good morning, south bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. good morning. it is 5:00 a.m. on the dot op this tuesday, november -- >> what is happening? >> welcome to the hall of presidents. >> fast forward. >> it is december 19th. >> i felt that shade over here. >> there is no shade. it's just i turned into an animatronic all of a sudden. >> mike, we are on a storm watch? >> that's a quick turnaround. >> let's take a look at what's going on. we are this storm watch, everybody. hi. if you are like the tin man or animatronic and can't get wet you might want to grab an umbrella for later tonight and tomorrow. here is a look at the clouds, expect those to increase as that storm approaches. it's going to be dry during the daylight hours. here is a look at my accuweather 12 hour planner, 34 to 44 this morning, notice at noon with the clouds increasing, 56 to 58, it

will be cloudy and dry at 4:00, 54 to 58. by 7:00 we will have light rain developing in the north bay, temperatures in the low 50s. sue says it's been pretty quiet so far this morning. >> we have a couple of accidents but none of them are blocking at least at this point. we will knock on wood for that. back to the san matteo bridge, we're getting a little busier with the taillights headed westbound across the causeway and up on the high-rise over towards foster city for about a 16 minute drive from the tolls over towards the peninsula. here we go with the east shore freeway, also a nice solid ribbon of head lights between university avenue and the macarthur maze, no metering lights yet. we will check back with the bay bridge toll plaza in a couple minutes. we have been watching a situation in -- okay. if we come here to live desk, we have been watching a situation all morning long in washington tate. this was the scene overnight, you can see the train still the way it was left there, the train

that derailed yesterday morning and actually just within about the last hour or so they were able to get some of those train cars up and out of the highway. i want to give you the latest. the ntsb is saying that the amtrak train that derailed was going 50 miles an hour over the speed limit when it went off the tracks. the train was going 80 miles per hour in a 30 zone. the president of amtrak says positive train control, the technology that can slow or stop a speeding train, was not in use in that particular stretch of track. at least three people were killed and dozens of others were injured. all but one of the trains 14 cars jumped the tracks. >> there was one person who -- in the car in front of us, they -- they were -- they were catapulted to the front of the car and they wre -- they were pretty badly injured. they were unconscious, but still breathing. but what i could see from the

window was that we had disconnected from the other -- the back portion of the train. i could see that someone had been cat bulleted from the train on to the ground. >> officials say it is still too early to tell why the train was going so fast. a major investigation still under way this morning. i will let you know as soon as we get updates. developing news this morning, a suspect td robber has life-threatening injuries after a security guard shot him in downtown san jose. it happened just before 8:30 last night at the wall greens at first and santa clara streets. an investigation is under way. morae alligations of sexual abuse at a south bay high sch l school. >> we are expecting to hear the story of two more former students who say presentation high school did not do enough to respond to the allegations. matt keller is live for us in san jose. >> reporter: good morning. students here at presentation high school will be taking finals today, but later this morning more alligations of sexual misconduct are coming out

about the prestigious catholic school. this press conference will be taking place at 11:00 this morning. attorney robert allert says a mother will come forward to discuss the sexual abuse of her daughter in 2014. a student from the 2006-2007 school year will discuss her story of sexual misconduct by her math letter and a letter will be released alleging the high school responded to three sexual misconduct allegations by placing a higher priority on the school's reputation. all of this comes after two graduates came forward to accuse their alma mater not taking alleged sexual abuse seriously. >> our entire investigation team has been astounded, shocked and frankly dismayed. >> reporter: the school principal says presentation never covered up or condoned any instance of sexual abuse and conducted investigations more than 25 years ago and more recently for the newer claims. today's press conference will

take place in san jose. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. the law that allows berkeley police to use pepper spray during violent protests may be repealed. according to sf gate city council members are expected to vote today. their move follows pressure by the city's police review commission. this law was just approved in september. members believe that since factors like wind and volatile crowds can prevent officers from specifically pepper spraying an agressor they should not be allowed to use a deterrent at all. this is what it looks like inside of the city of pittsburg surveillance headquarters. they will need mormon torse because the city counsel has unanimously voted to install freeway cameras to try to stop freeway shootings, katie utehs has the story. >> reporter: surveillance cameras will be installed along stretches of interstate 80 and 84 in be couldn't

costa free ways. >> the city of pittsburg has had cameras on our streets since 2005. >> reporter: city council voted for pittsburg pd to be the hub for the county wide data collection. take a look inside, you can see the setup that's already in place for pittsburg's current program. the data collection will come from shot spotters, cameras and license plate readers. >> we will have eyes on the freeway basically in real time. >> i, too, have concerns about privacy. >> several people raised concerns about privacy. >> there was a lot of vagueness about where all of this data is ending up. when you're dealing with mass bulk surveillance, as i stated, 99% of the data that's being collected here at least has nothing to do with any crime. >> law enforcement will be allowed access to the system information on a need to know criminal investigation basis. >> reporter: caltrans is funding the surveillance project with

$3.5 million over three years. in pittsburg, katie utehs, abc 7 news. surveillance video shows the danger officers face while monitoring a sideshow in oakland. a chp helicopter was assisting police during the sideshow when officers say more than one person behind green lasers at the helicopter and at cars in the sideshow. that can temporarily blind a pilot or a driver. anyone arrested will face state and federal charges. a man taking photos of san francisco's twin peaks was robbed at knife point. it happened on twin peaks boulevard saturday night. the 32-year-old victim says he was taking photos when two men approached him from behind. one suspect pulled out a knife and demanded his bag, which contained camera equipment, his cellphone and wallet. the robbers believed to be in their early to mid 20s took off. police are still looking for them. i was talking to sue and she says she has a new accident to tell us about.

we will get to her in about a minute near. we've got low to mid 30s in our inland valleys until you get to concord and pittsburg where we are in the upper 30s. close to frost in pleasanton at a temperature of 33 degrees. a look at santa rosa 35, napa, novato and oakland at 36, 41 san carlos, 41 in san jose. let's jump into our forecast for today. if you have some activities planned that take you out on the bay, light breezes there. if you are going to be doing exercising in anticipation of eating a lot of sugar, it's not quite as warm outside as it has been. and shopping, a few more days and it will be dry until the sun sets and then get ready for the possibility of wet weather. my 12 hour planner for san francisco, you can see the increasing clouds, temperatures in the low to mid 50s after starting off at 48 this morning, 48 at 8:00 in the east bay, 51 at 10:00 and mid 50s throughout the afternoon hours. let's see if it's different in

the south bay. a little warmer down here. by noon we will be in the low and mid 60s in the afternoon hours, mid 50s during the evening hours. temperatures will top out around 59 to 64 degrees, tonight not quite as cool but look at all that, green that means rain is on the way. did you just say i could get exercise by shopping? i thought that may be what i heard. >> i like that. should we try that? >> yes. >> let's check outside. we have this accident it's in the san lorenzo area, san leandro, westbound 580 under the 150th overcrossing. they have tried to move that off to the right hand shoulder but chp is talking about doing a traffic break which means that traffic will be stopped temporarily to move that accident out of the way. i'm not seeing any slow traffic according to the sensors, they are all green at this point in time. tracy into dublin you are looking at a 40 minute drive up and over the altamonte pass. not bad on westbound 4 to concord, san rafael into san francisco a 17 minute drive. just under 20 minutes for some

of your drive times. we have mass transit issues, we will update in just a couple minutes. airlines flying in and out of atlanta's international airport should expect flights to be on time today following that crippling power outage. delta airlines says most passengers who were stranded in atlanta were rebooked on other flights that left yesterday. the carrier canceled 400 flights monday. the ceo of georgia power apologized for sunday's day long outage. he blamed a faulty gear that started a fire that knocked out electricity to the world's busiest airport. a major study leading to disheartening results when it comes to preventing dementia. >> what is that? we are learning new details from a navy pilot who says he saw something from out of this world and he is not alone. if you love checking out and he is not alone. if you love checking out christmas lights this is

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and you smell gas, your first step is to get out, travel to a safe distance until you can't smell the gas anymore, and then call 911. the first responders will come out, and they'll make it safe for you and your community. ♪ all right. it's 5:13 on this tuesday. let's talk about the storm impact scale. give you an idea what's going to happen with this storm tonight before i give you an hour by hour look coming up in about four minutes. it is tonight through tomorrow morning, it does feature light rain, less than .02 of an inch of rain for most of us and it will be breezy at times. we will take a look at those speeds and see if they will cause any damage. here is reggie with more news. this is what police are constantly talking about, crystal clear surveillance video shows a suspect strolling out of her car taking two packages off

of someone else's front porch. look at that, the victim saw what was happening. ran after the car as it was driving off. this happened yesterday off apian way in union city. since we have such a clear view of her why not show it. if she looks familiar call police. she probably stole $300 worth of items. a southern california homeowner is crediting his doorbell for alerting him about a fire that was happening just outside his home. he had no idea. this potentially saved three people's lives. in terrifying scene in riverside county recorded by a home surveillance system. it features a doorbell that has a motion detector. so the flames triggered the detector and that meant the homeowner received several alerts on his phone app when the fire broke out. he and his fiancée were sleeping. >> we took down our smoke detector because we just repainted the entire house. so without the ring system in place and me getting these alerts i probably wouldn't have woken up.

>> okay. so also never take down your smoke detector. there is another lesson. the couple and his brother escaped unharmed. the cause is under investigation. it's 5:15. after disheartening news about dementia, according to a study that was published there is not a single thing at this point that can definitively prevent you from getting alzheimer's over 80 years old. diet, drugs, could go any training exercise, vitamins, it doesn't work for everyone. it does suggest that these things can be helpful. exercise, managing diabetes, controlling high blood pressure and cholesterol at midlife. >> in today's gma first look we are learning more about the arrest of sarah palin's son. track palin reportedly beat up his own father during an argument and sara frantically called police. here is lindsey davis. >> reporter: in this morning's gma first look police describe a chaotic scene at the family home of the former governor of alaska and 2008 vice presidential nominee sarah palin.

her 28-year-old son, an army veteran, arrested in alaska saturday night on assault and burglary charges. according to court documents obtained by abc news, sarah palin called police just after 8:30 p.m. saying her son was freaking out and was on some type of medication. charging documents state track palin went to the house to confront her father todd to get his truck but his father told him not to come in. todd told police he went to the door with a pistol to protect his families. that's when track broke a window, got his father on the ground and began hitting in the head. we have much more coming up at 7:00 a.m. facebook is cracking down on what's known as engagement bait. it's a tactic designed to artificially inflate a business' reach on the algorithm. spam posts that try to get likes, clicks and shares will be demoted in users news feeds.

if someone's post says like this if you are an aries. facebook claims it's algorithms can tell the difference between spam and sincere posts. there is new details in a jaw dropping story first reported by "the new york times" over the weekend. >> the pentagon's secret program investigating reports of ufos. now the pilot that spotted what he believes was an alien spacecraft is recalling this out of this world encounter. >> look at that thing. it's rotating. >> so we showed you this video of that sighting back in 2004 taken off the coast of san diego. the pilot is now retired commander david fraver. he says nothing in his 18-year career as a navy pilot prepared him for what he is saw. he says i've seen pretty much everything that i can see in that realm and this is nothing close. i have never seen anything in my life, in my history of flying that has the performance, the acceleration. keep in mind this thing had no wings. >> they're just going to leave

us there? >> we keep doing these stories and they expect us to move on as if nothing else happened. >> let's talk about christmas lights. >> two elaborately decorated homes in marin are now in their final days after lighting up the neighborhood for decades. >> for more than 40 years this home has had a special place in people's hearts. they are disney lovers. the bring out their collection every single holiday season. age taking a toll for them which is why they decided this will be the last year of what's affectionately known as the mickey mouse christmas house. >> we can't do it ourselves, i'm not up and down the ladders like i used to be so we decided it was a good time to just go ahead and retire while we're, you know, at the top of our game, you might say. >> less than a mile away another homeowner will be saying good-bye after the holidays. the beloved bear house is moving to nevada next year. >> the family with the mickey mouse house, every year they add

to their collection to include whatever new characters came into the disney family this year. they had moana this year. >> so they won't be able to add coco next year. >> way to bring us down, mike. >> that's sad. >> it is sad. >> all right. well, have to make a road trip, won't we? >> yeah. absolutely. a little cheaper than going to disney lapped. let's look at what's going on outside. ridgy, are you hurt? >> that's okay, i'm back. >> you look like that animatronic again. here is a look from mt. tamalpais. increasing clouds. light rain and breezy tonight and the breezes will hang around tomorrow even though the light rain will stop during the morning commute tracking another chance for christmas and the day after. here is our cold front, you can see some moisture out there, not a lot but definitely rain falling in the pacific northwest. notice the frequent ld nature of the clouds behind it, that's cold air, possibly the coldest

air of the season on the way. 7:00 this evening you see scout showers ahead of the steadier rain in lake and mendocino county. yellow is moderate rain, that goes away as it slides down into the heart of the north bay by midnight with scout showers ahead of it for the rest of us. from midnight through 4:00 it's raining on us, but notice yellows do pop up. there may be an embedded heavier shower during the morning commute it will rain in the south bay, there will be scattered showers near the coast and into the north bay. by the time 9:00 rolling around we are finished. specifically for come morning if you're headed out early for the commute at 4:00 everybody but the south bay will be driving on slick streets and then the south bay will become slick during the morning commute. my accuweather seven-day forecast so it's a one on our storm impact scale, light. temperatures mainly in the 50s all the way through christmas where there is another small

chance of rain. we will talk more about that coming up. here is sue with another new accident. >> we have a new accident, this one is actually a big rig blocking lane number two in the santa cruz mountains of 17 southbound. it's past bear creek and right now just looks like it might be moved off to the shoulder. we were seeing some slow traffic in the southbound direction, so heads up there. they are in the process of scooting that off to the side of the road. bart has 44 trains right now, no delays. morning ferry, golden gate ferry, the 8:45 and 9:15 will be now until further notice at least running five minutes later. that's the new departure time change. the san francisco bay ferry, the mare island boat and 6:00 a.m. vallejo boat will be replaced by a bus due to mechanical issue. we will come back and look at the bay bridge toll plaza in a few minutes. an update to a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. arson investigators believe a series of fires at homeless en cramp mts in san jose may be linked. we had coverage of the latest

fire on tully road yesterday morning. firefighters stopped the flames before they reached a nearby mobile home park. san jose police and the highway patrol suspect someone set this fire on purpose, just like fires along 680 during the past week skroo starting on teenagers will get a discount on bart. the youth clipper card will save 13 to 18 year olds 50% on all rides. previously the discount applied to ages 5 through 12. for those who use paper tickets prepare to pay more and stand in long lines, children four and under will continue to ride for free. next the seven things you need to know. and a local community comes together to give one veteran a and a local community comes together to give one veteran a birthday

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richmond. the chronicle reports the officer was under an investigation that involved multiple jurisdictions. number two, from the live desk an investigation remains under way into what caused an amtrak train to derail in washington state killing three and hurting dozens. overnight crews were able to remove some of the cars off the highway. investigators have revealed the train was traveling almost three times the speed limit. number three, we're working on our 16th consecutive day without measurable rain, but that could change, especially up in the north bay. 40% of us will see rain today, 60% tomorrow and another chance monday on christmas. and we are tracking your tuesday morning commute at the bay bridge toll plaza. the fourth thing you need to know the metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you're traveling on the east shore freeway if this is your normal commute from hercules you can see your drive time into san francisco including getting through the toll plaza is a mere 27 minutes. not bad. number five, the house is set to vote on the sweeping $1.5

trillion tax bill today. if it passes the measure will go on to the senate for a vote. this bill could be on the president's desk by the end of the week. if you plan to send first class mail and expect it to arrive before christmas you have to get it to the post office today. tomorrow is the deadline for priority mail and friday is the cutoff for priority express. as you know, every day it just gets more expensive. number seven, some good news for people who like coffee and beer. now you can drink both at the same time. >> excuse you. >> dunkin' donuts roasting d dark roasted brew. it will not be available in california just yet, now for only in massachusetts. a popular man in the russian hill neighborhood of san francisco was in for a big surprise. >> over 50 people gathered outside of the walgreens at broadway to rish a happy 70th birthday to jasper hammond. neighbors know him for his warm greetings and decided to hold a fundraiser to repair his car.

it was started with a goal for $1500. they ended up raising over $10,000. the neighbors are working with jasper who is a veteran to set him up with an apartment through the nonprofits to plow shares. >> give back every day. every day. and they are really good to me. i love them all. >> this is so heart warming. neighbors used the extra money to buy him gift cards for food and clothing as well as set him up for a few nights at the fairmont hotel. >> $10,000. that's incredible. we are coming back with another full 90 minutes of news. this is the action santa rosa city leaders are consider to help people facing eviction after the north bay fires. i will have more on the after the north bay fires. i will have more on the amtrak dee

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>> this is abc 7 mornings. 5:29. almost at 5:30. you can snooze, i don't know -- no, your alarm is going off. >> time to get the packages out the door and send them to whoever you are sending them to or get a gift card for natasha, her favorite present. >> that is not true. gift cards are the impersonal present. >> i like gift cards. >> really? >> yeah, then you can pick your gift. it's kind of nice. >> hi, mike. >> let me step out of this conversation and hide behind sue. hi, how are you? >> good. you can get me a gift card. i will take it. >> will do. let's go back to what's going on -- i don't want to touch that one at all. we will discuss off air, how about that. social media -- here is a look at our next storm system. for us it's all about the timing and in my accuweather 12 hour planner it's pretty dry most of

the day, mid to upper 30s inland and around the bay at 7:00, 34 at the coast. increasing cloud and mid to upper 40s at noon. same thing at 4:00 but it will be cloudy then. light rain develops in the north bay at 7:00. 48 to 53 degrees. i will tell you when that rain gets to your neighborhoods coming up. we are going to the bay bridge. looks like we had a stall or accident, treasure island off ramp blocking the left lane. i am seeing a bit of slow and go on the span. those brake lights are starting at about the incline section around the curve and towards treasure island. heads up there once again. treasure island near the left lane. here is the bay bridge backup. the metering lights have been turned on. you are looking at delays beginning to build getting to the bay bridge, it's not a problem on the east shore commute. we will take a look at that accident on the span in just a few. we are tracking developing news on the death of a san francisco police officer who killed himself after being pulled over by police in richmond. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us at the

richmond police department. >> reporter: richmond police were the ones who are trying to pull him over. we are here to get more information about why they were looking for this officer. here is a look of the crime scene, this is from sky view 7, this happened in the hilltop mall parking lot in richmond around 1:30 yesterday afternoon. investigators say the man who was pulled over shot and killed himself. the car is licensed to antonio cacatian. he is an officer for the san francisco police department. the sfpd tells the chronicle he was under investigation that involved multiple jurisdictions. no other details were given. we will continue, though, to follow this developing story. okay. amy, thank you. investigators have revealed the amtrak train that derailed in washington state was speeding. it was going 80 miles per hour in a 30 zone. three people were killed and dozens injured on a track that had just been rectlupgraded.

this morning we are hearing the heroic stories of those who rushed in to help as that train dangled over the freeway and abc news reporter maggie rulli is live in dupont, washington, with more. maggie? >> reporter: jessica, good morning. just behind me you can see that bridge where the train derailed crashing on to cars driving on this highway just below us now. authorities here are desperately trying to figure out how this horrible accident could happen. an early morning commute interrupted by chaos. >> amtrak 501. emergency. emergency. >> reporter: amtrak train 501 had just left seattle and was heading towards portland. the ntsb says preliminary findings show the train was traveling at 80 miles per hour near the curve where the speed should have been reduced to 30 nerps. >> they are requesting all possible units, there's bodies on the freeway. >> reporter: 13 of its cars careened off both sides of the overpass, crashing directly on to interstate 5 below.

>> oh, my god, that train is derailed. >> my car started shaking really badly. >> reporter: daniel and his girlfriend were on the way to work when they saw the dera derailme derailment. he rushed in to help. >> people were in shock and a lot of them initially when they got out of the train they just went and they sat down with their heads -- with their -- you know, their faces in the palm of their hands. >> reporter: the crash happened on a new line for amtrak, this train carrying its first paying customers. last month in the nearby town of lakewood the mayor warned about the possibility of a crash. >> when there is an accident this project was never needed and dangerous. >> reporter: a federal report following a 2015 amtrak derailment noticed a culture of safety lapses at amtrak. >> this positive train control was mandated by law was amtrak has been very slow to implement it. >> reporter: crews have been out

here working through the night and in this freezing rain. one official tells me that when he first got to the scene he could not believe what he saw. he says it was unreal, like someone had just taken toy train cars and started tossing them around. in dupont, washington, maggie rulli. happening today at the house the set is vote on the most sweeping tax overhaul in a generation. if this passes the measure will go to the senate for a vote and that could happen as early as today. no republican senators oppose the bill and only a small group of house republicans are expected to vote no. this bill could be on the president's desk by the end of the week. a new analysis of the bill found in a decade 70% of middle income americans would see a tax hike while 76% of the wealthiest would receive a tax cut. while 76% of the wealthiest would receive a tax cut. it's will be held at the intersection of san bruno and cherry avenues.

that's where a car hit 29-year-old carly flynn while she was crossing the street. her parents say she was walking home from starbucks at the bay hill shopping center. police believe a white midsized suv hit flynn. the city of santa rosa will consider bang landlords from evicting low income residents after the north bay fiers. city officials have received reports that some landlords may be evicting lower income tenants in order to rent to insured residents displaced by the fires. the city council will discuss a ban on those evictions and they meet at 2:30. study progress is being made on the thomas wildfire burning in southern california. containment now at 50%. the fire has grown to 423 square miles and reduced more than 1,000 homes to rubble. cal fire says weather conditions are improving for firefighters there with lighter winds and higher humidity. the fire started two weeks ago yesterday. east bay firefighters who have been on the front lines of the thomas fire are headed home.

the alameda county fire department posted this san jose firefighters are among those battling the thomas fire. they received a thank you from rob lowe. the actor says crews saved his home in santa barbara county and he took this photo of the firefighters and even served them dinner. on instagram he wrote thank you to all the crews from all over the country who stood tall and saved my town. four teens face charges in connection with flare gun attacks in a san ramone neighborhood over the weekend. home security cameras show bright flashes from flares that were, according to police, randomly fired at seven homes and several cars. police say the most extensive damage was shattered windows. three of the four teens arrested lived in san ramone. an off duty police officer accused of firing his gun inside of a san francisco hotel may have suffered a mental health episode according to his attorney. richmond police officer phil sanchez is out of jail on bond,

he is accused of firing several shots inside of the four seasons hotel on sunday morning. he surrendered to police after two hours. no one was hurt. we've got microclimates this morning. menlo park 34, it's 37 in redwood city but also half-moon bay. you go on the other side of the mountains there and you see pacifica at 49, daly city at 47. let's check out the rest of our nab hoods. oakland 36, fremont 39, san jose 41. we have san ramone at 34, antioch at 36, concord at 38. 36 in napa, 35 in santa rosa. 41 in san rafael. fairfield a freezing cold 31 degrees. here is a look at the san matteo bridge as we look westbound. it's looking packed but sue tells me there is an accident on the bay bridge. let me talk about your weather as far as the commute goes. on the roads some sprinkles possible during the evening commute. for the most part it will be dry. mass transit good but a cooler

afternoon and breezy tomorrow on the bay. your temperatures today with the increasing clouds about 59 to 62 degrees, it will be around 63 to 64 san jose, morgan hill and santa cruz. tonight we are looking at mid to upper 30s in the north bay, low to mid 40s for the rest of us, but look at all that rain that's coming our way. it's going to bring gusts with it, too. we will be around 15 to 20 at 11:00 tonight but overnight it will be pretty noisy with gusts up to 30 miles per hour. we will talk more about that rain, the wind and here is acci left lane by treasure island westbound on 80. you can see those brake lights starting on the incline section and around the curve towards the island. it's supposedly in the clearing phases, left lane near treasure island, we will check back with the bridge, but behind the toll plaza metering lights have been turned on for a couple minutes now and you are backing up towards the overcrossings.

your drive on the east shore freeway might take a little hit. we just got reports of an accident westbound 80 near university. that possibly blocking a lane at least three cars and possibly a big rig involved there. although sensors are looking pretty good in the area, we will update all this in a few minutes. meryl streep is responding to rose mcgowan who accused her meryl streep is responding to rose mcgowan who accused her of staying silent about harvey

welcome back. 5:43. california forecast still hazy with fires down in l.a. 69. crescent city and eureka getting rest while the rest will be dry during the day. red flag warning high firefighters danger from tahoe down to bakersfield today through tomorrow. then the snow comes in at 8:00 this evening for tahoe to about 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. 3 to 6 inches on those passes, so take the chains with you. up to 10 inches on the peaks. it will be a little breezy today up there, a little windy tomorrow, but temperature only 34 degrees. the trump administration publicly blaming north korea for a ransom ware attack that affected hundreds of thousands of computers all around the world. the wannacry cyber attack happened in may. it infected more than 230,000 computers and hospitals,

schools, businesses and homes. homeland security officials say that evidence points to the communist nation and they are vowing that north korea will be held accountable. meryl streep responding to criticism that she stayed soo silent about harvey weinstein's alleged sex crimes. streep is among the actors set to wear black at the golden globe to protest sexual harassment. in a deleted tweet mcgowan says the silence of streep is the problem. streep released a statement, it says in part, i wasn't dlib ratsly silent. i didn't know. i don't approve of rape. i didn't know. i don't like young women being assaulted. i didn't know this was happening. streep says she's tried to reach out to mcgowan by phone but so far she has had no luck. today marks one week since the passing of san francisco mayor ed lee. the political world is wondering who will run to replace him next year.

mark farrell and jane kim, mark leno turns turned in his papers and angela alioto did so yet. another possible candidate is assemblyman david chu. it's not clue if london breed will throw her hat into the race. alex clemens says anyone thinking of mayor has to have a clear vision. >> they need to discuss how we will address homelessness, remain economically vibrant, we ensure we remain a beacon of civil rights to the world. >> the special election will take place on june 8th. a plan is in the works to give san francisco residents a greater stay in marijuana. they want to create a nine member cannabis commission that would replace the office of cannibis. they want to put the measure on the ballot in june. the board of supervisors would appoint five members of the commission, the mayor would pick the other four. they say the community have to

have a say in regulating cannabis. it becomes legal on january 1st. not the only law taking effect on january 1st. the state's minimum wage is going up to $11 an hour. many bay area cities have minimum wages higher than that. parents can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid maternity and paternity leave. and california will become a sanctuary state that means that it restricts federal officers from enforcing immigration laws. you can find a complete list of our laws on abc7news.com. christmas coming on a monday this year and that means that you have an extra weekend to get your holiday shopping down. >> pleasanton stoneridge shopping center says so many shoppers will be waiting until the last minute. so what will people be buying? a whole lot. surveys finding shoppers plan to buy 15 gifts in total this year, clothing and gift cards rank highest, followed by electronics, toys and books. here are some important deadlines to keep in mind.

if you plan to send first class mail and connect it to arrive before christmas you have to get it to the post office today, tomorrow is the deadline for friday mail and friday is the cutoff for priority express. >> it gets more and more expensive. >> i think that getting a gift on december 26 is magical because then it's like another day of fun. >> should we all postpone our gift giving until new year's? get all the ultimate deals? >> that's a good idea. >> maybe we do the 12 days of christmas, you can get one gift every day starting at christmas for the next 12 days. >> you are not getting 12 gifts. i'm sorry. >> i figured as much. let's take a look the what's going on. here is a look from our east bay hills camera. clouds will be increasing today, sunshine, sunglasses this morning, but pretty gray this afternoon. cold front creates rain and wind tonights and another chance coming christmas day and into the day after. here is a look at where all of

our wet weather is right now. it is going to rain a lot of this moisture out up in the pacific northwest. in fact, rainfall amounts or rates are about a third of an inch an hour. we won't see that unfortunately. we do have a little bit of yellow, lake, mendocino counties at 7:00, scout showers for the rest of the north bay during that time. as we head towards midnight that solid line moves all the way up to the border with the bay with scout showers for the rest of us. from midnight to 4:00 the heart of the bay, inland, east bay gets wet and the south bay gets wet from 4:00 through 7:00, maybe 8:00. so at some point everybody is going to be wet or have slick streets during tomorrow's morning commute. by 9:00 we will see showers over the cost but even those will made fade away as we head toward midnight. >> tomorrow morning everybody is wept except for the south bay. by the end everybody is wet with

maybe .3 of an inch of rain. the storm is 1 light on our storm impact scale. temperatures will be back to average mid to upper 50s thursday, friday, saturday, sunday and that next chance of rain monday which i will take a look at next. here is sue. we are taking a look at the bay bridge improvement. that's what i like to say. we've got the western span coming into san francisco traffic is flowing nicely here. we had an accident left lane near the treasure island off ramp and you can see those taillights making the turn there. things are moving and are improving. so that's better news. we had reports of an accident westbound 80 at university but i'm not seeing any slow traffic along that section of the east shore freeway. where i'm seeing slow traffic is on the peninsula. this is north 101 near millbrae avenue. across the bay southbound 880 near jackson street the right lane is partially blocked and there is slow traffic backing up to 238 towards highway 92.

i want to pass along breaking news in the east bay. ac transit lines are being detoured right now. the transit agency just sent out this tweet saying that lines 72, 72 m and 72 r are on detour and not stopping and it's all because of police activity. this is between ashby avenue and 67th street. this is the berkeley oakland area. we're working to find out exactly what is going on, what that police activity is and our entire news team is working on that. i will pass along details as soon as we get them. this morning we are learning new details about the plan to raise $100 billion to ease traffic congestion around the bay area. >> we first told you about this yesterday. the first thing you need to know, part of the plan calls for you to spend $3 more on tolls on bay area bridges. civic and business groups say this will take a regional approach to help ease our traffic. >> paris residents look at

traffic at a crisis level. so they want their regional leaders to look at traffic regionally. traffic doesn't pay attention just to city and county boundaries. >> it would generate between 4 and $5 billion over 25 years for new bart cars, a bart extension to san jose, also improvements to bridges and freeway interchanges. new at 6:00, a new warning out about the batteries inside to is that could be under your christmas tree. first, it can't get any more san francisco than this. you will be seeing high tech recycling

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all right. let's take a look at 40% of us will get rain today, that's mainly in the north bay, 60% of us will get rain tomorrow and that's the heart of the bay and south bay. storm will be a 1 for both areas. look at this, i'm also tracking a chance of rain on monday, about 50% of us could get wet then. i will take an hour by hour look at that coming up. hi, everyone. i want to get you an update on that breaking news we're following in the east bay. i just told you ac transit lines are being detoured right now. i told you this right before the commercial break and our whole team was working on getting information. we have now learned it's all because a woman was hit by a car and she was taken to highland hospital. happened on san pablo avenue between 67th and ashby avenue in berkeley. right now several lines, the 72,

72 m and 72 r are being detoured because of this investigation. as soon as we get an update i will pass that along as well. in san francisco each the trash is high tech. these recycling testimonies are bake making their debut this morning. sensors inside alert collectors when the bins are ul if. they also have compaction technology that makes room for five times the amount of trash a typical bin can hold. the city hopes these systems will help save money and protect the environment. good morning, we're following your tuesday morning commute. traffic is moving pretty nicely with the exception of our commuters out of the tracy area up and over the alt month pos, you're slowing there. we have an accident in the left lane northbound 101 near millbrae avenue. we are seeing delays northbound up the peninsula towards the airport. across the bay southbound 880 near jackson this accident blocking the right lane. slowing from san lorenzo and 38.

we are getting reports of an accident coming out of petaluma south 101. if you are up at 7:00 christmas morning you will have just missed our morning show with me and jessica, but we will do cut ins during "good morning america" from 7:00 to 9:00. look at that rain behind me, this stays mainly north of us until we get to tuesday and then look at the dumping that really puts on the sierra, more than us, and we could really use more snow up there. just paint the picture, if you will, in a cabin, a fire, it's christmas and it's snowing in the sierra. that's pretty nice. >> i love you. beating cancer twice. i have to give you at least a hug. >> thanks, mike. this is jay-z. this is during sunday night's concert at oracle arena. he saw a fan holding a sign saying she had beaten cancer twice and would love a selfie or a hug. he pulled her on stage and go i

have her two hugs. cruz says this was a dream come true. >> that's a great improve thing to do. he had to see it, think about t stop the concert. >> not to mention if there is a background track make sure that stops, too. >> talk about the backup track. more eyes on the road, the plan to put in cameras on bay area free ways. berkeley just started letting police use pepper spray but that could be coming to an end today. plus a live look at washington state where that train is still being investigated. what happened to get that amtrak train to derail yesterday morning. train to derail yesterday morning.

live. where you live. this is abc 7 mornings. good morning. coming up on 6:00 a.m. on this tuesday, december 19th. >> it is a chilly start to the day and we are on storm watch, too. >> we have a storm system coming in. a little bit of rain, mainly in the north bay today, the rest of

us tonight through this time tomorrow. that gray mass you see on live doppler seven. here is a look from sutro tower. it is just as cold this morning as it was yesterday morning, 34 inland, 41 to 44 around the bay and the coast. around noon may need the sunglasses, 56 to 58. the rain starts developing in the north bay by 7:00. moran on that coming up, but first let's get a check of your traffic with sue. >> we have a couple of new incidents to update you on or to bring you up to date on. southbound 101, left lane blocked with an accident and we are seeing slow traffic through petaluma past highway 116. give yourself a little extra time. to the peninsula north 101 near millbrae avenue, accident blocking the left lane, across the bay over towards the hayward side of things southbound 880 near jackson, this one just cleared off to the right hand shoulder, but slow traffic remains