on one condition. that you do everything to preserve and protect them. with love, california. tonight as we come on the air, major traffic problems in san jose. a 220,000 pound crane still blocking a highway. eleven hours after it over turned. some lanes are now starting to are e open. >> new video of an officer involved death. the sheriff calls what happened troubling. he plans to fire the deputy in the middle of it. >> a flag flies at half staff after the death of a little boy. he was playing near this fence now on its side. >> a ceo now pleading guilty in a student loan case. victims say the impact for them

is far from over. >> the new head of google gets a raise. this has a lot of zeros involved. >> home for the holiday. making for good tidings at the airport. we'll begin with a developing story. a big rig crash in san jose. as you can see traffic is still a huge mess after a crane crashed across the roadway at 237. some lanes are starting to reopen. good evening. >> thanks for joining us. this mess started this morning the crane over turned at 6:00 a.m. when the driver lost control. by midday, 237 was closed in both directions and brought in a crane to lift the fallen crane. >> it happened on eastbound. near north first street. we are live near the scene. what's going on? >> the progress has been slow.

but steady. this is the scene mind me. crews continue to work on removing that crane. take a good look. first they had to disassemble it. they hauled off the big chunk of it. the clean up is under way. needless to say this is the last thing anybody wanted ahead of the holiday travel rush. >> reporter: tonight as drivers hit the road for the holiday, highway 237 through san jose might be unavailable for several more hours. >> i lived here 19 years. i have never seen this. i never seen anything like this. never. >> just before 6:00 this morning, a crane traveling west on the highway swerved to avoid traffic. but lost control and tipped over and landed in the eastbound lane. it's a miracle nobody got hurt. >> be patient. we're working as quickly as we can. >> the crane crash caused another collision moments later

between a shuttle bus and pickup truck. the drivers of those vehicles suffered minor injury. >> you might be wondering what's the hold up and why is it taking so long to clear the scene. as a result of the initial crash, at least 100 fwgallons o fuel and oil spilled on the highway. eastbound lanes are still impacted as they work to disassemble the crane. >> we were able to get traffic shut down and stopped. and start moving the vehicles that became stuck. >> traffic spilled onto side streets throughout the day causing back up for drivers. >> some good news. two of the westbound lanes of the highway 237 are now back open to traffic. those lanes reopened moments ago. bad news however the eastbound lanes of the highway aren't

expected to reopen until about 8:00 or 9:00. those times are subject to change. >> okay. what a headache. new development a sheriff deputy has been fired after the sheriff reviewed this body cam video. which he calls quote extremely troubling. the deputy used a controversial neck restraint on a man after a chase. the man seen here david ward died. we have more on the development. >> california state law requires that police agencies are e lease body cam video like this. you're watching the sheriff deputies at the end of a chase on november 27. they were trying to arrest a suspect who they thought had stolen this car. they at no time know behind the wheel, 57 year-old was the rightful owner. today the sheriff announced what

happened here has cost one of the people involved charles blunt his job. >> when a deputy or an employee steps out of line ot standards of conduct. i'll hold them accountable. >> nobody knows why he led them on the chase and wouldn't leave his car. instead of calling for negotiators. he used an unsafe choke hold and excessive force. slamming him into the cars door pillar. we'll freeze the video here. >> is that appropriate? >> in what world? >> attorney will represent the family. >> this is a very dangerous individual. he should have been off the street a long time ago. ending a man's life. >> it will not be the first time he has gone to court over blunts behavior. he represented a woman who the county charged with jay walking and resisting arrest. this was blunt trying to subdue her. >> slammed her. >> it's pattern of behavior he

says repeated in the video from november 27. with david ward on the ground. we see and hear the deputy reaction. when he learns for the first time that ward did in fact own the car. >> he says oh well. and of course david dies seconds later. oh well. is that the person you want in your community? >> i would say it was disturbing. >> no word whether he will face criminal charges. for what happened that night. there is more than one body cam video. it may reveal more about what happened. meantime, police are conducting the investigation. >> a man pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering charges in connection with with a 25 to $65 million student low repayment scheme. we have covered this story since last year. and join you live. >> the big question what if

anything this means for consumers who still owe thousands of dollars on their student loans and believe the money they were paying was going to the loans. as part of the plea agreement, ceo admitted he instructed employees to follow misleading sale scripts so people wouldn't fully understand what they were paying for. victims we spoke with said they believe they were consolidating student loan debt and receiving forgiveness. they were paying for document preparation service and financial education program. they later discovered they were further in debt. because they stopped making payments. he's out on bond and sentenced in march. in the news room for the i team. >> we have new details on the investigation into a tragic accident that claimed the life of a 7 year-old boy as he played at school.

when a section of the fence fell. we're on the story. >> our hearts go out to the family and everybody involved. it's really tragic. >> flowers were left on the playground of the school. a private school where a 7 year-old boy was playing during the lunch hour thursday. police say he was critically injured by a zebs of the schoolyard fence. >> it's a manual fence that slides on a track. we're investigating to find out how and why this happened. at some point the fence came off the track and hit the boy. >> school staff rushed to remove the child from the fence and called 911. sadly he died later at the hospital. the school flag was lowered in memory of the boy. >> the school made grief counsellors available to students and staff friday. police and firefighters who responded had their own debrief. >> we're human. and it's a horrible thing to

deal with. everybody's heart is going out to the family. >> in statement the head of the school said the safety of the students is so important to all of us. we want to understand how this could have happened. the section of campus where this occurred will be closed off. at a time of joy and happiness this campus is grieving. >> shifting gears a bit to the weather. much of the bay area saw heavy fog. you can barely see the buildings. in san francisco this morning you can see the sales force tower peeking above. we will see changes. meteorologist joining us with more on that. >> so we have the fog this morning. clouds are stacked up tonight. you will notice there's no rain. that's changing as we head towards tomorrow night. here's the system. the wider perspective. the moisture and the energy is in the pacific northwest. we'll get the southern end of the storm. the sometime line tomorrow

afternoon. at noon you're dry. most will enjoy the morning to get things done. travelers will be fine until the afternoon. and evening. 11:00 p.m. tomorrow night. you see the rain coming in. a level 1 one tomorrow into sunday. rain will be moderate. watch out for ponding on the roadways and wind gusts. 30 to 40 miles per hour. there's more rain in the forecast. i'll be back with the details. >> get ret did for the darkest day of the year. 14 hours from now. >> what maybe the best thing about the holidays. all of the heartwarming family reunions. >> even

live look at the oakland airport. >> they expect today to be the

busiest of the holiday travel season. >> down in the south bay. expecting one of the busiest days as well. a lye picture there. >> this sunday and the weekend after new years day are also expected to be busy. the airport expects 850,000 passengers to move through between today and january 6. >> let's take you over to sfo live. due to fog the flights were on a delay program. >> 20% are now facing delays of about an hour. there has been 32 cancelled flights. mostly on shorter flights along the west coast. >> those delays are not dampening the happiness of the families reuniting for the holiday. >> love this. live from their right now. these never get old. >> there's plenty of stress as you well know going to an airport. but that's not what we were focussed on today.

instead we looked for the love at the airport. as people greeted those they love. >> will luggage. but the heart of the matter is family. a father and son reunion is beautiful to watch. >> he's two years old and i'm really happy. >> he's been away at boot camp in virginia for six months. >> it's been a long time. >> your mom is counting the days. >> yes, ma'am. >> 151 days. 3,000 hours. >> you were counting down. >> i was. >> it must feel great. >> it does. >> a surprise. a reunion of the private and his marine buddy. >> it's a beautiful feeling. i'm yearning to see them. and hug them.

>> they waited an hour outside clutching a balloon. to give to their son and grandson from india. over the ocean and through sfo meant flying from india to toronto to the bay area. >> long trip to get here. is it worth it? >> it is. because i get to spend quality time with them. and then they put a smile on my face always. >> it's always a joy. pure happiness. very happy to be home for the holiday. and spend time with the family. >> i'm thrilled. these are blessings that are beyond measure. >> if you want to capture just a little bit of the magic. come to an airport and look around as people meet and greet family and friends. >> warm and fuzzy. >> so sweet. are you ready for winter? >> the beginning of the winter

and that is tomorrow. at 8:19 p.m. >> the moment the northern hemisphere is tilted furthest from the sun. we experience the shortest amount of daylight. less than 12 hours. >> and the longest night of the year. from space. check it out. >> one upside after tomorrow we get to say good-bye to shorter days and every so slowly start to welcome back more sun. >> and with that, let's get to the 7-day forecast. >> it is the last weekend before the holiday. you have an opportunity to do it today and tomorrow. dry conditions. and tomorrow night things will be changing. we have clouds no rain yet. temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. this afternoon we got up into the mid-50s. after the heavy fog this morning. mist as well. now a view from the camera with

those clouds over head. next storm arrives tomorrow night. winter begins at 8:19 p.m. tomorrow. and it unsettled pattern for the holiday. let me show you the travel forecast. bay area airport tomorrow. cloudy skies south wind 10 to 20 miles per hour. we look at hawaii tomorrow will be windy. scattered showers. warm 80. and l.a. 71 degrees. with some sun and clouds. we bring in the storm impact scale for a level 1. tomorrow night into sunday. rain will be moderate at times. ponding on the roadway. wind gusts for the coast and the hills will be be between 30 and 40 miles per hour. be prepared for wet weather. it begins tomorrow. the morning is fine. afternoon is fine. and then we go into tomorrow night. 7:00 p.m. we're seeing the first band of rain beginning to move in. it will spread into 11:30 mainly

the north bay. pockets of rain. orange and yellow. by 4:00 a.m. sunday we are seeing most of the widespread rain. it will be moderate at times. and pushes through. 7:00 a.m. wet roadways. after that just scattered showers for the sunday before it winds down. in terms of rainfall totals this is going to be wetter spots with over an inch. for the rest of you, lighter amounts some places like concord. a quarter of an inch of rain. mountains turns to snow. winter weather advisory 4,000 feet. 10:00 p.m. sunday. a foot of snow expected and the advisory above 4,500 feet on sunday. temperatures tomorrow morning in the 40s. tomorrow afternoon a cooler day. temperatures will be in the 50s. a look at the 7-day forecast. level 1 late tomorrow night. that storm moves in. a wet and windy first half of the sunday. a short break on monday.

and then christmas eve at night. a few showers may develop. a better likelihood on christmas. we'll see scattered light showers. it will impact travel. keep that in mind. more wet weather thursday afternoon into friday. >> off and on. unsettled. >> we'll watch it closely. >> dramatic video in southern california. why a canine leaps into this vehicle. that's next. >> world news -- >> coming up tonight the cruise ship collision. passengers horrified. several injuries reported. both ships from u.s. ports. also breaking a grew? so that early retirement we planned. it's going ok? great.

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talk about jumping into action. this police canine flying in with this lope into a suspect car. in southern california. the man was wanted for stalking and trying to run over his wife. look at that.

he was uncooperative after leading police on a chase. they shot out his window. he faces felony stalking charges. the canine name duke was not hurt. >> new details on how much google ceo is being paid as he takes over the leadership of the tech giant parent company. today announcing the compensation package as he expands the role as ceo. of both companies. the current sally is $650,000. starting january that bumps up to $2 million. he's getting company stock that could be up to $240 million. >> marty mcfly would be flabbergasted. to see what sanford has done. engineers programmed the driverless car they have been working onto drift on a racetrack. it navigates the course

flawlessly. on par with a professional. the team enabled the car to move forward pointing sideways. a dream scenario for drifters. it has been named marty. tip of the hat to the main character. in back to the future. >> i'm glad they're smiling not getting car sick. >> one item has deep sea water. another has something found inside the tomb of king tut. >> we want to thank you this image of the sun. stormy seas off san francisco. beautiful. share your pictures with us. itreat them all as if, they are hot and energized.

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>> final preparation under way for the rose parade. see what's new for new years day. >> and today's oakland ballet performance of the nutcracker was only for a special audience. we'll explain all coming up in a half hour. >> we want to end the week on a high note. that means it's time for 7 on your side. with the free stuff. >> oceans halo. the name of this. it's deep sea water. supposed to come from the -- in a bunch of different it has calcium and like watermelon and lime. deep sea water originates from the polar glaciers. newt rent dense waters. isn't that amazing? it costs about $3 a bottl

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♪ tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the cruise ship collision. a carnival cruise ship colliding with another, slicing a massive hole in the stern. passengers horrified. several injuries reported tonight. both ships from u.s. ports. also breaking, the gruesome discovery. the missing mother and her newborn daughter, just three weeks old. the mother has been found dead in the trunk of a car. the baby is alive. tonight, was there a plot to steal the baby? did another other woman pretend to be pregnant? the deadly workplace shooting. a city worker opening fire. and when police arrive, he starts shooting at them too. there is also breaking news here in new york city. the freshman stabbed and killed in a city park. the nypd just releasing this image toni