took cell phone video of the aftermath of that accident. >> yeah, they -- >> reporter: they were aware they hit him? >> oh, yeah! they were trying to get away. they wanted to get away. >> reporter: charles green took a midday break from work on wednesday and happened upon this horrific scene on 34th avenue. he had a feeling it was a crime of some sort and started recording. it appeared to be the aftermath of a hit-and-run. he said there was a gold car, a woman in a striped shirt and a man in a white tank t-shirt switching between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat. on the street, an injured teenager. >> i found the kid was 14 years old. he was drug four blocks. i mean, who does that? who does that? >> reporter: green immediately stopped recording and called an ambulance. the boy is now in critical condition with major injuries to his head, his torso, and his legs. police say the accident happened at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station along 35th avenue, and the gold honda was eventually found abandoned on san leandro

street. >> e had just been dragged four blocks by a vehicle. he was wedged or lodged underneath that vehicle before he was able to break free. >> reporter: green said he wished he could have done more. >> this shouldn't be. this is not the way it's supposed to be, you know what i mean? this is not human. this is not what we do as humans. >> reporter: oakland police issued this public plea -- >> anyone with information to please come forward. any piece of information may help. you may have witnessed it. you may have taken photos. >> reporter: opd says they're going through the videos right now and they feel confident they are going to identify the driver and the passenger and locate them, but they hope in the meantime they turn themselves in to do the right thing. in oakland, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> a remarkable story. here's another look at the suspects. take a look at the woman and the man in these photos. see if you can identify them. if you can, please call the oakland police department immediately.

a little girl hit in the head by celebratory gunfire on new year's eve is improving. officials with the ucsf benioff children's hospital oakland say they're very encouraged after the 6-year-old said a few words to her parents this morning. as we first reported on tuesday, the bullet cannot be removed from her skull. because of that, police won't be able to do a ballistics test in order to match the bullet to a gun, and that will certainly make it difficult to solve the case. police in the east bay are looking for whoever hit or bit a woman who was jogging in oakland's shabo renalal park. she was bitten on her forearm, pretty severely, as you can see. she was defending herself against a dog attack. that dog's owner, another woman, then beat up the jogger by tackling, punching, and biting her. police want to find the dog owner. investigators say she's in her early 20s with blond hair. the stock market certainly did nothing to ease your fears today about your 401(k) getting out of a slump any time soon.

stocks stayed sharply in the red primarily because of apple reporting disappointing sales, but the trouble did not stop there. a key manufacturing index came in at its lowest level since 2016. the dow fell about 660 points or more than 2% of its value, and the s&p 500 and the nasdaq also took big losses today, and we just checked. the japanese stock market is already down 3.5%. it's friday morning in japan. so, is there anything that you can do about this? abc7 news reporter david louie. >> reporter: it doesn't matter if you're years from retirement or already retired, people get nervous and start wondering what to do or what they should have done. patrick crowley says he's 20 years from retirement and should have reacted sooner. >> i probably should have dug out of the stocks before they took a hit because i kind of saw it happening. >> this woman has no tolerance for stock market volatility. >> i have limits on mine, so as

soon as things start selling below a certain limit, it sells automatically. >> reporter: so we turned to eric heckman, founder of his insurance firm in san jose. >> do you need the money in two or three years? then yeah, you should be really worried and maybe you should have been having this in the market, or if you're about to put more money in the market, you might want to wait. if you've got five or ten years, you're fine. i mean, if you look historically, a bear market, which we're now finally in, happens about every 3 1/2 years. this one took almost ten, so that's a lot longer than normal. but also, statistically, it takes anywhere from 9 to 12 months to recover. >> reporter: the downturn isn't a reflection of the u.s. economy, but rather, a slowdown in china's. that's where sales of american companies exporting there. >> they're not buying luxury goods. they're not buying even what some people might consider essential goods, but they're not upgrading, for example, their telephones. rather they're just keeping what they have. >> reporter: it's not just apple and other tech companies that are vulnerable. timba herron is a san jose tech analyst. >> this doesn't bode well for the guccis and pradas and other

premier brands either. >> reporter: with a number of high-tech companies facing strong headwinds, one warning sign heckman says we should be looking for is whether any of the companies suddenly decide to pull back on some of their major campus expansion plans. in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. well, the u.s. state department has a warning for americans traveling to china -- exercise increased caution because of the country as arbitrary enforcement of local laws as well as restrictions on dual chinese nationals. they have exit bans to prevent u.s. citizens from leaving china, sometimes for years. officials say those bans are being used in part to compel americans to participate in chinese government investigations. a big day today in washington. >> the honorable nancy pelosi of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. >> for a second time, returning

to that position that she first gained in 2007, until the democrats lost control. nancy pelosi elected as speaker. the longtime party leader from san francisco won the gavel after quelling a rebellion in her ranks. the new congress is already breaking barriers. the freshman class is the most racially diverse in history, and there are more women serving than ever before. >> abc7 news anchor deon lynn is live in the newsroom with what this means for all of us. >> reporter: dan and kristen, today was historic for many reasons, and not just for the record number of women in the u.s. senate. this congress is now more reflective of the diversity of america. >> nancy pelosi, i extend to you this gavel. >> thank you. >> reporter: as san francisco's nancy pelosi regained the gavel, she also made history, not only for herself as the first female house speaker back in 2007, but once again for this 116th congress and for women as a whole. >> i'm particularly proud to be

a woman speaker of the house of this congress, which marks the 100th year of women having the right to vote. >> reporter: one person who was by her side 12 years ago, san francisco native heidi kuhn, founder of humanitarian non-profit roots of peace, which transforms land mines into farmland in developing countries. she believes the women in leadership roles hold the key to peace. >> your mothers are the bearers of the seeds of life, and this is a beautiful opportunity to bring balance to america and to our world. >> reporter: more than 100 women were sworn into the house today, including ilhan omar of minnesota, who tweeted an image of her and her father 23 years ago, fresh from refugee camp in kenya. today she became the first somali-american in congress. the first palestinian-american to be elected to congress, area shinda talib, wore a traditional tunic to be sworn in and posted this on instagram, reading

"thank you for believing in me." deb hallan posted this image of her in traditional outfit as she becomes one of two native american women to be elected to congress. her caption "so girls of color know they can be anything they want to be," a sentiment shared by kuhn, who looks on with hope for a new generation. >> imagine where we can all be as proud americans in a global community 12 years from now. i hope to bring my granddaughters here. >> now, heidi shared a quote with me from nancy pelosi who said to her years ago that women need to not just break the glass ceiling, but the marble ceiling as well. that is in reference to the marble at the u.s. capitol. in the newsroom, i'm dion lim, abc7 news. >> thank you. speaker of the house sign changed today after nancy pelosi was elected to the position. >> as reporter dana bash explains, pelosi's political education began as a little girl in baltimore. >> reporter: when she was 6, her father became baltimore's first

catholic mayor. >> he leap frogged over the irish. that was a big deal. but it took political organizing to do that. there are two things about what i bring with me from my family, and one is to know how to count. that's very important. count your votes to win the election. count your votes to win a vote on the floor. but the other is listen to the constituents. >> reporter: after college, she wanted to go to law school. instead, like many in her generation, she got married and started a family. >> when i got married and i had a baby, then another, five and six years. people were always saying, oh, she knew when she was a little girl, she wanted to run for office. i never thought of that at all, ever, until i did. >> reporter: the pelosis moved back to husband paul's hometown, san francisco. she became more and more active in the democratic party. but it wasn't until her youngest daughter was a senior in high school that she ran for an open house seat. >> i went to her and said, you're going to be a senior. mommy has a chance to run for

congress. i don't even know if i'll win. >> reporter: when she first ran for house leadership 18 years ago, her male democratic colleagues didn't get it. >> when people said, oh, a lot of the women are supporting nancy to run, and they said, well, why? do the women have a list of things they want us to do? why don't they just make us a list and give us the list? this is the democratic party in the year 2000. >> reporter: how do you think that you wield your power as a woman differently than a man does? >> other people tell me if you're meeting or something that say, do you understand how different that meeting would have been if a man were conducting it? >> reporter: do they explain how? >> well, you listen, you build consensus. i do it because i want women to see that you do not get pushed around, that you don't run away from the fight. >> great perspective from the speaker of the house. from capitol hill now to curryland. >> that's it, sir, guaranteed

ticket. >> reporter: long lines but lots of patience to score tickets to a concert celebrating the warriors, but not everyone will be wearing their party hats. did a year make any difference? there seems to be good and bad news in the first snow survey of 2019. i'm spencer christian. our cold spell may be winding down, but our rainy spell is winding up. i'll have the accuweather forecast in just a moment. and the meet-and-greet between two

in oakland today, outsid of the steph curry pop-up store, fans lined up for tickets to a party at fox theatre. wayne freedman has the follow-up. >> reporter: it says a lot about oakland's love for steph curry, that all these percent virulent fans waited up past their bed

times to wait outside his store. >> we were going to come last night but thought that would be overkill. >> reporter: if oven the two-block line moved this fast. it's the happy ending aso a social media post. >> 2019 is going to be a year of celebrati celebration. >> reporter: stephen curry inviting fans to a party at the fox theatre celebrating ten years in oakland and also his new shoe, which is where everything got complicated. >> i was here yesterday and it was a whole bunch of confusion. >> reporter: curry's first message told fans they could get those free tickets at his pop-up store, one that fans found to be closed yesterday, creating confusion and disappointment. >> it doesn't bother me that it's a shoe promotion, but it does bother me that it wasn't explicitly a shoe promotion. >> reporter: today, after ironing out the kinks and under armour getting on the same page with curry, a much better vibe. >> honestly, it's just about the community. >> reporter: at noon -- [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm number one! >> number one! >> reporter: the first early birds entered the store and then emerged with their free, no strings attached tickets.

>> i'm ecstatic! overhappy! >> reporter: under armour promised to give away 225 pairs of tickets. to get in, you had to have a coupon just like this. it's the last one. and here we are. look at the rest of the line. what's it like to be number 225? >> i feel like willy wonka. it's the golden ticket. >> reporter: as for the rest, well, they spent the day with friends and envy. do you feel like you won the lottery? >> no. but hey, close enough. >> reporter: in oakland, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> she got it, right? two weeks into the government shutdown and garbage is really piling up at yosemite national park, but not everywhere. as natalie granada with our sister station in fresno reports, park visitors are picking up the slack. >> reporter: nearly two weeks since a federal government shutdown, and with few employees available, visitors of yosemite national park are taking it upon themselves to maintain the trails.

hiking was the plan for the maharas family, but when they arrived, they decided to pitch in and do some of the dirty work. >> we saw some other people picking up trash, so we thought, why not? we're going to be hiking and walking. we'd help keep the park beautiful. >> reporter: in the past couple days, dozens of volunteers have gone through the trails picking up pounds of trash. ken yager organizes a yearly cleanup called yosemite face-lift and is also the organizer of this recent cleanup effort. >> part of the problems were that trash cans filled up, and then people would set bags of trash out beside it. the problem is, animals get a hold of it and drag them into the woods. >> reporter: most visitors we spoke to said the cleanup crews must be doing a decent job because they aren't noticing the impacts of the shutdown. the mahares family says while the cleanup wasn't part of the plan, they are happy to help. park officials aren't able to comment on the closures, but there is a map now posted at the highway 140 entrance letting drivers know what campgrounds and facilities are closed. >> that was natalie granda

reporting. california's rainy season is off to a dry start, as you can see. according to state water officials, the state department of water resources conducted a snowpack survey today. early storms had some experts hopeful, but water content is below average and the snowpack is only 67% of normal. while the measurement is not ideal, officials say conditions have improved since last year. >> while these results are below average, they are a stark contrast to where we were last year, where there was just patches of snow at this location. >> reporter: officials blame climate change for the below-average survey. rain is now falling at higher elevations than in the past. all right, look at this. that's not fog blanketing walnut creek, emeryville and san francisco, left to right there. it's pollution. the current air quality in much of the bay area right now is considered moderate. a high pressure system is compressing the air, making it stagnate with nowhere to go, so it hangs there in the air.

another cold morning in the bay area, meantime, close to freezing in many areas. i had to scrape ice off my windshield. >> wow. >> abc7 news was in san francisco at the ferry building where commuters were bundled up appropriately in heavy coats, scarves, gloves, and drinking coffee to stay warm. abc7 weather anchor spencer christian has your brrr forecast. >> announcer: your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. not only was it near freezing in many bay area locations, temperatures were below freezing in some spots as well. so, it's been a pretty chilly couple of mornings here lately, but that's about to change. here's live doppler 7. we have a few high clouds gathering in the sky, adding lots of color to the sunset or post sunset sky, looking westward here from emeryville. current temperatures are in the low 50s at san francisco, oakland, mountain view, san jose, morgan hill and half moon bay. just a three or two difference there, 51 to 53 degrees. another view from the east bay hills camera and temperatures similar, right around 50 or just above. santa rosa, napa, petaluma.

fairfield 48 and livermore is down at 48 degrees. here's another view from the south beach camera, a colorful sky and here are the forecast features. clouds will continue to increase tomorrow. we have a wet, windy storm coming in on saturday and that's just the first in a series of rainy days coming our way that will continue well into next week. the first of the approaching storms ranks two on the storm impact scale. it will be coming in on saturday, a storm of moderate intensity, expected to dump half an inch to an inch of rainfall in most areas. there could be heavy downpours. there will likely be heavy downpours with this storm. a chance of thunderstorms and winds will be gusting, 35 to 45 miles per hour generally but up to 60 miles per hour or higher in some of the higher elevations. we'll start the forecast animation at midnight or 12:00 a.m. saturday. notice the wave of steady to moderate to heavy rain will swing in 5:00 a.m. saturday and continue through the bay area and out to the sierra. much of the day saturday will be windy and you can see on the

wind gust animation, gusts will range from 35 to 45 miles per hour generally by midday on saturday, and that wind will accompany the snow as it heads out to the sierra as well. rainfall totals here in the bay area, just from this first storm, by 11:00 p.m. saturday -- let's do that again. by 11:00 p.m. saturday, rainfall totals will range from about half an inch to 1.25 inches over much of the bay area. now we move our focus to the sierra, where there is a winter storm watch in effect from 7:00 a.m. saturday to noon sunday. generally, we're looking at a foot to a foot and a half of snow most areas but up to 3 feet in some spots. wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour there. travel will be difficult. meanwhile, back to the bay area tonight, look for increasing clouds, although mostly clear skies early, mostly cloudy later. overnight lows will be generally in the low to mid-30s in inland valleys, upper 30s to about 40 degrees around the bayshore line and on the coast. then tomorrow, as clouds continue to increase, we'll see some little spots of moisture approaching the coastline. there could be a spotty shower or two, but that's way ahead of

the main storm coming in on saturday. highs tomorrow will be generally in the mid-to-upper 50s. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have a series of moderate storms coming in saturday, sunday, and monday, each of them ranking two on the storm impact scale. heaviest rain on sunday will be mainly in the north bay in the afternoon hours, but we expect a really messy commute on monday. then on tuesday, we get a weaker storm, ranking only one, followed by another moderate storm on wednesday and another weak one on thursday. but for six consecutive days, we will have periods of rainfall each day. >> okay. well, we need every drop. >> we do. >> ever see the movie "groundhog day" for meteorologists? >> thank you, spencer. to bag or not to bag? that is the question with vacuum cleaners. >> some options these days. 7 on your side's m

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cleaner. >> 7 on your side's michael finney is here with more on that. michael? >> it is a shakespeare question, like you guys just said, to bag or not to bag. if you're looking at upright model, you'll have to pick between bagged or bagless, the clear bins that collect all the dirt. here's advice on what to look out for. the perception is that bagless are easier to maintain. and with no bags to replace, they're cheaper to own. right? well, bagless machines actually have more filters to clean and more than bagged models. and to keep it working its best, the parts should be cleaned from time to time. you are apt to empty it more often because the dirt is visible in the canister, but there is a drawback. >> emptying the dirt bins can be messy, because when you open them up, you're releasing particles back into the air that you just sucked up, which is something to take into consideration if you have allergies or sensitivity. >> reporter: the filter, the bag

that collects the dirt might be the best bet for dust sensitivities. some bags can be sealed when you remove them with sliding stickers or closures. bagged vacuums also have help were filters to be cleaned, but they don't need to be cleaned as often since dirt goes directly to the bag. bagged or bagless, the suction should stay the same, no matter how full the container is. >> this is our tool air flow test. we measure the suction when the bag or bin is empty, then we add wood flour to see if the suction performance changed. >> reporter: consumer reports found the shark bagless model does well cleaning carpets and excels on bare floors. consumer reports also recommends the bagged kenmore. it does its best on bare floors and does an excellent job picking up pet hair. now, here's a tip you're not going to want to hear. to extend the life of your vacuum, resist the urge to suck up small objects like pennies and paper clips. they can clog the hose and

damage the inner workings of your machine. i told you you wouldn't want to hear it, but -- >> that's good information, though. >> next time: we do "hamlet" with a different appliance? something is rotten -- >> yeah, me thinks me finished. what happens when two alabama superfans swap stories and play games? high

i'm ama daetz. coming up at 6:00, big changes lead to a big drop in crime in oakland. tonight, what's being credited for the largest drop in the homicide rate in 20 years. also, from the abc7 news i-team, a warning about the impact the federal government shutdown is having on vital employees at the nation's

airports. and traffic stinks all around the bay area, but there's a change today that could ease congestion on one of the most crowded commutes. that's all coming up in half an hour on abc7 news at 6:00. kristen, dan? >> ama, thank you. well, the college football championship is this monday on espn between alabama's crimson tide and the clemson tigers. >> in the meantime, espn has been hosting two superfans who have been living atop the espn billboard for the eighth day straight. past eight days. crazy, right? >> it's been really fun to watch, actually. our abc7 news reporter, malia melendez, who is a huge alabama fan, she went there, and she interviewed one. can you guess which one? >> we have a tent here that we sleep in at night, so i try to make it a home away from home. i have the welcome home mat. >> reporter: his meals are delivered in i basket using a pulley. there's a bathroom not far away, but we won't show you that. elias ross sr. from tuscaloosa was named alabama's superfan by

espn. he's been living atop that billboard in san jose for the past eight days alongside his rival from clemson. okay, you're the number one fan for alabama, right? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: so, i'm going to test you to see if that's right. >> okay. >> reporter: i have some questions for you. how many national titles has alabama won? >> 17. >> reporter: okay. so, that's correct. who is the most recognizable alabama quarterback? >> i say two, kenny stabler and joe namath. >> reporter: his superfan status also gets him into monday night's game. anyway, who's going to win on monday against clemson, that other team -- don't even mention the name. >> alabama will win and we'll bring home number 18. >> we'll see if that prediction comes true! >> that's fun stuff. clemson and alabama face off monday night at levi's stadium. >> that's right. you can watch the college football playoff national championship game on our sister network espn. make your own predictions, right? >> that will be fun to watch that game. "world news tonight with david muir" is next.

we appreciate your time. >> thanks so much for joining us tonight. stories as we come on the air. nancy pelosi is back as speaker, as democrats take control of the house today. what she declared. and what pelosi said earlier when asked whether a sitting president can be indicted. and late this afternoon, president trump and his surprise appearance in the white house briefing room. also breaking, the dangerous police chase unfolding on live tv. the horror when the suspect runs over a person driving a scooter. that person survives. the suspect surrounded. new video just out tonight after that 7-year-old girl was shot and killed riding in the family car. was it racially motivated? as they now search for the driver of this pickup, asking, has he struck before? the stock market dive today. apple losing $74 billion in value today alone. what apple ceo tim cook said, and why it could rtl