do this all the golden cross on the tower and knew they were at home here he holds. it's been 30 years since the fall of the iron curtain and the reopening of the inner german border 3 decades that a flurry the lines between east and west and still we mustn't forget about the past which is why it's so important to have places that remind us of how difficult and different things is to be around these parts thanks for joining me that's it for this week i'll see you next time somewhere in germany. stopping this check in special is like see this is where the peaceful revolution began on plants 30 years ago. the demonstrations lead to the end of the g.d.r. and to german reunification actually gives took their future into their own hands assuring a new era of investment and construction. 30 years after the peaceful revolution has become a pretty exciting city everything seems possible here so it's just the right time for a trip into the city's past and present. st nicholas church is the symbol of the $989.00 peaceful revolution. a church best always been closer to the peop

for the russell 2000 normally in most case, a golden cross, that formation doesn't have a lot of predictive ability. in the case of the small caps, a year following, it's much better than average returns for small caps gains 80% of the time. >> jeff, you have an early christmas present, a buying opportunity. where would you put money to work, for the short-term investor just looking at the rest of this year? >> i still like technology and i like financials. and my father tells me, good things tend to happen to cheap stocks the energy complex is only up 5% on the year. i particularly like the, believe it or not, the midstream master limited partnerships and i think the small caps are getting a january effect in december >> and paul, for you, are you looking for a particular stocks that might go on your tax loss bounce list? >> you know, i think we haven't really been playing that angle, particularly much, but i think on the course of getting to a sector basis, i would agree with jeff on financials i think the financial sector, we've been seeing much better performance for these na

this is known as a golden cross if we get it, an incredibly bullish pattern. once that happens, a new uptrend will be confirmed. i should say if it happens, i shouldn't say once when it happens because it still might fail how about the material select sector etf the xlb this time. this has been trending higher most of the year, creating a different kind of flat triangle pattern. the xme made a series of higher lows, its highs kept running into the same rance at 59. just like the metals etf, a flat triangle, the breakout as the coordinates come together, well, something's got to give again. when it's up for the year, it's tough but it hasn't been keeping pace with the s&p 500. a couple weeks ago the base materials broke out to the upside it's at $59.62 now it's got a lot more room to run. we have the metals and the base materials for an economic expansion. when incomes are strong, manufacturing is doing better than expected and there's pricing power for finished goods. we need one more sector to start working before we can round out the natural resources trifec

you get above there, get the golden cross, 25 1/2, and you dance through there. see this thing with some good news. gain, 30 to 40%, up to $35 next year i would keep a close eye on noble energy >> all right mark, is there anything you like right now? and i ask that especially when you look at u.s. energy patch, because we're continuing to see the rig counts come down and the debt levels go up for many of these names and the consolidation continue >> is the only one we own right now is kinder morgan and it's basically for the 5% yield i think if you're looking for anything other than yield, you should probably look at a different sector, because since mid-2014, the energy sector has been a place where you set your money to just straight up die, right? it's down 76% over that time frame, s&p -- i'm sorry, it's down 30% over that time frame. s&p is up 76% over same time frame. i think if you're going to be in trn energy, you're doing it for the yield play >> let's get a check on how stocks fared in this shortened trading week >> really almost a perfect santa claus r

the flat section but erall a nice drive into foster city and san matteo here's what i want to cross the golden gate we're doing ne this morning traffic, nice and light at the limit so far and easy 22 minute trip nevado to san francisco richmond center ll hot spot free no problems to rry vbout you know what that means get on out there now it's going to pick up it's going to get heavier, you got to have a backup with the next hour. so you can beat it you can beat the ruh by leaving early 8 minutes to make it to one o one traffic trackeshowing you more numbers to drive times for some of your popular freeways like highway 4 which is looking gooat the limit 13 minutes antioch to concord 6 ad is finrolng south walnut creek danville alamo, no troubles there the nimitz that's a pretty good looking tripat 19 minutes and then from the south bay to the peninsula. you're doingfine. this morning from san jose to menlo ark will check more bries and drive times coming up a little bit later. we head to the south bay w our man is accused of driving a stolen car and breaking into a home in san se. he was rescue

here's what i want to cross the golden gate, it's fine, no problems in or out of san francisco and then traffic tracker showing you 5.80 from livermore to dublin that's going be good drive. dublin to fremont is ine even through said no yo're looking good that for south 6 ad. the name, it's still nice and smooth and so as to 37 and if that's a pa of your commute. it's about 6 mites heading west on to 37 for 8. out to one on one. over to the peninsula now a communityof seniors in san pablo they are rallying to stay in their homes. the brookdale senior livincommunity is slated to close. but now there's a shut down crime forcefully to call has more. >>riverdale senior living ommunity in sapablo more than 2 years ago and 3 weeks intoher stay her husband passed ay. she says she's now dealing with anher home in which she intended to spend her final days se another is that well i'm a new and she's not alone capital is one of nearly seniors, looking for a new place to stay this after brookdale let them know just days before thanksging that it would norenew its 10 year lease with the property own

here's what i want to cross the golden gate and we're doing just fine we don't have any road work here northbound heading out all lanes are open traffic looks good. it's 19 minutes novato to the toll plaza picking up more drive times we have highway for you know that could be a tough commute. later on this morning, it's going to be packed right now it's a wide open 13 minutes heading west for one 60 out to 2 42 in concord maybe you're continuing over to 2.42 or south 6.80 if so you're looking good through conquered, pleasant hill wanted creek, no trouble spots on out to danville the limits at some pretty good shape as well for the southbound role and then north one oh one under 30 minutes, so right on time leaving the south bay making your way to the peninsula will checks more numbers for you coming up a little bit later. racetrack is unveiling new technology that it hopes will prevent additional horse deaths. track officials have a new machine that give some more detail scan of course is legs so the idea is to identify preexisting conditions on the horse and to prevent future injuries

here's what i want to cross the golden gate and it looks like bridge crs have finally picked up that bride work. we started off this rock cast. they were blocking one of he the nortound lanes trying to get out of san francisco you only have to and now you have to once again. i mean you only have 2 lanes but they had one blocked is what i'm trying to say allanes are open you're looking good 19 minutes here for both directions, nevada to the toll plaza. a quick peek at some more numbers we have the east shore freeway that's only 14 minutesheading west from crockett down to the maze, you're fine on 24, so if you're traveling on want to creep rough it's a great trip on over to the oakland side, it's only 11 minutes, 5 80's wide open and the net it's wide open as well sorom 2.38 to downtown oakland. it's going to be a quick 10 minute trip, we'l check more coming up in just a bit. story that we're following for you this morning cities and law enforcement agencies are stepping up efforts to stop car thef and burglaries private security firms are also pretty busy dealing with thiissue. so on

if it does cross, you will signify basically a golden cross, which is a very good bullish technical moverward. crossroads, with president trump recently announcing tariffs on steel and aluminum, brazil, argentina. athink both countries export minimum amount of steel to the u.s., but i think it serves to show how competitive it is moving forward. lost ifd, all is not u.s. and china comes close by the midpoint of december. david: all right. >> we could see it end on a stronger note. david: we've got to get to jen to defend her choice. go for it. >> yes, my chart shows interesting scenarios. traders don't seem to be worried about the quick spike in defaults. the upper panel shows the one year yield in china and the double weight bonds in china. the lower panel, you can see the yield gap between the two is closer to the lowest level since 2007. it is pretty surprising because we have seen a spike in deposits recently. david: yes, well. that was enough. congratulations. [laughter] david: this is bloomberg. ♪ aminnda: i'm haslinda rishaad:. this is a look at our top stories. -- a indicates ano

terminal demonstrating what we are seeing when it comes to technicals around the dollar-yen , a golden crossteline moving above the moving average for the first time since mid-2018, signaling there could be more weakness for the japanese yen, the only g10 fx to slip against the greenback in the last month. check in on some stocks that are on the move. tokyo,to highlight in low sliding to a two-year after a pharmacy company decided to stop development of a treatment for chronic stroke. on the other hand, another rising 10% as ceo's said they no longer plan to end their capital tie up with hitachi viewed -- hitachi. they could settle with mitsubishi over a power plant in south africa. both are expected to accept the proposal. paul: thank you. the dallas fed president is taking comfort from the recent steepening in the yield curve and he sees it a sign the policymakers are on the right track. let's take a listen. symptom, the curve is a that maybe our adjustments were about right. it was not intended to solve these issues, but it was intended to adjust policy in light of these issues. i think t

i saw today golden cross on s&p bio tech. >> i think well, you know what, this is elizabeth warren backingor lower in the polls whatever you think but elizabeth warren was the one that kept the -- she was a pe destroyer and now that she seems to move on to other things, i got to tell you. >> how about tonight >> lavongo, which is a healthcare company that saves the system money and then an unsung hero, doug peterson, as he goes into the cowboys -- i'm sorry. doug peterson from the s&p take a look at that performance. it's been -- it's been unbelievable why? because doug keeps expanding the number of indices. personal hero of mine just in terms of how he is very quietly doing everything the only time he ever talks is on my show >> that's a good place to see it "mad money." 6:00 p.m. tonight. we'll see you then, jim. when we come back, the wealth tax and more you'll hear what elizabeth warren told our john harwood in the meantime, dow is up 159 is the monolithic view of emerging markets obsolete? at pgim, we see alpha in the trends driving specific sectors of outperformance. where a rising m

look how the numbers get lower the further south you go until you cross the golden gate bridge and thenave out the south bay, let's pick the rest of the numbers out. there's the .05 inches for nevado. that's going to bring the cold temperatures in the north bay. 49 for santa rosa, and meanwhile it's 45 in san jose. more of a typical sheltered valleys in the north bay really feel the cold overnight. daytime highs mostly identical. mid-50s in most places although san jose goes to 61. most other locations come into the mid-50s. so we talked about that small chance of rain on tuesday and wednesday. when you just look at it on the seven-day, you might come away from this thinking wow tuesday and wednesday both have a chance of rain on them. that's really an overstatement. we just saw that if we get rain it will come in the overnight hours tuesday. don't count on much. thursday we get a break. friday another rain icon on there. that's late friday, again doesn't look like much of anything, maybe a light shower or two, and it should be out of here by the weekend. back over to you. >>> all right

golden gate bridge. look at the line there. it's just about to cross over the golden gate bridge and work over towards the bay bridge. that is a little bit early compared to what the forecast models had it doing just about 12 hours ago. little more intensity, and a little earlier, and in one sense right on time to hit your afternoon commute. and just because we're looking at the north bay here does not mean that's the only area we're going to focus on. let me show you what the forecast looks like going h rn just slowly march their way across the bay area through the remainder of today. i'll be back with more in more detail coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >>> maria medina at the live news desk. the storm is also expected to slam the sierra. we're talking up to 4 feet of snow by the end of the weekend at the highest elevations. now drivers headed up to the region are on high alert. this is a live look at conditions right now on interstate 80 at donner lake. you can see cars moving clearly right now, but that's all about to change. this is about

thousands of drivers say the system messed up when trying to bill them for crossing the golden gate bridge. >> the court case starts in san francisco today but there's some major information you won't get to hear. amy hollyfield is live at the golden gate bridge with more. amy? >> good morning. fast track said it was worried driver also cheat the system. so fastrak argued the public should not be allowed in the courtroom. the judge denied that request but the judge did say that information about how fast track handles its tolls and its penalties will be kept out of the courtroom. so there will be some secrecy in the case. attorneys in the case against fastrak say they're surprised the agency is so suspicious of the public. >> i think it's troubling that the tolling agencies have this view of california motorists that the motorists are out to get them. >> a group of drivers is suing fastrak saying fastrak wrongly charged thousands of motorists with toll evasions and penalties. the suit says that fastrak didn't try to find the drivers but simply piled on the penalties. that trial gets under

what i want to cross the golden gate checking in trouble free.don't have any hot spots rolling south. it's only 19 minutes novato to the toll plaza traffic tracker shows us the commute out of livermore westbound from pasco road exit to the dublin interchange that's going to be nice that exit a heading over toward el charro that's going to be busy today heading to the the livermore out lance lot of folks will be shopping there usually backs up gets a little congested during the holidays. 6.80 looks good dublin to fremont that's going south the nimitz trouble free to 37 trouble free. it's going to be easy ride for or 6 minutes that's what it is 6 minutes for 8.80 off to one oh one in sunnyvale will robin the oakland a's they've been busy christmas shopping for themselves. the alameda county supervisors, they're selling the counties. >>half of the oakland coliseum to the a's for $85 million and now they own part of that coliseum which they've been trying all last year kron four's maureen kelly was there as the vote went down and has the latest on wh

what i want to cross the golden gate nice and like we've had no problems between the north bay in sanmes look good for the east shore 24 5 80 and the nimitz will. robin in national news president trump spent his christmas mainly talking about his impeachment he still. >>very much angry about that especially against speaker nancy pelosi. meanwhile senate leaders they have yet to reach an agreement on the rules of the impeachment trial because a speaker pelosi has yet to turn over the articles to the senate. some gop members they remain uncertain how they will vote reid binion reports. >>it's been one week since the house voted to impeach president trump on obstruction of congress and abuse of power and with the senate impeachment trial looming it's still up in the air when that will actually happen. house speaker nancy pelosi has yet to send the impeachment articles to the senate in order to begin the proceedings meanwhile senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he would be in total coordination with the senate and the white house counsel, but there is at least one gop member who i

there's clearly a focus up in the north bay, and once you cross the golden gate there's nothing. we're back up to 119 percent average rainfall for the water year, and that starts october 1st, and that will take us through next september with 65 percent of average for san francisco, close to that in san jose, and livermore looking at 31 percent of average. so good catch up considers how dry the start of the season was. daytime highs tomorrow, low 6 others for much of the south bay. there's campbell at 61. milpitas hits 60. we'll go to 55 in brentwood, danville 56 tomorrow. pleasant hills going to 55. numbers in the north bay in the low to mid-50s. 55 kentfield, up north ukia goes to 57 for the daytime high. and across the seven-day forecast, this all looks a lot more impressive than it's all likely going to be because if you just look at tuesday and wednesday, it's rain on both days, but we know much better. rain doesn't get here until very late on tuesday, mainly focused only in the north bay, and any showers wednesday is out by 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning. and the chance of ra

, there's a 10th inch of rain, but following this out, it quickly turns to 0s as soon as you cross the golden gate and stays 0s from there into the south bay. there are tonight's lows. back down into the upper 30s for santa rosa. meanwhile san jose only going to 45. so it's more of our typical winter spread where it's cold in the sheltered valleys up north, everyone else stays pretty typical. typical daytime highs for tomorrow. we talked about the chance of rain tuesday night into wednesday morning. looks more impressive on the seven-day than it actually will be, and friday there's another chance of a light sprinkle second half of the day. more on that friday system as we get closer to it. shouldn't impact the weekend in a meaningful kind of way. back over to you. >>> like the sound of that. some superhero reflexes. at the time scary moment actor ryan reynolds was almost crushed by a collapsing stage barrier. just because we're super hungry... ...doesn't mean you got to spend a lot! because denny's brought back the super slam™. with eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage and pancakes. all for just

and, right now the rain is coming down on drivers crossing the golden gate. and richmond san rafael bridges. our meteorologist is tracking it all for us tonight. >>> those pictures of ns is not moderate range, not heavy downpours but more moderate than the streets are slick, that'll be just as good information for you as the radar i'm going to show you. this radar is a very impressive show tonight. a lot of yellows and oranges. remember, it is mainly moderate rain, just enough that the roads are slip out there slick out there. they have been fairly manageable. now having shown you those numbers, i want to go back to live high definition doppler and show you were the best rain has been the last two hours. it been focus on the north bay, the 101 corridor. orange shows you moderate rain, but, it's not only raining there now, it has finally worked its way down towards the center of the bay. let's come into the east bay, oakland, berkeley, and richmond you guys have seen the intensity pickup. there san francisco with its fair share of lied light to moderate rain,

bridge you get a double take years 7 mines here on west 5 from the tolls to one oh 1, 1, want cross the golden gate looks good. it's been a peaceful from the north bay to san francisco. 19 minutes said it's quick and righon time to make your way to the pay gates will check inon the bay bridge coming up a little bit later. well of course the countdown is on to ring in the new year san francisco is preparing for thousands of people to crowd in along the embaadero for the big fireworks showwhile crews load up those fireworks. the city leaders have plan to keep everyone safe kron four's taylor psaki explas. >>this show as both the budget and a show counted that is commensurate with a city of the stature of san francisco. this is. a rockin city and got a rocket fire >>thousands of fireworks will light the sky on new year's eve at pier 14on the embacadero show producer pat dye is says crews take a coupldays get fireworks loaded and read on the barges this year. he says the skyline will shine extra bright colors are really back really strong. >>that's in the aerial shells plus we have animated shells

working your way over to the peninsula only 13 minutes for your drive time and want to want to cross the golden gate, nice and light 19 minutes here nevado to the toll plaza we'll check more coming up a little bit later. well to the east right now we're following breaking news out of oakland where fire crews are still on scene investigating this warehouse fire. this is video from earlier this morning. >>this happened at the corner of ap car and west street. and you can see crews on they're still working to clear the flames they have it under control, but so far no word on what actually sparked that fire or if anyone was hurt will continue to update you throughout the morning with more details. >>well to the east right now we're learning more about 3 teenage boys who were killed in a crash in pleasanton on christmas that car that they were driving in it slammed into a power pole and also hit a tree kron four's dan thorn explains to the victims for twins and the 3rd a close friend. >>twin brothers mark and michael your easter were among 3 teens who were killed in a horrific christmas night crash.

here's what i want to cross the golden gate tveling between the north bay in san francisco. we'v had nothing but smooth conditions far 18 minutes between highway 37 and the toll plaza i'm word of a new accident this us popped up in fremont the thornton on ramp to 8 in the south. a driver just flipped over near the meterg lights not on the freeway but at the thorton rap so we have crews on the way to the scene that will impact your drive if you're tveling through fremont along thorton trying to access the nimitz will avoid that intersection the dumbarton bridge looks good though it's about 11 minutes to make it to the peninsula. 5 it he's a good trip aswell westbound from livermore to dublin or maybe you're traveling from thepeninsula to san francisco of so northbound 1 one it's wi open. it's only 6 minutes from brisbane to the 80 split will check more a little bit later. time of the year, but it's also the most wasteful americansthrow away about 25% more trash between thanksgiving and new year's eve. but expts say that making small sustainable choices can actuly make a huge

the north bay and the from the north bay to san francisco are checking in on want to want to cross the golden gate. it's doing just fine we don't have trouble spots are hot spots that you need to worry about. i'm like jon said keep in mind that the fog is dense inland and some spots so just be extra cautious driving around this morning, we'll check more traffic and drive times coming up a little bit later. well family and friends are rallying to rallying to help a blind woman who says that she was robbed at a bart station. her phone was stolen at the 12th street bart station in oakland kron four's dan thorn has that story. >>30 year-old sammy redberg may be blind but she's competent and independent. she also likes getting around. however recent experience on bart has her feeling unsafe about the transit system, i'm very >>going on by now. >>because you know i didn't feel like i was protected him. >>redberg says someone yanked her iphone 11 out of her hands at the 12th street station in oakland thursday afternoon, unable to see the suspect she felt helpless i'm just saying there with the headp

here's what want to cross the golden gate for those of you traveling from the north bay to san francisco southbound on the left that's a commute direction right now. it's clocking in at a very easy 19 minutes, all right we're checking in on northbound 6.80 right before ha center if you're traveling through san jose looks like there's a big ring that stalled out and got stuck in the mud. so the right lane is blocked there as they work to get the big rig out of the way that's really the only problem right now we have a great conditions on the east shore freeway heading west. so from crockett through richmond all the berkeley emeryville it's just clear and wide open 24 looks really good out of walnut creek lafayette, the caldecott i don't see any problems or 5.80 i don't see any issues for the nimitz but if you're taking 6.80 traveling anywhere from the south bay to the east bay chp has issued a special fog advisory that stretches from sky creek. all the way up to the d awful exit because as john said the fog is dense in lynn this morning. so you will experience reduced visibility. all righ

and, right now the rain is coming down on drivers crossing the golden gate.ridges. itr meteorologist is tracking

under a special fog advisory that just lets you know how dense and widespread it is one want to cross the golden gate looking good trouble free roads are slick. so watch your speed. 18 minutes here nevado to sa francisco and then traffic tracker showing more numbers but they look good no problems for the shore. you're looking good on highway 24 that's a nice towanda creek to oakland, 5 80's at the limit and so it's in it's it's only 10 minutes for now from 02:38am tonight, 80 will check more coming up a little bit later. well the san francisco 49 ers are getting ready to host the falcons this sunday. >>but the injuries have piled up before the game defensive tackle d j jones. he's on injured reserve he has an ankle injury. the other season ending injury came to starting center weston richburg who has a torn tendon and then in the short term don't expect a sense of players richard sherman and d for to be playing the sunday they're dealing with injuries to their dealing with hamstring injuries. the niners kickoff at levi's stadium at one 25 were still running for the house. turning now to an emoti

here's what i want to cross the golden gate, another foggy commute we can't even see the towers you'relooking at 20 minutes to make it from the bottom to san francisco. i just want to take you over to the peninsula because crews are dealing with an overturn accident not too far from sfo it southbound one on one it's at millbrae avenuethis is where trucks went out flipped over at least one lane blocked. they're also bringing in sweepers to clean up debris and large plastic bins have been so dropped and scattered across the road. so the trouble spot if you're heading south on one oh one or maybe leaving the airport this morning that something you want to look out for we do have more trouble spots to talk about that. but we'll check in on those coming up a little bit late well, let's head to the north and our man is in the hospital this morning with gunshot wounds, he was shot 3 times while exchanging gunfirwith an intruder kron 4 was the only tv station there with the reporter when this broke yesterday morning kron four's dan kerman has the latest. a gunfight at santa rosa's alexander apartment

off to fremont street hot spot free coming from the north bay to san francisco want to want to cross the golden gates move at the limit its only 19 minutes that's pretty quick to make it up to the toll plaza checking in on 92 a busy trip you're leaving hayward over to the peninsula. but no big trouble spot. so it's a great time to get out there now use it now since it's quiet 13 minutes over to one oh one traffic tracker shows more freeways more drive times and we are on time check out the east shore. it's only 14 minutes, heading west from crockett to the maze, 24 looks good right lafayette are in caldecott over to the oakland side it's wide open. no problems for 5.80 no problems for them if it's a quick 10 minute trip from to 38 to downtown oakland. the 4 people including a teenager are recovering this morning after bullets started flying during a christmas party in oakland. the shooter still on the loose this morning kron forcefully to gaal has the latest. >>a holiday party takes a turn for the worse in oakland when a person known to the victims opens fire. we had 4 victims who had suffered

thousands of drivers say the system messed up when trying to bill them for crossing the golden gate bridgellyfield is live at the golden gate bridge with more. amy? >> there's an interesting side story going on in the courtroom. fastrak was worried that drives would cheat the system so they were arguing the public shouldn't be allowed in the courtroom. the just denied that request but did say information about how fastrak handles tolls and penalties will be kept out of the courtroom, so there will be some secrecy in the case. attorneys in the case against fastrak say they are surprised the agency is so suspicious of the public. >> i think it's troubling that the tolling agencies have this view of california motorists that the motorists are out to get them. >> a group of drivers is suing fastrak saying fastrak wrongly charged thousands of motorists with toll evasions and penalties. the suit says that fastrak didn't try to find the drivers but simply piled on the penalties when they sent them a fine and it didn't get paid. that trial gets under way today. reporting live in the golden gate br

a look at that view, crossing the golden gate bridge, you can see the need for windshield wipers, evenn our camera there, some off and on light rain for today, as well as tomorrow. mike, there may be a closure in san jose. >> we had an earlier crash at the yerba buena off-ramp, but it looks like there may still be activity. i can't get confirmation from the chp. everything issing on as far as speed north of there. in fact pretty much around the bay, you see a pretty drive. there is a crash at bailey. i'll explain that coming up. back to you. >>> a potentially major problem, but it cleared before the morning commute. it was closed after a big rig jackknifed around 2:00 this morning. this is video just after the crash. no major injuries were reported. >>> oakland unified considers slashing millions from its budget, sparking outrage. bob redell has the story. >> reporter: these parents are angry about pending school closures and any possible budget cuts. last night joanie london, the acting president of the school board, she spoke at a community meeting at emerson elementary to let parent

said the headlights heading our way other than that you should be ok but 8 minutes to cross that span and then the golden gate bridge. you can clearly see no cars about maybe 2223 minutes at this time from nevado into the city. our top story this morning morning p g has agreed to a multibillion-dollar settlement after recent wildfires in northern california. lawyers of the wildfire victims they held a news conference breaking down the finances. kron four's gayle ong breaks it all down for us. >>pg e says it's the 3rd major settlement, the utility has achieved in its chapter 11 bankruptcy case. dozens of wild fire victims were in attendance. the victims i spoke with say the settlement is the first step. 2 years after devastating wildfires a multi-billion dollar settlement the genie announced friday agreement to pay billion for settlement cost. >>resolving all major claims related to deadly wildfires of 2015 the 2018 lawyers for the victims negotiated the settlement it's going to force of p g and b. >>to join the community of good corporate part and parcel to this settlement. p jeanne is now going to have

we just crossed over the golden gate bridge and you take a look right around lands and, right there, little yellow clip that has shown up this is noticeable rain in the city. and that progresses its way across the rest of the bay area over the next three hours. in fact, we will take it from where it is now. i know that looks really impressive, it will be moderate rain this will not be a downpour like we had over the weekend. as we put into the futurecast and play this forward, see how this plays out over the evening, that gets us ahead over the next few hours. here is that band having moved right in and across. here's what we get it, that'll be enough rain that the windshield wipers are going. we keep rain going into the later hours now. this is the 10:00 hour. you just pick a spot and we have a chance of showers wherever you go. stays overnight, and once we get into the next commute, the morning commute tomorrow, i just got this at 7 a.m., there's not a whole lot left but there is still some. for tomorrow morning, the roads are likely still going to be slick, probably not going to b

you may remember the lawsuit claims fast track charged thousands of motorists who crossed the golden gate bridge unfair penalties. many never received toll invoices and penalties piled up, sometimes into the thousands of dollars. if the judge disqualifies the attorneys, it would probably mean the end of a class-action lawsuit altogether and would end the possibility of relief for thousands of motorists who believe they paid unfair penalties. the judge said she will rule by new year's eve. >> all right. thanks michael, very much. >>> a look now at live doppler 7. it is clear now. that won't be the case for long. this weekend you will see it light up with green as the rain rolls in. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian with a look at the timing of this. and you said you dream of a wet christmas? >> and it's going to be a long dream. we have a wet weather pattern coming our way. we just showed you live doppler 7 picking up no rainfall at the moment. we will start our forecast animation at noon tomorrow. notice the rain developing, a storm in fact, moving in the northwestern part

on obstruction of justice almost exactly the same except for democrat jared golden from maine also crossed over and voted no. the only real surprise was the one democrat who voted present, congresswoman in 2020 contender tulsi gabbard who said, quote, i could not in good conscience vote against impeachment because i believe donald trump is guilty of wrongdoing. i also could not in good conscience vote for impeachment because removal of a sitting president must not be the culmination of a partisan process. the only other surprise came during the press conference with democratic leadership in which nancy pelosi would not say when she would send the articles of impeachment to the senate for trial. >> we haven't seen anything that looks fair to us. when we see what that is we will send it. >> as for the republicans today they were on message and unified in their defense of donald trump saying he did nothing that rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and will do everything to put this day behind him. >> when i look in that abyss i don't know what i see but i do see coming off the p

in the forecast coming up as we get a look at our traffic this morning as you're heading out crossing the golden gate bridge seeing a smooth flow. more cars on the road. overall our road sensors are showing that everything is flowing at speed. another look in about five minutes. >>> well, now to decision 2020 and the presidential race, a topicalcal democratic party official is leaving his post to run presidential candidate michael bloomberg's operation in the state. chris myers will lead the effort of the billionaire businessman and former new york city mayor starting next month. bloomberg bypassed four early voting states anchoring his strategy to california and other states in march. new details this morning, the flu season taking yet another life right here in california. the death reported in san diego making it the eighth flu fatality across the state this year. san diego county's health experts say that reports show more than 2,000 flu cases in that area so far this year. the advice from the cdc if you have not already gotten the flu shot, get it now. >>> from plastic straws to plastic cup

and in puddles because you could easily spend out 7 minutes to the north bay want to want to cross the golden gate, nice trip or excuse me 18 nute e trip novato to san francisco will ron developing news out of texas this morning 2 people are dead after a gunman opened fireat a church in fort worth which is a suburb of dallas. >>a livstream from the unfolding. e deadly attack was over in just 6 seconds the gunman was killed by armed parishioners. lice are praising their actions were stping the gunm and saving more than 240 peopleso far the tive is not known at this me, according to the fbi, however, the gunman was not on a watch list any kind and it's not clear who he was targeting and y he went after the victims in other national news police are invtigating an anti semitic attack at a hanukkah celebration in new york. sinc december 23th, there have been 10 attacks against jewish in new york. since that partular time so they are beefing up security at synagues more than 100 people were at a rabbi's home on saturday nig when police say grafton thomas stormed in and started stabing people. thoma

john we're checking in on the commute around the bay area which is not so bad want to want to cross the goldenood right. we don't have any problems into or out of san francisco clear across the span here of the golden gate clear in the north bay and very quiet on san francisco city streets the bay bridge 80 wesson is checking in trouble free. it's been nice all morning every now and then that will stack up a little bit and the cash lanes but a smooth trip into downtown san francisco once again hot spot free with no alert minor crowding on the shore 18 minutes from crockett to oakland but wide open on 24 the macarthur and the nimitz will check more coming up well. >>robin in the stay family whose 2 young girls were killed in a car wreck last year of the turning their pain into purpose, this holiday season leading the effort to collect toys for kids all year round kron four's gayle ong spoke to them and has their story. >>these little ones lined up at the ambrose recreation center in bay point saturday afternoon to get a present santa is getting help from contra costa county deputies for the ann

gates off to one oh one for those of you who are returning to work this morning and one want to cross the golden gate smooth sailing. 18 minutes, quicken right on time rolling south novato to the toll plaza will. >>we're following breaking news out of oakland where fire right now is racing through a warehouse you can see the latter's with there. engines out there fully extended showing up blasting thousands of gallons of water down to the structure. we don't know the cause of the fire is simply too dangerous at this time for firefighters to race through to see if there are any bodies any fatalities at this particular time they were just worried about knocking down the flames, so we can not pass that along to have anybody was hurt or killed. they have their hands full at this time and this is on the corner of car and west street. it happened a couple of hours ago and it is still burning out of control at this time once the flames were knocked down in the hot spots a pretty much no longer a problem then and only then will investigators go in there to find exactly what caused the fire and more impo

right now it looks about 12 minutes to cross that span into moraine county and then the golden gate bridge postcard shot i'm sure a ttle bit later this morning when the sun comes up 20 minutes from novato into the city. happening today it will be a historic day in waington dc in about 2 hours from now house democrats ll unil the articles impeachment against president trump. the house plans to move forward with at least 2 articles of impeachment. one wi be abuse of power and the other will be obstruction of congress right now it is not clear if house democrats plan to include struction of justice charg related to the muelleinvestigation. the arcles of impeachment will be announced at a news conference at 6 o'clock this morning. a tim we will bring that news conferen to you ve when it hapns. after the articles of impeachment are announced e house judiciary committee will begin debating them 2 days from now on thursday, a vote before the full house of representatives could happen as early as next week. back in the bay area flod cleanup continues arod san francisco after at torrential rains sl

>>what i want to cross the golden gate more fogthe traffic looks good 36 minutes nevado to san fransco years. one too. staffeuniverse. >>and from national signing y and stanford snags, a big fish actually his dad is a g fish. cowboys legend emmitt smth forces path to greatness fromflorida but his running backs and e j is bay area bound. >>and this had he doesn't have to wear this hat, you kn his daddy with you that doesn't mean that my son has been that there at the end the day. my son has his own jouey. and is his journey not my journey. and for him to do things that is best for him as what we teach all of our to find what is best for you and go make it happen for yourself. >>got to love that you got to wear the hat that fits the a and e j really has his head on straight. he says education played a major re in his ecision, not just football got to ha a backup plan kids, what happens if you don't go pro what if you get hurt. splash brothers steph d klay must be calling each covering from injury because rry picked up the phone when thompn needed an assist. clay was oing a toy giveaway a

it's only 8 minutes off to fremont street nt to want to cross the golden gate, no problems here 19inutes novato to the toll plaza. taking a peek at traffic tracker compare the niitz to 5 ab you can see diffrence here. so once again stay away from the nimitz take 5.80 instead to 80 looks eat san jose to cupertino. the countdown is about what 17 hours away from midnight, n francisco is already preparing for thousds of people i drove along the embarcadero into work. >>and you see all he barricades already out there. yeah they're taking all th necessary precautions ecause city leaders just wanna make sure you have fun. >>theyant to make sure that people stay safe kron 4 sarah stinson live in san francisco with more details on exactly what they're doing out there. sir. >>that'the key to a successful new year's eve, it's being safe while havi fun that way you can see the fireworks and make it home safe do not drink and drive just have a good time with your faly and make sure that you get here earlier but hearing john talk about the weher i would bring i don't mean to be a california girl about

some time 7 minutes here from the pay gates off to one oh one checking in on what i want to cross the goldenood. so far no problems rolling south, nevada to the tolls or even leaving san francisco northbound want to one that is nice and smooth as well 92 across the san mateo bridge. it's going to be a little busy it's getting busier and busier but it's only 14 minutes to make it from hayward over to the peninsula. we'll check out some more freeways and drive times for you coming up a little bit later we'll robin in the south bay a burglar was caught on camera trying to break into a bakery and then stealing the cash register. this happened in san jose's willow glen neighborhood. >>kron four's tale of the psac ii has reaction from the owner. >>the owners obviously very of says she says of the thief custer more in damages than the amount of money that was inside that register now she says she got that alert at 2 o'clock thursday morning right after returning home from a christmas party, san jose police are searching for this woman caught on surveillance video at flower flour bakery in san jose.

on obstruction of justice, almost exactly the same, except for democrat jared golden from maine also crossedver and voted no. the only real surprise and either vote was the one democrat who voted president, congresswoman and 2020 contender tulsi gabbard, who said "i could not in good conscience vote against impeachment because i believe president trump is guilty of wrongdoing. i also could not in good conscience vote for impeachment because removal of a sitting president must not be the culmination of a partisan process." the only other surprise came after the votes, during the press conference with democratic leadership, in which speaker pelosi would not say when she would send the articles of impeachment to the senate for a trial. >> we haven't seen anything that looks fair to us, so hopefully it will be fair, and when we see with that is, we will send it. to speak with us for the republicans today, they were on message and unified in their def president trump, saying he did nothing that rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors, and will do everything to put the state behind him.

tolls which is spilling the on west grand the looking pretty good on the upper deck one want to cross the goldenm the north bay, so it's roughly a 19 minute are right now to make your way south from nevado to the toll plaza we're checking in on the richmond sandra fell and all is well folks are behaving here. it's a good trip through the tolls across the span into the north bay right now it's an easy 8 minutes not going to stay this way folks will be out there that will be packed within the next hour or so so get out there early if you can and you need to warm the car because it's so cold out there right so you need a little bit extra livermore to dublin doing fine that's 5.80 west that's only 11 minutes, dublin to fremont south 6 ad that's a quick trip of 17 minutes no problems for the nimitz no problems for to 37 under 10 minutes from milpitas to sonny bill will check more in just a bit back to you. >>all right, thank you very much rob and coming up at 6 o'clock a family looking for answers now after a crash involving a sheriff's deputy that killed a young boy will have the full story coming u

open and holiday like to richmond berkeley oakland 17 minutes for your drive and what i want to cross the goldene like it will no problem into san francisco. absolutely the raiders are hoping for a shot in the playoffs after a win yesterday in la against the chargers. >>let's get right to the have highlights in the 1st quarter derek carr connects with a rookie. hunter renfroe for a 5656 yard td that was cars only throwing td for the game. >>he would later write in for a touchdown right before halftime here it is right there in the end the raiders would add more points in the boer, thanks to the running game. the raiders beat the chargers 24 to 17 and keep their playoff hopes alive. >>and to say that we're still playing week 17 for something like that's that's unbelievable like that that's really a good thing because i've been on teams in the past where wieber in those moments we lose a couple games in a row, and i don't know you know this team never did that. >>it's a long shopping the raiders can still make the playoffs in the final round of games will have to beat the broncos then they'll need

here's what i want to cross the golden gate, maybe you are traveling from the north bay to san francisco now on one oh one both northbound and there was report of an accident on 1 one north at the stinson beach exit but that's already been moved off to the side so now we are officially trouble free what about traffic tracker showing you some numbers and take a peek and see what's part of your commute maybe take 5.80 of selling looks great livermore to dublin maybe 6 cities a part of your drive. it's only 13 minutes here to head south you're good leaving the dublin interchange son all continuing out of fremont or even beyond that point like milpitas in san jose that portion of 6 ad is nice and live no problems for the nimitz no issues for 2.37 right on time at 6 minutes milpitas to sonny bill. and of course as a you do that last minute holiday shopping it continues, you have extra police out there on patrol at several shopping centers throughout fremont this comes after 2 men, they shoved a woman to the ground a tractor across the parking lot. all to steal her purse kron four's haaziq men