good morning. it is sunday, december 27th. 7:00 on the dot. oh, my gorgeous. a live look outside at the bay bridge. good morning, norbert. thanks for this beautiful shot. and thanks to all of you for starting your final sunday of 2020 with us. vianey arana has the morning off. sight for sore eyes, meteorologist rob mayeda joins us with a look at your microclimate forecast. rob, it is cold out there. it is even with the clouds, kira. we're waking up to the clouds that will be on the increase as

we go through the morning and temperatures right now a little bit on the chilly side. 47 degrees in san francisco with the cloud cover cooler in walnut creek. and into san jose in the 40s and you see the mostly cloudy conditions so know rain just yet. i think most of today we're going to avoid any rain except as we head to the evening. that's when the rain chances are going to start to increase and you can see it in the future cast. high temperature today in the mid-50s. our temperatures are not going to warm up a whole lot. our storm ranger for now is relatively dry. you have the clouds but when those rain producing clouds arrive, we'll show you the timing and possibly snow near mt. hamilton. >> we look forward to seeing you then, rob. as rob just mentioned more rain is on the way. happening now people in the czu fire zone in the santa cruz

mountains are warned to watch out for possible flash floods and debris flows. it burned more than 86,000 acres and destroyed dozens of homes in august. the weather service is telling people in the burn zones and near it to be on alert through tomorrow morning as this latest weather system moves through. a different story in the north bay. cooler temperatures and rain moves in. the santa rosa fire department marked the end of their fire season two weeks ago. and true to 2020 this year's fire season was one of the most destructive. 600 wildfires in the north bay alone. it lasted one month longer than the previous two fire seasons, you can track the rain and all things weather on our nbc bay area app. it will show you when rain will get to your neighborhood. it's free for apple and android.

live now to washington and the pressure is back on lawmakers to figure out how to help millions of americans who this morning are without the extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits because president trump refused to sign the government funding and coronavirus relief package. more than 700,000 californians lost those benefits. unemployed gig workers and self-employed people whose businesses have stalled. earlier this week the president threatened to veto the covid relief bill arguing it was too low. he's calling for $2,000 payments instead even though he didn't participate in the months long negotiations. he does have the backing of democrats including speaker nancy pelosi but not republicans. without the bill signed a government shutdown could begin tuesday.

president-elect joe biden calls trump's refusal to sign an ab abdication of responsibility with devastating consequences as millions of families don't know if they'll be able to make ends meet. with no financial help coming as of now health officials focus on turning the tide in surging covid cases. as we all return from this holiday weekend and head into new year's eve, many counties are ramping up testing. sonoma and santa clara counties are adding several new testing sites as icu bed availability is running alarmingly low from the bay area to los angeles which is the epicenter of the outbreak. megan fitzgerald reports. >> reporter: for millions of americans it was a dark christmas. >> we're seeing the biggest numbers that we've seen so far in the pandemic. >> reporter: the epicenter,

california, where statewide icu bed capacity stands at zero percent and the governor warning the second holiday surge could be deadlier than the first. >> we're projecting our hospital numbers will double in the next 30 days. >> reporter: in los angeles county a person dies every ten minutes from covid. doctors say the consequences of christmas gatherings will be a breaking point. >> there's no icu beds. we keep opening up new covid units. >> we'll wind up like new york did, in crisis care. you don't want to be in that place. >> reporter: another concern, the highly contagious strain running rampant in the uk. testing for that has begun in l.a. tennessee, second only to california in cases per capita has 12% icu availability. many critical care nurses there are seeing patients die on every shift. >> we are working so hard and working to support our team and

we need our community to support us. >> reporter: adding to the national crisis more than 8 million people flew for the holiday, the busiest period since the pandemic began. college sports continue to get hit by covid. university of michigan announcing 199 student athletes have now tested positive to date. duke's women's basketball canceling the remainder of their season due to health and safety concerns. now in the second week of the vaccine rollout a doctor in new york had a severe allergy. he's still experiencing symptoms he believes are linged to the vaccine, a vaccine viewed as armor facing a new surge after a season of sadness. >> these people are dying alone because they're in a covid unit. no family members. no friends. no husband or wife there.

they die alone. >> that was megan fitzgerald reporting. a live look at sfo. cloudy skies clear on the car mack. a new rule starts tomorrow. all passengers flying from the united kingdom to the u.s. must test negative no more than three days before they leave and show proof. this order comes from president trump after a new variant is spreading throughout the uk. and the jury is still out, the word from experts aiming to answer the big question about when we will reach herd immunity. it was estimated it would require vaccinating 60% to 70% of the u.s. now many are saying that number is too low. dr. fauci said just this morning in an interview that about 75% to 80% of the country needs to get vaccinated for herd immunity needs to be achieved.

a poll found that 46% of american adults plan to get vaccinated while 26% say they would decline. a possible break in the investigation of the explosion that rocked downtown nashville christmas morning. federal agents are closing in on a person who may have been involved. here's nbc's morgan chess can i. >> reporter: senior officials tell nbc news they're searching the nashville area home of anthony quinn warner looking for evidence in connection with the christmas morning crime. a possible clue, officials say, a google street view image of the address shows an rv as an identical match of the same vehicle nashville police say was used in the bombing that rocked music city. the explosion authorities call intentionally shattered windows, smashed through doors and damaged nearly 40 downtown buildings. the blast coming from an rv and

right outside the home of betsy williams who woke to the sound of gunshots and heard a strange voice coming from the vehicle. >> it was a mechanized computer voice that said evacuate now. there is a bomb in this vehicle. this vehicle will explode. evacuate now. >> reporter: she and her family got out just in time. three others were injured. tonight authorities say they've recovered human tissue in the wreckage but little else. we're standing blocks away from such devastation. is nashville safe tonight? >> nashville is safe. we have no known threats against the city. we're following up on every investigative lead we have. >> reporter: police chief john drake quick to credit the first officers, each rushing to clear the area and get nearby residents to safety. >> they went with their gut insting ai instinct and began evacuating

people. people would have been seriously injured if they had not. >> reporter: 911 access and flights were grounded at nashville airport yesterday. full restoration could take days as some residents across tennessee and in parts of georgia, alabama and kentucky are cut off from cell phone and internet access. tonight music city eerily quiet as investigators piece together a crime scene they call a massive puzzle. >> you could outline a dozen different scenarios of this, of what could have happened. we were lucky. back here locally the bay area was told to stay home but chp is reporting more than 300 allegedly drunk drivers were arrested on christmas eve and christmas day. that's a little more than last year when 270 people were arrested for driving under the influence. the chp's maximum enforcement period continues through midnht tigight and then resumes new year's eve.

after the christmas shopping comes the massive wave of returns and this year retail sales were bigger than last year's to rake in $770 billion. mastercard yesterday reported that sales rose 3%. and they expect about 13% will beeturned. hopefully none of the gifts i gave. at 7:11 metropolituch more ahea including the hunt for the next millionaire. a winning lotto ticket and the search for the lucky person who bought it. was it you? a live look at the san francisco skyline on this cloudy morning. chilly outside and, guess what, more rain on the way. meteorologist rob mayeda has your full sunday forecast coming up after the break. you are watching "today in the bay." hey dad, i'm about to leave.

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welcome back to you on your sunday morning, december 27th. we really appreciate you joining us on this final sunday morning of 2020. a live look outside and, by the way, norbert is our photographer who is filling in for us on this holiday weekend. meteorologist rob mayeda says it's a cloudy start to the day today and rain by this evening. he'll have your full forecast. first, a newly minted millionaire may be walking around the bay area. a super lotto plus ticket was sold on monterey highway. one person picked all five numbers plus the mega number correctly. that winner has about six months now. check your tickets 4-6-16-19-32 and the mega number 2. time to check in with meteorologist rob mayeda. i hope you had a merry christmas with your twin boys.

>> yes, and it's still ongoing, i think, downstairs. they're up early this morning. you may hear a little commotion. >> we night see them. >> that's true. there could be a guest appearance. if you are waking up with your kids on this sunday we have some clouds out there. i think the first half of the day should be fine. we'll see the rain back on the approach. 47 degrees. cloudy skies. we'll take you over to the east bay currently in walnut creek, 43. mostly cloudy. the trend continues as we head into san jose. those numbers in the mid-40s, a patch or two of fog. you can see that banking around the foothills this morning but the rain producing clouds holding off. the same clouds likely keeping our temperatures down mostly highs in the mid-50s and later on we'll begin to see that rain

on the approach. rain coming up later on today. you saw the air quality also relatively good today. the rain chances help. not a lot of wind but it should help in terms of the air quality. storm ranger is up with us this morning. not finding much just yet but a lot of clouds offshore. the break between the cloud bands, the clouds passing over us now and it's that one to the west that kind of has a bit of that s shape offshore, that comma shaped cloud. just a few sprinkles underneath the clouds and then as we pass 5:00 we'll begin to see the rain chances on the increase. nothing really showing up just yet. then as we head to 9:30, the santa cruz mountains. this storm will approach the coast and it's going to drop to the south. so if you're in the north bay you're not going to see the most rain as you're about to see. you can see how some of the

heavier showers focus in on the south bay. a few scattered showers early and this could be the time frame as the cooler air arrives, we may see snow near 4,000 feet. most of the showers do move out. we showed you the south bay focus with this storm. the rain projections have come down. most locations less than a quarter inch of rain. ben lomond heading down into santa cruz and big sur. in the yellow or gold area. we'll have to watch that area where the czu burn area is, the lightning complex. it doesn't look like we'll see the threshold met for some real run-off worrying rainfall. that will be the top area in this storm. san jose, the tri-valley not seeing a whole lot. should stay dry until the morning of new year's eve as we

finish out the forecast of 2020. it does look dry for friday. as we head into next weekend likely looking at more rain. the ten-day outlook for the north coast is impressive. a look at the totals there. into the next weekend could see the potential of heavier rain. today a cloudy start. we head to the evening, a few lingering showers. highs in the mid-50s and looks like we'll ring in the new year with morning showers, dry for new year's day and next weekend could be dealing with more rain. as we finish off this year the weather pattern we would like to see helping to shut down the fire season should follow us into the new year. a little reason to celebrate in the seven-day forecast. >> indeed. maybe it's a sign of things washing away in the new year. thanks, rob, for that forecast. >> let's hope so.

now to people around the bay area, they could not get enough of this christmas morning surprise. someone mysteriously installed this gingerbread monolith in a san francisco park. it just as quickly mysteriously toppled over. my son was very sad to hear about that. as nbc bay area's sergio quintana shows us, that didn't stop people from trying to get a glimpse of where it once stood. >> reporter: for lots of people who live near corona heights spot, breathtaking views of downtown. but tonight visitors were on a mission to see a monolith made of gingerbread that made national headlines but is no longer here. >> you can still smell it which is fantastic. >> reporter: david barrett is visiting from colorado. he knows about the smell because he crouched down on the ground to get a shot of a photo to mark the spot. it came down this morning and was removed during the day.

after sunset people are coming by to get a look. the bits and pieces were already wrapped with caution tape. you can see it was held together and stuck with icing. it's not clear how it toppled over but there are plenty of theories. >> i think the racoons came up and got it. >> reporter: the gingerbread monolith stood for only 24 hours. there were a few people who braved the chilly weather to shoot photos and even got a whiff of the special gift created for the bay area. >> the silver lining of christmas morning to wake up and smell some gingerbread. >> reporter: in a year marked by political uncertainty and a pandemic, this concoction became

iconic and now even though it's gone it still has the power to draw people to this point on a hill to enjoy something swede. in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. 7:21 right now. up next, the tiger cubs you may remember rescued from wildfires are settling in quite nicely to their new homes after recovering at the oakland zoo. more new videos plus how they're doing. you're watching "today in the bay."

new this morning new video of three mountain lion cubs rescued from wildfires. now they're in their new home at the columbus zoo. they were brought to the oakland zoo in september from shasta county. captain cal did suffer some burns. now all three are learning their

new surroundings in ohio. all three cubs will later be introduced to a 17-year-old cue bar and the hope is the older cougar will take them under her paws and pass along the cougar traditions. a delaware man is reunited with his long lost high school ring. nbc's tom furlong reports on all the stars that aligned for this reunion of sorts. nice, nice. >> reporter: bob clark has a brandywine high school class ring back on his finger. >> it's been a while. it's cool to have my ring back. >> reporter: bob kept checking the mail for his original brandywine class of '65 ring he lost in the '70s. a florida couple found it in the late '80s and recently decided to google and contact the school. word spread quickly on facebook. it had to be bob's ring, right? when he got it in the mail -- >> i knew right away it wasn't a boy's ring. >> reporter: yep, it was a girl's ring with the initials

kcf. after scouring his yearbook he figured the ring had to have belonged to karen foreman who amazingly must have lost her brandywine class ring in the sand 800 miles south of brandywine high. >> we'll do our best to pass it to the right person. >> reporter: turns out karen died years ago but bob found her son who lived a few minutes away from the florida couple who found the ring. bob sent it to him right away. >> i'm a big man. i shed a couple tears today. >> we have kept in touch with them and it's been great. they're great people. >> reporter: a nice ending to the story except for one thing. after all his kindness bob was still ringless. >> he didn't get a ring. he's had a ring and it wasn't his ring. >> reporter: ricochet is the athletic director at brandywine and went to jostens jewelers and they created this. they loved bob's story. >> he wanted to get it to the rightful owner.

>> reporter: and so jostens made the ring for free. and bob promises he will never wear this ring on a beach. >> this is really neat to get a new one. thank you. thank you very much. i love that. that was nbc's tim furlong for us. now to a special story about generosity begetting even more generosity. a boston nurse spencer was working a 12-hour shift on christmas day. she says she loves the tradition of christmas dinner and had ordered something special but a change in pickup times meant she wasn't able to get the food. when she called to cancel the manager answered. >> no way you're not going to have this. i will bring it myself, which i did. >> a cool way to spread some cheer to everyone would be to leave him an extraordinary tip. >> whoa. spencer took to instagram and raised $2,700 for that restaurant manager who brought her her dinner firsthand.

he plans to split part of it with co-workers and save the rest. the nurse hopes it will inspire others to pay it forward and we hope so, too. nearly 7:27. much more ahead including an iconic bay area business getting a new life line to stay open as this pandemic rages on. plus rain in the bay means snow in the mountains and more to come. meteorologist rob mayeda's complete forecast is straight ahead. we hope you stick with us. you're watching "today in the bay."

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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. and at genesys, we're proud to help them help you everyday. good morning. it is sunday, december 27th. 7:29 as we take a live look outside. cloudy skies over the bay bridge. on this final sunday morning of 2020. very chilly out there. thank you so much for starting your sunday morning with us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist rob mayeda is here in for vianey. before we get to him, we'll get to this.

a winter wonder land in the sierra. this is video from i-80 at donner lake. and look at all that snow. of course that area is under stay-at-home orders so if you're looking to shred, you will not be able to go up there right now. let's check in with meteorologist rob mayeda. you mentioned the sierra along interstate 80. with this storm central and southern sierra should see the most snow. as we take you outside no rain yet here in the bay area. temperatures in the 40s and in san jose a little patchy fog. cloudy skies to start. the late afternoon and the evening we will see the chances of rain on the increase. plan on a cool day. our highs in the mid-50s and there you see the rain approaching the coast.

we'll get more of that after sundown tonight as our storm ranger for now is relatively quiet. notice the cloud cover and that storm lurking offshore. i have to say the rain totals have come down a little bit. especially if you're in the north bay or east bay valleys. the areas that will see the most of the rain or the sierra snow. we'll see who will benefit the most and a seven-day forecast that looks very active heading into the new year. >> are you heckling me, rob mayeda? just kidding. >> no, i love that talk especially this time of year. i wish we could be up there right now. >> you're my dear friend. we'll see you in about 15. a live look in washington, d.c., where the pressure will be back on lawmakers when they return tomorrow. millions of americans as of this morning are without the extra $300 in weekly unemployment

benefits because president trump refuses to sign the government funding and coronavirus relief package. some 11 million people lost those unemployment benefits overnight. earlier this week the president threatened to veto the covid relief bill arguing the $600 direct payments to americans were too low. he's calling for $2,000 payments instead even though he didn't participate in the month long negotiations. without the bill signed a government shutdown could begin as early as tuesday. president-elect joe biden calls trump's refusal to sign an abdication of responsibility with devastating consequences. we're going to stick with coronavirus right now. we've been telling you about that new strain. it's not more dangerous necessarily but apparently does spread more easily.

as "today in the bay's" roz plater reports los angeles is now testing to see if the new strain has made it to the u.s. >> reporter: just days after the uk identify add hiied a highly contagious new strain in france, denmark, france, sweden, the netherlan netherlands, germany. japan, australia, lebanon and our neighbor to the north, canada. officials say a couple tested positive. they have no travel history, no known exposure or contact. this epidemiologist says the variant could be in the u.s. and we may not know it because we lag behind other countries. >> britain has a particularly good surveillance system so they do a lot of monitoring of all of their coronavirus tests to look for changes. >> reporter: experts say there's no evidence that the new strain is a more dangerous form of the

virus, just that it's more contagious. now los angeles county is test to go see if the highly contagious variant might be behind its new surge. the makers of the new pfizer covid vaccine say they believe it will work but the shot could be adjusted quickly if need be. >> technically it is possible to make a new vaccine within a few weeks. >> reporter: experts warn this may not be the last mutation. there have been several as more of us get vaccinated and find ways to stay safe the virus will change to become stronger and more contagious. >> no matter whether it's the new variant or the old variant, what we each have to do is exactly the same. we need to mask, to stay distant particularly now in california during the surge we need to limit our contact as much as possible. >> reporter: i'm roz plater, nbc

bay area news. >> roz mentioned scientists in southern california are test to go see if the new mutant strain is on u.s. soil as the region is cracking down on overcrowding in public places. crowding at l.a.'s shopping malls came under scrutiny before the holiday. time will tell if that enforcement worked as health leaders in l.a. and everywhere wait to see if there's a post holiday surge. san quentin state inmates might be on the move because of safety complaints. a judge could soon order the transfer of prisoners. the prison saw a surge in covid cases reaching a high in july. they say their incarceration amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. a judge will rule on the

petitions on a case-by-case basis. many inmates may decide to stay where they are but ten california prisons have more than 500 active cases right now. san quentin only has four. over at the women's federal prison in the east bay we continue to track another outbreak as we told you yesterday morning 185 inmates out of about 900 total have been infected. this is the prison in dublin where felicity had youman and lori loughlin served their sentences. a historic oakland landmark has raised enough money to stay open through at least the spring. it closed in march because of the pandemic. the owner was drowning in bills.

supporters started a go fund me page and raised nearly $80,000 to help with other expenses. damaged art in oakland has some upset and disturbed. the artist who created this bust of breonna taylor believes someone purposely vandalized it two weeks after it was installed. leo carson went to look at the damage himself. we spoke with him last night. he says he has no doubt it was an intentional act. you may remember breonna taylor was gunned down by police in her louisville home. it happened during a botched raid on her apartment. her story gained widespread attention in the weeks after george floyd's killing in may which helped reignite the black lives matter movement on a national scale. the oakland artist tells us he was stunned by the damage but not discouraged. >> i wanted to cry and i didn't

know what to say or do and, you know, my second thought was this is what art is for. art needs to make a statement and if i'm not pissing somebody off i'm not doing it right. >> oakland police tell us they weren't aware of the damage. carson has yet to file a report. he plans on repairing the sculpture and making it even stronger than before. san francisco is reminding people about the collection program. this year it's happening between january 4 and the 15th. the trees need to be stripped of all decorations including tinsel which kind of sticks to the branches before you put it out for pickup. christmas trees end up at a composting facility that turns them into mulch. still to come on "today in the bay," what's next in the

fight to bring relief to struggling americans after president trump failed to sign a new deal into law. we'll dive into all things politics when larry gerston joins us live in just about five minutes. up next, the 49ers win a close one while the raiders let a game slip away. anthony flores is up next with sports. you're watching "today in the bay."

good morning, everyone. i'm anthony flores. there's no quit in the 49ers. already eliminated from the postseason they've come up with a stunning win over the arizona cardinals. a home game for the 49ers. c.j. beathard making his first start in two years. george kittle also back in the lineup. first quarter beathard hits jeff wilson jr. for the score. wilson also had a career high 183 yards rushing. a two-point game in the fourth.

beathard with three touchdown passes. then with the cardinals scoring, kyler murray throws for the end zone. it is picked off. the 49ers win 29-12. an emotional win for beathard. a year ago his brother was killed outside a nashville bar. >> it means more than i can put into words. everything i've been through the last year and it being the year anniversary of my brother passing. >> i think c.j. handled himself incredible and exciting to play football with my brother again. we're not proud of our record. we would love to be better but that doesn't tell the story of who they are. they give everything they have every game day. i can't say enough about them. that's why we were able to pull off a special win today. >> a heartbreaking loss for the raiders against the dolphins down a point under two minutes

to go on second and goal. josh jacobs decides not to score. they downed it and kicked the field goal to take the two-point lead. i don't like the strategy. less than 20 seconds to go, oh, this is why they call him fitz-magic. a 34-yard gain. he threw it while keys was pulling on his facemask sets up the game-winning field goal, a 44 yarder from jason sanders. they eliminate the raiders 26-25. seth curry was feeling it in practice. the league mvp made 105 three-pointers in a row. that's right. 105. he didn't miss for something like five minutes. the warriors are hoping this will get curry going. he's shooting just 20% from beyond the arc. the warriors are at the chicago bulls later tonight. that's a look at your morning sports.

i'm anthony flores. have a great sunday.

president's trump message by his inactions could have consequences for millions within a matter of days. a vetoed military spending bill is called a disservice and the second as we've discussed the covid stimulus and national budget package could impact suffering americans' wallets and shut down the government. time to bring in political analyst larry gerston. hoping you and your gorgeous grandbabies had a merry christmas and a happy hanukkah. thanks for joining us. could you break down these two issues for us, both of these bills? >> what a mess. what a mess. what a way to start a new year. the first one is compact. you started it off really well.

$740 million defense spending bill. the president vetoed it for a number of reasons, most of which don't make sense because he knew it was in the bill to begin with. okay, put that aside. congress can overturn this. it takes a two-thirds vote in each chamber. it would be the first veto that is overturned and it's likely it will be. it's serious, it's for defense, it's for the rest of the year. it looks like it will be contained and done. >> oh, okay. that's good news. what about the second bill that deals with operating the government as well as covid aid so many millions of americans have been waiting for? >> yeah. now you're talking about heartache. this is a real problem. the first part of this two-part bill is $1.4 trillion bill to keep the government operating through september 30th. the president decided he doesn't like that bill because of a

couple of things, part of which has to do with changing a section dealing with social media. i won't go into it. he doesn't like it, again, after the fact. the real heartache for everybody, kira, is that second portion, that $900 billion portion. stimulus relief package. the first ended in july. people have been waiting for months now to get some relief. congress was able to get its act together. the bill has $900 billion. a lot of people waiting to benefit from this. 4.8 million gig workers and independent contractors are waiting for this relief, this $300 a week. long-term unemployed, 9.3 million people waiting for relief. other issues, renters. 23% of all renters, 9.2 million, are likely to be evicted december 31st when the old bill expires because they don't have the money to make do.

this had money for them and for states to help with covid-19 and $200 million for paycheck protection programs. all of this is at stake and it looks like the president is not in a hurry to sign it and they're running out of time for anything to be done. >> you already touched on people have been waiting since july for more stimulus help. who is at risk if the bill doesn't go through? you just touched on that. if i can jump ahead why has the president thrown out these last-minute obstacles when he didn't participate in these negotiations for months and months and, as you said, he knew the contents ahead of time of this sort of last-minute block. >> kira, this is the $1 billion question. we know the president is very unhappy about his status. he continues to argue that he won the election. there have been 60 plus

lawsuits, all of which have not been run and all by the president showing he, in fact, lost. with the popular vote he lost, with the electoral vote he lost. some people believe he's just lashing out in whatever way he can. the other part of it is democrats say, hey, we'll make any changes you want. republicans are stymied. they have no idea what to do. it's impacting things all the way down to the georgia senatorial race which looks in doubt because of the president's antics basically deciding after the fact he knew it was in the bill, decided that he doesn't want to support them. here is the real issue, kira. it came so late in the year that the president doesn't have to do anything. it's called a pocket veto. and if he does nothing congress is just stuck. they're stuck until january when the new congress comes in. if that happens, kira, we're talking about aid that may not

come to people until february or march depending on how long it takes the new congress to put together a bill. this is a very problematic situation for people who have been suffering for many, many months. >> for the longest year ever. if i can keep you for one more minute, it's shocking the democrats are siding with president trump and the republicans aren't. is this going to setup incoming coming, president joe biden, for failure? >> it's making it extraordinarily difficult. trump has been putting one obstacle after another in front of incoming president biden. he has his hands full to begin with and, yeah, it's going to make it difficult. whether it sets him up for failure we'll have to see. add this on to all the other

issues, covid-19 that has not been managed well, the defense department whose people have been eliminated by president trump, cyber security. yes, president-elect biden has his hands full and it will be a tough go for him. kira, a much tougher go for those 13 million, 14 million people who don't have any money unless we can get this thing done. >> it's just really sad all around. larry, we appreciate you. we'll see you in a week from now. see you next year. take care. still ahead on "today in the bay," some good news. the christmas story that's going viral and we couldn't help ourselves. up next, who is that elf on the shelf? that elf on the bench? that elf on the roof? plus -- and we're watching rainfall expectations coming down slightly with our incoming storm but could be snow levels by tomorrow morning. which bay area peaks could see a

dusting of snow when we come right back.

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a customer service rep is working unseen, making it happen. and at genesys, we're proud to help them help you everyday. and welcome back. we are waking up to some cloudy skies. we think a dry start to the day but eventually the way it should end will be the clouds on the increase and rain chances making a bit of a comeback. maybe not as much as we hoped for but the snow levels could be interesting. take a look at the temperatures around the bay area right now.

we have 30s and 40s. a little cloud cover helping keep our temperatures up acting like a blanket outside. there's a bit over san francisco right now. temperatures in the upper 40s. some patches of low clouds. one of the cooler locations around the bay area. out to contra costa county down to 44 degrees. and into san jose a combination of some low level haze there to the east of downtown and the increasing mid and high-level clouds. temperatures currently in the mid-40s. the headlines going through the day this cloudy start. might have a few sprinkles as we head through midday. we'll begin to see the clouds thicken up. we do have the clouds moving through. our storm system will take a different approach as we head through the afternoon we will see the clouds thicken up. we begin to see the rain approaching the coast.

9:00 to about midnight you begin to see the rain pass through. we'll probably have to deal with it monday. notice the rain totals if that south track, north bay may not get a whole lot. right there in the santa cruz mountains and for the sierra we'll likely see the higher totals. in terms of the bay area peaks a good chance of snow. looks like mt. hamilton. it should clear out. a very december-like finish to the year. we'll carry this weather pattern into the new year. before we go we have to show you that elf on the shelf. he took over an elementary school. he's on more than a shelf, is in windows, the roof, in between

drinking fountains, anywhere else able to jump on to. it's the school's principal. the students and staff loved it and we did, too. thanks for making us a part of your morning. we'll have more local news tonight.

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