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Administration it will be, i guess time will tell. The latest on trumps legal challenges to the election and how the delay in the transition is leaving president elect biden in the dark on critical issues. Deadline approaching. Federal relief set to run out for millions of americans struggling to make ends meet. With covid cases growing as well as lines at food banks lawmakers at an apparent stalemate. Can they resolve their sticking points . And set for launch. Ignition, liftoff. The new liftoff date for a Historic Mission and the final preps under way for nasa and spacex. The two astronauts ready to make history and crew1s nod to a challenging year as they get ready to rocket into space. Hey, good morning, everybody, happy saturday. Were going to start here with the surging coronavirus pandemic. America has just shattered the daily record again with more than 193,000 new cases reported in just 24 hours. Several state and local officials announcing new lockdowns, pauses, freezes and other restrictions in an effort to stop the spread in communities across the country and Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak says hes tested positive for the virus but is feeling okay. Both pfizer and moderna have reported that they should have enough data to seek fda emergency use authorization for their vaccines by the end of the month and President Trump says a vaccine will be available to the general public as soon as april. Abcs trevor ault is at New Yorkpresbyterian Hospital with the latest. Good morning to you, trevor. Reporter well, eva, good morning. To be frank the numbers were seeing are incredibly alarming. Just yesterday 16 states hit new record highs for hospitalizations, deaths are on the rise in 30 states, the spread of this virus is aggressively accelerating as we head toward the holidays. This morning, america engulfed by an onslaught of coronavirus cases. 193,000 logged friday, the u. S. On track for a million new infections this week alone. As i say to my patients, often when im worried ill tell you so you can worry with me and were there. Reporter states now turning to drastic measures not seen since the spring. New mexicos governor issuing a twoweek stayathome order as one county there ships in three mobile morgues. We are in a lifeordeath situation, and if we dont act right now, we will absolutely crush our current healthcare system. Reporter oregon rolling out its own twoweek freeze. Chicagos will kick in monday and the governor of north dakota with an aboutface issuing a statewide mask mandate as their state passed 700 deaths. Our situation has changed and we must change with it. Reporter as the cdc predicts 282,000 american deaths by december 5th. The compassion that you should feel when you see that number should go beyond just a statistic. It should be thats a human being. Reporter this mississippi family lost their mother, elaine mccray, who volunteered to be a covid nurse. And dont take this virus for granted because it is very real. Reporter and san antonio couple adan and Mariah Gonzalez both among those claimed by the virus leaving their 4yearold son behind. I sometimes dont even know what to tell him. What people dont realize, how real it is until it actually hits home. Reporter now hospitals across america rapidly filling up with patients hoping to avoid that same grim fate. But doctors like Anthony Hericks in south dakota say theyre running out of room. Weve also had to at times double up patients in single bedrooms in order to make room for extra people as well. Reporter in massachusetts, the dcu center is converting into a 240bed Field Hospital again. And this weekend, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo holding an emergency summit for Northeastern State leaders as friday new york eclipsed 5,000 new cases for the First Time Since april, but the nurses at New Yorkpresbyterian Hospital in manhattan are on the road, stepping in to help with the crush of patients in utah. Nurses like Natalie Torrance returning the favor for the help they received when this pandemic first took hold. When we walked into the Emergency Room Department one morning they had written, im thankful for the new york nurses here helping, and it was a really heartwarming moment to know that our help was also appreciated and that the nurses here were really thankful to have us here. Reporter and as Governor Andrew Cuomo plans his emergency summit with northeastern leaders this weekend at least one governor, connecticuts ned lamont is in quarantine after his chief spokesperson just tested positive. Whit. Seeing a lot more of that across the country. Trevor, thank you so much. Joining us now is dr. Tom frieden, former director of the cdc. Doctor, thank you so much for joining us this morning. We do appreciate it. I want to jump right to it here. You just saw a report that coronavirus emergency hitting new record highs. Weve seen a jump in cases blamed on halloween parties. Thanksgiving less than two weeks away. How should we be planning and preparing for that . Were seeing more cases in more places than ever before. Unfortunately, the numbers are going up, and theyre going to continue to go up and get worse. Weve hit more than 60,000 people hospitalized for this virus today. And within a month that number will likely pass 100,000. Were also going to see probably 2,000 deaths per day by the end of the year. Unfortunately, this means we have to change your thanksgiving plans. Travel to places with more or less covid than what youve got in your Community Results in spread of covid. Either you may bring it there or you may get it there. Time spent with others indoors for a long period of time without masks, eating, drinking, its a formula for the spread of covid. Thanksgiving is one of our greatest holidays. Its beloved, but this year were going to have to do it differently or were going to have a very unmerry christmas. No question about that. Yesterday on this program, i spoke with one of the cochairs of joe bidens new covid advisory board, dr. Vivek murthy. He said right now the biden team is not looking at a nationwide shutdown but instead a targeted strategy where you could increase restrictions in specific hot spots. Do you agree with that approach . Absolutely. Thats the right approach. You want to be nuanced and well timed with restrictions. Nuanced meaning there are some things that you really want to try to keep open. Absolutely health care, we need people to continue to get the care that they need to the greatest extent possible. K through 6 schooling and all kids in person in school really important to try to preserve that. Id like to see shopping preserved. Retail. If people will wear mask, not go out if theyre sick, distance, not have crowding. Increased ventilation, all would be necessary to keep that open but for many parts of the country, restaurants and bars are going to have to close for Indoor Dining. This is the reality if we want to protect our parents and let our kids go to school. Sadly weve seen more schools go remote because of the rapid spread. But i want to ask you about this, we saw that press conference at the white house suggesting that a couple of vaccines could be approved by the end of the year. Pfizer says its vaccine could be as much as 90 effective. Give us a reality check here. How optimistic are about these vaccines and when could people actually get it . Its very encouraging to have this kind of progress with vaccines, but theres still a lot we dont know. We dont know how long protection lasts. We havent seen the data from pfizer. We dont know if it will protect older people. Were not certain about safety yet, so rolling a Vaccination Campaign out is going to be something that takes many months and isnt going to be simple. Twodose series, different vaccines, need to train providers, engage communities, explain to patients, track for adverse events. Its a really big job so its great progress, i agree with that and thats well done, but its only the start of a long road toward protecting people with the vaccine and unfortunately, it will not be here in time to protect most of the country in the next few months. That means weve got the future in our hands. We need to do more by masking up, avoiding crowded indoor places, if we want our kids to stay in school were going to have to skip the afterschool pizza party. If we are going to be able to have a christmas not seeing horrible headlines, were going to have to cut down on the thanksgiving contacts. Thats going to be up to all of us to put in the work. Dr. Frieden, thank you so much. We do appreciate it. Thank you. Dan, over to you. A long road ahead, he said. Lets move to politics now and were expecting to see protests in washington, d. C. , today from Trump Supporters questioning the outcome of the election. Meanwhile, president elect biden is now projected to win the state of georgia, the first time a democrat has done that in nearly 30 years, a hand count audit is under way right now across georgia. As for President Trump, he is now projected to win North Carolina with projections in now for all 50 states and d. C. The Electoral College now stands at 306 for biden and 232 for President Trump. Thats the same margin by which trump won four years ago. Abcs rachel scott is in wilmington, delaware, where the president elect is working on putting together his new administration. Rachel, good morning to you. Reporter dan, good morning. Even as joe biden cements his president ial victory, President Trump has refused to concede an election that he has lost putting a smooth transition of power on hold. With just 67 days left in office, President Trump for the first time seemed to signal that his presidency will be coming to an end. I will not go this administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully the whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be. I guess time will tell, but i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown. Reporter the president stepping into the rose garden with a promise that a Coronavirus Vaccine will soon be on the way, but warned that new yorkers may have to wait. Going after the states Governor Andrew Cuomo. With the exception of places like new york state, he wants to take his time with the vaccine. He doesnt trust where the vaccines coming from. Reporter cuomo pushing back calling trump irrelevant. What the president says is just untrue. There will be no delay. But we do have a Scientific Panel that will review the protocol that the fda went through. Reporter by the time the vaccine is available, President Trump will have no say in who gets it. Joe biden will be the president of the united states. But as trump seeks to delay the transition, the president elect is still in the dark unable to coordinate with the White House Coronavirus task force and multiple other agencies. Access to ongoing work on distribution plans, Vaccine Development that engagement directly with the agencies would significantly help our preparations to govern. Reporter biden moving forward with his own Coronavirus Task force reaching 306 projected electoral votes overnight. But only four Senate Republicans have acknowledged him as the president elect and trumps team is still not accepting the results. It would look pretty bad if he did not attend the inauguration. It would look like sour grapes, wouldnt it . Well, i think the president will attend his own inauguration. He would have to be there, in fact. Repporter trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani taking over the slew of election lawsuits, but judges in michigan and pennsylvania dismissed trumps case on voter fraud for lack of credible evidence. And while most republicans will not acknowledge joe biden as the president elect there are a growing number in the Republican Party who say he does need to get those intelligence briefings. President trumps former chief of staff john kelly saying the president does not have to concede for the transition process to start saying that any delay only hurts our national security, dan. Rachel, we know biden is working through the weekend with his Transition Team and hes made covid his priority. Hes been very clear about that. Meanwhile, the white house is dealing with its own outbreak now . Reporter yeah, this is the third outbreak in the last several months. This one coming after that Election Night watch party that President Trump hosted at the white house. At least 15 people in the white house orbit have now tested positive for the virus and this morning, sources tell us that a growing number of secret service agents, dozens of them, are now in selfisolation or selfquarantine. Eva. Rachel scott for us, thank you. Turning to the state of the economy, more than 21 million americans are claiming some form of unemployment insurance. The number of unemployed americans who are out of work six months or more increased by almost 40 last month. Now, those relying on federal assistance to get by face an uncertain future. Abcs Deirdre Bolton has the latest on what you need to know. Good morning to you, deirdre. Reporter good morning, eva. As millions of americans struggle to make ends meet, there are two federal emergency programs. Both part of the c. A. R. E. S. Act that are set to expire next month. This morning, the clock is ticking as federal relief for millions of americans is running out. Ive never been one to count on the government for help. But ive also never been one in a pandemic and had a country shut down either. Reporter Randy Williams lost his job as a manager of a casual restaurant this spring. After his state Unemployment Benefits ran out, the pandemic emergency Unemployment Compensation plan allowed him to pay his bills for an extended 13 weeks. This program is one of two that ends just weeks from now. One of the problems here is that, i mean the normal social safety net in this country has a big hole in it and usually the backup employment options are just not there so some of the longterm unemployed have very little option right now. Reporter the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program is another part of the c. A. R. E. S. Act which also expires at the end of december. It provides aid to workers who are usually left out of the system including gig workers and the selfemployed. Single mother victoria passmore was laid off from a Health Information Technology Company in june. I have to continue relying on my support system and savings and hopefully i can get a good job beforehand. Reporter democrats and republicans say they know how important these programs are but they have yet to reach an agreement. So far, both sides seem to be at an impasse. Our focus in the congress now in this lame duck continues to be on covid relief. I dont think the Current Situation demands multitrilliondollar package. Reporter but covid19 cases are growing and so are lines at food banks throughout the country. In seattle, Food Insecurity is ramping up. Americans struggling to get by. I think about that how our people are making ends meet. Reporter if you are struggling, contact your utilities companies, most have grace programs, they will work with you. Same to be said for banks for any kind of bank debt, mortgages, for example, you do have to call but the banks know they have to be flexible. They will work with you. Whit. The economic struggle continues. All right, deirdre, thank you so much. We appreciate it. A coroners report is citing likely drowning of a black teenager who was found dead in a field in louisiana. The family of Quawan Charles is demanding answers now and a full investigation after he went missing on october 30th and was found days later with marks on his face in a sugar cane field. The medical Examiners Office has said a full report can take up to 12 weeks. Tropical storm iota making it the record 30th named storm this atlantic Hurricane Season. Rob is in connecticut this morning with a look at where iota is headed. Rob, good morning to you. Good morning, dan. This is the Hurricane Season that just doesnt want to end the year, frankly, that doesnt want to end either, and iota is cooperating i guess with that theme. It is a Tropical Storm now. It is moving very slowly, in the middle of the caribbean. Here is the satellite picture southsoutheast of jamaica. It will get its act together and it will accelerate and it will take a similar path to eta with just over a week ago went right into the same area and expect a category 2 or 3 storm by late monday night, making landfall right along the border there, honduras, nicaragua, guatemala, could see another 20 to 30 inches of rainfall. That caused catastrophic flooding and mudslides and casualties the last goaround. Theyre still recovering obviously. This is not a good situation. Polar opposite of this is whats happening in the west. They had snow and rain and wind and another storm is coming into the Pacific Northwest during the day today. That will bring another batch of heavy rain, wind and snow so winter and tropics combined middle of november. Good saturday morning, waking up to some sunshine here in San Francisco, but we have a dense fog advisory through 9 00, a slight warming trend begins today and continues right through monday. Rain returns on tuesday. Highs today with a few cumulus clouds, upper 50s for you in the city, 56 Half Moon Bay so chilly there but a north westerly wind warming us up to the low 60s for you in livermore and san jose. The accuweather sevenday forecast, were slightly warmer tomorrow with more clouds in the north bay. Beautiful but chilly morning here in norwalk, connecticut. There are cars lined up in this parking lot, theyre having free covid tests. Its free. I might get one. Its free. If its free ill take free. Its free so ill let somebody put a qtip into my brain. Thats rob marciano. We need that before you come back in the studio, rob. We do miss you. I know. I know. Weather is actually delaying a historic space launch. Crew1 is now set to lift off sunday. Abcs gio benitez is at Cape Canaveral with the significance of this mission. Good morning to you, gio. Reporter hey, eva, good morning to you. It is a dark and dreary day here at the Kennedy Space center in florida. Thats exactly why this launch cannot happen today. Its been pushed to tomorrow, but it is no less historic. This morning, the final preparations are under way as we count down to the historic launch from floridas space coast. Nearly six months after that successful test mission in may ignition, liftoff of the falcon 9 crew dragon. Go, nasa. Go, spacex. Reporter nasa and spacex will do it again tomorrow but this time with a full fourastronaut crew intent on staying on the International Space station for about six months. They were absolutely excited and you could just feel the radiant excitement coming off of them and you could just feel the energy from the crew. Reporter shannon walker, victor glover, mike hopkins and Soichi Noguchi who named their vessel resilience for 2020s hardship also last off sunday night for a 28hour journey, 240 miles above earth. Their research, nasa says, is critical. We are advancing, you know, medicine using the microgravity of space in ways you cannot do in the gravity of earth compounding pharmaceuticals, we are advancing immunizations. These are the kind of things that are transformational for life on earth. Reporter for glover, it will be a first trip to space but he will also make history as the first black astronaut to stay on the iss for a longterm mission. Its hard to put it into words really. I mean, the thought of flying in here and rocketing out is just surreal. It really is. Reporter and noguchi will become the first astronaut to have flown aboard three different spaceships. So the launch is scheduled for tomorrow night, 7 27 p. M. , and how ready are these astronauts to get up in space . Well, were told theyve already activated their out of office email replies. Guys, back to you. Thats very out of office. That is really attending to every last detail. I love it. Gio, thank you very much. Heres a disturbing question, though, could american schools be headed for another lockdown as coronavirus cases rise all over this country . And former nfl linebacker Emmanuel Acho is tackling racism in america through Uncomfortable Conversations with a black man, now sharing with us the conversation that made him the most uncomfortable. Plus, breaking barriers in the mlb. Kim ngs journey to general manager. Well be right back. Good morning america is sponsored by chickfila nuggets. 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Good morning, everybody, im liz kreutz, Golden Gate Fields in berkeley has paused racing because of an increase in covid19 cases. 24 cases have been confirmed since october 30th, and people working in the stable area. While the racetrack is closed the facilities will be cleaned and all workers will be tested. Racing is expected to start up again after november 20th. All right, lets get a check of the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, hi, everyone, lots of fog out there. Here in San Francisco we have the sunshine, 49. In san jose, visibility reduced to about nothing in the north bay, though, this is our east bay hills camera, 43 in napa, 45 in livermore. Be careful out there, in fact, just over a mile in san jose, three miles in hayward. Highs 50s to low 60s with plenty of sun. Liz . Thanks for joining us, the news continues right now with Good Morning America. Ernest hemingway wrote the old man and the sea at 52 Satchel Paige was still dominating batters at 59. Celia cruz was still winning grammys at 77 john wheeler illuminated our ideas of the universe at 70 and roger crouch was 56 when he first went into space your best is yet to come beeping sound now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down and id like to take a minute just sit right there ill tell you how i became the prince of a town called bel air love that. Cant help but dance when the music comes on. Welcome back to gma on this saturday morning. Its been 30 years since the fresh prince made his journey from philly to bel air. Coming up in pop news, janai has more details on the casts longawaited reunion. Yes. Your dancing was pretty good, i have to say. Little pop and lock. A little pop and lock. I think theres more popping. Dislocated my old shoulder injury. Right, its hard to do pop and lock when you have bursitis. More lock than pop. All right, lets take a look at some of the other big stories were following this morning. Happening right now, the surging coronavirus pandemic, coronavirus cases here in the u. S. Nearing 1 million in a single week and we have just shattered the daily record again with more than 193,000 new cases reported in just 24 hours. Several state and local officials have announced new lockdowns, pauses, freezes, and other restrictions in an effort to stop the spread as hospitals across this country are now reaching capacity. Also right now, a convicted killer has been caught after nearly 50 years on the run. Leonard moses was serving a life sentence when he escaped custody while attending his grandmothers funeral in pittsburgh back in 1971. The fbi catching up to him and arresting him in michigan where he was living under a different name for decades. And we are looking at a live view of Augusta National golf course where day three of the masters will take place. You can watch all of the action on espn2 and espn plus and today is also a big day for College Football with Gameday College Gameday going live from the masters starting at 9 00 a. M. Eastern on espn and then on espn when the masters wraps. Its makes me dream of Pimento Cheese sandwiches. How did you get there . Because they serve them at the masters. Come on. Dan pays close attention and follows the masters very closely. If its not about Downton Abbey then i cant. Of course. We start this halfhour with the growing concerns the exploding pandemic may force more schools to go all online. Parents, teachers and students all facing the harsh realities as cases in their communities climb. Abcs zohreen shah has more. Reporter this morning, as coronavirus cases surge, schools across the country are weighing whether to go back to Remote Learning. In new york city, mayor bill de blasio warning Public Schools currently in hybrid schedules may have to go all remote as early as monday due to a rise in cases nearing new yorks 3 threshold. Parents should have a plan for the rest of the month of november. I think thats the safe way to think about it. Reporter the change would affect over a million students, the largest Public School district in the country, and parents are worried. There is no benefit for little children like under lets say 8 being on zoom. Its not good for Mental Health as far as for children and for parents, its a lot of pressure and a lot of balancing and juggling. Reporter more and more schools making the difficult choice to switch. By the time we get into the next semester the majority of School Districts around the country will be doing online learning. Reporter experts say 70 of Public School students nationwide including those doing Virtual Learning in a hybrid model are remote. From big cities to small, officials are weighing tougher safety protocols. In spearfish, south dakota, Remote Learning is now on the table because of a spike in cases. You can drive around and you can see the carloads of kids, no one in masks getting together on the weekends or weekdays. It just i have an issue telling our kids that you cant be inperson school when i see whats going on in our community. Reporter in arkansas, fifth grade teacher janice milken is hospitalized with covid. Shes been on a ventilator for weeks and unable to speak and and her daughter speaking to gma overnight. She is a teacher, a mom, a grandmother, you know, shes my best friend. Being on the receiving end of someone i care about so greatly being as sick as she has been, i would definitely not recommend inperson learning. Reporter so imagine an entire year of Virtual Learning. That is exactly whats happening right here in seattle. They started remote classes way back in midmarch. A School Spokesperson tells me its going to be that way until at least february. Eva. Zohreen, thank you so much. So many families dealing with this. What is the best way to learn right now . Well, lets turn gears and check in with rob marciano with a check of our weather. He is outside in connecticut this morning. Hey, rob. Hey, i can tell you the best way not to learn is to have this daddy do homeschool. I struggle greatly with that. Thank goodness for your wife. Im not a teacher. God bless the teachers. Yes, erin is much better than i am. Although i try. And we got some things done. Lets do what i do a little better, weather. We have snow across parts of the cascades and we talked about these two systems that are coming through the northwest. This caused some problems and there and also i84. La grande, tractor trailers at a standstill there in eastern oregon. Look at all these alerts for the next storm coming in. We have high wind alerts with the first one thats plowing through the midwest right now. All the way into new york state. So heavy rain getting into chicago, green bay today and then tomorrow gets into detroit, and then eventually here into the northeast as a strong, fastmoving front heads east. Good saturday morning from san rafael, some sunshine here, looking to be a nice day with numbers from the upper 50s coast side to the low 60s inland so its milder than its been, still slightly cooler, t t t t t this Weather Report sponsored by progressive insurance. Would love to have an insurance policy in case we do shut down again and that would bring a tutor in to teach my kid for homeschooling. Get on that policy. Yeah. Yeah, thats the platinum plan. Rob, thank you. Exactly. Heres whats coming up on gma. Former nfl linebacker Emmanuel Acho discusses race in america and his new book which is is called Uncomfortable Conversations with a black man. 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I spoke to him about all of this overnight and he answered some of your questions. Welcome to another episode of Uncomfortable Conversations with a black man. Reporter with more than 70 million hits on youtube, Emmanuel Acho is meeting a moment. The former nfl linebackers video series, Uncomfortable Conversations with a black man, tackling the toughest questions about race. In your opinion, whats the best way to move forward with this conversation . I think that its best that we raise our kids to see color. Reporter now its expanding and digger even deeper with acho writing a book of the same name. I sat down with him to ask your questions from twitter and to find out why his message is striking such a chord right now. Would it be safe to say that a core part of your message here is we as a culture need to get more comfortable with discomfort because we need to have these conversations if were going to move past this . It is uncomfortable at first. But when you do it long enough it becomes comfortable. What kind of conversations do you think we should be having after the election through which we all lived . Lets get back to unity. There is a core and central humanity that we need to get back to. Do you feel any different as a black man in america after this election . I just feel a sense of peace, at least the chaos, the public chaos, the visceral chaos has died down. There is quite a bit of debate around this question of white privilege, in particular, i know youve heard from folks who are white and dont feel privileged at all because they may have grown up economically disadvantaged. White privilege is not saying your life hasnt been hard but and your skin color hasnt contributed to the difficulty of your life. You can be white and still have a difficult life. So many people would counter that, well, i didnt grow up with money. My parents had to work hard. I am not privileged. Right. What would you say to that . I would say that i was under that impression too. We put out a call on social media asking people to give us questions for you. One of them is, what does joe biden have to do in his first 100 days to demonstrate his administration will be progressively moving toward racial equalization . Education is not all created equal amongst the high school and Junior High School and middle School Educational system so i would love to see a true dedicated energy and effort towards equality amongst education. This one comes from moment of truth and the question is, have you ever gotten uncomfortable during an uncomfortable conversation . The most uncomfortable question i ever had or time i was in, i asked a sweet black adopted black girl named story, i asked her while she was sitting with her white adopted parents do you ever think about or wish that your parents raising you were black or looked more like you . No, because um, thats a hard question. Whew. Take your time. No, because, like, i love my parents. Thankfully story simply said i just want my parents to love me for me and they do that. So that the tension immediately left. How optimistic are you Going Forward . I can take hope in the fact that people of all ages of multiple races are still opening up their mind and trying to bring forth reconciliation. Really appreciate Emmanuel Achos time and glad that he can take hope in the face of all the difficulties facing this nation right now. And heres whats coming up on gma after the break. A historic hire. How kim ng became the first female general manager in Major League Baseball. Thats the sport with where you bat. Bat. And a ball. Bat. And a ball. And along the way, we noticed something was missing. A warm cinnamon roll for breakfast, or with breakfast. A fluffy blueberry muffin, from the drive thru youre already driving through. A glazed apple fritter, which might find its way into your coffee. 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Going from an intern to general manager. But this one is even more special because kim ng is making history. This morning, a historic first for americas pastime. The Miami Marlins shattering baseballs gender barrier by hiring kim ng as their general manager. This milestone making ng who is the current mlb Vice President of operations not only the first woman an asianamerican gm in Major League Baseball but the first woman in any of the four major u. S. Sports to hold the position. The new york native saying in a statement, when i got into this business, it seemed unlikely a woman would lead a Major League Team but im dogged in the pursuit of my goals. What kim is showing us is that that hard work, that dedication to the task that no amount of sexism, no amount of misogyny, none of that is going to stop someone who wants a job like this. Reporter ng, a fixture in the league for the last 30 years, starting off as an intern for the Chicago White sox before working her way to assistant gm for two of the sports biggest franchises, the l. A. Dodgers and new york yankees, during their threeyear title run with her now boss derek jeter. Mlb commissioner rob manfred highlighting the significance of this announcement saying, this sets a significant example for the millions of women and girls who love baseball and softball. In an interview with sportsnet earlier this year, ng emphasizing why women should be considered. As we see, you know, female world leaders, ceos, secretaries of state, theres no reason that there shouldnt be a woman general manager. Reporter shes now joining a group of women who are changing the game. All it takes is one and then it opens the door for so many. Reporter in the nfl, kate sowers was the first woman to coach at the super bowl earlier this year and in the nba eight women were recently hired as assistant coaches and six women seven women working many front office roles. And support pouring in on social media including from former First Lady Michelle Obama who said, so excited to see kim ng named first woman and first asianamerican in the mlb adding ill be cheering you on. Also worth noting that this year we have seen Alyssa Nakken become the first mlb coach and Melanie Newman became the orioles first female playbyplay broadcaster so a lot of historymaking. And a good girl power moment. Right back with your play of the day. Stay with us. And ask your doctor about biktarvy. Biktarvy is a complete, onepill, onceaday treatment used for hiv in certain adults. Its not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights hiv to help you get to and stay undetectable. 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Hes the Senior Team Manager but tommy, who has autism took the field on the first play to score that touchdown right there. This was a coordinated move by both teams. Tommys enthusiasm for the game and his team drawing praise from his entire school there. The celebration, teachers and teammates, even capturing the attention of some nfl players. Hey, ball out today. Im watching you and youre a big fan of mine. Im a big fan of yours. Continue to keep playing your heart out, man. Love that. Inspiring story there. Great to see the team rallying around him. Both teams. Both teams. Really cool. Really cool. Coming up on gma, with coronavirus cases hitting new highs, the new pauses, freezes and other restrictions in place across the country. Hillsong church launching an investigation into its new York City Branch after firing disgraced celebrity pastor carl lentz. And a double dose of deals steals. Some classic oprah favorites. Stay with us. Are you going to do an interpretative dance . 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Hi, everyone, starting out with clouds and fog, kind of an interesting view from our exploratorium camera, 49 downtown, 45 in mountain view. And a breeze with the northerly wind keeping us chilly in the north bay, dry us out throughout the afternoon. 45 by the delta and visibility is reduced in novato, napa, half mile and hayward and over a mile in san jose. A lot of clouds hanging out there. Continuing to lift throughout the midmorning hours, 63 in oakland today, a little cool but warmer than yesterday, also low 60s in san jose, about mid60s and tomorrow looking slightly warmer, liz . Lisa, thank you. Up next, no more Indoor Dining in San Francisco, starting today, but Restaurant Owners are concerned about our Retirement Plan with voya gives us confidence. We can spend a bit now, knowing were prepared for the future. Surprise we renovated the guest room, so you can live with us. Im good at my condo. Well planned, well invested, well protected. Voya. Be confident to and through retirement. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. Indoor dining is now banned in San Francisco, restaurants are scrambling to try to find options for Outdoor Dining as winter months are fast approaching, this comes as the city announced a 250 increase in coronavirus cases in just the last month, forcing officials to make this tough decision. Good morning, everybody, its saturday, november 14th, im liz kreutz, thank you for joining us, we are joining now instead of Good Morning America because bringing you College Football at 9 00 a. M. Much more on the Indoor Dining ban and how Restaurant Owners are coping in a just a moment. But first lets start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen