in d.c, it appears lawmakers will avoid a government shutdown following a late vote in the house. what's in this spending bill and what was left out? [music] >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is the four with just hours to go before a government shutdown, the house approved a new spending plan just a short time ago that will temporarily fund federal operations. >> welcome, everyone to the four this afternoon. i'm alex savage. >> good evening, i'm frank mallicoat. let's get right to that. breaking news. the house voted in the last hour to approve a bill that will fund the government through mid-march. it also contains $100 billion in disaster relief for hurricane ravaged areas, $10 billion for farm aid. it does not include, however, president elect trump's demand for lifting the government's debt ceiling bill will now head to the senate, where it's expected to pass quickly tonight. congress

was under a midnight deadline to pass a funding bill or launch a partial government shutdown over the holiday weekend. we will continue to monitor the latest on that spending bill, have much more coming up at 415. >> all right. we turn now to a big story we're following in san francisco. a chaotic scene in union square. that's where police say officers shot and killed an armed man. police say that man was wanted for a hit and run that injured two teenage girls. >> and that suspect, now dead, believed to be a security guard. our crime reporter, henry lee is live in union square. has the very latest. henry. >> well, san francisco police say that security guard was working here at this dior store, which is now boarded up. not because of another crash and grab, but because police shot and killed the guard right here. hours after they say he set off on a dangerous chase. bullet holes and a shattered glass storefront in an unlikely spot. the dior store in san francisco's union square. authorities say this is where police shot and killed a man at

about 130 friday morning. the same man they say had hit two pedestrians and a bicyclist hours earlier during a chaotic chase on a sidewalk nearby. that suspect, who was killed by police, has a connection to dior. >> we believe he was employed as a security guard in front of the dior store at grant and post. >> police say it all began at about 630 thursday night, when the guard began chasing a man on an e-bike while driving recklessly and erratically on the sidewalk on kearny, between post and sutter. the reason for the chase is unclear, but it continued near the chipotle restaurant while doing so. >> there were two young women that were coming out of chipotle. one aged 18, the other age 17, that were struck by the vehicle. thankfully, they have minor injuries. >> but even after hitting the teenagers, police say the guard continued his pursuit, hitting the back of the e-bike near sutter and kearny. the bicyclist jumped off and disappeared. police used surveillance footage to id the dior guard as the hit and run suspect, and were planning to arrest him at the

store, but there was a confrontation in the middle of the night, and the guard was shot and killed by police. authorities say they recovered a gun belonging to the guard. the police activity was unnerving to many in union square. >> it is a little scary. i feel like the holiday season always brings out a little bit of riffraff, but it's been a little bit chaotic. >> dior has been on edge after at least two crashing grabs, with burglars twice ramming cars into the store to steal handbags, including an october. but ktvu legal analyst michael cardoza says the guard's actions endanger the public. >> i mean, getting in a car, chasing and then driving on a sidewalk, my lord, what was he thinking? he probably wasn't thinking because the adrenaline was going. >> so far. dior has not responded to our request for comment. police are still looking for the guy on the e-bike who was allegedly rammed by that guard. and as far as the deadly shooting by police, the department will hold a town hall within the next ten days or so, with videos and more details as

to what led up to the confrontation. live in san francisco henry lee ktvu, fox two news. >> a lot to unpack there. indeed. okay, henry lee, live at union square. henry. thank you. well, the alameda county district attorney has thrown out a case against a police officer involved in the death of mario gonzalez in alameda. da's office telling ktvu it will throw out the case against officer eric mckinley, who pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter back in october. the judge has already dropped charges for two other officers after the da's office failed to charge them in an adequate time frame. >> nobody was hurt when a small plane made an emergency landing at the former alameda naval air base today. the alameda fire department says the single engine cessna c 152 was heading to palo alto when the pilot reported engine issues. that plane landed safely just after 1030 this morning. there was another person on board. neither of them suffered any serious

injuries. the alameda fire department responded to the scene, and the faa says it is now investigating this emergency landing. >> california food and health agencies have issued an update to california's state emergency over the spread of the bird flu. >> those health agencies stressed the risk to the general public remains low. there have been no human to human transmissions so far this year. 34 people in the state have tested positive for the virus. all of them were in close contact with either cattle or poultry. experts say this virus moves very quickly between dairies. >> since the initial introduction into california in august, we've established quarantines at 679 dairies. most of those are in the central valley, which is kind of our agricultural rich part of the state. but we have just recently detected a few infected dairies in southern california as well. >> according to the cdc, more

than 60 people in eight different states have now been infected with bird flu. one person in louisiana was hospitalized with the nation's first known severe case. >> and because of that, the oakland zoo is vaccinating its condors to take action amid bird flu concerns. zoo officials say due to the endangered status of the condor and the threat to their survival, they are vaccinating the birds against the bird flu. the virus is highly contagious and can wipe out entire flocks in a matter of days. california condor has been protected as an endangered species by federal law since 1967. >> well, egg prices here in the u.s. are rising once again, thanks in part to the bird flu. industry analysts are blaming the strong demand for eggs during the holidays and reduced supply because of the bird flu for the higher costs. the managers of one bakery say that nearly all of the products they sell require eggs. the cakes and pastries. there are even egg whites in some of the frostings. he recently found a new egg

distributor trying to get better deals. >> you know, doing, going over the orders and everything and inventory. and then all of a sudden it just seemed very drastic. the changes in pricing and everything. and then, you know, trying to, you know, communicate to the customers, you know, why we were having to raise prices. >> shoppers are feeling it as well at the grocery store. overall, grocery prices increased about a half a percentage point last month, but eggs were up more than 8%, according to federal data. on average, a dozen large grade a eggs cost about $3.65. that's up from $2.14 last year. >> an east bay family is considering following filing a lawsuit after being injured in a tour boat accident in the everglades in florida. they were visiting naples, florida, last week, along with a group of children and parents from an east bay youth football team. they were injured when two airboats tours collided. the

family held a news briefing this morning with their attorneys. david tolson, of antioch, was seriously injured along with his wife and children. >> i am in a great deal of pain, working through a lot of the nuances that come with an accident like this. obviously. not only was i injured, my wife was severely injured as well. my children sustained injuries, so i am working through it slowly but surely. >> the cause of that boat crash is still under investigation. >> all right. still to come this afternoon on the four, we'll get the latest from washington, dc, where it appears a government shutdown has been averted and the holiday travel rush well underway. >> the cancellations and delays we're seeing right here in the bay area. >> plus flu cases surging this time of year across the country. the efforts underway to make vaccines for the flu more effective and potentially

protect us from new flu variants coming down the line. [music] >> and over the bay area, mostly cloudy skies as we await the next rain event. i'll have a look at what you an expect for your bay

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medicine, professor maurice pitesky. professor, good to have you with us. good evening. >> great. thanks for covering the story. >> well, we hear 60 people in eight states have been infected. that sounds rather low. and i know you're a veterinary medicine, but how big a deal is that to human beings? >> yeah. so it's our job to kind of focus on these problems while they're small problems before they become truly larger. it's much easier to deal with these things when they're smaller. so it's really important for the public to be aware that there's a virus that we're unable to control in animal populations, including the poultry and dairy populations, and that is starting to move into humans. and i think it's important for us to sound alarms before it becomes an even bigger problem in animals and in humans specifically. all right. >> so what do you think of the steps that the state has taken so far to try to contain this outbreak when it comes to dairy

farms in the state? >> yeah, i think in general, you know, we're three plus years into this outbreak. so we're not really being proactive at this point. this outbreak has spread to six continents and it has moved from poultry to dairy. and now now as you're, as you mentioned, into some human populations. so it's very challenging to deal with outbreaks when they're this complex. they're in this many different wild and domestic animals. they're in all kinds of different habitats, including human wastewater, dairy lagoons and now starting to gain a foothold into humans. so at this point, it's a little challenging in the sense that most of our efforts are really focused currently just on responding to outbreaks as opposed to preventing outbreaks in the first place. i'm a veterinarian and epidemiologist. it's my job to try to focus on how we can prevent infection, as opposed to responding to infection. so i

think that's the area that we need to focus in much more over the coming months and years. >> economically, professor, what kind of impact would this have on the dairy and the poultry industry if it continues to spread? >> yeah. so, you know, poultry specifically is a very low cost animal protein. it's very nutritious. milk is, you know, consumed by all kinds of children and adults. we're a huge dairy producer as a state. we've also lost half of our of our our laying flock, the hens that produce the eggs that you and i might eat. so egg prices are reaching historic highs right now. and i'm not as familiar with dairy pricing system, but but the laws of supply and demand are at some level going to affect our our ability to, to purchase these products. and like i said, we're three plus years into this outbreak and we don't really have good solutions at this point on on how to stop it.

>> yeah. we have also obviously reported on the fact that there has been bird flu detected specifically in raw milk that has been produced in california's central valley in fresno county. but broadly speaking, as people are going to be heading to the grocery store here and picking up milk and eggs and those sorts of things, how much concern should people have about contracting bird flu by consuming those kinds of dairy products? >> yeah. so those those products are perfectly safe. there's published literature, and we have high confidence that pasteurized dairy products. and that poultry products are perfectly safe from an avian avian influenza perspective. we do have a concern, and i think it's a very valid concern about raw milk. the virus is in highest in it's highest levels in raw milk from cows that are infected. we've had cats on dairies, feral cats on dairies that have been infected and end

up dying. cats are mammals were mammals. so i'm concerned about access to raw milk. at this point, i don't think we have a good enough surveillance system, and i think the risk is just too great not only to the people that consume it, but but the just the potential we're dealing with ultimately what's a respiratory virus. and i'm concerned that that that we could be kind of nudging the virus further and further along to spreading from human to human just by allowing these products to be consumed and sold at this point. >> is the bird flu? is it deadly to all animals, to cattle, to chickens? or is this something they can, you know, contract and then get better? >> yeah. so historically, bird flu was carried by wild waterfowl like ducks and geese. and those ducks and geese didn't really seem to show infection and or disease. now we're seeing millions of wild birds, like snow geese and ducks that are dying. but poultry specifically

highly pathogenic avian influenza, as the name implies. causes close to 100% mortality. dairy are much different. so dairy cows don't seem to show as much mortality when they get sick. you get a decrease in milk production, and the dairy industry is very narrow margins economically. so the impact is economic. and we're i think we're still learning what the ultimate impact is with respect to the health of the cows themselves. can they be reinfected? at what point will their milk production return to normal? i think those are questions that we don't know the answers to yet. >> all right. well, we really appreciate your perspective here on this topic. obviously of concern to a lot of folks, especially here in california. that is uc davis veterinary professor maurice pitesky. thank you so much for the time, professor. we appreciate it. >> great. thank you. >> all right. we want to talk about our weather here in the bay area because you can sort of feel it outside. there's sort of heavy changes in the air. we went from sort of the sunny days

and outside this afternoon. it is gray and kind of cool. >> we got a little rain coming our way. >> yeah we do. we have a good guess. it's going to improve the air quality, right? that's that's some good news because today is the spare the air day. guys happy friday to you. happy friday to all of you. but yes it's a cloudy one out there. it's a cool one. winds are generally light a little breezy in our hills. we'll check on that here momentarily giving you a live look at the golden gate bridge where you can see all that cloud cover there. by tomorrow morning, scattered showers will be falling over parts of the bay area. we may even see a little bit this evening at this hour. a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures on the cool side. livermore 48 degrees outside your door. palo alto 57. and that's where most of us are, between upper 40s and upper 50s at this time. very similar to yesterday. air quality across the region is moderate, slightly a good over areas closer to the santa cruz area. but again for tomorrow and moving forward, that rain is

going to help clear out the air. here's a view of storm tracker two. the first system already coming ashore, bringing a little bit of wet weather to the pacific northwest today. northern california again. we may squeeze out a few sprinkles this evening, but really, tomorrow is when it will be a better shot for us. and then it continues on and off for the entire weekend in and around the bay area. at this time the winds are calm. hayward, mountain view, san jose a light breeze in half moon bay, but a little gusty. 17mph there and in our hills again, picking up a bit 10 to 20mph. reported in the oakland hills in the north bay. mount saint helena reporting 17mph. so cloudy, cool, breezy. getting into the overnight hours. temperatures will continue to cool. another noteworthy item during the overnight hours the winter solstice winter begins at 121 in the morning tomorrow morning, and we also have an advisory, a high surf advisory that starts at 6 a.m. and will go the entire

weekend. doesn't expire until sunday afternoon. a better look at the system when i expect it will arrive, how much i expect we're going to get, and what we can expect in the extended forecast heading into the holiday. coming up. >> all right. looking forward to that. rosemary. thank you. a popular dessert shop is preparing to open its doors this weekend at san francisco's thrive city. the baked bear, known for its ice cream sandwiches and signature cookies and brownies, is set to open to the public at noon this sunday. it will be located at chase center on the east side of thrive city on terry francois boulevard, right next to the miller and lux restaurant. the first 50 people in line will receive a free ice cream sandwich in celebration of the grand opening. >> it's becoming quite the foodie heaven. yeah, it really is in a big way. well, tis the season. what better way to give back than the salvation army? red kettle drive, union square. very busy this afternoon. and you never know who might be ringing that bell. merry christmas.

>> merry christmas, happy holidays. >> well, there you go. and yours truly had to give a little nudge. doing a little bell ringing today in the city. did you know the red kettle holiday drive all started in san francisco in 1891? captain mcphee trying to help the poor. shout it out. let's keep the pot boiling. spawning a 133 year tradition worldwide. now all the proceeds help salvation army feed and shelter low income families all around the world. >> all right. great work out there. you and sal looks like a lot of fun. all right, after the break here this afternoon, millions of people taking to the skies to get away for the holidays. what you need know

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between today and january 6th. the terminals are decked out in festive decor. today is actually expected to be the busiest day here. the stovin and hines families headed on a southern tour. >> we are flying into new orleans and then driving over to mississippi, then back to new orleans, then over to alabama and then atlanta. >> after usually driving for the holidays, they're excited to be getting on a plane. >> i'm excited for airport food. >> i'll never understand that one. >> a record number of travelers are expected to make a trip of at least 50 miles for the holidays. triple a predicts more than 119 million americans will travel from tomorrow to the first. narrowly beating out 2019 numbers. but passengers we spoke to don't mind how busy it is. >> i don't have a problem with it. i you know, i know there's going to be people it's going to get there's traffic, everyone's in a hurry, but i just take my time and just enjoy it. >> there are light displays, multiple christmas trees and even popcorn and a free gift wrapping station. once you get through security that is staffed

by o k airport staff and they will fully wrap your presents for you. >> of course, tsa recommends not flying with wrapped packages just for security reasons in case they're searched. so this is a really a great opportunity so that you can still arrive at your destination with wrapped presents. >> those things make a difference for passengers like damon douglas, but it looks like they're starting to really check things out and bring the holiday season in. he says, especially after the pandemic, he's happy to see people getting back to enjoying this special time. >> we have a little bit of a holiday spirit nowadays. it seems like it's starting to be more prominent, so it seems like we're starting to enjoy the holidays a little bit more. >> employees and passengers showing off their christmas cheer. >> i even have some glasses that i'm going to put on in a little bit. that's got christmassy stuff on them. >> merry christmas. >> in oakland. amanda quintana ktvu, fox two news. >> holiday travelers may run into problems at the nation's busiest airports, all due to

harsh weather around the country. chicago's o'hare international issued a ground stop today, pausing departures because of snowy and icy conditions as a winter storm moves through the midwest. now, nearly 600 flights have been delayed out of o'hare today and about 30 have been canceled. meanwhile, tsa says it's added overtime and additional staffers nationwide. while the faa will be using airspace typically reserved for the military to keep sky traffic flying. but both agencies warn folks also. you may want to plan for some extra time in advance. >> what would you do if your connection got canceled? for example, what would you do if your nonstop got canceled? >> tsa is telling passengers to be patient and expect longer than normal wait times. >> all right. coming up this afternoon here on the four. flu season is here and cases are spiking nationwide. >> coming up the research at stanford university to help improve and strengthen our vaccines. >> plus, the university of

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states and health officials are monitoring a surge in cases. today, the cdc announced it has seen a spike in flu activity, and 13 states are reporting high levels of the illness, including right here in california. nationwide, cdc says e.r. visits due to the flu and hospitalizations, they are up

compared to last week. as of december the 7th, about 41% of adults received a flu vaccine. >> well, researchers at stanford are working on ways to make our seasonal flu vaccines more effective and potentially protect us from new variants down the road. in a new study published this week, scientists at stanford are highlighting a new method that focuses on the development of antibodies that help prevent the flu virus from getting into our cells and replicating the standard flu vaccine targets for commonly circulating influenza subtypes. but often our bodies only develop antibodies for one of those strains of the virus. researchers say. they have figured out why that happens and how to force a stronger immune response to all four subtypes of the flu virus. a lot to understand here and unpack. for more, let's bring in mark davis, a professor of microbiology and immunology at stanford university. professor, greatly appreciate the time. this

afternoon, you sort of zeroed in here on some weaknesses that you saw with the standard seasonal flu vaccine. how are you trying to make these vaccines more effective? >> right. so it all came from a misunderstanding of for 60 years, people have thought that you have this bias because of the first flu infection that you ever got, and then you couldn't really do anything about that. but what we found is it's not really that that it's really about getting the right kinds of help from t cells, which have to work with b cells in order to make a good antibody response. so, so yeah. so basically we figured it's got to it's about the t cells. it's about that preference of different parts of your genetics that governs the t cell response. and that just by formulating a vaccine in a way

that contains multiple of the different types of proteins from the different types, we're able to equalize the antibody response and get what you really want, which is you put in four strains, you get antibodies against the four strains, which is not what normally happens. so the shocking thing is that the standard flu vaccine is only 60% effective and even less effective in people. older people like over 60, 70. that's where those are the people that die of flu infection or are hospitalized. so those are the most vulnerable population. i happen to be in that population. yeah. so we could do much better than 60% with this, this new study and what the new study says. and it also it applies to non flu as well because because what we find is really that this

same principle could be at work with the covid vaccine or with, you know say a virus comes from mars. then. and you want to really make a vaccine very quickly. yeah. you could just add t cell help from the flu to boost that up. >> you do believe that your research potentially could help in our response to the current bird flu outbreak, trying to help us get a human vaccine in place. >> exactly right. and we showed that in the paper. we did an experiment using the avian flu. and we found out that you get a miserable response normally because it's so different than the usual flu that we get. but if you add you bring in t cell help from the usual flu strains, you can boost up the antibody response to avian flu substantially. >> so it could help us down the

road. >> professor what needs to happen next before the new vaccine is widely available? >> yeah, unfortunately it's a slow, painful process. but the you know, the new rna vaccine technology could accelerate that. as we saw in in the covid pandemic, the things happening very quickly. it's a bit complicated, but but i think if manufacturers get onto this quickly, like i hope they do, that may be just in a few years. we'll be testing it in people because we didn't test in people, we tested it in a human organoid system. it's called. but but it's a very faithful system to predict human responses. but it has to be tested in actual humans, shown to be safe, shown to have efficacy. so that's a, that's a that's years down the road. but this is a start. and you can say what took us 60 years to figure

this out. >> yeah that that that is a good question here. why why it took this long to, to understand this deficiency in the vaccine. >> a lot to get into there i suppose. but what's the short answer to that question? >> the short answer is there's nothing worse than a popular idea that's wrong. >> and that was short. >> yeah, professor, we appreciate the time. it does sound like, obviously a long way to go before something like this is widely available, but this would would seem to be a really important breakthrough for you and your colleagues at stanford. so appreciate you coming on to talk about it. yeah, that is a microbiology professor, mark davis from stanford university. thank you so much. take care. happy holidays. new at four. the u.s. department of education says it has reached an agreement with the university of california over complaints by jewish and muslim students of discrimination and harassment during protests over the war in gaza. the office for civil rights said it investigated nine complaints against four

campuses, including uc santa cruz, uc davis, ucla and uc san diego. they concluded that the schools failed to respond effectively to both anti-semitic and anti-arab harassment. the schools must step up reporting of complaints and provide training for university employees and campus police officers. coming up here this afternoon on the four. a new recall affecting thousands of tesla vehicles, plus some parts of new york state. now a no fly zone as the mystery surrounding those drones grows deeper. >> and a live look here over san francisco. a little haze out there this afternoon. we're going to see whether improvement when it comes to the air quality as wet weather returns to the bay area. we'll have a look at what you can

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into widespread drone sightings out on the east coast. the faa has expanded a temporary ban on drone flights to areas of new york. >> authorities say many of those sightings are legal drones, helicopters or planes. and as fox news lucas tomlinson tells us, local leaders say the flight ban is just a precaution. >> parts of new york are now no drone fly zones. the faa expanding its temporary ban on drone flights friday to cover some of the state's most

populated areas, including nearly every borough of new york city. new york governor kathy hochul released a statement saying, quote, this action is purely precautionary. there are no threats to these sites, but it comes one day after a similar temporary ban was issued in new jersey. that's where hundreds of people have been reporting mysterious drone sightings to the fbi. new jersey governor phil murphy says those sightings are nothing to be concerned about. >> there is no public threat here, period. i can say that unequivocally. now, the faa today, i guess, out of an abundance of caution, said no drones flying over any critical infrastructure. >> the faa says the temporary bans were put in place at the request of federal security partners in new jersey. the no fly zones impact 22 critical infrastructure facilities. those locations include everything from shipping ports, warehouses to electrical power stations.

>> banning it like that is kind of punishing people like myself who are just recreational or commercial hobbyists. i feel like we're not really the ones that are causing this issue. >> some drone pilots, however, are worried if they violate the ban, they could be detained with their drone shot down. the temporary drone bans will end in both new york and new jersey around mid-january. in washington, lucas tomlinson, fox news. >> tesla is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles because of a tire pressure monitoring system issue. the problem is with the monitoring systems warning light. tesla says it may not remain illuminated and fail to warn the driver about low tire pressure. driving with improperly inflated tires can increase the risk of a crash. according to the national highway traffic safety administration, this recall includes the 2024 cybertruck, the 2017 through 2025 model three, and the 2020 to 2025 model y vehicles. tesla says it

is providing a free software update to fix this problem. >> all right, let's get you outside on this friday getaway day for the big holiday. a beautiful shot of the golden gate. do have some clouds out there. traffic moving along just fine. no rain just yet, but i hear it may be a coming. yeah, just give it a little bit of time. get a little wet. >> yeah. we got. yeah. santa is going to bring us a whole lot of rain. it sounds like for christmas week and for the weekend. >> not too bad. the north bay will definitely be favored for most of the rain, but we are all likely to be in and out of the scattered showers. you know, a lot of people are going to be out and about. some may even be thinking about ice skating, things like that for your holiday festivities. it's going to be a soggy one, giving you a live look here at the golden gate bridge. we do have a third system that pulls in, and that one looks to be the wettest. that one right now appears to come our way on christmas eve. i'll show you that in the extended forecast, but storm tracker two, covering all the clouds out there up above you

can see we've got mainly dry conditions. that begins to change tonight and into tomorrow morning. and as we talked about, winter solstice arrives at 121 pacific time. so you go to sleep tonight. it is still fall. you wake up tomorrow morning and winter has arrived. the futurecast model. there's a look at the brunt of the moisture with the system. number one. by tomorrow morning, it's on our doorstep. scattered showers expected to start the day. and it will be off and on for the entire day. will be in between systems when we start sunday morning. but we're going to have a lot of cloud cover overhead. and so with that, we do have to call for scattered showers. and then as we get into the second part of the afternoon evening hours, the system number two begins to move through the bay area, bringing more scattered shower activity. monday looks a little iffy, could be mainly dry, but tuesday. now we're talking about christmas eve and this again looks to be the wettest system of the three. may see more after we get past a christmas. right now, christmas day looks dry. thursday could be

soggy as well. when it comes to the rainfall amounts. i'm going to stop it here early sunday morning where half inch to perhaps an inch of rainfall over the north bay and the central and south bay. not even that we're talking about half inch or less. but then as we get into tuesday night, now we're beginning to see more accumulation anywhere from 1 to 3in of rainfall over areas of the north bay, a little bit less than that for the central and south bay, and for the sierra could pick up a foot of snow. tuesday. storm is going to bring that snow between now and sunday. high elevation snow. no advisories for winter travel, as it is expected to remain fairly high up above the passes tomorrow morning under mostly cloudy skies and soggy conditions. will go with 44 to start your day in santa rosa, 50 in san francisco and for the afternoon going to be a cool one. mid 50s to mid 60s for the afternoon. 65 in san jose as one of the warmer spots. your

extended forecast here. mostly cloudy off and on rain for the entire weekend, leaving it a chance on monday with the wetter, colder storm coming in on tuesday. again, this will be the system that really impacts the passes as well as the lake tahoe area. and right now we are dry on christmas day. back to you. >> all right rosemary thank you. much more news headed your way this afternoon. but first let's check on the roads around the bay area here on this friday afternoon. and you can see a live look here at interstate 880 coming through oakland past the coliseum. and it looks like traffic is moving along pretty well

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the u.s. house voted in the last hour to approve a bill that will fund the government through mid-march. it also contains a $100 billion in disaster relief for hurricane ravaged areas, $10 billion for farm aid. it does not include, however, president elect trump's demand for lifting the government's debt ceiling. the bill was approved 366 to 34, and now will head over to the senate for approval, where it's expected to pass quickly tonight. congress was under a midnight deadline to pass a funding bill or launch a partial government shutdown over the holidays. >> all right, let's get some more analysis here from our political analyst, brian sobel, who joins us now live. brian, great to have you on here. obviously, you've been following the developments in washington. it appears we are going to avert a government shutdown here. but

obviously we have gone through a chaotic week in washington as we look back on all the back and forth that has played out here in congress. what was the point of this whole exercise? >> alex, it seems to be an ongoing thing has happened for years. you get to this critical deadline and then finally congress acts. and but behind the scenes, you have a an incoming president who's trying to make sure that a budget that's delivered is not going to handcuff his administration as he as he takes over. but this is a stopgap bill. it's good through march. so this is going to have to go through another iteration here in a few months. yeah. >> we'll do it all again in a few months. the legislation keeps government running, but it does not include that provision to raise the debt ceiling, which president elect trump was demanding. why didn't trump push ahead with the debt ceiling fight right now? and is there a political winner in all of this,

frank? >> you pick your you pick your fights, right. you pick your wins. and i think the president understood that keeping these legislators in washington, d.c, and away from their constituents over the holidays was a nonstarter. i think he just went silent on it. the debt ceiling is an important issue that's going to have to be dealt with in march. the president wants the debt ceiling removed. but let's face it, america has a debt of $36 trillion at this point and a deficit of $1.8 trillion. this is this is a even in washington terms, real money. and this is something that the congress of the united states is going to have to deal with in the in the new congress. >> yeah. but but, you know, look, brian, i mean, house republicans are the ones who rejected the legislation that included raising the debt ceiling. what does that say about how much control president elect trump has over the republican party?

>> well, the fact is that the incoming president, the president elect, has has considerable control. and then you also have the backdrop of an elon musk threatening members of the house and the senate with being primaried. a new word if they didn't go along with what the president wanted. but numbers are numbers. >> republicans to go along with a plan that included raising the debt ceiling. >> well, again, i think it's a matter of the president elect taking a look at the events on the ground and saying, hey, i can only push so far on what i can accomplish here. and again, the backdrop, the backdrop, alex and frank, is that when something like this happens so close to a major holiday like christmas, and these members want to leave, they're willing to kick the can down the road. and we saw it again. but this isn't the first time this has happened. we've we've seen this over and over again. in 2018, you'll recall that there was a

partial government shutdown for 35 days, and that was during the last trump administration. >> and that wasn't good for either party. quick question where was president biden in all of this? and can i ask you this? growing up, even ten, 15 years ago, i'd never heard of a government shutdown. and now they seem to come along every other year. >> i think everybody is nodding when you ask that question because it's true. this is a more recent phenomenon. in the old days, congress seemed to get together better and work these things out. now it's become a pitched battle. whether it's the democrats floating the budget or the republicans floating the budget. there's all these arguments. and so it is a fairly new thing that we're we're living with now. >> yeah. another new thing we're living with is clearly the political influence of, of elon musk, who obviously blew up the initial bipartisan deal that lawmakers in washington had reached. >> yeah. my feeling is that, you

know, the solano were off the musk apple. you think so? you talk you're talking about two very powerful people in trump and musk. and guess what? trump's going to be the president. and musk is going to be this other guy. and i think if musk tries to take too much of the of the spotlight, trump will shut him down. >> yeah. it doesn't seem like those two figures can exist in the same space, not in the same universe. we'll see. all right. we appreciate the perspective. political analyst brian sobel, good to have you on. >> good to see you guys. all right. >> take care. thanks, brian. still to come this afternoon on the four a community coming together for the holidays. nearly three months after hurricane helene tore through the

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