The forecast going into the weekend. When we may have a light chance of rain and where thats coming up. Mike, how is it looking getting around the bay area . The bay bridge toll camera is clear and thats traditional during the thanksgiving week. We have lighter volume and almost no commute times like right now. The map shows a little bit of slowing across the span where the arrow is. There is fog. Watch out there as you head over between vallejo and novato. Pretty much all green except for one spot. Thanks so much, mike. Its 6 01. Happening today president elect joe biden may receiver his first classified intelligence briefing and will deliver a thanksgiving message to america. This comes following his exclusive oneonone sitdown with lester holt. Tracie potts has the latest on the president ial transition. I know the president elect saying america is back. Reporter he said america is back, and he was talking about Foreign Policy after introducing his National Security team. They had a very clear and coordinated message that isolationism, America First policy from the Trump Administration they disagree with and they want to see america reconnect with our allies and with other countries. Today president elect biden just spoke exclusively with nbc news is giving a thanksgiving message to america, said to focus on the sacrifices americans have made especially this year with covid and so many other things going on. In that interview he talked about his National Security team and how hes reaching out to other world leaders. Ive spoken with over 20 world leaders, and they all are literally very pleased and somewhat excited america will reassert its role in the world and be a coalition builder. Reporter and now the doors are open. He also told us that they have meet w meetings with every agency, 20 meetings. So that biden transition and the Trump Administration are now connected, theyre talking, and presumably sharing or going to be sharing information. Meantime lets talk about the stock market because President Trump is taking credit for a big rally on wall street. Never been broken, that number. Thats a sacred number, 30,000. Nobody thought they would ever see it. Reporter the stock market, one thing biden will have to deal with. He says he has priorities coming into office, rolling back President Trumps climate order, trying to get kids back into school safely. And an immigration bill. A lot to tackle. I want to talk about the popular vote because the tally keeps going up. President elect joe biden now has 80 million votes, more than 80 million votes. Put that in perspective for us, tracie. Reporter the second highest that weve seen, the biggest in the 21st century. If you look at the spread of the votes between biden and President Trump it continues to grow. Its a significant win, if you take a look at it people often cite the fact that Hillary Clinton won 3 million more in the popular vote than President Trump did. Biden has more than doubled that spread so far. That he has. Tracie potts live in washington, thanks so much. Lets take a live look a lot closer to home in San Francisco. People across the bay area plan for thanksgiving. We are hearing the cdc may be ready to cut down the recommended 14day selfquarantine with the u. S. Seeing its highest death rates in months since the pandemic started. 12. 5 million confirmed cases. California is seeing some record numbers. Yesterday the state confirmed 15,000 new cases with hospitalizations up more than 80 over the past two weeks. At the same time the cdc is finalizing its plans to shorten the 14day quarantine for possible exposure. It may become ten days or even a week in part due to better testing and that symptoms come on within four to five days of exposure. The total to 45 counties but nothing has changed in the bay area. San francisco, san mateo and marin are still in the red tier. San Francisco Health leaders are anticipating a move into the purple tier and may reach that threshold by sunday. A slide into the most restrictive tier would mean more rollbacks. That would mean sf restaurants would have to shut down their Outdoor Dining at 10 00 p. M. For so many families making it in the bay, its really hitting home as we approach tomorrows thanksgiving holiday. Bob redell is live in oakland where one of the food banks giving out meals later this morning, bob. Reporter marcus and laura, in a few hours they will distribute around 1,000 meals to people at this location here in oakland. We can see some people lined up waiting for the 8 30 distribution, an emergency distribution. The Alameda County food bank has opened up 28 new Distribution Sites since the pandemic began. The San FranciscoMarin Food Bank almost twice as many as a year ago. To give you a sense of the impact covid19 has had on people many who are now relying on these food banks lost their job in the shelter in place order. Its full of the gear a crossing guard would use. And this was just about a week after the schools closed. This is a crossing guard who no longer has a job. Reporter in San Franciscos tenderloin neighborhood glide Memorial Church expects to serve 300 meals tomorrow morning but unlike in years past there will be no celebration inside the Church Facility rather underneath five large tents set up outside. The church will pack meals and distribute throughout the city. Bob redell, today in the bay. And certainly no one should go hungry. Thank you, bob. We have another easy way that you can help through our nourishing neighbors food drive. The next time you are at safeway you can make a 10 or more donation. That money goes straight to local food banks. Our drive goes through december 29th. The San Francisco ballet reimagining the nut cracker this year. Allowing visitors to click through the classic ballet. Happening today danville can hold its lighting ceremony. That event gets under way at 6 15 tonight. Norm hell we would ask you whats the weather going to be like . I guess today just sit home and watch. Right, we can watch from the comfort of the living room. With a lot of those events. Really dense fog especially in parts of the north bay. Check out santa rosa. Only half a mile. Weve seen it fluctuating in novato and napa so watch out for the patches of fog. If youre going to be out along the coastline, maybe hiking on the peninsula temperatures in the low 50s to start. We will get some sunshine and highs reaching into the upper 50s. We do have some changes ahead. Well talk about that coming up in a few minimum. Mike, what are the changes youre seeing for the commute . Kari, we are seeing a few more spots that arent in the green so a little more slowing. Im concerned about the Castro Valley y. Theres a car fire reported just after the split with the two freeways and that is out of Castro Valley so do watch that. No injuries reported but im tracking the updates. Moving smoothly out of theal at this month pass. No backup at the bay bridge. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. If youve been talking about home refinancing during the pandemic, weve been talking about it for a few months now. If you are thinking about it theres a critical question to ask if you qualify. Up next what you need to have before you can cut down that monthly house payment. Plus home prices continue to go up. New records on the stock market. Well take a look at what that means. Out to the futures board. A little money coming off the table after the dow went over 30,000. Scott, people just cant seem to stop talking about this new hit show the Queens Gambit. Its creating a lot of hysteria over chess. Well hear what one grandmaster is saying about the fans and this new age game. A grandmaster, okay. Coming up for you next. 6 11. Youre constantly on the go, on the clock, and on your way. Hang on a second. Whats the rush . Know the speed limit, go the speed limit, and slow the fast down. Go safely, california. Take a quick break,ite, jump on a quick call. Next time you take a quick trip, how about this . Take a second, take your time, and slow the fast down. Go safely, california. Right now at 6 13 take a live look outside as youre driving through the trivalley checking out 580. We have Cool Temperatures in the upper 40s. At least here its clear. Well see some sunshine today and mild weather. Well talk about a few changes ahead in our forecast coming up. And its also clear at the bay bridge toll plaza. The shot the only thing thats not clear because the pavement a smoot drive. A slow drive, ough, the Castro Valley y. A car fire. Well, good morning, and a very happy wednesday to you as well. I can remember where i was, i was in our old studios on park avenue in san jose back in 1999 when the dow first crossed 10,000. There was some concern at the Time Technology would not be able to handle it on wall street because it was a fivedigit number. In the end everything turned out fine. Today i can report the dow will start at 30,046. Investors pleased with the president ial transition finally fully under way, janet yellen chosen as the next treasury secretary as well. Tracie potts showed you a clip from President Trumps 1 04 press appearance yesterday where he congratulated everybody on the stock market number and said the number 30,000 was, in his words, sacred. The truth of the matter is theres nothing special about 30,000 other than its a nice round number like a tenyear wedding anniversary or a centennial celebration. Its a nice way to mark progress. Now, to be fair, the president likes to take credit for the stock market and you can argue about how much influence he actually has on the buying and selling of equities. The dow has nearly doubled since he was first elected president. You know what else is on its way up is home prices. Caseshiller said prices rose in every market they measure up 7 nationwide, phoenix, seattle, san diego leading the way. Houses in the San Francisco metropolitan statistical area rose 6 for the year. Notice i didnt say San Francisco bay area. Caseshiller defines San Francisco the way the u. S. Census does. Splitting off the peninsula and the south bay which for whatever reason caseshiller does not measure. Mccormick spices is buying cholula that bought franks redhot. It is made in mexico but owned by a private ferm base e firm b connecticut. Im not a big spice guy. Im more norwegian and scottish. I lo maybe you should get a new one get a new one . I assume my desk is still there. Well talk about that later, scott. How is my plant doing, marcus . I watered it last week. This week is a different story but i have you covered after the show. Its growing fast. Its 6 17. As weve been reporting many homeowners not taking advantage of refinancing. Here is what they say bank rate that makes you a good candidate. If your credit score is 720 or higher. On average homeowners can save about 300 a month after refinancing. Hulu is bringing back its 2 black friday subscription deal, the rate you will pay on the ad supported entry level for the first year. That deal starts tomorrow and is available through monday. One of the worlds best chess players talks about how netflix hit series the Queens Gambit is creation new chess lovers. I feel safe in a world of just 54 squares. And 62 million have watched that series about a young chess prodigy. The Google Search query for how to play chess have hit a nineyear peak. Competitive chess is very serious and i think more people have become aware of it, the more theyll get into it and really follow it. Much more coming up for you on the today show at 7 00 a. M. All right. The possibility of playing some games is always fun with the family especially during the holidays. Although here in the bay area a chance to have some good weather and get outside. Right. We are going to have some great weather for getting out there especially for being active because its going to be cool during the morning hours. A live look as the sun rises, a nice start. If you do plan ahead to the beach it will be cool and well start out with clouds. Expect a lot of sunshine. Headsup, a high surf individualry in he can and that means that we could see some breakers today up to 24 feet not good for just being along the coastline because we could have big sneaker waves that could draw you further out into the ocean every 17 to 19 seconds. Still big breakers along the coastline for our northwest facing beaches. Our winds will pick up driving some of those waves as we look at our coastal wind speeds. If youre planning to have thanksgiving outside tomorrow take a look at our wind speeds during the middle of the day. We could see wind gusts reaching 30 Miles Per Hour. That tablecloth may get blown off. It will feel quite cool out there. Thats about what well see for much of the bay area. One weather system could bring in light rain and the rest of the bay area will likely stay dry as it continues to move through. We do have still a dry fb. Weve been watching that fog that may slow people down in the north bay. We are looking at this on the map, though, over in Castro Valley. The Castro Valley y is jammed up coming off the split. It looks like a y, thats why they called it that. A car fire may affect your left side but a lot of lane shifting between mission and 880 as folks scatter back and forth taking the off ramp or making one of the other transitions. North of highway 37 that weve been talking about for the north bay. The trivalley with no problems. Up here that potential to lower the speeds. Clear view, clear drive, no metering lights. Back to you, laura. Looks good. Thank you, mike. 6 22 right now. Up next the story we cant stop talking about, the east bay cat that cashed in a life to grab some headlines. How a neighbor saved the day and that cat. Well tell but kitty love coming up. The weekend didnt get a nomination, not a single grammy nomination, and hes upset about it. Beyonce, taylor swift racked up a lot of nominations. Congratulations, ladies. The daily shows trevor noah will host. 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. Great gifts at this price . Is this for real . Not exactly thats bargain bliss setting in youre basking in the glow of great gifts at deep discount prices. And is that. Mmhmm Grocery Outlet jingle i want a doll house, a pony bike welcome back to you. 6 25 right now. A cat in Contra Costa County is back on solid ground after spending days stuck in a tree. Kitty love was stuck for nearly two days as her family figured out how to get her down. The owner turned to social media for help. A neighbor saw the plea and volunteered to scale the big tree in the dark to get her. Once i got up there and realized trying to grab her, hold on to the tree and climb down was a little more difficult than i was expecting. Little kitty love. He lost his footing and fell the last ten feet down, but the good news here is that both are doing okay. Look at that. Now you know why the name kitty love. 6 26 for you. Listen up, everybody, are you locked in on your thanksgiving plans . Up next well talk about if youre driving going to grandmas house, flying, whatever youre doing, keep it safe. Some lastminute expert advice ahead in a live report. And were taking a live look outside at the bay bridge. Your turkey day forecast straight ahead. When you should get out and maybe walk off the pumpkin pie before you get your stretchy pants on. A lot more news ahead at 6 27. Come experience floor and decors grand opening in san leandro safely shop our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. Discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. Floor and decors newest location is now open. Also open in milpitas and burlingame. Right now at 6 30 its thanksgiving eve and theres a lot weighing on the minds of americans across the country and right here at home from Covid Infection rates to job concerns and how the pandemic will change the way we shop this holiday season. We have it all covered as we continue with our final half hour of today in the bay. And a good wednesday morning to you. Were almost at thanksgiving day. Thank you for allowing us to be a participate of your morning. Im marcus washington. Were so thankful. Im laura garcia. Well check in with mike in just a little bit. Maybe some good news with the forecast. Here is kari hall. Such a beautiful start in the trivalley. Visibility here is clear but seeing some fog in parlts of the north bay youll have to watch out for and we will be a touch cooler but will have cold temperatures the next couple of mornings. The dry weather does continue in the forecast going into the weekend. Were going to see highs reaching into the low 60s. Well talk more about this and whats ahead for the holiday coming up. Mike, have you seen any problems for the morning commute . No, kari. Well note that. Right now a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where folks are giving thanks for a light commute starting wednesday through friday. We have light traffic here. No real slowing shows up. A little bit across the span where the arrow is. Fog in the north bay, the yellow is smaller than it was about 20 minutes ago. Do watch 101 and that corridor heading down through petaluma. This is still going on, the earlier car fire still causing a distraction north 238. Youre backed up to redwood road. Over to 880 south that is one option for