welcome to all of our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. you're watching cnn. just ahead, the president back out on the campaign trail. donald trump takings his unfounded election grievances to georgia. we'll look at whether his message can help the republican senators. plus stay at home. in just hours tens of millions of californians will be ordered to do just that in a bid to slow the pandemic spread. and what it's like to actually get the coronavirus vaccine. dr. sanjay gupta shares one man's story.

so many americans are now sick with co-vid that hospitals are running short of beds to treat them all. we know that millions of californians will face new stay at home orders in the coming hours to try to slow that infection rate. nationwide, more than a million americans we know have tested positive in the first five days of december. president trump, however, continues to ignore the health crisis gripping the country. instead, he remains fixated on his election loss to joe biden. here's what he said on saturday while campaigning in georgia for two republican senate candidates. if you don't get out and vote, they are going to win. a lot of people, friends of mine, say we're not going to vote because we're angry about the presidential election, and they're friends of mine, great people. they're real friends, and more than just two. there are numerous people.

it's almost like a protest. but if you do that, the radical left wins. okay? >> so more on mr. trump's message in a moment. first, to california. the governor is urging people in his state to hang tough a little while longer. he tweeted on saturday there is light at the end of the tunnel. a vaccine is coming. we can do this. we have the latest on california's deepening health crisis. >> reporter: the number of new cases in california just alarming, shocking, really. let's go right to a graphic and show you. 25,000 new cases in california. more than 10,000 hospitalizations. more than 200 deaths. and all of this helping contribute to stricter stay at home orders which means people cannot go to wineries, to nail or hair salons, playgrounds and the rest and must wear a mask. let's look at where this is

impacted. in southern california and in the san joaquin valley, one minute before midnight sunday it goes into effect. it's not being embraced in california. let's hear from the sheriff of riverside county. >> while the governor's office and state has threatened action against violators, the riverside county sheriff's county department will not be used as muscle against riverside county riz residents. >> some bay area counties joining in on the new regulations and the orders being applauded by top brass at ucla medical center. they say they need something to help bend this curve somehow with all the doctors and nurses facing a tsunami of new patients, also ucla playing

another huge role in the fight against the pandemic. it can store one million vaccines in seven freezers and expects to be able to put shots in people's arms in about two weeks. reporting from los angeles, back to you. >> thank you for that. as we mentioned at the top of the show, despite the worsening pandemic, u.s. president donald trump held a pact pack -- packed largely masked rally. as ryan noble reports the president mostly focussed on himself and the baseless claims of voter fraud. >> reporter: president trump came here to georgia with a goal of helping support the two candidates running in the runoff election here to the united states senate, but he spent far more of his time here in georgia talking about the election that he had just lost than he did supporting those two candidates in their upcoming fight.

president trump went through a laundry list of perceived gree answers against the electoral process, particularly in georgia while at the same time trying to convince his supporters that they need to come out and vote in january. take a listen to this one excerpt of the president's speech where he talked about how he feels that this election was stolen from him. >> they cheated and rigged our presidential election, but we will still win it. we will still win it. we'll still win it. and they're going to try to rig this election, too. >> reporter: president trump spoke for more than 90 minutes in valdosta. it was just a speech filled with lies. he talked about evidence of fraud and malfeasance in elections not just in georgia but in wisconsin and arizona. much of these claims have been

debunked. he even played clips from the conservative news networks news max and oan that claim to show evidence of voter fraud. those have been debunked. they said they wanted the two republican senate candidates to stop the steal and they asked them to fight for trump. it's not the message republicans were looking for tonight. they wanted the president to focus on kelly loeffler and david perdue. as is often the practice with president trump, this speech was all about him and his hope of trying to overturn an election, a hope that is not based in any kind of reality. ryan nobles, cnn, valdosta, georgia. joining me now is a lecturer for university college london. lovely to see you. we heard ryan lay it out. this was a rally. the president's trip was

supposed to get voters mobilized for the georgia runoffs. could we have accomplished the opposite? what do people hear when he says the electoral process is a fraud, but go vote? >> that's a concern for people in dpa georgia. voters will be hearing the message from trump from tthat t election system is flawed. in reality, i don't think that will be the case. we see from trump that it's really the momentum that he brings even more than the message. he is quite clearly still a very strong political force. even if his messaging is more in the fact that votes to support me, to defend me, that is still a galvanizing message for his base and gets a lot of his supporters out to the polls or to vote for him by absentee. i think some of the concerns will be down played as we move forward. >> i want to talk about despite the fact that joe biden won

georgia, i mean, this is still very much the heart of the bible belt. i live here. there's still a clear devotion to guns and church and conservative values. it's deeply rooted. how likely do you think it is that the senate seats will flip blue in ? >> georgia is an interesting state. the demographics are changing with the old and new south. we saw that some together in the presidential election and with biden's slim victory there. but i do think that this is going to be a very close race for both of the senate races. we know that a lot of it is going to come down to voter turnout. of course, voter turnout is always lower in what's just a senate race rather than just the presidential race. but we see both parties getting people to register before the deadline on mont. democratic organizers trying to get the first-time voters to come out again.

at the same time, really going up against, as you said, a state that is historically republican, has not sent a nonrepublican member to the senate in over 20 years. and that is still going to be a challenge for the democrats to overcome. democrats are also, of course, aware that many of the votes for biden were from individuals who would still probably identify as republicans, but just didn't want to vote for trump, especially in some of the suburbs. so it will be hard to flip both those races. >> yeah. certainly. so what we do know is what happens in georgia will have a significant impact on how the biden administration can get things done in congress. so whoever wins those, it's also clear that they continue to cast a long shadow over this administration. >> that's right. and we've heard from both parties that they really see this vote on who will control the senate as being decisive for how the biden administration will move forward. as you noted, however, trump is not going away.

whatever happens with the senate races, we've seen that he still holds a very strong control over gop voters as well as many elected officials in both the house and the senate who see how strong of a residence he still has with his base and with republican voters. i don't think we'll be seeing trump go away regardless of how the senate races turn out. >> our thanks to julie norman lecturer in politics at university college london. the u.s. congress can't really agree so far on what should be included in the next co-vid relief package. talks continued saturday. republicans and democrats are far too far apart. the need is certainly urgent, but sources say a deal could take another week. joe biden has also been weighing in and is urging lawmakers to consider a bipartisan proposal. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden is clear-eyed about the economic situation he will face when he takes office.

and biden is pressing congress to act now to provide relief to americans across the country during this pandemic. biden has embraced that roughly $900 billion bipartisan package being discussed in congress, and says that can be a big start to providing relief. take a listen. >> i'm talking about the folks out there aren't looking for a handout. they just need help. they're in trouble through no fault of their own. we're in a crisis. we need to come together as a nation. we need the congress to act and act now. >> and biden has said that that package will be a down payment. that more relief would need to be provided by lawmakers come the new year, and he believes that despite the division and accra moanny that republicans will want to work together to provide a bigger relief package to americans once he takes office. now, while president trump was campaigning, holding a rally in georgia, biden spent the weekend

here in delaware. he attended church and met with transition advisers. he said he'll travel to georgia before the senate runoff in january. and biden is also preparing for the week ahead where early in the week he is expected to announce more members of his administration including that health team that will help tackle the coronavirus pandemic. cnn, wilmington, delaware. >> there's more to come on cnn including a look at the state of play for some vaccination programs around the world. stay with us for that. robinhood believes now is the time to do money.

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manufactured enough doses for everyone who wants to be vaccinated before we have vaccinated our priority groups so health care workers, nursing homes, staff and residents and others including essential workers. and before we're able to provide vaccination to the general population. >> meantime, many states are learning how many doses they'll get in the first shipments. it's not enough. there won't be enough doses for everyone designated as a priority, frontline health care workers and residents of care facilities. meantime, russia began distributing the vaccine on saturday even though phase three human trials are not complete. and the uk is set to begin its vaccination program this week after becoming the first country in the world to approve the pfizer vaccine. we have an associate professor of molecular vie rolling who joins us now. you're in new castle in england.

it's going to be a big week for all of you in the uk. what excites you about the progress being made about the rollout and the vaccine in the uk in particular? >> i think the most exciting thing is we're going to see those most vulnerable able to receive the vaccine as quickly as possible. and that concludes the aged population for whom fortunately we have seen evidence of the efficacy of the vaccine and also the health care professionals upon which we all rely to make sure we can go about our daily business. as you said yourself, getting enough material out there is going to be a process that's going to take months. so we've got a long road yet. you and i are not going to see this vaccine for a long time. >> but at least as you say the elderly, grandparents, the sick are going to be able to at least get that first line of defense. that's just great news. take all the good news we can get. i'm here in the u.s. the number of infections is just skyrocketing every day. it's almost mind boggling.

with the nature of the virus, some people have suggested that folks might need to start wearing a mask at home just because of the breadth and the depth and the number of infections here in the u.s. what do you say about that? >> home environment is a lot more complex than passing down a corridor of somebody you work with or going into a closed space like a supermarket or a convenient store. you hug people. you kiss people. you share utensils in the kitchen or just the surfaces you share in the kitchen or the bathroom. you sit down on a couch and put your hand on the armrest. there's so many difference sources that you could be contaminated from. and the hel it's where we let o down. it's impossible to prevent transmission inside the home environment unless the person

who is infected is literally segregated in the house to a part where nobody else goes to. if you have a communal toilet or kitchen, you need to have that person come in, then open the windows on their way out so you air the space, and then wipe and clean everything as you come in so that it's safe to operate in that space. and it's not exactly straightforward and easy to make sure you're not going to get infected. >> with the numbers we're seeing in the u.s., one person is dying every thirty-seconds. are you seeing potentially down the line particularly in multigenerational families that elderly people should be told listen, if you're living with younger children or living with your daughter or your son, you should probably be wearing a mask? >> that's a very difficult question. when it comes to public health work, my opinion is that you need to have a top down approach

as well as a bottom up approach. so in this instance, i would suggest that families that are multigenerational should be approached by the local states or municipalities, government, whatever it is. these people should be moved into a facility where they can stay there for a short duration of time to prevent any transmission from members of the family in school. simply put, we have to look after these people. we have care homes for those who can afford them. this is an extraordinary situation. we should try to protect these populations in a much more centralized way. a lot of those families don't have the resources to do so. if we allow the virus to transmit in the community, it's going to be harder to contain this, even with the vaccines. the vaccines take a month to work, roughly. if you don't have the

vaccination or protection against transmission, how are you going to do it? >> when you talk about the vaccines, there's so many different kinds, various companies and also different countries coming up with their own. russia seems to be forging ahead with their vaccine. do you see any safety concerns for many of the russians lining up to take it? >> well, russia hasn't conducted a formal or at least publicly available phase three trial. so unlike what we see here in the west where in 30,000 people per vaccine, we have evidence of lack of any severe adverse events. we're all going to get the swelling and the bumps and maybe a little bit of fever, but that's about it. we're not going to get anything worse than that in the west. in russia we don't know. what has happened in russia is there was a rollout initially among the health care professionals. so perhaps they have some data as to how safe it is. generally speaking, the approach

that they are using is generally safe. i wouldn't be so concerned that it will generate severe adverse from a basic science point of view, there's nothing to suggest we're going to have any kind of risk to the population from that. i think it's good for the russians to just get a 90% effective plus vaccine and try to return to normal as soon as possible. >> as you said for many of us at the bottom of the list, it's going to be several months down the line. always good to speak to you, get your expertise. thank you so much. coming to us live. now that hope of getting a vaccine is closer to reality in many parts of the world, many people want to know what to expect when they actually get the shot. we heard them describe a little bit of what might happen, but here's dr. sanjay gupta on the experiences of one recipient. take a listen. >> that evening was rough. i mean, i developed a low grade fever and fatigue and chills.

>> this man is describing the side effects that he experienced during moderna's co-vid vaccine trial. >> 30 minutes later, i had stiffness, muscle soreness in my left arm. it's like you're punched in the arm. >> when you're going through this process, 22-page consent form, hearing about all the potential side effects, knowing that you're trialing something that we don't have a lot of data on at the time, did you have any second thoughts before taking it? >> honestly, yes. >> it's claiming an efficacy of 94.1%. >> everything is risk versus reward, and when the company announced early data showing over 94 % efficacy, yasser was confident it was worth it. >> it doesn't last long, and the potential of folks not getting this vaccine and infecting people with co-vid, those effects last a lot longer and can be life or death. >> these are early days and the vaccine front runners using a

genetic sequence, a technology that has never before been used in humans outside of a clinical trial. mrna stands for emergency rna. it carries whatever protein you want, in this case the spiked protein the virus uses to enter our cells. these requires require two doses, one to prime, one to boost. a few weeks apart so the body mounts what we hope will be a lasting immune response. one of the biggest concerns now is that the side effects that yasser is describing, fatigue, muscle pain, fever and chills, will deter people from getting the second dose. >> every 10% or 15% of the subjects immunized have noticeable side effects that last no more than 24 to 36 hours. >> do you worry about the impact of the vaccine long term? >> the only thing that gave me some calm was trying to research

the actual vaccine and trying to understand how mrna vaccines work. >> we understand this for sure. you can't get infected from this vaccine. because the vaccine doesn't actually contain the virus. even though these are genetic-based vaccines, they don't alter our dna. and as far as those side effects go, that may even be a good sign. >> that means your immune response is working for you. you should feel good about that and there shouldn't be any difficulty coming back for the second shot knowing you're in a better position to fight off this awful virus. >> for now, yasser is looking forward to his next appointment which is on december 10th. the exact day the fda might authorize the first vaccine for covid-19. >> so i put my name down, because i just felt so helpless. it's public service. i have to do it, because i think mass scale vaccination is the only realistic way out of the pandemic that we're in.

>> still ahead, two runoff elections in georgia will determine who controls the u.s. senate. how president trump is encouraging republicans to vote while also claiming the vote will be rigged. and new england and atlantic, canada are getting pounded by severe weather. it's triggered a bomb cyclone. that's next. you're watching cnn. [ whispering ]

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welcome back to all of our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you're watching cnn and 30 minutes past the hour. more now on president trump's efforts to impact the crucial senate runoff in

elections in georgia. he held a packed rally on saturday for republican candidates there, but it may as well have been for himself. he spent most of the time repeating false claims about the presidential election. and when he did mention the georgia races he spread baseless claims about them, too. >> they cheated and they rigged our presidential election, but we will still win it. we will still win it. we'll still win it. and they're going to try and rig this election, too. >> so with the balance of power in the senate at stake, massive amounts of money are being poured from the races to buy ads. we take a look. >> warnock even hates puppies. >> in the bipartisan battle for georgia senate seats there is uniform agreement about this. >> they're on i would think 75%

of the time. every commercial is an ad, a campaign ad. >> it's too much. it is too much. >> oh, my god. i'm tired of it. >> reporter: we can't even get through our interview -- >> there's another one. >> it's all -- it's too redundant, if you will. i get tired of seeing people bashing people. >> reporter: they should all prepare for more. >> jon ossoff has dedicated his career. >> reporter: ossoff enlisted the help of one of his party's most potent political forces. >> if we vote like our lives depend on it because they will, we will elect jon ossoff. >> reporter: ossoff's opponent is republican senator david perdue. >> if jon ossoff wins, they control washington, but georgia can stop them.

>> reporter: the other republican incumbent, kelly loeffler is fiercely attacking her opponent. >> warnock is a radical, wrong and dangerous. >> reporter: reverend warnock and alvin the beagle responded. >> what i think georgians will see her ads for what they are, don't you? >> reporter: total ad spending crossed $300 million. spending by the incumbents and republican backers topped the democrats by $50 million. the georgia runoffs are the most expensive senate races of the 2020 cycle. but the campaign legal centers brendan fischer offers this warning. >> voters are exhausted. they've just been through a hotly contested presidential race. they just voted in november and may not be motivated to vote again in january. >> especially when this waitress

is just trying to survive financially during co-vid. >> it doesn't make sense. to come home from work and watch that is even more depressing. it's polarizing. >> jon ossoff in speaking with reporters said he fully expects to be outspent in the ad war, but he does intend to win at the ground game. cnn, atlanta. president trump has just 45 days left in office, and now we're learning more about how he's planning to use one of his most significant powers, granting pardons. jeremy diamond explains it's not whether he can an solve crimes but who can benefit. >> reporter: as president trump nears the end of his presidency, the white house has been abuzz with meetings about potential pardons. the white house counsel has been leading a series of meetings about who president trump will pardon in his final days in office. and the question here, though,

isn't so much about how many people the president will pardon. he's actually used his pardon power less than previous presidents but it's about the nature of the pardons. president trump has been far more willing to go outside the norms of what these pardons actually look like. using them to doll out rewards for his political allies as he did in the case of the former national security adviser michael flynn. that was a highly controversial pardon the president issues a week and a half week, and he's granted pardons outside the normal bounds of the justice department's pardon office. circumventing these procedures and favoring appeals from high profile celebrities. our sources told us the president is considering more controversial pardons for his political allies and there's also a quiet lobbying campaign by some including the president's attorney rudy giuliani for preemptive pardons. pardons issued on the basis of any potential crimes that may have been committed. and some names that are also

coming up are the president's children. there's a lot of discussion inside and around the white house right now about the potential for president trump to issue some of those preemptive pardons for himself and for his family members which would, of course, be highly controversial. now, it's notable, of course, that the president is looking at these pardons, clear-eyed about the fact that he has a limited amount of time remaining in office. but, of course, that hasn't stopped the president from continuing to allege that this 2020 election was rigged despite a total lack of evidence of any widespread voter fraud. and one of the reasons why is that president trump has been able to fundraise massively off of this. raising more than $207 million since election day for himself, for his campaign, for the rnc as well as for a political action committee that the president will use in the coming months after his presidency to continue to maintain influence over the

republican party and his loyal voter base. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. and a powerful winter storm is now plowing through the north eastern coast. the storm has become a bomb cyclone with some areas under nearly a foot of snow. 190,000 homes and snow are without power in maine and more than 2 million people in new england are also under winter storm weather alerts. for more on that, i want to go derek van dam. this doesn't look pretty at all. what can you tell us? >> reporter: you know, that's the less than ideal situation to be waking up this morning with no electricity, especially with the frigid temperatures in place behind this nor'easter. you talk about a bomb cyclone. we don't just throw that term around loosely as a meteorologist. storms have to meet a specific criteria to actually become classified as a bomb cyclone. we measure the strength of storms or low pressure systems

by pressure or millibars. and a storm in order for it to be a box cyclone needs to drop 24 millibars in 24 hours nature shows it strengthened rapidly and that's what this nor'easter did. you can see on the satellite how quickly the storm evolved. the curly q is the center of the bomb cyclone, quote unquote. there's a lot of wind and energy associated with the deepening and strengthening storm. it's deepens 27 millibars in 24 hours. far exceeding that qualification standard for bomb sigh locyclon. that's why the wind gusts have exceeded hurricane force. that's bringing down trees and limbs from trees. so power lines are coming down as well. that's why we have nearly 200,000 customers without power. there's the winter weather advisories. they're expiring from west to east. snowfall totals here have exceeded a foot in some

locations. especially across interior portions of massachusetts. now, what's next? well, you can see the snow band has exited boston. they're going to remain clear through the course of the day. they can shovel out the snow west of the city center. others get the brunt of the hefty snow as well as northern new england. if you're in maine, you have another six to 12 hours of hefty snow and winter-like conditions. it's a winter wonderland out there. >> thank you. you're watching cnn. still to come as vaccine rollouts pick up speed, we'll look at why scientists are still cautious over the spiking numbers. there's that and much more. what's inside airborne?

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as countries prepare for a rollout of coronavirus vaccines, the world health organization warns the pandemic is far from over. there are more than 66 million cases around the globe and more

than 1.5 million people have died. tokyo had 580 new infections on saturday. severe cases across japan are up with some 520 people in intensive care. i want to take a closer look at developments in europe. for more on that, i'm joined by seril. what the k you tell us. >> reporter: it's a mixed picture when you look at europe. in the uk it's go-time. it's vaccine delivery time this week with the first injections set to start on tuesday, that's in wales and in scotland, and also during the course of the week in england in northern ireland, although we don't know the day. the doses are already in country. they're being distributed to the 50 or so centers in england. they're going to serve as vaccination hubs, personnel are being trained as to how to deliver those doses. and that's going to start in a few days. we're not going to see a big

difference arising from the vaccinations as to the actual infection numbers and the lifestyle in this country and potential lockdowns that may still come in the uk. we're not going to see a difference for probably three months until spring. so you have to hang tight. but it is starting and that is good news for everybody with the british press this morning speculating the queen may get a public injection or rather, that it may be made known that the queen will get an injection in a few weeks to increase the level of acceptance within the general public of this vaccine. that's the uk. in germany. vax n vaccines set to start in maybe a few weeks. the talk is all about trying to contain a surge of co-vid. they've had a fairly light lockdown since the end of october, and they have managed to cap the exponential rise in

infections. they're not decreasing infections. this week we saw the highest number ever of deaths since the pandemic of the pandemic with 483 on friday. a different picture, robin, depending on what european country you're looking at. >> thank you for the update from london. chief negotiators from the european union and the uk are hoping to break the dead locke on a post brexit trade deal. they're meeting in brussels today. key differences remain. and the european commission president says no agreement is possible if they're not resolved. let's stay in london and go to nic robertson who joins me now on meetings that are being described as the last roll of the dice. >> reporter: yes. and i think there is that feeling to it. certainly, you know, we've heard so many metaphors. the negotiates, at least particular sticking points as well on the terms of phishing, the terms of what is called the

level playing field that british government doesn't subsidize companies that would undercut european companies and also the regulations that would govern the outcome of any agreement made. we've heard talk about this. the last roll of the dice, the deadline is coming close. the fact that the negotiators had to hit the pause button and push it up to political leaders as well as boris johnson to have a telephone conversation before they could move forward is an indication of just how sort of apart and the need of political guidance on this there was. i think when you look at issuing the joint statement that downing street has released as well, it's hard to try to read which way they think this is going. take a look. >> we welcome the fact that progress has been achieved in many areas.

now the less significant defenses remain on the three issues, level playing field, governance, and fisheries. both sides underline that no agreement is feasible if these issues are not solved. >> so using the gambling anal y analogi analogies, the last roll of the dice here, that's a poker face. right? that's where the negotiators are at right now. they're looking each other in the eyes or will be later today, and they want to know who blinked. what she's saying is if neither side blinks, there's no deal. >> there is a big game of chicken going on. but with that in mind, there's been a lot of criticism if you read the uk of the way the europeans have dealt with this, and particularly the french. >> there is a real feeling here. i think it was always going to come to this. that where there was disagreement, and a necessity from a political point of view

here for boris johnson as well, to be able to say to his hardliners, we've gone as far as we can go, it's not our fault. they're hard line on the other side, moving the goal post. a deal is important. we need to get one. there is a sense that the other side isn't playing fair from the european perspective. the perspective is, well, you look, you chose to leave the european union. if you want this sort of tariff-free access and zero access you want to have to the european union, you have to sign up to tough principles. that's our position. the moment here plays for boris johnson both ways. one, it says look, they're not being fair, the other side also says i'm trying as hard as i am to get the best deal, but we're going to have to make some compromise, but we're not hearing the word compromise yet, so there's another phone call on

monday after the second day of negotiations expected tomorrow. everyone will be looking at that. will that be another roll of the dice? >> well, let's see. there's been a few of those games. playing a lot of poker as well as you're saying. i think you might have a busy few days ahead of you. >> you're watching cnn. still to come. >> i don't want to say it's been harder for us than it has for everybody else, but the truth is, it has. >> for many care givers and families, the holidays will be lonelier after losing someone to the coronavirus. we'll look at some of the precious lives lost in the pandemic. with mucinex all-in-one you've got unbeatable relief from your worst cold and flu symptoms. so when you need to show your cold who's boss, grab mucinex all-in-one...

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co-vid has certainly turned the holidays from joyful celebration into a season of mourning for many thousands and thousands of families. we take a look at the pandemic's devastating mental impact. >> reporter: this woman, a seasoned nurse and instructor in oklahoma, lost her husband dennis and her mother to coronavirus in the span of three days. she describes the moment she got in her husband's ear and told him he was about to die. >> they started giving him

morphi morphine. i turned him over and rubbed his back and said i love you. he said i love you. and i said you're going to go now. okay? you can finally get peace. he said oh. and then he took his last breath about 30 minutes later. i bath bathed him and cut his hair and put clothes on him. and then i left him. there was nothing else. i couldn't stay with either one of them. >> the staggering figures on can have casualties don't illustrate the pain of people like quincy drone and lastasha who lost their five-year-old hours after she tested positive. >> as parents, you never expect to see your daughter in a coffin. you never expect to see your daughter in the emergency room with her eyes wide open staring at the ceiling dead. >> this comedian who went by the stage name joe alchoa showed his

bamgt. zblim in a battle i won't win unless i luck out. unless i get lucky. >> reporter: as his condition worsened, he struggled to speak. >> god bless you guys. much love. good morning. >> reporter: he lied just hours after delivering that message. the toll on frontline health care workers devastating. >> i don't want to say it's been harder for us than it has for everybody else, but the truth is it has. it has. it's not the same. it's not the same when you feel responsible for people's -- whether it's their life or quality of life, because you care. >> we are treating that person dying like our loved one dying because they don't have anyone else and they need that grace and that human touch and they need someone to be there. when they're taking their last breath. >> you've got to wonder if

people have, having gone through this type of trauma, what their empathy levels are going to be like in the future. >> reporter: this doctor found that empathy on thanksgiving day at his houston hospital. this photo of him comforting an elderly patient who was crying because he couldn't see his wife went viral. >> some of my nurses will start crying in the middle of the day. they see one patient die and soon thereafter they see another one. and the problem is we don't see an end in sight. >> reporter: and there are serious concerns about the long-term effect this pandemic will have on health care in america decades from now. my cnn colleagues and i have spoken to two hospital executives in recent days who say they're really worried about doctors and nurses leaving the profession because they're so burned out, and they're worried about the difficulty they may have in recruiting people to come into the profession in the future. cnn, washington. >> thank you for that. please stay safe. wear a mask.

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welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching cnn. just ahead on the show in a few hours, millions of americans will face new stay at home orders aimed at curbing the pandemic. why the crisis in california has pushed state officials to take that step this. plus the president visits battle ground georgia. donald trump rallied support for the state's republican senators but will the mixed messaging help get the vote out. hundreds of millions of