prevagen. healthier brain. better life. tempers must be cool and calm restored. >> president trump returns to twitter late today after his account was locked. he condemns the rioters as lawmakers call for his removal from office. bay area activists don't mince words. the ugly double standard they saw during the siege on the capitol. and the i-team digs into california's slow vaccination roll out. the possible solution local health officials seem to have been ignoring. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy. a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. this moment calls for healing

and reconciliation. >> president trump released a new video on twitter less than an hour ago as there are reports of another death related to the riot, a capitol police officer. good evening. >> thank you for joining us. in the wake of the chaos, calls are growing for the president's removal from office after trump's fanatics stormed the capitol and confronted police inside the halls of congress one even waving a confederate flag. the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia says, quote, all options are on the table for charging the rioters, including sedition. police have arrested at least 90 people so far. k cnn reports a u.s. capitol police officer is the fifth person to die as a result of the violence. today speaker nancy pelosi threatened to impeach the president a second time. >> i join the senate democratic leader in calling on the vice president to remove this president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment. if the vice president and cabinet do not act, the congress

may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. >> the white house finally responded to yesterday's rampage but took no questions or acknowledged any responsibility. >> the violence we saw yesterday at our nation's capitol was appalling, reprehensible, and against the american way. we condemn it. the president and this administration in the strongest possible terms. >> sources familiar with the discussions have told abc news that president trump has suggested to advisers that he wants to grant himself a pardon before leaving office. >> one of the loudest conversations out of yesterday's capitol siege the lack of force used against rioters even as they scaled walls, broke windows, and destroyed offices. abc 7 news reporter chris reyes talked to black lives matter protesters and they didn't mince words. >> reporter: punches were thrown, a brief scuffle, but that is where the police confrontation with protesters ended in the moments before the capitol was breached. this was last may in san jose.

a black lives matter rally. sala remembers a very different outcome when her husband derek was shot in the groin with rubber bullets. >> my husband was 30 feet away from the line of officers and was holding a sign that said, we are worthy of life. and was not inciting any violence at all. he was shot. >> reporter: bay area organizers from last year's black lives matter rally say the same thing. that images like these are very different from the ones they experienced on the ground. >> if it were black protesters, we would have been shot. just right then and there. it would have been a massacre. >> a lot of activists saying if the protesters yesterday were black they would be dead. do you believe that? >> oh, yeah. yeah. we would all be dead. it would be a spray of bullets. >> reporter: this is the kind of painful contest they are talking

about. this was from a protest in oakland last summer after the shooting of jacob blake. protesters were arrested for throwing rocks and bottles at officers. police dressed in riot gear, tear gas, fired. this from inside the capitol right before offices were ransacked. one police officer armed with a stick unable to hold back protesters as they advanced inside. >> you saw that he was scared. he has every right to be scared because these are white men and probably white women as well that really don't care. >> reporter: they say watching these images have been retraumatizing but also validation of what they've experienced first hand. an ugly double standard embedded deep in this country. >> i think it communicates that they see white people as valuable and nonwhite people as

not valuable. >> late this afternoon it was announced the capitol police chief will resign effective january 16th. >> i first hand saw rank and file officers at risk to their own safety helping people and i want to salute their service. that said, there are very disturbing reports about some barricades, barriers being opened and protesters being allowed in. there is a mind boggling lack of planning. we know these attacks were being planned on parlor, on social media. you had people talking about getting guns and over running the capitol. and why we were not more prepared, those questions need to be asked and we need to hold whoever was responsible to account. >> the congressman said he was in his office when he was told to evacuate because of a pipe bomb threat. he was on his way to the capitol but got word from staff the

building was being over run so he went back to his office and stayed there with the door locked until 10:00 p.m. that video president trump tweeted this afternoon is the first thing he was able to post today to the platform that played a huge role in getting him elected. twitter blocked his account for 12 hours because of content that violated its policies. in fact, several major platforms restricted his accounts. abc 7 news has the story now from silicon valley. >> reporter: this afternoon president trump's megaphone has been silenced for now. twitter was the first to act, removing some of the president's recent tweets and suspending hi citing violations of the company's civic policy. facebook said the president's accounts would be locked until inauguration day at the very least. we contacted twitter and facebook, based in the bay area. both failed to make an executive available to answer questions. in a blog post this morning facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg says his company took action after the president's recent posts were used to incite

violent insurrection against a democratically elected government. >> it would be an incredibly wasted opportunity if we just went back to life as normal. >> reporter: the cnetted itor at large says the chaos at the capitol was a wakeup call for an industry unchecked for years. >> we need to figure out what social media needs to become and it can't just be the whims of two male white ceos who are currently in charge of facebook and twitter. >> reporter: much has been said about the protections these companies have under section 230 of the communications decency act which shields them from liability for much of the content their users post on their platforms. but with no restrictions the consequences can be dangerous. >> that culture of anonymity has encouraged more and more inflammatory rhetoric. >> reporter: sjs umass communications expert dr. richard craig says social media companies don't have the band width to monitor their online

communities. >> the more you get into it, the more you get accustomed to just the outrageousness of it all and the more you can get caught up in the main ynia we saw yesterd >> reporter: now reigniting the debate over free speech and safety. in silicon valley, abc 7 news. a handful of people demonstrated in san mateo this afternoon calling for president trump to be impeached again but this time removed from office. the group called yesterday's siege at the capitol a failed coup attempt instigated by president trump. they're calling on americans to contact their representatives and demand action be taken immediately against the president. we are tracking covid-19 in california and today health officials announced a record two day total of more than 1,040 new deaths. hospitals are straining under the unprecedented case load now at more than 36,300 new cases. an update to the state's travel

advisory. nonessential travelers from out of state are strongly discouraged from entering california. bay area icu capacity has dropped to the lowest availability at 3.5%. sacramento's capacity is at 9.2% and northern california at 25.4%. all but 1.7% of california's population is under the stay-at-home order prohibiting restaurants, salons, and other nonessential businesses from operating inside or out. more than 2 million covid-19 vaccine doses have been shipped to california over the past month but only 24% have actually been used. tonight the abc 7 news i-team is digging into a possible solution. about 30,000 nursing students are qualified and ready to administer the vaccines but county health departments have yet to guive the green light. >> reporter: disrupting the vaccine distribution chain, more than 1.5 million doses of covid

vaccine are now stuck in transit according to state data updated tuesday night. that's up from 900,000. so what's causing it? we've asked the state four times this week but have yet to get a straight answer. just like janice wisheroff the interim director for the college of san mateo nursing program. >> there is just no direct line of communication. >> reporter: she contacted the san mateo county health department five times since october about a possible solution to help aid the backlog. she has 100 trained nursing students that are certified to administer vaccines. and need to complete clinical hours >> i have a hundred students and by the way all last semester were practicing with the flu vaccine. can totally help with this. >> reporter: her students are required to complete 100 hours per semester. that totals out to an additional 10,000 injections that could alleviate the backlog in san mateo county. >> i just don't hear back.

>> reporter: she isn't alone. nursing directors at community colleges in marin, sonoma, san mateo, santa clara, and alameda counties have made attempts to do the same. >> what is sad and what is happening is there is a huge disconnect. >> reporter: this is the president of the california organization of the associate degree nursing programs. she oversees 30,000 nursing students that are qualified to help but need to get vaccinated first. >> when you listen to the news, we don't have the work force to vaccinate. we're like we have 30,000 students who have just been taught how to do a vaccine. >> reporter: a problem that four months later still remains unanswered. >> since we aren't hospital or clinical affiliated there is no place for us to get these vaccines. >> reporter: we brought this information to the california department of public health today. we are told the state is now looking into it. for the i-team, abc 7 news. more to come here. vaccination efforts are ramping up at retirement communities including an east bay senior

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a suspect is now in custody for the fatal 4th of july shooting of a 6-year-old san francisco boy. chase young was hit by gunfire as he watched the fireworks with his family in the bay view hunters point neighborhood. police arrested 18-year-old james harbor yesterday in san francisco. a motive for the shooting has not yet been released but police had previously said young was an innocent victim in a targeted shooting. a 26-year-old symbol of san francisco's japan town has been vandalized in what community members are calling a deliberate act. and we now have surveillance images of the vandal. take a close look. this is the person believed to have hacked apart the two cherry

blossom trees in front of the japanese cultural and community center on northern california on sutter street earlier this week. the vandal snapped branches off each tree, badly damaging them. the center shared these photos of the aftermath on facebook. the vandal was determined. the branches were more than 3 inches thick and the tree stood as high as 15 feet. >> everyone looks forward to seeing the beautiful cherry blossoms and just to enjoy and welcome the new season. now we won't be able to do that this year. >> so sad. but look what people did. neighbors placed oragami ornaments on the damaged trees this morning to try to beautify them. the trees were planted in 1994 when the emperor and empress of japan visited san francisco. kaiser permanente is facing a fine for not notifying santa clara county about a recent covid-19 outbreak among its staff and recently sent out a news release saying 43 employees in the emergency department

tested positive and the number has grown to 60 including one person who died. the county says it wasn't notified for seven days. kaiser says it is preparing a response. >> in the east bay an expansion of the effort to get covid-19 vaccines to staff and residents of nursing homes. abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley has more on the first shots given at a walnut creek senior living facility. >> i feel half safe now. >> reporter: this #t90-year-old was one of the first to get the vaccine at this retirement community. they were the pilot because of their excellent track record in covid protocol. >> we've all been working together to reach all of these facilities. we're trying to get over here and get people vaccinated. hugely important. fingers crossed this could be, you know, our cure. >> reporter: fear has been rampant in living facilities throughout the pandemic.

major pharmacies have been distributing the vaccine to skilled nursing homes. >> like living in a petri dish because everybody is vulnerable. if we all now get vaccinated it is going to be living in a bubble. we'll be safe. >> absolutely, yes. i can't wait for the second one. >> reporter: the hope like everyone is to eventually see family and friends again. >> i'm looking forward to seeing them and going out with them and eating in restaurants with them. like i used to. >> reporter: over 270 residents and staff got vaccinated in just one day. very few opting out. some of the 90-year-olds said it just felt like getting a flu shot. more east bay assisted living facilities will be getting vaccines next week. i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. >> right now on our website you can see where you may fall in line to be vaccinated. just answer a few questions on this calculator at abc7news.com.

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that was a nice, live look outside before the break. what's coming our way? >> we have some wet weather coming our way and we need it as you know. but right now i want to show you a beautiful post sunset view. you can see some high clouds gathering ahead of the storm system on its way late tonight going into early tomorrow morning. here is live doppler 7 and there are clouds around but the rain is still up to the north. here is a view from our camera as we look toward the trans america pyramid in san francisco. temperatures mid to upper 50s from san francisco to san jose. morgan hill 58 degrees. a live look from our san jose camera. notice there is a lot more sun in the southern end of our viewing area right now. mid 50s santa rosa.

napa. 52 livermore. if you're getting out of town partly cloudy tomorrow afternoon. breezy at the coast. temperatures in the low 60s. honolulu, isolated showers and #l 3 degrees. new york city sunshine and 43. honolulu 83 degrees. cloudy skies in chicago and a cold 35 degrees. los angeles sunshine and 73. a look from our golden gate bridge camera the breeze is coming in. showers overnight through early tomorrow morning. drying out over the weekend. we do have milder weather coming your way for next week. it's not going to feel like winter especially toward thursday. i'll show you that in just a moment. tomorrow morning light to moderate showers as the level one system comes in. watch out for some large, rough surf. that is building ahead of the storm. 11:00 tonight the rain line is barely reaching parts of santa rosa and sonoma county coast and then will slide down toward the

san mateo coast at 2:00 a.m. tomorrow going into the east bay. so this is when most of that rain is going to fall and it falls while you're sleeping. tomorrow morning showers at 5:00 a.m. focused in the north bay but scattered as we go into 6:00 a.m. allow the extra time if you are commuting because you will need it with the slippery roads. by the afternoon just looking at lingering clouds and sunshine as well. now rainfall totals are going to be a little bit better than last time except in the south bay. san jose 0.02 expecting 0.25 santa rosa. high surf advisory is 6:00 a.m. tomorrow until 6:00 a.m. saturday. breaking waves 20 to 25 feet especially in the northwest. west northwest facing beaches. so watch out. there is a risk of sneaker waves and rip currents. temperatures first thing in the morning in the 40s. don't leave home without the umbrellas because you will need them for parts of the bay area. tomorrow afternoon upper 50s to

low 60s. with the south wind it will be a little bit milder and the accu weather seven day forecast, a 1 on the impact scale tomorrow morning and after that a dry pattern for the weekend. next week flirting with 70 degrees inland by thursday. can you believe that? isn't this supposed to be one of our wettest winter months? leave you wondering. >> where di leave the sunscreen? >> find it. >> thanks. the chase is on. it is a new game show premiering tonight on abc 7. up next the bay area

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>> abc 7 has launched new streaming apps so wherever you are you can get our live newscasts, breaking news, weather, and more. just search abc 7 bay area and down load it. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 today we asked abc viewers to return a simple question to us. if you could write a letter to democracy what would you say? the answer we got about the riot at the capitol. >> awful. but it could have been avoided. >> only on abc 7 we hear from the family of an accused hit-and-run driver and a deadly crash. why they say it should never have happened. applicants with frozen unemployment claims reach out to 7 on your side and michael finney for help all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. hope you can join us then. a new game show is debuting tonight here on abc 7. >> "the chase" pits three contestants against three of the most well known trivia buffs in america.

those contestants get their chance to show up "jeopardy" wizards in a fast paced trivia show. big cash prizes are at stake. >> sarah haynes from the view is the host. san jose resident is one of the contestants tonight. the self-proclaimed trivia buff said he spent months preparing for the big moment >> i found myself viewing old trivia study guides, a lot of wikipedia, lots of lists and rankings and things to study and things that i thought might come up. i watched a lot of the old show. >> james competed on "jeopardy's" college championship in 2010 when he was a freshman at santa clara university. you can cheer him on, james, "the chase" premise tonight at 9:00 right here on abc 7. that looks like a lot of fun. >> it does. absolutely. all right. "world news tonight with david muir" is next. >> for all of us here we

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tonight, the fallout after one of the darkest days in u.s. history. the mob storming the u.s. capitol, fueled by president trump's own words, telling them to be strong, to march to the capitol, that i'll march with you. instead, he watched from the white house and tonight, that's where he remains, amid new calls that he be removed from office. democratic leaders saying, this is urgent. tonight, the president-elect joe biden saying he will not weigh in on the 25th amendment, leaving it up to the vice president mike pence and the president's cabinet. and this evening, biden calling those who stormed the capitol domestic terrorists. republicans including lindsey graham calling them domestic terrorists, too, saying they're not patriots. some of president trump's closest allies now breaking from the president, including former attorney general bill barr, who said the president orchestrating this mob is inexcusabl