and john against governor newsome in 2018. that's because the republican recall is driven by the same narrow partisan group of trump supporting republicans shortly after the bull runs really and a new sim along with state and national democratic leaders wants to campaign against the recall. join me and democrats of all stripes in a campaign email sent out to supporters monday newsome in part wrote, quote. >> i'm not going to take this recall attempt lying down. >> the polls show the economy is a big issue for californians. 38 1% said they did not think it was heading in the right direction versus the 36% who say they think it is. 25 1% said they weren't even sure our poll experts say if governor newsome can muster up enough confidence in the economy that could help propel him in a positive direction heading into a recall reporting at the state capitol. ashley zavala kron 4 news. >> tonight. we know the california is suing the largest skilled nursing provider in the country. the lawsuit accuses brookdale, senior living of misle

and governor newsome is performance.hat's as the special election against him looks more and more likely. >> kron four's. ashley zavala explains results and has reaction from the governor's camp. >> the poll was a general population survey of 1045 registered voters from across the state collected through an online panel and cell phone text messages voters are divided on how the governor is doing. >> as a recall election against governor gavin newsome becomes more likely next story and emerson college polling found 41.8% of californians approve of the job he's doing about 45% approve of his response to the pandemic. spencer kimball is the polling director at emerson college generally speaking, you got to be in the 20's to get 3. take a look at some of the other governors and mayors around the country. >> when the approval rating drops into the 20's is when it's truly the panic button needs to be pressed. we're not there yet. when asked if they would recall governor newsome. 38 1% of those surveyed said they would vote to

and john against governor newsome in 2018. that's because the republican recall is driven by the same narrow partisan group of trump supporting republicans shortly after the bull runs really and a new sim along with state and national democratic leaders wants to campaign against the recall. join me and democrats of all stripes in a campaign email sent out to supporters monday newsome in part wrote, quote. >> i'm not going to take this recall attempt lying down. >> the polls show the economy is a big issue for californians 38% said they did not think it was heading in the right direction versus the 36% who say they think it is. 25 1% said they weren't even sure or pull experts say if governo newsome can muster up enough confidence in the economy that could help propel him in a positive direction heading into a recall reporting at the state capitol. ashley zavala kron 4 news. >> the vatican today issued a statement saying the catholic church would not bless same unions. the statement went on to say homosexuality is a choice and

so i think it's wrong to blame it on governor newsom. if every governor had taken the bold action we took, we wouldn't be where we are. >> all right. we're glad you made time to chat with abc7 news. we wish you luck and stay in touch. >> will do. stay safe. >> that was senator padilla. coming up next, we'll talk about a potential 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 you can tell a story of your own. cacique.your auténtico awaits. >>> and welcome back. the deadline to submit 1.5 million ballot signatures to recall governor newsom and get it on the ballot is today. yesterday governor newsom was on "the view" and other national programs defending his record. organizers said they have more than enough signatures to put the recall to voters. a few have announced their candidacy. among them san san san kevin faulconer.

and john against governor newsome in 2018.that's because the republican recall is driven by the same narrow partisan group of trump supporting republicans shortly after the bull runs really and a new sim along with state and national democratic leaders wants to campaign against the recall. join me and democrats of all stripes in a campaign email sent out to supporters monday newsome in part wrote, quote. >> i'm not going to take this recall attempt lying down. >> the polls show the economy is a big issue for californians 38% said they did not think it was heading in the right direction versus the 36% who say they think it is. 25 1% said they weren't even sure or pull experts say if governor newsome can muster up enough confidence in the economy that could help propel him in a positive direction heading into a recall reporting at the state capitol. ashley zavala kron 4 news. >> a coalition of black elected officials are making it clear they stand behind governor newsome more than a dozen state leaders took part in a news confer

tomorrow is the deadline for organizers of the effort to recall governor newsome to turn in the necessary signatures for. >> getting that recall effort on the ballot. >> our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains where the effort stands now. >> look, we're anticipating that they've got the signatures. governor gavin newsome coming to grips with the likelihood 2021 will be another election year in california with the recall effort against him. the governor tuesday taking aim at the leaders of the effort saying they're far right trump supporters look at the actual reasons they themselves. it has to do with immigration. the browning of california has to do deeply with our values. the things we hold dear. and so i'm not just by the permian fighting for you and fighting for the values of the state in this campaign is not about the people who are leading this recall. this campaign is about governor newsome proponents of the recall say of the nearly 2.1 million signatures collected so far about 38% of them include democrats. no party preference and other non republican registered voters.

newsome also tout. efforts to battle climate change wildfires in homelessness while democrats applaud it over zoom republicans bristled state senate republican leader scott wilke wrote. we deserved a concrete road map from him tonight on how he plans to right the ship. that didn't happen. lawmakers of the state and national level have come to governor newsome's defense, including most recently independent senator bernie sanders. recall organizers have until next week march 17th to turn in their signatures. greg lee ktvu, fox two news. republican gubernatorial candidate kevin faulconer responded to governor newsome state of the speech tonight, releasing a video ahead of the address. california is a great state full of talented, hard working people. californians are being held back by the pandemic and a state government response that makes it clear that this crisis exceeds the current governors ability to deal with it. the former mayor of san diego, criticized the governor for his handling of the pandemic

governor newsome says more than 400,000 educators have already gotten a covid-19 shot.till ahead on the kron 4 morning news helping bay area, small businesses recover. how the oakland african american chamber of commerce is doing its part. good morning and welcome back to the kron 4 morning news of reyna harvey. we have to get another check of weather this morning with john sabol who tells me there's a lot of sunshine on the horizon. yeah. we are looking at. >> kind of a mixed bag out there. rain and today is going to one of those dry days, though. so good. want to take advantage of venturing outside before showers push in on idto tomorrow and early into friday. it's good to see a little bit of both of those. i like the mix. at least we need the rainfall. she also need those dry days just to step back outside for a bit. you look outside right now does show some dry conditions at sfo in some pretty clear conditions at that as well. it's going to be an easy morning commute as far as weather is concerned, as far as traffic goes, it's a different thing. entirely. we are loo

the recall effort for governor newsome. it is the last day to collect signatures for the petition for folks who want him out. we look at what's ahead as leaders of the recall effort say they have enough signatures to force a special election. keep it here. kron 4 news at 6 is next. >> from the bay area's news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at >> now it's 6 following the numerous recent attacks on the asian community. pressure is mounting on governor newsome to a point and asian american to be the state's next attorney general. that is if the u.s. senate confirms javier becerra in to president biden's cabinet, which is expected to happened this week. good evening, everybody. thanks for joining us tonight on kron 4 news at 6. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. this request is coming not only from asian american leaders but also. >> members of the latino community saying the time is now for california to have a law enforcement leader. we'll make it a top priority to stop these hate crimes. but first, ashley zavala

many times the last few weeks for reason on a snow to the central valley monday governor newsome said he wants to highlight the region in the upcoming speech i want to highlight farm workers. i want to highlight women. >>that have been disproportionate impacted by this pandemic want to highlight our children. are caregivers. i want to highlight road work that's been done every single day. with people that are getting attention are being celebrated. but the quiet heroes in this pandemic the governor hinted the speech will be shorter than his first 2 state of the state addresses each clocked in just under 45 minutes. >>both laid out policy priorities for that year last year he focused entirely on homelessness and he says it will be a talking point tuesday. but overall he says this year the speech will be different when this is not. >>going to be a state of the state laden with lots of policy announcements it will be i hope received has also optimistic about not only resiliency but our capacity. to lead throughout this as well as talk about a future that i have all the confidence extraor

. >> governor newsom delivering a state of the state address like no other. his message to his critics. >>> good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. now at 11:00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a close call in san jose's willow glen neighborhood where a lightning strike sent a redwood tree flying in all directions. shards of wood smashed through a sliding glass door of this home and straight through the couch. luckily, no one was sitting there. the next door neighbors also got a scare. >> it looked like a giant ball of light it just completely lit up our backyard. it sounded like a bomb went off. it was insane. and then we opened up the doors, and there were chunks of -- big chunks of redwood tree all over our backyard. >> here's a live look at the scene right now. aside from a crushed trash can, the neighbor's house was not damaged and no one in either house was hurt. >> check this out, storm is also dumping snow just north of the bay area. video coming into our newsroom shows it clearly snowing. this is highway 175 in middletown up in lake

governor newsome says he has a lot of confidence in distribution and california's ability to move through the pandemic in the next couple of months. good evening and thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 6 i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus as of today, the cdc reports more than 12 million doses have been delivered to california. >>about 9 and a half million doses have gone into or sears a closer look at how each bay area county is doing with vaccine distribution. the numbers vary based on location number of people and the number of vaccines that have been administered in to each county you can track these details always on our website kron 4 dot com. we also have links there on how to sign up for vaccines. in the county where you live or work as california continues to try to ramp up vaccine. distribution state leaders say they're preparing to use. >>vaccination rates to help counties reopen their economies sooner a reward system kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains the governor's update. we will turn the proverbial page governor gavin newsome says his admini

at a recent conversation with governor newsom. this week he faced the recall had on, for the first time. what is he saying about it? >> chelated out and that interview, with me, the plan that the democrats are going to be following, in the week ahead, as they wait to see if this indeed, qualifs. they are branding this the republican recall. they are trying to tie this effort, too far right groups, to former president donald trump. to these divisive issues, the quite frankly, when you look at the straight up registration numbers in california, could actually help democrats defeat this, because of the facts, that there is so many more of them than republicans. i think governor newsom, is not just an attack on him, but on the democratic party. that he is trying to promote. he's talking about immigration. the diversity of california. i think he is trying to lean in, to making this a referendum, not on him as much, but on the republicans. about what they are trying to bring to the table. >> you know, marisa, when you talk about the vot

voters are also deciding newsom's replacement.right now three contenders are throwing their hat into the ring. the latest is the former sacramento area congressman doug osi and the former san diego mayor kevin faulkner and then there is businessman, i should say, john cox who newsom defeated soundly in 2018 during the governor's race. >>> and do you remember governor newsom's infamous dinner at the french restaurant last november? it's apparently prompting had him to expand his subsequent ban on political consultants trying to lobby him. they obtained a memo indicating all unpaid lobbyists along with those who are paid will now be banned from labbying him and his administration. the dinner was a birthday party for his close friends who himself is a lobbyist. although newsom caught hate mostly because the dinner flew in the face of the distancing rules that we were all under. >>> we're not going anywhere any time soon. that's what dianne feinstein is saying after rumors swirled about an early retirement. gaffer innewsom said if fei

california governor gavin newsom claiming to recall of her against him.d how to be feel about that? breaking that town, next. ♪♪ governor gavin newsom about to get instead of tackling his crises, he's putting together a crisis squad too far out useless talking points. handsome here at "midday" are terrified but white knight in shining armor swooping into blame it on white supremacy. the usual left, stacy abrams and others started a stop a republican recall campaign which the website claims is a result of a partisan problem coalition of national for publicans and like vaccine, qanon conspiracy theorist, and trump supporters. redundant. way to be tone deaf. gavin has a mouthful of specially polished piano keys and smile and denial if he thinks it's only republicans in california who are hurting. 2 million people signed the recall petition due tomorrow. 40000 small businesses that have closed since last august, half of them permanently. in the governor speak to the people who have lost their dreams and life savings, tossing around unverified is busy theories

but first you heard today governor newsom announced that former mayor of stockton michael tubs will be his special adviser for economic mobility and opportunity. now tubbs was one of the face us behind the mayors for guaranteed income program. that's basically like uniform basic income. they tested it out in stockton as a pilot. so no doubt that experience has something to do with him stepping into this role from the newsom administration. now today we did talk to oakland mayor libby schaaf who supports the guaranteed basic income concept about this appointment on midday live. this week focuseding on building a better bay area in the efforts to address learning loss. let's check in on the latest when it comes to getting kids back in class in oakland unified, not just the elementary -- of course that's where it starts. but what are the plans for middle and high school kids too. >> well, i have been unequivocal in saying our kids need to get back to learning. and with alameda county now firmly in the red tier it makes it all the more appropriate that we get our teacher unions and distric

that serves newsom in a couple of ways.makes it political rather than being based on his performance. what you try to do is say, it is not about me about me about national. and we cannot have republicans calling the shot. is more comfortable to fight off that then questions about, why did you declare the state of emergency is? how have you been disturbing vaccines? is it working or is it not? the other thing is, and you know about 2003 because you are doing a documentary on it. one of the key things he has to do is keep another democrat out of the race. of a democrat enters the race, then all the sudden it is not about the republicans and that changes everything. >> it is so interesting to look at these parables from 2003 until now and looking back at the old video and footage from that time, you can see davis at the time doing what newsom is doing. just brushing it off. these are right wing extremists. this is looney tunes. these groups. and and look what happened then. granted, there are differences as well in the sense t

newsom's margin was 24%.he recall is going to make the ballot and fail at the ballot box. >> and, bob, just to clarify, of course, it was gray davis, the former governor, who was the last recalled, and that's how arnold schwarzenegger became the governor, right? >> yes. gray davis had been re-elected by only 5%. there was an energy crisis. there was a recall movement. then arnold schwarzenegger, who fit the state idealogically in a way these other republicans don't, emerged as an alternative. so people recalled the governor and elected schwarzenegger. >> michael steele, why is newsom such a big target for the rnc? do they see him as a future national figure? >> oh, sure they do. but, you know, look, there are a lot of hurdles before you get to that point. you know, the governor of california has to deal with the current vice president of the united states in that regard, in terms of political futures. but there is an effort to try to, i think to bob's point, to mix it up a little bit on the ground for the rep

ways all focus will turn on gavin newsom.rid of both democratic governors on each coast. you're donald trump. you're going to use that as a foil moving forward for your own movement, and he stays if you will relevant to democrats and republicans, even though he's out of office, and you'll have two successful vacations or they really movement out of these two governors. that would be a huge political victory for republicans and also potentially a huge political victory for democrats for gavin newsom if he to hold off offend off any recall. well we will see what happens a lot of moving parts in this david mcewan like always. it's great to see you. thanks for being with us tonight. thank you very much for having me julie pleasure. california's most populous county is now out of the most restrictive tear but restaurant and brewery owners around los angeles are still not happy with governor newsome. also ahead tonight, several european countries decide to stop giving doses of one covid-19 vaccine. what they say the problem is and

governor newsome pointed to the vaccine manufacturers. >>we talk to them directly didn't even wait to formalize a formal written response called the supervisors directly and we're working through those issues the only constraint. of us providing more vaccine to more people in a much quicker an expedited manner also an equitable manner is manufactured supply. >>governor newsom says more details on how the state's reopening system we'll change will be made public in the coming days. the cdc reports more than 12 million doses have been delivered to california with over 9 million doses administered. these are the latest numbers from the california health department. here's a closer look at how each mary county is doing with vaccine distribution. santa clara continues to lead all bay area counties, what the number of doses given out and napa remains at the bottom of the list you can track these details over on our website at kron 4 dot com. we also have links the air on how to sign up for vaccines in your county. we're also following news that

by the way want to get your comments quickly on newsom. the statewide ballot that theirs are saying the challenges of him being voted out are slim to none. do you think that's true? >> will look californians are frustrated with governor newsom for a number of reasons including the high taxes and high expenses in the state and how he handled the covid-19 virus. they want the man out of office and i can clearly understand that. he's a governor. >> yes and what's interesting another fact that didn't come out that just noticed they are number 43 out of the 50 states and the number of people who have received both vaccinations. not only was the state shut down for a long period of time it still in many cases is. the unemployment rate is much higher than the national average in much higher than the state like florida who has opened up the floodgates for people to get back to work. anyway you look at it this governor's failed and he likes to talk about much like governor cuomo in new york how great he is. >> he's breaking his arm patting himself

now going as far as to ban all the new gas stations this as there is a campaign to recall governor newsome continuing to get stronger we have one of the leaders from that movement right here today to discuss. hughes and you're watching news views on r.t. america i. am. i. thanks for joining us you know during this week's congressional hearing it was confirmed that the f.b.i. tapped members of congress phones as well as possibly acquitted other data without their knowledge and education imagine they were not happy. again whatever we're doing with the phone data i'm confident we're doing it you know in conjunction with our appropriate legal tools and working with here's i'm going to try to get it and i think it's what senator lee was trying to get at how are we going to know what you were doing with it and how we're going to evaluate the bureau's conduct if we if we don't know what authorities you're invoking what precisely you're doing what you're retaining i mean this is you've said to him repeatedly we're familiar with the specifics he's now said it to be i don't know i'm not sure how thi

. >>> new at 6:00, governor newsom taking his covid response plan on the road. he has been up and down the state recently talking about ttg indskiba ckschool. kiet do, with how his aggressive travel schedule also fits his political agenda right now. >> reporter: governor's latest visit to the bay area in palo alto, certainly no accident. these folks here have been back since october. what better place to tout his multibillion-dollar back-to- school incentive plan and perhaps revamp his image and do so damagco cos to the recall? >> reporter: governor newsom spent about 45 minutes touring bern park elementary in palo alto, observing how the school got back to class v months ago. using x a glass, spaced out decks, and lots of ventilation and even took out time for this. >> doing something i haven't done in over a year now, that is reading to kids. proving that we can get our kids back to school all across this country. there even when the $6.6 billion incentive plan in the works, school reopening's will likely be uneven, with plenty of envy and frustration to go ar

political scientists say that when you look at newsom in 2021 . davis was a facing a fractured democratic party. political analysts say that newsom has that backing and support in the 2021. even if the recall effort proceeds and they have enough signatures by tomorrow. >>> thank you very much kenny choi. >>> yesterday governor newsom said he would appoint a black woman is a replacement for senator feinstein. she is 87 years old and her term doesn't end until 2024. >> if she resigned would you commit. and i said yes. i would commit. i have enormous respect for her. she's not going anywhere. i talked to her all the time. >> newsom says he knows who he would choose to replace feinstein. >>> the mt. diablo district has reached a tentative deal to reopen the classroom. the campuses could reopen on march 25th. all grade levels will open on a hybrid schedule on march 20 night. classes will resume with safety protocols in place. >> we appreciate that the district has taken steps to address safety concerns and has agreed to sustain important safety protoco

is he going to be helping newsom survive the recall? list of men behaving badly and then say all men are bad, we wouldn't have much fun. no. gavin newsom is going to give the most important speech of his life tonight and that is he is going to beg the people of california for patience to allow him to get it right. to outline reopening of the state safely and securely. he has a very important mission tonight when he gives his speech at dodger stadium. he wants to get everyone back to work and back in the classroom. if he fails to do that he will have to face the voters in the recall. i have confidence that gavin will rise to the occasion. >> jesse: okay. not really sure what you said about men behaving. we will figure that out. >> donna: honey, i mean. you understand? >> jesse: i don't know. i don't understand a lot. >> harris: boys will be boys. >> jesse: all right, if that's the message from democrats, let's have at it. the press is more focused on joe biden's dog. not everybody wants the same thing. that's why i go with liberty mutual

governor newsome still choosing not to get his shot. he insists that he will do so when it's his turn and that if he has a choice, it will be the johnson and johnson vaccine. >> the deadline. meanwhile, to submit signatures in support of recalling governor newsome. that about an hour ago. organizers of the recall say that they've gathered more than 1.5 million required signatures. >> to force a special election. so what happens now? kron 4 sanaz tahernia gives us more now on the recall timeline. >> he's not willing to accept that. there was a different way. things can be frustrations regarding governor gavin newsome continue to mount in california as the deadline to submit recall petition signatures is here. frustrations surrounding issues like covid-19 homelessness unemployment and education organizers say they've collected more than 2 million signatures since the recall efforts began in june 2020 and reports say that 80% of signatures submitted so far are valid. but having enough signatures isn't enough to force a special election. he

newsome says his comments were, quote, hypothetical. with credible experience. >> not only is she mindful and nuance and detail. just look at the correspondents we get from her a weekly basis or on issues large and small in the state. but at with a reputation nationally. that's second to respect on the other side of the aisle. incredible capacity and intellect in terms of work that she's doing an intelligence. so that was more of a hypothetical. but no. and no, no whatsoever that she's going anywhere for years and years. >> senator feinstein has been a california senator from more than 2 decades now. and at 87 years old, she is the oldest sitting senator, a recent report revealed some democrats have voiced their concerns about her performance saying that she has memory issues. >> all right. another big story we're following tonight. san mateo county is now officially in the orange tier for reopening. great to see that. you see where the bay area stands. all the other counties in red. everyone. everything was purple. so we are making pro

good reason to be angry with gavin newsom.ut from the start. it has had a horrible experience with the virus. you cannot look at these policies and tell me that there is a very clear benefit, that there is any evidence that this worked in this thing did not and 10% versus 25%. the stupidest thing of all was telling people not to have fun outside because outside we know the virus very much does not spread easily. that was so stupid and that was part of newsom's response to this whole thing. he is not facing the recalls -- the oldest tactic in the book. everyone who does not like me and disagrees with me as a nazi. that is what they always say. >> californians are not dumb. they are looking at the statistics. in terms of covid deaths per 100,000 residents. what the hell were we doing wrong here? >> i mean there are some smart republicans in california left. the republican party is not a very functioning party in california. that is not the reason newsom is in trouble here. business owners, regular people, may be more centrist de

>>the momentum continues to build in the effort to recall governor newsome we just learned that organizers of this recall newsome campaign say they have now collected 1.9 million signatures that is just shy of there. 2 million signature gold only 1.5 million take teachers are needed to be verified by the secretary of state and. >>organizers say they have enough to offset a potential 25% rejection rate and get that recall on the ballot tonight. we're also getting a better idea who is opening their wallets to contribute to the cause or catherine heenan of inside bay area politics is here with more on all that high catholic. i grant ivy our political analyst david mckeown says the average donation here it's been pretty small but there are some big checks being written including in the bay area. >>there's a mix of traditional republican donors from both inside and outside the state some of them contributed to trump in 2016 and mckeown says a lot of retirees are pitching in against newsome i asked him why. covid has stop the retirement plans of a lot of california's it certainly hit different c

and john against governor newsome in 2018. that's because the republican recall is driven by the same narrow partisan group of trump supporting republicans shortly after the bull runs monday newsome along with state and national democratic leaders wants to campaign against the recall. join me and democrats of all stripes in a campaign email sent out to supporters monday newsome in part wrote, quote. >> i'm not going to take this recall attempt lying down. >> so the poll showed the economy is a big concern for californians 38% in this poll said that they didn't think it was going in the right direction versus the 36% who say they do. 25% say they're not even sure our poll experts say that if governor newson can muster up enough confidence in the economy. it could propel him in a positive direction heading into a recall reporting live in sacramento. ashley zavala kron 4 news. >> thank you for that. ashley. now to a big story in southern california today. 3 people are dead and 6 others are hurt after getting hit by a car near san

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we're getting his thoughts on the biggest issue facing governor newsome. plus, this is big news getting the covid-19 vaccine to the arms of more californians. the expansion happening right here at home in the bay area, and what you need to know if you're trying king. the co. vacce to any resident 16 years old or older, the contra costa county health department made the announcement just this morning about the expanded eligibility. it's due to an increase of vaccine supply from the state and federal government. at this point people 16 and up in the county can people ages 50 and up can officially get vaccinated. two weeks later on april 15th all californian 16 and older will become eligible in all other counties. alameda county is moving to the less restrictive orange tier of the state's reopening planet is the only bay area county that made a move into a different tier. today alameda county joins san francisco san matteo moran in santa clara counties in that orange tear. napa county had hoped to move but did not have good enough covid data metrics counties

he's unbelievable even did an impression of me and of governor newsome.k that out this week on the issue is well okay, looking for word to that sort of lighter part of the interview, but but again really appreciated alex and looking forward to the entire show. hope you'll tune in as well. the issue is airs this sunday at 6:30 a.m. again right here on ktvu. alex have a good weekend. some say the differences are laughable. the comparison between the men and the women's weight room at the ncaa tournament as evidence of the inequities in sports. it really is so disappointing what's going on there? also this afternoon a con for more diversity among college basketball head coaches will hear from a local basketball coach who flew all the way to las vegas to stage a protest and to get his message her for nearly a decade, comcast has been helping students get ready. we've connected 4 million low-income students to low- cost, high-speed xfinity internet. we're working with hundreds of school districts across the country to sponsor free internet and laptops. and par

she will be joined by governor newsome and his wife, jennifer cesar chavez. day has been a holiday in california for 19 years, but became a federal holiday back in 2014 under president obama. fox news confirms through a customs and border protection official that the current surge of migrant children at the us mexico border could last for seven months. the department of health and human services is now asking employees to volunteer to go down to the southern border for up to 120 days to help care for children being held there in washington. the two parties are pointing fingers at each other after the about the cause of the surge, asking federal employees to deploy the border, addressing the same it was not the cause. the cause is joe biden open air border. our focus now is on ensuring that we have enough shelters facilities to house unaccompanied children. democrats accused republicans of hypocrisy for their sudden concern over conditions at the border after years of calling for tougher policies. as of friday, there were more than 18,000 unaccompanied childre

they believe they have backfireed and spread of virus, i case for newsom, the cure is not just worse than the disease but made the disease worse, we had about, incompetent of a government performance as you could imagine. steve: well, i think you are doing a great service to the service of the states, highlighting this, nationwide it is important, it is so represent. and as they said, what starts in californiaen, ends' going going nationwide. >> thank you, steve. mark: all right, joining me now fox news analyst, former trump white house press secretary. kayleigh mcenany, you were such a great part of this show for a long time, great to have you back. >> good to joining. steve: start with school issue, i want to playing and from jen psaki, it cap -- captureds why people are so enraged. >> number one priority is ensuring schools are open 5 days a week, and they have information they need to put in place the metgation steps, we need money from american rescue plan to get it done, certain communities, our objective is for schools to be open. steve: kaley, almost every part of that is lie

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newsom's children purportedly returned to private classes months ago.ol parent. if it is this joe pretty. >> i'm in a strong advocate for getting kids back in person safely for instruction. i forgive gets myself have been living through zoom school and all of the challenges related to its printed without a detailed proposal my legislation. it's been. ashley: i have to drop my kids off especially early what you say joe pretty. >> aspirated don't think he's on zoom because private schools are not controlled by the teachers union. therefore the schools have probably been open the entire time. this brutal] i live with that here in new jersey, my son goes to the ymca and that's are run by the teachers union for you can do transitional kindergarten and they been open since early september 5 days week six hours a day with no almost no closings as a beautiful thing and from gavin newsom is about claims of the year, is crazy bellamy of this pretty california. comparative order, california 20000 more deaths than florida which is run by republican governor ron des

so yes, that is on gavin newsom. let's go to new york now, a whistleblower comported new details about creepy seagate governor andrew cuomo's order forcing nursing homes are taken patients but exclusive interview with administrator, said he was petrified by the decision, watch. >> many facilities vocalize it, they were petrified. but they were more petrified of the department of health the ones, i never spoke again. >> republican members of congress now asking u.s. ag american garland to probe the nursing home violated residents rights for it this a real cuomo scandal hiding under a mound of gross sexual allegation? so here you have a group of nursing home owners, they were terrified the department of health was going to shut them down. that is the kind of bullying the covid entrance administration had been in for three terms, mike. >> that is the allegation, right? the question is whether not that scandalous going to get buried in the other scandal. it seems like there's an interest in putting out in the forefront.

governor newsome would face off again against those 3 republicans in the special election. justine, back to you. >> thank you so much. now high school athletes in san francisco in the unified school district and start playing some outdoor sports programs beginning on april 12th. that includes boys baseball boys and girls. tennis soccer and track and field girls softball and boys football. but that's for practices. only outdoor basketball for boys and girls is also only for practicing middle school outdoor spopts will not be offered by the school district this spring because there's not enough playing field in the district. more details are on our website. kron 4 dot com. let's talk now about our 4 zone forecast and the weather report right now as we take a live look outside along the san mateo bridge. san mateo county heading to the orange tier. more on that in a minute. but first let's talk about the green that's on the rodriguez is here now with the forecast. yeah. the saint patrick's day just teen. let's take a look at radar for today is going to be transitional day. >>

still ahead tonight, given our gavin newsom delivers his state of the state address. why he says he won't be going back to normal even when the pandemic is over, plus another headache for people dealing with state unemployment, insurance and benefits services. what we've benefits services. what we've learned about a system wide this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance usually forces you to piece together multiple policies. that's why three was created. it's one policy that covers everything you need... leaving those old policies in the dust. three. no nonsense. just common sense. small business insurance is usually so complicated, you need to be a lawyer to understand it. that's why three was created. if you own it, three covers it. got a cheese slice for “spokesperson?" that's me. i don't even need to see what's happening behind me to know it's covered. three. no nonsense. just common sense. again after an earlier outage that lasted about an hour less than an hour. in fact, the unemployment insurance and the california unemployment benefits

is a governor newsom or the teachers union?o many entities, first to governor newsom who sets the tone for everything that happens in the state. he powers the teachers unions. most teachers unions are wonderful, most teachers, all teachers are wonderful people but there are financial considerations between the governor, political contributions and the teachers union and the teachers union is that representing teachers but themselves and made a lot of inappropriate demands and those demands governor newsom has followed completely without any regard for what is happening to the students so the blame goes to governor newsom for empowering the teachers unions, the blame goes to governor newsom for not providing true directions according to what he promised the state to reopen school safely. he hasn't been following cdc guidelines, a lot of the blame falls on county health government in los angeles, the health department set inappropriate standards that don't follow the science perfectly. they are very strict, make it impossible for

newsom's thinking pile of failures keep growing.rs to reopen schools for that deal reportedly offering billions of dollars to push schools to reopen by the end of march. but is it too little too late to get kids back in the classroom? the man panels back, pete hegseth, spike cohen and richard fowler. these are smart men. so back off. pete i will start with you. it is too little too late because california schools mostly closed in mid-may. what you think of all of this? >> i'm sure was a great deal perimeter the governor cut it awesome deal with the unions it will really help the taxpayers, the kids a bit put front and center part of the schools will be open as quickly as humanly possible. teachers unions have shown they are the least essential entity in america today. they could care less about kids and all about themselves. some might gavin newsom, your graphic was perfectly completely tethered to them for his political fortune. he will never cross them. he can't. and ultimately he knows his fortunes are tied to them, especially tr

newsome requested an appeal. the governor has defended his decision saying he's made them in the interest of public health we're very confident that the law is on our side. >> that the laws of the state of california. the constitution of the state of california does not allow for an autocracy abuse of power is one of the reasons supporter site in the effort to recall the governor elections officials say so far they verified one 0.2 million of the nearly 1.5 million petition signatures needed in order for the recall to qualify for the ballot. and i think there's a widespread sense of frustration not only with the mishandling. >> the state's response to covid-19 with the extent to which the people of california and their elected representatives have been disenfranchised and have been dispossessed and how we've been told for a year and running now that the people of california essentially have no say in these monumental decisions that control the most basic facets of their lives. a spokesman for the governor said in

governor newsom set a new timeline for when the covid vaccine is available to all californians, gets rid of the current tier system to get shots and millions of arms in a matter of weeks. >>> good morning. we will have more on the details involving the governors timeline but first let's get a check on the weather with lisa argen. >> good morning. it is a chilly start with a lot of sunshine today anananananan to spring. it arrived it to: 37 this morning. we are looking at areas much cooler this morning with temperatures dropping into that clear sky. we have that ridge of high pressure over the bay area with 37 in santa rosa, 40 in san jose and 40 downtown keeping us 4 to 14 degrees colder than yesterday. yesterday we had clouds that took a while to clear out. upper level wind out of the northwest. it will be breezy at the shoreline with the frost advisory at lakeport and clear lake with temperatures flirting at 32 degrees. 50s by noon, near 60 today. we will talk about the modest warming trend for sunday and more robust toward the middle of the week, in a few minutes. >>> the san fran

also the deadline for signatures on the recall governor newsome campaign. the deadline has come and gone. so what's the next step for the governor and the state. the dea submit signatures in support of recalling governor newsome of that deadline ended this afternoon. recall organizers. they've been saying for some time that the have collected more than the required one and a half million required signatures to force a special election. as for what happens now kron 4 sanaz tahernia explains. he's not willing to accept that. there was a different way. things can be frustrations regarding governor gavin newsome continue to mount in california as the deadline to submit recall petition signatures is here. frustrations surrounding issues like covid-19 homelessness unemployment and education. organizers say they've collected more than 2 million spgnatures since the recall efforts began in june 2020 and reports say that 80% of signatures submitted so far are valid. but having enough signatures isn't enough to force a special election. >> here's a timeline of what n