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>>> A GOOD EVENING PEER GETS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10th.

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I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

AN EMOTIONAL DAY ON CAPITOL HILL AS NEW VIDEO WAS SHOWN IN THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF DONALD TRUMP.

THE IMAGES, RIOTERS STORMING THE BUILDING, ATTACKING OFFICERS, AND LAWMAKERS TRYING TO ESCAPE THE ANGRY MOB.

NADIA ROMERO REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.. >>> THE SENATE WILL CONVENE THIS COURT OF IMPEACHMENT.

>> Reporter: THE CASE AGAINST THE DONALD TRUMP CONTINUES.

>> DONALD TRUMP SURRENDERED HIS ROLE AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, AND BECAME THE INSIDER IN CHIEF.

OF A DANGEROUS INSURRECTION.

>> Reporter: HAS MANAGERS ACTING AS PROSECUTORS USE THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S OWN WORDS, BOTH BEFORE THE ELECTION -- >> WE WILL FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF OUR NATION.

>> Reporter: AND AFTER.

>> WE WILL FIGHT LIKE HECK.

I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: ALONG WITH FOOTAGE OF THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL.

>> WE WERE INVITED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> Reporter: IS EVIDENCE THAT TRUMP COMMITTED AND IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE INCITING AND INSURRECTION.

>> HE TOLD THEM TO FIGHT LIKE HECK.

AND THEY BROUGHT IT TO US ON THAT DAY.

HE ALONE, OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF, HAD THE POWER TO STOP IT.

AND HE DIDN'T.

>> Reporter: SENATORS A SERVING AS JURORS FORCED TO RELIVE THE SIEGE, WHERE MANY HID IN FEAR OF THEIR LIVES.

>> THE HARM WAS REAL.

THE DAMAGE WAS REAL.

>> Reporter: THE TRUMP DEFENSE TEAM WILL MAKE THEIR CASE LATER THIS WEEK, BUT IT IS LIKELY TRUMP WILL BE ACQUITTED, ESPECIALLY SINCE ONLY SIX REPUBLICANS VOTED TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THIS CASE, FAR SHORT OF THE 17 GOP SENATORS DEMOCRATS NEED TO CONVICT THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

>> THAT PRETTY WELL FIXES IN PLACE WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE AS THE EVENTUAL OUTCOME.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, NADIA ROMERO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE CARRYING PBS NEWS HOUR'S COVERAGE OF THE SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IN ITS ENTIRETY ON KPBS 2.

YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN ON KPBS RADIO , OR LIVE STREAM AT KPBS.ORG .

>>> ANOTHER VACCINATION SUPERSTATION IS ON ITS WAY TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THAT NEWS COMES ON THE SAME DAY THAT NEW NUMBERS ON COVID IN CALIFORNIA SHOW THE STATE IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN SLOWING THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.

HERE IS KPBS REPORTER JOHN CAROL.

>> Reporter: AT A PLACE KNOWN FOR HORSE RACING AT THE ANNUAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR, SOMETHING NEW.

ON FRIDAY, THE DELMAR FAIRGROUNDS WILL BECOME A LIFE-SAVING PLACE WHEN IT BECOMES THE COUNTY'S LATEST VACCINATION SUPERSTATION PEER >> WE REALLY DO BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GET VACCINATED.

THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL ARE THE VACCINES.

>> Reporter: IN THE SAME VEIN AS EASY SAN DIEGO HEALTH PARTNERSHIP AT PETCO, SCRIPPS HEALTH IS NOW PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY AND THE DELMAR FAIRGROUNDS TO OPEN THIS VACCINATION SUPERSTATION, AS LONG AS YOU FALL INTO THE TEARS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND 65 AND OLDER, YOU CAN GET VACCINATED?

>> IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE OR NOT, OR WHERE YOU LIVE WITHIN THE COUNTY.

>> I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE PANDEMIC PEER >> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR GAVE HIS UPDATE FROM THE FRESNO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, WHICH BECAME A VACCINATION SUPERSTATION LAST MONTH.

NEWSOM HAD GOOD NEWS WHEN IT COMES TO COVID IN CALIFORNIA.

>> A MONTH AGO TODAY, WE HAD 13.9% POSITIVITY RATES HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

TODAY WE ARE DOWN TO 4.8%.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS ONE MONTH AGO WE REPORTED NEARLY 50,000 CASES ON A DAY ACROSS THE STATE .

TODAY, THAT NUMBER STANDS AT 8400.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS WE COULD BE DOING A LOT MORE IF NOT FOR ONE MAJOR PROBLEM.

>> WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE ALLOCATION THAT WE NEED TO GET TO THE LEVELS WHERE WE ALL NEED TO GO.

>> Reporter: THE STATEWIDE VACCINE SHORTAGE REFLECTED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> UNFORTUNATELY WE STILL DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE DOSES FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: NEWSOM SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS RAMPING UP VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, SO MORE DOSES SHOULD BE HEADING CALIFORNIA'S WAY IN THE COMING WEEKS.

THE GOVERNOR WAS HECKLED BY PROTESTERS THROUGHOUT THE NEWS CONFERENCE, WHO WANT HIM RECALLED.

JOHN CAROL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE JUST GOT NEW CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FROM THE COUNTY.

SADLY ANOTHER 51 DEATHS WERE REPORTED, AND 810 NEW CASES.

>>> NEARLY A YEAR INTO THE PANDEMIC, MOST CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS ARE ONLY OPEN VIRTUALLY.

KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN HAS MORE ON THE EFFORTS LOCALLY AND STATEWIDE TO GET KIDS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.

>>> OUR SCHOOLS IN ESCONDIDO GIVE US A POIGNANT EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN EDUCATORS TEACH IN PERSON WITHOUT BEING VACCINATED.

JUST 2 DAYS AFTER WE RETURNED TO IN PERSON INSTRUCTION LAST WEEK, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 100 PEOPLE QUARANTINED WITH CLASSES OPENING JUST TO CLOSE RIGHT BACK DOWN.

>> Reporter: THIS AFTERNOON, SOME SAN DIEGO PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS ADVOCATED FOR SCHOOL STAFF VACCINATIONS, SAYING THEY ARE CRITICAL TO SUPPORT SAFE AND STABLE IN PERSON LEARNING, A MESSAGE OFFICIALS SEEM TO BE HEARING.

>> TO GET OUR KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL A TOP PRIORITY FOR ALL OF US, PARTICULARLY PARENTS.

>> Reporter: GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS A $6 BILLION PLAN TO REOPEN SOME SCHOOLS COULD ARRIVE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY FRIDAY.

>> IT WILL ALLOW OUR YOUNGEST COHORTS TO RETURN SAFELY TO SCHOOL STARTING WITH KINDERGARTEN TO SECOND GRADE, AND ULTIMATELY GET COHORTS UP TO SIXTH GRADE, AT LEAST IN THAT FIRST PHASE.

>> Reporter: JUST LAST NIGHT, THE OCEANSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTED TO RETURN SOME IN PERSON INSTRUCTION FOR ALL KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS IN MID-MARCH.

OFFICIALS SAY PARENTS CAN EXPECT LETTERS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS THIS WEEK WITH MORE INFORMATION.

>> SCHOOL IS SUCH A HUGE PART OF CHILDREN'S LIVES, NOT JUST EDUCATIONAL, BUT SOCIAL.

FOR A LOT OF CHILDREN IT IS WHERE THEY GET FED AND WHERE THEY GET THEIR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.

>> Reporter: 5000 CALIFORNIA PEDIATRICIANS CALLED FOR THE URGENT REOPENING OF SCHOOLS WITH PROPER SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

>> WEARING A MASK, DISTANCING MY NOT BEING UNMASKED IN CLOSE CONTACT FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.

WE KNOW THAT IT REQUIRES A LOT OF COORDINATION FROM PUBLIC HEALTH, AND FROM TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF, BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT IT CAN HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH A DEAL TO REOPEN SCHOOLS IS CLOSE, TEACHERS AND THEIR UNIONS STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

>> WHAT I AM HEARING FROM MEMBERS IS THAT THEY REALLY DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING INTO CLASSROOMS WHILE WE ARE STILL IN THE PURPLE LEVEL.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO STATED JUST A CASE RATE IS STILL FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE TO ENTER THE LESS RESTRICTIVE RED REOPENING TIER.

IF THAT HAPPENS, MORE SCHOOLS COULD DECIDE TO OPEN.

NEWSOM WANTS TEACHERS TO BE PRIORITIZED FOR VACCINATIONS, BUT THERE IS A SUPPLY SHORTAGE.

>> EVEN IF IT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS ABOUT THE QUESTION IS HOW ACCESSIBLE ARE THE VACCINES?

HOW ACCESSIBLE WILL APPOINTMENTS BE?

IT IS NOT JUST OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THERE ARE 12,000 EMPLOYEES IN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED, BUT THERE ARE 42 OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR COUNTY.

>> Reporter: TEACHERS HAVE ALSO CALLED FOR REGULAR TESTING AND HOPE A DEAL THAT PRIORITIZES THE SAFETY OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IS IN PLACE SOON.

>> TEACHERS ARE READY TO GO BACK, AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE SCHOOLS BACK IN SESSION IN PERSON IN THE FALL.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> ABOUT 12,000 DAILY COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES WENT INTO THE ARMS OF SAN DIEGANS THE FIRST WEEK OF THIS MONTH.

THAT INCLUDES DOSES ADMINISTERED BY THE MILITARY, EXCLUDES DOSES ADMINISTERED BY THE MILITARY, THE VA, AND TRIBAL AGENCIES, BUT OUR HEALTH REPORTER TELLS US IT IS STILL BELOW WHAT IS NEEDED TO VACCINATE 70% OF OUR POPULATION BY JULY.

>> Reporter: THERE NEEDS TO BE 22,881 DAILY DOSES ADMINISTERED IN THE REGION TO REACH THAT 70% GOAL.

THAT IS NOT INCLUDING WHAT MAY BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MILITARY, VA OR TRIBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, WHICH DON'T REPORT DIRECTLY TO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS.

EXCLUDING THOSE AGENCIES, THE COUNTY AND OTHER VACCINATED IS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ADMINISTER 21,000 DOSES PER DAY, BUT SUPPLY ISSUES FROM THE STATE ARE KEEPING THE REGION BELOW THAT.

COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY DIRECTOR DELIVERED A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON TUESDAY.

>> LAST WEEK WE RECEIVED JUST OVER A QUARTER OF THE DOSES WE REQUESTED FOR THE STATE FOR OUR ENTIRE REGION.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY IS WORKING TO FURTHER EXPAND THE VACCINATION CAPACITY TO 35,000 DOSES PER DAY BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ARE STILL 140,000 DOSES IN THE COUNTY WAITING TO BE ADMINISTERED.

HE SAYS THE COUNTY IS WORKING WITH THE REGIONS MORE THAN 250 VACCINE PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THEY USE A DOSES WITHIN A WEEK OF RECEIVING THEM.

IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, THE COUNTY HAS REALLOCATED SOME OF THOSE DOSES.

TERRAN MENTO, KPBS NEWS .

>>> A NEW SENIORS ONLY VACCINATION SITE IS OPENING TOMORROW IN SAN MARCOS.

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND SITE WILL ADMINISTER MODERNA VACCINES SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE 65 AND OLDER.

IT WILL FOCUS ON THE MOST VULNERABLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY MEMBERS OR CAREGIVERS.

ORGANIZERS STUDIED OTHER VACCINATION SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR SENIORS.

>> AT THIS SITE, IT'S VERY LIMITED MOVEMENT FOR THE SENIOR.

SO WE CHECK IN HERE, WHERE WE WILL HAVE PRETTY POPULATED THE REGISTRATION FORMS FOR THE SENIOR.

HE WILL THEN BE ESCORTED BY THE TEAM TO THE VACCINATION CELLS.

ONCE THEY ARE IN THE SEATS, WE HAVE SEATS TO ACCOMMODATE FOR CAREGIVERS AS WELL BUT THEY DON'T NEED TO MOVE.

EVERYTHING ELSE WILL COME TO THEM.

>> THE SAN MARCO'S CLINIC WILL BE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH THE CAPACITY TO SERVE 500 OR MORE PEOPLE PER DAY.

APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE THROUGH THE COUNTY WEBSITE, OR BY CALLING 211.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY LEADERS SAY THERE VACCINATION PLAN IS BASED ON A POLICY OF SOCIAL EQUITY, AS KPBS REPORTER TELLS US ONE NEIGHBORHOOD FILLED WITH IMMIGRANTS HIT HARD BY THE PANDEMIC STILL HAS LIMITED VACCINATION SITES.

>> Reporter: AS VACCINATION SUPERSTITIONS HAVE OPENED DOWNTOWN IN THE SOUTH BAY AND NORTH COUNTY, CITY HEIGHTS AND THE REST OF THE MIDCITY AREA REMAIN WITHOUT A MAJOR VACCINATION HUB, INSTEAD RELYING ON LOCAL PROVIDERS TO REACH OUT TO ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS.

THAT IS LEAVING PEOPLE BEHIND, SAYS ANNA DANIELS, WHO SAYS IT WAS HER OWN PRIVILEGE THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HER TO BE VACCINATED.

>> I'M AN UPPER-MIDDLE-CLASS WHITE PERSON WITH A CAR.

I GOT MY VACCINE, THAT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE.

FROM THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, THE PEOPLE THAT ALWAYS MANAGED TO GET IT FIRST.

>> Reporter: SHE IS WORRIED THAT THE COMPLICATED PROCESS TO SIGN UP FOR A VACCINE, AND THE NEED TO RELY ON A CAR OR RIGHT CHAIR, PUTS UP ROADBLOCKS FOR MANY PEOPLE.

THE HEALTH CENTER IN THE HEART OF CITY HEIGHTS IS FOCUSED ON VACCINATING ITS OWN PATIENTS.

BUT THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE, MEANING 65 AND OLDER OR A HEALTHCARE WORKER, IT IS EASY TO BECOME A PATIENT AND RECEIVE ONE, BUT GOING TO ITS SCREENING STATION ON FAIRMONT AVENUE.

THE 40 VACCINATED 1000 PEOPLE.

THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE VACCINE.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF VACCINE HESITANCY AND RESISTANCE, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING A LOT OF EDUCATION, WHETHER IT BE EITHER IN THOSE PHONE CALLS, YOU KNOW, IN THE TEXT MESSAGES WE SEND, FLYERS THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH, SHOWING THEM THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE, THE VACCINES -- >> Reporter: HE ALSO SAYS THE HEALTH CENTERS ARE READY TO SEND OUT THEIR MOBILE UNITS WITH THE NECESSARY COOLING EQUIPMENT TO COMMUNITIES ONCE THE STATE GIVES THE OKAY.

THE CITY HEIGHTS CITY COUNCILMEMBER SAYS THAT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SHOULD BE OPENING UP MORE VACCINE OPPORTUNITIES IN CITY HEIGHTS IN THE COMING WEEKS, AND WILL LEAN HEAVILY ON COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES, AND OVERCOME YEARS OF DISTRESSED.

BETWEEN THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT AND THE IMMIGRANT AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.

>> WE HAVE TO ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THIS GOVERNMENT OVER GENERATIONS, AND AS WELL AS THE TRAUMA ON THEIR EXPERIENCES , WHEREVER IT MAY COME FROM.

AND ONCE WE HAVE MADE THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS.

>> Reporter: HE STRESSED THAT DECISIONS ON WHERE TO PLACE THE FIRST MASS VACCINATION SITES WERE BASED ON WHERE THE MOST CASES WERE BEING REPORTED, LIKE THE SOUTH BAY.

ON WEDNESDAY, THE COUNTY TOLD KPBS THAT MORE VACCINE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITY HEIGHTS WERE ON THE WAY.

THEY COULDN'T ATTACH A DATE.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE NAVY'S TOP COMMANDING OFFICER IS CONDEMNING RACIST INCIDENTS ABOARD TO SAN DIEGO- BASED SHIPS.

LAST MONTH, A BLACK SAILOR ON THE USS CHAMPAIGN FOUND A NOOSE ABOVE HIS BUNK.

AND THEN HIT FULL REFEEDING WAS DISCOVERED IN A BATHROOM AGAINST THE USS CARL VINSON.

THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAS ORDERED A MILITARY WIDE STANDDOWN ON APRIL 6 FOR COMMANDERS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF EXTREMISM WITHIN THEIR TROOPS.

>>> SCIENTISTIC DETECTIVE WORKS SOME OF IT DONE IN SAN DIEGO HELP FIND AND STOP COMPANIES ILLEGALLY MAKING AN OUTLAWED OZONE-DEPLETING CHEMICAL.

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCHER RAY WEISS SAYS RESEARCHERS WERE ABLE TO TRACK A SPECIFIC CHEMICAL TO CHINESE FACTORIES.

HE SAYS ABOUT TWO DOZEN MONITORING STATIONS MADE THAT POSSIBLE.

>> IT SHOWS YOU THAT BY MEASURING WHAT ACTUALLY GOES INTO THE AIR, AND MAKING THAT INFORMATION WIDELY KNOWN, THAT PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED.

>> TWO STUDIES TRACKING THE BANNED CHEMICAL LEVELS IN THE AIR ARE PUBLISHED IN THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE JOURNAL "NATURE."

>>> TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE RISE ON THURSDAY.

IT SHOULD BE A WARMER DAY, BUT IT STARTS TO TURN COOLER FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.

WE KEEP AN EYE ON TWO FAST- MOVING SYSTEMS DIVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST.

LIMITED MOISTURE WITH THESE SYSTEMS.

WE FIND COOLER CONDITIONS, GUSTY WINDS, AND SOME LIGHT SHOWERS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT.

PRETTY QUIET.

TEMPERATURES COOLING DOWN TO LOW 40s IN ESCONDIDO.

MID-40s IN EL CAJON.

MT.

LAGUNA IS AT 41.

SAN DIEGO, THE LOW IN THE LOW 50s.

THURSDAY, HERE COMES OUR FIRST SYSTEM.

THAT WILL BRING RAIN DOWN TO ABOUT THE BAY AREA.

WE WILL BE ON THE DRY SIDE, AND OUR TEMPERATURES WILL START TO RISE UP.

A LITTLE BIT WARMER WITH LESS OF THAT MARINE LAYER.

CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.

HIGHS AROUND 64, NEAR 70 AND RAMONA, 72 EL CAJON.

81 PERRIGO SPRINGS, AND 66 AND CAMPO.

IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT DAY.

FRIDAY, THE SYSTEM DIES RAPIDLY SOUTHEASTWARD WITH LIMITED MOISTURE.

WE WILL SEE GUSTY WINDS AND IT WILL TURN COOLER HERE.

HERE IS HOW IT LOOKS IN THE UPPER AIR CHART.

HERE IS THAT SYSTEM.

IT WILL SWING RAPIDLY AND FROM THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY, AND THEN ANOTHER SYSTEM DIES DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

THE TRAJECTORY IS NOT FAVORABLE FOR A LOT OF PRECIPITATION HERE.

WE WILL LOOK AT SOME CLOUDS AND A PASSING SHOWER FRIDAY FROM THE FIRST SYSTEM.

THE SECOND ONE, WE DON'T SEE MUCH HAPPENING HERE AT THE COAST.

LET'S HEAD INTO THE INLAND AREAS.

WE SEE A NICE DAY THURSDAY.

SHOWERS WITH OUR FIRST SYSTEM.

SECOND SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH LATER SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY.

THEN AS WE HAD HER WAY TO THE MOUNTAINS, THAT NEXT SYSTEM IS SHOWING UP WITH THE STRONG WIND.

YOU SEE SOME SHOWERS AROUND AS WELL, AND INTO THE DESERTS -- NOT A LOT OF PRECIPITATION.

NICE AND WARM THURSDAY.

THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOVERING IN THE MID TO UPPER 70s OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO .

>>> AFTER MONTHS OF CALLS FOR UPDATING MASK GUIDANCE, THE CDC IS OFFICIALLY ENDORSING DOUBLING UP YOUR FACEMASKS.

>> WE CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND THAT MASKS SHOULD HAVE TWO OR MORE LAYERS, COMPLETELY COVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH, AND FIT SNUGLY AGAINST YOUR NOSE AND THE SIDES OF YOUR FACE.

>> AND THE CDC IS ALSO UPDATING THE KINDS OF MASKS YOU SHOULD WEAR, SAYING THAT A GOOD FIT AND WEARING IT CORRECTLY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT.

IT COMES THE SAME DAY AS A STUDY SHOWING WEARING BOTH A DISPOSABLE MASK AND A CLOTH MASK IS MORE THAN 92% EFFECTIVE IN IMPROVING PROTECTION.

>>> SO FAR, THE COVID-19 VACCINE APPEARS TO BE SAFE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, BUT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH WANT MORE PREGNANT AND BREAST- FEEDING WOMEN INVOLVED IN TRIALS.

ABOUT 20,000 BOMBS TO BE HAVE ALREADY GIVEN THE SHOT, HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE SHOT.

NONE WERE INVOLVED IN PFIZER OR MODERNA'S CLINICAL TRIALS.

BUT AS KPBS REPORTER CLEAR TRIGGERS OR TELLS US, SOME DOCTORS SAY THIS WAS A MISTAKE, AND ARE TURNING THEIR ATTENTION TO STUDYING BREASTMILK FROM WOMEN WHO GOT THE SHOTS.

>> I PANICS.

WHAT IF I DONE.

THIS WAS A TOTAL MISTAKE.

>> Reporter: JENNIFER, A NURSE AT UC SAN DIEGO, RECALLS A SCARY MOMENT AFTER BREAST- FEEDING HER 8 MONTH OLD SON.

SHE HAD JUST RECEIVED HER FIRST DOSE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE, AND KNEW THE SCIENCE BEHIND HER DECISION.

>> IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AN EASY WAY TO HELP MY BABY, BUT, YEAH, I THINK INITIALLY RIGHT AFTERWARDS, EVEN BEFORE PEOPLE SAID ANYTHING, I GOT HOME, FED THE BABY, THEN I LOOKED AT MY HUSBAND, SHOULD I NOT HAVE DONE THAT?

>> Reporter: DOCTORS AND MEDICAL EXPERTS RECOMMEND WOMEN WHO RECEIVED THE VACCINES CONTINUE BREAST-FEEDING.

IN FACT, THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS THAT WOMEN WHO GET THE VACCINE LIKELY PASS ON PROTECTIVE ANTIBODIES TO THE BABY THROUGH THEIR MILK.

BUT THE UNCERTAINTY IS UNDERSTANDABLE GIVEN THE FACT THAT NO CLINICAL TRIALS OF COVID-19 VACCINES WERE DONE ON PREGNANT OR BREAST-FEEDING WOMEN.

>> HINDSIGHT IS 2020.

WE SHOULD USE 2020 ANYMORE AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT WAS A HORRIBLE GEAR, CLEARLY.

>> Reporter: THEY RUN THE UC SAN DIEGO MOTHER MILK CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, NOW STUDYING THE IMPACT OF THE VACCINE ON BREASTMILK.

>> THE NOTION WAS ORIGINALLY TO PROTECT WOMEN FROM RESEARCH WHEN THEY ARE IN THIS VULNERABLE SPACE OF EITHER BEING PREGNANT OR BREAST-FEEDING , SO THAT WE DON'T TRY OUT ANY DRUGS IN THAT SPACE.

BUT REALLY WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS WE SHOULD PROTECT WOMEN AND THEIR BABIES BY INCLUDING THEM IN THE RESEARCH, TO THEN HAVE DATA WHETHER IT IS SAFE OR NOT.

>> Reporter: FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS, UC SAN DIEGO HAS RUN A COLLECTION CENTER FOR BREASTMILK CALLED MOMMY'S MILK THAT STUDIES THE EFFECTS OF ALL KINDS OF THINGS ON MOTHER'S MILK.

DR. CHRISTINA CHAMBERS IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR.

>> CAN THE MOTHER, IN ADDITION TO PROTECTING HERSELF WITH A VACCINE, PRODUCE ANTIBODIES TO THE VIRUS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BENEFIT HER CHILD AS WELL?

WE WILL BE LOOKING OVER THE COURSE OF THE VACCINE COURSE AND THEN AFTER THAT, WHEN THOSE ANTIBODIES APPEAR, AND AT WHAT LEVEL, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO LOOK AT OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE MELT.

YOU KNOW, THE FAT, PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATE COMPOSITION, ANY DIFFERENCE IN SUPPLY?

ARE THERE ANY, YOU KNOW, INDICATIONS THAT THE BABY HAS ANY UNUSUAL SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS?

>> Reporter: SO FAR, 1200 WOMEN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE RECEIVED A VACCINE ARE SHIPPING MOMMY'S MILK BAGS OF PUMPED BREASTMILK, ONE FROM BEFORE THE VACCINE, AND 7 MOREOVER 2 ONCE AFTER GETTING THE FIRST DOSE.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACCINE IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF BABIES WILL TAKE THE MOST TIME, BUT THE RESEARCHERS ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THEY WILL FIND ANTIBODIES.

THEY ALSO EXPECT TO FIND THAT THE VACCINES DO NOT PUT ANYTHING IN BREASTMILK THAT IS HARMFUL TO BABIES.

ALL OF THESE THEORIES ARE COMPELLING.

TO DR. CHRISTINA PAID, AND E.R.

DOCTOR AT RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, AND MOTHER OF A 6 MONTH OLD.

SHE TOOK THE VACCINE, CONTINUES TO BREAST-FEED, AND IS ONE OF THE STUDIES PARTICIPANTS.

AS ANY BREAST-FEEDING MOTHER KNOWS, IT CAN FEEL PAINFUL TO GIVE UP ANY PUMPED MILK, BUT SHE SAYS IT WAS WORTH IT IN THIS CASE.

>> THEY WERE ONLY ASKING FOR 1 TO 2 OUNCES WITH EACH SAMPLE.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT ENDED UP BEING 15 TO 20 OUNCES, WHICH IS NOT EVEN A DAYS WORTH OF FEEDING.

SO I FELT LIKE IT WAS WORTH IT FOR SCIENCE.

>> Reporter: THAT SCIENCE IS WHAT OTHER MOMS, LIKE CARLY KEATS, ARE WAITING FOR.

SHE IS BREAST-FEEDING HER SON AND IS GENERALLY VERY PRO- VACCINE, BUT SAYS IT IS HARD TO MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT DATA.

>> THERE REALLY ISN'T ACTUAL DATA YET SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T , YOU KNOW, PASS THROUGH.

IF IT DOES, MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING, MAYBE THAT'S A BAD THING, BUT THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING STATISTICALLY OR DATA DRIVEN TELLING ME, YES, IT'S 100% GOING TO BE GOOD FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR BABY.

>> Reporter: SHE MAY HAVE AN ANSWER BY THE TIME IT'S HER TURN FOR A VACCINE.

HAS RESULTS FROM THE FIRST 500 WOMEN FROM THE UC SAN DIEGO STUDY ARE EXPECTED IN A FEW MONTHS.

CLEAR TRAGUS OR, KPBS NEWS .

>>> IS THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS GETTING VACCINATED CONTINUES TO RISE, SO DO CONCERNS OVER THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS VARIANT THAT HAS LED SOME TO CONTEST THE NEED FOR A YEARLY COVID SPOT MUCH LIKE THE FLU VACCINE, ANDY GAITHER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: ACROSS THE U.S., THE RACE AGAINST CORONAVIRUS VARIANTS CONTINUES , ABOUT 1 IN 10 AMERICANS HAVE NEVER RECEIVED AT LEAST A SINGLE DOSE OF THE VACCINE.

>> I ALREADY HAD COVID.

SO I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS BECAUSE OF THE REINFECTION RATE.

THAT'S THE BIG THING RIGHT NOW.

I WAS NOT AS NERVOUS.

I WAS GOING TO WAIT IT OUT AND WAIT UNTIL LATER ON WHEN IT IS NOT SO URGENT, BUT I THOUGHT I BETTER GET IN ON IT NOW BECAUSE OF THE REINFECTION.

>> Reporter: ONLY ONE STATE NOW, ALASKA, IS SHOWING AN UPWARD TREND IN CORONAVIRUS CASES.

BUT NEW CDC DATA SHOWS NEARLY 950 KNOWN CASES OF THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS VARIANTS IN THE U.S.

THE CEO AND VACCINE MAKER JOHNSON AND JOHNSON NOW SUGGESTING THOSE MUTATIONS NAMING AN ANNUAL COVID SHOT WILL BE NEEDED FOR YEARS TO COME.

THE COMPANY ASKED THE FDA FOR AN EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION OF ITS VACCINE LAST WEEK.

A GREEN LIGHT COULD FURTHER BOOST VACCINATION DOSES AVAILABLE ACROSS THE U.S. >> SUPPLY WILL INCREASE.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SEES THE DATA AND HAS RELIABLE SOURCES TO GO TO SO THEY INCREASE THEIR COMFORT IN TAKING THE VACCINE.

>> Reporter: A NEW GALLUP POLL OF MORE THAN 4000 AMERICANS TAKEN AT THE END OF JANUARY SHOWS 71% OF THOSE SURVEYED ARE NOW WILLING TO GET COVID-19 VACCINES, BUT TWO THIRDS WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH HOW VACCINATION IS GOING IN THE U.S. FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I AM MANDY GAITHER.

>>> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AT KPBS.ORG .

JUST CLICK ON THE VACCINES TAB ON OUR HOMEPAGE, AND YOU WILL FIND A SEARCHABLE MAP WITH CLINIC LOCATIONS AND LENGTHS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE.

THOSE 65 AND OVER CAN ALSO CALL 211.

>>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL NOT BE BACK ON TWITTER, EVEN IF HE WINS ELECTED OFFICE AGAIN.

THAT IS THE WORD TODAY FROM A TWITTER EXECUTIVE WHO SAYS THE BANDITS PERMANENT.

TWITTER KICKED TRUMP OFF OF ITS PLATFORM LAST MONTH AFTER THE CAPITAL RIOTS, QUOTE, DUE TO THE RISK OF FURTHER INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE.

TWITTER HAD ALREADY TEMPORARILY LOCKED HIS ACCOUNT.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, DEMOCRATS MAKE THEIR CASE TO CONVICT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR INCITEMENT OF THE CAPITAL INSURRECTION.

COMING UP AT 7:00, AFTER EVENING ADDITION ON KPBS.

>>> A UNIQUE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT BIRCH AQUARIUM FOR TWO EDC DRAGONS.

THE BABIES WERE LESS THAN 1 INCH WHEN THEY WERE HAS TO YEAR AGO, AND NOW THEY ARE NEARLY 9 INCHES LONG, AND FINALLY BIG ENOUGH TO BE ADDED IN WITH THE OTHERS HE DRAGONS IN THE MAIN HABITAT.

THE AQUARIUM IS CLOSED FOR NOW, BUT YOU CAN CHECK IN ON THESE UNIQUE ANIMALS ON A NEW LIVE 24/7 SEE DRAGON CAMERA.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

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I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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