cold mornings and warm afternoons. a look at what we're expecting as we go into today. not as windy but we will keep the warmth and the fire danger lingering in the forecast as we can see the winds picking up late tomorrow. the rest of the week is looking cooler but dry. we may see some changes on down the line. let's look at our highs reaching into the upper 60s and low 70s. feeling more like early fall rather than winter. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? it's looking good but it may be a surprise if folks were watching us earlier and took a break to take a shower. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where there's a backup and metering lights are on. they were turned on just before 6:00 in the morning. backup filled in all the lanes. that's the bad news. the map shows you no problems once you get through that and no problems on the approach. an easy drive. metering lights were turned on, though, because the folks who do watch over the roadways have determined that volume of

traffic may be an issue as the commute starts to build. so we'll watch that. back to you. >> thanks, mike. a historic moment today on the race for a vaccine. the rollout of the uk's covid-19 vaccine now under way. take a look right here. this is the first one to get injected to a woman 91 years old next week. the second was a man named william shakespeare. >> the first western nation to approve pfizer's vaccine candidate. richard engel is there with a look at the excitement and the long road ahead to get everyone vaccinated. >> reporter: marcus, laura, it's finally begun. the vaccine rollout program started this morning in the uk. in fact, it began at this hospital in coventry north of london. the first person to get the vaccine patient a, as they are calling her, is a 90-year-old woman from northern ireland originally. she did well. the nurses gave her the shot, said she barely felt it.

she's expected to go home and join her family today. >> i can't really answer the question yet. it's just really -- i don't know what to say. >> reporter: this is a historic time. many say the beginning of the end of the pandemic. still a long way to go but it started here this morning and is expected to continue. a very important day. back to you. >> thanks, richard. richard engel reporting from the uk. no doubt this week for days and weeks ahead we will actually be talking about the vaccine and that's exactly what's happening at the white house today as well. the trump administration is expected to reveal its plan for distribution. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live for us in washington this morning. i know there are a couple of very important people who will not be at the white house meeting today. tell us about that.

>> reporter: right. president-elect biden nor anyone on his team were invited and the vaccine makers, pfizer, moderna, awaiting emergency approval of their vaccine. this meet something about their vaccine but they won't be there. they declined that invitation according to the news. the president is moving forward with his experts to talk about distribution of the vaccine but creating confidence so people will actually take it. meantime, joe biden, the president-elect, today will name his health team including california attorney general xavier becerra and others who will work with him to get this vaccine distributed. they're starting an equity task force to make sure it gets into communities of color. and finally on capitol hill covid relief. lawmakers still working on it, still hopeful they'll get it done before the winter break to avoid what they're calling the christmas cliff, unemployment

benefits, eviction protections, small business loans, and other benefits that run out this month, marcus. >> tracie, i want to talk about something else, a critical eleme element, sick days being covered and even child care. have they talk about that? what's the plan with that? >> reporter: yeah, the family and medical leave act, ten days of quarantine are covered, so if you have to stay out for ten days, your employer pays you. the government reimburses them, or ten weeks of child care if needed to deal with covid-19. but that's not going to make it into this emergency relief bill t. could next year when they look at the bigger picture, but as they try to negotiate and do some give and take, unfortunately, that support which runs out this month got left on the table, we're told. >> that will hurt a lot of families. tracie potts in washington this morning, thank you.

in the meantime take a look at this. it took just five days for the u.s. to record another 1 million covid cases. the total now more than 15 million. the u.s. has also just reported its highest weekly death numbers. the total is approaching 285,000. 34,000 new cases were reported yesterday across california. that's another new one-day record. more than 20,000 people sadly in california have died. at noon today a fifth bay area county enacts tighter covid restrictions. a live look right now in marin's mill valley and san mateo county's menlo park. it's a picture of contrast. struggling businesses are watching surrounding counties shut down one after another. in the meantime marin's stay-at-home order takes effect in six hours. last night people in marin were trying to get one last dinner outdoors before all restaurants go to all takeout. one restaurant in sausalito says

it will be difficult for workers to recover. >> we've got employees 30, 40, 55 years here, long-term employees, very loyal. like family. and you're laying off these people who have been with you for so many years. it is tough. it's tough. it's heartbreaking. >> not to mention during the holidays. four counties left without a full stay-at-home order, napa, san mateo, solano and sonoma. a troubling new look this morning at widespread fraud uncovered in the state's employment development department. bank of america reportedly telling state lawmakers it's uncovered up to $2 billion in fraudulent claims. that money went on debit cards containing jobless benefits. and prisoners obtained some of that money. the bank has identified close to 650,000 suspicious accounts including some filled out in the names of infants and young children. the governor's office is working with the bank to identify the latest claims along with the edd.

there may be new benefits and relief for those renters trying to make it in the bay. so california lawmakers are considering a bill to extend the state's eviction moratorium until the end of 2021. tenants, however, will still need to pay one-quarter of their rent to be protected. san francisco leaders will look at a proposal for universal basic income. if approved an advisory group would weapon the potential impact from the guaranteed income program that calls for up to 1,000 people receiving $500 each month as participate of a study. let's get a breath of fresh air heading outside this morning. a live look at the beautiful golden gate bridge illuminated. the high surf warning is continuing through today. some waves more than 20 feet. even drawing some big wave surfers to maverick. so, kari, what would they be in for? i'm standing along the shore. actually, i'm just staying in my

house. whom i kidding? >> right. who needs to stay away from the water. it's going to be dangerous out there when we talk about sneaker waves and rogue waves. th they come up higher and may sneak up on you. still the breakers up to close to 25 feet today and it's especially true for those west and northwest facing that tips through at least 5:00 for today so be really careful. and i know it will be hard for people not to go to the coast because temperatures have been warming up. we get sunshine and even coastal temperatures near 70 degrees. it's going to be warm there in half moon bay, reaching 68 at 2:00 this afternoon. we'll talk about some cooler air in our forecast as well as the potential for some rain on down the line. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? kari, i had some slowing to show folks in the south bay at the bottom of the screen. we'll show it to you.

i've circled it on the map. it only lasted five minutes. very mild slowing and cleared up once again. lighter volume of traffic obviously. we get out to the altamont pass. i saw a crash pop up. it's just off 580. off grant line road. there's a little build. it's very light coming out of the altamont. it's the toll plaza with the metering lights on. no delays. back to you. 6:09. it's breakfast time. we're already thinking of lunch and thinking of ways to help you save. up next, how you can score a pizza for you and your entire family today. plus -- health experts on wall street sharpening up their pencils. we'll get some really important data on that pfizer vaccine today. let's take you out to the futures this morning. washington struggling to pass

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you'll need a heavy coat if you're going to be going out to concord to the park and maybe watching the sunrise. it'll be in the low 40s but quickly warming up. a nice one in warm weather. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. >> we had changes. it was completely clear. a little bit to the north. well, good morning and a very happy tuesday to you. you saw that video earlier. the english woman getting the very first vaccine in england. today we will get an enormous amount of data about the pfizer biontech vaccine as the companies release their internal

data. there are analysts who have the coffee going, pencils are sharpened, will be going over bit of that new data. we expect the vaccine to be approved thursday. "the new york times" reports the united states passed when pfizer offered to set aside more doses for us last summer. we have 100 million, enough for 50 million people. but pfizer says the white house turned down an offer to buy 500 million more. president trump has an event he will write an executive order and it will go to americans only which is natural because we did buy them after all. we hope to learn more from the white house about its reaction to these claims that we didn't order enough. the reported offer was made, we didn't know if the pfizer vaccine even worked. america does have a legal offer to order more but that presumes pfizer can make them in time.

the fcc has handed out $9 billion grant to charter communications, spacex and a handful of other companies to bring high-speed internet to rural location. $9 billion is an enormous amount of money to bridge that digital divide. a second judge told the white house it was wrong to try to ban tiktok. the federal judge called it capricious. it's not clear how much enthusiasm the house and regulators have for following through on this case. originally the white house has said tiktok was a threat to national security because it said the app's parent company shared data with chinese intelligence. by bytedance says that's not true. i mentioned the ceo of snowflake makes $108 million a month. i wondered how much that is an hour. an nbc bay area viewer reached out on twitter, laura and

marcus, ran the numbers and it's $623,000 an hour. $623,000. and i would do it for $623. >> i would do part time. >> i wonder if he takes a lunch break. >> do you get time and a half? what about holidays? >> every day is a holiday for him, you make that kind of money. you were talking about the unemployment rate, how the rate is going down. it wasn't a good thing but a sign people are giving up the job, the hunt for a job really. are we pinpointing who is leading the market? >> it's women and baby boomers, in fact, yes, when the unemployment rate goes down usually you think of that as a good thing. lots of people getting out of the market. it hits older people and women harder. there are a few reasons for that. older people have trouble

getting jobs when companies prefer younger people which, to be clear, is illegal. but it still happens. some of them choose to retire and then women, and this is very generally speaking, tend to work in retail and service more than men do. those have gotten hit particularly hard. not only are people losing their jobs and showing up on the unemployment rolls but beyond that they're then dropping out of even looking for a job, the participation that we call it. >> a really tough time. thank you, scott. new for you, maybe this will convince you that it is time to get a hot and ready pizza from little caesars. they are celebrating their partnership with doordash. customers can get a 14 cheese or pepperoni pizza with a minimum order. that deal is exclusively available on doordash through this weekend. >> the triplets always love pizza and fridays.

i don't have to cook. i love it. trending, too, if you love food, colonel sanders will be making his small screen debut this weekend. take a look. >> colonel sanders, the new chef. >> mario lopez is colonel sanders in a recipe for seduction. >> oh, my. mario lopez playing the chef of the, quote, chicken friend recipe who falls in love with a wealthy woman. the 15-minute movie was made as a partnership between the network lifetime and kfc. it'll air this sunday as part of the network's it's a wonderful lifetime lineup. >> there you have it. >> huh. i never thought of the colonel so spicy in that way. >> we have to give mario his props because he has not changed. other than the mullet, he's the same guy. >> i interviewed him once. he's a really nice guy.

>> there we go, colonel sanders lopez. >> 2020 is looking good. >> there's something good about it. >> looking like stretchy pants for christmas. let's see how warm we have to dress for the morning. checking in with kari. >> you do need a jacket. it will start out cold. these high temperatures for today. let's head straight to the south bay where it will be warm reaching into the low 70s in morgan hill and gilroy and in downtown san jose. a normal high temperature in december it's 59 degrees. we are way above that. we were near records and we're going to have the warm weather for the east bay reaching near 70 degrees and still some upper 60s near the coastline today and in san francisco we're up to 67 degrees in the mission district and our north bay highs will reach back into the low 70s for

today for ukiah as well as sonoma reaching 70 degrees. it won't be as windy. we've been also noting how dry it's been. when we look back at our water year we are only at 4% of our normal amount of rain in oakland and in san jose. only 10% for san francisco and livermore. we are very low with the amounts of rain that we measured for october as well as november especially when you compare it to normal. december is usually one of our wetter months but we haven't seen any yet, so our reservoir levels are really starting to fall as we look at our percent of normal for the south bay. as we look down the line we're still dry for much of the week. but we are starting to see the door open for the potential of some rain as high pressure moves out of the way. it does allow for some rain to move in late on sunday and neighbor by the middle of the

month we could finally get in some rain here in the bay area. we do still have a few more days of the dry conditions and still very warm today with highs in the low 70s, but we will see another dry cold front moving in by late tomorrow. that could kick up the winds but cool off our temperatures and we'll see the end of the week highs in the low 60s. san francisco in the upper 50s by thursday and that continues into the beaked until we await the arrival of that rain late on sunday. mike, how is it looking for the morning commute? kari, there are changes but it's for the better and at 6:21 we'll take that. out to the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is visibly moving better than the last time we check. just before 6:00 the metering lights were turned on. they slammed to a halt at 6:15. started to move better now. look at the richmond bridge just to the north we have the backup that was forming and now easing a bit already for west 580.

we're looking at the two arrows, middle of the screen that richmond bridge. bottom of the screen is the bay bridge. the only two areas where there's any slowing. getting there no problem. the maze moves smoothly and getting through the rest of the bay, even silicon valley, not today. back to you. all right, thanks, mike. next for you this morning nbc bay area responds to your questions about getting a vaccine. plus, an incredible moment high above us in space. next, the goodies spacex cargo ship is unloading at the international space station. you're going to want to stick around for that. 6:22. you're watching "today in the bay."

>> reporter: how and when you can get a covid-19 vaccine will vary a lot. we'll unpack the process and the variables. getting the shot itself might go a lot like getting a flu shot in the doctor's office, a hospital or pharmacy. so brace yourself for the possibility of two shots, not just one. here is another difference. expect to receive this paper record card when you get your vaccine. overall the cdc says the covid vaccine rollout will be much larger in scope and complexity than seasonal influenza. one of the key challenges is who gets priority especially if there's short supply early on. the cdc committee that recommends vaccines says it should be offered to both health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities first. who is next in line might hinge

on where you live and who is in charge. a tiered system is possible and states will have a big say. let's look at california. it will get 327,000 doses for the first wave. long-term care residents and health care workers are first up. but health workers must follow a pecking order. who is next hasn't been announced. that might fluctuate based on the case count at the time and whether the labs creating the vaccine are keeping up with demand. state and local health departments monitor all of that. to figure out your place in line follow them on social media for updates or sign up to see if they have email alerts or text alerts. you can find more covid-19 vaccine information at nbcbayarea.com/vaccine. a great view of cargo dragon's new home. >> isn't this cool? special delivery dock at the space station. the latest dragon cargo ship arrived at the iss yesterday.

carrying a 6,400-pound shipment. they don't want to spoil any possible surprises but did share roasted turkey, cranberry sauce are among some of the goodies for them. i wonder if it's freeze-dried like the ice cream. >> i was hungry but now i'm not. >> sorry. well, back to the pandemic and the storylines that are now really front and center, marcus. >> more and more people get sick, more jobs are on the line. live team coverage including why some bay area counties are choosing to shut down and others are not. plus, lori loughlin's daughter breaking her silence after her parents were sent to jail for faking her records to get her into usc. you'll want to hear what she has to say all coming up. you're watching "today in the bay." today's ways of working may work differently tomorrow.

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right now at 6:30 happening now in the you united kingdom, people getting the first coronavirus vaccines, you're looking at the first two people to get those shots this morning. this is a big day in the race to end the pandemic. "today in the bay" continues right now. and the man you saw to the left of the screen getting that vaccine named william shakespeare. a good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike in just a moment. he has a look at the morning commute, what's rolling out

there. kari has a look at some temperatures for us. good morning. yes, good morning. it's starting out cool. let's take a live look outside in san jose as we are starting to see the sun come over the hills, a beautiful day and still very warm. we keep that sunshine. the fire danger still lingers late tomorrow evening. i'm watching out for that. but for the rest of the week it's cool and dry. we'll still see the weather we've seen the past couple of weeks with no rain but we are going to see some changes ahead. mike, how is it looking heading out the door and going to work? we had the metering lights turned on at the bay bridge about 40 minutes ago. instead of packing in the toll plaza we're starting to loosen up the backup and things are moving in the middle lanes as folks head over to the span.

the map shows you mild slowing on the incline, probably going to speed up the metering lights a bit that will increase the clearing and no need to increase for the rest of the bay. we have glass reported. it doesn't sound like anything but some debris to clear up. that's it for the bay. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. the uk already giving out vaccine shots, the u.s. poised to approve a vaccine thursday. back home in a matter of hours it'll be five bay area counties under tight new restrictions including a full stay-at-home order and more shutdowns. cases rising, hospitals getting full, but with the shutdowns come layoffs and some businesses just closing for good. two big storylines in the bay area. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is following counties that remain open this morning, but i want to begin with cierra.

talk to us about what's closing? >> reporter: good morning, marcus. right now we're in mill valley. behind me a nice looking beer garden. they packed up all of their stuff, just a couple of chairs remain. a lot of businesses in this area look just like this restaurant because at noon things shut down as the county has more restrictions. no indoor, no outdoor dining, just carryout and delivery. personal care services, hair, barber, nail salons, they're all ordered to close in addition to museums, theaters, wineries in the area and card rooms in those five counties including alameda, now marin, san francisco, contra costa and santa clara. what about the schools in the county? if you already have a child or a relative in a school in one of those counties doing in-person learning that will continue.

they will continue with in-person learning as long as they have those proper protocols in place for safety. >> you have the other side of the coin, san mateo county health leaders say they will stay open. bob redell, i know the county's public health officer is essentially saying show me the data the shutdown works, he's supporting businesses staying open. >> reporter: and right now businesses like the restaurants behind me in downtown menlo park are staying open in san mateo county. the public health department officer says he does believe people should stay home as much as possible but questions whether businesses should be shut down during this time even though we're seeing a surge in cases. you take a look on your tv screen, in fact, i think the greater restrictions, referring to the ones going on in the other counties, are likely to

drive more activity indoors. solano county's health officer says he doesn't have proof that hair salons, barber shops and outdoor dining are fueling the surge. marcus? >> bob, reporters repeatedly asking to show the evidence and they did it again during yesterday's news conference. >> reporter: connect, and governor newsom did not provide any evidence that the surge in coronavirus cases can be tied to businesses being forced to shutdown especially when it comes to outdoor dining. the governor expressed empathy for small businesses and pointed out there are tax credits and relief grandz available. >> a similar conversation happening on the streets of counties that are in the

shutdown mode. we have some video from contra costa county, businesses defying the order. talk to us about what you're actually seeing out there as this continues to happen. are you seeing those counties closed? >> reporter: i wasn't able to hear all of your question. >> i want to you answer that for me, cierra. >> reporter: yeah, we've been looking ta-da at that and seeing a lot of the icu percentage availability of beds in the icu decline throughout the county. while some folks are making that decision to defy the order, health officials are saying that is not the best thing to do. initially that 15% threshold was held but counties went ahead and shut down just out of caution -- so we're still in the midst of the pandemic and we're seeing the thanksgiving numbers coming

in. they are now displaying those symptoms. very important to pay attention to that. >> that's the surge that everyone is talking about, it's coming, and then you see the small businesses trying to keep up with their lively hoods. thanks so much. it is 6:37. more than half reporting record breaking numbers. 300 additional cases and along the peninsula more than double that. 633 for san mateo county n. contra costa county 750 plus. more than 1,400 new cases in santa clara county. the first time any bay area county hit four figures. happening today in the south bay, do it yourself covid testing launching at emanuel baptist church. results coming back in a few days. the site will be open seven days a week and it opens at 11:00 a.m. lori loughlin's daughter is

breaking her silence about the college admission scandal that landed both of her parents behind bars. loughlin and her husband mossimo giannulli are serving time after pleading guilty when investigators say they paid half a million to get their daughters into the university of southern california. appearing on red table talk olivia jade giannulli said her family earned the nation's outrage. >> i feel like it's a good learning thing. i can understand how wrong it is and we had the means to do something and we ran with it. >> her mother is expected to be released after christmas. her father in the spring. 6:38 right now. back to our covid vaccine coverage. all this week answering your vaccine questions with "today in the bay's" kris sanchez. >> reporter: the latino population is being hit disproportionately hard by the covid pandemic, and we know the

vaccine is in the works. what will it mean for this particular community? we're live in san jose. plus, president-elect joe biden making an historic but problematic decision on secretary of defense. we'll dive into that. let's take you out to the big boards. stocks mildly lower as washington continues to struggle with the stimulus bill. >> let's break down some break dancing barriers. where and when that incredible '80s dance style will go prime time for you. scott and i do a battle? i don't know. stick around and you might see something special. you're watching "today in the bay."

good tuesday morning. at 6:41 let's get you out the door with a look at these temperatures starting out in the low 40s. a nice day after this chilly start as we warm up making it into the upper 60s at 1:00 today. a look at our microclimates and the changes ahead in the forecast coming up. president-elect joe biden has made a historic choice for his secretary of defense. >> scott mcgrew, for the first time an african-american will be tapped to run the nation's defense but you say there's a lot of opposition of that appointment. >> it's technically illegal and i make that -- i say that word

in the fullest sense of the word illegal. people have to wait seven years between when they're in the military and when they're considered for the secretary of defense and austin does not meet that criteria. to be clear there's no question he is qualified for the job. he led the fight in iraq as the head of central command, he's a west point grad, a former four-star general. the problem is he was a four-star general four years ago and the law demands seven years of a gap. the law is there to ensure our military is run by civilians and not the military. the civilians who used to be generals they're worried about, that another not too close to the soldiers they used to work with. you let seven years go by and the top structure has changed. now congress can issue a waiver but that's only happened twice

in american history and once was very recent, jim mattis was the general in the marine corps before becoming president trump's defense secretary. those who opposed putting a general in the secretary of defense's office then still oppose it now. in an upopinion piece one of biden's former advisers says general austin is a capable and respected former command earp of central command, but he only retired in 2016. that's not long enough. a civilian, not a recently retired general, should lead the pentagon. a lot of democrats opposed mattis on principle, big names, senator warren, sanders, duckworth who is a veteran, durbin, gillibrand all voted no in the past. president trump will hold what he's calling a vaccine summit today. the big drug makers won't be

there for good reason. it would be inappropriate for pfizer officials to be socializing with the fda two days before the fda potentially approves their vaccine. there are serious questions whether the white house ordered enough doses of the vaccine. we are waiting for questions to be asked of the white house. vice president biden will introduce his health team today and that will include california attorney general xavier becerra. also an important day for biden as today is safe harbor date and that's the day congress must accept the electors certified by states that certified the vote. a paperwork rule but one more step towards something president trump cannot stop and that is joe biden will be the next president of the united states. we're watching everything and documenting it on twitter. you can follow me there. i'm @scottmcgrew. >> scott, thank you.

6:45 for you that morning and i'm in our covid crisis center as we turn now for a race for the vaccine. covid-19 is affecting all communities but none as severe as the latino population right here in california. statewide latinos account for nearly 60% of all cases. though only 39% of the population. kris sanchez is live for us from san jose's east side with how that impact could affect us all. >> reporter: hi there, marcus. the regional medical center serves a large part of the latino population in san jose and last week they had fewer than five icu beds available and they say that next week they may have to start transferring patients to another hospital in san jose that has more capacity. and here is a look at the reason why. take a look at the map here. those percentages represent the percentage of all cope individual cases that are latino patients. all but two-counties are closed

to or more than half. stanford epidemiologist says there is more than one reason latinos are getting sick at a faster rate. >> we need to get the latino community. they are not paying attention. i think part of it is they have to work and they don't -- they don't think they're going to get that sick. what we're seeing are whole families, whole families are getting sick. >> reporter: but covid is not the same for everyone. young eer patients might get le sick n. a lot of latino families several generations live under the same roof and have limited access to health care. many work in essential businesses like grocery stores, restaurants and in our agriculture fields. garcia hopes it will be mandatory but others say they're not so sure. >> i don't think it's any different. i think it's the same. maybe it's a little different because of the pandemic.

i think it's normal. >> i truly believe this should be a choice and not something that's forced upon us. >> if it's essential the worker be there on site, service industry people then, yeah, it makes sense. if the employee can work from home or whatever, then it's a choice. >> reporter: it will be a while before essential workers not in health care can get a vaccine, and even then they may not take it. there was a recent study that found that only a third of latinos trust the safety of the covid vaccine. marcus? >> this is laura. i have a question for you, kris. the governor said we should prioritize for latinos in black communities. >> reporter: he said that and

possibly -- not only because it has an impact on our families but the greater economy. in 2018 those 60 million latinos created enough of the gdp that it was the eighth largest economy in the country. so that is a lot of productivity lost. a lot are young and in their working years. the economy just can't recover not to mention the way it decimates entire families, my own included. we've had uncles, my uncle and aunt in the hospital, my cousins, my husband's cousin. we have been feeling the impact. >> and we still don't know the long-term effect of those getting sick. kris, thanks. 6:49 for you. as the warriors gear up for their first regular season game they're dealing with issues. two players testing positive.

coach steve kerr is all but confirming the two players are star dre month green and james wiseman. the team is forbidden to reveal who tests positive. kerr let the media put that together for themselves. if your goal is to win a medal for break dancing, it can now be achieved. the dance battles added to the 2020 olympics in paris. also skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing. tokyo's games will begin in july and you'll only be able to watch them here on nbc bay area. very interesting. times are changing. it takes a lot of athletic ability to do some of those moves. >> and cardboard or linoleum laid onto the floor. we'll see how they prepare. >> i'm trying to get ready. i'm bringing the medal home.

it's time to get -- if you want to practice break dancing, today is a great day to get outside, right? >> don't hurt yourself. >> it's always a good day for that, right? don't hurt yourself. that's right. let's show you what you're going to feel as you get ready to head out this morning. we are anywhere from 28 degrees in ukiah to 60 in san francisco. you might want out and be like, it feels nice. it is a very cold morning. as we go into today we're going to close the gap and see mid to upper 60s and low 70s for today. rereach up to 71 in morgan hill. it's still very warm but we will see a lot of people probably trying to head to the coastline to enjoy the sunshine and the warm weather. you do want to be really careful out there because we do still have the high surf warning and

we've seen these waves and these breakers making it over 20 feet, possibly reach up to 25 feet for today. and these are the kind of waves that can sneak up on you and you see them coming but then once they get up on the beach, they're a lot higher than you anticipated. be really careful and stay back away from the water. we've seen some high winds and warm temperatures and the climate prediction center is putting out these outlooks showing that it's still going to be above normal in terms of temperatures but the change here will be the potential for more rain to come in and our rain outlook shows that santa may be bringing us some rainfall as we get closer to christmas, and it'll be so nice to see a change in our pattern that has remained very dry. we'll start to see at least the rain creeping nearby as we head to late sunday into monday. now the storm system looks like it weakens and may only bring in light spotty rain. it is good to see some rain in

the forecast. and hopefully we'll get more as we get closer. we're going to be warm today. cooling down the next couple of days. as we transition to the cooler temperatures we could possibly have some high winds kicking up. because it's been so dry we'll have to watch out for the potential of the fire danger continuing. of course we'll keep you updated on that. what's the update on the morning commute? kari, let me take you out for a live look in san jose. south 101 as we look at northbound traffic coming toward us with headlights. the reason i feature this camera, i've been chasing any slowing we saw. missed it again. it's so easy of a drive. beautiful sunrise. as we look at the map, i've circled at the bottom of the screen it was showing slowing five minutes and this has eased up. lighter volume overall but a build for the east bay as well. 880 through hayward. the bay bridge has a backup and there's a crash over on the san francisco side. it's on surface streets with harrison and fremont that may

affect folks getting off the bay bridge. getting on to the bay bridge a live look. the backup is only there at the maze, the east shore freeway are just fine. the metering lights are on. back to you. happening now for you, four lions tested positive for covid-19. this is the second known case in which large felines have contracted the coronavirus. they were tested after showing slight symptoms. two staff tested positive. they are investigating how they became infected. a quick look at our top stories including vaccine first. the moment the vaccines were administered in the uk. plus, another bay area county just hours from the strict new shutdown. the portrait of contrast and why businesses in other counties are now watching and waiting. you're watching "today in the

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welcome back. it's 6:57. a historic moment today in the race for a vaccine. the uk is rolling out now under way. take a look, the first to get injected was a woman. she turned 91 next week. the second was a man named william shakespeare. i hope they both do well. >> talking about drama there, health officials in the uk say up next getting everyone vaccinated. and at noon today a fifth bay area county enacts tighter covid restrictions. a live look for you right now in marin's mill valley and san mateo county's menlo park. this is a picture of contrast for you. last night people in marin county were out trying to get in one last dinner outdoors. this is before all those restaurants go to all takeout just like in san francisco, santa clara, alameda and contra costa county. struggling businesses are watching as surrounding counties

shut down, this is one after another, but health officials there are holding off when it comes to more restrictions, waiting for the state to mandate that. the four counties left without full stay-at-home orders -- napa, sonoma, solano and san mateo. 6:58. let's head outwiside. high surf warning is continuing through today. some waves more than 20 feet. never turn your back on the ocean nor on kari hall. we'll have a look at the forecast. yeah, we are going to have to continue to stay very vigilant near the water because those waves would be high today and we're looking at nice weather so a lot of people will be tempted to enjoy more time especially near the coastline as we reach near 70 degrees. cooling off by the end of the week. and how is the commute looking right now, mike? it's looking very good right now. we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza and we have the metering lights on but things are thinning out as the minutes

tick along. so as marcus dubbed it, it's a terrific tuesday instead of a traffic tuesday. >> there we go. don't forget those tacos on tuesday. that's going to do it for us. >> make it a terrific one. a live look at san francisco. the "today" show is next. good morning v-day. coronavirus vaccines begin rolling out in the uk overnight with a 90-year-old woman the first to receive the shot. >> if i can do it, well, so can you. >> the start of a potential turning point in the pandemic. >> it's amazing to seehis tremendous shot in the arm we can't afford to relax now. >> we're there live and will speak with one of the top officials overseeing that vaccination program. holiday season surge front-line workers being pushed to the brink once again as covid deaths and hospitalizations soar