right now at 4:30, covid curfew concerns. the bay area county bracing to be added to the state's coronavirus purple tier, and the big changes that would come with that move. plus -- >> i just don't think that it's really safe. >> i would look into it a little bit and see if there are side effects, those kinds of things. i would take it, no problem. the surge for solutions to put an end to the pandemic takes a successful turn. now nurses on the front lines are raising new issues about potential vaccines. and one of the nation's

biggest automakers is switching gears in a legal battle with california over clean air emissions. general motors on that issue. "today in the bay" starts right now. good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get to traffic in just a bit. first, meteorologist kari hall with a look at the forecast on this terrific tuesday, kari. yes, and it's going to be another nice one. we're starting out mostly clear across the bay area. we're not seeing as much of the fog as we were yesterday morning. we are looking at all sunshine throughout the day and it will be a touch cooler as we head towards thanksgiving and the winds will start to pick up as the dry cold front comes through. we are going to stay dry and mild even as we go into the week as our high temperatures reach into the low to mid-60s for the south bay. we'll take a look at all of our microclimates coming up. mike, how is it looking for the early morning commute? better, kari.

a few minutes ago i checked the chp report and as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza the 880 overcrossing was a report of a wrongway driver coming off where the headlights are on the left and the top of the screen. it alarmed me and would alarm you, but chp has cleared it without incident. no problems other than the one report. overnight road work going on. no major issues as far as slowing goes. we'll talk particulars coming up. marcus? mike, thank you. counties are talking about what will happen when the covid-19 restrictions levels are updated. here in the bay area san francisco, san mateo and marin are all in the red tier. now everyone else is mostly in the restrictive purple tier. all 41 tier counties are included in the new curfew that went into effect saturday night. san francisco and san mateo county health leaders have each warned counties may be on the verge of going purple.

case counts are headed higher across the bay area. well, more details of cases climbing so high, in fact, in southern california l.a. county leaders are on the verge of issuing a new stay-at-home order. a decision may come as soon as today when supervisors meet. and it comes with a new travel order taking effect tomorrow. it recommends anyone arriving in l.a. county from elsewhere self-quarantine for 14 days. ahead of thursday, 35% believe gathering is worth the risk of spreading or catching covid-19. according to a new national poll by children's hospital in michigan. about two-thirds of parents, though, say they plan to ask their guests to maintain social distancing as much as possible. 88% say they would ask family members with covid-19 symptoms to stay home. a live look at sfo this morning with only two days left until thanksgiving. many are still planning to

travel. this, of course, despite warnings from health officials urging people to stay home. at sfo last night there was lots of room to spread out inside the terminal. travelers say the flights were full. >> usually they've been leaving space in between and it was not the case at that time. >> some airlines are adding flights just to meet the high demand. our coverage continues online. we're tracking the number of covid cases in every county to see where things stand in your area. just head to our website, nbcbayarea.com. happening today a community meeting in response to an sfpd shooting that left a suspect critically injured. police responded to a fight and one man involved refussed to drop his knife. officers first used a taser on the man before firing live rounds. police will share the body camera video.

two teenagers are recovering this morning after a stabbing in fremont. it happened last night. one is in stable condition but suffering major injuries. the other is expected to be okay. police are still trying to figure out what led up to that stabbing. general motors is suddenly switching gears by switching sides in the white house legal battle with california over clean air emissions. the company has announced it will no longer support the trump administration in its efforts to loosen clean air standards. instead it's starting with california and leading environmental groups. gm asked other automakers to join them in switching sides, which toyota is said to be considering. analysts say this is just a matter of backing the winning horse with joe biden taking office in january. let's get some fresh air. more tahoe ski resorts opened. squaw valley and alpine meadows opened today. on friday sugar bowl, heavenly

and north star. in most cases you'll have to book your lift passes ahead of time with some major restrictions on the slopes. my girlfriend is heading up tomorrow, and she says a lot of stuff is already booked out. i don't know if i'm going to be in luck to go skiing over thanksgiving, kari. it would be nice to be able to go to the sierra. and let's check out our live view that we have at the resort at squaw creek, and we are going to see very cold temperatures there even though we haven't had a lot of nature made snow. that man made snow will be sticking. let's talk about our season totals at some of our resorts. at sierra tahoe 40 inchls of snow in boreal, 37. sugar bowl, 33. alpine, 33. 26 inches at mammoth. so that's nice to see. hopefully we'll get more but i don't see it in the forecast. we'll talk more about that

coming up. mike, how is it looking now for the commute? things are changing out there on the roadways. if you're leaving the house the map shows you green sensors all over as you would expect at 4:37. out to the altamont pass because that's the only place i see any slowing and it's down to yellow. 55, 60 miles an hour over on the left side, the arrow pointing down from the san mateo bridge. there was an incident there as well. folks are getting work done quickly. this week we're trying to wrap it up. over to the bay bridge, no slowing. contra costa county and brentwood down to 580 a nice drive. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much, mike. planning your place in line for a covid vaccine. still ahead on "today in the bay" the hurdles that remain before you can count on that coveted shot. who will get it first? plus, are you ready to retire? we're going to tell you the top cities across the country for

you to spend the next phase of your life and why you might have to move very far. we're going to talk about it. 4:37. you're watching "today in the bay." ♪ 100% beef and hearty chili. try my $5.99 chili cheeseburger combo. it's pretty delicious.

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we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. 100% beef and hearty chili. try my $5.99 chili cheeseburger combo. it's pretty delicious. good tuesday morning. right now at 4:40 as you're heading out the door we're starting out all clear driving through the tri-valley. this is a look at our live camera in dublin on 580.

a lot of people are already up and out the door. temperatures in the low 40s. bundle up. we'll have a cool start but a nice and mild afternoon. a look at the rest of the forecast coming up in a few minutes. kari, there are a lot of folks going to work even though there are a lot of folks taking vacation as well. oakland by the coliseum the southbound side with those headlights may slow a bit because there are folks working on the nimitz as you're traveling down past 23rd. the northbound side has already picked up and cleared for the evening. we'll show you how traffic stacks up, or doesn't, coming up. wall street is set to open high they are tuesday morning adding to monday's strong gains. investors reacting to the trump administration beginning the transition process to president-elect joe biden. the dow rising more than 300 points on positive vaccine news from astrazeneca and oxford university, and reports joe biden will nominate former federal reserve chair janet

yellen to be the new treasury secretary. she is viewed as market friendly as she oversaw an expansion with historically low rates. in focus reports on home prices and consumer confidence. general motors is recalling 7 million trucks and suvs worldwide with air bags linked to the 17 deaths in the u.s. the decision comes after federal safety regulators rejected gm's argument this version of the takata air bags did not need to be replaced. the majority of the affected vehicles by this recall are in the united states. elon musk passing bill gates to become the world's second richest person according to the bloomberg billionaires index, profiting from the surge in tesla stock up 520% this year. shares rose again on monday boosting musk's net worth by $7.2 billion.

his fortune estimated at $128 billion. $200 million more than gates. gates, however, would be worth much more but he has begin away nearly $30 billion of his fortune to the gates foundation and other philanthropies. with your cnbc business report, i'm brian sullivan. >> thanks, brian. new this morning a sacramento area suburb is making a list of the top ten places to retire. roseville comes in at number nine. ""money" magazine" takes into account like housing, climate diversity and safety. the best place to retire in the entire world madison, wisconsin. >> coal. >> a little too cold for me there. franklin, tennessee, is a nice place to live. if you want to go to tennessee. >> there you go. stay right here. just wait right here. a lot more coming up on "today in the bay." on capitol hill big changes on

the horizon. >> next the key role senator dianne feinstein is stepping away from and why. we'll be right back.

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it's a live one. if the temperatures are just right, it's shaping up to be a terrific tuesday. absolutely. it's going to be cool to start. this is what we're feeling as we start out on this terrific tuesday, as you like to say. i like to call it a pattern because temperatures in the upper 30s in parts of the north bay but most of us in the 40s as you head out and we have a temperature right now in san jose that's 50 degrees and 42 in hayward. so we're starting out very cool when you compare that to yesterday at this time in some spots it's up to 13 degrees cooler. let's get a look at our microclimates and our high temperatures for today. it's going to be very nice. comfortable reaching 66 degrees in east san jose and in gilroy. we're also going to see mid-60s for much of the east bay with danville reaching 65. oakland today up to 63 degrees. along the coastline we're seeing some upper 50s. up to 64 in palo alto and in san

francisco mostly 50s today but with that sunshine it'll probably feel a little bit warmer and we're going to see a high of 64 today in sonoma. so looking at the dry weather in the forecast if you are going to be traveling to the north we are looking at sun showers up there around the pacific northwest, but it just dries out by the time it reaching the bay area. we're stuck in the dry pattern and if we're going to have some dry and sunny weather, well, if you have solar panels, it's good to use that, all of that energy, to power your solo panels. and it's the equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide we're not putting in the air to planting 22,000 trees a day. so it's really good that we are getting all of that sunshine, but it will be nice to get some rain. as we go through our thanksgiving forecast, it will be slightly cooler, more sunshine in the forecast even going into early next week. mike, you've been looking at the roads. anything new popping up? looking at a preturkey

tuesday for mo for traffic. a look out to the roadways and one issue i want to point out for folks in oakland as we look at the maps the big view shows you green which is what you would expect even out of the altamont pass. the next hour by 5:45 metropolitan more traffic. as traffic starts to build, we'll see the southbound side. the construction crew clear. there's no slowing. if they clear in time things should be just fine. if they hold up, it will be slow getting away from the bay bridge. right now getting to the bay bridge and across the span a live look shows you no problem. a clear view and an easy drive. between 5:45 and 6:15 is when we should see the bulk of the traffic for the early commute. back to you. thanks so much, mike. california senator dianne feinstein planned to step down from the senate judiciary committee, not commenting on the reasons why but plans to focus on climate change, wildfires and drought issues.

it comes following the criticism of her handling of justice amy coney barrett's supreme court hearing. she has held the top position since 2017. covid vaccinations in december is the trajectory for pfizer as it takes its vaccine to the fda asking for emergency use approval. enter vaccine candidate number three, university of oxford. along with the drug maker astrazeneca now saying that it is -- it, too, i should say, has a viable vaccine. with three drugs in play now long before the project ed -- from covid-19. cheryl hurd looks at who will actually get it and when. >> reporter: the first round of covid-19 vaccinations could be just weeks away. on december 10th the fda will consider granting pfizer emergency approval for its vaccine. if approved, the vaccine could be given out just days later. what would happen here in

california? today governor newsom talked about the distribution time line. >> it shouldn't surprise anybody that the phase one vaccination distribution plan in thames of prioritization is focusing first and foremost on our health care workers, these truly essential workers, now experiencing even more stress. >> reporter: as for the general population, it could be anytime between february and may of next year. >> i want to remind everybody that mass vaccinations is unlikely to happen anytime soon. >> reporter: a third drug maker, astrazeneca, announcing its vaccine is 70% effective when given two full doses. when only given a dose and a half, the vaccine becomes 90% effective. tonight 3 billion doses are being promised next year. it can be produced at many sites around the world. it's cheaper and can be stored

in a normal fridge for months. the pfizer vaccine needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees celsius and only kept a few days. a new poll finds 58% are likely to get vaccinated now, up from 50% in september. 42% say they won't get a vaccine. that's not surprising when you ask people if they will get a shot when a vaccine is approved. >> i just don't think that it's really safe. >> i would look into it a little bit and see the side effects, but i would take it. i would take it no problem. >> i would not because i'm the type of person that wants a little bit of evidence behind me. >> reporter: evidence and emergency approval that could be coming soon. coming up next a historic move. what the nfl just did on the field that has a lot of people

talking and the all new mask rules players will now need to start following amid the pandemic. happening now new york city is mourning the loss of a mayor who broke barriers. david dinkins has died. he was sworn in as the first and only black mayor of a large city respond to go high crime rates, dinkins raised taxes to hire thousands of police officers. he helped revitalize times square and launch restaurant week along with fashion week.

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to be able to recommend one product that can address two conditions. welcome back. the nfl adding some new covid rules. the league will now require all players to wear a mask on the sidelines unless they have a

helmet on. the niners are dealing with covid uncertainty. now espn confirms trent williams is infected, a top tackle the team traded for during the off-season. he's also a cancer survivor. he tells espn he's feeling fine and expects to fully recover. the team placed him on the covid list once before but only for close contact. nine niners are now on the list and we don't know how many are positive. they travel to l.a. to play the rams next sunday. speaking of the rams, their game in tampa made nfl history. this was the first time an all-black nfl officiating crew took to the field. so veteran ref boger led them wearing the uniform worn by greer, the first ever nfl referee. the first black nfl referee, that is. starting back in 1988. the rams, by the way, they beat tampa in a close one, 27-24. now to new video of the most

adorable thing you're going to see all day. take a look at this. these penguins in chicago getting a chance to stretch their little legs out at soldier field just in time for the height of football season. a nearby aquarium allowed the birds to take a special tour. they even got a sneak peek at the locker room. they weren't much interested in all of football, though. i'd love to see them run on those little legs. >> that's how i feel like i look in my high heels. 4:57. >> see? >> after weeks of delay the white house finally allowing the transition to proceed. next, our washington insider breaks down the steps president-elect joe biden is now set to take. plus, as covid cases surge, there's a new push to ramp up testing across the bay area.

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for generations to come. sfx: turkey gobble sfx: dog bark sfx: bubbles give thanks, no matter how you share it. right now at 5:00, a key message for mayors across the country. our washington insider breaks down president-elect joe biden's plan as the current administration finally allows the transition to move forward. plus, testing before turkey. a live report on this week's testing surge across the bay

area and what health leaders want you to know before dashing to dinner. and in-class learning plans erased from the chalkboard for now. the school district responding to the spike in case this is morning. "today in the bay" continues right now. good tuesday morning to you. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. for anyone getting on the road anytime soon mike has you covered with a look at the commute. first, a look at the forecast for you today. a terrific tuesday for us. hopefully a terrific forecast, kari. yeah, we're not seeing all of the fog we had yesterday, and it's a cool start. we are going to have a really nice day. let's get a look at what to expect over the next several days with some afternoon sunshine. we are going to see a touch cooler weather moving in by thanksgiving and this weekend is looking pretty good as the dry and mild weather continues. here is a look at our highs quickly across the bay area some