Focusing on National Security and Foreign Policy. Making sure we selected a cabinet that looks like america. That reflects the best of our nation. And that is what we have done. The list of sixes headlined by secretary of state nominee antony blinken, a longtime aide, alejandro mayorkas, for Homeland Security, linda thomas greenfield for ambassador to the un, avril haines for director of National Intelligence and former secretary of state john kerry as special president ial envoy for climate and Jake Sullivan as National Security advisor. Fresh perspective and an unrelenting belief in the promise of america. There are a number of first in the group including the first woman to serve as dni. Mr. President elect, you know ive never shied away from speaking truth to power and that will be my charge as the director of National Intelligence. Mayorkas would be the first latino in his decision if confirmed. I will work day and night in the service of our nation to lead the men and women of the United States department of Homeland Security and bring honor to my parents and the trust you have placed in me. The position biden created for john kerry does not require Senate Confirmation and marks the first time the National Security council will have an official dedicated to climate change. Succeeding together means tapping into the best of american ingenuity, creativity and diplomacy. From brainpower to alternative energy power, using every tool we have. Two republican senators have already criticized the picks, marco rubio and josh holly who called the list corporate is, war enthusiasts and big tech sellouts. Biden is reportedly expected to nominate janet yellen, to treasury secretary. It was a recordsetting day on wall street with the dow closing above 30,000 for the first time ever. Traders were relieved that the uncertainty over the biden transition is now over and hopeful that coronavirus vaccines are on the way. The dow soared 454 points, the nasdaq went up 156 and nasdaq was up 57. Massachusetts democratic senator Elizabeth Warren is introducing legislation to provide 8 billion in funding for medically underserved communities. The Community Care act would provide funding to black, native american and latino immunities hit especially hard by the pandemic. The legislation provides grants for communitybased organizations and nonprofits to conduct testing, tracing and outreach in communities with higher rates of the virus or those who have historically lacked access to the healthcare system. A staggering fraud has been uncovered involving inmates across the state siphoning millions of dollars in unemployment funds. Its been called one of the biggest scams in california history. Our Crime Reporter henry lee now with more on how big this scheme really is. Reporter 133 people on death row, all over california, tens of thousands of inmates and prisoners may have already gotten up to 1 billion in Unemployment Benefits. But prosecutors say that someone has filed the unemployment claim in the name of Scott Peterson who killed his wife and unborn son. Someone also benefits on another death row inmate. It has been said that there is no honor among thieves. Top das denounced edd for failing to check inmate lists against those seeking claims like they do in 35 other states. Edd also failed to check where the funds were going. There was money sent to prisons. Even names the work clearly phony were not flagged. Fake names like john joe or john adams. One case someone had the audacity to put their name as poopy britches. Inmates were charged with stealing 250,000 and several have been convicted. But the da says even with clear evidence, edd could not take action. What we were told, under the regulations that they were all bound by, they could not cut them off until we file charges. Another cruel irony lies in the fact that those truly out of work are having problems getting through to edd. They are unable to get money because they dont know the system the same way the inmates do. This is disgusting incompetence. We will be the laughing stock of the United States that we are sending, potentially, 1 billion to criminals with names like john doe and poopy pants. They are working to compare suspicious claims and in a statement the agency said we are also pursuing how to integrate crossmatch is Going Forward as part of enhanced prevention efforts during this pandemic related unemployment fraud across the country. They also say they are working with Cyber Security officials in the das have lots of task force to crack down on. Not to the latest on the coronavirus. State Health Officials say california has posted the second highest number of cases so far. Or than 15,000 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. And 43 more people have died. The total death toll statewide has risen to 18,769. In the bay area cases are also rising. Nearly 2000 were cases were reported and five more people have died. Christien kafton tells us, San FranciscoHealth Officials say that the next two weeks could be critical. Reporter state Health Officials say this holiday has to be different from years past. The rising Covid Infection and hospitalization rates simply make family gatherings too risky. It is necessary to modify or pause our usual traditions to really stop the surge this year. We are reemphasizing the safest way to celebrate thanksgiving this year is at home with members of your household were virtually. The state has moved the final two counties out of the least restrictive tears saying that hospitalization and i see rates continue to rise. They say that will likely mean there is more tragedy to come. I think that certainly the numbers of deaths will likely go up. San francisco is maintaining its position in the red tier but Health Leaders say based on trends that the city and county will likely be moved to the most restrictive tears sometime this week. We do expect we will be assigned to the more restrictive purple tier. If and when that happens the city will be required to rollback or reduce capacity of several activities within 24 hours. San franciscos Health Leaders are stressing that Holiday Travel plans endanger the city, county and state. The director of Public Health saying a negative covid test is no reason to endanger family and friends over thanksgiving dinner. Please do not use public testing resources in advanced of engaging in behaviors that easily spread the virus. Namely, to travel or gather with people outside of your household. San francisco is saying despite the covid rate increase good news could be right around the corner with encouraging data from vaccine trials. We are preparing for Vaccine Distribution in the city. At our Covid Command Center we have an extensive Planning Team looking at the opportunities working with key partners across the city. Health experts say it is not too late to contact family and friends and opt out of any family or friend gatherings. They say the best gift you can give to your family and friends this year is the gift of health. Storming today Health Officials in Santa Clara County reported a new single day case record with 512 new coronavirus cases and three deaths. This comes as special Enforcement Teams are being mobilized, targeting businesses that are not following Coronavirus Health orders. County Health Inspectors will be looking for Violations Including employees not wearing masks, no social distancing in stores and exceeding capacity limits. Fines could be 500 or more. The new enforcement patrol is set to begin on thanksgiving day. Los angeles county is considering a new stayathome order amid what officials are calling an alarming increase in the number of covid cases. If another stayathome order is issued it could create major problems for people planning to spend thanksgiving away from home. This comes amid an announcement by the mayor that outofstate visitors must sign a form acknowledging californias 14 day quarantine policy. Failure to fill out the form could result in a fine of up to 500. And the 10 00 curfew in california is impacting College Sporting events. They announced a change in the game against the trojans. Espn reporter also saying on twitter that other College Athletic departments are now making preparations in order to be in compliance with the states you 10 00 curfew. If multiple overtimes take games past 10 pm the game would have to end right then. The director of the cdc says distribution of coronavirus vaccines could begin by mid next month. Dr. Robert redfield said the first preference for the vaccine will likely be given to high risk individuals as well as people working in Nursing Homes and hospitals. Officials with the governments operation warp speed Vaccine Program say individual states will be allocated vaccines based on their population. They will start looking at pfizers emergency use authorization request on december 10. Moderna and astrazeneca have also announced promising results. They are expected to request emergency use of their vaccines in the coming weeks. I do think we will have about 40 million doses of vaccine by the first of the year. That will continue through january and february. Hopefully by march we will see vaccine available for the general public. Pfizer is likely to be the first approved and says theyve been doing dry runs of their distribution procedure since the vaccine has to be kept at extremely cold temperatures. Numbers of the cdc Advisory Panel are pushing the agency to be honest with the public about potential side effects of the vaccine. During phase 3 trials many participants reported feeling symptoms similar to covid19. Doctors said they want to make sure people know to expect this so that people dont decide to skip the second dose needed for immunity. Coming up, the number of people dying from fentanyl overdoses continues to surge in california. Now new data showing where people are dying and why the coronavirus pandemic is making it so much worse. Also ahead, we are learning more about a Church Volunteer who was injured in this weekends deadly stabbing attack in the south bay. His ties to the community and his work for the city. And we are looking into that forecast as we had toward thanksgiving. I will be back after the break. Taking a look at traffic conditions. It looks like prepandemic levels. Ktvu fox 2 news and 6 will be right back. Hes got one of those parts where you will always see him doing something to help another person. Tonight we are learning new information about one of the victims injured in this weekends stabbing rampage at a church in san jose. A friend that he was volunteering at the time of the attack and that he also works for the city. Tonight he is recovering at the hospital with some serious injuries. Azenith smith tells us that the community is trying to raise money to help with his recovery. He has this philosophy of that you know you have to make the world better. You have to help people who are struggling the most. Friends described nguyen pham as selfless, always wanting to help. Besides charity work with children in vietnam he worked directly with the homeless in san jose. A volunteered Grace Baptist Church helping with overnight shelter on sunday when he was stabbed. To find out that he was one of the people attacks, that made me immediately scared for him and all the people that rely on grace and for the people who put in the time it grace. Pham was one of five victims, him and two others were rushed to the hospital and a man and woman did not survive. There were injuries to his neck, his head, his face, and its going to take some time to recover. It is a kick in the gut, when you hear any member of your work team, work family has been seriously harmed like this. Everybody is on pins and needles. Mayor sam liccardo says that pham worked in the Cities Office of economic development, most recently on the census. He is someone who was certainly beloved. On tuesday a bouquet of flowers was outside Grace Baptist Church, a somber reminder of the violence that erupted. Homeless advocates and friends of pham hope the tragedy does not deter people from helping the homeless but serves as a call to action to do more. The big hope is that people dont look at this and demonized on host. This is an example of what happens to people who have been on the streets too long. As for the suspect, several people who work closely with the shelter have identified him as a sheltered estate ktvu interviewed earlier this month. We will not show his face yet because he has not been formally charged. He is expected to be arraigned on wednesday. Fremont police are investigating a stabbing that left two teenage boys injured. It happened just after 6 00 last night on amberwood drive in deer creek road. One of the teens was seriously injured and taken to a trauma center. The other team was treated for a hand injury. Investigators say it appears that the pair knew each other, so far no arrests have been made. A bicyclist was hit and killed on the davis street overpass in san leandro early this morning. Police say it appears the bicyclist was riding in the bike lane at around 5 20 this morning when he was hit by a van. The driver of the van stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators. Neither alcohol or drugs played a part in the collision. Two other vehicles may have hit the man without knowing it. Investigators would like to speak to anyone who has information on this case. Police say at the time of the crash it was dark and foggy. We had 66 in napa, 70 in valeo, 64 in fremont, these are the highs, some of the warmest temperatures we will see this week. It will be cooler tomorrow, and thats because youve got some clouds coming in. We go back to the longrange model, that system is sliding to the north as we speak. As that occurs it will cool things off. Temperatures tomorrow with the weak passage of that system, we will see temperatures, instead of the upper 60s, more like low and mid 60s. Live camera shot at sfo, there is some fog out there, if you look real hard. But the coastal fog will be around a little in the morning and then its gone. Tomorrow, like today, not as warm but still quite pleasant. You wake up tomorrow morning, in the upper 30s and some frost in places. A really nice day tomorrow if you have relatives in town. The weather will be cooperating. Thanksgiving looks just as good and as we get going towards the weekend and beyond we have a chance for some rain. We will take a look at that we come back. The winter season kicked off today in squaw valley. This is video that the resort posted on instagram. There are some new rules in place because of the pandemic. Face coverings are required and lift lines will be longer because of social distancing. Guests are also being asked to self group with people within their own party at chairlifts. Food is also only being offered to go and has to be eaten outdoors. And sugar bowl is set to open tomorrow. This is video from last year, guests will also need to abide by a lot of coronavirus restrictions. All lift tickets, rentals and lessons will have to be booked online at least one day prior to your arrival. And cash will not be accepted. Food will only be served as grab and go. Still ahead, the season of giving is alive and well in oakland as a bay area rapper kicks off his annual turkey giveaway. But first, still processing Election Results three weeks later. A look at the work still underway in Contra Costa County ny workers are using dice to complete one of the final steps. We have the power to harness californias Abundant Solar and wind energy, but its not available all day long. Use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. 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