good morning. it is sunday, november 29th. a gorgeous look as the sun begins to rise over the bay. and the bay bridge a little bit of a golden glow over the bay on a near freezing morning across the bay area. thank you so much for starting your sunday morning with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with this microclimate forecast peek. hey, vianey. good morning, kira. hey, girl. it is so beautiful outside because the clear skies are making for stunning sunrises, but, you're right, it's near

freezing. look at walnut creek, 35 degrees right now as we wake up to clear conditions. 32 in fairfax yesterday morning. fairfax was in the 20s. giving you an idea of just how cold we are. san jose's forecast temperature trend by 9:00 a.m. is in the 40s. if you look at the icons and that temperature trend one thing you'll see are no clouds for the rest of the afternoon. we will maintain clear conditions. that will warm us up more than yesterday to maybe even some upper 60s for some of those interior valleys. a very lovely afternoon as we head in towards the workweek. we have a little bit of a change, so i'll have that full forecast coming up in a few minutes. kira? >> if it's anything like yesterday it will be beautiful and we look forward to your changes in about 15 minutes. new covid restriction tightenings that will impact more of the bay area beginning

today. in santa clara county it will affect families who left for thanksgiving and need to get back by midnight tonight. covid cases are increasing so quickly health experts say what we do or don't do in the coming days will impact our coming month. the santa clara county health officer issued a new order. those who travel more than 150 miles from santa clara county for the holiday need to be home by midnight tonight or will be required to quarantine for 14 days. there are new restrictions for businesses and public facilities. only 10% capacity will be allowed. grocery stores and pharmacies will be at 25% capacity. leaders saying the new restrictions are needed because we are now at a critical crossroads. >> we now have the highest case rate of any county in the san francisco bay area. just today we had 760 new cases,

far shattering any previous record by over 200 cases. >> all recreational activities that involve physical contact will be temporarily prohibited. that means the san francisco 49ers, san jose state, and stanford cannot play games within the county. also, hotels only will be allowed to be open for essential travel and for people who need somewhere to stay during their quarantine. rdrooms, small casinos are temporarily closed as well. again, these new restrictions go into place at midnight tonight and will remain until december 21st. we do have more details now, though. outdoor gatherings are still allowed in santa clara county. they'll be capped at 100 people. the state will be limiting, as opposed to banning, outdoor gatherings of this size for first amendment activities such as protests and religious services. so with a mandatory quarantine for people traveling 150 miles away from the county we wanted

to give you a little perspective. we mapped out several destinations to see just how far they are from the south bay. napa 87. sacramento 120 miles. lake tahoe, 220 miles away. san luis obispo 185. fresno just at the 150 mile mark. sticking with santa clara county a deeper look now at hospital resources there. as of last night's count there were 239 patients sick with covid in the hospital. so this morning that means only 18% of hospital bed capacity remains. that's just more than 500 beds left. health officials note that flu season has yet to peak. so if the county runs out of hospital beds what happens next? dr. sara cody explains. >> after that we would have to go into surge beds, which is a

different way of staffing and operating than the regular beds. >> hospitals have been planning for surges since the beginning of the pandemic, but doctors say their surge plan is reliant on proper hospital staffing. with the country seeing rising cases, doctors say staffing shortages are a serious problem that they are facing. as we mentioned another big part of the new restrictions includes the san francisco 49ers. county leaders sidelined a team, no games nor practices within the county, and the same goes for college teams. nbc sports bay area reports that the 49ers are narrowing their options, and a source tells them this could be to practice and play in either texas or arizona. the reason is because those are the sites of the 49ers' final road games and those states have fewer covid restrictions. the 49ers tell us the team is working with the nfl on next steps. so what's ahead for the niners' schedule? today they do play in l.a., and

they would return in time before the mandatory quarantine takes effect. then the biggest impact, the niners have upcoming home games at levi's stadium that obviously now won't be taking place there. they are then set to travel to dallas the day before these current restrictions could possibly expire. again, that's december 21st. san francisco has been hailed a national model for its control of the covid outbreak. but the city now along with san mateo county has reverted to the most restrictive purple tier. as you can see by this map marin county is the only place in the bay area where coronavirus is not considered, quote, widespread. so with san francisco and the peninsula now falling back to purple, that means businesses will have to make more adjustments. restaurants, wineries, gyms, museums, zoos, cardrooms, be places of worship must all move outside. retail stores, malls, hair

salons, barber shops can still operate indoors but with limited capacity. so how will these changes impact business owners who have already suffered enough this year, who seem to be doing everything they can to survive. here is nbc bay area's roz plater with more from the city. >> reporter: on weekends this stretch of hay street has been closed until 10:00 p.m. as part of the shared streets plan to give restaurants more space to spread out and attract more foot traffic to the hayes valley specialty shops and boutiques. now that san francisco has slipped back into purple, the most restrictive tier, with it comes a state-mandated curfew of 10:00 p.m. beginning monday night so restaurants and shops will have to shut down at least an hour earlier to make the 10:00 p.m. curfew. >> i'm definitely nervous for the businesses. i'm hoping that outdoor dining remains and that all of the retailers can stay open through the holiday season to make the most of this time this is really

what's critical to them. >> reporter: mayor london breed announced the rollback via twitter after a flood of new coronavirus cases saying this is the most aggressive surge san francisco has seen to date. the timing couldn't be worse. the christmas shopping season is just getting under way and historically it's the most important time of the year for retailers. but the pandemic has already hit them hard. >> a lot of us are small businesses fighting to be here and stay alive in san francisco. >> reporter: the new purple tier means a strict 25% capacity in stores and retailers say they'll have to assign someone to count heads. >> we're going to change some of our staffing around having certain staff designated to be downstairs so we can have more customers coming throughout the store. >> reporter: it's nerve-racking and hard to stay hopeful, but they're trying. >> for this year we've stopped hoping for anything, just thanking the universe every day

we're still alive and in business. >> reporter: in san francisco, i'm roz plater, nbc bay area news. the new restrictions in san francisco prompted displeasure from the city's archdiocese. places of worship are among the list of indoor activities that are now suspended or must move outside. the archdiocese tweeted, quote, this is precisely the kind of blatant discrimination to which the supreme court gave injunctive relief in new york. the government is demoting worship to the same status as watching a movie, quote, nonessential. that's because the supreme court intervened this past weekend allowing indoor worshipping in new york state. we continue to track the development of covid-19 and its impacts across the bay area. if you want to see where things stand go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. and at 7:09 we do have metropolitan more ahead on "today in the bay." we take you to our live weekly conversation with chuck todd who has a preview of this week's

"meet the press." plus, it's something so many of us have been using since the start of the pandemic, zoom. new warnings for users, what criminals are hoping you fall for and the red flags you need to be aware of.

welcome back. time now to bring in chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." hi, chuck. thanks so much for joining us on this thanksgiving weekend. i hope you had a good holiday. chuck, president trump intends to hold a huge rally for the two republican u.s. senate candidates who are going to be in georgia's run-off election coming up on january 5th. given the president's conduct regarding the 2020 results, claiming fraud, that he did, indeed, win, what impact do you think the president could have on that georgia run-off? >> well, they desperately need him now, the republicans do, because there is a movement growing among trump supporters

to boycott the georgia runoffs because they somehow believe that the georgia presidential results weren't on the up and up. so this is a real conundrum for the republican party nationally who know that it's obviously nonsense, all this stuff president trump is doing but they can't say the things -- they can't publicly claim what the president is saying is nonsense. they have to stick by him because they need him. at the same time they need people to vote. they need people to believe that joe biden will become president and the senate could go into democratic hands if this doesn't happen. so it'll be -- i'm going to be fascinated to hear how the president talks about this because if you believe the president won re-election, if you somehow live in this alternative universe that somehow he won, then these runoffs are meaningless, control of the senate already belongs in republicans' hands. if he will argue this week that republicans have to vote for these two senate candidates to keep the senate republican then

he's acknowledging that he lost. so how he words this, i think, is going to be interesting and they desperately need him to fire up his voters because i think they're worried if they don't get his voters out in a run-off they may not win. >> i was unaware they were saying they wouldn't vote altogether. that's a fascinating approach. sticking with the senate because this is make-or-break, we know president-elect biden's choices of foreign policy -- we know his choices for foreign policy and national security teams. how do you see their confirmation chances in the republican-controlled senate? >> i actually think they're all pretty good. look, joe biden has made what i would say pretty mainstream democratic picks and, in fact, i've heard a couple senators say as much. ben sass from nebraska said so far i'm glad to see he's pushing back on the left, is sort of how

he viewed it. not saying that's why biden is making the picks that he's making, but i, look, every presidential transition has one or two cabinet members that run into problems. usually their problems are their own making. they weren't forthcoming on a tax issue or something like that. i don't want to sit here and say i can guarantee there aren't going to be any problems for biden's cabinet but i believe the confirmations will go smoother than folks realize. one, because of biden's personal relationships that still remain in the senate and, two, biden seems determined not to nominate controversial figures. >> and i remember earlier this week biden telling our own lester holt that he's not opposed to nominating a republican for some of his choices so we'll continue to see how that plays out. you always give me a chuckle with your commentary. thanks for your insight. >> i appreciate that, i hope. >> it is a compliment. we appreciate you and we hope that you join chuck for this

morning's "meet the press." he'll have interviews with dr. anthony fauci and retired admiral michael mullen who was the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. we hope you'll join chuck for this morning's "meet the press" right after the newscast. and if you watch us every sunday you know coming up in about 30 minutes from now we will talk to our nbc bay area analyst larry gerston. now that so much is changing with covid we'll look at the positive and negative impacts politics have had during this pandemic. turning now to a warning from the better business bureau, if you receive an email that looks like it's from zoom, it might actually be a scam. here is how the phishing scam works, it says your account has been suspended and click on the attached link or that you missed a zoom meeting and need to click on a link to reschedule. it don't do it. scammers hope to download m

malware or to give your login information. double-check the sender's information, zoom.com and zoom.us are the only official domains for zoom. to our making it in the bay series the fate of a controversial bill aimed at taking stock of the city's rental market. the proposed legislation would collect information from landlords of about 230,000 rental units every year that includes how much tenants pay in rent or if the units are vacant. backers of the bill say it will protect tenants and provide crucial information for addressing housing affordability. but many property owners say it's burdensome and an invasion of privacy. the bill goes before the san francisco board on tuesday. it is expected to pass, by the way. many small businesses, even shoppers, turn to online sales this black friday and that meant

in-store shopping took a hit because of the pandemic. political data shows in-store traffic fell by 52.1% compared to this time last year. meanwhile, online spending surged by 21.6% this year hitting a new record. small merchants see this as a chance to capitalize on the advantages they have over their larger competitors. >> the cause of the pandemic most of us have shifted to online shopping and there's been massive delivery delays. that won't be the case if you are shopping local at your regular stores on main street. >> this year's online black friday purchases approached $10 billion. it is time to check in with vianey arana for a look at your microclimate forecast and we'll ask her how much she spent online on this black friday. no, i'm just kidding. we won't put you on the spot like that. i know, right? well, i only -- good morning. i only bought a vacuum cleaner, a real adult purchase.

but yesterday during small business saturday i did pick up this plant. isn't it beautiful? >> it's gorgeous. >> from a local nursery called the plant sitter in san jose. it was small business saturday's purchase here. but my vacuum cleaner i'm so excited to use. >> i know you love to clean. we talk about our cleaning proclivities, yes. you crack me up. let's get to the weather. people want to know what will happen, are we seeing rain or are we not? to keep it short, no. there are some changes on the way. san francisco, 47 degrees right now. it is clear. that's probably one of our rm warmest spots. if you look at san jose, 37 degrees. plenty of sunshine there. a beautiful view over walnut creek. the theme with all of these 30s is the lack of cloud cover. we have 32 degrees in fairfax. let's look at the 24-hour

temperature change. very similar to the way we started yesterday. clear and crisp. doppler radar right now, the reason i'm showing this to you, it really gives you a good idea if you look at california all the way through the north bay down to southern california we've been seeing these clear conditions but, of course, we've had the santa ana winds in southern california. our winds began to calm down about two days ago and we are going to get a bit of a change heading into tonight and the start of the week. something you want to keep in mind there is a beach hazard statement that is going to go into effect. starting monday morning at 10:00 a.m. and expected to remain in place through tuesday morning for the entire coastline. anytime there's a beach hazard statement in place there's a potential for strong rip currents and sneaker waves and all of that. never turn your back to the ocean. extremely unpredictable. keep at a safe distance. admire it from afar. admire the beauty from afar. microclimate forecast for this

afternoon, once we start to finally warm up we're going to warm up a few degrees more than we saw yesterday morning. we'll top out in the upper 60s for some of those interior valleys. and then we're going to stick to the low 60s for the coastline. long-range outlook. why we're missing the rain. the storms will continue to stay north of us. heading into monday night a possibility of maybe catching a couple scattered showers just to our north. that high pressure will keep us dry into december. yes, december. friday, december 4th, the outlook into next weekend which is the 5th and the 6th is still looking dry for the first week of december. so here is a closer look. monday night into tuesday, tuesday into wednesday we're watching the arrival of a system that will kick up some winds. gusting likely once again in the hills tuesday night into wednesday but look at the overnight lows sticking to those

30s, kira. by the way, i have to mention that i totally put you on the spot there. i was kidding about black friday. you totally delivered. you had your plans. you talked about your vacuum. >> i know, i know. you know me. >> you always deliver. and how many plants do you have now from all your local small businesses? like 50? >> oh, girl, maybe more. i'm going to have to count. i've become a true plant collector during this quarantine. i'm not even ashamed anymore. i love it. >> you've fostered a whole new talent during this shelter at home. good job. >> sure did. >> we'll see you again in a bit. thanks so much. and at 7:22 we do have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, you get sick, you stay home from work, right? but for many people that means not getting paid. we investigate the dangerous risks some people are taking to keim their jobs during this pandemic.

welcome back. typically this time of year ice skating rinks would be popping up around the bay area for the holidays, but, of course, the pandemic is keeping most closed. without ice skating, few need ice skates. so "today in the bay's" joe rosato jr. shows us the impact to a local ice skate maker and a community coming to his rescue. >> reporter: it doesn't matter which season is on the calendar, will marillo is always preparing for ice. >> pretty much we build skates. >> reporter: he has built skate boots most of his life. >> reporte >> i started in 1995. >> reporter: they all bare his fingerprints. >> don't have the pride, don't have the love. we get foot impressions. >> reporter: the feet of olympians, ice performers have all slipped on his boots, one of only a few companies in the world still making them this

way. >> it takes a lot of work. it takes a lot of skill to build ice skates the way we build them. >> reporter: when he and his crew work, time, literally, stands still. >> there are a lot of clocks in here. none of those work because we don't believe in punch in and punch out. building ice skates, you can't rush. >> reporter: in the pandemic there are no olympics, no ice shows. most skating rinks are closed. >> all of a sudden covid happened and production stopped completely. >> reporter: as orders dried up, he found his business on thin ice. >> we were extremely close to close our doors. >> reporter: but when word of the company's struggles reached the skating community, they laced up and skated in like the calvary. dozens of orders poured in from skaters like renee who didn't even need skates. >> no, i didn't need skates. >> reporter: he's a beginning skater from oakland, launched a go fund me for the company and

paid for skates for a sunny day. >> i figured some time in the future i'll need skates. >> those skates that they bought it wasn't just a one-time purchase. it was thank you for letting us hold on more and more and more years to come. >> reporter: the business was just enough to keep murillo going both in his wallet. >> you can't stop when you receive the love from them. >> reporter: no matter what season is on the calendar murillo plans to be here preparing for ice. joe rosato jr. -- >> we're all going to survive. >> reporter: nbc bay area news. as a former competitive figure skater i am thrilled that his business is being saved. 7:27. we have much more ahead. hospitals in the south bay are reaching critical levels as covid cases soar. the new rules about to take effect at midnight for stores, for families, even the 49ers. businesses today are looking to tomorrow. adapting. innovating.

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good morning. it is sunday, november 29th. the final sunday of november beginning with lots of sunshine as the sun rises over the san francisco bay and the bay bridge thanks to norbert for heading out for this beautiful shot this morning. thanks for starting your morning with us. vianey arana joins us with a look at your microclimate forecast. i heard a rumor in the last seven minutes you counted all your plants in your place. no pressure. >> yes, because you got me thinking, kira. and so i counted the living room ones, the ones in the bedroom and it looks like i have 68 plants. i've only killed two. >> that's impressive. >> i think i'm doing okay. or not okay. one of the two. >> i think that's amazing you've

kept 68 alive. you have better oxygen in your home than any of us do. >> that's true, that's true. thank you. it does feel crisp in here. plant therapy. so speaking of crisp, it's crisp outside and it's in the 30s right now just like it was yesterday morning with the cold, chilly lows. fairfax 32 degrees. a quick look at the livermore forecast because this is also probably one of the coldest spots. it is sunny, comfortable. 58 degrees and notice the icons stay really clear and nice all the way through the afternoon, mid-60s today. high pressure will continue to dominate into the start of the workweek as well. we have dry conditions in store. i'll have a closer look at what you can expect for the next sefrlt da several days. how is december looking for the extended outlook? that is a great question. i will certainly have the answer to that coming up in just a few minutes. kira? >> we look forward to seeing you

then. we don't have time right now so i will text you and ask you how you had time to keep 68 plants alive during the pandemic. look for my text coming up. thanks, girl. we begin now with new covid restriction tightening. it will impact more of the bay area beginning at midnight tonight. in santa clara county for one it will affect families who left for thanksgiving and need to get back by midnight tonight. covid cases are increasing so quickly. health experts say what we do or don't do in the coming days will impact our coming months, which is why the santa clara county health officer issued a new quarantine order. county residents who traveled more than 150 miles from the county for the holiday need to be home by midnight tonight or they will be required to quarantine for 14 days. there will be new restrictions for businesses and public facility. only 10% capacity will be allowed. grocery stores, pharmacies will only be april loud at 25% capacity. lead remembers saying the

restrictions are needed because we're at a critical crossroads. >> we now have the highest case rate of any county in the san francisco bay area. just today we had 760 new cases far shattering any previous record by over 200 cases. >> all recreational activities that involve physical contact will temporarily be prohibited. that means the san francisco 49ers, san jose state, santa clara and stanford cannot play games within the county. also, hotels only will be allowed to open for essential travel or for people who need somewhere to stay during quarantine. and cardrooms temporarily will be closed. all of these new restriction goes into place midnight tonight or 12:01 tomorrow morning and will remain until december 21st. here is the thing, though, outdoor gatherings are still allowed in santa clara county but they will be capped at 100 people.

the state will be limiting as opposed to banning outdoor gatherings of this size for first amendment activities like protests and religious services. for people traveling 150 miles away or more than 150 miles away from santa clara county we wanted to give you perspective of what that means. we mapped out several destinations to see how far they are from the south bay. napa is 87 miles away. sacramento is 120. so if you go to those places you don't need to quarantine when you come back but lake tahoe is 220 miles away. san luis obispo 185 miles. fresno checks in safely at 150 miles away. as of last night 239 people were sick in the hospital in santa clara county. 18% of hospital capacity remains, that's little more than 500 beds left and health experts

say flu season has yet to peak. if the county does run out of beds, what happens next? dr. sara cody explains. >> after that we would have to go into surge beds which is a different way of staffing and operating than the regular beds. >> hospitals have been planning for the surges since the start of the pandemic but doctors say their surge plan is reliant on having enough hospital staff. with the country seeing cases rising staffing is a problem that they're facing. county leaders sidelined the 49ers, no games nor practices within santa clara county and the same for college teams. the niners are narrowing their options. a source tells them it could be to practice and to play in

either texas or arizona. the reason is those are the two sites of the niners' final road games and arizona and texas have fewer covid restrictions. the 49ers tell us the team is working with the nfl on next steps. so what's ahead? they play in l.a. and would return in time before the mandatory quarantine takes effect and the biggest impact is the 49ers have upcoming games at levi's. that won't be allowed to happen here. so they are then to travel to dallas and that would be the day before these current restrictions expire on december 21st. san francisco has been hailed a national model for control of the covid outbreak, but now the city, along with san mateo county, is reverting to the most restrictive purple tier. as you can see marin county is the only place in the bay area where coronavirus is not considered, quote, widespread. so with the city and the

peninsula now falling back to purple, that means businesses that have already been hard hit will have to make more adjustments again. restaurants, wineries, gyms, museums, card rooms, places of worship must all move outside. retail stores, malls, hair salons can still operate indoors but, as you see there, lowered capacity, 25%. how does this affect business owners who are doing everything they can to survive? roz plater with a closer look. >> reporter: on weekends this stretch of hayes street has been closed until 10:00 p.m. as part of the shared streets plan to give restaurants more space to spread out and attract more foot traffic to the hayes valley specialty shops and boutiques. now that san francisco has slipped back into purple, the most restrictive tier, with it comes a state-mandated curfew of 10:00 p.m. beginning monday night so restaurants and shops will have to shut down at least an hour earlier to make the 10:00 p.m. curfew.

>> i'm definitely nervous for the businesses. i'm hoping that outdoor dining remains and that all of the retailers can stay open through the holiday season to make the most of this time this is really what's critical to them. >> reporter: mayor london breed announced the rollback via twitter after a flood of new coronavirus cases saying this is the most aggressive surge san francisco has seen to date. the timing couldn't be worse. the christmas shopping season is just getting under way and historically it's the most important time of the year for retailers. but the pandemic has already hit them hard. >> a lot of us are small businesses fighting to be here and stay alive in san francisco. >> reporter: the new purple tier means a strict 25% capacity in stores and retailers say they'll have to assign someone to count heads. >> we're going to change some of our staffing around having certain staff designated to be downstairs so we can have more customers coming throughout the store. >> reporter: it's nerve-racking

and hard to stay hopeful, but they're trying. >> for this year we've stopped hoping for anything, just thanking the universe every day we're still alive and in business. >> reporter: in san francisco, i'm roz plater, nbc bay area news. the new restrictions are unfavorable for san francisco's archdiocese. the places of worship are among the list of activities suspended. the archdiocese tweeted, quote this is precisely the kind of blatant discrimination to which the supreme court gave injunctive relief in new york. the government is demoting worship to the staple status as watching a movie, quote, nonessential. you may recall just a few days ago the supreme court stepped in and allowed indoor worship in the state of new york. small business saturday took a more serious tone this year for business owners who face so

much uncertainty amidst the pandemic. many shoppers told us they decided to support small businesses knowing how hard they've been hit. shop owners noticed and, boy, did they appreciate it. those in brentwood were encouraged to donate to food banks as well. people were rising to the challenge that this year presents. >> our wonderful community and particularly for today. >> in brentwood shoppers dined outside at local restaurants to help support them as well. and we continue to track how covid is impacting county by county to see where things stand in your neighborhood go to our website nbcbayarea.com. at 7:40, still ahead on "today in the bay," covid cases spiking. global health leaders predicting it will only get worse this winter. so we explore how politics could be impeding local leaders'

abilities to stop the spread. political analyst larry gerston joins us live in just a few minutes. but first, lightening things up, the 49ers are looking for a big win in los angeles today. what head coach kyle shanahan is saying before the game against the rams. anthony flores is next with sports. you're constantly on the go, on the clock, and on your way. hang on a second. what's the rush? know the speed limit, go the speed limit, and slow the fast down. go safely, california. there's no bad time to start at amazon... ♪ i like the flexibility. it also allows for picking up shifts. safety comes first, speed comes second. safety. safety. safety. we're making sure that somebody is getting their very important items. it makes me very happy. ♪

take a quick break,ite, jump on a quick call. next time you take a quick trip, how about this? take a second, take your time, and slow the fast down. go safely, california. good morning, everyone, i'm anthony flores. the 49ers are on the road in los angeles at the rams today but they could be adding a few more weeks to their travel plans. yeah, the team is looking at places in california and out of state practices as long as they're shut out of their santa clara headquarters, a league source told nbc sports bay area. the santa clara county health department is suspending all contact sports for at least three weeks to fight the rapid spread of covid-19. the niners are also looking only

at out-of-state locations to play games, possibly texas or arizona. first up, a divisional showdown against the first place rams. >> we know we're going against a good team. they're always going against good teams in the league. the rams happen to be one of the better ones. our guys are excited to play sunday. >> a san jose football game has been canceled because of covid-19. the game at boise state was called off saturday morning just hours before kickoff. the bncos were not able to play because of positive cases and contact tracing within their program. there is no plan to reschedule this game. historic day in college football. sarah fuller became the first female to play for a division i power five conference team. she handled the kicking duties for vanderbilt. she kicked off to start the second half, normally a goalkeeper on the soccer team, filling in after several players why exposed to covid-19.

missouri won the game 41-0. this moment was bigger than the final score. >> i just want to tell all the girls out there that you can do anything you set your mind to. you really can. and if you have that mentality all the way through, you can do big things. >> vanderbilt has one more game left on its regular season schedule so maybe she'll be able to play next weekend. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores. have a great sunday. today's ways of working may work differently tomorrow. but you can work out anything with comcast business. get fast, reliable, and secure internet

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welcome back. the united states has just about 4% of the world's population, but it has 20% of the world's coronavirus cases. a ratio far greater than any other major nation in the world. so how do we explain these discouraging statistics? we bring in nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston for his thoughts. hi, larry. good morning to you. hoping you had a great thanksgiving. >> good morning to you, kira. >> thanks. this is more about just a virus,

isn't it? >> yeah. you know, we don't think about these things but the fact is that politics, first of all, affects everything. it affects things like requiring seat belts for auto safety, things like vaccinations for children going to school, even requirements for structure that is are being built. and politics intersects with health, health care, our health needs. and this is one of those cases where we've had difficulty for people to understand that we're not just talking about one person or two persons we're talking about a nation. we're talking about a state in california. and the need to make political change to get people to act for themselves and for the country as a whole. it's funny you should mention seat belts. i was talking to a colleague about how sometimes if you put a mask on people might give you a look and he said it used to be the same thing if you got in a car with someone and you put on your seat belt a few decades

ago, why are you putting on your seat belt? i'm a safe driver. like why are you putting on a mask, i'm healthy. are we to assume these terrible national statistics are bad statistics now in california exist because of politics? >> i think so. for a couple reasons. for a couple reasons we probably overlooked. we have ignored all of the important information that the scientists, the researchers, the doctors have been pummeling with us the last year now. we ignore them and they come true and because we've been ignoring them we have suffered. in that sense we are suffering at our own peril. one big reason. >> what about the second reason? do you think is it a negative public reaction to covid-19 because of politics? is that kind of what came first,

the chicken or the egg? >> don't know which came first. it might have been, as we say, a double yolker when you have two eggs out of the same thing. i don't know but i know this much, there is that second part and the second part has to do with just our political resistance to what's going on. when leaders present a crisis clearly, clearly to us and offer to lead by example, that should be the kind of thing that really gets us going. but just hasn't happened in this case. we have one good example to where leadership works. think about new york's governor cuomo and what happened when that crisis hit way back in march. new york was the first state. there was no sort of map to see how to handle it. what did he do? against all odds he met with his constituents. every day he would hold a press conference for months and months and months just explaining to

them over and over again why they had to behave and listen to him, their leader, to make it a safe place. they did. they did. >> i think to be fair it depends on who you ask how new yorkers felt about that but how do you think that new york example relates to the current pandemic? >> and here is where it gets rather difficult, our leaders have talked the talk but haven't walked the walk. a couple examples, one, look nationally and what president trump has done. he's literally flaunted the whole idea of masks. don't wear a mask. don't do as i say. don't pay attention to this whole issue at all. he's held numerous events,

closed events. dozens of people, may hundreds, have become ill because of the president's poor leadership. he has not modeled this well. and, frankly, we could look to california as well. look what happened with governor newsom, how he's encouraged people to wear masks, keep social distanced, don't go out with very many people. what does he do? he has a fancy dinner up in napa in a closed-in dining room with 11 other people not related to him and, look, he said he made a mistake -- no, mistakes happen when you do something that you don't really understand and it happens on accident. this wasn't a mistake. this was purposeful action. people look at trump and they look at newsom and say, well, if they're not behaving these ways, why should i? why should i put up with it? and that's where poor leadership directly intercepts with this help crisis. >> yeah, i wish we had more time, larry, to talk about denver's mayor hancock. he took a plane when he was telling his residents not to.

so many leaders do as i say not as i do. larry, as always, back to you.

good morning. clear, beautiful sun rise -- it's not even sunrise, it's just sunny now. 47 degrees in san francisco right now. another chilly start for the interior valleys and down to the south bay. san jose a very brisk 39 degrees. but it's even colder up through

the north bay with some low 30s. and here is a closer look at the reason why. we have no clouds in sight. you probably noticed that yesterday morning. so very similar to sort of those cold mornings we've been waking up to. notice just north of us there is a system so any chance of rain will stay to the north of us. dry conditions not just for today but the next several days. a beach hazard statement in effect for the coastline starting at 10:00 a.m. please be careful. we're talking about dangerous waves and sneaker waves as well. the microclimate forecast, mid to upper 60s. it's going to be a little bit warmer today compared to yesterday, mostly sunny. 65 for san jose. 64 for napa. ukiah a very comfortable 66 degrees. and long-range outlook shows the storms continuing to stay to the north, so we're going to actually end november dry and head into the first week and weekend of december on a dry note as well as high pressure continues to dominate in our

forecast keeping us dry for the next several days looking out ahead even into sunday the 5th and the 6th. december already, i can't believe it. the outlook is staying dry for the next several days. if you had plans to wash your car this is the week to do it. san francisco's seven-day forecast. breezy conditions tuesday and wednesday for san francisco and also inland areas heading into tuesday as well with a low in the 30s. kira? all right, vianey. thanks so much. hard to believe it's almost december. i'm right there with you. we want to thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. vianey, myself, her plants. we want to remind you no 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. news tonight. it's "sunday night football. "the chicago bears at the green bay packers followed by "sports sunday" at 8:30. our special edition at 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. we are always available on nbcbayarea.com. we hope you have a great sunday and we'll see you back here next weekend in december.

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