abc news reporter alison kosik has the new developments. >> now he is in custody for fatal shootings that occurred in the los angeles area this week have all been linked to one suspect, according to the los angeles police department, 33 year old jared powell was already behind bars, accused in a follow home murder. >> and now police connecting him to the deaths of three homeless people across los angeles. >> i'm grateful that this suspect in this case is in custody and no longer a threat to our community. >> powell pulled over by cops wednesday night, detectives tracking his license plate after the follow home shooting. according to police, finding a gun in his car and arresting him for murder. then investigators say they linked him to those other murders. >> the suspect responsible, we believe, based on our investigate ation for the murder of four individuals over the course of four days. >> authorities allegedly linking his car to all of the crime scenes. the los angeles police chief saying the motive is still unclear, but believes if the

alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> we will continue to keep you updated on what's happening in israel, gaza and here at home. you can find the latest updates anytime at abc7 news.com and download the abc7 bay area app to get breaking news alerts and live stream updates. back here at home, street vendors in san francisco say being forced into new marketplaces is destroying their business. saturday marked one week of a moratorium which removed vendors from mission street. the ban means vendors both with and without permits, cannot sell items on the sidewalks in the mission district. vendors call the ban unjust and say the space hurts their business. vendors would have earned maybe 200 a day throughout the week. >> some have earned as much and as high as about $10 a day. $3 a day in terms of living in san francisco and trying to survive in this city. there is no mathematical way that the formula that they've put in place is going to allow them to do that. >> the city says the ban was necessary because of safety concerns related to unauthorized vending and illegal activities. respiratory

alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> and we're continuing to follow breaking news out of the middle east. there's been an attack on an american warship in the red sea near yemen. it's unclear if anyone was injured, but an official tells abc news several drones headed towards the ship were shot down. most people commercial ships were also attacked. the pentagon says it cannot confirm who's behind it all. but since the start of the israel-hamas war, we do know iran backed rebels have been attacking ships in this region. un officials say this series of attacks could mark a major escalation of these kinds of incidents. this, of course, is developing. we'll continue to keep you updated on what's happening in israel, gaza and here at home. you can find the latest updates anytime at abc7 news.com and download the abc7 bay area app to get breaking news alerts and live stream updates. well, back here at home , street vendors in san francisco say being forced into new marketplaces is destroying their business. saturday marked o

alison kosik, abc news new york.ime president biden will be hosting ukrainian president vladimir zelensky at the white house on tuesday. congress is in a bitter debate over providing ukraine as well as israel with billions in additional military aid. the white house says aid is a prime 8-80 and has urged congress to act swiftly. but senate republican eyes are increasingly skeptical over spending towards ukraine, saying major immigration changes must be part of any funding deal. well, across the bay area, the holiday season was marked with shows of generosity. here's a look now at the sights and sounds from three different communities making lives a little brighter and helping build a better bay area packages from santa and local organizations clutched in the hands of 300 kids in chinatown sunday. they aren't the only gifts. they're receiving this holiday season. many of these children live in sros or single resident occupancy units, which are often just 100ft■!s thanks o special city programing, some have moved into

abc's alison kosik has more from the president. >> international reaction this morning, a reversal from former president trump abruptly canceling plans to testify at his civil fraud trial today, citing, among other things, the alleged bias of the judge. >> trump now saying he has nothing more to say at a fundraiser over the weekend, he addressed his previous comment that if reelected, he wants to be a dictator, if only for one day. >> and you know why i wanted to be a dictator? because i want a wall, right? i want a wall. and i want to drill, drill, drill a new wall street journal poll shows trump not just dominating other primary candidates, but in a hypothetical match up. >> he also beats president biden, 47 to 43. inflation poses a major problem for biden, 46% of americans now say they're standard of living is worse than their parents. polling shows biden would lose the former south carolina governor nikki haley, by an even wider margin than trump. haley, speaking to abc's linsey davis addressed whether trump is fit to be president, given his legal troubles. >> i think he's fit to be

alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> it's a lot going on. >> traveling. >> well, we didn't travel. we were just hanging out here. it's pretty nice. >> it is. and if you have to travel locally later on this morning, we'll have no issues. the weather is so nice across the region, and even across the state. we'll take a look at the travel forecast in one second. here's our network of cameras this morning from sfo to emeryville. the exploratorium, san jose. we are dealing with partly cloudy skies. first thing, if you have to travel later today we will see some wet weather in the pacific northwest around seattle. eugene. we are expecting a rain snow mix at times. that front will eventually cross us on wednesday , but today we're looking great. from la to vegas to phenix. if you have to travel there 65 degrees and sunny to the middle part of the country, fargo is going to see snow at 32 degrees. chicago will get some late day rain. i know o'hare is a big hub for a lot of us. 54. we're expecting that front to move through. it's chilly in kansas city at 38. new orleans looking nice at 67 d

abc news reporter alison kosik explains it's raising even more questions about intelligence failurese hamas's october attack. this morning, israel's military is revealing what it describes as hamas's largest tunnel under gaza. >> nearly two and a half miles long, large enough to drive a car through. inside, idf soldiers say they found weapons. even a rail system. abc's ines de la cuetara was there. >> you can see how deep this tunnel goes. this is something that would have taken years to build the idf saying this probably took millions of dollars. let's go. uxor. >> families of some of the israeli hostages still held by hamas are now camping out inside israeli military headquarters, demanding a new deal to release their loved ones, their protests coming after israeli forces accidentally killed three hostages friday. a preliminary investigation found the three hostages left a building in an area of very intense fighting, carrying a stick with a white cloth. a soldier reportedly saw them as a threat and opened fire. troops were ordered to stop firing, but another soldier shot and kille

abc news reporter alison kosik tells us what this now means for civilians. >> owns moments after then day temporary cease fire ended, israel resumed its air strikes against the gaza strip. israel hitting over 200 targets, accusing hamas of breaking the truce by firing multiple salvos of rockets at israel. much of gaza reduced to rubble, with the wounded being transported to hospitals by ambulance and via donkey cart. a unicef spokesperson described the horrors inside a hospital. >> while we cannot see more children with the wounds of war, with the burns, with the shrapnel littering their body, with the broken bones. nearly 200 people killed, according to the hamas run gaza health ministry, about 1.8 million gazans have fled to southern gaza from the north. >> israel has said it created a new system to warn civilians of impending fighting, dropping leaflets in southern gaza friday urging civilians to move to a sliver of land near the coast. >> so do you expect 2 million palestinians to move into this very, very small strip of land if they go there, their chances of surviving are much,

abc news reporter alison kosik tells us what this now means for civil aliens moments after the sevenesumed its air strikes against the gaza strip, israel hitting over 200 targets, accusing hamas of breaking the truce by firing multiple salvos of rockets at israel. >> much of gaza reduced to rubble, with the wounded being transported to hospitals by ambulance and via donkey cart. a unicef spokesperson describing the horrors inside a hospital. >> we cannot see more children with the wounds of war with the burns, with the shrapnel littering their body, with the broken bones. >> nearly 200 people killed, according to the hamas run gaza health ministry about 1.8 million gazans have fled to southern gaza from the north. israel has said it created a new system to warn civilians of impending fighting, dropping leaflets in southern gaza friday , urging civilians to move to a sliver of land near the coast. what do you expect? >> 2 million palestinians to move into this very, very small strip of land if they go there, their chances of surviving are much, much higher. >> it came to an end becaus

here's abc's alison kosik this morning. >> israel's military is revealing what it describes as hamas'sgest tunnel under gaza, nearly two and a half miles long, large enough to drive a car through inside idf soldiers say they found weapons and even a rail system. you can see how deep this tunnel goes. this is something that would have taken years to build. the idf saying this probably took millions of dollars uxor families of some of the israeli hostages still held by hamas are now camping out inside israeli military headquarters, demanding a new deal to release their loved ones, their protests coming after israeli forces accidentally killed three hostages friday. a preliminary investigation found the three hostages left a building in an area of very intense fighting, carrying a stick with a white cloth. a soldier reportedly saw them as a threat and opened fire troops were ordered to stop firing, but another soldier shot and killed the third hostage. investigators say the men had written these signs outside the building, pleading for help, saying sos and help three hostages written on f

here's abc's alison kosik.t because of the international reaction this morning, a reversal from former president trump abruptly canceling plans to testify at his civil fraud trial today, citing, among other things, the alleged bias of the judge. >> trump now saying he has nothing more to say. at a fundraiser over the weekend, he addressed his previous comment that if reelected, he wants to be a dictator, if only for one day. >> and you know why? i wanted to be a dictator? because i want a wall. all right? i want a wall. and i want to drill, drill, drill. >> a new wall street journal poll shows trump not just dominated other primary candidates, but in a hypothetical match up, he also beats president biden. 47 to 43. inflation poses a major problem for biden, 46% of americans now say their standard of living is worse than their parents. polling shows biden would lose the former south carolina governor nikki haley, by an even wider margin than trump. haley, speaking to abc's linsey davis addressed whether trump is

abc news reporter alison kosik tells us what this now means for civilians. >> moments after the sevenl resumed its air strikes against the gaza strip, israel hitting over 200 targets, accusing hamas of breaking the truce by firing multiple salvos of rockets at israel. much of gaza reduced to rubble, with the wounded being transported to hospitals by ambulance and via donkey cart. a unicef spokesperson describing the horrors inside a hospital. >> we cannot see more children with the wounds of war, with the burns, with the shrapnel littering their body, with the broken bones. >> nearly 200 people killed, according to the hamas run gaza health ministry, about 1.8 million gazans have fled to southern gaza from the north. israel has said it created a new system to warn civilians of impending fighting, dropping leaflets in southern gaza friday, urging civilians to move to a sliver of land near the coast. >> so do you expect 2 million palestinians to move into this very, very small strip of land if they go there, their chances of surviving are much, much higher. >> it came to an end because

abc's alison kosik starts us off this morning. >> spirit airlines conducting an internal investigation after an unaccompanied minor, a six year old boy was sent to the wrong city. the child was traveling from philadelphia to fort myers, but instead ended up in orlando after being put on a different flight. the airline saying, as soon as we discovered the error, we took immediate steps to communicate with the family and reconnect them. it comes as the holiday travel rush ahead of the christmas holiday broke records. santa's not the only one on the move. triple a says more than 115 million people traveled more than 50 miles from their homes, and with an estimated 7.5 million people taking to the skies, this will be one of the busiest air travel seasons ever. and it's come with some complications, flightaware says. over the weekend, across the country, there were more than 500 flight cancellations and more than 9000 delays. on friday alone, the tsa screening more than 2.7 million people. the weather, for the most part, has been cooperate, but there have been some issues at chicago's midwa

abc's alison kosik is following this developing story. >> 24 hours ago, we announced there was a killerthe loose. now he is in custody. >> for fatal shootings that occurred in the los angeles area this week have all been linked to one suspect, according to the los angeles police department, 33 year old jared powell was already behind bars, accused in a follow home murder. and now police connecting him to the deaths of three homeless people across los angeles. i'm grateful that this suspect in this case is in custody and no longer a threat to our community. powell pulled over by cops wednesday night, detectives tracking his license plate after the follow home shooting. according to police, finding a gun in his car and arresting him for murder. then investigators say they linked him to those other murders. >> the suspect responsible. we believe based on our investigation, passion for the murder of four individuals over the course of four days. >> authorities is allegedly linking his car to all of the crime scenes. the los angeles police chief saying the motive is still unclear, but believ