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democrats breaking internal impasse with a deal on unemployment benefits. we are live from the capital tonight as it dragged on and tennessee senator bill break to join us live. janice dean will talk about the latest villas regarding new york governor andrew collapsed burgeoning scandals. let s begin with the urgent problems on the us-mexico border. kevin cork has the latest. the by the administration is scrambling to deal with the surge of migrants on the southern border, each and every day they are coming here because once they reach the border the feeling is or the believe is they will be able to stand at least so far the biden administration isn t doing a lot to disavow that notion the problem has become so acute, so bad that the white house is considering using a white house military base to house the children. oxford dictionary defines crisis as a time of great danger, difficulty or confusion with problems that must be solved or important decisions must be made ....
the weather system to our north. as we head through the day, we ll continue with the clouds. it is a cloudy start right now. hour by hour on futurecast, you can see the showers up in lake county. this is noon. as we go through 2 p.m., mostly cloudy skies and daytime highs in the mid-to upper 50s to low 60s this afternoon. let s get a look at your traffic. you re still keeping a close eye on the traffic alert in the north bay. yes. this is highway 12 and kelly road. the delays are starting to build as more and more cars hit the roadways. a traffic alert was issued right after 3:30 this morning involving an incident involving a couple of vehicles. they have one lane open east and westbound in the area. but the traffic is getting a little busier and the speeds dipping down to 3 miles an hour. two tow crews are on the scene. the other busy spot is the ride into the altamonte pass. we re tracking some brake lights northbound 101 out of san jose getting a bit busy as you wo ....
so we can t even get the permits in a timely manner just because everything is so backed up right now. reporter: for now, they ve stopped short of turning families away, but say they may have to reassess if the situation gets worse. we re all working overtime, trying to accommodate people, trying to get everything out to the families that we serve. reporter: icu capacity is just 5% in santa clara county. infectious disease experts say now is not the time for the public to let up. until more than 75% or so of the population is immunized against this deadly virus, it s just very, very important that all of us do the things that we know are effective in preventing transmission. reporter: a grim reminder about the dangers of this deadly disease. in the south bay, chris nguyen, abc7 news. and we were warned that the pandemic would cost more lives, sadly. listen to what governor newsom said back on december 15th. here s the numbers. 163 people we ve lost on an a ....
the number to reach its own goal. we, the county health system have been vigorously working on expanding our capacity. we expect to double by monday, the number of the capacity we have. an additional county hospitals, they have open seven sites to distribute the vaccine and hopes to ramp up efforts there in the next week. the 49ers wrote to the board of supervisors about the need for fast, efficient and equitable vexing distribution. volunteering levi s stadium as a possible max vaccination site. they are looking into the disability but they acknowledge as they speed up efforts to get people vaccinated, they will need an ever greate> righ now we do freezers, enough to last one week let alone be able to do 35,000 a week. what s going on with the county s warning about misinformation, false offers to maybe get vaccinated? public health officials warned about misinformation during the meeting this afternoon. they said people got some text messages and emails with off ....
state capitols this weekend. we will speak to the filipino scholar walden bello, author of counterrevolution: the global rise of the far right. his latest piece america has entered the weimar era. then we look at president trump s race to execute more prisoners before his term ends in an unprecedented lame duck killing spree. i think it is the callous brute force of the mentality of the trump administration that he just believese can use force and kill people. he can use violence and force to make his point. there is no need for these executions to happen. amy: on monday, a federal judge granted a stay of execution for lisa montgomery, who was set to become the first woman executed by the federal government in 67 almost years, but the trump 70 administration is appealing the decision. two men are also scheduled to be executed this week. we will speak with longtime death penalty critic sister helen prejean. stay with us. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.or ....