Computer glitch and they had to cancel 2,000 flights. You would think that there would be a Software Setup that would prevent Something Like this, but what about people who have not booked a flight yet for the holidays. Any feeling they may be steering away from american just to avoid the mess . Reporter i did talk to a travel Industry Expert just so i didnt have a biased opinion by American Airlines and he said go ahead with your travel plans. He thinks theres enough lead up time to the holidays that American Airlines will get this settled and everybody will be on track. Some of those pilots making a little bonus in the process. Juliette goodrich live at sfo, thanks. Weve just learned a recent crime spree in san jose involved a large group of juveniles. The crimes included armed robberies, even a carjacking. Kpix5s maria medina has more on the arrests of the getaway driver who was only 11 years old. Maria . Reporter 11 years old, that 11yearold and several other teens accused of punching a woman, stealing her car, then leading police on a high speed chase. Now those alleged crimes are part of a 12 hour crime spree around san jose that involved three separate groups of teens ranging in age from 17 to 11 years old. Now investigators say they are behind at least two carjackings at gunpoint and three high speed chases with police over the weekend, but they say thor working on figuring out if theyre working on figuring out if theyre behind other armed robberies and crimes that happened between friday and saturday. We do know that we have people in custody for at least two carjackings and one vehicle theft. We suspect that theres a possibility they were involved in some of these other crimes that occurred over that span, but its something were still working on. In fact, there could be other victims. Reporter another question is whether these teens were working together. One suspect does remain on the loose. I have to tell you most of these teens are already back with their parents and that is frustrating to San Jose Police over here. Coming up at 6 00 what the police chief says needs to change with the juvenile justice system. Maria medina, kpix5. Details on the suspected gunman accused of shooting up a san jose elementary school, we captured the aftermath yesterday, walls, security cameras riddled with buckshot. 21yearold Nicholas Oconnor of san jose was arrested last night. Police say he used a shotgun in tuesdays Early Morning vandalism spree at bookson elementary school. Im just glad none of the kids were there. At this point its strictly seen always a case of vandalism as a case of vandalism. Granted its with a gun, so its very concerning. They are still investigating another after showers shooting at the same school earlier this after hours shooting at the same school earlier this month. Inappropriate sexual behavior has caused matt lauer his news, why the today show personality was fired immediately. Reporter for the host of the today show, the news became deeply personal. Matt lauer has been terminated from nbc news. Reporter matt lauer, a mainstay on the popular morning show for more than two decades fired for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. Ive known matt for 15 years and ive loved him as a friend and as a colleague. How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly . Reporter in a memo nbc news says in part, while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years hes been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. In a statement the alleged victims torn says, our impression at attorney says, our impression at this point is that nbc acted quickly and responsibly, as all companies should when confronted with credible allegations with ex is wall misconduct in the about Sexual Misconduct in the workplace. Im heartbroken for the brave colleague that came forward with her story. Reporter lauer joins a list of high profile men in the media to be fired or suspended for allegations of inappropriate behavior, including cbs charlie rose, mark hall principal of nbc halprin of nbc and Garrison Keillor, the famous former host of the prairie home companion. This reckoning that so Many Organizations have been going through is important. Its long overdue. It must result in workplaces where all women, all people, feel safe and respected. As we just mentioned, former prairie home companion host Garrison Keillor was also fired today by minnesota public radio. A woman claims inappropriate behavior, but the network would not elaborate. Keillor said he inadvertently put his hand on her bare back in an attempt to console her. Keillor said he apologized right away after she recoiled. He said he apologized and was forgiven by the woman in later emails. Keillor retired from the show last year but worked with npr on other projects. Over at Warner BrothersAndrew Krisberg lost his job. He is also a writer and producer for arrow and has not commented since being fired. Meantime in washington the host approving a bipartisan measure requiring lawmakers and staff to take annual anti harassment training. The senate has already approved a similar measure. Casing a home. Right now sheriffs deputies have a neighborhood in millbrae surrounded looking for three burglary suspects who were casing a home. They were caught on a womans Home Security camera. Now its happening in a neighborhood along hill increase drive about a mile west hillcrest drive about a mile west of the millbrae b. A. R. T. Station. Deputies are going door to door looking for the trio. No verdict for the man accused of shooting and killing kate steinle. The jurors have deliberated for five days as they decided fate of the suspect, jose ines garciazarate who faces murder or manslaughter charges for shooting and killing steinle on pier 14 in San Francisco two years ago. The jury must decide if this shooting was an accident or intentional. A man who was badly burned in the wine country wildfires has succombed to his injuries. 41yearold Michael Azarian died over the weekend at uc davis medical center. He moved to santa rosa from texas two years ago for a new job. His texas church confirmed the sad news. And that brings the wildfire death toll now to 44 people. The deadly flames broke out over a month ago destroying 8,900 homes. President trump is threatening new punishment for north korea following the countrys most powerful missile test yet. North korea claims yesterdays weapon could reach anywhere in the u. S. President trump is vowing to retaliate with sufficienter sanctions. This evening u. N. Tougher sanctions. This evening u. N. Ambassador nikki haley gave a grim assessment of the crisis. The dictator in north korea made a choice yesterday bringing the world closer to war, not farther from it. We have never sought war with north korea and still today we do not seek it and if war comes, make no mistake. The north korean regime will be utterly destroyed. Its unknown whether the new missile could support a Nuclear Warhead and survive reentry into the earths atmosphere. President trump is facing some new criticism this evening. He retweeted three anti Muslim Videos posted by a member of a far right British Group. Reporter teri okita on the fallout. Thank you very much. Reporter President Trump retweeted a series of anti Muslim Videos from the deputy leader of a far right British Group sparking new outrage. The president posted the first video titled muslim migrants beat up dutch boy on crutches late tuesday. Its believed to be fake. Then mr. Trump retweeted another video showing a muslim smashing a statue of the virgin mary. The final video which is four years old shows a boy being pushed off of a roof. This is a christian country. Reporter the inflammatory videos were posted on Jayda Fransens twitter page, the leader of britain first, a far right group that is against what it calls the islamfication of the united kingdom. In a tweet fransen responded saying, god bless you trump. God mess america. Many people wonder why mr. Trump is ratcheting up his anti muslim rhetoric. I was completely appalled donald trump would condone the views of a convicted racist in this country. He since citing religious hatred. Reporter the council on American Islamic relations accused mr. Trump of stoking antimuslim sentiment. What is being sent out from this white house is unamerican and shameful. Reporter a spokesman for british Prime Minister theresa may rebuked the president s tweets but rejected calls to revoke trumps invitation for a state visit to britain. Teri okita, cbs news, london. The president hit the road today to push the republican tax reform bill. During a speech in missouri the president told a large crowd that tax relief is coming their way, but the president still has to win over some reluctant republicans. At least nine gop senators have expressed concerns about the tax bill. Ter this week. With trump as your president we are going to be celebrating Merry Christmas again and its going to be done with a big, beautiful tax cut. The senate is expected to take up a final vote on the tax reform bill later on this week. Some grad students will have to pay more if that tax plan goes through congress. Right now many universities wave tuition for these students in exchange for research or teaching duties, but house bill will remove that deduction. This affects me by taxing the tuition waiver i get as kind of a condition of doing Research Full time. It basically affects me to the tune of about 100 a month and this is money that really affects me. Its tough to live in the bay area. The grad students at uc berkeley are fighting the tax bill and are working with the university to lobby congress. Ydrone 5 takes us over the san 6,000 acres with spectacular views. Coming up sky drone 5 takes us over the San Mateo County land that will now be protected forever. Plus the season may be lost, but can one player launch a new era for the San Francisco 49ers . And its pretty gnarly out there, the high surf we spotted along ocean beach today. O the public closed captioning for this newscast is sponsored by living spaces. 5 thousands of untouched acres of open space in San Mateo County will be open to the public friday. Sky drone 5 shows us the sprawling landscape. The La Honda Creek open space preserve stretches from skyline boulevard to la honda. Kpix5s kiet do gives us a sneak peek. Reporter it is 6 miles of stray stretched out over 6,000 pristine acres so quiet you can hear yourself breathe. On a clear day you can see all the way to the ocean about 6 miles away. Its hard to believe a place this peaceful and serene is only half an hour from civilization. Crews are busy putting finishing touches on the site. Everything is immaculate from the trail to the signs, the foot bridge, gates, striping for the parking lot, even the bathroom. Its all band spanking new. Brand spanking new. Its a simple in and out hike on a wide fire road for now with a steep rugged loop section at the end closed during the rainy season. Expect to see a variety of animals from deer and birds to cattle, lots of cattle. La honda is surrounded by pasture land and still has actively working ranches itself within the property. Ranching and farming on the san mateo coast is a big deal and it has been for a long time. Reporter steve evers is the gm for the Midpeninsula Open Space authorities and said they made it an effort to pay respects to local farmers. A lot of times we forget where our food comes from and as an open space district, farming and ranching is an important part of our portfolio that we have. So paying homage in a way to ranchers, you could say that. Reporter neighbor Rob Christian came to check the progress and said this is what makes the bay area so great. I dont know. La honda is so great and theres so many places you can go hiking around here, you know, this just adds to it. Reporter near la honda, kiet do, kpix5. In San Jose City leaders talking about a new location for a Christopher Columbus statue. Currently that 6,000pound statue is in the first floor lobby at city hall, but it has been vandalized in the past and there have been petitions to remove it. Now theres talk about moving the statue to either manetta San Jose International airport or to kelly park, no final decision yesterday. A move would cost as much as 10,000. T night. Th a shooter holed up with a hostage opened fire from the eighth floor of a condominium high rise last night in reno. Heres a look at the heavy Police Presence there. The gunman was shot and killed when officers burst into his room. A bystander suffered a minor injury. The high rise is in the middle of renos most popular casinos. The incident was an eerie reminder of the Las Vegas Massacre just two months ago. In a bizarre twist investigators say the las vegas shooter had a unit in that same reno complex last year. So far there is no connection between the two men. Nobody wants a drone falling on their head, so amazon has a plan. They have a new patent for drones to basically self destruct. Heres a look at pat tent. It shows the patent. It shows how the drone used in deliveries will dismantle itself piece by piece and land in what amazon said are preferred locations like a tree or pond. While the drone patent has been granted its unclear if it will be put to use. A California Family in the holiday spirit had a runin with real life grinches. Vandals slashed their christmas deploy. Two men were caught on surveillance camera running across the front yard in turlock. They took down a minion inflatable. The family is upset. They put a lot of effort into their display. Its not cool. What if we did it to your house, would you like it . No. The video caught something else. One of the guys was tripped up trying to get away. The family had to set up wires around their lawn to discourage trespassers. This sunday right here to kpix5 you will see what some are calling the start of a new era in San Francisco 49er football. The jimmy g. Era, Jimmy Garoppolo getting to start this sunday and sport director Dennis Odonnell is sports director Dennis Odonnell is extremely excited about it. Really the last time there was this much anticipation to see a 49 quarterback take the field was 2005 when San Francisco chose alex smith as the no. 1 pick in the draft. Seemingly overnight jimmy g. Has become the face of the franchise and possibly soon the bay area. Finally got an apartment, yeah. So big stuff for me. Havent gotten to experience much of the bay area, but i keep hearing things from people. Its a great area. The weather is tremendous. I cant even explain it, how different it is from boston and chicago. Garoppolo will be able to afford a house if he signs a new contract this offseason. For now hes busy preparing for his first start with the 49ers and will be a homecoming. Jimmy g. Grew up Just Outside Chicago and went to college at eastern illinois. Yeah. I had to put my phone away for a little while the last couple days. Im trying to focus. Im pretty comfortable now, got a nice little routine. Its coming along well. Reporter will you share your routine . Top secret, man. Garoppolo and the 49ers will face a 38 Chicago Bears team thats lost four straight, kickoff 10 a. M. Here on channel 5. Maybe theres nobody to show him around the bay area. He hasnt seen much of it. This reminds me when you took over for hank plante. There was a lot of anxiety and anticipation. You handled it well, ken. Thats secret information. Thank you, dennis. Dangerous waves are pounding bay area beaches today. The National Weather service issued a beach hazard statement from sonoma to monterey counties in effect a few more hours. Sky drone 5 flew over the 10 to 14 feet swells crashing over ocean beach today. Not many people were out except a few very brave surfers. Its pretty gnarly out there, man, unpredictable, messy. You know, hit or miss. Along with the big surf there are also potentially dangerous sneaker waves and rip currents. Later on this winter well see 20 to 25 forts, but things are calming footers, but while things are ramping up in the water, things are calming down in our rain chances. Will we see a single drop of rain coming up in the seven day . Am coeing up at 6 00 tonight coming up at 6 00 tonight tiles falling off brandnew homes in san jose, we first uncovered these serious construction problems. Now we learned dozens of homes may need a complete redo. Kind of hard to complain about todays weather. It was pleasant. Jimmy garoppolo is onto something saying its much nicer here than in boston. Boston may see 60 degrees three times before easter. Well see it seven times in the next seven days. Were going conspicuously dry, about the its early in the season. We have plenty of time to catch up. Comfortable temperatures, 53 in san jose, 10 to 14foot waves lasting a few more hours, oakland 57, lower 60s in concord. The beach hazard statement lasts until 9 00 tonight. The waves will begin to calm down. Increased rip current risk this evening at the beach. Talk about the rainy season, the change oc