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>> reporter: yeah, dan and ama, the free gas offer started this morning at this station. so far, there have been many takers. the station owner says he saw too many government employees struggling, and knew he had to do something. >> so fill it up. >> fill it up. >> reporter: that's the offer ray is making at his station, free gas for federal workers who live in fremont and not getting paid. he posted these signs about the offer near the pumps. >> they are fellow countrymen, they are buddies, and they need the money. so we have to help them. >> reporter: remarkably, he plans to give away $20,000 worth of gas. >> it's very stressful and just going to work every day. >> reporter: jennifer was one of the first to accept the offer. she and her husband are both air traffic controllers who haven't been paid over a month but still on the job. they have four kids. this was the family last halloween before bills and expenses started to snowball. >> i was going to have to fill up today before i went home. having this, that's $50 i don't have to spend, which is amazing. >> reporter:

and electric. good evening. i'm dan asher. >> and i'm ama >> bankruptcy is not the way to go. >> dan and ama, the number of critics is growing when pg&e filed this document. they i have $5.5 billion to keep them going during bankruptcy. activist erin brockovich arrived at the state capitol this afternoon with a message for lawmakers. >> i'm here today to ask our groft and legislator to keep pacific gas and electric accountable to these victims. >> the 130 people who lost their lives in the past two years and the thousands more who lost their homes. brockovich is woking for a law firm trying to keep pg&e out of bankruptcy. >> it encouraging people from getting their rightful money and it throws california into chaos wondering if they're going to be able to keep the lights on. gavin said they have a moral and legal only gage and i will do everything to ensure these survivors are treated fairly. also today one of the biggest utility shareholders called on pg&e to abandon plans to file for bankruptcy. >> what they believe is that a bankruptcy is

dan and ama. >> thank you so much, spencer. >>> happening now, two national parks are closing completely because they've become unsanitary due to the government's shutdown. kings canyon and sequo trash and bathrooms. the park service doesn't think they will reopen until the government does. san francisco is picking up the slack when it comes to trash pickup near the city. lyanne melendez joins us live from the kings end trail where the trash is piling up. >> reporter: i think it started with if mayor of washington, d.c. who promised to continue or said that her city will continue to pick up all of the trash on the national mall. now, san francisco is not going to do as of as washington, d.c., but the city is willing to help out. after "abc 7 news" showed video of a trash can overflowing on the lands end trail yesterday, someone, perhaps a good samaritan, decided to do some cleanup. this is what we found this morning. the trail is managed by the golden gate national recreation area. cleanup crews have not been working because of the government shutdown. today the trash on the otherhe s pu

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. >> reporter: yeah, dan and ama, cal fire says their report is a thorough and systematic investigation into the tubbs fire. but not all residents are as confident in the report's findings or in letting pg&e off the hook. pg&e isn't at fault in setting off the massive tubbs fire. privately owned electrical equipment next to this property triggered the deadly blaze. that's the conclusion of an investigation by cal fire, which has the support of some. >> if that's their judgment on it, i trust that judgment. they investigated it, and i know they have the tools to do that. >> reporter: cal fire's 80-page report is based on witness statement, and physical evidence. the fire patterns at the site prove that the fire moved towards the new pg&e pole in question and there's no evidence showing pg&e's conductors were charged when they fell to the ground. the mayor says the results aren't a surprise. >> if you were to say pg&e was doing the study, that would be a different story, for obvious reasons. but i have no reason to doubt cal fire. >> reporter: cal fire also interviewed a caretaker of the

and we need to focus on things. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. b.a.r.t.'g is now at a record low. it dropped to 56% last year. it was 69% in 2016. >> we want to know what concerns you the most on b.a.r.t. go to abc7news.com/vote. >> abc's melanie woodrow has been talking with riders. she asked b.a.r.t. what they're doing about all of this. melanie. >> reporter: dan and ama, the results are not very good, but b.a.r.t. officials say they are hopeful even if riders are not. their message today, that b.a.r.t. is beginning to turn a corner. b.a.r.t. approval rating is lower. >> it's the kind of report card i wouldn't rush to go home and show my parents. >> our focus on quality of life-issues is the right focus, and we need to do more. >> reporter: riders agree. alex veatch takes b.a.r.t. daily. >> you see homeless people on b.a.r.t. taking care of personal business and doing drugs. >> there are times they take over entire seats and a number of seems. >> reporter: it's the first time they were in the downtown stations. outreach made contact with individuals. 76%

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dan and ama? >> and dan, you know, inspecting all those power lines, that has to be just a massive job. how is that even possible? >> 130,000 miles of power lines. >> really? >> according to pg&e. and they say that if they do it's way judge allsop wants it would cost them $150 billion. >> billion? >> billion. exactly. so with them on the verge of bankruptcy probably not going to happen the way he wants but we'll see what happens next week. >> thank you, dan. >>> well, someone pulled an elaborate prank on pg&e today. a fake press release published on a website that mirrors pg&e's. though the url is slightly different from the utility's actual site. the release says the former president and chief operating officer geisha williams was donating her severance, $2.5 million, to camp fire victims. we e-mailed the address for press inquiries that was listed on the release. that generated a response. which thanked us for our inquiry and to please call a number for more information. that number actually belo

dan and ama? >> thanks very much. >>> california schools paying down debt and contributing to the state's rainy day fund were among the big priorities in gavin newsom's first priorities. >> eric thomas explains more about the $209 billion spending plan. >> k through 12 education would get a pretty good bump in governor newsom's inaugural budget. >> where we were in 2011-2012 at 27.3. now we're at $87 billion. that's significant. >> that's billion with a b and would be the most the state has ever spent on schools. also a priority, homelessness, a huge issue in the bay area. >> this is a crisis, and everybody's in this together. >> the budget sets aside $500 million for emergency homeless shelters that newsom calls navigation centers. >> where we bring social services in to these new shelters so it's a new style of shelter. >> newsom made one announcement that wasn't directly attached to the budget. he urged furloughed federal employees under the partial government shutdown to apply for state unemplo

and potrero with some answers. cornell. >> reporter: ama and dan, truly unbelievable. the department of environmental health here in san francisco wants the public to know it is perfectly safe to eat at this mcdonald's. despite what happened here this week which many admit was pretty gross. first a warning the video you're about to see is graphic. chris brooks was having breakfast on sunday morning inside the mcdonald's when he did a double take. an elderly man had brought a dead raccoon into the restaurant and placed it right on the table. brooks shot this video on his cell phone. the animal was bloody and there was a trail of blood on the floor. after a short time someone picks up the carcass and takes it outside, putting it in a trash can. most patrons like brooks cleared out pretty fast. >> i didn't know if the raccoon was dead or alive and my thing was to get out of the way. >> so you left. >> i left. >> i would like to assure the public that mcdonald's addressed the problem appropriate ly, cleaned it presently, sanitized, it which is the main thing for us, which

. >> good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley.camp fire, the north bay wildfires were the deadliest and most destructive the state has ever seen. >> late at night on sunday, october 8th, 2017, claims, fanned by extreme winds, merged into six massive fires, burning more than 200,000 acre, destroying 8900 structures and killing 44 people. >> half of those who were killed were killed by the tubbs fire. today's cal fire report clears pg&e of blame for this fire and says private electrical equipment is responsible for it. >> let's begin our team coverage with the abc 7 news i-team's dan noyes who is live in the newsroom. dan? >> ama and dan, the cal fire report made pg&e's stock jump, but attorneys for the victims say it doesn't change anything, that pg&e is still on the hook. the cal fire investigative report released today shows that just hours after the tubbs fire started, an investigator identified the possible ignition point. a home on a ten-acre plot on bennett lane in calistoga, owned by an elderly woman who was out of town at t

dan and ama, back to you in the studio. >> thank you so much, dion. >> what a great night. tonight's game is going to be just fantastic. you want to know the winter moment it happens, of course. >> of course. and you can find out by downloading the abc 7 news app, and we will send an alert. >> enjoy the game if you're tuning in. >>> oakland mayor libby schaaf sworn in for a second term today. >> up next, what she says will be her first priority and what she is planning long-term. >>> more than four years in the making, the county courthouse reopens for the first at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to learn more. >>> community safety continues to be a priority for oakland

the worst fires in the past two years. >> i-team reporter dan noyes has been combing the court documents and he's here with the story. dan. >> amaan, jim william all sop is overseeing pg&e's criminal probation after it was found guilty of safety violations and obstruction of justice in the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion. and now he is very involved in the wildfire issue. judge allsop asked pac sxe to comment on his finding last week about the single most recurring callings of the 2017 and 2018 wildfires attributable to pg&e equipment. he wrote its power lines are susceptible to trees or limbs falling onto the lines during high wind events. in today's response filed in federal court pg&e does agree with the court that vegetation presents an acute risk of wildfire ignition across pg&e's service territory. the utility wrote cal fire determined 13 of the 18 northern california wildfires in 2017 were ignited when vegetation contacted pg&e power lines. and cal fire has identified one ignition point in last year's camp fire which could involve vegetation contacting power lines. i asked former california public utilities commissioner

ama daetz. >> and i'm kristen sze. dan noyes is live outside the cpuc in san francisco with the very latest. well, kristen and ama, the meeting just wrapping up. i'll tell you, it was a wild scene in there, shouting, the puc just plowing ahead. many oppose saying it's being rushed, but many say it seems the train is down the tracks. a crowd of 30 protesters shouted down the puc, but the panel plowed ahead approving pg&e's plan to obtain $5 billion of loan from several major banks while the utility goes through chapter 11. jessica tovar is with clean energy alliance. >> the cpuc today is enabling criminal negligence that killed 86 people in the camp fire with a $6 billion bailout on the backs of the already struggling rate payers in the state of california. >> pg&e says it faces $30 billion of payouts from the 2017 and 2018 wildfires, but critics, including the protesters, lawyers for the wildfire victims say pg&e is rushing through the process. late today pg&e sent me a statement after the vote that in part the dip financing provides the funds needed to continue operating our business and to

i'm dan ashley, and i'm ama daetz. downpours are possible with possible power outages. >> sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7. >> let's take a look at live doppler. no rain on our radar right now, but that will be changing quickly. just hours away, back-to-back storms for the weekend. the first one comes in tomorrow morning. the second one sunday night. on our storm impact scale, both are level 2 storms, moderate strength storms from 3/4 on the 1.5 inch of rain expected. wettest spots 1 to 3 inches. gusts to 45 miles per hour and over the peaks even higher winds means the potential is there for power outages. there is even the possibility of thunderstorms. 5:30, that rain is moving in. the winds are kicking up. 8:00 a.m. right across the heart of the bay. and as we head into the latter part of the morning, the rainfall intensity could be briefly heavy, leading to potential minor flooding on the roadways. mount tam gusting to 47 miles per hour. the winds are increasing in the hills. wind advisory covering all of t

this out, as it is lit up with tonight's storm, and there are several more storms on the way behind this one. >>> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama. in a minute, we'll go to live abc coverage of the president. >> first, let's go to weather anchor spencer christian about the rain over us right now. >> certainly is, dan. we have light rain falling, but heavier rain is on the way, as you can see on live doppler 7. let me give you a look at the forecast animation. it ranks two on the storm impact scale, a storm of moderate intensity. downpours in the north bay and hills, rainfall widely ranging and high winds and surf. going into the overnight hours, you can see heavy downpours, widespread. the heaviest concentration will be in the north bay and into the early-morning hours, the commute will begin with wet pavement. >> we shall see. more to come here, spencer. thank you very much. >>> and we do want to go to abc news' special coverage of the president, as we mentioned. it is about to happen any moment now, but we do expect to hear more -- >>> good evening, we're coming on the air right now because president trump is set to address th

and says private electrical equipment is responsible for it. >> let's begin our team coverage with the abc 7 news i-team's dan noyes who is live in the newsroom. dan? >> ama and dan, the cal fire report made pg&e's stock jump, but attorneys for the victims say it doesn't change anything, that pg&e is still on the hook. the cal fire investigative report released today shows that just hours after the tubbs fire started, an investigator identified the possible ignition point. a home on a ten-acre plot on bennett lane in calistoga, owned by an elderly woman who was out of town at the time. the fire did not start with the pg&e equipment, that the tubbs fire was caused by a private electrical system adjacent to a residential structure. >> what they can determine is it was some type of infrastructure or electrical failure within a private property. what exactly was unable to be determined because of the intensity of the fire. >> cal fire did not identify any violations of state law in how the fire started. pg&e issued a statement that regardless of today's announcement, pg&e still faces significant litigation, significant potential liabilities and a deterioratin

dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. california's largest utility company caused 18 wildfir

dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. about tonight's strong storm because of the potential for danger the entire bay area faces right now. you can see live doppler 7. it's right behind us. and on the bottom of your screen you'll see a running lifs impacts from today's weather. >> let's get a live look at current conditions across the bay area. on the left that's the south bay, san jose. in the middle we're looking east, walnut creek. and that's the golden gate on the right with drivers headed to the north bay. >> hold on. that man struggling with his umbrella against the storm. really sums up the weather today. we have numerous watches or warnings in effect right now for flooding, high winds, waves, and more. >> it's going to be an intense night. we have live team coverage across the bay area tonight. we begin with abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian who is tracking the storm. spencer? >> dan, you've seen the effects of the first wave of that storm that swept through earlier. now the second and stronger wave is j

i'm dan ashley, and i'm ama daetz. >> anchor larry beil is also here joining us live from levi's stadiumll be kickoff for the college football play-off championship. >> that's right. we have team coverage led by larry in just minutes. first, though, we want to get to that inauguration. >> that's right. new governor. abc reporter laura anthony is in sacramento and was at the inauguration today. laura? >> well, hi, dan. thanks to the threat of rain, this ceremony was held in the giant tent behind me on the steps at the base of the west capitol. it was not the rain as it turned out that t ceremony. instead, it was a little boy. >> we will be bold. we will aim high, and we will work like hell to get there. >> california's new governor is expected to be more brash, more aggressive than his predecessor. moments after being sworn in, gavin newsom set the tone. >> the country is watching us. the world is waiting on us, and the future depends on us. and we will seize the moment. we will offer an alternative to the corruption and the incompetence in the white house. >> i object! >> newsom's sweari

dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz.ential new problems for pg&e. >> it is flirting with the idea of bankruptcy following two years of deadly wildfires for which it may be to blame. >> the abc 7 news i-team's dan noyes joins us with the latest. dan. >> reporter: a tough week for pg&e just got tougher with a federal judge proposing extensive new steps to prevent wildfires. cal fire is still investigating the cause of the camp fire in butte county last year in which 86 people died. but investigators recently determined that pg&e caused 18 wildfires in 2017 and the utility faces a possible criminal prosecution as a result. in today's court filings federal judge welcome alsa proposes pg&e reinspect all of its electrical grid and remove or trim all trees that could fall onto its power lines, poles or equipment in high wind conditions, identify and fix all conductors that might swing together and arc due to slack under high wind conditions and during the upcoming fire season must deenergize any part of its grid not yet rated a

. >> across the bay area into the sierra it's cool and clear tonight but things are changing. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. sandhya patel is tracking the storm. >> nothing on the radar but going to change tomorrow night. storm is tightly wound up in pacific and heading in our direction. arrives tomorrow night. slowed down, level two, moderate strength. tomorrow night through early wednesday. strongest wind gusts, 45 to 60 miles an hour for coast and hills. tomorrow night, downpours, minor flooding, gusty winds with potential for trees toppling, rough and dangerous surf. wind advisory for the hills and coast. watch out for power outages and high surf advisory. large swell, breakers 18 to 24 feet, possibly high. be back with hour by hour look at time line coming up. >> track the weather where you live on the abc7 news app. use app to customize the forecast and watch live doppler 7 anytime you wish. >>> memorial is growing on the uc berkeley campus after a man was killed by falling tree after the storm east end of campus. sitting in his car at the time. abc7 news was there as people left flowers for al

and chance of thunder. thanks for joining us, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. live team coverage across the bay area tonight. >> start with meteorologist sandhya patel, tracking the storm. >> slow to arrive but better late than never. live doppler 7, becoming active now, especially in north bay, seeing downpours. street level raid ar, around healdsburg, there's heavy-year returns there. and zoomg around other parts of the bay 80, highway, about half inch an hour. san rafael to larkz spur, steady light rain. brisbane, daly city, minor floodings not out of the question. watch for dangerous surf. gusting to 41 in half moon bay, 25 in san mt. diablo. winds could topple trees. wind advisory until 10:00 a.m. watch out for blowing debris. whipping up 23-foot waves in bodega and half moon bay. breakers could exceed 24 feet. hour by hour look at time line and morning commute coming up. >>> the storm is threatening to cause major problems in the north bay. rain caused raw sewage to flow into a neighborhood on sunday. >> lot of cleanup. cornell bernard is live in petaluma

and it's more than words. oakland is making changes to cut down crime. but do everyday citizens feel like it's actually working? thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm daneper into the issues that affect our quality of life and our safety. >> oakland today announced it's just had the lowest number of homicides since 1999. it's not the only city that's seen murders go down, though. >> we charted the past five years of homicide data for the biggest cities in bay area. >> last year, san francisco totaled 46 homicides, san jose 27. oakland 68. but are these numbers translating to people feeling safer on oakland's streets? >> our reporter went to find out and he's live from oakland's city hall. you said kind of mixed feelings out there? >> reporter: that's right. good evening. we spoke to residents from four different oakland neighborhoods. rock rindge ande ande and and all admit that crime seems to be down but not all of them feel safe. >> there's much more work to be done. >> reporter: oakland city leaders seem to have something to celebrate, an 11% drop in seriou

kristen and ama? >> dan, thank you so much. all right. in the meantime, the price of pg&e's stock rose to $12.01 today. that's up nearly 1/4 of 1%. pg&e's stock price plummeted to little more than $5 earlier this month. it traded at more than $47 before details emerged about its potential role in the wildfires. a new report says the 2018 fire season was one of the most expensive in state history. state commissioner ricardo lara says claims last year topped $12.4 billion, and it will likely grow even larger. lara says $11.4 billion came from the november wildfires in butte, ventura and los angeles counties. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi offered president trump a new invitation today to deliver his state of the union address in the house chambers. the president received a normal letter suggesting he reschedule his annual speech to next tuesday, february 5th. and he replied that it would be, quote, his great honor. pelosi called the president before sending the letter to confirm the date. the speech was supposed to happen tomorrow but the p

and devastating. >> community support on full display at a central valley courthouse as an accused cop killer makes his first court appearance. good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm amadesto courtroom was filled with people and emotion for the first step in the legal case surrounding the death of a police officer. >> that's right. corporal ronil singh was shot to death in the line of duty christmas night hours after celebrating the holiday with his wife and five month old child. >> the shooting happened in newman, which is between san jose and merced. today's court hearing was in modesto where we find "abc 7 news" reporter leslie brinkley. she spent the day there. >> reporter: he was arrested as gustavo perez arriaga. that was one of many aliases the accused cop killer used when he was in the country illegally according to immigration officials, but in court it was the murder suspect's real name, paolo mendoza and his real birth date, december 28, 1986. he shuffled into the room in shackles, his eyes downcast, never looking up at family members in the front row. he waived his arraignment through an interpreter and court-appoint he attorney. the judge 'signed a value

ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley, for sandhya patel and larry beil, appreciate your >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- claire foy, from the nfl network, michael irvin, this week in unnecessary censorship, and music from disturbed. and now, if everyone's ready, jimmy kimmel! ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: thank you. i'm the host of the show, thank you for watching. tank y thank you for coming. [cheers a [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: news is breaking all around us. we have so, so much to get to, starting with today's episode of law and order, trump vu. he flew to mcallen, texas to make his presence known at the border. he was joined by mcmulvaney, kirstjen nielsen and the puppet he brought to life. jared kushner, his son-in-law he's threatening to call national emergency. his critics say that is a a a manufactured crisis. he says the only way to secure the country is with a wall. >> you can all the technology in the world. i'm a professional in technology. >> jimmy: that's right, when it comes to technology, no one knows more than the guy who butt dials lou dobbs fro

and i am ama daetz. >> so we have team coverage tonight starting with dan noyes. >> so many people have been dreading thiskruptcy petition filed after midnight in federal court. >> reporter: in the bankruptcy filing, pg&e lists $71.2 billion in assets and 51.4 billion debts. meaning the expected $30 billion in losses connected to wildfires in recent years. state senator authored sb 901. i asked him about today's bankruptcy filing. >> given the extensive record of mismanagement of pg&e, this is not surprising at all. >> reporter:

and it will get a lot worse. thanks for joining us. i'm ama davis. >> i'm dan ashley.tried to keep dry in the drizzle. >> you can see the water kicking up on the san mateo bridge today. looking outside right now from the exploratorium camera, it's still dark and gray outside. >> more is to come. we have a team coverage today on the weather. we'll begin with abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian. >> we have light to moderate rain still falling across much of the bay area, although the bulk of the energy from the storm is pushing eastward just a bit. the heaviest rain in the immediate bay yair is well over the east bay, but pushing in toward the central valleys. the storm ranks 1 on the storm impact scale for this evening and tomorrow morning. looking for light to moderate showers, wet, slippery roadways and breezy at times. here's our forecast at 6:00 p.m. notice how all the energy from that storm by 6:00 p.m. will be in the north bay moving across na napa, sonoma county, out into the sacramento valley. later tonight, we'll just have a few scattered showers develop

dan? >> ama, thank you. >>> well, the college football championship is this monday on espn between alabama's crimson tide and the clemson tigers. >> in the meantime, espn has been hosting two superfans who have been living atop the espn billboard for the eighth day straight. past eight days. crazy, right? >> it's been really fun to watch, actually. our abc7 news reporter, malia melendez, who is a huge alabama fan, she went there, and she interviewed one. can you guess which one? >> we have a tent here that we sleep in at night, so i try to make it a home away from home. i have the welcome home mat. >> reporter: his meals are delivered in i basket using a pulley. there's a bathroom not far away, but we won't show you that. elias ross sr. from tuscaloosa was named alabama's superfan by espn. he's been living atop that billboard in san jose for the past eight days alongside his rival from clemson. okay, you're the number one fan for alabama, right? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: so, i'm going to test you to see if that's right. >> okay. >> reporter: i have some questions for you. how many national titles has alaba

ama daetz. >> we have team coverage for you this afternoon starting with the i-team and reporter dan noyes with> an expedited hearing wrapped up, the attorneys involved met with the judge to set a schedule for hearings in the coming days and weeks. the pg&e bankruptcy is moving forward. faced with billions of dollars in losses from the past two years of wildfires and citing what they call the actual and potential liabilities of the utility, pg&e filed this petition for bankruptcy at u.s. district dmoucourt in san franc listing $51.4 billion in debts with $71.2 billion in assets. the interim ceo john simon said safety remains their focus throughout this process, we're fully committed to enhancing our wildfire safety efforts a as well as rebuilding efforts across the communities impacted by the devastating northern california wildfires. but attorneys for wildfire victims, major shareholder, and consumer advocates are highly critical of today's developments. >> the pg&e bankruptcy filing is a scam. >> mark tony tells me pg&e is trying to protect itself from accountability for recent wildfires many

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country as both fans and players for the college football playoff national championship game arrive in the bay area. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm danth bay is hosting the biggest sporting event in the bay area since superbowl l. >>> the college playoff national championship game will be held at levi stadium on monday and preparations have been under way for weeks now. >> the clemson tigers arrived an hour and a half ago and clem tonto clemson's tigers just touched down. david louie with our coverage. >> it is a journey out here that both teams hope will carry them to a national championship monday night. behind me here is the plane that brought the clemson team here about an hour ago. the alabama team is right behind them and should be landing momentarily. we are very excited because this will be an exciting event coming up on monday. a chartered plane with the clemson university tigers made it first, landing at 4:20 in san jose. a group of football players from theson mateo lyons were on hand to greet them as they headed to five waiting buses. sky 7 was overhead as the alabama crimson tide touched down just before 6:00 with anothe

dan ashley. >> ama >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- golden globe-winner rami malek, from "the kids are alright", mary mccormack, and music from morgxn featuring walk the moon, and now, for the time being, jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: thank you very much. that's very nice. welcome. hi there. [cheers and applause] a big night. really, i appreciate that. tonight, as you may know, our president tonight, donald jitterbug trump addressed the nation from the oval office. this was his first oival office address. he had been using it for kardashian meet and greets. he got very serious, all the major networks covered it live for good reason. they interrupted prime time television to tell us about a completely made-up thing. his speech was weabout ten long, which according to stormy daniels was about eight minutes longer. why it needs to be on all the channels at once, i don't now. but much of the debate in this case centered around whether or not it is appropriate to give the president a forum to lie to us on television. for real. what they did, and i thought this was interesting. each network decided they would run the speech, but with a d

dan ashley. >> ama daetz. for anthony, >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, courteney cox, from "if beale street could talk," brian tyree henry, and music from mt. joy. and now, back in action, jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thanks. thank you very much. welcome. hi, everyone. thank you. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. happy new year to everyone. this is our first show -- [ cheers and applause ] -- of the year. that's very kind. we are -- we're back at it after a two-week break. you know, it's funny. we're gone for two weeks, at first it feels great to be on vacation, you relax, you're kind of hanging out. then kevin spacey makes an insane video and you've got no place to talk about it. i was out on the lawn yelling at the neighbors. [ laughter ] my resolution for this year, 2019, is this year my plan is to have $75 automatically deducted from my checking account every month, without ever going to the gym at all. not even the first time. [ laughter ] this is already shaping up to be a very different year for president trump. he now faces real oversight from congr