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>> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with robyn curnow. >> it has been more than two weeks since joe biden won the u.s. presidential election, and the biden transition, even without white house cooperation, is happening but slower than most would like. president trump is still refusing the loss and no signs of conceding any time soon. however, new cracks are appearing in ub are can wall of denial. >> what's happened here is quite frankly the concept that the president's legal team has been a national embarrassment. i've been a supporter of the president. i voted for him twice, but elections have consequences. we can't continue to act as if something didn't happen. the country has to matter the

most. as much as i'm a strong republican and i love my party, it's the country that has to come first. >> among those speaking out against president trump's actions, a republican congressman from michigan where the president has been personally pressing state officials to dispute the state count. that long time congressman saying the fight for now is over. >> the voters spoke. and here again in michigan it's not a razor thin margin. it's 154,000 votes. you've got to let those votes stand. 154,000 votes is -- it's over. the longer this lasts, languishes, the time then escapes from us from actually seeing a peaceful transition to the next administration. >> so, a michigan board is set to meet in the coming day to certify the state's election results.

but we're hearing one republican member will try to keep that from happening. and then in another contentious state president trump lost, enapproximae pennsylvania, most counties are expected to certify election results on monday. but the trump camp is filing an appeal after a judge shut down their attempts there. legal experpetrators say there's no chance that appeal will succeed. instead of following the democratic transition of peaceful transition of power, president trump spent another day, as you can see here, golfing. the main reason this transition needs to begin now and not later is not political. american lives, we know, are literally at stake. the coronavirus pandemic is reaching unprecedented numbers with incredible speed. this is the 20th straight day with more than 100,000 new cases reported. just look at the number of people who have died in this country from covid. more than 256,000 people. joe biden, meanwhile, is moving

forward with his cabinet selections with several names set to be announced on tuesday. antony lincoln will be nominated to serve as secretary of state. details now from arlette saenz. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden is set to roll out his first cabinet picks on tuesday, and the announcements are shaping up to be foreign policy-focused. cnn has learned that secretary of state is expected to be among the first jobs that biden announces for his cabinet. and the leading contender for that position is tony blinken, someone who served as deputy secretary of state and has long-time ties to joe biden, having served as his national security adviser while he was vice president. biden is also expected to announce his picks for national security adviser and ambassador to the un. the top contender for the national security adviser role is jake sullivan, someone who

served as a national security adviser for biden when he was vice president and the top contender, the leading contender for ambassador to the un is linda thomas green field. she is a long-time diplomat who worked in the state department. and she is also a woman of color, which would fulfill part of biden's promise to have a diverse cabinet. listen to what one of biden's senior advisers had to say about how biden's cabinet will be diverse. >> the cabinet and the team will look like america. so, that means diversity of ideology, diversity of background. and he wants to have a range of views of people at the table. >> now, all of those leading contenders for those foreign policy and national security positions all have decades of experience in the sector. biden, throughout his campaign, has said part of his goal would be restoring america's standing in the world and repairing relationships with allies. so, in the coming days, as he is rolling out these foreign policy-focused cabinet positions, biden is trying to

make it clear how his administration would look and operate in the early days of the white house. arlette saenz, cnn, wilmington, delaware. meanwhile, president trump's legal team is trying to cut ties with lawyer sidney powell after she started spreading wild conspiracy theories about the election. jeremy diamond has the details. >> reporter: just over a week after president trump named sidney powell in effort to overturn the results in the 2020 election, the president's legal team now says sidney powell is not a member of the legal team. rudy giuliani and jenna ellis, two attorneys for the president's effort saying in a statement, sidney powell is practicing law on her own. she is not a member of the trump legal team. she is also not a lawyer for the president in his personal capacity. this notion is absurd. not only did the president name sidney powell in a tweet as he was announcing the members of his legal team, but just a few days ago, sidney powell appeared

right along side rudy giuliani and jenna ellis at republican headquarters to talk about their effort. giuliani saying he was in charge of this investigation, alongside sidney, referring to the attorney sidney powell. sidney powell has been trafficking in conspiracy theories about the election over the last week during which she's been a member of that legal team. she has alleged the cia was involved in rigging the election, she's alleged that hugo chavez was involved and brian kemp, governor of georgia, for rigging the campaign for joe biden. she's been trafficking these clai claims as a member of the legal team and they're not all that far from what the president and his lawyers have been saying. the president has alleged this conspiracy theory about the dominion software saying it deleted votes in his favor.

no basis in reality. it's something that's been debunked by state and federal officials across the country over these last several days. as this is happening though, the president is losing in the courts. one case after the next. more than two dozen cases have been dismissed or withdrawn by the trump legal team. and republicans are beginning to increase the pressure on the president, saying that it is time for him to either show the evidence that he has in court or to move on and allow this transition process to happen, pressure coming in on sunday from republican senator lisa murkowski saying that the transition needs to happen right now. others beginning to raise the alarm as well, saying that the delay in the transition could cost american lives amid this pandemic. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. joining me now is julian professor at princeton

university. good to see you. looking ahead to the week, we're going to see announcements of appointments in the biden team. what do you make of some of the names being put on the table? >> well, i think president-elect biden is going to try to draw on some of the expert who is he's worked with during the obama years. one of the names that has emerged is tony blinken, one of his most trusted advisers. i think mission one for biden will be to create a team that looks like it has gravitas, which will be committed to rebuilding alliances overseas and institutions here at home. >> also looking ahead at the week, how concerned are you about any developments, particularly when it comes mas that votes might not be certified in some states. do you think that this could delay the transition in any way? >> well, so far all the efforts

have not worked. the courts have rebuffed. the efforts of the administration to challenge the election results. and state level republicans so far have not been willing to go along with this. but until this is done, until this is certified, it's a possibility. and we're hearing from a few figures in states like wisconsin and michigan about possibly delaying this. thus far though, the institutions have been pushing back against the president, who's really trying to disrupt the election results. >> that just what you're saying is extraordinary. >> extraordinary. there are certain things we say are unprecedented and they're not in this administration, but this is one of them. to have a sitting president go after the legitimate results of an election without evidence of voter fraud with courts saying there's nothing there is rather remarkable. and he's seriously trying to do

this. this isn't simply twitter rhetoric. and i think we're going to remember this period, not only when the president did this, but when many people in his party stood behind him. >> there is some chatter that some republicans are urging the president to, perhaps, be a better loser, not such a sore loser. not a lot, do you see that wall of support crumbling at any point? >> maybe. according to the history that we know in the last few years, it won't crumble. the republicans, certainly elected officials tend to stand by the president. they still fear the number of supporters who he has drawn, including in this election. and we've heard a few republicans start to say things, but it's certainly not a tidal wave. so, we'll see. but i do think a lot of republicans are going to become increasingly worried about what is the case of delaying the transition when we're in a pandemic and when the rollout of

the vaccine is the next thing that we need to do. but so far republicans have generally remained silent. >> we're also seeing this week that the votes in georgia, where we are, of course, going to be recounted for the third time, we understand it's not expected to change much. but how much damage do you think has already been done with what appears many voters saying is an assault on actual vote by the outgoing president. even if all of this goes smoothly and joe biden is inaugurated on january 20th, how much has fundamentally changed? >> well, it will be damaging. at one level, a president has now done this and he has lowered the bar for future presidents. he's also sent a message to supporters and republicans who don't particularly love him that there was something wrong with the election results, it's somehow not legitimate. so, that will make governing for president-elect biden even

harder than it's already going to be. and again finally the transition is delayed. and right now the president-elect needs to get to work on setting up a team, learning from agencies what's going on, getting all the intelligence and information possible so that he'll be able to deal with the pandemic on day one and any national security issues. and all three of those things are big problems being caused by this campaign against the election. >> thank you very much. from new york. >> thank you. you're watching cnn. still ahead, the u.s. could be weeks away from a coronavirus vaccine, but how long before life actually gets back to normal? top official offers his thoughts. plus more restrictions in california as officials report record infection numbers, how the new measures will impact restaurants in america's second largest city. stick with us. you're watching cnn. find stylish gifts for all the diamonds in your life, including you. get 30-50% off everything.

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people get vaccinated. he says that process could begin in the next few weeks if the fda approves emergency use of the pfizer vaccine. >> our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval. so i would expect maybe on day two of the approval maybe on the 11th or 12th of december, the first people will be immunized across the united states, across all states. >> the urgent need for that vaccine is highlighted by the fact that nearly a quarter of all cases in the u.s. happened just this month. experts are warning that new inex ifs will continue to get worse as families gather for thanksgiving. dr. anthony fauci says people who are planning to celebrate together should think about the consequences. take a listen. >> one of the spots, if you want to call them, where you have a risk is seemingly innocent

family-friends get together indoors. i mean, seems like the most natural thing. so, that's the reason why we tell people consider the people that you want to get into your own family unit. do you want to bring a large number of people with a big donor par dinner party or social event. and when you're eating or drinking you have to take your mask off. we know now those are the kinds of situations that are leading to outbreaks. >> so, california has reported its second highest infection spike since the pandemic began. more than 14,000 cases registered on saturday. the outbreak there is one of the worst in the u.s. it's about to bring a major change to los angeles. paul. >> reporter: the number of new covid-19 cases in california just skyrocketing. it has tripled since the beginning of november. and that means more restrictions throughout california. among the most severe, here in

los angeles county, you will not see scenes like the one behind me anymore where people are dining outdoors or even indoors in los angeles county. they are closing down restaurants for indoor and outdoor dining. that starts wednesday at 10:00. you can only pick up and deliver. we talked to the gm at this oyster bar. she is absolutely just shattered. >> it's really truly devastated. it's really upsetting. i just think about all our staff, all of my friends and colleagues in this business. everybody's really hard hit. we're all struggling to get by as is with our patio set up. so, this is a real, real blow for us. >> the economic ripple effect tremendous. not only will employees' hours in these restaurants have to be trimmed or people will be laid off, but then all the vendors and everybody else linked to the restaurant business is also going to see yet another downturn as the pandemic just rages on here in california.

reporting from los angeles, i'm paul vercammen. now back to you. >> thanks paul for that. dr. amy con ton phillips is the chief clinical doctor in seattle washington. as thanksgiving week begins here in the u.s., you just heard paul reporting about it, i understand you said thanksgiving should be delayed, postponed. how serious are you about that? >> well, i know we can't really honestly move the date of thanksgiving, but the concept is that exactly like dr. fauci said, if we get friends and family together right now, we're only going to contribute to what's happening. and that's this crazy shooting up of the number of cases. and so if we could somehow have a zoom thanksgiving right now, we'll avoid an icu christmas. that said, people need to get together. we need to see our loved ones and our family. so, when my kids were little, they used to do this half birthday thing. six months after their birthday,

they would call it their half thanksgiving. a thanks-living on the fourth thanksgiving in may so we can actually celebrate together safely and right now kind of hold back. >> as people move and meet across the country, i think there have been millions of people have really taken flights houch . how prepared are you for the infections that will inevitably follow? you talk about an icu christmas. >> as prepared as we can be. right now health care systems across the country are drowning in patients, which is scary because we take everybody as they come in. and what happens when we run out of places to put patients? and what happens when we run out of doctors and nurses to be able to care for those patient when is they come in? that's when we know the death rate can actually start going back up again. in the past few months evidence with done a much better job of helping people figure out how to

survive covid. but if hospitals get overwhelmed, it's going to go the other direction. >> so, as rampant and virulent as this virus is right now, particularly here in the states where it's, as you say, totally off the charts, what are you watching for that the biden team is trying to do, although not with a lot of help from the trump administration? does their game plan make sense to you, and does it give you some optimism? >> well, it does give me optimism. the thing that gives me the shivers is that it's still not for several other weeks away. and we have to get between now and then. and we really could get out of control in the country unless people do the right thing and stay home and avoid going out, which absolutely is so hard on businesses in the country. but we have to have people alive to be able to actually work with those businesses and keep them in business. so, for right now, we have to get control of the virus.

and that cannot wait until joe biden is inaugurated. >> you also heard some positive news coming out -- we've heard a lot about it -- about the vaccination and the vaccination process. do you think america will be the last country to really get a handle on this virus just by the sheer number of people who have it, even if this vaccine is rolled out? >> we have a long way to go until we have mass herd immunity here in the u.s., enough people vaccinated that we can stop transmission of the virus from the vaccine itself. and that's why we have to do these other things to get control of the virus first, including keeping people from congregating together like in restaurants and bars and making sure we're wearing a mask out in public because if we wait until march or april by the time we have sufficient numbers of people vaccinated, the death rate is going to go way up. so, it's a both/and. >> okay. dr. amy compton phillips there,

really appreciate you taking the time. i know you and all the people who work for you must be very exhausted. i wish you all the best of luck for the next week and the next few weeks. >> thank you. coming up at cnn, the road blocks to certifying the vote in two key states as president trump refuses to accept defeat. the g20 summit promises to tackle climate change while president trump rails against just that. hear what he said just ahead. ♪ still the one and i can't get enough ♪ ♪ we're still having fun, and you're still the one. ♪ applebee's 2 for $20. it's date night in the neighborhood. that's why we've merged with sprint.get more. applebee's 2 for $20. now it's about to get even better. and as we work to integrate sprint's network, our nationwide 5g keeps getting stronger. with the capacity and coverage to reach more people and places across the country.

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more republicans are starting to push for the u.s. presidential transition to begin, but there's still uncertainty surrounding the vote certification process. georgia, where we are, of course, has certified its results. but president trump's campaign is asking for another recount. and then in the coming hours, two other key states are expected to certify their votes. but kristen holmes now reports there are several hurdles that still need to be cleared first. >> reporter: two of the country's most critical states, michigan and pennsylvania, are expected to certify the election on monday. but now there are a couple of questions as to what that would look like. and in michigan, if that will actually happen. cnn learned from a republican congressman who had spoken to a republican member on the board of canvassers in michigan that that person was not going to vote to certify the election. so, here's how it normally works. you have four people on this board of canvassers, two democrats, two republicans. this is usually a routine procedure when you see how many votes each candidate got, the

board gets together and they certify the election for the winning candidate. now, of course as we know, nothing is as it seems in this election cycle in 2020. so, republicans had called on the board of canvassers to delay the certification 14 days and wait until there was an audit in wayne county, michigan's largest county, the memo of detroit. it appears as if this ub are can member of the board canvassers is expected to vote that way, so not to certify but wait for that audit even though there are no evidence of any sort of fraud at this time. the big question is what will that other republican on the board of canvassers will do. if he also decides not to certify the election, that would be a deadlock. there's no precedent for this. it is unclear if the state law would allow this. we heard from one democratic congresswoman who said that's not how the rules are in mich mitch, that instead you're supposed to have certify, then

have an audit. we know at least one republican is voting for the opposite, lot of questions of what is going to happen in michigan. the republican speaker of the house there said if this was to happen, there could lead to chaos and ultimately lead to some sort of constitutional crisis. now, the other thing we're watching, of course, is pennsylvania. there have been a blistering ruling against the trump campaign, all but killing their legal efforts in pennsylvania. however, they still decided to appeal that. so, how that's going to affect pennsylvania's certification process that's done a little bit differently in pennsylvania, each county certifies separately, how that lawsuit, that appeal is going to affect that. that has yet to be seen. >> thanks for that. so, the virtual g20 summit wrapped up on sunday with leaders of the world's largest economies promising to ensure fair access to covid vaccines. they say they're committed to

easing the pandemic in areas like education, jobs and tourism. they also reaffirmed a commitment to tackling climate change. president trump defended his decision to pull out of the climate accord. >> to protect american workers, i withdrew the united states from the unfair and one-you sided paris climate accord, a very unfair act for the united states. the paris accord was not designed to save the environment. it was designed to kill the american economy. i refuse to surrender millions of american jobs and send trillions of american dollars to the world's worst polluters and environmental offenders and that's what would have happened. >> this virtual summit was hosted by saudi arabia, and that's where we find nic robertson. hi nic.

how did those presidents commen to other leaders? >> reporter: the ally of president trump, modi, the leader of india, xi jinping from china, president macron from france. you had all these world leaders talking about the importance of tackling global climate change. and then you have president trump coming at the end of it saying he's not signing up to it because they're all against the united states. i was in the room where that was being broadcast and reaired on a huge screen, and everyone was glued to the screen when the king and the other leaders were talking n. fact, the king got a round of applause. people just turned away and barely paid any attention to president trump. and i think that was sort of the sense of the mood. he's been out of kilter with the leaders. he's out of kilter with the message of the g20. they're talking at the g20 about using the world trade

organization to prepare for a future pandemic. they're going to use the world health organization to help distribute the vaccines. these were all some of the conclusions and initiatives that game out of the g20 summit. president trump has been opposed to the world health organization, been opposed to the world trade organization. it really does feel and did feel here at this summit that this was president trump with the message that he's had for the last four years and the world leaders saying, well, thank you, we're moving on. we're looking forward to the next guy, president-elect joe biden. >> yeah, in many ways is this and was this the president's swan song on the global stage, on the international stage. you write on cnn.com it was something of a whimper in terms of an exit. >> yes, i mean, look, president trump, while this sort of discussion about the pandemic

was going on, that panel was being hosted right after the opening session of the g20. we're seeing going off to play golf. you know, if this had been a real summit, that wouldn't had been possible. i think perhaps the telling moment was in the last session where the king is delivering the communique, a communique that everyone signs up to and agrees and the sort of communique that president trump in the last couple g20s and even at a g7 has refused to sign and made problems for leaders to get a strong communique, didn't even show up. larry kudlow, one of his economic policy chief was sitting in the presidential chair. most others were all sitting in their chairs in the boxes in the virtual meeting place at this g20. yes, it did look like, you know, president trump, perhaps -- i wouldn't say recognizing because

he doesn't do that, but president trump just now not engaging at all because he's not going to have a sway and influence and voice on it and everyone else around the virtual table recognizes that. and going off to do what he likes to do, which is play golf, which is an acknowledgment that he does not hold sway on the world stage as he would previously like to have done. >> okay, nic robertson, good to speak to you. live there from saudi arabia. thanks nic. you're watching cnn. hong kong sees another surge of coronavirus infections, putting a highly anticipated travel plan on hold. we'll have those details in a live report. that's also ahead. join us for that. friends & family event! with 25 to 50% off everything! find hundreds of meaningful gifts in-store, online or by virtual consultation. shop your way and save. only at kay jewelers.

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european leaders are putting new pandemic plans into place in the coming hours. the british prime minister is expected to announce an extensive community testing program for hard-hit regions

under hef ri restrictions. boris johnson will also outline how england will exit its second national lockdown come december. the french president could make a similar announcement when he addresses the nation on tuesday. france is seeing some signs of progress and lower positivity rate and fewer people in the icu. and then the original epicenter of the european outbreak, italy, has seen a drop in cases and deaths overthe weekend. that's just days after reporting its highest daily death toll since april. then a highly anticipated travel bubble between hong kong and singapore is being postponed for two weeks as hong kong sees a surge in coronavirus infections. the city confirmed 68 new cases on sunday, the most in three months. chris christy lieu. >> hong kong has been battling this virus.

it's just another set back. on sunday hong kong reported 68 new cases. of the 68 cases, 61 are locally transmitted cases. that may seem insignificant when you compare it to europe or the situation in the united states, but it's significant in hong kong because the last few weeks the daily case counts were in the single digits. we're seeing untraceable cases in the territory, and that means the silent chain of transmission is embedded in the city. the hong kong government is responded. it's identified clusters related to dance studios across the territory. dance studios and party rooms have been closed until thursday. there is now for the first time since the pandemic, a mandatory testing scheme. anyone who has visited one of these infected dancing centers, they have to submit themselves to a test or pay a penalty.

on top of this means the much anticipated travel bubble between hong kong and singapore due to kick off sunday has been suspended for two weeks. we heard from the secretary. >> in the light of recent upsurge of local cases werks have decided with the singapore government that we will defefr the launching of the air travel bubble for two weeks. under the agreed arrangement, we have mechanism and dialogue on this. we decided in the interest of making a good start and also in the interest of avoiding any confusion, we have decided to put this back for two weeks. >> so, the hong kong-singapore travel bubble has been suspended for two weeks and the onus is on hong kong to improve its covid situation. again, on sunday the territory reported 61 new locally transmitted cases of the virus. in singapore, they reported zero new local cases of the virus.

back to you. >> thanks so much. thanks christy. so, for our international viewers, world sport is up for you. but those watching in the u.s., we're going to be covering this story, israel's prime minister has a message from the incoming u.s. president. his warning about iran. that is just ahead. wow, i wish i could get a deal on a smartphone, but i'm not a new customer. well, actually now, new and existing customers can get our best smartphone deal. it's historic. that is historic. which means... i'm making history, right? yea, i don't know if i'd exactly sa- wow. me, dave brown. existing customer who got the greatest deal in history. just like every other customer gets... oh that's cool too.

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now to israel and a new message from its prime minister to the incoming u.s. president. benjamin netanyahu says there can be no return to the iran nuclear deal. new details from jerusalem. >> reporter: so often when prime minister benjamin netanyahu, he was speaking to a president of one. pushed for trump's maximum pressure campaign against iran with sanctions against many, many top iranian officials. netanyahu very much would have liked to have seen that continue. now that netanyahu has finally acknowledged that joe biden is president-elect, it seems he is speaking to a different audience

of one. directly and apparently to president-elect joe biden putting out netanyahu's wish list for future policy. netanyahu remains against the nuclear deal unless it has significant changes from netanyahu's perspective. and that's directly the message here he's putting out to president-elect joe biden even before the biden administration is in place in mid- to late-january. what's interesting is there's still ongoing debate about whether the maximum pressure campaign and whether leaving the iran nuclear deal was the right decision. that's because despite the sanctions, despite the gulf states building pressure on iran and moving towards israel, iran is moving out of the jcpoa. according to a report from last week, iran has move to the facility and begun enriching uranium there in excess of the limits within the previous

agreement. however that's not going to change the policy of prime minister netanyahu and his position, which is that the iranian nuclear deal was from the beginning a bad deal and he'll continue lobbying against it. oren liebermann, cnn, jerusalem. with thanksgiving days away, many americans are ignoring the advice of health officials to travel over the weekend. over the weekend, airports hold some of their highest passenger numbers since the pandemic began. we know nationwide security agents screened more than a million passengers on friday and more than a million on saturday. other americans are heeding the travel warnings, most notably those directly impacted by coronavirus. some say gathering with family this thanksgiving just isn't worth the risk. here's natasha chen with some of their stories. >> father we know there are so many people going through dark times right now. >> reporter: after almost a year of dark times, there's an

understandable urge to be together for the thanksgiving. >> my father lives in memphis. he's 83. >> reporter: but the risk is huge. >> so, i'm struggling with going to see him because my mother passed earlier this year, so i'm struggling right now, trying to decide if i'm going or if i'm the centers for disease control says stay home. experts say most coronavirus infections are spread by people with no symptoms. and the spread is worse than ever. the u.s. saw more than 100,000 new covid-19 cases every day for at least the last 19 days. new cases this month already total about a quarter of all u.s. coronavirus cases during the whole pandemic. one of the early cases was pastor arthur. >> it was the worst experience i ever had. >> on march 25 he woke up in a sweat. >> basically i was trying to rush to the refrigerator. to put my head in the freezer. i was so hot. then i that's all i remember.

my wife waking me up. a couple moments after that. and then rushed to the emergency room. >> after 12 days in the hospital and another month and a half recovering he knows firsthand how real the threat is. this year his congregation is having more events outside. they will not have an annual celebration. and he won't be visiting family across the country. also foregoing her family's usual 50 person gathering. to protect the family. after they already lost her 83 year-old uncle. who she says died from covid-19 in april. >> he was not feeling well. he went to the hospital. he never came back home. >> she running caring for others a charity organization that held the annual thanksgiving food drive saturday. she honored her uncle who would usually be present at the vegetable station. >> this is the first year in 20 years that my uncle is not here to help.

>> because that was someone i could pick up the phone and call. that's someone that is gone. >> she says to make sure se can still see her other loved ones next thanksgiving, she won't be seeing them this thanksgiving. >> life is precious. let us try to save each other. >> covid hospitalizations are at record highs across the u.s. you know that. icus pushed to their limits. cnn went to one texas city where hospitals are just overwhelmed. take a look. >> it's a reality this part of texas has only seen in its nightmares. the icu in texas is at capacity. with covid-19 patients. even with the hospital at maximum kpcapacity they are tryg

to find places to put patients. all the beds in this certain curtained off didn't exist before the pandemic. now, it's filled to its absolute capacity. patients here are fighting for their lives. >> we lost about ten patients last week. and one of them had been on a ventilator for a month. on average they have been on a vent for a week or so. >> we're getting closer. an acute care nurse practitioner. >> a few time ins the summer we were pushed to the extreme. for last few weeks we're busting at the seams. >> she and everyone else remain at war with the virus. as some patients begin to take a turn for the worst. >> when you have to make that declaration, what is it first thing through your mind? >> please not another one. it's a prayer. it's inevitable. the probability of being a good

out come is low. >> most are able to fight it off. and turn the corner. he is feeling better after two weeks in the hospital and says this isn't a game. i asked w. >> because this is really serious. he says. this virs is not for people to be playing with. it's dangerous. it attacks your entire body. i'm living it. >> it's become life for so many in the part of the state. hospital officials say anywhere from 35 to 40% of the people getting tested are testing positive for covid-19. they fear becoming what el paso has become. mobile morgues for the dead. hundreds in the icu. record hospitalization and one in every 24 people actively with covid-19. it's required a regional coordination like never before. >> relatively short period of

time. our hospitals added 600 beds. even with that we have flown out about 84 icu patients to other communities in texas. >> smaller towns. one spot to escape the virus grip find themselves in the cross hairs. towns. she was hospitalized twice with covid-19. a diagnosis she is hearing more and more in her community. >> the scary word is positive. and positive. tested positive. we have two more right now. we experienced in the church yesterday. it's real, it's scary. >> the hospital has an entire wing dedicated to covid-19 patients. >> we're sending home patients on home oxygen to recover at home. there's no space. >> all for a month long fight.

with no clear sign of an end. >> people aren't taking the precautions they need. we're front line here in the hospital. the real front line is on the streets in the grocery stores. wash your han, wear a mask. stay away. i promise the little bit of time and effort it takes outside of here is worth it. once you are here shs wearing a mask is better than a tube down your throat. i promise. >> tough word there. a passenger ferry with 400 people on board is being pulled to safety after running a ground near finland. it was stranded near the shoreline with strong winds. no one on board was hurt and a ferry has resumed the trip. >> thanks soft for joining me. up next is a cnn original series first ladies. look k at hillary clintoning time in the white house.

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