Tuesday ramp up the vaccine rollout. Good to have you with us. In just a few hours u. S. House democrats will begin their first push to hold President Donald Trump accountable for last weeks violence at the capitol. Its not impeachment, though. Not yet anyway. Democrats will introduce a measure today demanding Vice President mike pence invoke the 25th amendment and remove mr. Trump from office. And if pence fails to do so, House Speaker nancy pelosi says she will bring impeachment legislation to the floor. In a cbs interview, pelosi explains why she believes consequences are necessary. There is a possibility that after all of this theres no punishment, no consequence and he could run again for president. And thats one of the motivations that people have for advocating for impeachment. Wont that take more than the ten days . Does it actually make sense . I like the 25th amendment because it gets rid of it. Hes out of office. But there is strong support in the congress for impeaching the president a second time. Theres a lot going on. Jeremy diamond has the view from the white house, but first heres ryan nobles with more on the democrats strategy. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi is ready to move forward with articles of impeachment against President Trump if Vice President mike pence does not begin the process of invoking the 25th amendment. In a letter to her colleagues on sunday night pelosi said that she is going to introduce a resolution on monday morning that will essentially put mike pence on the clock, give him 24 hours to decide whether or not hes going to take the step of moving forward on the 25th amendment. And if he doesnt, then the house will begin impeachment proceedings. That could happen as early as wednesday, and there is certainly enough votes for pelosi to get the impeachment passed here in the house. The question is whats happens when it gets to the senate . There doesnt appear to be an appetite by Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to begin a trial and convict President Trump especially before he leaves office in less than ten days. So the question is what does pelosi do after those articles of impeachment are passed . She could send them over to mcconnell for him to do nothing with them, or she could actually hold onto them and wait until President Trump is out of office. And when the democrats are in control of the senate and begin the trial then. There are still some benefits for the House Democrats to move forward with impeachment even after President Trump is out of office. There are longterm consequences President Trump could be in store for if hes ultimately convicted of those impeachment proceedings. So still a lot we dont know. The only thing we know for sure is that Speaker Pelosi is ready to take that first stem of doing something to hold President Trump accountable for his role in those riots that took place here last wednesday. Ryan nobles, cnn, capitol hill. Well, as House Speaker nancy pelosi indicates that the house will move this week to impeach President Trump, the president faces the increasing possibility that he will become the first president in American History to be impeached twice by the house of representatives. Now, a trial in the senate is a whole other matter and its very unlikely that will happen before president elect joe biden is inaugurated on january 20th. But the president is facing not only the prospect of impeachment. Hes also facing calls for his resignation including from several key republican senators. And hes also facing these questions of the 25th amendment with some calling for the president to be stripped of his president ial powers through that amendment. Now, President Trump making very clear according to our sources that he has no intention of resigning despite his role in inciting that mob on capitol hill last week. But there is this question of the 25th amendment, and the move by the House Speaker nancy pelosi will put a lot more pressure on Vice President mike pence to make clear what his position is on this 25th amendment. So far weve just heard from sources close to the Vice President , first of all, its highly unlikely hell actually invoke the 25th amendment. And second of all, hes still not taking it completely off the table because he wants to preserve it as an option should President Trumps behavior become more unstable. But it is remarkable that despite four years of unfailing loyalty to President Trump weve yet to hear mike pence say himself or through an on the record statement from his office that he does not support invoking the 25th amendment to strip President Trump of his president ial powers. That in and of itself is remarkable. And this move by the House Speaker could increase the pressure on mike pence to actually make his position much more clear. Now, on sunday President Trump also finally moved to lower the flag on top of the white house and order flags across the country lowered to half staff in honor of Capitol Police officer Brian Sitnick. Remark, though, it took President Trump two days longer than it took for the House Speaker nancy pelosi to order that move and only after a lot of withering criticism. Jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. Democrats whether in the house or senate appear united in their concern about what could happen if President Trump remains in office. And there are calls for impeachment growing louder. Theres no doubt it he should be impeached. President trumps actions over the last two months since the election has lost the right to be president. Well, you know, i absolutely believe that impeachment should be scheduled. This president must be impeached and removed and anything less than that is an abdication of Congress Constitutional responsibility. Donald trump represents a clear and present danger to the health and safety of the American People as well as our democracy. At least two republican senators have called for trumps resignation. Pennsylvanias pat toomey and alaskas lisa murkowski. But toomey says hes not sure impeachment is the right move. Meantime republican senator roy blunt says its time to look to the future. And House Republican nancy mace says impeachment risks inflaming trump supporters. Take a listen. One of the issues that i have right now whether this the 25th amendment, whether its impeachment right now is further dividing the country and pouring gasoline on a fire. I risked my life to take the vote on wednesday night to certify the electoral college. There are many of us out there that that happened to. Our lives were people were threatening us. I was accosted in the street on tuesday night, and i worry about that. Because the impeachment articles if it passes with a simple majority in the house, it needs twothirds in the senate. I dont know if theres an apt tite for it there, but it doesnt get to the senate until the 19th of january, the day before joe biden is sworn into office. I think we need to be thoughtful and careful about how do we go from here, and how do we ensure that theres a peaceful transition of power, the inauguration goes smoothly so we can get a fresh start starting january 20th. My personal view is the president touched the hot stove on wednesday and is unlikely to touch it again. And if thats the case, every day we get closer to the last day of his presidency, we should be thinking more about the first day of the next presidency than the last day of his presidency in my view. Daniel strauss is a senior political reporter for the guardian. He joins me now from washington. Good to have you with us. Thanks for having me. So House Speaker nancy pelosi has made it clear that the house will attempt to pass a resolution by unanimous consent monday morning calling for Vice President mike pence and the cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment to remove donald trump from office. Now, if that fails after 24 hours the house will move quickly on impeachment. How do you expect all of this to play out . I mean, its anyones guess right now, but i would say that the fact that the speaker said she listed impeachment as an option right after going through invoking the 25th amendment suggests that she does not think enough cabinet secretaries will come forward to remove trump from office that way and that it will eventually go to impeachment proceedings. Now, the reason for this is partially because President Trumps own doing. He has a number of officials who are acting secretaries in his cabinet, meaning theyre pretty new to the job. Theyre not officially cabinet officials, and theyre very, very loyal to President Trump. So even if there are few secretaries who privately feel that that the president is unfit for office, its more likely that they wont join in pelosis movement. Now, that means were going to impeachment. And again, thats a tough road to hold for democrats as well. They control the house but not the senate. And there arent they dont appear to be enough republicans right now to break the requirements to remove trump from office that way. Some republicans are still reluctant, of course, to call out President Trump. Senator roy blunt says that the president touched the whole stove and learned his lesson. But we of course all remember republican Susan Collins saying exactly the same thing after trumps first impeachment. What does this indicate to you about where other gop senators might stand when it comes to a Historic Second impeachment of the president . And of course for the senate theres talk of possibly doing the house first and the senate later when it comes to these impeachment proceedings. It still suggests to me there just arent enough republicans in the senate to successfully impeach the president. There are a number of them roy blunt is a great example. The missouri senator is up for reelection soon, and hes worried about angering the trump base either to a point where they will pose a primary challenge to him, or that will take away from his voter base which he needs. Now, missouri is a very red state. There arent any democrats in the highest elected offices there, but that could always change. And a new abc news poll shows 56 of those americans survaeye think trump should be removed from office while just 43 believe he should not be removed. What impact could a poll like this have on any decision made by Vice President pence. Hes not taken off the table his option to invoke the 25th amendment, which is interesting of course to remove the president. I mean, im still skeptical about that majority swaying the required number of federal officials needed to remove the president from office. There are only a few days left in his presidency, and 54 isnt that surprising given that democrats will control the senate soon. They control the house, and they narrowly won the presidency. So that really reflects the margin of sentiment across the country. But its probably not enough to sway the necessary amount of republicans needed to remove trump from office. And would you expect to see donald trump pardon himself between now and his departure . And can he even achieve that now given he and pence appear not even to be on talking terms . Yeah, i mean, its unclear if he can do that. But this has been something the president has been talking with aides and floating for some time now. And its clearly something that he that appeals to him at least to some extent. But its unclear especially since originally the part of that whole strategy required pence to be involved for him to be out of the picture makes it even more difficult for the president. Keep in mind that the Vice President and the president have not talked directly since the rioting and since the mob attack on the capitol. Indeed. Daniel strauss, thank you so much for your analysis. Appreciate it. Thanks. And we have new, horrifying video from the insurrection at the u. S. Capitol showing the mob dragging a Police Officer down the stairs and brutally beating him. I first need to warn you, of course, the video we are about to show is graphic. But its important to see the reality of wednesdays attack. It is difficult to watch. The officer gets beaten and stomped on, even hit with a pole that carried the american flag. The rioters use anything they have, a broom, a crutch, even a trump 2020 flag fastened to a pole to throw it at police who were trying to maintain a barricade at the tunnel entrance to the capitol building. And the assault on the officer happened roughly ten minutes after President Donald Trump urged his supporters through his now deleted twitter account to be peaceful and go home. Well, in the wake of the siege on the capitol, Law Enforcement agencies around the country are bracing for more possible violence. Officials say the riot has heightened their planning for the upcoming inauguration of joe biden. Cnns Jessica Schneider has our report. Reporter there is a lot of concern as we move into a new week and closer to the inauguration in the wake of last weeks attack on the u. S. Capitol. The capitol now surrounded by a 7 foot nonscalable fence and hundreds of National Guard members will be sent in for the inauguration next wednesday. That includes a thousand members from new york, 6,200 from across the country. And so far nearly two dozen people have been charged federally for their involvement in the mob that stormed the capitol. That includes a man found with 11 homemade bombs in his truck parked near the capitol, plus a handgun, Assault Rifle and ammunition. And prosecutors say that man actually had two handguns on him when police found him. And there was another man all e allegedly sending Text Messages threatening injury to Speaker Pelosi. When he was found he had an Assault Rifle and hundreds of round of ammunition. This is likely just the beginning of the charges. The acting u. S. Attorney in d. C. Now says hundreds of people may end up under arrest as they continue this investigation that encompasses hundreds of prosecutors and fbi agents working from three command centers 24 7. And finally there is some growing concern for the safety of members of congress, many of whom weve seen in videos yelled at, surrounded in airports as theyve traveled to and from washington. Well, this weekend we learned all members will be able to get increased security when they travel through airports. U. S. Capitol police, theyre coordinating with other Law Enforcement agencies to make sure those protections happen to keep those members of congress safe. Jessica schneider, cnn, washington. Well, big tech is responding to the siege on the u. S. Capitol. How these moves are impacting social media. Well take a look at that coming up. Plus the u. S. Is now moving to designate Houthi Rebels as a foreign terrorist organization. A look at what this could mean for the Incoming Biden Administration and humanitarian aid. Welcome back, everyone. Well, the u. S. Plans to designate yemens Houthi Rebels as a foreign terrorist group. Secretary of state mike pompeo says the move will provide additional tools to confront the iran backed militia. But diplomats and aid groups fear it could damage the u. N. s work on peace talks in yemen, hinder humanitarian aid and make it more difficult for the Incoming Biden Administration to craft a yemen policy. Joining us now with more details is Senior International correspondent sam kylie standing by in jerusalem. Good to see you, sam. So what could this potentially mean for Joe Bidens Administration and of course the humanitarian crisis there . Well, rosemary, firstly on the International Diplomatic front as you know Houthi Rebels and other belligerents in that now pretty long running war are part of a faltering Peace Process sponsored by and led by the United Nations. And if one of the belligerents in that namely the Houthi Rebels are dez naltsignated as a terro organization it makes it very difficult for them to participate, not impossible. Remember, of course, the taliban is currently involved in facetoface negotiations from time to time with american officials in their efforts to try to broker a longterm peace in afghanistan. So it doesnt completely cripple, but it certainly hamstrings the bidens administrations future ambitions if theyve got any, and im sure they do, for peace in yemen. In terms of humanitarian operation, the impact is much more significant. The Houthi Rebels have already kml under pressure as a consequence of the cut particularly from the saudi arabia and United Arab Emirates and their contributions to the annual United Nations humanitarian effort where 80 of yemenese are effectively dependent on the aid, thats all on sides of within the conflict, rosemary. That cut in the view of diplomats directly involved in peace negotiations was partly intended to try to force the houthis back to the negotiating table. But it has it will have a profound humanitarian impact. Now, the u. S. Administration are saying theyre going to issue licenses and various waivers for specific humanitarian efforts there. But the United States is the biggest donor to the effort there with over 680 million pledged in the last round. And the transfer of funds into the yemen is going to be extremely difficult if you cant use u. S. Dollars and the federal banking system. Again, not impossible. Ways will be found around it, but it does make it extremely difficult at a time when the unite nations is saying yemen is facing once again imminent famine. I should also say theres one very important aspect of this, perhaps even the Trump Administration doesnt understand which is in yemen in order to prevent belligerent groups notably the houthis from manipulating humanitarian aid theres an been an effort to try to get government salaries on a roster dating back four or five years directly to individuals. In other words, bypassing belligerent groups like the houthis who might cream off food aid and other aspects of it so that people get money in their pockets. Thats going to be extremely difficult to achieve even in the medium and longterm let alone the shortterm under this terrorist designation against the houthis. And arguably would actually ultimately empower them even more. Because at the end of the day they are backed by iran and they will have to inevitably turn more directly to iran for support if they are no longer part of any diplomatic humanitarian effort in large areas under their control. Important point there. Sam kylie joining us. Many thanks for that update on the situation. Appreciate it. Well, President Trump is vowing to fight big tech during his final days in office after getting booted from twitter. Amazon was also set to remove parler from its cloud hosting service. And now the website is no longer showing up as a available. The move effectively boots it off the public internet until it can find a new web hosting provider. Apple and google already banned the alternative social network from their platforms. Apple gave parler 24 hours to remove hateful and violent comments before knicksinixing t. The tech giants seem to have a unified position on this. Why are they moving so quickly . Well, i think the game has changed completely, rosemary, as a result of the capitol hill attacks. While big tech or Silicon Valley was loathe to challenge donald trump and the traffic i should say that he represented on their platforms, they see now that they have to have a move forward here to get off the flat foot and be proactive i think because of their reputational damage if they dont. You talk about apple. Apple is saying that parler had the most successful free app on the platform so its a big move to take it off, google doing the same. As you noted parler said theyre looking for a new host and they hope to have that solved within a week. The ceo of parler was suggesting this was politically motivated, but i think its to the contrary. I think the Silicon Valley companies were very easy on donald trump not wanting to face the reprisals and now see they need to strike a balance between free speech on one side but also not be seen as soft on regulation going forward. So they wanted to get ahead of this on the Biden Administration because right now theyre not treated as publishers not legally bound and they fear this could easily lead to a breakup of some of these companies because they are seen as too big. Are we witnessing the start of a downfall into the trump brand as the pga decides to pull out of a trump golf course next year . Yeah, lets call it a busy weekend for donald trump and the Trump Organization and not on a positive front. As you suggested the pga was supposed to host a Golf Championship in may 2022 in bedminster, new jersey. Theyre calling it off. The board of the pga said they thought it was detrimental to the pga of american brand if they decided to keep the championship there. Its one of four as i was suggesting before held in terms of the major tournaments. So it says a great deal. The Trump Organization, by the way, rosemary, saying this is breaking a binding contract that they had with paga. But pga obviously sees they had an escape clause of an event of this sort. We have to think of it as a global context and not limited to the United States. Trump apartments, trump hotels, trump golf courses. Theres one here in dubai, and theyre all facing pressure now as a result of what transpired over the last week and i would say even for the last four years. A lot going on. Jo a dire situation in the u. S. Where covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths are soaring merchandise. Ahead the fight against the virus and the vaccine rollout falling short of expectations. And saluting a man being remembered as a hero. U. S. Capitol Police OfficerBrian Sitnick died after wednesdays riot. Well look at how members of congress are paying tribute. New years resolutions come and go. So give your business more than resolutions. Give it solutions, from comcast business. Work more efficiently with fast internet and advanced wifi. Make your business safer with powerful cybersecurity solutions. And stay productive with 24 7 support. Make this years resolution better solutions. Bounce forward with comcast business. Get started with a powerful internet and voice solution for just 64. 90 a month. Plus, for a limited time, ask how to get a 500 prepaid card when you upgrade. Switch today. Welcome back, everyone. A few hours from now democrats in the u. S. House will attempt to force the Vice President to invoke the 25th amendment and remove donald trump from office over the riot at the capitol. Today democrats will introduce a measure demanding mike pence take action. If it passes and mike pence fails to response, they will bring impeachment legislation to the floor. Well, flags at the white house are flying at half staff to honor two late Police Officers, Brian Sicknick and howard were both when the rioters stormed capitol hill. Cnns brian todd looks at officer sicknicks career in service. Reporter with flags lowered to half staff, the Capitol Hill Community is reeling over the death of a respected Police Officer, 42yearold Brian Sicknick. But with their sorrow some including members of congress a also expressing anger. My art goes out to officer sicknicks family. There are a lot of people who have officer sicknicks blood on their hands. The way that they went out or the way that he died was unnecessary. Reporter Capitol Hill Police say officer sicknick was injured on wednesday while, quote, physically the gauging with protesters, that he then returned to his Division Office and collapsed. He died late thursday. The youngest of three sons born and raised in south river, new jersey, Brian Sicknick is being called a hero by his family. In a statement sent to cnn the family saying he wanted to a Police Officer his entire life. As a means to that end, they say, he joined the new jersey air National Guard. That branch says sicknick joined in 1997, was deployed to saudi arabia and keergstan and served in a force squadron. He was honorably discharged from the air National Guard in 2003 and joined the Capitol Hill Police in 2008. Capitol Hill Police Say sicknick most recently suved in the forces First Responders unit. One officer says the job is dangerous even under normal circumstances. Every day is your life is endangered. Its no promise youre going to come home the next day or the same day that you go out. Every officer that swears in takes the job very seriously. Protect congress. Reporter officer sicknick and his colleagues though by most counts overwhelmed by the rioters beez praised by congress who they fought to protect. So much concern for the staff, the members, for the capitol of the United States. Many of them, and they deserve our gratitude. We were all very fortunate that the Capitol Hill Police that were there were thinking as quickly as they had. If they had automatic weapons, they could have killed hundreds of members of congress. Reporter now one of the men who helped prevent that horror is being remembered by his family for his empathy, his commitment to rescuing dogs, his love of the new Jersey Devils hockey team. He would no children but lived with his girlfriend of 11 years. In a statement to cnn, Brian Sicknicks family asks the public and media not to make his passing a quote, political issue. But his death will be the subject of a federal Murder Investigation with the u. S. Attorneys office, the Capitol Hill Police and the d. C. Metropolitan Police Taking part. Brian todd, cnn, washington. And on sunday police gathered in washington to honor sicknick. They saluted as a procession passed carrying his body to a funeral home. Brian sicknick was 42 years old. Well be back in a moment. Robinhood believes now is the time to do money without the Commission Fees and account minimums. So, you can start investing today, wherever you are even on the bus. Download now and get your first stock on us. Robinhood. Ocean spray works with nature every day to keep you healthy well, a surge in new covid19 infections across the u. S. Shows few signs of letting up. Since the first of the year the u. S. Has added more than 2. 3 million cases with hospitalizations and deaths soaring. Right now january is on track to be the deadliest month of the pandemic. More than 28,000 people have died in just ten days. Making matters worse, vaccine efforts are rolling out much slower than expected. The cdc says of the more than 22 million vaccine doses that have been distributed, just over 6. 6 million have been administered. Well, right now lets bring in dr. Scott, a family physician and a National Consultant for covid19 testing. Thank you, doctor, for being with us and for all that you do. Hi, rosemary. How are you today . Im good, im good. So the u. S. Is seeing a Record Number of deaths and hospitalizations. As we watch a very slow rollout of vaccines. Just 6. 6 million administered so far. President elect joe biden is considering releasing all available doses for vaccinations once he takes office. Is that what needs to happen, or do you see problems with that solution . Its part of the solution. But the solution has to be more federal help at the state level or the county level. Again, this is unprecedented time in the United States in the world. To think that everyone at every corner of the world has to get a vaccine is just unimaginable. And theres no direction, theres no leadership. Were seeing all the states and counties being left to their own accord. There has to be a plan. We have to give guidance of what those 20 million and the next 20 million and the next 100 million of how the federal government will not just throw money at it but put more resources including bodies and leadership in what we call logistics and helping it happen. So im looking forward to the Biden Administration stepping up. Right. And you say we have to have a plan. The problem is no one seems to have a plan. Former food and Drug Administration commissioner dr. Scott gottlieb says we need to hit the reset button on vaccine rollout because the Current System isnt working. So why have new doses been administered and how can this be done better . Well, again, i think the Biggest Issue now is the number of bodies to do it. I mean, its a very big effort. My group right now i will be heading into arizona tomorrow to help lead efforts to do vaccine rollout there. And getting the people together, whether its hiring retirees that are qualified to do it or bringing together people from the National Guard or retired guard or other personnel that maybe right now we take six weeks and put a Training Program together so that when we hit the National Effort where everyone becomes eligible not just First Responders, that is where were really going to need the effort. So theres got to be that type of guidance and that type of leadership to show how to do it instead of just saying, well, here it is and heres some money in your accounts. Yeah, and you and have have spoken about this, the National Guard, fema, military trying to get them involved in some way because this has to be done en masse. Well see perhaps joe biden does something in that direction. Weve also learned, doctor, some hospitals are being forced to throw away vaccine doses because not enough people are available to take all those doses once the containers are opened for use. How do you avoid that from happening . Thats just to think were throwing doses away when one dose could save so many lives because of the amazing transmission rates occurring. Remember right now across the mainland we have that disease spreading so fast. We also talked about it i think last time on the show could be just start giving one dose at least to everyone in the country and we will be saving lives. So i dont care if you stand on the secrete corner and you walked with a dose, they should never be thrown away. There are so many people that are begging for these right now. Yeah, and of course thats what the u. K. Is hoping to do. Well see what happens. And doctor, after the storming of the capitol on wednesday it turns out some members of congress were exposed to the coronavirus in a room where some republicans refused to wear masks even though they were offered them. What is your reaction to that revelation, and of course the vision. Again, it goes back to the very positive thing i saw on cnn, you have announced that everyone has to think about the new majors with the new variants and how contagious the disease is spreading. Masks are number one. And im going through the effort with all the people im treating and training how important it is to have that fit across their nose. Weve all seen it with people have it hanging down and loose on one side. So for members of congress i dont care what your party is, they have to be role models. They have to be able to show people how to save their lives. And theres no excuse. And closed quarter in a closed room, again, same type of thing. That is where you get the spread. Outdoors are safer, but in a closed room they are so susceptible to the new variants that are going around. They havent worked this out yet, they shouldnt be there rechting t representing the people, right . Doctor, thanks so much for joining us. We appreciate it. Thank you, rosemary. With cases surging in the u. K. The government is set to open a series of new max v vaccination centers. Facilities like this one opened this week. That comes as experts warn new case numbers could soon overwhelm hospitals. In germany the death toll from coronavirus has now topped 40,000. The country reported its single deadliest 24hour period on friday with nearly 1,200 new deaths. Melissa bell is live for us in paris tracking developments across europe. But we begin with salma who joins us live from dublin. The u. K. Is set to announce its covid19 vaccine delivery plan. How has it been progressing so far and what is expected . Thats absolutely right. The house secretary mat hancock is expected to give a presser this afternoon to lay out the details, but heres what we know so far. Today seven Mass Vaccination Centers were open. These are Tennis Courts and stadium and huge Conference Centers across the country. And they join a thousand other sites across this country that have been inoculating people at break neck speed. So far 2 Million People in the u. K. Have received their vaccinations. But but, look, rosemary if you ask authorities this isnt fast enough. Their goal is to get 15 Million People vaccinated by midfebruary, the countrys most vulnerable. Front Line Health Care workers, those considered extremely vulnerable and all those over 70. Its ambitious, some might say its unrealistic. But as you said, rosemary, this country is facing record breaking hospitalizations, record breaking infection rates. The Health Secretary warning over the weekend any violation of the rules could be fatal. So everything is pinned right now on this Vaccination Program essentially ending this pandemic sooner, saving the health care system. Its all about getting those injections into peoples arms. What do we expect in this press Conference Today . We expect the Health Secretary to lay out how hes going to get 15 Million People vaccinated in this period. We know, again, 1,000 sites up and running, as many injections as possible. But theyve also done interesting things like delaying the second dose of the injection. You can expect this is going to be an ambitious, creative, stretching of resources plan, rosemary, were going to hear from the Health Secretary today. That is critical. Thank you so much for that. Melissa, lets go to you now and lets talk about the situation across europe specifically starting with germany. Because as we mentioned they topped 40,000 covid deaths, and that is just extraordinary when you consider how well they were doing in the initial stages of this pandemic. What is going on . Thats right. Think back to that first wave. Germany had been one of the countries that seemed to have coped the best and had the least impact on its people. That, of course, has changed. And it is one of those countries now hardest hit. It isnt simply the deaths have now passed 40,000, rosemary. When you look at the number of new cases always an eindication also whats to come. Wednesday, thursday, saturday almost 20,000 new cases announced every day. One of those days more than 30,000. What we heard from merkel saturday was that could not yet be the worse. There could be worse to come. The next few weeks could be even worse, really hinting at the fact that new year and Christmas Period could lead to a surge that has yet to be recorded in the numbers. Thats how bad things are. She also mentioned, of course, hospitals in germany are running at near capacity already. So the situation is looking extremely difficult. Now, she did express some hope, of course, when it comes to vaccinations acknowledging germany as other European Countries had been slow in the initial part of its rollout. Its now been, of course, two weeks since the eu started that vaccination process, rosemary. Its been remarkably slow in a number of countries including germany. Theyve now vaccinate asked we had this confirmed by the German Health minister on saturday half a Million People. And Angela Merkel vowing that should help pick up pace and there should be enough doelss for everyone in germany. We know today germany receives their first moderna vaccines. They say begin to start vaccinating people with that tomorrow. So some hope things will improve. Will they improve quickly enough thats really the question, rosemary. It is indeed. Melissa bell joining us from paris. Many thanks. And well be right back. All this week cnns bringing you stories of sporting excellence. Well be meeting athletes from japan as their country gears up to host the olympics. Coy wire has this story of a race car driver who made history in 2017. Reporter with two indy 500 wins under his belt 43yearold race car driver sato shows no seens of slowing down. I first met him in 2017 when he became the first asian driver to win one of racings most prestigious honors. Youre the first japanese driver to ever win the indy 500. How big of a win is this for you and your country . Special for myself, also special for japan, too. Reporter in 2020 due to the pandemic the indy 500 was held in august without spectators. Almost running out of fuel in the final lap, sato was able to finish first in this prestigious race for the second time in his career. This is actually an incredible moment because youre having this actual race winning car from here sitting in the headquarter in tokyo this is just a beautiful machine. Reporter as someone whos experienced the pride of representing his country, sato knows firsthand what it means to break barriers for future athletes. Im looking forward to the next generation to come through here and make an even bigger impact. Even you come from somewhere an east little island, to be able to win such an iconic race especially a twotime winner, this is just a dream come true. And its certainly a significant moment in my life. Reporter coy wire, cnn. And thanks for watching this hour of cnn newsroom. Im rosemary church, and ill be back with more news in a just a moment. Do stick around. Robinhood believes now is the time to do money. Without the Commission Fees so you can start investing today, wherever you are even hanging with your dog. So, what are you waiting for . 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