A retired navy s. E. A. L. Acquitted of war crimes being called evil and toxic by some fellow s. E. A. L. S. Perfectly okay with killing anybody. The interviews recently obtained by the New York Times made public days after Eddie Gallagher met with president trump. Hacking lawsuit. The recent series of chilling invasions of privacy through Home Security cameras. Im your best friend im santa claus. The creepy case now prompting a class action suit against ring and amazon. And kates secret visits never before seen pictures of the duchess inside a hospital maternity ward. Her message to the staff and the touching images. Live from abc news in new york, this is Good Morning America. Good morning, and lets get right to our top story. A major storm moving west to east smack in the middle of the Holiday Travel rush. Yes. The storm already dumped feet of snow in california. Look at these people digging out in los angeles, county. Covering highways with ice. Several crashes reported from the texas panhandle up to nebraska. As we come on the air the storm is strengthening. 16 states from arizona to massachusetts are under snow, flood and ice alerts. We can see damaging winds in some spots today, maybe even a tornado. Lets kick things off with rob whos in glendale, arizona, following all of it. Rob, good morning to you. Good morning, will. We are here to kickoff the college playoffs. Well talk about that in a second. Lets talk about the weather. Huge impacts, going coast to coast. This snow video three feet in Los Angeles County mountains and all headed to the precursor of that freezing drizzle. Even having precip along i95 near gray, maine, shutting down the interstate for a while and we have alerts for a winter storm watch for parts of the northeast. Now an ice storm warning for parts of southern minnesota. Every mix in this as the low cranks you through the plains. Could see blizzard conditions and up to a foot of snow in spots and heat across the southeast. Severe thunderstorms, likely damaging winds. Cant rule out a tornado or two. A second round through the tennessee and kentucky valleys and the rain and moisture in the north eve. Just enough cold air for an icy mix across parts of new england for a monday morning commute not too good. Talk about that. And whats going on with espn game day in just a bit, for now, well toss it back to you. And Holiday Travelers trying to make their wane home in time for new years facing dangerous weather in parts of the country. Mona abdi is in Reagan National airport with the latest. Good morning to you, mona. Reporter and good morning to you, eva. That storm you mentioned is creating a Ripple Effect through the entire country. Already causing flight delays and dangerous conditions for the millions headed home this weekend and things could get even worse as the system moves east. This morning, that winter storm raising concerns for over 115 million travelers flying out or hitting the roads in the final weekend before the new year in texas, multiple Car Accidents including this one near lubbock involving two vehicles and two semi tractor tracks. Travelers trapped. Out west drivers stranded for hours. Southern california pounded with heavy rain and snow. At one point forcing parts of two interstates to shut down. Airlines already bracing for impact on flights, delta and united issuing travel waivers in minneapolis and denver. At d. C. s Reagan National airport, travelers refusing to take any chances. Been here since about 1 00. Yeah, 1 00. Our flight is leaving at 10 20. Unusual. Reporter many trying their best to be as prepared as possible. Concerned it would be a little crazy today. Reporter and travel experts recommend you arrive at least two hours before your scheduled flight to give yourself time to check in and go through the secretary checkpoint. Above all, make sure to pack your patience. All right, mona. Hey, before we let you go, want to say big welcome. I think this is your first appearance on weekend Good Morning America. Great job. Happy to have you. Reporter thank you for having me. It is. Watch out for will and eva. Theyre tough. Oh, stop. Exactly. At least we got to be inside. See what happens tomorrow. Mona, thanks again. Turn to less pleasant news unfortunately. The latest on the helicopter that went missing. The wreckage located in a remote spot. Will carr is on the island of kauai with what were learning. Reporter you mention remote, 80 of this island is uninhabitable. Tourists rush to take in the beautiful vistas what two families were doing in a helicopter when something went tragically wrong. This morning, the search for answers off the in a pauli coast of kauai. With Stormy Weather smothering the area, authorities waiting until daylight to search for the last victim, after a tour Helicopter Crashed carrying seven people, including the pilot and two families. There are no indications of survivors. Reporter so far the remains of six victims have been recovered. We owe it to these families to do whatever it is that we can within our power to go out and find the seventh passenger. Reporter the helicopter set out to see hawaiis remote mu t majestic views. It was along the prescribed route. Reporter the crash set off an intense search, battling rain, fog and poor visibility. The area is infamously known for having weather change in a heartbeat. You know, its mountainous. Reporter the helicopter is owned by safari helicopters, one of the Many Companies offering tours along the coast. On the companys website they highlight scenic tours. Sadly, tragedy has hit tourists here in hawaii. This past summer three people were killed in a separate Helicopter Crash and 11 people were killed in a skydiving accident. Whit . Awful discovery there. Will carr for us, thank you. We have breaking news to get to from overnight. A deadly attack in somalia, more than 70 people killed. Dozens injuries after a truck bomb exploded at a security checkpoint in mogadishu. Local Authorities Say the blast targeted a Tax Collection Center during the saturday morning rush hour. Theyre calling the bombing one of the deadliest attacks in recent memory in the somali capital. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast. Were going to turn to disturbing allegations against a retired navy s. E. A. L. Acquitted of war crimes. Stephanie ramos joins us with what some members of his platoon said in confidential interviews about special operations chief Eddie Gallagher. What you hear in these videos is stunning. In these videos, we hear from the navy s. E. A. L. Team members who accused their platoon leader Eddie Gallagher of a range of brutal acts. These guys told investigators they complained within their chain of command and say they were ignored until it went further up the chain leading to a war crimes charge. The guy got crazier and crazier. He was perfectly okay with killing anybody. Reporter this morning, evil and toxic some of the ways fellow navy s. E. A. L. S are heard describing special operations chief Eddie Gallagher. I heard rumors of eddie targeting civilians. Reporter the video interrogations conducted by Navy Criminal Investigators was obtained by the New York Times and was part of the investigation into gallagher who was acquitted of war crime charges and the killing of a wounded teenage isis prisoner in iraq in 2017. Gallagher was convicted for illegally posing with the teens dead body and was demoted in rank. In the video used in a New York Times documentary called the weekly on hulu, the teenage isis fighter appears to be barely conscious. Gallagher is seen crouching over the injured teen. Then a hand reaches up and turns off the helmet camera. One of the s. E. A. L. S describes what he. All of a sudden he started stabbing the dude two or three times. During gallaghers trial, that s. E. A. L. Dropping a bombshell claiming he killed the teen, not gallagher. President trump intervened in the case in november ordering the navy to restore gallaghers rank and later ordering the navy to let gallagher keep his trident pin. He was a great fighter. Reporter gallagher has gleefully praised the president for coming to his defense, even meet ing with trump last weekend. Handing the president a gift from his time in mosul. Gallaghers Attorney Says hes surprised the videos have been released. This was a small group of individuals who didnt like the chief, so they made up a story. Reporter in the end the Navy Secretary was forced today resign over his, quote, handling of the case. Gallagher was allowed tod retir with full pension. Gallagh gallaghers attorney has threatened to sue. The New York Times says they stand by their reporting. Formal officials said that because this trial did not run its course, it will have a serious impact on the navy s. E. A. L. Community. We know you have a military background, thank you for covering it, this morning. Appreciate it. Politics now. President trump is Speaker Pelosi exchanging barbs on twitter over impeachment while joe biden and Bernie Sanders mix it up on the campaign trail. Rachel scott is sin West Palm Beach where the president is spending the holidays at maralago. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. President trump has consistently railed against House Speaker nancy pelosi for withholding articles of impeachment. Lawmakers are locked in a bitter standof standoff. This morning the battle over impeachment triggering new attacks, but no resolution. President trump and House Speaker nancy pelosi sparring on twitter. The president blaming pelosi for the holdup, accusing her of presiding over the most unfair hearing in the United States congress. Pelosi is suggesting the president engaged in a cover up. The House Speaker under attack, not giving an inch. Withholding the articles of impeachment until republicans reveal what sort of trial the senate will conduct. The timing of the trial in limbo heading into an election year. I think that congress had no choice but to meet its constitutional responsibility regardless of what the consequences were. Reporter the five democratic senatorss splitting their time. Senator amy klobuchar. Part of the reason i got those 27 counties done in three and a half days was i realized i may not be able to come back like i planned. Reporter less than 40 days out from the first vote in iowa, the Democratic Candidates in a post Holiday Blitz through key early voting states. Bernie sanders criticizing joe bidens record on the iraq war and trade. Telling the New York Times trump will eat his lunch in a general election. When you have candidates out there, without naming them, you know who they are, who have voted for terrible trade agreements, you dont think trump will be talking about that . Reporter biden firing back. Ill give him the way it is. Reporter and the Democratic Candidates are racing to make the january debate stage. They have about two weeks left to make the cut, but so far only five of the 15 candidates still in the race have qualified. Whit . As you pointed out the Iowa Caucuses are just around the corner. Thank you so much. The fbi is now widening its investigation and looking into those close to accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein, including his girlfriend. Authorities want to determine whether any other crimes were committed in conjunction with the sex trafficking charges. Sources say no new charges are imminent and the ongoing probe is at the most preliminary stages. Here in new york city the nypd is stepping up patrols after a string of antisemitic incidents during hanukkah. One of the seven reported attacks caught on camera. Surveillance video showing a group of teenagers knocking a man of the jewish faith to the ground. The citys mayor met with religious leaders following a shooting threat. A controversial figure in the world of media has passed away. Don imus has died. Heres reaction and a look back at the life of don imus. Good morning to you. As with any controversial figure, the reaction to his death will be mixed. His off the cuff and flagrant comment captured audiences but deeply offended others, costing him at least one coveted position. On the radio all over the country. Reporter the infamous radio giant spent nearly 50 years behind the mic. His career beginning in new york city before his sharp and controversial tongue launched i mus in the morning nationwide. Ladies and gentlemen, imus in the morning. Reporter beyond his savage commentary, for some imus will be remembered for his philanthropic work. Frequently using his platform to solicit donations. His own words caused his own downfall. The disk jockey came under fire multiple times, including for his racist comments towards the Rutgers University Womens Basketball team in 2007. It was completely inappropriate and we can understand why people were offended. Our characterization was thoughtless and stupid. Were sorry. Reporter and there were other comments, including those about Football Player adam pacman jones. At the time, he blamed his cancer on stress and appeared to have come to terms with his mortality. Ill be fine. If im not fine, then i wont be fine. Reporter on friday imus passed away from complications of lung disease. He was 79 years old. Theres been a mixed bag of reactions on twitter. Joe scarborough thanked imus for his show. Many of the Africanamerican Community had been unforgiving saying good riddance. Thank you. Appreciate it. An investigation this morning into a massive fire that destroyed a prized turn of the century home, flames tearing through the 6,500 square foot historic home in concord, massachusetts. Multiple Fire Departments working to fight that blaze. The home built in 1897 was valued at 2. 9 million. No one was home when the fire started. The fda has raised the legal age limit for anyone buying cigarettes or Tobacco Products nationwide. The minimum age to buy all Tobacco Products in the u. S. Is now 21. Up from 18. The new restriction with bipartisan support includes to back oh, ecigarettes and vaping. Lets get it back to arizona and rob who is covering todays fiesta bowl and the weather, kind of double duty. Whats happening . Reporter hey, dan, its a heavyweight fight here in the desert later on today. The fiesta bowl, two undefeated heavy weights taking on each other, ohio state and clemson vying for a shot at the National Championship game in two weeks. Theyll play the winner of the peach bowl which is played today at 4 00. Lets talk about the weather. Weve got some serious snow thats fallen across even outside the mountains here in arizona. But this is video out of la county where the snow is so deep there, the la county Sheriffs Department air rescue team, they had to trench to the snow to get to the gas pump. Everybody is struggling with this. The Snowfall Forecast of whats to come with this next system is bringing heavy snow. Denver finally a little snow today. It breaks their this system gets into the northeast on monday and tuesday with maybe six plus inches of snow. Looks to be a nice night as opposed to last year for times square and new im lisa argen. Ay morning. A beautiful view from our east bay hills camera. But its cold out there with patchy frost. In our inland valleys, the rain returns tomorrow, probably by this time in the north bay. But its a dry end to 2019 and dry start to 2020. Highs today under mostly sunny sins should be a nice afternoon with 56 in fremont. Napa sand rafael. 54 in San Francisco. 58 in san of course, everybody is jazzed about the playoffs, but the big buzz is the news that dan harris won his fantasy football championships, accolades all over here. I havent been bragging about it. I got subtle tee but other than that i havent been bragging at all. When we say dan won fantasy football, thats questionable. A 10yearold. A 10yearold. Congratulations. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you so much. Still bothers me, by the way. Your first time playing fantasy football wins the league. Its the best part. Unbelievable. You lost to jj. Got it. Im over it, over a new year. Security prep is kicking into high gear. Ahead of new years eve, heres a look at what the nypd is putting into place. Diane, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. I think i definitely have the best assignment of the day. We all know the new years eve ball is the big star of the show. The workhouse behind the scenes is the nypd and all the other agencies trying to insure this celebration is a safe one. The Police Commissioner says theres currently no Credible Threats to any events in new york city. Still, he says plans for this new years eve started when the last piece of confetti dropped last new year. And when you hear what they have in store, its easy to understand why this take as year to plan. There will be thousands of cops in times square. The bomb squad, radiation detective teams. There will be trucks blocking every intersection. Emergency units. Theyll be patrolling the waters of both the hudson and the east river and theyll patrol by air. Not only by helicopter, but for the first time this year, theyll also be patrolling by drone. The goal of course is to keep the estimated two Million People who come to times square to celebrate safe. What are they coming to see . The iconic new years eve ball. This ball is a little bit different from the one we saw last year. Were going to find out how they get this baby up here. Well also find out all about the new design, thats all coming up. But the big question today is will i be able to resist the urge to flip the switch because i want to so badly right now. I mean, is it really turned on . Just do it. Do it. At the same time im so curious. We will be checking back in with her. I break the ball, right . Thanks, diane. Well, ring and amazon facing a class action suit over Home Security camera hacks. The allegations being made this morning. 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But pretty from mount tammy. The scleer are clear sky. 45 . San francisco. 36 half moon bay. From the roof kaem you can see the sky are clear and winds calm but the 29 in napa. Midand upper 50s today. Rain arrives this welcom welcome back to gma on this saturday morning. Prince george and Princess Charlotte made their christmas walk to church debut this year with the young princess showing off her perfect curtsy as her grandmother, queen elizabeth, passed. Coming up more on the royals as we reveal the secret visits their mother, duchess kate made earlier in the month and how they furthered one of her favorite causes. Theyre really cute. Adorable. Still working on mine. Now some of the other big stories were following. Happening right now, some serious weather as millions try to make their way back home from the holidays smack in the middle of the holiday rush. The storm dumping feet of snow in california. 16 states from arizona to massachusetts are under snow and flood alerts. Funeral services will be held today for the mother who was killed. Her newborn reunited with her father and said to be doing well. An emotional reunion as chris silva got a surprise visit from his mother. The nba flying his mom from africa, which is where hes from. So she could see her son play in the nba for the first time. The two hadnt seen each other in three years. The last time she saw him was when he was playing at the university of south carolina. Great moment. I hope he wins. Hes playing for a good team. Yes. Really moving. Were going to start this half hour with a legal trouble for amazon and its ring cameras. Marsh marcy, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. The lawsuit says the big concern here is not just the hackers weve seen in all those videos, scaring people, including children in their living rooms and bedrooms. But also the Cyber Stalkers allegedly using these Security Systems to secretly spy on people. The suit alleging ring knew its systems were vulnerable to hackers, but failed to do anything. Those recent chilling invasions of privacy that tree is looking really really good, guys. Reporter played out in home after home. Who is that . Im your best friend. Im santa claus. Reporter with hackers peering in, at times taunting residents through their ring camera systems. I still see you. Reporter now prompting a class action lawsuit. A father of three in alabama filing the suit, accusing ring and its owner amazon of lax security standards. The allegation is that they have the tools at their disposal to make their system more hack proof, but they didnt do it. Reporter john baker orange claiming his camera was hacked allowing a stranger together talk to his kids, encouraging them to get closer to the camera as they played basketball in the driveway. Ring has stated the incidents across the country were in no way related to a breach of compromise of ring security. The ceo sharing this explanation on the tamron hall show last week. What happened was this came from an outside, you know, someone is using the same username and password elsewhere that had was gained from that and then they logged into that users account through that. Reporter but the lawsuit alleges ring was blaming customers for failing to create Strong Security passwords to distance itself from liability. Saying the company failed to provide sufficiently robust security measures such as two factor authentication. It strikes a chord in the heart of every day americans. And i do think that they have leverage in that regard when it comes to any settlement negotiations. Reporter ring is staying silent on this, saying the company does not comment on pending litigation. Whit . All right, Marcy Gonzalez for us, in los angeles, thank you. Lets get back check in with rob, game day in glendale, arizona. This is the last game day of the season, isnt it, rob . Reporter more or less. Weve got the championship game in two weeks, modified version of it. This is the last time they play College Football on game day on a saturday. National championship is on a monday, so that convolutes things. Theres lots of College Football thats going on, not just today, but for the rest of this week. January 1st, new years day is a huge day. Today weve got the College Football semifinals. Weve got clemson and ohio state here for the fiesta bowl. This is a true rematch. These guys played three years ago, similar matchup. Clemson ohio state coming with a chip on their shoulder. Oklahoma againsts against lsu. Just outside of phoenix, we had some snow in some of the hills here and snow in new mexico. They have been crushed the past couple of weeks, about a foot and a half of fresh snow there and another four feet in the past few weeks of great powder skiing in the mountains of new mexico. We have another cold system coming in. Winter storm warnings outside los angeles. These snow levels will be lower than the last time as the rain and snow comes in sunday night into monday morning. Snow levels will be as low as 2,000 feet. In the east were in the warm sector stuff. Temperatures a good 1015 degrees above average. 66 in memphis, 62 in cincinnati and 60s in philly and d. C. All right, bowl forecast. New years day, we got the outback bowl, minnesota auburn, 77. Some are played in domes. Michigan against alabama in the citrus bowl in orlando. The rose bowl in pasadena, the granddaddy of them all, oregon against wisconsin, 57. Georgia and baylor in new orleans for the sugar bowl, 70 degrees. Of course, about that temperature inside the superdome as well. Thats a check on. Good saturday morning. Here is the view from mount tam. Its a beautiful shot out there. But boy is it cold. Through the next hour well be in the 30s around the bay. 50s this afternoon. And rain tomorrow. This Weather Report and reporter this weather and sports report sponsored by chickfila, sponsoring the peach bowl i believe. I could go for a chickfila sandwich. You can get it on a saturday but not a sunday. Well break down the games, dan pay attention. Or those chicken minis, those are also really good. If maria wants to call me separately for advice because i dont know if you know this, but i won my its called fantasy football. Jj fearless one. You dont even know what its called. Its awesome. Coming up on Good Morning America because i cant listen to him goat anymore, Kate Middletons visit at a hospital maternity ward. As mentioned espn game days maria taylor sizes up the College Football playoffs semifinals. At a hospital maternity ward. And as mentioned espn game day the maria taylor sizes up the College Football semifinals playoffs. Dea if were going to play or not. 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Your work often goes on behind the scenes and away from the spotlight. The mother of three was seen spending time with the staff and new parents, even sharing a tender moment with a newborn baby. The visits are reportedly in connection with her early years project, focused on promoting well being for children. To now invite our royal patron reporter kate is becoming more volinvolved charities. She opened up a childrens hospi hospice. Its about supporting children in the first five years of her life. Reporter the duchess was treated at a different hospital in london for the births of all her children who were delivered at st. Marys hospital in london. Duchess kates letter she praised the legendary nurse Florence Nightingale whose commitment she says was reflected in the Extraordinary Service of the nurses and midwives that she met. Guys . Nurse and midwives do credible work. Thank you so much. 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Im getting a new she shier she shed. She shier . Mhhm. Thats wonderful news. Home insurance trusted by more people than any other. State farm. Welcome back to gma. Its a big day in College Football. Well know by the end of the day the two teams that are heading into the championship. Robs in glendale, arizona with more on that. Good morning once again. Reporter good morning, whit. Maria taylor here once again to break things down. Thank you for making the trip out west. First off i want to acknowledge a heavy heart, lots of warm thoughts coming from gma with the tragic lost of e e e e e e e i didnt know him but he was a great guy. He lit up every stadium he was in. Thats something were trying to celebrate. Dedicating the entire playoff and championship season to ed by wearing this pin. Reporter such a warm smile and energetic guy. Certainly loved the College Football playoffs. Lets break that down. This game, weve got clemson osu, two sophomore stud quarterbacks. You had a chance to talk to Trevor Lawrence this week. Whats his mindset . Hes interesting, remember, a sophomore thats never lost a collegiate game. The last time he lost a game was in high school and it was a playoff matchup. He said that still rings true in his mind. He has no intention of losing again. He elevates his play as the season goes on. Now he had five interceptions in the first four games, and everyone was saying is this going to be a sophomore slump for Trevor Lawrence. He led his team to another acc championship. He has a national title. Hes one of the guys eveneven keel. Were going to see that here tonight. And on a defensive side of the ball, youve got heisman finalist chase young. This guy is 65, weighs 260. Runs like a deer and his nickname is the predator. You dont want to see him on the other side of the line of scrimmage. He set an ohio state record for sacks. Theres no stopping him. Doesnt matter if you throw up a double block, hes going to find ways to get after the quarterback. He said this week that he wants to make Trevor Lawrence jittery. Thats a goal and the pressure they want to put on the sophomore quarterback. Well see whether or not hes able to do it. Over in atlanta, the peach bowl youve got lsu taking on oklahoma. Joe burrow is going to bring his a game no doubt about ut ut lsu has 1,000 yard rusher and joe burrow has thrown for over 3,000 yards this season. You just see it, he has ice in his veins, what hes been able to do at lsu is something weve been waiting for the tigers to have for the past ten years. He won the hiezeisman by the largest margin ever. Hes a special player. He may have to bring it today because their star running back has been hurt. Do we know if hes going to go . Listen, weve been listening to holly rode tell us hes not been able to practice. Hes a freshman that changes the game for lsu. Id be surprised if he doesnt set foot on the field. Both games important today. Well see youen new orleans for the championship. Youll be there . Promise. Promise on tv. Guys, maria taylor, Espn College Game Day starts at 9 00 eastern time and the playoffs good get kicking at 4 00 p. M. Rob, sad to say good bye to the football season. Rob is going to have to come into the studio more often. What are we going to watch on saturday afternoons . We miss you. Is there a Fantasy Baseball League i can win . There is actually. Youre not welcome to join. Rob, well talk to you soon. Well be right back here with our play of the day. See, nice guys. E nice, guys. Rheumatoid arthr. Because there are options. Like an unjection™. Xeljanz xr, a oncedaily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. Xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. 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That, too. Making it rain, bringing it to a whole different level here with a very kind act. Very sweet. My man. All right. Gma saturday is now two hours if you didnt know that. Check your local listings for air time. Coming up the Holiday Travel headaches, the powerful storm making its mark as it marches across the country. A health alert about the possible dangers of elective surgery. Dr. Ashton joins us with what you need to know. And a powerful virus. Dr. Jen ashton joins us with what you need to know. Announcer abc 7 mornings. All news. All morning. Good morning. Im kate larson. If you shop at Talbots Toyland you want to get over there soon. Because the san mateo main stay is shutting down. After more than 60 years the owners nounsed the store is closing started by betty and lake talbot in 1953. But in a time Online Shopping hitting record highs regular Retail Stores are facing unzbleernt its sad to see a store close but its the situation of retail right now. Its horrible. Im so sad we come here at least once a month and pick out a new fun animal or something. Its just the experience. Its different. You cant get it at amazon or toys are us. Liquidation sales are underway right now but a last day has not been nounsed. Happening today the cal bears and noil fighting ally nigh getting ready for the red box bowl with community service. This morning cal vichs the Church Memorial kitchen in the city. At the same time, the illinois heads to the social work swernt center a few blocks away. The teams square off monday for red box bull bragging rights at levi stadium. We have lisa argen in this morning to talk about our new years week forecast. Its chilly out there. It selmer it is. That theme continuing the next couple day in and around a cold front thats pushing through the bay area tonight. Its 45 in San Francisco right now. 34 on the peninsula. 33 in gilroy. I sound surprised, dont i . Well the numbers are quite as cool and as they have been since last hour with freezing temperatures in the north bay. Well talk about the forecast more new years eve and new years day coming up. Thanks. Up next a tourist helicopter went on oh on the coast much kauai. And for but you dont feel good. With polycythemia vera, pv, symptoms can change so slowly over time you might not notice. But new or changing symptoms can mean your pv is changing. Lets change the way we see pv. You track and discuss blood counts with your doctor. But its just as vital to discuss changing symptoms as well. Take notice and take action. Discuss counts and symptoms with your doctor. Visit takeactionpv. Com announcer news to build a better bay area. This is abc mornings. And good saturday morning. Its 8 00 on this december 28 clinton. Im kate larson we get a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, lisa. Hi, everyone. Here is live doppler. Clear conditions right now. But there is a cold front that will be approaching through the overnight hours spreading rain about this time in the north bay tomorrow. Here is emeryville, a lot of sunshine out there. But boy the numbers have stayed put in the 30s and 40s. With 36 in half moon bay. 45 downtown. This is walnut creek. Well be warming up quickly now the 8 00 hour since the sun has been up now. Its 32 in napa up from 28. As we look at
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