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la portavoz del presidente biden escribió en twitter que además de respaldar a gavin newsom en la crisis opone a las solicitudes para que sea destituido algunas encuestas señalan que cerca de 2/3 de los californianos están de acuerdo con la postura del presidente joe biden >> qué opina sobre la oposición del presidente joe biden sobre los esfuerzos para destituir al gobernador gavin newsom visite telemundo 48.com o cualquiera de las redes sociales las respuestas podían aparecer aquí en noticiero telemundo 48 al mediodía seguimos con más información comenzamos este segmento de información relacionada con la pandemia con una muy buena noticia elnúmero de infectados por coronavirus continúan descendiendo aquí en california reportaron las autoridades 14,000 nuevos casos en casi dos semanas esto representa una disminución de 27,000 nuevas infecciones estos respecto al mes pasado han muerto al menos 45,000 personas desafortunadamente quien california a consecuencia de este virus a quien el área de la bahía hay bastante preocupación porque se han encontrado dos variantes del coronavirus compañe

>>under governor gavin newsom's plan, large theme parks can not reopen until the counties that they'rereach the least restrictive yellow tier and even then they would have to limit crowd capacity. coming up here at 3 we will have the latest on a possible >>the orinda union school district plans to welcome some grade levels back into campus for a hybrid morrow models starting next week but not as early as the school district had originally hoped even so kron 4 some planes, how it's going to work. >>contra costa health services says in order 40 k through 6th grade students to be allowed back to campus at schools that have not already reopened during the pandemic the county must have been adjusted covid-19 case rate of less than 25 per 100,000 residents. while contra costa remains in the purple risk tier. the case rate has been steadily falling. but right now it stands at 25.2, which is still too high 5 straight days is calendar days not business days and the school could open on the 6 day after 5 straight days of being under 25 per 100 k in the community all the young support schools wit

>>he's calling it a strident challenge that will determine the future of gavin newsom's political career while the governor's handling of the pandemic that's been a flashpoint mckeown says it goes way beyond that saying newsome has become the poster child for what's not working. they're blaming him for just about everything under the sun, they're blaming him for electricity crises very important to that effect that gray davis back in the late 1990's into the early 2 thousands there they're using water they're using wildfires they're using the management of every moment around the budget and what california does as pushing back against gavin newsome and recall politics or wild animal that they really are in some ways unconventional hugely expensive and can preston time we had a 135 candidates on the ballot in 2003. so if you're gavin newsome you're going to face a recall one thing you want to do is ride herd on democrats and not have democratic challengers out there but but it also provides the opportunity for many people to move forward so we've already seen 2 prominent republicans throw

voters may not like gavin newsom but facebook likes gavin newsom and that's what matters. you can see why they like gavin newsom. no governor in the country is more pro billionaire than gavin newsom. no one is even close and it's lifelong, this affection. he grew up a protege of the gavin family. they even paid for his first wedding reception. get some self-respect, but. no now that newsom is in trouble the richest people in the country are fighting to keep him in office. watch this astounding clip from a comedy show the other night. >> we're about to have a recall. don't do it. don't do it. i have my frustrations with california k. i'm certainly am not shy about voicing them on the show. newsom is a smart guy. i would lover to talk to him in a room and convince him of a few things. >> it's q-anon conspiracy to take over the state. >> tucker: that was jones, he's a populist. he cares about the little guy, people but when the people of california decide they want different leadership and want to do democratic means, get a referendum, oh, no, it's q-anon. we must put it down

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we're following supporters of the effort to recall governor gavin newsome say they are inching ever closertheir goal. our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the latest. >>hundreds of thousands of paper positions are prepared in the sacramento area mailroom an epicenter of the recall gavin newsome effort mailroom processes. >>the bulk of our outgoing mail but also it's an overflow mail room for the incoming orrin heatlie is the lead proponent of the recall effort. he says thursday this mail room had 10,000 incoming positions in order for the recall to head to voters the group eads 1.5 million signatures validated by the secretary of state's office the group as of thursday says it's received about one 0.4 7 5 million total petitions of their 1.8 million gaal accounting for potential rejection rate of about 25% the signatures were on track to achieve that as long you know people maintain the momentum that we're at right now. >>we're gathering anywhere from 75 to a 100,000 signatures a week inside the office big boxes surround supporters to sort mail and swap stories i some like andrea

the president clearly opposes any effort to recall gavin newsome. business leaders joined president biden by the way the white house to discuss his plan for saving the economy from the covid-19 pandemic it comes as lawmakers are still debating how to move forward with biden's one 0.9 trillion dollar coronavirus relief plan. some democrats have proposed limiting the full $1400 stimulus checks to individuals making $75,000 or less while people making a $100,000 or more would get would get any relief money at all. the proposal has angered some progressive democrats with moderates arguing the stimulus check should be more targeted. biden meanwhile says that he still believes the bill will have bipartisan support. the president also addressed the issue of getting kids back into the classroom calling it quote. scaring effect that would get worse or scarring effect i should say that would get worse the cdc is expected to release official guidance on how to safely reopen schools, sometime this week and let you know soon as they do so. we've got a quick live

>>by doing these these mega events everything gavin newsom does is now under microscopes go times a 1000. >>and that's the way should be supporters say they plan to keep collecting signatures up to march 17th, the secretary of state has so far certified about 700,000 signatures and has until late april to go through all signatures collected we'll let the secretary of state do her job. >>and we're going to let the we'll let the process continue, but we are going to stay on top of them. every step of the way to make sure that nothing goes awry and to make sure that there are checks and balances accountability is taking place. >>i reached out to governor gavin newsom's chief campaign strategist dan newman for comment on this latest update all he had to say was quote a few months ago more than 6 million californians voted for donald trump. end quote in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>now our 4 zone forecast and a bag of from standing by to tell us what to expect. >>yeah exactly in all 4 of our zones we're going to be seeing the what the temperatures are going to be like tomorrow aft

so we know that gavin newsom is desperate right now.s blowing up before him and so we're going to keep an eye on sacramento and the politics of sacramento and the politicians and to make sure that no funny business is going on and to kind of keep a step ahead of them. but the big thing is, the big announcement is, is that we have reached the minimum threshold. but we're not done yet. we want to get to 2 million signatures. we don't want to leave any doubt in anybody's mind the validity and veracity of our people out there that are working so tirelessly every day and they've been working like this for eight months, such an inspiration. ashley: if the recall does make it to the ballot, what do the next steps look like for the american people, if you could walk them through that. >> it's going to be pretty exciting. this will be probably the most exciting summer of politics in california and throughout the country. because you'll have probably anywhere from 3 to 500 candidates that will come forward to put their name on the ballot and ther

gavin newsom won by a landslide in november. , especially with democrats consolidating around newsom, for a challenger, especially if that challenger is republican and backed donald trump to win in this overwhelmingly democratic state. now, the other question, though, is will it make the ballot? will this recall make the ballot? what you see here is this is one of the many sites around the state where they're collecting signatures. recall proponents say they've collected 1.8 million signatures. that exceeds the 1.5 to make the ballot. they have to verify those signatures. they're aiming for about 2 million signatures and are on pace to do so, erin. they are feeling confident that they will indeed make the ballot. but again, a very different question than whether or not the governor survives this politically, erin. >> that's pretty incredible, all of this happening. kyung, thank you so much. and thanks so much to all of you. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. we have breaking news on two fronts tonight. a big decision on raisi

asking governor gavin newsom toe letme or sports programs. open back up. about students and soon athletes not getting to do what they love. this is a part of government officials not doing the right thing. we don't care. we have fans. we don't have. we don't care. we have 100 capacity. 50 25 10 or even zero. just let us play. the rally was organized by a student sports advocacy group called let them play. the organization brought a petition with 10,000 signatures showing support. we're not going to stop where. full speed ahead until you guys were wearing your pads or you guys are bouncing the basketballs around and you guys are playing. we're not going to stop. newsome has said he knows time is tight. california does allow student athletes to participate in conditioning. non contact sports are allowed, such as tracking tennis. the california interscholastic federation announced this week. it will allow athletes that competed multiple sports simultaneously except football as long as school districts in county health departments approve, i think is a great c

>>during his friday visit to the mosque only center in san francisco governor gavin newsome touting thensformation of the convention halls into a mass covid-19 vaccination site as a key asset in the fight to stop the virus from continuing to spread a large scale sites down. >>at levi stadium. oakland coliseum got go park in. >>san diego vaccines have been administered the muskogee center since last friday mayor london breed joined the governor on his tour in the site we have the ability to vaccinate. >>at least 10,000 people a day. >>across the bay, the federal emergency management agency and governor's office of emergency services putting the final touches on the new vaccination site at the oakland alameda county coliseum when fully up and running it will be capable of administering 6,000 vaccines a day and keep in mind. a state id is not required in order to be vaccinated the government says all you need is some form of id that could be a credit card, a bank statement, a utility bill anything that shows your name. they don't want to discourage anybody from coming out here. there will

>>during a briefing wednesday morning governor gavin newsome announce california's first to covid cases with the south african variant are in alameda and santa clara county. during an afternoon briefing, santa clara county's health officer said the resident infected there had traveled internationally but quarantine immediately upon return is required and developed symptoms days later, good news is that at no time during their infectious period.

likely have to muster everything he's learned from his years in politics not to remember that gavin newsom has spent almost 25 years in public life he's been on the board of supervisors obviously we like to say he was a potted plant in sacramento that's the being lieutenant governor because we don't know what the governor does but he's been in public life for a long time almost half of his actual living almost half his life and folks think that he could should be farther along in terms of what he's doing a public policy in vaccine response and following through is an excellent communicator he's excellent raising money and he's excellent campaign all of those really are going to those types of skills are going to be needed if he faces a recall effort and right now the wind is at the back of those out gathering signatures because gavin newsome has become if you will the poster child for what's not working for was the trump administration now the focus is squarely on california and what it's not doing well, and that means the buck stops at the top. >>mckeown says the latest recall effort will

from endpoints to everywhere. ♪ ♪ paul: the effort to recall california governor gavin newsom gainingg they have gathered the 1.5 million signatures needed to force an election to remove the first-term democrat from office. newsom facing a backlash are over his administration's response to the pandemic as well as his decision to attend a dinner late last years at an exclusive restaurant in violation of his own public health guidelines. we're back with dan henninger, kim strassel and allysia finley. so, kim, is this recall going to happen, do you think, and is it a good idea? >> well, the organizers of it claim that they are well on track to get the signatures required by the middle of march. we'll find out at that point. you have a number of candidates, republicans and democrats -- well, not many democrats, but republicans talking about how they want to be put on the ballot. and, yeah, i believe it is -- i think it's a good idea if you don't like the way gavin newsom has governed. a lot of republicans will say it's not worth it, we don't have a chance. but if you don't compete, you do

." ♪ ♪ >>gavin newsome says more than 6 million people have been vaccinated against covid-19 in california it appears some of that momentum is threatened kron four's dan kerman joins us now live from the moscow knee center which is one of the sites that has had to temporarily closed and. >>that's right. the site is a ghost town today, quite a lot different than it was last week, but they simply do not have enough supply. no appointments canceled they had the knowing that they were going to run out of vaccine. but at this point unclear on when this site will reopen. as of friday, san francisco was vaccinating 7400 people a day across the city. but a different story on monday, san francisco's mass vaccination site at the moscow the center was closed as is the one at city college because they've run out of covid-19 vaccine. it's obviously very disappointing. we have this. >>large. >>that scene you go system ready to go what's holding us back is the vaccine. so that we can get in and arms, san francisco's public health director doctor grant colfax says. >>the mass vaccination sites in the comm

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continue to stay safe. >> to paul's release this week put numbers on the rumblings that governor gavin newsom's popularity has been dropping in recent months. in the early days of the pandemic governor newsom gained widespread support for his work but that shifted. in september a poll by berkeley's institute of governmental studies showed 64% of voters approved of the governors worked. but now that has dropped to 46%. newsom fared slightly better in another poll released the same day by the public policy institute of california. in may the ppi c poll showed the governor with a 62% approval rating which is now dipped to 52%. joining us now is kqed scott ús nine. they could joining us. scott, what do these pool to pool say to you about governor newsom's position? does it mean he is observable recall? >> maybe or maybe not. he is not as popular as he was back in september. some of that is inevitable. people are tired of the pandemic. there is pandemic for teague. people want the vaccines and they don't know where to get them. so i think we are seeing the reflection of all the toxic political, sett

we are committed to getting our schools open for in person instruction governor gavin newsome and some state lawmakers said wednesday work continues to try to safely reopen schools for in person learning newsome aiming to stick with his plan saying the disabled and youngest schoolchildren should be back in buildings sooner than older students. he proposed to provide billions to support personal protective equipment testing and contact tracing some districts, teachers unions and lawmakers have scrutinized the plan saying the administration isn't giving schools enough time to plan and apply for the money and other logistical problems senator nancy skinner is the chair of the senate budget committee no one in their right mind wants to get covid-19 so of course we have legitimate concerns spy. >>whether it's teachers parents. >>you what have you around if we're going to open schools this do it safely and we're just hammering out the details to do that and i'm confident we'll get their educators from districts across the state say they need to be vaccinated before teaching in person newsome

another big story we're following for you tonight a growing effort to replace governor gavin newsomeght we told you former san diego mayor kevin faulconer officially announce he is running against newsome. >>and this all comes as a new poll shows new sums approval ratings are declining among california voters kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>california comeback moderate republican and former mayor kevin faulconer says he's ready to run for california governor somebody who is a proven problem solver who gets results. a track record of success. the run in the second largest city in the state. and somebody who can work with with everybody republicans and democrats that's what our state needs right now one party rule is not serving us well the announcement comes after faulkner launched an exploratory committee to begin raising money. >>netting more than 1 million dollars in less than a month says the campaign is for the 2022 race but would be prepared to put his name in if governor gavin, newsome is recalled and we are going to protect lives and we're going t

. >>> president joe biden's team weighs in on the push to recall governor gavin newsom. a lot more ahead. 4:45, you're watching "today in the bay." ♪ ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. >>> it is 4:47. here is a live look over san jose. a beautiful shot, all the lights, no sun up yet. still pretty cool this morning. meteorologist kari hall will look at what we can expect for the rest of the week. good morning, kari. >> good morning. we're going to see a little bit of everything over these next few days. we're starting out with some mild temperatures and our sky is clearing out, after a lot of clouds, and even some sprinkles the past couple of days. as we get a look at what you're feeling right now as you head out the door, it is 55 degrees right now in brentwood. that's one of the warmer spots, but we're mostly seeing temperatures in the 40s especially for the south bay, parts of the peninsula, over toward the east bay. north bay right now

tonight organizers working to recall governor gavin newsome say that they're confident they're going to get enough signatures for the issue to be. >>left up to the voters this year crowd for state capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala brings us up to speed. >>the effort to recall governor gavin, newsome is gaining signatures and money with more than a month left before the deadline organizers say they've amassed more than 1.3 million signatures on petitions for recall the secretary of state says the group has until mid-march to collect about 1.5 million certified signatures for the issue to head to voters things going up and more is the campaign manager and finance director for rescue california, a group helping with the signature gathering effort she says recently issues with california's employment development department and vaccine distribution have fueled the effort all of these things are starting putting us at the top of the less we don't want to be at the top does more says the group has raised about 2 million dollars from a variety of donors, including a recent $100,000 contr

. >> governor gavin newsom appears to have the white house on his side, as his critics ramp up effortsll him. the white house press secretary tweeted today in addition to sharing in a commitment to a range of issues, with gavin newsom from addressing the climate crisis to getting the pandemic under control, the president clearly opposes any effort to recall gavin newsom. >>> a group led by a retired yolo county derek deputy sheriff hopes to have nearly 2 million signatures by march 17, to force a recall election, the governor has faced criticism over his handling of the pandemic, as well as wildfires and the homeless crisis. >> the only thing that's predicable at this point is he's going to continue to make serious mistakes, and exercised poor judgment in their eyes, that don't result in any solutions, that's going to make their quality of life better. >> governor newsom is up for reelection in 2022, a uc berkeley poll shows his approval rating has dropped from 64% in september to 46% in late january. >>> oakland began his long- awaited reconstruction of college avenue, the city will i

specs i think gavin newsom is a failure. he sucks as governor. he is not good.st the pandemic. why are voters in the golden state so fed up with him? >> you hit the nail on the head but is not just the failed covid response, the shifting regulations, the terrible rollout of the vaccine, it is because the host of other issues the governors is actually failing on. i highlighted a bingo one of those today the factor california public schools, on like public schools across your country of not been safely reopen. our private schools are open, kids and teachers are back in person and learning. but yet gavin newsom has failed once again on his promise open schools by february. i've talked a lot this morning about the california comeback. because it is time for the state to come back, get us back on track. in my group you, i think the recall is going to happen. i can't tell you the momentum that is in place across the board by the way. it's the democrats, republicans, independents all want to change. >> is like the bill the blowsy of governors pray that's a sad state of

>>another candidate has announced a run against gavin newsome in 2022, former republican or i should say former san diego mayor kevin faulconer says that he is ready to run for california governor the move comes as a recall effort to remove miss him, gather steam. while a new poll shows the governor's popularity is also plummeting among california voters. nancy loo has a closer look now to see if this recall actually has a chance. >>he cruised to victory in 2018 to become california's 40th governor but according to a new poll by the berkeley institute of governmental studies, gavin newsom's approval rating has plummeted from over 60% for months ago to 46% today, he held up pretty well over the first 2 years of his term but the his performance on the pandemic has really suffered over the past 3 months. >>and that's i think fueling the decline lead pollster mark di camillo says while instances like new sums french laundry dinner have drawn criticism. >>those surveyed were most anxious over the pandemic other concerns include the slow vaccine. rollout and massive unemployment fraud abou

>>we are committed to getting our schools open for in person instruction governor gavin newsome and some state lawmakers said wednesday work continues to try to safely reopen schools for in person learning newsome aiming to stick with his plan saying the disabled and youngest schoolchildren should be back in buildings sooner than older students. he proposed to provide billions to support personal protective equipment testing and contact tracing some districts, teachers unions and lawmakers have scrutinized the plan saying the administration isn't giving schools enough time to plan and apply for the money and other logistical problems senator nancy skinner is the chair of the senate budget committee no one in their right mind wants to get covid-19 so of course we have legitimate concerns spy. >>whether it's teachers parents. >>you what have you around if we're going to open schools this do it safely and we're just hammering out the details to do that and i'm confident we'll get their educators from districts across the state say they need to be vaccinated before teaching in person newsome

>>by doing these these mega events everything gavin newsom does is now under microscopes times a 1000. >>and that's the way should be supporters say they plan to keep collecting signatures up to march 17th, the secretary of state has so far certified about 700,000 signatures and has until late april to go through all signatures collected we'll let the secretary of state do her job. >>and we're going to let the we'll let the process continue, but we are going to stay on top of them. every step of the way to make sure that nothing goes awry and to make sure that there are checks and balances and people and the accountability is taking place. >>i reached out to governor gavin newsom's chief campaign strategist dan newman for comment on this latest update all he had to say was quote a few months ago more than 6 million californians voted for donald trump. end quote in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>all right, let's check on our 4 zone forecast which is a windy one apparently and if you like the you're gonna love the forecast let's check in with rebecca yeah guys today was pretty

thank you for joining us for kron 4 news at 5 i'm pam moore, i'm ken wayne governor gavin newsome made announcement this morning that testing has confirmed to covid patients. >>one from santa clara county. the other from alameda county. both had the south african variant at this point it's believed vaccines are less effective on that very kron four's dan kerman has been following this story today and he joins us live now with more well this investigation is just getting underway. the real question is how did these 2 people the person in alameda and the person in santa clara, how did they get did they get it from that work still needs to be done. but it's critical to determine if it is in the community or if it was likely caught somewhere else. >>as of a few hours ago. >>we have the first reported cases of south african 2 cases have been reported there stanford. one in alameda county. and one in santa clara county during a briefing wednesday morning governor gavin newsom announced the south african variant of covid-19 has made its way to the bay area. >>during an afternoon briefing sant

and supporters of the effort to recall governor gavin newsome say they're inching closer to their goal. capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala gives us an inside look into that operation. >>hundreds of thousands of paper positions are prepared in the sacramento area mailroom an epicenter of the recall gavin newsome effort mailroom processes. >>the bulk of our outgoing mail but also it's an overflow mail room for the incoming orrin heatlie is the lead proponent of the recall effort. he says thursday this mail room had 10,000 incoming positions in order for the recall to head to voters the group eads 1.5 million signatures validated by the secretary of state's office the group as of thursday says it's received about one 0.4 7 5 million total petitions of their one 0.8 million gaal accounting for potential rejection rate of about 25% of the signatures were on track to achieve that as long you know people maintain the momentum that we're at right now. >>we're gathering anywhere from 75 to a 100,000 signatures a week inside the office big boxes. surround supporters to sort mail and swap stor

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>>by doing these these mega events everything gavin newsom does is now under microscopes times a 1000. >>and that's the way should be supporters say they plan to keep collecting signatures up to march 17th, the secretary of state has so far certified about 700,000 signatures and has until late april to go through all signatures collected we'll let the secretary of state do her job. >>and we're going to let the we'll let the process continue, but we are going to stay on top of them. every step of the way to make sure that nothing goes awry and to make sure that there are checks and balances and peace and the accountability is taking >>i reached out to governor gavin newsom's chief campaign strategist dan newman for comment on this latest update all he had to say was quote a few months ago more than 6 million californians voted for donald trump. end quote in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>an update now on superstar golfer tiger woods, he's been transferred to cedar sinai medical center in los angeles to continue his recovery from a horrific suv rollover crash and rancho palos

meanwhile governor gavin newsome says he's not focused at all on this recall effort saying he's more focused on vaccine distribution and reopening schools. reporting live at the state capitol ashley zavala kron 4 thank you so much ashley and new today president joe biden says the u.s. should have enough vaccines by summer time to vaccinate 300 million americans but until then. >>the demand continues to far exceed the supply as vaccination sites are up and running but there's no vaccines to give people on there certainly lot of people who've won it kron four's rob fladeboe is live right now to bring us up to date on the vaccine picture in the south bay good afternoon, rob. >>good afternoon just e-mail you know the situation no different than elsewhere in california across the country for that matter it right demand is simply outstripping the supply i'm here at a county health department to a pop-up clinic took place earlier in the day here a story in king in east san jose let's take a look. service about 200 people or so here got the vaccine today and that's kind of the way it's been

you know, it's a way out friday morning, governor gavin newsom gave the go ahead for outdoor high contact sports to begin. we are now confident with new guidelines that we're publishing today that we could get you sports moving again in the state of california get competition moving again. under those guidelines, counties must have a per capita covid case rate of fewer than 14 per 100,000 residents. all the area counties currently are under that threshold, except contra costa and solano counties. but those counties air close to that barrier in case rates are trending downward. richmond high school's football coaches, hoping the case rates will fall under 14 by next week, allowing his practices to start and eventually games. all those everyone continue to wear the mask. they say. if i think we'll be perfectly fine, we are ecstatic about the. this massive first step. patrick washes, head football coach at sarah high school in san matteo. we can literally feel the souls of millions of kids lifted today, the sports allowed to open also includes soccer, baseball, water polo and lacrosse. under

those value the effort to recall governor gavin newsom set again tonight. they believe they have enough signatures to get a special election on the ballot. organizers say they have gathered a little more than 1.5 million signatures, although those signatures still need to be verified by the secretary of state's office. the group says they'll continue collecting signatures up until the mid march deadline. tonight we're telling you it's amazing where we're at. we have five weeks slept, but we have five weeks left and to make sure that we get gavin newsom get a gross number of signatures. 1.8 to 2 million. the group's goal is to get 1.8 million signatures in order to account for a potential rejection rate of roughly 25% during the verification process. still ahead tonight, family and friends fan out in the north bay in search of a woman who has been missing for months. you heard from her at least a minimum of twice a week that we've never actually gone this long without hearing from her, and today is. 30 days, exactly. annamaria weather a break in the storm. c

>>the effort to recall governor gavin, newsome is gaining signatures and money with more than a month left before the deadline organizers say they've amassed more than 1.3 million signatures on petitions for recall the secretary of state says the group has until mid-march to collect about 1.5 million certified signatures for the issue to head to voters absolutely things going up and more is the campaign manager and finance director for rescue california, a group helping with the signature gathering effort she says recently issues with california's employment development department and vaccine distribution have fueled the effort all of these things are starting putting us at the top of the less we don't want to be at the top of is more says the group has raised about 2 million dollars from a variety of donors, including a recent $100,000 contribution from some of polly up a t a a billionaire venture capitalist who was once a facebook executive and now ceo of social capital and chairman of virgin galactic he recently announced his intent to run for california governor on twitter and i t

>>instruction governor gavin newsome and some state lawmakers said wednesday work continues to try to safely reopen schools for in person learning newsome aiming to stick with his plan saying the disabled and youngest schoolchildren should be back in buildings sooner than older students. he proposed to provide billions to support personal protective equipment testing and contact tracing some districts, teachers unions and lawmakers have scrutinized the plan saying the administration isn't giving schools enough time to plan and apply for the money and other logistical problems senator nancy skinner is the chair of the senate budget committee no one in their right mind wants to get covid-19 so of course we have legitimate concerns spy whether it's teachers parents. >>you what have you around if we're going to open schools this do it safely and we're just hammering out the details to do that and i'm confident we'll get their educators from districts across the state say they need to be vaccinated before teaching in person newsome says they are prioritized for vaccinations in upcoming pha

>> it so bad for gavin newsom. on the recall vote no doubt about to happen. who what do you expect with a guy who gets to get fresh laundry, but is trying to get progressives to believe that he works for them and understands their goals and what they are trying to do. no wonder he is getting it from both sides. you can throw in governor cuomo of new york as well, and it is interesting that joe biden did not pick either one of them to get rid of a political issue for him in 2022 in that gavin newsom puts california more in play and as governor andrew cuomo's numbers go down, new york could be in play for the governor. >> john: we are going to talk about governor cuomo later this hour, do you think he will face a recall? the petition is very close, 1.3 million signatures so far and only need another 1.9 million and they have until march 17th to do it. >> no, because quite frankly i live through the last recall in the state and it was ridiculous. we ended up with arnold schwarzenegger, zero political experience, left

closed most of them roads leading -- laying claim to their side of the street and take governor gavin newsom. you can thank them for the shutdowns in california of small businesses and students of public schools suffer while he enjoys himself keeping his winery open in eating escargot at the french laundry. take kamala harris she was a prosecutor who worked her way up and went from being pro law enforcement to pro criminal promoting the bail bonds for those who violate tour up our streets and cities during the december rioters. adam schiff in ka pinocchio lied repeatedly about having evidence of russia collision with donald trump as he single-handedly sought to impeach president trump. there was no rhyme or reason, he was just pure political hatred and despite his promises special counsel mueller's report made clear the investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign or trump conspired or corrugated with the russian government in its election interference. so it sounds like schiff has the perfect background to be california a.g., guy who claims to have evidence but has non

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. >> we know that gavin newsom is desperate now. his political future is blowing up before him. >> the campaign to recall governor gavin newsom rising star in the democrat party for a long time now has enough signatures to potentially trigger a special election. but some are warning that democrats could try to derail that effort in california. randy economy the senior advisor for the recall gavin campaign. we'll talk to him next. get to tell everybody how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? i mean it... uh-oh, sorry... oh... what? i'm an emu! no, buddy! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ incomparable design makes it beautiful. state of the art technology, makes it brilliant. the visionary lexus nx. lease the 2021 nx 300 for $359 a month for thirty six months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. the holidays weren't exactly smooth sledding for thirty six months. this year, eh santa? no, but we came through smelling of mistletoe. the now platform lets us

. >> frustrated with the slow pace of openings but they are not blaming gavin newsom. >> i think are concerned and this is a concern shared by diverse families is how the school boards are going about its business. >> he does have a pitch beyond schools. one-party rule is not working in sacramento. idea where does anybody else how this is going to unfold. this is way too many unknowns. >> the longtime california political strategist said the recall is difficult to forecast but the state's basic political map is simple. >> when you look at voter registration and voter behavior in california, the odds of electing a republican governor are very low. they just are statistically. it is not an opinion but a fact. >> let's talk numbers. 4.7 million people voted against governor newsom last time. 4.7 versus the 1.5 million signatures. it is a leap to get the next 3 million votes to get you to the 7.7 million votes that gavin newsom got so 1.5 million is one number. overcoming him will be a much larger fight. the recall is very much an open questionix 5 >>> tonight san francisco appears to be

. >> reporter: andrea says she is a lifelong democrat who so admired newsome she named her son gavin.lame the governor for the condition that the state is in? >> i do at this point. newsome is the one that's running california trite now with an iron fist. >> reporter: these californians seething after a year of shutdowns have found a political outlet. >> these look like three ballot signatures. >> reporter: the recall petition. >> this is just in one day. >> this is only part of one day. >> reporter: petitions sorted by county, then delivered to be officially counted. warren heatley launched the recall 2020 campaign. the other five failed to qualify for the ballot against the democratic governor who won by a landslide in 2018. >> this is your five star spot for a smorgasbord of information. >> reporter: this recall is dominated by conservative donors much money that pays for this radio program broadcast from liberal los angeles. that's a dig at governor newsome's blunder. maskless at this exclusive restaurant while telling his residents to stay home. he since apologized but it dinged

announcement comes as a new poll released by u c berkeley shows a sinking approval rating for governor gavin newsome and his pandemic related policies. the rating now at 46% compared to the 64% approval rating he had 4 months ago, according to the poll, 49% of voters did not trust how newsome and state governments that stay at home orders and guidelines for businesses. >>well just 31% now think newsom is doing a good or excellent job in handling the pandemic he sums chief campaign strategist dan newman responded to the poll saying quote voters recognize that this is an incredibly challenging intensely complicated and critically important moment for public officials worldwide that's why the governor remains laser-focused on vaccinations reopening relief and recovery but his popularity for a recall effort against the governor grows 49% of those polled said they think it would be a bad thing for the state. >>well, 36% said it would be positive meanwhile faulkner says his next step is reaching out and having conversations with voters across the state for support in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news.

if you look at what governor gavin newsom has done and whether you like him or you don't, he has beenrting last fall was to core relate the lockdown decisions with health and science information. is so here in this state, mike, we had run out of body bags in some areas, there were hospitals who were at or surpassed icu capacity, and he continued that, one. two, he has always put teachers as essential workers. teachers have been able to get the vaccine for over a month now. he's ramped up those efforts. additionally, california's seventh in the world in vaccinations. we are leading not just in the united states, but in the world. and on top of that, school reopening, mike, that is not solely up to the governor. not just do we have unions and we have local unions, state unions, national unions, we have kids that have been in school k-2. not just in private. san diego opened a few weeks ago, and what happened? one of them had to close because an individual exposed, 100 people had to be quarantined for two weeks. so it's not just, oh, governor newsom is like god and says reopen, my childr

>>and welcome back organizers of the effort to remove governor gavin newsome from office say they have enough signatures to put the recall on the ballot. yeah we have former san diego mayor kevin faulconer running to replace governor newsom capitol reporter ashley zavala has a closer look at this latest recall effort. >>it's not about to go sir when it goes through and it will go through of the effort to recall governor gavin newsome said they've collected one 0.8 to 5 million signatures as of thursday meeting about 1.5 million signatures validated by the secretary of state's office supporters say they're aiming for 2 million signatures to account for potential rejection rate of about 25% that having what is continuing and we think that there's going to be a special election later this year, the update comes after the governor spent 2 weeks touring various vaccination sites up and down the state with other local democratic leaders. newsome has said he's not focused on the recall effort against him recall proponents note shuttered schools, businesses and vaccine distribution delays have