male announcer live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. The top story is the fiscal cliff. Theyre just approved the votes to approve the fiscal cliff. This prevents tax hikes for the middle class. This magic number to pass was tutored 17. So it did receive. House speaker, john boehner voted yes. This was the first sign and the next is the president s desk that should happen fairly soon. Other big stories two people are killed in a crash after a police chase in San Franciscos Mission district. Its caught on south bay. Our top story tonight. The fiscal cliff. The house is now voting on fiscal cliff tax increasesit looks as though the senateapproved bill will get enough votes to pass. For the middle class and earning over 450thousandit also extends unemployment bill is 217. Meaning thea Police Chase Ends in a deadly crash. Two people were killed this morning after a driver crashed into a liquor store in san francisco. This is Surveillance Video. A third person was badly injured. All the victims are in their 20s. While the remaining of this is being pulled away from the sidewalk the damage done is horrific. This was also in mid to 20 yearold pedestrian walking into the store that was pronounced dead. The passenger was also pronounced dead. This comes after the driver pulled over near the Valencia Gardens public, and as officers walked over he sped off. They did not want to get caught. Toke off it because he tried to get away he crashed into this other car. The suspect is in the hospital but is expected to be okay. This major accident is on the scene it reconstructing the accident scene. They found a gun in his car. This task force is involved. I have families that are walking these streets i am walking the streets. The victims names are being withheld until their families have been notified. That is the latest, alecia reed, kron 4 news. Catherine police say it all started when shots were fired at aalecia . It was a disturbing scene for people who live in the area. Here again is that Surveillance Video in the liquor store. Police say the pedestrian who was killed had been on this is devastated, this is not how this should have the way that we should have begun this year. Catherine the victims and the suspect have not been publicly the search for a man swept out to sea off point reyes has ended. The man has been found dead. This is video off point reyes from sky 7 hd rescuers were called in after a man, woman and dog were swept to sea. Kron4s Charles Clifford has the latest. Reporter just after noon on new years day, the coast guard received reports that a man and woman walking a dog along pt. Reyes beach had been caught by what was described as a rouge wave. The woman and the dog were able to swim ashore with the help of people who saw what happene, but the man was swept to sea. The coast guard and the california Highway Patrol launched a rescue effort and searched for several hours. But arounnd 4pm, they found his body adrift in the waters off point reyes. Hes described as a 59 year old male and his identity has not yet been released. The woman was examined by paramedics, but unijured. New Court Documents show that a Silicon Valley venture capitalist who was killed during a Home Invasion had been accused of making bad business deals, and thats only the beginning. This was the scene of the crime in monte sereno on november 30th. Its where Raveesh Kumra was murdered and his former wife badly beaten by assailants. Kron4s scott rates shows us the surprising details of those Court Documents. Prostitutes, illegitimate children that these are just a few things that they uncovered on november 30th. Video from sky 7 that shows what the scene the suspects breaking into the suspects home, ransacking the house. And injuring his wife. Court documents reveal a much different side of the venture capitalist. Those documents show that the former a snowshoed was attempted to hide millions of dollars from creditors. Those documents, on to say that he was known for purchasing condominiums for mattresses and spending money on prostitutes. Suspects have been a arrested so far, there is no motive. Reporting in the news room, scott rates, kron 4. Catherine an unusual standoff in san jose a naked man was Holding Police at bay with a samurai sword. That man Charles Bennet is now in custody but not before a foot chase caught on video. This is how it ended the video is from sky7 hd. Investigators say the man brandished a sword and said he wouldnt be taken alive. Kron4s rob fladeboe has the reporter this is the assault rifle, a fully loaded ammo clip and the 3 and a half foot long samuraistyle long sword taken from the suspect following his surrender, ending a dramatic 3hour standoff here along southwest expressway and bascom avenue. As seen from high overhead in these pictures from sky 7 hd abc 7 news, the suspect, after refusing to drop the sword, decides to make a run for it. As he tried to dodge what police described as non lethal projectiles, the suspect, can be seen, sword in hand, jumping a fence, eventually stabbing the blade into the ground before surrendering on the sidewalk along bascom avenue. Based on this on the initial contact. Reporter the drama began around 8 30 new years day, a few miles away near cass and easy street there seems to be definitely a task force that had to be intervened with Mental Illness or drugs a contributing factor. Crisis intervention. Where neighbors tell police the suspect was brandishing the assault weapon and then trailed here to a light rail station on southwest expressway where he disrobed, abandoned his truck with assault weapon inside, and then stood for hours, sword in hand, refusing to cooperate with police. After being treated with what police said were multiple, though mostly minor injuries, the suspect was booked for brandishing a sword andan assault rifle. In san catherine celebrating new years eve to a 12 year old boy is recovering is recovering after being shot in the foot. In fact there were two shootings along the embarcadero and in Fishermans Wharf last night. I am very surprised to hear some of the most busiest and the san francisco. Because this is a tourist place. Last nights new years eve there was a lot of people here. This trove yearold boy was shot along the embarcadero in europe. 23 cafe. This is video from sky 7 highdefinition. Iran is said by standards. This is crazy they were bothwell innocent bystanders. There also opened fire. These two shootings with just one of were a part in one of san franciscos busiest nights. New years eve, not surprising if youre crazy stuff happens. As for the motives it is still not known but they are sorting through surveillance try to get a suspect description. J. R. Stone, kron 4. Kron 4s j. R. Stone is in sacramento two people cancellation of the citys sacramento. A man and a woman were shot. Catherine the chp says there were a few more dui arrests during this years holiday crackdown. Just under 13hundred drivers were arrested for driving under the influence statewide. Which is up slightly from last year. 208 of those arrests were in the bay area the same number as last year. Jacqueline already 40s. Clear skies in place. The stormtracker route to the north with some high clouds are were not going to see any rainfall for a while. Very chilly conditions. The freeze warning into effect with defrost advisor for the east bayshore. And the peninsula. Temperatures are going to be dropping into the 20s and 30s. We will take a look at those coldest temperatures coming up in just a bit. Catherine ahead at eight. Its been four years since the fatal encounter between oscar grant and bart police at a station in oakland. How grant is being remembered tonight. And the movie thats heading for sundance. A close call on a frigid lake. The dramatic video of a sledder. And his rescuers. Falling through thin ice. And celebrating the first area. The twist that makes this delivery. Extra special. Catherine Grocery Stores in Alameda County are now charging customers for paper bags. That follows the ban on plastic bags that went into effect last year. Us what people think of the additional cost. Jack refused to pay the extra 105. So he walked out in the cold carrying two bags he did not he was not alone. It is not worth it. And maybe id is onestop shopping. I do not know what im going to do now. These used to be free. They did not mind paying the extra time to restore caught off guard. I thought that the guy was joking because i knew the guy and i said 105 . I think that it is great. We do not need any more plastic bags. The maureen thinks that it is just fine. It works great. Among Grocery Store is in Alameda County are participating in this program. In alameda, kron 4. Catherine the first baby of the new year for the bay area was born at midnight in antioch. Itself as kron fours jeff bush tells us, the boy was also delivered by his great grandmother. Reporter meet Harley Daniel sparks. He was born at the stroke of midnight at the Sutter Delta Medical Center with his great grandmother debra as the attending physician. Which is unique enough but this isnt the first time shes delivered a family member. Dr. Debra stewart great grandmother i have eight grandkids and i delivered seven of those and i have three Great Grandkids and i delivered all three of those. Reporter kara jeter is harleys mom and is overjoyed by harleys entrance into the world. Its a blessing and its really cool. I love it. The feeling, i cant explain the feeling but i already love him so much. Reporter im happy, really happycouldnt ask for anything better than a perfect baby. Reporter a perfect baby boy. The hospital staff says he already has a healthy appetite and good color. Kara says having her grandmother in the delivery room was a reassuring feeling while having her first baby. It was very comforting. Im happy that she was the one that was there. A truly remarkable story, indeed. Four generations in one room on new years day. As you could see, baby harley is doing fine. A few stats to share with you. He was born exactlly at midnight. Eight pounds, two and half ounces and 21 inches long. The new family will go home to bakersfield in a few days. Im jeff bush in antioch, kron four news. Jacqueline we are in for a very cold night tonight. Temperatures in the 20s and 30s. We are not going to see much warming with 50s expected as record towards a thursday, friday slightly warmer conditions expected. Taking a look outside clear skies to run the bay area. The clouds are well offshore. Not much rainfall expected. A look of our current temperatures already cool and a number of locations. 394 in novato and even colder. 26 through fairfield, and, 31 degrees in redwood city. If there is a freeze warning for the entire north bay. A sub freezing for tonight and to be dealing with icn frosty conditions. A frost advisory for the east bayshore. The peninsula, morgan hill. Temperatures in the 30s with giving yourself some extra time. As for the afternoon why . Not much warmer. Mid 50s for the most part. For the afternoonhighs. Also, 50s. Single digits as we go towards thursday and friday. Temperatures are going to be warming up but not much rainfall. With clear skies over california. The stormtracker well to the north. With rainfall but we could see some more cloud coverage towards thursday. Of those clouds will move along the north bay. Temperatures are going to be cool but it take a look as we go towards the weekend. Definitely, more tolerable. About 40 degrees. And to nearly 60 in napa. Weve been telling you about the fact that the house has passed the fiscal cliff. If the president will be wasting no time in making a statement. You are looking at the microphones and the prix de rome. He is going to come out and this is consideredhe is expected to come out and make a statement. With house speaker, john boehner. Finally, the vote was put into place. So the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts. You are looking live at the briefing president obama will be making a statement let us listen. At a central promise was to change the tax code that was too skewed towards the wealthy. At the expense of middle class americans. Tonight, we have done that thankyou to the votes, the democrats, the republicans in congress. We will raise taxes on the wealthiest 2 percent of americans. While this could have sent it back into a recession and not having is a bigger impact on americans. I want to thank all of the leaders of the house, the senate and in particular i want to thank the work that was it done by my extraordinary president , joe biden. And as well as harry reed, speaker john boehner, nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. Everybody worked very hard on this and i appreciate it. Under this law, more than 90 percent of americans and the Small Businesses will not see their income tax co op. Millions of families will receive tax breaks to help raise children and go to college. They will continue to college will continue to receive tax credits and clean energy. 2 million americans that are out of work and out there looking will continue to receive Unemployment Benefits as long as theyre actively looking for a job. But i think that we all recognize that this was just one step in the broader effort to strengthen our economy. And the fact is that the deficit is still too high. We are still investing too little in the things we need for the economy to grow as fast as it should. That is why john boehner and i try to negotiate a larger our agreement to put this country on a path to pay its debt. And also to put people back to work with building roads, bridges. But unfortunately, there was just not enough support or time for that type of larger agreement. That failure comes with a cost. With the messy nature over the last several weeks as meek business on certain. And consumers less confident. But we are continuing to chip away, step by step. Last year i sent it signed into 1. 7 trillion dollars into overseas production. Tonight will for early further reduce the deficit with 620 million in revenue for the wealthiest americans and will be more deficitreduction as congress decides what to do what the automatic spending cuts. That now, will be delayed for the next two months. Let me make this point. As i demonstrated for the past several weeks im very open to confidence. And i agree with the democrats, republicans that the aging population and a rising cost of health care. Makes medicare the biggest contributor to our deficit. I believe that we need to find reform without hurting seniors. That count on it to survive. And i believe there is further unnecessary spending that we could eliminate. But, we cannot simply cut our way towards prosperity. Cutting spending past two go hand in hand with four reporters to our tax code. The wealthiest corporations, individuals cannot takes advantage of loopholes. And we cannot keep cutting things like basic research for new technology and still expect to succeed in a 21st century economy. We are going to continue to move forward in deficitreduction but you would in a balanced way. To make sure the we are growing at making sure the we get a handle on where spending. One last point i want to make. While we negotiate over several things are will not have another debate with this congress over weather or not they should pay the bills that they have already racked up. Through laws they have already passed. Let me repeat. We cannot not pay bills that we have already incurred. Congress refuses to give the United States government the ability to pay these bills on time. The consequences for the entire Global Economy will be catastrophic. Far worse than the fiscal cliff. If you remember in 2011, the last time this course of march and was threatened, the entire recovery was put at risk. The super confidence plunged Consumer Confidence plunged. We cannot go down that path. Todays agreement will chime in to the principle of the law as long as i am president. The deficit needs to be reduced with a more balanced budget. Everybody pays their fair share everybody does their part. That is how or our economy works best. The son of a total of all the budget agreements the we have reached so far proves that there is a payoff board. And it is possible if we focused not on our politics but on what is right for the country. The one thing that hopefully the new euro focus on is putting a package like this to gather. With less scare tactics. We are able to come together as democrats, republicans to cut spending and raise revenue that reduces our deficit, protect for middle class and provides avenues for people that are willing to work hard. For the investments that are necessary to grow, compete and we can settle this debate. Or at the very least not have it be consuming all the time that it stops to our host of creating and meeting challenges for immigration, infrastructure, protecting our planet from harmful climate change, and protecting our children from horrors of gun violence. It is not just a possibility, it is our obligation for future generations. Our work look forward to meet with each member of congress to meet this challenge in the new year. I hope that some people would get a couple of days off so that people can refresh themselves because were going to a lot of work to do in 2013. Thank you, everybody and happy new year. Catherine president obama has acknowledged that they have passed the physical cliff to deal. It was long and messy as he indicated. There are more deadlines to follow but at least for now this will avoid the automatic spending cuts and tax hikes. This will increase taxes for individuals making a 400,000, and groups of people earning 450,000 and avoid expiring the longterm benefits for the longterm jobless. Stay with us more news after the break. Now for a look at our top stories at eightthirty. Two people are dead and a third is in critical condition. After a shooting suspect being chased by san the Mission District today. In a parked car were killed. Was arrested. The coast guard has found the body of a man swept out to sea while walking his dog along point reyes. The man and a woman were hit by a wave. The woman and dog got back to shore o