still no sign of my movement on the coronavirus relief bill. president trump is demanding lawmakers increase stimulus checks and refusing to sign the bill. as abc news reporter rachel scott tells us, there is a bipartisan push to get the president to take action. >> the roughly $900 billion stimulus package congress approved earlier this week is awaiting president trump's signature. joe biden criticizing his refusal to sign the bill writing this abdication of responsibility has devastating consequences. the president has been critical of the bill which includes aid to struggling americans. >> it realy is a disgrace. >> the president tweeting he has had many calls in meetings demanding congress increase the amount of the stimulus checks from 60 to $2,000 writing, give our people the money. but his own team helped negotiate that bill.

steve mnuchin made this promise earlier this week. >> people are going to see this money the beginning of next week. >> urging the president to sign the bill. >> when we finally thought we would be able to give people hope, that's what people need, hope. >> i hope the president looks at this again and reaches that conclusion that the best thing to do is to sign the bill. >> supplemental unemployment benefits expire today. and if the president continues to hold off, the government shuts down monday. the federal moratorium on evictions will end in less than a week. >> we are facing the very real possibility of tens of millions of people losing their homes this winter during the height of covid-19. >> so now the bill is in the president's hands. he could sign it and get relief to the american people or he could veto it. that would force lawmakers back to washington to try to override the president. but if he does nothing, for the next several days it will expire and it will be up to the next congress to try to do this all

over again and get relief to the american people. rachel scott, abc news washington. california is still setting coronavirus records. over the holiday weekend, the state how its hospitalizations go up, edging closer to 19,000. there has been a new daily record every day since december 9th. and every day since december 3rd, the number of people in the icu has set a new high. today it topped 4,000. the total number of new cases is a little more than 30,000. now, the bay area also saw its icu capacity rise from yesterday. it was 9.8%. a southern california and san juaquin valley regions are still at 0%. northern california remains above the 15% threshold, and the only region without a stay-at-home order. well, the message has been clear in the bay area. stay home to stop the spread. signs like this are up on the roads to encourage drivers to

stay out of the stores and to enjoy the holidays safely. now, despite the sobering covid-19 numbers, shoppers were out on this day after christmas on the hunt for sales and making those annual gift returns. once again, abc 7 news reporter joins us live in the news room with more on this story. >> those after christmas sopping traditions continued around the bay area today, but as new covid cases continue to spike, local health officials have real concerns. >> i am surprised. i'm very surprised that there is a line today, yeah. >> reporter: julie waited patiently in that line outside the louisville vuitton store. she's making a post christmas return. >> it was a really nice bag, but it's a little bit too big, so i'm looking for something smaller. >> across the street, there was a line of shoppers outside. gucci, temperature checks required at the store. >> i got to do some returns.

i didn't do a good job of picking my girl's gift. >> reporter: limiting the number of customers inside. not your typical day after christmas crowds on union square. fewer shoppers. some folks showed up because it is tradition. >> we shopped the day after christmas for the last 40 years and just really sad that the stores are empty and worried about the people that work there, that they might be getting laid off. >> reporter: westfield shopping center was definitely busy making returns and of course looking for sales. >> reporter: crowds of shoppers at local malls. it's not what health officials want to see. >> my concern is that if people gather together at places where they shop indoors, we will see more transmission. it could really explode from there. >> reporter: with covid cases spiking and icu beds running low, dr. willis fears another surge on top of a post-thanksgiving search. >> may be too late to do something about this now, but we

hope everyone will take every precaution they will right now. the last thing we need right now is another surge on top of that surge after thanksgiving. >> dr. willis says that post holiday surge can be avoided if we limit our exposure in public at stores, shop online if you can and avoid large gatherings and keep wearing those masks. these days it is all about staying safe and staying healthy. abc 7 news. >> can't repeat yourself enough on that note. thanks. now, remember how december 23rd set a travel record during the pandemic? what a difference a couple of days make. we have seen a steep drop in people flying for the holiday. not a whole lot of people were traveling on christmas eve or christmas day, especially when compared to last year. christmas day was at 616,000 and christmas eve at 846,000. on the 23rd, there were nearly 1.2 million passengers going through america's airports. santa clara county is ramping up covid-19 testing

after the christmas holiday. at the fairgrounds in san jose today where hundreds of cars lined up for drive-through testing. 2,200 new cases have been reported in just the last 24 hours. health officials fear case wills jump in the coming weeks as the holidays wrap up and more people get tested. testing will be held at the same location tomorrow. san francisco's 15th annual kwanza celebration is going virtual this year. over the next week, the village project will celebrate the seven principals of kwanza through social media. the events will be held every day at 6:00 p.m. and each program will end with a blues convert. the investigation into what happened in the heart of nashville on christmas day has taken a turn. san francisco put out its own spin on the monolith phenomenon in gingerbread.

and i'm drew tuma. we are tracking a chilly and dry night on the way. but our next storm quickly approaching. we'll have the

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developing news now in the christmas day rv bombing in nashville tennessee. the fbi has now identified a person of interest, but an arrest has not yet been made. andrew dim berg with the investigators and what they're focussing on. >> reporter: authorities reviewing surveillance video of a powerful explosion in downtown nashville on christmas morning. >> stay back until we figure out what's going on. >> reporter: the fbi is now in charge of the investigation and is still working to identify the human remains found at the scene. sources tell abc news authorities are searching properties associated with anthony quinn warner and are working to determine if he was responsible for the explosion. our investigative team is turning over every stone to make sure we know as many details as possible to answer the question of who is responsible for this and also to understand why did they do this. >> reporter: investigators say

just after 1:00 a.m., this rv was seen parked outside the at&t building. hours later police responded to a call of shots fired. they could hear a recording coming from the rv warning people nearby to evacuate. >> if you can hear this message, evacuate now. >> reporter: at 6:30 a.m., the rv exploded into a fireball. debris and smoke shooting hundreds of feet into the air. buck mccoy was in his bed when his apartment shook. >> all the windows came in from the living room to the front door. >> reporter: six police officers being hailed as heroes after rushing in to evacuate the area. remarkably only three people suffered minor injuries. abc news washington, d.c. some sad news to pass along now. basketball great k.c. jones has died at the age of '88. jones teamed up with russell again on the boston celtics and

won eight titles as a player and three more as a coach. he's one of only seven players to win an ncaa title, nba title and olympic gold medal. snow for this first time in a while the sierra is getting hit with a significant storm. but we are about to learn where things really stand in the mountains. and closer to home, more rain is on the way to the bay area. meteorologist drew tuma is up next with our accuweather forecast. george kittle returns for the 49ers and stef goes splash. how many threes do you think he made in a row at practice today. we'll tell you the crazy number in sports.

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what a contrast. we have fire and ice this holiday weekend, all courtesy of mother nature. let's start in hawaii where the volcano spews volcano from its crater. this fiery display from a helicopter. there is a huge lava lake growing there, 600 feet deep, the same height as the washington monument. closer to home, it is a

white christmas up in the sie a sierra. you can see interstate 80 is covered in snow and flakes were still falling earlier today. this is the biggest storm to hit the mountains in quite some time and some locations were expected to get a foot and a half of snow or even more by the end of the weekend. the first snow survey of the season is coming wednesday. the bay area discovery museum is giving children a place to play during the pandemic. while they closed all indoor exhibits, it just reopened its outdoor play area. there are 2.5 acres of outdoor space. social distancing and masks are required and staff regularly clean surfaces. >> well, children are spending a lot of time indoors and in front of screens, and we know for their emotional well-being and their physical well-being, they need to be outdoors, so we have a very safe space for parents

and children to play together safely. >> the mu families must reserve slot in advance. speaking of getting outdoors, we have rain in the forecast, but not a total wash, drew. >> yeah. not a total wash tomorrow. in fact, during the day, pretty dry conditions. it will be at night we will find our next storm moving into the bay area. live doppler 7 right now is showing you any rain we had earlier this morning has moved out. that cold front moved through and behind it we have dry skies in the mix of stars and clouds out there this evening. numbers in our coldest spots already falling into the 40s at santa rosa. half-moon bay down to 49. san ramon, 53 in hayward, san francisco and san jose at this hour. but those numbers will continue to drop. tonight we'll feel colder than last night because we have

partly cloudy skies allowing any warmth to radiate away. the coldest spots dropping into the 30s. 37 in napa. even in the east bay, livermore drops to 39. roughly 43 san jose in the city. drop to 46 degrees. so will be a chilly start to the day tomorrow. here is the story we're tracking. live doppler 7 along with satellite. that cold front has pushed off to the east. pretty quiet over california right now. but you can already see our next storm waiting in the wings. now, the path of this storm a little bit different than the one we had yesterday. this storm more of a southern track. so southern california will get more rain fall than we see here, but we will get some showers out of this storm system. so on the storm impact scale, it is a level one light storm we have late tomorrow night and early into the day on monday. we'll track those scatters showers. because of that southern path

this storm is taken, the highest totals with this storm will be in the south bay and it will be breezy from time to time. so future weather, by 6:00 p.m. tomorrow evening, we are still dry. it is at night that rain returns. by 11:00 p.m., that's when we will start to track the wet weather moving in along the peninsula and south bay. we'll start to see showers work into the north bay and we'll track those scattered showers throughout the afternoon on monday as well. total rain fall, you take a look. it kind of seems like an upside down storm in terms of the storm fall totals with the highest rain fall along the peninsula and south bay. pretty low totals with this storm. a little different in terms of a rain fall compared to what we experienced yesterday. highs on sunday, mostly cloudy skies. temperatures mainly in the upper 50s, if not close to 60 degrees. so just slightly below average for this time of year. here is the accuweather

seven-day forecast. mostly cloudy tomorrow. rain arrives at night. then we'll track the scattered showers throughout the morning afternoon on friday. tuesday and wednesday are dry. but then new year's eve in the morning we'll track another chance of some showers before drier weather greets us for 2021. now, abc 7 sports. it had been a tough season for the niners. injuries to keep players at nearly every position is too much to overcome. george kittle returned. san francisco plays spoiler. jimmy garoppolo, richard sherman watching from a suit. george turns it up the field. team highs with four receptions and 92 yards. good to have 85 back. finds jeff wilson jr. out of the back field. 21 yards to the house. 7-3 san francisco. wilson jr. a big game on the ground. pitch to number 30 and he moves

it passed a deal. total 204 all purpose yards. play action to wilson sets up juice. there is kyle in the end zone. fred warner, the pro bowler, making a big play. cardinals turn it over on downs. another play action. and there is juice again. the 49ers pro bowl fullback. touchdown and keeps it a one possession game. here's kyler murray. his first pick of the year is a big one. niners three-game slide. major spoiler in the cards playoff hopes. >> the guys are feeling the vibe of the locker room, the vibe at practice. the guys just going out there with nothing to lose. really just inspiring each other. it was really awesome this week. >> we're not proud of our record. we would love to be better, but that doesn't tell the story of who these guys are. they give everything they have

every game day. >> those guys blocked their tails off today for me, and i could feel it. now i'm just ready to watch them. >> tom brady and the bucks. brady finds rob gronkowski. what a pass and catch. 7-0 tampa bay. brady finds antonio brown in the back of the end zone. 34-0 at the half. he only needed to play one-half. here comes in former 49er blaine gabbert in relief who threw two touchdowns. mike evans had two himself. they win big, clinch a playoff spot. saw it right here on abc 7. louisiana taking on ut san antonio. first responder bowl. wide open jaylen williams 7-0. 10-7 game and lewis a ten yard pass. made it 17-7. louisiana wins. they finish 10-1.

video of the day comes from chicago where steph curry made 105 straight gees at practice today. he did not miss a shot for more than five minutes. curry's personal best prior to this was 77 straight threes. stef kerr just said this was insane and filled us in on what happened on shot number 106. >> he choked. so he choked and just couldn't make the 106th one. i guess he just didn't have it in him. it's very disapointing. >> sports center sharing some great christmas sweets. this young man got his wish of a wooden baseball bat. that's excitement. and a different sport, but the excitement is real. check out this youngster. this one takes the cake in my opinion. got to teach them young.

that's the best video, right? >> i mean, just wait until these kids grow up, too. if it's so exciting now when they're so young. >> i can see it now, chris. thanks. san francisco got a sweet surprise. a gingerbread monolith popped up for christmas. see what we found when he checked on the giant ree this morning. stay with us.

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stunning many san francisco residents, the missteer your bringerbread monolith has crumbled. icing was not enough to hold it up. this is all that's left, pieces of cookie on a knocked over metal frame. city employees taped off the remnants. they eventually led them away. not clear where it came from. maybe it was all that rain. thanks for joining us. we'll see you right back here at

>> you're watching "the wellness hour," the leader in medical news and information. i'm randy alvarez. today's topic, replacing missing teeth with dental implants. according to my first guest, no more dentures. and with us we have an expert on the topic. he is a prosthodontist -- dr. mark adams. dr. adams, welcome to the program. >> thanks for having me, randy. >> now, before we get into today's topic -- and i know you brought a lot of photos, and we'll get to as many as we can -- tell us a little bit about clearchoice. i guess you're kind of unique. you focus on just about one thing. so, who is the typical patient? >> we focus solely on dental implants, and our average patient is looking for help. they haven't seen a dentist in a very long time. they're a dental refugee. they're outside of the regular