person to down syndrome to compete. she's a student at st. paul and a triple threat at lead, and serves as a mentor for other

young women and has a passion for dancing. while she didn't move on to the final round, holmgren's talent and charisma did not go unnoticed. she won spirit of miss usa and the director's award. >> i felt really lets. i'm glad i'm here for the usa pageant. i'm really proud of my parents and so proud of myself. >> the audience gave holmgren a standing ovation. and you see there, kaylie wright chosen as the next miss minnesota usa. now that thanksgiving has come and gone, the countdown to christmas is officially on. the decor at the white house may give you serious envy. also if you're on your phone shopping for cyber monday deals, download the abc 7 accuweather app while you're at it. sunny skies in the east bay hills to the forecast where you live, you can get instant updates on our weather from right on your phone. just search accuweather in your app store and that is free to download.

this doesn't seem like a natural combination but brew plus yoga. it's happening in berkeley. so there's a brewery there that showing to attract more people to come into their newly expanded taproom by doing sun salutations. abc 7 news was at gillman brewing in west berkeley

yesterday, they held a post-thanksgiving yoga class. customers came for the yoga and stuck around for a free drink. 20 bucks for the class and a beer. 20 bucks is pretty standard for a yoga class, you usuall don't get anything to drink after, so not bad. >> i like thereat. all right. so here's a look at the nation's capitol. this new video shows the capitol hill christmas tree arriving in washington, d.c. this happened earlier this morning. this year's tree is an 80 foot tall spruce from montana. the tree lighting ceremony is set for december 6th. spirit of the season also in full swing at the white house. look at this. first lady melania trump tweeting this video this morning showing off the decorations. they include 53 glamorous trees adorned with 12,000 ornaments. there's also 180,000 feet of lights and a nativity scene. the first lady tweeted the message along the video, says "wishing you a merry christmas and joyous holiday season."

>> beautiful. >> is that how your house looks? >> yes. we do yoga and drink afterwards right in the same room. >> then you decorate. >> if you go online -- >> charlie brown christmas tree for me every year. have a great day. "who wants to be a millionaire" coming up next. >> you admit that. wow. nice.

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