Top of the hour, im alisyn camerota. Im victor blackwell. Good to be with you. The Vice President and democrats have a message for the gop, the fight is not over. Senate republicans blocked a vote, even a debate, on a sweeping election reforms bill. And progressives are calling out what they say is President Bidens lack of intervention. And some say that if he does not take a stronger hand on Voting Rights, they could block his infrastructure plan. Manu raju joins us. Reporter we know that there is a negotiation happening right now with bipartisan, a group of senators, as well as Senior Administration officials in the senate to try to figure out if there is a bipartisan path forward. The next 24 hours is pivotal. Democrats are trying to pass a smaller bill with about 1. 2 trillion over eight years, and a more massive bill along Straight Party lines. Theres talk of up to 6 trillion, but theres also pressure among liberals who say the bipartisan talks are chewing up too much time. They m
Can see from our east bay hills camera. Expect this light wind to keep pulling that fog to the west as we head through the morning commute. It will turn to hazy conditions and high clouds this afternoon. Temperatures pretty close to average with upper 50s along the coast and about 60 to 63 degrees for the rest of us. Reggie . Thank you. This morning another major announcement about a covid19 vaccine. Oxford university and a astrazeneca revealing the vaccine theyre developing shows a strong immune response in older people. Jobina, this is important since these are the people so vulnerable to the virus. Older people are more likely to have Underlying Health conditions that make coronavirus more dangerous. Having a vaccine just as effective in older and younger patients is significant here. Participants also showed few side effects. The last steps of oxfords phase three trial are under way now so they could be seeking approval for the vaccine in a matter of weeks. This comes as americas d
Overnight. A new tragedy for Whitney Houstons family. Oversea, Prince William speaking out about the investigation into a famous interview his mother gave. And later whats going on here . Some news even Charlie Brown would celebrate. Good thursday morning, everyone. We begin with parents and teachers voicing concern and anger and frustration as more schools shut down because of the coronavirus. More than 250,000 people in the u. S. Have now died from this virus, and just yesterday we saw the highest single day death death toll since may 7th. Experts warn 200,000 more americans could die from the virus before the end of january. But as some hospitals reach a breaking point, we got some good news overnight about a potential third vaccine on the way. Overnight, a potential breakthrough for a new vaccine candidate. Oxford announcing promising results from its Clinical Trials finding the shot is effective for all age groups including older people who may have a limited immune response. The
Overnight. A new tragedy for Whitney Houstons family. Oversea, Prince William speaking out about the investigation into a famous interview his mother gave. And later whats going on here . Some news even Charlie Brown would celebrate. Good thursday morning, everyone. We begin with parents and teachers voicing concern and anger and frustration as more schools shut down because of the coronavirus. More than 250,000 people in the u. S. Have now died from this virus, and just yesterday we saw the highest single day death death toll since may 7th. Experts warn 200,000 more americans could die from the virus before the end of january. But as some hospitals reach a breaking point, we got some good news overnight about a potential third vaccine on the way. Overnight, a potential breakthrough for a new vaccine candidate. Oxford announcing promising results from its Clinical Trials finding the shot is effective for all age groups including older people who may have a limited immune response. The
Steadier rain moves in which is off the Mendocino County coast. Heres a look at your storm impact scale today. Light to moderate rain and then just some scattered showers as we head into the evening hours. Its going to be breezy especially this morning before the steady rain rolls in. Gusts could get up to around 35 Miles Per Hour and blowing southwest to northeast. They could affect some of our east west bridges and definitely our higher elevations. Temperatures mild even with the rain low to mid 60s today. Well take an hourbyhour look and what to expect coming up. Back to you. Thank you. Expect changes with businesses in your county and that starts today. Governor newsom says he had to pull the emergency brake on reopening because new cases of coronavirus nearly doubled in just ten days. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Heres a look at where the bay area stands. And look at all that purple. Heres the easiest way to put it.