kabc. a talkshow host on sit, a message into washington dc. i think 2017 has bennie a year of tremendous change. supporter i trump am happy with a lot of the change that is going down. we see bills, a tax bill that came forward, it was promised to us in the campaign. i would look to 2018 and say, infrastructure needs to be taken care of. immigration needs to be taken care of. more people on the courts who share our ideology. weird to see an outsider in the white house. we have not seen that in quite some time. washington certainly does not know how to react to it. in 2017 we saw a lot of those people have a frustration. 2018 will be similar to that. that is a good thing. host: we have heard from other people throughout the morning, how do you think they are in supporting president trump and the goals he would like to accomplish? anst: i think it will be issue by issue coalition for him. this is something we saw in the campaign. voters see trump as a different brand from the republican party. a huge thingwas for republicans in congress. they ha

our station kabc capturing the disaster from above. all across this mud scape we heard the calls of the desperate. >> josie friends trudging in, searching for loved ones. josie's son inconsolable. >> why did she go downstairs. >> reporter: we first met him in the dark weeping in the husk of his family home. his sister and father-in-law survived. but in the fading light, he says his mother rebecca, a prominent realtor was still out there. >> you know, it's my mom, and i'm fighting with all my heart to find her, but i can't focus on too much she's most likely dead. >> reporter: family members forming a search party. the reality crushing. >> we just need -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the thomas fire denuded hills of vegetation that might have absorbed the rain. and when it came, the rain was biblical, all that water funneling into the dry creek beds. the death toll now at least 17. it includes roy roacher, the founder of the st. augustine academy swept away from his home. where i'm standing is part of a neighborhood that's been completely

kabc reporter leanne suter spoke with some of them and saw how they're passing the time. >> happy newrter: let the celebrations begin as thousands of fans claim their front row seats to watch the floats roll down colorado boulevard. >> never been, first time. it's been on my bucket list to see the rose bowl parade. we made it. yay! we're so excited. >> reporter: whether they're rose parade rookies or campout veterans -- >> she's 21 and my oldest is 22. we've been coming since they were born. over 22 years now. together with the family from out of town and then just having front row seats to the rose parade. >> happy new year. >> reporter: they're all here to ring in the new year, some bringing a good book to keep entertained, others a big screen movie. >> long night. entertain ourselves, get a lot of food. >> reporter: this year the parade and new year's eve celebration comes with stepped up security, extra barricades along the route and increased patrols. those camping out say they are focused on having fun and keeping warm. >> i do a lot of hiking so i brought a lot of hiking gear,

kabc's greg lee reports. >> reporter: lori and wayne can finally open the christmas gifts they almost. inside priceless collages their daughter made them of her wedding in october. >> she said there was one that was for the family but had a gift for my parents also this it that she wanted me to have the family together to open it. >> reporter: the only problem they never received them or a smaller box with this photo. they checked the surveillance cameras at their rancho santa margarita home and saw this, a woman creeping up grabbing both boxes from their doorstep and walking away. >> hiding herself the way she did and making sure she wasn't caught on camera, so it was very discouraging. >> reporter: they filed a police report but expected to never see the special gifts again. >> we were thinking, you know, being so special, that these people are going to just open it, oh, it's not what i thought was in it and just throw them in the dumpster. >> reporter: a few days later on new year's day, a surprise. >> she comes in the house and says, mom, we got a package. and i said, well, that's

our los angeles station, kabc, capturing the disaster from above. all across this mudscape today, we heard the calls of the desperate. >> josie! >> reporter: family members and friends trudging in, searching for loved ones. josie gower's son, hayden, inconsolable. >> why did she go downstairs? >> reporter: we first met robert riskin tuesday in the dark, weeping in the husk of his family home. his sister and father-in-law survived, but in the fading light, he said his mother, rebecca, a prominent realtor, was still out there. >> you know, it's my mom and i'm fighting with all my heart to find her, but like, didn't focus too much on, she's most likely dead out here, you know? and just push my way through. was back. family members forming a search party. the reality crushing. >> we just need the rescue personnel to come down and help us look is what we're hoping. >> reporter: the thomas fire denuded the nearby hills of vegetation that might have absorbed the rain, and when it came, the rain was biblical. >> 0.86 of an inch in 15 minutes is an unprecede

kabc reporter leanne suter spoke with some of them and saw how they're passing the time. >> happy new >> reporter: let the celebrations begin as thousands of fans claim their front row seats to watch the floats roll down colorado boulevard. >> never been, first time. it's been on my bucket list to see the rose bowl parade. we made it. yay! we're so excited. >> reporter: whether they're rose parade rookies or campout veterans -- >> she's 21 and my oldest is 22. we've been coming since they were born. over 22 years now. >> just everyone getting together with the family from out of town and then just having front row seats to the rose parade. >> happy new year. >> reporter: they're all here to ring in the new year, some bringing a good book to keep entertained, others a big screen movie. >> long night. entertain ourselves, get a lot of food. >> reporter: this year the parade and new year's eve celebration comes with stepped up security, extra barricades along the route and increased patrols. those camping out say they are focused on having fun and keeping warm. >> i do a lot of hiking so

kabc reporter leanne suter spoke with some of them and saw how they're passing the time. >> happy new >> reporter: let the celebrations begin as thousands of fans claim their front row seats to watch the floats roll down colorado boulevard. >> never been, first time. it's been on my bucket list to see the rose bowl parade. we made it. yay! we're so excited. >> reporter: whether they're rose parade rookies or campout veterans -- >> she's 21 and my oldest is 22. we've been coming since they were born. over 22 years now. >> just everyone getting together with the family from out of town and then just having front row seats to the rose parade. >> happy new year. >> reporter: they're all here to ring in the new year, some bringing a good book to keep entertained, others a big screen movie. >> long night. entertain ourselves, get a lot of food. >> reporter: this year the parade and new year's eve celebration comes with stepped up security, extra barricades along the route and increased patrols. those camping out say they are focused on having fun and keeping warm. >> i do a lot of hiking so

today an anchor for kabc in los angeles said senator al franken "kissed and groped me without my consenturing a uso tour in 2006." and shared this photo of franken groping her while she was asleep. that is horrifying. and she is wearing army gear because it's a uso tour, but honestly, who could blame women if they started wearing military gear whenever they're around men? "where are you going in a helmet and a flak jacket?" "the subway." [ laughter ] this is a pervasive problem that affects every aspect of society and every political party and everyone should be held accountable. from al franken, to roy moore, to bill clinton, to the current president of the united states. and yet amid all of this, there are still republicans defending moore, their nominee for senate in alabama, who of course, has been accused of sexually assaulting underage girls. take, for example, alabama congressman mo brooks, who said he still plans to support moore because the conservative agenda is vastly more important than contested sexual allegations from four decades ago. an abc reporter tried to ask brooks if

host: the host there at kabc. you. happy new year. guest: happy new year. thank you so much.t's it for our program today and for all of us here at "washington journal" we thank ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ announcer: good morning and happy new year. discussion ony, a the future of self driving cars in the u.s.. after that, a look at the legacy of former president bill clinton . after that, a profile interview with transportation secretary, evenly -- elaine chao. tonight, on the communicators, a look at the internet, broadband expansion and 5g with ceo doniphan falter -- jonathan alter. >> you mentioned that the groups you represent had a lot of work to do. can you talk about that? we hear about these five g networks and these ultra dense broadband's. can you talk about how we get to that stage? >> the ingredient to moving to ensuring our global competitiveness is this technology called broadband. our companies

our local station kabc capturing startling before and after immanuals of a neighborhood in montecito, california, and our senior national correspondent matt gutman is there and, matt, almost the entire city is facing a mandatory evacuation order this morning. >> reporter: that's right, michael. when you see those before and after pictures you can understand why. that order affects 10,000 people basically all of montecito and one of the major reasons for that are hazards. they are everywhere. we found in this morning. want you to listen. that's a gas main. it has been spewing gas here for i guess four days and you can tell how sticky this mud is. most of montecito has become uninhabitable. the major freeway here has been closed down. obviously there's no gas. there's no electricity. there's no water here and the major concern for search and rescue teams are those hazard, pitfalls. this is an affluent community and pools everywhere and spray painted that. the concern is searchers would walk in there and sink up to their necks so they want to clear this area of residents so they can cont

he's even served time for swatting the kabc building i'm standing in right now and it's believed the fatal call was triggered by a dispute by two online gamers, neither of whom had any apparent connection to their victim. >> i have shot him in the head and he's not breathing anymore. >> reporter: this morning wichita police are investigating how this chilling 911 call from a man claiming to have shot his father led to the death of an innocent, unarmed man over a thousand miles away. thursday night kansas city police raced to the wichita, kansas, address where the caller claims to be holding family members hostage. >> i already poured gasoline all over the house. i might set it on fire. >> do you have weapons on you? >> yeah, i do. >> reporter: but when police arrive they don't find the alleged caller, tyler barriss. he was 1,300 miles away in los angeles, allegedly playing a prank. but officers don't know that. so when 28-year-old andrew finch opens the front door, officers surround his house and order him to put his hands up. >> show your hands. >> reporter: it's at this moment poli

our local station kabc capturing startling before and after images of a neighborhood in montecito, california, and our senior national correspondent matt gutman is there. and matt, almost the entire city is facing a mandatory evacuation order this morning? >> reporter: that's right, michael. that evacuation order affects about 10,000 people here. one of the reasons for that is there are hazards everywhere. we found this one just this morning. i want you to listen for a second. that's a ruptured gas pipe. it's been spewing gas for four days. what this mudslide has done is reshape the landscape here. check out those cars embedded in those lit rate much of montecito is unhin habitable. there's no water, gas, electricity. this is an affluent community and they have been sinking neck deep into pools so what they want to do is clear all the residents out so they can continue to look for the five people still missing here. >> matt, so many hidden dangers out there. what can you tell us about the continued search and rescue efforts? >> reporter: well, technically it is still a search and rescue effor