with that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us. top capitol hill negotiators seal the deal on an almost $1 trillion relief package. it will help those struggling. >> we consider it a first step and that, again, more needs to be done. lawmakers reaching a deal. our purpose has been to crush the virus. to put money in the pockets of the american people. which we do in this legislation. >> the roughly $900 billion relief package would include $300 in weekly federal unemployment benefits. and $600 in direct payments for millions. >> we can finally report what our nation has needed to hear for a very long time. more help is on the way. >> president trump calling on congress to increase the amount of the stimulus checks. tweeting in all caps, get it

done. and give them more money in direct payments. >> one hurdle. language proposed by republican senator, pat toomey that curtails the authority of the federal reserve. toomey arguing three pandemic related lending programs should end because they achieved their purpose. >> it was to make sure that credit worthy borrowers would access money. within days, certainly weeks, markets were again functioning, credit was flowing. >> chuck schumer saying the proposed language was so broad it could wiwould have tied the the incoming administration. >> the log jam was broken. senator toomey accepted my compromise to remove the broad language in his bill. >> more help will be on the way

said is pelosi, once the biden/harris administration starts a month from now. to the latest of the covid-19 vaccine on the move today. doses left two distribution centers inc ckcky and mississip and are headed to sites across america: cornell bernard is on the story and cornell, we have learned that california is expecting to get 672,000 doses of the vaccine and that is just to start. >> yeah, that is the plan. hospitals in the bay area, standing by ready to take delivery of their share of the vaccine. the u.s. has two vaccines to battle the covid-19 pandemic that killed more than 317,000 americans. >> distribution of moderna's covid-19 vaccine began early sunday morning, after receiving emergency authorization by the fda, form suit cal distributor preparing it for shipment and

packing it in to freezers and on to trucks under the eyes of law enforcement. it's 95% effective and 100% effective of preventing severe disease, this is how we end the pandemic. >> the roll-out means the country has two vaccines to fight the pandemic. >> we are expecting 30, 100 doses of the moderna vaccine here tomorrow morning. >> marine county said that the a doses are coming just in time. >> our goal is to not storefy a of it. we want it to get in the arms as quickly as we can. >> ucsf is expecting the moderna vaccine doses any day. >> we just had the pfizer vaccine, we would be elated, we have two vaccines. >> when both vaccines are available to the public, the health committee chair from the latino task force hopes it comes with information and outreach to

medically under served communities. >> to ensure that they are answers the questions that people have, in culturally confident ways and know how to address issues and concerns that people have around the vaccine. >> the doctor said that the vaccine means hope for the future. >> as one of my colleagues said, there's light at the end of the tunnel and for the first type, it's not a train coming at you. >> now, the target date has beenlate spring for the general public to get its coronavirus vaccine. but, president elect joe biden's nominee nor u.s. surgeon general said factoring in possible delays, it's more realistic to think it's late summer or early fall. >> a federal advisory panel voted to put people, 75 and older and essential workers next in line for virus shots. state health officials say there's more than 46,000 new

reported cases in california. that is 3,000 more than the day before. the centers for disease control and prevention say postponing travel and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from covid-19. >> as california's intensive care units are reach are capacity, authorities are turning to alternative care sites. the sleep train arena, is set up to take the pressure off the hospital system. 60 staff are working around and clock and governor newsom said it's not enough. >> at the end of the day. the biggest that challenge is enough staffing to meet the needs as it relates to the surge. >> so, the governor is appealing for staff to sign up with the state's health corp program if they are recently retired or have a particular expertise. >> the bay area saw its icu capacity go up ever so slightly today. it now stands at 12.4%. yesterday, it was 12.2. the greater sacramento region is

back below 15%, and it's at 11.6 northern kael has the most availability. at 24.2%. and the only region not under a stay at home order. southern california are still out of beds and that does not mean people will not get care if they show up at the hospital. france is the latest on a growing lift of countries to ban travel to the uk amid concerns about a new covid-19 strain. also on the list, ireland, germany. austria, and netherlands and belgium. the bans will keep the new strain from being imported in to europe. and they are coordinating a response. the health officials are saying the new strain is 70% more infectio infectious. >> the new variation is spreading more rapidly in the uk, we think it's more infectious. we are not 100% sure. but all of the data so far said

that it's not any more lethal and it's not likely to be any less sort of protective against the vaccine. the uk prime minister has ordered new lockdown for parts of england, including london. those restrictions are similar to those under a stay at home order issued in california. taking a live look at sfo, where we are seeing fewer holiday travelers waus because of the s lockdown. both do require a ten day quarantine for anyone arriving. nationally, the tsa reports that it's screened more than a million people per day over the last two consecutive days. that is a first since the pandemic started. and even so, it is still lesses are than half of the number of passengers screened in the same time last year. we are learning the details behind a shooting scare at the great mall in milpitas, moments of confusion and panic with the mall on lock down for hours.

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last night, a shooting victim at the mall shot himself. a massive police response was issued. they responded to shots fired in the shotting center shortly 5:00 p.m., a san francisco man was taken to the hospital with a nonlife threatening injury. shoppers sheltered in place while officers searched the mall, and escorted people to safety in the great mall parking lot. >> i was trying to get out the way and get to do a safe place. >> officers completed the search by 9:30 last

emoryville, are celebrating a new bike and pedestrian bridge. it was hoisted in to place overnight in just four hours. the new bridge will connect east and west emoryville, near the bay street shopping area that is now separated by rail road tracks and this is what it will look like once completed next summer. all together, the project costs just about $22 million. kids in san francisco's mission district have not been for gotten. the district was hit hard with the pandemic with kids unable to go outside to play or go to school. the mission food hub feeds 7,000 families and gave toys to the kids. >> i wanted to make sure that we brought joy to every child for christmas. we went out and did a toy drive. >> love to see it. the toy drive give away will continue through january 6th when latino communities celebrate the day of the three

kings. one of the world's most respected vocal en sempt -- ensembles will not be silent. what it took to make this virtual purchaerformance possib the girls s chorus and have a wet christmas? >> hockey is back, the san jose sharks will train, and different game same story. turnovers, how the niner

over in the east bay, they were giving away toys and turkeys today. abc7 news was at first covenant church in oakland, along red wood road with santa and mrs. claus herself, the effort was put together by city team that had 400 families registered for help this the holiday season. the goal was to get enough toys this year for more than 1100 children. and the show must go on, even in the middle of a pandemic. ♪ this is super impressive. the san francisco girls chorus

put on a virtual holiday p.m. answer today. thanks to current and past members. now, usually they would be performing live at davie's symphony hall, but not this year, this year's show had an island flare, featuring music from the caribbean and the philippines. work started on this performance all the way back in september and members recorded individual videos for the production. >> we are talking about more than 400 videos that we put together in one piece. it's amazing to see that. it's very impressive. again, a way to gather the community. >> her background looking tropical there. some of the performers are as young as four years old. >> all right, drew is joining us with a look at the weather and impending rain. >> yeah, and deon, we will find the rain toward the second half of the forecast. a weekend today, was beautiful. we had tons of sunshine, mild temperatures and tonight though, we have fallen back in the 40s

already. 45 the current temperature in brentwood, 49 in napa, and 58 though in oakland, and 54 in the city and 55 right now in san jose. similar to last night, tonight, again, we are expecting the areas of dense fog in the north bay, so, we have another dense fog advisory in affect for solano county, from 2:00 a.m., to noon tomorrow. for areas of visibility that could drop below a quarter of a mile. so, just be aware of that if you will be traveling very early in the morning tomorrow morning. especially through solano county, overnight, a chilly night, similar temperature wise to last night. a lot of cities dropping in the 30s. 34 in santa rosa. the same in concord, and we will fall to 36 in red wood city. 37 in san jose, 44 in the city and 40 in that overnight low in oakland. while many of us are sleeping tomorrow, you could see winter officially arrives here monday december 21st, with the winter

solstice, the sun's direct rays will be right over the tropic of capricorn at 2:02 early tomorrow morning and it will change our season officially and we will welcome winter tomorrow. the sunsets as we enter a new season, it will start getting later and later, tomorrow, sun will go down at 4:54 in the evening and one month later in january, it will happen at 5:19 and then two months in february, we are going to get sunset close to 6:00 in the evening. so our daylight hours are growing longer. tomorrow, it's a bright start to winter. 58 for the city, 60 in oakland, and 62 in san jose, 60 fe raphel, we have a spare the air day tomorrow. we have high pressure in control. it's trapping pollutants near the service. moderate to poor air quality droos bay area.

relief from the poor air quality is on the way. we are tracking rain returning and it looks like it will return here on christmas day. here's our next storm moving in to california on friday. liken and off showers. even mountain snow in the sie a sierra, and good news, the pattern looks progressive, another storm working in here saturday night in to sunday. so, the accu-weather seven day forecast. we will show you as we welcome winter tomorrow. it's bright and dry. and will stay dry through mid week and rain returns on christmas day. and it's on and off showers. saturday, and sunday. >> now, abc7 sports with chris alvarez. >> 49ers enter the day on a brink of elimination. a loss and a cardinals win, would eliminate san francisco. too much to over come for the team. niners have lost 5 of the last 6 entering the game and two early niner turnovers lead to 14 dallas points. mullins loses the ball, and former raider and niner aldem smith ever ros. the nierns on do respond.

hre is mullens to jordan reed. capped a 13 play 75 yard drive, niners down seven. and another 13 play, 75 yard drive, capped off by brandon ayuk, and the nine aers tied it up in the third. early fourth quarter game tied. can't do it, interception. sixth straight game with a pick. they took the lead, three minutes to go. down three, and niners have a chance until another niners interception. you cannot win like that. cowboys win 41-33 and with the card that wills win over the eagles. san francisco is out from the playoffs. >> well, i mean, yeah, we have dealt with a lot of crap this year. but, i mean, i would not want to say it's too much to over come. we would have over come it without turn overs. >> it sucks to lose. i hate losing. and you know, we have to change something. you have to look at yourself

first and foremost. you cannot keep doing the same things over and over again and expect a different result. >> after the biggest win in program history, more good news for san jose state football. the 7-0 mountain west champs will play in the arizona game it will be an 11:00 a.m. kickoff a we can from tuesday. coach brendan had a well deserved hug after the team returned to campus. watch this here, that is good stuff. san jose state has been on the road for most of the month. they played in hawaii, and the extended stay there in las vegas. the undefeated spartans are 19th in the ap poll and they move up to 22nd in the college football playoff rankings. what a season it has been. >> just, incredible. it's been a beautiful journey. it's been magical. it's been incredibly challenging. could not be had more prud of t -- more proud of the football team. this is why we play college football. to be playing meaningful games at the ends of seasons. and so, that means championships, that means bowl games and maybe one day a

college football playoffs. >> speaking of the college football playoff, four teams announced today, and no surprise, antioch, harris, undefeated, alabama, that is the four seed, in a relocated rose bowl that will be played in dallas. number two clemson will face ohio state in the sugar bowl. you see this? the nhl announced a 56 game regular season. it will begin january 13th, due to the international travel restrictions. so all the canadian teams will play in their own division, for instance. sharks because of the santa clara county current restrictions. they will follow the niners lead and go to arizona as well. the sharks gm doug wilson said it one of the many challenges. >> i look at the teams that had challenges and had to live in a bubble for two months. it's all attitude, talked to the players they have been putting the work in, as always, every time i call them. every one just finished having a great workout.

so we will see when we see them. it's challenging. but that's, you know, to me, it's a way of proving your mental toughness and your want to get off to a great start. >> so, it will be interesting. basketball season around the country. the warriors are playing tuesday and warriors and bucks on christmas. 11:30 a.m. healthcare ockey is behind them. >> so many sports compared to last year. >> zooms and bobbleheads. >> let's forget about that period of time. >> thanks. >> a possible cheetah sighting turned in to an jack hired me to tell you about his bagel breakfast sandwiches with bacon or sausage. jack i thought you hired me to be the spokesperson! why choose one when you can have two? my 2 for $5 bagel breakfast sandwiches.

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