new president. and she sent a very strong message, i thought, through her body language. >> on inauguration day, 2017, we see a michelle obama, who has slicked back her hair, and shows none of the usual care that we see, in moments of political import. it's such a clear moment. it's such a clear moment that she is over it and done. >> michelle stays out of the limelight, for a time. and then, bursts back onto the scene. more than any other first lady, michelle obama has become a symbol of hope and possibility, for millions, across the united states and beyond. >> she redefined the role of first lady, on her own terms. >> her background is something that she celebrates, as much as her accomplishments.

and i think that is one of the reasons why she is such a unique first lady. >> each of us has a mission, in this world. >> she gave lots of kids around the country permission to be themselves, walk a little taller, think a little bit bigger, dream a little bit higher. >> my story can be your story. >> i think that's her greatest legacy. >> are you listening to me? do you hear what i'm telling you? >> as great as michelle obama was in the white house, she's free now. and you have not heard or seen anything, yet. >> i always knew, from the first time i met her, she was special. she always had this inner strength and tenacity and conviction. and compassion. >> so, don't be afraid. you hear me? young people, don't be afraid. be determined. lead, by example, with hope. never fear. >> yes, she's grown, mightily.

but the core essence of michelle robinson, who i met in 1991, is still there, today. >> being your first lady has been the greatest honor of my life, and i hope i've made you proud. hello and welcome to our viewers here, in the united states, and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. you're watching cnn "newsroom." coming up on the program. new details about the killing of iran's top nuclear scientist. how the country is reacting, and what does this mean for the biden administration? we're live for you, in tehran. also, the latest setback in trump's efforts to overturn the election results. where he might go from here. and one expert says that the rate of coronavirus deaths could double, within the next ten days. i'll speak with a doctor on the front lines.

welcome, everyone. iran's president, now, accusing israel of killing one of the nation's top-nuclear scientists. president hassan rouhani says that the killing of mohsen fakhrizadeh was at the hands of terrorists. but, he says, this death will not deter the nation's scientists from carrying on their work. iranian-state media says fakhrizadeh was assassinated, friday, in an ambush outside tehran. so far, israel, remaining silent about his killing. but as cnn's nick peytaton wals reports, they have had him in their sights for years. >> reporter: he lived largely in the shadows, the force behind

iran's nuclear weapons program, gunned down friday, in an apparent assassination, according to state media. he was traveling in the city east of tehran, when the reports say his car was targeted by gunfire and a vehicle explosion. iran's defense minister says he and his body guards were gravely wounded. succumbing to injuries a short time later. fakhrizadeh headed the research center of technology in the government of israeli guards. a decade-long, secret program, to design an atomic warhead. that effort was scrubbed in 2003 but it's clear he maintained research. by benjamin netanyahu in a news conference. >> fakhrizadeh. right here. and he says the general aim is

to announce the closure of project amad. but then, says special activities, you know what that is. >> the israeli government had no comment on fakhrizadeh's killing but iran has long blamed israel's intelligence service for assassinations of several of fakhrizadeh's colleagues going decades back. theories are emerging as to what they have to gain from his death, right now. >> one is to slow down the program. the other one is, which is something that prime minister netanyahu would want, is to get iran to do something that would make it impossible for the united states to engage iran, after january 20th. >> reporter: iran has long denied they plan to weaponize nuclear energy. claiming fakhrizadeh was merely an academic. a martyr for iran, they are

vowing revenge for the killing. chief of staff warns of, quote, severe revenge against the killers and iran's foreign minister tweeting, terrorists murdered an eminent iranian scientist, today. this cowardice, with serious indications of an israeli role, shows desperate war mongering of perpetrators. iran calls on the national community and especially the eu to end their shameful double standards. aimed at damaging iran's accelerated nuclear program and options for president-elect joe biden to reopen diplomacy with iran. namely, the 2015 nuclear deal. nick paton-walsh, cnn, london. >> and for the latest developments, cnn journalist.

cnn's jomana karadsheh cnn. >> as we heard there, the foreign minister, spoke. now, president rouhani. what is your read on what the messaging is? >> michael, i think officials -- top officials here are -- to explain to the people and to their domestic audience that there is no letup for the nuclear technology advancement and the development and missile projects, while they are adding martyrs for the sake of nuclear technology and for national security. so, from artificial angle, there is no letup. they will continue doing as they have for the past two decades. and from their angle, the

assassination of nuclear scientist. it's not a new case and it won't be the last one, from their angle. >> and to that point, will this be seen as -- by some as a failure of domestic intelligence, given that it is the latest in a series of incidents on iranian soil? >> yes. from the hardliner angles, from those people who call themselves principalist, it is for severe revenge. and they say why top official connected to the nuclear science is assassinated and there is nothing to do with that. and it -- they are condemning the government to being unable to do anything, seriously.

but, at the same time, it's -- it -- it shows that people here, i mean, people in the streets, are just wondering what should happen next? and diplomacy, also, is at stake here. and it's another blow to the diplomacy of president biden. >> yeah. yeah, indeed. good to have you there in tehran. appreciate that. let's bring in jomana karadsheh. in istanbul. what have you been hearing? >> well, michael, as you would expect, the first reaction we are hearing is from some of iran's allies in this region. some iraqi political parties. most notably, you've got lebanon's hezbollah, the second in command there, condemning this. but importantly, saying it is up to iran to decide how it is going to retaliate. how it's going to react. for the most part, michael, there's been silence coming from this region. as you can imagine, this is a

middle east that is on edge, right now, waiting to see what iran's going to do. you've got some here, who believe that iran is really in no position to try and take this further, to try and widen this into a bigger conflict by retalia retaliating. if you look at what's been going on domestically in iran, u.s. sanctions and it's got one of the worst -- the worst covid outbreak, in this region. so, you've got that school of thought there. but others, who believe that iran cannot really afford to sit back and retaliate. as you mentioned there, this was a strike at the heart of its security apparatus, its intelligence, so close to the capital, one of the most secure individuals. this was clearly complex, it would seem, from surveillance going on.

so, perhaps, to try and save face, perhaps. and the question is how? some would say is it going to retaliate by striking israeli or u.s. interests in this region? is it going to be using any of its proxies, in this region? is is it going to be retaliating against one of the u.s. or israel's allies in this region? and one country, michael, that would really be on edge right now, a country you and i know very well, is iraq. they have been very concerned about the final days of the trump administration. any sort of move against iran and what that would mean for iraq. we're pretty much ending the year, as we started it. following the killing of general qassem soleimani. conflict between the u.s. and iran, after years of being that proxy battlefield. so, a lot of concern and, i think, michael, right now, the ball is in iran's court.

everyone's waiting to see what they do, next. >> jomana, thanks. jomana karadsheh in istanbul for us. >> vice president of the quincy institute. he joins me, now, from washington. great to have your expertise on this. >> thank you. >> what -- what do the israelis achieve, if, indeed, israel was behind this as the iranians suggest? what would be the point? >> i guess, for the israelis, or certainly for benjamin netanyahu, i think he views this as a win/win. if this assassination sparks iranian retaliation that leads to war, then netanyahu will achieve the war that he's been looking for, for more than ten years. it will sour the atmosphere. it will set back any likelihood

of biden administration being able to kick start negotiations with iran which is something netanyahu categorically objects. he does not want to see any negotiations between the u.s. and iran and he does not want to see any improvement of relations between americans and iranians. >> how embarrassing is this for top nuclear expert taken out inside the country? a few weeks back, reports that israel assassinated al qaeda's number three in the country. and the killing of soleimani, of course. >> it is, without a doubt, embarrassing. the irgc intelligence has been in charge of a lot of these different things, and they clearly are not fit for this job. they have not been able to secure the borders. even highly-protected targets

have been assassinated. and what is interesting is that, for the first time in, i think, a very long time is there is now a debate over the intelligence. >> i mean, how -- how likely is it that the assassination will harden iran's position? complicate the biden team's attempts to diplomacy? and, of course, that would be in benjamin netanyahu's interest, as well. >> it is tremendously likely. but i think if europe and if the biden team comes out and condemns this, then, i think there might be a better likelihood for diplomacy to take place, later on. but if there is silence from the biden team, from europe, then unfortunately, i think the

winning argument in iran will be that the only reason assassinations continue to take place is because iranians have not retaliated hard enough for previous attacks against it. and in order to prevent future attacks, the iranians need to hit back really hard. well, if the iranians do that, then we will likely see a very dangerous escalation in the region which, in turn, will make it very unlikely for diplomacy to be able to get started, again. >> absolutely. and finally, just briefly, to that point, donald trump has given all sorts of signals that he is itching to strike at iran. >> i don't know if he, himself, has that urge. but clearly, pompeo, elliot abrams, and others within the administration seem to have that urge. and then, they have been cheered on by netanyahu, who has been pushing the united states to go to war with them for quite some time. if israel why shiend behind it,s

not seem likely without some green light from trump. also, perceived biden to not have the political will to do something like this and, as a result, went ahead and did so. indeed, there will be a cost for them if they engage in such destabilizing activities, for the purpose of undermining biden's ability to engage iran in diplomacy. >> always good to get you on and get your experience. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> we'll take a quick break here on the program. when we come back, some americans aren't letting a pandemic get in the way of a good deal. how they're ignoring the best advice of experts, and carrying on with holiday shopping and travel. also, still to come. u.s. vaccine distribution plans are set to be decided next week. we'll tell you who is likely to get the first doses once a drug gets the green light. we'll be right back.

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not travel have been going unheeded, by many americans, this thanksgiving day weekend. black friday, shoppers didn't pack stores, as much as in years past. but as you can see from these crowds at a shopping mall in texas, many still did choose to come out, in person. and air travel has increased so much that some carriers kncan't even keep up with demand. delta had to cancel about 20% of its flights this weekend because it didn't have enough staff to man those flights. health experts warn this could lead to a surge on top of the one we're already seeing. the u.s. adding a million cases in just six days. things are expected to get worse, in the coming weeks. alexander field with that. >> reporter: the season, usually, filled with cheer, is here.

but the pain across the country, only deepening. >> i expect that the daily death rate will double, in the next ten days. so, we'll be seeing close to 4,000 deaths, a day. >> reporter: more than 90,000 americans spent thanksgiving in a hospital bed. another record-setting day, for the 17th day. >> hospitals are full, already. icus are full. in places, like el paso, we've been talking about accessing military hospitals. in other parts of the country, you know, we're standing up field hospitals. >> reporter: deaths, this week, already at their highest levels since may, are forecasted to climb by 60,000, in the next three weeks. and health officials continue to warn about the holiday surge, upon a surge. >> if you were with your family yesterday, stay home for the next couple weeks, while we -- while you make sure that you observe quarantine. >> reporter: the cdc recommended people stay home, for the holiday, last week. since then, around 6.5 million

have passed through security at america's airports. more than a million of them flew on the day before thanksgiving. that's record travel, during the pandemic. but the busiest travel day is, still, to come. expected, on sunday. >> what i can say for travel is that there really is no zero risk, at the moment. >> the pandemic hasn't put an end to black friday, either. deal hunters, still, lining up at some stores. but this thanksgiving weekend won't be all about football. 11 college football games cancelled or post poeneponed, t week, because of covid. including the browns, falcons, the broncos, and ravens' star quarterback, lamar jackson. but now, some confusion. a dosing mishap in astrazeneca's trial gave a small group of study subjects less dosage, but it was more effective than the planned dose. leading to broader questions about their trial. but, without any vaccines

available, yet, more places keep adding new restrictions. in texas, houston's mayor is eyeing a curfew. >> basically, we're going to look at people's behavior. we are going to look at the degree of community spread. the positivity rate continues to go up. >> reporter: but in florida, where they're reporting 6,000 new cases, a day, a decision from republican governor, ron desantis, to extend an order that rolls back virtually every covid-related mandate. >> on the vaccine front, we're learning that cdc advisers will meet next week, on tuesday, december 1st, to vote on who will get the first drafts of the vaccine. others in that initial group could include people who are likely to get the disease, to spread it, and to suffer the most severe consequences of it. like, nursing home residents, for example. but nobody will be getting any vaccine, until it receives that

emergency-use authorization from the fda. in new york, alexandra field, cnn. >> dr. bradley collins is an associate professor of medicine at brown university. he joins me, now, from providence, rhode island. only finished his shift a couple hours ago. doctor, first of all, many americans spending this weekend traveling back from thanksgiving gatherings. dr. jonathan reiner, on cnn, earlier, predicted that the death rate could double within the next ten days. what do you see likely unfolding over the next few weeks? >> yeah, i think -- i think he may be right. i think the -- you know, people are having a big struggle between, do i see my family, do i stay at home? i think a lot of people think it won't happen to them. and we just -- that kind of behavior just takes one person to get a whole family sick. and -- and so, you know, it's -- it's -- it's difficult. and i've had conversations with people to say that they've got aging parents or grandparents

that they might not see for the next thanksgiving and taking the chance. and so, it's just tough decisions to -- to have to make, i guess. >> how stretched are facilities where you are but also what you're hearing? i'm talking supplies, beds, qualified staff? >> yeah. so, i think we're stretched everywhere. early on, there were a lot of people who were really afraid to come to the hospital because they didn't want to catch the virus. so, they stayed at home with their chest pain or pneumonias and -- and -- which wasn't good, necessarily. but early on, seemed like all we were taking care of was covid patients. but since the summer's gone on, we're taking care of regular, medical patients, as well as this new surge in covid patients. so it's really difficult here, in rhode island. just next week, we are going to open one of our field hospitals at a local convention center. just to really take some strain off of the -- the actual

hospitals, themselves. >> i was reading even suicide rates among health care workers are growing. to see what you see and the impact it has on -- on -- on health care workers? >> yeah. i -- you know, it's -- it's -- it's really tough. i think that the -- there's a lot of frustration, especially, because people can't come in and visit and see their loved ones who are sick. so, oftentimes, we're the ones who are with them when no one else can be around. luckily, we have some therapies now that are helping. but even early on, just being the only person in the room holding someone's hand can take a real toll. >> how are you doing? have you ever seen anything like this? does it take a toll? >> i've never seen anything like this. i've been practicing almost 20 years. and it was a little similar during the h1n1 epidemic when we were pretty full. but we weren't needing to call

in extra people like we've been doing now. just seeing these huge volumes. and then, the other part of the problem is that you don't want to send somebody to a nursing home or someplace that's an in-between, because if you send someone to a nursing home with covid, you are going to get ten people back. so it's really hard to discharge some of these people, which causes backup through the hospital, using a lot of the beds. you have less emergency-room beds. so, it really can -- can, you know, take its toll. and -- >> i can only imagine. it's -- you know, the president, just yesterday, said we're rounding the corner, again. when you hear that and then you see what you see, what would you say to people? >> you know, i wish there was some way to -- to make everybody safe, to spend a few days with us. you know, it's -- it's really hard to -- to, number one, be taking care of people who are

extremely sick, on a day-to-day basis. but again, i'm walkiused to wal into a room, giving somebody a big smile, trying to reassure them. and with my new respirator, i feel like i look like darth vader. i've got goggles on. really takes some of the humanistic parts of what we do out of it. and sometimes, people are hard of hearing, so you're yelling through these respirators and can be -- it can be really difficult. you know? so, we see it. it's not anything that's fake. it's absolutely real. it's heartbreaking when we lose these people. it's a joy when we are able to discharge them home, to get them home. yeah. >> dr. bradley collins, really appreciate you coming on. value what you do. and thanks for humanizing this for people. i think, you know, people who aren't directly contacting with this illness don't really get it, sometimes. and it's important to hear

stories like yours. thank you so much. >> oh, so very welcome. thanks for having me. let's take a look, now, at how europe is handling the pandemic. infections seem to be slowing in some of the countries that were running low on icu beds, just a few weeks ago. a sign that strict measures appear to be paying off. but now, the region is trying to avoid a third wave, at all costs. cnn's melissa bell takes a look. >> reporter: here if france, improving figures, once again, this friday. positivity rate, nationally, below 12% off a high, just a few weeks ago, of above 20%. a partial lockdown, that will remain in place until december 15th. when things will be reassessed and if the figures are at a certain target level, then the partial lockdown will be lifted. similarly, in evening land, there will be reassessment in december. with much of the country in the second tier, has it gone far enough? that's what authorities are

going to look at, as they look toward what necessary restrictions there might be for christmas. similarly, in germany, nationwide. the country looking at extending the partial lockdown that's in place. although, there will be a relaxing of it, over the christmas period. berlin, though, saying it's not going to be relaxing the measures there, simply because its figures are too high. italy, as well, with the prime minister there suggesting that some of the red zones, where the toughest restrictions are in place, could, shortly, be moving into lower tiers. orange, for instance, with lesser restrictions. so, europe, really looking at how it's going to come out of its various lockdowns, gradually, with eyes very much on avoiding a third wave. melissa bell, cnn, paris. >> well, another day, another big, legal rejection for president trump. how his latest effort to un-lose the election came crashing down in court. we'll be right back. ♪

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and welcome back to cnn "newsroom," everyone. i'm michael holmes. appreciate your company. back, now, to that tense situation developing in the middle east after the kill of iran's top nuclear scientist. president rouhani is blaming israel for mohsen fakhrizadeh's death. saying it was an act of terror. israel has remained quiet on the matter, so far. according to state media, he was assassinated in an ambush just outside tehran on friday. ambassador to the united nations is ordering that condemn the

killing. cnn's alex marquardt. >> this does have all the hallmarks of an israeli attack. and this scientist, whose name was mohsen fakhrizadeh, specifically called out by prime minister netanyahu in a speech back in 2018. he was simply the most prominent nuclear scientist in iran. he was involved in the early days in iran's nuclear military program. and after that officially ended, he was still senior in the revolutionary guard. now, there has been no denial or confirmation from israel, which is fairly standard practice from them in this kind of situation. here, in washington, the u.s. government is being very quiet. one u.s. official telling cnn that they're watching closely, and that the last thing we need right now is a conflict with iran. this attack was a brazen assassination. one former u.s. senior-intelligence official told me it was conducted with surgical precision. this happened in broad daylight.

the message here, very clear. we will find your most senior people, and we will take them out. so, how much of a deterrent this is remains to be seen. fakhrizadeh was on a similar level to ka sqassem soleimani w was commander of the quds force. so, now, iran will feel pressured to respond, right as a new, u.s. administration is coming in. this will certainly complicate things for the future-president biden. biden wants to get the u.s. back into the nuclear deal. israel, meanwhile, which has had a major booster, in president trump, and will have cooler relations with president biden, knows that time is running out. so, this could complicate the israeli relationship with biden as well. iran is vowing revenge for these killings. there is lots of u.s. targets in

the region. former cia director, john brennan, he tweeted this was a criminal act and highly reckless. urging iranian leaders to wait for biden to become president. so, that's something they may very well do. we'll have to see. alex marquardt, cnn, washington. >> now, as we just heard there from alex, the killing of iran's top nuclear scientist comes at a critic critical time for the u.s. there are only 53 days left in the trump administration and in january, president-elect joe biden will be sworn in. and he is planning to take a much different approach to iran and the middle east. i asked cnn military and diplomatic analyst, john kirby, how badly the killing complicates things. >> we don't know who's -- who's done this. there's been no attribution. certainly, this is an individual that's been on the israeli's minds for a long time.

and he certainly did have significant responsibility in the nuclear program. if this was a little mindfulness of the clock. you got 50-some-odd days before a new president, a new president who is very likely going to take a different approach to issues in the middle east. and probably, will want to get the united states back into the iranian deal. so, if this is something you want to get done, you maybe want to get that done before president biden comes in. the other thing about this is and it's been very quiet on the trump administration front. and you have to wonder, regardless of how much knowledge they might have had, beforehand, president trump and his team. they, too, aren't making much of a big deal about this because, to a degree, this closes down potential diplomatic space for the incoming president. for president biden. it removes some opportunities for him to perhaps pursue diplomacy, particularly if the iranians respond in an

aggressive way. >> the newest setback in president trump's scheme to overturn the election. cnn's jessica snyder, with the details. >> reporter: this is just the latest loss, in what has been a string of more than two dozen losses for the trump campaign's la legal team. all, spearheaded by rudy giuliani. friday's loss in the federal appeals court came from a panel of three judges, one of whom was appointed by president trump. he wrote the opinion stating wrote, campaigns claims have no merit. the number of ballots it specifically challenges is far smaller than the roughly 81,000-vote margin of victory. and it never claims fraud or that any illegal votes were cast by voters. they repeatedly issued opinions

that drill in on the fact that the trump campaign has put forth no proof of widespread fraud. and that, what they are asking for is really just too drastic for any courts to grant. nevertheless, the trump campaign is vowing to, once again, appeal, this time to the supreme court, but all indications are that the supreme court wants to stay out of this fight. in fact, there are several petitions pending before the nine justices right now, challenging the ballots that were received in pennsylvania after 8:00 p.m. on november 3rd. now, the supreme court, at this point, has not acted on that. so, there is every indication that they will not take up this latest appeal out of pennsylvania. especially, since the vote has already been certified for joe biden there. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. president-elect joe biden's campaign spokesperson said this, quote, this election is over and donald trump lost, both in pennsylvania and nationally. desperate and embarrassingly

meritless lawsuits like this one will continue to fail and will not change the fact that joe biden will be sworn in as president, on january 20, 2021. i'm michael holmes. if you are an international viewer, marketplace africa starts after the break. if you are with us in the united states, i'll be back right after the break with more news. ...so darn awesome? [makes playful sound] i take care of my skin. not this skin. that skin. and when you've got incontinence, you sure need to. tena intimates pads lock liquid in, and are now 100% breathable to care for your intimate skin. are you still here? kind to skin. protects like tena.

the battle for georgia is kicking into high gear, as the state becomes the center of the american, political universe. in january, of course, voters are going to be deciding which party controls the u.s. senate. no big deal. the head of the national republican committee will visit saturday. and president trump says he will visit next week. but democrats hope they can flip those georgia senate seats blue, just like they did the white house. cnn's ryan nobles explains. >> reporter: for decades,

georgia was a reliably-red state. but no more. president-elect joe biden's victory in the state is the first for a democrat, since bill clinton, in 1992. four years ago, donald trump beat hillary clinton here by more than 200,000 votes. in 2018, democrat, stacey abrams, narrowly lost bid for governor. audrey, a political science professor at emery university, believes the transformation has been many years in the making. >> on the cusp of being a swing state, for a number of years. but this was the first year they actually realized it. >> reporter: the question, now, is whether democrats can realize it, again, in six weeks. with two senate seats up for grabs and a pair of historic runoffs, the results will decide

which party control the chamber. arguing, a democratic senate would pull the country too far to the left. >> what chuck schumer's saying, publicly, this isn't hiding or in secret meetings, he is telling us. if they get our two seats, it will be 50-50. and what that means is the tiebreaker will be the vice president. and so, they'll have the majority. >> and they are counting on a boost from president trump, who has promised to campaign in georgia next weekend. >> speaking of georgia, i'll be going there. i spoke with the two great senators. they're great senators. kelly and david. we're going to have a tremendous turnout. we seem to always have a good turnout. >> reporter: it has with a supporter of the president. >> it's extremely important,

that they get that message out. >> reporter: but, democrats believe the pool of voters in georgia is bigger than ever, before. with 2020 turnout surpassing 2016 by more than 900,000 votes. the party's hoping biden's surprise win will motivate those to turn out and establish gop dominance in elections. >> just like you did for joe biden, you got to get out and -- same thing for jon ossoff and warnock. >> not only aiming to draw from a bigger pool of democrats but, also, tap into republicans who have soured on the president. >> we are reaching out to voters with all backgrounds, all views, reaching out, humbly, to ask support. >> this runoff is like nothing georgia has ever seen before. there is, obviously, the

shifting demographics. but you also have the results in november and the impact it's having on the conversation, this time around. as well as president trump's shadow looming over this race. and that's why the results are unpredictable. ryan nobles, cnn, atlanta. now, a parliament meeting in taiwan devolved into a vicious brawl, on friday. complete mayhem erupting when lawmakers from taiwan's main-opposition party started throwing buckets of, wait for it, pig guts, at the premiere. at the heart of the bitter dispute, some lawmakers angry the u.s. will soon allow an additive that is banned in europe and china. the ruling progressive party condemned the chaos, saying it was a waste of food and, quote,

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the los angeles county sheriff's department say they won't enforce a new stay-at-home order that starts on monday, and lasts for three weeks. they say they trust the community to assess the risk of going out. meanwhile, police in los angeles and other big cities have been busting large, underground parts. cnn's stephanie elam with more. >> reporter: the rumble in the bronx. >> these activities were illegal and sometimes deadly before covid-19. >> to a warehouse shooting in los angeles. >> turned out, it was a gathering for a party. >> reporter: busted by cops, like this allegedly illegal bottle club with 120 people inside, last week, in new york city. where deputies, also, shut down a swingers' club with 80 people inside. >> the most pragmatic method for

deputies to save lives is to maximize enforcement at these types of gatherings. >> reporter: two warehouse parties in recent months led to two shootings, exposing a reality, that even in a pandemic, people are determined to party. many of the warehouses are falsely booked as video shoots. >> the fact that they're industrial areas, often don't get the same kind of attention that it would get in residential areas. >> what would lapd tell these owners? >> we ask them to be more selective, and try to identify what the purpose is going to be. >> reporter: but, on the same night of this warehouse shooting two weeks ago, there were social media posts from this gathering in downtown la, and this one posted just last weekend. with no location given, until hours before the event. lapd says, in an era of police

reform, the department must think hard about sending armed officers to a gathering, where no additional crimes are reported. >> and so, in those instances where a response would be more geared towards public-health issues. or we could direct, you know, unarmed response through, you know, we have partners in the fire department. there are other entities that can better respond to those kind of things. >> reporter: a curfew in los angeles county may have had an impact. we found two parties cancelled last week, just hours as the r curfew was to take effect. raves were held in san bernardino county. but in the cold weather of new york? >> sheriff's office would be concentrating on large-scale gatherings. >> reporter: authorities have declared, the underground party is over. stephanie elam, cnn, los angeles. >> i'm michael holmes. appreciate you spending part of

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