. >> korean war veteran army first lieutenant eileen hands remembers. >> it was a very long time ago but the memories of that time in my life are still very real. >> hi, david. >> and army sergeant gwen deal, aware tonight of the sacrifice of those who came before her. >> i'm thrilled to be here, because i get to meet and rub elbows with the women whose shoulders i stood upon in my career in the army. >> and tonight, betty, that world war ii veteran, at 99 years old, with a wish for everyone. >> i wish everybody good health. >> betty, joyce, eileen and gwen, we honor you all. good night. announcer: moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. dr. fauci: in order to avoid resurgence, it will be important to get more vaccinated. of rapid at-home tests. >> new developments in the fight against covid-19 as the bay area gets closer to lifting mask mandates. >> different counties may reach them at different times. the lifting of indoor masking may concur at different times. >> what we have learned about the plans to slowly lift the mandate. larry: you're watching abc 7 news at 4:

eileen marty, professor of infectious diseases at florida national university. great to see you. i want your take first on what we're seeing right now in alaska? >> well, that's absolutely heartbreaking. it's something that did not need to happen if the political movement in alaska had permitted more levels of vaccination and also the use of appropriate, non-pharmaceutical tools. and the adoption of the monoclonal antibody, just in time use as had been done in some of our states. >> why would that be different? what would that be different? >> that -- because we've known now for over a year that these non-pharmaceutical interventions reduce transmission dramatically. and add to that the use of the vaccine, then that's your first, most important preventative measure. ventilation is equally, almost equally important. make sure that you have really adequate ventilation, especially when you're indoors. make sure there's good air exchange, using the masks, hygiene, all of that works in reducing transmission, which is crucial. in addition to that, when you add the -- if someone does ge

>> thank you, eileen. this is this is continuing to be a top urgent priority. we are still very much in the midst of a global pandemic and i have spoken out forcefully that we need to ensure every possible place we're providing , protections for our workers and for the general public. especially as we're getting close to seeing the vaccine approved for younger children. our boston public schools must be that platform where we are reaching every single family from all generations. using that bit of connection to community everywhere we can find it. again, through schools, through community centers, through public housing to ensure that we , can close these gaps and make boston a city where our economy doesn't have to be pitted against public health because we are ending this pandemic. >> i agree very much with michelle there. we need to meet our city's residents where they are. we got to get shots in arms. we've got to make sure that the information and the education is shared widely and in culturally competent ways using the language is that our city's resident

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eileen at what i thought it should be pickup truck that legislation both the build back better piece as well as the infrastructure piece are things that i wrote. these did not come from god love, bernie sanders or aoc, i would them. >> dana: kennedy krieger i can't extent phones in bathrooms. in the public restroom. i can't take it. this is what happened if this happened to be, i probably would have completely lost it. he gets followed into the bathroom, not just by women but men, too. >> dagen: it is such a child is an english list -- control it is such a childish -- >> carley: of it is such a childish techie. do not do that to someone else and i really hope that this field is. i hope she takes this as some sort of inspiration to not bend to allowed mark because she should not. she should be looking at the bottom line. she should be looking at the tag and what they and the american people can afford and they can't afford to $.5 trillion. she knows it. joe vigil knows it. the entire democratic party knows it. but it might be of went my 16-year-old daughter wants to go to 11 and buy s

even when i go there to visit, i have to deal with respiratory issues was eileen and i can just imagine how it could be for people living there all the time. and there were t disease like covid-19 creating respiratory problems and only compounds the issues make them less likely to be able to fight it off. so just based on my personal experience, i believe that we have to address these environmental justice issues as they become more common to climate change. we have to be in a position to fight and were fighting on the front as well pretty. >> thank you for the question and there really as a connection and our ancestors were told of the day of reckoning a moment of truth when you look at the multiple of apocalyptic challenges that our generation is facing, whether it is climate change are dealing with multiple global pandemics and over the koa at the course of a lifetime, is whatever that there we are and will detached from our basic principles. the teachings that we live in a balanced environment were experiencing the brunt of it. if you lookk at the stories of the navajo nation, we ha

even in reality, we can support each other and joint to reveal the truth and share the legacy teacher eileen packed akane reading poems written by her middle school students after day celebrating filipino american trailblazer, very italy on this is a big special day for us because we get a chance to teach our students about where their namesake comes from 10 years ago, the school formally alvarado middle school in union city, renamed it leon vera cruz middle school. after larry it, leong and another filipino labor leader, philip barry crews who were instrumental in organizing the delano grape strike in 1965 that led to a nationwide boycott. the owners figured out very quickly to pit the mexican workers against the filipino workers and that the filipino workers would ask for more benefits and more and better working conditions. and instead of giving it to them, they would say nope. and they would just go and hire mexican workers instead working side by side with scissor chavez and dolores huerta all pictured here on this mural at the school, they stood up for farm workers rights and fair wage

speaker of the virginia house of delegates, eileen. the great mayor of richmond, levar stoney. these are leaders that you have come through for multiple times. and in ten days, you've got a chance to do it again. you've got a chance to elect terry and hala and mark and to keep virginia moving forward. and before we start anything else, i want to remind you, and everybody who's watching, you don't have to wait until november 2nd to cast your ballot. >> that's right. >> you can vote early. right now. either by mail or in-person. if you don't -- don't be lollygagging. don't be sitting on the couch, saying, yeah, i'll get to it later. you can vote early right now. if you've got a ballot at home, you can return it by mail. or you can hand it in at your local registrar's office or you can take it to a dropoff location today. don't leave it on your desk. if you're like me, your desk is cluttered, you end up spilling stuff. you're all, like, oh, man, i got to start all over again, get another ballot. do it now. you'll feel good. you'll feel good about exercising the franchise. or you c

. >> eileen with news 12? >> hello, doctor. we asked a little bit, but is there a way that you can explai how you know that it was strangulation. sometimes i know that the high fight going could be missing. is this something that you discovered in this case? get a can't comment on that because it would be a finding o the autopsy in is i stated before in the state of wyoming, the autopsy results are not public knowledge. >> so than you can't clarify whether it was manual strangulation or with an item, correct? >> that is a correct. michael ruiz? >> doctor, was the entire examination conducted at your lab in jackson or was that body shifted to another facility? to get the examination done entirely and our in teton county , wyoming. >> you have been listening they are to the full autopsy report revealed from teton county, wyoming of gabby petito who jus detailed that he believes that she after she died, she was lef in the wilderness for 3-4 weeks as we learned right off the back , he ruled it a death by strangulation and her death