We start off the day. In San Francisco, 48 degrees with that fog. Check out santa rosa, another foggy spot down to freezing morning. Could be dealing with some black ice there, 41 in concord. Oakland at 45. 45 for san jose. As we look to our afternoon we will see plenty of sunshine and those mild temperatures above average. 62 in San Francisco. Mid60ss for san jose and concord. Three to eight degrees above average. We will talk about the rest of the week coming up and now lets check in with a look at traffic and some patchy fog out there this morning. We are see something of that fog on the san mateo bridge near the toll plaza. I do want to start off with ia trouble spot in brentwood, chp has issued a Traffic Alert on vasco road this is due to a deadly accident so that investigation will take some time. The closure will be out for quite some time. Highway 4. Its completely shut down until further notice. It was a two car crash that happened around 3 45. Use alternates in the meantime.
President elect biden good afternoon. Today, im very proud to be announcing our health care and covid team at a critical time, as we near the end of one of the toughest years weve faced as a nation. More than 285,000 dead americans because of covid19, and counting. Last week, covid19 was the number one cause of death in america. Of covid19 and counting. Last week, covid19 was the number one cause of death in america. For black, latino and native americans, were nearly three times as likely to die from it, covid19 is a mass causality. For families and friends left behind, its a gaping hole in your heart that never will be fully healed. As a country, weve been living with this pandemic for so long, were at risk of becoming numb to its toll on all of us. Were resigned to feel that theres nothing we can do. And we cant trust one another. That we must accept death, pain and sorrow. Were in the midst of this deadly pandemic that has infected almost 15 million americans. 1 out of every 22 peo
More on the accuweather sevenday forecast coming up. Thanks, mike. Happening today the cdc will meet with the countrys top Health Adviser to discuss a possible covid19 vaccine. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine as early as next week. Dr. Tom freeden explained how the cdc is going to decide who gets priority. How many lives are you going to save . Second is what is fair . What is the fair way to do it. The third is, how can we do this openly, transparentally so no backroom deals. Groups with high priority include people in Nursing Homes and essential workers and although a vaccine may be approved soon, the Vaccine Program may face some bumps in the road. When you vaccinate millions of people, some people get sick after the vaccination and you dont know whether that was the vaccine or coincidence. That has to be studied carefully or all sorts of wild rumors flying around. Thats another place where you really need transparency. The full interview with dr. Freiden coming up. We are get
Fighting yet. So martha, on behalf of not just the senate but the nation, thank you so much for your service to our country, in uniform and here in the senate. We wish you all the best in the bright days to come. Now, madam president yesterday i mention the several bigticket items left on the congressional agenda before the end of the year. Over the next few weeks the city was passed an appropriations bill to keep the government funded that we must ask the annual defense bill, a piece of legislation that congress has passed every year for nearly 600 years in a row. At the top priority as well is a major covid relief bill. We are in a moment of Genuine National catastrophe. The rate of new cases of hospitalizations and deaths are the highest or do the highest at any point during this awful pandemic. The economic fallout of the pandemics spreads and spreads, november saw the largest single to we could jump in unemployment benefit application since early april, enhanced job benefits are o
You can text us, 202 7488003. Include your name, tell us where you are texting from. On twitter, we are cspanwj. We will look for your posts as well on our facebook page. We start this morning on the modernage of usa today, applied monday for an emergency use authorization from the u. S. Food and Drug Administration after receiving more good news about the safety and effectiveness of its covid19 vaccine. They are the second vaccine maker to request authorization from the federal government after similarly positive results from pfizer host we will start by asking you, when the back in comes out, will you get back native . Tell us your thoughts on that. F you will, 202 7488000 if you wont, 202 7488001. What are some of the next steps . We have a look at that and what you need to know about astrazeneca, moderna, and Pfizer Vaccines, in the third such announcement in as many weeks. Pfizer, moderna, astrazeneca, the headline from last week, the chart onated what happens next. Resultss repor