history made in europe overnight. i'm at the live desk as the very first person gets the approved shot. good morning, aveneveryone this tuesday, december 8th. we'll get to that big news but first we'll get to meteorologist mike nicco. >> hi, reggie, kumasi, jobina. thanks for joining us this morning. let's start off with the only warning that is left from yesterday and it is out at our beaches and high surfern wai wa and the powerful waves that will knock you down and drag you out into the water. be vigilant if you're going to be at our beaches. watch them from a distance. look from the east bay hills camera. really clear out there. look how lights the winds are calm to about eight miles per hour in half moon bay. that's also the reason half moon bay is about 68 degrees right now, which is going to be your high for the day. you can see a lot of upper 60s to low 70s today. our range will go from 68 in

half moon bay and san francisco and richmond and antioch to santa rosa at 73 degrees. last day of record highs and a slight chance of wet weather this weekend. coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. let's get some more news. all eyes on the uk where covid-19 vaccinations officially began this morning. jobina is on vaccine watch at the live desk with a look at the first person who got the shot. hi, jobina. >> hi, reggie. thank you. while many were getting ready for bed in the u.s. the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic around the world. here's what we're learning this morning. uk health officials are giving the first dose of a clinically approved vaccine. it has been done. 90-year-old margaret keenan was the first recipient. she received pfizer's vaccine just days after it was driven from a production facility in belgium into england on a semi truck. she got vaccinated two hours

outside of london. she and prime ministerencouraget vaccinated. >> if i can do it, so can you. >> it's amazing to see the vaccine coming out. it's amazing to see this tremendous shot in the arm for the entire nation. >> while this is a major milestone in the battle against covid-19, doctors warn the fight is far from over. supplies of pfizer's vaccine are limited and it's expected to take many months to get the majority of people vaccinated. kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. today top members of the trump administration will be gathering at the white house for a vaccine summit. and this comes just as the fda released an analysis this morning saying that pfizer's vaccine works well on people of all races, weights and ages. the fda is expected to give its official approval on thursday. the summit is also coming as president trump prepares to sign an executive order. prioritizing americans before doses of the vaccine are shipped abroad. it's not clear how this would work since pfizer does have

contracts with governments around the world. the "new york times" is reporting that the trump administration turned down an offer to buy an additional 100 million doses of the vaccine this summer. dr. moncef slaoui of operation warp speed defended the move on "gma" saying they were spending money on six vaccines and not ready to invest more in pfizer. >> now in the summer, if somebody came to us and said, let's buy more of this vaccine or that vaccine, no one reasonably would buy more from any one of those vaccines because we didn't know which one would work. >> and coming up at 7:00 on "gma" what dr. slaoui says should be done about a supply chain issue that could slow production. coming up on monday a special edition of "20/20." that is monday night at 10:00

right here on abc7. today health and human services secretary dr. mark ghaly will give an update on the state's response to covid-19. last week dr. ghaly said californians should not be traveling. he encouraged people to cancel nonessential travel plans and stream the update on our app and on abc7news.com. more than 10,000 people are hospitalized due to coronavirus in california and more than 2,300 in the icu and 24,000 new cases were reported yesterday and that is the third highest single day total. here in the bay area, we're always keeping an eye on icu capacity. we actually increased bed capacity to 25.7% for the collective bay area region. remember, if that number falls below 15, it triggers the state's automatic stay-at-home order for the region although many of us are already in it. starting today at noon, marin county will be the fifth bay area county to voluntarily go into a shut down but still

some confusion about this so-called gray area. that's what the state is describing as limited services where workers may not come in contact with customers. so we're talking businesses like auto repair shops, dry cleaning services and pet services. they still don't know if they can continue to operate. >> we have not received any notice from the county as of yet regarding, you know, status of our business or anything like that. it would be nice to have some information as to what's going on. >> the county is holding a virtual town hall meeting for businesses tomorrow afternoon to answer any questions they might have about this new stay-at-home order. this morning, we're learning more about one lawmaker's plan to get california students back in schools by march. but medical experts and school leaders have concerns about it. abc7 news reporter julian glover live in dublin with more on this proposal. julian. >> hi, good morning, kumasi. this new proposal being kicked around in the state legislature would force schools to reopen after their county moves out of the most restrictive purple

reopening tier. but this is far from a one-size fits all plan. the individual school districts they would be able to decide if they want to go for hybrid or all in person learning. this is welcome news for school districts like dublin unified where we are this morning. the district superintendent here announcing it will present its reopening plan to the school board in late december or early january with the goal of reopening elementary schools for hybrid learning by january 19th of the new year. if alameda county improves out of the purple tier. else where like in san mateo county, jefferson union high school district is not comfortable with the idea of reopening schools so soon. >> health officials have told us this is a safe way to do school and have students in small pods that kind of are in groups and they stick together. we don't have the staffing to do that. we don't have the space. >> the schools areif is a esafee have feared.

particularly ages 5 to 12. they don't carry the virus as much and they don't spread it as much. >> health experts like the one you just heard from from ucsf they seem to have a bit of a consensus that the biggest fear of reopening is spreading the virus between teachers and staff, not between students. that's why in some counties like in san francisco, there's a push for teachers to be among the first to get vaccinated. again, as of now, this is just a bill being considered in the state legislature if it is, in fact, passed this would take effect on march 1st of the new year. reporting live in dublin this morning, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you, julian. california is hoping that you choose to download it new covid-19 detection app this week. but how does it really work and how do you know that your personal information is truly safe? plus, harnessing clean energy at

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well high winds and dry conditions took a really dangerous turn in southern california. so, what you're looking at is brush fire that's burning in ventura county. this fire forced officials to close highway 126 for hours yesterday. county fire officials say the fire started when a tree fell on a power line. it's that simple. they had the winds even faster winds than we experienced yesterday. and they continue. you can see the red flag warning from san diego, the border down there near tijuana and all the way up to slow and also in the foothills around bakersfield and fresno. we've got that critical fire condition. heightened to critical which are the kind of low and medium extreme would be the worst. at least they're not there. still even there in a critical

time you saw what happened. 39 in redwood city and look at the down sloping off shore winds in pacifica. 64 and 68 right now in half moon bay which is your record or your high temperature today and close to a record. we've got 39 around napa and santa rosa and 40 in concord and also san ramon and low to mid 40s for most of the bay and into the south bay. here's a look at temperatures. by 9:00, most of us around 50 to still holding on to those 60s at the coast. and we'll be around 59 to 63 at 11:00 as we're thinking about lunch. by the time lunch ends or, you know, if it ends a little bit sooner than 1:00, that's fine. mid to upper 60s and then by 3:00 still in the mid to upper 60s with a few areas touching 70. if you're heading out this evening, temperatures around 54 to 58 degrees for your evening walk. in fact, your activity planner the only danger out there is at our beaches with that high surf warning. it's time to talk about our morning commute and get over to

jobina. how are the roads looking, jobina sph. >> much busier at the bay bridge toll plaza, mike. we'll check out a live picture there at the backup and let me double check on those metering lights. they came on this morning at, let's see, 5:49. i want to let you know if you're traveling westbound through eme emeryville it's sluggish as you make your way to san francisco. checking out a live picture of the san mateo bridge and traffic building up there, as well. much busier. still not really any slow downs this morning which has been great and youreflected on the m. as i finish up, a big picture of the bay area and that's the speeds for going into, okay, so, now you can see the speeds going towards the toll plaza but i really wanted to show you this one if you're headed out the door, you will see you won't run into anything too much coming out of your home. reggie and kumasi. >> thanks, jobina. coming up next the colonel

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it? >> you would like it. >> very flattering for colonel sanders, isn't it, to have mario lope lopez. lifetime. 24/7. even if you can't sleep, they have christmas movies going on. 20, 25 and still a little breezy in our hills and not down where most of us live. total sunshine and record warmth. if you liked yesterday, you'll like today. fog returns to the san mateo county coast and more clouds this weekend with slight chances of rain. here's a look at storm track still well to the north and you can see a nice slug just north of hawaii. looks like it is coming to us but make a left-hand turn and head up to the pacific northwest. so, the rain is still ignoring us. on the other side, you can see the asterisk and that's where we have record highs. 70 in concord and oakland and san rafael and napa and santa rosa at 73. 68 today in san francisco and half moon bay and richmond some of oour cooler spots, if you will. those temperatures still about 11 to 12 degrees warmer than

average. tonight you can see the fog snuggling up against the coast and spilling into some of those coastal valleys in the north bay. mid 30s inland to mid 40s in san francisco. so, definitely cooler when you wake up tomorrow morning. tomorrow is going to be about five to six degrees cooler but still warmer than average as long as you see 60s on there above average. coolest days friday and saturday and slight chance of rain in the north bay saturday and sunday. that's it. no storm impact scale needed. >> thank you, mike. now, we're checking in with ginger for a look at what is coming up on "gma." good morning. >> hi, kumasi. hey, reggie. great to be with everybody here on a tuesday morning here on "gma." so much to get to. first doses of the coronavirus rolling out in the uk. we're there live and james will bring us the latest and that, of course, is the same vaccine that could be authorized in the u.s. by the end of this week. we're pretty interested. operation warp speeds chief scienced aver, dr. slaoui will

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that sounds dumb. we're going to take all those family moments and package them. hmm. [laughing] that works. let me talk to you about half moon bay for one second. the current temperature, 70 degrees. that's a record high temperature for today. sun's not even up yet today. i'm not sure you'll get much warmer than that, you're at 70 right now. other neighborhoods that will set record highs later on today. santa rosa at 75. redwood city will tie theirs at

70. those will also be record highs. pretty close in san jose and san francisco after barely missing the record high yesterday, we're going to miss it again today. 68 versus 73. kumasi. spacex is ready to conduct a test flight, i should say, of starship. the 165-foot tall rocket. a prototype of what elon musk wants to use to send people to space. the rocket is supposed to reach 8 miles above earth for the test flight. a live stream for the launch in cameron county, texas, is expected to begin in about two hours. the legendary american who was the first ever person to travel faster than sound has died. chuck jaeger broke the sound barrier when test flying the plane. he would go on to be awarded the medal of freedom by president ronald reagan. his wife announced his death on twitter calling him america's greatest pilot. jaeger was 97. well, the warriors are

officially starting full-team practices but they were without green and rookie wiseman. both reportedly tested positive for covid-19. not clear when they will be back on the court but stephan curry was there and healthy and this is going to be his 12th season in the nba. he says he hopes to be a warrior for his whole career. >> obviously, wearing the same jersey for as long as i can, that's a huge goal for sure. it's an elite club of guys that you look at that have play would the same organization and been successful and achieved, you know, greatness in that respect. so, that would be an awesome accomplishment. >> now, the warriors first preseason game is saturday at the chase center and then they open the season two weeks from today against former warrior kevin durant and the brooklyn nets. coming up next at 6:30, the new county closures taking effect in just hours. >> questions in marin county

this morning as the stay-at-home order begins. i'm amy hollyfield, the story coming up. plus one california restaurant owner thinks he found a loophole to stay open during the stay-at-home order. see what he came up to try to get around it. and test before you board. one airline now the first to offer all passengers this

building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is a, bc7 news. >> if i can do it, so can you. making news now at 6:30, it is vaccine v day in the united kingdom. the first day to receive covid-19 vaccine as distribution gets under way. plus, to work or not to

work. a gray area causing some closure confusion. we're live in the fifth bay area county set to enter a shut down today. another nice day awaits. could we touch the 70s in december again? i'm tracking how long we can expect this warm weather to stick around. and creativity in the midst of crisis. abc7's week of our state of the arts. i'm featuring a very special ballet company transforming itself in this pandemic. plus this. ♪ >> the tracy home always decked out in lights doesn't have one display. we saw his epic driveway show before but see the best part of this one featuring the weekend. tuesday, december 8th. we'll get to all that but first check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> thank you, reggie, kumasi, jobina. hi, everybody. let's start with our only watch

warning or advisory that is left over from yesterday and it is that high surf warning that goes through 5:00. you can see we're around 17 feet right now and can be as large as 25. powerful waves crashing our beaches right now. be vigilant and be very aware of your surroundings if you're heading to the beach. it's 70 degrees in half moon bay right now. who doesn't want to go and experience that? it's still dark out. here's a look at our calm conditions except for that 20-mile-per-hour wind gusts and that's why it's so mild. that's going to be the high. record high in half moon bay for today. other record highs out there as we reach 68 to 73 degrees today. not quite as warm as yesterday. all right. let's get some news from kumasi. >> thank you, mike. new this morning, a major milestone in the fight against coronavirus. vaccinations have started in the united kingdom. this is new video of the first person to be vaccinated with pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. 90-year-old margaret keenan got

the shot at kcoventry universit hospital 100 miles outside of london. she is encouraging everyone to get vaccinated. >> go for it because it's free and it's the best thing that ever happened. >> keenan said she feels, quote, so privileged to be the first person to get the vaccine. the uk officially approved pfizer's vaccine last week. the u.s. may approve the same vaccine after the fda meeting that is set for this thursday. abc7 has assembled this team to track all the updates when it comes to the vaccines. this week is a really big week with the fda discussing pfizer's vaccine on thursday. you can count on us for the latest developments as new information comes in. marin becomes bay area county number five to go into the preemptive shut down and there is some confusion this morning about what that actually means for some essential businesses. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us in san rafael. amy. >> hi, reggie. yeah, you don't see outdoor

dining areas any more here in san rafael. restaurants have been ordered to close but some other businesses are taking a close look at this order and wondering if it applies to them. bay area counties are voluntarily implementing the order and some businesses in marin are pointing out that the order has some gray area. tire shops and pet groomers, for example, are questioning whether they can be considered essential businesses. essential businesses are allowed to stay open. >> my clients say that i'm essential because they say they need anal gland and i think for the doggies i'm essential because they need nails and all that stuff. >> people still have to be able to have a way of transportation and a way of getting around and going to the grocery store or whatever it may be and, you know, if you get a flat tire on your way to the grocery store, you have to have somewhere to bring it to.

>> county fl ay officials say too, have an order that it is a bit vague and they're trying to get specifics, as well. we know the obvious ones. restaurants, nail salons are being ordered to close in an effort to slow the spread of covid. reporting live, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. many of the bay area restaurants forced to close indoor and outdoor dining asking if it really is a risk factor for covid. dr. george rutherford is at ucsf and he says right now state health officials are trying to put an emergency break on everything to get a handle on the pandemic and he believes it is appropriate to ban outdoor dining for those counties in the purple tier. >> it's when people start to congrega congregate. let's meet our friends. well, why don't they bring their friends, too. all of a sudden you have a party of six to eight people and that's when you get into trouble. >> dr. rutherford says

california may have been able to reduce its case numbers without banning outdoor dining, but there is no guarantee that would have worked. we should note not everyone agrees with dr. rutherford including san mateo health officer who says the restrictions on outdoor dining could drive people to gather indoors. a restaurant owner in lodi said he found this loophole to continue operating. dennis of dennis' country kitchen said his restaurant isn't technically open to the public. he's open just for members charging them $1 a membership. he hopes that this so-called loophole will keep him in business. >> we have rent to pay and those things aren't stopping and if e we, we're already barely making it, but i found that loophole and i'm going for it. >> dennis says he plans to stay open to protect his employees and his restaurant, which has been open for nearly 30 years. new york is taking california's lead when it comes to flattening the curve and jobina is at the live desk with the covid situation we're seeing

across the country. >> thank you, reggie. just days after governor newsom announced a new stay-at-home policy new york is following suit. the state will close indoor dining in areas where hospitalization rates exceed 90% capacity. cases are on the rise right now in 37 states and territories. the u.s. topped 1.3 million new cases within the first week of december. and the numbers are expected to keep rising. dr. anthony fauci says we'll see the effects of thanksgiving surge next week. >> the problem is that's going to come right up to the beginning of the christmas/hanukkah potential surge. so, you have a surge upon a surge. >> right now 90 americans are dying from covid-19 every hour. kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. things aren't looking too good in the south bay right now. santa clara county reported another single day record for cases with more than 1,400 and health officials are sounding the alarm.

>> we are very concerned about the health care system's capacity. in particular, when it comes to icu beds. as of today, we have 50 empty icu beds remaining in our county. that's 50 bed for a county of 2 million people. >> listen to this. nurses at stanford health care, they get at least six months to a year of training before they work with critical care patients but now governor newsom has suggested a two-day training program so more are rns can help out in the icu. abc7 news spoke with a bay area nurse who says that a lot of nurses aren't really thrilled with this idea. >> i've never heard of an icu nurse training for two days. it's just unconscionable that such a discussion could even be happening. >> i would be concerned about any nurse that didn't have a critical care background to be able to independently function after two days of orientation. >> and, again, the normal time for training is anywhere between six months to a year.

could guaranteed basic income be coming to the bay area? how san francisco could take the next step in making that a reality. taking a look at the new york stock exchange. another update on how the markets are doing next. plus they always show up this time of year but the porch pirates are here and more clever than ever. the newern wai warning you shou and what is being done to stop them this year. first a check on your weather and mike nicco. >> our ring camera wouldn't stop because i put some house-size ornaments outside and they were swinging in front of the ring camera and kept setting it off. that wasn't very smart. let's take a look at what is going on and talk about wild swings. look at this. temperatures up to 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. which was about 20 degrees warmer than the day before. that's what winds do for you during the overnight hours. they keep the atmosphere mixed up. when it's not there, you can see

how cool it gets. look at all these mid to upper 30s especially right along the highway 1 corridor and milder inand 51 in nanapa. the cool spot along the coast, daley city at 55. right now 39 in san ramon. right now here's a look at santa cruz and you can see the waves. not as angry as they will be on northwest facing beaches today. but definitely a little higher than normal and temperatures in the mid 60s by noon and mid to upper 60s by 4:00 and then low to mid 50s as we head into the evening hours. your commute planner is pretty quiet this morning other than a few breezes up at our highest elevations and it ought to be a smooth sailing for you. we'll take a look at the potential for some rain coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. let's get over to jobina and talk more about that morning commute. hi, jobina. what are you seeing? >> hi, mike. thank you. i'm seeing honestly a really smooth commute. it's busy in some spots, but i'm curious if the new stay-at-home

policy is impacting traffic in any way. we're going to start off with a live look showing you emeryville right now and all those headlights making their way westbound to the maze and then towards the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights came on at 5:49 this morning. this is definitely our busiest spot at the toll plaza. we have a back up and it's going to be a little bit slower as you make your way into san francisco this morning. but aside from the slow down that i see at the bay bridge toll plaza and then coming out of tracy this morning, i'm not finding any other major problems on our roads.

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welcome back, everyone. happening today san francisco supervisors are expectsed to vote on moving forward with a study to consider a guaranteed income program. supervisors matt hany introduced a resolution earlier this year. provide low-income families $500 a month funded by private donors. today his vote would determine whether the city should study the city's feasibility.

more than 25 cities including stockton have backed the guaranteed income plan. abc news is committed to building a better bay area through everything that this pandemic is throwing our way. a key piece of that is focused on our students' education. this morning a bay area lawmaker is pushing to have all public schools reopen statewide by march. julian glover live in dublin with what parent and doctors are saying about the plan. julian. >> hi, good morning, kumasi. this is welcome news if your student is just fatigued with zoom learning. the proposal that is being kicked around by the state legislature right now would force schools to reopen once their county moves out of the most restrictive purple tier. not a one size fits all policy. individual school districts would decide if they want hybrid or all in-person learning. welcome news for unified announcing it will announce its

reopening plan in late december or early january with reopening by january 19th of the new year. now, if alameda county improves out of the purple tier, that is, the proposal comes at a time when zoom learning fatigue is really building up for parent, teachers and, of course, most importantly, students. >> i know it's less than a year but in my mind it feels like two years. really frustrating. >> highest risk group is actually the adult staff to staff is where the transmission has been seen the most, even that is not very frequent. >> you heard that 7-year-old right there just fed up with the zoom learning at this point. health experts agreeing saying the biggest fear of reopening is spreading the virus between teachers and staff, not between students. that's why in some counties like in san francisco there's a push currently for teachers to be among the first to get vaccinated. again, this assembly bill

currently being proposed is just that right now. if it is approved, it will take effect march 1st of the new year. for now reporting live in dublin this morning, julian glover, c abc7 news. >> thank you, julian. we are sending out alerts like this as we get updates about schools and reopenings. you can get the updates right to your phone. download the abc7 news app and get push alerts. we are hearing since her parents pled guilty both lori loughlin and her husband admitting getting their students in as rowing recruits even though they never played the sport. >> we took it and ran with it. >> olivia jade is talking with jada

her husband started serving his five-month sentence last month. the army is set to release the independent review of the command climate and the culture at ft. hood. the death of vanessa guillen triggered this review. she feared review for sexual harassment claims and it is likely the findings will lead to some changes a that base to address issues raised by her disappearance and murder. three updates planned from texas and washington, d.c. california lawmakers are kr considering new requirements for police officers. according to "sacramento bee" they want officers to be 25 years old and have a bachelor's degree. college educated officers are less likely to shoot or injure people. under current state law they must have a high school diploma and be 18 years old. highway patrol officers must be at least 20 years old. president-elect joe biden's pick for defense secretary is on

the verge of making history. biden is expected to select retired army general lloyd aust austin. if confirmed the first black person to lead the pentagon. general austin served in iraq when barack obama was president. he spent 41 years in the u.s. army before finishing his career in 2016 at the commander of u.s. central command, where he was in charge of all american troops in the middle east. now your morning money report. tiktok survives a potential u.s. ban again and that could have a major impact on oracle's bottom line. for the second time a federal judge is blocking the trump administration's request to ban tiktok in the u.s. it had claimed the popular video app was a national security threat because of its chinese ownership. oracle stepped in hoping to buy u.s. operations. so, the judge's new decision may allow the chinese bytedance company to retain control over the app. taking a live look at new york stock exchange right now and it looks like we are down

just a bit, 33 points. even with new covid-19 restrictions. the nasdaq closed up nearly 1.5% yesterday to hit a new record high and, again, today a bit down. now to an abc news exclusive. american airlines will become the first airline to offer all of its passengers an at-home covid-19 testing kit. it will be available for purchase later this week. it costs $129 per kit. you get a nasal swab that must be sent back three days before your flight and you'll have your results before takeoff. some cities allow for shorter quarantine periods for travelers who test negative. however, a negative test does not mean a green light to tra l travel. while waiting for your results, you're asked to try to not leave your home. especially since more people are doing their holiday shopping online this year, law enforcement officers are warning everybody to watch out for porch pirates. they say the best way to make sure that your items do not get stolen is to install a doorbell security camera at your front

door. amazon also has a new device, a ring sensor for your mailbox and that actually sends you an alert when somebody opens your mailbox. you can watch "gma" for more tips coming up at 7:00. the tracy man known for his fabulous holiday lights is giving us another look and he's also giving back to charity. ♪ >> so yesterday we showed you his cia inspired show and showing us this really awesome version of the weekend. this actually benefits a local charity the mchenry house which is a family shelter. so, as you can see, there's even, let's see if it pops up, again, a little tree that lip syncs to the lyrics and now it will not come back. >> that is the best part. >> there he is. and if you want to see more of his videos, he posts them on

youtube. so go check him out. up right now at ab abc7news.com. covid safe light shows and holiday events in the bay area. if you and the family are needing some ideas including details on the winter wonderland light experience opening in golden gate park this week. which is nice to hear. the thing at the oakland zoo, i got the tickets for that which are kind of hard to get so that's not happening. >> that's not happening any more. >> no. >> oh, no. >> but i did get an e-mail saying that they are going to send us e-mails with an update and they're expanding the amount of days. so, hopefully we'll be able to see it eventually. >> yes. i know. we were looking forward to that. >> yeah, it looks really cool. i don't even care. it could be totally like in january or even february. i'm still happy to go see it because what else am i going to do? >> you can go dance in that man's driveway. >> i could do that.

i don't know if he would appreciate that but i could. >> you need to support the zoo any way you can and that charity from that family. that's great. let's talk about what is going on from the east bay hills camera where it's 61 degrees and breezy in our highest elevations. record highs even though not quite as warm as yesterday. i mean some of us near 80 degrees. dangerous surf through 5:00. fire threat lessens. there is good news for wednesday and thursday and the weekend not as sunny and the best chance of rain which is not as good in the north bay. area of low pressure that brought us the gusty winds yesterday and continues to retrograde to the southwest away from us and that's why it's calmer today and temperatures where the asterisk is near record highs, once again. our spread will be from 68 to 73 degrees and look at half moon bay. you're at 70 right now. that's about as warm as you're going to get. tonight we're back into the mid and upper 30s in our deepest inland valleys and low to mid 40s in the rest of our neighborhoods. here's a look at future radar and you can see the pacific

northwest going to get pummeled and also the west coast of canada but notice the next couple of systems as we head into the weekend start to drop a little bit farther to the south. as we head into saturday night into sunday, the european model which is kind of a better model right now is showing a chance of rain in the north bay and then kind of fizzles as you would expect as it moves into the south bay. take a look at how much rain to expect and you can see the bullseye up in the pacific northwest. flooding rain and feet of snow and for us maybe 0.1 and that's just mean because it doesn't help anything it just teases us more than anything. today is the hottest day moving forward and back in the 50s and 60s with our coolest days friday, saturday and monday. have a good one. kumasi. >> thank you, mike. celebrity are just like us and some stars will get a chance to spin the big wheel for charity. pat sajek and vanna white welcoming celebrities. the stars will compete to win $1

million for a charity of their choice. it appears on thursday, january 7th. you can watch "wheel of fortune" every week night at 7:30 after "jeopardy." we're hearing from kelly rippon on "gma" to talk about her new book "parent up and inspire your child to be their best self-"talking about raising her six kids. >> you have six kids and you actually declared a favorite kid years ago and, adam, it wasn't you. >> you know what, michael. that came to a shock just as much to you as it did to me. >> so competitive. he's so competitive. the role has been filled 20 years ago. >> my brother is her favorite. like the middle. which is honestly, he's everyone's favorite. >> oh. well that brother must be pretty amazing because adam is so awesome. the conversation with adam and

his mom continues on "gma" at 7:00 including why he encouraged his mom to write the book. abc7 committed to building a better bay area including celebrating and preserving our arts culture. looking at the arts to see how they're holding up and how we can all help out. jobina is here to tell us about a san francisco dance company. jobina? >> yes, kumasi. you and i both love alonzo king's ballet and they are turning this crisis into an opportunity to create and innovate. >> all of our performances were cut. everything. in fact, the company was performing in italy where all of the news was coming from at the epicenter of the biggest outprak we h we had to get out of italy in two days and then perform in france and then get home and everyone was safe, thank god. no one was infected. all of our teaching and all of our community classes and everything has gone online because that was it. you know, it was a big halt.

but the halt did not stop us from finding ways to keep producing work and being creative. we and all of our making and doing, we forget that what we're making and what we're doing is being done by the heart and the mind. the heart and the mind have to be nourished. >> you can see my complete report on lines ballet today at abc7 news at 4:00. for how you can help all the organizations we're featuring check abc7news.com/betterbayarea and click on state of the arts. kumasi, have you gotten the schedule yet for when the four of us are taking our class together? >> i have not gotten the schedule. let me get on it. but it is happening. >> is there a beginner level? >> yes, because that's the one i took because i am not a dancer. but when i went i went to the

very intro ballet and i felt like i could hang. you can do it and mike can do it, too. >> they have for all levels. >> i'm excited. >>room i'm excited. i brought my lotion. i knew what time it was. >> look at you. this is, is this our first three-person lotion? >> it is. >> wow. look at us. breaking norms. self care. just doing things out here. >> this makes me happy.

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it's 6:358. if you're just joining us, the seven things to know. a 90-year-old woman is the first woman approved to get a vaccine in the uk. the uk approved pfizer's vaccine last week. the white house will hold a vaccine summit and president trump expected to issue an executive order to get americans vaccinated first before doses are sent abroad. the fda will review pfizer's

vaccine thursday. starting today at noon marin county under a self-imposed shut down. holding a town hall for businesses tomorrow to answer any questions about these new restrictions. number four today california's health and human services secretary dr. mark ghaly will give an update. you can stream it at noon on our app and abcnews.com. another round of record high temperatures. not quite as warm as yesterday, we could reach the mid 70s in some neighborhoods. >> number six, taking a live look right now at the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights came on at 5:49. definitely our busiest spot this morning but overall a very clear commute. >> look at number seven. chipotle is offering something new and nothing to do with burritos. new merchandise line. beanies, pajamas, different colors. black bean and pepper and avocado. those are the colors. >> i know this is silly, but i

would probably buy it. "good morning america." a major milestone in the fight against the coronavirus. the uk giving out the first doses of that potentially life-saving pfizer coronavirus vaccine this morning, kicking off the biggest mass vaccination program in that country's history. and here at home, as hospitals hit a breaking point, news there may be a shortage of that same vaccine after the trump administration turned down the chance to buy more doses in advance last summer. the chief science adviser for "operation warp speed" joins us live only on "gma" this morning. breaking news and breaking barriers. another nomination from president-elect joe biden making history, expected to name retired general lloyd austin as defense secretary. he would be the first african-american to lead the