We begin with three big headlines. Trending in the wrong direction is the coronavirus. Counties may see opening plans curtailed. Officials in Santa Clara County are finding an up tick in cases. The vaccine took a big step forward. Pfizer says its trial drug is more than 90 effective but it needs more study to use it in the atrisk population. The vaccine could be available as early as next summer. As the development of a vaccine moves closer to approval, medical experts are helping california to decide who gets priority. Health is a critical part of building a better bay area. David louis had access to three members of a Task Force Working on that challenge. California is one of three western states prioritizing who gets the vaccine once approved by the fda. The process, by rich, those decisions are made is really important if people are going to trust that the process is fair. Hes one of three members of governor newsomes task force who talked about planning on a webinar. Theyll look a
Icu admissions up more than 27 . He suggested some counties are poised to move backward in the states fourtiered reopening system. Take seriously how deadly this disease continues to be. Averaging 44 deaths every single day in the state of california over a sevenday period. This disease continues to be deadly. And a vaccine will come, but its not going to come soon enough. Health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galley says that private household gatherings are a major source of spread. Health officials urging the public not to let their guard down at this point. Businesses that dont follow the proper safety protocols to help reduce the spread could also be in for a rather rude awakening. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen with the story from the south bay. Reporter with the holidays fast approaching, Santa Clara County Health Officials are on high alert after seeing a sharp uptick in covid19 cases. The rate of change has been very steep, and that is a certain. Weve seen this before
Them heading back to school today. Toy. And while Prince Georges County schools went back to school last week, todcoay iuns i first day of the head starttart program there and it will begin as planned despite the the recent termination of federalond funding for the program. Rgram fox5 the first to report on repn that. That. County and School Officials vow to find that siicx and axnd half Million Dollars to fundo fn head start this year. Ea county executive rushern bakerak and schools ceo Kevin Maxwell ml will visit a head start srt program today in oxon hill. L. Just past 7 oclock right now, 7 01. Breaking news happening inng in northwest washington whatest was appearhis to beng shots fired overnight now closing at leastea one road. Just off connecticut were block bloout the 2700 of porter street in cleveland park. Melanie isstclev there this morg finding out what happened. Appe mel, what did you find out so y far . Reporter well, still not n a lot of information from d. C. Tm police h
Weather. Lets check in with meteorologist kari hall. Good morning. We will have clear skies as you head out and chilly temperatures again this morning. We are in the lower 40s in the north bay, while we have 57 degrees or 47 degrees rather in the south bay. Low 50s elsewhere and looking at highs today a little bit warmer than yesterday up to 70 degrees in the north bay, 65 in San Francisco, the east bay and the peninsula up to 67 degrees. More of this nice weather continues over the next few days. Lets get an update on the morning commute from mike. Looking all over the bay, nothing really but green speed sensors, road crews and a little debris smort of the san mateo bridge. I will check on that. The rest of the bay we do see that green confirms a smooth drive, no problems out of the altamonte bass or the bay bridge. Everything on schedule. Now lets continue our coverage of the terror attacks in brussels. Many new developments this morning. Nbc bay areas kris sanchez in our newsroom. B
Troubled rollout of the Governments Health Care Insurance website. Website Developers Tell the Associated Press they saw red flags for months and complained to each other about unrealistic deadlines. Well, now congress is looking into the issue. A cbs news poll found that 51 of americans disapprove of the Health Care Law and only 12 of americans think the signup for Health Insurance changes is going well. Tara mergener is in washington. Tara, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. As major problems persist with this website, the white house has hired a former budget official and trusted adviser to lead the project. On capitol hill the administration faces tough questions about what happened. Highranking health and Human Services officials will brief congress this morning on the problems with healthcare. Gov. The website was supposed to make it easy to shop for Health Insurance, but it has been slow and unresponsive. We need to get to the bottom of it. Congressman mike rogers says he an