Good morning to you. Thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. Im marcus washington. We brought you the news of pfizers vaccine as it was breaking today in the bay. We have team coverage. Scott mcgrew is telling us wall street is celebrating that news and so is the president. First lets start with cierra johnson. She is live for us the ucsf and president elect biden found new members of his task force and you have information about the new vaccine as well . Reporter yes. A lot to cover. Days after president elect joe biden already moving forward with some of his paths he would knock out while he was campaigning. He is assembling a Pandemic Task force. This morning, biden laid out his covid plan announcing an Advisory Board would help him moving forward with treatment and new vaccines. An announcement from pfizer there were promising results in the covid19 vaccine and that is what we are going to start. Pfizer has been working on a vaccine that early results revealed it could be a
Changes hell make starting on day one. And the latest signs of the growing covid surge across the u. S. As hopeful new information comes in about a leading candidate in the search for a vaccine. And a very good monday morning, a chilly start to our day. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. We have to start with these cold temperatures. Kari, will it be cold throughout the day . Yes, and were looking at well below normal temperatures setting records for lows this morning. Were going to have more of these frosty mornings and cool afternoons over the next few days and were also tracking some more rain set to move in by the end of the week. I want to show you what youre going to feel as you step out the door. Check out concord, now 32 degrees. Freezing in a lot of spots. Well talk about whats ahead in the forecast. Thats coming up in a few minute. Mike, how is it looking getting throughout the commute around the bay area . Kari, im worried about folks heading across the bay bridge into
New cases county by county. You can find the latest number ls on our website on nbcbayarea. Com. Coming up, this man, a tv legend being mourned around the country. Who is alex trebek. Well take a look at his remarkable career. One east bay diner with a special tie to joe biden and Kamala Harris. As the showers and hail and mountain snow around our bay area peak moves out, we are watching this Winter Weather setting up in a form of frost advisory, a closer look at your morning temperatures when we come right back. We love our new home. Theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Youre slouching again, ted. Expired, expired. Expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Its a lot of house. I hope you can keep it clean. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . Uh, ill have to check. doorbell ringing aunt jonis here for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. Hello . A true tv icon pass
It opened 15 years ago and was one of the first in the world to begin operations. But couldnt survive the pandemic. Owners tried adapting to the changing guidelines and mandates by the city and the county, but the bills kept stacking up. They say overhead remained the same while loss of membership and limits placed pop them were just too difficult to overcome. Its been part of our lives for so long. Weve met so many friends and created such a Strong Community here. So it just felt like the bedrock of our life for 15 years, and its just such a heartbreaking loss. The gym held one final workout today, then hosted an open house for people to come and say goodbye. We could know in a couple of day it is San Francisco is moving a step closer towards welcoming students back to classrooms. On tuesday, the San Francisco Unified School District will discuss that idea. Three Board Members are pushing for students in first grade or younger, as well as those with disabilities, to return to classroo
Now. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im anoushah roasta. And im terry mcsweeney. Doctors say cases continue to climb at an alarming rate. Take a look at this. These are the new cases reported today in the bay area. Santa clara county adding 335 cases. Alameda, San Francisco, sonoma countys all adding more than 100 cases. These new cases are pargts of the growing trend across the country. Tonight the United States has more than 11 million covid19 cases. As we mentioned, many bay area counties are tightening restrictions. Right now indoor operations in San Francisco are scaled back. Starting tuesday, marin, contra costa, santa clara counties, theyre all going to do the same. Some restrictions in Contra Costa County are being tightened even further, especially when it comes to indoor gyms. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana is in walnut creek where one gym owner plans on fighting the new rule. Reporter for the last several weeks, a night at the gym for walnut week resident maureen kosta h