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FOR FREE SERVICE CALL FRIDO FOR TWO OH OH THREE NINE FIVE RIGHT NOW ON TWELVE IT'S 12 CAUGHT ON
TAPE.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN THE
HOT SEAT AFTER A TENSE PHONE
CALL WITH GEORGIA ELECTION
OFFICIALS.
THE CONTROVERSIAL PHONE CALL
COMING JUST AHEAD OF A KEY
ELECTION IN THE PEACH STATE.
PLUS HOW YOU CAN GET LOCAL
PRODUCE WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO
LEAVE YOUR HOME.
AND WHAT ONE VALLEY DISTRICT IS
DOING TO PREVENT A TEACHER
SICKOUT AS STUDENTS RETURN TO
IN-PERSON LEARNING THIS WEEK.
TWELVE TWELVE STARTS RIGHT NOW.
TWELVE MINUTES NO COMMERCIALS
WERE ON TV AND ON THE GO UNDER
12 NEW ZAB WEB SITE AND
YOUTUBE.
HEY GUYS, TRAM HERE.
LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO OUR BIG
STORY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH
NEW THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SERVICES REPORTED MORE THAN 50
ONE HUNDRED NEW CASES TODAY
ALONG WITH THREE NEW DEATHS
RIGHT NOW.
ARIZONA'S SEVEN DAY AVERAGE FOR
CASES SITS RIGHT AROUND THE 80
100 MARK WHICH IS STILL VERY
HIGH SINCE A NEW YEAR ATHM HAS
REPORTED MORE THAN FORTY ONE
THOUSAND NEW CASES AMID THE
SPIKE.
STUDENTS IN THE CHANDLER
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BACK IN CLASS
TOMORROW.
BUT THE DISTRICT IS NOW BRACING
FOR A TEACHER SICKOUT.
DEAN TELLS MATT URI'S JOINS US
WITH THIS DEVELOPING STORY.
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
NOW LEADERS HERE BRACING FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF HUNDREDS OF
SICK OUT CALLS FROM TEACHERS.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO A RELEASE
FROM THE DISTRICT.
YOU'VE ALSO GOT A RECENT SHARP
SURVEY SHOWING 65 PERCENT OF
STAFF MEMBERS DO NOT FEEL
COMFORTABLE RETURNING TO SCHOOL
IN PERSON.
THAT'S FROM THE CHANDLER
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
INSTEAD MOST PREFERRING TO
IMPLEMENT VIRTUAL LEARNING
SINCE THANKSGIVING, ARIZONA'S
HAD MORE THAN 160000 NEW CORONA
VIRUS CASES.
AND HEALTH OFFICIALS WARN THAT
NUMBER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO
CLIMB FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS AND
NEW YEAR'S OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE STATE'S SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION KATHY HOFFMAN
CALLED ON GOVERNOR DEUCY TO
INVOKE A TWO WEEK QUARANTINE
FOR ALL SCHOOLS PUSHING
EVERYONE ONLINE.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> CAN'T IGNORE THE DATA AND I
CAN'T STAND BY WHEN THERE ARE
LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF
ARIZONANS DYING EVERY COUPLE
WEEKS.
>> IN A STATEMENT THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TELLS 12
NEWS DEUCY WILL NOT CONSIDER
HOFFMAN'S REQUEST SAYING IT'S A
LOCAL DECISION.
AN ONLINE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE
JUST HOURS FROM NOW.
DISTRICT LEADERS ARE HOLDING AN
EMERGENCY MEETING.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
DESKOVIC BENCHMARKS AS WELL AS
THOSE KOVIK NUMBERS.
FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE AS OF LAST
WEEK THE BENCHMARKS SET BY THE
STATE RECOMMEND ALL SCHOOLS BE
MOVED TO VIRTUAL LEARNING.
STAY WITH 12 NEWS AS MORE
INFORMATION COMES OUT OF THIS
MEETING IN CHANDLER MET YEARS.
TWELVE NEWS .
MATT, THANK YOU.
HAPPENING TODAY, SOME OF THE
PEOPLE IN PHASE ONE A WHO GOT
THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE ARE DUE FOR
THEIR SECOND DOSE TODAY.
PHASE ONE INCLUDES HIGH RISK
HEALTH CARE WORKERS PLUS LONG
TERM CARE RESIDENTS AND STAFF.
BUT THE FIRST PHASE OF THE
ROLLOUT HAS BEEN SLOWER THAN
EXPECTED.
THE SAME HEALTH CARE WORKERS
AND DEPARTMENTS WHO'VE BEEN
STRETCHED TO SAVE LIVES DURING
A PANDEMIC ARE NOW VACCINATING
TO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THIS VIRUS ALSO OCCURRED IN THE
MIDST OF A SURGE IN A LOT OF
THE LOCAL CAPACITY TO BE ABLE
TO VACCINATE.
>> WITH BEING USED FOR TESTING
AND RESPONDING TO A SURGE SO
FAR ONLY ABOUT 80000 PEOPLE
HAVE RECEIVED THEIR FIRST
VACCINE HERE IN ARIZONA ACROSS
THE U.S. ONLY ABOUT FOUR
MILLION HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HOPED
TO HAVE 20 MILLION AMERICANS
VACCINATED BY THE END OF 2020.
SO TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS.
GOVERNOR DEUCY ISSUED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER LAST WEEK
CREATING MORE VACCINATION SITES
.
THE MARICOPA COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY
EXPECT THINGS TO MOVE FASTER
ONCE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
GROUP ON THE PRIORITY LIST
WHICH IS PHASE ONE BEEF.
WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER THING
HAPPENING THIS WEEK THAT COULD
SPEED UP THE PROCESS.
THE FDA IS EXPECTED TO CONSIDER
GIVING HALF DOSES OF THE DERN'S
VACCINE TO PEOPLE AGES 18 TO
55.
THE HEAD OF OPERATION WARP
SPEED SAYS CLINICAL DATA SHOWS
THE VACCINE CAN BE JUST AS
EFFECTIVE GIVEN AT HALF DOSES
TO THAT AGE GROUP.
THE U.S. VACCINE CHIEF SAYS THE
MOVE COULD MAKE THE CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE AVAILABLE TO TWICE AS
MANY PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF
55.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING
TO BE ONE OF THOSE WEEKS, YOU
KNOW, WHEN YOU NEED A WARDROBE
CHANGE.
MIDDAY HERE'S CRISTAL WITH YOUR
FOUR ONE ONE FORECAST UNLIKE
ALL OF YOU DON'T HAVE TO WONDER
WHAT FROZEN THINGS DO IN
SUMMER.
>> AND WHILE WE'RE NOT GOING TO
BE SETTING THINGS ON SUMMER
MODE, WE ARE RESETTING THE
THERMOSTAT TO FEEL MORE LIKE
WE'RE ABOUT READY TO HEAD INTO
SPRING.
IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
SO THE LITTLE BITTY DOTS OF
SNOW HERE AND THERE ACROSS THE
HIGH COUNTRY ARE GOING GOING
GONE QUICKLY AS WE START
BRINGING THAT NEEDLE FROM EARLY
JANUARY STANDARDS TO FEBRUARY
STANDARD SOME CASES LATE
FEBRUARY STANDARDS HERE.
THAT'S GOING TO TRANSLATE TO
TEMPS ACROSS ARIZONA THAT ARE
FIVE TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE
AVERAGE.
AND THAT'S GOING TO MEAN A LOT
OF 70S FOR THE VALLEY.
NOW TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE ON THE
CUSP OF 70S IN PHENIX BUT WE'LL
BE DIALING UP ON THOSE NUMBERS
EACH DAY.
IN FACT, WE'RE IN A LAND IN THE
70S AND HE'LL ABANDON YUMA
ALREADY STARTING TO FEEL THE
MILDER STUFF THERE FOR THOSE
AFTERNOON READING 68 LAKE
HAVASU ON THE VERGE OF 60 AND
PRESCOT WILL ACHIEVE THAT PACE
AND FIFTY THREE.
YOUR MAXIMUM IN FLAGSTAFF THIS
AFTERNOON AND AS FAR AS WHETHER
IT WILL RAIN OR NOT, IT'S NOT
WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINTS.
WE ARE JUST LOCKED IN A DRY
PATTERN.
SO GO AHEAD.
YOU'RE GETTING THE GREEN LIGHT
TO MAKE YOUR CARS SPARKLE.
TAKE IT THROUGH THAT CAR WASH
OR BUST OUT THE BUBBLES AND DO
IT YOURSELF.
THOSE CLOUDS THEY'RE GOING TO
COME AND GO BUT THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO BE OFFERING UP
ANYTHING.
SO YOU COULD SEE HOW THE DRY
WEATHER STRETCHES OUT HERE
ACROSS THE SEVEN DAY AND SO DO
THOSE MILD AFTERNOONS IN THE
70S.
BUT BE READY FOR THE MORNINGS.
THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE
CHILLY IN THE 40S.
ALL RIGHT, CRYSTAL, THANK YOU.
THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN.
CONGRESS IS OFFICIALLY ON THE
JOB IN D.C. IN A RARE SUNDAY
SESSION NEWLY ELECTED AND
RETURNING MEMBERS TOOK THE OATH
OF OFFICE.
OF COURSE BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC IT LOOKED A LOT
DIFFERENT.
THE NUMBER OF SENATORS SWORN IN
AT THE TIME WAS SMALLER TO
MINIMIZE CROWDIE.
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI WAS
ALSO REELECTED.
PELOSI HAS LED HER PARTY IN THE
HOUSE SINCE 2003.
THE PANDEMIC HAS CERTAINLY
CHANGED HOW WE HOST EVENTS AND
THAT INCLUDES PRESIDENT ELECT
JOE BIDEN'S INAUGURATION.
MEMBERS OF THE INAUGURAL
COMMITTEE ARE URGING PEOPLE NOT
TO TRAVEL TO D.C. AND INSTEAD
WATCH THE EVENT FROM HOME TO
MINIMIZE CROWDS.
THEY PLAN TO HOLD A VIRTUAL
PARADE AFTER BIDEN IS SWORN IN
THAT WILL CELEBRATE AMERICAN
HEROES AND REFLECT ON OUR
NATION'S DIVERSITY AND HERITAGE
.
MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
STILL LOOKING TO OVERTURN THE
ELECTION RESULTS.
STUNNING HOUR LONG CALL WHERE
THE PRESIDENT DEMANDS TO
OVERTURN GEORGIA'S ELECTION
RESULTS COMES AS THE STATE IS
GETTING READY TO KICK OFF THE
SENATE RUNOFF ELECTION.
TOMORROW'S ELECTION WILL
DETERMINE WHICH PARTY CONTROLS
THE SENATE.
AND IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE THE
FINAL TWO SENATE SEATS IN THE
PEACH STATE, PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND PRESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN
ARE EXPECTED TO HOST EVENTS IN
GEORGIA TODAY.
TEAM TELLS TRACY POTTS HAS MORE
.
>> NBC NEWS OBTAINED THIS
RECORDING OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
CALLING GEORGIA SECRETARY OF
STATE BRAD RAFFENSPERGER
BEGGING HIM TO CHANGE ELECTION
RESULTS.
>> I JUST WANT TO FIND ELEVEN
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY VOTES WHICH IS ONE MORE
THAN WE HAVE BECAUSE WE WON THE
STATE.
I ONLY NEED 11000 VOTES.
TELL US I NEED 11000 VOTES.
GIVE ME A BREAK.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH
SAYING THAT YOU KNOW THAT
YOU'VE RECALCULATED.
>> WELL, MR. PRESIDENT, THE
CHALLENGE THAT YOU HAVE IS THE
DATA YOU HAVE AS WELL.
>> THE PRESIDENT PRESSURES
RAFFENSPERGER FOR AN HOUR EVEN
SUGGESTING THAT NOT CHANGING
THE NUMBERS COULD BE ILLEGAL.
BUT THAT'S A CRIMINAL THAT'S A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
>> THAT'S A BIG RISK TO YOU AND
TO RYAN, YOUR LAWYER.
THAT'S A BIG RISK.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE CONDEMNING THE
PRESIDENT.
>> I ACTUALLY WASN'T SURPRISED
BY THIS CALL THE PRESIDENT HAS
SHOWN US A LONG, LONG TIME AGO
WHO HE IS.
NO REACTION YET FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE OR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
>> THE PRESIDENT TWEETED THAT
RAFFENSPERGER WAS UNWILLING OR
UNABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS.
THE SECRETARY RESPONDED.
THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT ON
CAPITOL HILL.
DOZEN REPUBLICANS ARE PREPARING
TO CHALLENGE THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE RESULTS.
AND THEY'RE FACING BACKLASH
FROM THEIR OWN PARTY.
>> IT'S NOT AN EFFORT THAT I'M
GOING TO SUPPORT.
>> THE NEW CONGRESS IS
SCHEDULED TO CERTIFY THOSE
RESULTS WEDNESDAY.
TRACY POTTS, NBC NEWS .
WELL, IT'S TIME NOW FOR IN
OTHER NEWS THE STORIES YOU MAY
SEE TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
TODAY.
ACTRESS TANYA ROBERTS, A BOND
GIRL AND TV STAR HAS PASSED
AWAY.
SHE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE
AS A JAMES BOND GIRL IN THE
FILM OF VIEW TO A KILL AND ALSO
STARRED IN THE TV SHOWS
CHARLIE'S ANGELS AND THAT 70S
SHOW.
SHE WAS 65 YEARS OLD.
SON'S BASKETBALL LEGEND PAUL
WESTFALL HAS DIED.
THE HALL OF FAMER AND NBA
CHAMPION WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN
AGGRESSIVE FORM OF BRAIN CANCER
LAST YEAR.
WESTFALL SPENT 14 YEARS WITH
SUNS AS A PLAYER AND COACH.
HE HELPED LEAD THE TEAM TO THE
1976 NBA FINALS AS A PLAYER AND
AGAIN IN NINETEEN NINETY THREE
AS A COACH.
HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE
BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME BACK IN
TWENTY NINETEEN.
HE WAS A 70 YEARS OLD.
WHAT'S SAD MONDAY FOR CARDS
FANS ARE REDBIRDS MISSING THE
PLAYOFFS FOR ANOTHER YEAR AFTER
A TOUGH LOSS TO THE RAMS.
THE CARDS FALLING SHORT IN
THEIR GAME YESTERDAY FINAL
SCORE 18 SEVEN.
THE CARDS FINISH THE YEAR EIGHT
AND EIGHT.
THEY WILL PICK 17TH OVERALL IN
THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE NFL
DRAFT.
WELL, TWENTY CHANGED THE WAY WE
DO A LOT OF THINGS AND SOME OF
THOSE CHANGES ARE WORTH KEEPING
IN THE NEW YEAR.
TELLS VANESSA RAMIREZ
DISCOVERED VALLEY BUSINESS
MAKING IT A LOT EASIER TO GET
LOCAL PRODUCE WITHOUT EVER
HAVING TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE.
>> WHETHER OUT OF CONVENIENCE
OR NECESSITY BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC, CONTACTLESS SHOPPING
IS BECOMING A MORE POPULAR
CHOICE FOR SHOPPERS.
A RECENT HARRIS POLL FOUND
SEVEN OUT 10 CONSUMERS
PREFERRED CONTACTLESS SHOPPING
AND A THIRD WOULD BE OK WITH
NEVER SETTING FOOT IN A
PHYSICAL STORE EVER AGAIN.
IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO
CONVENIENCE.
LONGTIME FRIENDS AND VALLEY
NATIVES KEVIN KEMPER AND ANDY
TOOLEY RECOGNIZE THE SURGING
DEMAND AND CONTACTLESS SHOPPING
TAKING THEIR YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE AND FARMING AND
PRODUCE TO START A NEW
BUSINESS.
SO MY FAMILY HISTORY IS IN
WHOLESALE PRETTY SOON.
I GREW UP WORKING FOR MY MOTHER
AND FATHER WILLIE HDB PRODUCE
AND OUR BUSINESS PRIMARILY
DEALS WITH RESTAURANTS,
SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, BIGGER
COMMERCIAL CLIENT.
BUT WE NEVER HAD A WAY TO
CONNECT IT TO THE DAY TO DAY
CONSUMER.
SO THAT'S WHERE BIRD I WAS BORN
IN THE PRODUCE WORLD OF BIRD
DOG IS WHAT THEY CALL A PERSON
WHO GETS SENT OUT ON THE FIELD
TO INSPECT THE QUALITY OF THE
PRODUCE.
>> SO OUR GOAL IS TO BE THE
BIRD DOG.
FOR YOU THE DAY TO DAY CONSUMER
WE'RE ABLE TO ELIMINATE ALL OF
THOSE OTHER MIDDLEMEN WHERE IT
GOES FROM THE FARM TO THE BOX
TO YOUR HOUSE OFFERING FARM TO
TABLE PRODUCE WITH THE SAME
CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY THAT YOU
GET WITH THE CONTACTLESS
SHOPPING SERVICES AT GROCERY
STORES.
SO WE OFFER ABOUT 80 TO 100
ITEMS.
SOME OF THE FUN STUFF WE GOT
HERE IS ISHIDO PEPPERS.
THOSE ARE THOSE ARE AWESOME.
JUST SOME WONDERFUL DELICIOUS
BERRIES OR BERRIES ARE ALWAYS
MUCH BETTER QUALITY THAN YOU'LL
FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
WE HAVE SOME FUN MANGOES.
WE GOT SOME GRAPES, GET SOME
CAULIFLOWER, SOME BEAUTIFUL
STUFF.
THE BUSINESS IS RELATIVELY NEW
BUT DURING TIMES OF A PANDEMIC
THEY FEEL THEY CAN MAKE AN
IMPACT AND PHENIX.
VANESSA.
WELL, THAT PROTOS LOOKS GREAT
AND SO CONVENIENT, RIGHT?
>> WELL, THAT'S TWELVE IT'S
WELL THE FACTS ON EVERYTHING
YOU NEED TO KNOW.
JUST 12 MINUTES.