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gloomy skies all around. cloudy, gray and in some places already soggy. >> let's get to emily turner who has been tracking the latest storm. >> this is just the beginning. compared to what we are going to see this evening, this is nothing. although taking a live look at our high def doppler, can you see where the storm is right now, a lot of this in the north bay zooming in a little bit closer, can you see it's right around santa rosa. mostly getting close to the richmond, san rafael bridge as well. we are going to take you a closer look there. pelt alum a also taking quite a beating. and parts of the peninsula as well as the city has a few showers at the moment making their way on shore. there is a wind advisory in effect that starts at 1:00 and it is gusty along the coast as well as in the hills but it will be breezy for all of us, we are going to keep an eye on those wind speeds some again taking a live look at the showers moving through that will increase since the after
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than, i will time that out later in the show, guys. >> emily, thank you. happening now pg&e stock something tanking again down percent after a 22% drop yesterday. the tail spin come was mid possible bankruptcy talk, the company could be on the hook for $30 billion in wildfire liabilities, investigators are looking into whether pg&e equipment. the 49ers are taking a financial hit. but as kpix kit dole, in fact the 9ers believe the event was a success. >> the 49ers went into the college football championship know they would be be running it at a multi- they say it was money well spent. >> 49ers president says the team did not take any public money and that they are covering the shortfall of
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roughly $1llion th by oiso ine long me. >>n it great? maybe not. that does not mean the game won't be a success from a financial perspective i comes o which did the right thing investing in the community. >> the stadium was filled with a raucous crowd, they filled hotel rooms and restaurants, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local teachers. >> and then there are the intangibles like putting levi stadium and the south by on the national stage on espn last night. he sent the text message to charles burg basically saying, you're welcome. >> i hope you enjoyed your 8 hourof espn coverage with the back drop of your stadium. >> trying to get a world cup
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game in 2026. the dream would an super bowl at leaf eye's with the 49ers at home. >> there will be full transparency, filing all the paperwork and the public will be able to see all those final numbers in the days and weeks ahead. we are following breaking news this afternoon out of london's busy heathrow airport, flight departures came to a screeching halt after a drone was spotted, the all clear was given a little over an hour to resume flights coming less than a month after a similar situation just outside of london. flight were suspended december 20th when two drones were spotted over its air field. the delay caused a mess just days before christmas. in just a few hours president trump will address the nation on day 18 of the partial government shutdown, funding for the border wall keeping him and democrats at odds. nicole killian where the
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president goes from here >> kenny, the white house has been tight lipped about what the president will say tonight. emphasized that the border is an issue that affects us all. president trump will address the nation tonight to say why he believes the u.s. needs a wall along the southern border. >> the president will take his case directly to the american people about the crisis on our southern border. >> the president has been making the argument the wall is needed for national security. democrats say, that's not true. >> the fact of the matter is that the number of apprehensions, the number of my garages crossing the border is way down over the last few years, not emergency of that nature. >> democrats will deliver a rebuttal tonight and say if the president's past statements are any indication his remarks are of malice and miss
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information. he will consider declaring a national number which could allow him lde wall >> we would challenge it every single way that we could, in congress, in the courts and otherwise. >> the standoff over spending $5.7 billion to build the wall has pushed the partial government shutdown into day 18 with both sides blaming each other. >> the democrats refuse to negotiate until the president reopens the government. >> and president trump says he won't bend on the issue either. i asked kellyanne conway when the president will meet again with lawmakers, she says he is ready at anytime. at the white house. you can watch the president's address right here on kpix 5 starting at 6:00 p.m. new at noon, libby shaft.
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ndesthe mayor and her staff members are volunteering in different community centers to provide relief for the homeless. >> in a city, a region, a state, a nation as wealthy as ours, no one should be without the basic human necessities of foot and shielder. it's about rethinking the systems so we don't see these levels of homelessness in the future. >> shaft was sworn in yesterday at her inauguration in oakland city hall. she is the city's first mayor to be reelected for a second term since jerry brown was reelected in early 2000s. governor gavin newsom proposing expansion of the state healthcare program to cover undocumented young i can't you it is. right now they can get state medicaid coverage or medical through age 19. raising the age limit to 26. and state lawmakers are pushing
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to offer med i cal coverage to all undocumented immigrants in california. take a look at the damage caused when a massive treetop he willed over on highway 13 in oakland. chp oakland posted these photos on social media, officers say the fallen tree caused 3 separate accidents near park boulevard. you can see the weres slammed through the vehicles of crushing the glass into tiny hards no, one was seriously hurt. major developments in the investigation into the murder of a uc berkeley grad killed while camping with his two young daughters. 42-year-old has been charged in the murder of 35-year-old at malibu creek state park last june, he gunned down the uc berkeley grad in the tent he was sharing with his 2 and 4- year-old daughters. he is also responsible for a rash of shooting at the park since 2016. >> kind of assumed they were aiming for my head.
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>> my boyfriend walked around, that is a bullet hole. okay, it is, right? >> during a court appearance yesterday, his bail was set at $1.1 billion, due back in court later this month. a tennessee woman serving a life sentence for murder will get her freedom filing a high profile campaign for clem answer, the case drew national attention with the support of celebrities. >> during her nearly 15 years behind bars, brown pleaded for forgiveness. >> do you pray you show me mercy and give me a second chance. >> governor bill haslam responded commuting brown's life sentence. houston gordon is one of brown's attorneys. >> to see the absolute joy flowing from her and then to see her give the glory to her maker was all to me. >> do you understand why you're here? >> in this 2011 documentary
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brown recalled an encounter when she was 16 years old and a victim of human trafficking. she was forced to sell her body by a pitch named cut thro. aln a 43-year-oeal teagt picked she says, allen agreed to pay her 150-dollar with the intent to have sex and drove her to his home. >> just grabbed me like in between my legs, he grabbed real hard and he just gave me this look, he rolls over and reaches like he is reaching to the side of the bed, is he not going to hit me, he is going to get a gun. >> what did you do. >> i grabbed the gun and i shot him. >> allen's family and friends joined prosecutors in pushing back on brown's argument. >> she shot allen in self defense. >> there was a quilt and a pillow downstairs on his sofa that leads me to believe he may have offered her a safe place to sleep that night.
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>> brown drew support from criminal justice reoral advocates and celebrities, many expressing reactions on social media. without governor haslam's commutation brown would not be eligible for parole until she rnyears old. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. the fight to save sears, the last ditch effort to brick it back from the brink of bankruptcy. plus, the best jobs of 2019 in case you're looking for that big career change.
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just when all seemed to be lost, a glimpse of hope for embattled retailer sears, kpix 5 anne makevec. >> there are about 500 sears stores still operating acro the u.s. including this one here. but it looks like most, if not all of them could be closing. >> i always shopped here, bought all of my appliances here. >> sears customers are mourning the decline of what was once an iconic retailer. >> anything i need i would come, you will see i won't come anymore if this close. >> parent company sears holdings which filed for bankruptcy in october is now considering a revised bid from the hedge fund run by its chairman and former ceo, it could keep 425 sears stores open, but sears has to accept
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that $4.4 billion bid which is now part of an auction running through january 14th. sears has suffered from declining mall traffic and a failure to generate enough online sales which some of its loyal customers reject. >> the a lot of people stealing packages, whether they know or know what is going to happen. >> right now sears employees 50,000 people. they've been in business for 126 years, in san bruno, anne makevec. amazon became the most valuable public company in the united states, the first time the company has held that top position. amazon ended trading yesterday with a market capitalization of $797 billion. it passed microsoft which ended with a value of $784 billion. microsoft had held the top spot since november after beating out apple.
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apple finished at number 4 yesterday with $702 billion after some recent market turbulence. let's take a look at the big board right now. check out the dow, it is up right now about 250 points. stocks are higher as industrial et coanies see gains. u.s. news and world report is out with its 2019 listcludin future job prospects, stress level and work/life balance. software developer, and that's followed by statistician, physician assistant and dentist. the median salary for software developer is $104,000. increasing by nearly third by 2026. weather forecasters,. >> i don't know with that falls on the list. >> how could that not be number one? number one in my book because we have a lot to talk about today, taking a look at our
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high def doppler. there is quite a bit toward the north bay. this is not the soaking rain we saw son sunday, there are sprinkles out there, you will see on your windshield, you will went to have your umbrella out just in case a storm around san jose moving through the south by, not huge rain totals but certainly enough to make, you know, makes you want to have your umbrella. taking a live look out here from our sales force tower, low hanging clouds dropping the sprinkles. in savopoulos 55 agrees. -- san francisco 55 degrees. 53 in livermore. circulating around this low pressure system, it's all circulating and this right now interestingly enough is actually moving from south to north, opposite our normal winter weather pattern changing this low pressure system bringing the bigger amount of rain. here is how it times out cloudy and a few sprinkles now. going into the late evening hours or later evening hours is
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when the big bond of rain is going to move through, a soggy evening for us, that is going to change into some sprinkles, by wednesday, same thing showers on and off before thursday thanks start to clear up, get to see the sunshine a little bit, but don't hold on to it for long, that is going to change. rainfall totals about .25-inch up to over an inch in the north by. in the mountains we'll see the vast majority of that rain here, meaning snow in the sierra up to 2 feet of snow in those higher peaks meaning potential travel delay there as well. wind and rain picking up late today, few showers on wednesday before we get that break in wet weather returns. high temperatures today a mix of the 50s and 60s no matter where you are, sunset tonight 5:07. sunrise 7:25. looking at our seven day forecast, you can see that wind and rain kicking in late today before we have showers tomorrow, the break on thursday
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before round number 2 rolls through on friday. keeping us wet for the weekend. >> i need to remember to put my umbrella in the trunk, i always forget. >> the last couple months. >> i need to remember to take my lights down from outside. you still need to. >> i will remind you. >> thank you. still ahead, near death and his family was getting ready to say their good buys. >> i said hi dad. he like smiled at me. >> coming up, meet the miracle man and find out how he surprised everyone.
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a nebraska man on the verbal of death just made a stunning recovery after being take be be off of life support. >> introducing us to the miracle man. >> scott mar is cooking eggs as part of his rehab to help his brain recover. >> i have a gas stove. much better than this. >> in december, the nebraska man suffered what doctors thought was a major stroke that left swelling in his brain. >> we thought this wasn't a recovery process. >> his children were told to say goodbyes, after taking him
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off the ntil sometng tolk to da he smiled at me. and i have literally thought i was dreaming. it was the craziest note after. >> it was such a shock, his family nicknamed him miracle man. had he a rare condition that causes the brain to swell. during the two days he was unconscious, mar remembered seeing his dad that died two years ago. >> he was like get the out of here, there is no work here, there is no work to see. when i my mind which is a way of saying we're not ready for you yet, boy. >> now he is out of the hospital getting ready to get back to full strength. mars says he credits his faith for his recovery. >> he hopes his near death experience brings comfort tooarts, we'll be right back after this.
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day. not right out there right now. a few showers off the coast. santa rosa looks like it's having showers. showers moving through the south bay and peninsula, the evening hours, especially the late evening hours it is going to an wet mess out there. >> all right. >> everyone stay safe. try and stay dry. >> michelle says she is going to try to get her umbrella into the car. hope you have yours this afternoon, it is going to an rainy wet one, have a good day.
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>> taylor: morning. so, did it happen? it must have by now. >> steffy: i don't know. liam knows i'm waiting to hear. maybe catalina lost cell service from the storm. >> taylor: oh, i know they've had a lot of trees knocked down. >> steffy: or maybe hope's one of those unlucky moms, where her contractions start and stop over and over again. >> taylor: oh, whatever it is, it'll all be forgotten when they bring that little baby home. >> steffy: starting to feel real. i still hope we can find a way to be one big family. >> taylor: yeah, me too. never had much of a family feeling for brooke. but, then again, a child can heal everything.
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