alexis is not here but you see sue is in her stead and show has a lot to say about traffic this morning. we'll start with mike. the winds out there once again. i will take you up in the hilts. 27 spring valley there on the peninsula and you can see the altamont pass all going north to south. side swiping winds. it's not quite as bad. you get a feel for it. upper 30s to upper 40s. 56 to 58 at noon. about 50 to 53 at 7:00. let's find out about the commute. sue. some brake lights towards the tunnel. a tough one getting into san

francisco. we were down as we mentioned earlier at least four toll booths and now down to one. that booth that was demolished over the weekend. no estimated time of opening there. this is walnut creek. herky-jerky. it is pretty busy here. we had an accident partially blocking the left lane at treat. slow and go this morning. we'll look at your drive times and mass transit options in just a few. sue, thank you. drivers are sharing their memories of that toll booth operator who died. si si han. >> one woman who regularly drives from san francisco to berkeley to work always passed through lane 14 and said han's warm smile made a hectic commute brighter. >> she had little bangs and just a pleasant smile and

grounded. you don't know if you're going to make it to work on time some days but she was very calming influence for that moment. >> she feels for her 10-year-old daughter. >> i feel sorry for her daughter and for her husband. a little girl needs her mother. she's 10 years old. >> han is originally from burma. she was a caltrans toll worker since 2007. both men charged in the 36 deaths of the ghost ship warehouse fire are expected in court this morning. >> tiffany wilson with what we can expect at the hearing today. tiffany? >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. today is the first day the judge is expected to hear evidence against those two men and the hearing will last five days.

ghost ship founder derick almena and max harris charged with 36 counts of manslaughter. they have pleaded not guilty. prosecutors say the men create add fire hazard that led to the deadliest fire in oakland's history on december 2nd, 2016. 36 people died on the second floor of the fruitvale warehouse. a vigil was held at the warehouse. one mother who lost her son visited the site for the very first time. >> new year's eve or new year's day that i told my son daniel let's go to the warehouse. okay, mom, we'll go. and when it came time, we couldn't do it. that's very hard. >> reporter: investigators found serious electrical problems inside the warehouse but were unable to determine an official cause of the fire. today's hearing is expected to start at 8:45. tiffany wilson, abc 7 news.

tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> a mail carrier found a package saturdayen side of a blue outgoing mailbox not mailed but presumably just dropped into the box. inside officials found what they call a suspicious device. at&t agents collected the evidence. an explosive device was delivered to the home of an alameda police officer. and on october 19th an explosive package arrives in east palo alto. >> this is the world we live in now. >> it's not yet known if the packages are connected. it is now heading to a federal crime lab in d.c. a second round of relief funding is about to be released to victims of the north bay wildfires. the north bay fire relief fund has raised $24 million sofar.

they have until friday to apply through the center for volunteer and nonprofit. some new developments in the 911 call. according to "the chronicle" dispatchers answer 90% of emergency calls it receives within ten seconds. that's a significant improvement since april. that was the lowest point. the center is still trying to hire more dispatchers. new york's metropolitan opera says it is suspending its relationship with long time conductor james levine pending an investigation into sexual abuse allegations. levine was accused of sexually abusing them when they were teenagers. the 74-year-old would not be

involved in any met activities. it's hired an outside law firm to investigate levine's to investigate levine's behavior. they're expected to discuss ways higher education institutions are grappling with the issue why campuses are suited to explore questions about the first amendment and civic engagement. president trump was giving a full endorsement to the alabama senate candidate accused of molesting teenaged girls. plus, a controversial plan to change muni's l terrible line could be moving forward. abc 7 news now keeping you up to date on weather and traffic throughout the break. there is a look from sky 7 this morning as there is still a closed toll booth lane because of the accident that happened over the we

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50. 45 in fremont and san leandro. san francisco 50. 37 in santa rosa. a look at 101 and 880. on the roads today breezy. mass transit chilly this morning. mild this afternoon. small craft advisory will be breezy on the water, also. some frost advisories for the next couple of nights. here's sue. we're down a toll booth so i thought i'd check one of your alternates. moving nicely considering we have more people there this morning about a 25-minute ride up the high rise and over to foster city. your drive out of tracy is about 1:05. take a look at some of your drive times. this is from hercules into the mcarthur maze, about 31 minutes and then add to that your bay bridge backup. you're looking at about 45

minutes or so, 47 minutes to get into san francisco all the way from hercules on your east shore commute and, of course, metering lights have been on since 5:20. from the city to sfo not bad at all. about ten minutes. >> thank you, sue. nw details on a plan to make the commute safer for people on muni's line. the mta board will vote on building boarding islands. the vote comes after a pilot program to improve safety failed adding road striping to warn drivers about passengers getting on and off the muni trains into the street. they worry it will reduce business in the area. the avaya wants out of its naming deal. >> love really has no limits. a live look from our sutro tower camera. thank you for joining us. you can see it is beautiful out

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sky 7 just arriving right now on this breaking news. take a look right now in alameda firefighters responding to a home on fire. as we zoom in this is near oak street and eagle street. you can see flames coming out of the roof. smoke as well. firefighters on scene. you can see them shining

flashlights. there are people surrounding that home. now this is, if you're familiar with alameda one block away from park street, the main drag in that city. we're working to get more information right now. download the abc 7 news app for any updates on this breaking news. president trump is now officially endorsing alabama senate candidate roy moore. he writes democrats refusal to give even one vote for tax cuts is why we need republican roy moore to win in alabama. no to jones, a pelosi/schumer puppet referring to the democratic candidate in that senate race. moore has denied allegations of sexual misconduct by multiple women who were in their teens when he was in his 30s. the gop sweeping tax plan impacts us all.

>> the house votes on a motion and there are some glaring differences between the two. the senate version eliminates the mandate to purchase health insurance. the house preserves it. chief economics correspondent rebecca jarvis explains what the republicans' plan means for most americans. >> if you make $55,775, that is the median. the majority will get a cut, on average $812 in 2019. but in this group 11% will see their taxes rise. >> those who itemize, live in high tax states like california, single and don't have kids face increases. majority leader mitch mcconnell hopes to pass the bill by friday. >> the home of the san jose earthquakes may get a new name. avaya has asked a judge to reduce the terms of its naming rights deal. avaya agreed to a ten-year deal for $20 million in 2014.

the company filed for bankruptcy and wants to end the contract next year. "the mercury news" reports the quakes expect to have a new stadium partner by 2019. i will enjoy you reading this next intro. >> sometimes you just can't wait to go, even if you're a wambat sitting in a car. >> the impatient critter would not stop honking the horn to get her caregiver to hurry up. [ laughter ] >> you can see holly going at it. she was more eager than the rest to get out of there. you can't blame her. a team of people was moving them to higher ground because of possible flooding. they all made it out safely. >> there are so many things i'm learning. first of all, that it is that big. >> enormous like a small pony. >> and there is an awareness organization. that's how they do it down

there. >> down under, is that how they say it? >> it's that far south they go y-all? >> deep in country. we have a lot of things to talk about. the whole thing changed with the cold front that rolled through yesterday. the clouds cleared out. we still have the full moon tugging on our tides. that's why we will peak at 7 feet. that's how high the tide will be at 12:04. more flooding tomorrow and again wednesday and then that will start to subside by thursday. here's a look at a by-product of that. food i flooding at our coast through 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. be careful in the low-lying area. let's talk about what's going on

now. a gorgeous morning developing at pier 15. you don't see the breezes and the bone-dry air is messing with some of our voices this morning. tonight the first chance of frost. we'll have a couple more better chances as we get deeper into the forecast and i'm concerned with our extended forecast. came in this morning, looked at the models and, again, another 16 days with no chance of rain. if you're in the sun but not feeling those breezes, you'll feel nice outside. the shade will feel cool, also. look at temperatures tonight. mid-30s to mid-40s, and that's why we have a chance of freezing conditions across the north bay so take care of the pets and the plants tonight. we'll add the east bay and then

in the 40s for lows. >> let's analyze your bay bridge backup. you can see the brake lights start at the berkeley curve and look at the car-pool lanes. they are bumper to bumper. so no relief for car-poolers this morning either. what's going on? we had that fatal accident that took out toll booth 14. they're going to have to hire an outside contractor to rebuild the toll booth. they cannot do it in house. that will take longer as well. car-pool lanes are even more sluggish. ace trains are running on time. golden gate not bad at all. there's your bay bridge backups into san francisco. 21 minutes. san mateo bridge also at 21 minutes to get into that toll plaza so a 50/50 choice.

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at 6:24 we follow breaking news out of alameda. there is a live firefighting presence there this morning. a home was on fire. we could see the flames just a few moments ago. as you can see still smoke coming from the top of that structure but we don't see any flames right now. you can see a firefighter in the back of that house. now if you're familiar with alameda this is a block away from park street, the main drag in the city. the newest information we have and you can see sky maps showing you where this is on eagle avenue, the newest information we have is that firefighters are looking for a possible victim of this fire. we don't have any more information that that. as soon as we get more information about this house fire in alameda we'll of course pass it along to you. you can download the abc 7 news app to get updates as we get it. time to ask finney. ayden has a question about credit scores.

>> 7 on your side's michael finney has his answer. what is the best way to maintain a good credit score? >> it's easy to say and sometimes very hard to do. this is especially important for millennials. pay all your bills and pay them on time. next, when you get credit, for example, a new credit card, do not spend metropolitan of the balance. if you have $1,000 credit limit use only $200 of that and your credit score will look fabulous. feel free to apply for more credit but do it slowly over time and try to hang on to your first credit card because a link of credit history matters. a lot. ayden, good luck and thanks for the question. if you have a question record it on your smartphone or tablet and share it. ahead at 6:30 breaking his silence how billy bush is responding to the president's claim.

the president has said the tape is a fake. the hearing today on why an emergency alert system was not used when the north bay wildfires began. and sue hall in the abc 7 traffic center. we're looking at traffic coming in on the western span. it's looking really good. but on the other side of the metering lights this is what you're faced with one toll plaza out, number 14, due to the fatal accident over the weekend. they have just said that will be contracted out. contracted out. caltrans cannot fix that. well it's a perfect nespresso morning here, george. contracted out. caltrans cannot fix that. hold on a second. mmm. ♪ [mel torme sings "comin' home baby"] hey there. want a lift? ♪ where are we going? no don't tell me. let me guess. ♪ have a nice ride. ♪ how far would you go for coffee that's a cup above? i brought you nespresso. nespresso. what else?

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and good morning on this monday. december 4th. thanks for being here this morning. >> we have a lot going on today. it's a breezy day to start for some of us. >> wind advisories, frost coming tonight, tomorrow night. the winds are turning the tale in bringing a winter chill back to our neighborhoods. even in the lower elevations some gusty conditions out there as we overlay the winds on live doppler 7. 54 right now at ocean beach.

temperature 56 to 58 at noon. 57 to 59 at 4:00. cooling quickly, 47 to 50 at about 7:00. we'll talk more about those advisories coming up. here's sue. back to the bay bridge where we're down a toll booth, number 14. the site of a fatal accident. we had earlier metering lights at 5:20. car-pool lanes are getting by better now. bumper to bumper into the mcarthur maze for a good, solid 25-minute delay. over to the western side of the span you're looking pretty good. red on your maps slow and go. one near north main and things are backed up to 242. westbound slow traffic into lafayette. drive times coming up. caltrans crews have been working round the clock to return damage from a crash. >> officials say you should

avoid the bay bridge this morning if at all possible. amy hollyfield is live for us. >> reporter: this is an improved situation, though, when we started the morning four lanes were closed here at the toll plaza so we had a bad feeling about the morning commute. now only one lane is closed, booth 14, the booth that was wiped out in the crash. joining me live is the spokesperson for caltrans. can you tell us what changed, how you were able to open three of the four lanes this morning. >> we were able to open up the booths at 4:30 this morning. all of our workers put in good, hard effort. surprisingly one of the toughest jobs and most time consuming jobs was sweeping up all the debr debris. that's a hazard to the traveling public. once they got all that cleaned up they were able to clean up the damage to the three toll booths and get them reopened.

>> reporter: and how long until you think toll booth number 14 is repaired or rebuilt? >> it will have to be rebuilt. we'll look at that today about putting out an emergency contract. >> it was a devastating crash that wiped out the whole booth? >> pretty much destroyed the entire booth. it cannot be repaired anytime soon. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: until then they are recommending public transportation if you can or give yourself extra time. only one lane now that's closed down it can still make a huge difference. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. you can keep tabs on the traffic where you live with the abc 7 news app. we're updating this major breaking news, reggie. sky 7 over a house fire in alameda. on eagle avenue near oak street. a better idea where that is located in alameda. authorities have just given us

new information. one person has died in this fire. they're asking people to avoid the area. a lot of fire apparatus and personnel on the street. tiffany wilson is on her way to the fire, and she will bring us a live report as soon as she gets there. if you're familiar with alameda this is one block away from park street, the main drag in the city. one person confirmed in this early morning house fire. president trump facing new questions in the russia investigation after a series of weekend tweets and attacks on former fbi director james comey. here's abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: president trump in another fight with fired fbi director james comey. the president attacking the bureau tweeting after years of comey the fbi's reputation is in tatters. the worst in history. comey fired back tweeting the fbi is honest, the fbi is strong, and the fbi is and always will be independent.

the back and forth ignited as the president's team worked to explain this tweet about former national security adviser michael flynn. i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. >> the president knew he lied to the fbi which means when he lied and asked him effectively to drop the case he knew flynn had commit add crime. >> reporter: the president's lawyer insists he wrote the tweet. the issue significant because comey gave sworn testimony to congress that the president urged him to go easy on flynn. >> i took it as a direction. as the president of the united states with me alone saying i hope this, i took it as this is what he wanted me to do. >> reporter: trump tweeted, i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn. just more fake news covering another comey lie. robert mueller continues to build his case in the russia investigation. this after flynn struck a deal entering the guilty plea. >> that does not indicate to me

there's much else there. >> reporter: top democrats believe we're seeing an obstruction of justice case. comey wasn't the only one who defended the fbi against the president. sally yates tweeted, quote, the only thing in tatters is the president's respect for the rule of law. kenneth moton, abc news, washington. it is 6:36 now. a firefight certificate recovering from an injury after fighting a fire yesterday evening. the firefighter was taken to the hospital with an injured leg and a person in the home suffered smoke inhalation. one neighbor describes what she saw. >> we noticed like the fog was rolling in but it looked a little peculiar, so we ran out and we found the house complete ly just smoke coming out from all the windows. >> firefighters think an unattended cooking pot started the fire. input about possible school closures in san jose.

a community forum will be held at 5:30 tonight. five elementary schools in the south region are now at risk of closure and they include baldwin, frost, gilder, oak ridge and santa teresa. oak dwroef district has seen a drop in enrollment and is considering consolidating eight schools. emergency alert systems in the wake of the north bay wildfires. a committee on emergency management will look at how residents were notified or not notified of the approaching fires. sonoma and napa counties did not send out alerts through the wireless system. they say it would have pinninged every phone connected to the cell phone tower and that could have caused gridlock. victims of the north bay wildfires have another reminder that they're not forgotten. abc 7 news was at valley of the

moon winery as a free holiday dinner was served for about 100 people who lost their homes. aside from the feast the dinner had another purpose. >> so we wanted a couple purposes, one, to bring people back together during this holiday time to gather with their friends and talk about their experiences. some people haven't seen each other since the fire happened. >> nearly one out of four homes in glen ellyn was destroyed. the barbecues used to cook the meals were raffled off to raise funds. from the valley of the moon to the super moon. breathtaking images coming in. super moons occur when it's closest to earth. the full moon in december is known as the cold moon. there will be another one january 1st and another one on january 31st. >> you know what those coincide

with, our king tides. we'll have king tides on those same days. our king tide for this super moon peaks today at about 12:04. flooding all throughout that for several hours. let's talk temperatures. it's already 37 right now at saratoga. 38 in sunnyvale. 40 to 48 degrees for the rest of the south bay. let's head over and see what's going on as far as temperatures elsewhere. down the road in novato, down the road in danville, 44. san carlos, 51 degrees. and it's going to be breezy on the water today. a small craft advisory so use caution. breezy and choppy there. flooding likely at our beaches today. we have a coastal flood warning due to the king tides. we have gusty winds above 1,000 feet in elevation, up to 50

miles an hour through 10:00 tomorrow morning. worst case scenario power outage. not a single chance of snow the next week. 71 in l.a. and that's your forecast for the state. a look at the seven day for tahoe. it makes me hurt, sue. the other thing the wind is doing is bringing down all the leaves on my lawn. it's been a bear to get them all raked up. brake lights through the berkeley curve and for the commuter car-pool lanes as well. we're down one toll booth because of the fatal accident. there's the booth closed right there and they are just inching along. on the eastern span, through the tunnel, and then a little bit of relief. sky 7 is pulling out. take a look at the dramatic backup. all approaches are looking pretty slow and go now.

just jammed. give yourself extra time and b.a.r.t. is running 56 trains, and they are all on schedule this morning. look at the solid stream, it's pretty but not if you're in it. guys? >> sue, thank you. growing tensions on the korean peninsula after the u.s. and south korea started joint military exercises. the warning from the north. facebook announcing a new version of messenger this morning for children. how parents will be able to control who their kids contact in today's morning money report. first a look at 9:00 on "live with kelly and ryan." morning. >> hi there. >> coming up on "live" rene russo will talk about her new movie. >> plus fanta

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san mateo looks much better than this. police release this had video that shows a truck driver plowing into the back of a car and that car then hitting another. this is from a different angle. officials say the truck was going about 43 miles an hour when it crashed. the driver admitting to falling asleep at the wheel. he was arrested and has been jailed for 16 months. the other two drivers suffered several broken bones but are otherwise doing okay. the tape is real. billy bush saying it was indeed donald trump's voice captured on that 2005 "access hollywood" tape about fame enabling him to grope and try to have sex with women. the former "access hollywood" and "today" show personality claims, quote, of course he said it. bush said he felt he needed to write the piece. the tape emerged during the 2016 presidential campaign and prompted more than a dozen women to come forward saying mr. trump

had sexually assaulted or harassed them. he denied it. and at the live desk south korea and the united states have start add joint military exercise with hundreds of aircraft. south korea's defense ministry says the five-day drill called vigilant ace is meant to improve the allies' preparedness. about 12,000 u.s. military personnel are part of the drill. this comes a week after north korea test fired its most powerful missile yet. the air force says this training is held every year in late fall and is not in response to any particular incident. the first american baby born from a uterus transplant. the baby was delivered by c-section last night in dallas and is the ninth baby born in the world from a transplanted uterus joining the eight other babies successfully born from transplanted uteruses in sweden. he is said to be in perfect

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joining a public transport association. they say the partnership will address issues like congestion and the so-called first and last mile issue. that's the issue of getting people from their home to public transit and to their jobs. it is seen as a way for uber to mend ties with regulators after a series of scandals. facebook is coming for your kids launching a messaging app called messenger kids. the free app is aimed at kids under 13 who can't have their own accounts under facebook's rules. the app won't let children add their own friends or delete messages. only parents can do that. parents also control their child's contact list and can remove contacts anytime. that app is available on apple devices, versions for android are in the works. >> getting them trained on that so young. back to the breaking news where one person has been confirmed to have died. >> this is happening on eagle avenue near oak street near the main drag. tiffany wilson has just arrived

there. tiffany? >> reporter: the house that caught fire is behind me. they are cutting holes to vent. i did see some flames on the front porch. now the fire department confirms there is one fatality from this fire. neighbors say that a 94-year-old man lived alone in this house. he's lived here his entire life. neighbors say that during the week he had live-in help who would stay with him but on the weekend he did not have that assistance so there was nobody there last night. neighbors told me he often would cook for himself but forget something was cooking and that he has caused a kitchen fire before. firefighters, of course, have not confirmed the location or the cause of this fire as of yet. we are waiting to learn that. you can get another live look of the house. firefighters, again, pretty calm. the fire does appear to be

knocked down but one fatality here in alameda this morning. reporting live, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. the world's top scientists were the stars at the sixth annual breakthrough prize in mountain view. celebrities including morgan freeman and kerry washington were there to hand out the awards. founded by a handful of silicon valley big shots the breakthrough prize honors individuals who have made profound contributions in physi physics, life sciences and math. >> the previous winners decide the next winners so it's very much a peer review effort. we feel we're honored by our peers. >> it's important to shift the spotlight and reward intelligence and science and creativity in another space that's really important. >> each winner of the breakthrough prize doesn't get a little trophy. they receive $3 million. when it comes to seizing the moment, this person sets the bait pretty high.

>> free to hold and form opinions, religious or otherwise. and that is not inhibited by this bill. will you marry me? >> natasha loves a proposal. she is verklempt. a surprise proposal, parliament was debating a bill that could legalize gay marriage when he popped the big question to his partner who was watching from the gallery and for the record his partner said yes. you love that, right? >> i love it. i love a homecoming and i love a proposal. >> did you see the partner? >> very cute. and he slipped it right in there at the end. seamless. well done. >> that was smooth. that was touching. hi, everybody. check out the breezes. that's the big story so far. north to northwest at 34 miles

per hour on mt. tamalpais. once the sun comes up and turns it over it will bring some of the driest air of the season. you may have a scratchy throat. colder tonight. some valleys may freeze. if not tonight, tomorrow night. and no hint of rain the next two weeks. as sad as that sounds, 59 half moon bay. 60 to 63 for the rest of us this afternoon. temperatures will still be a little breezy tonight. so we'll have some areas in the 40s, places like oakland, richmond, san rafael, half moon bay and san francisco. the rest of us in the mid to upper 30s. we could have a few low 30s up in the north bay in the valleys, about 660,000 of us under a freeze watch from 3:00 wednesday morning until 9:00 wednesday. so it looks like the better chance for freezing temperatures will be wednesday morning. we'll still have a chance tonight for frost. if you live in a shelter valley, cover the plants and keep the

pets in. now here's that high pressure that will bring us absolutely dry weather and no chance of rain for two weeks. does it look familiar? that's about where the high set up during the drought. that's concerning, isn't it? and so is my forecast that has no chance of rain during the rain season with temperatures actually a little bit above average in the afternoon. low to mid-60s after being in the 30s and 40s in the morning. hi, sue. such high hopes for snow after thanksgiving. to the mcarthur maze with the brake lights starting well before the berkeley curve and in towards the bay bridge toll plaza. a live look. we are still down toll booth 14 until further notice. that was the toll booth that was demolished over the weekend as sky 7 pulls out you can see that long stretch of just headlights bumper to bumper on the 80

approach. all the fastrak lanes are slow. this is the big issue all morning long. once you get past the tunnel into san francisco you're looking pretty good. you may want to take b.a.r.t., guys. now may be the time to fill up your gas tank. it has dropped 7 cents. the current price $2.50. compared to last year tame that is up 34 cents. we have that. the highest price is where? san francisco. $3.29 a gallon. in oakland $3.18. and in san jose it's $3.15. california regulators just put the brakes on a plan limiting liability for autonomous vehicle makers.

for example, if you didn't change the oil as often as the carmaker would want, it could avoid liability. final regulations for self-driving cars are expected to be enacted early next year. next the seven things you need to know before you go. abc 7 news now, a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where there have been problems this morning. metering lights are turned on. if you can

it's 6:58. whether you're just joining us or are about to go out the door, number one, breaking news in the east bay authorities say one person died in a house fire in alameda. this is a live picture at the scene at eagle avenue. neighbors say a 94-year-old man lived alone in the house. crews are asking people to avoid the area. toll booth 14 remains closed this morning following the horrific accident over the weekend that left a toll taker dead. caltrans hopes to have more details about rebuilding later today. number three, we are following that up with, yes, big delays at the bay bridge toll plaza with 1:05 drive on the east shore freeway/westbound 80

into san francisco. take b.a.r.t. if you can. san mateo bridge is a good alternate. number four, check out this picture. you can see winds are gusting to 34 miles an hour. temperatures range from 32 in guerneville to 54 in ocean beach. we'll be in the mid to upper 50s at noon, upper 50s at 4:00. a whole lot of sunshine and dry air. number five, a preliminary hearing for the two men charged with the deaths of 36 people in oakland's ghost ship warehouse fire. prosecutors say derick almena and max harris created a fire hazard. both pleaded not guilty. observing oakland's workforce. number seven, national cookie day. several stores will have freebies including mrs. fields and cinnabon. >> cookie monster. >> you got that. >> sounds good, right? >> where is our plate? >> "gma" is talking about how

meghan markle and prince harry kept things under wraps fo good morning, america. the big chill. heavy snow moving in. icy roads sparking this deadly accident. now winter weather alerts spreading from the rockies to the northeast as a new storm is on the way, while bitter cold sweeps the country. temperatures plunging by 30 degrees. breaking news in the russia investigation. president trump's team unveils a new argument saying he cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice. as the special counsel closes in on his inner circle, and a new message from billy bush, what he's saying about the president, his accusers and that infamous "access hollywood" tape. >> hi. an abc news exclusive. study abroad nightmare. two american students allegedly assaulted by italian police while study in florence. now one of them telling her story. >> i was terrified. i mean, he had a gun.