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court hearing for live, as the brothers hoped that in just a moment. but we start with the weather and a day of scattered showers here in the bay area. you see, the morning commute got off to a soggy start in san francisco and in several other areas. so when will the showers end? good afternoon. that is the question, isn't it? i'm kristen sze you see, on the bottom of your screen, we are counting down to monday night football here tonight on abc seven, and we are seeing some light showers right now across the bay area. let's give you a live look at conditions from a wet camera lens showing interstate 880 in oakland, though traffic seems to be moving okay. when will the rain make for a soggy thanksgiving? will that happen or are we going to dry up by then? abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma has a look. >> level one today. scattered showers and isolated downpour at best. i think the steadiest of the rain happened earlier this morning. as we transition into the afternoon, it's more scattered in nature and the winds are pretty light out

there. so here's future weather. let's go hour by hour for you this afternoon. still have some light scattered showers. here's 230 as we head later into the evening. we'll likely see a bit of a break in much of the wet weather. it stays pretty cloudy. it stays humid. temperatures mainly in the mid 50s to the lower 60s for daytime highs and then early tomorrow morning will likely find one final round of showers before the storm system clears out by tomorrow afternoon. so rainfall totals you're not seeing anything on the order of 1 to 3in like we saw last week. generally, any rain we see today is going to be less than a quarter of an inch. here's the winter storm warning still in effect for the sierra. we'll see some heavier snow moving in here late tonight into the overnight hours. when this storm wraps up, we'll total it between 1 and 2ft above 5500ft. so just be aware of that back here at home. scattered showers throughout the day. we'll see. cloud cover temperatures mid 50s to the low 60s for daytime highs. if you're traveling today again as you head south, you head into some of those heavier rain showers into tuesday. it's a similar day if you're heading north. not too bad. it's the

central coast, the central valley tomorrow that is going to have some heavy rain to work with. snow falling in the sierra, but by wednesday, this is the best travel day across the state because sunshine is back and we are done with storms. accuweather seven day forecast. scattered showers today. continuing tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon we dry out. we close the storm door, so to speak, for the rest of the week. the holiday looking nice and the weekend. lots of sunshine. >> all right, so a live look right now at san francisco international airport where the weather is impacting flights. you can see why. about 18 to 20% of flights at sfo are delayed. that's about 245 flights with another 17 canceled. abc seven news reporter laura rodriguez looks at how it's going for travelers at the gate at sfo. >> one thing is clear the thanksgiving travel rush has started. i saw long security checkpoint lines all morning, but the weather is causing some flight delays. >> it's not only the reduced visibility that comes from the

rain, it's also the fact that the winds are blowing in a different direction than they normally do. and you always want to be taking off and landing in the direction of the wind. so the combination of these two things, the rain and the wind, are why we're seeing delays here at sfo today. >> this family from san francisco is traveling to mexico for the holiday and left to the airport 2.5 hours before their flight in anticipation of the crowds. >> i mean, it's just a lot of waiting, but i know it'll be worth it once we're there. >> sfo spokesperson doug yakel tells me they expect just over 6 million people to go through the airport. thanksgiving to new year. that's up 15% over last year, but it's still about 97% of what we saw back in 2019. >> so not quite back at those pre-pandemic levels, but close. >> jill baradat is flying from sfo to dallas. >> i want to go see my dad. i miss my dad. so it's the first time i've traveled on thanksgiving and probably a decade. >> and if you're one of the millions of americans driving to your thanksgiving destination

today, it was best to get on the road before 11 a.m. worst time to drive is between 1 and 5 p.m. tomorrow. get on the road before 10 a.m. worst time to travel is between one and 7 p.m. yakel tells me they expect some residual delays today and tomorrow because of the weather, but they hope their on time performance improves as the weather gets better. this week at sfo, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news you can expect crowded lines at oakland international airport, some 340,000 passengers will go through its terminals through sunday. >> if you're traveling through oakland, it's recommended you reserve a parking space non reservation parking is limited. if you're traveling for thanksgiving, be sure to have the abc seven bay area app on your phone. you can look at the same live doppler seven that drew and the rest of our weather team uses. we'll also send alerts with breaking news when it happens, including updates on the roads and airports. and the app is of course, free. developing news now. the menendez brothers won't be home for the holidays. a court

hearing in the case wrapped up earlier this afternoon. abc news reporter jacqueline lee was at the hearing. >> a line outside the courthouse early monday morning in los angeles public interest is so high in the menendez brothers case that there was a lottery for the 16 public seats inside the hearing. >> i'm really invested. i want to know what happens. >> it would just be huge to be able to be in the room when this potentially could be happening. >> erik and lyle, listening in on the hearing via phone from prison, where they are both currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. their attorney, mark geragos, walking into court today. he's working to get their conviction in the 1989 murder of their parents, reduced to voluntary manslaughter. the goal is for an early release. they want the court to consider new evidence. the brothers were allegedly sexually abused by their father for years before the murder. there is also a new allegation from a former member of the boy band menudo, who says he too was raped by jose menendez. last month, the now outgoing los angeles county district attorney recommended the brothers be resentenced. the

new da, nathan hochman, won't be sworn in until december 2nd. california governor gavin newsom, declining to grant the brothers clemency last week, instead deferring the case to hochman. the judge today pushing a hearing set for next month until the end of january, saying he needs more time to go over files in the case and he wants the new da to also get up to speed. >> we're hoping that by the end of that, or sometime sooner, that we will, in fact get the brothers release the judge, allowing two family members to testify today due to health concerns, both made impassioned pleas with the judge to send the brothers home, and this is expected to be a long process. >> no decision expected today, but if the governor decided to change his mind and grant clemency, then it would still have to be approved by the parole board, which could take at least six months. jacqueline lee, abc news, los angeles. >> there is a significant new development in the controversy

surrounding san jose's san jose state university's women's volleyball team. a federal judge has rejected a petition to ban san jose state from the mountain west tournament unless it excludes a transgender player from its roster. the judge says granting the emergency motion would create confusion in the tournament, which starts on wednesday. the player is in compliance with all ncaa rules regarding hormone levels for transgender athletes heading into the holidays. we're seeing the san francisco hotel strike growing. 500 more hotel workers hit the picket lines over the weekend. why do you want a contract? >> why do you want now? >> union workers from the san francisco marriott marquis joined 2000 striking workers from the city's grand hyatt, hilton, union square, marriott, union square, palace hotel and westin saint francis. they're demanding better wages, improved staffing as well as affordable health care. marriott says the marquis remains open. marriott hilton and hyatt all say they

will continue negotiating with the union. two cases against president elect donald trump could be dismissed. the special counsel today said he's requested charges involving claims of election interference and trump's classified documents. case be dropped. abc news reporter karen travers breaks it all down. >> special counsel jack smith today filed motions to drop all charges against president elect donald trump. it involves his alleged effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat and promoting false claims of a stolen election in the lead up to the january 6th attack, trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction. >> the attack on our nation's capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. it's described in the indictment. it was fueled by lies in his filing. >> smith said the merits of the prosecution's case has not changed, but the circumstances have. smith saying as a result of the election and doj

guidelines against prosecuting a sitting president, the case will not go forward. more than 1000 people have been found guilty or pled guilty to participating in the january 6th attack. trump has called them patriots and promised to pardon some of them if he won reelection. smith, also removing trump as a defendant in the classified documents case. trump was accused of mishandling government records, including holding on to classified documents at his mar a lago and bedminster, new jersey properties. the judge in the classified documents case, aileen cannon, a trump appointee, dismissed the case this summer on the grounds that smith was unlawfully appointed as special counsel. smith is now asking to dismiss the appeal of the charges against trump, but allow the appeal to continue for trump's two co-defendants. trump said during the campaign he would fire smith on his first day back in the white house. smith was expected to resign before trump takes office in january. the president elect's office issued a statement this afternoon calling the decision by the doj a major victory for the rule of law. karen travers, abc news, washington.

>> it could be a case of california versus trump. our governor making a pledge today to counter a possible move by trump to eliminate the federal tax credit for electric vehicles. we'll take a deeper dive into the issue with an expert. plus, we want to help you save some money on your your next favorite thing about this place is waiting to be discovered. did you know you can do this? ... pretty cool, right? ... and you don't want to miss that. you can also ride this ... and then race on over to do this... and before you leave? you definitely wanna see that.

(♪) no! leonidas. no, no, no, no! ikea? ikea! shop a more convenient ikea with affordable delivery options and more. they get here thursday. (♪) vehicles may continue in california, even if it is ended by the trump administration, as trump promised during the presidential campaign. governor gavin newsom today said the state stands ready to replace the federal electric vehicle tax rebate. it offers a $7,500 tax credit for people buying certain

electric vehicles. the governor's office said the proposed rebates could exclude tesla and a few other larger ev makers to try to promote more competition and innovation. newsom is trying to get all new vehicle sales in california to be electric by 2035. so can the trump administration just end the rebates? will it actually do it? and is the governor's plan practical? joining us live now to talk about this is uc berkeley goldman school of public policy lecturer doctor steven weissman. doctor weissman, thanks for your time. >> thank you kristin. >> can you explain to us a little bit more the federal tax credit for electric vehicles, as we have it right now? when did it start? how does it work? and what's really been its effect? >> the tax credit provides up to $7,500 back to people who buy an electric vehicle. and it's been administered in a couple of different ways. sometimes it's

picked up by an individual customer that's going to buy an electric car, and sometimes the customer might choose to lease a car, in which case it's the it's the car company that's able to take advantage of the credit. but either way, the credit has had a tremendous impact, i think, on the on the market for electric vehicles, it's tended to make the price of electric cars much more competitive with the price of cars with an internal combustion engine. and in the case of those leases, i was talking about, the lease rates have been sometimes extremely attractive. and so it's been an important element. >> i'm curious what percentage of the u.s. auto sales right now is evs? >> well, we're we're at a point where it's still less. it's still in single digits. we're talking about something like 6% of the cars are believed nationally. are are electric or hybrid at this point. >> but the auto makers, because we live here in the bay area. so

i would have guessed a lot higher just because of what we see on our freeways here. but nationally, i guess that's not the case. okay, so if that is the direction we want to move in, if we want to reduce, you know, carbon emissions, then why is it that during the campaign, president elect trump pledged to end this tax credit? right. presumably that may discourage some people who may be looking at evs otherwise. and his transition team has suggested he will do it. what is the stated reason? >> well, the i think i think that there's been a pitch made by the incoming president that what we really need to do is continue to rely as heavily as we can on fossil fuel. and i think he sees electric vehicles as getting in the way of the oil industry. and so i think that's where he's coming from. i can't i can't hope to be within the mind of the incoming president. >> okay. okay. so let's say he does this. what might be the impact. and, you know, california governor newsom today

said, hey, don't worry, we want car sales to continue to go in the evs direction. so we're going to come in and provide some sort of state credits. talk about that. >> yeah. well, there there are a lot of lot of pieces to this. i mean, first uh- california had its own system of credits in previous years, it had up to $7,000 in a rebate on on new electric cars and, and so he's talking about trying to institute that again. now the challenge with with this back and forth on the federal policy is that it tends to undermine people's confidence in policy. so you have this promise of having the tax credits or the rebates, and then you have people relying on that when they want to go out and shop for a vehicle. you also have the auto manufacturers relying on that when they're deciding to tool up for electric cars and stop producing so many cars with internal combustion engines. so what happens when the federal government changes over and the

new leaders say, oh, change your mind, we don't want to pay for this. can you imagine how this undermines the confidence that the industry might have, that the government is going to continue to be behind this shift? right, right. and so i think that you're right, that could, you know, influence how much automakers invest in their ev technology. >> and then that could affect the prices and that could affect consumer choice. so yeah, okay. but some news outlets are also reporting newsom may leave tesla out of the state rebate program, since i guess it's so big and has over 50% of the ev market, he kind of wants to boost the smaller ones. but here's the interesting part. elon musk is, of course, the ceo of tesla, and he's a super close advisor now to president elect trump, who has responded sharply to this and saying it's crazy. so how does this all shake out politically and practically? >> well, in a sense, it could be an interesting chess move because if there was a matter of eliminating all rebates, maybe elon musk and tesla don't mind tesla don't mind that so much

because they have such a sizable share of the market right now. but if california with, you know, 10% of the people and the much larger portion of the electric car sales, if california says, well, we're not, we're going to give rebates to for every kind of vehicle vehicle except tesla. well, maybe then elon musk wants to convince trump not to tinker with the federal credits. maybe he's going to want to see them stay in place so that tesla can continue to compete with the other makers. >> i see it's like a chess game. okay, but can california, realistically, even if newsom wanted to fund such a program with the rebates right. especially given our current budget problems. >> yeah. well, california has an unusual pool of money to draw from. california requires that most of the large polluters eliminate their greenhouse gas emissions, and if they want to continue to emit carbon dioxide or methane or other things into

the atmosphere, then they have to buy allowances that allow them to continue to pollute to a certain extent, those allowances are sold in an auction by the state, and the state collects the money from that auction and makes it available for a whole variety of different projects that are, in one way or another, related to our concern about climate change. so the funding is there. over the last decade, i'd say probably about $27 billion have been allocated by the state to various kinds of projects that people are interested in, and that's that could continue. but but the problem challenge is going to be that if you have a program, let's say they want to have another billion, i'm sorry, another million electric vehicles, a million rebates, maybe it's $7,000, which is what they've previously been been offering in california. that's $7 billion. so that would be a huge cut into the funding available through these programs. right. we're using those fundings now for lots of

things like like high speed rai, almost $7 billion to run a high speed rail. we've spent $105 million to fund a satellite that's going to go into the atmosphere and measure measure methane emissions. there have been a half a billion dollars in programs to try to capture methane off of dairy, dairy farms. and so and there are lots of other projects, educational projects, electric busses, all sorts of things. and that money can't continue to be used in two places at once. >> yeah. no, you got to keep the books balanced somehow. doctor steven weissman, thank you so much. we'll take a sho

a cherished tradition set in 1915 san francisco. delight in a fun-filled holiday experience. ♪ tickets on sale now at sfballet.org is online or a combination black friday and cyber monday can be overwhelming. abc news reporter zohreen shah has tips to help you save money. >> black friday and cyber monday are more like a whole week of deals these days. >> some of the deals will be

valid just on black friday through cyber monday, but then you'll also see other deals kind of popping up throughout that week. >> if you plan to make holiday purchases while the sales are happening, smart shopping expert trae bodge has some tips, starting with whether to shop in store or online. >> a lot of people are going into the stores. they love that excitement. they want to see the products in person. >> if you prefer to place orders in your pjs, bodge says most deals are available online, but a few stores will be offering exclusives in store on black friday because retailers are trying to draw consumers into the store, you may find that there are exclusive special items in those stores, so target is one of them. >> if they are selling, you know, an exclusive item from taylor swift, you might want to be there in person so you can grab it before someone else does. >> bodge says you'll find deals across all categories, but you can focus on those that are expected to have the deepest discounts. >> this is one of the best times of the year to buy tech, and i am seeing discounts anywhere from 20 to 50% off those deeper

discounts tend to be on a previous generation of an item. however, that previous generation may have all the bells and whistles that you want, so don't turn your nose up on those. >> she adds that small home appliances will be about 40% off, and beauty products will be about 25% off on average, and then fall merchandise like apparel and footwear will be deeply discounted. >> clearance level. >> bodge says you may be able to save even more by checking deal sites for extra coupons, signing up for loyalty programs, and taking advantage of cash back on debit and credit cards. >> i would also say if you see a discount on black friday, it's not as deep as you hoped. i think you could hold out until cyber monday unless it's like a special exclusive item just to see if that discount deepens on cyber monday, because it might. >> and keep in mind, sometimes retailers will price match if a price drops after you've made your purchase. zohreen shah, abc news, los angeles. >> there

says it's working to resolve widespread outage issues. thousands of microsoft 365 customers worldwide reported having problems with services like outlook and teams. microsoft acknowledged an issue and said a recent change is believed to be behind it, and the company was working on restoring service. microsoft says the fix reached most users this morning, but the company later said targeted restarts were slower than expected for the majority of affected users. christmas is exactly one month away from today. there are plenty of chances to get into the holiday spirit now. fillled is one of those places. the san mateo county estate is all lit up and will be until january.

kevin wozny fillled, director of museum collections and curator, joined us on abc7 midday to tell us about their display. >> we pull out all the stops and we have a motto here at filoli uh. it's not done till it's over. done. and we give it our best and we have amazing things going on. so we have a 54,000 square foot house that's decorated to the nines with 21 trees. i don't even know how many wreaths. a beautiful signature champagne bar. it's an instagram moment at every single turn. and then outside we have 16 acres of just magnificent magical lights that will transform you into a new world. it really does feel like a different place. and we're so excited to have everybody come down and see it. it's thrilling to us. >> if you're interested, you can go to filoli .org for more

information and tickets. the holidays at filoli runs now through january 12th. don't forget we have special programing tonight for monday night football here on abc seven. it's the ravens versus the chargers with coverage starting at five. that's followed by after the game with larry beil then at nine. catch world news tonight with david muir followed by jeopardy! and wheel of fortune at 930. and ten. then join us for a special edition of abc seven news at 1030 and abc seven news at 11. that's it for this edition of abc seven news at three. thanks for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts now and i'll see you back here at four. tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. we are tracking two major storms just days before thanksgiving. also, two passenger planes, one clipping the other in boston. more than 50 cars stolen from the dallas airport. and the