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. [ applause ] hello and welcome to our viewers here, in the united states, and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. welcome. coming up here, on cnn "newsroom." exploding, covid case numbers in the u.s. filling up the icus, crippling small businesses, and forcing many to line up just to eat. president trump. hitting the golf course and blasting out fact-free tweets. and funeral plans set for a top, nuclear scientist, killed on the streets of iran. his government, promising to retaliate.

three, key words in play, right now, in the u.s. disease, desperation, and denial. let's start with the disease. covid-19 blowing up, across the country. the number of infections, since the pandemic began? well, north of 13 million. 4 million in november, alone. for 26-straight days, the u.s. has reported more than 100,000 new cases. saturday, the largest number of hospitalizations was reported. more than 91,000 americans in hospital, right now, with covid. and experts warn a surge of infections could be coming, in the weeks ahead. now, the desperation. small businesses, getting hit, at a time of year when they should be making money. some of the busiest places,

though, food banks. as many americans are forced to seek help for basic needs. and things could get more desperate, if millions of people lose their jobless benefits, next month. and that could happen. now, to the denial. while, all of this is happening, president trump continues to work on his golf game. he's done so, one out of every five days he has been president, by cnn's count. just think about that. 20% of his presidency. and he's still denying he lost the election as well. spreading more, baseless conspiracy theories about voter fraud. in wisconsin, president-elect joe biden picked up more votes, in the recount requested by and paid for by the trump campaign. trump, basically, putting $3 million into an effort for a bigger loss. and yet, another car on the trump-train of denial has derailed in court. saturday, pennsylvania's supreme court, tossing a lawsuit from

republicans seeking to invalidate absentee voting, and block vote certification. dismissed, with prejudice. the president's heap of legal setbacks just keeps getting higher, while his chances of actually changing anything get slimmer and slimmer. but, his attacks on the system rage on. cnn's jeremy diamond has more, from washington. >> well, when he wasn't on the golf course, president trump, on saturday, continuing to make baseless allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election. the president's focusing his ire, this time, on the states of pennsylvania and wisconsin. two key, battleground states that president-elect joe biden recaptured from president trump in this latest election. but the president's continued allegations of widespread voter fraud and his conspiracy theories that he's been spreading. they, now, come against a mounting, legal backdrop, that is disproving the president's case. more than 30 cases, now, brought forward by the president's campaign or their allies, have now been dismissed in state and

federal courts or withdrawn we those legal teams. and the latest blow is coming from a trump-appointed judge. writing, for the 3rd circuit court of appeals, denying the campaign's appeal to try and dessert decertify millions of cast ballots in that state. calling an election unfair does not make it so. charges require specific allegations, and then proof. we have neither here. the campaign's claims have no merit. now, the president is, also, running into roadblocks on the recount front. after his campaign paid $3 million to have two key counties conduct recounts, one of those counties, milwaukee county, certified the results of its election on friday. and the results of that recount actually found more votes for joe biden. joe biden coming up with 132-vote gain, in milwaukee county, after that recount went

through. and the state of wisconsin is expected to certify the results of its election, come tuesday. so, the question becomes, now, how much longer does the president keep this up? we know that, privately, he and his advisers recognize that it is almost impossible for him to overturn the results of this election. but the president has been charging ahead. trying to at least delegitimize this legitimate victory by president-elect joe biden. one key date that the president's advisers are looking at. that is december 14th. that's when the electoral college will actually vote for the next president of the united states. locking in president-elect joe biden's victory. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. >> there might not be a concession, but there is a transiti transition underway. president-elect joe biden will receive his first, presidential, daily brief on monday. and he is beefing up his coronavirus-advisory board. cnn's mj lee with the details. >> it's been a relatively quiet

weekend here in rehoboth beach, delaware, where president-elect joe biden has been spending his thanksgiving weekend. but the biden-transition team did announce some additional members who are going to be serving on its covid-19 advisory board. one of the new names is jill jim. she is a member of the navajo nation and also serves as director the of navajo nation health. and this is a community that has been especially hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic. you look at the numbers. some 6 -- 8,000, rather. 600 cases for every 100,000 people, in that community. and this is a community that has had to go on lockdown, through around december 6th. now, i will, also, note that we do expect a pretty busy week coming ahead for the biden transition team. on monday, for example, we expect biden to receive his

first, presidential daily briefing since he became president-elect. these are classified briefings that have been on hold until the gsa could actually formally ascertain that he had won the election. we, also, expect biden to announce some members of his economic team. one of those names could be janet yellen, who is expected to serve as his treasury secretary if she is confirmed. we are also expecting some other key appointments, including who is going to be joe biden's cia director and defense secretary. so, those are more announcements that could be coming in the weeks to come. mj lee, cnn, rehoboth beach, delaware. the funeral for the country's top nuclear scientist will take place on monday. mohsen fakhrizadeh was killed, on friday, east of tehran. he was considered one of the masterminds of iran's nuclear program. he was reportedly targeted by gunfire and a vehicle explosion. top iranian officials accuse

israel of being behind the killing and iran's supreme leader is vowing revenge. nick paton walsh with more from london. >> reporter: after the assassination of their most prominent, nuclear scientist, mohsen fakhrizadeh. the supreme leader of iran, ayatollah ali khamenei, saying there are now two things on people's to-do lists. swift retaliation against the killers but, also, to continue his work. who is mohsen fakhrizadeh? well, he is described by many as essentially the repository, or a human being who held all of iran's nuclear-weapon-know-how. not pursuing a nuclear weapon at this time but saying it is enriching uranium at a faster and more intense rate than agreed to under the nuclear deal. of course, the trump administration pulled out of that deal. putting sanctions, intensely, on iran under a policy what they

called maximum pressure. designed, they feel, to weaken iran's influence in the region. why this assassination, now? well, exceptionally brazen, frankly. to have its security penetrated so openly by this attack which appears in state media, exploded near fakhrizadeh and his security detail. the gunshots then used and many it seemed died later in hospital. there is a strong possibility, in the months ahead, that the administration of president-elect joe biden, once he is through inauguration, will seek diplomacy again with iran and make that very clear. and, of course, that is something that hawks in the current white house wish to prevent. there have been strongizatio accusatio accusations from iran towards israel. and israel has not commented on this, at this stage. but they do have a track record,

frankly, of similar killings. of the ability to penetrate o n iran's security quite so vividly. so, there is potentially continued logic as to why people will continue to point towards israel. they, too, would not like to see any renewed -- between the united states and iran. so, there is some logic analysis to say, essentially, suggest that peace is somewhat useless. but we will have to see quite what the long-term impact is of this, in the weeks ahead. remember, iran lost qassem soleimani, revolutionary guard chief. a key figure in that organization. two u.s. drone strike in january. then, they promise revenge which has yet to happen. so, iran, then saying it would really choose its time and place to exact revenge against its enemies. so we have to see if this changes the logic.

i would personally suggest it's unlikely. they may, too, still be looking towards diplomacy. but a region like this, already on edge, deeply troubling. nick paton walsh. cnn london. >> iran expert and senior associate at carnegie endowment. he joins me, now, from washington. good to see you, kareem. if israel was, indeed, behind the assassination, could it be, the reason wasn't just to mess with iran's nuclear program but, to interfere with diplomacy? >> i think that's certainly a possibility, michael. what's happening now is by assassinating iran's top nuclear scientist, iran is going to feel like it has to take revenge. not only to restore national pride but to restore deterrence. but how is it going to do that,

without sabotaging the possibility of either a full or a partial return to the nuclear deal, which is so important for iran, because it's one of the most sanctioned countries in the world. and it's not only suffering from economic sanctions but it's been hit hard by the pandemic as well. and so, iran is in a very difficult spot in the coming days and weeks and months ahead. >> yeah. many things to consider. i mean, one thing. the killing of such a senior figure, clearly, exposes internal security failings. i mean, how embarrassing is this for iran? their top nuclear expert taken out like this? and, of course, it comes on top of a few weeks ago, israel reportedly assassinated al qaeda's number two. january 3 will be the anniversary of the killing of qassem soleimani. what kind of failure is it? >> well, you put it well. over the last year, four major,

global figures, who have been -- who were ostensibly being protected by iran's security umbrella were, quite easily, assassinated. and for a country -- for a regime like iran, which really prides itself on being a security state, being a police state, this is deeply, deeply humiliating. and this comes at a time when iran has been imprisoning, in a sense, academics, environmentalists, on charges of being israeli spies. and they can't protect the top figures from israeli or american assassination. so, i think morale must be very low, right now, in islamic republic. and they must be thinking, what else do they know about us? what other means of our communication have they penetrated? >> yeah. good -- good point. of course, not -- not all groups in iran, all factions, have the same calculations. i mean, how does this

potentially change the dynamic between iran's hardliners and moderates, which has been notoriously fractious? >> to a country ruled by middle-aged, military men. the iran revolutionary guards. and i think the more security you introduce into iran, whether that's assassinations or escalating-nuclear situation or, you know, regional crises in places like syria and elsewhere. any type of insecurity plays to the advantage of security forces within iran. and at the moment, even though, you know, we're talking about 150,000 men who constitute the revolutionary guard. there certainly is diversity amongst them. but, at the moment, the hardline folks, who are, you know, not, at all, issues like human

liberties, civil rights, and things like that. they make the argument that this is time of existential crisis. >> you make a good point, earlier. iran's -- the -- the pride and the economic reality, which are a huge part of the calculus, right? it can't afford, in a financial sense, to make a misstep here. >> you're right. i mean, iran's currency reserves are dwindling. and its population has really been battered by a combination of the sanctions, the economic mismanagement, and the corruption. and throughout the trump presidency, they were really just waiting for trump to be elected out of office. with the possibility that they could go back to this nuclear

deal with a democratic american president. and, you know, as you pointed out from the outset, that's precisely why israelis may have wanted to take this action. but the brutal reality, for iran, is that it's -- its dwindling economy and currency reserves simply cannot be reversed if they don't go back to either a full or partial nuclear deal. >> literally, if -- if you can summarize, in ten seconds, what do you think's going to happen over the next month or so? >> i -- i -- i'm confident that we can avoid war. but i'm not confident that we can go back to a full, nuclear deal, even under a biden administration. >> a lot of moving parts. karim, always good to get you on and take advantage of your expertise. thanks so much. >> thank you, michael. u.s. hospitals are under

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health experts in the u.s. are warning we will see dramatic increases in coronavirus infections and deaths, in the coming weeks in the u.s. as we mentioned earlier, the u.s. has now recorded more than 13.2 million cases, and more than 266,000 deaths. miguel marquez tells us where the country stands right now. >> so, here, in new york city and testing sites across the country, people are still being tested. but those lines. the length of time it takes to get tested is going down. because we're in the middle of a long-holiday weekend. and this is something the epidemiologists expected. during the weekends, the numbers sort of go down. number of cases, the number of deaths, the number of people getting tested. all those things go down. but as the weekend picks up into

the weekday, that picks up. and they expect the same pattern with the long holiday we are in right now. the u.s., on a typical day, is averaging about 170,000 cases. right now, the johns hopkins university says, in the last 24 hours, the u.s. has added about 100,000 cases. that actually sounds good to where the u.s. is typically. it is stunning to consider that in the last week, the u.s. has added over a million cases of coronavirus. that is something that used to take weeks, if not months, to get to. the numbers are rising, not as fast as some places like south dakota, iowa, or texas. but, they are rising, and they are rising everywhere. doctors, nurses, that are working so hard. and epidemiologists who follow this disease fear that christmas is going to be memorable, for all the wrong reasons. back to you. >> our thanks to miguel marquez there. now, despite the staggering

numbe numbers in the u.s., there is a glimmer of hope. of course, vaccines are on the way. on tuesday, a cdc committee holds a meeting to determine who should get the vaccine, first, once it is all approved. one member of joe biden's coronavirus-advisory board tells us who's likely to be prioritized. >> certainly, healthcare workers. so, doctors, nurses, who are caring for patients in the hospital, including, patients with coronavirus, should very much be among those first receiving the vaccine. and then, beyond that, there are other frontline workers, essential workers. whether that's the people who are working in food and meat processing. people who are -- are the grocery store check-out counter. you know, so, people who are doing things that we really can't function without. whether, that's with respect to food or drugstores, or teachers,

for examples. >> maria is professor of medicine at the university of illinois, in chicago. she joins me, now, from chicago. doctor, thank you so much for being with us. i mean, 90,000 americans -- more than 90,000 -- are in the hospital right now. hard to get your head around that. post-thanksgiving, what do you see coming? >> i really worry that people have just not gotten the complete handle of how serious this is. and, yes, i worry that, two weeks from now, our hospitals are going to be more than full to capacity and i worry about the ability of our staff taking care of patients. >> i'm curious, how you and your colleagues are coping with the mental and physical strain. i mean, how do you prepare yourselves for what -- what you're doing now, let alone the next several weeks? >> well, we call each other a

lot. try to give each other support. i, for myself, am very lucky that i have a very supportive family. my husband is very good at equitable division of labor because, i have to admit, after shifts, i'm often just exhausted. it's not only just the physical exhaustion of being on your feet all the time, and running from room to room. but also, the mental exhaustion of having to deal with people that are so sick, all the time. >> yeah. exactly. actually, i was talking to an icu doctor a couple of weeks ago on this program. and he spoke of the frustration of seeing what he saw. people, literally, dying. and then, leaving the hospital and immediately going out and seeing people in close quarters and bars and restaurants and so on. i know that you said you tell people you're not the front line. you're the last line of defense. and i thought that was very salient. does it frustrate you to see so people acting like it's not a big deal? >> yes, it's very frustrating. and -- and actually, it's called

strains even in my personal relationships. there's people i just -- i just can't talk to because it's just very difficult to understand. they've heard me complain of how difficult this job is becoming. they've heard me, with my concerns for, you know, patients that -- that are just so sick, and i can't do anything about them. and yet, you know, they're still choosing to gather in big groups, to go out to bars, to eat in close quarters, and to complain because there's mandates for mask wearing and for distancing. >> meanwhile, you're wearing a mask, what, ten, twelve hours a day? >> yeah. at least a good ten hours. for -- for my own protection, i've decided that the wise thing to do -- and our hospital actually has this as policy now, to just wear a mask for every patient encounter, regardless of whether we think this person may have covid or not because we've learned that the -- the percent is so high, of positivity.

in chicago, it's one in every 15 people, it's estimated, have covid right now. so, it's better to just be safe and assume that everyone might be infected, even if they're asymptomatic. >> you know, i -- i -- i've covered wars for half my career and i'm trying to get my head around the mental stresses that you are dealing with every day, with that risk you describe. you know, you just don't know. you're in a place that has covid patients. you just don't know when you are going to get it. at the same time, you're watching people die. i mean, that's got to take a toll. >> yeah. i have to say, you know, this -- this wave has been difficult because, in the first one, we didn't know what we were dealing with, right? so, i think we were still learning how to protect ourselves. how to protect our communities. but now that we know how to protect each other, how we can reduce the spread. the fact that -- that we haven't learned our lesson is -- it really is a cause of a lot of concern and of mental exhaustion.

it's actually more exhausting to deal with that, than it is to deal with -- with the sick patient that's in front of me. >> no. yeah. that's well put. one thing about a vaccine. it's not like flicking a switch. it's more of a dimmer. are you concerned that the politicization of the pandemic and vaccines will still leave a lot of people skeptical, reluctant to a vaccine? >> we already had anti-vaccine rhetoric before covid, right? how many parents are now choosing not to immunize their children? or even -- even people, that are adults already, that are refusing to get booster shots for tetanus or for even the flu every year, right? and so, i worry about, you know, just -- just the fact that we have an effective vaccine is not going to be enough. we really have to fight against this anti-vaccine rhetoric that, unfortunately, is a part of the culture of american life. and with that, you know, also, ensure that we're distributing

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and welcome back to our viewers here, in the united states, and all around the world. i'm micha i'm michael holmes. you are watching cnn "newsroom" and thanks for doing so. republican strategists and state leaders are getting increasingly worried. that georgia's gop voters might not turn out to vote, in great numbers, in the january 5th senate runoff there. specifically, because of the

party's own, baseless attacks on the integrity of the election. president trump, on twitter, trying to find a workaround. telling his supporters they, quote, must show up and vote for gop senators david perdue and kelly loeffler, even though the election was, quote, a total scam. now, of course, that is not true. cnn's ryan nobles was in atlanta for an unusual exchange between the republican national committee chairwoman and some georgia republican voters. >> winning at least one of these races in georgia is crucial for republicans. they need to do that, if they want to retain the majority in the united states senate. but things are off to a bit of a rocky start. on saturday, republican chairwoman, ronna mcdaniel, was in marietta, georgia. her goal was to get republicans to get behind david perdue and kelly loeffler, the two candidates running for re-election, here in this state. but she was marred for about 20

minutes by trump supporters, demanding that she do more to help donald trump overturn the results of the election, not only across the country, but specifically, here in georgia. listen to an exchange during that event. >> it's not decided. this is the key. it's not decided. if you lose your faith and you don't vote, and people walk away, that's -- that will decide it. so, we have to work hard. trust us, we're fighting. we're looking at every legal avenue. >> now, you hear that supporter actually say why should i go out and vote, if the election's already been decided? and mcdaniel, pleading with these trump supporters that it hasn't and that it's important for them to get out. but it shows the tightrope that republicans are walking here. they desperately need these trump supporters to come out and support their candidates. but at the same time, they can't make it seem as though they're not 100% behind donald trump, even as he works to sow discord

and distrust in the election system, here, in georgia. republicans hope, though, when the voting actually comes around, on january 5th, that they will come home and support the republican candidates. demographics have changed a lot in georgia as evidence by the fact that joe biden was able to win in november. republicans hoping they still have the edge going into the run-off election. ryan nobles, cnn, atlanta. >> vice president-elect kamala harris, her husband, doug, and washington mayor muriel bowser stopping by the holiday market to support small business, on saturday. while there, harris bought puzzles, honey, and art, we're told. small businesses have fought for years to survive against online and so-called big-box competitors. they have also become some of the hardest-hit casualties of the pandemic. cnn's natasha chen is taking a

look at how the pandemic is affecting small business. >> well, there's never been this much riding on holiday-season sales. according to the website track the recovery dot org, there's been almost a 29% decline of the number of small businesses open in november compared to the ones open in january of this year. and while not all businesses are listed on the website, yelp, that site shows that, of the businesses open in march, nearly 98,000 of them were listed as closed in september. so, this is a very crucial time. a lot of these small-business owners told me that they rely on assistance, including the ppp loan. that includes bruce kennedy, owner of universal joint restaurant here in lawrencevill lawrenceville, georgia. they really prifbtivoted to a gl store when their restaurant had to shut down. >> i'm going to tell you, without the ppp, which was the loan that we all got, probably nobody would have made it. that was a big thing that the government did for us.

you think, what happened in march and april, if that comes back again, tough. it'll be really rough for us and i don't know if we'd make it. >> he said he is concerned for himself and his friends, who own local businesses. if there were to be another set of restrictions or another lockdown because of the current surge in cases. it's a question who would survive that? the commonality among all the shop owners i talked to is they have a loyal customer base who understand, this year, more than ever, what it means to shop small. natasha chen, cnn, lawrenceville, georgia. >> catherine rampell is cnn economics commentator and "washington post" opinion columnist. she joins me, now, from new york. you look at the landscape. millions, unemployed. food lines. hungry americans. what are the biggest economic challenges facing the incoming-biden administration? >> i think there are a few worries on the horizon. or not even on the horizon. present with us, right now.

covid cases are rising. that's going to further, besides putting public health at risk, obviously, that's going to further put a damper on the economy. beyond that, you have the fact that, even in the past few months, the fragile recovery that we did have seems to have been petering out somewhat, maybe stalling. there are some warning signs, this month, that we may have even lost jobs here in the united states, in november. i hope that's not true. we don't know yet, for sure. but that's quite possible. and beyond that, of course, the federal fiscal relief has been dwindling over the past few months. program, after program, has expired. and republicans in congress seem to have no interest, whatsoever, at this point, in putting together a new fiscal-relief package certainly, not with a democrat entering the white house. >> certainly, a lot to walk into on day one. what -- what do you make of his appointment, so far, when it comes to managing the economy? the -- the picks he's made, so

far? >> he hasn't officially announced anyone, yet. however, it has already been widely leaked that his treasury secretary pick will be janet yellen, who is the former chair of the fed. i think she is an excellent choice for this position. given her talent, her temperament, her experience is, having led, of course, the most powerful central bank in the world. as well as her values. she has written and spoken, extensively, about issues like equity and diversity, fairness, things like that, climate change. so, i think she will be a very powerful and -- and qualified pick. it's hard to imagine someone more qualified than she is to take that job. the only downside, of course, is that she does not necessarily have the same sort of political experience that, potentially, other people might bring to the table. other treasury secretaries have had in the past. and she will need to negotiate, of course, with congress over

additional, fiscal relief. >> yeah. you look at donald trump and he, of course, trumpet of the dow postelection, after saying repeatedly a biden win would lead to a stock-market crash. the other thing, too, most americans don't hold stocks. the vast majority of stocks are held by a small percentage of investors. and as we said, the gaps between rich and poor couldn't be more stark. i mean, speak to the economic realities for ordinary people, as the president touts the dow. >> we're really in a world of two economies right now, here in the united states. you have the stock market doing well. you have white-collar, highly-educated workers, doing well or at least okay. their savings are quite fat, right now. whether because of the stock market or because they are not spending money on travel and -- and recreational activities that they would normally do in a regular economy. they're doing okay. then, the rest of the economy. people who are service workers, more likely to be blue-collar workers, who can't work

remotely. they are not doing okay. they are still down, millions and millions of jobs. small businesses, likewise, have shuttered, in droves. and the real question is how many of those will be permanently closed. ev even when there is a vaccine that's widely distributed. as a result of the fact that, you know, the economy kind of just wasn't into a coma for a few months. the tale of two economies here. >> those two economies has just been laid bare. once the inauguration is done and joe biden is president, i'm curious and i think i know the answer. are we likely to see republicans, all of a sudden, rediscover their fiscal conservatism? debt is outrageous that needs to be dealt with that, of course, skyrocketed under president trump. >> oh, they already have, suddenly, rediscovered their fiscal hawkishness.

and -- and the fact that they spent loads of money, in additional, federal spending. even before covid. covid has run up the bill, as well, in the last, you know, six to eight months. but, even before that, the debt went up because of -- beyond what it had been previously tracked to do because of those tax cuts and additional spending. but all of a sudden, you see republicans remembering, oh, right, we're supposed to be the party of fiscal responsibility. which i fear may be an excuse to hold that lifeline to small businesses, to households who need assistance paying their rent, avoiding eviction and foreclosure, putting food on the table. >> outrageous having put it off, as you said it before. good to see you, catherine rampell. >> good to be here. now, london saw multiple protests on saturday, over coronavirus restrictions and vaccines.

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police in london arrested more than 150 people during protests there, on saturday. some groups were reprotesting lockdown measures. others, marching against a covid vaccine. breaching coronavirus regulations, assaulting a police officer, and possession of drugs. england's lockdown is set to end on wednesday. now, recent, coronavirus restrictions across western europe do appear to be having an impact. going to show you a map, now,

that shows you the trend of new cases, from last week to this week. the countries in green have a lower case count, compared to last week. the count in france, alone, has dropped more than 50%. and here's a look at new cases on a per-capita basis, since the start of august. you can see, all of these countries, except germany, have been dropping, these past few weeks. the number in germany, holding steady. >> and on the day france started to ease some coronavirus restrictions, more than 130,000 people took to the streets across the country. sometimes, violently, clashing with police. in paris, some protestors put up barricades and, as you can see, started fires while police were seen firing teargas. it began as a peaceful march against a controversial, security bill. that bill would make it illegal to film and publish images of police officers, in certain circumstances. now, critics of that bill say

this would prevent journalists from reporting on police brutality. cnn's melissa bell explains. >> this is a protest against the global-security bill, that's currently before the french parliament. already, had attracted a great deal of controversy as they went before the national assembly because, essentially, one of its provisions would make it a punishable offense to take pictures of policemen with the intention to cause harm. then, this week, two separate investigations opened into allegations of police brutality have further fed the anger that led to the crowds, here, today. the bill, so far, has passed the national assembly. it should be before the senate, in december. melissa bell, cnn, paris. >> we'll take a quick break. when we come back, sunday pro-football could look a little divi different in the u.s., this weekend. at least for one team. why that team might have to play without a regular quarterback. yeah, they got three of them. all of them are out. we'll explain, when we come

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eligible quarterbacks were regarded as high-risk after close contact with a teammate who tested positive on thursday. so those players were deemed ineligible for sunday's game. the team has called up three players from its practice squad, but it's not clear who's going to be playing quarterback. tight end noah fant took to twitter to vent his frustration over the decision saying, i'm not one to complain, but @nfl, you can't possibly send us into a game without a qb. the san francisco 49ers, they're looking for a new home, at least for three weeks. santa clara county has temporarily banned professional and college contact sports because of the surge in cases. the 49ers stadium and practice facility are both in that county. the team has two home games scheduled over the next few weeks. the restrictions also impact both stanford and san jose state universities.

we did see an historic moment for college football this weekend, and american society as well. vanderbilt university sarah fuller breaking down barriers with an unprecedented kickoff. she became the first woman to play in a power 5 football game. the power 5 is the best of the best, the five strongest conferences in u.s. college football. fulham made history when she appeared in the game against the missouri tigers and kicked off to open the second half. fuller had a message for those who might follow in her footsteps with a sticker on the back of her helmet that read "play like a girl." >> honestly, it's just so exciting. the fact that i can represent the little girls out there who have wanted to do this or thought about playing football or any sport, really. it encourages them to be able to

step out and do something big like this, it's awesome. i want to tell all the girls you can do anything you set your mind to, you really can. if you have that mentality all the way through, you can do big things. >> fuller is a goalkeeper for vanderbilt's women's soccer team, which is a really good one. she got her shot at football after several players were ruled out due to covid-19 contact tracing, and she made the best of the opportunity, as you saw. a monolith was discovered in a remote utah desert last week, and the story became an international hit. you might have seen it on social media. the thing is it's a mystery as to who put that there and why. an alien? an artist? now the mystery is who removed it. public safety officials in utah say "the illegally installed structure was removed by an unknown party sometime on friday evening." they insist they're not the ones who took it down. could be a sculpture banksy.

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♪ hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states. i'm michael holmes. coming up here on "cnn newsroom," coronavirus cases surging across america. health experts warning the number of deaths from the virus could surge even more, even double. president trump playing through, hitting the