Didnt seem all that close. Reporter the niner defense was the story of this day. They suffocated the vikings. Basically ran the ball right into next weeks nfc championship game. Check out the highlights asinina as niners fans psyched up. Niners open the game with an eightplay, 61yard drive. 70 niners in a flash. Vikings tied on a bomb. Richard sherman picks off kurt cussan cousins. Poland, two rushing touchdowns. The niners open up a 2710 lead. And six sacks total. Nick bosa had two. Niners win 2710. Coach shanahan talking about the rushing attempt. 47 carries for 186 yards. Thats a goal we set on monday, right when we found out that we believed the team that got over 30 rounds would win. And that was a complete team goal. And the offense would not have been able to get that many runs if the defense didnt play like they did and if the special teams didnt play that way also. Reporter so the 49ers advance to the nfc championship game, which will be next sunday, right here at levi stadium. They will take on the winner of the seattle green bay game, which will be played tomorrow. Lots more coming up in sports. For now, live at levi stadium, larry beil, abc 7 sports. Thank you very much. And of course the h49 faithful were out in force for the playoff game at the stadium. Cornell bernard spent the day with the fans and joins us live from levis with the fans. They had it to be celebrating. Reporter you Better Believe there is a fullon party going on out here in the parking lot of levis, now the game spilling out of levis, feeling very victorious. A blowout over the vikings today. There was no stopping the team. 49er faithful know they are one win away from going to the super bowl. Thats what im talkin about niners, another home game, here we go. Reporter fans never had a doubt. We are going to the super bowl. Were going to take it this time niiiiiiiiners this is our first final here and santa clara, we had three heartbreaks with harbaugh. Now weve got to make this one work. Reporter the Tailgate Party was goldblooded. We found him tail kbatigating i tesla. It fits a lot of stuff. When youre fan, youre fan. Reporter Bobby Lindsey showed how devoted she is. Theres no stopping us now. Lets go, niners come on reporter vikings not welcome here these guys were from saskatchewan. You guys are not welcomed here. Actually, the people were pretty good. I was able to wear my beach attire. Reporter yeah, back to canada for those guys. They did appreciate how relatively warm it was here, 11 degrea degrees for them back home. We have been outside most of the day. But we felt we were on the 50 yard line, because it was so loud. 49er faithful making their presence known. And like that sign says in the background, 49er faithful then and faithful now. Cornell bernard, abc 7 news. The abc 7 News Sports Team has game coverage from inside and outside the stadium. You can find it at abc 7 news. Com. Meanwhile, police are looking for thieves who broke into a school, getting away thousands in laptops. This is the second time the shed has been broken into, and students say theyre feeling the stress with a competition in mach. It definitely raises our stress levels from what they already were. The competition is crunched for time as it is. Teams struggle to get their stuff done when theres no problem around. This time the thief the broke through walls. In december they cut the lock. The robotic club will now be moved to another part of the school. Developing news now. One of the last Catholic Schools will be closing. Mercy said it would close this ju june in an email. The school says they would have to charge an extra 5,000 in tuition to stay open. There had been rumors of turning it into a coed school, but Officials Say that is not an option. At a meeting today, the School Explained options for the transfer process. These are my sisters. These are my family. And the thought of not being able to spend my final year of high school with them is just k devastating. Five junior students started a gofundme page. So far theyve raised about 3,000. A 5. 9 earthquake hit in puerto rico this morning. It caused a massive massive mase these are the most recent in the string of quakes that have left thousands without power and water. Governor newsom is sending a team tomorrow morning. Disaster specialists from california that are experienced in managing complex, big disaster events as well as the expertise that we bring to the table in the area of seismic knowledge. So far, there have been no reports of injuries. Iran is now acknowledging that it shot down a ukrainian airliner by accident, killing everyone on board. Irans president said they are working to identify and prosecute what he calls an unforgivable mistake. Mistake. Reporter they shot down a Ukrainian Airlines plane. The revolutionary guard says the boei boeing 737 was mistaken as a hostile target. Tweeting their internal investigation has concluded that regretly, missiles fired caused the crash of the ukrainian plane and death of 176 innocent people. 57 canadian citizens among those killed. Canadians Prime Minister calling irans admission an important first step, but says a complete investigation must be conducted. We need full clarity. Families are seeking justice and accountability. They deserve closure. Irans foreign minister sharif calling the tragedy human error called by u. S. Adventurism. He has criticized President Trump for threatening to strike iranian cultural sites if iran retaliates for the killing of general qassem soleimani. Mani. M. Th when questioned friday by laura ingraham, President Trump wont say what the specific threat was. Did he have a largescale attack planned for other embassies, and if those were planned, why cant we reveal that to the American People . Wouldnt that help in your case . I can reveal that i believe it would have been four embassies. Reporter the u. S. Has imposed a host of new sanctions against iran. President trump says they will remain in effect until iran changes changesis its behavior. A pickup truck is riddled with bullets after a possible case of road rage. The gunfire happened just after midnight on 101 near highway 85. Chp officers say one started shooting it at the truck with two people inside. A passenger was taken to the hospital after she was injured by shards of glass from a bursting window. Officers say the gunman got away. Theres a new oftfer on the table for a group of mothers who took over a home. What they are being offered if they will leave quietly. I got on top of him, were holding him down. 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They moved into the house on magnolia street last november. A judge yesterday gave them in five Business Days to leave or be evicted. A Sheriffs Office spokesperson says the women are refusing to leave without a confrontation. Three dogs died in a house fire. When they got to the scene, light rain and fog made it difficult to find the fire. It was burning in a granny unit behind the main house. The woman who lives in the unit was not home at the time. Crews say the fire caused 100,000 in damage. A pair of brothers sprang into action after a homeless man in Southern California tried to take a 6yearold girl from her family. All of this happened while they were at a restaurant in venice last saturday. You can see the man, identified by police as evan mclauren nelson in the video repeatedly rying to take the girl. Her uncle grabs him by the hair and throws him to the ground. He started telling us, god told me to save her, i have to save her. He kept coming up to us trying to take her. Scary stuff. The pair held the man down until police arrived. He was charged with attempted kid mapping a kidnapping and resisting an officer. Recognizing the helping hand who volunteer to clean up San Franciscos neighborhoods. The impact of a unique city program. And im drew tuma. We are not done with the wet weather yet of the some of us could see an isolated shower tomorrow. Well detail who and when coming up. And the jeopardy greatest of all time episodes continue next week. If you missed any episodes you can get doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacistrecommendeding . Memory support brand. You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. A popular eatery inside San Franciscos Ferry Building is closing up shop, the second highprofile closure in as many weeks. Soul food hot spot will close on january 19th. It was the second bay area location for chef Tonya Holland and had been open for less than a year. Its closing because of business decisions. It follows the closure of maajita. A Program Helps clean up neighborhoods. Abc 7 news was at portsmouth square where fireworks and dancing dragons marked anniversary for Community Clean team. It is the longestrunning volunteer program. We have over 300 volunteers here giving the extra hands that we need to keep the city clean. Of course they cleaned up immediately after the celebration. Volunteers have logged more than 200,000 hours, painted over some 4 million square feet of graffiti and collected more than 5,000 bags of litter. Yeah. Judging by the video, a little bit warmer than saskatchewan. Oh, yeah. Lots of sunshine there. And they didnt have any vikings helmets on, either. No, just a little bit warmer, we are in store for a cold night. Temperatures dropping into the 30s. Some there is a chance of an isolated shower. Live doppler 7 tonight showing you any Early Morning hours we had today have moved out. And clearing skies are prevailing this evening. Outside on the Golden Gate Bridge camera, the sun has gone down. Beautiful hues in the twilight hour. Forecast features calling for a clear night on the way, also chilly ov chilly over the next 12 hours. The best chance of showers is in the north bay. What were really watching is wednesday night into thursday morning of the upcoming week. A stronger storm looks to be moving in. Its a little breezy right now. 23 the current wind. 20 in novato. 15 in San Francisco. The wind will relax overnight. It is cool out there, 53 in the city. A little warm ner in oakland. Little bit warmer at 57 degrees. We do have a surf advisory still in effect lasting until 3 00 p. M. Tomorrow. You see waves building anywhere from 15 to 16 feet. We are watching tomorrow, we have the king tides. High tide in San Francisco is at 11 54 a. M. , with a tide of about 6. 6 feet. So there could be some minor coastal flooding as well. Well keep our eye on that. Overnight tonight with stars in our sky, its cold out there, dropping to 39 in san jose. San so live doppler 7 along with satellite, theres that weak front that moved through early this morning. We are cooler and drier. Heres next front already moving into seattle and portland. This one will not move through the bay area, but what it will could, toward the north try to instigate a shower. There you can see around clover dale and ukiah, the chance of an isolated shower. Perhaps a shower as far south as santa rosa. Thats about it. Count yourself lucky, i guess, if you feel a drop, because this storm is not going to bring substantial rainfall to us. Highs on our sunday, 55 in San Francisco. The same in santa rosa. About 57 in san jose. 56 in concord and a high of 56 for half moon bay. The next seven days for you, monday starts out with sunshine. This the evening well find showers dotting the landscape. Wednesday into thursday, look at that. Thursdays a two on the impact scale, the heaviest will be in the morning, guys. Thank you very much. Okay. Time now for a little bit more sports, heading out to levis stadium once again, larry beil. A convincing win for the niners over the vikings. Absolutely. And the 49ers win with defense. Next stop, the nfc championship game as the red and gold ground and pound their way to victory. Highlights and post game to deal with the problem. Icians but they wouldnt. So we took it to the voters and forced big tobacco to pay its share of healthcare costs. We fought Oil Companies for new clean air laws and closed a billion dollar Corporate Tax loophole to fund public schools. By going directly to the people we got results. Thats not something you see a lot of from washington these days. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Lets make change happen. How you doin, everybody. Larry beil, were live at levi stadium, and what a luxury. Lastsecond drama for the San Francisco niners. They used a powerful rushing game to take care of the minnesota vikings, eliminate them. And the next stop will be the nfc championship game next week. The highlights as the firstever playoff game at levis stadium was exactly what the fans had hoped for. Joe montana honorary captain. Niners open the game, eightplay, 69yard drive. 70 niners in a flash. Kirk cousins going deep for diggs. 41 yards. Were tied at seven. Jimmy g, providing the lead block. Samuel fumbled on reversal. The niners kept the ball. Good thing. Garoppalo, not great numbers, 11 of 19, 131 yards, a touchdown, but a pick on a poorlythrown ball late in the second quarter. That was almost costly, but d. Ford who hadnt played because of a hamstring, sacks. Third quarter, niner defense getting some pay back. Cousins, intercepted by Richard Sherman who returns it deep into viking territory. Setting up, tevin the defense takes over from there. The rookie, nick bosa showing up. He had two. Niners win it, 2710 and they will host the nfc championship game next week as we bring in chris alvarez. I just got out of the pressers. Kyle shanahan said we need to rush the ball at least 30 times. They rushed it 47. Ball control. We talked about the pursuit. Defensive effort was amazing. Heres some of the reaction. I got 24 hours to celebrate this one. 5 00 tomorrow you can ask me about that. But im going to enjoy this one, and then ill definitely be ready to watch some football tomorrow and i cant wait to play more football. The fans felt different. It was rockin out there today. They were screaming, they were loud. It was a fun atmosphere. But as far as everything, it was, i dont know, got treated just like another game. You go out there, its still 100 yards long. Got to play football. This Team Deserves it. Jimmy garoppalo played awesome. All our position coaches, our dline, our Team Deserves it. We work hard week in, week out. We try to put our best on the line. We dont always get what we want, but this team is a family. Richard sherman does not like being disrespected. Theres much more at 6 00 on that. Niners will take on the winner of the green bay seattle game and host the nfc title game right here next week. Thats a wrap conditions are protected. Vo a broken promise. Trump repeatedly tried to undermine coverage for 134 million americans with preexisting conditions. Mike he just doesnt care if you have a preexisting condition he wants to deny you access to coverage. If he is reelected, hell keep trying to do that and i think we cant let that happen. Vo as president , mike will lower costs, and protect americans with preexisting conditions. Mike im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. A High School Student in new york made an out of this world discovery during his internship with nasa. He discover add new planet how does that happen . 17yearold wolf sukiere it looking through a telescope. Its almost seven times the size of earth and only the 13th tonight, the breaking news as we come on. Deadly tornadoes striking in the middle of the night. More than half a dozen people killed, and we are just learning two First Responders killed on an icy highway, responding to an accident. And now, more than 80 million americans at risk in that rough weather spanning from texas to maine. Also breaking tonight, iran finally taking blame for shooting down that ukrainian passenger jet, killing 176 people on board. Calling it a disastrous mistake. Tonight, the timeline of what happened. Plus, the growing demands for the ayatollah to be removed. In politics, sanders on the rise. What the new poll shows in the crowded iowa field of democrats