UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF SECURITY AND A CITY ON LOCKDOWN TONIGHT AHEAD OF INAUGURATION DAY. GOOD
EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M MARCELLA LEE IN FOR BARBARA
LEE EDWARDS. I'M CARLOS
SHIKATA. WE ARE DOWN TO JUST
HOURS FROM JOE BIDEN BEING
SWORN IN AS THE FORTY SIXTH
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA. AND TODAY HE
ARRIVED TO A CITY OCCUPIED WITH
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS AND A
CAPITAL SURROUNDED BY RAZOR
WIRE. THERE'S A STEEP PRICE HAS
MORE ON THE LEVEL OF SECURITY
TONIGHT IN WASHINGTON AND IN
SACRAMENTO. MORE THAN 20000
NATIONAL GUARD HAVE ARRIVED IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. TO BEEF UP
SECURITY FOR TOMORROW'S
INAUGURATION. OUR LOCAL
REPRESENTATIVE SAY DESPITE THE
THREAT OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM,
THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE TO
SEND AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE. I
FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE
CANNOT LET THIS ANGRY MOB. WE
CANNOT LET THESE
INSURRECTIONISTS GET IN THE WAY
OF OUR DEMOCRATIC TRADITIONS.
REPRESENTATIVE SARAH JACOBS
SAYS SHE FEELS CONFIDENT THAT
SECURITY AROUND THE VENUES
HOSTING EVENTS WEDNESDAY WILL
BE PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING. AND
SHE'S NOT ALONE. THEY'RE
ANONYMOUS AND THERE'S TANKS ALL
THE WAY ALONG THE VARIOUS
STREETS AND IT IS A UNIQUE
EXPERIENCE TO ITS
REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT PETERS
THIRD INAUGURATION. BUT THIS
ONE PROMISES TO BE LIKE NO
OTHER IN HISTORY. SO MANY
STREETS BLOCKED OFF, SECURITY
SO TIGHT. HE TOLD ME HE STILL
HASN'T FIGURED OUT EXACTLY HOW
HE'S GOING TO PHYSICALLY GET TO
THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY. WE'RE
COMING UP WITH A TURN BY TURN
KIND OF MATRIX TOMORROW BECAUSE
THE CAPITAL IS SO FORTIFIED
WITH WITH TROOPS LITERALLY
THOUSANDS OF TROOPS THAT ARE
BLOCKING OFF A LOT OF THE
STREETS. TOGETHER WE PUT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE BACK IN CHARGE
OF OUR COUNTRY IN HIS FAREWELL
ADDRESS TO THE NATION TUESDAY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSED THE
GROWING FEAR THAT EXTREMIST
GROUPS MAY TRY TO DISRUPT THE
INAUGURAL ASIAN POLITICAL
VIOLENCE IS AN ATTACK ON
EVERYTHING WE CHERISH AS
AMERICANS. IT CAN NEVER BE
TOLERATED. IN SACRAMENTO THEY
ARE ALSO TAKING NO CHANCES WITH
THE NATIONAL GUARD PROTECTING
THE CAPITAL. THERE HAS BEEN NO
SPECIFIC THREAT HERE BUT THE
MAYOR SAID THESE DAYS YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT IS AND ISN'T A TARGET
SO IT'S BETTER TO BE PREPARED.
MEANWHILE IN THE NATION'S
CAPITAL BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC
THERE WILL BE A MUCH SMALLER
CROWD IN D.C. FOR THE
INAUGURATION. SO THAT SHOULD
HELP WITH SECURITY AS WELL.
REPRESENTATIVE PETERS SAYS HE
USUALLY GETS 60 GUEST PASSES
FOR THE INAUGURATION THIS YEAR.
HE GOT JUST ONE WITHOUT
QUESTION. IT'S AN INAUGURATION
UNLIKE ANY OTHER. STEVE PRICE,
NEWS 8. AND HERE'S A LOOK AT
OUR COVERAGE FOR TOMORROW. WE
START AT 5:00 A.M. ON THE CW
WITH NEWS 8 THIS MORNING. CBS
SPECIAL INAUGURATION COVERAGE
STARTS AT 6:00 A.M. WITH THE
SWEARING IN EXPECTED AT 9:00
A.M. THAT'S NOON D.C. TIME. WE
WILL TAKE OVER AGAIN AT 1:00
P.M. WITH A SPECIAL EDITION OF
NEWS 8 FOLLOWED BY OUR REGULAR
AFTERNOON SHOWS AND THEN AT
EIGHT THIRTY. TOMORROW NIGHT
THE PRIMETIME SPECIAL
CELEBRATING AMERICA HOSTED BY
TOM HANKS. YOU CAN FIND
SPECIFICS ABOUT THE CEREMONIES
AND THE CELEBRATIONS BY GO INTO
OUR WEB SITE CBS SITCOM AND ON
THE NEWS TO A HIGH WIND EVENT
IS SWEEPING ACROSS SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW INCLUDING
HERE IN SAN DIEGO. YOU CAN HEAR
THE WIND WHIPPING RIGHT NOW
THROUGHOUT THE DAY WE HAVE SEEN
DOWN TREES, OVERTURNED VEHICLES
AND DEBRIS ACROSS ALL OF OUR
ROADS. A VACCINE CLINIC AT
QUANTICO AND CHULA VISTA WAS
CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WIND
AND THESE EIGHT SHANNON HENRY
HAS MORE FROM ALPINE ON THE
CONDITIONS AND THE RESPONSE
FROM OFFICIALS. WE'RE HERE AT
THE ALPINE REST STOP WHERE
SEVERAL TRUCKS HAVE PULLED OVER
BECAUSE OF THESE WINDS. IN FACT
AT TIMES IT'S EVEN DIFFICULT
FOR US TO JUST STAND STILL.
WE'VE SEEN GUSTS UPWARDS 80
MILES AN HOUR IN OUR HIGHER
ELEVATION AREAS. FIRE OFFICIALS
AND YOU DO NEED BOTH SAY
THEY'RE ON HIGH ALERT WHILE
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. HEADING
EAST TUESDAY YOU COULD SEE DUST
AND DEBRIS FLYING ACROSS THE
ROADWAY JUST PAST HAVE UNTIL
VALLEY ROAD EXIT. WE FOUND THIS
BIG RIG TOPPLED OVER BECAUSE OF
THE WIND. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS
HURT THOUGH IT'S THESE TYPES OF
INCIDENTS OFFICIALS ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT. ALSO WITH
THESE WIDESPREAD WINDS OF 30 TO
50 MILES AN HOUR, WE HAVE A
CONCERN WITH DOWNED TREES,
DOWNED POWER LINES, HIGHER
PROFILE VEHICLES TOPPLING OVER
ON THE INTERSTATES. OBVIOUSLY
WIDESPREAD POTENTIAL DUST
BLOWING. CAL FIRE CAPTAIN
FRANKLIN KOLKO SAYS THE
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW ARE
ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS GIVEN THE
LACK OF RAIN. SAN DIEGO HAS HAD
THREE POINT FIVE FEWER INCHES
COMPARED TO WHAT WE NORMALLY
GET THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPS AND ARE
A FEW MOIST JUST DROPPED TO THE
CRITICALLY LOW LEVEL THERE AT.
IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
MONTH OF THE YEAR IT IS THE
POTENTIAL IS STILL THERE. SO WE
PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. ADD IN
THIS WIND AND IT COULD BE
DISASTROUS. OK. THAT WAS 25
MILES AN HOUR. WE MEASURE GUSTS
UP TO 25 MILES AN HOUR THOUGH
THEY RE HERE 80 IN OUR HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. OTHER AREAS FROM
THE COAST TO RAMONA. SO A HUGE
GUST AS WELL. CAPTAIN LA KOLKO
SAYS NOT ONLY ARE ALL LOCAL
CREWS ON STANDBY BUT ONES FROM
OTHER AREAS ARE IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY JUST IN CASE. WE'VE
ACTUALLY STAFFED ALL OVER
DOZERS ALL OF HAND CREWS,
ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT AND THEN
STAFFED ALL OF OUR FRONT LINE
ENGINES AND THEN CAL FIRE AS
THE DEPARTMENT HAS
STRATEGICALLY PREPOSITION
RESOURCES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO GAS AND
ELECTRIC IS ALSO AT THE READY
THOUGH THERE ARE NO PLANNED
OUTAGES AT THIS POINT THEY'RE
URGING PEOPLE TO BE PREPARED
AND CLEAR THINGS OUTSIDE YOUR
HOME THAT COULD POSE AN
ADDITIONAL FIRE THREAT. JUST
WALK OUTSIDE AND LOOK IN THEIR
YARD, FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY
PATIO FURNITURE THAT CAN BE
BROUGHT INSIDE OR SECURED
BECAUSE FLYING DEBRIS CAN CAUSE
AN INCIDENT IN THESE WINDY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SO
FIRE OFFICIALS AND SD GENIE
WILL OF COURSE BE ON HIGH
ALERT. UNTIL THEN, AND THAT'S
FOR A GOOD REASON BECAUSE WE
ARE NOT EVEN INTO THE PEAK OF
THESE SANTA ANA WINDS. CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST KARLENE CHIVAS
TAKING A LOOK AT CURRENT WIND
CONDITIONS WE HAVE SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS PICKING UP IN THE
20S FROM MOUNT LAGUNA AS WELL
AS FOR RAMONA CURRENTLY AT 14
MILES PER HOUR FOR DOWNTOWN AND
17 FOR FALLBROOK. ALL THE
SURROUNDING AREAS THAT YOU ARE
SEEING WITH THOSE SHADES OF
YELLOW THAT IS WITH SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS AROUND TWENTY FIVE
MILES PER HOUR. STRONG GUSTS
ARE ALSO OUT THERE AS WELL.
SEVENTY ONE MILES PER HOUR
CURRENTLY. THAT IS WHAT'S BEING
CLOCKED IN ALPINE. YOU'RE ALSO
SEEING 30S AND 40S FOR MOUNT
LAGUNA AS WELL AS CANDIDO.
TWENTY TWO MILES PER HOUR FOR
DOWNTOWN AND FOR CARLSBAD. SO
THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS FOR
MOST OF THE COUNTY. IT WILL
EXPIRE TOMORROW AT 6:00 P.M.
FOR THE COAST AND GUSTS UP TO
45 MILES PER HOUR. THEN YOU'RE
STILL SEEING THAT UNTIL 10:00
P.M. TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE
INLAND VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE
MOUNTAINS. GUSTS INTO THE 70S
AND 80S ARE STILL ANTICIPATED
AND YET AGAIN THE PEAK WILL BE
TOMORROW MORNING. I'LL GO AHEAD
AND ALSO TALK ABOUT THE RAIN
THAT'S IN THE FORECAST COMING
UP. CARLO, TONIGHT HEALTH
OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING TWO
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY
EIGHT NEW CONFIRMED COLD CASES
IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. ABOUT 50
FEWER THAN YESTERDAY. TWENTY
PERCEN OF MORE THAN 12000
TESTS CAME BACK POSITIVE. THREE
HUNDRED TEN MORE PEOPLE WERE
HOSPITALIZED WITH KOVAC. EIGHT
MORE WENT INTO ICU BEDS. SIX
MORE DEATHS ARE BEING REPORTED
TONIGHT. TWO THOUSAND ONE
HUNDRED NINE SAN DIEGO HAVE NOW
DIED FROM COATED. SOME SAN
DIEGO SENIOR CITIZENS CAN NOW
GET THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
COUNTY SITES OPENED TODAY FOR
THOSE 75 AND OLDER. TOMORROW
SCRIPTS WILL OFFER THE VACCINE
TO THOSE 65 AND OLDER BOTH BY
APPOINTMENT ONLY NEWS OF
BRANDON LEWIS EXPLAINS WHY
STILL MIGHT BE A WHILE THOUGH
BEFORE MANY SAN DIEGO NS GET
THEIR SHOTS CARLO AND MARCELLO.
THIS IS ALL PART OF A VERY SLOW
ROLLOUT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
TO EMPHASIZE THAT POINT. THERE
ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW ELIGIBLE TO
GET THIS VACCINE. IF YOU WANT
TO GET IT FROM SCRIPTS YOU HAVE
TO BE AN EXISTING PATIENT AND
YOU MUST HAVE AN APPOINTMENT IN
ORDER TO DO SO. BUT IT IS
PROGRESS TOWARD MOVING THROUGH
THE TEARS. SAN DIEGO SENIORS
CAN START ROLLING UP THEIR
SLEEVES TO GET THE CORONA VIRUS
VACCINE. THE COUNTY'S PETCO
PARK SITE OPEN TO THOSE 75 AND
OLDER. BUT APPOINTMENTS ARE
STILL LIMITED. YESTERDAY WHAT
HAPPENED WAS PETCO PARK DID NOT
HAVE AS MANY HEALTH CARE
WORKERS. THEY SHOWED UP. AND SO
THEY DON'T WANT TO WASTE THE
VACCINE. SO THEY MADE A SPLIT
DECISION TO DO 75 AND UP. THE
STATE ALLOWS HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS TO VACCINATE SENIORS
65 AND OLDER IF THEY HAVE THE
VACCINES SOMETHING SCRIPPS IS
DOING. STARTING WEDNESDAY FOR
ITS EXISTING PATIENTS RIGHT NOW
WITH A SUPPLY THAT'S SUPPOSED
TO COME IN TODAY FROM THE
COUNTY. WHAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER
ALL WE'VE SCHEDULED OUT TO IS
FRIDAY BUT THAT'S SIX TO EIGHT
HUNDRED DOSES. SO DROP IN THE
BUCKET ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND. THAT'S GOOD THINGS TO
GET TO. BUT AGAIN, IT SAYS IT'S
A START. SCRIPPS HOPES TO
EVENTUALLY VACCINATE 10000
PEOPLE A DAY BUT THAT DEPENDS
ON SUPPLY RIGHT NOW. THERE'S
ONLY ENOUGH TO DO LESS THAN
HALF THAT AND ONLY IF SHIPMENTS
KEEP ARRIVING ON TIME. SO FAR
THE VACCINES HAVE ARRIVED ON
SCHEDULE AND SO WE'RE HOPING
FOR THAT AS WELL. BUT WE CAN
ALWAYS CANCEL PATIENTS IF WE
NEED TO. SO I WOULD RATHER
SCHEDULE THEM WITH THE HOPE
THAT WE'RE GONNA GET IT THAN TO
WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE AND
THEN NOBODY CAN COME IN OR
THERE'S ANOTHER CRASH OF THE
SYSTEM AND NOBODY GETS IN. SO
FAR SCRIPPS IS ALREADY OFFERING
VACCINES TO A WIDER GROUP THAN
MOST HOSPITALS WHICH ARE STILL
WORKING ON THEIR OWN STAFF. AND
EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET THIS
GOING. FRANKLY, THE 65 AGE IS
WHAT WE CHOSE NORMALLY BECAUSE
THE GOVERNOR TOLD US TO. BUT
THAT'S DEATHS THAT WE ARE
SEEING. OUR AVERAGE AGE OF
PEOPLE DYING IS 71. AND SO WE
WANTED TO GET GET STARTED. BOTH
SCRIPPS AND THE COUNTY SITE ARE
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. AND IT'S
NOT ENOUGH TO VACCINATE
EVERYONE. SO SENIORS MAY HAVE
TO SEARCH AROUND FOR
APPOINTMENTS. MY ADVICE TO
EVERYONE IS NOT TO WAIT FOR
YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AGAIN
TO GET ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND. EVEN IF I DID 10000
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE. THAT'S
GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. RIGHT.
SO GET YOUR VACCINE WHERE YOU
CAN BE YOUR ADVOCATE, YOUR OWN
ADVOCATE. CALL AROUND. CHECK
THE WEB SITES. WE'RE SURE YOU
HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL
ABOUT THE VACCINE SCRIPTS. WE
HAVE A Q AND A ON OUR WEBSITE.
JUST GO TO CBS DOT COM AND
CLICK ON THIS STORY. CARLO AND
MARCELLA, SOME GREAT ADVICE
THERE. BRANDON, THANK YOU. AND
I DID TAKE MY MOM LUCY WHO WAS
82 YEARS OLD DOWN TO THE
VACCINATION SUPERSTITION NEAR
PETCO PARK THIS MORNING. AND
COMING UP IN OUR 630 HALF HOUR
I'LL SHARE WITH YOU OUR
EXPERIENCE THERE. I WANT TO
THANK EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN
ASKING ABOUT HER ALL DAY ON
SOCIAL MEDIA. SHE IS DOING FINE
TONIGHT. AND AGAIN, I'LL HAVE
MORE ON THE WHOLE PROCESS
COMING UP AT 630. BUT SHE'S
RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR
YOURSELF, SEARCH OUT FOR THOSE
APPOINTMENTS AND SOMETIMES
THERE ARE CANCELATIONS SO JUST
KEEP REFRESHING AND REFRESHING.
YOU FOUND WHAT IT WASN'T EASY.
IT WASN'T. HE MADE IT. YEAH, IT
TAKES WORK UNFORTUNATELY. BUT
YOUR MOM IS A STRONG ADVOCATE.
YEAH. SO GET OUT THERE AND HELP
OTHERS THAT YOU LOVE IF YOU
KNOW THAT THEY'RE 75 AND OLDER.
THERE ARE APPOINTMENTS
AVAILABLE. YOU JUST GOT TO WORK
TO FIND THEM. ANOTHER GRIM
MILESTONE TODAY IS COVERED
DEATHS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIALLY CROSSED 400000 WITH
MORE VARIANTS. THE VIRUS
SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY. EXPERTS ARE RACING
AGAINST TIME TO GET MORE
AMERICANS VACCINATED. NANCY
CHEN IS IN NEW YORK WITH THE
LATEST IN LOS ANGELES WHERE
FIVE MORE LARGE SCALE
CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION SITES
OPEN TUESDAY. RESEARCHERS SAY A
NEW STRAIN OF THE CORONA VIRUS
HAS BEEN FOUND IN MORE THAN ONE
THIRD OF THE COUNTIES COVERED
19 CASES. WE HAVE A REAL RACE
RIGHT NOW. THESE VARIANTS ARE
STARTING TO TAKE OFF ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. AND OUR JOB IS TO GET
AS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED AND
PROTECTED AS POSSIBLE BEFORE
THOSE VARIANCE REALLY BECOME
DOMINANT. THE LATEST CDC DATA
SHOWS LESS THAN HALF OF ALL
AVAILABLE VACCINE DOSES HAVE
BEEN ADMINISTERED BUT STATES
ARE RAMPING DISTRIBUTION. AND
FLORIDA OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED
DOZENS MORE PUBLIX PHARMACIES
WILL BE ADMINISTERING THE
SHOTS. THEY RUN IT LIKE
CLOCKWORK. YOU HAVE TO BE
OBSERVED FOR 15 MINUTES AFTER
THE SHOT. BUT THEN YOU'RE ON
YOUR WAY IN LANSING, MICHIGAN.
HEALTH OFFICIALS TURN AN OLD
SEARS SERVICE CENTER INTO A
VACCINATION CENTER TO REACH
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
MICHIGAN DR. RICHARD BATES
DRIVES TO A RURAL CLINIC ABOUT
TWICE A WEEK TO DELIVER A
COOLER FULL OF THE VACCINE. I
NEED TO BE THERE FOR THE CLINIC
.IT'S MY COMMUNITY AND I'LL
GO. HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, THE
MAYOR ISSUED AN URGENT WARNING
THAT THE CITY IS RUNNING OUT OF
THE VACCINE. WE WILL HAVE
LITERALLY NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE.
AS OF FRIDAY, MAYOR DE BLASIO
SAYS UNLESS THE CITY GETS MORE
DOSES FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IT WILL HAVE TO
START CANCELING VACCINE
APPOINTMENTS. NANCY CHEN, CBS
NEWS , NEW YORK. A NEW SIENA
COLLEGE POLL FINDS THAT 69
PERCENT OF NEW YORKERS PLAN TO
GET THE VACCINE. PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST 75
PERCENT THE POPULATION NEEDS TO
BE VACCINATED IN ORDER TO REACH
HERD IMMUNITY. TONIGHT SEVERAL
BALBOA PARK LANDMARKS ARE LIT
UP AS PART OF THE NATIONWIDE
REMEMBRANCE OF THE LIVES LOST
TO COVER 19 THE CALIFORNIA
TERROR SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
AND SPRINKLES OREGON PAVILION
ARE BATHED IN AMBER LIGHT WHILE
THE HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY AND
OTHER BUILDINGS ARE ILLUMINATED
IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE. THE SAN
DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER IS ALSO
LIT UP IN AMBER