. they were quite simply assassinated, targeted for their uniform and for the responsibility they embraced to keep the people of this city safe. >> a tragic day in new york city. two of new york's finest, shot and killed as they sat in their patrol car. what we know now about the man behind the ambush and his connection to another shooting earlier today. . good evening, everyone. i'm heather holmes. ken is off tonight.

we begin with developing news. that developing news taking place in brooklyn, new york. within the past hour, new york city police commissioner bill bratton revealed details about the execution-style shootings of two of his officers. bratton became emotional, talking about officers wenjin liu and raphael ramos. he says the two were in their patrol car on a street corner in bedford stuyvesant when 28- year-old ismaaiyl brinsley approached their vehicle. >> he took a shooting stance on the passenger side and fired the weapon, his weapon several times through the front passenger window, striking both officers in the head. >> investigators say that brinsley then ran inside a subway station and shot and killed himself. officials say brinsley has boasted online about plans to shoot police and is suspected of shooting his girlfriend in baltimore just this morning. new york city mayor bill de blasio said the shootings were an attack on all new yorkers.

>> when a police officer is murdered, it pairs at the foundation of our society. it is an attack on all of us. it's an attack on everything we hold dear. >> both of those officers leave behind families. officer liu had recently married and officer ramos has a 13-year-old son. there is no official word yet on a motive for today's shootings, but brinsley's online post indicates that he was upset with police in the aftermath of the decision not to charge officers in the choke hold death of eric garner there in new york. we have much more coverage continuing online at ktvu.com. be sure to stay with us for the very latest on the nypd officers shot and killed. we will also continue to update you on this story on facebook and twitter. back here in the bay area, a san francisco community has tried to get the word out about package thieves targeting christmas gifts. they say a man and a woman are casing a noah valley

neighborhood and taking packages right from the front door. cristina rendon has video of the couple in action. >> reporter: that's right. we talked to several people who live around the valley and they know this type of crime is common, especially during the holidays, but they are hoping someone recognizes the people in the video you're about to see and tips off police. it happened thursday afternoon in this valley neighborhood. a couple is caught on surveillance video stopping at this home. the man walks up to the front porch and leaves with an item that isn't his. it's an upsetting sight for neighbors. >> it's pretty rude. it's not happening just in this neighborhood. it's happening all over the city. >> reporter: this video is making its way in and around the valley on the social media site nextdoor. >> i saw the video. it was, like, bingo, it was the guy. >> reporter: mark o'neill believes he had a run-in with the same man outside his house on friday. he says the man had several boxes with him and was in a hurry to leave. >> he grabs his bike and tried to take off.

i said you forgot the box. there was this big-box by my door. he goes, it's not mine, it's not mine, and he took off. >> reporter: the box was full of children's toys, addressed to one of o'neill's neighbors. the thefts come at a time when deliveries are increasing and people are expecting packages in time for the holidays. there's even been reports of people's mail being stolen, all the more reason neighbors are keeping an eye out. >> hope this gets out there and everybody sees this guy, yeah, definitely. >> reporter: and waiting for someone to recognize the couple. during the season of giving, they say others shouldn't be stealing and they want these two held accountable for what was caught on tape. >> i personally would just love to bust 'em, but, you know, same time, please leave this neighborhood. it's gotta stop. >> a report has been filed with the san francisco police department. if you have any information or recognize those two on video, you're asked to call authorities. at post offices across the

bay area, it was a day of hurry up and wait. the last chance to get packages mailed in time for christmas with standard shipping was today. long lines this afternoon of gift-givers waiting at the downtown berkeley pull-up post office. many of them with multiple packages in hand. but one customer said the holiday service moved along fairly quickly. >> i saw the line and i expected a long wait. so, you know, so it wasn't -- not too bad today. >> if you didn't make it today, tuesday is the deadline for sending packages using overnight service. flat rate boxes for priority mail express start at $20, or you may be able to save a few bucks by weighing your package at home and buying the postage online. a pilot in marin county walked away from a small plane crash this afternoon. that mishap took place at about 12:45 at the private airport there on smith ranch road in san rafael. as the pilot was taking off, the home made thorpe t-18 dove and flipped over onto the

airport field. the pilot met first responders on the runway, refused treatment and the airport closed briefly while the plane was cleared from the area. uc santa cruz police are looking for a man who tried to kidnap a woman at knife point. the attack happened thursday night in a uc campus parking lot, as the victim got into her car. the attacker came out of the back seat with a knife, then demanded the woman drive. she was able to escape, but the man got away. today, police released this sketch of the man. he's described as white, in his twenties, 5' 9 tall with a scruffy blonde or light brown hair and also a beard of several days' growth. he was last seen wearing a gray hoodie. in martinez, police there are investigating a shooting that killed a woman whose brother was killed exactly five years ago. police say the shooting happened last night about 9:30 on the 1900 block of boynton avenue. a residential area not far from downtown. 18-year-old judith lee rene

bean was pronounced dead at the scene. a man was also injured, but is expected to survive. bean's brother, eric, was killed back in 2009, also when he was 18, in a high-profile crime that included torture. bean's father told the mercury news he did not believe the killing of his son and daughter are related. now to new information involving the sony cyber attack. north korea says it's being framed by the u.s. as the culprit in the attack. the north korea foreign ministry said today it knows how to prove it's not responsible for hacking and the government proposed conducting a joint investigation with the u.s. the cyber attack exposed tens of thousands of confidential sony e-mails and business files. meantime, sony says it's looking for a new way to distribute the controversial film "the interview," which of course you may remember canceled in the wake of threats. as will carr explains, the white house applauds that plan. >> reporter: sony pictures is looking for alternative ways to release "the interview," the

comedy about a plot to assassinate north korea's leader, kim jong-un. the company canceled the christmas day release after hackers threatened attacks on movie theaters. the white house is applauding sony's plan to distribute the movie on a different platform. in a statement, the spokesman says we are pleased to hear sony is actively working to distribute the film. people should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they would like to see it. the fbi believes north korea is behind the cyber attack and president obama has vowed the u.s. will respond. >> they caused a lot of damage and we will respond. we will respond proportionally and we'll respond in a place and time and manner that we choose. >> it could include some form of sanctions, could include moving closer to south korea in some kind of a pivot. one of the key things you have is the discussion of proportionally and the recognition that any kind of acts have the potential to escalate, and you also need to

appreciate what's the motives behind a place like north korea, how much credibility do we give them in the world if we overreact? >> reporter: north korea denies it was involved in the cyber attack and is now calling for a joint investigation into the incident with the united states. north korea saying there will be grave consequences if the united states does not agree to that joint investigation. a spokesman for north korea going on to say they can prove they had nothing to do with the cyber attack. in los angeles, will carr, fox news. more than a million pounds of dry goods shipped to the port of oakland were sent back to india, this after inspectors found larvae of a small, but very damaging beetle. according to the usda, both alive and dead larvae from the capper beetle turned up in 1.2 million pounds of soybeans and 88,000 pounds of rice last month. the capper beetle is considered one of the world's most destructive pests, difficult to control because they are relatively resistent to many insecticides and fume gants.

a multicar vehicle -- multivehicle accident, rather, today, snarled traffic at the north end of the golden gate bridge near vista point. it happened at about 2:30 this afternoon on highway 101 at alexander avenue. the accident involved a limousine and two other vehicles, all of them traveling southbound. an ambulance was called to the scene, but there's no word of any injuries. the highway patrol called an alert at 2:40. all lanes were reopened about an hour and 10 minutes later. further north, though, weather caused traffic problems. flooding shut down the connection between highway 101 and highway 1 in mill valley for hours today. that connection appears to be restored tonight, but the same spot is expected to flood again tomorrow due to the combination of rain and extreme high tides associated with the solstice. low gas prices, giving people an extra incentive to hit the road for the holidays. in east bay, we found gas prices as low as $2.49 a gallon. now, according to gasbuddy.com, the average price of gas around

the nation is ringing in at $2.44 a gallon. that's down 40-cent from this time last month, and down 78- cents from this time last year. missouri has the cheapest prices at the pump, costing $2.14 a gallon. . there's word tonight that the nfl commissioner has put an end to all those rumors about an nfl team moving to los angeles. the message he sent to the oakland raiders and two other teams. >> plus, a bay area police department is making this holiday extra special. the emotional toy giveaway that brought lots of smiles to dozens of children. >> and with the countdown to christmas on, last-minute shopping, still under way tonight. the incentives retailers are giving to try to get more shoppers into their stores. >> and in weather, still tracking lots of clouds, even a few scattered light showers out there. coming up, when the showers completely move out of the region and an early look at your christmas day forecast. female announcer: get three years interest-free financing

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. for all of you procrastinators, there are now just five shopping days until christmas. today is predicted to be the biggest shopping day of the year. it's called supersaturday and retailers are doing their best to try to motivate shoppers to spend more, offering special deals and also extended hours. analysts say shoppers will spend $10 billion today alone. as ktvu's allie rasmus explains, when it comes to total sales, today actually tops black friday. >> reporter: before customers filed in, carts full of boxes and crates filled the aisles at target in emeryville. workers raced to unload and unpack two overnight truckloads of inventory before the store

opened. >> it is the saturday before christmas! have a great, great saturday! >> reporter: 40 people were outside the doors at 8:00 a.m. when the store opened. >> looking for a printer for my fiance and things for my kids, probably video games and whatnot. >> i'm shopping for my niece today, so we're doing our christmas celebration tonight. she loves "frozen," so i was able to find a few toys. >> reporter: black friday may get a lot of hype, but when it comes to total sales, the saturday before christmas is the biggest shopping day of the season. analysts expect shoppers to spend about 10 billion nationally today alone as opposed to the 9 billion they spent on black friday. >> we do get a rush, but for today it's more constant. >> reporter: with five days left until christmas, some shoppers found specific items hard to come by. >> we're looking for magic cards. my son's really into magic and seems like there's not many

selection of that. >> reporter: but there's still plenty of selection, and for those who aren't stressed about their shopping list, plenty of time. >> sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, yeah, four more days. wednesday's definitely last- minute! >> reporter: in emeryville, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2news. more details now. we want to show you how it looked at the toys r us in emeryville when it opened at 6:00 this morning. it will remain open until 2:00 a.m. then this coming week, toys r us will stay open for 39 hours straight, from 6:00 a.m. tuesday until 9:00 p.m. wednesday, christmas eve. the holiday shopping marathon is also on at macy's. many of the store locations will be open 7:00 a.m. to midnight through christmas eve. for serious shoppers, the san francisco union square store is once again staying open through christmas eve. it opened at 7:00 yesterday morning and will remain open until december 24th at 6:00 p.m. that's 131 straight hours.

well, chrysler is expanding a recall of cars and trucks equipped with takata air bags. the automaker will now replace driver's side air bags in 2.9 million vehicles in the u.s. and several thousand worldwide. the initial u.s. recall was limited to a few states, where it was believed that heat and humidity would increase the chance of those air bags to explode. but chrysler faced mounting pressure from federal regulators to expand that recall nationwide. president obama and his family are taking a break from washington for the rest of the month. it's nothing but sunshine and sand for the first family as they begin a two-week vacation in honolulu. the president and his family spent the first morning of their vacation at a home in a seaside town. it's an annual tradition that began before their time in the white house. vallejo police handed out

hundreds of gifts to children today. >> merry christmas! >> officers delivered more than 750 toys to low income children, with some help from the big guy himself, to the delight of many, santa was on hand to oversee the goodie goodaway. the toys and money to buy everything were donated by community members and business owners in vallejo. >> we're taking pictures with santa, just doing whatever we can to brighten some of these youngsters' days, and at the same token, it's really helping us feel good about what it is we're doing here. >> lieutenant dejesus said many of the toys delivered today were given away in neighborhoods where police have been called in to respond to some pretty serious crimes. he said it was a great feeling to return with gifts and some people were moved to tears by the officers' efforts. and hundreds of east bay children getting a new bike for christmas, thanks to the efforts of the san leandro police department. today, the san leandro police officers association handed out

425 new bikes to santa's helpers and lucky children. thousand who received the bikes today were chosen by a lottery after the davis street family resource center received requests from more than 1000 low income families. >> it's been great. it's just been great to see all the kids receiving a bike and we recognize the fact that a lot of these kids wouldn't have a bike. so that's why we want to help out as much as we can. >> the police officers association worked with community members and local business owners to raise $22,000 to buy all of those bikes. now to the sierra, where a lot of bay area folks are heading for the holidays, and the roads outside lake tahoe were clear this afternoon. this is what it looked like near donor pass at 3:00 today. no chains required on interstate 80 or 350. cal trans always encouraging drivers to carry chains, just in case. if you get up to the sierra, it is a skier and

snowboarder's delight. boreal reports a foot of new snow fell during the past 24 hours and more is anticipated, but it's warming up a bit with temperatures above freezing forecast for both today -- rather tomorrow and monday. want to check now on your bay area forecast and our meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking a little bit more rain for us. >> just a few showers out there, heather. over the past few weeks, we've been tracking multiple storms out there, multiple rain clouds. the weather pattern changing up a bit. you see scattered rain on the radar, especially north of the bay area, also towards the sierra. good news there, snowfall totals over the past 24 hours with the storm totals around 6 to 12 inches. a nice dusting, actually more than a dusting up in the mountains. let's talk about the scattered showers in the region. there's a live doppler sweet and a few showers out to the east of santa rosa, towards st. helena, and as we move the maps to the south, few showers toward balinas. still have enough moisture to create heavy mist or drizzle,

enough to wet the roadways. mostly cloudy skies out there. looking toward san francisco, the san francisco lights for your saturday evening, here is your forecast with weather headlines. still the chance of a few showers in the short-term. winter begins, winter solstice tomorrow afternoon and a dry weather pattern developing over the next week. as far as the sierra snow, you heard about the totals. you can see sugar bowl, alpine meadows, squaw valley and the chance of a few more scattered snow showers in the forecast for tonight. back here in the bay area, we do have a flood advisory posted for the coast and the bay, not really because of the rainfall, but because of the extreme tides. this in place for sunday, monday and into tuesday. you can see for reference, the high tides at the golden gate bridge tomorrow up a bit. for the king tides basically for sunday and into monday, comes down just a tiny bit into tuesday. so lots of inflated water levels right around the bay itself, over the next few mornings, into the early portion of the afternoon. there is the chance of a shower first thing tomorrow morning. lots of clouds out there and

some fog. but the main storm track will gradually lift up to the north, as you can see for tonight, holding onto scattered showers. a dry weather pattern and a warmer weather pattern as well. talking about more mid-60s. 64 to 65 degrees showing up in the five-day forecast. for tomorrow morning, showing you the clouds and possibility of at least scattered showers out there at 7:00. still a chance. but then into the afternoon hours, we scale back on the clouds. skies becoming partly cloudy. we could still have patchy fog near parts of the immediate shoreline, but we'll begin to dry things out tomorrow, sort of the transition day without the dry weather pattern developing. temperatures for tomorrow, mainly in the 60s for afternoon highs. san jose, 65. mountain view, 64. san mateo, 63 degrees. here is your five-day forecast, as we do approach christmas and clearing skies, mild temperatures for monday and into tuesday. increasing clouds on wednesday. there was a slight chance of a shower we'll keep an eye on for thursday for christmas day. for the most part, lots of clouds out there. heather, your umbrella finally gets a break over the next few

days, especially by monday into tuesday. >> thank you very much, mark. well, the nfl, in action on this saturday, as washington takes on philadelphia. >> and you got to check out the stunning finish in the state championships, with the d 3 title is on the line. sports is next.

no team will be moving to los angeles for the 2015 season in the nfl. with more now on sports, joe fonzi, talking about the 49ers. >> guess they are going to build a stadium in one year down there in l.a. >> make it happen quick. >> unusual. unusual role for the 49ers tonight, trying to spoil the chargers' playoff chances. they are in the second quarter at levi's stadium right now, with san francisco leading 21- 0. well, there's a line for this, if the game was played in philadelphia, but it was the eagles at washington. philly battling for its playoff life and leading 7-3, but washington goes in front with alfred morris running his way 28 yards to the end zone. eagles down 10-7, trailing by 10 in the fourth quarter. mark sanchez brings them back with this pass, cooper.

cooper stretching his way to the end zone. eagles tied it with a field goal, but turned it over late. with just 5 seconds to play, forebath was down the middle with the 26-yard field goal. eagles lose 27-24, their third straight loss. they are out of the playoffs unless dallas drops its last two. good contingent from moraga in carson today for the division 3 state high school championship between campolindo and el capitan of lakeside. el capitan trying for a score, but the ball is fumbled, picked up by the cougars, going back 85 yards for the winning score. cougars were down 28-7 late in the third quarter, but then scored four straight touchdowns for a 35-28 win and they get the division 3 title at 16-0. well, after that big win over connecticut early, the stanford women's basketball team has since fallen on hard times. no matter what year, you know it's going to be a tough game

at tennessee. cardinal trails by 8 here. erica mccall takes the ball and gets the bucket, cutting the deficit to six. this would prove to be a disastrous trip through tennessee. erica middleton hits the long two for the volunteers, who win 59-40. stanford lost to unranked chattanooga earlier in the week, now 6-4 and hasn't been held to below 40 points since, are you ready for this, 1976! the sharks right now, number 4 in the west, hosting the blues tonight. we'll have that for you tonight on sports wrap. see you then. who are those 49ers that showed up, leading 21-0 in the second quarter? >> i know, right? who would have thought. quite a comeback. thanks, joe. coming up at 10:00, more on the attempted abduction at uc santa cruz. we are there to talk to campus police about this unusual crime and just what they are looking for. thank you for joining us tonight. we'll see you back here tonight at 10:00, everybody.

. ♪ ♪ hello again, everyone. joe fonzi with dwight clark. welcome to the ktvu mercedes benz sports weekend. coming up on today's show, game effort by the 49ers and one of the nfl's toughest venues, seattle. but for the first time