Evening. Showers. This is a first part of a system that impacted us with moisture moving slow to the south. We have a another system just on the heels of this one. To the north, it is bracing towards your weekend. And we are already dealing with delays at visibility with j. R. Stone. And also the weekend rainfall. Details, coming up. Pam and our team starts tonight with kron 4s jr stone. Where the bad weather is hitting. During one of the busiest travel days of the year. Jr, we hear its a big mess for southwest fliers in particular. Reporter you have got that correct there are delays all across the board. However, when it comes to south west it is a complete mess. This is video from the last one hour. You see how long the line is just to get to the ticket counter. Many of these people are waiting just to check their bags i talked to people that with between three and four in a half hours just to check their bags. With a flight delays, and 90 flights have been cancelled all day. At one point, the are riding the ladies were 3. 5 hours. The average delay time is 60 minutes90 minutes. Passengers. I waited for poured five hours and background just to check42 bags. I waited 4. 50. In the southwest lines i waited four and half hoursjust to check to backs. Would probably couldve just to driven. But i will tell you it is all worked in the end. Reporter now, and lot of the passengers from southwest. They say that by the time they got to the front of the line they only found out that their flight was canceled. They could not fly for several other days. Some people flew different carriers but there are delays all across the board. Your best bet is if you have a direct flight. Reporting live at best of all, pam j. R. , we are hearing some protest in the background of what is going on . Reporter that is one of the reasons why i am holding my earpiece. These are workers from the United States are ground workers that do not have a contract. They represent a large number of workers. Perhaps 3040 protesters out here. I wanted to be closer to show you but i cannot hear if i am too close. But theyre out here and making their point known. Pam j. R. Stone, thank you. We will check back with you during the 6 00 p. M. And now, with bay area ridge conditions. The pay. Demand is wet and the san mateo bridge. They are going eastbound that is at the bottom right. Traffic is heaviest near the golden gate bridge. Moving pretty decent and for a closer look let us check out with closer charles clifford, for 80. For a closer look now lets head out to kron4s charles clifford. Hes live along highway 80. Charles, what are Road Conditions looking like . The visibility is not that great this is interstate 80. This is westbound towards the bay bridge. The caltran is saying that this will take 30 minutes to go towards San Francisco and one hour to get to the airport. It is pretty slow moving let us show you some video, earlier the rainfall and it got nicer. A time lapse video from the oakland hills. That storm sweeping and also a very slick day. I drove along interstate 24 with the recent accident to the west of the caldecott tunnel. Backed up traffic all the way from the tunnel to the interstate80 taking the off ramp to get too high or 24 heading east. This afternoon, are around 3 00 p. M. Is one of rainfall really picked up. Heavy. And things got very slack. That is where we are right now see we can have more of an update for you at 6 00 p. M. , 8 00 p. M. In the east bay, charles clifford, kron 4. Pam thank you, charles clifford. Were tracking the storm on line as well. Getting lots of storm pictures from viewers and facebook fans. Send yours in. Well be show casing some of the best weather photos later in the show. Pam stay with kron4 as we continue to track the storm this evening. Updates also available on our website kron4dot com, as well as our facebook and twitter pages. bell ring, ring, ring the National Mourning the Newtown Elementary School tragedy with a moment of silence. It was one week ago today a gunman opened fire at a connecticut school. Murdering 26 people including 20 children before taking his own life. Much more on they day of mourning ahead tonight. But first. We turn to the renewed debate over gun conrtol in america. Today for the first we are hearing from the nations most powerful gun lobbying group the nra. Grant lodes is standing by with the story. The nra this was big. They offered his condolences and waited a week to speak out. And today it doubled down. Undeterred by protestors or anything else. Not giving an inch on gun control the nras solution a new team that will work to put armed officers in every school in the country. Because it says the next School Killer is waiting in the wings i call on Congress Today to act immediately to appropriate what ever is necessary to put a Armed Police Officers in every Single School in this nation to read the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Why is the idea of a gun could wind it is used to protect the president of our country . Or, our police, but to bat when it is used to protect our children in our schools. As soon as the nra finished its comments gun control advocates spoke out against the idea that more guns equals safer schools. feinstein the nras ceo blaming Mass Shootings on the media , it is a delay tactic. For guns used in the workplaces, shopping malls, movie theaters. For the nra and others to shield by saying that is a naturally ill and we have to have more guns in the school. Have you ever going to think are they going to have them on a person or a teacher have a gun . It just does not make sense the nra see all by mass media on the media, violent video games, and Mental Health oversight, among other things let us know what you think about this issue should armed officers walk the halls of every American School that wants it . Log onto our kron4 Facebook Fan Page to weigh in. Well have poll results and comments coming up. Pam as you heard. The nra wants congress to put Armed Police Officers in every school. We wanted to know what School Districts in the bay area think of this idea. Would schools here want that . Kron 4s Justine Waldman made dozens of calls today to find out. She is here now with the answers. Reporter the nra wants the armed officers in schools when children return to school in january. I spoke with several School Districts today. To see if this is even possible. And some already have armed police in the hallways. We will start in oakland. Where the spokesperson told me. The district has Armed Police Officers now on certain campuses that are considered high risk. But that more guns in schools is not the solution. In oakland, they are more worried about a stray bullet from an outside shooting, than an attack inside the school. Also adding, Congress Needs to evaluate the matter and start a discussion before making any decisions. From the San Francisco unified School District. Didnt answer yes or no to the question but said. We continuously work with the San FranciscoPolice Department and the department of Emergency Management to prevent and prepare for emergencies. We all agree that children should never be victims of gun violence whether at school or in the community, yet children ages 5 to 14 in we take this as a loss by losing support for music, the arts and opportunity for children to get intervention for reading those resources are taken away because they have to go to what is provided for School Resource officers to. Also, the School UnifiedSchool District say that the prevention efforts such as school counselors, and intervention programs would be a far wiser investment of public funds. San jose did not want to comment. And also i did not get a full return of my emails or my phone calls pam thank you, just change. The search for a gunman that triggered a lockdown. And if you think a winter storm is in the bay area wait until you see what is hitting the midwest. First, efforts to stop the fiscal cliff. Lawmakers flee the capital for their christmas break, that is next. Comment. Tense moments today at a south bay Elementary School. As concerns over school safery remain high. The search for a gunman that triggered a lockdown ahead. And at 530. If you think the winter storm just wait until you see whats hiiting the midwest. But first tonight efforts to stop american from going off the fiscal cliff in dissarray. As lawmakers flee the break thats next. Just before departing for his annual holiday vacation in hawaii, president obama leaders to take action on crisis. Karin caifa reports from washington, where members of congress have also left town. Good afternoon, everybody. Reporter after speaking with Party Leaders friday afternoon, president obama called on congress to quickly come up with a solution to avert some end ofyear tax hikes associated with the fiscal cliff. In the next few days ive asked leaders of congress to work towards a package that prevents a tax hike on middle class americans, protects Unemployment Insurance for 2 million americans and lays the groundwork for further work on both and deficit reduction. Reporter the remarks came after House Speaker john boehner failed to muster enough of his partys support to bring his plan b to the floor. His proposal would have effectively raised taxes only on those americans making more than one Million Dollars a year. We had a number of our members who just really didnt want to be perceived as having raised taxes. Reporter the two sides each left the capitol for the Christmas Holidays, blaming the other for inaction. Democrats said thursdays failure in the house pointed to a need for more compromise by the go p. House republicans have gotten the message loud and clear that a comprehensive solution to the looming fiscal cliff will need to be a bipartisan solution. Reporter Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell said the next move needs to come from the president. He is the only one that can do it. This isnt John Boehners problem to solve. Reporter without a deal, steep tax hikes and massive Government Spending cuts are set to trigger after january first. In washington, im karin caifa. Kron4 news for a more indepth look into the into the challenges, the president and Congress Face as the fiscal cliff deadline ticks forward. Kron4s political analyst will join us tonight, at 5 30. Pam police now say the deadly Home Invasion that rocked a wealthy Silicon Valley suburb was not random. Raven dixon was arraigned in a Santa Clara Court today on charges of being an accessory to the murder of Raveesh Kumar kumra durung a Home Invasion back on november 30th. Dixon was led out of the san jose courtroom in chains after the judge put her bail at one million. A Pretrial Hearing is set for the middle of january. In san jose, Police Ordered a school locked down after a pair of robbery suspects retrieved a gun from the backyard of a nearby home. As kron fours rob fladeboe reports now, the suspects were then trailed by police to another nearby residence where a brief standoff one of at least two Armed Robbery suspects could be seen being taken into custody by police early friday near the intersection of mt. Pleasant and clayton roads in east san jose. They are thought to be the same men who were spotted earlier by a resident of nearby monrovia avenue. For about two hours, Robert SaundersElementary School here on Rocky Mountain way was locked down as precaution. A few blocks away, in what police call a surround and callout operation at least 21 officers and a couple canine units surrounded a home on clayton road where the suspects and several other people were thought to be holed up inside and quite possibly armed with a gun thought to have been used in a robbery on thursday. It may have been a fire arm that was from yesterdays event. But they went to the backyard to retrieve it. It did not belong to a residence but this is speculation. They are probably going to go back to pick up the firearm which they did. It was seen in their possession. They took off in the vehicle and it was traced here. Reporter after a brief standoff, the suspects surrendered. Several other people evacuated from the home waited on the sidewalk as police searched the home, sounding the allclear here and at the Elementary School by about 10 30. Police acknowledged the commitment of so many officers seriously taxed the departments depleted resources for a time but had no choice with a school so close by. In san jose rob flade boe kron 4 news. A man who died jacqueline this rain through the bay bridge toll plaza still seeing some wet pavement and showers are run portions of the bay. The north bay is really bear the brunt of the secured over the richmond rafael bridge. Some lighter showers in hayward as well as union city with dublin and pleasanton. Towards the peninsula, also light rainfall over th n the la hour or so with the satellite radar still summons to know at lake tahoe. However, it is been a bit more showery it is moving so slow to the south your we continue to see these showers streaming in the bay area. As we look slightly to the north the next system the tail end of this is pressing rainfall towards a regatta it will continue in slowly move towards the south overnight. Light of lingering showers along the coast. By 3 00 p. M. , still widespread with moderate rainfall through the north bay. Also moderate through San Francisco. 5 00 p. M. , still impacting oakland, concord, hayward. And over the south bay and for the inland valleys it both continued to go towards the south. And although rain will be south of the golden gate. As we take a look at 11 00 p. M. We will continue to see shower activity. 11 00 a. M. In the afternoon but early evening but this is the second of three to everett systems. Today saturday will be the next one and a sunday, rainfall at 10 00 a. M. By 4 00 p. M. But the Christmas Eve and Christmas Holiday look fairly dry. Rainfall could be pushing in the night of christmasrelated. Pam the 49ers will have a change to clinch their division with a win this sunday against the rival seattle seahawks. But it might not be easy kron4 sports Jason Appelbaum will be here to break it down at 530. The nra wants armed officers and every school. 47 percent think that it is a good idea to our officers. 38 say that it is a bad idea others are saying that it is a complex issue. We are getting a ton of opinions. Eddie mckenzie i guess sad but true, if some idiot threatens my grandsons school, i want someone to be there well trained and armed, to blow the idiots head off harrie villegas columbine has had Armed Security guards when the students were killed. More guns is not the answer. We always want your suggestions and opinions. We will read comments and have poll results every day on our kron 4 Facebook Fan Page. . n this just in to the kron 4 news room the ninth Circuit Court of appeals and voted to block the California Law banning therapy into turning gave miters interestrate minors. This would have been the first state in the nation to ban gay therapy. The news at 5 30 is next male announcer live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. Deadly Winter Weather slamming the midwest. Where its headed next along with more of the dramatic video. And the Newtown Elementary School shooting one week later. A look at the nationwide tribute today and the latest on the investigation. Now at 530. Severe and deadly Winter Weather pounding the midwest. This is video from detroit heavy snow and high wind situation. Multiple car accidents, some even involving police cruisers. Jacqueline yesterday, we were dealing with a very clear defined warm and cold sections. We can see the rainfall has diminished from yesterday. Mainly snowfall as we can see through pennsylvania, new york, and through ohio. A number of Winter Weather advisories. With snowfall rates that could bring 1 ft. In portions of this region. As we take a look of the watches and the warnings there is a Winter Weather the advisory could produce two5 in. However, the pink and the red could produce more snowfall. And in this location near pittsburgh we are going to c 1