hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, after days of public events, president trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, is now in the hospital after testing positive for covid-19. the latest on his condition. this as sweeping new restrictions hit california. most of the state's residents are now under stay-at-home orders as many hospitals rapidly approach capacity. and the uk prepares to launch the country's biggest ever vaccination program to

fight the coronavirus. a live report from london coming up. good to have you with us. well, across the u.s., the coronavirus is raging as cases spike and hospitalizations reach record highs. on sunday, the u.s. reported more than 175,000 new cases. that's according to johns hopkins university, and in just the first five days of this month, it reported more than 1 million cases. it took 100 days to reach that same milestone when the pandemic first began, and as cases rise, so do hospitalizations. that figure rose to a record more than 101,000 on sunday. that's according to the coviz tracking project. all of this has so many

anxiously awaiting the authorization of a vaccine. the u.s. health secretary says that could come very soon. >> i'm very clear i'm going to defer to the fda career scientists on this. i'm going to protect the independence of that decision making. i don't know of any reason why the system is in any way off track. if things are on track, the advisory committee goes well, i believe we could see fda authorization within days, but it's going to go according to fda's gold start practices. >> california is now battling a record number of new infections and hospitalizations. more than 30,000 new cases were reported on sunday. now, new restrictions are in effect for tens of millions of people in an attempt to curb the virus's spread. among those now hospitalized with covid-19 is president donald trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani. the 76-year-old was admitted on sunday after the president

announced he had tested positive. in a tweet, giuliani said this, i'm getting great care and feeling good, recovering quickly and keeping up with everything. cnn's jeremy diamond has more on his condition. >> reporter: well, the coronavirus has struck once again inside president trump's inner circle. this time the former new york city mayor, and the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani testing positive for the virus. the president announced the news in a tweet on sunday. now, he didn't provide many details about giuliani's condition, but a source familiar with the matter told me a few hours after the president's tweet that mayor giuliani was indeed admitted to the hospital r , admitted to georgetown university hospital here in washington, d.c., a sign that clearly his condition was serious enough to at least warrant hospitalization. giuliani of course is 76 years old and in that higher risk category. over the past week, what we have seen in giuliani is him engaging in the kind of behavior that you

certainly shouldn't engage in during this coronavirus pandemic especially when you're in the higher risk category. giuliani was crisscrossing the country, visiting key states in an attempt to overturn the results of the election. on thursday, he was in atlanta, georgia, at the capital, shaking hands, hugging people, taking pictures with folks in close quarters. all of this not wearing a mask. this is the kind of reckless behavior, again, that not only puts mayor giuliani at risk but that puts other folks at irisk. now that he has tested positive, a lot of those people could be infected with the virus. mayor giuliani, we don't have many updates on his condition but his son did take to twitter on sunday saying quote, my dad, rudy giuliani, is resting, getting great care and feeling well. thank you to all the friends who have reached out concerned about his well being. and giuliani is just the latest person in the president's inner circle to test positive for the virus. we have seen dozens of people

close to the president testing positive. you can contract the virus being as careful as possible, many around the president have disregarded public health guidelines, rejecting the wearing of masks, and none other than the president himself has continued to disregard those public health guidelines and hasn't done anything amid this deadly surge of the pandemic to encourage americans to take those steps. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. voters in the u.s. state of georgia are holding some powerful political cards right now. in less than a month, two runoff elections will decide whether republicans keep control of the u.s. senate. and sunday was debate night for republican senator kelly loeffler and her democratic opponent, raphael warnock. ryan nobles tells us how it went. >> reporter: it was a very important contest, raphael warnock and kelly loeffler, two

of the candidates in the runoff in their first debate. raphael warnock attacking loeffler for convenient stock exchanges that took place after she became united states senator. loeffler consistently and often called warnock a radical liberal over and over throughout the course of the debate. it was loeffler who found herself in a bit of an awkward position. that's when the moderators pressed her on whether or not she agreed with president trump's unfounded claims about the way the election was conducted. she was asked directly whether or not she grows with the president that it was rigged. >> senator, did you believe the election was rig sged. >> it's very clear there were issues in this election. there are 250 investigations open, including an investigation into one of my opponent's organizations. you know, for voter fraud, and we have to make sure that georgians trust this process

because of what's at stake in this election. you know, the promise that chuck schumer made was to fund mainta mentally change america. >> reporter: trump supporters are going to be an important part of the base of the republican vote here. desperately want her to embrace the president's claims, but there are independent voters and certainly democrats that might be turned off by all of that. there are two runoffs but only one debate. in the other contest between david perdue and jon ossoff, the republican chose not to show up. as a result, the debate organizers, the atlanta press club and georgia public broadcasting put an empty elector off the stage, and ossoff took questions for 30 minutes. ryan nobles, cnn, atlanta. the u.s. attorney general is considering quitting his post before president trump leaves office. that's according to a source who

says william barr is unhappy with the how the president is handling things. there's been tension between the two after barr said the justice department found no evidence of widespread election fraud. two white house officials tell cnn that mr. trump has considered firing barr but was advised against it. president-elect joe biden is expected to nominate california's attorney general to lead the department of health and human services. if confirmed by the senate, javier bacerra would serve a critical role in the response to the pandemic. cnn's arlette saenz reports. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden is rolling out members of his health team at the start of this week, and that is expected to include his choice to lead the department of health and human services. sources tell cnn that the president-elect is expected to nominate california attorney general javier bacerra to lead hhs. this will be a very important

role as the biden administration starts planning out their response to the coronavirus pandemic. now, bacerra has served at the attorney general of california, and led the legal efforts to try to protect the affordable care act. he is also a latino, and if confirmed would the second latino appointed to biden's cabinet so far. the fifth person of color appointed to the cabinet, and that is welcome news to people, groups like the congressional hispanic congress, which has been lobbying for more latino representation within the highest ranks of the administration. biden is also expected to announce other members of his health team during this week. we have learned that jeffrey zeints is expected to be named as covid, tackling the pandemic is the top priority, arlette

saenz, cnn, wilmington, delaware. in california, officials hope the new restrictions in place will help curb the spread of covid-19, but those measures will also be putting new pressure on some businesses forced to close their doors. cnn's paul vercammen has the details. >> in all of these stay-at-home orders now being enacted in california, one of the rules is no more outdoor dining in the southern california region, in the san joaquin region and much of the bay area. for these restaurant owners, it has been awful and worse for the employees. right behind me, the closed down pineapple hill, saloon and grill in sherman oaks. the owner went viral with one of her messages, one thing that is absolutely crushing for her is telling employees that they do not have a job for the holidays. >> it's unbearable. i mean, you try to put on a good face. you try to say, don't worry, we're going to reopen, i'm going to make it happen.

but to look at my staff, give them their last paycheck right before christmas, and some of them are newer staff that has been shut down over and over. their unemployment is running out, and they have kids and children, it's the most excruciating feeling. >> there's no options. there's no options for our entire industry, and it's not because we're trying to stay on unemployment and sit on that. mine is almost out, and i have no idea -- i have no idea what i'm going to do. >>. the owner at the saloon and grill telling me she has explored the possibility of takeout but the numbers don't add up by trying to stay open for takeout and delivery only. reporting from sherman oaks, i'm paul vercammen. joining me from los angeles is dr. robert kim followley, a professor at the ucla fielding school of public health and the

former director of communicable disease control and prevention at the los angeles county public health department. thank you, doctor, for joining us and everything you do. >> always good to be with you, thank you. >> thank you. most of california under stay-at-home orders in an effort to control this virus. it is of course a delicate balancing act trying to protect citizens while not damaging the economy too drastically. would the strict enforcement of mask wearing better serve the state or is it this lock down absolutely necessary at this time? >> at this time, with the amount of surge, in fact, i'm not calling it a viral tsunami that is hitting it us, we really need to pull out all the stops to be able to stop the tsunami and again, there flatten the curve. we are experiencing a situation such that here in southern

california, only something like 10.3 of our icu beds are now available. >> yeah, the numbers are absolutely shocking. of course, on the national stage, president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for covid-19. he certainly sounds like he's feeling well at this point. he has ignored health guidelines and after coming into close contact with many people in atlanta last thursday and in the days that followed, many others have now been exposed to the virus as well. what do those people need to do, and how bad could this prove to be for giuliani given he is 76 years old with some very serious underlying health issues. >> certainly. as we all wish for anyone speedy heal health, the situation for him, he is elderly, 76, in the sense that's a higher risk group. i hope that mainly your

viewership takes away the message that look, masking is importa important, and that this disease can affect anyone, no matter what level you're at. we need to wear our masks, practice physical distancing. that's the only way we can really stop this from being a catastrophe as we see around the country. everywhere is going up at the same time now. we think that we need to double down on our efforts, hang in there, because as an earlier speaker mentioned, we have a light at the end of the tunnel now with vaccines on their way. we all need to just step up one more time here and turn this around again. >> and our thanks to dr. robert kim farley joining us there from los angeles. and still ahead, preparing to rollout the vaccine. we head to the united kingdom where an important new week in the battle against covid-19 has just begin. begun.

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welcome back, everyone. well, it is the start of a very busy week in the united kingdom, which is preparing to roll out covid vaccinations in tuesday in

some parts of the country. sarah joins us live from 10 downing street. this is very exciting, of course, and much anticipation as the uk prepares to vaccinate. how is this going to work as the rest of the world watches on? >> reporter: good morning to you, rosemary, in some sense, the immunization has begun. it's all about logistics. yesterday and today, the doses of the vaccine that have been in country three or four days now have been dispatched across the country. 50 hospital centers are receiving them in england. there are going to be more hospitals in scotland, northern ireland and wales who will be getting them. they expect by tomorrow they'll be able to start delivering the very first jabs. rosemary, we have discussed this. there's a major logistical challenge involved.

the vaccine that has been approved and dispatched is the pfizer biontech vaccine that must be kept or stored at minus 70 degrees celsius at all times. according to the nhs in england, it can only be moved within that temperature four times, and then if you keep it at a higher temperature, a fridge, a regular fridge, it only survives for four to five days. that makes it hard to actually transport around the country. the hospitals that get those doses will be vaccinating patients that are already in the hospitals as a matter of priority. 80-year-olds who are outpatients or inpatients will be offered the vaccine first. the plan, that was not the plan, rosemary, the plan had been to vaccinate care home residents as a matter of priorities. because of the logistical challenges of getting the doses to the care homes, that's not going to be happening, then the immunizati

immunizati immunization campaign is rapidly going to expand, and the staff of care homes are going to be invited. at risk health care workers are going to be invited to get the vaccination, and from there, it will keep expanding and move from the hospitals to include primary care facilities and local doctors that will start as of next week, delivering the vaccine, rosemary. >> absolutely, and some incredible challenges there, but we'll be watching on very closely to see how it goes. many other countries wanting to follow suit, cyril joining us from downing street. and german says it could spend $7 billion. fred pleitgen is in berlin and joins us now, live. fred, what's the latest on all of this? >> reporter: well, the governor of that state, the state of ba

var bavaria was just on state. the state is putting in tough new lock down measures that essentially don't allow people to go out of their houses. they have to have good reasons to leave their houses at all, for instance, going to work, going grocery shopping or for instance going for sports outside. this comes as the whole of the country still faces somewhat of a difficult situation. essentially the german government is acknowledging the partial lock down measures that have been in place so far and are going to be in place until january 5th. they have managed to flatten the curb of new infections but the new infections aren't going down. i have been looking at the numbers, 12,300 new infections that the german center for disease control has recorded for today. that's about 1,200 more than on monday of last week. so you can see the numbers certainly aren't going down. so there are some who believe that other german states could follow suit, could also tighten

those restrictions. germany looking toward christmas. they wanted to have easing toward christmas. that's looking more and more difficult for this country. one of the things they are preparing full scale for, and we have been reporting about this over the course of all of last week is the beginning of those vaccinations, already putting vaccination centers in place throughout this entire country to hit the ground running when the vaccine becomes available. late last night, the chief of staff of angela merkel was on a show of germany's largest newspaper, the build newspaper, and there he says he believes the very beginning of next year is when you'll start seeing that mass vaccination campaign kick off in this country. >> those vaccination centers very impressive and it really helps in the problem of keeping it at the temperatures that are required and bringing the people to the vaccinations. many thanks to you fred

pleitgen. the israeli prime minister is warning of a third coronavirus wave as gaza is seeing a surge in cases. oren liebermann is in jerusalem. he joins us now. what's behind this latest surge in cases and how are authorities responding? >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu gave a warning saying the country is at the beginning of a third wave of infections as the country, economy and schools are trying to and continue to reopen. it's not clear yet what's driving this latest wave of infections as more and more cities here are declared red cities with limitations. abo about 1,200 new cases yesterday. and a thousand new cases most days last week. the positivity rate of testing is steadily on the rise from 1.9 a week ago to 3.9% other the weekend. those are troubling numbers coupled with the number of swore

cases are on the rise. hanukkah and christmas would have to be only with nuclear family and not in large gatherings. netanyahu saying he may have to reimpose restrictions because of the rise in numbers. he did say there's a light at the end of the tunnel, with israel signing contracts with vaccine companies. that light at the moment seems a bit far away as the possibility of a third lock down looks more and more real. cases are surging in gaza, positivity rate for tests over most of the last week has been around 30%, and a spokesperson says they have run out of materials for tests. all of this is troubling as it heads toward the end of the year. >> that's a very high positivity rate there. oren liebermann bringing us up to date. appreciate it. just ahead on cnn, highlights from a televised debate from u.s. senate candidates in georgia where

control of the u.s. senate is the big prize. we'll take a look.

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they will be required to stay at home the next few weeks. president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani has tested positive for covid-19. a source says the 76-year-old was admitted to a hospital in washington on sunday. on twitter, the former new york mayor said he's getting great care and feeling good. it's unclear when he contracted the virus. giuliani had been traveling across the country, leading the president's legal effort to try and overturn lelection results. and as you can see from this event on thursday, he has often ignored social distancing guidelines and refused to wear a mask. voters here in georgia have some major political leverage right now. the state is less than a month away from two runoff elections that will decide whether republicans keep control of the u.s. senate. on sunday, republican incumbent kelly loeffler debated

democratic challenger, raphael warnock. loeffler said president trump has a right to investigate voter fraud when asked if she stands by his baseless claims of election tampering. warnock criticized her over saying she's casting doubt an election. and david perdue refused to participate in a debate against his opponent, democrat jon ossoff, so ossoff debated next to an empty podium. ron brownstein is a senior cnn political analyst. he joins me now from los angeles. always great to have you with us. >> so great to be with you. >> we watched the debate between republican kelly loeffler and democrat raphael warnock as they battled it out in advance of the senate runoff election in georgia. which one came out on top, and what do the polls show in terms of what each one has to do to

win this this very close election. >> so far the polling has shown raphael warnock ahead, the caveat being it is really hard to poll for a special election because you havele less certain about who is going to show up and vote than you do in a normal election. in this previous november, we saw once again, the polls underestimated how many of trumps nonurban, noncollege white supporters would turn up. you saw that kelly loeffler was completely invest insteed in a message, robotically, over and over again, that raphael warnock was a radical liberal tool of chuck schumer, you could see from the debate she has abandoned the idea of trying to move the white collar that had trended away from donald trump. raphael warnock could have pushed back harder from those characterizations. he was effective on one note. i am one of you.

she is a rich person. she looked out for herself when things got hard with coronavirus. she will not look out for you. >> she knows socialist scares a lot of republicans, and she kept repeating that over and over. the other critical senate runoff election on january 5th is a race between republican david perdue, and democrat jon ossoff. perdue refused to debate his democrat democratic rival. while ossoff took all the questions from moderators. how does that play politically, and how does perdue get away with refusing to debate not once but twice? >> it's a calculated risk for him in that, again, both of these republicans are betting overwhelmingly on turning out the trump base, and i think they are assuming that they will not pay a price for refuse to go participate in kind of the normal rules of small d democracy like donald trump has. and david perdue outpolled jon

ossoff in november. perdue ran ahead of donald trump, but i think there is a risk to him as to loeffler that if there is any kind of splinter in that trump base, based on all of the accusations flying back and forth, between the president and the leading republicans in georgia about, you know, the president's unfounded claims of fraud there, they are conducting themselves in a way, both perdue and loeffler that leaves them very little margin for error with those suburban voters. i didn't see anything that was aimed at converting anyone that wasn't in her camp. perdue, by skipping the debate all together is sending a similar message. >> and of course president trump has talked so much about his false claims of election fraud that many republicans in georgia are now questioning why they should even bother to turn out to vote. what's the likely impact of voters being told the system is rigged one hand and then being

asked to get out and vote. what are they to make of that? >> it's cognizant dissonance. not a lot of voters will be affected by it, be you don't need a lot of voters. kel wi kelly loeffler was pathetic on that front. she would not say that donald trump lost the election. she would not defend the governor of georgia, who appointed her. she offered not a single word of defense to him against all of donald trump's claims, and it just shows you what a difficult position these republicans are in now that they have bet their futures so entirely on turning out the trump base, have accepted the erosion in the suburbs that trump has generated. that means that they have very little leeway to do anything that might upset that base, and you saw that tonight in they are struggles on those answers. >> see what happens there as well. ron brownstein, thank you as always. >> thank you. >> as expected, venezuela's

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where is this going, and what would be the possible consequences of no deal? >> i think the best read that we appear to have at the moment is a briefing given by michelle barnier, the eu's chief negotiator this morning to eu ambassador, and of course it is leaking out, and those different ambassadors in the 27 different eu nations speak to reports and what we understand at the moment is from an eu diplomat close to these talks is that in fact the sense from the european union is it's up to the uk to move, that really time is running out. we know that time is running out for a number of reasons. that is whatever trade deal is negotiated and at this stage, if it is, it's expected to be a very thin one, would have to be ratified by the european parliament, but the uk parliament by the end of the year, and that is getting very very difficult to do. there is a bill, a contentious

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later today in brussels a committee of the european parliament is expected to take a vote that could have big consequences for the fight against child sexual abuse. the issue is whether big tech

firms can keep scanning social media web sites and personal messages to detect predators. some critics say that's a violation of privacy. nina desantos has more now from london. >> reporter: with countries locked down and people spending more time online, authorities in europe are sounding the alarm about a rise in sexual exploitation of children. >> we have so many signs is that grooming is growing rapidly. and that means that perpetrators find children, we are obliged in my view to protect these children. >> reporter: for more than a decade, law enforcement agencies across europe like europold have been able to work with technology firms to scan social media, web sites, and online communications of child pornography. >> the information we are receiving is a great part of our job. and through these we have been

able to identify a number of victims, investigations and also prevent further abuse to these children. >> we're looking forward to the questions and answers. >> reporter: now a debate of the eu privacy rules could change that. on one side, the eu commission wants to maintain the status quo and has proposed a temporary piece of legislation that would allow tech companies to continue screening online platforms. >> this is about protecting children. it's not that they are into reading everything that somebody is texting on the platforms. on the other hand, some members of the european parliament, like patrick brayer said the screening is a breach of privacy that could be open to abuse itself. >> examining and searching the content of everybody's digital correspondence is as if the post office were just opening all of our letters. all it may achieve is that

criminals will be using encrypted channels instead. >> reporter: last month, the actor, and tech investor, ashton kuchar weighed into the debate. >> if it was your kid being sexually abused and it was their content that was being shared on the internet, and you knew that tech companies had the ability to identify and remove that content or even prevent the abuse from happening, but a law was standing in the way from you providing your kid with a better life, would you be okay with that? >> reporter: for police fighting cyber crime across the eu, using a tool that is vital in a pivotal time is deeply concerning. how would life change if you didn't have the ability to screen communications? >> the reality is we will have

to wait for reports to come in or else employ other proactive measures and exercises that are in play. >> reporter: the matter will come to a head on monday with a vot vote on how to proceed. if no compromise is reached, screening will stop by december. with implications for millions of children across the eu and elsewhere around the world. nina dos santos, cnn, london. celebrity ash ton kuchton k joining this fight. earlier, robyn curnow spoke to the actor about why he got involved in an eu debate. >> i have spent countless hours working with lawmakers, technology companies, ngos, trying to find the best solutions in this space, and you know, as this piece of legislation came up, and was

meeting resistance, it just became extraordinarily frustrate to go me, one, that i think lawmakers weren't fully aware of the breadth of the issue, and secondly, you know, this isn't an eu issue. the internet is a global tool. so children that are being abused in the united states, their content could be being shared in europe, children that are being abused in europe, their content could be being shared in the united states, and so this is a global issue, and as the eu makes a very critical decision on how this is going to be legislated, it's going to affect the rest of the world. it's going to affect all of us, and frankly, i don't understand anyone that isn't -- that has children and cares about children that isn't interested in this issue and taking it on because it's your kids' lives. >> what happens if there is no

solution? >> well, here's the thing, this has to pass on december 21st. so let me just scale the issue for you. so the national center for missing and exploited children received 16 million reports last year. that's 16 million reports. of those reports, that's 69 million files. that's 69 million pieces of evidence of children being sexually abused, molested and raped. some of these kids are toddlers, as young as infants, prepew -- this is evidence of their rapes. the math, 6 million divided by 12, we're at 5.8 million files. government moves slow and they

negotiate slowly and we understand that. and this needs to be legislated carefully because privacy is important, but every month that goes by, 5.8 million pieces of evidence of children being sexually abused molested and raped that goes dark, goes blind, and if it takes them two months, that's 11.6 million pieces of evidence, and three months and on and on and on, these are vital clues that help us identify these children and bring them to safety, and if this interim legislation doesn't happen, those clues are gone. they're in the dark. nobody can see them. we can't find those kids. so that's what happens. >> and that was ashton kuchar. he says he doesn't believe privacy should be a concern because the legislation is designed to pinpoint exploitation. and he believes abuse of the law

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overcrowding has force add christmas market in nottingham, england, to close one day after opening. few masks are being worn, and no social distancing is in place nottingham is under tier 3 restrictions. many famous christmas markets across europe have been cancelled because of the pandemic. so where do you find some holiday comfort during this pandemic. pope francis says you only need to look at the great symbols of christmas all over the world paula new torn shows paula newton shows us some of the sights and scenes of the christmas. >> reporter: let there be light. the year of sickness and quarantine, the radiance of an

illuminated christmas tree like this one in manger square in bethlehem is good for the soul. there may be fewer clouds because of the pandemic, but pope francis may have said it best, overlooking the tree in st. peter's square. they are symbols of hope, he says, especially in this difficult time. the scenes of the season are a soothing reminder of that, st. marks square in venice is a cascade of golden light in a modern twist on the traditional tree. the artist says my purpose is to light up this town which needs light, which needs new emotions. a dazzling drive through in brazil provides a thrill for the children and a respite for adults. in a country where so many families have been shattered by the virus. >> translator: to have an event

like this where you're safe, one visitor says, to not get out of your car is really great. >> reporter: a museum in spain tried a mix of naughty and nice with this nativity display where even the angels are wearing masks and social distancing. the decorations may be different, but the message is the same. this truly is a time where we all need a little comfort and joy and there's room for cheer even in 2020. paula newton, cnn. and thank you so much for j your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is up next. you're watching cnn. do stay with us. have a great day.

welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we have reports this morning from los angeles, wilmington, philadelphia, atlanta, teheran, london, jerusalem, and berlin. just about everywhere. this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett, and always great to have boris sanchez in d.c. >> thank you so much for having me, laura. i'm boris sanchez in for christine romans. it's monday, december 7th. we have a ton of news. >> breaking news overnight, some of the key players, president biden will lean on to address a pandemic. a top california politician familiar with the growing covid