live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. >> we don't want your war. >> reporter: a national day for action. at least 40 protestscrstos s an. >> san jose police opened fire on a suspect at a gas station. the tense confrontation that led to the shooting. plus, police stepping up patrols around places of worship this weekend after vandals target one of the oldest african-american churches in the bay area. thank you so much for joining us on the special edition of kpix5 news at 4:00. we begin with large protests here in the bay area and around the country. >> kpix5's reporter is in san

francisco, one of the larger gatherings against the airstrike. >> reporter: a demonstration march in the streets of san francisco ended here at the u.n. plaza. they say the u.s. cannot afford another war. it was passionate. colorful. hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown san francisco to solidify their demand. >>repoer: ey y th stop war. ve rnment should spend money on domestic issues, not on international affairs. >> look at our streets in san francisco. we have to do something about our interior. >> we can't afford to feed and give healthcare and house our own people. how can we afford to go overseas? >> reporter: some demonstrators say president donald trump is using the iranian airstrike as

a distraction. >> he's using this whole warmongering approach to what he is doing, to smokescreen his impeachment. >> reporter: they believe are marching together, their opposition will pressure lawmakers to stop anymore military option in iran. >> you can't stay home, come out and fight. >> trump pants out now. >> reporter: parts of mission and mark streets were blocked out. overall, it was a very peaceful protest. >> more protests were held in other major cities from san jose to chicago to washington, dc. more than 70 demonstrations from coast-to-coast. there were also major protests in baghdad with thousands chanting america is the great satan. some of the demonstrators burned american flags, and vowed to avenge the death of the military leader.

the trump administration insists the first strike was critically important. >> the american people can no that the decision that president trump made to take qassem soleimani down saved american lives. >> while a number of republicans applauded the decision, democrats say congress should have been alerted. back ithe bay area, a man that tried to ignite a gas pump in san jose was shot and wounded. it happened at the arco gas station on granby road. not far from the east ridge mall. the violent confrontation lasted just 10 minutes. our reporter has the details. >> reporter: a male had driven away with the pump still attached to his vehicle. he has since returned, but now he has a lighter in his hand. i don't know what he's going to do with the lighter. >> the initial 911 call came in around 7:15 a.m. it appears the suspect may have been causing trouble for nearly a half hour before the first officer arrived. >> that mail has been there for 30 minutes picking the pump up

with a lighter. try according to the police radio traffic, officers tried to talk to the suspect to get him to stop his bizarre, and potentially dangerous behavior. >> is unresponsive. he's not talking to me, and he looks like he is shoving paper into the end of the gas pump. >> reporter: even though the suspect wasn't cooperating, it appeared officer had found a way to neutralize the threat. >> just shut off the pump. >> copy, the pump has been shut off. >> reporter: less than 15 seconds after officers radioed that the suspect had begun to chase them, this frantic call followed. >> shots fired, shots fired. >> shots fired, suspect is down entrances blocked off. >> throughout the morning, investigators collected evidence at the crime scene,

trying to piece together exactly what happened. it was the first officer involved shooting in san jose of the new year. >> looks like he had a metal pole in his hands, it is still laying next to >> reporter: the police department says they plan m.to i hold a press conference. that will be on monday. late this afternoon san jose police confirmed they recovered a weapon, a metal pole at the scene. t.ey also say officer d ie suspc tono the suspect is in stable condition, and the two officers who fired their guns are on paid leave. >> a high-speed chase and with the arrest of a 20-year-old suspect. it happened on thursday night. the suspect was located in a stolen car in orinda. he drove to san leandro, where police tried to pull him over. he drove to the bayfront park station in san leandro. got out of the car, and tried to get away on foot. eventually, he tried to hide by the tracks, but he was found

and arrested. the man faces multiple charges and is being held without bail. >> palo alto police are looking for a man who robbed a woman on university avenue last month. they released the sketch of the suspect today. police say the woman was walking when a man riding a bike approached her from the back. grabbed her purse, and dragged the victim several feet. if you have any information, call palo alto police. a vigil will be held tomorrow for a man killed in a brazen laptop theft in oakland. friend say the 34-year-old man died on his birthday. police say that on new year's eve, the man chased two men after they snatched his laptop inside i starbucks in oakland. tomorrow morning, the community will hold a vigil for him at that starbucks at 11:30. police have arrested two men, that's one of them. they are facing murder and robbery charges. he's accused of driving the getaway car that hit and killed the victim. a 21-year-old faces charges

, and police are still looking for one more suspect. palo alto police are stepping up patrols around places of worship after an act of vandalism at the city's oldest lecture. a graffiti tag or hit university a and e zion church on saturday. crawling messages cursing god, leading the congregation on edge. the church is planning a special service tomorrow in response. inviting the whole community attend. police say they are keeping a close eye on the church and a half a dozen others. they're asking anyone who sees anything suspicious to give them a call. >> newly released video is shedding light on a troubling public health danger. our reporter has more t abinouf at the county's largest homeless camp. encampment, and the effort to try to find some kind of answers out here.

ofany longer. >> i've been living here for 25 years. occasionally we used to have some, but now it's everywhere. they are huge. >> reporter: this man is talking about the rats seen here in infrared video taken from the sonoma counter sheriff department helicopter. along with this video, but county announced a rat control operation that will begin on monday. poisons will not be used. instead, females will be baited with a non-toxic sterilizer. >> honestly if we were just to clean up after ourselves, and store things properly, >> reporter: this man is one of the approximately 200 people living on the trail. he admits that rats are a problem here. >> not to the point that we need them to come and take care of it for us. >> reporter: rat infestation is just one of the problems. there have also been fires and episodes of >>d meol.docegsen i

yard. so they protect our stuff. there's an issue here. it's very big. >> reporter: for now, all the solutions are short-term. bathrooms, trash, and needle collection. nighttime security patrols. the county has approved a $12 million emergency plan that will create more shelter space. the timeframe on that, >> anywhere from 60 days to six months. >> reporter: in the time being, you think the campus is getting larger. >> it is. every time we see more people coming in here with trucks. dumping their stuff in here and just finding a spot where they can stay ,carn > he>>ing to australia to help battle those wildfires. the threats the cruise phase tonight. plus, the bay area is seeing a shortage for bus drivers. the scramble to hire new operators. that plus, look at the

forecast. we will gaze over the transamerica pyramid and see if there's any rain on the way. kickstart 2020 with kpix5 all next week. we are sharing tips that will help you save money, get healthy, slender getaway, and discover how to live a simpler, happier life. that begins monday morning at 4:30. right here on kpix5.

the wildfire situation in australia is getting worse. with some of the largest blazes now combining. firefighters there will be getting some help from california. >> reporter: three fires join together overnight in australia. creating a single wildfire covering 23 square miles. that's bigger than manhattan. but, that's just one fire. er around 23,000 d is square miles.

14.6 million acres. that's the equivalent to the states of new jersey, maryland, and delawa uatecombined. mobilizing its. largest ship to evacuate people. >> i'm feeling a big relief. >> reporter: one evacuee describe just how bad it was. >> at 2:00 in the afternoon, and this is what we are in. we are going to be hanging out inside and waiting for the next >> reporter: this picture of a a fighteair giving water to kangaroo, giving a glimpse into the impact the fires of that on wildlife. firefighters from the u.s. are aiding in the fight. >> looking forward to the opportunity to reciprocate to our australian brothers and sisters, the same assistance they have given us for yes. >> reporter: victoria has aar e stat disaster. new south wales has declared an emergency.

>> on monday, 20 veteran california firefighters will deploy for australia as the first u.s. ground crew to help battle those fires. here's a live look at sfo. a china r flight landed safely after a bird strike. officials say pilots were told to dr. fuel to lighten the pain. seven people were on board the cargo plane. in southern california, a pilot was killed after a small plane crash near the 14 freeway in santa clarita. it happened this morning, shortly after 10:00. one lane of the northbound freeway was temporarily closed as emergency crews responded and found the aircraft completely engulfed in flames. ntsb says the plane was home built, and the pilot was the only one on board. we didn't hear anything, all of a sudden we saw a big black plume of smoke. we thought oh my gosh, how can there be a fire. it ended up being just hitting the tree, and going right into

the side of that mountain. >> no word yet on what caused the plane to crash. back in the bay area, the library says it might be days before its' systems are back online. following a ransomware attack. that attack shut down the online network that links the library branches together. officials say patron records are stored on an unaffected server. they probably compromised. webrary branches will be open theirer t regular hours while t system recovers, but some services might be unavailable. law enforcement is trying to track down the hacker. the bay area is seeing a shortage of bus drivers. they began to warn riders they were planning to shut down another route. right now, the agency has 50 open driver positions. 15 of those will be filled later this month when recruit training ends. meanwhile, the vta has 30

vacant spots, and light rail driver positions open. a big section of market street is going to go car free by the end of this month. if part of san francisco's vision zero project. starting y januar the 2.2 mile stretch from stewart to vanness will be off-limits to private vehicles. including ride-share's, buses, emergency and commercial vehicles, paratransit and taxis are exempt. private cars will still be able to cross market street. all right, in the ather departmentwe, today was sunny. fa rathinas in the nny. forecast. there's a minor threat from time to time, but that's about it. 2020 is ofto a dry start. here is a look over san francisco. here's a different perspective with a san francisco shop from treasure island. concord right now is 59 degrees. oakland, well, they are all in the 50s.

partly cloudy skies, and a few clouds. arinto ere a fe tomorrow. e y th the north bay from a very, very, very weak cold front that is coming down. it might drop a splash of rain in santa rosa, north, tomorrow midday. just a small chant. everybody else gets sunshine. the future cast bears this out. by sunrise tomorrow, moly clear. the cold front is fading as it ntral bay so arutea. santa rosa and north, there may be a few sprinkles tomorrow midday. in the meantime, most of us will wake up to sunshine at 7:25 a.m. bundle up. numbers will be in the low 40s to start out sunday. if you're looking for a numbibe sunday, that number creres wotould dbe 58. to sum it up, tonight is going to be clear and chilly. tomorrow will be nice, sunshine for most on sunday and monday.

variable clouds next week. i the time we get to tuesday through friday, we'll get some clouds, but not much in the way of rain threat. mostly sunny at sfo for tomorrow. 15 miles per hour out of the northwest. the high will of course be, 58. over in new york, that doesn't look bad. 39 degrees. 43 and partly cloudy for chicago. the cloud on the horizon is up in seattle. it's dumping rain, for the next seven days. sunrise atgh, 7:2owtomo5 rr. to 34. a chilly saturday night tonight. tomorrow looks nice. the numbers are close to average. a little bit warmer than average. concord is up to 59. san jose, 60. oakland, 58. plenty of sunshine, santa clara hit 60. milpitas 59 degrees. cupertino, 56 degrees as well. over in the east bay, nice,

temperatures in the upper 50s. a few low 60s here and there. vallejo is at 60. up in the north bay, very nice. upper 50s and the occasional 60. you might get a few sprinkles tomorrow like midday, and temperatures there are only in the low 50s. extended forecast shows not much, sunny for tomorrow for the most part. tuesday and wednesday, will cloud things up a little bit. it doesn't look like it will be a rain threat for anybody. next weekend, the sun will come out again. drama is distinctly lacking. that's because we only have so much room for so much drama during a newscast. we had to make sure that vern got his fair share. i'll tell you this much, n. tmpe urer ine l nfofpl my pleasure to jump in. we've got action, to hold you over to what could be the final

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close to $400,000 i saved by not having an agent. that's a lot of money. it was frustrating to hear all the nonsense. when you have people saying stuff like that, you've got to wait for the long play. i keep all the receipts, i keep them in my back pocket. >> i can always tell when our producer has fingerprints on the sports gal. afc wildcard playoffs are in process. moving pictures of the bills and texan. our game at 5:00, titans and patriots on our fifth quarter post game show, could this really be it for san mateo's tom brady in new england if the patriots lose? he will be a free agent. that's hard to process. he has been wearing that uniform since 1999. the sixth round pitch has six super bowl ring. don't close the book yet on the

quarterback. he posted a video this morning reminding everyone that he is still the king of the jungle. >> wow. the patriots are favorites to win the game. we ll see if they can close.wi if they do, it'll be the kansas city chiefs laying in wait. >> all right, thank you. we'll be right back.

it's a mystery in the sky but now have the attention of the fbi. >> that actually rind by the way. brnnes have been spotted flyingd aska. at it's been going on for several weeks. maybe they are drones and flying at night. they don't know who is operating them, or why they exist. the number of drones reported to be seen, ranked from 4 2/12. the scale of this operation is very unique. to my knowledge, it's the first time something of this scale has happened. i can understand why people are concerned or curious. >> the fbi is not the only federal agency investigating. the department of defense and the federal aviation administration are also trying to figure out who is behind

those drones. they will probably discover that they have teenagers in colorado. >> [ applause ] probably. thank you so much for joining us for this special edition of kpix news at 4:00. nate: ryan tannehill plans