Impact. Reporter with christmas just around the corner, republicans look at a time biggest. At a cut in history. Jeffrey lawrence and his team of Certified Public Accountants advise hundreds of clients in Santa Clara County. Most today are desperately trying to pay their property tax and any estimated state taxes for the year 2017. Thats because under the new plan, taxpayers who itemize will only be able to deduct their state individual and income taxes up to a limit of 10,000 a year. Now were getting all this late breaking big change information at a really, really late time. Some are concerned about the timing of the vote. Thinking about my own family and how it will impact us in the coming year in terms of whether well owe more. The cpa has been swamped with questions and concerns from clients. Tax professionals can do planning and insist that everybody should review their tax returns on stark planning for 2018. For those who prepare their taxes, updates are already underway. Well make sure that we have the tax law changes in place. And then they get every tax break they deserve and the maximum refund allowable. Ill be spending christmas studying continuing education then. Thats what it boils down to. So were ready to go. In san jose, chris nguy nguy nancy pelosi railed against the tax plan saying the bill will only increase inequality and cost americans access to Health Insurance. Remember these three numbers. 86, 86 million middle class families get a tax increase. 83. 83 of the tax advantage goes to the top 1 . 13. 13 million americans may lose the Health Insurance as their premiums go up under elimination of the individual mandate. This is what they are drinking toast to. House Speaker Paul Ryan said the republican plan will create new jobs across the country and lead to check growth. No democrats voted for the measure in either chamber. A dozen california House Republicans voted in favor of the tax overhaul yesterday. Two voted against it. Darrell issa and had dana rohrabacher. On our website, abc7 news. Com, we have a more in depth look at when the new tax plan might mean to you and youll find it on our home page. Breaking news in san jose, has the story we first told you about at 4 00. The highway is jammed up near the story road exit. The southbound 680 connector to the area is closed because a man is sitting on the overpass. The california Highway Patrol said he has been perched up there since before 1 00 a. M. Emergency personnel are on the scene and they are talking to him. Well bring you an update should it change. You can see the resulting traffic mess. All the red showing you where traffic is really slowed down this afternoon on a wednesday. Five south bay men wanted for a string of burglaries after crashing an suv through gates of Travis Air Force base during the pursuit of santa clara detectives. These are images of the arrest. The suspects are wanted for a string of burglaries in four south bay cities. Theyre accused of breaking into Liquor Stores and gas stations and stealing cash and rolls he of lottery tickets. Several suspects are under arrest following a Home Invasion robbery in los gatos. It happened this morning. The victim was taken to the hospital. The Santa Clara County sheriffs hospital said arrests were made in modesto after the victvictvit mercedes suv was tracked. They demanded valuables, they ransacked his house and then physically assaulted him. He was taken to the hospital where he received medical care. It was Law Enforcement officials teamed up with the fbi to announce the arrests of eight violent gang members. As Melanie Woodrow explains, the same task force has been involved nasa several others. These are the Law Enforcement officials, i know what the fbi, say they arrested in operation klap it out. These arrests mark a successful and significant disruption of a violent neighborhood gang whose associates have allegedly committed serious criminal acts, including burglaries, shooting in public areas, pitching across the state of california, and murder which includes the shooting death of an innocent bystander. Multiple Law Enforcement agencies served 11 search warrants in the county in late october will they recovered guns, drugs and paraphernalia. It was exactly what the safe Streets Program is all about. It is dismanhunting, disrupting and putting dark these groups determined to do violence. Reporter this past august, the task force put to rest a street gang called the swerve time. And they announced cameras in lt iple shootings. The camera and the technology did help. The individuals arrested have not been charged with any of the shooting on the freeway. These gans need need to look over their shoulder. Uc just filed a Sexual Harassment claim. The San Francisco chronicle says the settlement attempted to 80,000. The incident sparked protests when the accused profess or was allowed to teach while the investigation took place. He is still an employee at the school. According to the could not cal, the university and a strike aimed at pilots. They said the number of reported strikes since monday has increased from four to seven. Last night, chp flew over 98th avenue and interstate 880 searching for whoever is doing this. Saturday night, the there. They he said pointing a a plane is against the law. I love what i do. I love my job i will love serving the city. Running for mayor is a fantastic opportunity for flow continue what im doing on the board. To make San Francisco a better place for all of us. Its still unclear if acting mayor london breed will throw her heart into the ring. Another possible candidate is state assemblyman and former supervisors president david chu, mark leno and angelo aliotto aaa also running. Another declared candidate was busy at city hall today. She filed a ballot measure in support of a summer of love festival. The organizers were later, they spoke about running for mayor. When this all happen, so suddenly and so horribly last week, i kept thinking to myself, if i dont run, to be able to help the poor and the homeless and the sick of the city. If i dont run, i will regret it the rest of my life. This will be her [ speaking spanish ] keeping it real. How a bay area woman helped make the animated film coco true to its culture and heritage. The seasons are changing tomorrow and you will notice. Ill have an explanation. Coming up. Plus, t the standout defensive end at city college of San Francisco has a message he wants to share with other young people. Abc 7 anchor eric is with him. Reporter he will make the announcement here at Solano School where he first fell in love with sports at 6 00. If this were only a football story, it would still be amazing. He only had one offer coming out of high school. He went back to Junior College and now has offers from a bunch of schools. Hes switched from offense to defense and became a standout. But he said it is bigger than that. What he is talking about is life and important choices. 65, 230 pounds, as he could be verted wide receiver. In one season hes gone from making quarterbacks look good to making they will run for their lives. He red shirted his freshman year at uc davis. Then switched to city college when the coach who recruited him was let go. He became one of the most highly recruited in the nation with size and for you. 5 speed. A natural pass rusher. I can bend really well. Thats good. Reporter as proud as he is with the todays announcement, he said he is really dedicated to his mom lis. Her kidneys began to fail during child birth. Despite that, she became a model of behavior. She never stopped working. How can i stop work . No matter if you come from a single mom or someone struggling to make ends meet or health issues, the best revenge is success. Lis got a kidney transplant eight years ago but has been stricken with Additional Health problems. Jordan says that makes him want to work even harder. He says part of his message is aimed at young people. I want female believe in themselves. There will be a lot of people who tell you you cant do something. That youre not good enough. But i think my story is proof that there may be a lot of obstacles that you face but you can do it. So hes taking 31 the classes are including but not limited, to colorado, utah excuse me, colorado and utah. He is going to make the fwhoumt which of those schools hes choosing at 6 00 and well bring that to you when it happens. Thats exciting. Wonderful news. An 8yearold terminally ill boys dream has come true. Is there any way you can do me a huge favor . Yeah yeah all right. He answered the call of the Santa Clara Fire Department earlier this moflt he got to spend a day with one of the engines. He even suited up. It was just a drill but the young stir got to experience what it is like being on the front lines. He has disease related to muscular dystrophy. Most are unable to walk or stand by the time they are 12 years old but he is doing just great. He looks like real pro there. Pixars new movie coco is being portrayed for its family life in mexico. Pix arrest went to Great Lengths to true to mexican culture and even got help from a consultant who lives in the bay area. Reporter every last detail in coco from the music to the clothing to the language was carefully studied. The filmmakers studied the culture. For the first time, pixar hired cultural analysts so they could honor mexican hair damage sflflt have the importance. It is important to portray it in a way that is accurate and in a way that understands where the heritage is coming from. Avila is a first generationao american. She now lives in alamo where she has an altar like in coco to honor the dead. In this scene, the mother threatens to whack him with a guitar. S shes gesticulating with a wooden spoon. We said no, no, a mexican abu he shall la would use shes threatening. She said thats just one example of the shes proud of the movie. Abc7 news. Were getting a status updiu update on holiday deliveries. Have you got everything shipped . I think so. One thing is coming. Ive still got one gift. The Delivery Companies are dealing with a Record Number of package this is year and it includes all of those shipped in time will arrive ontime for the holidays. Fedex said it is on track. Rival ups experience ad few short term delays following the surgery in online orders. It has restored normal delivery time. As long as you get your package out by the shipping deadline, you can pretty much count on it arriving in time. A lot of people are concerned about the effects of the net neutrality. And were getting an initial idea of the possible impact. There are seven major providers that they might establish fast and slow lanes. None of the seven ruled out that possibility. It is known as paid when they charge amazon for faster access to user. Get ready for the return of pokemon go. It will come to newer iphones and ipads running ios 11. It will take better advantage of apples reaugmented realities. The end result is that it will deal in better graphics. Youll want to see more at 6 00. Oakland,. 07 of an inch. You get to the Santa Cruz Mountains and it was about a third of an inch of rain. It is gusty in half moon bay. Youll notice as we head into tomorrow morning, 34 at fairfield. This wind is going to play a role in allowing those temperatures to be held up a few degrees. Even though it will be cold tomorrow morning. It will keep the atmosphere stirred up enough to where the temperatures dont drop as low. You will see where the numbers are heading. 33 degrees in napa. Sorry about that. Theyre having some problems with the graphics. It will get even colder the following morning. So get ready to feel chill. I do want to show you, live doppler 7. You will notice the skies are clear across the bay area. Were seeing some scattered snow showers. The reports are one to four inches of snow. And right now as we take a live look, theyre making snow in tahoe. So it is a good sign as you head into the holidays. It is windy as we look at the view of San Francisco. The wind will allow the temperatures to be held up a little more than they would the following morning. Heres a beautiful view as we look toward sutro tower. Behind the cold front, we have chillier air coming through. Heres a spectacular view. Winter begins at 8 28 tomorrow morning. Theres the possibility of showers on christmas. So tomorrow morning, most of you will be in the 30s and 40s. There will be a few places like ukiah and lake port, dropping below freezing. So definitely a night where youll need heat. You will need an extra blanket. It will be cold. Tomorrow morning when you get going, the average low, 36. It will be 31 degrees. You lose the wind, you you you y temperature. Definitely on the cool side despite the sun. 50s to low 60s. The storm impact scale comes in for christmas. A light system. Right now, models are not in agreement. Less than a quarter of an inch. Hour by hour we go. Light showers monday morning. Scattered in nature through the afternoon and evening and this is just one model. The other model, not so wet. Stay tuned. Cold the next couple of mornings. Winter starts tomorrow morning and trust me. You will feel it. The clouds increase and the overnight temperatures will not drop as much. So the weekend is dry. Get all the holiday shopping. And then the level one system brings as you chance of rain. So download the app. And you can keep track of the temperatures. Excellent. Thank you. Say cheese. The california burger joint is taking a personal touch to taking your orders. And new at really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. A large sea turtle was caught. Rescuers carefully got twisted lines to free the animal. The coast guard says in addition to the turtle, they discovered seven tons of coke and marijuana. A california restaurant can tell what youll order he by looking at your face. It uses facial Recognition Technology that will connect the service with your face. It can bring up your past orders when you look at the machine. The machines are being tested at a restaurant in pasadena. Weird. Stay with us. Santa goes to city hall. It was a very good day for this group of children coming up, an update on the bad bus crash that sent dozen of people to the hospital. At leaf one issue has been ruled out as a cause of the crash. And proof that california is taking a firm stance against the Trump Administration which critics say is costing taxpayers too much. And a warning for travelers. It is not Just Airlines that can lose your luggage. Thats all coming up at 6 00. Finally, long lines and happy faces at San Francisco city hall today. There sure were. Hundreds of kids were there to meet santa and pick up early christmas presents. It was run by the california firefighters union. Organizers say it has grown over the decades. Started back in the day at a fire house, 65, 67 years ago. Giving them out to local kids. Got union involved and it has been built up to the biggest toy giveaway in the country. Organizers say they will take donations at the local fire houses to make the day brightr for people all over the bay area. World news is next. Tonight, several developing stories as we come on. What President Trump tonight calls an Incredible Christmas gift. His first major legislative victory. His tax cuts pass. Corporate america getting the biggest cuts. And theyre permanent. Tonight, what does the middle class get . Holiday travel concerns at this hour. Two storm systems, just as millions set out to travel for christmas. Several major travel hubs set to get hit in the midwest and then the east. Ginger zee with the new timing. Just in tonight, the u. S. Embassy now confirming eight americans are dead after boarding that tour bus, all part of a holiday vacation. The desperate search at this hour. The mother killed, the baby, just six weeks old, stolen. The olympic star tonight suing usa gymnastics. Did they try to silence her with money . Why she says they wanted to keep her quiet. And the countdown is on tonight. The new christmas shopping