what's next. immigrant rights groups in the bay area are sending a message to the white house on the eve of donald trump's second inauguration. and a ban ends up being a timeout for tiktok. the site's back up and running, and our incoming president says he plans to make a move to keep it that way. abc seven news starts now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. go go go go go. >> jubilant scenes in israel. families reunited after 470 days of worry and uncertainty. three women held hostage by hamas are now free as a truce begins. good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. a ceasefire between israel and hamas went into effect today, and it included freedom for a first wave of hostages. abc news reporter inés de la huerta has more on the deal and a look at what's next. with smiles on their faces, the first three hostages released from captivity

in gaza as part of the captivity israel-hamas ceasefire deal are now back on israeli soil after 471 days in captivity. >> three women, 24 year old romi gonin, 28 year old emily de mari and 31 year old darren steinbrecher are now free. >> we cannot imagine the horrors these three young women have endured in 15 months of hamas captivity. >> relatives of romi goren, overcome with emotion after hearing the news. emily de mari all smiles in the photo as she was reunited with her mother. this was the scene in gaza just moments before the women were released. hamas men gathered around the red cross convoy. a crowd gathered to watch the exchange. under this first phase of the deal, 33 hostages will be released over the next six weeks, including two americans, keith samuel siegel and sigi duquenne. sigi has three daughters, the youngest born after he was taken captive. >> his wonderful wife was seven months pregnant and

for nine horrific hours wase to survive in the safe room of their home on our kibbutz with her two little daughters. while there was murder all around. >> palestinian prisoners in. israeli jails will also be freed, and the cease fire allows aid to begin moving into gaza. trucks loaded with humanitarian aid have been lined up at the egyptian side of the rafah border crossing. those trucks now starting to move into gaza. president biden said this was one of the hardest negotiations of his career. >> today, cease fire in gaza and the release of hostages as a result of a principled and effective policy that we presided over for months. and we got we got here without a wider war in the middle east. >> many predicted, the president says, keeping the fragile framework of the cease fire together is now in president elect trump's hands. inés de la cuetara. abc news, london. >> the hostage release brings relief to the bay area's jewish community. les say they're optimistic the remaining hostages will finally come home, and palestinian

americans are hopeful the cease fire holds. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is speaking to those on both sides. >> we've been waiting for 171 days for the hostages to be released.the hostages to be >> joy has been wearing this yellow ribbon pin honoring the israeli hostages. as president and ceo of the bay area jewish community federation, she waited with most of the world to see what would happen sunday. >> we're delighted to see that three of the hostages, including romi, emily and darren, were released today. >> 24 year old romi golden, seen on the left, was abducted from the nova music festival. she met with her parents last year. >> my heart is just with them today and i hope that they are just elated with the news and to be able to hug her and bring her home. >> she says nearly 100 hostages are still in captivity. >> so we're really focused on bringing the hostages home, and we manage here in the bay area for all of northern california. security across northern california, for all of our

jewish institutions. so i'm optimistic this will bring a moment of peace for us and hope, hopefully lasting peace in the region. >> we've seen, you know, cease fire deals broken not just in the last year, but for decades. >> palestinian americans in the bay area are hopeful the cease fire between israel and hamas will hold. they've been calling for a cease fire and pushing for humanitarian aid to gaza during months of protest. >> we're cautiously optimistic. we're, of course, elated to see our people, the children in gaza, walking out into the streets and screaming and crying tears of joy to finally have a glimmer of hope of life. >> both sides agree the road to lasting peace remains fragile. >> this is a collective sigh of relief, but it's really only for today, because we have to do everything we can to make sure that the cease fire agreement holds. >> in san francisco. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> developing news now. tiktok is restoring service to u.s.

users, ending a 14 hour long shutdown brought on by a ban of the platform. today, a message visible to users who reopened the app credited president elect donald trump for its return. itt was trump's executive order back in 2020 that led to the bipartisan bill banning the app. now, trump's incoming national security advisor says trump's team is working to save it. >> we're confident that we can save tiktok, but also protect americans data and protect them from influence, whether that's an outright sale, whether that's some mechanism of firewalls to make sure that the data is protected here on u.s. soil. that's what the president will be evaluating. >> trump says he plans on issuing another executive order after his inauguration monday to temporarily delay the ban. he's also proposing the u.s. take a 50% ownership position in tiktok as part of a, quote, joint venture. now, even before president elect trump takes office, protests are happening, including here in san francisco.

the people united will never be defeated. okay, this was the scene at civic center this afternoon. more than 60 bay area community groups mobilized their protesting campaign promises, they say are far right and backed by billionaires. organizers say it was one of the more than 70 rallies to take place across the country today. fl preparations are underway for president elect donald trump's second inauguration. tomorrow morning's ceremony was moved indoors to the capitol rotunda due to the frigid temperatures expected in washington. reporter john paul is live for us now at the nation's capitol with a look at these preparations. john. >> yeah, a lot of preparations underway tonight, john. the president elect had a very busy day today in washington, d.c, starting things out at arlington national cemetery and then holding what he called a victory rally at capital one arena, where heo talked about the executive action that he wants to take. soon after being sworn in for a

second time. >> hello, washington, and hello america., washington, and hello >> president elect donald trump spent the final hours before taking the oath of office a second time at a campaign style rally in front of supporters inside of capital one arena. >> i'm thrilled to be back with so many friends, supporters and true american patriots on the eve of taking back our country. >> he talked about his plans in the minutes after he takes the oath of office at noon on monday, saying he would repeal president biden's executive actions and issue new ones. >> we're going to stop the invasion of our borders. we're going to reclaim our wealth. we're going to unlock the liquid gold that's right under our feet. >> supporters waited in long lines to see the president elect, especially since changes were announced to the inauguration planning because of snow and an arctic blast. >> and we have tickets for outside. for inside. we don't have tickets for us. >> and so now we don't have inauguration tickets because they're doing it inside. >> many supporters are

scrambling to make plans for monday's inauguration. more than 200,000 supporters had tickets for the event outside before it was moved into the capitol rotunda. >> i know it got canceled outside or whatever. i'm just hoping to get to the actual inauguration and be able to see it and experience it. >> the president elect spent the final hours before the inauguration with a busy schedule. before going to the rally. he and vice president elect jd vance honored our military at arlington national cemetery, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. now, the president elect did promise a number of executive orders tomorrow, including issues like the border and immigration, and also pardons for some of those arrested for storming the capitol on january 6th. for now, we're live tonight on capitol hill. john paul abc seven. >> dionne, we will be monitoring it all closely. john paul, many thanks. now, be sure to join us for live coverage of the

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radius. >> while many are eager to return to homes that were largely untouched by the fires, some will likely have to wait months as there is a risk of landslides and contaminated water. now, if you'd like to help in the wildfire recovery effort, we have an easy way you can donate. there's a qr code right there on your screen that will take you to a list of verified and vetted organizations helping survivors, the people honored doctor martin luther king's memory today in the bay area ahead of tomorrow's federal holiday. silicon. heaven ring ring with the harmonious interfaith assembly was held at san francisco's grace cathedral to commemorate doctor king's fight for peace, justice and equality. tonight's message was a timeless one the importance of love, compassion, reverence and hope that joins all backgrounds in the pursuit of social justice. it's a special day for the most famous visitors at san francisco's pier 39. up next,

your invitation to help celebrate the 35th anniversary of the piers, sea lions and taking a live look outside. you can't tell from this vantage point, but temperatures are plunging tonight. spencer will fill us in on a frost advisory next in your accuweather forecast. the injury bug continues to bite the golden state warriors. >> i have the latest on steph curry and draymond

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officials say a child got swept into the ocean at cowell ranch state beach, and an adult went into the water after the child. they both were caught in a rip tide before being rescued by firefighters. their conditions are not known. now that incident, the reason the national weather service issued a beach hazard statements. officials are warning to watch for sneaker waves, which can knock people off their feet and quickly pull them into the ocean. rip tide currents are also stronger than normal. the beach hazard statement extends from the coastal north bay, including point reyes national seashore, all the way down to southern monterey bay and big sur. it all runs through 7 p.m.

tomorrow. we'll check it out. pier 39 is celebrating the 35th anniversary of california sea lions on its docks. the pinnipeds began arriving a few months after the loma prieta earthquake hit san francisco back in october of 1989. by january of 1990, a colony of the barking sea lions completely took over pier 39, kdoc. a record of more than 2100 sea lions visited in may and june of last year, and you can celebrate the anniversary by sharing memories on social media with the hashtag pier 39 sea lions. oh, they are so entertaining, aren't they? they really are. >> i mean, when they fight you, when they fight, or when they try to communicate with you, you know, sometimes they're looking at you and it's like they want to talk, you know, or be fed or be fed, which they always do. well, let's take a look at what's going on with our weather right now. we've got high pressure, the controlling factor in our weather right now, bringing us mainly clear skies for the next few days. low

pressure down south is a factor for southern california residents concerned about the wildfires, because winds are regenerating and becoming quite strong and potentially dangerous there again. but our winds right here are relatively calm and normal. right now. we have wind speeds up to about 17mph here in san francisco. however, our winds are going to intensify overnight. in fact, a wind advisory will be in effect from 4 a.m. tomorrow to 1 a.m. tuesday for the north bay interior mountains, where sustained winds will be out of the north at about 20 to 30mph, with gusts up to 55mph. so there could be some downed tree limbs and power outages. here's our wind gusts animation. notice by 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, we'll have gusts ranging from 30 to over 40mph in the windiest locations. but the winds will become tamer again late tomorrow night, going into the midnight hour and into tuesday morning. and we have 24 hour temperature change shows it's a bit chillier now by several degrees than at this time yesterday. generally about 2 to 4 degrees cooler, but up at santa rosa it's

eight degrees cooler than at this time yesterday and overnight. we have a frost advisory that will be in effect from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. tomorrow, temperatures dropping down to about 33 degrees. and this frost advisory covers the north bay interior valleys, the east bay hills and interior valleys, the santa clara valley and the eastern santa clara hills. let's take a look at what's happening right now. we have temperature readings right now in the upper 40s at san francisco, oakland and hayward, 51 degrees at san jose. upper 40s also at redwood city and half moon bay. beautiful. clear view from mount tam, now looking down onto the bay. we have mid 40s right now at santa rosa and petaluma, 42 at napa, 43 at fairfield, 47 apiece at concord and livermore. and looking across the embarcadero from our rooftop camera. these are the forecast headlines overnight. cold with a frost advisory tomorrow. gusty with a wind advisory in effect. and by midweek we'll be looking at sunny and much warmer weather. we also have a beach hazards statement still in effect until 7:00 tomorrow evening. wave heights are elevated. the

surf is dangerous, so we have dangerous swimming and surfing conditions, and there's an increased risk of rip currents and dangerous uh- well, dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves. here's a look at overnight lows. most inland areas will have lows in the mid to upper 30s. so pretty chilly. and then tomorrow's highs generally in the low 60s. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. notice the warm up coming our way midweek wednesday through friday. we'll see inland highs and highs around the bay shoreline ranging from 60 to 64 degrees. nice warm up. >> the warriors steph curry tweaked his ankle late in last night's win over the wizards today. he's listed as questionable in tomorrow's mlk matinee against the defending champion celtics. however, draymond green has officially been ruled out. green returned last night after missing three games with an illness, but only played three minutes before leaving in the first quarter with a calf issue. he did not return. we'll get more of an official update on his injury come monday, but the guys already talking like

he'll be out for a bit. >> you know draymond someone you can't really you can't replace. you know his iq his defensive you know ability playmaking all that. you know it was just everybody collectively collectively has to come up and you know fill in filling his shoes. draymond obviously has a big presence on defense. and that's rebounding. that's on offense. and then just his presence on the court vocally is something that we'll miss while he's gone. but like i said somebody else got to step up. somebody's got to fill in. >> women's hoops today cal head coach charmin smith smiling and for good reason. her bears are ranked 18th in the nation and took care of business at wake forest today. took the lead halfway through the second quarter and never looked back. cal hit ten threes, getting the win 67 to 55. they've won four of five and will be at stanford on thursday. speaking of the cardinal they were at number 16 duke where it was. surf's up for the blue devils stanford trying to hang in there early. shay

ejiochi with a nice lay up. former head coach tara vanderveer encouraging her former squad. but it was all duke from there. the block leads to the transition three. it's a 25 to 7 second quarter as the cardinal lose 74 to 49, their first loss to duke get this since 2008 nfc playoffs the rams in philly. eagles fans with their snow goggles on and even santa making an appearance. rams up seven six before the snow started and saquon barkley starting the storm with a 62 yard run, 1310 eagles at the half. it's close late. but look at barkley saying i got this before the snap and no lies detected. one cut and he's gone 78 yards in the snow to ice. this one literally the rams just couldn't catch up. eagles win 2822 and will host the commanders in the nfc title game next sunday. detroit fans still in shock after the top seeded

lions were upset by the commanders last night. marin guy and cal alum jared goff had three interceptions and four total turnovers trying to prevent the pick six. he got hit hard. the officials missed the penalty. the lions have never made the super bowl, and this appeared to be their year right. goff as you might imagine, taking it hard after the game sucks sucks. >> worst part of this job and i hate you. hate it when you feel like you let guys down and you want to win these type of games at home and. yeah, it's hard to hard to answer that right now. i'm sorry. it's just hard to put into words. >> the college football national championship between ohio state and notre dame is in atlanta on monday night on our sister network, espn. it's the final game of the first ever 12 team playoff. the irish looking for their first title since 1988. the buckeyes, their first in a decade. both head coaches, aware of the history and

legacies at stake. >> there are great stories on this team individually. there's great stories on this team collectively. but i've said this before, the only way those stories get told is if we win. >> there's zero motivation that is necessary to prepare for a national championship game. you know, when the game starts, we've got to do what we've done all year, but probably do it better than we ever have. >> game kicks off at 430. i'm off tomorrow, so you already know what i'll be doing.

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