Volume of traffic and notice the low clouds in this shot that getting across the bridge the low clouds have hit the bridge there and the fog is an issue for the rich mamond san rafael bridge. All have fog advisory from chp and a possible crash near the toll plaza and well track that off the berkeley curve and dense fog through the trivalley a major issue for drivers. Back to you. All right, thank you very much, mike. So, lets check in with bob redell for more on the breaking news overnight. This is were talking about a third player just announcing some promising results with its vaccine this morning, bob. Correct, marcus and laura. Astrazeneca and the university of oxford announced their vaccine is safe and is triggering an immuno response in all adults. This is according to preliminary results from a phase two trial that was published in the medical journal. You have pfizer and biontech and they found they are 95 effective. That is higher than initial results suggested. The companys plan is to submit an application for emergency use authorization within days. But those companies and our government still figuring out how to ship tens of millions of doses across the country in what need to be well below zero temperatures. Also, how to convince skeptical citizens to take the vaccine. A vast majority would have to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. Blue ribbon Vaccine Commission may help ease some of those concerns. I would expect that review to be fairly quick and to give up another layer of certainty to the results that have been presented earlier today. I dont trust this. And as i say, im not a person that likes to take medications anyway. Im not going to take it until what i see what the results are from other people. Only then ill take it. As early as next month. Frontline workers should be getting the vaccine followed by Senior Citizens who live in retirement homes. But herd immunity, again, depends on young people getting vaccinated and front line workers and the elderly would have to be vaccinated first, the young people wouldnt be offered a vaccine until perhaps the spring. Reporting live here in pleasanton outside of covid19 test site, bob redell, today in the bay. Thanks for the latest there, bob. Want to take you live to the white house this thursday morning. President trump is staying quiet on the Record Number of covid deaths in the United States which just reached over 250,000. In the meantime, president elect joe biden speaking with front line workers and nurses. Heres an Emotional Exchange with a nurse from minnesota. I, myself, have held the hand of dying patients crying out for their families that they cant see. Im sorry, im so emotional. You got me emotional. Biden is warning the Trump Administrations blocking of the transition could cost more american lives. Today in the bay alice barr has the latest. This is like going to war. You need a commander in chief. Reporter nbc news has learned some current and former Trump Administration officials have privately reached out to the Biden Transition Team signaling they believe he will be the next president. But with President Trump still not conceding and official channels stonewalling, the president elect says he needs access to realtime pandemic data and vaccine planning. Im optimistic but we should be further along. Reporter President Trump remains focused on swing state legal challenges now paying for a partial recount in wisconsin. One is already under way in georgia where three counties have discovered thousands of uncounted ballots. Narrowing bidens lead there to 12,000 votes. We have knocked down widespread voter fraud. Reporter with new unemployment numbers coming out today, an expanded benefits expiring at the end of the year. Sort of just dealing with the crash. Reporter lawmakers are under mounting pressure to reach a compromise for a new covid relief bill to keep struggling workers and Small Businesses from falling off a financial cliff. The two parties remain close to 2 trillion apart in the price tag they want to see for a new stimulus bill and they also have yet to reach a deal to fund the government and prevent a shut down in three weeks. In washington, alice barr, nbc news. As you just heard alice say, no stimulus deal and it looks like well actually have to wait a while. Nbc news has learned lawmakers have left town for thanksgiving break, so, no more signs of progress on the new covid relief bill for millions of struggling americans. Now to a developing story a new covid setback in new york. Just past 9 00 a. M. In the big apple and students are now staying home after eight weeks of inperson learning. The nations Largest School system is closing schools and heading remote starting today. Classes, the cases there are sky rocketing. Many worry School Closures there could signal closures here if the bay area covid surge continues. Well, the Holiday Shopping season will be critical for many Small Businesses now struggling to make it in the bay. In San Francisco, supervisors are launching a new campaign. Its called we will recover. Its urging people to have safe holidays, shop local and help neighbors. Stores like just for fun, theyre really hoping that the recent rollbacks dont keep Holiday Shoppers away even if some of the drawing events are off the table. The carollers are canceled. Were not doing any of that. Thats what they told us is to not do anything that would gather people in one spot and those were all huge events for us. Reporter the city is also suggesting more People Volunteer or even donate to Food Charities during the holiday season. Well, its beginning to look a lot like christmas in downtown San Francisco. Last Night Union Square held its annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. Macys sending us this video. Of course, this year no crowds out there. The retail chain says reusable 83foot tree decorated with more than 33,000 l. E. D. Lights and 1,100 shining ornaments. You know, i see neighbors starting to put up their lights and usually i think not before thanksgiving, but this year i think we all could use some cheer. I dont know when youre going to start putting up your festive decorations, kari. Im thinking of doing it this weekend. I need to dig all the bins out of the back of the closet and see what i have and maybe put some up this weekend. But its really hard to see this morning as we are talking about the low visibility and the fog and as we take a live look outside in walnut creek, were starting out cool with some mid 40s here. A calm wind and weve seen that fog kind of drifting around. So, as we check out san jose and the live view there, go across the bay and look at our high temperatures for this afternoon. Once it clears out, well see highs in the low 60s and some sunshine later today. Its going to be really nice. This is the kind of weather well see into thanksgiving when maybe a lot more people will be putting up those decorations. Well talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking as drivers try to make it through the fog . Kari, kind of like what your house might look like if you put the lights up. Lets look at the string of lights over in dublin where you cant really tell theyre cars. It looks just kind of like Christmas Lights or holiday decorations for folks. There is west 580. What we can see of it from our camera tough visibility there and the map shows you the same thing. Remember, we have weather data on our traffic maps, as well. That orange blob right where the arrow is, thats where the camera is and you see the low visibility fog from the camera there. Very tough visibility at times for highway 84 and watch out getting past ruby hill and through livermore. The rest of the bay shows a smooth drive and lower the speeds because we have many patches trivalley and north valley and how tough it is to see over there. Thanks so much, mike. Coming up next, one of our favorite stories of the morning. How they made a giant silicon tech company back down. A big chain is giving its employees a raise. Ill give you a hint, theyre going from grande to venti. We have the firsttime jobless claims more than expected and the futures have gone to the negative. And talk about a holiday surprise. How this little owl ended up hundreds of miles away from its home and then found itself smack in the middle of a new york city holiday tradition. You dont want to miss that. Well talk about it on the other side of the break. Its 6 09. Right now at 6 12. Make sure you allow extra time to get to work. Very low visibility moving through the trivalley right now and spots here as well as the north bay. Were going to have to deal with this dense fog. Once it clears out, we have sunshine today and highs in the low 60s. Well talk about whats ahead in the forecast coming up. Kari said once it clears out, its not cleared out yet. The bay bridge toll plaza full because the metering lights are on. Notice the low clouds keeps getting tougher to see the end of the toll plaza here and the visibility across the span is tough. Look at san rafael, also. Our shot there shows why a fog advisory for not just the bay bridge but richmond to san rafael bridge as well as the Golden Gate Bridge. Lower those speeds. Regular beams. No high beams in the fog. Makes visibility worse. Goodern moi morning and ver thursday to you, as well. Firsttime jobless claims 742,000 americans filed for those claims last week. That is more than expected, but then, again, we are seeing that sudden rise in covid cases, as well. Speaking of jobs, the u. S. Government study says that walmart and mcdonalds have the most number of employees who require government food assistance. The study done by the General Accounting Office shows walmart was in the Top Four Companies with employees needing snap, thats food stamps in all 50 states. Mcdonalds employees were in the top five in nine states. Other companies with lots of employees needing government assistance includes burger king, amazon and fedex. In a statement to the Washington Post the largest employer in the United States and it will have big numbers no matter what kind of study you are doing. Mcdonalds says its wages are above federal minimum wage. Starbucks is going to pay its employees more money. We knew it was coming and now it is coming december 14th. The company has been paying above minimum wage boosting the premium it pays above that legally required floor. And for employees who have been there three years or more, theyll get an 11 pay hike. Turning to high tech, santa claras nvidia which has been a wall street darling. Makes chips for computers and video game machines and you know what, we have been using a lot of computers at home and when were not working were playing video games. Sales are up 57 from the same period last year. Now what were not doing is traveling. Delta just said it will extend the ban on selling those middle seats until march. Some airlines like american have dropped the practice leading to very full flights. The u. S. Government says it will have its first meeting about vaccine approval for Pfizer Vaccine on december 8th. As we do get excited about a vaccine, i do like to have some perspective on this and maybe im doing this for me to remind myself. Marcus and laura, i got to thinking about what i said yesterday. 50 million doses by the end of the year. To put that in perspect sk, that is just the people in california and texas and nobody else. I mean, if thats how we distribute to put 50 million in some kind of perspective and i got to thinking about it and i check would pfizer on how theyre defining this idea of a dose. I thought it was the entire program. You need two doses of the Pfizer Vaccine, so, were talking about 25 million americans. That would be slightly more than half the population of california. And we have to remember, as well, it will be First Responders who will receive, first in line, basically, for the vaccine. It will be interesting to follow. Thank you so much. We all need some happy, right . Turns out one holiday tradition will go on after all. Christmas time is here. Charlie brown thanksgiving and a Charlie Brown christmas will air on tv this holiday season. Pbs and pbs kids now plan to air both specials. We reported there was some social media backlash after apple tv acquired the rights. The streaming service is also making them available for free but for a limited time. Its always a fun tradition around here to watch those. We sing it sometimes. We do. Thats in the commercial break, marcus. Commercial break. Ill wait. Take a look at this. Trending for you this morning. New York Citys Rockefeller Center starting to take on the festive feel. Heres a live look. The holiday tree. It airs right here on nbc bay area december 2nd. And a Sweet Surprise was discovered just in time and rescued. Take a look here. Look how cute that is. The most famous Christmas Tree they found this tiny owl there. Experts say its the smallest in northeastern u. S. And the owl is named rockefeller. It is now recovering at the Nature Center and will soon be released back into the wild. What a beautiful bird. Probably like why did you take my tree. Trending this morning, taking comfort food to a whole new level. Check this out. Pizza hut now selling a limited edition pan pizza weighted blanket. Its a 15pound blanket. Looks as thick and toasty as regular pizza with a much more comfortable crust. You can get online for 150. Its own little pizza box there. 150. But you know what the thing is about it. I kept looking at it and all i kept thinking was, i want some pizza. Its a marketing tool. Thats probably their idea. I kept thinking it and i was like nope, nope, nope. But when i eat a lot of pizza, the blanket is not really what is not adding the weight on to the mattress. Its me. This is true. Blame it on the blanket. Thats right. Well, you know what, people need those blankets this morning. Thats what i was going to say. Some of these mornings, you want to be cud lae. If you dont have anyone, get a big blanket. I wonder if it smells like pizza. Thats cheesy. All right. Lets get to whats going on this morning as we check out our weather and were starting out with some really dense fog, especially in the trivalley, as well as parts of the north bay. Our current visibility down to a quarter of a mile, thats not much farther than your headlights. And so you want to slow down especially in some of our valleys where we are seeing quarter mile visibility in napa and santa rosa. Now, as we continue to monitor whats going on with climate change, looking at San Francisco over the winter months on average from 1970 to now and 2020, weve seen our average temperatures coming up over three degrees. That is huge. Meaning the average temperatures are three degrees warmer. Now, recently i had someone ask me on facebook, why dont we get as much fog as we used to in San Francisco and this could be the reason why. Cooler temperatures allow for that water in the air to condense and creates that fog. But if its going to be warming up, we could see less foggy days along the coastline, as well as San Francisco. Thats something to think about as our climate warms. Were looking at temperatures today only making it into the upper 50s for highs along the coastline and inland areas will reach into the low 60s and livermore, antioch reaching 62 degrees. You can see at the bottom of the screen, were not going to see a lot of changes here as we go into next week. In fact, all the storm systems that well see will stay well to the north of us. Were going to see some fog developing for the next several mornings and issues with air quality as we are going to see no more rain coming in. The showers that we had yesterday was pretty beneficial. It will be nice to see some more, but as we lead into thanksgiving, we are going to see a dry weather pattern setting up and its going to remain. Well have to watch those morning temperatures as we drop down into the mid 30s in the inland valleys while San Francisco will see temperatures in the upper 50s today and tomorrow and then some low 60s into the weekend as well as next weekend. It looks like it does hold for thanksgiving, as well. Lets head over to you, mike. The fog causing any crashes or issues on the roadway . Not necessarily causing the crashes, at least not from chp reports. But this is the issue. Our friends in the control room protect me from showing you bad stuff. But i have asked them to show you this not great camera shot in fremont because the fog just drifted across our camera and we can no longer see 880 just below the camera. So, thats a rooftop camera. Tough visibility. Now, look at the map. On the map ive circled where that camera is and it looks clear as far as that visibility chart goes. We do have the orange blob over farther north in the trivalley and indicating even tougher visibility. So, there you go. Just because its clear on the map doesnt mean it will be completely clear for your visibility. Now, as we look out to the trivalley, definitely tough to see and 84 is suffering those. Those speeds are slower coming through livermore and pleasanton as a result. Keep that in mind. Arrow shows you where kari and i show you the dublin camera which is having trouble showing. Back to you. Thanks so much. 6 2 1. Coming up next, nbc bay area responds. Two airlines one refund and zero success getting it. Im consumer investigator chris chmura and nbc bay area responds and a viewer takes this matter into her own hands. Thats next. And what a joy this will bring to you. So, there is news this morning that mariah carey is working on a new holiday album and shes doing it in, of course, mariah style, in grand style and, you know what she has some very famous friends. You know what, ill give you a hint. Its not laura and me. We were too busy to help mariah out this time. But well tell you some of the voices youll hear on that album, as well. 6 22 for you. Youre watching today in the bay. Come experience floor and decors grand opening in san leandro safely shop our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. Discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. Floor and decors newest location is now open. Also open in milpitas and burlingame. Grocery outlet jingle do you have cheese . Of course. More cheese for less chedar do you have kale . Absolutly. More kale for less cabbage in our produce section. How about pizza . yep. More pizza for less dough in the freezer section. Now youre getting the hang of it. Grocrey outlet jingle good morning, victoria and her fiance planned a Beach Vacation in the bahamas flying from here to ft. Lauderdale and then on to the sun and surf in the bahamas. But like weve said so many times since the pandemic began, they could no longer travel. They had no trouble getting a refund for their first flight from San Francisco to ft. Lauderdale. But that flight from ft. Lauderdale to nassau, the second one, that was a different story. The airline had canceled the flight, but never issued a refund. Victoria kept calling and emailing and got zero response. Then she saw our story about pandemic trouble over the summer and she told us, i watched chris chmuras piece on International Travel and had my credit card intervene based on his advice. All good. Our advice helped her get back 280. 75. Kudos. Heres that advice, again. When you pay with plastic and the seller refuses a refund, your Credit Card Company should be able to help you with the dispute or a charge back refund. Two finer points. Go in armed with the detailed timeline and dont wait too long. Some banks may close the dispute after a month or two. You can file a dispute with us, too. Click the response tab at nbcbayarea. Com. Or give us a call. 1888996tips. Powerhouse singers mariah carey, Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson coming out with new christmas music. Shes hinting something is in the works. The song is called oh, santa and, oh, yes, we are ready for this new christmas classic. Mark your calendars. The song released on december 4th during Mariah CareysChristmas Special on apple tv. All right. That will be very cheerful. Back to our top stories this morning and another breaking vaccine development. This time that news coming from overseas on promising results from those most at risk. Plus. Oh, weve got a vaccine. Can we depend on testing to allow us to gather more safely, especially with thanksgiving just a week away. Im chris sanchise and ikris sa tell you what the experts have to say about it. How some california lawmakers are responding to claims that they did the wrong thing. Youre watching today in the bay. Right now at 6 30, breaking news overnight. A third drugmaker now says that it has a vaccine to help rid the world of covid19. Here at home this morning, were looking at strategies some are taking to get tested ahead of the thanksgiving holiday. Today in the bay continues right now. And a good thursday morning to you. Thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. Im marcus washington. Im laura garcia. Weve watching some fog weve seen in the east bay overlooking pleasanton this morning. Want to take a live look outside there. You can see the glow of the lights and it could make it tough if youre out the door commuting this morning. Lets check in with kari. She has a look at of our forecast. This is the view in dublin and you can barely see anything. You want to slow it down as you make your way out the door. This dense fog not only in the trivalley but parts of the north bay and well still see dry weather returning to the forecast as we go into this afternoon. A lot more sunshine breaking out and unfortunately im not seeing any rain in the forecast as we goin go into the next week or so. High temperatures for today. Well reach into the low 60s for this afternoon and our seasonable weather coming back. Well talk more about this and what is coming up in a few minutes. Mike, were dealing with this dense fog for at least the next couple hours. Yeah, kari. Listen to karis forecast and talking about less than a quarter mile visibility at times and that is not far enough to give you good stopping distance in your headlight or any other view. Do slow those speeds down. Look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Of course, you slow it down because the metering lights are on and notice the clouds that fill in the rest of the shot. Clouds and fog on the span and look at the map. Fog advisories from chp, the bay bridge, Richmond Bridge as well as the Golden Gate Bridge all marked with hazardigns and in theorth bay a lot of orange highlighting ishere whe fog is the densest through the area coming in through novato and san rafael. The trivalley where the shift in the clouds does mean it will be tough in many patches. Ill call out Contra Costa County later. Breaking developments overnight in the search for a covid vaccine. Astrazeneca says phase two trials with a vaccine is working and theyre working on it with oxford university. Theyre considered a safe alternative. It creates an immune response from the virus, including in older adults over the age of 70. This is important as that age group tend to see the most severe cases of covid19 and those infections can lead to deaths. The testing did not assess the vaccines effectiveness something its phase three trials should reveal. Now, the progress is so much needed. Here in california, the state has more than 1 million cases with another nearly 10,000 just added. The Positivity Rate is also rising with a sevenday average at 5. 3 . Well, today in the bay chrkris sanchez is live in campl and digging deep into a possible strategy that some are taking to be safe this thanksgiving holiday. Kris, what are they doing . Well, you know, everybody is trying to figure it out for the first time because weve never been here before. But, i will tell you that here in campbell and one of the 17 testing sites for santa clara county. They will be testing today but you have to have an appointment and good luck getting one. People have been clamoring to get tests ever since things started getting a little more serious. People are not feeling well. They feel like they maybe have been exposed to somebody who tested positive or they want a negative test in order to feel better about getting together with family or friends for thanksgiving. But thanksgiving is a week away. Thats a long time, doctors say, and that negative could give you a false sense of security. Theres a lot of lag between testing and results and presumably a lab when you get the results and when you meet with your family members. Doctors remind us that with testing, timing is everything. The incubation period for covid19 is 14 days. So, someone who is infected today could feel fine and test negative for almost a week and have no symptoms and perhaps be contagious the whole time. Also some rapid tests have high higher positive rates. The advice is if youre getting a test for gathering, selfquarantine beforehand to limit your exposure. Even if you get the negative test youre hoping for, were all hoping for. Make sure if you gather, wear a mask and keep your social di distance. In campaign, kris sanchez, today in the bay. It really seems like timing is everything for this when you get the test, keeping the distance. I guess theyre even saying use paper plates. Have one person serve the food and you have to be so careful. Absolutely. And you know people are trying to do the right thing and more and more every day people are saying, you know what, the right thing is to just stay home and do it with the people that we live with. Thats what were doing. Thats right. Im zooming with my family. Thank you. Thanks, kris. 6 35 for you this morning. In the current economic turmoil california has an unexpected windfall at the end of the year. State budget analysts say there is a surprise 26 billion additional dollars which should take a big chunk out of the current 54 billion budget deficit. Meanwhile, when it comes to city budget, a new state assessment finds nine are at the highest risk for serious financial distress due to heavy debt loads. Richmond and neighboring el cerito are among those. The study ranks the Fiscal Health of 453 cities compstone in Southern California topped the list for the second straight year. California lawmakers are defending their trip to maui to meet with lobbyists during the pandemic. The event wrap s up today and i happens every year and more health risks and just sends the wrong message. Far fewer lawmakers went this year, but two lawmakers who did go tell the l. A. Times they paid their own way and all safety precautions were taken. They plan to quarantine when they get home. B. A. R. T. Leaders are meeting today to figure out how to close a 33 million budget deficit because of fewer riders. It includes voting on a possible early retirement buyp out plan that may lower the work force as much as 40 . Another option Weekend Service cuts. Everything is on the Table Including the possibility of layoffs. And this comes after Golden Gate Bridge district leaders announced plans to lay off nearly 150 employees in january, as opposed to ordering an emergency toll hike. Starting today, more shops and restaurants opening up in Southern Californias downtown disney. People will be able to access some parts of california adventure park. No rides are open yet, but fans will be able to take in the sights for the First Time Since march. The area is decorated for the holidays and covid19 Safety Measures are in place for guests to visit safely. Theres still no timeline for disneyland and other california theme parks to reopen. Well, new video we want to sheyou this mo show you this morning. Look at that. Scary, right. This comes as a reminder to you to slow down on the roads this morning. Chp sharing this video from a nearby cars dash cam. Theyre saying that car was a distracted driver. The car flying off the road launching into the air. This is in modesto. That driver did walk away with minor injuries. Marcus, yet another tough blow in 2020. The warriors Klay Thompson has an injury making a lot of fans very nervous this morning. Up next, whats next for the star player and new hope now on the horizon. And debate in washington were now drawing very close to another government shutdown. Lets take you out to the big board this morning. More than expected on firsttime jobless claims has the dow down a little less than half a percent. Youre watching today in the bay. Grocery outlet jingle do you have cheese . Of course. More cheese for less chedar do you have kale . Absolutly. More kale for less cabbage in our produce section. How about pizza . yep. More pizza for less dough in the freezer section. Now youre getting the hang of it. Grocrey outlet jingle right now at 6 41 as you get ready to make plans for the day, you want to let the kids run around in the backyard in between home schooling sessions, well see walnut creek temperatures in the low 50s at 9 00 and maybe a little more comfortable after those sessions are over this afternoon. Well get a look at all of our microclimates and talk about the fog and what is ahead coming up in a few minutes. And coming up right now some fog for the richmond and san rafael bridge. This is a tougher view and many patches throughout the east bay. Ill call it a special stretch of roadway. A big concern of mine over in Contra Costa County coming up. Thank you very much, kari and mike. 6 42. This morning San Francisco police are at the site of a crash involving one of their officers near a chase. The happened on fill more and walnut street at 6 30. The suspect struck a bus and crashed into a flower shop. The suspect does have lifethreatening injuries. Well, of course, continue to follow this developing story and bring you updates as soon as they come in. Taking a live look at the white house right now and capitol hill. Theres no real relief in sight in terms of the pandemic. President trump is staying quiet on the Record Number of covid deaths in the United States which just reached more than 250,000. Many lawmakers have now left town for the thanksgiving break with no progress on a new covid relief bill. Scott mcgrew is watching washington for us this morning. I spoke with former Senior Adviser to president obama valerie jared. This is for our special tonight and this is what she had to say about the possible impact of the pandemic on black and brown communities. The isis if the Trump Administration continues to hold up the transition process. Take a listen. We could lose lives because of the lack of transparency. It is so vitally important. Days matter. So, after listening to that, scott, what information is not being shared between the outgoing and incoming administrations . Well, the biggest is obviously coronavirus. We worry about defense and intelligence and that kind of thing, but coronavirus is the big one that killing a quarter of a million americans at this point. We have gotten word that some scientists are actually talking to the incoming biden administration. Thats something that probably helps america, but, laura, is not really the system by which we would want to be going by. Well, President Trumps team is in pennsylvania now asking that the whole states vote be thrown out there and the decision as to who won left up to the state legislature. Scott mcgrew, that actually would disenfranchise nearly 7 million people, though. Yeah, it would. Its not going to happen, marcus, say the republicans on the Pennsylvania State legislature. But it was remarkable to see that the Trump Administration even asked for it. Right. The campaign filed an amended lawsuit in court asking that a judge order republicanled state legislature to instruct the electors that the people who really vote for the president should vote for President Trump instead of joe biden who won the state. Now, presumably, they would not ask for this if the legislature had a democratic majority. Rudy giuliani said the Trump Campaign will have a press conference at 9 00 a. M. Our time. We dont know what it is going to be about. We dont expect the president to be there. The last one at the four seasons landscaping company. This one that Republican National headquarters in washington. Well update you about it in our midday news. In michigan, the Election Officials i was telling you about yesterday in wayne county the ones that didnt want to certify votes but did. They want to change their minds and uncertify the vote. The two republican members of the wayne county board of canvassers say they were pressured into voting to certify. Now its not totally clear if there is a mechanism to uncertify a vote or undo such a vote. Thats the news on the election. There are other big issues. The biggest one being mark meadows the white house chief of staff says he cant guarantee the government wont shut down in december. Thats the deadline as the two sides bicker over the latest funding bill. Seven state governors including two republicans have written an oped in the Washington Post asking really pleading that you not have a big Family Gathering for thanksgiving. The governors of wisconsin, illinois, minnesota, indiana, kentucky, michigan and ohio ask you to picture the people around your table last year and then picture their faces laughing with you and watching football and even arguing with you about politics. As hard as it will be to not see them this thanksgiving, imagine how much harder it would be if their chairs are empty next year. Heres one of the authors the governor of wisconsin. Its time, folks. We do not get any do overs here. Enough games. We need you to join the cause. We have heard promising reports of vaccines on the horizon in the new year. We need to buckle down and get through this together. Good advice from the governor of wisconsin there. Now, scott, we were just looking at a new report that says 300 companies that received ppp funds now filed for bankruptcy. Washington still struggling to renew any new stimulus, as well. As youre reporting, they all went home. Were not going to get a st stimulus any time soon. The company had 23,000 people all collectively and couldnt make it without government help. Most of them in industries that you would expect hp hospitality is the big one. The Positive Side of this, laura, youre our optimist of the group is that there were millions of loans and 300 of them so far have gone bankrupt. Thats not bad. Yeah, certainly remains tough out there. Lawmakers, as we mentioned, home for the holidays, ales wes well. Thanks so much, scott. As i mentioned earlier for you, be sure to join us tonight for our allnew race in america episode seven. Yeah, weve been talking a lot about this. Valerie jarrett and more of that conversation for you tonight and make sure you join us. Its at 6 30. We really look forward to that. Rough news for warrior fans this morning. Before the season even starts, Klay Thompson is hurt again. Today in the bay Cierra Johnson at the chase center with a warriors update and includes new possible off the charts rookie were talking about here, cierra. Goodern moi morning. Yes, a ton of news out of one warriors way. The biggest as you mentioned Klay Thompsons injury to his lower leg and right now we dont know the extent of the injuries but the 30yearold guard is no stranger to injuries. He tore his left acl while playing against the Toronto Raptors in game six of the 2019 nba finals last june and then missed the entire remaining season recovering from that injury. And while we arent sure about his next season or really what the season would even look like because of covid, we know the team did make plans to resume games here at the chase center with a Live Audience and lower cumasapacity and Rapid Testing. We know San Francisco has rejected the teams plans to use Rapid Testing on everyone, including fans, staff and security. And a letter to the warriors front office, the department of Public Health thanked the team for planning ahead, but cited rising cases in denying their plans. But now for some good news from the warriors. The team has finally secured that muchneeded big man james wiseman. 71 comes to the bay area from memphis. The 19yearold was the top recruit coming out of high school and just really played three games with the tigers before preparing for the draft and leaving the team. So, theres a lot of uncertainty. A little bit of disappointment and a big guy coming to the bay area to help this team out and a season that right now is still a little in the air. Were live in San Francisco, Cierra Johnson for today in the bay. Yeah, little in the air but were always rooting them on. Thanks, cierra. We wish klay the best in his recovery. Cierra mentioned 71 tall. May not be breaking news for basketball, but for me thats like standing next to the salesforce tower. Last season the nba had 15 players that were taller than seven feet. The tallest was 75. He is on the boston celtics. When marcus and i would do public appearances together, i would have to bring out my highest heels. I call them the marcus heels. But even then i would pail in comparison. I cant imagine standing next to wiseman. With him it is three boxes and the heels. But, you know what, the bay area has a good reputation for big men from memphis joining teams here at nbc bay area. It works out. Another thing working out for us is the forecast for today. The rain has moved out, but the fog is sticking around for us, kari. Yeah, that moisture from the rain left on the ground and we are going to see low visibility for you this morning as youre getting ready to head out for work. I mean, check out the north bay, no novato. Visibility down to zero. You need to be really careful driving to work and in the trivalley, as well. Seeing really low visibility down to a quarter of a mile. We are seeing some fog at ocean beach this morning but i want to show you something due to climate change, we are seeing much warmer days in San Francisco, as well as across the country from 1970 to 2020, weve seen our average temperatures up over three degrees. That is huge and that could be the reason why we see a lot less fog than we used to back in the day. A lot of people remember that. All right, lets get a look at our temperatures for our highs today reaching into the upper 50s and low 60s. Overall, this is about normal. We are going to be in this weather pattern where we see dry conditions and Cool Temperatures and a lot of the rain staying to the north of us. So, if youre going to make some weekend plans and plan on some sunshine even into thanksgiving. Were not going to see any showers headed our way. Of course, desperately needed rain but were in now with some highs in the 60s and a lot of sunshine continuing at least into thanksgiving. Mike, how is it looking getting out the door into work this morning . Kari, the look is the problem. Fog. Dense fog in many spots. But look even our camera in san jose. 101 were typically clear for the view. Has had fog over the last 20 minutes. Clearing up now nicely as the sun starts to come up, but slowing on the map right there where ive circled north 101 just past 680. Lets zoom over towards the trivalley where we also have a good amount of fog and tougher visibility. You see the patch there in pleasanton and im circling the dublin interchange and our camera cant show you that because the visibility is really tough right now from the rooftop camera. A disabled vehicle right at the county line will be tougher to see. Allow about half an hour out of brentwood and slow those speeds there as well as across the bridges for fog. Back to you, marcus. Thanks, mike. Happening now for you, thousands of people are now homeless in honduras and nicaragua because of flood waters from hurricane iota. The second storm to battle Central America in two weeks killing at least 30 people. Next a quick look at the top stories including more hopeful news in the race for a vaccine. Another company now saying it is seeing encouraging results. The latest on a timeline and some of those potential obstacles. Youre watching today in the bay. Theres no bad time to start at amazon. I like the flexibility. It also allows for picking up shifts. 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Thats higher than initial results suggested. Those Companies Plan to submit an application for emergency use authorization within days. But those companies are figuring out how to ship tens of millions of doses across the nation and what has to be well below zero temperatures. Also how to convince skeptical citizens to take the vaccine. A vastajor my would have to be vaccinated achieveerd immunity and the review commission may help ease some of those concerns. I would just expect that review to be fairly quick and give us another layer of certainty to the results that have been presented earlier today. I dont trust it. So, thats just, and as i say, im not a person that likes to take medications anyways. Im not going to take it until i see what the result is from other people. As early as next month, front line workers could be getting the vaccine followed by Senior Citizens who live in retirement homes. But herd immunity depends on young people getting vaccinated and since front line workers and older people will get vaccinated first, younger people wont be offered until the spring. Bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you for that great info there. Did you notice all the fog behind bob redell out there in pleasanton this morning. It is hitting a lot of parts in the east bay, as well. There we go. Well take a live look. This is actually up in san rafael, as well. So, foggy conditions greeting many parts of the bay area this morning. Although im down here in the south bray and it looks kind of clear in my neck of the woods. Hopefully i can take the dog out for a walk in a little bit. No rain in sight, i understand. No rain in sight. But the rain we just had is leaving all of that moisture on the ground and what is causing that fog to develop this morning now that temperatures have cooled off. And all that moisture is condensing. As we look at what is ahead, well see temperatures in the low 60s and, yes, a lot of dry weather and sunshine and even extending into thanksgiving. How is it looking right now for the commute, mike . Kari, we have a very tough drive for visibility. The bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on and slowing traffic on the span because visibility is tough there. I want to show another shot which is a horrible shot to show but this is live tv and the conditions out in fremont mean we cant see the freeway from our rooftop cameras. So, laura, the south bay where you are is okay getting down there is tough at times because of fog through the trivalley. Yeah, my goodness. Almost looked like just a gray shot you put us there. Thanks so much. And thank you for joining us, as well. Take a look live for you this morning from chase center. Of course, everyone here rooting for Klay Thompson with that leg injury. Today show is coming up next for you. Have a great morning. 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