overall, safety net providers, state medicaid programs, community health centers and public health departments are all critical for mitigating the spread of covid-19 as well as better addressing social determinants of health. improving access to care such as chronic conditions and reducing health disparities in communities of color. my colleagues and i understand that took combat covid-19 demands bipartisan solutions. we know these proposals will enable the nation to make progress in stopping the spread of this menacing virus and its new variants, and saving lives. our recommendations provide the biden administration and congress with important details on how to implement an effective plan. they represent both republican and democratic ideas. an -- ideas. an effective pandemic response must be bipartisan with a focus on putting the health of the american people first. i will turn it over to anand and my fellow task force members for discussion. anand: senators, thank you so much for your comments at this time. we will move forward with our panel discussion with members of the future of health

i would not be pushing it if i were not advised by our department of public health that it is safe. and not to mention our community learning hubs, with staff from rec and park, with help from the department of children, youth, and family programs. they've been open for months now. no major outbreaks. 15,000 kids in our private schools are back in school. we have examples. we have data. we have information. and what we need to do is leave the excuses out of the way. we have the ability to do this and do this now. but what we don't have right now is a clear plan and a clear timeline and assurance to parents that these kids are returning to school on a date certain. we can do better than this. so i'm continuing to make my appeal to the school district that this is exactly what i'm here to do, to help, to support, to uplift, to bring together, and to stop -- let's stop pointing the fingers. let's just be better by doing better. these kids are counting on us. you know, this pandemic -- this pandemic has tested us like never before. we have tried to protect people's physical health, but i

i would not be pushing it if i were not advised by our department of public health that it is safe. and not to mention our community learning hubs, with staff from rec and park, with help from the department of children, youth, and family programs. they've been open for months now. no major outbreaks. 15,000 kids in our private schools are back in school. we have examples. we have data. we have information. and what we need to do is leave the excuses out of the way. we have the ability to do this and do this now. but what we don't have right now is a clear plan and a clear timeline and assurance to parents that these kids are returning to school on a date certain. we can do better than this. so i'm continuing to make my appeal to the school district that this is exactly what i'm here to do, to help, to support, to uplift, to bring together, and to stop -- let's stop pointing the fingers. let's just be better by doing better. these kids are counting on us. you know, this pandemic -- this pandemic has tested us like never before. we have tried to protect people's physical health, but i

i feel like, that's the crux of this and the health department is looking at it through a health lens. we can look at it through economic or business lens, we have to figure out what the health issues are and sort of what's the most business can do without creating health risk for their patrons. i don't know the answer to that. does tv draw people too close together or not. it might be that it doesn't. i think that's a conversation we'd have to have folks at the health department about what was behind their restrictions and what have we seen in practice. >> i tend to agree with commissioner thomas on this. i think that's the lens which we have to approach this. if you have like a list of industry best practices, you don't think has been considered, we can look at them as a group >> there's not much best practices other than keeping everybody apart. it's obvious they don't want tvs that draws in the people. that's basically what the television does. if the food doesn't bring them in, what else brings them in. obviously gatherings and stuff. but if it's under control like they supposed

the secretary of the louisiana department of health. and the executive director of the colorado department of public health and environment. i want to thank all of our witnesses for appearing in front of this committee. every member of this committee appreciates it, because we know how busy you are. i know all of you are aware that the committee is holding an investigative hearing, and as such, we hold all of our hearings under of. does anyone here have any objection to testifying under of? let the record reflect that the witnesses have responded no. the chair then advises under the rules of the house and the rules of the committee, you are entitled to be represented by counsel. does any of our witnesses asked to be represented by counsel? let the record reflect that the witnesses have responded no. if you would please, can you please raise your right hand of that i may swear you in? to you swear that the testimony you are about to give it the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? you can unmute and say i do. let the record

part of our success as a whole government approach with the colorado department of public health and environment and unified commands with the colorado department of public safety, the governor's office and using the national guard to support covid-19 testing and vaccine distribution. colorado received the first shipment of vaccine on december 14 with the governor signing for it himself. were moving as fast as a federal supply chain allows an grateful for every vaccine we receive. when the pandemic began if you would've asked me or if you would've told me we would have not only one but several vaccines in clinical trial within the year the distribution starting before 2021 i would've been very skeptical but here we are in this is simply unprecedented. operation warp speed deserves our praise for the private ship in developing these vaccines which will be a game changer and supporting the long-term health and well-being of our schools, our families and our communities. general and his team there is credit for distribution, he has told me the vaccine is going from thein conveyor belt di

i'm so proud of oklahoma team at the health department in the governor's task force to successfully open the economy on june 1st and safely restarted most schools in august. it appears other states are now waking up to the stark reality of double-digit unemployment and huge budget deficits and the fact our kids are safer at school than anywhere else. they are realizing we took the smart approach in oklahoma even governor cuomo has seen the light. just a few weeks ago he said "we simply cannot stay closed until the vaccine is critical mass the cost is too high we will have nothing left to open. oklahoma faces the same decision as every other state. but i kept my promise to make the right decisions for oklahoma at the right time. and now we are months and months ahead of other states. [applause] >> across oklahoma doctors and nurses and healthcare workers have delivered on their promise to care for oklahomans. [applause] they risk their lives to care for fellow citizens to help fight an unknown virus i met with chief medical officers and other front-line healthcare workers in my office and

everything has to be approved by the county health department and the state health department. >> reporter: when sonoma county enters the less risky red tier, they hope to see students here again. that big billboard paid for by parents on the highway nearby? they hear the message. >> it's fair to people are frustrated with what's going on. it is not fair to blame teachers for this. >> reporter: around here nobody wants a ghost town. at rancho catady high school in rohnert park, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> and one more note about covid-19 before we move on. new data from the cdc shows that among the first people in minnesota to be diagnosed with the uk variant three had traveled out of the country but three others appear to have contracted the virus on a trip to california. it is estimated the uk variant could become the predominant variant in the country by next month. it is spreading quickly. >>> a lot more to come as we continue. a big turnout for the dedication of a new street in oakland. this one honors the co-founder of the black panther party. find out how huey newton was not just

but this same department of public health is the department of public health that had advised me as the mayor in the beginning of this pandemic that we had to shut this city down so that we could save lives. it's the same department of public health that led the efforts during the aids crisis where san francisco was left on its own. it's the same department of public health that i am working with to roll out the vaccine distribution. because not only do they know and understand the importance of what this means to save lives in san francisco, i understand the importance of what this means to save the lives in san francisco, to get our city reopened, and to get our economy going again. nothing is more important. i trust and support and work closely with the department of public health to make the hard decisions to get this vaccine out to the public as quickly as possible. so i want you to understand that we are in a better place, we are not where i want us to be, because we don't have sufficient supply of vaccines to distribute to the public. but i will guarantee you that as soon as we g

our state health department partnered with county health departments to stand up 80 test sites across the state. we've major any oklahoman who needed a test could get one for free. we have completed more than 3 million tests so far. we quickly overcame the global ppe shortage and refill our stockpile. we continue to distribute millions of masks, gloves and other protective items across the state. we are delivering to nursing homes, to first responders in school districts in every part of our state. i ask all oklahomans to join me in thanking secretary jerome cloth ridge, kevin corbett, elizabeth pauler, commissioner of health doctor lance, gino dimarco, director mark gower and his team at the department of emergency management, the men and women of the oklahoma national guard. our teams on the front lines at the department of corrections, and the department of veterans affairs and many other state and local partners and i want to specifically thank my chief operating officer john budd who is in the gallery today representing the governor absolution's task force and everyone who played

who is here from the department of public health? >> supervisor haney, this is patrick with the department of public health in san francisco. we are the regulatory branch for the health department. we enforce laws, health codes, regulations. the question that you are asking is really beyond my branch -- it really gets into epidemiology. epidemiology is where you are going to see those kind of trends where -- it starts with somebody reporting an illness to their doctor. and then that doctor, if it is something along the lines of say radiation burn or something like that, that's going to trigger a number of things that happen within the department of public health. ultimately, though, what you are looking for is those clusters. if you think of what is going on right now with covid tracking in san francisco, you are looking at clusters of covid. we are tracking that on -- at different types of businesses looking for trends and ways of preventing that. and that's where you are going to catch some sort of an increase in disease incidents w

who is here from the department of public health? >> supervisor haney, this is patrick with the department of public health in san francisco. we are the regulatory branch for the health department. we enforce laws, health codes, regulations. the question that you are asking is really beyond my branch -- it really gets into epidemiology. epidemiology is where you are going to see those kind of trends where -- it starts with somebody reporting an illness to their doctor. and then that doctor, if it is something along the lines of say radiation burn or something like that, that's going to trigger a number of things that happen within the department of public health. ultimately, though, what you are looking for is those clusters. if you think of what is going on right now with covid tracking in san francisco, you are looking at clusters of covid. we are tracking that on -- at different types of businesses looking for trends and ways of preventing that. and that's where you are going to catch some sort of an increase in disease incidents w

who is here from the department of public health? >> supervisor haney, this is patrick with the department of public health in san francisco. we are the regulatory branch for the health department. we enforce laws, health codes, regulations. the question that you are asking is really beyond my branch -- it really gets into epidemiology. epidemiology is where you are going to see those kind of trends where -- it starts with somebody reporting an illness to their doctor. and then that doctor, if it is something along the lines of say radiation burn or something like that, that's going to trigger a number of things that happen within the department of public health. ultimately, though, what you are looking for is those clusters. if you think of what is going on right now with covid tracking in san francisco, you are looking at clusters of covid. we are tracking that on -- at different types of businesses looking for trends and ways of preventing that. and that's where you are going to catch some sort of an increase in disease incidents w

through the san francisco health network, the health department's health care delivery system, we served more than 100,000 people each year, who are largely uninsured, underinsured, have medicaid, medi-cal, or are served by healthy san francisco, or other such programs. many of the people in our system are in the southeast sector of the city, which, as you know, has had a disproportionate number of covid-19 cases. this map shows where d.p.h., the department of public health, vaccines are being administered, and it shows that the majority of the approximately 1300 daily doses that we are administering is in the southeast sector of the city. next slide -- oh, sorry. that's it for slides. before closing, i want to say a few words about variants. now, variants are a natural part of how all viruses evolve. some of the covid-19 variants that have emerged worldwide, and some that have been detected in the bay area, have the potential to spread faster. now, across the nation, we have little laboratory capacity to detect variants. but studies do show that certain ones are spreading quickly in the

according to the san francis public health department, it failed on both counts. is say national health care provider based in san francisco that anyone can join for $199 per year. it agreed with the san francisco department of public health to provide vaccinations to those 65 and older. in-home care providers and health care workers such as emts, dentists and others who are unaffiliated with large health care providers. but tonight the county health department says it found people had received the vaccine who were under 65 and not health care workers. one medical's response indicates a number of doses were administered to patients who were under 65 who self-identified as phase 1-a health care workers but were not in-home support services workers. dph referrals or one medical health care worker employees. because of this and our inability to identify the 1-a status of the cohort, dph stopped allocating doses to one medical. not only that, the health department is taking back more than 1600 doses from one medical to distriblt to other health care providers. one medi

we also have our own health department. so even though long which is a pretty big city of you were roughly the same size from the population perspective is like atlanta, georgia. we do ever own health departments. we could move fast make decisions. but wait did we did make a key decision i think early on and really helped us out when the vaccines started coming in towards the end of december. we didn't overly plan. how much vaccine we're gonna give out over the next 23 weeks and space it out and worry about running out our plan in our day kind ofout. let's get as much vaccine at the dingle day and get to the vaccine that helped us move really fast, really quick. i mean, our healthcare workers are done. 100% nursing homes are done. firefighters police officers and now, of course, with real first city to be doing all of our school institutions, as well as putin grocery so that peace is going really well and it continues to work out. we have some kings, but overall, i think we're probably one of the best in the state, you know

we had permission from the health department to vaccinate this group and were transparent with the health department about our process and protocols to do so. one medical was allowed to retain enough doses to provide second shots to people who already received their first dose, according to san francisco. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> today is the final day of hearings over the capitol hill siege. the debate focused on the creation of a commission that will investigate what really happened and how to stop it from happening again. tracie potts has been following this from day one and tracie, among other things, we're finding out how much this is all costing americans. >> reporter: $30 million, we're talking about damage to the building and security issues related to that january 6th riot. that, marcus, according to the architect of the capitol. the smashed windows and doors, stolen items, damage to historical paintings and statutes all adding up to that amount. in the meantime house nancy pelosi's draft proposal is out on putting together a commission to

>> our city and health department is in charge of that. heard them say is, look, the vaccine is part of a tool kit in order to mitigate the spread of covid. rule number one is you have to disseminate those vaccines in places where you are trying to stop the spread of covid. schools are not significant sources of spread. hi public hea whng are incredibly important, but some of them are political decisions. our health department is trying to combat the effects and the spread of covid, and we're prioritizing places where we see the spread raging on. >> brennan: all right. dr. jackson, none of this is easy. thank you for your time this morning. we'll be back in a moment. nuer 360 smart. you can adjust your comfort on both sides... your sleep number setting. can it help me fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but, can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. will it help me keep up with mom? you got this. so, you can really pr

keith reed is the deputy commission for committee health services with the local state department of health. his public health career with the department has landed 19 years and multiple divisions. mr. reid also is the oklahoma national guard and served multiple [inaudible] and iraq he freedom he is currently assigned as commander of the 130 seventh special operations medical board and the national guard base and local home affiliates. our final witness is doctor allison -- scientific director of the center for health and behavioral economics at the university of pennsylvania. our research has focused on vaccine exemption policy and disease prevention. he's a member of the national committee on the allocation of the novel coronavirus vaccine and a lead author of the new national report on strategists for building confidence and covid-19 vaccines. our witnesses should know that you will have five minutes for your spoken testimony, written testimony will be included in a record of the hearing and when all of your have completed your spoken testimony we will begin with questions and each

health equity, and engagement. today i will update you on progress and development across several of these areas. i want to start with an exciting announcement -- the department of health announced the first over-the-counter, at home covid-19 test. it was developed in the nih radx initiatives. these are over-the-counter, self-performed test kits that can detect covid with roughly 95 percent accuracy within 15 minutes. this can be used if you feel symptoms of covid-19, and also for screening for people without symptoms so they can safely go to work, school, event. they are appropriate for people ages two and over. the test is performed in what is called a new permanent nasal swab, which means it is less invasive than the long, geo swap that people may have seen on the news. after you take the swab, you put the sample into a digital analyzer, which will send a result to your smartphone in about 15 minutes. making easier-to-use tests available to every american is a high priority with obvious benefits. they have been wrapping up manufacturing and will shift -- ship 100,000 test kits per month from february through july, and that is good, but honestly not where w

. >> reporter: most health department vaccination sites are booked through april. but the federal government is trying to expand access by shipping to pharmacies like walmart. had this is the health and wellness director in walmart in mobile mobile, he said his store is being flooded with calls. there's hospital options but with the area, it's hard to get to the doctor, and we are in a perfect place for those that cannot make it to a large clinic. >> reporter: she lives an hour away from the walmart and for now, none of the stores around her are getting doses. how does that feel? >> disheartening, it's almost like, where i thought there was hope, and light at the end of the tunnel, now, i'm getting depressed about it. are you ready to give up? >> yes, and no. i have been through the cancer, so i'm a fighter. >> reporter: she said that she is struggling to find the vaccine and get answers. we contacted the state's health department, they tell us that the biggest issue is just getting the vaccine here in alabama, they can't have enough, they don't have enough doses to

plus the public health department in solano county will be holding its second mass vaccination event at the county fairgrounds. and more tax on the asian americans in the bay area details on the latest ahead of the lunar new year celebrations. >>news stations, you're watching the car. >>and say it has to get ahead. it's thanks for tuning in and waking up with us i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher and today looks extremely pretty good day as expected i did get a few showers yesterday afternoon right around 3 o'clock john right. >>on a few oh thank okay it was rough out there. yeah. >>it was definitely coming down good guys that evening commute i got i was in on the was tough for a lot of our commuters roadways are wet showers we're definitely persistent mid-afternoon die down and then it came right back in after sunset last night so was something that slowed of our drivers down good dose of rainfall in a short period of time now this morning we drive back out but still some wet spots on roads to know looking outside at our center tower cam right here skies are clear now, but we a

>>but it's this new data that's coming out of the health department that really dramatic drop off. cases active covid cases amongst long term, nursing homes care facilities that really has public health officials feeling good about our outlook. >>chart of how we have seen such a drastic dramatic reduction of cases in our care facilities. it was. was the first word that came to my head to current county's deputy health officer says the first doses of the vaccines went into the arms of those working and living at skilled nursing. >>and residential care facilities just as the winter surge was upon us, here's a graph that shows the daily active covid-19 cases from mid december. among marine county long-term care facility residents. you can see as the second doses began rolling out. how the case is dropped off dramatically in january there was a monthly average of 60 active daily cases among this population in february that average is down to 4. doctor lisa santorum says this is a concrete example of the 95% effectiveness of the moderna and pfizer vaccines this is heard of in vaccines,

i would not be pushing it if i were not advised by our department of public health that it is safe. d not to mention our community learning hubs, with staff from rec and park, with help from the department of children, youth, and family programs. they've been open for months now. no major outbreaks. 15,000 kids in our private schools are back in school. we have examples. we have data. we have information. and what we need to do is leave the excuses out of the way. we have the ability to do this and do this now. but what we don't have right now is a clear plan and a clear timeline and assurance to parents that these kids are returning to school on a date certain. we can do better than this. so i'm continuing to make my appeal to the school district that this is exactly what i'm here to do, to help, to support, to uplift, to bring together, and to stop -- let's stop pointing the fingers. let's just be better by doing better. these kids are counting on us. you know, this pandemic -- this pandemic has tested us like never before. we have tried to protect people's physical health, but it

the director of california's health department says the state is taking these allegations seriously. >>today the city of san francisco announced that it will open up vaccinations to new groups of city workers and residents in just about 2 weeks. >>good news there we need all the help we can get on that front but as kron four's maureen kelly reports this comes despite the fact that the vaccine supply is still falling far short of the capacity. >>74 year-old patrol hill resident helene fried says her experience giving her first dose of the pfizer vaccine at the mass vaccination site at mosconi center south today went very smoothly. she says there was no line and it felt like there were more workers there and patients was like being in a fancy where there are all these winds steps would you like another drink that would be like it could have been better for the people outside directing traffic. >>the staff everyone, the city is still vaccinating people like colleen those aged 65 and older and health care workers starting february 24th, the city will open up vaccines to workers in what's

the department of public health. the leading force around this pandemic, the department of public health that has been the most conservative putting out health orders, they issued guidance to this school district will safety precautions needed to open schools last september. it's been five months since then. and there's not even an agreement or a plan in place to start reopening. in fact, there were a number of agreements put into place, and then, they changed. during that time, the school board has alienated parents and made national news for renaming 44 of our schools, all while there wasn't a plan to reopen those very same schools? all while even the children who are a part of these schools have not necessarily been able to participate in the discussion, which could be an incredible learning opportunity. look, i'm committed to working with the school district and the school board. we've been providing support for months. we've been prioritizing the schools and rolling up our sleeves in the city and doing everything

sunset elementary school which was one of 6 schools recently inspected by the city's public health department you can see many social distancing markers on the ground water fountains have been covered up with caution tape classrooms now have a maximum occupancy of 16 people the teacher's desk is surrounded by a plastic barrier and plenty of ppe is on hand the other schools inspected or over oddo cobb glen park laughton and john muir elementary, the superintendent says the effort to reopen schools safely continues we're preparing additional school sites for inspections doubt. >>to prepare or schools for reopening we have inspected 15,000 windows across over 1600 classrooms but will the students desks are spaced 6 feet apart, the children themselves are still a ways away from coming back to learn in person, a tentative agreement has been reached between the district and the labor unions on part of the plan which includes reopening schools when the city is in the red tier if the teachers and staff have been vaccinated or wait until the city is in the orange tier to go back without vaccinations t

some learners are back home in the organization can to news to do some in >>several public health departments have stopped providing vaccine doses to the boutique health care provider called one medical that's because of concerns over vaccine line jumping the company denies it's done anything wrong. but kron four's maureen kelly tells us the city of san francisco's now demanding that more than a 1000 doses be returned. >>4 bay area public health departments alameda county, san mateo county and san francisco say they have cut off one medical from getting more covid-19 vaccine. the medical provider known for its personalized concierge service and nearly $200 annual the got this letter from the deputy director of san francisco's vaccine branch operations telling them to return their remaining 270 pfizer viles which translates to 1600 doses, but they let them know they can still go ahead and give second says san francisco's department of public health says they asked one medical to help vaccinate phase. one health care workers and when asked for an accounting in mid february quote one medical's r

the health department has said 1600 remaining doses will returned. >> everything that happens delaysple who need the vaccine is costing someone their life. >> one medical challenges 199 dlr dlrgs for an annual membership say they have a zero tolerance policy for preferential treatment. we said that no employees, members or business affiliates will be given a chance to jump the line. they say that people are turned away. the company ceded a majority of the vaccination pool are not due-paying members were referrals from health departments. they said they remove one medical from their website. they are currently investigating the company's distribution process. san francisco, san mateo and alameda counties are doing the same. >>> tomorrow, the house will vote on president biden's nearly $2 trillion stimulus plan. 170 billion dollars for school, and vaccine development and extensionses of crucial unemployment benefits. to hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour in the plan tonight. >>> the union local school board held the first meeting since the hot mike incident last week. >> it's

>>has not yet been approved by the county public health department.he district is also awaiting a green light from the california department of public health as of now. >>the public health department here in contra costa county has not identified a deficiency young says both the state and the county have until the end of business monday to approve the plan or requests changes. >>in order for the orinda union school district 7th and 8th graders to get approval to return to class the county must remain in the red tier for 5 consecutive days all kron 4 news. >>big news in the east bay tonight, oakland mayor libby shaft has named lauren armstrong as the city's new police chief she made the announcement on twitter this afternoon. >>it is really my honor to offer you the position of chief of police of the city of oakland california thank you. i accept. >>love that smile armstrong is a longtime veteran opd the oakland native joined the force in 1999 and has recently been serving as the department's deputy chief a swearing-in ceremony for armstrong is set for

health. departments across the bay area and by and large everyone is getting more vaccines. starting next week. >>this is an inside look at the mass vaccine clinic set up at the civic center in sandra fell. a county spokesperson says that they will be receiving 5,000 doses next week. that is far higher than the 1000 last week. most are already allocated to giving that all important second dose to healthcare workers and those 75 and above but the increase in the amount is what is significant and moran is not alone. in alameda county, some very encouraging figures a spokesperson for the public health department tells kron 4 news today are getting 17,901st doses and 11,452nd doses. in santa clara county. this was a line thursday for those 65 and up plus health care workers attempting to get a covid-19 vaccine that county public health department is expecting 24,000 925 covid-19 doses slightly more than their shipment from the california department of public health last week. in san francisco where a new mass vaccination site at the mosque the center the city's efforts to combat

the baywood hundreds of gallons of oil leaks from the chevron refinery in richmond tonight, health department officials are monitoring the cleanup plus san francisco rolling out the next vaccination phase today, we'll let you know who will be eligible for doses and when they can start signing up. good evening, everybody thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8 i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus today was the first day of the second impeachment trial of former president donald trump. >>the focus was whether this impeachment trial is even constitutional kron four's washington correspondent alexandra le mon joins us live now from the nation's capital with details alex. >>good evening 6 republican senators broke ranks with their party and voted with democrats that this senate impeachment trial of the former president is in fact constitutional. >>and this fall to gaze at 56 the nays are 44 it's all about. >>the facts using videos and tweets lead impeachment manager congressman jamie raskin laid out the case against the former president walked down. do the a democrat say it's clear trump is r

robert laheda, the chairman of the department of medicine at st. joseph's healthe system, professor of medicine at rutgers, new jersey, medical school. were heard the cdc director, dr. walensky, pointing out we are making progress, but these variant strains of the virus can jeopardize that progress if we let our guard down. if you get sick, how do you even know if you have one of these variant strains? >> that's really interesting, craig. thanks for having me. the strains right now have to be genomically determined. most local hospitals and most university hospitals do not have the genomic testing capability that we would like to see. for example, in this country, only .3 to .5% of laboratories are capable of doing genomic testing to look for variants. in the uk, that number is quite high. what the biden administration wants to do is raise the genomic testing capability to almost 50%. that is phenomenal. that will require money, technicians, training, et set are a. >> we are getting questions from our viewers. while we have you, we wanted to ask you some of these

it was using this network of state and local and public health departments so it came as a surprise thatinating it at the local level and so greater new york, which has a very good relationship with the governor was tasked with doing new york city, and, you know, the aides to the governor say that this pandemic really wiped away all the plans that were there before and the governor, you know, the mike tyson line, you know, that everyone has a plan until i punch them in the face and i think that was really the attitude that this pandemic required a different response even if state and local officials were working on plans, you know, in the summer and through the early fall that were different than the ones they ended up with. >> david, i'm listening to you so closely and i'm also wondering just with all of your reporting what are some of the things that the governor has done right in these months fighting the pandemic that you -- that you truly believe he deserves credit for? >> i mean, i think he deserves credit for setting up the testing. new york state does more testing than any other

the health department has said 1600 remaining doses will returned. >> everything that happens delays people who need the vaccine is costing someone their life. >> one medical challenges 199 dlr dlrgs for an annual membership say they have a zero tolerance policy for preferential treatment. we said that no employees, members or business affiliates will be given a chance to jump the line. they say that people are turned away. the company ceded a majority of the vaccination pool are not due-paying members were referrals from health departments. they said they remove one medical from their website. they are currently investigating the company's distribution process. san francisco, san mateo and alameda counties are doing the same. >>> tomorrow, the house will vote on president biden's nearly $2 trillion stimulus plan. 170 billion dollars for school, and vaccine development and extensionses of crucial unemployment benefits. to hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour in the plan tonight. >>> the union local school board held the first meeting since the hot mike incident last week. >>

health care workers. we had permission from the department of health to vaccinate this group and were transparent with the department of health about our process and protocols to do so. one medical was allowed to retain enough doses to provide second shots to people who already received the first dose. that according to the county. reporting live bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> i'm kris sanchez in santa clara county at one of the rite aid stores where people can start to get covid-19 vaccinations if there is supply available. the good news, supply could be going up very soon. as we mentioned as early as tomorrow johnson & johnson could be adding 4 million doses to the nation's supply immediately. the fda will consider emergency use approval for that one shot vaccine. what happened yesterday is that fda staff endorsed it for approval. several steps there. it is lesshathe moderna and pfizer vaccine at 72%, but consider that it is still much more effective than the seasonal flu shot and it doesn't require special refrigeration. >> it's super promising and two weeks ago we were saying why on earth are we

and in many cases too many students have been abandoned. >> state and county health departments say it's safe for elementary schools to reopen even without teacher and staff vaccinations. meanwhile, the california department of public health unveiled information about vaccines for teachers. the state says this, that education workers will receive up to 75,000 appointments every week, the appointments will be prioritized for hard hit communities and in person workers. and the state will host education worker days at both the oakland coliseum and cal state l.a. as well. >>> still ahead, fighting fires faster, what one bay area company is doing to get realtime updates for first responders. >>> plus, oakland's new police chief goes on a meet and greet and finds himself answering some very tough questions. >>> move ing on, a career let us take you to a place you've been craving. where the aroma of authenticity turns into the scent of home. and the warmth of friends and family is in every bite. here, there's a story behind every meal. with cacique, you'll be inspired to add your own flair. so

health had department that has been at this for a very long time. public health systems and public health departments. you are seeing images of that is me with one of the assistant commissioners and those are vaccinators and those are all from the south bronx site, and i was also at the lower east side in manhattan. at both sites we vaccinated over 800 new yorkers, new york health care workers as well as elderly and other eligible new yorkers at both of the sites. so, i will say, it makes for a long tiring day. but it's also highly rewarding when so many people are coming up to you, thanking you, for the opportunity to get vaccinated and i remind all of them, that they are playing their part in helping us fight the pandemic. but we are facing issues, joshua, as you know, limited supply of vaccine. >> right. >> and um, there's a, we are facing an equity problem. there's the new york city health department just revealed, released data showing that of the people that were vaccinated 48% were white, and 15% latino and 11% black and yet we know that seve