And president elect biden is not s satisfied with what we he has seen. There is no detailed plan to how you get a vaccine out of a c container into an injection syringe into somebodys arm. Its going to be very difficult. There is a lot to go done. We will ask dr. Anthony fauci about that. He is tapped to serve as chief medical adviser in the administration. We will ask dr. Fauci about the decision today to not recommend a covid19 vaccine in children, in addition, your many questions for dr. Fauci. Please tweet them to us with the cnntownhall. And you can leave a comment on the site as well. And many of you have questions in video form. They will be on the site as well. And we will talk about testing and the side effects one felt. And the months ahead, and how rough they are going to be vaccines are no vaccines. Today, so far, the third worst day ever. Nearly 204,000 new infections and still climbing. They are now projecting more than a quarter million lives last between now and april.
Joe biden won thrown out. Lets get to ryan nobles at the site in georgia tonight. What happened . Reporter this has to be a worst Case Scenario for republicans, ana, were already nervous about this rally here tonight in georgia. Republicans in georgia are hoping the president focuses all on these Runoff Elections between david purdue and john, rafael and kelly. They want him to amplify the case for the republican candidates in terms of keeping the Senate Majority in republican hands and not talk about overturning the results of the election, the president ial election thats already been settled. In fact, three recounts have confirmed that joe biden was the winner here in georgia but we learned that this morning, President Trump in a phone call with brian kemp, the governor here who is a republican and a trump supporter and someone that trump has been openly battling with, that trump was putting pressure on kemp to convince members of the legislature to take steps to give the election v
Top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, says some parts of the u. S. Could be forced to postpone elective surgeries as hospitals fill to capacity. And its not just sickness that has people in dire straits. Millions of americans are facing financial hardships. There are new hopeful signs that Congress May Finally be on the cusp of passing a new stimulus package with leaders from both parties now willing to negotiate over a bill democrats had previously said was too small to consider. But we begin with breaking news in california. The state is now poised to issue strict new stayathome orders for the two regions or for rather, two regions in the state. Regions populated by nearly 23 Million People. Thats more than the total population of new england. Cnns Paul Vercammen is tracking all of this from los angeles. One of the affected areas. Paul, walk us through this timeline here and whats meant by these regions. Okay. So if the basically the intensive care unit capacity in any of
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 authoriz
So more americans have now tested positive for covid in a single day than at any point in this pandemic. Friday saw the largest number of new cases to date, almost 228,000 newly infected people. That is over 10,000 higher than the record set the day before. The virus is so pervasive that u. S. Officials say some people should consider Wearing Masks inside their own homes. Deaths in the u. S. Have been soaring since thanksgiving. So far in december, just the first four days of this month, the virus has already killed almost 11,000 americans. Now hospitalizations have also never been higher. The covid tracking project says the number of coronavirus patients being treated in the u. S. Medical facilities has now more than doubled in the past month. Over 100,000 patients will get more now from athena jones. Athena. We are seeing numbers that none of us believe it was possible to see with this pandemic right now. Reporter its never been this bad and its only getting worse. The u. S. Setting