0 and that is about to be over, he will have his very own star. if judge judy can get a star, so should the guy who voiced the iron giant. that is all for the lead. i m john berman filling in for jake tapper. now for a guy who deserves many stars, i turn you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. happ happening now, a million people a year die from malaria, 200 million people become sick. there s been no vaccine until now. researchers announce a promising break through. 15 square miles of southern california go up in flames. firefighters battle a huge wildfire. we re going to the front lines. and cnn s sanjay gupta has been working on a special report on marijuana and he s had a change of heart about what we call weed. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin with fast-moving wildfire raging out of control in southern california. it s already scorched more than 10,000 acres. it s forced at least 1,500 people to evacuate from their homes. hundreds of
well, good morning to you. i m dave clark. i m tori campbell. it s thursday, december 9th. there s some light rain this morning. streets are still wet and there s also fog. tori, that s correct. dave, good morning, everyone. we do have some rain. more of it is beginning to move back in. there s fog. there will be a lot of fog into the forecast, not only today but how that impacts the weekend. we ll have that coming up a little later. thank you, steve. 7:01. delay, complications and cost increases, words that have been associated with the bay bridge project. but that s not the case this morning. the new span could open sooner than expected. jade hernandez just spoke with caltrans. reporter: caltrans has a plan in place to alert drivers about what this means for commuters at the first of the year. the new east span of the bay bridge is expected to open four to six months early. initially they thought it would be finished 2010. now it s 2013. steel deliveries have arri