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travis air force base. another evacuation flight from the coronavirus epicenter in china is landing there in hours. >> cornell bernard is live at the base with late details. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, dan and ama, officials from travis preparing for the arrival of a charter flight from wuhan, china, with evacuees on board. we are told it could arrive in the next three to four hours. the cdc says the flight from wuhan will touch down at travis and travelers will move to a privately contracted plane that will take them to lackland air force base in texas. anyone showing signs of illness will be kept at travis. earlier tonight, health officials down at uc berkeley held a public meeting about coronavirus. >> lots of people buying, wearing and hoarding masks. >> reporter: hundreds came to get the facts about coronavirus.

health officials say there are no reported cases of the virus on campus. some students who have family in china are scared. >> they cannot drive cars on the road, everyone has to stay home. every two days you have a chance to go out and go to a grocery store. >> i'm concerned about basically how long this outbreak will last. stlz >> reporter: he says there are 12 confirmed cases in the u.s. two are in santa clara county, and two in san bonito county. >> every day brings more cases and deaths, particularly in china. >> reporter: next week, scientists at this lab in richmond will begin testing for the coronavirus with quick turn around time. right now testing on the federal level takes about a week. >> it needs to be shipped to atlanta to be tested and the process can be sped up.

>> reporter: yeah, that quick turn around time is essential with things like coronavirus when treating patients is so essential immediately. now, to recap, flights with evacuees from wuhan, china, scheduled to touch down here at travis within hours. another flight from china is headed to san diego after refuelling in vancouver, canada. >> cornell, thank you. 638 people have died worldwide from coronavirus. more than 31,000 people are infected. at least 215 of those infected are outside of china. tonight, china's president had a phone call with president trump about coronavirus. that's according to reuters. president xi jinping told president trump the chinese government has spared no effort in the fight to contain the outbreak. a chinese doctor, who first warned of coronavirus, died today of the illness. many on chinese social media are describing him as a hero. demand japan, 41 new cases of coronavirus have been found on a

cruise ship that's been quarantined there. that brings the total number of cases on board to 61. about 3700 people are on the diamond princess. as airlines started prestricting flights from mainland china, demand for flights to the country from the u.s. was also falling. ticket refunds skyrocketed more than 500% the last week of january. now, the impa of the coronavirus outbreak is growing tonight here in the bay area. >> chris reyes talked to an immigration lawyer who was affected on a personal and professional level. >> we have a high level executive stuck in china. he cannot come back >> reporter: he's just one of a number of lawyers we spoke to with clients stuck in china due to the spread of coronavirus. and it's about to get worse. by february 16, all flights to

china from sfo and san jose airport will be canceled when china's southern airlines stops its service. he says for his clients, this will be a problem. >> i have clients who only havee 50% have h-1 visa. >> reporter: it's not just travelers feeling the effects of coronavirus. many parts in the bay area getting repeated warnings from their schools -- >> just make sure the classrooms are clean and being hyper vigilant. >> reporter: vigilance is obvious at this target store in san jose, where the shells were cleaned out of hand sanitizers. >> i have to cancel some meetings with family and friends, because people are very cautious. >> reporter: chris reyes for "abc7 news." >> for more information on what you need to know about coronavirus, go to our website, abc7news.com. breaking news in san jose,

neighbors say they heard an explosion before a home went up in flames tonight. >> all i heard was boom. i mean, it sounded like somebody drove a mack truck into my window in the front room. >> this was on north 18th street between jackson and east empire streets. the home was abandoned recently, but one person was seen running from it while it burned. that person was take on the a hospital. the cause of the fire is under investigation. the director of san francisco's public works and this restaurant owner appeared in federal court today on corruption charges. muhammad, what do you want to say to the people of san francisco in the charges are in connection with scheme to bribe a san francisco airport commissioner. two burglary suspects were arrested at the b.a.r.t. station thanks to a tip from a neighbor. a resident had spotted a group of men in someone's backyard and reported it to police. one of the two arrested was also wanted for robbery in fremont. police are still looking for two other suspects.

the sheriff's office said it was a dog that killed pet chickens. investigators say someone vandalized the school and left a coop open. the humane society determined it was killed by a dog. these stories and other headlines are on our abc 7 news app. new developments. on the eve of tomorrow's debate in new hampshire, bernie sanders is declaring a win in the iowa caucuses. but with 100% of the precincts reporting, mayor pete buttigieg and bernie sanders are in a near tie. this is the stage that they will converge on tomorrow night for the next debate hosted by abc news. abc news reporter trevor alt has the latee. >> reporter: the results are still too close to call, but declarations of victories are growing more bold. >> it's been an extraordinary

week. and we are absolutely electrified. >> reporter: mayor pete buttigieg said his campaign was headed to new hampshire victorious, but bernie sanders is saying he won the victory there. >> i got 6,000 more votes. from where i come, when you get 6,000 more votes, that's regarded to be the winner. >> reporter: even so, the candidates expressing frustration with the delayed results. >> what happened in iowa was a disaster. it was a disaster for the iowa democratic party. >> reporter: and the democratic committee saying enough is a enough, telling msnbc -- >> there have been reports and we've seen in the tabulation process that there are -- there were some questions raised. we all care. we have a shared interest in making sure we have accuracy. >> reporter: while we wait on the finalized results, the top democratic contenders are here

friday night for the abc news debate, just days ahead of tuesday's new hampshire primary. >> we hope you'll join us tomorrow night for the debate right here on abc 7, starting at 5:00 p.m. the white house announced that an al qaeda leader has been killed in a u.s. drone strike in yemen. president trump said the u.s. carried out a successful counterterrorism operation that killed the leader of the terrorist group on the arabian peninsula. this group had repeatedly expressed interest in attacking america. paying tribute to a basketball legend. details released on the public memorial for kobe bryant. how much would you pay to save your best friend's life? how about $45,000? i'm dionlin with the available in the u.s. for the first time. i'm meteorologist sandhya t. hat've a forecastpa s warm by winter standards.

i'll let you know if there's any chance of rain in the forecast. >> and now a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> thanks dan and ama. if you don't watch us, i'm going to take it personally. you hosted the oscars so many times. you see the street closed down, what do you think of? which of your devices are protected by daily security updates? daily security updates... daily? i don't know. the only thing... i'm struggling with this.

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as part of our focus on build a better bay area, we've been examining how different cities deal with homelessness. in oakland, works crews loaded items into a dump truck as they cleared people out of a camp. the catch was on 35th street at peralta. it's up clear if they were provided with resources on where to go instead. a stretch of road in fremont once packed with rvs is now packed with bolders. crews began phase one of the city's attempt to stope.vs rro officials have had complaints about debris and trash. several businesses are located there including tesla.

homelessness isn't the only issue facing people here. we want to hear your ideas about build a better bay area. a date has been set to celebrate the live of kobe bryant, his daughter and the ki month's helicopter tragedy. it will be held monday, february 24th, at the staple center in los angeles. there is significance in that date. it reflects the basketball numbers worn by the nba icon and his daughter. kobe wore 24 and his daughter wore the number 2. a bond between a person and their pet is irreplaceable. so what would you do to keep yours alive or how much would you pay? di dion lim has this. >> reporter: you would never know that this 12-year-old lola has a life threatening condition. >> we had an episode in november where she came back from a walk

and fainted. she has an enlarged heart because she has a damaged valve. >> reporter: in other words, just months if not a year to live. it affects millions of dogs. lola, a certified therapy dog, he says has saved his life countless times. >> i suffer from severe depression. the reason i continue to survive and thrive with the disease is lola. >> reporter: but today, jason has hope thanks to a type, of open heart surgery pioneered by a japanese doctor. his surgeries have a 90% success rate. but here's the catch -- >> it's about $45,000. i've already cashed out my 401(k) and using every penny of my savings, and i'm looking into selling my car, if need be. >> reporter: until now, the jan.vaure was onlyillen but n aow surgeons are being trained to do it here in

florida. making it not only accessible, but also in hopes to bring the cost down. >> right now it is a very high-end, high skilled procedure that's a combination of a lot of different teams from around the world coming together. >> reporter: with surgery scheduled for this summer in florida, jason has peace of mind that lola will live at least another four years, and dog owners everywhere can find that same hope, too. >> anything for lola. >> reporter: dion lim, "abc7 news." wree'us days away from the oscar. >> and you get to decidehi dress dion lim wears. >> go to abc7news.com/vote and choose. of course, she looks stunning in all of them. the botto rm of your screen. >> find out the dress is the winner this weekend. she will be live for our countdown to os scars. coverage begins tomorrow on"a7 .

>> and watch the oscars this sunday at 5:00, and catch a special edition of "live with kelly and ryan" from the same stage monday at 9:00 a.m. right here on abc 7. >> so we're getting closer to the weekend. >> it's upon us. >> you know, all day i thought it was friday today. wishful thin.ngki forecast for the red carpet on oscarnc su.nd los angeles. 63 degrees. at least somebody is getting rain here. live doppler 7 showing you fog. it's crept up along the coast, so watch out for it tomorrow morning. i want to fast forward to sunday, because we are expecting showers in southern california. sierra, there's possibility of snow, and it should go -- fast forward to valentine's day, because valentine's day we're going to see a system dropping in. and this one looks like it may

produce some rain for the ay valentine's evening going into that weekend. this is not definitive. it's still days away. but it is encouraging to see shis model run continuing to heow some wet weather. not an atmospheric river, but wet weather possible next week. if you're going to tahoe, sunny day, 50 degrees. saturday, nice and sunny, as well. gusty, and a chance of snow on sunday, turning colder. 32 degrees. the mornings will be chilly. but that's about it. i want to show you temperatures here in the bay area. they're in the 40s and 50s. when you get going tomorrow morning, you'll need a light jacket. visibility is terrific. spring-like warmth tomorrow. cooler over the weekend, and expecting gu ingusty winds for sunday. lows in the 30s to 40s. san francisco, 51 degrees. fog may be dense, especially near the coast and locally

inland. so watch out during that commute. for the afternoon, it's going to be another mild to warm day for this time of year. 68 santa rosa. 62 in san francisco. 63 in livermore. five to ten degrees above average. temperatures similar to what we saw today. for the chinese new year parade on saturday in san francisco, the weather looks great. 5:00, the sun 51 by 9:00 p.m. take the jacket if you're taking part. i know on some of these events, there has been rain and rain is supposed to be good luck. as we head into sunday, we'll see some winds picking up, gusting close to 40 miles per hour. in the afternoon, winds ramping efinitely secure any loose problematic. seven-day forecast, tomorrow, a

cooler afternoon. and then those winds come up for oscar sunday. temperatures will rise for a few days following and cooling middle to the latter part of the workweek next week. enjoy the nice weather. we need the rain and we all know it, can't change it. >> we'll get it eventually. thanks, sandhya. thinking of tranglive to galaxy far, far away? details about disney's new "star wars" hotel. >> tomorrow on "good morning america" an abc news exclusive, the reality show doctor and his

"star wars" fans, later this year, disney w iorld reservatio "star wars" hotel. they'll meet in a terminal and go through a fake blastoff. then they will be part of aiv they will begin taking guests in 2021. >> that's going to be fun. >> definitely.

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many of the 49ers have already take on the social media, announcing the 2020 season as the legendary revenge tour. players spoke yesterday as they cleaned out their lockers. today, the coach and gm spoke for the first time since super sunday. the sting of sunday's loss to the chiefs may never go away, but it's being used as fuel to the fire for the upcoming season. change sure to come this off-season with free agency and the draft. but both coach and gm believe this team is built for the long haul. >> so it is tough, but we do believe we're different. there's not many teams that go from four wins to 13 and dominate in the nfc and in the playoffs and get there. so we believe this team is different and we believe we're capable of doing that. >> we've got to deal with someu

system. but i know it will fuel us more and we'll be able to get after it. on the ice, sharks and oilers. if connor mcdavid scores, that kids get a puppy. someone is getting a puppy. but the sharks storm back and take the lead in the second. second career goal there from letinov. kevin he bank puts this in, and sharks win 6-3. the warriors are going to look different this saturday night right here on nbc 7. gone are evans and spellman. and now de'angelo russell. he was traded in a deal with minnesota during today's trade deadline. in return, the warriors get a round pick and second round tick.

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