wer to take on climate change. use less from 4 to 9 pm to keep california golden. break iing election news, arizona goes blue as joe biden picks up another 11 electoral votes as trump remains silent. will that continue. another record yet again as 159,000 new cases are reported with more cities locking down even tighter. the head of the federal reserve repeats his stance that the economy need as big economic boost, and the sooner the better. we've got a sneak peek of what barack obama plans to reveal in an upcoming memoir set

to be released next week. and what could be the start of humans commuting to space it's friday the 13th "early today" starts right now thanks for being with us i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. the breaking news overnight, joe biden has flipped arizona. in the past it seemed as wide as the grand canyon the state's 11 electoral votes puts biden's lead at 290 to president trump's at 217 putting more pressure on president trump to concede minutes after arizona was called t president tweeted, quote, biden did not win. he lost by a lot and that earned him not one but two twitter information warnings and now all eyes are on georgia

where a full hand count is under way. >> this has been another record-breaking week in the war against kroez. over 159,000 cases were reported on thursday making it the ninth day in the row cases have surpassed 100,000. and it's after texas passes the 1 million mark california now joining that list the alarming data comes as the mayor issues a stay at home advisory, telling people to go out for essential emergencies. just as many people have turned to online shopping, a new study shows porch pirates have stoelden $5.4 billion in stolen packages over the past year. infected nurses who are

asymptomatic are back at work amid a hospital shortage staff, this as dr. anthony fauci is urging americans to hang on and double down with news that a coronavirus vaccine may be on the horizon. >> the cavalry is coming, but don't put your weapons douchblt you'd better keep fighting because it is isn't here yet help is on the way, but it isn't here yet. >> dr. fauci's comments come as a legal battle is brews in el paso, texas, over a stay-at-home order. >> reporter: hospitalizations, the death toll, the positivity rate all on the rise here in el paso, and that's why the county judge issued a stay-at-home order that now goes until early december he's hoping if people abide by that, it will hopefully bring some of those numbers down to where they're not facing a potentially worst-case scenario.

we know that hospitals here in el paso, patients are now being put two to a room in some cases. others are flown hundreds of miles away, all this as dozens of army and air force personnel are working in the icus, doctors tending to the most critical of patients we know that later on today we expect to hear from the court of appeals that's expected to make a final ruling on a legal challenge against the citywide shutdown here, that lawsuit being presented by a local restaurant group and texas attorney general paxton who says the county judge in el paso has overstepped his authority in issued the shutdown despite the covid cases being on the rise. lots of eyes on the county shutdown as it could set a precedence for others. morgan, thanks.

as the race for a vaccine rages on, you might be surprised there was a vaccine almost produced at the time the virus broke out. >> reporter: in december 2019 in wuhan, china, the virus was spreading. >> a newly identified virus from china. >> the 45 cases have been reported in china including two deaths. >> reporter: the chinese government swooped in with all of its authoritarian might china did something else few knee it issed. it made a call for help written in genetic code. chinese researchers quickly cracked the code and published it this is the code china published online this is sars cov2, a disrupter

that's shattered our lives it was sfed into the computer and came up with a vaccine in weeks. nearly all the work since then has been testing the tube containing the secret to potentially saving millions wasn't even labeled. >> essentially the vaccine design has not changed. >> so it's more or less the same what you had in the very beginning is what we still have now. >> absolutely. >> reporter: the greatest scientific race of our lifetimes is nearly over the next step just as difficult, a rapid worldwide distribution that's never been done before. richard engel, nbc news, london. at least seven people are dead after a peace-keeping helicopter crashed in the sinai peninsula. five of the seven people killed in the routine mission were

americans. there's no word on the cause of the crash, but it's believed it was an accident. faced with mounting pressure to concede, president trump is digging in even as his chances dwindle. nbc news called arizona for president-elec president-elect elect biden. former president barack obama weighed in on biden's victory. >> they appear to be motivated in part because the president doesn't like to lose and never admits loss. i'm more troubled by the fact that other republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humoring him in this fashion it is one more step in delegitimizing that, not just the incoming administration but

democratization. that's a dangerous path. let's bring in tracie potts. the biden team is forging ahead even without a concession. >> that's right. biden has been talking to leaders without the help of the state department and they're holding his congratulatory messages and working on a covid relief plan, how they're going to move forward. but the incoming chief of staff says there is one area where the biden team really does need to be talking with the government. >> so far the inhibition has been relatively minor. we've been proceeding. but as time passes, the administration refusing to ascertain that joe biden is the incoming president is at issue as soon as we can get our

experts into meetings with folks planning the vaccination campaign, the more seamless from a biden presidency to a trump presidency can be. >> we should be in the same posture with both of them receiving briefings. we know there are issues so allow it to go through and let the leak proceedings go through. >> president biden should have access to the classified reported. >> while you see most republicans have yet to acknowledge joe biden as the winner of the election, a growing number are saying he does need to be getting the classified intelligence briefings. in fact, one republican you saw in there james lankford of oklahoma says if it does not happen by today, he'll step in and intervene. >> we'll see how far this goes thank you. an urgent search continues

this morning after eta flooded a campground an adult and a 1-year-old are still missing. the water level reached roof toop rooftops children were trapped on top of a school. thankfully firefighters were able to bring everyone to safety firsthand florida one person was killed the tropical storm hit the sunshine state twice in four days let's bring in meteorologist bill karins with more on eta bill, good morning. >> good morning. we just heard from the hurricane center it's no longer a tropical stofrmtite's remnant low all the rain in north carolina is over flank and we can watch the riveres coming down. for today, the southeast dries out. we need it get the river levels down.

the northeast, slow improvement during the day as we go through the weekend, we'll track a new storm into the middle of the country imt's going bring gusting rain and winds. that's saturday, heading for st. louis in chicago of crummy weatr areas in the northern plains and midwest, still pretty chilly in minneapolis. only 35. we have a new tropical system that's likely going to form this weekend. i'll give you those details later. >> main, relentless. in the quick hit, john mulaney is joining the staff

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welcome back here. as nasa and spacex are preparing for a historic launch tomorrow evening, they're going to be sending astronauts to the space station from american soil we have jay gray with a live preview. good morning, jay. how are things looking there >> hey, good morning it's looking good. everything appears to be a go as we look at the countdown the launch tomorrow evening. look this is a scientific mission but also one nasa is counting on in

america's space exploration system. >> reporter: it's rushing toward launch and history, the first ever operational mission as part of nasa's program. >> nasa is a customer and not the owner and operator of the hardware. >> reporter: a charter flight to the international space station with three u.s. astronauts and a fourth from japan's space agency on board. >> as a crew, we're ready. we're ready for the launch, the six months of work awaiting onboard the international space station. >> reporter: it's the first time it will include four astronauts inside a capsule it also marks the return of rotational flights from u.s. soil in a u.s. built spacecraft. >> we actually anticipate during 2021 we will always haved a least one dragon attached to the

space station either bringing astronauts to the space station or bringing resupply of cargo. >> reporter: a public/private partnership ushering in a new exploration. one thing they always watch closely here is the weather. it's always top of mind. things look good the forecast is clear for a go tomorrow let's keep our fingers crossed. >> that's great. one of the delays was an issue with the falcon 9's engines. what do we know about that >> yeah. it really became an issue on an unrelated flight there was a problem with the relief valve line in a falcon 9 rocket that was going to take up a gps military satellite they checked the falcon 9 rocket being used for this mission. they decided let's not take a chance, let's replace all the

engines. everybody feels like they've got it solved and they're ready to go. >> many years in the making. we wish them all god's speed thank you for kicking off your friday with us i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances

right now at 4:30, dealing with more setbacks. the reopening rollbacks set to happen due to a spike in covid-19 cases and the growing impact the regulations are having on businesses. >> and no commute, no problem. the impact silicon valley companies work from home allowances are having on south bay's rental market. plus, clear skies for now. a live look outside in san francisco at current conditions. meteorologist kari hall is tracking when we need to know when to break out that umbrella. "today in the bay" starts right now.