now at 6:00, a kaiser employee has died following an outbreak at the er. we're live in san jose with what the hospital is saying about this incident. >> there's nothing wrong with saying, you know,ing y inyou recalculated. >> mr. president, the challenge you have is the data you have is wrong. >> problems of election integrity after this leaked audio recording. and be careful this morning, a live look at doppler 7. rain is steadily moving across the bay area. mike is tracking a storm that ranks as a 1 on our storm impact scale. good morning. it is monday, january 4th. the first monday of 2021. we want to start by checking in with mike. >> thank you very much. hi, everybody.

let's look at live doppler 7. i it it's active this morning with green. it's raining on marin county, richmond-san rafael bridge, the golden gate bridge, also the bay bridge on 580 and 80 as you head from about richmond down to emeryville. and now it's starting to slide into oakland, alameda and san leandro. this will head over towards walnut creek, danville and alamo in the next half hour or so. you can see more behind it. today we're a 1 with light to moderate showers. heaviest of the rain in the north bay where there's a slight chance of a thunderstorm. winds gusting around 30 to 40 miles per hour. it is raining in san rafael, expect this to be a healthy storm through the early afternoon hours. >> thank you, mike. this morning we're learning more about an emergency room employee who died from covid-19 in the south bay. the person worked at kaiser's san jose medical center. that's where abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is joining us

liv live. >> kaiser released a statement saying the employee who died was working here on christmas day. that's a day that a staff member showed up in one of those inflatable air-powered christmas costumes. they're looking into whether that played a role in the outbreak that happened here. kaiser is not releasing the name of the employee who died or any more information about the employee saying in their statement out of respect for patient privacy and the family, we have no additional information to provide. our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this terrible loss. we are providing support to our employees during this difficult time. the hospital is investigating whether the costume is to blame for 44 covid cases among kaiser employees. they tested positive between december 27th and january 1st. after that informal gathering on december 25th. they are testing patients who were exposed to those employees but they do not know of patients who have tested positive because of that exposure.

kaiser says the costume and the gathering were not kaiser-sponsored or approved and kaiser says this is an unusual situation and they will be reinforcing that kaiser does not allow inflatable costumes. they are deep cleaning the er now. reporting live in san jose, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. an 82 dialysis patient in the uk is the first person to receive the oxford-astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine. brian pinker says he can really look forward to celebrating his 48th wedding anniversary with his wife later this year. >> the vaccine means everything to me. to my mind, it's the only way of getting back to a bit of normal life. you know, this virus is terrible, isn't it? >> it's seen as a big step forward because it's so much cheaper than the other vaccines. the uk authorized the

oxford-astrazeneca vaccine this week making it the second authorized in the country. hundreds of new vaccination sites will open this week. new at 6:00, pfizer is offering volunteers in its covid-19 vaccine trial to get the first dose of the vaccine while staying within the study. participants can choose to learn if they got the investigational vaccine or if they got the place placebo. if they got the placebo they can get the vaccine but the fda and a panel of outside advisers are concerned about this plan. they say it would make it harder to continue collecting data on safety and effectiveness to get full fda approval of the vaccine. happening today governor newsom will give another update on the state's response to covid-19. last week the governor shared his plan to reopen schools in stages. he also talked about the criteria that counties have to meet for schools to apply. he will speak at noon today. you can watch his update here on abc7 and streaming on our app and abc7news.com. southern california is still under a stay-at-home order

because of a surge in covid cases, still 2,500 people, most of them with no masks on, packed into a church parking lot for a new year's eve concert in valencia. this is video of the event. christian activists and musician sean foyt organized this. deputies say the religious group was exempt from health orders. l.a. county has more than 806,000 coronavirus cases, that is the highest in any county in the u.s. san francisco business owners are calling on the city to intervene after an increase in burglaries and vandalism under the stay-at-home order. the latest data from the san francisco police department shows burglaries in the city have gone up nearly 47% from 2019 to 2020. though it is not clear how many of those cases are restaurants, many dining establishments say it's costing them thousands in upkeep and repairs. the san francisco business commission says the rise in crime means the insurance premiums are going up, too. with nobody watching, their

businesses are an easy target. >> that's one of the consequences of the shutdown in the city is that nobody's around. >> they want aid for the businesses to offset the costs. some east bay businesses are getting financial help to stay afloat. the city of lafayette's business assistance program is back up running today. it ran for five months at the beginning of the pandemic. nearly 100 businesses and non-profits each received more than $1,500 in federal assistance. the mayor of lafayette will host a webinar this week to give more information about the new funding. president trump and president-elect biden will be in georgia today. they are campaigning for two races that will decide which party controls the senate. now this comes as president trump continues his assault on the u.s. election. a leaked tape reveals that he pressured georgia's election chief over the weekend. jobina, you can hear in the tape the president asking officials to find the votes to overturn

joe biden's win. >> yes. so the hour-long recording was first obtained by the "washington post" and then by abc news. president trump asked the georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote. >> look, all i want to do is this -- i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. >> the call raises questions about whether the president violated election laws. georgia's ballots have already been counted three times confirming biden's win. the call comes as 140 house republicans and a dozen senators plan to object to the electoral college results in congress. coming up at 7:00 on "gma," georgia seco georgia's secretary of state addresses that call with the president.

>> thank you. lawmakers have narrowly re-elected nancy pelosi as speaker of the house. the 216-209 win gives her control. pelosi who represents san francisco has led her party in the house since 2003. she is the only woman who be speaker. the win comes with another difficult year ahead. president-elect joe biden is expected to produce legislation to tackle the pandemic and revive the economy. pelosi recently suggested that these would be her final two years as speaker. new details on how president-elect joe biden's inauguration will look in two and a half weeks. that's january 20th. the swearing-in ceremony is the only thing that may look traditional. everything else will be health and safety conscious. after the president-elect takes the oath of office there will be a socially distanced pass and review, a military tradition reflecting the peaceful transfer of power and then he will be escorted to the white house by members of every branch of the military.

the inaugural parade is not going away completely. they'll do a virtual parade televised featuring performances from communities across the country. still ahead, family and friends heart broken over the loss of this young woman killed in a hit-and-run crash on new year's eve. this morning we are learning more about the suspect's past. plus the shocking move that got two men banned from this hotel rooftop bar. and it's raining today and my biggest concern is getting out and about. flooding roads are possible as more intense roads are on the way. and we've already had hydroplaning that jobina has

all right.

welcome back. it's about 6:11 on this monday. i want to show you live doppler 7. it shows it's raining on the bay bridge, you can see how light it is. it will still make things slippery this morning. i'll take away that shot and show you the bigger picture. there's more waves of showers and they'll get heavier heading from the morning into the early afternoon hours. here's a look at future radar, the yellow and orange stay mainly up in the north bay through 9:00 and shower also pepper tpe showers will pepper the rest of our area. that will move through the rest of our neighborhoods by noon. by 2:00, most of us are finished except for a few random showers out there especially across the north bay. when you get to the colder air, you could have a chance of a thunderstorm. by 5:00, it's over. during the morning commute, almost everybody gets a little bit of rain. after that is when the bulk of the rain falls. let's talk about those slick

streets with jobina. what are you seeing? >> yeah, it has not been great for commuters this morning. a number of issues on our roads. i want to talk about the biggest problem that has unfolded in pleasanton involving at least two semis and another car. this is going to be westbound 580 before the 680 connector ramp. injuries have been reported here at least three lanes are blocked now. speeds are down to 10 miles per hour. we have a caltrans camera that i want to bring in here so that you can see the headlights moving westbound. look at those cars moving at a crawl right now. this is a caltrans camera, so it's not the clearest. you can tell that no one is really moving. the chp has not given us an update as to when the lanes will reopen. i want to bring in a live camera showing off our south beach view of the bay bridge. we don't have metering lights on at the toll plaza, but traffic is slow and it's like that once you get past treasure island. take your time out there. we've seen a number of crashes this morning.

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>> the main thing that she wants to tell everyone about hanako is that even when she came across some adversities in her life or on some difficult days, she would still always smile. >> friends and family have already raised $60,000 so her family can come to the u.s. and bring her body back to japan. this morning there's questions on why the suspect was free on the street's. chesa boudin says sfpd did not notify parole about mcallister's recent arrest and daily citi police did not arrest him after allegedly stealing a car. the state says they followed procedures, but boudin told abc7 news this was a systemic failure. >> we need to work with the police and with all other law enforcement agencies that we partner with to do a better job keeping the city safe. i can't do it without the police. they can't do it without me.

parole can't do it if nobody even tells them somebody they supervised was arrested. that's exactly what happened here on december 20th and again with a different agency on december 29th. >> boudin believes that the suspect could be arraigned in court as soon as tomorrow. you can watch his full interview with dion lim on our app and at abc7news.com. the three huge cranes that arrived in the bay area last wednesday could be installed at the port of oakland as soon as today. once they're in place, they will be towering more than 400 feet above the wharf, that's the tallest on the west coast. they are so big that crews had to lower their booms to fit under the golden gate and bay bridges. they will accommodate extra large container ships. two men have been banned from a hotel in nashville after guests watched them base jump from the hotel's roof. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! oh, my gosh!

>> the two took a flying leap new year's day from the rooftop bar of the grand hyatt hotel. they parachuted across the street to a parking lot where they got into a parked car and drove off. security say they were guests at the hotel. >> nope. it's a no for me. >> it's too much. 2021, i feel like new years was very low key. it made its way in, and here they come. >> what are they celebrating? >> mm-hmm. >> i think 2020 was whispering in their ear, hey, why don't you do this? >> like the devil on your shoulder in the cartoons? >> right. go away. we're past you. we're four days in to 2021. all right. let's talk about what's going on. we have wet weather.

all right. we're kind of stumbling out of the block this morning. i downgraded the storm from a 2, moderate, to a 1, light. it's not coming into phase. you can see the rain is light and scattered. it's drizzle to light showers from richmond across the richmond-san rafael bridge, across the golden gate bridge, another wave moving through san francisco. you can see berkeley, oakland, san leandro, now down to hayward moving across the san mateo bridge, back towards san mateo. even across the dumbarton bridge moving towards palo alto, woodside, eventually that will make its way into the south bay. right now we have not had anything measurable out of this storm yet as you look at 87. there's a bit of sheen left over from some drizzle yesterday. a 1 today with light to moderate showers. breezy. we have a parade of storms through at least next monday. each and every one of them is light on the storm impact scale, which is good that means it will soak in and not cause damage. 56 to 59. that's where we end up this afternoon with a little pocket of sunshine as the clouds open

just a little bit. then tonight with those clouds opening, fog will form and we'll be much colder. 35 to about 45 is our spread. don't forget if you want to go out to the beaches, especially tomorrow when we're between storms, we have dangerous surf through 11:00. we're off and on. we have a 1 today, a 1 wednesday, a 1 friday, a 1 sunday night. in between it will be dry with temperatures pretty close to average in the mid to upper 50s. hopefully this weekend will be a little bit drier so we can get outside and shake off some of this cabin fever than what we just went through. >> mike, thank you. we turn to ginger zee with a look at what's happening at 7:00 this morning on "gma." >> hi, reggie, hi, kumasi. happy first monday of 2021 to everybody. we'll start the year with new fallout from that bombshell recording of president trump pressuring georgia's secretary of state to find enough votes to help him win there. now that official, brad

join us live. and 15 million people were in airplanes over the holidays. the packed airports, the parties, a lot of that raising concerns, all of this happening as the new vaccine rollout hit some new obstacles. we'll speak with alex azar. and you know you saw it, chrissy teigen reveals she's four weeks sober. what led to her decision to do dry january a month early and what you should know if you're planning to go dry in the new year. and matt james joining us live before tonight's big premiere. this guy said he had never been in love and all i could think about is a couple ex-girlfriends being like, yeah, right. >> see? it was news to them. that's what i'm thinking. ginger, i need you to break a tie. so, in this promo we saw of "the bachelor," we saw one of the contestants, she walked up to him and she appears to trip right before she gets up to him.

i say that's an opportunity to cut someone early. kumasi, what are you saying? >> i believe there's a lot going on and she can get back up and still win this thing. >> okay. ginger, break the tie. >> reggie, ruthless. >> thank you. >> i will say i did that once before a first date. i walked down the street and he was watching for me. we were getting a coffee. i fully face planted. we went on to have a decent relationship. i didn't marry him, but, you know, it was worth it. >> see? >> and he's on page 43 of the book. >> yes. >> all right. ginger, thank you for being the voice of reason here. once again, siding with kumasi, which is the

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in early december. information taken includes call records, phone numbers and call times and duration. the company says the hackers did not get access to names, passwords, home or email addresses or any financial data. many fans are paying their respects on social media remembering tanya roberts after she passed away over the weekend. she was 65 years old. roberts was best known for her role as a james bond girl in the film "a view to kill." she also starred in charlie's angels and that '70s show. the actress collapsed on her way home christmas eve. she was walking her dog. she passed away yesterday at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles. her cause of death has not been released. the final episodes of "jeopardy!" hosted by alex trebek will start airing on abc7 today. tonight's episode contains a powerful message from trebek about the season of giving. the last episode will air friday. there will be a special tribute to him. six of the contestants this week are from the bay area.

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now at 6:30, a serious covid-19 outbreak among staff at a south bay hospital. an inflatable christmas costume may be to blame. new details about one person who was working that day. we have to follow the process, follow the law.

>> the secretary of state talking about the phone call he had with president trump. what he's saying about the president's request that he find more votes. plus lose weight by eating healthy in 2021. dr. jen ashton talks about the hottest diet trends of the year. is it too soon? we just got to 2021. >> we really did, but i guess it's never too soon, kumasi. >> okay. >> as she looks skeptical into the camera. good morning on this monday, january 4th. we will start with mike nicco. it is slick on the roads. my tires did a little bit of a slip this morning. >> yeah. got to be careful out there. not the greatest morning if you like to exercise outside unless you're one of those who likes to run in the rain, then we have the perfect setting for you. it's a 1 on the storm impact scale. it was a 2 for a long time. it's not quite coming together. up in the north bay, parts of it will be a 2. for the rest of us it's a 1. showers heaviest across the

north bay. slight chance of thunderstorms and winds gusting to 30 to 40 which usually don't cause damage, which is something we would look for in a 2, not rad storm. in the south bay, you're getting a little green on the radar over your neighborhoods such as palo alto, mountain view, cupertino and sunnyvale. around concord, pleasant hill, walnut creek heading out towards clayton and pittsburg. you can see around the bay bridge down to the san mateo bridge we have some light rain falling. so far it's been a trace. but it's enough to make things slick. the rain is only going to get more intense and more widespread as we head through the morning. you can see it will taper this afternoon. it will be gone after the sub sun sets around 5:00. we have plenty more coming up in the seven-day forecast. an er employee in the south bay has died after an outbreak inside a kaiser hospital. it could be linked to a christmas costume. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live for us in san jose this morning. amy?

>> good morning. yeah. the employee died of covid-19 complications and kaiser released a statement saying that employee was working here on christmas day, that is the day that an employee was here in one of those air-powered christmas costumes to boost morale and the spirits of staff here. kaiser said they would not release the name of the employee or information of the employee who died saying out of respect for patient privacy and the family we have no additional information to provide. our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this terrible loss. we are providing support to our employees during this difficult time. the hospital is investigating whether that costume is to blame for 44 covid cases among kaiser employees at this hospital. they tested positive between december 27th and january 1st. after the informal gathering on christmas day. they are also testing patients

who were exposed to these employees but do not know of any patients who have tested positive from that exposure. kaiser says the costume and the gathering were not kaiser sponsored or approved. kaiser says this is obviously a very unusual situation. they will be reinforcing that kaiser does not allow inflatable costumes inside the hospital and they are now deep cleaning the er. reporting live in san jose, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. the pandemic is causing massive wait times at santa clara county hospitals. the santa clara county public health department says that ambulances have waited up to seven hours to get a patient into the emergency department. while ambulances wait, emts are unable to respond to other emergencies so the fire department has served as a backup six times. on saturday, 689 people in the county were taken to the hospital. if you are back at the office this morning your company

break room might be off limits. santa clara county is adding new covid-19 restrictions. it means that businesses have to now close indoor employee break rooms. now it's okay to make coffee or to use the micro wave but you can't eat and drink inside the break room. health officials say a lot of the transmission happening in the workplace is happening in the break room because that's when people usually take off their mask and let their guard down. one recommendation, eat in your car. covid vaccinations are expected to ramp up this week and this comes as doctors and nurses prepare for more cases after the holidays. hospitalizations across the country are topping 100,000 for more than a month. in boston a second emergency field hospital is opening today. in l.a. the army corps of engineers is helping hospitals running low on oxygen. >> it's like treading water from 100 feet from below the surface.

you are already drowning but you have to keep trying. >> some of the first public vaccine clinic ys held ovs were the weekend in houston. 250,000 people called the health department for only 750 appointments. this morning alex azar is on "gma" talking about the rollout. what is he saying? >> so, 13 million doses have been administered so far in the u.s., and secretary azar says that the timing of the vaccines authorization added in with the holiday as well is partly to blame for the delay. >> there's a lag between doses available and being ordered by the providers in the states, shipping and vaccination, especially when you have christmas and new year's in the middle. >> he also talked about the new strategy of giving one of the two doses to vaccinate more people faster. >> that's not on the label. that's not what the data supports to go out and vaccinate

a lot of people with the first dose knowing you won't have a second dose for them. the data isn't there to support that. we're not going to do that. we're holding in reserve that second dose we believe we need to go according to what the fda said is the safe and effective way to use the vaccines. >> the secretary says we could see data from the johnson & johnson and astrazeneca vaccines any time now. novavax is also working on a trial of its vaccine. kumasi? >> thank you. if you want to know when it will be your turn to be vaccinated, we have a calculator on abc7news.com. if you go there and answer a few questions, you can see where you fall in line. a newly released audio recording involving president trump. in this hour-long phone call the president can be heard pressuring election officials in georgia to find more votes and to overturn his election loss in the state. elizabeth schulze has more from washington. >> reporter: in an hour-long phone call president trump is

heard urging election officials in georgia to reverse his loss to joe biden. >> so, look, all i want to do is this, i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. >> reporter: during the records of the call saturday, first obtained by the "washington post" and then by abc news, president trump pushed georgia's republican secretary of state, brad raffensperger, to recalculate the vote. georgia's ballots have been counted three times confirming biden's win. >> there's nothing wrong with saying that, you know, um, that you recalculated. >> mr. president, the challenge that you have is that the data you have is wrong. >> reporter: the president repeated conspiracy theories about the election without providing any evidence. trump and his allies have lost more than 50 legal cases nationwide trying to prove voter fraud. >> we won the election and it's not fair to take it away from us

like this. >> reporter: the call raises questions about whether the president violated election laws. >> i don't think you're going to see any criminal charges here in connection with what has happened. but there's certainly an argument that the president has walked right up to the line. >> reporter: vice president-elect claims the president abused his power. >> it was an abuse of power by the president of the united states. >> reporter: the call comes as 140 house republicans and at least a dozen senators plan to object to the electoral college results in congress wednesday. ahead of greorgia's crucial runoff election tomorrow, both mre president-elect biden and president trump will be campaigning in the state today. georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger, spoke to "gma" this morning about that

phone call. he doubled down on his conviction that the president's numbers are just wrong. >> the data that he what is just plain wrong. we've -- he had hundreds and hundreds of people he said that were dead that voted. we found two. we continue to debunk this. we believe truth matters, we continue to fight to get our message out. >> he said whatever happens he will continue to follow the letter of the law. at 7:00 on gave, dan abrams breaks down whether the president's request is illegal. still ahead, the next step for the u.s. government after a british judge rejected a request to extradite wikileaks founder julian assange. and you're looking at the big board of the new york stock exchange. down about 40 points. if you're feeling lucky this new year, we'll tell you about the growing jackpots in two lottery games. >> first though, we found out that if mike wins, he might share with us and he might also

disappear. we don't know. >> they're not mutually exclusive. they both could happen. >> never tell us where you are after that. >> i'm okay with that. >> no return to address. just disappear. i appreciate that. same for you guys, too. >> yep. >> i think i might actually play. i might do that. here's a look at what's going on. we have wet weather out there. i want to show you the bay bridge toll plaza. a light shower moved through, as we're looking at this, this is the area that we're looking at here, you can see that the radar is becoming a little less distinctive there. let's move on and show you the san mateo bridge. you can definitely see right around here we're looking at some wet weather. so watch out, things are getting slippery there. we have two more waves coming in through the north bay. there's one, there's another one. so we are just now seeing the beginning of this storm.

as we head through, my concerns will be with the commute. we'll have issues with the ponding on the roadways as the storms get heavier and the hydroplaning which we're already dealing with. jobina will tell you more about that. here's future radar, through 9:00, the yellows and oranges still mainly in the north bay as the rest of us deal with light showers. at noon, that's out of the north bay. for the rest of our neighborhoods, the cloud also open up a little bit, bring us a little sunshine. by 5:00 we're pretty much over other than an isolated shower during the early evening hours. through the morning commute, it will be wettest across the north bay. the south bay will see the least amount. in san jose, nothing yet. once the morning commute ends, everybody gets wet. rainfall totals a little bit less than what we originally thought last week. let's get over to jobina with the morning commute. how serious is it. >> the crash in pleasanton is

pretty serious, mike. it's involving at least two big rigs and another car right now. the backup is extensive. so i want to show you the map here. this is going to be on westbound 580 before the 680 connector. at least three lanes are blocked. injuries have been reported as well. i have a caltrans camera here that will show you those headlights as they approach the crash site, you can see there this is a live picture here, traffic is completely at a crawl. the chp has not given us an update as to when all of the lanes will reopen. there's debris, i understand there are nails all over the roadway and couple that with the injuries, it's a problem. bringing in a live picture showing you emeryville, our camera here. we have two crashes in the area. this is going to be eastbound 80 before ashby where we have a crash and eastbound 80 before powell street we have a crash. two problems there. thankfully it's in the counter commute direction. it's a bit foggy for people traveling westboundment we do not have metering lights on for

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developing news about the nashvil villville suicide bombe. investigators believe the 63-year-old may have been motivated by paranoia over 5g cellular technology. the individual is investigating mailed matierialmaterials. at least three bystanders were hurt. no one else was killed. wikileaks founder julian assange will not be extradited to the united states. jobina is joining us from the live desk with more on the judge's decision overnight. >> thank you. so this morning a british judge rejected the united states request to extradite assange on espionage charges because he may attempt suicide if he's sent to the u.s. we learned that prosecutors

indicted assange on 17 counts. assange leaked military and diplomatic documents more than a decade ago as part of the wikileaks publication. lawyers for the 49-year-old argue he is entitled to first amendment freedom of speech rights as a journalist. the united states government said it will appeal the decision. >> thanks. authorities in the north bay working to recover two children who may have been swept out to sea. their father died trying to rescue them. this happened around 2:00 yesterday afternoon at blind beach in sonoma county. the sheriff's office says a man was trying to rescue the kids, they were ages 4 and 6. he reached one of them but then got into trouble and drowned. a friend and his wife got his body out of the water. the sheriff's office says the children are presumed dead. new details in a shooting that happened in pleasanton saturday night. the victims are two 18-year-olds, a man from oakland and a woman from richmond. they were found inside a car pulled over on i-580. it was hit with several bullets.

police say their injuries are not life threatening. they told police someone in another car fired at them on stone ridge drive and officers believe this was a targeted shooting. airports are seeing a big jump in passengers. here's a live look at sfo. the airport had one of its busiest weekends since the start of the pandemic. the warnings to stay home apparently not deterring some travelers. the tsa says it screened 1.3 million people just yesterday. travelers returning to santa clara county and san francisco have to quarantine for ten days. san francisco supervisor matt haney says it's one way to keep the new strain of the virus out of the city. >> you know, there's not a whole lot of ways for it to be enforced. so i think really what we're saying that this is the best practice. if you're coming into san francisco, stay home for ten days. >> i have two kids on the east coast. i have to see them. i traveled over there so they don't have to come over here. >> the quarantine applies to all people traveling, not just those

who are flying. people are having their accounts suspended as california's unemployment department cracks down on suspected fraud. the edd tweeted yesterday morning saying that it is halting payments on claims it considers high-risk. account holders will be notified and will need to verify their identity to have their accounts unfrozen. our 7 on your side team has been investigating the numerous problems that has plagued the edd during this pandemic. you can watch our continuing coverage at abc7news.com/7 on your side. now let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. we're still down about 55 points. a live look now at los gatos, that's where neighbor also surprise a 44-year-old dad as he heads to ucsf this morning to get treatment for a tumor. the crowd lining up to show their support for him and they're doing it in the rain. that's when you know people really care. they say he's done so much for his community and they just want

to show their support so they're out with their signs. i saw some balloons out there. they have some flashlights. iphones. wow. that is quite a showing, isn't it? it goes on and on. look at this. someone made a hartlined with lights. >> awe. love it. >> we say good luck to him and hope everything goes well today at ucsf. i know he's in good hands. if you're looking to start the new year's off right, maybe winning the lottery, you will want to enter because 800 million bucks is up for grabs. wednesday night's powerball jackpot stands at $410 million. if that's not enough for you, tomorrow night's mega millions prize is worth 432 million. if you were lucky enough to be the next winner you can take your winnings in a lump sum or stretched out over 30 years. keep in mind the winner ends up paying 45% in taxes. take the lump sum, take off, never tell your relatives or friends. that's my advice to you. i've done too many stories on

lottery winners who end up bankrupt. that's reggie's advice. so many people are striving for healthier lifestyles in this new year. this morning u.s. news and world report is out with its list of the best diets for 2021 to help you make good choices. so, for the fourth year in a row, the mediterranean diet takes the top spot. dr. jennifer ashton talks about its health benefits. >> these are not just good for heart health, they're good for cancer risk reduction, they are good for weight loss. the key, a lot of color on the plate. low in sugar. not processed foods. just good nutritious food. >> coming up on "gma" at 7:00, dr. ashton breaks down the health benefits of other diets like ww, formerly known as weight watchers and the flexatarian diet which encourages you to try alternative meat options like tofu but it leaves room for flexibility if you can't quite fully give up meat.

wait, what year -- i don't know what year i started being vegetarian. i think it was two years ago. it was, because we did an interview on midday live with a doctor, he persuaded me. ever since then, no meat for this guy. >> you know, i was with you, but i went back a few months ago. i had low iron. >> she did. you're doing well? >> i'm doing well. i'm getting good quality meat. i'm cooking it at my house. i feel good. >> i'm happy for you. everyone has to just make their own choices and listen to their doctor first and foremost, mike. >> yes. you both look fantastic. i know i have a physical tomorrow. um, we'll see how that goes. i didn't do so well during the holiday season this year. thankfully i had my blood test before that, or not. let's look at what's going on. bay bridge toll plaza, san rafael, two of our wettest cameras this morning. two of our wettest areas for the

commute. another round of light showers moving into the north bay up and down 101 from san rafael up to ukiah, over around san leandro, san lorenzo, hayward, castro valley, the san mateo bridge, crow canyon road, all of those getting wet. >> right now most of the moisture in the south bay is gobbled up by the santa cruz mountains. here's a look at san jose, there's a little sheen from yesterday, but really it's been dry most of the morning. so you still have a couple hours before the rain gets to you. light to moderate showers today. breezy also. parade of storms through at least next monday. they're all 1. they're all light. here's today's temperatures, 56 to 59 degrees with random green out there especially across the north bay this afternoon and clouds opening for sunshine also. tonight as the clouds open, the fog tomorrforms, temperatures d the mid 30s to mid 40s. we have some dangerous surf, we talked about some rescues and possibly some people missing.

it's possible at our beaches through 11:00 tomorrow. a 1 dottoday, a 1 wednesday, a friday, a 1 on sunday night in between we'll try to break out in sunshine. reggie and kumasi? >> thank you. time to get rid of the christmas decorations for this year. recology will start collecting hundreds of tons of christmas trees from san francisco households today. residents can place trees next to blue recycling bins the day before scheduled collection days. recology will come by and haul them off to the chipper. last year the company turned unwanted trees into 500 tons of mulch. and steph curry has a career night that proved again why he is one of the most exciting players in the history of the nba. after struggling to find his rhythm in the first week of the season, curry really exploded last night for a career high 62 points. it's the most by a warrior since

rick berry scored 64 in 1974. the warriors beat the traze etr blazers and the next game is tonight against the sacramento kings. the tiktok ratatouille musical is raking in the cheddar. the new year's night online show known as ratatuzical sold more than $1 million in tickets. fans, composers and actors like wayne brady put the show together. it was inspired by the original film ratatouille produced by pixar. disney is the parent company of abc7 news. >> now, i looked this up. >> okay. >> here's what i found out. you can still get tickets to watch it. >> okay. >> yep. it's still streaming, but you have to do it by early afternoon today and then it disappears. >> oh. >> yeah. it's not expensive. it's like a few bucks. the cool thing is the money,

that million dollars, goes to the actor's fund. >> that's really good. >> yeah. >> more inspiration. >> you can see titus burgess, he's in it. >> everybody is in it. >> everybody's in it. i want to see it. ratatouille, you like ratatouille, didn't you? >> yes. it was so good. >> cute little rat. he made his dreams come true. >> didn't he? so cute. coming up next, the 7 things you need to know today. and also abc7 has launched new streaming apps, wherever you are you can get our live newscast, breaking news, weather and more with our bay area app. it's on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and but today there's a combination

of two immunotherapies you can take first. one that could mean... a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread and that tests positive for pd-l1 and does not have an abnormal egfr or alk gene. it's the first and only approved chemo-free combination of two immunotherapies that works together in different ways to harness the power of the immune system. opdivo plus yervoy equals a chance for more days. more nights. more beautiful weekends. more ugly sweaters. more big hugs. more small outings. opdivo and yervoy can cause your immune system to attack normal organs and tissues in your body and affect how they work. this may happen during or after treatment has ended and can become serious and lead to death. some of these problems may happen more often when opdivo is used with yervoy. see your doctor right away if you have a new or worse cough; chest pain; shortness of breath; diarrhea; severe stomach pain; nausea or vomiting; dizziness; fainting; extreme tiredness; weight changes; constipation; excessive thirst;

changes in urine or eyesight; rash; itching; confusion; memory problems; muscle pain or weakness; joint pain; flushing; fever; or tingling in hands and feet. these are not all the possible side effects. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions including immune system problems, or if you've had an organ transplant or lung, breathing, or liver problems. here's to a chance for more together time. a chance to live longer. ask your doctor about opdivo plus yervoy. thank you to all involved in our clinical trials. it is 6:57. if you're just joining us, here's the 7 things to know this morning. number one, kaiser is investigating a 44-person coronavirus outbreak including one person who died at its san jose hospital in the emergency department. kaiser is now trying to figure out if an air-powered christmas

costume that a staff member wore on christmas day is responsible for the outbreak. number two, no more eating in the company break room. that's the latest coronavirus restriction coming out of santa clara county. it's asking all businesses to close indoor workplace cafeterias and break rooms to slow the spread of covid-19. number three, secretary of health and human services alex azar says the timing of the authorization of covid-19 vaccines and the holidays is partly to blame for the delay in administering the vaccines. he said we could see data from two more vaccines any day now. alex trebek's final episode of "jeopardy!" begin airing today on abc7. the final episode on friday includes a special tribute. you can watch "jeopardy!" weeknights at 7:00 on abc7. get ready for wet weather. moderate showers through the afternoon hours. a slight chance of lightning across the north bay during the afternoon hours. gusty winds 30 to 40 miles per

hour. number six, pleasanton is definitely the area to avoid this morning. we have a sigalert on westbound 580 before the 680 connector. injuries have been reported. a couple of semis involved here. we have a car fire in the backup and a second crash in the backup. if this is a part of your commute, avoid the area. and number seven, neighbors in a los gatos neighborhood just surprised a 44-year-old father of three this morning. he is on his way to ucsf to get treatment for a tumor. they say he has done so much for their community and they wanted to show up for him and show their support. that's a lot of love. we love to see it. >> when people get up this early in the rain, those are friends. >> mm-hmm. >> those are definitely friends. >> who among the four of us wanted to get up this morning? >> i missed you guys. >> okay. >> friend. >> it was raining and so nice underneath the covers.

>> okay. i'll give you that. >> i love you all. >> it's true. good morning, america. bombshell recording. president trump on tape pressuring georgia's top election official to overturn his loss to joe biden in the state in an hour-long phone call. >> all i want to do is this, i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> trump demands recalculation of the votes citing baseless conspiracy theories, suggesting georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger could face criminal charges. he raffensperger joins us live for an exclusive interview. also this morning, as the number of american lives lost to the virus tops 350,000, nearly 2 million people taking to the skies this weekend. in new york police breaking up