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evacuees arriving from china. one father has been waiting a long time for his family. >> a child among those. we'll have the latest on the coronavirus. >> and also, the 49ers jimmy garoppolo looks to the past to focus on the future. all of. as the team packs up and says goodbye. >> it's tonight, acquitted. president trump ends the gravest threat to his presidency. >> and the president sends a tweet that does nothing to cool the conversation. >> we recognize, this is an unprecedented action. we are facing an unprecedented public threat of the.
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>> a plane full of people at the center of the outbreak are now in the bay area. >> nearly 200 american citizens now at travis air force base for mandatory two-week quarantine. >> the centers for disease control says one young child among group has been transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. >> live now at travis air force base. laura? >> reporter: that one child has just been observed at the hospital. the other evacuees are exhausted but otherwise okay of they're not necessarily local people or even from california. but what we do know is that for the next two weeks, they will make a hotel on this base their home. this is one of two planes to arrive just after 4:00 a.m. at travis air force base. carrying american citizens trying to he is today inthe coronavirus in wuhan, china.
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one plane left. the other dropped off 178 people for a two-week quarantine. >> we're doing twice daily health assessments and temperature checks. >> the centers for disease control reports one young child on the plane did have a fever and was transported to a local hospital. >> children have fever for a number of different reasons. so the child is being evaluated at this point and will be put into isolation and tested. >> among those in quarantine, the roth family from wisconsin. daisy shared these photos. completely equipped for her and her two young daughters. according to sam roth, his wife and daughters were visiting family in wuhan. >> they arrived at 3:00 p.m. on tuesday and they did not take off until more than 24 hours later. that's an airport with no shops opened. it was just waiting and getting their temperature taken and it was really exhausting for my wife and daughters.
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>> all of those never quarantine at travis will be continually screened by cdc taf for any signs of the virus. >> we know this situation may be concerning to people in the travis air force base community. based on our experience with other coronaviruses, we don't believe these people pose a risk to this community because we are taking measures to minimize any exposures. >> we're getting word that that child is being tested for the coronavirus. as for the rest of the evacuees, if they're showing no science of illness, they'll be allowed to go on their way to travel across the united states.
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>> there are now 12 known cases in the united states. it has killed 494 people that we know of worldwide. close to 60 million people are on lockdown in china with three cities reporting more than 1,000 confirmed cases. as scientists race to come up with drug to treat the virus and vaccines to prevent the spread, a team from lawrence livermore lab is coming up with a 3d model of what the building blocks look like so researchers can try to find its weak spot. >> the blue, green and red colors may be pleasing to the eye. make no mistake, you're looking at a stone killer. has the 3d model of the proteins that make up the virus. >> it is not very well understood yet. >> scientists are taking their best guess using the dna make-up
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of a close cousin, the sars virus that killed nearly 800 people in the early 2000s. >> they're highly similar. we can begin to design. >> at least that's the hopeful since the two viruses are not identical, they'll need to be refined. they're doing that using their own super computer, sierra, rated the second most powerful in the world. >> forget one of these, the putser used for the model does more calculations in one second than could you do in 31 billion years. >> even with the biggest super computer in the world. >> that's where experience and intuition come in. >> the question is, what do you want to look at? how do you make the decisions? >> the model is not detaild enough to answer the questions yet but it is a police to start.
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in livermore. abc7 news. >> the centers for disease control and prevention released this screening for the coronavirus. they say this is the beginning of what could be a long response. the head of the nih has said this will likely turn into a pandemic. a pan dem sic defined an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people over a wide area or throughout the world. compare that to an epidemic which affects a large portion of a population, community at the same time. and an outbreak is a sudden rise in the incidence of the disease. in the east bay, a man accused of a deadly stabbing got kicked out of his own trial. john was thrown out of court for outbursts as his trial began.
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he was able to return. the jury watched surveillance video of the murder of mia wilson. it shows a man who police say is cowell stabbing wilson and her sister in the neck from behind at the macarthur b.a.r.t. station in july 2018th. her sister survived. her mother said she believes sthengs motive. >> pure evil. evil. evilness. how could you do that? >> prosecutors stay surveillance video proves cowell was lying in wait and was evil. the defense says it proves he is mentally unstable. developing news in the senate's historic acquittal. we're getting the first reaction from san francisco's nancy pelosi. the house speaker. president trump says he plans to make a public statement regarding the acquittal frorm the white house. now speaker pelosi oversaw the house vote to impeach the
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president for abuse of power and obstruction of congress in december. she tweeted, because of the senate's betrayal of the constitution, the president remains an ongoing threat with his insistence that he is above the law and he can corrupt if he wants to. how might the trial nakt upcoming presidential election? liz spoke to democrats and republicans in the bay area to get their reaction. >> as the republican controlled senate voted to acquit president trump on both articles of impeachment in san francisco, nobody from either party was at all surprised. >> he will be acquitted. >> i have no doubt about that. >> that's about as far as it gets when it comes to finding common ground. just one republican, mitt romney, made history and broke ranks. >> mr. romney, mr. romney,
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guilty. >> today san francisco district attorney had stlamd senate impeachment trial for a lack of fairness and transparency. >> the fact the senate didn't allow witnesses, presentation of substantive evidence. that's not fair. that is not due process. >> the vote came hours after president trump's state of the union. when the rifts between parties were on full display. the president refused to shake if nancy pelosi's hands and she tore up his speech. >> a petulant trial. to losing the impeachment business and behaving as such. >> john denial it is is the cheryl of the san francisco republican party who is running for pelosi's seat. he believes it will only add momentum. specifically they made a mistake and now they're showing an inempty to do that will encourage people not to vote democrat. >> the president seems to agree.
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he tweeted this saying he thinks he could win any election forever. but democrats also feel energized. >> i'll vote for anybody, >> abc7 news. a lot more to come. turning confetti into fuel. jimmy garoppolo looks to the past to motivate his future. >> keep telling us. you have to remember the feeling when the confetti comes down.do. >> here's a question. would you pay extra to make your lives license photo actually look good? >> a now bill might put that to the test. >> if you think it looks good out there, wait
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to deal with the problem.icians but they wouldn't. so we took it to the voters and forced big tobacco to pay its share of healthcare costs. we fought oil companies for new clean air laws and closed a billion dollar corporate tax loophole to fund public schools. by going directly to the people we got results. that's not something you see a lot of from washington these days. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. let's make change happen.
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runway in istanbul i istanbul il as you can see, the boeing 7 three split in half on impact. emergency crews worked through the night to rescue the 183 passengers and six crew members on board. the airport closed and flights were diverted after the incident. the cause of the crash is not clear but turkish that's the say heavy tail winds and rain play caused the pegasus airline plane to lose control, skidding over 200 photo before falling off the end of the runway. okay. uber tops consumer news. >> there are self driving cars soon to be back on the roads in the bay area. they said they've been issued a permit allowing to it resume testing autonomous vehicles on public roads in california. it comes nearly two years after uber scaled back its testing program. following a fatal crash inary
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air that kid a pedestrian. uber issue ad state saying san francisco is a great city to test self-driving technology but didn't say when that might happen. the internal revenue service launch ad new website to help he had date public about identity theft. they call it identity theft center of the it contains detailed information on how to prevent identity theft during tax time as well as what to do if you realize that you have become a victim. there is also information how to spot phishing emails. you can find out more about it on our website of the go to abc7news.com/7 on your side. cyber security experts say they have found a flaw in phillips light bulb that's can allow hackers to access a smart home network of the it has 22nd the smart bub's use ang of a wireless network that allows
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smart home devices to communicate with each other of the security firm check point says the vulnerability allows hackers to hack the phillips hue bulb off the network and replace with it malicious code or malware that can spread to other devices. check point says they informed phillips of the problem, asking the company to update its security. no word yet from phillips. >> thank you. uber tops our consumer news. we'll turn to the 49ers for a year end meeting and to clear out their locker rooms of the they had an incredible season. >> the niners are more hungry than ever. >> inside the 49ers locker room at levi stadium -- >> this whole year. it's been incredible. >> players are preparing to clear out after a roller coaster
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season. >> the team, players, coaches, it was a great group to be around. i enjoyed he have minute of it. a terrible ending but you have to take good with the bad. >> the 49ers faithful taken on an amazing ride. one that may have fallen short in the super bowl. >> sunday night was awful. an awful feeling. you obviously don't want to miss out. >> this group, gathering for a final time wednesday morning. >> most people count it all this year. the message was, hey, look, you see how far we came. the team last year to the super bowl. >> reflecting on their success before going their separate ways. >> i think the mind set around these guys, the selflessness, i think that in itself will speak volumes and going into the off-season. i think we'll have every opportunity in the world. >> hopeful for the chance to do it all again.
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>> the best year of my career. the best team i played on. there is more to be done. more work to do and somebody has to do it. i'm just excited. >> a young 49ers team with some unfinished business. the quest for six continuing beyond today. >> looking around this room at all the pieces. guys with the right mind set. that's the encouraging part. >> in santa clara, abc7 news. time to check out the accuweather forecast. >> it seems like the temperatures did come up. >> absolutely. a warmer day across the bay area. i want to show you a live frk santa cruz. not exactly a beach day yet but that will be changing. 56 in the 60's. 63 in gilroy. 59 in san jose. another lovely view from our mt. tam cam. we have a few wispy clouds. they're harmless.
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62 in santa rosa. compared to 24 hours ago, up 11 degrees in novato. 10 up in livermore. santa rosa up 8 degrees. some pass go clouds here across the bay area. and you can see them adding a little caring to the emeryville sky there. some fog forms overnotice tonight. warming through friday and we have a cooler weekend on tap. i want to show what you will return. it will be a challenge in our weather. it has been very dry. the humidity is beginning to creep up as we are expecting some fog. 10:00, it will be locally inland and pushing back toward the coastline for later tomorrow afternoon. between 5:00 and 8:00 a.m., watch out for some areas of fog. temperatures will start off in the 30s, 40s, nowhere near as cold as it was this morning. this morning was colder than it was yesterday morning. as we look at the afternoon
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highs, up to 67 in santa rosa. 60 in san francisco skooxt, richmond, into the mid 60s, fairfield, concord, you'll see some 70s if you head toward cloverdale area. we have the giants fastball fest taking place. it is already feeling like spring. 53 degrees at 10:00 a.m. up to 58 for the afternoon. if you're going, make sure you have the sun screen. for oscar sunday, there is a chance of showers in los angeles. no stopping the stars. we're looking at fog giving way to sun tomorrow. mid 60s for the warmest spots. near 70 degrees on friday. we'll call it february warmth. a little cooler for saturday and sunday. gusty winds are expected. it is definitely going to be a country to front that comes through. the winds will pick up. then temperatures will rise a short time on monday before they
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go back down. wednesday, one computer model is bringing in the possibility of rain. the other is dry valentines, the computers are in agreement that we'll see sun. the dog that was a first responder, in sunnyvale. mik'mike will get it done?'n, ok, let me tell you what the 'it' is. as mayor, i expanded healthcare coverage. as president, i'll build on obamacare because healthcare is a right. i created nearly 500,000 jobs in new york city.
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as president, i'll build an economy that delivers good jobs with higher wages. i'll take on the gun lobby and save lives. and i will stop trump's assault on women's reproductive rights. i've got a record of doing things. i've got the resources to take on this fight. as mayor, i held myself accountable for results. as president, i'll offer common sense plans and i will get it done. so let's stay on the offensive, and let's win. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacist-recommendeding? memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.
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economically powerfully influenced my values. bernie sanders he's fighting to raise wages. and guarantee health care for all. now, our country is at a turning point. hard working people, betrayed by trump, struggling to survive. in this moment, we need a fighter. bernie sanders. we know he'll fight for us as president because he always has. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. a new california bill is designed to give people options when it comes to their driver's license photo. as abc7's jobina explains, it comes with a cost. >> redoing your drivers license
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picture may soon get a lot easier. a new state bill would allow you to take multiple pictures and pick the one like. the republican assemblyman introduced it. it would allow people to take up to three pictures at the dmv. it is not free though. you would have the pay up to $5 for each additional picture. the money would support driver education and training programs of the if this new bill is passed, it would go into effect on or before january 1st, 2022. and that was jobina fortson reporting. on the subject of photos, take a look at what the firefighters captured today. this is the newest fire recruit. he ran away from home. when fire crews spotted him and chased him, they treated him to some in and out and got him all dressed up in a fire uniform before getting in touch with his owners. >> he looks great in that
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uniform. still to come, a great day for three actions speak louder than words. she was a school teacher. my dad joined the navy and helped prosecute the nazis in nuremberg. their values are why i walked away from my business, took the giving pledge to give my money to good causes, and why i spent the last ten years fighting corporate insiders who put profits over people. i'm tom steyer, and i approve this message. because, right now, america needs more than words. we need action.
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othroughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. michael bloomberg is here. vo: leadership in action. mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together in the fight for gun safety laws, to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help teens gain the skills needed to find good jobs. obama: at a time when washington is divided in old ideological battles he shows us what can be achieved when we bring people together to seek pragmatic solutions. bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message.
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i'm ama daetz. stopping the coronavirus. >> have you had any vomiting recently? >> no. >> at 6:00, the local school district fully equipped to monitor its students and what parents can do to help the effort. also from 7 on your side, see how a bay area man's field trip to australia turned into a fiasco when he didn't get the seats he deserved. and get your taste buds ready. we'll take you to the local taqueria named the best in the
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state. >> thank you so much. a big day for members of the championship of the fobl take of oakland. >> three young men signed national letters of intent to play next year. two at division one university. >> the linebacker will attend the university of new mexico. the high school all american edward woods will play for arizona tate and the defensive standout anthony mac will head to the great northwest to play for western oregon university. >> these three young men have been here four years. so this is all home grown right here. so that's what makes it special. okay? >> it sure is special. they all had amazing careers at mac. they were key members on last year's team. they won a northern california title and before that, three straight state championships. congratulations to them. good luck. >> yeah. continuing a great tradition. >> world news tonight is next.
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we appreciate your time. tom steyer: listen, every democrat running for president is better than the criminal in the white house. we all have progressive plans to address the big challenges facing our country. what makes me different, is i've been working for ten years outside of washington, to end the corporate takeover of our democracy, and to return power to the american people. i started need to impeach to hold this lawless president accountable. i'm proposing big reforms like term limits... ...a national referendum... ...and ending corporate money in politics. as president, i'll declare climate change an emergency on day 1. and, use those powers to finally address the climate crisis. and, i've spent 30 years building a successful international business. so, i can take on donald trump on the economy - and beat him. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message - because there is nothing more powerful
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bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. tonight, breaking news from washington as we come on the air in the west. president trump acquitted. and senator mitt romney breaking ranks, voting to convict. the unexpected drama unfolding on the final day here in washington. mitt romney, the only republican voting guilty. delivering a scathing speech, saying the president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust. president trump tonight declaring victory. the other news this wednesday night, the terrifying images coming in now. storms across the u.s. the tornado watches and warnings. the system from new orleans all the way up into the northeast. a dangerous 24 hours ahead, and rob times it out. the deadly scene. the passenger jet skidding off the runway. the plane breaking into pieces. passengers escaping through the fuselage. the scare at the super bowl parade, right before the start of the kansas city
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