First we have to talk about these cold temperatures this morning. It is a downright cold morning. It is and weve had to bundle up. Some of us had to turn on the heaters this morning. Some cool afternoons as well with a lot of sunshine. The rain has moved out. Im watching these freeze warnings that we have in effect for parts of the north bay and frost advisories. So the plants need to be taken care of. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, its looking great. Were looking at no problems on the big map as we showed you. The dumbarton bridge got wind advisories from chp saying they got gusty conditions overnight an issue for folks driving over i80. Marcus you have an issue some of my drivers might see. Breaking news, mike. This is a live look where firefighters are in the midst of battling a fire at the Georgia Pacific paper plant. Crews are pulling out what they can. That thick cloud of smoke and you can see there the waterspout right there. Smoke has cleared. New cardboard boxes is whats on fire. The structures are burning. There are no injuries reported. Firefighters expect to be out there all day and the drivers may be able to see the smoke on the road or the glow from interstate 580 during that morning commute. Bob redell will have more at the bottom of this hour. The hard work begins for joe biden and Kamala Harris as they launch the president ial transition team. Nbc projected bidens win in pennsylvania early friday. Biden at more than nine more electoral votes than the 270 needed. The final votes are counted, biden continues to hold the lead over President Trump in georgia and arizona. Joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris will lay out their transition strategy starting with whats easily the highest priority, the coronavirus pandemic. Today in the bays tracie potts with a look at the challenges they are facing. Good morning, tracie . Reporter lots of challenges, laura and marcus, but they are focused on coronavirus as we take a live look at the white house, the place where they are trying to prepare to get to. There are thousands of people, more than 4,000, identified for federal jobs in a biden administration, jobs mostly that do not need senate approval. And theyve named cochairs of the Coronavirus Advisory Group for the president elected. They include a former fda commissioner and former u. S. Surgeon general. It starts with a Coronavirus Briefing this morning. An announcement to the American People about how hes going to make good on these campaign promises. Reporter president elect biden naming new members of his Coronavirus Task force making remarks on the virus and the economy, working on a plan to begin january 20th. That plan will be built on bedrock science, constructed out of compassion, empathy and concern. Reporter meantime the Trump Campaign is promising a new round of lawsuits today challenging Election Results. In nevada they claim dead people voted and machines could not verify signatures. We pointed out that the voter rolls had a lot of improper voters, and we pointed out the signature verification process were not going to protect the system. Reporter President Trump tweeting since when does the Mainstream Media call who our next president will be . Certified results could take weeks. Candidates have the ability to request a recount. We are preparing for that. Reporter some republicans are warning the president to tone down his language. When you say that the election was corrupt or stolen or rigged thats rhetoric that gets picked up around the world. Reporter republicans pressing the president to back up his allegations. Show us. We cant do this. We cant back you blindly without evidence. Reporter so far theres not much. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. We are updating state and local races. Head to nbcbayarea. Com, click on decision 2020. Its all in our trending bar. Ten days is all it took for the u. S. To move from 9 million to 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases. The u. S. Passed the new threshold, california has had nearly 1 million infections with the number of deaths approaching 18,000. Big news in the race for a vaccine. Drug maker pfizer says its coronavirus virus is more than 90 effective. Drug makers are scrambling to find and develop a vaccine. Of the two dose vaccine its seen no serious safety and health concerns. It plans to have enough to vaccinate 15 million to 20 million people. Weve been checking in with kari hall this morning. A winter blast coming. A little shock to the system. Who wants to dine al fresco when its so cold outside . Lets check in with today in the bay in san jose with how some of these Restaurant Owners are handling it. I guess they have to break out the heaters. Reporter we know that a lot of our businesses are trying to do what they can to adjust as well working to add outside heaters if they can find them. They are in short supply and reinforcing their outdoor tents so they dont lose them. The risk of covid by dining inside. I wont be standing outside. I will be going inside. Reporter now salons and gyms are dealing with restaurants that limited indoor capacity and trying to show clients they can meet their needs in their outdoor settings even as the weather starts to turn more wintry. The head of the white house Coronavirus Task force, dr. Anthony fauci, is warning across the nation the cold weather could bring a spike as people start to gather indoors. You did hear us reporting that threshold that we hit over the last couple of days. Santa clara county added 358 new covid cases and six more people died. Two years since the deadliest wildfire in state history rebuilding has barely begun. The campfire destroyed the town of paradise destroying some 14,000 homes. At least 500 more families still living in rvs. Paradise is included in pg es recent 13. 5 billion wildfire settle ment. The first payments are expected to arrive before thanksgiving. If youre hoping for a sneak peek of the master plan, now is your chance. Two amendments for the plan bay area 2040, more efficient transportation network. Transit leaders will take Public Comments at a hearing one month from today. A live look outside. It is a chilly start across much of the bay area and, of course coming in to work today 36 degrees. Cold out there. Some parts saw hail. You could see gloomy skies and tiny ice chunks on the ground. And i was looking through my window, what is going on . We welcome this. We havent had a lot of wet weather in a long time. Its been so long. Were going to get that in the forecast. Right now the weather is calming down and chilling down as we look at our current it temperatures near freezing as well as parts of the north bay and a look at redwood city. Not sure if thats the correct reading but it is below freezing. Well talk more about that in a few minutes. Probably cold. Its in martinez as we look at highway 4. Theres a series of traffic breaks. They have to clear sand off the roadway that is an issue. They are heading west to the coming skyways. A smooth drive for the rest of the bay. Bundle up. Back to you. Thats true. Gone but never forgotten. Still ahead at 5 25 the life and legacy of iconic jeopardy host alex trebek. Plus, youve heard the news right from laura. We appear to have what seems to be a working vaccine. Wall street is going bananas. And just in time for christmas oaklands favorite things list is here. Well tell you the bay area products making the cut. Well talk about it on the other side of the break. Youre watching today in the bay. 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We are tracking all things joe biden. He is the next president , weve talked about his coronavirus efforts and his congressional leadership talking with congressional leadership about getting some kind of coronavirus stimulus passed. In some ways it may be easier President Trump seems to have stopped getting involved in the effort. Republicans and democrats still seem far apart on the issue. Nancy pelosi pushing for a large encompassing bill. Mitch mcconnell in the senate only willing to work with a smaller targeted bill. Mcconnell and biden have a good working relationship or they have in the past. The thing biden has no control over is the budget. The government is running out of money and that will be congress biggest priority. A look at the dow on the open and they are just crazy. Investors are bananas over the news. There is a possible working vaccine. Pfizer says it prevents infection in more than 90 of the cases. That could lift stocks more than 5 . This is amazing news. Norwegian air says its future is uncertain. Its flying 21 airplanes. It used to fly out of the bay area with really low fares. Now concentrates on europe. And virgin hyper loop has successfully tested. They went about a third of a mile in a few seconds. Thats how long the tube they were traveling in was built. This can get you to San Francisco from l. A. In an hour. I push become on that. Remember, highspeed rail was going to be about that fast or two hours. You can already get to l. A. In less than two hours. They call it an airplane. Very true. But its so fun to be in a tube. 5 18. Bay area businesses certainly worried about the pandemics impact on their bottom line this holiday season. A new study finds nearly seven in ten people have no plans to increase their spending at local merchants this year. About half dont plan to spend at all. Trending this morning if youre looking for a gift over the holidays, look no further than oprahs favorite things list which the magazine just released. Oakland based red bay coffee company, the second is cast iron dutch oven from aeshakyesha cur. Step on my head when im drowning. What do you mean what . This is completely against the rules. Talking about the wedding crasher rules. They are in discussions to update the 2005 hit film and the conversations are starting to get more serious. Anything to make you laugh right now. That will be worth it. Hey, anything to keep you warm. Youre cracking me up this morning, marcus. Youre officially a californian. Its so cold outside. Its 60, its cold. 38 right there were reading. It is cold. Especially in our standards. It was great to see the active weather and a nice little change for us because its been so warm. Now it has cleared out and were still seeing some storm systems further to the north. Here is a look at our temperatures and where were starting. We do have a frost advisory as we go into late morning and the afternoon were not going to do a whole lot better here. Were going to make it into the 50s and a few spots reaching 60 degrees. A big change compared to early last week as we go into this evening commute and problem the time heading out for a walk. Only some mid50s across the bay area. Another chilly night not only tomorrow morning. As we go through the forecast we can looking at still some dry weather but we see a storm system arriving. The highest chances of rain and the most measurable rain will be in parts of the north bay. Let me show you what the models are putting down now. This may change. A couple storm systems moving in. The rest of the bay measuring close to half an inch of rain. Were not going to warm up much. Staying in the 60s all throughout the rest of the week. Mike, how is it looking for the morning commute . Looking crisp and clear. A smooth drive and a nice flow of traffic with the green sensors taking you out 84. Folks made their way out of the Altamont Pass and now are cutting down to 680. Wind advisory through the altamont. A note for gusts out there. A little slowing and the arrow shows you a quick look there. Over into San Francisco. Right back to you. Thank you so much, mike. 5 23 right now. Growing concerns for the most at risk. Next on today in the bay states already hard hit by covid19 now dealing with a growing problem of nursing home outbreaks. The rising death toll among patients and where california stands in this crisis. Plus, Tropical Storm eta batters south florida overnight. The latest on the damage done. This is jeopardy alex trebek, the iconic gem did i quiz show host for 37 years suddenly died yesterday. Trebek died at the age of 80 surrounded by family and friends. 20 months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The news brought people together yesterday at his star on the hollywood walk of fame. Visitors took photos. You see them placing flowers there. Episodes will continue to air through christmas day. That was quite the show, marcus. Lets turn back to our pandemic coverage. Nursing home patients are being hit hard in 20 states where the cases are surging. Cases up fourfold since may. California not among the hardest hit states. Happening now Tropical Storm eta still gaining strength after making landfall in the florida keys overnight. A look at where the storm is right now and a live look in miami where forecasters warn it could still become a hurricane. Theyre bracing for that. 5 28 right now. Up next, joe biden and Kamala Harris road to victory. A live report on day one of president elect bidens transition. The Bay Area School district getting the green light to bring back inperson learning. Well talk about it. 5 28. Hows everybody doing . Hey you guys. Hi its time to lean on each other. All of you guys, so much great support. And laugh with each other. laughs cheers lets do it together. With caregiving chats and more. Come find us at aarp. Org nearyou a fire at a paper plant spreading smoke for miles. Our crew is live at the scene with new information on that firefight. Plus that plan will be built on the bedrock of science. President elect joe biden is naming new members of the Coronavirus Task force. Bay area scientists and doctors making that list. And returning to the classroom. More Bay Area School districts get the light to in order forward. The new guidelines teachers and students will need to follow. Today in the bay continues right now. Thank you for joining us. Many of you waking up to those cold temperatures. If you havent stepped outside and dont know, put on a coat first. A cold one. And you probably dont even need to step outside. Our temperatures have been cooling off and we feel it indoors, too. Feeling better today. The forecast coming back on thursday but were watching the frost advisories and freeze warnings that we have especially for the north bay. Well talk more. Any issues for the morning commute . No, its my issue. I forgot to enter the toll bridge. An easy drive. The map shows you the same thing. A few more cars getting through the area. I did want to show everybody else a big view of the bay. Little blips of red. Well talk slowing there as well. 5 32 and breaking news this morning, firefighters still at the scene of an overnight fire at an east bay paper plant. Any idea how this started, bob . Reporter no idea from fire. Whats burning are a bunch of cardboard boxes. You can see the smoke a couple hundred yards behind us around 10 40 last night. The exit off 880 near alvarado street and a look at what this looks like earlier. They tell us they create the corrugated boxes you would use to pack fruits and vegetables. Its flammable material. What you heard behind me was a bulldozer the Fire Department had out here i presume to try to spread out the boxes or create some sort of fire break back there. The Fire Department expects to be out here most of the day. If youre driving through the san leandro area along 880 possibly even 580 this is something you might see through the morning and possibly into the afternoon. A headsup if thats what it is. Its just cardboard boxes. No structures. Everyone is okay. The plant was shut down last night so they will reopen sunday morning. Bob redell, today in the bay. After becoming president elect joe biden will move forward with one of his top priorities. Assembling a Pandemic Task force. Local connections to this allimportant team were just announced. Cierra . Reporter while he was campaigning president elect joe biden said tackling covid would be one of the toughest battles his administration would have to face and he would do so with science and experts. Several have come here from the bay area, ucsf. Three local physicians named to the covid Advisory Board that will advise them. Dr. Kessler was named cochair on the task force and is a professor of pediatric and epidemiology and biostatistics. He was appointed by george h. W. Bush and reappointed by bill clinton. Other team members include dr. Robert rodriguez. He was on the frontline in the Emergency Department and icu of trauma centers. And the ucsf school and was the founding director of the ryan white care act, and the office during the obama administration. Local epidemiology experts say the next administrations task force is crucial and coordinating not only medical innovations but gain the public to buy into this plan. Hearing Different Things from different groups will confuse everyone and were not going to on january 21st or the day after were not going to be where we want to be. Reporter and president elect joe biden will name these and several others late they are morning. 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