♪ i'm on my way ♪ ♪ home sweet home ♪ there's no place like the road home. receive a $5,500 bonus on a new 2024 audi q5 plug-in hybrid during the season of audi sales event. now abc seven mornings live right now at five. >> a verdict in the trial over the murder of cashapp founder bob lee. the jury taking nine days to make their decision. his accused killer, now just hours away from hearing his fate. >> an airboat crash in the florida everglades. members of a bay area youth football league and parents sent flying into a swamp. and this morning, we're hearing from a pregnant woman on the boat about the terrifying ordeal. >> the aftermath of weekend

rain, a mudslide forcing caltrans to close a mountain highway used by commuters. and it's not the first time the growing frustration for local residents. >> and we do want to take a live look at highway 101 in san jose. as you get ready to head out the door, you may need a little extra time today. fog is blanketing much of the bay area. we know gloria is tracking the impact on the morning drive, and drew's got the timeline for when the sun will make an appearance. >> where is rudolph when we need him? i don't know, but we know that drew is back. >> welcome back.k. >> yeah, that fog this morning, it is widespread out there. so it's not just one location. it's everywhere. we'll take a live look outside. this is san jose this morning. you can clearly see that fog out there 51 degrees. but the big thing. we'll track all morning long is that visibility. you can see down to half a mile. that's going to be an issue in the south bay this morning. what you're looking at from this view is sfo ths morning. you can't even see the airport out there. visibility here is down to zero miles. so

that's what we're dealing with right now. visibility that is so down that it's hard to see. so outside this morning anywhere from zero miles visibility a mile in san carlos, half a mile in san jose, less than a mile in concord this morning. so we do have a dense fog advisory. for a lot of us, this will last until 9 a.m. this morning. a really good idea. use those low beams this morning. don't use the high beams that reflects off the fog. makes it hard to see out there. add some extra distance between the cars in front of you this morning because. 715 here's the fog forecast. we're still dealing with low cloud cover out there this morning, even though the fog advisory technically ends at 9 a.m, we'll likely still see some patchy fog out there. it's not until the middle part of the day. the fog is out, the sun is back in the afternoon is looking lovely. we're done with the rain sunshine today and temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. let's check in with gloria. see how that commute is going. >> good morning drew. good morning to everybody. so as drew mentioned, we are dealg with a lot of fog this morning. i know when i drove in to work

today, there was definitely a lot of fog out there. and you can see our map here showing you the fog throughout the bay area. good thing is you're seeing mostly green, so traffic is moving, but you just have to be very careful when you're driving in this dense fog. it could be really hard to see out there. you can see from our san jose 101 8-80 camera. definitely foggy here in this area, and it's startino get a little busy north of 101. but just, you know, again, traffic is flowing nicely this morning. so looking at our oakland 880 camera it is also foggy here south of 880 heading towards la and san leandro, though moving pretty nicely. but i mean guys look at that. hard to even see the headlights there because of that dense fog this morning. >> reggie okay, hopefully folks will be careful. thank you. we're following up on a story we told you about yesterday on abc seven mornings, a nasty air boat crash in the florida everglades and on board a bay area youth football team and a pregnant mother. abc seven news reporter j.r. stone is hearing from that woman in a story you'll see only

on abc seven news. >> the boat was wrecked, water was coming in. kids were screaming. blood everywhere, mud everywhere.blood everywhere, mud >> althea wyndham is describing the tense moments after the airboat she was on with her seven year old son and his travel football team out of pittsburgh, crashed last friday in the florida everglades. >> this particular spot, it's very it's a curve. and so there was two boats coming like this. so we the moment we saw it, it was too late to even react respond. and it was just the last thing i remember seeing was the boat. and i'm like, oh, we're going to crash. >> althea, who was airlifted to the hospital with a three year old, was one of at least 16 people hospitalized. everyone survived. >> when i woke up, children were in the water. i believe we were knocked out a few seconds. the other boat was on top of our boat. and it just took a while to kind of realize what was going on. another mother mother

on our team floating in the water. and so we pulled her out. i started cpr on her. i then felt started to feel pain. and so i moved away and the captain of the boat took over and started performing cpr on her. >> althea, who is seven months pregnant, now has a broken tailbone and is out of work as a flight attendant for the foreseeable future. physically, her son aj is okay, but he's still a bit shaken up over what happened. >> he was screaming on the way back home thinking the plane was going to crash, and so he will need some therapy. >> he was scared at the same f t other one. i would go on the boat, but not the airboat. >> wyndham is concerned though, saying there were no safety warnings after getting on the boat and no seat belts. >> i remember the other captain of the other boat distinctively saying, i never took this route before. i never he just kept saying it repeatedly. just kind of made me upset that they don't have, like, safety protocols in

place to make sure something like this doesn't happen. everyone should have routes. >> we did reach out to the airboat company with questions, but have not yet heard back. j.r stone, abc seven news. >> new details this morning about the tornado that left damage in scotts valley over the weekend. yikes. we're now hearing from a cal fire battalion chief who was injured. manny garcia says the tornado sent his work truck, which you're looking at, flying into the air before it landed on its side. people who were close by had to break the windshield so he could get out. >> at that time, i looked around and noticed there was a more than five cars flipped over. debris all over the roadway. power poles just leaning. and i'm thinking to myself, like, what just happened? like, we don't get tornadoes here, but this looks like a tornado. >> oh my god. garcia's fire gear was thrown into the trees by the wind. luckily, he walked away with only some minor scrapes and bruises. and this morning, we're

going to find out the verdict. in a murder case that has made national headlines for over a year now. a jury in san francisco is set to announce their decision in the trial over the killing of tech executive and cash app founder bob lee. abc seven news reporter lena howland is here in studio with a look at some of the potential outcomes. lena. >> amanda. after nine long days of deliberations, jurors have finally reached a verdict in this high profile trial, which first started back in october during. attorneys argued he stabbed cash app founder bob lee in self-defense. they claimed it was actually lee who first pulled a knife on mckinney in a drug fueled rage. the prosecution arguing the opposite, saying mo many targeted lee. they say mo many believed his sister had been drugged and sexually assaulted by a man lee had introduced to her. legal expert randall knox says the jury had a lot to consider. >> to start with. do people agree that it was premeditated and deliberate with malice

aforethought? if 12 people don't agree to that, then they consider whether it's second degree murder, if they don't agree that he intended to kill him with that mental state. it could conceivably be reduced to voluntary manslaughter. >> i think the big question for this jury is what did they think of mr. lee's testimony? did they give him the benefit of the doubt? and how did that play into their verdict? >> legal analyst stephen clark, who you just heard from, believes it could be mo many's own testimony that could have ultimately swayed jurors. the verdict will be read in court this morning at 930. if he is convicted of any charges, clark says he will come back for a sentencing hearing in about six weeks. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. and we will have live coverage today of the verdict as soon as it happens. if you have the abc seven bay area app on your phone, we'll send an alert once the verdict is read. and you can see live reports from the

courthouse wherever you watch abc seven news this morning. >> a big headache. if you drive in the santa cruz mountains, a portion of highway nine is closed after recent storms caused a mudslide. and, gloria, this isn't the first time. >> it isn't the first time. you're right about that. this is the second year in a row that there's been a big mudslide on this portion of highway nine. it's between redwood gulch road and sanborn in the saratoga area, and you can see video of it right here. caltrans decided to close the highway yesterday. officials say the mud is just too wet and soupy for crews to clean it up. crews have been actively working to improve this stretch since september to install new drainage and improve the hillside. last year, a similar slide took out two roads, including a driveway that leads to five homes. a temporary road was installed, but the county says the private driveway is not their responsibility, and that's left many residents frustrated because they can't fix their driveway until a permanent road is finished. >> how long is it going to take

for them to really support that road? because we were at their mercy, like, you know, they they hold all the cards as far as what we can do, a timeline for a permanent road has been vague, but the county says a temporary road should be safe this winter. >> now, as for highway nine, caltrans is hoping to clear the road and reopen it tomorrow. and of course, we know people want a relief from that rain. drew, are we going to get it? >> yeah, we've got a couple of dry days for you. the issue we have this morning, and you can see it on our sn rafael camera right now. live. look, we have a lot of fog out there. the moisture we got yesterday, the skies cleared, and all that moisture is now condensing into fog this morning. so this is a widespread problem. dense fog advisory is in effect through 9 a.m. for reduced visibility. best practices. never a bad idea to have that reminder. keep it on low beams. don't put your high beams on because that just reflects the fog even more. makes it harder to see. drive slower with caution and add extra distance between the cars

around you, because this morning you could see most areas dealing with low visibility. concord less than a mile at zero miles at sfo. so certainly 101 in this region. as you head north from the peninsula into the city, is certainly going to be a slow go out there, half a mile visibility right now in san jose. temperatures right now in the north bay, some of the coldest areas, mid 40s, low 50s right now for oakland, san mateo as we battle that fog. so the morning forecast shows you that dense fog clearly through 9 a.m. that's how long the advisory will last. and then we'll start to see increasing sunshine later on this morning. i think we're totally fog free by about 11 a.m. the afternoon will feature a lot of sunshine today, so drive slow out there this morning. that dense fog. the afternoon we get that sunshine back, it is dry. later today we'll have daytime highs mainly in the low 60s. we do have some rain in the forecast on the seven day guys. we'll show you that coming up in just a few minutes. >> drew thank you. still

ahead, we're tracking new details on the mass shooting at a school in wisconsin, wg about their investigation. >> and the heroes second grader who was the first to call 911. >> plus, mountain view based waymo about to expand to a whole new country. the key skills the company's self-driving cars hope to learn when taking the roads in tokyo. >> and let's take a live look outside. we're dealing with a lot of fog this morning. drew and gloria will have an upd

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it is 513. investigators in madison, wisconsin are trying to figure out how a 15 year old girl got the gun. they say killed at least two people at her own school. a student and teacher were killed and six others were injured. two are in critical condition. a second grader is the one who first alerted police to what was happening on campus. here's abc news reporter christiane cordero with what we know about the investigation. >> this morning, madison, wisconsin's abundant life christian school's doors are closed to all but investigators after a teenage student brought a handgun and opened fire in a

study hall monday. according to officials, the 911 call came in just before 11 a.m, they add from a second grade student at the school. >> don't let that soak in for a minute. a second grade student called 911 at 10:57 a.m. report a shooting at school. >> officers entered the school within four minutes. finding the shooter killed two people. six more were taken to the hospital with injuries. >> i heard gunshots and screaming and it was all really scary. and i was, like, terrified. so were my friends. >> investigators say the suspect, 15 year old natalie renaud, who went by samantha, took her own life. police cleared the rest of the school room by room as parents arrived to pick up their children, britt and kyle. grange, speaking with abc's alex perez, are grateful their kids are okay. >> i'm very, very, very thankful. i mean, the gut

wrenching feeling that you feel when you get that notification. there's no like you always just hope that never happens. and it happened today. >> we can't kingvale. the community gathered in a prayer service last night as investigators searched the alleged shooter's home and social media accounts, all looking for answers in the latest school shooting for the lessons not yet learned. >> we've got to care about this as a problem. you can't just again be number one on thest planet for school shootings, for mass shootings, and not see that as a problem. >> this is the 488th mass shooting in the u.s. this year, according to gun violence archive. the suspect's parents are cooperating with investigators. christiane cordero, abc news, washington. >> the woman who boarded a delta airlines flight from new york to paris without a ticket last month, is in trouble again. authorities say svetlana daily cut off her ankle monitor over the weekend. her roommate saw it

and reported her missing. dolly was caught on a greyhound bus headed to canada. yesterday, she admitted to buffalo from philadelphia. dolly is expected to be charged with bail jumping, and she could face up to five years in federal prison. >> a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit the pacific island nation of vanuatu today, killing at least one person. surveillance video shows the moment the quake struck off the coast of the capital city of port vila. tsunami warnings were issued, but they were later canceled. look at all that movement, though. later, we should say several buildings were damaged, including the building that houses the u.s. embassy. red cross volunteers are there helping people impacted by the earthquake. are you prepared for an earthquake? it is, of course, not too late to get a kit. make a plan. be informed. if you need ideas, check out abc seven news.com/prepare norcal. maybe it will even inspire your christmas gift list. >> new this morning, mountain view based waymo has just announced they will start testing their vehicles in tokyo.

the alphabet owned autonomous driving company says the project will help their vehicles maneuver on left handed roads. they say it will arrive in early next year with a fleet of their all electric jaguars. at first, the cars will be operated manually before they're ready to take the road on their own. the namesake of a popular sushi restaurant on the peninsula will serve his final rolls this month. sam, the heart and soul behind sushi sam's admati in san mateo, is retiring after 36 years, but his legacy will continue. the restaurant says on facebook that it is moving and will reopen under the name sushi armada. the last day of sushi sam's will be saturday, december 28th. during the pandemic, mark zuckerberg and priscilla chan gave eight of their favorite restaurants $100,000. sushi sam's was among them. >> the simpsons is marking a milestone this year with its holiday special premiering today. it's been almost 35 years

since the series premiere, and disney plus celebrated with a world premiere screening of its newest christmas special. oh come on, all ye faithful on the red carpet, join the simpsons creator and stars of the series. >> it's twice as long as our usual episode. we've done two part episodes before, but they're separate and this is one big episode. it's like a mini movie. we have a lot of music that's amazing. patti labelle knocks it out of the park. she's unbelievable. and there's some other surprises in inimitable simpsons way, they manage to impose this crisis into springfield, but the characters remain the constant. >> so i think it will be really fantastic. i can't wait to see it for tonight. >> we all just get to be fans of our own show, and what a gift is that? >> the christmas themed double episode premieres exclusively today on disney plus and disney's, a parent company of abc seven. cool. that's awesome. >> i learned that woman, nancy. she voices bart simpson asancy.

sabrina carpenter's aren't really. >> yeah. wow. >> talent runs through that family. how wild. >> good for them. 35 years. yeah. gosh. i'm old. okay, there's a time that show wasn't on when i was alive. i'm old. oh, really? i made one. yeah. >> you take full animation. >> let's go outside live. look at san jose this morning where you can see this is the issue we're going to be talking about all morning long. both gloria and i is the fog. it's widespread this morning. and that is creating some low visibility out there. the south bay and the peninsula, some of the areas seeing the worst visibility this morning. so you saw that picture san jose. we're down to half a mile there, zero miles at sfo. so if you're traveling 101 to 80 in this region, just be aware. we have a lot of low cloud cover out there this morning. a dense fog advisory is in effect through 9 a.m. so certainly highway four is getting impacted as well. use those low beams this morning. add some extra distance between

the cars around you. so here's the fog forecast 7 a.m. we're still fighting the fog. technically, the advisory is going to expire at 9 a.m, but i still think even then we're trying to break through some of this fog. it's closer to 11 a.m. we're getting out of that fog. the sun is back and this afternoon is totally dry. it's sunny and temperatures right around 60 degrees for most of us, so we'll fight that fog this morning. the dense fog advisory until 9 a.m. we'll see sunshine this afternoon, about 61 in the city and oakland, 64, in san jose, hitting about 60 in napa overnight tonight. we're not expecting widespread fog. we may see some patchy fog in some of our sheltered valleys, but for the most part, we're not going to see what we're seeing out there right now. overnight lows in the 30s and in the 40s. so here's live doppler seven along with satellite. we actually have a red flag warning in southern california that kicks in at 3 p.m. today for another round of some strong santa ana winds. for us, it's the storm. track is so far to our north the next couple of days. clearly you can see all that rain kind of aimed

at seattle and portland for the time being. our next chance of rain comes our way this weekend. here's future weather showing you saturday at noon. we're tracking a level one storm. nothing like we saw this past weekend with those strong damaging winds and some heavy rain. this one is a fast mover. it looks like we'll just see some light showers out of that. and some of those showers continue into early next week. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. fog to sun today. dry through friday and then we'll find that weekend rain. winter officially begins here on saturday guys. >> all right joe thank you. coming up the seven things to know this morning. >> reaching new heights. bitcoin hits a record. what experts say is causing the cryptocurrency surge. >> and a live look outside here at 521 it will be a foggy

♪ open. ♪ ♪ over 600,000 usps employees working in sync to ensure everything sent on its holiday ride ends with a moment of joy. ♪ the united states postal service. other things you need to know this morning. number one, we do have a dense fog advisory until 9 a.m. this morning. you can see a visibility out there right now, some areas down to zero miles with this thick fog. use those low beams out there this morning. extra time and extra distance on the roads. >> and as drew mentioned, we tracking the fog this morning. our photographer stefan stifter, you can see he's driving out there. we have this live footage

for you. and this is on 580 eastbound in castro valley. it's actually not too foggy there just now, but we are seeing throughout the bay area a lot of fog. i know when i drove in from the peninsula. definitely foggy there. so we'll keep monitoring it for you. but be very careful if you're driving this morning, because it could be hard to see with that fog. >> number three, a san francisco jury has reached a decision in the trial over the killing of tech executive bob lee. the verdict will be read at 930 this morning. we'll have live coverage wherever you watch abc seven news. >> number four, heads up north bay commuters, smart train service is back this morning. it was suspended yesterday because partially because of storm damage. >> number five, a last ditch effort to save tiktok. the social media company is asking the supreme court to block the law that bans it in the us next month, unless its chinese owner sells the platform. >> number six, the federal reserve kicks off its last meeting of the year. they're going to be talking about interest rates again today. another interest rate cut is expected to be announced tomorrow, the third this year. >> number seven, menlo park

based meta is rolling out a new ai model called meta motivo. it focuses on behavior and is able to control robots to perform complex tasks. in today's gma first look, those drone sightings in the northeast. the fbi acknowledges most tips from the public are actually planes or illegally flown drones, but they still have issued a new warning. here's abc news reporter andrew dymburt. >> in this morning's gma first look, the drone mystery deepens. >> we don't know what they're doing and who's operating them. that's the unsettling part. >> the fbi and department of homeland security ramping up efforts to investigate reports of mysterious drone sightings in the northeast. law enforcement officials now warning there's a new danger for air travel. the fbi receiving nearly 5000 tips so far. amid growing fear and uncertainty, federal sources tell abc news they're deploying infrared cameras and drone detection technology to ensure drones flying over new jersey and new york aren't a threat. >> we are seeing an increase in pilots of manned aircraft being hit in the eyes with lasers

because people on the ground think they see a drone. we are also concerned people will take matters into their own hands and fire a weapon at an aircraft. >> and coming up on gma, a morning interview with white house national security communications adviser john kirby with your gma first look, i'm andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> if you're a fan of cryptocurrency, this past year has really been interesting. bitcoin is up 150% in 2024. it's really been surging in the past month since donald trump won the presidential election. yesterday, it reached a new record high, surging past $107,000 after trump reiterated plans to create a national stockpile of bitcoin. imagine it being similar to the country's strategic oil reserve. experts say trump's support of cryptocurrency is positive for people who have been investing in it. >> well, yeah, there's a lot of risks around bitcoin. regulatory environment continues to still be choppy. but the path for bitcoin is much more positive.

and blue skies today than some stormy clouds that we've seen over the last few years. >> i mean, i'm no expert, but usually if something goes up a lot in value, it's good for the people who invested. earlier this month, trump named silicon valley entrepreneur david sacks as his ai and cryptocurrency czar. he also said he would nominate pro cryptocurrency washington attorney paul atkins as the new head of the securities and exchange commission. >> next, at 530, the latest holdups in the california high speed rail project. why the trump administration could be a factor in slowing it

live now at 530. a verdict for the man charged with killing cash app founder bob lee in san francisco. the jury is set to announce the decision just hours from now. >> new developments in the drama surrounding the san mateo county sheriff's office. a new decision

by the district attorney clearing a union leader accused of wrongdoing. the reaction from the embattled sheriff. >> a last ditch effort to save tiktok, the social media site just weeks away from being banned in the u.s. so they are appealing to the supreme court. the new support from president elect donald trump. >> plus, we are taking a lie look from our san jose 8-80 camera. you can see the commute is likely going to be a foggy one. we're seeing low visibility across the bay area. drew is tracking how long it will last, and gloria is tracking your commute. good morning everyone. it's tuesday, december 17th. >> yes. and drew, i just realized that we are very much at the end of fall. >> yeah, we are only a few days left. winter officially begins here on saturday, and that will find a return of some rain this weekend. dry conditions expected this afternoon. but this morning. this is our problem. a live look at our san rafael camera. clearly, you could see that fog out there 57 degrees right now. visibility down to about a third of a mile here. other areas seeing

visibility down to zero miles. so be aware of that. a live look at our san jose camera as well. this is another area that has low visibility about a half a mile here. so we do have this widespread fog that is creating issues. we have a dense fog advisory until 9 a.m. this morning. some of the hardest hit areas when it comes to low visibility along the peninsula and into the south bay. also traveling highway four this morning. you're going to encounter some very low fog around concord, walnut creek extending all the way back into pittsburgh. so be aware of that this morning. here's the dense fog advisory pretty much for everybody this morning until 9 a.m. so we're going to be dealing with this low cloud cover for the next several hours, 40s and 50s. as we get you out the door this morning. here's the fog forecast clearly at 715. we're still in and out of the low clouds, even though the fog advisory is done at 9 a.m, i don't think the fog is totally out of here until closer to 11 a.m. after that, the afternoon features a lot of sunshine out there. we are dry today. daytime highs right around 60

degrees. let's check in with gloria to see a closer look at the commute this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you, drew. yeah. you know, definitely foggy out there. as drew has been mentioning. we're going to take a live k here at our emeryville camera. you can see how foggy it is out there as traffic starts to build here in the bay area. you can see all those headlights heading towards the bay bridge and looking at your drive times there. highway four to san francisco, 40 minutes. and we have our photographer stephan stifter driving around this morning, and he's definitely been seeing some fog throughout the bay area. you can see right here live look, this is 92 westbound in hayward and it is a little foggy out there. so just throughout the bay area, if you are driving today, be prepared for that fog. low visibility may be hard to see out there. i definitely had that experience this morning. so you just want to give yourself a little bit more time today because of that fog. be extra careful. drive a little bit more slowly this morning if you're able to. reggie. >> thanks, gloria. happening today. a san francisco jury is going to reveal its verdict in the bob lee murder trial. the

tech executive was killed in san francisco last year. abc seven news reporter lena howland is here with the case. that's been laid out over the past couple of months in court, and the possible outcomes. lena. >> reggie. it took jurors a total of nine days to deliberate. coming in with a verdict just before heading home for the day yesterday. keep in mind this all started back in october. tech consultant nima momeni is accused of murdering cashapp founder bob lee back in april of last year. his back in attorneys argued he stabbed lee in self-defense. they claimed it was actually lee who first pulled a knife on momeni in a drug fueled rage, the prosecution arguing the opposite, saying momeni targeted lee. they say he believed his sister had been drugged and sexually assaulted by a man lee had introduced to her. >> if he is convicted of any charge, what will happen next is about six weeks from now, there will be a sentencing hearing where both sides will present information to the court as to what is the appropriate sentence

based on a number of factors. >> now, jurors will first consider first degree murder charges if it was premeditated and deliberate. if all 12 don't agree with that, then they'll consider it's second degree murder. legal experts say if they don't agree that momeni intended to kill him with that mental state, it could then be reduced to voluntary manslaughter. the verdict will be read in a san francisco courtroom this morning at 930. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena. thank you. we will have live coverage today of the verdict as soon as it happens. if you have the abc seven bay area app on your phone, we'll send an alert once the verdict is read. and you can see live reports from the courthouse wherever you watch abc seven news this morning. >> a last ditch effort to save tiktok gloria. the social media company is hoping the supreme court or president elect trump could come to the rescue to keep the app available in the u.s. >> that's right. amanda. tiktok ceo is hoping to overturn the ban that's set to start on

january 19th. yesterday, the ceo and president elect donald trump met at mar a lago, and trump also discussed the future of tiktok at his recent press conference. he credited the app to helping him get reelected. now that's a turn from trump's first term, where he also tried to ban the app during that meeting. now, during the meeting with trump, the ceo insisted that the company does not share american data. one of the main concerns behind that ban. >> i have seen no evidence that the chinese government has access to that data. they have never asked us. we have not provided. >> the social media app ceo is also appealing to the supreme court, hoping they will overturn that ban. tiktok filed an emergency appeal to the court yesterday, saying the ban violates the first amendment. if the supreme court does take up the case, or tiktok's chinese owner does not sell the app, tiktok is set to be banned in the u.s. starting on january 19th, and that's a day before trump takes office. of course, he could work on a solution once

he is in office, and i know a lot of people are definitely keeping a close eye on this one. amanda. yeah. >> gloria. thank you. luigi mangione may be extradited back to new york as early as this morning. he's accused of killing united health care ceo brian thompson. sources tell abc mangione is almost certain to waive extradition from pennsylvania. over the weekend, mangione added a high profile defense attorney to his legal team. she says a potential defense strategy would be to plea to be to plea a case of not guilty due to insanity. >> state superintendent tony thurmond is backing a bill to essentially keep immigration officials out of schools. this comes amid promises from president elect donald trump to rescind long term protections against deportation. this proposed bill is intended to safeguard student attendance and state funding in schools by protecting against immigration enforcement. the bill has an urgency clause in it, meaning it could move quickly through the legislature. >> some neighbors in vallejo are

signing up in support of getting the chp into the city to combat crime. more than 3000 people have signed an online petition to urge the governor to deploy the chp and sheriff's deputies to assist vallejo police. those who support the petition say vallejo is experiencing an alarming increase in crime. the police department is dealing with a staffing shortage. no one from the city has responded to our request for comment yet. the incoming trump administration is causing growing concerns for supporters of the california high speed rail project. state democrats worry about how the new administration will handle existing federal grants if they terminate those awards. a lawsuit will likely follow, which will further delay the train's progress. many republican representatives are already against the rail project. according to the san francisco chronicle, democrats say the longer the project is put on hold, the more expensive it becomes. >> china is extending visa free travel in hopes of growing its

tourism industry. the extension has tripled the amount of time you can spend in china without a visa. now it's ten days. previously, eligible travelers could only visit for 3 to 6 days without a visa, depending on where they were going. china has been making several changes to increase visitation in the country this year. foreigners entering the mainland hit a record high since tracking began in 2014. >> now to the ongoing drama involving the san mateo county sheriff's office. >> okay, i'll take it from here. the san mateo county district attorney announced that he will not file time card fraud charges against a union head who has been highly critical of sheriff christina corpus. here's i-team reporter dan noyes. >> i am disgusted at how low these people will go. >> that's sheriff christina corpus. a little over a month ago, blasting a scathing audit report into her office that alleged abuse of power, intimidation and retaliation, and a personal relationship with her chief of staff. the i-team has since identified problems with the report, including missing pages from an interview

transcript and outright mistakes. >> this is a hatchet job of an inquiry, which was commissioned with a predetermined outcome. >> but on the same day the report came out, corpus took action against one of her loudest critics, arresting the president of the deputy sheriff's association on charges of time card fraud. carlos tapia self surrendered and kept speaking out. he read a statement at a news conference today. >> i'm grateful to the district attorney's office for recognizing these charges for what they were. yet another attempt at retaliation from sheriff corpus and her expressed loss of confidence in her administration. >> after a month of investigation, district attorney steve wagstaffe has announced he's dropping the case. >> so what the sheriff's office had, what the investigator had. it wasn't wrong. it was simply they the investigator did not talk to the additional people in their own his own fiscal team,

as well as with the county hr to find out exactly why. there were explanations for every one of those hours. >> i'm disappointed, but i'm not surprised. >> i spoke with sheriff corpus today for her reaction. >> he has an independent office and i have to respect his decision. but, you know, with the information that i was presented, i felt that we had overwhelming evidence for the i-team. >> dan noyes, abc seven news. >> if you have a story for dan and the i-team, just go to abc seven news.com slash i-team. >> san francisco officials are asking the state for more money to help fight the homelessness crisis. in total, the department of public health is asking for 144 million. the san francisco chronicle reports the funds are needed to add beds to treat unhoused people with severe behavioral health issues. the department is also asking for more than $12 million of that total for a new mental health service center. and now it's time for your abc seven mornings

advancer. our way of highlighting some things that are happening in the day ahead here in the bay area. yeah. >> first, the san jose city council will vote on expanding its emergency interim housing program. the resolution would allow the city's housing director to extend grant agreements with its nonprofit partners in order to keep six existing interim housing units up and running. the housing program is part of san jose's long term strategy to fight homelessness. >> the smart train system is expected to be back up and running this morning. storm damage in the north bay is part of the reason why they shut down service on sunday. transit officials say downed trees blocked or damaged the train tracks in multiple spots. >> 20 tons of trash picked up along one stretch of an east bay road. a story from berkeley, where community members are building a better bay area. but first, let's get a check on the weather with meteorologist drew tuma. >> hey, amanda. this morning in the accuweather forecast, it's all about driving in the dense fog. this morning. we have a dense fog advisory until 9 a.m. this morning for reduced visibility in many locations. so

good idea. use those low beams, drive slower with caution and add some extra distance to the cars around you. so looking at the visibility map, this is how far you can see in miles and a lot of areas like concord, down to a quarter of a mile visibility half a mile in fairfield. the peninsula is one of those areas this morning that has seen some of the worst fog right now, down to a quarter of a mile visibility in mountain view and san jose right around sfo. we have some thick fog, so if you're traveling one on one, even two, 8380 in this area, just be aware of that. we have a lot of low clouds this morning. so looking at your morning planner out there, we'll keep fog in the forecast through 9 a.m. with that dense fog advisory as we head deeper into the morning, 10 a.m. 11 a.m, that fog starts to really break down. we'll find increasing sunshine. and today is a dry day. this afternoon. it is bright and it will feel really nice out there once this fog is out of here. so 61 in the city today, 63 in santa rosa, 64 in san jose. again, we have that morning fog giving way to afternoon sunshine about

61 and half moon bay concord up to about 60 degrees. so looking at the forecast over the next several days, we are going to get a break in the rain this morning. it's all about fog to sunshine. you can see tomorrow, thursday. mostly sunny, but rain does return to the forecast later on this weekend. we'll show you

lights have flipped on at the bay bridge toll plaza, and you can see our live look right here. it's starting to get pretty busy out here. the traffic is backed up to the end of the parking lot, so if you are driving, just give yourself a little bit more time this morning because it is pretty busy out there. the other thing that we're dealing with today is the fog. very foggy out there throughout the bay area this morning. this is a live look at our camera on northbound 101 in the peninsula, and you can see it is a little foggy there in

that area. our photographer stefan stifter has been driving throughout the bay area this morning, seeing fog in a lot of areas, and i was looking at our camera. san jose is especially foggy this time of the morning. so as always, if you're driving in the fog, just drive a little bit slower. know that the visibility may not be very good at this time. >> thanks, gloria. as part of our mission to build a better bay area, we're always happy to highlight our neighbors making a difference in the east bay. a group of community members fed up with piles of trash thrown onto the side of the road, are banding together to do something about it. they've been working on grizzly peak road in the hills above berkeley. a group of over 70 volunteers says that they've been hard at work for over a year, working to clear over 20 tons of trash. and they call themselves the east bay trash pandas. >> this is 100% a team effort. we had people, you know, elbow deep, shoulder deep into the poison oak yesterday. we want to put pressure on the landowners. you know, uc berkeley, this is your property. you're tasked with cleaning this area up.

you've got to do the work. >> the group says they've reached out to put pressure on uc berkeley, requesting they take responsibility for the neglected sites. we've reached out to uc berkeley for comment. we haven't heard back yet. >> december marks more than just holiday season. it's bowl season. college football has 36 bowl games. 31 can be seen right here on abc seven and our sister station espn. the san jose state spartans will play on christmas eve in the hawaii bowl. meanwhile, cal plays against unlv this wednesday in the art of sport la bowl. these games mean a lot to the seniors playing in their final college games. the bowl season ends on january 20th with the national championship game. >> mufasa. the lion king opens in theaters friday. this is the origin story of how mufasa became the lion king. reporter alicia vitarelli sat down with the one and only lin-manuel miranda to talk about the original songs he wrote for this legacy prequel. when i am king,

no other animal will break my stride. >> in less than a decade, lin-manuel miranda has quickly become disney's songwriting royalty, and you're like, become like this part of the disney fabric that makes us so happy. i mean, the songs, the stories of moana. >> i've been staring at the edge of the water. >> encanto. we don't talk about bruno. no, no. and then you pop into the little mermaid. hey, have you not heard that scuttle by your bed? >> no. >> the gossip. and now i think this is a story, the lion king, that people have loved forever. >> i mean, for me, i think if only the 94 movie existed, i would have been too intimidated. i can't carry that baton. but there's been so much incredible music in this space. it just felt like a pool where a lot of cool people were hanging out, and i wanted to jump in that pool. >> miranda has famously touched every corner of his own original works, like the broadway smash hits hamilton and in the heights

with mufasa. the script came first. his signature music followed. >> some of the song titles are actually lines of dialog. my brother, my brother, like the first lump in my throat reading the script, was when taika was like, i have a secret. i always wanted a brother. i was like, that's a song title. did your mama say you could be up this day? >> i mean, being part of the disney legacy, right? is. so i can't even imagine what that feels like. >> it doesn't really sink in until you take your kids to disney world, and you hear your music in the fireworks parade. >> you think that's it? >> that's when you're like, oh my god, it's me, it's me. >> yeah. it's me. yeah. >> i already have tickets for christmas day, so i'm excited to see this with my family. of course, disney is a parent company of abc seven. this is going to be our activity with my twin nieces. we'll see how it my goes. that'll be so fun. >> and they've already dropped the album on spotify so you can

get familiar maybe show up. i know you're not into sing alongs, but who knows? >> i mean, what if the girl starts singing? i am going to teach them about how we act in the theater like, shush, shush, shush. >> no, that's not. that's for later. >> we're not at your home. >> i wonder if they're going to have the rules on this one too. no sing alongs. >> do not sing along. totally. oh, man. >> this morning, let's show you this foggy view. this is our san jose camera. you're looking at a freeway. it's tough to see it, though. all that fog out there this morning. what we're looking at is a dense fog advisory until 9 a.m. this morning. we are seeing many areas, not only in the south bay but also in the north bay, the peninsula. a lot of us dealing with this low cloud cover this morning, we'll keep it dry through friday. we get a nice stretch of calm weather in the afternoon starting today through friday, and then the weekend outlook will have rain moving back into the forecast level. one light storm back saturday into

sunday. here's the fog we're talking about. you're looking at visibility in miles in some areas. you know around sfo we're at zero miles visibility. so 281 013 80 if you're near this area it's going to be slow. go this morning along the peninsula down into mountain view, san jose, the south bay. we're down to a quarter of a mile visibility. so here's your fog forecast this morning through 9 a.m. we have this fog. even though the advisory is technically done at 9 a.m, i think it's closer to 10:11 a.m. that the fog really breaks down for afternoon sunshine later on today. and again, we're bright to finish the day, and we're also dry temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. so morning fog to sun. that's the call. 61 in oakland and in the city, 64 in san jose. we'll go to 60 in napa, the same in concord overnight tonight. we're not expecting the fog like we're seeing right now. overnight lows will be in the 30s and in the 40s. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. what we're tracking pretty quiet in terms of any storms across california over the

next couple of days. the storm track itself is to our north. you can see portland and seattle getting the rain that will stay there through about friday. then over the weekend, that storm track will sink south. so here's future weather showing. get you into saturday. here's noon. we're tracking some light rain returning to the forecast and it lingers through sunday. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. morning fog to sun today. we're dry through friday and then we'll bring back rain over the weekend. winter officially begins here on saturday with rain continuing early next week. >> guys, thanks to your next six. the big expansion for n francisco based waymo. >> but first, a holiday tradition hits the road. we'll take you along the farm workers equity express to show you how it's spreading seasonal cheer and a live look

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moon bay, a latino led nonprofit collaboration brought tamales and gifts from farm to farm singing and some festive music. one stop held particular significance to these volunteers. >> well, right now we are at the mushroom farm, which holds a very special place in our hearts and also holds a lot of pain as we know that this is where we lost our seven farm workers to the mass shooting, and we were here one month before the tragedy. and so they are our first stop today, as always. and, you know, they're very present with us today in this moment. all those that are not here and those that are here to remember and celebrate their life. >> and each farm worker received a gift bag of essentials and some toys for the kids. >> there was a menorah lighting ceremony in san francisco's castro district last night. they had some speakers to mark the occasion, and people were able to light their own candles. people hung out to socialize and

enjoy some musical performances. hanukkah doesn't begin until december 25th, but locals came to get a head start on their celebrations anyways. and look at how clear it was last night. much different story this morning. uh- coming up on abc seven mornings at six. more details about the tornado that hit scotts valley. >> and we're hearing from those who were involved in this air boat crash, including members from a bay area youth football team and a meteorologist, drew tuma, and the accuweather forecast this morning. >> it's all about widespread, dense fog. this is a live look at our sfo camera. it's a little bit better than it was about 30 minutes ago, but clearly you can see it is foggy this morning. visibility down to about a third of a mile here. elsewhere, it's even lower. we're down to about a quarter of a mile in mountain view in san jose. so dense fog advisory is in effect through 9 a.m. this morning. you'll look at your morning planner, will keep it foggy through the next ce of hours. once that dense fog advisory is over, we'll start to

see increasing sunshine. there's a nice bright, dry afternoon. we just have to get through this dense fog right now. so looking at highs today, we'll get into the low 60s in most spots. 61 for oakland and san francisco, 60 for the high in

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