LONG
LONG WITH
LONG WITH GENTLE GIANT NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THE COVERED
VACCINES? HOW ARE THEY STORED?
THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS
SENT TO US ABOUT THE COVERED 19
VACCINE. WE'VE GONE TO THE
EXPERTS FOR THE ANSWERS. GOOD
EVENING, MARCELLA LEE IN FOR
BARBARA LEE. I'M CARLOS
SHIKATA. IT'S BEEN NEARLY THREE
WEEKS SINCE THE PFIZER AND
MADANI VACCINES ROLLED OUT IN
THE COUNTY. YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT BOTH OF THEM
TONIGHT. NEWS EIGHTH BRANDON
LEWIS HAS THE ANSWERS. MARCELLA
AND CARLA, WE ARE STILL IN TIER
ONE, EH? THAT'S THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY LEVEL. AND EVEN THOUGH
HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTY HAVE
VACCINATED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE,
THERE ARE MILLIONS TO CALL SAN
DIEGO HOME. SO IT PALES IN
COMPARISON. THE CORONA VIRUS
VACCINE IS SLOWLY ROLLING OUT
TO TIER 1 RECIPIENTS. THE FIRST
QUESTION WE GOT IS ABOUT
QUANTITY AND WHETHER THEY'LL
EXPIRE SOON. ABOUT 200000 DOSES
ARE IN THE COUNTY BUT ONLY
47000 HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT.
DISTRIBUTORS SAY THE ULTRA COLD
STORAGE SLOWS THE PROCESS DOWN
SO THEY DON'T WASTE ANY. PLUS
HOSPITALS ARE STAGGERING DOSES
TO MITIGATE SIDE EFFECTS.
REMEMBER SOME ARE ALLOCATED AS
SECOND DOSES THAT ARE GOING TO
BE GIVEN STARTING THIS WEEK AS
LONG AS IT'S PROPERLY STORED.
THE VACCINE CAN KEEP FOR MONTHS
THE ISSUE THAT LED TO SOME SAN
DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS TO SKIP
THE LINE WAS BECAUSE VACCINE
VIALS WERE THAWED BUT NOT
ENOUGH PEOPLE AT SHARP TOOK THE
VACCINE THAT DAY. THE NEXT
QUESTION IS ABOUT VACCINE
EFFECTIVENESS. SOME THINK IT
ONLY LAST THREE MONTHS THAT
ACTUALLY COMES FROM A STUDY
THAT FOUND THE VACCINE IS STILL
VERY EFFECTIVE. THREE MONTHS
AFTER GETTING THE SECOND DOSE,
THE REALITY IS WE JUST DON'T
KNOW HOW LONG IT'S EFFECTIVE
BECAUSE IT'S SO NEW. BUT
STUDIES ON THE ORIGINAL TEST
SUBJECTS ARE STILL ONGOING. ONE
MEDICAL EXPERT EXPLAINED THE
VACCINES ARE QUOTE PROJECTED AT
THIS POINT TO SERVE AS A
SEASONAL VACCINE AS WE DON'T
KNOW HOW INDIVIDUALS WILL
RESPOND TO IT WITH LONG TERM
VERSUS SHORT TERM IMMUNITY
UNQUOTE. FINALLY WE WERE ASKED.
I'M NOT IN TIER 1. HOW DO I
KNOW WHEN IT'S MY TURN AGAIN?
THE ANSWER IS WE JUST DON'T
KNOW. ONCE WE MOVE THROUGH
TEARS YOU'LL LIKELY GET
NOTIFIED THROUGH YOUR MEDICAL
PROVIDER THE EXACT SYSTEM
INCLUDING A VACCINE DASHBOARD
IS STILL BEING WORKED OUT. WE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY
TRANSPARENT WITH THE
INFORMATION WE HAVE, THE DATA
WE HAVE. ALONG WITH SHARING
WHEN IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR
FOLKS TO GET IT HOW THEY CAN
HOW THEY CAN MOST EASILY ACCESS
THAT VACCINE. ONCE WE FINISH
WITH TIER 1 8 WE MOVE INTO TIER
1 B THEY'RE HOPING THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT CAN BEGIN IN
FEBRUARY. BY THEN THEY EXPECT
THAT VACCINE DASHBOARD WILL BE
UP AND RUNNING. CARLO AND
MARCELLA. ALL RIGHT, BRANDON,
THANKS. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
SAYS THE STATE IS WORKING TO
SPEED UP THE DISTRIBUTION OF
VACCINE STATEWIDE. MEANTIME,
THE GOVERNOR SAYS THERE ARE SIX
CONFIRMED CASES OF THE COVE 19
VARIANT HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
FOUR OF THOSE SIX CASES ARE
HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. OUR
DISEASE INVESTIGATION IS VERY
AGGRESSIVE IN THIS SPACE IN
PARTICULAR AND THAT'S UNDERWAY
AND THAT'S ALLOWED US TO
UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THOSE FOUR INDIVIDUALS.
DID THEY TRAVEL? DID THEY NOT
TRAVEL? THEY'RE IN CONTACT WITH
SOMEONE WHO WAS TRAVELING. THE
OTHER TWO CASES OF THE VARIANT
ARE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
WHEN IT COMES TO VACCINE
DISTRIBUTION. THE GOVERNOR SAYS
.THE STATE HAS RECEIVED ONE
POINT THREE MILLION DOSES OF
VACCINES FROM DERNA AND PFIZER
WITH MORE THAN 600000 ON THE
WAY. AS OF SUNDAY, HOWEVER,
ONLY ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED AND
FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND OF THOSE
DOSES ABOUT 35 PERCENT HAD BEEN
ADMINISTERED. TONIGHT COUNTY
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING
THREE THOUSAND THIRTEEN NEW
COVERED CASES OUT OF MORE THAN
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TESTS FOR A
17 PERCENT POSITIVE RATE. THE
ROLLING AVERAGE NOW ABOUT 13
PERCENT. THE FEDERAL MEDICAL
STATION AT PALOMAR HEALTH
ASKING DATA IS NOW RECEIVING
ITS FIRST CODED PATIENTS AS OF
THIS MORNING. THERE WERE 10
PATIENTS THERE RECEIVING CARE.
STATE OFFICIALS SAY IT'S THERE
TO EASE OVERBURDENED HOSPITALS
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
REGION, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN
IMPERIAL COUNTY. SIX DEATHS
WERE ALSO REPORTED TODAY. THAT
TOTAL IS NOW APPROACHING.
SIXTEEN HUNDRED THIS MORNING.
ONE MAN WAS KILLED AFTER LOSING
CONTROL OF HIS CAR ALONG
HIGHWAY 78. IT HAPPENED JUST
AFTER TEN THIRTY NEAR BARROOM
DRIVE. CHP SAYS THE MAN SWERVED
IN FRONT OF ANOTHER CAR WHILE
SWITCHING LANES, LOST CONTROL,
SKIDDED ACROSS THE LANES AND
THEN ROLLED OVER ONTO A
PARALLEL STREET. THE DRIVER
DIED AT THE SCENE. HE WAS 69
YEARS OLD AND FROM VISTA. THE
CAUSE OF THE CRASH THOUGH IS
STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. A
FORMER LA MESA POLICE OFFICER
IS NOW FACING A CRIMINAL CHARGE
LINKED TO THE WRONGFUL ARREST
OF AMARI JOHNSON BACK IN MAY.
ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT,
FORMER OFFICER MATT DAVIS FILED
A POLICE REPORT THAT CONTAINED
FALSE INFORMATION. HE WAS FIRED
BACK IN AUGUST. THE OFFICER WAS
CAPTURED ON VIDEO PUSHING
JOHNSON ON A BENCH REPEATEDLY
WHILE RESIST ARRESTING HIM AT
THE GROSS MART TROLLEY STATION
.THAT VIDEO WENT VIRAL AND
PROTESTS BROKE OUT IN LA MESA.
ALL CHARGES AGAINST JOHNSON
WERE EVENTUALLY DROPPED. PAGES
IS NOW CHARGED WITH ONE FELONY
COUNT AND IF HE'S CONVICTED
HE'S LOOKING AT UP TO THREE
YEARS IN PRISON. MORE PROBLEMS
TONIGHT FOR UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
IN CALIFORNIA HAVING TROUBLE
GETTING CLAIM MONEY FROM THE
STATE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT. AS NEWS AIDES DAVID
GODFREY TYSON REPORTS, THE
AGENCY PUT OUT A TWEET OVER THE
WEEKEND SAYING WORKERS MAY HAVE
TO RE VERIFY THEIR IDENTITY
BEFORE BENEFITS CAN RESUME. IT
SEEMS TO ME THAT EVERY CHANCE
THEY GET THEY'RE PUTTING A
FREEZE IN STOPPING AND
SUSPENDING PEOPLE'S CLAIMS.
IT'S A DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA. FIRST THERE WAS
MASSIVE FRAUD INVOLVING EDT
DEBIT CARDS. NOW A GAP IN
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
MEANS IDENTITIES NEED TO BE
RIVERO RFID EDT IS PASSING THE
BOX TO BANK OF AMERICA BIG
AMERICA'S PAST THE BUCK TO EDT.
WE'RE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE
SAYING HEY YOU CAN'T EAT. AARON
CORBIS IS AN UNEMPLOYED GIG
WORKER WHO ALREADY UPLOADED HER
IDENTITY RECORDS TDD. SHE WAS
VERIFIED AND STARTED RECEIVING
PAYMENTS. THEN ON SUNDAY SHE
RECEIVED A NOTICE HER CLAIM WAS
BEING SUSPENDED. THERE'S BEEN
NO FRAUD AND HAD NO ISSUES WITH
MY ACCOUNT. THURSDAY I JUST GOT
THE NOTIFICATION SAYING I GOT
MY IDENTITY DOCUMENTS AND
SUNDAY. SO THREE DAYS LATER
SAYING THAT THEY SUSPENDED MY
CLAIM. THE AGENCY TWEETED OVER
THE WEEKEND EDT HAS SUSPENDED
PAYMENT ON CLAIMS CONSIDERED
HIGH RISK AND IS INFORMING
THOSE AFFECTED THAT THEIR
IDENTITY WILL NEED TO BE
VERIFIED STARTING THIS WEEK
BEFORE PAYMENTS CAN RESUME.
FIRST THING THIS MORNING NOW WE
HAVE HAD NONSTOP PHONE CALLS.
STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER LORRAINE
GONZALEZ BELIEVES EDTA IS BEING
OVERLY CAUTIOUS RE VERIFYING
IDENTITIES BECAUSE OF PAST
FRAUD PROBLEMS. WE KNOW THAT
THERE WAS A TON OF FRAUD RIGHT
THERE WHERE EDT CHECKS BEING
SENT TO PRISONS AND INTO 1 YEAR
OLD BABIES AND WE UNDERSTAND
THE NEED TO HAVE SAFEGUARDS SO
THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
THAT WAS A 2 BILLION DOLLAR
MISTAKE THERE RIGHT. AND SO
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SAFEGUARDS.
BUT PEOPLE'S RENT IS DUE.
PEOPLE NEED TO BUY FOOD TO
SPEED UP THE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
.GONZALEZ HAS INTRODUCED A
BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW A DDD
DIRECT DEPOSIT ELIMINATING THE
NEED FOR BANK OF AMERICA DEBIT
CARDS. NOW SOME PEOPLE MAY WANT
THAT DEBIT CARD AND IT WORKS
FOR SOME FOLKS, ESPECIALLY
PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A REGULAR
BANK ACCOUNT. BUT WE KNOW A
MAJORITY OF FOLKS WOULD
PROBABLY PREFER TO GO DIRECTLY
INTO THEIR BANK ACCOUNT. ONE
THING YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT THE
DEBIT CARD FRAUD IS THE
TRANSFER THE FUNDS OUT OF THE
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT AS SOON
AS THEY ARRIVE AND YOU CAN SET
UP AUTOMATIC TRANSFERS TO MAKE
THAT HAPPEN AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. CARLA OK. DAVID DEBIT
CARD FRAUD IS ONE ISSUE HERE
BUT PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED TO
RE VERIFY THEIR IDENTITIES. HOW
DOES THAT WORK? WELL IF YOU'VE
HAD YOUR ACCOUNTS SUSPENDED BY
BDD YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT
FOR THEM TO NOTIFY YOU AND TELL
YOU WHETHER YOU NEED TO BE
RIVERO RFID YOU CAN CONTACT
STATE ASSEMBLY OFFICES, STATE
SENATORS AND THOSE OFFICES CAN
HELP YOU FILL OUT THE FORMS AND
UPLOAD THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY
TO GET VERIFIED MORE
UNEMPLOYMENT CHALLENGES. ALL
RIGHT, DEB CONFERENCING
REPORTING LIVE. THANKS, DAVID.
HEAD COACH ANTHONY LYNN IS OUT
OF A JOB TONIGHT AFTER THE TEAM
MISSED THE PLAYOFFS FOR A
SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR. THE
CHARGERS BEAT THE KANSAS CITY
CHIEFS YESTERDAY TO FINISH THE
SEASON WITH A 7 AND 9 RECORD.
BUT AS NEWS HITS, KYLE CARRASCO
EXPLAINS THAT THAT WASN'T
ENOUGH TO SAVE LIVES JOBS. THIS
IS KNOWN AS BLACK MONDAY IN THE
NFL THE DAY AFTER THE REGULAR
SEASON ENDS IN BAD FOOTBALL
TEAMS FIRED THEIR HEAD COACHES
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE
L.A. CHARGERS DID TODAY.
ANTHONY LIN IS OUT AFTER FOUR
SEASONS. HE LED THE CHARGERS TO
A 12 AND FOUR RECORD IN A
WILDCARD WIN IN 2018 BUT IT WAS
ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE 20
LOSSES THE LAST TWO SEASONS.
FIFTEEN OF THEM BY SEVEN POINTS
OR LESS. ROOKIE QUARTERBACK
JUSTIN HERBERT SAID THIS TODAY
QUOTE BEFORE EVERY GAME I GAVE
HIM A HUG AND HE SAID GO HAVE
FUN, GO COMPETE. I LEARNED A
BUNCH FROM HIM. I'M REALLY
GOING TO MISS HIM. END QUOTE.
NO SURPRISE AT ALL THAT DOUG
MORONE WAS LET GO BY THE
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS. THE JAGS
WON THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE
SEASON AND THEN LOST ALL THE
REST 15 STRAIGHT DEFEATS TO
LOCK UP THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL
PICK IN THE DRAFT. AND THE NEW
YORK JETS SAID GOODBYE TO ADAM
GATES. THE JETS WERE 0 AND 13
BEFORE WINNING TWO STRAIGHT
OVER TWO PLAYOFF TEAMS THE
STEELERS AND THE BROWNS BUT
STILL NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE GACY'S
JOB. MEANWHILE, 14 TEAMS ARE
HEADED TO THE POSTSEASON WHICH
BEGINS THIS WEEKEND. WE WILL
HAVE A PLAYOFF PREVIEW COMING
UP ON TUESDAY AT 6 O'CLOCK. I
HOPE TO SEE YOU. I'M KYLE
CARRASCO. BACK TO YOU IN THE
STUDIO. ALL RIGHT, KYLE,
THANKS. THREE NEW COUNTY
SUPERVISORS AROUND THE JOB
TONIGHT AFTER BEING SWORN IN
THIS MORNING IN A VIRTUAL
CEREMONY DISTRICT 1 SUPERVISOR
NORA VARGAS IS THE FIRST LATINA
TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. AND
FORMER STATE SENATOR JOEL
ANDERSON IS THE NEW SUPERVISOR
FOR DISTRICT 2. THEY EACH WON
OPEN SEATS JOINING THEM AS TARA
LAWSON RIEMER WHO DEFEATED
INCUMBENT KRISTEN GAS BAR FOR
THE DISTRICT 3 SPOT. NATHAN
FLETCHER REMAINS IN DISTRICT 4
.AND JIM DESMOND IN DISTRICT
5. RIGHT NOW THE FALLOUT
CONTINUES. TWO DAYS AFTER THE
PRESIDENT ASKED GEORGIA'S TOP
ELECTION OFFICIAL TO FIND HIM
MORE VOTES, THERE ARE NOW CALLS
FOR BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE
INVESTIGATION. IT'S ALSO
CAUSING A RIFT AMONG
REPUBLICANS OVER PLANS TO
CHALLENGE THE COUNTING OF
ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES IN
CONGRESS. NATALIE BRAND HAS THE
LATEST. HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE
URGING THE FBI TO OPEN A
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S STUNNING ONE
.OUR PHONE CALL WITH GEORGIA'S
SECRETARY OF STATE. I JUST WANT
TO FIND ELEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY VOTES, WHICH
IS ONE MORE THAN WE HAVE. MR.
PRESIDENT, A SOURCE FAMILIAR
WITH THE MATTER TELLS CBS
NEWS THE SATURDAY CALL WAS THE
FIRST TIME THE TWO PARTIES
SPOKE SINCE ELECTION DAY.
DESPITE 18 PRIOR ATTEMPTED
CALLS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, I
DON'T FEEL INTIMIDATED. I CAN
STAND ON MY OWN TWO FEET.
THERE'S NO 12000 VOTES OUT
THERE. ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL,
MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S
PARTY GAVE MIXED REACTION. I
DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING IN THAT
TAPE THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS OR
HASN'T ALREADY SAID FOR WEEKS
NOW. THIS CALL WAS NOT A
HELPFUL CALL. CONGRESSIONAL
REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO SPLIT OVER
PLANS BY DOZENS OF GOP
LAWMAKERS TO OBJECT TO
WEDNESDAY'S COUNTING OF
ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES. OHIO
SENATOR ROB PORTMAN IS ONE OF
THE LATEST REPUBLICANS TO COME
OUT AGAINST THE PLAN SAYING IN
A STATEMENT I CANNOT SUPPORT
ALLOWING CONGRESS TO THWART THE
WILL OF THE VOTERS. THE
OBJECTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
TEMPORARILY DELAY BUT NOT
OVERTURN CERTIFICATION OF THE
RESULTS. JOE BIDEN WILL BE THE
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELUSIONAL
FANTASIES OF SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE AISLE. PRESIDENT TRUMP
LASHED OUT AT REPUBLICANS WHO
REFUSE TO CHALLENGE THE RESULTS
ON TWITTER CALLING THEM THE
QUOTE SURRENDER CAUCUS AT THE
WHITE HOUSE. NATALIE BRAND 4
NEWS 8 DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN
HANK JOHNSON OF GEORGIA HAS NOW
INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION TO
CENSOR THE PRESIDENT OVER HIS
CALL WITH THE GEORGIA SECRETARY
OF STATE. STILL AHEAD, THE
VERIFY TEAM BREAKS DOWN CLAIMS
MADE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THAT
PHONE CALL. PLUS, SODA CHIPS
AND MAYBE A COKE TEST KIT. THE
NEW KIND OF VENDING MACHINE ON
ONE LOCAL CAMPUS. HIGHS FOR
TODAY. WE HAVE LOST 60 AS WELL
AS SOME 70S THAT POPPED UP.
WE'RE AT 70 DEGREES FROM VALLEY