Kent has the news. The Denver Broncos forced to play without a true quarterback. All four of their qbs in quarantine plus a few other firsts from the gridiron including a running back with eight touchdowns. We have a remarkable friendship built mile by mile. Early today starts right now good monday morning. Im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. A pivotal day ahead. Over three weeks before he was declared the winner, he will receive his first briefing today. He fractured his foot while playing with his dog over the weekend. Tracie potts joins us today. We could see the president elect in a boot for the next few weeks. Reporter yeah, frances it happened saturday he went to the doctor yesterday. Got a ct scan. Apparently some hairline fractures there. We may see president elect biden hobbling along as he gets at that first president ial daily brief today along with Vice President elect harris their Coronavirus Team expected to meet with the White House Task force sometime this week, possibl
Wildfire risk of the year. The wind is already picking up at this hour and gusts could reach 70 miles an hour in the highest elevations. Pg e is closely monitoring power lines and any trees that could knock them out. The entire bay area except San Francisco could be in the dark by the end of tonight. The first round of shutoffs are underway in parts of napa and sonoma counties. In less than an hour residents in marin could lose power and the shutoffs are expected to sweep across a large portion of the east bay and the peninsula. The threat of powerful gusts once the sun goes down. Yeah. The wind is already picking up and our red flag warning is already in effect. I guess well go to darren first. Paul, i know youll focus heavily on the red flag warning. In fact, i could do that first. The red flag warning has been extended. It start tonight and it will take us through the remainder of this evening and into tuesday. Read the details on the bottom lefthand corner. Extreme fire weather bay
Across america meeting obama voters who went for trump in 2016 who will they go for this time and a way to party and socially distant at their space bubble concerts. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im phillip mena. Good to be with you im Frances Rivera we begin with a historymaking storm that sweeps across the southeast. Zeta slams into the louisiana coast. Its the strongest theyve seen this year. Its the first time a state has been hit with five named storms in a single season new orleans was in the eye this time around. The mayor sayings one person died after being electrocuted by a downed wire. Zeta brought this dangerous storm surge to mississippi the storm surge threatened alabama and georgia as it pushes to the east. Nearly a million Power Outages have been reported in its path so far meanwhile in oklahoma and north texas, more than 100,000 homes and businesses are without electricity after an early ice storm. Officials say the Power Outages will not stop voters nbc m
Strong. Were talking about potentially over 50mile an hour gusts, Strong Enough to knock down tree branches especially any trees weakened by fires in the north bay the past couple of months and if those get knocked down into power lines, thats why were concerned about the power aspect. Red flag warning goes through friday morning at 11 00 in effect for north bay mountains, east bay hills, valleys and santa cruz mountains. Its the combination of the gusty winds, especially in the higher terrain, the heat and very low humidity, talking relative humidity levels in the Single Digits that has us the most concerned. Paul, thank you. The pg e update on the power shutoffs is underway right now. Lets listen in. We want to show you where we stand at this hour regarding this Public Safety power shutoff. A Severe Weather event with hot, dry conditions and high wind gusts is expected to begin this evening. Forecasted gusts are anticipated to reach about 55 Miles Per Hour. We expect these high winds
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