volunteers were up preparing. >> the life saving gift from an oakland family. how they saved the tragedy from home would ease the pain. >> a christmas present to basketball fans as the warriors tip off their season tonight in oakland. those stories and move. mornings on two.

. good morning, welcome to mornings own 2. merry christmas to you i am claudine wong. >> merry christmas to each and every one of you. rosemary has the the forecast. merry christmas to you. >> good morning to all of you. it will be a nice day to get out of doors and ride the new bikes this morning. it is freezing once again and we have the freeze warning in the valley. santa clara valley, you are included in that with part of the hard freeze. it is lasting through 9:00 this morning. look at the current temperatures and talk about spare the air coming up. >> many people are at the salvation army preparing meals this christmas morning. in just a few hours. folks will be knocking on front doors delivering a special gift. we are live in san francisco

where all the work is underway. merry christmas to you ally. >> we are inside the salvation army kitchen. as the head chef we talked to, he told us there was such a thing as smell-o-vision. you can smell it is christmas in here. they have candied yams and ham over here. and smells delicious. >> volunteers have been here since 5:00 a.m. preparing 5400 ready made christmas meals. so many of the items on the menu. they have green beans and slosh, a ham with a pineapple maple sauce and some of the candied yams we showed you as well. >> they are making 500 meals every half hour. >> they will go litter on in the morning to folks who can't make it to the dining halls and some of the other churches today. we are talking about elderly

folks and people who may have a physical disability and prevent them from going some place to get a christmas meal today. >> most rewarding part is when we get letters, we say thank you very much. if it wasn't for your program, we wouldn't have had a nice meal. and the other part of the story, we wouldn't have anyone knocking on the door wishing us a merry christmas. >> 5400 meals they are preparing. that is 400 more than last christmas, the need is there. and it is increased from a year ago. >> we move from the kitchen out into the loading area where you can sethe open in front of us and got about 50 to one you hundred boxes of the ready made meals already loaded in here. >> starting at 8:30. 9:00. >> a group of volunteers will be heading out and driving to the location to hand deliver the meals to people who need them this christmas. >> channel 2 news.

>> thousands of people are expected to take part in san francisco tradition. dozens of volunteers spent the day preparing. the goal is to make their clients feel like they are with family on christmas. we are serving up ham, turkey, all the gravy, dessert. all the good stuff that everybody expects on a holiday. it as big meal. >> so, everybody is going to be nice and full. >> thank you. >> right now. breakfast is underway. dinner will be served starting at 9:00 a.m. glides christmas eve prime rib lunch and the church provide to those in need in san francisco all year an hour, police and firefighters will begin handing out toys to families in need. this is the toy drive. organizers say they have donated 10,000 toys. the same as last year.

this year, it seems like the need is even greater with more families asking for help. they show up at the door without an appointment. they know the process and haven't had to go through it before. >> working families that need toys. >> once they have been picked up. they will load them on to fire engines and ambulances. everyone should have a chance to open up gifts on christmas day. >> it is put into a red kettle in menlo park. a young man dropped a $10,000 check outside of the safeway will on friday. the charity isn't saying who he was. but he adopt live in the bay area. this that is the biggest donation in 20 years. days ago someone put a $5,000 check into a kettle. photojournalists made a difference in the season and it

airs today at 5:30 p.m. they are searching for three gunman who -- gunmen who shot and killed a man overnight. three people standing on a sidewalk shot into a car that was passing by. the man who was shot was taken to the hospital where he died later. right now. police have not released a description of the gunman or motive. in reno, an american airlines plane is being inspected. it is bound for dallas and took off just after 7:30 last night. it forced the pilot to fly the plane back to reno, where they landed 25 minutes later. >> the 134 passengers on board were reeboked on other flights. a man is recovering from a life-saving surgery made possible by an oakland family dealing with a tragic loss. >> he was shot and killed while driving home from the store. butler had just graduated from

the maritime academy and he was going to work as a merchants marine. they turned his life into a gift. >> that is the biggest gift. that helps eases pain. he is going to save lives. on and on. >> daniel murphy received butler's liver. murphy suffers from cirrhosis and said this will help plead a normal life. this is for the opportunity to watch the grandchildren grow up. they are spending the day with next to nothing. the fire happened one week ago. 3-alarm fire destroyed a home at an apartment complex. they are getting holiday help. ahead in the 7:30 half hour. who is stepping forward to make sure the fire victims have a merry christmas. >> last minute rush to get the presents under the tree. yesterday, we were at san francisco's union square. they were trying to finish up

and while the stores did not seem too crowded. a lot of their must have items were gone and sold out and there were those who did not intend to wait so long. they didn't have a choice. >> this is first time i have had any time to get out there. and i kept thinking. i was going to buy it all on line. and missed my window, i guess. >> some of the street vendor it is were pleased with the last minute business and they hope 2012 will be more profitable. >> more stores are planning after wrist mass sales to bring in more revenue. >> you won't be able to burn the yule logs today. people are not allowed to burn wood in their fireplaces today unless it is the source of your only heat. that is the leading cause of air pollution in the bay area in the winter. good morning to you. a live look here as we begin to

see the sunrise on this christmas morning. official sunrise for many of us right at 20 after. we will be with sunshine again today. you may notice in the distance. a few high clouds. while we slept, our temperatures fell to freezing and below freezing once again. >> 29 in napa and 28 in fair field. 28 for concord. you get the idea. it is a cold one out there. >> temperatures a few degrees of where we started yesterday. they are a few degrees warmer. holding on to the upper 30s and low 40s. 35 degrees right now right around mountain view and san jose. and you are also freezing this morning. we mentioned the spare the air day. it will be moderate right around the coast and the central south bay. it is going to be poor air quality and especially if you are sensitive to the air pollution. >> satellite radar here. >> notice in the last few

hours. we watched clouds and mostly cloudy. high clouds. high pressure still in place and just the tail ends system dragging clouds away. and it is going to help break down the ridge of high pressure that is continuing our dry weather. we will show you what is happening for the next few days it is. we are mostly sunny and translucent sky where we get the clouds from time to time. we wake up with cloudy conditions. they tip to trek a little bit drier with the system. it is still to the north. we are cloudy wednesday morning and looks like maybe a few sprinkles over the bay area. that may be about it. >> we could use more and our first chance at light rain. >> tuesday night. being pushed in wednesday. for today, cold start f. >> high clouds in the air this afternoon. it will be a spare the air day. forecast high is upper 50s. few low 60s out there. and very similar to where we have been.

and season this year. and 58 for berkeley and in the city. expected for oakland is 59. and 60 degrees expect morgan hill. we are beginning to see a transition. it is really tough to tell. but our dewpoints are higher. >> hillive humidity is building a little bit. the on shore breeze is expected to return. that will bring us milder overnight lows. still going to be freezing. >> not as bad. we will notice the increase in the clouds. and the possibility of a few sprinkles in the owning. holding on to hope that we will see rain on wednesday. it doesn't look like much. >> back to you. time now for the live drive time traffic. expect a lieutenant of you are hanging out at the house. live look at the golden gate bridge. traffic 101. and both direction there is. it is heading east to the bay brink.

andibility center state 80. traffic is light on this christmas morning. >> after nearly five month walk out. >> they return today. the golden state warriors open up at home. clippers are in town. >> it is the coaching debut for marc jackson. >> it is tipoff at the arena. >> special holiday menu includes. rack of to pork and smoked turkey press. there will be hot cider and eggnog. for dessert. ginger bread warrior cookiest. >> and a hot chocolate bear. >> should be a good time if you make. >> time now is 7:12. the deadly explosions for celebrations overseas. >> the pope delivers his message at the square. who he wants to help. this didn't happen in iraq

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. good morning to you. a live look at oakland where we are braving this once again. from is a freeze warning for the valley until -9d:00. the death toll is rising in nigeria after two explosions near two churches. it happened a few hours ago. a bomb went off in the city that was followed by gunshots. one police officer is injured. earlier this morning, another explosion happened at another church. at least 10 people died in the blast. no one is claiming

responsibility. but a muslim radical sec. is responsible for previous violence. >> christians came together at the birth place of jesus. it took place at the church of nativeity in bethlehem. madamed abbas attended and tens of thousands of tourists crowd into bethlehem to celebrate christmas. this morning the pope used his traditional christmas day message to call for an end to the blood shed in syria. >> he talked to thousands above st. peter's square. he wanted to help victims around the horn of africa. he huge -- urged worshipers to see through the glitter. the late kim jong-il is called the premiere canned-miles-an-hour of the

armed forces. and the country will romaine in mourning until thursday when he is laid to rest. >> embattled president is getting ready to leave his country and come to the united states. that is according to the yemeni spokesperson. when does president salei come to the u.s. he wants to get away from the media attention. and let preparations more for new it elections to continue. > an army soldier is spending christmas in a san bernardino hospital after being shot at his welcome whom party. >> i am mad. i am really mad he is a good boy. an excellent boy. >> on leave for the holidays was at the party when his

brother and another man began arguing. sullivan stepped inn a the other man pulled a gun and fired three shots. one hit him in the next and one in the lower back. >> he is expected to survive but may be paralyzed. they are still looking for the gunman. the state's top judge is taking aim at the death penalty saying it is not effective. in a new interview with the l.a. times. chief justice said she needs a system to be overhauled. because it as system that they can't afford. chief justice said it is not also a question of whether one believe insist the death penalty but is it effective. and is it worth the cost. >> they are thinking about abolishing the death penalty. >> california may be short on inmate firefighters. >> they have relied on inmates to cut brush. and work water lines and with

less inmates staying in prisons, there could be also available for training. possibly up to 1500. l.a. times report it is an unforeseen consequence of real live. >> it is shifting inmates from state prisons to county jails. >> they may sue occupy protestors. >> they are contemplating any and all options. as we reported yesterday, the camp cost the city at least $3 million. >> they arrested nearly 300 people. >> in our watch this morning, he is getting ready for turbulent times in the upcoming new year. >> bloom burg reports that he sent employees a year end letter saying the back will continue to downsize in 2012 by setting noncore assets and

businesses. it said it plans on cutting $5 billion in annual costs. >> shares of the company dropped because of the mortgage and the debt crisis. "mission impossible" is expected to take the top spot. it is expected to bring in around $27 million for the entire weekend. christmas is traditionally a big day for movie theaters which could help struggling studios. ticket sales have declined the three past weekends. u.p.s. is apologizing for not being able to deliver thousands of packages in time for christmas in denver. >> they hit the city this past week caused the delivery of 50,000 pack contacts to be delayed -- packages to be delayed. that hasn't stopped customers from venting their frustrations. >> this makes no sense. they get paid.

it is those in colorado. how are you in the business that you can deliver what you say. >> it will be closed tomorrow, workers will sort out the remaining packages on tuesday. u.p.s. said it will offer refunds. >> you may be sipping coffee and maybe even opened up a couple of gifts. sometimes the gifts we get are not the perfect fit or match. some advice if you plan on making a few returns. >> p get a receipt or gift receipt. you will get back a merchandise credit or you are going to be reimbursed the lowest amount the item sold for. not necessary will what you paid for it. >> consumer reports said you should keep stickers. labels and tags intact. be ready for possible restocking fees. >> don't open the packaging if you are not sure you want it. again, forget it. leave all the tags and the

labels on the item. if you destroy the packages and rip it p a part. you will have a much more difficult time returning. >> you want to check your receipt for terms on a specific store returning policy. if you purchase something on line. you can return it to a brick-and-mortar store instead of mailing it back. >> first hanukkah and then christmas. now, it is almost time for kwanzaa, a week long celebration that will get started tomorrow. >> lighting you mean new york city's landmark. partly to mostly cloudy. very calm and cold. freeze warning to talk about. we will take a look at temperatures outside your door as well. coming up much -- coming up. [ female announcer ] holiday plus cookies plus memories

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building is red and green for christmas. blue is for hanukkah. it is truly a white christmas this morning in new mexico. it has buried parts of that in 14 inches of snow. it is snowing there since thursday night making holiday travel tough and parts of the roads and interstate had to be closed down. >> i wish we had 14 inches of snow. up in the sierra. >> rosemary, you are saying, something is coming in this week. >> the model, we are backing off a little bit. we still hope wealth get light rain. it is a better chance of sprinkles for the rest of us. see what is happening outside the door. it is deja vu. spare the air day and 20s and 30s. around the inland areas. we have the freeze warning for the valley locations and around the bay. see the shades of white. if you are within the shade.

we are looking at temperatures sitting in the mid- to upper 20s. >> it is where we started yesterday morning. some are warmer. >> some are courtroomer. >> shades of pink and purple. sitting in the 30s. right around the water and for the afternoon, notice we see a lot of green. we need green for 60s. a lot of blue and mid-50s and few 60s in the afternoon today. >> high clouds and five in san francisco. and 60 degrees in morgan hill. and in the north bay. up are 50s. and right around napa and we have extended forecasts loverring. and the overnight lows are going to back a little bit more bearable. sit ng the low 30s. and it is because the on shore flow is going to return by tuesday night into wednesday. the weak storm we are talking about may bring us a few light showers. back to you.

>> thank, rosemary. >> quacks is a begins tomorrow. it hon knows after -- african-american heritage. they celebrate the holiday each year. it is founded which a professor at cal state university, long beach. well, new developments on a possible move for the oakland as. what the owner is saying about plans to go down to san jose. >> good deed for fire victims who lost everything days ago. >> in san francisco, they are gathering to make sure there are warm meals for thousands on this christmas day. ok, you guys wanted a space for entertaining your friends,

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. nows will get a warm meal thanks to the salvation army. welcome back to mornings on 2. i am mike mibach. >> i am claudine wong. >> they can't leave their homes because of age, acheness. we are joined by san francisco and allie. >> it is happening inside. and assembly line of sorts. we are sitting next to the

candied yams and we have vegetables. this is where they prepare it all. >> it is in the back corner. and that is the course. the christmas ham. volunteers are preparing and packing up 5400 ready made meals delivered to people this morning. >> the recipients of the meal are people who can't make it to a dining hall. >> some people with physical disabilities. >> there are those that don't have family and don't have a meal prepared for them. they may not have a kitchen. this is just a nice hot meal. makes it special for them during christmas day. >> now, it takes hundreds of volunteers to make the meals. >> some of the people you heard from, have been i doing for the last five years.

>> they say they get together and do this as a family tradition every christmas morning. we can show you they are in the process of loading up the boxes of ready made meals. they are coming up and gets packed into the boxes and later on in the morning. a crew of another volunteers will take them out in the truck and hand deliver it to people who need them. they have 2,000 of the meals ready and packed up. >> stay with ktvu this christmas day. our photojournalist spanned out across the bay area to bring you stories about people making a difference in the season. our special holiday in focus airs today at 5:30 p.m. new this morning. tragedy on christmas. a fire kills five people in a connecticut home. it broke out shortly before

5:00 at a home in stanford. >> two adults and three children died. the cause of the fire is now under investigation. some people left homeless will return to see if there is anything left. >> they were on golden gate avenue and the cause still remains under investigation. >> one man went back to his apartment to see if any of hills belongings could be salvaged. >> i will save maybe a few book bucks. and other than that, everything is pretty much gone. >> the red cross is helping people left homeless. >> some people in alameda, are celebrating christmas. one week after flames destroyed their homes. >> they are getting a helping hand. >> excellent. >> thank you. >> greatly appreciate it. >> alameda's fire station one. >> we have old navy.

>> kohls. they just kept coming. >> shoes. bedding and much more. >> we are all here on earth to help each other. i have had people who really helped me when i have been in trouble. >> what is different about the drive is that firefighters in alameda.m., are donating the goods who actually lives in the building. >> this is the same building they were at one week ago. it was a 3-alarm fire. and he was the incident commander that day. we had quite a bit of fire to deal with. they knocked down the flames. saving other apartments. the job is done. but not for them. they went right to work. yet again. collecting items for people displaced by the fire. >> they lost everything this holiday season. >> it brings the best out of

people and when they get did you have. >> we are all connected. no one is ever separate. no one should ever be alone. >> this is the same apartment complex they rolled through last week. this time to drop off christmas wishes and items donated for those in need. >> same items will be handed out. >> and if you would still like to help. >> they are accepting donations for those displace. >> they had to be rescued from a duck boat after its engine overheated. it is south of at&t park. >> a coast guard rescued. >> 28 people from the boat. >> they are spending christmas in child after trying to steal copper wire. >> they reported to reports of a break in. >> a white van was seen driving into an area. the van drove off.

and was pulled over. suspicious materials were found in the van. the chp said aaron peter was on his motorcycle on the upper deck friday morning. he collided with a car near the s curve. he was ejected and thrown against the wall and pronounced dead at the scene. the other two people in the car were not hurt. >> they were stealing a car with a young boy in the back seat. a man and woman were found shot to death near richmond. he then jumped into the suv with the child inside. >> it was not random and the suspect didn't know he was inside the vehicle. they have not said whether the child belonged to the couple that was shot. >> we reported to you

yesterday, right here on mornings on 2. both candidate will not appear on the virginia primary ballot after failing to gather the necessary number of signatures. ahead at 7:45. what this may mean for their campaigns. good morning to you. a live look there. we have got sun and mix of clouds as well. high clouds in the forecast for today. one of the subtle changes you may notice taking place for christmas day. >> you can see. we are partly to mostly cloudy. >> this is just tail end of a storm. >> not going to bring us rain. it is breaking down the ridge of pressure and 27-degrees right now in santa rosa. and 29 in napa and another coal start. we have low 30s. and right around the oakland airport. and the city of oakland is reporting. >> 28 concord.

>> freezing in san jose. >> offshore breeze kins through the day. and more of an on shore flow. >> it is righter the park and sum it up by saying. a whole lot like yesterday. again, in the city. >> san francisco reporting 74 degrees. >> more thank 38 degrees. >> spare the air day. >> you are not allowed to burn in your fireplace. >> it is it is the north counties as well. if you suffer from respiratory issues be aware of. >> outside of that, we have nice conditions for outdoor play. >> going to show you the next few days. >> high clouds coming and going. storm track staying to the north. we roll through tuesday. we begin to see the clouds. we could wake up with mostly

cloudy skies. tuesday night and the latest model it is having a hard time bringing the rain to the area. >> this is tuesday night into wednesday and looks minimal. we will have the freeze warning. locations through 9:00. >> for the afternoon. >> near repeat of yesterday. en and low 60s. and east bay expected today. >> looking at 59 south jose for you. >> 57 in the city. and minimum 50s for the coast. >> low 60s. for santa cruz. and extended forecast. >> and with the on shore and hopefully. you have the day after. >> through the next several days. >> a chance for some rain coming to us. >> into bed. >> i will have your forecast coming up.

the owner of the oakland as is very confident that they are close to clearing the way to move them down into the south way. >> no significance has been made. a special committee has been reviewing the as request. team owners are set to discuss a possible move next months. a three quarter majority is required for approval. >> time now. 7:40. >> a southern california teenager has become the youngest person to reach the summit of the tallest mountains. >> jordan romero of big bear reached the top of the highest peak in antarctica. it was a quest he started six weeks ago. he hopes to go to a base camp. >> when santa ditched his

sleugh for a more modern type of transportation. >> for the past 20 years. santa has been making a christmas eve appearance at waikiki beach. and he arrived with an out rigger canoe. and he traded the traditional red and white pants to greet the excited crowd of beach goers. >> this year. more kids than ever tracked his where abouts. >> norad has been following his raffling since 1955 this year. volunteers have been feeling 8,000 calls an hour. >> by the afternoon. his facebook page had 90,000 likes. >> they can get it through at which time center. >> and just in time for christmas. >> forget chestnut roasting or the yuletide it log. >> a look at christmas

celebrations down under. >> that is the maze. >> it could be a headache. not on this morning. if you are just waking up. merry christmas from all of us here on t -- ktvu. >> you are watching mornings on 2. [ child ] it's so cool! you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call first player. no. i already called it. [ dad ] nobody's playing anything until after we get our homework done. thank you.

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. good morning to you. high clouds in the forecast. and getting out early. headed to grandma's house. bundle up, it is a cold one. in our 2012 election coverage this morning am a look at what is next for newt gingrich and rick perry after they failed to qualify for the

virginia ballot. the organizational ability for the two candidates is being called into question. >> to get on the ballot for the virginia gop, you need 10,000 signatures. >> former speaker newt gingrich didn't do that. they will not be on the ballot p. >> only a failed system excludes tour out of the major candidate seeking access to the ballot. they have the right to vote for top contender and we will work with the party to pursue an aggressive write in campaign to make sure they are able to vote for the candidate of their choice. >> they are looking into the law. and they say. this is an isolated situation. and it won't effect the governor's ability to get on. analysts say this is not good. this is a problem. >> you can't organize your

campaign to meet the filing much deadlines. >> it is fund meantal. larry now says. another way to look at the ballot fiasco. ours just found out. >> they have two to complete organizationally. that would be romney and paul. the only two who will be on a primary ballot. >> you need 270 to win and president obama took that state in 08. peter deucey, fox news. >> just click on the news tab at the top of the home tab and click on politics. >> he is spending his rest of the vacation with the rest of the first family. >> he left a waikiki be then draft the to the first if family is ending. >> in hawaii until early

january. >> no public events are scheduled to take place. >> mikhail gorbachev resigned. >> he is on vladimir futon to give up power. he will be remembered for all the 12 years he did in power. >> the leader's words came as they demonstrated against him in moscow. >> the parliamentary election that he won. were rigged. >> the government denies the accusation. >> another mishap for the spacetry. a sal at the time light crashed back to either. howevers after its launch. >> one fragment pudged a hole in the roof of a house. >> they have right peteedly taken the piece away for testing. >> it is to remind people what is important this holiday season. churches were middle over over as they came to celebrate k.

>> and hundreds of pain attended. >> this is a time to remember those who are not as fortunate as others or at that touched by tragedy. wiped word. telephone call. reaches out to people and they suffer one way or another. and that is very important. >> others say the day is all about spending time with friends and family. >> in other parts of australia. >> they were spending kitchen on the beep. >> this is the hottest day. and the crowd came out to celebrate. outside of sydney. they were seen keeping the christmas spirit by pairing their it bathing suits with hats. >> members of the military serving in afghanistan are fighting their way to celebrate christmas. this church is set sun in

kabul. they say. it is always hardest being away from family during the holidays. but small add transitions help the separation a little easier. >> it is sad being away from my family. and it is nice to be here with my armed services from the u.s. and the armed services. >> there are 100,000 serving in afghanistan. >> they plan to you will pull it out of the country by 2014. . spread holiday cheer this morning. this is the third stryker brigade caroling in afghanistan. one political tier family in indian that is having extra special christmas celebration. >> west jackson dressed up as santa. surprised his two young sons friday. >> his son did not know it was his dad until he pulled down

the beard. >> that's all he is asking for. for daily to be home. we thought this was the best way. >> kept telling him daddy had to work. and it made it all worth it. >> he served in half for the past year. and there was a special reunion in chicago. sergeant matthew vega met his newborn daughter. he was on thinks third tour of duty when she was born six weeks ago. he watched her birth via skype. >> they celebrated with the arrival of their loved ones. poem waited for the troops to arrive and the buses carrying their family members finally arrived. >> it was just so exciting. i could not wait to get off the

bus. and be in formation and watch them march across the parade grounds. >> they spent the last year in iraq. officials at fort hood say they have 47,000 active soldiers since 2003 more than 565 have been killed serving in iraq and afghanistan. >> some of atlantis biggest church resist celebrate willing the birth of christ -- celebrating the birth of christ by canceling services. they were moved to it early yesterday morning. they do not mind having service and the church takes place wherever they gather. >> my church service will take place with my family and friend on christmas day in my living room. that is the most intimate worship time we can have. >> church staff deserve the chance for a holiday. >> today at senior center is

opening the door to the community and serving meals. it is the florence center. and from 11 in the morning until one in the afternoon. they said it is open to anyone who needs a free mail and to people who don't have a family to celebrate the holidays with. >> it was with the other volunteers. >> it is a great christmas for the two nfl football teams. highlights from the week's game. >> sideline crash injuring the head coach of the new york giants. >> it is a frigid start. we will look at the numbers. we are talking possibly of the rain in the forecast.

. we have the possibility of coming mid week and starting to fizzle a little bit. the freeze warning is back with us. 27 degrees santa rosa. and 39 in oakland. upper 20s in concord. low 30s in san jose. the kids itching to get outdoors and ride their new bikes and make it wait. it is the valley locations we will begin to see the turn around. and by noontime it is in the 50s. hazy sunshine.

pair the air day. and it is in through the afternoon. get a pretty good boost in the temperatures between now and noon. for the second day. we are in the upper 50s and perhaps few low 50s. in the sun it feels okay. if you are in the shade. it is okay. for the sierra today and tomorrow. and if you have tomorrow off and head headed in that direction. it is 15 degrees expected and for the forecast in the afternoon. gorgeous in the sierra. we are looking for the possibility of the rain coming tuesday night into wednesday. again, it looks like the north, and the model scaling back a little bit at this point. they will notice temperatures not as cold as they have been with the on shore flow returning back to the area. >> they were on the road and it is going to be a pretty good christmas for the niners and the raiders. >> they held off for the first

round by in the playoffs. david akers kicked off four field goals and put them ahead for good with under three minutes in the game. they try to make a game winning drive and tackled the quarterback from behind and force a fumble. they recovered. and held on for the 191 win. the raiders needed over time to snap their losing streak. and tied the game at 13th with the 4th quarter and tried for the win. it was time winding down and the chiefs 50-yard field goal attempt was blocked. so we go to overtime and that is when carson palmer find darius heward-bay and janikowski was brought on with the 116-13 win. and if they beat san diego next week and the chiefs beat the denver broncos. there were is scary moments

in new york with the win over the jets. he hurt his left when j d war e crashed into him on the side line. he is sitting on the bench for a couple of plays. he didn't get any details about his injuries. and just that he believes it is right above his knee. >> this morning. thousands of homeless and people in need are headed to the church. at this hour, a christmas breakfast is being served. that is the beginning of the annual christmas day celebration. and live in san francisco. [ male announcer ] for andy, tracking his spending with citibank

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. volunteers are hard at work and this is the first step in a day long volunteer effort. all going on right now at the salvation army. we will take you there. >> the pope delivers the message. thousands of people in saint peter's square. and the two things he urged the world to do. a christmas gift two families will never forget. how one man's death saved the life of another. . merry christmas, everyone. and welcome to mornings on 2. i

am mike mibach. >> i am claudine wong. >> we spare the air alert. meteorologist rosemary orozco has the forecast. >> it makes your bones ache. at least mine. when you get to be my age. santa clara, a near repeat. widespread mid upper 20s and 30s and 40s for the bay and what you can expect for the afternoon. we are talking a little bit of rain coming up. >> well, this morning, the pope used his traditional christmas day message to call to an ento the blood shed. they delivered the message in front of a crowd of thousands. it is above st. peter's square and urged the world to help famine victims in the horn of africa. >> they attacked the commercialization of christmas. urged worshipers to see through the superficial glitter.

they came together at the birth place of jesus. midnight mass took place this morning in bethlehem. among the parishioners. mahmoud abbas was among the parishioners. >> countries chip pilgrims crowd into bethlehem to celebrate christmas. >> they are providing meals to thousands of people who aren't able to leave their homes. this is san francisco this morning and spent the last few hours. ing the special gifts gifts -- get -- getting the special gifts ready. >> here is what is on the menu. in the distance, you see the candied yams and get through all the volunteers. there are hundreds of them. candied yams there. and over here, green beans and yellow squash and the main course. a christmas ham and putting on top of it. a mice smelling pineapple sauce. they have been here since

5:00 a.m. preparing 5400 christmas meals for people in need. and the food prep is the first part of the process. there are packed up, loaded on a truck and delivered the meals to people. the the recipient are the people who can't make it to a dining hall. and the elderly. this live alone. it is a great, rewarding for me personally to make sure that everybody has a nice meal. and wishing them a happy holiday or merry christmas today. >> people wonder where the money goes that they put into the kettles. this is one of the programs. it takes hundreds of volunteers and that is a yearly christmas morning tradition for them. take them back out here live. the truck loaded up with the

boxes and this is what is inside with the boxes. they have 21 individual meals in them. the first truck left to start deliveries about 15 minutes ago. we just got word. they have already loaded in. and starting to deliver 3,000 meals. they have 1400 left to go this morning. thousands of people are able to take part in the christmas tradition. right now. breakfast is underway and dozens of volunteers prepare for the dinners. one of the organizers told us its to make the clients feel they are with families on christmas. >> we are serving up ham, turkey. all the stuffing. gravy, dessert. all the good stuff that it everybody expects on a holiday. it as big meal. everybody is going to be nice and full. breakfast started an hour ago.

and they will have dinner and they are two of the counselless services they provide to those in need. and in san francisco all year long. san francisco police and firefighters are collecting toys to hand out to families. this is the 11th annual lefty e duly's and they have 10 -- lefty o' dool's and families are asking for help. >> they show up and they don't know the process. a lot of working family that is need toys. ness once they have bullpen picked up. volunteers will load them up on fire engineses and ambulances and they say everyone should have a choose open gifts on christmas day. >> generous donation was put into a salvation army red kettle. >> it is a young mantha dropped a $10,000 check in the kettle outside a safetyway on friday.

now. they are not saying who it was and they say he does not live in the bay area. salvation army said the check is the biggest kettle donation in 20 years. just a few days ago. they put a $5,000 check in a kettle in redwood city. >> plenty of bay area charities that need help. to find out how you can help. go to ktvu.com and click on the charities and need link. >> there was a last minute rush to get the presents under the tree before this morning. yesterday, we were at south florida's union square and they were trying to finish up the shopping lists and they didn't seem too crowded. they say a lot of their must have items were gone. sold out. >> and then, there were those that didn't intend to wait so long and said they didn't have a choice. >> first time we have any time to get out there. and i kept thinking. i was going to buy it all on line. and miss my window, i guess. >> some of the street vendors

were pleased with the last minute business and hope it will be more profitable. >> they are also planning after christmas sales to bring in more revenue. >> 67. >> last minute shoppers hit up bay area grocery stores. that was the scene. you are looking at a piedmont and it is expected to be the biggest grocery shopping day of the year. >> oakland police say they are searching for three gunmen who shot and killed a man overnight. this was on d street just before midnight. three people standing on the sidewalk shot into a car that was passing by. the man who was shot was taken to the hospital where he later tide. they have not released a description of the gunman or the possible motive. >> one man is recovering from a life saving surgery thanks to an oakland family trying to make the best. >> 23-year-old charles butler

junior was killed as he was driving home from the store. he just graduated from the maritime academy and planning to work on ships as a merchant marine. now his family is turning he is life into the gift of life. >> you see, he is going to ease pain on and on. >> last night daniel murphy received butler's liver. murphy suffers from cirrhosis and said this will help him lead a normal life. he is grateful to the family and for the opportunity to watch his grandchildren grow up. >> you will not be able to burn the yule logs. they have aired the 10th spare the air alert of the season. they are not allowed to burn wood in the fireplaces unless it is the only source of heat. wood smoke is the leading cause of pollution in the bay area in the winter.

good morning to you. another morning. another freeze warning in place. we mentioned a spare the air day. sounding like a broken record, aren't we? >> we have subtle changes and it starts with the cloud here. rising over the pacific northwest and we are going to be dry. it is eventually helping to knock down the ridge of high pressure. and it is sitting over california for quite some time. >> 28 in napa, widespread 20s. into the north bay valley. east bay valley. we are looking at san ramon and sitting in the upper 20s. very similar with how we started yesterday. upper 30ss in the city -- upper 30s in the city of oakland. here are the clouds. sweeping into the area. in the overnight hours. unfortunately not soon enough to hold off the cooling we saw. and again, it is very, very chilly out there.

it will stay primarily to the north and the energy. not going to see any rain. and maybe into tuesday. and well now. wednesday we may see a little bit of rain. here is the forecast. i would like to explain. it is filtered sunshine. we get the sun and it is a little bit diffused. rain to the north. and to the northwest corner of california. tuesday. by tuesday. we will wake up dry and tuesday night. here comes the rain. it doesn't sink far enough and they have been scaling back a little bit. keeping in mine. we have a little bit of moisture in the clouds and few sprinkles. >> doesn't look like they are going to see a whole lot. >> frigid scores in the forecast. and upper 60 ins around the bay. >> 57 for petaluma. and in sues lito. and in -- sauce lito.

and how about san jose. 59 in the afternoon. and for the peninsula today. cool, mild day. san mat tate yo. and ex -- mateo. and increasing in the cloud cover. an into be tomorrow morning. should bring the overnight lows up a little. >> low 30s in the forecast. 50s and 60s. up through thursday. little bit of rain hopefully coming by wednesday. back to you. >> time now is 8:11. after a nearly five month walkout. the nba returns today. golden state warriors open up at home. they are in town. and it is a head coaching debut for the coach marc jackson. tipoff is at 7:30. >> people are missing packages they paid for. >> what is free venting the goods from reaching their

destination. >> all she want assist a job. she found a unique way to market herself. >> that is the golden gate bridge. >> traffic is moving great. >> time now is 8:11 on the christmas morning. you are watching mornings on 2.

. good morning to you. clear skies. and sitting at 32 degrees. in north korea, the son of

the date kim jong-il is being called the commander of sources. >> the military stands behind kim jeong-un as the next leader. >> they will pay tribute to kim jong-il and they will remain in mourning until he is laid to rest. the president of yemen is getting ready to leave his country and come to the united states. that is according to a yemeni political spokesperson. it is not clear where he plans on coming to the u.s. but salei wants to get away from the media attention and will olu the elections continue. he promised to step aside and hand over power to his vice-president. a fire kills five people in a connecticut home. broke out shortly after 5:00 in the morning. two adults and three children

died. >> our heart and prayers go out to the family and the fire and emergency personnel on the scene. >> the cause of that fire is now under investigation. police in virginia are looking for a man who stole a vehicle with a young boy in the seat. >> they killed a man and woman. and then jumped into an an suv with a 2-year-old child inside. they probably didn't know the boy was inside the car. police have not said if the child belonged to the couple who had been shot. >> an are army soldier is spending christmas in a san bernardino hospital during his welcome home party. >> i am mad. >> i am really mad. because he is a good boy. he is an excellent boy.

>> 22-year-old christopher sullivan was at the party when his brother and another man gain arguing. sullivan stepped in and they pulled out a gun. two bullets hit sullivan. one in the next and the other in the lower back. doctors say he is expected to survive but may be paralyzed. police are still looking for the gunman. they are taking aim at the death penalty in california saying it is not effective. in a new interview with the l.a. times. chief justice said the system needs an overhaul the state cannot afford. chief justice said it is not so much a question of whether one believes in the death penalty but is it effective and worth the cost. comments come as signatures are proposed to abolish the death penalty. >> it may be short on inmate firefighters. they clear brush and fire lines

since world war ii. and with less inmates now staying in california prisons, there could be a shortage of available firefighters for training. close to 1500. they report it is an unforeseen consequence. and it is the recently implemented programs from state prisons to county jails. >> american airlines plane is being inspected after making an unexpected landing. it took off last night. some type of electrical malfunction forced them back to reno where they -- renwhere they landed -- reno. >> they may soon sue occupy protestors. they are contemplating any and all option insist an effort to recoup financial damages sustained during the two month encampment. as we reported yesterday. the camp cost the city.

$2.3 million. they broke up the city hall camp last month and arrested 300 people. >> tie now is 8:18. president obama remains in hawaii where he is spending his vacation with the rest of the family. they caught the motorcade loaf ago waikiki restaurant. and traveled to the peach house that the first family is renting for the vacation no public events are scheduled to take place. u.p.s. is apologizing not being able to deliver packages on time for the city of denver. the snowstorm this week cost the delivery of 50,000 packages to be delayed. it will do everything it can to make it up to those who are effected. but it has not stopped customers from if venting their frustrations. >> they get made paid. it is fdoesn't make sense.

how can you not deliver what you say. >> since it will be closed tomorrow. workers will sort out the remaining packages on tuesday. u.p.s. also said it will offer refund. >> well, you may be sipping coffee right now. >> open up a couple of gifts. >> they are not quite the perfect fit or patch. >> so some add p vice if you plan on making returns. >> get a receipt or gift receipt. you are going to get back either a maryland credit or you are going to be reimbursed the lowest amount the item sold for. not necessarily what you paid for it. >> you should keep stickers. labels. and tags intact. >> be hit with repackaging fees. >> don't hope the packaging if you are not sure you want it. >> and you can leave all the tags on the item and if you destroy the pack camming and

you will have a much more difficult time returning: check the receipt for the terms on the stores the and the specific return policy. if you purchase something on line. you may be able to return that item to a brick-and-mortar store. >> a georgia woman has found a creative way to combine the spirit with the job hunt. they decided to use the lights on the home as a way to market herself. this is human resources job this past summer. on the side of her house. 500 light is a resume. the lights say my wish. hr job. >> liz. >> i have had people stop when i am out. and telling me of positions i know with the company. i have had linked in messages and linked in views. >> her family has lived in the home for 23 years and they have always been known for creative

holiday displays. and this christmas day. photo journalists are bringing the sights of the sound and the season. the infocus program airs tonight. stay tuned after the news of five for holiday in focus at 5:30. >> it is a great job. beautiful job. >> tracking santa as he makes his way around the world. record number of people following st. nick on his journey. outside our doors here and in oakland. you are looking at the high clouds there in the forecast for today. big chill underway with the coolest air. and once again. we have a freeze barning to think about -- freeze warning to think about. coming up. [ female announcer ] help i need a holiday party idea.

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. northern australia is being hit this christmas. it is off the continent. and it is expected to drop to a category 1. and the sigh loan is headed to darwin which was did he have vatted by a cyclone 37 years ago. it is a true white christmas in new mexico. it bur are yod the state with as much as 14-inches of snow. it is snowing there thursday night it making holiday travel tough and several roads and parts of a major interstate had to be closed down to allow crews to plow all the snow. nothing like that here but a clear and coal morning.

great morning, rosemary, open up presents and don't burn the wood fire. >> we don't have the rain keeping the kids indoors. we have the cold, cold weather and getting inside to play with the outdoor toys. you may want to wait until at least 10:00. >> this is the valley this morning. this is santa clara. and sit ng the low 30s and 40s. and in oakland as well as san francisco. 10:00. dealing with 40s and 50 informs. going to be chilly. and we begin to see a nice rapid warm up. and most of us will be sitting in the 50s. we don't warm up much for the afternoon. upper 50s. few low 60s and hazy sunshine. high clouds in the forecast. we are catching just the bottom half of a system that is not going to bring us any rain and bringing us the high clouds. >> ridge of high pressure bricking down and the on shore

flow returns. it is not as cold as we have seen lately. still be freezing and the freeze warning may not be the start of the morning. we will wait and see. monday if looks to be better. and in the forecast. a slight possibility of rain coming tuesday night into wednesday. back to you. >> looks good. >> more children than ever followed santa around the world. the north american aerospace defense command or norad has been following the travel since 1955. this year. they are fielding 8,000 calls an hour. by yesterday afternoon. santa's norad facebook page had 920,000 likes. children can attract it through an app for a smart phones. >> kwanzaa starts tomorrow and honors african-american culture. and they celebrate the nonreligious holiday every

year. founded by a professor at cal state, long beach. trouble in the cove. why they had to rescue tourists from the water. hackers hit a think tank. what anonymous claims to have stolen.

. thousands of volunteers are fanning out across the city and bringing in a smile and warm meal. >> merry christmas. i am cloud deny wong. and i am mike -- i am claudine wong. >> i am mike mibach.

allie rasmus is there now. merry christmas, allie. >> merry countries to you. >> they are a big part of making this happen. this is a yearly tradition for them. we have seen many families out here like the mother daughter team and do the work together. they are a little camera shy and did talk to one volunteer. he describes what the mood is here. and they have all been scrambling to prepare 154 christmas meals. we will get another one going. >> we will show you what is on the menu. and once they are prepared. they are packed and loaded into trucks. >> they deliver the meals to the elderly i. the sick the and

people who may not otherwise have a place to go this christmas. some don't have a family. they don't have christmas. >> i will show you the christmas meal assembly line. off in the ends of the line. and candied yams that are part of the meal and green beeps and squash. and it is the christmas ham and nice pineapple sauce that goes on top of it. they lead it into the boxes. so far. they have about 4,000 meals already packed up and loaded, already on the way to the recipients. and they are done with their work. they work at a rate of 500

meals. allie rasmus. >> today a senior center is opening its tories to the community to serve a holiday meal. need will be served at the senior center. from 11:00 until one in the afternoon. it is open to anyone who needs a free meal. and the people who do not have family to celebrate the holiday with. it was bought but the member it is and it is the bay area charities that need help all year round and find out how you can help. click on the charities in the need link. >> at least 26 people are dead in the christmas day violence in nigeria. a bomb went off in the city a few hours ago. >> they then fired. and followed. one police officer was killed. it and earlier this morning. there was another explosion near the capital.

>> no one is claiming responsibility but a muslim radical sec. is gone support previous violence. they found the way to afghanistan. soldiers serving with international security assistance force celebrated the holiday at a nato base in kabul. they were served a christmas lunch dressed in christmas attire. it included a christmas cake and chance to send messages home to loved ones. >> they also allowed service men and women to attend a christmas mass. this is a video of a teach rather church set up on base. it is hardest being away from families and they help make the separation a little easier. >> it is sad being away from my family at christmas. but nice being here with my brothers and sisters in the armed services and for all the various countries here. >> right now.

there are about 100,000 troops serving in afghanistan. president obama plans to pull them out of the country by 2014. hundreds of troops back from the middle east are spending christmas at home. >> coming up at 8:45. at motional reunion for the brigade to leave iraq. more than two dozen people had to be rescued it from a duck boat. >> it happened yesterday afternoon south of at&t park. the coast guard rescued 28 people from the boat. nobody was hurt. >> some of the people left homeless by a fire in san francisco were allowed to return and see if anything is left. >> a fire at the street in golden gate avenue left people without a place to stay. >> the cause is remains under investigation. they went back yesterday to see if any of his belongings could be sal advantaged. >> i will be able to save books that were protected and other than that. >> everything is pretty much

gone. >> they are helping residents left homeless by putting them up in a hotel. >> they are helping to lessen the blow of a devastating apartment fire there. >> they delivered konate td items to what was destroyed last week. >> it started in a building. the few casted one and a half million dollars in damage. and left many people with nothing. right before the holidays. >> it brings the best out of people. >> this community has rallied behind the citizens and we get a lot of community support. the exact cause is being investigated. and it may have sparked it. >> morgan hill family is pleading with whoever burglarized their home to return the family dog. >> the family came home to find the front and back doors wide open and they have all been stolen as well as daughter's beloved white dog. >> they were able to locate good did fingerprints which is given to a forensic lab.

and the gifts are replaceable. >> the only thing they want for christmas is the dog's safe return. >> they are spending christmas. and on friday night. they responded to reports after break in at a pgand e yard. white van was driven into an area. it drove off when police arrived and eventually pulled over. other suspicious materials were found in the van f. >> hackers with anonymous claim they have stolen 200 gigabytes of e-mail and credit card data a u.s. securities think tank. >> it was down this morning and the group's claims couldn't immediately be verified. they posted to twitter and said it is the secret client list. including the army. air force and goldman sacks. >> they were able to get credit detail it is. >> because they did not encrypt

them. >> this is the youngest person to reach the top of the one of the highest peak in ant iraq at that particular candied yams yesterday. >> espartod six years ago. >> he broke a record by a british climber in may. he is hoping to complete his ascent to a base camp later today. >> the owner of the oakland as is quote firefighter very confident that they are cloving the way. and no decision has been made. >> a special committee has been reviewing the request to moved to san jose. they are set to discuss a possible move next month. three quarter majority is required for approval. good morning to you. we have a combination of clear

skies and high clouds out there this morning. we will continue with this as we progress through the sunday. it is well to the north and if you are just joining us. it is helping to break down the ridge of high pressure that is over us. by tonight and into tomorrow morning. we start to see an on shore flow. it is a calm light shore flow remaining and mostly cloudy skies. and santa rosa. and mid-30s and upper 30s reported in the city of oakland and 44 degrees in the city the and this is where we are again looking at our coldest weather in the valley locations. 29 in concord and 34 right now. san jose. and low 30s redwood city and down into mountain view and menlo park. all reporting 30s and upper 20s. stashed in there. and right around the water. not as cold. we know the water helps to moderate the temperatures a

little bit. >> with all of that said. all the cool air into the valley. and at least for the next 20 minutes or so. >> it is #:00. >> east bay valley. santa clara valley and the hard freeze and it is the strait. and made upper 20s like areas of danville and san ramon. and without being said. petaluma. always being in the coldest weather. we have unhealthy air as well. >> if you are liting up in the fireplace. know it is illegal unless it is the only source of heat. the eastern district and the santa clara valley in through the afternoon. and unhealthy for the sensitive groups and expected right ash the bay. there are the cloud. and you can see the rain staying to the north. northern california. maybe the northwest being clipped with a little bit of light rain. we are going to stay dry and this is going to push the ridge out of our area. by tuesday and wednesday. it is maybe some rain. take a look here.

rain staying to the north. monday is going to be dry. here comes the marine layer starting to reform. on shore breeze is bringing back temperatures not as cold as we have seen. and bring us back in the low 30s and may be typical for this time of year. we are gray and the rain is still to the north of us. it is having a hard time sinking into the bay area. >> with all that cloud cover. moisture in place for a few scattered showers. doesn't look like a whole lot. >> freezing this morning and high clouds in the forecast for the afternoon. and in the upper 50s. a p perhaps a few if low 50s and 57 in the city. and 59-degreeexpected in oakland. there is the extended forecast. tomorrow morning much hoping to wake up without the freeze warning. and throughout the next did few days it is. tuesday night and wednesday. hoping we will need the umbrella. and a few scattered showers.

>> orange county family is celebrating the first christmas with their newly adopted daughter. they met family for the first time on friday. >> look at that. >> that was at the los angeles airport. >> she is from china and it left badly burned as a toddler. she has been in an orphange for seven years. they discovered her through the not for profit burn foundation. peter grossman used to donate his time to reconstruct her face and body. >> it is something we were called to do as christians. >> they have adopted two other girls from china. one is six with special needs and the other is a 4-year-old girl. >> should be a special christmas it for the families. >> they are telling their parishioners to stay away. >> why they want them to stay at home on christmas. >> there is a look outside. there is the bay bridge. and moving of smoothly as the

folks head into the city. time now is 842 p. you are watching mornings on 2.

. good morning to you. a live look there. and we are off to a very cold

start this morning. little bit of haze and patchy fog. it is going to be a dry day. soldiers in the also brigade to leave iraq are back home for christmas. sarah lambert was there as 200 men on women were met by excited relatives. >> she is trying to be patient. >> she hasn't seen her husband since may. >> she sits inside a holding tent with her son and mother-in-law and others, eager family and friend. >> second deployment. and he has been gone since february. >> when he was 2-weeks-old, he left. >> sandy is also waiting. this is her son's fourth deployment overseas. >> we are beyond ourselves. >> she said although this homecoming ceremony is not something new for her. she is still very excited. >> it as big day. >> -- it is a big day. >> i am nervous and excited.

and i am anxious. just ready to see him. the wait was a wet and cold one. once they were off the bus and the wait was worth it. the. >> it was just so exciting and i couldn't wait to see them get off the bus and see them march across and look for my son. and i couldn't find him. i knew he was out there. >> she finally spots her soldier ryan and after a few hugs. he got to hold his son again. >> it is great. >> i am real happy. it is almost a whole year and i am ready to get home and spend good time with my family. >> he found his family. >> god bless america. > >> just a short week ago. these same soldiers were the

last brigade to walk out of iraq. >> we had it and it was he can siting an we made it all the way home. >> we love those reunions. >> that was sarah reporting. >> fort hood has active soldiers. >> one family is having extra special celebration this christmas. >> soldier wes jackson dressed up as santa to surplace his two young sons. caleb didn't know it was his dad until he pulled the beard down. >> all he kept asking is for daddy to be home. >> kept skypeing with him and telling him i couldn't be home. it made it easier to surprise him and made it all worth it. >> he has served in afghanistan for the past year. >> there was a special reunion in chicago. and he met his newborn daughter for the very first time

yesterday. >> investigate go was on his third tour of duty in iraq. he watched her birth via skype. >> news of the world. mikhail gorbachev is calling on russia's prime minister to give up power. 20 years to the day as he resigned as leader of the soviet union. he said if vladimir putin resigns now. he will be remembered for all the good in the 12 years off powers. the words came as they demonstrated against putin. and the parliamentary elections that put putin's party were rigged. and they are deeing the accusation. >> another mishap for the industry. a satellite crashed back to either hours after its launch. one fragment of the satellite punched a hole through the roof of a house. no one was hurt and they took the titanium piece away for testing. >> he is using his sermon to

remind them what is important. >> churches all over were filled as they celebrate the christian holiday. they were there on the last christmas sermon. this is a time to remember. they are not as fortunate as others and touched by tragedy. a theme shared by church leaders across the country. >> kind word a telephone did call. something that reaches our to people this time of year and they suffered one or another. and it is very important. >> others there also say the day is about spending time with friend and family. >> many people in iran's family will be waiting to celebrate christmas. >> they belong to the armenian church and celebrate on january 6th. many have been out buying decorations. gifts are not exchanged and children get if in clothe to it wear. >> they are celebrating the

birth of krys by canceling services. in order to -- birth of case. and they spend time with tear families and services were moved to early yesterday morning. church members say they don't it mind not having service on christmas day. it is important to be with family. church takes place wherever believers gather. >> my church will take place with my friend and family on christmas day in high living room. that is the most intimate worship time we can have. >> they say the pastors and church staff also deserve the chance for a holiday. well, this christmas day. they are bringing you the sights and sounds ever the holiday season the holiday in focus program airs tonight. stay tuned after the news at five for holiday in focus at 5:30. >> time now is 8:51. little girl's christmas wish to see santa. where it finally landed and how

the people who found it responded. >> good morning to you. a live look there. >> transamerica building. it is a cold one in the city this morning and most of us in the valley and around the bay waking up near the freezing mark. we will look at your temperatures and extended forecast coming up.

. they travel 700 mile insist a balloon made a holiday wish come true.

she wrote a letter to santa asking for a doll and some clothes. her suburban seattle family is having a tough time financially. she attached two balloons and released it. she was hoping her letter would reach the north pole. it ended up in the small town. >> it is incredible. and i don't know. god sends something to us. they found the letter and translated it in spanish and mailed them to her. >> they were on the road and now they are home. it is a pretty good christmas for the niners and the raiders. they held off the raiders to stay in the hundred for the first round buy. and saved acres kicked four field goals for the nfl record. and one of the four put them ahead. and just unthree minutes left in the game. seahawks did troy to make a game winning drive and larry

grant tackled from behind. and niners recovered and held o on for the 191 win. >> they needed overtime to snap the losing streak. and the 3-yard touchdown. and then tried to win with the clock winding down and that is a 50-yard line and when they find darius heyward gosh bey and he get the field goal and slit the up right for a win. they could win the nfc west. there were scary moments as at giants took a win over the new york jets. tom coughlin hurt his leg when ware hit into him. they looked at his leg.

coubhlun didn't give details about the injury. he believes it is right above his knee. "mission impossible" ghost protocol quest is expected to take the top spot. it is expected to bring in 27 million. christmas is traditionally a big day for movie theaters. stay understand and bundle up. here is the last look at the forecast. >> that is not going to happen. they ripped open their gifts and it is fill freezing. below freezing in the valley locations around the bay area. and san jose. you are holding on to 32 with the freeze warning expiring. when is it going to be okay to get outside. >> it is 10:00. and still going to be cold. and 50s out there. and they will have to bundle up if you plan on being outdoors. widespread 50s in the

forecast. light jacket. maybe a scarf and gloves. should be fine. one of the days where it is cool in the shade. little more tolerable in the sun. mild conditions. and spare the air day. >> not as cool as tomorrow and watching the models. it is the latest storm coming in. and looks like tuesday night into wednesday. it is not going to be much. > >> okay. thanks, rosemary, for all of us here at ktvu, merry christmas to eachen every one of you. >> merry christmas. have a wonderful morning, everyone.

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