spencer, we'll track this storm. you'll notice how heavy the rain is. as we get you to street level, park more avenue, heading into willow glen, we're seeing rainfall rates of .7 to an inch per hour. really starting to ramp up here. we're going to continue to see bands of heavy rain pushing across. we're going from the santa cruz mountains heading towards campbell at 310, morgan hill adding into that time period. we pan around the bay area, towards discovery bay, brentw d brentwood, down to street level, heavy rainfall. that rain causing problems in yountville, oak more avenue. spencer show us the largest perspective with this intense storm. >> this is the live radar and sat right composite. you can see the storm is expa expanding as it intensifies. the wind is picking up as well. it's a rank 3 on the storm impact scale. flooding is likely. power outages. here's the forecast animation taking us into the heart of the evening commute. it's going to be a challenging and treacherous, potentially hazardous commute. let's go to drew tuma who has a look at the

we begin with abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian who is tracking the storm. spencer? >> dan, you've seen the effects of the first wave of that storm that swept through earlier. now the second and stronger wave is just pushing on shore. here's live doppler 7. you can see it's hitting the north bay, pounding the north bay right now, and a lot of active weather offshore as well with widespread areas of moderate to heavy rainfall, heavy downpours, strong gusty wind. there's already localized flooding on the roadways because of the rain we've had already and there's more coming right now. the storm ranks 3 on the storm impact scale. a storm of strong intensity. damaging wind gusts are likely and flooding and downed trees may occur. here's a look at our forecast animation starting at 7:00 p.m. notice this storm is going to be with us for several hours. 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., even up to 10:00 p.m. before it starts to move out of the north bay, but still the remainder of the bay area's getting pounded by the later effects of this storm. right around until 11:30 before we see a

spencer: thank you. i would open up by saying thank you for keeping your thoughts and prayers in mind for those affected, and i would go one step further and say please keep your thoughts and prayers in mind for all of our navy marine corps team that are out of harms way. ranking member, i beg your pardon, distinguished members who are all here today. for the effort to restore funding stability to the department of the navy. it is critical and it is doing its work. i will tell you the weathervanes are all pointed in the right direction. urgency is the message that we have now. you are seeing improvement and you'll see it today, but the rate must increase, and we believe we have plans to address that. the foundation for restoring readiness and increasing without has been sent, but we must build on this with a focus on people, capabilities, and process and why we are well underway during this testimony, we will highlight and answer questions that are to delineate what's being done. to counter the environme

let's find out more from spencer christian. spencer. >> yeah, looks like there's a slight chance of some showers there. now, earlier in the day there will be a greater chance than slight, but we think the showers may taper off in time for the start of the game, which will be 5:00 p.m. here is a look at the graphic. you can see it will be about 57 degrees at game time at levi stadium. again, chance of showers or light rain, but that chance will diminish as the game goes on. back to live doppler 7 you can see we have dry and clear conditions in the bay area right now. one more look at current temperatures just to show you how cool it is already. chilly, i should say, in the inland areas. 40s already in most inland locations, upper 40s to about 50 near the bay. it won't be long before the 40s drop into 30s. here is a view from mount tam. an unobstructed clear view looking at fisherman's wharf, downtown san francisco, a little bit of the bay bridge there. we've seen the current temperatures already. the forecast features are these.

spencer: we live in society it's hard to avoid these things. i was thinking in this conversation it would be like let's say i'm going to meet a source or a source is meeting me here in washington. they get on the metro. walk down the street. we meet at a restaurant. we go dutch and pay our own separate meals. jack: here are the things that just happened. a series of cameras that got you and facial recognition technology could identify you. you used your metro card tied to your credit card. they can identify when you entered and exited. d.c. has a couple of surveillance cameras on the street, shall we say. the restaurant now has a metadata record of you and your source swiping a credit card at the same time at the same establishment. when you go back, every journalist who likes to get their expenses reimbursed, you use a third party app like expensify and it goes on the cloud, a third party vendor. which is outside of the control of the subpoena that the news organization could necessarily fight. i don't know how we get around that necessarily.

hot spot in sausalito sb 101 after spencer mudslides blocks the two right lanes. the richardson bay bridge. wet roads around the bay area. don't forget the headlights and wipers. ( james ) ( james ) taking a live look at storm tracker 4 radar... we can expect a lot of rain over the next few days. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) today will bring the heaviest of rainfall of the best 3 days and for many areas the season so far. after a morning with scattered showers heavy rain arrives after noon with the potential of flooding along with strong winds boosting through the afternoon into the evening. highs will peak in the mid to upper 50's with low 60's for some. hot spot in sausalito sb 101 after spencer mudslides blocks the two right lanes. traffic jammed from the richardson bay bridge. wet roads around the bay area. don't forget the headlights and wipers. (á2 shot bamá) ( darya ) we introduced you a few weeks ago to man who decided to turn the destruction of the camp fire into works of art.( james ) shane grammer painted this mural onto the chimney of a home in butte coun

emerson: spencer was understood -- pardon me. peter: spencer understood two different things. one was the power of narrative. narrative matters not just in writing, but basically hits are very psyche, one of the first studies in psychology way back in the field -- back in the 1940's, they presented a film to test subjects that showed three shapes, the circle, a triangle, and a square. the shapes are interacting. the test subjects, all but one of them came up with stories to explain what was happening. the circle was mad at the square, the triangle was sad. one of the things the test subjects do also is they put gender on top of it. a he, a she. talking about the circle and square. only one of the test subjects does not see narrative in what is just again shakes interacting. it is basically the idea that we are all hardwired for story. spencer got that and used the story in everything from how you explain it to others, to the importance of characters and the like. he used that to drive his own name toward celebrity. another thing he got was the back-and-forth of drawing attenti

weather anchor spencer christian joins us now. >> that was a tough drive. even the president and general manager of our station was tied up wetn fm sierra traffic today. l ws enink ahead. we've got clear skies over the bay area, as you can see. all across the state, next seven days dry weather, sunny skies. that includes the bay area, and we're going to see temperatures rising towards the end of the week. highs from low 60s on wednesday to mid and upper 60s on thursday to almost 70 on friday. i'll give you a closer look at our weather where you live in just a few minutes. larry and ama? >> thank you, spencer. >>> stepping up, during the government shutdown next, meet the people paying to keep bathrooms clean and trash picked up at a national park in the north bay. duties that are usually paid for by the federal government. >>> do you smell what the trap kitchen is cooking? i'm dion lim live in san francisco with two rival gang members who have turned their lives around and are feeding thousands across the country. >> thank you, dion. get out your phone. whi

i know spencer christian is here and spencer is very athletic. you teach them how to spin the ball? >> i'm in my ug -- in my uggs. >> are you left or right handed? >> right. >> right pointer finger up in the air. >> look at the camera and not the ball. >> so don't even look. i'm not looking. >> look at that. >> wow! >> two winners, two spinners. >> that is pretty good. >> i'm going to try it right now. >> come on over. >> you don't have to do anything else. >> we have two minutes left, could you teach the three-man weave. do we have time for the three-man weave. >> with five of us. >> i could step out. >> ready, here we go. you start in the middle. >> i'll go in the middle and you go that way. >> coming toward me. >> and pass -- >> toward me. >> and there you go. >> here you go. >> right there. >> replace me. >> he's doing tricks. and there you go. now you come right here to the middle and do some tricks. do a couple of tricks. >> here we go. >> we need the music. which we don't have. it is probably a licensing thing. >> spencer can whistle it. b

spencer understood -- pardon me. spencer understood in particular two things, one was the power of narrative. narrative matters, basically it's the psyche. one of the first studies in psychology, in the field of the 1940s, they presented a film that showed three shapes, historical, triangle and square and the shapes are interacting and all but one of them came up with stories to explain what was happening. the circle was mad at the square. the triangle was sad. and what was illustrative, they put gender on top of it, he, she, talking about the circle and square, only one of the 10 subjects doesn't see narrative in what shapes interacting and the idea that we are all hardwired for a story and spencer got that and used that and the importance of character and the likes and used that to drive that toward celebrity. another thing was the back and forth, how that can be used for you but also against you. to carry this over to counter isis, in no way, shape or form do you get the narrative, they felt like if they push out

its marks & spencer is, i love the headline, this is notjust any spencer is, i love the headline, this war, and people don't want it to go. people have been signing a petition, aooo people online. they say that this is the reason people go to felixstowe, they go to marks & spencer and then they will go to - s s — i"— - s s s i"— ‘ places. - s is s i"— ‘ places. - an - s is s i"— ‘ places. an of - s is s i"— ‘fover. an of - s is s i"— ‘fover. certain of online ss people reacting, a s; people reacting, younger : people reacting, younger people, ple reacting, younger people, i le are reacting, younger people, i wa nt are reacting, younger people, i want the high street to go so don't want the high street to go so i will stop buying online. have you had that? yeah, younger people. the other day i noticed so many empty shops, they disappear. it's terribly sad because they are vital to the community. they have been demonstrating outside the shop in the freezing card demanding it stays open. every town is different in the way they work and the way it goes, people in felixstowe say that demogr

spencer says there are a few dry spots in the forecast next. he should be impeached any more. he's the most corrupt president in american history. and we all know it. the question now is, how fast can we move past this president so we can build a more just and prosperous future? please, join the more than 6.5 million americans who are demanding action now. because there's nothing more powerful than the unified voice of the american people. together, we will make this happen. need to impeach is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> which is the faster way to tahoe, driving or flying? >> or is it neither? >> there you go. >> not right now. we attempted to answer that question today with the help of our abc 7 news staff members. she traveled by air and juan carlos he hit the road. >> yes. we call it our tahoe travel challenge comparing what it costs in terms of time and money to make the journey by car and plane. check out the results. ♪ ♪ >> so i'm on the floor at the airport. my feet are not up as i imagined with that cup of hot chocolate.

we are talking less wind though, spencer, which is a little reprieve. >> that's true. we won't have a windchill factor but we will have a chill factor, no wind. here is a look at live doppler 7. we have clear skies mainly right now, so temperatures are dropping. you can see that the wind is really calm just about everywhere, the strongest winds we see right now, about five mils per hour in san francisco, mountain view, livermore, 7 miles per hour in fairfield. the wind is not a factor but temperatures will be dropping later tonight. right now temperatures mainly in the 40s and then we get to 10:00 p.m. and on to midnight and we will see temperatures drop into the upper 30s in many inland locations, and by 7:00 tomorrow morning at the start of the do i for most of us, temperatures will be in the low to mid 30s in most inland locations and upper 30s around the bay shoreline. i will show you just how chilly it will be where you are in a few minutes. kristen. >> spencer, thank you. >>> the weather today certainly was clear and beautiful. it was a great excuse to get outsid

spencer? >> that's pretty of it, except the first rain and rain will be accompanied by wind and wind. here is a look at live doppler 7. clouds are thickening right now ahead of the first of two storms coming our way. both rank two on the storm impact scale, both of moderate intensity. tomorrow, sunday and seen into monday we are looking at rainfall total between one and three inches generally across the north bay and coastal ranges, from three-quarters to an inch and a half in other areas. gusts to 40 miles per hour or higher, as the forecast animation taking us into early monday morning, we will see the first wave of moderate to heavy rain coming in about 6:00 a.m. and continuing through of of the day before breaking into scattered showers late tomorrow. it will be followed by the second storm coming in in the weee hours on sunday and continuing through the day before tapering off a little bit in the south bay on monday afternoon, which is good news for folks wanting to see the big college ch

>> spencer christian joins us with the latest. >> yes, dan and kristen, the wind will persist, and if you're going to be along the embarcadero, i strongly recommend bundling up today. wind gusts 20 to 30 miles per hour in places like san francisco, napa, fairfield, hayward. livermore and san jose. and the wind is going to continue to be relatively strong, especially in the higher elevations. a wind advisory in effect until 10:00 tomorrow morning. winds could gust up to 70 miles per hour. downed trees and powerlines a possibility. and late night, we'll have a windchill, something we don't often talk about here in the bay area, because temperatures near freezing in some inland locations and the wind so strong it will feel even colder. a full look at the forecast later. >> thank you very much, spencer. >>> breaking news, the highway patrol is confirming that there's been a report that a car was firing at other cars on 880 north bound at davis street. the north bound lanes were closed for a short time about 45 minutes ago. one shell casing was found. and rescue crews pulled two people fro

>> i believe so, i'd better check . >> secretary spencer? >> it's not there yet. >> it's january. >> then four years out of service or an attack submarine. >> that is correct. >> do we have any other attack of marines that areb, not able to dive that are awaiting drydock services? >> yes sir we do. two more than are not certified dive today. both of those go into dry docks in the first half of the new year, one in february and the next in may or june and this is part of readiness across the public and private sector and addressing the summering shortages. >> my time is up. >> when what happened? >> before here. >> the lengthy time. >> it's the age-old problem of what we talked about the last two years and this hearingwhere you had , where we had aging sst ends with take priority and the public yards to fix the cause of national priority of strategic deterrence. the next in order of priority are our carriers to all testified have been written very hard. i hope tempo, extended. because of the summary work and additional maintenance that we wer

spencer, thanks. >> all right. on to sports. warriors know exactly when to focus. >> it's all about steph. and larry joins us now. >> show of hands. who doesn't mind if i show more steph curry highlights from last night? hands up. an encore presentation of steph curry's epic night against the pelicans. and just as the warriors are back to lighting up the league, guess what? >>> now abc 7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. i am not going wake you up. that was what warriors coach steve kerr told steph curry last night during the pelicans game. steph was basically unconscious at that point, hitting ridiculous three after three, and really, there was nothing new orleans could do to stop him. the warriors were many as 17 in this game, but steph almost single-handedly turned it around in the third quarter. he hit seven straight shots. there were deep threes. there were shots with defenders draped all over him. look at this. over anthony davis. mere mortals do not even think about taking these shots, never mind making them. how i

. >>> i'm spencer christian.es are mainly clear over the bay area tonight, and we can expect another early morning chill coming our way. i'll have the accuweather forecast in just a moment. >>> if the oakland a's are successful in building their new stadium at howard terminal, what might this property at the coliseum look like in the years to come? i'm laura anthony. we'll show you. what does help for heart fait looks like this. entresto is a heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. yeah! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> drone view 7 takes you over howard terminal in oakland, which the a's hope will become the site of their future new ballpark. this site is directly next to ja

spencer: for one, we have a regulatory overhang right now.ve seen a number of actions that i think -- what we see is that that increases through the end of the year of 2018 which tells me we will see more negative headlines . i think we need a couple of those to come to fruition. i think we need time. the market went up way higher than it should have in 2017. now we are on the other side care we need time for the building to occur. one thing that is clear is that entrepreneurial activity hasn't come down with prices. romaine: that is interesting. can you talk more about that? shutve seen a lot of folks down or at least scale back their operations. we are also hearing a lot about how the institutional and the more respected, if you will, facilities getting involved in this. if they are not there, are we going to end up with some sort of position where we never rebound from where we are at now? spencer: we are definitely going to rebound from where we are. isrepreneurial activity definitely accelerating. we have seen some slowdown in the lower

>>> thanks, spencer. >>> a new plan to end the shutdown.s there a chance that it could actually mass? >>> college football's national championship is just a week away in santa clara. how crews are making sure the fans will be impressed. >>> first ryan seacrest and jenny mccarthy has been at times square hosting new year's rockin' eve. >> so what can we expect during the big finale, which is just minutes away? let's head over to times square. >> so far we've been having an incredible time, but we're getting incredibly wet. this celebration will happen. it's been running since like 1:00. >> we've soon a lot of ponchos, can think of to stay dry. >> they are drenched, but excited, waiting for the guest of honor, that crystal ball to drop. >> the minutes are ticking down. but we have a lot of great music still to come. >> christina aguilera will rock our stage, and after midnight we'll go to barclays center. >> plus more of the biggest hits and hottest acts in new orleans. >> that's the new from here. we're going to send it back to you in the st

>> thank you so much, spencer. and snow, check this out, has forced part of i-5 to close on the grapevine. that's the main highway linking southern california and the central valley. the highway patrol vehicles being stuck in the snow near gorman and los angeles county. >> abc 7 news was in pacifica before the sun came up this morning. powerful waves battered the pier there. a high surf advisory will remain in effect until at least 9:00 tomorrow evening. >>> and a surfer who was pulled from the ocean off of san francisco back on land this afternoon. a firefighter paddled out on a surfboard to reach the man off land's end. that's near the cliff house. it appears the surfer may have lost his own surfboard shortly before somebody called for help around 12:30 this afternoon. a coast guard boat then picked up the surfer as well as the firefighter. sky 7 flew above the station when the surfer walked on to the dock, and he was not apparently hurt. >>> all right. it is now the longest government shutdown in history, and th

spencer christian joins us with more. spencer? >> really, really tall people saw a lot of sunshine today. here is how a looping doppler radar image showing the next storm building out at sea right now. it will be moving in tomorrow. the storm impact a light intensity. it will produce rainfall into early saturday morning. most locations will receive under half an inch of rain, but there will be gusty wind. here is the forecast animation showing the arrival early tomorrow and rain for all parts of the bay area later in the afternoon and evening and into the overnight hours. so we can expect a series of storms following this one. i'll give you a complete look at the forecast in a few minutes. dan and ama? >> thanks very much. >>> california schools paying down debt and contributing to the state's rainy day fund were among the big priorities in gavin newsom's first priorities. >> eric thomas explains more about the $209 billion spending plan. >> k through 12 education would get a pretty good bump in governor newsom's inaugural budget.

more to come here, spencer. thank you very much. >>> and we do want to go to abc news' special coverage of the president, as we mentioned. it is about to happen any moment now, but we do expect to hear more -- >>> good evening, we're coming on the air right now because president trump is set to address the nation, his first prime time speech from the oval office. it comes on this 18th day of a government shutdown, the second longest in our history. at the heart of the stalemate, president trump's campaign promise to build a wall along our border with mexico. all through his run for the white house, trump promised that mexico would pay for the wall, from his very first speech at trump tower, but now he's refusing to sign legislation that would fund 9 of 15 federal departments, dozens of agencies, unless democrats agree to more than $5 billion in taxpayer funding to start building that barrier. and with neither side budging, the shutdown is starting to bite. national parks closed, other programs curtailed, 800,000

for more, i want to get to spencer in seattle.reakdown the five-part plan, what elliott wants ebay to do. spencer: the only way to refocus on the core asset, they are looking to sell stuff hub -- stub hub and the classified advertising business. looking at investor pressure to pare down ebay, just like we saw a few years ago with the split between ebay and paypal. emily: ebay statement, "we appreciate elliott's recognition of the business and will carefully review the proposal and look for to the opportunity to engage with elliott, as we do with all shareholders." that said, if you take away stub hub and the classified business, what is left? spencer: still their core business, the online marketplace, where people -- it has been closing in on $100 billion a year. probably hit that marker or come close to it this year when we see results for 2018. so that is what is left. it is a big chunk. it is also potentially a prime acquisition target. if ebay were to shed some of the things maybe a retailer like walmart, target, or a tech com

thanks, spencer. >>> all right onto sports.ndy's here. >> you talk about a storm, holy cow, first quarter the warriors are in denver looking to bury the nugget. they made team histo >>> demarcus cousins will not make his warriors debut tomorrow at oracle against the pelicans so says steve kerr. but cousins is still on track to start friday in l.a. against the clippers. h his warriors teammates are in action right now. the denvers won three of the last four of gold state at home. look at clay thompson with the step back three. and this is something you don't see often. takes a drive and slams it in. it's great to see klay a little fired up. stephen curry can't leave him out. yeah, from way beyond the line, the warriors hit a franchise record, ten three pointers. in the first three quarters alone they scored 51 points. steve kerr is like i can't believe this. when cousins does make his warriors debut, these are the shoes he's going to be wearing. custom pumas. the shoes feature a raising flag graphic and the mantra the marathon c

>> thank you, spencer. >>> to bag or not to bag? that is the question with vacuum cleaners. >> some options these days. 7 on your side's m what does help for heart fait looks like this. entresto is a heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. yeah! >>> right now to consumer news and buying your next vacuum cleaner. >> 7 on your side's michael finney is here with more on that. michael? >> it is a shakespeare question, like you guys just said, to bag or not to bag. if you're looking at upright model, you'll have to pick between bagged or bagless, the clear bins that collect all the dirt. here's advice on what to look out for. the perception is that bagless are easier to maintain. and wit

>> thank you so much, spencer. many people are heading home from the sierra at the end of the holiday weekend. you're looking at video captured by caltrans. this is from earlier this afternoon. chains are not required on 80 or 50. however, traffic is very slow on highway 89 heading northbound from tahoe city to 80 and truckee. drivers have also faced delays on 50 in el dorado county. >>> two hikers from england are safe after a highway patrol -- after the highway patrol rescued them from the wilderness in yosemite national park. the men lost track of a trail during a snowstorm last thursday, and then spent the night in a crevasse near north dome. the chp helicopter launched and lifted each of them the safety after sunrise on friday morning. >>> meanwhile, back east, this is the scene. people are digging out. temperatures, they're in the single digits with the windchill it feels like it's 20 below. the storm started blasting the region yesterday. it's so far blamed for at least five deaths. the frigid conditions als

it is monday, and i think, spencer, some rain coming our way maybe? >> yes, maybe a string of rainy days. here is doppler 7. it's dry at the moment, but clouds are increasing. this is the view from the exploratorium camera, looking out over the skyline as it gets cloudier and cloudier. 60 degrees in san francisco. oakland 64. low to mid-60s. morgan hill, 55 at half moon bay. and this is the view of the increasing clouds from looking southeast ward. beautiful cloud formation there's. we have temperatures in the mid to 60s also, low to mid-60s i should say at santa rosa, napa, plume, fairfield, concord and livermore. on we go to a beautiful view of the western sky. sun is setting now. lots of color there because of the clouds, as we look westward from the east bay hills. these are forecast teachfeature. spotty sprinkles are possible tomorrow. it could be a sprinkle or two here or there. and our rainy pattern begins on wednesday and that will continue for several days. overnight under cloudy skies, look for low temperatures in the mid- to upper 40s. up t

this was made by my step son, spencer. [applause] it's an extraordinary piece, and the artwork here, there are two sides to it, but the artwork is the state capitol and drawn by my childhood hunting and fishing buddy jim clayton. thank you spencer, and thank you all. here we are. [laughter] you know i think i first realized the significance of this day last november when a friend came by and asked me to sign a print that had already been signed by a number of governors, many of whom are sitting here today. and as i looked add those signatures, two things came to mind. first, governor mead, how appropriate it is for your name to be among the great leaders of this state. and it truly belongs there, and both cliff hanson, it goes right on through, and governor, thank you for being part of that enormous legacy of this state. the second thing that came to my mind was that one day i would hope that my name might one day be there and earn its place. i say this because jenny and i feel so incredibly blessed to be here in wyoming.

>> spencer, thank you very much. >>> the weather, you know what options you have. so we want to know, what are you doing for new year's? >> staying in or going out? tell us your plans by going to abc7news.com/vote. look at that. it's about an even split. >> we still have time to vote, though. we'll keep this poll up for you. >> if you are one of those staying in, you can watch the ball drop right here on abc 7. dick charge's rocking new year's eve with ryan sechrest starts at 800 tonight. >>> a federal judge has ordered pg&e to provide a complete statement of the role, if any, pg&e had in causing the wildfire. the official cause is still under investigation. but the firstlameed an active pg&e high tension power line. 86 people died and 14,000 homes were destroyed in the the state attorney general says pg&e could face murder charges if it is found guilty of starting that fire. >>> in the east bay, ac transit is faces a class action lawsuit for discriminating against pregnant and breastfeeding employees. the public traps it agency refuses to provide breaks for mother

marks & spencer saw its sales drop over the christmas holiday period.re down 2.2% in the 13 weeks to 29th december. but tesco appeared to buck the gloomy trend. it said trading over the christmas period had been strong. the company, which is the uk's biggest supermarket chain, said its like—for—like sales over christmas in the core uk area were up 2.2% in the six weeks to 5th january. let's get dominic's thoughts on this news as well. a crucial trading period and a really tough trading period. i'll be seeing the differences in the relative fortunes of the companies that we have mentioned? —— are we seeing? are people choosing to spend more on food and less on other items? broadly with the big players, they have not been drastic shocks in the christmas trading. there were predictions of a bloodbath and retailers going bust but that hasn't happened. the big players have been trading pretty much as they did throughout 2018. revival in tesco with sales up 2.2%. marks & spencer struggling with the restructuring programme, so download .2%. we have got to bear

spencer, what do we have coming this week? in terms of everyday, there is a chance of some rainfall and some days are heavier than others. here is a look at live doppler 7. a few light showers have fallen parts of the north bay. we expect one to three inches of rain over the north bay and mountains. it will be tomorrow and early wednesday morning. three quarters of an inch and gust up to 45 or 60 miles per hour. here is the forecast starting at 5:00. we'll see light rain passing through the north, look for a wave of moderate heavy rainfall and that'll continue late tomorrow night, over night into wednesday morning and it begins to taper off around midday. more wet weather is around the corner. lows will be in the upper 40s. highs will range from upper 50s to low 60s near the bay. here is your accu weather seven-day forecast, level two storm may produce isolated thunder. we'll have one system on wednesday. the remanence of the storm tomorrow. partly to mostly cloudy and mainly dry and rain returns on friday and showers returnin

marks & spencer had a poor christmas too, with a 2.2% drop in sales.. at the discount goods retailer b&m, sales dropped over the quarter. tesco did better. their sales were up on last year. john lewis also enjoyed some growth. it's already said profits would be substantially lower this year but today it warned it might have to suspend its cherished staff bonus for the first time in more than 60 years. what we said very clearly is, because of the steps we've taken, we've got a strong financial position. we can afford to pay a bonus. the question is, is it prudent to do so? and of course that's a judgment about what is coming and the uncertainty in the market, and this year of course there's quite a lot of that. there are always winners and losers when it comes to the battle for our christmas cash, but this year it feels like there are fewer winners than normal, and the industry trade body reckons this has been the worst christmas since 2008. we are in the midst of a perfect storm. technology fundamentally changing the way that people shop, rising costs

>> thank you, spencer. you can track the rain with the abc 7 news app. we have live doppler 7 on the app and you can get push alerts on your phone or tablet. >>> in a matter of hours, the current government shutdown will become the longest in u.s. history. it's now 21 days and counting. president trump announced he wobt sign a spending bill to keep the government operating unless he received $5.7 billion for building a wall along the border. because of that, 800,000 workers didn't get paid today. president trump backed away from his threat to declare a national emergency to get the money for the wall. >> the easy solution is for me to call a national emergency. i could do that very quickly. i have the absolute right to do it. but i'm not going to do it so fast because this is something congress should do. >> on capitol hill, one show of bipartisanship on this issue. lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill to grant back pay to federal workers. president trump says he will sign it. >>> efforts to help the families of furloughed coast guard personnel are kic

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for spencer christian, michael finney, all of us here, thanks for joining us. >> see you again at 6:00. >> bye-bye. >>> tonight, the new year's slam. whiteout conditions. snow, strong winds and heavy rain to ring in the new year. cars skidding off icy highways. up to 2 million braving the weather in times square. our ginger zee standing by. >>> the deadly lion attack. a 22-year-old intern killed. how did the lion corner that young staffer? >>> also tonight, the shifting versions of the president's wall. the president insisting the plan for an all-concrete wall was never abandoned, as the government shutdown extends into the new year. >>> inside the shelter. allegations of child abuse inside a migrant shelter in arizona. disturbing video appears to show staff members slapping, shoving and dragging children. >>> hunting a killer. a 7-year-old girl shot and killed while riding in her family's car. the urgent search for the gunman who opened fire from a red pickup truck. the girl's mother wounded and, tonight, speaking out. >>> ski lift scare. more than 100 skiers left hanging. the chair l

at south 101 and spencer we have a mudslide reported to be blocking at least one and. it looks like traffic is coming in hot through this area with chp and caltrans on the scene. that right lane will get completely shut down for quite some time. >>> it is 6:33 am. >>> the early morning they -- earthquake at 3.4 magnitude striking at the hayward fault at 4:42 am near highway 24 and 13 junction in oakland. the government shutdown is affecting the response from the u.s. geological service in the meantime. >> hello, you have reached the u.s. geological survey public affairs line. due to a lack of appropriations we are prohibited of conducting work as federal employees including returning phone calls and emails until further notice. for more information on the shutdown visit the department of interior website. thank you. >> the earthquake was followed by two smaller aftershocks with no major damage reported. >>> breaking news in san francisco with at least six people injured after the fire jumps from home to home overnight. we are live with kiet do in the outer mission . >>

marks & spencer had poor festive trading too, with a 2% drop in sales.also fell. but there were some winners. at tesco, sales were up more than 1%. and it was a similar story atjohn lewis. they too enjoyed a bit of growth. but trading is challenging, and profits are under pressure. it warned today it might have to suspend its staff bonus, for the first time in more than 60 years. because of the steps we've taken, we've got a strong financial position. we can afford to pay a bonus. the question is, is it prudent to do so? and of course, that's a judgment about what's coming, and the uncertainty in the market. so why has christmas been so tough? well, all that discounting, for a start. i've actually got some good bargains this year, 'cause everything was in the sale before christmas. that is not good for profit margins, and online is another challenge. it's so easy, especially if the weather's bad outside. you can just right—click — yep, have that. people just aren't buying in shops like they used to. they're increasingly browsing and buying online instead

. >>> now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> well, as you know doubt know we had a very wet stormy weekend, and more rain is on the way. it's dry across the bay area right now, but clouds are thickening. there is light rain along the north coast, but the bigger storm, the main event is this storm brewing offshore. this storm ranks 2. a storm of moderate intensity. it will move in tomorrow. its heaviest effects will be felt mainly in the north bay where we'll see 1 to 3 inches of rainfall into wednesday. up to 3/4 in other parts of the bay area, and wind may gust from 45 to 60 miles per hour at times with this storm. a look at the forecast animation starting at 10:00 tonight. during the overnight hours a few scattered passing showers, but by late tomorrow afternoon, we will see a wave of steady moderate to heavy rainfall, pushing first boo the north bay and sweeping across the entire region. i'll give a closer look at the effects in the weeks ahead in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> this is a look right now at lake tahoe right now. the weekend's storm brought resort

thank you, spencer. as we mentioned, the rain is already causing a little bit of a problem, but the bigger problem is downed trees. >> yes. abe 7 reporter wayne freedman joins us live from petaluma with more on that. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, ama. this is sort of the big story before the big story. we're in petaluma right now. we just saw the sun a few moments ago. yes, there have been downed trees, we saw an auto accident, but mostly chasing big yellow blobs on the abc 7 weather ab. -- app. a day with more residue than precipitation, when were petaluma could have sung simon and garfunkel "down by the bridge" and gotten away with it. >> i'm still waiting. >> reporter: those those who looked, could have found trouble. case in point, san rafael. it missed people, houses, cars, but it did not out power to a dozen homes. to the north on highway 101. call it a fender bender involving three sets of fenders. the highway patrol cited slippery conditions. there was one minor injury and, again, all of th

thank you, spencer. >> my sage wisdom. >> to end the year.ports, raiders, big news. >> absolutely. they introduced their new general manager today, and not surprising but surprising to some. he has actually noav fe tongth aa silver and blackooki what does help for heart fait looks like this. entresto is a heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. yeah! >>> now abc 7 sports with bach. >>> the raiders interviewed candidates for the position, but the raiders selected a television analyst with no previous front office experience. mike mayoch is a former nfl safety who spent the last 14 years as a draft analyst for the nfl network. his ability to assess up and coming talent is key for the raiders as

darcy spencer live for us. thank you so much. >>> turning to international news. chaos from venezuela. riots have broken out in recent days. and the trump administration is backing juan guaido. naming him as interim president. earlier tonight, changed his mind saying they could we learned tonight that military adader broke ranks with muro >>> welcome back. d.c. police have yet another murder to solve. this latest one after someone shot and killed a man in broad daylight. this is the scene of the crime on hayes street. n shots ringing out at 3:30. the homicide rate in d.c. is moreblhan d what it was this time last year. 15 people have been killed this year compare that to seven at this point back in >>> prince williams mall parking lot lit up. after a car caught fire. this happened last night in the parking lot of the potomac mills mall. firefighters say no one was inside the carst ae time. the fire was accidental but not saying how it started. >>> a wild scene on auiet afternoon in a north west d.c. neighborhood. a car slammed intole veh pay attention to the left

>>> thanks, spencer. our weather is nothing compared to what other parts of country are dealing with. we're going to make you glad you live in california. >>> local relief. at the end of the longest federal shutdown in american history. and cautious optimism. >>> a bay area man has to send in six applications before he in six applications before he gets at at&t, we believe in access. in six applications before he gets the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to learn more. >>> in the south bay, a school district under fire. a parent says leaders mishandled allegations against a teacher who was arrested and charged with sexually abusing t

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