it could be because of storm tonight. so i'm really sad. >> frustration you and down new england as hundreds of flights are cancelled leaving passengers waiting for hours. this is new york central park where white christmas came a daylight. j.f.k. and newark are closed through tomorrow morning. mayor of philadelphia declared a snow emergency. good evening. i'm alan wang. bad weather is having a huge

impa right here in the y area. john alston is at san francisco international airport where a lot of people are going noere. >> the hits keep coming at sfo. east coast flights scheduled to leave this afternoon and at 11:00 tonight have been cancelled on account of the weather. the day of christmas is usually very heavy travel day, especially when it falls on a sunday. it got off to a frustrating start in the bay area hoping to get a direct flight to washington and atlanta. here at sfo, american airlines has cancelled six flights. virgin, four, uned 11. delta about half dozen. that is just a fraction of the hundreds of flights cancelled nationwide. one the travelers caught up in this mess is a berkeley student which was hoping for a quick east coast vacation. >> i was going to fly into

new york for vacation but my flight got cancell e of bad weather. so i got a refund and i'm waiting to see what is next. >> basical we've had a lot of cancellations to and from the east coast and that will continue. >> what is the situation with passengers the ones that are waiting for flights? >> i would say the airlines are doing their best to make them comfortable. we have concessionshat are open 24 hours a day. we are doing our best with what we've got. >> if there is a sill are very lining, most airlines are waiving the one time fee to change flight plans, but they are asking passengers to do it online. storm hasn't had any impact on oakland and same for san jose. san jose was expecting one flight from boston and one flight from new york tonight and those flights would have turned around but both of tho flights have been caelled. here at sfo, the boards are showing flights to new york scheduled for early tomorrow morning, but a lot of airlines

are pecting a late start. now let's look closer at the blizzard back east with lisa argen. >> here is a look at radar. you'll notice much of the white is all in the eastern seaboard. we have intense area of low pressure in the atlantic and continues to move up the coast. as it does it is picking up th warm moisture and cooler air spreading the snow as far as south as alabama. they have 11 inches of snow in carolinas and virginia and north carolina getting the hardest hit. the storm is continuing to sleight slide up to the north and east. heaviest snow, tonight through tomorr but blizzard conditions in new york city and in new jersey with over a foot expected through boston. temperatures torrow will be in the upper 20s to near 30s for d.c. it's dry in the middlef the country and a new storm system will take aim on our neck of the

woods. we'll have a break tomorrow. i'll tell you what to expect for our weather comin up a little later. back here, shoppers were able to returno the malls today to take advante of those active sal. you can see it was packed with shoppers. economists say it's a good sign that the economy is recovering. tomas has more from hillsdale mall in san mateo. >> if u are looking for deals on clothing, jewelry or toys, todais the day retailers are offering more for ur money. mary is hoping it's a rule and not the exceptio >> i realize that i spent a little more. more parties and more spending and more projects. things are feeling better this year. >> after christmas sales account for a large portion of many retailers' income.

he believes sales are a little slack. >> the national retail federation they expect $451 billion in the holiday season ending decemr 31, a more than 3% irease. according to an econost of golden gate university, the figures may be low. >> they are spending 5.5% more. so it's been a stronger holiday season than really anyone predicted. san francis union square area, some shoppers say they are spending as much or a little more than they did last year. >> concerned about the economy, but you know, we're having good sales and if you can buy now and save later. >> it's an indicator how people feel about theconomy. the professor says if consumers

feel good about spending an economic recovery could be on the horizon. >> when they are spending more money, there is more jobs, when unemployment numbers improve, people feel more confident. it's good for the economy to see people spenng money. >> and the also say the discounts retairs aren't as steep as they were last year. that maye an indication they are looking at much better sales projectis in hopes to make better profit next year. and eight americans ha been killed in a tour bus crash in egypt. officials say three tour buses were traveling together in southern egypt around dawn when the middle bus crashed into a parked dump trk loaded with sand. six women and two men were killed. 19 other americans, egyptian driver and a tour guide were injure >> there are two cases admitted in the icu, both cases have been managed and we are in stable.

they are fully conscious and no problems for them. we are waiting to complete our investation. 87-yeaold man from san francio was taken to the hospital after suffering minor injuries. he is retired federal agent. his wife, a retired profsor is okay. it looks like the full body scanners and thorough pat-downs are here to stay for a while. that is according to homeland security secretarjanet napotano who made the remarks in a television interview today. she was asked if tsa will change its procedures becau of the complain. >> not in the foreseeae future. we are looking to improve systems, but the new technology, the pat-wns, just object i feel safer for our traveling public. >> she dismissed news repos about tests in which guns and knives made it past screeners.

many of those airports were high failure rates are very old and the new procedures and new machinery have improved safety a great deal. ba area arrests for driving under the influence are up slightly this season compared with last year. california highway patrol said police made 40 d.w.i arrests between december 24 and yestery. good news, there have been no fatalities during the holiday enforcement period so far. it was also true last year. some 258 d.u.i arrests have been made statewide. >> up next, a marijuana dispensary gs up in flames. also, dry-cleang goes green but can it get your clothes clean? and how to [ olr brother ] hey, that's the last crescent. younger brother ] oh, do you want it? yeah. okwe'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light...

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we hope you enjoyed goi outside and playing. you better enjoy it while you can. >> we had a nice break, some light showers and we're not talking about any rain tomorrow but more is on the way, tuesday and wednesday. much colder system and a lot of wind. live look from the roof came this evening, things are quiet but live doppl 7 hd is picking up rain north and sout, west of the golden gate. very lig returns and go in a little bit closer in the north bay bu we are looking at heavier spell east of santa rosa. around yountville, we are looking at rain and these light showers will continue to rotate in i think past 8:00, things will start to settle down. light showers, santa rosa, yountville and headininto the

sacramento valley. look for a nice break. it's 56 in city as well as fremont and san jose. with a little more sunshine, pretty decent day, lingerin showers around 8:00. we will have fog especially in the rth and east bay valleys. partly cloudy skies and wet and cold weather coming our way tuesday and wednesday. even into thursday, blustery winds, upp 60s in napa. palo alto, san jose, 40 in morgan hill. weak storm system ing through the northern portion of the state. that is allowing for the showers to squeeze out a couple hundredths here anthere. tomorrow we'll wake up to a lot of cloud cover due to the wet ground and cooling. so after the fog burns off, this weak high pressures in between the storm systems and this next systems dropping south and bringing rain, maybe half an

inch or more through thursy. 39 in tahoe. good time to do that. 67 in los angeles tomorrow. we're quiet after about 7:00 or 7:00 tonight. you'll notice the cloud cover through tomorrow, spinning out a bit for partly cloudy skies. then by tuesday morning, rain heading into sonoma and marin and about noontime, here we are heading into the east bay. then sweeping to the south and east all throughout tuesday afternoon, heavier showers in the santa cruz mountains tuesday night overnight. then into wednesday morning, but much colder r. santa cruz mountains and mount hamilton may could see a dusting at the higher elevations. we will be looking for the wettest locks in the santa cruz mountains, incand a half potential there with to three-quarrs of an inch in the only hills. 57 for a dry nephew in fremont.

down by e monterey bay, upper 50s for gilroy. accu-weather sev-day forecast, tomorrow no rain. then the rain moves in midday tuesday, really moves out on wednesday. that is when we're going to get cold showers, the wind and maybe freezing temperatures into new year's eve. >> okay, we will see. on to rick in for shu. that was ugly sne on the 49er sideline today. >> things wi probably get uglier. 5-9 49ers still have a chance to make the playoffs if they could beat st. louis today. al davis. win baby. san francio got off to a terrible start already down 7-0, smith can't handle the snap. they would retake the lead, he takes this and makes the kicker miss. he takes it to the house, 78

yards for a touchdown and th cuts the lead to 12. late in the second on third and 12, smith delivers a strike to the middle to miael crabtree. she gone. san francisco led at the half 14-12. but the fall of troy begin. this is picked off by former stanford star. following that play, singletary and smith got into a heated argument on the sidelines. coach would later bench him. after the ra got a field goal, and robinson stlouis on top 22-14. alex smith, he loses the football and they recover. 49ers are offially eliminated from the playoffs. it does appear the and is

near for mike siletary. york says he would not commit to him aching the final game against arizo. york says they will hire a general manager and that, quote, money is no object. >> raiders were only playing for pride becauskansas city was eliminating oakland from the playoffs. if they could beat the colts they would avoid the first losing season since 2002. oakland got off to a great start. rookie goeall the way, 99 yards. his thir kickf return this seasona club record. down 10-7. they pull even as he dris a 59-yd field goal. one of four he had today. peyton manning finds him, 18 yards with the score. colts led 17-13 at intermison. in the third, manning hits blair

white. manning threw for three touchdowns. in the fourth, raiders try to mount a comeback. jason campbell to miller, but this would not get the ball back on third and 2. and he is a naked bootleg, colts win by the score of 31-26. oakland falls to 7-8. as we expected to make the playoffs and we didn't reach our goal. >> hardest thing about this season is losing a lo of close games and then winning a lot of big games but not being able to finish some of those close games. >> we are disappointed because we wanted to be a chance to be a playoff team. so our goals have to change for the last week. we'll talk about those things tomorrow and we'll move forward. >> here is how the chief's ga

went down. he finds him. thanks so san diego's lot to cincinna, chief's get a victory. >> so no timetae for singletary's departure but they do want to hire a general manager rst. >> thanks a lot, rick. >> and the fockers are back but the critics weren't too happy about it. we'll tell you why coming up.

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fockers drew the most. it came in number one at the box office with $34 million despite bad reviews. this is a big weekend for the brothers, true grit came in wit $25 million. this was the best opening weekend out of all the movies they directed. rounding out the top three, tron legacy, it took in $21 million. and quanza is being celebrated. it's running through january 1st. the name is swahili word meaning the first fruits of the harvest. it's designed to highlht the principles of unity and self-determination and recognizes the cultural roots of all people of african-america descent. that is it for "abc 7 news." we're going leave you with a live picture from new york's

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