Highs today in the low 50s under sunny conditions. Ill let you know if we have more rain coming in our future coming up in a few minutes, matt. This morning star wars actress Carrie Fisher is in the hospital suffering from cardiac arrest. She was rushed to the hospital. Shes in Critical Condition and on a ventilator this morning. Abc7 News ReporterSergio Quintana has the details. Carrie fishers brother, todd, tells our sister station she suffered a heart attack aboard her United Airlines flight from london as they approached lax. We have a nonresponsive passenger. Nurses are assisting the nonresponsive passenger. Passengers aboard started tweeting what they saw. Another actress was sitting nearby. Dont now how else to process this but Carrie Fisher stopped breathing on the flight home. Hope shell be okay. The pilot called for help from any medical professionals aboard. Carrie fisher is an accomplished author, but is best the known as Princess Leia on star wars. I are recognized your foul stench when you were brought aboard. Im a big fan. She could be in the next movie, the 8th movie. Its sad. Shes been like the number one woman throughout this whole saga. Its very sad, and i wish her very well. Tweets of support have flooded in from fans and fellow actors, including costar mark hammel, who wrote, as if 2016 couldnt get any worse. Sending all our love to Carrie Fisher. Abc7 news. Star wars is a production of lucas films, which is owned by disney. Disney is also the Parents Company of abc7. If you are heading to lake tahoe, chains are required this morning on interstate 80 from nyak to truck tee. To truckee. Take a look at the road conditions. This turned to slush in the streets as the snow turned to rain. And a reminder, stay on top. The weather where you live with the abc7 news app. Download the app for free and get breaking news updates as they happen. The first lawsuits in the ghost ship warehouse fire. Yesterday two families filed suits naming the buildings owner, landlord and others connected to the ghost ship stating it was a death trap. We will never see them again. And we just want justice. The attorneys for the two families also filed claims against the city of oakland and almeda county. The attorneys said they dont respond to litigation. The attorneys to the landlord did not respond to the request for comment. In an interview only on abc7 news, tony chaplin vows he will support the man who got the new cleve position. Bill scott was named the new chief earlier this week. We have the exclusive interview with the outgoing interim chief. It is really a tough job. You know, you go from incredible highs to incredible lows and back up again. Its been seven months since tony chaplin was tapped by the mayor ed lee to be interim police chief. A 26year veteran, a police cop who rows through the ranks. In his tenure as top cop, he was instrumental in getting the use of force reform policy enacted. There have been no scandals under his watch. A long stalemate with an armed man barricaded in this chinatown apartment ended without gunfire. Another man in july in in the tenderloin. Another standoff without bloodshed. Again, in july, police using less lethal force to take down to teen armed with a knife. Chaplin set the guidelines, but he gives all the credit to the rank and file. Deescalation and creating time and distance. Basically the sanctity of human life. They have done a wonderful job. Chaplin was thrust into the job when the thenchief greg suhr suddenly retired after a series of Controversial Police shootings. Its been incredible. I met a lot of people and appreciate the support behind me during troubling times. And, quite frankly, the department navigated out of troubled be waters thanks to the community partnering with us. Now that theres a new chief, bill scott, chaplin said he will do everything to support him. But it has nothing to do with his job. Final lip getting ready to put a period on this thing and going back to living. Vic lee, bc7 news. We have more details on the jailbreak that sparked a huge manhunt. Two broke out of the santa clara jail last month. They were all eventually captured. Our media partner, the mercury news, reports a former police officer, noah winchester, tipped off jail guards about suspicious sounds he heard from a nearby jail cell. Winchester is in jail facing unrelated sex charges. In a statement, they did not de deny they were tipped off about the noises, but he said there was no evidence anyone helped them break out. She said internal affairs is investigating. If you havent finished your christmas shopping, you still have today. Last night bay area malls were packed with people buying the last minute gifts. Abc7 News ReporterKatie Marzullo has the story. For the most part, its pretty smooth. You just have a mission in mind what you want to do and get in and get out. He was taking a break on a mall bench. He admits he left a lot of shopping for the last minute. It happens. You get busy with work and by the time you realize it the day is upon us. Westfield oak ridge mall was packed. The crush started in the parking lot. Alexis came to help her dad with his 11thhour shopping. Is. People want a lot of things, they tell us what they want, and we go to find them and there arent the any left. I think he learned his lesson. The inventory may be picked over but there can be benefits to procrastinating. You can see if they do have any real good deals, the last minute shopping. A consumer psychologist said while some procrastinators are simply bad planners, others actually care too much. They want to do a good job and they get freaked out about making mistakes so they keep putting it off because being late is a better excuse than looking like you dont care, believe it or not. Theres nothing wrong with a gift card or cash. You know you will find a hard time parking, you know there will be lines. You cant get upset about it. You have to kind of stay in a positive mind frame. A good attitude goes a long way. In san jose, Katie Marzullo, abc7 news. Happening today in San Francisco, the first menorah will be lit. Tonights ceremony starts at 7 00 at union square. How is the weather going to be for that event . Definitely on the chilly side. We will be relatively mild. I say that as i also mention numbers in the 30s around the bay area. A live look outside from our roof camera where we have midto low 30s in the north bay or east bay valleys. Its 45 in the city. Mid40s in oakland. So, yes, the cold air settles in. Still the possibility of a few residual showers. Ill have your full accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. Thanks, lisa. Also next, turning the tables on an attacker. An armed robber didnt see whats coming, but its all caught on video. And what some raiders fans will be doing today to try to convince the nfl that the silver and black should stay in wow, shes sure making a splash in that designer dress and with a thicker, more fabulous formula, shes not splashing. You can wear anything and pour bleach. And her whiter whites, just dazzling. Clorox splashless bleach. Also try crystals and packs. Zero really can be a hero. Ds get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first months payment on select volkswagen models. Right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. Good morning a live look from our exploratorium camera. You see everything lit up this morning. Christmas lights, as well. Good morning. Its Christmas Eve. Thanks for joining us. An Armed Robbery started out like many others, but the suspect didnt get away. Two clerks were hurt in the attack, but one was back to work last night. A teenager accused of trying to rob them is in Police Custody with a lesson he will never forget. We have the story from hayward. Reporter royal market is a local institution. Thats why neighbors are so disturbed about what happened tuesday night. We are just thrilled they are okay. The robbery attempt was captured on store surveillance video. The gunman enters in with the pistol drawn and has it in the back of the clerks head. But take a close look at the video. Hes so fixated on getting to the cash, hes completely unaware the clerks brother is sneaking up behind him. In a flash he grabs the gunman and wrestles him to the floor. During the struggle the gun goes off once and possibly twice. From another angle you could see the gunfire. One brother is wounded in the hip. The other suffers a hand injury, but they managed to take the gun away from the wouldbe robber and pummel him with it. Neither brother was seriously hurt, and the only damage was a bullet hole in a nearby space heater. The owner of the store did not want to be interviewed, but he said nothing like this has ever happened in the 15 years hes been in operation. He said his employees are heroes, and this neighbor agrees. You know, im very, very pleased they are okay and amazed they had the composure to do what they did. The 16yearold suspect was treated for his injuries and booked into juvenile hall. The two clerks were treated and released from the hospital and one of them is already back to work tonight. In hayward, eric thomas, abc7 news. Check out the arsenal the police found in the north bay. They sent us this picture showing eight knives, a couple rifles, a throwing star and a medieval weapon called a mace. All the attempts were on a man they arrested thursday night who tried to break into a plant nursery on highway 116. He was accused of shooting the lock on the building. Hes in jail this morning. A truckload of uber selfdriving cars paraded through the streets of phoenix last night, giving the governor another chance to take a shot at california. They arrived thursday a day. He told uber officials, california may not want you, but we do. He said his state is everything california is not. I think this is a sign of arizona being a welcoming place, not only to people but businesses. We are a low tax, light regulation involvement state. Plus we try harder. We want to grow our economy. Uber stopped its selfdriving fleet in San Francisco wednesday after the dmv said the cars were not properly registered. A new law starting on january 1st changes the rules about children and car seats. Kids under age 2 will be required to use a rearfacing car seat. The law, signed by Governor Brown earlier this year, stems from the results of a 2007 study showing the rearfacing car seats reduced the likelihood of injury in a car accident. When a child is placed in a rear facing child safety seat, its the much safer than having the child facing forward. If you have a collision that child is less likely to fly forward inside of your vehicle. And children who weigh more than 40 pounds or who are more than 40 inches tall will be exempted from the new rule. Starting today parking lots at both end of the Golden Gate Bridge will be closed. Its a a move to ease backups that happen on weekends when drivers line up trying to find a place to park. Bridge officials recommended this. Headsup if you ride bart. Trains are on a Holiday Schedule from now to january 2nd. That means all next week instead of running trains on the pittsburgh bayport line every 5 minutes, they will run every 10 to 15 minutes the. And happening today state officials will open more of the california northern coast to commercial crab fishing between south point and the sonomamendocino will open today. And along with a stretch to humboldt county. They were closed because of unsafe toxin levels. What a difference a year makes, right . Fresh and affordable crab is flying off the shelves in San Francisco. Abc7 news was on california street where they were busy filling orders all day yesterday. Tony said crab is so plentiful this year, the price is 10 to 49 a pound, lower than previous years. Last year was a disaster with algae and weather causing a dismal season. Happening today raiders fans will distribute thousands of these post cards to keep the silver and black in oakland. 5,000 addressed to Roger Goodell will be signed at the game. That will be before todays game against the colts. Kickoff is at 1 05. Now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. Good morning. We still have a pretty unstable atmosphere. You can see from live doppler 7 that some showers are slide to go the southeast, mainly over the ocean. So you may notice some of those cumulus buildups today. And also in the Sierra Nevada where we still have some activity and a Winter Weather advisory through 10 00. But locally we also have a Winter Weather advisory in the Higher Elevations around santa cruz and the mountains around big sur. You see the pink. That indicates rainsnow mix. With the cold atmosphere and upperlevel trough moving in later on today, its not going to take much to squeeze out a little bit of available moisture. Thats why we have a Winter Weather advisory highlighted in purple until 6 00 tonight. And also i mentioned it here on the west slope in the Sierra Nevada, is to 3 inches still a possibility. And the red is an avalanche warning. Weve had some heavy, wet snow earlier in the month and now with that storm passed, its making for dangerous conditions up there. Heres the Golden Gate Bridge where its milder closer to the water. Good morning, mountain view. 44. Its 40 san jose. 38 gilroy, and the cold air continues to settle in behind the exiting system. We we have several cold mornings and cold nights ahead. Winds are up in the upper elevations but here are the colder valleys. You get the colder, denser air. It settles in. Boy, we are looking at those cold numbers already. So we are projecting some 20s in the next couple of mornings. Your forecast highlights, cold mornings and low snow levels for the short term. Chilly for christmas and hanukkah. Today the sunnier day. High clouds will invade the area today and tomorrow. We will be lucky to hit 50 in some locations. 28 ab dry pattern looks like toward the end of the year. Morning lows for christmas, its going to be cold. 29 in petaluma, and clear lake look for low 30s in the inland east bay valleys. Five degrees colder than you are this morning at least in san jose. 38 hayward and right along San Francisco the coast should hold into the 40s. So monday morning could be the coldest morning. Likely to have some freeze warnings and fast advisories from the National Weather service. You can always download our app for that. Into tuesday morning, very little change. High temperatures today across the state, it is active here with the cold air in place, the grapevine, i50. 56 degrees palm springs. As you go through the hour by hour forecast in oakland, it will take all afternoon to get to 53 degrees. Other its chilly one today. 52 half moon bay. 51 santa cruz. Under a sunny skies. Overnight lows, there they are, the low 30s again. Its deja vu from a week ago. The accuweather sevenday forecast. Little change each and every day except for the lows. We are going to struggle to reach the 50s for Christmas Day into monday, and then High Pressure building and slightly warmer in the week ahead. A quiet week, which is good for all the folks off trying to enjoy anything they want to donkey need to change my request from santa. Now i want a jacket because it will be really cold. Thank you, lisa. Just ahead, a holiday gift guaranteed to keep you awake. How you can dan harris joins us from new york to tell us what is coming up on good morning america. Good morning. We are track being the condition of Carrie Fisher. The actress best known for her work on star wars. Medical personnel were on board her flight administering emergency lifesaving measures. How shes doing right now. And the latest on the warning from american intelligence agencies as we head into christmas. Isis calling on supporters to target churches across the u. S. How authorities are respond being. And we are covering breaking weather news. The two storms that could snarl plans for thousands of americans this weekend. Its all coming up on gma. See you soon. Starbucks is offering a holiday gift to customers, free coffee for the next 8 days. They will offer a free 8ounce espresso beverage on certain selections. Its good for only an hour each day. You need to check in online at starbuckscheer. Com to see which stores are participating. Its from 1 00 to 2 00 p. M. Today. One Christmas Tree is enough for most families, but not for a couple in new york. Take a look inside joe and ruths dixies home. They have 110 Christmas Trees. Some a few inches tall, others nine feet tall. The couple started the tradition 46 years ago when they got an angel ornament for a wedding gift. Now they have thousands of ornaments. Theres always a new tree. I have a lot more decorations that still arent out. He still has trees that arent up. And the main tree alone has 600 ornaments. It takes six weeks to get them all set up. They keep the trees up until the snow melts, which takes a while there in upstate new york. The holiday spirit is alive and well at San Franciscos lefty odouls. Yesterday abc7 news was outside the Union Square Restaurant as people dropped off gifts for their annual Christmas Eve toy drive. A construction crew pulled up and unloaded 35 toys. Last year they collected 15,000 toys. The toy drive continues today from 7 00 a. M. To 11 00 p. M. Still to come on abc7 morning, the rush for last minute gifts is on. We will take you to a bay area mall where its not just the things that i consume a lot of it is very acidic. The enamel on my teeth was actually weakening. The whiteness wasnt there as much. My teeth didnt look as healthy as others. My dentist said that pronamel would help fight against that eros