frm good morning. thank you for joining us. in exactly one hour they plan to hold a news conference to announce a development for singh. he was shot in a traffic stop. they report an arrest was made in bakersfield. s we do t been when that a

state wide manhunt for this man. his name hasn't been confirmed. the suspect police were searching for is believed to be in the country illegally which has inflamed the nationwide debate on immigration. president donald trump renewed his call to build a wall. >> he says he has spoken to the singh family and is working on funeral arrangements. he leaves behind a wife, five month old son and partner. stay with abc 7 news for continuing coverage on this story. we'll break into programming at noon when the news conference gets underway in modesto. we will stream it leave on abc 7 news app and

we have a link on our web site, abc7news.com. police believe a prisoner walked away and carjacked a woman at a nearly shopping center. abc 7 news reporter am my is live with the news you'll only see on 7. >> reporter: no doubt she is waiting nar man to be captured. even the police officer i talked to said he is surprised there have been no sightings. in this surveillance video you can see a minnesota approach her and take her car. this was wednesday night in the home depot parking lot. >> and then he has something inside. give me the key. if not i'll kill you now. >> she said she was scared to death. she did manage to ask him if she could get one thing out of her

car. >> i said i want to take my dog, please. and then he said okay. that's him. that's him. >> when she saw this picture she said she knew right away this was the man that stole her car. this is mendoza. authorities have been looking for him since wednesday night. he escaped prison where he was serving a five-year there have been no sitings of him. people saying the longer they don't hear from him the better. >> my reaction is i'm not worried about it. if they are running away they are not going to hang around here. i think they will catch him. if they don't they won't. >> prison officials say they don't want to talk on camera right nouchlt they don't want to jeopardize their investigation. they did say he was on a work

assignment outside of the prison secure away. we want to turn to breaking news. we'll go live to sky 7. we are working on confirming all of the details. they are live over sky west golf course. it appears there is some type of emergency here. looks like we have a chp vehicle. a couple of fire engines on the scene here. i'm not seeing what looks like we are going to see something as they get over these trees. so we are working to confirm exactly what is going on here. it sounds like this is possibly a helicopter that had to make some type of emergency landing. we do have crews that are -- could you -- okay. we do have a helicopter that had to make an emergency landing it looks like.

we are wking t find this helicopter was, what agency they may be affiliated with. we'll update you as soorn as we have more information. we did have a wind advisory in effect for the last sever hours. that is gone. it is still an issue. >> hi everybody. you can see gusting to 46 and to near 50. it is 35 in the deablo and east of san jose. it has been breezy with gusts around 20 miles per hour in many neighborhoods. we also have the issue of a small krcraft advisory. it is only for about another 54 minutes or so. it expires at noon. you can see how it is turned up.

if you're heading out it will be your biggest obstacle. enjoy all of that sunshine. no. it will feel a little bit cooler than what the thermometer says because of that breeze. we'll talk about freezing cold temperatures possible the next couple nights. >> all right. thank you. new at 11:00 a small group of activists tried to prevent crews. they say 42 trees need to be removed. the university calls the tree removals long deferred maintenance. the tree is coming down palm the sheriffs office was spotted

by investigators doing strenuous work outs despite being injured. he was booked into the clark county jail in las vegas. she will be transferred to be prosecuted. her alleged actions do not represent the vast majority of her deputies. this morning san jose's police chief is standing by officers after they shot and kill add 24-year-old woman after a high speed chase. police thought the woman was involved in a shooting. it turned out officer were chasing the wrong car. a witness told police the suspects were in a white car. officers spotted a white camry and determined the car was stolen but it wasn't the car involved in the shooting. for some reason police say 24-year-old and her female passenger lead police on a five mile chase. it ended when the car crashed into a fence. the women were shot when vasquez tried to back into a police car.

>> there were individuals that took police on a high speed pursuit. i stopped short of the mistaken identity type of issue. they weren't the suspects in the shooting but had they not lead officers on a pursuit we wouldn't be here today. >> the woman's parents are calling for a federal investigation. new this morning first responders in the south bay responded to a fire near the freeway. the fire broke out and this was just before 3:00 near angela and llano streets. it appears it may have been a homeless encampment. we will bring you more information as soon as we get it. it is now day several seven of the partial goflt shutdown. if lawmakers don't fund his border wall. they said negotiations have

>> president trump with his biggest threat yet in his fight to build a southern border wall. tweeting we will be forced to close the southern border entirely. >> it is the only way we can can it. >> senate majority leader offered $1.3 billion including fencing. the white house countered reportedly with 2.1 billion backing off the president's $5 billion demand for wall construction. >> they told us they get back to us by the end of the week. they said we are leaving. that's it. no more discussions. >> schumer and pelosi said they offered to not fund president's

immoral and ineffective wall. pe low say promising democrats will act swiftly when they take control next week. >> it all comes down and if she cuts a deal with a president of any sort before her election she is at risk of losing her speaker ship. >> employees were paid today. the next pay cycle could be impacted. monday is supposed to be payday for the u.s. coast guard. because the military branch is under homeland security they will likely not receive paychecks. abc news, washington. some popular tourist sites are feeling the fallout of the shutdown. alcatraz island tours are cancelled. many parking lots, restrooms and visitor fa ill silties remain closed at bay area beaches.

we have a complete list on abc7news.com. neilson is expected to visit the southern border today. neilson ordered medical checks for all migrant children under the age of ten. it comes after two children detained at the border died. most recently gomez died on christmas eve. we learned he tested positive for influenza. in a statement she said border patrol facilities are not adequately staffed to properly care for children. we are days away from 2019 and finishing touches are being put on the big party in the big apple. the extensive measures being taken. an incredible sight in new york city. this blue glow, this mystery has been solved. we do have more news, weather and hot topics at 11:00

a.m. we are expanding to a full hour. we are calling it my

anch we are live now with sky 7. we have quite a few details. it is a red twin blade

continuer. it came to rest near the 17th hole at the sky west golf course. fire crews are on the scene. it appears ton a robinson r-22 helicopter. we understand there are no mayor injuries from this crash. ite the back section of of that helicopter including the tail rotor have broken off. if we have updates we'll bring you those developments as soon as we get that confirmed. an new year's eve all eyes will be on time square. police say they are stepping up the already tight security. streets will be shut down. bags will be inspected and thousands of officers will flood the streets in force. revelers will likely see sharp shooters ready to neutralize any

threat. one of the secret weapons is the ability to blend in. >> sit a blanket of security knowing we will be watching the event. there is another blanket of security that, you know, you're not going to know we're there. trust us, we are there. >> 1 million people are expected to fill the streets for the party this year. workers are putting the finishing touches on the ball that will drop. this year it includes nearly 100 new sparkling waterford crystals. you with watch it right here on abc 7. it starts at 7:30 monday night. the 2019 rose parade starts at 8:00 a.m. right here on abc 7. four college football fans spending their second morning on a billboard high above the city of san jose.

the fans represent the four teams in the college football playoffs. the fans are competing to earn prizes and competing in an abc 7 news poll. go to abc 7 news.com to vote for your favorite fan. taking a look at those i know she had a strong lead all morning. it looks like she is in d 50% t. maybe losing that lead a little bit. we'll keep checking on that all day long. you with watch the football playoff national championship on espn at levi's stadium on january 7th. let's take a quick look at our abc 7 news poll. vote for your favorite fan and yeah, no major changes in the last few minutes. we still have our notre dame fan two is in the lead. some thought it was an alien

invasion and it actually looked like it could

here is a look at the forecast as we look at all of those fans from clemson, notre dame, alabama. not bad once the sun is out and the breezes taper. it is already down to 40 by midnight. here is a look. remember it was gusting up to around 30, 35 miles per hour. now down to 25.

we are starting to see a tapering of the breezes. look at the gorgeous clean air today. grab those sunglasses. you'll need it. we'll have frost in our inland valleys. the storm door is shut until possibly the national championship game on the 7th. that's when our next chances of rain is. all right. here is a look at todays temperatures. remember, if you're out it will feel cooler. see how clean it is? you can see all the way up as we look at the 12 hour planner low to mid-50s at noon. it is 53 to 56 at 4:00. because of the stars coming out no clouds. bone dry air and winds r air a low to upper 40s by midnight. here is a look at the jet stream. it slides down into the four

corners region. it spins up a little bit. we had a big storm hitting the east coast and another one coming their way with that low. the tighter they are together the greater it is. the low is moving away. the winds are going to continue to decrease. as they do you can see at noon not too bad. we'll have a spike around 5:00 to 6:00. by 10:00 it will start to drop back. look at these winds tomorrow morning. no breeze to keep our temperatures from bottoming. we have it up around santa rosa and possibly in the napa valley. it could happen again sunday morning. here is a look at the seven day forecast. upper 50s to near 60 today. pretty much every single day as we wind up 2018 and start 2019 we'll have the same pattern with sunshine and close to average temperatures. >> it looks pretty nice. >> a nice stretch of dry weather

for us. you are a believer we are not alone in the universe. >> yes. >> okay. take a look at this. a bizarre bright blue light lit up the sky in new york city last night. people from queens to new jersey could see that super natural shade of blue. a local power company blamed the light on an electrical flash. it was at a power substation in queens. >> the light, everything is different. >> i saw just yellow sparks in the sky. it looked like blue fire. it was a really weird blue color too. i was like aliens are here. >> causing disruption for some arriving flights yesterday. the power has been restored but the blue sky had social media buzzing last night. >> tommy lee jones show up? will smith? >> no word on that.

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all right. mike joins me once again. >> this week's pet is from the

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