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history made. president trump impeached for a second time. so what happens next?

bay area seniors anxious to get their vaccine. why a local public health expert thinks distribution has been so challenging. first, we saw battery fires in electric vehicles, now the ntsb has recommendations they're issuing. details in my stor temperatures into record materialiterritory. i will show you how warm coming up. "abc 7 news" at 11:00 starts now. building a better bay area for a safe and secure area. this is "abc 7 news". he must go. he is a clear an present danger to the nation that we all love. >> an unprecedented vote today. for the first time a president was impeached for a second time. the house indicted president trump on a single charge, incitement of insurrection. it comes one week to the day after that deadly assault on the capitol. unlike the last impeachment, ten republicans joined the houses 222 democrats to achieve the simple majority needed to

impeach. last week there was a domestic threat at the door of the capitol and he did nothing to stop it. that is why with a heavy heart and clear resolve i will vote yes on these articles of impeachment. >> so what happens next? while the house has the power to impeach, it is the senate that holds a trial and can ultimately remove trump from the presidency if that trial happened before his term ends, potentially barring him from ever seeking office again. senate leader mitch mcconnell says tonight he will not bring the senate back early. that means the trial could start just as president-elect biden is being sworn in next week. >> good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. in just one week president-elect joe biden will be sworn in as our nation's next president. the ceremony will take place amid heightened security following last week's attack on the capitol. tonight 2,000 heavily-armed

national guard troops are already securing the area. these striking images show them lining the grand halls and resting between shifts, a sight we haven't seen since the civil war. defense officials say up to 20,000 could be in the city by inauguration day. >> now, it comes as abc news has learned authorities are monitoring up to ten events organized by demonstrators coming back to washington, that some are calling a week of siege. one event planned to, quote, capture and detain democratic politicians and set up a new government. >> in a video released after the vote, president trump made no mention of impeachment and took no responsibility for the attack, but he is giving his most froorceful condemnation of the violence yet and warning against new threats. >> mob violence goes against everything i believe in and everything our movement stands for. no true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence. if you do any of these things, you are not supporting our

movement. you are attacking it and you are attacking our country. we cannot tolerate it. >> many california lawmakers spoke out on the house floor today in the impeachment proceedings. as expected e cni the president >> capitol police were spit on, beaten, stampeded and one of them lost their lives. i'm not asking you to summon the courage that they did. i'm just asking you to do your job and hold the president accountable. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> hospital gop leader kevin mccarthy said the president bears responsibility for last week's attack at the capitol but impeachment is not the way. >> most americans want neither inaction for retribution. they want durable, bipartisan justice. that path is still available, but it is not the path we are on today. ladel was the only california d

lawmaker to break with his party in voting to impeach the president. he said on twitter the president's rhetoric was unamerican, abhorrent and absolutely an impeachable offense. president-elect biden issued a statement in reaction to the house's impeachment of president trump. he denounced the attack on the capitol and called on americans to stand together, saying in part this nation also remains in the grip of a deadly virus and reeling economy. i hope that the senate leadership will find a way to deal with their constitutional responsibilities on impeachment while working on the other urgent business of this nation. we are witnessing history in the making. to stay on top of the latest developments from washington and the role that california lawmakers are making, download the "abc 7 news" app and enable push alerts. let's turn your attention to the pandemic. the deadliest 24 hours in the united states, 4,327 lives reported lost in 24 hours. think about this, that is one every 20 seconds. but there is some hope, new hope tonight regarding the vaccine.

tonight johnson & johnson says its one-shot vaccine is showing promising results with minimal side effects in an early phase study. the company could apply for emergency authorization by the end of the month. in ohio, scientists discovering two new variants that developed right here in the united states. officials say one strain spreading in the city of columbus could be more contagious, but they need more data. >> we're not ready to overreact. we want to make sure we study these in the lab, we get really good data. so far we know our vaccines are likely effective against this variant. >> meantime, pharmacy giants are ramping up for the wider roll out. cvs says it soon will be able to administer 1 million votes of covid-19 vaccine per day and walgreen's expected to administer 30 million doses of vaccine by the end of summer. >> so some encouraging news obvious. scientists are careful when discussing the two new variants in ohio. they're not exactly sure what the varniants will do or if one

is more transmissible. they say it is too early to tell. california health officials took a dramatic step today saying they will allow anyone 65 and older to receive the vaccine. bay aero fishes srea officials happen right away. >> we are trying to fill up a lake with a garden hose right now. >> "abc 7 news" reporter kate larson heard from concerned seniors in the bay area and spoke to a public health expert about the struggle to get people vaccinated. >> i want to get mine sooner or later, and for me sooner is best. >> reporter: 86-year-old walnut creek resident hugh ferguson is confused why he hasn't gotten the vaccine when government newsom said people 20 years his junior are eligible. >> it seems every time i get it i'm sent aside say ing we'll ge back to you or call next week. >> reporter: all of you, our viewers, send daily e-mails.

others older than 75 wondering how and when to sign up. vickie and bob in pleasanton are 77 and 81 and cannot find where to go to get vaccinated. >> people who are frustrated, i can understand that. i'm trying to figure out where i'm going to get vaccinated. >> reporter: the doctor with the uc berkley school of public health explained why sorting out vaccination responsibility is complicated. >> if you are a school teacher in san francisco but you live in oakland, whose job is it to vaccinate you? is it the county of san francisco where you work? it is the school teacher's union, is it your private health care provider, is it alameda county because you live there? >> reporter: ucsf sent patients an e-mail wednesday night saying they will vaccinate primary care patients 75 and older in coming days. they say a centralized vaccine clinic is managing distribution and not to contact your doctor for an appointment. sutter called and said patients 75 and older can book vaccine

appointments through their my health accounts. they said late thursday morning they will have a phone line open to book the vaccine appointments starting as soon as the afternoon. i'm kate larson for "abc 7 news". in the north bay sonoma county officials are calling it a historic day, the opening of the county's first drive-through covid-19 vaccination clinic. today safe way pharmacists gave the initial dose of the moderna vaccine to the first of more than 5,000 in-home health care workers at the fair grounds in santa rosa. county officials say the drive-through effort is a model for the effort that will be rolled out across the state. >> there is an urgency to get this out there, but we also know we want to make it as safe as possible and we want to make people as comfortable as possible. >> i'm happy that it protects me, but the last thing i would want would be to pass it on to somebody else. >> at the end of today's clinic there were about 17 doses leftover.

safeway pharmacists put out the call to at risk seniors to come down and get a shot. "abc 7 news" is monitoring the numbers behind california's covid-19 vaccine rollout with our vaccine tracker. that's on our website. our vaccine tracker shows when you might be able to get the vaccine here in our state. you can find this on the front page of our website, abc7news.com. in lieu of recent battery fires the ntsb wants electric carmakers to do more to keep first responders safe. my story after the break. the season's first dungeones crab arrives in the bay area. a local woman marks an impressive milestone. we will take you to a super sweet celebration in the south bay. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. we have a spring-like seven-day forecast ahead. i will be back with the temperatures coming right up. first, a look at what is

coming up on "jimmy kimmel live" after "abc 7 news" at 11:00. >> jimmy: thanks, jim and ama. tonight's show is unimpeachable. >> i went to washington, d.c. just got back. oh. >> what were you doing there? >> uh, a parade.

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to first responders. "abc 7 news" reporter j.r. stone has more on the effort to compel automakers like tesla to do more. >> reporter: you may have previously seen this video from 2020 in pleasanton, that of a tesla vehicle on fire and burning for several hours. now an ntsb report detailing four electric vehicle battery fires from 2017 and 2018 and a message to automakers urging them to improve electric vehicle emergency response guides for first responders when they're battling flames like this. >> it is concerning moving forward, but not in a frightening way. >> reporter: lieutenant jonathan baxter of the san francisco fire department says the department has implemented special training to learn how to fight these lithium-ion battery fires that happen in electric cars. baxter says they are using thermal imaging cameras, and those from tesla have trained their firefighters to deal with these batteries that sometimes

reignite. >> i mean the batteries continue to generate heat. >> reporter: that was in 2018 when it took crews six hours to get one of the battery fires out. lieutenant baxter says there is certainly concern out there over these battery fires, but his department and others have adapted. >> some of them will be reactive to water in the negative way and in some cases the best defense is to wait it out. >> reporter: in certain cases water is sprayed at special angles like this, but the ntsb is urging auto companies to do more. we did reach out to tesla to get their take, but they did not respond to us. j.r. stone, "abc 7 news". one more note to button this up. the i-team's dan noyes has exclusive reports about safety issues involving tesla vehicles. he has done a number of reports. you can find those on our website, abc7news.com. a legendary lgbtq activist in san francisco has died. ken jones was an african-american gay activist

who moved to san francisco in 1972 after serving 11 years in the navy. he struggled for acceptance while facing prejudice among white men. jones was the inspiration for a character in "when we rise," a mini series that aired here on abc 7. his friends say he died of cancer. ken jones was 70 years old. building a better bay area means taking care of our health, of course, and all of us at "abc 7 news" are helping to get the word out for more people to donate blood. the red cross has seen a big drop in donors during the pandemic. it is important to have donations from people of all races and ethnicities obviously, so there are more chances of matching blood times for patients in need. so what can you do? well, 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 can do it very safely in this time of coronavirus.

they will walk you through it. you will see the story on our home page. dungeness crab season is open. "abc 7 news" was at peer 45 in san francisco where small boat fishermen off loaded their first catch tonight. fishermen say the larger boats off the coast will bring moreover the weekend. it is a late start to the season, missing the holidays while fishermen and wholesale vendors negotiated price. >> i know the season was delayed and i know everybody is having a hard time. the fishermen are having a hard time, so, please, buy some crab. there's nothing like fresh product out your own backyard. >> it may be a few days before customers see fresh crab in supermarkets. however, some small fish markets may have it available as soon as tomorrow. i know a lot of people have been looking forward to that. a lot of people looking forward to the nice temperatures coming our way, too, dan. >> ama, you're not kidding. we have several days it sounds like of really nice weather. i know we need the rain, sandhya, but we can't do

anything about it, we might as well enjoy the nice weather. >> well sedaid indeed. dan and ama daetz, we have beautiful weather ahead. if you like today's temperatures, chances are you will enjoy the weekend ahead and early next week. a live picture from our sutro tower camera. city hala lit up. visibility is good here but it is not like that everywhere. areas of heavy fog in the morning, mild to warm weather into next week, and we are looking at near-record temperatures this upcoming weekend, possibly lasting into monday and tuesday as well. live doppler 7 tracking some fog. i know we need the rain but we don't have it. what we are seeing is dense fog around napa and novato. quarter myself visibility. half a mile in santa rosa. even half moon bay seeing just over a mile. be careful tomorrow morning at commute time as fog will slow down your commute if you have one. 40s, 50s on the temperatures. it is not really cooling off much. tomorrow, mere is your 12-hour planner. get going tomorrow morning at

7:24 the sun comes up. temperatures primarily in the 40s and 50s. noon time, comfortable conditions. it will be warm by winter standards. at 4:00 p.m. we are seeing some 70s popping up. later on in the evening it will cool off. temperatures in morning mostly 40s, 50s. watch out for the fog once again. enjoy the sun in the afternoon. short sleeve weather in south bay. 73 in gilroy. 69 degrees in san jose. 71 in los gatos. on the peninsula, 68 in redwood city. loss at yoes, 63. half moon bay, downtown san francisco well above average this time of year, 64. it will be a nice day in the north bay. 70, calistoga. santa rosa, 67. occasional high clouds in the east bay along with sunshine. head inland and it will be up to 70 in livermore. 68, san ramon. 69 in concord. the warmth doesn't stop there. friday we get a slight dip in the temperatures but look at

saturday. back up into the 70s inland. sunday we 'see more 60s and 70s, and then the accuweather seven-day forecast shows you what is ahead beyond that. tomorrow morning the fog is what you need to worry about if you are computing in the morning. give yourself that extra time. tomorrow afternoon it is a warmer day. a slight dip friday followed by record temperatures possible over the weekend. martin luther king day gusty and warm which raises the fire danger. remain vigilant around that time. ama and dan. >> i can't believe we have to be vigilant for fire danger this late in the

all right. this is something else. ama, talk about an impressive milestone. >> oh, yeah, dan. hundreds of family, friends in santa clara city officials gathered to recognize one of their most special residents on her 107th birthday. ♪ happy birthday, dear nana ♪ ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> singing along. esperanza turned 107 today. her family calls her hope. family members organized a car caravan to pass by her home on scott boulevard. she didn't reveal her secret to long age but assured everyone she is feeling good.

>> how you feel about turning 107 and have everybody come and celebrate you? >> i feel fine. i feel fine. >> i think that summed it up. >> and happy. >> and happy. >> santa clara mayor lisa gilmore joined in the celebration declaring january 13th esperanza's day. happy birthday. she feels fine.

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warriors' forward eric paschall returns tomorrow in denver. sat out last night after what turned out to be a false positive covid test. this road trip no longer a back-to-back because the suns have covid issues of their own. friday's dubs/suns game postponed. got our first glimpse of clay johnson last night. he is in a walking boot now. teammates capit teammates thrilled to see him. >> great to see him. he is happy to be here with his teammates and in his words, the worst is behind him. >> his energy, his presence is very missed. again, great dude, great dude to have around. it is going to be great. it will be great to have him back, again, kind of coach the younger guys as well if you can't beat a super team, join one. james harden doing that, forcing a trade from the rockets to brooklyn. complicated four-way deal. rockets, nets, pacers, canvass

involved. he now joins kevin durant, his old teammate, and kyrie irving. how do they possibly share the ball? good luck. first year coach. the nba still has to approve the deal. to the ice. haven't said it in a while. nhl is back. defending cup champs in tampa. champs off to a hot start. nice stick work to make it 3-0, lightning. to second period, the captain steven stamkos as he shoots and scores. lightning win it, 5-1. the san jose sharks open the season tomorrow in arizona against the coyotes. scottsdale is team teal's extended home away from home because of santa clara county's ban on contact sports. who knows when they will play a home gain. for now the team is living the hotel life. >> the players have been

positive. we had a great set up with the hotel and the rink, it has been first class. no one feels they've been deprived of anything, but i'm sure the guys will start missing their families and want to get back to san jose. >> the biggest thing is probably the start. it will be a sprint. i think that will be really exciting to be part of. >> sharks playing their fir

thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. for sandhya patel, larry beil,

back now with new details about joe biden's inauguration day, there won't be any fancy balls due to covid, but there will be a prime time tv special highlighting american heroes over the past year. it will be hosted by tom hanks and will include john bon jovi, justin timberlake and others. it will air on abc and other networks. >> we