>> your theories have been busted. scientists fished it out. >> i will hold on that it was ridler from batman forever. with a question mark in the sign. good morning on this thursday, december 20th. but first the fog from the north but first the fog from the north bay to the south bay. there have an advisory issued. will. >> you see the gray in the santa clara valley, san francisco bay shoreline. visibility less than a quarter mile. they think through 8:00. i think it could last up to 10:00. this isn't going away any time soon. as far as one of those areas out of the altamont pass, livermore, dublin, pleasanton. visibility less than a couple hundred feet. as we move into my accuweather seven-day -- excuse me.

accuweather day planner, it would show you temperatures in the mid to upper 50s under a mostly clorit. good morning, mike. yes, we are looking at foggy conditions. dense fog advisory for the bay bridge and basically every bridge. metering lights 5:24. disabled vehicle blocking lane 4. it is hard to tell which isn't moving at all. i will take a closer look and see if we can get confirmation in just a few minutes. right now, drive times are pretty decent. highway 4 to the maze, 20 minutes for you. 11 across the bay bridge once you make it through the metering lights. 101, san francisco to sfo, you look good at nine minutes. thank you, alexis. hoit isinally rni wi mother this morning. >> she is originally from yemen. it has been quite a struggle to get her here because of trump's

travel ban. matt keller is live at sfo. matt. >> reporter: reggie, certainly a sad story. the mother of this young boy finally arriving from yemen. now this family can be together now this family can be together again and say good-bye. she is very happy to see her son and thankful. >> ali and his son are naturalized citizens. they flew into the bay area in august to get treatment a lot benioff children's hospital in oakland. he has a rare brain condition. she is a yemeni national and was not able to get a visa because of president's travel ban.

council on american-islamic relations filed a lawsuit on monday against the state department for delaying her spousal fees sa which they say she applied for in 2017. >> the result of that failure is a dying 2-year-old boy has suffered for the last two months without his mother by his side. for no apparent reason. >> reporter: the care says they reached out 28 times this year, and it wasn't until their lawsuit, news coverage and public outcry that she was granted her visa tuesday. they headed straight to the hospital from sfo last night. matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. we have now developments in the facebook privacy scandal. the menlo park company is now being sued by the district of columbia. officials accuse facebook of unfair and deceptive practices that led to the cambridge analytica scandal earlier this year. facebook allowed companies like amazon, netflix, and amazon more access to user information than previusly thought. the the social media giant made

deals to share the data, which then helped them gain more users. >> at this stage, the government has to step in and have some kind of regulation that will stop facebook from just doing whatever they're doing now. because this is too much for the consumers. a facebook representative said in part, none of these partnerships or features gave companies access to information without people's permission. police arrested a fremont man for the murder of a 17-year-old, and that arrest was made 1,700 miles away from the bay area. investigators say 21-year-old christian kelling was selling marijuana in a northgate neighborhood december 4th. something went wrong and he fired into the vehicle chadli was in and killed chadli. police tracked kelling down in texas. he faces murder charges. he was a senior at california high school in san ramon. a go fund me for his family has raised nearly $10,000.prent umpt

miasylum setback this morning. a federal judge in san francisco has ruled the trump has ruled the trump administration violated federal law when it issued an order barring migrants crossing the border from seeking asylum. this is the second time a judge has ruled against the order. the trump administration has argued caravans of migrants approaching the border made it necessary. mayor london breed said her letter asking to commute her brother's prison sentence is not just about helping family. she talked about the letter that she wrote in october asking the governor to commute her brother's 44-year prison sentence on robbery and manslaughter charges. she said she personally knows the pains of inequities in our criminal justice system. >> here i am as mayor. regardless of whether or not he is our brother, i have to shine the light on these kinds of things.

>> there are questions about it being an improper attempt to use status to influence the governor's decision. but a san francisco election but a san francisco election attorney kels "chronicle" there are no violations here because she doesn't financially benefit from it and it's not a decision by the city government. if you did not see this, you if you did not see this, you probably heard about it. >> i've never seen anything like it. >> i saw like a moving cloud at first. >> i thought somebody was trying to spell something out in the sky, but i couldn't read what it was, so i just moved on with the rest of my night. >> or a sign from the riddler. >> it wasn't a ufo. it wasn't a rocket. two planned launches yesterday

didn't even happen. according to scientists, what you saw last night was a with compressed air around it which is what made that strike. you can hang onto your theory. >> no joke. i was laying, well, at that time in bed because we go to bed so early wondering is this it? is this the end? >> it is asking you. that's why the question mark is there. >> no regrets. why officials say eliminating classes is a need. a local legend making an appearance at a city council meeting. he only said 15 words. but the message is resonating in the east bay. an update on when you will need to take caution on the roads and umbrella if you're going to be out and about tonight and christmas eve.

waking up in the south bay, neighborhood temperatures the same as yesterday. mid to upper 40s. morgan hill, 39. 52 in san francisco. bodega bay and al media,

you can see how thick the fog is as we look westbound. good news at our beaches. bay play, good most of the day. out and about, rain this evening. east bay, 49. fog through 10:00. mostly cloudy, upper 50s this afternoon. a chance of a shower starts to develop around 8:00. same thing on the peninsula. fog through 8:00. maybe even up to 10:00. and then upper 50s with a chance of a shower. 54 at 8:00. san francisco, about 6:00, our first chance of a shower. mid to upper 50s this afternoon. a check of the morning commute. it is soupy outside. >> yeah, it definitely is. a new crash. it's not too new. we are still gathering northbound 680 auto mall parkway, free mont area, report of a crash. chp has not arrived on the scene. they are sending an ambulance. we should have more information

once they get there. a little surprised. weill ad bkhere richmond side of the richmo richmond-san rafael bridge. so far not slowin you down. just about nine minutes to get to marin county. new at 6:00, city college of san francisco could drastically cut class offerings to balance their budget. administrators are warning they need to permanently cancel 400 underperforming classes the next seven years. they want to focus on offering courses required for students to transfer to four-year universities because they are the majority of the college's revenue. and state law links state fund to go graduation rates. the holiday travel rush turned to chaos overseas. the overnight incident that grounded flights. of of >> plus, monterey bay gentle means everything, so we improved everything. we used 50% fewer ingredients

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happening today, a new york judge is set to decide today whether to dismiss the sexual assault case against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. his attorneys have seized on allegations of unscrupulous police work. and a witness who now says weinstein's accuser pressured her to corroborate her story. prosecutors say there is, quote, ample evidence to put the 66-year-old on trial. children's clothing come jim more rhee is looking for a more rhee is looking for a bankruptcy line. gymboree is preparing for a second chapter 11 filing in less than two years. it could allow gymboree to keep stores open while looking for a buyer. it would likely close the majority of its 900 stores. the struggling store has put outlets up for sale. in the beast bay, beast mode

raiders running back marshawn lynch showed up with a message >> see, he gets right to the point. with that, beast mode out. this is lynch backing the a's new ballpark proposal. the city is trying to work through all the obstacles to make it a reality. the warriors are leaving oracle for san francisco next year. the raiders pulled out of their lease at the coliseum, putting next season's home location in question. all you have left is the a's. in his case, he says better keep them. oakland is playing the denver broncos christmas eve at 5:00 p.m. right here on abc 7.

right to the point. >> ho elaborate costumes. i don't want to insult them. they may get wet. monday morning -- >> do people wear elaborate costumes. >> to raiders games? >> oh, i get what you were saying. i thought do they dress up like reindeer and mrs. claus? now i'm tracking with you. >> the shoulder pads, spikes on them, skulls. picture halloween-like. there you go. sfo, hard to see. right now not reporting delays. but i bet they will soon. i'll let you know. @mike nicco abc 7. north bay is seeing the least amount compared to everyone else. scattered light showers tonight. a chance of rain we talked about. high temperatures a little bit warmer in the south.

clouds will be thinner. a little bit more is sunshine will get through. low to mid-'60s. thicker cloud cover. tonight the north bay, you start to clear out. you're cooler. low to mid-40s. the rest of us have a chance at a scattered shower. upper 40s to low 50s. a look at the rain. impressive around eureka. yellows, oranges, moderate rain falling there. lake and mendocino at 7:00. the same. it is just green towards santa it becomes all green as ivemot . just lingers. the front takes its time pushing through. a chance of scattered light rain, a little drizzle tomorrow during the commute. you can definitely see the erasing of the cloud cover as we head into the morning hours, up until noon. you will need the sunglasses tomorrow. a look at the rainfall. not impressive. south bay, east bay valleys may not receive any measurable rain. my accuweather seven-day forecast. friday afternoon, sunshine.

saturday, mostly sunny. sunday, increasing clouds. sunday night into monday, another light storm on the ticket. alexis. all right. biggest issue is a roll over crash in the east bay. check it out in just a moment. state routeer thick fog across the san mateo bridge. we just got word of sheet metal between the two right lanes right around the toll plaza. folks are moving slow as it is. not something you want to run over. chp is on the way to the scene. rollover crash northbound 680 before auto mall parkway. chp still on the way to the scene. they are getting a tow truck on the way as well. the least laft lane blocked. tracy to dublin, 58 minutes. dublin to mission looking good at 2 minutes. 101 to cupertino, still in the green at 17 minutes. thank you, alexis. good morning america is coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. ginger zee is live with a

look at what's on the show this hi, reggie. hi, jessica. so nice to be with both of you this morning. here we are on a thursday on gma. we have a new warning for millions as we hit the road and sky on one of the busiest travel days of the year. tm actually dropping tornados in florida. if you have plans to travel east, you will want to hear this. in the pacific northwest, a new one to talk about. i'll be tracking all of it. also this morning, republicans are blasting president trump's decision to withdraw troops from syria calling it a costly mistake. the senate shrovoting on a to avert a shutdown. and the e-cigarette epidemic. teens are getting addicted. what do parents do? dr. ashton has the answers. we love all the stories about the layaway angels. we'll tell you how you can help. a huge event to get gifts.

we have already started it. i'm telling ulle it is such a beautiful and easy project to be part of. that's all coming up on gma. >> i like it. it will get me in the mood. see you soon. thank you.

we have the dense fog advisory until 8:00 this morning.

weather service believes visibility below a quarter mile. until then, i think it will be that way until 10:00. it is thick in redwood city, foster city. crossing the san mateo bridge coming west, you will run into thick fog north or south. it is all over the peninsula and south bay right now. mike, thank you. businesses these days try to be snarky and witty with their social media account. >> sometimes it backfires. monterey bay aquarium put its head under water. they tweeted this rather large sea otter and through in internet memes. abby is a thicc girl. and she chonk. i have to look that one up. 17,000 people liked the tweet. it is the internet. so they also received a lot of backlash too. the aquarium apologized saying they didn't realized connotations some of the memes had.

so -- >> oops. >> -- lesson learned. a 6:00, a sign of the times. maybe even a sign of our culture. >> oh, man. one doctor says he is treating selfie wrist. apparently it's a form of carpal tunnel that results from taking too many pictures. patients have complained of feeling tingling in their fingers a&a sharp pain in the corner of their wrists. kabc spoke to an orthopedic surgeon in los angeles and he said the problem begins when they are hyperflexing their wrists inwards in a rush to capture the perfect angle. it is really quite sad, in my opinion. >> please get all the way out of here with this. you've got to be kidding me. >> how many photos do you have to be taking a day to develop this? >> can you imagine if you're a doctor and someone came in with this. here.

easy solution. stop being so narcissistic. >> bizarre. whetherou lik a q there is an to find sound levels. sound print is an interactive searchable map showing decibel levels at restaurants. green means quiet. red is loud enough to cause hearing loss for people who spend hours in that environment sit very loud. the gate talked to the app creator, gregory scott, who says it is to help those with hearing loss and sensory disorders like add or autism. so they can avoid potentially triggering spots. >> i read a study once that said the louder the noise the higher the liquor sales. >> oh, interesting. because it equates with more people. >> it's buzzy and it's fun. next at 6:30, the push to kill the ideal of a tax on text

messages once and for all. let's take a live look at the golden gate bridge. would you pay $10 to cross the iconic span? do you

right now at 6:30, look at

that. a foggy morning on this thursday. the alert issued just hours ago and the weather event that will and the weather event that will happen later today. a terrifying 100 seconds after bailing on a five-story wave. now hear what he is saying about now hear what he is saying about it. welcome to december 20th at 6:31. >> you are never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. waves are smaller. looking at the fog today. >> the fog and the rain. hi, everybody. here's a look at the dense fog advisory issued a couple hours ago. less than a quarter mile visibility in the area in green. san francisco bay shoreline, santa clara valley. isolated areas could have that

dense fog until about 10:00. in fact,ing oakland, emeryville, berkeley, 980, 880, 24, dangerously low visibility this morning. in fact, it's the same around livermore, san jose, down to hayward. san jose, 280, 17 and all of that fog. we can roll out the accuweather 12-hour planner. there you go. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s this morning. mid to upper 50s noon. mainly cloudy. dense fog across much of the bay area. i wanted to show you the south bay as well. looking at very low visibility in many areas. give yourself extra time out the door because you could be traveling a little bit slower than usual. i think, however, we are starting to get into the holiday area where folks are no longer

going to work and school. these drives are looking good. southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, also wide open and 10 minutes. alexis, i can always tell by the gym. there's no one at the gym. >> we are the only ones at work. traffic is flowing across the golden gate bridge this morning. most drivers are paying 7 or 8 bucks. how does $10 sound? >> ouch. bridge district officials will meet today to take the first steps towards the hefty toll. amy hollyfield is live at the bridge to break this all down. hi, amy. hi. good morning, reggie. if you want the ferries and buses to keep y.ficial s they n ferry service. they want to increase the service there, but they need money to do that. and they point out ferries and buses keep cars off highway 101. they also need to maintain the bridge. they are facing a $75 million deficit.

the finance committee will discuss the possibility of toll increases today. here is a look at what could be coming. drivers with a fast track pass pay $7 to pass the golden gate bridge right now. that could go up to $8.75 in five years. those who pay by invoice pay $8 now. it could go up to $9.80. this would be a gradual increase the next five years. tolls on the other bridges are going up a dollar january 1st. this bridge is separate from those. now it is time to talk about giving this bridge its own increase. if this happens, the increase will start in july. then it will it year after year for five years. reporting live at the golden gate bridge, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. the usda is set to announce a proposal putting tighter restrictions on food stamp eligibility. essentially changes state waivers for existing work requirements associated with able-bodied adults without dependents who receive food

stamp benefits. the rule would not impact the elderly. persons with disabilities or pregnant women. but it could impact people living in areas with high unemployment or those not able to findse of lack of education or training opportunities. a san francisco police officer faces charges in connection with a bank robbery. and it's actually not the first and it's actually not the first time he's been in trouble. officers arrested rain daugherty. he is accused of taking $9,000 from the east west bank last week. and he is accused of sending homophobic messages back in 2011. disciplinary proceedings are still ongoing in the first case. a new judge will preside over the trial for the ghost over the trial for the ghost ship warehouse fire case.

judge trina thompson will likely oversee the case against the defendants derrick almena and max harris. she becomes the fifth judge assigned to the trial. now to the sudden surprise decision from president trump to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. the president declared in a tweet that isis has been defeated. he reportedly decided to pull out 2,000 trips without discussing it with key law makers and members of his own makers and members of his own administration. >> if this decision is a withdrawal of all of our forces in syria now, we're dramatically less safe. less safe. this is an obama-like move. >> the house intending to avert a partial government shutdown. it comes a day after the senate approved the stopgap spending measure. it does not include the $5 billion the president wants for

a border wall. he hasn't said if he is going to sign it. this morning we are hearing from the surfer who experienced the pounding power of the surf at mavericks when it overtook him. >> willem banks had the ride of his life monday at mavericks. here's how the beginning looked from a jet ski. abc 7 news also captured the ride on video. it could be the most spectacular wipeout ever. he had never seen the footage until we showed him. that's the worst of it. after i fell and got stuck. >> no. i didn't even feel like i was going to die at all. kind of a meditative mind-set. >> he wasn't worried. but willem actually came within 75 feet of rocks. the video has gone crazy on the internet. all the attention will die down quickly. >> he's okay. >> no kidding. what a wipeout, mike.

>> had the nerves to surf the waves in the first place. you have to have no fear. i can see why he acts that way. a few 40s out there. most of us in the low 50s right now. a mild morning with a whole lot of fog. 50s from highway 4, concord, antioch, brentwood. it is very soupy the air mass. north bay, fog through 8:00. you can see mainly cloudy all day. best chance of rain by 6:00 to 8:00. east bay valleys, pretty dry all day. scattered showers at 6:00. until then, mainly cloudy. upper 50s this afternoon. down in the south bay, quiet all

day. a stray shower possible by 8:00. the fog is the big story through 10:00 this morning. you will have the warmest temperatures, topping 61 at 2:00. two chances of rain. the commute this morning looking lighter than normal. >> oh, yeah. >> that's good. >> yeah. probably going to get more and more empty as we get closer to christmas day here. we have a lot of fog out there, that is for sure. the visibility layer on top of traffic maps. most of east bay, parts of the peninsula. south bay, north bay, just about everybody dealing with a little bit of fog. in some areas, very dense fog. dealing tw a rollover crash. one of our only incidents so far this morning. northbound 680 before auto mall parkway blocking the left lane in the fremont area. still working on confirming sd the scene. chp is there. richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge,

heavy on the approach. drive times looking good. still in the green at 11 minutes heading to the north bay into marin county. a look at mass transit coming up next. >> thanks, alexis. we have been hearing a lot about the teen vaping epidemic. there are concerns about getting kids to kick the habit. >> a live look at the new york stock exchange. down 100 points. an update on how the markets are doing up next. plus, the reason some of us in the studio are cheering on the villain in the new aladdin movie. i mean, just look at him. open up your eyes, jessica. as you get your day in gear, as you get your day in gear, keep on track of weather and

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we're not the only ones dealing with the joy of driving in tuly fog. san joaquin valley through at least noon today. down farther south, a lot of sunshine in socal. 70 to 77 there. 55 in chico. rain. heavy rain in eureka. 58 in yosemite. tahoe is quiet right now. a chance of snow showers tomorrow. windy today. breezy tomorrow. we could get a foot of snow christmas eve and christmas day. how picture perfect. mike, thank you.

in the east bay, a really curious crime. deputies have nabbed two men accused of stealing a fiberglass dinosaur from a gas station. the contra costa sheriff's department showed the large brontosaurus getting nabbed. they have tracked them down using their license plates. the dinosaur, though, is still missing. are they doing a community version of jurassic park? >> what do you need a dinosaur for? the next story is a difficult one. a boy dying in an oakland hospital is finally reunited with his mother. >> she is aorpboriginally from . >> she is originally from yemen. it has been quite a struggle to get her here because of trump's travel ban. matt keller is live at sfo. matt. >> reporter: reggie, certainly a sad story. the mother of this young boy finally arriving from yemen. now this family can be together

at the hospital to say good-bye. >> she is very grateful for everybody's support. she is very relieved o have a chance to see her son. >> reporter: ali hassan welcomed his wife at sfo last night. ali and his 2-year-old son abdullah are u.s. naturalized citizens. they flew into the bay area in august to get treatment a lot benioff children's hospital in oakland. he has a rare brain condition. she is a yemeni national and was not able to get a visa because of president's travel ban on many islamic countries. council on american-islamic relations filed a lawsuit on monday against the state department for delaying her spousal visa which they say she applied for in 2017. they reached out to the u.s. embassy in cairo 28 times this

year. and it wasn't until their lawsuit, news coverage and public outcry that she was granted her visa tuesday. they headed straight to the hospital from sfo last night. reporting live here at sfo matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. soaring. so much so the surgeon general has declared it an especially depositic. experts say it is ironic the device that is supposed to stop smoking helped to hook countless teens. they can get hooked easily. getting them off can be tricky. dr. ashton offers this advice. >> how can parents tell if their child is addicted? >> you have to look for the same signs at nicotine addiction as we would think about looking for

in an adult. restlessness, behavior seeking out nicotine, a change in academic performance. >> a full report is coming up on gma at 7:00. the state is cracking down on repeat dui offenders with a new law taking effect in january. drivers with more than one will be required to install an ignition interlock device and keep it two years. you can't turn on the tphpg until you blow into a device to prove you do not have alcohol in your system. also starting in 2019, california driver's license will have a new gender option. non-binary, in addition to male and female. your car is except from a smog check until it is eight years old. right now it is six years old. say chp helicopter to h to rescue a man from the mud in the north bay after he got stuck while running away from police.

it happened near sonoma raceway yesterday. chp said he led officers on a high-speed chase and crashed his car and ran into a marsh. it closed part of highway 37 for it closed part of highway 37 for about an hour. authorities say the suspect is a wanted felon, although they didn't tell us what he was wanted for. the man was taken into custody after he was pulled from the mud. for now we no longer face a tax on our text messages. it will happen when the legislature reconvenes next month. they scrapped the proposed texting tax earlier this week. texting is information service which can't be taxed. lawmakers fear they will renew the tax push.

apple is admitting some ipad pros are bent when they are shipped. but they say don't worry. it's not actually a defect. the bend is a side effect of the manufacturing process. apple says it will not affect the way your ipad operates. >> a live look at the new york stock exchange. you can see we are starting the morning down. quite a bit. about 232 points. that's continuing a trend. the markets plunged yesterday after the fed announced plans top raise interest rates for the fourth time this year. here's a great story. tomorrow hundreds of bikes assembled for kids who lost everything in the camp fire will head up to butte county. alameda county sheriff's deputies who were deployed to the butte fire decided they wanted to do more. that's when they got the idea of the bikes for butte program. >> at that moment we went to dick's sporting goods. i talked to them. y, gng tgi 100s. cpl

>> they received 400 bikes, plus another $20,000 in sports and activity equipment for the kids. it is so successful the agency plans to roll it out again for kids in need in the bay area. >> very sweet. we are getting our first look at disney's live action aladdin. move over aladdin and step back, jasmine. >> everybody is talking about jafar. #hotjafar. it is actually a dutch-tunisian actor. ment many fans going so far to say they will be rooting for him in the movie instead of our hero aladdin. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >> you have been reading some of the tweets. >> i can't. those are not for on-air content there. >> a lot of people like the bad boy. >> a lot of people like a bad boy. >> twitter is bothered by it

this morning. >> i think so. yeah. the thirst is real. >> the thirst. >> wonder how will smith feels about that. >> not great. people have been dragging will smith saying they wanted to cast sinbad they should have cast sinbad. >> oh, ouch. >> they compared him to sinbad? >> yeah. he has a pony going on. and he's not blue. but disney said he will be blue in the movie. in the promo picks he is not. >> stick to jafar i guess. not muchan see from our sfo camera because of the fog. in fact, there's delays. check ahead. a gorgeous sunrise. if you're only going to be able to see it if you are 2,500 feet like the mt. tam cam. look for it later on@mike nicco abc 7. winter solstice is tomorrow. our least amount of sunshine. 9:32:52.

still tropicaling the storm for christmas eve. sunshine breaking through the canopy of clouds. rest of us mid to upper 50s. tonight, the cloud cover will keep us in the upper 40s to low 50s until the north bay where clearing will take place. you will be even cooler, low to mid-50s. it means if we have a chance of fog it will be for your neighborhoods, unlike this morning. when you are left out. most of it in the bay shore, east bay, is south bay. the center of this storm well to the north. and we're getting the weakening and tail end of the storm. watch how it changes from moderate rain around eureka. yellows and oranges. it holds through 7:00 in ukiah and clear lake. it loses it deeper into the north bay. into the bay by 10:00. that's the steadier rain. then it becomes scattered overnight and through tomorrow's morning commute. now, out ahead of that there could be random showers elsewhere. don't be surprised if you get sprinkled on before the initial line moves on. by friday morning, we start to

get clearing. and the sun comes out for our shortest day of the year. a mix of sun and clouds saturday. increasing clouds sunday. dry during the day. and then monday all day we have a chance of rain. it will be a light on our storm impact scale. just a one. alexis. . wereight traffic-wise, even though we definitely have a lot of thick fog out there. one of our areas that suspect t -- isn't too light, metering lights at 5:24 this morning to be exact. we are seeing the stack up for cash and fast track users. it looks thinner than usual. volumes are a bit lighter. folks are off for the holidays at this point. santa rosa, petaluma, 16 minutes. westbound 580 to the maze. 10 101.

alameda, oakland into the is the ferry building, you will now use gate g. the band-aid of the future may be electric. a self-powered bandage could heal wounds faster. it uses tiny elect troeds powered by physical movement. it can pwraoft the production of biochemicals used in tissue growth. two weeks away from the college football national championship at levis stadium. >> the entertainment is already set. country music star keith urban will be the pregame headliner at the allstate championship tailgate. pop artist and former dancing with the stars contestant andy grammar will perform the national anthem. clemson and notre dame will meet in the cotton bowl, december 29th, followed by oklahoma and alabama in the orange bowl. the winner of those two games will play at levi's january 7th. you can watch them on our sister network, espn.

coming up next, the 7 things you need to know before you go. you industry the stack up at the bay bridge toll plaza. alexis showed us a few seconds ago.

okay. it's 6:57. if you're just joining us or heading out the door, here are the 7 things to know before you go. the first one is just how thick the fog is, especially around the san francisco bay shoreline into the south bay. mostly clo this afternoon, around 57. rain starts moving into the north bay at 7:00. >> number two, the fog will be part of your commute this morning. a delay on every single bridge. >> number three, the mother of a boy who spent months fighting for a visa finally arrived from yemen. now the family is together at an oakland hospital to say good-bye to their 2-year-old son abdullah. >> number four, breaking news. a judge just refused to dismiss

charges against harvey weinstein. that means he will stand trial for rape and related charges. >> number five, transportation officials will consider proposals for increasing toll on the golden gate bridge to $10. they need money to maintain the bridge and fix the ferries. >> a bright light lit up the sky last night. it wasn't apparently a ufo or a rocket. it was from a bolide meteor. and a tree lighting tonight. the show runs until january 1st. bring a new, unwrapped tour for a pier 39 santa hat. >> it is really cool now. i like it. >> and the fact that you can see it over and over. >> a beautiful shot of santa cruz this morning. no fog there obviously. be careful on your way to work.

gma starts good morning, america. the holiday storm threat right now as millions hit the roads and sky. two storms about to collide bringing heavy rain, fierce winds and flooding fears up and down the entire east coast on one of the busiest travel days of the year. chaos in the air as families try to get home. the major airport shut down this morning. police say drones were deliberately flown to disrupt flights. breaking overnight. republicans blasting president trump's decision to withdraw troops from syria calling it a, quote, costly mistake. this as the senate strikes a late-night deal to try and stop a government shutdown. overnight, the major break in a nearly 40-year cold case. an 18-year-old killed in a mall parking lot.