Feeling is like, you get to live here. A lot of people are shopping and part of my holiday tradition, is going to the union square. Yes, you are just there this morning. Yes, i was. At 6 30 am, there were quite a few people out and about. Not everything that you got from santa. 70 off. They are enjoying the day off today, we are thrilled to have you watching from home. And, as we mentioned, back at it again today. And, a little hustle and bustle. And, lighting up outs they are lining up outside macys just before 7 am when the doors opened. Thats for many people went this point. One woman who lives in mississippi says that she couldnt imagine a better place to be than union square it was ringing people from the east bay that you hadnt seen all year if you want to mingle and have fun that sounds like they were talking about us. Some shoppers that we talked to they wait until today to see how much they can be marked down. Others say they are here to use those gift cards. I love a gift card. In all of this brings us to our question of the day, which we have been asking you, what is the best or perhaps the worst gift that you have received this holiday season. So many responses, martha responded with a picture. And she right need i say more . Merry christmas. Bruce smit the schmidt sent up schmidt sent us this. And its okay, going for the practical gift. Quality over quantity. And, im a diehard fan. And by husband and son got me an autographed baseball. Right. Long suffering. And, we will keep chucking them throughout the day. And the hashtag we appreciate you using his ktvu. If you are heading over to the city, lets take a look, it is easy breezy. Today is a federal holiday a lot of people think its a day off to relax. But, the toll plaza looks like midnight on the slope night. Slow night. Some people are returning to the bay area after a night away. This is the freeway as youre coming into the bay bridge toll plaza that sometimes has inexplicable delays. Smooth sailing. And, aab through the coliseum. And it is a major holiday which today is. And, the actual Christmas Day a lot of people had off. One might one young man who has been with us, you are getting it done. And you have Important News . Yes, there been talking about the cold temperatures, tomorrow morning could be one of the coldest mornings of the week. And that means possibly a freeze warning. We are continuing with that theme. As you can see, we actually have a weather system to the south, this was the guy, if you noticed the clouds, those a system that produced the clouds over a good portion of northern and central california. During the previous hour, we are looking at truckee. They warmed up quite a bit. If you think it is cold in the bay area, it is very cold out towards truckee. Take a look, we have mostly clear skies, easterly winds at the surface. Just keep that in mind. We will check in on some of those current numbers. It has warmed up for degrees over the past hour. Beginning to recover, San Francisco 41 and the wind speeds are up there. And also, the windchill is a wind gusts of over 20 Miles Per Hour. This morning, clear and cold. It will be cool, excellent visibility. Temperatures in the lower to middle 50s eventually the afternoon. A few days away before 2016 ends, you have more on that forecast coming up. To the white house transition, it is back to work this week for president elect donald trump and we are expecting more cabinet announcements as they get ready to take office. Have a Trip Administration will operate after the inauguration. President. Obama is no way is in hawaii, donald trump is in florida. It is the awkward time between administrations. President. Obama greeted troops in hawaii for christmas perhaps one of the more pleasant tasks. This is an uncomfortable. Time. He garnered applause after attending a Christmas Church service is anxious to get moving. But he doesnt control the white house yet. And president. Obama is flooding the zone with new regulations and executive orders banning oil drilling in parts of the atlantic and releasing a new group from guantanamo bay. They are incredibly worried. And with most of the things that you are seeing them do, you cant lock things and permanently. And, they have president. Trump removed. On the other hand, hes doing what he can to muscle in. He had their decision to allow the United Nations to criticize settlements. Theres also said that they were expanding nuclear capability. And, it may not stop over the 20 appeared and let me just suggests, that they might just get used to it. And how to operate. And whether it is brilliant or stupid he beat Hillary Clinton and he beat the elite media. Not giving it up because it allows him to communicate a message by passing a Mainstream Media that he thinks history just him unfairly. Has treated him unfairly. For donald trump takes over, there is a change in the expected white house staff. Jason miller has been announced as the Communications Director says he will not take the job. He says that there are expecting their second child and this is not a good time to start a new job. He says right now, spending more time with family will be his top priority. He says the job will be added to the duties of white house secretary. A 14yearold boy who was killed in a crash yesterday. It happened around 12 30 am, investigators say that a car crossed over the Center Median and smashed headon into another car. They believe that the driver was junk, she was killed as well as a 14yearold boy in the other car. At this point, the Police Investigation is continuing and officers ask if you have information to give them a call homicides are at a 25 year high. The San Jose Mercury news reports that a badly Christmas Eve stabbing brought the number that a deadly Christmas Eve stabbing brought the number of homicides up. A woman was stopped at a domestic dispute. They think that the person who was arrested is the same person who called 911 for help. The womans name and details about that have not been released. George michael passed away yesterday at the age of 53. The cause of death was heart failure. Some fans had been leaving flowers and candles at michaels home in london. Its very sad. It has 11 hits. And, the 1980s, i grew up there. Kelly right takes a look back at the life of george michael. [music] the british pop singer is dead according to his publicist the 53yearold died peacefully at his home in england. The at times controversial artist shot to stardom with the pop group wham. Enjoying popularity as a teenybopper idol. Delivering hits like last christmas. [music] he went on to enjoy a long solo career selling over 100 selling over 100 million albums and earning numerous grammy and American Music awards. He also recorded duets with Music Industry legends like Aretha Franklin ray charles and elton john. But his career was not without controversy. His drug use and risky sex brought him into frequent prussians with the law. In 1998 hes arrested for public lewdness in a mens restroom in los angeles. The scandal threatened to end his music career. The artist managed to use it as inspiration for a song called outside. [music] celebrities tweeting about his death remembering him fondly. Ellen degeneres as well as his close friend elton john. Many people are posting good wishes for carrie fisher. She is best known for playing princess princess leia. She reportedly had a heart attack on friday during the 11 hour flight from london to los angeles. Her mother is thinking bands for their fans for their good wishes. She had been in london to promote her new book. Coming up, fresh powder in the sierra after a live report from the sugar bowl. Raider nation is now on edge after their star quarterback broke his leg. Still ahead, the very latest on his condition. Heres your receipt. Have a nice day thank you. Start the car start the car start the car start the car the ikea winter sale. Wooooooo get up to 50 off select items. Now through january 10th. Ikea welcome back. It was a very good Holiday Weekend for snowboarders who headed up to the sierra. It got several feet of fresh powder. Joining us now to talk about those conditions is john potter. I heard you earlier this morning, its 2 on the mountain this morning . That is what it was driving up. I was coming through the valley , wait a little warmer up here. We were looking at about 10 degrees when i got to the office. In tell us, tellis, a big weekend. Talk about all of this snow. No just as he is getting to the good part. If you would like to come back, we would love to have you. Theres even more snow coming. It is nice and cold. And, they are making snow. Because its in the teens. Yes. Thats what they were telling us, the high yesterday was 25. Well, when i say perfect, i say its perfect for those of you who like to ski and snowboard. I make snacks. No its hot chocolate. But it is a lovely getaway. Heres another step, did you know that they make more than 40 of their gross revenues for the whole year are these two weeks . I believe it. So we can bring john back. And its a great message. Bring a jacket. Back at home, it will be a rude awakening for one car owner. He tree fell on the toyota at about 4 30 am. There was some wind, this is right near the oakland zoo. No one is saying what caused the tree to fall. We do not know exactly whos going to be responsible for removing the tree. And bad weather taking a toll in parts of the country. This is what it looked like in his mark, north dakota. A big blizzard. Many highways were shut down and widespread Power Outages the western portions of the state expecting 8 to 15 more inches. And the snow is causing problems in other states. Where the storms are headed next. This causes deadly road conditions. As heavy snowfall hits the western United States and parts of the great plains. In iowa a storm created hazardous travel conditions, road crews worked to clean the streets to keep drivers safe. Snow plows were out in full force clearing roads. Slippery conditions caused several accidents on the highway. Its just valley wide. They are doing everything that they can to keep up with the weather. I have been fighting it all day. Neighborhood in Denver Colorado was hit with heavy wind. It caused Power Outages. The roof from this building came and it hit the power was box. Hopefully we dont blow it sums up. And we have blankets. We have a few extra ones. And in other areas of the country residents enjoyed those wintry conditions. It just seems like what people think that a christmas should be. In i havent seen snow this deep after one night became it feels like a christmas from my childhood. Northern arizona hitting more than half a foot a snow bringing people out to play. A snow and icy mix is expected to continue to fall as listeners east to the great lakes and new england. Coming up, a massive search is underway in the black sea. It will have the latest that went down yesterday was 92 people on board. Woman college today. Career tomorrow at the peralta colleges. Sign up for classes today at one of our four colleges. Berkeley city college, college of alameda, Laney College and merritt college. Classes start january 23rd. We have so many ways for you to get ahead. Financial aid, thousands of classes to choose from, tutoring and so much more. College today. Career tomorrow. Sign up for classes right now at peralta dot edu. Like your future at the peralta colleges. Following developing news, they have been evacuated in moscow. The News Agency Says the bomb threats phoned in for all three of those stations. Those dogs are being used to inspect those stations. Related information will pass it along. A mess search is underway. 92 people were on board that plane all are believed to have died in the crash. [music] it was held a Memorial Service was held at the airport they are on 32 ships were the plane went down and they took off in good weather heading to syria where they have a large military presence for a concert. Among those on board, members of the Russian Military choir. Russias president said today a national day of mourning. Paypal investigation of the causes will be carried out and everything will be done to support those families. Russian Officials Say a technical issue is likely the cause of the accident. They do not believe it was terror related. Israel is promising to retaliate after United States abstained from a vote. He is now lashing out at president. Obama saying that theres no doubt that his administration admit demanded that it be passed. He is now placing his hopes on the Incoming Trump administration which has so far support and the rightleaning party. Strong condemnations coming in lashing out against donald trump president. Obama for allowing a resolution to pass. And, israel summoned the ambassador including the United States to jerusalem to reprimand them on Christmas Day. Most of them are close, it face the israeli Prime Minister has more the israeli Prime Minister has more harsh words. Friends do not take friends to the security council. They pass the first resolution since 1979 condemning them. They accuse president. Obama of engineering the vote. Secretary of state john kerry said that settlements on terrorism. And, analysts believe that the resolution will further the tension between the two. 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A better price, great taste, and no artificial flavors. The 3. 50 sub of the day. Only at subway. So many of us have been talking about the basket or worst gift. It was our question of the day to you and on twitter, kathy anders sent me this picture. And, you take the saliva and you see from who and whence you came. She said, my mom got this for me. And she shared with me for christmas gift. Im not seen anything so far. What can i share my . My mother and father in law are in town. In two days before christmas my motherinlaw spent hours wrapping all of the presence. Beautiful with ribbons and bows. It was such a relief to have it not hanging over my head. Thats very generous. Some gifts you cant put a price on. Last week and is working with him talked about wacky gifts and i always get a bottle of ketchup. And i would put everything with ketchup. So theyd always get ketchup. My brother was watching so course Christmas Day i unwrapped a bottle of ketchup. But it all stems from now shes gone, but a gal named mimi. Thats so funny. She obviously likes ketchup is much as you do. Is that like getting a lump of coal . Yes, thank you for watching it. Are hashtag, is ktvu. Have been working a lot of long days this holiday season. Happy to be here. And, they were opening all the guests. And, they had a few high clouds. And, its a great day to be outside. And, put it to good use because, you will need it. And right here in the satellite you have clouds to the south. This was the Club Producer for a good portion of the bay area. And, mostly clear skies but a brisk northeasterly wind. And, you will notice that if youre exposed to the wind. Temperatures have been slow to budge but that has been creeping up. San francisco is 43. San jose checking in at 40. And, as far as the wind speeds, they are not extremely strong. And, it is Half Moon Bay you can see the wind gusting to right around 30 Miles Per Hour and heres the plan for today, temperatures are on track to reach the lower and middle 50s. Just a cold start, theres a chance that we could have a freeze warning. And nothing is posted just yet the National Weather service. It looks like a pretty nice week. And, a very slight chance of a shows snow shower. It looks good. Smooth sailing as we approached 2017. Very nice. A live look to the San Francisco international airport. Spokesperson for the airport tells us that they are expecting to be a moderate travel day. 68,000 people are set to depart from sfo. 40,000 people are expected to travel in and out of the airport. And if youre hitting the road, shouldnt have any problems there. And, usually, monday morning, it starts to get backed up in both directions. Smooth failings. Failing. Sailing. We move onto news now police are looking for whoever vandalized a synagogue on the first night of hanukkah. Someone smeared feces and rice not far from a menorah display. It did not include any anti somatic messages. But the rabbi says that the synagogue has been a target before and they think it was targeted this time for religious reasons. There are many stores in this whole area, its the only one and its the first day of hanukkah. They do not have security cameras but they said that they will invest in some of them very soon. An