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senate leader. scott willing of santa clara will lead the republican minority getting smaller, the party lost two seats in the recent election. a state historian says that leaves the senate with the fewest republican members since 1883. >>> saluting madam vice president, the honor and gift the warriors gave oakland's kamala harris during last night's game. also ahead, meet the remarkable young poet who made history at the inauguration. >>> a real mess in downtown portland where anti-demonstrators slashed the building. the vandalism took place following the president's inauguration. 100 people all dressed in black, marchers held banners that had messages including, quote, we are ungovernable and a new world from the ashes. at least eight people were arrested. i'm a performer. always have been. and always will be. never letting anything get in my way. not the doubts, distractions, or voice in my head. and certainly not arthritis. voltaren provides powerful arthritis pain relief to help me keep moving. and it can help you too. feel the joy of movement with voltaren. . >>> a shakeup coming for the pac-12 c

with the senators from oregon and washington. >>> since the 1969 santa barbara oil spill, coastal environmentalists to block increased oil and gas drilling, which the trump administration tried to revise. senator feinstein's bill will block such attempts permanently. >>> many are asking when can i get my shot, my covid vaccine. we spoke with those who are spearheading the vaccine distribution. >> there are a lot of unknowns, one of them is the amount of vaccine that we have. right now we know we don't have enough vaccine for everyone and that's one reason, again, we've had this prioritiation teams that worked out so we have a schedule when people should get vaccinated. i think things will move a lot quicker as soon as we have a lot more vaccine so we can begin bringing everyone in to be vaccinated. when will we all be vaccinated? i don't know. we're hope big summer, late summer that we will have everyone vaccinated. that could change depending on all those variables. remember it's two doses of vaccine. it's not just one dose, you have to then wait three to four weeks later to get your second dose.

santa clara county supervisor susan ellen burg was outraged. >> senator romney said we need to confront the lies by telling the truth. there was no stolen election. the president incited the violence. >> he had nothing to do with that. >> reporter: phil reynolds denies the president was responsible for wednesday's riot. >> the storming in at the capitol was wrong. i denounce that. >> reporter: assemblyman lowe and ellenburg calling for reynolds to step down from the gop. he said he has no intention of resigning or removing his controversial posts. >> i spoke from the heart. i was emotional and i'm not going to retract my comments. they were not anything derogatory to any individual. they were not inciting violence. >> in fact, reynolds now says he's calling on lowe and ellenburg to resign their posts because they haven't been effective in office. no comment from the silicon valley gop but in a tweet late wednesday said republicans are unifying in condemning the violation of the u.s. capitol. we are in inalterably against civil disorder from the left or the right. in the newsroom, cornel

it's unusual right when you see santa rosa, umsay, a pls senate is using our most rain falls in the north, right and then works its way south. in this case, it was fallen in the south and working its way north. so rain totals pretty significant around the bay area snowfall really significant around the bay area watches and warnings and advisories. they're all slowly being dropped down as we wind down, but there is more rain in the forecast more snow in the forecast as well. be back here with that in just a few minutes, all right. we'll see you then. bill. thank you. and we want to let you know that you could download the new ktvu weather out there. you can watch live radar, plus get hour by hour weather forecasts in your neighborhood now to the coronavirus. there are nearly 3.5 3.2 million cases of coronavirus here in california since the pandemic began, including more than 16,000 new cases reported in just the last 24 hours, nearly 39,000 people have died in our state that includes 737. death since yesterday. that's the second deadliest day in california on january 21st 764 people died t

ah few areas to the north reported just traces amounts of rain this morning, santa rosa being one of them. senator. is that just a tad cooler than yesterday? i should say ted, warmer by one. nevada's a tad cooler. we've got livermore down by about five degrees or so visibility wise. we're in good shape. half moon bay reporting a little bit of fog there, but four miles visibility, so it's far as a patchy, dense fog. we didn't see it this morning that cloud cover overhead helped to offset that. as we get into the afternoon, the clouds will continue to thin out notice who is getting rain and snow washington, oregon even northern california if i move in a little bit closer, you can see just a little bit of green right there off the coastline. but as i put this into a three time lapse, a three hour time lapse for you notice the clouds are beginning to thin out and as those thing out that opportunity for any type of drizzle a rain is going to move out along with it. future cast into the afternoon shows you partly cloudy skies as we get a little bit closer to sunset. as we get into the wednesday thursday

want to say hey guys can you send for more help and that's where we're at right now senator dave court as the of santa clara county says he supports this bill. but also says he and his colleagues will have to find ways to provide more aid this grant program is a big step in the right direction is the right way to deal with it to start supporting those >>it's it's late in the process. italy for a reason because it just hasn't resources fill it. so she at the state and local level to do this kind of thing. >>other senators who spearheaded this program they will hold a virtual press conference tomorrow morning at 10:00am will also be facebook living those events and will include a link on our website to those pages for now live in san francisco taylor bisacky kron 4 news businesses will be paying close attention taylor. thank you oakland fire crews giving an update on their vaccination efforts within the department. >>oakland fire says as of today, 77% of firefighters have completed. the first phase of the 2 step covid-19 vaccination process with more scheduled to begin so. >>in the north bay moraine cou

want to say hey guys can you send for more help and that's where we're at right now senator dave court as the of santa clara county says he supports this bill. but also says he and his colleagues will have to find ways to provide more aid this grant program is a big step in the right direction is the right way to deal with it to start supporting those >>it's it's late in the process. it's late for a reason because it just doesn't resources fill it. so she at the state and local level to do this kind >>the senators who spearheaded this bill will be holding a virtual press conference tomorrow morning at 10:00am we'll be live streaming that on facebook as well don't worry, we will include those links on our web site if you're interested in tuning in for more of those details for now live in san francisco taylor bisacky kron 4 news taylor. thank you meantime, small businesses in santa clara county have a new lifeline to try and help them stay afloat county leaders announced a low interest loan program of up to $100,000 that program is for businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees. >>their total reve

want to say hey guys can you send for more help and that's where we're at right now senator dave court as the of santaounty says he supports this bill. but also says he and his colleagues will have to find ways to ppprovide more aid this grant program is a big step in the right direction is the right way to deal with it is to start supporting those >>it's it's late in the process spent. italy for a reason because there just hasn't been resources fill it. so she at the state and local level to do this kind of thing the senators who spearheaded this bill will be holding a virtual press conference wednesday morning at 10:00am. >>we'll also be live streaming those events to give more details about this bill. you can head to our web site for a link to those pages in san francisco taylor bisacky kron 4 news. >>in the south bay, small businesses in santa clara county have a new lifeline to help stay afloat county leaders low interest loan program of up to a $100,000. the programs for businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees, total revenue from last year has to be under 2 and a half million dollars and

senate runoff races. >> we talked about the fabled santa claus, rally, it was 55 out of past 77 years.e thought it would not play out with the market already up. it will force people to chase, especially pros, chase stocks right into the new year. at that point markets are probably overbought on a short-term basis and due for some kind of a pause or some attempt at a pullback which i don't think will gain much traction. we're in a secular bull market that is all you need to know. charles: the outcome of the election today doesn't alter your portfolio at all or much? >> it doesn't alter my portfolio at all. you know, obviously i would prefer you know, the income to survive but it's, it doesn't alter my portfolio at all. the economy is strong. earnings are strong. people are underinvested. including the pros by the way, yeah, are underinvested. they will be forced to chase stocks. charles: i agree with you a million percent. that was one of my investment themes all of last year. in fact i did read your year-end note. by the way it was fantastic. let's start with the first notion about pe

in recent weeks santa clara county has seen a sharp increase in covid-19 cases. >>> a washington group of gop senators object to the certification of the presidential results in congress unless there is a emergency audit of votes. we will have more details. >> reporter: nearly a dozen senate republican say they are going to object next week as congress officially counts the electoral votes. the president has tweeted about this saying that the country is going to love them for this. these current and incoming senators say they want a commission to audit the presidential results and they white right quote on january 6 is uncommon to certify the 2020 election results. that vote is alone constitutional power remaining to consider and force resolution of the multiple allegations of serious voter fraud. now some of them republican colleagues are criticizing their effort. pennsylvania sen. writes they fail to acknowledge that these allegations have been adjudicated in courtrooms across america and were found to be unsupported by evidence. i voted for president trump and endorsed him for reelection but on wed

tracking this in fact we're worried about the senator's mounts the way these atmospheric river event set up they tend to really crucial whole lot of rain across the santa cruz mountains some of mountain tops of southwest facing and also to get the lift in the atmosphere and start talking about some tremendous totals. these are some of the forecast model totals in some of the areas there some of the urban areas, but certainly you get above the mountain tops could see a whole lot more than that some models want to pay as much as 10 inches of rain in a short amount of time. >>without the root systems to hold the soil of course get those debris flows in those mudslides in a hurry. outside right now you're looking at that rain picking up across the santa cruz mountains now that will start to really intensify as we head toward the midnight hour rest the bay area more scattered showers popping up outside pretty good cell moving through parts of menlo park and palo alto right now but really the main event still yet to come but everybody is seeing the rain out there we certainly feeling the wind. some of those winds gusting over 40 miles per hour outside right

congressional swearing-in, georgia's senate run-off and the upcoming electoral vote, i'm joined by newshour weekend special correspondent jeff greenfield from santa barbara, california. >> jeff, thank you for joining us, i want to begin withhis "washington post-"obtained recording of the president's call to the georgia secretary of state. what do you make of this? of i really feel this left the gravitationaarth. this hour-long phone call of the president ultimately begd, cajoled and threatened the secretary of state to show come up with the 12,000 votes thatim would givehe state of georgia. he suggested maybe you could recalculate. you could be in serious political trouble or even iminal trouble. it is really, i think even to people who in the past have tended to brush off some of ump's more unconventional comebts, this one is realbi rre. and it really has an impact because on tuesday there are two senate races, runoffs that will decide whether the democrats or republicans take the senate and trump has been saying the election is invalid. he has been ranting more about his ection than the two republicans. he is supposed to be in georgia monday in

orderly transition of power santa cruz you must accept responsibility for how your craven self-serving actions contributed to the deaths of 4 people yesterday but if you and senator holly must resign probably not the best time to be calling for political blood given how breaux can and hurt the u.s. sees it's as if something has ingrained itself in the american mindset a complete and utter reluctance to compromise and be civil to your own neighbors and citizens to call on willingness to accept other views opinions and even on race . to. goals were marked storming the capitol what will be no come for your no 2 americas sounds right it does doesn't it they live in the in the same streets and the same towns but they're in different worlds here in their minds this goes beyond political do. differences beyond reason is hate from both sides and. these. obviously it's hard to see how it's going to get better unless absent huge change and we could all see their attitudes are changing democrats just won the senate for the 1st stockman almost a decade there are too cool control of the federal government why you why would they start compromising now latin american studies pr

her new role presiding over the senate she hopes to find common ground rather than serving as a tie breaking vote. >>> a new variant of covid-19 has been discovered in santa clara county, a different variant than found in the uk and is being linked to several large outbreaks, including the one from the kaiser permanente holiday party in san jose. amy, good morning. . what do we know? >> hi, good morning, liz. they say there's no indication that it brings any more serious symptoms. they're very interested in it. they are studying it and very interested that it appeared in the outbreak here at san jose medical center. that outbreak caused a couple of dozen infections and also led to one death. officials are looking into whether a fan powered inflatable christmas costume played a role in officer says this was definitely an unusual outbreak and she says they are trying to understand if that was because of this variant or because of factors at the hospital. >> if founded in santa clara county perhaps in part because we're doing more looking, but to really understand whether these outbreaks are behaving as they are because of the virus or because of some other

senate for a mass at in washington. the man in charge of the service, santa clara university president, reverend kevin o'brien. abc7 news got a chance to speak with him today about how he approached his homily. >> part of jesus' mission was to make this world a more just and gentle place. and that's what the goal of a public servant is too, to serve the common good. >> both biden and father o'brien are good friends from their time in d.c. before father o'brien came to the south bay. >>> all right. let's move on now to the coronavirus pandemic. today california became the first state to top three million total cases. texas has more than two million diagnosed cases. illinois, florida, and new york each have more than one million. only these five states have case counts above a million. now let's look at the numbers another way. break this down for you a little further. by cases per capita, per 100,000 people. by this metric, illinois has the highest case rate. california, texas very close. new york, despite the devastating surge it suffered early in the pandemic, has the lowest case rate among these five state n

law at santa clara university professor thanks for joining us tonight, let's get to what katherine just mentioned so the article of impeachment. came out of the house, we know those to the senate next. we're not sure on a timeline on when it will be heard but the question of whether or not the president could be convicted after he leaves office. talk about that. it it's never happened before and obviously there's something different going on here than has ever been in play and impeachment proceedings before which is the concern. >>someone who's already left the office might run for president again. i think because of that consequence a lot of people think it's peifectly fine to continue with impeachment proceedings because it would still have really important legal consequences namely that donald trump couldn't run for the presidency in but it is sort of in tension with the general purpose of impeachment proceedings which is to remove someone from office. >>so professor again we're looking also discussions around the 14th amendment where of a member of congress has already suggested that some of what's called the enabler of the president should be expelled from congress becaus

santa clara county medical examiner. he was arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder. these are sunnyvale's first homicide since last august. >>> take a live look at capitol hill were senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is proposing delaying the impeachment trial of donald trump until february. still unclear what house speaker nancy pelosi will send the article to the senate but she says his role in instigating an insurrection on the capital is clear. >> he rattled the troops, he urged them on to fight like , he sent them on their way to the capital. he called upon lawlessness. >> she says it is important to hold the senate trial to show there is accountability for president even in his last few weeks in office. she also promised prosecution for any member of congress found to have aided and abetted those who storm the capital. >>> california unemployment claims dropped to the lowest levels in 10 months. the labor department estimates just under 124,000 california workers filed first-time claims last week. that is down by 50,000 from the week before. it still remains high, also highs the number of claims for pandemic unemployment assistance for independent contractors.

senate today. for updates on all of this, visit nbcbayarea.com. >>> and we are still in a pandemic. and in santaits 1,000th victim soon. and while hospitals try to make more room for people that are trying to deal with covid, trying to fight for their lives to stay alive, the county is trying to shift its focus now to vaccinations. let's check in with kris sanchez with more on that part of the story. >> reporter: levi stadium is a positive try to deal with the bholgts neck in covid vaccinations. and the death rate is on the rides and public health leaders say three hospitals are at capacity or near capacity and they brought in refrigerators to hold bodies before they can be moved. and mass vaccination is a critical part of the fight. l.a. already transformed dodger stadium to a vaccination site that could deliver up to 12,000 vaccines when it is fully operational. in san diego, the tail gate lot could deliver up to 5,000 shots a day by the end of the the week. >> certainly getting the vaccine out to these large centralized sites will be very, very helpful in terms of getting a larger proportion

senate right down the middle. 50 members from each party. in that case, harris could test the breaking, effectively giving democrats control of the chamber. >>> still ahead, the new coronavirus restrictions in santa clara county, what is being done to keep workers safe. >>> >>> a suspect is in the hospital tonight after the the police on a chase near downtown berkeley. officers say he robbed the walgreens on shattuck avenue around 8:00 last night, he ran off toward the tang center where he reportedly threatened officers with a chain. police say one officer opened fire, when the suspect advanced toward them. the 51-year-old suspect is in stable condition. >>> pleasanton police are working on a late-night shooting assent to teenagers to the hospital. the victims were driving along stoneridge drive when a suspect in another car started shooting at them. to 18-year-olds were hit, but they are expected to be okay. at this time there is no suspect information, but police do believe this was a targeted incident. >>> now to that wild stunt, police are trying to find too many parachuted off the top of the bar. there was a lot of, oh my god, that was captured on new year's night on top of the grand hotel.

>>state senators who spearheaded the bill will hold a virtual press conference at 10 o'clock this morning to discuss it in more detail. in the south bay, small businesses in santa clara county have a new lifeline to help stay afloat county leaders announced a low interest loan program of up to a $100,000. the program is for businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees, total revenue from last year has to be under 2.5 million dollars and they have to have lost at least 25% in revenue compared to the prior year. approved applicants can get their money as soon as 2 to 3 weeks after submitting their application. time is 4 o 9 we'll take a quick break but coming up on the kron 00:00am morning news calls are growing louder to recall governor gavin newsome one california mayor says that he's exploring a challenge against newsome for the state's top job, let you know who that is. >>the suspect in the deadly new year's eve hit and run makes his first appearance in court we'll tell you what happened. >>and we're back at 4.13. let's get over to the weather center john travel has our look at the forecast on this what is it wednesday. so we're halfway through the week jo

senate today. he's charged with incitement of insurrection. the trial starts in two weeks. >>> parts of santa cruz under an evacuation warning. cal fire says this week storm could be life threatens in the burn scar area with risk of landslides and major flooding. >>> and here's a look at what's going on this morning. you can see most of the showers to our east and to our west. we're going to have a chilly day today and a day to prepare for what's coming tomorrow through wednesday morning. up to 3 inches of rain from this strong storm. >>> number 6, wind is impacting the morning commute. we have a high wind advisory for the bay bridge and also i want to take you to an incident in saratoga. r the first time in 37 years, budweiser's horses are skipping the super bowl. the company says it's going to donate millions of dollars it usually spends on advertising to support covid-19 vaccine awareness. >>> speaking of the super bowl, tom brady versus patrick mahomes. brady and the buccaneers beat aaron rodgers and the packers yesterday. brady who is 43 advances to his 10th super bowl. he's already won

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senator and where in catholic president john f kennedy. attended as well the father kevin o'brien the president santa clara university is going to be delivering then we're going to see the ceremony of the inauguration here shortly they should the at the capital within i don't know maybe the next 10 or 15 minute doesn't take very far you know serial street. >>matthew the apostle is where they're departing now we saw the doors open we saw a number of guests leave we know that by the president elect. >>was joined by the vice president elect kamala harris. their spouses and also but the senate leaders on both probably democratic side, mitch mcconnell, chuck schumer nancy pelosi also there she's the house speaker for this next session of congress coming up we're going to take a quick break as we look live from the steps of the capitol where the inauguration is expected to play out here in just a little while stay tuned. our coverage continues. >>local news station. with breaking news. >>president elect biden just left church and he's on the move headed here to the capitol to be sworn in as our nation's 46 president we can see live pictures here fr

santa rosa, concord, livermore. record to record-tying high temperatures today. the microclimate forecast coming up also. kumasi? >> developing news this morning. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has told his republican leaders that he's undecided on convicting president trump. house speaker nancy pelosi says the bipartisan vote to impeach the president a second time shows that no one is above the law. >> donald trump is a clear and present danger to our country and that once again we honor that oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> now that the house has voted to impeach. house managers will present the article to the senate. but mcconnell says there is no chance that senate would complete the try before wednesday. a look at the time line when it could begin. next tuesday the 19th is when the senate returns. and that is the earlier the house could send the article of impeachment and the next day t 20th is biden's inauguration and that is also the earliest day that the senate could begin the trial. >>> many california lawmakers spoke out on the house floor in the impeachment proceedings. as expected every

senate today. he's charged with incitement of insurrection and that trial starts in two weeks. >>> number four, parts of santare under an evacuation warning. cal fire says this week's storm could be life threatening in the czu burn scar area with risks of landslides and major flooding. >>> yeah. that's in play for sure. number five, is be prepared today. if you haven't checked your wipers, your tires, do it now because flooding and hydroplaning, the roads will be the biggest issue and debris flows, power outages and flooding out of this atmospheric risker that hits tomorrow afternoon through wednesday morning. >> number six, taking a live look outside right now at walnut creek, conditions have really improved but if you had further south towards state route 24 you're going to run into some issues there of slowing due to an earlier sig alert that has now cleared. >>> and number seven, the first dogs have arrived at the white house. chance and major arrived in washington from delaware and some of the favorite things to do so far, champ apparently likes his new bed by the fireplace and major likes running around

senate in washington. lauren blanchard, fox news. protesters in san jose today called for a stop to evictions in santa clara county during the pandemiconstrators representing 30 bay area tenant rights groups blocked the entrance to the santa clara county courthouse. some of them stood locked arm in arm in front of the entrances. the protestors are demanding the court halt all eviction proceedings. and for the sheriff's department to stop carrying out evictions during the pandemic. they also want state lawmakers to pass a stronger eviction moratorium and close loopholes that they say exist in the current regulation. parents aren't really protected. there's way too much. there are way too many loopholes in existing and proposed laws. and so we need to make sure that we stop all evictions. me the sheriff's to stop forcing lockouts when he stopped eviction hearings here at the court. the protesters say there are up to 30 evictions every week in santa clara county. this despite the state's current moratorium on evictions during the pandemic that state lawmakers are now working to extend for more. we're joined now. by amy fishman, executiv