tracy owns lone star along with her husband, tony gentile.g and it was scary, and i didn't want to address it. since march, restaurants in new york have only been allowed to offer takeaway delivery. the stress is a lot. one in every three small businesses in the city will go bust because of the pandemic, according to the partnership for new york city. but for tony, throwing in the towel is not an option. i can't tell my guys, "you're out of work, go home, the shop's closed up." i can't do that. they have families, they have children, all of them. 70 or80? 80. it is over a month since the first coronavirus cases were found in new york and already, it's clear. bay ridge, which in many ways, is like a small town in a big city, is going to have to adapt. the heart of this community, small mum—and—pop businesses and blue—collar workers, are under immense pressure. and so are the neighbourhood's young people... hello! ..whose plans and dreams are being put on hold. hey. hello. andrew? yes. brianna, hello. rihanna's life was dramatically offended an

i'm tracie potts, "today in the bay." >> a lot of long days for all these candidates, thank you, tracie. >>> so now let's go to "today in the bay's" cierra johnson live with a look at the key ballot measures hanging in the balance today. cierra? >> reporter: yes, good morning. i want to start by setting the scene. i've been here now for about an hour and a half and in that time we've seen folks coming and going, some of them poll workers getting their assignments for the day, others inside of the plastic tents putting the final touches on what could be a pretty busy day for this in-person voting center in downtown. there are several issues on the ballot. starting with proposition 16. this is a hot state issue and requires a majority vote. now if passed public universities and state and local governments would be allowed to consider race in government and admission. government agencies could give preference to businesses owned by women and people of color when awarding contracts. this would repeal prop 209 that was passed in 1996 which banned affirmative action at public universities. no

they spoke with tracy, the mother of derek's children.e avoided the cops, but now she was eager to tell them what happened in 1998 when she was pregnant with derek's first child. >> she got lured to the back of her apartment on the promise of being taken to a doctor's appointment by smyer, and she was assaulted and her neck was cut. >> by some other person? >> by some other person. and she was rushed to the hospital, and she said she was very leery because tkderek neve offered to take her to the doctor before. >> according to tracy, that was just the beginning. that was not the last time she was assaulted while pregnant? >> no, it wasn't. >> tracy told police in 2002, when she was pregnant with their second child, she was attacked again. >> she was knocked to the ground and the assailant tried to kick her in the stomach. >> that person was never caught? >> right. >> and the person that cut her in the throat in the previous incident was never caught? >> correct. >> and tracy told detectives she thought derek was behind the attacks. >> afte

tracie? >> reporter: right. to wait at this point, that's what he told supporters here in wilmington, they were blowing their horns at a drive-in rally that his team hoped would be a victory speech. instead it was just a let's wait speech. georgia, wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania where a lot of the vote this morning has yet to be counted. the word from the biden campaign, patience. >> we're going to have to be patient until the hard work is finished. and it ain't over until every vote is counted. >> reporter: and we're hearing that every vote will be counted in pennsylvania where half of their votes have yet to be counted. we're getting an update from there and from the secretary of state in georgia coming up probably before lunch time, we're told to count the rest of the votes. >> all you can do is wait if you've voted. just be patient. >> easy to say, hard to do sometimes. jay? >> reporter: you'll get some overtime, you'll continue to see election results and, look, it's been an unprecedented early morni

those delays extend into tracy at this point.low as you work your way in there with drive times now at 45 minutes. slightly better to go from 205 to 680. the rest of our major freeways are checking and problem free. we have not had any troubles this morning as of yet on the east shore freeway. things are pretty quiet there. 101 northbound, not bad. things are quiet out of the south bay into the peninsula. southbound 101, we had a hotspot at great america parkway. also, south bay 85 at union avenue northbound, first reports of a crash. if you are commuting in the north bay in sonoma county, a fog advisory in effect for 101. limited visibility. things are moving at the limit and it is quiet for the morning commute in that area. just a heads up, you will be dealing with foggy spots as you commute this morning. the trouble spots still there near great america parkway. it looks like no lanes are blocked on northbound 101 which is the commute direction. things are still doing okay. we do have a new crush in the south bay as you work yo

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>>> yes, kari, an unpleasant surprise out of tracy on to the altamont pass. a very jammed drive for west 580. this is a vehicle that was on fire, engulfed in flames. everyone reportedly out safely. we have two lanes, two left lanes open as you're coming out of the alat thtamonaltamont. the rest of the bay, of course, very light. we'll track this slow drive out of tracy but bigger news on the world front. >>> yeah, we have breaking news we're covering. drug company moderna says its vaccine is 94.5% effective against coronavirus. that makes it the second vaccine in the u.s. to have that high success rate. in moderna's trial 15,000 participants were given the vaccine. only five developed covid-19. moderna says no one developed serious side effects. the plan to apply for the fda after it accumulates more safety data later this month. dr. anthony fauci says vaccinations could happen in the second half of december with high-risk groups getting it first and the rest of the population next spring. pfizer said its vaccine was 90% effective. we'll continue to watch the

running today laying out their transition strategy and announcing a coronavirus task force nbc's tracie potts joins us from capitol hill with the latest tracie plenty of challenges lie ahead for the president-elect. >> reporter: big challenge, and the biggest is probably this virus, frances, that has infected more than 10 million americans and killed more than 200,000. the president-elect says that will be the focus of his transition especially today. we've already got a layout of what his day is going to look like it starts with a briefing on covid- covid-19. >> folks, our work begins at getting covid under control. we cannot repair the economy, restore our vitality or relish life's most precious moments hugging our grandchildren, our children, birthdays, wedding, graduation, all the moments until we get it under control. on monday i will name a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisers to help take the biden-harris and convert it into an action blueprint that will start on january 20th, 2021 >> so hoping to get started on inauguration day with that coronavirus tas

trailing his democratic rival by ten points in our latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll nbc's tracieotts joins us live from biden's hometown wilmington, delaware tracie a busy day ahead for both candidates. >> reporter: very busy day let's start with the president who was in five states yesterday. another busy day today rallies set up in michigan, wisconsin, north carolina and pennsylvania but he's starting the day in florida with a midnight rally, flouting coronavirus restrictions in his home state, pulling people out in the middle of the night for that rally. the president is behind by three points in florida, according to the latest "new york times"/sienna poll, but that within the margin of error makes it a very tight race and in florida he's talking about firing the nation's top covid expert [ crowd chanting "fire fauci, fire fauci, fire fauci ] >> don't tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election i appreciate the advice. i appreciate it. no, he's been wrong on a lot he's a nice man, though. he's been wrong on a lot >> reporter: -- focussing solely on the

. >>> our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joins us with the latest and tracie, i big week ahead for biden. >> reporter: so, officially, frances, we're expecting to see those announcements on tuesday that's when biden said he promised it would come before thanksgiving so he's starting to fill out his cabinet despite the fact that the members of the cabinet will not be getting fbi security clearances until the trump administration signs off, and that has not happened yet. the president now really beginning to exhaust his legal challenges to the election results. he's asking for a recount, a second recount in georgia, and he's lost lawsuits in michigan and pennsylvania, both of which will start certifying their results today. today is the deadline for them to start that process. meantime, republicans are now turning up the heat on the administration to cooperate with this transition. >> what's happened here is, quite frankly, the conduct of the president's legal team has been a national embarrassment. >> i hope that the administrator of the gsa will do her job the law only requires

major. >> garrett: ben tracy, thank you. the biden win we mentioned in georgia is the first for a democrat in 28 years but tonight georgia remains at the center of the political universe. why? because control of the united states senate, and quite possibly the fate of mr. biden's legislative agenda now rests on two races there heading for a january showdown. here is cbs' mireya villarreal. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden made history in georgia, and though his 14,000-vote margin was narrow enough to trigger a hand recount, it's not expected to change the outcome. >> i can't tell you how important it is that we flip the united states senate. >> reporter: the battle for georgia is now at the senate level, where both of the state seats will be decided in january. a democratic sweep would give mr. bide extent party control of the senate. democrat jon ossoff is hoping he can capitalize on biden's win with his own upset over republican david perdue. >> joe and kamala, they will not be able to govern. they will not be able t

norah. >> o'donnell: ben tracy, thank you.ay a man was arrested in staten island, new york, after allegedly posting extremist threats on social media. 54-year-old brian maiorana was accused of threatening to throw pipe bombs at the people celebrating joe biden's victory and blowing up the f.b.i. toryding. and blowing up t maiorana was charged with sending interstate threats. investigators found a semiautomatic gun and ammunition at his home and now he is in custody. alright, now to the highly anticipated supreme court challenge to the affordable care act, former president barack obama's signature piece of legislation. while republicans believed the conservative majority kill it, tonight it appears likely to survive. here's cbs' jan crawford. >> reporter: it's the first challenge to the affordable care act for this newly conservative supreme court-- 18 republican- led states, joined in part by the trump administration, arguing congress' decision in 2017 to eliminate a key provision in the statute, the requirement that people bu

nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest tracie, we could see the president-elect in a boot for the next few weeks. >> reporter: yeah, looks like, frances, he may be hopping around a bit as he begins this presidential daily briefing set to happen today. this has been in the works for several days now after it was finally announced by the white house that he would be allowed to do so, he and the vice president-elect will get that briefing today. plus, the coronavirus task force at the white house set to meet with the biden team for the first time some time this week dr. deborah birx who is on that task force saying she's hoping it will happen today as well so things are moving along, connecting the biden team to national security issues, covid issues he's also now named an historic all-female communications team, and we are waiting this week to find out who will be on his economic team. meantime, president trump still frustrated and complaining about fighting election results that so far don't seem to be working out too well for him >> well, i don't want to give you an actual date a

we're joined now by nbc's tracie potts. tracie, the biden team would also like to see more cooperation. >> right they think it's really important that the two be talking right now. but what we're finding here, valerie, is that the biden team is being blocked by the administration from doing so we do know that they plan to meet with drugmakers this week with pfizer and others who are working on a vaccine, but what the biden chief of staff is saying, that it's really important at this point that his team be talking to the government officials who are planning vaccine distribution. in other words, not just making a vaccine, but actually getting it out there so people can use it he explained on "meet the press" why that level of cooperation needs to be happening soon >> joe biden's going to become president of the united states in the midst of an ongoing crisis that has to be a seamless transition we now have the possibility -- we need to see if it gets approved -- of a vaccine, starting perhaps in december, january. >> right.

our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joining us now with the latest tracie, good morning biden will have a lot of catching up to do. >> reporter: so, phillip, this means that joe biden will have 57 days instead of the 77 that president obama had to get his administration together before inauguration day this letter of ascertainment just signed off by the general services administration director calls him the apparent winner of the election and directs more than 7 million government dollars to the transition, along with opening the door to the biden transition cooperating with the rest of the federal government now, this comes at a time when they're dealing with national security, with covid, it begins to open that door for coordinating we also heard, though, from president obama that this new biden team faces quite a challenge. >> there has been some damage done that is going to take some time to -- to dig ourselves out of, but there's no doubt that joe has got the right people to do t and i have every confidence they will be able to do t it just may not happen instantaneously.

improve around north flynn and the backups should ease a bit out of tracy. more traffic. that is typical as the crash clears. >>> well, something we're all waiting for trying to find the right mix. drug company moderna says its vaccine is 94.5% effective against coronavirus. that makes it the second vaccine in the u.s. to have the highest success rate. in the trial 15,000 participants were given the vaccine and only five of them developed covid-19. moderna says no one developed serious side effects. they plan to apply to the fda for authorization of the vaccine soon after more safety data later this month. dr. anthony fauci was just on the "today" show. he says he's excited about the results. >> the data is striking, quite impressive. 94.5% efficacy. there were 95 events, five in the vaccine group and 90 of them in the placebo group is quite impressive and really something that foretells impact on the outbreak. >> hovering about 500 up the dow jones already. >> the biden transition team and your family next year. "today in the bay's" tracie potts with more on this breakin

. >> let's begin with tracie potts live in delaware. no official winner just yet but that's not stopping the president from making some false statements. >> reporter: no, one of them being he has won the election. he's not. he's named specific states that are still up in the air. we have not called them because either there's a lot of vote outstanding or the vote is very close. president trump calling into question this election where, again, some states have not yet named a winner. >> now we want to bring in scott mcgrew. >> good morning to you. >> tracie? >> reporter: we want to tell you what president trump said last night about that when he called the election a fraud. listen. >> this is a major fraud on our nation. we want the law to be used in the proper manner, so we'll be going to the u.s. supreme court. we want all voting to stop. we don't want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list, okay? >> reporter: so that was president trump talking about challenging this continued ballot counting in a han

potts joining us now from capitol hill with the latest tracie, plenty of challenges lie ahead for the president-elect. >> reporter: lots of challenges, phillip. good morning, everyone those challenges begin with getting certified election results. because the trump campaign has made it clear that they will roll out a new set of challenges, legal challenges to the results, starting today. but the biden team is already focussing on transition, moving ahead, how do you establish a new presidency and deal with the virus that has devastated not only the health but the economy of this country? we expect to hear the president-elect talk about that today. >> folks, our work begins with getting covid under control. we cannot repair the economy, restore our vitality or relish life's most precious moments hugging our grandchildren, our children, birthdays, weddings, graduations, all the moments that matter most to us, until we get it under control on monday i will name a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisers to help take the biden/harris covid plan and convert it into an

it is a busy right out of tracy extending beyond northland.give yourself a few extra minutes as we are saying the travel time up to 56 minutes. our other trouble spots include the babe bridge. traffic is by through 880. there is a broken vehicle near the incline and it has traffic backed up with a 14 minute drive. >>> breaking this morning, we have just learned in the past 30 minutes, a stabbing in san jose has turned fatal. it happened late last night on north capitol avenue near mckeague road. one man was killed. this is the 42nd homicide in san jose this year. we do not have any information on a motive or a suspect. we are going to bring you more details as soon as we get there. >>> happening today, moderna will request emergency use for his covid-19 vaccine. they are asking both the fda and european regulators for approval. the report there vaccine is nearly 95% effective. pfizer has already asked for approval of its vaccine. going to wall street, you can see the dow is down about 180 points. investors still remain on track for a historica

tracie potts live for us this morning and, tracie, the president is now suing to stop the count in three states. >> exactly. in fact, there were existing court actions in nevada and also in pennsylvania and now they've added to that in michigan and more court action in pennsylvania to try to get the observers in and to try and stop the vote counts. this by the trump campaign, the biden campaign say they have lawyers ready to try to stop this. they think it's unwarranted. meantime, president trump's team including his family says they believe that the votes that are being counted, some of them, aren't legitimate. >> they are trying to cheat us out of it because they know it's their only path to victory. >> not a single republican has been able to look at any one of these mail ballots. they could be from mars as far as we're concerned. >> every vote is going to count. i'm going to fight like hell to protect the vote of every pennsylvanian. >> pennsylvania's governor tom wolf promising they're going to count every single vote. our latest update from there this morning is that they've got 80

john mulaney - white house correspondent kristen welker - music from tracy chapman - featuring the 8gwith fred armisen - and now seth meyers. ♪ >> seth: welcome to "late night. how's everbody - sorry, i'm just checking 5:38 okay let's get to the news. during a campaign rally in florida last night, president trump suggested he might fire infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci after the crowd began a "fire fauci" chant. see, this is how you know fauci is beloved even a trump rally crowd didn't chant "lock him up." "free fauci to pursue other opportunities! after supporters chanted "fire fauci," the campaign rally in florida last night, president trump suggested that he may fire fauci after the election, and said, quote, "i appreciate the advice," and somehow a crowd in florida is still only his third worst adviser. yesterday was the beginning of daylight savings time, because even though we live in a deeply divided nation, the one thing we can all agree on is sunset should be at 4:30. president trump on sunday campaigned in michigan, iowa, north carolina, georgia, and florida, thou

and tracie potts. >>> holidays are right around the corner. a holiday all about tradition.rkets to see what people are even planning. >> kris sanchez joins us live this morning. kris, what are folks saying out there? >> reporter: they are telling us they are listening to that advice of not gathering people outside their household, that they will stay home. they say they are going to keep that thanksgiving tradition of making that staple meal. >> i would say 25% of it. chicken rather than turkey. we have on standby squash and broccoli. >> we're going to stay home just the two of us and make all of the massive amounts of food that i usually do but eat it just the two of us. >> we're doing it responsible and we're going to try to distance from each other and if we're not eating we will wear a mask. yes, that's the rule. >> reporter: that is the rule. so when the governor moved several bay area counties into the most restrictive purple and red tiers he reiterated that and shut down a lot of indoor dining options folks were looking forward to. safeway tells us they are seeing mo

problems coming in out of tracy or out to tracy down to 580 should be all right.in. >> thanks so much, kari and mike. 6:42. a deadly accident involving a benicia police officer who police say struck and killed a man at 2:00 in the morning. no word yet on how it happened. the man who died very vague description here. he's white, in his 30s or 40s. we hope to get more information there. the chp we know is investigating. >>> it's been more than a week since election day and proposition 15 now appears to be headed for defeat. the state's biggest real estate tax proposal in more than four decades is about 48% supported. the proposition would have re-assessed taxes on commercial properties. as of yesterday there's still about 1.5 million mail-in provisional ballots left to count and it would need about two-thirds yes votes to close the current gap. president trump today making his first public appearance since the election. >> and, scott mcgrew, they will be recognizing veterans today. >> president trump will be at arlington national cemetery today. president-elect bide

tracie potts, nbc news, wilmington, delaware. >>> so here is a look at the numbers in pennsylvania right now. joe biden is up by about 29,000 votes. and in georgia, biden's lead has grown to just a little bit more than 7,000 votes. over to arizona now where president trump gained about 77 -- pardon me, 7,000 votes last night in arizona. that narrows biden's lead to just under 30,000 votes. and in nevada biden remains ahead. he is about 22,000 votes ahead there. >>> we want to turn now to the east bay where there's been another night of protests over a mannequin of joe biden hanging by a noose. more than 100 demonstrators showed their anger about the effigy biden hanging from the roof of the home in brentwood. the man who put it up has since taken it down. there was two days of protesting. and brentwood police tell us that while people have a right to protest, they urge people to remain peaceful but last night they say the demonstration turned against them. one person was arrested for throwing things at officers. >> officers were having projectiles such as batteries and water bottles thro

tracie potts has the latest on the presidential transition. i know the president-elect saying america is back. >> reporter: he said america is back, and he was talking about foreign policy after introducing his national security team. they had a very clear and coordinated message that isolationism, america first policy from the trump administration they disagree with and they want to see america reconnect with our allies and with other countries. today president-elect biden just spoke exclusively with nbc news is giving a thanksgiving message to america, said to focus on the sacrifices americans have made especially this year with covid and so many other things going on. in that interview he talked about his national security team and how he's reaching out to other world leaders. >> i've spoken with over 20 world leaders, and they all are literally very pleased and somewhat excited america will reassert its role in the world and be a coalition builder. >> reporter: and now the doors are open. he also told us that they have meet w meetings with

live nation convertible bonds, that tracy maitland is invested in.e nation stock investors are pumping up the volume on hopes of fans packing empty stadiums again for concerts in a post-covid vaccine world. that stock spiking 15.8%. by the way, it's up about 30% at its session highs today. its biggest intraday percentage jump since way back in november of 2008. >>> we have so much going with five 1/2 minutes left of trade. retail not to be outdone. retail, macy's, nordstrom, kohl's all surging. nordstrom up 26%. kohl's up 20%. based on potential return to the mall based on the, the pfizer vaccine 90% efficacious. we're seeing benefit after upgrade of jwm from kelce to outperform. kohl's also moving higher. home improvement giants, home depot and lowe's riding the bench, warming the bench. do you ride the bench? you warm the bench. due to appliance and home upgrades during social distancing efforts under threat on possible return to the real world. we have them down down. lowe's leasing 8.6%. home depot down about 4.6%. online retailers are not doing

potts in washington tracie, good to see you.nday morning. thank you very much. >>> all right, let's get back to wall street. stocks looking to add to last week's impressive gains. the major averages coming off their best weeks since early april. but where do we go from here joining us now is invesco global market strategist brian levette and liam dalton. liam, you and your team have put together a big year. you're up big on the year. is anything about what happened last week, the election, what trump is saying, the senate that still may hang in the balance, changing your strategies and where you allocate capital >> it really hasn't. we've been positioned mainly in the growth sector for reasons that extend back a little bit further in ime we think the most important thing in markets at all times is levels of liquidity and factors that drive equity have been positive in that regard. what we have had over the near term is a big uncertainty that the market has been relieved of. we have now that same backdrop, so money is real all sy

in his place, they put benjamin tracy. tracy was not on injured reserve. interesting man in his own right. one of those politician soldiers, that grant in sherman disliked. he was an assemblyman in new york before the war, lawyer, district attorney. to give him credit, he raised a regimen, served with a 109th in new york, and earn the medal of honor for his heroes him at the battle of the wilderness. he earned his strikes, but he was a politician through and through. it is clear that when they place him and amara, the war department knows who they are getting. he has a clear idea of what is expected of him. they want him to keep his head down, not put any noise, and be prepared to follow orders from the war department. this includes the cutting of russians twice during his tenure. despite the fact that food was abundant in the area. this is what has led to some suggesting that wet he had going on in elmira was a union answer and concerted effort to punish confederate -- the evidence sustains us. as i told you before, they were housed intends at the beginni

tracie? >> reporter: laura and marcus, he does have events happening in pennsylvania today making last-minute stops. first in his birthplace of scranton and then we're told at least two local stops in philadelphia. no big rallies as we start to see people line up as the polls open in philadelphia. they are putting in security for president trump's election night event. he will visit his campaign headquarters in arlington, virginia today before coming back to the white house and the votes begin to be counted. final arguments -- >> we're going to win the state of michigan so easily. >> reporter: from tiny dixville notch, new hampshire, with five votes for biden at midnight and around the world. ♪ for every man, woman and child ♪ >> reporter: joe biden wrapping his campaign with a star-studded event in pittsburgh where it all began. >> the first step to beating the virus is beating donald trump. >> reporter: donald trump holding his rally in three weeks arguing joe biden cannot run the country.

ben tracy at the white house leads us off. >> this doesn't seem like someone who is going to come in second, do you agree? ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: president trump making four stops today in the crucial swing state of pennsylvania, predicting a red wave will sweep him to victory. >> that great red wave is going to be very beautiful to watch. we're looking good. and if we win pennsylvania, it's over. ( cheers and applause ) it's over. >> reporter: both candidates are trying to lock up the keystone state's 20 electoral votes. the latest cbs news battleground tracker poll shows president trump trails joe biden in pennsylvania by seven points. the president is holding 14 rallies in the final three days of the campaign, even as u.s. coronavirus cases surge to record highs. on friday alone, mor than 99,000 new cases were reported, and now a new analysis by a stanford university economist that is not yet peer reviewed claims that 18 trump rallies may have led to an estimated 30,000 covid cases and 700 deaths. the trump campaign responded by saying it offers rally-goers masks and

in his place, they put colonel benjamin tracy. tracy is not on the injured reserve. really interesting man in his own right. he's one of those politician soldiers that grant and sherman so disliked. he was an assemblyman in new york before the war, a lawyer, a district attorney. to give him credit, you know, he raised the regiment. he earned a medal of honor for his heroism. so he earned his stripes. but he was a politician through and through. and it's very clear that when they place him in elmira, the war department knows who they're getting. and he has a clear idea of what is expected of him. they want him to keep his head down, not make noise, and be prepared to follow orders from the war department about how they want these prisoners treated which includes the cutting of rations twice during his tenure. despite the fact that food was abundant in the area around elmira. this has led to some suggesting that what you had going on here in elmira was a union answer to the atrocities in andersonville, a concerted effort to punish confederate prisoners because of the t

we are starting to see the super commuters make that ride out of tracy heading in to the pass. it extends around mount house to about north flynn once you get to that 680 connector. your drive time still in the green. that's good news. 27 minutes from 205 toward 680. all of the major freeways in the green which means okay speeds and nice pace along the east shore freeway. 101 out of the south bay. so far so good. i'm getting first reports of a crash northbound 101 just south of that 280 connector. we will see if that is where they meet. they are clearing the crash westbound 580. >>> happening today dr. fauci will be honored by san jose state. he will accept the william randolph hearst school. it's for giving vital health information during the pandemic. >>> coming up, not a lot of smilely faces in the giants organization this morning. we will tell you why and how a bus has stoked the flames between the raiders and the chiefs. >> and let's take loot look outside. this time at san jose. it's tuesday there's no bad time to start at amazon... ♪ i like the flexibility. it also allow

jamie. >> yuccas: ben tracy at the white house tonight. thank you. iran's supreme leader is vowing revenge tonight for the assassination of a top nuclear scift. the killing threatens to renew tensions between the u.s. and iran. holly williams is in baghdad tracking developments. holly. >> reporter: iran's president, hassan rouhani on saturday blamed israel for the killing of scientist mohsen fakhrizadeh, who was gunned down in an ambusk just outside the iranian capital, tehran, on friday. israel so far hasn't commented on the assassination, but in 2018, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu singled out fakhrizadeh in a news conference, accusing him of developing nuclear weapons. >> remember that name, fakhrizadeh. >> reporter: there are fears that iran will now retaliate against israel, or perhaps even its ally, the u.s. israeli embassies are reportedly on high alert, and a u.s. aircraft carrier has been moved back to the middle east. the pentagon says it's there because of troop draw-downs. the iranian president said oned is that iran would take

and our tracie potts. biden made his first big staff announcement last night. >> right we're now learning some of the people who will be or are being considered as part of a biden cabinet including his longtime aide ron klain now announced as his white house chief of staff when biden takes over in january. this is an interesting appointment because klain also served as his chief of staff when he was vice president they have a long history of working on capitol hill, all the way back to biden's first run for president back in 1988 we're also hearing that he may consider former rival senator bernie sanders as labor secretary, and there are a number of other names being floated around we're learning we can see as many as ten or 12 appointments in the coming week meantime president trump continues to fight the election results and make some changes over at the pentagon that are raising concerns among military and intelligence leaders. >> i've been shot at a lot and nearly killed a bunch of times i'm not an ala

our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joins us with the latest tracie, no government officialsected at that briefing. >> no, paul. these are outside experts as you noted, and the pressure is growing growing for the trump administration to include president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris as a senator, harris already has the security clearance that she needs to be part of the briefings, but the trump administration, specifically the jane real services administration, has yet to sign off on that. also they're putting together a covid relief plan, a vaccine distribution plan. they're trying to figure out how to get these vaccines out to millions of people by next spring, and biden is saying it would be easier if the trump administration cooperates. >> what do you see as the biggest threat to your transition right now given president trump's unprecedent attempt to disrupt and delay a smooth transition of power >> more people may die if we don't coordinate, if we have to wait until january 20th to actually become operational. that's a shame, but maybe that's the only way

tracie potts joining us. we could see the president for the first time since last week. >> right so he's been laying low for five days since the election was called we have heard from him on twitter with those claims that continue to be disputed about election fraud, but we have yet to see the president he's scheduled to be at arlington national cemetery with the first lady later this morning to commemorate veterans day. he will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. this comes after he fired the secretary of defense mark esper, but he's expected to make that public appearance today. we'll see the president for the first time no word if we'll hear from him sometimes he'll speak on the white house south lawn before he heads out. we'll see if that happens today. >>> also, we do not have a schedule for president-elect bind today we don't know if we'll see or hear from him. we know that twice in the last week or so, he has visited his son beau, the grave of his son beau who was a veteran in wilmington, delawar

brake lights coming out of tracy . all the way towards 580. so the morning rush is in full swing for super commuters heading into the altamont pass. your travel time taking it 34 minutes from 205 to 680. the positive news is most of our major freeways are's the limit green. highway 4, doing okay for the most part as far as delays go. 101 as well out of the south bay. we have a crash at 242. the southbound lane still blocked. so that crash has been out there for quite some time. we have a few brick lights as you approach the sea, other than that things are moving pretty nicely if you are taking highway 4. eastbound 237 you have vehicle the whip down the embankment of the sign of the road. if you coming off on 880 you will still be moving at the limit for the most part. that is a look at your morning ride. it is cold today. >>> bundle up, we are looking at temperatures in the 30s, 40s, and even some of our interior valleys, down to the 20s this morning. so grab that winter coat as you head out the door. looking a live look in our tower camera as

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington with a closer look at the president-elect's big agenda. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: yeah, it is a big agenda and it gets started today with that classified briefing with the coronavirus meeting and some new announcements from the biden transition. president-elect biden and ve harris get their first presidential daily brief today and their team meets for the first time with the white house task force as health experts worry about the impact of thanksgiving travel. >> we expect, unfortunately, as we go the next couple of weeks into december, that we might see a surge superimposed upon that surge that we're already in. >> three, four and ten times as much disease across the country. >> reporter: scientists warn travelers to isolate and get tested. drug makers are expected to apply for emergency vaccine approval in the next three weeks. the first doses have already arrived in chicago. cdc advisers vote tomorrow on who gets it first. >> i'm a doctor. when they tell me i can get a vaccine, i will be first in line. >> reporter: con

was found 580 connecting off of to a five from tracie as you head toward the northglenn exit.he positive news is what your past that portion, things that adrienne moore dublin interchange. checking drier times in the yellow zone, 29 minutes from 205 two 680. no accident or incident on the east shore. 101 looks clear and no delays out of south bay toward san francisco. a crash not on 101 in the left lane at old bayshore highway. it is quite early for the comment in the south bay and traffic is light. no embedded impacted traffic. the bay area bridge has no delays. an easy ride at the toll plaza. if you headed to san francisco across the upper deck was not into the city. summit hill bridge, 12 minutes. that is the data between hayward into foster city. if connecting up to 101 or 280, traffic is clear in both directions right now, no delays at the golden gate bridge. >>> a facelift in spain, the latest art direction to go along . >> somebody tried to restore the face on the 1923 that you of the went on a historic building. take a look. nobody is owning up to the work. there is no

in joe biden's direction and that accounts for the activity and excitement here in wilmington. >> tracie potts, thank you so much. >>> democrat mark kelly projected to win arizona' senate race and flipping the seat. the expected victory would make ads the third state where a senate seat changes hands this year. 56-year-old is a former navy captain and astronaut and married to former representative gabby gifford who survived a gunshot to the head. four races in the u.s. senate, two in georgia, yet to be called. >>> let's look at the forecast. we have been waiting for this rain. are we going to get a lot of it? >> it doesn't look like a lot of rain but extreme drought going on in the north bay we will take every drop we can get and the way we have to go throughout our winter season. it's nice to see the door opening up for more storm activity' rain to move into the bay area. here is a look at the system as it is moving in and shows spotty activity here but we have felt the cooldown of the cold front that has made it through. we are tracking it with storm ranger. the rain is very spotty. it

where a lot of counting is going on for the next few days and the latest we turn to nbc bay area tracie potts in delaware where joe biden's team is on standby. >> reporter: protecting the vote. >> where are the votes? where are the votes? >> reporter: near phoenix, dozens of trump supporters gather at the elections building. some trying to get inside. security had to escort workers away. a similar scene in detroit where self-proclaimed election challengers tried to storm the room where votes are being counted. >> no candidate, no campaign, no political party is going to stop us from counting every vote in michigan. >> reporter: joe biden is projected to win michigan. president trump is suing there and in georgia and pennsylvania to stop the count or let his observers in. he tweets the damage has already been done. >> not a single republican has been able to look at any one of these mail ballots. they could be from mars as far as we're concerned. >> reporter: pennsylvania officials say it could be days before they're done. >> every vote is going to count. i'm going to fight like hell. >>

tracie, thank you so much. >>> over the weekend, both campaigns blitzed key battleground states fighting for the final undecided votes. biden making a pit stop in pennsylvania a state trump won in 2016. can he turn that state blue this time around? ali vitali is in philadelphia. >> reporter: good morning, frances. joe biden beginning day two of his pennsylvania blitz he and kamala harris are effectively dividing up the state. they have spent more time than any other battleground state during the general election. it's clear now that this is the place that they are going all in on joe biden going to be campaigning in cleveland, ohio, as well as then moving closer to pittsburgh, pennsylvania, taking over the western part of this keystone state while his running mate, senator kamala harris and her husband take the eastern part of the state around the philadelphia area and the suburbs around that area as well key places for them not to just run up big turnout but also potentially flip some counties that went for donald trump in 2016 if we're talking for places they're looking to flip, look n

tracie, this is it. >> reporter: this is it and we are here at biden headquarters, the stage, the monitors set behind me for his drive-in rally that could happen tonight, could happen later depending how the results roll in. it was a whirlwind last full day for the candidates with president trump logging nearly 2,500 miles in a day, landing for his final rally in michigan where he arguing he will easily win the state that he narrowly won in 2016. >> we're going to win the state of michigan so easily. we're going to win it like last time, but let's give me a little bit of a margin here we can do it we can be a little bit superstitious, right and the best is yet to come. the best is yet to come. we will make america great again, thank you, michigan go out and vote. >> reporter: meantime joe biden wrapping things up last night with a star-studded rally in pittsburgh where he began his campaign, picking up on president trump's cry on the campaign trail from his supporters and suggested by the president himself that he might fire infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci. >> people of this na

for the commuters making the trek out of tracy, a lot of slow and go conditions already forming on the freeway. it extends on to the 580 connector to north flynn. that's where you will find the bulk of the delays as you travel to that 580, 680. highway 4, we did have a trouble spot near coming skyway. that's cleared out of lane, so an easy ride 26 minutes from antioch towards hercules. getting a look at bay area bridges, so far so good at the bay bridge. traffic is light east bay to san francisco. no delays on the san mateo bridge. things are quiet, a nice ride west bound to 101. getting on 101 at the peninsula is clear also. that's a look at your morning drive. here is dennis. >>> hey everybody, coming up in sports, do you know there is a playoff push for a local pro team going on right now in the bay area? we'll tell you who that is. could cal's football season be put on hold even before it kicks off? we've got the latest on their covid cases, coming up. >>> a live look outside in san jose. hey, hey, sj, remember kpix5 wants to bring you the good news. go to kpix.com/together. you ca

we're joined by nbc's tracie potts. the biden team would like to see more cooperation. >> reporter: right, frances. they are meeting this week, we're told, with pfizer and with other drug makers about covid vaccine, not only pfizer but others that are close to developing a vaccine but the roadblock seems to be meeting with the government with those officials in the trump administration who are already working on not vaccine development but distribution how do you get the vaccine out to everyone? that's the key question that they -- the biden team says they need to be involved in right now because they're working on the same thing and it's not happening. president-elect biden's chief of staff, ron klain telling "meet the press" why he thinks those meetings need to happen soon >> joe biden's going to become president of the united states in the midst of an ongoing crisis that has to be a seamless transition we now have the possibility, we need to see if it gets approved, of a vaccine being given in january. we need to mak

tracie potts joins us with the latest >> it is going to be a big week. we expect that biden will make those announcements and maybe even some more tomorrow, but those individuals and the rest of his cabinet won't be able to get fbi background checks or security clearances until the trump administration signs off and that has not happened yet. meantime, the president's legal options to challenge the election results seem to be running out. he has now lost cases in pennsylvania, in michigan. both of those states beginning to certify their results today the trump team is asking georgia to do another recount. that's right, a second recount of the results they're not clear yet if that will happen. there's growing pressure from inside the president's party, from republicans to turn the corner and start to work with the biden transition >> what's happened here is quite frankly the conflict of the president's legal team has been a national em pair rasment. >> i hope the administrator of the gsa will do her job. the law only requires her to find who is the appare