let's get you to the newsroom let's get you to the newsroom with ms. carol costello. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> thanks so much. happening in the newsroom. >> didn't get what you wanted this christmas. >p >> incredible door bust >> ger>> get ut>> ge>>. >> how does 75% off sound or 100 bucks off a mac book? we're live as millions hit the malls. power problems, many americans and their cold, chilly christmas. tens of thousands shivering without power since last saturday after a major ice storm paralyzes people from michigan to maine. >> plus, this. >>> waived by and down! >> boom! will lebron's amazing dunk aftek after dunk. king james heating up the lakers miami style. ♪ ♪ >>> queen b, bieber breaking bad, the must-see most talked about tweeted facebook, instagram, snap chat and instagram stories that got us talking on 2013. "newsroom" starts now. >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. christmas presents open. wrapping paper discarded. now it's time to buy more stuff, and retailers are certainly ready. they're

the ferocious fish and terrible torrent of teeth. "newsroomontinues right now. >>> good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you very much for joining me. here are this morning's top stories -- no claim of responsibility after the beirut car bombing that killed six and wounded dozens. among the dead and apointer target, a cue friend to the united states. muhammad chata was lebanon's former ambassador to the u.s. and shared washington's concerns in the region. he was a staunch critic of syria's president and islamic terrorist group hezbollah. >>> some people in fresno ran for their lives last night as a small plane came down in their neighborhood. the cessna crashed into a front yard. the pilot and a 9-year-old boy on board the plane were killed. no one on the ground was hurt. police believe the plane hit a tree and stalled. the pilot was unable to recover. >>> they rang the bell. another record-breaking day on wall street. on thursday, the dow closed at an all-time high. that's the 50th record set this year. stock futures were lower before the o

live in the newsroom, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> thank you. e family hasn't revealed the name of the new location only that it's in the greater bay area and it will be paid by insurance. >>> ac transit workers will start voting today on the latest contract agreement reached between union and management negotiators. two previous deals were rejected. one of the main issues of dispute is how much employees pay for healthcare coverage. one union leader says this deal is better than predecessors because it brings on the increases more gradually. the voting ends at 7 p.m. >>> another local transit agency will start charging people more when the new year arrives next week. bart passengers will have to start paying about 5% extra an average fare increase of 19 cents. the extra revenue has been earmarked for new railcars and new train control system and improvements to a maintenance yard in hayward. >>> firefighters rescued an injured worker from his garbage truck in san jose. the s jfd provided this picture. it happened near city college. the man is be

even if if the fcc says yes the department of transportation may say no. ♪ >>> you're live in the "cnn newsroom >>> yes, they'll to it in by keepie. i'm carol costello, thanks so much for joining me. new report about an american who has been missing in iran for nearly seven years, the associated press and "the washington post" say bob levinson worked for the cia and was trying to tig up information when he disappeared. that's something both the agency and levenson's family have denied for years. jim sciutto is in washington with more for you. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, carol. sensitive, sad story for the family, as you say nearly seven years held in captivity. the iranian government never acknowledged that, although u.s. officials have repeatedly raised his case including secretary kerry recently in his contacts with eye rainian officials. he went to apparently according to the reporting of the ap and "the washington post" to an iranian-controlled island of kish, working as a contractor for the cia, they say, exploring corruption at the highest levels of the iranian governmen

. >> i'm cate caugiran live in the newsroom. a new twist in the fight to keep an oakland teenaged girl on life support. what the family says it's ready to do and how the hospital is keeping them from making the move. >> reporter: i'm ryan takeo in berkeley following the ac transit labor deal and i just talked to a bus driver who says he and other veteran bus drivers are voting down that contract deal today. >> where o where have the drivers gone? everyone is on vacation today. traffic is light approaching the bay bridge toll plaza no sign of any metering lights being turned on anytime soon. so it's a great drive right now from the east bay into san francisco. checking mass transit, most mass transit is back to a normal regular schedule including bart systemwide on time no delay. golden gate ferries, the larkspur ferry is still on that expanded holiday schedule departures set to start around 7:00 this morning. you can check the website for the latest information there. caltrain and ace also reporting no delay. and another live loo

kpix 5's anne makovec in the newsroom with memories of his bay area connections. >>> reporter: the east bay played a key role in the anti- apartheid movement and local leaders are remembering his visit and legacy this morning. >> it is you, you the people of oakland the people of the bay area who have given me and my delegation progress to continue the struggling. >> reporter: that was mandela speaking at the packed oakland coliseum the final stop on his 1990 u.s. freedom tour. then congressman ron dellums was the first to introduce anti- apartheid legislation back in 1972 and seven years later the city of berkeley became the first in the nation to divest from south africa. assemblywoman nancy skinner was part of that movement. >> it was so thrilling that we americans, that we east bay residents, could have been part of something with that kind of global impact. >> reporter: a lone rose left at an oakland monument memorializing mandela last night a reminder of the impact the leader will always have. >> there have been lots of people in our lifetimes who had positions and have passed on

in the newsroom for abc7 news. >> the family of an 8th grade girl is relying on a final test to keep her alive after routine surgery went horribly wrong. jahi mcmath was to have her tonsils remove asked now is on life support. she was pleading profusely a systemry at children's hospital in oakland. she then went into cardiac arrest and declared brain dead by thursday. the game's family says the hospital agreed to give jahi mcmath a last eeg test. >> if this eeg test shows any britain activity, they cannot take her off of life support. >> i am begging god, please, let my daughter have some brain activity. >> the family says the hospital cannot give them a reason why this happened. >> san jose has a crime rate above the state average. while the average u.s. police department solved half of major cases, san jose's clear an rate on major crimes has dropped below 30 percent. response time for some emergency calls have doubled in eight years. san jose's mayor says the city needs more police officers. despite the growing crime problem the rate is still lower-that of san francisco or oakland

cate caugiran live in the newsroom now with the latest developments.ill has a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. >> reporter: right. the family has a new deadline and also a renewed sense of hope but in order to keep that hope and jahi on the ventilator, the family has a lot work ahead. relief from a last-minute reprieve. >> i'm not trying to hold on to a corpse. that is a live girl in there. >> reporter: an hour before children's hospital oakland was allowed to turn off jahi mcmath's vents later, an alameda county judge stopped it. the family filed a restraining order along with nearly 100 pages of documents and a video that the family says shows jahi responding to her mother's voice. >> i believe my daughter is alive. i don't care what they say. she is moving. if you go in a room with your child and you talk to your child and they say your child is brain-dead and they respond to you and they move, you're going to believe your child is alive. >> reporter: attorney christopher dolan says the family found a facility that will take the 13-year-

you're live in the "cnn newsroom." >>> good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. jaw-dropping admission from the man who leads an nsa task force, amnesty should be on the table when it comes to edward snowden. in other words, snowden took the keys to the kingdom to russia and who knows? he could spill more damaging secrets at any time, secrets that could taj our national security, that assessment from richard legend, the man who heads the nsa task force on snowden. here's what he said about amnesty on "60 minutes." >> he's already said "if i got amnesty, i would come back." given the potential damage to national security, what would your thought on making a deal be? >> so my personal view is, yes, it's worth having a conversation about. i would need assurances that the remainder of the data could be secured and my bar for those assurances would be very high, more than just an assertion on his part. >> amnesty is not on the table at the moment but could it be? cnn senior white house correspondent jim acosta is at the who us this mor

still to come in the "newsroom the obama care site on the mend. brianna keilar at the white house this morning. >> hi there, carol. the obama administration says it has met its goal and healthcare.gov is running a whole lot smoother. but there's still a lot of problems as well i'll have a live report in just a moment. ke. i use my citi thankyou card to get 2x the points at the coffee shop.at the office, which will help me get to a beach in miami and they'll be stuck at the cube farm. the citi thankyou preferred card. now earn 2x the points dining out, with no annual fee. go to citi.com/thankyoucards you can fill that box and pay one flat rate. i didn't know the coal thing was real. it's very real... david rivera. rivera, david. [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. >>> it's like the difference between night and day, how the man in charge of fixing the obama care website describes the experience for people who sign up now after that self-imposed deadline to get the site working for the majority

. >> i'm cate caugiran live in the newsroom. the family of jahi mcmath rejoicing after a last-minute reprieve. today what's next for the family now that the judge extended a restraining order to keep the teen on a ventilator. >> hard to believe 2013 almost over. today we will see a few clouds, unfortunately no rain coming our way. but starting out with more clouds around the bay area this morning if you are headed out the door. some fog too. by the afternoon a mix of sun and clouds. these temperatures may be just slightly cooler, 50s, low 60s coastside. we'll see 60s in the bay and mid-60s in some of the valleys. out the door now, a lot of clouds and mild temperatures. 40 san jose, 42 san francisco, 35 concord. this afternoon high of 63 in concord, 64 oakland, about 60 degrees in san francisco. let's check your "kcbs traffic" with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. we want to take you out live towards the bay bridge toll plaza. no sign of any metering lights anywhere you go. so obviously no delay right now in the cash or the fas

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reporting live in the newsroom, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 5:35. sunnyvale's strict new gun laws take effect. gun owners who lost their firearms or had them stored will have to call police within 48 hours. the city will start tracking the sale of ammunition. the nra promised to fight that new law in court. >> let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. she has been delivering some ugly numbers but it's going to get better. >> little bit better. we have to wait, though, to thaw out. our morning temperature is today is one of the milder days. that we're expecting. we're under a freeze warning. 23 in the north bay, san francisco 39, 37 in the east bay as we get into sunday and monday looking much colder. we could be smashing potentially all-time records here in the bay area. so it is unusual to thb cold especially for a prolonged period. today's highs only in the 50s. we're koychbting on showers, you can see this on the north bay ram. 52 degrees. showers will roll through. tomorrow morning the showers are going to be turning over to a mix of ra

. >> in seconds of the train stopping we got photos into our newsroom. this photo from a commuter frank yeng shows business as usual. and will wilkins tweeted this picture, and you can see some are smiling, and he said the brake dust cheered but that the smell on the train was "overpowering." when he arrived at rockridge, he said emergency personnel was treating the situation seriously. and another from will shows how many commuters were impacted as they stood on the platform waiting for another train. we will have continuing coverage of the bart emergency this or with more later today on abc7 news at 4:00 and 5:00 and 6:00 and online at abc7news.com. you can always get breaking news alerts any time following us on twitter@abcnews bay area. >> chilly temperatures are gripping self local communities including at east bay hills to mount diabolo and walnut creek where temperatures dipped into the 20's. our news meteorologist joins with details. you were a victim of the temperature? >> 27 when i got in the car. notice the crowds are offshore with no rain and

kpix 5's mark kelly is in the newsroom with some of the new year law highlights. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. governor jerry brown signed 805 bills into law many taking effect in 2014. to give you an idea of minimum wage employees will see more security in the workplace. while gun owners will face heightened government restrictions. >> reporter: in 2014, gun owners will see you in regulations on long guns. handguns, rifles and shotguns will be tracked. the department of justice will store the make, model and serial number of your gun. the law fires up gun owners. >> these are law-abiding citizens not trying to beat the system or anything like that. they just don't want to be tracked. >> reporter: for california's workers, more rights in 2014. july one starts the minimum wage bump to $9. $10 by 2016. and those in agriculture and landscaping will have required rest breaks working in the hot california sun. for young drivers a crackdown. teenagers can no longer text and drive, no exceptions, not even with hands-free voice- activated technology. only adult

you're live in the "cnn newsroom." >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. investigators now say a train that derailed in the bronx that killed four people was going nearly three times the speed limit. it was clocked going 82 miles an hour when it should have been going 30. why was it going so fast? rene marsh is following the investigation from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. the focus today, speed and the train's brakes. as you mentioned, why was this train going so fast? this morning that's the critical question investigators have for the train's engineer. ntsb investigators continue searching for answers and questioning train engineer william rockefeller with hopes in finding out why this train was going so fast. >> the train was traveling at approximately 82 miles per hour as it went into a 30-mile-an-hour curve. >> reporter: that's nearly three times the speed limit for this curving stretch of track. the train speed is even higher than the maximum speed of 70 miles per hour in the straightawa

thank you. >>> the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> and good morning. e hols shopping season could end in identity theft for millions of americans. as many as 40 million credit and debit card accounts are now at risk. if you have shopped at target between the day before thanksgiving and last sunday, hackers may now have your financial information. that's november 27th until that sunday. it is a massive attack for the nation's second largest retailer, one that now has the attention of the u.s. secret service. online shoppers appear to be safe but those who made purchases inside the stores need to be on the lookout. >> it's scary. this is the first time i've heard of that. i am curious to how it even happened in the first place. >> our cnn money tech correspondent joins us now to explain what might have happened in target stores. how did this happen? >> what they're saying, i've been on the phone with security researchers talking about this, is this likely happened at the point of sale, carol. right when you go and actually swipe your card to check out is

pour some hot cocoa, gather round the christmas tree. "newsroomarts right now. >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for being with me. right now more than 200 miles above the earth, two american astronauts are floating in space, performing repairs on the international space station in just the second christmas eve spacewalk in nasa's history. that mission, challenging and dangerous, got under way two hours ago. alina mochado is following it all. >> fascinating to see these two astronauts at work. if everything goes as planned they'll be able to wrap everything up and celebrate christmas back inside the international space station. >> copy that. >> reporter: a few minutes ahead of schedule, nasa started another spacewalk to support the orbiting international space station. >> failure of an internal flow control valve. >> reporter: to american astronauts are venturing out. their mission? to replace a pump needed to cool the vessel. >> i don't know if you guys believe in miracles, but i got the hitch pin on the first try. >> that's

kpix 5's cate caugurian is in the newsroom and in his speech president obama urged the world to continue mandela's legacy. >> reporter: yes he did. it's been a very heartfelt but joyous celebration so far. and when president obama spoke, he called nelson mandela the last great liberator of the 20s century. now -- 20th century. the crowd of 90,000 showed up in johannesburg to bid farewell to the former president. the weather played no role in the atmosphere of the today's ceremony. the group was singing and dancing so songs from the struggle. the crowd included 91 heads of state including president obama and three former u.s. presidents. mr. obama delivered his eulogy emphasizing that mandela's jury know continues as -- journey continues as does the struggle for equality. >> for around the world today, we still see children suffering from hunger and disease. we still see rundown schools. we still see young people without prospects for the future. around the world today, men and women are still in prison for their political beliefs. and are still persecuted for what they lock like and how

michele turner, cnn, hollywood. >>> still to come in the "newsroom" -- >> ditka! or the bears to honor a franchise legend. >> thank you very much. thank you. i can say thank you, thank you, thank you. . >>> still recovering from the lions' loss and now we have to talk about the bears because they bundled up and beat the bears on monday night football. andy scholes, i'm going to discover my ears. >> this game stuck with the winter weather theme from the week and last night's game in chicago, the coldest regular season game ever for the dallas cowboys. all right. the temperature -- >> and it showed, right? >> they were miserable. the temperature was 8 degrees with a windchill of negative 9 at kickoff. it was so cold that the water bottles were freezing. but look, didn't stop this crazy fan. >> always one shirtless guy. >> always one at least. doesn't matter if it's negative 9 outside. that poor guy didn't get to see a good game from the cowboys. the bears win 45-28, got the big win on mike ditka night. the bears held a ceremony to honor their legendary head coach and

. >> you may have noticed kristen and i are in a different environment, broadcasting from the newsroom this week. >> all these folks are co-workers preparing the newscasts and we are getting the lighting upgrade so it is nice to be in a, working newsroom. >> it is cozy. >> mike nicco is in his usual haunt on the work. >> hopefully we will stay here for a while and watch the cleaner and cooler air roll in. nice to see you, everyone. the last 24 hours with a fire katie was coughing is interesting if you look at the satellite view, that is the national weather service that covers our area tweeted this. you could see the city lights and the fire, yesterday, not so much. today, look how it erupted, putting or more light than themont try city lights. humidity is low at 26 percent but the wind is the big factor and still light from the southwest and blowing to the east and northeast at three miles per hour with gusts up to seven miles per hour. at least it is not as windy as it could be or will be on thursday. hopefully it will be under control by then. it is hazy out here and visibility is s

. >> i'm anne makovec live in the newsroom. as the world remembers mandela, we here in the bay area remember his-historic visit to the east bay and congressional legislation and divesting in south africa. >> reporter: bundle up. it is still cold out here. i'm kiet do. we have a live report. >>> yeah, freezing temperatures again around the bay area. freeze warnings are up. what a chilly day. this is the third day in a row of freezing temperatures showing up outside. some of those numbers dropping off under clear skies this morning into the 20s and 30s. now 23 in santa rosa. 28 in concord. 39 in san francisco. and 30 degrees in livermore. so a very cold start to the day again freeze warnings until 9:00. then clouds roll in in the middle of the day. plan on highs only in the 40s and 50s. this afternoon we could see a little rain. and then tonight, cold enough to see snow on the local mountains down to 2500 feet. a great place to go it weekend. >> reporter: after this week i think i'm just going to lay in bed with my electric blanke

here are the top stories we're following in "newsroom." s and the sky to get home for christmas but the first true blast of winter is creating an icy, windy mess to snarl those holiday plans. >>> under fire in south sudan. u.s. service members take a hit as they try to rescue dozens of americans trapped in an outbreak of fighting. we're live from the pentagon. >>> and "duck dynasty" star phil robertson anti-gay comments got him fired from the show but fans are fighting back between the network and the show. can anyone win this one?

joe vazquez is in the newsroom with why the delivery backlog was so bad this year, joe. >> a day late, a dollar short, ups and the others are still scrambling to make christmas deliveries. ups workers are still delivering christmas orders tonight and still behind. >> in 20 year, this is the worst i've ever seen it. >> it's the day after christmas and san francisco business owner is carting nearly two dozen boxes into the ups freight center. the boxes contain gift orders her company billed and sold through online retailers like amazon to customers all across the u.s. way too late to be stashed under anyone's tree. >> they were saying they were too full, they couldn't take our orders. >> she went home to ohio without her gift. >> you can't recapture that wow factor. >> ups in a statement earlier this week, the volume of air packages exceed our network. some shipments were delayed. we apologize. nasty weather and dramatically higher online shopping sales created the backlog over the last few weeks, stores continue to guarantee they could get your gifts by christmas. ups and fedex couldn'

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you're live in the cnn newsroom. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> and good morning. thanks so much for joining me this morning. we begin in south africa where the ininterpreter from the nelson mandela memorial is fighting back after being called a fake and sparking outrage in the deaf community. he says he's more than qualified and has appeared at many high profile events in the past. david just spoke with him one-on-one. >> he told me he was doing his job during the service of mandela. through those several hour, interpreting for world leaders including president barack obama. one disturbing development he say to me he suffers from schizophrenia and says he's not a security issue for that event. so, the question remains how did he get in if the deaf association in south africa is saying he was signing rubbish, not making any sense with the world leaders at this important event in south africa. take a listen to what he said to me. >> for the deaf association, if they think that i've done a wrong interpretation, i ask forgiveness. but for deaf south african telling me

you're live in the "cnn newsroom." good morning, i a'm carol costello. this just in, good news about the economy, two brand new snapshots of the u.s. economy, both striking ones. the gdp, the gross domestic product shot up 3.6% in the third quarter and a second report is showing the best private sector jobs growth all year. zain asher will join us had ffrw york in a minute. probably means the friday jobs market numbers will be very good. those numbers come out tomorrow. >>> the fight to close that wage gap heats up today, in just about two hours thousands of fast food workers are expected to protest in 100 cities across the country, from new york city to new orleans, to oakland, trying to pressure employers into paying a livable wage of $15 an hour. now they've got a powerful ally on their side, president obama. >> we know that we're going to have a greater and greater portion of our people in the service sector and we know that there are airport workers and fast food workers and nurse assistants and retail sales people who work their tails off and are st

. >> i'm cate caugiran live in the newsroom. crews in london spent friday morning checking the structural stability of an iconic theater after a roof partially collapsed during a play injuring dozens. now authorities are focusing on the cause of the accident. >> and another check of your "kcbs traffic." right now all bart trains are on time. bart is actually doing something a little extra special later this evening for christmas shoppers. they are offering safety escorts. look for a police officer to escort you at three bart stations in the east bay, west oakland, fruitvale and bay fair stations tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it looks like just the cash lanes are backing up and not too bad for this time of the morning. only to the middle of the parking lot and no metering lights yet getting into san francisco. the westbound 580 ride is typical though for this time of the morning through the tracy area. 205 and all the way towards vasco now. we are seeing the heaviest delays. past there t

you're in the "cnn newsroom." >> thousands of cancellation, widespread power out ands, complete chaos on the roads. >> complete. >> this massive ice storm, it's paralyzing the south. >> a lot of the country, one person actually we now know killed this morning after their truck slid off of a very icy roadway in the dallas area. this video coming to us from our affiliate, wfaa a short time ago. it shows a tow crane fishing the truck out of a lake right along interstate 35. >> the storm is also causing headaches for millions of travelers across the country. more than 4,000 flights have been cancelled sense thursday, and in texas, the drivers have been stuck on the interstate for more than ten hours. >> it's crippling a lot of the country. so far, the storm moving east, is blamed for five deaths, hundreds of injuries. >> we're tracking the storm from all angles. let's begin with kendra peterson, joining us from memphis. deidre? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. we had the freezing rain really pick up around noon or so, just west of us, at the west memphis airport. we got half an inch of ice.

it began with reports coming into the newsroom now in a deadly bombing as the train station is the southern russian city of buffalo that at least thirteen people reportedly dead and scores other others injured. according to russian anti tears and khamenei the attack carried out by a female suicide of bomber command in the exact figure as of now stands at thirteen and ppl ecb is an amateur of footage coming out of buffalo grad of the city was hit second of october by another suicide bomber that attack took place on a crowded bus and six people were killed in that attack the decals are still coming into the miserable once again at least thirteen people killed in this bombing which i had a train station in the southern russian city of buffalo that wilco of course the new more on this as it's that comes into the newsroom. now what we wanted to let in on the mourners have gathered for the funeral of former minister mohammad get chocked up the service taking place at salary not mosque in the heart of beirut the prominent opposition figure was killed in a car bombing on a friday. six other people

live in the newsroom, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> thank you, cate. san francisco will pause to mark the one-year anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school shooting, a vigil at 1:00 this afternoon at city hall. >>> a decades old landmark in a southern california city will no longer be on display. a federal judge in san diego has ruled the government's display of a giant cross on mount soledad in la jolla must be removed. congress declared the cross a national war memorial in 2006. but the display was challenged by a jewish war veteran's group and several local residents who say it violates the constitution. >> not everyone who gave their lives or fought in those wars were christians. so for a certain group of people that was person but not for all americans. >> the cross was put up in 1954. a u.s. district judge ordered it to be removed within 90 days but then stayed the order until all possible appeals have been exhausted. >>> 5:09. house of representatives that has had trouble compromising as we know in recent years finally passed a budget last

the next hour of cnn "newsroom" begins right after a quick break. play will make brady miss his favorite part of the day. ♪ that's why there's beneful original, made with energy-packed wholesome grains, real beef and accents of vitamin-rich veggies. to help you put more play in your day. beneful. play. it's good for you. >> good morning. i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me for this special edition of cnn "newsroom" as we remember nelson mandela. we'll have more on his life and legacy in just a minute. >>> first let's start with breaking news about the economy. 203,000 jobs were added last month and the unemployment rate hit 7%. to discuss all of this, i'm joined by christine romans. she's in new york. georgia tech professor and zain asher is at the new york stock exchange. welcome to all of you. >>> christine, i would like to start with you. i posted the good news and people were cynical about it. skeptical, they don't believe it. >> let me tell you a couple reasons why. and the white house points this out in the statement about the job

. >> reporter: i'm cate caugiran live in the newsroom. mourners in pretoria south africa gathered to view the body of nelson mandela as they say their final farewells. a bay area group of kids pays a special tribute in the nation's capital and here at home. >>> a busy day on the highways. let's check in with liz. >> suddenly it looks like a rough ride. if you are trying to get out of san francisco, this is an accident now multicar crash and blocking three left lanes southbound 101 cesar chavez. chp also telling us that a person may be trapped inside one of those vehicles. so traffic is just beginning to back up. consider using 280 right now as an alternate. taking outside here's a live look at the nimitz freeway. northbound and southbound 880 this is a great spot. no big delays between 238 and the maze. and the bay bridge at 6:01 this morning we are still waiting for the metering lights to be switched on. so far they haven't. we are just seeing delays in the cash lanes. fastrak users are looking good. no delay at all approaching the pay ga

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the next hour of "newsroom" begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> you're in theo much for spending some of your sunday with us. we start with some sad news tonight. the iconic actor peter o'toole is dead. >> my life when it is written will read better than it lived. >> that line may have been appropriate for king

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su keenan is in the newsroom today's details. go downw oil and gas today. provided a big pick me up. 20%,'s game was more than making for the biggest weekly gain in more than one year. the been used by starbucks and other companies tighten. you want sugar with that copy? it could cost you a bit less. sugar futures have been in decline since october. energy falls across the board with oil falling to a 10 day low on a mix of concerns. down and analysts say that traders are continuing to be concerned about this tapering. gold and silver took a few hits, but they ended higher after signs of inflation. investors are thinking the fed might wait a bit and that tapering is still off the table. rises may get a pickup due to chinese demand. it was the longest rally since may of 2012. aluminum, zinc, and nickel are also moving higher. a losing week, and it dropped the most in three weeks i should say. that china may be projecting certain types of corn for safety concerns. >> we're looking at wild weather this weekend. how will that affect the church next week? next na

and carlos santana will be here in the newsroom. >> first up the strange mix of dangerous weather may be hitting many americans in the south. rain is putting some roads under water. a live look in centennial park. tornados party fueled by warm temperatures damaged homes in mississippi and turned over four semi trucks. and roads are also treacherous to the north for very different reasons. an ice storm is moving through upstate new york and bringing down tree limbs and power lines. nearly 100,000 people do not have power. the midwest is getting hit with up to a half foot of snow. you are looking at a shot of lake michigan. other warmer areas got hammered with rain and street flooding. we'll have more of that when nearly 100 million people. so we saw the morning rush plenty of people getting here and getting out early to beat the weather. now you see the midday rush. pretty busy here. standard for the airport. keep in mind what you see here, if you can pan down there. plenty more people will be joining the line here to get off on time on their flights. what we see now is good news. the

su keenan is in the newsroom with insight on today processor. bigs report driver for commodities, as it was for stocks. oil futures rose. we are seeing the biggest weekly gain since july. these were spectacular jobs numbers. and they ultimately support higher energy prices. he says that we are ready seeing demand picking up. he says this is the signal that it was be stronger going ahead. , as the payrolls showed that far less workers were hired. there were reports about tapering. the gold market does not like the reports. he doesn't expect a big selloff. he is a ready seen a lot of liquidation. moving on to agriculture and commodities, some hedge fund managers and others are cutting back on positions of corn. corn futures rose for the week. biggest gain in two weeks. coffee and oranges were also big movers, and there was a lot of focus on the fuel cut -- question. million barrels in the last week -- 28 million barrels in last week. that is big consumption. it was up attired higher than the same time last year. this leads to a real turning point f

you're live in the cnn newsroom. good morning, i'm carol costello. ank you so much for joining me. nearly one year ago, newtown connecticut was forever changed as sandy hook elementary school became the site of our nation's second deadliest shooting. today we'll get more insight when 911 calls are released this afternoon. last week a judge upheld a previous decision to make them public. pamela brown is live in new york with more on this. good morning. >> well, good morning to you. that's right, at 2:00 p.m. eastern time today, the recordings of 91 calls made inside sandy hook elementary last december 14th when the 14509ing happened will be released by attorneys in newtown. there will be seven phone calls in total and the recordings will be about half an hour long. important to note here, these are just the 911 calls made to newtown police. not the calls made to state police. but of course this is very difficult for the families as you can imagine. anniversary is right around the corner. and the super in-teintendent e- the families and said like you, i

the "newsroom" starts right now. >>> good morning. thanks so much for joining me. i'm kara philips in for carol costello today. for most people who want health insurance through obamacare, today is the last day to sign up to have coverage by january 1st. the problem, plagued website healthcare.gov is working better now even though it was down on friday. more than half a million people have signed up for plans in the first three weeks of december but as a new cnn poll shows, support for the law has plummeted. we start with our report this morning with athena jones. >> reporter: the latest poll by cnn/orc show tsz white house has a long way to go to convince the american public the president's signature domestic achievement, obamacare, is working. support for the affordable care act dropped to a record low, just 35% approve of the law. a five-point drop in less than a month. 62% oppose it, despite the president's efforts to defend it. >> despite the website problems, despite the messaging problems, despite all that, it's working. >> reporter: the new poll numbers come

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>>> you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm rosa flores like in atlanta. we'll looing looking at the stories you'll be talking about this week. let's begin with our five questions in the week ahead. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the first question. the americans were able to get out of the african nation today. the rescue comes after a failed effort that left four u.s. troops wounded. the violence in the south sudan has grown since the president has accused his ex-vp of attempting attempting a coup. let's go to athena jones. hi, athena. what did he say? >> we were able to learn about the failed evacuation attempt to get the americans working for the americans out of the south sudan. this is part of the letter under the war powers resolution. the white house say this is standard practice whenever there are troops deployed overseas. it says on december 21st, 2013, approximately 46 additional u.s. military personnel deployed by military aircraft to the area of bor, south sudan, to conduct an operation to execute u.s. citizens and personnel. after t

. >> and i'm anne makovec live in the newsroom. they say the devil is in the details. now the bart board is dealing with two, a second contract dispute will be one of several emotionally and financially charged issues covered in a meeting this morning. >>> kcbs mobile it just drove the lower eastshore freeway and says the volume of traffic is lighter. the closer to christmas the fewer the delays we have been seeing. this is a live look approaching ashby avenue in berkeley. traffic is moving well toward powell and emeryville. bay bridge cash lanes are backing up not even quite to the end of the parking lot. and the fastrak ones still get by okay. the metering lights haven't been turned on yet but they likely will very shortly. the nimitz freeway northbound 880 still cruising along from san leandro towards the macarthur maze. and westbound 580 is beginning to fill in from 205 all the way towards isabel. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." it is windy out there, with more on that, here's lawrence. >> seeing gusts up to 30 miles an hour and we just had one at 40 miles per h

jonathan hunt has more now live in the newsroom. how dangerous for the people who are stuck?e weather can be brutal is putting it mildly. it's not the fact they're in any immediate danger. they do just have enough food and other supplies on board, but it certainly is not a comfortable position they're in look at this. that is the sound of 50 miles-per-hour gusts. that video was shot by professor chris turney, one of the lead scientist onboard the ship. he also braved the elements and turn the camera on himself for a moment to explain their predicament. watch. >> a blizzard at the moment with a low pressure system. we have wind speeds on average of 50-kilometers an hour. the vessel has not moved for the last two days and we're surrounded by sea ice. >> frankly, harris, people like professor turney seem to actually be quite enjoying it. they say while they're stuck there they're just carrying out more scientific research. it's all good in his mind. >> i was reading it's their summer. gees. doesn't look like summer. what happens now? >> the ship right now cannot move forwards or

. >> julie in the newsrooms with what we're working on. >> boosting the minimum wage to $15 an hour.> that would help me. >> we examine the proposal in a bay area city and how kite help or hurt workers. >> the effort to find a missing pilot and family has gone viral. you can search from your own home computer. these and more new at 6:00. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new 2014 jetta. it gets an impressive 34 highway mpg and comes with no charge scheduled maintenance. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. sign. then drive. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. hurry, this offer ends january 2nd. visit vwdealer.com today . >>> astronauts to international space station have had to cut power use because of a cooling problem. engineers suspect faulty valves may be to blame. the crew are not in danger but systems are using back up coolers. >>> lawmakers scrambled to get the votes to pass a budget deal announced ye

. >> su keenan, thank you very much, joining me from the newsroom with the latest on sac capital. is holding an investment symposium. to askhatzker is there larry fink about regulations. >> there is a possibility we could go to far next year with the volker rule. i will watch and see, i will not be a pessimist, but i am being pragmatic. i do think that i know more about close to markets than most. i am alarmed right now that it may be too far and it may have some unintended issues that could be impactful. also asked larry fink where he thinks the next crisis could come from. >> the next crisis, i believe, will not be coming from banks. i do not know where it will come from. maybe technology. maybe it will be cybersecurity and it will impact a lot of us, but i do not think the big crisis will be in financial services as much as some people worry about. >> he also met with the president of black rock asked about the firm's outlook. >> we think that growth is going too slow for a longer. of time. we think that the fed is going to keep monetary policy easy, meaning that short-term rat

rebecca cooper is in the newsroom us the compromise -- with the compromise. >> both sides they did not get everything they wanted but calling it a good first step. critics are angry saying they did not get everything they wanted either but they are calling this a sign of progress. today, party leaders from both sides praised the bipartisan compromise. >> the deal accomplishes deficit permanent pension reform, and does not raise taxes. that it is a small step in the right direction. weary ofters washington gridlock, the budget cycle means no government shutdown for at least two years. it also eliminates $65 million billion in spending cuts. congressmen including marco rubio blasting it the john banner bluntly responded. >> they are using our members and the american people for their own goals. this is ridiculous. for more deficit reduction your for this agreement. >> they propose federal workers theyg more of the cost but will pay an added one point three percent in retirement contributions. it does bear costs including higher security fees for airplane tickets and reduced cost of livin

meantime, i'm throwing it over to my colleague rosa flores in the cnn newsroom. >>> here in the cnn newsrooming part of your sunday with us. we start with this, world of international sports is in shock this evening. one of the most successful race car drivers in history was in a horrible accident. i'm talking about michael schumacher, widely regarded as the greatest formula 1 drivers of all time. right now, he is in a coma. he needed emergency brain surgery today after falling on a ski slope in the french alps. martin mckay is here with me from cnn sports and we should talk about how much of a legend he is around the world. when we say legend, we really are not stopping short of what he is. >> no. one of the world's most popular

and into the newsroom tonight, the coroner has confirmed the identity of the victim. this is his picture, a 29-year-old resident of livermore. we have more on how it happened and explains the chargers against the driver. >> reporter: it was a very scary sight this morning. it shows flames shooting up into the air minutes after the accident >> a jeep came to a stop due to traffic in the number two lane and was struck in the rear by a hummer that was traveling approximately 50 mph. >> reporter: sadly the driver of that jeep was killed as a result of the crash. from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news, you can see the charred jeep and the hummer that rear-ended it. the driver of the hummer, garcia., arrested with felony dui and felony vehicular manslaughter. traffic in the area was tied up for hours as crews worked to clean the roadways and the chp conducted their investigation. crews cleared the accident scene just in time for the rush hour commute. i checked with the coroner's office and they haven't released the name of the person killed in the crash. reporting