For rocket attacks killing the u. S. Contractor friday. The stated defense travel to florida to brief the president on the attack. What we did was take a decisive response. To deal with what President Trump said months and months and months since we will not stand for action to put american men and women in jeopardy. Reporter this comes as the government of iraq deals with antigovernment protest, hundreds killed. While iraqi officials work with advanced notice by the u. S. , they made their displeasure clear. The secretary of defense made it clear there may be more to come. We will take additional actions as necessary to ensure we have to in her own self defense and deter further bad behavior from militia groups or iran. Reporter the the defense secretary and all the u. S. Aircraft and pilots return to the basis. In washington, doug luzader, fox news. Here is a look at some of the top stories this Morning Police in texas looking for a motive after a gun fire inside of a texas church, killing two people, Armed Security inside being credited ending the shooting in seconds, firing their weapons of the government, the government the way to the hospital. A man and new york facing five counts of attempted murder after attacking a group of people at a hot party, five people were stopped but are expected to survive, enter, said security was increased at synagogues throughout the state for the last minute. A tiny scientist tied to the bay area sentenced to three years in prison for his work involving gene edited babies. Convicted of practicing this without a license, two others received shorter sentences. The 13 months announcement of embryo alteration for girls born the same month. The postop happen at seven. A mother and a vacant oakland house last month betancourt. Before women say they moved their family into the house on magnolia street because it was vacant for months and they needed a place to stay. The home was purchased by a Real Estate Investment company in july and is working to evict the family. Both sides in Court Last Week with the attorney representing the women asked for more time to prepare market is the judge tenderly ruled in favor of the company but agreed to hear more information from you and others attorney this morning before making a final decision. A woman is accused of hitting a man with her car will be in court in san jose today. The 22yearold Sabrina Gutierrez is accused of murdering somebody in what appears to be a family fight. It started this morning when two men confronted each other on the sidewalk on east santa clara street. One of them pulled a gun and shot the other. She poorly was taking the shooting to the hospital when she saw the gun and with her car. Police believe the driver, shooting victim, and gunmen are all related. For a tip inside of the store after shooting. Prevention officer called saturday morning after noticing a man purchasing a number of gift cards using several credit cards. The deputy searched the suspects are in a target parking they found a number of stolen goods, most of which were from a car break in San Francisco. San Francisco Police arrested a man they say broke into a womans car in the tenderloin district. It all happened late saturday night on fulton and high street are the owners of the suspect calling police breaking the car. Officers beforeyearold Stephen Mills and he had the victims property and burglary tools. It was also jail for grand theft and contempt earlier this month police in used spike strips to stop driver then let officers on a pursuit. It happened in highway 4. The 20 man and woman still the merchandise from jcpenney and sunday will be drove off as officers approached him. The chase ended at will top road exit after the suspect today spike strips. Now face a number of charges including theft, conspiracy, and probation violations. Deputies searching for several more suspects after arresting three for an attempt robbery of illegal marijuana grow business. The Security Guard called the Sheriffs Office early yesterday morning saying 12 men Wearing Masks armed with assault rebels and rifles broke into the business. A s. W. A. T. Team responded and confronted the man and they were able to arrest three of them. Online sales this Holiday Season broke major records despite was the shortest shopping season total sales rose in the u. S. By 4 more and more people to purchase gifts online and see it is more convenient than going to the store to shop. Experts say it does not mean the decline of brickandmortar stores. A lot of people worried Online Shopping on the rise will make a see stores shutting down or people losing their job but it all evens out because warehouses will need employees and like i said, retailers are fulfilling orders from local stores. Reporter amazon reporting billions of items ordered worldwide, the ontime online retailer deliveries quadruple from last year adding 250,000 full and parttime roles to help it restrict meanwhile ups is expecting record return facilities the shipping giant expects to process 1. 9 million returns generally second. That is up 26 from the year before, and the seventh consecutive annual record. Ups says it is due to the growing number of people shopping online this Holiday Season. Economists say the u. S. Economy is closing out the year in strong fashion thanks to healthy consumer spending, a bustling job market and low Interest Rates. Reports it may be in spite of, not because of, the president s terrace. Reporter a study conducted by the Federal Reserve looks at how tariffs may have impacted the Manufacturing Industry and what many found in a report published with manufacturers resulting indicating tariffs are a drag on employment and failed to increase out the report was raised days after President Trump announced a new trade between u. S. And china, it is not been released to the public. Economists are monitoring Holiday Shopping reports with reports this week which Shows Consumers of cash to burn, especially online. The Company Reports polity retail sales increase by 4 and i went shopping up double digits this year compared to a year ago. Now the american is the best place to be investment is going to boom. I am looking at a great year. Reporter President Trump pointing to the stock market gains as proof that the economy is redhot, experts say there is uncertainty about what lies ahead in 2020. One question is whether or not the relatively low Interest Rates we have right now from the Federal Reserve will actually result in an increase in business, spending, that would reflect on the business side of things. The debate on trade will roll into the new year also has the senates debate a new trade deal between u. S. , canada, and mexico, the house approved the deal before christmas. In washington, mark, fox news. Track the start of the new year brings hundreds of new laws in california. Among them, legislation targeting the good economy, making it more difficult for companies to treat workers like contractors and employees. Or entitled to minimum wage and benefits such as workers compensation. A few other new laws give california one of the nations most comprehensive approaches to police shootings. Also gives state Public Health officials an ability to correct on doctors who make fraudulent medical examinations for evacuations. New law gives california consumers rectify what personal information businesses collected about them. That law also allows consumers to ask whether it can be deleted from company files, consumers can ask for personal information not be sold. The law does not allow consumers to take legal action against companies unless the company is negligent allowing a security breach. Fire crews in Southern California had a tricky rescue this weekend, they had to figure out how to get a horse out of a hole in the ground in the town of barstow. Fire emergency crews began digging out a section of dirt around the horse which allowed the animal to get out under its own power. There is no word if the horse suffered any injuries as a result of falling into the hole. Track a top out hearing a 300 gallons of diesel in stockton over the weekend. Crews use containment booms to capture some of the diesel. They also use cranes to lift 64 foot boats from the bottom. Investigators are still trying to figure out why the tugboats say the time is 4 40. Steve paulsons has a look at the weather. I do indeed. Thank you. Previous rain totals, most of marin county into napa county, other areas, they are okay as well. Pretty good rain in concorde. Alejo, cordelia, rain, marin county the leader of the pack, at least so far, San Francisco over a half inch, Oakland Airport a half inch of rain as well is a full is closed. The system packed his bags and is accelerating rapidly south, a little bit holding on, not much. Around santa cruz, maybe the Santa Cruz Mountains near monterey it will be boosting the air pretty fast, the system is dry and Central California on its way to Southern California for another round for them, if you are heading down, be careful get it looks like the system gives them another round of pretty good rain. 40s for us with temperatures close to 46. Close to 50 with cloud cover and light rain in the area, san jose 48, 147. A pretty good reason the hills, not too bad at the surface but marin county 50 much upper gusts. They were up to 45, 25 in the Oakland Hills there. Blustery for some of the system is on its way out, High Pressure on its way in, 50s and most of the temperatures today, a little chilly tomorrow as we clear out with high clouds coming in but really just no sign of rain until late in the weekend. Coming up, the gazette around since before the civil war but this weekend, the final issue has been published. Next, People Living in east bay of how they feel about the paper calling it quits after 161 years. The bay area with a few boxes wrapping up 2019. How you can take advantage of free public transportation. They say its can happen in an instant. Federal investigators continue to survey the site of a plane crash in louisiana for clues into what brought down the plane. The investigation could take anywhere between 1218 months because of the lack of a distress call with the wreckage. We have two videos turned in to us which will be analyzed here directly. Our team in washington also gather the information. Five of the six people on board were on the plane en route to atlanta for the playoff game between lsu and. University of kansas mans best friend team will be making their way home today after the plane was forced to make an Emergency Landing at San Jose International airport. The 737 charter flight landed a sickly around 5 30 last night after one of the jet engines fails 20 etc. Take a. They decided to stay in san jose overnight after the incident. The jayhawks are among the top five the country and beat stanford 72 manistee six. The Los Angeles CountySheriffs Office with a daring rescue. The sheriff said it happened friday deputies responded to a call north of palo verde is. People heard the call for help it is you can see when the rescue helicopter arrived, they were able to repel down nearly 200 feet to the rocky bottom, that is where they found a woman who survived the fall down a cliff, she was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. Is 2019 comes to a close, people in the east bay bid farewell to one of californias longest running newspapers, the news gazette printed the final paper after 161 years. Katie views Elissa Harrington spoke to residents sad to see the end of the local paper. The front page of the martinez news gazette says it all, goodbye, a company with an article explaining the decision to shut down operations made by the owner of the gibson chain of trinity paper. The gazette has been covering stories 161 years. Precivil war. I think it is really incredible, you know next not a lot of things have been around hundred 60 years. To a fresh stack put in the newstead in front of the closed building. People like this long time resident kris bryant came by to get their hands on one of the last copies. You know, kind of sad, you know . It has been here forever. So, you know . They dont really have a local paper, to me its pretty much dying anyway. So. Seeing a little like this disappear is worse. Reporter when bill hickman drove all the way from berkeley. It is said. Very sad. I mean, really the community is losing a good source of news. He plans to save the paper as a keepsake. He grew up the martinez. His first job was a paper route. Is to deliver this newspaper when i was 15 years old on my bike. Reporter when he cannot believe it is coming to an end but hopes to continue as an online publication. Reporter all of the people, most of them delivered to houses. Reporter when final edition includes a picture of the First Edition published in 1858 when the paper was called the contra costa gazette. Inside, photographs of the former publishers and plenty of memories throughout the years. It leaves the reader with a poignant quote of the day. Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one the country moves closer to authoritarianism. Commuters using ac transit will see an increase in fares starting new years day. Most riders pay an additional . 50 for all oneway trips, that means adults with fares six dollars for disabled and seniors paying three dollars to across the bay. There will be no discount for using clipper card on translate trips, the discounts will continue on local routes. Ac transit says the fare increase pays its share of money owed on the transit center. San Francisco Muni also helping with cable carfare new years day. The adult fares are eight dollars starting wednesday up a dollar from the current price. But muni is offering free rides on the cable cars and light rail starts at 8 00 tomorrow night through 5 00 wednesday morning. Just one of several trends city ways to get around safely for the new years festival is. The buses will be free between 8 00 tomorrow night and 5 00 new years morning b. A. R. T. Is extending service until 3 00 new years day and passengers are asked to pay for the rights. 4 49, Steve Paulson is coming up next. What can we expect the last couple days of 2019 . It will be a lot quieter. After last nights rain it looks like most of the week is looking dry. The totals again, marin county, and its a third plus, mill valley 1. 1 for santa rosa and inch and 100s, and inch of rain alejo still decent totals less than those amounts. Petaluma almost a 10th of an inch. Our system is accelerating rapidly, there might be light rain left around santa cruz, maybe monterey but not much as the system dived southward we start to increase rate and mountain snow again for Southern California, a couple 30s to the north, 40s and 50s, the breezes starting to pick up, a lot of 40s, 49 and the city. 49 san leandro. 32 truckee, las vegas 38 degrees. 39 ukiah there are 30s in mendocino county, scottsdale is in there, cloud cover and rain moving in. Look at that northeast, 33 Miles Per Hour, 25 about the oakland zoo, mount diablo 20 35, there will be bluster conditions in the hills as High Pressure builds in and you say i want to get work in because maybe before the first, we are good to go, i dont see much happening, maybe the ninth or 10th there are signs of rain turning around, 50s on the temps near 60 for some. Except for the breeze it is quite going into tuesday, a lot of cloud cover but not much else takes us to the end of the week. Until then, quiet for you. All right. I like it. You are good. Think you. We would like to remind you to download the ktvu weather app with interactive radar, updates and the 7 day forecast, it also has a feature to upload your weather photos and video. The ktvu weather app is free 2 aa for your smart phone or tablet. There is still time this year, once again teaming up with Committee Volunteers collecting donations for one warm coat, something we have been part of 17 years, you still have time this Holiday Season, we would like to ask you to look into your closet to see if you have spare coats or jackets. Things you like to donate. If you go to ktvu. Com you will find a list of drop off locations including Jack London Square and oakland and the San Francisco ferry terminal. The one warm coat drive last until the end of the month. Coming up next, a military has u. S. Officials on edge, what lawmakers are saying about russia and china over the weekend. A huge win in seattle. The exciting win as the playoff runs through the stadium. First. Champions on off the court. Honoring lebron james and serena wilson. Lets take a quick look at the morning, this is the bay bridge toll pleasant, it is monday, we are expecting to see some cars but not too bad at this hour. We will be right back. The raiders and Denver Broncos were tide in tied in the 2nd quarter. Derek carrr received a pass. And the pass was batted douven at the line. We had an open look. They just made a nice play batting the ball down. We just had momentum on our side but given the injuries that we had would have been tough on us in overtime to keep playing. The raiders are now done for the year and will kick off their new season in their new hometown of las vegas. Editors and writers beating out tom brady. Two championships in miami and one in cleveland. And Serena Williams has been named female athlete of the decade. She made the final 12 of the 33 majors she entered. People keep putting you there not me. Star wars the rise of skywalker was a top film at the box office this weekend. The latest movie in the star starwars franchise brought in 72 million dollars. 72 million. Jumanji the next level is in second place. Little women in 3rd. Frozen 2 and high in the sky voted among his picks were the irishman. Ford versus ferari and little women. To produce certain projects through their newly formed company. We would get him to respond. Well wishes from a grieving mother. Two teenagers in Critical Condition as a community gathered to mourn the loss of three others healed on christmas night. And religious groups were the targets of two separate attacks over the weekend. From ktvu fox 2 news this is mornings on 2. Steve paulson is here and is that rain done gt ryet, steve . It is done. What are you complaining . It was a good september. Its done for now. The week of january looks pretty quiet around here. Well get back around the 9th or 10th. 1. 38. It was really coming down out there. Mill valley had over 1 of rain. American canyon joined the rain party. There was some really impressive totals along that line. Southward not as much. Our system is flying over Southern California. Theyre probably about done here. Spral california getting ready for that system to move in down there. 40s, 50s, there are a few 30s to the north. Breeze z at about 35 Miles Per Hour out of the east. Windy in the hills. 50s for most. Happening today, a group of mothers fighting to stay in a house in west oakland will be back in court. Were live this morning in hayward where a judge will allow them to remain or where they may actually have to get out. Im in front of the hayward hall of justice and the Court Hearing begins at 9 00 a. M. The owners want it back but now some oaklands counsel members are stepped in to support the group. Two Oakland City Council members republican demanding that the owner of