Day. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama is here with the pfizer results in the race to get vaccines to people. Reporter one interesting point is pfizer says their data showed basically the vaccine was 94 effective with older adults and had no serious side effects. Now the fda has an Advisory Panel on standby to review and publicly debate the data in early december. As president elect joe biden held a briefing with healthcare workers wednesday, the nations ninemonth battle with the coronavirus show the emotional toll. One nurse tearing up along with the president elect. The hardship and heartbreak on the front lines, now seeing some hope. On wednesday pfizer announced new test results from their vaccine candidate shows a 95 efficacy rate overall, despite the rest timeline. The nations top Infectious Disease expert said in a call this week that he is confident the vaccines will be safe. The data then goes to the fda , to career scientists who have no political obligation to anyone. Then they go to an
Its getting dark at this point. Reporter county residents say being on the watch list first to be able to have a mental release, we work from home, we have a work space, but this is an extra space to get away. Reporter some political leaders say they disagree with the states decision. We need to find a better way when it comes to metrics. Reporter as for shopping malls like the only shopping youll be able to do as of saturday will be outdoors or via pickup and delivery. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. Contra costa county says its experiencing the worst of the pandemic. Health leaders were urging, almost begging people, to wear masks and social distance. This week the county reported a Record Number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Leaders say its not just elderly dying in Nursing Homes but younger adults. One doctor responded to the idea that herd immunity would be a good way and letting that large portion of our population to get infected could have dire consequences. We dont w
And well begin with whats happening in this video. This evening the abc 7 news iteam is learning new details about two of the Alameda Police officers who handcuffed and pinned a black man to the ground after reports he was dancing in the street. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. In an exclusive iteam interview, our iteam reporter spoke with alamedas police chief to see how the department is responding. She joins us live. Reporter we learned today the first two officers who detained Miley Watkins were brand new to the Alameda Police department, both still in training up until just a few months ago. There is not a single use of force that ever happens in police work where youre not concerned. Reporter the Alameda Police chief speaks exclusively to the iteam for the First Time Since this body cam footage was released last week. Youre dancing in the street. So what . Im dancing in the street. Yes. Hold on. Youre not free to go. Since when is dancing in the street a crime . Yeah. Im unaw
Little about a motive. It was shortly before 10 tuesday night when gunfire erupted outside this filly home and cynthia avenue, this is a toddlers birthday and unfortunately these this group of individuals got out of the car and targeted that the the group of party goers a 63 yearold woman and a 37 yearold woman were killed. A 10 yearold child was wounded along with 2 other adults, those 3 are expected to survive we need to one of the. Alarming things since ive been here we had a 192 shootings in the last year our top priority is to reduce gun violence and we cant do that ourselves las police chief says reducing gun violence will only happen if everyone works together. Takes a community to collaborate make these things happen volley wilson with peace project degrees. He says anger over the Police Shooting of george floyd is bringing people together and he hopes that will be channeled towards reducing all types of violence. Im hopeful greg, you know with the people that are reaching out
Right there. Abc7 went out to assess the situation. Reporter weve done this story how many times and talked about the open drug market . But we are focusing on it again because of what you said, one federal agency telling its employees work from home, its not safe. They say the optics are not good. The moment we arrived, we found a group gathered in front of the Federal Building. Do you realize you are in front of a Federal Building and you are doing drugs . They dont care, you say . They said you can come and do it . Another man showed us his paraphernalia, which included aluminum foil and a straw typically used to smoke fentanyl. This is [indiscernible] reporter he gave his unused needles to another man. Are you using fentanyl or heroin here . Fentanyl and crystal together. That blase behavior no surprises the security at the Federal Building. Guards occasionally come out to ask them to move. One guy told me offcamera this is all they can do. This is a daily occurrence . Yes. Every d