i'm whit johnson. we begin tonight with the restart of the one-dose johnson & johnson vaccine, once considered a game changer in the fight against the coronavirus. the cdc lifting its 11-day pause after 15 cases of rare blood clots were identified. three women died. that's out of 8 million shots administered. nearly half of all states now promising to resume the johnson & johnson vaccine. doses will come with a warning label about the rare potential for blood clots. overall, nearly 36% of the adult population now fully vaccinated but tonight new signs that supply is beginning to outpace demand. some states asking for smaller shipments of vaccine. new york city vaccination sites now accepting walk-ins, no appointment needed. abc's elwyn lopez leading us off from atlanta. >> reporter: tonight, after an 11 day pause, the johnson & johnson vaccine >> i think the benefits outweigh the risks. >> reporter: at least 22 states saying they'll resume the one-dose shots immediately. what would you say to people who

>> whit johnson on the coronavirus tonight. whit, thank you. >>> to the other news tonight, and the trial of former officer derek chauvin in the george floyd case. chauvin speaking for the first time in court today as he ivoked his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination, telling the judge he will not take the stand. abc's alex perez from minneapolis. >> reporter: former police officer derek chauvin today, for the first time, speaking in court, declaring he won't testify in his own defense, telling his lawyer and the judge he was invoking his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. >> i have repeatedly advised you that this is your decision and your decision alone. right? >> correct. >> we have gone back and forth on the matter, would be kind of an understatement, right? >> yes, it is. >> have you made a decision today whether you intend to testify or whether you intend to invoke your fifth amendment privilege? >> i will invoke my fifth amendment privilege today. >> reporter: chauvin's lawyer then resting his

i'm whit johnson in new york. have a great night. >>> mrs.bc 7 news.>>> looks like a lot of people did. the bay area is slowly coming back to life. first time in over a year, a major theme park is open to public. >> this could be one of the biggest steps forward in the return to normal life since the start of the pandemicthe pandemc area theme parks reopening rights today. cornell bernardo joins us live from six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo where a lot of thrillseeking families are back having some fun. is really nice to see. >> reporter: it really is. it looks like the thrills are back. 17 rides operating at ththththth today, the general public is being welcomed back at 15% capacity. a lot of safety precautions going on. for step for many families, roller coasters. >> this would be a yes from everyone who waited to ride the joke roller coaster.roller coaso >> i am really

i'm whit johnson in new york.onstrators marched through oakland, but leave quite a mark. damaging rumors, businesses, and even burning cars. frustration from some of the owners. >>> california is about to hit a significant milestone this weekend with its vaccination effort. >>> the royal family gathers for prince philip's funeral. this special edition of news starts right now. what started out as a peaceful demonstration with hundreds marching through the streets ends with windows being broken, fires being set, and cars being torched. with that, we say good afternoon and thank you for joining us. a big cleanup is happening today in one east bay city after a night of protest. hu

>> whit johnson leading us off tonight. whit, thank you. >>> we turn next tonight to the tiger woods crash. tonight, authorities say he was going up to 87 miles per hour at the time of the crash, in fact, hitting the tree at 75 miles per hour. saying speed was the cause of the crash and that there will be no charges. also saying there was no special treatment in this case. here's our chief national correspondent matt gutman from california tonight. >> reporter: tonight, six weeks after that crash nearly sheared off the front of tiger woods' car, the l.a. sheriff's department concluding speed alone caused the wreck. >> the primary causal factor for this traffic collision was driving at a speed unsafe for the road conditions and the inability to negotiate the curve o the roadway. >> reporter: he was going up to 87 miles per hour, nearly twice the 45-mile-per-hour speed limit. and according to the investigation, the car's so-callso-call ed black box that instead of slamming on the brakes, woods hit the gas. >> it is believed h

i'm whit johnson in new york. i'll see you on "gma" in the morning.ck here tomorrow night. good this unplugged device is protecting our beautiful coastlines and more. put off chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm to help keep our state golden. >>> on this early addition of abc 7 news, states brace for a drop in vaccine supply. people were turned away today from a vaccination site in san francisco. >>> san francisco county reports a steep drop in the number of people getting covid test. officials say that testing is just as important as ever. >>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future,this is abc7 news. >> we had to turn people away pretty early on. >>> problem with supply and demand just as vaccine eligibility expands. the vaccine supply has dwindled. thank you for joining us. demand proved too great today for

>> all right, whit johnson starting us off on the virus story tonight. whit, thank you. we do have more questions on this and we know many of you at home are likely concerned about those headlines about the sites being temporarily halted, so, let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, when you hear about the temporary shutdowns in north carolina, that semiarbitratempo shutdown in colorado, going to make people nervous. are you at all concerned tonight? >> reporter: yeah, so, david, thanks for having me on. we've given out more than 5 million doses of the j&j vaccine. this is not surprising. you're going to see these reactions. they should investigated closely. i suspect we're going to find that there isn't any systemic problem. i'm not surprised. this is such a high profile rollout, we are going to see things like this. >> let's hope they don't find a systemic problem and this is just following the guidelines to shut down temporarily. in the meantime, the other key part of whit's report, the young people across this coun

and whit johnson joins us now. and whit, what are we learning about the millions of americans who are not returning for a second dose of pfizer or moderna vaccines? >> reporter: linsey, we know about 5 million americans who got their first doses may have skipped the second doses. and a new survey in "the new england journal of medicine" found that many americans remain confused about the th sd dose. but health experts are reminding people, you have up to six weeks to get that shot and that is critical for full protection. linsey? >> whit, thank you. >>> and now to president biden marking his first 100 days in office. one day after delivering his first address to a joint session of congress, the president took his message to georgia today, meeting with former president carter and his wife rosalynn. republicans are already pushing back against the president's agenda and its more than $4 trillion price tag. here's abc's senior white house correspondent mary bruce. >> reporter: on his 100th day in office, president bid

>> whit johnson tonight. thank you. >>> one more note on the virus tonight from brazil this evening. they are now losing 3,000 lives every day to the virus, and they're running so low on supplies at hospitals that in some cases they have no sedatives, forced to tie patients to beds after they are intubated to keep them from pulling the tubes out in the effort to give them oxygen just help them to breathe. here's matt gutman tonight. >> reporter: tonight, in brazil, those sprawling field hospitals capturing brazil's growing emergency. death sweeping the country. more people now dying there of covid than anywhere else in the world, more than 3,000 a day. >> the failed response in brazil has caused a humanitarian catastrophe. >> reporter: hundreds of hospitals are short or out of sedatives critical for intubation. and now that image, a patient's hand secured to his hospital bed. brazilian news outlets reporting that staff are forced to take extreme measures. having to restrain more patients than they typically w

>> whit johnson on the virus tonight. thank you, and we'll see you and lindsey here this weekend. in the meantime we turn next to the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on george floyd taking the stand today, and what he revealed about floyd's death. alex perez in minneapolis again tonight. >> reporter: today the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on george floyd testifying floyd had very severe underlying heart disease at the time he struggled with the officers and came under the knee of derek chauvin. >> the law enforcement subdual, restraint, and the neck compression was just more than mr. floyd could take by virtue of those heart conditions. >> reporter: dr. andrew baker's testimony providing an opening for the defense, which argues heart disease and drug use led to floyd's death. >> in your opinion, both the heart disease as well as the history of hypertension and the drug -- the drugs that were in his system played a role in mr. floyd's death? >> in my opinion, yes. >> reporter: the prosecution qui

whit johnson. >>> with the help of national geographic we are teaming up with abc station across thery for an earth day special. our america climate of hope looks at the impact of climate change across the country. when it comes to covering the bay area you will notice a familiar face. here is a sneak peek. >> when we think about agriculture in the bay area, a lot of people tend to think about wine country, the vineyards and grapes. grapes are very sensitive to a changing climate. as our climate warms, our grapes can ripen even faster meaning we are harvesting them even sooner. add wildfires in the north bay. that smoke is now tainting the grapes. we can change the flavor entirely. >> it looks like by the end of the century if we keep going like we are going, the same amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we could see temperatures eight degrees warmer than they are today. >> you can almost reclassify new york city's climate zone. we are starting to behave more like a midatlantic climate, especially in the city. that will have implications for everything, if it's the wildlife

here's whit johnson. >> reporter: tonight, even as the u.s. reaches that new milestone, 200 million shots into arm >> just go ahead and relax. there we go. just like that. >> reporter: the pandemic still raging. deaths climbing in 27 states, more than half the country. the cdc blaming relaxed mask mandates, indoor dining, and those highly contagious variants. >> more than 50% to 70% more transmissible. which makes the race to stop the transmission even more challenging, and threatens to overwhelm our health-care system again in parts of this country. >> reporter: more than 73,000 new cases reported in just 26 hours. michigan, now ground zero, hospitals hitting capacity. >> you could barely get around the hallways. there were so many people. almost every inch of every hallway in emergency departments were full. to me that was very much like a war zone. >> reporter: 55-year-old john english wasn't able to get the vaccine before he got covid. >> my oxygen fluctuates. can't go home yet. >> reporter: more than 30% of american adults have been fully

here's whit johnson tonight. >> reporter: the mastermind of the largest ponzi scheme in american history, dying behind bars in north carolina at the age of 82. bernie madoff's health deteriorating in recent months. in a wheelchair, suffering from kidney disease. >> he was an aging, debilitated man who was in many ways broken at this point in his life. >> reporter: madoff died 12 years into a 150-year sentence. the disgraced financier defrauding thousands of investors. pleading guilty to the scheme, the 2008 financial crisis. >> he nt only destroyed my life but he's destroyed the lives of thousands of people. >> reporter: madoff's wife ruth madoff, reportedly living quietly out of the public eye in connecticut and florida, always claimed she knew nothing. the fraud was ultimately valued at $17.5 billion. most of that has been recovered for the victims. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, the new cdc study on airplanes and the middle seat. saturdays happen. pain happens. aleve it. aleve is proven stronger and longer on pain than tylenol. when pain happens, aleve it. all day strong. ♪ ♪ oc

whit johnson is here tomorrow. i'll be with you sunday., good night >>> if you can't come to us, we are going to bring it to you. it is more than a message. you will see if this to make sure vaccinations happen equitably in one area city. >> we cannot forget that testing is critical. >> the bay area's biggest county warns about forgetting the basics, getting tested. >>> i am tracking a cooling trend coming into easter weekend. i will show you the details, coming up. >>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc7 news. >>> as much as i wanted to say we are done, take the masks off, let's go back to our original form, i would love to do that, i can't wait for that announcement. we are just not there yet. we are getting so close. >> we are getting so close, words from governor gavin newsom just one hour ago come shortly after we are getting back something we have missed over a year. good evening, thank you for joining us. >> today, we learn how concerts and shows could resume. a lot of the rules sound familiar

abc's whit johnson is live from edge, hudson yards, here in new york. morning, whit. >> reporter: michael, good morning. it is quite the view from up here and it's been a long painful turnaround for new york city, much of it shut down for more than a year in this pandemic but now thanks to revved up vaccinations and plunging infection rates, the mayor says get ready for a summertime comeback. this morning signs of hope for the u.s. in the long fight against covid-19. more than half the country reporting a decline in cases over the last week. >> this is going to be the summer of new york city. >> new york city once the epicenter of the pandemic planning to fully re-open july 1st at 100% capacity. >> music to my ears. we've been waiting a long time. the city seems to be very excited to get out. >> they're ready to celebrate. our newfound freedom if you will. >> reporter: the move impacting everything from bars, restaurants, stores, even stadiums, but most broadway theaters will have to wait until september. >> we now can set this goal because we've been m

our whit johnson is at a vaccination center in new york with the latest. it, good morning to you. >> reporter: t.j., good morning. dr. anthony fauci calls this a turning point in the pandemic. millions more americans are getting vaccinated every day, and yet still hospitalizations and cases are moving in the wrong direction. especially in hot spots like michigan where health experts say younger unvaccinated americans are driving a new surge. this morning, covid cases on the rise across the country, up 31% in just the last month. in michigan the state with the highest rate of infections, 24 hospitals are at 90% capacity. >> we have huge wait times in the e.r. we have a lot of patients that are backing up that don't have beds on the floor because we're simply filling up. >> reporter: as more americans get the vaccine, pfizer's ceo now saying fully vaccinated people will likely need a booster shot within 12 months and may also need follow-up shots every year. experts don't know exactly how long protection from vaccines will last. both pfizer and moderna are al

whit johnson is at a vaccination site here in new york.nd make it more difficult to restart vaccinations in the future. but even though blood clots are extremely rare, the cdc panel insists they need more time to investigate. this morning, use of the johnson & johnson vaccine remains at a standstill. a cdc advisory panel looking into those rare cases of blood clots deciding to hold off on making a decision about using the vaccine until they have more information. >> i'm definitely in favor of a pause because the true incidence of this condition may be revealed now that we've had so many more doses administered. >> reporter: the rare blood clots reported in only 6 of the nearly 7 million americans who have received the johnson & johnson one-dose vaccine. a less than 1 in a million occurrence. all six were women between 18 and 48 years old. they got sick within two weeks of getting vaccinated. it is unclear if the vaccine is responsible for those clots. while none of these patients had a known clotting disorder, three women were obese, one h

whit johnson, abc news, new york. >>> president biden met with the japanese prime minister, his first. he spoke with the president about the increase in violence against asian people in the u.s.. >> president biden's comment that the discriminations and violence can not be allowed and that he firmly opposes it and i have renewed my confidence in american democracy once again. >> there are a couple of anti-hate rallies this weekend in the bay area. one today in san francisco and another in milbray. >>> still ahead, a new use for the old crayons to keep them out of the landfill. that will be an interesting story for you. >>> first a live look outside as we head to break. you can see it started out a little bit cloudy and gray this morning, but things should be getting nice are you managing your diabetes... ...using fingersticks? with the new freestyle libre 2 system, a continuous glucose monitor, you can check your glucose with a painless, one-second scan. and now with optional alarms, you can choose to be notified if you go too high or too low. and for those who qualify, the freestyle

good morning, whit. >> reporter: amy, good morning, the johnson & johnson vaccine is still on hold herets in at least six women and now we're hearing from the family of an 18-year-old who says her reaction was so severe she was hospitalized and placed in a medically induced coma. this morning, as the cdc advisory panel prepares to meet to discuss the johnson & johnson vaccine, this 18-year-old is fighting for her life, according to a family spokesperson, emmy burkey from nevada is one of the signature women experiencing those rare blood clots. >> the family is very concerned. you know, it's just one of those situations, you know, where are we going to be able to keep her, are we going to lose her. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the family says she suffered multiple seizures a few days after getting her shot, was hospitalized and placed in a medically induced coma. now she is slowly recovering. the rare blood clots reported in only six of the nearly 7 million americans who have received the one-dose vaccine. a less than 1 in a million occurrence. while it's unclear if the vaccine is res

whit johnson is at a vaccination center here in manhattan.morning to you. the rollout of the johnson & johnson vaccine is facing a couple hurdles at once, states are bracing for a nearly 85% drop in doses next week. a few vaccination sites paused operations temporarily after a small number of people had mild reactions. but health experts insist the vaccine is safe and effective. this morning, the cdc finding no safety issues at this north carolina vaccine site now recommending vaccinations continue at pnc arena paused earlier when 18 people reported symptoms of nausea and dizziness in connection with the johnson & johnson single shot vaccine. four went to the hospital for observation, and according to officials, vaccinations paused out of an abundance of caution after a handful of people at unc chapel hill felt faint or lightheaded. none hospitalized. a day before a vaccination site in colorado also halted temporarily after 11 people out of 1,700 who got shots that day had mild reactions. two went to the hospital for observation and were rele

whit, over to you. >> we'll check back with you in a bit. >>> the breaking news, the cdc and fda saying johnson & johnson vaccinations can resume immediately after being halted for more than a week due to concerns over rare blood clots. overall in the vaccine rollout nearly 53% of americans over the age of 18 have received at least one dose, more than 35% are fully vaccinated. abc's elwyn lopez is at cdc headquarters in atlanta with more. elwyn, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. some of those single-dose vaccines could roll out as early as this morning. the u.s. back again to having three tools in the arsenal against the virus. johnson & johnson's covid-19 vaccine can resume immediately. >> reporter: this morning, the johnson & johnson vaccine is back in use after an 11-day pause. the fda and the cdc saying the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks. at least 18 states officially saying they'll resume use. >> we're confident that the janssen covid-19 vaccine meets our robust standards for safety, effectiveness and quality for a medical product that's used widely. >> reporter: this after

whit. now most states are back to having three arrows in their quiver fighting this virus with the return of the johnson & johnson vaccine, which is also the most efficient at getting a person fully vaccinated, but we are seeing a potentially concerning trend just ahead and that some states are already reporting a dwindling demand for the vaccine. johnson & johnson's one-shot l 24 hours after the pause was lifted. >> my arm was sore right after they gave it to me, but that went away after about an hour, and so far, so good. >> reporter: emily murray from detroit, one of the first in line. >> you have to decide if the risk is worth it to you. >> reporter: more than 30 states offering to offer the shot once again. indianapolis motor speedway administering them at this massive vaccine drive. >> we're trying to reach as many people as we can. the science is really clear that it's really safe and effective vaccines. >> reporter: it took 11 days for federal health officials to lift the j&j pause. out of 8 million administered doses, the cdc found 15 women suffered from a rare blood clot after getting the shot

whit. it is great news with that record number of vaccine doses administered yesterday. we have a steep dropoff with the supply of the johnson & johnson vaccine coming up, and right now it is so important we maintain our momentum because a frightening and increasing number of people are getting sick. this morning, health officials fear a fourth coronavirus wave is taking hold. on top of rising cases over the past two weeks, hospitalizations climbing 12% with states like michigan hit even harder. >> the number of cases, the number of patients within our hospitals has doubled over the last two weeks. >> reporter: many hospitals there filling up, now reverting to midpandemic restrictions. state officials asking people to stop gathering indoors. the virus putting this jackson teacher in a coma a year ago. he's relieved to be vaccinated, but remembers the terror. >> i remember i didn't want to go to sleep because i was afraid i wouldn't wake up if i did. >> reporter: now further hindering the fight, the sharp decline in the supply of the johnson & johnson vaccine, expected to drop 85% this week, forcing vaccine sites from califor