Us. What have you found out. Reporter youre right. Not the regular numbers we would see on black friday but still a lot of shoppers out in front of this game stop store here in san jose. In fact, a line that started last night that stretched from the front door just around the corner here over to an atm 180 feet. Nearly everybody in line was wanting what we heard and other people looking for other stores as well. One of the two new gaming consoles, the playstation 5 or the new xbox and not able to find it here. On the other side of a best buy nearly every person in line when the best buy opened at 5 00 they were looking for the playstation 5. They left as quickly as they walked in. Some coming straight back to the game stop hoping they could planned one here. But nearly everyone left emptyhanded and learned it wasnt worth the wait or the risk. I think its going to be impossible to find it in person. I waited here all night to get it and it wasnt here so its not golf ball everybody else. I think finding it online is my best bet and waiting it out. Reporter the trick for some of these stores is enforcing the capacity and social distancing rules right now especially in some of these Smaller Stores where the lines form at the registers. Here in Santa Clara County, those covid Enforcement Teams are out with firefighters this weekend especially trying to make sure that this surge that we already have doesnt really blow up with this Holiday Weekend and this is especially this busy shopping weekend so they are out in force making sure that those capacity rules, the masking and the social distancing is being followed and businesses could be fined up to a thousand dollars for a single violation. Live in san jose, tom jensen, nbc bay area news i. They are taking a caution because of the covid19 levels. 14,000 cases reported across the state yesterday. 416 new cases in Santa Clara County alone. The county has reported more than 400 cases a day every day for the past week. Seven california hospitals are first in line to get a covid19 vaccine. Two of them here in the bay area. If the fda gives pfizer emergency use authorization for its coronavirus vaccine, Health Care Workers and First Responders at ucfs and San Francisco zn would be the first to get it. Ucsf Infectious Disease expert said it could happen before christmas and expects the twovaccine dose could be free for everyone eventually and could be available at cvs and walgreens but masks and other precautions could be necessary for most of 2021. Even though it may not get into the arms of most americans maybe until late spring or early summer, it is something to hold on to as a metaphor or a symbol of how far we have come. Some of the possible side effects of getting that particular vaccine including fever, muscle ache and headache. Marin county could soon fall back into the states most restrictive purple tier because of a rising cases there. Right now marin is one of only three bay area counties in the less restrictive red gear. The others are San Francisco and san mateo counties. If marin county goes purple predicted as soon as this coming tuesday, many indoor businesses will have to close and marin will have to follow the states overnight curfew. San francisco will progress to t purple tier in the coming days. The game has to go on in the case of the big game stanford taking on cal in berkeley and look a lot different this year. Cierra johnson is live on the cal campus. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Army, navy, and cal and stanford have in comomon . They are all huge rivalries in College Football and on the campus of berkeley 1 2 hours out from the game. The only folks in line are the Coaching Staff from cal and stanford. We were driving around campus. Campus basically empty. It looked more like the day after christmas in the big rivalry game because students and fans are not allowed inside. Now that game kicks off at 1 30 here in berkeley. Wont be any fans and no bands and no halftime show. Students are available on campus, a quick drive around didnt show any. To me it looks like more Coaching Staff and security than there are actually students here near the stadium. Two teams do meet we will be watching teams both 02 and have had their season interrupted by several times because of illness and cancellation. This game just another reminder of the impact of covid both in serious and leisure activities. Only folks in line are the staff. Ive been keeping my eyes open and they are all going through temperature readings before they come in and we saw the stanford band with that equipment coming up down the hill, but just really a really different vibe for this to be such a legendary game. Its really the epitome of 2020 at this point. Live at berkeley, cierra johnson, for nbc bay area news. Strange days, indeed. Thank you. We have a developing story out of the middle east this morning. Irans Top Nuclear Scientist is dead. Apparently assassinated. They say he was killed in an attack outside of tehran. Nbc is not independently confirmed there and he was as important to nuclears iran ambitions as Robert Oppenheimer is to ours. President trump did retweet one of the early killings. I got outside and came to the office since february amazing to be back here a live look at the golden gate bridge. Kari is still at home. Its strange to be in the office i bet it is. I cant even imagine what its like with all of that plexiglas and stuff. We need to get out and enjoy the fresh air when we can. A live look over san jose and starting to warm up. It was such a cold morning. We are going to see more cold mornings like that the next couple of days and we are also going to have the sunshine helping to heat things up and making for a mild afternoon. Still as we look at the forecast, there is no rain on the horizon and we know that its been a very dry february. So as we look at our conditions right now, our temperatures are making it into the low 60s in hayward but mostly 50s around the bay if youre he heading out. A cold start in ukiah and hard time recovering there, but we will see a high up to about 65 degrees. 65 in morgan hill and livermore into the low 60s. We will talk about what is ahead in the forecast as our drought continues to worsen and we will talk about that and ill let you know if any rain is coming up in a few minutes. Christmas in the park is under way. The holiday tradition undergoing a transition to apply to covid19. Its a drivethru experience and cost 10 to 20 a car depending on when you go. You do have to sign up in advance online. San francisco ballet reimagining the nutcrashing this year and launching a virtual experience on its website to allow visitors to click through the classic christmas ballet. The new interactive Engagement Begins today and runs through new years eve. President trump taking questions last night from reporters for the First Time Since the election leading to some heated exchanges over those results and what comes next. Here is nbc Kelly Odonnell. Reporter abruptly ending his own threeweek postelection freeze, the president finally acknowledging that his tenure is coming to a close, saying if the Electoral College certifies joe bidens win he will vacate the white house. Certainly i will. Certainly i will. And you know that. But i think there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of january. Reporter but the president continues to declare the results fraudulent, despite presenting no evidence. Its going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud. Reporter dozens of lawsuits from his campaign have been tossed out or withdrawn and many key swing states have already certified their results. The Electoral College meets december 14th to finalize joe bidens victory, still, the president resisted. If they do, they made a mista mistake, because this election was a fraud. Reporter despite a die a tribe of unproven claims. A glitch of 5,000 votes. Reporter he acknowledged he has little time left to contest the results and appeared annoyed that biden is moving forward. I think its not right that he is trying to pick a cabinet. Reporter the president elect more traditional during this transition released a holiday video message looking beyond the trump era. We can come together as a nation. I know better days are coming. I know how bright our future is. Reporter the current president s impromptu press conference provided some new answers and exposed a visceral anger over his circumstances. Just a lightweight. Dont talk to me that way im the president of the united states. Dont ever talk to the president that way that was Kelly Odonnell reporting. A short im after she filed that report for us, President Trump seemed to reverse himself put on twitter biden should not be allowed in the white house until he can prove he received 80 million votes. Three judges appointed one by trump and two others by george w. Bush said the case had absolutely no merit. Coming up, Michael Jordan helping out those in need. You need to hear about the huge donation he just made to feed america. Plus, earlier tom jensen showed you the lines of people at stories for black friday shopping but the best deals are online. Vicky nguyen shows you how to snap up the best savings. Developing this morning, as many as 17 people are without a place to sleep after a fire at a fremont apartment complex. They broke out just before 7 00 last night near the corner of the fire started in an upstairs apartment said the fire chief. Five other units were damaged and nobody hurt. A napa man recovering in the hospital after trapped under a boulder. The video shows the rescue of 48yearold jason cook who went hiking and looking for his missing drone monday afternoon. While out on that main trail, a large slab of rock gave way underneath him at 2 00 a. M. After hours of maneuvering and digging himself out he was able to get his cell phone and call 911. Chp officers located him and start a fire to keep him warn and he was airlifted to the uc davis medical center. 11 broken bones. He credits his helmet for not getting worst injuries. Its hard for bargain hunters to find sales without going to the store. Vicky nguyen is here with your Online Shopping guide. Reporter good morning. Finding deals is easier than ever. With the pandemic that has some people worried about going to shop in person in the stores, dont worry. I have your guide to bargains you can find right at your fingertips from the comfort of your own home. This years Holiday Shopping blitz is going cyber. Rather than shopping in stores, 75 of consumers say they prefer to shop online this Holiday Season. So what is the best way to shop online and save big . Before you start, make a list. And check it twice. I have all of the stores i want to visit here along with a list of items and s that way i can shop with a purpose and i wont end up buying things i may not need. Retailers rolling out deals all month long and even online only deals. With so many black friday sales it will be overwhelming to try to keep track of it all. Black friday. Com, check it out. One stop place to help you find all sorts of ads and deals for black friday. As the world and a half gaits a pandemic there are new challenges shoppers face including extra fees. Im about to check out and shipping is 4. 99. Look. An isadditional is your charge 2 because of increased shipping fees during this Holiday Season. I buy online and pick up in store and that is free. Before clicking buy, price compare google shopping page or price grabber can do the work for you and he this can find and alert you to the best bargains. 10 bucks for these. My dad needed new pajama pants. Gift cards are another way to save. Gift card granny and others you can purchase a gift card to shop. They likely predict egift cards are a popular gift this Holiday Season. Im using rakuten. Choose the store you want to shop. It gives me 10 cash back everything i buy. Install honey and when its time to check out click on the apply coupons busttton and you may gea discount. Other browser extensions like the following here do the trick. And if youre on the fence about purchasing something, sitting on it might not be a bad idea. Here is another tip. Just leave your item in your shopping cart. A day later you might get an email like this one that i did for an extra 10 off. Remember, you have to be signed in to the website. Take advantage of Loyalty Programs to pile on the savings. Im already part of target circle, the Loyalty Program and look at that. They have got a 25 off deal one toy or kids book. Saving that offering. My girls will love this lol surprise doll not only is it on sale for 10. 39 but with my coupon, im saving an additional 2. 60. Tips to cross everyone off your list and make sure your Online Shopping cart is filled with even more savings this hiday season. Dont forget about your Small Businesses this Holiday Season too. Small business saturday is tomorrow. A lot of these local businesses have adapted in these extraordinary times and they have gone online so make sure you check them out shop small, shop safe, and save. If you send that gift to somebody Holiday Shipping deadlines are set. Retailers and shipping companies are trying to navigate shipping brought on by the pandemic and your package will be in the middle of those. December 15th the last day for u. P. S. And fedex ground. December 18th for first class mail with the post often. The fine print says no guarantee your shipments will make it in time. At 11 00 basketball legend Michael Jordan makes a huge financial donation to feed the hungry. On wednesday, feeding america the nations largest hunger relief outfit thanked the sixtime World Champion for 2 million gift to the organization the money comes from jordans earnings from the emmy winning documentary the last dance. Its a startling statistic this Holiday Season according to feeding america nationwide 54 million americans do not have access to sufficient food. Over the thanksgiving holiday, many volunteers paused holidays with their families to help fulfill that need during the pandemic. From glide Memorial Church and the Salvation Army in San Francisco, to nonprofit organizations in the north bay, thousands of meals were delivered across the bay area. If you can help, this is an easy way to contribute. We used to do this in person over the it safeway. Stop and being asked for a donation and now do it at the cashi cashier. Make a 10 dollar donation at checkout make a 10 dollar donation and it goes to the food drive. Kari, do you remember doing that back in the normal days at safeway . Right. We were always in santa clara and that was always nice to meet people and also help out with the drive. Hopefully, we can still participate but just virtually. Lets get a look what is going on right now as we take a look out the window in walnut creek. Our view is all clear skies out here. We are going to see more sunshine in the forecast as it continues and we are not seeing anything that will interrupt that sunshine. Get a look at our temperatures and where we are headed for today. These are our highs that we will see for this afternoon. Morgan hill reaching 65 degrees. San jose 64. We will see some mid60s in oakland as well. San francisco reaching 62 degrees. Pretty even temperatures around the bay area after a very chilly morning start. Sevenday forecast is up at the bottom of the screen. Have a warm jacket or blanket if youre out to watch the sunset at Half Moon Bay later on this evening. If youre hitting the road and talking about the ski resorts opening this weekend. Sugar bowl is opening today. I retweeted something they sent out about one of their lifts is now open in case you have reservations there, you might want to check that out. A lot of sunshine throughout the weekend. Temperatures reaching near 40 but the morning temperatures will dip back into the 20s throughout the next several days with some breezy winds as we go through the forecast, we are going to see still some dry weather and even as the cold front moves in early next week. The rain dries up before it gets here so we are stuck in this dry pattern and it looks like it may not be possibly until mid december when we actually get a chance of rain in the forecast so its not looking good here. We started to see Drought Conditions developing for southern california. Its getting ready for a santa ana wind even we are going to see kicking up today. Here in the bay area, we have been in a drought. We have extreme Drought Conditions for parts of the north bay and we are starting to see more of the severe drought spreading into parts of the east bay as well as the south bay. So its looking a lot worse here now that we are not seeing any rain in the forecast and we really didnt get much of it during the month of november. Watch out for the high wind events because with lack of rain, fire season may be a concern as we go deeper into december. Its crazy, scott, to talk about that but here we are in 2020 and we have seen a lot of really extreme things going on. We really have thank you. Earlier we were telling you about stanford cal. We got san jose state going for history this weekend in football. Details on the weekends game everybody will be talking about is coming up. Happening now, more tahoe ski resorts open. You heard kari talk about that. Alpine meadows opened up earlier this season. In most cases, you do have to book those lift passes ahead of time. There are restrictions on the slopes. Welcome back. We are grateful for everyone working on the front lines this Holiday Season. First responders, this is a picture inside an ambulance. My son is a paramedic and First Responder enjoyed his thanksgiving meal. Looks like pasta from the hospital cafeteria. Follow me on facebook and twitter and feel free to share photos of anybody you know who is working on the front lines. Tomorrow, san jose state will attempt to make history. The schools Football Team is 40. They are going to try to go 50 for the First Time Since 1939 when they take on boise state tomorrow. That is how they looked in 39 on the left and how they look today. Uniforms are a bit different. This is what the stadium looked like back in 1939 and what it looks like today. A few upgrades, i would say. To drive the point home, in 1939 average cost of a car was 750 buck and a house was a screaming 4 and a gallon of gas was ten cents its he sunny out there, right . Yes. It is beautiful. Not as windy as yesterday and feel better. The temperatures are starting to warm up. We are headed for the mid60s and have Great Outdoor weather. At this point, we really could use some rain and we are not seeing it in the forecast extending into next week. This weather pattern continues with cold mornings and some of us in the 20s in the valleys so we have to get used to that as the dry air continues across the bay area. Have a good weekend. Thank you for joining us. Another newscast at 5 00 with the information is also at nbcbayarea. Com. Have a wonderful friday. Right now on california live, he is no dummy. Comedian jeff dunham is bringing us muchneeded comic relief. This is brand new material. Youre not six feet away buy black friday. Your opportunity to help blackowned businesses. We hope this lasts forever and that black businesses get the attention and support and the financial backing that we deserve. Plus, tricks to keep your makeup from smearing