>> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. kumasi: the travel terror continues for southwest airlines. thousands of bags left at airports and frustrated travelers. what do you -- to expec local airports. jobina: title 42 remains. the supreme court decision.

kumasi: the snowstorm in the sierra breaking whipping winds at a lot of fresh snow. we are talking with residents who braved those conditions. jobina: it is wednesday, december 28. kumasi: we will start with a look at the forecast withdrew -- with drew. drew: live doppler 7 this morning showing you it is quiet compared to this time yesterday. the storm has moved out that fog remains and santa rosa napa -- quarter mile of visibility. we are dry during the d rain returns after 9 p.m. tonight and there is a level one on the exclusive abc 7 storm impacts and showers lingering. we will time it out. kumasi: this morning, the bay

area is feeling the impacts so we checked and there have been no major change in since 5:00 this morning. cancellations and sfo has one cancellation and there are 42 there and the majority of those with southwest airlines. this animation shows you how southwest operates. southwest uses what is known as a point-to-point system instead of a hub. that makes south susceptible to issues when a domino effect happens. our reporter is there with it is affecting travelers. >> it is an understatement to say. in experiencing cancellations and delays in the bear -- bay area.

right now, they are already experiencing almost 150 cancellation so far this morning which is about three times as many as sfo. inside this error -- airport in san jose, we saw a polyp yesterday of hundreds of suitcases amid the holiday the core. southwest has canceled more than half of their flights this morning and nationwide. that is more than 2500 flights and making up for 62% of all total flights across the country today. the airline is blaming that massive call based on for its service cuts and rocky recovery prompting a federal road by the department of transportation. bob jordan, the c on the video on twitter. >> and dozens of after days of trying to operate as much as our full schedule

across the holiday weekend, we reach a decision to reduce going to catch up. we are focused on safely getting all the pieces back to position to end this struggle. >> these problems are far from over and jordan says southwest will significantly reduce flights over the coming days in hopes of being back on track before next week and many travelers we have been hearing from here say they are not able to get rebooked on another flight until the beginning of january and that is why we are seeing people opt to rental car and take a long drive home. kumasi: to the location that is the goal but making sure their backs get there. michael finney laid out the rights you have.

>> if your luggage is lost, you are old as much as $3800 for a domestic flight and $1850 for an international one. you have to prove what you -- you lost what you lost and some high-value items are not included depending on the airline. kumasi: michael says if your luggage is found, you are entitled to have your airline to ship it to you at no cost. you can contact him at any time. jobina: just go over abc7news.com snow at several tahoe area distorts -- resorts.

they may for a while conditions -- made for wild conditions. >> mother today -- mother nature is delivering and someone should be snow globe of -- shook the snow globe up. >> i felt the wind was knocking me over and i said, oh my gosh, this place is crazy that i love it. jobina: even more snow is six -- expected and as more rain is expected to move in, san francisco residents and businesses can get free sandbags. if you get up to 10 of them, and they are available from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on saturday and you need to bring proof of address and you need to look them into your own car and that is on your own. bring the muscles with you because they are heavy. officials are encouraging you to dial 311 if you see down trees. the next storm arrives tonight

and you can track rain with the abc 7 bay area news app streaming app. we have the latest forecast and it is available for roco, apple tv, fire tv and google tv devices. i meant has been detained after allegedly starting a fire at an apartment complex. police tell us when they arrived, i met with -- a man with multiple knives was seen fleeing the building. he was taken to the hospital. third unit the fire started in was empty but residents in other residential buildings had to be evacuated. kumasi: a man accused to be a single -- syria -- serial killer -- two others happened in san

joaquin county and there was an and tempted murder charge there and the suspect was initially arrested in october for three murders and he is expected in court on tuesday. the supreme court has cited with a group of mostly republican led states. the policy was sent to expire last week but the states appeal to keep it in place. title 42 allows the government to turn away vibrant over covid concerns and their worries without it -- and there were worries that without it, there would be up -- many are sleeping in the sleeps -- streets. >> if they continue to get in without being detected, we will have this population growth so that is concerning. kumasi: president biden said last night his administration will continue to enforce title

42 but he thinks the end is long overdue. a major mask for a san francisco bakery. they ransacked the shop and they are calling for help -- and the owners are calling for help. jobina: how tourists had to be pulled out of floor -- floodwaters. drew: 6:09 am and the next storm arrives late tonight with on-and-off showers through the day tomorrow and there could be a quarter of an inch of norman, bad news... i never graduated from med school. what? but the good news is... it's the xfinity hello 2023 sale! now hurry, and you can get xfinity internet for $19.99 a month

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drew: we are looking at your day today and sunshine will giveaway for clouds. another light storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact

scale and we will time out the rain for you. here comes the showers after 9 p.m. tonight. we will track the light showers and tomorrow morning, we will have isolated wet weather but it looks like the heaviest rain will hold off until tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening and a quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain. more rain on the -- on new dekes -- new year -- new years eve. >> plan ahead if you are traveling to take advantage of the new snow and we are taking a look at walnut creek and traffic is looking great. southbound 680 as the cars are headed towards the 24 interchange. those are the taillights you are seeing. let's pop down to san jose 101 headlights heading northbound with highway 17 -- 880 crossing over 101 and traffic is at the

limit. we have one problem on vasco road as you make your way southbound. we have a truck blocking a lane and the chp has issued a alert. jobina: a san francisco bakery is called -- calling for city and state leaders to protect businesses after thieves hit their location for the sixth time. this is what the door looked alike at their bakery. thieves broke the glass and they took the restaurant ipads and a safe with hearings from the past week and gifts given to employees by customers for the holidays. in an instagram post, they " if you cannot protect businesses, how can our city drive -- drive -- thrive?

" >> it is not enough to take what belongs to us, that had -- it was a mess. the entire restaurant. jobina: employees say that thieves may be the same ones who broken last month because i had tools to pride the safe from the floor where it was bolted. spacex has launched its first batch of new generation starlink satellite into space. they say it will expand capacity of the network and providing faster speeds. they marked a record 60 flights for the year, doubling the record. the countdown to new year's eve and the final preparations for america's most iconic celebration plus white researchers are calling a study

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jobina: heavy rains hit the middle east and breaking flash flooding to at an engine city in jordan. it was forced to evacuate with one person scene being pulled from the water and cleanup efforts began and tourist visits were able to continue. kumasi: kids and mental health, a new study shows children's hospitals are seeing more visits related to mental health and it says in 2015, visits to pediatric emergency room apartments increased 8% every year for five years. 13% of those

the hospital within six months and officials say there are a growing need to improve mental-health access. jobina: new year's eve, nothing as iconic as the bill -- the big ball drop in new york city. night crews are working overtime and the star of the night is that huge crystal ball, and it is being putting -- put together with over 100 kryst -- crystal panels. pandemic and we have gone through a horrendous two years at we have come out the side of it better. jobina: today, times square will be celebrating its annual good president's day -- good riddance day. it is a chance for people to say farewell to negative

o leave behind in 2022 and uconn watch the ball drop and see festivities at abc 7. it starts at 8 p.m. and t will be a special addition of abc7news from 10:00 to 1030 and we go back to ryan seacrest for a countdown to midnight. then we have the good riddance day and we aired part of it and people were like -- bye kumasi: i do remember that. jobina: people had good things they were saying goodbye to. drew: can we say bye jobina: what would i say bye drew: it should be scrolling tiktok but i know i will not give that up. kumasi: you could give an hour

of it. drew: could i, though? [laughter] i just laugh by myself and say that is funny. there thing where they get -- a new thing where your voice gets modulated and it is so funny. jobina: when you miss anything. -- will you miss anything? kumasi: i don't know. drew: you don't have to. i don't have anything bad in my life. kumasi: i am in a good place. jobina: we love that. good riddance to lack of sleep. drew: let's try. we are headed for a good -- here for a good time in a long time. it is dry during the day and rain arrives after 9 p.m.. it is on about showers and we will fall to the 40's on the exclusive abc seven storm app.

the heaviest rain witstmilikyury evening and better snow coming. change will come into effect likely tomorrow and we could see a foot of snow. looking friday night, future weather trying to make this an atmosphere -- early saturday morning and today is her last early dry day of 2022 and friday evening into saturday morning looks messy and we will add to the rainfall totals over the next three-four days and you can see many people getting soaked. we are dry during the daylight hours with showers tonight. there is a level two storm. sunday, we will start the year on a dry and bright one. kumasi: we are joining two g open the test --gio bonita s --

benitez. >> up major airline and crisis this morning and southwest being condemned on all sides for his -- a full-scale meltdown and counseling flights. bear airline facing investigation and pete buttigieg will be live only on gma with the latest on the flight fiasco and what the government plans to do. the latest on the murders of four university of idaho students. there may be information to track -- cracked the case. and how to get those incredible postholiday bargains and the keywords, liquidation stores and they are a deal hunters dream. jobina: we love an liquidated -- liquidation action gio.

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a storm soaking us and this morning, all is good with the weather and santa rosa the problem coming in at half of mile visibility and a lovely view. a lot of sunshine that will give way to increasing clouds through the afternoon and tonight, after 9 p.m., we introduce rain into the forecast to level one on the storm and asked. -- index. kumasi: hey 29-year-old from utah says he is grateful to be alive after falling 40 feet and hitting alleged. the ice climber decided to take a finger of faith. he was close to the top when things took a turn and he was able to call for help and was stabilized. he did have two broken vertebrae's his back and one broken arm. he says the fall is not keeping him from ice climbing next

season but he is urging climbers to stay safe. if you are looking for something to do with their kids, you can get a front row seat to disney's encanto. the cast performs songs from movies -- from the movie about hollywood bowl. you can stream it right now on disney+ and disney is the parent company of abc 7. we are tracking the southwest airlines meltdown and the message from the company ceo as thousands of flights are canceled again today and the impact felt here in purveyor -- bay area. what they can do today to go to the start of --

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growing frustration. how transportation secretary pete buttigieg is responding to the southwest airlines failures as it announces more than 2000 cancellations today. what you need to know. kumasi: pg&e utility making the first of five mandated installments. pool is getting their share of more than a million dollars after the biggest wildfire incident in the county. jobina: what is changing for but as reasons and drivers once we bring in the new year. kumasi: it is wednesday, december 20. -- 28th. jobina: how should we dressed -- dress? drew: we the rain gear at home. -- leave the rain gear at home. we were drowned and we were like, thank you and this morning, it is cold and we have clear skies. live doppler self -- seven

showing you it is quite -- quiet. we have the highest advisory in effect. this until 9 a.m. but ways are coming down. -- waves are coming down. you can leave the umbrella at home but bundled up and rain does return after 9 p.m.. we will look at the timeline coming up in a few minutes. jobina: developing news on what is being called the worst air travel meltdown in recent history. thousands of flights have been canceled and most of them are southwest flights. that head of the airline pledging to make things right. abc 7 news reporter lena howland is live at airport. what are you seeing their? lena: this is

airport across the bay area. jobina, as of last checked, they have just under 150 cancellations this morning with 11 delays. southwest accounting for most of the issues and they have already canceled more than half of their flights across the country this morning, which is more than 25 -- 2500 flights. airline ceo issuing up video apology on twitter and he says they are promising to get things on track before next week. we talked to one traveler who was supposed to be at home at salem, oregon, three days ago on christmas night but got stranded here in san jose. he was finally rebooked for a flight for the first of january, and he is not planning to wait when he can drive home. >> i will rent a car and drive home. >> the tools we use to from disruption service as well,

99% and -- 9090 -- 99% of the time but we need to double down with existing systems so that we never again based on what is happening now. lena: that was the southwest ceo and he says they will significantly -- significantly reduce flights in hopes of being back on track next week so these problems are far from over. as far as other bay area airports, oakland is experiencing massive issues with 124 canceled flights so far this morning and sfo has 41 canceled flights. -- 41 canceled flights. jobina: a meltdown, that is what pete buttigieg is calling be issued in his department has launched an investigation into what went wrong and secretary buttigieg is promising southwest will be held accountable. >> we are past the point where

they could say that this is a weather driven issue. all of this began with a severe storm and we saw winter weather affecting the country and disrupting all airlines. as of today, the rest o aviation system is down to a rate of about 4% of flights being canceled and we are north of 60% now when it comes to southwest so what this indicates is a system failure and they need to make sure the stranded passengers get to where they need to go and they are provided adequate compensation and things like hotels and transportation and meals. this is the airlines responsibility. jobina: it talks about -- kumasi: he talks about his conversation with the ceo of southwest and you can watch people interview coming up at gma at 7:00.

jobina: southwest's problems started with the winter storm and 52 deaths are being blamed of the storm -- on the storm and the national weather service are boarding over 50 inches of snow fell at the buffalo airport. a driving ban is in effect and officials are begging residents to stay off roads. crews are using forklifts. all major highways in new york are open but officials say the next thread is flooding as the snow begins to melt. we are hearing stories from survivors in the buffalo area after that storm. nearly -- in their cars and that is what the tisdale family feared may have happened to them. the couple and their four young kids lost power so they drove to a hotel but the storm was too

much and i got stranded in their car and fearing the worst. >> it was very intense. we tried to keep it together as long as possible because we did not want to fight to live but i have never seen anything like it. jobina: fire fighters brekke -- rescued the family. kumasi: the man acc attacking house speaker nancy pelosi's husband will be back in court. he is facing a second arraignment after a judge ruled that his trial could move forward. one of the responding officers testified he witnessed the attack and body camera video was shown. stephanie sierra reported on speculation that the suspect could please and sanity --ple insanity.

a former ufc fighter will back in court and he is facing attempted murder charges for issuing. prosecutors say he shot at a man accused of molesting his son but hit someone else. velasquez has been out on bail. he has pleaded not guilty. jobina: the commercial crab season gets underway and crabbers are able to set their traps. the season has been delayed. the season opens saturday and that is when the crabbers would be able to pull their traps and bring fresh crab to the short. concerns for the whales could mean that supply could be limited and officials have reduced be total number of traps allowed. kumasi: we are getting new insight into how empty downtown san francisco is. they have found a vacancy rate of 27% and that is up 8% from last year and 23% from 2019.

analysts say the trend will continue into next year but they think there could be a rebound by the end of 2023. our new year means new loss -- laws. gloria rodriguez is joining us in the newsroom to talk about new laws. gloria: one new law makes jaywalking legal when it is safe to do for -- so. san francisco assembly member authored a bell -- the freedom to walk act and this means that drivers will need to be on the lookout for pedestrians. another change requires drivers change lanes to pass cyclists. assemblywoman laura friedman offered book --a

bill. >> what you think is a passing distance might not peace -- be safe because a cyclist who hits a rock may unexpectedly move into the path of your car. gloria: law willalso l blicitor- gn illsuor of decriminalizing jaywalking's say that statistics show that more people are color are being cited and fined and like adults are more than 10 times to be cited for jaywalking then walked -- white people. reconsider whether jaywalking laws protect pedestrians and these new l takea effect on january 1ws.

jobina: -- kumasi: every one l of theseaw -- every one of these laws abc7news.com. jobina: the first payment $1.2 billion and under the agreement reached in april will make payments to support fires -- support victims of the fire. the sonoma county da dropped 22 misdemeanor counts against the country for -- company. it is enough to get us out of the current drop. dropped -- current dropped --d

>> even having just one year of above average rainfall is not going to get us out of the current situation that we are in. jobina: santa clara county says they are doing their best to capture as much water as possible during the storms. and valley water is offering water saving tools and landscape rebate programs. we are standing by for an abc news special report and we will bring it to you live and we are following developing news out of the vatican. the serious health concerns for the retired pope benedict and what we are learning about his condition. kumasi: we are up by 100 points and we will have another update on the markets next. jobina: tiktok band and why the house is saying that app is quote "high risk." drew: we have a live look at our ease base -- he spake cam and we

have fresh air overhead and live doppler seven, here is the river moving through southern california and it is soaked. today, we are dry and sunshine giving up way too -- giving way to cloud cover. brain returns to the forecast 9 p.m. tonight. beginning turn -- feature -- will track those as well and tomorrow morning, isolated showers and the heaviest rain will arrive tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening by 7 p.m. and you see the bright colors on future weather. slower travel tomorrow evening. >> through the sierra on 8050, 88 and 89 so if you are planning a

trip, a heads up. on the san mateo bridge, we have headlights and more traffic than usual. that is a blockage on a transition ramp from eastbound 92 to 101. you are heavy and you can see the bright lights in the westbound direction and no problems reported by the chp and were looking at a 22 minute drive from 88 -- eight eddie towards 101. no metering lights have been activated and you will find slow traffic on the upper deck handed -- headed into san francisco and the one problem is work commuters -- there is a lane blocked. the left lane is blocked and vasco towards the alameda county line and you will see traffic stacked up there for that reason. it is slow and go. we will be back with more news,

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kumasi: after the magnitude earthquake hit accounting, some people are still under eight boil water advisory. they have to follow that advisory. the red cross overnight shelter is open. the red cross has distributed nearly two -- 200 cleanup clips -- kids. at least -- two people seven other people were hurt. there are health concerns for a retired pope andy dick and pope francis live -- revealed the news, saying that he is sick and asking for prayers.

by doctors and announce he is stepping down. he has been living on a monastery. jobina: an incoming republican congress and in new york is admitting he lied about his bob brown -- background. he flipped a non--- long house seat for the gop but a new york times investigation last week found santos lied from everything from his education to his work on wall street to even being of jewish heritage. he told voters his grandparents upright -- survived the holocaust and now he says he is,

he is calling -- pushing back on people calling for him to resign. >> i am not resigning. jobina: santos is scheduled to be sworn in on tuesday and he could face a congressional ethics probe and campaign finance investigation. the republican jewish coalition says santos is no longer welcome at events. now for your morning report. the house of representatives has confirmed a ban on tiktok for all government devices. an officer says the app is considered high risk due to a number of security issues and the band comes with a series of measures by state government to ban the app over concerns the chinese government may be able to access private information about americans. the new york stock exchange is training underway -- trading underway. we are seeing a mixed bag for stocks. right now, investors are

reacting to china's plans to lift it to zero covid policy's and china is planning to end its restrictions on international travel next month. kumasi: apple is facing a lawsuit claiming racial bias in the apple watch and claims that it gives an accurate blood oxygen levels for people with dr. skin tones -- darker skin tones. the fda -- apple has not an statement -- a statement. jobina: gas prices and how much will a gallon cost in 2023. according to gas buddy app, filling up will likely be cheaper. the lowest prices will be in february with the average rise around $2.99. gas prices say prices could go up and they could average at four dollars a gallon but this is nationally.

they are tribute in this to being the travel time during the summer where we will see the increase and we know in the bay area, it will be higher because it is not even four dollars right now. kumasi: next time you eat at a restaurant, you may notice a difference. jobina: you may -- your meal may be made by a robot. more restaurants are testing automation. mcdonald's is testing a first level -- ever robot -- castle is trying out a robot named flippy. it is programmed to flip burgers or make chicken wings. drew: i did not know why castle had wings -- white castle had wings. kumasi: i think people would write --riot. jobina: we don't have any here. kumasi: i am not mad at it

because you know how fascinating people are when you see the coffee machine. i was one of those people. why not? drew: i agree. kumasi: coffee is different their food but they will get it down. jobina: it will be fine. we never thought we would see a day where you can get your boarding pass from the machine. drew: do you remember in the 90's, we had to go to the counter or they had to mail your tickets? that was weird. jobina: it was the way of life. drew: it is a beautiful sunrise and sunny skies this morning but throughout the day, clouds on the increase and it is a lot colder compared to this time last morning. bundle up and we are starting with bright skies and clouds will thicken. it is dry during daylight hours but after 9 p.m., rain returns to the forecast and it is upper

30's to mid 40's on thursday on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. no where as strong as be atmosphere -- we will dodge some drops and rainfall estimates between a quarter and an inch of rain very likely over the next when he for hours and the bulk of this falling tomorrow afternoon and evening. whether advisory will begin -- weather advisory will begin tomorrow morning. there may be of let us know and that is huge snow storm but it will add to the snowpack. we are watching the storm closely and it is looking like future weather -- looking at rainfall totals over the next several days and we will add once again. plant the next seven returns tonight and heaviest afternoon and evening and friday night to saturday morning, a

level two storm and the system gets out of here with fireworks for new year's eve and we will start the new year with bright sunshine. kumasi: the cost of trash pickup is going up for some people and most competent -- customers under the garbage company will increase bills and it is a result of an 8.8% cost-of-living adjustment authorized. it increases -- health care and the price of fuel. on the peninsula, covert is causing an headache for people trying to ship things. one of two locations is close tomorrow. customers arrived and they saw a sign on ago -- door is set covid head cost a staffing shortage. the other location in belmont seems to be operating normally. jobina: the last mega millions drawing at 2022 will be one for the record books. the jackpot is at least $640

million. lottery officials say it is the sixth largest mega millions jackpot ever and by far the largest ever during the last week of the year. your odds of winning, one in 302 million. that one could be you. reggie is not here to pooh-pooh the story. kumasi: you can celebrate the new year with fan favorite disd classics coming to stairs -- disney classic coming to theaters. beauty and the beast, aladdin, the lion king, frozen, all on the big screen but it is monday on sunday and if you go, everyone who attends will get a disney animation commemorative print. one -- there is only one participating area -- bay area theater.

disney is the parent company of abc 7 but these are my top, except jungle book, which people don't love as much as i love but i love some jungle book. jobina: to jungle book soundtrack hits -- the jungle book soundtrack kicked -- hit. kumasi: was little mermaid on their? jobina: little mermaid

kumasi: the roads getting to lake tahoe are difficult in the year and the latest storm has dropped inches of new storms so if you are going, be speak -- please be prepared. lisa: what a difference -- drew: what a difference one day makes and we have a lot of sunshine but clouds will move in ahead of the next-door system. it is totally dry during daylight hours and we are starting out in the 40's. the sun goes down at 4:57 and after 9 p.m., we will have scattered showers. tonight into tomorrow, a level one light storm and a quarter to an inch of rainfall expected. sue: wednesday morning drive with a look at the tent -- mist -- the san mateo bridge and headlights are heavier than normal because of elaine lockets leaving 92 eastbound towards one-on-one and that is the reason and even

westbound is very slow. give yourself extra time. jobina: season gets underway after d --s. crabbers are allowed to put out traps but they cannot bring any until the season starts on saturday. kumasi: number seven, preparations for the new year's eve ball drop at times square and the team is the gift of love. you can watch for celebrations on abc seven at 8:00 on saturday night. drew: my favorite thing is watching at 9:00 and going back to everything. >> you have your east coast -- drew: saw it wants --saw it once. kumasi: i love being in the bed. sue: i am ready. kumasi: do you see the fireworks?

it is the spirit of the fireworks. [laughter] good morning, america. flight fiasco. southwest airlines in crisis, more than half of its flights canceled again today adding to the thousands nixed since christmas. passengers stranded for days. >> when you go to try to rebook on the southwest app, nothing is available until january 1st. >> bags piling up around the country. now, the outcry from lawmakers. what the ceo is telling passengers and staff this morning as transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins us live only on "gma" this morning. the big dig. after the deadly storm taking dozens of lives, buffalo starting to re-emerge from feet of snow. the neighbors jumping in to save neighbors. >> you see these young men?