Now. A very good now thursday morning to you, thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Were starting out with fog in some parts of the bay area. Kari hall is tracking that for us. Kari, i saw a little bit coming in this morning. The visibility cut down in some spots down to zero. Looking good here in downtown san jose and that fog will cause a lot of problems for the morning commute, especially in the north bay and then the sunshine returns this afternoon and there is no rain in the forecast. Lets get to that visibility right now as we look at livermore down to zero and only a quarter mile visibility in novato and half mile visibility in santa rosa. Well talk more about this coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, that advisory those numbers well show with that camera. The Golden Gate Bridge an easy drive as far as the volume of traffic but the fog advisory from chp as we talk about fog impeding the view of the bridge itself. There goes a
Volume of traffic and notice the low clouds in this shot that getting across the bridge the low clouds have hit the bridge there and the fog is an issue for the rich mamond san rafael bridge. All have fog advisory from chp and a possible crash near the toll plaza and well track that off the berkeley curve and dense fog through the trivalley a major issue for drivers. Back to you. All right, thank you very much, mike. So, lets check in with bob redell for more on the breaking news overnight. This is were talking about a third player just announcing some promising results with its vaccine this morning, bob. Correct, marcus and laura. Astrazeneca and the university of oxford announced their vaccine is safe and is triggering an immuno response in all adults. This is according to preliminary results from a phase two trial that was published in the medical journal. You have pfizer and biontech and they found they are 95 effective. That is higher than initial results suggested. The companys p
Saturday. Of those nearly 500 were confirmed in the capital. The metropolitan government plans to raise the coronavirus alert to its highest level on thursday, but its unclear how that will directly affect residents. Translator im a little scare d but i have no choice bu to go out. There are things i need to do. Im worried. Translator im trying to stay home as much as possible. I especlly avoid crowded places. The northern prefecture has also seen numbers soar reporting around 20 cases over the past ten days. Residents are being urged to avoid travel to or from the capital. Officials are also asking residents to avoid nonessential outings. Translator its inevitable but strict measures are being tak taken. Translator i also think each of us needs to Pay Attention to necessary preventive measures. Experts are concerned about the spread of cluster infections outside of entertainment districts and workplaces. They say grouped infections are being identified in rural areas, medical institut
Clearance. A grand reopening. Thee johnson will outline strategy today, expected to include an increase in Community Testing andriy incorrect reintroduction of tougher restrictions. Biden iselect joe said to have landed a longtime advisor as his secretary of state as the president reportedly moves closer to banning tech exports to dozens of chinese companies. 7 00 and in london, from first, and 10 00. In three weeks, there will be a vaccine for everybody and herd immunization. This is the standout note from fauci. We will vaccinate. 7 of the population. These are big ambitions. Annmarie they certainly are and the news over the weekend from the head of warp speed saying we could start in potentially three weeks, but it is only going to be december 10 when the fda looks at approval for the pfizer vaccine. You made a good point this morning, the fact this is the developed world. What remains in the developing world could be a difficult picture. Isus a question for markets if so risk on, t
Changing condition. Futures point higher in sydney and tokyo. The yen holding back. Almost everybody is softbank thinks the group taking a Group Private is a bad idea. We will look about the chances of such moves actually happening. Lets take a look at how we are kicking off trading in sydney. It is a public holiday. But we do still have the cash 4 in thep about 0. First two minutes. This comes on a busy week for australian traders. The budget where we are expecting to see assumptions made about a vaccine becoming available and we are also getting a report that is trillion is set to further lift that that australia is such a for the lift that debt ceiling with 4 billion u. S. Dollars with the debt ceiling being lifted higher to 1. 1 trillion. Looking at the aussie dollar ahead of the all be a. We are expecting no change. Markets are significantly pricing and now another rate cut. Before the end of the year. Dollar trading at 71. 67. In new zealand, two weeks out from the election. Kiwi