now dead from covid-19. >> let is shine lights in the darkness along the sacred pool of reflection to remember all whom we lost. >> 400 lights around the reflecting pool, each representing 1,000 americans. and across the country, a moment of silence. and that sea of lights from the empire state building in new york to the gm building in the heart of detroit. we will never forget. that's "nightline." you can watch all of our full episodes on hulu, and we'll see you

we are now just hours away from inauguration events.

the former mayor, willie brown says that wednesday will be historic. >> joe biden on the eve of his inauguration as the next president of the united states, offering a nation in pain words of comfort. >> to heal we must remember. >> on the eve of the inauguration, san jose's leaders joined the rest of the country remembering the victims of covid-19. >> calmer, cooler, rain in the forecast. i will break it all down coming up. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> live breaking news. president trump issuing 73 pardons in the waning hours of his presidency. among those former chief strategist, this man steve bannon who is accused of stealing more than $1 million in a fake fundraising scheme to help build trump's border wall. >> also pardoned, lil wayne, the rapper who pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a handgun

as a felon. elliott broidy and anthony levandowski. >> those that have not received a pardon, joseph maldonado, tiger king, rudy giuliani and no pardon for mr. trump or his family. >> tonight we are just hours away from joe biden being sworn in as the nation's 46th president. 25,000 national guard troops on duty. thank you for joining us. i am ama daetz. >> in about ten hours mr. biden will take the oath of office. he will face a nation in pain and in crisis. abc news is at the capitol with a look at what to expect tomorrow. ♪ ♪ amazing grace ♪

>> reporter: hours before taking the oath of office president-elect joe biden pausing to honor the more than 400,000 american lives lost to covid-19. >> to heal we must remember. >> the president-elect emotional before departing his beloved home state of delaware, mourning the absence of his late son beau. >> ladies and gentlemen, i only have one regret. he's not here. >> reporter: biden arriving in a washington unrecognizable from past inaugurations. 25,000 national guard members patrol the streets. amid concerns of threats from inside their ranks at least a dozen guard members were removed from the mission and two sent home after vetting -- >> any reason someone's name is brought to command they are being removed from the line. >> reporter: president trump defiantly defended his record.

>> this week we inaugurate a new administration and pray fors it success in keeping america safe and prosperous. >> reporter: trump will not attend biden's inauguration, the first president not to do so in 150 years. trump is well away he might have to defend himself at his impeachment trial in the senate. mitch mcconnell giving his strongest condemnation of the president yet. >> the mob was fed lies. they were provoked by the president and other powerful people. >> president-elect biden will give a message of unity in his inaugural address, a theme that will start in the morning when he attends church with congressional leaders from both parties. of course security is intense in washington, across the country and leer in the bay area. san francisco's sheriffs office will have deputies protecting city hall and other buildings.

officials do not expect unrest but are prepared to respond and protect the public as necessary. >> the excitement is not just building in washington d.c. but here in the bay area as well. vice president-elect kamala harris was born in oakland and has ties that run deep in the bay area. j.r. stone spoke with some friends and colleagues about tomorrow's historic event. >> i suspect although i do not cry much, tears will come to my eyes. >> reporter: the former mayor of san francisco, willie brown, describing the moment the bay area's kamala harris takes the office as vice president of the united states of america with president-elect joe biden during wednesday's inauguration. >> one, donald trump is gone. number two, the first woman and the first black woman will be made the vice president of these united states. >> reporter: a historic and likely emotional day for those that have been with kamala since her days in alameda county, san

francisco and then representing all of california. >> i will be thinking about some of the earliest days, back to 2003 when she was running for san francisco district attorney, you know. there are a lot of hard, long days on the campaign where we did not know if we would make it over the finish line. >> it is that much more special, because i know how committed that she is and how smart that she is and what a big heart she has. >> the people here. the people that supported kamala. we are all part of the history. you know, i feel a sense of real hometown pride. >> it is the pride that makes it oh, so special according to willie brown. >> the first two positions below the president are held by californians. that means there is something about us that makes us distinctive and selectable and electable. >> reporter: j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 news will have live

coverage beginning at 6:00 a.m. developing news, crews are making significant progress against wildfires. they are working right now to beat back the flames of four smaller fires, the lso-called 7 acres and 20% containment. cal fire said at least ten blazes broke out since last night. some of the fires burned in areas scorched in last year's lightning complex fire. >> wind, really, really hard. burn the branches. they start falling down. not long ago we had the big fires. well, everything still in our minds. >> reporter: about 100 homes were evacuated near watsonville. no reports tonight of any buildings damaged. it was so blustery out there today. the good news tonight is that the winds are easing. >> yeah, dan, they certainly are. let's check in with sandhya

patel with a look at the current conditions. sandhya. >> yeah. absolutely. the firefighters will get help from mother nature tonight. dan and ama, let me show you what it looks like right now from our tower camera. as we look at san francisco, the camera was bouncing earlier today. it is not as bad. higher terrain, gusts up to 36 at hawkeye, knoxville, nothing in comparison what it was like earlier. lower elevations, 26 in half moon bay and 25 in fairfield. look at the wind gusts, 57 miles per hour in san francisco. 53 in oakland and at the higher elevations, mt. st. he lena, 86. i have better news as well. not only the winds died down but rain is on the way and i will be back with those details, dan. >> sandhya, thank you. the winds brought down an iconic sign. san leandro. it stood outside the washington

manor neighborhood since the 1950s. >> the fierce winds brought widespread power outages to northern california and this pg&e map shows where they are right now. 7,200 customers are in the dark. most are in the south bay. the wind storm in yosemite forced the park to close through friday morning. winds in excess of 80 miles per hour slammed the national treasure. these are images at the south end where trees smashed through homes and cars, enormous trees. look at that. the yosemite spokesman said fortunately there were no injuries involved is. >> look at the size of that tree, amazing. now the covid crisis, the bay area is seeing improvement in the icu numbers. the region's availability went up to 7.4 up from 3.4 last week. a good trend. the sacramento region had their stay at home order lifted, 8.9%

now. it was lifted based off of a four-week projection by the state. another you should know about, san francisco expects to run out of covid vaccine this week. >> we anticipate everything that we have in our possession will be gone by thursday. >> there is no word when san francisco will receive more vaccine. for now there is only hope. >> believe me, i hope as much as each of you more vaccine will come as quickly as >> reporter: california exceeded their goal of 1 million shots in ten days. >> we had a peak day of over 110,000 vaccinations done. >> reporter: the latest number of cases state wide is the lowest we have seen in a while. san francisco's mayor saying that she anticipates some

reopenings in a month. >> i think we are going to be outdoor dining, i am hoping more schools will be open. i am hoping to see the city starting to come alive again. >> reason for optimism from the mayor. we are posting updates on california's vaccine roll out on our website. so far about 43% of doses received have been administered. you can compare our state's progress to the rest of the country and see where you fall in line to get vaccinated. >> on the eve of the inauguration, san jose's leaders remembered the victims of covid-19. that story is coming up next. >> san francisco's chinatown has been hit incredibly hard by the pandemic. now tonight word that help is on the way. are and are grab your tickets, we have got the winning numbers for the massive $865 million megamillions jackpot. >> all right. first a look at what is coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel

live." jimmy. >> thanks dan and ama. we have got about 13 hours left. are you feeling like you are going to miss donald trump or are you a little bit lift bit lt

now that many people in our communities are getting vaccinated we wanted to address questions about immunity. pfizer and moderna are about 90%

effective after two doses. >> after the first dose it is not party like a rock star. >> the doctor says that for most immunity kicks in 7 to 10 days after the second injection and what activities are safe? >> i think you can have people over for dinner two have also been vaccinated. i think you can visit your grandchildren. the children are very unlikely to be transmitters. >> with so much virus circulating right now mask wearing is still critical, even if you are vaccinated. and tonight the nation paused to remember the more than 400,000 american lives lost to covid. hundreds of landmarks across the country were illuminated in amber and gold tonight. >> here in the bay area several cities joined the somber memorial. buildings lit up in san francisco included sales force tower and coit tower.

in the south bay, important buildings and sports stadiums lit up in solidarity. >> for some of the community the memorial hit very close to home. >> myself and my whole family contracted covid in the early parts of december. >> i had a cousin that was hospitalized and a relative that just died. >> reporter: they held a moment of silence for the victims of the pandemic. all around san jose buildings were lit up for the memorial, city hall and levi stadium. during the virtual ceremony the mayor reminded everyone the first american victim of covid-19 called his city home. >> patricia was a san jose resident way back in february of last year. we have lost more than 400,000 americans. >> for the councilmember the months that followed have been devastating. in her district three of the

hardest hit zip codes in the bay area. >> latino and asian living in my district, essential workers, people living in overcrowded conditions, multigenerational and underlying conditions. >> reporter: they say the memorial was a much-needed moment of pause as they continue to struggle with a covid-19 surge. >> i call for all of us to unite. new developments, san francisco's chinatown is receiving a financial lifeline to help restaurants survive the pandemic. supervisors unanimously approved a $1.9 million relief package. funds go to prepare meals for the neighborhood seniors and lower income residents and the money could help as many as 80 chinatown restaurants. much-needed help there. much-needed calmer conditions outside is what we need.

>> we sure do after a dangerously blustery 24 hours, sandhya, it sounds like it is coming to an end. >> yeah. it was like a freight train was coming at us. it kept a lot of people up last night. the winds definitely are dying down. i want to show you a live picture, a beautiful view from our camera. we have clear skies, light winds tomorrow. mild sunshine. cooler pattern to end the week and periods of rain friday through early next week which we desperately need. clear skies right now. here is a look at the winds. it is a downsloping wind. the type of wind you expect in the fall. 33 miles per hour, mt. diablo. those northeasterly winds. places like oklahoakland and ha moon bay. if it feels warm to you, that is

why. anything warm in d.c. for inauguration day. flurries possible in the morning. windchill will make it feel like it is in the lower 30s to lower 40s. temperatures here in the bay area in the morning from the 30s to the 50s, depending whether the wind plays a role in your area, tomorrow sunshine and 67 in santa rosa. mid60s. san francisco. concord. 68 in san jose. 67 in livermoore. really mild, sunny day with lighter winds. fast forward to friday, this is going to be the first system bringing us showers friday morning. that continues off and on throughout the day. the next system, sunday afternoon. that will be a colder one that continues to monday, dropping the snow levels as we head to monday and the mountains get much-needed snow in the sierra. this is not impressive but it is some rain through monday afternoon. we are looking at a tenth to a

half inch. light winds, mild conditions the next couple of days. level one for friday. sunday afternoon. again, going into early next week. we have the rain coming. we need it. dan and ah, yes, the living room-slash-classroom- slash-office.

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>> sports on abc 7 is sponsored by your local toyota dealers. >> good evening with the inauguration tomorrow the two most politically minded nba coaches will square off, steve kerr and gregg popovich on the sidelines. they have been the most outspoken about issue off the court, gun violence to black lives matter to trump administration policies to the extent that pop/kerr 2020

t-shirts were printed. >> clearly it is destiny, right. i don't know. it never dawned on me. i believe that i am his running mate. yeah. he is at the top of the i will be kamala. >> okay. after missing seven games kyrie irving rejoined the brooklyn nets. took five games for personal reasons off. if you listen to kyrie he has got a lot on his mind and whatever it is, it is bigger than basketball. >> it has been a lot. it is a balance. now it is something where i called for help and now i have just so many mentors and people reaching out. >> january 19th, 2020.

a year ago today although it feels like an eternity has gone by. 365 days ago the 49ers won the nfc championship and were super bowl bound. fans were hoping jimmy g would be the next montana or young. they lost the super bowl. going with the quarterback future. nobody was thinking of a global pandemic. the only facemasks we thought of were on football helmets. a year later, so much has changed. jimmy g and raheem mostert missed most of the past season, the niners went from 13-3 to 6-10. robert saleh gets a five-year deal to fix one of the worst run organizations in all of sports. story to bowl. sarah thomas will be the first female official to work a super bowl. the first full-time official hired in 2015 and worked four

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when president clinton finally arrived at the white when president clinton finally arrived at the white house himself, he seemed less concerned about his staff than his stuff. hoping everything made it in one piece. >> that was world news tonight on inauguration day, 1993. >> the handover of the white house from one first family to the next is always a logistical challenge and this year the pandemic has made it more complicated than ever. anita mc