yeah, you're waking up to a rather cold morning. i'm supposed to say brr it's cold outside. >> which makes you sound like a cheerleader. >> it does. it will be cool. mike was right. grab the jacket before you go out the door. >> and a scarf and a headband thing to put over your ears. >> sure. if that's your style. hi, mike. >> hopefully you have an ice scraper if your car is outside and you live in our deeper valleys. that's where the frost is right now. a few clouds on live doppler 7 but not enough to keep our temperatures bottoming from under the conditions. 7:00, we will still be flirting with freezing temperatures inland at 31. 35 at the bay. coast milder, 41. we get homogenized. 53 to 55 at 4:00. high clouds will be around 7:00. still drop into the 40s.

it won't be quite as chilly as it was last night. the high clouds eventually will lead to a chance of rain for several days. first, how about the commute alexis. what are you seeing? >> oh, man. crickets today in the traffic center. enjoying an extended holiday vacation,ive hope. thank you for waking up and joining us today anyway. i think we will be back a lot full volume tomorrow. right now still no bay bridge metering lights. you know what,ive might be wrong. i said i thought they would be turned on today. 6:01 and they have not had to flip them on. a good indication the rest of the morning. we won't have to use those. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, 20 minutes. 12 minutes across the bay bridge into san francisco. and southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, that still looks great as well. in the green at nine minutes. alexis, thank you. enough to breaking news in vallejo. firefighters tackling the three-alarm fire.

this is a vacant straw hat pizza restaurant located on sonoma boulevard. no reports of anyone hurt. we have called the vallejo fire department for more information. we will let you know as soon as we get a callnt to party with steph curry, today is the day to get your free tickets. >> steph is throwing a bash at the fox theater. you do need a ticket to get in. they will be handed out at the pop-up shop at 9th and broadway in oakland. amy hollyfield is there for us this morning. hi, amy. >> reporter: i know it's early, skwre jessica. there is a lot of excitement about these tickets. it started at 5:00 this morning. there are two dozen people. some bundled up. some got comfortable. i see a bed and blow-up mattress. they have six hours to go. here are the specifics from steph curry himself. he put this on instagram s. 450 free tickets. he says you get them right here where we are in the pop-up

store. you get them at his store at 472 9th street. two tickets per person. this is only for youth. you must have a valid high school or college i.d. to get a ticket college students are still at home on winter break. they found themselves at the front of the line. >> honestly, i wasn't expecting to be first in line or anything. we found out on instagram last night. and then we decided to come down here early in the morning. we were going to come last night. we thought that was overkill. so we are like, all right, we will just go at 4:00. pretty happy with the outlook. yeah. it's pretty cool. >> reporter: the party will be at the fox theater tomorrow night. he wants to celebrate 10 years in oakland and recognize the city as the team prepares to move to san francisco. curry says he will be at the party. he promises it will be filled

with special performances. this store opens at noon. this is where you get the free tickets. so these people do have a few hours to go. they are very excited. they say it is worth it. reporting live from oh, land, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. i have a quick question. i see grown folks in line. are they not aware of the rules, or are they getting them for their kids? what's going on? >> reporter: reggie, you're asking the hard question. elephant in the room. i don't want to be the ticket bouncer and tell them. i don't know how they're going to work that out. all i know is what instagram is on there from steph curry. i know there are excited adults as well that want to party with them. steph has said he would like this to be with the youth. let's let the store handle that, reggie. of that's a hot potato. i'll get you one. >> appreciate it. all right. developing out of washington, d.c., president trump is planning another meeting in hopes toned the partial government shutdown now in its

13th day. congressional leaders met with the president yesterday, but those talks went nowhere. the president is refusing to budge on his demand for u.s./mexico border wall funding. reaching a consensus could become more difficult as democrats take the house today. lawmakers say it could be weeks before a deal is reached. trash bins are overflowing at national parks around the bay area. abc 7 news saw piles of garbage at lands end in san francisco. the golden gate national recreation area manages the trail. but crews have not been working because of the government shutdown. public works is considering picking up trash in the city. >> we are going to see what we can do to help out. our director made it very clear that he doesn't want us to just stand out. that if we can help, we will come out and help. >> i don't blame the government employees. if they're not going to get paid, i don't expect them to wo. i'm sure we can all do our part to keep our own trash with us.

on the east coast, the mayor of washington, d.c. also decided to have public works pick up trash on the national mall until the government reopens. and take a look at this new interactive map only on abc7news.com. we are calling it the trash tracker. you can click on parks in the bay area, and it will show you photos of what they look like doctors at ucsf benioff say leaving the bullet in the head of a young girl might be safer than removing it. a stray bullet hit the girl during a new year's eve party. while the doctor is not treating the girl and can't comment specifically in her case, he said he has treated hundreds of other gunshot victims, including children. we don't actually go remove the bullet ever, unless the bullet is posing immediate risk. to go and actually try and remove it,masomewhe atoesn't ca

alone. >> that is hard to hear. investigators save it could have come anywhere within a mile. there is a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. a man accused of shooting a central valley police officer will undergo a mental health investigation. paolo mendoza appeared in court yesterday. he was formerly known by an alias. he is charged in the shooting death of corporal ronil singh last week. corporal singh was shot and killed just hours after christmas, around 1:00 in the morning last wednesday. authorities located the suspect's truck a little more than 12 hours later. the next day they served a search warrant in merced county. on friday morning, they were able to capture him south of bakersfield. corporal singh will be laid to rest saturday. if you would like to help the family, the sheriff's department says there is one authorized fund set up. we have a link to that fund on

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all right. let's head to the south bay. freezing temperatures here. also frost in alum rock. if you're 33, there has to be areas around you, sunnyvale, santa teresa, probably also have frost also. 37 in san carlos. we have a lot of freezing cold temperatures. this will be the last day. your activity planner, yard work, our last dry days. same thing running errands. east bay, 39 this morning. 48 at 10:00. increasing clouds.

we will still makeo 48 at 8:00. peninsula, mirroring you. 39 this morning. 48 at 10:00. mid-50s from noon to 4:00. down to 47 at 8:00. i'll tell you when the clouds are going to release really heavy rain coming up. first, over to alexis for the morning commute. not much happening. taking it easy in the traffic center. the bay bridge. traffic into san francisco; maybe a little bit heavier than the last 30 minutes or so. still no metering lights on the east bay side of the bridge. a light commute heading out the door. no mass transit issues. east bay drive times are looking good as well. highway 4 to walnut creek, 6 minutes. walnut creek to highway 13. in you're continuing along that stretch, in the green, another 8. really our only drive time with slowing westbound 580, no are you taking the tissue test?

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flight when the dust devil is suddenly raced across the launch area. he wasn't hurt. he was able to take off as planned a little while later. that's where it gets super crazy. you land. and you go you know what, try it again. >> these are daredevils wanting to do that. we have ruled out paragliding, parasailing, and hang gliding. what about zip line something. >> i will do that. an update here. samry carlo was released from the hospital yesterday. 6th suffered several fractured vertebrae and a fractured sternum. the avid cyclist is an advocate for safety.

he will be in a back brace four to six weeks. >> happy new year. the good news is, as you can tell, i'm walking. and i feel very, very fortunate to be walking. because of the incredible care i had here. >> we're so glad he's doing okay. he is an avid cyclist and advocate for traffic safety. he said it will be a little bit of time before he gets back on a bicycle, understand bibly. mayor breed asking people to cut spending 6% the next two years. the projected budget deficit is more than $100 million. the cuts will be 2% in each of the next fiscal years, plus a 1% contingency savings each year. proposals have to be submitted by february 21st. >> carl's jr. is offering a meatless hamburger or flexitarian.

it is for people who sometimes eat meat and sometimes don't. they showed off their beyond famous star burger. it features patties from an l.a.-based company called beyond meat. it is charbroiling at more than 1,000 locations, including here in california. sit made with peas and other plant-based proteins. >> what was that kind of looked like it was bleeding. >> the impossible burger. >> that was made here in the bay area. i think that's really good. >> if you give me an option between a veggie patty and a regular hamburger patty, i'm always going to choose the hamburger. >> we're going to try it and you'll see what you think. >> i'm be a for a day. >> maybe i can get my wife to go

to carl's jr. now. mt. tam is not bouncing much at all. winds so calm this morning. it is so cold out there. by afternoon, high clouds and sunshine, back to seeing the levels. that's mid to upper 50s. more clouds. 55 in san francisco. vallejo, fairfield, antioch, concord, san rafael. to 60 in morgan hill and santa cruz. that's our spread today. it will still be cold. 30s in our inland neighborhoods. everybody else in the low to mid-40s. that's close to where we should be this time of the year. let's jump ahead and talk about saturday. that's when the storm door opens. it opens abruptly and rudely with a chance of downpours, thunderstorms. a half an inch to an inch of rain. if you have plans saturday, push them off to sunday at least. it will rain sunday but not this aggressive with the possible 50s to 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts. i mean, look at all the rain we get.

there's your time frame at 8:00. saturday evening, quarter to a half inch around the bay. half inch to an inch in the north bay. you can see the turning of the numbers there. we get another quarter inch possible. and then monday, look at the north bay. it is going to get soaked. then again, everyone else jumps up to more than an inch of rain. for the college football championship game, the crimson tide and the taoeurgs of clemson, they better have their well weather gear. ones for sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday. overall, still looking at very quiet morning. one new issue in the east bay. westbound 80 before ashby. a solo vehicle reportedly it spun out. it is facing the wrong way in the left lane. we just moved this camera all over the place. we didn't seeist. chp is still on the way to the scene. sometimes flashing lights help us spot it. i'm not sure if the location was

reported wrong or if they already moved it off to the side. it is not causing any major delays. fremont, southbound 880 before decoto, a slight down approaching the scene. overall, drive times looking good too. taking a look at a i few of our bridges. 7 minutes on 580. san mateo, 16 minutes. thanks, alexis. gma is coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. >> ginger zee is live with a look at what's ahead. hi. good morning, ginger. >> hi there, jessica and reggie. we were talking about where we would retire or live. i want to live where you live. i love northern california. anyway, i want to get that out there. a new congress about to take over washington just hours from now. the government shutdown hits day 13. we are live in washington with the latest on that.

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all right. coming up on 6:25. i want to show you what's going on with our temperatures. it is freezing cold in many of our inland neighborhoods. in fact, just about every single community in the east bay valleys is below freezing. and there's a little bit of frost to deal with this morning. hopefully you have an ice scraper. ifotthe credit card will work for you. thanks, mike. now to those who have hopes of love in 2019. according to match.com, this

sunday, january 6th, is going to be the biest day of the year for online dating. >> so when will all of these people meet? well, next week. match.com is calling january 11th first date friday. good morning america is talking to a relationship expert and she says the photo is very important. >> when i go on a dating profile, i don't want to know about your nephew, your kids. i want to get to know you. so i'm swiping through. i have five to seven pictures. show me your best pictures. i have this great photo on my phone. a man, cute little kid. i'm looking at the cute little kid. kids are distracting. look at the man, focus on the person you're trying to sell yourself, not your whole lifestyle. la t on securing a f

ex i sh profile pic. >> and get the kids out of the photo. coming up next at 6:30, 13 days and counting. apple's surprise announcement. poor iphone sales are leading to a less than stellar earnings report.

now at 6:30, the opening bell on wall street, stocks are expected to plunge when trading begins in just a moment. we are live with how a surprise announcement for apple is imp t impacting investors. the major shakeup in washington. nancy pelosi will be in charge again in just a few hours. all of this as a partial government shutdown nears the two-week mark with no end in sight. a teen is in critical condition after being hit and dragged near fruitvale bart station. the search for a hit and run driver. fire up the grill, turn on the ovens. a new law allowing home cooks to make extra bucks. good morning on this thursday, january 3rd. >> you are never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. it is a cold forecast once again. >> yeah. what we have learned is that

reggie will buy alexis an ice scraper. >> yeah. not until my birthday, though. i have to wait a while. >> all joking aside, there is a little bit of moisture in the air. not enough for fog but a thin layer of frost if your car is sitting outside. visibility there nine, ten miles. this is the way it looks from the exploratorium. accuweather 12-hour planner. 31 to 35. freezing around the bay and inland by 7:00. 41 at the coast. 41 at the coast. temperatures from noon to 5:00. no metering lights. a light commute if you are

leaving east bay, getting into san francisco. it is going to take you 13 minutes. so maybe a minute or two longer than it typically is. i want to show new as well. since no one is being held back at the toll plaza, it is a little bit heavier, slower. overall, not bad. the lower deck of the bay bridge, we have a disabled vehicle blocking the left lane before you get to treasure island. a little bit of a delay. a look at drive times coming up a look at drive times coming up at 6:40. the congresswoman will accept the position with a speech today on the house floor. she plans to touch on several key issues from renewing the american dream to fighting american dream to fighting climate change.

neither party would back down. >> there are tux the shutdown could take weeks to resolve. zach is live in washington this morning. zachary? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. still no breakthrough here in washington. the president and congressional leaders met yesterday over at the white house. in fact, the president said that he would, quote, look foolish, if he came to a compromise on this. that comes at the same time more than 800,000 federal employees are still waiting to get back to are still waiting to get back to work. >> when they say the wall is immoral, well, you have to do something about the vatican. because the vatican has the biggest wall of them all. >> reporter: the president met with lawmakers at the white house wednesday but with no real intention of compromise. tis photo from inside the situation room where those contentious conversations were

had. even publicly rejecting a $2.5 billion compromise proposed to democrats by his own vice democrats by his own vice president. >> we are asking for $5.6. you know, somebody said 2.5. no. look, this is national security we're talking about. >> reporter: democrats made clear they aren't budging either. >> we're asking the president to open up government. we are giving him a republican path to do that. why would he not do it? >> reporter: this morning the president is waking up to a new reality as democrats take control of the house. senate majority leader chuck schumer and house democratic leader nancy pelosi said they plan on moving forward with two bills to reopen the government that were once backed by senior republicans. but that's a nonstarter for gop senators. senators. at joshua tree in california,

at joshua tree in california, no deal means nobody to help keep the place clean. >> i just hope we can fend this shutdown soon and come together as a people because this is getting ridiculous what we're doing. in addition to those federal employees that are out of work, there's some 2,000 contractors this speaks to the far-reaching effects. reggie and jessica. zachary, thank you. the shutdown is not only affecting federal workers but mom and pop shops that rely on their business. one of those is city cup cafe. it is right across from the federal building in downtown oakland. he relies on federal workers to keep his business running. now that many customers have been furloughed by the partial government shutdown, business is >> very badly. and it's going down more and more. >> it is like a ghost town. normally you can smell the food cooking. and there's a line. and people are just waiting to get their food or their coffee. >> another consequence of the >> another consequence of the shutdown, taxes.

you still have to file on time. getting your refund could he be delayed as the gridlock continues. apple is warning about the last quarter of 2018. what this means for iphone prices. matt keller is live in cupertino. matt? >> reporter: if you want something that is dropping in price, you may want to look at the company stock. it is down just over 14 points, down 9.31%. that's a big drop. markets just opening up now. the news of the disappointing earnings from october to december broke after the close of the markets yesterday. apple ceo tim cook wrote a letter to the company's

shareholders acknowledging the demand for iphones is lessening. earnings are scheduled to be released at the end of the month. it comes from increased competition and a slowing economy in china. he said trade tensions between the and you say china has put additional pressure on their economy. cook says people in other markets aren't buying as many of the iphones. one could be the $1,000 price tag for the top of the line models. cook said they wll expand financing plans and make sit easier to trade in older models at its stores. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> okay, matt. thank you. new developments about pge and and the tubbs fire. according to the press democrat, court documents named the land owner pg&e believes is responsible for the fire. the company singled out a caretaker who says there was no license for electrical work done on the property outside of calistoga. the tubbs fire killed 22 people and destroyed near 4,700 homes.

happening today, the the first snow survey of the season. and this year's results are expected to be a little bit better than last year. here's an aerial view of the sierra and lake tahoe. this over here, this is from last year. and then on this side on the right-hand side of your screen, this is the current snow levels. there's a lot of green. and then on the right where there is a little bit of snow. this is what's cool. you can toggle between this. you can check our website abc7news.com. mike? yeah. it looks much better than last year. you know what, we're still only 69% of average. we need more. we have a dumping coming. i will show you the one. microclimate does not have any microclimate does not have any temperatures near freezing.

everything is green. no fog, no mist, no rain. a little bit of frost if your car is outside. it's going to be cold if you're waiting for mass transit. 35 at 8:00. still a little bit of frost around your neighborhoods. 43 at 10:00. low to mid-50s noon to 4:00. notice the extra cloud cover today compared to yesterday. 42 this evening. east bay, 34 this morning. frost around at 8:00. 44 at 10:00. and increasing high clouds as we reach low to mid-50s this afternoon. mid-40s by 8:00. let's head to the south bay, 38 with sunshine. sunshine at 10:00. increase in the afternoon as your temperatures do. you're the warmest.

mid to upper 50s. i teased about the big snow coming to the sierra. it means a whole lot of rain coming to us. but first let's bring in alexis. it has been a good week. >> yeah. if you're one of the few coming to work, traffic has not been an issue. dry pavement for now. no delays as you leave hayward and head over to foster city. i do want to switch over to our traffic maps and show you a little bit of a slowdown here just past the area where i just showed you. southbound 880, heavy approaching decoto road. a three-car crash is off on the shoulder. 32 miles per hour for you. a minor collision south of state route 92. that also also on the shoulder. between those two issues, a lot of folks slowing down to take a look at that. this is heavy through the area. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, you're in the yellow. overall, has not been terrible. 45 minutes. dublin to mission in the green

at 16. northbound 85, 101 to cupertino in the green at 17 minutes. a chance to party with steph curry. some fans who went to his pop-up shop for tickets left empty handed yesterday. how you can claim your spot today. just before passes for coachella go on sale, the music festival has released its lineup. why one big star has backed out this year. abc 7 news has more news, weather, and local hot topics coming your way.

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get covered today. check out this video. people outside of las vegas. sit a dust devil. weaker than a tornado. it doesn't have quite the same structure. look at the damage it did to this neighborhood, ripping apart this man's backyard. thankfully no one was home or hurt. you can see it left quite a mess and probably a lot of questions when these people got home. how did that happen? did kids d that? anyway, let's talk about what's going on. i want to show you the forecast. we'll head down to socal. mid to upper 60s with a lot of sunshine there.

north of 80 and mid to upper 50s there. let's jump into the snowpack. they are going to measure it by hand. 69% of average. that is much better than last year. that is still 31% less than what we should have. here's a look at what will happen. 7:00 in the morning. do not try to travel. one to two feet of snow. locally up to two and a half feet. it will be a nightmare and very dangerous. it is quiet and about 18 degrees. we'll have more snow sunday, monday, tuesday, and wednesday. thank you, mike. with that preview on your weather forecast there. but right now we want to show you this. this is happening on wall street. a live look at the big board at the new york stock exchange. you see trading is down right now. we are in the red. down 350 points. we have been trading for 15 minutes now. markets just opened at 6:30. as we told you earlier, stock

futures plunged overnight after animal ceo tim cook warned investors that the company is expecting lower earnings in the last quarter of 2018. it is certainly affecting wall street. i want to show you how apple stock is doing right now. down about approximate 14% if you look here at the red number. cook blamed the slump on trade tensions with china. and more customers holding on to their older iphones. regg reggie. police need your help to find a driver who hit a teenager and then dragged him several blocks. the 14-year-old victim is in critical condition. the boy was riding a bicycle on 35th avenue near the fruitvale bart station yesterday afternoon when that car hit him. the driver then made several turns dragging the boy. police are urging the driver to come forward. >> accidents happen. we understand that there is panic. there is often not sure what to

do in a critical situation, do do the right thing, turn yourself in. >> investigators say they found surveillance footage of the car. crime lab experts are now reviewing that video. we showed you the mascot bevo charging ugga. peta is demanding they stop using live mascots because of the incident. they say it isn't fair to subject animals to the stress of stadiums filled with screaming fans. so far neither has responded. a news site is back on line. the empress 3 media company will use automation software and machine learning to assist writers and editors to produce content. they closed to 2017 after the new york staff voted to unionize.

the new owners say they are dedicated to bringing sfs back to life and allowing it to regain its position as a grassroots voice in the community. if you want to party with steph curry, today is the day to get free tickets. >> he is throwing a bash tomorrow at the fox theater. the tickets will be handed out at 9th and broadway in oakland at curry's pop-up shop. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is there with details this morning. a lot of people are already lined up. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. this is the pop-up store here in oakland. it is not open yet. not opening until noon. here's the line of people already here because they want the free tickets. about two dozen people here. the line started forming before 5:00. they are bummed up. it is very cold out here. lots of coffee flowing. lots of blankets, which is did. they have five hours to go. here are the specifics. from steph curry himself. he put these on instagram for

us. it will be 450 free tickets. you get them at the pop-up store at 472 9th street. tickets are available at noon. two tickets will be given per person. he wants this to be for the youth. he wants everyone to have a valid high school or college i.d. to get a ticket. college students are still home on winter break. we met a few here in the line. they say they are so excited. >> i love steph curry. i love the warriors. and i heard about these tickets that's going down. and i knew i needed to get these. i'm like this is the best opportunity. limited to college and high school students. i wanted these. we got up at 2:00. we came here. we wanted these tickets bad. >> reporter: so the party will be at the fox theater tomorrow night. curry wants to celebrate his 10 years in oakland. he wants to recognize this city as his team prepares at the party and he promises it will be

filled with special. so this store opens up at noon. this is where you need to be to get the free tickets. you've got a little competition. but still plenty of tickets available. there's about two dozen people here. they will give away about 450. reporting live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> were they confused yesterday about how this was working? >> reporter: these people all said -- yeah. much some people were confused yesterday. they are ready for a fresh start today, reggie. they are ready to do whatever they need to do to get the tickets. >> yes. they got there early, and that is smart. hope they have fun. amy, thank you. >> persistence pays off. >> and sleeping bags as well. there are hundreds of new laws in the books in california this year. >> one is cooking up excitement on those hoping to cash in on their kitchen skills.

it gives home chefs a way to start a business without having an industrial kitchen. don't grab the apron just yet. individual counties need to opt in to the permitting process before home businesses can get started. >> this is a real positive thing for california. >> this is positive for california were communities that we can see at least a large percentage of counties by the end of this year opted in and offering permits. home food businesses will be having to pass an inspection. coachella lineup is out. headliners include mike nicco. no, i'm just kidding. childish gamm bean ya, tame impala, ariana grande.

solange, janelle monet, idris elba, diplo, weezer. kanye was supposed to perform but backed out after a disagreement over the stage. it will be two weeks in april. passes go on sale tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. act fast. they always sell out quickly. >> that's why mike nicco is not going to be there this year, too, because he wasn't happy with the size of the stage. >> so frustrating. >> he likes a tilted stage. >> that way when i dive into the crowd -- >> it sounidris elba? isn't he an actor? >> i think he's a musician. >> last year it was this year it is just a lot of people. ar never s away.

mt. tam showing you how wonderful it looks this morning. don't let the warm colors fool you. it is freezing cold in many areas. high clouds will roll in. so will the sun. and temperatures pretty close to yesterday. no clouds. no more frost. soaking storms. maybe the best we have had this year. 55 to about 60. pretty comfortable this afternoon. pretty seasonal. don't you can see it will be cold out there. a lot of 30s and 40s. let's jump ahead. much we have today and tomorrow. our last quiet and dry days. saturday a two, moderate. up to an inch of rain, downpours, thunderstorms, winds 30 to 50, even up to 60 in our mountains. saturday, look at this. oh, it's just -- if you have plans to be outside, it's going to rain a lot. a quarter to a half inch. most neighborhoods. double it up in the north bay. tenth to a quarter inch possible. look what happens monday. this is a flip-flop. this is the most aggressive model. it keeps flipping between

soaking us monday and not soaking us. it is back to soaking us monday. that means the game. the college football championship game. millions of people watching levi's stadium monday. they may watch a very sloppy game with rain. 57 at 5:00 to 51 at 8:30. but wait, there's more rain. tuesday, wednesday, thursday. those storms will all be one, light, on the storm compact scale. all right. we are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza where it has looked like this all morning. no metering lights. i don't think it will happen today unless we have some type of incident on the bridge. so that is looking great. carpool lanes are open but you don't need them this morning. only slow spot is out of the central valley. 10 miles per hour on 280 and 580. we are hearing from olivia newton-john. >> the 70-year-old singer is speaking after being reported she only has weeks to live.

>> i want to say the rumors have been greatly exaggerated. i'm doing great. >> she looks great. >> reassuring fans she's fine. the star of "grease" tweeted after some

6:58. if you are just joining us or ready to head out the door, here are the 7 things to know before you go. nancy pelosi will regain control of the house. >> number two, president trump is hoping to end the partial government shutdown now in its 13th day. yesterday's talks went nowhere as leaders refused to budge on border wall funding. >> number three, the first look at the new and improved moscone center. it started in 2015. 1,000 people, including the mayor, expected to be at this morning's ceremony at 10:00 a.m. >> insunumber four, the first s survey of the season. >> i'm guessing it's not going

to be exactly where we want it, though. but that will change come this weekend when a couple of feet fall in the sierra. we have frozen stuff. frost. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. high clouds, sunshine, and temperatures mid-50s from noon to 4:00. >> number six, it has been very quiet all morning in the traffic center. we have one new issue to talk about in the south bay. northbound 101 before actually road, three vehicles involved in a collision. that is blocking one lane. not much of a delay approaching that. a live look from the pop-up shop in oakland. as you can see, people got up very early to line up hoping to get free tickets to his party. curry is throwing a bash at the fox theater in oakland. tickets will start to be distributed at noon. >> caught in an air mattress. >> those have been up all morning long. >> they planned ahead. they're not fooling around. >> make friends with them. >> they are the same people who

camped out for other tickets. thanks for w good morning, america. new this morning. major shake-up in washington. nancy pelosi set to make history again as a new congress is just hours away from taking over. democrats prepare to control the house, ramping up the pressure as president trump digs in on the government shutdown. >> could be a long time. it's too important a subject to walk away from. >> can the new divided government strike a deal? also this morning, that dangerous storm slams the south with heavy rain and ice leading to this 21-car pileup. and another system sending this dust devil tearing across a playground. now, the new alerts as the storm moves east. deadly prank. the 14-year-old now in custody facing a murder charge. how tossing eggs at cars led to th