>> joseph r. biden jr. from the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald trump from the state of florida has received 232 votes. the chair declares the joint session dissolved. breaking news at 5:00, congress refusing to bow to a mob, working late into the night to formally validate the presidential election. the house and senate certifying the biden/harris victory overnight. >> president trump releasing a statement through his aide on twitter this morning saying in part there will be a peaceful transition on january 20th. we've learned president-elect joe biden will be speaking in delaware today. and this comes hours after political terror, rioters running rampant through the u.s. capital. four people are now dead, these are new photos of the aftermath this morning. good morning. we want to start with a look right now at washington, d.c. calm has been restored there. a curfew declared after the

violence ended at 6:00 local time. there. >> the president urged the mob to go home hours after this all started. faith abubey is live in washington. >> many people are waking up horrified by what happened in the last 24 hours, but also encouraged that democracy prevailed. >> overnight a joint session of congress, ratifying the electoral college votes in the presidential election. the move certifying president-elect joe biden's decisive win as he prepares to pak o take office in less than two weeks. >> that joe biden and kamala harris will be the president and vice president according to the ballots that have been given to us. >> comes off a tumultuous day at the u.s. capitol. a symbol of u.s. democracy, attacked by violent protrump mobs and left in disarray. demonstrators scaling walls, breaking through security barriers, smashing windows and

storming restricted areas of the u.s. capitol including nancy pelosi's office. the trump supporters forcing lawmakers to take cover in fear of their lives. pictures show armed capitol police outnumbered. guns drawn and barricading doors as the chaos unfolded. d.c. police telling abc news that one man and two women suffered medical emergencies and later died. another woman shot and killed in a standoff inside the capitol. the chaos forcing lawmakers breaking from what should have been a quiet day ratifying the electoral college votes. instead a joint session of congress convened, president trump urged his supporters to head to the capitol. >> you'll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength and be strong. >> reporter: as supporters breached a building, multiple sources tell abc news, trump rejected calls to bring in the national guard. only signing off after white house officials intervened for the sake of the country.

three officials inside the white house resigning over the violent display and now some talk among cabinet members to remove trump himself from office. lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle shaken but undeterred, returning to the chamber overnight to finish their work. soon after congress certified the results, president trump released a statement saying he wasn't happy with the outcome but there will be a smooth transition of power on january 20th. in washington, faith abubey, abc news. political leaders are demanding to know how that violent mob got into the u.s. capitol in the first place. jobina fortson has more on that this morning. >> thank you. several security experts say they were surprised to see the capitol doors breached with no police resistance. extremist groups chattered online for days about their plans to react violently to the certification of the election results. in fact, intelligence reports packed with online threats were widely circulated among federal

law enforcement agencies. the reports said that people encouraged each other to attend the event armed and prepared for violence. the trump administration admitted that they were surprised it happened. >> all of us in law enforcement in the washington capitol area have been planning for this for a couple of days. this is all going to get analyzed. it will have to be looked at. >> representative karen bass tod abc news she believesneeded. outside the capitol several trump supporters blamed the violence on antifa movements. there is strong reaction coming from the south bay about this. sam liccardo is calling for president trump to be held responsible for the siege at the capitol. he said democracy is doomed when the congress can't do its lawful work. >> this is certainly despiriting and sickening to see our

institutions under siege. i believe the united states attorney general should bring charges against this president and everyone who acted with him to undermine our most sacred of democratic institutions, that is elections. >> former congressman mike honda is also calling for more urgent action to remove the president from office in his final days. some local republicans are condemning what happened at the capitol but are still supporting president trump. >> there are people there that made the choice to go act this way. it's really, really disgusting. again, this is not the american way. >> a lot of people are saying the president and the republican party fueled and are to blame for the riot. local gop members disagree. >> you are hearing republican leaders across the board saying that this is not the way to go and to stop what they're doing. but the republican party didn't organize this event, so the

republican party has no culpability whatsoever. >> both the san francisco and contra costa republican party say there were irregularities in the 2020 election. there is no proof of widespread voter fraud or p tampering. >> vice president mike pence wrote in part thank you to the incredible capitol hill police officers and every law enforcement officer for keeping us safe today. thanks to your service, the capitol was secured and we are truly grateful. the president is off social media this morning. in an unprecedented move, facebook, twitter and instagram temporarily lock ted his accoun during the rioting. anser hassan spoke to analysts to find out why. >> reporter: on wednesday president trump suspended from twitter for 12 hours. banned from instagram and facebook for 24.

>> in some sense, what president trump did today was he incited that violence that we saw on the capitol. >> reporter: matt cabin is professor of public relations, says it was the right thing to do. >> when we use social media as the primary tool for important information, then these companies do have a big responsibility. >> you'll never take back our country with weakness. >> reporter: this is the toughest stance these social media plaintiffs have taken against the president. among the videos deleted was trump's address to supporters to storm the capitol. he says they shouldn't be in the business of policing free speech, but given their size and power they had to act. >> they can get away with just saying this is misinformation. but when that misinformation incites people to violence, i think the right thing to do is lock down those accounts. >> continuing to press violent or unconstitutional or illegal

activity like this off of the main platforms is a good thing. >> reporter: professor donna mccrane worked on capitol hill for years for social justice groups. she says when misinformation isn't challenged, it's legitimized. she argued suspending the president isn't about free speech. >> twipt twitter doesn't guarantee me an audience. twitter is a company that makes a profit. if the government was turning down my free speech, that's the problem. mick mulvaney resigned in protest over what happened yesterday. he is the enjvoy to ireland. he said on cnbc this morning, i can't do it. i can't stay. we'll have more on other resignations from the trump administration coming up in the next half hour. let's talk about the weather. it is milder this morning, thanks to the cloud cover out

there. temperatures up to double digits warmer than yesterday. we'll go to the south bay, that's where we're seeing the thickest fog. temperatures here mainly in the mid to upper 40s. we have a 40 at morgan hill and a 41 in alum rock. you can see mid to upper 40s in most neighborhoods. 50 around san francisco and half moon bay. some of that tule fog is working its way up the peninsula. we'll keep an eye on that. i want to focus on tonight through tomorrow morning. we have our last storm for possibly weeks. it's a 1 on the storm impact scale. up to a third of an inch of rain and a little breezy along the coast. high surf advisory tomorrow. here's a look at today. a lot of high clouds, limited sunshine. once the sun sets the showers move into the north bay. they're light to moderate. you can see some yellow in there as we head up to the 11:30 half hour, if you will, 11:00 hour. you can see they're starting to move into the rest of the neighborhoods. by tomorrow morning's commute, the steadiest and heaviest of

the rain is over and then we have scattered light showers through 11:00 tomorrow morning. we'll see increasing sunshine in the afternoon hours. rainfall amounts are going to be less than a third of an inch. it's pretty impressive around san francisco and also san mateo and also oakland. some of the higher amounts there. some of the lesser amounts down in the south bay and in our inland east bay. even the north bay may get less than normal. we'll look at the weekend forecast coming up next. let's get over to jobina and talk about the morning commute. how are we doing this morning? >> the roads are looking clear. we do have a few fog advisories from the chp. the biggest one is for the dumbarton bridge and for treasure island. i want anyone traveling on the bay bridge to be aware of that. showing off our south beach camera, camera is light in the area. moving over to oakland, showing our 880 at the coliseum camera. no major crashes or blocking issues to report as of right now, which is good news.

bringing in the map here quickly before i go, fog inthe south bay as well that mike was talking about in and around san jose. just take your time and hopefully have a smooth and easy commute. >> thank you. we are getting a first look at the headlines on the front pages of newspapers this morning. reaction from world leaders as well. and it wasn't just protests in d.c. the protrump rallies across the country including our state capitol. first a live look outside. this is a peaceful look at itthe new sleep numberst pric360 smart bed.on on what if i sleep hot? ... or cold? no problem, with temperature balancing you can sleep better together. can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and

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described the scene as shocking and that the outcome of the democratic election should be respected. as an angry mob stormed the u.s. capitol buildings, others held rallies across the country. from the east coast to the west, crowds gathered on city streets and outside state capitol buildings waving flags. supporters also rallied in sacramento including several fringe groups. the proud boys, three percenters and some militias. dan >> reporter: about a dozen trump supporters started at the state capitol to listen to the president's speech. >> they've used the pandemic as a way of defrauding the people in a proper election. >> we know our votes were stolen even here in california. >> reporter: they support the president continuing the fight despite his clear loss and they don't believe tensions will ease after inauguration day. >> i will fight on because i do believe wholeheartedly.

i'm not going to turn by head and walk away from facts. >> about two dozen counterprotesters came to the rally. >> we are standing for the votes. everything is counted, everything is valid, everything is legit and we've worked hard to get to this police. >> reporter: sacramento police tried a different tactic, detained people from both sides and confiscated cans of bear mayes and pepper spray. several fringe groups came, three percenters, self-described militias and the proud boys. the proud boys held a dance off. the tensions inevitably rose, arguing and skirmishes broke out. >> you're going to get [ bleep ]. >> proud boys followed counterprotesters away and at one point police surrounded the anti-fascists and pepper sprayed them. a hard rain blew through and seemed to douse the tensions.

for the iteam, dan noyes, abc 7 news. let's look at what's going on down in the south bay. we have a lot of fog out there as we look from 280 at 17. that's going to be around through the morning commute. showers, though, that's the big story later on tonight through tomorrow morning. it's a 1, light on our storm impact scale. dangerous surf for 24 hours starting tomorrow through saturday morning. and then the models are hinting at dry weather for two weeks and well above average temperatures. possibly even some 70s coming up. that's not good in the middle of january. all right. let's look at today's temperatures, about 56 in antioch to 61 in oakland. 62 in san jose. 59 in san francisco. also in san rafael, napa and richmond. here's the way it breaks down. you can see not too much fog, not on the embarcadero and the bay bridge. temperatures will be in the low to mid 50s at noon. mid to upper 50s at 4:00 with increasingly high clouds taking over our sky. showers in the north bay around

7:00. you can see them already exiting the south bay by tomorrow morning. temperatures will be mild tonight, most of us in the mid to upper 40s. my accuweather 7-day forecast, a 1 for tonight through tomorrow morning. temperatures in the 50s to low 60s. we'll pull back a bit on saturday and sunday because of the mornings will be so cold, then the warmth will build. by wednesday, middle 60s at the coast and upper 60s for our bay and inland neighborhoods. hopefully we can squeeze as much rain out of this storm as possible tonight because that's it for a while. >> thank you. abc7 news has obtained surveillance video of a horrific attack in san francisco. sararh was assaulted at gun point by three men who then ran off with her french bulldog chloe. she was walking alone around 5:50 tuesday afternoon. after the attack, they ran into

a getaway car and drove away. she believes her dog was targeted and her attackers will try to sell the dog. the powerball jock pot is inching closer to half a billion dollars. that's because nobody took home the 4$410 million grand prize last night. this means that all of that money carries over to the next drawing. the new jackpot is now 4$470 million. california lottery officials say though there's no jackpot winner last night, there's four winning tickets worth nearly $30,000. here are the winning numbers. 1, 20, 22, 60, 66, 3. the next drawing is on saturday. coming up next, the 7 things to know this morning and also the warriors react to the chaos in our nation's capitol. and up close with the front line heroes fighting covid-19. we're hearing from emt works who are waiting hours at southern california hospitals. and as we fight the coronavirus pandemic, california

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if you're just joining us, here's the 7 things to know this morning. number one, congress has officially confirmed president-elect joe biden's election victory after gop objections. it came hours after trump supporters stormed the capitol. both the house and senate worked well into the early morning to certify the results. number two, four people died after the violence at the capitol including one woman who was shot by police during a standoff. the "washington post" identifies her as ashli babbitt of san diego. authorities say the three others died from medical emergencies. police arrested 52 people. shortly before 1:00 this morning, president trump made his first admission that joe biden is the next president tweeting through an aide because his twitter account is locked. and that there will be an orderly transition on january 20th. number four, president-elect joe biden will speak around 10:30 this morning. it will be his first statement since congress confirmed his election win. number five, lawmakers are now pressing for a full

investigation of how this mob was able to get inside the capitol with no police pushback. intelligence reports warning of violence were circulated weeks in advance. number six, i'm tracking our next chance of rain, it's a 1, light on the storm impact scale. it comes in tonight through tomorrow morning with light to moderate showers. number seven, we'll take a live look right now at the san mateo bridge. if you're headed there from the peninsula, we have a crash on northbound 101 past the hillsdale off-ramp. warriors head coach steve kerr and draymond green talked about their frustration over the events on capitol hill. >> heaven forbid a 12-year-old black boy carrying a toy gun in a park, or a young black male running through a neighborhood on a jog, heaven forbid those things happen, but it's okay for thousands of traitors basically

storming the capitol. >> stop calling those people protesters, they're >> the warriors and clippers kneeled during the national anthem before last night's game at chase center and many of the players wore black lives matter t-shirts. >> in today's "gma first look," first responders in southern california are talked to as they wait hours with patients. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma first look," up close with the front line heroes fighting covid-19. >> it looked like a bomb went off off. >> reporter: abc news getting a look at the day in the life of los angeles emt workers. their ambulances stacked up outside overflowing hospitals. >> how long have you had to wait with patients in this parking lot today? >> five, six hours.

yesterday i was at a hospital, 17 hours in the back of a rig with a semi-critical patient. i have limited resources, if they're going downhill there may not be a spot to put them in the hospital. >> i was deployed to hurricane rita and hurricane katrina. this is the worst disaster i've been involved in. >> reporter: coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll have much more from the first responders and the latest on the federal government's calls to speed up vaccinations. with your "gma first look," abc news, los angeles. farm workers in the east bay received some much-needed protection. thousands of masks donated from china and vietnam. roots of peace secured the donation after seeing a donation on abc7 news about lack of masks for farm workers >> it's heartbreaking, you know, they are improvising, a lot of them are using t-shirts and

bandannas, but it's not proper ppe. it's not enough to keep them safe. >> it's just my greatest honor to deliver from china, from vietnam, from the heart of an american mother to the children and families of the central valley. >> volunteers with the group that received the donation were really overwhelmed. just happy to get that gift. we're coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including white house resignations. at least five people in the trump administration now leaving their jobs early. and the fbi now trying to identify the rioters at the u.s. capitol. these are pictures of what they left behind. the latest details this morning. let's look at something better a live look outside at golden gate bridge. can't see much of it. mike will be back with a look at our forecast for today.

. now from abc7, live breaking news. breaking news right now at 5:30, president trump promising an orderly transition when joe biden takes office in 13 days. his statement coming overnight after congress certified the results of the election. >> second she climbed through the window, she got shot. >> officers maintaining a perimeter around the c this morning after rioters storm the hall of congress. a total of four people are dead. the search for more members of the angry mob this morning. there was an announcement

made that the capitol had been breached. it was a dark day in washington. bay area lawmakers now telling their harrowing stories. good morning. welcome to thursday, january 7th. we'll get all of that plus breaking news about what is happening in washington, d.c. in just 13 more days, joe biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the u.s. >> it became official overnight after congress confirmed his election victory and it followed a day of chaos and violence. jobina fortson joining us now with the latest on that. good morning. >> good morning. joe biden is scheduled to deliver his first remarks later today from wilwilmington, delaw. this comes hours after congress completed the electoral vote count. president trump is finally somewhat beginning to publicly accept defeat releasing this statement from overnight that says in part, there will be an onn e

orderly transition on january 20th. it comes a day after a day of chaos when supporters broke into the u.s. capitol. four people are now dead, including a woman from san diego who was shot by police during a standoff. she's been identified as ashli babbitt. "good morning america" spoke to a witness documenting the riot who was at the capitol when she was shot and watched the scene unfold. >> they got inside, when they started smashing through the window to get to the chamber, the first person to go through was that woman. the second she climbed through the window, she got shot and died. >> the three other people who died suffered separate medical emergencies. the fbi is looking for the rioters involved in the violent activity at the capitol and

surroundi surrounding areas. we are hearing from bay area lawmakers who were on capitol hill when all of this was happening. j.r. stone has their stories. >> they were pounding on the door and we were told to lie down on the marble, which we did. and then there was a shot. >> reporter: congresswoman jackie speier describing the moment. speier saying she quickly learned there are gas masks under each seat of the chamber. >> there was an announcement made that the capitol had been breached, that we should get out the gas masks. i have one to show you. it's in packing like this. then when you open it up, you -- you can hear this thing taking off. >> i heard people pounding on the doors. >> reporter: congressman mark desaulnier described what happened as an

attack and described those inside the capitol building as part of a mob. >> i don't know how anyone could anything about the american constitution and how it's founded and formed to believe they're doing the right thing by attacking the u.s. capitol, attacking the people that the people represent. >> speaker of the house nancy pelosi addressed the situation wednesday evening. >> to those who strove to deter us from our responsibility, you have failed. to those who engaged in the gleeful desecration of this, our temple of democracy, american democracy, justice will be done. >> reporter: representative barbara lee tweeting wednesday for president trump's removal, something echoed by desaulnier and speier. >> he has to be stopped. i'm afraid of what he's going to do in the next two woks. >> reporter: dianne feinstein said trump must stop with false claims of election fraud. j.r. stone, abc7 news.

former president barack obama issued a statement on the violence saying history will rightly remember today's violence at the capitol incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election as a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation, but we would be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total surprise. former president george w. bush issued a statement. he said this is how election results are disputed in a banana republic, not our democratic republic. i'm appalled by the reckless behavior of some political leaders since the election and the lack of respect shown for our institutions, traditions and law enforcement. we're following breaking nws. mick mulvaney resigned in protest of what happened yesterday. he's the president's former chief of staff and currently the special envoy to northern ireland. here's what he said on cnbc this morning. "i can't do it. i can't stay." he's joining a growing list of white house staffers calling it

quits including trump's national deputy adviser, stephanie grisham, and white house deputy press secretary, sarah matthews. some lawmakers are talking about invoking the 25th amendment which could remove president trump from office, but how realistic is that? it says if the president is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the vice president shall immediately assume the responsibility. >> he basically mobilized militia groups to act in violation of the law and to endanger the lives and property of other people. >> more than three dozen democratic congressmen and women are calling for the president's impeachment. we want to hear from you to get a read of how the chaos at

the capitol was being viewed here at home. amy hollyfield is live for us in walnut creek. amy? >> good morning. we are finding a lot of reaction and emotion about what happened. as people watched these images coming out of washington, d.c., all of this violence at our capitol, many realized this will be one of those moments you remember where you were. you talk about it just like other huge significant moments in our history. here is a sample of what we heard in the east bay. >> i hope more is done to condemn such acts because it feels like terrorism in a way. it just -- it's very violent and horrific and just -- this is not our country. >> people are kind of fed up. i think a lot of it comes about from the polarization and everyone is just fatigued. everyone is tired of covid-19 and all the social unrest.

>> reporter: oakland mayor libby schaaf also spoke out about what happened saying she is concerned about the tremendous amount of healing work that must be done and she is concerned that people are going to lose faith in american democracy and of course hoping that won't happen. reporting live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. coming up, would black lives matter protests have been dealt with differently? and helping the incoming administration in the fight against covid-19. the number one strategy to hopefully push more people to get vaccinated. first a check of the weather and we go to mike nicco. >> thank you, reggie. good morning. let's look at some temperatures. starting in san francisco, we're around 48 to about 53 degrees under a mostly cloudy sky. most of the fog just to our south right now, you can see it. we'll touch more upon that in a second. i want to show you the

temperatures that are milder this morning. mid to upper 40s in most neighborhoods. 42 in pleasanton is the cool 101, 280, dangero dangerously low visibility, so give yourself extra time between you and the car in front of you. it's thicker around san jose. visibility down to an eighth of a mile. if you're coming in through the altamont pass, you will descend into fog in the tri valley. the north bay, no fog at our reporting stations. enjoy. that's unusual. let's take a look at what will happen tonight through tomorrow. light to moderate showers, up to a third of an inch. a little breezy along the coast. here's future radar and for all of today, a i lot lot of high c limited sunshine. you can see light to moderate showers bearing down on the north bay through midnight and moving across the rest of the neighborhoods. by the start of tomorrow morning's commute, the heaviest

showers are over. a few light showers continuing, and then increasing sunshine in the afternoon hours. for our early commuters tomorrow morning, everything will be wet. the heaviest of the rain will be moving on. slippery conditions today. dry conditions but fog today. let's get over to jobina and find out how the commute is doing. >> hi, mike. thank you. good morning. the chp issued fog advisories for the dumbarton bridge, treasure island and 280 in and around belmont, in that area. want to bring in a live camera showing off emeryville and 80 here. headlights making their way westbound towards the maze. i have not seen the metering lights come on for a while. i'll keep an eye out for all of that. a live look at the san mateo bridge here. traffic is picking up as people make their way westbound. you can see that fog off in the distance, too, as people make their way towards the peninsula. i want to show you the map also. if you're coming from the peninsula on to the san mateo bridge, you might run into a bit of a backup because of a crash

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confederate war during a period of sedition. it gained significance as a modern political symbol in the '50s and '60s as a sign of resistance to racial integration. a fact that a large group of people could easily breach the u.s. capitol has raised a lot of questions. matt boone spoke to local activists on what they saw happen yesterday versus what happened during the black lives matter protests. >> reporter: as the group of trump supporters stormed the capitol, local activist gene bridges had one thought. >> any racial justice protest that you go to, there's a very heavy police presence and firm boundaries. the experience is night and day. >> reporter: especially being at the nation's capitol where this woman says she's always felt scrutinized. >> i've been there with colleagues where we are not able to carry food in our purses. >> reporter: the summer of black

lives matter demonstrations where protesters with showered with tear gas and what happened in washington are not disconnected, argues university of san francisco professor james taylor. >> if african-americans are perceived to advance politically or socially, there's an equal and opposite reaction. >> reporter: whatever the internal motivations were, this was the end result, chaos as a mob broke windows, destroyed barricades and made it into secure areas of the capitol. even from a law enforcement perspective, something was off. >> i was so startled. >> reporter: former fbi agent rick smith says authorities in d.c. were clearly not prepared. >> there should have been better planning. a little disappointed there wasn't better planning for the eventuality. it was allowed to get out of hand. >> reporter: matt boone, abc 7 news. we have breaking news to share with you. the u.s. labor department released the latest weekly jobless claims report. this is the first one of 2021. jobina is tracking those numbers.

>> thank you. the new year is not bringing much improvement. here are the latest numbers coming up on your screen. another 787,000 people applied for unemployment benefits last week. that's a decrease of 3,000 from the week before. it is lower than the 815,000 that economists had forecasted. more than 5 million people are continuing to receive state unemployment benefits. the december jobs report will be released tomorrow. we will see how wall street reacts to this information when the markets open up in about 45 minutes. >> thank you. now to a look at the latest covid-19 headlines. nationwide the cdc says it has discovered at least 52 cases of the fast-spreading coronavirus variant that was first identified in the uk. that includes 26 confirmed and four probable cases here in california. state health officials announced 459 people died yesterday. that is nearly a 2% increase from the day before.

icu capacity in the bay area has gone up slightly to 7.4%. a bay area group is hoping to help the incoming administration unify the country in the fight against covid-19. specifically the need to get vaccinated. dr. kevin schulman and his colleagues at stanford are advising the biden administration on effective messages. he says the major challenge is fractured politics. strategy number one, a clear unifying message. >> we're not actually interested in a vaccine. we're interested in getting the country opened, reopened and getting all of us back to our lives. >> concepts include leveraging positive stories of the benefits for early vaccine recipients. making the possibility of getting vaccinated as visible as possible with ads and what would identify americans to get vaccines to the messages can be tailored to convince people to get the shots. on our website you may see where you fall in the line to be

vaccinated. answer a few questions on our calculator at abc7news.com. we'll open the weather window on san jose. we can see 280 and 17 right now. just a few minutes ago, we couldn't. the fog is not sticking in one place. it's moving around this morning. watch out for that. right here at 880 near the coliseum, looking northbound, not much fog there until you get closer to the bay bridge. today partly sunny and dry during the daylight hours. showers light to moderate come in tonight. then the weekend, our extended period of dry weather starts as soon as saturday. for this afternoon, we'll have temperatures around 58 degrees to 62. the 58 being around vallejo. the 62 in san jose. could be a bit warmer in morgan hill at 63. cooler in clear lake at 53. for the most part we're around 59 to 60 degrees this afternoon. here's a look at walnut creek as we look southbound on 680. there could be a bit of fog as you get closer to 24 and head into the tri valley if you're

heading south on 680. let's look at your day planner for today. temperatures are milder this morning when you step outside. low to upper 40s through 7:00. 52 to 57 through noon with that limited sunshine. then 55 to 59 at 4:00. sun sets at 5:06. after that some showers are possible in the north bay. you can see them sliding into the south bay during the overnight hours and holding on to that yellow, which is moderate. a good soaking while most of us are sleeping. temperatures will be mild again tonight, mid to upper 40s. here's my accuweather 7-day forecast, tonight's storm, that's the only game in town as far as wet weather goes. we'll be cooler this weekend in the afternoons because the mornings will be significant cooler, back in the 30s. then you can see monday, tuesday, wednesday as we continue to dry the atmosphere and warm it up, we'll be pushing the mid to upper 60s, possibly a few 70s next week. the that's how much warmer it will be and how much drier. enjoy the rain the next 24 hours or so. let's get back to reggie and

kumasi. >> thanks. san francisco ballet's artistic director and principal choreographer will be stepping down. helge thomasson will stay with the company until june 2022 at the latest. he has been behind the ballet's artistic vision for four decades. in that time the company has become one of the premiere ballets in the nation. in an interview he says he is eager to spend more time with his families and feels the company will make it through the pandemic well. a central california native is returning home to run the sonoma race way. jill gregory was announced as new executive vice president and general manager of the 1,600 acre property. she grew up in modesto and becomes the first woman to hold this position and the second woman to oversee a nascar cup series venue. >> opportunity for me not only to go back home but with a business and motorsports opportunity that allows me to use the great contacts,

relationships and stay in a sport i love while also being back in california was a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> gregory most recently served as nascar's executive vice president and chief marketing and content officer. ad week named her one of the most powerful women in sports for the past two years. congratulations. coming up, we're hearing from a congressman who witnessed the chaos at the capitol. his new interview on "good morning america." and also ahead, a new stimulus plan in california. the workers who would get a $600 check. and abc7 has launched new streaming apps. wherever you are you can get our live newscast, breaking news, weather and more with our bay area app on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and roku. just search

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this morning we are hearing from oklahoma republican congressman mark mullen, he witnessed the deadly shooting at the capitol and he's on "good morning america" talking about what happened. he says he doesn't think the president encouraged the mob. >> you see the rioters coming through storming the house, storming the house floor. what was going through your mind? >> obviously we were concerned. i never thought i'd ever see this in the united states and i've seen this before overseas, unfortunately, and we're better than this, george. as a country we're better than this. we can debate better than this. and what we do in our country, other democracies look at. and i get people being passionate and being frustrated, but there's a right way and wrong way to do things and yesterday was wrong. there was absolutely no excuse for it.

when he drew his weapon, that's a hard decision for anybody to make. once you draw your weapon like that, you have to defend yourself with deadly force. we're all responsible for our own actions, dead stop. we're all adults here. these flames have been fanned for over five years now. >> by the president. >> if anybody is to blame it's all of us. >> you can watch the full interview coming up on "gma" at 7:00. new stimulus plan by the governor would give a $600 check to low-income earners in california. people making $30,000 or less including some undocumented workers would qualify for this. governor newsom also said he wants to extend an expiring eviction moratorium for renters who make 25% of rent. the funding will be included in a new state budget that the governor will release on friday. this morning the battle for the title of the world's richest

man is getting tighter. elon musk really close now to surpassing jeff bezos as the wealthiest man on the planet. tesla's ceo's net worth was 1$11 billion yesterday, just shy of bezos who held the top spot since october of 2017. we learned they'll rename a section of streets in san jose to barack obama boulevard this month. here's a look at the streets that will change from the s.a.p. center to 280. on tuesday the city council voted for that renaming. >> when residents and visitors go down barack obama boulevard, they'll be reminded of the hope and change that can happen and the dream of our better angels prevailing in this country and in our city. and that it can become a reality. >> this all started in 2017 with an online petition. thousands of dollars have been

donated to that renaming effort. some good news. our recent rains stopped our drought from spreading but it didn't make it better. we're still anywhere from a moderate in the south bay to extreme up in the north bay. look at this, since october, we're anywhere from 19 to 35% of average. that's even worse than what we had for the entire 2020 year. looking at the outlook for next week, we're going to be dry across the entire state and about a 40% to 50% chance of below average precipitation for us and temperatures nearing 70, maybe a little spring fever in the forecast for the middle parts of next week. we'll take a greater look at that coming up in the next half hour. let's get back to kumasi and reggie now. next at 6:00, the fallout from the capitol rampage. president trump now promising a smooth transition of power. the new developments this morning. and we're staying on top of the covid-19 emergency at

hospitals who are overwhelmed in the south bay. what officials warn could happen if you need to go to the er. before we get to that, we'll leave you with a live look outside at the embarcadero in san francisco. it's 5:56. we'll be right back.

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now from abc7, live breaking news. >> joseph r. biden jr. from the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald trump from the state of florida has received 232 votes. the chair declares the joint session dissolved. breaking nows now at 6:00, congress validating the election this morning handing the victory to joe biden and kamala harris. the president-elect expected to address the nation later this morning. overnight president trump released a statement saying in part there will be an orderly transition on january 20th. the statement had to be relayed by his aide on twitter because

the president was temporarily banned from social media. and a live look this morning at the u.s. capitol in washington. much calmer there now than what we saw yesterday. the curfew in the city lifted a few hours ago but it will be in effect again tonight and every night for the next two weeks. good morning, everybody. here we are on thursday, january 7th. >> it was an extraordinary and unbelievable scene that unfolded at the u.s. capitol yesterday. four people died. police arrested 50 people. that would normally be extraordinary because it's a big number, in this case it's extraordinary because of how small that number is given that a mob attacked congress. two pipebombs found at the dnc and rnc offices. these are new photos of the damage left behind at the capitol. the president urged the mob to go home after it all started, but obviously that came way too late. faith abubey has a look at the