This is flightradar24. Com and it shows air traffic in the u. S. Right now. A lot of people are already on the planes. Anser hassan is live at sfo with what were seeing there. Good morning. Reporter what were seeing here is more passengers starting to check in. Look at the flight board behind me. These are the domestic and International Flights departing out of sfo all day today. So definitely not the volume were used to seeing for this time of year. If you pan over to the security checkpoint, also not too busy. According to abc news, 4 Million People have already gone through u. S. Airport checkpoints from last friday through sunday. Thats the most passengers weve seen since the start of the pandemic back in midmarch. Thanksgiving reservations were ticking upward in early october, but dropped with the surge in covid19 cases. One passenger says his wife is traveling for business and he wanted the family to be together for thanksgiving. At some point you have to step out on faith. Get into the air. Where are you heading to . Portland, oregon. Family, friends . My wife going for work. With everything going on we said well go with you. Feel safer that way. It worked out. Its thanksgiving weekend. The city of San Francisco listed some Holiday Travel guidelines on their website. They say if you must travel to know the situation in the city that youre traveling to. If its a highrisk area you may need to take extra precautions. Theyre advising to get tested before you return back to the bay area. Airlines are reminding all passengers to arrive at the airport two hours before your flight. Reporting live, anser hassan, abc7 news. Thank you. Some travelers are looking for alternatives to flying. One option is taking the train. Amtrak is running trains at about 50 capacity. It implemented new and enhanced cleaning protocols, too, so thats everything from schedules to payments being accessed through an app so you have a contactless experience. Doctors say train travel can be as safe as planes with the right protocols. So the upsides are that you dont have to spend time in a crowded airport. The train is probably a little less controlled. People walk up and down the train. If you do decide to take the train, sit next to a vent, crack the window if you can and keep your mask on at all times. Now to the deadly toll the coronavirus is taking to all of us here in the u. S. More than 2,000 people died from covid19 yesterday marking the deadliest day in more than six months. Right now more than 88,000 americans are hospitalized. For the 22nd day in a row, the u. S. Has reported more than 100,000 new cases. As those numbers go up, the cdc is considering shortening the quarantine period for people who have been potentially exposed. Currently they recommend two weeks but that could change as guidelines go to 7 to 10 days. A person would need a negative test before ending the quarantine. Dr. Anthony fauci says that he can see why the cdc might want to shorten that period. He spoke this morning on gma. When you have the full extent of the quarantine time, it makes people reluctant to get tested because they dont want to say, well, im tested now i have to stay out of work, i may lose money. Im not getting subsidized and i might even lose my job. As we head into the holiday weekend, dr. Anthony fauci has this message for the american people. Vaccines are right on the horizon. If we can just hang in there a bit longer and continue to do the simple mitigation things that we are talking about all the time, the masks, the distancing, the avoiding crowds, particularly indoor. If we do those things well get through it. Thats my final plea before the holiday. You can watch dr. Faucis full interview on gma at 7 00 after abc7 mornings. The bay area is seeing a third surge of coronavirus cases. This morning were getting a clearer picture as to what might be behind it. Your health is our focus on building a better bay area. We asked local Health Officers whats driving the latest spike. Gathering to watch another Football Game was another example with five cases. Marin county Health Officer dr. Matt willis says many new infections are coming from indoor gatherings. He said theres been a shift in socioeconomic and racial dynamics in the latest church. Latino cases went down from 66 in september to 42 in november, cases among white people rose from 29 in september to 45 in november. San francisco is seeing a similar shift as well. Latino cases in the city dropped from 50 in the summer to 40 now in november. White cases rose from 19 in the summer to 27 in november. The fact that this is now distributed more evenly across the city means that there is potential for more explosive increase in cases. Deputy Health Officer dr. Susan phillips says cases used to be concentrated in the tenderloin, mission and soma, but now cases have spread across the city including the presidio, and the heights. Abc7 is committed to keeping you fully informed about developments with covid19 vaccines. We have assembled this team to bring you the most complete coverage. You can find updates on air and on the abc7 news app as well. Joe biden beginning his white house transition. What hes doing today now that hes allowed to fulfill his president ial role and what President Trump plans to do instead. Plus there goes the stuff for the younger children that we had. Thieves target a holiday toy drive. How you can help the program recover with a few weeks until christmas. And a live look from our roof camera. A mix of clouds and stars out there and drizzle in the Higher Elevations. It will be breezy this afternoon for your Outdoor Activities and cooler if youre going out on the bay. A Small Craft Advisory from noon to 9 00 this evening. Well look at future radar, see theres no bad time to start at amazon. I like the flexibility. It also allows for picking up shifts. Safety comes first, speed comes second. Safety. Safety. Safety. Were making sure that somebody is getting their very important items. It makes me very happy. Welcome back. Its 6 09. Temperatures in the east bay inland valleys are around 49 to 51. Pleasanton and livermore mid 40s there. 36 in santa rosa. 55 in oakland. 51 in San Francisco. 44 in san jose. Those temperatures are up to 14 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. Thats as warm as it will get moving forward. Much cooler nights are on the way after this cold front passes that is leaving most of its moisture as you can see up to our north. Heres future radar, other than the chance of a sprinkle, maybe a drizzle in the south bay through the end of the morning commute, increasing sunshine and breezes today, tonight it will be clear and cooler and tomorrow look at all of that sunshine. It will just be a little breezy from time to time. Well look at that forecast in more depth coming up. First want to get over to sue hall with your traffic. Good morning, everyone. Speaking of tomorrow, lets take a look at some of your mass transit options, actually for today, ace train is running modified service. Only trains 1 and 3. Trains running sunday schedule tomorrow for b. A. R. T. And on a sunday schedule for caltrain. San rafael, mike has been reporting some fog, maybe north of this because right here by the north gate mall, southbound 101 is looking good to the golden gate bridge. No sign of melts at ttering li the bay bridge toll plaza. Overall about a 45minute drive westbound out of tracy up and over the Altamont Pass up into livermore. You can see some red there. A new problem just reported, fivecar crash, south 101 in south san jose near hellyer. So far its green according to our sensors, so no slowing there. Speaking of driving, starting today you can expect extra officers on the roads for thanksgiving travel. The chps maximum enforcement period begins at 6 00 tonight and ends sunday at midnight. Officers will be looking for people driving drunk or high. During last years thanksgiving enforcement, 42 people were killed. Please be careful. Coming up how not to thaw the turkey. One family shows us their unique way of doing it and we also have some helpful tips for how you can handle yours. And so many families struggling with the effects of the covid19 crisis. The generosity happening in the bay area and the easy way for you to pitch in. As we head to break, a live look, taking you outside along the embarcadero as people are making their way around the city at 6 12. Businesses today are looking to tomorrsetting the course. Ating. But new ways of working demand a new type of network. One thats more than just fast. You need flexibility to work from anywhere and manage from everywhere. Advanced technology. With serious security. And reliable coverage, nationwide. Forwardthinking enterprises deserve forwardthinking solutions. And thats what we deliver. So bounce forward, with comcast business. About the covid19 virus. Its real. Its dangerous. And we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. We can do this. If we do it together. President elect joe biden will deliver a thanksgiving message today as the white house gave approval for biden to receive daily Intelligence Briefings as soon as today. Todays speech will touch on the shared sacrifice americans are making this holiday season. Biden also plans to talk about how the country will get through this pandemic together. Abc news will air a special report at 11 00 a. M. You can watch it live here on abc7, our news apps and at abc7news. Com. Abc news learned that President Trump is planning to travel to pennsylvania today despite objections from his staff. Thats where Pennsylvania State republican lawmakers are meeting about what theyre calling election issues. The president s attorney, Rudy Giuliani has been pushing for him to join but the details of the trip have not been announced. Pennsylvania certified results for joe biden yesterday. One San Francisco firefighters holiday toy drive needs help. Thats because someone stole 200 tricycles from the storage unit. The thief or thieves took electric fire trucks and police car tricycles, each one of them cost more than 100. Firefighters would have given the trikes to kids in need for christmas. I think my only question would be why . Im disappointed, why did you do at that to the kids that were trying to help. If whoever took it is watching, if they want to return all those trikes to us, no questions asked. If you would like to help the firefighters toy program, we have the details on our website, abc7news. Com. The pandemic created a financial crisis for millions of americans. Now were seeing a huge surge of people showing up at traditional thanksgiving giveaways. Many at concords Monument Crisis Center never needed this help before. They range in age and backgrounds. We spoke with a 25yearold living on the street while taking college classes. Hard being homeless, going to school, and trying to figure out where youre going to sleep and eat at. Without this we wouldnt have a thanksgiving. It gives a person a little bit of comfort that youre not alone. The center says it is now serving three times as many people as usual and expect the need will only continue to grow. A lot of people are in need this holiday season. You can give where you live right now and make a difference. Go to abc7news. Com to find a donation link on the home page. If youre going to be cooking a traditional thanksgiving meal, make sure you do not forget to thaw your turkey. One family in florida is doing that right now in a unique way. Its frozen. They say you have to have it, you know, in the water, right . Here it goes we thaw our turkey in the pool. Thats how you do it when you live in florida, right . No. He did not get with the florida delegation. This family lives in clearwater, they call this their turkey toss tradition. As you can see, they throw the turkey in the pool. Now, if you really do need to thaw your turkey, we have some steps on how to do it, this is not part of the steps. Go to abc7news. Com. So, i actually looked this up. There is a pool company out there, they must get this question with some frequency because they answer it on their website. Should i thaw my turkey in the pool . And the answer is no. However because you are cooking the turkey at, you know, a High Temperature or you should be, it will kill the chlorine and because the chlorine is in the pool, it will probably kill the juices from the turkey. So just no. Most likely you wont die, but i wouldnt do it. Lets not risk it. Lets not. Too much work. Too much thinking. The only thing i was thinking, if its a saltwater pool, then maybe that would brian ine it well mike is the only one who would think of this. Hes the turkey master over here. My gosh, thats wrong. 80 degree water to thaw your turkey . No. Lets talk about san jose, 44 degrees. Heres a look at your highlights. Mostly sunny today. The winds will be up but the temperatures will be down. Frosty mornings friday, saturday, sunday, sprinkles possible sunday night into monday. You can see the push of dry, breezy conditions as a trough of low pressure is coming in behind that cold front. The winds initially with the cold front will be a little fast this morning in the north bay, that will help get rid of the fog quicker. Around 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour the afternoon hours. Notice they pick up in the north bay and in our hills tonight. That will keep us from reaching our full potential tomorrow morning. The winds will be an issue for Outdoor Dining and thanksgiving. Other than that, it ought to be nice temperaturewise tomorrow. Warmer than this. Today is not bad. 60 to 63 degrees from San Francisco into antioch and concord. 62 in san jose. Also in santa rosa. Mid to upper 50s along the coast. Tonight, 30s in the deepest valleys. The rest of us in the 40s. Heres my accuweather 7day forecast. A little bit warmer after those chilly mornings saturday and sunday. Have a great day. Thank you. Now were checking in with ginger for a look at whats coming up on gma at 7 00. Hi, kumasi and reggie. Nice to be with everyone on thanksgiving eve. We have so much to get to on gma. Lets start with the tens of millions of americans hitting the road for thanksgiving despite that warning from the cdc. Air travelers have already broken records since the pandemic started. More than 4 Million People have flown since friday. The steps that the tsa are going to try to take to enforce social distancing. Dr. Fauci will join us with the latest. Also ahead, well count down to black friday. If you have not gotten it all done yet, a lot of the best deals happening right now. Many of them are still online. Well tell you how to get a bigger deal and stay safe. Im trying to shop Small Business and it is a lot of fun actually to get to know some new ones. And if youre a fan of the connors, you dont have to wait until tonight to see them in action. The cast is about to make some serious dreams come true. Theyre helping put a big dent in the mortgages of some very deserving fans that is life changing and the emotional reveal is coming up. Then superstar taylor swift. Yeah, you know, just a wednesday on gma when we get to talk to taylor. Shes talking to us about her brandnew film that dropped overnight, grammy nominations and rerecording her old music. Thats coming up on good morning america. Theres that and a little birdie told us that one of the mortgage surprises will go to a Family Living here in San Francisco. Yes. Its really exciting. Think about changing someones entire world. You will see that this morning. Cant wait to see that and a happy early thanksgiving to you, ginger and your family. Happy thanksgiving. Thank you. You all, too. Well see you at 7 00. All right. New at 6 00, a texas man is doing his part to thank educators this holiday season. He is sending 2,300 christmas cards to every School District in the state. This is matthew connolly, hes been giving cards to teachers, cafeteria workers and custodians in his own School District since he was in fifth grade. Because of the pandemic he said hes including more schoo tornado sirens blared in Downtown Dallas ahead of a severe storm. This morning were looking at some of the danmage. Youre looking at a damaged Apartment Building in arlington, texas a couple miles from the nfl and mlb parks. Thats scary. The National Weather service issued the Tornado Warning that expired at midnight. No word yet on whether an actual tornado landed there. Its a funnel cloud until it reaches the ground then it becomes a tornado. That looks like impressive damage. The National Weather service looks for the pattern of the debris. If its lying in a rotational pattern, its a tornado. If its a Straight Line pattern, they know it was damaging Straight Line winds. Back here, we have winds gusting up behind the cold front and some pretty dangerous waves. Already at 6 00 today, the surf advisory began. Dont turn your back on the water if you like to head there on thanksgiving. I know some people do. Look at the dinner outside planner. Other than it being breezy, temperatures will be nice. 58 to 62 at noon. 60 to 66 at 2 00. Still nice at 4 00. 58 to 63. Then you need the blankets and the jackets, the sweaters and heaters by 6 00 as we drop into the 50s. Happy thanksgiving. All right. Thank you, mike. After a threeyear pause, San Franciscobased twitter is going to let you ask for those little blue checkmarks once again. Twitter says it will start reviewing applications in 2021 under newly released guidelines. The blue check means that twitter has verified a users identity. Twitter is updating its rules on when verifica