Clear they went down the dark path of radicalization. Embracing a perverted version of islam that calls for war against america and the west. Reporter while the president promised continued airstrikes against isis in the middle east the president called for congress to act on three measures he says will make us safer here at home 1. Prohibiting people on the no fly list from legally purchasing guns. 2. Making it more difficult to buy assault weapons. 3. Stronger screening of the 30 million travelors who come to visa republican president ial frontrunner donald trump has seen his support increase since the terrorist attacks in paris. He criticized the president this morning on cbss face the nationcalling for greater scrutiny of american muslim communities. you have people who have to be tracked. If their muslims, theyre muslims. We have to be vigilant. If were not, were foolish. our success wont depend on tough talk or abandoning our values. Or giving in to fear. Instead we will prevail by staying strong and smart. Reporter the president s police was an indication he plans to stay the course with his current strategy. The last time he addressed the nation from the oval office it was to announce us troops withdrawing from iraq. Back to you. Investigators are looking into j. R. whether the female suspect behind the shootings. Was the driving force in the San Bernardino massacre plot. Officials say Tashfeen Malik had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a Facebook Post at about the same time she and her husband. Syed farook. Launched the attack. One us official says there appears to be nothing in farooks history that would implicate him as the driver of the attack. Investigators are also looking into whether malik radicalized her american born husband. J. R. coming up at 830, well have reaction from the president s speech from Foreign Policy expert markos kounalakis. For the latest information on the shooting investigation. Just head to our website at kron4 dotcom. Vicki new at eight. Police are searching for a pair of thieves that were stealing packages from peoples doorsteps. The most recent incident happened in sunnyvale. J. R. police there are releasing Surveillance Video of the suspects. Kron 4s scott rates joins us live tonight from the Sunnyvale Police station. Scott. What did these thieves get away with . Reporter youre looking at Surveillance Video taken from a home in sunnyvale you can see man grab two packages off the front porch and toss them in a car. reporter scott lewis owns the home and immediately turned the video over to police but this greedy grinch wasnt done after tossing his stolen loot in the car, he walks over to a bush and plucks off a couple of oranges, yes oranges, reporter last year some 23 million americans had their packages stolen from their doorstep. Scott hopes now that by plastering the video all over tv and social media, that it will bring this mans orange grabin package stealing ways to an end vicki a bomb squad has been called to a pharmacy in Mountain View to investigate a suspicious device this afternoon. The Mountain ViewPolice Department announced via twitter around 1 30 in the afternooon that a suspicious device had been located inside the cvs pharmacy at 2630 west el camino real. The store has been evacuated. The Santa Clara CountySheriffs Office bomb squad is at the scene. Vicki new at eight. Cal state east bay just received a Million Dollar donation. The universitys work in the Community Inspired a local philanthropist that sits on the Schools Foundation board. J. R. as kron 4s alecia reid reports, the Stem Education and Outreach Program will be helping children for years to come. so i need 3 volunteers reporter for years cal state east bay has been focused on getting children interested in science technology, engineering and math. when kids get to high school and college, its math thats keeping them back from being successful reporter the Malavalli Family Foundation has donated a Million Dollars in support of Stem Education and outreach. it validates the importance of the work that were doing reporter the University Works alongside east bay school districts, emphasizing math literacy in grades k to 3. This endowment will help make a difference for years to come. we will put the money in the bank and the interest we earn from it we will use to support our program for Early Learning stem. Reporter and get to the root of the problem where it starts. part of the grander mission is to make sure children in the local community are exposed to science and math and get excited about it. one of the girls in the group said theres a woman scientist here, i didnt know there were women scientists. we can get children to the 3rd grade with the right math background then many of the kids that get interested and engaged can actually be successful j. R. a 25yearold motorcyclist was killed in a collision with an suv this morning in hayward. The incident was reported around eleven in the morning. At the intersection of jackson and amador streets. The driver of a Chevrolet Blazer failed to yield while pulling out of a parking lot onto westbound jackson street. Colliding with the motorcyclist. Who was also heading west. The rider suffered major injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The suvs driver. 59yearold Charles Fulbright of hayward. Had a suspended license for a dui. He was arrested and booked into the hayward jail. J. R. a chp helicopter nearly collides with a privately owned drone. It happened around 9 oclock last night near eastbound highway 4 in martinez. Officials were forced to abandon a stolen vehicle search after the drone almost crashed into the helicopter. The crew lit up the drone with a spotlight. Then followed it back to roux court where it landed. Martinez police were called to contact the drone operator. The owners identity has not yet been released. Vicki a wet morning here in the bay area. And another storm system is on the way. Kron 4s brian van aken has been tracking the forecast. Brian, certainly no drones flying today in that rain . Reporter we had a little bit of light rain to start off the day sunday. Rainfall amounts were pretty light. Just a few hundredths of an inch south and east of the golden gate. Totals were a bit higher in the north bay with reports approaching a quarterinch in the valleys and more than a halfinch across the hills. The storm track is retreating northbound for monday and tuesday, making for a return to dry weather. We will have fairly high humidity near the surface, so well be dealing with foggy mornings through midweek with very low visibility at times. Morning clouds will be slow to clear, but i think sunshine should make an appearance both monday and tuesday afternoons. Temperatures are forecast to be warmer as well. Highs will reach the 60s and possibly close to 70 degrees in the warmest locations. The storm track returns wednesday. The first storm system to swing through the bay area wednesday afternoon will be weak and well only catch the very tail end of it. Any rain that falls wednesday afternoon may remain entirely north of the golden gate. J. R. a reminder. For complete weather forecasts and all your bay area news. Be sure to download the kron 4 mobile app. Its free to download for apple and android devices. Vicki just in time for the holidays. The organization. Friends of the urban forest is giving away street trees to San Francisco residents. Customers can return the tree after the holidays. And organizers will then plant the tree in a neighborhood that needs more trees. Organizers say Green Holiday trees reduce waste and post holiday litter. They also clean the air, reduce runoff. And provide habitat to wildlife. Vicki trees are available on a first come first served basis. And cost 75dollars. J. R. union square held the lighting of the bill graham menorah in San Francisco tonight. Marking forty years since the first Massive Public menorah. The menorah is dedicated in memory of bill graham. A child survivor of the holocaust and a wellknown music promoter. He donated the construction of the 25foot tall, 3ton, mahogany menorah. Throughout the 8day holiday. Which j. R. coming up at eight thirty. More on the president s address. We have an in studio expert from the Hoover Institution at stanford. His take on what the president told americans this evening. Vicki and the father of one of the San Bernardino shooters is making worldwide headlines tonight talking about his son. What he had to say is up next. J. R. also youve heard about el nino but now were seeing the impact its having. Well tell you what monthly record that was just set. Reporter to the tune and new forest next vicki according to the National Weather service. The amount of rain in the bay area during the last half of 2015 is less than in previous el nino years. The lack of rain makes it less likely this years el nino will alleviate californias drought. Kentfield received 2. 55 inches of rain in the last half of this year. Compared with 18. 53 in 1997. Napa received 2. 33 inches. Compared with 10. 52 inches in 1997. Nws data showed the differences south of San Francisco are not as much. The salinas airport reported 3. 23 inches. Compared with 5. 54 inches in 1997. Brian we had a little bit of light rain to start off the day sunday. Rainfall amounts were hundredths of an inch south and were a bit higher in the north bay with reports approaching a quarterinch in the valleys and more than a halfinch across the hills. The storm track is retreating northbound for monday and tuesday, making for a return to dry weather. We will have fairly high humidity near the surface, so well be dealing with foggy mornings through midweek with very low visibility at times. Morning clouds will be slow to clear, but i think sunshine should make an appearance both monday and tuesday afternoons. Temperatures are forecast to be warmer as well. Highs will reach the 60s and possibly close to 70 degrees in the warmest locations. The storm track returns wednesday. The first storm system to swing through the bay area wednesday afternoon will be weak and well only catch the very tail end of it. Any rain that falls wednesday afternoon may remain entirely north of the golden gate. A stronger system comes in right behind it thursday morning. This one could bring periods of heavy rain and gusty winds. Rainfall amounts may surpass an inch. Showers last into friday morning before another break in the action from friday afternoon to saturday night. There may be another decent round of rain on the way next sunday. J. R. Palo Alto Police are seeking a suspect in a Sexual Battery case that occurred on tuesday of last week. Around 2 30 in the afternoon. Police received a call from a resident who lives near kenneth and greer. A woman in her seventies says a man grabbed her breasts inside her home after he offered to do gardening work for her. The victim was not injured. And the suspect is at large. He is described as a hispanic male between 30 and 40 years old. About 5foot7. And around 170 pounds. J. R. Authorities Say a small jet has crashed and burned at a Southern California desert airport. Killing both people on board. Fire Officials Say the jet. Identified as an l39. Went down around two in the afternoon at the Apple Valley Airport in San Bernardino county. The faa says the plane had just taken off. When it went down, crashed, and went up in flames. Nobody on the ground was hurt. But all flights in and out of the airport have been halted. Vicki jimmy carter says that his most recent brain scan showed no signs of cancer. The former president said in a statement that he will continue to receive doses of keytruda. A recently approved autoimmune drug to help his body seek out cancer cells. Carter says the scan showed no signs of the original cancer spots or any new ones. The 91yearold announced in august that he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain. Carter remained active during his treatment. Continuing his humanitarian work. E a bow and arrow a broken guitar while the rainwater washes away who you are we go over the mountains and under the stars we go over the mountains and under the stars [ ] vicki neither rain nor snow, nor sleet nor dark of night. Shall stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. thats the mail carriers code. And yes, they do there best to get the mail to you. J. R. but there are other people. Bent on taking your mail from you. Shows us. The extreme measures mail thieves are using. In this edition of people behaving badly. Stanley watch closely as a gold colored malibu pulls up to a mail box in south san jose then watch as another car this time a woman pulls up to the to the exact same mailbox except the woman exits the car checks the mail box and then is on her way your looking at Security Camera video captured by the homeowner there has been a problem with mail theft in some sections of san jose the victims ask that we not mention the neighborhood or the street but say they have been hit multiple times stanley about a mile away a whole block has been hit. This mail box is suppose to be a secure mailbox but look at this its been damaged by thieves they drilled the box open ambiance stanley residents tell me that mail thieves are going as far as using crowbars to break in to even what is considerd the most secure mailboxes its come to the point that now sensors are being placed on mailboxes that automatically alert the homeowner with their mailbox are being tampered with ambiance stanley and some are getting something know as the letter locker that sort of resembles a huge lock box to keep their mail and parcels safe if not their mail box ends up looking like this with the mail exposed ambiance stanley this mailbox actually has not one not two but three separate locks, how it works is usually the bandits follow the mailman or other Delivery Services then snags the mail why are they stealing mail, well many times its to steal your idenity some people say they can steal my mail. All it is bills but all jokes aside its still stealing ambiance stanley one resident i spoke with said she rerused to put a lock on her mail box but then again she has never had her mail stolen. However when pressed she said if it gets stolen then she will revisit as it relates to the suspected mail bandits caught on tape, the camera also caught their license plates and that information has been turned over to the Postal Police and San Jose Police ambiance stanley its a sad state of affairs when we have to lock down our entire life but it is what it is for now be aware mail theft is a growing problem in south san jose Stanley Roberts kron 4 news j. R. coming up at 8 30. More on the president s address to the nation and we go one on one to talk Foreign Policy with an International Relations expert to see how the president did. Vicki also San Bernardino victims are remembered. Well show the vigil that was held at the site of the shooting. Vicki still ahead. San joses Joey Chestnut has broken another record when it comes to eating. This time it involved shrimp. Well tell you how much he ingested. J. R. gop candidates are sounding off on terrorism. What they had to say today and what theyre saying about the president s action. Vicki and hes traveled the world but tonight hes right here in studio. A Foreign Policy expert breaks down the Terror Threat and what the president plans to do about it. Pg e is committed to clean energy and part of that commitment is our partnership with habitat for humanity. Our mission is to build homes, community and hope. Our homeowners are lowincome families, so the ability for them to have Lower Energy Cost is wonderful. We have been able to provide about 600 families with solar on their homes. Thats over nine and a half Million Dollars of investment by pg e, and that allows us to provide clean energy for everyone here. Its been a great partnership. Together, were building a better california. Vicki back to our top story tonight. President obama is calling a deadly mass shooting in San Bernardino an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people. The president addressed the nation earlier tonight from his oval office. Joining us now. Is Foreign Policy expert markos kounalakis. Of the conservative thinktank Hoover Institution at stanford. Markos how did the president do . What grade would you give him . he did a good job explaining that it was terrorism. He reassured the plug public. Vicki how do you think the terror groups like isis will take the message . they would have loved deceive the opposite of how he acted. It was cool, calm. Vicki tougher talk than weve heard before. No more isis as Junior Varsity . Does this mean boots on the ground . to win on the ground. And in order to win and we have to have boots on the ground. Hes made it clear that its not in a be american boots on the ground. Freedom is stronger than fear. But is the president signaling that we have to fight to protect freedom . people like the here what the republic kins like to say. J. R. the president says the west is not at war with islam. That plays into extremists hands. But with attacks on us soil will we be thrown into it . part of the speech was to have a strategy. The reality is its tough. To be hard and there is no easy solutions. Vicki the father of syed farook told an italian newspaper that his son supported isis ideology and was fixated on israel. Farook and his wife were the shooters in last weeks San Bernardino massacre. From our partners at cnn. Kyung lah has more on what the father has said. Reporter syed farook, father of gunman syed rizwan farook, driving away from his home this morning. Hes been speaking to reporters on an off earlier saying he and his son were divided on ideology. all pakistanis coming from major cities are liberal people. He was going towards conservation. Conservation. His views were conservative. Mines liberal. Reporter farook explains more of their divide in an extensive interview with italian newspaper la stampa. He says his son was shy too conservative and the father became angry when he once saw his son had bought a gun. The elder farook saying about his sons beliefs he said he shared the ideology of al baghdadi to create an Islamic State, and he was fixated on israel. Reporter a pakistanbased relative of farook, who had met him in the us tells cnn the gunman started following a stricter interpretation of islam three to four years ago and the whole family was worried about the shift in his character. The relative saying that change began before he met and married wife and fellow killer Tashfeen Malik. They would meet first over the internet farook seeking a religious woman. Friends say they eventually met in person in saudi arabia. Malik entered the us last year on a fiance visa. Investigators tell cnn malik, under a different name, posted on facebook a pledge of allegiance to isis leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi just before the massacre began. Reporter at the mosque where malik and farook were married in the us members say they never saw her face. Farooks father tells la stampa he also never met her. A couple whose conservative beliefs are slowly coming into sharper focus. Unknown what sparked the mass murder in the first place. Among the fourteen victims of last weeks mass shooting in San Bernardino was 27yearold yvette velasco. Velasco was a regular at Saint Catherine of siena church in rialto, california. Two reverends from Saint Catherine spoke sunday about the loss. its hard for me to doing this because im angry. Even the muslims are all brothers and sisters. Vicki u2s performance in paris on sunday night wasnt just about music. It had a mournful tinge too. Frontman bono paid respects to 130 People Killed by extremists in paris on november 13. And fourteen People Killed in a mass shooting last week in california. Names of paris attack victims were projected on a huge video screen in the area on the east side of the french capital. Not far from the site of the rampage. The edge talks about the terrorist attack. its a place where the modern western world was born. We have dolon to we are not wrong. Vicki a man climbs a crane and refuses to come down. What made him do it, next . Brian i will have reminded forecast j. R. downtown indianapolis was the scene for a possible world record saturday. The worlds top competitive eater Joey Chestnut reportedly broke his own record and defended his crown in the saint elmos shrimp cocktail eating contest. He at more than 12 pounds of shrimp in eight minutes. That record still has to be officially verified. Vicki i cant say ive eaten that much and i dont believe ive seen you eat that much. Vicki chestnut has been a competitive eater since 2005. Hes held the nathans International Hot dog eating contest title for eight years. Vicki a wet morning here in the bay area. But we could be seeing some more rain later this week. Brian van aken is standing by with the forecast. Brian, how much rain can we expect to get . Brian we had a little bit of light rain to start off the day sunday. Rainfall amounts were pretty light. Just a few hundredths of an inch south and east of the golden gate. Totals were a bit higher in the north bay with reports approaching a quarterinch in the valleys and more than a halfinch across the hills. The storm track is retreating northbound for monday and tuesday, making for a return to dry weather. We will have fairly high humidity near the surface, so well be dealing with foggy mornings through midweek with very low visibility at times. Morning clouds will be slow to clear, but i think sunshine should make an appearance both monday and tuesday afternoons. Temperatures are forecast to be warmer as well. Highs will reach the 60s and possibly close to 70 degrees in the warmest locations. The storm track returns wednesday. The first storm system to swing through the bay area wednesday afternoon will be weak and well only catch the very tail end of it. Any rain that falls wednesday afternoon may remain entirely north of the golden gate. A stronger system comes in right behind it thursday morning. This one could bring periods of heavy rain and gusty winds. Rainfall amounts may surpass an inch. Showers last into friday morning before another break in the action from friday afternoon to saturday night. There may be another decent round of rain on the way next sunday. E a bow and arrow a broken guitar while the rainwater washes away who you are we go over the mountains and under the stars we go over the mountains and under the stars [ ] vicki if you are looking for a good Holiday Family experience this december. The California Academy of Sciences Museum in golden gate park. Is running its annual tis the season for science program. It features extra Holiday Themed exhibits. On top of the popular year round staples such as the world class planitarium and aquaruim there. Our gabe slate shows us the highlights of the holiday exibit. snow it rarely snows in the bay area im from michigan so ive always kinda felt bad for kids here in the winter so im excited to show off. It snows inside the cal academy of sciences twice an hour during the month of december snow flurries rain down in the piazza and the kids love it. This giant snow man is like a mini planitarium its the snow man theater where a movie plays teaching the Science Behind snow reporter and check this out. They have real reindeer two of them their names are holiday and frosty. I caught them during their break they were extra chill when i was filming them but they do trot around and impress the guests with their enormous antlers. I asked scott moran the exibit director where does one accquire reindeer. bury our people that you raise reindeer. Reporter and this one i really like. Closer the 25th of December Santa swims with the fishes reporter to see the hours and pricing of cal acemedy of sciences and to learn about other Great Holiday activities you can do with your family this month look for speical holiday section on our website kron 4 dot com or on our mobile app. J. R. with just over a week to go until the next president ial debate this weekend the candidates are on the campaign trail talking about guns, security, and the isis threat here at home. Vicki kron 4s National CorrespondentMark Meredith has the latest on where things stand in the race for the white house. Reporter this weeks tragic news out of Southern California changed the conversation for the president ial campaigns who this weekend are shifting their focus to what can be done to protect americans here at home. This weekend you can expect to see several republican president ial candidates on the stump in iowa. Donald trump, ben carson, and Chris Christie are all in the Hawkeye State trying to shore up support ahead of the february 1st caucus. Speaking of where things stand a National Poll released friday shows donald trump with a sizeable lead right now with 36 percent support. Texas senator ted cruz whos been gaining ground in early voting states is second with 16 followed by dr. Ben carson, senator marco rubio, and new jersey governor Chris Christie. Trump speaking to reporters late this week says hes confident americans will follow his lead in crisis. it seems that everytime there is tragedy my polls go up because people want strength, right now we have weak people reporter we dug a little deeper and are seeing a much tighter race in the first primary state New Hampshire. While trump remains on top the feild shows a much more competitve race between candidates like rubio, governors john kasich and chris chritisie. Reporter for her part former secretary of state Hillary Clinton spent the end of the week pushing for congress to change the countrys gun laws in the wake of the california massacre. Even tellign a crowd of supporters theres no one single solution. we wont be able to prevent every act of gun violence, or every terrorist act but we sure could do a lot to lower the numbers reporter while clintons lead remains strong her closest competitor vermont senator Bernie Sanders remains on the trail hes in New Hampshire this weekend hosting town halls on how to help the middle class. Thats a look at where things stand in the race for the white house in washington, im Mark Meredith. Vicki a us shipment of muchneeded groceries and other astronaut supplies is rocketing toward the International Space station for the first time in months. The unmanned atlantis five rocket blasted off today. Carrying 74hundred pounds of space station cargo. Following three days of weather delays. If the orbital atk cargo ship arrives at the space station wednesday as planned. It will represent the first us delivery in nearly eight months. The Cargo Carrier is full of food, clothes, toiletries, spacewalking gear, science experiments, and christmast presents. Vicki the chicago Police Departments interim superintendent is warning officers they face discipline if they do not make sure both the video and the audio of their squad car dashboard cameras are working. The department was harshly criticized. When it reported that the audio was not working on the dashcam that recorded the october 2014 Fatal Shooting of Laquan Mcdonald by officer jason van dyke. Days later. The city released four more dashcam videos from other squad cars at the scene. None of which included audio. J. R. a man who scaled a crane on a construction site in australia has been released from custody. After going to great heights to evade police. The 21yearold dangled in the air for almost seven hours before his dramatic arrest. He used parts of the frame like monkey bars. Terrifying residents who squeamishly watched on. Fearing he would fall. For hours he sat. Refusing to comply with negotiators. its difficult to foresee how they are going to be paved. J. R. Specialized Police were sent up. So he eventually decided to come down sliding along the cables. After more than six and a half hours of evading police. He landed in their hands. Police say his motive, remains unclear. Hes now facing several charges. Including the possession of dangerous drugs. Vicki india is stepping up rescue and relief efforts in the flooded city of chennai. Reporter baby north now has a sibling. A plane scare for a hollywood actor. And the hunger games ruling the box office. Mary moloney has it all into hollywood minute. Reporter Kim Kardashian and hubby kanye west are proud parents to baby 2 the couple welcomed their son saturday morning but no word on which name theyll pick for their little bundle of joy. Kim and kaynes took almost a week to name their first child, 2 yearold, north. Oscar winner Morgan Freeman had quite the scare over the weekend. The actor was on a private plane heading to houston when the plane blew a tire shortly after take off. J. R. the warriors on a streak. And niners do the unusual. Well be back with a look at your bay area sports next. Vicki sights and sounds of the season. Complete with carolers. The 25th annual Tree Lighting ceremony at the Ritz CharltonSan Francisco this week. As well as a little girl from makeawish who got her dream cometruetrip granted. I had the honor of emceeing this holiday tradition. Santa was there as well, but apparently he and his raindeer can get stuck in San Francisco traffic. Vicki jr stone switching hats here now. Talking sports. Warming up for sports night live in just minutes. Niners surprised a few people. J. R. we have lots to talk about. Were going to talk about warriors and curry. We are also going to talk about the 49 years. We are also going to show you some great highlights. Vicki thats it for the kron 4 news at 8. Stay connected with kron 4 and get latest news developments at kron4. Com or download one of our mobile apps. Our next newscast is tonight at 11 oclock. See you then. Goodnight