the army corps of engineers sending experts to six older hospitals dealing with severe shortages of oxygen. in fresno, e-solemn service for this officer, killed by covid at just 49 years old. >> i'm heartbroken and angry. i don't know why this disease picks and chooses its victims. >> reporter: now officials concerned that a more contagious environment, know not believed to be deadlier or resistant to vaccines is spreading. confirmed in three states, including california.

wrda 2020 direct army corps of engineers, this changed to national policy is important for us because it allows communities like ours to compete for federal funding and also has seismic components are not penalized because of the seismic cost of this project. it's also a big win for other harbors and port. i want to thank president brandon for her support and advocacy for this important legislative change. she went to d.c. with us and met with legislators to make the voices heard. i like to thank our port resilience for their work developing, promoting the legislation and developing coalition of support for it. this wrda bills includes language that will continue to support private investment in our peers portwide. will provide clear path for permitting with the army corps and federal agencies with responsibility for endangered and threatened species. very important to our program. we're grateful to the very strong support of mayor london breed and speaker pelosi and bringing our city and nation together to overcome our challenges. congratulations to all. another project update from o

many liters per minute and we're approaching the upper limits of those. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers supporting this hospital, as it is with other hospitals in los angeles. at white memorial we're seeing members of the national guard helping to treat this influx, this unending influx of patients. >>> in the uk, health care workers are preparing to reactivate seven emergency field hospitals. this as a surge of coronavirus cases there threatens to overwhelm icus as well. on saturday, the uk recorded its highest daily rise in cases since the pandemic began. i want to go to selma abdelaziz with more on that. you're outside one of those emergency field hospitals. what can you tell us? >> reporter: i'm outside the excel center, one of the nightingale hospitals in london. you can see behind me, it's a huge conference center, a massive building. it could house a lot of people. here's the catch, how are they going to staff it? we already know the national health service straff is being stretched to the limit, and equipment? we know icu capacity is being stretched to the limits. what's the pla

and we are approaching the upper level limits of those. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers supportingital, as it is with other hospitals in los angeles. and here, at white memorial, we are also seeing members of the national guard helping to treat this influx, this unending influx, of patients. reporting from los angeles, i'm paul vercammen, now back to you. >>> stanley pearlman is professor of biology and immunology at the university of iowa. and he joins me now from iowa city. what a year it's been, especially for someone like you. you know, one of the leading experts in coronavirus of only about a dozen people in the world. what has surprised you about how this virus has behaved in the last year? >> well, certainly, the biggest surprise to me has been how contagious it is because, unlike the previous coronaviruses that cause severe disease in people, this one really transmitted from person to person. and that -- that probably, if i was going to pick one, single thing, is the surprise. and, of course, that's the surprise that's made this into such an awful pandemic. >> now, to the n

only carry so many liters per minutes and we're approaching the upper limits of this. >> the army corps of engineers supporting this hospital and others in los angeles. and at white memorial we're seeing members of the national guard helping to treat the unending influx of patients. reporting from los angeles, back to you. >> thank you for that. i want to take to you to the uk where health care workers are preparing to reactivate seven emergency field hospitals. this is tas the surge threatens to overwhelm units. we are standing outside one of the emergency field hospitals. if you can tell us what's expected and when and how will they be activated if needed? >> reporter: you can see the center behind me. it's a huge conference building. a massive space. but the question is how do you staff it? we already know the national health service, the doctors and nurses are stretched to the limit. we already know that hospital beds are being stretched to the limit. two-thirds of hospital beds in london are being used by covid-19 patients. so how do you get equipment in as well? well, the government's answer m

many liters per minute, and we're approaching the upper limits of those. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers supporting this hospital as it is with other hospitals in los angeles and here at while memorial. we're also seeing members of the national guard helping to treat this influx, this un-ending influx of patients. reporting from lax, back to you. >> thanks, paul. for that. in the uk a surge of coronavirus cases is threatening to overwhelm intensive care units there. on saturday they reported the highest rise in cases since the pandemic began. all of this as much of england remains under the toughest level of co-vid restrictions. we are joined now from london from an emergency field hospital that's about to be reactivated due to the surges in cases. what can you tell us? >> hi, robin. well, you can see the massive conference center behind me. that's one of the seven units that is being reopened, reactivated across this country to help deal with the overflow of coronavirus patients. now, there's questions being asked about how do you staff this massive building when you already have nhs st

army corps of engineers, the best of the best. these guys have been with us since the beginning of this pandemic. they are a part of our morning cadence and calls in terms of our logistics strategies. the u.s. army corps of engineers folks have been helping out with these alternative care facilities and technical assistance, a world- class group of folks. they are looking at the capabilities, within facilities across the state, and looking at making enhancements. you have done just that. let's talk about the oxygen support that the army corps has already provided has been an example in seven facilities. five facilities down in l.a., two in san bernardino, a bit of a typo on this chart. we are also going to be sending that team down to fairview, to help support his efforts. deployed today, we will be looking at refilling capacity for these oxygen tanks, and then what we call dmsu units. we have 42 of them across the state, oxygen components of those units we are starting to repurpose, so we have our logistics team and task force wh

thank you so much and there's much more ahead here tonight on kron 4 news that at how the army corps of engineers plans to help hospitals. >>enola cope with the continued surge of cases down there meanwhile, nancy pelosi, not the only american lawmaker having their house. >>targeted by vandals over the weekend because of the stimulus bill will let you know what words vandals left in the home. a senate majority leader mitch mcconnell plus parts of the bay area have been rocked by 2 smaller earthquakes so should >>vandals lashed out at the leaders of the u.s. house and the senate this weekend and comes after congress failed to approve $2000 stimulus checks for millions of americans who are struggling during this pandemic spray paint reading where's my money and mitch kills the pour. >>scrawled on the home of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's home this morning in louisville, kentucky. it was directed at him after. also their words pain under his mailbox mccall releasing a statement condemning the vandalism police say right now there are no suspects. on new year's day senate republicans refuse

the army corps of engineers uses curves that you see at the bottom of the left hand graphic. they have a low, intermediate and high curve. state of california published its guidance just a few years ago and you can see the state of california one in 200 chance and significantly higher than the army corps. on the right, you get a sense of what happens with sea level rise. you know, initially we're worried about 100-year-old flood event that came over top the seawall. they're 1% storm events with waves could overtop the shore line. but as sea level rises, we start to worry about high tides and daily flooding and it's permable shore line, we could see increases in ground water with high tide affecting infrastructure below grade. now we want to get into the army corps of engineers flood study. we're very lucky to have this effort ongoing. next slide please. we do have during king tide events and storm events a couple times a year was really -- continuing authorities program investigation with the army corps of engineers that they recommended doing a broader flood risk study for t

army corps of engineers which is updating their oxygen delivery systems. itals have struggled to maintain oxygen pressure while treating record numbers of people. >>> dr. anthony fauci admits there have been some glitches with the rollout of vaccines. this morning, the vaccine produced by oxford university will start being given to british citizens. it's considered easier to transport and cheaper to produce than the vaccines from pfizer and moderna. the u.s. government is considering a plan to cut the dose size of the moderna vaccine in half for people between the ages of 18 and 55. that would double the amount of the vaccine available. the fda will make the final decision about what to do. large crowds turned out for weekend public vaccine events in houston and knoxville, tennessee. only about 1 in every 100 people in the u.s. so far have been vaccinated. >>> now to a major reversal from the pentagon, announcing the aircraft carrier nimitz will remain in the middle east. just days ago, acting defense secretary christopher miller said he ordered the nimitz

army corps of engineers is an arm of the military that supports communities and disaster relief.oronavirus pandemic specifically the dire situation in los angeles county with hospitals pushed to the brink of catastrophe. according to state health officials. older facilities are reporting problems with oxygen equipment for covid patients. pipes can always maintain sufficient pressure and might even freeze. we're trying to assess how we can reduce the strain on their facilities. >>and the mechanical spaces, an end. to distribution as well. >>members of the corps of engineers are visiting 7 los angeles area medical centers, including adventist health white memorial hospital in boyle heights. the team of design and construction experts will look for problems with and recommend solutions for any outdated oxygen delivery systems. they are discovering what seems to be a common problem. >>to oxygen levels just because the increased demand there freezing. so and so how do you increase capacity so that the system doesn't freeze and they can maintain. oxygen distribution where they need it.

army corps of engineers is an arm of the military that supports communities and disaster relief. the current crisis is the coronavirus pandemic specifically the dire situation in los angeles county with hospitals pushed to the brink of catastrophe. according to state health officials. older facilities are reporting problems with oxygen equipment for covid patients. pipes can always maintain sufficient pressure and might even freeze. we're trying to assess how we can reduce the strain on their facilities. >>and the mechanical spaces, an end. to distribution as well. >>members of the corps of engineers are visiting 7 los angeles area medical centers, including adventist health white memorial hospital in boyle heights. the team of design and construction experts will look for problems with and recommend solutions for any outdated oxygen delivery systems. they are discovering what seems to be a common problem. >>to oxygen levels just because the increased demand there freezing. so and so how do you increase capacity so that the system doesn't freeze and they can maintain. oxygen dist

>> right now, fred, the army corps of engineers is sending an elite team about a dozen members to six los angeles area hospitals and what they are doing is, they are assessing the capacity for the distribution of oxygen. and the reason that that is so critical, of course, is so many of these covid-19 patients are gasping for breath and requiring oxygen. so this army corps of engineers team, combining with the california department of emergency services are going to make fixes to the supply chain of oxygen. so far, they looked at three hospitals. they worked in tomorrow evening, new year's day to get some of this assessment done. they'll finish up with more this weekend, including here at white hospital. and when they are finally finished, then later on, they can begin to make changes to this critical oxygen supply. it is a desperate situation in california. we have 21,000 people hospitalized with covid-19. you may be asking, who is winding up in these los angeles area hospitals? well, a lot of times it's the working poor. >> they don't have, you know, a luxury condo they can go vacati

>> reporter: well, we've got the army corps of engineers stepping into this fight, fredricka and it's become news. here is why that's important. with this hospital capacity being taxed, we're also seeing an unprecedented number of patients with covid-19 requiring oxygen. what the army corps of engineers, in addition to help from california office of emergency services, they're going to go through and assess the oxygen delivery capacity in all of these hospitals. they've already checked out, they worked on new year's day, three hospitals. they're going to check out this hospital later. they're looking for everything from the tubing to the capacity. some of these hospitals are older and they're coming to the rescue here, if you will. they're going to fix up and shore up some of this oxygen delivery. and then you were talking about capacity throughout the state of california and los angeles. it is just being absolutely taxed. we've got some 20,500 people in the hospital with covid. and at l.a. county usc, the biggest trauma care center in the west, they are absolutely feeling it. don't f

army corps of engineers, a team of design and construction experts from the army corps are being deployed to six l.a. hospitals to increase the amount of oxygen that each hospital has available to give to patients. in trying to treat thousands of people simultaneously suffering from the same respiratory disease, l.a. has quite literally been running out of air to treat all the covid patients who are coming through their doors. in the city of los angeles yesterday, more than 11,000 people were newly infected with covid in one day. look at the case numbers in l.a. right now. hospitalizations are near an all-time high and at an unsustainable level. somebody died of covid in l.a. yesterday every 17 minutes, just in that city. with the post holiday surge coming, public health officials say this is going to get worse before it gets better. prayers for the great city of los angeles tonight. watch this space. e great city o los angeles tonight. watch this space businesses today are looking to tomorrow. adapting. innovating. setting the course. but new ways of working demand a new type of network.

the army corps of engineers is helping some hospitals with oxygen systems. >> we are trying to reduce the strain. >> a lack of space and medical professionals is partly to blame for the slow delivery of the vaccine. >> president trump promised over 20 million but the cdc says just over 4 million have been inoculated. former fda commissioner scott gottlieb said that is not fast enough. >> we were hoping we'd have more injections in people's arms at this point. >> those vaccines can't come fast enough. here in california, one person dies from covid-19 every three minutes. cbs news, los angeles. >>> ahead on cbs this morning, u.s. surgeon general adams discussions a post holiday surge in covid cases. >>> a man is in custody this morning after he allegedly shot and killed a pastor at an east texas church. he had been on the run and hid in the bathroom of the starrville church bathroom. the pastor was shot and killed after he discovered the gunman. >> the pastor who had a firearm himself drew his arm and ordered him to stop. he starts coming towards the front door and turns around and lung

have some sort of national dementia here because what we did in the spring was we had the army corps of engineers -- hello? >> we can hear you. >> so anyway, i'm just saying we have the army corps of engineers come in last spring and build facilities and put hospital-type facilities in tents outside of the hospitals, we had very formal development of facilities within conference rooms -- the conference centers and so on. so we know what we have to do. it's just amazing to me that we have not deployed those methods in california and other places. it's not -- it's not a surprise what's happening now in terms of the very dangerous overcrowding of our facilities. and what you said was exactly correct. somebody has got a heart attack, who's had a stroke, they're getting crowded out of the hospitals that are overwhelmed with covid patients. so we have a tremendous amount of work to do. by the way, this new strain, which we've seen a handful of cases in california, in colorado and now in florida, this is the tiniest possible tip of the iceberg. there is no doubt at all that this strain of virus has been

army corps of engineers is being deployed to have a dozen southern california hospitals. dealing with oxygen shortages. some hospitals are so backed up that they are at full force to convert cafeterias into triage areas. cases top 20 million today. a new more contagious strain of the virus has now been found in a third state. laura. a man in his 20s with no recent travel history tested positive for the mutated covid strain. at least 33 countries have identified infections with the new covid variant first detected in the uk. >>> federal judge has dismissed a longshot lawsuit to give vice president mike pence the power to overturn joe biden's electoral college victory. that was filed by texas gop congressman louis gomer. several gop house members say they will object to the electoral vote. so far republican josh holly is the only senator who plans to object. >>> let's look at capitol hill. >> the bill on reconsideration is passed. >> ms a defense bill that the president wanted to use to strip power from the tech companies. >>> still ahead, a family demanding justice exclusi

cdc national into institutes of health army corps of engine years and particular the department of defense being able to bring about 10 to 20 30,000 of those nurses and doctors to come help out there. working out the agreement between d o t department of defense and fema right now, with the hopes of eventually being able to do 450,000 vaccinations a day across 100 community sites. well that is indeed a very ambitious goal. but mark, how long do you think it's going to take until they're able to meet that goal? are we talking days, weeks or months from now? well the goal the president asked for is to have 100 sites up within 30 days. i don't think they'll reach that. but if the president asked for it, they're going to do everything they can to get there. this is gonna be one of those programs that you're gonna have to crawl a little bit. then i should get going. you're gonna keep moving faster and faster and faster. the president has also said that states have 100% funding for vaccinations, so it eliminates the cost factor and the roadblock and it also allows reimbursement of now. shurgard

army corps of engineers, a team of design constructors have been asked to come back and increase theople suffering from the same respiratory disease. l.a. has quite literally been running out of air to treat the covid patients coming through their doors. in the city of los angeles yesterday, more than 11,000 people were newly infected with covid in one day. hospitalizations are near an all-time high and at an unsustainable level. someone died of covid in l.a. yesterday, every 17 minutes just in that city. with the host-holiday surge coming, public officials say this is going to get worse before it gets better. prayers to the great city of los angeles tonight. watch this space. h this space (kids laughing) ♪ upbeat tempo ♪ sanctuary music it's the final days of the wish list sales event sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. dad! noour son says, house. since tide antibacterial fabric spray kills 99.9% of bacteria. just to be sure. he wants us to spray everything every time we walk into the door. it's just to

this as the army corps of engineers is helping some southern california hospitals fix overwhelmed oxygen delivery systems. >> we're trying to assess how we can reduce the strain on their facilities. >> tonight a lack of space and medical professionals is partly to blame for the slow delivery of the vaccine. the trump administration promised 20 million doses would be given by the end of 2020, but the cdc says just over 4 million people have been inak-- inoculated. former fda commissioner scott gottlieb told "face the nation" that's not fast enough. >> we were hoping we would have more injections in people's arms at this point and the vaccine could be starting to have an impact on the trajectory of the epidemic. >> those vaccines can't come fast enough, here in the state of california, one person dies from covid-19 every three minutes. jericka? >> duncan: wow, jonathan vigliotti for us tonight in los angeles. the race is on to end the pandemic, with global immunization. but the rich have a clear edge. cbs's elizabeth palmer explains how. >> india's government has just sent a dry run for wh

they are awaiting help from the army corps of engineers to help deliver oxygen. >> we are grateful for the support of these men and women, these heroes, in this mission. >> we hope to not end up where los angeles is, but we are certainly worried about it. >> on more than five occasions recently, san jose fire assist with transferring the patients, because there was simply not enough of ambulances available. >> a sad situation, as meth, thank you. >>> 44 emergency room employees at the kaiser hospital in san jose have tested positive for covid-19. kaiser says the employees tested positive between december 27th and january 1st, possibly expose on christmas day care that is when an employee had worn an air- powered holiday themed costume through the er, briefly. a woman went to the emergency room december 26, and was never notified by kaiser about possible exposure. >> there were people that were exposed, that have no clue, that have exposed other family members. and they thought they were safe and that er. >> a kaiser spokesperson is investigating, using contract contact tracing to notif

today, members oh it have army corps of engineers deployed to six southern california hospitals. they're tasked with helping upgrade outdated oxygen delivery systems to make sure patients can get the oxygen they need. >> let's take a closer look how we got here. this shows the surge over the past 2 1/2 weeks. on december 15th, 53,711 cases. you see the numbers dropping off there for a while, leading into christmas. then the day after christmas, cases spiked to more than 50,000. today, 53,341 reported yesterday, close to that record set last month. as classes climb, so do the hospitalizations. here's a long at the percentage of standard icu beds open across the state. sacramento's shelter order was going to expire last night, it was extended. in the bay area, just 5.1% of icu beds are open. our stay at home order, set to expire friday. but like sacramento, that's likely to be extended unless our numbers improve. >>> in the south bay, covid patients continue to fill up hospital beds. the latest peak is much, much higher, and concerning. >> so we've been 100% capacity for weeks. and

the u.s army corp. of engineers are helping out with these alternative care facilities and technical assistance. world class group of folks. they are looking at the capabilities within existing facilities throughout the state and looking at making enhancements. they have done just that. lets talk about that. the oxygen support and the support that the army corp. has already provided has been exampled in seven facilities. five down in l.a., two in san bruno. a little bit of a typo on this chart. we also are going to be sending that team down to fair view to help support those efforts. we will be looking to deploy them. then these units, these are the medical support units. we have 42 of them across the state. they have oxygen that is components of those units. we are starting to re-purpose those. we have a logistics team, a logistics task force helping with that. they are also leasing mobile oxygen systems. so we have the ability to do more rapid deployment. one of the other strategies and this is important that we h

army corps of engineers arrived today to update oxygen delivery systems. the collaboration comes at the house rules struggle to maintain oxygen pressure while treating the unprecedented number of patients with respiratory issues. angeles county very busy this holiday season conducting grades on large parties being super sprinter events. >> once again, this is the sheriff's department. the super sprinter party is now over. >> this the scene at a home in malibu new year's eve. the los angeles county sheriffs department broke up a mess of house party. hundreds of people were there but very few of them were wearing masks. there appeared to be no attempt to practice social distancing. >> i am on tv? which channel? >> happy new year. >>> others did not seem to be deputies with tv crews. the los angeles sheriff's department rated five separate parties new year's eve alone and made nearly 90 arrests. deputies say they are cracking down on dangerous parties with alarming responses to covid-19 cases in the los angeles area. >>> public safety concerns in los angeles,

the army corp. of engineers helping hospitals running low on oxygen. overwhelmed funeral homes turning away families. in the bay area 43 staffers at this san jose hospital now testing positive. the outbreak being linked to a worker who wore an inflatable christmas costume. the county is banning employee break rooms for all businesses. across the country near boston a second emergency field hospital is opening today. >> this is going to be an exclusively covid positive place. >> reporter: meanwhile, a new vaccine is bringing hope, the first doses of oxford's vaccine are being distributed in the uk. back here in the u.s. the rollout of the pfizer and moderna vaccines are coming out at a slow pace. >> there have been a couple glitches. that's understandable. >> reporter: some of the first public vaccination events were held this weekend in houston where 250,000 people called the health department for only 750 appointments. >> i just want to get back to normal. i want to see my kids. >> reporter: "operation warp speed" is now considering drastic measures.

county the nation's epicenter where one person dies from the virus every ten minutes the army corps of engineers is being called in to help upgrade older county hospitals having problems delivering vital high flow oxygen to patients desperate for every breath >> they can't maintain the oxygen pressure in the hospital because there's so many patients on high flow o2 >> reporter: one county official calling on governor gavin newsom to bring back the "usns mercy." the hospital ship originally provided emergency care to non-covid patients in the spring to help with the demand. as health officials say they need all the help they can get, with icu capacity at 0% for weeks and hospitals now too overloaded to treat everyone >> we're really bad. we're overwhelmed. we're stressed we're stretched so thin it's pretty unimaginable >> and steve joins us now from l.a.x steve, this is a big travel weekend >> reporter: absolutely, jose aaa projects 85 million americans will have traveled this holiday season health officials say that may lead to another surge but we simply won't know for another two to three week

the army corps of engineers sending experts to six older hospitals dealing with severe shortages of oxygen. in fresno, e-solemn service for this officer, killed by covid at just 49 years old. >> i'm heartbroken and angry. i don't know why this disease picks and chooses its victims. >> reporter: now officials concerned that a more contagious environment, know not believed to be deadlier or resistant to vaccines is spreading. confirmed in three states, including california. more than 100,000 americans fighting the virus in the hospital for 31 straight days. north carolina battling a record surge. officials now building this field hospital to ease the system's burden. >> it has everyone on edge, and, you know, it makes me a little anxious thinking that possibly this could be the next epicenter. >> reporter: in massachusetts, this field hospital filling up with covid patients. the central part of the state seeing a 60% increase in hospitalizations since thanksgiving. >> just other the past three days we've surpassed the number of patients in the hospital that we saw in the spring. >> reporter:

. >>> today members of the army corps of engineers deployed to six southern california hospitals. they're tasked with helping upgrade outdated oxygen delivery systems to make sure critically ill patients can get the oxygen they need. they say the task is challenging. >> so the 02 oxian levels just because of the increased demands, they're freezing. so how do you increase capacity so that the system doesn't freeze and they can maintain oxygen distribution? >> the army corps is also bringing in additional oxygen trucks. >>> marin county is opening another covid-19 self-testing site next week. it is the seventh such location operated by curative to open in a month. the new drive-thru testing location is in the armory parking lot along civic drive and san rafael. results come back in 72 hours. the site opens wednesday and will operate five days a week. >>> we're learning new details about the tragic hit-and-run that killed two women in san francisco. a friend has identified one of the victims. he remembers her as very positive and friendly. her close friends have setup a fund-raiser a

army corps of engineers to try to fix that. teams will be deployed to six los angeles area hospitals to help upgrade outdated oxygen delivery systems. they are expected to begin assessments as soon as tomorrow. >>> here locally, santa clara county added new restrictions today. the main new rule is that businesses must close indoor break rooms and lunch rooms. employees should only use appliances like the coffeemaker, the fridge, or the microwave. so where can you eat? county leaders now recommend eating in your car if you can. they say break rooms have proven to be one of the most common causes of workplace covid-19 transmission. health care facilities and hospitals are exempt from that rule. >>> santa clara county will have several pop-up testing sites next week for people who think they've been exposed to the virus. take a look at a list of testing sites that will hope. san jose, gilroy, palo alto, cupertino. the sites will open next week, but check the details. some are by appointment only. >>> if you're wondering where you

army corps of engineers. the team will be deployed to six area hospitals to help update outdated oxygen systems. >>> it's a race to get americans protected. medic medical experts are working together to speed up the vaccination process. president trump acknowledging the slow rollout today on twitter saying some states are very slow to inoculate recipients despite successful and very large scale distribution of vaccines by the federal government. they will get it done. as of this past wednesday more than 335,000 doses have been administered throughout california. but at the beginning of the week the state had delivered more than 1.7 million doses to local health departments, so a lot of the vaccine is here but not distributed. numbers like that have some doctors call for scrapping the current strategy of giving each person two doses so they can give more people that first dose. nbc bay area's tom jensen has the story. >> reporter: when it comes to getting millions of vaccines into the arms of people across the

and now the army corps of engineers is mobilizing to update oxygen delivery systems at hospitals in l.aw covid cases here are up almost 1,000% since november. one in five people tested is now positive, and state-wide, covid kills someone every three minutes. morgues are overflowing, the dead now filling refrigerated trucks outside. across the country in north carolina, workers are setting up field hospitals, preparing for a new surge after the holidays. same story in atlanta, where they're converting the convention center into a medical center again. today marks the end of the busy holiday travel period. the t.s.a. says in the last two weeks, it has screened more than 11 million passengers. that, plus the tens of millions who likely traveled by road, has experts concerned another surge may be coming. right about the time president-elect biden is being sworn in. margaret? >> brennan: carter evans, thanks. around the world, other countries, most notably israel, are outpacing the u.s. when it comes to vaccinating their population. israel stands the 12.6%, while the u.s. is at just 1%. behi

the army corps of engineers has been called in >> we're trying to assess how we can reduce the strain on that facilities and their mechanical spaces and o2 oxygen distribution as well. >> reporter: so overwhelmed that many doctors say they are days away from rationing care. >> we shall extremely worried we will not have enough capacity to take care of sick patients in los angeles. >> reporter: the nationwide surge also hitting the nfl again. possible covid exposure forcing the new orleans saints to shuffle players. playing is proving to be a gamble as teams push towards the playoffs at the height of a pandemic some airports across the country, like here at lax, offer rapid testing. it will have an impact, but they can only accommodate 1,000 tests a day and that's just a small fraction of the people that pass through the airport daily. frances? >> meagan, thank you >>> from testing to the vaccine and administration officials are defending the vaccine rollout. despite falling behind on operation warp speed's initiative of 20 million vaccinations by the end of 2020, there are some states

of december alone, while much-needed medical supplies are running dangerousously low, the army corps of engineers has been called to duty, updating hospitals that have had trouble delivering high-flow oxygen to patient. >> we're trying to assess how to reduce the strain on their facilities and o2, oxygen, distribution as well. >> reporter: a situation so overwhelmed many doctors say they could be days away from rationing care. >> we are extremely worried that we will not have enough capacity to take care of sick patients in los angeles. >> reporter: the nationwide surge also hitting the nfl again. possible covid exposures forcing the new orleans saints to shuffle players to complete their lineup. playing is proving to be a gamble, as teams push to the playoffs at the height of a pandemic. >> meghan joins me now from lax. more testing sites are popping up at airports. is that going to help? >> reporter: kate it will have an impact. the site that opened here at lax can only accommodate 1,000 tests a day, just a fraction of the people who come through this airport daily. it comes at a cost, $125 a t

>>the army corps of engineers will make recommendations to fema.anagement agency which will then work with state leaders s i orrect the shortcomi just know that the doctors and nurses. >>and the facility managers. they're doing all that they can. and they we are working 24 7 they're really the real heroes in all of this. >>chris wolfe news nation. >>and coming up on the kron 00:00am morning news is getting your finances in order one of your new year's resolutions we're going to find out what account and say you need to do this year to keep your financial resolution. >>for your money twenty-twenty was a year of financial uncertainty for a lot of people as millions of americans were laid off while others probably spent more money than they wanted to one take out and delivery during lockdowns harrison ford caught up with some accountants and their tips for 2021 financial resolutions. >>some people lost their job in 2020 while some couldn't travel or eat out and put that extra money in savings either way twenty-twenty was a year that people took a clos

army corps of engineers did not take into account the impact it would have on endangered species but in an attempt to garner bind and support the pipelines developer has promised to make a series of changes which include a pledge to power the pipeline using only renewable energy to complete its construction using a union work force and to eliminate all carbon emissions by 2030 biden has yet to say whether it will be enough. more 4th quarter.

benson is leading a citywide effort looking at coastal flood risk and sea level rise with the army corps of engineers. >>an effort he hopes will lead to a billion dollars or more in federal funding over time. last month house speaker nancy pelosi passed a bill that will benefit funding for the city and the bay area shoreline from flooding there going really trying to plan through the end of the century and beyond is a lot of our assets. >>that we're building today are that we own today are going to be around them and we want to know just as it's going to be. >>resilient climate change by the end of the century scientists project sea levels on the california coast could rise as much as 7 feet what we found through our recent work is the san francisco waterfront has a very important tipping point between 2, 3, feet of sea level rise. >>where we're going to see much more significant and stanich if we don't build coastal flood protection to protect the city as planners look at long-term solutions, anyone can help monitor data by submitting photos to the california king tides projects website an organizat

another great partnership between local communities, state governments, and the united states army corps of engineers. construction also continues on the east locust creek reservoir and we continue to move forward with another port bridge along i-70 and the it seven interstate project in north county st. louis. and a new overpass in west plains. although covid-19 has had an overwhelming impact on the economy we've made progress in a short amount of time but in fact missouri's among the top tier of states and the total economic recovery with a 71% of jobs recovered. we are among the lowest unemployment rates in the country. we have again reached number two in the united states for apprenticeship programs. [applause] time and time again, our administration has address the challenges of our community and our state head on. rather than leaving them for another day, another administration, or another generation. over the past two and half years we have offered bold solutions. and we have gotten results. but results aren't just about numbers on the bottom line. they're also about improving lives, creating

the us army corps of engineers arrived today to update oxygen delivery systems. it comes as a hospital struggle to maintain oxygen pressure while treating an unprecedented number of patients with respiratory issues. at many mortuaries in southern california is running out of space because of the coronavirus. one funeral home in los angeles that they are averaging 30 body removals per day. that's compared to five per day in pre-pandemic times and they have to turn grieving families. our reporter brooke thomas has more from los angeles. >> i've never seen this in the 22 years of been in business. >> reporter: olga fernandez cultures of a funeral concierge. she helps family book everything they need when a loved one dies. she said everyone she has worked with they've been backed up in the last few months. >> families having to wait to bury their loved ones. they can wait two weeks for the doctor to sign off on the death certificate may be three weeks to get the appointment to see the funeral director and possibly two months to just get your loved one buried.>> report

army corps of engineers did not take into account the impact it would have on endangered species but in an attempt to garner by and support the pipelines developer has promised to make a series of changes which include a pledge to power the pipeline using only renewable energy to complete its construction using a union work force and to eliminate all carbon emissions by 2030 biden has yet to say whether it will be enough. more 4th quarter earnings reports are said to be released this week as investors are eyeing company results ahead of president elect and biden's inauguration although u.s. major indices are closed equity futures and those industries are trading flat over the holiday weekend many are expecting their earnings recession to continue but there could be an end in sight for more on line by michael had a pen so portfolio strategies and. of openness i'll see all right michael i want to start with you here we're expecting a big week of earnings that seems to be the market's focus right now so after seeing a jump in banker earnings last week what do you expect to see in the com

army corps of engineers did not take into account the impact it would have on endangered species but in an attempt to garner bind and support the pipelines developer has promised to make a series of changes which include a pledge to power the pipeline using only renewal energy to complete its construction using a union work force and to eliminate all carbon emissions by 2030 biden has yet to say whether it will be enough. more 4th quarter earnings reports are set to be released this week as investors are eyeing company results ahead of president elect biden's inauguration although u.s. major indices are closed equity futures and those industries are trading flat over the holiday weekend many are expecting their earnings recession to continue but there could be an end in sight for more on this was joined by michael said so of pent portfolio strategies and not topical moran's the of openness l.l.c. all right michael i want to start with you here we're expecting a big week of earnings that seems to be the market's focus right now so after seeing a jump in bank earnings last week what do

first of all, i've got to get a shout-out to the united states army corps of engineers and the cbp teamf everything going on including covid-19, they kept their eye on the ball, and i woke up december 31st to a briefing saying we had, in fact, put 450 miles of steel and concrete in the ground. it's really historic, lou. but you're absolutely right, and people need to pay attention. we've been saying this since day one. the president-elect, his policies are not immigration strategies, it's an open border strategy. he wants to end mpp which ended catch and release. he wants to stop deportations for almost four months. he wants to give amnesty to millions of people. lou, those are open border strategies, and the cartels and illegal immigrants know it, and they're already coming. lou: they're all the same policies, all the same approaches and strategies as employed for eight years under the obama administration. there's no surprise in this. it was debated, it was fought over, and now elections have consequences, and one of those consequences will be a wide open border with mexico. the carte

some of these hospitals are older so the army corps team of about a dozen members, including engineersnd people who are experts at medical design, they're going to go through, assess all the hospitals and then they will go and work on them later, improving everything from plastic tubing to oxygen canisters. that in this fight against the virus in california. and as you pointed out, the numbers are just gruesome. we're also seeing extreme pressure being put on the hospitals in terms of expert staffing. not everyone is equipped to be the excellent intensive care unit nurse or doctor and we spoke with the chief medical officer at one of the biggest in the country. right now they have something like 250 covid-19 patients. >> you can't just snap your fingers and make an icu doctor, an icu nurse appear. it takes years of training. they are running towards the danger. they are putting on the mask, the face shield, the gown. they are going into the contagious patients' room to deliver critical care. how disrespectful is it while frontline workers are putting their lives on the line to go to th