double the amount of deaths in the country, now predicting 539,000 people will die. according to that same model, the virus is the leading cause of death in the country this week. a virus that we had never even heard of a year ago is now the leading cause of death in this country. the country is also blowing through another record for another day. the number of people sick enough with covid that they need hospital care. now over 100,000 people currently in the hospital. it is all beginning to feel eerily familiar. the country back in a similar moment as the spring except now the entire country, not just certain regions or certain cities, is in much worse shape. but the worst, according to dr. anthony fauci unfortunately is still ahead. >> we have not yet seen the post thanksgiving peak. that's the concerning thing because the numbers in and of themselves are alarming and then you realize that it is likely

we'll see more of a surge as we get two to three weeks past the thanksgiving holiday. and the thing that concerns me is that abuts on the christmas holiday. >> and as the nation suffers, where is president trump's focus right now? it remains still on the presidential election. that is now over. fixated on baseless lies about massive and widespread election fraud. but we are now learning while president trump is there we are learning about joe biden's plans to respond to the pandemic once he takes office. during an exclusive interview with jake tapper. listen to this. >> i'm going to issue a standing order that in federal buildings you have to be masked and interstate transportation you must be masked, airplanes, buses, et cetera. so it's a matter of -- and i think my inclination, jake is the first day i'm nag rated is to say i'm going to ask the public for on 100 days to mask.

just 100 days to mask. not forever, 100 days. i think we'll see a significant reduction. if that occurs with vaccination and masking to droive down the numbers considerably. >> do you plan to get vaccinated before inauguration day and will you do it in public the ways obama, clinton and bush have said they will. >> i'd be happy to do that. once it's declared to be safe. once fauci says it that's my measure and we need to communicate to the american people it's safe. it's safe to do this. jessica dean is joining me now for more on this. we're also learning more about what president-elect biden's coronavirus team will be looking like and the role of dr. anthony fauci ahead. what are you hearing about that? >> reporter: that's right, kate. we heard president-elect biden tell jake in that exclusive

interview that he has spoken to dr. anthony fauci that he asked him to stay on in his current position but also to join his covid team and ask as a chief medical adviser to really bring dr. fauci in to the biden administration and have him play a key role as they work to get their arms around the coronavirus pandemic and drive down the numbers. you also heard biden talking there about his plan to ask americans to mask up for 100 days once he takes office. here's what dr. fauci said about that idea. >> he's saying, hey, folks, trust me, everybody for 100 days, now it might be that after that we still are going to need it, but he just wants it, everybody for a commitment for 100 days. i discussed that with him and told him i thought that was a good idea. >>. >> reporter: it's been interesting to see how biden has framed mask wearing. he started seeing him do this on the campaign trail but also now as president-elect. and that's as a patriotic duty

not anything political but more a patriotic duty to ensure that other americans don't catch the coronavirus that it's everyone's role they can play in the pandemic to help drive the numbers down. we are hearing all of that as we're learning a little bit more about what his covid team will look like when he goes into the white house. cnn is reporting we're expecting jeffrey zion to joins as his covid kr covid kord na covid coordinator and helped write things up with health care care.gv. and his covid-19 advisory board continuing to brief him through these latest numbers and data and we know they have access to the federal data they wanted to see for so long. kate? >> thank you so much. joining me for more is dr. lina wen, an emergency room

physician at george washington university. good to see you. joe biden saying he's going to ask americans to wear a mask for the first 100 days of his administration. how do you think that plea is going to sit with americans? what do you think the real impact of it is going to be? >> i think there will be a huge impact, and that is in correcting misinformation and having our elected officials on the same page as public health officials. i think a lot of americans will follow the president-elect's lead. but i also think there will be millions of americans who will not. so it's incumbent on the president-elect to reach out to those americans by reaching out to other trusted leaders. >> dr. fauci's warning that right now it is bad and we haven't seen the thanksgiving fallout of infections. and then you have the cited

model projecting deaths will almost double by april. why won't the rapid rollout of a vaccine impact these death projection numbers as much as i think people might hope or think that they would? the projection of the model is that there -- it will save only -- i'm not trying to diminish this, but it will save about 11,000 lives by april. i'm sure a lot of folks would hope it would be a lot more. >> we all hope that the vaccine will be a silver bullet but it's not going to be and at least not right away. by the time that most americans have access to the vaccine, we're looking at maybe april or may, which will be fantastic but spring and summer will look very different than it looks this winter. the problem is there's such a limited supply of the vaccine at this moment it's rolled out to health care workers, nursing home residents and onwards from that to other types of groups but it's going to take time for

that rollout to occur. so i hope people take heed and in the meantime hunker down this winter because we have to get through the next several months and the vaccine will make a difference after that. >> getting through the next several months is where we all need to focus. you see places like california now imposing some new restrictions, putting more restrictions and kind of a regional basis. but which states do you think will be or should be next? >> well, frankly, many of the states that are doing terribly are the ones in the midwest, the upper midwest. and frankly all over the country at this point. the amount of restrictions that we impose should be reflective of how terrible things are when it comes to the health care system. when hospitals are at the brink you have no choice but to impose these restrictions. and again, nobody wants them. i think, kate, it is way past

time for us to do the simple things. there are still states that are hard hit that have not imposed mask wearing mandates, that's not a lockdown, that's the opposite. masks are what allow us to keep our businesses and schools open. it's far past time to be doing that and looking at hospital capacity. not waiting until the last moment when the icus are at the brink but imposing the restrictions sooner to avoid that point. >> we're getting a flood of viewer questions about the vaccine. i want to take a moment to bring a couple of them to you. there's a lot still not known. here's one from caitlyn from iowa. she's asking how will people who have already had covid be prioritized for vaccination? that's essentially i think the main question, there's a question about antibody testing to determine if someone needs the vaccine, but what does the vaccine mean for folks who have had covid is a really good question. >> it is a good question.

so people who have already had covid or think they have it should still receive the vaccine that's because if you had natural infection we don't know how long your antibodies and your immunity will last. we don't know how consistent it is and the vaccination will give you longer and more consistent protection than getting the natural infection. so antibody testing is probably not going to be necessary and people should still get the vaccine even if they think they had coronavirus before. >> you have then two doses of these vaccines. you have lori from little rock, arkansas with a question about this. saying if i get the first dose how long after is the second dose administered? her concern it seems is what if doses run out before she can get the second dose? does that mean there's an expiration date? >> the second dose, depending on the type of vaccine, the moderna and pfizer vaccines require three or four weeks between the first and second dose.

you should get the second dose. people are not going to give you the first dose if there's no second dose, so don't worry about it running out. but i would say make sure you get the same second dose. you don't want to get one of the fist and then the second dose of another vaccine. and also to get it on time. because that's what's being tested. we don't want people to be waiting longer than the recommended time period because we don't know whether it's still going to give you that same level of protection. >> one from pedro in miami. he said he's a care giver for his mom who's 80 years old and in fragile health. can he be considered a health worker for purposes of the vaccine? >> not at this time. the priority is health care workers in the health care setting. but i would say they're in a category of more vulnerable individuals and they should be prioritized early but not yet. >> there's so many questions coming up and your expertise is

critical. thank you, dr. wen. dr. anthony fauci will be joining anderson cooper and dr. sanjay gupta to answer more of your questions like this about the coronavirus vaccines. coronavirus town hall the vaccines begins tonight at 9:00 eastern on cnn. coming up for us, more on joe biden and kamala harris' joint interview since the election. the responses to the question on the pressure to make their cabinet more diverse. first we wanted to bring you an emotional appeal from the canadian official pleading with people to follow restrictions. he took to the camera, he took to tape a video statement asking for residents to not gather during christmas and he's speaking to can nad yappiaadian course, but it could be a good message for americans as well. >> i'm the guy who has to tell you to stay apart at christmas and in the holiday season you celebrate. i'm the guy who's stealing

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are -- excuse mow, three men, there are five women, there are five people of color, three white people. i mean, this is going to be an incredibly diverse, i'm going to keep my commitment that the administration both in the white house and outside in the cabinet is going to look like the country. >> last month senator bernie sanders told the associated press it would be, quote, enormously insulting with the cabinet ignored progressive voices. who would you point to now as a leading progressive voice in the cabinet? >> we're not done yet, jake. so we're not even halfway there. i think we should have this conversation when we're done. >> this comes as the naacp and other civil rights groups have come forward to say that biden and harris haven't done enough yet in terms of this. putting a lot of public pressure on the president-elect to nominate more black and latino nominees to high level cabinet

positions. joining me is angela rye. it is great to see you. it has been way too long. we only say hi to each other and texts and instagrams these days. it's getting old. >> it is. >> i spoke to derrick johnson, the president of the naacp yesterday about this. he said yes, he's concerned about the makeup of the cabinet but he says what it's about for him is civil rights being at the center of the administration's agenda. what do you think about how biden is answering this question right now? >> i think that, you know, the answer is not as important as the action, right. so what we have is throughout this process kate whether we look at the transition agency review teams, there's nobody from an hbcu on the agency review team. there's no civil rights leader. no civil rights organizer on any of the agency review teams. i think hence president

johnson's concerns. i think the other thing we have to pay attention to is they have buckets they outlined things, there's climate, covid, economics and the economy, what the path forward is for the path forward in that regard and racial justice. they made significant inroads on all of those things except when you talk about racial justice. i appreciate the fact that joe biden has expanded what the cabinet will look like. we know cecelia rouse who is a black woman and will be the chair for council on economic advisers, we know that lynda thomas greenfield will be the ambassador to the u.n. however, when you start talking about some of those traditional cabinet posts, people are getting a little afraid because they know what the makeup of the transition agency review teams has been and we certainly understand when they rolled out the senior level staff for the white house there were a lot of white men.

and so i appreciate that joe biden wants the cabinet to reflect the face of america but i would challenge him and say the cabinet needs to reflect the face of your electorate. your electorate was more diverse than the country. your electorate in the primary and the general was overwhelmingly black women and black men. so i want to hear about the attorney general. i want to hear about marcia fudge becoming the agriculture secretary. i'm happy to hear about keisha lance bottoms potentially for the sba but we have to hear about these positions and soon. >> you make a great point. but there's also an interesting moment i wanted to ask you about when jake asked joe biden about the inauguration. the issues you're talking about are much bigger than this, but it is interesting how joe biden answered this question because he was asked about the fact that president trump hasn't yet said if he'll attend. listen. >> do you think it's important that he's there?

you're laughing. >> i think it would -- important only in one sense. not in a personal sense. important in a sense that we are able to demonstrate at the end of this chaos that he's created that there is peaceful transfer of power with the competing parties standing there, shaking hands and moving on. >> do you think it's important for donald trump to be there? >>, you know, it's -- can any of us get to this question without laughing? >> why are you laughing about it? >> because i was watching kamala's face and she's trying to hold it together and then joe biden is just -- it's -- it's actually not funny. what i think is ridiculous and maybe that's why i'm laughing is that we have to have this conversation, kate. at some point you would think that he would mature. not as a commander in chief but

as an adult. at some point you would hope that for him. and i think that frankly he might end up being a distraction. even the question, in addition to the nervous laugh i just offered, i feel a little anxiety what is he going to do there? make faces like the class clown he is. i shouldn't name call this early, i don't know that that would be a good idea for him to attend, but it would break all kinds of like norms. >> i know. honestly. >> what do you think, kate? >> i think joe biden's answer was telling in that he -- the way he -- i think the way he's trying to bring down the temperature constantly and how he's watching his wording so much. that's most noteworthy. i have no time but one question i want to ask you, you are focused on the senate runoff race in georgia. we have reporting there are big name republicans in georgia that are concerned about what the president might say or do when he's headed down there for a rally tomorrow to rally republicans, they're concerned

his focus on the lies about fraud could be potentially suppressing voter turnout. what do you think this means for democrats? are you happy that donald trump is coming down to georgia tomorrow? >> i'm sorry i'm not happy no matter where donald trump goes. but i will say this, what i'm most concerned about is that, as a black woman, and knowing how much work i did in the general, as a black woman and having sister friends working diligently on that race in georgia, what is most important to me no matter how people vote kate is they know the importance of their vote and they know -- and they can, hopefully, trust in the electoral process. so anyone undermining that is a tremendous problem. taking this full circle back to where we started, black women are going to be working really hard on that runoff and like we're expected to win those elections we need to be in positions of power in this administration so that we can help joe biden and kamala harris

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the november jobs report is out and it's a big disappointment and a troubling sign that the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is slowing down. the u.s. added just 245,000 jobs in if november. let's get to christine romans for more on this. what do these numbers mean? >> it means the job recovery is slowing and slowing quickly. normally 245,000 jobs would be good news but when you look at the chart you see there's still a deep hole. we lost more than 22 million jobs in march and april and trying to dig out of it we're digging out more slowly and there's some economists that think we could lose more jobs next month. the unemployment rate fell to

6.7%. on the surface it looks like a good number you want to see it coming down from the awful peak but one of the reasons is concerning. because 400,000 people dropped out of the labor market. we've seen 4 million people leave the labor market since february those are predominantly women and baby boomers. there's a lot going on here that's troubling. also more evidence that the k shape recovery, business and information services, transportation warehousing these are the jobs being added but you're losing jobs in retail and and leisure and hospitality. >> pandemic assistance is set to end at the end of the month. does this report put any pressure on congress to fix that? >> this should be flashing red lights, they should have their hair on fire on capitol on what this tells us. we're in a job hole that's 9.8 million jobs and the benefits for those people to get

by, pay their bills, the bene t benefits start running out. you have assistance for renters running out, moratoriums for mortgage holders. all these things are coming at the same time, it's a fiscal cliff, a financial aid cliff for americans, congress needs to move. let's get to capitol hill, see if anybody's hair is on fire other than manu raju's at all times. he's joining me now because lawmakers have not acted for months. there apparently are signs things are heating up for a covid relief bill. i have to tell you, i'm still skeptical after such failure for so many months. >> reasons to be skeptical. it's difficult to get a deal but there is momentum behind any package right now that's smaller in scope than what democrats have been pushing for some time. remember democrats advanced a more than $3 trillion bill in may, it passed the house, republicans in the senate refused to move on it.

then negotiations happened between the speaker and secretary steve mnuchin. the speaker moved down to $2.2 trillion. and right before the election the white house moved up to $1.8 trillion, that still was too high for republicans. that all broke down. right now they're talking about a package around the idea of $900 billion that is being discussed. and so obviously a lot less than what the speaker wanted. just moments ago, the speaker had defended her handling of this. she said all of her decisions led to the position they're in right now. but i asked why did she refuse to take half a loaf, when months again she said should wuld not do it, why not do it now. >> months ago you said -- >> don't characterize what we did before as a mistake, as a preface to your question. if you want an answer. that was not a mistake. it was a decision, and it's taken us to a place where we can do the right thing without

other, shall we say, other considerations in the legislation that we don't want. now, that is it. >> reporter: so she said it was not a mistake and she's pointing to what she called a quote game changer, the fact that joe biden will be the next president of the united states that there's going to be a focus on doing a big covid package in the beginning of the new congress. so there's optimism that a smaller deal that pelosi has resisted for some time could come together. mitch mcconnell more than what he wants, could come together. the hope is to tie it to a bill to keep the government open by the end of next friday. see if they can do that because a lot of division remains here. >> that's the only way they get it done. a must pass bill, get it done, and then get out of town. what's it like to get a coronavirus vaccine? we'll talk to one couple who are both volunteers in a vaccine trial. - [narrator] grubhub perks give you deals

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americans have been killed, 14 million americans over that have been infected. and tens of thousands of people have stepped up and volunteered for these critical vaccine trials, without which the country would not be on the cusp of good news finally in the fight against this virus. so what is it like to get the coronavirus vaccine? these are the people who know. joining me right now are two volunteers who took part in pfizer's trials, karen and steve. thank you for coming on to speak with me. a big question that everyone wonders is why did you want to volunteer? >> just probably public service, doing our part. and we both -- my mother, steve's parents have people that are in -- at an at-risk age or state and felt it was important for us to help expedite this. >> plus we're both healthy and

in an age group i think they were interested in having tested. we're both late middle age, so figured we'd be good participants. >> honestly, you don't give yourselves enough credit at all. you went above and beyond to put your health at risk. you didn't know and you put yourselves out there to do this. it truly is a wonderful patriotic thing you did. one thing you don't know as far as my best understanding is who got the vaccine and who got the placebo. i'm told you have a guess because steve you did suffer side effects from the vaccine. can you describe what you felt? i know a lot of folks are wondering what they're going to go through potentially when they get the shot. >> my family thinks i had a bad reaction to the saline but it felt a lot like a flu shot or

the shingles shot, a little soreness in the arm for the first one and the second one i had some mild for about 24 hours, felt a tad under the weather. nothing severe. but compared to karen and then our daughter also was a participant, they didn't feel any symptoms. so we're guessing i guess the real stuff and karen and stephanie may not have. >> also, i was going to mention that. it's not just the two of you, it's your daughter as well who took part in the clinical trial which is just remarkable. when you say just kind of mild symptoms, something that would, if we were all going back into the office if you will, something that would keep you home from work or something you notice but you didn't really impact your day would you say? >> give me a great excuse to be on the couch but would not prevent me from going to work. just mild symptoms, a little bit of muscle ache and tiredness. >> your daughter also took part in the trial. did you have any concerns as a

family unit having so many people in the family taking part in the trial? >> i don't think we even thought about that. it was just something we all said they need participants. why wouldn't we. and we didn't have a reason not to. >> i think -- we were part of the phase three portion. so, you know, obviously a lot of the science was completed in phase one and two, and as you mentioned, we were one of thousands that participated in phase three, so obviously that mitigated some concerns. >> this has been made all the more real for you because you told us that your mother, your mom, karen, just tested positive for covid yesterday. she's in a long-term care facility. how is she doing and has this changed kind of your perspective on this whole thing? >> it just made me realize how important this is for so many.

because we have so many elders in long-term care facilities and nurseing facilities across the country. yes, i got the phone call yesterday evening from her residents that she had had a positive test. but she's doing fine. she has no symptoms. she's really not even aware. she's a dementia patient in a memory care unit. they're taking great care of her. those are the true heroes in my book. >> 100%. you have joined the ranks of them for me and a lot of people watching. what's your message, if you could, if you thought about it, to fellow americans who are right now hesitant to get the vaccine? >> over come that hesitation and get vaccinated. like many of us, we've been inside for many months my parents have not been outside

and have many more months to go before they'll be able to reenter their social lives, get vaccinated and break the cycle. >> and our 26-year-old daughter said the same thing, this is the only way this will get -- we'll get out of this lockdown. >> karen, steve, i always say this at the end of segments, i really truly mean it, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. still ahead, cnn just spoke to every living u.s. vice president about the events that shaped their time in the white house. the advice they have for vice president-elect kamala harris. that's coming up. proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference.

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history will be made when joe biden and kamala harris take office on january 20th. biden becomes one of the few vice presidents to become commander in chief and kamala harris becomes the first black female. cnn looks at the vice presidents from all the men who held the office and their bosses. abby phillips has a preview. ♪ >> when senator kamala harris became vice president-elect kamala harris she delivered to the nation several historic firsts the first african-american, first asian and first female vice president-elect. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. >> the vice president's role

varies with every administration but there is one trait most have in common, political expertise. harris served as san francisco district attorney, california attorney general and senator for the nation's most pope louse state and she'll bring >> i'd like to ask you. >> as a member of the judiciary and intelligence committees, harris was at the forefront of some of the most consequential hearings of the last four years. >> she's ready to do this job on day one. >> while harris will assume office on january 20th with no formal blueprint for how to perform the job, president-elect biden did offer something of a framework during his time serving under president obama. >> he asked me what i wanted, most importantly. i told him i wanted to be the last person in the room before he made important decisions. >> biden says being a key trusted adviser was one of the most important factors he was looking for as vice president. >> i ask kamala harris to be the

last person in the room, challenge my assumptions if she disagrees. >> she attacked his record working with segregationist senators to oppose busing decades earlier. >> you know, there was a little girl in california part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bussed to school every day. and that little girl was me. >> once a political rival, harris will now be in the white house as biden's right hand, and in her new role offering a lesson to the nation's children. >> dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and see yourselves in a way that others may not simply because they've never seen it before. but know that we will applaud you every step of the way. >> kate, it is not often a former vice president actually ascends to the presidency in the

way that joe biden has, so he has some clear views about what he wants his vice president to do and he was asked by jake tapper in an interview yesterday about the role that kamala harris would play. he said that anything that falls on his plate that he cannot take on would be given to his vice president in the same way it was for him, and kamala harris herself said that we are full partners in this job, so you see already how the relationship is starting to shape up between the two individuals, both of whom actually are doing something pretty unusual in american history, especially kamala harris in her history making as first woman vice president in history. >> absolutely. great to see you, abby. thank you. be sure to tune in "president in waiting" tomorrow night, 9:00 eastern, only on cnn. coming up, the u.s. is breaking records on multiple fronts when it comes to covid, including the most devastating, the number of deaths climbing,

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