Walking off the job. The strike now just hours away. As we get ready for a recordbreaking year of Holiday Travel. Good morning washington. Toss to brian cool breezy today cold thursday winter solstice mild Holiday Weekend looking dry now on christmas tonight today mostly to partly sunny, breezy highs around 50 winds northwest 510 mph tonight partly cloudy, much colder lows 2532 winds northwest 510 mph thursday mostly sunny, cold highs mid 40s breaking overnight breaking overnight breaking overnight the Senate Passing a onepointfive trillion dollar rewrite of the tax code. This morning the house will have a doover vote after the bill ran into some procedural problems. And that will seal the deal on tax reform. John gonzalez is live with more on what the bill means for you. Reaction to the approval, and promising that if the tax bill is approved in the house today. There will be a News Conference set for one this afternoon at the white house. Well have all eyes on capitol hill today. Dow
Traffic. Now lets take a live loowa at conditions2a on the sky way right now. They are on your left and on your right you can see the traffic back up right now in san joselz. Latest on the storms lets reporter lets take a look at live doppler 7hd and you will notice that the wide spread steady rain 8 made for a soggy monday has eased up a bit in some parts of the bay year but its starting to redevelop in the north bay. Im going to start to take you in a little m z here with very let returnsa are showing uo around santa rosa, tqsonoma avenue, street level radarbe guerneville roadll and we go towards w the reallya. Getting a little bitbrf a brea9 but from southa san lightu rain and in the east bay from oakland toyc hayward fremot returns. So yes there will be slick roadway currently around livermore portola avenue 5 80 showers right now. Heres whats going to add to the mexico with the wet weather. Wednesday. Wind advisory 10 00 p. M. Tonight forwhere whipped 0 miles an hour. It run
With the table a building away. Four days of meetings between union and bart negotiators have yet to produce a compromise. Another round of talks set for friday morning. The National Transportation safety board issued urgent new recommendations for railways as consider the country two. Men killed while inspecting the tracks between walnut creek and pleasant hill. The National Transportation safety board said all rail transit agencies should require workers to carry a warning device for device that can send a signal to trains. They also said rules that allow workers to work without safety protections should be rescinded. Oakland Police Officers serving a search warrant found what looks to be a dog fighting operation. These are pictures of a few dogs found the animals discovered inside of a home in east oakland. One officer was bitten as he was collecting dogs. 11 pit mixes, fighting equipment, training apparatus. Weight belts, weight vests. Tread mills. Medication. Syringes things like
Forward, two steps back. The new president of the bart board talking tough tonight. Abc7 news is live at bart Head Quarters to explain what happened now. Laura . Well, hi, dan. After a difficult year, everyone close to bart is hoping for a new beginning with the election of a new president this morning. That new president is in, but the acrimony continues. He called a war on employes and unions. I believe bart unions are just the beginning. Its wisconsin all over again. Mr. President , its unanimous within minutes joel keller fired a shot at unions a plan to pursue a ballot measure banning Public Transit strikes. I got here 19 years ago if someone put that before the board boy have said not no, but hell no. But after 19 years ive come to the conclusion our riders deserve better than what is happened in the last six months. Im just so discouraged by your conduct. Union leaders say they felt detrayed by a man they used to skr a friend. I think attention is on bart now for mistakes made d
Childrens hospital. Good evening. We have developing news in oakland. Family of 13yearold girl who has been kept alive on life support since last monday says the hospital is revving to let them spend christmas with her. The family held a News Conference tonight after meeting with administrators at Childrens Hospital oakland. Family asked the hospital to allow an independent physician to examine in the girl. He said she is dead dead dead. And then we asked him again can we bring in an independent fits we have a few we have in mind. He said well thats an unusual request. Maybe yes. Maybe no. He said no. That it need to be done quickly. And otherwise ween the meeting i just looked at the man i said you better not touch her you better not take my child off that machine. You have no right. You have you do not have my permission whatsoever to take her off. Just broken heared. They say the hospital is revving to release her medical records. The family attorney will go to Court Tomorrow to rye