and including here in the bay area where employees are walking off the job. at this moment, we are looking at a potential impact just days before christmas. plus facing extradition, the man accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo is in court this hour, and we have

an update on the effort to get him back to new york to face those more serious criminal charges. i think the biggest challenge is the narrative. it is not what people think. come down here and you feel it's absolutely alive. san francisco's new plan to save union square, the big hire that may give the iconic shopping destination a boost sooner than you might think. this is today in the bay. can you believe it? less than a week until christmas. oh, you. shush. all right. a good morning to you on this thursday. i'm marcus washington. you guys are getting ious for christmas. i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for laura garcia this morning. and if you do have to get out and do some shopping or get some go to work to pay for all of that stuff. yeah. that's right. we're here. all right, well, you do want to get out the door a little bit sooner. a little bit more quickly, because we've seen some

dense fog drifting around, and it's going to make it a bit slower. at least you should plan on a slower drive, as our visibility is now down to a quarter of a mile in concord, but may be a lot less through the delta and parts of the east bay. and this is a look at the live view in walnut creek. so you can see the low clouds, at least at the roadway level it is clear. but we will see this hanging out through about 10:00 this morning and then eventually starting to clear out as we go into late morning, into the afternoon and our temperatures there only in the low 60s. mike, you're seeing a slower build to the commute, which is the tradition this time of year. it's the end of the year slide as far as the volume goes for the early commute. middays, afternoons, evenings really packed on local roadways here, the bay bridge toll plaza gradually building still doesn't have all the lanes filled on the approach, but the metering lights were turned on about their regular time. kari showed you this. we have some fog out here. the road weather index shows you it will influence the areas on either side of the delta. highway 4, showing a lot more slowing through concord

than the volume should indicate. and so that is a factor there. the rest of the bay is showing a smooth drive. crews still picking up north 680 around bernal. again that fog showing there in walnut creek. but it's just above the roadway. back to you. thank you mike. well, we start this hour with breaking news. the teamsters are organizing strikes at a string of amazon warehouses, including one here in the bay area. here's a live look outside that warehouse in san francisco, south of potrero hill. the strike threat covers what's now believed to be nine warehouses across the country, including these folks who are picketing in queens in new york. teamsters accused the company of not recognizing the union or meeting a deadline to come to the bargaining table. we did get a statement and new cment from amazon this morning saying that any strike measures will not impact customers. our bob redell is following this story and the potential impact. as christmas arrives. he will have a live report in our next half hour. breaking news right now in

pennsylvania. this is where the accused killer of united health care's ceo is now in court. here's a look at the suspect. luigi mangione as he entered the courthouse earlier this morning. he's appearing in a hearing originally scheduled for next week, and it is believed he may agree to waive extradition to new york. he faces 11 criminal counts in connection with the ambush killing of ceo brian thompson. also this morning, federal prosecutors are now considering filing charges. that's what sources are telling nbc news. but the charges filed this week in new york city would have priority. and one of mangione's defense attorneys is already preemptively calling it a case of piling on. with less than 48 hours until a potential government shutdown, congress is cutting it close. a bipartisan, short term funding bill was set off wednesday. this is when president elect donald trump came out fervently against that

deal. now, today in the bay brie jackson joining us live from washington this morning. and brie, look, both parties here. parties here. the leaders of those parties previously were like, look, we were on board. but after president elect donald trump came in, they were like, well, maybe not so much. that's right. good morning mark. so president elect trump warned republicans, any republican who votes for this measure would be primaried. and he also urged republicans to make, to make democrats, if they are going to threaten to have this shutdown, to call them on their bluff. chaos on capitol hill over a stopgap spending bill. president elect trump and vice president elect vance denouncing the plan. their own party proposed. am i going to say anything more about it tonight? because we're in the middle of these negotiations, but i think we'll be able to solve some problems here. mr. trump posting online urging republicans to pass a funding bill that is, quote, without

democrat giveaways while also pushing for legislation to increase the debt ceiling. the move forcing lawmakers back to the negotiating table. we're still having conversations with our members with a lot of other a lot of other folks to just to make sure that everybody is on the same page. party leaders had agreed to legislation that would keep the government open until march 14th. top democrats say house republicans will now own any harm done to americans if a shutdown occurs. an agreement is an agreement. it was bipartisan and there was nothing more to say. the president elect's discontent has thrown congress into disarray. i mean, what way to what way to operate a political party is that so? it's bizarre. it's disturbing, and it's dangerous. we're being forced into this position. they could have done a standalone. they did this because they knew that it would put members in this position to support it. lawmakers must act fast to meet

the friday midnight deadline or risk a holiday. government shutdown. and the white house released a statement saying that republicans need to stop playing politics with this bipartisan agreement. back to you. all right, brie, thank you. well, in san francisco, leaders have a new plan for one of the city's prized destinations. we are talking, of course, about union square. and outgoing mayor london breed is hiring a new york based redevelopment firm, one that previously turned around new york city's bryant park. the idea will be to draw 200 events to union square each and every year. things like concerts and lectures and yoga. and it could start with a kids zone in just a matter of weeks. merchants agree with the company founder, who says first perceptions about union square have to change. we need a long period where there's no incident. to be honest, we can't have somebody attack there. i think the biggest challenge is the narrative. it is not what

people think. come down here and you feel it's absolutely alive. many agree the announcement comes at an interesting time because for one, it is one of the last moves that mayor london breed is making before leaving office. another reason union square anchor retailer macy's is still planning to close the doors of that flagship store. but over the holidays, police are stepping up patrols there to boost safety and hopefully that will help. 607 for you right now as we take a live look at san jose christmas in the park, very festive right there early in the morning for us. meteorologist kari hall has a look at what we can expect temperature wise across the bay area. that's very clear now this morning. yeah, yesterday we couldn't even see the lights flashing there at christmas in the park. the fog has moved around and is not as widespread and as dense as we saw yesterday. and temperatures are colder. it's in the low 40s as you're heading out. and let's get a look closer at palo alto, where we've seen the clear visibility, cold temperatures again to start. and gradually

we'll see those temperatures warming up as we go throughout late morning into the afternoon, making it up to 36 for a high today. 55, though in martinez, where that fog will be there a little bit longer, but low 70s in parts of the south county for the afternoon. mike, where can we fill up for a little bit less? you know livermore, they can't stop. they won't stop leading our list at 329. you know, the places the two marathons, one on holmes, one on south livermore. those are the low price leaders by about a quarter for compared to the rest of the city, which does dominate alameda county. now, over here, marin county's best is five is 359, not five. 359 that's on redwood highway. i hear it was shut down for a couple days at that arco. but they're doing improvements and they should be online again today. again. 359 is the price that's being listed on gasbuddy.com. the south bay's lowest is lower by a few cents today. 361 for the dimond gas an martin san jose, the one on south winchester boulevard. again, that's the place that

gasbuddy.com where you can find the changes near you. let's get out to the roadways. not a lot of change out here. that's great. an easy drive through the tri-valley north 680. still seeing crews registering anywhere between koopman and bernal. the on ramps have reopened. in many cases. there may be some crews clearing as you get toward the dublin interchange counter commute. as we look toward the commute, though, out of vasco and out of contra costa county, southbound does show a lot of slowing there. there may be some fog closer to brentwood, and the travel time now is at almost a half hour. mark back to you. all right. thanks so much, mike. a fall graduation ceremonies are getting underway at san jose state, but a handful of lucky spartans are walking the stage thousands of miles away from campus. the special ceremony they're attending today at one tropical travel destination on wall street. the dow fell more than 1000 points yesterday. let's go out to the futures. a bit of a recovery expected today. what's the volatility. we'll take a look. plus what's

love got to do. got to do with it. who needs a heart when a heart can be broken. can you believe that she didn't want to record that song at first. wow. that's crazy. wow. so good. pop music treasures there, tina turner. she's receiving a big honor from the golden state. stick around, because we're going to tell you about the historic lineup entering the california hall of fame. you're watching today in the bay. t

points on wednesday, continuing the longest slide in nearly 50 years after the head of the fed indicated there would be fewer interest rates coming in the coming year. so let's unpack this. the federal open market committee did cut rates by a quarter point, as expected yesterday, an indication the fed thinks inflation is coming under control but not there yet because powell said this and get ready for dry bureaucratic speak. with today's action, we have lowered our policy rate by a full percentage point from its peak. and our policy stance is now significantly less restrictive. we can therefore be more cautious as we consider further adjustments to our policy rate. okay. that was it. cautious about adjustments. that's the key. he means the fed is not necessarily going to cut

rates in the future as often as we thought. and why is that. well it's because of those the fed is uncertain as are we all about trump's coming tariffs. we know tariffs cause prices to rise. that is inflation. you don't cut rates in inflationary times. this isn't political. keep keep in mind trump appointed powell. this is just math. well you can now call chatgpt on the phone. it's a great way to try it out and find out what everybody is talking about. you really should be interacting with ai if you're not because your kids are, your coworkers probably are. and while trying it out really is as easy as logging on to the chatgpt website or downloading an app, it's even easier. call one 800 chatgpt you get 15 minutes free. you don't have to register. you can ask it anything like like super google. i've long said you will be surprised by how you find this useful. i can't tell you what to ask. i don't know your life, you

know, gardening, relationship advice, ideas on appetizers for the party, history lesson about the ottoman empire. but operators are standing by and i've always wanted to say that. hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. you could probably ask chatgpt about this, but the new york times looked into it. how much power would the griswolds need to light their house in real life? and the answer is more power than any house could handle. in 1989, those would have been incandescent lights, 25,000 of them not led. one electrician says that's a thousand amps, which would vaporize the copper in the walls, and they'd cost the family $287 a day to light $880 a month to run those lights. wow, wow. hey, can we talk about chatgpt real quick? you said it's super google and i did. i got stung the other day and i asked my daughter, i was like, can you google image this bug and see what it is? and

she's like, no, i'm going to chatgpt it. and it knew. yeah. so you're right, i mean there it's now like surpassing google i discovered the other day you can hum a song to it and it can tell much like kazam or whatever that is, tone deaf. even if you're tone deaf, you can be like, what is that? you know, bum bum bum bum. it's like, well, that's the ninth symphony or fifth symphony. yeah. my sister's like, i will never recognize anything you ever hum. i'm like, i'm going to second that. i'm like, what i, what i lack in tone, i make up for in enthusiasm. yes, this is true. all right. california tonight brings this latest hall of fame class. and this year's group is groundbreaking. this is video of the inductees i'm going to tell you about them. includes civil rights activist alice piper, global conservationist dian fossey, the state's first poet laureate. bay area native ina coolbrith, and renowned chef julia child, who was born and spent much of her life in southern california. this is civil rights pioneer mitsuye endo and singer tina turner, who lived in studio city in the 60s and 70s olympian vicki manalo

draves, a filipino born american and who was born in san francisco. and we'll tell you this time, all of the inductees are women. unfortunately, they're all being honored posthumously. but there is a virtual ceremony planned for 6:00 tonight. well deserved honors there. well, the bay fc one step closer to getting their new training facility, the women's soccer team looking to build a facility on treasure island today, san francisco mayor london breed and other city officials will sign legislation so that the team will have a 25 year lease locked in over at treasure island as their future home. the facility would span nearly four acres with three practice fields and a clubhouse. the team hopes to have that facility ready by 2027. i was hoping they'd be in the south bay. yeah, yeah, but that's okay. it's okay. we'll go. we still can enjoy it. well, you know, today san jose ate university will hold its first of three of its first three of its six fall commencement ceremonies. a lot of students there. okay, so the first starts

at 930 this morning. and we want to say congratulations to all of those graduates. yeah, congratulations. you did it. a few students though are not going to make that commencement because they are in honolulu for the hawaii bowl. the six graduating football players, though, are going to have a special commencement ceremony at one this afternoon in hawaii. the team is wearing brand new uniforms for the hawaii bowl. the new look on their helmets shows palm trees. spartans take on the university of south florida on christmas eve. and you know what? i just thought we should take ourselves to the beach now. yeah. that's good. relax. and let's let's take this moment to express our feelings of sympathy to the team members who are in hawaii and celebrating their graduation. we're suffering as one. what a story. one bay area, right? right. too bad we don't have this to wake up to this morning here at home. we do, but it's cold. that is not. wear a jacket if you're going to the beach. we have some sand. okay. yeah. all

right. well, at least it's not raining today. it is foggy and we're starting out with a dense fog advisory in effect for these areas shaded in blue. it may not be as bad as it was yesterday. we're not seeing the fog as widespread, but still there are some patches of it where visibility drops down to a quarter mile or less. we're seeing that in concord and throughout the delta into the sacramento valley, as well as in the north bay. in santa rosa, visibility starts out at about a half of a mile. once it clears out, it's going to be a nice day, a mostly sunny afternoon, and in the mid 60s you see the warmer temperatures in the cities where we do expect the fog to lift a lot sooner, including the south county where highs today will make it into the low 70s. but martinez, concord, livermore. that fog will be with us for a lot longer, so it's not going to be as warm. and the widespread temperature range is because of the fog that we'll see not only today but the next couple of days. but then by saturday, it all cools down as clouds and

even rain arrives in the bay area. so here's a look at that system that's going to beoming in. we've timed it out to saturday, where we are going to see off and on showers throughout the day and into early sunday. there's still some lingering showers, but the next storm system comes in on monday. and if you do have travel plans next week ahead of the holiday, it's going to be one of those weeks where you have to plan your travel around the weather, because if you're flying, it's may possibly be delayed or you have to deal with some cancellations. but we also will see some heavy snow in the sierra. so if you're traveling east to and through the sierra, it's going to be at times a chain controls snow coming down and slippery conditions there. looking at how much rain we could see between the weekend into the first part of next week, the possibility of about 1 to 3in of rainfall for the north bay, but it could be much less for the south bay into the south county. san francisco may pick

up another inch and a half of rainfall, and saturday is our first day of winter, and we're going to see that rain coming in. it's going to feel like winter. cloudy on sunday, showers late monday into tuesday, which is christmas eve, and it may be raining by the time santa visits. but clearing out christmas day. and mike, you're seeing a backup now in richmond. yeah, but you showed how christmas is on the 7-day forecast. as we get to the end of the year holidays, we see lighter traffic. we talked about san jose state celebrating some graduations, colleges are getting out. and last week for most elementary and primary high schools as well. so we're seeing the lighter approach to the richmond bridge. there's still a backup and it's still a commute in toward the north bay. we also still have fog and low clouds. but look at highway 37 not a big deal. and the fog less registering here on our road weather index. it is across the benicia bridge and watch out through concord where we've been seeing slowing typical of highway four north 680 starting to see better sensor reads. i believe they've cleared those crews that have been sticking around since overnight. the roadway is open. it's those onramps where those crews

remain. there is a crash affecting the area, 680 to mission boulevard, but the pothole for mission that was cleared earlier last night. back to you. all right. thank you. mike. 622 this morning. our imate in crisis taking a toll on the holidays. and your wallet, because this morning we're going to talk about that growing amount. you're going to have to pay for your christmas tree next year. and the reason you'll likely see those prices continue to rise. plus, hey, there it is. day 11 of the 12 days of christmas snack mix edition. and today i have some deviled eggs. these remind me of my auntie nina, who makes the best deviled eggs. they're made with so much love. but i'm not going to lie. these are a cheater cheater version because i was busy yesterday. i didn't even brush my hair. if you want to find out what the time saving hack is, check it out on my instagram. i have so many recipes for the holidays, but also i'm linking you to charities that you can donate to help feed our neighbors and friends throughout the year. you

can check it out at kris nbc. it's on facebook too.

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most farmers are eating the rise in production cost, you can expect to pay between 70 and $120, depending on the size and type. and we often think of half moon bay or castro valley as the best spots in the bay area to go cut down your own tree, but the majority of precut real trees and retail stores come from oregon, with 45% of the trees grown there shipped to california. the warmer, slightly warmer temperatures, slightly less rain results in more stress on the trees. and because of that, less stress that we're seeing on the trees are more stressed. we're seeing on the trees. we're also seeing more favorability going to the proliferation of diseases and insects. and so these two things kind of come together. and when they come together, you basically get trees that are are going toe more stressed. and so we're seeing a little bit of that with the christmas tree industry. but we see that across the landscape with all types of conifers and the forestry sector, to see more climate

related news and the impacts we're seeing here, go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the climate crisis tab. all right. thanks, gary. well we have a lot more for you ahead at 630 including that amazon workers strike which is reaching the bay area. employees just walked off the job in the last 30 minutes and we are breaking down the potential impact this could have on the busy holiday shipping period. plus, a new twist. a california man now linked to that school shooting. his connection to the female shooter tells on his own alleged plot. keep it right

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us on this thursday morning i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for laura garcia and i'm marcus washington. all right. if you step outside it's cold. and depending on where you are very foggy. meteorologist kari hall, of course, been monitoring that for us. and we're seeing it in a lot of places across the bay area. yeah. the good thing is that it's not as widespread as yesterday, but we are still starting out with a dense fog advisory and the worst of it moving through the delta and parts of the east bay, as well as the north bay, where visibility is down to a quarter mile or less. but this time in san jose, it is all clear where you're waking up and heading out to sunshine, but also very cold temperatures as we started out in the low 40s here, and it will be a slightly warmer day with a mostly sunny sky, temperatures headed for the mid 60s, even low 70s for the south county today, while in the east bay where that fog will be there a lot longer, it's going to keep those temperatures cooler. so we will get a look ahead to the weekend coming up in a few minutes. all right. thank you. kari and

breaking right now thousands of amazon employees are going on strike nationwide, including hundreds of them here in the bay area today in the bay's bob redell. joining us now from the newsroom. and bob christmas less than a week away now. so what does this mean for all of those gifts that we have being shipped out? well, good morning to you marc and kris. amazon says it does not expect this strike to impact operations. a lab relations professor who spoke to nbc news doesn't entirely agree with that assessment. he says if your item is already in route, you should be okay. but if it's still at the warehouse, he believes it could still be a problem. this is a live look from amazon facility on toland street in san francisco, not far from bayview hunters point, where within the past 30 minutes, members of the teamsters union who work there, they just went out on strike. you see them picketing the teamster union that represents delivery drivers for amazon and workers at amazon facilities and warehouses, says thousands of its members at nine amazon facilities nationwide are going on strike this morning. the union authorized a strike earlier this week because it

says amazon is refusing to negotiate for a fair contract. that, quote, guarantees the wages, health care and safety of its employees. and they also will not recognize them as union employees. this is just a way to show them that they can ignore us, that we're here. we're here to stay. we're not going to slow down in our momentum and also to bring awareness to the public that this is happening because the people that give them their two day shipping, we're not being treated with the dignity and respect that we need to, and we're not being paid a livable wage to actually live in the city to which we provide a service for. amazon tells the ap that the teamsters delivery drivers are not their employees, that they work for a third party business that amazon contracts with. in a statement. quote, amazon says the teamsters have continued to intentionally mislead the public, claiming that they represent thousands of amazon employees and drivers.

they don't. and this is another attempt to push a false narrative. the truth is that the teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated, and attempted to coerce amazon employees and third party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union. back out. live in san francisco now. the teamsters argue that amazon should be classified as their employer, since the e-commerce giant controls everything that their members do, according to the teamsters. an amazon spokesperson tells nbc news, christmas is not going to get ruined for anyone because of this strike. if you are worried, you can't track your delivery dates and times on the amazon website, the company says it has hundreds of fulfillment centers in the united states. and for some perspective, the teamsters say they only represent about 10,000 workers at amazon nationwide. that's just a small fraction of the 1.5 million people who work at amazon facilities. reporting live. bob redell, back to you, marcus. all

right. certainly affects us all. all right. thanks, bob. well, new at six. a southern california man is now being linked to the deadly school shooting last week in wisconsin. that's when a 15 year old girl killed a student and a teacher before turning the gun on herself. six others were injured. according to documents obtained by our san diego station, the 20 year old carlsbad man communicated multiple times with that girl to help her plot the rampage. now, at one point, the fbi detained him and ordered him to temporarily surrender his guns. so far, it's not clear if charges have been filed, but that man is scheduled to appear in court on january 3rd. 635 now and happening today. state regulators are scheduled to vote on pg&e latest propoposed rate hike. if approved, it would hike monthly household rates by an average of more than $4 per month. but it follows four previous rate hikes this year alone, and it comes in the wake of the approval this week of a $15 billion federal loan. the utility says it needs all of

this revenue to connect thousands of new customers and upgrade the power grid. this hike would not appear on customer bills until 2026. turning now to a nightmare for commuters along 680 and fremont last night. this, after a pothole caused massive backup. look at that. okay, so many of those people stuck in traffic for hours with no way out and no where to go until that pothole was fixed. four lanes of traffic forced down to one lane at the height of the evening commute. cars and trucks were backed up for at least ten miles. the pothole reported yesterday morning and it took caltrans several hours to fix it. well, this morning traffic is back up and running. a live look now at sfo and with just six days until christmas, holiday travel is starting to really gear into high gear. also this morning, though, the threat of severe weather is threatening to keep fliers from arriving at their destinations on time. nearly 40 million passengers will pass

through airports between now and january 2nd, according to the tsa, and that is up more than 6% since last year. but right now parts of the midwest could see up to a half foot of snow by friday, and heavy rain flooded parts of florida, including fort lauderdale. some major airports are already making adjustments. we're asking all of our passengers to please show up on time. be here three hours early. so far, nationwide disruptions are minimal, but we want to get a look at the delays right now. meteorologist kari hall here. sometimes it's not even the going to a stormy place, but your plane is coming from there, right? so that could have a ripple effect across the cocountry, pnes coming and going, and then that makes more delays. minneapolis seeing the biggest delays on average about an hour as they are getting that snow storm coming through. and then for miami we are seeing all of the heavy rain they had yesterday still having some residual impacts. and so now we're seeing on average about 30 minute delays here out west.

things are looking good as so far things are running on time. maybe you're heading to the sierra this weekend. this is a live look at palisades tahoe with a fresh coating of snow on the ground and temperatures today headed for the low 50s for this afternoon, dipping down to the mid 20s. and as you're packing the bags for the weekend, it's going to be chilly and rain and snow coming down on saturday into sunday. between the weekend and early next week, we could get about 14in of snow for south lake tahoe and up to 26in of snow for twin bridges and kirkwood into the christmas holiday. but if you want something chilly but staying here at home, maybe you're going to the sharks game this evening. temperatures start out in the mid 50s and down to the lower 50s late at night, and then for napa. it's going to be rainy at times this weekend, but all dry for tomorrow. and mike, you're hearing about someone underneath their vehicle. yeah. it turns out it's not the tragedy though. it's in the center divide.

someone is trying to repair their vehicle, trying to prevent a tragedy. be aware. westbound 580 approaching the dublin interchange. somewhere in the area between there and san ramon road. so keep that in mind. not a lot of slowing because the traffic is lighter today. so you're able to go at speed again. it's better to slow down a bit for caution knowing that's there.nd marcus just talked about 680 at mission. we have that on the grid. again different direction, different issue. it's southbound. it is your commute direction. the transition over to mission boulevard, that state route 262. there is a crash. a car went off the roadway. so there is activity there. doesn't sound like the freeway transition is blocked, but it will be a distraction again. heading out of fremont and down in toward milpitas and the fremont funnel right there with mission boulevard in the south bay. we have a little build now for north 101 and 85, slowing across the san mateo bridge. and the look all day this morning, at least from seven till just after noon. the t-third has a bus replacement. keep that in mind. between sunnydale and the marin third station. back to you. thanks, mike. all ready for a

change? next. multiple san jose state women's volleyball players could soon be transferring schools. we have new details after what was a very controversial and tumultuous season. and in washington, a deal to keep the government funded has gone bust. i'll tell you why. coming up. plus, i'm ginger conejero saab. we're live in san francisco at the iconic brown reutlinger house. look at this gorgeous home. we are celebrating the season, as well as talking about how it has preserved victoriana and san francisco history. we'll have more from robert in just a little bit. you want to stay with us? you're watching

have a decidedly different look next season. after a particularly trying year. we're not talking uniforms here. the chronicle reports seven players now entered the transfer portal. that is the most out of all but one other division one school, and it follows the outing of a transgender player, which led to conference blowback. several forfeits and legal action. according to the chronicle, the player at the center of the controversy is now out of eligibility, as is the team captain, brooke slusser, who helped to lead that lawsuit. one source also tells the paper at least four players are looking to transfer into san jose state, while a deal between republicans

and democrats to keep the government funded has gone bust. scott mcgrew you were telling us just yesterday the deal was bloated with special interests and that seems to wreck the deal. yeah, it really did. good morning. we were saying that a continuing resolution to keep the government open is as simple as a couple of words on a cocktail napkin, but instead, the deal they were dealing with, full of spending, good spending, perhaps hurricane relief help for farmers, but spending, it seemed to be the only deal that republican speaker of the house mike johnson could push through. he needs some democratic votes in most cases, because he can't depend on all republicans to vote yes. but elon musk started tweeting about this, and then trump reacted and told republicans to vote no on the deal. musk, any member of the house or senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in two years. he then reposted a picture of himself with a sword, ready to chop the continuing resolution bill in half. media

watchdog ron filipkowski noted the owner of a car company is controlling the house of representatives from a social media app. then trump on social, his own social network, said republicans should only vote for a clean cr. that is a simple kick the can down the road bill that keeps the government funded past the weekend. he also suggested congress just end the existence of the debt ceiling. now, it's not clear johnson can get that passed. it's not clear if johnson can keep his job at this point, but he's stuck in the middle. here's his counterpart in the house minority leader, democrat hakeem jeffries. house republicans have now unilaterally decided to break a bipartisan agreement that they made. house republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and hurt everyday americans all

across this country. other news the federal aviation administration early this morning ordered the grounding of all drones in certain parts of new jersey. this, of course, comes after a rash of reports of strange lights in the sky. authorities say there's no unusual flight activity. people are seeing airplanes, tower beacon lights, in some cases mistaking stars for strange lights. these social media panics tend to come in waves. back in what, 2016? you may have forgotten this. america was gripped by the sightings of creepy clowns. it got so prevalent, someone in the press corps asked the white house about it. did the president have any thoughts about creepy clowns? i don't i don't know that the president has been brieiefed on ts particular situation. this is something that i've i've read about in some of the news coverage. obviously, this is a situation that local law enforcement authorities take quite

seriously, and they should carefully and thoroughly review, you know, perceived threats to the safety of the community. sharks are another one that gets that trend. usually in the summer, the media starts noticing people posting about shark sightings or shark attacks. they consult with experts who say there are no more than usual. that becomes an article. experts deny there's a surge in shark attacks. and marcus, suddenly we have a shark summer. there you have it. all right, well, you know, speaking of summer, we're past that. we're on to christmas, and we are six days away from christmas. believe it or not, have you ever wondered what celebrating christmas was like inside one of those san francisco iconic victorian homes? yeah, you don't have to wonder anymore. today in the bay ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco inside one of those homes. and ginger, you look like you are in a time machine. it really feels like that. this home is just gorgeous, and i've already learned so much that i didn't

know about san francisco history and victoriana. guys, good morning to you. six days until christmas and we definitely feel the holiday spirit. here i am joined by robert pritchard, who is the steward and current homeowner of this iconic home in san francisco, one of the few victorian homes that are kind of part of this holiday tour. and we were chatting. robert, this is really a way to celebrate the holidays. talk about san francisco history and also pay honor or honor the memory of the longtime home owner to this richard reutlinger. yeah, yeah. talk to us about how he really worked his life to preserve. richard started out on a shoestring, and richard worked for 54 years of his life until his passing, restoring the home to what you see today. and look at that restoration. let's take us through this home here. i want to make sure that they in the studio get to see just how how fascinating. every room that has a different theme to it. what's the theme in this room? this is the seashell bedroom.

oh, from the wallpaper. this was a bradbury and bradbury early wallpaper. this shards of this was found in a closet in south dakota. and i looked that up in doing research for this, the bradbury and bradbury, which i was not aware of before, but that is a very specific detail, iconic detail to the nyjah. bruce was a good friend of richard's. amazing. okay, so this is the theme here. i see the dolls that are celebrating christmas. celebrating christmas. they're having their own tea party, their own christmas brunch. let's walk over to the other room because this is fascinating. this is something talk about san francisco history, robert. i mean, you're it's front and center right here. take a look at this bed. so this room was termed the turkish parlor. richard really wanted it to be a stupendous thing. paul dutcher designed the wallpapers in most of the house, and he worked with bruce very closely. so one of the things this bed room set,

this bed has bedrooms is adolf sutro's bedroom. it's a three piece bedroom set. so this used to be right where his house was on the cliff house. right. and then this bench is also from. we also have a bench from the fox theater. richard has always wanted us to focus on san francisco history. so when we're able to purchase something we do, we ask. richard also bought sally stanford's parlor set, which is featured in the ballroom. there's so much robert and i know that we are crunched for time here as we are just on newscast, but you will begin tours tomorrow, a candlelight tour that will start tomorrow if you want to learn more. 430 tomorrow we can also go on the website. yeah, inside the.com. inside the bruin i like it. that's catchy guys, there is so much. every room has something so beautiful and so specific to victoriana and even san francisco history. being aan franciscan, it makes me proud to learn more. got to check out inside the bruin that their website dot com and check out

the tours. we're live in san francisco ginger conejero saab. today in the bay. wow. that attention to detail. yeah, i'm just glad i don't have to take all that down. yeah, i watch a lot of those home improvement shows. i noticed there wasn't a lot of wainscoting or any shiplap in there. no, no, you got to keep it classic for sure. yeah. and we'll be looking for tours and things to do inside for part of the weekend, because there will be some rain coming in. and we are starting out with some fog in some spots. it's not as widespread and not as bad as it was yesterday. we're already starting to see it lifting in concord, but there still may be some dense fog coming through the delta, as well as parts of the north bay. in santa rosa, we're down to about three quarter mile visibility, but yesterday we would have not even been able to see this. the sun rising over the south bay. it is a beautiful start to our thursday morning and we will have a lot of sunshine today. but as cool as it is now, we will gradually see those temperatures climbing throughout the late morning into the afternoon. by 1:00 we're in the

low 60s and headed for the upper 60s. for today it will be 55. in martinez. as we see the fog there may be slow to clear, but in parts of the north bay where we see the sunshine for a lot longer part of the day, we will see highs in the low to mid 60s and about the same tomorrow as well. saturday is when the rain comes back and we can see the storm system that's developing out in the pacific and moving into the portland area that will arrive in t bay area on saturday, off and on throughout the day with scattered showers. but it does look like it's quickly in and out of here before we see the next storm system coming in, but there's not much of a break in between, so we're going to see wave after wave of rain and sierra snow, and it takes a break on wednesday. but thursday, the day after christmas, rain is back and into next weekend. we could see some decent amounts of rainfall next week, with the possibility of the nor bay from 1 to 2, possibly even three inches of rainfall. but it could

be a lot less for the peninsula down to the south bay as well as the tri-valley. so we'll be watching. all of that could be a soggy christmas eve, but christmas day it's clearing out and staying cool. mike, you have a few delays you're tracking and some of them are lighter, like the bay bridge backup. it's moving right now. lighter volume expected for morning commutes throughout the end of the year. same thing over the richmond bridge. but here's your pattern you expect. contra costa county, that fog will present an issue especially for highway four, but no major problems reported by chp. here are a couple of crashes. south 680 at mission. the transition. there's activity there from a car that went off the roadway and north 101 at ellis mountain view slows for a crash blocking multiple lanes right now in your northbound commute. back to you. thank you. mike. happening now, the chance to ask peninsula leaders about the response to the tsunami warning issued two weeks ago. members of san mateo county's emergency management department are leading a town hall meeting tonight in half moon bay. the warning, triggered after a 7.0 earthquake off the coast of

humboldt county. tonight's meeting will focus on ways they can increase preparedness for any future incidents. it starts at 6:00 tonight at the mavericks house on broadway. and we're back in jusminutes with a look at the top stories this morning, including the man accused of killing united health care ceo facing a judge this morning. we're going to break down the all new developments playing out in court. plus, amazon workers on strike from coast to coast. the impact this could have on your holiday

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welcome back. we are moving you forward with a look at our top stories this morning. we do start with breaking news, as teamsters are organizing strikes at a string of amazon warehouses, including one in the

bay area. this is a live look at that warehouse in san francisco, south of potrero hill. workers hitting the picket lines just about an hour ago. the strike threat covers what's now believed to be nine warehouses across the country. we are also covering the upcoming court date for luigi mangione, the man who is accused of killing the united health care ceo, brian thompson. he is apparently going to consider extradition to new york, though just last week, his attorneys said that they would be fighting it. well, today, state regulators, they are scheduled to vote on pg&e latest proposed rate hike. there we go. rate hike monthly household rates by an average of more than $4 per month. it follows four previous rate hikes this year alone. this hike will not appear on customer's bill until 2026. also, breaking news. just coming

into our newsroom, an appeals court has removed prosecutor fani willis from georgia election case. this is against trump. we will have a full update for you coming up during our 8 a.m. streaming newscast. all right. the big weather story and traffic story is the fog that you might encounter as you leave the house. yeah. and that's going to today. it looks like it clears up a little bit more quickly. so temperatures will be slightly warmer. our next round of rain comes in on saturday. and not foggy necessarily in mountain view, but this crash has been called an alert now by chp because three lanes of northbound 101 are blocked just about ellis street. that's just north of where 237 and 101 come together. you see the slowing despite lighter traffic. all right. thank you. mike. well, that's what's happening here on today in the bay. keep it right here. because today show is coming up. that's right. and at 8:00 will be streaming over on roku and your other streaming platforms. we're going to talk about more. another power hike for pg&e, potentially. here we go. all right. have a good morning. we'll see