Unwarranted and inhumane. 11 consulate Staff Members left San Francisco today. Good evening thanks for joins. Those Staff Members are some of those expelled by the u. S. As pay back for hacking the election. But russian president putin surprised the white house revving to row tall 88th and the president elect calling the russian leader quote very smar smart. Heres mary bruce. Russian diplomat on the move. Packing up and shipping out after president obama shut down two russian compounds and the clock is ticking for dozens of diplomat and fabing family have until noon on sunday to get out of the country. Russia sen ago plane to pick them up. Have to leave within hours and its, its just not, not human. Reporter as the parade of moving vans roll out, president elect trump is praising russian president putin for his restrained response. Trump call it a great move. I always knew he was very smar smar. The russian had promised to retaliate before minister call for tit for tat ex pumtion of u. S. Diplomat from russia but then in stepped president putin with shocking 1 80. There will be no counter punch. Saying in a statement we will not create any problems for u. S. Diplomat. We will not expel any one. Instead of eviction an invitation. Putin welcoming all children of the u. S. Dip row mat accredited in russia to theew year and christmas children show at the kremlin. Experts say putin may be playing the long gym hoping a President Trump more receptive. That was staged. It was intended to show that mr. Putin could be magnanimous. That he could be above it all but again at the time goal of that message was not obama white house. Its the Income Administration of mr. Trump. Reporter president elect repeatedly questioned if russia was behind the hacking time for the country to move on to bigger and better things. I think we ought go get on with our lives. Reporter some members of congress blasting trump for praising putin. The top democrat contract on the House Intelligence Committee tweeting putin is smart. Knows he can get much of what he wants from donald trump through little more than flattery. Sad and dangerous. At one of the compounds today lindsay was there as the punishment came down. Cars were coming in and out of the property all morning until the u. S. Government closed down the gates. Neighbors we have spoken with say the russian who use this property were quiet and kept to themselves. Inside the gates this decadent mansion a hub for gathering secret intelligence. On the maryland shore similar lavish rae treat. 45 prime ache we are swimming pool. Tennis courts. Ornate room used for meetings and parties and alledgedly for spying. Tonight both properties now off limits. This is abc news washington. The Council General in San Francisco held surprise News Conference at the russian consulate on green street. Expressed bitterness about the diplomat kick out you heard some of. That heres Carolyn Tyler with more. Some of those leaving the consulate today may be permanently on their way out. Four people president obama has classified as intelligence operatives are being expelled along with 7 family members including three children. We consider these sanctions competely not substantiated. Unreasonable. And very detrimental to the the relations between two neighbors between the United States of america and the russian federation. Reporter russian counsel general says one of thoughts u. S. Has declared for the the conditions late chef who apparently prepared one last party buff if i for the diplomats today. He tells us the timing of the ouster is particularly upsetting. Unfortunately they will have to leave us without celebrating if you year eve which is bi biggest one of the biggest holiday in russia. Item just not human frankly. Not human. Reporter sky 7 was above the consulate with fewer stchlt business there will be impacted. Parker came for passport today. Shes hoping for the best with this deputy lo mat ick florida. Sometimes its politic and sometimes it happens. Reporter counsel general was asked about the income trump administration. We did hope that the new administration will be able to look at our relations. Reporter russian are expected to drive to los angeles thenfully back to russia leaving this consulate by tomorrow. In San FranciscoCarolyn Tyler abc 7 news. Counsel general remark today were unexpected but it wasnt a rare appearance for the career diplomat t. He visited abc 7 news and sat down with Cheryl Jennings for interview. He spoke extensively with cheryl about the olympic and significant of the games to his country. Remarkable visit when he was here. Lets switch now to the weather talk about some frigid temperatures expected very soon. They are come. Drew is here with an Early Warning drew. Reporter frigid temperatures coming our way. We have enjoyed mild days in the past couple of days. That is changing. We are tracking a really weak storm system just to the north of redding and it does have some snow showers. This is going to skirt by right along the coast and isolated shower early tomorrow morning. The thinks well north of the gulf of alaska. This one will arrive on monday actually stall over our renal. So on the stormy packet scale its not a strong storm by any means. Its a one. Light city. With these colder storms they cant hold as much moisture so limited showers. But what it will do open the democrats and republicans for very cold air to arrive. As the storm system exits late tuesday early wednesday morning it could try and throw us a winter mix but everywhere on wednesday you will feel the chill. Futu tracker temperatures show you wednesday morning the low a lot of spots will start in the 20s. Much closer look at time line of the mixed precipitation. All important new years eve planner coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Thanks drew. Now update on breaking news we first brought you at 6 00. 18 people stuck on Amusement Park ride near los angeles are being the let did you know using a rope city. Its happening in Orange County wherefirefighters are very slowly and very carefully lowering each passenger down one by one. This rescue has been going on for nearly two hours now. Sky cabin ride that takes people slowly up in the air for a view got stuck 130 feet into 1 80 foot asen happening hours ago at 2 this afternoon. So the people have been up there for such a long time. Firefighters had to use the rope system because the ladders on the fire truck only werent long enough to reach the ride. More ride than they bargain for. tis the season for new la law. Here in california that means a tightening of restriction on cell phone use by any one behind the wheel. Not screws hand free. We are talking about hand off now. Big change. Laura has the story. Reporter california is about to get tougher on cell phone use by the state 25 million license drivers. But are they obeying the law already on the books . Ride with people and playing with the cell phone and as a passenger you are very nervous. Reporter so how will they do with the new law that bans holding the cell phone for any reason while driving a car . I dont know how successful it will be. A lot of people depend on the gps to get almost anywhere these days especially in the city. Reporter indeed. It seems the ship sailed when it comes to drivers and phones with new law that the device must be mounted then if a driver hand made contact it can only be a single touch or swipe. How is that going to work with uber or lift drivers for instance who fend on their phone for the livelihood . And directions . Do you think its practical. Who is counting. Thats the question. Reporter some want to take it one step further. Mounted, unmounted whatever. I dont think we should have any of thoyshtion appearance is a sign we did find some people who are on board and fully intend on complying with the law to cut did you know on distractions and hopefully save lives. My wife she was on top of it. I didnt even know about the law until the other day but my wife gave my son one of those mount for christmas and then oh, good. Yes she is paying attention. Reporter thats the hope. With new year more drivers will just pay attention. In walnut creek, Laura Anthony abc 7 news. Teak boy accused of shooting a woman in the face when she answered a knock on her door. Happened in San Francisco hunter point neighborhood on north ridge road just before 1 this morning. Sky 7 shows you the area. 32yearold victim is expected to survive. Police say the suspect is a teenager male between the ages of 15 and 18. They say the victim doesnt know the shooter and no word on motel jive extra inspectors will be in the field tonight trying to figure out the source of a some fewer odor that plagued parts of San Francisco and richmond early this week. Bay area air Quality Management district and cocoa Health Officials received more than 100 complaints about the stench of rotten eggs. Two Agency Working together to investigate all possible sources including the richmond chevron refinery. We have much more ahead for you on this friday night coming up. Everybody suffer. Reporter unemployed over night. Option now for hundreds of bay area restaurant workers without a be joy. They are coming. Glimpse of the father stay with coming. Glimpse of the father stay with us more to s from state capitol. First dog of california has died. The Governor Press office announced it just a short time ago. Sutter passed away peacefully this afternoon with Governor Brown and wife by his side. The dog underwent emergency surgery october but doctors werent able to fully remove the cancer. Sutter was taken years old. Wrouns say the other dogill assume the role of first dog. All 15 pasta in the bay area are now shut erred and hundreds of people without job. Location include 4 in san jose as well as restaurants in novato, oakland and san bruno. Heres cornell bernard. It was sudden closure nobody saw coming. Hes a former pass a take kitchen employee in san bruno. He got a text december 26 saying dont come to work. Restaurant chain was closing its doors for good. He just got his last paycheck. I have direct deposit. Some former coworkers say they have not been paid and many still have personal items inside they cant retrieve. Cant take out my stuff we have in. I dont know what will happen right now. I dont know. Reporter the chain finances are in question. This notice on the door of the san bruno cafe demand 19,000 dollars in back rent for december. We found similar notice on the door of this restaurant 18,000 in rent never paid. Property Management Company told us off camera they were shocked to see it vanishes overnight. Wendy posted this note on the door asking laid off employee to apply with them. The chain is hiring across the bay area especially in the south bay. Where this new restaurant need workers. We offer 13 dollars an hour for crew members starting at 15 dollars for management and up depending on their experience. Reporter other company are stepping up. Economy lumber and camp bet tweeted its hiring, time. How tune you have reached. Reporter abc 7 news tried contacting the Restaurant Company for comment but no luc luck. San bruno contact dress on the web site turns out to be a p o box at this postal annex store. Employee not only baseline sidedment 9yearold Birthday Party also got cancelled. In san bruno, 7 news. More local crab fishermen refuse to get out of the water. Early this week fishermen from the canada stretching north of bodega bay went on strike. Now crab fishermen say in show of solidarity they wont fish today through the weekend. They will continue to sell the crab. Striking crabbers fighting for 3 dollars a pound a quarter more than who saleers are offering. We have been on theagle watch last if you day mop toring the south west florida eagle camp in fort myers. Heres harriett. We are starting to feel for the american bald eagle who is apparently waiting for the two egg she laid in november to hatch. More crook appear obtain shell today but no baby emerge. We did get look at her partner m 15. He brought half fish to the necessary and relieved her of her warming duty. Usually takes 48 hours for them tow mental once the incubation period has ended. Watch the live feed at any time. You can check it out on our free app as well. Shes not kidding. Always check. Excited when i see crack in the egg. 6 00 oclock attack me. Drew was doing weather. Look what is happening. Nothing yet. Drew is watching the cold temperature heading our way. 3 minutes to watch it. Here we go. Accuweather showing you we track changes over the weekend. Cooler then we track even cooler air early next week. We see a quiet evening out there than joy really mild days sunny sky comfortable temperatures but thats starting to change overnight tonight. Outside we go. Live look from the south beach camera pointing up. Beautiful building of san trachbility we see patchy cloud cover. First change we note. Cloud cover will move in from west to east. Out there right now numbers with the cloud cover. 52 in oakland. 50 san jose. 50 San Francisco. Right now santa rosa with clear sky cooling off a bit quicker than most areas dropping to 41 at this hour. Overnight tonight we have the cloud cover increasing from west to east fashion. Cloud cover acts like a blanke blanket. Help insulate with the temperatures overnight. Not too cold fall in the mid to low 40s. We track very weak disturbance and just the west of redding in between eureka there are snow and rain showers. Really weak system that will scoot which right along the coast overnight and try locally isolated rain showers. Future weather analysis. 5 if the morning isolated shower and no big issue rank on the storm impact scale and item dry new years eve so the forecast cloud cover midday. Cloud bring back if the afternoon and evening plenty of strs and clear sky at midnight. This will hold in the mid 40s as we welcome 2017 but then early next week we track a storm system. On the stormy packet scale its a 1. Light system monday to wed. Limited moisture. Light showers but what it will do is help tiny introduce some cooler air into our neck of the woods and chance as the system tuesday to wednesday the cold air could interact with the moisture to bring us a wet snow flake. Future weather. Temperatures over open the moisture map tuesday afternoon its going to be a cool raw rain as it falls tuesday afternoon. Temperatures holding in the low 40s as the rain comes down. As the rain begins to pull away cooler air gets pulled n. If it does interact with that moisture quick enough there could be a lo foe flake at Mount Hamilton with the system likely exit and bring sierra snow. Future sfo t him if 19 inches in south lake tahoe. 19 inches in kshing wood. Foot in donner and 15 inches in tahoe city. So the cooler air will make the presence nationally. 7 day forecast show you tomorrow. Chance of morning dry evening in 2017 and sunny and cool for sunday. First day of the new year. Mopped through wednesday the weak light storm system that brings in the cooler air by thursday and friday. Its sunny but its chilly temperatures. Thanks drew. Coming up next. Into the traffic and bay area is getting a little bit worse. Guess what . 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