>>john cox officially kicked off his campaign today by airing that 32nd statewide commercial it attacks both his republican rival kevin faulkner, and governor newsome cox lost his 2018 bid against newsome by wide margin. his announcement comes as organizers close in on the one and a half million signatures that are needed for a recall proposal to move forward against newsome those signatures must be submitted to election officials by march, 7 teens. time now for our 4 zone forecast and kron four's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow was here laure it's kind of a bleak a cool day. >>yeah really changed everything around the bay area says the clouds started come in and boy what a weekend we have but that is long gone as we get prepared for some wintry weather to make returned to the bay area and it looks like. that's exactly what's going to happen. now tonight, we'll see a lot of those clouds on and off throughout the night i think tomorrow too and keep the clouds in the forecast so here we go as we head through time you see outside right now cloudy skies out over the bay and around the r

table jose >> tom costello, thank you >>> we are joined now by nbc aviation expert and veteran pilot john cox john, good evening engine failures are rare what could have caused this? >> jose, this sort of engine failure's very rare. it's known as an uncontained failure. they're going to be looking for components inside the airplane, inside the engine that may have failed before and caused this, something like metal fatigue on one of the turbine blades, something like that. >> the ntsb now has this huge debris field spread out across neighborhoods. what are they going to be looking for? >> the ntsb will gather all of the evidence that they can all from the things that fell off of the airplane as well as the engine itself. and then they'll very carefully look for anything that said that a blade failed, a disk failed, a compressor section or turbine disk failed. they know what to look for because there's only so many things that can cause this sort of engine failure. >> john cox, thank you >>> now to our other major breaking news. in texas tonight a weather crisis is now a humanitarian nightmare

here in california republican john cox is making another bid for the governor's office. >>cox officially kicked off his campaign by running this 32nd ad statewide attacking both his republican rival kevin faulkner, and governor gavin newsome cox lost his 2018 bid against newsome by a wide margin. his announcement comes as organizers close in on the one and a half million signatures that are needed for recall proposal to move forward against governor newsome those signatures must be submitted to election officials by march 17th. >>time for another check of the forecast its checking things out for us orange county, boy guys what a nice weekend. we have things have changed quite a bit today is this to roll back in you see the out there over the golden gate bridge and all around the bay area now is the pattern really begin to shift we're headed back toward the wintry pattern now that we have any big storms lined up at a chance of rain on and off i think as we head toward lot of part of the forecast clouds will continue to move across our skies overnight tonight. i think tomor

on the show, matthew whitaker, james comer, kelly armstrong, john cox, james carafano.ook at this story, dozens celebrities demanding green activists demand president biden kill the keystone pipeline. 14 attorneys general, say stop the out of touch virtue signaling. you're creating more poverty during the pandemic. critics ask why is it okay for the biden administration to cut down keystone pipeline but okay for hunter biden to work deals overseas to compete with the u.s. backed by russia and china. parents and students coast to coast poe testing school shutdowns as students face generation -- a shutdown getting more politicized due to push back from democrats and teachers unions but now the biden administration is answering the accusations of broken promises to reopen schools by now setting the bar so low for getting kids back in class that that bar is already being met. and, conservatives now warning that the biden administration may not be strong enough to stand up to china. it recently yanked a trump rule that have blocked china's inroads into u.s. universities as i

so joining us now is southern california businessman, john cox, the republican nominee in 2018. he lost to governor newsom but is jumping in to replace him as recall efforts heat up. john, thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me, kristen, great to be with you. >> yesterday you reached out to me in a tweet, confirming that you're definitely in. so i'm just going to show that tweet right now, because people were wondering about you. you have put money behind it. you have started to organize. tell us how serious you are. >> well, i'm very serious. i'm basically done with corruption and mismanagement. and that's the problem in california. we've got the vaccine distribution, which you just mentioned is lagging a lot of other states. you look at west virginia, albeit a small state, but let's face it that means they have fewer people to administer the vaccines. and they used the pharmacies in west virginia and achieved tremendous success. you know, kristen, we have 6,000 pharmacies in california. we could have distributed this through the pharmacies and really gotten

financially backing the effort and running for governor if newsome is recalled include republicans john cox who lost a new 2018 and potentially kevin faulkner, the former mayor of san diego who launched an exploratory committee for a gubernatorial run does or says recent donors don't seem to have a party preference. i don't care if republican democratic outcome we're going to get rid of this guy before he signs any more bills in october and we hope meanwhile governor gavin, newsome did not have his usual monday. covid-19 update. but he has said in recent weeks, he is not focused on this recall effort but more so on vaccine distribution and fighting covid-19 in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>just in to the kron 4 former san diego mayor kevin faulconer has just formally announced he will be running for california governor. faulkner has been a vocal critic of governor newson see says. he'll run in 2022, but it's not yet clear if he will run in a potential recall election if that recall effort gets enough verified signatures. he joins businessman and former gubernatorial candidate joh

financially backing the effort and running for governor if newsome is recalled include republicans john cox who lost a new 2018 and kevin faulkner, the former mayor of san diego who launched an exploratory committee for a gubernatorial run does or says recent donors don't seem to have a party preference i don't care if republican democratic outcome we're going to get rid of this guy before he signs any more bills in october and we hope meanwhile governor gavin newsome did not have his usual monday. covid-19 update. but he has said in recent weeks, he is not focused on this recall effort but more so on vaccine distribution and fighting covid-19 in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>and since that story was filed we just learned tonight, former san diego mayor kevin faulconer has formally announced he will run for governor. faulkner has been a vocal critic of governor newson see says a run in 2022, but it's not yet clear if you will run in a potential recall election if that effort gets enough verified signatures as ashleigh mentioned in her story he joins businessman and former guberna

talk about who else might enter, john cox, someone who lost to governor newsom in 2018, his name is in there. talk about the dynamics here. >> it is interesting. initially the thought was that both faulkner and john cox would be in a position to run against newsom in the standardly scheduled election which would be next june for the primary and then next november for the general election. obviously this recall efforts has moved up the timeline for the candidates. but i expect they'll be making a pitch very similar to the one you heard there in kevin faulkner's video, that it is time for change and bring in folks that have not been part of this sort of insider establishment that arguably has failed california over the last several months. that is the kind of argument i would expect to hear. i think it will be consistent across whoever decides to run against gavin newsom. kevin faulkner does have a very good record from his time in san diego. that is something he's going to trumpet as he seek this is office and those who get in will be able to make a case about why it is their different

go to john cox.dr cox filed paperwork with the state last week to establish a committee to raise money. still ahead here historic monument in the south bay defaced by vandals. the significance of the £11,000 rock covered now in red graffiti, find it hard to imagine if people really understood that symbolism that they would they would do something like this later in sports, steph curry pours in 32 points for the warriors, but was it enough to beat the spurs sports director mark baniyas has the highlights plus the bay area. district attorney now facing criticism for reportedly violating county health orders after hosting a wedding reception in her backyard last summer. how diana sit. sir. josey in japan was vandalized overnight. ktvu is as a smith is here now and azenith smith, the latest in a syriza of crimes in san jose's japantown, yes, frank city leaders say the japantown community has been hit hard with thefts, burglaries and vandalism during this pandemic last night's to facing of a beloved piece

>>republican john cox is making another for the governor's office now cox officially kicked off his campaign by airing this a 32nd ad statewide attacking both his republican rival kevin faulconer and governor gavin newsome cox lost his bid against newsome back in 2018 by a wide margin. his announcement comes as organizers close in on the 1.5 million signatures needed for a recall to a proposal to move forward against newsome the signatures must be submitted to election officials by march 17th. switching gears for a moment take a look at our forecast is a live look outside and highway 24 in walnut creek. we had a beautiful weekend a little chillier today. so let's turn things over to kron 4 meteorologist rebecca strom for a look at what things we'll be looking like this week rebecca, yes, and as a gray skies out there we're seeing around the bay area not a whole lot of sunshine like we did see. >>over super bowl weekend and even temperatures getting into the 70's. we're in for a cooldown you probably felt around the bay area today peaks of sunshine though we do get that get that briefly but a

and john cox expressed interest in running. >>> president joe biden's challenge is to get republicansill. he may be willing to down size to do it. >> tonight, a proposal to the covid relief plan. >> we are very appreciative that the first official meeting of the oval office, that the president spent so much time with us. >> reporter: achieving bipartisan subpoena and urging economic relief. the president proposed a nearly $2 trillion stimulus package, and millions of americans desperate for relief, hanging in the balance. >> i support passing covid relief, and support. the covid relief has to pass. >> the republican version is a fraction of the cost and delivers a fraction of the aid democrats are calling for. $600 billion total compared to the 1.9 trillion the white house is the two sides, raise the minimum wage to $15 an other and whether to give aid to state and local governments. they are far apart on the price tag. >> the risk is that it's too small. >> reporter: over the weekend, top economic adviser hinted he might be able to reconsider. >> we are considering other ways to make

and john cox expressed interest in running. >>> president joe biden's challenge is to get republicans on board for his massive stimulus bill. he may be willing to down size to do it. >> tonight, a proposal to the covid relief plan. >> we are very appreciative that the first official meeting of the oval office, that the president spent so much with us. >> reporter: achieving bipartisan subpoena and urging economic relief. the president proposed a nearly $2 trillion stimulus package, and millions ofer reli, hangingn the balance. >> i support passing covid relief, and support. the covid relief has to pass. >> the republican version is a fraction of the cost and delivers a fraction of the aid democrats are calling for. $600 billion total compared to the 1.9 trillion the white house is the two sides, raise the minimum wage to $15 an other and whether to give aid to state and local governments. they are far apart on the price tag. >> the risk is that it's too small. >> reporter: over the weekend, top economic adviser hinted he might be able to reconsider. >> we are considering other ways to

join me now former given the tory at candidate john cox is here pretties played a large role in the recall run for governor if governor newsom is in fact recalled. welcome to the show. >> will great to be with you, kennedy. i love your show. and my mom was a chicago public school teacher she would be horrified to see with the union bosses are doing. i think the teachers want to go back to work, but the unions are exercising political power. that's the whole problem it's all about politics. kennedy: in california there even crazier. ut l.a. which is the biggest teachers union in los angeles them to defund the police and have medicare for all, things that are very unlikely before they said they going to allow membership to go back to the classrooms. how to deal the union like that if you were in fact governor? >> now listen, i'll go directly to the people and talk to the people and the voters who would put the pressure on these guys. i mean you are right. it is kind of ridiculous for teachers to put themselves above police, fire, healthcare workers, grocery clerks. people who work at costco

by the way, guys, as we're having this conversation, john cox reached out to me to say i'm in the race. i've put in over a million dollars to start. happy to tell you any time about it. hopefully that's tomorrow. yeah, it's a free-for-all right now. >> nothing like a poll to get them coming out of the woodwork, and this is the one. >> indeed. our very own abc7 insider. phil, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> kristen, i love john cox texting you in the middle of the program. we could have had him in on this. here is spencer christian popping up on the screen with our accuweather forecast. are you running? are you a candidate? let's get you on the record right now, spencer. >> i'm going to send kristen a text as soon as i finish doing the weather. i'll let her know after the weather. whether i'm in or out. speaking of what's in and what's out, this morning's rain, which was in, is now out. here is a look at live doppler 7. it's well out of the bay area at the n this view from sutro tower, looking out over san francisco, where it's 55 degrees right now. 54 in half moon bay. low 60s righ

he joined john cox who challenged him in 2018. >>> questions tonight about why the man accused in a bizarre attack at a preschool in san jose was released from jail. the sheriff's office tells us criminal history is not information they can release. the suspect was first arrested on saturday accused of hopping the fence at the play and learn preschool and attacking its educational pet. a 70-year-old tortoise. he was arrested and released yesterday. the authorities say he showed up at the school again this morning and he was arrested for trespassing. the tortoise was still recovering at the vet so it was not harmed, again. a go fund me page has been set up to help with the surgery and recovery bills. >>> a new twist in the state's unemployment scandal. inmates scammed millions from edd and now a woman without criminal record edd insists she is behind bars. chelsea brown says she has been at home with her two kids the whole time. collecting benefits in march after losing her job as a caregiver. in november the benefits suddenly stopped. edd told her she was in jail. >> i can not return to wor

so we've already seen 2 prominent republicans throw their hat in the ring if the recall qualified john coxmonday kevin faulconer of san diego on tuesday what that also means is that gavin newsom is going to have to start raising money while dealing with the pandemic and all of the other issues around the budget around recession. all of this is a dramatic amount of pressure within the shoe or within if you will the inner circle of gavin newsom. >>he says california is seeing a rise of no party preference, voters. these are people in the middle they are upset about the pandemic the vaccine rollout if the measure does qualify for the ballot. mckeown says it will dominate the political year despite anything happening in washington dc. grant and vicki. >>stay tuned, there, thank you catherine. now for a check on the forecast as we prepare to get into the weekend here beautiful day today as crawford's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here to tell us what he's serving up for super bowl. so it is going to be a good one to we're going to see a lot of sunshine sunny side up i think on sunday, alt

. >> familiar challenge, republican john cox announcing a second run for california governor. you might remember cox finished runner-up to newsom. cox, the latest name to announce a challenge to the governor, calling for him to be recalled from office. petitioners are getting close to the 1.5 million signatures to be added to the ballot. >>> by this time tomorrow, the second impeachment trial of donald trump will be under way. scott mcgrew brings us up to speed. what's happening first? >> well, there's going to be a debate whether the whole thing is constitutional, cierra. the history tells us the senate has already held an impeachment trial for somebody who already left office. it wasn't a president, but same trial. trump's lawyers filed a brief this morning in which they show they'll defend donald trump in two ways, arguing the constitutional question, then arguing what president trump said ahead of the attack on the capitol was free speech, in their words, writing president trump's speech at the january 6th, 2021 event fell well within the norms of political speech that is

republican john cox is running for governor again. his new campaign ads callout his opponents, for being corrupt politicians. in addition to newsom, the ad also targets former san diego mayor kevin faulkner. he has previously run for the u.s. house, and u.s. senate in illinois but was unsuccessful. >>> asleep on the job, and inconclusive results. those are some of the troubling allegations tonight, about the states billion-dollar coronavirus testing lab. reporter julie watts reveals what whistleblowers they is going on inside. >> this was a big investment. >> reporter: it is supposed revolutionize covid testing and california. the new $25 million lab and $1.7 billion contract. but after my family received repeated inconclusive test results from the lab, we started asking questions. >> we uncovered a surprisingly high number of inconclusive test results. >> reporter: it turns out we were. >> we had a high number that came back inconclusive. >> reporter: first he blamed problems with the chemical reaction, then public health said that t

california along with the former republican mayor of san diego news since 2018 republican opponent, john cox is also in. >>as well as billionaire venture capitalist chamath palihapitiya as for the current governor, the undecideds are key people know who gavin newsome is 19% are saying they're not sure how they would vote on a recall election. >>if not if it were held today and i think it's really voters saying well i got to wait and see how things unfold here with that with the pandemic. >>well as nancy loo reporting for us this morning recall efforts are hardly new in our state every california governor since ronald reagan has faced one, gray davis as you just heard was the only one to actually be successfully recalled which ultimately brought arnold schwarzenegger into office for those of you who remember we'll take a break for 22, we'll be right back. >>back at 4.25 president biden delivered on a campaign promise by signing executive orders that reversed the immigration policies of the trump administration. he did it yesterday and one of the orders creates a task force now that seeks to r

financially backing the effort and running for governor if newsome is recalled include republicans john cox who lost a new 2018 and kevin faulkner, the former mayor of san diego who launched an exploratory committee for a gubernatorial run does or says recent donors don't seem to have a party preference i don't care if republican democratic outcome we're going to get rid of this guy before he signs any more bills in october and we hope meanwhile governor gavin, newsome did not have his usual monday. covid-19 update. but he has said in recent weeks, he is not focused on this recall effort but more so on vaccine distribution and

heard from former and future gushtle candidate john cox. >>> tonight, several developing headlines playing out as we come on the air on capitol hill. the nation honoring the capitol police officer killed in the deadly siege. honoring officer brian sicknick, who died protecting the capitol, lying in honor, only the fifth person to do so. pierre thomas with the moving images from this day. and all of this tonight as republicans face a major decision over what to do about one of their own. whether to take action against congresswoman marjorie taylor greene who has promoted racist, ant anti-semitic conspiracy theories, questioning whether parts of 9/11 happened.t, we ha from the republican house leader they will not pull her from any committee assignments, so democrats will now force a vote to republicans will have to go on the record on this. and while house republicans won't take actions against taylor greene, the internal debate on whether to take action against liz cheney, the third-highest ranking republican in the house, after her vote to impeach former president trump. rachel scott on t

are running against him like you have right now with san diego republican mayor kevin fokker and john cox who ran against governor newsome in the last election in the 2003 gray davis recall. 135 candidates were on the ballot. following 135 candidates, including den democratic lieutenant governor cruz bustamante, so if there is a special recall election for you to vote in, you could have a ballot with people from all walks of life, much like then actor arnold schwarzenegger. thank you very much. thank you, and i'll be back. but what we've got back is another recall effort, and it could be pricey given the printing of the ballots, setting up pulling and drop up bala points. all of the county registrar's offices across the state will have to reinforce their infrastructure that. 2003 gray davis recall wasn't cheap and neither with this that recall election about almost 20 years ago now cost the taxpayers i believe $40 million. i'm how wisner fox news. when california expand eligibility for the coronavirus vaccine who could. soon get a vaccine and when, amanda berry weather we have a cool and

john cox thinks he is the right guy to take over.rriers with 2 unlimited lines for less than $30 each. call 1-800-t-mobile or go to t-mobile.com/55. good morning! this is where everything started. the four way is engulfed in history. you're sitting in the place where giants ate. the four way is the heart and soul of the community. ♪ dave: the covid vaccine rollout is facing hurdles from winter storm delay's to less doses in stock. edward lawrence has the story. >> reporter: now it has hit the east coast, in new york city, did not get their shipment or didn't deliver their shipment, supposed to deliver today for sunday. if you know anyone trying to get the vaccine it is not an easy appointment to get. we had two vaccines approved, 326, johnson & johnson will likely get emergency authorization use for their shot. this will not be a one does shot but the white house covid's are says the company is testing a booster for the johnson & johnson shot adding johnson & johnson also they have a few million doses to deliver in the days after app

former candidate john cox plans to challenge newsom if the recall efforts succeed.nks for getting up early. you aren't alone in this. what we learned yesterday that the reason the recall was successful 18 years ago is because it caught democrats offguard and this time they believe they have been forewarned. does that run against your efforts to try to make it successful? >> not at all. frankly, in 2003 the last recall the state was in a similar crisis. there were black-outs, there were high taxes, major problems and the governor bore the brunt of it. another career politician like gray davis like gavin newsom. now we have the same problem. newsom has failed on the vaccine distribution, he has kept small businesses closed and crushed them. and he has kept our kids out of school and off their activities. really destroying the mental and emotional health of our kids. i think the recall is going to be successful. i think the poll that came out yesterday had him at 45%. i was surprised it wasn't even lower because of the failures, the repeated failures. people are just s

possible candidates include silicon valley billionaire democrat and republican john cox and former sango mayor kevin falcon who claims to have raised over 1 million bucks for a campaign. >> i believe it is going to qualify and i believe we are going to be into a recall situation very soon. >> critics say newsom has himself today to blame failing to reopen schools, vaccine rollout is among the nation's worst, their believe that his stay-at-home orders have been inconsistent, enforcement arbitrary, state testing and tracing was late or nonexistent in a broken promise to fix unemployment insurance, pay those who didn't deserve while failing those who did. >> started making and ends me. >> the latest directive has unions angry allowing the elderly to get vaccines before essential workers. it is like he is putting is out today, he can't play politics with people's lives and front-line workers. >> the recall vote would likely not happen until summer giving some time to get kids back in school. and californians vaccinated back to work. shannon: thank you. scandals following some high profile

businessman john cox who lost to newsom in 2018 is planning a challenge if the recall is approved coxthis a short time ago. >> newsom has failed on the vaccine distribution, he has kept small businesses closed and crushed them. and he has kept our kids out of school and off their activities. really destroying the mental and emotional health of our kids. >> harris: and a brutal new poll shows support plummeting for governor newsom since the start of the pandemic. his disapproval among californians has risen to 48% this month compared to 36% in just september. also less than half of them say they would vote to retain newsom if a recall election was held. and 36% say they would vote to remove newsom from office. i want to bring in lawrence jones, fox news analyst and fox nation host. these numbers are not good for governor newsom. >> he is the villain right now. you know, i think so many people were focused on the president back in california but like in new york where we're at right now, when the facts start rolling in, you see who is accountable for a lot of the mismanagement. rick gre

opponents are republicans john cox and former san diego mayor kevin faulkner. >> we have to be open.nt and in*r unfortunately that's not what we've seen from the governor. here is why the recall is growing. critics say superintendents are basically calling his plans to reopen k-12 confusing and unfeasible. stay at home orders are inconsist tebt and arbitrary. messaging has been disjointed. state testing and tracing non-existent. insurance scandal a festering wound. if it puts politics before science newsom said. >> that is complete utter nonsense. let's just dispense with that fundamental foundational nonsense. >> if the recall happens the vote would likely be july or august and hopefully things would be back to normal making it a pretty tough sell. back to you. >> harris: i don't know. you didn't add hypocrisy and dining out on the multi-star restaurant with no masks and several officials including medical officials. pictures with that part of the story. william, good to see you. thank you. >> we'll probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within

he joins fellow republican john cox who challenged the governor in 2018. >>> organizers pushing to recall the governor have collected 1.3 million signatures. they are have if they get enough signatures it would qualify for a statewide election. >>> next, an alameda school district asking for the public's help getting kids back to class. why a board member isn't confident it'll happen soon. >> i'm tracking some showers right now on high definition doppler. as we head through the afternoon lingering showers for the south bay. here we are at 10:00 a.m. on future cast. dryer weather coming our way by this afternoon with clearing and a bit of sunshine. here we are on future cast at 4:00 p.m. today. >>> and until that dryer weather gets here we are dealing with slick surfaces this morning. metering lights are on at the bay bridge and the latest on a trouble spot in the pass. >>> and a live look outside from our rooooftop camemera. the . >>> it's 6:12. i want to stay good morning to the south bay. it's a wet start for the day for you. down 101 into morgan hill. you can see the showers pushing th

so far, possible candidates include the silicon valley billing are democrat, republican john cox, anded over a million bucks for the campaign. >> if this is across the board in california. i believe it's going to qualify and i believe we are going to be into a recall situation here very soon. >> critics say that he has himself to blame, pointing out he failed to reopen schools, the vaccine rollout is among the nation's worst. they believe his stay out home orders have been inconsistent. state tracing was late or nonexistent. and a broken promise to fix on a plumbing insurance and paid those who didn't deserve it while failing those who did. >> sold anything i've had that is worth selling. >> the latest directive has unions angry allowing the elderly elderly to get vaccines before essential workers. he can't play politics with people's lives and frontline workers. a recall vote would likely happen until summer. giving him some time to get kids back in school california's vaccinated and back to work. >> william, thank you. i'm next, we had to a city in nebraska feeling the effects of pr

. >> liz, on that point, we know faulconer and san diego businessman john cox.e you hearing might jump into this race? >> those are the two that have sort of officially jumped into the race so far. in terms of democrats getting in, he thinks former mayor antonio villaraigosa could do it. he ran against newsom before. if there is a recall, we can expect it to be truly a total circus. remember, in 2003, there are over 100 people who jumped into that race. >> strange assortment of people in some respects. thanks wondering how does a recall work in california any way? no need to go down a google rabbit hole. liz has done the work for you. you can watch her explanation right now on our app for your cnnected tv device, roku, apple tv, amazon fire and android tv. just search for abc7 bay area. >>> governor newsom continues his tour of vaccination sites in california today. he was in riverside county, which was the first california county to begin vaccinating farm workers by registering them in the field for pop-up sites. the governor says a million more vaccine doses s

john cox, the person who ran against newsom just a couple of years ago, obviously another candidate. the democrats, they've got to be coy about this. you can't really go ahead and say i'm going to run against the governor. we want the governor to be retained. so it's going to be a very interesting thing to see what happens on the democratic side, if this all comes to pass. what you have to look for right now i think, jessica, are three prominent factors here that may tell the story for newsom's future as well as the future of the state. first of all, do the proponents of the recall have the money to see it through? it costs a lot of money, as we said at the outset, at least a couple or $3 million, so far they've collected less than a million. they need that money to get signatures. will they get the money in the next six weeks? what about the voters? will they see governor newsom as being more legitimate? remember, he's been in trouble because of what happened at the french laundry. he's in trouble because his companies took $3 million in federal loans. you don't like to think the go

financially backing the effort and running for governor if newsome is recalled include republicans john cox who lost a new 2018 and potentially kevin faulkner, the former mayor of san diego who launched an exploratory committee for a gubernatorial run does or says recent donors don't seem to have a party preference. i don't care if republican democratic outcome we're going to get rid of this guy before he signs any more bills in october and we hope meanwhile governor gavin, newsome did not have his usual monday. covid-19 update. >>but he has said in recent weeks, he is not focused on this recall effort but more so on vaccine distribution and fighting covid-19 in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>coming up the white house covid task force announced approval for a new over the counter covid test today tell you how it works when we come back. also it is a revolution that rattled wall street now the gamestop stop drama reportedly getting. >>the hollywood treatment what we're learning about a new netflix project that's all ahead on >>the white house covid-19 response team they've announce

so far, possible candidates include a silicon valley billionaire democrat and republicans john cox andllion for a campaign. >> i believe it's going to qualify and i believe we are going to be able to get into a recall situation here very soon. >> newsom has himself to blame, the vaccine rollout is among the nations worst, and his stay at home orders have been inconsistent. tracing was late or nonexistent. and broken traumas down my downy promise. >> i'm always robbing peter to play paul. i've sold everything have had to try to make ends meet. >> this as unions angry allowing the elderly to get vaccines before essential workers. >> it's like he's putting us out to die, he can't play politics with other people's lives and frontline workers. a recall vote wouldn't come until summer, giving him time to get kids back in school. shannon. >> shannon: william, thank you. some high profile biden administration nominees. susie levine, bite and pick for a position in the labor department apparently in the middle of a $600 million fraud scandal in washington state. the wife of former fbi agent is

gavin newsome he says he'll run in 2022, he joins businessman and former gubernatorial candidate john cox and billionaire venture capitalists. some os paul eisen as potential challengers to noosa. this comes as the organizers working to recall news, some say they're confident they will get enough signatures for the issue to be left up to voters this year. >>so far they say they've collected more than 1.3 million signatures on these recall petitions the secretary of state says the group has until mid march to collect about one and a half million certified signatures in order to get this issue to the voters. those behind the recall say they're upset about issues, including vaccine development and problems with the state's employment development department. next 8 o'clock we're heading to the side of the super bowl super bowl 55 to find out >>all right so now we're less than a week away from a super bowl 55 in tampa florida, the kansas city chiefs taking on san mateo native tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers defending champions could be missing a couple of players because of covid-19 we'

>>republican john cox is making another bid for the governor's office. cox officially kicked off his campaign earlier today by airing a statewide ad attacking both his republican rival kevin faulconer governor gavin newsome cox lost his 2018 bid against newsome by a wide margin. his announcement comes as organizers close in on the 1.5 million signatures needed for a recall proposal to move forward against newsome those signatures must be submitted to election officials by march 17. >>for the second time now in less than a week people living in the northeast and midwest are digging out from a powerful storm. this recent one wasn't nearly as bad as the previous nor'easter that dumped up to 3 feet of snow in some areas yeah, but it some brutally cold temperatures some as low. as 20 degrees below 0. according to chief meteorologist lawrence karnow a polar vortex. it's going to be felt across much of the country here that may be balmy compared to what is going to be like this week you had these temperatures really going to plummet all across the better part o

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>>republican john cox is making another bid for the governor's office cox officially kicked off his campaigntatewide ad attacking both his republican rival kevin faulkner, and governor newsome cox losses, 2018 bid against newsom by a wide margin. his announcement today comes as organizers close in on the 1.5 million signatures needed for a recall proposal to move forward against newsome those signatures must be submitted to election officials by march 17th. >>all right time now to take a look at the weather with our 4 zone forecast chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here large beautiful warm weekend. >>much different today getting some rain maybe this week yeah, definitely need to get the rain going again we're right in the heart. our rain season. so certainly was a nice weekend beautiful sunshine temperatures well above the average 60's a few 70's we want to get back to winter. think we will as we head through the week so out there tonight we do have some clouds that are floating on through you know so temperatures really coming down today. easily good 60 degrees even some more and some

that's what san diego businessman john cox told me as well. so those two we know.o this race? >> right. you and i are following this closely. those are the two that sort of officially started to jump into the race already. in terms of democrats getting in, he believes l.a. mayor antoniovil vilvil vilville there doesn't seem that many establishment republicans willing to jump in. we can expect it to be a circus. it's easy to get on a recall ballot. remember, in 2003 there were over 100 people who jumped into that race, kristen. >> yes, indeed. liz, thank you so much. and liz is not done yet. if you're wondering how does a recall work in california any way? no need to go down a google rabbit hole. liz did the work for us. you can watch her explanation right now on our apps for your connected tv device, roku, apple tv, amazon fire. just search for abc7 bay area. ♪ >>> this afternoon, we continue our special series "california dreaming." taking a closer look at the issues that are threatening the california dream and the people who are working to try to keep that dream

. >> john cox hoping to replace governor newsom should the recall happen.our time today. take care. >> thank you, kristen. >> maybe you're wondering how does a recall actually work in california? no need to google that yourself because ains core liz kreutz has done the work. you can watch our explanation on the recall process right now on our apps for your connected tv devices, roku, apple tv, amazon fire and android tv. just search for abc7 bay area. >>> from interns to the head of san francisco's oldest newspaper that serves the black community, abc7 news reporter kumasi aaron spoke with a woman who got a chance to do what she loves and serve her community. >> selling water. >> reporter: for the last 30 years, amelia ashley ward has been answering the call, leading the sun reporter, san francisco's oldest newspaper serving the black community. >> we tell the stories that others don't tell. and we zero right in on our community, and we tell those stories. >> reporter: she started as an intern under owner dr. carlton go goodlit and worked her way up to publ

john cox is making another bid for the governor's office see officially kicked off his campaign today airing a statewide ad attacking both his republican rival kevin faulkner, and governor newsome cox lost his 2018 bid against newsome by a wide margin. his announcement now comes as organizers close in on the one and a half million signatures needed for recall proposal to move forward against newsome the signatures must be submitted to election officials by march 17th. now to a dwindling inmate population that is really putting a strain on california's firefighting operation and it's forcing governor newsome to hire more expensive cruise which is of course costing the state millions of dollars. >>but when the shacks explains how we got here. >>it's really sad that it's come to this the inmate firefighter population has dwindled in numbers to where the governor is now looking to hire firefighters costing millions to battle the inevitable threat of statewide fires the service that has historically been at a very low cost to the state kings county sheriff david robinson who also serves as

ray bogan, fox news, republican john cox formally opened his campaign for california governor today.s is his second campaign for the state's top job after finishing behind governor gavin newsom in their 2018 matchup, cox rolled out his campaign with an ad attacking newsom and his leading gop rival, kevin faulconer. if it qualifies for the ballot, cox will be a candidate in the proposed recall election that threatens to oust newsome this year or he will run against newsome when he is expected to seek a second term in 2020 coming up on ktvu channel two news at 6 30 vaccine hesitation surveys finding a lot of americans are refusing or at least waiting to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. we'll take a deeper look at the issue and what's behind it, and a little later in sports. the 49ers sign of veteran quarterback to a new deal. we'll have the details with sports director marco baniyas also ahead. former president trump's second impeachment trial kicks off in just hours i'm lauren blanchard in washington what both sides are saying about the san is holds services rather in defiance

so we've already seen 2 prominent republicans throw their hat in the ring if the recall qualified john cox on monday kevin faulconer of san diego on tuesday what that also means is that gavin newsom is going to have to start raising money while dealing with the pandemic and all of the other issues around the budget around recession. all of this is a dramatic amount of pressure within the shoe or within if you will the inner circle of gavin newsom. >>mckeown says the latest recall effort will likely qualify to get on the ballot voters would then have to decide in a special election. >>whether to recall newsome and at the same time which candidate they would prefer instead justine. >>thank you so much katherine. let's talk about our forecast now as we take a live look outside here at highway 24 in walnut creek. people have some fun plans for the weekend. i'm sure and and if it includes going to top kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez has details on what this like there going. yeah we're tracking right now the sierra snowpack up to 70% of average and daytime highs today lasting all weekend

john cox has also expressed interest in running. >>> and there is a storm that is halting travel and vaccine appointments. >> oh, yes, the national weather service says that this storm is far from over. people could see anywhere from 8 inches to 2 feet of snow. we'll take a live look at new york city, you can see the conditions there. at least the streets are clear from this shot. a state of emergency is in effect for much of the northeast, warning of a near blizzard-like conditions there. new york city could see enough snow to finish as one of the heaviest storms on record there. drivers found these streets submerged in queens. new jersey hit by power outages with 2 1/2 feet of snow. >> you don't need to be out, safely find your way home, lock the door, sit on the koufrcouch stay home until further notice. >> travel today will be difficult to impossible from the mid-atlantic up through new england. more than 1600 flights are canceled and as reggie was stating earlier, many states are also putting covid testing and vaccinations on hold. school districts are doing either just all virt

financially backing the effort and running for governor if newsome is recalled include republicans john cox lost a new 2018 and potentially kevin faulkner, the former mayor of san diego who launched an exploratory committee for a gubernatorial run does or says recent donors don't seem to have a party preference. i don't care if any republican democratic outcome we're going to get rid of this guy before he signs any more bills in october and we hope so. so meanwhile governor gavin newsome did not have his usual monday. covid-19 update today but in recent weeks he has been asked about the recall effort and he says he's not focused on that. >>he's focused on fighting covid-19 and vaccine distribution reporting live sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news ashley. thank you for that. >>next up 3.30 why a pop-up vaccine clinic the vaccinated over 600 people in the east bay was shut down over the weekend. and in some national news gop senators meeting with president biden today to work out a new covid relief bill, we'll have a live report from washington dc on who would qualify for relief checks und

california along with the former republican mayor of san diego news since 2018 republican opponent, john coxalso in. >>as well as billionaire venture capitalist chamath palihapitiya as for the current governor, the undecideds are key people know who gavin newsome is 19% are saying they're not sure how they would vote on a recall election. >>if not if it were held today and i think it's really voters saying well i got to wait and see how things unfold here with that with the pandemic. >>that was nancy loo reporting for us this morning recall efforts are hardly new in california every governor since ronald reagan has faced one, gray davis as you heard the story was actually the first time it was successful and that ultimately brought arnold schwarzenegger tunnel into office the last time california had a republican governor. >>it's 6.42 coming up on the kron 4 morning news, lawmakers and president biden are paying their respects to the u.s. capitol police officer who died in the riots will have a live report from washington. colgate optic white renewal removes ten years of yellow stains. that'

republican john cox formally opened his campaign for california governor today. this is his second campaign for the state's top job after finishing behind governor again. newsom in their 2018 matchup, cox rolled out his campaign with an ad attacking newsom and his leading gop rival, kevin faulconer, if it qualifies for the ballot, cox will be a candidate in the proposed recall election that threatens to oust newsome this year or he'll run against newsome when he's expected to seek a second term in 2022. cox filed paperwork with the state last week to establish a committee. to raise money. it's been really fun, and it's been exciting to be so unique in this way, and i'm really excited to watch other girls follow behind us coming up next meet the united states who get to call themselves eagle scouts. bed and among the first to achieve the highest honor in an organization that is traditionally for boys. ktvu is marine naylor introduces this net introduces us now to the first female eagle scouts in the nation. i'm very proudto be an eagle scout. these are some of the

defend himself against the charge that he's responsiblehe capitol today, republican businessman john cox formally launched his campaign for california governor with the television ad. marks the kickoff of the second campaign for governor. after losing together newsom in 2018. in this adcox targets, another republican, has entered the governor's race. former san diego mayor kevin faulconer, house democrats are expected to unveil another economic stimulus package that would put thousands of dollars right into the hands of many parents. ray bogan has the story. increased taxes, inflation and restrictions on free business. that's the final argument republicans are making against president biden's coronavirus stimulus package as it slowly makes its way toward approval. it's gonna be $1.9 trillion. there's really nothing we can do about that. hopefully they at least target that to the people that actually needed, so we're just not shotgunning that out throughout the economy, democrats argued the exact opposite and say the risk is not doing too much, but too little. treasury secretary janetcoun