good morning. it is sunday, january 3rd. a live look outside. a foggy start to our morning. that is ft. point in san francisco. cold out there as well. thank you so much for starting your first sunday of 2021 with us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist rob mayeda is in for vianey. in fact, he's been filling in a lot lately. so, rob, i want to remind you, it is sunday morning. and you have our microclimate forecast. thank you. i need more coffee and to check the calendar, too. it's tough to see outside. it's not just that you're having

trouble waking up, if you're waking up with us this morning, a foggy start to the day. visibility at time down to a quarter mile in concord, livermore and look at walnut creek. 47 degrees and some heavy drizzle and mist with the fog we're seeing to start off your sunday morning. san jose, near 51 degrees. temperatures by 2:00, close to 60. probably one of the warmer spots around the bay area today as we're still in and out of the clouds. you'll see a chance of misty skies and patchy fog probably through late morning and then mostly cloudy conditions for the afternoon. speaking of clouds, that spin just off to the west. that is the storm gathering itself up with tropical moisture that will pack the one-two punch of rain and wind for monday. we'll show you the timing on that storm. the forecast coming up in about 12 minutes. we'll see you then. thanks so much. we begin with brand-new information we're learning about a startling covid-19 outbreak

among employees at a bay area hospital. could this inflatable christmas tree costume worn by an employee be the catalyst infecting 43 emergency room staff with coronavirus. "today in the bay's" mayrianne favro reported on this. an employee said other factors claims the hospital isn't handling the outbreak as they should. >> reporter: kaiser permanente confirmed on christmas day an emergency department employee at its san jose medical center came into the department briefly wearing an air-powered costume. employees say it was an inflatable christmas tree. now 43 employees have tested positive for covid and the hospital is investigating to see if it's possible the air-powered costume may have made covid easier to transmit. kaiser says the employee did not have symptoms at the time and was only trying to lift spirits during a stressful time. one e.r. employee, who asked not

to be identified, suspects there may be another reason. >> they give aerosolized breathing treatments at times to these patients. >> reporter: kaiser says after the spike in cases all areas in the emergency department are undergoing deep cleaning. >> that has not happened. that is a complete lie. the only thing they did is they came in to our break room, which is pretty small, and they cleaned it. there was no such thing as a deep clean. >> reporter: in a statement the senior vice president of the medical center, eye ren cirene says we are investigating the outbreak and using contact tracing to personally notify and test any staff or patients who were exposed during this time based on cdc and public health guidelines. kaiser says some of the health care workers infected received their first dose of the covid vaccine, but they would not be expected to reach immunity when the exposure occurred. several health care workers we

spoke with say they don't feel the hospital is doing enough to protect them . in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. cases continue to soar across the bay area. in fact, there are so many cases that the san jose fire department tells us ambulances have to wait in long lines to drop patients off at area hospitals. on the state level more than 53,000 new cases recorded on new year's day. 386 people have died since friday night. the rise in cases is putting a strain on our hospitals. we've been reporting this. in the bay area 5.1%. the lowest number we've seen so far. our stay-at-home order is set to expire friday but likely will be extended unless our numbers improve. in the south bay doctors say the latest peak is higher and more concerning.

>> we've been 100% capacity for weeks. the biggest strain is on the icu. we're lirelatively successful a getting moderately ill patients through the emergency department and through the hospital, but the icu patients have a protracted course. if they end up on a ventilator, that ends up being weeks of care. >> doctors say their bgest challenge is yet to come with an anticipated post holiday surge. to marin county where they're opinen another covid-19 self-testing site this week. the seventh such operated by curative. this is in the armory parking lot along civic drive in san rafael. results come back in 72 hours. it opens wednesday and will operate five days a week. now to southern california where, as we told you yesterday morning, members of the army

corps of engineers are deployed to six area hospitals tasked with helping update outdated delivery systems to make sure patients can get the oxygen they need. they say the task is challenging. >> the 02 oxygen levels, because of increased demand, they're freezing. how do you increase capacity so that the system doesn't freeze and they can maintain oxygen distribution? >> the army corps also is bringing in additional oxygen drux. now to the vaccination race getting americans vaccinated is proving to be a difficult process. these lines are from florida and tennessee yesterday. lines stretching for several blocks. houston unveiled its first vaccine clinic yesterday and a massive logjam ensued. call centers were swamped by seniors anxious to get a dose

and those at the actual site waited in line shoulder to shoulder for hours. >> i counted over 400 calls i tried to get through and never got through. >> he's 76 years old and has issues. we need to be in this line. >> nationwide vaccinations are falling short of expectations. the federal government promised 20 million people immunized by year's end. the cdc dashboard shows while more than 14,000 doses distributed fewer than 3 million have actually gotten a shot in the arm. if you're wondering where you are in the vaccine line we have an interactive tool that will ask you what county you live in, if you're an essential worker. we have a link to it on our website, nbcbayarea.com. it's a great tool. to politics, a group of 11 gop senators have announced they will object to certifying the

electoral college results. on wednesday congress is set still to certify the electoral vote. this group of republican senators led by ted cruz of texas intends to object when the chambers meet citing debunked claims of widespread voter fraud and other violations. the group is demanding an emergency investigation. the biden transition team is now responding n. a statement they say, quote, this stunt won't change the fact that president-elect biden will be sworn in on january 20th and the baseless claims have been examined and dismissed by trump's own attorney general, dozens of courts and election officials from both parties. it's not just speaker nancy pelosi's house that has been vandalized. someone has spray painted the home of mitch mcconnell in louisville. the messages make reference to the opposition to funding $2,000 relief checks. mcconnell responded in part by

saying, quote, vandalism and the politics of fear have no place in our society. my wife and i have never been intimidated by this toxic playbook. as we showed you in san francisco graffiti covered early friday morning at pelosi's house, also referenced covid relief checks and canceling rent. also a pig's head covered in red paint left in her driveway. both leaders are in washington and weren't home when the vandalism took place. much of the mess at pelosi's house has yet to be cleaned up. it remains taped off. police in both cities are investigating. at 7:09 on our sunday morning, much more ahead. coming up we take you live to our weekly conversation with chuck todd who has a preview of this week's "meet the press." plus, from pro surfer to first responder, this daring rescue caught on camera. a woman is caught in dangerous waters.

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welcome back. it is time now to bring in chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." happy new year. thank you for joining us this morning. just before the break we talked about a group of gop members of the house of representatives who will object to the official electoral vote count on wednesday in a joint session of congress. what does this say about the post-trump presidency era and what biden will be entering? >> well, i don't know if it's going to -- we'll see what the impact is on joe biden governing. he has a strategy of trying to ignore the president. we'll see if he can continue to do that on january 21st. here is what we're seeing. president trump is trying to keep control of the republican party and essentially is making this conspiracy theory about the election a litmus test for it.

a bunch of these senators and republican members have decided for political expediency to go along with it. either they think it's going to help their own political career. some of these people want to run for president in 2024 and some think it will save their senate jobs because some are worried about a primary challenge from somebody more trumpy than themselves, for instance a guy like james langford showing up on the list was a shock to a lot of people. very much an institutionalist, not somebody who trafficks in conspiracy theories. to see him on the list shows you the political fear that the president -- that donald trump has created inside his own party. that's what we've learned is the republican party is deeply divided, but the pro-democracy side of the party is the minority right now. >> so not only is our country divided but the republican party itself is divided. sticking sort of with the senate at least, the georgia u.s. senate race we've been talking

about for a couple months now, finally happening tuesday. president trump is scheduled to be there tomorrow to campaign for the two republican candidates. previously he has contempt georgia republicans who certified biden's win, who accepted the electoral win for biden, and he told voters not to go out and vote. is his presence going to help or hurt those senate candidates? >> i'm going to give you a quote that i've been using because i had a strategist say to me three years ago say it again two years ago and again about two weeks ago. republicans that run for statewide office in this country in a swing state can't win with donald trump, and they can't win without him. if the republicans lose the two senate seats, it is donald trump's fault. hard stop. he created the condition for this to happen and yet if

loeffler and perdue win they couldn't have done it without the president's base turning out in rural georgia. but i will say this. again, losing this, the fault will be at trump's feet and the divide will get deeper. >> fascinating. that's a quote i'll have to write down and keep. chuck, as always, we hope you had some nice holiday time off. and good luck to your packers today. we'll see you next week. we hope you join chuck for this morning's "meet the press." he'll have an interview with dr. anthony fauci and founder of fair fight in 2018 georgia governor gubernatorial candidate. "meet the press" right after this newscast. coming up in about 30 minutes from now we will talk to political analyst larry gerston for our weekly segment.

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action helping save a woman from being pulled out to sea off the island of oahu. nbc's anne thompson has it. >> reporter: seeing a water rescue in his camera. >> oh, no, your camera. >> he obviously just had a beer in hand. >> reporter: want to make a bet? 24-year-old wright is a pro surfer, an australian most famous for his trademark mullet until now. he jumped the fence and makes an all-out sprint to the struggling person, a woman. that's right, jumping into the hawaiian surf. >> i just met her on the other side of the rock, dove straight in and went straight for her. >> reporter: the waves as high as 15 feet in the rough winter conditions on the north side of oahu. >> pretty much as soon as i got

her in my arms i told her, hey, you're going to be okay. >> reporter: the ferocious surf had other ideas. wright's sister a world champion surfer 4e eer helping from shor. >> i wouldn't have known to grab her, pick her up and throw myself into the waves. >> reporter: wright with help brings the grateful woman safely to the beach and meets her son. >> saying thank you like i thought she was gone and she was in tears. >> reporter: right now adding hero to his resume. anne thompson, nbc news. and this weekend people continued to say their good-byes to a historic piece of san francisco. our cameras captured people leaving flowers outside the doors of the cliff house restaurant. people are hoping the famed site doesn't see any more vandalism. graffiti happened right after the restaurant closed has already been painted over. the restaurant posted on facebook that graffiti was

rarely an issue when they were actually open for business. on thursday the iconic cliff house sign was removed from the roof. the cliff house opened back in 1896. it is now in the hands of the national parks service. 7:19 on the nose. time to check in with meteorologist rob mayeda. you seem like a chief meteorologist because you're all over the place lately. you were on at 11:00 last night. you're back this morning for vianey. it's a foggy, misty morning out there. it is. it's a bit of a sleepy morning outside and chief of watching the tornadoes wake up here in minutes. >> oh, i hope we get to see them, your little twins. >> we passed that magic hour they start waking up. if you're waking up with us, it's a foggy, misty start outside. this time tomorrow we will see wind and rain making a big comeback. look at san francisco.

close to 50 degrees. in san jose at least a little better visibility but 51 degrees there and you can see the mostly cloudy skies. at times mist and fog. that will probably stick around for the east bay valleys. we see visibility slowly improve. it will stay cool. more significant rain at least for today stays off to the north but that will change. storm ranger still picking up those areas of spotty light rain and drizzle. it's that next batch of clouds on the left side of the screen that's going to lead up to the monday rain chances right there showing up for your monday morning commute. if you have plans look what happens by 9:00 in the morning. locally heavy rain from the central bay and north bay. the storm has moved up in terms

of its timing. by the afternoon now, it looks like most of it will get out of the area. the rain totals of this particular storm have come down a little bit based on previous expectations of higher totals. speaking of the totals, we'll start off in the north bay, areas highlighted in yellow and orange. should be about half an inch average in the north bay. as you drop south from san francisco into san jose anywhere from a tenth to a third of an inch of rain. some of the hill tops in the east bay may get close to a half inch of rain. so wind, too, will be part of the story for monday. maybe more wind than those rain totals. you can see the speeds picking up 20 to 40-mile-per-hour gusts midday on monday, decreasing as we head into the evening. we'll see the stronger wind as we head to 5:00 in the evening. so wind is a component of that story for monday. one more chance of rain for midweek and then a third storm

arrives on friday. we think for the north coast over the next seven days there's significant rain. it could be more than 4 to 6 inches from mendocino county northward by the end of the ten-day period. a pretty significant storm slowly adding up. for the sierra one week snow total close to three feet on the higher peaks. little by little we're adding these totals up. the seven to ten day forecast from monday, wednesday and friday, probably the windiest and the stormiest of the bunch coming up for tomorrow with more rain chances in that seven-day forecast. looking like january. back to you. >> very fitting and we need it. both of my sons need new rain boots to prep for this week so they can go stomp in those puddles. thanks. we'll see you again in a bit. much more ahead after the break. coming up with a new year comes new laws. a rundown of some that will

impact you from racial profiling to coronavirus safety. you're watching "today in the bay."

many people look to new year's resolutions in january, and it's also a time for new laws. there are some that will impact you in 2021. "today in the bay's" joe rosato jr. takes a look. >> reporter: we start every year with a clean slate, a wish list for the future, and often a slew of new laws with hundreds taking effect in california, here are a handful to kick around. some of those new laws were inspired by the pandemic. employers must now provide written notice to workers who have been exposed to covid within 24 hours or face fines. hospitals have to maintain at least a three-month supply of ppe for workers or face a $25,000 fine for each olatvin. in case you needed another reason not to drive and text, if you get caught texting or just

holding your phone while driving twice in three years, you'll get a point on your license instead of just a fine. >> texting and driving is really bad. sorobably a good incentive not to do it. >> reporter: some laws reflected the recent racial equality inspired by the death of george floyd. police in the state are no longer allowed to use choke holds, and people can be fined for calling 911 to harass someone based on race or gender. >> racial profiling is a real thing. >> reporter: convicted felons will be allowed to vote in the state after they complete their sentences. and inmates working on state fire crews will be eligible to get their records expunged of most nonviolent crimes. >> we want folks to be able to be productive members of our communities when they're finished serving their debt. >> reporter: the minimum rate rage will increase though most bay area cities already have a higher minimum wage than that.

it's a new page of laws as we turn the page on a new year. joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. >> i'm going to tell everyone i know about that cell phone one. just shy of 7:27. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, friends remember a young woman whose killing has ignited anger in san francisco. now the district attorney is responding to accusations he's responsible for her death. plus, new information about the christmas morning bombing in nashville. what the late suspect sent to several people before the attack.

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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, january 3rd. a live look outside. wow. foggy and misty as we look out at ft. point in san francisco on a gloomy first sunday of 2021. thank you for starting your sunday with us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist rob mayeda is in

for vianey with a look at your microclimate forecast. as you said it's january, and it's fitting this is what it looks like out our windows this morning. >> that's true. on average we should see a storm maybe every two to three days moving through the bay area. technically we don't have a storm on top of us, we have a lot of moisture off the pacific helping to contribute to the drizzle and some of the patchy fog. visibility is down to a quarter mile in novato and a half mile or less from concord into livermore. one thing the clouds are doing keeping temperatures up. no 30s today. 51 degrees in san jose and there's a view of the drizzle and fog. should see temperatures near the upper 50s by about 2:00 in the afternoon. cloudy skies at times. some mist and drizzle but the next real rain combined with wind starts to rise as we head into right about this time tomorrow.

we'll take a closer look at that and storms to follow in our seven-day forecast. back to you. >> we look forward to that, rob, thanks so much. new information in the massive covid outbreak at a bay area hospital. could this inflatable christmas costume be the catalyst to infecting 43 emergency room staff? "today in the bay's" marianne favro first reported this story on her twitter feed and spoke with an employee who told her the hospital isn't handling the outbreak as they should. >> reporter: kaiser permanente confirmed on christmas day an emergency department employee at its san jose medical center came into the department briefly wearing an air-powered costume. employees say it was an inflatable christmas tree. now 43 employees have tested positive for covid and the hospital is investigating to see if it's possible the air-powered costume may have made covid easier to transmit.

kaiser says the employee did not have symptoms at the time and was only trying to lift spirits during a stressful time. one e.r. employee, who asked not to be identified, suspects there may be another reason. >> they give aerosolized breathing treatments at times to these patients in the rooms they're not supposed to. >> reporter: kaiser says after the spike in cases all areas in the emergency department are undergoing deep cleaning. >> that has not happened. that is a complete lie. the only thing they did is they came in to our break room, which is pretty small, and they cleaned it. there was no such thing as a deep clean. >> reporter: in a statement the senior vice president of the medical center, irene chavez says we are investigating the outbreak and using contact tracing to personally notify and test any staff or patients who were exposed during this time based on cdc and public health guidelines. kaiser says some of the health

care workers infected received their first dose of the covid vaccine, but they would not be expected to reach immunity when the exposure occurred. several health care workers we spoke with say they don't feel the hospital is doing enough to protect them. in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. that situation in san jose comes as cases continue to soar across the bay area. in fact, there are so many cases the san jose fire department tells us ambulances have to wait in long lines to drop off patients at area hospitals. on the state level more than 53,000 new cases were recorded on new year's day, 386 californians have died since friday night. the rise in cases is putting a strain on our hospitals as we've been reporting, 5.1% of standard icu beds remain open in the bay area. our stay-at-home order is set to expire this friday but likely

will be extended unless our numbers improve. back to the south bay where doctors tell us the latest peak is much higher and much more concerning. >> we've been 100% capacity for weeks. and the biggest strain is on the icu. we're relatively successful about getting the moderately ill patients through the emergency department and then through the hospital. these icu patients have a protracted course. if they end up on the ventilator that ends up being weeks of care. >> the doctor went on to say the biggest challenge is yet to come with the anticipated post holiday surge. to marin county where they will have another self-testing site beginning this week. it's the seventh to open in a month operated by curative, a new drive-through testing location in the armory parking

lot along civic drive in san rafael. results come back within 72 hours. the site opens wednesday. it will operate five days a week. down south the covid testing site at dodger stadium, look at that, it is the largest in the u.s. it is closed for restructuring. traffic is too congested at the site and needs to be rerouted. lines of cars -- wow, what happened around the parking lot. l.a.'s mayor says they have conducted at least 1 million covid tests since may. >> talk show host larry king is reportedly in the hospital with covid-19. the host of "larry king live" began his battle 11 days ago. he is 87 years old. he is a cancer survivor and has heart disease. his family, of course, is not allowed to visit him at the l.a. hospital.

king suffered a stroke and had a difficult 2020. over the summer two of his five children died within weeks of one another. a source close to his family says, quote, larry has fought so many health issues in the last few years and he's fighting this one hard, too. he's a champ. we agree with that. getting americans vaccinated is proving to be a difficult process. take a look at these lines on your left at knoxville tennessee. on your right st. augustine, florida. people waiting outside their cars in florida and shoulder to shoulder in tennessee with lines stretching for several blocks. houston unveiled its first vaccine clinic yesterday when it opened the vaccine to the public, a massive logjam ensued. call centers were swamped by seniors desperate to get a dose and those at the actual site waited for hours. >> i counted on my phone over 400 calls i tried to get through and never got through. >> he's 76 years old and has

issues. we need to be in this line. >> as nbc news has been reporting nationwide vaccines are falling drastically short -- vaccinations, rather. 20 million people were to be immunized by the year's end. while 14 million doses were distributed by the end of 2020 fewer than 3 million people had actually gotten the shot in the arm. if you're wondering where you are in the vaccination line, check out this tool that will ask you what county you live in, whether you're an essential worker and then it will give you a rough estimate of your place in line. it's on nbcbayarea.com at the top on our trending bar. now to san francisco's district attorney chesa boudin.

the driver was a parolee released from state prison in april and arrested several times since then. "today in the bay's" jackie ward spoke one-on-one with the d.a. as those who knew one of the victims paid tribute. and all of us did what we could, took action to intervene and to prevent the criminal conduct that so tragically cost two lives on new year's eve. >> reporter: chesa boudin is answering his critics days after 27-year-old hanako abe was killed at second and mission just blocks away from her home in soma. another woman yet to be identified was also killed. the driver was troy mcalister, allegedly under the influence, and police say he just committed a burglary. boudin says he chose to refer his cases to state parole agents. >> jackie, we're all

disappointed in the outcome, of course. the outcome is horrific. we're all taking a close look at what might have been done differently that could have possibly prevented this. and what changes we can make going forward. it's certainly too late for the two women who died and for their families. >> reporter: hanako's boyfriend jason mayes saying he couldn't imagine 2020 being any worse and then he had to confirm the body. the world is not the same without her in it. jason's post he writes her family is facing existing medical conditions and that she was helping them financially. now her friends are trying to raise $60,000 so her family can come to the u.s. and bring her home to japan n. san francisco, jackie ward, nbc bay area news. federal investigators reveal the nashville bomber sent

political messages to several people before his christmas morning attack. 63-year-old anthony warner blew up the rv where he was inside. it caused destruction to several blocks in downtown nashville. federal agents said he sent messages to acquaintances throughout the country just days before the attack. no motive has been revealed. still to come on "today in the bay," the world is watching as this week's official electoral vote is counted. political analyst larry gerston joins us live in a few minutes to describe why this year's event is looking different. plus, first usf hasn't won at gonzaga since the late '80s. would that losing streak come to an end? sports is next.

good morning, everyone. i'm anthony flores. a disappointing season is coming

to an end for the 49ers today when they take on seattle. yes, it's another home game in arizona. they've been there for a month because of covid-19 restrictions in santa clara county. now the 49ers can hurt the chances for a top seed. >> we're disappointed but i think this year has made us harder, stronger and, therefore, better. i'm ready to reset. i want our team to reset. i want us to get healthy and get back to life the way we're used to and get back to playing football the way i know we're capable of. >> college hoops, san francisco taking on gonzaga. the number one ranked team in the country. the dons hanging tough early. nice cut, nice pass, nice bucket. cory had the hot hand. he throws it up to beat the buzzer. he had a game high 26. the bulldogs won.

in the pac 12 stanford at oregon. spencer jones turning defense into offense. the steal and then strong to the rack for the hoop. a three-point game of less than 6:30 to go. the ducks go on a 13-3 run. they blow it open. oregon beat stanford, 73-56. the raiders close out their regular season later today at denver. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores. have a great sunday.

the electoral college votes were certified last month. this coming wednesday congress will hear the vote count won by presidential candidates trump and biden. while congressional members can object, no serious objection has occurred for more than 100 years. but this wednesday's event may differ just like everything else in recent memory.

political analyst larry gerston joins us. hi, larry. great to see you. we already know the results. why do we have this event? i assume there's some sort of historical significance? >> kira, you hit the nail on the head. it's symbolic, simply a confirmation of what we already know. and the way this whole thing works is there's one person in the senate and one person in the house who says, wait a second, i'm challenging the outcome of one of the states. then you have this where each side breaks up, meet for two hours and at the end of the day they confirm what we already knew. the fact of the matter is that's what they do. it's rarely anything controversial. that's why we never talk about it. think about so many things this election year we never talked about until now. >> exactly. we're hearing rumblings, i

talked to chuck todd about rumblings of a challenge led by ted cruz. what do you think that's all about? >> this is something we haven't seen in a very long time. we have 12 senators on one side. 140 members of the house on the other. all representatives of the republican party and each case saying they believe the election was not fair. they're objecting, okay. we don't expect any changes. the fact of the matter is because there are objections there will be meetings and each chamber will meet for up to two hours for each state that's challenged. if there are three, four, five states that are challenged, one member from each chamber is doing it, then it could go on for some time. at the end of the day we expect everything to be as it was at the beginning of the day but this is something that you just don't see.

we haven't seen an election this crazy in 125 years. >> you said nothing will change the outcome, why is this all getting so much attention? is it like a reality tv type of fascination we all have with this? >> well, because of the large numbers, look, we know that biden won the electoral vote 306 to 232. the landslide president trump said the other day, we know that he won by 7 million popular votes. that's a rather large victory. trump supporters have filed 60 lawsuits and, yes, kira. 86 judges have been involved at the state and local and the federal levels. ten of them trump appointees. not a single judge, not a single case has gone along with any of the complaints simply because there's no evidence. we've seen many of the states double and triple check the outcomes.

there are no ghosts here. these are the results. despite all of this, all of these people are coming forward to say we're not sure. we want to double-check, triple check again. >> and is there any harm in doing that? double-checking, triple checking? >> these folks are challenging an election that has been proven to be true again and again. what they're saying is we believe donald trump more than we believe the sanctity of the constitution. we believe donald trump more than we believe the outcome of those lawsuits. more than the rule of law, more than the whole essence of democracy itself. this is why this is so serious. people are rejecting the guarantees, the power of the vote cast by 160 million americans. that's what the potential harm,

according to a lot of people who are watching very closely. >> i hate to say we don't have a lot of time left. one last question, what happens after wednesday? >> kira, if i knew this, i would be making big money. >> aren't you? aren't you making the big money? i always ask you the crystal ball questions. >> i'm waiting for that. seriously, though, what we have here is a lot of uncertainty at home, uncertainty abroad where the united states has been this beacon of democracy. we know this much, joe biden will get a whole lot more to deal with than he ever anticipated and that means the first few months, maybe the entire administration will be very shaky because of all of these people who haven't wanted to go along with the outcome of the election. so at this time back, buckle up, and get ready for a rough few years. >> i feel like that already happened. i just want to exhale in joy

now. it's just politics these days. larry, thanks. we appreciate you. we'll be back with rob's final look at weather.

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danville. in the window just over my shoulder and depending on where you are visibility less than a quarter mile. so fog and drizzle to start the morning. our attention will shift to a windy and rainy start to your monday. let's take you outside to take a look at those visibilities in miles. down to zero in novato in marin county. use some caution on the roadways. probably through about mid morning. also concord down to about half a mile at times, and speaking of contra costa county a look at walnut creek downtown, what you can see of it, misty skies into san jose. better visibility, 51 degrees. you see the clouds there off in the distance. fog mainly for the morning hours, some mist at times and then the real rain for today or the more significant rain stays north of mendocino county for the afternoon. but then things begin to change as we head into the night. storm ranger picking up on some of those areas of heavy drizzle or light rain around the east bay hills. the more substantial rain still offshore as that storm which is

getting its act together will begin to push inland overnight tonight into monday that will pack the one-two punch of rain and wind. so there's a look at the storm as it starts to wind up on the coast. rain totals actually have come down a little bit with this particular storm because now it appears it's going to move through the bay area a bit more quickly. here is how things look hour by hour. you see the very rainy start to the day from the north bay into the central bay, highway 17, probably a big impact for the morning. but by 3:00 in the afternoon, most of the rain starting to move on out. the rain totals have come down a bit compared to what we saw earlier. most of the bay area looking at half an inch of rain in the wetter locations to a quarter inch or so. wind will be a story tomorrow. you can see by 10:00 you have the gusts 20 to 35 miles per hour from san francisco up to the north bay. decreasing as we head to 5:00. similar trend for the south bay. gusty winds to start including the santa clara valley in san jose and then wind speeds will come down slowly as we head to the evening.

should be a busy week of weather. another chance of rain coming in on wednesday. followed up by a third storm of the week right around friday and next weekend we start off dry and then more rain possible by next sunday. so here you go. the seven-day forecast today a misty, foggy start and finish to the weekend and wind and rain. more rain, weaker storm on wednesday followed up by a third storm on friday. once we add up all these rain totals, some of the north bay mountains over the next seven days could see 2-4 inches of rain. the sierra we hope is two to three feet of snow. could get some good gains as we go through the week. back to you. looks encouraging. a good way to start the new year. rob, thanks so much. and thanks to all of you for making us a part of your morning. no 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. news tonight. it's "sunday night football" here on nbc. washington at the philadelphia glesea "a special edition o nf bay area news at 9:00 and then again

at 11:00, during which my pal here will be back to give you your forecast. until then stay up to date on nbcbayarea.com. we hope you have a great sunday.

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