in frustration over governor gavin newsom is covid-19 policies led santa clara county executive jeff smith to sound off inside the pages of a recent political article, with the headline questioning the governor's reopening push. smith says so he is changing the blueprint. rules without any logical reason. our futures are in the hands of a governor trying to stop a recall. he has already killed tens of thousands by opening too soon in may. now he wants to do it again. democrats have been a have been awol in fighting for the rights of the citizens of california, and it's a little bit. too late now for them to jump on the bandwagon. fox two reached out to jeff smith for clarification about his quote and any evidence supporting his claim the governor's actions have led to tens of thousands of deaths. he declined to speak on camera and santa clara county staffers didn't send the response. comment by email. hurt him politically. yes i mean, this is in some ways inside baseball terms of what's happening, but it does spill over to the general tenor. that what the newsome administration is doing is

jeff smith says that we encourage the state to prioritize efforts to acquire additional doses. the county of santa clara's covid allocations have decreased recently and are expected to drop further. vacci we are hearing governor newsom touting the johnson and johnson making a difference coming in. then we are hearing this and people not being able to get appointments. it is all changing in real time. give it a week. what we don't want to be doing is sitting around and wasting vaccines. >> basically i hear you saying that we do not need to worry about a vaccine shortage in a few weeks. >> that was tinkerbell. >> i know. we wan t visit her. i am with you there. i want to ask you what you think about the cdc's new guidance with regard to what vaccinated peop i mes sense, right. a lot of the people are saying why is travel still recommended. >> i mean you can say why didn't they go farther, you know. point of fact, cdc as a federal agency, really they only control travel at the international borders. so, that means they need the canadians and the mexicans to agree to it and the bri

fox two reached out to jeff smith for clarification about his quote and any evidence supporting his claimrnor's actions have led to tens of thousands of deaths. he declined to speak on camera and santa clara county staffers didn't send the response. comment by email. does this hurt him politically? yes i mean, this is in some ways inside baseball terms of what's happening, but it does spill over to the general tenor that what the newsome administration is doing is orchestrated in political newsome and california democrats are fighting a recall effort. organizers say they have enough signatures to put the issue before the people, they say the uneven un equitable government ordered coronavirus shutdowns fuels the effort. now some political opponents who had given the governor the benefit of the doubt last year smell blood in the water where the governor is not an emperor. he's not a king. he's part of a constitutional system of checks and balances in which over the past year the checks and balances have checked out. the governor's really popular. it's something his team can handle, but they

or improve efficiency and provides little the county isn't already doing said county executive jeff smith tuesday before the board of supervisors, what the tpa agreement would do would be to force us into a new appointment system in any way of accessing appointments. >>which would be a statewide system and have no control over. >>we would have no control over it. >>the blue shield run program was schedule all vaccination appointments to the states my turn system. a statement from blue shield reads in part quote our goal is to save lives by helping all california's equitable access to vaccines, especially in those communities har by the officials health care providers and other important stakeholders to build an enhanced state vaccane network to increase capacity and support the state's goal of being able to administer 4 million doses a week. critics however say that putting one large health care system in charge of vaccinations represents a conflict of interest it would mean that a private insurance company would be collecting all protected health information and personal information. >>f

jeff smith with santa clara county says this program will just make the vaccination system more complicated and, frankly, he says it doesn't make sense. >> we've been distributing not just covid vaccine but other vaccines for years. we know how to do it. there's no reason to add another layer of bureaucracy to the process. >> earlier this year governor newsom, you might recall, announced that blueshield would oversee the state's network of covid vaccine providers and the insurance provider is set to take over by the end of this month. however, dr. smith says as of right now santa clara county is not signing that contract. none of the state's 58 counties have signed up with blueshield so far, but whether counties can opt out remains unclear. >>> well, here is a way to jump the line without breaking any rules. today california launched a website where you can sign up to volunteer at a vaccination site and in return you can get the shot. nbc bay area's pete ciratos explains how it work. >> it is a win/win, you can support the overall vaccination effort and it sounds like after four hours of vo

or improve efficiency and provides little the county isn't already doing said county executive jeff smith tuesday before the board of supervisors, what the tpa agreement would do would be to force us into a new appointment system in any way of accessing appointments. >>which would be a statewide system and have no control over. >>we would have no control over it. >>the blue shield run program was schedule all vaccination appointments to the states my turn system. a statement from blue shield reads in part quote our goal is to save lives by helping all california's equitable access to vaccines, especially in those communities hardest hit by the pandemic we continue to work diligently with local county and state officials health care providers and other important stakeholders to build an enhanced state vaccine network to increase capacity and support the state's goal of being able to administer 4 million doses a week. critics however say that putting one large health care system in charge of vaccinations represents a conflict of interest it would mean that a private insurance company would

vaccinations or improve efficiency provides little the county isn't already doing said county executive jeff smith before the board of supervisors, what the tpa agreement would do would be to force us into a new appointment system in any way of accessing appointments. >>which would be a statewide system and have no control over. >>we would have no control over it the blue shield run program was schedule all vaccination appointments to the states my turn system. >>a statement from blue shield reads in part quote our goal is to save lives by helping all california's equitable access to vaccines, especially in those communities hardest hit by the pandemic we continue to work diligently with local county and state officials health care providers and other important stakeholders to build an enhanced state vaccine network to increase capacity and support the state's goal of being able to administer 4 million doses a week. critics however say that putting one large health care system in charge of vaccinations represents a conflict of interest blue shield plan has support among some other health care prov

instead, county executive jeff smith says the county wants to use its current appointment system andet vaccine supply directly from the state. he is negotiating and hopes to have an agreement by tend of the week. >> moderna says the first trial volunteers have received boosters of the vaccine, some of them modify for a variant. >> slight fever and chills earlier today. took a nap. popped a couple ieb broechb and i'm great now. >> a year after his first two shots, seattle resident neil browning is now recovering from a third vaccine infection. moderna is testing a third booster of the original vaccine, a modified vaccination for the south african variant. currently moderna, pfizer and johnson and johnson are all working on second generation vaccines. >> hints that maybe as soon as as later this summer or early this fall that americans and other people around the world will be offered a booster dose. >>> a strong immune response to third dose is a positive sign that those who have had the virus only need a single dose. >>> could lifestyle increase the effectiveness of the covid-19 vacc

or improve efficiency and provides little the county isn't already doing said county executive jeff smith tuesday before the board of supervisors, what the tpa agreement would do would be to force us into a new appointment system in any way of accessing appointments. >>which would be a statewide system and have no control over. >>we would have no control over it the blue shield run program was schedule all vaccination appointments to the states my turn system. >>a statement from blue shield reads in part quote our goal is to save lives by helping all california's equitable access to vaccines, especially in those communities hardest hit by the pandemic we continue to work diligently with local county and state officials health care providers and other important stakeholders to build an enhanced state vaccine network to increase capacity and support the state's goal of being able to administer 4 million doses a week. critics however say that putting one large health care system in charge of vaccinations represents a conflict of interest it would mean that a private insurance company would b

from doing some pop-up sites and so forth among the critics santa clara county executive doctor jeff smith who reported views on this to the county board of supervisors today, let's hear more now from the county executive. >>it's a significant risk to the health and welfare of residents in our county. because it's adding another layer of the administration between there opportunity to get vaccinated and. our opportunity to give them vaccinated. vaccinations there's no increases in allocation associated with that as a matter of fact. there seems to be a decrease in we've had problems in last such that we need to decrease. allocations to sites that would be able to in other for first and second doses what the tpa agreement would do would be to force us into a new appointment system in any way of accessing appointments. which would be a statewide system and have no control over. we would have no control over it. >>doctors misses what we need is more vaccine not more bureaucracy is now blue shield plan does have the support of california governor gavin newsome so it's not clear at this point w

instead, county executive jeff smith says the county wants to use its current appointment system and vaccine supplies directly from the state. he's negotiating and hopes to have an agreement by thend of the week. >> moderna says the first trial volunteers have received boosters of the vaccine. some modified for a variant. >> slight fever and chills earlier today, took a little snap, ibuprofen and i'm great now. >> after his first two shots, seattle resident neil browning is recovering from a third vaccine injection. moderna is testing a third booster of the original vaccine. a modified vaccine to better target the south african variant and booster containing both the modified and original formula. currently moderna, pfizer and johnson and johnson are working on the second generation vaccines. former presidents barack obama, george w. bush, bill clinton and jimmy carter are banning together to urge americans to get their vaccines. >> i'm getting vaccinated. we want this pandemic to end as soon as possible. >> we urge you to get vaccinated when it is available to you. >> roll up your s

. >> reporter: in an interview with abc7 news, county executive jeff smith says the bay area's largest county is now in talks with the state and are hopeful for a firm outcome by the end of the week. as part of the negotiations, the county wants to receive its vaccine supply directly from the state rather than having to go through blue shield. they also want to be able to continue using the county's current appointment system, which they say is far superior to the one that was developed by the state. >> some counties need administrative structures. others just need the vaccine. >> reporter: late this afternoon, abc7 news learned that because of low vaccine supply from the state, the county health system has halted the scheduling of first dose appointments in an effort to conserve current inventory for second dose appointments that are already on the books. it's unclear when more appointments will be available. >> my suspicion is that they're trying to divert as much of the vaccine to southern california as possible, and that's not something that we think is acceptable. >> reporter: tha

jeff smith says the county will only sign an agreement with the state if it allows them to maintain localontrol and the use of their own appointment system which they say is far superior to the one being provided by blue shield. >> the so-called equity plan that the state has is really just a masqueraded plan to send more vaccine to southern california. >> reporter: county fl os were informed that the reason behind their low supply from the state this week was the result of vaccines being diverted to other providers such as the university of california and sutter health after an accounting error by the state. >> this is life and death and there's got to be a way to figure out a more equitable formula. >> reporter: the state recently set aside 40% of its doses for low-income zip codes based on the healthy places index which does not account for the cost of living. represents santa clara county in the state senate and asked a group of lawmakers in the state reconsidering its metrics. >> asking for a recalibration and asking for a fix. that's on the heels of several discussions with the admi

or improve efficiency and provides little the county isn't already doing said county executive jeff smith tuesday before the board of supervisors, what the tpa agreement would do would be to force us into a new appointment system in any way of accessing appointments. >>which would be a statewide system and have no control over. >>we would have no control over it. >>the blue shield run program was schedule all vaccination appointments to the states my turn system. a statement from blue shield reads in part quote our goal is to save lives by helping all california's equitable access to vaccines, especially in those communities hardest hit by the pandemic we continue to work diligently with local county and state officials health care providers and other important stakeholders to build an enhanced state vaccine network to increase capacity and support the state's goal of being able to administer 4 million doses a week. critics however say that putting one large health care system in charge of vaccinations represents a conflict of interest it would mean that a private insurance company would

santa clara county executive jeff smith says the county does not plan to sign the agreement with blueshield. now, he says the county already has its own vaccine appointment system that works better than the states. my turn system, smith added that blue shield would add another layer of bureaucracy with no apparent benefits. more and more people who were vaccinated at the oakland coliseum mass vaccination site last week did receive less than records. mended doses, the state health department tells ktvu that 6300 people are being notified. they received the fizer vaccine last sunday and monday. the lower dosage was all due to the design of certain syringes that did not push out all the vaccine, according to health officials. anyone who received the vaccine on those two days on lee need to make sure that they get that second dose. in order to be fully protected. people are lining up this noontime for covid vaccinations on the peninsula. a vaccine clinic is open on euclid avenue in east palo alto. san mateo county is running this clinic in partnership with the ravenswood family health cen

or improve efficiency and provides little the county isn't already doing said county executive jeff smith tuesday before the board of supervisors, what the tpa agreement would do would be to force us into a new appointment system in any way of accessing appointments. >>which would be a statewide system and have no control over. >>we would have no control over it the blue shield run program was schedule all vaccination appointments to the states my turn system. >>a statement from blue shield reads in part quote our goal is to save lives by helping all california's equitable access to vaccines, especially in those communities hardest hit by the pandemic we continue to work diligently with local county and state officials health care providers and other important stakeholders to build an enhanced state vaccine network to increase capacity and support the state's goal of being able to administer 4 million doses a week. critics however say that putting one large health care system in charge of vaccinations represents a conflict of interest it would mean that a private insurance company would b

the county executive jeff smith claims of the proposal is redundant for larger counties that already have their own efficient vaccine delivery system. critics are also taking issue with the idea of putting a private health insurance company in charge of collecting everybody's personal information. >>a significant problem with confidentiality and trust because many of our to not trust government or others to treat their information with care and security. >>in a statement blue shield says it is quote helping to provide all californians equitable access to the vaccines, especially in those communities hardest hit by the pandemic while also supporting the state's goal of administering 4 million doses a week. several counties, including la and san joaquin they're also in the process of opting out of the state's contract with blue shield. although a growing number of health care providers hospitals and clinics are in favor as for governor as is also governor gavin newsome. >>i'm speaking to you from dodger stadium transformed from the home of last year's world series champions into the ce

. >> reporter: in an interview with abc7 news, county executive jeff smith says the bay area's largest county is now in talks with the state and are hopeful for a firm outcome by the end of the week. as part of the negotiations, the county wants to receive its vaccine supply directly from the state rather than having to go through blue shield. they also want to be able to continue using the county's current appointment system, which they say is far superior to the one that was developed by the state. >> some counties need administrative structures. others just need the vaccine. >> reporter: we learned this afternoon that santa clara county was shorted nearly 12,000 doses of what they expected from the state this week, forcing health officials to transfer a number of appointments to other providers in the area. >> my suspicion is that they're trying to divert as much of the vaccine to southern california as possible. and that's not something that we think is acceptable. >> reporter: that's because the state recently announced that 40% of vaccines would be set aside for low income commun

or improve efficiency and provides little the county isn't already doing said county executive jeff smithsday before the board of supervisors, what the tpa agreement would do would be to force us into a new appointment system in any way of accessing appointments. >>which would be a statewide system and have no control over. >>we would have no control over it. >>the blue shield run program was schedule all vaccination appointments to the states my turn system. a statement from blue shield reads in part quote our goal is to save lives by helping all california's equitable access to vaccines, especially in those communities hardest hit by the pandemic we continue to work diligently with local county and state officials health care providers and other important stakeholders to build an enhanced state vaccine network to increase capacity and support the state's goal of being able to administer 4 million doses a week. critics however say that putting one large health care system in charge of vaccinations represents a conflict of interest it would mean that a private insurance company would be c

jeff smith says the county will only sign an agreement with the state if it allows them to maintain local control of vaccine distribution and the use of their own appointment system, which they say is far superior to the one being provided by blue shield. >> the so-called equity plan that the s has is really just a masqueraded plan to send more vaccine to southern california. >> reporter: county officials were informed that the reason behind their low supply from the state this week was the result of vaccines being diverted to other providers such as the university of california and sutter health after an accounting error by the state. >> this is life and death, and there's got to be a way to figure out a more equitable formula. >> reporter: to further complicate matter, the state recently set aside 45% of its doses for low income zip codes which doesn't account for the bay area's high cost of living. dave cortese represents santa clara county in the state senate and joined a group of lawmakers in asking the state to reconsider its metrics. >> asking for a recalibration, asking for a fix.

jeff smith explained some of his rationale during a board of supervisors meeting this afternoon. among the concerns, a state requirement that would force the county to use my turn, a new vaccine appointment system that smith believes is inferior to the one that is currently being used by the county. >> it would mean that a private insurance company would be collecting all the protected health information and personal information for all residents who are vaccinated. a significant problem with confidentiality and trust. >> reporter: county officials say the agreement with blue shield would also eliminate local control of the distribution network and put the county's equity efforts at risk. for now, it's unclear if counties can be penalized for not opt booing the program. >> we could vaccinate 200,000 people a week in our county based on the infrastructure that we built. >> reporter: moving forward, santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez says securing additional vaccine supply from the state should be top of mind. >> the countopportunity we have protect life and to start to get

jeff smith says the countnle retaalonol of vaccine distribution and the use of their own appointmentystem which they say is far superior to the one being provided by blue shield. >> the so-called equity plan that the state has is really just a masqueraded plan to send more vaccine to southern california. >> reporter: county fl y offic the low supply is the result of vaccines being diverted to other suppliers university of southern california and sutter health after an accounting error by the state. >> life and death and there has to be a way for a more equitable formula. >> reporter: the state set aside 40% of its doses based on the healthy places index, which doesn't account for the bay area's high cost of living. dave cortezi represents in the state senate and joined a group of lawmakers in asking the state to reconsider its metrics. >> asking for a recalibration and asking for a fix and, you know, that's on the heels of several discussions with the administration including one late yesterday. we're still looking for relief. >> reporter: community leaders fighting for what they bel

. >> that's santa clara county health executive jeff smith. he is the county executive, i should say, talking about the new program recently launched for some counties outside the bay area. blue shield is in charge, and it's supposed to be statewide by the end of the month. smith says his county, santa clara county, is not ready to sign on because there's no added benefit. although it is not clear yet if counties will be allowed to opt out. >>> happening today in oakland, the second of two public forums tied to recent proposals meant to reform the police department. a specially created task force last month came out with a draft report listing 100 recommendations on how to improve and modernize public safety. the city is dealing with a crime spike as police department budgets are slashed. the city council will debate the proposals next month. >>> this morning, our storm ranger working hard as that rain moves across parts of the bay area. here is a live look and it is parked on san bruno mountain. that radar is lighting up right now. meteorolog

jeff. >> thank you, dr. nunez-smith. i will provide an update on our planning, logistics and distribution of the recently authorized johnson & johnson vaccine before we open it up for questions. for the last several weeks, we have been working with governors, state and local health officials and pharmaies and community health centers to ensure we were ready to roll out the johnson & johnson vaccine immediately after fda approval and cdc recommendations. starting yesterday, we began executing on our plans by distributing 3.9 million doses of johnson & johnson to states, tribes and territories and also to pharmacies and community health centers. johnson & johnson doses will be delivered as early as tomorrow. we are allocating the johnson & johnson vaccine the same way we allocate pfizer and moderna, proportional to a population. if a state represents 2% of the u.s. population, it receives approximately 2% of the pfizer allocation, 2% of the moderna allocation and will now receive 2% of the johnson & johnson allocation that

jeff: the allocation we make on an ongoing basis will be based on performance. performance is a function of speed and efficiency -- as dr. nunez smith talked about, as importantly, equity and fairness. the next couple of weeks of supply overall are relatively flat before the supply starts to accelerate toward the end of the month and into april and may. when i say relatively flat, at a level that is more than twice what it was six or seven weeks ago. allocation will be based on performance and we believe the community health centers are particularly important in order to reach hard-to-reach communities and ensure fairness and equity. the pharmacy program is also structured around fairness and equity. so we will make future allocations based on performance. as to astrazeneca, we are following the exact same process we did with the other three now approved vaccines, moderna, pfizer, and j&j. just as we did with those vaccines, as we awaited for the completion of clinical trials, i -- iran now my understanding is -- and right now my understanding is astrazeneca is in the middle of its phase three trial and then the fda determination fr

smith that as crazy talk. but here when you look at his military records and besides talking to jeff and other people when i first worked on the story that is one over first things i obtained was his military recovered and i was immediately office he had a more of an intelligence background than report but because he's a defense attorney he knows there's little pieces of truth to his own story that make the cia story perhaps a little bit more plausible. one thing i wanted to do is try to figure out what was that intelligence background, and as jeff said, you canned call the cia and ask. they just say for national security purposes we can neither confirm or deny, we're not going to comment. what i did was using those military records that i had obtained, first i found an organization that he was attached to for a number of years. i foia'd the intelligence corps and asked them if they would respond and the told me quickly we can't respond but send a foia request to the cia which was interesting. did and they responded to me in six days, that they're not going to comment, they're not going to be able to respond. any

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jeff lawson were eager to present their new evidence to a jury. >> there was new evidence that some random person we wanted to introduce into rules of evidence prevented defense attorneys from introducing linda talley smith'scvay of being a liar, but what they did have this time around was the random dude video that had led to the overturned conviction. >> we have an entire first trial in this case that's conducted on the fact that this was a fairly secure building. what the walking man shows is that that's not true. >> to the defense that random dude was just one of the alternate suspects ignored by detectives. >> every single thing that was done from the moment that they saw that david left on that surveillance tape was in an effort to convict david as opposed to make sure that they had the right person. >> the defense brought up other warehouse employees who they said were not thoroughly investigated. they focused on michelle's husband dan and the money he received from michelle's life insurance policy. >> we started seeing cash withdrawals, $10,000, $20,000, $12,000, $14,000. >> all of which suggests what? >> well, suggests that something is wrong. $409,000 of cash withdrawals. could he be paying someb