closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc right now dozens of san jose officers have surrounded a neighborhood looking for an armed suspect. karina rusk joins us live near the scene at easy street and el cajon drive. >> reporter: i can tell you this is an evolving situation. i have just now been handed a picture of the suspect so i'm going to zoom in. this is a picture we just go this picture. san jose police are in pursuit of this person. he has left this scene in a car northbound on monterey

road. let me tell you what happened here and then tell you what led up to it. police surrounded this neighborhood in south san jose easy street el cajon drive, and they had a suspect carjacking suspect from milpitas. milpitas police called san jose pd said they were in pursuit they needed help. san jose police came on to the scene they had k-9 units doing a house-to-house search, in search of jared brown who they believe had a handgun. he was hiding somewhere in this area. just a few moments ago, he sped off in a car. he broke the perimeter and took off. that is where we are right now. milpitas police told me the carjacking suspect they couldn't tell me when this

carjacking initially occurred. they did spot the suspect in milpitas 8:30 this morning that is when they went in pursuit and san jose police came. what we have is a perimeter in this neighborhood with a lot of officers, k-9 units still here. right now, the search is active on monterey road in pursuit of the this suspect brown. we will have more in our later newscast. karina rusk, abc7 news. san francisco's mayor is joining the chorus of calls for investigation into the power outages last night during the nationally televised football game between the 49ers and steelers. amy hollyfield joins us with more. >> reporter: a lot of pressure from the 49ers to make sure this never happens again. crews were here at the ballpark until 3:30 this

morning trying to figure out what happened. teams of people from pg&e, the park and rec department and candlestick parks people were all out here they still don't know what happened, why the power went out. we have video of something they are probably looking into. look at the lower bottom half of your screen. you will see what appears to be a transformer blowing you see a flash outside the stadium an nfl security chief saw it and some fans saw it. pg&e says it still doesn't know dent know what caused the two outages, 30 minutes -- minutes before the game started and a 20 minute one during the second quarter. the team want as sure republicanses this will not happen during the -- wants assurances this will not happen during the playoff game scheduled this month. >> there were fireworks on the corner of the lot. then we saw a big flash on the

hillside and the lights went off. i thought that flash originally was some of the fireworks. we didn't see anything other than the flash on the hillside. >> power goes off and mechanical stuff wears out and it is just unfortunate. those things happen. >> it could be any number of things. it could be equipment owned by pg&e or it could be equipment owned by candlestick. that's what we are investigating. >> reporter: there were some trust straighted fans left night who left and some players who said they didn't appreciate it. they made it made it hard to stay warm and focused. the 49ers did win the game so they can't complain too much. mayor lee has order add investigation. he and the fire chief will be briefing reporters this hour on what they know now. the 49ers who are tenants here

say this has got to get worked out in time for the playoffs game next month. they don't know what time that game is yet, even if it is an afternoon game they still need power for the scoreboard, concession stand, number of things. they say this has got to get figured out asap. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. pg&e now saying if you don't want a smart meter, you don't have to have one but opting out is going to cost you. the change of heart comes after two years of wrangling with customers. the new proposal comes with the a price some customers say it is a bad deal. >> does that make sense to you? >> no. >> why? >> rip-off either way. >> i'm paying for their technology upgrade. >> to opt-out you would pay a $90 upfront fee then $15 a month for a total of $270 a year. pg&e says the fees are necessary to pay for

maintaining the analog meters. 85,000 have signed up for an opt-out. the public utilities commission must sign off on the deal their decision is expected early next month. tonight the oakland city council will consider a resolution giving police the green height to use every legal tool they have to stop -- green light to use every legal tool they have to stop future -- waterfront operations lost between four and eight million dollars. during previous protests police were nonconfrontational allowing protesters to block the port entrances. city leaders say they've been flooded with complaints from hundreds who were prevented from earning a paycheck. another blow to americans hoping their paychecks won't shrink house republicans have just voted down president obama's plan to extend payroll tax cuts and

demanding immediate talks on their own plan. terry mcsweeney joins us from the newsroom. >> reporter: four minutes ago president obama addressed the situation saying the two month -- [ unintelligible ] a lot of things happened, 160 working americans will have smaller paychecks benefits end for two million who can't find work and 48 million seniors could be impacted by cuts to medicare all of these programs now are in limbo. house republicans have turned didn't a two month extension of the two month payroll tax cut extension saying they want the cut expended for a year. democrats say the blame lieses with members of the tea party who are not interested in any tax cut for the middle class. >> their focus has been on tax cuts for the wealthiest people in our country those wealthy people want a tax cut for the

middle class. >> reporter: the payroll tax cut means $1,000 per year for the average family. the senate approved the two month extension measure, 89-10 saturday. efforts to find a compromise that would have extended the cuts a year never materialized. now house republicans who initially opposed any extension of the payroll tax say any extension mut be for one year. they also say democrats are to blame for the stand off. >> today we will appoint a conference committee which since the dawn of the republic is how you work out differences between the house and senate. so far, leader pelosi, leader reid said they won't negotiate, our way or the highway. >> reporter: house republicans say they won't approve a payroll tax extension until senate leaders rework the bill. harry reid says he won't rework anything until the house approves the bill. senators have gone home for the holidays.

terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. the senate debate is not having affect on wall street stocks surging above 12,000. right now you can see the dow is up 305 points. helped by the fact new data shows new construction of houses rose 9.3% in november. just ahead, more than 100 hours of nonstop christmas shopping? retailer keeping its doors open. a look at the transfer of power in north korea following the death of kim jong il. thousands of parents and young children line-up for toys at a san francisco charity.

china is extending an invitation for kim jong un to visit putting its seal of approval on the young successor. his father's body is lying in state. the country begins 11 days of mourning. north korea says it will not accept foreign delegation as tempting to extend condolences. entertainment will be forbidden during the morning forbidden during the morningh former ambassador says the world has not seen a transition of power like this. >> kim jong il has spent less than a year groomi#j:ú2rrj son kim jong un for the succession. so in addition to the fact that we don't know much about

kim jong un, i don't think the north korean people know much about him either. >> two trusted family members and political powerbrokers will be the son's main protector his paternal aunt and husband. toys "r" us stores nationwide are open for business and will stay that way until 10 p.m. on christmas eve. that will be 112 straight hours of nonstop shopping. at least nonstop selling this is the second year the toy giant has done this. the flagship store in new york's time square has been open since 6 a.m. last friday. more than a dozen sees staying open continuously starting tomorrow, none in the bay area. target extending store hours dramaticky -- dramatically. right now some are trying to catch their breath after a busy morning. they spent the last few hours making sure thousands of

san francisco children have a gift to open. katie marzullo join us from glide with more. >> reporter: the families have come and gone but the line was long. as you can see glide memorial church was prepared. they set up metal barricades around the building to keep things organized. the give away began 9:00 this morning the first family in line arrived yesterday afternoon at 4:00. take a hook at that behind. as far as the kids are -- take a look at that line. as far as the kids are concerned this is as good as it gets. they hoped for choates, bikes, sporting equipment, games, -- for clothes, bikes, sporting equipment, games. the real little ones don't understand but you better believe the families and organizers here at glide do. >> we know the economy has hit everybody. we anticipate there will be more people in behind for toys this year as there were more

people in line for food bags. >> i think this is to be with our families not that many presents because my mom can't afford it. with bills and everything. ñqvç0orter: we talked with that young man's mother she has three kids and works in the hotels, but there is not enough work to go around. charles schwab partnered with glide on this they helped provide some of the toys individuals also made donations to make it possible for glide to give away 8,000 toys this morning. though the line was long organizers felt confident that no child left empty-handed tonight that is the great news. what is next for glide? they have a christmas eve lunch, then christmas day dinner. katie marzullo, abc7 news. they can always use donations. let's look outside. i see a few clouds.

i don't see rain mike. -- >> no, somebody might be charitable to give us rain maybe snow. warmer than average afternoons a lot of fog out there. hanukkah is about to begin. you can see the lighting of a 22 foot minute . the big -- menorah. >>

in just a few hours hanukkah against. today marks the first day of hanukkah or the jewish festival of lights this is video from last year's lighting of a 22 foot menorah in union square. tonight's lighting is at 5 p.m. hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the temple in jerusalem after syrians were chased out. it teaches a candelabra burned for eight days with only one day's worth of oil. we are just wondering what the weather is going to be like for the holiday season. >> you need to shop, hard to buy sweaters and heavy coats and gloves when it is in the 60s but that's what we'll have. snow shovels are probably not

doing well either. just going to be terrible you open your presents see the skis where are you going to use them? you have to go somewhere else. it is pretty hazy this morning. southbound from mount tamalpais towards mount sutro in san francisco, one other look, doesn't it look disgusting a little all that pollution hanging in the air over in the east bay valleys. some of that is tule fog mixing together kind of looks like a spare the air day but it is not. from the top down 23,000 miles out you can see the tule fog moving into the central valley thanks to north northeasterly wind chasing most of the clouds away high clouds right now should be out of here in the next couple of hours leaving us with a lot of sunshine this afternoon check out where the fog is thickest upper third piece fairfield concord antioch santa rosa 48 everybody else else in the low to mid 50s 59 at half moon bay

-- monterey bay inland we cleared out for the most part low to mid 50s. we have dry air over top of us that combined with the sunshine makes for mild temperatures today also kind of cold overnight is what we will -- which is what we will have tonight. winter begins tomorrow 9:30 in the evening. best chance of rain is not until the 4th or 5th of next year. compared to average here are some of the temperatures this morning. notice how much colder we are on average. santa rosa started out 9° cooler than average when you make it to 66, 10° warmer most of us cooler than average because of the dry, still air in the nighttime warmer than average during the afternoon. upper 50s to low 60s in the east bay valley today, pretty much the same along the east bay shore. as we head into the south bay, low 60s for all your neighborhoods up the peninsula low 60s, 59 millbrae upper

fives long the coast into downtown and south san francisco through the north bay valleys low to mid 60s, novato. some of the warmer areas mid to upper 50s at your beaches around the monterey bay low to mid 60s inland low 60s. around the state tule fog keeping sacramento and fresno in the upper 50s. mid to upper 40s around tahoe appear yosemite mid 60s in southern california. tonight -- low to mid 30s north bay and east bay valleys could get to 29 in napa mid to upper 30s most of the bay shore 40 san mateo oakland 43 san francisco high pressure keeping systems to our north and south. until they move it is going to be dry once again. minor tweaks in the cloud cover maybe a degree or two here for the most part along the coast mid to upper 50s around the bay low to mid 60s inland upper 50s to low 60s the all the way through

sunday. -- for the first name history this february super bowl will be streamed online and to mobile phones. the game will be available on the nfl's website and through verizon's nfl mobile app also additional camera angles, game highlights and live statistics itch the game is the big owes television -- event of the year last year's match-up due a record u.s. audience of 111 million viewers. super bowl february 5th in indianapolis. tonight lottery players have a chance to make their holidays more merry. the mega millions jackpot has grown to 152 million dollars. with an estimated cash option of more than 113 million. mega millions is a multi-state game played in california and 41 other states. tonight's draw is at 8 p.m.. you have the numbers? >> i think the crew is

waiting. they say they won't be here tomorrow if they win. next, parting ways. what dancing with the stars chaz bono is saying about

later today michael finney will show toys you might like as much as the kids do and they are not outrageously expensive.

are some job ads discriminating? the action a state lawmaker wants to take. those stories and more today. no honeymoon for "dancing with the stars" chaz bono and his longtime girlfriend. >> pair called off their two year engagement. he said we remain on good terms and have nothing but respect and affection for each other.