. >> twas the night before chris nas and in nationwide shoppers were scurrying.cking and retailers are hoping that the final push will mean record sales. stacey segal braving the mall in los angeles. >> we are doing well. i listened to the same christmas track eight times . extra points to who wrote the creative introduction. according to the initial retail federation. 37 million americans had not even started their christmas shopping two weeks ago. and that is not stressing out all of the businesses and the stores. they relie on those procrastinators to shell out the made cash. and over all numbers are looking good and holiday spending is projected to be up seventy percent. internet sales have risen 15 percent . they are finding more big items. they propose cars and tronn tronns . when that had the urge to spend and doesn't have the capacity, you get a pent-up demand. we are seeing confidence . >> and typically holiday spending accounts for the total profits. >> and although they look promising. it is not an indicator that consumers will open the spending flood

[applause] christmas is just one week away and we want to get in the spirit of chris nas and have mucal guest share their memories of chris mat. and to bey keith. >> at my grandmother's house at fort smith and visit her and cousins and she only had a three bedroom house and she piled all of the kids in the room and we wouldn't go to bed on christmas eve. my grandpa took a four by four. santa is going to come and you guys are going to be awake. that is shut up drink egg nog and go to bed. we were trying to be around . he took a pair of jingle bells and shook turned the window and threw a four by four on the house. we are so busted we thought. >> santa has come to the house . >> 7 kids went out like a light. and we walked and went and under the >> holdest childhood christmas memory that. is a great one. one more qui. in your house growing nupt south. did dults eat first or kids eat first on christmas morning. >> kids. >> that's the little table. how old were you before you could eat at the big table. >> i was about 14 and i graduated up in junior high. >> i bet you can eat at the big tabl

. >> now let's get to the forecast with chris tee na lortina loren >> you don't have to worry about frigidditions. that's the gad news. limited sunshine for the first part of the day. in the south bay t sun will breakthrough the clouds by noon today. san francisco, expecting more clouds than sun with a lot of fog developing. 51 in san mateo. a mild start. this morning the mildest start in almost two weeks. 7 degrees warmer in san mateo. quite a bit of cloud cover dividing the bay area. most of the clouds are situated over the north bay. increasing clouds ahead of a front that will bring in some showers. just about everywhere will get a little bit of precipitation. not much. go ahead and wash the car. don't wait for the rain to do it. mike and i will be tracking the highways for you all morning long. less than a quarter mile visibility in some cities. santa rosa, napa and concord. so then the coast you have the marine layer pushing on shore. so you'll find fog everywhere through the first part of your door. that's when we'll start to drop off in places like san jose. area of low pressure ri

not wanting to see him at chris nas? seriously? t an economy with a guy na gives toys to children for free is considered out of touch with everyone else, and it's not the first time santa has been given the boot for the economic reasons. in 1992 after black wednesday, santa was replaced by a snowman, and now in 2011 it's a christmas tree. before you get upset, you should know all is not lost because we noticed something when we took a closer look at the new cover. there behind the tree hanging on for dear life chs a tiny, tiny not bloated santa claus just like the rest of us hanging on for his dear life hoping the economy recovers so he can make his triumphant return. seriously. i know what newt gingrich wants for christmas. he can put on a santa hat and look pretty good, but he wants the tea party endorsements. we have three of the top tea partiers on our show tonight to talk about where to place our cards and the latest developments in the case of florida's missing mom. her brother was part of the search party today and comes out

time to check the forecast with meteorologist chris tie na loren. >> looking nice and clear. we are expecting the fog to develop between the hours of 8:00 and 10:00 in that region. overall we're looking good. whatever fog does develop will not hang around until noon. high pressure is the reason why. and high pressure is keeping the whole western united states nice and mild through the next few days. temperature wise we're going to hold onto the upper 50s and low 60s. we have no rain in the forecast. u till zroping off in airfeel and napa but looking good across the board. we're still not in the quarter mile range just yet. we are expecting that throughout the next few hours. 45 in novato. you're at 43 in oakland. 47 in san mateo. you're olding onto the mid and upper 40s along the peninsula. even in the east bay. fairfield and concord starting to drop off. we'll be at 56 at 2:00 p.m. we'll round out the day. the highs at 4:00 p.m. 61 today in los pz gatos. this shows you what i was saying before. no major swings in your temperatures. no rain in the forecast. and nice and mild

meteorologist chris fee na loren, let's check the forecast. >> it's the key to the day.ssing in layers. keep those short sleeves covered for now. you'll be able to peel the layers off by noon today. we're only in the freezing range in the extreme north bay. you don't have to worry about frost on your this morning. in the upper 50s in some cities by noon. rounding out the day in santa rosa. 63 in san jose. 63 in gilroy. we might be tracking showers. right now we want to check your drive. is it still light out there we have another accident approaching a familiar scene at dixon landing road. it was causing some slowdowns there out of fremont. northbound 101 at hellyer avenue. a new won forms just past that. now the two scenes traveling northbound on 101 with a lighter holiday traffic keeping things moving relatively smoothly through the area. >>

. >> chris is there anything that happens in washington na doesn't have the 2012 presidential electionr it? >> i know the president is coming out, so i have an easy one word answer, no. there doesn't. we're in an ubber political time now. up to 18 months before an election, it has a political element to it. so this in some ways is nothing new under the sun. once the car dlendar turns to 2, congress doesn't do much of anything. this may be the last major thing they do, although you could debate it. this is the last big fight i think they will have certainly this year and potentially all the way through 2012. i think both sides are just waiting to see what the 2012 election tells us. the worry, of course, is what if it doesn't provide a mandate, it doesn't tell us anything other than people are divided. that's the lingering fear. >> you can give more than one-word answers. i've been told the president is being longer.