in a matter of hours they will discuss who gets the vaccine first. our live team coverage next on just how bad the winter could get as the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. it might be a foggy one. you say we're going to see the fog linger this morning? fog in the south bay where we normally don't see fog this dense. and we're going to have a cold morning in parts of the north bay when you have fog and freezing temperatures. we will look at some breezy winds and dry weather in the forecast as we head into the next few days.

in napa and clear lake and we've seen cold temperatures elsewhere as well. we'll continue to watch that as well as the fog. how is it looking for the commute? things are changing right now. we do have that deadly crash at camino diablo. fog registering in the south bay. the metering lights just turned on before 6:00. quickly filled in all of these lanes right here and a bigger factor looking at the oakland camera with that fog. the low clouds creeping down across the nimitz, the peninsula, south bay and east bay. stay with us. we'll give you updates. back to you. >> thank you very much. we begin with the rising number of covid patients. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson live in san francisco this morning monitoring the

already overloaded hospitals. >> and i know state health leaders there are being very clear the next few weeks could be critical especially as we move into the winter months which could make things worse. >> reporter: we've been talking about that surge expected after thanksgiving and we are now in the midst of it. as we continue to follow those covid cases, the state of california, icu hospital beds, are at 75% capacity and in the bay area it's a little less at 72%. that is a lot of people being hospitalized for covid. right now 7,800 patients are hospitalized and icu cases have spiked by 67% in the past two weeks. governor newsom warned the number of patients could double

or even triple within a month pushing icu bed numbers. that 92% capacity by early january. in an effort to slow the spread in some of the city's hardest hit communities ucsf has opened free covid testing sites. today is the last day at the four sites. one location is at 24th and mission. that's an area that saw covid cases four times higher than the city's cases in early fall and around holidays. testing in that particular community is crucial. take a listen to a site coordinator discuss that. >> part of not only supporting those people but preventing on ward transmission by helping them to isolate safely and give them help figuring out how to do so in their households. >> reporter: right now the health officials are on standby observing as those icu numbers

continue to grow and state leaders keeping a close eye on those numbers as they look to enforce more restrictions because of an increase in cases. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest there, cierra. >> moderna and pfizer have applied for emergency use of their vaccine in europe. back home the cdc panel meeting at 11:00 a.m. our time to talk about who will get vaccinated first. "today in the bay's" bob redell has been tracking that for us. both moderna and pfizer have applied for fda approval here in the u.s. >> reporter: as you mentioned assuming there are no surprises both could be rolling out within weeks. the question who will get it first? that's what this advisory council, a cdc panel, will be meeting later this morning to decide that. we expect they will say health

care workers, doctors, nurses, other first responders will get first priority on the vaccine. and people who live in places like nursing homes who are most vulnerable ending up in the icu will be in the first tier. the rest of us would be eligible to receive the vaccine late winter, early spring. an infectious disease epidemiologist says pulling off the mass vaccination is extremely complicated. because of the low temperatures needed to store the doses but believes our country can pull it off. when the shots are available, go to your doctor and it would be two doses a few weeks apart. the trick is for us to not get infected in the meantime and overwhelm those hospitals and icus. >> that's the real message. while we can take off this top

little bit of people who have to be around and are most likely to die from this we need to tell everybody else to keep their masks on to maintain social distancing and avoid crowding and mixing. >> reporter: coming up in a half hour, when we could achieve herd immunity and what it will take to achieve it. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. a vaccine cannot come soon enough. more than 150,000 cases confirmed in the bay area with more than 2,700 new infections just added. around 800 of the newest infections are in santa clara county. nearly 2,000 people have died. a live look at capitol hill where there's still no deal on another stimulus as the virus surges on. senators say they're still trying to work out a compromise.

>> there's no reason, none, why we should not deliver another pandemic relief package to help the american people through what seems poised to be the last chapters of this battle. >> let's do what the american people want. let's do what we're elected for. let's not be afraid to vote. >> but there's still no vote on a stimulus package in the near future. the u.s. is coming face-to-face with another deadly shutdown. >> help is coming to california small businesses as many are struggling to make it in the bay. the state will launch a $100 million tax credit aimed at rewarding small businesses for hiring employees during the pandemic. it comes on the heels of governor newsom announcing a half billion dollar emergency relief package. small businesses, nonprofits and cultural institutions. the state will also provide a

three-month tax extension for businesses with less than a million dollars in tax sales. happening today, for one we may see president-elect joe biden with a boot on his injured foot after suffering a fracture when he was playing with his dog. but he will introduce key members of his economic team including dr. janet yellen nominated for treasury secretary. she was the president of the federal reserve bank of san francisco. she was the first woman to head the u.s. federal reserve. as "today in the bay's" tracie potts reports, she'll make history again if she's granted this new role. >> reporter: president-elect biden named his economic team with two historic firsts. janet yellen the first female treasury secretary and neera tanden the first woman of color nominated as white house budget director. republicans are already lining up against tanden calling out

hundreds of deleted tweets criticizing republicans. >> what she did is pretty reckless and, unfortunately, will have to pay the price for it. >> hypocrisy is astounding. if republicans are concerned about criticism on twitter their complaints are better directed at president trump. >> reporter: votes in wisconsin and arizona are certified despite president trump's lawyer crying foul. >> i call this the mccarthy era on steroids. >> reporter: and despite baseless claims of fraud in georgia -- >> they're insanity, fever dreams, made up. >> reporter: the state's second recount should be done tomorrow. of the 41 lawsuits challenging election results 27 of them have been dismissed, withdrawn or denied and none found evidence of fraud. tracie potts, nbc news. right now at 6:09 as we're starting out this morning dealing with low visibility and fog across parts of the bay

area. taking a look at half mile visibility as well as what we're seeing in hayward. we have quarter mile visibility and we're down to zero in novato. we do still have several more hours of fog. highs reaching into the mid to upper 60s today. mike, what's going on right now for the commute? >> one of the big issues is fog and that may be a factor if we get frozen fog on the roadway. no major reports of that. this major report in brentwood continues with the closure of vasco near walnut where there's a deadly crash. a head-on collision. the rest of the bay we see fog really impacting freeways throughout oakland and the north bay.

back to you. 6:10. and during the pandemic most of us have had to do some type of meeting or gathering online. a noof enew idea to track if you're bored at work. >> rarely bored. always busy, scott mcgrou. >> we have a lot going on. november, even as this pandemic gets so much worse, november was the best month for your money in decades, and look at what will happen today. it looks like a lovely day on the stock market. you're watching "today in the bay."

at 6:13 visibility is all clear in the tri-valley. as you continue to make that drive you may encounter dense fog and very cold temperatures starting out in the upper 30s. we're looking at sunshine and highs in the 60s today. we'll look at what's ahead in our forecast coming up. >> 580 through the castro valley. that's what we're looking at sort of. fog here and throughout the south bay. traffic moving southbound 101

with glowing lights and in the background you can see the glow by the city lights as well. how that's expected in spots. a happy 1st of december. it looks like a very good day for your money. take a look at those futures this morning showing some green lights there. wall street pleased with what we might think of as old news that janet yellen will likely be the next treasury secretary and two firms are asking the fda for emergency approval of their vaccine. markets fell monday, the last day of november. all in all a good month. very good like the best since the 1980s as far as november goes. the dow up 12% despite negative numbers you see, those are daily. the nasdaq up 11% despite a mid month battering of tech stocks. current treasury secretary steven mnuchin and head of the fed jay powell will testify on

capitol hill today. it's a scheduled appearance but we're eager to hear from mnuchin, there on the left, why he shut down a credit facility created by the fed that the fed says is helping. the two have very different opinions about the wisdom of the move. powell saying the decision will hurt our economy. "the wall street journal" reports at least four more antitrust investigations will be announced soon against google and facebook. the state of texas is leading a team of other states in investigating google's dominance of online advertising. what an interesting way to measure this. one of the companies that manages key cards, you know that let you into the office, says the number of people going back to the office has stalled. understandable as we deal with

this new surge arguably the worst it's ever been. the number of people that returned to the offices peaked at 27% in october but has been falling ever since. just 15% of the people it measured went into the office. marcus, you had friday off and i came in and did the midday news. that was my first time in the office since march. i was amazed at the changes, temperature checks, hallways that were one way only. i felt very safe. i know a lot of offices are implementing the safety protocols. >> some days i am literally the only one in the newsroom. >> and very safe while you're there. >> this is true. thanks, scott. >> it really is so interesting. we work together but yet we're so far apart right now from each other. stick together, that's what's key. today is the day that maybe you

consider supporting your favorite charity. we're helping out make a wish greater bay area where you can text wish to 91999 donating any amount. it really helps to bring some joy. it helps fulfill the wishes. you can text wish to 91999. >> there's another way can you actually help a lot of families right here in the bay area through our nourishing neighbors food drive. the next time you're at safeway make a $10 donation. that will go to local food banks. our food drive goes until december 29th. speaking of giving, starbucks this month is saluting all frontline workers. doctors, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, firefighters, dentists, mental health workers and hospital staff. we cannot forget those in

housekeeping, security and active duty military. starting today and through the end of the year all are elling to believe receive a tall free brewed coffee hot or cold. starbucks wants you to show your appreciation as well. they want to really do this for a lot of people. we all thank you. 6:19 this morning and new for you, have you ever found yourself spaced out at work maybe feeling bored? >> we always have to be on our toes. now microsoft wants to develop a new system to actually measure boredom. it would be called the insight computing system. the idea is to use cameras and software to look for signs of boredom and tiredness in employees. it would also monitor time spent texing, checking emails and browsing the internet.

microsoft believes the system may better help avoid scheduling nonproductive meetings. getting it done. i bet a lot of people were busy on the computer yesterday with cyber monday. just saying. >> wouldn't it be weird to work and have a camera looking at you as you work all the time, whatever you did? >> i wonder what that's like? >> it's called every day. >> our everyday life. our cameras are focused on what's happening. it's starting off foggy. >> i'm using these cameras to see the visibility is around the south bay. it's been pretty bad. we also have cold temperatures going along with that as we look at how this compares to normal and our records, well, thankfully we are not setting

new records even though it's cold. we are below freezing in santa rosa. today's record is 23 degrees and the record in napa is 20 degrees. we're at 34 right now and seeing some close temperatures. we are staying above where we are seeing those records set a long time ago. we are going to have a warm day. plan on going hiking in the south bay, we will have high temperatures reaching into the low to mid-60s. expect between noon and 4:00 the best time to get outside. we'll see highs reaching up to 67 in antioch and upper 60s in the north bay. we are still not seeing any rain coming in. this is the pattern as the cold fronts approach the bay area. we are looking at more dry weather possibly not only this week but next week.

and the past couple of months we barely measured anything in october and december is usually one of the wettest months of the year. of course we're just getting it started with our meteorological winter starting today. we may not see anything until the middle of the month. here we are with some dry weather and temperatures reaching in the 60s. it will be cold during the early morning hours. lows dipping down to the near freezing marks. mike, how is it looking now for the commute? >> seeing what's highlighted in orange or amber on the map, the south bay map, this is what kari and i have been talking about, the fog. in places you may not expect. we've seen that over the last ten days.

no major problems for speeds. and the closure on vasco road has cleared. we have your standard metering lights on. with the fog catching folks past the coliseum. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 6:23 right now. does a strict four-week shutdown stop covid-19? we'll see how that's working out in one country. plus, why this restaurant owner says he can remain wide open despite covid restrictions requiring him to close. you're watching "today in the bay." it's down to the wire,

the team's been working around the clock. we've had to rethink our whole approach. we're going to give togetherness. logistically, it's been a nightmare. i'm not sure it's going to work. it'll work. i didn't know you were listening.

covid restrictions are ending in england tomorrow after they were under a strict month lockdown. it helped bring numbers down and they now have the coronavirus back under control. the restrictions are still in place on gatherings but some businesses will be able to reopen. one restaurant is staying open. the patios were full of customers supporting the move. they hung a banner outside reading the french laundry, patio dining. a dig at governor gavin newsom's recent dinner outing that made

headlines. so many questions remain as we get closer to getting approval on a covid-19 vaccine. one big answer which we're expecting in just a matter of hours, is who will get vaccinated first next. plus, what happens after people are vaccinated? the post pandemic future. also coming up for you, the niners have a work around for santa clara county's tight covid restrictions. the game plan they melee out today and an update on local college teams. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 6:30, the nation gearing up for the big cdc announcement today on who will get vaccinated first. coming up what happens after the vaccines are out. a live report on what covid-19 could look like post pandemic. "today in the bay" continues right now for you. and a good morning to you on this terrific tuesday. i'm marcus washington. and i'm laura garcia, we will check in with mike and see how that terrific traffic is looking this morning. but first let's check in with kari. she has a look at our forecast. keep the jacket handy? yes, not only is it cold but it's also foggy this is a look at my shot in san jose. we can barely see anything here and with these cold temperatures and fog we'll have to watch out for some icy conditions especially in the north bay, but after this clears out we have a mild day, some breezy winds

tomorrow but still some dry weather in the forecast over the next few days. temperature wise we're in the mid-40s for the south bay, but check out the below freezing temperatures we have in napa as well as clear lake. we'll talk about what's ahead in the forecast coming up. mike, how is it looking getting to work this morning? well, kari, we have your typical toll plaza backup over at the bay bridge. because the metering lights are on, as this shot does have traffic lanes and they've been there since just before 6:00, we also have a lot of fog in the area specifically oakland really tough drive. that may be a factor. the map, it's not affecting the sensors. registering more in the north bay and the south bay. folks are tracking those conditions but the speed sensors are mostly green. back to you, laura. >> thank you very much, mike. we begin with startling new numbers putting the latest covid surge into perspective. this is where we were 30 days ago on november 1st. you can see the u.s. confirmed more than 9 million covid-19

cases with deaths at less than a quarter million. fast forward to the current picture infections are now at more than 13 million. that's an additional 4.5 million new cases. and the number of deaths now exceeding 260,000. >> the cdc experts are meeting today to figure out who should receive the first covid-19 vaccines. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live for us and, bob, the most vulnerable have been saying will receive the vaccine first. >> reporter: that is the expectation that cdc advisory panel will be meeting a few hours from now later this morning. yes, we expect people who are the most vulnerable, those who live in nursing homes, long-term care facilities, they would be first in line to receive the vaccine because they're at most risk of contracting covid and ending up in the icu. along with health care workers, doctors, nurses, other first responders. we expect them to be in this first tier. assuming there are no surprises,

and there is fda approval, the two vaccines in the pipeline could roll out within weeks for the first tier of people. now it is expected the rest of us would be eligible to receive the vaccine late winter, early spring. an infectious epidemiologist he can inspects the united states to achieve herd immunity by next summer if enough people get the shot which he estimates will have to be more than 70% of the population in order to stop transmission. now this disease isn't going to go away. and we're going to continue to see it crop up from time to time. i think it's too well established in the human population, and we have just too much travel, too much social interaction for it to go away. and it's going to take a long, long time to get it internationally around the world back in the box and we're never really going to completely get it back into the box. so we'll continue to see cases crop up from time to time.

>> reporter: dr. rutherford says the safety profile for the two vaccines is very high right now, which should be encouraging news for anyone with concerns about whether or not to receive the shots. as my colleague scott mcgrew has pointed out to me more than 28,000 americans have died from covid since pfizer, one of those vaccine makers, manufacturers, announced its vaccine a few weeks ago. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." in the meantime trying to keep everybody safe. we have a live look in san francisco, the new curfew there just wrapped up, about 90 minutes ago. all bay area counties but marin are under the most restrictive purple tier following the limited stay-at-home order. san francisco and san mateo became the latest counties to slide into the purple tier on saturday with a new curfew. dining, nonessential retail and outdoor gatherings must end by 10:00 p.m. restaurants can still offer takeout or delivery. essential retail like grocery

stores can remain open. transportation services including buses, taxi and ride sharing will still be available. the san francisco 49ers will talk more today about the change in their holiday plans, things suddenly look a lot different with santa clara county banning contact sports. the team announcing its next two home games will be played in arizona state farm stadium where the cardinals play. head coach kyle shanahan may clear up some questions about where they'll practice during a news conference later this morning. covid chaos is also wreaking havoc on a game originally scheduled for thanksgiving night. the steelers and the ravens will now play, get this, at 12:30 tomorrow afternoon. that game will still air right here on nbc bay area. as for bay area college football, those teams are also in a quandary. this is still not clear if the undefeated san jose state football team will be able to play in hawaii this saturday. the school is also really trying to work out where they will

actually work out. stanford will practice and then play in seattle, this is against washington, also this saturday. new this morning, the labor department is under fire for underreporting weekly jobless numbers and shortchanging the unemployed from the pandemic. the general accounting office issued the new report citing faulty data collection for inaccurate jobless numbers. in the meantime 27 states are paying only the minimum amount of allowable jobless benefits, not the amount pegged to prior learning. california says it's already working to make up the difference. i don't know if you could hear my little dog just came into the room. a shooting in fremont sends one person to the hospital. it happened before 4:00 a.m. near the intersection of capriana commons. the victim has nonlife threatening injuries and no word on a suspect or motive. we have a live crew at the scene right now. still several police officers there investigating as that

investigation continues this morning. we'll continue to follow this developing story and, of course, bring you additional updates as we get them. so here is a grandmother who when push comes to shove you don't want to mess with. here is why. so it happened last friday at a restaurant in san francisco in the mission district. video showing the customer being upset about her order not being ready. now we're told that she became verbally abusive and actually threw a five-pound bottle of hand sanitizer nearly striking the manager who was holding her young son. that's when the boy's 57-year-old grandmother drew the line there. this is after throwing a bag of food at the irate customer. she literally turned the table and knocked that woman down. >> i was thinking if she hit my grandson, i mean, i do whatever i have to do. that's all. i wasn't thinking in that

moment. >> don't mess with my grand baby. someone entering the restaurant got the irate customer out of the door. that woman was gone by the time police arrived. 6:37 right now. coming up next live team coverage continues on today's decision for the vaccine rollout across america. >> reporter: and we're figuring out now when we are going to be rolling up our sleeves to get a covid vaccine and where that's going to happen, what it will look like for regular folks like us. i have that coming up. some really startling threats against a former washington official. let's take you out to wall street as well, a really great day after a record setting november. and the boom in real christmas tree sales. why people are ditching the fake stuff this year for the real one. that's up next. you're watching "today in the bay."

we have a clear start here in walnut creek. foggy conditions elsewhere across the bay area and our temperatures starting out around 40 degrees. we'll slowly warm up as we go into today. we'll talk about what's ahead and how much rain we need to catch up to normal coming up in the forecast. >> when kari says fog, look at the san mateo bridge, that's what we can see from our camera near the toll plaza, taillights

barely visible on the right side. the extension now, a fog advisory for the san mateo bridge and chp, the dumbarton bridge, tough to see there. what else is going on for your morning commute. happening today president-elect joe biden will announce key members of his team including janet yellen nominated tore treasury secretary. >> live team coverage on the transfer of power. tracie? >> reporter: and people talking about her in the bay area, former uc berkeley professor and former head of the san francisco federal reserve. the bay area council says she's an excellent choice and probably not the most controversial of those who are being announced today. we're also going to hear about neera tanden, head of the

centers for american progress. progressives like her, many progressives like her, but republicans are already pointing out the tweets that she made, some of which are being deleted and over time she may not be the best choice. republicans about who would be the first woman of color to serve as the white house budget director. >> what she did is just pretty reckless and, unfortunately, she is the one that will have to pay the price for it. >> the hypocrisy is astounding. if republicans are concerned about criticism on twitter, their complaints are better directed at president trump. >> reporter: that could be a tough process when we don't know when they're happening. they're just being announced as nominees today.

we're expecting within the hour a news conference by lawmakers to talk about a possible compromise that they're trying to work out behind closed doors. let's bring in scott mcgrew. scott, one of president trump picks to help run the task force has quit, and some of his own team members are saying good rid dance. >> this is dr. atlas who at one point wanted to back off and hope for herd immunity even before we had a vaccine which would have created a death toll far higher than our current 286,000. atlas, who is from stanford, was hired in august for a limited term. he said that term has run out so he's resigned. atlas often worked against the very efforts the white house was making.

neither of those things is true. atlas wrote in his resignation letter i always relied on the latest science and evidence without any political consideration or influence. a lawyer who says he's part of the trump legal team made a threat against chris krebs while speaking on a podcast. i'll play you a clip in a minute. but to remind you krebs is the department of homeland security official, the former official, who helped write that open letter that said the 2020 elections were the most secure in american history. in the clip you're about to here said krebs should be shot. i'm not going to play that part but the part leading up to it. he's talking to somebody on a podcast. >> anybody who thinks it's going well like the head of krebs. >> the guy on "60 minutes" last night.

>> that guy is a class a moron. >> krebs, the victim of that threat, will be on the "today" show later this morning. we knew president trump pardoned his former national security adviser michael flynn about phone conversations with russians. we've seen the full text of the pardon showing it's very broad and may protect flynn from future prosecution as well. the very same justice that prosecuted him came back to t courts and said they wanted the verdict to be thrown out. that's still winding its way through the courts. we'll tweet about it. you can follow me on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thank you very much, scott. operation warp speed to develop a vaccine and get it to you is moving fast. for most of us, vaccine

protection against covid is still months away. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live for us with a look at how soon we'll be rolling up our sleeves to get that covid shot. kris? >> reporter: yeah, who knew he could be getting a shot in the arm. most of us in the general population. i want to show you what it will look like here in the bay area. we already know ucsf and zuckerberg san francisco general will be part of the first phase of distribution. they're prepping to vaccinate people within hours of the fda green lighting a covid vaccine. we know that the fda will meet on december 10th to consider emergency approval for the pfizer and moderna vaccine on as bob redell is reporting today who will be at the front of the line. the process is not straight forward because you have to think who have is the frontline of the frontline. we don't have enough to vaccine all health care workers in

california in the first batch of vaccines. >> reporter: american airlines is using empty passenger planes to fly doses worldwide with no time to waste because you might remember that pfizer vaccine has to be kept 94 degrees below zero. chances are most of us will go to our regular medical provider, kaiser, your local provider. the goal is to have that available and maybe roll into your local pharmacy, cvs or safeway store. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." talk to us about that.

>> reporter: think how many shots if you haven't been so good with the floss at the dentist. they are used to doing that. it would take legislative action to allow optometrists or dentists to administer a vaccine like that. pharmacists have been given that permission to administer the covid vaccine as they do the flu vaccine whenever it is ready to go. it may not be likely that your eye doctor will do that. >> a lot to do that, make sure that it stays active. a live look at rockefeller center. the annual christmas tree lighting so no live audience, probably doesn't surprise you. this is great, you'll still be

able to watch the ceremony from the comfort of your home. right here on nbc bay area. it's tomorrow night. christmas tree farmers are bringing cheer to more families this year. the demand to have a real tree is growing. 21% of people who had an artificial tree or no tree at all plan on buying the real deal this holiday season. you mentioned that you had, too. >> i love the family photo, kari. beautiful. i'm looking forward to seeing all those displays on social media and, of course, it just makes you feel so much better. maybe you want to get out there and get it done on the outside of the house. wait until the fog clears. we're seeing visibility down to half of a mile in san jose as

well as zero visibility going up the peninsula. mike was showing us the san mateo bridge where it's hard to see and we're seeing zero visibility in novato so with the dense fog and cold temperatures we may see some of that fog freezing. but as we check out the south bay we'll give it a couple hours, it starts to clear out. we have sunshine and we're heading to another really nice day, reaching into the mid-60s. if you want to go out for a hike, the best time will be between noon and 4:00 this afternoon. after that it really starts to cool off quickly but we are going to see high temperatures reaching up to 68 degrees in santa rosa. and we'll see a high of 65 in livermore. 67 today in morgan hill. we go through this forecast, we've seen these cold fronts moving through the pacific northwest. the rain drying out before it gets here. but it does at times cause the winds to pick up, so we are still watching out for the potential of any really high winds that could trigger a red flag warning. unfortunately, we're still

talking about that in december. we take a look at our water year and normally in october we've measured just trace amounts. we look at november where we barely got enough rain and now we start out our meteorological winter and start of december. this is usually one of our wettest months of the year. we don't have any rain in the forecast at least through next week and in santa rosa we need five, six inches of rain. we're going to unfortunately see those numbers going down even more as we are looking at high temperatures reaching into the upper 60s. it's going to be cold each and every morning in the inland valleys with this dry air. lows starting out near freezing. mike, what's going on right now for the commute? kari, you talked about the tough visibility in novato. marcus calls it terrific tuesday. we'll say tough to see tuesday

for traffic and weather up in novato where the amber highlighting is on the map as we pull out the full screen. i circled the bay bridge lower deck. a disabled vehicle getting out of san francisco that affects folks counter commute. as we move down mostly green sensors. moving up to fremont, similar fog. moving up in toward oakland we still have fog. back to you. thanks, mike. happening now for you the olympic symbol lit up in tokyo bay. it was removed for maintenance four months ago shortly after the tokyo games were postponed until next year. the five olympic rings will be lit at night. and the tokyo olympics are set to open july 23rd. coming up next a quick look at the top stories we're following this morning including

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our top stories we're following including the new threat of a covid surge. >> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson to explain what health leaders are doing about it. >> reporter: we can tell you the icu hospitalizations are on the rise right now at the state level. they're at 75% capacity for those beds and here in the bay area 72%. but that is pretty tame compared to what health experts are predicting could happen in the next coming weeks. that's increased 67% in the past two weeks. now the governor warned on

monday that number could double or triple in the next month pushing icu bed capacity in the state to 112% by mid-december. back by early january. so some organizations here in the city are looking to help those in the hardest hit communities, ucsf has partnered with the latino task force to set up covid testing, one of those locations 24th and mission, an area hit hard. they have cases four times higher than the city's case so today is the last day. four locations for that rapid testing. we will continue to follow both any other pop-up testing sites that are available, free and available for walk-ins be a what's happening at our hospitals with the increase in icu cases.

there are now more than 150,000 cases of covid confirmed in the bay area with more than 2,700 new infections just added. 800 are in santa clara county. nearly 2,000 people have died. kari hall, i see the sun behind you, kari. yeah, we've been dealing with some low visibility in some spots. more weather like this in the forecast and san francisco reaching 62 today. a foggy start this morning. mike, how is it looking for the morning drive? look, from emeryville we can't see treasure island and that's the problem getting out of san francisco, a disabled vehicle and a traffic break may complicate things across the span.

that's my concern right now. take it easy as you head out the door, bundle up. that will do it for us. >> you see the fog there, don't let the fog mess up your day. make it a great one, a terrific one. the "today" show is next. ♪ ♪ good morning who an who and when cdc advisers to meet and decide how the coronavirus vaccine will be given out as the director of the supply and distribution says a shot will be available to everyone in the country by summer >> 100% of the americans that vaccine by that point in time. >> officials sounding the alarm. new york's governor warning the battle is entering a new phase. >> we are now worried about overwhelming the hospital system.