we spoke with derek johnson. >> reporter: derek johnson and vice president-elect kamala harris have been friends for 40 years. derek says about a week ago she invited him to be a guest at her inauguration ceremony wednesday. he boarded a plane with 20 other of her bay-area friends and flew to washington, d.c. >> i'm really excited. i feel very proud just to -- i just feel very proud of her. it's very emotional. it really sunk in yesterday when we got here, off the plane and road in a motorcade. >> they call each other cousin and even now after being elected vice president of the united states, she remains a loyal friend. >> 16-year-old kamala is still in kamala today. that smile. that laugh. she loves to laugh. i love to laugh. so, she's just fun. she's always been fun. and she's still fun. >> reporter: derek says security in d.c. has been tight and has not been given many details about the inauguration. despite recent violence at the white house, he says he's not concerned about his safety or worried protests will overshadow kamala's big day. founder of the home of chicken and waffles i

. >> derek johnson has been friends with harris for a long time. he was a here and i stopped by because he was in washington see washington, d.c. for the inauguration. >> for dessert i look for another ice cream opon. smitten ice cream says there inspired flavor has been selling out as fast as they could turn it. >> we have something special today. we have the mvp favorite flavor. the flavor is a salted vanilla base with pecan pralines. people are excited to celebrate the first female vice president. >> i want to try the new flavor. >> just one scoop? >> yes. >> this is the best vice presidential ice cream i have ever had. >> you're into cocktails look at what alameda is shaking up. i created a cocktail. i have used ingredients from the mixed race background. we have rom from jamaica and i made chai spice syrup representing her indian heritage. give it a nice shake. you can get these cocktails to go or pick up a drink kit and ache them yourself at home. while the businesses we just visited were able to offer special treats, all of them had to fight

. >> reporter: derek johnson met kamala harris when they were teenagers and they have been close everce and today -- >> we were here y'all, this is it. >> reporter: he was one of the few invited to see her sworn in as vice president. >> help me god. >> all right. >> reporter: it was an amazing day to watch someone since i have known since i was 16-years-old and hung out with and gone through up and down in life to be sworn in as vice president of the united states and the first female and african-american, asian and from oakland. it is a lot. it is amazing. i am on a natural high right now. >> madame vice president, my girl! he documents the experiment, he talked to me in his d.c. hotel room after being one of the 100th people at the inauguration. harris' god daughter is there. >> to me especially is really very special. >> reporter: they say harris was the same type of person she was when she entered their life, authentic, thorough and determined with deep bay area roots. >> with all this success, she's the foundation of friends she's had since her teenage years and early years. they

. >> reporter: derek johnson has few details about his itinerary, he does know this, he has a personal invite to the 46th residential inauguration, and while he is not a name dropper, he says he knows kamala harris. they grew up together. >> the college of the cousins, even though we are not blood related, we have been friends since we were 16. i know that person is the most powerful woman in the world. it is overwhelming. i'm very, very proud. i mean, words don't even describe how proud i am. >> reporter: so proud, he had a mural of her painted on a wall inside his restaurant, he even has a menu item named after her. >> it is called the,, it is colored green, chicken lasagna, green salad, and choice of dessert or drink. >> reporter: of the capital and the country braces for possible violence, he says he isn't worried. >> i feel i am, i feel very safe, to be honest, very safe. i've been told we are going to have extremely, extreme amount of security. >> reporter: he knows this inauguration won't come with the usual pomp and circumstances . >> i did go to obama's second inauguration, th

. >> reporter: peter monroe and derek johnson, are part of a group from oakland in d.c., preparing to see long-time friend kamala harris be sworn in as vice president of the united states. >> i'm not surprised. kamala has always been determined. and she's always -- she's always strived for big things. >> one of the proudest days of my life to watch our friend, our sister, our family, someone that we've known for a very, very long time become the vice president of the united states. >> reporter: back here in the bay area -- >> it's time to celebrate. >> reporter: debbie will be watching the inauguration on zoom with other former harris staffers. she says she's looking forward to seeing harris make history and get to work. >> she was inaugurated at 2:00 in the afternoon. by 6:00 at night, we were in the district attorney's office working. i guarantee she will be working tomorrow. >> reporter: in san francisco, manny's is decorating for a virtual watch party. >> don't expect a dull moment. there won't be. >> reporter: it's expected to be a lively experience. but after hosting debate watc

. >> earlier, cnn talked to the president of the naacp, derek johnson, the civil rights leader was asked about the contrast between how police treated black lives matter protesters last year and how they treated the mob attacking the capitol on wednesday. here's what he said about the message that sends to americans. >> they're tone deaf to the threat that domestic terrorists present to this nation, particularly those that are members of the proud boys and white supremacist groups. at the naacp we have been ringing this bell fwhor a while now. we launched a campaign to get facebook to begin to address white supremacist groups and domestic terrorists. this president has created the space where people fear more emboldened. he started the administration with charlotteville, virginia, and now in the final days, he's ending with the inciting treasonness acts with individuals who are domestic terrorists. >> sophia nelson is a senior columnist at the daily beast and former house republican investigative council and author of e pluribus one. we heard a lot of people over the last 24 hours saying

one of those friends oakland native derek johnson received that invitation to d.c.r he boarded a flight with 20 other bay area details of the ceremo for security reasons, but he says he's elated to be there. he says he and harris became friends when they were about 16 years old and says she's really the same person now as she was then. take a listen. >> the 16-year-old kamala is still the kamala of today, the smile, the laugh. she loves to laugh. i love to laugh. so she's just fun. she's always been fun and she's still fun. >> reporter: he says despite some of the recent occurrences in the nation's capitol, he's not concerned about safety. he says he feels safe and is hopeful that what is happening there with some of the threats of violence to not overshadow his friend's big historic day for the nation. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> all right, thank you very much. >>> we can't forget, today is martin luther king jr. day, a holiday designated as a national day of service to honor the life and legacy of the civil rights leader

derek johnson and other childhood friend says security has been tight in your robe. that's basically the problem caused a europe. so is everyone out there thinks you know we're doing all that we're not. they say they're full of joy and pride and love for the woman they've called cousin. since they were all children. they needed a place to live. my uncle introduced her to mom, regina, who had happened to have a apartment for rent and berkeley. i'm bancroft way. peter munroe says that apartment on bancroft way was just doors down from his aunt regina shelton's home. ah woman, kamila harris has called her second mom, carmela and her sister maya grew up with all the shelton family children seen here carrying soniya as a baby harris. his own mother, chamallow harris and regina shelton have passed away, but their children say their spirits will be there chamallow. her mother is smiling down. i'm having just. i'm positively overjoyed. she did wonderful with her two girls. maya's beautiful and just a smart is well for wednesday's inauguration, the shelton family brought one

received that much coveted invitation to the inauguration on one of those friends as a child, derek johnsonk ago and just days later boarded a flight with about 20 other bay area invitees and flew to d.c. johnson says security is tight in d.c. and he doesn't know many of the details because of security about that ceremony but he's elated to be there. he says he and harris became friends when they were about 16 and she's really the same person now as she was then. >> the 16-year-old kamala still. i love to laugh. so she's just fun. she's always been fun and she's still fun. >> reporter: that oakland native says in spite of those looming security concerns, he said he trusts the security that's around him and he's not worried about any of the threats overshadowing that monumental moment that is set to happen in just a matter of days. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thanks. >>> today is mlk day, a holiday designated as a national day of service to honor the life and legacy of the civil rights leader. due to the pandemic, many events are going to be virtual

reporter: hosting workouts outside is no day at muscle beach for the owner of fit club sf, but derek bloom johnson't throwing in the towel. >> i have to be optimistic, otherwise i would have closed the doors, you know. thankfully we have a landlord who is working with us. >> reporter: he also says members who haven't worked out in months but continue to pay dues help keep him going outside. today city leaders offered small business owners a glimmer of hope with the state lifting the stay-at-home order. san francisco is allowing the reopening of some activities on this approach of gradually reopening. we are reopening the lower risk activities right now. let's see where we are. let's all do the right thing so that we can even get to the next step and open up more. >> reporter: so on thursday outdoor dining will be allowed and gyms can offer one-on-one training inside. but with san francisco's icu capacity stable at 26% and the rate of covid spread dropping, some restaurants say limited indoor dining should be allowed. gyms want to welcome more members back inside now. fit sf is among them but will

one of those individuals derek johnson, has known kamala harris since she was 16 years old.lence and hopes that she will have her chance to shine and have it not be overshadowed by violence. >>> let's get a look at the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >> hey, we are looking at some high winds for today. we've already had some big wind gusts in some of our mountains, up to 83 miles per hour, in the healdsburg hills. we'll be watching out for the potential of some more of these wind gusts throughout today and it's going to be very warm, near record high temperatures again this afternoon, and still windy and warm tomorrow, but then as the winds calm down, our temperature also come down, too. we're still looking at some dry weather except for a slight chance of showers in the forecast by friday. it looks like we could see a better chance of rain late sunday into early next week. of course, right now, laura, the main concern will be the winds and the high fire danger. >> all right, thank you very much, kari. another local news update is coming up in about half an hour. hope

adam johnson of florida, seen carrying speaker pelosi's lectern is charged with theft of government property. and the west virginia state representative derek evans, who filmed his protest, resigned saturday, after he was charged with violent entry and disorderly conduct. the timeline is also coming into focus. protesters started violently pushing their way onto the grounds of the capitol building around 1:00 p.m. inside lawmakers were preparing for a joint session of congress in the house chamber to count the electoral votes. by 1:15 the protests were escalating outside. inside senators made their way

derek evans, resigning. a criminal complaint alleges evans was live-streaming as he entered the capitol. adam johnson, the florida man, allegedly spotted holding nancy pelosi's lectern, now charged with theft of government property. this viral video of the angry mob facing off with a lone capitol police officer. local reports in iowa say it appears that man is douglas jensen, taken into custody in des moines. abc news has learned in the months leading up to the insurrection, the trump administration gutted a key threat assessment group, we do understand this was all over the controversy over the agency's response to civil unrest in portland. yes, there was online chatter from right-wing extremists about bringing violence to the capitol, but sources say that dhs agency did not put out any bulletins to its law enforcement partners, dan. >> so many big questions about what went wrong here. kenneth, thank you so much. >>> let's dig back into the politics of this now with abc news political analyst matthew dowd. matt, good morning. as this impeachment talk heats up, we've got this new polling showing that

also charged, adam johnson with theft of government ploroperty after allegedly removing the speaker of the house's lectern from the capitol building. west virginian lawmaker derek evans who live streamed himself charging the capitol. this all comes as the president's favorite megaphone has silenced him permanently. twitter banning him citing further incitement of violence. we have the latest news from the fallout from the capitol invasion on wednesday. let's go first to gary grumbach. gary, welcome to you. how many people, first of all, have already been arrested? >> reporter: hey there, alex. i want to show you the scene here real quick outside the capitol four days after the siege on the capitol. we've got 7 foot nonscale fencing here and jersey barriers that have been set up to add some extra layer of protection. we've also got members of the national guard here. hundreds of them surrounding the capitol complex but there have been a number of arrests since this all started here on wednesday. it turns out if you go into the capitol and you do something illegal that is a federal crime or is a state crime, and photograph it and put it on video, the fbi and doj

also charged, adam johnson with theft of government ploroperty after allegedly removing the speaker of the house's lectern from the capitol building. west virginian lawmaker dereks favorite megaphone has silenced him permanently. twitter banning him citing further incitement of

adam johnson of florida, seen carrying speaker pelosi's lectern is charged with theft of government property. and the west virginia state representative derek evans, who filmed his protest, resigned saturday, after he was charged with violent entry and disorderly conduct. the timeline is also coming into focus. protesters started violently pushing their way onto the grounds of the capitol building around 1:00 p.m. inside lawmakers were preparing for a joint session of congress in the house chamber to count the electoral votes. by 1:15 the protests were escalating outside. inside senators made their way to the senate chamber for deliberation. about an hour later the capitol was breached. this video shows lawmakers on the other side of this door as a rioter punches through and breaks the glass. another scene from inside. a lone police officer identified as eugene goodman against a violent mob headed towards the senate chamber. as the officer retreats to the top of the stairs, he briefly blocks the open doorway, a moment later he instead decides to move down the hallway, leading the mob away from the doorway, the move could have saved lives. t

derek evans resigned that office today. and he now faces federal charges. and the man photographed smiling and carrying the house speaker's lectern was also arrested in florida, adam johnson, now faces multiple charges as well. and let me bring in peter lacotta, a senior law enforcement analyst and former fbi supervisory special agent, peter, good to see you, is there anything a city's police force can do if a crowd that is big enough and frenzyed enough, is hell bent taking over a building like we saw at the u.s. capitol? >> good evening, yes, it's be prepared. it's do analysis prior to knowing that there's going to be protests and potential violent protests, is prepare yourself, query sources, insert law enforcement into the crowd is what we would call post standers that blend in with the crowd to report that live realtime information back to law enforcement so they can plan and scale their preparedness properly. >> was there a moment you could put your finger on when the people in this crowd changed from a rally of trump supporters to this violent stampede that overwhelmed capitol police? >> yeah, either when you saw people start scaling the side of the building to get