don't hesitate ♪ >> country legend dolly parton warming up before she receives a dose of her own medicine. >> think you got it? >> i got it. >> okay. >> a covid-19 vaccine that the star helped to fund, dolly donating $1 million to the cause. leave it to dolly to inspire and lead the way. that's "nightline" for this evening. catch our full episodes on hulu. we'll see you right back here, same time tomorrow night. thanks for the company, america. good night.

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all is quiet at the museum right now. but that changes thursday.

it will be in the red tier, and museum will be open along with a number of other locations. details in my story. >> reed red tier in santa clara. too little too late for others. >> johnson & johnson combine forces to distribute vaccines faster. >> the forecast, looking more like winter. a closer look coming up. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> this is abc 7 news. >> inside the restaurant, bringing people inside back in the building will be a huge advantage for us. >> in just hours, indoor dining and gyms will be allowed to open in three more counties. >> thank you for joining us. the first time since thanksgiving, francsan francisc

santa clara counties are in the red. businesses are anxious to welcome customers back inside. >> no shortage of foot traffic. restaurants have been running a thriving outdoor space for months now. but adding extra seats indoors will be a welcome bonus. >> it's a step in the right direction. we have been very important to be able to navigate the difficulty. >> having the guests back in the building will create a better ambiance. >> while the reopen willing be a bonus for some businesses. and others say it's too late, too late. other businesses simply didn't make it. >> the ones just running a stro business, they didn't make it. they're gone and we may never see them back, and two weeks

before spring, this is perfect timing. >> this he's rant had to open until midnight just to keep their business going. they have been propping all week to welcome people indoors. >> some customers complain about the weather. >> whether it's a struggling plaza like this one or a busy road, the one thing that people are hoping for, that the counties keep improving. >> they want to keep the customers safe, and they want to to proceed to the next sloefl we can open up more. >> businesses are prepping all night for reopening. santa clara county goes in the red tier. abc 7 news. >> france's moved to the red tier means a lot of businesses are able to reopen. j.r. stone continues team coverage, and he explains great news for museums and gyms. >> the waiting area of the

museum is empty. come thursday will be a different story as the air will be open to season sikt tolders and the general public saturday. >> being in thursday is a different experiment. some what spiritual. so it's great to be back. >> it red tier allows them to reopen at the california sciences across the street. and a picasso making a debut. they say it's properly ventilated. >> things are no touch. most of the time, people are not chatting it up in the gallery. >> london breed announced the move in the red tier tuesday. saying numbers are improving and vaccinations happening. >> over 22% of san franciscoans

over the age of 16 have been vaccinated. >> gyms will have open for use at 10% capacity. and while it doesn't sound like much, its if for small gym owners who say it's been a struggle just paying rent. >> you have no idea the pressure and the intense year we have been through in the small business community. any inch in the right direction will be open a little bit. it's inexplicable how good it feels. >> j.r. stone. >> and san francisco exiting the purple tier, allowing the ferris wheel. >> so you better hurry up and go ride the ferris wheel in golden gate park before the fun police shut it down. >> and the streetcar will take passengerses in may, and mayor breed says cable cars will return to streets late they are

year. >> a nice sight. tonight, there is encouraging flus from president biden. >> this country will have enough vaccine supply for every adult in america by the end of may. >> the end of may. that date is two months earlier than planned. part of what is sturing, johnson & johnson and merck. the first shots began going in arms. kate larson is part of the vaccine team. she explains how the partnership came about and what it means for supply. >> president joe biden and johnson & johnson with pharmaceutical rival merck. expected to produce 100 million doses by the vaccine by the end of may. two months early. >> i always said this a wartime effort. >> the same

>> reporter: j and j needed more manufacturing capacity. >> a good thing for the kbeans. bus they are able to scale in the vaccines together much more smoothly towards the second half of this year. >> merck manufactures major vaccines like measles, mumps and the partnership puts merck back in the covid vaccine game. >> merck did not do well. so they have the facilities all around the world to make vaccines. and why not? >> dr. monica is an >> they say i will allow the u.s. to inoculate people and catch up. >> all i can think about is real in the uk. refused dayses, and people come

alive and go back to normalcy, and the more you can emulate that, it matters, days and weeks mater for people to become immune. >> reporter: by the summer, the lust likely have a surplus of vaccines to vaccinate teens, give boosts to adults. a san jose hospital executive has resigned following inappropriate vaccine usic. i draw criticism after it allowed teachers and staff to jump the line. and sutter health says cancel appointments in the bay area. bad weather back east delayed the shipments and there was a

miscommunication with sutter health and the state. blue shield is now managing the network. >> the data from sutter health yus not getting so the state. so the state believed for weeks that sutter had a large inventory of doses. but that wasn't true. >> blue shield plans to increase allocations in the coming weeks to make up the short fall. the iteen has reached out. they are waiting to heach bar, tonight, texas and mississippi are rolling back covid resixths and lifting mass man dates. >> this is the most critical moment in the pandemic. if we want to quickly open schools and businesses, we have to be mindment. we have to hold the line, and we can get kids back in school, we are reopen businesses, and mask wearing is foundational notch do that and get the economy roari

again. >> the governor of texas allowing the state to reopen. federal funds to extend have been pulled from the federal relief billion. that is according to nancy pelosi's office. the extension from san jose santa monica was dubbed the nancy pelosi way. a project for a bridge in new york was always pulled. more than a dozen people were killed in a southern california car accident when more than 2 two dozen people. and a man died in police custody. the office's use of force. and dolly parton shares a missage getting her first covid vaccine.

>> several opportunities for rain in the forecast. i will let you know when the first round arrives. >> thanks, all of that is ahead. first, a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> it's, it's read across america day. so watch tv. you know you're my favorite. you know that, i hope. >> listen, it's either me or shaq and you know he sucks. four, five, turn, kick. we got chased by these wild coyotes!

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developing news, a crash between a sufficient and a gravel truck killed at least 13, and now the point of a smuggling investigation. homeland security investigators say agents are looking in the collision. the truck collided with the ford suv with 25 people packed in it. the backseats had been taken out to create more room. new details. antioc police say that police did not react inappropriately in

the arrest of a man who died later. >> no point did a man use a knee or other body part to apply pressure to angelo's head, neck or threat. >> angelo's family blames the death on an illegal choke hold. police said that multiple pathologists found that none of the holds were fatal. >> there was no evidence of strangulation or crushed airway. >> i still believe that wrongful conduct took place here. >> torn john burress filed a wrongful death. after his sister called, afraid he was going hurt their mother. he was suffering a mental health crisis. the findings don't clear

officers of wrong doing. >> what they said has removed our position but the officer's conduct that contributed to the inability to breathe and resulted in his death. >> now, a third party investigation is on going, and there is footage of the arrest, because the police department does not use badment body woman rays, and city county will consider the next week. >> jeremy lin explained why he is not naming the person who called him coronavirus as a slur in a recent game. >> when i was in college and playing, i was played chink multiple times, i neverfeel who that player or players were. to me, it's not about trying to take somebody down or anything like that.

it's about building reawareness. >> the league is investigating the latest indent. an oakland store owner opened fire to stop a robbery. she fired four shots from someone trying to steal a kamala last month. he used justifiable force to stop a victim from a violent attack. governor newsom read to kids in a classroom. he visited a elementary school where kids returned to class last october. he used visit to push his $6.6 billion school reopening deal. reoutlined what the money would be used for. >> provide sanitation, more

staff support, more ppe. >> law makers vote on the plan thursday. in the north bay, a middle school has reopened for inperson learning and there are big changes to keep everyone safe. take a look. this is the first time students have played together in band class in over a year. students must wear masks with slits cut in there so they can play instruments and there is increased instruments. >> the kids are wearing masks with slits. that a safe twi conduct band practice. >> they are making music again. cleaning crews san tice basks andris between out fo a miracle march. the latest snow survey reported 56 inches of snow depth and snow

water equivalent, 48% of average. the snow pack is 61% of normal for this date. but it looks like around here, we should go getting more rain coming our way? >> yeah, i think we are. really encouraging news. back in meteorologist sandhya patel, a wet pattern. right? >> yeah, it looks like winter will be making a return later on this week. so we will see snow in the sierra beginning saturday and more next week. let's take a look at rainfall, we are behind, we are hurting for rain. 38% of normal, and santa rosa, not far behind,nd francisco, under ho% 4 40% wher should you be, and april and may, as you know, spring can be a very wet time of year here, that is all we can hope for. there is an area of low pressure

that is scooting its way to southern california. that will miss us and the next system will bring you wet weather. live doppler 7, the clouds and the low pressure system. that filtered the sun shine today and brought in cooler weather. temperatures not 40s and 50s. the clouds keeping usi insulate. and a beautiful view of san jose, and cloudy, dry and above average in terms of temperatures, rain adrives ride night, and it's looking like an unsettled pattern into the middle part of next week. temperatures, mid 30s to the mid 50s. we will have high level clouds arnold and as we head in the afternoon, it is going to be cool near the coast. you get tout concord, liver more, and 64 in san rafael, and 6 to degrees in oakland.

a level one system is coming in, and late rain you will bit create slippery roads, and it is out, friday at p.m.in timla th line will continue to develop in change, and early saturday morning wet roadways and it's gone. sunday night to monday, that will drifr more wet weather going to tuesday. so this is encouraging since we had high pressure locked in so long we haven't had the storms come in, rainfall totals across the region, with the first system, about 1500ths to a half inch. could see higher totals in the north bay and the seven-day forecast, cool at the coast. and thursday, night level system friday night to saturday. and then we have breezy conditions for the time period, and next week we will take it at this point. it's nice to see someones on the

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dolly parton is singing a new tune of getting a dose of her own medicine. ♪ vaccine vaccine vaccine please don't hesitate ♪ >> after donating $1 million to covid vaccine research, today she got her shot. to celebrate, she dhanged the lyrics to vaccine. she said she is old enough and smart enough to get her shot and she encouraging fans to do the same when it's their turn. >> you got to love

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