Opened up how you can be employed to write about taylor swift. Whoever is doing the taylor swift pr these days on it. Yeah, it really on it. Getting her into every newscast. Good morning on this wednesday, september 13th. Yeah a lot to get to this morning. Were going to start with a check of our forecast, drew. Yeah, its a really pleasant day today. A couple of degrees warmer compared to yesterday, a little bit above average as we get that sunshine later today. Were just underneath a really nice pattern this week. Right now, temperatures, were starting out in the low 50s in our cooler spots, low 60s, as you move inland right now, light layers certainly needed. Well take you to our south beach camera live. Look at the bay bridge as weve got some folks coming into the city right now. Heres how your day shapes up. Well have that blend of the marine layer and sunshine early on this morning. Brighter skies as the day goes on and that fog burns off. Minor warm up today, low 90s are back in the forecast inland, mid and upper 70s around the bay shoreline. But the coast, you will stay pretty foggy and cool in the low 60s. Thats weather. Lets see how were doing. Traffic with jobina. Good morning. Good morning, drew. Thank you. Hi everyone. So we do have some good news on that mass transit alert. We were talking about a little while ago with that 20 minute delay. Now, finally going away on the antioch line in the sfo direction due to an equipment problem on the track, its now decreased to a minor delay. Theyre in the process of recovering. So everything is back open. So between Pleasant Hill and walnut creek stations is where youll see that impact. But it is moving to being back on time. San rafael looking live at 101. No problems to report in this area. The richmondsan rafael bridge moving at the limit as well. At the moment we have no blocking issues. Thanks jobina. This just in. Cvs is rolling out the new Covid Vaccine booster starting today. You will have to check with your local pharmacy to see if there are any appointments. Cvs says all locations will get these by next week. Thats the same timeline that walgreens has revealed. It comes after both the fda and the cdc signed off on vaccines from pfizer and moderna this week. The cdc is recommending the shots for everybody over six months old. The people who really need to have it. And this is more from the who and not the cdc. Cdc recommended it for everyone, but most countries, including the who, is recommending it for over 65. Those on immuno suppressants and those with comorbidities. A third vaccine by novavax is still under review. You can schedule shots at both cvs and walgreens on their websites and you can make appointments for yourself or for your whole family as those boosters become available. Moderna Just Announced overnight its working on a flu and covid combo shot. Abcs seven News Reporter lena howland is tracking all of this live in walnut creek this morning. Hi, lena. Hey, good morning to you. And behind the scenes, on top of getting the current boosters approved and put on the market as early as today in some locations, moderna says they are working on a combination shot that can make everybodys lives just a little bit easier come flu season. The combo shot is for both flu and covid, with both vaccines given as one dose. This has been in the works for a while now, as moderna executives say their combo shot has already been through phase two studies and will be carried into phase three and launching it soon. The goal is to help more people conveniently protect themselves against multiple circulating viruses. If studies continue to go well. Moderna ceo Stephen Hodge says that they could have a combo shot ready by 2025. Many of us get covid and flu vaccines because theyre recommended now universally. But the idea of two shots is somewhat less appealing, less convenient and more expensive than just one, moderna added that they plan to regularly update combinations with improved next generation vaccine candidates as appropriate. Again, that combo shot may not be available until 2025 at the earliest, but you can get your brand new updated covid booster shot as early as today in some locations. Live in walnut creek, lena howland, abc seven news. Thank you lena. As we head into cold and flu season, a new warning about some of the most popular nasal decongestants is the fda is now saying that they dont work jobina. Doctors say the doubts surround a specific ingredient thats in these overthecounter medications. Yes, camassia so an Fda Advisory Committee says over the counter oral phenylephrine or p does not relieve congestion in any more than a placebo. P is one of the ingredients in sudafed. P dayquil and also mucinex. Doctors say taking oral p is not harmful but proves to be an effective because its processed by the body before it reaches the nasal passages. Drugs containing p will remain on store shelves as the fda considers if they should stay on the market. Doctors say always read the label when youre picking which decongestant to take. Its always good to look for, you know, 24 hour antihistamines as some examples, you know, are like allegra, claritin, zyrtec, all of those, you know, lasts for 24 hours. They actually help treat the symptoms you know, whereas phenylephrine did not. Doctors say its more important to note that the other ingredient thats found in medications with p, including pain relievers and cough suppressants, are still effective and p is also effective in a nasal spray. The fda did not reveal a timeline for when it will decide if drugs with oral p will stay on the market. Reggie jobina thank you. New at six some north bay teachers are ready to strike if talks with the Sausalito MarinCity School District fail again. The union and the district have been unable to reach an agreement on wage increases for the second year in a row. Both parties will go through a fact finding session before a panel. The final step, which is would then be a potential strike. Educators are asking for a 4 increase for last school year and a 12 increase for the current one in the small bay area city of sunol, a growing battle over flags boiled over at last nights Sunol Glen Unified School board meeting. Things got so heated the board shut down the meeting and actually removed the public before taking a controversial vote. Parents and School Leaders expressing frustration before a vote to ban all flags on school campuses. With the exception of the American Flag and the california state flag. At one point, the district superintendent and the boards president got into an argument in front of the crowd. Much of the debate centered around the pride flag, people who oppose this new rule are worried that this will hurt lgbtq students. For many kids, the only safe and welcoming and affirming place they have is their school. Others of course, disagree. They think the us flag is inclusive of everyone and they said they thought the entire process was being politicized. Some say they think without this resolution on certain flags are favored over others. Happening today, hundreds of thousands of california students will find out if they have to pay higher tuition starting next year. California State University officials will be voting on whether to increase tuition by 6. So undergrad students would pay 324 more, starting next academic year. However a 60 of students wont be affected at all because their tuition is fully covered by grants or waivers. State students and faculty spent yesterday protesting as the cal state board of trustees held a meeting on the eve of the vote. Those who oppose the proposal say its unfair. My first thought was what am i going to do now . How am i supposed to afford a Higher Education when its becoming near impossible to do so . If this is passed, the tuition hikes would continue each year, gradually increasing until 2028 comes up. The latest this morning on the Insurance Companies at a standstill with homeowners over fire insurance. What state leaders are doing now . Plus, check out this video, the spectacular sky show happening over parts of the us next. At 608 this morning, a live look from our san jose camera showing you clear skies. We have good air quality today and through the rest of the upcoming week and into the weekend. Today we have a bit of a warm up this afternoon. Well show you you got two, jack. And then my grand slam. I signed a ball for you. Okay. And it says papa i love you. Why did you do that . Because youve taught me everything about baseball. Oh hunny bunny, thats so sweet. waves of green and purple. This is amazing. This is caused when energized particles of the sun hit earths upper atmosphere and its magnetic fields. As a science student at the university of north dakota took this video, he said the breathtaking display marked the return of aurora season. Ju im a little jealous. This is one of my bucket list items i really want to see this. That is so cool. All fantastic images. Lets take you to our future weather showing you what to expect today as we go hour by hour. Were keeping an eye on our marine layer. Its still with us in spots at 10 a. M. Around the bay shoreline and along the coast. But as we head into the afternoon, we will see a fair amount of sunshine everywhere away from the coast, our warmest spots going back into the low 90s today. So a minor warm up today will keep that wide range tomorrow. But by friday day well start to see cooler weather move into the forecast and that does continue for the upcoming weekend. Just a quick update on hurricane lee. Its a major category three storm, but it will weaken over the next couple of days and head north. Dangerous rip currents impacting the east coast and then well watch over the weekend from maine to nova scotia, likely finding some damaging winds, some heavy rain and some strong surf. We will preview that weekend forecast coming up in about nine minutes. Coomassie thank you, drew. The call to action from Governor Newsom to address retail crime statewide. Plus the decision for more concerts at Golden Gate Park. Mixed reactions to a second weekend of shows coming in 2024 i want time for the people i love. My heart doesnt pump enough blood. So my doctor gave me farxiga. Farxiga it helps my heart do its job better. Farxiga helps keep me living life. And out of the hospital for heart failure. Farxiga can cause serious side effects including dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections in women and men and low blood sugar. Ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may lead to death. A rare lifethreatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. Stop taking farxiga and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this bacterial infection, an allergic reaction, or ketoacidosis. More time with her . Sounds good to me. Ask your doctor for farxiga for heart failure. If you cant afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. Farxiga thursday night football on prime. Its on. Welcome to thursday night football. Al michaels along with kirk herbstreit. Thursday night football returns, as the Minnesota Vikings take on the philadelphia eagles. Stream thursday night football. Only on prime. Unreal but the process to do it is slow and expensive. In an effort to speed things up, the company is shopping for new technology and for innovative ways to bury the lines on the ground. Pgandes is currently hearing pitches from Nine Companies in san ramon with inventions that could make the process less labor and material intensive. So the big advantages to having the lines underground is making the system more reliable, so youre less potential to have weather related events. So less outages. So its safer in the fact that you would have reduced wildfire risk. So were not subjected to having lightning strikes on our lines or having trees fall into the lines. Uh pgandes is hoping to bury 350 miles of cable by the end of this year. A rumored backroom deal for Insurance Companies to get a major bailout in california is dead, at least for now. The deadline for that bill passed, but according to our Media Partners, the mercury news, those secret talks with the states insurance commissioner are not over. And Insurance Industry representative denied companies were behind any secret dealings. The commissioner is looking for solutions as the market has been hit with destructive wildfires and in recent months, allstate state farm and farmers have all stopped issuing new policies. New at six, the city of san jose will be paying more than 3 million in a settlement to a group for injuries during George Floyd Protests in 2020. According to our news partner, the mercury news, 2. 9 million will go to a man who lost an eye when officers shot him with a rubber projectile for other plaintiffs will share 450,000. The town council yesterday unanimously approved the payout under the agreement, the city admits no fault in the case. The payroll system causing ongoing issues for San Francisco unified employees is soon going to be replaced, according to our Media Partners at the sf standard, superintendent matt wayne announced the district is looking for another system thats more fit for a Public Education institution. Employees have complained and even protested over wrong pay checks, errors with retirement accounts and errors in tax filings. Since sfusd started using this system more flights are coming this winter for people traveling between the bay area and southern california. For the chronicle reports, united is adding two nonstop flights from sfo to burbank beginning in november and that adds up to six total nonstop routes between the two airports. And were talking about daily flights, tickets went on sale over the weekend. Reminder that southwest just stop stopped this exact same route recently from sfo to burbank. The new schedule continues through next year. San Francisco City leaders have approved a plan for a new Golden Gate ParkConcert Series would be free. Itd be a series of smaller concerts at the park the weekend after outside lands, which is in august. City officials predict the music series will bring economic benefits to San Francisco, but neighbors in that area think these events are going to be a nuisance. The plan is for a three Year Agreement starting in 2024. Now were going to bring in ginger zee. Shes in Daytona Beach with a look at whats coming up on gma. Hi. Good morning, ginger. Hey, reggie coomassie, great to be with both of you this morning. So coming up here on gma, i am in daytona, not because there will be any direct impacts from hurricane lee. I mean, the thing is, the center of its nearly 900 miles to my east southeast. But because there will be a high risk of rip currents from here all the way up the coast and because i had to have proximity to jump in a plane with the Hurricane Hunters , because were going to go into it tonight, get that Critical Data that helps to make the forecast and that cone narrow. So ill be able to have this opportunity to see lee from above. Ill share it all with you tomorrow, but of course we are. If you do have travels to boston, i would say, or anywhere in new hampshire, maine, up through nova scotia and new brunswick, i would watch for that. Lee by the weekend to have pretty big impacts. A large wind field with gusts over 40mph. And most importantly, those pounding waves, i mean, in excess of ten feet, even for like the outer banks and jersey shore and such. So actually huge impacts with erosion on theres only one thing that could get me away from the dancing with the stars reveal on gma and that is getting in a plane with Hurricane Hunters. So youll also see that right here on good morning america. So, ginger, now im fascinated about this process. So who goes with you up in the plane . So we have two seats total, myself and then my photographer will be with me. So we will have the opportunity to go up and see that, you know, that thing that so few get to see. But also ive heard it is not the most comfortable ride because this is not a commercial airliner. The temperature can get really cold. It can be very bumpy. I do pretty well with you know, turbulence and stuff. But ive had a lot of friends text me and say, you might want to put something behind your ear. So maybe i will. How close are you tomorrow . How it all went down, how close up are you getting . Well be on top of it. I mean, these guys go so what they do is take instruments and they drop them out of the plane, into the eyewall, into that really, really rough part of the hurricane. So well be real close to getting it because they want to get it in the right place. But then that thing radios back information like temperature pressure, wind speed. And thats how we get that structure of the hurricane. And such a good forecast to know which direction its going to go and when its going to make that turn to the north. All of those things are so important. And this is just the beginning of what they do. Theyre now running saildrones. Theyre testing drone drones that theyll drop out of a plane. Lot going on. But the National Hurricane center. So interesting. Okay. I cant wait to see this coverage and drews over here, i think, drooling. I am drooling. Ginger, this is my dream. Yes. If theres ever an extra ticket, ginger, you know where to send it. 900 front street. Drew thank you, ginger. Well be watching. Good luck. And please be safe. Yes. Isnt that interesting . Drew yeah. And during our crazy winter this past winter, they actually sent those planes over to the west coast to survey our winter storms. So they were crisscrossing them, trying to get new data in because they were so strong for this time of the year. They wanted to know what was inside of them. But you get into the middle of that storm, the roughest part, because they want to find the highest winds, get the rig