wet and windy. if it impacts your morning commute. or blow to the san francisco economy as a health conference is going virtual. i will tell you why. the holiday rush happening in front of your eyes. inside the u.s. gas distribution center in oakland for a look at what they say is the busiest time of year. community taking care of community. the holiday effort to get hot food and warm clothing to those in need. abc7 news starts right now. building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. rain and wind making for a treacherous combination in parts of the bay area. it is causing power outages, toppled trees, car wrecks, and holiday decorations are barely staying tied down. thank you for joining us. let s get to abc7 meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at the conditions. conditions are deteriorating. i want to show you the golden gate bridge. you will notice the rain coming down, roads are slippery. heavy rain has pushed out o
[inaudible conversations] every weekend booktv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on c-span2. keep watching for more television for serious readers. next to mark the papal visit to the united states we bring a program from march on the future of the catholic church. historian gary wills questioned whether pope francis is capable of producing significant change within the catholic church. [inaudible conversations] [applause] good evening, everyone. the queue for coming out tonight. what an outstanding crowd. i am not surprised. you tricked a very good event to come to. diane lissa muscatine, one of the co-owners of politics and prose. my staff and co owner and husband bob grant and i welcome you to this event. most of you know the drill but just in case you are new to our events, gary wills will speak for a bit and is happy to take questions. we have a microphone up here and do we the dyke if you could make it to the mic if you have questions. we videotape
we begin with a development in south sudan. the u.s. is moving marines and aircraft from spain to deal with evacuations and protect many americans who are there. in the past week hundreds have been killed. tens of thousands are trying to flee the violence. the situation is more dire. the u.s. ambassador spoke to reporters after an emergency u.n. community meeting. the future of south sudan is in jeopardy and demands leadership to avoid blood shed and restore stability. the leaders face a choice. they can return and help to establish south sudan, or destroy the hard-fought games, tearing apart the nation. our correspondent is on the ground with the latest. this man was attacked by men carrying machetes. soldiers started to fight during what the government calls an attempted coup, young people started to attack civilians. it looked like machetes. i didn t know what was happening. and more people are expected to get hurt. president salva kiir says the army is ready t
all part of an effort to rid the streets of violent offenders. probably the most violent group of people i ve seen in the last few years. reporter: they re violent not for money or turf. it was basically they hated the other gang. reporter: police released this surveillance video they say was committed by members of that new gang. we found out fairly quickly that these groups every day were planning on ways to commit violent acts within the community of oakland. this - - reporter: this is all part of operation seize fire. oakland city officials hosted a huge press conference with other local state and federal law enforcement which have been leading related efforts. there were 23 arrests and in those arrests we have seized 55 firearms that included four assault weapons. reporter: afterward, mayor quan told us that it was meant as a warning to those offenders. it s basically a warning to those people that are out of control. reporter: how officials weighed
afternoon. no action on impeachment or anything else will happen until january 7, 2020. president trump called it a hoax and a setup. he took a verbal shot at a late michigan congressman, john dingell. and the president praising a united republican party which picked up one new member in the house of representatives today. good evening, john. good evening to you. most republicans ignored what the president said about the late congressman john dingell. though some did say the comment was other the line. on the issue of impeachment, the republicans were in lock step with the president sooed, even adding another voice to the chorus. thank you very much. a great honor. in the oval office today welcoming democratic congressman jeff van drew to the democratic party, president trump insisted the impact of last night s vote to impeach him is minimal. it doesn t feel like impeachment. it s a phony deal and they cheapen the word impeachment. it s ugly but they cheapened the wor