the shakeups. ousting and lawsuits playing out over the weekend and a pleasant surprise for people living, working or traveling to los angeles just in time for thanksgiving holiday travel. millions are expected to travel over the next few days, whether by plane or by car. we have a look at when you should hit the road. good morning to you. it is monday, november 20th. >> yes. we're going to start the check of our forecast. >> andrew, it is looking lovely today and the week ahead. we've got a nice stretch leading into thanksgiving. so outside this morning, we'll go outside to our sutro tower camera, a live look. we do have clear skies out there. it is breezy in our hills

this morning where we do have a wind advisory until 9 a.m. but much of the lower elevation, it is a. okay. good morning, kumasi . >> oh, my gosh. that was kumasi. >> right now, temperatures were in the 40s and in the 50s for the most part. a couple of areas are in the 30s, but we are waking up to a slight chill in the atmosphere under clear skies. we're expecting a lot of sunshine today. future weather showing you by 10 a.m. we're into the 50s close to 60 degrees. later on today, we'll go into the mid 60s and lower 70s for daytime highs. so we're starting out a dry pattern for the week ahead. expect bright conditions, 66 in the city, 67 in oakland, go about 70. in san jose, 68. in vallejo. we are tracking a bit of a warming trend as we head towards the holiday. we'll show you that coming up in a few minutes. but first, let's check in with jobina and see with traffic this morning. >> thank you, drew. good morning, everybody. so surprise,

surprise, right? we are now in week seven of this sigalert at the richmond-san rafael bridge where we have three lanes blocked in the westbound direction. no wide load vehicles allowed in this area. other than that, though, we are looking pretty nice out there for your commute. live picture showing you emeryville and 80 westbound traffic still pretty light here in this area. we do have a high wind advisory issued for the bay bridge, dumbarton bridge and also the altamont pass. but in terms of the drive times on those bridges, they're looking pretty great. reggie and kumasi, thanks so much, jobina. >> this morning, a major shakeup at cruise has left the self-driving car company looking for a new leader. ceo kyle vogt took to social media yesterday to announce his resignation. the company, of course, already dealing with a number of legal issues lately. abc abc7 news reporter ryan curry is live outside the company's headquarters in san francisco with with what vogt is now saying. ryan >> yeah, reggie, good morning. vogt did not give a specific reason for why he is stepping down but he is doing so after the last few months for the company have been dreadful. vogt posted on x, formerly known as

twitter, saying he still thinks cruise has a bright future here. he reportedly apologized to employees over the weekend for allowing the company to veer off course. vogt said cruise began as a startup in his garage around ten years ago as the company expanded their av software hit several missteps. the dmv suspended cruise's self-driving permit following the incident, where a pedestrian was pinned beneath one of their cars. after they were hit by a human driver. last week. cruise's parent company, general motors, pulled their cars off the roads across the country. the ceo of general motors, mary barra, thanked vote for his vision. she went on to say to the new york times, public trust is essential to this as we work to rebuild that trust, safety, transparency and accountability will be our north stars. vogt did also go on to mention on that social media post that he does believe the avs are the future and he does believe in the future of cruise, though right now it's unclear what the future of cruise will be. we're live in san francisco, ryan

curry, abc seven news. very interesting. ryan, thank you. >> and now news of another san francisco based company, openai having its own ceo drama this morning. >> microsoft announced ousted openai ceo sam altman is joining their company. he'll run a new group focused on, you guessed it, advanced ai open. ai's board fired altman friday, then then spent the weekend negotiating his return to the company, which is behind the very popular chat. gpt obviously that deal didn't work out. the former ceo of twitch, emmett shear, is now reportedly going to step in as interim ceo of openai, a massive relief in southern california just in time for thanksgiving. the stretch of interstate ten damaged by a fire a little over a week ago has reopened way ahead of schedule. the original estimate was 3 to 5 weeks to get these lanes reopened. governor newsom was joined by vice president kamala harris and senator alex padilla yesterday to show appreciation for the

crews getting these repairs done in time for this morning's commute. >> i was acutely aware of what closure of the ten would mean for so many people. hard working people, families, many people who, when it was shut down, they can't work from home. their work requires them to be present. >> the fire is being investigated as arson and cal fire is now looking for a person of interest in the case. the agency released these images over the weekend. authorities say he had burns on his left leg and is believed to be between 30 and 35 years old. >> a live check right now on bay area roads this morning. pretty calm right now on our san mateo bridge camera, but triple a is expecting this to be the busiest thanksgiving travel season since 2019. the third highest since 20 since 2000. and of course, wednesday will be the day two. avoid the roads. so if you're flying triple a is expecting the busiest thanksgiving since 2005 with tomorrow and wednesday

being especially jammed. if you're flying out of sfo, we're looking live right now. you might be in the clear. abc seven news reporter tara campbell has more on that. plus the concern about rising flu cases from health experts. >> it's thanksgiving travelers were on the move sunday at san francisco international airport. >> so we flew today because we were trying to avoid the crowds. >> megan green and her son cole are off to denver for the holidays, managing to miss the madness. airport officials say the peak of thanksgiving travel has already been hit. >> friday was our busiest day. we had about 76,000 people come through. >> numbers nearing pre-pandemic levels and airport officials expect the trend to continue. >> what we're asking people is to plan ahead. give yourself an extra time, and also use alternative methods of transportation. we're trying to get more people to use bart and use the airtrain and as millions of americans are set to travel and gather for the thanksgiving holiday, health officials are warning about increasing levels

of respiratory illness. >> so right now, we have certain parts of the country that are really at critical levels of flu. seven states plus d.c. and puerto rico are experiencing high or very high levels of respiratory illness activity. symptoms, including a fever, cough and sore throat. >> in california right now, we don't have a lot of flu, but we have a higher than normal levels for this time of the year. and it's coming very early. so it just makes us feel a little bit nervous for after the holidays. >> dr. peter chin-hong song at ucsf says people should be taking precautions. they might mean wearing a mask in risky settings like public transit or at airports, particularly when you entering and exiting the plane before ventilation. and he says don't skip out on any of the vaccines we have about 35% of people vaccinated for flu, but only about 14% for covid and rsv of those eligible. >> so we still have a long way

to go. >> meanwhile, back at sfo. people seem to be taking some of those precautionary measures. >> i'm here to pick up my father. he's arriving from eureka, california. he did actually just get vaccinated recently. and my mom as well. >> i brought a mask. he did not bring a mask. just oversight on his part. but yeah, i'm going to wear my mask while i'm flying. >> tara campbell, abc seven news . >> all right. take a look at our day planner. we have a lot of sunshine on the way. it's going to be a gorgeous day out there. high pressure is in control and what that is doing is supplying us with this warm up. are coming our way the next couple of days. it's going to prevent any inclement weather from moving into california as we head towards the holiday on thursday. so if you are traveling today across the state, we have nothing but sunshine from northern to southern california. those temperatures varying from the 40s in south lake to the 70s in southern california. but if you're hitting the roads today, you should have no problem traveling across the state. now

they can look at the nationwide map of travel, both coasts, the west coast and the east coast are doing just fine. but we will have an outbreak of severe weather across the south from louisiana to mississippi later on this afternoon where a few tornadoes are possible. but all in all, a lot of our major hubs are doing just fine over the next 24 hours. back here at home locally, we do have a wind advisory in effect in our hills. you can see that winds are quite strong right now. we're gusting to about 53 in mount diablo, 32 in the east foothills, 20 in the oakland hills. but these winds are going to back off over the next couple of hours. and by 9 a.m, they will turn calm. so the three day forecast, here we go. look at this nice stretch we have coming our way. nothing but sunshine today. it gets a little bit milder around here on wednesday. so if you're traveling across california the day before thanksgiving, we're good to go. we'll take a look at the thanksgiving day forecast coming up, reggie, in about eight minutes. >> thank you, drew. remembering a first lady who broke new ground. coming up, a look back at the life of tireless

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social media platform. giovana's at the live desk with the details of musk's potential lawsuit. jobina. thank you, kumasi. >> elon musk is threatening what he describes as a, quote, thermonuclear lawsuit as the list of companies suspending ads on x continues to grow longer. apple, ibm, paramount and lionsgate. also abc's parent company disney, have pulled their ads from x. it started on thursday when musk agreed to a post echoing or i should say,

agreed with the post that was echoing an anti-semitic conspiracy theory that falsely claims jews are organized using immigrants to replace the white race. >> so this is a kind of disaster for elon. a lot of these brands took a look at this tweet and saw it as a step too far. >> the advocacy group media matters reported that x places ads for major brands next to content. musk then wrote, quote, the split second court opens on monday. x will be filing a thermonuclear lawsuit against media matters and all of those who colluded in this fraudulent attack on our company, end quote . x says it does not intentionally place brands next to such content and also says the media matters reports completely misrepresented the real user experience to undermine freedom of speech and mislead advertisers, users and restrictions on speech have been loosened on accidents. musk brought the bought the platform last year and formally ban ad accounts have been reinstated

there. so we'll continue to watch this this morning. reggie, thank you. >> jobina time's now 513. this year's apec 2023 summit may have come and gone in san francisco. so now the reviews are starting to come in. city streets are back open in time for the start of the workweek after world leaders from the asia pacific region descended on the city by the bay. abc seven news reporter conor bernard takes a look at what san francisco's performance on the world stage means going forward. >> and we're working side by side. after a week of hosting world leaders and apec ambassadors, san francisco is dismantling the party metal security fencing stretching for blocks coming down around moscone center and some reviews are coming in. we're very pleased with how it went. >> by and large, joe d'alessandro, president of sf travel, says he's getting positive feedback about apec. the city will benefit from this. we'll get a lot of tax revenue. we'll get a lot of people were employed as a result of this. and so it's a it's an important place for san francisco to be on the world stage. >> but some small business

owners believe the summit was a failure. many downtown businesses say they can't wait for fencing to come down and streets to reopen here because is as far as they're concerned, apec did not deliver the customers they'd hoped ended up being one of our slowest weeks since we opened sonar cafe manager abdul saeed says he hired extra staff, but apec attendees didn't show and his regular customers couldn't get there. >> we're expected to be like like dreamforce, how? it was really busy. we expect it to be the same. but it was really slow. >> there were issues with some businesses not receiving the impact. in fact, in the security zone, not getting many visitors at all. and we're concerned about that. i have hope. >> i have optimism about the future because, you know, people always say hope isn't a plan in a post apec trip. >> all right. if you ever dreamed of owning your own island, here's your chance. red rock island, a six acre private island on san francisco bay, could be yours for $25 million.

there are a few. hang ups, though. no water, no power, no wi-fi. and building on it is a bit questionable. so now at this point, they don't know what construction would even be allowed. and if there were were able to do any construction, then they don't know how the crews would even get there. the listing agent said. i know what you know what? that's what happens when you ask too many questions. the listing agent says, yes, it's an island, it's a private island on the bay. and although people have made offers to buy the land before, it's never officially been for sale. it's just south of the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> what am i going to do with that? i don't know. >> it's not that big. we've all seen this a million times. yeah there's no there's not like habitable space. >> you know, you have to, like, level it a little bit. some flat areas, but we don't know yet. we don't know if we can do that. we

don't know. >> is it like a weekend adventure when you and all your friends get on a boat and then go out there? what do we do and look at this camp, have a scavenger hunt, something, a scavenger hunt. >> it's not even that big, but it's not that big. it's like you could put a water slide on it. >> slide into the bay. okay. >> now, that would be fun. >> yeah. now, true hypothermia, but shark comes real quick. the whales, you got overcharged. >> yes. >> i'm going to leave you alone because you got overcharged. >> oh, my gosh. >> good morning. let's go inside. it is a nice morning out there. it's a bit breezy in our hills. we do have a wind advisory until 9 a.m. some of the winds are gusting about 20 to 40mph. but closer to the surface, those winds are pretty light, if not calm. so we'll have that wind advisory expire at 9 a.m. this morning. sun's up here at 655. we'll have nothing but sunshine today. we're really starting a nice pattern as we get closer to the holiday on thursday. temperatures mainly in the 60s today, sunset today, 455. and then we're clear and

cool. by about 9 p.m, temperatures this morning, we're waking up into the 40s and 50s. low 40s in some of our coolest spots, especially in our valleys. but we'll warm up nicely with that sunshine in full effect. looking at highs today, we'll have bright conditions close to average for this time of the year. 67. oakland 66 in the city, about 70in san jose, 68 in vallejo, santa rosa, up to about 73 degrees tonight. we'll have partly cloudy skies and again, temperatures mainly dropping into the 40s and 50s as we head into tuesday. here's a look at future tracker temperatures. we're going to see little day to day change in our temperatures over the next couple of days. tomorrow, we're in the 60s and 70s. it looks like a similar story on wednesday. we may add a few more clouds into our sky for the holiday on thursday, but it's looking lovely around here. it's a quiet pattern for the week and really the seven day forecast. here's a look at the accuweather seven day. what you'll see is that we do have sunny skies today after a chilly morning. temperatures near average. the next couple of days looking nice for the holiday. sunny for shoppers on friday.

and again, if you're traveling around the bay or even california for the week ahead, you should have no problems on the roads jobina. >> thank you, drew. good morning, everybody. so i do want to start here with the bay bridge toll plaza because metering lights are not on. and i point that out only because during apec last week we saw the bay bridge toll plaza packed around this time of the morning. so all the lanes reopened. things are fine and that's true pretty much everywhere around the bay area right now. live look at the san mateo bridge where things are at the limit and then our slow spot is going to be for our super commuters this morning, tracy devlin is around 49 minutes kumasi. thanks, jobina. >> coming up, the seven things to know this morning. >> remembering former first lady rosalynn carter, mental health and the problems of the elderly. >> those are the two things that i've been interested in for a long time. >> i look at her legacy of advocacy and service. >> a live look

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driving robo taxis dragging a pedestrian. >> number two, overnight, microsoft announced ousted openai ceo sam altman is joining microsoft to lead a new advanced ai research team. altman was fired from the san francisco based company on friday after the board said it lost confidence in him. >> number three, elon musk is planning to file a lawsuit today as more advertisers are pulling away from x formerly known as twitter. companies are pulling ads after musk agreed with a post echoing an anti-semitic conspiracy theory that theory falsely claims jews are organizing immigrants to replace the white race. >> remember, for defense secretary lloyd austin arrived in kiev overnight on an unannounced visit. the defense department says he'll be having high level talks with ukrainian leadership and will meet with the country's president today. >> number five, it is breezy in our hills this morning. we do have a wind advisory, this until 9 a.m. for the next three hours or so. the winds are going to calm down over the next couple

of hours, and that's going to lead to a nice day today. we will find sunshine on the forecast for your monday. temperatures mainly in the 60s this afternoon. number six, we are looking at mass transit right now for bart muni and ace. >> everything is operating on its normal schedule and on time right now. >> number seven, the holiday ice rink in downtown san jose opens tonight. celebration starts at 530 and the ice rink will be open every day until mid-january . this morning, we are remembering former first lady rosalynn carter, the wife of president jimmy carter, died at the couple's home in georgia yesterday. >> she was 96. the carters were married for 77 years and their lives were so much more than politics. abc news reporter karen travers has a look at her journey. >> rosalynn carter devoted her life to improving the lives of others. a close adviser to her husband, president jimmy carter, the first lady was a strong voice for early childhood immunization, human rights and mental health. >> mental health and the

problems of the elderly. those are the two things that i've been interested in for a long time. >> the carters have been married for over 30 years. when they moved to the white house, a journey that began in plains, georgia, where both were born. rosalynn was the oldest of four children. in 1945, she began dating her best friend's brother, james earl jimmy carter. the next year, 18 year old rosalynn married the naval academy graduate. the navy kept them moving. their three sons were born in three different ports. their daughter, amy, was born after the family resettled in plains. rosalynn helped run the carter family peanut business before jimmy eventually entered politics. he won two terms in the georgia state senate, but lost his first bid for governor when he decided to run again. his soft spoken wife took to the campaign trail. he won. soon, rosalynn was back. >> that campaign full time. since april of last year. i really believe he's going to be the nominee stumping to help her husband become america's 39th president. >> so help me god.

>> throughout it all, rosalynn championed women, children and charitable causes, hardworking and tenacious, caring and compassionate. she was dubbed the steel magnolia by the white house press corps, together with her husband, she promoted peace and human rights and built houses for habitat for humanity. mrs. carter authored four books, including her autobiography, first lady from plains. after leaving the white house, rosalynn carter continued to travel the world with her husband, speaking out on the issues she had championed throughout her life. one of their last interviews together was in the summer of 2021, when the carter celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. >> she life with jimmy carter has been an adventure. >> the couple sat down with abc's steve osunsami, president carter, you say often that marrying mrs. carter was the pinnacle of your life. >> more than any presidency. oh, yes. >> that was the most important thing in my life. having

rosalynn say, okay, finally and staying with me all this long has been the most wonderful thing in my life. >> he's pretty wonderful in my life, too. >> karen travers, abc news, the carters were well known for their work with habitat for humanity and that work brought them here to the bay area. >> abc seven news was there when the couple came to oakland in 2013 to finish building townhomes. the carters were dedicated habitat volunteers for more than 35 years. it's giving thanks. coming up at five, i've been waiting all year to say that. coming up at 530, the patriotic names of the turkeys who won't be on the table this week and the israeli siege in gaza continues to divide progressives and moderates here in california. >> frustrations boiling over during a protest on the weekend, shutting down the california democratic convention. >> but first, this live look outside. it's 526. >> this is abc. 724

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one person has died after two crashes on an oakland highway. now a 530. police are investigating the early morning double hit and run and the string of events that unfolded. another shakeup at crews after weeks of scrutiny over its self-driving technology. >> the ceo is now stepping down his message to employees updates from the middle east. >> israeli forces claim new video proves hamas uses hospitals as bases of

operations. what else they're finding during their siege on gossip. >> good morning, everybody. it's monday, november 20th. >> it looks like another pretty day. hi drew. >> yeah, good morning. we had some wet weather over the weekend. we dried out yesterday and now we have a nice stretch for the week ahead. here's a live look from the exploratory camera. lit up for the holidays. we do have clear skies up above and that's going to lead to sunshine throughout the day later today. numbers right now as we begin our monday morning. we're in the low 40s in some of our coldest spots, mid 50s from half moon bay to the city, 52 right now in san ramon. let's go hour by hour on future weather with that sunshine. it's a fishing net warming us up. so by 11 a.m. upper 50s to lower 60s. it's quite lovely this afternoon we'll go into the mid 60s and lower 70s for daytime highs. that's pretty close to where we should be for this time of the year. sunny and 70 in san jose today, 66 in the city in about 67in oakland, 69in napa, 66. the high in concord. we'll take a

look at your travel forecast across the state and nationwide coming up in about eight minutes. but let's check in with jobina and see how we're doing on the roads this morning. >> thank you, drew. good morning, everybody. so we do have a wind advisory issued for the bay bridge and also through the altamont pass. but aside from that, no major blocking issues. and we actually have a new view from our walnut creek camera. this is new to us here at abc7 showing you 680 from a different angle at the bart station is going to be off to the left in walnut creek for a year. point of reference there in oakland showing you our 8-80 at the coliseum camera. that is the coliseum lit up on the right. those headlights are traveling in the southbound direction and our biggest issue is that we're seeing that super commuter traffic continue to back up. so tracy to dublin will be around 53 minutes to jobina. >> thank you. new this morning, one person has died after a double hit and run in oakland. the california highway patrol says around 1030 last night, a rental zipcar crashed into another vehicle south of the lincoln avenue exit. the zipcar became disabled and the other

car drove away. that's when two people in the zipcar got out. one of them was hit and killed by a car that swerved to avoid the zipcar. that car also took off the driver of the zipcar wasn't injured. investigators have not released any information about the cars that left the crash. it has been nine years since then. san francisco mayor ed lee helped launch vision zero. sf now the city seems farther than ever from reaching its goal of zero traffic deaths next year. local and state lawmakers were in attendance for the ninth annual world day of remembrance in san francisco over the weekend. organizers of walk sf say the city has accumulated at least 22 traffic related fatalities this year. people are hopeful that city leaders invest in making physical changes to the infrastructure at dangerous intersections across the area, just slowing down the speeds. >> you know, andrew was killed in a school zone and there was

no reason anyone should have been driving that fast through a school zone. and i don't even think that person was driving faster than the flow of traffic. they were all speeding. you know, that should never have happened. >> victims family members say they are upset about accountability. they say in some cases the people arrested for traffic fatalities only got what they call a slap on the wrist. >> today, we're expecting more action from community members in oakland. a local business owner in the fruitvale district is organizing a rally downtown to protest deadly traffic crashes in his neighborhood. and that demonstration is in front of the ac transit headquarters on franklin street, set for 3 p.m. also in the east bay, more changes coming in hopes of reshaping one of alameda county's most dangerous corridors, according to our media partners at the east bay times, berkeley is now the last city to sign a sign off on the san pablo avenue corridor project. this is a large scale reimagining of that stretch from oakland to albany. now the project will add curb extensions

to make it easier to get onto a bus. lighting signals, ada ramps, flashing beacons and other traffic calming measures. the hope is that this will enable more people to be able to walk, bike and board busses. construction is set to start next year. >> the ceo of self-driving car company cruise is stepping down. kyle vo, took to x to announce his resignation in the middle of turmoil for the company that he founded in san francisco a decade ago. abc7 news reporter ryan curry is live outside the company's headquarters with the response from vo. ryan >> yeah, reggie, good morning. votes stepping down creates now further doubt about the future of cruise. i mean the last few months. cruise has now seen their operations stop nationwide . vo posting on x formerly known as twitter that he plans to focus on family at the moment. he reportedly apologized to employees over the weekend for allowing the company to veer off course. the dmv in october suspended cruise's self driving permit following the moment a

pedestrian was pinned beneath one of their cars that pedestrian had just been hit by a human driven car. cruises parent company gm recalled 950 robo taxis to reexamine their software last week. they pulled their cars off the roads across the country. the new york times has a statement from general motors ceo mary barra saying the board and i also want you to know that we are intensely focused on setting up cruise for long term success. vote still telling employees his former employees, that is to keep pursuing the future of avs. the former colleagues at cruise to my former colleagues at cruise and gm you've got this regardless of what originally brought you to work on avs, remember why this work matters? the status quo on our roads sucks, but together we've proven there is something far better around the corner. some of this people in san francisco, including members of the board of supervisors and the fire department, have long criticized cruise for not reporting data to the city while they have been on

the roads. and as we talk about the future of cruise, well, right now, it's unclear what that future is without their leader. we're live here in san francisco, ryan curry, abc seven news. >> ryan, thank you. the california democratic party is investigating the demonstrate in front of party headquarters in sacramento. it disrupted the party's convention saturday night. thousands convention center calling for a cease fire in the middle east. the democratic party was preparing to endorse future candidates for the upcoming election. the remaining events were canceled because of safety concerns, according to politico. the democratic party chair says demonstrators will be held accountable but did not elaborate on specific punishments. on the peninsula, the multi-faith and local leaders took part in a vigil showing solidarity with the israeli people. one of them saying they are coming together to stand up against hate, anti-semitism and to mourn the loss of life. >> part of the power of this

evening is the fact that so many different faith based communities have stepped forward to say, we want to be with you. we want to stand with you. we're here together and in our community. we won't allow hatred and bigotry and anti-semitism to exist. >> yesterday's gathering was at saint bartholome catholic church there, representing 12 different faith organizations of christian, catholic, muslim and jewish communities in san mateo county. the multi-faith coalition works together on a variety of issues throughout the year. >> artist in berkeley hosted a holiday gift bazaar in support of palestinian families sunday event included an auction for live painting. >> artists also sold a range of ancient crafts, including ceramics, jewelry and scarves and scarves. there was a live toiletries demonstration, which is a type of traditional palestinian embroidery by the middle east. children's alliance, or mecca, has hosted this bazaar now for 20 years. the developments from the middle east and airstrike reportedly

hit a school run by the un, killing at least 24 people. while there is growing in. but there is growing in that pause and growing hope, i should say that a pause in the fighting could come soon. a deal to free more hostages held by hamas is appearing to be closer. jobina is at the live desk with the details of the negotiation. >> thank you, kumasi. negotiators are closer to an agreement with hamas to release 50 hostages in exchange for allowing israel or for israel allowing more aid into gaza, i should say. and talks are continuing about the length of the cease fire that would be imposed. israel's military says this video shows hostages being rushed into gaza's largest hospital on october 7th. that's when hamas militants attacked israeli border towns, triggering the war. and according to reports, a group of men dragged someone into al-shifa hospital. hamas previously said it took some hostages to hospitals for treatment. but israel says the group used a network of tunnels

under al-shifa hospital for military purposes and to hide hostages. israel is military also released video from a drone entering what it claims is a hamas tunnel 30ft below the medical complex. the world health organization has been described as the hospital there, describing the hospital. now as a death zone. and nine premature babies reportedly died after being removed from incubators when electricity ran out there yesterday. 31 babies were evacuated to a hospital in southern gaza. kumasi >> thank you, jobina taylor swift dealing with the death of two fans, one during a show, the other one nearby in rio de janeiro. so we're going to have more on that coming up from storming the capitol on january 6th, 2021, to now running for office is up next. >> we're going to hear from the man notoriously dubbed the qanon shaman about his bid to join congress. but first, checking the weather with drew. hey, good

morning. >> 539 on our monday. here's live. doppler seven along with satellite. this ridge of high pressure will be the muscle maker of the forecast cast over the next couple of days, supplying us with sunshine dry conditions and a bit of a warm up over the next couple of days. if you are traveling across california today, maybe taking to the roads before the holiday, it's nothing but sunshine across northern and southern california . southern california going to the 70s from palm springs to san diego, 75 in la, looking lovely in the central valley, mid and upper 60s from fresno to bakersfield. if you're taking to the skies today, both coasts, the west coast and the east coast, we're looking just fine across a lot of our major hubs. but we are tracking an outbreak of severe weather across arkansas, louisiana and mississippi, where we could have a few tornadoes later on this afternoon. back here at home, there is a wind advisory in effect in our hills. that's the mountain of the north bay, the east bay hills and the santa cruz mountains. this until 9 a.m. because winds are elevated in this area. we're finding those winds gusting 20 to 50mph.

these winds will back off over the next couple of hours and they'll turn much lighter after 9 a.m. at the surface, the winds are pretty light, sunny skies today, a little milder as we head towards midweek, the day before thanksgiving, looking great again. if you are traveling across california, we'll preview the thanksgiving day forecast. reggie, coming up in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to a $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yep, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company with the largest fastest reliable network and that powers more businesses than anyone else. learn how you can get $1000 back

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for 12 years. >> the so-called qanon shaman is running for congress in arizona as a libertarian, jacob chansley was a face of the january 6th riot and was the first person indicted for the events of that day. he pleaded guilty to obstructing an official proceeding. he served more than two years in prison before being released to a halfway house in phenix, which is his hometown. that happened back in march. chansley talked about his campaign in an interview with cnn. >> i will take any support i can get because i'm not garnering campaign funds. i'm i don't want people's money. what i'm asking for is their vote. i think big money is a big problem in american politics. i think the two party system is a big problem. that's why i'm running on a libertarian ticket. >> strategists say chansley will get the most amount of attention for the least amount of ability to win an election. >> this morning, we're learning more about a sale of weapons

from the us to japan and south korea during apec. last week, the state department revealed the biden administration approved the sale of a $2 billion missile system to japan. north korea called that a dangerous act that raises tensions on the korean peninsula and could lead to an arms race. the us says this will improve japan's capability to meet current and future threats. >> a decades old white house tradition continues today with the pardoning of two turkeys ahead of thanksgiving. president biden will be issuing pardons for liberty and bell, the birds are from minnesota, which produces more turkeys than any other state in the country. once they get the pardons, liberty and bell will be living at the university of minnesota's college of food, agricultural and natural resource sciences. over the weekend, president biden and first lady dr. jill biden took part in a friendsgiving dinner with service members and military families in virginia. we only have we have a lot of obligations as a government.

>> we only have one truly sacred obligation, and that's to prepare for those who we send into harm's way, care for them and their families. when they come home. and make sure they're never forgotten. >> biden empathized with those who will be missing their loved ones this holiday season, recalling his son beau's time served in iraq. he thanked everyone there for their endless dedication. >> former golden state warrior festus ezeli celebrated thanksgiving with families at the bayview hunters point ymca. the former player hosted the dinner and turkey giveaway yesterday. this has been going on now for ten years and features movies and giveaways for the families there. while at the dinner, ezeli was honored for his continuous support of the bayview. festus got involved in 2012 during his rookie season with the warriors. >> today, sacred heart is launching its 59th annual holiday food box and gift distribution event in san jose. the food boxes include a whole turkey produce, dairy, bread and

more. the distribution will continue through wednesday, starting at 9 a.m. every day. you do have to pre-register in order to get that food. san jose earthquakes will be hosting a drive through food distribution event ahead of thanksgiving. this is in partnership with hunger at home and happening at paypal park starting in just a few hours at eight. it goes until 11. the quakes foundation will volunteer to distribute 150 meals to help those who are struggling with food insecurity. >> tonight, there's going to be an opening celebration for the annual ice rink in downtown san jose. you can drop by for a 90 minute skating lessons for 21 bucks at circles of circle of palms plaza. the rink will be surrounded by christmas in the park displays and winter wonderland amusement rides. it will be open until mid january. and that celebration starts at 530. it's fun. >> how lovely it was fun. so when i was i went to napa this weekend and they had the opening for the ice rink at the meritage. people were out ready

to skate and i just think it's the season i love to see it. >> i got my tickets for the one in union square. you did? you? yeah i'm excited. i've been going there every year. except you know. and before we don't speak of those times, i didn't skate, but i want to skate. >> maybe that's the place to skate. yeah, it will be. >> you'll be fine. that'd be good. just grab the rail. you know, like those little. >> those penguin thingies you can hold on to one of those. >> the kids had the little red things this weekend. they were making it. they were getting there. they were doing it. they were doing it. >> oh, that's lovely. the weekend is looking great. you're traveling. you're staying local. we will be just fine here in the bay and across california. we've got high pressure building in the exploratorium camera. we are clear out there. and that's going to lead to a lot of sunshine today. sunrise here at 5:00 or 655, rather, with temperatures in the 50s. and then it's just bright conditions throughout the day. we'll have temperatures later on this afternoon, mainly in the 60s out there right now. we begin our monday morning in the 40s and our coldest spots, 45 in

oakland. good morning. you hop over to sf. we're at 5655 in san jose. we're at 56 currently in fairfield. we have winds that are pretty gusty in our hills this morning. those are going to weaken over the next couple of hours. a wind advisory will expire at 9 a.m. we'll have bright conditions, calmer winds later this afternoon and temperatures again mainly in the 60s. a few 70s popping up like san jose and santa rosa at 73 degrees overnight tonight, partly cloudy skies and again, we'll dip into the 40s and into the 50s heading into tuesday. our future tracker temperatures by tuesday. little change when it comes to our afternoon highs. we'll be in the 60s and 70s and it's a similar story coming away for wednesday. if you are traveling wednesday locally or even across california, we will have dry, sunny conditions. now looking at thanksgiving day, thursday, it's nice. a few coastal clouds early on in the morning, but we do expect a lot of sunshine across the region and pretty mild temperatures in the 60 and in the 70s for thursday. here's the accuweather 70 forecast for the next seven

days for you got a nice stretch headed our way with temperatures near average a lot of sunshine mild for the holiday on thursday. great for any shopping on friday the weekend slightly cooler but we'll keep the sunshine in the forecast jobina. >> thank you, drew. good morning, everybody. we are going to zoom into oakland right now where we're following and crash that involves a car fire as well. and injuries are involved here. so crews are on the scene of westbound 980 before 27th street off ramp, just a minor slowdown in that area so far. but we'll keep an eye out for that. we do still have the sigalert in effect at the richmond-san rafael bridge. this is now week seven of this issue with three lanes blocked in the westbound direction and no wide load vehicles allowed. there at the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights came on around 534. we have a high wind advisory issued for this bridge. also the dumbarton bridge and the altamont pass. >> reggie, thanks for being on new at six a health alert ahead of thanksgiving. the flu is on the rise in several states. we'll tell you the precautions that you can take. >> first, though, actor emma stone will soon join a well coveted club in entertainment,

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when the freeway was forced to shut down because of all of this dust, you could see it was nearly impossible to see the road during these storms. the high winds also caused a major delays at harry reid international airport. more than 700 flights were canceled just yesterday. it has since cleared up. but here in vegas, what verstappens in vegas stays in vegas. >> max verstappen wins the las vegas grand prix. >> get into it, friends. get into it. okay. or not. fortunately, all those storms that reggie was just talking about, they hit after vegas

hosted its first ever, ever formula one race. celebrities including justin bieber, david beckham, brad pitt and rihanna, all there watching. formula one says the race and the events surrounding it were expected to bring in $1.7 billion in revenue to the local economy. >> tonight, a super bowl rematch this week's monday night football match is being dubbed the kelsey bowl. travis kelsey and the kansas city chiefs take on his brother, jason kelsey, did you know he had a brother? you knew that. is that common knowledge? yes okay. he plays for the eagles coming up on gma, eli manning will be live to preview the big game. plus, an interview with the mom sure to be cheering the loudest no matter which team is winning. you can catch the game right here on abc seven. the coverage starts at 5 p.m. and today's gma first look. taylor swift returned to the stage in rio de janeiro last night, paying tribute to a fan who died during sweltering heat during friday night's concert. here's abc news

reporter lionel moise in this morning's gma first look. >> new details on the tragic death of a 23 year old taylor swift fan. amid extreme heat. >> i'm sorry, it's just very hot. >> so if somebody says they need water when it's this hot, they say we need it. music superstar taylor swift returning to the stage in rio de janeiro just days after ana clara benavidez machado died from a heart attack while attending swifts eras tour shows amid excessive heat concerns. >> the heat index reached a high of 138°f friday in rio, a level where experts say heat cramps, exhaustion and strokes are possible with prolonged exposure or physical activity. >> nobody wants another for another person to get hurt, let alone die in a situation like this. and we'll have much more on what changes the tour is making going forward coming up at 7 a.m. with your gma. >> first look, i'm lionel moise, abc news. >> congratulations are in order

to miss nicaragua shaniece palacios is the new miss universe. she was crowned at the annual pageant last night. it was held in the capital of el salvador or san salvador. the 23 year old mental health activist is the first woman from nicaragua to win the crown. >> actress emma stone is joining a small but elite group. stone is scheduled to host the upcoming episode of saturday night live. this will be her fifth time hosting. other celebrities that have also hosted five times include tom hanks, steve martin, tina fey and melissa mccarthy. snl usually gives them five a timer club jackets. snl also announced that singer songwriter noah kahan will be the musical guest when stone hosts next week. >> 556 we got some decent rainfall on saturday. some areas picked up more than an inch. but as we take a look at where we stand for the water year, remember that resets every october 1st. we are running behind across the board. so it has been a dry rather than

normal start to the water year. but again, we're only about a month and a half into the new water year. but our numbers are below average right now. we do have a wind advisory in our hills until 9 a.m. that'll back off when that wind advisory expires. we'll see some calmer conditions later today. a lot of sunshine on the way. you'll have temperatures mainly in the 60s, a few 70s on the board. so 66 in fremont, same in oakland and san jose, 66 in the city, 69 in napa. the news at six is coming up. kumasi >> thank you, drew. new at six free covid tests now available where you can sign up and how many you'll be able to get for you and your family. then san francisco in the spotlight, but did it deliver the reviews the city is facing after apec and let it go? disney opening up frozen themed land at one of its theme parks. >> but first, this livlook outside. it is 557 then we are looking for you. we are the peace corps. with volunteers in more than 60 countries.

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