Yesterday after the trains got stuck in snow drifts but could not reach trains because of the bad weather. Many passengers arent faring better, airlines cancelled 2000 flights today, bringing totals to 11,000. Jet blue shut down operations in boston and new york airports yesterday, altogether, almost 50,000 jet blue passengers were affected nationwide this travel nightmare is affecting a lot of passengers at sfo. Were live from the airport with more on baggage nightmare as a result of the delays and cancellations. Leanne . This nightmare started over the weekend here at sfo there were 30 cancellations of cities back east, today only 18. This is the united baggage area. The stories are endless. We caught a flight to oakland, our luggage was flying here to San Francisco. Christy spent 24 hours try toing make to it San Francisco via washington, d. C. She got on a plane at 6 00 in the morning. Turns out on a later flight some used their luggage as a pillow. These friends from australia had been driving to leave new york city since saturday morning. They did, last night. So got here about 2 30. Conditions are improving but getting things back to normal will take a few days. In terms of people that are required to operate the aircraft, that activity needs tootoreset. Some sm times that takes more than a day. That is what were seeing today. We had the trip planned out. Airlines suggest calling before showing up at the airport. That is the question, how long will this continue . Across the country all quie now. Its deep cold that is the problem, readings now nine degrees in new york. Minus four in green bay. Minneapolis look at the south. Its 30 in florida. 22 numbers minus 13 in cleveland the south feels like 14 in atlanta. 26 in new orleans. That is freezing for that part of the country. Will take a while to move up. Here in the bay area, looking at calm conditions cooler tomorrow into afternoon, partly cloudy skies and 2060s inland. Thank you. Coming up in 20 minutes a frozen new york city to keck out conditions there. Minus 17 there yes. Four personnel are dead today following the crash of a helicopter in an area in england. Authorities have closed off the area and are investigating this accident the helicopter is on the air force known as liberty wing appearing to have gone down in a bird preserve. Police announced theyll release a picture tomorrow of a vehicle involved in the death of a college student. A 22yearold was shoild following a minor fender bender on market street. Police say reward has grown to 100,000. Officers plan to put the picture on three bill boards around the city. Suspected arsonist appeared in court today. Were learning more about the man arrested on he comes from china. A source tells us hes separated from his wife, and he lives here in this house behind me. His wife and kids live elsewhere now. Hes here as a permanent resident which means there is a chance he can be deported back to china. He stood silently this morning. A public defender was appointed to represent him. The 39yearold charged with a new year night fire bming that was caution on this camera video. It shows a man carrying large objects from a parked minivan and a large fireball explodes. On friday, two days later he called police saying he wanted to surrender. Police and federal agents arrested anymore his home near daily city. This neighbor says he saw a dozen cars this afternoon. One man had a green wind breaker on saying joint task force. The couple that owns the house did not want their names useed and say he rented an in law unit. They say feng moved here in june with wife and two children, a boy and a girl. The landlord said they knew very little about him except that he paid rent on time. He told the fbi he targeted the consulate because all voices were in chinese and the chinese consulate had to have been involved. This neighbor exchanged pleasant tris with him. Its sad he hears voices he never exhibited that here in this house or neighborhood. Very normal . Yes. He comes back to work next week. The parents of andy filed against officer gelhaus a 13yearold was carrying an air rifle. Gelhaus says it looks like an ak 47 assault rifle. The press democrat reports county officials have not yet commented on the accusations. San jose police say a serial bank rober becoming violent and theyre asking for tips in this case and want your help, today, releasing these images of the robber saying he appears to be a woman but could be a man. The recent bank was robbed yesterday. And take a look at this. Belmont Police Released this camera video showing two burglary suspects caught in the act inside of a home. It happened at a home on the 2200 block. No word on what the burglar stole the suspects both African American males in late teens one wearing a red beanie, maroon hoody with black nikes with pink highlights. The another a black beanie and a sweat shirt saying new jack with black and gray shoes oochl do you keep your bicycle in the garage . Youre probably breaking the law in San Francisco the city has a illknown law making it illegal to store anything but a car in a garage. He wants rez donts look over codes and suggest changes. We hope to do is not only find more laws that are just glaring faults that people havent looked at or had time to look out through our volumes of laws near San Francisco but comment on more substantive issues the supervisor offering a 1,000 scholarship for students who come up with good ideas for new laws if you want to take a look at the codes weve posted a link just click on see it on tv. Effort by Restaurant Owners to overturn a ban on styrofoam containers is now over. Officials say half signatures gathered are bogus. 1500 from people who dont exist. San jose banned the containers beginning first of the year. Many Restaurant Owners say this will drive up costs. Still ahead caught off guard, where a powerful wave sent people scrambling for safety. Take a look at this gas station attendant and a man came to his rescue. Look at the guys here, look at them. What caused Dennis Rodmans bizarre melt down on National Television today . Asked about his north korea trip. And taking to you san jose now this, is a live look at interstate 280 at highway 17 interchange. Smooth sailing for drivers in both look out. People watching Stormy Weather were caught by this massive wave that came crashing to shore this, is video of people running for safety as this wall of water came crashing over a sea wall in northern portugal. Nobody was hurt. A man survived 60 hours in rough seas he didnt know how to swim. The 42yearold at the beach friday. Large waves there swept him away. He managed to hold on to wood to stay afloat and did so throughout the weekend. Sunday he washed up on a beach 46 miles away. Rescuers say he was just dehydrateed and had sores on arms from being in salt water, doctors say its a miracle. He didnt have food or water during this ordeal. Lucky to be alive there. Its warmer in antarctica now than mid west or east coast. New york city is record low. I feel for you what. Does it feel like now . Coldest air the country had since bill clinton was president. Here in central park feels like minus five degrees. That kept a lot of joggers home. Its just too cold. Reporter brutal blast brought most of the u. S. Another day of bone chilling weather. Every state woke up below freezing. I feel like my fingers are going to crack and crush into a million pieces. The middest looks like the north pole, lake michigan, streaming cold in minneapolis a fountain transformed into a mountain of ice. Atlanta dipped to six degrees. In the prepared for this. This is a photo from alabama. Making driving treacherous. Today, 500 passengers were stuck and made their way home. Air travel beginning to return to normal. It doesnt do good to get angry. There are many in the same boat. Emergency rooms on high alert. Doctors say your skin with freeze and you can see frost bite setting in. Layers are water proof and wind proof and suggest going indoors so your heart can have a break. Live in new york abc7 news. Thank you. Thank you. Yes. Mish lynn man out there. Minneapolis for three days didnt get above 0. Its right. The high temperatures not getting aabove 0. Amazing. Wind chill feels like anything from 15 to 25 below. Its cold but not a live view perfect our sutro camera looking across the bay, partly cloudy skies now. Low 60s in redwood city. Another high sfru our camera from abc7 looking over the bay. A patch of nice blue skies now. 58 in napa. Low 60s to mid 60s in fairfield. And low clouds near the coast but not many. Forecast features partly cloudy skies milder pattern with a slight chance of rain saturday. And we have clouds around, partly cloudy skies now nochlt rain in the bay area. Next chance of rain for us is this system farther tout sea. Its stronger than ones pushing through now. Taking a look to see if well get any tomorrow night. A front sweeps through, there is a chance of drizzle maybe sprinkles. That is about all we can expect. Looking at one coming behind that, saturday morning at 5 00 another frontal system sweeping into the weekend. And it does High Pressure saturday night. Giving us dry weather. Overnight, dry, chilly with lows dropping into mid to upper 30s in santa rosa and tomorrow, partly cloudy day. Mostly cloudy morning. High temperatures on the cool side. Highs reaching from mid50s to upper 50s and near 60 inland. Quite a change from weather patterns but taking a look ahead to the accuweather forecast, milder weather friday. That pattern into next week, temperatures bouncing back up above average, again. Still no significant rain is in sight remarkable. In texas one man stayed up all night to create a winter wonderland. Take a look. He used a snow making machine to cover the front yard in a foot of snow for his little girls. He said he wanted his daughters to wake up to snow. When they did, they were the envy of the neighborhood. Their dad and mom called in the same to their bosses. And he has become the bested dad in the world. The rest of the country doesnt want snow. Take a look at this. Were enjoying a gorgeous sunset. That looks like a painting. It does but its simple to share your sun receipt sets with us. You can down information about this on abc7 news. Com apps. Coming up oprahs v. I. P. Invite for a girls indication. A gift one man is giving to his employee who has a brain tumor and cannot pay her bills. 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First lady is in hawaii at the suggestion of her shugs the vacation is a joint early Birthday Celebration for the first lady turning 50 on january 17th. Oprahs 60th birthday is january 29th. If you have kids telling your spouses to spend a week from home is a big present. We love our kids. Mrs. Obamas Birthday Celebrations will continue back in washington. Invitations have been reportedly sent out for a party. The word is no formal dinner but plenty of dancing and the first lady will head to the bay area to host a fundraiser in San Francisco january 31st. Interesting to eavesdrop as they enjoy hawaiian temperatures. Yes. Still ahead at 4 00 major fraud crack down in new york leads to arrest of dozens of former Police Officers and firefighters. The false claims theyre accused of making after september 11thth. A melt down in north korea what. Caused Dennis Rodman to lash out on National Television today. Some tourists on lom barred street dont love all of the a possible compromise to restore benefits to unemployed americans passed the senate today. President obama says its a vital lifeline but some are balking at the price tag. More now from washington. It was a big first step for legislation that has a very uncertain future. On this vote yeahs are 60. Nays are 37. The senate voted to move forward on a measure to restore benefits to a million long areterm unemployed meaning about 256 in aid for 1. 3 million americans president obama met with some of them. These are your neighbor, friends and family. They can be any of us. If congress doesnt act, thousands more americans will be affected. State funded benefits expire. These folks arent just sitting back waiting for things to happen. Theyre looking for work. Democrats said not restoring this aid would hurt not just the long term unemployed but the economy. Americans use benefits to buy food and fuel and pay the landlord. Some believe theyre being blamed unfairly for a plan to cover if the Senate Passes this measure dont expect the poushouse to pick it up soon. Speaker boehner says House Republicans will only move forward if its paid for and includes job creation. He said the president has not offered such a plan. 100 retired firefighters and Prison Guards have been charged in a disability scheme connected with september 11thth claiming to be suffering from depression as a result of the terrorist attacks the ring leaders allegedly coached officers how to describe symptoms of depression payouts as high as half a million dollars. One defendant was later seen teaching marshal arts Officials Say the claims dishonor the First Responders. Yahoo ceo marisa mayer deliver aid key note address at the Consumer Electronics show this afternoon and used efforts to deliver video to users around the world. Were embarking on the next evolution of video consumption. Users not making appointments to watch tv or passively watching. Video is interactive across screens, on demand and programmed by the user. We want to bring that organization. During the web cast, mayer cited Research Showing three out of every four adults watched video on a computer, tablet or smart phone within the past year. Amount of time theyve watched is continuing to grow. Intel announced its dropping the mcafee brand name. The millionaire has been in the head lines for years, being jailed in guatemala. Then came up with this bizarre video which he trashed intels Antivirus Software the Company Plans to rebrand with the name intel security. Dennis rodman just exploded at a reporter today in north korea during an exchange over detained u. S. Prisoner kenneth bey. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. North says bey was planning to overthrow the government. Rodman is in north korea to play at a game. I dont care what the hell you think. Look at these guys here. Look at them. Dont put it on them. Dont use them as an excuse youre putting on your self. Were saying kenneth bey did something wrong we dont know what charges are. Yeah. Dennis rodman as the ambassador . I mean send kissen ger. One teammate says hes sorry he went to north korea with rodman partly because of the politics. The ireland the niece of ralph lauren made a Court Appearance for air rarjs charged with engaging in engaging and threatening behavior. Police arrested her after a flight from barcelona was scheduled to stop in irland to remove her from the plane. The hearing was held in a pub in a riverside village. There are no court houses in that area. Tourism is a number one industry for San Francisco but could be a major headache for those around the tourist destinations. You take lom barred street, between hooid and levenworth could be in for changes. Reporter its like people who live around an airport. People here on expect tourists but say its gotten out of hand. They come from around the world Everyone Wants to see lombard. Crookedest street in the world. Its a landmark. This is a slow period. Residents say multiply this by hundreds to see what they experience every day during the spring and summer. Limb scenes and taxis. Buses. Residents say there has been an explosion of tourists. If youre not requiped for a tourist attraction we have no facilities for the people or security. San franciscoin whos live near the famous painted ladies were able to ban tour buses from their neighborhood. Theyre already off limits on lombard. The city becomes less tourist friendly there will be less people that want come to San Francisco. The supervisor hoping to strike a balance. And is asking the City Attorney to explore options like banning cars, limiting hours and block the street. We want to make sure it doesnt distract it from as a tourist destination. He hopes to have a compromise in place before the tourist season hits later this year. Still ahead at 4 00 the answer is, alex trabec channelling dr. Dre. Why parents are pushing to make a change to one of americas favorite street treats. No rain is in sight. Ill have the accuweather forecast coming up. And another look at the traffic, traffic go together lower deck is just a mess. A little better on the right side of the screen. Back with hose whd ewelcome to covered california. Now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a preexisting condition. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. Last weekend. It really made the difference nd the house n a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. Unlike the bargain brand, depend gives you new fitflex®, our best protection. Its a smooth and comfortable fit with more lycra strands. Get your free sample at depend. Com. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. Alex trabec trending today social media blowing up over his rf rap styling sort of. In nothing but a g thing, this drchlt rapped never let me slip because if i slip, im slipping. Youre a notorious and long time tupac fan. No. Nochlt i dont know. I guess this is your game for sure. Listen dont push me because im close to the edge. Im trying to lose my head rapped this grand master. Can i say drchlt dr. Dre . Grand master flash. Okay. Okay. You want to do a third . No. No. Theyre telling me no. I dont think there will be anymore rapping. I advice against it. He was reading with flavor. Yes. I know. Look who has got it going herself here. You can watch jap dievery week night at 7 00. Now who should be doing this . Spencer christian. Rap master c. I thought he was going to going to do a vanilla ice impression. You wont hear me rapping. Looking at National Weather picture, snow, cold in the northeastern quadrant of the nation improvement in the southeast under frigid conditions today. Back here across california tomorrow mild day for the state. Up around eureka, clouds maybe some rainfall up there a high of only 52 here in the bay area. Partly cloudy tomorrow, dry once again. High temperatures along the cool side, mid50s to about 60. Shifting to charlotte, 49ers go for the next challenge against Carolina Panthers sunday. Sunday afternoon kick off time 1 05 eastern time. A 40 chance of rain there. Temperatures milder than in green bay. Lets see if the threat of rain is problematic for them this coming sunday. Mike shuman is returned. Good. And getting stuck in chicago. He told me in charlotte its six degrees. Wow. I actually might have been actual low temperatures but likely the wind chill. It will be milder sunday. For you, when you go. I hope so. Yes. Right. Still ahead a mistake one retailer made that has people upset. His gift to help an employee who cannot afford to pay her medical bills. The phone shall flu target being criticize for using a pregnant model to advertise a plus sized dress. Target apologized yesterday calling the ad result of a labeling error. Some moms are pushing for the company that manufactures m and ms to change the dye thats make the candy distinctive. A petition claims the artificial dyes can make some children hyper active. 140,000 people have signed it. There is no consensus on whether sin thit theltic food dyes can contribute to hyper activity. U. S. News and world report released a ranking of best diet and dash diet won. It outscored most other plans and healthiness and likelihood to ward off diseases it emphasizes lean protein, fruits, vegetables, whole grains. And Weight Watchers holds top hon scombrorz last place paleo diet and dukan diet. A Restaurant Owner near houston is helping an employee facing a Serious Health crisis the 19yearold and her mother work at the restaurant. Britney diagnosed with a brain tumor but doesnt have insurance and hasnt yet signed up for Affordable Health care. Now, treatment stopped so her boss michael is selling the restaurant to donate the money to britney. Never thought anyone would do that. He did. Its just makes me feel good. The family really work hard they had a lot of stuff against them in the past. And they are not holding their hand open they didnt ask for help. Wow. He owned the restaurant 17 years and believes its worth as much as 2 million. The merger between american and u. S. Airways takes off tomorrow creating the Worlds Largest airline. Some passengers may see changeses the merger will leave four airlines creating 0 of the market. American and u. S. Airways will separate as separate air fliernz a while the passengers will be able to earn and redeem points on either airline. U. S. Airways will become part of one world. Families with small children will no longer be allowed to board early on u. S. Airways. Hearing from many 49er fans complaining about lack of access to super bowl tickets. A new jersey man saying the league is pricing many fans out of the supermarket alleging the league makes 1 of the Tickets Available to the public at face value meaning fans are forced to buy in the secondary market where tickets can cost well into four figures. Nfl says 75 are sold at face value by each teams through a ticket lottery. Up coming super bowl partly to blame for a possible impending shortage of velveeta cheese products. Saying demand has been high because of the super bowl and winter olympics. Saying shortages are likely to be on the east coast so you can breathe easy the company hasnt heard complaints from customers yet. I think theyre just trying to create a run by saying there is going to be a shortage this, is kraft, right . Its processed. There is going to be enough beer, though, right . No problem on beer. What is your favorite . I cant endorse anything. Ill tell you later thank you. Up next a man spent his career running into burning buildings takes on what may be his biggest challenge by returning to his desk. In the abc7 newsroom coming up at 5 00 breaking news just getting word of another bay area woman died from complications of the flu. That for you, plus. We need the governor to declare a state of emergency. The county that just declared a drought emergency. Youve been showing us your pride. This 3yearold is ready. And check out the faithful in the frozen tundra. You can on facebook or on twitter. Well, we often hear raise for firefighters for coverage and bravery this, is a firefighter with those traits. Amazing thing is how he persevered after two brushes with death. Youve seen him on the news. He was one of the First Responders to september 11thth and has been a firefighter, and now chief. His life changed on may 11 when he fell off a radar ladder in his home. I set a goal to come back to do this job. With approval and people that helped me along the way, im here. That accident left him unable to walk with limited use of his left hand but hes back on the job. Toughest time is spending 66 days in the hospital. I had to relearn how to brush my teeth. You know . Who would have thought you have to do that . How to move around, feed myself. Hardest part is mental aspects of what will push you back every day. He had a near fate yalt set back when fluid caused his back sutures to rupture. I could have died from that. He fought plaque and will try to prove he can function as chief. He set goals to come back. That is his natural personality. He will be working only part time, hopefully will be able to work full time. In menlo park abc7 news. So wonderful to know hes going back to work he is wuvent people we relie on when there are incidents around the world just a terrific guy. Stunning hed get hurt at home after times he put his life at risk. You know . Thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4 00 abc7 news at 5 00 begins right now. We need the governor declare an emergency. Weve got passengers overnighting. Up next a mad dash and bitter cold snap. Live on the roof of the kgotv broadcast center, its dry now. But may in the last all thanks for joining us, im cheryl jennings. A second person died of the flu in the bay area. A 48yearold woman died of the h1n1 strain. This after the flu killed a 41yearold woman last week. Three people now in sacramento county. The woman in Contra Costa County had other Health Problems theyre saying theyve seen 17 cases so far this season. Sxh our other top story catholic bishops pray for intervention because its dry. Donner ski ranch is closed the resort says slopes are bare. Theyre asking foam pray for snow. So dry in Mendocino County leaders there declared a brought emergency. People could be banned from watering lawns. And today, its been dropped by half a foot. Abc7 news is live now from the delta with this story. Laura . Were in sacramento this morning for meeting of water managers there are no prayers but strong calls from leaders of local agencies. The drought is real. From Northern California water managers are sounding an alarm. We can wait and take another survey in february, in march. But were headed into a possible year that is worse than