david: but, louie, you and i talked in the past how we're fans of the flat tax. >> yes, we are. verybody pays the same%. you pay a lot more if you make a lot more. this is fair. this is a long way from that. >> it is, a long way from there. but still improvement. and i will vote for improvement for sure. david: but bottom line, this is a bill you would vote for? >> yeah. unless there is some, poison pill that we haven't found yet. i'm kind of laughing, because my dear friend kevin brady is standing right beside me. i was asking kevin, very serious questions this morning. as i turned around, dave brat, said the truth-seeker, you were asking questions got to the truth. now we know about a number of things and they were all good answers, answers that i needed to know before i could feel good about it. i think they have done a lot of work. with all of the different pulling they had from different directions, i know its with a thankless effort, but, it will be a tax cut. it will help the middle class. it will create more jobs. and you know. for example, the corporate tax. >> right. >>

david louie explains what people are spending money on. >> reporter: sales this cybermonday could hit a record $6 billion, making this the biggest online shopping day ever. but consumers shouldn't consider those price breaks are the best deals. if you look carefully some sites are offering incentive not to buy online but go to their store instead. >> and then you go online and you shop best buy or wal-mart you will see an item and that item will have an online price and then they will also show you a stor only price. and it's cheaper in the store. >> reporter: it urges shoppers to do research on the lowest price. >> we see on the same item today up to 33% difference in the highest price to the lowest priced on the same item. so it makes sense to shop around. >> reporter: the top goodies today include the google chrome cast, the sony play station vr and toys. shoppers may be snapping them up for fear stock will run out, but a high number of returns might result. >> consumers are taking advantage of those things and getting everything they're considering right now to their doorstep free

abc 7 reporter david louie has the story. >> reporter: easily the best pl play of the season, goodwin seemed to be taking -- they had lost their infant son early sunday morning due to complications during pregnancy. >> by the time i was talking to him, he was hurting put he wanted to play. you want someone to tell it to you because they mean it, and you can tell -- and he helped us out a lot yesterday, too. >> reporter: sunday's catch was a game changer for goodwin who hadn't scored a catch all season but you be to wonder how he could focus. but in the instagram post where he revealed the nature of his tragedy goodwin wrote although we are hurt, i am grateful for the experience and being blessed with a wife like morgan. please pray for the goodwin family. david louie, abc 7 news. >> that was so touching yesterday. >> yeah, so bittersweet. >>> well, a key witness and possible misconduct. up next the kate steinle murder trial takes a new twist. >>> also did you feel it? a small earthquake rattled the bay area i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. wondering, what if? i let go

. >> david louie is live at the school with details on this story. >> there's no sense how many victims may step forward with allegation of sexual abuse but there is deep hurt for two women who say their complaints were not taken seriously. the school strongly disagrees. >> i was not his first or his last victim. >> she has created a firestorm accusing the leadership of failing to take action after she reported that her spanish teach per allegedly groped her and showed her a picture of a naked woman 27 years ago. >> there's no indication that my report was ever acted upon or that my abuser was ever held accountable. >> the 1991 graduate went public last month in an article she wrote for the "washington post." since then, others have contacted her sharing their stories of abuse. at least three singled out the same male teacher who retired over a decade ago and has died. another identified only as jane doe confide that had she had been molested by the same teacher while a student. they were frustrated by the reaction of the principal when they tried three times to report him. >> not only

abc 7 news reporter david louie with a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> reporter: the buildingign marks where steven's meat products used to make sausage. it's in disrepair, abandoned. historians and lovers of neon want to restore it. >> quality, history, age, uniqueness. >> reporter: heather david says the dancing pig sign is over 50 years old. she has been cataloging dozens of neon signs which went up in the '50s and '60s to catch the eye of customers at restaurants, retailers, and other businesses. >> if you look at the lettering and if you look at the pig somebody had to hand bend that hot glass. it's not easy. when a neon sign goes, it's the story of neon that slowly dies. >> reporter: a neon technician came out to inspect it. an online fundrai-raising campa to do repairs. >> a lot of the neon is broken. it has holes in the lower cabinet of it. almost none of the lights on the bottom work. it needs some help. >> reporter: they have worked to save other neon signs as stores or facilities close. they hope to save the dancing pig will help save others. >> we ask to be vigilan

. >> abc 7 reporter david louie shows us what it means to shoppers and the crafts people. >> reporter: the shopping bags fill up quickly but not with gifts made in some overseas factory. they're the work of bay area artists and crafts people the reason these shoppers say they're at the harvest festival instead of the mall. custom jeweler dory has seen a resurgence of customers interfacing with the artist. >> an experience, talk to the artist, get to know who made the product and what they did how they produced it. you haven't seen that in a while. >> ginger. >> wow. >> i'm a big fan of ginger. >> i'll have that too. >> reporter: as people are able to direct questions to the maker, customers seem more willing to spend their money knowing that the creation is unique and not available elsewhere. they also find out how much time and skill go into the finished works. >> this is our full-time business. we support our family on our sales and so to have people here supporting our small business is priceless. >> reporter: one of the thing that the crafts people and artists have in common with

abc 7's david louie has more. >> reporter: crews are clearing did he bring from coyote creek.ew action plan has been approved to provide residents earlier warnings of rising floodwaters. no one wants to see a repeat of last february's disaster when residents had to be evacuated when caught by surprise. they never had time to move their vehicles. >> because of those floods, we've been able to kind of take action and prepare a plan for ourselves and what we need to do is maintain that commitment day in and day out. >> reporter: a major step forward is joint meetings of the san jose city council and valley water district board. the new plan they approved sends out alerts by cellphone and key emergency teams will do periodic drills to test their response to flood warnings and watches. >> the idea is that every year we would have at least one exercise, one drill, one sit-down discussion, what needs to change, did it work last time, did what we say work in preparedness, response, and everything else. >> reporter: 41 families made homeless by february's coyote creek flood remain in t

. >> abc 7 reporter david louie shows us what it means to shoppers and the crafts people. >> reporter: the shopping bags fill up quickly but not with gifts made in some overseas factory. they're the work of bay area artists and crafts people the reason these shoppers say they're at the harvest festival instead of the mall. custom jeweler dory has seen a resurgence of customers interfacing with the artist. >> an experience, talk to the artist, get to know who made the product and what they did how they produced it. you haven't seen that in a while. >> ginger. >> wow. >> i'm a big fan of ginger. >> i'll have that too. >> reporter: as people are able to direct questions to the maker, customers seem more willing to spend their money knowing that the creation is unique and not available elsewhere. they also find out how much time and skill go into the finished works. >> this is our full-time business. we support our family on our sales and so to have people here supporting our small business is priceless. >> reporter: one of the thing that the crafts people and artists have in common with

david louie has the story you'll only see on abc 7. >> reporter: all eyes are on richard jackson trying to assess what it will take to bring this neglected sign back to life. it once marked where the stevens meat product sausage factory stood. a decade ago this is the same sign with a signature dancing pig. it was a neon eye catch they're kindles nostalgia and more. >> some would say it's public art. it was hand crafted. most likely over in oakland at the headquarters of electrical products corporation which was at the time the largest manufacturer of electric sign displays. >> reporter: heather david has been cataloging dozens of neon signs in san jose. some are well maintained such as this one that appears to have been inspired by the jetsons that used to promote a bowling alley. >> almost every business had to have a notable sign because roadside advertising was a key component to advertising. >> reporter: many date back to the '60s and '70s, some modified after one business closed and another took over. the giant sign over western appliance cost the store $5,000 a year in power and

abc7 news reporter david louie shows you what we are spending our money on this year. >> reporter: sales this cyber monday could hit a record $6 billion, making this the biggest online shopping day ever. but consumers shouldn't assume all those double percent price breaks are the best deals. if you look carefully some sites are offering an incentive not to buy online but to go to their store instead for a lower price. the director of the retail management institute at santa clara university. >> when you go online and you shop at best buy or wal-mart, you will see an item and that item will have an online price but they will also show you a store-only price and it's cheaper in the store. >> reporter: adobe analytics which is tracking cyber monday activity urges shoppers to do research for the lowest price. >> we see on the same item today up to 33% difference in the highest price to the lowest price on the same item. so, it makes sense to shop around. >> reporter: the top selling good today including the google chrome cast, apple air pod, the sony playstation vr and pj mask and pop. shopp

corporate job and do crafts, i'm hoping to inspire that movement too. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> you can get your holiday shopping done through etsy offline. bay area crafters are selling homemade goods at the etsy holiday emporium today. shoppers can find everything from clothing to home decor. today's emporium is at pier 35 on the embarcadero in san francisco. hours are noon to 6:00 p.m. if you can't make it today, you'll have another chance to go tomorrow. more than 200 vendors will be there. >>> still ahead on "abc 7 mornings," it's a castle fit for a king, and it's all made of sugar. hear from the chef of this holiday confection. >>> but first, a live look outside. we need to be ready for my name's scott strenfel and r i'm a meteorologist at pg&e. we make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. so every single day we're monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. during storm season we want our customers to be ready and sta

abc7 news reporter david louie shows you what we are spending our money on this year. >> reporter: sales this cyber monday could hit a record $6 billion, making this the biggest online shopping day ever. but consumers shouldn't assume all those double percent price breaks are the best deals. if you look carefully some sites are offering an incentive not to buy online but to go to their store instead for a lower price. the director of the retail management institute at santa clara university. >> when you go online and you shop at best buy or wal-mart, you will see an item and that item will have an online price but they will also show you a store-only price and it's cheaper in the store. >> reporter: adobe analytics which is tracking cyber monday activity urges shoppers to do research for the lowest price. >> we see on the same item today up to 33% difference in the highest price to the lowest price on the same item. so, it makes sense to shop around. >> reporter: the top selling good today including the google chrome cast, apple air pod, the sony playstation vr and pj mask and pop. shopp

abc 7 news reporter david louie looks at how the pool of trades people will be expanded. >> reporter: early next year, crews are going to be start to go fix these potholes and cracks in san jose thanks to the gas tax increase. >> we're going to be able to perform major repairs and minor upkeep and maintenance on about 70 miles of roads across our city every year with this funding. >> reporter: however, who is going to do the work? the bay area construction boom created a shortage of trades people, estimated to be 5,000 to 10,000. a drive is under way to expand pre-apprentice programs with $25 million in the gas tax revenue. san jose resident rhonda harper joined such a program two years ago. today she's a carpenter apprentice working on a seismic retrofit at stanford hospital. >> it's so rewarding. when i get off work, i literally am in the car dancing. i got my music on and headphones on. i'm in the car just dancing. i dance before i go to work, too. >> it can be a lifelong career. once you get into construction, that's your life. i had an amazing life in construction. these are care

david louie is in rock springs.. >> the action plan is the product of the joint meetings. you'll remember that last february, floodwaters are for nine months, crews have been hard at work to build flood walls, and rebud floufl that the rainy season is back a new action plan has been approved to provide earlier warnings of rising floodwaters. no one wants to see a repeat of last february when residents had to be evacuated but caught by surprise. they never had time to move their vehicles. >> because of those floods, we've been able to prepare a plan for ourselves. we need he to do that. the new plan they approved sends out alerts by cell phone and key emergency teams will do p p p pp drills. every year we would have one exercise, one drill, one is itdown did what we said worked in preparedness,ness,preparedned else. >> the with my rent. many want to stay close to their kids' schools. >> perhaps looking at different parts of the city. or perhaps even relocating to a different city may be the only viable option or looking a another housing type. >> san jose is applying for fu

. >> reporter: david louie, abc7 news. >>> tonight, ed lee, uber and lyft are celebrating to make city curb spaces available for vehicles. they had to handled over their traffic data. the examiner reports city leaders have desired the data for quite some time. under the deal, some parking spaces will be painted into curbs for drivers. >>> and taylor swift and her attorneys, according to the aclu, are asking for a retraction of statements concerning lyrics that were interpreted by the blogger as alluding to white supremacy. ♪ >> reporter: according to the aclu, a bay area blog site called pop front posted a commentary about taylor swift's new song that suggested the lyrics seemed to affirm white supremacy. the blogger megan then got a letter from the swift legal team. they called it a malicious attack against swift to go to great lengths to portray her as a figure head. >> they're threatening to sue her for defamation. which they cannot do here. this is an opinion piece that the first amendment protects. they've demand that had our client not tell anyone about the exist tebls of this th

in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >> winter is coming to the sierra with fresh snow. that's late this afternoon. already that time. up to three feet is possible in higher elevations. that should jump-start the ski season. heavenly and north star and squaw, alpine meadows are all open november 17th. kirkwood november 20th. homewood and diamond peak are projected to open in december. sierra at tahoe and sugar bowl have not yet set an opening date. of course they are watching the weather very closely to make that decision. so she is here with a look to the beginning. >> live doppler 7 is tracking snow showers up in the mountains across 80. you will notice heading into truckee. keep in mind the snow levels are high. as a matter of fact, no chains are required. that will be changing. the winter storm warning up to two feet expected at the highest elevation. half a foot to a foot. with the gusty winds it will be tough driving when the snow was heavy and wet. here in the bay area, speaking of wet we have areas of click roadways. to street level around pope valley, we are see

in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >> the numbers are in over the holiday weekend. more than 174 million americans shopped either in stores or online. according to the national retail federation, that's more than expected. 64 million shopped both in stores and online. the two most popular days for shopping in stores were black friday and small business saturday. online, black friday and cyber monday. shoppers spent an average total of $335 between thursday and yesterday. >>> one deal doesn't have a dollar figure, the amount the firm we work paid to buy weta. it's a real estate company best known for creating shared work spaces. it's just the latest in a string of we work tech and real estate acquisitions, which include the lord & taylor store where we work has its headquarters. another deal announced today, arby's is buying buffalo wild wings. arby's has big steaks in untie nines, car develop and jimmy john's. the deal will take buffalo wild wings private. >> the temperatures have been rising. kind of warm for this time of year? >> it is very pleasant. spencer is tr

abc 7 reporter david louie has more on what police know and don't know about the attack. >> reporter: it happened outside the plaza outside mountain view's center for performing arts. people were milling about before a musical. >> it appeared the suspect approached the victim without any warning started attacking him. and it was an extremely violent attack. when we got there the suspect would not listen to commands to get off the gentleman. he was actually straddling him, and we ended up having to deploy a taser. >> reporter: this is the booking photo. police say the taser didn't stop the attack. it took the combined efforts of several officers to subdue him. even before police arrived bystanders tried to intervene. a witness who asked not to show her face or use her name described how a witness pleaded for the attack to stop. >> please stop, stop. please -- >> reporter: just kept attacking this man. >> right. >> reporter: the 55-year-old victim has not been identified until his family was contacted. he was so severely injured police used a trauma kit to stop the bleeding. he died lat

. >> david louie is live at the school with details on this story. >> there's no sense how many victimsrd with allegation of sexual abuse but there is deep hurt for two women who say their complaints were not taken seriously. the school strongly disagrees. >> i was not his first or his last victim. >> she has created a firestorm accusing the leadership of failing to take action after she reported that her spanish teach per allegedly groped her and showed her a picture of a naked woman 27 years ago. >> there's no indication that my report was ever acted upon or that my abuser was ever held accountable. >> the 1991 graduate went public last month in an article she wrote for the "washington post." since en

in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >> the numbers are in over the holiday weekend. more than 174 million americans shopped either in stores or online. according to the national retail federation, that's more than expected. 64 million shopped both in stores and online. the two most popular days for shopping in stores were black friday and small business saturday. online, black friday and cyber monday. shoppers spent an average total of $335 between thursday and yesterday. >>> one deal doesn't have a dollar figure, the amount the firm we work paid to buy weta. it's a real estate company best known for creating shared work spaces. it's just the latest in a string of we work tech and real estate acquisitions, which include the lord & taylor store where we work has its headquarters. another deal announced today, arby's is buying buffalo wild wings. arby's has big steaks in untie nines, car develop and jimmy john's. the deal will take buffalo wild wings private. >> the temperatures have been rising. kind of warm for this time of year? >> it is very pleasant. spencer is tr

david louie cornered several of them to learn why there's been so little progress. >> the mayors were invited to talk about innovation and diversity. but they uttered two words from the start. >> affordable housing. >> the nagging problem that keeps our freeways clogged as workers have to across the freeways. the answer is in this room of movers and shakers. 200,000 more homes are needed to meet demand each year but only 80,000 are built. >> we can no longer put our head in the sand and assume somebody else is going to build housing. it is a regional challenge. we have to have a regional agenda. >> some argued it is reluctant to build and grow to add to the population. >> we can't let them put up the no housing sign at the front door. the main reason housing costs so much is that cities are not allowing housing to be built. >> some lawmakers think they deserve opposition. >> greater variety of denser housing is required. perhaps we need various housing for different work forces and different generations. some individuals might only need 300, 500 square feet. >> each year thougs defici

david louie talked about the risk americans could be facing. >> the potential of north korea launchinguclear attack against the u.s. is the first such threat since the cold war. although the regime of kim jong-un does not appear to have the right size warhead to reach the u.s. mainland, this political scientist believes the public should be concerned. >> i think they should be worried. >> at san jose state, she says americans should be urging the white house to negotiate despite the public posturing of president trump and pyongyang. >> both leaders have strong incentives to appear tough and combative in front of their publics. that doesn't mean they can't use diplomacy in a quiet manner. >> the stakes are high of the nonpartisan think tank in washington, d.c. he believes south korea and japan, both u.s. allies, are likely the targets of north korea. >> any war, even without nuclear weapons, would kill hundreds of thousands of south careens. the north has all this artillery that can hit seoul very easily. >> we have two sides, each heavily armed. conducting exercises, flying near their

david louie shows us what some st.was a very good mix of retail, mom and pop shops, restaurants. >> thanks to archival photos, he is describing the downtown santa clara his parents and grand parents told him about. but urban renewal levelled the downtown area which once had 120 shops and restaurants and the theater. >> they bulldozed all eight blocks. they were hoping the get a local retailer. let's say an anchor who will remain nameless. but it starts with an m. >> the old post office was saved. the rest is a parking lot. a core group of eight residents has ignited a drive to create a new downtown. >> people are starting to come back to the downtowns. i think we're getting so alienated with electronics that we want a central place to come to. and see other people and interface with other people. >> dan has drawn sketches of what he envisions, including a replacement for the old santa clara theater complete with the sign out front. the group reclaiming the down, spaekts big turnout. when a city council committee will h

abc 7 news reporter david louie looks at the trend. >> reporter: while the aisles are packed, these shoppersical black friday crowd. they're at the san jose harvest festival where craftspeople are showing off their work. >> you can go to the gap, all the different places and find the same things all the time. we're here now and looking at these candles that are 100% soy made. i've never seen these in the stores. >> reporter: the personal interaction between the maker and the customer creates a bond. >> it's ginger. i'm a big fan of ginger. >> i'll have that too. >> reporter: artist naomi van doren says she enjoys explaining her prints to customers which are inspired by her travels to new zealand and europe. >> my work is personal. having that one on one with the person is what i value in selling my work. >> reporter: one of the things that the craftspeople and artists have in common here with their counterparts at the mall is that they do the majority of their business in the final three months of the year. so this show is extremely important. some of the artists juggle full-time jobs and do

. >> so david, zooming out to the other big stoirs, liulu i -- louvre -louie cc, kevin spacey, how does the roy moore scandal relate to this ongoing crisis in hollywood and sexual harassment in workplaces? >> i think it is part of the culture ral tidal wave. there is a rolling back. we saw it in the election this year. we see it in bill cosby. this is part of that same thing. men thinking they have the right too invade the privacy and lives and bodies of other people. often women. this is a major, major moment i and bodies of other people. often women. this is a major, major moment and anybody who thinks that they can stand in the way of this cultural change i think is diluting themselves. and let me say one thing about the roy moore case and the layers you talked about of media. on breitbart, there is a piece that says abc affiliate in alabama could not find one voter who believed post-reporting on roy moore. so i went to look at it. it's an abc affiliate, fine, that means nothing. it's a sinclair-owned station. there is an echo chamber being create here. and because it is a sinclair-o

louie c.k., seemed like a troubled guy to put it mildly. john stewart was asked last year, doing an interview with david axelrod, and he was asked directly about laughed. i don't know anything about that. what are you talking about? it sounds like everybody knew a lot about it. john stewart, is that credible that he didn't know that? >> you know, i think sometimes you can be conveniently ignorant or you just pretend you don't know. it's like o.j. simpson, maybe still looking for the real killers. and you can convince yourself. but over a year and a half ago, about a year and a half ago, rose ann barr gave an interview where she was specific about louie c.d. she said that guy is a problem. look at this guy. this is an issue. nobody cared, tucker. now we do know that everybody does know. but these are individuals who make a lot of money for people. their agents and their managers. people that work in productions involved with them. and this is why when the lapd, the district attorney in l.a. says they're starting up a task force, you have to laugh. it's the hollywood industry that are their major donors. no one there is objective when it comes t