president biden's ambitious new plan to combat the pandemic. more vaccinations, more testing, more supply. plus the state of covid-19 in california. one top health official says there is reason for hope. also ahead, san francisco is now hours away from opening a new mass vaccination clinic. why city officials say the rollout could be tougher than in the rest of the bay area. long lines to get a vaccine in the east bay. but for some it ends in success. >> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. we begin with president biden confronting the pandemic head on. >> we're in a national emergency. it's time we treat it like one. >> but the president says we first have to face up to some hard truths. >> things are going to continue

to get worse before they get better. the death toll will likely top 500,000 next month. >> tough talk, honest talk today. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. thank you for joining us. the president says it will take months to turn things around. he signed a series of executive orders, including mandating masks on planes, trains and buses. abc 7 reporter josh haskell begins our coverage. >> reporter: president biden says help is on the way to fight covid-19 and reopen our economy, but because a clear national plan has been absent, biden says it will get worse before it gets better. >> 400,000 americans have died. that's more than have died in all of world war ii. 400,000. this is a wartime undertaking. while the vaccine provides so much hope, the rollout has been a dismal failure thus far.

>> reporter: so the biden administration has set an ambitious goal of 100 million vaccinations in 100 days. fema will open 100 vaccination centers by next month, and the biden administration will tackle the economic and racial inequities of coronavirus by creating a health equity task force. >> addressing veection hesitancy and building trust in communities, as well as fighting disinformation campaigns that are already under way. above all, our plan is to restore public trust. >> reporter: the president signed ten executive orders, including encouraging all americans to wear a mask for the next 99 days, calling it a patriotic act that will save more than 50,000 lives by april. anyone flying to the united states from another country will need a negative test before departing and must quarantine upon arrival. and the new administration will expand testing to help schools and businesses reopen. to achieve all this, especially

expanding vaccinations, the president will need help from congress to fund his $1.9 trillion pandemic plan. even with all the challenges, the president said, we will defeat this pandemic. >> the more people we vaccinate and the faster we do it, the sooner we can put this pandemic behind us. the sooner we can build our economy back, build it back better, and get back to our lives and our loved ones. >> president biden's strategy is winning the support of abc 7 news special correspondent dr. alok patel. he appeared this afternoon on our program "getting answers." >> this is a multi pronged approach by the white house. and it's not just related to vaccination doses and getting them out there. there's a lot involved in terms of communication, which is going to be really important, in terms of transparency, making sure americans actually trust the national response. there's also the defense production act which is going to help with testing, ppe. there's also a real big push on

making sure we're gathering enough data. there's a push to make sure different communities, communities with a lot of resources, communities with less resources, are being equally targeted. making sure they're getting the right information as well. with all this put in place, including the push for everyone to wear masks, that we will get the change we need to see. this all comes as the number of new coronavirus cases is falling in california. there were over 19,000 new diagnosed cases today, the fewest we've seen in eight weeks. however, the number of deaths increased to 35,000 as the state lost 571 more lives. the seven-day positivity rate remains below 10%. state health der dr. mark galley told "good morning america" he's seeing some improvement. >> yeah, we actually for the first day are seeing less than 20,000 cases reported statewide. that's the first time in a while. indeed, our hospital numbers are

coming down. those icu numbers, the last number to come down is starting to come down as well. i think attributed to the ongoing work of californians to pay attention to the virus after what was a hard thanksgiving holiday. i think the regional stay-at-home order that the governor put in place made a difference over the winter holidays of christmas and new year's and we're starting to see that pay off now. >> dr. galley says the pace of delivering vaccines is picking up. but san francisco is becoming more frustrated with the state's phased allocation. more vaccines or the way but still way below what the city health system needs. lyanne melendez joins us with the latest numbers and the plan for moving forward. >> reporter: the ones on the way are not for me or for many in san francisco, the ones coming have been allocated to the first tier. san francisco said it wanted everyone here vaccinated by june 30th. 24 hours later there are many

doubters. here are the numbers. tomorrow the city is allowing private providers like sutter and keizer to use city college san francisco as a large site to vaccinate about 500 people who already had appointments. >> those appointments are already filled. we do ask people not to show up there. we will not have additional vaccine to give. >> reporter: the city's health care network, which serves those with limited resources, will soon continue to vaccinate those in phase tier 1-a. health care workers and people 65 and over. abc 7 news was told today that the state has promised to give san francisco another 10,000 doses next week. again, that falls short of what san francisco needs. >> while that's better than what we received last week, it is not sufficient to meet the demand. certainly not to meet our goal of vaccinating 10,000 a day. >> reporter: if you add up the city's batch of vaccines with those from private providers, only half of the 200,000 people in phase tier 1-a have been

vaccinated. all of those people need two shots. so to even deal with the 1-a tier, we need about 400,000 vaccines. so we're nowhere near close to where we need to be. >> reporter: there is so much frustration with the state's phased distribution that there are reports tonight that sacramento may be considering doing away with phase tier 1-a and may instead consider a person's age as the primary factor. mayor breed also points out when it comes to vaccinating people, san francisco is somewhat unique when compared to other bay area cities. >> many of the people who work for the city and county of san francisco also live in other places. we're helping the entire region. so that has to be taken into consideration. and i am being very aggressive with the state about our need to get more vaccines now. >> reporter: new york city is going through a similar situation. they, too, have to vaccinate health care workers, enif they live, say, in trenton, new

jersey. it makes sense, of course, to vaccinate them. the problem is the federal government doesn't seem to be taking that into account when it comes to these allocations. that may change with this new administration. >> so many things to take into account. let's talk about the 8,000 moderna vaccines that were assigned to san francisco but put on hold after we heard about some complaining of allergic reactions. they've been given the green light. does that help the situation at all? >> reporter: it does. because it means san francisco health department won't have to cancel those appointments. they have people put on hold, now they won't have to cancel them. those 8,000 doses, though, were already earmarked, they're gone. >> all right, thank you somuch. long lines as people wait to get the vaccine. california's top public health official predicts it could take six months to vaccinate most of the state's population that is 65 and over, given the current supply shortages. abc 7 news reporter laura

anthony looking at the haphazard way bay area seniors are getting vaccinated. >> what a great day. >> reporter: for seniors like leon sloan, getting a covid vaccine is like winning a prize that could save their lives. sloan was among seniors at a martinez mobile clinic, a partnership between contra costa county health services and nonprofit choice in aging. >> are you guys 65 and older? >> reporter: in oakland this line snaked around a building full of health care workers and seniors able and quick enough to grab a coveted online appointment before they filled up. >> how about friends and are they able to get it? >> not yet. >> reporter: for many seniors getting a place in line has been a highly confusing process that often starts with false hope and leads to a dead end. >> my hope is that john muir and sutter and keizer and these big health entities will step forward and try and help problem solve through these folks. >> reporter: despite governor

newsom's announcement last week, california officials now do not expect to vaccinate most people over 65 before june. >> it's pretty simple. at this point, many providers like john muir health don't have enough doses. so they're having to hold the line at age 75. >> the heroes and sheroes simms the beginning of march. >> when we look at those over 75, given the demand that we have, the supply and the demand are relatively matched. when we get to the point where there's an opportunity, we'll broaden to incorporate patients that are over 65. >> reporter: john muir is hopin to patients over 65 sometime in february. >> abc 7 news is monitoring the covid-19 vaccine rollout in california with our vaccine tracker, also showing you when

you might be able to get the vaccine in california. you can find this on our home page, abc7news.com. still ahead, a police shooting in san jose. one man is dead after he apparently confronted

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unable to return home to an apartment complex transformed into a crime scene. >> i'm scared. >> because? >> because this is the first time i experienced being in the apartment for 16 years, and this is the first time i experienced this. >> reporter: all these police, all this equipment, the aftermath to a shooting that left one suspect dead and detectives from multiple cities looking for the how and the why. >> this person involved here was a person of interest in a homicide, a person of interest in multiple shootings in gilroy and morgan hill, as well as being wanted here in our city for weapons violations as well. >> reporter: this was san jose's first officer-involved shooting for this year. there were four last year. police say they had connected this suspect with a murder in gilroy. they approached with caution. there was a confrontation. more than one officer opened fire. >> ongoing threat to the public. committed numerous weapons violations. is being looked at for serious

felonies in various jurisdictions within our county. we're dealing with a very, very dangerous individual here today. >> reporter: tina told us she knew the suspect by sight, that he used to lock his children outside the apartment, that he'd walk around the complex with a knife. she says this place will never be the same for her. >> because i have two kids and it's not safe. >> did you think it was safe before? >> it was safe before, because nothing happened like that before. >> now what are you going to do? >> i think i'm going to move. more to come, poetry becomes popular after a star-making moment at the inauguration. local poets are thrilled, as you can understand. plus get ready. the storm door

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i wasn't sure if i could do it justice. >> oh, she did it justice. after amanda gorman's powerful inauguration poem yesterday, the poet hit another high point. she now has the top two slots on amazon's best seller list for titles that won't be out until the fall. poet laureate amanda gorman captured the imagination of so many during the inauguration. >> impressive and moving. race and culture reporter julian glover has the story of her impact in the bay area and how it is already being felt. >> it's not often you wake up feeling like this. >> reporter: national youth poet laureate amanda gorman on "gma" thursday morning after capturing the nation's attention during president biden's inauguration on wednesday. >> we've weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken but simply unfinished. >> i was honestly scared of writing such a poem.

i wasn't sure if i could do it justice. >> reporter: gorman may have had doubts but those who know the 22-year-old l.a. native know she was prepared for this moment. >> amanda showed us all what's possible. and she truly embodies our mission. >> reporter: laura brief is the ceo of 826 national, a san francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to strengthening creative writing skills in students. gorman serves on the organization's board. the group works with thousands of san francisco students weekly. >> reading is access. that's tremendously important. writing is power. >> we strive to ensure that the power and joy of writing is getting into the hands of young people. >> reporter: newly named san francisco poet laureate ton go isaac martin applauds gorman on acing a tough assignment. >> i think she pulled it off. she did the best she could with what is actually a dangerous moment. because we were in danger of going back to sleep.

>> reporter: the spirit of the poet laureate title, tongo plans to use his platform for change. >> poetry tied to the process of increasing social awareness, of people's powers of participation and resistance. >> reporter: 826 national, the nonprofit, is running a fund-raiser to get creative writing programs in november more youth across our country. to donate, go to abc7news.com, click on the story. there you'll find an incredible performance by san francisco poet lawyer yet tongo isaac martin that he gave during our interview, you won't regret watching it. >> remarkable, 24 hours after that incredible performance and poem by young amanda, inspiring. the weather, you can feel it

turning a bit, sandhya. >> yeah, cooler no doubt about it. it's going to get chillier and wetter into the next seven days. let me show you. live doppler 7, our first system, it's a compact one, is just off the pacific northwest coast. it's heading in our direction, and early tomorrow morning we'll be showered with light to moderate showers. clouds and fog stacked up right now. 49 in san francisco. mid-50s oakland, mountain view. 57 san jose. here's a stunning view from san jose, the sun setting, low 50s from napa to santa rosa. 60 in concord and vacaville. east bay hills camera live shot. changes are under way. showers tomorrow, slick morning commute. a dry sun break on saturday. more storms expected sunday through next thursday. so find those umbrellas and keep them handy. you're going to need them pretty much for the next seven days. it's a level 1 tomorrow on our

storm impact scale. we're expecting light and moderate showers, breezy at times. one thing i want to point out is the snow level will be lowering to 3,500 feet. don't be surprised if you see a mix of rain and snow over our higher elevations. tomorrow morning 3:00 a.m., the wet weather gets going. 5:00 a.m., east bay, san francisco peninsula, south bay the showers are focused. pops of yellow and orange indicating moderate showers around 11:00 a.m. pink over mt. hamilton tomorrow afternoon, that's that wintry mix this. that's not the only time we're going to see the possibility of snow. we'll have more opportunities over the next seven days. showers wind down tomorrow night. in terms of rainfall totals, this one is the lighter of the systems. we're expecting .5 in brentwood, .4 in fairfield. half moon bay may pick up more. temperatures in the morning 30s, 40s. wet weather, so give yourself extra time for morning

commute. tomorrow afternoon, upper 40s to mid-50s. cool to cold, showers, breezy conditions. sunday, this storm is still a level 1 but it's going to bring more rain. sierra will see snow out of it going into monday. then the strongest of the storms arriving late tuesday into wednesday. atmospheric river, weak to moderate, but dumping a couple of inches of rain. higher elevations picking up even more. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. chilly, showers, level 1 tomorrow. short break saturday. another system sunday afternoon going into monday. another storm coming our way. that level 2 is wednesday. windy, stormy, possibility of some snow at low elevations, down to 2,000 feet. making music online.

it pays to watch abc 7 news. a story we did in september inspired a san jose teacher and students to enter a tech competition and they have won a $15,000 prize for reaching the semifinals. >> not bad. abc 7 news reporter david louie shows us how budding musicians are aiming for the finals because of a story he reported.

>> reporter: four months ago we showed you how volunteers and a stanford professor created a device called jack trip. it solves the audio delay issue that makes performers on the internet sound out of sync. ♪ without jack trip they are out of sync, with jack trip they're in sync. >> my children were watching channel 7 news and they saw your story about jack trip. >> reporter: our story had a big impact on san jose music teacher candace love and her students at august boger music school. after they raised money to build their own, they won a $15,000 prize in a samsung-sponsored tech competition. they proposed building an app to connect musicians to rehearse and perform together. >> i'm in shock. i didn't expect to be a semifinalist.

but yeah, i'm really in shock. >> reporter: to advance to the finals these students at the mt. pleasant elementary school district will need to do research and create a database of performers, what instruments they play what band they want to join, what their skill level is. >> students will work on coming up with those kinds of questions and making a google forum, a questionnaire, to give to musicians and get feedback about our potential app that we can make. >> reporter: they're motivated by the way jack trip has enhanced their online band class. >> if we made a mistake, she can help you with that mistake instead of just being muted in google and zoom. >> reporter: students have to create details of their project. three national winners will be announced in may. david hlouie, abc 7 news. >> fabulous. >> yeah, that is wonderful. wonderful news. "world news tonight" with david muir is next. thank you for joining us tonight r. i'm ama daetz.

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