we're prepared as of today to receive just in case it comes early. >> this moment of hope and change that everybody has been longing for. making news at 6:00, vaccine delivery day. what the country has been waiting for for months. the u.p.s. vice president piloting one of the first historic flights. now america's major mission under way. this morning the bay area is at the ready for its first distribution of doses. good morning. welcome to monday, december 14th. we will get to the vaccine news in just a second. first we check in with meteorologist mike nicco. hi, mike. >> hi, everybody. i was just updating the king tide. it will be 7.1 feet. the tallest in this cyclone. that's why there will be flooding along the coast. there will be flooding around san francisco and up around san pablo bay, manzanita park, the same areas that always flood. we'll have one more tomorrow.

that's why the flood advisory goes through 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. here's something else to consider this morning. along the coast, up into the north bay, yep, it's damp and that means we'll have tule fog for a while. that's a nice byproduct of the rain we had over the weekend. we got the rain, that's why we're having the tule fog. if we didn't have the rain, we wouldn't have tule fog. 56 to 60 under a mostly sunny sky this afternoon. storm door stays open wednesday and thursday. we're moments away from a historic turning point in the ongoing and devastating coronavirus pandemic. the first american will be vaccinated any minute now. vaccinations will be happening at hospitals across the u.s. today. here's the opts a bshhospitals receive shipments and begin injections today. jobina fortson has more on the distribution process getting under way. >> we are finally here. 145 hospitals nationwide this

morning are preparing to receive the first doses of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. in total 2.9 million doses will be shipped to all 50 states this week. the initial supply will go to front line health care workers, those in long-term care facilities and staff. u.s. marshals are traveling with each shipment and the fda has given priority -- or the faa has given priority to flights carrying the vaccines. u.p.s. says they're working fast and diligently. >> this morning they will be offloading those jets and those docks, they'll be delivering with our traditional brown trucks this morning to their vaccine locations. i think there's a race out there right now. as soon as the trucks pull out from their hubs around the country, they'll try to get to those locations as fast as they can. >> the covid tracking project reports the u.s. is averaging 300 more deaths per day than at the peak in the spring. a record more 108,000 americans are currently hospitalized with covid-19.

in a few weeks another 2.9 million doses will be shipped to the same location for peoples second vaccination. >> thanks. the vaccine comes as several california counties are seeing troubling statistics. in san francisco county, health officials reported 323 new cases. that's the highest number of new cases in a single day so far. in los angeles, numbers from the weekend indicate more than 4,000 people are hospitalized with covid-19. and in the san joaquin valley the number of available icu beds is dangerously low. numbers show that icu capacity is at 1.5%. as abc7 works on building a better bay area, we are tracking the race to get the vaccine to hospitals in our area. we've learned that the first doses could be delivered later today. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at ucsf medical center in san francisco and i know they're really preparing for this. >> it was a lot of work getting ready for this moment, kumasi, but they are expecting to get their shipments today or tomorrow and to start

vaccinating front line workers on wednesday. hospital employees say they are so excited about this, calling it the beginning of the end. they have teams that have been planning for this day. saying the pfizer vaccine is pretty complicated so they've been running practice drills to be ready to vaccinate as many people as they can safe think. they hope all their employees will -- [ no audio ] >> we cannot mandate it. so we're creating a communication campaign with front line workers, workers to talk about the vaccine and why we encourage people to get it. [ no audio ] >> all right. we will get back to amy in a moment with more on how hospitals are working to prepare for this vaccine. but all this week we're bringing

you in-depth coverage on the vaccine with our team of reporters and medical experts. if you have any questions we'll try our best to answer them. go to abc7news.com/vaccine and submit your question there. also tonight at 10:00, there's a special edition of "20/20" it's called "the shot: race for the vaccine." it will be covering safety, access and timing. today an east bay city will talk about restarting a program to help small businesses and non-profits. the lafayette city council is considering reviving its business assistance program. it operated for five months earlier this year to help local establishments access federal covid relief funding. the council will discuss whether it wants to resume paying $10,000 a month to restart the program. -we walnut creek will consider a similar program tomorrow. ten san francisco community organizations will receive more than $5 million in grants to reduce the spread of covid-19 in the city's most impacted

neighborhoods. this is part of the health department's equity strategy which focuses on disparities in coronavirus case rates. currently latinos make up 15% of the city's population, but they account for 45% of cases. the money will be used for testing, contact tracing and other covid related health services. san francisco has updated its stay-at-home order. now you're allowed to see one other person from another household outdoors only. this means you can take a walk, hang out in a park and even play low-contact sports as long as you don't share equipment. san francisco supervisor matt haney pointed out something else you can do, date. he tweeted kind of jokingly this means dating is again allowed in san francisco, but you can only date outdoors and no double dates. an important traffic alert to know about. the work happening in the east bay and it starts tonight. and california's electoral college makes its vote for president official today.

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this is a live look at the university of louisville hospital in kentucky. the governor walking into a loading dock there. this is where some of the nation's first covid-19 vaccines will happen at any moment.

a historic time for our country as we've been waiting so many months to get this vaccine. the uk getting it first and now it's finally our turn and the bay area expecting to get its doses of the vaccine as early as later today but probably -- definitely by tomorrow. a lot of excitement this morning as the vaccine makes its way to our country. we'll check in with more on this as we get information about that first vaccination, now we go to mike. exciting as you mentioned. also imagine some of the stress levels going down because of that? that's going to be nice also for those front line workers. let's look at temperatures on the peninsula. we go from 40 in redwood city to 50 in san bruno. fog along the coast sid the coad mateo county. beautiful shot. look how clean that air is. 40 to 47 at 7:00. mid 50s from noon to 4:00. and then back around the mid 40s

to 50 if you're heading out this evening. here's san jose, some of the low clouds are still hanging around. caution, damp yards, that's all. if the kids are playing outside or taking a break from remote learning, keep them on the pavement. in the bay, we have king tides and hazardous waves at the coast. a high surf advisory through 7:00 this evening. a bit of danger there. here's jobina talking about the morning commute. seeing anything outside? >> just a few things to talk about. a live picture showing off the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights came on at 5:40. it really doesn't look like it. it's pretty light there. moving over to a live picture of walnut creek, showing off 680. looking good there. we do have an update from caltrain. starting today they will be operating on a new schedule providing 68 trains during the weekday with two trains per hour per direction. also a crash that i want to talk about. as you approach the dumbarton

bridge. if you're traveling eastbound on 84 before the toll plaza, a car crashed there and caught fire. if you drive through the caldecott tunnel, there's some roadwork you should know about starting tonight through thursday. caltrans will perform maintenance on the tunnel. one bore will close each night. tonight it's bore number two in the eastbound direction. >> santa and mrs. klaus learned

. developing news out of new york. a man was shot and killed by police outside of the country's largest church. police say the suspect with two semiautomatic guns opened fire yesterday after the annual christmas concert at the cathedral of st. john the

divine. an officer and a detective were already at the scene. at least 15 shots were fired by police before he was shot in the head. the gunman's motive is not known but eyewitnesss describe him taunting the police to shoot him. >> he was swinging the gun wildly and firing. he said if i'm going to die, shoot me. kill me. police say they found gasoline, rope, wire, multiple knives and tape inside of his bag. they have not released his name yet. happening today the electoral college is voting to finalize results of the presidential election. overnight state lawmakers in michigan had to state their state house because they say there were threats of violence. jobina is at the live desk covering the vote. >> the 538 members of the electoral college will cast their votes in state legislators today. in michigan the state house will be closed during that due to what officials describe as

credible threats of violence. it comes as a pro-trump rally in washington, d.c. on saturday turned violent. president trump and his allies lost nearly 50 cases since election day and the supreme court refused to hear a texas lawsuit that challenged votes in four battleground states. >> there's still these hail mary theories of how this could still be swung away from biden but it seems almost impossible that would happen. biden is expected to speak this afternoon after the votes are cast. then we have to wait for the usps to deliver the votes to washington, d.c. the next big date will be january 6th when congress officially counts the electoral votes. kumasi? >> thank you. passengers on board a plane from las vegas to portland were delayed after a man was on the wing of the plane.

so, apparently this man hopped over a perimeter fence. you can see him crawling and then at one point he was walking on the wing. so, at one point he's trying to get up the wing's end. officers eventually made their way on to the wing. they tried to apprehend him. he fell over. a lot was happening on this wing. the passenger who captured this video described what she saw. >> he had taken off his shoes, thrown them down. he was definitely very animated in his gestures and motions. he was raising his hands up. he was down on his knees. >> the man was taken into custody and then to a medical facility. the flight took off about four hours later. coming up at 7:00 on "gma," we'll hear more from the woman who took the video. four hours? >> we already have enough anxiety being around people, being on the plane. then to sit there as this man is doing whatever he's doing? >> why was the fence that low? can he just hop over the fence and get to the airport?

>> that's what i'm saying. >> you should be able to. that's a good point. it's not nearly as funny as the cartoon i saw over the weekend where the -- when he was checking in, the passenger, did he want the masked section or the no-mask section, he chose the no-mask section and he was out on the wing. then i saw this. maybe not so funny anymore. you can see from sutro tower, looking down at some clean air. this is wonderful air. if you've been waiting to get weather more like the holiday season, i have it for you. started with the rain over the weekend. the hills will turn green in the next couple of weeks. we have dry and cooler conditions this morning. it will become mostly sunny this afternoon. your other highlight, seasonal chill, patchy clouds and fog. we have to expect that. the ground is damp. tule fog will be a main stay in our morning forecast. trending drier and cooler for the weekend.

today, 56 to about 60 degrees, which is spot on for this time of year. tonight, some freezing cold temperatures possible in the north bay and east bay valleys. 30s elsewhere inland. mid to upper 30s. low to mid 40s around most of the bay. here's what's going to happen wednesday. now, this storm is not nearly as potent as the one we had over the weekend. it's going to come in in a much tighter window. wednesday up until the evening hours, we have drizzle and light rain. heavier showers overnight through thursday morning. that's it. the storm is gone it won't last three days like we just had for friday, saturday, sunday. rainfall amounts a quarter to a half inch. significantly less. it's nice to get more rain and try to catch up on the rain season. friday, saturday, sunday, temperatures will be warmer and a little bit drier. we had a chance of rain in for saturday and sunday, that's looking less likely now. we could use a good weekend after all that rain last weekend. >> thank you. now we're checking in with

ginger for a look at what's coming up on "gma" at 7:00. good morning. >> kumasi, good morning to you. great to be with everybody on a monday. let's start with the day so many have been waiting for. the potentially life saving coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out right now. "gma" will take you into the logistical effort, the tracking, the security, who will get it first and where will that happen? and how fast are more doses being made. a lot of questions to answer. jerome adams will help us to answer those. and shocking video, t college basketball star collapsing on the court before the game. and tributes pouring in for trail blazer charley pride. he passed away after a battle with covid-19. now there's questions growing about the cma awards where he received that lifetime achievement award. what the country music world is saying this morning. and finally wonder woman

1984. the stars kristin wiig pa pascal will join us live. >> my brother sent me this really cool thing, it's an avant calendar with chocolates every day, but it's for adults. they're fancy chocolates. because he's what? classy. >> not that plastic chocolate that comes in son of them? >> no. no. i looked it up. i was like, mark, you are really outdoing me. you're supposed to be my younger brother. one of these days i'll be a full adult. ginger, we look forward to the cookies and everything else at 7:00. thank you. also we want to tell you later this week on "gma" an abc news exclusive. robin roberts one-on-one with vice president-elect kamala harris. this will be harris's first solo

interview since the election. you can watch it wednesday morning at 7:00 a.m. right here on abc7. and we're checking in again in louisville, a moment ago there was a u.p.s. delivery there. which we assume is related to the coronavirus vaccine arriving at the louisville hospital at the university of louisville. it's an exciting day because this is the first time that we are seeing people get the vaccine for covid-19 from pfizer and as soon as we get more information about who that person is who is getting vaccinated first in louisville, we'll pass it along to you. the governor has arrived in the past few minutes. everyone is getting into the holiday spirit. scuba drivers in brazil are dressing up for christmas. scuba drivers in brazil are dressing up for christmas. the staff at the aqua rio aquarium in rio de janeiro are dressing up as santa and mrs.

klaus feeding shanks and sting ways. they will be doing this every day until the 25th to bring extra christmas cheer to visitors. >> i still feel the same way. >> you're upset because you wish we could also go to the aquarium or go anywhere at all. >> anywhere. >> down there in rio, it's a different time. paying it forward in a pandemic. how one business is going viral for its generous drive-through donations. and people are latching on to the christmas countdown even more this year.

with more people staying at home, christmas tree lots are seeing more business. >> who picked the tree this year? >> all of us. >> me. >> she said she did. >> you did. >> we approved. >> christmas tree farms across the u.s. reporting tree short

stages. in ft. mason they're running out fast. >> normally we go through 7,500 trees. this year we're down to about 6,000. one of the key differences has been tree availability. >> and to put that into perspective, less than two weeks from christmas last year they had close to 1,000 trees in this lot. this year they have 300 left. another reason for the shortage could be blamed on people buying trees earlier than usual. a mom and pop coffee shop outside of minneapolis is serving up free drinks thanks to the kindness of generous donors. >> your drink is free. >> the palm family owns the daily grind and they've been working hard to keep their business afloat. the one thing that put a smile on their faces, someone put down $100 a day since the pandemic began in march and more amazing it comes from a different person every time. the donations come from as far away as california and florida. they say it means a lot to them

and their customers. >> a $2 coffee will make someone cry right in front of me. it's like, wow. there are good people out there. >> the palms say they don't have an end date in mind for the free coffee. they will keep giving it out as long as donors want to pay it forward. coming up next at 6:30, the very first shipment landing in california, and we are live at how one bay area hospital is getting ready to get the precious cargo. and a climb in car thefts in

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delivery day is here. you're looking at the first pfizer doses touching down in california. l.a. airport showing this fedex plane carrying the historic cargo that is now coming to the bay area and beyond. we're live at one local hospital standing by. plus the supply chain crunch. will the distribution of doses cause slowdowns for your holiday shipping? the key deadline that you need to know. and the return of this robot dog. the billion dollar deal that could make this four-legged contraption a familiar sight in your neighborhood. >> first, king tide is back in the bay area. i'm tracking the forecast that could bring us dangerous surf today and tomorrow. >> we have a lot of things going on, but about that dog learn a dance routine? >> it looked like a push-up. >> maybe. it was too much. good morning. it's monday, december 14th. >> as soon as that dog is

administering the covid-19 vaccine, i'm on board. before that, no. >> hello. >> okay. >> mike, how is it looking out there? >> him learning the dance wasn't enough to soften the thinking on him? he has to inject us with life-saving vaccine before we'll accept him. all right. i just wanted to make sure. on a serious note, back to that coastal flood advisory. welcome to monday. king tide, our first one of december. we'll have another one coming up in january. 7.1. today is the highest king tide. it's at 10:19 today and 11:04 tomorrow. it will be lower. that's why we have the coastal flood advisory. here's a look at some of the fog in santa rosa and along the coast. otherwise we have some clean, cool air that is coming in on these light northerly winds. some of that fog may try to drift south along 101. it will be around through the

morning commute. it won't move much around santa rosa. mid 50s to upper 50s for high temperatures today under a mostly sunny sky. i'm tracking more rain wednesday and thursday. i'll have that coming up. >> thank you. we're taking a live look across the country at various places that have already received the covid-19 vaccine from pfizer. this is ohio state university in columbus. the first pfizer vaccine arriving there at the wexner medical center. as we get more information about who is getting these vaccines we'll want to hear that first sound byte from the person who gets the shot. we'll bring that to you. we want to tell but a historic turn in the coronavirus pandemic. this morning we're moments away from the first americans being injected with pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. we know that more than half a million doses have already been shipped out and more will be leaving today. a new poll finds 40% of americans want to get the vaccine as soon as possible. 44% say they prefer to wait.

15% say they don't want to get it at all. jobina is at the live desk with more on that. >> a u.p.s. truck arrived at university of louisville hospital in kentucky moments ago. it's carrying containers filled with vaccine doses. it pulled up at the same loading dock where kentucky's governor arrived minutes earlier. we brought you that live on abc7 mornings. governor brashear will be present when the first vaccine is administered. 2.9 million doses will be shipped nationwide this week. s front line health care workers, those in long-term health care facilities and staff. ier >> we're getting the people most likely to be impacted vaccinated first. we recognize there's a symbolic part of someone like me getting vaccinated and giving confidence to get others vaccinated.

95% effectiveness means we can put this pandemic away if we get enough people vaccinated. >> president trump says he is delaying a plan for white house staff to receive the vaccine in coming days. pfizer officials say that even though delivery is under way right now, production of the actual vaccine has been nonstop and they expect to work 24/7 for at least the next year. kumasi? >> thank you. the vaccine rollout comes as california continues to set records with the number of people in the hospital because of covid-19. the state topped 13,000 hospitalizations yesterday. more than 2,800 people are in the icu. both of those numbers are single day highs. the bay area's icu capacity dipped to 16.7%, even closer to the state's threshold of 15%. there were more than 30,000 newly diagnosed cases of coronavirus statewide over the weekend. abc7 is on vaccine watch as

we are working to build a better bay area. every local county is on stand by waiting for the first doses of the pfizer vaccine to get delivered. amy hollyfield is live at ucsf in san francisco. that delivery could come as early as today? >> yes. we are watching for the truck as we stand here. ucsf is saying they're one of seven hospitals in the state that will be receiving the vaccine today or tomorrow and they hope to start vaccinating people on wednesday. they are thinking they will receive about 1,000 doses in this first shipment. hospital workers say they are very excited, calling this the beginning of the end. one doctor called this a miracle of modern molecular biology. they worked hard to prepare for the vaccine. they have a team that has even conducted drills to practice receiving it, storing it, and administering the vaccine. just listen to what an operation all of this is. >> our preparation is detailed because the pfizer vaccine is

quite complicated. it needs to be stored at very cold levels and then you distribute it. so we're even doing simulation exercises to make sure we can vaccinate as many people as quickly and safely as possible. so this vaccine is from pfizer. doctors are hoping the moderna vaccine will be approved and start shipping next week. they believe they have a lot coming their way. they will start vaccinating front line workers first. that includes those who clean the rooms, serve the food, hospital police officers. and then they hope they can start vaccinating high-risk patients in january. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. all this week we're bringing you in-depth coverage on the vaccine with our team of reporters and medical experts. if you have questions we'll try to answer them. head to abc7news.com/vaccine and submit that question. and tonight at 10:00, a special edition of "20/20." "the shot: race for the

vaccine." it will cover safety, access and timing. san francisco's historic cliff house restaurant which has been serving customers for 157 years is shutting down. the restaurant is so iconic that this announcement was the number two trend on google overnight. the restaurant posted the announcement on its website and while the pandemic definitely has not helped, the owners say the closure is coming as a result of delays by the national park service to reach an operating contract. cliff house has been running on short-term contracts since the last long-term contract expired in 2018. now we've reached out to the national park service for comment, we have not heard anything back. but the cliff house will permanently close on december 31st. >> that is disappointing. a daring rescue. surfers helping one of their own. you'll see the quick action of some witnesses during a disastrous day at the coast. and we'll take a live look at the big board at the new york stock exchange and give you an

update on how the markets are doing next. and the future of holiday hires. our look at this new way to holiday in 2020, how seasonal jobs will be shifting perhaps from now on. but first mike. >> hi. i hope you had a great weekend. and, boy, i can't wait to see our hills turn from brown to green over the next couple of weeks thanks to that rain. we're getting a bit of a break. cooler air has moved in. it's still kind of damp out there. look at these temperatures up to 12 degrees, 14 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. let's start in san francisco. that puts us mainly in the mid to upper 40s. about 46 to 49. we have a 51 at ocean beach for the outlier. we have upper 30s in the north bay where the thickest fog is now. the around the bay, and into the south bay, mainly low to mid 40s. santa clara at 39. same thing around pleasanton, 38 in walnut creek and about 46 in pittsburg right now. here's a look from sutro tower,

you can see that clean air and the beautiful bright lights that are about to go dim as the sun comes up. 40 to 47 at 7:00. mid 50s from noon through 4:00. by 7:00, down to the mid to upper 40s and the high surf advisory finally ending at 7:00. we still have the king tides. we have the coastal flood warning until 1:00 tomorrow morning. your commute, everything is quiet other than that patchy fog. let's look at wednesday. midnight, you can see light rain moving in as we head throughout the day. as we head into the evening and overnight hours, notice it gets heavier. that's when our biggest push of the wet weather will be. this system is moving faster with a lighter amount of rain coming in than the one over the weekend. i'll show you those totals coming up. let's bring in jobina and talk about the morning commute. >> we loved that rain over the weekend. so peaceful and calming. live look here showing off the bay bridge. it's a little sluggish making your way into san francisco.

i timed it out. it's still only going to take you about 13 minutes once you make it through the toll plaza and into san francisco across the bridge. metering lights came on at 5:40. live picture showing off san jose, 280 looking very clear. most of the south bay is. some minor crashes but nothing too report that is causing a big slowdown. the biggest commuter alert is from caltrain. they're starting new operating schedule. so they'll provide 68 trains during the weekday with two

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breaking news, just minutes ago new york governor andrew cuomo was periscoping with the first person to be vaccinated. her name is sandra lindsay, she's a critical care nurse at long island jewish hospital. we know her to be the first person to be vaccinated in new york. so far this is the first video of anyone in the u.s. get vaccinated. i listened to the video a moment ago and she said it didn't feel

like any other vaccine. it was just like a normal thing and it went well and everyone is clapping and seems to be super happy. this obviously is a huge moment for our country. >> definitely. the bay area counties all on stand by this week ready to receive doses of pfizer's vaccine. facilities are preparing freezers for storage. santa clara county expecting to get 17,000 doses. contra costa county expecting to get about 10,000. health officials say they hope to see the vaccine shipments come in each week for the next several months. now, along with health care workers, front line health care workers, veterans and va long-term health care facilities will be vaccinated first. the palo alto v.a. was selected as one of 37 sites nationwide to get those first doses. the race for the vaccine affects all of us. being vaccinated will help us build a better bay area through our health. when will you actually be able to get your shot? here's my report on the likely

timeline as this whole week, we are looking for answers about the vaccinations. >> reporter: since the coronavirus started spreading across the globe in late 2019, scientists have been looking for a vaccine. now that vaccines are proven, when will you be able to get the vaccine? it will ultimately be up to each state to determine who will get the vaccine and when. but federal guidance from the centers for disease control gives us an idea of the timeline. who goes first? the first doses of a vaccine were made available in december 2020. those first shots are earmarked for those who are at highest risk of infection, health care workers and nursing home residents. because the vaccines require two separate shots 21 days apart, the second batch of vaccines delivered in january of 2021 will likely go to those same people. by february, the next round of vaccinations are expected. the cdc recommends these shots be given to the next highest

risk people. that includes people over the age of 65, people with medical conditions that put them at risk of death if infected, essential workers like those employed in education, food, transportation and law enforcement. again, because it will take two doses, it will likely take two months to vaccinate that round of people. one thing to keep in mind, if you have been infected with the coronavirus you'll likely need to wait until the next round of vaccinations. that's because people who already had the virus likely already have some immunity. by april the next round of vaccinations will be distributed to everyone else. the next three months, healthy nonessential workers will begin receiving the vaccine. at that rate, most americans could be vaccinated by early summer. but that doesn't mean life will immediately go back to normal or that the virus will go away.

but we will be one step closer. until then, keep your distance, keep washing your hands, and keep safe. >> our vaccine coverage continues all week here on abc7. this afternoon on abc7 news at 4:00, we're drugging into the progress other companies are making with vaccines. at 5:00, we're looking closer at the rollout logistics and if we will have to stand in line to get the vaccine. on friday, we have a special hour-long town hall with a national panel of medical leaders. it is crunch time to get those holiday gifts in the mail. this year you'll likely be fighting extra delays. experts say the shipments of the first covid-19 vaccine could cause some backups for packages on top of the delays caused by high shipping volumes during the pandemic. tomorrow is the big deadline foreground shippifor ground shi through the post office, u.p.s.

and fedex. the pandemic is having an impact on seasonal holiday positions. many companies are drastically decreasing the number of positions in-store to stocking. macy's is going from 85,000 hirings last year to 25,000 this year. one economist calls this a likely window into the new world of retail. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way, we're up about 217 points. the company that makes the viral robot dogs that have been dubbed by the internet as deeply unsettling has been bought by hyundai. hyundai bought an 80% controlling stake in boston dynamics. the south korean auto maker says the purchase enhances its plan for autonomous vehicles and

smart factories. the firm has offices in silicon valley and in boston, both known for robotic innovations and creating these headless wonders which also put fear into our hearts. >> i had to fix my face. it was doing push-ups, dancing. >> nope. un-huh. nope. nope. nope. >> still no? still no? >> no for me. i'm telling you, put the needle with the vaccine in it, i'm good. into the hand of that robot dog. >> i was going to say someone will photo shop that and send it to you on twitter. you know they will. because that's how great our audience is. hi, everybody. thanks for joining us. here's a look from sutro tower, here's the clean air that came in behind that system over the weekend. yeah, it rained almost the entire weekend. hopefully you got outside saturday when it was drier.

we really needed that. worth giving up a weekend over. mostly sunny today, seasonally cool. flooding king tides today and tomorrow, especially in the morning hours. the next storm is wednesday through thursday and the weekend is trending drier. let's jump in with temperatures today. 60 in fairfield. most of us around 56 to 58 degrees, which is where we should be this time of year. colder tonight with frost possible in the deepest north bay and east bay valleys.. mid to upper 30s there. 40s around the bay. mid to upper 30s around the south bay. here's the satellite, you can see we definitely have a dry northwesterly wind, other than some tule fog right there in the sacramento valleys, pretty clear out there. this high pressure will keep us dry today and tomorrow. but it's not going to be able to hold off this area of low pressure for long. it is going to deflect most of the wet weather up into oregon and california. so this will not be a repeat of the weekend, even though it is a 1 on the storm impact scale. you can see the rainfall amounts are significantly less. a quarter to a half inch around the bay. until you get into the north bay, we get a third to

two-thirds of an inch of rain. most of that is going to fall wednesday night through thursday morning. it will be kind of sporadic and light during the day wednesday. you head into saturday and sunday. we have a few showers there. no storm impact scale because the models keep churning out drier air. temperatures pretty close to average in the mid 50s to near 60 all seven days of the forecast. have a good one. >> mike, thank you. only on abc7 news, a group of surfers being credited for saving another surfer's life. they rescued him from a beach. this happened sunday afternoon. the surfer was riding a six to eight-foot wave when he gained too much speed and crashed head first into a rock. a surfer at the scene happens to be an emt. he rushed to perform cpr on him after another group pulled him from the water. >> it looks like he had a gash

on his head as well. he probably hit the rock and became unconscious. someone was pumping on him, trying to get his compressions in, and the airway. >> the san francisco fire department says that the quick action of these surfers may have changed the outcome of the rescue. >> the cpr being administered right away is really a positive thing. under incredibly adverse conditions, substantial swell out there whitewater, rocks. like i said, these gentlemen did a great thing tonight. >> the victim is in critical condition. a witness says he was wearing a helmet when he crashed. san francisco has seen a spike in car thefts this year, that's according to the "san francisco chronicle" insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier. they're up 33%. in many cases the steal is just the beginning of the story. san francisco police tell phil that the thieves will commit

robberies and shootings. with more people staying at home there are more cars on the streets at any time and they can blend in when they want to commit another crime. you can read phil matier's columns in the "san francisco chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. >> cleveland's major league baseball team will drop the indians mascot sometime this week. espn confirms the "new york times" reporting. cleveland has used the nickname since 1915. but in recent years the team has slowly begun de-emphasizing the name. this season the team mostly used the uniform with cleveland across the chest, not what he's wearing there. reports say the team has no timeline for announcing a new mascot. we're hearing from legendary basketball star karim abdul-jabbar. he's going public with his news about his battle with prostate cancer nearly a decade after his diagnosis. >>im abdul-jabbar announced

his health battle over the weekend. he said it's important for people to take care of their health during this pandemic. he hopes the story will bring more awareness about health disparities in the u.s. black americans have more mortality rates than any other racial group for all companieses combined. >> so the fact that people of color have more face-to-face jobs with people, more likely to be involved in health care and they have to use public transportation, just those factors by themselves will make people of color more susceptible, more vulnerable to a pandemic. >> he says he's fortunate to have good medical care but acknowledges that's not the case for many people of color. he joined the health equity program at ucla where he's helping to reach out to the black community. you can see his full interview at 7:00 on "gma." >> thank you. here's something that you have probably never seen before. a unique customer, we'll say,

spotted near a las vegas bath and body works store. >> okay, y'all. for whatever reason there's a whole actual camel at bath and body works. i cannot -- >> i mean, so many things. but june hilliard took this video, she was in henderson, nevada. she said she was shopping at a store next door when the camel strolled in. the camel says -- the camel says. the lady said she's sharing the video because her best friend said that it was hilarious and that the world should see it. >> her friend was right. >> what do you think the camel wanted to get in bad ath and bo works? >> the merry cookie hand cream.d

this lasts, have you noticed this? >> i put son some at 5:00 when e talked about this. >> every once in a while throughout the day you get -- >> that's me. >> that's a cookie and that's coming from me. that's what the camel wanted. >> long story short. coming up next, the 7 things you need to know today. and abc7 launched a new streaming app. wherever you are you can get our live newscasts, breaking news, weather and lotion time. it's available on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and

it is 6:57. if you're just joining us, here's the 7 things to know this morning. number one, the first american has been injected with pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. this is video of sandra lindsay, a critical care nurse at long island jewish medical center. she got vaccinated just a few moments ago. 145 hospitals across the country will get doses today. number two, the bay area is on the verge of receiving its first doses of the shot.

local hospitals say they're ready. stanford health says it is running timed practice vaccine drills. san francisco's iconic cliff house is closing permanently. the owners are blaming the pandemic and a delay in getting new operating contracts with the national park service. number four, the electoral college is voting today to finalize results of the presidential election. overnight michigan closed their capitol because of threats of violence. california's electors are set to meet at 2:00 p.m. biden will give a speech later tonight. >> all right. number five, our storm door remains open through at least thursday. the next storm comes in wednesday into thursday. a couple parts to it, light rain and heavier showers overnight. it's a 1 on the storm impact scale. >> number six, i feel like we're seeing our shelter in place orders reflected on the traffic front. here's a live picture showing you the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights came on at 5:40 this morning. it's been pretty light so far. number seven, if you tried to access your g-mail

account and you got this message, you're not alone. google appears to have suffered an outage this morning. people online reported that it impacted several services including g-mail, youtube and drive. did it happen to you guys? it happened to me. i thought i got hacked. >> you started early. i haven't even checked my email. >> i'm hoping to -- >> me neither. >> i'm hoping to use it as an excuse to not send some gifts on time. is that possible? >> today is the day, right? before we need to -- it won't be guaranteed for christmas? >> tomorrow is the deadline. so, yes, you need to do it today. please do that. >> mine are always late. >> do they have longer hours? anybody know? >> they'll be open until they want to be there, mike. okay? it's a pandemic. >> sometime it says it closes at 5:00, the door is closed at 4:40. >> exactly.

that's what i was worried about. good morning, america. the potentially life-saving vaccines rolling out across the country. pfizer set to ship out nearly 3 million doses this week, the first doses arriving this morning for seniors and health care workers battling the pandemic on the front lines. all this as the nation now closes in on a staggering 300,000 american lives lost to covid-19. our team is on the ground tracking those shipments across the country. a top executive at u.p.s. joins us on the critical operation, and the u.s. surgeon general standing by with the very latest. the electoral college set to vote today, cementing joe biden's victory following a weekend of violence as trump supporters clashed with counterprotesters. the security concerns today in some state capitals as the electors get set to gather.