A stalled vehicle on the ramp on first street to get on to 880 on the northbound lane so that might be something that may be a traffic hazard but aside from that were doing okay on that end. East bay drive times looking good. Northbound 880 from marina to broadway only nine minutes. Westbound 580 from estudillo avenue and from fish ranch road to the bay bridge only seven minutes. Ill have another update. Back to you. Sounds good. Thanks so much. With covid cases surging the bay area is on the verge of a new stayathome order. While some states launched new efforts to stop the spread, president elect biden is outlining how hell fight coronavirus. We have live team coverage. Today in the bays bob redell is following statewide restrictions. First, tracie potts is outlining the plan from the biden team and, tracie, what is Vice President elect harris saying about young people even returning to the classroom . Reporter she says they need to do it but they need to do it safely. Its part of what she and president elect biden said during their first big sitdown interview with cnn talking about a number of different topics including this upcoming vaccine and whether its safe to take president elect biden laying out with a he plans to do as soon as that vaccine is available. I think that my three predecessors have set the model as to what should be done saying once its declared to be safe, and i think barack said once fauci says its clear, thats my measure. Its clear to communicate to the American People its safe, its safe to do this. Reporter and he says hell do it on camera like the other former president s have pledged to do. Weve heard from Vice President elect Kamala Harris on schools. Its been such a big issue with schools closing, reopening, sometimes closing again due to the covid numbers. She talked about what the Biden Harris Administration approach will be to getting kids back in the classroom. Every parent wants their kid to go back to school. Every teacher wants to educate those children. Every Community Benefits from those children getting an education, so there is wide consensus about the priority and the goal, and then we have to bring everyone together around how we achieve that in a way that is smart, and smart is about prioritizing the safety of our children and their teachers and their families and their communities beand prioritizing e safety of our children. Reporter and speaking of prioritizing and bringing people together, she also drew some distinctions between a biden and a trump administration. The American People deserve in their president to have someone who is truly patriotic, who loves our country, who puts the people of the country first, not themselves. Thats joe biden. Reporter so clearly that is going to start with dealing with this virus and the impact of the virus. Biden now saying he wants everyone to wear a mask during his first 100 days in office. Back to you. Tracie potts live from washington, thanks so much. Now also in washington theres growing optimism congress will avoid a Government Shutdown next week and approve new stimulus before the end of the year. President trump appears to be lukewarm at best on the 908 billion compromise deal being hammered out by lawmakers. If approved it would have money for small business, Health Care Workers, unemployment but no stimulus checks. And because of the pandemic the latest surge, available icu beds are getting dangerously low and soon new statewide stayathome orders could take effect. Today in the bays bob redell is live for us in downtown pleasanton. What type of restrictions are we talking about here . Reporter it would be no more outdoor or indoor dining, only takeout and delivery and among the other proposed restrictions, marcus, much reduced capacity inside stores down to 20 . This only happens, this threeweek stayathome order, if the icu bed capacity in your specific county dips below 15 . Here in Alameda County the Health Department is already saying they might put this stayathome order into effect before that happens, again, to preserve the icu bed capacity and to save lives. Here is where the bay area stands. Most counties are covering at 30 icu bed capacity. Santa clara county is at 17 . Sonoma county is less than 1 capacity, only has three icu beds remaining. Governor newsom broke the state down into five regions when he made this announcement yesterday. You have the bay area, northern california, greater sacramento, san joaquin valley. The bay area includes santa cruz county. The governor says some regions could get shut down in just a day or two. We have no choice, frankly. We tried to press lightly on the brake, on that emergency brake. I think theyre pressing a little bit hard now because we cannot keep up so far with what were preventing which is flooding the capacity to care for patients. If thats the case ill probably have to lay off most of my people again, and its christmastime. It is no fun for them or anybody. The situation seems dire. These Small Businesses arent the problem. Outdoor dining isnt the issue. Its the people acting a fool out there that arent taking care of themselves and the people close to them. Reporter take a look at your tv screen. Here is what happens if and when the threeweek stayathome order goes into effect. Personal care and hair salons must close. No indoor or Outdoor Dining, as i mentioned, delivery and takeout with okay. Bars, wineries, movie theaters, playgrounds closed. Retail stores at 20 capacity. Outdoor religious services okay, again, as long as its outdoor. Schools already only for inperson learning also can remain in that state. Bob redell, today in the bay. All right, thanks for the list there, bob. Across the nation another new record high for both infections and deaths. At least 205,000 cases were reported yesterday narrowly topping the previous high, a new record of 2,802 deaths reported. 25 more than the record set one day prior. California reported more than 18,000 new cases yesterday and sadly an additional 113 people died. And with the problem getting stronger by the day parents are asking if it will be safe for their children to return to school. Right now only pfizers vaccine is involved in Clinical Trials with teenagers. Kaiser permanente is a participant. Now we asked one 15yearold and his legal guardian if they would be comfortable with the vaccine when it gets the green light. I would like to take it. I dont know if its going to work. I dont know what the down side of it could be. If pfizers trials are successful older teenagers may start getting the vaccination by next march. Only after that point will they have a full fledged return to schools if that will be possible. San jose businesses now pleading with city leaders to help them keep afloat during the pandemic. 55 businesses are asking for a relief plan. They say it would help save downtown san jose including more city backed grants and tax relief programs. They will have to review some of those recommendations. New this morning at least some bay area businesses have been resilient during the pandemic. A new report from bank of america looked at over 1,000 Small Businesses nationwide and some 300 here in the bay area. It found almost nine of ten bay area businesses have been able to stay open. More than half of those that have stayed open have reinvented themselves to stay afloat. Happening today families in the south bay can enjoy christmas tradition this year that may look a little different due to the pandemic. The 22nd annual fantasy of lights opens up in los gatos. This is video from last year. Things are going on this year. Its going to be a little different. Its going to be a drivethrough experience. Its 20 per vehicle and 50 if your vehicle is oversized. Those tickets already sold out. Ouch. Its always been a drivethrough experience. Oh. I know because my kids, they like to pop the sun roof and literally climb out like theyre hollywood. But i guess that train i see some people on the train i guess thats out of the question. Kari, if people are going to head out that way, maybe bring a jacket because its going to be kohler tonight. Yeah, but you have to open the sun roof or the windows and get that full experience and you can see everything 360, right . Thats going to be something great to check out. I wish i had gotten some tickets. Lets check out whats going on this morning as you head out on this friday morning. It is freezing in some of our north bay valleys once again. Elsewhere were definitely having some of that heavier jacket weather and as you get ready to head out for the commute in the east bay, some upper 30s, heated seats on or the heater on full blast and then as we go into the rest of the day, yeah, nice to open up the windows and let in some fresh air and sunshine. Well talk about the changes ahead in the weekend forecast coming up. Vianey, how is it looking for that commute around the bay . The commute is looking good. I dont have heated seats in my car yet. Its og from back when i was in college. If you have it youll need it. Keep your tushy warm as you commute. So far lookinged good. No major accidents to report. Bridge drive times youre looking at seven minutes. Westbound 80 only 11 minutes and 80 to the bay bridge about seven minutes. A live look right now at the bay bridge moving along quite nicely this morning. Ill send it over to you. All right, sounds good, vianey. Thanks so much. The party is over. Coming up next on today in the bay the big changes bay areabased airbnb is making amid the pandemic. Plus, are uber drivers essential workers . Uber says they are. Well take a look. Theyre picking my family off one by one. But fight like demons. Plus, coming to a screen near you, the newly released movies youll be able to watch from the comfort of your own home that still has some theater chains outraged. Were going to talk about that and much more ahead on today in the bay. Right now at 5 14 as we make plans for home schooling today and when is the best time to let the kids run around in the backyard, you can enjoy your coffee on the patio at 10 00, its going to be nice. A lot of sunshine today for those outdoor activities. Whats ahead coming up in a few minutes. And no big accidents to report but i do want to show you how the bridges are moving along quite nicely this morning. A live look at golden gate bridge. A pretty smooth commute. Ill have a closer look at your drive times throughout the entire bay area coming up. Scott . We get the last jobs report of the year. The november jobs report. These are always very important bits of data but its getting harder and harder to predict where the economy is going. Whatever the number tells us today will likely not be as true in a few weeks as all of these new shutdowns go into effect. Uber is asking the cdc to classify its drivers as essential workers. So they can get the coronavirus sooner. The drivers are said to provide critical transportation. The department of justice is suing facebook saying the Menlo Park Company sets aside hundreds of jobs for foreigners. Jobs that should have gone to americans. And makes the job openings hard for americans to discover by not advertising them on its website. The suit says the government found many cases where no americans applied for a job even though the jobs requirements were easily within reach. Facebook is one of the largest users of h1b visas in tech. The Senate Approved christopher waller. He squeaked by by a single vote. Fed historians think its the same time a lame duck president has seated a federal governor. This means joe biden inherits a central bank where six of the seven seats on the board were filled by donald trump. And airbnb says it will crack down on those planning to rent a house with a plan to have a new years eve party. The company says only renters with very positive reviews will qualify to rent over new years eve and in many cases will require to you sign up for two nights and sign an agreement that says you can be sued if you have a party. Remember, marcus and laura, airbnb did something similar on halloween as well. They had all those problems in orinda. Thank you very much. Southwest Airlines Says it may furlough about 12 of its staff. Like other Airlines Southwest has been struggling during the pandemic. American airlines began furloughing more than 30,000 after federal payroll support expired. Grab that popcorn and head over to your couch. Thats right. Warner brothers announcing that all of their films scheduled to launch in 2021 will be released on streaming service, hbo max, at the same time theyre available in theaters. That will include the upcoming film. You have proven and now you must learn to rule others. It is the latest in movie studios attempts while many theaters remain closed. The amc movie chain calls the move a blind side. Now trying to renegotiate their deal with warner. It is tough for small theater owners because people arent coming and now everything will be streamed, i think. It will be real tough. Its a good option. Can you make your bettered popcorn like at the theaters, though . Probably not but well keep trying. You know what, no one can give a forecast like our meteorologist kari hall. Kari, take it away. Action. We have a lot that were watching for the weekend. Not just the movies. Were starting out with chilly temperatures, a very nice day. A slight chance of spotty, light rain in parts of the north bay. Then by early next week our fire danger increases. Thats something well have to watch as we get a lot of high winds. If you have solar panels its a great day for generating your electricity. For tomorrow, though, with the clouds moving in youll make about 87 of your electricity if you use regular amounts like the baseline amounts of electricity. By sunday it goes up just slightly. If you do have solar panels and across california the Solar Panel Energy is like planting over 21,000 trees a day and thats the amount of Carbon Dioxide were not putting in the atmosphere. Temperatures heat up into the 60s. Clouds move in for the week. Also bring for the north bay and then the rain weakens as it moves away from the north bay into the rest of the bay area. Not a lot of rain here as the system moves in but it could kick up some high winds as we come into sunday as we see the clouds still lingering for sunday. We will have gusty winds. A few hundredths of an inch and in the north bay. Winds between sunday night and monday. This is the wind speed forecast. 34mileperhour gusts heading into the north bay. That does not look good with the extremely dry conditions we have. Watching the roads this morning how is the commute right now . We do have a new crash that just popped up. Were doing pretty good but over near the trivalley heading in from tracy a new crash reported in the westbound lanes. You can see it starting to show some slowing behind it. Your East Bay Drive times youre looking at nine minutes. Lets take a look at your peninsula drive times southbound 101 to sfo only 11 minutes. Ill send it back over to you. Caught on camera. Next, the must see moment a huge telescope came crashing to the ground. This isnt just any telescope. You may remember seeing it in a James Bond Film. Plus, the tiger attack thats raising concerns. First, our team always on social media. You can get caught up on the latest stories on the go. Be sure to watch our series on instagram. Well be right back. In a land not so far away. People are saving hundreds on the most Reliable Network with xfinity mobile. They can choose from the latest phones or bring their own. And choose the data option thats right for them. They even get nationwide 5g at no extra cost. And since they are on the carrier rated 1 in customer satisfation, they live happily ever after. Again, again xfinity mobile. Your wireless. Your rules. Your way to stay closer together. Click, call, or visit an xfinity store today. 5 25. Nearly 30 human smuggling victims were rescued from a southwest houston home overnight. Police officers responded to reports of a man and that man told officers dozens of people were being held hostage in a house. We have a live look at capitol hill thats where congress is set to hold a historic vote on marijuana. Representatives are set to decide on a bill to remove marijuana from the federal list. The move would also wipe away some drug related convictions. The bill is likely to pass in the house the Republicanled Senate is unlikely to take the legislation during the last two weeks during the current session. California legalized recreational pot back in 2016. The house passed a bill banning private ownership or trading of big cats including tigers, lions and leopards. This was inspired by the hit netflix show tiger king and it was passed on the very same day as a tiger attack in florida. That attack happened at an Animal Sanctuary owned by carol baskin, the key player in tiger king. The tiger bit and seriously injured a volunteer. The attack highlights why the legislation is needed. These arent house pets, right . Its inhumane to put them in small cages or, in fact, seeing them in highrise apartments. Its insane. Baskin has backed the bill and pushed for more safety regulations. New video to show you this morning. A drone catches the collapse of a huge and famous telescope in puerto rico. You can see the telescope starting to tip over. The cords just snapped pulling the entire thing to the ground. This is one of the Worlds Largest telescopes used to receive radio waves from space. Scientistsave use it had to study distant planets and find potential signs of extraterstrial life. The observatory played a key role in the 1995 James Bond Film golden eye. Coming up, a victory for defiant california churches. Allnew Supreme Court order and what it may mean for christmas gatherings as well across the state. Plus, hiking up prices. The added costs coming to your pg e bill and why the utility is making the changes. Right now at 5 30 as the explosion in coronavirus cases grows, the race for a vaccine is on. The key deadline bay area counties face that may make or break their distribution plans. Plus, bracing for more restrictions. We may be on the ver