a thank you for joining us. the search is intensifying for the escaped inmate. police say he walked out and stole a car at a low dal home depot to make his get away. we are live with an update on the manhunt, amy.

>> reporter: hi. no new leads. no sightings. officials say they did find hi jump police are looking for they discovered he was gone during a head count at 9:35 last night. at 9:17 last night a woman said her car was stolen. it is 1.4 miles away from the prison. >> a hispanic male simulated what looked like some type of weapon or again through his t-shirt and demanded the keys from her. threatened to kill her. told her not to call the police or he would shoot her.

once he handed over the keys he fled the scene in her vehicle. the license plate silver toyota. they don't know for sure that he stole the car but the suspect description, timing and location make it seem likely. police canvassed the area to confirm whether it was him. home depot customers reacted to the news. >> that would be really scary. wow. it's close by. >> it is something that is very concerning. it is very uncommon. if it's not relate today the prison it is something we'll take extremely seriously. >> he was serving a five year sentence here. he had been here far year. no word on whether he has any bay area connections. prison official haven't said how he escaped, just that he walked

away from the prison. >> okay. thank you. there is also an all out search happening for this man who police say shot and killed a police corporal in newman. that corporal is now being mourned by his colleagues and the entire community. we are there with more on the search for his killer. >> there is a manhunt taking place after an officer was shot and killed hours after christmas. authorities here in newman, california say they have surveillance video that shows a suspect inside of a local gas station buying two packs of beer and cigarettes. he walks out and gets into a gray dodge ram. they say the shooting took place moments after during a traffic stop. 33-year-old was shot and killed. he was a seven year veteran of the police department here in newman. he was also a husband and father of a five month old

authorities say they don't know where he is at this point. behind me in front of the police department they have set up a memorial. they have set up flowers. this has shaken the community to its core and ripped one family to its core days after christmas. abc news. an officer leaves behind a wife and five month old son they set up this memorial fund. you can find a link to it on abc7news.com. new developments involved of a man accused of killing a woman at a bart station. a judge plans to appoint a

doctor to examine his attorney said he questions mental competence. the case will be put on hold bliel he gets treatment at a state hospital. new this morning president trump is back in the u.s. after making an unannounced trip to iraq. it was his first visit to a danger zone abroad. this is video of the president and first lady arriving this morning. they left washington on christmas night. the president praised more than 5,000 troops for their work in the fight against isis. he also revealed he wants troops to remain in iraq despite bankrupt decisi -- abrupt decision to withdraw all troops. >> our gratitude for everything you do to keep america safe, strong and free.

>> president's trump team has accepted an invitation to visit the white house. the partial government shutdown entering the sixth day today. it is scheduled to come in this afternoon. few senators are expected to be there. lawmakers are away from washington for the holidays and have been told they will get 24 hours notice before having to return for a vote. president trump vowing to do whatever it takes to get money for a border wall. let's talk weather. the wind is the big weather story today. >> the winter winds are here. you can feel the chill in the air. gusts to 45. some trees could come down and take power lines with it. take a look. you can see it is there. you can see the white caps on

the 30 twartds the east foothills. they will get even faster toontd sto tomorrow. i wanted to show you gusts up to 35 knots up to 9:00 tomorrow. it will be a noisy day. >> thank you. thanks, mike. the raiders are still searching for a temporary home and some supervisors have a message for the team. they are saying don't come to at&t park. three soup ir visors do not want the raiders in san francisco. they say it would be a slap in the face to the city of oakland. the raiders are leaving because of an ongoing dispute and their

move to las vegas. the silver and black need a ma place to play. they are living on top of a billboard. this is leading up to the national championship taking place this year what's now? >> yeah. that's lot to see. this is quite say hi to some of college football's biggest fans. >> ithey were picked by our

sisters network from about 700 fans after asked why they should represent their team. >> they asked are we scared and camping and scared of heights. >> the tents are spread out on the billboard. >> it is bringing back the old military days. >> food is delivered on bucket. >> it will be good, whatever it is. >> the four teams are playing saturday for the college fotball playoffs. the fans of the two losing teams will have to leave the billboard. the other two will stick around. >> i think we are all soup you are passionate. >> they will compete with each

other for cash and prizes. this morning it was who could throw the most volleyballs into a garbage can. it is under the watchful eye of several cameras to everyone back home and around the world can feel like they are part of the fun. >> they think it's crazy that i'm here but they have been tweeting really nice things about it. it has been great. >> you can show your support for the teams. we have all of that on our web site. abc7news.com. >> a lot of fun there. thank you. you can watch the college football playoff on espn. levi's stadium is where it's going down. hoffman apologizing for his role in a key senate raise that is raising questions. the move they say could have

prevented this embarrass k moment for their son. more news, local hot topics. we are expanding to a full hour. we are calling it midday live. join us

look at this. right now it's another down day for dow. right now it is down 564 points.

it jufrpd more than 1000 points. strong holiday sales helped fuel that yesterday. obviously not doing well this morning. concern about interest rate hikes and turmoil are helping leave stocks down again today. we'll keep our eye on things today on abc 7 news. new details on a bill nar's ties to a special election. rof man of linked in released a statement apologizing for funding a group tied to misinformation in the race. the hoffman funded group is accused of using facebook and twitter to undermine support for roy moore. at the same te accused of boosting support that narrowly won the race. station into what ral happened. serena williams is backing new rules to help players that want to have children.

under the new rules a player's wi says moved freeze if injury,. encourage playersake career breaks earlier than she did to have children. the 37-year-old took a break in 2017 to give bit to her daughter. new details in the story involving a new jersey high school student forced to cut his dreads. as you remember, video of that has sparked national outrage. we explain what happened during an emergency meeting last night. >> an emergency school board meeting called over this video. 16-year-old andrew johnson having his dread locks cut off by a trainer and the insis tans instead of his hair being pulled back and covered. black, white or purple.he was - it brock my heart to watch that man stand there and be humiliated like that.

>> on wednesday the school board announced an internal investigation into what happened. >> it should not have happened to andrew. it should not have happened to any high school at lawsuit. >> promised the referee will never officiate another match in the district. >> he does not belong in that wrestling >> now investigating the case. >> the team has awrestling match scheduled for tofrmt his attorney says he will not be participating because he is

overwhelmed fwi media attention. he does say he will wrestle again this season. abc news, new york. instagram outrage. the widespread mistake that send users into a complete fren i want to open up the weather window. i want to show you what a beautiful day looks like. don't forget about the winds. grab the

look at that. doesn't that look absolutely gorgeous? a lot of this more than last year. let me show you what's going we don't have anymore snow in the forecast. 29 today. it doesn't get above back to about 42 on wednesday. here is the way it looks back at the golden gate bridge. not too breezy here. not quite as good as it was the last couple of days to walk across the bridge. the breezes will pick up this afternoon. it is always kind of blustery out here. mainly in the 34mid-to upper 50

sunshine with all of that dry air coming in. wind advisory today and tonight. the dry weather that's hitting the sierra envelopes us. it is through at least 4:00 tomorrow morning. ridge tops seeing faster than 50 to 55 miles per hour. make sure all outdoor objects are secure. we are not quite seeing quite the fastest breezes. those will start to come in at 7:00 tonight. we start hitting the 20 to 35 to 35 miles per hour gusts where we are. it continues. 2:30 in the morning. some of the fastest will be in the overnight hours. tomorrow morning we have our east and west bridges getting hit by the northerly breezes. we start to calm down tomorrow

afternoon. it is a 100 miles per hour jet stream keeping our temperatures in the mid-to upper 50s. we will not warm much from where we were right now. we may drop a little bit during the evening hours down into the 48 to 50 degree range. the winds will keep breezes up or the breezes will keep the temperatures up in the 50s overnight in our hills. 40s will dominate most areas. sheltered valleys will be in the 30s once again. here is a look at my forecast. can't find a drop of rain any where. >> yeah. that's because of the fireworks, right? >> absolutely. no clouds whatsoever. no rain. go out and have a great time. >> be careful. >> that north star video was stunning. i loved it. >> didn't it look very inviting?

>> it did. >> i want to show you this. crazy dash cam video we are getting. he and his partner were drive sunday when they were hit head on by an out of control truck. thankfully they survived. they are saying the video underscores driving on slick, wet roads. a reminder next time we do see a storm. los angeles and las vegas could be linked bay high-speed train. listen to this. the company is going to be rebranded as virgin trains u.s.a. next month. it will begin the high speed train kaks next year and then it will start working on los angeles to las vegas. users were outraged, the rollout the company says was a mistake.

. >> welcome back. if you have been on instagram some users on instagram come

pleeltly lost their minds when they lost its mind when some even threatened to stage a boycott. everything is back to normal right now. instagram offered an explanation. here is a tweet that says sorry about that. this was supposed to be a small test but we want broader than we anticipated. more broadly, people didn't like it. >> stage a protest? >> yeah. they may not test that out again. >> yeah. >> come on, folks, it is just instagram. today is a good day to take some pictures. >> absolutely. i would love to see them. you have to hold on tight because winds are blowing pretty fast out there. >> put your heair up if you're taking picturs outside. thanks for joining us. have a beautiful thursday.

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