400 thousand americans have died. and this is a war-time undertaking. >> now with president biden overhauling the national response to the covid-19 pandemic, more executive orders are coming today. talk about changing the vaccine tier system here in california. what i it could mean to distribution. and. good morning it is friday, january 22nd. and it was a very wet start to the day. >> yeah. it is going to continue to be wet. this isn't even the parent part of the storm. that is still to the if you were with us yesterday you could see live doppler 7 pretty much right on with the forecast you can seal this slowly sliding down to the southeast. so if you are not wet yet you are going to be wet in the next

hour easily. see the curl in the it is also going to bring in breezy conditions and keepis slippery. showers this morning. thunderstorm through noon and scattered showers and thunderstorms through the evening. the storm is a one on the storm impact scale. more rain on the way. here is reggie. president joe biden will turn his attention to helping the economy recover, including new executive orders, helping the growing hunger crisis and unemployed americans. elizabeth schulze with what's ahead on the agenda. >> reporter: president joe biden is laying out an ambitious agenda for how to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. yesterday was all about the immediate health steps. today it is all about the

economy. in his first days in office president joe biden is overhauling the national response to the coronavirus pandemic. >> 400,000 americans have died. that is more than have died in all of world war ii. 400,000. this is a war-time undertaking. >> reporter: biden signed ten executive actions thursday. including using the defense production act to order private companies to manufacture supplies like syringes, requiring international travelers to the u.s. to receive a negative covid test and a mask mandate at airports and interstate travel. >> we're in a national emergency and it is time we treat it like one. >> reporter: key to back nine's strategy is more funding for vaccine distribution. part of his proposed $1.9 trillion covid relief package. the price tag of the proposal could be a tough sell in congress but janette yellen says now is the time to act.

>> the smartest thing we can do is act big. in the long run i believe the benefit wills far out weigh the costs, especially if we care about helping people who have been struggling for a very long time. >> reporter: biden is set to address the economic crisis today. the latest week le jobs data shows 900,000 americans filed first time claims for unemployment benefits last week and more than 15 million people are currently collecting some form of jobless aid. >> and the president is expected to sign two more kpoerds today. one expanding food assistance programs for americans and the other laying the grrbg for a 15 dll minimum wage for contractors. those new covid-19 orders from the biden administration will directly impact you if you are planning to travel. a live look at sfo where it is

currently raining. you are now required to wear a face mask at all u.s. airports which of course was already the case at the majority of them. starting tuesday a negative covid-19 test is now required for incoming international travelers. those mask rules also apply if you visit yosemite national park. face masks were only encouraged on federal land under the trump administration. as the state considers the possible of the changing the vaccine tier system. a lot to discuss here. abc7 amy hollyfield live to break it all down for us. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning. first we want to let everyone know this site is by appointment only and it is already booked so don't come here unless you have an appointment. it is the fist day a soft rollout. there will be more. the city does have a goal to eventually admin 10,000 doses a

day. the problem has been supply. there's always been frustration about the tier system which determines who is eligible for the vaccine. we checked with experts who are definitely talking about this. they say they are hearing the state is discussing moving away from the tier system and instead making it more of an age-based system. >> i think that age is probably going to be a big driver. that is what the uk did. that is what a lot of other states are doing. is they are just going by age. >> san francisco is still chipping away at the first tier. right now they have approximately 210,000 san franciscoens who qualify for the vaccine. they all need two doses. so that means the city needs 40,000 doses to vaccinate all eligible. so far the city has received 103,000. so quite a gap there. they are planning ahead though for more doses. they are going to create more

sites like this bun. they are just hoping and waiting for more doses to arrive for them to use at those sites. tune in on assembly member's youtube page at 1:00 p.m. napa county is warning it is just about to run out of vaccine. >> the thing limiting us is vaccine supply. >> county health officials say recent changes in federal and state guidelines have made vaccine distribution more difficult. so far the county has administer administered nearly 14,000

doses. california's top public health official is predicting it could sake six months to vaccinate everyone 65 and up. trying to get the vaccine has been a highly confusing process for many seniors. advocates hope that is about to change. >> my hope is that these big health entities will step forward and try and help problem solve for these folks. >> stepping up its efforts next monday. for now it will be limited to those 75 and up. officials hope to expand that to patients over 65 next month. abc7 news is monitoring the covid vaccine rollout in california with our vaccine

tracker. our vaccine tracker also shows when you might be able to get a vaccine in california. you can find it on our home page at abc7 news com. here is a look at some of the rain falling on the golden gate bridge. cross-breeze, there 10-20 miles per hour. breeze is not the biggest issue with the storm. it is going to be the slippery conditions because we vice president had rain so long. and a lot of inside breaks if you are working from home or remote learning. a look at future radar. that first wave is going to move out easily by 7:00. next wave is already moving into the north bay. you can see by noon it is in the heart of the bay. this is our best chance of

thunderstorms with the graupel. and then it moves out in time for the evening commute. and notice the showers, each time after that they get less numerous. scattered showers this evening and they will continue overnight and then here is some sunshine. your only dry day moving forward is tomorrow. and it is going to be one of the warmest ones as we'll try to get to of for the last time. rainfall amounts up to a quarter of an inch possible by tomorrow morning. i have up next week's storm to a 3. i will show you that coming up. let's get over to sue and see if the wet is causing any issues. >> a 3, wow. been a while. we did have a flurry of incidents earlier this morning because of the wed roads. most are gone but please be baushs. the san mateo sbrij very wet here. the sheen off the roy is a cause

of slick driving. the northbound direction until 6:00 a.m. otherwise take a look. a lot of green out there. the earlier probls we had separate accidents off the bay bridge. both of those now clear from lanes. another setback for particle parler's bid to get back online. >> we started this company driving around the bay area delivering case after case. >> a san francisco couple appears on shark tank tonight. they will explain how they got on the show and the part of the pitch that made them the most 234e6shs. >> and as betake a live look outside. you can see the ♪ [coughs] ♪

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a newly form >> reporter: after the capitol riot on january 6th, the decision to take down then president trump's account was clear. >> given it was obvious to us that was contrary to the long-standing policies we have in place, applied as i say. to politicians as well as non politicians. >> reporter: but facebook has now appealed its own decision to its newly formed oversight committee. not just about president trump but to create a framework with dealing with the dee platforming of political leaders worldwide. >> whether it believes wider principles and policies at stake we need to consider going forward. >> reporter: a huge talz for a board that just started reviewing cases last month. >> so new. the fact they are being hit with the capitol case is baptism

byfire. >> reporter: that is director of journalism and media ethics at the markula, center. he was also an advisor to the creation of the over sight committee. he says it won't fix much deeper problems. >> it is the culture which we have all sort of completely polarized and hate each other and therefore come up with non facts that validate the hate. >> reporter: in silicon valley, matt boone, abc7 news. >> there is a hidden message on the white house website and aims to recruit tech workers who want to serve the country. tucked in the html code is an easter egg says if you are reading this we need your help building back better. there is a link to the website of the executive branch team that builds tools for the federal government. they have received a flood of applications but it is unclear whether that single line of html

text led applicants to send their resumes. couple takes center stage on shark tank tonight. i got the chance to speak with them about their experience. >> first we thought it was a prank. i got an e-mail. and the first week of april from someone i presumed to be a present just pulling my leg but it was a casting director from shark tank mentioned therm looking for more food and beverage companys. and next thing we were driving out there to film. >> the piece of the pitch where you hand out samples. and the fear was that first person to taste it would be like, oh, i don't >> but the good news is they couldn't tell me exactly what the response was, but they had a decent response so i was happy about that. the product is an herbal

sparkling water. and you can see their pitch tonight at 8:00 right here on abc7. i watch the show. i really like sharbgt "shark tank." and they told me the judge they want the most to invest is mooub.and they told me the judg want the most to invest is mooumark cuban. it would be nice if they got a boost. i can just hear kevin, mr. wonderful saying there is nothing proprietary about this. you take -- and put in a couple herbs and you are good. anyone can do this. goodbye. i. >> -- difference than anything else i've seen. >> right. >> you nailed that one. you should send that to him.

>> you know we're like this. because we did meet. >> yes, you did. i remember that segment on midday live. that was fun. >> that was fun. >> he's a lot nicer than he comes across at times. let's take a look at what's going on weather-wise -- yeah. yeah, he really is, all right how about live doppler 7. expect increasingly slip ray conditions. through the altamonte pass it is e wet with the heaviest rain at the, intersection of 680 and 580 in dublin. as you take that over towards possibly 238 and 880 and 580, you can see there we've got some of the heavy yore showers following. this is the first round. it will be out of herepy about 7:00 and then the next round is going to move in and then the next round during the evening. so much cooler today with showers and thunderstorms that will taper tonight. it is a 1. but next week it is going to be dry saturday and then into next week. our heaviest rain is wednesday.

it is going to be a 3, a strong storm. of course that does have severe side effects we'll talk about in a second. 53-56 today. and tonight down in the 0s in our deepest valleys. low- to mid-40s elsewhere. sunday you can see as we head throughout the evening the rain starts to roll. in i wanted to show you that is the high resolution model. as we head through time. watch the medium resolution model. the rain is not going to cover that many areas so that is why we're always looking for the high resolution model to come in. tuesday into wednesday, that is when we get our heaviest rain and that is why i upped the storm. this starts as a 1 tuesday evening, to a 3, which means we'll likely have some flooding. we could have some wind damage that. will taper to a 1 heading towards thursday. nice rains up until wednesday

and that is when we could see possible damage. get ready, it is coming. >> we need that rain. thank you. netflix users will see something new when they fire up the streaming apps this year. a shuffle play button. the los gatos come confirms it is rolling out the feature next month. hitting the shoval button play will queue up a show similar to ones you have benched in the past. i could use that. >> have you gotten into this weekend. you are going to like it. >> we do like all the same shows so i trust that. >> and an abc7 viewer is one who got me into it. i had never heard of it. thank you viewers. >> up next, the seven things you need know this morning.

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it is first round of showers heading but more on the way and possibility of thunderstorms and even graupel across all of our neighborhood neighborhoods. two, president biden will sign more executive orders continuing his aggressive pandemic agenda out of gate. the order wills expand food benefits for school children and low income families and create a path for a $15 minimum wage for federal workers. >> 3, we could soon have a third vaccine to fight covid-19. johnson and johnson says it is just weeks away from seeking authorization for its single dose vaccine. their goal is to produce 100 million doses for americans by spring. >> 4, the city of san francisco

is opening its first mass covid vaccine site today. at city college. health officials say due to extremely limited vaccine fly there is no droppens available. the figs news this morning is roads are slick. roads are wet. use caution. and you are going to need your healths on once the sun comes up too. >> 7, today's episode features a danville resident catch the viewers choice dave

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debate. some people want us to name all the winner because it is public trust. it makes sense to know that somebody is being paid the money p. in our case anonymity is the rule of the day. we like to allow people the comfortablety to select how they come in and claim their prize. >> and coming up we'll talk to the owner and employees at this store who sold the winning ticket as the multiple dollar mystery lonocone maryland. >> it's near deep creek. i have good memories of that place. >> -- west virginia. >> sure. the it is close to west virginia. >> sadly i have no kid in that area. so it is not going to work out for me this time. >> how cool. i was also reading this town has about a 22% poverty rate.

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the economic plan that could help you. >> and a live look outside. you can see rainb or our tower cameras. mike is tracking several stormy days ahead. welcome to friday, january 22nd. >> we want to get right to that forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. good morning, mike. >> good morning, jobina. reggie. hi everybody. it is here. the major change in our weather pattern is kicking off showers. solano county. some super commuters dealing with a heavier shower there. altamonte pane altamonte path. and 680 as well. definitely going to be slippery spots there. along with most of the south bay seeing showers right now and more showers behind us. in fact that is our better chance for lightning. so some thunderstorms on the way. and even some graupel, a hail/snow hybrid. we have a better chance of snow with our next storms.

we're going to get snow. all right. here is a look at today. temperatures in the 50s with storms becoming more scattered as we head towards to be afternoon and evening hours. please be careful this morning. here is reggie. >> mike thank you. san francisco's first mass vaccination site opens this morning but don't go there. all the vaccines have are spoken for. abc7 news amy hollyfield live at city college. hi. >> reporter: yeah, i hate to sound anti-social but don't come here. the 500 doses are already spoken for. the appointments are all booked. so they have definitely say don't come here unless you have an appointment. they do expect to stay open for several days. they just can't plan yet on the days and hours because they have to wait and find out how many doses they will be receiving. officials have been frustrated with the sporadic delivery, saying this week the city only received 1700 doses. they definitely hope they will get more than that next week and say they really need a

consistent flow. so they can efficiently distribute the vaccine. >> we want to get vaccine out as quickly as possible. we know that people want it. we all have friends and family that are texting and e-mailing and trying to figure out just as everyone else in the city how we can get vaccine. and right now our biggest limitation is the sporadic supply. >> the city says it is only received a total of 103,000 doses, enough to vaccinate half of the people in tier 1 a. they are moving ahead with plans to create more sites like this one here at city college. and they are hoping and advocating for more doses to be sent this way. live in asterisan francisco, am hollyfieldish abc7 news. santa clara and --. opens at 12:30 at the mountain view community center. the site is for people who do not have a primary care doctor. and you do need to make an

appointment. the goal is to give 1,000 shots a day. >> in the east bay there is growing concern from law enforcement over not being able to get a vaccine. as abc7 news reporter jr. stone explains. it comes amid a big spike in crime. >> reporter: oakland police on the scene of the latest shooting thursday night. keep in mind none of these officers have received the covid-19 vaccine and now union reps are sounding off. >> they should be vaccinated as was promised more than a month ago. >> reporter: the representative of the police officers,at least 62 of them have had covid-19. kevin lewis represents alameda county sheriffs deputies. more than 90 of them have had covid-19. including oscar rocha who died of the virus. >> recent lay came up with a vaccine makes the for the jail population not. plan for the staff that works there. >> reporter: beau says law enforcement is being pushed to the limits in oakland where there have been 11 homicides so

far this year compared to one last year, arguing that the vaccine is needed now. oakland mayor libby schaaf and the county addressed the issue thursday night saying they are not yet the 1b tier and because of that officers and deputies have not been vaccinated but also saying the shots are coming soon. >> for now we're saying february. we believe february when the vaccine supply is here. >> reporter: j.r. stone. abc7 news. abc7 news is continuering the covid vaccine rollout. the you can find the tracker on our home page at abc7news.com. happening today. president biden is pushing ahead his plan to tackle the pandemic. and this time his administration is focussing on executive orders that would try and help fix the country's economic crisis. including tools to help american who is haven't received stimulus

checks. expanding food assistance for young students. increase welfare to millions of low income americans and put federal agency os an path to a $15 minimum wage for federal workers. the biden administration says one in seven households reports struggling to secure the food they need. these follow the ten x executive orders biden signed his first day in office targeting covid-19. he explained his reasoning for this aggressive agenda. >> 400,000 americans have died. that's more than have died in all of world war ii. 400,000. this is a war-time understood taking. 87. >> yesterday's executive orders include mask mandate on federal property and forcing more companies to manufacture syringes for the covid-19 vaccine. >> now that the inauguration is finished, the process begins to move thousands of those national guard troops back home from d.c. and agencies say wednesday's events only saw a handful of

minor arrests. national security was at never before seen levels following the violent and deadly storming of the u.s. capitol building two weeks before. arrangements are being made to send 15 of the more than 25,000 guard soldiers in d.c. back home. some as soon as this weekend. cloi closer to home, inauguration day also went offer without any problems at the california state capitol in sacramento. but it proved costly. according to the press democrat, the state spent more than 19 million dollars for the weeks's worth of security ordinary the state capitol and other high risk locations for civil unrest. national guard troops began standing down yesterday but the state says there will still be heightened security over the coming days. >> coming up. order to shut down for defiant health orlandos. what abc7 news noticed at this local yoga studio last night. >> and this sweet story we are hearing from the teacher who made bernie sanders mittens,

what she is saying about her creation now that its been seen on the national stage. but first we are going to check in with mike. i love those meetings from yesterday. those were so fun. let's look at what's going on. we've got temperatures mid-40 toss 0450s in the east bay valleys and rain moving through this neighborhood and temperatures are milder everywhere with mainly upper 40s to low-50s. a little bit of fog in santa rosa, 42. as you can see you have cleared out from the rain for now. couple hours from now that swirly mash you see to the north rolls in and brings our best chance of thunderstorms. so the commute to morning is going to be slippery just about everywhere because we've had pretty much steady rain over all of our neighborhoods. it is going to become a little more scattered in the morning and afternoon. so during the evening we won't have widespread wetness but there will definitely approximate some slippery spots. so be careful and as sue mentioned, wipers on when your

lights are on. the northbound rain moving in as south bay and east bay start to clear out and notice the yellows. we're going green and yellow. that is light to moderate so mid-morning to early afternoon our best chance of thunderstorms and you can see some lighter showers and much less coverage during the evening over land. most of the storms this evening will be over the water. and you can see the clearing out as we head towards tomorrow morning. and we look toward our only dry day saturday. so far we've had about 15 hundreds in our mountains. less than a tenth of an inch in the valleys. how about a couple of inches? that's coming next week. we'll talk aukt that next. here is sue with the morning commute. >> i checked the tahoe freeways and no chain requirements at this hour but snow is on the way which is great news. closer to home we have wet streets. the emeryville camera, that is

80. 's shore freeway, healths in the westbound direction gets a little busy here and the san mateo bridge because it is wet there and we have reports you can see the brake lights on the causeway. some large obstacle in the far right lane so folks may be moving out of the way. they are going clear that out. elsewhere, drive times if you are heading out this morning at 5:39. we are getting busy over the alternate pass from tracey into dublin about 35. still in the green antioch to concord. overall your traffic maps look green which is good. the sensors up and over the altamonte pass are showing you it is slowing as the drive times show you. we'll be right back.

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have expressed outrage about the plea deal. alameda was to be retried after a jury dead locked 10-2 in favor of involuntary manslaughter in 2019. >> a memorial service will be held to honor two victims of a fatal hit and rupp crash in san francisco's soma hair. family and friends will pay tribute at 4:30 this afternoon along 2nd street near mission. a moment of silence will be held at a 4:52. a parolee who was speeding away from a burglary police say has been charged. troy mcalister has pled not guilty. the san francisco school district is trying to find out who posted anti-black and anti-semitic messages to a virtual high school bulletin board. students had just view ad schoolwide lesson about racism when they were asked to share their thoughts. instead they saw posts with racial slurs, hateful comments

and pornography. the district immediately deactivated the bulletin board. >> can only deduce that the person who -- who created this harm is within our student body or within our school district system. >> students were ununderstandably upset. some saying racism has an an ongoing issue at lowell. as the bay area deals with issues of race and social justice we're hear to help. just head to our website abc7news.com slash take action for a list of local resources. new developments about a yoga studio. a county judge ordered pacific beach yoga to immediately shout down. a story our iteam has been covering months. when abc7 drove by the studio last night it was still open. the studio has been open for months offering indoor mask-free classes. the county filed a lawsuit to close the business after the

owner refused repeated requests to voluntarily comply with the health orders. they have more than 3700 dollars np find. an attorney for calvary chapel in san jose made the announcement on the steps yesterday. santa clara sued the pastor and his church so they would stop hosting indoor services without masks. the church still faces millions of dollars in fines. >> the county has expressly said they are only looking for monetary sanctions, not looking to put pastor mcclure or pastor carson in jail. thank god. >> members of the south bay concentrati congregation turned out by the dozens to support their pastor. the case will be back in court

next week. hwe are hearing from the teacher who maid mittens for senator bernie sanders. . jen ellis, a second grade teacher from vermont used to sell mittens and she gave some to senator sanders a knew years ago. >> something i made when from the sewing machine i got when i was 12. so i was just flattered. >> she found out about all this when people started sending her pictures of the senator in his folding chair. looking a little grumpy we might ad. when asked se -- she said he is who he is. and not everyone has a resting pleasant face. you can hear more on gma at 7:00. >> people are being so critical about that. but he has a mask on. you can't really see what's happening there with his face. and he's cold. >> it was freezing out there.

>> right. >> i would look the same way. >> and he is being what? safe. >> thank you. he said i'm not hugging garth brooks. >> -- also i what happeneder if she makes those. >> what did you say? >> i would have some ear muffs on also. i wonder if she ever made those. to go with the mittens. that would have looked nice. >> come on, teach. >> yes. very cute. >> yeah. get back in the game. all right let's talk about what's going on. it is actually we have a chance of snow here starting sunday. and that is how cold these systems are going to be that come through. the first is cold enough that will bring us some graupel. that is a hail snow mixture out of thunderstorms possible if any of our enableds as we head throughout the day today. the peninsula, you can see heavier showers in redwood city on alameda delas pull kus. in palo alto it picks up a

little bit. across the dun bark bridge. union city. mount diablo, our first sign of hoffm how much colder it is going to be. here is a look at san jose. you are not immune. you are getting rain just like the rest of us. congratulations in the south bay. uv been left out so many times. showers and thunderstorms, tapering tonight. dry and mild. enjoy the sunshine and comfy conditions tomorrow because it gets even cold we are rain and snow coming in an atmospheric river wednesday. i had to pump that storm up to a three. strong. today about 53-56 degrees when you are dodging the drops. tonight, mid-30s to mid-40s. let's take a look and sunday starts out convey into the evening and overnight rain rolls through. 2 rain is not going to fall in

all those neighbors. that's why we wait for the high resolution models. it definitely shows tuesday will be quite to the evening. and that bull's eye of moderate to heavy rain just about the entire day wednesday and that is why i bumped it up to a three. so a one today. a one sunday night into monday. a one starting tuesday. two at three wednesday and back to a one thursday. going to be a very active week. >> thanks for the warning, mike. this morning we are watching a very heartwarming story about a dog and his love for his owner. so this sweet dog that you see here. just waited. outside a hospital in turkey for her dad after he was taken away in an ambulance. the dog followed him to the hospital and the dog would just show up and patiently sit there. eventually the man's daughter took the pet home. but that wasn't the end of the story. because the pet kept on escapes the house and running back to the hospital. as you can see they were finally reunited when the man was

discharged this week and the dog of course waiting right there for him to come out of the doors and go back home. >> oh. >> right? and also eat his slipper. >> oh my goodness. >> it's great, right. >> it's too great. i'm an internal tears. >> i know. >> really nice. >> if i had any human emotions left i would show them. >> tapped out. >> yeah. >> next at 6:00 the upcoming james bond movie has been postponed again. how long you have to wa wait. >> first, as simple as the sticker? san diego em researchers come up with an easy way to detect covid-19. >> plus inspiring the next generation. local students who are close to winning a $65,000 prize for their ide

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engz engineers in southern california are developing a color-changing sticker that could indicate you may have been exposed to covid-19. it would go on the outside of your mask. as you breathe thru the mask the sticker would accumulate particles. at the end of the day you click a blister pack on the sticker and --. the idea is that this will help with covid surveillance. >> that is what we were trying to develop. is a device that would say hey today there is an elevated risk and everybody should seek some additional testing. >> the nih gave more than a million dollars to the researchers to develop and test the sticker. >> amazing. can't wait to have that. >> a story back in september inspired local students to enter a tech competition and good news they are now headed to the

fibrils. the story was a device called jack trip. a tool people can use to perform together on line. here is clip showing singers not using it. and then using it. ♪ the story had a big impact on a san jose music teacher and her students. they entered a tech competition proposing to build an app that connects musicians. and they won a $15,000 prize after reaching the semifinals. the students are motivated by the way, jack trip has helped them in online band class. >> if you made a mistake she can help you with the mistake instead of just being muted and google meets her in zoom. >> i didn't really expect to be a semifinalists. >> well now, three winners are going to be announced in may and the prize goes way up to $65,000. good luck kids.

live doppler 7 showing some of our light to moderate showers on 580 and 680 through the tri valley and 84 towards fremont and south of the dun bark bridge in 237 in the 7. 680 we're seeing some heavier showers there, at least darker green and same thing from santa clara to cupertino along 680 and 83 there also. a look at rain falling. and for the first storm sunday that is when we could have some snow but look what happens with the heavier storm and this is why i had to bump it up to a three. most of us more than two inches of rain from tuesday, wednesday to thursday, that's very impressive. jobina. >> thank you, mike. happening today live with kelly and ryan we'll be commemorating another year gone by with its viewers choice show. and this year someone from the bay area is being featured. producers are being pretty tight lipid about it because they

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we're going to start with a wet way to start the day. it is going to be like that for a few days, mike. >> yeah, almost every day, moving all the way through possibly next weekend. so january 22nd is the day when winter came back to the bay area. and first it started with some light showers this morning. then mainly in the east bay, and moving into the south bay right now. and in fact, you can see a line from about antioch down to red wood city and these will be around another hour, hour and a half or so, that's going to keep things pretty slippery and once that passes, we have got the core of the system still up to our north. you see that spin, that's what's going to create the thunderstorms midmorning to midafternoon and the possibility of some graupel, hail and snow mixture. you see already .07 of an inch, bay bridge is wet this morning, in the 40s. we'll warm in the low to mid-50s with showers becoming less likely as we head into the evening hours. this storm is one, but i have three coming up next week. more