the news. >> lawmakers forced to evacuate after violence breaks out between protesters and police in washington, d.c. now at five. demands for ceasefire in gaza, fueling that demonstration, fighting in biden. >> you can't hide. we joined you in genocide. >> we got you in genocide.

>> those same demands being echoed right here in the bay area. protesters in san francisco keeping it peaceful but loud during apec, opening new channels of communication. >> president biden and china's president xi jinping establishing a dialog during a face to face meeting at and as quickly as it went up. >> construction began at pier 15 and the exploratory. oriam all pretty much clear this morning. so that opens up traffic along the embarcadero. but now there is another section in the city facing road closure as okay. >> well, that was a magical transformation, wasn't it? quick they were busy up and down. >> you know what else was magical? those presidential fireworks? >> oh, you got to see them. >> oh, my gosh. wow i was having dinner at kokkari and minding my business, enjoying. and we're like, what is that? and we all walk outside and the best firework. >> wow. >> i said, come on, president biden, i love the fireworks. >> okay. >> didn't see it or hear it. >> yeah.

>> okay. we'll tell you later. okay >> good morning. we do have a little bit more rain in the forecast. so those heavy showers we had yesterday evening, we have a pause on that. then there's more scattered showers coming our way later on this afternoon and this evening. there's a couple of isolated showers right now, mainly working through the santa cruz mountains and in parts of marin county, the higher terrain there. but for most of us this morning, we're waking up to overcast skies and awaiting our next round of showers. now, the round coming later today. not as widespread as what we experienced yesterday evening. the best chance, again, will be later today in the evening. but these showers are more scattered in nature. it's a level one, a light system on the storm impact scale. so future weather, let's go hour by hour, midday, we'll actually see a fair amount of sunshine breaking out. but then we'll see those clouds build back in. and here come the scattered shower chances starting around 4 or 5 p.m. and lingering through about 9 p.m. again, they're not widespread, fred, but we will be seeing hit or miss showers move through later on today. so pm scattered showers, a mix of sun and clouds, midday temperatures

mainly in the 60s for daytime highs and we have better rain chances coming our way tomorrow and for the first part of our weekend, we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes, guys . >> thank you, drew. good morning , everybody. we are going to start with the richmond-san rafael bridge where the sigalert remains in effect here. this is week six of this. we have the three westbound lanes of 580 blocked and we do not have wide load vehicles allowed in this area still. so we will continue to track that for you. the san mateo bridge here, live picture where everything is moving at the limit. and then we will end with a look at our drive times for our major bridges, the bay bridge is still right on time, even though we have that westbound lane blocked due to apec. the eastbound lane is still blocked as well and i'll be back in the next half hour with some more detailed instruction on the closures today. if involving apec. >> thanks, jobina. president biden is in for another long day in san francisco for apec this afternoon. he's expected to speak at the final day of the apec ceo summit. salesforce ceo marc benioff and tesla's elon musk are also expected to be

there and to speak later tonight. president biden will be delivering remarks and participating in the indo-pacific economic framework, family photo and ending the night. the president and first lady will host the apec dinner at the legion of honor museum. that event means new street closures for the day streets near the museum will be shut down to traffic. you are advised to avoid this area early this morning. >> president biden is touting what he's calling important progress in us china relations after his marathon face to face meeting with chinese president xi jinping. it happened at the woodside by lowly estate. both men are greeted by protesters as they arrived to that venue yesterday morning. clearly, not all these protesters share the same views because we did see a scuffle. abc seven news reporter lena howland has more on what was discussed and the new agreements between the two leaders during that four hour meeting. lena reggie, good morning. >> two major agreements came out of yesterday's meeting. the first was a new push to crack down on the export of fentanyl

and the second, an agreement to resume military to military talks. president biden came out of yesterday's meeting sounding optima mystic, saying they had some of the most constructive and productive discussions they've had so far. military to military communication has been cut off since last year after congresswoman nancy pelosi visited taiwan. china had suspended those talks in retaliation. >> so we're back to direct, open, clear, direct communications and on a on a direct basis is vital miscalculations on either side can can cause real, real trouble with a with a country like china or any other major country. and so i think we're made real progress there as well. >> as for the fentanyl agreement, the two countries agreed to work together to curb the flow of the precursor chemicals for fentanyl and administration official had earlier said china is going to

directly go after specific companies that are producing those chemicals. and back here live along the embargoed area where president biden's apec party was held last night, you can see crews are actively working right now to tear it all down. they've taken down that billboard and a lot of the street closure signs on top of those black barriers that were lining the embarcadero yesterday . and really for the past two days, those have just been taken down really within the past hour or two this morning. so for now, we'll toss it back to you guys. >> there was really no wasting of time for those crews. thanks so much, lena. there is a positive sign the meeting went well at his dinner event last night. xi jinping announced some pandas could be coming back to california. san diego zoo a little over a week ago. some of these giant pandas were returned to china by the national zoo in washington, d.c, the san diego zoo returned their pandas to china in 2019. panda diplomacy dates back to the 70s, when a pair of pandas were gifted by

beijing. there are only four pandas left in the us. they are at the atlanta zoo, and they're supposed to be going back next year. >> this morning, the barricades coming down along the embarcadero, as lina just told us, dignitaries from around the world attended the official apec reception for president biden and first lady dr. jill biden at the exploratorium. the speakers there included vice president kamala harris, governor newsom and warriors head coach steve kerr. abc seven news spoke with former senator john kerry, who is the first us special presidential envoy for climate. he says coming together now is more important than ever. >> we have the middle east in flames. you have ukraine, you have the challenge of the climate crisis and we all need to pull together. there is no way for any one country to solve any one of those problems, let alone all of them. >> now, this was a moment in one part of president biden's speech . he mentioned governor newsom

and might have alluded to his future political ambitions. >> i want to thank him. he's been one hell of a governor man. matter of fact, he could be anything you want. he could have on the job. i'm looking for. >> well, for the job he's looking for is the presidency. he's running again. 2024 to the public. governor newsom is firmly and repeatedly denied any chance he would go for the white house next year, but potentially he could run for president later outside the exploratorium, two demonstrators were arrested as they came right up to the front of the security gates to shout their message to the high profile guests inside fighting. >> biden you can't hide. >> we charge you with genocide. >> we charge you in genocide. >> protesters shouted at police and people attending the gala. they're demanding president biden do more to stop the conflict in the middle east. >> we are here to say that we need an immediate cease fire to

ensure that no more palestinia are massacred. >> we as constituent states have power and right now those in power are not listening to our voices. so this is a message to those in power. >> another group of protesters gathered outside the ferry building earlier in the day. they created a memorial out of children's shoes to represent the people who have died in gaza . abc7 news is your station when it comes to everything apec. we are posting continuing coverage on our website and suite of streaming apps. that's where you can find our full traffic maps, new updates and stream major news as it breaks. you can download the abc7 bay area app wherever you stream in washington d.c. crowds calling for a cease fire in the israeli hamas war clashed with us capitol police jobina is live with more on the chaos that forced democratic leaders to evacuate jobina kumasi. >> that demonstration turned violent just outside of the democratic national committee headquarters. protesters are denying reports from capitol police that the event was illegal and that it turned

violent. but the video tells a different story. officials say at least six officers were hurt and at least one protester was arrested for assaulting an officer. southern california congressman brad sherman says he was among a number of congressional leaders forced to evacuate the building with neither side, neither the right nor the left should engage in criminal behavior, attack police or even disrupt other people's meetings in gaza. israel is now claiming control of the nine building al-shifa medical complex. israeli forces say troops uncovered proof hamas was holed up there. abc news could not independently verify those claims and israel has not yet provided evidence supporting its allegations that hamas has tunnels under the hospital. sources tell abc news, the us and qatar are making progress toward a deal calling for a cease fire and for hamas to release at least 50 israeli hostages in exchange for israel releasing dozens of jailed palestinians. but sources say

israel and hamas differ on how long that ceasefire could last. hey, drew. >> hey, joe. being a 510 this morning, we're looking at live doppler seven along with satellite. and you can clearly see that cyclonic flow as those clouds swirl around this area of low pressure off our coastline. another chance of showers later on this evening before this low will finally move onshore late friday into saturday and continue those rain chances in the extended forecast. right now, we're waking up to mostly cloudy skies and isolated shower in parts of the south bay this morning. but for most of us, it's a mild start to the morning, mid and upper 50s. as you get out this door, the door early on our thursday morning outside, a live look from the exploratorium camera. we're dry from this vantage point, but we do have mostly cloudy skies. we'll see a bit more sunshine right around lunch time. temperatures in the mid 60s and then later on this afternoon, soon by about 4:00 pm and later into the evening, that's the best chance of finding a scattered shower. it's not out of the question. we could also hear a clap of thunder later on this evening. the southern half

of the viewing area has been outlined for an isolated thunderstorm chance. if one pops up, we could see lightning, even some small hail. that's something will track for you. but the best chance for that is probably along the coast south of us. today. we'll look at scattered showers. then tomorrow , we keep those evening showers in the forecast. and one change now, saturday, it looks like those showers are probably going to last for much of the day saturday. but we do have a better looking second half to the weekend. reggie, we'll show you that coming up in eight minutes. >> drew, thank you. we're hearing more from the now former alaska airlines pilot accused of trying to bring down a flight headed to san francisco. coming up, what he's revealing about events leading up to that time in the cockpit. >> a kidnaping scam with a new twist. bay area parents being targeted. and the advice from officials we check in with batkid ten years after fighting crime in san francisco for his make-a-wish. >> how the now

airlines pilot accused of trying

to crash a flight headed for san francisco. lawyers for captain joseph emerson released a statement and it says emerson texted a friend he was having a panic attack. the letter says emerson thought he was dreaming or was dead or in purgatory. the statement goes on to say emerson tried to wake himself up from the dream and did not intend to harm anyone. emerson is facing 83 counts of attempted murder. he reportedly hadn't slept for 40 hours and had taken psychedelic mushrooms in today's gma first look. >> a woman who survived the sinking of a tour boat in the bahamas where an elderly woman drowned is speaking about this ordeal. here's abc news reporter eva pilgrim. >> in this morning's gma first look panic in paradise. >> yes, our boat is sinking. >> the death of an american tourist now, now under investigation after a colorado woman died in a bahamas boating accident. everybody's freaking out. you're watching the moment this double decker ferry tuesday morning with more than 100 people in route to the popular blue lagoon island began taking

on. kelly schissel survived the sinking recording this video showing the boat leaning to one side. and this morning she's telling her story to gma. >> i was on the side that started to sink so that's when we realized, oh, this probably isn't good. and then a crew member ran up the stairs to the top level and grabbed herself a life jacket. and she was crying and freaking out. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have the very latest on the investigation into why the ferry sank with your gma first look. i'm eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> in the east bay oakland unified parents are being warned about a new phone call scam. the school district says the calls are fake. scammers are targeting parents, telling them their child has been kidnaped and they demand a ransom. some have been pretty realistic, including childlike voices in the background telling someone that you've kidnaped their child and that you're not going to give them back unless you unless that

person gives them money. >> and so that's a really grotesque thing to do to anybody . >> the district sent out an email with suggestions of what to do if you receive one of these calls, especially write the phone number down and other traits of the caller. then call the school and call police. police want to remind parents if your child is absent, the school will call you. ten years ago this week, the city of san francisco came together to help make one child's wish come true. yes abc seven anchor ama daetz brings us back to that make a wish moment and caught up with the now teenager known as batkid . >> recognize this teenager for what? if we take you back ten years? we begin this morning's broadcast with breaking news from san francisco hall of justice. i bet you know the name now, batkid, aka miles scott. it has been ten years since his wish transformed san francisco. i'm doing amazing. >> i would love to just say like, yeah, i'm fine now. >> 15 years old, miles plays

football and baseball and helps on his family farm in siskiyou county. he's come a long way since battling leukemia as a child. >> i feel normal, but every time i think about it, it's like, wow, that actually happened. that was four years of my life. >> miles was just five years old when make-a-wish greater bay area granted him his wish to be batman. you got football out, batman never really, like, fades away. >> he's always coming back. he doesn't have all the super powers or any super powers, but he's still going out there and saving people. that's what i like about him. it gives people hope without any superpowers, it sure felt like the city of san francisco had superpowers on that wish day, as crowds cheered miles on as he fought crime across the city. i do remember one part in that whole day going to that burger shop and looking down in the window, and they're

all dancing with signs and stuff . i'm standing there by batman. why are they dancing? they're dancing for you, miles wish come true and granting wishes is what make-a-wish does for so many children facing a critical illness that bruce and hope you have the wish you know, you're you're done. you can't stop you anymore. >> all right. that kid, it was an incredible day. >> you were here. >> yeah. tell us. >> no, i was not. i had not gotten here yet. i had arrived just a few months later. okay. a way back when. and i work weekends together and she me the full breakdown of it because she's very involved with make-a-wish. so this was months of planning and they really just expected like maybe like a few thousand people to come out. tens of thousands of people came out and they knew exactly the route the car would be taking. the cheering them on. i would really implore you to watch the documentary. i think it's called batkid begins. it is really good

and it is really cool how they planned it all together and how much happiness it brought him that day. it was really nice. >> oh, my gosh. and ama showing her pop up on the screen. >> i was like, i'm a daetz breaking the news. any batkid where are you? >> i need to say this. he is cancer free. yes, yes, we love that. >> awesome. >> yeah, that's good. i remember people were talking about social media, their memories of it yesterday and how cool it was to be in the city. so good for him. it's good to see him healthy and thriving. that's very neat. live doppler seven this morning showing you. we do have an isolated shower chance right in the south bay. most of us are dry, but we're just seeing a couple of drops moving through, let's say sunnyvale. this morning, an isolated raindrop around evergreen and san jose. but for the most part, we're starting out today, mostly cloudy, dry in most areas. the main event today is later on. but this is going to be scattered showers, not as widespread as we saw yesterday in the evening, but we'll still have a chance later on today. and there's a chance, an isolated chance of a thunderstorm popping up. so let's plan out today and tomorrow for you. here are

future weather by about three, 4:00 pm. we're seeing scattered showers move in from the south impacting the peninsula, the east bay, the south bay lifting off to the north by about 6 p.m, working their way into parts of marin, napa and sonoma county. and really, that's about it. this is not a long duration event by any means. rainfall totals will be on the light side, but for the evening commute, we'll have some drops falling as you head into friday, friday starts out dry, but then that low pressure begins to move onshore. so friday afternoon, rain returns to the forecast and then it's on and off, not only friday night, but through much of the day on saturday. rainfall totals today. on the lighter side, some areas could pick up a quarter of an inch where we see a downpour. and then we'll add to these totals tomorrow evening as well with another round of showers and that low pressure moving onshore. so today it's a mix of sun and clouds and we'll track those scattered showers in the evening. temperatures mainly in the 60s, then close to midnight, we're done with this round of showers and numbers mainly dropping into the low and mid 50s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast in the next seven days for you. scattered evening showers today continue that trend tomorrow. now the latest data we have looks like

saturday's just on and off showers all day but then we're dry sunday. certainly the better of the two days this weekend for outdoor activities and next week looks very nice with a lot of sunshine and dry conditions. jobina. >> thank you, drew. good morning , everybody. so something consistent we've been seeing this week is that the metering lights are turning on a bit earlier than they have been. so they flipped on already at 512, not too much of a backup, but it is filling there in filling in there, i should say, at the toll plaza in walnut creek showing you 680 southbound traffic moving there. we have no major advisories or blocking issues in terms of your regular commute traffic, of course, that excludes apec closures and our drive time here. tracy to dublin will be around 39 minutes. kumasi thank you, jobina. >> coming up, the seven things to know this morning. the bay area's newest pro sports team just signed its first player. >> we'll introduce you to alex lauria as the club moves forward building t

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there is no substitute to face to face discussion. i think it's paramount that you and i understand each other clearly. leader to leader. >> president biden meets with china's president xi face to face now at 530. progress made in relations between the two countries and it has been a week of maneuvering around apec in san francisco.

>> so the impact the summit is having on small businesses, a red cup rebellion could impact business for starbucks this morning. >> why some employees will be on the picket line during a very popular promotional event. >> good morning, everybody. it is thursday, november 16th. >> let's start with a check on the weather. hi, drew. hey good morning. >> we had those evening showers yesterday. now we're getting a break for most of us live. doppler seven showing you in the santa cruz mountains. we do have a little bit of wet weather to talk about. but for most of us, this morning, we're beginning with mostly cloudy skies to start out our thursday. the storm impact scale is in use today. we have more scattered showers on the way. i don't think this next round is as widespread as last night's, but the best chance again will fall in the evening. let's go hour by hour on future weather. midday today, it's just a blend of sun and clouds. then around 2 p.m, we'll start to see that chance of showers increase as we see a system move in from the south. for most of us, between three and 6 p.m. today is when you have the best chance of seeing a shower move through your neighborhood. and then after about 9 p.m, we're done with

this next round and in the overnight hours, we are pretty quiet. so today we'll start out with a blend of sun and clouds. later on this afternoon. in this evening, still a chance of some scattered showers. temperatures mainly falling into the 60s. kumasi >> thank you, drew. this morning, reaction coming in after that face to face meeting between president biden and chinese president xi jinping. they covered a wide range of issues during their four hour discussion in woodside, even announcing some important agreements. abc seven news reporter lena howland live in san francisco this morning with details on those agreements and the new interview this morning with national security advisor john kirby, who's traveling with the president. lena kumasi that's right. >> in in that meeting, they did talk about a wide range of issues covering things like trade to taiwan to fentanyl. and earlier this morning, john kirby, a spokesperson for the national security council, just talked to gma, giving his reaction to this meeting. and he

talked about how a one for hour meeting may not solve all of the military tension between these two countries, but it was a signal step forward with two primary agreements coming out of it and really two big deliverables. >> one coming out of this meeting knowing that the military to military communications will restart at various levels, not just at the top, but down to the theater commander level and below. and number two, getting that agreement to have the chinese crack down on law enforcers and the export of these chemical ingredients that make fentanyl a huge, huge achievement. there's a lot more work to do, military to military talks between the two countries were cut off originally one year ago after congresswoman nancy pelosi visited taiwan on. >> as for fentanyl as for that fentanyl agreement that you just heard kirby mention, the two countries agreed to work together to curb the flow of the precursor chemicals for fentanyl. an administration official had earlier said that china is going to directly go

after specific companies that are producing those chemicals. but president biden overall is touting this meeting as making important progress in making sure that their competition does not turn into conflict. live in san francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena, thank you. so, of course, plenty of activity in san francisco for the last two days of apec. today is the second and final day of the ceo summit. there will be a panel featuring salesforce ceo marc benioff and elon musk. president biden is also expected to speak there later tonight. the president will deliver remarks and participate in the indo-pacific economic framework, family photo and ending the night the president and first lady will host the apec dinner at the legion of honor museum. that event will mean more street closures. biden is following the latest traffic alerts for apec. >> g all right, good morning, everybody. so we are going to focus in on this map because we do, as reggie mentioned, have some new closures to talk about.

so legion of honor drive will be shut down today, through tomorrow because of that dinner. and also, clement, between 33rd and 42nd will be closed as well. this will also, according to the sfmta impact, muni riders in the outer richmond area. so you want to make sure to check the schedule and see if those reroutes as well. and also the recommending to walk or bike. if you need to get a little further into the city to catch your new and updated route. also tonight, the good news is that the embarcadero has reopened. we saw lena show some of that video earlier in our show, but we still have a game at chase center, the warriors are going to be taking on oklahoma city tonight at 7:00. a reminder that your game ticket is good to take mass transit, specifically muni to chase center. and that works throughout the day if you want to use it to get to that area. and then tomorrow night at 730 is when the miss lauryn hill concert is supposed to start. now we know that you can arrive a little later to that one westbound lane, one lane closed on the bay bridge. still still

for the eastbound lane as well. and then we will end here with just a reminder that the fifth street and fourth street off ramps are closed as well. that will all reopen tomorrow for the end. it is over tomorrow night at 9 p.m. reggie, thanks, jobina the meeting between president biden and china's president was the headline maker yesterday, but there are many other meetings involving high level leaders happening, including one between governor newsom and canada's prime minister, justin trudeau. >> they had a conversation on the sidelines of the summit. the main topic was fighting climate change. first lady jill biden received a showing of support and gratitude when she attended a fundraiser in atherton. an activists created a human chain of roses, thanking the bidens for their ongoing effort to free the israeli hostages held in gaza and in the castro local leaders held what they called gay, celebrating the asian american pacific islander and lgbtq plus community. this took place at the dance club bow, a featured drag performances and was attended by asian american leaders. >> while the city of san

francisco will, of course benefit tremendously from the events this week, it appears apec has not done enough for small businesses downtown. >> a lot of workers, including many who only go into the office a few days a week, are all staying home because of traffic. so that's having a big impact on local restaurants, including oasis grill. >> we were expecting be all our customers last week. they were going to be busy. you're going to be crazy, but nothing. yesterday we expected to get busy very on monday, slow today we don't sell early like few orders, but nothing. >> now, one thing the businesses are seeing a lot of this week is city crews doing everything from painting to steam cleaning. bart has not reported an increase in riders this week. the agency thought that apec might boost ridership, but the amount of people using the train on monday and tuesday was about the same as it was in recent years. more than 150,000 people rode bart on monday. more than 180,000 people

rode on tuesday. >> we have been building up our capacity to be ready for whatever the event might bring. but along with that, we've been tempering expectations because of course everybody is changing or many people are changing their plans, especially when it comes to whether they're going to go into the office this week. if they work in downtown san francisco. >> bart is hoping this week still helps with its long term goal of convincing riders who haven't been on bart in a few years to use it more regularly. >> as we've seen, protesters are using apec to draw attention to their messages. the group called climate defenders shared this video with abc seven news. the climate activists held a faux wedding ceremony in the financial district yesterday. they were criticizing citibank and exxonmobil. they both want those companies. they want both companies, i should say, to stop funding fossil fuels at the chinese consulate, more than 300 people protested against president xi. >> we've gathered here to rise up against xi jinping and send a very loud and clear message that he is not welcome here in the free world.

>> on nob hill, there are more demonstrators frustrated with chinese president xi. they shared their protest a different way. sign urgently. another protest involved a human chain and demonstrators trying to disrupt one of apec's main event points where ceos were meeting yesterday. >> in that meeting, they plan to cut more free trade deals that will poison the planet and drive wages down, cut jobs from people . >> the no to apec coalition includes 150 antiwar climate and labor organizations. it led the group that protested for multiple causes. apec is almost wrapped up, but the summit continues to affect the bay area differently. every day, which is why we have a day by day schedule on our website. you'll find it as part of our apec coverage at abc7 news.com developing news out of the central valley. >> a house select committee has released a report that raises questions about a chinese owned medical lab. the report says thousands of miles of biological substances were found inside a secret bio lab in reedley, which

is in fresno county. the committee says the bio lab was owned by a chinese citizen who was part of an ongoing criminal enterprise with ties to china. that prompted federal charges against him. >> the owner of the lab shouldn't even been in america. he was here illegally. he had a judgment, as you watched in this report, from stealing ip. he from canada and america for more than $330 million, living under a false name and illegally providing this lab. >> the report says the man received unexplained large payments through wire transfer from chinese banks. the company didn't find any evidence that he had ties to the chinese government. >> today is starbucks red cup day, a major seasonal moneymaker for the company. but this year's event is met with resistance. abc7 news reporter gloria

rodriguez is in the newsroom to explain why some workers are striking and calling it the red cup rebellion. >> good morning, reggie. yeah, this strike affects about 360 unionized starbucks locations nationwide. but the union is calling on all starbucks stores, unionized or not, to join in the walkout. we know some employees at some bay area starbucks are participating today. thousands of unionized baristas furious over staffing levels and scheduling issues are going on strike today. the coffee giant will be giving away these free reusable holiday cups with certain orders in one of its biggest promotions of the year. these employees say they are not equipped to handle the huge crowds that are expected today, hence what they're calling the red cup rebellion. it's red cup day. >> it's a crunch day where they give employees a lot of work and very low staffing and give customers only one day to get a coveted cup. the union is demanding a new contract with

better pay, staffing and more local control, including the right to turn off mobile orders and response. >> starbucks says the workers union has not agreed to meet for contract bargaining in more than four months and says we again call on workers united to fulfill their obligations and engage in the work of negotiating employees at some starbucks on in n francisco, oakland and stanford are participating, and you can find out which stores are affected on the starbucks workers united website. so this could impact you today if you're planning on going to starbucks for some coffee or kumasi. thank you, gloria. >> people experiencing homelessness will have a chance to connect with dozens of potential employers and resources today in sonoma county. >> the county is holding its second job and resource fair in petaluma. it's at the community center on north mcdowell boulevard from 10 to 1. the fair will also include a free lunch, raffle prizes and a resume clinic. the las vegas strip has been transformed into a formula one racetrack. i got to see it

in person. it is really cool. up next, the work that's going into the first ever las vegas grand prix and the disruption that locals have had to endure to make all of this happen. >> come on. see, this is wild. >> that's what i'm trying to tell. you are so cool. >> you were like, all right, now i'm excited. >> so cool. >> also, do you fly with food? >> and if you do, can we talk about why? >> well, we can talk about it. >> okay. we're going to explain what tsa will and won't let you carry on to your flight. okay. i thought you just cook when you get to the destination. >> my mom has a question to me, she's like, should i cook before or when i get there? >> when you get there. but what about when you bring the leftovers back home, right? you got to bring the you got to bring the food. >> this is the very important question. all right. we'll get down to it. right. don't worry. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. we have low pressure still spinning off the coast, supplying us with another round of showers later on this evening. this low will finally move onshore tomorrow, morrow night and into saturday. that

mild south wind this morning is keeping temperatures in the 50s right now. here's a live view from sutro tower. it'll be a dry start to the day for most of us. we have a couple of showers in the santa cruz mountains right now. we'll see more sunshine midday, but then those clouds build back in. and later on today, i think the best chance is likely between, say, three and 6 p.m. to find scattered shower in your neighborhood. it's not as widespread as we were yesterday, but it's under settled for the three day forecast. evening showers in the forecast for tomorrow. right now, saturday looks a bit wetter with new data coming in. we'll have cloudy skies and scattered showers for much of the day, but sunday is looking much better. we'll take a look at the entire weekend forecast coming up in about

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has been approved by the us senate, averting a government shutdown just days before the

friday deadline. the bill passed with bipartisan support, a vote of 87 to 11, with ten republicans voting in favor. one democrat, senator michael bennet of colorado, voting against it. president biden is expected to sign that bill funding the government through the beginning of next year. >> if you're flying for thanksgiving, the tsa reminds you you can bring most holiday food on board. a solid foods can fly with you, but there are certain foods that would need to be checked. anything that can be poured, spread, sprayed or pumped. now, what is that? what falls under that category? a turkey. when the turkey do you have to be pumped out? that's pumped. >> i don't know. >> okay. any of those things need to be checked. this means gravy. cranberry sauce and wine needs to go under the plane. the agency has a list on its my tsa app, which tells you how to travel with most foods. >> now, this is interesting because i will travel with some leftovers.

>> will you? yes. >> like liquid leftovers. like what? not gravy. not cranberry sauce. no, i don't. uh. solids are good. you're good. new york city is getting ready for the 97th macy's thanksgiving day parade, which will include several new floats. that includes a palace of sweets deliciously, i think it's supposed to be delectable world of wonka. that says detectable. it could be detectable. is he a detective now? and also, mutant mayhem from the good burger mobile will also make an appearance to promote the new film good burger, to organize there say there will be over two dozen floats over a dozen character balloons. march ing bands and lip synching famous people. they did say that i said that, but it's true. >> you're right. let's talk about formula one. really going all in for its first race in las vegas, the grand prix is happening saturday on a circuit which incorporates the city's famous strip. not everybody is

happy about this. jobina is at the live desk with the details of the inaugural event. that is going to be like anything unlike anything f1 has done before. oh yeah. >> kumasi. so a star studded ceremony kicked off the first ever las vegas grand prix. formula one transformed the city into a racetrack. drivers will hit speeds topping 200mph, weaving past the venetian caesars palace and the bellagio. the track loops around the msg sphere and down the strip. formula one ceo hopes the events and race will boost the local economy by $1.7 billion. that tops expectation. as for when the super bowl comes to town in february, but not everyone is cheering. many locals are frustrated with the course blocking some access to the strip. grandstands are blocking the famous fountain at the bellagio right now and ticket prices, which approached $700, are said to be falling fast. some hotels are also reducing room rates. earlier this week, formula one apologized for the

months of road work that was needed to prepare the strip for the race. you can watch the race saturday night at 10 p.m. on our sister network, espn. okay. >> i know vegas pretty well. okay. so i'm trying to figure out what is this? is this something they just built from scratch? this part up? >> a lot of infrastructure from from scratch. >> that's probably the first time you've seen it lit. yeah, it has been built for a while, but that's the first time they've really had the lights on. highlighting the track. i was back there way back in the summer and they were ripping paving the strip at that time. this is months that they've been doing this. >> i was there last weekend and the traffic was i'm like, what is taking so long for me to just get to my hotel from the airport? i mean, there are some traffic issues, but when you get there on the strip and you see everything like set up, i was like, this is amazing. like it really is awesome to imagine those cars are going down the strip and they have so much infrastructure up for people who are going to be there watching. you're going to have an amazing view. yeah i was i was on there

trying to find tickets and they get expensive in and out, in and out, in and out. >> early morning flight, las vegas is doing it. >> this is so cool. >> yeah, it is. >> really? yeah. it's really cool. and our baseball team and everything else. >> wait a minute. now >> some of it's stolen, but yeah . >> you know what, though? >> let's go. >> stolen goods. but it might be good. >> that's going good. >> let's try it. bring him to lombard. >> had f1 on the embarcadero. >> oh. oh, my goodness. >> we have the best view. >> oh, we do. we do. >> we do. >> oh, come on, come on. >> don't be a party pooper. come on. >> that the fun police. somebody called the police. unbelievable >> nobody gets f1. oh, nobody hears live doppler seven. we do have a couple of isolated showers coming out of the santa cruz mountains, kind of working their way into saratoga to parts of cupertino and los altos this morning. but the showers are very isolated. we're expecting most of us to begin our day under mostly cloudy skies. but this evening, the storm impact scale is back to level one light system with scattered showers.

the best chance probably between three and 7 p.m. today. and it's not as widespread as the rain we experienced last night. here's future weather by 4:00 pm. there's that next round of showers working through and it's pretty fast. after 9 p.m, we're done with this round heading into friday. we start out friday on a quiet note and then another round of showers moves in here lasting throughout the evening as low pressure moves onshore shore and these showers are going to linger for much of the day on saturday to here are rainfall estimates today. you can see highest amounts likely the southern half of the bay area. and then we'll get you into friday where we do notice those totals increase for everybody area wide. here's the accuweather 70 forecast. three more days of unsettled weather today, tomorrow and saturday. right now, saturday looks a bit wetter than previously expected, but we are drying out for sunday. sunday bright sunshine and next week a lot of people traveling locally. it looks great with sunshine and dry conditions. jobina. >> beautiful. thank you, drew. hi everybody. so we are going to start in san rafael where we're

seeing a slight slowdown due to a disabled tractor trailer. it's minor, but did want to point it out for you on southbound 101 at lincoln avenue. we also have a new crash reported in hayward that we'll show you in our next update in a few minutes richmond-san. rafael bridge this is going to remain our problem spot. week six of the sig alert with the three westbound lanes blocked, no wide load vehicles allowed in that area. the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are kind of flipping on really, i would say more like pre-pandemic times now. and this is due to the apec closure. so 515 this morning and the backup is beginning into the maze and then we're seeing that highway four commute begin to slow down as well. so antioch to concord will be around 20 minutes. reggie jobina, thank you. >> new at six, a popular san francisco attraction is laying off workers and won't resume tours until next year at the earliest. >> first, though, a new musical inspired by one of the year's televised celebrity trials. we're explaining the idea behind gwyneth go skiing

the government again laid out a timeline of each piece of evidence that points to defendant david. deepak intent to target speaker emeritus nancy pelosi. the defense tried to paint a picture that the pap was not motivated by her official duties as a member of congress, by recapping evidence of all the other targets on his so-called hit list. the 43 year old is charged with federal assault and attempted kidnaping of a us official since this is a federal criminal trial, the verdict must be unanimous to avoid a mistrial . >> remember the trial where a retired optometrist tried to sue actor gwyneth paltrow over skiing incident? now there's a musical about it happening in london. it's called gwyneth goes

skiing. the production company describes it as a, quote, story of love, betrayal, skiing, and somehow christmas, where you are. the jury in march. a man accused paltrow of being reckless and giving him injuries after the two collided in the slopes in 2016. paltrow won the case and famously said, i wish you well. if that's not what, that's going to be. >> a big number. that is it. >> then what are we doing here? a little bit of the midwest flew into hollywood for the premiere of fargo, juno temple, jon hamm, joe keery and the rest of the cast hit a rainy red carpet in hollywood to celebrate the fifth installment of the storied franchise. the season follows juno's character, dorothy dot lyon, whose happy life with her husband and child takes a very dark turn. and jon hamm's character has something to do with it. they told on the red carpet to expect a lot of twists and turns and true fargo fashion . >> there's a lot of creative

juice that was put into this season. and it also it also kind of delivers a pretty emotional impact as well. so i think i'm very excited for people to see it. >> fargo premieres november 21st on fx and streams, the next day on hulu. disney's a parent company of hulu and abc seven news, the fourth time is a charm for jimmy kimmel. >> the late night host has been invited to host the oscars again next year, and this will be his fourth time emceeing the award show. the only people to host more are johnny carson, billy crystal and bob hope. the 96th oscars will be held at dolby theater in l.a. on sunday, march 10th, and you'll be able to watch it live right here on abc seven. very cool. >> okay, we're going outside. here's a live look from sutro tower. we are dry from this vantage point. the storm impact scale is in effect today. it's a level one light storm we're tracking with our next round of showers and just like yesterday,

the best chance is later on this evening, i think for most of us, between four and 7 p.m. is when we'll likely find some showers. but you can see much of the day, it's a blend of sun and clouds this afternoon. tempatures maxing out in the 60s. you can make the stars align. because when we come together, hope and joy will shine. help us make every wish come true. ♪ ♪

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