saint nahum, who predicted the fall of the great ancient city of nineveh.d eighth centuries before the birth of christ in the north of modern iraq. his town was called elkos. it must be said that the middle east at that time was. in the possessions of the most powerful state of antiquity, assyria, it was something like the united states of america of yesterday. and just as the pax americana is being destroyed today and the world is moving to a multipolar model, so the holy prophet nahum prophesied about the destruction of nineveh. why was this the capital of the assyrians? as the prophet nahum said, it happened. nahum's prediction says that nineveh will be devastated by the swords of its enemies. the king and his nobles will rush to defend the fortress wall, but will not have time. the river gates will open and the palace will be in turmoil. nahum's contemporaries could not even imagine how accurately this would come true. his prophecy. cnineveh, standing on the banks of the tigris river, will be approached by a united army of babylonian, median and... the

town cats board of directors member nineveh parker says only a fraction of the animals in the sheltert need to be rescued are available for partners, like her group to take in to help reduce capacity and save lives. >> i'm not sure why they decided to move away with rescues, but that model worked really well and now we're seeing the outcome of what happens when they don't rely on the rescue model the shelter is undergoing an audit requested by the city, and the results should be released in the new year in san jose. >> dustin dawsey, abc seven news. >> all those poor animals coming up, we are down to the last few days before christmas from the crowds at the malls to the lines of the mission, we're going to show you the last minute rush underway. >> and don't forget the 40 niners christmas day game is right here on abc seven. but all the action actually starts at 11 in the morning with the warriors in denver. that's followed by the celtics at the lakers. that's at two. and then i don't change the channel to catch the niners host the ravens at five. all of that coming up on christmas da

town cats board of directors member nineveh parker says only a fraction of the animals in the shelter that need to be rescued are available for partners, like her group to take in to help reduce capacity and save lives. >> i'm not sure why they decided to move away with rescues, but that model worked really well and now we're seeing the outcome of what happens when they don't rely on the rescue model the shelter is undergoing an audit requested by the city, and the results should be released in the new year in san jose. >> dustin dawsey, abc seven news. >> tomales set christmas are a tradition for many families, and many of them lined up today outside la palma in san francisco's mission district, waiting to stock up on all the ingredients necessary for them. the long-time business sold a lot of those ingredients. this will be a big weekend for many families as they gather to make tamales to enjoy over the christmas holiday. also happening in the mission tonight, dozens of families gathering to receive free winter jackets. >> the giveaway, spearheaded by members of the latino task forc

town cats board of directors member nineveh parker says only a fraction of the animals in the sheltero be rescued are available for partners, like her group to take in to help reduce capacity and save lives. >> i'm not sure why they decided to move away with rescues, but that model worked really well and now we're seeing the outcome of what happens when they don't rely on the rescue model the shelter is undergoing an audit requested by the city, and the results should be released in the new year in san jose. >> dustin dawsey, abc seven news. >> tomales set christmas are a tradition for many families, and many of them lined up today outside la palma in san francisco's mission district, waiting to stock up on all the ingredients necessary for them. the long-time business sold a lot of those ingredients. this will be a big weekend for many families as they gather to make tamales to enjoy over the christmas holiday. also happening in the mission tonight, dozens of families gathering to receive free winter jackets. >> the giveaway, spearheaded by members of the latino task force, along wit

town cats board of directors member nineveh parker says only a fraction of the animals in the shelter that need to be rescued are available for partners like her group to take in to help reduce capacity and save lives. >> i'm not sure why they decided to move away with rescues, but that model worked really well. well and now we're seeing the outcome of what happens when they don't rely on the rescue model the shelter is undergoing an audit requested by the city and the results should be released in the new year in san jose. >> dustin dawsey, abc seven news sweet little animals. >> all right, well happening now. holiday traffic. look at this. a ribbon of headlights and tail lights in both directions, heavy around the bay area. this is a live look at i-80 through emeryville. as you can see, creeping and crawling in both directions. let's take a look at the bay bridge from our south beach camera. heavy traffic on both the upper and lower deck, but eastbound traffic is going faster than westbound upper deck. of course, all those folks coming into the city, it's a little slow, but very bus

town cats board of directors member nineveh parker says only a fraction of the animals in the sheltert need to be rescued are available for partners, like her group to take in to help reduce capacity and save lives. >> i'm not sure why they decided to move away with rescues, but that model worked really well and now we're seeing the outcome of what happens when they don't rely on the rescue model the shelter is undergoing an audit requested by the city, and the result should be released in the new year in san jose. >> dustin dawsey, abc seven news. in the north bay, a little holiday present for smart train riders this week, a program was approved to allow youths and seniors to ride for free. >> it will start in april and last for one year as a way to get people to ride the train and show the value of the system they consider youths as anyone under 19 and seniors older than 64, smart currently runs between larkspur and santa rosa, but would like to expand farther north and in san francisco, long lines formed outside of la palma in the mission, waiting to stock up on ingredients necessa

town cats board of directors member nineveh parker says only a fraction of the animals in the shelter that need to be rescued are available for partners, like her group to take in to help reduce capacity and save lives. >> i'm not sure why they decided to move away with rescues, but that model worked really well and now we're seeing the outcome of what happens when they don't rely on the rescue model the shelter is undergoing an audit requested by the city, and the result should be released in the new year in san jose. >> dustin dawsey, abc seven news inflation is set to drop in the new year, posing a great outlook for the us economy. >> economic experts predict consumers are going to start to see prices of goods dropping in 2024. they also say a sign the economy is moving in the right direction is the uptick in people spending. the positive shift follows three years of the federal reserve increasing rates when inflation jumped 9.1% in june of 2022. that number is now at 3.1. but the fed says it's not something to celebrate yet. >> we still have a ways to go. no one is declaring victo

town cats board of directors member nineveh parker says only a fraction of the animals in the shelter that need to be rescued are available for partners like her group to take in to help reduce capacity and save lives. >> i'm not sure why they decided to move away with rescues, but that model worked really well and now we're seeing the outcome of what happens when they don't rely on the rescue model. >> the shelter is undergoing an audit requested by the city, and the results should be released in the new year in san jose. dustin dawsey, abc seven news. in the north bay, a little holiday present for smart train riders this week, a program was approved to allow youths and seniors to ride for free. >> it's going to start in april and last for one year as a way to get people to ride the train and show the value of the system they define. use as anyone under 19 and seniors have to be older than 64, smart currently runs between larkspur and santa rosa, but would like to expand further north in san francisco. long lines formed outside of la palma in the mission, waiting to stock up on ingre