♪ he's accuse israeli of assassinating a top scientist. dire predictions as americans ignore warn, for travel on the holidays. and president trump still spreading misinformation as his legal team suffers yet another defeat. live from cnn headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and

all around the world. i'm paula newton, and this is "cnn newsroom." iran is accusing israel of carrying out an assassination of its top scientist and vowing, quote, severe revenge. president hassani told the cabinet that iran will respond in time and iran's supreme leader promised retaliation. so far, israel, has been silenced about the ambushed killing of the mastermind of the government. cnn's nick paton walsh explains.

>> reporter: the scientist lived largely in the silence. gunned down friday in an apparent assassination according to state media. he was travel in the city east of tehran, when reports say his car was targeted by gunfire and a vehicle explosion. iran's defense ministry says he and his bodyguards were gravely wounded, succumbing to their injuries at the hospital a short time later. believed to be 59, he's said to have headed the research of new technology in the country's elite revolutionary guards. israel intelligence services say he was the mastermind behind project ahmad, a decade-long secret program design-to-design an atomic warhead. that was scrubbed in 2003, but claimed he continued his research according to benjamin netanyahu. >> remember that name. hearings the directive, it's

right here. and he says that the general aim is to announce the closure of project ahmad. but then he adds, inspect activities, you know what that is, special activities will be carried out under the title of scientific know how intelligence. >> reporter: iran has long blamed israel's intelligence service for the assassination of several of fakhrizadeh's colleagues and wondering what they have to gain. >> it's a two-fold effect. one is to slow down the program. and the other that prime minister netanyahu would want, to get iran to do something that would make it impossible for the united states to engage iran after january 20th. iran has long denied that their plan to weaponize nuclear energy, claiming the scientist was nearly an academic for yea s

s denying the request to interview him. they're vowing revenge. chief of staff for iran's armed forces vows. and this cowardice with serious indications of an israeli war shows desperate warmongering of pep traitorsing. iran calls on the community and especially eu to end their shameful double standards. but it's more than about the death of one man, aimed at iran's nuclear program and above all for president-elect joe biden to open the diplomacy with iran. namely the 2015 deal, so near to brokered within the past months. nick paton walsh, cnn, london. >> we're live in north tehran and jerusalem for the reactions.

we'll get the reactions from oren liebermann. first to iran. in just a while, iran's supreme leader ali khamenei, tweeted that this man was murdered by, quote, brutal mercenaries. are they talking about what form it will take? because despite the tweets they have shown more restraint with regards to provocations from the trump administration? >> paula, still rhetorical things. bear in mind last year's assassination last year on iraqi soil has been likened to this to be severely avenged. so far that has not been carried out. so, we can say, this is also

another rhetoric. because khamenei's government is under pressure on one side to accelerate and speed up the process of nuclear engagement and other projects related to that nuclear issue. at the same time, they're desperate because of the economy situations to pave the way for a new round of dialogue with america, once president-elect biden comes to office in white house. so it is -- i mean, it is -- i mean, did dire situation with president rouhani on one side to go for severe revenge. but at the same time, keep the door for diplomacy open. and given the situation, economic situation inside the country, with the poverty iran, it's a huge task to be carried out by president rouhani in the

coming weeks and months. paula. >> yeah. yeah, absolutely. we want to zmudiscuss some of t now with cnn's oren lieberman. of course, oren, we're not going to get any admission, one would think they're the most likely in this. i want to point out that john brennan, the cia director said this is highly reckless and called state-sponsored terrorism. when you take it all together, we're saying, joe biden's administration is coming in, they want do go back to the negotiating table with iran, what would have been israel's calculus in all of this? >> reporter: well, israel, as everybody knows there's basically two months left in the trump administration which basically gives israel a free hand do whatever it wants in acting against iran. we saw that with israel steals

of the iranian nuclear archive late 2017 and 20 thaernt, in fa is where the statement came from president netanyahu when he name-checked him. it's interesting to see what statements are made after the sabbath. we're not expecting a mission of anybody having carried this out. what statements were made about the scientist, do they believe it slowed down the nuclear program or was the real target simply diplomacy trying to make sure it would be impossible for eye biden administration to try to negotiate a new deal. netanyahu said to return to the nuclear deal must not about allowed. he's always been in favor of scrapping the nuclear deal. he pushed trump to do so. he was a backer of trump's maximum campaign, the central campaign against iran. even whether that was effective or not, even know iran is beyond the limits set in the jpoa.

so, given the limited time in the trump administration, given what's happening here in the biden administration that is expected to pursue diplomacy with iran. perhaps, that was really the plan here in taking out one of iran's top nuclear scientists. to make those negotiations, that diplomacy is that much harder. >> yet, if iran wants that diplomacy, he might indeed show restrangt int in the coming dayd weeks. thanks to you both. u.s. is monitoring the situation and waiting to see if iran retaliates. the timing threatens as oren was saying complicates any incoming situation from the biden administration.

cnn's barbara starr has more. even with no word from the trump administration or official it's behind the scenes, they're calling the assassination of this scientist a big deal. the man is said to be involved for decades in the development of iran's nuclear weapons program. no one can say yet, who carried out the assassination. iran very clearly pointing the finger at israel. israel not responding. the question becomes what happens now in the region, there's a good deal of concern that things stay calm. that iran not retaliate for the assassinati assassination, even though the iranians are threatening to do so. for the part of the u.s., they're moving the aircraft "nimitz" back into the persian gulf. the aircraft carrier and fighter jets on board are going to

provide air fire and defense for the withdrawal of troops in iraq and afghanistan, that president trump ordered to be completed five days before he leaves office in january. all of this putting more fire power into the region. more tension, if you will, with president-elect joe biden coming into office, having to decide what to do about it all. and everyone is wondering if the iranians are getting the message that the u.s. is after deterrent. they want to deter iran, as one general said, we are not looking for war. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> so, last hour, i spoke with middle east expert from the london schools of economics. i asked him if israel was behind the assassination as iran alleges. what does israel hope to accomplish. >> israel has been attacks iranian targets in syria quite

frequently, on weekly basis. israel is widely believed to have carried out major attacks in iran, inside iran. explosions and paramilitary attacks. and this particular attack fits the pattern that the israeli prime ministery is trying to do to protect iran to retaliation and ultimately to trigger an iranian confrontation before the end of this administration, in the next 50 days. because the israeli prime minister and others state in the region are basically anxious that the next u.s. administration will likely engage iran and try to salvage the nuclear deal. so the next 50 days, what you're seeing in syria, inside iran and the assassination of iranian top nuclear scientist fits the pattern of israeli's track.

to really push iran back to the wall and force it to retaliate. my take on it, paula, is that iran has shown considerable restraint. iranian officials want to provide the ammunition but the trump administration carrying out the attacks against the nuclear and ballistic missiles. >> what could change that calculus for them? that's what i want to know. it is clear that iran has a lot to gain from the biden administration here. but it's not a done deal, it won't be a new done deal. we had ramin in iran talk about the grassroots, right? and how difficult this is to go back to the table with the u.s. government, any u.s. government. >> you're absolutely correct. i mean, any kind of a deal between the biden administration and iran is going to be extremely difficult, given what has happened in the past year or

so. we're not just talking about the killing of the top iranian scientist, we're also talking about the anas natissassination top general. you have the details from your reporters, many reporters in the field. if you ask me the big picture, the historians, and i could be wrong, historians will look at this particular period about the trump administration because we say some actions receive the results from their intended consequences. what might be unintended consequences by the trump administration by pulling out of the nuclear deal with iran that was signed by president obama, by assassinating the general, and now israel assassinating, you know, the top scientist, it will not only complicate u.s./iranian relations. we will look at this particular

period's basically a tipping point in speeding up iran's acquisition of an atomic bomb. >> fawaz gerges from the school of economics. just to be clear, israel has not commented on the assassination and there's no confirmation that israel was behind it. coronavirus numbers just soared past another troubling milestone. just ahead, why health experts are so frightened of the holidays. and hospitals saw this surge coming. i'll speak to a medical doctor from outbreaks from sars to ebola, but this pandemic has surprised him. he'll explain why, after the break.

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so, the u.s. crossed yet another sobering coronavirus milestone on friday. more than 13 million cases have been confirmed to date. those include, sadly, more than 264,000 deaths, all according to johns hopkins university. with an approved vaccine still at least weeks away, the pandemic, is, of course, expected to grow even worse.

and thanksgiving gathers wiingsl have a lot to do with it. cnn's nick watt explains. >> reporter: americans were urged not to travel for the holiday. millions did anyway. >> i am so worried about everything that's happening over thanksgiving. because we have a massive surge on top of another massive surge. >> reporter: that massive surge in numbers, more than 100,000 new cases logged every day, for 25 days straight. thanksgiving day, more than 90,000 americans in the hospital, with covid-19. and yet another all-time high. on average, more than 1500 deaths are now reported every day. some experts say that could couple in the coming weeks. but take florida. the governor just extended his ban on local government enforcing mask mandates. >> most important job as an

elected official whether you're president, governor or mayor is public safety with health. if we all do these things, we will reduce our numbers. less people will get sick and less people will go to the hospital and unfortunately die. >> reporter: national death tolls will dip in the next few days. don't be fooled, some states aren't reporting over the holiday. the world, this country, not in a good place as we wait for the vaccines. >> the vaccines are being delivered literally, it will start next week and the week avenue. >> reporter: very unlikely. the fda hasn't even authorized a vaccine. the advisory committee meets december 10th. a decision could take days, even weeks. likely, late december, best case for first shots in arms. >> don't let joe biden take credit for the vaccine. the president is playing politics, still even in defeat. >> political theater absolutely has to stop. people are even much more reluctant. even health care workers, i'm in

the health care setting, health care workers are hesitant even though they're the priority because because of the vocalization of what's going on. >> reporter: for three weeks, angelinos are being advised to stay home as much as possible. basically, we're not allowed to mix with anyone outside of your immediate households. you can go to church, of course, that's constitutionally protected. but authorities here desperately trying to keep a lid on the virus in this window between thanksgiving and christmas. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. okay. the surge is already happening in some areas. during the thanksgiving holiday, nebraska reported its highest ever single day of new coronavirus infections, more than 5200 cases. and that's according to johns hopkins university. now, the state now has confirmed the total of 124,000 new infections and almost 1,000

deaths, as the virus surges through america's midwestern heartland. now, as you can see here, since the beginning of the october, the moving average of new cases is, of course, heading in the wrong direction. the university of nebraska medical center is one of the premier facility information the united states for treating infectious diseases. you can see here, it was ready to take on ebola and sars several years ago. but lately, even it's having trouble coping with the onslaught of coronavirus cases. now, i spoke a bit earlier with one doctor there still coming to grips with the soaring numbers. dr. david butney is a professor at the medical center. your medical center, one of the best in the united states, arguably the world when it comes to infectious diseases. you handled ebola. the first patients off of crouie

ships that came into the united states. we're so months on, and you can fathom the position that your health facility and others around the united states find themselves in now? >> if you were to ask me, at the beginning of the year, whether we would be dealing with case count to the scale we are now, i would not have said so. it really does surprise me that we continue to struggle with some of the basics of risk mitigation in this pandemic. mask use, physical and social distancing. hand and environmental hygiene, being mindful of when we're sick sore others are in aggregate settings. straight forward intervention, that, unfortunately, we are behind. >> and then you're one of the best prepared medical facilities in the united states. are you guys at your breaking point right now? >> well, we're certainly busy with covid-19 cases. we've certainly deferred many of what people call elective, or nonemergency activities, in

order to be able to have resources available for covid-19 cases. we are very fortunate that for many years, folks here in nebraska, have been interested in high consequence pathogens, highly communicable threats. and focused on the ability to take care of what will we saul sentinel cases of emergencies that happened in 2014 with the ebola disease. with medevacs here. and there are several institutions now in the u.s. and globally, that have an interest in this kind of work, and we generally align and work together. but the ability to do that is very different than what happens when really much of your health care system, across the country, is engaged in continued case counts. persistent experience with covid-19, that needs to be

scaled down. >> you're trying to be very polite, doctor. i assume there's a lot of anger brewing in there as well? >> well, it is. we need to be able to do the basics. and we have not been mitigating this the way that we could have. we knew that were going to be fits and spurts of cases, and that there might be waves and that those waves might be close together, not as far apart, for instance, as they might have been in 2009 and '10 with the h1n1 pandemic. we're all getting frustrated. it's easy to understand the angst frustration and people who want to get on with life that isn't in the middle of a paecpa, unfortunately, your resources in

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and welcome back to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. a federal court on friday rejected trump campaign's attempt to throw out ballots in pennsylvania. now, it's just the latest in a string of legal defeats for the president and his team. now, mr. trump spent much of friday golfing after a wild press conference on thursday that was marked with conspiracies and false claims, attempts at deception. about the election results. jeremy diamond has more. >> we caught them cheating. we caught them stealing. i'm the president of the united states. don't ever talk to the president that way. >> reporter: lying and lashing out, president trump bitterly refusing to accept his loss to president-elect joe biden. >> it's going to be a very hard thing to conceive. >> reporter: but also vowing to leave the white house if the electoral college locks in the

victory next month. >> if the electoral college does elect president-elect -- will you leave the building? >> just see -- certainly, i will. certainly i will. you know that. >> reporter: that coming during a thanksgiving of conspiracies and hearings. less than 24 hours later, trump undercutting his assurance of a peaceful exit. tweeting biden can only enter the white house as president, if he can prove that his ridiculous 80 million votes were not fraudulently or illegally obtained. >> during the course of 2020 -- >> reporter: but it's trump who failed to prove his claims. today, a federal appeals court denying the trump campaign's latest effort to overturn biden's victory in pennsylvania. judge stefanos beas a trump appointee writes calling an election unfair does not make it

so charges require specific allegations. that brought trump's courtroom losses and withdrawals to more than 30, with not a single court in any state substantiating trump's claims that the election was rigged. trump also refusing to the inauguration, a tradition held by every outgoing president since 1869. >> i don't want to say it yet. i'll be honest, i know the answer, but i don't want to say it yet. >> reporter: trump is committing to georgia. georgia republicans are worried trump's baseless claims about voting -- >> i said, listen, you have a fraudulent system. >> reporter: and his attacks on the republican secretary of state. >> he's an enemy of the people, the secretary of state. >> reporter: -- could depress voter turnout. today, trump doing damage control, tweeting the 2020

election was an absolute scam but we must get out and help david and kelly, otherwise, we're playing into the hands of some very sick people. meanwhile, the president spending another day on the golf course, missing in action. >> we're rounding the curve. >> reporter: -- downplaying the virus saying who gets credit for the vaccines. >> don't let joe biden get credit for the vaccines. the vaccines were he. i pushed harder to get that through. >> reporter: and president-elect joe biden's team also reacting to that lawsuit in pennsylvania and that ruling from the third circuit court of appeals there. this coming from the spokesman for joe biden mike gwen saying this election is over and donald trump lost. 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 20th, 2021.

as for the president's legal team, we got a statement from jenna ellis, one of the president's lawyers, she says the campaign plans to take it all the way to the supreme court. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. >> and we want to dig deeper into this with that natasha lindstaedt. it's the court's prerogative to shoot them down but i guess what i'm wondering what is the collateral damage between all of this? >> well, i think the main damage is what trump is trying to do to you're confidence in our electoral processes. and we have said many times that there was a shocking poll that 70% of the republicans thought the election wasn't free and fair. that is incredibly damaging. we need to have a complete belief in the legitimacy of our

electoral process. and he has really damaged this with all of the frivolous lawsuits that are going nowhere. and they're not going. and he's accepted that the writing is on the wall and he needs to move forward. but they're expensive. when he tries to get a recount, for example in georgia, this is something that the taxpayers have to pay for. and it's really wasting a lot of the energy. remember, he's still the president. he should be focusing on the pandemic and other pressing issues that the u.s. faces. >> it is a good point. it's a distraction for anyone at this point. but the moves hopefully to deal with the pandemic. i want to point out that, you point out in georgia, wisconsin, the trump campaign had to pay for it, millions of dollars. it ended under with 132 more votes for president-elect biden. clearly, this isn't going

anywhere. but let me back a little bit. republican voters those in favor of trump, the vast majority actually believe there is something to the allegations. >> right. but i think that's the danger here. because the electoral commissions have said this is the most free and most fair election in recent u.s. history. that everything went as smoothly as possible. and this was due to the great effort they put in ensuring that our electoral process was free and fair. that's what's dangerous here. there's no evidence of fraud. in fact, when they tried to provide any shred of evidence, they haven't been able to provide any of it. when they go to the courts, they're a lot more of careful about the way they talk about this. they don't use the word "fraud." it's very dangerous to speak to the media and the american public and say there are millions and millions of fraudulent votes out there. i think that's really problematic. >> and how do you think this

will affect the incoming biden administration? you know, they really have been trying to take down the temperature. they have out the state that we just read out today. really, they haven't been reacting too much. when you put all of this together, not just the challenges in courts, not just receipt counts but also, you know, the latest event in iran, also complicating a lot of things for the biden team coming in. what do you think the mission is here, as trump is on his way out? >> well, i think the biden team has a really uphill battle here because there's a lot they're going to feel they have to reverse. there are a lot of relationships with other global powers that they feel trump has damaged. trump has followed this america first policy and has rejected multilateralism. and so from biden's perspective, they have to restore the u.s.' role as a world leader, coalition-building, and try to regain some of the thought power lost. and try to ensure the world that

the u.s. is a more predictable ally, and the trump administration withdraw from the iran nuclear deal and trying to withdraw from nato, withdrawing 12,000 troops from germany in july. so, there's a lot that biden has to do, not just internationally. but also, if you look domestically, there's clearly a very divided nation. he's going to have to restar trust in our institutions and engage in some sort of action across the aisle so is looks like more bipartisan support behind the policy they try to pursue. >> it certainly is, as you said, an uphill battle, not many days to go there, considering they just started the transformation last week. natasha lindstaedt, professor of ethics. thank you for being eywith us. >> thanks for having me. >> good news for france as the

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now, many countries in europe are struggling to contain the second wave of the coronavirus. germany surpassed 1 million cases on friday, after it confirmed more than 20,000 new infectio infections, according to johns hopkins. this comes as angela merkel that a lockdown would be set until january 20th. icu and positivity rates have been declining there in the past weeks. for more on this, we want to bring in our jim bittermann outside of paris. jim, good to see you. i can't imagine all of the decades you've been in france, in paris, how different this christmas will look, notwithstanding the lifting of

some restrictions? >> reporter: it's already starting to look that way. one of the things happening as you say, some of the restrictions have been lifted ever so slightly. that is to say, starting today, shops and stores can be open. we saw this morning, a lot of people trying to get their christmas shopping in. long lines outside of big department stores. in fact, one big department store, they had employees out there applauding and singing as the customers were coming in. everybody has been through this now several times this year. and months' long lockdown has been upsetting, i think, for a lot of people. so, after this month, the sort of easing of rerestrictions is coming. but it's still a long way off in process. today, the stores and shops, houses of worship are open, you can go get your hair cut. that sort of thing is taking place today. but there's still a curfew in place. you still have to walk around with a piece of paper describing why you're out. and how long you've been out. and that sort of thing.

it won't be until the 15th of december that things ease up again. then only if the numbers are going in the right direction. from the past weeks. but in fact, they'll want to have the number of new cases per day down below 5,000. right now, it's about 10,000, 12,000 each day of new cases. so there's still a ways to go. even after the 15th of december, there's going to be a curfew, except for christmas eve and new year's eve. and it won't be before january 20th. and things will really start to feel like they're getting back to normal when the bars, cafes and restaurants will be open. they'll be able to open again. and that, of course, as you know, paula, is a big part of life here. >> absolutely. i can't each imagine the character, especially of some of those local restaurants, not being open and being shuttered. jim bittermann for us just outside of paris. thank you, appreciate it. now, more than 1.4 million

people have died from coronavirus around the world. but the pandemic and lockdowns used to contain it are, of course, also having tragic side effects. such as the startling increase in suicides all over the world. but specifically now, those that we're seeing in japan. cnn's selina wang reports from tokyo. >> reporter: erica kobayashi tried to kill herself four times. >> translator: i was really poor. i'm ashamed to say it. i shop lifted then. i worked full time, overtime, but did not have enough money to live. >> reporter: she was working for a publishing company but couldn't make ends meet. now she works at an ngo, since the pandemic, the stress she felt back then is back. >> translator: my salary was cut. i can't see the light end of the tunnel. i constantly feel the crisis that i might feel back. >> reporter: japanese women

bearing the brunt of pandemic, working in industry like hotel, food service and retail. >> translator: japan has been ignoring women. it's a society where the weakest people are cut off first. >> reporter: in october, more japanese died of suicide than from ten months of covid-19. partly driven by suicide among women which increased 80% from the previous year. >> translator: they're suffering so much, they just feel it's better to die. >> reporter: this person started a mental hotline in march. 70% of the people asking for help are women. >> they lost their jobs, and they need to raise their kids. but they don't have any monies. they attempt suicide. >> reporter: his nonprofit receives about 200 messages a day. koki says his 600 volunteers are not enough to keep up with the volume. >> and with messages -- i'm

accepting messages like i'm raped by father, by father. or my husband tried to kill me. >> reporter: wow, because of the pandemic? >> because of the pandemic, yes. and before the pandemic they like a place that they can escape, like the schools or the office. >> reporter: japan has long struggled with one of the highest suicide rates in the world. but the number had been decreasing up until the pandemic. the government has invested in suicide prevention. but she says it also required changing society. >> translator: it's shameful for others to know your weakness and misery. so, you hide everything and endure. we need to create a culture where it's okay to show your weakness. >> reporter: several japanese celebrities have taken their lives in recent months which often causes an increase in suicide in the general public. a 22-year-old professional

wrestler and reality tv star died of suicide after a barrage of hate on social media. her mother says the pandemic has compounded the challenges for women. >> translator: the women used to take care of children and the household. now, they have to work as well. so, all of the social strain piles up on the woman. >> reporter: now in her 40s, she's much better at dealing with her anxiety. and hopes that speaking publicly about her fears more people will do so and realize they are not alone, before it's too late. selina wang, cnn, tokyo. >> so, if you or someone you know needs help, here's how to get it. in the u.s., call the national suicide prevention lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. the international association for suicide prevention and

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