donald trump takes break from the golf course to finally sign the coronavirus stimulus bill after millions of americans were due to lose unemployment assistance. united states surpasses 19 million covid cases as the vaccination roll out moves forward and leading expert weighs in on what we can expect. when we can expect a return to normalcy. update on british grand dad. how the 91 year-old is doing after one of the first to get a covid vaccine.

welcome it our viewers from all around the world. you are watching "newsroom." after days of nationwide frustration, president trump signs the massive covid are leaf package and government funding bill that millions of americans have been counting on. in a statement the president said he only approved the bill after getting the u.s. senate to agree to consider increasing the stem lus check amount from 600 to $2,000. which is what democrats wanted all along. despite the lock delay, lawmakers are pleased the measure did pass. the senate republican leaders say the compromise bill is not perfect but it will do an enormous amount of good for struggling people who need help now. and the speaker of the house

calls it welcome news. she's urging president trump to get congressional republicans to approve larger stimulus payments. democrats have said already on board. but aggravated by how this is playing out. >> the president is finally decided to do that. it's good news. it points up the his limitations as a president. he really doesn't pay much attention to the details of the legislation he's working on or the impact on people. or he would have signed it in the first place. this is the deal his white house negotiated. so i'm glad he is signing it. it will help a will the of people. it points up the frustration of the approach to the presidency. >> the president reluctant signature came after unemployment benefits for some 12 million americans expired on saturday. and just ahead of an imminent government shut down. more details from west palm

beach, florida. >> billions of dollars of needed coronavirus relief into limbo suggesting he might not sign a mass i have meese of legislation passed by congress. he signed that legislation. the president signing the $2.3 trillion spending bill that includes 900 billion in coronavirus are relief. the president signing this legislation after unemployment benefits for 12 million americans lapsed on saturday night. after the president didn't sign the legislation then. the president signature also comes after he threw millions of americans into financial uncertainty by delaying signing this piece of legislation. those americans who were counting on the $600 checks. will have to wait longer. and the millions of businesses that were counting on additional

p.p.p. fund to come through. now they will be coming through only after a period of five days of uncertainty. the president explaining why he final will signed this legislation. he says this in a statement, i'm signing this bill to restow unemployment benefits. stop evictions and return airline workers to work. add more money for vaccine distribution. and much more. the senate he says will start the process for a vote that increasing checks to $2,000. repeals section 230 and investigation into voter fraud. the last two items is not clear what he's talking about. there isn't stand alone legislation to accomplish those goals. there's legislation on monday that would increase the $600 checks to 2,000. with the president demand. it appears the president secured a commitment from the majority

leader mcconnell to bring the legislation to the floor. when passes is another matter. a number of republicans remain opposed to $2,000 stimulus checks. this comes because the president checked out ot governing after the election. for weeks as negotiations were under way. it was after congress passed this with bipartisan majorities and with the endorsement of the treasury secretary who was negotiating on the president's behalf. it was after that legislation passed that the president began to raise his objection. and all the president accomplished was sinking more americans into financial uncertainty. with 20 million plus unemployed. during the holiday season. >> let's go to los angeles. political analyst, good fo see you. the president he may have signed

now. not signing that bill on sat triggered real world impacts for millions. why do you think the president let it happen at all? especially of course as he played golf all weekend. >> the initial motivation seems to be a desire to lash out at both democrats and republicans. who he felt on the republican side were not fighting for him hard enough. and he has enjoyed chaos throughout the presidency. he has believed ta he benefits from chaos. i thought what gave away the switch was the fact that he tweeted a little before he tweeted he was going to sign. it was going to georgia on january 4. i would bet that he was getting an earful from republicans saying this level of disruption. the benefits and a government shut down was a very dangerous game he was playing with the two is that the seats that decide control of the senate. i thought the fact he said he's

going to georgia before he said he was signing this bill was probably not coincidence. >> his own team negotiated the bill. democrats saying increase the amount to 2,000. republicans refusing to do so. now forced to say yes, maybe. it's bizarre world. >> it is of a piece though. the president was disengaged from this through the. he didn't have a ore in the water trying to bring this to completion. it's similar to what we have seen this is on the economic side, in the public health side. since some point in the summer, they have essentially checked out of the public health. particularly after the election. and left americans fundamentally on their own. trying to deal with hospitals over run.

a death toll that amounts to a 9/11 or pearl harbor day. he was disengaged from this economic solution is totally with his really awall behavior on the public health challenge as well a president who walked away from his job. >> we speak about congressional republicans have stayed mute as they watch the trump wrecking ball swing. it's more and more speaking out in recent days with harsh words. saying trump would be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior. if he allowed this to expire. saying the president is trying to burn the place down on the way out. because he can't handle losing. it's interesting that is happening. is it too little too late? >> too little and too late. familiar voices. toomy is one who has been a little more critical.

obviously one ocht last republicans in a state that voted mostly democratic in presidential elections. and a lone voice in the house. big story is put the pieces together since the election, the the disengagement on the pandemic. the effort to torpedo the bill. the election. the calls on the justice department to investigate political rivals and asking the senate to pursue this non-existent election fraud. and the pardons to the cronies and people directly implicated in shielding him from the mueller information. add this up. it's like the final hours of some tin pot dictator ship. the walls are closing in, the strong man knows the clock is ticking. he's angry. vengeful and lashing out.

it's just embarrassing. the u.s. sends people all over the world trying to teach countries how to stand up a democracy. here we are watching ours being torn down. day by day. mostly with silence from republicans in congress. >> you touched on this. the pardon gets me. they took part in the massacre in iraq. which is just unspeakable. you touch on this. how might the president actions or inaction the behavior impact public sentiment with the january 5 senate elections approaching? biden ability to govern hinges on those elections. >> yes. these elections are so triable and the lines are so deeply engraved in every state. georgia is so closely divided. probably thot much that happened since the election will effect it very much one way or the other. this is a turn out battle.

loeffler and perdue are looking at worse case if trump allows all of the other benefits to lapse. eviction moratorium. unemployment as well as the government shut down. now you can imagine the situation they get a chance on the floor of the senate to vote for a $2,000 payment which might benefit them at the margin. i don't think anything will effect it that much. they are probably feeling better tonight than 24 hours. the two republicans. >> indeed he's also called on supporters to turn out in d.c. on january 6. he did that on twitter. >> chaos coming then too. >> exactly. that will be interesting. i wish we had more time. i appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. the u.s. now has surpassed 19 million cases of the coronavirus. that's according to johns hopkins university. by the far the most in the

world. almost double the next country. which is india. america top infectious disease expert dr. fauci says cases may swell in january in part because of the millions of americans traveling for the holiday. >> we're really at a critical point if you put pr pressure on the system by what might be a post seasonal surge because of the traveling and the likely congregating of people for the good warm purposes of being together for the holiday. it's very tough for people to not do that. and yet even though we advise not to. it will happen. i share the concern of president-elect biden that as we get into the next few weeks it might get worse. >> u.s. health officials say 2 million americans have been vaccinated so far. that's nowhere near the trump administration goal of 20 million. by end of the month.

dr. fauci believes those vaccination numbers will quickly rise. he says things may in the get back to normal until late next year. at best. >> once you get there, what i call open season. when anybody who is anybody. should get vaccinated. we'll get there probably end of march. beginning april. if we start vaccinating the general population in april, from a pure logistic standpoint it's probably going to take several months to get those people vaccinated. that would get us to the 70% group. that's going to probably be the middle to end of the summer. i hope by the time we get to the fall, we will reach that critical percentage of people that we can start thinking about return to some form of normality. >> the u.s. capping off a deadly pandemic year. with its most brutal month yet.

the vaccine approval is offered some hope. that wasn't soon enough to stop the onslaught of the death. and the u.s. not out of danger yet. >> reporter: data from the university shows that december is now the deadliest month in the united states. since the pandemic began. more than 63,500 people in the u.s. alone have died from covid. california is hit hard. the worse spread of new cases in the u.s. southern california regions both have 0% capacity. according to to a press release. some good news in michigan. the covid-19 hospitalization and daily coronavirus associated death have kontded to decline. since mid-december. according to hospital bed tracking web page.

health officials are saying it's important to remain vigilant. wear a mask and remain socially distance. they are bracing for what could be coming next. despite warnings to stay home during the holiday, millions of people traveled in the days around christmas. now it looks luke health experts project another spike in the number of coronavirus cases and with january covid-19 associated death, they are projecting the number to be nightmarish. we'll take a quick break. when we come back investigators say they know who set off the bomb in nashville. they are trying to figure out why. we bring you the latest. details on why japan is banning foreign nationals from entering the country. we'll be live in tokyo after the break. ies lash lift mascara from maybelline new york. the look of a lash lift without the salon hassle. double-curved lifting brush.

long, lifted volume. ♪ falsies lash lift mascara. only from maybelline new york. do you struggle with dull, dry skin, and find yourself reapplying moisturizer throughout the day? try olay ultra rich. olay's luxurious moisturizer melts into the skin. it's formulated with vitamin b3 plus peptides and shea butter, providing lasting hydration, for up to 24 hours. there's no need to reapply, and no greasy residue. and, for enhanced hydration, try olay serum.

just 1 drop has the power to renew a million surface skincells. for deep, lasting hydration try olay. (betsy)) quarter mile of tinsel. of lights. (harold) and real snow all the way from switzerland. (betsy) hmmhm... gonna be tough to top. well played. (vo) add some thrill to your wish list. at the season of audi sales event. get exceptional offers now. how to get their dishes as clean as possible. i tell them, you should try cascade platinum plus the power of oxi.

cascade platinum + oxi breaks down food soils some detergents can leave behind, cleaning up to 99% of visible and invisible food residue then washing it away so it doesn't redeposit on your dishes. and oxi is cascade's most powerful clean, formulated with no chlorine bleach. for a deep, hygienic clean you can see and feel cascade + the power of oxi. women with metastatic we breast cancer.rs. our time... ...for more time... ...has come. living longer is possible- and proven in postmenopausal women taking kisqali plus fulvestrant. in a clinical trial, kisqali plus fulvestrant helped women live longer with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer. and it significantly delayed disease progression. kisqali can cause lung problems or an abnormal heartbeat, which can lead to death. it can cause serious skin reactions, liver problems, and low white blood cell counts that may result in severe infections. tell your doctor right away if you have new or worsening symptoms,

including breathing problems, cough, chest pain, a change in your heartbeat, dizziness, yellowing of the skin or eyes, dark urine, tiredness, loss of appetite, abdomen pain, bleeding, bruising, fever, chills, or other symptoms of an infection, a severe or worsening rash, are or plan to become pregnant, or breastfeeding. avoid grapefruit during treatment. ask your doctor about living longer with kisqali. as there are cars. save for being a new customer, for adding drivewise, and for driving safely. whatever you drive, start driving down the cost of insurance. visit allstate.com or contact your local agent today. authorities say they now know who set off the bomb in a parked rv in downtown nashville christmas morning.

identified 63 year-old antny warner. using dna at the scene. he was present when the bomb went off and obviously doied in the blast. no one else was killed. three people were hurt. investigators aren't sure why warner did it. they are looking at any and all possible motive but deemed it not to be terrorism. nashville police tweeted this video on sunday. have a look at that. this blast from a new angle. it happened seconds after a police officer walks out of the frame. to safety. we're hearing from the first police who were to aprooif on the scene before the blast. the rv had cameras and all windows were covered from the inside. the computer voice in the rv was broadcasting an evacuation warning that police added details saying it was playing the song downtown.

one of the officers describing the moments after the bomb went off. >> i made a phone call to a loved one. i ran to the intersection to check on miller and make sure they were okay. sorry. that's when i got on the radio. couldn't get a response. from the blast he had hearing loss. that's when she got on and said he was okay. i was trying to make sure the people were okay and going from there trying to figure out what was the best course of action. to keep everyone that was either in the immediate blast area that we weren't able to evacuate and keep them safe. >> cnn law enforcement analyst joining me now from new york. a former supervisor special agent with the fbi. former fbi lead bomb technician. just the man for this conversation. we know who the alleged bomber

is now. a neighbor described him a loaner and former employer. essentially a nice guy. what will investigators be looking at in term of mental state or what led him to do this? police were asked about reports of 5 g technology paranoia. >> good morning. what the police are doing right now they processing this crime scene which was quite large. it will be processed. they are taking deep dives into warners social media accounts. pulling every cell phone he owns. every computer every hard drive. they will be pulling a social media. tracking web sites. phone calls. to see who he was in contact with. and see web sites sp postings he had on social media to understand what the ideology was if any and motive to conduct the attack. >> public record show he was issued an explosive user permit

handle license. that expired in 2016. we can presume some sort of knowledge of expelosi i have. how easy to make a bomb of this size with what are fairly easily obtained materials. >> in the united states commercial military explosives are well regulated. not saying he didn't have access to those, they are well regulated considering his license expired seven years ago. however improvised or homemade are easy to procure and the explosive of any criminal choice. because the precursor materials are easy to get. on the internet or retail. and it's in general it's simple chemistry in order to make some of the mixtures. >> what pieces of the puzzle are most important for investigators to put together now? the make up of the bomb

obviously. motivation is key. if we don't know why he did it we're stuck. >> agreed. obviously the make up of the bomb. the forensics don't end because we know who the main subject is. that will continue to develop any leads to confirm that he in fact was the sole producer and manufacturer of the device. and the only involved in it. it will be confirming no one collaborated with him on the effort. no one pushed him forward to increase his motivation. whatever it was. to perform this catastrophic act. >> the fbi confirmed threats against infrastructure earlier this month. unrelated to this. that related to the election. obviously we don't have the political connection in this case or know about it. the thing that's interesting if

it is shown the facility was the target. and this was parked in front. does that show weakness in infrastructure protection? is that a warning sign? there was damage in terms of the cell phone coverage and stuff like that. >> infrastructure is always been a focus of law enforcement and corporate security. it has been since prior to september 11, 2011. when terrorism hit the united states. there was a boost in the way infrastructure from utility companies to communication systems. to switches. maintained and airports. those things have always been considered a target. by terrorist groups or any other group in this case. mr. warner. those things are always considered to be a target. security is always been very

heavy whether it's a hardened infrastructure. to protect that. it will be a target and somebody law enforcement and corporate security need to consider. >> i know you are well practiced nd this field. it strikes me that it's worrying in some ways. it's not that hard to do this kind of thing. >> unfortunately there's not. there's way too much information on the internet. that just lead people down paths. >> yeah. you have the right motivation. fascinating to talk to you. thanks so much. >> we'll take a quick break. spain has begun to administer the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine. we'll go live to see how the roll out works and the struggle to get americans to take covid seriously and stop spreading the virus. we discuss.

if you have moderate to severe psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring.

don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. tell your doctor about your medicines and if you're pregnant or planning to be. otezla. show more of you.

welcome back to cnn "newsroom." the coronavirus variant found in the uk is making its way around the world. authorities in south korea say three people traveling from london tested positive and have been placed in quarantine. japan now banning entry to foreign nationals through the end of january. after several case of the variant were discovered there. we'll have a live update on that. meanwhile the covid vaccine roll

out has begun in italy. one of the hardest hit. the first dose of the pfizer vaccine administered there on sunday. spain has begun the first vaccinations. they will receive 350,000 doses this week. per week. the government hoping fo vaccinate 20 million people in the first half of the next year. journalist is joining me now sfr madrid. that is good news. the distribution and a big day for nursing homes. >> that's right. a very big day. 96 year-old woman the first person in spain to receive the pfizer vaccine on sunday. and said after she hopes it will chase the coronavirus away. all of spain is hoping that as well. the virus hit this country so hard. the ninth country in the ranking

worldwide according to the university. of the number of cases. more than 1.8 million here. nearly 50,000 deaths. that's the tenth worst country. clearly spain felt the affects since march. especially nursing homes. we'll talk to the people in the home who dpot the vaccination from the pfizer on sunday. the nursing home scenes were not always able to provide the care the families the healthcare workers and nation as a whole would have expected. there were horrible scenes at nursing homes krisz the country. dozens of dead in single homes alone. when the military went in at the backing of the government they found bodies. the whole country is pulling out of this fog of the coronavirus.

there was the long first wave last spring. a bit of a spike during the summer and the second wave hitting this autumn. trying to keep the third wave down with the vaccination. not just at nursing homes but across the country. there's hope people are starting to get the shot in their arms. >> nursing homes were such a horrible aspect of this around the world. what next for spain and the vaccine and the roll out? >> the ramping up spain on sunday joined the other members of the country the 27 countries in getting the vaccine started here in the european union. sometime after the united states and after the united kingdom. it's really going to ramp up. in the region of madrid the capitol and surrounding area. if they receive 1,200 doses on sunday. this day they'll get 48,000. if on sunday they were doing vaccinations at this home and

two others. they'll spread it out to 25 homes. you're seeing that across in the barcelona area. as they really ramp it up. the first people in the nursing homes the residents and the care givers. the next step is the hospitals. front line workers. 50,000 medical workers have had the coronavirus. dozens died. they are the next ones and generally to the population. starting with the older people. over 65. dropping down and eventually to the younger people who have been source of the problem according to many officials by continuing to go to events as well as families getting together during the holiday season. spain is far from out of the woods. but a ray of hope. >> good to have you there.

japan is banning foreign nationals from entering the country after reporting several cases of the covid-19 variant. it's a ban that will last until end of january at least. japanese citizens and foreign remdesivir dentds will be allowed entry but have to self-quarantine for 14 days. joining us from tokyo. tell us about the concerns about the new variant and how the ban will work. >> no surprise there's growing anxiety here. you have japan reporting record high numbers of covid cases. hospitals are strained and the several cases of the new potentially more contagious covid-19 variant. in response we're seeg the tightened border controls. foreign nationals are banned as well as the stopping of the issues of new visas. japan had been slowly easing borders. japan through the the pandemic has taken a relatively relaxed

approach to covid-19. without the strict lock downs. it had one of the strictest border control rules in the world at one point bans entry from 150 countries. residents who are foreigners are allowed to enter. and japanese citizens and business people and students coming from countries that japan has special travel agreements with. this includes china and south korea. the government in japan has really been struggling to strike a balance between covid-19 prevention and preparing for the olympics. and the economy. up until this week the japanese government had been encounseloring people to g out and travel and spend money. >> you mention china. there's been out breaks. and the new year is coming up. how is china dealing with that? >> we're seeing china stick to the play book we have seen over and over again.

the area with the out break go into wartime mode with mass testing and tracing. restrictions. and we can see that playing out rite now. since december 15. this city reported 60 coronavirus cases. starting last week they implemented a mass testing campaign. and it's been reported they have completed testing of 6.4 million people. we're seeing this play out in beijing. testing 800,000 people in the district. after reporting two locally transmitted cases. the government has been sealing off residential compounds as well as villages where the cases have been found. we have seen china do this over and over again. it is especially of concern right now because china is coming up against this lunar new year holiday. expecting a mass travel. >> must be worried about that.

thanks so much. georgia two republican senators are praising president trump for signing that covid relief bill. his delay had corp.ly kated their campaign in the upcoming election that will determine which party controls the u.s. senate. both senators voted for the measure. they never said whether they backed the last minute call for higher direct payment to the americans. president-elect joe biden is preparing for the challenges he will inherit. vice president kamala harris will receive national security and foreign policy briefings in the hours ahead. biden will deliver remarks and be sworn in to office on january

20. when we come back the scientist who studies public health and covid guidelines still can't get her own family and friends to follow them. we'll talk about the challenges of convincing loved ones to stay home. and be safe. he's known the world over. as you expect fame hasn't changed this 91 year-old brit who led the line for a coronavirus vaccine. he's quite a gentleman. (soft chimes) - [announcer] forget about vacuuming for up to a month. shark iq robot deep cleans and empties itself into a base you empty as little as once a month. and unlike standard robots that bounce around it cleans row by row. if it's not a shark, it's just a robot. do you struggle with dull, dry skin, and find yourself reapplying moisturizer throughout the day? try olay ultra rich. olay's luxurious moisturizer melts into the skin. it's formulated with vitamin b3 plus peptides and shea butter,

providing lasting hydration, for up to 24 hours. there's no need to reapply, and no greasy residue. and, for enhanced hydration, try olay serum. just 1 drop has the power to renew a million surface skincells. for deep, lasting hydration try olay. save for being a new customer. save more for adding drivewise. save even more for driving safely. see how much you can save with allstate. visit allstate.com or contact your local agent today.

to your friends... your family... to your teachers. in that spirit of giving, chevy's proud to give our employee discount to everyone. the chevy price you pay, ...is what we pay. not a cent more. because giving, ...and giving back, is what the holidays are all about. use the chevy employee discount for everyone to get a total value of over eight thousand four hundred dollars on this silverado. get the chevy employee discount for everyone today. just in, independent chinese journalist who had documented the covid out break in wuhan earlier in the pandemic has been sentenced to four years in jail. he had traveled to wuhan in february to report on the pandemic. and efforts to contain it. just as authorities began reigning in state run and

private media from reporting on it. she disappeared in may. and was later revealed to have been detained by the police in shanghai. she was charged with quote picking quarrels and provoking trouble. offense commonly used in china to target journalists. we're following that story. we'll pring you more. with the u.s. now recording more than 19 million covid cases by far the most in the world, public health experts are trying to get through to many americans who aren't following guidelines. whether it's due to covid fatigue or denial. or just plain stubbornness. the struggle to get beam it stay home and mask up and wash is as real as ever. the top disease expert dr. fauci says the worst of the pandemic is still to come. meaning we're in danger of a holiday surge upon a surge.

>> beth teaches at washington university school of medicine. and the joins me now from st. louis. the article you wrote was so fascinating about how even your own friends and family take unnecessary risk despite your professional advice. that must be intensely frustrating. >> yeah, it's interestingly frustrating. not a situation i thought i would find myself in and i wrote the piece to give voice to that. i had seen mod cal professionals and front line workers writing thing ands posting videos asking the approximately to take precautions. here i was my professional career. i couldn't get my own friend and family to follow the guidelines. and i wanted to give voice to that. i thought there are a few people out there who will recognize

this experience. i was overwhelmed with hold up people e-mailed me and mess anded me after the piece went up and expressed the same sentiment. >> it's important. you research how to implement public health practice with the public. the facts of covid are glaring. they should be terrifying. there is such a sizable slice of americans who either reject the science or feel it's not going to happen to them. what do you make of the psychology of that? >> i think the important thing to think about and remember is that it's not a one size fits all reason for not following guidelines. and it's also not black and white. people don't either follow them 100% or not. there's people who follow some and not others. follow some of the time. not all the time. the reasons are very variable. we have folks who of course believe it's a hoax. and feel any taking any

precaution is infringement on rights. people are frustrated with how long this is has gone on and can't take it anymore. people who don't think it will happen to them. and people willing to accept the risk and willing to have it happen to them. if it means they can dine out or visit family. they don't realize the risk is impacting others. we are all connected. >> i had a doctor on a couple days ago. who used that quote. one death is a tragedy. a million deaths is a statistic. do you think people don't comprehend the enormity of the what is unfolding and the risk they take by not taking it seriously? are too many people getting numb? >> absolutely. there's a huge part of that. people really don't fathom the magnitude of this. myself who understands statistics and math and knows the magnitude of the numbers i

find the numbers hitting me in different ways. the statistic that came out that one in 1,000 americans have died. 9/11 is happening every day. different ways to frame the statistics hits people differently. that's an important health communication tool we have. phrase things in different ways and reach different people. beyond that i think people have -- they had to have been impacted from the get go to be numb to it. there's a certain group and proportion of the society that was never sort of moved by the numbers. they weren't moved when it started and won't be moved now. i don't know how we get them to care. >> i have met a few. i was curious. what about about the emotional toll op you. you have seen the real world impacts in your job. and family and friends ignore the risk. what does that do to you do you fear lasting damage to your

relationships? >> it's been an emotional roler coaster. and i think it's one more frustration in a very frustrating year. i think my relationships will be mended. but we have never gone through something like this before. i don't know what it will look like on the other side. i don't know how we move forward after this. when we're so divided and seeing sides of people we have never seen before. when i'm feeling this frustration and hopelessness i try to find ways top helpful and channel the frustration. such adds writing. and administer the vaccine. that's giving me great hope. it's fraus traiting and helpless as i have felt, i'm trying to find out lets to help somebody.

i got such a response. people thanking my i have given voice to something they were experiencing. it made me feel good i wasn't alone in the frustration and helplessness. >> beth, thank you so much. really appreciate it. >> thank you. you're watching cnn "newsroom." we'll be right back. ou get fifty dollars toward your home deductible. it's a policy perk for being a farmers customer. (customer) do i have to do anything? (burke) nothing. (customer) nothing? (burke) nothing. (customer) nothing? (burke) nothing. (customer) hmm, that is really something. (burke) you get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. see ya. (kid) may i have a balloon, too? (burke) sure. your parents have maintained a farmers home policy for twelve consecutive months, right? ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ (burke) start with a quote at 1-800-farmers.

think you need to buy expensive skincare products [♪] to see dramatic results? try olay skin care. just one jar of micro-sculpting cream has the hydrating power of 5 jars of a prestige cream, which helps plump skin cells and visibly smooth wrinkles. while new olay retinol24... provides visibly smoother, brighter skin. for dramatic skincare results, try olay. and now receive 25% off your purchase at olay.com brand power. helping you buy better.

or psoriatic arthritis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce

joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. tell your doctor about your medicines and if you're pregnant or planning to be. otezla. show more of you. ibut nothing makes me feel like palways discreet boutique. outside, it's soft like underwear. inside, it turns liquid to gel. for incredible protection, that feels like nothing but my underwear. always discreet.

♪ now we've got an update for you on the 91-year-old british grandfather who won the internet with his blunt reaction to getting one of the first coronavirus vaccines. we had a second chat with martin kenyan earlier this month before the latest restrictions went into effect in england. >> reporter: 91-year-old martin kenyan is not an obvious candidate to become an overnight viral sensation, yet that's exactly what happened after this. >> i said, what's the thing you're doing the vaccination? they said, yes. i hurt my arm, not going to have

the bloody bug now. i don't intend to have it because i've got granddaughters and i want to live a long time. why would i die now when i have lived this long? >> reporter: martin is one of the very first britains to receive the coronavirus vaccine. his dry wit, humor and bluntness won the internet. earn him a star on "good morning britain." >> who are you? >> reporter: and gushing headlines. the son would even like to see him in the hit netflix series "the crown." so, what did martin make of this attention? >> 10 days of notoriety. that's the most i've ever had in my life and i'm very old for it to happen, all because i ran up to the hospital and went off there. >> reporter: the embodiment of the british mantra, keep calm and carry on. unruffled even in the face of a

global and deadly pandemic. >> i haven't thought about it in particular. i'm sorry to be rather boring about it. it hasn't been something i've thought about. >> reporter: were you concerned about the danger to yourself? >> well, i told you i took precautions against catching it. yes, it makes sense, doesn't it? >> reporter: and if he's generally indifferent, why did he rush to get the vaccine? >> i'm all for getting something done that you're told to get something done. >> reporter: as an oxford graduate he hoped the oxford-astrazeneca vaccine would be approved first but settled for the pfizer-biontech jab. with an extra week for his body to react, martin should be protected from covid-19 by early january. if he's looking forward to it, well, it doesn't show. >> fun isn't having immunity or not immunity until you succumb to the thing and you realize oh, i didn't have immunity. you don't know that, do you?

>> reporter: martin does hope he can hug his grandchildren again before long, but prefers to talk about a life well-lived, his travels to south africa during the apartheid era, and including conversations with desmond tutu. his encounters with nelson mandela, martin luther king, and he had says the queen's late sister princess margaret. as for the cameo on "the crown," don't hold your breath. >> for god sake, don't bring near it. very unkind they've been about the prince of wailes apparently and ludicrous about diana. >> there should be more of him. thanks for watching. i'm michael holmes. i'll have another hour of "cnn newsroom" in just a moment. t-mobile is upgrading its network

at a record pace. we were the first to bring 5g nationwide. and now that sprint is a part of t-mobile we're turning up the speed. upgrading over a thousand towers a month with ultra capacity 5g. to bring speeds as fast as wifi to cities and towns across america. and we're adding more every week. coverage and speed. who says you can't have it all? do you struggle with dull, dry skin, and find yourself reapplying moisturizer throughout the day? try olay ultra rich. olay's luxurious moisturizer melts into the skin. it's formulated with vitamin b3 plus peptides and shea butter, providing lasting hydration, for up to 24 hours.

there's no need to reapply, and no greasy residue. and, for enhanced hydration, try olay serum. just 1 drop has the power to renew a million surface skincells. for deep, lasting hydration try olay. the only thing a disaster can't destroy is hope. donate now at redcross.org save for being a new customer. save more for adding drivewise. save even more for driving safely. take another look at allstate -and start saving. visit allstate.com or contact your local agent today. we like clockwork.ht..com do it! run your dishwasher with cascade platinum. and save water. did you know certified dishwashers... ...use less than four gallons per cycle, while a running sink uses that, every two minutes. so, do it with cascade. the surprising way to save water.

[what's this?] oh, are we kicking karly out? we live with at&t. it was a lapse in judgment. at&t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gig-speed internet, but we can't sign up for that here. yeah, but i'm just like warming up to those speeds. you've lived here two years. the personal attacks aren't helping, karly. don't you have like a hot pilates class to get to or something? [ muffled scream ] stop living with at&t. xfinity can deliver gig to the most homes.

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. this is "cnn newsroom," appreciate your company. our top story this hour, almost a week after calling it a disgrace, president trump has finally signed the sweeping covid relief package and government funding bill that so many americans have been waiting for. but of course there are strings attached. in a statement, the president