♪ a second coronavirus vaccine will soon roll out across the united states. as a record number of americans seek hospitalization. plus, the u.s. congress barely manages to avert a government shutdown. we'll tell you what that means for millions of americans hoping for pandemic relief. and it's the biggest day breach the u.s. government has ever seen. we'll tell hue it blames for the attack. live, welcome to viewers here in the united states, canada, and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom."

another vaccine now has emergency use authorization from the u.s. food and drug administration. it's the second one in a week to get the green light. the decision came as the u.s. saw a record number of new of course cases on friday, just shy of 250,000 people. adding to the toll 13 record straight days of hospitalizations. we get the latest from cnn's randi kaye. >> reporter: the united states seeing its darkest days since the pandemic began. more help is likely on the way. the cdc is expected to discuss distribution plans for moderna's vaccine over the weekend. >> we likely will see shots in the arms by early next week, monday or tuesday. >> reporter: those thoughts in the arms kfr come soon enough, death reported 2,370.

and the iuae is projecting 560,000 deaths by february. all eyes are on california in a gruesome predicament. l.a. county's health department say on average two people an hour are dying. the director of the l.a. county health department says their hospitals are under siege. the vaccines are in high demand. today, vice president mike pence and surgeon general jerome adams got their first dose for all the public to see. the surgeon general is doing his part to encourage people of color to get vaccinated. >> as the u.s. surgeon general and a black man, i'm equally aware of the symbolism of my vaccination today. >> reporter: and

cc vs are expected to help residents in long-term care facilities. hospitals are confused after multiple states are told by the federal government to expect fewer doses of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine than initially promised. >> it's unclear to us by the shipment amounts have been adjusted. it's certainly frustrating. >> reporter: the reason for the delay wasn't given. though fiepfizer released a statement saying they have millions in their warehouses but no instructions. here in the state of florida, they're prepared to receive 360,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine next week. that would be the moderna vaccine. and those doses would be going to 373 hospitals in the state that did not get the pfizer vaccine in the first round. the larger hospitals got the pfizer vaccine. those are the larger teaching

hospitals which have more staff to assist. randi kaye reporting in west palm beach is florida. back to you. president trump sent out a tweet to mark the emergency authorization of the moderna vaccine. he said congratulations, the moderna vaccine is now available. and president-elect joe biden released this statement. we are grateful to the scientists, medical experts and trial participants who helped to deliver these vaccines and evaluated their safety and efficacy free from political influence. the u.s., u.s. health care workers are the first to get the shot. practicing neurosurgeon dr. sanjay gupta is one of them. he got the shot live on cnn friday. so, why was it so important for him to get vaccinated in such a public way. dr. gupta explains. >> it was quite an extraordinary

moment, i have to tell you, to get that vaccine. and a real collision of my words. as a health yeah worker, they're vaccinating people at the hospital where i work. and when my turn came, i did not hesitate. but also as a journalist who have been covering the story of covid for so long, i had really seen the beginnings of this vaccine development. i followed the clinical trials. interviewed people like fda commissioner stephen hahn. looked at the results of those trials and then made an educated decision for myself. i can tell you i was very comfortable with the idea of getting this vaccine. i didn't hesitate because i know it's safe and effective, based on the data that i've looked at. but i was surprised to learn, for example, that there's still significant hesitancy, even among health care workers at my own hospital. take a look there, about a third, a third, a third. a third of the people would say they would go ahead and get the vaccine.

a third say they would not get the vaccine and a third say they need more information. it's part of the reason we decided to do this on camera and try and provide some education. along with me is the dean of the morehouse school of medicine, dr. valerie rice, and i asked her specifically what made her get the vaccine. >> there are black scientists in the room where decisions are being made. we're clearly not going against ourselves, right? because we understand how critical this how critical this is for black america and latinx america who has been disproportiona disproportionately deprived. >> you hear how the various aspects and the trials, i want to give you a few numbers to put in the back of your mind as well. when you look at the representation within the trials.

for the pfizer trial and the moderna trial, you can see just how much trial participants were black or african-americans. now, there's going to continue to be a fair amount of vaccine hesitancy, this, we know. although it is improving. there are fewer people who are hesitant now compared to september. and even more so, as compared to the summer. but unless enough people get vaccinated, we are not going to reach that herd immunity that you've heard so much about. it's part of the reason i did it. i got to tell you, i feel fine. i look forward to getting my second shot about three weeks from now. i hope this helps. i hope it provides more information that people definitely want and need right now. as we get more details with the trials and what's happening with the vaccines, we'll certainly bring it to you. more european countries are tightening restrictions hoping to avoid another wave of covid-19 infections after the holiday.

italy will go through nationwide lockdowns that will last through christmas and new year's. this means people will only be able to leave their home for health and certain needs and can only visit family members during certain hours. members of england are in tougher restrictions called tier 3. other parts of the uk, however, are planning another lockdown after the holidays. let's turn now to london where salma abdelaziz joins us live. salma, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, as you said there, kim. the prime minister absolutely hoping to avoid another lockdown. that's a worrying spike in cases and growing demand from the medical community to put more restrictions in place. but rather than tightening screws, we're actually heading into a period of relax tagation.

social situations will allow to you bring three households together to celebrate. they can spend time in a warm, confined space having a holiday meal but of course, it's on deucive to the environment. and that's why the prime minister has been pleading to reverse the christmas plans. hospital capacity across england has reached 90%. the number of patients with coronavirus in the last seven days that's increased by 20%. that rid ccritical r-number, itw over 1, all of this a worrying figure. why has the prime minister not changed his mind? why has he not done an about face? well, if i had to answer that question, part of the reason is he doesn't seem to be wanting a u-turn. this announcement was made a month ago about easing the rules and as the prime minister said himself, he doesn't want to criminalize it.

and the economic impact. and it does feel like deja vu. this debate was raging in the lockdown and a regional system at the time. and there does come a point, if the spike in cases continues there does come a time where the prime minister has to face the music and may potentially have to impose that third nation lockdown, kim. >> thank you so much, cnn's salma abdelaziz in london. infectious disease expert keith neal joins us from england. professor emeritus from nottingham. >> professor, we hear, the new variant, obviously diseases mutate and so on. howl worried should we be about this variant? >> i think it's one of concern. it's not unusual for viruses to mutate because they're not good

at duplicating their rna, unlike animals. if you have a selection random mutation it can spread quicker and it's very likely to become the predominant strain. what we are not seeing is that it is more dangerous and more ve virulent. which means for the health officials, it's crucial and we need to ramp up the amount of distancing we do accordingly. >> i want to go back to the head line here in the u.s. a second vaccine authorized by the fda? >> we've heard the word game-changer. i think the two game-changers is one of the dex here in the uk. and the vaccine has spread to as

many people. >> we're getting alerts about adverse effects, and we've been reporting them on as they happen. there's a danger there as we give people the false impressions that the vaccines are dangerous. talk to me about what's norm. what should we expect? and what should the bar be lowering the bar of what is significant? >> i think what we should know is that vaccines have a small risk. the issue is when vaccines were introduced, each of the three vaccines were given to at least 20,000 people without any really serious effects. what happened in britain the first day, two people, developed a severe allergic reaction. but interestingly, both of these people carry epipens, that is a sign that they particularly will have an allergic reaction. we've changed it for the pfizer vaccine if people have a severe

allergic response to wait for another vaccine. so far, we've given doses to 130,000 people here in britain. that figure was three days. and we've had only those two reactions. if you think about a 60-year-old's person of catching covid is pretty high. and if you get it, it's a 1% chance of dying. so that's the chance of death and vaccination. i think the answer is clear. >> some countries are entering lockdown during christmas. other countries aren't taking any actions here, even relaxing some restrictions in the uk, where you are. now, the instructions we're getting, keep it small. keep it to a few family members, loved ones. but that still involves often traveling, mixing, sometimes, with the elderly, how safe are

the small family gatherings? >> i think we can really reduce the stats. each family, if they've got infection, it's quite likely many people in the family could have it. a couple families meeting up in a way isolated beforehand meeting up, none have symptoms then you can substantially control the risk. >> is that was infectious disease expert keith neal peeking with us last hour. french president emmanuel macron said he's doing fine after testing positive for covid-19. mr. macron has the same symptoms as many others, fatigue, headaches and a dry cough. >> translator: yesterday, i tested positive. showing that the virus can affect anyone. i was very protected. i was was being very careful. i respected the safety measures. the distancing. i wore a mask.

i was applying alcohol gel regularly. and despite everything, i caught the virus. so, we must continue to respect these rules that may weigh on you, that may sometimes seem hard for you. but we have to hold on. >> president macron says he'll stay focused on his country's response to the pandemic. and continue to give updates on his health. u.s. congress voted to give themselves more time to pass a covid relief bill, while millions of americans can't afford to wait. we'll find out if and when a vote is likely to take place. plus, the latest on the massive cyber attack that targeted the u.s. government and public corporations. find out why senior u.s. officials say they're sure russia is involved. stay with us. with our highest concentration of hyaluronic acid. visibly replumps skin. and reduces wrinkles. revitalift hyaluronic acid serum from l'oréal.

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playing politician with the much needed relief bill. he was speaking after the discussion of the government shutdown. as suzanne malveaux reports there are still several issues. >> reporter: congress successfully averted a government shutdown, to keep the government funded and going for couple another days to the midnight deadline. this required two-thirds of the house to pass this continuing resolution and all 100 senators not to object to it. that actually happened but all eyes were on senator bernie sanders who essentially said that he was demanding that direct checks, stimulus checks of $1200 go to working class families for relief. not the $600 part of the negotiations and the covid relief package now. but ultimately, he did not block the short-term spending

resolution from going forward. but he did warn that he is not going to be signing on to a bill that doesn't have substantial direct relief to americans. we also heard that from republican senator josh hawley earlier as well. so, that is one of the sticking points, one of the things we will see play out in the days ahead. saturday morning, congress will be back in session to negotiate on the relief bill two things. $1.4 trillion on a spending bill. and that $900 billion covid stimulus package. they will have to work out those details. we are told that the earliest time that the house would vote on covid relief would happen on sunday, 1:00 in the afternoon. so americans will just have to wait a little bit longer to see if congress can get anything done. suzanne malveaux, cnn, washington. >> well, as we heard, getting a new stimulus bill passed in the u.s. congress has been fraught with issues. i spoke a bit earlier with

thomas gift. he's the director for the center of u.s. politics eye college of london. i asked him what's holding up help for millions of americans. >> i do believe it's the federal reserve. back in march, when it passed the fed utilized a program that aided in public companies. republicans want to make sure some of that and that's angered the democrats and saying that the fed wouldn't be able to operate independently as a lender of the last resort. by contrast, republicans are making a case that curbing the fed's discretion would prevent it from crowding out private lending and it becoming too politicized in bailing out states and local governments so it's a significant impasse. i guess we'll see if it ultimately proves to be too much of a road block to overcome. >> let's turn to the transition

now. joe biden expected to announce more members of his cabinet next week. democrats are hoping he doesn't grab any more members of congress. the majorities are razor thin. there is a plan to stagger the nominations. take us through how that might work to sort of lessen the risk? >> well, we're going to see some special elections. on the one hand, you might say the majority is the majority, but on the other hand there does seem like there's leeway for action especially since the democratic party is divided between progressives and moderates. nancy pelosi will be under a challenge, especially the months following the transition. so, pushing forward in a liberal agenda will be especially hard, i think, because looking forward to the 2022 midterm elections tend to go against the party holding the white house.

as a result, vulnerable republicans might be not willing to support anything. >> thank you for joining us, thomas gift from university college london. appreciate it. u.s. secretary of stitt mike pompeo is now goi ing public wi who is behind the targeted attack. >> there is a significant effort to use a third-party software to essentially embed a code inside u.s. government systems and now appears systems of private companies and governments across the world as well. this was a very significant effort. and i think it's the case that now we can say pretty clearly it was the russians that engaged in this activity. >> meanwhile, we're learning more about when u.s. officials first began to notice that something was wrong. alex marquardt has the details.

>> reporter: we are getting new information about what was known and when. and it was several months ago that american officials who monitor for threats to critical infrastructure, when they first noticed suspicious activity, that's according to three sources speaking to cnn, that suspicious activity we now know was linked to what we're now reporting is one of the largest hacking operations in history. but at the time, those officials weren't able to tie what they were seeing to the software which we know the hackers used to get inside. the activity that they saw was classified. and did not provide conclusive evidence that the networks have been compromised. it still worried top cyber security officials that there were potential vulnerabilities in the system. then fast forward to ten days ago, the top security firm fire eye revealed had been hacked. that will be followed by the federal government admitting it, too, had been targeted in what we now know is the biggest breach the u.s. government as ever seen. we're learning more every day

about what these hackers who are believed to be connected to the russian intelligence service what they had access to. given the situation there's still so much to be learned. what data was accessed, what was done with it. 18,000 customers used this software that the hackers rode into these networks on, a company called solarwinds. all of those clients including the u.s. government, they need to do a forensic analysis. that could take months. the u.s. cybseicyberagency know cisa there are other techniques used. and some have not been discovered. the scale of this operation that's been going on since march cannot be overstated. alex marquardt, cnn, washington. the fbi has accused a zoom employee of censoring video meetings for the chinese government.

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and welcome back. to all of you watching in the united states, canada and around the world. the covid vaccine developed by moderna could be loaded in syringes and administered as soon as monday. the fda gave emergency use authorization on friday. a final okay by the cdc is expected this weekend. moderna is the second vaccine authorized in a week after pfizer biontech. the a rival of the two vaccines coincides with the family at its worse. new cases reached another record friday, almost 250,000 people. and records patients nationwide,

california is experiencing an unprecedented surge in hospitalizations and deaths. more than 41,000 new cases reported friday alone. health care workers are exhausted and as lucy kafanov reports the worst is yet to come. >> reporter: in southern california, hospitals are at their breaking point. too many coronavirus patients. and as of thursday, no icu beds left. just outside of los angeles, the arrowhead regional medical center in san bernardino so overwhelmed they've having to treat covid-19 patients inside these surg tents. >> this is not a good idea. >> reporter: the relentless pace, the suffering taking a toll. >> it's probably the hardest year i've ever had as a nurse. and we still have our families and loved ones to worry about. >> reporter: dr. borger said this is the worker crisis he's faced in his 25-year career.

>> thing that keeps me up is, when there's a time that we have to decide who gets something and who does not. >> reporter: so if things don't change, you're concerned? >> if things don't change, we're probably going to be rationally care and that's something concerning. >> reporter: that's a decision a doctor never wants to make. >> nobody wants to make. >> reporter: more than 300,000 cases in just three days. 5,000 body bags, six refrigerated trailers on standby as makeshift morgues. >> that means we expect to have more dead bodies than spaces in morgues for them. that frightens me. and that should frighten you. >> reporter: in los angeles where the mayor is until quarantine after his 9-year-old tested positive, officials say two people are dying every hour. the number of people hospitalized tripling in the past month to more than 5,000.

>> we're getting crushed. rime not going to sugarcoat this. we are getting crushed. >> reporter: in some areas, emergency rooms so crowded that some had to wait hours some outdoors on gurneys waiting. the entire san francisco bay area is now effectively locked down. 98% ordered to stay home. she is a traveling nurse who arrived in california in may. and exhausted from all of the deaths and wants people to take it seriously. >> it's really frustrating because today i lost my patient so that was somebody's family memb member. for people to believe this isn't real, i don't know, i take offense to it and i would take a greater offense if that was my family member. >> reporter: the doctors and nurses say they have never seen anything like it before. yes, vaccines are being distributed, there is hope on the horizon. but there's also the holidays

coming up and if people let their guards down can the next two months, the doctors say will be bleak. we have not yet turned the corner on this pandemic. lucy kafanov, cnn, california. health officials hope more people can get vaccinated quickly, but while the number of americans willing to get the shot is growing, so are still reluctant. that's why the u.s. surgeon general wanted his vaccination to be public. he talked about his reasons with dr. sanjay gupta during a cnn town hall. >> i did this on tv because i want people to understand i've looked at the data. i've worked with the companies. and i felt safe getting the vaccine. it is okay. it's okay to ask questions. it's okay to wonder is this right for me. but what's not okay is to let misinformation cause to you make a decision which is bad for your health. i look at the data. i made a decision that i felt was appropriate for my health.

that's all i'm asking your viewers to do, too. >> african-americans are among the most reluctant to get a vaccine due in part to the sordid history of racist experiments in the u.s. a black nurse talked about that legacy during cnn's town hall. but she said it's especially important for minority communities to protect themselves. >> this is not a hoax. this is real. i've lived it. i know that in the past -- or the legacy of the past loomed darkly over, you know, minorities, blacks, hispanics, latinos, black and brown people. but every day, since march, that i entered work, each day has gotten darker and darker. i've seen the effects of it. and i don't want to see you end up in one of our icu beds or enter a hospital. >> dr. sheila young is an

assistant professor at the university of medicine and science in los angeles. thank you for joining me, doctor. this is such an important topic. the experts are really emphasizing just how important it is to encourage people in minority communities to get vaccinated. so, before i ask you more about how you're going to try to help, just give me a quick explanation of the history behind the charles r. university, and where i used to work what makes it difference from much of l.a.? >> well, it was founded after the watts rebellion in the 1960s. so, it was established to provide medical care and also jobs for those in the community. >> and what makes watts a bit different from the rest of l.a.? >> there's many factors. one thing i can say that some of our greatest talent in the world has come from this area in south los angeles.

and another thing is, unfortunately, there is a very high poverty rate. we have the highest rates of homicide, unfortunately. the highest rates of diabetes and complications of diabetes. and also high blood pressure. and there's a very large percentage of the population who don't have insurance and also, there's a large part of the population who are undocumented. >> so, when it comes to covid, that sounds like a recipe for disaster. you know, when the virus hit it seemed like the traditional ways to reach those black and latino communities about testing and health care weren't working. so, in addition to being a professor, you have another title director of street medicine covid-19 testing. you've actually been going out into the community to talk to folks about coronavirus, getting tested and so on, and it worked. i think you had one of the business set of testing sites in l.a. county. tell me more about why so many african-american and latinos are

skeptical about covid and testing. and how you were able to turn that around. >> sure. i think one of the things that really hindered testing in the beginning was the misinformation and also the visuals of a procedure that appeared very painful. and very scary. and that's, of course, the nasal pharyngeal swab going to what people said was their brain. but it wasn't that. we were fortunate to work with laboratories that offered oral testing so we were able to take a sample from the mouth. we really got out on the streets and let people know what we had to offer. we also addressed the fears that other folks had about whether they had to have insurance or not. so, you didn't have to have insurance. whether you had to be documented or not. and one of the things that's been happening in south l.a. is

that families have been split up, when i.c.e. comes to the home and takes a percentage from the family. getting a test in a government-run facility isn't necessarily the best option for folks. however, because charles r. drew has worked in the community for so many years, and we have strong ties to the community through our community partnerships, and also the fact that many of our faculty members are from the community. our president and ceo dr. david carlisle, his grandmother lived not too far from the university. so with these personal connections, it provides an opportunity for us to really understand and reach the heart of those who have fears around medical care. >> so, now, the next challenge

will be getting people vaccinated. the polls show that people in minority communities especially african-americans are much less likely to get the covid shot. does it just come down to, you know, people won't trust a coronavirus vaccine, if they don't trust the government? >> i don't think so. i think that essentially what will we have to do is provide the proper education. and i think that folks will -- once they understand how the vaccine works, would be more willing to take it. >> thank you very much for everything you're doing there in the community. and best of luck going forward, dr. sheila young. we appreciate you talking to us. >> thank you. a georgia college student and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in prison for breaking covid restrictions in the cayman islands. 18-year-old skylar mack was visiting her boyfriend for a jet

skiing competition. she was instructed to quarantine for 14 days, but she went to the competition instead. they both pleaded guilty but their attorneys say he will appeal next week to get their sentences reduced. prime minister justin trudeau has a wintertime warning for all canadians as coronavirus cases there surgery. coming up, the measures he says the canadians must follow and help front line workers. plus, millions of people in mexico city and surrounding areas are now in a strike lockdown that will last through the holiday season. we've got a report from the mexican capital. stay with us. ♪ ♪

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numbers head in the wrong direction. new infection venezuela surged in recent months. you can see there how drastically the seven-day average of new cases has risen since late summer. trudeau says canadians should continue to use safety measures even though a vaccine is on the way. >> getting a vaccine in a week or a month won't do you any good if you catch covid-19 today. avoid gatherings. practice social distancing. use the covid alert app. dot right thing for the most vulnerables. and think of being careful as a gift you can directly give your fellow canadians, especially front line workers who continue to step up every single day to keep us safe, to keep canadians safe. >> now, for a new grim development, india has just surpassed more than 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases. it's the only country, other than the united states, to surpass that mark. some positive news, though, the

country is working on authorizing vaccines for its more than 1.3 billion citizens. india plans to vaccinate 300 million people with the first batch of doses. millions of people in mexico city and the surrounding area are now under strict new lockdown measures that will last for at least three weeks. with an alarming spike in cases and christmas shopping in full swing, officials say they had no choice. matt rivers has the details from mexico city. >> well, for weeks now, health officials here in mexico city have been warning the general public that if the situation with covid-19 did not get better, that they would be forced to close down sections of the city, to take more drastic measures. and over the past few days, we have seen record numbers of hospitalizations here. we have seen a record number of new cases being added on a day-to-day basis. and because of that, officials are now following through on that threat. agency of midnight saturday, all nonessential businesses, both in

mexico city and also in the surrounding state of mexico which combined make up one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. all of those nonessential businesses will be forced to close until at least january 10th. health officials say it could go on longer depending on the status of the pandemic. make no mistake, health officials tried not to do this. in fact, they faced criticism as we see the disease trending in the wrong direction in terms of hospitalizations and new cases. some are calling for businesses like this to be closed earlier. but health officials resisted that in part because of the economic pain this is causing for the city. mexico city huge economic drivers to the state overall, this could be a huge economic hit to the economy struggling. but officials said they were forced to take, quote, extraordinary actions to try to get this pandemic under control. of course, we're looking at the

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people. here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: think of it is as wearing someone else's face. the hyper realistic face of a stranger. that's what an arty mask shop in tokyo is selling. maybe tom cruise. ♪ would approve. the shop's owner got over 100 submissions to be a model for this mask, right down to the skin imperfections. there is one word in particular the mask evokes -- creepy. deliciously or otherwise. and those freaky eyes, that's probably how the model's eyes looked when realized he was paid a mere $386 to serve as the face of a mask that will sell for 950 bucks apiece. >> translator: i own a mask shop so i thought it would be fun selling and buying people's faces. >> reporter: at least the model's face was re-created using a 3d printer. no surgery required.

as it was when john travolta and nicolas cage swapped faces in "face off-." the japanese mask is not to protect against covid. someone tweeted all of the annoyance of wearing a mask without the medical benefits. all artists like this brazilian artist have created life like masks meant to protect while at the same time -- >> i use this mask not to lose my identity. >> reporter: good for bank robberies was a typical tweet. can't wait for this dude to show up on wanted posters worldwide. i hate it, i hate it, i hate it. but enough people love it as the store owner's says the interest is enough when it goes on sale in a year. creepy, yes. but it can be worse. much worse.

>> love your suit. >> take this thing back to baltimore. ♪ >> reporter: make that tokyo. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. ♪ >> why not? turning our focus now to where two solar systems are closer than they've been in centuries and will soon form a conjunction called a christmas star. saturn and jupiter will be so close on december 21st, they'll look so big and bright like a star. of course, they're actually millions of miles apart and appear close due to to our vantage point. well, that wraps this hour of noe"cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. "new day" is just ahead. for everyone else "going green" is next.

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