europe and then the us why anxiety is good for you amber. what is editorial decision all about and do you think there's a deliberate effort by the forces that view did not make people fully aware of the process of revolution a lot of people when i tell them about my book people friends of mine overseas they had no idea there were protests happening in the united states because it's been so well censored and that's emblematic of everything that's going on the mainstream media right now with the censorship which is another reason i publish this book and as someone who worked in the inside i mean the censorship is happening as seymour hersh said in a guardian op ed he said that in order to change the media and really have accurate coverage of protests and just humanity in general we need to fire about eighty to ninety percent of staffers at these mainstream outlets and i agree with him one hundred percent you are about as you left c.n.n. you exposed in censorship but funding from the. the government talk about this do you think this kind of qui

ktvu's amber amber lee is there and we will hear from her when we get a signal. weather could make a big difference, our ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the conditions. >> the conditions aren't that massive, upper 60s, humidity in the 17s. it has been dry. a dry year. so the hills are not as moist as they would normally be. in the fire zone the weather isn't playing a major role but what is helping, you see that wind out of the southwest, that wind will increase the humidity into the evening hours, it will drop temperatures as well. that is a good direction. here are the clouds. those are the clouds that were coming in. it is dry. dry season. check out the terrain by the park. you have been down there. that is steep stuff. fire is on this side of the road but that is a tough area to fight fires. you have a lot of brush, it is dry. no rain. the weather is involved but it isn't driving the fire as the weather does. when i come back, more about our weather. which is warming up. hopefully won't contribute to more fires. i will see you back here aft

amber is live right now and telling us what fire crews are dealing with. >> reporter: now, it is a bit smoky out here and we can see flames off the side of the road and off of highway one. highway one does remain open, here is paul, to bring us the latest, paul, what can you tell us about the fire out here. >> crews have been working all day long building the containment line and extra protection. [ indiscernible audio ] >> i apologize for the technical difficulties we are having with amber with the live report. tlfk, there is a big fire burning in big sur. an evacuation are affecting of 100 people. >>> today the chemical board proposed of some sweeping changes. if those changes had been put in place last year, it may have prevented the huge fire at chevron. we got continued coverage from patti lee, she's live in richmond. >> reporter: there is some coism because the federal is calling for the -- that would acquire the state to take on a major role. in august of last year of chevron is prompting an over haul and how california is regulating the refinery. >> current regulations do not a

a lot more ahead. >>> an amber alert for a 14-year-old girl. i'm bob redell.e'll have new video of her last reported sighting coming up. >> remembering nelson mandela and his impact all across the world. >> it's another frigid start to the day. plenty of 20s and 30s across the bay area. san francisco at 39 degrees, we'll tell you how much longer this cold will last and how low our snow levels will fall as we head into tomorrow morning. lots to go over in your full forecast. >> the bay area, don't want people to freak out. we're here in oakland. we'll talk about what is going on on the eastbound freeways. >> there will be no freaking out. we're good and calm. taking a live look, it's friday, december 6. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> the big story locally this morning, freezing temperatures, okay, here's the cars. this is my car, in the parking lot as i pulled in this morning. 36 degrees. while mike, grab this shot on the way to work. mike has a garage. so you know w

the amber who roberts was referring to is this woman, amber lane.se are photos of the two of them vacationing in hawaii. amber is from the san francisco bay area and works as licensed massage therapist. people magazine reports roberts and amber were introduced by mutual friends and have been together for ten years. that may be so. but until now, robin roberts never revealed publicly she had a girlfriend. the daily mail newspaper quoted amber lane's mother as saying, we are very, very happy for them. her dad and the whole family are very family and totally supportive. for robin roberts, this is a remarkable moment, even though sharing with her viewers and television family is nothing new. over the years they have watched her struggle against two life-threatening illnesses, first, breast cancer, then more recently a serious blood and bone marrow disorder known as mds. but through it all, she has kept her partner out of the spotlight. even on the day she returned to work on "good morning america". >> hi, it is robin roberts, i have been waiting 174 day

. >> an amber alert in effect statewide. the new surveillance video showing the last moments the teenage girl was seen. new information about where her alleged abductor may be taking her. >> raging water, new details about an overnight water main break and new concerns about icy conditions on the roads. certainly cold enough for ice out there this morning. not as many 20s on the map, a touch milder. it's going to be cold all day long. our next weathermaker moves in tonight. it could bring a dusting of snow to low levels. we'll show you where coming up. >> it was a pretty calm friday. suddenly i'm getting a number of reports of something popping tires in the east bay and a crash into san francisco. we'll have those coming up. >> mike will check back in with you in that case. a live look outside. it's friday, december 6th, this is "today in the bay." >> a very good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. we're going to begin with the death of nelson mandela, a man who cha

the amber alert has extended to california. >> reporter: washington state police say the abduction happened this afternoon. the washington state police say it is possible he could be taking her to mexico. he may be driving an early 2000 ford escape with washington registration. the highway patrol describes him as hispanic wearing a white tank top carrying a pink purse, weighing 295 pounds. the situation is extreme and potentially life threatening. call law enforcement immediately if you see them. >>> one of the laws changing in the new year is the amber alert law. it is being expanded. if a parent threatens a child the alert can be issued. >> who the person is and will hurt the child, is takes the focus off of them and on the well being of the child. when it was first created, it was about protecting children and not about finding who took the child. so our law puts the focus back on the well being and health of that child. >> if the person kidnapping and threatening the parent, the law takes effect january 1st. >>> humanity will have in short that never again racial tyranny. >> the man who

happening now, a statewide amber alert after a teenager was taken in washington state. bob redell is live. authorities think she may be headed to mexico. >> that's what her family called law enforcement. they believe she is with her new boymt and that the pair may be traveling through california possibly the bay area on the way south of the border. there is who law enforcement want you to be on the lookout for. we should have a photo. 19-year-old eduardo flores rosales and romero, captured about which a surveillance camera around 2:30. you could see her walking in from the left. goes across the parking lot, then gets sbo that parked suv on the right. that's the vehicle chp wants you on the lookout 4. it's a 2001-2003, green ford escape with a roof rack. there is no license plate. they have not lit up the highway signs. they tell us it's too generic. here is leert look a look. she's 14 years old, 5'3", 130 pounds, last seen carrying a back pack and pink purse. again, the belief is that this pair is headed to mexico. reporting live in the newsroom, bob redell, "today in t

ktvu's amber lee is in pleasanton where she spoke to the girl's father today. amber. >> reporter: frank, this is where police tell us the missing girl was last seen getting into a car early sunday morning. her father gave us photos of the 13-year-old. he tells me a neighbor saw her leave the family home on vineyard avenue around 4:00 a.m. sunday. she was with three males unknown to the family. anna got into a newer model dark brown coupe, possibly a mercedez or bmw. her father says anna hasn't been seen or heard from since. police are taking this case very seriously. they say anna's safety is at risk. >> she did have a presence on social media. since she's been a missing, from talking with her e the friends that know her best, she hasn't made a presence on social media at all since i believe saturday night. >> reporter: her father asked us to share this photo of anna. her family loves her very much and desperately wants to make sure she is safe and wants her to come home. police say she does not have a cell phone and asks anyone with information to contact them

roberts posted a note of gratefulness to her family and long-time girlfriend amber. they've known amber a long time and are thankful robin has loving support in her life. >>> there are increased safety measures. 35,000 people are expected to attend the festival that started today and ends just after midnight new year's day. authorities found drugs in her system and believe she got lost walking back to her hotel. organizers are adding heated areas to prevent the same thing from happening this year. nighttime temperatures are expected to drop below freezing. >>> it's interesting because we've had so much warmth here in the bay area. >> at night they're dipping down to the mid teens. definitely, it is going to be very cold at night in the sierra. we had those warm winds that kept temperatures warmer across the bay area. the winds have pretty much ended. clear sky, cold night. we're seeing mainly clear skies out there. current temperatures already starting to slip off a bit with san francisco 54. san jose you're 49 degrees. check out the north bay. temperatures are alrea

marrow transplant, roberts posted a note of gratefulness to her family and a long-time girlfriend amber. abc news released a statement in support of roberts, saying they've known amber a long time and are thankful robin has loving support in her life. >> up next at 6:00. the hotel ameant that could be gone in the near future. >>> a look at your monday morning forecast. meteorologist leigh glaser is up next. >> no silver and black lining to the raiders' season finale. torched by broncos. torched by broncos. who loves kickers? ♪ ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant tomato florentine soup, it took a little time to get it just right. [ ding ] ♪ but finally, it happened. perfection. at progresso, we've got a passion for quality, because you've got a passion for taste. >>> snapchat has answered to complaints of a security problem. an exploit could help hackers take user names and phone numbers and information could be sold leading to more spam

and an amber alert is in effect for a teen missing from washington. we'll tell you where authorities believe her abductor is headed. starting things off here in the weather center this morning. kron4's mike pelton is live in walnut creek where temperatures are below freezing. it is pretty chilly grid of 29 degrees as you can see on the sign behind me bridge we just got out of the truck and these conditions are very similar to what we saw yesterday. 29 degrees. not a lot of land or a lot of frost. a light dusting of frost on some of the cars which should not be a big issue for residents of terror in the east bay but we've seen these cold temperatures cause some inconvenience for people in the east. there was a water main break and martinez. some people have been caught off guard for some of the temperatures. we will speak with some residents to see how they are dealing with the cold weather and see if it's causing them in the issues this week. and what had to the north bay where we continue to follow this cold snap. we have freezing temperatures of and

the new reports a new law championed by christina will allow the chp to issue an amber alert for anyhe person they are with has custody. the change comes after an amber alert was not issued for a five- year-old girl back in 2005 who's mother had threatened to harm her. the mother and girl were found dead later in a murder-suicide. half of all amber alerts involve parental abduction. >>> a san carlos gas pipeline that was the focus of serious safety questions returns to service today. the line will run well below the normal pressure for a gas pipeline. now that gas pipeline was taken out of service in october. there were questions about its safety raised by an engineer saying old welding on it could cause an explosion. officials say the pipeline still needs more testing enupgrades. >>> meeting scheduled tomorrow for residents on treasure island to hear the details about a major cleanup there. people in two dozen homes are being moved temporarily. the navy will clean up chemicals found in the soil. they may be used to other housing on treasure island. despite the chemical cleanup, trea

marrow transplant, roberts posted a note of gratefulness to her family and a long-time girlfriend amberbc news released a statement in support of roberts, saying they've known amber a long time and are thankful robin has loving support in her life. >> up next at 6:00. the hotel ameant that could be gone in the near future. >>> a look at your monday morning forecast. meteorologist leigh glaser is up next. >> no silver and black lining to the raiders' season finale. torched by broncos. who loves kickers? check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abc's. all i learned was a new definition of fear. i need some pudding. yeah, there's one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. >>> snapchat has answered to complaints of a security problem. an exploit could help hackers take user names and phone num

a amber alert helped find a 16- year-old girl in august.a hearing some say it drove people to turn off the notification on their phones because it came late at night. over time adjusting that alarm, ring tone or whatever maybe come up with something different. >> the san diego county office of emergency services put out an ad asking people to turn to knowcation back on. >>> a -- notecation back on. >> live in the newsroom with what we're working on for bay area news at seven on tv 36. we'll take you back to santa rosa. residents are learning about the early release of a sexual predator. the prison sentence is being cut short due to a technical error. join us at 7:00 on tv 36. [ male announcer ] december is customer appreciation month at subway. we're saying thanks with two of your favorite six inch subs. the six-inch cold cut combo, or the six-inch meatball marinara, built fresh from the bread up for just $2 each all december long. subway. eat fresh. . >>> mark is here to tell us about news on baseball's winter meetings. >> a lot of activit

it is a free app and ktvu's amber lee says it gets you want wherever you want it. >> click on the post mate app sends your request into this center in san francisco. a courier in a car or a bicycle fulfills the order. they get a phone alert and she has anthur fulfill the order. this order is for take out. >> the best part would be that you get to find new places you might want to eat at, make customers happy when you bring them something. >> food is definitely the voloom driver -- volume driver for the platform. >> reporter: couriers are also able to make purchases at any store in san francisco and deliver them anywhere in the city. >> people are used to services. touch had button and go want. >> reporter: the minimum delivery charge is $5. the maximum is $15. the charge is determined by how far the delivery is. for this ordter was $7 -- order it was $7. >> reporter: what do you think? >> awesome. it was easy. >> reporter: this is the first time they used the service. >> we will do it again. we are both busy and get home late. >> reporter: in addition to san francisco it is available i

reporting live at big sur, amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> from amber, we go to chief meteorologist bill martin. bill, the almost christmas, why are we seeing a wildfire now? >> julie, plain and simple, it is the lack of rainfall in this area. certainly, the humidity level it's were lower, but it's about dryness. this area is running well behind average for rainfall. right now, i've got a little bit of wind doing this. a sore flow. that's helping firefighters at the fire. but by tomorrow morning, the winds are going to start coming out of the east again, which will blow the fire back towards the water. these are the clouds moving up from the south that are kind of bringing in, or ushering in that southerly wind, which again is helpful to firefighters at least in terms of humidity levels and temperature levels but make it tougher to keep it on the west side of highway 101. the story with big sur as we come in a little closer, that's a rough area to fight fires. there's not a lot of roads. a tough area to fight fires. those are steep cliffs. here's highway 101 here. the concern firefi

amber, amber, amber, so here's what i know. you got this four-day lead time.prank. then you find out, you know, ron burgundy is going to sit next to you. did he stay in character the whole time? >> when he first came in, he looked like ron burgundy, but he was talking as will, and he was, you know, shaking hands and just like, hey, guys, how's it going? it was really natural and stuff. so i hadn't heard the ron burgundy voice until we did our first run-through. that's when i pretty much broke down laughing because i couldn't get over hearing that in person and this was actually happening. >> so you did a run-through, so this tells me this was not a cold thing. did he actually read scripts? did he select which reads he would have? take me behind the scenes. >> well, i produce the show just like i normally would. there was no direction or anything like that. luckily, it's just kind of a lighter, softer news time of year right now. it's the holidays and there was nothing breaking or hard news, thank goodness. because that would have been extra difficult to deal w

amber-- >> reporter: julie we're at a park where joe would often gather with other homeless folks. his mother said he tried to get him to get off the streets but would not. >> i would let him come to stay with me for a while but he did not want to stay because he did not want to be a burden. >> he just deserves to be recognized for the person that he was. he wasn't just homeless. he was my brother. >> reporter: his family says he was a loving father and a giving grandfather. despite his plight they say he refused to take add advantage of his relatives. >> when he came here he did not want to eat so much because he didn't want to feel like he was eating our food. >> reporter: his mother says health problems and hanging around with people in trouble. he was found laying on a walk way near the safeway. and was taken to the hospital where he died. family members say they were told several men had beaten white and had left him out in the cold. his new coat gone. >> it's an extraordinarily issue. >> reporter: white stayed at homeless shelters. it provides $350,000 each year to fund nonpr

amber, you look lovely. are you married? >> no. >> i am. so don't get any ideas. >> how long did it take you to grow that? >> 20 minutes. >> i would have been cracking up! >> how do you work with that? >> you kind of get through it. but that movie coming out in a couple of weeks. >> it's going to be cold. chilly get out the longjohns. we have chilly temperatures coming up. >>> enjoy your monday. see you again bright and early tomorrow morning. [ indistinct conversations ] [ glass clinks ] >> hope: everyone, can i get your attention? thank you. i just wanted to say that this has been a really wonderful day, celebrating with friends and with family and celebrating an upcoming wedding. [ applause ] >> wyatt: well, i think we should be celebrating you for pulling all this together. you're incredible. >> liam: and beautiful. incredible...and beautiful. >> wyatt: incredible, beautiful, and inspiring. >> bill: okay, you two. i think we all get the picture. >> brooke: we all think she's very special. >> hope: okay, this is not what today's about. t

reporting live at the sun valley mall, amber lee, ktvu. >>> more details on macey's and kohls. they aren't the only retail chains planning to stay open around the clock. toys r us and k-mart said some locations will keep their doors open 87 hours consecutive. >>> afternews broke that target was the victim of a data breach they are offering 10% off this weekend and free credit monitoring. they stole data from some 40 million debit and credit cards in stored from the day after thanksgiving to december 15th. they say if you get an e-mail that doesn't necessarily mean you were victimized. a sacramento woman thinks she was a victim of that security breach. she said someone with drew $300 from her checking account linked to her target red card. her bank is waiting for reimbursement from target. the bank said to keep her account activity to a minimum until the situation is resolved. that means she can't buy christmas presents. >> grand babies and my family is just going to have to wait. they need to get it cleared up because this is effecting poor people. >> she said target closed her

amber-- >> reporter: julie we're at a park where joe would often gather with other homeless folks. his mother said he tried to get him to get off the streets but would not. >> i would let him come to stay with me for a while but he did not want to stay because he did not want to be a burden. >> he just deserves to be recognized for the person that he was. he wasn't just homeless. he was my brother. >> reporter: his family says he was a loving father and a giving grandfather. despite his plight they say he refused to take add advantage of his relatives. >> when he came here he did not want to eat so much because he didn't want to feel like he was eating our food. >> reporter: his mother says health problems and hanging around with people in trouble. he was found laying on a walk way near the safeway. and was taken to the hospital where he died. family members say they were told several men had beaten white and had left him out in the cold. his new coat gone. >> it's an extraordinarily issue. >> reporter: white stayed at homeless shelters. it provides $350,000 each year to fund nonpr

hang on. >> the bodying for amber and her fiance is planned for january 4th. friends say if anyone can survive a situation like this it is dale smith. >> matt, thank you. happening now, bart's two largest unions are filing a lawsuit against the transic agency over the contract deal that ended the strike. the battle is over a costly clause that bart claims it never agreed to and our reporter is in oakland. heather? >> kristen, here is the lawsuit filed just an hour ago, and the press conference is just getting started but as we first told you when we broke the story on friday, the two unions are filing this lawsuit against the bart board saying that the ford of directors action was illegitimate and unprecedented in the handling of the signed contracts. after six months after negotiations and two strikes on november 21 the board refeudsed to ratify one clause contained in the agreement which the union says was illegal to approve the rest and cherry picking one item. the board says it was signed by mistake and is too expensive and the unions wants to circle back

at one point, ron tried to pick up on the co-anchor, amber, he said, amber, are you married?on't get any ideas. >> jimmy: amber rolled with it. >> in other news -- ha-ha. >> jimmy: was that the most fun you had doing this? >> that was fun. i also went up, right after that. went up to winnipeg, canada. the paris of canada. where ron was invited to help announce the olympic curling trials. so, so, for all of. >> jimmy: i read about this. >> so curling, do you know what curling is, you glide the stone across the ice. >> jimmy: people sweep. >> do the sweeping thing. yeah, yeah. so they, they were begging for ron to go. >> jimmy: yeah, sure, sure. absolutely. not much goes on. >> i was literally on the broadcast for 20 minutes. >> jimmy: you were? did you do the play-by-play. whatever they call it. >> i would make stuff up. got on the telestrator, just drew balloon animals and things. at one point they were like how do you think kathy so and so is going to do on the throw. she can't do it. not going to do it. sure enough she messed up. she messed up. a journalist in toronto said

amber. >> reporter: ken, one of the cars broken into is this honda pilot. the thief smashed the window. the broken glass is still here. but all the gifts inside are gone. >> reporter: so the seat was gone because we had a long present here that layed across then the back was full. >> reporter: the back of nancy moyarti's car was filled with presents. early this morning a thief smashed the window and grabbed all the clothes, toys and gift cards that were inside. the items were intended for the families of two cancer patients at her job. >> i was devastated. i started bawling because i thought about the families who are in need. >> reporter: but police say there are two developments that just may help them catch the thieves. this is surveillance video of a man breaking into another car this morning in the same neighborhood. the owner of this mini cooper tells me she installed surveillance camera after her husband's vehicle was broken into twice. >> when it happens to you more than once, you get a little bit smarter each time. >> reporter: it makes me feel bet

amber rose johnson, thank you so much. that's our show for today. 10:00 a.m. eastern. we've got lots of good stuff planned for nerdland. right now, it's preview of "weekends with alex witt." >> i don't know if i want to do a preview after that. that was so powerful. >> when people are that good, i know. >> i was sitting here like this. amazing watching this girl. anyway, thank you for that. for those of you who want a little news, i'm going to tease some for you. here we go, everyone. ice storm part two. parts of the east coast will not be spared by this nasty stretch of weather. answers to where and when and how bad in minutes. >>> for years iran denied the world access to one specific energy plant. today, nuclear inspectors are there. so what might they find? we've got a live report from iran. >>> here's the headline, american schools versus the world. expensive, unequal, bad at math. i'm going to talk to the author of that article. >>> and reality check. will the amazon dream of delivery drones ever get off the ground, and could they be dangerous

reporting live at big sur, amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> from amber, we go to chief meteorologist bill martin. bill, the almost christmas, why are we seeing a wildfire now? >> julie, plain and simple, it is the lack of rainfall in this area. certainly, the humidity level it's were lower, but it's about dryness. this area is running well behind average for rainfall. right now, i've got a little bit of wind doing this. a sore flow. that's helping firefighters at the fire. but by tomorrow morning, the winds are going to start coming out of the east again, which will blow the fire back towards the water. these are the clouds moving up from the south that are kind of bringing in, or ushering in that southerly wind, which again is helpful to firefighters at least in terms of humidity levels and temperature levels but make it tougher to keep it on the west side of highway 101. the story with big sur as we come in a little closer, that's a rough area to fight fires. there's not a lot of roads. a tough area to fight fires. those are steep cliffs. here's highway 101 here. the concern firefi

amber always has this one saying she tells me over and over. it's not inquantity of time.y of time. >> leaving my family at home will never be easy. but i have got work to do. the best way for wine to water to reach more people and expand is to go there in person to find and develop new partnerships. i was recently put in touch with a small well drilling organization in colombia and it seems promising, so i'm off. i just arrived at a small town called meticiae in colombia. it's deep in the jungles right along the borders of peru and brazil. this right now is the 16th country for wine to water. i already feel a special connection to the people here because everybody is riding a motorcycle. just a little minimetropolis in the middle of the amazon jungle. a lot of cities here are quite developed and they don't have a lot of the third world or developing style issues. however in a jungle, there is still quite a few communities that are lacking basic resources such as clean drinking water. to me, one of my favorite things to do is to go into a new country for the very first tim

>>darya: an amber alert issued in washington state has now extended to california.ted of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl. 19 year-old eduardo flores- rosales on the right is suspected of of ducting elizabeth from a row on wednesday afternoon. romero is described as a hispanic girl standing 5 ft. 3 in.. tall, weighing 130 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes. she was last seen wearing a white tank top dark pants and was carrying a backpack and a pink purse. fluoresce --flores-rosales is a hispanic man standing 5 ft. 9 in. tall way want to hundred pounds with black hair and brown eyes. he was last seen driving an hour late 2000 s grain for escape. that may be passing through the bay area and route to mexico. coming up on the kron4 morning news, we will have an update on the shooting- shutdown of interstate 5 and stockton, a story we brought to life. plus charges are coming in brought to life. plus ci love watching tvin outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cab

amber-- >> julie we're at broadway plaza. now on a tuesday night you would not expect a lot of shoppers. but many are telling us they're just not seeing the long lines and large crowds of the past. >> reporter: it was cozy and warm inside pottery barn. the holiday music, the holiday decorations and the sales to entize shoppers. >> this is a first one for us. >> i think it's been really dead and i've gotten parking places everywhere i've gone and it's weird. >> reporter: the early deep discounts during the lean years in the economy haven't materialized yet. we asked one shopper what she considers to be a good discount. >> 50. >> reporter: at least 50. >> right now there's 30%. still not much. you're right. >> it's a game of chicken they're waiting until the prices go down. >> reporter: consumer psychologist kip yaro says that the trend toward online shopping. yaro says people are buying big ticket items such as cars and furniture. purchases they've put off in years past and as a result are buying fewer gifts. this father and d

amber-- >> julie we're at broadway plaza. now on a tuesday night you would not expect a lot of shoppers. but many are telling us they're just not seeing the long lines and large crowds of the past. >> reporter: it was cozy and warm inside pottery barn. the holiday music, the holiday decorations and the sales to entize shoppers. >> this is a first one for us. >> i think it's been really dead and i've gotten parking places everywhere i've gone and it's weird. >> reporter: the early deep discounts during the lean years in the economy haven't materialized yet. we asked one shopper what she considers to be a good discount. >> 50. >> reporter: at least 50. >> right now there's 30%. still not much. you're right. >> it's a game of chicken they're waiting until the prices go down. >> reporter: consumer psychologist kip yaro says that the trend toward online shopping. yaro says people are buying big ticket items such as cars and furniture. purchases they've put off in years past and as a result are buying fewer gifts. this father and d

amber alert signs lit up across the bay area including this one interthe richmond san rafael bridge showing driver pictures of both romero and row sol east. >> personal genetic testing company 23 and me announced tonight that new customers will not have access to its health related genetic test. this is video from twe and me following a warning letter to them from the fda. they want to consider the kids medical devises and has order add regulatory revie review. 23 and me backed by google venture and facebook billionaire will still offer ancestry information to new customers and raw genetic data without perfect entry taition. >> more problems tonight for boy recovering from dog attack few months ago two pit bull attacked hunter while he played at neighbor house in antioch. martinez resident needed surgery for wounds to his face and to his head poor guy. now hunter's mother claims the family friend stole money collected during a fundraiser for hunter shortly after he was hurt back in august. now hunter is doing well medically and in fourth grade at this school l martinez. >> terrifying landin

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amber alert signs lit up across the bay area including this one interthe richmond san rafael bridge showing driver pictures of both romero and row sol east. >> personal genetic testing company 23 and me announced tonight that new customers will not have access to its health related genetic test. this is video from twe and me following a warning letter to them from the fda. they want to consider the kids medical devises and has order add regulatory revie review. 23 and me backed by google venture and facebook billionaire will still offer ancestry information to new customers and raw genetic data without perfect entry taition. >> more problems tonight for boy recovering from dog attack few months ago two pit bull attacked hunter while he played at neighbor house in antioch. martinez resident needed surgery for wounds to his face and to his head poor guy. now hunter's mother claims the family friend stole money collected during a fundraiser for hunter shortly after he was hurt back in august. now hunter is doing well medically and in fourth grade at this school l martinez. >> terrifying landin

amber alert signs lit up across the bay area including this one interthe richmond san rafael bridge showingr pictures of both romero and row sol east. >> personal genetic testing company 23 and me announced tonight that new customers will not have access to its health related genetic test. this is video from twe and me following a warning letter to them from the fda. they want to consider the kids medical devises and has order add regulatory revie review. 23 and me backed by google venture and facebook billionaire will still offer ancestry information to new customers and raw genetic data without perfect entry taition. >> more problems tonight for boy recovering from dog attack few months ago two pit bull attacked hunter while he played at neighbor house in antioch. martinez resident needed surgery for wounds to his face and to his head poor guy. now hunter's mother claims the family friend stole money collected during a fundraiser for hunter shortly after he was august. now hunter is doing well medically and in fourth grade at this school l martinez. >> terrifying landing caught on camera

amber. >> reporter: ken, one of the cars broken into is this honda pilot. the thief smashed the window. the broken glass is still here. but all the gifts inside are gone. >> reporter: so the seat was gone because we had a long present here that layed across then the back was full. >> reporter: the back of nancy moyarti's car was filled with presents. early this morning a thief smashed the window and grabbed all the clothes, toys and gift cards that were inside. the items were intended for the families of two cancer patients at her job. >> i was devastated. i started bawling because i thought about the families who are in need. >> reporter: but police say there are two developments that just may help them catch the thieves. this is surveillance video of a man breaking into another car this morning in the same neighborhood. the owner of this mini cooper tells me she installed surveillance camera after her husband's vehicle was broken into twice. >> when it happens to you more than once, you get a little bit smarter each time. >> reporter: it makes me feel bet

i looked at amber and she said you know i want your. one opened the door. get here something's wrong with. that i pull up and there's a. car out there with cover plates on it they said just he was killed in. the full paragraph and that's all you know. the family began hearing details about the circumstances surrounding jessie's death within days of the official announcement they had said that. just. his humvee was struck. broke the checkpoint had the torch just the hitch. and jesse came out of the top of the turret and they think that he had broken his neck. that was it was a little. within an hour of the incident just the arrived at the thirty first combat support hospital in baghdad where he died on the operating table as doctors tried to save his life jesse was pronounced dead at two thirty five that morning from what doctors at the scene described as. massive blunt abdominal trauma the result of being thrown from the humvee that evening when the doctor examined the results of the post-mortem cat scan he noticed the presence of a bullet in jesse's back b

amber was supposed to is supposed to get married and a month. there is hope that amber and her family alive and that they will survive into crews find them. >> reporter: friends and co- workers tell them tell me that they are not an idaho but the search has ended for the evening because of the darkness and they will start at daybreak wednesday. san jose j.r. stone kron 4 news developing tonight. >> pam: >> pam: pleasanton police are searching for a 13-year- old girl. last seen on sunday. police say, she is considered to be at-riskkron 4's scott rates is in pleasanton tonight. where he just spoke with the girl's emotional family. >> reporter:it was a month and a- half- ago, when a second bart strike came to an end. as >> reporter: >> i love her and then what her to come back. (crying) >> not seeing her face in the mornings. >> i am really worried about my daughter's life. i am really worried about her i want her to know that i love art and love are. we love her. >> this is not like her. i do not know what happened.reall? >> reporter: i can tell y

were also called to a sam's club in bismarck to help extinguish a trash fire in the parking lot. >> amber, you look lovely tonight. >> thank you, ron, you, too. >> are you married? >> no. [ laughter ] >> well, i am. so don't get any ideas. [ laughter ] >> how long did it take you to grow that out? >> about 20 minutes. [ laughter ] >> what a nightmare. [ laughter ] >> a newscast part of a widespread marketing campaign for anchorman 2 coming out around christmas. >>> two films breaking the thanksgiving day weekend box office over the weekend. ♪[ music ] >> love this movie by the way. the "hunger games" catching fire now in its second week at the top and "frozen" opened this week contributed to the box office bonanza. "hunger games" catching fire brought in $75 million. frozen was not far behind with 67 million. enough to make it the largest opening ever for a disney movie. and three others rounded out the top five. >>> 4:57. coming up a big scare in the sky. pilots are so used to autopilot, there is new concern if they are able to take over in case of emergency, coming up. >> reporter: i'm

but people magazine identified her as amber laign, a licensed massage therapist from san francisco shehrough mutual friends a decade ago. 53-year-old roberts has not previously spoken publicly about her sexuality. formula one racer michael schumacher suffered severe head trauma sunday while skiing in france. 44-year old schumacher hit his head on a rock, but was wearing a helmet. he was airlifted to the hospital. the university hospital of grenoble says schumacher was in a coma upon arrival, needing an immediate neurosurgical intervention. he remains in critical situation. schumacher retired from racing for the second time in 2012. he won seven world championships during his career. if you got a new gadget for christmas. it's time to figure out what to do your old one. tech reporter gabe slate says don't just put it aside -- because you can make some money. i'll have the tech report when we return after the break. female announcer: he needs a firmer he needs a firmer tempur-pedic... she wants a softer tempur-pedic... they both get what they need with the new tempur-choice, at sleep tra

amber smith is supposed to get married in an amount according to her facebook page. the surge will start up again as sunrise. >> coming up on on the kron4 morning news. will have the latest on the freezing temperatures that are being felt in the bay area. >> police hope that this video will give them clues on the person who threw two cats into the bay. >> the emergency calls expected to be released today in the sandy hook expected to be released today in the sandy hook elementary school shooting in a perfect world every man would look like john stamos. expected to be released today in the sandy hook elemenwow! school shooting wow! and in a perfect world, what's delicious would be healthy too. wish granted. dannon oikos greek nonfat yogurt. this really is too good to be true! dannon oikos greek nonfat yogurt. ♪ dannon. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i tol

. >> reporter: amber says good-bye to the homeless youth alliance. a building that provides much needed medical services and counseling. >> we've been here trefbl years. -- 12 years. >> reporter: executive director mary how tells me hya is being kicked out being the building needs retro fitting. the doors of the center closed for good tonight. >> the kids who come in here and get services are losing a space they get to be themselves. they get to just relax and watch tv and have a meal and have someone to talk to who is not judging them. >> they take care of all the people. >> reporter: the kids enjoyed one last meal of turkey and stuffing with their friends. amber wants a christmas miracle, but . >>> developing tonight, police are investigating two christmas day shootings. >> then they say there's a discount. so it was like, 10 bucks. so good. >> reporter: to our friends from la and atlanta, the day after christmas will be great. >> we're going to take baths tonight so we can get up early and hit the stores first thing. >> everyone will. >> i think w

roberts battled a rare disease and thanked her long time girlfriend amber in her post.s the first time they acknowledged their ten year relationship. >> coming up, an update on breaking news that is a ruling a judge issued moments ago concerning jahi mcmath's life support. >> m rusha, two deadly terrorist attacks in two days. what does it mean for winter olympics? >> new plan to rescue passengers and crew of that ship stuck in ice. plus. >> do you have plans for new year's eve? if you don't i've got last to thoseworried...ited... poked and prodded... taken risks... and lived in a state of "what if?"... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com. check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [

they are having to suffer consequences of government mismanagement. >> amber cuts have to be made.e the case against why veterans and military should be not affected. >> cuts have to be made. but with this deal there is no comprehensive plan to address the debt and deficit long- term. we are on an unsustainable spending path. it doesn't address the spending addiction and dod reform and doesn't address entitlement programs all which we have to have a adult conversation about if we are serious about cutting the debt. we are not seeing. that military members and retired members are an easy target. >> you think they are an easy target. republicans and democrats in congress served in the military. why would you call it an easy target? >> i would say very few members served in the military these days. it is easy to put them on the chipping on on chipping block. congress may not think it is a significant to them. but an e7 who is 42 years old, that is 3700 a year or a total of 72,000 to the point where they are at 66 years old. >> i understand the point you are making. it looks like this

looked at amber and she said. it's like. a door. get here or something wrong with. that i pull up and there is. a car out there with cover plates on it they said just killed. a full paragraph and that's all you know. the family began hearing details about the circumstances surrounding jessie's death within days of the official announcement they had said that. just. his humvee was struck. a dump truck had broke the checkpoint and the torch just to be hit just. came out of the top of the turret and they think that he had broken his neck. and that was it was a little. guy now. within an hour of the incident just the arrived at the thirty first combat support hospital in baghdad where he died on the operating table as doctors tried to save his wife jessie was pronounced dead at two thirty five that morning from what doctors at the scene described as. massive blunt abdominal trauma the result of being thrown from the humvee that evening when the doctor examined the results of the post-mortem cat scan he noticed the presence of a bullet in just his back but did not fill o

happening now, amber lee live in concord to see how shoppers are out there. >> reporter: we are inside sun valley mall, the mall itself closes 11 but some stores here close later than that hoping to make it easier for shoppers to spend. >> with fewer days between thanksgiving and christmas this year, retailers are pulling out all their stuff. shoppers are coming in in large numbers tonight. brooke stone is showcasing a -- workers tell us this is make it or break it time accounting for the half the year's sa >> we sold a lot on that day. but the day after that it is going down. >> some macy's are opened 24 hours starting tonight, the one here opens until 2 a.m.. >> this helps me because i work everyday and you know so i got to get out there late evening. >> for the first time kohl's is opened around clock starting tonight until 6 p.m. christmas eve. . >> instead many retailers are offering promotions such as buy one get one-half off. >> we are seeing the stores being a little broader in their promotions and offering more r things for sales. >> sales were brisk at sears. customers tell u