it's the washington nightmare before christmas. the president's demand for money to build his border wall is the reason behind the budget stalemate in washington and the white house says the president will not relent. we begin with developing news on the government shutdown. a rare saturday session for the senate ended with no deal, just demands for president trump to abandon his phrapblans for a wa the mexico border. >> the government remains in a partial shutdown as congress

reconvenes to try and solve the impasse. >> president trump, if you want to open the government you you u abandon the wall. >> congressional democrats, the republicans and the president are all dug in. >> push the pause button until the president, from whom we will need a signature, and senate democrats from whom we will need votes, reach an agreement. >> republican leader, mitch mcconnell, throwing his hands up asking the president and the democrats to come up with a deal. earlier in the week there was a deal but the president would not sign it because it did not include the funding for the border wall. democrats argue there are better ways to secure the border. >> we are focussed on making sure we have effective security

and cost-efficient. we don't believe the wall is that effective. >> president trump beholden to the far, far right, uneven to shoulder the slightest critique from rush limbaugh, changed his mind. >> earlier this month president trump said he would be proud to shut down the government. >> i am not going to blame you for it. >> but it's a different story now. >> it's up to the democrats. really it's a democrat shutdown. >> abc news, washington. >> senator mitch mcconnell says the senate will reconvened on december 27th, but if there was a deal reached earlier they would return for a vote, and president trump will remain in washington, d.c., and the first lady will return from florida so they can spend christmas together. it's been the family's tradition to spend the christmas holiday at their mar-a-lago estate. and we have a look at the local

impact of the shutdown, and it's a big holiday disappointment for some people. >> yeah, aieric, a huge disappointment for some that love the landmarks, alike the pier that is shut because of the government shutdown. natalie was hoping for a bike ride with her sister who was visiting from out of town, but what they got was a disappointment. >> this is surprising to see. >> it's a shame, isn't it? i don't understand why it is, and why it's happening. >> reporter: blame the partial government shutdown that is forcing the landmarks operated by the park service, and muir woods was running because they received funding from another source, and nighttime and

ranger-led tours of the rock were cancelled, but the maritime museum was locked up tight, no ship tours today. the family from utah made this the first stop on their vacation. >> we were excited to see ships and got a lot of littl boys, and we will have to do it another time. i don't know. >> reporter: some employees are working without getting paid. >> they can never do without a full week's pay tkhecheck, and a just outrageous that they are being forced to go without. >> many blame washington for putting the brakes on their christmas vacation. >> it's trickling down and it's affecting the tourists economy and families that are out here. it's infuriating. >> reporter: we really got an earful today.

so many people very upset. folks that had tickets to al l u alcatraz to nighttime and ranger tours, they will get refunds. >> many other services are continuing. airports are operating normally as well as the post office, so you will still get your mail and packages, and federal benefits like social security, medicare and medicaid will be paid. we have a complete list on the website of what is closed and what is open during the government shutdown. you can find that information at abc7news.com. breaking news from san francisco international airport where a rescue effort is under way at an airline catering kitchen on the airport property. a plumber is missing after some kind of an underground explosion that released carbon dioxide, and another plumber managed to escape. a man is believed to be in an underground facility, and this

is happening at the kitchen. we will have updates as they occur on abc7 news at 6:00 and the abc7 news app. high tide slammed parts of the bay area this morning. cal transsaid the lower half of the parking lot is currently closed due to flooding by the tide and will remain closed through christmas day. earlier we were under a advisory for flooding in low-lying areas. and today's high tides were followed by unusual low tides. we can expect rain within the next few days. abc7 news, meteorologist, drew tuma has the temperatures. >> right now live doppler 7, you can see there's green on our screen right now, but our atmosphere, it's very dry for

the current moment. none of this rain is actually hitting the ground. i will zoom in closer and i looked at the reporting sites and nothing is hitting the ground. the same cannot be set for christmas eve. we're tracking light showers, and a strength of 1 on the storm impact scale. it will turn breezy around here on monday evening. we will go hour-by-hour and show you the storm system and when it gets out of here in the full forecast in a moment. pg & e says they are open to a range of changes including breaking up the utility. the commission says it's looking at possibly replacing the board of directors and breaking up the company into smaller divisions or making it a public agency.

there are lawsuits against pg & e maintaining it does not maintain it's equipment. >> and then a freeway interchange opened seven hours after a propane tanker overturned in san jose. it happened around 6:30 last night. concerns about a possible fuel leak forced chp to close 280 and 880. it's not clear what caused that tanker to crash. well, you may want to get cracking if you plan on making fresh local crab part of your holiday meal. coming up, it may be more famine than feast for those looking to buy certain local seafoods this season. >> the season has been fantastic so far. >> a different story for other local businesses that say they

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uptick is also because christmas lands on tuesday giving people more time to shop. monster waves off the bay area coast has affected families traditional christmas crab feast. fisherman are finding the waters too dangerous to take out and that is resulting in a shortage of seafood. > it affects us as in we don't have any crab to supply the restaurants. i am hoping it ends soon as new year's is coming up and there's a high demand for crab. >> and much of the crab is for preorder only. fishermen say supplies of black and rock cod have also been affected. heads up if you are planning to visit the golden gate bridge, lots will be closed from 11:00

a.m. to 11:00 p.m. until january 1st. a stranger makes a generous offer to a family that lost their home in the paradise family. a cloudy start to the weekend, and soon we will track rain drops falling from the clouds. we will have the u

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everything else was lost. another couple have a home in riverside county but spend most of their time in l.a. to be close to work so they offered it up on facebook rent free for a year for a family in need. >> it's gotten better. this home is beautiful and our kids love it here. >> how the couple picked the s salazar family was not disclosed. and then the 30th chips for kids event. >> it's a good opportunity not only for her to receive some gifts but also to appreciate those people who don't have people or parents to give them

or buy them gifts. >> we're just lucky to be here and seeing kids faces smile and have a good time. >> chp also handed out toys to kids at love temple church. head to the san francisco zoo this weekend. the zoo received more than 700 ev entries in a naming contest for the six-month-old visiting reinde reindeer calf. voters chose tinsel. you can see tinsel as well as two adult reindeer, peppermint and bell. we are tracking showers moving in christmas eve. the doppler 7 gives an active and menacing look than what is

actually hitting the ground. this is all part of a storm system well to our north, so the majority of the region tonight, it will be quiet and cloudy. with those clouds it really slows the cooling process. right now we are in the upper 40s to low 50s. 54 currently in san francisco. 49 in cloverdale. overnight tonight we will hang on to a lot of the cloud cover, so not as chilly tonight as you were last night and not nearly as foggy as we had been in previous nights. a little delta fog, but that's probably about it under the overcast skies. upper 30s to upper 40s is what we will drop to over the next 12 hours. we have another coastal flood advisory that will go into effect tomorrow morning, and again, it could see minor flooding in low

lying areas close to the water. limited sunshine tomorrow. there's a chance there could be a sprinkle in the far northern portion of the north bay, but for many of us tomorrow we are dealing with a lot of cloud cover and dry conditions. overcast skies, mid-50s to low 60s. 61 for san jose. about 57 for san francisco. 60 in concord. and lake port up to 53 degrees. if you are traveling across the state tomorrow for the holidays, it's a really quiet weather pattern. a lot of cloud cover, but the state remains dry. and 54 for chico. palm springs up to 76 degrees. tomorrow is a nice day tomorrow. can't say the same for monday, though. on christmas eve we bring in the storm impact scale. it's a light level one impact scale moving in on christmas eve. most will receive less than a quarter of an inch of rain.

and then winds pick up on monday, and 7:00 in the morning, you will notice light scattered showers are entering the picture and it's on and off scattered showers throughout the day. monday is not a washout, but by 12:00 we are still tracking showers working through the region, and even by 5:00 we keep rain in the forecast. it's not likely until close to midnight monday evening that the showers will get out of here, and that will lead to a dry christmas day across the region. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. a lot of cloud cover on your sunday. we will get you into monday, and that's where we will track the showers. it's breezy, on and off rain at times. tuesday for christmas, it's out of here. it's a bright-looking day. morning clouds and sun, but ushers in cooler weather. monday you will dodge drops all day. >> on tuesday? >> dry and sunny. thank you.

>> anthony flores is here with sports. >> sharks with an afternoon game and they struggled to get going. coming up, the sharks working overtime on the ice against the kings. can standard do

stanford staying close to home for the holidays. for the first time in 31 seasons the cardinal headed to the hilltop to take on usf, the warriors' gm, bob meyers,

checking out the action. second half, a nice pass. a two-handed jam. stanford better in the second half than the first. off the turnover, davis throwing it down. three guys caught watching the ball, and farraride open, and then there's a corner three. san francisco goes back the other way, and there's the hoop and the arm. usf wins it 74-65. they improve to 12-1 on the season. in berkeley, the bears taking on number one uconn. thomas, the scoop off the turnover and takes it in the other way, and samuelson with the drive and bucket. she had 20. thomas from behind the arc, six threes in the game but it was not enough. cal suffers its first loss of

the year. long time rivals hitting the ice today at the tank. the sharks hosting the kings for a rare saturday matinee. and there's a big hit. and then l.a. goes up 1-0 early. and then the kings led 2-zip in the third, and then an easy tap-in made it 2-1. with 30 seconds left in the context, there is a shot against jonathan quick. that makes it 2-2. and then the second goal of the game, and the kings skate by the sharks in overtime 3-2. both teams here fighting for the playoffs.

and two yards to michael pruitt, and it's 19-16. and then a touchdown, and a hail mary, and he's taking it all the way back to the house making people in vegas very unhappy. 56 yards for the score after once leading their division, washington lost 5 of the last 6 games. titans win it. and let's go bowling. the birmingham bowl, and newman barrels his way into the end zone with a 30-point lead with 34 seconds remaining. memphis needed one goal to get into field goal range. they had two time-outs and plenty of time to go to the end zone, and they try to kick a field goal, and oh, it's just wide on the 43-yarder. wake forest wins the birmingham

bowl 37-34. the warriors

on abc7 news at 6:00, the latest developments in the hunt for a plumber who has been missing at sfo. the mission of a special ship in san francisco bay ahead on the abc7 news at 6:00. that's it for abc7 news at 5:00.

thanks for inviting us into your homes. we will see you back here at 6:00. tonight, breaking news. the government shutdown likely to last days. president trump, sticking to his demand for a $5 billion border wall. while the top democrat in the senate says the president needs to abandon that plan. more than 400,000 workers will now have to work without pay just days before christmas. also breaking. the u.s. envoy leading the coalition to fight isis resigning, calling the president's decision to pull out of syria, a, quote, shock and complete reversal of policy. also tonight, the holiday washout. the series of storm systems lining up and taking aim. plus, nba star lebron james calling out some nfl team owners, describing them as old white men with a slave mentality.