wilderness, away from contact with humans. they are inside other animals, possibly even plant species, and it's very often the cross transmission of these viruses that cause the problem. they mutate inside other animals before they get to us. but the whole issue they're making there is the scientists are saying, not if, but when, when it comes to a new contagion. >> sam, thank you very much. and thank you so much for joining me. i'm kate balduan. bianna golodryga is picking up our coverage now. hello. i'm bianna golodryga in for brianna keeler. i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world. we start with president trump, once again upending the legislative process, as we see his brand of chaos escalate in the final days of his presidency. among his targets for destruction is the newly passed covid relief bill. in a recorded message, the president attacked a deal he was

expected to sign. now that signing is in doubt after a diatribe of falsehoods, aimed at a bill intended to help americans dealing with the pandemic that the president largely ignores. the president declaring that he wants higher direct payments to the american people. payments that were pared down by his own white house negotiators after facing resistance from his own party leadership. >> i ask ask congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000 or $4,000 for a couple. send me a suitable bill or else the next administration will have to deliver a covid relief package and maybe that administration will be me. >> that little nugget at the end, showing that he is still not ready to accept the reality that joe biden will be president on january 20th. we also still don't know what's going to happen with the national defense authorization act. the president is expected to

veto the bill or just not sign it at all. that sets up a new battle with congress and members of his own party, who will likely override the veto. the president also rolled out another round of pardons, as he heads out the door. here are the big names. george papadopoulos and alex van der zwann, who both lied to federal investigators in the mueller probe. then there are the convicted republican congressmen. chris collins and duncan hunter were the first house members to back then-candidate trump. and they pleaded guilty, respectively, in other worto ing and illegal use of campaign funds. and then there were the four blackwater guards who were convicted for their roles in the massacre of unarmed iraqis that included women and children in 2007. black water was run at the time by erik prince, a key trump supporter and brother of trump's education secretary, betsy devos. but let's go back to the president's threat to torpedo the $900 billion covid relief bill. that taped and tweeted message from the president was a

surprise to many of his own aides. cnn's john harwood is at the white house. and john, it appears that this video caught even the president's closest advisers offguard with only chief of staff mark meadows knowing about it. >> that's right, bianna. and the president is choking, psychologically, on his defeat to such an extent that he's just thrashing around, all normal processes of government have been broken down in this white house. you had a case where the white house was advising staffers that -- about their departure from the white house on january the 19th, because, of course, they're all going to be replaced by biden aides. and once the president realized that that story was out there, it was another wound to his psyche and his ego. they then put out another and said, stand by for further instructions. we know the president is not seriously trying to improve the legislation, because he could have done that a long time ago.

he's checked out from efforts to help the american people. what we don't know if he's simply ranting and trying to get attention and making himself look good at others' expense, or whether he's actually trying to take this legislation down. he could veto it, there's something called a pocket veto, which he could exercise on his way out of office, depending on when the bill gets to him. we don't know if he actually intends to do that or if this is a one-off. we do know that the case that he made in that video that he released last night was completely dishonest, because he picked out a bunch of elements from an overall spending bill that the covid relief bill is attached to and pretended that people seeking covid relief have shoved all of this foreign aid into the covid relief bill. of course, that's false, and many of the items that he's reading, as you can see from the graphic, i think they're putting up as i'm talking, many of the elements this he focused on were almost precisely the same things that he had requested in his own

budget. whether he realizes what's in his budget or not, we don't know. but this is not a serious president by any stretch and the question is, is it a brief rant or, will he try to hurt the republican party and the american people? >> there's also that he doesn't seem to know, including the idea that the $600 stimulus check came from his own treasure secretary. i also want to ask you about rudy giuliani. the president's personal attorney has just been told to preserve all records obtaining to dominion voting records. this order also extends to the white house council we hear, yes? >> this is fascinating. trump and his legal team have been doing a tremendous amount of lunatic rambling in public and straight-up lying. it is one thing when the

consequence for that lying is simply that you're deluding your followers and extracting money from them through fund-raising appeals, which is what the president's been doing. it's another thing when that might cost you money, because you're going to get hit with a big defamation suit. we've seen from right-wing media that was spreading a lot of this crazy talk about voting system operations. they have been reading as if they were hostage videos, statements disavowing many of the things that were saud on their a. in order, they know that they've been busted for lying. now the same lawyers who extracted those reversals from right-wing media are going to the white house and to the trump campaign and saying, you're next. and the question is, how serious a threat is that? we don't know, but it is highly likely that in fact the trump

campaign and the quhounwhite ho counsel is preserving those documents because they have a lot of trouble on their hand. >> john harwood, always good to see you. if i don't see you tomorrow, have a happy holiday. >> you too, bianna. >> thanks. the trump turmoil is playing out inside the halls of the capital, where house members and senators on both sides are wondering what's next. house speaker like democrat nancy pelosi want to capitalize on the president's push to larger payments to americans which they wanted from the start. let me bring in phil mattingly. phil, great to see you. we know that democrats are seizing on this call for larger stimulus checks, with nancy pelosi tweeting last night, let's do it. i would imagine that she knows that that's not very likely. >> reporter: yeah, it's unlikely because of the way the democrats are going to try to do this, without going into house floor procedure, bianna, i'm not going to do that to you. but basically, they're going to put up the opportunity for $2,000 checks, a bill for $2,000 checks, as the president has requested and trying to do by

unanimous consent, which means that any members of the house can object and the expectation is that a republican will object. still, the speaker putting out a tweet, urging the president to speak to mitch mcconnell and get them on board. democrats in their initial stimulus package passedn may had stimulus checks at a higher level. they would be all for this. i think the reality, when you kind of look through what's actually happening, this bill is passed. it's not just a covid relief bill, it's a government funding bill, funding the government through the end of the fiscal year. we are now staring at the reality of two crucial federal unemployment programs expiring on december 26th. also, a potential government shutdown if just a couple of days. and i think the most interesting element here and perhaps the most unsettling element is all of my sources in the capital, particularly republicans who are in regular contact with the white house have no idea what's going to happen. they did not expect this to

come. john kind of laid this out. there's a major vote in favor of this. and the president deciding to do this has really taken everybody aback, and nobody really knows how this ends. and that's obviously not a great place to be in, when you look at the stakes of what's actually in this legislation and what it's for. >> a big headache for republicans, but huge despair for millions of americans that are desperate to get those relief checks. phil mattingly, thank you so much. happy holidays to you, as well. let me bring in ryan lizza, chief washington correspondent for politico. ryan, thanks so much for coming on. so the president surprising his own aides with his twitter video on the covid relief bill. he's been completely removed from this process for months. so why are we seeing him come in like a bull in a china shop now? >> that is a great question. in any of us had the real answer to that, i think we would unlock a lot of the mysteries of

president trump. you know, as john and phil explained, he was personally disengaged from the process of this legislation welco, even tht was guided by his budget office and budget requests, and it was personally negotiated in many respects by his treasury secretary, as well as his closest republican allies on the hill. so it's sort of, you know, one final example of trump acting not like a member of a -- leading his administer and leading his team of negotiators in the republican branch and the republican party, but an independent, political actor who speaks and tweets and makes political arguments based on whatever is on his mind at that moment. without thinking of the other,

you know, major considerations and players in his party. but tomorrow, he may retract everything and sign the bill, right? i mean, i don't know how seriously we should take him, you know, going before a camera and saying something like this. because often, he changes his mind a second later. >> it is unbelievable to even hear you say, how seriously should we take it, it's only the president of the united states. but obviously, i know what you mean. he's been doing this for four years. picking fights and throwing his own advisers under the bus. pick fights with republicans, top republicans, including mitch mcconnell, who i think typically wouldn't care, but he's got to be worried about what impact this has on the upcoming georgia elections as well, right? >> absolutely. republicans are getting nervous about those two races. they're very close. and, you know, i think the republican candidates down there want to be able to say, especially to swing voters, who

are down on trump, but might return to the republican party in the post-trump era, they want to be able to say, look, yeah, republicans are getting stuff done. and you know, these $600 checks are a good example of that. you know, trump is just on his own being pushed by a lot of right-wing actors and people who are telling him what he wants to hear. that's the universe of people he's listening to right now. he's really sort of out there isolated in a way that, you know, he wasn't during other stretches of his presidency, when he was a little bit more in sync with mcconnell and other republican leaders and wanted accomplishments to brag about. so, look, is he going to veto this or pocket veto this and let this die and cause chaos this

weekend during the holidays? i mean, talk about ending his presidency with the disaster of his own making. i just can't believe once he understands the consequences of not signing this legislation, that even he would go forward with this. but, bianna, you know, making predictions about irrationalal things that trump does is not always that wise. >> we do know we can predict a crazy 29, 28 days ahead, right? if this is any indication. ryan lizza, thank you so much. >> just getting started. >> happy holidays to you as well. >> you too. as the u.s. continues to see record numbers of deaths from the coronavirus, millions more doses of the vaccine are on the way. does that mean you'll be able to get your shot any sooner? plus, a warning from the front lines. california hospitals say they are overwhelmed and out of icu bed in some places. and one military colonel

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united states is now averaging more deaths a day from coronavirus than ever before. more than 2,700 lives lost on average. tuesday was the second deadliest on record with more than 3,400 deaths. we are averaging nearly 215,000 cases each day for the last week. the top health officialsnd the president-elect himself warned that the worst is yet to come, as millions of americans are traveling to be with family for christmas. and for any american traveling to or from the uk, there is still no federal restrictions.

even though a more contagious variant of the virus detected there has led several dozen nations to outright ban uk travel. genetics experts believe the variant is already in the u.s., although no case has been detected yet. in fact, this variant has exposed the weak surveillance ha system in the united states. >> this has been a concern of mine for several months. we don't have the kind of really rigorous surveillance system that would help us right now, to find out what are the new variants that are circulating in the united states. the united kingdom has a much more vigorous surveillance system. that's how they found out about this thing happening. ours is going to get beefed up now. and we will be able to determine this. i would agree, though, it's unlikely that this mutant is not already here, given that it was first detected in the uk back in september and there's been a lot of people going back and forth. >> but today, we are also learning that more help is on the way. the trump administration has just purchased another 100 million doses of pfizer's

vaccine. up-to-the-roughly 4.6 million doses have been delivered and more than 600,000 administered. joining me now is cnn senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen. elizabeth, thanks so much for coming on. when will the u.s. receive these additional doses? >> bianna, the way that it's looking is that it will be some time between now and july. that's sort of the deal that's there. so it is possible that some of these doses may not be administered until the spring or into the summer. so let's take a look at what alex azar said earlier today. he said, this new federal purchase can give americans even more confidence that we will have enough supply to vaccinate every american who wants to, who wants it by june of 2021. so what he's saying essentially, is there, is that we think, at this point, that we can vaccinate everyone who wants to be vaccinated by june of next year. that means that some people will have to be patient. if you want it now and you're not in a high-risk group, you

have to wait a bit. you'll certainly have to wait until the spring. >> still great to have this news that additional purchases were made, though. elizabeth cohen, thank you so much. >> thanks. in california, the leader to have one health system says its hospitals are, quote, breaking records that we don't want to be breaking, with covid admissions, ventilator use, covid patients and deaths all at numbers never seen before. the southern part of the state still has no icu beds left. cnn correspondent dan simon joins me now from a hospital in san francisco. dan, the situation sounds so desperate. hospital leaders are banding together really to make a plea to the public. >> reporter: well, hi, bianna, first of all, california about to hit 2 million cases. that could come as early as today. now, what's really striking about all of this is that it took, i don't know, about a year to get the first million and then, of course, just six weeks to get to the second million. so here we are and governor

newsom is saying that with all of these trends, that really folks should continue to stay at home. and we've seen a positivity rate of 63 -- excuse me, a hospitalization rate increasing 63% over the past couple of weeks. here in san francisco, it's not quite as bad, although it still remains stark. this is what the mayor had to say yesterday. take a look. >> we know if we can just get through these holidays and avoid any significant surges, we have an opportunity to get this virus under control, so that next year we have an opportunity to celebrate with our loved ones, which is so important, i know, to so many people. but we are still in a very dangerous place. >> well, officials here and elsewhere are continuing to remind folks to avoid any unnecessary travel. avoid holiday gatherings. that said, they are preparing for a most-holiday surge, much like what we saw after

thanksgiving, bianna. and in los angeles, we're continuing to see incredible amount of cases. one out of 64 people said to have the virus and actively spreading it. bianna? >> that expected surge, probably why the president-elect said our darkest days are still ahead of us. dan simon, appreciate it. so let's unpack all of this. joining me now is internist and er doctor amish hidalja. thanks so much for coming on. we have seen surges after past holidays, never when the nation is averaging almost 215,000 new cases a day. what do you forecast is going to happen, especially when we're seeing millions traveling for the christmas holiday. >> it's inevitable that we're going to see an acceleration in cases. this virus thrives on social interaction. people will be at gatherings where they'll let their guards down, mixing different households, and we're going to see more cases accelerate. and the bad thing about this is

that they're occurring when we're already in the midst of the biggest surge that we've with hospitals at record numbers of in patients with covid-19. and that capacity strain that's going on is not sustainable. hospitals are looking day-to-day to see what we can do to free up capacity. >> i keep thinking about these poor doctors or nurses who are do this for the third time in one year. but researchers believe there are probably hundreds of people in the u.s. who have the new variant of this coronavirus that's more infectious. >> i think it's likely this strain has made its way to the united states probably undetected, because we don't do that much sequencing. and it argues that thaez travel bans that we have in europe won't be effective just as they weren't effective early on in the spring when they were initiated against china. it doesn't change what we have to do.

it's the same wearing of face coverings, washing your hands, trying to avoid crowded and congregated play pla ed places. we've got to continue doing this. and it looks as if the vaccine will be okay for this strain, but we may have to deal with an increased intensity of transmission. >> at this point, do you think it's not worth it to restrict travel from the uk like more than 30er nations have done? >> i don't think it's worth it. i'm not an big fan of travel bans in general. i think it's prudent to do testing of individuals as they come into the united states from the united kingdom that we're already hearing about delta and british airlines and others doing that, that makes sense. but i don't think an outright travel ban is justified based on this. >> let me ask you about a startling headline i came across the other day. and that is that this new strain may make children as equally

susceptible as adults to the virus. have you heard that as well and what more do we know about it? >> we don't know a lot about it. we know that this strain, one of the mutations allows it to bind more aggressively to the receptor on our cells. and there's been some speculation that children have less of those receptors, so if this is more efficientl, it may be tibld that. we've seen mutations occur all the time. viruses like this, coronaviruses that have rna genetic material, they mutate a lot. and most mutations don't do anything. i think we're going to really have to wait some time for the science to catch up and understand exactly what all of these mutations mean. but that is one thing people are looking at, is if this makes it more likely that children can get infected with this strain versus other strains. and that will be an important question to answer as we think about the role of children and the epidemiology of this virus. >> that was the one silver

lining of this virus thus far, that children didn't seem to have the same effect as adults did from it. finally, let me ask you about the vaccine, and there are concerns, though most doctors we've spoken to believe that the vaccine will still be effective with this new variant. >> it's important to remember that a vaccine doesn't create one type of antibodies, it creates a whole host of antibodies and it's very hard for a virus to escape all of those, especially when it's happening so fast, meaning this mutation is rather new. it's not something that's been evolving for some time. and you have to remember that vaccines stimulate other parts of your immune system. things called t-cells, which are important for immunity as well. so i do think and looking at the preliminary data that's coming out, this does appear to be a variant that our vaccines will be robust against. i don't think there's any worry at this point. the moderna, pfizer, they're doing tests to make sure, but everything that we're seeing so far is really ssuring that

these vaccines will be able to take this strain out just like they do the prior, older strains. >> that is welcome news. dr. adalja, thank you so much. appreciate. it. up next, president trump's pardon of four men convicted of a massacre in iraq in 2007 leads to outrage among the surviving victims. and new next guest, a retired air force colonel who served in iraq calls it a disgrace. plus, what happens next if the president vetoes the defense spending bill? his deadline is today. nobody ung of home like a veteran. what it feels like to get a hero's welcome on your own front lawn. at newday usa, our aim is to help every veteran family celebrate home by helping them leverage their va benefits to purchase a home with no down payment to enjoy the life they so rightly deserve.

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four military contractors involved in a deadly shooting of iraqi civilians have been granted clemency by president trump. in 2007, guards from the blackwater private security firm unleashed sniper fire, machine guns, and grenades on innocent men, women, and children. 17 iraqi civilians were killed, including two young boys who were just 9 and 11 years old. these four men, former blackwater contractors, were found guilty over the killings and sentenced to lengthy jail terms. one of the men, nicholas slatten, was sentenced to life in prison. president trump pardoned all four. i'm joined now by cedric layton, retired air force colonel. thank you so much, colonel, for joining us. i wish this was a better topic to discuss, but i'm so glad

you're here with us. this attack is considered one of the darkest stains of the iraq war. what was your reaction when you heard about these pardons? >> well, i was absolutely beside myself, bianna. and it's good to be with you. this is such an important topic, because this kind of an event is just such a despicable misuse of the military justice system that, you know, it should not go unquestioned at this point. it is a very bad stain on our justice system now, in addition to being a bad stain on the u.s. military and the u.s. occupation of iraq. >> and obviously, from a humanitarian standpoint, taking the lives of 17 innocent civilians, including women and children, but what do these pardons signal to the world in a bigger-picture type of mentality. do they put us and put u.s. service members and diplomats in harm's way, both physically and politically? >> bianna, they absolutely do.

and here's the problem. once you have a series of pardons that goes out for war crimes, then the rest of the world begins not to trust us. they believe that we act with immunity in a place like iraq or afghanistan or any of the other places that we're involved in. and those kind of actions with little respect, little regard for the civilians in these territories makes it really hard for us to win the confidence of the people that we're really there to support. we're there to get these people from a bad place to a much better place. and if we do things like that, we can't cothdo that. and it makes our jobs as military people and diplomats much more dangerous than it needs to be. it's already very dangerous, but this kind of a pardon makes it very hard for us to accomplish the righteous mission of the united states and makes it very hard for us to actually duogo i do the job, and create the kind

of world we want to see for the united states and its allies. >> we also know that president trump faces a midnight deadline to sign a massive defense authorization bill. he has vetoed and threatened to veto it, which congress could try and likely override. but this used to be known as must-pass legislation. what would this mean if the president did veto the bill? >> well, it would throw the department of defense into chaos, quite frankly. and it would put at risk a lot of our military operations around the world. that's something that we really don't want to do when things like the russian hack of the u.s. government and private sector enterprises has made it very clear that we are continually at risk. this is the wrong time. especially a time of transition, this is the wrong time to play political games with the department of defense authorization bill. >> it also sends a message to our adversaries around the world, as well. finally, i do want you to comment on the michael flynn

scandal. you worked for michael flynn when he was director of intelligence for the joint staff and the pentagon. i would like to gt your reaction from a tweet from general tony thomas in his response to recent suggestion that martial law may be necessary to force another election. here's what he wrote. mike, stop, just stop. you are a former soldier. you know that leveraging the military to rerun elections is a totally inappropriate role for the profession. you are also undercutting the extraordinary trust and confidence that america has in its military. stop. the fact that it has come to this, with a former colleague of yours, what is your reaction? >> well, general thomas is right in this case. general flynn needs to stop. this kind of commentary about martial law, the possibility of martial law calls into question the very constitution that both he and i have sworn to uphold. and it is time for us to

understand that the constitution reigns supreme. turned constitution, we have made it -- we have made our choices. the american people. and we all have to accept that choice and move on. and it's time for that to happen. i'm very disappointed in general flynn. very proud of general thomas. and it is really time for us all to unite at this point and look forward to the future and not back in the past. >> a reminder that general flynn also swore an oath to qanon as well this past year. that gives you a sense of where his mind is right now. colonel layton, appreciate having you on. happy holidays to you and your family. >> thank you, bianna. same to you. thank you so much for having me. up next, i'll be joined by a nevada icu nurse who says he and his coworkers wiare close to hi breaking point. here's what he wants you to know about the covid crisis.

front line workers are sounding the alarm about conditions they're seeing in america's hospitals as millions of people remain hospitalized with coronavirus. warnings like, quote, it's not sustainable at all. and we're fast approaching our breaking point. those two messages in particular coming from zachary pritchett, a critical care nurse of nine years who currently works at an icu in nevada. and he is joining me now. zachary, thank you for taking the time to come on and giving our audience a sense of what you

see as reality every day. right now in nevada, there are nearly 2,000 people hospitalized with covid and more than 400 in the icu. can you just compare that to what a typical holiday week would look like in previous years? sure, bianna. thanks for the opportunity. so hospitals are always busy in the winter. it's flu season and other things of that nature. however, right now, what we're seeing is a spike in our covid numbers to the point that other patients that are having other issues such as heart attacks, strokes, things of that nature, aren't being able to be seen as well. our numbers are staggering. our icus are full. there are patients in the emergency department waiting for icu beds. patients out on the floor that need to come to the icu. so right now, and with the coronavirus patients, they're so

sick and for so long, their length of stay in the icu is much longer than what we've seen in the past, so they tie up our beds for a longer period of time. >> and that's happening in cities and hospitals across the country. as we're approaching one year into this pandemic, hospitals really have adapted to making new icu beds and finding space for patients. but health care workers like you have been working tirelessly on the front lines. how are you and your colleagues holding up? this isn't your first surge. >> no, no, it's not, bianna. and one thing i would like to emphasize is a hospital bed or an icu bed does not equate to an icu nurse or an icu respiratory therapist. nurses are tired. the moral injury is real. we want to provide the best care that we can to our patients, but it's difficult to do that when staffing is as bad as it is. >> how has it evolved over the

year? we're hearing this surge is worse than the first one and obviously, the second one was worse than first. what are you experiencing personally? >> personally, i feel like this is the worst we've seen, where we're at right now. we -- most of us are working day in and day out, a lot of overtime. there are very sick patients everywhere. the highest acuity i've seen in nine years. i worked ems before i was a nurse. i've been a nurse for nine years with a background in trauma and burn intensive care. the patients i'm seeing now are the sickest patients i've ever seen. >> those patients, i don't have to tell you, need you and rely on you so desperately, especially with a virus like this one where their loved ones can't be there with them, so god bless you for everything that you're doing. if there's anything to be optimistic about, i know you received your first dose of the

coronavirus vaccine last week. what was that experience like? how are you feeling? any side effects? >> i did not side effects, just localized tenderness, soreness in my arm, no more than any other, let's say a tetanus shot or something of that nature. i didn't have any fever, headache, or anything after the first injection. >> that's goopd to know. well, zachary pritchett, thank you for taking the time. you could send all of your colleagues a message from us that we are thanking them for the hard work that they do day and day out askand i'm sorry th you're having to experience this again. >> thank you, bianna. if i could just leave with one thought. >> sure. >> at this time, this country, we're so politically charged, but i just want everyone that's listening to remember and to know that when nurses get up every day and put their scrubs on and go into work, we don't represent democrats and we don't represent republicans. we represent all of humanity.

and we need everyone's help right now to slow this down and to stay safe. we need people to continue social distancing, wearing a mask, washing your hands. all of that conjunction with the vaccine gives us a little hope at the end of the tunnel. but this vaccine is not a silver bullet. we've got to continue doing everything that we can. >> so well said, zachary. try to have a happy holiday. we appreciate it. up next, we're live at one of the busiest airports in the world, as millions of americans ignore the warnings to avoid travel this holiday season. order in the app for quick and easy pickup. or, get contact-free curbside pickup! .. ..

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health experts have warned about the dangers of traveling right now, yet millions are ignoring the advice. yesterday tsa screened nearly 1 million passengers. cnn's amara walker joins me from atlanta hartsfield-jackson airport. this seems to be a repeat of what we saw before thanksgiving. what does it look like? >> reporter: we are seeing a steady but light stream of passengers here at atlanta international airport. airport officials say they do expect the bus just day of travel to be on sunday after

christmas, with about 156,000 passengers to pass through. it's definitely not nearly as crowded as it normally would be just days before christmas here at this airport, and airport officials say overall they're seeing about a 47% decrease in travel compared to the same time last year. but, look, there's reason to be concerned, and that's because the tsa is reporting record-breaking numbers of travelers during this pandemic. just in the last five days, the tsa screened over 5 million passengers. the tsa also saying they've been seeing record numbers of weekend travel. just friday/saturday/sunday, 3.2 million passengers screened, compared to the last record, which is 3 million passengers screened the weekend before thanksgiving. we're definitely seeing an up tick in the number of people traveling. we spoke to some travelers. they told us they had to make very difficult decisions,

including one man who says he's not traveled all year until now. >> i was really torn on the decision. in fact, i cut my chicago leg of the trip. i was going to visit my dad, i cut that part of the trip out, just to be safe. >> and that man telling me he chose not to visit his dad stop over in chicago, because he has an elderly father there, who is obviously at higher risk. brianna? >> amara, it's a relief to not see huge lines out there. maybe they're heeding the warnings at least for today. happy holidays, amara. appreciate it. still ahead, much-needed economic relief for millions of americans is now in doubt after president trump signals he may veto the stimulus bill that took months to negotiate. we made usaa insurance for veterans like martin. when a hailstorm hit, he needed his insurance to get it done right, right away.

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