In your house. Yes, my children have seen every one of them. Right. Were a little different. Thats okay. You have to wait until youre 13 to see those films. I saw return of the jedi in the theater when i was 8 years old. My dad spent half of it covering my eyes because it was kind of too much for me at that tender age. But then i see the San Francisco symphony is going to be playing the score to the star wars film. Thatll make you want to go see the films. Oh no. The only reason i would take them is because San Francisco symphony, such a majestic way to see star wars. What is it about the movies you think is objectional for someone so young . You know, i think there will be some violence. Think about the violence and all the other movies. They dont see those either. There is no real blood in star wars, you know what i mean . You can see the laser, all of that. Yes, the return of the jedi. I get there is a culture, i like that, but seeing them at the symphony might be a nice first entree. Thats happening in july. Unless they age four years before july, i dont know if were going to go, but it is fun how things are changing in the cultural world. We have to get to the news, but when they do see them, which one first . I dont know, ill leave it up to their dad. Im kind of out of touch or maybe mike would like to weigh in. Go in order as they have been released. Yes. It is different. We could go back to the theaters. Right, a new one is coming out. Okay, well talk more about that and the symphony as well as a special guest coming up today on the night. First though as you mentioned the news of the day, unfortunately it is very sad. Firefighters are at the scene of the house fire in alameda that turned deadly. It started around 6 00 this morning at the home on the 2300 block of eagle avenue. Ktvus al alex savidge is live for us. Reporter this is an elderly man unable to escape his burning home. He was in his 90s and also a veteran. We saw the coroner arrive here at home to remove the body here. You can see it is still a fairly active scene with firefighters and Alameda Police officers here doing their investigation. Now take a look at some video from early this morning. The fire started just before 6 00 at this home on the 2300 block of eagle avenue, which is just off of park street here in the city of alameda. When firefighters got here, they found lots of flames, heavy smoke pouring from this home. Crews worked and they were able to knock down those flames, then they were able to do a search of the home. Thats when they found that man dead inside. Neighbors are telling us the victim in this case was someone who was very well known here on this street. He lived by himself and he was old. We would all try to pitch in and help. You know, he would come outside and support you every morning. Everybody would give him food and stuff like that and help him out because he lived all by himself. But this morning when we knew the fire was there, we didnt see him out there, we were pretty sure he died in the fire. Reporter and those fears from neighbors were confirmed a short time later. A lot of neighbors are telling us the elderly man who died in this fire, again he lived alone. He oftentimes would wake up in the middle of the night to cook food for himself. A lot of people are concerned this may have been a fire that started in the kitchen of the home and then spread to the rest of the place. Firefighters say they are still trying to figure out exactly how this Early Morning fire got started. A full investigation will be done by the Alameda Fire Department in conjunction with the Alameda Police department. Well send it back to you. Thank you. The bay bridge is facing their first big traffic test. A toll taker was killed in the tragedy. The driver of a box truck was arrested. Ktvus Leigh Martinez joins us live at the toll plaza. First of all, leigh, the traffic has been a little heavier today, but they needed to open one of the toll lanes or most of the toll lanes, right . Reporter thats right. Its a slower approach to the toll plaza this morning, but its not necessarily unusual for monday morning. However, yes, toll plaza lane, 14 remains closed because it was destroyed during that crash. However 4 30 this morning, caltrans did reopen three lanes that were closed over the weekend. We were told they were out here through sunday evening to repair those lanes for this mornings commute. For most of the work involved during the lane closures, most they had to do was make sure all the debris was completely out there with no danger to the traveling public. Once we got in there, there was some damage to the booth. We were able to get finished by 4 30 this morning. Reporter chp says as the box truck approached the toll saturday morning, it suddenly veered diagonally across several lanes hitting five vehicles before crashing through booth 14. 46yearold veteran toll collector si si han was killed. She had been a toll booth operator for more than ten years. She is survived by her husband and 10yearold daughter. Current and former coworkers at the bridge mourn her loss. She was the light of the bridge, rain or shine she always had a beautiful smile on her face. I called her my china doll. She was so beautiful. Reporter the governor ordered flags flown at half staff in memorial to han. 32yearold daniel berk of foster city was arrested for driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter. Berk and his unidentified passenger were both ejected from the truck during the crash and suffered major injuries. Berk is still in highland hospital. Chp says they expect him to remain in the hospital for several more days before being booked for those charges. Caltrans said the engineers came out here reviewing the entire plaza. The Structural Integrity of it remains. They wont do anymore work there, but in terms of toll booth number 14, they will have to put an emergency contract out to try to get a contractor to recreate that booth. Coworkers, however, say it is not going to be the same without han. Back to you guys. Mean Leigh Martinez at the toll plaza. Thank you, leigh. It has paid out millions of dollars over the years for claims of Sexual Harassment by members of congress. Bay area congresswoman jackie spear is calling for changes to the act, which currently fell under the cover of confidentiality. We know all totals since 1995, there have been 268 claims paid. We know the total is 17 million. How that breaks out with different types of complaints and settlements, we do not know. Congresswoman spear is proposing legal acts including representation for the victims and antiSexual Harassment training for members and staff. In addition members of congress would be responsible for paying settlements themselves. The ceo of facebook is now warning a potential backlash against women as more Sexual Misconduct charges surface against prominent men. Sheryl sandberg is urging American Companies to put in place clear policies on how Sexual Harassment complaints are handled. Sandberg made the statement in a lengthy message she posted on facebook yesterday. Even she has experienced harassment in the workplace, pardon me, sandberg did not reveal any details. As warren moore reports Sexual Misconduct from hollywood to capitol hill continues to make headlines, some people are questioning why women who said they were harassed or assaulted are waiting so long, in some cases decades. Were joined by the executive director of bay area women against rape. Thank you for being here again. Of course, thanks for having me. In the two weeks or so since you were on the 9 last, we have seen many many, many more men being taken down very quickly. Im hearing a lot of people saying why is everyone talking about this now. Can you answer that . Sure. I think the easy answer really is that folks are now feeling like they have the permission to speak out, and that they have a voice. It is really a basic organizational group, psychological phenomenon that there are strength in numbers. If other folks are speaking out, then that will make the individuals feel like their claims or their feelings or experience is validated and substantiated. Do you think there is concern for some and their experiences will not be believed . Maybe they are not accusing the matt lauers or the harvey weinsteins, but they are accusing maybe someone they barely even know . Sure. That is really the essence and the core of why individuals stay silent. Ultimately perpetrators of sexually harassing behaviors or sexually violent behaviors, they are not the only ones who believe myths or rapes or sexual violence. Survivors also believe those things as well. And so a lot of the blaming that happened with survivors of Sexual Assault misconduct harassment, they maintained those beliefs as well. They will not believe there is merit to their experience. To follow up on my question, maybe a company doesnt want to come out. If it is someone of a low level, they could hide it. Exactly. You cant hide matt lauer, but you might be able to hide the guy in the cubicle, not able to bring it on to your company. Absolutely. Do you think thats a problem . It is a huge problem. Thats why so much sexual harassing behavior has flown under the radar. I think thats why a lot of executives who dont have the kind of name or recognition that someone like matt lauer or weinstein have, they have been able to fly through. Now theres a lot of folks nervous at this point. I was debating a lot over the weekend, just friendly conversations with friends. Is this the time where Companies Really need to write down their Sexual Harassment policies, clearly define what Sexual Harassment is. And one of the problems they disagree specifically within our own workplace. Some of it is the documentation of it. Then the other part taking it a step further and actually doing the training, actually providing the training for it. Because the conversations had become so robust over the last several weeks or months, where she contacted our agency. They were contacted by several Law Enforcement agencies where they want the training. Beyond the documentation, actually having individuals there to explain and talk through the scenarios to actually go through what the behavior is. Sometimes it looks like something on the employee handbook. We all have one. We take care of all those things. We have to sign off that we see this. Its a different thing between handing someone a piece of paper verses having some training on the conversation and dialogue. Im not talking about 30 minutes, but im talking about hours. Maybe even a day. Absolutely. Absolutely. Can you dissect something where she all seen on television . I have seen video, taken in past years of him acting very friendly. I see others very friendly on the red carpet at the premier. They said they did or threatened terrible things to them. When someone says they look like they were fine, debunk that statement for me. The myth behind that or what is implied in those kinds of statements, if she looks like everything is fine, then obviously she must be nice. They believe her behavior is tolerable. The reality is when people have been sexually harassed or violated, assaulted, oftentimes they wear the burden of them covering everything up, behaving as things are okay. When youre in the public eye, there is even more of a burden of, you know, the acting. You see a lot of times and cases of child molestation, where a Family Member may be sexual violent to another Family Member, but the christmas cards look beautiful. Everyone looks so happy, the child is so excited, but then you learn and you uncover theres been sexually violent behaviors in the contact with that family for years. Quickly i mentioned lupita, most of the people who have come forward have been wealthy, white, have been in very high positions. A lot of people are wondering now what does it mean for those workers who are not seen. Hotel workers, service industry, people who dont have that voice that these hollywood stars do. Exactly. Im glad you brought that up. A lot of people of color marginalize and dont have the same social status or access to financial resources. I mean their experiences are rot with sexual violence. They feel they cant be advocated for. The power of so many women coming forward has now given permission to the disenfranchise, the marginalized and the press to say thats their experience. A few weeks ago when you were here, you said momentum is a powerful thing and that kind of stuck with me. You could see it happening. Thank you so much for joining us. Coming up here in a minute on mornings on 2 at 9 00, first several hearings that could be held. Complaints about the Warning System for residents that leads to the very center of this discussion. A change to holiday parties following recent accusations of misconduct. The safeguard some companies are putting in place for any upcoming celebrations. Ok, everybody to the sofa. Photo time lets show them how deep my new ikea sofa goes whoa, whoa i told you to put plastic slip covers its fine i will just slip it off and throw it into the wash. Cookies on the lower tier, please. And i got these glasses to make you guys look classy and sophisticated. Perfect, somethings missing you oh, yes whats your dream . At ikea, we help you live it. Okay, and ready . is everybody looking . Make the dream yours. No ones looking its just my eczema again,t. But its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. Today in washington lawmakers will work to reconcile the tax reform bill. But the senate and house versions cut the Corporate Tax rates from 35 down to 20 . Republicans say the cut will encourage companies to hire more workers and raise wages. But democrats say there is no guarantee the Corporate Tax cut will benefit workers. President trump this past weekend ran right after the fbi. The series of tweets questioning the agencys integrity. And well have a report from washington, even some republicans say the president s tweets may be crossing the line. Here is your topic and the president tweeted about it this weekend, but its the tweets involving the ongoing russia investigation that are getting the most attention and they could have some big implications. The white house may look festive for the season, but inside President Trump and his twitter account, they may make even more waves this morning. Over the weekend, the president traveled back and forth to new york, but also a flurry of tweets in the aftermath of last weeks indictment and guilty plea from former National Security advisor Michael Flynn for lying to the fbi. Among them, i never asked fbi director james comey to stop investigating flynn, just more fake news covering another comey line, but democrats think special Council Mueller is building a case that they might interfere with the fbi investigation. I think what were beginning to see is them putting together a case of obstruction of justice. I see it most importantly in what happened with the firing of director comey. No collusion, no collusion. Trump maintains there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during last years election. So far theres no evidence that we know of that proves otherwise. But even some of the president s fellow republicans are uneasy with some of the tweets. I would just say this to the president. Theres an ongoing criminal investigation, comey may be a part of it. You tweet in comments. I would be careful if i were you. I have watched this. The president also tweeted specifically about the fbi saying the departments reputation is in tatters. In washington fox news. Now earlier this morning President Trump hosted another tweet showing he is supporting Alabama Republican Senate candidate roy moore. The president wrote, democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive tax cuts is why we need republican roy moore to win in alabama. This is the closest the president has endorsed someone following allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Several women accused roy moore of making sexual advances when he was in his 30s and they were teenagers. Taking over the headlines, sex scandals. Many companies are eliminating alcohol from the good old Holiday Office parties according to consulting firms. 49 of Companies Plan to serve alcohol at their event. Last year 62 served alcohol. Some companies that are serving alcohol are putting in safeguards such as doing away with open bars. Other businesses will have Party Monitors to make sure everyone is on their best behavior. Is your company having a Holiday Party this year . Take a look at the poll results. 42 of you say yes, same as always. 15 say yes, but with some changes. 43 of you say nope, we never do. Francisco tweets our office has a christmas pot luck every year. We bring something, have a sign up sheet. No alcohol allowed on campus grounds though. Lisa says we used to, but now its an event at the vineyards in livermore. Jose says no, not having a Holiday Party, just a holiday pot luck. When i work at home depot many moons ago they held holiday parties that were actually pretty cool. All right, keep taking your responses during the day. Thank you for sharing them with us and using your hashtag. Well hear more of your responses coming up at 9 30. Coming up right here on mornings at 2, holding an American Airlines ticket for the month of december. A deal that has been reached that will help avoid a pilot shortage. Also the army is relaxing some of their rules to bring in more recruits. Up next what they will no longer have to worry about hiding when discussing some of their past indiscretions. Your date with destiny has arrived. 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It was a thrilling finish for a local Football Team who overcame great odds this year following Cardinal Newman high school after destroying the homes of five of the players on the team. We were there for some of the practices and games over the season. And then on saturday night, they face Marin Catholic in the finals. Newman led for most of the way in this game, but nc actually pulled it down with the late touchdown. The final score there was 59 56. You dont have to be a pro hockey fan to appreciate this kind of assist. Victor is a forward for the national predators. He was making his way onto the ice for his teams game on saturday night. Morgan landsberg attempted to snap a photo. The hockey player handed her a ring that was given to him by the womans boyfriend. When he grabbed the ring and turned around, she found her boyfriend on one knee and he proposed as you might have guessed. She said yes. Thats great. What a wonderful idea. Very sweet. A nice engagement. Yes. There is nothing wrong with it being sweet and private. Coming up next on mornings on 2, thank you for saying that. Oakland moving along with their plan to house the homeless in tough sheds. Obviously not this video here. Up next we have a look inside one of the structures designed to hold a couple people. Back inside Symphony Hall, well give you the perfect outing for date night, maybe a family get together. A guest conductor with San Franciscos symphony will join us. This one is going way beyond what you might think of a Classical Music what you might think of Classical Music. Kenny king jr. Tweets we used to have one, but due to budget cuts we have a pot luck, no alcohol. What do you think . Mr. John says we canceled the past years. Erger, debt. Should i change that word . You should not. You might have a different answer, but i would in i would not. That should curtail people from going into an embarrassing video word in front of their co workers. A lot of what im hearing is cutback because of money and financial concerns, but its better to be safe and sorry. If you want to have a wild party, do it at work with your family or friends. Not at my house. My house is not the party you want to go to. The good old days, i heard about it. Do you want to come . Absolutely, im in. Ill see you there. Yes, bring a jacket. Its cold. Weve got breezy conditions, cool conditions, and were going to stay within this pattern for a couple of days. Right now fairfield reporting at 18 Miles Per Hour, gusting to 28. They sustained at 12 and santa rosa with a gust of 21 where it is really, really windy. Its in our hills. Thats where we have a wind advisory. One check here for san jose where we have 13 Miles Per Hour reported right there on the east side of livermore to about 15. And the wind advisory, they will continue into tomorrow morning. Doesnt expire until about 10 00. North bay hills, east bay hills, 30, 40 Miles Per Hour, even reaching 50 at times. Thats Strong Enough to topple trees. Something to be aware of, power lines too. Its not what we reported with a gust of about 79 early this morning. That was pretty incredible. Also at the coast we have flooding going on over the next couple of days due to the king tides and our low lying areas, parking lots, trail ways, high tide comes in at 11 15 this morning. Heres a look at the temperatures right now, were still rebounding, still very cool out there right now. 62 in San Francisco and livermore. For the afternoon today upper 60s to low 50s around the bay. A few mid60s out there. Cool, breezy, dry. Take a look at your extended forecast. We do get into a warming trend especially by the back ebbed of the week and the end and the week of the back end of the week and the weekend. We would like to see some rain come into the bay area. The manzanita parking lot always gets flooded. They have signs saying dont park here. One time we did a story, we went there the day before and after, someone had parked there. Oh no. All right. Thank you. For more on the other headlines we have been working oranges lets go to dave clark. Here are some of the top stories were following. Oakland police busy searching for two drivers involved in an Early Morning hitandrun crash that killed a man in east oakland as he was walking. This happened about 2 00 this morning at 82nd avenue and international boulevard near a walgreens. Now police say cars may have been street racing. At least one of the cars hit that man. The driver left the scene before police arrived. At this point we still dont know the victims name or age and the investigation continues. Well starting today state lawmakers will hold the first of several hearings on the response to Deadly Wildfires across the state. Some north bay families say they have little or no warning at all before they had to evacuate. One lawmaker worries about the patch work of the patch work of local alert systems. Land line warning calls and cell phone alerts are all affected. A preliminary hearing that had been scheduled this morning for the two men charged in oaklands deadly ghost ship warehouse fire has been delayed now until wednesday. Derick almena and max harris are both charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each person killed in that fire. A judge will decide if theres enough evidence to go to trial. The hearing is expected to last a week and includes testimony from former tenants of the warehouse as well as Law Enforcement investigators. Those are just some of your morning headlines. Ill send it back to you. Thank you, dave. In early october, libby schaaf joined us here on the 9 to talk about a plan to temporarily house homeless people. The city of oakland just passed an ordinance to allow that. Each shed has been approved for one of the sites. Allie rasmus is getting a walk through at sixth and brush street. Allie . Reporter yes, they will start inviting people to come live in these sheds as early as today. This is what they are calling the Outdoor Navigation Center in oakland. Theres 20 of these sheds you see out here. Each one is suppose to house two people, so we will take a walk inside, one of the ones that are closest to us. You can see theres two cots inside. Theres no electricity, but there is a Battery Powered lantern, two cots again. Theres some containers that people will be allowed to bring some of their personal possessions in, a smoke detector. And some fire extinguishers as well. But the idea behind this is to prevent or avoid what many people in oakland have been seeing throughout the bay area. Its definitely here in oakland as well. Theres a lot of sidewalks like the ones right outside this lot where you can see a lot of tents, tarps, and just a mess outside blocking the sidewalks. They want to move some of the people who have been living in these makeshift homeless incantments into these lots to help connect people with resources and help them move in to more permanent housing. I want to bring in the assistant city manager with the city of oakland. Thanks for talking with us this morning. How are you going to decide who lives here . First it is who is already unsheltered right outside . The people in the neighborhood . Yes. We did a census of all the people here from from castro to market. Our team worked with them and told them this was coming. Theres as many people here as there were with other people. Not all of them and it is voluntary. Some decided to move on. But certainly most of us agree one is better than what they are currently living with. I was out here on friday and i have been here for some of the cleanups we have seen. Ive met several of these folks. One woman i was talking to, she had tears in her eyes. She could not wait until monday. Reporter at least they are protected from the elements. You dont have to worry about getting rained on in your tent. What are the rules for those who want to live here . The rules will be worked out by the Service Providers and the onsite managers. There will be weekly meetings. They are not going to be allowed to smoke or have candles or anything lit inside their shed. There will be a smoking area for people. There is a dog run in the back. Reporter you can bring your pets . Absolutely. Reporter in the past thats one of the reasons why they cant go to shelters. You can bring your pets. If you have a partner its two to a unit. That way you can stay partnered up. You dont have to leave every morning to pack up. You have a key and the unit locks. Your belongings will be secure. If you have anything that doesnt fit in there, we have three Storage Units over here where people will get the 18 gallon bins. Three per person where they could store some of their extra additional belongings. Theres a property manager on site all the time . Thats correct. There will be a site manager right here as well as a Security Guard at night 24 7. That office will be our case manager, our housing navigators that will help people get navigated into housing. And also whatever services they need. We will have lobbies providing we will have lobbies providing showers. Well have the medical van come in twice a month to provide people with critical medical care as well. This is a service the city of oakland dedicated, the city council dedicated half a Million Dollars to provide something for the next two years. Are there other sites like this thatll open up in the near future . I hope so. We want this to be a model. If it works, well replicate it elsewhere again where we have a large incantment and where we could find land available to do this. Obviously it takes all of our partners from the chambers of commerce, to the Oakland Builders Alliance doing the site prep. Without that support we couldnt have done it. We hope to get that support again. Thanks so much. The city manager of oakland talking about the new oakland Outdoor Navigation Center. They are going the idea is to start moving people in who want to live here in the next few hours. Back to you. Allie rasmus in oakland, thank you. Across the bay the San Francisco symphony has a special musical treat for thousands of young people today. The symphonys annual deck the Halls Community day is now getting underway at davies Symphony Hall. 4,000 children between the ages of 310 are getting treated to a special holiday performance. The childrens come from local the childrens come from local Elementary Schools for a day of pure joy at Symphony Hall. This time of the year, San Francisco symphony offers a number of holiday performances including the conductor. Thanks for being here. It is very nice to be here, thanks. Youre back at home over the past many years. A lot of people were outside the Symphony Hall the other day. A lot of people thinks what happens there is very staged, very serious. Youre bringing a completely different twist to Classical Music . Yes, we have amazing selections of program. I think if you want to go out to enjoy the holidays and hear music, the symphony is a place to go. Its everything from this weeks symphony, which is kind of a Holiday Christmas show with acrobats performing along with the orchestra to if you want to leave the kids at home. A little more adults . Yes, only in San Francisco christmas concert, which is like a ben Crosby Christmas special, but with all sorts of amazing people from everyone like cheyenne jackson, American Horror story, glee, to bob drag queen. Its an amazing show. When you talk about holiday outings, my parents were very good. Every year we would go to the nutcracker. Then there came a time when my parents and me, we were sort of old enough to outgrow the nutcracker because we didnt have little ones to bring. I pitched the beach blankets. It was out of the comfort zone for a couple of people in my family, but it was the best time we had ever had and it is the event holiday kind of along those lines . Very similar. Youll definitely laugh your head off at this show. It is very funny with all the great music from the nutcrackers. It does have pieces like silent night, so you will hear them playing all the beautiful music, but it is also in the comedy zone, which will be fun. Can you talk about getting children into the concert hall or at least an instrument in their hand . Little boys are playing trumpet thanks to their public school. It sounds terrible, but im in love with it. Can you stress the importance of not killing the joy for these little ones who love to play by sitting there, practicing, you didnt do it right. A lot of us parents are guilty of that. Yes, i think once you get older and they get more serious about it themselves, thats the time to really push. But when they are young, its a game, it should be fun. And so i think every time they pick up the instrument, they should want to and they have a great time doing it. And if they really love it, they will learn how hard they have to work to become really great at it. But i think having the instrument in your hand as a kid affects how you think. It makes you work in a certain way and makes you listen. A part of music, the best thing about music and kids, you know, it teaches you how to listen carefully to what is around them. I think that is why Music Education is incredibly important. Tell me about the feeling you have when you hold that baa top over the San Francisco symphony. You can imagine its a Pretty Amazing feeling to breathe in and have all the amazing incredible sound to come at you from the podium. It is still kind of an icon. You look at the movie preview and there is a conductor, you know, the coke cans, whatever, before the movie starts. It is just amazing every time i get to do it, it is totally magical. Can you tell me more about the performances when it comes to the acrobats. Is this in any way comparable to perhaps what you might expect from the Cirque Du Soleil type . Yes. I think one example was in previous shows at least there was a woman playing the violin while hanging upside down along with the orchestra. You would think with the orchestra you wouldnt be able to do these huge acrobatic stunts, but they have the space in front and its amazing what they can do. So i have done shows like that where i looked up. 40 stairs, and one person was balancing on top, but they never seem to fall. We try to go through the christmas snoopy spectacular there at the symphony, so it is something for everyone. Yes, there is lots of things you can try to look over and find out about. So there is something definitely for everyone who wants to go out to enjoy the holidays. Thank you so much for joining us. Thanks for having me. Happy holidays to you. If you would like to see the symphony, you can. All the Ticket Information you need is waiting for you on ktvu. Com. Youll find it in the web links section under our mornings on 2 tab. Youll also find it on the ktvu mobile app. Coming up here on mornings on 2, the nonholiday movie, christmas story, is going live. Up next well talk to the actor playing robbies dad in the reboot coming up. Ip covers its fine i will just slip it off and throw it into the wash. Whats your dream . At ikea, we help you live it. Is everyone looking . Make the dream yours. No ones looking photo time lets show them how deep my new ikea sofa goes whoa, whoa i told you to put plastic slip covers its fine i will just slip it off and throw it into the wash. Whats your dream . At ikea, we help you live it. Is everyone looking . Make the dream yours. No ones looking on sunday december 17 at 7 00 p. M. , a christmas story live will air right here on ktvu. This morning were joined by actor chris diamatopolous who is playing ralphies father. Good morning to you. How are you mike and sal. Thanks for having me today. Of course, its a classic. When you first found out you were going to be playing the old man, were you fired up . I mean listen, i love the movie. To me darren, what he did many that movie was absolute perfection. I was fired up and nervous as heck as well. But i have to say this whole production is paying homage to that iconic film. We have been having a ball. This production will be pretty spectacular. I have seen some of the, i dont know if you would call it a trailer, but ive seen bits of you doing this. You have a nice sarcasm to you in the role, which i like. Did you just, i mean did you come to that on your own, did someone tell you to do that . Well as i said, the production were putting together really takes large pieces from the film and then there is this whole new add musical element to it, which is quite beautiful. We have a great director and a terrific cast, so we have all kind of pieced together who we think these characters would be as sort of a reenvisioned version of what the film gave us. You talked about the music. What does the music add to what we dont really get in the film version . You know usually the concept of the musical is that the characters get to a point where they have something they want to say that words arent enough to say it, so that is where the music springs forth. I really think this movie, this subject matter lends itself very well to that. Ralphie dreaming about that bb gun, going into a song about it. It is really quite natural. The old man winning the major award and how he could step out of his mundane life. For just a moment even if it is just in his fantasy, have an opportunity to be recognized as the genius that he thinks he is for, you know, completing the cross word puzzle. It is really quite beautiful. Even though it is new music and brilliantly written by the fellas that did la la land, it has a nostalgic feel to it. So you really feel like oh yeah, i know this, even though its new and you have never heard it before. You know chris, some people may not have seen that movie. What . I know. Theres some younger people or perhaps people who didnt see the movie. Can they watch this without seeing the movie for reference . I have seen it so many times, i know it by heart. But what about someone who hasnt seen the movie. Can they watch your performance of it or start a new tradition . That is exactly what the point is here and that is exactly what we were thinking. We have taken a film many of us know and love and we have adopted it in a way we know those of us who know the film love it to be gratified by the moments we have been waiting for because they are recreated quite beautifully. And then this story is sort of moving norman rockwell. This 1940s tale of a simpler time when a boy just wanted the bb gun for christmas and his loving family getting through the holiday season. So there is something universal about it. You dont have to see the movie to be moved and hopefully moved until after through this as well. They all want that perfect christmas. But that is the best thing. You get a good laugh about it. Im excited for it to come alive here. Chris, congratulations on the role. We appreciate your time. Thanks. Thanks for having me, guys. Of course. Triple dog dare, right . Triple dog dare you to do something. I triple dog dare you to go to break, mike. 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Scott reiss takes us inside the locker room of the raiders who are tied for first place in the afc west. Were getting ready play our best football in the month of december. Remember what you do in december. Thatll pave the way for the next. Keep taking care of business, im proud of you man. Reporter just win, baby. The raiders were true to their mantra and blue collar identity on sunday. It wasnt a thing of beauty, but they did what they had to do to get a w over the giants. We talk about protect and produce. Thats what we wanted to do to protect the ball and the quarterback and produce points. You know, we had it going with a couple of key drives there in the second half to put a win on it. Reporter those are drives that might normally have featured amari cooper and michael crabtree. But with their top play makers unavailable, the receiver understudies came through with flying colors as Cordero Patterson and Johnny Holton made big plays at crunch time. Those are big shoes to fill. Those guys are great receivers. They want to win the game and we had to step up. We are in this league for a reason. Were not just here to mess around. We come out each and every week. We have to perform. Unfortunately our two guys were down. Like i said, every receiver on his roster could go out and make plays. The headliner, of course, was marshawn lynch, who set the tone on the first drive with his longest run as a raider en route to his first 100yard rushing day since of october of 2015. It was time for one of us to break the moment. I was glad he was able to pop the field to get it in. I looked at those stats. He still got it. To see him running, you know, he has ran for so many years. I knew exactly what that defense was. Now the raiders chiefs and chargers are all tied on top of the afc west at 66. All three teams will play each other over the final months of the season, which will give us what should be a fascinating fourgame sprint for a division title. In Oakland Scott reiss ktvu fox 2 sports. The Jimmy Garoppolo era for the 49ers is off to a great start beating the Chicago Bears yesterday. Garoppolo made his first start as a 49ers. The niners never scored a touchdown, but he gave fans plenty of hope next season completing 26 passes. He engineered the winning drive as they won on a late field goal from the former bears kicker, robbie gould. Fantastic. Having a nice road trip. I do want to say congratulations to the stanford women soccer team. Yes. They won the National Championship beating ucla. Congratulations. Another National Championship down on the farms. Yes. Thanks for watching everyone. Have a great rest of your morning. Well see you right back here at noon. Announcer happy holidays live on the Wendy Williams show now heres wendy [ cheers and applause ] wendy yeah why not . [ cheers and applause ] thank you for watching. Say hello to my cohost, my studio audience. How you doin . How you doin . Wendy better now. 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