feel to be president finally? how are you, sir? good to see you. >> got a fist bump. there you go. >> al roker probably not very popular with the secret service. there's that roker guy again. got to cover the president. they know that tradition and it's a good friendship as well. >> speaking of the new president, right now at 6:00, joe biden already tackling the nation's biggest challenge fighting the pandemic by getting vaccines to more americans. this as deaths hit a new high. with biden's agenda today, a look straight ahead. >> a boost to california's vaccine supply, not for more but a decision by the state to make sure to help cities like san francisco. we'll have a live report, next. >> and the possible connection between this week's wind driven fires in the santa cruz mountains and the devastating

complex fire last summer. new details as the third hour of "today in the bay" continues be right now. good thursday morning. thank you so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm scott mcgrew. let's check in with kari. we got to our cars and it was cold. >> you got to your car because we're all working from home. >> that's right. >> good point. >> we haven't been outside yet. you're the only one out today. we are starting out with cold temperatures for all of you who have to drive to work but this will be at last warm afternoon and a huge shift in our weather pattern and chilly showers moving in and the potential of snow on bay area hills. another thing we're watching in the forecast that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking for all of the people heading out the door. >> we'll take a look at the

drive. south bay 680 i learned the on ramp to south 680 closed by the car fire around the bollinger canyons a little slowing. another crash in dublin not showing slowing or detail. a little slowing typical for 84 and 580 through the tri-valley. notice the south bay peninsula and the bay bridge have no backups. >> what do you do when you start a new job? you get straight to work. president joe biden no different moving quickly on his agenda. he got right to it shortly after stepping into the oval office. the new president and his administration expected to be just as busy today. >> inauguration day celebrations went way into the night. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is in d.c. reporting for us. so much going on day and night. you getting any rest? >> not really. i thought you were noticing the bags under my eyes when talking about the celebrations going

it is a joy to be here and we're happy to do this work. we're here in front of the u.s. capitol where at the ground level you can still see some of the security efforts and make sure this was a safe and peaceful transfer of power but on pennsylvania avenue across from the white house the risers are coming down, the guard rails out but the true work is happening inside the white house. tracie potts joins us now with what's happening today. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hey, kris, good morning. we were on opposite ends of this year covering the same story which continues to develop. yesterday you saw the president signing off on those executive orders right away. this morning we learned he's got a whole new batch he's planning to introduce today focused on the covid crisis. >> the president of the united states. >> reporter: the biden administration's first full day. >> we're not wasting any time. >> reporter: ten new orders

today on covid-19 part of a national strategy to expand emgency relief, vaccinations, testing, reopen schools, and address inequities. >> the pandemic, economic crisis, racial injustice, the climate crisis and threats to our very democracy. >> reporter: president biden signed more than a dozen executive orders on day one ending the muslim travel ban, stopping border wall construction, requiring masks on federal property and rejoining the paris climate agreement and world health organization. more orders are coming and he's getting pushback from some republicans. >> didn't find any of the orders i agreed with and many he came forward with will lead to unemployment. >> president biden needs congress to pass his immigratio citizenship for undocu relief plan. >> do solemnly swear.

>> reporter: vice president harris promising to carry out his vision. >> to do what is hard, what is good. >> reporter: she's a tiebreaker in what's shaping up to be a fierce battle in the senate. the senate has its hands full with some of the work they're doing here but impeachment. they haven't decided on when that trial will happen. toss it back to kris on the ground at the capitol. i don't know what it looks like there today, because i've been a couple blocks off, but i can tell you yesterday i walked five blocks in the wrong direction from our office to try to get off the hill after the festivities were over because there was so much security still. >> yeah. we got stuck at one checkpoint because we went one way and they said this is not for you you have to go around. we are glad we are wearing our walking shoes this morning. thank you. so nice to meet you in person.

you can't have an inauguration without a little bit of and even with all of those security measures that tracie and i came up against. while americans couldn't get up close for the swearing-in ceremony that so many people wanted to see or the inaugural parade which we showed you yesterday morning on "today in the bay," everybody got to watch the celebration of america hosted by tom hank from the best seat in the house, the couch at home. former presidents clinton, obama and bush used their voices to also call for unity in this country and artists performed from washington's landmarks and of course shut down to the public. that call for unity was the theme of president biden's first inaugural address. he called for an end to white supremacy, toxic partisanship and promised to work to end the. there was one really big reminder we are not a united nation. earlier in the day president donald trump left the white

house on marine one for the last time as president while he skipped the inaugural events he did leave a letter for his successor. >> the president wrote a very generous letter. it is private. i will not talk about it until i talk to him. it was generous. >> reporter: now while, of course, former president trump did address his supporters from florida promising to continue to fight for them his is facing that impeachment trial with one of the orders of business going to be happening at the u.s. capitol. scott and laura. >> all right. thanks for everything out there, kris. >> absolutely. new this morning, new help for counties running low on vaccines. health leaders lifted the hold on a large batch of moderna vaccines as the bay area covid infections here, 350,000, and 3500 deaths. cierra johnson is live in san

francisco. we know the timing really could not be better to get more vaccines out there. >> good morning. exactly. just to backtrack a lib they were paused because of allergic reactions because of folks getting vaccinated in san diego around january 14th. fewer than ten people experienced allergic reactions but that was enough to put a pause on the vaccination for a while and we're learning we have been given the green light to administer those vaccinations and it was a good number of vaccinations that are going to be back in circulation. 330,000 doses in the hands of those health care providers according to nbc san diego. those happened to six people that received that vaccine at a downtown vaccines are safe and san francisco and several other new

they're able to release those vaccines. where does san francisco stand in vaccinating? during a meeting of san francisco officials held yesterday, the goal is to vaccinate all eligible residents by june 30th. health care leaders at the meeting say to reach the goal the current daily vaccination rate of about 3,000 vaccines a day would have to increase. >> there is nothing more important and i think this we all agree than the immediate mass distribution of this vaccine as soon as we can secure it to every single san franciscoen who needs and wants it. >> reporter: a virtual town hall is being held to answer questions about the vaccine, the vaccination process and the rollout plan for folks in alameda county. this meeting will take place virtually starting at 6:00 and

it could be viewed on various social media platform. we'll have that link on our website nbcbayarea.com. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson, for "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. another hopeful sign for san francisco. the positivity rate is now around 38 per 100,000 people. it's been trending downward after hitting a high shortly after the holidays. in the bay area the largest county santa clara health leaders are reporting nearly 540 daily cases. the county currently has about 7% icu bed availability up from last week. good signs there as well. happening today attorneys for the cavalry church in san jose say the church pastor will appear in an ongoing contempt trial. the trial surrounding the refusal to pay more than $1 million in fines issued by santa clara county. it's in connection to a slew of covid violations tied to large

indoor services. a judge levied the contempt charge. jail time isn't out of the question. a follow-up on the string of fires that brek out tuesday in the santa cruz mountains. all are at least 70% contained and none pose any real threat at this point. listen to this, though. cal fire believes some of the fires might have started from buried embers dating back to last year's czu complex fire. new video of a wind whipped brush fire that triggered evacuation orders yesterday in carlsbad. firefighters got to it in time. time to stop dreaming. i don't think you won the powerball but we'll see. $730 million winning ticket was sold yep, but not around here. we're going to tell youhat's going on with all of in califor.

plus -- >> we're starting out with cold temperatures this morning. looking at walnut creek it's only 37 degrees and it will warm up today. this is the last warm day. we'll talk about all of the changes ahead in the forecast coming up. >> bollinger canyon and walnut creek, you can access from the westbound direction, not east bay. the toll plaza you can access from oakland.

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right now if you will be going to squall valley or alpine meadows good travel conditions today but snow showers tomorrow and cooler temperatures on the way. you may not have to go to the sierra to see snow. we'll talk about our forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> fremont, a report of ladders right around this shot. we don't see a problem here. i'll check the reports again and a i think i know where to find fog as well. >> let's check your business and tech headlines this morning. we look at the futures, the bets they put on the open we can usually tell a story but not here. almost no movement. wall street looking like it's going to hang on to its money

where it is and see how the next few days work out. another tech company leaving the bay area. digital realty is moving to austin. the company employs about 1500 people. it will keep a bay area presence, but hasn't said how many people are going to stay. more affordable housing will be coming to the south bay. a look at the 150 unit project called kelty air station. the development will be built on north first near fox street on the north edge of downtown san jose. google is helping finance the project investing nearly $7 million. finally a winning ticket to tell you about in that massive powerball lottery. we're going to spare you from double checking your own ticket. the ticket was purchased in maryland in allegheny county along the pennsylvania border. if you were there recently and picked up a ticket good for you. two people in southern

california matched five numbers for a $600,000 prize. this is the first winning jackpot since mid-september. numbers 40, 53, 60, 68, 69, and the powerball was 22. now tomorrow's mega millions jackpot is just under $1 billion. you can still dream. >> the lineup from j-lo to lady gaga a packed day of performances. >> and the land of the free. >> not only did she bring the house down with her take on the national anthem but with the fashion. shes well. kamala harris wore a purple coat dress by christopher rogers.

first lady jill biden wore a matching dress and silk face mask by alexander o'neill and social media couldn't stop buzzing about former first lady michelle obama's red pant suit and the belt. also getting a lot of attention out there was senator bernie sanders outfit stayed true to his brand of comfort. tennis shoes and mittens and kind of showing up for the inauguration before he ran errands. others loved the gloves. a vermont teacher made them from recycled materials and sent them to sanders over a year ago. it was really cool to see the american designers, the kind of nod to america. and also the color purple that show of unity. red, blue, makes purple and there were a lot of statements

yesterday in what they were wearing including bernie. >> bernrieny represented by the american designer lands end. that's pretty cool. >> there you have it. >> we need to dress like bernie. it's cold in the bay area. >> i could not resist. i posted a picture of bernie on social media and saying this is how we'll be dressing tomorrow. so this is the last day of some warm weather across the bay area. we're going to see the temperatures heading back into the mid to upper 60s. it's going to be a nice afternoon. we need to really take it in, savior it because we have a lot of changes ahead. let's get to it. we have a couple of storm systems that will be coming in. the first one is bring something rain and snow to our north and this will dip in by tomorrow we'll see more clouds and a slight chance of rain. it's going to pull down cold canadian area and then another system behind that that may supply a little more moisture and we could see a decent amount

of rain as well as some snow on some of our bay area hills and then a third system drops in by wednesday that could bring in some additional rain and snow. let's get to our forecast and what we're expecting. today once again the last day of mild weather but then a chance of some showers possibly a few isolated thunderstorms by tomorrow with that big change in our temperatures come in. it will be a cooler weekend. highs reaching into the 40s and 50s. but then the potential of some rain and snow and that snow may get down as low as 500 feet. as we look at our rain forecast there will be with this initial round of rain about a quarter inch of rain for most of us, a tenth in some spots, where we get the least -- lesser amounts of rain but in total for the next several days get about three quarters of an inch of rain for many spots. that's going to be pretty good. one other thing we'll be watching is the potential for some snow on mount hamilton as

well as the santa cruz summit and the north bay mountains may get the most snow. about one to two inches of snow. but it could drop down with some snow flurries down to the valley floor and that's going to be the spectacle going into next week. the temperatures we're going from the mid 60s today to the upper 40s for highs. by sunday into early next week. so major changes ahead. mike, are you seeing any changes any luck to the morning commute? >> the view of the golden gate bridge, a little fog. it's not so bad, butt's there. want to let you know that changed over the last half hour. the maps show you the arrow in the bay bridge toll plaza where there's no backup or fog there, except for this, getting on south 680 using bollinger canyon road, basically you can't get on from one side of the freewayway,

use the other on ramp you're okay from westbound bollinger canyon road. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> what do the banks know about you and is it accurate. i'm chris chmura. how to get free access to your credit report weekly next. firsts kris sanchez has been in washington all week covering the inauguration and posting videos and pictures on social media. inside her face mask she wrote a note for her daughters and nephew trying to bring them along in spirit for history. see more about her journey. you're watching "today in the bay."

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when banks and credit card companies want to know about you they look at your credit report. the files aren't always ac krits. >> chris chmura wants you to check yours for errors. >> you shouldn't have to pay anything to check out your credit report. a law called the fair credit reporting act you get one free copy of your credit report each year actually three because there are three credit bureaus and each has to give you access yearly during the pandemic you get weekly access for free.

here's how. go to annual credit report.com. beware of imposter websites. annual credit report.com the only official place to get your credit report. it will redirect you to each of the three bureaus where you can then check out your report. you don't get your credit score, just a report. but you don't need your score. look for errors. here's how to do that. you will see years worth of every bank account, loan, mortgage or credit account you have along with a month by month payment history. check it out. then check it for accuracy. some reports are color coded so spotting problems is actually pretty easy. in this case the green boxes are all good. that orange one shows an issue. it's an overdue but mistaken medical bill. when you spot a problem like that contact whoever put it on your credit report. ask for details. tell them to correct it and if

they don't, start the process of a formal dispute. in writing. the ftc has a sample letter. do a website for ftc credit dispute. >> your vaccine may take a while. new details of what may be an extended rollout just for seniors let alone for everyone else. >> governor arnold schwarzenegger got his shot. a live report on the continued struggles and what could happen to speed up the process. you're watching "today in the bay."

the opening bell on the stock market as we turn to 6:30. we do not expect a lot of movement. 900,000 americans lost their jobs last week. investors are watching the new biden administration closely as they kick off their first full day. we're keeping an eye on the white house and capitol hill as democrats take control of the senate. we'll have complete live team coverage throughout the next half hour as "today in the bay" continues right now. good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has time off. carrie does not and tracking our cold weather and a wet weekend. >> yes. we have all kinds of changes ahead. we start out cold this morn. take a look at some of these

temperatures you will feel as you get ready to head out for work. 31 degrees, dropped below freezing in napa and san jose 35. with chilly temperatures to start at least it won't stay that way all day. our last day of warm weather reaching into the mid to upper 60s for highs. we'll talk more about that in the forecast. there you go. lxv degrees today in in livermore. let's good for the morning commute. >> it does. as far as the speed sensors as well. one issue the car fire, tow truck, bollinger canyon road, one of the on ramps. i'll review it and we've been talking about it. in the south bay some wood scattered across your left lanes south 280 at 87 towards downtown san jose. no closures yet. the bay bridge toll plaza wide

open. easy drive. back to you, scott. overnight, 4,100 americans have died from covid. that's going to be america's deadlies to the nearly cases of people getting it for the first time. in california we lost 700 people in a day. >> and that's in addition to more than 22,000 new infections in the wake of a sober new assessment of california's vaccine rollout. it may be several months before all people over the age of 65 receive their shots. >> "today in the bay's" bob riddle is live in pleasanton. why is this going to take so long? >> two things at play. the state isn't receiving enough vaccine doses and those vaccine doses are not being distributed. you can take a look at your tv

screen. of the 4 million doses the state of california has received, they have administered 1.5 doses, only 40% of the total supply. so far less than 4% of the state's population has been vaccinated. the health director says that california is only receiving 400,000 to 500,000 doses a week at best. it will take 20 to 22 weeks to vaccinate the population of californians 65 and older according to the chronicle that puts us into mid to late june. the paper reports that dr. eric pan hopes to increase supply. the new center for the centers for disease control and prevention spoke about president biden's plan to vaccinate 100 million americans in his first 100 days and she was asked about when vaccines would be available in the local pharmacy like the

flu shots are. >> i don't think late february we're going to have vaccine in every farm sni this country. we said 100 million doses in 100 -- in the first 100 days. and we're going to stick to that plan. i want to be cognizant after 100 days there's still a lot of americans who need vaccines and we have our pedal to the metal to get as much vaccine out there. >> reporter: also new this morning cnn is reporting the trump administration left no vaccine rollout plan to speak of, that the biden administration is having to build everything from scratch. reporting live in pleasanton, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> more details as well, southern california vaccine supplies are also scant. check out these long lines yesterday at dodger stadium. that's where they opened that mass vaccination clinic. covid case numbers in l.a. in the l.a. county are trending

lower but not the deaths. 262 were reported yesterday. former govted at dodger stadium yesterday. he posted this video to twitter saying he's never been happier to weight in line. new this morning, walnut creek providing protection for businesses hit hard by the pandemic. the city will provide grants to some businesses the state closed during the stay-at-home order. the east bay times reports businesses can receive up to $10,000 but for businesses to qualify they have to show they lost at least one quarter of their revenue since 2019, independently owned and don't owe the city money. a follow-up, san francisco's street closures are proving to be an overwhelming success. sf gate reports transit leaders recommend three closures become permanent, page street in the hey, and sanchez and shotwell in

the mission. in each case the closures have received nearly total support from the people in the area. new data seems to confirm what ocean researchers have been saying for several years now. a number of gray whales migrating along the pacific coast is dwindling. noaa says there were 6,000 fewer whales than the 27,000 counted three years ago. scientists say the ocean environment may not be able to consistently support the higher numbers. it is 6:36. the bay area's crab season is under way but there's less to go around and it may cost you more. that's according to the chronicle which reports the supply is only about one third the usual harvest. the season had to be pushed back several times and only recently opened. sellers say the low prices. coming up next, one large batch of vaccines are no longer on hold. moderna vaccines raised concerns around the state and some cities

say they are in need of those doses right now. plus a key adviser in the trump administration will be staying around. anthony fauci reversing a controversial trump decision. plus -- >> we are striving to forge a union with purpose. >> memorable words from the inaugural poet. why she's making history. you're watching "today in the bay."

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a look at our live view in dublin and check out the east bay commute we're starting out very cold this morning. heater on full blast inside the car. we will see temperatures warming up quickly but you will need the windshield wipers and heaters and coats all that stuff for the weekend. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. >> light blanket, light fog. at the golden gate bridge crossing the bay, a smooth drive not affected. we'll show you what's going on for the pros driving through san ra moment coming up. blue skies in washington where tracie potts is. another busy day for president biden and his administration. good morning. >> hi, good morning, everyone. it is going to be another busy day, after the inauguration, the

arlington visit and parade he signed executive orders on a number of issues and today more. focused on covid-19. today they are unveiling a national strategy, ten new orders on covid-19 that deal with how to reopen schools, how to get more people tested. the government wants to set up big testing centers at stadiums and gymnasiums run by the federal government and how to make sure that more people get this vaccine and giving advice to states which run those programs on who should get the naigsz next. that's where they are with that. some of those executive orders yesterday were much interest to people in california because they focused on immigration, reversing some of the trump policies on being the wall and the muslim travel ban but also on daca recipients. children who were brought to this country under age illegally, can they stay? 700,000 of them? the biden administration certainly wants to put them in

the front of the line and he signed off on an order yesterday strengthening those daca protections and also putting the pause button for now on some of the trump immigration enforcement. homeland security said starting tomorrow they are going to put some of those deportations on hold, most of them, until they can start to sort things out. finally on capitol hill, today the senate takes a look at president biden's nominee for transportation secretary. former south bend indiana mayor pete buttigieg, as you may remember, one of the democratic rivals but expected to head the transportation department is going before a senate committee for questioning today, possibly to become the next person confirmed. he would still need to go before the full senate for votes of confirmation. back to you. >> confirming the dni as well, director of national intelligence. talk about the mood in

washington among the troops and police officers. is it we got through it, relax, or how much vigilance can there still be? it's hard to stay vigilant for long. >> yes. so big relief obviously that we got through the day with no major incidents. still a lot of troops on the ground. we're told they're going to keep around 6100 around the capitol complex for 30 days. some of those troops are here. but maybe walking a little bit lighter. always the concern that once you're off guard, something might happen so people clearly are going to stay vigilant. getting through with the massive buildup that we saw, getting through yesterday without any major incidents has put a lot of people at ease. >> nice to have you and kris there as well. dr. anthony fauci delivering a speech to the world health organization, the united states welcome back too the w.h.o.

under the trump administration the u.s. halted funding for the agency. stripped the organization of cash from the country that's long been its biggest donor. president biden vowed to resume regular engagement with the w.h.o. and will fulfill america's financial obligation. new this morning a shot in the arm for california's vaccine push not in the form of more vaccines but a large batch of the moderna vaccine put on hold in the wake of allergic reactions. good news as bay area covid infections near 350,000 with more than 3500 deaths. cierra johnson joins us live in san francisco to explain the shift in thinking for a city with limited supply. cierra? >> yes, good morning. [ inaudible ] in san diego about a week ago, fewer than ten reactions but enough for leaders to put a pause on things and now they are giving the green light

once again. as you mentioned good news for many cities and counties throughout the state including here in san francisco. now just to give you an idea of how many vaccines were impacted by that pause, 330,000 doses were paused because of those allergic reactions. according to nbc san diego those happened to six people that received the vaccine at a downtown vaccination site. epidemiologists are saying that the vaccines are safe which means several other counties have thousands of additional shots. san francisco was expected to run out of those shots today so some good news now that they have received that green light. so where does san francisco stand in vaccinating its residents? during a meeting of san francisco officials wednesday the goal is to have all eligible residents vaccinated by june 30th. health care leaders say to reach that goal, the current daily vaccination rate of about 3,000 vaccines a day would have to increase.

>> there is nothing more important and i think that we all agree that the immediate mass distribution of this vaccine as soon is as we can secure it to every single san franciscoen who needs and wants it. >> and today a virtual town hall is being held to answer questions about the vaccines, vaccination process and the rollout plan for folks specifically in alameda county. that meeting starts tonight at 6:00 p.m. and can be viewed on several platforms including twitter. we'll have a link to those platforms on our website nbcbayarea.com. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> all right. you can always find a lot of information there. thanks so much. happening today, attorneys for the embattled cavalry church in san jose say the church pastor will appear in an ongoing contempt trial. the trial surrounds the refusal

to pay waze more than $1 million in fines issued by santa clara county in connection to covid violations tied to large indoors services. a judge last month levied the contempt charge and jail time is not out of the question. switching gears now, a wise man said experience is the best teacher. for james wiseman he's looking experienced beyond his years. last night at the chase center a coming out party for wiseman who dominated the paint scoring 20 points in 25 minutes. the warriors won. you may have noticed the old-school jerseys. they gave kamala harris a custom jersey before the game. the 49 representing the 49th vice president. she had a busy night. harris was born in oakland but going to hang that in her office. >> who wouldn't. >> many of us watched the

inauguration, powerful words by a lot of people, one woman from california stole part of the show. take a listen. >> democracy can be periodically delayed it can never be permanently defeated. >> that is 22-year-old amanda gorman the youngest inaugural poet ever. she recited her poem "the hill we klym" which focused on healing the nation. gorman says public speaking doesn't come naturally telling jenna bush hager of a speech impediment that held heck back. >> can't pronounce all, it kind of sounds garbled but i hear this strong voice in this simple text and what that told me is the power of your inner voice over that which people might hear through the ears. >> you can sense this is not the last time we'll hear from her. praising her for her words, oprah, lin manuel

miranda, kerry washington, laura garcia as well. l and see her interview on the "today" show right after "today in the bay." i'm going to watch that. >> yeah. i think there was something about her presence. she is wise beyond her years. you can tell already. >> just inspirational. >> recite the poem, she embody the poem. she was the poem. >> exactly. she was expressing it though. >> i was going to say, she said it rope i'm going to leave it right there. >> let's talk to kari. >> all right. we were all watching very inspired and so now as we go into our weekend, we're getting ready for a lot of changes here as well. let's talk about the changes in our forecast. we're going to see several storm systems coming in and our next one arrives tomorrow. are you ready? we're going to have a drop in temperatures as this first low comes in, a few scattered

showers but then there will be moisture with the next storm system that comes in pulling down cold air from canada. we could see snow on some of our bay area peaks. we won't be done there. a third system dropping in by next week and this could bring in rain and snow. but as we check out the sierra, we're excited to get quite a bit of snow here as we check out our tahoe report, look how much colder it's going to be from the low 40s today, the highs in the 30s and lows in the teens with scattered snow showers starting tomorrow. if you're going to squall valley or alpine meadows get there before that snow starts to come down tomorrow. here in the bay area, we're also watching out for the potential of some snow. yes, i know. it's been crazy from the 70s last weekend to 40s and 50s for highs this weekend. once we get the storm systems coming in we could see some snow

dropping down as low as 500 feet and some of our computer models are showing our valleys in the east bay, south bay and north bay could see some light snow flurries coming down to the lleyva floor. it's going to be huge in the way of changes and, of course, we're going to stay on top of all of it. we're going from the mid 60s today and i'm making plans to go out for a nice walk, take to the kids to the park because this weekend we'll have to bundle up with off and on rain and take a look at these highs for next week. we'll only reach into the upper 40s in the inland valleys next week. mike, are you seeing changes through the commute? is. >> no. folks driving to 680 past petco the shell, you know what we're talking about from crow canyon road the on ramp to 680 heading west is closed right now because of the earlier incident which is still an issue for folks

accessing from the freeway. access from the opposite side. make a u-turn on crow canyon road. the rest of the bay, the green sensors, light easy dry. the bay bridge toll plaza no problems. just a little slowing as you enter san francisco. a mess in downtown portland. anti-government demonstrators smashed windows at the state's democratic party building. the vandalism took place just hours following the president's inauguration. at least 100 people, many dressed in black, were arrested. coming up next on "today in the bay," a look at our top stories including a final check in with kris sanchez in washington, d.c. we'll take a look at the long night of celebration and what is ahead on this first full day in office for president joe biden. you're watching "today in the bay."

6:55 on your thursday morning and we are taking a live look at the white house. a new occupant, the 46th president of the united states, joe biden. everything went smoothly yesterday. everyone watching the inauguration with those just er. let's check in with kris sanchez who is live in washington this morning.

>> all right. so we know that the real work of the administrationitut talking about that inauguration party. it's like having the party to talk about the next day. a front row seat. while they were spectacular it was strange to hear them going off without the aahs from the crowd. national guard troops stood between the people and the swearing in itself because of the violence at the u.s. capitol. former vice president mike pence watched as biden took the oath of office and delivered the speech with a theme of unity. >> america's story depends not on any one of us or some of us, but all of us, on we the people. >> for the bay area seeing the daughter of oakland a woman of

color assume the second most powerful office in the nation and as they made their way to joe biden's new home on pennsylvania avenue he walked the way stopping for fist bumps along the way. some of my favorite moments seeing vice president kamala harris make her way along pennsylvania avenue with the first second gentleman and her family, of so many strong women, her sister and niece and the grand nieces that will steal the spotlight more than once. of course there was her alma mater howard university's marching band adding a real taste of something that we have not seen before, in an inaugural parade. talk about unity, we have here "the new york times" democracy has prevailed, biden vowing to mend the nation and we have "the washington post," biden, unity is the path, that talk of unity at this point is talk. we have to see what happens going forward. we know some prominent republicans have reached out to the president, reached out al e

yesterday, but time will tell sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you for your coverage out there, kris. looks like you're bringing home keepsakes of your own. nice to see. safe travels back. right now, in the bay area, kris is going to return to cold morning temperatures out there and look at the fog. the fog rolling in at the golden gate bridge this morning. let's check in with kari right now. >> we're starting out with clouds and cool temperatures but nice to see that fog. it was a beautiful shot. we're going to get sunshine today as our temperatures reach into the mid 60s, but look at the changes tomorrow into next week. highs into the 40s. we're going to see some off and on rain starting tomorrow and

we're watching out for potential of snow by next week we could see some flurries as we watch the forecast for next week. we'll have more updates. get ready for some major changes ahead. mike, are you seeing changes through the morning commute? >> not at the bay bridge toll plaza which is great. palo alto, i did see more traffic over the last half hour, starting to calm down with the taillights north through san mateo, toward san francisco and then south of here, san jose shows a little burst of traffic as well. holding up for about 10, 15 minutes. it will ease up as well. we already showed the fog at the golden gate bridge. >> all right. thank you very much. and thank you for joining us today. taking you out live to capitol hill once again where the first full day of the biden administration rolls up their sleeves and gets to work.

>> and then back here at home, and in san francisco, as the sun comes up a beautiful day. you saw the fog. we'll be checking that weather throughout the day and, of course, you can join us at 11:00. the "today" show starts right now. ♪ good morning new era. a patriotic fireworks display capping an historic inauguration day in the nation's capitol. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> president biden using his address to offer a message of healinand hope to a divided country. >> we must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue >> this morning the pageantry and celebrations marking the end of a long campaign, election, and the peaceful transition of power.