the crack down right now after four accidents this week including one today good evening. i m carolyn johnson. now it s dark out side. and rush hour is underway, police are out in force, giving that more urgency the accidents placed in the tender loin area, starting on new year s eve and now, san francisco police have launched a traffic enforcement operation. abc7 news joins us live from the scene at hooid and bush. well, this street is just crawling with police on motorcycles. they re here just a little while ago and moved north and will probably be back here. now, we witnessed a lot of stops here today, again, at the morning commute. i know it s trite, but i apologized in advantages but like shooting nish a barrel. motorcycle units came back again at 5:00 to continue the traffic enforcement. they use a device employing lasers to check speeds of the cars. in the morning things were no different. police were stopping cars left and right here on the bush street corri
well, even santa claus is upset. santa claus showed up on capitol hill wednesday, urging congress and the white house to strike a deal to avoid the looming fiscal cliff before christmas. it s discouraging that our elected leadership in congress can t come together to get the job done for the american people. reporter: both sides say it s putting a damper on the holidays. i think it s going to be extremely difficult to get it done before christmas. ? . in anticipation, there is no agreement. congressional leaders told lawmakers not to make holiday travel plans. we re going to stay here right up until christmas eve, throughout the time and period before the new year because we want to make sure that we resolve this in an acceptable way for the american people. president obama and house speaker john boehner continue to talk. but we ve got serious differences. those differences are already affecting americans. fed chairman ben bernanke says just the threat of the
making news in america this morning bitter blitz. roads remain slick and icy for many on this busy travel day. crews, in a race to restore power to hundreds of thousands by christmas. plus, more snow on the way, just in time for the big day tomorrow. retail rush. the clock ticking. and bargains abound for the last-minute shoppers out there. where to look for the deals. and where to get up to 70% off. breaking overnight. the man who leaked the nation s darkest secrets says he s done what he set out to do. what s next for edward snowden? it s a busy day at the north pole. we re tracking the big man s every move.tq.e and good tuesday morning. merry christmas eve. we do begin with the severe winter weather hitting much of the country and making last-minute holiday travel very difficult. there will be more snow and ice in the upper midwest, from the cascades to the great lakes. it s been a rough couple of days. wendy gillette has more. reporter: in hollowell, maine,
another change to the new hk law as the obama administration. target suffers blowback from its massive data breach. the end of an era for candleal stick park and santa s helpers making a difference for sick children. it s tuesday, december 24, early today starts right now. merriy christmas eve. i m betty nguyen. if you are up early to do shopping you have just a few hours left and it is also the last day to sign up for obama care if you want coverage beginning like january 1. weren t we just talking about this deadline yesterday? it is a bit of groundhog day happening. the administration says they are trying to create a cushion. they want to make sure that anyone who tries to get on to the health care website will be able to and be able to get the coverage starting january 1. we saw a record number of people trying to get on to the site, yesterday more than 1 million people and that did lead to delays. that prevented some people from completing their applications. thi
good tuesday morning. we begin this half hour with act two of that powerful storm system slamming the south. 25 million americans are still in the hot zone. dozens of tornadoes are blamed for more than two dozen deaths across four states. hundreds of injuries, homes leveled and entire communities nearly wiped out. abc s gio benitez on the storm trail recorded this dramatic video overnight of lightning strikes near birmingham, alabama. and this twister near tupelo, mississippi, was measured a mile wide. abc s scott goldberg is there this morning. reporter: stunned by the devastation and bracing for more, people in the path of deadly tornadoes in the south and lower midwest, feel the fury of this season s first outbreak. it was like a roaring freight train for 20 or 30 seconds. and then, after that, it was calm. reporter: more than 20 people across 4 states have been killed. the twisters leveling homes and ripping communities. this is where i grew up. all these ho