when is it going to be distributed to the public? you know, we're in january already. millions of californians eager to get the covid-19 vaccine but the rollout is slower than planned. a ucsf doctor explains why it's difficult to pick up the pace. and a live look at the golden gate bridge this morning, there's a break from the rain today, but more showers are on the way. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, january 5th. we want to check in with mike to hear more about those showers that are on the way, mike. >> yeah, we get a break today in the form of it not raining, but we still have a ton of fog out there and more is possible as we head through the morning. tomorrow's rain is going to fall outside the morning commute, which is nice. i'll show you that coming up. so, if you're heading out right now. jobina and i have been watching this all morning and visibility down to less than a quarter of a mile and it's possible and all the other areas you see in grey and outside of our hills and mountains and takes up the entire morning commute and you

can see some of the fog bearing down on the south bay right now as we look northbound on 87. temperatures are cooler this morning. 35 to 45 at 7:00 and with the clouds, high clouds coming in after the fog it is a little bit cooler this afternoon. mid to upper 50s. kumasi. >> thank you, mike. this morning, there is plenty of blame going around after a man out on parole who hit and killed two pedestrians in a new year's eve hit and run is being charged with murder. amy hollyfield live in san francisco where this happened with the very latest. good morning, amy. >> good morning, cumouskumasi. the man hitting him what police refer to as a career criminal. now questions about whether he should have been in jail. here is where it happened and a memorial created here at second and mission where these two women were killed last week. there are now questions about whether this could have been prevented about why he wasn't in jail. 45-year-old troy mcalister is

due in court today to face several felony charges for this deadly hit and run. police accused mcalister of being drunk and driving a stolen car when he allegedly hit and killed the women on new year's eve. mcalister was out on patrol despite being arrested several times since being released from prison last april. san francisco's district attorney blames the system despite the fact that the parole office had given details on why mcalister's parole should have been revoked before the new year's eve crash. why are you blaming the parole office instead of taking direct accountability here? >> this is not about blaming parole. this is about recognizing numerous law enforcement agencies and that we all have to depend on each other to do the job properly. >> the 27-year-old was killed last thursday along with elizabeth platt. they were walking in a crosswalk

when they were hit. police say mcalister tried to run away from this scene after hitting the women. he is expected to be arraigned today. the district attorney says he now plans to review this case to try and see what could be changed to prevent future tragedies like this from happening. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you, amy. there may be more than one reason that troy mcalister was not in jail. abc7 news contributor phil matier explains how covid-19 could be a factor. >> the other part right now there is not room in the jails for mcalister. a move to keep them out of the jails. jails and prisons are afraid of becoming hot spots so they don't want nonviolent offenders in the there. the united kingdom will implement another national lockdown in direct response to

surging covid-19 cases. case counts are soaring and so are hospitalizations. jobina is at the live desk with the stringent measures set to become measures just a few hours. >> boris johnson said the new more contagious virus variant was behaving in a, quote, frustrating and alarming way. the national lockdown for england will be in effect until mid february at the least here. nonessential businesses must close, restaurants can only do takeout services. all primary and secondary schools and colleges must transition to distance learning starting today. britains are being told to avoid leaving their homes for nonessential reasons. the lockdown is set to become law wednesday morning. there are more than 26,000 people in the hospital suffering from covid-19. that's 30% more than the number just last week. >> in england, we will go into a

national lockdown which is tough enough to contain this variant. that means the government is, once again, instructing you to stay at home. >> the uk is aggressively moving to vaccinate millions of the most vulnerable people. britain has secured 100 million doses of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. hospitals have started administering those doses in small numbers to watch for any adverse reaction. scotland, wales and also northern ireland are in a lockdown mode. johnson said he believed the country was entering the last phase of the struggle, but more in the coming weeks would be the hardest i et. kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. developing news in the pandemic. this is the latest look at the regional icu bed cumapacity and availability. dipped back down below 8% and you can see northern california is at 30%. the san joaquin valley and

southern california still remain at zero. the rate has to be 15% or greater for our stay-at-home order to be lifted. governor newsom says the pace of covid-19 vaccinations in california just is not good enough. he says only 35% of vaccine doses have been given out so far. one east bay woman is also questioning the timeline after losing nine family members to the virus. nelda wants the vaccine to be distributed to the public as soon as possible. she lives in richmond but her family members live in texas. she also contracted covid-19 and says it was the worst six weeks of her life. >> not seeing my family from texas. it's really bad. especially when i lost loved ones that i couldn't even go to say good-bye to them. >> we could speed it up maybe by a little bit but for the vast amount of speeding up, i think it's really tough to do because you can't change a system

overnight. >> the department of consumer affairs granted a waiver for dentists to give out the vaccine. it is one of many ideas out there to help speed things up. new at 6:00, a third covid vaccine authorized. johnson & johnson should have enough data to determine if the vaccine is safe and provides protection. the first that requires just one dose. the company plans to have its data towards the end of the month and it hopes to submit an application for emergency use authorization to the fda in february. happening now, voters out at the polls in georgia. today's two all-important runoff elections will decide which party controls the u.s. senate. democrats need to win both races in a state that has turned from reliably red to purple in recent years. right now races are neck and neck between democratic challengers rafael warnock and jon ossoff and dapurdue and kel

loeffler. the proud boys group is in custody. 36-year-old henry was arrested by police yesterday. he is accused of burning a black lives matter banner last month ripped from a historic black church in downtown washington. tario was arrested ahead of planned protests coinciding with the congressional vote to certify joe biden's victory. as covid cases surge, one thing that is helping doctors this year. what they are seeing less of in bay area hospitals. lining up for the lottery. the two big jackpots up for grabs this week. no need for the umbrella today. in fact, fog from yesterday's rain is an issue this morning. jobina i'll talk more about that and give you a timeline on tomorrow's rain. it's a one.

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visit right now or call during business hours. 6:11 on a tuesday and our recent rain, well, it froze as it moved into the sierra. abc7 news viewer shared some video with us from truckee. they slowed it down which makes it look all the more majestic. you can clearly see some of the fat flakes falling because truckee is high up in the range about 5,700 feet. we'll take any snow we can. we're about 50% of average for yesterday's date. all right, back here at home, we'rer are seeing some of the fog start to leak across san francisco from sutro tower. expect this to continue through the 9:00 hour. if you take breaks outside if you're at home, little damp in the yards. low viz blsibility if you're wag the dog or exercising and

dangerous surf out at our beaches until 11:00 this evening. do not turn your back. those sneaker waves run up the beaches farther than what you're used to. 9:00 tomorrow morning through about 5:00. light to moderate showers in the north bay and turned to light showers and then completely fall apart and just some random light showers and more on this morning's commute with jobina right now. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike, thank you. good morning, everyone. i know mike has been mentioning all morning long about that fog in the north bay. a live look from the cal trans camera in novato to show you the low visibility in the area. this is 101 at ignacio boulevard and the freeway on the left-hand side of the screen where you can barely make out the headlights right there. be aware as you move along 101 all the way until you get to the golden gate bridge if you've headed down south. emeryville camera and these headlights making their way westbound towards the maze and bay bridge toll plaza where we

do not have metering lights on yet this morning and i want to bring in a look at the graphic here. i usually don't do mass transit updates but work going on in the transbay tube and now single tracking 15-minute delays in both directions between montgomery and west oakland stations. so, heads up to anyone that

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and hospitals for a combination of covid and flu tests and we're essentially seeing no flu. some weeks we'll have no cases and other weeks we'll have maybe one or two cases. >> it's not clear if all the precautions that are being taken because of covid are slowing down the flu. but experts say no matter what, you should keep your guard up. the deadline for small businesses to apply for $500 million in grant funding has now been extended. this launched in december but due to the high traffic online, some businesses may have had trouble accessing the application. so, the deadline has been pushed until next wednesday which is january 13th. despite the extension, funds will still be dispersed as originally planned. countless small and family-owned businesses have fallen under from the covid-19 pandemic. actually too many to tally. but this morning signs of hope to get through the times. some in the bay area are choosing to open their business for the first time. one of those people is jamie whit mier. she's ready to roll out a grand opening sign for her new venture

which is called holy >> i feel like this grand opening is going to give me that opportunity to let people know i'm fighting and i'm in this to win it. >> it starts taking orders and d there are at least another half dozen businesses that opened in san jose. do not be surprised if you see a lot of people lining up at liquor stores or gas stations today and that is because tonight's mega millions jackpot is an estimated $432 million. the tickets, though, just $2 each and the numbers will be drawn at 8:00 tonight. the odds of winning are pretty slim at $302 million. but if you aren't lucky enough to win, there is another chance

to win tomorrow night because the powerball prize is $410 million. >> we do the scratch offs at my house. that's our game. >> why are you looking at me like that? >> those are stocking stuffers. >> change it up. 2021, go get me and you both of us and mike, well, not mike because mike said he is going to leave and not give us any money. me and you -- >> wait, that was on your advice. wait a minute. that's what you guys told me to do. >> you agreed, mike. >> i did. but, i did agree to give you some, too. but, you know, that got missed. >> i didn't forget that. leave the check behind. >> i will make a detour through san francisco on my way out of town. >> throw out the window.

>> right. bye. >> don't we all dream of that. that's what makes the lottery so fun. you can see little hazier and some fog trying to spill into the bay area and definitely see it south of 680 and mains where we're looking right here at walnut creek and south of 24 which is going to get progressively foggier and that is the big issue this morning and the fog will take longer to lift and high clouds coming in and dim the sunshine and energy needed to evaporate that fog and also make temperatures cooler this afternoon. colder lows tonight and high clouds a little less fog and sun and clouds and showers missing the weekend after wednesday, thursday, friday. we'll have another chance. mid to upper 40s for most of the peninsula. 39 at half moon bay and 42 at menlo park and you can see the thickest fog in the north bay and mid 30s to upper 40s.

and pretty much mid 40s around the bay itself. highs today about 56 to possibly 60 up in santa rosa. that would be the exception. most of us around 57, 58 degrees. a degree or two cooler tonight. mid 30s to mid 40s. you can see that atmospheric river bearing down on washington and oregon. so, our rainfall amounts quarter inch in the north bay to barely any rain in the south bay with tomorrow's one on the storm impact scale. another chance thursday into friday. we get a break saturday and sunday. and a one on the storm impact scale for monday. have a great day. back to you. >> thank you, mike. now, we're checking in with ginger with what is live on what is coming up on "gma" at 7:00. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, kumasi. hi, reggie. great to be with everybody this morning. we started tuesday morning on "gma" with the high-stakes showdown in georgia. that, of course, is going to determine which party controls the senate. president trump was fronting a packed rally for the two

republican senators fighting to keep their seats. but seemed to be somewhat fixated on his own election loss and claiming that vice president mike pence can somehow keep him in the white house. our powerhouse political team will break all of that down for us. also ahead, hospitalizations nationwide have hit a new record high. more than 128,000 as icus are buckling. your state just saw a note from our matt gutman. some e.r.s are being forced to turn away patients. that new variant spotted here in new york. this morning we are taking you inside one lab's race against time to answer the big question, will the vaccines work against the evolving virus. plus, this morning, tim tebow wrote a children's book and he'll be joining us live. and then after that blockbuster "bachelor" premiere. in case you missed them, like i did. you get the highlights right here on "gma." >> ginger, i have a question for you.

we were talking about a couple really big lotteries. i'm wondering if you won like $400 million. who would you tell? >> yeah. i would probably only tell my husband. i feel like that's the appropriate, unless you're in a state where you have to identify yourself, then you don't really have a choice, i guess. i think that's new york. so, never mind, i'd tell everybody. >> your business is out. >> it would be during this "gma" tease that we'd find out. looking forward to that. all right, ginger, kumasi and i are still team shut up about it. >> bye. >> we just leave. >> oh, believe me. if i could. >> okay, good. we'll see you on

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>> this last episode airs on friday and it will also include a very special tribute and "jeopardy" week nights right here on abc7. the american kennel club is welcoming a new dog breed to the pack and it is called the beaver terrier. it is a happy go lucky dog with a child-like whimsical attitude. similar to a yorkie. long flowing coat and between four and eight pounds. this is the 187th recognized breed by the american kennel club which means it can compete for best in show in many u.s. events including the westminster kennel club dog show. the big show of the dog shows. >> okay. cute. they are. next at 6:30, another country has approved the astrazeneca vaccine. meanwhile, u.s. health officials and the fda are at odds about how to conduct mass vaccinations. rationing care in california. a look at how ambulance crews are stretched to the limit here

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rules on social media. >> it is tuesday, january 5th and we first look at what is happening weather wise today. mike? >> thank you for joining us today. let's take a look at the fog and i'll show you the central valley also because some of our supercommuters are coming from that fog and they're going to bring, i wouldn't say necessarily they're bringing it with us but follow as they move into the bay and we have light, off shore breeze and why all of us under the dense fog advisory. for the bay for 9:00 and solano county 9:00 and that means visibility quarter mile or less especially when you're driving highway speeds. jobina and i will keep an eye on that for you. thickest across the north bay outside of what is in the central valley. you can see some fog down in san jose and call it cloudy and temperatures cooler this morning. 30s and 40s and on our way to 50s with hazy sunshine and high clouds and pretty close to average. temperatures on this one dry day. more rain coming tomorrow. reggie. >> thanks, mike. the parolee accused of

killing two women in a san francisco hit and run could make his court appearance this morning. the d.a.'s office formally charged him yesterday but questions are still lingering why he wasn't before and why he was on the streets in the first place. amy hollyfield is live for us this morning in soma. amy. >> a lot of questions whether these deltaths could have been prevented. this is where the tragic accident happened and people have left flowers here at second and mission to remember the victims. there are questions on how their deaths could have been prevented. the man was out on police say when 45-year-old troy mcalister hit the women last week on new year's eve he was drunk and driving a stolen car. when the district attorney was

asked while mcalister was not in jail he blames the system. although other agencies say they did their part. >> the fact of the matter is, my office cannot prosecute cases until the police present us with adequate evidence. >> if someone is on probation you make the phone call and e-mail notification to the patrol officers. >> sfpd did act in accordance to protocol? >> absolutely. >> and the parole office says it provided details on why mcalister's parole should have been revoked and daly city police say they also followed procedure. mcalister is suspected of stealing that car. now he faces several felony charges including vehicular manslaughter. the d.a. says he will now review the case and see if any changes can be made to keep a tragedy like this from happening again. live in san francisco, amy

hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you, amy. governor newsom says we're seeing a temporary lull in the pandemic but warning that holiday gatherings are about to fuel a surge of new cases. the seven-day average for the state is nearly 38,000. yesterday there were more than 29,000. but governor newsom believes that that is about to change. >> we are entering into now this what we anticipate, what we anticipate the surge on top of the surge and it's going to put a lot of pressure on hospitals and icus coming out of the holidays. >> on friday we are expected to learn whether the stay-at-home order will be extended for the bay area, san francisco officials announced last week that the city will keep the order in place indefinitely. the strain of overcapacity at the hospital in the south bay is showing itself well before patients end up at the e.r. ambulance response times are suffering because of the number of covid cases medices are now transporting. jobina, this could impact all of

us even if we're not impaaffecty coronavirus. >> our abc7 news team checked around several south bay hospitals yesterday and did not find any ambulances outside emergency departments with patients waiting for an open bed. but santa clara county fl ay ofs say it has happened in the past few days with some patients waiting seven hours inside open. that means the ambulance is off the road unable to respond to other emergencies. >> we take for granted on a daily basis that if we have an emergency whatever the need, moment's notice we can call 911 and call an emergency room and get into an icu bed. what is happening now because of the volume and because of the impact on hospitals, we're seeing these wait times, we're seeing these backups in emergency rooms and that concerns us a lot. >> not all bay area counties are at this tipping point. ambulance wait times in marin

county are 13 to 17 minutes. in hard-hit los angeles county, ambulances are being instructed to not transport a major trauma to the hospital. like a heart attack or a gunshot wound or crash victim if they cannot be resuscitated in the field. that's just how bad the itch isuation is i situation is unfolding, reggie. >> that is hard to hear, thank you. contact tracing under way at kaiser san jose after a christmas costume may be to blame for a deadly covid outbreak. we found this air powered costume online and reportedly similar worn by the one by an m employee. kaiser is looking to see if they may have unknowingly spread the virus. >> it could give them super powers and make them smaller and lighter and keep them suspended in the air and potentially blow them around and that's what we call aerosole generation.

>> hospital officials say at least 44 employees have tested positive for covid-19, including one person who died due to complications. two doctors have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with a covid antibody test developed in sunnyvale. the doctors face a maximum of ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine. they're expected to testify against arrayit founder. the covid antibody test often gave false results and coupled with allergy tests which they could bill medical at a higher rate. happening today, the return of homework and alarm clocks for students at san francisco unified. this is the first day back virtually after winter break. there is still no official target date to get everybody back into the classroom and it will not be until after january

25th after it reaches a deal with the union. there have been zero outbreaks at any of the city's private or other schools for in-person learning. in the meantime, marin county says their teachers could get their vaccinations as soon as this month now that they are included in phase 1b. phase 1a is expected to wrap up in late january or early february. marin county will allow its teachers and staff who live outside of marin to still get the shot. developing news involving the astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine mexico has approved the vaccine for emergency use. previously, the pfizer vaccine was the only one approved in mexico. the oxford-astrazeneca vaccine is one of the most affordable at $3 to $4 a dose, a fraction of the dose of the cost of some others and shipped and stored in normal refrigerators for six months rother than an ultra cold

freezers. the u.s. food and drug administration is out with a new warning. shooting down suggestions from top health officials to cut covid-19 vaccination doses in half to speed up the distribution. the fda is warning against changing the approved dosing schedule. in a statement last night, the administration warns the move could be premature and not rooted solidly in evidence that is available. commissioner dr. steven haan says it could undermine the vaccination effort and run a significant risk. both pfizer and moderna vaccine requires two doses taken weeks apart for maximum efficacy. >> in terms of dosing a first dose without a second dose available, that's just not in the label. that's not what the data supports to go out and vaccinate a lot of people with a first dose knowing you won't have a second dose for them. >> some states are only reporting that 30% of vaccines have been distributed so far and administered. governor newsom says he will authorize dentists to be able to

give out shots to speed up california's slow pace of vaccination. democrats and republicans fighting for control in congress. still ahead, the high-stakes election under way right now in georgia. and you're looking live right now at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we're up right now about 100 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. tech workers unionized at google parent company, alphabet. the issues they're fighting for and google's response. >> first, we're checking in with mike nicco for a look at our forecast. >> good morning, kumasi, reggie. thanks for joining us. we'll start with the temperatures. significantly cooler this morning. up to 17 degrees cooler and that puts us in the mid 40s to upper 40s down in the south bay until you get to morgan hill at 40 degrees. it is cloudy but not seeing the reduction of visibility down here that we're seeing across the north bay and parts of the east bay valleys. don't forget, we still have that dense fog advisory through at least 9:00. temperatures running in the mid

30s to mid 40s just about everywhere. in fact, you can see some of that fog as we look south on walnut creek and main street and 680 and all the way down to 27. that is my biggest issue for your commute weather wise. the fog. the reduction of visibility when you're driving at those speeds, it's hard to see if you come up on something that is such low visibility. tomorrow we will have to contend with more showers. not nearly as robust as yesterday. a one on the storm impact scale and the heaviest rain will fall in the north bay. through the morning commute, everything is quiet up until you get to mendocino county and moderate showers and yellow and orange and a few moderate showers by noon up in the north bay but notice the coverage is definitely starting to weaken and so are the intensity of these storms. and by 5:00, we're left with a few random showers. so, it's going to be the evening commute that is going to have slippery conditions more so than the morning commute. in fact by 9:00, you can see dry everywhere. by the evening outside of the south bay, that is when we will

have the rain. pretty dry this morning. let's see what the commute is like with jobina. how about that fog. >> i know, mike. so thick in the north bay and that's what i want to show everyone first. good morning. we'll start out with a live look from a cal trans camera in novato. 101 at ignacio boulevard. those little white dots. so, very low visibility. please make sure to take your time out there. moving over to the south beach camera now and showing a live picture of the bay bridge and we do not have metering lights on and you can see there very foggy on the bridge and also slow as soon as you make it through the metering lights. please, take your time. we have seen a couple crashes which is why i want to bring in the map. you can see just an overall look of the north bay there just especially along 101 but then this new crash coming in here in livermore on westbound 580 before airway boulevard. speeds are down to 16 miles per hour. thankfully it does not sound like injuries are involved but

impact any of our super commuters out of tracy. we'll be right back. this year has been one of the hardest years of my life. >> this is a time that taught us a lot. >> our health care workers going day in and day out. >> i think anybody has lost a lot and probably find something from that experience. >> without this one moment, life would be so different. >> so thankful to be here. >> 2020 is a year of resetting for a lot of us. >> we have come out resilient.

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happening right now, voters are heading to the polls in georgia and the two all-important runoff elections. jobina, we know the outcome of today's election will determine which party controls the senate. >> yes, kumasi. the stakes could not be higher right now. and voting is actually already under way as we take a live look right now at a polling location in atlanta. the polls open about two hours

ago. if democrats can win both of today's races, they'll have a majority in the senate and the house giving them control of congress. yesterday president-elect biden held a drive-in rally in atlanta backing democratic challengers raphael warnock and jon ossoff. pressuring georgia's secretary of state to overturn the presidential election will discourage republican voters. >> it doesn't help them. i can't think of a single scenario where that phone call for 62 plus minutes made any sort of difference in getting david purdue and kelly loeffler re-elected. >> both senators loeffler and purdue reject to biden's win and dozens of the president's challenges have failed in court and repeatedly rejected claims of fraud. polls show that both of the races here are very close, so it is important to note that we

will likely not know the results of the election tonight. kumasi. >> all right, thank you, jobina. well, new at 6:00, some businesses in washington, d.c. are now boarding up their store fronts ahead of a pro-trump march scheduled for tomorrow. the same day that congress votes to affirm joe biden's presidential win and the electoral college. president trump says he will be attending these protests and recently tweeted encouraging supporters to show up. yesterday the pentagon approved a request from the mayor of d.c. to deploy national guard forces to support local authorities during these demonstrations. this morning, san francisco is canceling plans to account the city's homeless population this year. according to "the examiner" the homelessness department hope to start the count in a few weeks and now being called off because of a surge of covid-19 and its threat to volunteers who would participate. the city will now apply for an extension to still receive federal funding from the u.s. housing department. san francisco still intends to

count the number of sheltered homeless this year. ucsf has agreed to build more than 1,200 units of housing for its workers as part of a deal with the city to expand its parnassus heights medical campus. 40 units designated as low-income. uc has big plans to expand the campus by 150 square feet in offices and research space, housing and a brand-new hospital. the university has also committed to spending $20 million in transportation improvement in that area, too. now to your morning money report this is a first. tech workers at google's parent company have formed a union and the question now is, could this be happening at other tech companies. the newly formed alphabet workers union made its debut on monday with more than 400 employees joining. the union says they are open to every one employed by google's parent company alphabet. now, most traditional unions are focused on salary negotiation. alphabet workers union want to

focus on social equity and the company's ethics. >> we have strived to create technology for the greater good. anything that helps us retain this entrepreneurship and that is over time good for california. >> in an e-mail to abc7 news, google told us we've always worked hard to create a supportive and workplace for ou workforce. as we've always done, we will continue engaging directly with all of our employees. now let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. you can see we're up right now about 126 points. haven, a health care start up backed by amazon, berkshire hathaway and jpmorgan chase is shutting down next month. the venture launch in 2018 with the goal of trying to make american health care more cost

effective and simplified. struggled to find an identity and lost financial backing in its endeavor. target is recalling half a million children's rompers and swimsuits. the company has received reports of snaps breaking or even detaching from the clothing creating a choking hazard for kids. according to the u.s. consumer product safety commission, the recall includes nearly 300,000 cloud island infant rompers. the items were sold at target stores nationwide and online. and it includes more than 180,000 cat & jack one-piece rashguard swimsuits. you can find a complete list on our website, abc7news.com. now for something tasty to eat. mcdonald's is unveiling a new sandwich. i mean, three new sandwiches but really it's one sandwich. it's the crispy chicken sandwich available next month so you can choose between crispy, spicy and deluxe. the crispy version is topped with pickles, spicy adds, you

guess it, spice. the deluxe comes with lettuce, tomato and mayo. >> okay. >> i mean, why not? >> deluxe. well, as covid surges across the country, so-called covid vigil antes are taking to social media and shaming people for traveling and not having their masks on. this culture is going too far. some accounts are calling out front line workers who have appeared to forget to turn off their phone's geo tracking which shows them in big party locations. >> i think pointing out people doing bad things or people doing things that we consider wrong isn't shame, it's just accountability. >> whose place is it to be a judge, be a jury. whose place to protect people in society. some of it may be justified. some of it is not justified. the risk is who gets to decide. >> so it appears that these accounts are not going anywhere

soon and they are only getting more popular. >> okay. we have to explain that video. do you see this video right here. so that was in poruerto vallart and over the weekend went to pv despite the warnings not to travel and what happened to their party boat?boat?boat? it sank. >> oh, no. >> plenty of people calling them out. and that's what happens when karma comes and bites you. >> now, do you feel like that first man or do you feel like the lady. >> i feel like the first man. >> see, i feel like the lady. you need to stay out of people's business and people should stop posting stuff on the internet if you don't want people in your business. >> that's what i'm saying. if you don't want to have your employer contacted and your family contacted and your friends contacted, then don't

post partying in pv during a pandemic where they don't have the hospital capacity either. >> true. >> so, don't go spread it there. come home and spread it here and then act like you need your privacy protected. nope. >> what do you think, mike? >> i think it's a hot topic for mid day live. that's what i think. i'm with both of you. i mean, in both cases, you have right answers but if you're flaunting your vacation on social media in a time you're not supposed to be doing it, you opened yourself up to it. and i have no sympathy for you. i have no sympathy for you. especially someone, who, well, i'll leave my personal life out of it. east bay hills looking at 43 degrees and you can see the fog increasing as we continue through the morning commute. in fact, here's a look from sutro tower looking back the other way and it's definitely going to be an issue through 9:00 or 10:00.

visibility dangerously low down to a quarter of a mile. this will keep us cooler all day as it turns to haze and eventually high clouds come in and dim the sunshine. chances of rain wednesday, thursday and friday. two separate storms both a one and a dry weekend with clouds and sunshine. all right, for today 56 to 60. about a degree or two cooler than yesterday. tonight about a degree or two cooler than this morning with fog not nearly as widespread. mid 30s in our valleys to low 40s around the bay. mid 40s in san francisco is about as warm as it gets. another atmospheric river lined up to hit the pacific northwest. we'll get the tail end of that storm and look at the difference in rain from seattle nearly 3 1/2 inches, portland 2 1/2 inches in the next seven days to us maybe up to a half an inch. we'll take it. here's the way it pans out on my accuweather seven-day forecast. one for wednesday and one for thursday into friday and get that break saturday and sunday and another one light on the storm impact scale for monday. so, keep the umbrellas handy. you'll definitely need them.

reggie and kumasi. >> thank you, mike. happening today. san jose city council will discuss and possibly vote to rename a stretch of road downtown to barack obama boulevard. a coalition of community advocates has called for this change for a few years now. look at the map. the proposed road runs down past the sap center and west santa clara street along stretches of the south autumn and south montgomery pretty much all the way to 280. we'll have to wait a little while to figure out if it's going to happen. the city council will meet at 1:30 today. okay. we just talked about vacation shaming. but, so, i feel weird talking about this next story. but there are a lot of people who are saying we should be at least thinking about a post-covid vacation for our mental health because dreaming about vacations or talking about it with family and friends can actually, according to a new study, improve our mental health. and so they say this is

washington state university research. they say that people who went on vacation were 7% happier than those who rarely or never travel at all. which, kind of like saying that water is wet. >> but that is separate from saying that dreaming of a post-covid-19 vacation. when is post-covid? i thought january was going to be post-covid and now i'm thinking maybe march. i can't get my spirit. i have to wait when post c orco is here and i'll get excited. >> that is the question. wheth when is it? we need to get those vaccinations in people's arms faster. >> we still have lotion. >> we still have lotion. >> look forward to that. >> coming up my friend that boat we saw a few minutes ago in puerto vallarta, everyone is

fine. >> and i'm not mad. >> i'm not either. >> coming up

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it is 6:58 and if you're just joining us seven things to know this morning. number one, two critical runoff elections in georgia today could tip the balance of power in the u.s. senate. democrats would have to flip both seats for the first time in almost two decades to win senate majority. number two, a patroly charged in a deadly hit and run in san francisco on new year's eve is expected to appear in court today. police say troy mcalister was driving drunk. he was in a stolen car when he was involved in a crash that killed two women on mission street. number three. governor newsom says the pace of covid-19 vaccinations in california just is not good enough. he says a plan is now under way to use dentists, pharmacies and even the national guard to give shots. number four. fog from the central valley spilling into our neighborhoods. solano county visibility down to

a quarter of a mile. the thickest fog right now is in the central valley but it is spreading through the north bay and into the bay right now. number five. the fog is definitely the big story for your morning commute. check this out. a live picture showing off the bay bridge, except you can hardly see it. take your time and be aware of that low visibility. >> wow, that is something. number six. feeling lucky. you can win $432 million. that's the estimated jackpot of tonight's mega millions drawing. numbers are drawn at 8:00 p.m. and number seven. look at this. beaver fever has hit and recognizing the tiny dog as the newest dog breed which means it can compete as best in show. it loves the snow, the beach and it can keep up with the best of hikers. that little dogwood get lost in the snow. >> and with that little ribbon in its hair. i don't think so. it's not going anywhere.

>> well, have a good morning, everyone. "gma" is next. good morning, america. showdown. all eyes on georgia. the vote today will determine which party controls the senate. president trump fronts a packed rally for the two republican senators fighting to keep their seats, but spends most of the time railing about the election loss he still refuses to accept and he now falsely claims vice president mike pence can somehow keep him in the white house. >> i hope that our great vice president comes through for us. if he doesn't come through, i won't like him quite as much. >> all this as the backlash grows within his own party over that stunned leaked phone call caught pushing georgia's top election official to overturn the results. also this morning, hospitalizations nationwide hitting a new record high of 128,000. icus under dire situations in l.a. county.