Wow. The trump robot looks like he just saw the trump robot. [ laughter ] did they let his ex wives design this . Make the eyes emptier. Add more neck fat. [ laughter ] anyway, were going to be using the trump robot as our picture for him during the monologue as our way of saying merry christmas. [ laughter ] moving on President Trump tweeted this morning [ cheers and applause ] quote, was fox friends just named the most influential show of the news. You deserve it. Three great people. Hey, dummy, that show is influential, because you believe every word they say, and they mostly just read your tweets. [ light laughter ] that show is basically your alexa. [ laughter ] during a speech yesterday, celebrating the passage of the republican tax bill, house speaker, paul ryan, said quote, something this profound could not have been done without exquisite president ial leadership. Which reminds me of that classic holiday song, ryan, the brownnosed reindeer. [ light laughter ] [ cheers and appl
What will move through this evening. For the next six hours theres no reason to think this rain will let up. Weve hit 3 inches of rain in kentfield, nearly 3 inches of rainfall in the santa cruz, coming up on 2 inches of rain in San Francisco, dublin 1 1 2 inches, hayward more than 1 inch and almost 1 inch of rain in san jose. Today in San Francisco, the second wettest day of the past five years eclipsing a big storm we got last february. Because of the rain and the fact that after a burn, after a fire, the soil in the mountains cannot absorb the water like it normally does. Thats why well be watching the burn zones in the north bay, all those wine country wildfires. Well watch it all winter long. Theyve already had 2 inches of rainfall. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for those areas until tomorrow morning. Well talk about when the rain ends and what to expect after the storm is gone coming up in a few minutes. We appreciate that, paul. The Flash Flood Watch in santa rosa is causing
Commute. Here is sue. A couple problems, bart is experiencing a major delay, this one out of lafayette due to equipment problems in the pittsburg direction, so heads up there. We start with a sig alert on 880, sky 7 is directly above what happened was a wrong way driver who started driving northbound in the southbound lanes of 880 and milpitas by 237, that caused multi vehicles to get involved in an accident. The left lane pardon me, the right lane, the slow lane is the only one getting by. Again, this is southbound 880 with multi vehicles, no estimated time of opening, try to use 680 or Dixon Landing to mission boulevard for your alternate. Its quite an extensive backup. Major backup there, sue, lets talk a little bit more about that. Abc 7 News Reporter matt keller is on the ground at that same scene in milpitas. Matt, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning, jessica. I just talked with the chp officer and she gave me an update on what is happening here and what is happening wit
And ultimately he caused this multicar crash that happened on southbound 880 near highway 237 here in milpitas. Just one lane remains closed for the investigation and the cleanup. This crash happened just before 5 00 this morning when the driver of that dark green minivan was spotted going north in the southbound lanes of 880 and ultimately the minivan slammed into four other cars. The man driving that van, again, was rushed to the hospital with major injuries and ultimately he died from those injuries. One person in another car involved in this crash was treated for minor injuries, according to the chp. And now the chp is trying to figure out why this wrongway driver got on to the freeway going in the opposite direction. Investigators are telling us that it did not take long before he collided with those other cars. We had two calls very close together within a matter of minutes. And our units were responding immediately. I dont know where where he got on the freeway traveling the wro
Live where you live. This is abc 7 news. Daring rescues. Saving lives in Santa Barbara county. The region hit by a devastating storm that dumped have half an inch of rain in five minutes setting off mudslides. Search and rescue crews are finding people amid the wreckage, like this family. Parents, children, including a baby, even dogs lifted safely out of their homes. Thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im dan ashley. The area of Santa Barbara county hit by the storm is only just beginning to recover from the thomas fire. Mudslides, flash flooding, and debris flows that were wastehigh. At least 50 people have been rescued using air support. Dozens more were rescued on the ground. 7,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Heres abc News Reporter danya backes. Reporter its an allout search for rescuers. We have multiple reports of people trapped. Reporter plowing through the walls of mud, standing on top of homes, using search dogs hoping to find those who are reported missing.