Determining why something is safe, does it work on all these different demographics, those were the steps not skipped. First to california where the crisis is beyond a simple surge. Over the past week, the state has seen a jawdropping 270,000 new cases. The situation is so dire that Southern California hospitals are at zero icu capacity. Thats right, zero. With me to talk about the crisis is dr. Christina ghaly, the director of the Los Angeles County department of health services. Doctor, thank you for joining us. Tell us just how dire the situation in Southern California is right now. Its completely devastating. And this is the point that no one wanted to get to, but i think the reality people have to face is this is where were at. The hospitals are full, the icus are full, the Emergency Departments are full. Ambulances are having difficulty trying to off4r0d patients. All of this is an incredibly dangerous situation. What is important for everyone, is this will affect patients with c
Attacks on united states. I think its the case that we can say clearly it was the russians who engaged in this activity. Clearly, the russians dont hear us on this and how far you willing to escalate with a nuclear power. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Capitol hill there. We have a lot going on in the house right now as were trying to come up with a stimulus and waiting to see what they come up with by the end of the weekend. Theyve got two more days to go. In addition to there are now two Coronavirus Vaccines authorized for emergency use in the united states. This good news comes at the end of what was, though, the deadliest week yet in the whole pandemic. And more americans are dieing from covid every day on average than ever. The u. S. Is also setting new records for daily cases. The number of people fighting the virus in hospital at an alltime high. Cnns Polo Sandoval is here with the latest. Possible numbers on those three fronts. But the vaccines
Lets not forget this is white house that had at least one super spreader event when a good portion was held outdoors in nice weather. Close to a dozen attendees at the September Rose garden ceremony for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett including President Trump himself tested positive after that. Ultimately Something Like three dozen people in Donald Trumps orbit contracted the virus. This white house is a giant petri dish, and you want to have 25 holiday parties there . What exactly do you think is going to happen . Well, unfortunately predictably this. The vice chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party came down with covid19 symptoms after attending a Holiday Gathering in washington, d. C. People were just leisurely and gingerly take off their mask to eat, to mingle, to schmooze. I dont even think people wore masks the entire time. It was a big event, about 200 people. And again, i was as guilty as anybody else. I wasnt wearing a mask. He said he went to be tested after r
Political stunt. We want to show you the faces of these republican senators who join holly zukert. Ron johnson, James Langford of oklahoma, steve danes of montana, john kenedy of louisiana, Marcia Blackburn of tennessee, mike ron of indiana, as well as senators elect cynthia of wyoming, ronald marshall, big haggerty and Tommy Tuperville of alabama. Their objection doesnt change the facts and it wont change the outcome. Joe biden won this election. Dozens of lawsuits challenging the results have been thrown out by state judges, by federal judges including some trump picked himself. Even the Supreme Court. Election officials have done recounts in states like georgia. President trumps own Homeland Security and justice departments including the attorney general of the United States have said there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud or anything that would change the outcome of this election. And what these lawmakers do next week will be etched into history. Senate Majority Leader Mitc