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>> approximately 50 year old doctor from saudi arabia, who has lived in germany since 2006. that is according to german officials. they say a rental car was used in the attack. it happened around 7 p.m. local time in a city called magdeburg. that's about a two hour d on der 19th, 2016, a man drove a truck into a crowd at a christmas market in berlin, killing 13 and injuring dozens. here is a live look at that scene in magdeburg. we will continue to update that. and you see all of those emergency crews out there right now. we'll continue to give you updates on this situation as they on a new government funding bill. and it appears to be on track to pass. this is a live look in

washington, d.c. the deadline is midnight to come up with a plan to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. we'll have on this story coming up in just 15 minutes. san francisco police killed, shot and killed. that is a security guard in union square overnight. the end to a bizarre series of events that unfolded over several hours. police say the security guard hit two people with his car while trying to chase down a man on an e-bike on sutter and kearny. hours later, police found and shot that security guard a few blocks away on post and grant. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes explains the details. reporter. >> an sfpd patrol car with windows shattered was towed away with another suv. as police reopened the roads around the union square dior store on grant and post. the storebullet holesy

they shot and killed who they believe was a guard posted in front of the store. people who live and work in the area shocked by what they saw as they started their day. >> i just saw it on the news this morning and i came out to see what was really going on. >> police say it all started at 630 thursday night, when they got reports of someone driving erratically. >> the suspect was driving quickly on the sidewalk, and it appeared to be chasing a person on a bicycle. >> police say during the chase, the driver hit two teen girls coming out of chipotle at kearny and post streets. >> thankfully, they have minor injuries. the suspect continued to pursue. a person on a bicycle appeared to be like an e bicycle. >> the driver eventually hit the back of a bicycle, and based on witness statements and camera footage, police say a man on the bicycle took off running. they don't know his condition and are

still looking for him. police say the driver then tried to take the bike and put it in his vehicle. >> he was unsuccessful in doing so. he did take some of the victim's property and put it in his vehicle, and then fled the scene. >> after looking at footage, police say their investigation led them to an armed guard at the dior store. >> after an attempt to take the suspect into custody was unsuccessful. the officers were involved in an officer-involved shooting. >> police are not saying what led up to the shooting, only that a firearm was found at the scene. >> the officers immediately rendered aid and worked on lifesaving measures. uh. unfortunately, the suspect is deceased and the investigation is ongoing. >> sfpd says it will be holding a town hall meeting within ten days on this officer-involved shooting in san francisco. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> new developments charges today were dropped against the third and final alameda police officer involved in the death of mario gonzalez. the alameda county da's office says the

charges were dismissed because of inconsistent statements made by a forensic pathology expert about gonzalez's cause of death months ago. charges against the other two officers were dismissed because the district attorney missed the deadline to file charges. gonzalez died in april of 2021 after officers responded to a call of a man behaving strangely. they restrained him on the ground, with one officer putting an elbow on his neck and a knee on his shoulder, pinning him down for more than five minutes until he lost consciousness. this case was brought in september of this year when pamela price was the district attorney. reviews by the previous da, nancy o'malley, as well as the sheriff's office and the city of alameda, all found the officers were not criminally liable. but the alameda county coroner's office later ruled that the death was a homicide, caused in part by the stress of the altercation, which led price to file charges. happening today, a spare the air

alert is in effect. we are giving you a live look at conditions around the bay area on spare the air days in the winter. wood burning is banned in order to reduce pollution. that is, you can see some of the hazy skies there. and now for a look at the forecast. here's abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma. >> the accuweather headlines were dry today, but the weekend outlook features a scattered showers. we're. christmas eve looking at wet and windy travel for christmas and hanukkah though we will find some dry skies. so we do have some dry periods on the seven day forecast, but showers to get through certainly over the weekend and next week. looking at highs today, we're looking at temperatures in the upper 50s to the upper 60s. again. we have that filtered sunshine out there. it's just a mix of sun and clouds and some moderate air quality thanks to the spare of the air. overnight tonight we will find temperatures mainly in the 40s and 50s, so not as cold as we have been the past couple of nights, thanks to the cloud deck upstairs acting like an

insulator. showers are coming back here closer to 6 a.m. tomorrow morning. so on the abc seven storm impact scale for saturday morning, we're looking at light showers. a level one rainfall is going to be very low. but the question is, is how rough is that surf going to be where you live along the coast? i think the roughest surf is probably to the north of us, but just be aware that we could see waves as high as 20ft. here's future weather showing you tomorrow morning some light showers in the north bay. then we find scattered showers around 839. drier but cloudy in the afternoon so it's a quiet end to saturday. it's a quiet start to sunday and then sunday night we have rain moving back into the forecast. steady at times. rainfall totals over the weekend for most of us, less than a half of an inch spread over two days. so there's really no risk of any flooding. the winds remain light, so there's no threat of trees coming down or power outages. but tuesday could be a different story. future weather showing you some heavy showers moving in here and some gusty winds that could create some tough travel on christmas eve. but christmas day is looking

okay. winds will be breezy. look at this. tuesday morning we could find winds gusting 30 to 40mph as some of that rain falls down. so looking at the holiday forecast, christmas eve is going to be the day with the rain, the downpours, the gusty winds. by christmas day we're dry, but we're still cool temperatures in the mid and upper 50s for hanukkah beginning at sundown on wednesday. we'll keep those skies dry. we'll keep the evening cool. sunset coming at 4:56 p.m. with temperatures mainly in the 50s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. partly sunny today. morning showers tomorrow as winter begins. we have some scattered showers sunday evening. then monday night some light rain turns into a wet and windy christmas eve on tuesday, which is a level two that storms out of here by wedneon in alameda was back in action today when a

small plane made an emergency landing on the decommissioned runway. the cessna two seater landed safely around 1030 this morning. two people were on board and no one was hurt. alameda police and firefighters, as well as the coast guard responded. the plane had taken off from palo alto airport, then emergency and landed in alameda. today we're hearing from another bay area victim of that frightening airboat crash in the florida everglades. players, coaches and family members of a pittsburgh youth football team were thrown into the water when the boat they were riding on collided with another. a week ago today, at least 16 people were hurt, including david tolson of antioch, as well as his wife, son and nephew. today, tolson described the incident as scary and says it left him feeling helpless. >> i couldn't prevent this. i couldn't help them. i was

helpless and that is probably in any any father will probably tell you that feeling is probably going to one of the worst feelings, one of the worst feelings you can feel as a man. to not be able to protect your family. >> tolson suffered a broken arm and five broken ribs. you saw his cast right there. his wife has multiple fractures and a severe concussion. his nephew needed 30 stitches to close a gash on his head. florida's fish and wildlife conservation commission is investigating this crash. across the country, workers at two massive corporations, amazon and starbucks, are on the picket lines just days before christmas. those on strike are calling for higher wages and more. abc news reporter zohreen shah gives you a look at the situation across the country. >> workers striking just days before christmas. who are we? the teamsters union striking against amazon for the second day. workers demanding that the

online retailer give them better wages and better working conditions. >> there is no job security within the warehouse right now, and there are little to no benefits in the warehouse right now for us to be able to take care of our families. >> the teamsters union does not have a contract with amazon, so the company says it does not recognize them and will not negotiate. amazon also says the workers are employed by other companies, but the striking workers say they're amazon's responsibility. >> we're branded from head to toe with amazon. our vans are. when i go knock on the door, i don't say, hey, it's uh, so i'm a dsp with amazon, i say i'm amazon. >> workers at starbucks also striking in several major cities, demanding better pay, better benefits, and a resolution to what they say are unfair labor practices. workers from over 500 stores in l.a, chicago and seattle are protesting. they expect the protests to get bigger over the next few days. workers say starbucks backtracked on an agreement about fair pay and future organizing and say

starbucks offered, quote, an economic package with only a 2% wage increases. for now for most baristas and a guarantee of only 1.5% wage increases in future years. starbucks says the union is demanding far more, claiming, quote, this is not sustainable. workers here at the starbucks know that the customers are really going to feel the impact of their protests, especially these next few days, and they're hoping that they can really motivate the company. zohreen shah, abc news, burbank. >> breaking news now the house has passed a funding bill to avert a government shutdown. it still needs to pass the senate. coming up next, a live interview about the situation and how we could be impacted here in the bay area. plus failures and fraud. two things at the heart of a new lawsuit involving zelle and the banks that own it. if you missed it on tv last night, manhunt, luigi mangione and the ceo. murder. a special edition of 2020 is now streaming on

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to see a live look at that. it still needs to pass the senate. if approved, that will avoid a government shutdown, which is due to start at midnight. joining us live now is political science professor nolan higdon from uc santa cruz. nolan, it is always a pleasure to speak with you. and we're talking as all of this is happening right now. what is it? tell us about this new measure that just passed. where are we now? >> yeah, all indications are it looks like the government will

be able to keep itself open. now, the house has passed this bill. from what we're being told. looks like the senate will pass it and the house will pass it as well. and that should keep the government open at least through march of 2025. it will also keep things like natural disaster relief, aid to farmers and some health care program funding as well. so it looks like now that the crisis folks are worried about this holiday season has been averted, averted for the holiday season. >> but the bill doesn't include the debt ceiling increase requested by president elect donald trump. what challenge does that create for him going forward? >> well, i think it creates a lot of challenges that that sort of speak to the era we're in, you know, at least for the last 40 or so years, the republican party have been one of the biggest champions of having a debt ceiling. so now the fact that donald trump is calling for it to be removed, i think changes things. some republicans still have an affinity and a

connection to the debt ceiling. while many democrats and liberals have wanted to get rid of it. so we're gonna have to see where this shakes out in terms of voting. will republicans shed their commitment to a debt ceiling to support trump? will democrats, you know, be willing to be seen as someone who supports trump in order to get the removal of that debt ceiling? we just don't know. but it's a very awkward and challenging time for our politics, for sure. >> we've seen the markets struggle. does that have to do with what was going on in the government if that debt limit? you know, if that ceiling is averted and we go forward, if they were to extend and increase that limit, how would that impact everyday americans? >> you know, it kind of remains to be seen that the market is an interesting indicator of how, you know, people are feeling. so when the market is doing well, people are feeling theoretically good about the economy, at least investors. the government shutdown makes people feel bad about the economy. so i'm not surprised to see a dip in the market when there's this threat

of a government shutdown. we've seen this consistently happen over and over again. generally, investors in the market, like some form of stability and a government shutdown, is the direct opposite of stability. so i imagine there's a lot of folks who have feeling a lot more positive about their investments now that they find out the government is open. >> yeah, it looks like things are going in the right direction today, but could we face this issue in march? and if we do face this issue and see a possible government shutdown, could that impact people here in the bay area? i know we saw places like alcatraz that were impacted last time. >> absolutely. government shutdowns affects so much of so many people's lives. the government spends money and, you know, multitude of places, whether it be national parks or on our service folks in the military, you know, so much of our roads, so much of our safety, our airports, a lot of folks feel it. and that's why historically, these shutdowns have not been good politically for the party that ultimately is

seen as responsible for shutting down the government. and i think that's why republicans are in a kind of tight spot right now, because their rhetoric has always been about standing up to spending and shutting down government. but politically, every time they succeed in doing that, it ends up working out negatively for them. and that's the reason why is because so, so many americans are hit in a negative way anytime the government shuts down. so i think you're starting to see republicans, at least some of them, respond to the political realities of government shutdowns. >> is there a belief that this will easily pass the senate? was the house the hard part? >> yeah, that was the understanding. was the house uh- was a little more challenging, but not so much the senate, the senate or president biden were both expected to approve this bill. but the house, you know, it looked like things were going in the right direction in terms of getting a budget passed until, you know, there was tweets from elon musk and some pushback from trump that really sent the bill into chaos. but it

looks now that the house has been able to get a budget pass. the senate will sign on, and it should make its way to the white house in time. >> as we see all this drama there in washington, dc, i know average americans. it's a bit frustrating. and you think, man, oh man, who is to blame? is it the republicans here? is it the democrats here? who's to blame? >> well, i think i think there's plenty of blame to go around at some level. i mean, just as a nation, the very fact we keep putting this debt ceiling on ourselves and creating this problem for ourselves, i think is, is one area for sure. but also, you know, the fact that that lawmakers wait until the last minute to deal with these problems, which which creates stress and creates uncertainty. ironically, when the debt ceiling was created, the whole goal was to motivate lawmakers to pass their budget on time so they wouldn't have the option to go over a deadline. instead, it's resulted in these government shutdowns. so i think lawmakers clearly need to get their act together if they're

going to keep this debt ceiling in place. >> i want to wrap things up by asking about, i mean, the belief is that this will pass now. but if it weren't to pass, could that affect the inauguration? >> yes, a lot of the federal government budget goes toward the inauguration and the transition teams. let's not forget that, you know, in addition to the event of the inauguration, there's also a huge transition from one party's people to another. and all these different agencies have people changing places. that's all paid for by the federal government. so a shutdown would be cataclysmic. i can't even predict what would happen if we didn't have the funding to make sure these processes were in place. and again, i think this is why donald trump in particular was really concerned. he's said that he saw the election as giving him a mandate. if the government was shut down and you were unable to have a transition or a full inauguration, that would certainly undermine that mandate rhetoric. >> always a pleasure talking with you, nolan higdon from uc santa cruz, and i'm sure we'll

be able to talk with you going forward, because i'm sure there will be lots to come. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> moving along. today, president biden announced a new round of student loan relief that will benefit nearly 55,000 public service workers. they will get more than $4.2 billion. forgiven is for people enrolled in the public service loan forgiveness program. according to the department of education, this brings the total loan forgiveness to roughly $180 billion. several of the country's largest financial institutions are at the center of a new lawsuit. they're accused of failing to prevent fraud on the payment app zelle. today, the consumer financial protection bureau filed suit against zelle operator as well as bank of america, jpmorgan chase and wells fargo. the suit claims zelle failed to implement proper fraud prevention safeguards, and that the banks failed to properly investigate customer complaints. according to the suit, bank customers lost

more than $870 million since zelle went into business seven years ago. seven on your side has helped many people who have lost money through zelle. if you or someone you know needs help, reach out to us by going to abc7 news.com/7 on your side. better late than never. next, the newly announced date for the

familiar sound right there. some familiar faces helped the salvation army's red kettle campaign today. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez and sue hall rang bells at san francisco's union square this afternoon. it was the annual celebrity bell ringing. miss san francisco and others were also there. looks like a good time all around. if you want to get into the holiday spirit, we're streaming the yule log again. look for it on abc seven

news.com and the abc seven bay area app. there are versions with and without music. there's no local christmas crab this year, but at least we now know when the season will open. today, state officials announced that commercial dungeness crab season will officially begin on january 5th for areas south of point arena to the u.s. mexico border. the announcement comes on the same day the commercial season opened from mendocino county to the oregon border. the season traditionally starts in november, but was delayed to protect migrating whales from becoming tangled in fishing gear. the party is over for party city, and this time it's really over. >> i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm lyanne melendez. i'm luz pena. i'm tara campbell. >> i'm j.r. >> stone at abc seven news. >> we deliver local stories with real answers to help make our ci

managed to reverse on the old saying from bad to worse instead of worse, it's just bad. the dow saw a triple digit gain today, nearly 500 points to turn around, a terrible losing streak. the nasdaq was up about 200 and the s&p added 63. a new report gave investors some optimism about inflation and the fed making future interest rate cuts. the party is over for party city after four decades in business. cnn reports the ceo of america's largest party supply store told corporate employees that operations are winding down immediately, and today will be their last day at work. last

year, party city filed for bankruptcy but managed to keep most of its 800 stores open, including several here in the bay area. we've got a special schedule on abc seven tonight. college football playoff start at 5 p.m. indiana versus notre dame in some very cold weather. also snowy weather to that followed by after the game at nine catch. world news tonight with david muir at 930. it's jeopardy! followed by wheel of fortune. abc seven news is on at 1030 and 11. remember, abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want and wherever you are. thanks so much for joining us at 3:00. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. abc seven news is back at four.

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