risk of dying. as a new mass vaccination site opens up in sonoma. plus, another muslim prayer app is shown to track its users. how data from millions of downloads was sold to a company that appears to be linked to i.c.e. also, a twin track to fight homelessness, one using mobile homes that look like art and the other mobilizes tax hikes on corporations. >> announcer: building a better bay area. for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. today in a bipartisan way the house demonstrated that no one is above the law, not even the president of the united states. that donald trump is a clear and present danger to our country. and that once again we honor that oath of office. >> that's speaker of the house nancy pelosi late today before she signed the article of impeachment against president

trump. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> reporter: and i'm ama daetz. thank you for joining us. the house of representatives broke new ground today by impeaching a president for the second time. the house indicted president trump on a single article charging him with incitement of insurrection by encouraging his supporters to march on the capitol, a march that led to storming the building and the deaths of five people. ten republicans joined the house's more than 200 democrats to achieve the simple majority needed to impeach. all bay area lawmakers supported today's vote. in fact, california lawmakers played a large role in today's historic impeachment vote. abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz was watching all day and joins us now live with the latest. liz? >> reporter: hi, ama. that's right. many of our california lawmakers spoke out today on the house floor during this vote. nearly all of them stayed within their party lanes, except tore one of them, a congressman from the central valley. he broke away from the republican party and voted yes to impeach president trump. >> without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the

table. >> reporter: at exactly 1:36 this afternoon history was made. president donald trump impeached for a second time. as expected, every democratic representative from california voted yes. one by one on the house floor they laid out their arguments. >> i'm the only member of congress who's been involved in all three of the last presidential impaechts. those were long proceedings. today we don't need a long investigation to know the president incited right-wing terrorists to attack the congress to try to overturn constitutional government. >> this heinous act of domestic terrorism demands that congress act to remove this president. >> capitol police were spit on, beaten, stap stampeded and one of them lost their lives. i'm not asking you to summon the courage they did. i'm just asking you to do your job -- >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> reporter: all but one california republican voted against impeachment, including house gop leader kevin mccarthy,

who said the president does bear responsibility for last week's attack on the capitol but that impeachment is not the way. >> a vote to impeach will further fan the flames of partisan division. most americans want neither inaction nor retribution. they want durable, bipartisan justice. that path is still available. but is not the path we are on today. >> reporter: backing him up was placer county congressman tom mcclintock, who sent another message with his mask that said this mask is as useless as our governor. >> every movement has a lunatic fringe. suppressing free speech is not the answer. holding rioters accountable for their actions is the answer. and we are. >> reporter: congressman david valadao from the veteran valley was the sole california republican to vote in favor of impeachment. after his vote he explained on twitter that he had hoped for a

longer investigation but said, "based on the facts before me, i have to go with my gut and vote my conscience. i voted to impeach president trump. his inciting rhetoric was un-american, abhorrent and absolutely an impeachable offense. it's time to put country over politics." and that congressman was one of ten house republicans across the country to break away and vote yes on impeachment. notably, biden won his district here in california. it's district 21. he won it by about ten points. and so perhaps that factored into his reasoning. maybe he felt like he had the ability to break away and vote yes on this impeachment. live here at home, liz kreutz, abc 7 news. >> liz, thank you. bay area representatives anna eshoo and zoe lofgren, you just heard from her, both vote to impeach today. they spoke with abc 7 news about this historic vote. >> the magnitude of the attack on our nation's capitol, that a president of the united states

incited a mob to come to the capitol to do what they did, there's no question they came to kill, they came to desecrate, they came to destroy and they did. >> if incitement to insurrection is not an impeachable act, i don't know what is. >> now, keep in mind the senate will not return early to begin impeachment proceedings. so the earliest an impeachment trial could start is january 19th. meaning it is almost certain the president will be out of office by the time the trial begins. joe biden will be sworn in on the 20th. meanwhile, late today the president released a video condemning the violence at the capitol. he said, "mob violence goes against everything i believe in." now to the latest on coronavirus. today state health officials took a dramatic step saying it will now allow anyone 65 and older to receive the vaccine. state officials say seniors will move to the front of the line, saying the group is at the

greatest risk of being hospitalized and dying. the policy change comes one day after the centers for disease control recommended that states expand vaccine access to everyone 65 and older to speed up the rollout. however, it appears the new plan applies only to counties that have already finished with health care workers and are ready to move to the next phase. in the north bay sonoma county hosted its first drive-thru vaccination clinic for health care workers who want to get the shot and there was a big turnout today. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard is in santa rosa. >> reporter: parking lot at the sonoma county fairgrounds has become a drive-thru vaccination clinic 37 lots of people showing up all day. it's an effort by the county to speed up the vaccination process. >> getting this is just a great peace of mind. >> reporter: marisa johnston just got her first dose of the covid-19 vaccine at this drive flue clinic. she's one of thousands of licensed home health care workers in sonoma county invited to get the shot. >> i'm happy that it protects me, but the last thickng i woul

want would be to pass it on to somebody else. >> have you been vaccinatesed in the last 14 days? >> reporter: safeway pharmacists are partnering with the don't, giving the moderna vaccine to caregivers in their cars, many who care for seniors. >> i'm an ihss worker. i take care of my 93-year-old aunt. she lives with me. and i'm just trying to keep myself safe and her. >> i'm happy i was able to get the vaccine. >> reporter: after distribution delays statewide the county wants to move quickly in getting the vaccine into the arms of those who want it. >> there is an urgency to get this out there. but we also know that we want to make it as safe as possible and we want to make people as comfortable as possible. >> reporter: at the end of today's clinic there were about 17 doses of the vaccine left over. so safeway pharmacists put out the call to some at-risk seniors to come down and get a shot. >> they said they had extra vaccines today. so myself and my wife were lucky

enough to get the vaccine. >> reporter: don hoover is battling kidney disease. he's grateful for the vaccine. pharmacists say the remaining doses can't be rechilled, they must be used or thrown away. but they don't advise others showing up at future clinics without an appointment. another drive-thru event is happening thursday. in santa rosa cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> certainly the covid-19 pandemic has intensified the need for homeless resources. according to lawmakers who are pushing for a new bill to permanently fund homeless aid across the aid as homeless advocates wait for bold action from the state. abc 7 news reporter matt boone shows us one grassroots project designed to help the most vulnerable populations is homeless youth. >> reporter: after nearly two years this youth tiny home village in oakland is weeks away from opening. >> if you love your neighbor won't want them sleeping on the street. >> reporter: he's been leading the construction effort along

with the group youth spirit artworks which has brought in young artists to create dozens of colorful murals. >> more than just mural canvases each one of these brings a certain type of energy, often messages. >> reporter: on the inside simple but functional with a custom-made desk that also pulls into a bed. now, while the homes may be tiny, the goal is to foster a tight-knit community here as well. the centerpiece of that is this kitchen which one's the pandemic subsides residents will be able to took, eat and socialize inside together. so far demand for the 22 spots has been overwhelming with more than 100 applicants so far, says youth spirit artwork director sally hinman. >> there's huge need for housing for young people and that's been expressed in many, many applications coming in in a short period of time. >> reporter: that need is being recognized by some state lawmakers who gathered for a virtual meeting to push for a.b. 71, a bill that would create a permanent funding source for homeless issues. oakland mayor libby schaaf says if it passes most of the money

would go to create permanent affordable housing but recognized the need for quick intervention for at-risk youth. >> i want to lift up that a.b. 71 has a 10% set aside requirement for homeless youth. our typical shelter programs do not serve our youth well. >> reporter: while this tiny home program received about a third of its funding from the city of oakland, it was spearheaded by young people due to a lack of other options. >> this was an idea that youth who were living in the shelter came up with. >> reporter: young adults 18 to 23 are eligible. they must commit to eight hours of a job training program a week with the goal of transitioning out in under three years. >> we feel like it's one really, really important model that can be replicated. >> reporter: in oakland matt boone, abc 7 news. tonight a popular app used by millions of muslim users to remind them of prayer times has been pulled from app stores after it was reported the app was collecting information without users' consent and potentially selling it to the u.s. government. abc 7 news race and culture

reporter julian glover spoke to members of the bay area muslim community who call it an invasion of privacy, julian. >> reporter: hi, ama. good evening. they certainly do. they tell me that at a time when we're all relying on technology for that sense of community this latest news is particularly concerning and has the potential to create an even greater rift of mistrust between the muslim community here in the bay area and the u.s. government. >> feeling disturbed, appalled, but not surprised. >> reporter: frustration and disappointment among members of the muslim community across the bay area following the news first reported by vice that salat first an app that reminds muslims of when to pray was reporting location data to a third-party data broker with links to i.c.e. and the fbi. >> the u.s. government is obtaining private and personal information about american muslims under the guise of national security and surveillance. they have a long track record of

targeting muslims. >> reporter: salat first, with 10 million download, is the second such app exposed for collecting and sharing location data in as many months. sarah used muslim pro. that app has since reportedly severed ties with its data partners. >> so intrusive. you know, my conversation with god is not information the government needs. >> reporter: monday the app's developer, who we believe to be muslim, posted a lengthy statement to facebook saying in part, "there is no evidence that the information shared was sold to the american government. i know this news could drive some users to delete the program and i don't blame them." now the app has been pulled from both apple's and google's app stores by the developer. this news is particularly enraging for the muslim community given intelligence failures that led to the insurrection at the u.s. capitol just days earlier. >> the government is overly scrutinizing some communities and missing, right? like really missing evidence on planning for violence. >> reporter: the electronic frontier foundation with this

message on consumer data privacy. >> if you are not paying for something, then you are the product. >> reporter: another word of advice from the electronic frontier foundation, you want to go ahead and double-check your apps to make sure they're only using that really sensitive and intimate location data when it needs to. dan, ama, we'll send it back to you. >> all right. that's good advice. and julian, we are so pleased to have you as our dedicated reporter on issues involving race and social justice. for everyone at home, julian has been reporting on the morning news for about a year and now you have this new role. >> i'm really excited to take on this new opportunity. there are so many really pressing and important issues across the bay area that we want to cover with much more depth here at abc 7 news, and i'm excited to take on this and report on the stories covering race, culture, and social justice. but of course i can't do it without your help.

if there is a pressing issue you think we need to cover-u think we need to know about, reach out to me on social media, facebook, twitter, instagram, juliang abc 7. or e-mail me. reporting live, julian glover, abc 7 news. >> thank you, julian. >> we are thrilled, julian, for you and for us. you will bring so much to that platform. still ahead the mystery over how the pandemic began. bay area researchers tonight on the world's biggest scientific puzzle and the new mission to puzzle and the new mission to find some people were afraid i was contagious. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if you've had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. learn more at cosentyx.com.

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♪ ♪ there's word tonight that derick almena may take a plea deal and avoid any more jail time for his role in the ghost ship fire. according to our media partner the east bay times al-membera will plead guilty to his 36 counts and will likely receive nine years of jail time. however according to what the alameda county d.a.'s office told victims' families te serve

behavior will likely mean almena does not go back to jail. 36 people died in the fire in 2016. in 2019 a jury deadlocked on almena's guilt. they found co-defendant max harris not guilty. more on the coronavirus now. scientific teams from the world health organization are scheduled to begin an investigation into wuhan, china this week. they're hoping to unlock some of the mysteries surrounding its inception. as the pandemic's earliest epicenter, the city of wuhan, china has been the focus of scientific speculation about the origins of covid-19. but now research has shifted to a broader question. which animals might have harbored the virus before it jumped to humans? >> so far that ambient animal host has not been identified. we know the intermediate was sars. we know the intermediate for merz. it's a big mystery. >> reporter: dr. warner green is a researcher with san francisco's gladstone's institutes. he says the covid virus attaches to a cell receptor found in a wide virus of animals as well as

humans. for a time suspicions focused on a scaly creature known as a pangolin. >> we know the pangolin has a similar virus but it's missing one absolutely key distinguishing feature of sars co-v-2. it can't be the pangolin. >> reporter: the most common theories focus on china's bat population and similar versions of the virus have been detected in bats in southeast asia. dr. shin and bennett studies disease transmission at the california academy of sciences. she says it's critical to know whether a bat might be the direct source or whether the virus could be passed to a second animal and jump to humans from there. >> and just understanding the landscape of potential and possible exchanges that could happen with this virus. so preparing for future viruses as well as understanding better the intersection between humans and non-human animals for this virus. >> reporter: the world health organization team could use field sampling techniques similar to research groups like the uc davis one health institute.

their experts sample bats in many parts of the world to better understand the so-called animal reservoir of diseases. and experts say with a version of covid infecting animal populations from minks in denmark to gorillas at the san diego zoo, understanding its transmission will be vital as the virus mutates and travels. >> if there's any ongoing transmission from an animal species to humans, you can start looking at species that might transfer this to humans to begin with. >> reporter: a second front, so to speak, in the battle against a human pandemic. the world health organization team could also use techniques like contact tracing, especially around a food market where a number of early patients were identified. others have called on china's government to be more transparent about virus work being conducted in a nearby lab at the time of the outbreak. still ahead here, the worrisome lack of rain as a warm-up heads our way. it was nice out there today certainly. abc 7 news meteorolo i am robert strickler. i've been involved in communications in the media

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a woman in pacifica was filming the massive waves this past monday when one of them -- ooh, look at that. overtook her. her iphone, though, continued recording. even after it was swept away. fortunately, she was fine. and she did find her phone. wow. and how did she find her phone? goodness. >> crazy. with that let's check in with abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. got to be careful, sandhya. >> yeah, you definitely do. she's very fortunate to have even found her phone, ama. let's take a look at a lovely view right now from our emeryville camera. a post-sunset sky as we look back toward the golden gate bridge. we do have some wispy clouds out there. and those temperatures 62 in santa rosa, napa in the mid 60s. concord, livermore. it's really quite mild out there. from our kgo roof camera you will notice a gentle breeze among the embarcadero and those temperatures low to mid 60s from san francisco to oakland. san jose, half moon bay, 55

degrees. compared to 24 hours ago we are running warmer. up seven degrees in santa rosa and in san carlos. that's not what we should be seeing. we should be seeing more rain. as you take a look at the january rainfall so far, it's just not even half of what we should be getting around this time of year. normal rainfall for santa rosa 3 1/2 inches. we only got an inch and a third. you will notice san jose only .01 of an inch so far this month and you average just over an inch. you need the rain. i don't have any in the forecast. we did see trace amounts earlier for a few cities. as you look at live doppler 7, it's just passing clouds. and a high surf advisory does remain up. it was extended until 9:00 p.m. tonight. as the waves are still pretty rough out there. just be careful if you're going to be out at the coast. sutro tower camera showing you san francisco tonight. here's the forecast. areas of fog for the morning commute. mild to warm pattern for next week with near record temperatures this upcome weekend. first thing in the morning temperatures will be in the 40s for most of you with a mix of

fog and high clouds tomorrow afternoon in the south bay. look how mild, 72 degrees in morgan hill. 69 in san jose. on the peninsula 68 redwood city, 64 in pacifica. downtown san francisco 64 degrees. daly city 61. occasional high clouds and plenty of sun in the north bay. 70 in santa rosa. calistoga. 66 in san rafael. temperatures a good 10 to 15 degrees above average for this time of year. in the east bay. 66 oakland. 68 fremont. head inland and you'll be up to 70 in livermore. 69 in concord and in pleasanton. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. and it does feature mild to warm weather tomorrow. a slight dip on friday. winter warmth returns for the weekend. it's a long holiday weekend. martin luther king jr. day. gusty offshore winds expected in the hills. that brings the warmth but also there may be some fire concerns. so just keep that in the back of your mind. dan and ama? >> all right, we will. thank you, sandhya. still to come here, the crit

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what happened? and from 7 on your side's michael finney another e.d.d. nightmare to talk about. there have been so many. another new high-tech i.d. verification system to weed out fraud causes even more frustration for hundreds of thousands of californians. that's all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. hope you can join us then. but finally for the moment all of us at abc 7 news are helping to get the word out for more people, ama, to donate desperately needed blood. >> yeah, dan, the red cross has seen a big drop in donors during the pandemic. it's important to have donations from people of all races and ethnicities so there are more chances of matching blood types for patients in need. >> exactly right. you can join abc 7 and the american red cross to schedule a life-saving donation at locations across the bay area. all of the details are on our website at abc7news.com. you'll see the story right there on our home page. let's really make a difference. it's desperately needed. "world news tonight" with david muir is next. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. for sandhya patel, all of us

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low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. tonight, president trump, the only president in american history to be impeached twice, charged with incitement of insurrection. the first comments from the president today, just in moments ago. one week to the day after rioters stormed the u.s. capitol after the president urged them to march to the capitol, to be strong, to fight like hell. tonight, house lawmakers have impeached the president. ten republicans breaking with the president to vote with the democrats. speaker nancy pelosi calling the president a clear and present danger. and the moment today the top republican leader in the house saying president trump bears responsibility for the attack, though not supporting impeachment on this timetable. other republicans saying, with so few days left in the administration, why impeach now? saying it's time to heal. democrats arguing you cannot heal if there's no accountability for the deadly

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