fleeing the coronavirus in china. a flight with hundreds of americans will soon lands in the bay area. the preparations now underway. a bay area company testing a drug to treat coronavirus and it may have already worked this country's first confirmed victim. also, what happened in iowa. two candidates are in a very tight race. meanwhile the app blamed for the chaos at the caucus. the voter confidence in california. the state of the union. our reporter looks at the reported theme. the great american comeback. there's about half the flights now that we typically have for china -- >> for every flight that lands

at sfo, airlines pay a landing fee. >> coronavirus now starting to affect bottom line at sfo. the exact dollar amount is not clear as another flight carrying americans fleeing coronavirus in china is expected to arrive soon at travis air force base in fairfield. >> to have the quarantine. that's probably a good thing. so close to my home, not so much. >> good evening. >> thanks for joining us. once again, there are new developments regarding the coronavirus. >> within the last hour it was announced the death tow has now risen to 490. >> there are now more than 24,000 cases. the vast majority are in mainland china but it has spread to 23 countries. citizens are now on their way to travis air force waist. >> no one on board has the virus but they'll be quarantined.

>> live from travis, some people are concerned nearby. >> what i can tell you, we're hearing here at travis air force base, those evacuees from china are likely to arrive overnight. their tentatively planning on a noon press conference to talk about the facilities and how they're going to care for those people here while they're quarantined for about 14 days. >> the west wind inn will be a new hope for the evacuees heading here from china of they'll be repeatedly screen for coronavirus before they ever land here. according to the pentagon, the cdc is in full charge of their care and security. >> that they have indiviual bathrooms, or at worst, jack and jill bathrooms so individuals can be quarantined?

>> what did cdc tell you? they are coming. we don't know when or for certain how many. >> 14,000 people work at travis air force base. some in town are still concerned. >> yes, there are people throughout that have compromised immune systems of this would be december rimtal to them and i'm sure they're very nervous with the fact this will be in our community. >> lots of people are terrified. it is an hysteria just like it was with the swine flu and the bird flu. >> the travis air force base facebook statement said travis airmen and personnel will not be directly in contact with the evacuees and evacuees will not have access to any base location other than their assigned housing. again, though, those evacuees will have individual hotel

sxrooms bathrooms. if someone does develop the illness, we're understanding they might be tina civilian hospital locally that is prepared to handle that case. right now it appears those evacuees will soon in the next day or so be arriving here. abc7 news. >> thanks very much. in china, police are using drones equipped the public address system to tell female wear face masks and stay indoors. stop the spread of coronavirus. today world health organization said that this outbreak is not a pandemic. other health experts agree. that threshold has not yet been reached. david louie explains why. >> reporter: it's easy for people to jump on a plane and travel anywhere in the world. that's one way the coronavirus hack able to spread beyond china in a number of weeks. as the number of deaths

increases, the concern is could it turn into a pandemic. however, the infectious disease expert doesn't think we've preached threshold. >> we're thinking about plagues and cholera and small pox. disease that have spread far and wide and caused tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of deaths. i don't think we're anywhere near that. >> while there is new vaccine for the coronavirus, while there's to vaccine, they have provided an experimental drug to treat infected patients in the and u.s. china. america's first case, a man being treated in seattle, had a good response. the new england journal urnl ou immediate single reports, treatment was initiated on the evening of day 7. on day 8, his condition improved. >> the risk of development of any resistance is quite low given the low number of people

that will be receiving this. and then possible toxicity to the patients. those tend to be quite low. >> some hos are treating people with drug cocktails. unlike what happened during past outbreaks of sars and ebola, he notes there has not been a ground swell of those volunteering to go to china to help. he senses china believes kit contain the coronavirus on its own. >> if there is something like the happening in the united states, would we want people to come in here from all over the world? i'm not so sure. >> and certainly every day we see new developments about the coronavirus. you can stay updated with our website. we are now seeing results finally coming in from the iowa caucuses with 62% of the precincts reporting. mayor pete buttigieg is leading with just under 27% of the

delegates. senator bernie sanders is second in delegates. senator elizabeth warren is in third followed by joe biden and then senator amy klobuchar. the results come almost 24 hours after the caucuses began. the party leaders blamed the delay on a coding error. >> the bottom line is that we hit a stumbling block on the back end of the reporting of the data. the one thing i want you to know. we know this data is accurate. >> iowa democratic party says there is a paper trail to back up all the results and they'r promising a full investigation as to what wentz wrong. >> as the public and the candidates await the full ruts, those behind the app are apologizing for what happened. >> reporter: the presidential candidates may have already moved on to new hampshire. but officials in iowa are dealing with the fallout after a major snafu.

>> it does raise all kinds of concerns about the integrity of entire election process and the concerns about use of technology in that process. >> the iowa democratic party o o paid for an app that was supposed to make voting easier but instead caused chaos. caucusgoers made their preferences on paper. it was supposed to be transmid bea precinct volunteer. a coding error was the cause of the problem. >> if you're talking about sending information, it shouldn't be complicated. it should be a code that's simple. >> they issued an apology saying we will fly lessons learned in the future and have already corrected the underlying issue. how far the damages have been

done. officials in nevada have announced man's to scrap the app which was supposed to be used on february 22nd. some say the winner in iowa may have been someone not even on the ballot. >> someone like buttigieg who could have gained more or maybe doesn't gain as much as he could have and it clears the way for a moderate like bloopberg. the other one will be joe biden's ability to break into the top two. by finishing what appears to be in fourth place. >> michael bloomberg has reportedly told his campaign team on double ad spending and his field staff as he looks ahead to super tuesday. abc7 news. more politics when abc7 news at 5:00 continues. >> what to expect this president trump's state of the union address including one thing abc7 news contributor phil mattier will be watching very closely tonight. there is plenty of sun out there.

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. the president will be talking to the american people about all the things he's been focused on while the democrats have been focused on a very petty impeachment. >> it comes a day before president trump is expected to be acquitted by the republican led senate in his impeachment trial. he is not expected to discuss that tonight. 11 people will attend the state of the union as the president's guests. they claw man from tool heir county. and an oklahoma mother who lost her earp husband to a roadside bombing in iraq. >> joining us, the contributor to abc's building bear area initiative. interested in your take. >> take. look at the history of this.

where else have we ever had impeachment iowa, state of the city, all within what? 48 hours? >> it's unreal. it is unreal. that is life in the age of trump. and let's be honest about it. tonight's state of the union address is really not about the state of the union. you know how you feel with america and where it's going. he knows how he feels with america. this is about the state of donald j. trump. will he stick to the script of the great american could thatback? or will he let it rip and rim into the pending impeachment vote? rip into the democrats? that's the big question. the democrats. what are they looking to get out of what is likely the start of the stump speech of the election? we put those questions to mark and his guest to the speech, who is here as an illegal immigrant who was receiving medical care that she could only get in

america when she was asked to be deported. >> i don't know what he will say. it is my hope that he will try to bring the country together rather than do what he's done the last three years, to keep us apart. previous presseses, this has been the history of republicans and democrats once they're elected they realize they need on bring people together. i'm always hopeful that his tenor will change. >> now, trump had hoped tonight would be a victory lap after the effort of the impeachment vote. he'll actually be the second president to do the state of the union address while the trial is still going on. the last one was bill clinton. it will be interesting to see. the reaction in the room. it will be the stump speech opening up for the presidential campaign. >> well, the congressman said he is hoping the president will strike a less defensive tone.

is that even possible while you have impeachment prosecutors staring you in the face? >> a couple things to take into consideration. is he going to talk to the room which is clearly divided or talk to the nation which polls show is also clearly divided? the last gallup poll showed it is a 50/50. he's going to be up there. he'll be trying to sell the blue collar, he'll say the economy is better, that herring costs have gone down. he'll say stronger on foreign policy, stronger on security, and he won't make any bones about illegal immigration because he's bringing in examples, just as did he three years ago, which people thought was divisive then. he will repeat it. he is not down. the real question is donald trump himself. does everything around the track like a nascar driver, skilled in what he's doing, or does he go into a spindle which is what we're watching for?

>> it's interesting. most presidents speak not to the room but the nation. and if he can resist the temptation to go off script. >> think about it. he'll have nancy pelosi who was the head of the impeachment right behind him. is she going to give them famous clap again? we are doing pretty well as a country if they can all get under one roof, if they can be civil about it. >> without aoc. >> and you think the cameras lbl on the president? cameras will be on every one of those democrats at every word to get their reaction. >> there is that clap there. >> and that's why we'll watch of will. >> a quick reminder, as the chronicle whose insider. time to check in on the accuweather forecast. those winds have finally died down. >> it definitely feels like winter out there without a

doubt. we do have sunshine mixing in with some high clouds as seen from our east bay hills camera. the temperatures, mid 50s around santa rosa, 51 in livermore. a lovely view from our sutro tower camera. you can see the sunlighting up alcatr alcatraz. 54 in san jose. 58 in oakland. it will definitely get milder as we go through workweek. if you're tired of the crispness in the air, hang in there. here's a long at the highlights. another chilly night is ahead. you'll feel it tomorrow morning. we had temperatures around freezing earlier in the day. the warming trend in the next few days and the dry pattern continues. you're seeing nice color with the high clouds passing through. a scene on live doppler 7. the wind gusts, mount st. henla was 75 miles an hour. the winds have definitely died

down but still gusty. a 12-hour planner, tomorrow morning, chilly. mid 30s on low 40s. moon time, bright skies. the winds will not be as high as we've seen. in the afternoon, a pretty mild afternoon ahead. tomorrow morning, dress for the chill. extra layers. the temperatures from the low 30s to the mid 40s as we head out the door and then for the afternoon, 61, san jose. 59, san francisco. half moon bay, 61, san rafael. 61 napa and vallejo. we'll fast forward and show you what's ahead. first let's look at the satellite picture. it is diverting the storm track. the next ten days, unfortunately, the rain is not here. certainly in southern california but not here in the bay area. if you want the stormy weather, you have to go to the east coast. that's where the storm track is.

two months ago, here's what the satellite image looked like. last year, we were 115% of normal. today, the sierra snow pack is 66% of where it should be for this time of of of for the oscars on sunday, the dole by theaterin los angeles, a chance of showers. here's a look he the seven-day forecast. chilly morning, milder afternoon. warming up, near 70 degrees by the time we end the workweek. inland. cooler as we head toward the weekend. and then the winds come up on monday. so we'll be ready for that. >> all right. thank you. what many drivers do that's

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for good reason. it not only is linked to global warping, it is linked to asthma, decreased lung function, cardiac disease and cancer. one minute of idling puts more carbon monoxide into the air than three packs of cigarettes. there is no good reason to keep a car running when it is not moving. even on a cold morning of will. >> when you start the car, you want to give it a little tie. 30 seconds to build a little heat into the engine and keep it rolling. that's with as much time as most people take to get settled and buckle up. >> and many newer cars have ability-in fix. >> they have a start-stop process which saves you money and fuel. >> it is not a good idea to manually shut off the engine of an older car at a stop light. older cars are not designed to turn on and off so frequently and it may even pose a safety hazard by taking longer to start

off. >> and your older car may not start up again. >> that's a big risk. >> thanks. a new life for an historic building from demolition. the big plans for its future. >> but first we want to thank astro bound for this vision of the clouds and the fog at twin peaks in san francisco.

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finally, a big step in the effort to save an historic building, move it and then turn it into affordable housing. >> abc7 news was in san jose where the action koings presented a $10,000 check to

habitat for humanity. >> that location is set to become a high rise condo tower. the developers offered to move the building to city-owned land a few blocks away and habitat for humanity will turn it into affordable housing. >> it is preserving a piece of our history in san jose rather than just demolishing it. so people will know, hey, this house meant something. the family has a history in this city and the city is seconding a signal. we don't just bulldoze our history. we save it. >> the city has negotiated a long term lease of the land for just $1 a year. >> that's a win-win. it's a stunning building. and if it can be made into affordable housing, why not? >> out of box thinking. >> from all of us here, thanks for joining us tonight. >> and we will see you at 6:00 before the president's state of the union address.

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tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the meltdown in iowa. and tonight, the partial numbers just in. after a computer program meltdown, the manual count, and tonight, a full day later, the first results now coming in. showing mayor pete buttigieg with a slight lead. then bernie sanders, followed by elizabeth warren and joe biden. we're live tonight. president trump set to address the nation a short time from now. the state of the union address. it comes just one day before his expected acquittal in his senate impeachment trial. the other news tonight, the winter storm. heavy snow, damaging winds from the south all the way up into the northeast. ginger zee times it out. we have breaking news tonight on the coronavirus. hundreds of americans and the emergency evacuations under way right now. and a child already under quarantine here in the u.s. on a military base now rushed