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KTVU KTVU Fox 2 News At 6pm December 24, 2016

It is one of the busiest travel days of the year with an estimated 2. 4 million travelers expected to fight today. The wedding is leading to some delays. We are live in the newsroom with more. We spent the afternoon at sfo. A lot of people trying to get home for the holidays. The rain has caused some problems, which leaves to Ripple Effect on passengers. Everyone has a place to go, some are going nowhere fast bags took one hour 45 minutes. Now i am stuck. This army private says baggage delay caused him to miss his connecting flight home. I was coming from south korea and flew into San Francisco and then chicago to north carolina. What does this mean . I am missing a day with my family. The Rainy Weather is responsible for about 49 flight cancellations, mostly short haul flights. Delays are averaging 45 minutes to an hour, but make it longer as the night goes on. A lot of the flies are full. Airlines are less likely to cancel because the airlines are full and they need to run those fights. It is holidays, i was kind of expecting a mac amy is headed to burbank to see family. I booked another fight and i am on standby into a different airport and hopefully that works out. I rush to get here to get on that one because the later ones didnt look good at all. She plans to call it a night catching the first flight out on christmas eve. My mom is not really happy. Shes trying to get me another flight now. As always, check on the status of your flight before you head to the airport. You may also want to check parking. Only a few spots are still available. Taking a live look from our emeryville camera. Lots of people on the road right now. Many people are headed out for the holidays. The weather is causing some serious backups for people. Aaa says more than 103 Million People are expected at the rose. Air travel is expected to be up more than 3 1 2 compared to last year. In addition, passengers should expect increased security at airports in reaction to the recent terror attack amber lamb. Eight or nine bomb squad cars when we first pulled in. There didnt seem to be people directing traffic and it was a little chaotic. Once we got past that it was okay. And Airline Trade group predicted a record 45 million americans will travel by air from december 16 to january 5. Be sure to download our app to look at the hourly conditions wherever you happen to be. Carrie fisher is in Critical Condition tonight after suffering a heart attack. It happened just 15 minutes before the flight landed at lax. People on board administered cpr until the plane landed. United airlines said in a statement that a passenger became unresponsive during a flight which was met by medical personnel. Fisher is most amos for her role as Princess Leia most famous for her role as Princess Leia. She was immediately rushed to the hospital and we are trying to find out exactly what is going on. We spoke to witnesses who said they saw her on a stretcher after the plane landed. Obviously everyone was screaming and she seemed unconscious. The actress is the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and eddie fisher. She has spoken openly about her struggle with Mental Illness and alcoholism. Her brother says she is in intensive care and would not discuss her condition further. First wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in a fire they claim 36 lives. An attorney representing the family of two victims file the complaint late this afternoon. Reporter david and Kimberly Gregory say they wont be celebrating christmas because the pain and grief over the death of their 20yearold daughter is still too raw. Our daughter will never come home. There is not a day that goes by that we do not miss her. She was a good kid. Her and alex love each other and just wanted to have a good time. They never came home. Reporter the couple along with the parents of another are suing nine people in the buildings owner and the concert promoter to the city of oakland and county of alameda. The Attorney Says all were negligent and created a death trap inside the warehouse where a fire killed three dozen people. And owner must know, has to know, has to be responsible and cannot delegate what goes on in their building. They have to know and make sure it is safe. To have this kind of an event is just reprehensible. Reporter gregory died in the fire in the arms of her boyfriend. Their bodies found in an enbraced enbraced. We knew they had to be found either together or trying to help each other. It has been really hard. At the same time, knowing they were together until the end did help somewhat. We will never see them again. We just want justice. San Francisco Water Officials Say work on a one of main break will keep part of a city street close during the evening. It happened about 9 am this morning near the corner of evans avenue and rankin street. City workers say they hope to have repairs finished by midnight. Utility officials said no customers were affected. Police use a taser on a bar passenger after he allegedly assaulted an officer shortly after 8 am. Police got a tip that a male passenger was on board a train claiming to be armed and daring police to do something about it. An officer boarded the train and found a man who fit the disruption. When the officer attempted to search and police say he assaulted the officer. The man was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and of all. The governor of arizona welcomed uber self driving cars to the state today after they were ordered to take Driverless Cars off the streets of San Francisco. Arizona governor says his state welcomes the cars with open arms and wideopen roadways. California officials said they would revoke the registrations after negotiations fail. I want to welcome uber to arizona. We are very excited that you are here and think this is incredible new technology. There is a lot to be proven out, california may not want you, arizona does want uber. The governor says he hopes the new Technology Creates not only more jobs but also shows others that arizona is a welcoming state. Nuclear experts expressing alarm by a provocative tweet by president elect donald trump. We have more on the evolving relationship. Reporter a Christmas Card from the kremlin arrived today and there was no mention of the increasing tension. And that russian president flat amir putin wrote that his holiday wish is that after inauguration the two nations can take real steps to restore the framework of bilateral cooperation in different areas as well as bring our level of collaboration to a qualitatively new level. Mistral trumps that the letter was nice and that he hopes will size are able to live up to the boss and we do not have to travel and alternate path. Cordial nature is confusing. And nbc anchor says she spoke to lester trump this morning and he took a much more aggressive posture. B an arms race. We will all match them at every pass and outlast the mall. Reporter the backandforth begin yesterday. We need to strengthen combat capability. Reporter a tweet quickly follow where he pledged the United States must strengthen and expand Nuclear Capability as till such times that the world comes to his sentence. Putins response was passive saying he wasnt surprised. Mistral trop, there is nothing new here. During his Election Campaign he has spoken about the need to strengthen us nuclear capabilities. Reporter days before Christmas Eric trump announced he will not be fundraising for his campaign. He says he understands the quagmire. You do a good thing that backfires. Now, his dads wagon thing that my wonderful son will no longer be allowed to raise money for children with cancer because of a possible conflict of interest. Isnt that a ridiculous shame . He loves these kids and has raised millions and now must stop. And just yesterday counselor to the president warned what would happen if the Eric Trump Foundation was targeted. These folks are trying to help. Those people will now suffer because folks are pointing out what they think to be improprieties. In west palm beach, peter ducey, fox news. Todays storm impacting some of the most vulnerable. At 6 30 pm the many homeless trying to escape the cold wet weather. At first, a live report on the latest conditions and how you should prepare. The snow is coming down causing for rough conditions as many people had up for the holiday weekend. Vicki dollars is along interstate 80. What are the conditions . Reporter the conditions right now are healthy flows of traffic increasing into the evening hours. We now have nightfall meeting with cloudy conditions. That is impacting visibility. Caltrans is asking drivers to keep your distance. Even though you may be experience, there are many drivers experiencing these conditions for the first time. Has it just been coming down all afternoon . Reporter it has been steady the entire afternoon. We have been here since the morning. Some periods it picked up quite a bit. The consistency is expected to continue into the evening and morning our. Caltrans expecting chains and snow to continue into tomorrow. There are multiple stations along i 80. That is really contributing to the backup. A lot of drivers are bringing their trains, which is great. We spoke with a driver earlier today who was rear ended by another driver not using chains. Bad driver spun out and ripped off his bumper. These acumen act since accidents are happening. Speaking of the snow, i know rosemary has been talking about the snow, you set 1 in. h . Yes. It didnt look quite as bad where she was. I imagine as you go up a little higher it is. If you notice in the video the snow was coming down from the side. When you get that it can be very dangerous. If you are going up, i hope that you are not, be prepared. We will start with that winter storm warning that goes until 4 am. Levels going down to about 3000 feet and the overnight hours. That is going to be a lot of travel time with snow tires or chains. I want to take you to Southern California and through the grapevine, we have an advisory that goes into sunday morning. 24 inches of snow. You are going to need to consider Winter Travel if you are going through interstate 5 this weekend. Giving you a look at what is happening, we continue to see scattered showers rolled across the bay area. This system continues to wind down. But light showers continue to fall over the north bay and the peninsula at times. Bouncing around here, we are looking at a little rain and even snow makes over mount hamilton. Snow levels will be dropping into the overnight hours. Tomorrow morning we can have a little bit of snow in areas around mount hamilton. We are going to have the moisture pulling out by then. We are likely to see a little snow on some of our local hills tomorrow morning and some areas tonight. Giving you a view it tonight where we are looking at a little scatter shower activity, if you are going out you may experience a passing shower. Tomorrow morning, partly cloudy skies. A slight chance for scattered showers and cold temperatures. 32 in santa rosa, low 40s in oakland, and san jose 40 degrees expected outside. If we get enough moisture in the hills we can see snow. 55 degrees in oakland tomorrow, 50 in San Francisco, many of us in the upper 40s, 49 san mateo, and 49 expected for livermore. For christmas day, temperatures not much better. In fact, a colder start to the morning and afternoon highs in the low 50s. We get better as the week moves on, but just a very cool weekend. We were talking earlier about how it one point this afternoon i havent seen heavy rain like that in a while. It was just pouring. I was on the freeway at about 1 30 pm. Traffic was down to a crawl. With christmas on sunday some stores are asked ending hours. Toys arrest doors will be staying open all night tonight and remain open until 9 pm tomorrow. Earlier today we found plenty of shoppers picking up last minute purchases. I didnt put it off until today dose met well, maybe i did. There were a few things i still needed. Kohls stores will also be open all night tonight and will not close until 6 pm tomorrow. Feeding the hungry just got a little easier. The recycling startup helping those in the. But first, a manhunt overseas has finally ended. What authorities are saying about their continued investigation into the berlin Christmas Market attack. Stay with us. One person is dead and at least three others wounded after a shooting in Southern California. Shot rang out right after 2 pm. Police set up a perimeter and believed the suspect may be held up in a home north of the shooting scene. Residents are told to remain inside until police can give the all clear. The man suspected of driving a truck into a crowded Christmas Shopper Shopping Mall has been shot and killed. He was killed in a shootout near milan. Officer stopped him because they thought he looks suspicious. When they did he pulled out a gun. Another officer shot and killed him. He was the only suspect in mondays attack that killed 12 and injured dozens others. We can be relieved that one accused thread has ended. The general threat of terrorism continues. Despite the death german Officials Say they remain on high alert. And aircraft hijacking in the mediterranean today ended peacefully when the two hijackers surrender. It all started on a flight between two cities in libya when two hijackers took over the plane. They said they wanted to be taken to rome, at the pilot told them there was not enough fuel. They ended up landing in malta where they eventually free the 117 people on board before giving up. The hijackers want to political asylum and to create a political party. The united days angered israel today by abstaining during a vote on a resolution condemning israeli settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem. The resolutions that israels settlements are not legally valid and demanded a halt for the sake of salvaging the two States Solutions with the palestinians. The israeli Prime Minister called the resolution shameful and said israel looks for to working with donald trump to negate what he called the harmful effects of the un resolution. 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Carrie fisher is in critical, but stable condition after suffering a heart attack on a flight. She went into cardiac arrest 15 minutes before the plane landed this afternoon. People on board administered cpr until the plane landed and paramedics could take over. The first lawsuit was filed today in the infamous ghost ship fire. 36 people were killed when a fire ripped through a warehouse in oakland. The governor of arizona welcomed uber self driving cars to the state today. This after they were forced to take the cars off the streets of San Francisco. California officials said they were planning to revoke registrations after negotiations fail between uber and state regulators. You are watching ktvu at 6 30 pm. It is one of the busiest travel days of the year today and that means many people are on the roadway. We are taking a look and it is looking a little slow, but still moving pretty well. We are keeping and i are traffic out there. Reporter for a friday it is light mac especially the friday before christmas. We are right along interstate right along interstate 80. Most people traveling by car have already hit the roads. According to aaa more than 103 million americans will travel this holiday, the most on record. That is one. 5 million more than last year. Most of them will be taking the roadway with nearly 94 mill

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