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Im amara walker. We begin this Holiday Weekend with a grim reality. The u. S. Has surpassed 13 million coronavirus cases. This following a thanksgiving day that saw more than 100,000 new infections and over 1200 deaths despite 20 states not reporting any data on the holiday. One of our nations top Infectious Disease experts now warning that the postholiday case surge will be destabilizing for the u. S. Health care system, economy and homeland security. Nearly 90,000 people are spending this holiday in the hospital. And wheres the president . On a golf course for the 307th time during his presidency while still focusing on the election he lost. Today marks three weeks since the race was called for joe biden, but President Trump has yet to formally concede defeat. Meanwhile, a member of bidens coronavirus Advisory Board says the president elect will stick to the science and let Health Experts decide who gets the vaccine first. This as the cdcs independent Vaccine Advisory Committee scheduled an emergency meeting and vote for this tuesday to discuss who will get the vaccine first. More than 10 million californians will be banned from public gatherings under a new stayathome order starting on monday. Officials in los angeles county, the nations most populated county, issuing new restrictions as cases continue to surge. Cnns Paul Vercammen joining me from a coronavirus testing site in l. A. Paul, what sort of lines are you seeing ahead of these restrictions about to take effect . Well, the lines have been long for the last few days. We set a record of testing in california. Some 219,000 people were tested on friday and weve got brisk business here. This is the veterans campus in west los angeles. The ucla baseball stadium behind me. Theyre using this parking lot several lines wide to test as many people as possible. And as you pointed out, we are moving into some well call them modified restrictions, amara, and what has happened here is we passed the threshold, a daily average of 4500 cases in l. A. County. So starting on monday, you pointed this out, weve got basically a threeweek ban on gathering with people outside of your household. Thats whether its indoor or outdoor. So parks and beaches and the likes stay open but youre to wear your mask when youre in these locations. Theyll keep on golf courses and the like. They also want to reduce capacity at essential businesses to some 35 . And then they want to continue tracing as they are doing here in l. A. County, getting as many people tested as possible. And were seeing this throughout the west. Arizona, for example, has tripled its hospitalizations up to 2300 in the last few weeks. New mexico reporting a Record Number of deaths. So in california, we are seeing this move to test as many people as possible and these restrictions. And these restrictions, by the way, they are going to last for three weeks. The hope is by keeping these households separate, by the time we get to the christmas holiday, they can lift these restrictions. But tough times ahead here in california, amara. Compliance will be tough to enforce. Paul vercammen, appreciate you joining us. Thank you. With the pandemic surging across the country, Small Businesses continue to be hit especially hard on this Small Business saturday. Struggling Business Owners are banking on a muchneeded boost from Holiday Shoppers as a fight to keep the lights on and pay their employees. Lets go to cnns natasha chen in lawrenceville, georgia, just outside atlanta. And tell us more, natasha, about what youre hearing from Business Owners, especially during this weekend where, you know, a lot of people are shopping. Amara, one of the concerns is talking about this current surge in cases and whether new restrictions would have to come into place just like paul was talking about there. If anything like a lockdown or any type of restrictions were to happen again, the question is would Small Businesses survive a second round of that . Weve been talking to some restaurants here in lawrenceville, as well as the owner of that flower shop lovin florest. Brandon bought the place in february from local owners. What a time to become a new business owner. Weve got brandon with us here right now. What timing. You had to go pretty much directly into lockdown after you opened the shop. What was that like . It was frightening. It was a lot to take on. My husband and i bought it. We literally dropped everything. We stopped our lives, left our job in three days. I knew the previous owners, it was a friend, and it was a dream of ours to have our own business. So to buy the shop in end of january, beginning of february and then here comes march and you watch the news and everything is going through your head. Youre like, your livelihood, youve invested everything into it and you could lose it instantly before you get a chance to make your mark and experience the benefits of having your own business. How close were you to feeling like you were going to lose the shop you just bought . I think definitely the week before we went and saw our first lockdown in lawrenceville, we had a lot of sleepless nights. And it was a lot to take on emotionally, mentally, everything. But fortunately were able to make it through. We did have a second shutdown in july personally we had no cases, testing, everything was firnne, all that kind of stuff. But we had a scare. As a precautionary, we made the decision as a business to shut down for two weeks. How important is the Holiday Season and the sales youre making this weekend and in december, how important is that to the health of your business . Its vital. Definitely were doing well for the year. Everything has been very beneficial. However, this Holiday Season just really needs to come through. Supporting Small Business, knowing that you can contact your Small Business versus going to a big box store, versus going online to large Collection Sites and having them send stuff to us anyways. Were going to have it anyways. And they take a big cut off the top. Just call your Small Business and let them take care of you the way we do anyways. Thank you so much, brandon. A lot of Small Businesses having the same experience. Really hoping these holiday sales push them through to a healthier 2021, amara. Such an important message. We all should do our part to support the local businesses, the local restaurants, those Small Businesses who are really having a hard time during this pandemic. Natasha, thank you. The u. S. Is on pace to have more than 4 million covid cases in november. That would be more than double last months total and set yet another grim record. This comes as the cdc Advisory Panel is getting ready to hold an emergency meeting tuesday. They are expected to vote on who they believe should get the vaccine first. With me now is dr. Gates, a pulmonary and Critical Care specialist at memorial hospital. Thank you for joining us. It sounds like the cdc is leaning towards making the vehiclesine first available to health care workers, support staff and elderly people who live in nursing homes. What are your thoughts on that, and it seems like demand is going to outpace supply. So hard decisions are going to have to be made as the first of the vaccines are distributed. Absolutely. So very tough decisions ahead. But it makes sense to target the most vulnerable, and that would be the frontline workers and our elderly population. And thats what we really have to look at. We have to see what the data will bring us on tuesday. And then really make some decisions about who would best benefit from the first doses. Also people with higher risk with comorbidities will be able to get towards the front of the line at some point. I am just curious in terms of the logistics. Thats got to be difficult, even verifying that someone has a comorbidity depending on where you go and if you are actually in a system. Absolutely. So there will be some difficulties. There are difficulties with how we administer who has the supplies to actually hold some of the vaccines coming out like pfizers vaccine requires very frigid temperatures. So those are just some of the logistics. And then its not very difficult to confirm, you know, who has comorbidities and who does not. Thats the least of our worries i think at this point. I think we have a large enough population to focus on initially that there will be Time Available so that when more doses come that we can expand who gets it. Even when a vaccine becomes available, polls are showing large portions of the American Public say, theyre not going to get the vaccine. An oxiose ipsos poll showed just 51 of americans were willing to get immune isizized when the va first becomes available and 48 wont. If half the population doesnt get immunized, whats the impact of that . Absolutely. So like any other vaccines, education is key. So we have to have the data to be able to provide our patients. This is the efficacy of it. This is the safety of it. This is why we have we are recommending this be done. And so with every other vaccine, its the same phenomena. We have to have the data. We have to have education campaigns, and we have to reach populations that we know traditionally are more subjected to not getting the vaccines. And what is the outcome of not getting the vaccine . Unfortunately, its prolonged persistence of coronavirus or covid19. The idea is that if we can get the majority i believe i read 60 to 70 of americans vaccinated, then we could potentially eradicate coronavirus. If we cant achieve that we could be battling coronavirus for quite some time. Oh, goodness. Lastly, how concerned are you about the next couple of weeks when we may start seeing a spike in coronavirus cases because we saw so many people traveling against cdc guidelines to go see family over the thanksgiving holiday. I heard some doctors saying, look, if you did or if you had a gathering with people outside of your immediate household, you should be quarantining for a couple of weeks, which im sure a lot of people wont be doing as well. Absolutely. So if im honest, i have lost sleep since thanksgiving worried about what this will what will happen with this. We know that were already in the midst of a surge and the concern of adding additional cases to that is very concerning. The biggest thing as we talked about at the beginning of this is not to overwhelm our health care system. Not to overwhelm our resources so that we can take care of those that are stick. And my biggest concern is well have such a rush across the nation that we wont be able to take care of the patients that present. And thats what were this is what this is all about is were not saying people arent going to get sick. Were saying lets not overwhelm our hospitals, our icus so that we can take care of people and thats what were asking every day. It hits home when you tell us that you, yourself, dr. Gates, are losing sleep over the concerns of a pending spike in covid19 cases. I appreciate you joining us. Thank you very much, doctor. Thank you. Much more to come in the cnn newsroom. Outrage in iran after its Top Nuclear Scientist is killed in an apparent assassination. 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Top iranian officials are pointing the finger at israel. The u. S. Says it is closely monitoring the developments, and the u. S. Also sending an Aircraft Carrier to the persian gulf, though the pentagon says its unrelated to escalating tensions with iran. Cnns International Security editor Nick Paton Walsh joining me from london with more. Hi there, nick. Where is this headed . Well, i have to say, im not entirely convinced we are about to see conflict break out in the region. You just heard from an Israeli Cabinet official, according to reuters saying, quote, that they have no clue who was behind this. Standard procedure for israel, even if it was involved. At this point theres no evidence pointing to that. Circumstantial facts theyve been behind similar attacks in the past. No evidence pointing to their involvement here and standard procedure for them would be to deny involvement. But essentially they are people with a capacity to do this and a track record of doing it in the past. What is irans likely move next . Well, the rhetoric has been exactly what youd expect, frankly. They have weve heard from their Supreme Leader that he thinks people have two things on their todo list. To swiftly retaliate against the killers and to continue the work of this prominent nuclear scientist, mohsen fakhrizadeh. Kind of the public face of irans Nuclear Program. Very reclusive as he was when they had one. Its important to point out they say they are no longer pursuing a Nuclear Weapon or they have been saying they are enriching various parts of uranium at a rate which is outside of the terms of the nuclear deal. Now the Trump Administration got out of that deal, put on heavy sanctions against iran and the policy of maximum pressure. The administration of joe biden, the president elect are saying they want to pursue diplomacy at this point. So what does this assassination at this point do . Well, it makes hawks in iran say potentially, theres no point talking to anybody here. Some of our most prominent people being killed on the outskirts of tehran, our adversaries dont want peace. But at the same time, you might argue that it makes any potential diplomacy with joe biden a stark relief from whats happening at the moment which is clearly irans adversaries trying to embarrass it by killing its top officials. Back in january, essentially the most prominent military character, ka sum suleimani was killed by u. S. Drone. That was again penetrating irans most secure circles. They promised revenge back then at a time and place of their choosing. Weve yet to publicly see that. So for this comparatively lesser figure, are they likely to retaliate on a large scale in they say they will. Im not entirely sure well see it in the next two months. And then joe bidens bid for diplomacy may pick up again. Tense times but doesnt look at this stage like were on a fast path towards open conflict. The assassination happening just as trump is about to leave the white house. It will be interesting to see how that factors into when and how iran does indeed retaliate. Nick paton walsh, good to see you in london for us. Thank you. When we come back, a pennsylvania judge dealt a blow to the Trump Campaigns baseless rhetoric of Election Fraud write, charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here. More on that ahead. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Ments neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. Memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. Try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. Finding the right words can be tough. N it comes to autism, finding understanding doesnt have to be. Together, we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. Go to autismspeaks. Org the Trump Campaign is facing yet another legal setback in their efforts to overturn the president ial election. The latest loss came in pennsylvania where a trump appointed judge penned a scathing opinion rejecting the campaigns request to undue certification. Kevin liptak joining us. Yet another legal blow, kevin. This is just the latest in a string of failures for the Trump Campaign. Their legal case to overturning the election is collapsing and reaching a dead end. They say that theyll appeal this latest one to the Supreme Court. Its not even really clear that the Supreme Court will be willing to take this up. All indications are they dont necessarily want to get involved in this. The appeal that the Trump Campaign lost yesterday was structured fairly narrowly. Even if the Supreme Court did take it up, that would essentially just put it back to the beginning in that District Court and that court, the judge essentially laughed the Trump Campaign out of court and the next court that happened yesterday, the appeals court, this judge who is appointed by President Trump issued a very scathing decision. Said that ballots determine president s, not briefs. It was the second setback yesterday. Remember that recount in wisconsin that the Trump Campaign requested and paid 3 million for, well in milwaukee county, the recount came back with 132 votes but they were in favor of joe biden. Joe biden gained 132 votes in that recount. The deadline in wisconsin to certify the votes is on tuesday. So all of this is coming as the president continues to issue these false claims, even as his cases collapse in court. The president is on the golf course now, but he tweeted yesterday that he needed to see proof from joe biden before he could enter the white house. President trumps former cybersecurity chief was on 60 minutes for his first interview since he was fired via twitter. What did he have to say . This is christopher krebs. He was the director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, essentially the head for Election Security in the united states. After the november 3rd election, he put out a statement that said that election was the most secure in american history. The president then fired him on twitter and now krebs is speaking out. On 60 minutes he was asked about the president s continued false claims about the validity of the election. He called them farcical. He said the proof is in the ballots and that americans should have 100 confidence in their vote. And before he was fired, krebs was telling people around him that he was fully expecting to be terminated by the president. And he was asked about that moment on 60 minutes. He was asked if he was surprised when the word officially came down. Listen to what he had to say. I dont know if i was necessarily surprised. Its not how i wanted to go out. I think i the thing that upsets me the most about that is i didnt get a chance to say goodbye to my team. And i had worked with them for 3 1 2 years. In the trenches. Building an agency. Putting sisa on the national stage. And i loved at team and i didnt get a chance to say goodbye. Thats what im most upset about. So giving a nod to his team there, but also pushing back very hard on these continued baseless claims being made by the president. Amara . Kevin liptak at the white house, thank you. Lets discuss more of this with shan wu, a former federal prosecutor, defense attorney and a cnn legal analyst. And hes joining us now from washington. Good to see you. Lets go first to pennsylvania and can you tell us more about what happened there . Because it sounded like the judge was a bit frustrated saying, look, theres no specific allegations being made. No evidence being presented. You dont have a case. Absolutely, amara. I think this judge was just the latest in a series of judges fed up with the trump teams weak arguments. I said in a piece back on november 8th on cnn that it was time for the Trump Legal Team to put up or shut up and they havent done either. I mean, judge after judge has rebuked them for not having any actual evidence. Even their claims are inconsistent. You hear the president publicly, rudy giuliani, the socalled mastermind talking about fraud and also giuliani publicly have said this is not a fraud case. So theyre all over the board. I think thats 30plus legal cases that have basically fallen apart for President Trump and his team. Why are his lawyers and President Trump himself, continuing to put up a fight . Do they have a path . I dont think they have a legal path. The president s motivations, as has been speculated may be political or face saving but his lawyers are really getting themselves into hot water. These are such weak claims that they could be sanctioned for them for bringing frivolous lawsuits and frankly, they should be. Not only that, some of his lawyers have made very disparaging statements about the courts, calling the pennsylvania judiciary an activist machine. If i got out in front of the courthouse steps and said that about a case i was in i would find myself right back in there facing sanctions as well as probably a gag order. Yeah, well, lets stay on the Supreme Court because it ruled against new yorks restrictions on religious gatherings. Tell us more about, you know, what were going to see with this new court because this was really the first significant indication that the Power Dynamics at the Supreme Court have really shifted but also, it almost sounded like there was some bitterness or some, i dont know, personal anger of what i venture to say when you were reading some of the opinions written by the judges. I agree, amara. Really a remarkable decision actually because this was an unsigned opinion. And typically this was striking down the new york restrictions on covid saying that violated freedom of religion. It was an unsigned opinion which typically the court does to, one, speak with unanimous voice and to make it seem like this is not a big deal. Its not a big, important opinion. Instead, it generated as much controversy as any major opinion does and in many ways it is a major opinion. Its the first one that shows the new extreme conservative majority with Amy Coney Barrett joining in on this. And it immediately shoved chief Justice Roberts off to the side. He voted with the liberal portion, dissntsing. Roberts implying this was a rash decision to reach out and decide this case. Its a herraald of things to co. Also a sign of chief Justice Roberts influence on the court now. Absolutely. He has moved away from being the center of power to possibly being in the liberal wing, not because hes a liberal, but because hes trying to stay more moderate. I think Justice Gorsuch who i have great personal respect for, were in the same off, really comes out very harshly. He attacks the new york edict as being a colorcoded executive edict that the constitution wont tolerate. The ideology thats really showing through and despite chief Justice Roberts efforts to keep the court perhaps more in the middle of the road, i think hes going to end up on the losing end of that very often. Well see a lot more of that to come. Shan wu, thank you for your analysis. Good to see you. As we head into the Holiday Season, many families are teetering on the edge of economic disaster. The images of long lines at food banks are becoming all too familiar. When we come back, im going to speak to the director of Central Texas food bank about what he is seeing. Okay, give it a try. 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Has now reported more than 100,000 infections every day for 25 consecutive days. On friday, more than 89,000 people were in hospitals because of the virus. And as many of us enjoy thanksgiving leftovers, lets not lose sight of what this pandemic is doing to people who have lost their jobs. Across the u. S. Right now, people who are accustomed to taking care of themselves are now waiting in long lines at food banks. I thought that was an airport. Joining me from austin, texas, is derek chubs, the executive and chief executive office of the Texas Central food bank. Anecdotally, ive been hearing theres a lot of people in line now who are there for the first time. Whats the demand been like . Well, and thank you for the opportunity to be here and here in Central Texas or the austin and Central Texas area, were still continuing to see unprecedented need based on job losses due to the pandemic. Jst to add a little context over the past 90 days, during the month of september, we saw almost 300,000 individuals in need of our services. During the month of october we saw that grow to 343,000 in need of our services. And were almost finished with november and we are anticipating around a 25 increase over october. So the need just continues to grow. And these are not individuals that you would normally see. A considerable number of those that are depending on our services are coming to see us for the very first time. And, i would only imagine that the lines will continue or perhaps get longer because there is no pandemic stimulus package in sight once a lot of these Unemployment Benefits expire after christmas. Where are you getting the donations and volunteers . Do you have enough volunteers . Well, weve been very fortunate, even though the pandemic did add some constraints on volunteerism in order to maintain social distancing, so that we can minimize the risk for our clients, our staff and our volunteers, we almost had to drop the number of volunteers by 70 at the onset of the pandemic. And we are still in need of volunteers. We are just doing more distributions, larger distributions with smaller numbers of volunteers and Staff Members to minimize the risk. And where are the donations coming from . How can people help . And are you able to meet demand . Are you struggling . Like all of my peers across the country, we are all struggling to meet the need. As you and i are having this conversation today, we are around 30 short of meeting the demand that were already seeing. However, weve been very fortunate, our community has stepped up. Our retail grocers were getting donated food. The challenge is thats the statement of today. All of our data tells us that we are we will see these elevated levels through 2021, almost through 2022 and in a worse Case Scenario into 2023. So our concerns are more long term than they are immediate. So making a donation to our food bank or to your local food bank regardless of where you are is going to be beneficial to helping us try and meet this unprecedented demand. We dont want to lose sight of so Many Americans struggling. Were all struggling. This is an unprecedented time, and its nice to see communities trying to help each other. Derek chubbs, thank you for what you do. Its a pleasure. Thank you for having me. College football is being hit hard by the coronavirus outbreaks among teams. Its forced more than 11 games to be canceled or postponed. Ba y where you need it. Alexa, tell roomba to vacuum in front of the couch. And offers personalized cleaning suggestions for a clean unique to you and your home. Roomba and the irobot home app. Only from irobot. Now, theres skyrizi. 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Reporter when charles and Kirsten Johnson nixon pledged for better or worse, the minneapolis couple didnt know where life would lead. Covid. Reporter and they had no idea the coronavirus i had pneumonia before. I didnt feel what i felt with covid. Reporter would write lifes most painful chapter. My fatherinlaw tested positive and was hospitalized. My motherinlaw tested positive and was hospitalized. My wife and i tested positive. I am a black woman. I am overweight. I have some underlying issues, but i thought, how could this happen to us . We are doing all the right things. Reporter the virus attacked everyone in their family, including the couples three boys. And while recovering, this family received a call they hoped would never happen. I felt hopeless. Reporter and this hospital, kirstens father william was placed on a ventilator. Grandpa was in the hospital for 50 days. The doctors kept saying that when a person over the age of 80 years old went on a ventilator, they usually didnt come off. Reporter according to the covid tracking project, black people in the u. S. Are dying at more than double the rate of white people. Native americans and latinos are also dying at significantly higher rates than whites and asian americans. Charles feared he wouldnt be around to watch his kids grow up or see them play another lacrosse game. That, for me, was my biggest fear. You know, im a i lost my father when i was young, and one of my goals when i became a father was to make sure i was going to be here for my kids. And the idea that this thing could turn on me and take me away from them was the hardest thing to deal with. God kept me here for my boys. And got me through this. Reporter so when this season of thanksgiving, the johnsonnixon family overflows with gratitude. Were alive. Im also thankful that my parents are alive. Reporter six months have passed since kirsten wrapped her arms. Its hard not to hug them. Reporter around her father. Or to kiss him. Reporter he still needs oxygen. Im glad i still get to hug and kiss these guys, though. Reporter charles and kirsten say for better or worse, their work isnt done. Cough, loss of appetite. Reporter they are speaking on panels and vow to educate the hardest hit communities about a virus that changed their lives. Its important to wear your mask, to wash your hands. It makes you want to yell out and be on a mission to bring awareness to people and say, hey, we have to take this serious because were already dealing with all the other problems that we have to deal with being black in this country. 2020 will be gone soon, thank god. 2021, hopefully, will give everyone an opportunity to rethink how they do things, change how they do things if they need to. Harrowing story. Lets hope this familys story serves as a warning to so many of us. Thank you to adrian brodis for that. This years cnn heroes, an allstar tribute, will be a special tribute of the heroic efforts of those who stood up to do more when faced with covid19 and racial injustice. Here is one of this years most inspiring moments. Hans Christian Anderson wrote, where words fail, music speaks. In the early days of the pandemic, we didnt have the right words or know the right way to be together. But we have songs that filled the air. In florida, as people sang the Italian National anthem. In chicago, they countered the sorrow and loss with living on a prayer. Living on a prayer in dallas, they made sure their neighbors knew they could lean on me. Im gonna need somebody to lean on in boston, they belted out sweet caroline. Sweet caroline and a broadway legend serenaded us with the impossible dream from his balcony. Follow that star all across the world, people found a way to sing and spread hope and offer thanks and celebrate life. They posted on social media. Communities belted out hits from balconies and neighbors brought their musical skills to the streets. All over the world, we found a way to lift each other up and connect for the power of music. Nothing like music to soothe our soul. Go to cnnheroes. Com to vote for this moment or any of our most inspiring moments. Once you vote, you can also upload your own videos telling us why it moved you. Well be right back. Confused about which medicare plan is right for them. Hey, thats me. I barely know where to start. Well, start here with me, karen. Im a licensed humana sales agent. Well its nice to meet you karen, im john smith. Hi john. At humana we know youre unique, so you have different needs from other john smiths. Yeah, ive always thought so. And together we can find a plan thats right for you. Great i go to the doctor a couple of times a year and i have some prescriptions, but im never fully sure of whats covered and whats not. 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Usaa the nfl has now ordered all 32 teams to shut down practice facilities on monday and tuesday due to an increase in coronavirus cases around the nation and around the league. Cnns Sports Correspondent Carolyn Manno joining me with more. How did thanksgiving gatherings factor into this decision . Good afternoon, amara. I think they played a large role. The league trying to be cautious. So far this late in the season they have yet to outright cancel a game. Theyre doing everything that they can to avoid that scenario. And this is a very complex puzzle. Every single hypothetical, you know, situation seemingly in play here for the league. But the thanksgiving holiday is cause for concern. And thats why they are ordering their teams to close their facilities on monday and tuesday. They believe that a number of players and Staff Members have had outoftown guests over the thanksgiving holiday. So they want to ensure that theyre tested properly before resuming activities in an effort to keep everybody safe. That, however, will not apply to the teams playing the monday night and now tuesday night game. The ravens, the undefeated steelers squaring off on tuesday after a widespread coronavirus outbreak on the ravens squad. If that ends up happening, the ravens game against the cowboys which was initially scheduled for thursday night will also be moved back. Coronavirus also wreaking havoc on college football. Seven games will not be played today, including fourth ranked ohio states game at illinois due to begin at the top of this hour. But the buckeyes Team Facility is shut down. All Team Activities are suspended. After head coach ryan day and other members of the program tested positive for covid19. So this is the second buckeye game called off this season. One more may lose them a shot at the big ten title. So coronavirus continuing to wreak havoc at the professional and College Level and in addition with College Basketball season under way as well, well continue to see these cancellations as the nation goes, so does sports, as it relates to coronavirus. It will be on, it will be off. Vanderbilts sarah fuller could become the first woman to play in a power five Conference College Football Game today as vanderbilt takes on missouri in an s. E. C. Matchup. How likely is she to take to the field . Yeah, this is a great story. I would say likely in theory. Shes the only kicker that traveled with the team, but it depends on what vanderbilts offense is going to do. They need to help her out. They werent able to score in the first quarter, scoreless early in the Second Quarter as well. She did warm up on the field before the game. If she does enter the game shell become the first woman to play for a power five school. Shes a goal keep or vanderbilts s. E. C. Championship soccer team. She tried out. She was added to the football roster this week after several other specialists on the team had to go into quarantine due to covid19 testing. Before the game, she posted a message on twitter saying, lets make history, play like a girl anchor down. And shes wearing that play like a girl on her helmet as well dedicated to a nonprofit that really seeks to help girls enter and stay in sports