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Thats a trusted person at the airline. Im just happy to be home, happy to be safe, and im happy they handled it really well. An Emergency Landing for a flight bound for San Francisco after an off duty pilot who was riding as a passenger in the cockpit allegedly tried to shut down the engines. Good evening. Thank you for joining us for this special edition of abc7 news at nine. Im dan ashley and im ama daetz. The horizon air flight left everett, washington, just north of seattle, bound for San Francisco yesterday evening. But the plane was diverted to portland where the off duty pilot was taken off the plane and arrested accused of trying to shut off the engines. That off duty pilot has now been identified as 44 year old Joseph David Emerson from Pleasant Hill. Were not showing his photo because he has not been charged in court yet. He works for Alaska Airlines, which owns horizon air, which is why he was authorized to sit in the cockpit in the flight deck jump seat while its still not entirely clear what happened, Alaska Airlines says emerson attempted to shut off the engines by pulling the fire extinguisher handles of the engines. Now, fortunately, the captain and first officer responded quickly. The plane was then able to safely land in portland with no one injured. Heres a recording of the exchange on board between the pilot and air Traffic Controllers shortly after emerson was subdued by the flight crew and handcuffed to a seat. Okay, i just give you a heads up. Weve got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit. Um and he doesnt sound like hes causing any issue in the back right now. I think hes subdued. Yeah, we one Law Enforcement as soon as we get on the ground and park horizon 2059 turn right heading 100. When you have a moment, what is your gate that youre parking at . And do you need a local Law Enforcement to show up . Yes, we need Law Enforcement 100. And we dont know the gate yet. 2059. Roger, when you find out, let me know, please. Yes, we do. 2059 what is the threat level . The threat the threat is now in the back of the airplane. So were reduced on the threat level. Were going to check in with the Flight Attendants and make sure everything is running smoothly. But it seems like hes settled down as soon as he after one moment of going a little bit overboard, we put him back. So 2059, roger, just because we can report this, what was the highest level that occurred . It escalated to a four for events. But hes out of the cockpit now. Now, when the plane landed in portland, emerson was arrested and booked into jail. He will be arraigned in Court Tomorrow when hell formally hear the charges against him. Heres a look at the charges hes facing. 83 counts of attempted murder in the first degree, 83 counts of recklessly endanger another person. Those are one count for each person on the flight, as you can gather. And one count of endangering an aircraft in the first degree. This comes as were learning more about Joseph David Emerson, abc seven news iteam reporter dan noyes has details on his background and tells us there are virtually no warning signs we could find that led to that close call in the cockpit. Joseph David Emerson is 44 years old. The jail booking sheet says hes six foot one, 210 pounds and that he was arrested by the port of Portland Police at 411. This morning. A comprehensive records search shows no criminal record, no tax liens, no divorce proceedings. He was born in Washington State and moved to Contra Costa County in 2008. He became a pilot for Alaska Airlines in april 2016. He has a wife who teaches at Peralta Community college and two young sons. He owns his home in Pleasant Hill today, neighbors were struggling to make sense of what happened. Hes never had a negative statement about his job or anything like that. So yeah, hes very understanding and well of other people. And, you know, we have a grandson with special needs and hes very good to him. So we just cant imagine him doing anything that would hurt anyone. He was active on twitter now ex during the pandemic discussing Alaska Airlines pilots being furloughed. He wrote in december 2020 the future of air travel remains highly depressed, immediate relief for the Airline Industry is critical, and one of his facebook posts, especially struck me. I tell my son every night, every day is another gift of this great adventure called life. Good, bad, happy, sad. All are equally important for the iteam. Dan noyes abc7 news. All right, so what about the passengers we know the flight was full and now were hearing from some of them who say the crew handled the emergency so calmly that they had actually no idea how serious things really were. Yeah. Abc seven News Reporter suzanne von spoke with one couple who had two very different experiences of the incident. Im just happy to be home, happy to be safe and im happy they handled it really well. Alex wood is one of the passengers on Alaska Airlines flight 2059. So relieved to be safe. He and his girlfriend, aubrey gavello, were returning home from a friends wedding when police say an off duty pilot inside the cockpit attempted to disable the aircraft engines. Neither wood or gavello ever saw or heard any commotion. Did you hear anything at all that raised red flags . Nothing. Nothing. Until the Flight Attendants announcement that said we had a situation we needed to prepare for landing. My boyfriend was up in the front so we werent sitting together and he slept through the whole thing. So that tells you how calm it was, gavello says the announcement was made about an hour into the flight. Then she saw Flight Attendants walk the suspect past her. I saw zip ties during which was confusing because they had told us it was a medical emergency, gavello says. At the back of the plane, a Flight Attendant tried to calm the suspect, telling him, youre going to be okay. What was his demeanor . Yeah, he was tall. Well, kempt had a lanyard well, like shirt tucked in, looked well put together. This is what it looked like after the Emergency Landing in portland. We landed and then about Ten Police Officers armed came on, walked straight to the back of the plane where i was sitting and detained him. And walked the gentleman off the plane. He looked dead in the eyes, almost. It was almost like he had a psychotic breakdown and then the Flight Attendant got back on and told us he had a mental breakdown. When gavello both say this experience has raised some big concerns with all love and respect for people dealing with Mental Health issues, its a scary moment for all of us and hope he gets the help he needs. But i also dont think its acceptable for a pilot to do this and just to be able to hop on the plane with this going on. Wood says he thinks one of the pilots flying the plane and hes grateful for what the crew did. Props to them for being able to keep us safe. Suzanne phan abc seven news one more note on this here. The Airline Pilots association is continuously be evaluated through their careers. Thats what the Pilots Association says about its pilots, adding that while the investigate is just getting underway, its important to remember that the Airline Pilot profession in north america is one of the most highly vetted and scrutiny ized careers. We wanted to learn how exactly Something Like this could have happened from a technical aspect. So abc seven news south bay reporter Dustin Dorsey got inside a cockpit with an aviation expert with just a pull of a lever and a press of a button. Power and fuel can be cut to a planes engine by fire extinguishers. Thats what was allegedly attempted by off duty pilot joe emerson in an embraer 175 cockpit during a flight from everett, washington, to San Francisco. A look inside a similar plane could give us a look at how this could have gone down. Im in the captains spot on the boeing 737. Again, a slightly different aircraft, Hiller Aviation Museum ceo john welty showed us how things look in this plane. These are the emergency controls for the number one and number two engines, only to be used in case of a fire. What i would do is i would pull this lever up, which is hard to do. Ive got to push the safety button down first so it cant happen by accident. But when i pull this up, this disconnects the fuel flow going to the engine. This also disconnects the hydraulics and the electrical power turning the lever would start the fire extinguishers and if done for both engines, this would leave the plane with no way to fly. Normally. In the embraer 175 cockpit, these fire extinguisher controls are up top within easy access to engage for a pilot sitting in the jump seat of the cockpit right between the two pilots, exactly where emerson was said to be. The flight was full, so all the seats were occupied, but the jump seat was available and there are a number of Airline Personnel who can sit up in the jump seats of the cockpit. That includes off duty pilots often flying to destinations where they will board a plane. They will pilot themselves. Emerson was scheduled to be on a flight crew in San Francisco monday. Thankfully, the control of the aircraft was never lost and the crew was able to divert to portland the Mental Health of emerson has been brought into question and welty says Airline Pilots are required to undergo medical exams every six months. A very important part of that examination is reviewing any Mental Illness issues, any medications that might affect cognitive functioning. Any psychic logical issues that may have arisen in the six month interval since the last first class medical exam. Questions we may learn answers to in the future as emerson now faces 83 counts of attempted murder in san carlos. Dustin dawsey, abc seven news and earlier today on our 3 p. M. Program, getting answers, abc seven news anchor kristen sze spoke with abc news aviation analyst john nance. He put things into perspective about how rare these incidents are and how the crew managed the threat. The captain and the first officer took care of the problem and there were no weapons involved. Thank. Thanks to our ability with tsa to screen them out. So i think you have to look at it from that point of view, 32 000 flights a day. This sort of thing has never happened except in the last probably 30 years. One time. And that last time it was a fedex cargo flight in 1994, which was also trying to fly to the bay area, san jose airport, in fact, jump seating fedex Flight Engineer who was facing termination tried to bludgeon the crew of three to death with a hammer after takeoff. Auburn calloway wanted to crash the plane so his family could cash in on a Life Insurance policy. Calloway failed. Thank goodness the crew survived and landed the jets safely back in memphis. But with life threatening injuries. Calloway is serving a life sentence in a federal prison. Coming up, the latest on the war in the middle east and the latest on the release of the two hostages who were held by hamas. Plus, the impact the war could have on oil prices and what that means for gas here at home. And then at 930, were learning new details about a weekend shooting at a house party in oakley that claimed the life of a 16 Year Old High School student and three others were injured. Im meteorologist sandy patel. 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Get started for 59. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, ask how to get an 800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet bundle. Comcast business, powering possibilities. Expanding into more areas. Israel is planning a Ground Invasion to start in the coming days. Two elderly israeli hostages have been released. The death toll of palestinians rising to 5000 now with limited life resources. Abc News Reporter melissa adan has the details. Video from hamas shows two israeli hostages being turned over to the red cross. Israeli Officials Say tonight 85 year old yahya and 79 year old nurit cooper are now back home. Both women were taken away in ambulances. Then an Israeli Military helicopter landing at a hospital in tel aviv early Tuesday Morning local time where theyre receiving care. Grandson speaking to israeli press, calling his grandmother and his grandfather, who was still believed to be held captive by hamas. Human rights activist states they are really amazing people who work for peace, who work for everything, which is good in this world. The women abducted from their homes along with their husbands during the october seventh terrorist attack by hamas, targeting communities near the gaza strip. The us says efforts are ongoing to secure the release of ten americans and about 200 other hostages still being held following fridays release of two american hostages. This amid a possible israeli Ground Invasion in gaza. Israel claiming to have struck 300 targets in gaza within 24 hours, promised a multilateral operation in the air, ground and sea. The hamas run Gaza Health Ministry saying more than 400 palestinian have been killed within the past 24 hours. At egypts rafah border crossing, a relatively small amount of aid, just 20 trucks getting into gaza for the third day. Hundreds more trucks filled with badly needed water, food and medicine are waiting to be cleared, but no fuel has been allowed in for fear it will get to hamas. Melissa dann, abc news, los angeles. Global oil supply rise could be tightened as the war rages on in the oil rich region. This could be bad news at the pumps. This winter. Neither israel nor gaza act as major oil suppliers, but this conflict could soon spread into other important regions, especially if iran gets involved. Iran is a Major Oil Producer and if they embargo oil or cut exports, that could weigh more heavily on oil prices. Brant crude oil prices have fluctuated, but that hasnt reached the gas pumps because of seasonal trends so far, gasoline prices are staying lower due to cheaper winter gas blends and decreased demand. This week, the National Average could fall to its lowest level since march. Governor newsom continues his six day trip to china. Today, newsom spoke at the university of hong kong. The governor assured china that california will continue to be a partner on climate issues no matter who is the american president. Californias goal of achieving Carbon Neutrality is by 2045. Thats five years earlier than hong kong, newsom says california is looking to meet that goal by eliminating emissions from vehicles and trucks. So if were going to get serious about cleaning up our environment half of that is just in the transportation space and thats why we went big and we focusing so much time and energy in that space over the next five days. The governor will visit a chinese city with an all electric vehicle fleet tour, an offshore wind energy facility, and see teslas shanghai manufacturing plant. All right. On to our weather now. Yeah, right. Its back to work on a great way to start. Meteorologist cindy patel is here with the forecast. Andrew. Yeah, it was a Beautiful Day today and if you liked it, dan and anna, were going to keep it going tomorrow. So the only thing is, tomorrow morning i would grab a sweater or a jacket. Its going to be a cool start. Right now i want to show you whats happening in the atmosphere. We do have an area of High Pressure that is building in, and thats why we enjoyed some sunshine today. And those temperatures came up. We do have a lot of cloud cover that is still hanging around the bay area at this hour. And we have some patchy fog down below. I do want to take you back in time. We had those showers yesterday. You probably remember them dampening the roadway, those showers yesterday, they did bring measurable rain to the bay area, which is beneficial all around this time of year as you know, since were talking about fire danger usually in october. So look at the rainfall totals. Youll notice just over a half an inch in santa rosa, three quarters. Kentfield ben lowman picking up over an inch, 1800. San francisco, 19 hundredths in oakland, five hundredths in concord and a 10th of an inch in san jose. Its a lovely view from our kgo roof camera. All is calm. Upper 50 around San Francisco. Low 60s oakland Mountain View 64. In san jose and 59 in Half Moon Bay east bay hills camera. We still have a pretty good view as we look across the bay there. 59 in santa rosa, 55 in petaluma and low to mid 60s from napa to concord. And a view from our santa cruz camera. Right now we dont have the choppy waters patchy dense morning fog, a crisp start. You know the seasons are changing. We dont have all the cloud cover. We wont have all the cloud cover tomorrow morning to insulate us. I should say sunny and mild tomorrow, cooler mid to late week and a chance of showers coming our way on friday. Tomorrow morning, watch out. The fog will be limited, but it is going to be dense around parts of the bay shoreline, parts of the north bay. And as we head towards tomorrow afternoon, it does clear away there will be some fog also along the coast like were seeing right now, morning temperatures is in the 40s and the 50s. So yeah, it is going to be cool to start the day tomorrow afternoon. Youre looking at low 60s to low 80s. Pretty much a sunny one for most of you. A few high clouds up to the north, 78 in santa rosa, 69 in the city, 76. In san rafael, 79. In concord, livermore 72. Oakland. Getting you up to about 78 degrees in san jose now were going to take you and fast forward this with the first system coming in on wednesday. That one is going to bring us much cooler air. But what it is going to do is dump some snow in the sierra. Not a lot, just a few inches. Theyre expecting snow down to lake level. And then the Second System coming in on friday gives us that opportunity for some wet weather. Certainly more snow for the mountains there in the sierra. So when all is said and done by sunday, this weekend, theyre looking at 1 to 3in of snow. So thats exciting. Accuweather seven day forecast temperatures will be in the 60s to 80s tomorrow. That is your warmest day if you call it warm, gusty and cooler for a few days. Taking you into friday, which brings in the opportunity for some showers there. Below average temperatures to start the weekend and then the numbers rebound just a little bit sunday and monday. But ive got to tell you, its going to feel like the seasons all of a sudden changed. Yeah, this. Yeah, wednesday. Well, its bound to happen. You know, it. Thanks, eddie. Well, heavy smoke continues to blanket the greater new orleans area because of wildfires across the region. Low visibility also put all ferries out of service today. It also caused even bigger, deadlier problems. At least 25 crashes were reported on a louisiana highway this morning after a pileup left two people dead and more than 30 injured. Just look at that. At least 318 wheelers were involved. Two of them ended up in flames. One father waited nearby for hours trying to contact his son who was injured in the crash. And its rough for any parent that, you know, go through Something Like that. Im just glad hes all right. He got a gash in his leg. I think a state trooper, somebody kind of passed that up and he think it showed his dislocated. But other than that, hes fine. Police expect more fatalities to be reported. A tanker also caught fire and a car went over into the lake. Researchers say the rapid melting of ice shelves in western antarctica may now be unavoidable. They say even significantly, cutting climate warming emissions may have only limited power and effect to prevent the collapse of the west Antarctic Ice sheet, which prevents sea ice from land from flowing into the sea. The collapse of that ice sheet could increase sea levels by 17ft. Coming up, its the season to get your covid 19 booster. But for some, its going to come with a cost. Why the shot that used to be free could cost more than 100. Thanks, dan and hello, my friends. Up north tonight we get ready for even more football with Terry Bradshaw and howie long from the daily show. Ronnie chang and music from brothers osborne. And we get to the bottom of the Biggest Wheel of fortune fail yet next on jimmy kimmel live. Rsv can be a dangerous virus. [sneeze]. For those 60 and older. Its not just a cold. And if youre 60 or older. You may be at increased risk of hospitalization. [coughing]. From this highly. Contagious virus. Not all dangers come with warning labels. Talk to your pharmacist or doctor. About getting vaccinated against rsv today. People without Health Insurance could be paying anywhere between 120 to 140 per shot. Abc seven News Reporter loose pena spoke with Health Care Professionals and the San Francisco Health Department about your options. As over the weekend, hundreds of people waited in line in San Franciscos Mission District to get their free covid 19 booster shot. On 24th street, only 200 made it to the front of the line successfully. We turned over 300 people this weekend. We turned them away from getting the vaccine so that definitely the need and the and the demand is there. Reality is that now covid 19 vaccines are not as accessible for people without insurance. This years booster can cost anywhere between 130 to 140. Is this capitalism or is this everything gone awry . I really think with the investment these companies have received from taxpayer dollars to develop the vaccines through operation warp speed and beyond that, we should not have them be this expensive. According to dr. Gandys research, at this point, these vaccines are not costing much to make Something Like 25 per. So this is quite a price hike, five times higher adMission Wellness pharmacy. The owner is noticing firsthand and the setbacks many are facing now. Some of the limitations would be if their insurance will allow them to get the vaccine here. So if a patient is insured, can they come to Mission Wellness to get vaccine . Cymatodera are waiting in line for her covid 19 booster appointment at walgreens. She was shocked to learn the current price and was concerned of the equity aspect of this. I did not know about the price. If you didnt have Health Insurance. I think thats a bit wild if you dont have insurance. The federal Bridge Access Program provides no cost. Covid 19 vaccines, but not all pharmacies participate in this program. You can also visit vaccines. Gov and check with the ones around you. Doctor gandhi is concerned not many know of this option. There was a promise made by this administration that we would have ongoing access until september 20th, 24 to vaccines for under an uninsured patients. Its not always being honored. And im really worried about that. For uninsured patients in San Francisco, luis pena, abc seven news. Madonna says its a miracle shes still alive ahead of her bay area concerts this comes as the singer discussed her recent hospital operation for a bacterial infection. Now, that forced her to push back. Her tour dates nearly three months. Madonna says less than four months ago, people were predicting that she wouldnt make it. But now she is back on tour with her concert at chase center, scheduled on february 27th and 28th. And at Golden One Center in sacramento on january 30th. And meantime, american gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton is finally home after being hospitalized with pneumonia two weeks ago. Her family disclosed that retton was in intensive care and unable to breathe on her own. Retton the First American female gymnast to win the olympic all around title at the 1984 los angeles games, was reportedly fighting for her life. More than 8300 donations totaling. Nearly 460,000, poured in from fans wanting to help with her medical expenses. Coming up, the latest on the investigation into a deadly teenage house party in oakley over the weekend as we learn new details about the survivors of the shooting. Plus, an eight year old boy and his pregnant mother held at gunpoint by police in sacramento. The case of mistaken identity that led police to believe the third grader was a suspect we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. Like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. Great on their own, even better together. Try cretors, handcrafted smallbatch popcorn. Is it possible my network could take my business to the next level . It is with comcast business. Powering all your devices with gigspeed wifi. And you get fast downloads and uploads. Pick it up pick it up oh we got this because its powered by the next generation 10g network. More speed for your business . Its not just possible. Its happening. Get started for 59. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, ask how to get an 800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet bundle. Comcast business, powering possibilities. This is abc seven news. There innocence were lost. You can see the terror in their face, in their eyes. So many of them running out of here and having to experience that. New details tonight as Police Investigate a deadly shooting at a house party in oakley over the weekend that left a 16 Year Old High School student dead and three others injured. Late this afternoon, we learned a 17 Year Old Girl who was injured in the shooting was released from the hospital today. Yeah, and the two other surviving victims are 15 and 16 yearldoys. It happened on shannon way near coral beltway tuay night. Abc seven News Reporter Leslie Brinkley has more on the tragedy thats reverberating throughout three high schools with the suspects still on the loose. A house party on this peaceful street in this suburban neighborhood erupted into gunfire around 1115 saturday night. Basically because we could hear a bunch of noise and some loud screaming, like a fight was kind of going on outside. So i came out and at that point, there was already people running down the street. Scared wasnt shortly after that that i heard six shots ring off this neighbor called 911. As chaos ensued. It was at least 100 to 150 kids, at the minimum that were running out of here. It could have been 200. It was so many there. Innocents were lost. You could see the terror in their face, in their eyes. So many of them running out of here and having to experience that. Oakleys police chief released a statement saying they found five nine millimeter shell casings in front of the house. A 16 year old died on the front lawn. Three others were injured and taken to John Muir Medical Center in walnut creek with nonlife threatening injuries. Witnesses described gunshot wounds to arms and legs. Police say officers came to the house based on a noise complaint. 30 minutes before the shooting, but left when an 18 year old assured them she would break up the party. But 20 to 30 teenagers showed up a short time later and a fight broke out. The shooter escaped. Most of the students in this neighborhood go to freedom high school, where there was a heavy police presence. Today parents clustered around the outside doors as rumors circulated. Some students left class s. They said that there was a rumor that the person from the party was going to come and shoot up the school, and we felt very unsafe being here and we just wanted to get away. So youve walked off campus because your parents were worried . Yes. And i was worried for my own safety, being here. Witnesses i spoke to said students present at the party were from three high schools. Freedom liberty and heritage. And here at liberty high school, at least today, counselors are available to students who might have been traumatized. And police say they are following up on all the leads and believe there was just one shooter in oakley, im Leslie Brinkley, abc seven news in the north bay, there is increased Police Patrols in Petaluma High School today after a threat of School Shooting was written inside a School Bathroom on friday. The student who wrote the message threatened to shoot up the school today and then named three people targeted over the weekend, police interrogated several people and determined the student who made the threat did not have access to weapons. Those involved were scheduled to meet with the School Administrators this morning. Eight abducted children were found in northern california. A mother has been accused of kidnaping her several biological children from foster care homes in arkansas. The 36 year old woman was reported to police by a bystander who thought she was acting a bit bizarre at a gas station in shasta county. According to Court Records, shes been charged with multiple counts of domestic battery in the past. The children are now safe and the mother is in jail being held without bail. And in sacramento, a mother says shes hurt and angry after police there mistook her eight year old son for a crime suspect. A witness recorded the incident which took place on the shoulder of i80 in sacramento. Shanice stewart, who is nine months pregnant, says police pulled her over last week when she checked her rear view mirror. She saw police with their guns drawn. She told her son to stay in the car because she was Afraid Police would open fire if her son made a sudden move out of fear. In the video, you can hear her son pleading for his mother. Listen. Please. That moment i was at fear that maybe the cops can think that, okay, this trying to run towards us and theyre in danger. They can shoot. Sacramento police say they mistook the eight year old for a juvenile with several felony warrants. They apologize to the family, but stewart is afraid her son will be traumatized and anxious if he ever has an encounter with police in the future. In the east bay, a man allegedly tried to rob a gun store in livermore and was shot by the shop owner. Happened around 230 yesterday afternoon at the store called east bay firearms on first street. Police say the man was armed with a hammer when he tried to take a gun and was shot. At least once. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the owner acted in self defense. The man wore a mask, a hoodie and gloves in the attempted robbery. Five other people were in the shop at the time, but they were not injured. Today in San Francisco, a police were investigating a shooting near 16th and mission streets at bart plaza. It happened about 11 00 this morning. Weve learned that one person was hurt, but there is no word yet on their condition. Officers closed one entrance into the bart station for a while, but it has since reopened. Bart service was not affected. Now to the latest out of maryland, where police are searching for the man who shot and killed a judge. The motive believed to be the judges ruling in the suspects divorce case. And tonight, abcs Pierre Thomas has new details tonight. Five days after Authorities Say a maryland judge was shot in a targeted attack in his own driveway, the urgent manhunt for pedro argote underway there. Primary clue, his 2009 mercedes suv like this one found over the weekend. Eight miles from the scene of the murder. According to authorities, judge Andrew Wilkinson was shot multiple times outside of his home while his wife and children were inside. We think judge wilkinson was targeted and he ruled. And a court case earlier in the day against mr. Admati. And we feel that was the that was the reason for the murder. Just hours before he was killed. Wilkinson granting argotist divorce ruling that he could have no contact with his wife or his children unless initiated by her. And tonight, new details about argote marriage. The couple apparently got into heated arguments and at one point his wife sought and later dropped a restraining order. The Washington County Sheriffs Office did respond to the home a couple times for verbal domestics in the last few years, but no physical violence that we know of. But Court Records show at one point barghoutis wife was concerned about her safety and worried about him having a weapon. Pierre thomas, abc news, washington. Still ahead here, the latest on the effort to elect a house speaker. The pool of republican hopefuls now getting slightly smaller when the next vote is expected. Plus, organizers of oaklands first fridays say the event is going on hiatus. Were going to tell you why and how long it will last. This is abc 724 San Francisco, live in the south bay in san jose. In concord. Live in oakland. Yes. Youre watching abc seven news live. Any time, anywhere. We are. We are. We are. We are. We are. We are where you are. Never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. Download our abc seven bay area streaming app. Join us and start watching welcome to big tobaccos fantasyland. A new, healthier World Without cigarettes. As long as you dont count the 6 trillion sold worldwide every year. And vaping wont lead to smoking, if you ignore the research that says otherwise. In big tobaccos fantasyland, the deadliest industry is your friend. Shh. Is planned to go ahead tomorrow. And there are questions over who will be chosen for that position. Representative dan muser dropped out of the race, but several other republican runs remain. Its been a real mess in washington and abc News Reporter m wynn has the latest. Tonight, eight republican lawmakers pitching themselves behind closed doors to be the next speaker of the house. But right now, this is going to be a process of and by the members and i think were going to be done pretty quickly. Ive made my case. Well see what the members say tomorrow. Contenders include House Majority whip tom emmer, second term florida lawmaker Byron Donalds and previous chairman to the house rules committee. Representative Pete Sessions of texas. The immediate frontrunner is emmer, the number two republican, backed by ousted speaker kevin mccarthy. But because he voted to certify president bidens 2020 election victory, Donald Trumps congressional allies arent keen on supporting him. I spoke to mr. Emmer. I spoke to a lot of congressmen that called me up and they all called asking for support. Trump had initially endorsed representative jim jordan for the role, but the ohio representative was dropped by his gop colleagues friday in a secret ballot after he failed three times to get the 217 votes needed for the speakership just days before the number two republican, steve scalise, ended his bid after he couldnt secure the votes, the speaker has not been elected. For now, no legislative business can move forward, including president bidens requested 100 million foreign aid package for israel in ukraine and no spending bills can be considered even as the midterm Government Shutdown deadline looms. I think the Forum Tonight was really important. I think each each of the candidates could certainly rise to the occasion. Theres not a single one that i certainly couldnt support on the floor. Im hopeful that this gets wrapped up in the next 48 to 72 hours. Tuesday, House Republicans plan to hold another secret ballot vote to secure a new nominee, a floor vote could come the same day when abc news washington. President biden announced plans today to designate tech hubs to bring more jobs and innovation to america, to these tech hubs will be transformational. And theyre part of a long line of transformation investments weve made since i took office. And as a result, i truly believe this country is about to take off because for the first time in a long time, were investing in america and were investing in american people. 31 communities across the country will become epicenters for manufacturing and creation in a range of Industries Like clean energy, biotech, ai and medicine. None of the hubs will be in the bay area or the state of california. The program, authorized by his chips and science act, is meant to spread out Economic Development into more regions and build supply chain resilience. As more and more californians choosing to move out of state are looking to texas and beyond. Texas. Yes, according to new numbers from the us census bureau, an increasing number of californians are picking florida and arizona as a new home. 47,000 people moved from california to arizona last year. Thats compared to 42,000 in 2021. Florida went from 13,000 californians moving there in 2021 to 22,000. In 2022, texas was still the most popular destination last year, with a net of 60,000. California moving there, considering people coming and going from all states, the net population loss to california was about 113,000, 13,000 people last year. Now, abc seven news took a deep dive into this trend for our streaming special, california dreaming. Moving to texas, we followed eight former california for an entire year. See the surprising things we learned about the so called california exodus to the lone star state. 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I know there are a lot of Different Companies working in this space and each doing something a little different. Talk about how your cameras work and how its trying to keep the transit corridor a little clearer, moving a little better. Yeah, absolutely. You know what we have is a geospatial mapping platform. We use Artificial Intelligence to map the roadway, to map a bus route or to map a city, and then to be able to use ai to more efficiently. We help transit agencies operate in that space. Our system mounts on the inside of a transit bus. It is seamless to the bus operator, but what it does is it enhances safety. It improves the effectiveness and efficiency. It it increases on time arrivals and at the end of the day, it also reduces Greenhouse Gas emissions. Explain what im looking at here in these lines. Sure. What youre seeing there is our images from our cameras as theyre driving down the road and what theyre looking for and looking at are different objects and theyre applying ai to those objects to tell us what they are, where they are and whether or not theyre where they should be and if theyre not, then were able to capture the license plate of those vehicles and then create a violation packet that can be used to issue a parking violation for blocking the bus lane for double parking or for parking in front of a bus stop. The company has been installing its systems for transit agencies across the country for more than a year now. Ac transit will soon launch a Pilot Program using the smart cameras on its busses in alameda county. More transportation news. Ferry riders in alameda will have to readjust their travel plans if they use the main street terminal. Thats because starting today, its closed for a much needed renovation work. Drone view seven gives you a look there at the main street terminal and the setup for Major Construction happening in the parking lot. Ferry riders will need to catch their boats at the alameda c plane terminal. Thats near the Uss Hornet Museum or the oakland Jack London Square ferry. The main street terminal will reopen, were told, in january of next year. Oakland first fridays will come to a pause starting in 2024. The well known Community Event and vibrant art festival attracts around 30,000 people each month. But now organizers say they plan to take a three month hiatus from january to march because of financial constraints. The event supports local artists food vendors and more than 80 of participants are people of color. In an instagram post, organizers expressed their regret for the disruption and the impact it would have on the community. They hope to bring the event back in april. Hopefully they can do that. Yeah, that would be nice because it was very popular. All right. Lets turn our attention now to the weather as we experience some changes this week. Yeah, meteorologist andy patel is here with that. Sandhya yeah. Ama and dan youre going to need those sweaters later on this week, so get ready for changes for sure. Let me show you a live picture from our sutro tower camera as we look at San Francisco tonight. Heres a look at the highlights. Patchy, dense morning fog, a crisp start tomorrow. So definitely grab a jacket. Sunny and mild tomorrow. Cooler mid to late in the workweek. And we are looking at a chance of showers on friday. So right now we do have some higher clouds that are pushing on out of here and some patches of fog around places like Half Moon Bay, visible is down to four miles in half. Moon bay, a little misty as well. So be careful. Tomorrow morning, a live view from our exploratory camera as we look at San Francisco. So good air quality will remain with us the next three days. So after that rain came through yesterday, we have some good air quality behind that system. And from our emeryville camera, we are looking back towards Salesforce Tower 59 in the city, low 60s oakland Mountain View, it is 64 in san jose and 59 in Half Moon Bay. Heres a view from our mount tam cam right now and you can see some patchy fog out there. Temperatures are dropping in the north bay. Santa rosa, petaluma, youre in the 50s this morning. You woke up to some thick fog. I wouldnt be surprised if you do have some patchy fog tomorrow morning. Thats dense. Fairfield, 65 along with concord and livermore is at 62 degrees. So the fog will start off the morning. Itll be pretty much in patches at 5 a. M. Not widespread fog, but certainly enough to impact your commute. So keep that in mind for the afternoon. The fog will clear away and it is going to be a sunny day. Your morning temperatures anywhere from the upper 40s in the coldest north bay valleys or coolest north bay valleys to the mid 50s right around the bay and along the coast. Now, tomorrow afternoon, if you like sunshine and mild weather, youre in luck in the south bay, 80 degrees in gilroy, 70 in santa cruz, 78 in san jose on the peninsula, 73, palo alto, 62 in pacifica, downtown San Francisco, 69 degrees. Todays high temperatures were in the 60s to 80 range. And were going to go with a similar range tomorrow. 78 in santa rosa and the north bay, 76. San rafael in the east bay, 72. Oakland 74. Fremont its really just pleasant weather for fall in the inland east bay, 80 in fairfield, 79. In concord and livermore. Now those temperatures do begin to drop on wednesday. Low 60s to barely making it to the low 70s in the warmest spots on thursday. Even cooler. And then as we head into friday, this will be your coolest day with temperatures falling well below average. So let me show you why were experiencing cooler weather coming up on wednesday. A cold front comes in, brings the sierra, some snow for us. It ushers in cooler, windier weather. Second front coming in on friday. And that brings us an opportunity for some showers and certainly cools us off even more. Accuweather seven day forecast tomorrow is going to be mild sunny and then gusty and cooler for mid to latter part of the workweek with the opportunity for some wet weather on friday below average to start the weekend. But those temperatures will bounce back a little bit sunday and monday. Dan thats nice. Andy, thanks very much. Well, one of napas most picturesque wineries is reopening after a wildfire fire forced it to close for three years. Sterling vineyards features a gondola that takes visitors to a tasting room with a amazing views of napa valley. The gondola replaces a tram that was damaged by the 2020 glass fire. Sterling invited firefighters to the Ribbon Cutting to thank them for saving the winery. If it werent for them, we dont want to think about what the property would look like. They were able to save it in a way that we had the opportunity to rebuild and refine some of the property and the winery also has a new fire mitigation system, a cave to store water and has sheep roaming the property to mow down tall, dry grasses. It will also be completely solar powered by next year. Sterling vineyards officially reopens on sunday. Happening tomorrow, the warriors are set to host the phenix suns in their season opener, but they will be without one of their star players. Draymond green will not play in tomorrows game because of a sprained ankle. Green suffered the ankle injury during a pickup game at chase center before Training Camp opened. After the injury, green told reporters he felt good and was a pretty fast healer. Fans who attend tomorrows game will get a free shirt, which you can see crews placing on all the seats there. Tomorrows game tips off at 7 p. M. Of course, our sports director, larry beil, will be out there live starting in our newscast at 4 p. M. Good stuff. Thats a nice looking shirt. Well, still ahead, its probably something youve never seen in new york city central park. Were going to show you the stunning light display that took place over the prawns are delicious. Oh, i have a shellfish allergy. One prawn. Very good. Did i say chicken wrong . Tired of people not listening to what you want . Its truffle season ah thats okay. Never enough truffles. How much are they . Its a lot. Oh okay im good, that its like a priceless piece of art. Enjoy. Or when they sell you what they want . Yeah. The more we understand you, the better we can help you. Thats what u. S. Bank is for. Huge relief. Yeah. All right. Heres a look at tonights lineup here on abc seven. Up next, its wheel of fortune, followed by jeopardy at 1030. Then ama and i will be back in the entire team with abc seven news at 11. Now to something you dont normally see in new yorks central park. It was five years in the making and abcs david muir shows us the breathtaking art display high above the city that never sleeps. It was the scene over new york citys central park on saturday night, something never seen before in the sky above the park, 1000 tiny drones lighting up the night sky. The drones flying out over the trees meant to mimic the flight of birds. The artists say the project hopes to reconnect humanity with nature through technology. The light show the result of a five year collaboration between drift art studio, the new york citys mayors office, and therma us a wellness company. Drift creating drone displays around the world at festivals, drones, forming a whale, a wolf. And this show here in new york city, the largest public art project in central park since christos the gates in 2005, the gates with free flowing fabric all along the parks pathways. 7500 gates in all but it was the Dancing Light show this weekend over central park that disappeared appeared almost as quickly as it began. I that was so cool. Those drone shows are taking over. Theyre really and its amazing how they put it together. That was david muir. All right. That is going to do it for this edition of abc seven news. Im ama daetz and im dan ashley for sandy patel. All of us here, we appreciate your time. We will see you again at 11. Is it possible my network could take my business to the next level . It is with comcast business. Powering all your devices with gigspeed wifi. And you get fast downloads and uploads. Pick it up pick it up oh we got this because its powered by the next generation 10g network. More speed for your business . Its not just possible. Its happening. 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