Now he is questioning whether the attorney general of the United States, william barr knows how to do his job after he broke with the president s false claims of election fraud. A source tells cnn the two men had what was described as a contentious meeting at the white house this week. We will get to all of that. First, the latest on the worsening pandemic here in the u. S. Our National Correspondent erica hill is joining us with the latest. Nine, ten months into the crisis, the country is facing more danger than ever before. Reporter yeah. That is absolutely right, wolf. We are seeing the impact of that rise play out now in california where governor gavin newsom now has said there will be new stay at home orders once the icu capacity in a region falls below 15 . Right now 4 of the 5 regions in california we are told are just a day or two away from that happening. A new emergency break in california. The bottom line, if we do not act now, our Hospital System will be overwhelmed. Report
Surpassed 14 Million People infected with coronavirus and, right now, a Record Number of hospitalizations, too. More than 100,000 people with hospitals running out of space. And as cnn erica hill reports its only going to get worse from here. We are at high tide, and the hurricane is hitting. New cases wednesday topping 200,000. More than 100,000 americans sick enough with covid are now in the hospital. Just over 2,800 deaths reported in a single day. Records that, sadly, may soon be shattered. Im so terrified and very anxious about what is going to happen in the weeks ahead. Many hospitals already reaching critical levels. Currently there are zero staffed icu beds in our states southwest region. Its not just kansas. More hospitals in this country are right on that edge of not being able to provide that care. Thats when the number of deaths will really go up. The cdcs forecast now projecting up to 329,000 americans could die by december 26th. We shouldnt expect something different. Wer
Fraud. Good to have you with us, a record 217,000 new covid cases were confirmed across the u. S. On thursday, pushing the total number of infected americans to more than 14 million. More than 100,000 people are now fighting for their lives in u. S. Medical facilities. Hospitalizations have never been this high since the pandemic began, and tragically many patients are too sick to survive. The death toll has been approaching 3,000 People Per Day during the past several days. Health experts say reversing these grim trends could be as simple as wearing a face covering. In an exclusive interview with cnn, u. S. President elect joe biden said he will act on that the moment he takes office. My inclination is in the first day im inaugurated to say im going to ask the public for 100 days to mask. Thats just 100 days to mask. Not forever. Just 100 days, and i think well see a significant reduction. And that occurs with vaccinations and masking to drive down the numbers considerably. Considerab
Lack of humanity with respect to syria because when we talk about syria we always talk about figures. People talking about bombing shelling, family members dying, pictures in their head they cannot get rid of. Unrest grows in ferguson, missouri. Unrest in the streets, at times between a swat raid and a full scale military invasion. We look at ourselves and say, do we have the kind of country we want to live in. Mother nature doesnt have to have an appointment. We begin with the crisis in iraq and the increasing u. S. Involvement. Senior pentagon officials said, the siege of mt. Sin is broken, enabling yazidis trapped on the mountain to escape. That fold news an American Team including dozens of u. S. Officials, landed on mt. Sinjar figuring out how to get the yazidis off the mountain. The americans left safely. Supplies and a few were lifted out on Iraqi Military helicopters saving the yazidis from Islamic State extremists, who call the yazidis devil worshipers. A number of options wer
With respect to syria because when we talk about syria we always talk about figures. People talking about bombing shelling, family members dying, pictures in their head they cannot get rid of. Unrest grows in ferguson, missouri. Unrest in the streets, at times between a swat raid and a full scale military invasion. We look at ourselves and say, do we have the kind of country we want to live in. Mother nature doesnt have to have an appointment. We begin with the crisis in iraq and the increasing u. S. Involvement. Senior pentagon officials said, the siege of mt. Sin is broken, enabling yazidis trapped on the mountain to escape. That fold news an American Team including dozens of u. S. Officials, landed on mt. Sinjar figuring out how to get the yazidis off the mountain. The americans left safely. Supplies and a few were lifted out on Iraqi Military helicopters saving the yazidis from Islamic State extremists, who call the yazidis devil worshipers. A number of options were being considere