scene. authorities say 50 year old doctor plowed a rental car at high speed into the market, killing two people, an adult and a toddler. at least 60 were injured. 15 seriously? thee motive is unknown here. the incident happened in magdeburg, 100 miles southwest of berlin, around seven in the evening local time. authorities say the suspect is originally from saudi arabia and had lived in germany on a permanent residency permit since 2006. now to developing news out of washington, d.c. it appears a federal government shutdown has been averted. abc seven news reporter monica madden is here with the latest on the vote that just happened in washington. monica, what's in that package? >> dan, first and foremost, this is just a stopgap to avert the government from shutting down. and the bill would extend the current funding into march. so they'll run into that same problem again in a few months. now, this measure passed in the house, 366 to 34, coming after president elect donald trump and his ally elon musk threw a

grenade on the bipartisan deal reached earlier this week. this new package includes disaster relief funding, farming provisions and so much more. it also means federal workers will be getting a paycheck before the holidays. but funding to combat pediatric cancer was left out of the deal, along with a suspension of the debt limit, which has been a key demand from the president elect. now the bill is going to head to the u.s. senate, where it's all but certain to pass, and then it's going to be sent to president joe biden's desk to sign before the midnight, midnight deadline tonight. house speaker mike johnson says things are going to be very different around here when republicans take control of both chambers of congress in january. while applauding the passage of the stopgap stopgap spending bill on friday. >> we are really grateful that tonight, in bipartisan fashion, with overwhelming majority of votes, we passed the american relief act of 2025. >> and if all of this feels like deja vu to our viewers, you're

not alone. this has become almost an annual tradition for congress in which funding comes down to the wire at the 11th hour. now, washington's system of appropriating federal dollars has been in place for nearly five decades. and according to research from the pew research center. congress has only passed all of its required budget members four times in the in the last five decades. now, the last two times congress passed its appropriations bill on time was when there was a budget surplus in 1995 and 1997 under president bill clinton. now, abc seven news insider phil matier says this annual sprint is pretty par for the course. >> what we have is this is almost become an annual event, the debt ceiling. are we going to shut down the government and government these days in washington only operates when there's a crisis, and sometimes they create their own crisis in order to pass things. so that bill that they had the spending bill? yes. it was loaded up with pork. yes. it's essential to the government. it's all the above. but that's how washington does things. they hit the pause

button on it. i don't think they hit the brakes on it completely, but they hit the pause button on it and said, no, we're not doing business as usual. we've heard that before. it's sort of a dance we go through. >> although the bill is expected to pass in the senate, we can expect once it's taken up, senators will have similar back and forth floor debates like we heard in the house before. it ultimately heads to president joe biden's desk to pass later tonight. >> jor dan, monica, thank you so much. moving along, president biden today announced a new round of student loan relief that will benefit nearly 55,000 public service workers. more than $4.2 billion will be forgiven 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. a spare the air alert is in effect for the entire bay area right now because of poor air quality concerns. that means burning wood or manufacturedeans logs and fireplaces, stoves,

outdoor pits, or any other wood burning devices simply just not allowed. we can't do it. you're also asked to avoid unnecessary outdoor activities as well, because the air is just not that great. no it isn't. here's a live look outside where it is a bit cloudy, a bit hazy, but there could be some rain on the way. yeah that's right. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at the weekend forecast. sandhya. >> yeah, and the weekend will mean some wet weather is in the forecast. dan and j.r. let me show you a live view right now from our emeryville camera. as you just mentioned, it is hard to see a little bit of haze cloud cover fog. we're looking at 80 right now. air quality is moderate for many locations indicated by those yellow dots. look at the visibility with fog lingering around byron justr a mile right now. three miles in livermore. four miles in novato. looking at the air quality for the weekend, it's not going to improve much. today is a spare the air day. moderate air quality expected saturday and sunday despite the fact that we have rain coming. it's a light level one on live doppler seven and it's just the start of a wet

pattern to come. so we're going to go hour by hour tomorrow at 5 a.m. it's moving into the north bay. scattered showers at 7 a.m. across the region. 11 a.m. you're still seeing that wet weather. it is certainly not going to be a washout, but hang on to those umbrellas because we still have some showers coming in saturday evening. i will be back to tell you about some stronger storms that are coming in next week. timeline is coming up. dan jr. >> all right sandra, thanks very much. now to a deadly shooting near san francisco's union square. a bizarre series of events led to police shooting and killing a security guard in union square overnight. abc seven news reporter louis pena is here with the newest. the latest developments on this story, louis. >> that's right. the security guard's family is n shock. his mother is flying right now to the bay area from connecticut. this family is searching for answers. the family of the security guard shot and killed by san francisco police officers thursday night is speaking out. >> my brother was peter, and he was 50. just turned 50in august.

>> thomas described his brother peter hutch as hardworking, according to his linkedin, he owned a security business. his family in connecticut shocked to hear he was shot. >> the hospital called and said that he had received multiple gunshots and was in surgery, and they weren't sure if he was going to make it. and then it was shortly after i received the call that he didn't make it. >> it's still unclear what led to this, but according to a source, he was chasing down a delivery driver on an electric bike who had scraped his car earlier. police say during the chase, hutch ran over the curb and hit two teenage girls coming out of chipotle. >> we got reports of a vehicle that was driving recklessly and erratically on the sidewalk northbound on kearny, between post and sutter. >> hours later, police found hutch outside the union square dior store after an attempt to take the suspect into custody

was unsuccessful. >> the officers were involved in an officer involved shooting. >> his family, still searching for answers. >> he's a good guy. he uh- helped out my kids. the best he could from, you know, 3000 miles away, but. it's definitely surreal. doesn't feel like it's real at the moment. >> sfpd said this is still an ongoing investigation. it's still unclear why police shot him. the police department is expected to hold a town hall within ten days of this shooting in the newsroom. louis pena, abc seven news. >> all right, louis, thanks very much. charges today were dropped against the last alameda police officer involved in the death of mario gonzalez. the alameda county da's office says the charges were dismissed against eric mckinley because of inconsistent statements made by a forensic pathology expert about gonzalez's cause of death.

charges against the other twoth. officers involved in the incident were dismissed previously 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. officers 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. the city of oakland will soon have 24 new police officers. they join a force that is really struggling with staffing, and a city that is struggling to pay millions in police overtime. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the latest. who are we? >> what does this.? >> it was a proud moment for these new police academy graduates, and an important moment for the city of oakland as it gets 24 new police officers. >> you will learn to use discretion, and not everyone needs to or has to go to jail or receive a ticket. in many

situations, discretion is the better part of valor. >> this is the first academy to graduate under police chief floyd mitchell. watch officer nathaniel larson was the academy's valedictorian. he says he knows the city of oakland faces challenges. but that's all the more reason to come to oakland. >> for me, i want to be able to give the most or give back to a community that may need the most help. so i'm up for every challenge there is, and i want to be able to be a good officer and be able to give back to a great community. >> interim mayor nikki fortunato bass spoke, highlighting the diversity of this academy. i want to ask the women of this academy to please stand up so that we can appreciate the. one of them was maya williams, who grew up in richmond. >> it's a tough city, but it's full of people who are tough, people who love the city, people who want to see it be better, do better. and when i chose to become a police officer, i knew exactly where i wanted to be, and that was oakland. >> but these graduates come into a department that is struggling with staffing, and a city that

is struggling to pay the millions in overtime. new budget cuts passed this week include reducing police overtime spending by $25 million. for the past few weeks, the mayor has been meeting weekly with the police chief to monitor spending. >> i'll be joining the meeting on monday, and i want oaklanders to know that there's going to be a focus on ensuring officers are out on patrol and they're also out on investigations, and so that means we are making sure our resources are going into responding and solving crimes. >> the oakland police union says graduating 24 officers is significant because opd loses about 5 to 7 officers a month. two schedule academies have been canceled because of budget cuts, which means the next academy won't be until the next fiscal year, which starts in july. in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> thank you so much. today, the city of fremont announced big signing bonuses for ten new police officers. now, at

$100,000, that makes it one of the nation's largest law enforcement hiring incentives. before this, the signing bonus was $20,000. this is part of the city's effort to improve officer retention and benefits. the faa is investigating an emergency landing by a small plane in the east bay. the single engine cessna safely landed, thank goodness, at the former naval air station in alameda just after 1030 this morning. officials say the pilot reported some kind of mechanical issue. both the pilot and the passenger were not injured. we're glad to say. investigators say that the plane was headed back to the palo alto airport, where it had taken off when it ran into some trouble fighting against the bird flu. what the state is doing to try to keep you safe. targeting not only zelle, but the banks that are not protecting their customers from predators. and some good news if you're hoping to have grab crab that is

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to the suit, bank customers lost. are you ready for this? more than $870 million since zell went into business seven years ago. one reason seven on your side is so closely following this. well, keep watch of the mail. some of you will be getting a big rebate check from the irs. today, the agency announced that it will issue automatic payments of up to $1,400 to people who didn't claim the recovery rebate credit on their 2021 tax returns. the irs is making that move after noticing that about a million taxpayers did not claim the credit. no action is needed for eligible taxpayers to receive these payments, which should arrive late next month. if that's you. you'll get the check this afternoon. >> bay area fishermen are saying ime. 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 actually 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. >> all right. happening now. the busy holiday travel week is getting underway in earnest. >> yes, you're looking at live pictures from i-80 ing at live emeryville. the bay bridge on the bottom, the golden gate bridge and 101 in san jose. >> and the only one really moving smoothly, the golden gate bridge. no surprise. everything else is a little sticky. the bay bridge toll plaza there. i came through that a little while ago was a bit of a mess, so that's what we would expect as we get this close to christmas. yeah. >> glad you made it. triple a is expecting more than 119 million people to travel 50 miles or more sometime between today and new year's day, and nearly 8 million people are expected to fly during that same time period. >> so expect long lines. airlines say tonight, today and sunday should be the busiest days for travelers. the transportation security administration says it expects to screen nearly 40 million

travelers from december 19th to january 2nd. that's more than 6% increase from last year. the salvation army's celebrity bell ringing took place in san francisco today, and abc seven's gloria rodriguez and sue hall helped chime in. but we number of celebrities took part in the salvation army's red kettle campaign. they included celebrity chef guy fieri, no less, and the dallas cowboy cheerleaders. last holiday season, the red kettles raised an average of $2.7 million each day. funds go to vital services, providing meals, shelter and holiday assistance to millions of families in need. just a really neat thing to do there in the winter walk area of union square, and just a great time for everyone and nice weather today. >> yeah, it looked wonderful there, but i didn't see any sun. at least we didn't see rain though there was not sun. >> i don't think. meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandhya, some concerns about our air

quality. >> yeah. unfortunately, dan and j.r. and that's because we've got all this pollution that's just trapped right down near the surface. we need some strong winds next week. that air quality will get much better. let me show you a live view right now from our sky star camera. and you can see how cloudy it is and hazy. this is from fisherman's wharf on the skystar wheel. all right. clouds are moving in. rain is next as we look at live doppler seven. this is the system that is going to bring us some showers, but not until tomorrow. so on live doppler seven you can certainly see a lot of cloud cover. that system is kicking up the surf high surf advisory starts at six tomorrow morning, runs until 4 p.m. sunday. westerly swell pretty large, possibly up to 20ft. could cause some issues with rip currents and sneaker waves, so be careful. from our kgo roof camera, you can see the sun is just faded. 50s for you from san francisco to oakland. right now it is 57. in hayward, 59 san jose, mid 50s redwood city and half moon bay. good afternoon to

you. as we look at the north towards the north golden gate bridge, you can see some filtered sun, 48 in petaluma, fairfield 49, concord, livermore. it's pretty chilly. santa rosa 52 degrees sfo camera. you are seeing the clouds stacked up this weekend. winter starts. rain arrives next week. wet and windy. pattern off and on. and for christmas we're going to go with dry, cloudy and cool conditions. so let's talk about your holiday forecast next week. christmas eve in the morning we're going to see downpours and gusty winds for the evening hours. i think santa will be okay. christmas day mid 50s to the upper 50s dry for christmas. there will be some fog around and of coure hanukkah. if you do celebrate. sun goes down wednesday evening at 456 and at that time for the start of the celebrations. cool and dry, low to mid 50s. looking at our storm impact scale, tomorrow is a level one. scattered showers, rough and dangerous surf, breezy in spots. it's not going to be an all day event. 5:00 in the morning, rain arrives in

the north bay. look how scattered it is at 7 a.m. some of you may be going, i just have cloud cover. that's kind of the nature of this system. 1130. scattered showers, 5 p.m. tomorrow. still going sunday morning. we have a few showers and then a long break before sunday evening. our next round comes in. this one is going to be a little heavier going into the 5 to 7 p.m. hour. and then really you're looking at the rain switching over to showers. rainfall totals for the weekend will range anywhere from about 2/10 of an inch in the drier locations, to over an inch and a half in the wetter locations. your morning temperatures in the 40s and the 50s combination of showers, fog and clouds tomorrow afternoon. looking at a breezy one but not terribly strong. 50s and 60s your accuweather seven day forecast. winter begins tomorrow and we've got a level one system moving in. that's not the only one. a one on sunday. late monday night a one. we have a level two on tuesday. that's going to be a moderate strength storm with gusty winds and rain will be heavy at times.

but don't worry, christmas and hanukkah are dry. some showers for the end of the workweek and then rain as well. so j.r. and dan, it's going to be going, going, going. >> i'm laughing because one, one one there's just so much green and rain. yeah, but you know what? >> it's coming up on winter. we need the rain. >> yes, we certainly do. thanks, andy. >> the mega millions jackpot keeps getting bigger. tonight's jackpot is estimated to be $862 million. who could use that? that makes the largest mega millions drawing ever in the month of december. if no one wins the big one tonight, the jackpot will reach 944 million on christmas eve. tonight's draw is scheduled for 8 p.m. pacific time. >> it's just crazy. >> right on strike, the workers hitting the picket lines and how it could affect your holiday. >> and are you ready for christmas? the last minute shopping and why? tomorrow could be busier than

across the country as workers from both amazon and starbucks hit the picket line just days before christmas. the strikers calling for higher wages, among other demands. abc news reporter zohreen shah has the latest. >> reporter 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. >> our trevor ault outside amazon's facility in new york. >> we have the picketers at least 50 delivery drivers who are on strike with amazon, and they're essentially negotiating with the nypd. we've been watching some amazon vehicles that have been coming and going. the nypd is threatening to arrest them for disorderly conduct if they continue to block the pathway. >> some of those vans, 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, 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, workers united proposals call for an immediate increase in the minimum wage of hourly partners by 64% and by 77% over the life of a three year contract. 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. >> the party is over for party city, according to cnn. the company's ceo told employees today that the chain store is going out of business, closing about 800 stores all across the country, including 14 that are here in the bay area. party city opened its first store four decades ago. it filed for bankruptcy in january of 2023 after struggling to pay off $1.7 million in debt. dave and busters is moving into oakland's jack london square. the popular arcade chain and restaurant will provide will move into 55 harrison. the building went up in 2019 and was supposed to be a high end food hall. that plan fell through during the pandemic and it's been vacant ever since. the official opening date for dave and busters has not yet been released, but we'll try to keep you updated on that. >> they had planned a fun fy adventure, but it was not that blink of an eye. tragedy struck a bay area victim sharing his family's story after an airboat

crashes across the country. >> what the state of california is doing to keep bird flu from spreading. as concern

all week, we're hearing from another bay area victim of a terrifying airboat crash in the florida everglades. players, coaches and family members of a pittsburgh youth football team flying into the water after a collision with another airboat. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard spoke with an antioch man who was injured along with his family. reporter an exciting airboat tour adventure in the florida everglades for david tolson and his family from antioch on december 13th.m >> they were traveling with members of a pittsburgh youth

football team. >> things started out great. the kids were happy. >> but moments after this video was taken, at the blink of an eye, tragedy struck the airboat the tolsons were riding in collided with another, tossing passengers into the water. 16 people were hurt. david suffered a broken arm and five broken ribs. his wife and two young sons also injured. >> i was helpless and that is probably in any. any father will probably tell you that feeling is probably going to be one of the worst feelings. one of the worst feelings you can feel as a man, to not be able to protect your family. >> kids were screaming blood everywhere. >> earlier this week, i'll see a wyndham from antioch told us how she and her seven year old wound up in the water. >> 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. >> florida's fish and wildlife conservation commission is investigating the crash. david tolson's, florida attorney, says the airboat tour company was

negligent. >> this is a case of general negligence. i mean, it happened on airboats, and both of the airboats were operated by the same group. >> wooten's airboat tours in collier county, florida, did not respond to abc seven's request for comment, but this statement is posted on their website. wooten's everglades airboat tours regrets that a collision involving two airboats occurred. we immediately contacted local area emergency authorities, who responded rapidly to the scene, providing care to the passengers. tolson says his family hopes to return home to antioch soon. >> and shortly after christmas, we plan to return home to begin our recovery process. >> cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> scary. >> well, state health officials are concerned about the rising spread of bird flu. and today they met to figure out how to combat the disease. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns has a look at how it could impact you and your family.

>> california health officials updating the public friday on the spread of bird flu around the state in a virtual news conference. >> the overall risk to the public remains low. 35 of our 36 human cases in california are the direct result of exposure to infected cattle. >> the news conference comes just days after governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency over bird flu. the virus ravaging poultry and dairy farms around the state, a problem health officials say they're working hard to get under control. >> the primary approach for each is a state veterinarian, quarantine and disease control zones to limit the movement of animals, products and equipment. >> all but one of the human cases of bird flu have been in farm workers here in the state. however, more cases are beginning to pop up around the nation of people getting infected without having prior contact with animals. and that is worrying some health officials. >> you know, people might say, why is this a public health emergency in california? and the answer is very simple. we need more hands on deck than we do right now.

>> doctor peter chin-hong is an infectious disease specialist at ucsf. he says even though the risk to the general population is low right now, the more the virus spreads, the higher the likelihood it will mutate to allow for person to person transmission. >> the virus still hasn't figured out the best way to enter our bodies, but the more transmissions you have, at some point it will figure it out. >> and with the virus showing no signs of slowing down, doctor chin-hong says he's also encouraging people to stay away from fads like drinking raw milk. >> the risk is it's not the same as a month ago or six months ago. and generally, yes, it's a little risky. >> in total, 5000 people in california have been monitored for possible bird flu exposure in san francisco. tim johns, abc seven news. >> in the south bay, two memorials were held to remember people who died living on the streets. >> abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains how it highlights the importance of doing more to help those experiencing homelessness. >> the cold, cloudy weather

seemed to match the somber mood at san jose city hall friday. a memorial for the unhoused remembered by these tombstones after losing their lives this past year. >> a memorial service is for those who have loved and lost, who missed loved ones and must go on living without them. it is for all of us to remember those that are no longer here. >> those like infant camila amezcua, 104 year old elaine tanner, and around 200 others who died on santa clara county streets this year. so far, unhoused deaths are down 3% this year compared to last, but the suffering still exists in great amounts. >> if i'm correct, this year set a record for the number of dead babies, the number of dead dead asians, the number of dead females, the number of dead blacks, and more people froze to death in california than anywhere else in the united states, according to the cdc.

>> this is the reality of being unhoused. >> james and his mother experienced homelessness, and he says each name, each tombstone are grim reminders of the failures of our society. >> just the suffering that that that's going around. it's really unfortunate. and i just really want to ask the community that we do more because we can do more. >> leaders in the south bay have been trying to do more for many years, including san jose mayor matt mehan. he says the city has an ambitious goal next year to offer 1000 new safe, managed placements for people living on the streets and urgency brought on by this annual memorial. >> it's a tough day of reflection, but it also, if there is any silver lining, it's that it it kind of forces all of us to just reconnect with why we're doing the work and the harsh reality of things out there, and to recommit ourselves so that next year there are less of these tombstones, maybe even zero. >> one day in san jose, dustin

dorsey, abc seven news. >> one of the organizers of the recall effort against san jose city council member omar torres is now looking to take torres's former job. matthew carvalho announced today he's running to fill the now vacant district three council seat. carvalho currently works as the mayor's deputy chief of staff, in charge of neighborhood outreach. >> i see the suffering on the streets when it comes to homelessness. i see the issues in our neighborhoods when it comes to public safety. i definitely be in a downtown residence. we do see the issues of blight and the need for beautification. >> district three seat opened when omar torres resigned last month while being investigated for child sexual misconduct. he has since been arrested and charged with three felonies. >> all right, here's a question are autonomous cars safer than human drivers? and get ready

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how safe do you feel around those autonomous cars? google owned waymo has released new data suggesting its self-driving vehicles are safer than human drivers. waymo had 90% fewer insurance claims related to property damage, 90%, and bodily injuries when compared to cars driven by people. the study covers six years and 25 million miles in san francisco, l.a,

phoenix and austin. and as we all know, we see them all around our station all the time. they're testing them constantly. larry, i had a friend coming into the city that i was driving him around, and he lives in chico, and he was a little spooked by the car next to it with no driver. we're used to it. what do you think? >> yeah. i mean, i've ridden in one of the waymo's, and it's a very cool experience. they've got some stuff that they've got to work out, but i feel more comfortable in one of those autonomous vehicles than anywhere near sandia. when she pulls out of the garage. >> look, that is not even true. you put me in a waymo record. okay, guys, rubber out of here. yeah. where's the video? where's the video? i think he's referring to himself pulling out of the station. >> no, she's got, you know, the suv screeching around the corner. >> you know what i will say though? you know, we always make a big deal of it. and so does the public and sort of regulators. understandably, when there's a mishap with one of these cars. but, you know, every single day there are countless

numbers of mishaps with human drivers. >> that's true. it's a good point. all right. moving along. >> don't expect a new james bond film any time soon. the franchise is on pause due to a clash between the family that has creative control over it, and amazon, which owns mgm studios and, by proxy, the bond franchise. a wall street journal report says. longtime producer barbara broccoli told friends she's not interested in working with amazon. another report suggests the spat began when an amazon bigwig referred to the franchise as content. larry, i know they've been approaching you for years. amazon. your thoughts? >> well, first of all, it is content. it's great content. a lot of the time. but it's about time to move on from daniel craig. i didn't even realize amazon owned mgm. i probably will own everything, but just, you know, forget about me for a second. just hire idris elba to be the new james bond. >> i thought they recently named their choice for bond. >> was it a female bond? >> no, no, they talked about that. it was. i can't remember

the actor's name, but it's a british guy. and, you know, i think he'll probably be a good choice. but now they're fighting over. it would be a shame to see this franchise go. although after all these years. but it's tough to compete these days. >> who's your bond? >> pierce brosnan, hands down. so i'll tell you why. no, i'll tell you why. my dad was a huge james bond fan. and so he would always watch this stuff. and so i thought he was the best bond. >> the correct answer is sean connery. >> that's a good answer. >> although you watch some of those. i recently watched one of the originals, and they are a little slow compared to. well, yeah. a little slow. yeah. all right. tomorrow is super saturday, and if you're planning on doing your holiday shopping, good luck. the national retail federation says about 157 million people plan to hit the stores tomorrow, the last saturday before christmas. if that holds true, it will be the second busiest super saturday ever, just behind 22, when 158.5 million people went shopping. i don't know about all of you, but i do have a little shopping to do tomorrow. we've done much of it. you know, i always sandy,

always the crush around the holiday season. i always hate all the pushing and shoving. i always hope i don't hurt anyone, but i don't think that's it. >> mary tyler moore wrote a line. dan, i think you're braver than many of us. i don't think you're going to hurt anyone, but i have everything done. as much as i love shopping, i do not like being in there when it's that stressful. at the last, you know, weekend before i did have some help, my oldest daughter was wrapping some gifts, so that helps out. >> that's good. larry, i have a couple of things, but i'm in pretty good shape. i don't particularly like shopping. i don't hate it, but i don't mind it. and i shouldn't say that around the holidays. i kind of like it. i like seeing everybody out and about. it's kind of fun. >> i can't even remember the last time i was at a mall. i'm serious. i know, i know, it's just that used to be the tradition. you know, we go. everybody goes and all that. >> and now i just go click, click click click click click. >> larry, how about your girls though? do they still go to malls. >> no. they're going to other places for entertainment. >> they're in their 20s. >> malls are not of interest. so

the younger one is in miami celebrating her birthday. you can just fill in the blanks from there. >> you can bet many of those out shopping tomorrow will be buying gifts that no one really wants. personal finance website finder estimates that americans will spend $10 billion on unwanted gifts this season. the company claims 53% of adults will receive at least one present they don't want. most likely an article of clothing or an accessory. we all know that, dan said yesterday. he is after that skateboard. yeah, right. >> new skateboard, maybe even a wingsuit this year. i don't know, dan. >> how about the e-bike? yeah, the e-bike. >> you know it's true. and we're kind of scaling that back this year i it's never any fun to get presents. you really don't need or want. i hate for people to waste the money. and it's not smart for it to buy people presents that just to get them a gift that they don't want. it's true, you know, find something, do an experience, do a gift card, do something that that will make you, but just to give them something that they'll never use. >> folks don't want to give the christmas list, but i think they

go a long way. >> no, i agree, yeah, that's a good point, j.r. >> well, j.r, what would you like? >> well, there's a lot of things i'd love. where do i start? what's your budget like? what's your budget? >> larry can order online. >> larry is in the grinch costume. >> that's true. >> i'm sorry i can't get you off the 4:00 news, j.r. i know that's your first request, but. >> all right, that's

season, but they've been in a freefall since de'anthony melton got hurt. they lost by 51 points in memphis last night. 51 steph curry held without a field goal. zero for 7 in 20 four minutes. now the warriors they came out in slow motion and then decelerated from there. it was a ten point deficit. then it turned into 20 and then 30 and then 40 and then 50. warriors couldn't make a shot. and meanwhile the grizz you know they were making everything and turnovers steals this and that. nba's biggest loss of the season last night by the dubs there at minnesota tomorrow night. they've got to find some answers here pretty soon. >> this is really about you know rediscovering our identity that we had you know coming out ofat hawaii first few weeks of the season. we've lost that identity, you know. and we've got to we got to recapture it. >> it's like gruff steve with the beard there. we got game one of the college football playoff coming up at the top of the hour here. so like ten minutes away notre dame hosting in-state

rival indiana. these are the notre dame fans. they're expecting 80,000 many of whom gathered by touchdown jesus. they've been out there for hours. they were in line to get in at 7 a.m, which is 13 hours before kickoff. and it's about 30 degrees out there. now, these are dedicated die hard football fans that you will get to watch from the comfort of your own home. sports on abc seven. sponsored by smart. and finally, grinch sports. since now that's how i'm being referred to. >> so wait a minute. the warriors lost by 5151. >> yes, yes. >> for the record, i think the three of us and sandia could lose by maybe 60. we're not going to lose. let's not make some bold predictions. yeah, no, we can't lose much more than we would lose. we would lose by. by. >> yeah, a considerable margin. >> thanks, larry. all right, all right. happening now. the former voice of the giants, renel brooks-moon has the key to san francisco mayor london breedan presented it to her a short time ago. brooks-moon was with the giants for 24 years. she left the role earlier this year after

failing to agree on a new contract. the booth at oracle park was named after her. certainly great to see that. always special hearing her at the ballpark. she's just a terrific lady to. it's always special hearing sandy. that's true. and let's do that now. >> so thank you guys j.r. and dan, let's take a look at live doppler seven right now. and we do have some cloud cover. but you're still dry. if you have friday night plans maybe you want to do some holiday shopping tomorrow. we have scattered showers coming in in the morning as winter begins. still some showers in the afternoon. numbers will range from the 50s to the 60s. now next week storms will be stronger. so monday evening the winds pick up really starts to rain late monday night. going into tuesday it's going to be a rain snow mix in the sierra as these are warmer storms. wednesday christmas is dry and then here comes some more wet weather on thursday. going into friday, as we continue through friday night, i'm going to show you how much rain we're really expecting for next week. most areas will be between 8/10 of an inch here in the bay area, to about

2.5in in the sierra. we're talking 12in at kirkwood, nine at truckee, almost a half a foot at crescent city of rain. accuweather seven day forecast. winter begins tomorrow. we have a level one. it's pretty much a one. tuesday is a two, but christmas is dry. >> dan excellent, thank you very much. alameda county firefighters teamed up with iheartradio and community groups to help spread a little holiday cheer. today, a toy and food drive was held at the bay fair mall, chili's in san leandro. they collected unwrapped toys, canned food, and diapers to help those in need. this holiday season. one local business even showed up with a classic fire truck full of toys. >> it's one of my collection of six, so it's just a fun hobby that we have. we are collect classic fire trucks, keep them up and running, and do fun things like this right here. >> how cool is that? toy and money donations are going to the alameda county fire toy program. nonperishable food donations benefit alameda county food bank and donated diapers

benefit oakland's youth uprising. wonderful effort there. certainly.

night at 930. it's jeopardy! followed by wheel of fortune. then at 1030, a special edition of abc seven news, then abc seven news at 11 as well. i'll see you for those broadcasts. >> our lion king week continues

today as mufasa is now in theaters. two stars of the moody movie aren't strangers to each other? >> not at all. reporter george pennacchio, with our sister station in l.a. spoke with those actors. reporter. back to the trees. >> we're trapped. we have to swim. no, we have to fight. >> mufasa and taka are voiced by aaron pierre and kelvin harrison jr, who worked together previously in nat geo's genius mlk x, playing doctor martin luther king jr and malcolm x. >> let's keep them guessing. >> amen to that. >> you two are playing brothers and you've worked together before, so do you feel like he is your brother by this point? >> yeah, he's definitely like my big brother. he's definitely. he laughs because he's only like months apart. and that's why he's my big brother. not because of any other reason. i'm june, he's july, he's my big bro. i ask him questions and i kind of nag him a lot, and i kind of make fun of him sometimes. and i ask if he's gonna finish his food. do not eat him. wonderful.

another were not supposed to eat in mufasa the lion king. >> their character's brotherly bond is tested when the female lion, sarabi enters the picture. voiced by tiffany boone. >> why are you following us? >> i was hoping to find my pride. >> what happened to the outsiders happened. >> a few of us got away. but you're the only other lions i've seen. >> it's an amazing opportunity to be in this cast of actors, to be working with lynn, to be working with barry. it's one of those moments where you have to pinch yourself and be like, oh, okay, you are in this amazing opportunity. what are you going to do with it and hopefully be present in it? >> is this one of the great moments of your career? >> 100. i'm so glad you said that. 100%. i think the, you know, 3 or 4 year old kid who first saw lion king, he is overjoyed and still can't quite believe that this is a reality. so i'm still pinching myself, and i'm happy to be pinching myself with other people who are pinching themselves about this moment. >> in los angeles, george

pennacchio abc seven news. >> such a great franchise and the animation is so spectacular. >> yeah. that's it for abc seven news at four. i'm j.r. >> stone and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel larry beil. all of us we appreciate your time here tonight. our next newscast is at 1030. college football is next. enjoy the ball game.

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us all around. we are going to start this college football playoff. irish and users. welcome to a special presentation of espn, home of the college football playoff national championship game presented by at&t. >> sean: tonight, college football history will be made yet again on the campus of the university of notre dame. it's the first game ever in the new 12-team college football playoff format. we start with an instate battle between the number ten