colonel petrov knew very well that the soviet response might not be tit for tata city for a city. the russians could launch everything. the targets, american cities that his satellites passed over. new york, washington, chicago, los angeles. all of them were targets of what would have been the soviet response? >> translator: there's no question about it. the aftermath in the united states would have been horrible. >> even after the soviet computer system indicated those missile launches colonel petrov stood his ground insisting to his superiors that the soviet system had generated false information. his argument prevailed. and this one soviet russian figure is one of the great heroes literally of mankind. up next, charlie pierce on america's current and future state of nuclear rationality. >>> president obama and japan's prime minister shinzo abe appeared together today at pearl harbor to mark the japanese attack there 75 years ago. their joint appearance coming seven months after president obama d traveled to hishima, japan, to honor those killed in the u.s. nuclear attack there

colonel petrov knew very well the soviet response might not be tit for tat, a city for a city.ans could launch everything. the targets -- the american cities his satellites passed over. new york, washington, chicago, los angeles. >> reporter: philadelphia, detroit. >> all of them were targets of what would have been the soviet response? >> translator: there is no question about it. the aftermath in the united states would have been horrible. >> even after the soviet computer system indicated those additional u.s. missile launches, colonel petrov stood his ground insisting the soviet system generated false information. his argument prevailed and this one soviet russian figure is one of the great heroes, literally, of mankind. up next, charlie pierce on america's current and future state of nuclear rationality. ♪ the itsy bitsy spider went up the waterspout. down came the rain and clogged the gutter system creating a leak in the roof. luckily the spider recently had geico help him with homeowners insurance. water completely destroyed his swedish foam mattress. he got full replace

authorities for petrov released a statement, quote, hope this sends a message to other cops that vinal plant tee street justice can cost you your credibility and your career and your freedom. surveillance video captured the beating that happened after petrov led the deputies on a high-speed chase. he is in custodier on unrelated gun and drug charges. >>> no thank you arctic blast. heading live outside, look from the east bay hills camera. it's clear and cool out there drew tuma has details on a new round weather advisories. >> tonight temperatures plummet to the coldest readings this season. the freeze warnings in effect in inland locales. some of the coldest spots in he 20s, around the immediate bay waters a frost advisory. temperatures into the 30s by 10:00 tonight and the numbers will drop. so remember, widespread 20s in and 30s, bring in your pets. they want to stay warm. and cover the plants. we'll talk about when we warm up in the accuweather forecast. >> donald trump is taking on the chinese over twitter, while president obama is finding himself on the defense. mary bruce has th

petrov is currently in federal custostod custody. >>> sky 7 over fifth and harris-in street as police respond to reports of shots fire just before 1:00 p.m. officers found a number of shell casings on the street and no suspects. they are still investigating exactly what happened. so far there have been no injured reported. >>> utah authorities have arrested 36-year-old miguel rodriguez on suspicion of shooting and killing -- they found new young men suffering from gun shot wounds. one pronounced dead on the scene. arrest details have not been released. >>> abc 7 news has retained the services of payment and 36 people lost their lives in a huge warehouse fire two weeks ago and prosecutors lighter returned a criminal activity. show has decided huey newton, the hang else and most rows recently raymond chow. >>> this time of year many people anticipate special gifts in the mail. the sheriff's office says several thieves have been taking gifts before they even neighboring inside their homes. sneefrp yes, kristen, i'm inside the main post office here in san jose, and you can see all of the

petrov tells us timing is upsetting. >> unfortunately they'll have to leave us without celebrating new year's eve, which is a biggest, one of the biggest holidays in russia. >> it's just not human, frankly. not human. >> sky 7 was above the consulate with fewer staff. business will be impacted. katia parker came for a passport today, hoping for the best with this diplomatic flap. >> sometimes, sometimes, it happens. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> in february of 2014, he visited abc7 news and sat down with our cheryl jennings. petrov spoke about the significance of the games to his country. >> now, weather, get ready for a big blast of winter temperatures. drew? >> the storm system will arrive next week. good news for new year's eve. by noon there is a slight chance of sprinkles and tomorrow night, we'll do it under clear skies and chilly temperatures, upper 30s to mid-40s. the storm system is a light storm system. arctic front will and says a wintery mix is possible. and of course we'll have that air how cold it will get, you'll have to wait and see, temperatures into teens next we

petrov tells us timing is upsetting. >> unfortunately they'll have to leave us without celebrating new year's eve, which is a biggest, one of the biggest holidays in russia. >> it's just not human, frankly. not human. >> sky 7 was above the consulate with fewer staff. business will be impacted. katia parker came for a passport today, hoping for the best with this diplomatic flap. >> sometimes, it's politic s and sometimes, it happens. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> in february of2014, he visited abc7 news and sat down with our cheryl jennings. petrov spoke about the significance of the games to his country. >> now, weather, get ready for a big blast of winter temperatures. drew? >> the storm system will arrive next week. good news for new year's eve. by noon there is a slight chance of sprinkles and tomorrow night, we'll do it under clear skies and chilly temperatures, upper 30s to mid-40s. the storm system is a light storm system. arctic front will bring showers and says a wintery mix is possible. and of course we'll have that air how cold it will get, you'll have to wait and see,

petrov says the consulate's chef is included in the expulsion. he did not say what role another three employees play. the russians are expected to drive to los angeles to catch a flight home, leaving the consulate ahead of the 72-hour deadline. in san francisco katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> an interesting twist tonight despite the calls for retaliation. russian president vladimir putin appears to be turning the other cheek. in a statement tonight he says, "we will not create any problems for u.s. diplomats. we will not expel anyone." he then invited all children of the u.s. diplomats "accredited in russia to a new year's and christmas show at the kremlin." >> the goal of that message was not the obama white house. it's the incoming administration and mr. trump. >> and that may have worked. donald trump praised putin today for holding off on retaliation. the president-elect tweeted, "great move on delay. i always knew putin was very smart." >>> firefighters in southern california have rescued all 21 people including seven children trapped on a ride

. >> reporter: the mugs consul general sergei petrov says the expulsions represent a low point in u.s.-russia relations. >> how we see our relations now between our two countries some things that the situation is not normal. we have to do much better. >> reporter: we're told one of those, forced to get out is the chef who apparently prepared one last party buffet for the consulate today. according to petrov the ouster of the russians during the holidays is particularly upsetting. >> unfortunately, they will have to leave us without celebrating new year eve which is the biggest -- one of the biggest holidays in russia. >> reporter: sky 7 was above the consulate with fewer staff. business there will be impacted. claudia parker came for a passport today and is hoping for the best with this diplomatic flap. >> sometimes it's politic and sometimes it happens. >> the russians are expected to clear out by tomorrow. they will drive to los angeles and then fly back to russia. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, aches 7 news. >>> extra inspectors will be in the field tonight trying to figure out t

petrov says the consulate's chef is included in the expulsion. he did not say what role another three employees play. the russians are expected to drive to los angeles to catch a flight home, leaving the consulate ahead of the 72-hour deadline. in san francisco katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> an interesting twist tonight despite the calls for retaliation. russian president vladimir putin appears to be turning the other cheek. in a statement tonight he says, "we will not create any problems for u.s. diplomats. we will not expel anyone." he then invited all children of the u.s. diplomats "accredited in russia to a new year's and christmas show at the kremlin." >> the goal of that message was not the obama white house. it's the incoming administration and mr. trump. >> and that may have worked. donald trump praised putin today for holding off on retaliation. the president-elect tweeted, "great move on delay. i always knew putin was very smart." >>> firefighters in southern california have rescued all 21 people including seven children trapped on a ride

it shows petrov being hit with batons after a chase from the east bay. the two men have pleaded not guilty. trial expected sometime next year. >>> police are looking for three people out of thousands of dollars in merchandise from an outlet store. they say two men and a woman walked into a hugo boss outlet last sunday right here. and walked out with $3700 worth of stuff. they took off and in a newer black ford expedition with temporary plates. if you have information call police. >>> santa cruz police are alerting residents about a surge in lsd related incidents. a teenager was hospitalized wednesday after she ate a popsicle coated with liquid lsd and before that on monday in watsonville man came under the influence of lsd assaulted two police officers and was arrested. last month a 15-year-old boy became violent on lsd tried to stab his father and ended up being shot and killed by police. police are encouraging parents to have conversations with their kids about drug use and look for signs of lsd activity. >>> turning now to palo alto where officials ar

and to leave in an ordered way. >> general petrov says he believes the u.s. sanctions are totally unjustified. >>> now to the south bay where so far this year, there have been 47 homicides in san jose. the highest number we have seen in 25 years, janine de la vega says they are working to turn that homicide rate around. >> reporter: there has been a rise in violent crime in the city of san jose just this morning. there was a shooting on the city's east side. police say a latino man was found shot in the neck siting in his car at 1:30 this morning. it happened near valley christian high school. the shooter fled the scene. the victim was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive. police are looking into whether it was gang related. so far this year, there's been 47 homicide ins the city which is the highest it has been in 25 years. gang violence, domestic violence, and homeless people attacking other homeless people increased this year. city leaders say their focus in the new year will be on police staffing and gang violence prevention. >> we think this

the suspect also hit 2 patrol cruisers. 30-year-old stanislov petrov suffered lacerations and 2 brokenbones in each arm. >>> police in palo alto are taking a radical new approach to dealing with the mentally ill. they found out they're going to start bringing civilian ace long for backup. >> reporter: santa clara county's new mental health initiative will launch next spring. paloal e toe will be the fist to test the program. palo alto police shot and killed 31-year-old william raf on forest avenue. police say raf charged at officers with a butter knife on christmas night last year. raff's father says he was getting treatment for schizophrenia. a new program will change how police respond to mental health crises. police officers will be paired with a mental health specialist. they won't be armed, but thai be in the car. >> reporter: repeat wife behavioral health services says they hope to expand the pilot program but have gotten interest have from the sapp that clara county sheriff's department. >> santa clara county behalf services says it modeled the program after others in the state,

deputies approach the suspect, stanislav petrov. he led them on a 40 minute chase. you can see in the video deputies catch up. they beat them with their batons even after it appears he surrendered. both have been charged with assault with a deadly weapon.>>> the ghost ship fire in oakland is several weeks old. dolan was one of musicians killed in the fire. spencer blake has more. >> reporter: hundreds of people at the public works this afternoon for a memorial for someone who had performed in countless clubs. it blasted the electronic music she created and loved.>> my beloved daughter. >> reporter: the musicians mother and other family members major the atmosphere was one that chelsea would've enjoyed. the lights, music, and pictures highlighted her uniqueness.>> her personality could not be contained. she burst out in colors.>> reporter: she had many aliases. she formed run the length of your wildness, series of monday night parties in san francisco. >> we are all recognizing what an important pillar of our community she is. >> reporter: several of her friends ment

to the north bay, 32 windsor. 31 in stanislav petrov.r peninsula if we go south, 31 in menlo park. 35 san mateo. as we get into the afternoon, a lot of 50s in the forecast. not too bad. temperatures will climb as we get into wednesday, thursday. then the possibility of maybe just a bit of wet weather in time for the holiday weekend. i will have a look at the extended forecast coming up. >> thank you, rosemary. >>> sal is enjoying the holiday so i'm going to pitch in a little bit. we're watching the roads. interstate 80 in emryville. a little crowded. right now it is a piece of cake getting into the city. look at the bay bridge toll plaza. easy breezy. no sweat whatsoever. just glide right into the city. and down in the south bay, san mateo bridge, more of the same. if you're coming into work today, well, too bad but good for you. you have a nice easy commute. >>> investigators are looking for witnesses to a shooting last night that happened at a mall in pleasant hill. the mall was open, filled with post christmas shoppers. christien kaft

cnn asked dmitry petrov if tillerson is a friend of russia and he told us this quote he's very professional. we plan a lot of mutually beneficial projects between our conditions. unfortunately a number of them were left unrealized. as to whether he's friendly to russia or not there's a huge difference between being a secretary of state and being ceo of big corporation. we should note that a few years ago, tillerson was awarded russia's order of friendship by vladimir putin. so let's talk. washington bureau chief for "usa today," jason johnson also joins me, political science professor at morgan state university. susan, should americans worry about this pick for secretary of state? >> well, some americans are expressing some concern, some important americans, including the chairman of the senate armed services committee john mccain, who yesterday said he was concerned about whether tillerson would have too much of a tilt toward russia. and if donald trump goes ahead and nominates him for secretary of state, we know he's going to get some scrutiny in the senate foreign relations committee for

petrov calls the expulsions detrimental to the relations between russia and the united states. >> they were not given enough time to pack all their things around the to prep, to finish their financial matters here in the united states and to leavep in an ordway. >> in a facebook post the consulate says the diplomats will drive to los angeles and fly to moscow from l.a.x. one of his employees labeled as an intelligence operative by president obama is the consulate's chef who was tree preparing a new year's eve feast when he was expelled. >> russian president vladimir putin announced today he would not retaliate against the u.s. for new sanctions related to a cyber attack on democratic party leaders. >> as nbc news reporter kenneth moten explains, that decision stands against a recommendation by his own foreign minister. >> reporter: the clock is ticking for 35 russian diplomats. intelligence operatives told to get out of the u.s. by sunday. >> they have to pack and leave within hours. >> the obama administration taking forceful action against russia for its pay alleged role in the hack

the russian consul general in san francisco, sergey petrov, explained what sort of impact the expulsionscans. a limited number of people will not allow us to deliver all the consular services to russian citizens and american citizens in the way that we want to do it. so our workforce will be less than we have now. but we will do our best to provide all the services for the russians who live here, and we are speaking of, i don't know, something, our estimate is 100, 150,000 russian citizens living in the western part of the united states. they will come to us for new passports, for birth certificates, for certificates of power of attorney. all of these things. as well as us citizens who are travelling to russia for tourist purposes, for business purposes, for a different kind of exchanges. last year, maxim, our press attache was also responsible for issuing visas to us citizens. this year we issued like 25,000 visas, 20,000 visas for us citizens to travel to russia for tourist purposes. that's what we will continue to do, and hope that we will be able to serve every one of them. let's be

they were charged with felonies for the november 2015 beating of stanislaus petrov.ideo from a nearby surveillance showed petrov being hit with batons after he was chased from the east bay. the two deputies have pleaded not guilty. trial is expected sometime next year. >>> investigators think a fire at an east bay junkyard started accidentally. firefighters were called to the deal auto wrecking yard yesterday morning. they say flames destroyed 100 cars and sent a huge plume of thick, black smoke into the air and across the bay. a stretch of the richmond parkway was closed because of the fire. near residents were told to "shelter in place," stay in their homes for close to three hours. >> wash everything down. my car was totally covered with soot. i had to wash everything in the driveway. it might be a health hazard. >> it was an accident but no cause determined yet. no injuries. >>> we have more now on a developing story we reported at the top of our newscast at 7:00. flames raced through a home this morning in south san francisco. let's go back out to reporter chris

stanislav petrov below freezing. 35 degrees reported in hillsberg. a little bit of patchy fog out there for us this morning. santa rosa started out about a mile visibility and improved to 7 miles visibility. now we're looking at four. a little bit of patchy fog out there. it shouldn't impair your driving. upper 50s to low 60s for the highs today. 58 in san francisco. low 60s expected in the south bay of san jose. 58 expected for antioch. to the north bay, 60 degrees this afternoon for santa rosa. temperatures not going to change a lot as we get into the back end of your week and holiday weekend. maybe a chance for some unsettled weather but it doesn't look like much. i will have a look at the extended forecast coming up. >> thank you, rosemary. >>> all lanes of interstate 280 in san jose are back open after an early morning crash that involved a wrong way driver. it was not far from bird avenue. three cars were involved in the crash and debris scattered across the roadway. investigators say as of right now they don't know which of the cars was going