traci dennis. what are your thoughts this morning as we hear about the new potential education secretary? dr. dennis: thank you so much. my history and background is i'm a former pre-k-12 teacher in underfunded schools, so i am excited to have someone elected selected that understands the challenges we face and will work to eradicate disparities. miguel cardona has been a teacher of color in underfunded schools and a school leader of color. he is keenly aware of the education debt that students of color in underfunded pre k-12 face including fewer resources, lower teacher quality, micro-aggressions, stereotypes, discipline and a host of other beliefs and ideologies that undermine their success. so i'm really excited an educator was selected. lisa: and president-elect biden indicated he was going to pick a public school educator, and he made good on that promise. so thank you all very much for those introductory remarks. we are going to open it up for questions now. we have some that we can discuss,

tracy be very tense here in kinshasa i saw you nodding your head there when you came to the idea that we do not recognize the idea of this you know blackness of people that we we actually do character caricature is much more than say and the seventy's a more islamophobia for example that examples that were brought up is that accurate stu you think. well i think it's accurate especially one people of african descent black people in belgium are in that event trying to talk about black feet and said it's racism a lot of people will say well what are these people saying they come here in their countries and they want to change a technician that's actually pointing out that people don't see us as belgian are not it citizens of the net and thence and so yes of course it's an issue we don't recognize the pain of black people that people african descent but i've seen in the past years there has been some effort especially on iraq and a level to recognize these things by writing some resolution and other political statements so i think we are still not there where people recognize the being an

s an activist at the anti black people movement in kinshasa tracy by tennessee a political scientist and activist focusing on gender and race and in london patrick vernon a cultural historian all morcombe to you all i want to begin in amsterdam with that michel as say as michel this character black pete is effectively the helper of st nicholas he arrives some point in the 19th century as a helper to saint nicholas into the netherlands at the same time there's a global slave trade happening these are all caricature of what some white people thought a black person might look like but then a grotesque caricature i'm sure but this is not just about a cute christmas tradition this is almost celebrating slavery isn't it. it is it is . the tradition was invented in 850. guarantee in our guy for around black history the black are graphs and here you can see. one of the 1st book in which it was introduced and it was introduced 13 years before the abolishment of slavery so that was a time in which people in europe in the netherlands look at black people as inferior beings so on that context th

>> unfortunately, we do have a new crash and this is if you're driving in from tracy or to tracy. to be now a new crash and this one on westbound 580 and that is a different crash from the earlier crash that was near flynn road. this one appears to involve a big rig right now. chp just now reporting this. this could definitely cause major delays as we head in towards the 6:00 a.m. hour. i'll keep a close eye on this. hopefully no one is hurt. we're moving along quite well but the traffic is building. i'll send it back to you. >> thanks so much, vianey. >>> 5:32 right now. two vaccine candidates from pfizer and moderna are dominating the headlines, but now a dozen more are in development around the world. that takes money, public and private. >> new for you this morning "today in the bay" kris sanchez is joining us now and looking at the world nonprofits like bill and melinda gates foundation to get the vaccine to everyone, kris. >> yeah, when we say it takes money, it takes bill gates second richest man in the world money and the bill and melinda gates foundation has been working

dick tracy you know dick tracy over there yeah richard tracy what. you know and i was going to put a junior in there to you know what we're doing here tracy you tell us all this this . you know what they were there i wanted them to be recognizable so i got tracy and junior that would been great except that. you know you can't put too many people on one of them or its worst or it would have been a real dandy probably would have had a president from where. the difficulty with this story is that many of the dates and places detailed in kennedy knox confession have since been confirmed as accurate. the only mention of anything approaching a cartoon character is a passing reference to his gunnery officer sergeant tracy. and then nearly 60 years on kenneth iraq seems to make at least a partial admission that the united states did deploy bacteriological weapons 1st of all i think you have to understand what. what this. biological warfare or whatever or car is a pretty big deal and it's health what you've got specialists and evil doctor nonsense but but ther

>> tracie, thanks so much. tracie potts in washington for us this morning. before we go, i do have a quick question for you. i know with that covid-19 vaccine in addition to the allergic reaction, a lot of people talking about that, what are we learning? the no votes from the members of that board, the fda, they're really concerned when it comes to teenagers, too. so what are their findings with that? >> reporter: yeah, particularly older teenagers, marcus, 16, 17 years old and they want more data on whether or not the vaccine will work in older teenagers the way it works in adults, tens of thousands of them in this study. there was concern about pregnant women and whether there's enough data whether the vaccine is going to work effectively in them. >> all right, tracie. a lot to take in with all of this. tracie in washington this morning. thank you, tracie. >>> a live look near the dumbarton bridge in san mateo county. you know what's the largest county not under a full-time stay-at-home order. that's where we find jackie ward. we think about that, they're

it's things that bad that i still struggle with and it comes to the issue of sexual violence right tracy. help me understand if if you at some point thought about. the person that you were in a relationship with why they felt that it was ok to do that. well. the man who beat me up had a history or has a history of violence and i didn't know that at the time because a perpetrator doesn't come out and beats you up on the very 1st time you go out on a date there's a whole grooming process that's involved so we talk about the cycle of abuse is definitely there so that sort of by and by the time that you offer to speak nothing you already invested in this relationship so i didn't know that he was an abusive man so and that is without a victim blaming because i take the responsibility for that for being beaten up it was entirely the perpetrators decision right yes talk about victim blaming what was your experience with having to open up i mean your story was made public it made headlines in this country because of who you were at perhaps you would introduce that to some of us but just tell us

it's things i have that i still struggle with and it comes to the issue of sexual violence right tracy help me understand if if you at some point thought about. the person that you were in a relationship with why they felt that it was ok to do that. well of a the man who beat me up had a history or has a history of violence and i didn't know that at the time because a perpetrator doesn't come out and beats you up on the very 1st time you go out on a date there's a whole grooming process that's involved so we talk about the cycle of abuse is definitely there that sort of by and by the time that you offer to speak nothing you already invested in this relationship so i didn't know that he was an abusive man and that is without a victim blaming because i take the responsibility for that for being beaten up it was entirely the perpetrators decision right yes talk about victim blaming what was your experience with having to open up i mean your story was made public it made headlines in this country because of who you were perhaps you would introduce that's to some of us but just tell us abou

and harlan kelly - and tracy. and what is happening here, sfpuc does not care to represent property. if you want to go ahead, choose somebody that -- to do this program, it's on you. if you ordered that nonprofit and you audit sfpuc, and how they have conducted themselves with the community benefits, it doesn't matter if you brought this to the board of supervisors. the board of supervisors really haven't represented the corruption. the corruption has reached its -- because the federal bureau of investigation came in. we're talking about calpine energy services and you're telling the public that, you know, they have the prerogative of choosing whoever they want to. is this how we do business? we have many organizations in san francisco that provide amenities to our youth and children. but it has to be done in the right way. and who do you think payings attention to this -- the virtual meetings that you have. very few. i just turned on the tv and i said, wow, what is happening over here. right now the most corrupt

and according to traci, it was just the beginning.as assaulted while she was pregnant? >> no, it wasn't. >> reporter: traci told police that 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 whoever cut her throat in the previous incident was never caught? >> that's correct. >> reporter: traci now told the cops she believed derek was behind both attacks. she also said in both cases he wanted her to have an abortion, but that she had refused. after you're pregnant by one guy and you get lured to the back of your apartment building and then somebody tries to kill you, why you continue your relationship with that guy? >> you have to understand mr. derek smyer. and one thing he is is, he is a manipulator of women. >> reporter: cops saw a pattern. one that was reinforced by something else they learned. >> as the investigation continued, we discovered that derek had been to pri

potts joining us now with the latest tracie, tell us more about this alleged scheme. >> hi, phillip, good morning "the new york times" is revealing new details about this presidenti presidential pardon investigation, detailing this summer there was an investigation of brodie and jared kushner's attorney that they may have offered bribes the "times" says no one has been charged, there are no targets. the prlt calls it fake news and politico is reporting mr. trump is considering preemptively pardoning 20 aides and associates before he leaves office on january 20th that could include his personal lawyer rudy giuliani and several family members none of them have been charged with any particular crime. president-elect biden was asked about these reports last night. >> in terms of the pardons, you're not going to see in our administration that kind of approach to pardons, nor are you going to see in our administration an approach to making policy by tweets, you know it's just going to be a totally different way in which we approach the justice system. >> mr. trump has yet to make any speci

tracie potts joins us live tracie, what can we expect to hear from today's event. >> we'll hear from government experts. we'll not see president-elect biden. he was not invited neither were the drugmakers who are making this vaccine. pfizer and moderna invited, but they've declined to attend, according to the report. meanwhile capitol hill is still dealing with covid-related relief negotiations. word overnight, they're getting close to a deal, but the sticking point seems to be liability for businesses and possibly trading that for state and local money democrats want, but they're hoping to get to something before winter break to stop what democrats call the christmas cliff, business protections, small business loans and other supports going away this month if they've don't come up with a deal. >>> also tomorrow we're told lawmakers will push down the road one more week the decision on funding the government. in other words, they'll put in place a stopgap to stop a government shutdown from happening and give themselves another week to try to work out a bigger deal. we will see today

let's get to nbc's tracie potts for the latest on stimulus talks. time is running out for a new relief bill. >> reporter: they're running out of time, frances the house is supposed to leave on the winter break this week. the senate next week they are rushing to try to get this covid relief bill done. on the table is a $908 billion compromise that will deal with some of the most immediate needs, people who are hungry people who are facing evictions at the end of this month and millions, up to 12 million who could lose unemployment benefits the day after christmas. so those negotiations are on a fast pace. also we are watching very closely the fda panel that meets on thursday to decide if the pfizer vaccine can be approved for emergency use. if so, they're going to turn that around pretty quickly and try to get the vaccine out so people can start getting shots on friday. >> we have a vaccine but we will not all have the vaccine in our arms before may or june so we need to be very cautious and vigilant. >> i want to be very frank to the american people

into the bay area or to tracy and that's because of an earlier crash along eastbound 580 that crews working to clear right now involving two vehicles. caused a little bit of delays through there. let's take a look at how the rest of the bay area is doing. east bay drive times northbound 880 from marina boulevard to broadway ten minutes and westbound 580 from estudillo avenue to grand avenue eight minutes. looking good out there. laura. >> back here in california despde desperate ways to slow the tide of infections. the purple tier counties simply just aren't cutting it. cierra johnson live in san francisco and does this mean we should brace for more action? >> that's exactly what it means. throughout the week governor gavin newsom says more needs to

and wooden bridges most celebrated artist, tracy emmons says there are has kept her alive since she was diagnosed with bladder cancer. “— she was diagnosed with bladder cancer. —— one a britain's most celebrated artist. —— says that her art has kept her alive. just how britain plans to roll out a mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus in the next few weeks is becoming clearer, just hours after uk regulators announced they had approved one in record quick time. announced they had approved one borisjohnson acknowledged it would be a massive logisitical exercise that has never been attempted before. millions of doses of the pfizer—biontech vaccine will arrive in the next few days. but the prime minister and his top medical advisers warned it would still take months to get the jab to everyone who wanted it and strict rules needed to stay in place. our medical editor fergus walsh reports.

first, tracie potts is outlining the plan from the biden team and, tracie, what is vice president-elect harris saying about young people even returning to the classroom? >> reporter: she says they need to do it but they need to do it safely. it's part of what she and president-elect biden said during their first big sitdown interview with cnn talking about a number of different topics including this upcoming vaccine and whether it's safe to take president-elect biden laying out with a he plans to do as soon as that vaccine is available. >> i think that my three predecessors have set the model as to what should be done saying once it's declared to be safe, and i think barack said once fauci says it's clear, that's my measure. it's clear to communicate to the american people it's safe, it's safe to do this. >> reporter: and he says he'll do it on camera like the other former presidents have pledged to do. we've heard from vice president-elect kamala harris on schools. it's been such a big issue with schools closing, reopening, sometimes closing again due to the covid numbers. she talked a

>> not getting any easier for those out there in desperate need of help immediately tracie, thank you. >> now to breaking news overnight, officials say russian spies are behind a hacking campaign that targeted u.s. agencies and companies including the cyber security firm fireye a commerce department spokesperson confirmed the breach and the white house national security council is looking into another potential intrusion at the treasury department reuters reports foreign hackers accessed internal government emails the "washington post" reported the attacks were carried out by russia's foreign intelligence service. wall street journal said they gandhi access through solar winds which is an information technology system used by thousands of organizations the homeland security department cyber security agency issued an emergency directive overnight for all federal civilian agencies to review solar winds products for signs they were compromised. >> a gunman who was shot and killed by police officers after opening fire at saint john the divine in new york city, the largest cathedral in the

to everybody speaking your psychologist help us understand when i listen to jackie when i listen to tracy and when i listen to what i what i hear is that society creates a noise in which this stuff becomes acceptable and in a lot of situations becomes not just acceptable but encouraged. and i mean i want to i want to be clear that this is not just. that this is this is not a mental health issue right it's important to recognize that this is not being mentally ill people as we understand them who are doing it it's not you all psychopaths are you and social people this is this is everyday people you know but the culture that surrounds us the culture that surrounds you mean you not just in south africa but around the world is one which is the sort of behavior is ok yes and bases i'm going to come back to you because you at some point reflects it on your actions and you went through this process of performing just to tell us how that came about. it almost took a lifetime. but when i was much younger i always wondered too not to be like my father. but when i became an adult at some stage i rea

the traffic is getting a little busy on the ride into the altamonte pass, tracy westbound 205 to 580, a few brake lights but it's easy look the dublin interchange. 27 minutes, still in the green, 205 to 660. highway 4 and 101 checking in problem free, and so far, traffic is moving at the limit due to production plays, and no delays at the bay bridge. things are quiet headed into the city from the east bay. ann? >> thank you, gianna. >>> marin county is just hours away from joining four other counties in the shelter in place order. and we have more live from sausalito with how marin county residents are reacting. and i'm guessing the same as many with mixed emotions. >> reporter: oh, yeah, pretty mixed emotions, and here on the sidewalk in sausalito, they are not happy about this latest round, and there is plenty of frustration especially because the county is jumping here from the red skipping purple to right into the shelter in place. and that is the only county of the five bay area counties with a shelter in place, the only to do that. and people were out with the last supper, the l

. >> the one in tracy. we really do. >> we have a whole tour. >> you know that geico commercial where every time he turns around his house has more decorations on it than the last time as he talks to his neighbor. have you seen that? that's me. every three or four days i add something to the house. >> we're going to add your house to the tour. >> my neighbor across the street. maybe the neighbor's across the street because he's got a ton of blow ups and we actually had a kid stop and run through his blow ups the other day and it was really neat. really fascinating. really reminded you the innocence of the kids and how the pandemic may not be getting them as much as it is getting you and me. that was really neat. that is just part of the reason we decorate so other people can enjoy it. east bay hills. good morning to you. we have 61 degrees up there and northeast wind at 17 to 21. far cry from where we were this time yesterday. total sunshine. you need the sunglasses today. almost as warm as yesterday. recor

expect delay physical yos if yo in from the tracy area. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:08 right now. official coming up we now know what animals qualify to fly as service animals. you can be sure your beloved bunny or your iguana won't make the cut. the guidelines next. >>> plus. >> no issues with no rabbits. plus, if you're going to buy something online as a gift, you really need to get to it. i'll explain why. let's look at the futures this morning all in the green. >>> and lighting up the new york sky. touching down. wait until you hear it. that's coming up for you next. 6:09. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> right now at 6:12, let's get a live look outside in san jose as we wake up to the sun rise, we are also starting out very chilly. let me show you how the day shapes up, though. it is going to be nice after a cool start we're heading into the mid 60s and make some plans to get outside. we'll talk about what's ahead in the weekend forecast as well as next week coming up in a few minutes. >>> if the bay bridge is

tracie, thank you. >>> across the pond, the uk is gearing up for massive covid-19 vaccinations brits becoming among the first in the world to receive that vaccine and the world is watching joining us live from london is matt bradley matt, who will get these vaccines first and will the queen be vaccinated, too >> yeah, i mean, it's a good question, valerie. we're hearing this is all going to be starting tomorrow in this initial rollout, which is supposed to be going, you know, basically nationwide or covering every spot in the british isles and we don't know exactly how many people are going to be vaccinated in the end, but first, again, starting tomorrow, we're going to see people who are over 80, residents of care homes, those who work in care homes, and employees of the national health service. this is basically the first part, the front line workers and even though we're just starting to see this rollout happen, this is really the most logistically challenging part of the rollout because a lot of these people who will be receiving the vaccine are so old, so infirm they can't make

we have brake lights coming out of tracy. the westbound commute getting busy for that right out of the northglenn accent. pack your patience. i will say the good news is there are no crashes or accidents. at least you know what to expect . 34 minutes is your travel time. we do have a trouble spot as well as you work your way on highway 4 westbound right at the salon away offramp. as you exit there, you will see rake lights as crews work on an accident. it looks like they will shut down the ramp on 680 to clear this one out. >>> i'm emily turner at oakland international airport where it is going to be the first day for vaccines to arrive. folks are getting ready to accept those here at the tarmac. it is a matter of hours before the vaccines arrive and many hope that this will be the end to 2020's pandemic. unfortunately, it will not be an and all, be all. the government announced that the state will be getting 327,000 doses of the vaccine. each person requires two doses in order to be fully vaccinated. that is about half the n

if you are taking that right out of tracy, it extends to northland. we had around greenville has been cleared. still 38 minutes from 205 to 680. once you get to the dublin interchange, we have a crash at the south 680 ramp from 580. you have the shoulder blocked due to that incident. the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on. it is looking better than it did just a few minutes ago. everything is now being cleared but your delays have shifted. you will see more brake lights as you work your way up the incline and heading into san francisco. a little sluggish getting across the span there. eastbound 84 right near the toll plaza, we have a crash were a vehicle caught fire. everything is over to the right side of the roadway. not seeing a lot of delays but if you want to avoid anything, take the san mateo bridge with traffic being at the limit for the most part. once you are on 101 itself, if you are headed northbound, traffic is moving pretty nicely. southbound it is smooth sailing into san jose. the golden gate bridge is not bad at all. it is 6:

it's things i have that i still struggle with and it comes to the issue of sexual violence right tracy. help me understand if if you at some point thought about. the person that you were in a relationship with why they felt that it was ok to do that. well at the level of the man who beat me up had a history or has a history of violence and i didn't know that at the time because a perpetrator doesn't come out and beats you up on the very 1st time you go out on a date there's a whole grooming process that's involved so we talk about the cycle of abuse is definitely there that sort of by and by the time that you office beaten up you already invested in this relationship so i didn't know that he was an abusive man so and that is without a victim blaming because i take the responsibility for that for being beaten up it was entirely the perpetrators decision right yes talk about victim blaming what was your experience with having to open up i mean your story was made public it made headlines in this country because of who you were at perhaps you would introduce that to some of us but just te

"today in the bay's" tracy poth with the imminent arrival. >>> yes, good morning, the overall goal is to urge everyone to stay home as rates rise right now in the beginning of seeing the cases from the folks gathering in the thanksgiving holiday. according to what we've red they will look like at the beginning of the pandemic. three today, five tomorrow. alameda, marin, san francisco, contra costa and santa clara county. some of the biggest changes are from the restaurants. no more indoor or outdoor dining. they are limited to carryout and delivery only. retailers are allowed to have indoor business but they must offer it at no more than 20% capacity. what has been a roller coaster ride or slowly regaining a lead. many are once again closing up shop. take a listen. >> a bummer for all of us here getting in stride of picking back up and re-engaging with our regulars and seeing familiar faces. the next shutdown is a shame. >> many may be wondering about in-person learning. if your district has already implemented in-person learning students are allowed to continue doing that. no school

the altamont pass has a slow and go ride out of tracy getting into 580. the earlier crash we had a grand light has been cleared. we have a travel time now of 37 minutes to go from 205 over toward 680. the east shore freeway in the clear with no brake lights. 101 clear out of the south bay along the peninsula. a fog advisory in effect for most of highway 4 from brentwood all the way to concord. that is a pretty large area. we have limited visibility in and around that area. an accident clearing northbound 880 at washington. all lanes have been reopened. take a look at traffic at the golden gate bridge. things are moving at the limit. this week we say thank you to essential drivers all working hard to make sure we have what we need. this is brian orlie. he is a driver for ups. he is a dad of six kids. he lives in hayward. he is delivering packages to many of you around the bay area. if you want to shout out an central driver, post a picture and tag us. >>> let's talk more about the fog. did i hear rain might be on the way? >> you did. that will be the headl

it's busy out of tracy. we've got extra busy conditions due to wet weather out of tracy.h the livermore valley. travel times, 44 minutes from 205 towards 680. east shore freeway is in the green but starting to slow a little bit. west bound 80 near powell street. that's where we had an earlier crash. all lanes are open but traffic is starting to get sluggish. we are dealing with wet weather this morning, slick surfaces out there. you see that in the live shot at the bay bridge. no metering lights yet but we are seeing cars making the way out of the east bay to san francisco. things are still moving at an okay pace. west bound 24 as you get closer to the 580 connector, we are tracking brake lights. it looks like things are slightly closed out of marin. flooding reported north of there near lucky drive has been cleared. golden gate bridge commute is moving okay, not bad into san francisco. chain requirements because of this wet weather on 80 and 50, mary has more on that. >>> take a look at this. this is a live look for you at i-80. you see the heavy snow where chain control

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i think people should move forward and acknowledge that everything changes throughout time and can tracy bebo tense here is this the right fight to pick when you have shocked or all systemic racism where you have violence where you have people who are denied housing because of the color of their skin who are denied jobs because of the color of their skin is a christmas character a festive character really the fight we should be picking. first of all i think that black people can choose which fight they can pick no one has to tell us are the black people which i think and big 2nd of all people need to understand that living in whites in countries like belgium are not and they'll never know and face the racism is a traumatic experience so yes it's a right to fight a bit because still a lot of kids have to be called black beats and when you know that everything that is black that are blackness often east associated with negative stereotypes black beat is one of them so it's a fight in a bigger fight in a fight against structural racism in a fight against oppression systematic oppression of

tracie, a lot going on. >> reporter: a lot going on. let's start with that vaccine that everyone is wondering how quickly it can get out. the fda this morning said they are working rapidly for this emergency approval and they're already putting the cdc and the government's operation warp speed on notice to get the distribution ready. another day of record covid infections and deaths. >> we have never had to treat so many sick patients at the same time. >> reporter: weighing the recommendation from advisers to approve pfizer's vaccine. >> so we do have a favorable vote. >> reporter: despite concerns about allergic reactions -- >> we saw no serious allergic reactions. >> reporter: prep kits are already being shipped nationwide. pfizer sending nearly 3 million doses in the first week protected by u.s. marshals to every state based on population. back in washington there's no agreement yet on financial relief. >> we cannot leave here without having a piece of legislation. >> a lot of americans simply cannot afford to wait. >> reporter: more

we do see brake lights on was not five in the out of tracy.tuff connecting from 205 extending to just be on grant line. that quite a north flint yet. looking at travel times we are still the great. 28 minutes from 205 over toward six av. if you're taking the eastshore freeway it's about a 40 minute drive from antioch, i should say hercules, over toward macarthur maze. connecting with highway four and was not four itself from antioch towards 80 is only 26 minutes this morning. looking at traffic in the south bay, chp and caltrans crews on the scene of this trouble spot until 17 right before highway nine. the crash has cleared. it happened at about 2 a.m. . the left lane remains blocked, because of some guard rail in pull repair that needs to happen through there. my see some closures throughout the morning, but right now traffic is pretty light by that right lane with no troubles. we are tracking a few brake lights on 85 working your way toward 101. a bridge, metering lights are off. an easy commute out of the east bay working into san francisc

tracie potts, nbc news. >> thank you, tracie. >>> back to the vaccine. new video of how uc davis medical center is preparing for the vaccine's arrival. check out those freezers. the hospital expecting its first shipment by tomorrow. first to get the vaccine at uc davis will be frontline emergency department workers. and as sharon mentioned a little bit ago uc davis is one of just a handful of california hospitals getting the vaccine. and as we've been reporting the u.s. coast guard based in alameda is one of the few military locations in california where the vaccine will first be administered. things could get started as soon as today. the base was chosen because it has enough access to cold storage, large military population, and enough medical staff to administer vaccines and do those follow-ups. track the vaccine with us. a race to a vaccine section on our website, posting all of our stories right there. go to nbcbayarea.com/vaccine. >>> the enrollment period for covered california is being extended. more than 1.2 million uninsured californians may be

load up out of tracy. onto 580 and looks like it's extending to north flynn.with regetting reports of a crash in the noncommute crash. a big rig. looks like all the activity is over to the right shoulder. no delays on the eastbound side. pretty much concentrated to the westbound side and your travel times in the green. that is the positive. 28 minutes 205 toward 680. once are you past the north flynn area everything is wide open. everything else on the major freeways, we have road work in the clearing stages, northbound 101 toward the golden gate bridge right toward the toll plaza. they are getting ready to open the lanes so things will move okay. not seeing a lot of cars going northbound. they just reopen the lanes. southbound 101. that construction clearing. near the waldo grade and things are quiet. the span on that southbound side. things mostly in the green. the lanes are just opening the construction project. we have a road closure. a traffic advisory in effect for highway practice 35, skyline. 92 to quail court. that closure will be there most of the mo

good morning, tracie? >> reporter: exactly, laura. good morning. breaking barriers, again, this person comes highly recommended this morning by general colin powell who was a mentor. he will need a special waiver from congress because defense secretary is a civilian position and this individual has only been out of the military for four years. today president-elect biden will announce the first black nominee for defense secretary, retired general lloyd austin. nbc confirms two others pending, tom vilsack returning as agriculture secretary and congresswoman marcia fudge to head housing and urban development. biden just named his health team backing a promise to vaccinate 100 million americans in his first 100 days. >> the work ahead will not be easy. but we know what needs to be done. >> they've authorized tens of millions of vaccine doses will be available this month and we'll get it distributed very quickly. >> reporter: but the white house coronavirus task force warns it will be late spring before we see a significant drop in cases and deaths. on

good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning. so it's the biden health team that's going to eventually take over this vaccine distribution and today we get the official word of who they are. he's expected to announce california's attorney general xavier becerra along with others and the new equity team to focus on communities of color and how they're dealing with covid-19. also today the white house vaccine summit is happening taking a live look at the white house we will see president trump there, the vice president. we will not see biden or his staff. they weren't invited. nor will we see the people who developed the vaccine -- pfizer, moderna. they decided not to come. but we will hear them talk about how they plan to distribute these shots. >> it'll go to places like cvs, walgreens, hospitals, community health centers or public health labs. >> reporter: meantime, on capitol hill we are continuing to track negotiations for preventing a government shutdown that's supposed to be delayed by a week while they try to work out some

. >> "today in the bay" tracie potts live in washington and, tracie, every corner of the country watching the fda closely today. >> the country and the world because it's been approved in other places. but now the u.s. is going to start making its decision today. those 15 medical experts pouring over the pfizer data. how effective is this vaccine? how safe is it? how will it be used? that's what they're looking at as that meeting gets under way. it is expected to last all day long and when they make a decision, the fda if they approve it, which they expect to, that's when they will start rolling out this vaccine over the weekend and into early next week. pfizer says they've got security to make sure that medicine gets where it is supposed to be. >> this very small but very powerful chip is on every vaccine package and it tells us gps exact location. >> we will have enough todoses r any american that wants a vaccine by the end of the second quarter of 2021. >> and that can't come fast enough because we are seeing records broken every single day. yesterday more than 3,000 people died nation

let's go to washington and tracie potts and keeping an eye on the possible stimulus deal. >> tracie, you just heard the redwood city man talking about saving his retirement money. >> go ahead, tracie. >> well, i was just going to say washington wants to put some money in your pocket and we have certainly seen that there are plenty of people in the bay area and around the country who could use that extra $600 that washington is now trying to include in the stimulus funds. they're trying to get this done by tomorrow, racing the clock against the government shutdown deadli deadline. the deal about $900 billion would include $300 billion for small businesses and spare about 12 million people from losing their unemployment the day after christmas in addition to averting a government shutdown. >> i think it is in the oven being baked as we speak and i hope it comes out. >> to american families in need struggling to put food on the table and pay their rent or mortgages. >> so, here's the timeline for that. tomorrow is the deadline by which government funding needs to happen. that's separate

cbs' ben tracy has the latest from the white house. >> this may be the most important speech i've ever made. >> reporter: president trump releasing this bizarre 46 minute long speech. >> i went from leading by a lot to losing by a little. >> reporter: filled with more baseless accusations of election fraud. >> we have in all swing states major infractions or out right fraud. if we are right about the fraud, joe biden can't be president. >> reporter: court after court has ruled that the president is wrong about the fraud and his campaign lacks credible evidence. the president's own attorney general bill barr says department of justice has found no widespread fraud that would change the election result. the white house would not say if president trump still has confidence in barr. the white house is also dodging questions about reports that president trump is considering preemptive pardons for three of his adult children and his son- in-law jared kushner. egged on by his fox news supporters. >> why wouldn't he pardon himself and his family on the way out the door. >> reporter: none of hi

tracie potts joins us with more. tracie tell us more. >> this is pete buddh judge, the former south bend mayor who was also a former presidential rival, the only one he tapped besides kamala harris. he will head the department of transportation if confirmed. he's also tapping jennifer granholm to be the next secretary of treasury, this as the senate's top republican acknowledges biden's win for the first time. >> the electoral college has spoken i want to congratulate president-elect joe biden. i also want to congratulate the vice president-elect from california, kamala harris. >> we disagree on a lot of things, but we can work together on things. we agreed we'd get together sooner than later. >> reporter: butovernight president trump tweeting, too soon, saying, republicans need to learn how to fight. he's still challenging the fight despite the electoral college vote and mitch mcconnell said lawmakers will stay in washington until they get the covid relief package done, that they're not heading home for the holidays

it's things that bad that i still struggle with it in comes to the issue of sexual violence right tracy. help me understand if if you at some point thought about. the person that you were in a relationship with why they felt that it was ok to do that. well at the end of a the man who beat me up had a history or has a history of violence and i didn't know that at the time because a perpetrator doesn't come out and beats you up on the very 1st time you go out on a date there's a whole grooming process that's involved so we talk about the cycle of abuse there's definitely that that sort of buy in and by the time that you office beaten up you already invested in this relationship so i didn't know that he was an abusive man so and that is without a victim blaming because i take the responsibility for that for being beaten up it was entirely the perpetrators decision right yes talk about victim blaming what was your experience with having to open up i mean your story was made public it made headlines in this country because of who you were at perhaps you will introduce that to some of our vie

not commenting here, and the president tweeted that it's fake news frances. >> all right thank you, tracy. >>> now to a man in florida who's grateful to be back on dry land after spending more than 30 hours clinging to a sinking boat he was pulled from the water by a cargo ship back on shore he's opening up about the experience nbc's kerry sanders has his story. >> reporter: the cargo ship angel lease pulling into port in delaware the man who they saved forever indebted to the crew who they found clinging to his boat in the ocean 86 miles from the shower. >> it was pretty dire. thanks to the crew of the "de angel lis" who picked me up. >> that's classic stuart bea, also understated he had a gps but it was under water in the boat. >> three or four times i swept back into the boat to try to retrieve it. >> reporter: he said the first thing he'll do is enjoy a peanut butter and boyne sa banana sand credit to the boat who rescued him. >>> the roads were dangerous for plows. more than 50,000 power outages are being reported in ohio this morning. the cold front stretched all the way into the so

our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joining us with the latest tracie, the president-elect deliveredtinging rebuke to president trump after the results were finalized. >> he did. he talked about that 306 margin victory as a landslide, the same term president trump used when he won by the same amount four years ago. he talked about georgia recounting three times in these multiple attempts by president trump and his campaign unsuccessfully to try to change the election results. >> the trump campaign brought dozens and dozens and dozens of legal tests. they were heard time and time and again and each time they were found without merit the supreme court sent a message they would be no part of an assault of democracy now it's time to turn the page, to unite, to heal. >> announcing another high-profile early departure from his administration, attorney general william barr will leave his office as of next week president trump tweeted he had a nice meeting with william barr and will be replaced by the acting attorney general. there was friction after he barr announced publicly there was no p

nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest mr.en has tapped more obama administration officials, right? >> right, michelle a lot are coming from the obama administration like susan rice, former u.n. ambassador and security adviser now tapped as the head of the domestic policy council. so she'll be the top adviser in the white house on what's happening inside the united states he's pulling denis mcdonough, former chief of staff under obama to head the department of veteran affairs. meantime we're also looking at the supreme court case that texas is leading with 17 states arguing there were irregularities in the election trying to get things turned around, president trump obviously behind this one as well 1 00 republican lawmakers are backing that case, but not all of them. some republicans are speaking out about it >> it's unprecedented. i do not understand the legal theory is i don't want other state investigation a chance to change texas law based on a similar effort. >> texas is leading the suit, but pennsylvania, one of the bat

buildings during the vote today because of, quote, credible threats of violence to electors nbc's tracie potts joins us. once president-elect biden passes 270, it's done. >> reporter: pretty much congress has to count them, read them out on january 6th. one republican has said he'll reject, but it's not expected to change the outcome the 538 electors expected to select joe biden officially today as president of the united states echoing the election results of last month, while president trump refuses to accept them even though some of his republican colleagues already have >> looks very much like the electors will vote for joe biden and when they do, i hope that he puts the country first, i mean the president. that he takes pride in his considerable accomplishments, that he congratulates the president-elect and he helps him get off to a good start. >> it's not over we're going to go forward. we have numerous local cases in some of the states that got rigged and robbed from us. we won every one of them we won pennsylvania. we won michigan. we won georgia by a lot. >> reporter: covid reli

let ee get right to tracie potts. they could authorize the use today. >> it could be a long day too. the fda advisory panel is looking at whether the pfizer vaccine is effective and whether it's safe, including this new information we're hearing from britain you just heard about, these allergic reactions the fda usually follows this panel's recommendation it is expected that they will approve the vaccine despite these new concerns which dr. anthony fauci says are rare. meantime the trump administration trying to reassure americans that eventually there will be enough for everyone. >> we expect to have enough doses to vaccinate 20 million americans by the end of this year, 50 million total by the end of january, and at least 100 million total by the ejd of tnd first quarter. we'll have enough doses for anyone who wants a vaccine by the end of the second quarter of 2021. >>> meanwhile trump challenging new results, asking the supreme court to order four states, georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin, swing state