that was after a truck carrying usps packages overturned.details we are learning about where those packages were supposed to go and safety of the driver. >> break out your scarves and gloves as we look live over san francisco. just one air why of the bay area feeling the chill this morning. we are still in a microclimate weather alert. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. this cold snap continues to brock parts of the bay area with icy temperatures and icy roads. let's get an update on the frost advisory. >> it's very cold. that's the bottom line. it's dangerously cold for anyone left outside or your pets. it dropped down to 28 degrees in livermore and morgan hill. 27 in santa rosa while we have mid 30s for parts p of the inner bay, oakland at 34. let's head over to mike reporting ice on the road. >> highway 17. as we look at your commute, traffic flow light. two key spots. the other in danville talking about that crash. north 17 slows quite a bit from the summit up to lexington reservoir.

there was a usps inexpector that looked at the packages because we are told they are usps mail, from the postal service but the driver is not believed to have worked for the post office. they are trying to figure out who the driver worked for. they do have someone out here trying to inspect if the packages are salvageable, likely a lost christmas gifts with target and wal-mart boxes, two lanes, closed, southbound 680 expected to be open at 7:00 or 7:30. >> alexis smith thought it would take longer than officially estimated and that seem to be coming true. >> yes, hopefully it is true they can get it wrapped up by 7:00 or 7:30 but the backup is growing. we are over four miles of the solid red, the crash is before you get to the downtown danville area. i will zoom out, too, you can see how close it is getting up into the walnut creek area and that will merge as we get further in, down to six miles per hour using danville boulevard or stone valley for the alternate. several other issues, but, first we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and the chilly temperatures and black ice. >>

it was a usps truck. it's blocking the two right lanes and you see crews trying to move it out of the roadway. we'll keep you posted and let you know when it's officially cleared out. and moving to san carlos, northbound 101 at holly street. three left lanes are blocked and traffic is moving at 11 miles per hour. this is a major problem in the area. and we'll let you know when it's cleared out of the way as well. we already did that one. to the bay bridge toll plaza and the carquinez bridge. and right now if you're headed to the toll plaza you're looking good. and the nimitz freeway is looking pretty good. southbound 880 to the san mateo bridge, here's a live look at that commute. that's a quick 13 minutes. if you want to avoid the roads, there are freeze advisories out there. that means black ice. they are all on time if you want to avoid the weather. >>> it's a spare the air day. you're encourage told use mass transit and no wood burning. you may see black ice on the overpasses and bridges. here's a liv

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it's an overturned usps truck and packages on the road blocking the two right lanes. and traffic is moving at 6 miles per hour. take danville boulevard. moving to slow conditions on the altamont pass coming off 285 and tracy. just 11 miles per hour. so you're crawling your way. and then it frees up through livermore. and here's a live look at the slow commute traffic. 580 westbound -- 16 minutes. >>> the deadly warehouse fire in oakland brought out a lot of emotions and in some cases, sharp disagreement. two groups that had been sparring are working together. >> and jackie ward is joining us. >> it's been two weeks since the ghost ship fire and tributes are being held to remember those who died. the latest at the barbecue chain everett & jones in oakland. they called it a candlelight individual until the name of love. the warehouse salt lick often hosts un-permitted parties. and it seems both sides have set aside their differences for now. >> all life in the city needs to come together. >> everett jones will now hold fundraising concerts every month to raise money for

both fed-ex and usps say they're sending condolences to the family and working to get packages to the final destinations. >>> as of friday, only one court house will be open throughout the rest of the year. all others are closing temporarily because of budget issues. the court house on 7th and washington is the only one to remain open. there will be staff available to handle emergency matters in addition to normally scheduled business. all will reopen on tuesday, january 3rd. >>> alameda county may be facing legal action as a result of the ghostship warehouse fire. >> hear the argument being raised by lawyers of the landlord. >>> we're settled on these terms. without the city attorney. >> that is one a resolution that has been almost a decade in the making, coming u >>> a family whose son died while climbing a tree is suing the city of oakland. it happened along lake merit. his family says the city knew the tree was diseased and could be dangerous and marked it for removal. >>> tonight, there is a memorial conce concert. tickets from $10 to $20. remember 236 people died when the fire

both fed-ex and usps say they're sending condolences to the family and working to get packages to the final destinations. >>> as of friday, only one court house will be open throughout the rest of the year. all others are closing temporarily because of budget issues. the court house on 7th and washington is the only one to remain open. there will be staff available to handle emergency matters in addition to normally scheduled business. all will reopen on tuesday, january 3rd. >>> alameda county may be facing legal action as a result of the ghostship warehouse fire. >> hear the argument being raised by lawyers of the landlord. >>> we're settled on these terms. without the city attorney. >> that is one a resolution that has been almost a decade in the making, coming up. zero really can be a hero.ds) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. >>> a family whose son died while climbing a tree is suing the city of oakland. it happened along lake merit. his family says the c

because this is the last day you can mail something first class or ship via standard usps to make sureit arrives before you know when. 12 million people will visit a u.s. post office today. brace yourself if you are waiting in line. we'll continue to cover that usps big rig spill that could delay your packages and your commute. >> we have pictures out there. >> pete suratos is out there live. hopefully he has his gloves on because it is awfully cold. >> it is. this is very cold this morning, especially for the plants outside and people and your pets. that's what we are also concerned about as our temperatures continue to dip. it's now 33 as you get a live look outside at san jose. it will continue to dip a couple more degrees before sunrise. it will be warmer this afternoon, reaching into the mid 50s. after a freezing morning, that sunshine will help to warm up the temperatures later on today. this week it turns dry and milder, and we continue on what's a warming trend for the next couple of days. by the weekend, the rain returns as we will have two storms moving in right in time for c

apparently they even have a picture of the woman driving around in this usps truck. we asked pleasant hill police to comment on this case, and they declined. jackie wort, kpix 5. >>> there's a warning about a sudden spike in lsd use. a teen was hospitalized after eating a popsicle dipped in liquid lsd, and two days earlier, a watsonville man was arrested for assaulting two chp officers while allegedly high on the drug. last month, a 15-year-old boy allegedly took lst before stabbing his father and uncle. he was later shot to katie by a san the cruz sheriff's deputy. >>> in the wake of oakland's ghost ship fire, the mayor is cracking down on converted warehouses. dawn lynn shows us another artistic community about to get the boot. >> reporter: the punk rock muse you can, the dancing, and the counter culture image, it's been an underground scene at this unassuming building in richmond's iron triangle for almost 20 years, but following the ghost ship tragedy, someone tipped off rich land mayor tom buck, who then alerted the fire inspectors, who then shut it down. >> the

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. >> packages were being delivered to san jose from the usps in the truck and they are all over the side. that could affect holiday deliveries, and this whole thing is affecting drivers this morning. good morning. >> i'm james fletcher. let's get to the scene as the cleanup is underway as is the investigation. >> reporter: good morning. as you said, chp confirmed the driver of this big rig who slammed into this freeway sign at 3:30 this morning has died of his injuries. you can see that there is continued work with that big rig tow truck trying to get this package truck off of the road and start dealing with the packages that you see that are still on the shoulder here. as i said, this started around 3:30 this morning, according to chp. the driver of the big rig was traveling southbound on 680 through danville. for some reason he started to drift off the right-hand shoulder and ultimately he slammed into an unoccupied band sending his big rig up the side of an embankment and into that freeway sign. unfortunately, he was taken to a local hospital and has died of his injuries. that but --

a fedex contracted truck headed to a usps center in san jose crashed in danville. you see the packages littering the highway there. the driver died and has not still been identified. the packages littering the freeway. the usps says about 200 of them are so damaged, they can't determine who sent them or where the packages were actually headed. >> fedex is going to pick it up, take it back to wherever their hub is. if they start getting tracking calls, at least fedex will be able to identify where that mail might be. >> several thousand other packages apparently did survive intact and are still on the way to their destination. >>> the man who ran the ghost ship warehouse is defending himself and pointing fingers at several government agencies. the legal team for derick almena replaced a statement saying their client should not be made a scapegoat. 36 people who died in the oakland warehouse fire, his attorneys point to the alameda sheriff's office, the building code inspectors as potential defendants saying, quote, civil lawyers look for deep pockets, defendants in

fedex contracted truck headed to a usps center in san jose is the rig that crashed in danville. the driver died. he has not been identified. packages littered the freeway. the usps now says about 200 packages are so damaged they can't even figure out who sent them or where the packages were headed. >> fedex is going to pick it up, take it back to wherever their hub is. i am not sure where that is. if they start getting tracking calls, at least fedex will be able to identify where that mail might be. >> several thousand other packages apparently did survive intact and are still on their way to their destinations, but we are getting laid word that the driver was identified as 26-year-old ravikesh kumar. >>> a woman in the hospital in critical condition after being rescued from underneath a bus at a busy san francisco intersection. this happened around 7:00 last night at third and market streets. witnesses say the woman was running across the street when she was hit by the bus. rescuers scrambled to try to remove her from underneath. the intersection was closed for that operation d

about 20 minutes later a usps truck delivers more packages.following right behind, a dark sedan pulls up and a couple gets out. they take four packages from the porch and drive off. >> how do you feel about them taking them? >> sad. >> reporter: police are investigating the crime. >> it is like the grinch that stole christmas. >> reporter: but the thieves won't ruin their christmas. >> it won't steal our holiday joy. >> reporter: they are hoping someone recognizes the pair to keep this from happening again. >> i thought last night how lucky we are that i could easily replace these gifts and there are people that are struggling to buy things for loved ones and it won't be as easy to replace them if they have them stolen. >>> we have seen driverless cars and now self-driving mini vans. chrysler delivered 100 self- driving hybrids to get sensors and the company reportedly plans to start testing them on public roads next year. >>> the oakland raiders teamed up for a sweet holiday cause. >> 50 bicycles, helmets and locks were given to underprivileg

really going to be the crux here is when people start returning those items, and to see if u.p.s., uspsrom a couple years ago, but usps, united states postal service, saw almost 3 million items returned in the last two weeks after christmas. >> wow. >> so people are really -- this was two years ago, so now it's going to be that much more. >> when those items get returned, forgive my ignorance, that's a hit on the bottom line for the businesses, right? >> it is. a lot of retailers calculate that into their bottom line numbers, but yes. retailers clearly want people to hold on to those items. but they understand that people are going to return that. the most important thing is that they clear those items off the shelf. that's why when you go into a store, sure, they might give you store credit, but it's always good to negotiate. we don't really do that in this country, but if they're saying we won't give you full price, they might give you a discount if you buy something else. >> haggle. >> go for it. >> thank you so much. thank you for coming by. >> president-elect donald trump says he w

they even have a picture of this woman driving around in the usps truck. we asked pleasant hill to comment and they declined. >>> going up to christmas every day has to be known for something. today is super saturday. one of the busiest shopping days of the year. the national feet -- retail federation say two thirds of americans were thinking about shopping. one example, oakland trawl -- oakridge mall. with 8 days until christmas everyone was looking for the perfect gift. some people we talked to said there was good deals on close. but if you're planning to brave the mall, get ready for company. >> 50 percent off. parking is atrocious. you are out there like a shark waiting for parking. >> the national retail federation says 90 percent of americans have some shopping to do. more than half of those surveyed say they plan to snatch up last-minute guests online. >>> new at 11, one of the biggest bands in the bay area is back. metallica took the stage in oakland. they performed before a sold- out crowd at the fox theater. fans lined up around the block. tonigh

these are the deadlines for the usps mailing december 20th for firings class, december 21st for priority mail and december 23rd priority mail express and back out live here they say in bellmawr the work is going to go on all night to make sure we all get our packages and again rick, i didn't see anything for you, man. [laughter] >> reporter: might be out of luck. >> if you see one with my name on it put it on my desk. if you see one with sharrie's name on it put it on my desk. thanks bob. see you later. >>> shipping deadlines for other carriers are also quickly approaching. wednesday that's december 20's first is the deadline for ups' second day option with fed ex you have an extra day. shipping by thursday december 22nd will guarantee delivery in time for christmas. >> my rick, he's so desperate for gifts. someone please give this man something. >> well, you know, i've peanut too. what you going do. >>> time for a check of the traffic report. >> let's go live to matt pelman who is going to help us get back on course here with the "action news" traffic report. >> how was your weekend. >>

today is the last day to send priority mail through usps to arrive by sunday. >>> tomorrow is the last day for priority shipping express that could cost you a whole lot more. some post offices are open extended hours this week and will be open on christmas eve. i made the mistake of going to the post office an hour before closing around 5:00 yesterday. i don't know what i was thinking. >> how did that turn out? >> i posted a picture on my facebook page. check it out. the lines were quite long. >> christmas nightmare comes early. >> i should know better. >> maybe not a school bus stop to worry about for people getting in line at the post office, chuck. >>> well, hey, neither one of them are open just t, but we'll get you ready for no matter what you are standing in line for. whether it's the boss to open up the post office to getmo or work. a little chilly this morning. not as cold as yesterday, but what little hint of a breeze we have out there has windchills down into the upper teens, but mostly into the low to mid-20s. so another cold morning at the bus stop this morning. temperature

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in order for your cards and packages to reach their destination by christmas, here is your official usps guide. all right, you need to send them by tomorrow if you're using first-class mail service. by wednesday if using priority mail. and if you are really pushing it to the limit, friday is your deadline for priority mail express service, but get ready to pay. >> exactly. >>> if you have plans to travel for the holiday, listen up, because mother nature may have a very different idea. a look at the bitter cold blanketing much of the country that could change your plans to make it home for christmas. >>> and here's a live look right now at our east bay hills camera at the golden gate >>> a deep freeze is hovering over millions of americans. now we know at least 19 weather-related deaths have been reported so far, and 19 states are under weather alerts this morning. storms are wreaking havoc this holiday travel week. here's abc's elizabeth hur with more on that. >> reporter: the blistering cold, snow, and ice on the highways, a deadly combination. in baltimore, a stranded driver watched he

the usps has recovered some of the packages but some are so damaged that workers can't tell where they're they go. people should check fedex for further instructions. >>> the most wonderful time of the year is the busiest shipping time of the year. today their biggest day for holiday packages. thursday is the busiest day for delivery. this is earlier in the day. they're handling double the average package volume. better hurry. >> bottom line you better get going really quick. wrap it, put a nice address on it, bring it down to the post office. >> 30 million pieces of mail went out in the bay area today. >>> a serious teacher shortage. san francisco school district creating its own teaching program. the training will take a year and classes will begin next spring and summer. those teachers that are trained will be coached by veteran teacher. right now the training will be for elementary and special ed teaching positions but it eventually plans to expand the program to other grade levels as well. >>> a lot of people peppering jeff with questions, santa forecast, and shopping to do tomorrow.

>>sot/tc: george banks, usps spokesperson although this week is all hectic , the absolute busiest days wednesday. in total the usps anticipates handling about 612 million packges this week alone. >> grant: meteorologist, butbrittney shipp is here w ith the weather! >> brittney: we are under a winter spirit the air alert id is illegal to set fires or turn on your fireplace. because of the winter spare the air alert. it is still cold for us with a slightly warmer temperatures tomorrow and more sunshine for the and of your work week. with a chance of falling showers going into friday. >> brittney: satellite reader showing us that there is quiet conditions with lakeshores possibly to the north of us carry it will continue to see dry conditions with a quiet weather patterns for the next three days or so. >> brittney: we could even see what commute. as things start to clear up. will continue to push to the east of us headed towards the lake tahoe area. we have a weak system from tuesday and wednesday. but is that within that system that will bring those rainshowers on friday as snow on satu

action news is inside the usps processing facility in belmar where employees tell us they expected to post mark more than 1 million letters just today. >>> you still have a chance to get gifts there in time through the mail. tomorrow is the deadline for first class. just ship your package by wednesday the 21st for priority mail to get there in time and the real procrastinators can push it to friday december 23rd if you are willing to pay for priority express. >>> here are the cut-offs for other carriers. in order to get it delivered before sunday the 25th. ups second-day must be dropped off by wednesday. fedex guarantees christmas delivery por packages dropped off by thursday, which would be the 22nd of december. >>> what about tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday as far as accuweather is concerned? >> chilly, chilly, chilly, milder and getting better. >> no white christmas? >> no white christmas. you can see it is dry here in nld. we have high pressure dominating our region so it's clear but it's pretty cold. we'll show you the picture outside. it's a festive shot there on

fedex, ups and usps all allow you to hold packages at a nearby location. they also allow you to monitor delivery online, and in most cases- decide a window of time for delivery. and finally-both amazon and ups offer "lockers" --holding your package at a nearby location-until you can pick it up. advice terri says- personally now wave the post office holding packages bc theyre someplace safe. a potawatomi casino worker dies while on the job.and his family says he shouldn't have been working in the smoking sec. section.the medical examiner hasn't ruled on a cause of death.but the report shows the employee's mother said her son had severe asthma.she also sure he wasn't working in a smoking section.the 20-year-old employee died on the way to the hospital last friday night. 3 in dodge county.... the sheriff's office is investigating what they're calling a suspicous death in the city of fox lake.right now, they aren't releasing any information excpt to say they're looking for a blue 20-16 dodge ram truk.it was last seen in fox lake over the weekend.if you have an

overall, usps expecting 150 million packs to be delivered this holiday season up 12% from last year,? >> hena, on personal note, i still have my christmas cards to send out. i'll try to get those out today. after opek's recent meeting, consumers apparently going to see jump at the pump. what's that about? >> average price of jobs has gone up 6 cents a gallon over the past week, now the average cost per gallon is about 2.26 nationally. that's according to industry analysts, lund burying. which also says the hike most likely direct result from recent opek meeting, nations agreed slash oil output. now the current price at the p.m. some 20 sent hire per gallon, than it was this same time last year. >> thank you, you see you soon. coming up after the break, another check on weather and traffic. plus, special arrangements for some special guesses. we will be right bac >> weather much quieter than yesterday morning, we were dealing with fog, and rain, but we had the mild temperatures, big change this morning, grab the heavier coat, temperatures certainly dropping over the next few hours, st

next-day air for delivery by saturday and tomorrow is the last day to guarantee christmas delivery for usps priority mail express. the same goes for fedex express service, as well. fedex does offer same-day delivery but that comes with a big shipping cost. >>> a jewelry heist at an east bay department store. coming up, more on the burglar who spent hours inside the store hiding out. >> i heard the little kid yell. >> a driver hit a little boy as he chased after his dog. we tell you about the hit-and- run that may keep this 3-year- old in the hospital through christmas. >>> good morning. traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area. this is a look at the bay bridge into san francisco, it looks good. >>> a little colder under clear skies. by tonight, clouds increase and it looks like some rain is moving into southern california. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2 pack a 3-year-old boy from san jose may have to spend christmas in the hospital after a hit-and-run crash that happened near the intersection of hampton avenue and vancouver court at 10:45 and tuesday night. he was out with his gr

these are the deadlines for the usps mail. december 20 that's first class december 21st priority mail, and december 23rd priority mail express. back out here live they are busy as long as the packages and letters come in they continue to work as they want us all to have a very merry christmas and happy holidays. reporting live in bellmawr bob brooks channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you bob. >>> shipping deadlines for other carriers are also quickly approaching. this wednesday december 21st is the deadline for ups' second day option with fed ex you have an extra day shipping by thursday december 22nd will guarantee delivery in time for christmas. >>> a four-year-old girl from lehigh county is giving back to the friends she made at children's hospital of philadelphia. jillian massey was being treated for brain cancer at chop until her doctors said she was strong fluff to go home a few weeks ago. that's when jillian and her family decided to to do something for the patients who have to spend the holidays in the hospital. so

. >>> today marks the last day you can send your christmas presents by usps ground delivery and get them to loved ones on time. one san jose post office says the busiest day will be monday. it believes some 7 million pieces of mail will come through its doors. meanwhile, private companies like u.p.s. are getting extra resourceful by making deliveries through u- haul trucks to handle the boost in mail. >> more and more people are buying online and until somebody figures out how to email a sweater, we'll deliver it. >> people in concord called 911 after seeing these truck make deliveries but legitimate delivery trucks will have department of transportation placards on their doors. u.p.s. is looking to hire seasonal workers to get the deliveries out. they are planning to add 95,000 additional workers through january. u.p.s. says some of these could be permanent jobs. last year 37% of those hired during the holiday season are now full-time employees. >>> we are dealing with rain the same storm is bringing snow to oregon and causing a lot of problems for drivers. take a look at this video fro

.>>4 usps expects 5 million visitors at their post offices nationwide on monday.>>> i'm joined by lawrence garneau. i am excited about these cold p= football games.>> it's fun to watch them in the snow. it is good to be out there. lenny of those games tomorrow. look at the storm system sliding across the us. you see the rain out ahead of behind that, we have plenty of cold snow. that continues lo÷to fall from chicago down through st. louis into dallas. this is a very cold event. it is developing outside. how cold? t5-=check out the tem -16, -9 in minneapolis, only 24 degrees in dallas, -12 at denver. looks like things will stay chilly overnight. probably down to -25 in trs&nneapolis. some unbelievably dangerous cold in those parts of the country. then highs tomorrow, we will keep things very chilly, -10 in minneapolis, 1 degree in chicago, 49 in new york and 30 degrees in dallas. very cold temperatures around much of the country. -35 degrees in mina. that is too mac cold for me. we have freeze warnings out for5 much of the bay area away from the coastline in the north bay and eastbay. temp

looking for what to do with the cardboard boxes, printout a usps give back box will route your box to the nearest goodwill store. if you're registering for a give back box account you can get a tax receipt for your donation. >> tax season is coming up. >> you have to get your charitable donations coming. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan, looks like we have sprinkles in a few spots, but we have a dry atmosphere. most of this is not reaching ground. i meanted to warn you in case -- i wanted to warn you in case you saw a drizzle drop or two. our street level view you can see spring thes near glassboro and smyrna, delaware, most of this is evaporating because the dewpoints are so low. looking outside, sky6 live hd looks live we're seeing lots of cloud cover up above over the commodor barry bridge as you start your day this morning with sky6 live hd looking live. let's look at the numbers, 37 degrees in philadelphia. it is a chilly start once again. satellite and radar showing, yup, lots of cloud cover, most of the precipitation is well up to the north, that's where a quick lo

it's the reason you are seeing usps deliver on sundays and the reason they have been for the past couple of weeks. you will see them delivering on christmas day in some locations. ups and fed ex are delivering for amazon. according to one analyst i have spoken to about 5% to 7% of the overall packages that will be moved to people's door steps by amazon, 5% to 7% of volumes will be done in house by amazon or through their own network. >> i did not realize usps was such a big part of this. >> yes. actually everybody focuses on the fact that amazon is building the in house network prior to snarls in 2013. it is the fact that also the u.s. postal service is growing so fast in terms of volumes that there are worries that its ability to continue growing that it won't be able to grow as quickly as it has been growing. that is another reason why amazon has been building in-house network. >> as long as they can make their pension obligations this could be great news for them. morgan, thank you with no gloves, no hat. morgan brennan out there in new jersey. >>> mylan is ready to make good on its p

fedex and usps said they send condolence to the driver family and work to get the packages to the final destination. >> san francisco settled lawsuit against what the city says has been the most notorious landlord the academy of art university. deal is being called landmark because it includes not just money but housing. here's carolyn tyler. >> academy of art university was founded in san francisco in 1929. in the past 10 years or so it has rapidly expanded to nearly 9,000 students. gobbling up real estate for classroom and dorm. city attorney hererra says it has done so by breaking the rules. >> earlier this year fully 33 of the academy 40 properties failed to comply with permit titlement -- entitlement authorization relatable requirement. in may the mayor sued the university. today he announce what he calls a landmark 60 million dollar settlement. it includes penalty but the bi biggest award 40 million spent by the academy to transform 2 of the sites here on pine street. and to 160 units of affordable housing for seniors. designed to make up for the unauthorized properties the colleg

> crews spent hours cleaning up the road and all packages were taken to the san jose us perform -- usps facility. >> north carolina governor calling a special session so legislatures can repeal hb2, the controversial house bill limiting lgbt protections. under the law people who identify as transgender cannot use restrooms and changing facilities that correspond to their gender identity unless they get sex on their birth certificate change. they have last half a billion from businesses who took a stand against the law and it is expected to fully repealed by the end of the month. >> a newsweek reporter is pursuing legal action after claiming that a tweet caused had tomorrow have a seizure. >> we have the details in the first look. >> newsweek political reporter is no stranger to contentious attack on twitter and antagonizing television appearances. this appearance on fox was no different. an interview about his social social media claims that trump was not a mental hospital for nervous breakdown, a chairman that is unsupported. >> you say this but how can you defend --. >> stop for a sec

on christmas eve u.at the post office you have until friday to ship priority mail express and usps will even deliver the packages on christmas day. lauren lyfter, abc nuts. >> the san matt sees a woman going into an apartment building once, not twice and grabbing presents left for residents. she then drives off in a gold sufficient. san mateo police are asking if you have any information. >>> the final chapter nearing for volkswagen, the ongoing emissions schedule sglucht volkswagen has agreeted to a second major secheltment in the emissions scandal. this is video from volkswagen that we're showing you right now. the latest settlement involves a recall of 83,000 three-liter diesel vehicles built between 2009 and 2016 and vw has the option of buying the cars, fixing them or terminaing the leases. these are notp 40 vehicles rolling away ever being put in park. the accident comes six months aft after. >>> big banks made more than $8 binyon with a "b," billion dollars from consuperers who are paying overdraft fees in just the year's first three quarters. that's the conclusion of the califor

. >> the problems facing the postal service in the bay area, the usps packaging business jumped 16% over the past year. staffing shortages could be leading to the delays. the postal service is hiring a little late now to get the holiday gifts there. the pay remains a stumbling block. local postal workers start at $16. employees say it is not enough to live in the bay area. the travel rush is underway at the airports. >> yeah. christien kafton shows us the conditions on what is expected to be the busiest air travel day of the season. >> reporter: earlier today the f.a.a. issued a traffic management program here at sfo, meaning the average delay for incoming flights was 2 hours, 15 minutes. there were a lot of delays for flights departing as well. an estimated 2.4 million travelers are expected to fly today. we have video out of lax showing the situation there where an estimated 400 flights were canceled or delayed due to stormy weather in the south. that could have ripple effects right here in the bay area. the f.a.a. listed the average wait at an hour and a half earlier in the day out of

or fedex or usps saying you missed a delivery and though need your personal information.ick a link you will get a virus on your device. look out for prompting you to click on a link or download an attachment that urges you to take immediate action or asks you to reconfirm purse natural or financial information. >> a mountain lion cub is being nursed back to health hiding under a car at the golf country club. wildlife services showed they blocked the cub from getting away so they could put entity a crane and there is the cub, estimated to be around four months old, appearing thin and dehydrated. experts think it wandered away from its mother. >> peta is urging the airport not to serve pork after introducing this pig to calm travelers at the sfo. peta wants the restaurants to tick pork products off the menu saying pigs used for food are confined to dirty house conditions and subjected to cruel treatment. they plan to put ads through the airports for vegan lifestyle. >> and a strong storm thursday into it from with soaking showers and 1 to 2" of rain and possibly 3" in the m

. >> today is what the usps calls "peak monday." the busiest mailing day of the year. why today?et caught up. we haven't had the opportunity until this weekend. we are here with everybody else. q: christmas gifts are the number one item shipping out. >> some bills, some cards, gifts we are sending to friends of ours. >> we have packages going to florida, pages to michigan. we got cards. we got it all. q: it takes a full staff to get the job done from helping customers to making sure the sorting stations are working well. the letters are at light speed. packages are checked twice before being sent on their christmas may be on their way but the packages have five days to get to the destination. any worry it may not get there in time? >> i'm not concerned. >> santa has a way to make things happen. q: here are the deadlines you knead to know if you have the christmas gifts to ship out. tomorrow is the deadline for the first class mail. the day after that wednesday december 21 is the deadline for priorities mail. priority shipment, that is two or three day shipping. when it comes to t

today marks the final day you can send your holiday presents by usps ground delivery and get them toamily and friends by christmas. one san jose post office is confident its busiest day will be next monday and it predicts 7 million pieces of mail will flow through its doors. private companies like u.p.s. are getting crafty by making deliveries in u-haul trucks to deliver mail. >> more people are buying online and until somebody figures out how to email a sweater, we'll deliver with. >> police made clear, legitimate delivery trucks will have dot placards on the doors. >>> you are in trouble, anne! you haven't started shopping yet! u.p.s. is hiring seasonal workers hiring 95,000 additional workers through january. u.p.s. says some of them could turn into permanent jobs. last year 37% of those hired during the holiday season are now full-time employees. >>> amazon is now making drone deliveries. at least in the united kingdom. the company delivered a bag of popcorn and an amazon fire tv stick to a customer in the uk. the flight from the warehouse took just 13 minutes. three customer gro

spent hours cleaning up the roadways so all of the packages could be brought here for the san jose usps> if we get it in condition conditions and it's in good hands. >> reporter: fedex will pick up the damaged packages from here. fedex also extends its condolences to the driver's family happened customers should contact the shipper to begin the claims pros fees they suspect their shipment has been damaged. they can track their packages at fedex.com or calling 1-800-go-fedex. >> everything happens at once or sometimes nothing happens. so we just have to be prepared. >> in san jose, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> you can see just how bad the traffic was as it was rooted to surface streets. this sent to us using the #abc 7 now. post your pictures using the hashtag and you could use it on air or online. highway patrols investigating a deadly accident and an elderly woman was pushed in a shopping car when she was hit by a red toyota pickup. she died at the scene. police tell us the driver stopped and is cooperating. >>> protests in sacramento as the electoral college met across the country

the action cam was inside a usps processing facility in bellmawr today.gency says today is the busiest mailing day of the entire year. >> we expect to cancel about one point million letters today. we put the postmark on and move it on to its next step. we expect to process about 100,000 originating packages today. >> if you still need to mail a present using the u.s. postal service you don't have much time. packages sent by first police class mail need to be sent by tomorrow to get to their destination by christmas. priority mail needs to be sent by wednesday. and if you really want to push it, you can use priority mail express through friday. >>> shipping deadlines for other carriers are also quickly approach pentagon. wednesday which is the 21st is the deadline for ups's second day option. with fedex you have an extra day. shipping by thursday december 22nd will guarantee delivery in time for christmas. >> well, one of santa's helpers pulled his sleigh full of toys not by reindeer but with a pretty cool motorcycle. he made stops all across wilmington an

a fedex contracted truck headed to a usps center in san jose crashed in danville. the driver died but has not been identified. packages little tered the freeway. the united states postal service says about 200 packages are so damaged, they can't determine who sent them or where the packages were headed. >> fedex is going to pick it up, take it back to where their hub is. if they start getting tracking calls, at least fedex will be able to identify where that mail might be. >> several thousand other packages apparently did make it out intact and are on their way to their destination. >>> from tears to smiles very quickly. what started as a heartbreaking story now becoming a heartwarming one. >> a single mother of four had her car full of presents stolen. police did more than just catch the criminals. marilyn santos was christmas shopping last week when her car was stolen. she says the car was packed full of gifts along with her kids' car seats. last week morgan hill police spotted her car in a target parking lot. sadly those gifts were nowhere to be found. officers

over toet's cross another story in the usp. u.s.resident-elect donald trump has made another appointment to his economic team as he feels up the different candidates for the cabinet. he's named carl icahn as a special advisor to help them overall with federal regulations in an attempt to promote business growth. meanwhile bank of america ceo brian moynihan has told this will help business, at least in theory. he spoke exclusively to bloomberg. we have the number one research team in the row -- in the world for six years in a row. has the u.s. growing around 2% next year which will be an increase to 1.7, somewhere in that range. this will be a step up. their fundamental belief is not changed a lot since the election. in theeve the economy u.s. will grow and in the world will grow and it's a little more on the up swing. it picked up and fell off this year and we think it is back up. part of the uncertainty we went through this year has been handled by the markets and by people predicting outcomes, which is pretty interesting. tie in r

usps, standard grounds shipping, guaranteed christmas arrival.row is the deadline to do the same thing at fed ex. monday is the deadline for ups. thursday, december 22, so really late, if you're amazon prime member, that's the date you need to know there to get the items for christmas. so mike, you have, if you're a prime member, you have got until thursday, the 22nd. you got another week. >> no, don't tell him that. >> not crunch time just yet. >> don't tell him. that will he will literally wait until thursday. that's pushing it too much. >> and have you guys been getting holiday cards in the mail? >> i have. >> and they're really good this year, i have to say. all of my friends, totally out doing themselves. you want those in the mail by tuesday, the 20th. >> see, i always thought though the idea, my mother used to tell me, send it out early specially even birthday cards, so they can have it put it on the little mantle. >> are you the first one? >> uh-huh. >> i agree. >> because if they get it christmas, it is out, that's it. >> i sent some of

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