Corruption and that is what is clearly on stage in 2020. We have a president who is a pathological liar. If we want the American People to understand what is going on, we need to have the Administration Officials testified on tv so we can judge. Although one candidate said they firmly support that impeachment and senate trial with Trump Administration witnesses. Andrew gangs is a time for democrats to move on. And focus on the issues that got President Donald Trump elected. We have to take every opportunity to present a new positive vision for the country, a new way forward, to help meet him because make no mistake, he will be at the ballot box for us to defeat. It was the final debate for the candidates this year on the next debate is scheduled in january in iowa. Brian has all seven candidates had a strong showing in debate and that andrew yang, an entrepreneur, is doing better at connecting with voters. His answers were really, really, every persons answer. He doesnt come off as a politician, he speaks like the person you would meet on the street. I think that is very attractive to people. Plus he is very smart, which is very clear. He also praised senator Amy Klobuchar saying she was also successful in stealing the spotlight from some of the leading democratic candidates. Some people in San Francisco got together to watch the debate. People who gathered at mannys in the missions of the enjoyed having fewer candidates on the stage so that each one had more time to speak. There are actually arguing about issues of substance for the most part. I without it was a very spirited debate and almost everybody did well. I think some residents were on the stage, it was exciting. I think a lot of people are leaving feeling hopeful and inspired. One thing was the lack of diversity among the candidates saying that was a disappointment. As lawmakers in washington head home for a two week holiday recess, the impeachment process is at an impasse. We tell you where things stand now. Reporter republicans are generally perplexed trying to figure out what the democratic strategy is on this as washington is quickly becoming a ghost town. This is what is known around here as the christmas jailbreak, lawmakers fleeing the capital after the holidays. Left unresolved, what to do about President Donald Trump. I dont feel like im being impeached. Im not going to answer your questions. Reporter nancy pelosi was angry about the impeachment questions but the ball is in her court, she helped pass through two articles of impeachment against the president and in a surprise move, and chose not to send them to the senate yet saying she is waiting for evidence that there will be a fair trial. The prosecution seems to have gotten cold feet and to be unsure. Of whether they even want to proceed to the trial. Like i said, very unusual. This is a global case. Reporter at last nights president ial debate in california, three candidates took apart the senators waiting to hear whether they will have to leave the campaign trail to act as jurors. The pelosi strategy may be to unnerve the president. A shower of tweets yesterday, he indicates that he is none too pleased. I just left President Donald Trump and he is mad that they would do this to him and now deny him his day in court, the reason they are denying him his day in court is because their case sucks. Reporter they say this will go to a senate trial but it may closer and closer to the early primary contest in 2020. Today, President Donald Trump will sign two spending bills to fund the federal government through next september and also prevent the government shutdown. The Senate Passed the 1. 4 trillion spending bill, head of a deadline at midnight tonight. The two bills give President Donald Trump electability, to keep building a fence along the mexico border and also increase spending on domestic programs. The house also gave President Donald Trump a victory, they passed a new trade deal between the united states, mexico and canada. The California Farm Bureau is urging senators to ratify it and they may take it next year. The group says the deal would create jobs for farmers, ranchers and many others in the agriculture industry. The first antirobocalls law is waiting for the president s signature. It includes a mix of new federal relations targeting the telecom industry. Under the proposal, the government will gain new powers to find and prosecute people who place calls under fake numbers, without obtaining permission. And phone companies would be required to offer customers free Call Blocking apps. According to analysts, there were more than 54 billion robocalls this year. The u. S. Senate is demanding answers from bill johnson, ceo of pg e about the impact of wildfires on the electrical grade. Johnson told senators, when pg e might be able to end the use of deliberate power shutoffs in order to prevent wildfires. For us in northern california, it would take is probably five years to get to the point where we can largely eliminate this tool. There are a number of things we can do to narrow the scope, narrow the duration and we have better predictive ability, better technology. Johnson said that pg e plans to put more lines underground but it will be very expensive. San jose firefighter say young girl has given her family the gift of life this system after saving them in a fire. She is called a hero after getting her family out of their burning home yesterday. The grandmother singlestory home was filled with smoke and flames at about 7 yesterday morning. The sixthgrader got her sister out and went back to wake up her parents and grandmother. She credits her quick thinking to the show chicago fire. I see on tv, what i should do. To make sure that we all get out. The whole time i was just thinking about my family and making sure we were all safe and we were out of the house. The family did lose the house and the fire but theyre grateful to have each other. The Fire Department calls her a hero and an honorary firefighter. Theyre investigating where the Christmas Tree may have started the fire. Sal is coming back , but not a whole lot to talk about on the commute . There is a little bit of a slowdown with an earlier accident on southbound 101 heading down to Great America parkway. The crashes gone but some rubberneckers delay because everything is on the shoulder, and people are driving by and looking at the lights. But not that long if youre driving on south 101 but all lanes are open. This is a look at northbound 280 off the highway 17 which looks good, no problems on 24 headed over to the tunnel and a nice looking drive on the Golden Gate Bridge heading southbound. This mornings commute is off to a nice start, the bay bridge is not welltraveled right now. Things could change so it is early. We have fog mainly to the north, petaluma and 101 is the worst so far. This system is deepening in the pacific and a dude see it the ridges building northward. Clouds are breaking on through to the other side, more morning fog. Your weekend system looks cloudy and windy on saturday. With rain early sunday morning thats my two cents on that. There will be high level clouds and underneath we will get some fog that is preventing widespread fog. There is zero, quartermile visibility in petaluma. Fairfield is down to a quarter mile. Concord was down which is moved off and a little bit around the bay. 40s and 50s for the temperatures, cloud cover will hold that in. And then 47 over to fremont and union city. 23 truckee and 50 monterey and 57 is the warm sector moving in on the north coast but it will take a while to get here. It will deepen and slow down. It head towards us early sunday morning about maybe 2 1 2 inches of possible rain there. Morning fog and mostly cloudy, mild to the south you cant clear the fog and is tough this time of year. Cloudy and windy, showers and much cooler coming up. The newest stars of disneys plus lives in the bay area, the guide dogs Getting National attention from eight document about the northbay nonprofit. Nasa wants to go back to the minute we will tell you about the plans to carry out the mission. Mike bloombergs never been afraid of tough fights, the ones that make a true difference in peoples lives. And mikes won them, which is important right this minute, because if he could beat americas biggest gun lobby, helping pass background check laws and defeat nra backed politicians across this country, beat big coal, helping shut down hundreds of polluting plants and beat big tobacco, helping pass laws to save the next generation from addiction. All against big odds you can beat him. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Three boys and three girls. You cant have them, pam. They are cute and cuddly but not ordinary puppies, they are guide dogs and training. They are the size of the docuseries on disney plus. The series is called pick of the litter and each episode follows the nonprofit guide dogs for the blind. We show you how the recognition is helping not only shed light on the organization itself but raising awareness about the needs and abilities of the visually impaired. Reporter it is playtime now. But dont be fooled. These puppies have a purpose. We actually start by training our dogs when theyre three days old. Reporter guide dogs for the blind is a Nonprofit Organization that breeds, trains and partners guide dogs with people who need them. The ceo says the goal is simple. To give independence, to those people that are either blind or visually impaired. And we do that through the use of a welltrained service dog. Reporter achieving the goal is a lot of work. Guide work is the most complicated of service work. It takes the best of the best. Reporter it involves puppy raisers teaches house manners and exposes them to reallife scenarios. We follow the protocols in terms of what she can be exposed to. Shes been on the smartphone, and fairies. Reporter then comes the real training with take several months. And as trainer jeff explains, it requires cooperation not just from the dog. Is a teamwork process where the dog is there to guide them around obstacles but it is the individual handler that is leading the team and giving the directions and knowing where they are going to be going. Reporter guide dogs for the blind breeds about 900 puppies a year brought about one third of the dog and handler teams graduate. Getting to know them and being a part of the process has completely changed my life. Reporter the graduate says all the work was worth it, to have her threeyearold black lab shiloh as a protector, travel partner and a companion. When his harnesses on, he takes his job of safeguarding and navigating the world seriously. When his harnesses off hes an adorable, cuddly playful puppy. Reporter guide dogs for the blind is a subject of a new docuseries on disney plus called pick of the litter. It is really hard to become a guide dog. Reporter the six episode series comes a year after the release of the successful featurelength documentary with the same name. I cry from beginning to end because it is a wonderful poignant reminder of our experience here. Reporter the group is grateful for the recognition that has helped them get the donations and volunteers they need to continue offering their Services Free of charge. It is raised visibility around blindness so not just a poor blind person but the amazing teams working together and everything that one can accomplish. As somebody with a visual impairments, working with a geer dog guide dog. Again, pick of the litter is on disney plus and ktvu. Com we posted a link for more information about guide dogs for the blind. You can find in the web story and on the web links page but they are so adorable. Ive seen them Walking Around as their training. No joke, they said it is not easy being a guide dog and sometimes they have rejects, dogs that are not great for guiding and so there great, adoptable pets. Also, they say as cute as they are, dont go up, they are working. They are working so dont go up thinking you can pet and what a great organization. Known around the world. Beautiful. Cities all over the bay area are in the holiday spirit so, lets check in with rosemary with the weekend watch. Reporter rolling into the weekend and here is what is happening around the bay. In San Francisco, salesforce park is hosting a winterfest this weekend with live music, carolers, a silent disco, free photos with santa and more for free. In union square, celebrate hanukkah with the annual lighting of the 25 foot mahogany menorah and each night beginning sunday. Across the way, celebrate the first night of hanukkah at the square as a host a light at menorah popup Glowing Hanukkah Party that is happening on sunday. Grab your pooch and head to the ugly sweater dog pageant and fundraiser at mission bay on saturday. Five dollars will get your pet into the ugly sweater contest. In the ease may enjoy a very winterland inside of oaklands jury fairyland decorated with twinkling lights and festive decor. Santa will be there to hear wishes and leave the festival of lights parade. Winter wonderland brings the holiday spirit into town with carnival rides, food, games and more located in downtown san jose. Raters are away and the 49ers and sharks play at home. That is your weekend watch. All right, lots of things to do this time of year. You can fit it all in, the weather, we will check in to see how the weather is looking for the weekend but how is traffic . All i want to do is stay home in my warm, comfy home. Next to the tree. With Christmas Music on. Im torn on seen it all and stain inside. This earlier slowdown in santa clara is gone and once it clears, everything is cleared up. Santa clara commute looks good, 280 in san jose to the main part of the valley. Everything is light, highway 24 looks good and it is lightly traveled Golden Gate Bridge and light at the bay bridge toll plaza. We hope that today is going to be lighter than usual commute, we will know pretty sure just about an hour or so but right now it looks good. Lets bring steve back in here. A little bit of fog to the north around Richmond Bridge and bay bridge toll plaza but 101 and petaluma and around highway 37, napa airport. It seems to be the only locations otherwise mostly cloudy. Clouds are spilling in as this system will eventually arrive but there is some indication not until sunday so cloudy and windy. Some rain could develop by saturday but that looks like it will be late, late overnight saturday into sunday. The best opportunity, some forecast models hold it off until 6 or 7 on sunday. High clouds with fog, quartermile visibility petaluma, fairfield is quartermile and i know there are some around oakland and the bay bridge toll plaza so 40s and 50s on the temperatures, palo alto at 42 now. It seems to be that is the coldest but 23 truckee and reno and 57 arcata with rain. You have the warm system lifting northward so it will take a while to get here. The high clouds are here and they will be here most of the day so look for cloudy and mostly cloudy conditions with fog to the north and partly cloudy to the south. Rainfall up to 2 1 2 inches. Again you can feel it 2 in some areas. 50s and low 60s to the south, cloudy and windy conditions by saturday evening and rain sunday and colder on monday. A reminder, make sure you download the ktvu weather app, interactive radar, hourly updates on the seven day forecast. It is feature to upload your weathers exposures. Free to download for your smart phone or tablet. A rent hike unexpected just before the holidays. At the end of the lease you will expect some sort of increase but being this much, i was shocked. Why a new protection law due to take effect may have something to do with that. San jose Police Respond after 20 former students at a high school say they were sexually abused and that it was covered up by the school. Why police say they want to be filing charges. And earlymorning space launch from cape canaveral, in florida. We tell you what is going up and where it is headed. To the outside world, you look good, but you dont feel good. With polycythemia vera, pv, symptoms can change so slowly over time you might not notice. But new or changing symptoms can mean your pv is changing. Lets change the way we see pv. You track and discuss blood counts with your doctor. But its just as vital to discuss changing symptoms as well. Take notice and take action. Discuss counts and symptoms with your doctor. Visit takeactionpv. Com discuss counts and symptoms with your doctor. Its laundry truths, with cat and nat. I have so many kids and so much laundry. I dont have time for pretreating. What even is this . It looks like cheese but it smells like barf. With tide pods, you dont need to worry. The pretreaters are built in. So you just toss them in before the clothes. Tide pods dissolve even when the water is freezing. Nice if its got to be clean, its got to be tide. We have breaking new about a boeing test flight to the International Space station. Momentsing a boeing, the aerospace company, announced its starliner spacecraft did not reach the proper orbit to dock with the space station. The nasa administrator confirmed nasa was helping to work on the problem. This capsule was carrying a mannequin to see how smooth things were to go. Begin shuttling astronauts into space. But for now the starliner did not achieve the orbit needed to dock with the International Space station. Meanwhile nasa is working towards going back to the moon by 2024. Eventually they want to set up a permanent basin the moons orbit. Nasa wants to make this possible in the next four years with the space launch system or sls the mega rocket that will take up to four astronauts into space, then dock at the gateway space station which is already being built and orbit the moon permanently. Nasa says this mission is more realistic and it will be different from trips in the past. This time we have a diverse highly quality astronaut core including women, we get to go with all of american. The person most excited about this is my 11yearold daughter. Sls and orion will take astronauts to the moon and a six month trip to mars. Nasas first test mission is set for 2021. Alaska airlines spreading Holiday Cheer to passengers, today is National Ugly christmas sweater day. The airline will offer priority boarding to any travelers or guests wearing festive holiday sweaters today. Alaska an experience of the Holiday Season the flag church has several holiday events, tuesday is Christmas Eve meal at the house with prime rib christmas day. I dont feel like im being impeached because its a hoax, its a setup. The impeachment does continue though, House Speaker nancy pelosi says she wont send the a firmed articles to the senate until she is assured the process will be fair. What democrats are demanding before moving ahead with the trial. Also the shrinking field of democratic president ial candidates, what the top 7 candidates date last nights debate about president trumps impeachment and other hot topics. This is friday on mornings on 2, december 20th im pam cook. Good morning, im dave dave, fridays make pam smile. A little extra. Steve paulson does, too. Morgan hill, a lot of clouds streaming over hid, eventually get here not until early saturday night and sunday. Fur in the fog though and have some clouds above it might be tough to burn that off. Visibility 0, much 25 then boom it goes 8 to 10. Morgan some fog, too. 41 morgan hill. 47 santa cruz. Mid 40s, campbell, santa clara, mostly cloudy, 50s to the north, 60s to the south. 5 00 anything new or just the usual so far . Steve, im looking like, feeling the like the may tag repairman, not much to do. Just the way we like it. Its doing well. Lets take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see traffic is moving well, no major issues, it does look lighter than usual. We dont right now. Were look he at the san mao