The harsh reality there is where we begin this morning with 33 Million People in southern california, the San Joaquin Valley and the San Francisco bay area now under new stayathome orders as icu capacity in hospitals there near the breaking point. 33 Million People. Thats more people than live in new york and pennsylvania combined. They face the closure of bars, hair salons, museums, movie theaters, playgrounds and more yeah, the number of americans hospitalized remains above 100,000, and thats before the expected surge following thanksgiving when millions of americans were traveling and gathered with family members and keep in mind, well likely see n more of that same kind of surge come hanukkah and christmas. The white house vaccine chief praised a plan by president elect biden to ask americans to wear masks in his first hundred days in office. Saying that masks are key as the country awaits the vaccine. Dr. Moncef slaoui, the head of operation warp speed expecting emergency authorization for pfizers vaccine is imminent, and hopes that it will be available, perhaps, later this week. The vaccine is safe. Its safety profile is comparable to many other vaccines that have been in use for years. Still, important questions are unanswered, like how long immunity lasts after a vaccination, and can you still infect someone else even if youre protected. A pugh study finds 60 of americans would take a vaccine if it were available today, but thats still short of the 70 to 75 that dr. Anthony fauci says is needed to get the country on the road to normalcy. Yeah, and relief remains some time off for most americans, including californians. The state reported more than 30,000 new cases on sunday alone. Cnns Paul Vercammen has more from los angeles. Reporter laura, boris, you alluded to it, the number just horrific and heartbreaking and record shattering in california. All of these cases and hospitalizations, the new orders to go into effect. One of those orders shuts down Outdoor Dining at restaurants, but because of the patch work or crazy quilt of laws in california, restaurants like this one, the Pineapple Hill saloon and grill in sherman oaks already shut down. They have not given us money, and they have shut us down. We cannot survive. My staff cannot survive. Look at this. Tell me that this is dangerous. But right next to me, as a slap in my face, thats safe. This is safe . Reporter the owner here just devastated. She went viral with a rant about this, and among other things, she told me, its just crushing to have to tell employees they have no work right before the holidays. Its unbearable. I mean, you try to put on a good face, you try to say, dont worry, were going to reopen. Im going to make it happen, but to look at my staff, give them their last paycheck right before christmas, and some of them are newer staff that have been shut down over and over and their unemployment is running out, and they have kids and children, tgs the most excruciating feeling. Theres no options. Its not like were going to stay on unemployment. Mine is almost out, and i have no idea what im going to do. Reporter and another employee here telling me christmas is on its way, and she just doesnt know what to tell her 9yearold son in terms of what sort of christmas its going to be. Reporting from sherman oaks, im Paul Vercammen, back to you now, boris, laura. Paul, thank you so much for that. President elect biden is rolling out the team charged with bringing the pandemic under control. The president elect is expected to nominate dr. Vivek murthy. And politico reports dr. Rochelle rolinski has been tapped to run the cdc. Theres a surprise pick when it comes to the president elects choice for health and human services. Arlette saenz has more from wilmington, delaware. Reporter laura and boris, president elect joe biden is starting out the week rolling out some key members of his health team and that includes his choice to lead the department of health and human services. Sources tell cnn that the president elect is expected to nominate California Attorney general Javier Bacerra to lead hhs. At such a critical time as the president elect is mapping out his plans to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Now, bacerra has served as the attorney general of california where he has really led the legal efforts to try to protect the Affordable Care act. He is also latino, and is the second latino to be named to bidens cabinet as the president elect is trying to make good on his promise that his administration will look like america. The biden transition has been facing some pressure in over the past week to appoint more diverse figures to the top ranks of the administration. This is one more step to try to make good on that promise. Bacerra will inherit, if hes nominated, bacerra will have a very important task as theyre trying to map out the response to the coronavirus pandemic, including what vaccine distributions will look like in the coming months. Biden is expected to name other members of his health team this week. The president elect making it very clear that tackling this pandemic is a top priority. Laura and boris. Thank you so much, arlett cree. Arlette. The president s personal attorney is battle coronavirus. The 76yearold former mayor of new york says hes getting great care and feeling good. Giuliani has been crisscrossing the country, leading the president s desperate legal battle to contest the election. Hes repeatedly disregarded Public Health guidelines, appearing without a mask in state capitals, hotel ball looms and at an indoor news conferences in georgia, michigan, and arizona the Campaign Says giuliani did not experience any symptoms until two days after his return. Also new this morning, attorney general bill barr is considering leaving his post before President Trump leaves office. Barr has been a staunch defender of this president but a source now tells cnn barr is not happy with trump and is quote not someone who takes bullying and turns the other cheek. Were told the attorney general has not made a final decision on leaving early. Cnn reported last week that barr and the president had a contentious meeting after the ag said that the Justice Department found no evidence of fraud that would kachange the election results. A contentious show down in georgia. Candidates for senate runoffs, tangling over policy and the president. Details after a quick break. 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Reporter boris and laura, there was a lot of anticipation for this debate on sunday night in part because it was the first time that Kelly Loeffler and Raphael Warnock appeared in a forum when it was just the two of them head to head as they emerged in this runoff election. And it played out much of the way we expected it to. Raphael warnock attacking loeffler for the convenient stock trades she made shortly after becoming a United States senator at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, and loeffler hammering warnock calling him a radical liberal over and over again. Perhaps the most revealing thing from this debate was Kelly Loefflers difficult position. That position is attempting to somewhat embrace President Trumps attempts to overturn the results of the election while at the same time not leaning completely into the situation. Take a look at how she handled this particular issue on sunday. Senator, did you believe the election was rigged . Look, greg, its very clear that there were issues in this election. There are 250 investigations open, including an investigation into one of my opponents organizations. You know, for voter fraud. And we have to make sure that georgians trust this process because of whats at stake in this election. You know, the promise that Chuck Schumer made was to fundamentally change america, and im making sure that we dont go down the road of socialism and loeffler was asked multiple times whether or not she believes President Trump won or lost the election, and she flat out just did not answer the question. Warnock had moments where he deflected questions as well. He would not say whether or not he supported adding justices to the supreme court. This was broadcast across the country, on cnn, because so much was at stake. Republicans need to win at least one of the two runoffs in order to maintain control of the senate majority. Boris and laura. Ryan, thank you for that. 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The first place giants able to win, 1712, their fourth win in a row. It was a tough day for bears fans. The bears had a chance to run out the clock but Mitch Trubisky sacked and fumbled on his own 17 yard line, Adrian Peterson running in his second touchdown. The texans meanwhile on their 2 yard line with a minute and a half to go, touchdown and extra point would win the game, but Deshaun Watson just fumbles that ball, colts jump on it. They shock the texans winning 2620. Chiefs and broncos, sunday night football, Patrick Mahomes going to find travis kelce for the touchdown. Gives the chiefs the lead for good. They squeak by the broncos, 2216. They clinch the playoff spot for the 6th consecutive season. The saints also punching their tickets to the playoffs for the fourth Straight Year after beating the falcons, 2116. Taysom hill, two touchdowns, filling in for the injured drew brees. The saints are 80 playing without brees the last two seasons. Mens hoops, top ranked gonzaga, pausing all activities due to covid19 protocols. They cancelled their game against baylor after one player and a Staff Members tested positive for the virus. The decision wipes out the next four games on the bulldogs schedule. Go gonzagas next game against third ranked iowa on december 19th. The new nba season tips off in a couple of weeks. While the players wont be in a bubble, they will have to follow a new set of rules, according to the new health and safety guidelines obtained by cnn, play skpe ers and staff are banned from going to bars and clubs, and attending large gatherings, only permitted to leaving hotels if theyre eating outdoors or in private rooms at restaurants. Potential punishments, warnings, fines and suspensions. Preseason game set to tip off at the end of the week. And we all know was bubble was such a great success. Its going to be interesting to see how the nba does traveling from city to city, especially in the winter. 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We have learned some of the key players, one a top california politician, familiar with the covid crisis in his tohome stat. 33 Million People in the San Francisco bay area, San Joaquin Valley, now under new stayathome orders as icu capacity in hospitals nears the breaking point there. 33 Million People, for perspective, thats more people than live in new york and pennsylvania combined. Now once again, facing closed bars, hair salons, museums, movie theaters, playgrounds and more. The number of americans that are hospitalized remains above 100,000. Thats of course before the expected surge following thanksgiving, and before we even celebrate hanukkah and christmas, as the country waits for the vaccine, dr. Moncef slaoui, the head of operation warp speed expects emergency authorization for pfizers vaccine is imminent. Hes hoping it will be available later this week. The vaccine is safe. Its safety profile is comparable to that of many other vaccines that have been in use for years. Still, even if the vaccine is safe, important questions are unanswered, like how long immunity lasts for you after a vaccination, and can you still infect someone else even if youre protected. We now know the first shipments of the Covid Vaccines will fall short of whats needed. President trump called for 300 million doses by january, but federal officials estimate only about 40 million doses will be available by the end of the month, and that if both moderna and pfizer get the green light from the fda, and thats only enough to fully vaccinate 20 Million People since you need two doses. Yeah, so help remains some time off for most americans, including californians. The state reporting more than 30,000 new cases just on sunday. Cnn has the pandemic covered across the country. Starting in los angeles. Reporter the numbers just horrific and heartbreaking and record shattering in california. All of these cases and hospitalizations, the new order is to go into effect. One of those orders shuts down Outdoor Dining at restaurants. Because of the patch work or crazy quilt of laws in california, restaurants like this one, the pineapple grill saloon in sherman oaks have shut down. They have not given us money, and they have shut us down. We cannot survive. My staff cannot survive. Look at this. Tell me that this is dangerous. But right next to me as a slap in my face thats safe. This is safe . Reporter the owner here just devastated. She went viral with a rant about this. And among other things, she told me its just crushing to have to tell employees they have no work right before the holidays. Its unbearable. I mean, you try to put on a good face. You try to say dont worry, were going to reopen. Im going to make it happen, but to look at my staff, give them their last paycheck right before christmas, and some of them are newer staff that have been shut down over and over, and their unemployment is running out, and they have kids and children. Its the most excruciating feeling. Theres no options for our entire industry, and its not because were trying to stay on unemployment, and you know, just sit on that. Reporter yours is almost out, right . Mine is almost out, and i have no idea, i have no idea what im going to do. Reporter and another employee here telling me christmas is on its way, and she just doesnt know what to tell her 9yearold son in terms of what sort of christmas its going to be. Im Evan Mcmorris santoro in manhattan. New york city Public Schools will reopen their doors to thousands of students for five day a week classes starting on monday. Officials say they have enough Testing Capacity here to reopen schools for the youngest students, ranging from prek through 5th grade, giving them a chance for socialization, and a chance to get back to some normalcy, even as the virus has a second surge here. They say testing will keep those numbers down and keep schools safe for students. Thanks to our reporters for those updates. President elect joe biden is rolling out the team charged with bringing the pandemic under control. The president elect is expected to nominate dr. Vivek murthy as u. S. Surgeon general. You might recall, dr. Murthy served same role in the obama administration. And dr. Walensky has been tapped to run the cdc. Theres a surprise with the pick to lead health and human services. Arlette saenz is in wilmington, delaware. Laura and boris, president elect joe biden is starting out the week rolling out some key members of his health team and that includes his choice to lead the department of health and human services. Sources tell cnn that the president elect is expected to nominate California Attorney general Javier Bacerra to lead hhs. At such a critical time as the president elect is mapping out his plans to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Now, bacerra has served as the attorney general of california where he has really led the legal efforts to try to protect the Affordable Care act. He is also latino, and is the second latino to be named to bidens cabinet as the president elect is trying to make good on his promise that his administration will look like america. The biden transition has been facing some pressure in over the past week to appoint more diverse figures to the top ranks ot administrati to the administration. Bacerra will inherit, if hes nominated, bacerra will inherit a very important task as they are trying to map out the response to the coronavirus pandemic, including what vaccine distributions will look like in the coming months. Now, biden is expected to name other members of his health team as well this week. The president elect making it very clear that tackling this pandemic is a top priority. Laura and boris. All right, arlette, thank you so much for that. There are 44 days until joe bidens inauguration as president. Its time for three questions this three minutes. Lets bring in Washington Post white house reporter, toluse olorunnipa, a cnn political analyst. Good to see you this morning. Thank you so much for getting up with us. What do you make of the president elect having president elect having ba certificate ro issues like the Affordable Care act, drug price, what do you make of this pick . Halve j Javier Bacerra, fills a lot of the requirements, hes in large state, has experience working in a large bureaucracy, the diversity, and working class roots. Not only is he a latino, but hes something somebody who pulled himself up by a working class background and was able to get to the highest ranks of the political world, and i think thats something that joe biden is looking for. Hes talked about it when he talks about his economic picks and this is going to be a choice that has defended the Affordable Care act, and thats very important to joe biden as well. Javier bacerra has sued to defend the Affordable Care act, and joe biden is trying to expand and defend the aca, so i think he fits a number of those key requirements, even though he does not have that Traditional Health care background. He was albany ble to fulfill th things joe biden was looking for. The Senate Debate last night, there was an enormous elephant in the room, the president s disinformation campaign, the state identity lieutena states Lieutenant Governor said the president could be hurting chances in the january 5th runoff. How do you think senator loeffler was trying to divert through this question of whether the president actually won the peach state or not . It seems that republicans have sort of talked themselves into a corner here. Yes, Senate Loeffler was really dodging and weaving throughout the course of the night, not wanting to answer the question about whether or not President Trump lost the election, whether the election was rigged, whether or not she believes that the Voting System in georgia, which is run by a republican secretary of state or republican governor who have both been attacked by the president , whether or not she had faith in those republicans, so she did not answer those questions. She was trying to do two things at once, placate the president and his supporters by grieving some credence to their baseless fraud claims, and also telling voters that they need to have faith in the system in order to vote on january 5th. So it was very awkward to watch her try to do that over the course of an hour but thats where republicans find themselves at this moment, trying to figure out how to placate the president while also telling people that they should have faith in the Voting System in georgia. I guess its good that she showed up, though, considering david perdue refuses to even debate ossoff for reasons i cant understand. It seems whats happening in georgia speaks to this broader issue, the relationship between president and this republican party. We have seen this over four years, the party is desperately loyal to him. Now hes furious with the governor georgia refuse to go help him overturn his loss, hes furious with fox news for calling that race early for biden in arizona, so much so he preferred watching the nfl players kneel over wamtching fo. Clearly years of loyalty dont matter when you dont do what he wants. Why are republicans going to these endless limits to satisfy the president who always inevitably turns on them when he has to . Even though President Trump lost by a historically large margin in this popular vote margin, more than 7 million votes, he continues to have a stronghold on the party, and there have been other republicans who have tried to cross the president , and they have seen their political careers end as a result. Hes vin tick tdictive. He attacks members of his party on social media, and once that happens, its hard to run for reelection. Their political careers are tied to this president , and hes saying hes going to run again, and theyre going to need his endorsement or support if they want to run again in their own races. Theres not a lot of political courage right now in the republican party. They are realizing that they dont want to lose their seats so for that reason they have to give into these baseless claims from the president and essentially make it seem like what hes saying makes sense even though they know that a lot of the things hes saying are baseless and false and without any merit. They cant say so publicly because he will immediately shoot them down and potentially end their political careers. Thats why theyre sticking with him, even though they know what hes saying doesnt have very much merit at all. Anyone with 2024 aspirations is in a difficult place, mike pence, nikki haley, tom cotton. Dammed if you do, dammed if you dont say anything about the president right now. Tolu, thanks so much for getting up with us. Appreciate it. Good to see you. Another relationship with the president on the rocks, attorney general bill barr is considering leaving his post before the president leaves office. Barr has been a staunch defender of this president , but a source now tells cnn barr is not happy with trump and is quote not someone who takes bullying and turns the other cheek. Were told the attorney general has not made a final decision on leaving early. As cnn reported last week that barr and the president had a contentious meeting after the ag said that the Justice Department had found no evidence of fraud that would change the election results. Quick programming note to share with you. Now more than ever, the world needs hero. Join Anderson Cooper and kelly ripa for cnn heroes, an all star tribute at 8 00 p. M. Right here on cnn. Well be right back. [ whispering ] whats this . Oh, are we kicking karly out . We live with at t. It was a lapse in judgment. At t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gigspeed internet, but we cant sign up for that here. Yeah, but im just like warming up to those speeds. Youve lived here two years. 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If you look at the orchards nearby and the scene that we saw. A witness, in fact, saying they heard a loud explosion, and then eight to ten minutes worth of an exchange of gunfire. A lot of versions still there. What does it mean for the diplomacy around Irans Nuclear program whachlt we ha program. What we have just heard from france, germany and the uk, they are deeply concerned of what they say is irans attempt to put enrichment centrifuges, one of a number of moves iran has put forward since the assassination. Another being its parliament, saying they want to put a strict timetable down which essentially ends at the beginning of joe bidens president elect administration in mid january at which point they would hope iran would be enriching further, and that puts a great timetable of pressure on the Biden Administration and those moderates here to get negotiations going and see some kind of fruit to alleviate sanctions and fundamentally see some sort of progress. There are hard liners who simply say there must be retaliation, and the only thing they will negotiate is getting back into the original 2015 deal. Back to you. A lot more to come on this. Thats for sure, nick, thank you. Getting a Covid Vaccine from the manufacturer into the arms of millions of americans is a daunting challenge. And one critical component is keeping the vaccines cold. Cnns pete muntean takes a look at how thats done from inside a cold Storage Facility at Philadelphia International airport. Reporter this is American Airlines cargo cold Storage Facility in philadelphia. Pharmaceuticals only, and essentially what is one big refrigerator. 25,000 square feet. You can see the fans back there blowing cold air into here. You know, it is about 50 degrees in here right now, according to this thermometer, although i have to say it feels a lot colder, the idea is to keep the specialized containers for vaccines that need to be super cold extra preserved. The moderna vaccine, negative 4 degrees fahrenheit, the Pfizer Vaccine needs to be negative 100 degrees fahrenheit. They would probably sit on the shelves here but the idea is to not keep them here very long. This is only a pit stop, albeit a critical one that airlines say in the request of getting the vaccine from the manufacturer to you to be administered. I just want to show you one more way that airlines are helping keep the vaccine cold while it is in transit. This is a portable Battery Powered refrigerated shipping container. You can set the temperature on the side of the container here. 32. 8 degrees right now. If the temperature is off by only a quarter of a degree, alarms go off. It is the infrastructure like this that airlines say makes them ready for a mission of a lifetime. American Airlines Says it has a plan in place, as soon as the fda approves the vaccine, it can begin shipping it within 24 hours. Pete muntean. Cnn, Philadelphia International airport. A great look behind the scenes there from pete muntean, and while americans wait for Covid Vaccines, actual immunizations will begin in the United Kingdom as early as tomorrow. Cyril vanier is at 10 downing street in london. Questions about how this thing is going to be distributed in the United States, the differences between states. How are things going to work in the uk . Reporter boris, this week is going to mark a major turning point here in the uk and the fight against the coronavirus. Over the last three, four days, really, theres been a tremendous amount of Logistical Organization to get this thing ready. The jabs have been in country, the doses of the vaccine, the Pfizer Biontech vaccine have been in country for three, four days. They have been sent out to 50 Hospital Centers here in england that are going to serve as vaccination hubs. They have been sent out to wales, scotland, northern ireland. Tomorrow, the if ifirst jabs ar actually going to be delivered. The goal in the beginning had been to vaccinate as a matter of priority, care home residents. Thats not going to be possible because it is so difficult to send to actually take the vaccine doses to them, so they are going to start with 80yearolds and above who already are in those vaccination Hospital Centers, boris. Wooell keep an eye on how tt progresses, thank you so much. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is warning of a third wave just ahead of hanukkah. Cnns Oren Liebermann is live in jerusalem with more this morning, oren, nice to see you, whats the latest. Reporter Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu warned the country is at the beginning of a third wave of infections as coronavirus rates rise, krus crucially the positive rate is on the rise, 1. 9 a week ago, 3. 9 over the weekend. Thats very much trending in the wrong direction and the number of serious cases steadily on the rise in the country. Netanyahu saying he wont hesitate to reimpose restrictions if thats what is necessary as the rest of the country pushes forward with opening and reopening after the second lock down. The coronavirus is warning that the holidays, hanukkah and christmas should be celebrated only with a Nuclear Family and not in large gatherings. The third lock down looking very real here. All right. Thank you so much, appreciate it. Well, the United States sets near daily coronavirus records, countries in europe have managed to turn around dangerous spikes. So how did they do it, and can the United States replicate those efforts . Cnns Frederik Pleitgen is live in berlin. Fred, you know, the United States considering new restrictions, new lock downs as countries in europe are looking at ways to potentially ease restrictions . Reporter yeah, youre absolutely right, and i think one of the things the European Countries did or many of them at least did boris is they moved very quickly, and fairly decisively when they had to. You had some massive spikes in some of these European Countries a couple of months ago, especially france, and also really bad situations in belgium and also in the Czech Republic which for a while had the worst coronavirus instance in the entire world and what those countries did is very very strict lock down, and youre absolutely right, theyre now looking at easing system of these restrictions. Some of those countries are doing exactly that. Of course what theyre looking forward to is christmas time, they want to be able to ease some of these restrictions for christmas to give people some freedom towards christmas so these European Countries moving in the right direction. The big outlier has been the country thats been one of the most successful so far, which is germany where the numbers are peaking but they really arent going down yet, boris. Yeah, the response in the United States still a bit uneven compared to many of the countries in europe. We know youll be watching the situation for us across the board, especially where you are in berlin. Fred pleitgen, thank you so much. We leave you this morning with more people paying it forward during this pandemic. Emily bug and billy lewis decided to cancel their big wedding reception, so the chicago couple asked the caterer to use the deposit to give meals in need, thesh hold which serves people with serious illness. The couples kindness inspired others to do the same thing. The donation was timely the group said because they had to cancel their larger communal dinners because of the pandemic so it really worked out well. Love to see it. Thank you so much for joining us today. 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