Expected to descend this weekend on sturgis, south dakota, a town of about 7,000, for the 80th annual sturgis motorcycle rally. One rallygoer say masks impede his freedom. I dont mean to make light of it but i mean to be serious about it. These are freedomloving people and they are not going to give that up. Reporter 70,000 lives could be saved by december if masks are worn. Experts saying its so easy. Its rare that you see something so simple, so inexpensive, so easy for everybody to participate. Reporter across the country, the number of coronavirus cases are trending down. That ray of hope darkened because the number of deaths are rising. The death toll topping 160,000, now projected to nearly double by the end of the year. Hawaii is now the hottest of hot spots. Beaches and popular oahu closing once again as cases jump 85 from the past week. In maryland, a different story. Baltimore restarting indoor dining. But the citys Health Director says i wouldnt advise it. Reporter the World
Vaccines for people age 16 and older. So, this is the second to last step to getting this vaccine in americans arms. It just needs the signoff from the cdc director and hopefully then beginning the end of this pandemic. No vaccine has ever been developed faster, and it couldnt have come at a more desperate time. Yesterday, the u. S. Shattered every single record, including hospitalizations and the number of deaths. 3,309 american deaths due to covid19 reported yesterday alone. That is more in a single day here in the u. S. Than some countries have seen during the entire pandemic. In fact, more than japan and south koreas total death toll combined. We are following all the latest developments. Cnn correspondent adrian is standing by at a chicago hospital where they are prepping to receive the first vaccines and cnn aviation correspondent pete is in ckalamazoo, michigan. When will we see trucks leave with the first doses . Reporter ana, were getting new insight into why the vaccine is no
Congress, but this is where the president is focused. And he is getting help from many republicans in congress on this futile effort at more political power and undoing democracy, as Cnns Kaitlan Collins reports. Reporter mr. President , will you take our questions . Without answering a single question from reporters, President Trump cut his florida vacation short today and left behind a ballroom of disappointed guests at maralago for tonights new years eve party. Instead of walking the red carpet like last year, trump will ring in the new year in washington, after spending most of his time in florida, in an irritable mood, fuming about everything from his election loss to first lady melania trumps renovations. Sources say trump is almost singularly focused on a plot by his republican allies to disrupt congress certification of joe bidens win next week, which democrats are dismissing as absurd. Theyve got to choose here. Its real simple. Theres only two choices. You choose democracy of
Ventilators. They bought 7,000 more. Fema delivered 4,000. But new york is still 15,000 short. Were exploring splitting, where one ventilators could do two patients. Reporter theyre opening some streets to pedestrians to reduce density in city parks and no more group sports like basketball. But there is hope. The rate of hospitalizations in new york is now slowing. The evidence suggests that the density control measures may be working. Reporter confirmed cases now spiking elsewhere, more than doubling in louisiana. Since early monday, at least 18 more deaths reported today in new jersey. The w. H. O. Now says the u. S. Doesnt have to be the next global epicenter. Youve still got the means of turning it around. Reporter she says by testing, tracing contacts, isolating, and many of us continuing to quarantine, as around half of all americans are now under orders to do. Were seeing a doubling once a day in deaths from coronavirus. The doubling time is only one day. And that is the worst i
Obviously if you do it in an all or none way there is an extraordinary risk of there being a rebound. Rebound for the coronavirus, we should underline. And there is a new example of how that could happen in one part of the country, a model presented by Los Angeles County officials predicting that up to 95 of los angeles residents will be infected with coronavirus if the stayathome order would be lifted right now. Although no one is talking about doing that. If the current measures are maintained, that number of infections will hover around 30 , according to the projection that have model. In the virus epicenter of new york, Governor Andrew Cuomo said today he believes the worst may be offver but he cautioned restrictions must stay in place, as cnns jason car roll reports. Reporter for the first time in history, every state is under a National Declaration of emergency at the same time. In new york, the epicenter of the pandemic, there are indications the number of infected is leveling o