In napa and clear lake and weve seen cold temperatures elsewhere as well. Well continue to watch that as well as the fog. How is it looking for the commute . Things are changing right now. We do have that deadly crash at camino diablo. Fog registering in the south bay. The metering lights just turned on before 6 00. Quickly filled in all of these lanes right here and a bigger factor looking at the oakland camera with that fog. The low clouds creeping down across the nimitz, the peninsula, south bay and east bay. Stay with us. Well give you updates. Back to you. Thank you very much. We begin with the rising number of covid patients. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson live in San Francisco this morning monitoring the already overloaded hospitals. And i know state Health Leaders there are being very clear the next few weeks could be critical especially as we move into the winter months which could make things worse. Reporter weve been talking about that surge expected after thanksgiving and we are now in the midst of it. As we continue to follow those covid cases, the state of california, icu hospital beds, are at 75 capacity and in the bay area its a little less at 72 . That is a lot of people being hospitalized for covid. Right now 7,800 patients are hospitalized and icu cases have spiked by 67 in the past two weeks. Governor newsom warned the number of patients could double or even triple within a month pushing icu bed numbers. That 92 capacity by early january. In an effort to slow the spread in some of the citys hardest hit communities ucsf has opened Free Covid Testing sites. Today is the last day at the four sites. One location is at 24th and mission. Thats an area that saw covid cases four times higher than the citys cases in early fall and around holidays. Testing in that particular community is crucial. Take a listen to a site coordinator discuss that. Part of not only supporting those people but preventing on ward transmission by helping them to isolate safely and give them help figuring out how to do so in their households. Reporter right now the Health Officials are on standby observing as those icu numbers continue to grow and state leaders keeping a close eye on those numbers as they look to enforce more restrictions because of an increase in cases. Cierra johnson for today in the bay. Thanks for the latest there, cierra. Moderna and pfizer have applied for emergency use of their vaccine in europe. Back home the cdc Panel Meeting at 11 00 a. M. Our time to talk about who will get vaccinated first. Today in the bays bob redell has been tracking that for us. Both moderna and pfizer have applied for fda approval here in the u. S. Reporter as you mentioned assuming there are no surprises both could be rolling out within weeks. The question who will get it first . Thats what this advisory council, a cdc panel, will be meeting later this morning to decide that. We expect they will say Health Care Workers, doctors, nurses, other First Responders will get First Priority on the vaccine. And people who live in places like Nursing Homes who are most vulnerable ending up in the icu will be in the first tier. The rest of us would be eligible to receive the vaccine late winter, early spring. An Infectious Disease epidemiologist says pulling off the mass vaccination is extremely complicated. Because of the low temperatures needed to store the doses but believes our country can pull it off. When the shots are available, go to your doctor and it would be two doses a few weeks apart. The trick is for us to not get infected in the meantime and overwhelm those hospitals and icus. Thats the real message. While we can take off this top little bit of people who have to be around and are most likely to die from this we need to tell everybody else to keep their masks on to maintain social distancing and avoid crowding and mixing. Reporter coming up in a half hour, when we could achieve herd immunity and what it will take to achieve it. Reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. Bob, thank you. A vaccine cannot come soon enough. More than 150,000 cases confirmed in the bay area with more than 2,700 new infections just added. Around 800 of the newest infections are in Santa Clara County. Nearly 2,000 people have died. A live look at capitol hill where theres still no deal on another stimulus as the virus surges on. Senators say theyre still trying to work out a compromise. Theres no reason, none, why we should not deliver another pandemic relief package to help the American People through what seems poised to be the last chapters of this battle. Lets do what the American People want. Lets do what were elected for. Lets not be afraid to vote. But theres still no vote on a stimulus package in the near future. The u. S. Is coming facetoface with another deadly shutdown. Help is coming to california Small Businesses as many are struggling to make it in the bay. The state will launch a 100 million tax credit aimed at rewarding Small Businesses for hiring employees during the pandemic. It comes on the heels of Governor Newsom announcing a half billion dollar emergency relief package. Small businesses, nonprofits and cultural institutions. The state will also provide a threemonth tax extension for businesses with less than a Million Dollars in tax sales. Happening today, for one we may see president elect joe biden with a boot on his injured foot after suffering a fracture when he was playing with his dog. But he will introduce key members of his Economic Team including dr. Janet yellen nominated for treasury secretary. She was the president of the Federal Reserve bank of San Francisco. She was the first woman to head the u. S. Federal reserve. As today in the bays tracie potts reports, shell make history again if shes granted this new role. Reporter president elect biden named his Economic Team with two historic firsts. Janet yellen the first female treasury secretary and neera tanden the first woman of color nominated as white house budget director. Republicans are already lining up against tanden calling out hundreds of deleted tweets criticizing republicans. What she did is pretty reckless and, unfortunately, will have to pay the price for it. Hypocrisy is astounding. If republicans are concerned about criticism on twitter their complaints are better directed at President Trump. Reporter votes in wisconsin and arizona are certified despite President Trumps lawyer crying foul. I call this the mccarthy era on steroids. Reporter and despite baseless claims of fraud in georgia theyre insanity, fever dreams, made up. Reporter the states second recount should be done tomorrow. Of the 41 lawsuits challenging Election Results 27 of them have been dismissed, withdrawn or denied and none found evidence of fraud. Tracie potts, nbc news. Right now at 6 09 as were starting out this morning dealing with low visibility and fog across parts of the bay area. Taking a look at half mile visibility as well as what were seeing in hayward. We have quarter mile visibility and were down to zero in novato. We do still have several more hours of fog. Highs reaching into the mid to upper 60s today. Mike, whats going on right now for the commute . One of the big issues is fog and that may be a factor if we get frozen fog on the roadway. No major reports of that. This major report in brentwood continues with the closure of vasco near walnut where theres a deadly crash. A headon collision. The rest of the bay we see fog really impacting freeways throughout oakland and the north bay. Back to you. 6 10. And during the pandemic most of us have had to do some type of meeting or gathering online. A noof enew idea to track if youre bored at work. Rarely bored. Always busy, scott mcgrou. We have a lot going on. November, even as this pandemic gets so much worse, november was the best month for your money in decades, and look at what will happen today. It looks like a lovely day on the stock market. Youre watching today in the bay. At 6 13 visibility is all clear in the trivalley. As you continue to make that drive you may encounter dense fog and very cold temperatures starting out in the upper 30s. Were looking at sunshine and highs in the 60s today. Well look at whats ahead in our forecast coming up. 580 through the castro valley. Thats what were looking at sort of. Fog here and throughout the south bay. Traffic moving southbound 101 with glowing lights and in the background you can see the glow by the city lights as well. How thats expected in spots. A happy 1st of december. It looks like a very good day for your money. Take a look at those futures this morning showing some green lights there. Wall street pleased with what we might think of as old news that janet yellen will likely be the next treasury secretary and two firms are asking the fda for emergency approval of their vaccine. Markets fell monday, the last day of november. All in all a good month. Very good like the best since the 1980s as far as november goes. The dow up 12 despite negative numbers you see, those are daily. The nasdaq up 11 despite a mid month battering of tech stocks. Current treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and head of the fed jay powell will testify on capitol hill today. Its a scheduled appearance but were eager to hear from mnuchin, there on the left, why he shut down a Credit Facility created by the fed that the fed says is helping. The two have very different opinions about the wisdom of the move. Powell saying the decision will hurt our economy. The wall street journal reports at least four more antitrust investigations will be announced soon against google and facebook. The state of texas is leading a team of other states in investigating googles dominance of online advertising. What an interesting way to measure this. One of the companies that manages key cards, you know that let you into the office, says the number of people going back to the office has stalled. Understandable as we deal with this new surge arguably the worst its ever been. The number of people that returned to the offices peaked at 27 in october but has been falling ever since. Just 15 of the people it measured went into the office. Marcus, you had friday off and i came in and did the midday news. That was my first time in the office since march. I was amazed at the changes, temperature checks, hallways that were one way only. I felt very safe. I know a lot of offices are implementing the safety protocols. Some days i am literally the only one in the newsroom. And very safe while youre there. This is true. Thanks, scott. It really is so interesting. We Work Together but yet were so far apart right now from each other. Stick together, thats whats key. Today is the day that maybe you consider supporting your favorite charity. Were helping out make a wish greater bay area where you can text wish to 91999 donating any amount. It really helps to bring some joy. It helps fulfill the wishes. You can text wish to 91999. Theres another way can you actually help a lot of families right here in the bay area through our nourishing neighbors food drive. The next time youre at safeway make a 10 donation. That will go to local food banks. Our food drive goes until december 29th. Speaking of giving, starbucks this month is saluting all frontline workers. Doctors, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, firefighters, dentists, Mental Health workers and hospital staff. We cannot forget those in housekeeping, security and active duty military. Starting today and through the end of the year all are elling to believe receive a tall free brewed coffee hot or cold. Starbucks wants you to show your appreciation as well. They want to really do this for a lot of people. We all thank you. 6 19 this morning and new for you, have you ever found yourself spaced out at work maybe feeling bored . We always have to be on our toes. Now microsoft wants to develop a new system to actually measure boredom. It would be called the Insight Computing system. The idea is to use cameras and software to look for signs of boredom and tiredness in employees. It would also monitor time spent texing, checking emails and browsing the internet. Microsoft believes the system may better help avoid scheduling nonproductive meetings. Getting it done. I bet a lot of people were busy on the computer yesterday with cyber monday. Just saying. Wouldnt it be weird to work and have a camera looking at you as you work all the time, whatever you did . I wonder what thats like . Its called every day. Our everyday life. Our cameras are focused on whats happening. Its starting off foggy. Im using these cameras to see the visibility is around the south bay. Its been pretty bad. We also have cold temperatures going along with that as we look at how this compares to normal and our records, well, thankfully we are not setting new records even though its cold. We are below freezing in santa rosa. Todays record is 23 degrees and the record in napa is 20 degrees. Were at 34 right now and seeing some close temperatures. We are staying above where we are seeing those records set a long time ago. We are going to have a warm day. Plan on going hiking in the south bay, we will have high temperatures reaching into the low to mid60s. Expect between noon and 4 00 the best time to get outside. Well see highs reaching up to 67 in antioch and upper 60s in the north bay. We are still not seeing any rain coming in. This is the pattern as the cold fronts approach the bay area. We are looking at more dry weather possibly not only this week but next week. And the past couple of months we barely measured anything in october and december is usually one of the wettest months of the year. Of course were just getting it started with our meteorological winter starting today. We may not see anything until the middle of the month. Here we are with some dry weather and temperatures reaching in the 60s. It will be cold during the Early Morning hours. Lows dipping down to the near freezing marks. Mike, how is it looking now for the commute . Seeing whats highlighted in orange or amber on the map, the south bay map, this is what kari and i have been talking about, the fog. In places you may not expect. Weve seen that over the last ten days. No major problems for speeds. And the closure on vasco road has cleared. We have your standard metering lights on. With the fog catching folks past the coliseum. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. 6 23 right now. Does a strict fourweek shutdown stop covid19 . Well see how thats working out in one country. Plus, why this Restaurant Owner says he can remain wide open despite covid restrictions requiring him to close. Youre watching today in the bay. Its down to the wire, the teams been working around the clock. Weve had to rethink our whole approach. Were going to give togetherness. Logistically, its been a nightmare. Im not sure its going to work. Itll work. I didnt know you were listening. Covid restrictions are ending in england tomorrow after they were under a strict month lockdown. It helped bring numbers down and they now have the coronavirus back under control. The restrictions are still in place on gatherings but some businesses will be able to reopen. One restaurant is staying open. The patios were full of customers supporting the move. They hung a banner outside reading the french laundry, patio dining. A dig at governor Gavin Newsoms recent dinner outing that made headlines. So many questions remain as we get closer to getting approval on a covid19 vaccine. One big answer which were expecting in just a matter of hours, is who will get vaccinated first next. Plus, what happens after people are vaccinated . The post pandemic future. Also coming up for you, the niners have a work around for Santa Clara Countys tight covid restrictions. The game plan they melee out today and an update on local college teams. Youre watching today in the bay. Right now at 6 30, the nation gearing up for the big cdc announcement today on who will get vaccinated first. Coming up what happens after the vaccines are out. A live report on what covid19 could look like post pandemic. Today in the bay continues right now for you. And a good morning to you on this terrific tuesday. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia, we will check in with mike and see how that terrific traffic is looking this morning. But first lets check in with kari. She has a look at our forecast. Keep the jacket handy . Yes, not only is it cold but its also foggy this is a look at my shot in san jose. We can barely see anything here and with these cold temperatures and fog well have to watch out for some icy conditions especially in the north bay, but after this clears out we have a mild day, some breezy winds tomorrow but still some dry weather in the forecast over the next few days. Temperature wise were in the mid40s for the south bay, but check out the below freezing temperatures we have in napa as well as clear lake. Well talk about whats ahead in the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking getting to work this morning . Well, kari, we have your typical toll plaza backup over at the bay bridge. Because the metering lights are on, as this shot does have traffic lanes and theyve been there since just before 6 00, we also have a lot of fog in the area specifically oakland really tough drive. That may be a factor. The map, its not affecting the sensors. Registering more in the north bay and the south bay. Folks are tracking those conditions but the Speed Sensors are mostly green. Back to you, laura. Thank you very much, mike. We begin with startling new numbers putting the latest covid surge into perspective. This is where we were 30 days ago on november 1st. You can see the u. S. Confirmed more than 9 million covid19 cases with deaths at less than a quarter million. Fast forward to the current picture infections are now at more than 13 million. Thats an addit