♪ >>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS "EVENING EDITION" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY -- >>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

A MAJOR MILESTONE TODAY AT THE SAM YSIDRO PORT OF ENTRY.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PROCESS 25 ASYLUM-SEEKERS WHO HAD BEEN SENT TO MEXICO UNDER THE REMAINING MEXICO PROGRAM.

-- WAS THERE.

>> Reporter: 25 ASYLUM-SEEKERS WERE LOADED ONTO A BUS FRIDAY MORNING AND DRIVEN INTO THE UNITED STATES WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR ASYLUM CASES NO LONGER MADE TO WAIT IN MEXICO.

BUT FOR MANY OTHERS WHO ARE AT THE POINT OF ENTRY ON FRIDAY THE WAIT CONTINUES.

SOME PEOPLE LINED UP HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE FOR AS LONG AS THREE DAYS, MANY OF THEM WERE NOT PART OF THE REMAINING MEXICO PROGRAM WHICH MEANS THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE PROCESSED BY THE UNITED STATES PROGRAM ALLOWING PEOPLE TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES.

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE CAMPED OUT WAS MARJORIE ROSALES WHO PREFERRED WE DID NOT SHOW HER FACE.

SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN HONDURAS AFTER AN EXTORTION ATTEMPT ON HER SMALL BUSINESS.

SHE SPENT A YEAR IN MEXICO WAITING FOR A VISA AND HAS BEEN IN TIJUANA FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

SHE WANTS TO CLAIM ASYLUM FOR HER AND HER DAUGHTER.

SHE MAKES A LIVING SELLING ICE CREAM ON THE STREET.

SHE SAYS SHE HOPES THE PRESIDENT OPENS HIS HEART AND HELPS THEM.

BECAUSE THEY ARE SLEEPING OUTSIDE AND IT IS COLD.

MANY MIGRANTS CAME TO THE PORT OF ENTRY ON FRIDAY LOOKING FOR INFORMATION, AND ADVOCATES HANDED OUT FLYERS TO EXPLAIN WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE NEW POLICY, BUT THE BORDER REMAINS CLOSED FOR ALMOST ALL ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

MEXICAN OFFICIALS EXPLAINED TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS NONE OF THEM WOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE U.S.

UNDER THE NEW POLICY INCLUDING THE THOUSANDS OF HAITIANS AND CAMEROONIANS -- HELPED MIGRANTS UNDERSTAND TODAY'S CHANGES.

>> TODAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SHOWED UP TO THE PORT OF ENTRY WHO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.

MAYBE THEY HAVE HEARD RUMORS OR MISINFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.

>> Reporter: THE 25 PEOPLE ADMITTED TO THE U.S. TODAY WERE TESTED FOR COVID-19 BEFOREHAND, THEY WILL NOW BE HELPED BY THE SAN DIEGO RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK AND THE COUNTY WHO HAS PROVIDED HOTEL ROOMS FOR THE ASYLUM- SEEKERS.

>> THEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO LOCAL HOTELS AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN THAT WORK OF DOING THE HEALTH SCREENING, FIGURING OUT WHERE THEY ARE GOING, HELPING THEM MAKE CONTACT, FIGURING OUT WHETHER THEY HAVE THE FUNDS OR WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS FOR THE AIR TRAVEL.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY THEY ARE PREPARED FOR THE PROGRAM TO RAMP UP TO HUNDREDS OF ASYLUM- SEEKERS EACH DAY, BUT FOR THE THOUSANDS IN TIJUANA, THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT YET APPLY TO, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN.

>> THE FIGHT OVER RESTARTING YOUTH SPORTS IS PLAYING OUT IN A NORTH COUNTY COURT EVEN AFTER THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED REVISED GUIDELINES.

SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR SUPPORT JUDGE -- ARGUING THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPETE LIKE THE PROS, WHILE THE JUDGE IS WEIGHING HIS DECISION, NEW RULES MEAN THAT THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIA KIDS COULD BE PLAYING SPORTS OUTDOORS DESPITE MOST SCHOOLS NOT BEING OPEN.

MATT HOFFMAN HAS REACTION ON THE BIG-PLAY CHANGE FROM THE STATE.

>> REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE FINALLY REACHED THIS PLACE.

>> Reporter: -- SAYS THAT NEWS THAT SOME YOUTH SPORTS CAN RESUME PLAY OUTDOORS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP.

>> ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR KIDS IS A POSITIVE THINGS TO DO.

IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID NOT TYPING IN THE CLASSROOM WITH PLAYING SPORTS.

>> Reporter: TODAY THE GOVERNOR RELAXED RESTRICTIONS ALLOWING SOME KIDS TO SOON TAKE THE FIELD AGAIN.

>> THIS IS A WEEK FROM TODAY, THIS IS FOR OUTDOOR SPORTS INCLUDING CONTACT SPORTS, AGAIN INCLUDING FOOTBALL AND RUGBY.

>> Reporter: THERE WILL BE WEEKLY CORONAVIRUS TESTING FOR ATHLETES.

>> SOME TESTING REQUIREMENTS, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WILL PROVIDE FOR, WE WILL ABSORB ABSORB THE COST.

>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW THAT IS ABOUT 20 COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND SAN DIEGO IS NOT THERE YET.

BUT HE SAYS THAT THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR DID TELL HIM THAT OUR CASE RATE HAS BEEN GRADUALLY FALLING.

>> BASED ON THE CONVERSATION I HAD THIS MORNING I WOULD FULLY EXPECT US TO BE THERE BY NEXT WEEK.

-- >> TODAY IS ONE OF THE FIRST DAYS IN A VERY LONG TIME THAT MILLIONS OF KIDS ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CAN SMILE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING.

>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF THE LET THEM PLAY COALITION SAY THAT THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

>> I KNOW INDOOR SPORTS ARE NOT WHERE THEY WANT THEM TO BE, BUT IF THERE IS ONE LESSON TO BE LEARNED FROM WHERE WE STARTED, THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE CANNOT GET THERE, AND NOW THAT WORK WILL BEGIN.

>> GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS HE DOES NOT SUPPORT A REOPENING PLAN BECAUSE IT DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH OR FAST ENOUGH.

THE $6.5 BILLION PROPOSAL WOULD REQUIRE THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO OFFER VACCINATIONS TO SCHOOL STAFF FOR THOSE WHO RETURN TO IN PERSON CLASSES.

TODAY THE GOVERNOR SAID VACCINATIONS WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF ACROSS THE STATE STARTING ON MARCH 1.

>> WE ARE ALSO SETTING ASIDE 10% OF ALL FIRST DOSES BEGINNING WITH A BASELINE OF 75,000 DOSES EVERY SINGLE WEEK, THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SET ASIDE FOR THOSE EDUCATORS AND CHILD CARE WORKERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS TO GET OUR KIDS BACK INTO IN PERSON INSTRUCTION.

>> THE PLAN AGREED TO BY STATE LAWMAKERS WOULD ALSO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO REOPEN APRIL 15 TO VULNERABLE STUDENTS IN LOWER GRADES.

NEWSOM SAYS HE WANTS TO BRING BACK MORE STUDENTS SOONER.

>>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAYS HE IS CALLING ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE CLEAR SPECIFIC GUIDELINES ON GETTING KIDS BACK INTO CLASSROOMS.

HE SAYS HE IS WORKING ON VACCINATION PLANS WITH TEACHERS.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER GAVE HIS FIRST STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS LAST NIGHT.

-- SAYS IT WAS FULL OF REFORM MINDED POLICIES.

>> Reporter: -- HE PLEDGED TO USE IT TO ENACT A NEW PROGRESSIVE AGENDA.

COVID-19 HE SAID HAS EXPOSED A HOST OF SOCIETAL PROBLEMS THAT GO BEYOND JUST PUBLIC HEALTH.

>> THERE IS A PANDEMIC OF INEQUALITY THAT WE MUST -- >> Reporter: AMONG THE HANDFUL OF POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT CAME FROM THE SPEECH, NEW COUNTY OFFICES TO ENFORCE LABOR LAWS AND SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AND AN AGREEMENT WITH SHERIFF BILL GORE TO ABANDON EFFORTS AT PRIVATIZING HEALTHCARE AT THE COUNTY JAIL SYSTEM.

>> WE WILL EMBRACE SERVICES LIKE MEDICATION PREVENTION TREATMENT AND A NEW FOCUS ONTO -- >> Reporter: FLETCHER ACKNOWLEDGED HIS AGENDA IS AMBITIOUS BUT WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD ON HIS SIDE, HIS BIGGEST CHALLENGE WILL NOT LIKELY BE GETTING THE VOTES TO PASS REFORMS BUT MAKING SURE THOSE REFORMS ACTUALLY WORK.

>>> WHILE CORONAVIRUS CASE NUMBERS ARE DROPPING, THE NEED FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OR PPE CONTINUES.

LAST MILE SAN DIEGO IS HELPING TO MEET THAT NEED BY COORDINATING DONATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

ORGANIZERS SAY A DISTRIBUTION THIS MASSIVE IS NO EASY TASK.

>> A DISTRIBUTION THIS MASSIVE WAS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO COLLABORATE, WE HAD TO COLLABORATE WITH MULTIPLE GROUPS INCLUDING -- >> TODAY'S SHIPMENT WAS RECEIVED BY THE OCEANSIDE MAYOR, WHO PLANS ON DISTRIBUTING THE PPE THROUGHOUT THE CITIES OF NORTH COUNTY.

>>> SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRASH AND RECYCLING PROGRAMS ARE UP 45% FROM LAST YEAR.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MARY PLUMMER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: SEVERAL SAN DIEGO CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE SHORT STAFFED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, AND THAT MEANS SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS ARE RUNNING INTO PROBLEMS WITH CITY SERVICES.

ABOUT ONE IN SIX CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE MISSED WORK DUE TO THE VIRUS.

IF YOU NOTICE RECYCLING AND TRASH SITTING OUT, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

IT IS THE TOP REPORTED PROBLEM CITYWIDE.

-- IS THE LABOR RELATIONS MANAGER AT THE SAN DIEGO MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION.

IT REPRESENTS HALF OF THE CITY'S EMPLOYEES.

>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, COVID- 19 IS STILL THERE, AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS IT HAS IMPACTED A LARGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT THAT HAS CAUSED DELAYS IN SERVICE.

>> Reporter: BROKEN STREET LIGHTS AND POTHOLES FELL WITHIN THE TOP 10 COMPLAINT CATEGORIES.

>>> IT IS AN INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED NONPROFIT PARTNER OF KPBS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS WORKING TO SPEED UP VACCINE SHIPMENTS, BUT SEVERAL SITES ARE IMPACTED.

THE PETCO PARK VACCINE SUPERSTATION IS CLOSED UNTIL AT LEAST TOMORROW.

-- IS ONLY OFFERING SECOND DOSES.

THOSE IN CHULA VISTA AND LA MESA HAVE APPOINTMENTS THIS WEEKEND FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE BUT THEY ARE RESCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS FOR THE MODERNA FORMULA, THE DELMAR SUPERSTATION WILL STAY OPEN AT LEAST THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

>>> SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELAYS IN VACCINE SHIPMENTS, THE WHITE HOUSE COVID-19 RESPONSE TEAM SAYS THE STORM CREATED A BACKLOG OF 6 MILLION DOSES, IMPACTING DELIVERIES TO ALL 15 STATES -- ALL 50 STATES.

IT CAN GET ON TRACK BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

>>> UBS SAYS DRIVERS ARE STILL MAKING PICKUPS AND DELIVERIES WHERE CONDITIONS ALLOW AND TO STAY SAFE THE FEDEX SAYS VACCINE DELIVERIES ARE GETTING PRIORITY BUT THE WEATHER IS IMPACTING MUCH OF THEIR NETWORK.

♪ ♪ >>> LOOKING AT SOME MARINE CLOUDS WORKING BACK INTO THE AREA TONIGHT TOWARD THE COAST AS USUAL, BUT THEN AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW IT GETS COOLER AND A BIT BREEZY THIS WEEKEND.

WE ARE GOING TO START TO SEE AN OFFSHORE FLOW PATTERN COME BACK, AND THAT MEANS WE ARE STAYING DRY.

HEADING THROUGH TONIGHT, WE HAVE GOT A COUPLE OF THOSE CLOUDS WORKING THEIR WAY INTO PLACES LIKE SAN DIEGO, 51 FOR THE LOAD THERE, OCEANSIDE COMING IN AT 43.

AND MOSTLY QUIET ACROSS THE AREA.

YOU WILL NOTICE THOSE CLOUDS AGAIN TOWARD THE COAST, JUST KIND OF OUR USUAL MARINE LAYER SET UP, NOTHING TO TO UNUSUAL.

THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS TAKING PLACE MUCH FARTHER TO THE NORTH.

THERE IS A COLD FRONT DIGGING THROUGH AND THERE WILL BE MOISTURE TO THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST, BUT FOR US, WE STAY DRY AS THIS FRONT PRESSES THROUGH, WHAT IT WILL LEAD TO IS AN OFFSHORE FLOW FOR US ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE FRONT.

WE ARE GOING TO START TO SEE THE WINDS CHANGE TOMORROW AND WHAT WE WILL GET, SUNSHINE A COUPLE CLOUDS OUT THERE AS THE FRONT GOES BY, BUT TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 60s ACROSS THE BOARD, 62 FOR THE HIGH IN OCEANSIDE AND -- SOME OUTLIERS, BUT OF COURSE THAT COOLER AIR, THAT IS GOING TO STAY LARGELY THROUGH THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST, WE KEEP THINGS FAIRLY MILD FOR THE FINISH OF THE WEEKEND, TRENDING A BIT WARMER INTO THE START OF NEXT WORKWEEK WHICH HAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE FOR US.

BASICALLY THE STORY IS, KEEPING THE COASTAL CLOUDS EARLY ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND A COOLER TREND AS WE GET THROUGH TOMORROW.

LOWER 60s FOR THE HIGH AND THEN BACK TO LOWER 70s, MONDAY WE WILL BE IN MID 70s, SO THAT WILL BE OUR WARMER TREND AS WE START THE WORK WEEK.

INLAND LOCATIONS CLOSING IN ON 80 DEGREES BY THE TIME WE GET INTO MONDAY AND THAT IS LARGELY A SUNNY DAY FOR US.

SUNDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-40s AND FOR THE DESERT, WE HAVE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK TOWARD THE MID-80s BY THE TIME WE GET INTO NEXT TUESDAY.

>>> WE KNOW THAT WEALTHIER AND WHITER PARTS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAVE FARED FAR BETTER DURING THE PANDEMIC THEN POORER AREAS, NOW KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER -- TELLS US RESIDENCE IN HIGHER INCOME ZIP CODES HAVE HAD A BETTER CHANCE OF BEING VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

>> Reporter: MARIA IS A 74-YEAR- OLD HOUSEKEEPER IN -- SHE SAYS SHE WANTS A COVID-19 VACCINE BUT DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO GET ONE.

>> Translator: THE DOCTOR WANTED US TO GO TODAY, BUT SINCE I HAD THIS APPOINTMENT, I SAID DO WE CALL HIM BACK, I DO NOT KNOW WHO CALLED US.

>> Reporter: LOWER INCOME AREAS WITH HIGH COVID-19 CASE RATES SUCH AS LOGAN HEIGHTS, EL CAJON, AND CHULA VISTA HAVE HIGH VACCINATION RATES.

HIGH INCOME AREAS WITH LOW INFECTION RATES HAVE THE HIGHEST VACCINATION RATES.

AT LEAST ONE IN FOUR RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED VACCINES.

THIS DISPARITY STEMS FROM THE WAY THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESIGNED, SINCE -- VACCINE APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR THE MOST PART ONLY OFFERED ONLINE.

>> IT IS HARD TO ACCESS THESE WEBSITES, YOU NEEDED ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, YOU NEEDED TO BE COMFORTABLE IF YOU WERE AT PETCO WITH A FORM THAT ASK YOU YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, AND YOU NEEDED TO BE PRETTY QUICK, AND YOU NEEDED TO BE PRETTY TECH SAVVY.

>> Reporter: OLDER RESIDENTS HAVE HAD ACCESS TO THE VACCINE FIRST AND THAT POPULATION IS PREDOMINANTLY LIGHTER AND WELL OFF.

>> SOME OF IT IS, THEY CANNOT TAKE TIME OFF WORK TO SIT AT PETCO OR MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR A SUPERSTATION FOR HOURS, THE ONLY TIME THAT WAS AVAILABLE IS THE TIME I HAVE TO WORK AND I CANNOT TAKE THAT THREE-HOUR BLOCK, THAT IS POSSIBLE.

I DO NOT HAVE A PRIVATE CAR, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THE PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF RUNNING THOSE RISKS ARE OUTWEIGHED BY THE ACTUAL VARIABLES.

>> THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO WANT VACCINES.

IF WE MOVE ON TO QUICKLY, THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY UNVACCINATED, THOSE BARRIERS DO NOT GO AWAY BY OPENING IT UP TO TEACHERS AND POLICE OFFICERS.

>> Reporter: VACCINATION SITES ARE OPEN ACROSS THE COUNTY, AND MANY HAVE HUNDREDS OF OPENINGS PER DAY.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN EVERYONE HAS READY ACCESS TO A VACCINE.

>> WHEN THEY WENT ONLINE, INDIVIDUALS WITH MORE RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES TOOK THOSE VACCINATING APPOINTMENTS.

>> Reporter: ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOW WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO HELP PEOPLE SCHEDULE AND GET TRANSPORTATION TO VACCINE APPOINTMENTS.

>> WE HAVE DEDICATED STAFF THAT IS HELPING PEOPLE ON THE PHONE AND IN PERSON TO SCHEDULE THOSE VACCINE APPOINTMENTS, ALL DAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, TO SCHEDULE THE VACCINE APPOINTMENT BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION AND IF THEY DO NOT, TO HELP THEM FIND TRANSPORTATION AND CHILDCARE.

>> Reporter: -- STATIONED THEMSELVES OUTSIDE GROCERY STORES AND OTHER COMMUNITY LOCATIONS WHERE THEY TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AND HELP THEM GET VACCINE APPOINTMENTS.

>> WE ARE SEEING A VERY SMALL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY WHO ARE GETTING VACCINATED, IT IS INCREASING SLOWLY, NOT AT THE RATES THAT IS RELATIVE TO THE POPULATION, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME -- ALL OF THESE EFFORTS GET UNDERWAY AND WE WILL START TO SEE THAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE.

>> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AT KPBS.ORG, JUST CLICK ON THE VACCINES TAB ON OUR HOME PAGE, YOU WILL FIND A SEARCHABLE MAP WITH CLINIC LOCATIONS AND LINKS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE.

>>> THE U.S. HAS OFFICIALLY REJOINED THE PARIS AGREEMENT.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER HOURS AFTER HE WAS SWORN IN.

IT TOOK EFFECT JUST TODAY.

UNDER THE PARIS AGREEMENT, COUNTRIES PROMISE TO HONOR THEIR COMMITMENTS TO CURB GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

>> NO LONGER WILL WE DO THE BARE MINIMUM TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

THIS IS A GLOBAL EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

AND WE WILL ALL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES IF WE FAIL.

>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERED THAT THE U.S. LEAVE THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY LAST YEAR.

CALIFORNIA SET A GOAL OF ZERO EMISSION CARS BY 2035, NOW SOME AUTOMAKERS ARE FOLLOWING SUIT.

HERE IS MORE ON THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

♪ ♪ >> Reporter: FORD MOTOR COMPANY CAME OUT AND ANNOUNCED THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO TRANSITION ALL OF THEIR FLEET TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES BY 2030, WHERE IT IS COMMITTING OVER $22 BILLION TO CHANGE OUT THEIR PLANTS, AND THAT IS FIVE YEARS MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN GENERAL MOTORS WHO ANNOUNCED THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE AND CONVERT THEIR COMP THEIR FLEETS TO ELECTRIC BY 2035.

WHAT WILL FACILITATE THAT IS GOVERNMENT SPENDING.

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS 645,000 AUTOMOBILES, THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK AT CONVERTING ALL OF THOSE CARS OVER THE NEXT FIVE OR SO YEARS, CURRENTLY ONLY 2% OF THE CARS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, SO THERE IS A LOT OF WAY TO GO TO MAKE THIS CONVERSION.

YOU WILL START SEEING LARGE NUMBERS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE OPTIONS FROM A CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE IN DEALERS BY 2022 AND 2023.

>>> SAN DIEGO RESEARCHERS HOPE A CLONE OF A BLACK FOOTED FERRET WILL -- >> Reporter: A BIOPSY FROM A FERRET THAT DIED 30 YEARS AGO PROVIDED THE GENETIC MATERIAL, ZOO GENETICIST OLIVER RYDER SAYS THE CLONE WILL ADD MUCH NEEDED GENETIC DIVERSITY TO THE CAPTIVE BREAD BLACK FOOTED FERRET POPULATION.

>> TODAY ALL LIVING BLACK FOOTED FERRETS ARE DESCENDED FROM ONLY SEVEN INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME OUT OF THE WILD IN 1985.

>> Reporter: THE PROCESS OPENS THE DOOR TO HELP OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES.

>> THIS IS NOT THE ENDPOINT TO CLONE THIS ANIMAL, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE EXPLORATION ABOUT USING THIS TECHNOLOGY TO BOLSTER AND SUSTAIN THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF A POPULATION.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS A HANDFUL OF OTHER ANIMALS HAVE BEEN CLONED FROM MATERIALS STORED, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST ENDANGERED SPECIES TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CLONING PROCEDURE.

IT WAS PRODUCED BY ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PROCESS THAT CREATED DOLLY THE SHEEP SOME 25 YEARS AGO.

>>> THERE ARE A LOT OF STREAMING CHOICES FOR THIS WEEKEND INCLUDING A TRIO OF FILMS BY FEMALE DIRECTORS WHO SHATTER TRADITIONAL ROLES FOR WOMEN.

♪ ♪ >> Reporter: NOMAD LAND SERVES UP A DIFFERENT KIND OF MOVIE.

FERN HAS LOST EVERYTHING, SHE SELLS WHAT LITTLE SHE HAS LEFT TO BUY A VAN AND DISCOVERS A NEW WAY TO FIND HOME.

-- BOTH THE FILM AND FRANCIS McDORMAND'S PERFORMANCE DISPLAY GRACE AND NATURALISM AS THEY FIND A NEW WAY OF LIFE THAT SOME MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IS A CHOICE.

HER CHOICE MAY HAVE BEEN FORCED UPON HER AT FIRST BUT SHE MAKES A DECISION THAT A NOMAD LIFE IS FOR HER.

HERE IS THE ELEVATOR PITCH FOR JUMBO, A CHEYENNE WOMAN TAKES A JOB AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH A NEW RIDE.

IT IS THE MONTHLY OFFERING FROM -- IT MAY NOT EXACTLY QUALIFY AS AN LGBTQ STORY BUT IT DEFINITELY DISPLAYS A SENSIBILITY IN -- IT SPEAKS TO ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN MADE TO FEEL DIFFERENT OR TOLD THAT THEY ARE NOT NORMAL, THE BRILLIANCE OF THE FILM IS THAT SHE LETS US SEE JUMBO THROUGH THE WOMAN'S EYES AND ASKS US TO EMPATHIZE WITH HER UNIQUE ROMANTIC OBSESSION.

FROM ITS OPENING SCORE AND FEVERED IMAGES -- MOD IS A YOUNG HOSPICE NURSE WAITING FOR GOD TO GIVE HER DIRECTION.

THE FEATURE DIRECTING DEBUT IS A SEARING PORTRAIT OF A LONELY AND POWERLESS YOUNG WOMAN DESPERATE FOR SOME KIND OF SALVATION.

IT HAS A DARKLY SEDUCTIVE VISUAL STYLE.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO A PAIR OF FILMS, FIRST IS -- ABOUT A KOREAN FAMILY DETERMINED TO START A FARM IN 1980S ARKANSAS.

IT IS ALSO FUELED BY BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCES AND AN INTIMATE SENSE OF FAMILY LIFE.

THEN THERE IS THE IN-YOUR-FACE CRUNCHINESS OF DOLOMITE, AN ICON FROM THE BLACK SPLAY TATIAN ERA.

-- FILM GEEK SAN DIEGO SCREENED THE FILM, AND I WILL BE COHOSTING A ZOOM DISCUSSION WITH DAVID F WALKER.

>>> WE HAVE A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE FOR YOU, A SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE HAS GRANTED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER REQUEST FOR ALLOWING HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TO RESUME.

THEY MUST FOLLOW SIMILAR PROTOCOLS IMPOSED FOR COLLEGIATE SPORTS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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