try to pose as law enforcement. stark warning. almost 400,000 american lives now lost to covid-19. fears now that the u.s. could hit 500,000 dead by the middle of february. this morning, incoming cdc director dr. rochelle walensky joins us live. how the biden administration plans to fight the pandemic and speed up the vaccine rollout, only on gma this morning. critical fire danger. the powerful winds threatening the west and the crucial next 24 hours in california. ginger is tracking the very latest. abc news exclusive. the 18-year-old american who went to the cayman islands to watch her jet skier boyfriend compete, now returning home and speaking out for the first time after serving time behind bars in the cayman islands for breaking quarantine. what she says about the moment she took off her tracking bracelet only on gma this morning. and two jumbo jackpots. lotto fever heating up. $1.5 billion combined on the line. will someone finally strike it rich tonight?
issues. we have some signal issues so they are slightly behind schedule about 15 minutes. otherwise, bart system wide on time, ferries should be good to go a little later, cartrain reporting no delays. here is a live look outside at the roadway, so far so good right around now northbound 880 between 23rd and broadway they had three lanes blocked but again the schedule will all be picked up and in the meantime your eastbay drive times are still in the clear. that s your latest traffic, back to you guys. elizabeth thank you. new this morning only four out of 10 americans say president obama can manage the federal government effectively. according to a new poll by cnn and orc international. the survey also shows 53% of americans believe that mr. obama is not honest and trustworthy. the shakey obamacare rollout is mostly responsible for those poll numbers but the president hopes to turn the tide by focusing on immigration. kpix5 is live in san francisco teen chinatown where pre
and we begin this morning with that breaking news on the pandemic. mj lee, it s her reporting. she joins us now. what have you learned? joe biden is about to get a much clearer picture in the coming days and weeks of what exactly he inherited from the trump administration on covid and vaccines, but sources with direct knowledge told cnn within hours of biden being sworn into office that there simply was no vaccination plan under the trump administration. one source telling cnn that there is nothing for us to rework. we are going to have to build everything from scratch. another source saying that it was further affirmation of complete incompetence of the trump administration learning that they would have to now start essentially from square one. now this is obviously some very strong and critical language that we are hearing, and what we have learned is that during the transition process, some of biden s covid advisers wanted to be careful to not be overly critical during
in the commute direction. the accident in the eastbound lane sounds serious. we have been watching this multicar accident in emeryville eastbound 80 at powell street again going against the commute. the middle lanes remain blocked. westbound if you are coming through berkeley, so far that appears to be okay through the macarthur maze. southbound traffic looks okay right now coming into san francisco over the golden gate bridge. back to you. investigators have a break in the search for sandra coke who vanished in oakland on sunday night. several agencies rushed to vallejo on a tip that she could be there. they spent the night trying to find any sign of coke. the search is focused on the solano county fairgrounds near interstate 80 and highway 37. the area includes a large lake there. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is there as well as the search for miss coke went on all night. reporter: there is a command post set up at the solano county fairgrounds. the search is going to r
Lucas Thomas Munslow, from Flint, north Wales was discharged from hospital with what doctors thought was tonsillitis. He passed away from acute bacterial meningitis later.