good morning it is sunday, december 19th. a live look outside over san jose's sparkling lights. you can see rain drops on our camera there. thank you for starting this rainy sunday with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with with a look at your microclimate forecast. girl, i told you it was pouring on my drive in this morning. what do we expect for the rest of the day today? well, just that. light to moderate with periods of possible downpours at times with the arrival of this cold front. so it will be heavier than the last system we saw on friday at

times which is good because we'll need the extra rain we can get. 48 degrees right now in walnut creek. we have this beautiful view over san jose. 52 degrees right now. it's so nice to see the wet pavement out there. we'll keep just that for the first half of our day before the rain tapers off later this evening. you can see in san jose, the santa cruz area pushing in the heavier pockets as well. san francisco still getting some of the rain as well as the coastline. we will be seeing king tides. more details on that in just a few minutes. kira? we'll see you then, vianey. thanks so much. happening this morning a monumental moment in the making. the first doses of pfizer's vaccine are being boxed up and ready to be shipped out to hospitals across the country. new video from early this

morning as workers at pfizer's michigan headquarters began packing up the long-awaited covid-19 vaccine. the first truckloads just minutes ago left the plant. the potentially lifesaving cargo is being carefully transported in subarctic coolers. pfizer has confirmed that all 50 states will receive some portion of the first round of shipments. an estimated 2.9 million doses will be distributed within a week. the first doses will be given to the first americans in just the next couple of days. that number will ramp up to 40 million doses by the end of the year. the vaccine rollout comes at a crucial time as the u.s. has surpassed 16 million. ucsf medical center is among the first hospitals awaiting the vaccine this week. that along with stanford and san francisco general. "today in the bay's" sergio quintana has details on the rollout and brand-new guidance just issued by the cdc. >> reporter: ucsf is expecting

to get its first box of 975 doses by tuesday, and it could potentially get more than one box. according to the cdc's guidelines issued last week the first people eligible to get any of those first doses are frontline health care workers as well as residents and employees of long-term care facilities. additional guidance issued by the cdc specifically mentions women who are pregnant. they will have the option of being vaccinated but are urged to discuss with their doctors. dr. monica gandi says that group was not included in trials. if you were to get a patient pregnant, what are some of the things you would have a conversation with that person right now about the vaccine? >> i would favor giving people who are pregnant a vaccine because there are some severe covid outcomes in pregnancies. >> reporter: dr. gandhi says she would give to those with immu

immunocompromised. stretched medical resources because she says frontline doctors and nurse also have peace of mind knowing if they get sick it's not coronavirus. >> even that idea that you know it's not covid and you don't have to stay out of work, means we'll have a better workforce ready. >> reporter: ucsf is among three hospitals to get the first doses in the bay area. stanford expecting 3,900 doses by wednesday. zuckerberg will be getting the vaccine. no details yet about when or how many it will be getting. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. it's going to be a complex next few days. here is a look at the logistical breakdown. 145 distribution sites will get the first doses by tomorrow. another 425 sites on tuesday.

and the remaining 66 sites expected on wednesday. icu beds continue to be in short supply across california. right now there are none available in the 12 county san joaquin region. numbers in los angeles counties also are dipping. little more than 5% are still available. in the bay area availability is improving up slightly from friday night, 16% to 17% yesterday. san mateo and santa clara counties have less than 15% capacity each. a little more than 20% available. sonoma county in gray has temporarily stopped reporting icu bed availability. sonoma county did begin its stay-at-home order joining five other bay area counties under tight restrictions.

the rules are impacting the wineries and restaurants at their busiest time of year. wineries were allowed to hold wine tastings outside but not anymore. businesses are scrambling once again to get creative. >> the biggest thing was to lean into e-commerce and reach out to fans all over the country. let them know what's going on. >> reporter: restrictions are expected through early january. everyone, of course, is hoping 2021 will be brighter. in pleasanton parents and students took to the streets to demand schools reopen. it happened yesterday at the sports park. protesters waving signs that say make a plan, don't give up on kids. organizers say they want to create a safety plan and allow in-person classes.

the enrollment period is being extended for cover california. 1.2 million californians who remain uninsured but could be eligible for financial assistance. covered california wants to give people more time during this pandemic. people would need to pay their first bill in order for their coverage to take effect. now to a story of health and hope. as restaurant workers are struggling during the pandemic a waitress in pleasanton received a huge surprise from a customer. a $1,200 tip and social media paid a part. "today in the bay's" marianne favro has reaction. >> $1,200 and we wanted to make sure you are well taken down. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> reporter: this waitress still can't believe a first-time

customer in pleasanton gave her a $1,200 tip. >> i was shocked. i started tearing up and she started tearing up. i was in awe and just overwhelmed in the moment. super filled with gratitude. >> reporter: the gift came before allie would be forced out of a job by covid restrictions. she and her husband were struggling to pay for his schooling and mounting bills. >> i can't work and so this was a very big blessing. >> reporter: marianne gave her the mega tip as part of a venmo challenge on tiktok. >> on my facebook said, hey, who wants to do a venmo challenge with me? >> reporter: within a few hours she received money from 61 followers which she promised to give to a server. >> reporter: everybody can make somebody's life better for a small amount. >> reporter: just as marilyn

paid it forward, so did allie. she gave some money to the staff, gave the owners a bottle of wine and -- >> she showed up with a huge, huge pizza for everyone. >> reporter: allie says during this time of covid when people are trying to avoid each other, she's grateful one person reached out. in pleasanton, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> incredible that she paid it forward to her colleagues. 7:09. we take you live to our weekly conversation with chuck todd who has a preview of this week's "meet the press. " plus, a final salute in the south bay. the somber night that signaled a new beginning for the city.

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with the election, if that's okay. states certified their votes already. joe biden has been named president-elect but the constitution does give electors the power to choose the president and the electoral college will meet tomorrow to officially cast their vote. i tend to give you crystal ball questions, but do you foresee any surprises given president trump is still trying to fight the election results? >> i don't. i mean, you occasionally get the stray elector or two, somebody who decides maybe not vote for either the president or the vice president or vote for somebody else or just withhold their vote in a handful of ways. that could happen. sadly, kira, i wouldn't be shocked if you saw in some of the states that the president has attempted to contest if you saw some of his supporters show up at the moment in time the

electors -- every state tomorrow has sort of a different time that they will -- that their electors show up and vote. i'm not going to lie, i'm concerned that there will be confrontations in wisconsin and michigan where we've seen, sadly, quite a few heated confrontations by the president's supporters. >> yeah, and even a plot to kidnap the governor there. >> right. >> now switching to covid-19, we are in a pivotal moment with vaccines moving out in truckloads coming to the american public this week. public opinion surveys show a linkage. supporters of president trump and people who are anti-vaccination, do you see this as an issue as health leaders attempt to have a majority of the american population vaccinated? >> kira, the majority of the

conversation i have with the nih. this was our entire focus. you have half of health care workers who are not quite ready to take these first vaccines. so this education campaign can't come soon enough in order to make folks comfortable. i think you will see public health officials try to enlist famous people, influencers from all walks of life. we've seen all the former presidents have pledged to get their vaccine in public. the first one, whatever is helpful. if it's to get the first one so people have confidence, they'll do that. i assume president trump will follow suit. i know president-elect biden has said the same thing. but it's going to take folks, dr. fauci, too, but it's going to take folks from different walks of life particularly among black americans. the american government experimented on black americans. less than 100 years ago. so it's understandable why there will be skepticism of vaccines in general in the black

community, but that's just one example of the effort that needs to be made to educate america on the safety of this vaccine. >> great insight and i look forward to hearing your interview. as always, thank you for joining us. we home you join chuck for this morning's "meet the press." he will have an exclusive interview with national institutes of health director dr. collins, republican senator lamar alexander of tennessee. we hope you just stick right here and tune in to "meet the press" at 8:00 a.m. right after this newscast. in 30 minutes from now we'll talk to political analyst larry gerston for our weekly segment. we'll take a look at tomorrow's big steps that may conclude the presidential election. now to other news after 29 years san jose police chief eddie garcia is turning in his badge after a decorated career. yesterday was his last day as chief. wow, look at those photos. he took to twitter a little bit ago to thank san jose mayor sam

liccardo and city managers for always believing in him. he barely aged in those photos. garcia is credited with rebuilding the san jose police department after pension reforms caused a mass exodus of officers. we've learned he's one of seven people considered for police chief in dallas. we've seen homes decked out in lights but how about classic cars? a christmas light cruise in san jose, wow. drivers decked their cars out, drove through willow glen for about an hour. a mobile light show of sorts. >> so we thought this might be a good way to sort of still have social distancing because we won't have any people really hanging out too much and keep everybody in their cars and keep a safe distance. >> this is the 12th year the club has held the celebration. about 40 cars participated in the parade. some drivers came in as far from

sacramento. it is time now to check in with vianey arana for a look at our microclimate forecast. luckily last night it wasn't raining for that beautiful car show parade. what's it going to be like for this sunday, vianey? well, kira, we had that system move in really, really early this morning in the north bay first and then now we see the line of showers make it all the way down to san jose, which is very nice to see as it continues to push on further down south to the central coast of california. we are going to expect to see at least three-quarters of an inch. san jose, a beautiful view there. and it is gloomy but still beautiful. you can see some of the rain drops on the live camera there. a nice shot of downtown san jose. in livermore, be careful while you're driving especially because it hasn't rain rained in quite a while. make sure to check your windshield wipers this morning, tires are good, that way you can hit the road safely. let's look at doppler radar. you can see the system pushing

through there and of course we're talking about sierra snow as well. i want to zoom in on storm ranger. our mobile doppler radar. you can see the pockets of rain in for san jose right now. some heavy downpours at times. a couple downpours pushing through san francisco. i will move this down. san mateo, morgan hill. down through the gilroy area, santa cruz seeing a good amount of rain right now and we are going to see some rain begin to taper off, but later this evening, so daytime highs will be in the upper 50s for san jose. 59 degrees. concord, 58. it's going to field mild and muggy a little bit to start and a high surf advisory will go into effect starting at 12:00. the west/northwest facing beaches, tall waves and breakers of 25 feet. but in addition to the high surf advisory we also have the king tides. so those two events will happen together which is going to make for a very dangerous coast in through tonight all the way

through tuesday. that one goes into effect starting at 7:00 a.m. today through 1:00 p.m. we're going to see the possibility of some breakers upwards of 25 feet again. localized flooding near high tide times. please be careful if you have any plans to go typically to walk along the beach. today will be a dangerous day to do that. now let's take a look at the next seven days. we do have another round of showers expected to potentially move in later into the week. today once that rain moves out, it clears out this evening. we start off on monday on a dry note. for the most part 57 degrees. things dry out for the two days. then wednesday night, late wednesday night into thursday, we get the chance of seeing more rain thanks to another system that is expected to make its approach and that will help give us a little bit more rain at least for the deficit that we're in right now. we take anything we can get. 59 degrees for inland areas. notice some temperatures stay in the 50s. but by tomorrow morning those

lows will start to dip down again into the 30s because this is a cold front. so we've been waking up to 40s and 50s. tomorrow morning when you wake up expect to bundle up, bring your pets inside. we'll dip down into the low 30s for the north bay. kira? wow, cold. vianey, thanks for the heads-up. we do have much more ahead on "today in the bay." it is 7:20. coming up, people helping one another during these hard times. garvin thomas shares some stories that will make you bay area proud.

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one we've talked about before, but the other one was born during the pandemic. the one we've shared before is working scholars, a program run by mountain view's study.com. it started in 2017 with them offering a free online college education to anyone living or working in mountain view. >> congratulations. >> reporter: well, that has now spread to six different california counties. their latest class just graduated last night. the biggest one yet, 53 college graduates, no one paying tuition, no one with any college loans to pay off. >> the weight lifted off my shoulders and it's a little bit more confidence. >> reporter: one of their graduates was mitch harnet, a semiprofessional mountain bike racer and ended up taking a job with working scholars promoting it in the city of paris, in the inland empire in southern california. it is a city with one of the lowest percentage of college graduates in population -- >> it's the real deal.

>> reporter: he spent time biking around and personally helped more than 100 people sign up to get a free college degree. >> to have that influence in somebody's life and potentially future generations, it really means a lot. >> reporter: other our news story started during the pandemic. >> let's start off by making -- >> reporter: with a lot of time on her hand at home presentation high school junior took a shot at baking macaroons. now that is not easy but she got really good really fast. word spread and orders started coming in. she also volunteered at sunday friends, a long time south bay nonprofit that helps low-income families in many ways. so she decided to donate all her sales to them hoping to raise $15,000 to buy 50 laptops to help remote learners in families that don't have a computer. her amazing creations have already raised close to $3,000.

her goal. >> i never expected so many people to buy them from me. the first time i started selling in ten minutes i was able to sell almost 50 boxes. >> reporter: if you're looking for more information i've put links on my facebook page. just search garvin thomas, nbc bay area. back to you. garvin, thanks. 7:25. we do have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up the moment we have all been waiting for. pfizer's covid vaccine is literally on its way after the first shipments left the plant this morning. bay area hospitals give us the time line for their vaccine. the massive task to store and ship the vaccine and the high tech way to track the shipment.

good morning, it is sunday, december 13th. rainy and cloudy over oakland. thank you so much for starting your sunday with us. happy festival of lights. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with a look at our microclimate forecast. and just as we forecasted the rain made its arrival really early this morning starting in the north bay. it's already down in san jose the shot of walnut creek because this is what you might be encountering on the roads. some of the heavier pockets. this is rain pushing through san jose, the fremont area. now morgan hill and gilroy. a couple of heavier pockets through there as well as the hollister area.

this will continue to move into the central coast for the afternoon. high crow climate highs in the 50s, dangerous waves into the afternoon as well, king tides and high surf advisory. sneaker waves and breakers, 25-feet. this may be the bigger stories. be careful out there. the forecast coming up in a few minimum. kira? >> vianey, thanks. happening this morning a monumental moment, the first doses of pfizer's vaccine literally are rolling out as we speak on their way to hospitals and facilities across the country. we have new video from early this morning as workers at pfizer's michigan headquarters began boxing up the long-awaited covid-19 vaccine. the first truckloads left the plant in fedex trucks. the potentially lifesaving cargo is being carefully transported in subarctic coolers. pfizer has confirmed to nbc news

that all 50 states will receive some portion of the first round of shipments. it's estimated that 2.9 million doses will be distributed within this week. the first doses will be given to the first americans in just the next couple of days. that number will ramp up to as many as 40 million doses by the end of this year. and the vaccine rollout could not come soon enough as the u.s. has surpassed 16 million coronavirus cases. here locally ucsf is one of the bay area hospitals among the first to receive pfizer's new covid vaccines. sergio quintana has a look at the rollout and brand-new guidance issued by the cdc yesterday. >> reporter: ucsf is expecting to get its first box of 975 doses by tuesday, and it could potentially get more than one box. according to the cdc's guidelines issued last week the first people eligible to get any of those first doses are frontline health care workers as well as residents and employees of long-term care facilities. additional guidance issued by

the cdc specifically mentions women who are pregnant. they will have the option of being vaccinated but are urged to discuss with their doctors. dr. monica gandhi says that group was not included in trials. if you were to get a patient who is pregnant, what are some of the things you would have a conversation with that person right now about the vaccine? >> i would favor giving people who are pregnant a vaccine because there are some severe covid outcomes in pregnancies. >> reporter: dr. gandhi says she would recommend the same for patients whose immune systems are compromised because the vaccine doesn't contain a live virus. the first shots going to health care workers will have an immediate effect on stretched medical resources because she says frontline doctors and nurse also have peace of mind knowing if they get sick it's not coronavirus. >> even that idea that you know it's not covid and you don't

have to stay out of work, means we'll have a better workforce ready. >> reporter: ucsf is among three hospitals to get the first doses in the bay area. stanford expecting 3,900 doses by wednesday. zuckerberg will be getting the vaccine. no details yet about when or how many it will be getting. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. a look now at the dawning l daunting logistics. 145 sites will receive by tomorrow. another 425 sites are expecting their shipments tuesday. and a remaining 66 sites on wednesday. of course this is just for the first rollout. now to icu bed capacity. right now there are no available icu beds in the 12 county san joaquin region. numbers in los angeles county

also are on the decline. more than 5% of icu beds still available there. here in the bay area availability is actually improving, up slightly from friday night's 16% to 17% yesterday. taking a closer look at the bay area. san mateo and santa clara counties both are reporting fewer than 15% availability each. marin, contra costa and solano counties have more than 20% icu bed availability. those in gray have temporarily stopped reporting availability. sonoma county is now officially under a stay-at-home order. the county joins the five other bay area counties in implementing the strict new rules aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus. wineries to tasting rooms to restaurants and businesses are feeling the effects. here is "today in the bay's" christie smith.

we're surrounded by wineries and restaurants. it's a huge part of what draws people to sonoma. >> reporter: the shop is open and ready for business, but there's a big difference this saturday. >> our foot traffic is much smaller and much lighter than it would be on a typical saturday. so it's really impacting just the general visibility especially around the holidays. should be our busiest times. >> outside al fresco tasting patio, as it were. >> reporter: kathy is with jeff cohn sellers. they were allowed to have visitors out on the breezeway, but that's changed. >> so the big shift for us is we are no longer able to serve customers outside so there's no more wine tasting. normally you would see high top tables out here and people. >> reporter: a stay-at-home order issued after a recent spike in covid cases. hair salons are impacted.

no wine tasting or outdoor dining. >> i think for us as well as many other wineries is there is a sense of panic what do you do to offset this order or how do you get creative? >> reporter: they're still open to shop and have curbside pickup. they've been working to try to meet the challenges this year and customers' needs with special offers and more. >> the biggest thing for us was to really lean in to e-commerce and to reach out to members and our fans that live all over the country and just let them know what's going on because we had covid and then we had the wildfires and then we've had this bigger, more serious surge. >> reporter: restrictions are expected through early january and many here are hopeful that 2021 will be brighter. in sonoma, christy smith, "today in the bay." transporting the vaccine will be an unprecedented

challenge. a massive high-tech task to store, ship, and track is on its way across america. nbc's morgan chessie shows us. all right. we are going to stick with this story for now. this is in pleasanton where parents and students are demanding schools reopen. just yesterday near ken mercer sports park they demonstrated with signs that read things like don't give up on kids. organizers say they want a safety plan for allowing in-person classes once the county moves back into the red tier. i believe we are going to show you that story we were just talking about where the shipments of the pfizer vaccination need to stay at negative 94 degrees as they roll out across america.

nbc's morgan chessie will show us how it all works. >> reporter: shipping giants nationwide ready to roll out pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. the next 24 hours crucial. the first doses moving from a pfizer plane in michigan to fedex and u.p.s. hubs like memphis, tennessee, and louisville. u.p.s. covering the east coast while fedex covers the west primarily. >> historic this is a monumental event. i believe as a company it may be our finest hour. >> reporter: richard smith is the regional president covering every domestic delivery. he says the company is using real-time tracking to follow every vaccine shipment from start to finish. >> there is a distribution that potentially is broken down into different states, different metropolitan areas will go to fedex versus u.p.s. but we're prepared to deliver

from anywhere to anywhere on a time definite basis overnight just as we do every day out there. >> reporter: u.p.s. using a similar strategy. >> we can be very agile in how we handle any kind of shipments coming in. >> reporter: u.p.s. health care president wheeler says each box like these that went to canada not only packed with dry ice but a blue tooth device tracking its subfreezing temperature and active location. >> reporter: every time the package hits one of our locations anywhere in the country we'll be able to see it and be able to monitor its location. and if we get stuck for whatever reason, we can recover. >> reporter: the destinations, hospitals and major distribution hubs, all equipped with ultra cold freezer capability. >> we all have our eye on the mission. >> reporter: now shipping competitors working together ready to pivot at a moment's notice with the answer to covid-19. you can find all new vaccine

related stories on our website. we've created a special race for a vaccine section. just go to nbcbayarea.com/vaccine. now to french president emmanuel macron. he is praising president-elect joe biden for his plan to rejoin the paris climate accord. during a virtual u.n. summit on climate change yesterday, macron said welcome back and welcome home to his, quote, american friend. the summit comes on the fifth anniversary of the paris climate agreement which was a landmark deal between nearly 200 states and countries. president trump, as you likely know, withdrew from the accord in 2017. apple ceo tim cook spoke at the virtual summit highlighting his company's commitment to fighting climate change. president trump was greeted by cheers at yesterday's army/navy football game at west point in new york. the president walked with army and navy officers to midfield for the coin toss. this is the first time the game has been played at west point

since 1943. it was set to be played in philadelphia but limits on crowd size there would have prevented from attending. there were no fans. 7:40 on the dot. still to come on "today in the bay," is the election finally over? with no proof of election fraud, will president trump concede to president-elect joe biden? political analyst larry gerston joins us live to explore. plus first, did you see the warriors play their first game in nine months? how seth curry said it felt to be back on the court at chase center. anthony flores is next. hey dad, i'm about to leave. don't forget your hat . good morning. how can i help? i need help connecting with my students. behind every last minute save, ok, that works. and holiday surprise, thank you! a customer service rep is working unseen, making it happen.

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good morning, everyone. i'm anthony flores. yes, it was only preseason but after waiting nine long months the warriors were excited to get back into action. tipping off the preseason against the denver nuggets, steph curry making use of an

empty arena for his new pregame ritual. look at that shot. wow. curry's first bucket of the game, it's a three. steph had ten points in 21 minutes of action. so did kelly oubre who also had ten points. the warriors beat the nuggets 107-105. >> it's been a long wait. just to get out there and play basketball, have fun, compete, try to work on some things, you know, just get things started. college football cal/washington state canceled because a bears player tested positive for covid-19. the cardinal reaching into their bag of tricks. the flea-flicker. down to the 1. that would set up a short touchdown run. stanford beats oregon state 27-24. the 49ers will play their second game at the home team in arizona today when they face the washington football team.

both teams are 5-7 and both are still in the hunt for the playoffs. >> when you have the defense they have, someone like alex who is very consistent with where he goes, they're usually not going to lose it. you have to come in and beat him and it's tough to do with some of the talent they have. the game kicked off this afternoon at 1:25 p.m. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores. have a great sunday.

welcome back. on friday the u.s. supreme court reject add plea to consider throwing out the presidential votes of four key states where president-elect joe biden won. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us with a look ahead of tomorrow's electoral college meeting. hi, larry. as always, thank you for joining us. good to see you. >> good morning. >> as of friday's decision and tomorrow's pending decision, is the presidential election finally over?

>> almost. almost, kira. tomorrow all the states meet. it's a ritual type of a thing. every state's electors will gather up and say how the state voted. of course in california it will be 55 electors who go for biden. texas, for example, will be 38 who go for trump. they'll send the results in to the vice president mike pence who serves, by the way, as president of the senate, and that will be his job to deal with these things on january 6th. note i said january 6th, so, no, we're not over yet. >> is that because january 5th the georgia run-off election -- >> no, actually it has nothing to do with that. that just happens to be a coincidence. on january 6th congress meets. the vice president then opens up all the various envelopes from the various states and at that point, at that point if one member of each chamber, only one

it takes, says i object, i don't think all those votes are right, then each chamber goes away and meets for a couple of hours to decide whether they want to actually throw out the votes of any particular state. well, we think california's aren't accurate, aren't right. we will toss them. that could happen. i say could happen. not likely to happen. but then think about how many things haven't been likely to happen this presidential election year. >> indeed. going back to that why has it taken so long to finalize the presidential election which, by the way, was already six weeks ago? >> these rituals go on no matter what, kira. most of the time they're just ignored, little steps people take. on november 3rd in this case we knew what the story was even by that night he had, biden, more popular votes. a few weeks later after they were tabulated, he had a 7 million vote lead over president

trump. and of course we know the electoral vote was 306 to 232. but there has been this resistance this resistance all the way along the line particularly by president trump who said it's been rigged. it's not right and that fighting has gone all the way to the courts and you mentioned that earlier, 55 times. judges, trump judges. democrats, republicans, state court judges, federal court judges, have all said no, the votes were right. >> and many chosen by the president himself. so why do you think this resistance to joe biden's victory hasn't gone away? >> when you have somebody standing from the bully pulpit making claims as the president has been doing for months, he lost because the elections are

rigged, the followers say the president is saying this. i'm going along with that. we see people as you saw last weekend really demonstrate he says he won. the results aren't indicating that. the results have to be flawed. and the problem here, the president's raised $250 million to fight this thing. almost all of it gets to go in his pockets, by the way. only 25% goes to actual court cases. this has begin him more reason to put ads up, fight the case more publicly. that cheers on, if you can say that, his supporters. they have reason to continue. >> and so just one last question about his supporters, is there some point when they're likely to accept the results of president-elect joe biden, or will it take president trump doing it and they'll follow his lead? >> kira, you asked the $1

million question. we don't know. we don't know. recent polling data suggests that the republican voters for trump still believe that he won. look, you have it right there. 61% of republican voters think that biden didn't win. 85% say election fraud. 81% say noncitizens voting, which is a familiar presidential line. as long as we have these kinds of people feeling this way, it's unlikely we're going to be able to come together as a country and move forward. this has happened in the past. we have moved forward. we hope we'll see this happen. unless republicans and democrats can find a way to suture some of their differences and really move forward, this country is in for a rocky road in the days, months, and years to come. >> and not the delicious kind, the ice cream rocky road. larry, we appreciate you. we value your opinion. 7:51. we'll be back with vianey's final look at weather.

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good rainy, sunday morning. it's such a lovely sight to see more rain make its way through the bay area. you might have heard it, it might have woken you up. it was coming down nicely and we are expecting to see that rain scattered on and off throughout the day. let's get to your forecast. san jose a beautiful view.

a couple droplets on the screen. you'll notice the wet pavement out there. slow it down and be careful out on the roads especially when we go a long period of time without it really raining. look at this shot, you can see the commuters out there slowing it down. check your windshield wipers, your tires. a little cloud cover and fog as well. how about walnut creek. how is that for a morning start? i can tell you that we are going to continue to see rain on and off today. the national weather service even detected lightning just off the coast in the far northern area of california. a lot of instability with this cold front. here is a look at storm tracker. i'm going to zoom this out so you can see how widespread. exactly where we're seeing rain right now. san mateo, half moon bay,

redwood city seeing light rain as well. sunnyvale, san jose just a little bit of drizzle there. moving over to the santa cruz/scotts valley area, highway 17. be careful on highway 17. now the timing of the hour by hour outlook. hook at half moon bay, the palo alto area. the red and yellow/orange color. those are areas we could see heavier downpours at times. i will carry this through 1:00, 2:00, 4:00 right around dinner. another round of showers making their way through the san jose, los gatos, san jose area as well. by 7:00, 7:30 that rain tapers out making its exit. king tides, let's talk about that.

starting at 7:00 a.m. all the way through 1:00 and gravitational pull between the sun and the moon. high surf advisory so please be careful out there. never turn your back to a wave. this beautiful shot, they have fresh powder. please be careful if you have to head up for essential reasons. check those travel times first. another chance of rain. that will be my quote of the day. >> and so are my sons. they will be so excited to play in the puddles. thanks so much and thanks to you for making us a part of your morning. no 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. news. it's "sunday night football" here on nbc. steelers at the buffalo bills.

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