amy: we will get reaction to the inauguration and biden's executive actions from harvard professor cornel west and the pioneering journalist maria hinojosa. plus, we will hear the inaugural poem by 22-year-old amanda gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in u.s. history. >> step out of the shade of flames and unafraid, the new dawn blooms as we free it. for there is always light. if only we're brave enough to see it. if only we're brave enough to be it. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. joe biden was sworn in as 46th president of the united states wednesday, ending the trump era with a call for national unity. speaking on the steps of a capitol building that just two weeks prior was mobbed by a group of right wing extremists trying to overturn the election, president biden said the u.s. faces an unprecedented combination of challenges posed by the covid-19 pandem, mass unemployment, racial injustice, white supremacist violence, and the existential threat of climate change. and he warned against the spread

cornell? >> dion, local emergency rooms are saying they are seeing dplimers of hope when it comes to covid-19-related hospitalizations. they're slowing down, and they're going down. but it's still unclear when the bay area can leave the stay-at-home order. >> could potentially be the beginning of the end. >> reporter: those encouraging words from ucsf epidemiologist dr. george rutherford after the state reported the bay area's icu capacity saw a dramatic improvement from 6% last week to more than 23% on saturday. >> all this strongly suggests that we're on the down slope of this third wave of the epidemic, finally. >> r covid-19-related hospitalizations have dropped at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. >> the icu patients are staying down. and so overall, that has given us capacity, and it's very encouraging, certainly compared to where we were just one week ago. >> reporter: that's when covid hospitalizations were seeing a dramatic spike. now the big question, when will the state's s

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard joins us live once again in the newsroom. and cornell, things really do seem to be moving quickly on this. >> they really do, dion. democrats on a fast track demanding president trump be held accountable for last wednesday's riot. one republican says it's the wrong move. with just 24 hours away from what could be the start of president trump's second impeachment, house speaker nancy pelosi is making her case, speaking to cbs's "60 minutes." >> sadly, the person that is running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the united states. but he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him. >> reporter: house democrats plan to introduce a resolution, accusing the president of willfully inciting violence against the government, and demanding he be held accountable for it. >> i think it's absolutely imperative that we move on impeachment, we do it quickly, and i'm hoping i will be able to vote for that tuesday or wednesday. >> he has to be held accountable to this. this can

cornell, by the way had a 4-1 ratio-- 4 men to every woman.t was the place parents want to send their daughters. [laughter] see, if you couldn't find your man at cornell, you were hopeless. [laughter] so then i met marty, and he was, in fact, the first boy i ever knew who cared that i had a brain. he was always my biggest booster. the cooking-- oh, that began... i had two years between college and law school, when marty was in service. those two years we spent in fort sill, oklahoma, the principal artillery base. i got pregnant during the first year, and when i went back to new york to give birth, my cousin sent marty a copy of the escoffier cookbook, an english translation, and said, "this will give you something to do while your wife is away." so marty had originally been a chemistry major at cornell... and he treated this escoffier cookbook like a chemistry textbook. [laughter] he started with the basic stocks and worked his way through it. he gave up chemistry because it interfered with golf practice while he was a great golfer, and then h

talks cornell was talks about the book black prophetic fire, which she profiles? black african american leaders. we recorded his remarks at the 2014 miami book fair, on the campus of miami dade college. >> hello my name is -- also vice president of the national association of black journalists. i am very happy to introduce to special guest today. doctor corner west is a prominent provocative intellectual, is a professor of philosophy and union theological seminary, and a professor princeton university. he also taught yale, harvard and the university of powers. he graduated magnum can lead off from harvard and obtain his enemy and ph.d. in philosophy from princeton. he's written more than 20 books and edited 13. he's best notice for his classics race matters and democracy matters, and living and loving out loud. he appears frequently on the colbert report, cnn and c-span. he also made his film debut on the matrix. he was also a commentator with the official trilogy released in 2004, black prophetic fire, missed doctor west's latest book, with the distinguished scho

amy: professors cornel west and keeanga-yamahtta taylor. we'll hear more from them in a moment, but first let's turn to former women's march co-chair tamika mallory. she spoke at a rally in minneapolis days after the police killed george floyd. tamika: we are not responsible for the mental illness that has been inflicted upon our people by the american government, institutions, and those people who are in positions of power. i don't give a damn if they burn down target because target should be on the streets with us calling for the justice that our people deserve. where was autone at the time when philando castile was shot in a car, which is what they actually represent? where were they? so if you are not coming to the people's defense, then don't challenge us when young people and other people who are frustrated and instigated by the people you pay -- you are paying instigators to be among our people out there, throwing rocks, breaking windows, and burning down buildings, and so young people are responding to that. they are enraged. and th

obama pollster cornell belcher and bbc washington correspondent katty kay. andrew, i quote that straightforward thought. i'm curious your reaction. >> i think that's getting at something important, which is that on one hand you can have people saying you need to move on and that it's important to sort of focus on the future, but if you do that you are ignoring the importance of deterrence, in other words, the message that you're sending to future presidents, future people who might do this. i'm of the view that you really don't move on unless there's accountability and it's important for the president to be held to account and for former presidents to be held to account just as they are in other western democracies. >> in your experience in federal law enforcement is that a commonplace approach, to say if there was a wanton repeated criminal conspiracy carried out in public that for other reasons like it would be easier or more convenient or nicer that you just kind of let all those crimes go? >> no. i mean, you would never have that view in a normal crimina

i am cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> his jacket is soaked to the bone.slippery tonight in higher elevations of lake county. parts are under a winter storm warning through tomorrow. the area is getting snow above the 2,000 foot elevation level, making driving treacherous and keeping snowplows busy. >> i didn't have a lot of traction on. i am not used to it. >> no fun. >> take a look at what happened in inverness. a large tree came down and smashed a mercedes suv. the sheriff says nobody was hurt. >> thank goodness. right now people in the santa cruz mountains are bracing for the worst of the storm. more than 5,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate. more than 200 have chosen to stay in their homes despite threats of mud slights. kris, why are some decide to stay? >> reporter: yeah. i did ama, first the conditions have changed in the last hour or so. the rains are heavier. the winds are picking up. we are actually down the street from a evacuation center. as you said for the residents i talked to it was a personal choice whether to stay or leave. >> e

cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> today a majority of b.a.r.t.' decision by alameda county d.a. not to charge a second police officer in the grant police case. however, earlier this week alameda county district attorney nancy o'mally announced she wouldn't pursue charges despite public pleas from grant's family. >> justice delayed is justice denied, but i think that we have an opportunity to go on record with the district attorney. >> we're not experts in the law. it is not up to this board to determine if legal standards of prosecution have been met. >> grant was shot to death by an officer on new year's day 2009. he was convicted of involuntarily manslaughter and served 11 months in jail. abc 7 is committed to racial and social justice as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. to join the fight and to find your ally go to abc7news.com/take action. >>> developing news, governor newsom is calling on the national guard tonight to protect the state capitol on inauguration day which is next wednesday. the governor signed and ordered deployin

cornell? >> reporter: celebrations are pivoting to virtual events, but many believe the message of dr. king is more important than ever before. ♪ we shall all be free ♪ >> reporter: san francisco's glide memorial church honored dr. martin luther king jr. sunday with songs, prayers, and film clips of the civil rights leader's final speech. >> but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. >> reporter: this year the pandemic has forced the cancellation of many in-person events, like the annual mlk celebration train and march to yerba buena gardens. instead they're pivoting to a virtual celebration with a health and wellness and music festival, reflecting on a year following the police killings of george floyd and breonna taylor and black lives matter protests. >> justice and hope. those are two points that i think king would focus on in his reaction or in his critique of what's going on today. >> griselle says he wants the public to take part in an interactive

cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> today a majority of b.a.r.t.'s board of directors condemned the decision by alameda county d.a. not to charge a second police officer in the grant police case. however, earlier this week alameda county district attorney nancy o'mally announced she wouldn't pursue charges despite public pleas from grant's family. >> justice delayed is justice denied, but i think that we have an opportunity to go on record with the district attorney. >> we're not experts in the law. it is not up to this board to determine if legal standards of prosecution have been met. >> grant was shot to death by an officer on new year's day 2009. he was convicted of involuntarily manslaughter and served 11 months in jail. abc 7 is committed to racial and social justice as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. to join the fight and to find your ally go to abc7news.com/take action. >>> developing news, governor newsom is calling on the national guard tonight to protect the state capitol on inauguration day which is next wednesday. the go

i am cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> his jacket is soaked to the bone.wy, slushy, slippery tonight in higher elevations of lake county. parts are under a winter storm warning through tomorrow. the area is getting snow above the 2,000 foot elevation level, making driving treacherous and keeping snowplows busy. >> i didn't have a lot of traction on. i am not used to it. >> no fun. >> take a look at what happened in inverness. a large tree came down and smashed a mercedes suv. the sheriff says nobody was hurt. >> thank goodness. right now people in the santa cruz mountains are bracing for the worst of the storm. more than 5,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate. more than 200 have chosen to stay in their homes despite threats of mud slights. kris, why are some decide to stay? >> reporter: yeah. i did ama, first the conditions have changed in the last hour or so. the rains are heavier. the winds are picking up. we are actually down the street from a evacuation center. as you said for the residents i talked to it was a personal choice whether to stay or

in the newsroom, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> cornell, while you're talking about the vaccine, has doris, that 85-year-old covid suffer you have spoken with received her vaccine yet? >> not yet. she has been told she has to wait until late february to get her vaccine. she is willing to wait, but until she gets the shot, she's got a message for everybody out there. keep wearing the masks. social distance. as she puts it, covid is no joke. >> thanks to doris for reminding us of that message. cornell, thank you. >>> well, the coronavirus vaccines are the strongest tools we have to battle the pandemic and get our old life styles back. combined with masks and social distancing, measures we've taken for months. we're seeing a difference. >> right now it looks like it might actually be plateauing in the sense of turning around. >> that's dr. anthony fauci looking at recent data on a national level. california specific data also gives us hope. as we heard on gma 3 today from dr. mark ghaly. >> for the first day are seeing less than 20,000 cases reported today statewide. that's first time i

cornel west is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. a professor of philosophy and christian practice at union theological seminary. he also taught at yale, harvard, and at the university of paris. he graduated magna cum laude from harvard and obtained his m.a. and phd in philosophy at princeton. he has written 20 books and edited 13. he is known for his classics "race matters" and "democracy matters." he appears frequently on the colbert report. he was also a commentator on the official trilogy released in 2004. "black prophetic fire," his latest book with distinguished scholar christa -- you'll have to help me with this name, buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary african-american leaders including frederick douglass, w.e.b. du bois, martin luther king jr., ella baker, malcolm x, and ida wells barnett. he not only re-discovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates, but also their fault lines by providing new insights that humanize all of these well-known figures, west takes an important

in the news room, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> we will see how this all unfolds. thanks. >>> a few dozen protesters gathered in san francisco to condemn the attack on the capitol. they rallied for people to organize saying they must fight against fascism, white supremacy and capitolism. they believe the incident at capitol will be the first of many. >>> some of its officers participated in posts. while it is unclear what is posted, oakland police don't allow oakland police to affiliate with subversive groups or anything that disgraces the department. it could result in discipline, including termination. in a statement, the interim police chief said, quote, the trust of our community is our highest priority. we will not tolerate any breach of that trust from any member of our department. >>> new developments with the pandemic where the stay at home order is officially being extended. all of this is because of icu availability remaining well below the state's threshold of 15%. san francisco already took action and extended its order indefinitely. california set a re

abc7 news reporter cornell barnard joining us live from the newsroom and you spoke to the man behind the post. >> reporter: i did. phil reynolds is elected member of the republican party and posted that the war had begun. who south bay officials say that was inciting violence, both now calling for him to resign. the world was watching wednesday's violent storming of the u.s. capitol with disbelief. santa clara county phil reynolds watching too, posting this and say citizens take arms. freedom shall prevail. we must defend our constitution to the death. >> i could not believe that this was coming out from an elected representative in santa clara county and that's why when we see something, we need to say something. >> reporter: south bay assembly member evan lowe posted this comment calling on the gop to denounce the violence inside it. >> these guys, this is poisonous and important we hold our public representatives accountable. >> reporter: in another post, reynolds asked his followers, drum roll please, civil war or no civil war? santa clara county supervisor susan ellen burg was o

hi, cornell. >> hey, larry. a year later, the pandemic is far from over. the country is still suffering from rising covid infections and deaths. here in the bay area, there is pain, but there is some hope. >> when he arrived, our country and history changed. >> reporter: this is patient one, the first known covid case in the country, treated at a hospital in washington state one year ago. about ten days later, abc7 news news reporter david louie reported on the first bay area case, a man from santa clara county who returned from china. akentral he ad fr ina, but theirus spread. there were outbreaks on cruise ships. julie choi from san francisco quarantined in her cabin off the coast of japan for weeks. >> we just don't know what happened. we're so scared. >> reporter: 85-year-old doris block from san francisco was just the 70 patient to be admitted to ucsf last march with covid symptoms. >> do you feel lucky to be here? >> you bet i do. >> reporter: doris survived. today she is feeling thankful. >> there seems to be a light at the end of the covid tunnel,

but abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard explains some tenant advocates worry it doesn't go far enough. >> we had a goal, a very specific goal by this week to extend eviction protections here in the state of california. we have a deal. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom says california will freeze evictions for struggling tenants impacted by covid for another five months. more than $2 billion in federal stimulus funds will help with rental assistance. >> we're going to leverage that $2.6 billion focusing on low income renters. >> reporter: under the new bill the state will cover 80% rent you missed between april 2020 and march 2021. as long as the landlord forgives the remaining 20% and does not pursue evictions. >> we need to make sure that folks are stably housed. we need to make sure folks aren't being evicted and going into long-term debt based on a pandemic they had no control over. >> reporter: so many of us are unable to pay rent. >> reporter: oklahoma renter and housing advocate tara thomas lost her job last year to the pandemic. she says landlords have the right to decline the

nbc 7's cornell barnard spoke with the bishop. >> reporter: a strange sight in the midst of our painedhundreds of worshippers inside st. mary's cathedral for a special saturday mass. >> we're praying for the unborn. >> reporter: the state's covid-19 health order allows small outdoor services, but has banned all indoor worship. >> having mass inside is actually very wonderful. i know we were not allowed to, but we were very safe. >> we had every plan, every intention to have mass outdoors. >> reporter: san francisco catholic archbishop said the security threat prompted him to move the service inside. possible violence due to a rumored protest and counterprotest next door at the chinese consulate. >> one group that was part of the storming of the capitol, another left wing group. >> reporter: we saw a large police presence outside the consulate. dozens of officers were also stationed around st. mary's cathedral. in a statement to "abc 7 news", the sfpd said there were no specific threats directed toward the church. our presence was precautionary for the security of all those in the area.

cornell west, dr. cornell west is going to weigh in after this. are we turning our cameras on for this? my smile can't compete. anyone? mmm. nope! for a smile that's always camera -ready. crest 3d white removes 95% of stains in just 3 days. >>> so go with me here. i want you to imagine something for a moment. imagine this. imagine you are at the capitol last week. you're a supporter of the president. you're not a white supremacist, antigovernment or interested in being violent. you have been convinced and misled by the president's lies and the conspiracy driven media who have repeated them, but you look around yourself and you see people who do fit into those racist white supremacist groups, okay? do you stay? you have an opportunity to leave and not associate yourself with that. if you stayed, i just want to show you some photos of the people who you were with. we know them by now. this is kevin seigfried. this is robert keith packard wearing a sweatshirt that says camp auschwitz that says work brings freedom. this is a gallows erected outside of

abc 7 news reporter, cornell barnard, went to a drive-thru clinic where the covid-19 vaccine was getting into the arms of hundreds who so desperately want it. >> so we feel good that we are able to make a little bit of a dent in this problem. >> the playground at stanley elementary school in lafayette transformed into this drive-thru covid-vaccination clinic for seniors. >> it's the best deal. >> reporter: many have been frustrated trying to get the vaccine. like wayne. >> i feel relieved. i live in and unable to come to the community with 10,000 elderly people like me. >> it's incredibly frustrating,k physician, rebecca parish, partnered with the city of lafayette and local-senior organizations to get the vaccine into the arms of those who may be homebound or tech challenged. >> you know, i was really impressed at how well organized this is. >> you better believe these vaccine doses are like gold. and finding 500 of them for this clinic wasn't easy. >> i'm pretty sure, someone in there, i promised somebody my first-born child. >> parish said she lobbied contra costa county for 500 doses

cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> another state auditor report, another blasting of the e.d.d. i'm maikel finney. 7 on your side is still ahead. >>> plus, the gamestop stock frenzy and the ceo of menlo park app at the heart of the chaos speaks out tonight. >>> first a look at what's coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" after abc 7 news at 11:00. jaechl? >> thank you, dan and ama. your mother and i worked very hard on this. i was wondering, have you and david ever been in a situation where he laid on the bed and pretended to be unconscious and then you tried to drag him by his feet to safety? do you have cheese? of course, more cheese absolutely! more kale for less cabbage in our produce section. how about pizza? yep, more pizz... more pizza for less dough in the freezer section? now you're getting the hang of it. more milk? for less moolah. >>> trailblazing actress cicely tyson has passed away at the age of 96. tyson gained fame in the early 1970s when black women were finally starting to get starring roles. some of her best-known work includes "sounder" for which she earne

"abc 7 news" reporter cornell barnard went to a drive-through clinic where all appointments were taken and the covid-19 vaccine was getting into the arms of hundreds who so desperately want it. >> we feel good that we're able to make a little bit of a dent in this problem. >> reporter: the playground at stanley elementary school in lafayette transformed into this drive-through covid vaccination clinic for seniors. >> it is the best deal. >> reporter: many have been frustrated trying to get the vaccine, like wayne hahn. >> i feel relieved. i live in rossmor and they were unable to get the county to come to that community which has 10,000 elderly people looking me. >> it is incredibly frustrating and patients are really afraid. >> reporter: walnut creek physician rebeka parish partnered with the city of lafayette and local senior organizations to get the vaccine into the arms of those who may be home bound or tech challenged. >> you know, i was really impressed how well organized this is. >> you better believe these vaccine doses are like gold, and finding 500 clinic wasn't easy. >> i'm

in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> on peninsula, san mateo county sheriff's office is investigating after a woman's washed up in half moon bay. officials say the asian woman was discovered at 9:00, this morning. they are still working to identify her. earlier this month, you may remember, a woman was swept into the ocean at the nearby state beach. the man she was with survived. that woman's body has not been recovered. >>> one issue we focus on in our commitment to help build a better bay area is your health. and that includes the covid-19 vaccine rollout. more people were given their first, covid-19 vaccine dose, today. at san francisco's first mass-vaccination site. the site at city college of san francisco is facing challenges, though, including a shortage of doses and no clear way for people to register for appointments. at one point, there was even an eventbrite, excuse me, i should say, ticket going around for appointments at the center. abc 7 news talked to san francisco supervisor matt haney about the difficulty behind making an appointment. >> this sort of con

in santa rosa cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> certainly the covid-19 pandemic has intensified the need for homeless resources. according to lawmakers who are pushing for a new bill to permanently fund homeless aid across the aid as homeless advocates wait for bold action from the state. abc 7 news reporter matt boone shows us one grassroots project designed to help the most vulnerable populations is homeless youth. >> reporter: after nearly two years this youth tiny home village in oakland is weeks away from opening. >> if you love your neighbor won't want them sleeping on the street. >> reporter: he's been leading the construction effort along with the group youth spirit artworks which has brought in young artists to create dozens of colorful murals. >> more than just mural canvases each one of these brings a certain type of energy, often messages. >> reporter: on the inside simple but functional with a custom-made desk that also pulls into a bed. now, while the homes may be tiny, the goal is to foster a tight-knit community here as well. the centerpiece of that is this kitchen which

john more vaccine research and professor of microbiology and immunology at will cornell medicine many thanks. to brazil which has officially begun its national vaccination campaign giving a nurse from sao paolo the 1st job she was given the chinese made sin of ag vaccine that's after the country's health regulator gave emergency approval along with the u.k. made oxford astra zeneca job brazil has the 2nd highest death toll after the us at over 200000 people. let's go to monica yannick he who joins us now from menow us so to vaccines approved how will it impact the fight against the virus in brazil which has been badly hit. well yes brazil has been waiting for this green light for a very long time it's like being behind a smaller neighbors like chile. and argentina and finally now today we have the 1st person that was sedated in some it's not just. a hold for the rest of the country but it's also part of a power struggle between the governor some. who has been pressing the government and saying that he would start vaccination in some bar which is the richest state as soon as he can and

cornell?zations. they're slowing down, and they're going down. but it's still unclear when the bay area can leave the stay-at-home order. >> could potentially be the beginning of the end. >> reporter: those encouraging words from ucsf epidemiologist dr. george rutherford after the state reported the bay area's icu capacity saw a dramatic improvement from 6% last week to

hi, cornell. >> hey, larry. a year later, the pandemic is far from over.d infections and deaths. here in the bay area, there is pain, but there is some hope. >> when he arrived, our country and history changed. >> reporter: this is patient one, the first known covid case in the country, treated at a hospital in washington state one year ago. about ten days late

still, cornell, much more than a number. >> that's right, dan.ne who has been impacted by covid. a year later, there is pain but some hope. >> when he arrived, our country and history changed. >> reporter: this is patient one. the first known covid case in the country, treated at a hospital in washington state one year ago. about ten days later, abc reporter david louie reported on the first bay area case, a man from santa clara county who returned from china. >> the patient had been in wuhan, the center of the coronavirus outbreak in china. >> reporter: nearly 30 airlines would suspend flights to and from china, but the virus spread. there were outbreaks on cruise ships julie choi from san francisco quarantined in her cabin off the coast of japan for weeks.

live in santa rosa tonight, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> cornell, before you go, i imagine the dining tents are kind of a big investment, so how much do they cost? >> reporter: i was very surprised to hear this price tag. they can run anywhere, kristen, from $700 up to $6,000. this one behind me, what you see, what's left of it, was one. more expensive ones. it's real unclear, according to many restaurant owners, if insurance will help pay the cost, but at this point it's an expense that really nobody can afford up here. >> that is just a shame and devastating. the cornell, thank you. >>> now to pg&e's effort to restore the power that was knocked out by the storm. as you can see here on the utilities website, there's still some gust hers without electricity, and this is across the bay area. each of the green dots represents fewer than 50 customers, so the numbers are down significantly for more than 35,000 overnight without power. folks living on keith circle off of oak park boulevard and pleasant hill, they were without power for several hours after this line snapped around midnight.

what we did when we moved from we were reading interviews and we read interviews at cornell west and others, the interview format as a genre is interesting. and so what was the thinking think of frank barr, he asked to questions and get you going. what was the on that thinking to prevent this material in this way. there's the intimacy of your own kind of personal turmoil and conviction. and then there is the form in which you present the materials in the form of interviewing conversation. talk a little bit about what you thought about that? >> there's a couple of things. but they've got to be honest. in the back of my thought it would be easier, it was not. >> you recently wrote put a tweet out writing is hard. [laughter] >> and i was like what i ended up doing, just in the process i sat with a friend and a comrade and we did these interviews and then we had transcripts. and like this is not clear enough so i end up rewriting my answers and rewriting the questions. i could have written essays much faster than i actually wrote the q&a. i was not trying to present this as if it were a

we will develop a citizen public health training program designed by cornell. it will be offered online and it will be free. to educate and certify tens of thousands of citizens all across the state who will then be better prepared to help themselves, their families, their coworkers and will be trained and ready to volunteer to help their community in the next public health emergency. our goal is to train and certify 100,000 new york health emergency volunteers. rapid testing, not only save lives but it is a key to our economic reopening plan. we will open a network of new rapid testing sites across the state. while we are continuing to battle covid we must also deal with the cost. covid has been costly in every sense of the word. the greatest cost is the lives lost and for that, we pray every day. for god's grace and peace. businesses have been lost. lifetime savings have been exhausted. personal debt has mounted and our state governmentfaces a $15 billion deficit, the largest in history . while this fiscal crisis is larger than ever the dynamics are not new.

cornell bernard, abc7news. >> get ready for a rainy week ahead.t there but that is about to change. showers move in dome before stronger storms. let's get to the accuweather forecast. drew. >> hi, deon. it was a dry start to the weekend. tomorrow, it is a different story. showers make a comeback to finish out the weekend. the storm impact scale gets you to level one light system we're trauking tomorrow. showers, even some scattered downpours as well. tomorrow as the front moves through, it does turn windy. we'll have a wind advisory on the coast tomorrow night. there's a chance in the highest peaks that we could see a dusting of snow. so that's so light rain we're tracking tomorrow, but an even stronger storm is said to move in on wednesday. we'll talk about b the details, the timing of tomorrow's rain and more on the midweek soaker in a few minutes. >> looking forward to it. thanks. the lights are back on for thousands in santa cruz county. in this pg&e emergency outages map you can see 50 homes or fewer without power. pg&e says the storage was t

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i remember reading an interview with cornell west at that moment when he said it's anti-realism anthology return to the comparison, because someone had given me through the q&a format a particular type of genre, a particular type of intellectual position that gave me insight and clarity. dialogue for me was so important. i was interested in the genre and i wanted to teach. i said in this moment my career i'm still writing but i've got plenty of books coming but i want to take a pause and talk to people who are asking these questions and trying to make sense of the stuff in real time. that's why i chose this. i don't know if i would do another one like this but i can tell you i learned a lot from it. i sweated a lot more than i thought i would. but i enjoyed it a great deal. the early feedback from activists and students is that they are learning from it. >> it's really fascinating. there is one way in which the supreme wisdom works like a cataclysm. it's a question, you get the answer. then there is the pedagogical, it has a pedagogical function. you are going to learn the tenants of cath

. >> thank you so much cornell us this was such a wonderful conversation. i wish i could just go on and on we. [applause] weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span 3. tonight, we have began a night of presidential farewells with dwight eisenhower's remarks from january 1961. his speech is best known for its warning about the increase of power of the military industrial complex. we also hear from president jimmy carter, richard nixon and bill clinton. watch tonight, beginning at 8 pm eastern. enjoy american history tv, every weekend on c-span 3. up next, president dwight eisenhower delivers his farewell address from the oval office on january 17, 1961. the speech is best remembered for the president's warning about the influence of what he called the military industrial complex. dwight eisenhower served two terms as president, from 1953 to 1961. >> three days from now, after half a century, in the service of our country, i shall lay down the responsibilities of office. as in tr

in the newsroom, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> jared huffman was inside the capitol during the riotingout the security surrounding the upcoming inauguration. >> we have to very quickly stand up a capitol police leadership that the world can have confidence in. and other police reenforcements to make sure that this is a secure event. it's going to be a small event, maybe the smallest inauguration we've seen in a century or more, but it has to go forward and it has to happen safely. >> congressman huffman supports impeaching president trump and says he believes it must move forward with urgency. >>> abc news has learned vice president pence will indeed attend joe biden's inauguration. that word from a person familiar with pence's decision. it all comes two days after pence certified the election results, defying the president's call to block biden's victory. biden said friday he would welcome pence's attendance, though he hadn't spoken to him about it. president trump tweeted he would not be attending that inauguration. >>> a major search is under way after a boeing jet with 62 people on

joining me now to discuss is professor cornell west.m trying to get people to understand this, me as well. chris and i have been talking about this. thank you for joining us. it's possible that many of the people that were at the president's rally in the riot that followed were not proud boys or white supremacists or neo-nazis. so we know all of these people were there and front and center. if you see people that are part of those groups and you choose to stay and watch as the capitol is ransacked, what does that mean? >> it means that you've got to be able to negotiate and navigate the spiritual decay and moral decrepe attitude in your country. trump is morally decrepit. it mean you have to your own integrity, your own honesty and moral fortitude and spiritual integrity. the thing to keep in mind, brother don, is even though rerightly thoroughly condemn and indict the spiritually decay folk, we don't want to fall into righteousness. we came from a great group of people that created the wounded healers and warriors in the face of it and

here is abc 7 news reporter, cornell barnard. >> we feel good that we are able to make a little bit of a dent in this problem. >> reporter: the playground at stanley elementary school in lafayette transformed into this drive-thru covid-vaccination clinic for seniors. >> it's the best deal. >> reporter: many have been frustrated trying to get the vaccine. like, wayne hahn. >> i feel relieved i live in rossmoor. and rossmoor was unable to get the county to come to that community with just 10,000 elderly people like me. >> it's incredibly frustrating, and patients are really afraid. >> walnut creek physician, rebecca parish, partnered with the city of lafayette and local-senior organizations to get the vaccine into the arms of those who may be homebound or tech challenged. >> you know, i was really impressed with how well organized this is. >> you better believe these vaccine doses are like gold. and finding 500 of them for this clinic wasn't easy. >> i'm pretty sure, somewhere in there, i promised somebody my first-born child. >> reporter: parish says she lobbied contra costa county for

your grandfather was a cornel in the mexican army? >> my grandfather. the revolution, my great grandmother, my mom and grand mom, they arrived here in 1917, i believe. and it's a love story. i tried to do that in my head. it's a story about survival, you know. and i wanted that story because i know it relates to many people who left this country, like my family did, especially the migrant workers are still out there today. and i wanted that part of the story told because the young people of today need to recognize all the great opportunities from our great grandparents. and there are so many great things our children are seeing. i think we need to understand who they are. be aware of their heritage, of their roots. so you can stand on more firm ground and start to recognize we are given things. it doesn't matter where you come from or who you are, but it is important to understand yours f yourself. but like i said, it makes you a more rounded person. >> i guess you didn't have a choice in becoming a music legend, right? back when your families were stil

cornell, what are they saying? >> doctors say they are seeing glimmers of hope.y're slowly going down. but it's unclear-the bay area can leave the stay at home order. >> could potentially be the beginning of the end. >> reporter: those encouraging words from epidemiologist, after the state reported the bay area's icu capacity saw an a dramatic improvement. >> all this suggests, strongly suggests that we're on the down slope of this third wave of the epidemic, finally. >> reporter: they confirm covid-19 hospitalizations have dropped at zuckerberg general hospital. >> icu patients are staying now. so, that's given us capacity and encouraging, compared to one week ago. >> reporter: that's when covid-19 hospitalizations were seeing a dramatic spike. when will the order be lift for the bay area. in a statement to abc 7 news, the california department of public health says we see promising signs that california is emerging from the most intense stage of this pan demming. it's important to note that a region's exit from the regional stay at home order is based on -- he

cornell bernard spoke with the bishop who said a threat of violence prompted the move. >> reporter: a strange sight in the midst of our pandemic. hundreds of worshipers inside st. mary's cathedral for a certainly st. mary's mass. the state's covid-19 health order allows small outdoor services but has band all indoor worship. >> having palace inside is wonderful. i know we aren't allowed to. but we were very >> we had every plan to have mass outdoors. >> reporter: they say a security threat prompted him to move the service inside, possible violence due to a rumored protest and counterprotest next door at the chinese consulate. >> one group that was a part of the storming of the capitol, another left-wing group. >> we saw a large police presence outside the consulate. dozens of officers were also staged around st. mary's cathedral. in a statement to abc 7 news, the sfpd says there were no specific threats toward the church. it was precautionary to the security to all those in the area. >> it was a tradeoff versus keeping people safe because of the threat of violence. >> did anyone show

in the newsroom, cornell barnard, abc7 news. ♪ ♪ >> they sound so good.r 19th annual musical tribute honoring dr. martin luther king, jr. tonight. we just heard some of the performance by terrence kelly and the oakland inter faith gospel choir. this year the performance "in the name of love" went virtual because of the pandemic. representative barbara lee was on hand to present the oakland citizen humanitarian award to dr. noha obaletta. he is the founder and ceo of roots clinic, a nonprofit community health center. >>> as the bay area grapples with issues of race and social justice, we are here to help. just head to our website, abc7news.com/take action for a list of local resources. >>> just ahead, a wild night on bay area roads. this is what some drivers encountered on the bay bridge tonight. dirt bikes and motorcycles driving the wrong way. >>> and d.c. is already essentially locked down. why the fbi is now investigating the national guard that is supposed to be protecting the inauguration. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ get exclusive offers on select new volvo models.

cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> boy, cornell, such a shame seeing the tent behind you blowing down the street. they are not cheap. how much do they cost? do you have an estimate on it. >> reporter: i'm surprised by the price tag. people who lost tents. they can run from $600 to $700 all the way up to $7,000. this tent was one. more expensive ones. not clear if insurance will help, but at this point that's an expense that no one can afford right now. >> boy, they sure can't deal with much more. thank you. >>> for more on the rain track the live doppler 7. search abc 7 bay area to download and start streaming. . >> i'm dan noyes. a county supervisor is under fire for getting a covid vaccine before it's her turn. i'll have the story. >> the motive of an east bay medical practice questioned after hosting a vaccination clinic for seniors. why not everyone who there are a lot of things in life we want but can't have. health insurance shouldn't be one of them. at covered california, every plan is comprehensive, covering everything from preventive care to mental health. covered california is t

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abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has reaction. >> did you two feel anything?t about the emotion. >> i felt excited because i'm going have a new president. >> reporter: novato teacher libby silvestre wanted to watch the inauguration of joe biden with her third grade class. there were lots of observations. >> i saw people in gloves and fancy suits. >> reporter: the students at lou sutton elementary saw pomp and circumstance and made a list of what stood out. >> words i collected. america a better place, kindness, presidents, people, respect. >> maylin has big expectations for biden and vice president harris. >> make stuff that are not fair, fair. and make people not argue in america. >> reporter: others created their own oval office on paper. >> two chairs and two computers. >> school for many students is an anchor, and i think having a new president brings the hope that there is going to be some sort of new normal. things will get back to normal. >> cities are getting hotter. >> eighth graders at willie brown middle school in san francisco have been busy on thi

many told abc7 news reporter cornell barnard this gives them hope. >> well, i feel good. i feel good about it. >> relief? >> big relief. >> reporter: 83-year-old clara jackson got vaccinated. so did rose jacobs gibson at long last. >> i'm feeling good about it. i'm feeling good about the fact that it's available and i had the privilege of taking it. >> reporter: the health center in east palo alto hosted the clinic after securing 1,100 moderna vaccine doses from san mateo county for local seni seniors. >> we also heard that the community has been waiting for a while, so we've opened it up to our neighbors as well that are not our patients. >> are you the caregiver? >> yes. >> do you want to get the shot as well? >> yeah. >> reporter: the line outside was long. caregivers and health care workers were invited to get the shot. brenda triplet brought her mom. having the vaccine gives us much more assurance and it's very relieving for us to know that it's done. >> reporter: h-o-p-e. hope. >> reporter: the mayor says that hope is coming to this community. >> this is an issue of

see what's going to happen in the future with this president and we'll see. >> in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >>> members of the oakland branch of the naacp joined together on zoom this morning and they watched today's inauguration with great pride and celebration. >> i am so blessed to see this historical event happen today. and may we all continue to love each other. there should be no hatred at all around us. and let us work together. >> that express of unity and hope was echoed by nearly every member who spoke after watching the inauguration. one member added she is praying that the new administration will carry the country forward in a positive direction. >>> all right. mass vaccinations. san francisco's new deadline. >>> and reuse and recycle. how you can get your hands on an old bart train car. >>> plus inauguration day. our coverage continues. coming up, a bit of history from the woman who has known kamala harris since childhood. >>> i'm spencer christian. are you ready for some cool and rainy weather? it's in my er to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can st

cornell barnard spoke with the archbishop who said a threat of violence prompted the move. >> reporterr pandemic, hundreds of worshippers inside st. mary's cathedral for a special saturday mass. >> we're praying for the unborn. >> reporter: the state's covid-19 health order allows small outdoor services but has banned all indoor worship. >> having mass inside is very wonderful. i know we're not allowed to, but we were very safe. >> we had every plan, every intention to have mass outdoors. >> reporter: fran catholic archbishop salvatore says a security threat prompted him to move the service inside. possible violence due to a rumored protest around counterprotest next door at the chinese consulate. >> one grouphawaar otrleft-wing group.ato >> reporter: we saw a large police presence outside the consulate. dozens of officers were also stationed around st. mary's cathedral. in a statement to abc7 news, police said there were no specific threats directed toward the church. our presence was precautionary for the security of those in the area. >> it was a tradeoff between the extra step of p