good morning, america. the search for answers in the nashville bombing. abc's exclusive video from the scene where agents carried out bags of evidence from a home associated with the person in question. the change neighbors noticed. >> this was something that just looked suspicious. >> as investigators comb through the crime scene looking for clues from a street now resembling a war zone. the stimulus stalemates. unemployment benefits have now expired. eviction protection headed that way as well. with the nation on the verge of a government shutdown, the struggle for regular americans. >> i can donate some clothes. i can donate some plasma. >> the wrangling over stimulus checks and the next move in washington. deadly december. the dire new numbers on lives

lost in the pandemic. >> we have on average a person dying every 10, 15 minutes here in l.a. county. >> the concern that a mutant variant of the virus is now here as more families are hit with painful losses. home for new year's. lori loughlin hours away from being released from prison. how she spent her final days behind bars as jada pinkett smith's mother speaks out about that interview with loughlin's daughter, olivia jade. and brady's day. tom brady tossing four touchdown passes in a record-breaking game to lead tampa bay to its first playoff berth in 13 years. not bad for the oldest player in the nfl. good morning to all of you. it's good to have janai filling in for whit this morning. i actually asked dan if he wants

to sit here, and he was afraid. >> he didn't want to be between the two of us. >> i prefer to be the thorn with two roses. >> it is good to have you here this morning. a lot to talk about. overnight federal authorities asked police around the country to increase patrols around at&t facilities. this because the christmas morning bombing in nashville happened outside one of the company's buildings. still at this point, investigators don't know if at&t was the target of that bomb that was planted inside an rv. >> the fbi has been searching a property in a suburb of nashville, trying to determine whether human remains found after the explosion belonged to a person who lived there. a google maps street view image from may of 2019 of that address shows an rv in a fenced-in section of the yard. it looks similar to the one used in the blast. >> meanwhile other investigators are working with behavioral analysts to help them understand

what prompted someone to commit the intentional act of blowing up the rv after warning people to stay away. abc's marcus moore is on the scene in nashville and joins us now with more. marcus, good morning. >> reporter: janai, good morning. this is a massive crime scene here in tennessee, and investigators have been searching for evidence on the ground level as well as on the rooftops here in downtown nashville, and law enforcement sources have also told us that samples from blast residue will be sent off to a lab for analysis to see what type chemicals were used in the explosive. federal agents are trying to put together more pieces of what they describe as a giant jig saw puzzle. 48 hours after a rv rigged with explosives left ruin in downtown nashville police are looking for a suspect and a motive, tracking movement of that rv seen hours before the blast. >> it was like a war zone. >> reporter: a focal point of the investigation drew agents to at least two different locations in suburban nashville. in this video obtained exclusively by abc news agents can be seen carrying out bags of

evidence. we were there nearby when more officers in tactical gear surrounded a home associated with 63-year-old anthony quinn warner. authorities are working to determine if he was blown up in the explosion. a google maps image of the home from may, 2019 shows what appears to be a similar rv used in the explosion parked right outside. this neighbor says she knew it well. >> the rv has been there for a while. it doesn't really move. it just stays there. this was something that looked suspicious that it wasn't there anymore. >> reporter: abc news has learned through court records that anthony quinn warner who once owned and lived at the home being searched recently transferred the deed to a woman in california. what connection ma -- that may have to the explosion is under investigation. >> it's going to take us some time. this team behind me and our folks in the field, we're good at what we do. >> there will be a wealth of investigative leads between the camera, what they collect at the bombing site, what witnesses

heard, et cetera. all those things will go together to lead them to a suspect if, in fact, it hasn't already. >> reporter: several blocks of nashville's downtown remain closed as investigators work to positively identify human remains found at the scene. it was just before 6:30 christmas morning when police responding to a shots fired in the area said this rv was broadcasting announcement warning of an imminent explosion. >> if you can hear this message, evacuate now. >> reporter: police are still reviewing this surveillance video. six heroic police officers rushed to evacuate the area before the rv blew up. this family making it out of their home just in time. >> when i said that we had kids, the female officer, just her eyes said please, yes, you have kids. please get your kids. get your kids right now and get out. >> as we're driving away this massive explosion. i mean it was this huge -- i was looking forward driving and i hear the sound and the whole car

shifts. >> seeing your house explode is scary. we weren't in that building. looking back at my two sweet kids in their pajamas, their matching pajamas, christmas pajamas, i was, like, we have everything we need. >> reporter: so many people thankful to be safe with their families after this ordeal, and this rv blew up right next to an at&t transmission building. that's where it was parked and because authorities cannot rule out that was the intended target, a bulletin has been sent out to law enforcement agencies across the country asking them to increase the patrols at similar facilities in those cities wherever they may be here in the u.s. janai? >> marcus, hearing that mom saying all she needed was her kids and they got out safely. i'm glad they did. thank you so much. to politics now, and as emergency unemployment benefits have expired for millions of americans and no new coronavirus

relief package. president trump is demanding higher payments to americans in need and so far is refusing to sign the $900 billion package congress approved. abc's rachel scott is in washington, d.c. with more. rachel, good morning. >> reporter: janai, good morning. the stakes are high. at least 14 million americans have already lost their unemployment benefits, and to make matters worse, the government will shut down tomorrow at midnight. that bill is a lifeline for so many americans and it's in the president's hands awaiting a signature. the nation on the verge of a this morning, the nation on the verge of a government shutdown. funding runs out at midnight tomorrow. for millions of americans unemployment benefits have now expired, and in just a few days, the federal moratorium on evictions will too. in iowa amanda drinnen lost her job of 16 years back in march. >> i don't know what's ahead for me and my family. >> reporter: now she's struggling to put food on the table for her two children. >> i've not been sleeping well

the last few nights. i could do this to make money. i could consign some clothes. i could donate some plasma. >> reporter: after more than six months, congress finally passed a bipartisan stimulus package to get relief to the american people. the president's own team helped negotiate the bill and signalled he would sign it. now the president is demanding last-minute changes tweeting, i simply want to get our great people $2,000 rather than the measly $600 in the bill. some americans agree $600 isn't enough. >> $600 is very insignificant for the individuals trying to feed their families. >> reporter: lawmakers on both sides have said the bill isn't perfect, but they say it is absolutely critical to get immediate aid to americans like lee daugherty, owner of alexander's bar in dallas, texas. >> we're churning through all reserves.

i never thought it would get here. we had great planning. >> reporter: in california daniel has been using his personal money to keep his nightclub open. >> ten months of zero revenue, zero dollars coming in. there's nowhere to turn or ask for help. >> reporter: and so many americans like daniel told us that they feel like they are going off a cliff. so the president does have some options. he can sign this bill or he can veto it. if he waits several days, it will expire. president-elect joe biden is hoping that it does not get to that point. he is urging the president to sign that bill to get relief to the american people, and promising more will be on the way in his administration, but it's unclear how soon it'll get to americans. it took more than six months for congress to reach this deal. dan? >> rachel, thank you. let's bring in jonathan karl who is our chief white house correspondent, also the author of the excellent book that came out this year, "front row at the trump show." jon is in washington where he will be hosting "this week" later this morning. jon, good morning. so based on your reporting, do you think trump is likely to sign this bill at some point? >> this is really something,

dan. i have asked that exact question several times of the president's press secretary, of his entire press team. there is no answer. they cannot clarify for me whether or not the president is actually threatening to veto this or just asking for these changes. you can understand their situation, dan. it was about a week ago when the white house press office put out a statement suggesting the president would sign it as soon as it got to his desk. the bottom line is nobody in the trump administration knows what he will do except for the president, and he's not saying. >> you've been watching president trump before he was president. you've been watching his public life for a long time as you wrote about it in your book. do you have an inkling, a since of what his end came could be here? is it a principled stand, a play for attention, neither or both? what do you think? >> i think what is going on here, dan, is the president realized -- he's the negotiator. he takes pride in being the

ultimate negotiator. he realized this is the last moment of supreme leverage he may have as president. this is a bill that must pass or we'll see a government shutdown. we'll see people thrown off unemployment rolls. he realized, here's my chance to put my big mark on it. i don't think there was a lot of strategy on it beyond that. >> perhaps some presidential flexing here. jon karl, always great to have you on on a sunday morning. everyone, don't forget to watch jon hosting "this week." he's going to go one-on-one with bernie sanders, the relief bill there, and larry hogan and u.s. surgeon general jerome adams talk about the latest on the pandemic. he'll talk about the latest in the pandemic. that's coming up on "this week" later this morning. eva to you. now to the latest on the pandemic. the cdc saying nearly 2 million people have received the initial dose of the covid-19 vaccine. over 9.5 have been distributed. this as we reach close to 19

million cases across the country with deaths at 331,000 and nearly 60,000 people losing lives this month alone. that's as the situation is becoming increasingly dire in california, even as health officials fear that worse could be on the way since so many people are ignoring those warnings and traveling for the holidays. abc's zohreen shah is in santa monica with more. good morning to you, zohreen. >> reporter: good morning, eva. you can see these medical tents right behind me at st. john's used for overflow patients. the situation here is grim. they are looking at if a new strain exists here in los angeles. meanwhile, we are learning that in spain and sweden, they have confirmed cases of a new variant, the same one that exists in the uk. this morning, with only four days left in 2020, december already proving to be the pandemic's deadliest month. >> we have on average a person dying every 10, 15 minutes in l.a. county. that's a preventable tragedy. >> reporter: and massive lines

across this country for testing. we're here at dodgers stadium. many cars will wait an hour before they get to the front of the line. based on the last week, nearly 17% of angelenos who are tested are testing positive. now with a new virus variant hitting the uk and france, there's concern it could be driving the surge here. >> i would assume as with other variants, that given the amount of traveling people have been doing between thanksgiving and now the winter holiday, in all likelihood it's here. >> reporter: now nearly 7,000 angelenos currently hospitalized. "the l.a. times" reporting some hospitals are running low on oxygen supply. >> this is what we were fearing. it's supply versus demand. we're fearing the demand will overtake the supply. that's going on right now. >> reporter: in texas the rise of new cases concerning health officials. one family losing four family members in two weeks. now celebrating christmas at

what would have been their family member sarah caballero's 68th birthday. >> she's with us today. she's watching over us. she's with us every step of the way. >> reporter: in europe a moment of hope as countries have officially started a coordinated effort to administer vaccinations to adults among their 450 million citizens. many cities are moving into the next phase of vaccinations this week, and in many places, that includes high risk people over the age of 16. until more patients are vaccinated here in america, that death toll is expected to climb, janai. >> zohreen, we know getting more people vaccinated is crucial in helping to beat the virus. zohreen shah, thank you so much. let's bring in dr. ashish jha dean of the brown university of public health. dr. jha, thank you for being here this morning. at this point we novak seens -- know vaccines can stop symptoms. can they reduce transmissibility of the virus? >> good morning and thanks for

having me on. we don't know for sure. all the evidence so far suggests it probably does. i doubt it's 100%. my best guess base on the data we've seen is if you get vaccinated, your chances of transmitting the disease probably does go down substantially. >> we've seen new variants of the virus in the uk and south africa. they're also showing up in france, canada and other countries. how concerned are you about this? >> i'm pretty concerned about this. you know, we're already at a breaking point in so many places. you saw in the last report california, texas, other places really stretched. if that variant, which i suspect is probably here in the u.s., really takes off, it's more contagious. we'll see more infections. i'm worried about what's going to happen to our hospitals. >> dr. jha, the vaccine as far as we know, works against the new variant of the virus. if there are more new variants, could the vaccine eventually not work? >> yeah, i think it's a

possibility. i think the current vaccine does work against variants we've identified. we don't know for sure. it's such a fast-moving thing we're learning. i suspect it will work for a while. if it doesn't, we'll have to make changes to the vaccine which of course, will then delay things further, but i remain reasonably hopeful that the vaccine will work for us for awhile. >> and real quick i want to ask you with so many people traveling around the holidays, we saw the jump in cases after the thanksgiving holiday. now with christmas and new year's travelers, how serious is this? i've heard it called a surge on a surge on a surge. >> i'm very worried about this. i totally get why people travel. it's hard to not see family over the holidays. i'm worried. if you're still traveling, minimize gatherings. the next few weeks are going to be very hard based on infections as well as hospitalizations. pretty concerned about the next few weeks ahead. >> dr. jha, thank you so much

for joining us. dan, over to you. overnight a vigil and calls for justice in ohio, nearly a week after 47-year-old andre hill was fatally shot by a columbus police officer who was responding to a nonemergency call. the crowd lit candles and held signs as they demanded action. police body camera video shows hill approaching an officer holding a cell phone in his left hand, his right hand not visible. at this point officer adam coy, a 19-year veteran, raises his weapon and fires. instead of helping a wounded hill, the officer starts shouting at hill to put his hands off to the side. >> my brother was left on the ground shot, with no type of medical assistance attempted in the full 13 minutes of the tape that we saw. >> why didn't he treat him like a human being after he had been shot, instead of treating him like a wild animal, not rendering any medical assistance?

>> now the police chief in columbus has called for officer coy to be terminated. let's take our time now to switch gears and check in with rob marciano and some snow causing lots of problems for us. hey, rob. >> hey, eva. you guys experienced the snow and rain and warming and back to the snow. incredible pictures coming out of bel air in the catskills. this is kind of a combination of a snow slide and a landslide. that engulfed the lodge there. they're opening today and back to making snow. it was the dramatic increase in temperatures after the snow pack that led to that. this is conway, new hampshire. river flooding there because of the snow melt on top of the rainfall. temperatures obviously cooler and colder in buffalo, new york where they're seeing snow. 18 inches of it. record snow. next storm coming in to the southern california, this is your first big one of the year, rain in the valley, snow in the mountains. it will be a mess until new year's eve. these models are having a hard time with it. just be prepared for new year's

eve. time for good sunday morning. i'm lisa argen. you're looking at san rafael. we have a lot of cloud cover all over the entire bay area but we'll have some peeks of sun this afternoon. the rain not arriving until tonight. it's a level one system, a couple of dry days before another chance of rain new year's eve. upper 50s today for you in oakland. look for 58 palo alto. 56 in napa, and the accuweather seven-day forecast, rain late tonight into monday and then dan, this video is for you. cat suffering through the snow out of connecticut. i don't know the name of the cat. that's where he's making his way through the snow. this is just before christmas. >> can you tell me where that is? i have the humane society on speed dial. >> that cat looks well taken care of. it appears to be wearing a leash. >> rob, i was pleased to hear you use the word yucky. i know that's a meteorological term. >> we only break it out once in

a while. >> after the bad news about the storm, the least you could do was give us that cat video. thank you very much. nothing is normal this year, not even the simple task of returning those unwanted gifts. safety of course is very important. abc's stephanie ramos joins us now with more on that. stephanie, good morning. hope you're not taking back too many gifts. >> reporter: i did pretty well this year. good morning to you. some people may find themselves repurposing some gifts. the national retail federation estimates that 10% of gifts will go right back on the shelves. returning this year won't be the same. retailers are coming up with safe ways to return during the pandemic. some will provide return labels to customers so gifts can be returned through fedex and u.p.s., even if you purchased in store. some stores are even offering curbside return parking spots. best buy and dick's sporting goods for instance, are advising

customers to park, call and read out the receipt details to an associate in order to make a return without coming into contact with anyone, and just to give you an idea of just how much shopping was done despite the pandemic, here are the stats -- on the saturday before christmas the top gift purchases according to the national retail federation, were clothing and accessories, 45%, toys, gift cards, books and media, electronics at about 23%. u.s. retail sales rose 2.4% between november 1st and christmas eve compared to the same period last year, and that's according to mastercard spending pulse. online sales grew 47.2% during that time. guys, the shopping is not over. nrs survey found that two thirds, about 66% of holiday shoppers, will held back to the stores this week. guys? >> thank you, stephanie. i got a little wooden cat meditating from janai, my secret santa, gave it to my son and he

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. >> good morning. i'm jovina fordson. rain and cooler temperatures have finally brought abend to the fire season in the north bay, the most destructive in california history. cal fire says peak fire season is over in six north bay counties including napa, solano and sonoma.

the period lapsed a month lock longer than the previous two fire seasons. the state will staff fire resources in case of another disaster. we have rain on the way eventually. meteorologist lisa argen is here with that info. >> hey there, jovina. good morning to you. walnut creek right now cloudy skies, and we have a little fog in the north bay. it's 47 san francisco, 45 in san jose and here is mt. tam, where the clouds will dominate your morning sky and we'll see partly cloudy skies this afternoon, cool numbers, mid and upper 50s, rain arrives late tonight. jovina? >> thank you, lisa.

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welcome back to "gma" on this sunday morning. at 43 tom brady may be the oldest player in the nfl, but he is clearly not slowing down. in his record-breaking game against the detroit lions on saturday, he not only led his team to their first playoff berth in 13 years, he also made history by throwing four touchdowns in the first half setting a franchise record for most passing tds in a season with 34. did you know trevor ault is a tampa bay fan? i'm sure he's happy. quite the skills for what would be considered an old man in football. how do you feel about that, dan? >> i'm 49 and my bursitis acts up when i watch the highlights. >> impressive what he's done. >> crazy. >> people in boston less

impressed. >> they're telling me to move to the headlines this morning and get rid of my resentment. let's look at some of the other stories we're following this morning. the fbi has been searching a property in a suburb of nashville trying to determine whether human remains found after that christmas day explosion in the downtown area belong to the person who lived there. one of the clues that led agents there was a google maps image from may of 2019 of the home associated with anthony quinn warner. it shows what appears to be a similar rv used in the explosion parked right outside. also, the university of utah paying tribute to star running back ty jordan by lighting the "u" above the school as they do after every football victory. the school announcing that the beloved freshman died this weekend in what is believed to be an accidental shooting while in his home state of texas. the 19-year-old was named the pac-12 offensive freshman of the

year. and on a much lighter note, that's just the way the cookie crumbles. a giant monolith made of gingerbread that mysteriously appeared on a san francisco hill top on christmas day is now just a mound of crumbs. the nearly 7-foot tall three-sided tower held together by icing and decorated with gum drops is believed to be inspired by the metal monolith that appeared and then disappeared from a utah park last month. who ate it? >> maybe there wasn't enough icing and sugar to keep it together. >> people have a lot of time on their hands during the pandemic. >> let's just make a monolith. >> we'll think about these things all morning. turning to our top story this half hour. lori loughlin is finishing up her prison time in the college admissions scandal. "the full house" star is expected to be released tomorrow. >> reporter: this morning lori loughlin is hours away from being released from prison. >> i have to be honest.

we may have -- well, he may have embellished, lied a bit on our application. >> reporter: the former "full house" star set to leave this northern california facility tomorrow, just in time for new year's after serving a nearly two-month sentence and remaining in isolation for the past two weeks following a widespread covid outbreak affecting over 180 inmates and three staff members. her team telling abc news lori is in isolation so she's in no danger. the rules are that when you enter, you go into isolation for two weeks, and when you exit, you do the same. th she will be out on monday, and i have every reason to believe she will be healthy. loughlin and her husband mossimo giannulli, pleading guilty to paying $500,000 in the so-called "varsity blues" cheating scandal, a scheme dreamed up by rick singer that helped place

the celebrity's daughter into the university of southern california. >> i'm definitely ready to address some things. >> reporter: olivia jade speaking out for the first time about the scandal on jada pinkett smith's "red table talk." co-host and pinkett smith's mother adrienne banfield norris pressing olivia jade about white privilege, something she says before the scandal she never even realized she had. >> when you come to the table with something like this, it's like child please. >> right. >> reporter: on the keep it podcast this week banfield norris addressing her frustration when interviewing olivia jade. >> i felt like a 21-year-old adult she needed to be way more aware of what's going on in the world. i do understand that's just kind of the world they're in. your life experiences is what puts you in that space. >> we should point out that loughlin's husband, mossimo giannulli, is still behind bars. he's serving a five-month sentence for his role in the

college admission scandal. dan? weather news now. a lot going on. let's go to rob who is tracking a pair of storms. rob, what's cooking? >> this is pretty, this snow. this item of year at least things are pretty. this out of spokane, washington, one of the two storms heading out in the west. five, six inches of snow there. we caught santa snow boarding. strapped on the board and look at that. that's carving, man. dragging it down nicely. also jumped over here at alta where they had freshy there. that's deep beautiful stuff. more coming for you. from the cascades down to sierra nevada, one to two feet locally. this is dry stuff getting into the rockies and more wet dangerous stuff into the upper midwest. good sunday morning. scattered showers are on the way. it's a level one on our storm

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janai. now make no mistake the pandemic has led a high percentage of americans to stay home for the holidays, as they should. not everyone is heeding these warnings. as werve hearing this morning, the millions of people who are flying or driving to and from holiday gatherings have doctors worried that we are fanning the flames of an already out of control virus. this morning the nation's airports expected to be bustling with holiday travellers. >> i love to travel and i'm not going to stay home. >> reporter: despite warnings from health officials, tsa says millions of people have been passing through airport security checkpoints, the most since the start of the pandemic. >> my husband's sister just had surgery. we had to go see her. we're worried. we're nervous. hey, it's family. >> reporter: travel through the holiday season is expected to be down nearly 30% this year. a dip of

a dip of 34 million people and the 616,000 screened at airports christmas day was 75% drop from 2019. >> it doesn't feel like christmas honestly. >> reporter: with christmas in the rearview and new year's on the way the numbers are expected to ramp back up. >> if you are planning to hit the road for new year's, you can expect to see, you know, packed airports or packed lounges. >> reporter: even with airports taking precautions, shutting down most restaurants and requiring masks, health officials fear a coming surge on top of the surge we're already enduring from thanksgiving. >> the expectation is we'll keep seeing record days of cases, hospitalizations around the country will continue to hit record levels. unfortunately the numbers of deaths will drive us to horrific milestones in the coming months. >> reporter: many of the nation's major airports are offering coronavirus testing. either when you get there to fly or when you land. here at laguardia you can get tested for free. at most locations getting tested will cost you north of $100. guys? >> trevor, thanks so much. coming up on "gma," how to

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take a look. ♪ >> that video has racked up over 7 million views. you guys have 24 hours to respond. all i'm going to give you is this, the whip. -- the whoa. it starts there. the rest i can't help you out. next we have a story after your heart, dan. 5-year-old vonn hill from brooklyn, new york raised $29,000 by live streaming his marathon meditation session so some less fortunate kids could have presence this christmas. he even has his own instagram page. >> i'll show you how to meditate. it's something that my mom taught me. >> this was an initiative started by vonn which became a group effort as other parents were moved to help raise money, inspiring children to pledge their own minutes of meditation. vonn quadrupled his meditation time to 24 minutes as a tribute

to late lakers' star kobe bryant who of course, wore the jersey number 24. kobe bryant also meditated. vonn's parents say they're so proud of him. i can see why. finally, stanley tucci is at it again, the actor shaking things up with a recipe for a christmas cosmo, a spin on the vodka and cranberry juice that us uses pomegranate juice. his math is a little fuzzy. >> then we'll add 25 milliliters which in ounces -- >> sharing in the fun emily blunt. and john krasinski. tucci shared videos of himself making other drinks as well. starting with the negroni. he blessed "gma" with the recipe for that. if you google it, it will pop up. >> oh, my gosh. dan loves that meditating kid. >> janai encourages me to meditate because when i meditate i don't talk. >> i give him things to meditate about. >> he has not been meditating this morning.

>> no. i've been running my mouth. >> 20 more minutes. >> mona, fantastic. a christmas gift. >> yes, thank you, mona. thanks everybody for watching. we'll see you next weekend. gift. >> yes, thank you, mona. thanks everybody for watching. we'll see you next weekend. building a better bay area for a safe and secure, this is abc 7 news. good morning, i'm jovina fordson. in the south bay, covid-19 testing continues today in santa clara county. abc 7 news is at the fairgrounds in san jose. hundreds of cars lined up for a drive-through testing. 2,200 new cases have been reported from saturday to sunday. health officials fear cases will

jump as the holidays wrap up and more people get tested the bay area saw its icu rise from friday, it was 9.8%. the southern california and san joaquin valley regions are still at zero, but that doesn't mean people will get turned away when they go to the hospital. the northern california region remains above the 15% threshold, and is the only region without a stay-at-home order. we are going to check in with meteorologist lisa argen for our accuweather forecast. hi, lisa. >> jovina, good morning to you. emeryville, cloudy out there and looking at some fog in the north bay. it is 47 in san francisco. 42 mountain view. 43 half moon bay and from the beach you can see the clouds. we have a dry day on the way today, with numbers on the cool side to start out, santa rosa 34. 40 in livermore. bringing in our storm impact scale for tonight, it's a level one system and i think most of the showers will be over by the time we get to your monday morning. amounts are going to be light and as we go through the next

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