With legal challenges and rebuffing calls to concede. That word is not in our vocabulary. The trump apoin see so far refusing to authorize the resources to help the biden team ramp up a transition work. And supporters including Senate Majority leader mcconnell are standing by the president. President trump is 100 within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities. Some Establishment Republicans are congratulating the new president elect. Including former president george bush and senator romney. The jockying continuing today Vice President pence leading the Trump Administration first Covid Task Force meeting in three weeks. As news breaks of more covid infections at the white house. Housing and urban development secretary. Testing positive. The first known case to hit the president s cabinet. While president elect biden lays out goals for the first 100 days in office. Rejoining the World Health Organization and paris climate accord. President trump is planning rallies. What happens in california. Who replaces Kamala Harris in the senate . The decision is solely up to governor newsom. He spept the weekend focusing on covid19 and not the replacement. He has criteria. I want to make sure its inclusive. And we are considerate of peoples points of view. And we are in the middle of that. This will be one of the most important decisions that lt governor makes. Theres a major push in the Latino Community and leaders to name a latino to replace senator harris. Among the high profile options secretary of state. And attorney general. The governor expressed pride at the talent biden is choosing from california to serve on the covid19 board. Three doctors from ucsf. A cochair of the task force. Professor of paid yatic and epidemiology and commissioner under president bush and clinton. Emergency room and icu expert. And Infectious Disease expert who worked on aid policy under obama white house. Thanksgiving is right around the corner. The question now how do we enjoy the holiday while staying safe durlg the pandemic . Health officers from most counties issue joint guidelines today for staying safe. They focus on thousand deal with gatherings and travel. Giving advice on how to reduce risk. Avoid large family gatherings. The safe thing to do is stick with members your household and visit others virtually. If you do gather with family, wear masks. Keep distance. And stay out doors. This is hard to do. Especially with the temperatures dropping. Keep gatherings small and short. Avoid traveling long distances. Be prepared fo quarantine. The new guidelines come as some counties see a spike in covid19 cases again. That includes santa clara. The arch number of cases since may. The cases climb here through the next if months until they hit the peak in midjuly. At 268. Average on july 15. Since then the numbers of cases slowly dropping down to average low. This is late september. Of 95. Then cases steadily rise all of october. Now the average 139. With winter and the holiday approaches theres potential trouble ahead. The strategy is about to change. The moves counties plan on making. Well. You just showed us the numbers. They are starting to go up. That is alarming some state officials. Now, because those cases are going up they decided they need to change things and make a move. Maybe move into the more restrictive tier. Lets go over some of the numbers. 358 new cases reported in the county on sunday. And the number of hospitalization is up too. It is not completely clear exactly what is driving this sharp surge. That were seeing everywhere. Its possible that we are about a week plus out from halloween. Its possible that we are all experiencing pandemic fatigue. As we have been at this for a long time. Covid fatigue. People are socializing and family gathering. People arent wearing mask. State Officials Say were slacking off when it comes to coronavirus protocol. Health officer says the recent increase cases involving younger adults between 18 and 35. There are certain regions that are seeing more cases. Similar to other surges there are particular communities in our county that are seeing a share of cases. That include East San Jose and gilroy. It comes down to getting back to basics. Slow the spread. Vigilant. Wear a mask. Practice social distancing. Also asking businesses to adhere to safety protocol. There is a team out that is going to be really reinforcing going to businesses to make sure they are enforcing the safety protocol. And there are violations being given out. The bottom line is we really have to go back to Health Officer states and felt and acted in march. When we first were really in the middle of this pandemic. And shutting things down. If we want to keep things open we have to act. Tomorrow well expect to hear from state officials if which counties will be moved in to a more restrictive tier. That always happens on a tuesday. You can probably expect it will change tomorrow. On a whole we have to lock at the numbers. Positive rate in october was like 25, 27. Now 3. 7. The numbers are going in the wrong direction. We have to rethink our thanksgiving and holiday mans. The next six to eight weeks will be challenging. Is this the big announcement we have been waiting for . Shock waves through the stock market and tech labs everywhere. The company says early results show the vaccine may have a 90 effective rating. They have a vaccine here. For comparison that is better than the flu shot. And most childhood illness vaccines. Business and tech reporter explains what comes next and why theres a lot to be answered. The news from the lab was a thunder clap. Pfizer of america and germany announce their Coronavirus Vaccine candidate was more than 90 successful in phase three trial. This is extraordinarily good news. Better than we expected. Doctors here and over the world reacted with optimism we have not heard in eight months. If all thats right its all good news. It means well have a vaccine that is ready for approval in four to eight weeks. Bay Area Companies also working towards a vaccine. Called the news encouraging for everyone. We all agree that whoever gets there first thats great. Its not really a race against each other. But a race together. To get to a point where we can put an end to covid. That race is far from over. These are only preliminary results meaning more testing has to be done. Then comes the biggest challenge. Trying to secure enough doses. These Pfizer Vaccines require two shots, two doses. It requires the doses to be dosed with 21 day phasing between each shot. Theres the cold factor. This vaccine has to be kept at minus 70 degrees celsius. Colder than most. Which means it will be a challenge to store and transport. Something scientists tell us theyre already working on. Where did fall go . If it feels like winter. A clear and cool day today. After a chilly morning. And you may have seen this. A light dusting of snow. Left on the peaks. Including the observatory. Its going to be chillier tonight. Should i say frosty . Definitely appropriate. I know people probably enjoy the colder blast of air. It made it refreshing. Extra kick in your step. And through tonight and tomorrow morning we are keeping that cold weather with us. The big focus of the freeze warning is right here. You can see it opt map. In purple. A closer look here and looking at 30s for the areas in purple across the bay area. Just some simple stuff to remember. Dress in layers. Wear a hat. Bring the pets inside. And check opt sensitive plants. Tonight 38 in santa rose. Rolling through tomorrow morning, watch these numbers dip. 36 in san jose. 35 liver more. 34 concord. 31 napa. Well have more on cold and yes something we want to see, more chances of rain. If you cant tell im excited about that. Ill go over what could be coming our way. Well see you shortly. It is sweater weather. Thank you. South bay couple accused of kidnapping a man and forcing him to work long hours with without any pay. Making the east bay proud. We talk with some of Kamala Harriss childhood friends about early years in the bay area. You know this. We have talked about this possibility not just for months but years. Now its actually happening. Kamala harris is making history. Berkeley and oakland are along for the ride through this. To see the photograph of the three little girls. And two of them children of immigrants. Ballet class brought Kamala Harris and her together. Squinting and miling for the camera at a birthday party. We knew each other when we were young. Our mothers stayed in touch. Her mother is a doctor. Iranian american researcher. Kamala said my mom is a scientist. Its no wonder they sparked a friendship. Born in india. Both women broke down barriers by immigrating to berkeley. In search of a better education. She was very opinioned. And very just. She passed away of cancer at age 70. The last time she saw kamala was back when she was california district attorney. Two years after her mother had passed away. I showed her the picture. And she totally recognized it. It reminded her of her mother. Who is important to her. On saturday when she walked up to the podium in delaware. As the nations Vice President elect. Her childhood friend became a symbol of hope for girls and young women everywhere. Its really inspiring. I have a daughter who is turning 21. And seeing kamala be the Vice President it makes her hopeful and she might want to go into politics. Both inspiring families. Beautiful story. It has happened again. For at least the fifth time in seven years a specific south bay bank has been robbed. They hit wells far go on homestead road again this morning. Police say three people armed with guns hit bank after 9 00. They managed to get away with 200,000 in cash. Police found the get away car. So far no robbers. Stunning details in the case of the south bay couple accused of human trafficking. Nay were arraigned today. They are accused of locking a man in their liquor store and forcing him to work 15 hour shifts, seven days a week for free. Investigators say the victim slept in a storage room and bathed in a mop bucket. Prosecutors claim the husband and wife lured the undocumented worker here from india and used deportation from reporting the abuse. A Bay Area Food Bank got a big gift. The food bank has been holding food give aways throughout the pandemic. And shifting focus to thanksgiving. Today foster farms donating 1,000 turkeys to the food bank. The need in our community has almost doubled. We are serving 55,000 households which is nearly double what we were doing prepandemic. Remember early in the pandemic we were focusing so much about people going to the food bank. That need still there. Workers will distribute the turkeys over the next couple weeks. Families in need. Please help out. The food drive is launching. Its freezing in some places. It is. That weather is making it feel like thanksgiving will be around the corner. So any kind of help you can give would be great. Were doing a holiday food drive where you can find more online. Lets get into the weather. What a big change we have had. Over the past four to five days. We had a cold blast of air arrive this weekend. And rainfall. Not a lot. But anywhere from two tenths of an inch. We are currently finding dry conditions. Again, more rain chances ahead. Lets move it into the top story. That is the freeze warning. The areas in purple that is where well see the coldest temperatures. Moving through tomorrow morning. 30s here and napa. So this is common sense stuff. We tend to forget it. Dress in layers. That helps to trap heat pockets next to your body. Wearing a hat can help. Bring the pets inside and check on the sensitive plants. You might need to cover them up. Temperatures around freezing. How low are we going to go . The morning forecast. Average here around 38 for the south bay. 40 for the peninsula. And the trivalley at 36. A jacket all around with mostly clear skies. And the number one chill here for the north bay 32. And well have the chance of patchy frost. San francisco 44. East bay at 37. Temperatures tomorrow a decent rebound for the afternoon. I think it will make it enjoyable. You might need that light jacket through the afternoon. The south bay. 59 in san jose. More of the 50s and lots of 60s here to the east bay. 60 martinez. 62 concord. Peninsula also more of the same. As this storm moved across this past weekend it helped to level temperatures out. Youre not finding too many extremes. San francisco 57. North bay a mix of 50s to 60. Napa at 60. Were in the cold right now. Were in the chill. What about rain chances . We hit thursday well see another storm system lining up from the north. Its not the best for getting major rainfall. Thursday night chance of spotty rain. Moving through friday. Well see another chance of scattered rain for the morning and additional chance a better bet of widespread rain heading through saturday. My forecast in San Francisco. 50s to 60s this week. Chances of showers thursday friday and saturday. And monday. None of the chances are any kind of big or strong storm. Its certainly help us out. Three day total for thursday friday and saturday. Would be a tenth to about a half inch. If we can continue to add a little bit here and there. Its certainly going to be beneficial for us. Running an inch and a half behind for the rainfall season. Well talk about the two week rain out look and more details on that coming up at 6 00 p. M. We love the sweater. You look sharp. Coming up. Figure skating biggest events moving out of the bay area. Relocating to las vegas. 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So far the symphony has been nimble in the response to pandemic. Musicians have been performing apart or out doors. They launched many digital and culture programs. All good. Heres more good news. You can watch the symphony right here. Among the new programs, bay area blue notes. Documenting the blues in the west coast. Airing november 27. Through line on november 30. And the deck the hall a Holiday Celebration on december 5. All of this right here. Were so lucky. A new mural going up in downtown oakland. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way xfinity mobiles fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. Get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. And right now get 250 off. Learn more at an xfinity store today. Abundant wind and solar energy, we have the power to take on climate change. Use less from 4 to 9 pm to keep california golden. We live in the mountains so i like to walk. 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It should be finished in a couple weeks and be displayed downtown before the move to liberation park. Thatll do it for us. Lester holt is next with nightly news. Tonight, new hope in the race for a Covid Vaccine and president elect biden hitting the ground running. Pfizer calling i one of the biggest medical breakthroughs in a century early trial data showing it experimental vaccine is over 90 effective. How soon could it get fda approval plus, who could get it first and when can you get it it comes as the u. S. Surpasses 10 million cases, hospitalizations surging and massive crowds raising concerns of new infections. Joe biden announcing his own Covid Task Force and his urgent plea to americans to wear a mask biden declaring today this election is over the actions he could take on day one