>> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast, here is lisa. >> starting out with cloudy skies, a few areas can of mist and drizzle. fox out there. five miles in concord, four miles in santa rosa. the focus of the wet weather, the light shower activity in the north bay. 52 in san francisco. sebastopol checking in at 49. so maybe an isolated shower north. otherwise we could see a few sprinkles, lots of cloud cover, looking at the clouds thinning out throughout the afternoon. upper 50s to near 60 for most. good morning, jobina. >> good morning. hello, everyone. happy thursday to you all. checking in on the san mateo bridge, a live look here. a stalled car in the westbound direction on the high rise. that's why you can see these brake lights filling in. it will be slow going until they can get that car out of the way for you all. expect delays here. san rafael, 101, seeing those foggy conditions move through. we have watched it slowly crawl, it will continue this morning.

we are looking at a crash also in san jose, two cars involved here. this is northbound7 before curtner avenue. one car is facing the wrong direction there right now. today marks the start of a trial involving a fastrak tolling system. >> thousands of drivers say the system messed up when trying to bill them. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at the golden gate bridge with those details. >> good morning. have you been unfairly personalized or charged for crossing this bridge. some drivers say they didn't get their invoices for the toll, mostly because of address mistakes, and instead of trying to find them, fastrak just kept fining them. >> they just shredded the return mail and imposed penalties on these motorists for failing to pay the tolls.

>> the golden gate bridge switched to all electronic toll taking in 2013. the next year a quarter mile million drivers got toll evasion penalties. fastrak said they have made improvements but will not release details onhose improvements so drivers can't gain the system. the trial will get started today. reporting live from the golden gate bridge, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. in just about 30 minutes, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will address the impeachment of president trump. this morning there's no new timetable for the case moving forward. house speaker nancy pelosi declined to say when democrats will deliver the articles of impeachment to the senate. she says they're concerned about an unfair trial. last night's house vote on impeachment fell along party lines. mcconnell is expected to meet

with chuck schumer later today to figure out the terms of the senate trial. we have details on what's involved in the impeachment process on our website, abc7news.com. a san francisco couple is talking about a scary uber ride. they say the driver refused to let them out of the car. the couple says alaska airlines ordered them an uber from sfo to oakland airport on december 8th. that's because their flight had been diverted due to bad weather. the airline apparently entered a generic oakland destination in the uber app instead of the airport's address, and that apparently confused the driver. >> started yelling at us and said we were trying to trick him and that we were stealing from him. he peeled out, and hopped on to the entrance ramp of the highway. >> the couple called 911 and they got the driver to stop.

uber says that driver has now been fired. we did more than a dozen store rifs about ridesharing, the drivers, the cars, the rules during our rideshare realities week. you can read more on abc7news.com. look for thesection. happening today, orinda city council will vote on a ban on temporary rentals. this after a shooting on halloween that left five people dead. if approved, property owners would be required to be on the property during the rental term. movie magic is coming back to treasure island. a 70,000 square foot space called hangar three has been cruised as a production space is production stopped in 2010. thanks to a new lease, it's making a comeback. this time the space will be called film treasure island. the first shoot is scheduled for february.

sony pictures is doing a movie called "philmore." >> an american airlines m s mecc could be going to prison. what he admitted i court. and the touching message one graduate's loved one sent from 5,000 miles away. and a live look at live doppler 7, you can see

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good thursday morning. live doppler 7, you can see our sweep on top of mt. saint helena. a little mist out there, but the rain is to the north. the visibility, four miles in santa rosa, five miles in concord. six miles in hayward and livermore. elsewhere just a few areas, a random shower, some precip to the north. then the clouds thin out for the rest of your thursday. 40s in san ramon, 48 in concord. 53 in oakland. a live look outside. cloud cover here. watch out for the puddles exercising later on today. some fog, maybe a sprinkle or two, but cloud cover decreases late in the afteoon. mid 50s downtown. 59 today in palo alto.

good morning, jobina. >> good morning. thank you. a couple issues to get to. julian glover is on the way to this scene that we were looking at on clayton road. looks like a car went off and down into a creek. it's not clear how many feet the car went down. the chp is requesting about 1,000 feet of cable to bring that car back up. injuries have been reported. we'll look to hear from julian more. northbound 87 before87 before87e avenue, one lane blocked here. we have problems with ace. ace 1 is 29 minutes behind.

45 trains running on b.a.r.t. with a ten-minute delay on the san francisco line. kumasi and reggie? >> thanks. santa is coming to town and he's using something a lot different than his regular sleigh today. >> as we head to break, a live look

a tracy man could spend up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to sabotage. abdul aloni worked as an american airlines mechanic. yesterday he admitted to disabling a plane's navigation system because he wanted overtime pay to fix it. the flight in july was headed from miami to the bahamas. alani will be sensed in march. in the south bay, a special graduation surprise for one san

jose student. the university made sure a touching message of support made it more than 5,000 miles. it was from her boyfriend, an air force lieutenant serving in japan. >> i'm sorry i couldn't be there to experience this with your family but know i love you, i miss you and i can't wait to see you soon. congratulations, jianna. >> she looked surprised and touched. that is salinas and her family. they were moved to tears. salinas is a first generation college student. as you guessed by now, she's a professional motorcycle drag racer. building a better bay area means finding solutions to keep people from moving away. two career counselors in san mateo launched a program called stay in the bay, 100k. about 50 representatives from various trades, public safety agencies, transit systems and

companies went to the event that shows there are untilled jobs available that pay $100,000 or more. career advisers came up with the event and shared success stories like a 2016 graduate of san mateo high. >> he started working with caltrain. moved his way up and now he's an engineer and he's making over $100,000. >> that's just after three years? >> i believe so. >> okay. because of the huge success of the program, they hope to make this an annual event. a special santa will hit the streets of oakland to hand out gifts to little children. this is part of motor santa, this gets under way at the east mont substation. a police officer dresses up as jolly old st. nick and rides throughout oakland giving out toys. this will be the 13th annual event. santa will be out there until all the toys are gone. >> that's cool. >> that's fun. >> that's a good surprise. riding down the street. here's santa. >> santa going to face some wet roads? >> you know, that's part of the

deal. whether it's rain or snow. we have some of that for the weekend. right now we're between systems. a little mist, drizzle, fog. that stream of moisture all the way back to the hawaiian islands. we will tap into some of that as we get into your weekend. 53 now in oakland. 49 in san ramon and santa rosa. with the cloud cover slightly milder out there, visibility 4 to 5 and 6 miles from the north bay, the east bay. we'll be looking at the clouds decreasing late in the day. the next couple of hours, fog, mist, drizzle, partly cloudy for thursday and friday. that next storm alirrives on saturday. a bit of moisture out there for you and the fog is making it slick. as we go into your saturday, it starts out dry. the rain moves in from the north. dropping to the south throughout the later afternoon.

and then into your sunday morning, it's kind of messy out there. it lingers. some showers into your monday. we have the potential winter storm watch, then warning in the mountains through early next week. as for today, we're looking at temperatures cooler in the north bay with more cloud cover, the possibility of a few sprinkles, mid 50s. upper 50s in the east bay, the south bay, to near 60 in the accuweather seven-day forecast. milder tomorrow, still the cloud cover. a level 2 on our storm impact scale late on saturday into sunday. showers wind down. they'll still be with us monday into christmas eve. it looks like a chance into christmas day. >> good morning. i do have a good update for mass transit situations. you saw we have a lot of problems earlier. the ferries, you can still expect some possible delays due to the fog. the b.a.r.t. delays have lifted. we have 50 trains running on time now. line 181 for the vta, possible delays there. these are still the big issues

with ace. a major delay with ace 1, 27 minutes behind. a ace 3, 13 minutes delayed. ace 51 on tim is on time. we are following more on that crash on eastbound 87 before crtner. that is all cleared up. this is the new issue we're following. abc7 news reporter julian glover is on the way to the scene in san jose on clayton road where a car that gone off the road and into a creek. reggie and kumasi? >> all right, thanks. "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 on abc7. >> let's check in with ginger zee. >> hi. nice to be with you this morning. coming up on "gma," everything you need to know about the impeachment of president trump after history was made in the house last night. the president is the third ever to face a trial in the senate. we will break down what that means. and press secretary stephanie grisham will join us live. and an abc news exclusive, the 4-year-old who saved her

mother's life. the 911 calls and how she knew what to do. and food versus fitness. the new study that tries to get to the bottom of that question when it comes to your weight. dr. ashton will have answers about which matters more. we're hours away from the "star wars" premiere and isaac joins us live. that's all coming up on "gma." >> have you seen the new "star wars" yet? >> i was supposed to go to the screening this weekend, i missed it because of meetings. no, i haven't. i can't give spoilers. >> got it. i lore got my tickets. >> he was ready. >> you're usually my inside source. i'm afraid something bad happens to c 3 >> i don't want that either. >> if we could put our wishes

into the world. >> we spoke it into existence. we'll see you soon. thank you. coming up, a crash and a rescue happening in san jose. jobina has been following this. we'll be live with the latest at 6:30. a happy update about one of the two dozen dogs stolen from a van in fremont. the good news for your holiday. and a live look outside at 6:20. we'll be right back.

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good morning to you. starting out with 40s and 50s, some fog there it a few light showers and drizzle. getting into about 10:00, 11:00, still a lot of cloud cover. numbers are somewhat mild. upper 50s to near 60. maybe a few peeks of sun. as we look at the accumulated precip from the weekend into christmas eve, things are turning wet again. anywhere from a half inch to more than that in southern california. this is through christmas eve. >> all right. thanks. the trump administration is ready to allow americans to safely and legally purchase low-cost prescription drugs from canada. under a proposal by the fda, patients can get access to

medicines that follow u.s. safety regulations. political pressure has been growing on the cost of prescription drugs. presidential candidate bernie sanders recently took supporters to a canadian pharmacy where they purchased insulin at about one-tenth of the price it is in the u.s. the trump administration hopes to roll out the program by the 2020 election. one of the dogs stolen last week in fremont has been found. fremont police posted the good news and also some video on twitter of this dog named unique. she was sold to someone but will be returned to her owner. unique was one of more than two dozen dogs in the transportation van that got stolen in fremont last monday. the van was recovered in oakland with 24 dogs inside. one of those dogs, this one, is still missing. this is 3-month-old english bulldog, there's a reward for his safe return. the newest movie in the "star wars" franchise will hit theaters tonight.

star wars theize izrise of sky will wrap up the franchise. they made sure they got the ending right for "star wars" fans both young and old. democrats go head to head in another debate tonight. coming up, the seven candidates you'll see on stage. and amazon is making changes to its return policy. what you need to know this holiday season. as we head to break, a live look outside this morning. we will be

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to be impeached by the house and nancy pelosi now threatening to possibly delay his senate trial. i'm ines de la cuetara, i'll have the details coming up. food versus fitny. a new study reveals what matters more when it comes to managing your weight. >> let's get to that story after christmas. >> after new years. >> 2020. >> i could never. >> new year, new you. >> not really. >> we're not interested now. >> we may be interested in the weather. we have sprinkles out there and some fog. we're in between systems, which is kind of a good thing for the work week. as we get into your thursday afternoon, even less in the way of cloud cover. right now, live doppler 7 showing you some activity well to the north. lake county, sonoma county could see a light shower. roadways are wet. there's fog. it's 53 in oakland.

the visibility, 2 to 4 miles. well to the north. five to six miles in the east bay. three miles half moon bay. we are looking at that chance of light showers, and then mostly cloudy skies. the clouds thinging outhinning s to 60 today. then we get a weather change with a strong storm system setting up for the weekend. >> we have a bit of an update on this crash we've been following throughout the morning. a car went into a creek on clayton road in san jose. i understand abc7 news reporter julian glover just made it out to the scene there. julian, can you tell us what is happening there right now? >> this is an active rescue situation, i'm told this driver could be coming out of this any moment now. this driver some 100 feet down this embankment after swerving off clayton road and you can see

the massive presence of fire department officials and also from the police department. they are working to get this driver out of here. 25 firefighters and 15 police officers and workers from county ambulance trying to pull this driver to safety. they were about two hours into this tense rescue on a very steep hillside. again, trying to pull this driver up. you can see the ropes beginning to move right now. that being a good sign. i was told a couple minutes ago that any moment now they could be bringing this driver up. i think this is what we might be able to bring to you here on live tv. they've been at this since 4:30 this morning. i'm told the driver was able to free himself from the car, but obviously wasn't able to make it further than that.

he couldn't make it further to safety because of how steep the hillside is off clayton. as to what caused the driver to go off the road and down the emba embankment, that's what we're trying to figure out. live right now, a tense rescue effort unfolding now. i was hoping to bring you the good news that they officially brought that driver out of this embankment, but it looks like it could be a few more minutes until that is able to happen. if we can bring you that live, we will here on abc7 news. i'm julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you, julian. some intense moments there. an update on a story we've been following all morning long, a car crashed into a pay day loan shop in san jose, a 15-year-old passenger was hurt and taken to the hospital. police say the driver ran off the road. this started at 1:00 a.m., as the officer tried to pull over

the car for a code violation on capital expressway. the driver did not stop and the officer lost sight of it. the car crashed into the cash one. the building was closed at the time. back over to you. developing news on history made on capitol hill. president trump becoming the third president in u.s. history to be impeached. >> there's some uncertainty about how the case will move forward. ines de la cuetara joins us live from washington with those details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. after six hours of debate, the house vote on impeachment went as expected with two democrats objecting, but house speaker nancy pelosi throwing the impeachment process in limbo by threatening to delay president trump's senate trial. overnight history in the house. >> great day for the constitution of the united states. a sad one for america. >> reporter: democrats

impeaching president trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. >> article 1 is adopted. >> reporter: the vote fell almost exactly along party lines, with not a single republican supporting impeachment. >> why do we keep calling this a solemn occasion since you've been wanting to do this since the gentleman was elected. >> his actions reflect precisely the type of conduct the framers of the constitution intended to remedy through the power of impeachment. >> reporter: president trump was holding a campaign rally in michigan when he learned of the final talley. >> oh, i think we have a vote coming in. we got every single republican voted for us? whoa. whoa. [ cheers ] >> reporter: and the president lashing out at democrats. >> through their depraved actions today, crazy nancy pelosi's house democrats have branded themselves with an

eternal mark of shame. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi casting new uncertainty into the process when she declined to say when or if democrats will deliver the articles of impeachment to the senate citing concerns about an unfair trial. democrats want to call witnesses during the trial, majority leader mitch mcconnell already rejected that request. >> we'll make a decision as a group as we always have as we go along. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer are meeting today to discuss the terms of that impending senate trial. the trial is scheduled to begin on the week of january 6th, but that's if house speaker nancy pelosi decides to move the process forward. senate republicans indicate they want to hold this trial as soon as possible. mitch mcconnell expected to announce an exact date as soon

as he and chuck schumer hash out how this will be conducted. a two thirds majority is needed to remove the president from office. that's 67 votes, with 53 republicans in the senate, it's unlikely there will be enough votes to remove the president. we have details on what's involved in the impeachment process on our website, abc7news.com. seven democrats running for president will take part in a debate in los angeles. they include joe biden, pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar, andrew yang, tom steyer. striking workers and the school reached a tentative contract agreement on tuesday. uber is set to pay more than $4 million in settlement. the workers who could have money coming their way and fastrak on trial today. why a group of drivers are suing the bay area tolling system. >> first a check of the forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning to you.

starting out with patchy drizzle out there and some fog. visibility has been reduced from 3 to 4 miles from the coast to santa rosa. 5 to 6 miles in our inland east bay. and temperatures are in the 40s to near 50 in pleasanton. 50 in livermore. as we look at the north bay, upper 50s here. 4 in s 47 in san carlos. the roadways are slick out there. there's fog and a small craft advisory throughout the afternoon. looking at a few wet spots as you head towards mass transit. on the peninsula, temperatures in the 50s. they should thin out for partly sunny skies. overall, not ruling out a chance of a shower here in the north bay. cooler number there's in the cloud cover. we're looking at sun tonight. 40s and 50s with the fog. another drive day on the way for

friday. that's before we mess things up into the weekend and pre-holiday -- several days there before and including christmas day with some wet weather. jobina? >> thank you. good morning. a report of a hit and run and also another stall at the bay bridge toll plaza right now. so you can expect delays as you move through here. the metering lights came on at 5:42 this morning. hopefully they can get that cleared up for you. also a stall on the san mateo bridge. the bridge crew is there now trying to move it to the shoulder. you can see that it is slow for people moving westbound right now. you can expect delays in this area. we have mass transit delays for ace, with ace 1 more than 30 minutes behind schedule. ace 3 ten minutes behind schedule, ace 5 and 7 are on time. you can expect possible delays for the ferries due to fog. b.a.r.t., 57 trains running on time. line 181 for vta, possible delays there. we have julian glover on the

scene of a car that went off the road on clayton road in san jose. both lanes are closed right now while they work on that rescue process. we're watching him out there live as they try to pull that car from the creek. looks like the driver got out. we'll hear more from him

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good morning to you. santa rosa, concord, some fog. 40-minute delays at sfo. a look at highs today across the state. sunshine in the southland, but up to the north, rain through chico and a few scattered showers are around sacramento. can't rule out an isolated shower in the north bay, near santa rosa. maybe some drizzle. we are looking at the system to really provide not much in the way of shower activity across the bay. clouds will thin out across the day. enjoying a two-day break before things change. more wet weather arriving for the latter half of your saturday. happening today, putting fast track on trial. thousands of drivers say the system messed up when trying to bill them for crossing the golden gate bridge. amy hollyfield is live at the golden gate bridge with more. amy? >> there's an interesting side

story going on in the courtroom. fastrak was worried that drives would cheat the system so they were arguing the public shouldn't be allowed in the courtroom. the just denied that request but did say information about how fastrak handles tolls and penalties will be kept out of the courtroom, so there will be some secrecy in the case. attorneys in the case against fastrak say they are surprised the agency is so suspicious of the public. >> i think it's troubling that the tolling agencies have this view of california motorists that the motorists are out to get them. >> a group of drivers is suing fastrak saying fastrak wrongly charged thousands of motorists with toll evasions and penalties. the suit says that fastrak didn't try to find the drivers but simply piled on the

penalties when they sent them a fine and it didn't get paid. that trial gets under way today. reporting live in the golden gate bridge, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. a federal appeals court ruled part of the affordable care act is unconstitutional, but this is a limited victory for the trump administration. the law, which requires everyone to have health insurance will remain in effect while the case goes to a federal district judge for more proceedings. a final ruling may not come until late next year. san francisco-based uber has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a federal sexual harassment investigation. uber's ceo pledged to change the culture. a live look at the new york stock exchange now. you can see that we're up about 58 points. amazon is revamping its return system just in case santa left you the wrong gift under the tree. the company will now let you

return any of the millions of products that it sells and fulfills for free. amazon used to only accept free returns for clothing, shoes and bedding. now the list expanded to pretty much everything. amazon says it is because of their growing logistics network. facebook is reportedly getting ready to run a super bowl ad for the first time ever. according to the "wall street journal," the 60-second ad will feature chris rock and sylvester stallone. people have reported seeing the actors on the rocky steps in philadelphia. crews have been filming on various steps outside the museum of art. this will promote facebook's groups feature and air during the big game on february 2nd. a you a new study finds wh comes to your weight, food may be more important than exercise. dr. jennifer ashton talked about

this on "good morning america." >> findings suggest that in children there's a fixed amount of energy expenditure we can go through during the day. if you're targeting let's say childhood obesity it should be more about encouraging good eating practices more than physical activity although to be crystal clear we will always encourage physical activity in children and adults, but for the number on the scale it's mostly about what we eat. >>abs are made in the kitchen, that's what they say, right? dr. jennifer ashton will have more on "good morning america" coming up at abc7 mornings. we already knew that? >> do we need to know about that around christmastime? >> points were made. >> this is a good story here of what could have been an awful situation. you are look at what juing at wa moments ago in san jose, this

driver went off the road and down into a creek. at one point this morning they were requesting 1,000 feet of tab cable to pull his car out. he was able to remove himsel from the car. clayton road is shut down in both directions in san jose. abc7 news reporter julian glover i on the scene talking with first responders right now in a news conference so he can get more information on what happened there. thankfully that driver appears to have minor injuries. back to the richmond-san rafael bridge, we are seeing some slowdowns there. no major issues, just a slow crawl as you come across the bridge this morning. i want to give you mass transit delays. ace 1, 28 minutes behind schedule because of equipment issues. ace 3, 13 minutes behind. ace 5 and 7 are on time this morning. lisa? >> good morning to you. we had a little bit of mist and drizzle out there. maybe needing your wipers on intermittent today. we will be looking at a nice

scene here. santa cruz, upper 40s. upper 50s later on today. 50 in san jose. 48 in half moon bay. the fog is with us along the coast, 3 to 4-mile visibsibilit from half moon bay to santa rosa. you can see the clouds. 46 by the delta with some fog. petaluma at 48. we'll thin out the cloud coffer for most of you. in the north bay, maybe a slight chance of a shower. 48-minute delays at sfo. next storm arrives late saturday into sunday. this morning, it's a little moist out there. we have the slick roadways and some of that fog. as we get into your friday, really no issues. it's sad that we're watching a system drop down from the north, pressing into the south, pushing into the sierra nevada. staying with us through sunday. it will weaken.s will linger into christmas eve and christmas

day. the accuweather seven-day forecast, maybe a little bit of mist and drizzle. fog this morning. otherwise partly to mostly cloudy. cloudy skies for your friday. a level 2 on the storm impact scale. late saturday into sunday, breezy with showers. looks wet on monday. christmas eve, a few showers into christmas day for santa claus. jobina? >> thank you, lisa. we'll check out our toyota tahoe traffic report here. the stand-out on the board is chains are we alpine, northstar, if you're headed on 89, bring your chains. sugar bowl, the base for the snow, 38 inches to 60 inches there. sierra at tahoe and kirkwood with the most snow, 55 to 60 inches. no chains required for 80, 50,

or 88. should be a good time up there because you can expect some snow for the weekend. thanks. new surveillance video shows the moment a 17-year-old girl crashed an airplane at the fresno yosemite international airport. the girl took control of the small two-engine plane yesterday morning. it crash flood a chain link fence and hit a maintenance building before coming to a halt. no one was hurt. police arrested the teen and charged her with theft of an aircraft. police in the east bay are searching for this woman, a food delivery driver you see dropping off the food but you also see her stealing packages. this happened last saturday in berkeley. the door dash carrier is seen grabbing as many packages as she can from the lobby of an apartment building after dropping off someone's food. police released this video hoping somebody can identify the woman. they are using information from the door dash app to track her down. in the east bay, the benicia

police are asking for your help to identify a robber. investigators say this man robbed an employee at gun point sunday night at the fast mart gas station on east 5th street, grabbing the money from the cash register. before he left, the man used pepper spray on the score clerk. police say he left the scene in a newer white jeep cherokee. anyone with information is asked to contact the police department. a navigation center focused on young people could be going up in san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood. the proposed spot is near the corner of post and hyde streets in the old house of fans building. this would be the ninth navigation center in the city. it would have 75 beds for homeless young people between the ages of 18nd 24. supervisor aaron peskin said a deal on opening the center is on the verge of being signed. coming up next, 7 things to know before you go. >> before we go to break, here's a live look outside at 6:51 as the sun is struggling to make it past the clouds.

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it is 6:55. if you're just about to go out the door, here's 7 things to know before you go. number one, a driver was just rescued after a crash in san jose. the man drove off an embankment on clayton road. emergency crews pulled the driver up the hill the car is still down there. one witness tells officials the driver was swerving to avoid deer. number two, a 15-year-old is hospitalized overnight after a car crashed into a check cashing business in san jose. the driver of the car ran away. >> number three, it's slick out

there. some mist, drizzle and fog. cooler in the north bay, upper 50s to near 60 the rest of the bay. number four, orinda city council will vote on a temporary ban on short-term rentals. the move comes after a shooting at an airbnb rental on halloween that left five people dead. number five, mitch mcconnell is blasting house democrats this morning over their decision to impeach president trump. president trump is the third president in u.s. history to be impeached. number six, we had loads of mass transit delays this morning. especially on ace. ace 1 is 34 minutes behind schedule. ace 3, 14-minute delays. and number seven, "star wars," the rise of skywalker hits theaters tonight. this is the finale to the "star wars" saga. disney is the parent company of abc7. >> oh. >> i know you're ready. >> i'm ready. the well, 1977, right? that was the year it came out? also the year of my birth.

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good morning, america. as we join you this thursday morning, president trump officially impeached. overnight, he's fighting back. president trump the third american president impeached. the vote split down party lines. democrats say trump's abuse of power left them no choice. republicans call it revenge for losing the election. trump fired up at a rally overnight, saying democrats will pay a political price. >> crazy nancy pelosi's house democrats have branded themselves with an eternal mark of shame. >> and the new question this morning, will speaker pelosi try to delay the senate trial? the white house press secretary stephanie grisham joins us live. bone-chilling cold as the holiday travel rush gets