jobina fortson at the live desk what what it means for those who are vaccinated, jobina? >> thank you, reggie pick the full fully vaccinated people can forget about social distancing and disc masks in most indoor and outdoor situations. there are exceptions. masks are still required on buses, trains, planes, and in hospitals. but inside businesses, people could take off their masks, if local health departments adopt the cdc's guidance. this morning on gma, cdc director dr. michelle wilensky said the new guidance is based on science that shows the vaccines are working, this is just the first step. >> this country is not homogeneous. it's not uniform. there are some areas in this country that still have more disease than others. there is areas that might have close quite low vaccination rates. we can treated necessarily as uniform and a lot of those decisions are going to have to happen at the jurisdictional level. >> you can watch george stephanopoulos's full interview coming up at 7:00 on gma. this comes as the number of covid patients in hospitals nationwide dropped to t

jobina fortson joins us now with what our governor is saying. >> thank you reggie, the c.d.c. reports that more than one to 30 million americans are now fully vaccinated and as you mentioned while the news is trending positive health officials are still concerned that vaccination rates are slowing. more states are now getting creative with the incentive programs to get people vaccinated. ohio says vaccination surged 45% and then 94% among teens after launching its $1 million vaccine lottery. colorado is now the sixth state to open his own lottery. gov. gavin newsom will appear on gma three today talking about if we will see incentives in california. >> were going to be doing a lot more. a lot of local governments are doing things but we have prepared for this moment when we start to see a first dose drop off and what we are seeing in the last week is a first dose drop off, still steady on the second dose and we are waiting for that first dose drop off to pull the trigger this week. we are going to be doing a lot and making big announcements on incentives. >> you can catch that

i'm jobina fortson from abc7 mornings. area tech company is laying out its return to work lands. yelp plans to reopen it san francisco headquarters in november. it'll come after the company's employees return to offices worldwide, starting in august. in a blog post, yelp said, coming into the reopened offices will be completely optional, for most workers. and now we are going to get a look at traffic here and what's happening on our roads morning. >>> because it's been fairly light for the most we do have a fog advisory in effect that the chp has issued for the golden gate bridge, a live look there for you all. it is very busy though at the richmond san rafael bridge, for anyone that's making their way westbound, you are going to face some sluggish traffic, and then also, we have a new crash in livermore, and it doesn't appear to be ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ receive a chargepoint home flex charger or a public charging credit. see you volvo retailer for details. hi, i'm debra. i'm from colorado. see yo

jobina fortson is live with more. >> reporter: the russia-based hackers received payments in the lowons. the fbi is investigating but long advised private companies not to pay ransom after these attacks for fear of incentivizing more attacks down the road. meanwhile gas shortages are plaguing parts of the country. at least 15 states and washington, d.c. are now reporting gas stations that have run dry. these gas shortages could last for days. >> though the colonial pipeline remains open it may still be a headache, a chore to find gas stations with fuel for the next one to two weeks. >> average prices now top $3 per gallon nationwide but one station in charlotte was charges -- listen to this -- $9.99 a gallon. authorities are investigating now hundreds of price gouging complaints. gasbuddy reports wholesale prices are coming down again. >>> san jose state has joined a national alliance to address he can witty and innovation for the future of higher . >> our diverse, democratic society can truly thrive through diverse education for all communities. >> students will design new ideas for

. >>> good morning i'm jobina fortson from abc7 mornings, this morning investigators are expected tocoworkers before killing himself. it will take at least several days to collect evidence at the scene, overnight sources revealed investigators found unexploded but completed molotov cocktails in the shooter's burned-out home. let's check in with sue for traffic. >> good morning everyone, speaking of vta those rail lines are discontinued until further notice, they have bus bridges in effect. here is a look at your drive times, highway 80 from highway four in hercules all the way to the maze looking great, no major delays in fact no metering lights at the bay bridge and in san francisco if you're traveling this is one of the busiest travel days to sfo, under 10 minutes and it's a little foggy taking a look at when you're born and raised in san francisco, you grow up wanting to make a difference. that's why, at recology, we're proud to be 100% employee owned with local workers as diverse as san francisco. we built the city's recycling system from the ground up, helping to make san franci

jobina fortson is at the live desk with the latest on the attacks and president biden's response. >> the president says he supports a cease-fire between israel and hamas but stopped short of demanding one with the death toll reaching more than 200 people including 61 children, palestinians are calling for a general strike across the region today. abc7 news reporter matt gutman has been on the ground. he and his crew were forced to take cover yesterday with israeli fire overhead. >> intense warfare right above us. i right now. natomas matt and the crew are safe. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was urged to protect innocent civilians but also reiterated israel's right to defend itself from indiscriminate rocket attacks. >>> extreme weather is being felt from coast to coast. while we see drought conditions here others are seeing major flooding, like dallas where people saw two tornadoes and flash flooding. louisiana rescuers from boats and trucks had to pull people from nearly 80 homes. video shows parents carrying kids on their backs in waist- deep water while picking them up

to decide if trump will face charges stemming from an investigation into his business dealings jobina fortsonat the live desk. >> the former president is calling this a continuation of the greatest witchhunt in american history. he went on to say political and an effort, and in affronts, excuse me, to 75 million supporters. development is a possible sign the manhattan da is seeking charges after a two-year investigation. prosecutors are looking into a variety of matters including whether trump overvalued his properties to get loans, and deflated the value of those same properties to pay lower taxes. the da's office is investigating hush money payments made to women who said they had sex with trump. abc news has learned witnesses have already been contacted to appear before the grand jury which will reportedly meet for three days a week for up to six months. >>> senators are trying to salvage legislation to create a commission on the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. republican senator susan collins and democratic sensor joe manchin led talks about potential changes to the commission in

jobina fortson has more on that. >> reporter: valley transportation authority says light-rail serviceon its three lines will be canceled until further notice following last week deadly shooting at the guadalupe a railyard. buses will replace trains for the times being in the vta is telling riders to factor in extra travel time because of that change. the trauma from the loss of erwhelmed e nit e traged tranalmo was held unn city lasnight lo among them, 36-year-old taptejdeep singh, a resident of the city. one by one, colleagues of the victims shared memories of dedicated public service. >> adrian balleza, just last week, he had brought in muffins that he was so proud that he had baked himself and he was cutting them in half so he could share them with everybody. >> reporter: adrian balleza was the youngest of the nine people killed at just 29 years old. he lived in gilroy. that is where the investigation -- we are expecting an update from law enforcement later this week about what else they have recovered. the shooter, samuel cassidy was described as a disgruntled worker. after the ra

jobina fortson at the live desk, following the very latest all morning. jobina? shot on the party bus just after midnight. a reporter from our media partner, reporting one of them is now dead. the victim is reportedly a young woman from stockton. this is a live look we are bringing you right now from sky 7 of the bus outside the oakland emond fremont substation. it is riddled with bullets. windows have shattered as well. all sides of the bus. this is the scene here, they started showing up. they were waiting for their children, checking up on them, see what was going on. there are reports the bus was transporting a group for a 21st birthday party when the shots rang out. now this is a map we will bring up for you here that shows multiple recorded crimes genes. one was set up at 60th and foothill boulevard. at one time, chp had closed a stretch of eastbound 580 at mcarthur boulevard. those lanes are now back open and we have reached out to oakland pd on the chp, and we will let you know as soon as we learn more information. reggie? >>> terrible. jobina, thank you.

cracks down on social media company based in the bay area but first a check on the commute with jobina fortson>> thank you, good morning everyone and again i'm going back to redwood city which has been a problem, a major sig alert on northbound 101 and the offramp and you can see speeds are down to eight miles per hour , this will impact people making their way toward the dumbarton bridge and you might've seen sensors flicking on, traffic is going to slow and moving over to 185 this has cleared but speeds are still down to around 11 miles per hour. but the bay bridge toll plaza is basically empty which i can't believe because yesterday the lights came on at 5:57 am but they are not on today so far and a live look here at the salmon tail bridge where traffic is picking up as people make their way toward the peninsula. and we will check in with mike who is back with us in studio. good morning. >> good morning to you, it's nice to see everybody but not so nice to see this if you live in western kansas, terrifying moments for those folks. take a look at this tornado getting dangerously close to th

he walked us through as he talked with jobina fortson about his morning around 6:30. ha line joth said he was leaving his house. he heard the deputies responding but what really stood out to me was how he heard those shots. he said he could not tell if it was two shots were one shot or an echo but he said it was so bad for him to hear four blocks away. that surprised him. the other thing that surprised him was that it happened in his neighborhood. he never heard anything like that in his neighborhood before. just hearing someone being shocked by gunshots in their neighborhood on a quiet wednesday morning and hearing him talk about how people were heading to work, thinking i am going into work like any other day. a lot of people will not aware of what was going on. i found it interesting that he did talk to some people who shared what they saw after that happs clear that some people were close enough to get a vantage point to potentially pa people you talked to were still going into work and really did not know exactly what was happening. >> right. >> still such a big