A possible breakthrough in the fight against covert 19 u. S. Drug giant pfizer says its vaccine candidate is 90 percent effective. Also in the news there i mean to end a decade of chaos and bloodshed in libya u. N. Backed talks have begun paving the way for a political transition. And uncertainty in peru is the president faces a 2nd impeachment trial in just 2 months coming up a live update from the capital lima. And bumpy december the legal sports news 27 seen masters champion Sergio Garcia withdrawals from this weeks tournament of the testing positive for corona virus. But were starting with breaking news this hour 1 pm in washington d. C. And literally in the last 2 minutes the u. S. President donald trump has fired his secretary of state. In his words. Has been terminated straight to kimberly how could a White House Correspondent cant believe its begun. Yes thats right mark else for is the secretary of defense or at least he was until this announcement by the u. S. President on twi
Plans now for those american troops in afghanistan and iraq. Transition turmoil. President elect joe biden says President Trumps refusal to allow the transition to begin could cost lives. More people may die if we dont coordinate. As georgias top election official says hes receiving death threats. Was he pressured by one of the president s top allies to toss i mean, its a truck. Its not about inches. Out legally cast ballots . Whos thinking about the garage when youre shopping for a truck . Breaking overnight. Deadly hurricane iota making landfall. Carmax is. Well let you bring it back for a full refund slamming into hard hit central within the first seven days. America with winds up to 155 the way it should be. Carmax. Miles per hour. The major category 4 storm bringing lifethreatening storm surge. Were tracking the latest this morning. Urgent search. A 15yearold girl disappearing from her home in the middle of the night. Its like she vanished into thin air. But with walmarts low pric
House. Thats because so far neither candidate has enough votes. We have Live Team Coverage all morning long as votes are counted here in california and across the country. We start with emily turner live in Santa Clara County. Good morning. Good morning. Itll be a busy day here. One of the few that continues to count votes today. In fact we have seen several people walk through the doors. They will start any minute now. 5 00 is when they were set to tally. They stopped after midnight last night at a little over three quarters of a million ballots that had trickled in. Secrets a new voter turn out record. This was the scene outside of the santa clara redistrar as Election Night wrapped up. Once they made it inside poll workers and volunteers organized them into conditional provisional and then also regular. Next step is to unfold them and then count them. Here is what one voter had to say about his election experience in the e are a of coronavirus. When you cast a ballot how did you fee
Power shutoffs. Well have those details and more coming up in just a few moments, but first we want to bring in meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez with more on the fire weather watch. And the impact it will have later on this week risa either jonathan and just seeing and it will primarily impact our north bay mountains specifically those of you in napa county. Could see gusts upwards of 40 Miles Per Hour less starting monday night for wednesday morning dropping relative humidity into the teens as low as 12 at times the same for the northeastern mountains were those of you in Sonoma County so. We are tracking this fire weather watch because it does go into Effect Tomorrow night were getting a little bit of a break from Mother Nature though, thanks to that cool sea breeze noticing some marine layer along the coast and thats really going to help with moisture content even for inland valleys as well for your monday because that cool sea breeze finally going to extend to our inland spots and t
San mateo taking action against businesses that repeatedly violate the coronavirus regulations. Good evening everyone. Beginning tomorrow, a task force will begin investigating complaints and businesses that do not comply could face 3000 funds. Our reporter here now with more on how this will work. This new Compliance Team will persist the people who already work for the county but in a different capacity. It will not be comprised of any law enforcement. This is something that is aimed solely at businesses that continue to flout the law by not adhering to things like mask rules and social distancing. Even in some cases, operating illegally. They may not think the viruses that serious. If we cannot get them to comply through education, we can find them up to 3000. They said the vast majority of businesses are complying with health roles. Some stubborn want to not. He says the a person Compliance Team in uniform will be sent out to investigate based on complaints. The owner in san mateo