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

dollars have been donated to stop the steel campaigns to help mr. trump fight the presidential election. that coming up. cnn investigates where all the money is going. thank you for joining me this hour. and there are many ways to measure the explosive spread of coronavirus which is ravaging the united states. there's the day lay tally of new cases. new records set daily. a staggering 1 million americans tested positive in the first five days of december. then there's the soaring death toll. each day it's enough to fill every seat in the kennedy center in washington. a frontline doctor in minnesota describes the crushing emotional burden shouldered by nurses and

physicians. >> i think sometimes when you hear statistics like that, you become numb to what those numbers mean. but for us, you know, the people that are taking care of these patients every single number is somebody that we have to look at and say i'm sorry. there's nothing more i can do for you. and it's just another family we have to call to tell them that their loved ones are going to die. >> the clearest picture is of hospital beds. they're filling up all over the country and filling up fast. as of now, a record 101,000 americans are so sick they need to be in a medical facility. health experts warn the worst is yet to come. los angeles says its hospitals could run out of beds within a month and if that were to happen, the consequences would surely be catastrophic. millions of people in california are facing new stay at home orders as paul explains.

>> 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 these new stricter stay at home orders which means people cannot go to wineries, to nail salons, hair salons, playgrounds and the rest, and they must wear a mask. let's look at where this is being impacted. in southern california and in the san joaquin valley, one minute before midnight sunday the order goes into effect. it's not being embraced throughout california. in fact, let's hear from the sheriff, a river side county, who calls the strict regulations ridiculous. >> while the governor's office and state has threatened action against vie lie or thes, our

sheriff's department will not be used as muscle in the enforcement of the governor's orders. >> the stricter rules effect other parts of california. some bay area counties joining in on the new regulations. and the orders being applauded here by top brass at ucla medical center. they say they need something to help bend this curve somehow, someway, 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. we have a cnn medical analyst who joins me from mill valley california. good to see you. lockdowns like you're seeing in california, there's a lot of criticism because of the damage to the economy.

is it such a binary choice? lives or livelihood? >> thanks for having me. no, it's not binary. well, first of all, i don't think you can solve the problem of the economy until, actually, we throw co-vid into the dust bin of history which we will be doing as the vaccines come on board. but until then, we're going to have two or three or four months that's going to be catastrophic. so the lockdown has prompted mostly by overrunning hospitals with the co-vid cases. we have 100,000 hospital beds occupied by co-vid patients in the united states. there's some communities that just don't have anymore icu beds. what i like about the california stay at home, not lockdown, what i like about it is that they're allowing retail stores and other community activities to stay open, but reduced to 25% or 50%

their capacity, and the trigger for closing down more is when they exceed 85 % of the icu beds being used. once you get to only 15% of beds left, then it's just too dangerous to -- you're almost forced to do a lockdown. >> cnn medical analyst, dr. larry speaking to us a short time ago. >> president trump lost joe biden one month ago. ever since he's kept up a steady drum beat of false claims the election was rigged. he told georgia republicans to vote anyway in the senate runoff elections. he rationalized the contradiction in a tweet. he called the upcoming vote an act of revenge against democrats for denying him a second term. but the event seemed more about the airing of grievances than trying to help two republicans win elections.

>> reporter: president trump came here to georgia seemingly 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 grievances he had about the electoral process, specifically the electoral process here 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. they're going to try to rig this

election, too. >> reporter: president trump spoke for more than 90 minutes in valdosta, georgia. it was just a speech filled with lies. he talked about evidence of fraud and malfeasance in elections in georgia and wisconsin and arizona. much of the claims have been debunked. he played clips from news max and oan that claimed to show evidence of voter fraud. those examples have also been debunked, and he did it to the glee of the crowd that said they wanted the republican candidates to stop the steal. they also asked them to fight for trump. it's not necessarily the message republicans were looking for here tonight. they wanted the president to focus on kelly loeffler and david perdue, the candidates running for the senate. but as is often the practice with president trump, the speech was about him and his hope of trying to overturn an election. a hope not based in any kind of

reality. ryan nobles, valdosta, georgia. thank you for that. the head of the u.s. in america's program at chatham house in london is with us. great to see you. thank you for joining us this hour. >> thank you. >> you saw that. this was a campaign rally, a laundry list of perceived grievances. the president was supposed to get voters mobilized, but could it have accomplished the opposite? can the voters square this contradiction when he says the election process is a fraud but at the same time is urging them to vote anyway? >> it's a contradictory message. this is a president who has not accepted the results certified by enough states that it's a final result. nonetheless, we've seen that having president trump turn up, having him really speak to his base at these rallies, having him on the ticket, turns out voters, and i suspect that just

the fact that shehe's travelled georgia and is speaking to people at length will really spoke enthusiasm and drive voters. nonetheless, he's certainly cast doubt on the legitimacy not only of the presidential election, but on the voting process in georgia. so it's a very tricky game to play, but remember, in the state of georgia, the real game for those runoffs for the two critical senate seats on january 5th is really whether the democrats can get that large turnout that they saw in the state for the presidential election. that's what has changed the outcome in georgia, that has recently gone republican. this is in many ways a dilemma for the democrats even more than for the president and the republicans. >> yeah. i was going to ask you that as my next question. despite biden winning, georgia is certainly still the heart of the bible belt. i live here.

there's a devotion to guns and church and conservative values. it's deeply rooted. how likely is it that these senate seats can flip blue? >> well, i think it's a difficult push. the democrats are certainly campaigning. we've seen obama be directly involved. we know stacey abrams has been critical to the state over many years getting more minority voters registered. i think might now the electorate nationally and in georgia see how high stakes this is, nonetheless, getting two of those seats flipped could be quite difficult, but i think it hangs in the balance as we know. we know also how critical this is for the future of governance, for the biden team. so much of what that team needs to do after january 20th will depend on congress and so much of it is a domestic agenda that effects the interests of a lot of the people in georgia whether it's about spending more unemployment benefits, jobs,

investment and infrastructure. so these are really issues that will hit republicans as well as democrats and it's going to take congress being on board. the biden administration's agenda to get those packages through the congress. >> yeah. i mean, you are right. what happens in georgia will have a significant, significant impact on how the biden administration can move forward on many of its policies. and what it can get done in congress, but what's clear is that whoever wins, mr. trump is going to continue to cast a shadow over this administration. isn't he? >> yes, he is. and many people have taken the saying that trumpism will live long after donald trump. certainly, there are many people who are loyal to him. i think we overestimate the numbers. we saw a lot of districts across the united states vote republican down ballot, but vote against the president. nebraska, the second

congressional district in nebraska is the one i like to talk about. it's my hometown. voted against donald trump and for republicans down ballot. i think that tells us a lot of the republicans would like to see a functioning government. they want to e see real problems solved. the pandemic, we all know the devastation and the death and the economic crisis this has created for so many americans. i think if trumpism is seen to be something that undercuts the ability of the american government to function, it will wither in terms of its support over time. i simply don't think that's where most americans are right now. >> well, with that in mind, and we're talking about republicanism versus trumpism, mr. trump is also, as we know, pressured the georgia governor to overturn the results because he wanted him to, even after the vote was counted three times here. how much credit do you give the georgia republicans for holding the line in a very direct almost

anti-democratic pressure from the president? >> it's been an extraordinary effort. their integrity and maintaining that they checked the election results are legitimate, and as we know, for many individuals this comes with threats to their personal security. this is incredibly dangerous. we know it. we're witnessing it. i think this is the dark side of a president who is not accepting the results. and doing it in such a dangerous way that it not only undermines the legitimacy of the democracy. it slows the transition and the efficacy of that transition. but it really puts a lot of individuals who have done an extraordinary job. it puts their own personal safety and their family's safety at risk. and at a time when they're really trying to manage the election, manage the transition, and really help americans who are suffering with respect to

their health and their own personal economic circumstances. >> yeah. it certainly has been extraordinary to witness all of this, and it's not over yet, that election in the month's time. leslie in chatham house in london. thank you for your expertise. >> thanks for having me. so with global coronavirus cases surging, nations are now anxious for the working vaccine as you well know. so after the break, we'll have the state of play for some vaccination programs around the world. stay with us for that. ready to blow away the rules of volume? new air volume mega mascara by l'oréal paris. a whipped formula and a 'cushiony brush. for mega volume, yet mega light. new air volume mega mascara. by l'oréal paris. you're worth it. is important to me... ...so being diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer... ...made me think of all the things that i wanted to teach my kids. my doctor said i could start on keytruda...

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the world is waiting for a vaccine that could end the pandemic and return our lives to normal. in the u.s. authorization is expected for pfizer's vaccine later on this month. a member of president-elect joe biden's co-vid advisory board warns the full impact won't be felt for some time. >> the impact of the vaccine is going to be at least in the next couple months. i think it is going to be a while before we have manufactured enough doses for everyone who wants to be

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patients this week. >> nervous. excited there's something that can protect us as well as our patients. >> reporter: while the west looks to companies like pfizer, moderna and astrazeneca, innookulations in other parts of the world are underway. russia started a mass vaccine campaign on saturday. the vaccine approved for use even though it's still in phase three human trials raising serious safety concerns which the head of a moscow clinic dismissed. >> we don't have any problems with the vaccine. we have it and it's being delivered regularly just like any other vaccine. >> reporter: the ceo of the rationed direct investment fund says more than 50 countries have already asked 1.5 billion doses of the vaccine. he says a freeze-dried version is in the works so it's easier to distribute to developing countries in africa and asia. bahrain is the second country to

approve the pfizer vaccine. in addition thousands of people in ten countries have gotten the shot by taking part in the ongoing clinical trials. >> translator: we would like to offer anything we can to humanity. this is a simple thing. we hope this pandemic ends and we can return to our normal lives. >> reporter: china has five vaccine candidates in the final phase of clinical trials and says in the coming months, it will ship hundreds of millions of doses to countries around the world. other options also on the horizon, chile began phase three trials of the astrazeneca vaccine on thursday giving priority to health care workers. more choices, better chances to end a pandemic has so far killed more than 1.5 million people worldwide. michael holmes, cnn. we want to find out more

about the developments in europe. we are joined live from london. what can you tell us about what's happening in europe and particularly in the uk. >> reporter: yeah. good morning. look, we are on the eve of a momentous week in the uk. there's a lot of hope. there are a lot of questions, too, and there's going to be a lot of patience needed. hope for all the obvious reasons laid out in the report. it's the beginning of a mass vaccination campaign. it is the biggest vaccination campaign that the country has ever undertaken according to the prime minister. and the country believes that this is going to be the way to beat the pandemic. so that's the hope. and that's fairly obvious, fairly self-explanatory. however, a lot of questions. because we don't know whether this virus stops transmission. it's a huge deal. you were talking about it with doctors yesterday on your show, and this point bears repeating.

if the vaccine protects you from developing severe symptoms, that is great. however, if it does not stop transmission, then it's still your lifestyle is still curbed by this pandemic. it means, for instance, if you're a contact case, if you've been vaccinated but you come into contact, in the uk, you would still have to self-isolate, you may be able to transmit to somebody who is not vaccinated and would suffer complications and possibly die from co-vid. that's a big question mark. the other, how long are you protected with the vaccine? the pfizer vaccine and others when they come online. doctors have been saying at least month, but we don't know how long. with the regular flu vaccine, you have to do it every year. with co-vid, it may require repeating after eight or nine months. we don't know. and there's also going to have to be a lot of patients, because it's going to be months before

this vaccination campaign actually makes a dent in the number of infections and actually brings down the pandemic and the spread of the virus in the country. >> yeah. still so many unanswered questions. a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel. live in london, thank you. coming up, donald trump's election lies are now more than just a distraction. they're also creating financial up side for the president and his allies. how baseless claims are being used to convince supporters to dug in their walletwallets. (harold) twelve hundred strings of lights. (betsy) quarter mile of tinsel. (harold) and real snow all the way from switzerland. (betsy) hmmhm... gonna be tough to top. well played. (vo) add some thrill to your wish list. at the season of audi sales event.

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching cnn. it's 28 minutes past the hour. more now on president trump's efforts to impact the crucial runoff election in georgia. the outcome of which will determine who controls the senate. mr. trump held a packed rally saturday with the republican candidates. it may well have been, the outgoing leader spent much of the time repeating false claims about the presidential election. take a listen. >> i have to say, if i lost, i'd be a very gracious loser. if i lost, i would say i lost, and i'd go to florida and i'd take it easy, and i'd go around and say i did a good job. but you can't ever accept when they steal and rig and rob.

>> to be clear, none of that is based in reality. donald trump did not win. but many of his supporters are buying into the lies literally. how the president is using election falsehoods to rake in big bucks. >> they believe the election was stolen and protested to stop it and donald trump can stay in the white house. amidst the fury fuelled by lies and disinformation is an opportunity to make a buck. conspiracy theorist alex joan who showed up at a recent rally is one of the promoters embracing the chance to cash in using a slogan to help sale male enhancement supplements. others asking for money are more direct. >> that's allie alexander. i've called him a roger stone

want to be in the past story about how roger stone began stop the steal back in 2016. alexander has launched a stop the steal website seeking donations and claiming he doesn't have time to start a stupid nonprofit or llc, so just send him the money. by bitcoin, light coin, papal, cash app. to be used, he says to organize protests across the country like this one in atlanta. how much money are you making on this? >> zero. i'm dedicating my time. >> reporter: how do we know that? >> they're not donors. >> you're from the democratic party. you called me a want to be like a racist [ bleep ]. you're a racist [ bleep ]. >> reporter: since aleck saer's money is going to him, he doesn't have to report what he's collected. it doesn't compare to the millions of dollars being raked in by dozens of believers.

>> i defend him. >> i donate money to donald trump. >> reporter: since election day republicans and the president have taken in $207 million according to trump campaign fuelled by a fraudulent belief the election was stolen. all of it being egged on by an aggressive outreach from supporters. messages like my team has given me a list of patriots who stepped up to help us. i've noticed your name is still missing. my father wants to know who is standing with him. democrats are doing everything they can to steal the election. >> you ever seen anything quite like this before? >> i've seen people try to raise money off of all sorts of crises and problems both fake and real. but i've never seen one like this connected to our elections and challenging the legitimacy of our elections and democracy.

>> reporter: the emails say the donations are being solicited for the official election defense fund, but read the fine print and you see 75% of the money goes to save america. a type of pact with such loose rules the president can even spend it on personal expenses. john scott has been tracking the bogus stop the steal messaging and says there may be lasting impact here beyond money. the conspiracy, organized and motivated by lies, is turning out real protesters. the potential beginning of a new powerful and easily manipulated political movement. >> it represents a core of believers. what are they fed next as calls to action and what's going to happen with the contact lists. >> reporter: a disgruntled trump leaving office with piles of political cash my be just the catalyst they need. >> thank you, drew, for that.

it is election day in venezuela. the country is wracked by political turmoil, especially over who leads the nation. some are calling for a boycott fearing the vote will not be fair. >> reporter: venezuelans are preparing to head to the polls for an election the united states and many citizens here see as rigged. they will be electing a new national assembly. the only branch of government controlled by the opposition. led by the man seen by more than 50 countries as the rightful leader of venn dezuelavenezuela. campaigning this week, the president said his future is in their hands. >> your position says the elections are a -- let's see who wins? if we win, we will continue pushing forward, but if we lose the national assembly, i will step down as president.

>> reporter: there won't be much competition. a win is a given. the majority of opposition parties are boycotting the election on the grounds it's rigged in favor of president maduro and his allies. >> translator: there is no election. what there is is fraud. you can't vote because there is no election. >> reporter: on the ground here many people tell me they won't be voting. they say it's rigged and some simply say they have bigger problems such as looking for their next meal. to entice him, mo d -- >> for those who do not vote, there's no vote. >> reporter: although experts tell me the vote is preor daned, it matters. maduro will have full control of venezuela and guaido, no longer

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welcome back. it's 39 minutes past the hour. the coronavirus pandemic is soaring to new levels here in the u.s. with more than 1 million new cases during the first week of december according to john's hopkins. saturday was the fifth consecutive day where more than 2000 people in the u.s. died from the virus. and those surging cases can lead to surging hospitalizations. on saturday more than 100,000 people were hospitalized because of the virus for the fourth straight day. those numbers translate into patients who have to be cared for by health care workers and the pandemic is taking its toll on them as well. cnn spoke with one doctor in the u.s. getting therapy to cope

with seeing so many patients die alone, and with a nurse urging everyone to wear masks. here's those stories. >> we might not show it if we're interacting with you, but it's so hard. >> reporter: the words of a colorado physician who has had enough. this doctor is one of thousands of health care workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. >> sleep is on short supply right now. >> reporter: a single mom who works with the elderly, she switched to telehealth to keep her patients and herself safe. >> what do you want people to know about the experience of these frontline health care workers including yourself under co-vid? >> um, we might not talk about it, but we know everyone is struggling. we know co-vid changed everybody's lives. it's just been so hard, and 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 be their life or quality of life. because the care -- >> colorado is in the midst of the third pandemic surge. cases and hospitalizations have been breaking records. >> it matters now. one out of 41 people in colorado are contagious. >> more than 14,000 coloradans vp have been hospitalized since the pandemic begun. >> as an er nurse, you hold it back and you want to stay tough for the family and stoic. there's been a lot of tears shed in er rooms during co-vid. we're treating that person dying because they don't have anyone else and they need the grace and that human touch and they need someone to be there when they're taking their last breath.

>> reporter: before the pandemic she said work never caused her to lose sleep. now she regularly has nightmares. how has the co-vid crisis impacted nurses and yourself on a personal level? you're seeing this day in and day out. >> yeah. on a personal level, it's hard. you know, we lean on each other. it's the holidays have been rough for a lot of us. we're not seeing our families. we're doing everything we can to keep the public safe. it's extremely frustrating for us when people are not doing that. >> here on the front lines, this virus is incredibly real. >> reporter: with cases climbing, her employer releaseed this psa. >> please, let's have each other's backs. >> reporter: a message shared. this doctor has seen the devastating effects of care givers of long term care facilities. >> it's so hard on their loved ones and their families. they can't grieve it the way

they should be able to. she's found new ways to cope. a puppy, therapy, and antidepressants. with the virus raging unabated, she worries how much more she and other frontline workers can take. >> i think there's going to be a huge reckoning when things calm down and people get to process what's happened to them. c. >> reporter: cnn, denver. a little bit earlier i spoke to another one of the frontline health care workers. grover street is a travel nurse who goes to hot spots around the u.s. and helps boost staffing at hospitals. the hospitals that need extra staff. he spoke to me earlier from southern california. i began asking him what the experience has been like. >> it's a great opportunity to learn more about the virus and about the way people act, and

the different treatment modalities we're experiencing. it's also interesting to me that some of the hospitals, you know, they approach it differently than other hospitals. not everybody has the same approach. i think if they were to develop an algorithm that could be used for the treatment of co-vid, and health care is always based on evidence-based practice, and when you get an algorithm, then i think that would help treat some of these patients in a better way. >> are you saying there needs to be more consistency? i think you started off in new york and then miami, and now you're in california. you're helping out at different hospitals who need you are you saying there needs to be more consistency across the u.s. in how to manage this? >> yes, ma'am, more consistency in the way they treat it and the approach they do it. now, it's different based on the

patient. not everybody has the same symptoms, and you can't approach the same treatment modalities in one patient versus another. it just depends on the patient. >> you started your career, your medical career as a nurse in the air force. i know we have pictures of you on the frontlines with your military training. how has that helped you? i know our previous guest said this is like a war zone. does it feel like that? >> yeah. it's interesting. and it is that simple fact that people are making that comparison, that is sort of like -- it is a war, and the weapons that we have to use is not guns or grenades or ammo or bombs. it's actually wearing a face mask. that's the weapon to use. that's what we have to do to get better at doing in order to be

able to contain this. and have more control over what's going on in our society. >> from a personal perspective, what's it like? what's been the hardest part about having to parachute into many of these hospitals where the staff needs you so much? what is one of the most difficult things? >> well, i've seen several things with other employees, and staff members. there's a lot of job burnout and different facilities. and you see nurses quit and doctors walk off the job, and they just can't handle the stress level. with me, however, i mean, i've learned to adapt to change. i think that's something the military taught me. i'm always ready to take on a challenge, and it motivates me to see somebody get better. you know? and i've had patients that actually have gotten better, but the majority of the patients that i've taken care of have not

gotten better. >> and what is that like to be with people, particularly if they're dying and you know they're alone? >> you know what? these people are alone in the hospital. they have families. i've been on the phone numerous times letting family members know hey, your mother may not make it tonight, or your father or your loved one. and they have people on the outside, but it's hospital policy and the cdc recommends that we control the population of well people that are coming through the hospital. and to limit visiting hours. there's no visiting hours right now. and to know that their loved ones may go into the hospital one day and not come out, they'll never see them again. you know? and this is happening. >> what do you tell those people who might not leave the hospital and they can't say good-bye properly or have a hug with

their loved ones and you might be the last person they speak to? what do you tell them? >> well, if they're in a position, it depends on the patient now, because i work icu, and if they're intubated, they don't have any reference. you can't really talk to them in that manner, but if they are on bipap, or treatment -- if they're not intubated, you talk to them and just give them a level of confidence that we're here for you. we are your family. and that's just, like, working in every hospital when nurses and doctors get together, respiratory therapists, cnas, all the medical professionals that are working together, we're like a family. and we have to bring it together like a family. and not just us as workers but with the patients as well. we have to accept them and -- it becomes emotional. it's a lot of emotional things involved with this kind of

disease. >> grover street, thank you for joining us. thank you for all the work you've been doing, and no doubt, all the hands you've held over the past few movannths. i hope you keep up your strength and have a beautiful christmas. >> thank you. you too. you're watching cnn. more news after the break. everyone remembers the moment they heard... "you have cancer." how their world stopped and when they found a way to face it. for some, this is where their keytruda story begins. keytruda-a breakthrough immunotherapy that may treat certain cancers. one of those cancers is advanced nonsquamous, non-small cell lung cancer, where keytruda is approved to be used with certain chemotherapies as your first treatment,

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