in the united states this week. those grim numbers prompted the centers for disease control and prevention to put out new guidance on masks calling them critical to stopping the virus and saying, in some cases, masks should even be worn at home. president-elect biden just took questions about the pandemic and said his team has not yet seen any detailed plan from the trump administration on how to, quote, get the vaccine out of the container into a syringe and into somebody s arm. he also pressed congress to pass a new stimulus bill to help americans whose benefits are about to run out and he is warning, i m quoting him now, he is warning of a very bleak future unless there is more relief and more relief very quickly. let s begin our coverage this hour with the unfolding coronavirus crisis which is getting worse and worse by the day. our national correspondent atina jones is joining us from new york. athiena jones, we are along abot a stay-at-home order from millions of am
warning from dr. anthony fauci that we haven t even entered the expected post thanksgiving surge. we have not yet seen the post thanksgiving peak. that s the concerning thing because the numbers in and of themselves are alarming. then you realize it is likely we ll see more of a surge as we get two to three weeks past the thanksgiving holiday, and the thing that concerns me is that abuts right on the christmas holiday as people start to travel, shop, congregate. now in florida where there have been more than 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, newly elected miami-dade mayor has a grave warning about the hospital systems as cases continue to surge. rosa flores is in nearby ft. lauderdale covering this. tell us what is the mayor s main concern? reporter: you know, brianna, she s very concerned about miami-dade reverting back to where we were back in the summer, during the summer surge. i can paint the picture for you. there were more than 2,000
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