minutes and along highway 17 to los gatos is 24 minutes. in san jose, you can see things are moving look on 280 and it is quiet with not so many cars headed away from highway 17. the body of a brain dead 13 yield oakland girl has left oakland children's hospital and is in the custody, now, of her family at an undisclosed location. this video shot by jahi mcmath's uncle shows the ambulance carrying her from the hospital a month after a tonsillectomy left her brain dead and called for a death certificate to be issued so she was first released to the core more and to her family. the family believes jahi mcmath can recover and is taking her to a care facility to keep her on a ventilator. a statement says the coroner released her body to 9 custody of her mother as per court order for a destination "unknown." our hearts go to the family as they grieve for this sad situation and we wish them closure and peace. amy hollyfield will have more coming up at 5:30. in the east bay oakland police are investigating a hit-and-run crash in a house. a car hit a gas line located on the side of the home forcing residents to evacuate. it happened after 12:30 this morning. pg&e crews have capped the gas leak allowing residents to go inside with police looking for the driver. the 49ers are back in the california sun and basking in the glory of a great victory over the green bay packers and our reporter is at headquarters in santa clara with a look at their run. matt? >> good morning, fans left signs at the santa clara headquarters of the 49ers, encouraging the 49ers to keep going in the playoffs with a lost exited fans. a few hours ago the 49ers arrived off the victory over the green bay packers with the buses arriving at midnight with the police escort. self fans lined the street cheering as the players left in their cars. >> i came all the way from emeryville, she came all the way over here. >> it was just that we wanted it at kickoff was five degrees but feeling like minus ten but beautiful day to watch the game outdoors and fans are hoping for another game at 49ers park if the saints beat the seahawks then the nfc championship game could be played at candlestick park. the eastern part of the country is moving interest arctic deep freeze forcing school closures and creating dangerously cold conditions. our reporter joins us from washington, dc, with the subfreezing temperatures expected today. >> good morning, across the country, americans are getting a dangerously frigid wake-up call. >> there is cold. then there is this. bitter, bone chilling, freezing air sweeping across half of the continental united states with arctic blast plunging temperatures to lows not felt in decades with advisories from montana to alabama and 8 below in cleveland and 12 below in pittsburg. it is so cold in chicago that residents businessing for the big chill now calling the city chi-beria. in minneapolis, frostbite can occur in five minutes. chicago and all the minnesota have canceled classes. the blinding snow, ice and freezing rain may the roads treacherous. airport runways are a slick hazard. at o'hare this spirit airline slid off the airline and at john f. kennedy they dug the airliner out. inside the airport, stranded passengers are frustrated and it could take days to get people to their final destination. >> i want to go home and get settled in. we have been cooped up for two days. >> the cold isn't stopping everyone, the packers' fans turned blue on sunday braving five-degree weather for sold out game against the san francisco 49ers. >> i had four layers of long johns, two sets of snow pants, four shirts, wet shirt and a coat. >> the cold fries is causing problems for travelers this morning and more than 2,800 flights have been canceled so far and another 600 are delayed. not of them are out of chicago o'hare and new york john f. kennedy and it is causing a ripple effect for travelers in the bay area with passengers at sfo scrambling to get rebooked after united grounded flights in san francisco and cleveland yesterday. >> when we get to cleveland that is it, and then we hear a few minutes later from the same people, by the way, the replacement flight isn't will wednesday. >> there were a lot of people that were not doing anything, they were re-directing everyone to customer service where there were two people working. >> 80 flights were canceled and neither oakland or san jose reported any cancellations. >> with the weather app you can download it flow at abc7news.com/app or on google play. >> such a mess. explain that to us, please, mike. >> like trying to explain an earthquake to those people. we will start by showing you the wind chills at 40 degrees below. in chicago it is 44 and minneapolis is 45 and green bay is up to 38 and i was 41 last hour and 28 in stimulus and 25 below is what it feels like to the skin in denver. what you have, the area of low pressure, in the polar vortex. when the sea ice is thinner than normal it migrates as the high pressure develops and pushes storm systems so the storm system has pushed the vortex to north of the great lakes which is why all the cold air you expect over siberia or the north pole has come to the united states. the highest that is bringing us normally warm weather has steered the polar vortex down. it will retreat back in the next 28 to 48 hours. san francisco is beginning to be about 50 degrees. temperatures are above average but not so remain with as they have been in the 30's and 40's through 7:00, and up to 60's by noon and increasing clouds it will not be so warm, with low 60's at 5:00, and tomorrow it will be warmer in the upper 50's. >> in lafayette they are certaining if a suspect who took off after crashing their vehicle off of highway 24. it is not affecting traffic open highway 24 with nothing but green on the map. the holidays are over, westbound 580 and 205 from address into the altamont pass, 35 miles per hour so bumper-to-bumper traffic and continuing in the westbound direction traffic loosens up at 47 miles per hour and you can see clear conditions westbound into livermore. in walnut creek, to the 24 junction, traffic is building but it is still moving. >> thank you, laying. >>the carry on luggage could determine when you are allowed to board a plane. >> why you should not believe all the "likes" some celebrities say they v. >> pope francis prepares for another trip overseas as pontiff with a covering benicia, san ramon and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, on this monday morning at 5:12 and a look from summit tremendous -- sutro tower. as mike nicco points out, it is the first second consecutive not "spare the air" day in a while. >> my head is hurting. >> it will be clear. >> thanks to both of you at 5:13. a group representing african american businesses will meet with tourism leaders in san francisco to discuss ways to avoid a boycott. the president of african-american chamber of commerce says blacks have been shut out of the city's $9 billion tourism industry. the chamber wants the city to hold hearings on claims of discrimination and want as portion of tour emfunds to be spent recruiting after can americans into the tourism industry. the group is threatening a tourism boycott of san francisco a year from now. >> house minority leader will speak of the situation at city college of san francisco at the chinatown north beach campus this morning. she is planning to deliver remarks of the progress they have made and the impact it has made in the city. a judge ruled the accrediting commission cannot terminate accreditation with lawsuits move through the court system. two unions have filed separate lawsuits stating the commission did not give the school proper due process before revoking accreditation in july. >> >> pope francis will travel to israel, the west bank and jordan in may announcing the visit while giving the weekly blessing at 9 vatican saying the aim of the trip is to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting in jerusalem between pope paul 6th and spiritual leader of the orthodox christians, the second foreign trip since he became post last march. it will be the 4th to visit the holy land after the visit in 1964 that was a landmark of pope paul. >> and a study says airlines could save millions if they changed the way planes are boarded. here is that story. >> topping america's money, wall street will watch a vote today in the senate for the confirmation of the first woman to head the federal reserve. the biggest task impacted all of us: finding a way to end the popular stimulus program. >> competition is heating up in the mobile industry. at&t is offering t-mobile users up to $450 in credits to providers. t-mobile is planning a similar anicaraguansment this week. >> airlines could save time and money by boarding passengers based on the number of carry ons rather than where they are seating. large carrier could save up to $10 million a year. >> it was "frozen" inside and out taking the top spot for disney. >> that is america's money if this morning. >> a company is showing off new gadgets at the annual international consumer electronics show, a line of tv's that play videos without requiring a set-top box similar to smart tv's on the market but offer a more comprehensive election of content. >> chevrolet owners can make calls and serve the web without burning through the minutes on their phone plan. g.m. will begin outfitting the 2015 vehicles with 4g capability and other models get up grids later. the hard wear is standard and integritied into the existing onstar service. no word on the effect of the price. >> facebook "likes" for celebrities and companies are fake according to research. there are some who run offshore click farms where people are paid for use fraudulent accounts to hit, for instance, the "like" button on face book, facebook says 14 million of the billion active users are fraudulent accounts. >> i would like to say my "like" is totally legitimate. >> all 15 of my "likes" are legitimate. >> that is 100 percent success rate. >> good morning, everyone, kids are become to school maybe you are back to work trying to get you in a good mood to get in the grind. i have good news, live doppler 7 hd shows visibility showing well we have no fog but we have a the love high clouds and that will cap the dropping of our temperatures from now through 7:00 we will hold fairly steady. and clean air as we have mentioned, it is the first time we have had two consecutive non-"spare the air" days in a long-term so enjoy it and both well. the clouds will be thicker headed through the afternoon and as we head deeper into the forecast, a chance of rain in the north on thursday and saturday, just a chance and then we will have clean air for the better part of the week. from mount trillion -- mount tamalpais, the high pressure is dominating our weather. oakland is seven degrees cooler than the record 72 yesterday, and san rafael, you set a record high 66 and down to 64 today and all of us from 1 to 7 degrees cooler, not where we should be but we will get there. we will not stay there very long. here is today's temperatures, low-to-mid 60's with the increasing high clouds, and tonight the clouds keep our temperatures up a little low-to-mid 30 inland and mid-40's around the way shore and to the coast. here is what is happening or what happened while you were sleeping, a couple of areas of high pressure dominating our weather and to the southeast because of the area of low pressure breaking them down and another behind it and another behind that and the jet stream is to the north but it will start to buckle and come down across washington, oregon, into nevada and most of the storms are inside sliders like tuesday and miss us to wednesday and another chance of rain to the north of us and thursday is when it gets close and at 2:00 on tuesday to the north bay, the lake tahoe is bypassed by the storms and the seven-day forecast shows back to average by wednesday, in the upper 50's and low-to-mid 60's return on friday and hang out for the weekend. leyla gulen? >> we have 389 bart -- 39 bart trains on time. check mass transit to see if scheduled changes occurred. v.t.a. is adding trips on certain lines and, also, extending routes and hours. you want to make sure you take full advantage of that. right now it looks like muni, bart, caltrain, moving along, and construction at 7:00 and lasts until 4:00 p.m. and the lane is blocked, westbound, along highway 4 from sand creek road to lone tree way but it could slow you down so plan ahead for that. headed into san jose, wide open and quiet, and uneventful, most parts of the bay area, with top speeds along 101 headed into san jose toward the san jose airport 280 and highway 85 looking clear into cupertino and checked in with our other c.h.p. reporting agencies including stockton and monterey and everyone is quiet. 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left children's hospital oakland and moved to another facility by ambulance. she will be hooked up to tubes today. >> oak police are looking for the driver of a hit-and-run crash into a home this morning. the car hit a gas line on the side of the house forcing residents to evacuate. crews let everyone back inside. >> misdemeanor hate crime and battery charge are read in court against one of four white san jose state students stemming from the rail hazing of their african-american roommate generating protests and demands for felony charges from civil rights leaders. >> the eastern part of the nation is gripped by the coldest weather in two decades with wind chills below zero as air mass moves down from the north pole. schools and roads are closed in upper midwest states. >> the san francisco 49ers returned home after the victory against the packers in green bay. >> a handful of fans were at the headquarters in santa clara after midnight to cigarette them. they advance to the playoffs again the panthers in carolina on sunday. good news: it is not a "spare the air" day. we have cleaner and cooler air on the way but it will not lead to much rain. i will tell you the few places that have a chance in the seven-day forecast. >> the holiday is over so it is become to work and as you can see we have a few extra cars from emeryville to san francisco and it is quiet but for the altamont pass which is busy. we have a police search through los angeles. >> if you tweet it, they will come, a emergency on social media started this snowball fight in downtown indianapolis, it took one person sending out a tweet said he was looking for money in the snow and all these know ball warriors showed up and they had a lot of snow to play in, more than 10" fell in the area. >> a zoo in china has introduced the new giant panda cub. she was confronted by a dozen people but she was active and crawled and climbed for 20 minutes before falling asleep. she was born six months ago. the zoo expects the cub to attract 19,000 visitors a day. >> the morning news continues with the top story. >> including a daring rescue in the berkeley hills after a car plunges 200' off the side of the road. >> firefighters across the state are on alert with the bay area four fighters lending a fighting hand as the rare winter fire ♪ i'm on the hunt, i'm after you ♪ ♪ smell like i sound, i'm lost in a crowd ♪ ♪ and i'm hungry like the wolf ♪ straddle the line, in discord and rhyme ♪ [ female announcer ] only yoplait light and yoplait greek 100 are endorsed by weight watchers. it is so good when you're on the hunt for something delicious. find yoplait original and light yogurt cups on sale now at your local safeway store. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. glad you are with us on monday morning. i am katie marzullo here for kristen sze. >> i am eric eric thomas. we are glad we are not in the midwest and east coast. >> i went through it for three years. that was enough. walking kids to the bus stop at 30 or 40 below. man, it is crazy, a 130-degree swing. >> we do not have much fog. it is not a "spare the air" day but warmer-than-average but not record setting. mid-60's inland and low-to-mid 60's around the bay and low-to-mid 60's at the coast. she is back with the traffic. good morning, everyone, happy new year at 5:29. what do we have, mike? sun. weather. traffic. what do we have for you, quiet conditions. back to work on monday after the weekend and holidays. we have police activity in lafayette with a car that crashed off of mount diabolo with a few suspects being searched. the altamont pass is the busy drive westbound at 36 miles per hour. into livermore it is a long ride and to castro valley 47 minutes. this is from the scene of a deadly stabbing in san francisco. police investigated the circumstances that led up to the stabbing inside an apartment building on market street. police responded to the building near the central freeway after 3:15. paramedics say the victim died at the scene and police are not releasing any suspect information at this point. >> we are following developing news where the family of a brain dead 13-year-old girl is now in possession of her body. amy hollyfield tells us what happened and what happens next. >> the hospital released jahi mcmath to her family who found a facility to care for her. this is video of the ambulance carrying her away. the family has been arguing with children's hospital oakland since mid-december about what should happen to her. doctors have declared her brain dead and said she should be taken off the ventillator but the family says her heart is beating and they believe she is alive. the attorney has been getting 200 to 400 e-mails a day many full of threats to him and to jahi mcmath. >> she is going for her own safety and the rights of other people. this is an unusual experience that it brought out the best and worst in people. we have had people make threats. it is sad that people act that way. for jahi mcmath's safety and those around her we will not say where she went or where she is. >> the hospital has released a statement saying "our hearts go out to the family as they grieve for this sad situation and we wish them closure and peace i the coroner has issued a death certificate for december december -- for jahi mcmath but the relatives say all they wanted was a chance. >> the family has a crowd funding page to cover the costs of mooring jahi mcmath to a new natural and they have raised $48,000. looking back, this began december 9 after surgery at children's hospital oakland. after the tonsil operation she went into cardiac arrest and then a scan revealed two-thirds of her brain was swollen. on december 11, the doctors declared her brain dead and the family began a legal fight to keep her on the ventilator which would have expired tomorrow. we will follow this developing story with updates on our website at abc7news.com and on twitter. in the east bay, pg&e crews have cap add gas leak after a car crashed into a home in oak a precaution. pg&e capped the line and allowed everyone to go back home. the san francisco 49ers' quest to return to the super bowl continues with the divisional playoffs again the panthers. the 49ers returned to the headquarters after midnight after betting out the packers in green bay. diehard 49er fans were there to welcome their heroes. it tock a nail biting 4th quarter drive and last-second field goal by phil dawson to win the wild card matchup 23-20 in the freezing we tundra. 49er fans are celebrating and well hear from some of them when our reporter joins us from santa clara at the top of the hour. >> celebrating the win and 9 fact they live in california. extreme cold continues today spreading sub-zero temperatures with freezing temperatures brought to half of the nation with school canceled in chicago, green bay, milwaukee, and the entire state of minnesota. blinding snow and ice made driving treacherous. indianapolis mayor upgritted the travel emergency level making it illegal for anyone to drive but for emergency personnel or those seeking shelter. it is the coldest air to hit the nation in two decades. if you are flying today check with your airline about any delays or cancellations with 3,300 flights canceled or delayed nationwide. the worst at chicago o'hare and john f. kennedy and boston's logan. there are long lines at sfo as passengers scramble to rebooked after sfo's largest carrier, united airlines, grounded flights in chicago and cleveland. 80 flights were canceled. no cancellations reported at oakland or san jose. our weather app can be down lloyd god free at abc7news.com/app or on google play. >> the first of four san jose state students accused of terrorizing a black roommate will be in court today. the case sparked a series of campus protests over the treatment of minorities. the d.a. decided not to file felony charges against the students but, rather, misdemeanor charges. a police report says the white students taunted the black roommate with racial slurs, outknitted the dorm with confederate flag and barricaded the victim in 9 room and locked one of the bicycle looks around his neck. >> three are recovering from injuries after the car plunged from the road in grizzly hills. the driver lost control and the car veered east road and went 200' over the embankment into thick bushes. regulation -- rescuers worked to free the people. >> a woman escaped injury when she lost control of an s.u.v. and slid into an estuary. a good samaritan jumped into the water, smash add window and pull add woman to safety and then drove away without identifying himself. a strike team from marin county is on the way north to assist cal fire with a brushfire. the team gathered in petaluma last night to travel to the fire site west of willow creek. the fire has burned 350 acres since saturday. it is now 40 percent contained and officials say it is unusual to be battling wildfires at this time of the year. >> it will be cold and it is rare for us to be in john going to a fire like this with so little rain. as far as my understanding, we have never had this low of a record of rain full in northern california area ever recorded. california in winter and feet of snow in the minority west. >> everything is upside down. from the east bay hills, the air is clean, and the second day in a row it is not "spare the air" with clouds rolling in now it will not bring rain but it will stop the cooling. we are as cold as weeing get at 32 in the north bay and 48 in san francisco. it will be thicker as the day moves on and the low moves to the west. 56 and 60 at noon and by 4:00, low 60's and by 7:00, clean air and not so chilly as last night. 48 to 52. moving forward we will continue the cooling trend with low-to-mid 60's and a few degrees cooler and on wednesday it will be the coolest day with temperatures near where they should be and a rebound as the system passes to the north thursday and our best chance of any wet weather is light rain it is quiet. as you make it to work, headed over to highway 4 and i-80 it is clear. if you need to make it from hercules to the hoffman split, 68 miles per hour and up to 71 michigan so it improves. through berkeley, not too bad at 64 miles per hour. you are driving at posted speed through albany to berkeley to emeryville. to go from antioch to hurricane lease, 29 minutes, along westbound i-80 from 4 to the maze is 16 minutes and into san jose 87, and a look right now outside at san rafael, you can see 101 traveling southbound direction with the tail lights pushing south it looks like it is busy but all moving at top speed. katie and eric? >> a small jet goes down in a fireball in colorado and the celebrities who tweeted the crash minutes after it happened. >> congress is back to work today with political battles dominating their attention in the congressional election year. >> tiger mom is on the prowl [ female 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after an unexpected stop. they made an emergency landing in kansas city yesterday after someone found a suspicious object in the bathroom. it turned owe to be a flash drive. authorities gave the all clear after searching the plane. >> the northern california priest who was murdered on new year's day will be buried, after finding the body of the reverend freed after he did not show up for mass. he was known in san francisco and celebrated mass for japanese catholic society each third sunday and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. police believe robbery may have been the motive. >> congress returns to work this morning facing a busy agenda after the holiday break. first up, according to the majority leader cantor, it is legislation addressing security of personally data. the senate has scheduled a vote today on a three month extension of unemployment benefits which expired a week ago and democrats in both houses are expected to press to raise the federal minimum wage. republicans are promising a closer look at the administration's tally of people would have signed up for the health insurance under the affordable care act. >> cover california is extending the deadline for insurance payments in response to the unexpected surge of people signing up to health coverage last in. payments will be accepted by john 15 for policies effect january 1 and give insurance companies more time to handle paperwork. >> the self-described tiger mom is back after shake up of the parenting world and co-author add book that is generating a lot of buzz in the triple action acknowledge, they claim that certain cultural groups in the united states are more usful than others including jewish, indian, chinese and iranian. in her previous book in 2011 she described script parenting approach. >> my daughter had a bad math ten when she was ten and show said i hate math. i didn't accept that. >> some call her methodology cruel, no play dates or sleepovers and no bathroom breaks during piano practice and nothing lower than "a." there is a photo posted by madonna, vacationing with her family in the alps and posted this photo of her 13 year old son holding bottles of which will saying "the party has just begun," but people slammed madonna but she said "calm down and get a sense of humor," insisting no one was drinking just having fun. >> now, how about the flight cancellations and delays because of deicing and some planes are not getting from here to there and flights are not leaving. >> i didn't, big frozen popsicles on the tarmac. now a look at what is going on. we have high clouds rolling in because of a system to the west but that is not going do bring us any rain and you can see the lack radar returns on live doppler 7 hd but it will start a cooling trend and keep the clean air in place. in san francisco, it is 50 and across the golden gate bridge it is 52 and you get into 9 heart of downtown and the mission district and upper market temperatures are in the upper 40's. as far as belmont, 46 but palo alto is 34 and santa clara is 35 union city is 40. pittsburg is 42. mid-to-upper in pleasanton, tracy, fairfield, walnut creek and american canyon and petaluma. from mount tamalpais, bouncing around a little bit and wind at 2,600' and partly sunny and cooling trend bringing our temperatures back closer to average as we head through the week and systems will miss us to the north and brush the north bay with a chance of light rain thursday and saturday and a pattern change keeps us locked in clean air for the better part of the week. our temperatures are well above average with low-to-mid 60's and we hit 72 in oakland for a record high. 64 in san rafael. record high. tonight, low pressure 30's inland and clouds bring a blanket effect and not is cold as early this morning and clouds now are bringing in the blanket effect with temperatures as cool as they will get. a low is bringing us high clouds and two areas of high pressure are shoved to the south and the east so the jet stream will be closer to us but not enough to bring us significant chance of rain. tomorrow morning you can see a system passing us to the north and another lined up behind it passing us to the northeast on wednesday and the third is passing us to the north thursday from noon to 2:00 with a slight chance of rain in the north bay the when it passes, we will have another chance on saturday and temperatures after bottoming in the upper 50's we will be warmer-than-average low-to-mid 60's bit weekend. stilt quiet out there and i have not seen accidents reported and just congestion on the roads. if you are traveling i-80 at top speeds away from fairfield and to the south and american canyon, not a bad drive, over the cartinez and benicia bridge, nothing to slow you down to get to the east bay. 580 westbound from tracy to dublin is 40 minutes and highway 4 antioch to concord is 16 minutes and 101 southbound into san francisco is 17 minutes and we san jose the drive along 897 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[ girl ] make dinner pop! you are lucky if you are not flying. at sfo we have updated number on the travel trouble going on. 659 delays of flights in the united states. total cancellations, 2,522. worst affected airports are chicago o'hare, john f. kennedy, and boston logan. check with the airline if you are flying. a 20-year-old man who vanished from his parents' home in upstate new york was spotted in a photo in "usa today" with a story of the cold front sweeping the nation. a press photographer snapped a picture near the capitol where homeless memorial gather when it is cold. his parents saw the picture and called police and officers picked him up and reunited him with the family. the story is generating a lot of talk on facebook and you can join the conversation. officials with the fire district are set to present their recommendations for a new parcel tax to the board tonight. the five year tax would keep the district's fire stations open. according to the "contra costa times" it would start at $98 a par set and climb to $111 by 2019. the tax would raise an estimated $23 million in new revenue and the board has scheduled a special meeting for february 24 to vote on whether to place the proposal on the june ballot. >> a very good year for the cute animals displayed in macy's end withs in san francisco. this year, a record 339 cats and dogs were adopted. the displays are a holiday tradition. the adoptions him meet the goal for the spca of not euthanizing any pets. >> there are delays at boston, philadelphia, and fort lauderdale. mike if. >> the numbers are growing. >> call the individual airline. here is our radar and satellites for the state: the northern two-thirds are covered by high clouds in the afternoon and mid-60's and upper 60's through the central valley toward monterey and mid-to-upper 70's with sun in southern california. if tahoe, there is a chance of snow, snow showers on wednesday, thursday, and saturday and like our rain, it will not amount to much of anything. just temperatures cooler. have a good one. >> c.h.p. has come out to hit. the driver, so far, the top speeds if you need to make it to stanford, southbound, looking clear. this is the maze from emeryville camera, traffic is moving nicely outside. it is moving along just fine and you get to the bay bridge toll plaza here is a look, busy drive with cash-paying lanes loaded up at this hour. former basketball star dennis rodman is back in north korea accompanied this time by a dozen retired nba players. they will play a game against the north korean team on wednesday which happens to be the product of the leader, kim jong-un. rodman calls this "diplomacy," to show the nation isn't so bad. stars include ben baker and cliff robertson and kenny anderson. >> read a book to make your brain work better the sign tufts studied britain activity of students as they read a fictional novel. researchers say they saw heightened connectivity in the language and primary motor areas of the brain days after the subject finished reading. we are talking about reading fiction improving your brain muscle memory. the study is published in "brain connectivity." a have a waitress is start the new year with a biggest tip ever, a tip of $1,000. collins gave her a tip $500 and a job site matched that. collins has been leaving $500 tips in honor of his brother who died cancer in 2012 but before he passed an his brother asked they go to dinner and leave somebody an awesome dip. he has surprised 930 -- 90 unsuspecting servers. >> new details we are learning of the investigation. >> brave dead oak girl is moved from a bay area hospital and the treatment facility across the country she could be headed to and how that facility responded when asked if jahi mcmath is coming to that facility. >> the 49ers return to the bay area following the huge win in green pay and the fans, the players and the anticipation ahead of the next with grands mini pot pies. only four ingredients. and a few easy steps. weeknight dinner in a flash. and my family devours them. pillsbury grands biscuits. make dinner pop. kevin! toaster strudel, yah? ♪ warm, flaky, toaster strudel. 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