collins.iberal city produces great wealth and has many powerful people and leaves many behind. racism operates the way it always has in america, to divide communities of color, working class people of all races and allies and to understand the solidarity we need to create a world where everyone's dignity is fully respected. regardless of all that, the tweets surfacing in this moment have been especially painful in the his of the horrific violence against asian american community. i still have hope commissioner collins will take leadership and show hule -- humility and make amends and i will also continue to listen to leaders in the black community and other communities and support critical solidarity work in ways that i may be able to do so. thank you. >> the, commissioners. before i open it up to public comment i want to offer student delegates. >> i'm not offering a statement. i'm offering a project that my and my friends were able to create amidst everything that is happening. it may be a l

collins. our liberal city produces great wealth and has many powerful people and leaves many behind. racism operates the way it always has in america, to divide communities of color, working class people of all races and allies and to understand the solidarity we need to create a world where everyone's dignity is fully respected. regardless of all that, the tweets surfacing in this moment have been especially painful in the his of the horrific violence against asian american community. i still have hope commissioner collins will take leadership and show hule -- humility and make amends and i will also continue to listen to leaders in the black community and other communities and support critical solidarity work in ways that i may be able to do so. thank you. >> the, commissioners. before i open it up to public comment i want to offer student delegates. >> i'm not offering a statement. i'm offering a project that my and my friends were able to create amidst everything that is happening. it may

collins: la familia vivÍa el dÍa.go empezamos con las competiciones. collins: la pobreza que marcÓ a toni lo hizo sobresalir pronto. a los 10 aÑos de edad tuvo su primer gran logro en el mundo de las competencias, se convirtiÓ en subcampeÓn del mundo en vals, tango y pasodoble. costa: y ahÍ fue como mi primer gran, gran evento. encontrarme con 17 mil personas viendo la competiciÓn. collins: despuÉs vinieron 10 aÑos donde toni costa no dejÓ ni de prepararse ni de competir. siempre soÑando con el triunfo. carmen: nos llamÓ un profesor que tenÍamos aquÍ, que venÍa a dar clases de barcelona y nos dijo “va a haber un programa de televisiÓn donde estÁ buscando bailarines altos y con buena presencia”. collins: pues los costa nunca imaginaron que la diosa fortuna por fin habÍa llegado a sus vidas. el programa en cuestiÓn era “mira quiÉn baila espaÑa”, donde el famoso coreÓgrafo y bailarÍn poty castillo era el alma de la competencia para bailarines y concursantes. castillo: eramos unos 200 bailarines de toda espaÑa. y bueno, p

allison collins was accused of posting disparaging tweets towards the asian american community.he public is expected to weigh in on this. lee and melendez is live with developments. >> they just allow 20 minutes of public comment for those who were asking collins to resign, then 20 minutes for those who support her. you know, i think both sides agree this issue has become a huge distraction for the school board at a time when there is so much work to be done including of course, as we all know, reopening schools. collins has not issued an apology.she may, but she hasn't. >> reporter: several sources have confirmed that shortly after donald trump won the presidential election in 2016 a group of asian-american students in the afterschool program at francisco middle school began taunting a lalala student. allison collins was a parent and not a member of the school board .0 sources tell us she was outraged, posting the now well-known controversial 2016 tweets. my mixed-race black daughter heard boys teasing a latino about trump.mexicans and the . the boys were asian-american. she la

this is one of them calling on the resignation of allison collins tweets that you pulled up a couple of the things that she wrote, i grew up in mostly asian-american schools and know the experience all too well, many asian americans believe they benefit from the model minority bs i in fact, many asian americans t, s and p. promote these myths and use white supremacists thinking to assimilate and get ahead . >> my eyes are getting bad, i need glasses to read this off the monitor what you think she meant by this and why is it offensive to so many people? >> i think that she was saying that we are buying into white supremacy by having these high standards for our kids and, i think it's very harmful because it sort of like when children do really well in school and then they are teased for being too white. i don't think we should see doing well in school as white supremacy. we shouldn't equate those things . >> why did you start going through her old social media posts? what motivated you to do that? >> i had been following along at the board meetings, because she and the board wanted to

as for the school board president, she is defending and supporting collins, saying that collins has already apologized. back to you. >> in san francisco, that's da lin. da, thank you. >>> and from san francisco to the peninsula and beyond, people around the bay area came together this weekend to denounce the recent hate crimes against asians. they waved signs reading asian lives matter and stop the hate. members of the community expressed their grief and pain but also showed their strength in numbers today. >> my parents now they just don't want to go out, because they just like fear walking down the streets and they will be attacked by random person. >> and we're here to say grandma should not defend herself with a stick. we as a society need to provide safety for all community members. it's clear the current systems are not working. >> some protesters at the rally also shared positive messages of love while others painted hearts on the sidewalk. >> well, tonight cities across the country are also coming together to rally against asian hate. take a look at hundreds gathered in los angeles

collins: thank you. mr. brill, you mentioned the role of patent tickets in blocking access to more affordable biosimilars. you talked about how biologics are more expensive and increasing the amount of costs for prescription drugs in this country. even though there are several biosimilars for the best selling drug in the world, humira, and they have an in the market in the european union since 2018, american patients must wait two years for them to be available here due to the manufacturer's aggressive strategy of overlapping patents. another method of fending off biosimilars is to find -- using this strategy for a cancer drug. how should congress ensure we are recognizing the innovative science versus rewarding a legal strategy that is designed to block more affordable competitors by gm -- gaminig the patent system? mr. brill: the strategies employed by some companies should be very concerning to policymakers. i think we are in the early innings of what will become an evolving set of tools that many innovat

after that session, commissioner collins did offer her apologies. i have to say i think people who spoke today on both sides of the aisle agree this issue has become a huge distraction for the board at a time when there is so much work to be done including reopening schools.>>> several sources have confirmed shortly after donald trump won the presidential election in 2016, a group of asian-american students in the afterschool program at san francisco middle school began taunting a student. allison collins was a parent and not a member of the school board. those sources tell us she was outraged posting the now well- known controversy all 2016 tweets. "my mixed-race black daughter heard a voice teasing a latino about trump. it was also about mexicans and the . the boys were asian american. she later tweeted where are the vocal american speaking against trump. don't asian americans know they are on his list as well?" amos brown said that alone should not be reason to ask commissioner collins to resign. >> she felt pain! the same as asians have felt pai

while collins gave no indication of plans to resign. she made a public apology on tuesday. >> i'd like to re emphasize my sincere and heartfelt apologies. and currently engaging with my colleagues and working with community. for the good of all children in our district. >> so those school board member jenny lam called for collins to make this apology several days ago and stands behind demands for collins to resign. i am not alone. i say they do not have confidence in commissioner comments surely govern. the school district that is almost half a p i with no bias. we started justice begins by acknowledging the harm in making the intentional effort to connect with those in the katyn that have been harmed laghman board member billy goat will introduce a resolution and a special meeting on thursday calling for collins to be stripped of her vp position and committee assignments. this comes after a series of cones tweets aimed at asian americans made back in 20 16 reemerged in those tweets. she writes a group in mostly asian american schools a

while collins gave no indication of plans to resign. she made a public apology on tuesday. >> i'd like to be emphasize my sincere and heartfelt apologies. and currently engaging with my colleagues and working with community. for the good of all children in our district. >> so those school board member jenny lam called for collins to make this apology several days ago and stands behind demands for collins to resign. i am not alone. i say they do not have confidence in commissioner comments surely govern, a school district that is almost half a p i with no bias. we started justice begins by acknowledging the harm in making the intentional effort to connect with those in the katyn that have been harmed and then board member billy goat will introduce a resolution and a special meeting on thursday. >> calling for collins to be stripped of her vp position and committee assignments. this comes after a series of cones tweets aimed at asian americans made back in 20 1t reemerged in those tweets. she writes a group mostly asian american schools a

it seeks to divide us, further. >> reporter: wang says commissioner collins should still resign. >> i don't trust her to lead our school system. and to -- and i believe she is making policy with an anti-asian lens. >> in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> you can help in the efforts to stop the hate. nbc bay area, telemundo, and our parent company, comcast, have partnered with the bay-area-based asian pacific fund. we will provide grants to organizations working to stop attacks against the asian and asian-american community. since february, more than half a million dollars have been donated to that fund. if you want to donate, we have added a link to our website. it's nbcbayarea.com. >>> in mountain view, police arrested a woman for an alleged-hate crime, today. police say, she allegedly hit a latino mcdonald's employee, and made several racist remarks. she now faces hate crime, battery, and parole-violation charges. the city's police chief says hate has no place in the community. >>> it's official. many students in oakland unified will be back in the classroom, by the end of the mo

>> collins: it's a pandemic.en very successful in infecting millions and millions of people. >> dr. ghady haidar: these samples were from the patient's lung. >> lapook: an early clue about how the virus was mutating came last summer at the university of pittsburgh medical center. infectious disease specialist dr. ghady haidar says a cancer patient with a compromised immune system came in with a covid-19 infection that persisted for over 70 days-- far beyond the typical few weeks. >> haidar: we had no idea at the time that people could still be actively infectious for that long. and it really wasn't until after he passed away that we started running some additional testing on samples that he had allowed us to collect from him when he was alive. and that's when we found that the virus really quickly began to develop all these deletions and mutations throughout the patient's life. >> lapook: this electron microscope image shows a sample taken from the patient's windpipe. tiny spheres looked like the original virus f

vice president collins? >> vice president collins: i guess, i'm just going to be honest. i'm really disappointed with the changes that were made. identify been -- i've been consistent since i've been on the board in terms how we need to address harassment and bullying. this was happening at lowell and it's happening in the school. things kind of blow up sometimes it, it's because we don't have good systems and structures. this isn't just reporting individual incident, this is about how we actually as a public comment made, how we create schools that prevent this behavior from happening. i've consistently said -- you can look at video, as a parent who reported hate speech at my daughter's middle school. all we wanted was for the school to start educating kids about what hate speech is. there's kids that repeat words they don't even know are hateful and hurtful. the fact there's no real mention of curriculum, i said that the curriculum we do have, is sub standard. it only addresses sexual harassment once per year in the middle school. i said that multiple times. there's a s

allison collins is the commissioner we're talking about.he tweets she posted were dug up by a group working to recall members of the sf board. one tweet states that many asian americans, quote, use white supremacist thinking to get ahead, end quote. mayor breed says she supports calls for collins to step down, adding that students and the aapi community deserve better. more than a dozen aapi elected and community leaders also issued a joint statement asking collins to resign. collins replied by tweeting a link to a post on medium that reads in part, a number of tweets and social media posts i made in 2016 recently have been highlighted. they have been taken out of context both of that specific moment and the nuance of the conversation that took place. >>> if you'd like to help the efforts in stopping the hate, nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and our parent company comcast have partnered with the bay area-based asian pacific fund. we are providing grants to organizations actively working to stop attacks against the asian and asian american commun

here in fort collins, you get strict reactions. i have been yelled at for not standing on the right. and the right gymnasium -- right dot in the right gymnasium. i have been yelled at for not having my mask properly over my nose, and you going into a different place and no one as a mask at all, and i look at the numbers, and it seems like all the places i go have exactly the same percentage of illness. host: have you gotten the vaccine yet? caller: i have had one moderna vaccine so far. i am waiting for my second. host: how was the process in fort collins for the vaccine? caller: almost all the vaccine seems to be given by county health or the local hospital. local hospitals are a much larger facility. my wife took about six minutes to get her vaccine. it probably took one hour to get mine at the smaller building at local county health. they both did a good job as far as i am concerned. host: that was tame it fort collins. bruce is in portland, oregon. good evening two. host: -- caller: i am a first time color. i lost my work. the

i appreciated that vice president collins has apologized for her remarks. blood another board member, mark sanchez says "collins has work to do with the agent asian community." >> i think she needs to correct impressions that she has left. >> reporter: jill, a former school board member has previously said "this board is not in touch with the community. >> it is my own impression is that it is fairly cohesive as a board. the disconnect is between the community. >> reporter: a facebook group with 951 members is asking collins, lopez and a third school ball board member be recalled. there is even a website, "recall the school board." mayor london breed has asked that supervisor, dean preston did not call for her resignation but said it was difficult for him to see her path forward on the school board. >> i have been told there will be a big rally tomorrow in front of lowell high school emma demanding that she resign and criticizing the school board. now that will be at 11:00 11:45 in the morning and dion, community leaders will be there along with some big na

she goes on a call for collins resignation. mayor london breed also spoke about the issue while attending an anti asian hate rally saturday afternoon. take a listen to what she had to say. >> we condemn this. this these comments and. you this person has no place in decision-making as it relates to our children because we're talking about 40% of the kids who go to our public schools are a guy and they need to be represented to its. it's not a good example and it's not the kind of person who should be making decisions about kids as it relates to, especially those. and the a p i community with everything, especially that we're experiencing in right now. so we we need to we need to you know, apart. one person should not be a distraction. we need to bring healing to this community. we need to open our schools and support our children. and so it's for her to step down so we can move on. >> several san francisco supervisors are also calling for collins to step down. when san mateo. 2 people were injured after a shootout at a hotel par

i appreciated that vice president collins has apologized for her remarks.another board member, mark santos, says collins has work to do with the asian communiy. >> i think she needs to make sure that she is going around the bay area and beyond to correct the impressions that she left. >> reporter: a former school board member has previously said this board is not in touch with the community. >> my own impression is that it is sparely cohesive as a board the disconnect is between the board and the community. >> reporter: a facebook group with 951 members is asking that collins, lopez, and a third school board member be recalled. there is even a website, recalled the school board. 10 of the 11 school board supervisors have asked that collins step down. supervisor dean preston did not call for her resignation but said it was difficult for him to see her path forward on the school board. >> reporter: so we know there will be a big rally tomorrow in front of lowell high school demanding that she resign, and of course criticizing the school board as well. that wi

while collins gave no indication of plans to resign.he made a public apology on tuesday. >> i'd like to be emphasize my sincere and heartfelt apologies. and currently engaging with my colleagues and working with community. for the good of all children in our district. >> so those school board member jenny lam called for collins to make this apology several days ago and stands behind demands for collins to resign. i am not alone. i say they do not have confidence in commissioner comments surely govern. the school district that is almost half a p i with no bias. we started justice begins by acknowledging the harm in making the intentional effort to connect with those in the katyn that have been harmed lemon board member billy goat will introduce a resolution and a special meeting on thursday calling for collins to be stripped of her vp position and committee assignments. this comes after a series of cones tweets aimed at asian americans made back in 20 16 reemerged in those tweets. she writes a group in mostly asian american schools and n

he endorsed and voted for collins. now he and many others want her to resign. >> i think the tweets are racially insensitive by painting most asian american families in such a harmful and negative way. and really in accurate ways as well. >> if commissioner allison collins doesn't resign, does the city or the school district have any power to remove her? >> reporter: no. but here's the thing. even before the tweets surfaced some parents charted a petition to try to gather enough signatures to recall allison collins and two other school board members. if she does not step down, that would be the next opportunity to get her out of office and keep in mind, here in the san francisco unified school district, 52,000 students, one third of those are asian american students. >>> in san francisco, thank you. >>> tonight the bay area is showing support for asian communities in the wake of recent violent attacks. rallies were held in several cities today including brisbane , san francisco and daly city. people waved signs reading

fauci and francis collins, going rogue. materially causing this pandemic. -- potentially causing this pandemic, when will we see a proper investigation? and proper accountability, we discuss it now for one of the members of congress who has been pushing for that. asking for an investigation. matt gaetz. what do you make of this? fauciand collins thwarts attempo escan late the are search. >> almost a year ago today that i exposed taxpayer dollar were going to wuhan institute of virallology, i called to say it was revoked, president trump called me that night, said it was -- it was happening on this program, you chronicled 2018 cables from state department, we knew that wuhan institute of virology was not up to proper standards when it came to laboratory researchers and their interactions with the respirator diseases, it is possible that you have researchers getting too cozy with china, wanting to maintain the relationships despite our governments have the knowledge there was a risk of this type of outbreak. of course, the wu

it seeks to divide us further. >> reporter: wang says commissioner collins should resign. >> i don't trust her to lead our school system and i believe she is making policy with an anti-asian lens. her statement is not sufficient. >> reporter: in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> the campaign to recall governor newsom has now apparently removed potentially loaded rhetoric from its website. first reported over the weekend by "the chronicle." according to "the chronicle," under the reasons to recall newsom page, one reason listed -- referred to covid-19 as the, quote, communist chinese party virus. by the time we looked, the reference was no longer there. but some claim that's been a common reference made by recall organizers over the past year. others argue language like that is the same kind of rhetoric now fueling violence against asian-americans. in the article, a spokesman for the recall campaign apologized for the reference to, quote, anybody who was offended, unquote. >>> happening now, we are learning more about disneyland's reopening in april, when the magi

i've reached out to collins as well as other board members to ask more about what happens now is collins on the board as well as who they are considering to replace her as vice president haven't heard back. but stay tuned to our app. kron on for the very latest updates for now live in san francisco. sarah stinson. >> back to you. all right. thank you, sarah. well, in the east bay, the oakland unified school district will be will be welcoming pre k through second graders back to campus for in person instruction starting next tuesday classrooms. as you can see in the video, there have been arranged to accommodate a maximum of 12 students that should allow for proper social distancing air purifiers have been installed and the district has also invested up to 5 million dollars in personal protective equipment for students and staff and safety protocols they say will be strictly enforced. >> ensuring that our scholars in our community continue to wear masks continue to physically distance continued to wash your hands use hand sanitizer. >> and foot traffic will also be capped to one side of h

collins did publicly apologize but did not decide to step down from her position as vice president.ld a special meeting last night and passed a no confidence resolution strip in collins of her vp title and removing her from all committees. we heard from the board member about why the move forward with this. take a listen. >> and whereas when the social media comments resurfaced. what matter most with that she is a leader, an elected official accept responsibility and the tone for the trauma inflicted. and the cheney by her birds and whereas though commissioner collins has acknowledged that purports may have cause pain, public statements today have fallen short of sincere recognition. the harm she has caused and vice president collins does not seem to take meaningful responsibility for her actions. >> this morning. we're continuing to follow this story as it continues to develop. we haven't heard from collins after this vote has come in so we want to hear from her we don't know what her future entails with the school board or in general. so stay tuned as we continue to follow this fo

collins did publicly apologize. but refused to step down from her position.nt of the united educators of san francisco, susan solomon released the following statement saying we expect the best from our leaders and we hope this sparks more conversation to discuss how to address systemic racism in our schools. classrooms and communities as a top priority. you eat sf will work with community allies and taking the lead in exploring opportunities to heal and convene communities together so we can find ways to restore trust in commissioner collins as she continues to serve the students of san francisco. well, what parts of the bay area now and the orange tier restaurants can increase indoor dining capacity. >> today. we talked to a u c berkeley doctor who is worried we might be easing restrictions, too soon. >> i'm talking about how i would feel going into a restaurant. but i'm actually much more worried about the people who work in those restaurants. what about the way people? they're they're in an enclosed area for a long period of time. and yes, they have a mask

sanders: senator collins. sen. collins: thank you, mr. chairman. before i begin my questions, i would ask unanimous consent that a statement from senator burr be submitted to the record. sen. sanders: without objection. sen. collins: thank you. mr. brill, you mentioned the role of patent thickets in blocking access to more affordable biosimilars. you talked about how biologics are very expensive and are consuming an increasing amount of the cost of prescription drugs in this country. even though there are several bio similars for the best-selling drug in the world, humira, and they have an in the -- been on the market in the european union since 2018, american patients must wait another two years for them to be available here due to the manufacturers that grab the patent thicket strategy of overlapping and late file patents. another strategy is called a drip feed strategy were knowledge broadly disclosed in early patent applications is defined much more narrowly and specifically in subsequent patent applications, and they are using this strategy fo

host: erin collins? guest: so, first of all, i am very sorry to hear about some of the challenges you are facing. and thank you for your service. the irs will work with you with respect to payment options. depending on what your finances are, the irs has the ability to reduce potential tax liabilities as part of an offer compromised where you can agree to an outcome. it is usually based on your financial outcome. we can work with you with respect to postponing payments. we can work with you with respect to doing an installment agreement. so my recommendation would be to get current in the system, work with the irs, and if that is not going well and you are having problems with the irs and they are unable to move forward, you can always reach out to my office, which is the taxpayer advocate service, because those are situations where we work with taxpayers and basically as i would name implies, we advocate. taxpayer advocate service, we advocate on your behalf with respect to the irs. i first recognition

collins and the president were the only ones to vote. now, here's what one board member who voted her out had to say. and whereas. >> when the social media comments resurfaced. what matter most with that she is a leader, an elected official accept responsibility and the tone for the trauma inflicted. and the community by her part and whereas though commissioner collins has acknowledged that purports may have cause pain, public statements today have fallen short of sincere recognition. the harm she has caused and vice president collins does not seem to take meaningful responsibility for her actions. >> collins will no longer be able to serve on education committees. and the south bay police are investigating a triple shooting near brigadoon park. one of the people shot has life threatening injuries. the other 2 are expected to be ok so far there's no details on a possible shooter. the city of oakland has seen so much violence resulting in death this year. some are calling it a public health issue. the oldest victim was a 75 year-old asian

we are resuming hour ceasefire strategies up collins and custom notifications. second, we are implementing a new approach called the triangle response. and 3rd we 3rd, we i'm sorry. but protesters that just showed up at my newsworthy for you. i thought it was a kid yelling. so you're someone screaming outside your door. yes, yes, this is this is part of being the mayor. this extra special gift from my neighbors. but but i i it if you can hear me weekend, you can go for it. yeah. all right. well, and then also, of course, we are looking to bring some of those very valuable american rescue act dollars to our public safety effort, both with enforcement. but more importantly with prevention. okay. we don't hear what this person is yelling mayor. but your weekend here that it's loud. what do you think or can you make it out. what are they upset about the to color just wondering. this is a a lovely woman who is very passionate about parks in her this is the 10th day that she's my home boy. well, let's talk about some of the open residents who are worried about the ris

and our students and to dismantle and it's especially harmful words matter. >> collins did publiclypologize. but never decided to step down from her position as vice president. so the board held a special meeting last night and passed a no confidence resolution stripping collins of her vp title and removing her from all these committees as telling you about now, we heard from a board member about why thio was so necessary to remove her from it. >> and whereas when the social media comments resurfaced. what matter most with that she is a leader, an elected official accept responsibility and the tone for the trauma inflicted. and the community by her words and whereas though commissioner collins has acknowledged that purports may have cause pain, public statements today have fallen short of sincere recognition. the harm she has caused and vice president collins does not seem to take meaningful responsibility for her actions. >> now that vote happened just hours ago. i reached out to collins as well as some of the board members to just get some reaction after this vote went through and

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while collins gave no indication of plans to resign.he made a public apology on tuesday. >> i'd like to be emphasize my sincere and heartfelt apologies. and currently engaging with my colleagues and working with community. for the good of all children in our district. >> so those school board member jenny lam called for collins to make this apology several days ago and stands behind demands for collins to resign. i am not alone. i say they do not have confidence in commission comments surely govern, a school district that is almost half a p i with no bias. we started justice begins by acknowledging the harm in making the intentional effort to connect with those in the katyn that have been harmed laghman board member billy goat will introduce a resolution and a special meeting on thursday calling for collins to be stripped of her vp position and committee assignments. this comes after a series of cones tweets aimed at asian americans made back in 20 16 reemerged in those tweets. she writes a group mostly asian american schools and no, th

to make this apology several days ago and stands behind demands for collins to resign. am not alone. i say they do not have confidence in commissioner cones. bility fairly govern. the school district that is almost half a p i with no bias. we start of justice begins by acknowledging the harm in making the intentional effort to connect with those in the katyn that have been harmed laghman board member billy goat will introduce a resolution and a special meeting on thursday calling for collins to be stripped of her vp position and committee assignments. this comes after a series of cones tweets aimed at asian americans made back in 20 16 reemerged in those tweets. she writes a group mostly asian american schools and no, this experience all too well. >> any asian americans believe they benefit from the model minority further. she writes, do they think they won't be deported. profiled be in being a house n word is still being a n word. you're still considered the help. >> commissioner collins words undermine the labor of comey's in our students to dismantle and is especiall

hours later more than a dozen aapi collective community leaders asked collins to resign. today collins tweeted a link to a post on medium that says in part, quote, the number of social media posts have recently been highlighted. they've been taken out of context boethd of that specific moment and the nuance of a conversation that took place. remember, our coverage continues online. make sure you check out our website, nbc bay area.com. if you'd like to find a rally supporting the aapi community, we posted a link on the website, just go to the training bar, just go to nbcbay area.com. >>> turning now to the fight against covid, the state is showing progress of getting shots into the arms of californians. governor newsom says the state has now administered more than 14.1 million vaccines and nearly a million of those were given in the last two days alone and it's been a record breaking week of vaccinations for the state and looking at the bay area this map shows the percentage of people who have received at least now shot. marin doing the best at 45%. san francisco not bad

collins, you have always been frank when you are on this show. tell me, frankly, what's different now for -- for people -- you're not a government, you're not an agency, the national institute of health. you are a little bit removed but how is it different now than it has been in the last year? >> well, if you listened to the president's speech, it was all about science. he must have brought up science at least three or four times. this is a very different approach to national questions. not just covid-19 but many, other things, as well. it is wonderful, to be able to have that kind of input. to be able to provide the kind of answers, based on science, that our nation needs to go forward. and to have those kinds of decisions, driven by the weight of the evidence and not by anecdotal comments by one or two people. it's quite a different scene, indeed. and in the scientific community, find this to be extremely encouraging. although we have got lots of problems as a nice and not just covid. we have got climate. health disparities. we have seen the l

francis collins joint faith leaders to encourage people to take a covid-19 vaccine. dr. fauci met with people as they were getting vaccinated. this took place at the washington national cathedral. >> good afternoon and welcome to washington national cathedral. i am the dean of the cathedral. on behalf of all of us who serve this wonderful institution, it is our pleasure to have you here with us for this special event. this cathedral is a house of prayer for all people, and i am honored to stand this afternoon with many of our brothers and sisters from a variety of different faith traditions. our various traditions are unique and special as they are, have numerous things in common. none more so than what is called the golden rule. whether it is expressed as do unto others as you would have others do unto you, or, that which you want for yourself, seek for mankind, or, love your neighbor as yourself -- this ethic of mutual regard and reciprocity is fundamental to the vast majority of faith traditions. as such, what could be more appropriate than for us to gather and encour

francis collins join faith leaders to encourage people to take a covid-19 vaccine. after making brief remarks, dr. fauci met with people as they were getting vaccinated. this event took place at the washington national cathedral. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon and welcome to washington national cathedral. and and on behalf of this wonderful institution to this event. this is a house of prayer for all people and i'm honored to stand this afternoon with many of our brothers and sisters from a variety of different faith traditions. our various traditions unique and special as they are have numerous things in common, whether it's expressed to do unto others as you would have others do unto you or that which you want to are yourself seek for mankind or love your neighbor as yourself. this mutual regard and rest prosecutorsy is fundamental to the vast majority of faith traditions. as such what could be more appropriate than to gather and all people to make sure that they get vaccinated not only to protect themselves from covid-19, but to help protect others from

. >> miss collins? >> an embattled school board member stripped of her powers, the rare move in san francisco following her controversial comments on twitter. >>> and the east bay city approving a new plan to increase housing for those struggling to make it in the bay. "today in the bay" starts right now. and it's friday and good morning to you. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm cierra johnson in for laura garcia. we'll have a look at your friday traffic but first a look at your weekend weather. good morning, kari. >> good morning. and we're starting out with mostly clear sky around the bay area. we have temperatures mostly in the 40s, as you get ready to head out. here is a live look in walnut creek and temperatures falling a few more degrees before sunrise and then starting to warm up for the day. we're headed close to the low 70s today, and we are going to get a lot of sunshine, not only today but throughout the weekend. we'll talk about that as well as how w

>> reporter: parents and community members angry and frustrated calling for vice president alison collins' resignation. >> so disrespect hurt and outrage a teacher 206 years calling racist words. you can't generalize a race of people based on a few experiences. >> reporter: collins was at the meeting listening to those who want her out and those who showed support. >> you say you believe in restorative practices, you want to use it for the police, you want to use it for criminals, you want to engage in restorative when it's convenient for you but when it's hard you don't want to do that work. >> reporter: it comes from tweets collins posted in 2016, in them, she supremacy and racism, apparently stemming from an experience she had with her daughter an experience she reads to board members in a letter written by her daughter three and a half years ago. >> "last year i heard boys joking about the kkk and sending kids back to mexico." >> reporter: in one twitter thread she says talk to many low bell parents and will you hear praise of tiger moms and disparagement of black and brown culture. s

. >> reporter: they also want house in collins to resign, but they are also asking the famous academic institution, goes back to a merit based system and not a lottery system. standing in front of lowell high school, a group of alums and democratic leaders took to task two issues of race, first the admissions policy moving to a lottery system and years old tweets from board member allison collins. >> this is the cream of the crop. these are students who, because of either socioeconomic situations, cannot afford a private school education. but they have worked really hard to earn spots here. >> reporter: reverend amos brown says the board did not face racial disparities of lowell, and instead punted the hard work. >> what they did do on the ninth was to say that there is something missing at lowell. change admission policies so we will get more blacks in the school. >> reporter: there were also calls from allison collins to resign over allegedly racist tweets she sent in 2016 about the asian american community. she apologized over the weekend but calls for her resignation have been hear

>> collins: well, it's the f.d.a. who will have the job of figuring out whether to give an approval for this use of that drug. and it will be about benefit and risk. and if the benefit is maybe even a reduction of 20% of the chances that you're going to end up in the hospital, that's probably a good thing. that should be added to the mix. >> announcer: down the stretch! >> alfonsi: the first results from the national trial could come next month, a little more than a year after dr. angela reiersen sent dr. eric lenze that email about fluvoxamine. your colleague had to read the study. a silicon valley guy had to step in. then there's some people at a race track that are going to try it out. it seems unbelievable. >> lenze: if you had told me what the odds were at the start of this, i might have reconsidered doing this. >> alfonsi: it was a long shot. >> lenze: for sure. ( ticking ) >> when you bought this. the 7pm news, weeknights on kpix 5. ( ticking ) >> bill whitaker: 12 american men have walked on the moon. the last

i will open it up when he comes back vice president collins. >> vice president collins: thank you. i agree. i think commissioner sanchez, are you back? >> commissioner sanchez: no. i'm done. i'm fine. >> vice president collins: we didn't hear you because you froze. >> commissioner sanchez: i just said that i don't support having a board member become interim superintendent. >> vice president collins: okay. so i agree with what's been said previously. i mean, i've been with the district 20 years. i've been through a lot of superintendents and i do want to say that this is a scary time i think to be going through a transition and, at the same time, i was -- i mean, one of the first superintendents we had, we had to, you know, there was a lot of scandal. there are superintendents where there's a lot of upset and, you know, we had two of those in a row. i think there was a lot of -- and we've even had to buy out contracts before in order to get new to go first because it looked like they wanted to respond to something. >> commissioner moliga: i 100% disagree waiting a whole entire year

want to just 0.1 person co commissioner collins. but if anybody says something the past, they need up to it and recently said this is what i said was not acceptable, especially what's going on today. and i you know, people need to apologize for that move on. i will came with that. but but so that's the first thing. you know that leaders need to step up and haul to any pass. come a sting made. to make sure that we as issues are. happening the you need that they step country and defend the community regardless of what what group they come from. you know what other groups we call 100 tech concerns to school. i know personally myself and many of the people and co members. will step up and say this is not acceptable. so that's what one action that we all should be taking. and someone should deviated from from sentimental statement. so that's what a leader which do you know. in regards to to the attacks. this couple of things. number one summer attacks that perpetrated by, but people don't mental health services. and so that is a group of

judge jeanine: clearly, susan collins without the border senator susan collins and she said that they werehe taunting r from acrosss the border and senator ted cruz said something very similar about what was going on at the border they were stunned and yet the biden a administration does not seem to want to go there or resolve the problem they cut all the funding for the wall what is going to happen withtr those contracts fr the wall and the subterranean connection and the likes if biden stopped all the contracts do we still pay for them? >> we paid for it already the contracts are completed, the wall should be completed by now, he stopped almost in his first day he stopped construction of the wall this is the wall we built almost 500 miles of wall w and its new wall they elected the renovated, we built new wall will we take wall down to build new wall they like to say the renovation this is new in the top-of-the-line and technological advanced like you wouldn't believe one with the wires and were hooked up to drones and hooked up to everything and they stopped constructionom there we