To make tackling the pandemic is very First Priority when he hits office. Tonight we now know that former fda commissioner David Kessler and former u. S. Surgeon general doctor vivek murthy will lead that team kessler who once served as the head of the u. S. C f medical school from 2003 to 2007. Today the biden team also unveiling its official transition website. Build back better dot com and lays out the executive actions that president elect biden is set to take on day one of his term many of them aimed at reversing many of President Trumps policies. Oakland native and Vice President elect Kamala Harris is now set to become the most powerful woman in washington. But question of what a biden presidency presidency will mean for the bay area. Kron fours dan thorn talked with some congressional leaders from the bay area about what theyre hoping to see with this new administration, yeah well one of the good things is having somebody like Kamala Harris is from the bay area. Having the ear
Supporters 2 thumbs up one day after losing the election to joe biden president elect biden attending mass in visiting the grave of his late son beau biden in wilmington, delaware, former president George W Bush congratulated mister biden in a phone call sunday and acknowledge that President Trump has the right to pursue legal challenges while also saying in a statement the American People can have confidence that this election was fundamentally fair its integrity will be upheld and its outcome is clear. Well President Trump is refusing to concede the election. Mister biden is making it clear hes ready to get to work before his january inauguration. Team biden announcing plans to name a new Coronavirus Taskforce monday on monday. I will name a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advice. College planning. Converter and no actual blueprint that will start on january the 20th 2021. It will be built on bedrock science. And unveiling his official transition website, which
Are looking live from our Salesforce Tower camera as we look out east at the bay bridge on this monday morning. Good morning, everyone. The weekend is gone. It is monday, november 9. Im michelle griego. Im len kiese. Lets get your forecast as we start this new week. Mary lee is standing by with that. You can definitely feel it, the chill in the air. Bundle up if you are heading out the door. We are talking about some of the coldest temperatures we have seen so far this season for the morning lows. We do have a frost advisory in effect until 9 00 a. M. Today for our sheltered bay locations. Temperatures are down to the 20s and 30s. Freezing to subfreezing conditions. It is definitely that cold start. You can see the temperatures in the rest of the bay area. Concord coming in at 47 degrees. 48 in oakland. San francisco at 49. San jose, 47. 31 in santa rosa. As we head through our day, we will see the daytime highs on the cooler side once again. Below average for this time of year. Mid to
Updates. Nevada, pennsylvania, georgia still too close to call. Nevada and arizona, by the way, both say theyll announced updated results in the morning. In arizona joe biden is ahead by 47,000 votes. Hes hoping hell continue to lead in the new votes coming in from maricopa county. Thats the population base of phoenix. In nevada now, joe biden ahead by just 12,000 votes. Remember Hillary Clinton won nevada in 2016. Lets show you pennsylvania. Some new numbers now. The margin just narrow. President trump has the lead here by 18,000 votes. Ballots are still be counted in philadelphia. The Biden Campaign is hoping those ballots will tip the state in bidens favor. The race is closest in georgia. Trump is ahead of biden by less than 1,300 votes. As the counting continues people are growing more and more anxious. Were seeing a lot of anxiety, a lot of anger but also curiosity as we watch democracy at work. Reporter tonight ipphiladelphia more protesting in the streets urging officials to cou
Warning that the county is very close to hitting this mark. Some businesses are especially concerned about that curfew bars like the sycamore in the mission say they depend on those late night customers for their bottom line. The workers there say if theyre forced to close at 10 oclock and set of their regular time at midnight. It will hurt even more. As jeremy. Our business is already down closing early or would it bring us even further down its terrible, however i get it its its a good thing i just wish people stan cider. Can be saved. It would have to go through this again. So under the curfew folks will still be able to do a central activities like walk your dog. Pick up takeout or do some Grocery Shopping as well. Now we have seen more than 3 million new cases in just the month of november alone about one quarter of all the u. S. Cases since the pandemic began more than 256,000 people have also died from this virus. The virus is spreading all across the country, including here in