and at the edge is pluto.s only wrong by a factor of 50,000. >> so went from being a monster planet to a dwarf planet. >> a dwarf planet, one of many. >> reporter: this region is the kiper belt at the edge of our solar system. a vast realm of frozen debris created during the birth of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. the kiper belt keeps brown up all night hunting for discoveries. >> it's the most exciting thing to do. it's not that it's hard to stay up all night, i'm excited every night i go out there about what i might find. >> reporter: when mike brown found that pluto-sized object, it was the biggest oh of a group of hundreds of pluto-like objects recently discovered. so brown wondered should pluto really be a planet? but demoting pluto would mean every textbook would have to be changed. that was fine with brown, who believes planets must be significant, and that the eight large planets are. their strong gravitational fields control everything around them. >> planets ignore everybody else around them

>> i loved pluto. i was totally fascinated by pluto.thought it was so interesting out there. >> when pluto was first discovered, it was thought to be a big planet. >> you can find "the new york times" headline on the day the discovery wano it says ninth planet discovered in the solar system, possibly larger than jupiter. >> reporter: jupiter is the biggest planet. but pluto it turned out, is no jupiter. >> these are all the planets and other objects at their real relative sizes. jupiter is huge compared to the other things. this is jupiter, this is saturn, without its rings. uranus, neptune, mercury, venus, earth, mars. and at the very edge of the solar system as we now think of it is pluto. it's only wrong by a factor of 50,000. >> so went from being a monster planet to a dwarf planet. >> a dwarf planet, one of many. that are part of this region of the sky. >> reporter: this region is the kiper belt at the edge of our solar system. a vast realm of frozen debris created during the birth of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. the kip

you didn't love pluto growing up? >> mike brown: i loved pluto. i was totally fascinated by pluto.hen i started in astronomy, i started looking at this region of the sky because i thought it was so interesting out there. >> whitaker: when pluto was first discovered, it was thought to be a big planet? >> mike brown: you can go back and find the "new york times" headline on the day that the discovery was announced. and it says, "ninth planet discovered in the outer solar system. possibly larger than jupiter." >> whitaker: jupiter's the biggest planet, but pluto, it turned out, was no jupiter. >> mike brown: these are all the planets and other objects at their real relative sizes. >> whitaker: this is jupiter. >> mike brown: jupiter is huge compared to the other things. this is jupiter. this is saturn without it's rings. uranus. neptune. mercury. venus. earth. mars. and at the very edge of the solar system as we now think of it is pluto. it's only wrong by a factor of 50,000. >> whitaker: so, it went from being a monster planet to being a dwarf planet? >> mike brown: a dwarf planet. o

of six months as it flew by pluto new horizon nearly 10 years and pluto use to reconsider the ninth planet from the sun the owner of washington's big shop took to and seagram on saturday to settle the issue she said she encouraged the client to it get the 2013 take inspiration. good morning and welcome to kron four news weekend. i'm marty gonzalez. we are tracking the storm this morning. you are taking a live look at kron four storm tracker. and we have team coverage this morning. kron four's averi harper is in pacifica, tracking the conditions there. and we have meteorologist dave spahr in the weather center with all that you need to know about the storm. we'll start with dave. >> reporter: take it easy it with what's going on flooded roads and the borders open the cones up. in late this afternoon: the north bay from the sky. monitoring some flooding. flash flood warnings of what they are posted and let it hit their highest agent submitted their so after all this is done. >> averi: of collins flashing lights all warnings for drivers to state route 37 is close. no estimated time of reopeni

. >>> we have a unique new view of pluto today. nasa has released video of pluto taken at the new horizon spacecraft approached the dwarf planet. the video is made up of more than 100 high resolution images taken over six months as the spacecraft flew by pluto in july of 2015. it took new horizons ten years to cover the 3 billion miles to pluto. >>> all eyes are on hollywood this morning. ahead, a look at the academy award nominations just announced and the film leading the pack. >>> and here is a live look from cape may, new jersey. those wet conditions out there that we're tracking are going to start to move out. the temperatures start to rise. we'll take a closer look, coming up. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. welcome to 8 and a half maple street. it's half a house. and even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, it's a full house to the wilsons. because they have fios, their half house has full internet, with uploads as fast as downloads. don't pay for uploads that aren't up to

. >>> nasa released breathtaking video of what look like maybe from pluto.zon spacecraft. the images were taken over six months as the spacecraft flew by pluto in july 2015. it took horizon nearly 10 years and 3 billion miles to get there. pluto used to be considered the ninth planet from the sun, it was later reclassified as a dwarf planet. strike next a new study about the level of violence in movies. we will have a warning for parents coming up. -- >>> next, a new study about the level of violence in movies. we will have a warning for parents coming up. >>> we have a warning for parents about the level of violence and pg-13 movies. according to a study in the journal pediatrics, gun violence in pg-13 movies has more than doubled over the past 30 years. pg-13 rating which stands for parents strongly cautioned some material may be inappropriate for children under 13, was introduced in 1985. it's then movies targeting america's youth have more gun violence then r-rated films. experts are urging parents to talk with their kids about the violence they see on s

. >>> nasa released video of pluto taken as its new horizon spacecraft approached the dwarf planet.he video is made up of more than 100 high resolution images taken over six months. as the aircraft approached the planet flying by in july of 2015. it took new horizons nearly ten years to cover billion miles to pluto. >>> well, it's one of nature's most powerful forces, water. and that power is changing the face of one landmark. it's an old cement ship at the end of a dock at sea cliff state beach in santa cruz county, california. over the decades the world war i ship has been a party boat with the restaurant and a fishing platform. but last year, the pounding waves broke the ship in two and the recent run of storms has capsized the boat's stern, leaving the bow sinking into the churned up sand. >>> a weekend storm sent a massive wave crashing through the seaside restaurant near france. -- san francisco. flooding the main banking hall. gary says when he came to work saturday morning, he and staff found the first floor flooded. >> i don't know if it was from the wind or rock came throu

pluto you know you'll always be a full planet in my eyes.apped the images over six month span it took the spacecraft a decade to reach pluto. forget rolling back prices. >> wal*mart soon will roll out new cars. why not? the world's largest retailer teaming up with start up company car safer to sell cars as part of a pilot program. car saver will set up kiosks where employees can actually help buyers select a car and even apply for financing and insurance. once they pick out their car, car saver will refer them to a dealership within 15 miles of the wal*mart store. >>> an important recall to tell you about involving beach chairs from ikea. the company is getting reports that it's my sing so beach chair collapsing leading to injuries. ikea is urging customers to return them before the end of the january for full refund. if your new year's resolution to shed a few pounds you maybe in trouble with this news. shake shack giving away free burgers until the end of february but you have to sign up for an account with the restaurant's app always a ho

. >> and it's a view of pluto like we've never seen before. the time lapse images just released by nasa. ,, (upbeat music) - [voiceover] you are san francisco. we've been with you from the beginning. we've seen each other through good times and bad. sickness and health. we're with you san francisco, and you bring out the best in us. care. zuckerberg san francisco general hospital and trauma center. tenant. the group representing derick almena say they have a --quote-- "reliable scientific report" that concludes the fire started in an adjacent building. illed in last >>> i new theory get ghost ship. one person says they have a report that concludes the fire started in an adjacent building. 36 people were killed in last month's fire. no conclusions are reached and it's premature to speculate about the origin of the fire until all investigations are complete. >>> san francisco's new police chief will be getting down to business today after being sworn in yesterday. chief william scott is the first permanent leader of the force since last spring.

i don't like to call pluto a dwarf planet i still think it's a planet. or rye sons, hooks cares, right? new horizons snapped the images over sick months it took the spacecraft nearly decade to reach pluto. >> i care. >> do you? >> yeah. >> aww. deli in dc getting a lot of complaints these days. why they say they likely won't be able to help anyone who calls them. >> i would like to meet with them in new york and send a little quality time with him because he is 90 years old and i don't want something to happen where if he gets ill and he's in, n las vegas i can't go the there. >> here's the deal. she says she's the daughter of comedy legend jerry lewis. so why is she living on the streets of philadelphia? >> kathy -- man, are you coming up for air now after that nor'easter. >> we can breathe. we feel terrible about the beach erosion down the shore. we're still watching this classic nor either pull away and battering the beaches of cape cod at this point and bringing snow to the mountains of new england. for us, some sun returns. we'll have that when we c

i new footage from outerspace.ersc nasa releasing video of pluto,, yes, make pluto a planet again.a > horizons spacecraft images taken over ovr six-month period.io you know pluto is like thatlutoi ex-girlfriend.exir if you don't care about her, wh, do you keep calling her,er stalking her on facebook? >> except pluto actual become a planet again.ga. >> i hope so. >> images were taken over over six-month period.erd. it took the spacecraft nearly ay decade to reach the dwar planet. they put labels on it.el it. >> you name it. >> the dwarf planet. dwa pla >> not cool at all.>> n >> hash tag make pluto a planett again.agai >> it should be a planet. pne >> we'll trend it.t how do you feel about it?abt it >> tucker this it should beker s pl ianet. >> take away the planethe pla designation. >> now it's a dwarf planet.flane >> that's right. >> okay. we stand for things around hereh 41 in washington.ashiton. hey we'll be in the upper 40sl thisbe i afternoon notice youroc breezes are still out of theare north and north and west at 15 a gusting to about 25. aut so it will be breezy. bez it will f

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the up close look at pluto that took nasa nearly a decade to capture.isktwice as likfor depression.troke. i'm 26% more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. i have a 65% higher chance of developing diabetes. no matter who we are, these diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. because with better research, the right medicine, and with doctors who help keep me healthy to begin with, we will thrive. >> we're sharing new footage from outer space this morning. nasa released this video of pluto that was taken by the new horizons space craft as it approached the darn planet back in 2015. the images were taken over six months. it took the space craft nearly a decade to reach pluto. >>> yesterday on mornings on 2 we told you about the new star wars movie getting its name. now we're learning more information about the film. it will take up immediately after the final shot of the force awakens when ray was handed luke skywalker's old lightsaber. while it's not clear what the plot will be, the title alone could indicate that the film will larg

and actually measured its radius up close and turns out pluto is actually a bit bigger but also in the orbit is an object called biden, not named after our vice president. and why are these two objects in the same orbit or these very similar orbits? then other objects were discovered with similar orbital characterist characteristics. what could cause this? the idea is there is a large object many times more massive than the earth than we now call planet nine. planet nine has not been confirmed, but there is evidence that suggests it may be there, but just as we thought we had recently discovered a new particle at the sern -- at the l.a. sea at sern, right, with more data, the signal may disappear. and we don't know. but the idea of having large objects in the outer solar system that are undiscovered is a valid idea. >> thank you. >> great questions. >> this is the final question for dr. oluseyi. >> seriously? [ laughter ] >> hello, i'm cole sailer and i plan on studying both physics and philosophy. i have a question about quantum entanglement. >> yeah. >> and i was wondering, for a whi

that is the pluto platter. i'm not going to order it >> awkward otherwise. all right.ow is the weather looking >>> we're still so foggy, guys, we're socked in with the low clouds and the fog this morning. we do have rain on the way later on this afternoon. and then we've got a lot of rain on the way for monday, a soaking rain in fact in the true northeaster when we'll have rain, get the umbrellas ready, you're going to immediate them through about tuesday morning with a long period of some wet weather. outside, radar showing showers moving off the delaware line. we got a little bit of drizzle and mist, waiting on the storm system to arrive across the southeast still active tornado watch in southern georgia and extreme northern florida and they've had their share of deadly tornados yesterday. that is dynamic weather moving through carolinas, georgia, storm system back across the southern plains, a strong storm setting up. we will be getting rain. most weather expected maybe a little bit of snow on the back side. otherwise, just that type of precipitation. dense fog advi

already there's 600 people without power in the santa cruz pluto's in west marin there are 1200 without power. maximum winds more than 60 miles an hour so far at diablo about the same at los gatos. right now they have eased up a bit but the winds will be picking up in the next three hours and so it will be windy and rainy and a bit of snow in the mountains but not a huge amount. so the storm timeline shows we get rain, it will be moderate through the next couple of hours, but overnight tonight is when we really do get hit. the overnight lows are not the story really. we'll have readings in the 50s. tomorrow we'll also be in the 50s. in the extended forecast, rain heavy at times, wind strong at times. all the way through tomorrow afternoon until we finally begin to ease up by tomorrow night and get lingering showers on monday. there's more on the way later in the week but nothing like the next 24 hours. >> good warning. thank you. a good day to stay indoors and watch sports. >> unless you're a raiders fan. coming up in sports, it's all football as we check in with the 49ers first, with a

pluto is $3 billion miles away from earth.two, president obama return today old twitter handle. it build up over 80 million follower, behind justin, katy and taylor swift. number one there's a new app for pregnant woman who take bus. the app will help pregnant commuter who are only paying attention to their phone. >>> happening today a lawsuit targeting president trump. the president's reaction. >> what reaction to the lawsuit today. >> -- >> today the trump organization tweeting new era began with the trump children taking over the trump organization. >> the lawsuit. >> it's a avenue for democrats and liberals. the trump folks are sensitive to this. we heard trump dismiss the lawsuit itself. they are sensitive to the claim that accepting payments from foreign -- violates emoluments clause. he talked about if there were profits that were gleaned from transactions interest foreign individuals those would be -- that didn't satisfy the folks or i don't think it's going to satisfy the democratic. >> casy, he was lighthearted. i en

. >>> and check out this new video of pluto, just released by nasa. this footage was taken by the new horizons spacecraft as it approached the door plan it, back in 2015. the images were taken over a six-month timecode -- time.. >>>following developing stories all around the bay area today in our newsroom and reader on we will have more on that mysterious, suspicious death of two people in ugly. >> also the recovery effort underway in the state. the body of a young woman is believed to have been trapped inside, and updates a way just -- coming up. the dow jones up 114 and the nasdaq is up 15. the s&p 500 is up 15 points. >> oakland restaurant week is now underway. it offers special menus at special prices for a number of restaurants throughout the state of oakland to try to get people to try new places. they were checking out them menu at dragon gate. the restaurant serves what it calls taiwanese street food. >> what are the characteristics? >>in taiwan and most asian places, we like to have my ties and sit in the street and have beers. this is the fo

. >>> this time lapse video released by nasa allows humans to travel 3 billion miles to pluto from the comfort of the planet earth. i was taken by new horizon spacecraft in the summer of 2015 and shows trip to the dwarf planet using more than 100 aim ages. the it took that spacecraft nearly ten years to make the trip. >> that is something. >> long time in the making. >> that is awesome. >> kate joins us with the forecast and we are in the calm after the storm. >> yes, getting there. that is what we're looking at tomorrow finally that unis i, try take we have been waiting for. i saw sun today. it came out five minutes at the my house. i was on the couch basking on it. >> did it wave. >> cloud went back. well, good bye time. see you tomorrow. >> good bye. >> just that few minutes was nice to see. it has been a gray stretch. it has been a wet stretch as well. we have had tons of rain yesterday. today we are still dealing with scattered showers in the wake of that nor'easter but everything is starting to slow willly move out, we have got decent weather to look forward to here's what is goi

it's known for its historic encounter with pluto two years ago.t's heading to a small ancient object about a billion miles beyond the dwarf planet. that object was first discovered by the hubble telescope in 2014. the flyby is expected to happen in early 2019. >>> now, take a look at these watermelons. some are watermelons. u.s. customs and bored err why protection officers sent the melons through a secondary screening and with the help of a canine team they found fake melons packed with 3,000 pounds of marijuana valued at $600,000. no word on how many arrests were made. the case is under investigation. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, the future is now. we'll take you inside a san francisco doctor's office where technology is playing a key role in keeping you healthy. but at what cost? >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. live doppler 7 still tracking some scattered showers t ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. there's only one way to travel through this natural wonder

it is known for its historic encounter with pluto two years ago. now it is heading to a small, ancient object about 1 billion miles beyond the dwarf planet. that object was first discovered by the hubble telescope in 2014. the fly by is expected to happen in early 2019. >>> you know who needed a win? m knight shyamalan. he may be back after several flops. he has a psychological thriller, "split," out and it was a favorite of movie goers this weekend. james mcevoy is fighting against his own personalities after one convinces him to abduct girls. it is followed by "xxx," $20 million there. "hidden figures," "sing," and "la la land." >> coming back with 90 minutes of news, including a new era in san francisco. what the city's new police chief says will be his biggest challenge after sworn in today. >>> sentencing day here for pg&e. the punishment the utility is expected to receive for the 2010 deadly explosion. >>> storm watch. more on the damage left behind after the latest storm hit the bay area. >> 5: 27 in the morning. we leave you with abc 7 news

the fact that their trucks and tanks and ambulances did not eat grass, and therefore, they developed pluto, the pipeline under the ocean, and pumped the oil across the bottom of the english channel to the other side. this notion of intellectual, racial superiority, which infected world war ii germany, which i could give you many additional examples, has, it seems to me, to a very large extent, disappeared. and that, too, has, i would suggest, contributed to a reconciliation in europe which does not have a parallel in east and southeast asia. yes, it rains and snows in germany, and their current problem is to maintain the ruined buildings that they have kept as memorials from collapsing further. big surprise. but there is a degree of honest engagement that i would suggest contributes to the essential solidity of a new parliamentary democracy in germany that, unfortunately, did not develop after the first world war and that makes for a situation where germany plays a constructive, rather than a destructive, role in europe, and that while there are problems -- and i do not want to suggest tha

something has happened with the left gotten totally out of touch with reality and somewhere out around plutocan they get. ainsley: i don't know. >> how can they get to this point? ainsley: it's the president's job. it's in the constitution it's the president's job to keep our country safe. steve: newt, thank you very much for being with us today's. heather: 40 minutes after the hour and we have got a couple headlines that we are going to check out right now. and we'll get back to you with those in just a little bit. starting with your shot the morning right now. should we take a look at what the shot morning is? what is our shot of the morning? okay. here, okay. boy scouts. we will talk a little bit about that. we will do the shot of the morning later. so here is what is going on. a controversial move in the boy scouts of america now allowing trans gendered children into boy-only troops. kids can now sign up based on the gender of their parents that they would fill out on a form. before they had to provide a birth certificate. boy scouts of america saying it made the decision based on changi

and on a small scale, like vegetables, to sending a rocket to pluto or something, so it works on every in everyone. laughter. one more comment, because it shows how it can sometimes be... sometimes taste makes no sense. my wife loves bone of the pie and hates bananas, loves malibu but hates coconut and loves malibu but hates coconut and loves tomato sauce but hates tomatoes. it is all about context. lovely to see you. and for more information, follow the website, and we will be live at a primary school and doubtless they will be trying things in about an hour. coming up later on breakfast: we'll be talking about what happens when grandparents aren't allowed to see their grandchildren as campaigners lobby mps for a change in the law. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. dan is going to have his cup of tea. laughter. good morning. i'm asad ahmad. more than 400 routemaster buses are being recalled because of a fault with the doors. it means the rear door can be opened while the bus is actually moving, which will then make the vehicle suddenly stop. the buses have al