joe biden is expected to speak today at the funeral for the sleigh new york city police officer, rafael rayt. -- ramos. times" reports that states that depend on oil to adjusty have because of lower oil prices. there is a start -- there's a story on how oil companies are cutting back on jobs because of the drop in prices.

joe biden is expected to speak today at the funeral for the sleigh new york city police officer, rafael rayt. -- ramos. times" reports that states that depend on oil to adjusty have because of lower oil prices. there is a start -- there's a story on how oil companies are cutting back on jobs because of the drop in prices. when new year's day hits next week, not only do we have a new year but 20 states and the district of columbia will see higher minimum wages. is thisfirst 45 morning, we will talk about what's going on in the states when it comes to the minimum wage but the topic overall -- what you think about the increase in how do you think it will affect the worker that the employers who have to provide the increase? this is your chance to call in -- you can give us your thoughts in the minimum wage increase in states and overall honor social media sites. these wages are expected to start with the new year. a story in "the washington post" on this - you may be one of those workers that depend on minimum wage and you might want to weigh in on this project or you may live in a state where

the funeral for officer rafael is it ray motion, will get under way. >> we're live at the tabernacle of the christ tabernacle church here in queens, new york for the funeral services of officer ramos. more25,000 people are expected here today to pay their respect. the funeral services set to begin this morning beginning at the church where the officer was an active member for the past 14 years. yesterday a somber day, as officers carried hess flag-draped, ramos dressed in full uniform as officers from all over the country lined up to view the open casket and pay their respects, including cardinals timothy nolan and mayor de blasio. he was described as selfless and compassionate. his sister cindy saying it was the highest honor to have him as a broke one of his two sons calling hem a hero and a role model. >> dad, i will miss you very much. i will miss you with elf fiber of my being. >> my hark aches so much right now. please pray for me, as i know you always did. >> you're looking at a live shows of the ramos family coming out of the motorcade here. again, the funeral services said t

rafael. and over toward point rays. a couple cells. it's coming in right along the san mateo coast. you can see that from about half-moon bay pacifica and then going right along skyline heading toward santa cruz mountains. they don't last long but they are coming down over the northwest. they have a little bit of cold air with them. 40s on the temps and 50s and 40s from orinda, lafayette, alamo. everybody is close. 33 up in tahoe. 36 reno. yes, they are getting some snow but they take the bulk of the system. if not us, they go down to southern california. you will see some snow showers continue up there. over all it's not that bad. we will get break here in the morning. and then the next system slides through to bring us race this evening. so kind of split the difference here. some breaks in the morning. a few scattered showers. and then we will cloud it up again. very similar to yesterday. it will not be as intense as last night. radar was it will up like a christmas tree. i was at home watching that. partly sunny, partly cloudy on thursday. one more rainer in this pattern friday a

ray. the temperatures are on the mild side with tons of sunshine after the fog burns off. 65 in san francisco and 67 san rafael67 san jose. fairfield getting to a warm high of 70 degrees. the accu-weather seven-day forecast shows we had the fog and then sunshine. sunshine on the way for tuesday and mild temperatures. a little shower activity late christmas eve. light in nature. it is all out by christmas day and then sunshine and dry weather for next weekend. >> thank you, drew. and speaking of christmas day we would love to see how you are celebrating the holidays where you live. we are asking viewers to send us their pictures. we already received some. some of our abc7 viewers meeting santa claus. this is little harley wanting nothing to do with meeting st. nick. you can check out more of what people have sent us at abc7news.com. that's a classic. now it is immortalized in the news. is he feeling more like santa or more like harley. >> let me think about that. >> it was an embarrassing effort in a game they string and next year's draft. the raiders players want none of that. ask the bills. first quarter buff