complete bay area news conch starts right now. -- coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 o'clock news. two new york city police officers ambushed and killed sitting in their squad car. it's a time of rising tension between police and the community they serve. police across the country are in mourning after the two new york city police officers were shot point blank in the head sitting in their patrol car. the slain officers have been identified tonight at a 40-year-

old ramos and officer loo. he was a newly wed married just months ago. the other has been on the force since 2012. he leaves behind a wife and 13- year-old son. we get more on the officers kill, and new information about the gunman. >> reporter: a gunman ambushing two new york city officers in the brooklyn. both shot in the head point blank range as they sat inside their patrol car. the shooter ran inside a nearby subway station and fatally shot himself. >> today two of new york's fine errs were shot without warning or provocation, they were quite simply assassinated. >> they were shot execution

style. particularly despicable act which goes to the very heart of our society and our democracy. >> reporter: the suspect believed to be a gang member from baltimore. he shot and wounded his girlfriend in baltimore just hours before the officers. >> we don't support anybody shooting our police officers in our communities. two rights don't make a wrong. >> reporter: the shooter boasting about his plan on social media, and references the death of garner and brown. the suspect posting quote i'm putting wings on pigs today. they take one of ours, let's take two of theirs. baltimore authorities sent the nypd a fax warning them about the man.

the officers were killed just minutes later. al sharpton said he was outraged by the officers' death. he said any use of names of garner and brown in connection with any violence or killing of police is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases. he says he and the garner family plan to hold a news conference tomorrow. the investigation into the police killings in new york will look at whether the gunman took police in any recent antipolice protests, but the killings come as cities across the country deal with issues with police. we talked to a veteran police captain here, and he expects officers everywhere are more on guard right now. >> this man may have been a criminal with a grudge and a

gun as happens, but he clearly targeted law enforcement as a precarious time. >> i participated in protests and a march. >> reporter: they are young people with a lot to look forward to, and a lot to lose. college bounds or already there, but home in oakland to support each other. >> make sure your hands can always be seen. okay? >> reporter: they hear from a civil rights lawyer how to handle themselves with police anywhere. >> you don't have to meet verbal abuse with verbal abuse. deescalate. >> reporter: lessons too from a high ranking cop. >> today i'm scanning this with a heavy heart. i was born and raised here in oakland. when i grew up i hated the police quite frankly. >> reporter: both man look at the antipolice view in ther and

elsewhere, and wonders if it provokes some people. officers more alert, guarded, suspicious, at a time when common ground already seems to be getting smaller. >> if you can't build a relationship you won't be able to fight crime or establish relation ships or serve the community you're here to protect. >> to take two people's lives like that, it's just unthinkable. >> reporter: they're worried the timingover today's fatal ambush is bad. >> none of them should be dead. period. >> reporter: no one knows better than these young people, these are emotional times. especially for an oakland native who now lives and runs her own business in brooklyn. >> i could only imagine how crazy it is, even the area where i live where it's very

community oriented, i can see, i can literally see the community in a frenzy. >> the mayor arrived outside the hospital, and officers turned their backs on him. they say he hasn't done enough to support them. we reached out to local police unions for comment, and heard back from oakland that the police department flag will be lowered, and officers will wear black arm bands. i imagine other local departments will do the same. >> yes, absolutely. thank you. in minnesota today chanting demonstrators filled the mall of america. organizers of the black lives party rally said 3,000 people planned to attend the event, and there were enough people

for the mall to go into partial lock down with several stores closed on the one of the busiest shop ising days of the year. police arrested five people. now, an abduction, santa cruz police hope they'll find the man at the center of this investigation. the man was armed. >> reporter: the campus nearly deserted, many students home for the holidays, but police say what happened to one student is the stuff of nightmares. >> what had happened the student was walking to her car, and when she interested the car on the driver's side, a man emerged with a knife, and told

her to start the car. >> reporter: she had her wits about her, and she was able to run to a car nearby and call 911. officers say she didn't recognize the man. police say it happened here in the north perimeter parking lot. it's a particularly remote part of the campus. the suspect ran off. more michael, a biology students, it shakes his sense of security on a campus with many remote areas. >> i always assume we're pretty safe here, but i obviously know that's false. you hear about this kind of stuff happening once in a while, and it's shocking. >> it's highly unusual for the campus, and we like to keep a safe campus, but unfortunately these events happen, and it's good for everyone to be aware of surroundings, walk in pairs if you can. >> reporter: police released this sketch of the suspect, white, about five-nine, 150 to 160 pounds, scuff, with blond

hair. this happened about 7:00 p.m. thursday when other students were around, and anyone with information is urged to call campus police. flooding caused traffic troubles today, a section of highway 101 near highway 1 was off limits for hours today, and the same spot is expected to flood again tomorrow due to the combination of rain and extreme high tides. flooding today also effected freeway ramps. and now a look at road conditions in the sierras. traffic moving smoothly when he checked tonight. any snow or flooding could impact holiday travel plan, but right now aaa predicts this holiday season will be the

busiest on record. it's up more than 4 percent from last year, and is the most since aaa started keeping records back in 2001. the agency says lower gas prices and improving economy are prompting more people to travel, and drivers could see pump prices drop another 10 to 20 cents over the next week. some relief at the pumps, but what about weather is this here's what awaits travelers. >> looking good locally here with a dry front setting up in california. if you're traveling by plane, that's a different story. here's the travel forecast, this goes into monday. the projected rain fall area draping across a good portion of the nation's mid section, and snow up to the north, and tuesday some more development approaching the eastern third of country, and wednesday, the mesoglias christmas eve with heavy -- most delays christmas

eve with heavy winds and snow and rain. watch out for that. today though here in the bay area, tracking the clouds, up in parts of north bay. the weather pattern changes quite a bit over the next few days, just in time for christmas. more on the changes in the bay area, and temperature change, more 60s, more on that in a little bit. all right. thank you. some new information tonight about a deadly shooting many martinez, the female victim was shot exactly five years after her brother was killed. police responded to the shooting around 9:30 last night on the 19 block of a residential area downtown. the 18-year-old was pronounced dead on the scene. a 25-year-old was injured as well, but expected to survive. her brother eric was killed

december 19th, 2009 also when he was 18 in a high profile crime. three men were convicted and sent to prison for his murder, today her father told the news he doesn't believe the killings of his son and daughter are related. the chp released new information about the bay area connections of an officer who shot a teen. the teen attacked the officer with a machete outside eureka. the 17-year-old died at the scene. the officer is in stable condition at the hospital. >> it's pretty rude. it's not just happening in this neighborhood, it's all over the

city. an upsetting sight, the video to keep everyone aware this holiday season of gift delivery. and following a developing situation right now in oakland, we'll bring you live to this scene of this hours long stand off as i continues. -- it continues. the threatening message sent today if the us doesn't agree to north korea's request. we continue in 90 seconds.

now a developing situation in oakland where an hours long stand off is continuing. it's in east oakland. police tell us someone inside a home there is making threats to kill people. these are live pictures now coming from our crew at the scene. you can see a lot of police presence here. it's not clear if the person is armed or if they are other people inside the house. again, these are live pictures in east oakland where there is a large police presence tonight, and for someone in a homemade threats to kill people. we'll give you any additional information as we get it. new developments on the sony hacking scandal, the north korean foreign ministry warned of grave consequences if the us doesn't accept the joint

investigation into the incident. this comes as sony looks for a way to release the film that led to the cyber attack. >> reporter: sony is looking for alternative ways to release the interview. the company canceled the film's christmas day release after hackers threatened attack on theaters. the white house is aplowedding the plan to distribute it on a different platform, they're pleased to hear they're working to distribute the film. people should be able to decide for themselves whether or not to see it. the fbi believes north korea is behind the cyber attack, and president obama vowed the us will respond. >> we will respond proportionately, and in a place and time and manner that we choose. >> could include some form of sages, or moving closer to --

sanctions or moving closer to south korea in a pivot. one of the key things you have is a discussion of proportionality, the recognition acts can escalate. >> reporter: north korea is now calling a joint investigation, and denies being involved in the incident. they said there will be grave consequences if the united states doesn't agree to the joint investigation, a spokesman for north korea going on to say they can prove they had nothing to do with the cyber attack. president obama and his family are in hawaii for the holidays. they touched down early this morning after a flight on air force one. plans call for them to spend about two weeks in a vacation home. people are accustomed to seeing the president out and about in the neighborhood and on island golf courses.

the cuban president said the diplomatic relations with the us doesn't mean they're abandoning communist ways, but today on the streetsen aer. protesters called the policy a betrayal called for true democracy in cuba. one woman said the normalization of the relations would fortify them. one of the victim of the roar theater shooting is -- aurora theater shooting is speaking out after the parents of holmes released a letter begging for mercy for their son. he's facing 12 murder charges. in this letter his parents write quote he's not a monster,

he's a human being gripped by a severe mental illness, and should be spared the death penalty. wide receiver was wounded in the here -- weaver was injured in the attack, his girlfriend was killed. he questions the timing. >> right before christmas in the holidays when it's so painful. >> holmes parents also wrote quote we believe the dealt penalty is moralely wrong, especially with the condemned is mentally ill. jury selection is set to begin nexts month. reports of several drone strikes on taliban militants in pakistan. today's attacks come just four days after taliban gunmen massacred over a hundred people in an attack on a school. 132 of them were children.

the pakistan taliban said they targeted a school that serves soldier's children because the students aspire to follow in their father's footsteps and target militants. at least five taliban militants were killed in a us drone strike today. also today the pakistan military said at least five militants were killed by security forces outside. four afghans held for more than ten years were released last night and returned to afghanistan. they were cleared for traps for for some time. -- transfer for some time. the release of four bridges the number of deat a knees held to 132. a pilot walked away from a small plane crash this afternoon at about 12:45 at a private airport. as the pilot was taking off in

the homemade thorpe it dove and flipped over onto the field. the pilot met first responders, he refused treatment, and the airport closed briefly while the plane was cleared. the uc president is now a full tenured professor at cal. the dean says her experience as homeland security secretary and governor of arizona makes her a welcome addition to the school. forget cyber monday, today just may be the biggest day of the holiday season for businesses. details about the financial figures that has business owners seeing dollar signs. and these are the conditions that big wave surfers wait for. coming up we take you to the always incredible mavericks. and in weather, still tracking a few clouds and showers this even.

coming up, the big change in the storm track over the next few days, and an early look at the chris forecast.

just four shopping days until christmas, and time is running out for every to buy, and for the stores to sell. experts call today super saturday, and predicted it would be the biggest shopping day of the year. in fact analysts expected 10 board of directors would be spent today alone -- billion dollars today alone. >> reporter: before customers filed in, carts full of boxes and crates filled the hours at target. workers raced to unload and up pack two overnight -- unpack two overnight truck loads of

inventory before think opened. there were 40 people outside the store at 8:00 a.m. waiting for the doors to open. they poured in to pick up the final items on their holiday shopping list. >> looking for a printer and some things for my kids. probably some video games and what no. >> i'm shopping for my niece today. doing our christmas celebration tonight. she loves frozen, i was able to find a few frozen toys. >> reporter: when it comes to total sales, the saturday before christmas is the biggest shopping day of the season. $10billion is expected to be spent nationally. >> on black friday we have the initial rush and everyone waiting in line, but today it's more con tonight. >> reporter: some shoppers found specific items hard to come buy. >> looking for magic cards, my son is really into it, and there's not many selections

left. >> reporter: but there's still plenty of selection, and for those not stressed, plenty of time. >> sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, couple more days. wednesday is definitely last minute. and many stores are staying open extra hours, with some planning to be open around the clock. the toys r us opened at 6:00 this morning, and plans to stay open until 2:00 o'clock. tuesday the store is set to be open from 6:00 a.m. tuesday to 9:00 p.m. christmas eve. macy's also part of the holiday shopping marathon. many stores up from 7:00 a.m. to midnight until christmas eve, and the union square store is staying open through crasser. it opened 7:00 yesterday morning, and remains open until

december 24th at 9:00 p.m. all right, post offices across the bay area, it was a day of hurry up and wait. the last day to get packages mailed before christmas, and long lines of gift givers. right there waiting at the downtown berkeley post office. many with multiple packages, but one customer said the holiday service moved quickly today. >> i saw the line and expected a long wait, so it wasn't too bad today. and if you didn't make it today tuesday is the deadline for sending packages using overnight service. flat rates for priority mail express start at $20, may be able to save a few bucks weighing the package at home and buying postage online. and today things from all over the world arrive at the

port of oakland, but today a big shipment was turned away. >> and surveillance cameras getting the world out about package thieves.

a quick search of youtube bridges up many videos of people stealing pack annals right off the -- packages right off the front steps of homes, but with days just before christmas, a neighborhood grinch is targeting packages, and one san francisco community wants to get the word out. we have the video showing the thieves in action. >> reporter: it happened thursday afternoon, a couple caught on video stopping