athena: i'm athena. rachel: nice to meet you. athena: nice to meet you, too. rachel: this is david.ello. athena: hi, david. lemonis: the goal here was to have athena take rachel through the commercial baking process, for her to see the efficiency and how the cost could be lower. but instead of rachel having an open mind and learning... rachel: i use fresh eggs, so i don't know if you -- athena: eggs come pasteurized in boxes. rachel: oh, oh, no. so, we use the fresh, and we have a machine that cracks them all. lemonis: ...she's arguing about the eggs... rachel: i have tried those eggs, and they don't taste as good. athena: no one will taste the difference. rachel: all right. we'll see. we'll see. lemonis: ...and the butter... rachel: i use salted butter, by the way. athena: you do salted butter? we're gonna get rid of that. rachel: no, it makes it so good, i'm telling you. athena: but you don't want to add that to -- you can control it. rachel: i know! i add it, too. i add salt, too. lemonis: ...which doesn't sound very constructive to me. athena: we're gonna do two versions of this

athena, i want to ask you about the tragic story out of louisiana. we are seeing an outpouring of sympathy and support after congressman-elect luke letlow died yesterday of coronavirus complications. what reactions are we seeing from both sides of the aisle here? >> reporter: well, condolences are pouring in and this is just a terrible reminder of how dangerous this virus is and how it can affect anyone. luke letlow himself announced on twitter december 19th that he had been diagnosed, thanked people for their thoughts and prayers, and then within two days he was tweeting from his hospital bed also thanking folks for their support. he was treated with remdesivir and steroids but he ultimately lost that battle. we have heard from louisiana governor john bel edwards offering his condolences to let lowe's family and also from the louisiana congressional delegation saying we have devastated to hear of luke letlow's passing, he had a positive spirit and tremendously bright future ahead of him. terrible news coming out of louisiana this morning. >> nancy p

athena jones, cnn, new york. >>> and u.s.emocratic lawmakers are expressing optimism that an economic stimulus bill could be struck by the end of the year. that's after a devastating jobs report that shows the labor market is still stalling and millions of americans are struggling to put food on their tables. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi is talking about how they've handled the negotiations with republicans. >> months ago, we said -- >> let me tell you something. don't characterize what we did before as a mistake as a preface to your question if you want an answer. that was not a mistake. it was a decision and it has taken us to a place where we can do the right thing. the fact is, i'm very proud of where we are. >> well, the u.s. president-elect joe biden is growing impatient with congress saying struggling american families just can't wait much longer for economic relief. let's get more on this from arlette sienz. >> president-elect joe biden acknowledged the hardship facing many americans amid the pandemic. >> jobs repor

christine, laura. >>> athena jones. thank you so much. in this health crisis, three former presidents are ready to roll up their sleeves to bolster public confidence in the new coronavirus vaccines. barack obama, george w. bush, and bill clinton volunteering to get their shots on camera once the fda authorizes a vaccine. clinton and obama got on board after president bush reached out to dr. anthony fauci and dr. debra bidr. deb deborah birx to see how he could promote the vaccine. >>> the white house will carry on as usual with numerous holiday parties and receptions. press secretary kayleigh mcenany defending the president's pandemic plans at a briefing wednesday. >> i wonder does the white house, is it setting a good example for the public for the white house to have in-person holiday parties at a time when the cdc and other organizations are telling americans to forego celebrations for their own safety. >> if you can loot businesses, burn down buildings, engage in protests, you can also go to a christmas party. >> yes, equating a chris

cnn's athena jones reports for us now the u.s. is bracing for a surge upon a surge after a spike in holiday travel. >> reporter: as holiday travel hits new highs, this weekend saw the busiest day at u.s. airports since midmarch. the tsa reporting nearly 1.3 million people passed through security check points on sunday alone. >> i got my face shield, my n-95 and cloth mask on top of that. so definitely trying to take all precautions that i can. >>> now health officials are bracing for a post-holiday surge in new coronavirus infections like just after thanksgiving. >> we're always concerned and we always see a bit of a bump after holidays and sometimes a large bump. we need to remain vigilant now. >> reporter: concerns mounting as hospitals nationwide report more than 100,000 covid-19 patients for the 26th day in a row. >> i described it as a surge upon a surge because if you look at the slope, the incline of cases we've experienced as we've gone into the late fall and soon to be early winter, it is really quite troubling that it mi

>> athena jones, thank you very much. joining me, dr. ashish jah.a says more than 1.2 million traveled through airports sunday, highest number since march 15th. how bad could the coronavirus christmas surge get? >> jim, thanks for having me on. those numbers are concerning. again, i understand why it is happening. people are tired, they want to see family and friends but the problem is that we have so much infection in the community, more than 200,000 getting infected every day, and hospitals are really full. i am very worried with the travel numbers we'll see another surge in days and weeks ahead. >> dr. fauci agrees with president-elect biden that the worst is still yet to come. how do americans grapple with that, so many months into the crisis? do people just become numb? have they become numb? >> most americans are still paying attention to how bad things are. when they say the worst is yet to come, i think what we mean is january. january will probably end up being the worst month of the pandemic. it will be close between december and january.

let's go to athena jones. we're heading into a new year with the pandemic raging and concerns about when we will get relief. >> reporter: hi, jim. that's exactly right. the u.s. has added more than 100,000 new coronavirus infections for 58 days in a row. 17 of those days, that number has been over 200,000. wednesday, the u.s. tallied nearly 230,000 new infections. these are astronomical figures, yet another sign that things are still getting worse. as 2020 draws to a close, fresh signs of a deepening crisis. america setting records for covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations nationwide again. the latest surge could make january particularly deadly, as experts acknowledge the distribution of life saving vaccines is so far falling short. just 2.8 million doses administers. a tiny fraction of the 20 million dose goal government officials set. >> we would have liked to have seen it run smoothly and have 20 million doses into people today. by the end of the 2020, which was the projection. obviously, it didn't happen.

we begin our work with cnn's athena jones on the news of the uk variant found here in the u.s. what seems to be key here, right, is these americans, they have it, but did not travel, which then indicates there's been community spread. >> reporter: good morning, jim. that's right. and this is really the last thing this country needs. colorado officials announcing they found the first known case of this uk variant which we know according to uk scientists is significantly more contagious than the already contagious virus we've been dealing with all this time, found in a man in his 20s in elbert county, colorado. as you mentioned there is now a suspected second case also this variant. both men were working at assistive living facility. they were only there to fill in, to help out due to staffing shortages after an earlier outbreak at that facility two and a half weeks ago that killed at least two people. the state health department has dispatched a rapid response team to the facility to test the residents and staff, they are also in touch with the cdc. we understand as you mentione

>> athena, thank you very much for all of that new reporting. joining us now is rick bright, he's the former director of the biomedical advanced research and medical authority. he's now a member of the president-elect joe biden's coronavirus advisory board. rick, all the breaking news this morning is really unsettling. hearing that that uk variant is now here in the u.s., how could it not be? but hearing that it's affecti i this young man in his 20s in colorado with no known travel history suggests it's already here, there's already community spread. how concerned should people be this morning? >> good morning. thanks for having me on this morning. you know, this is really concerning news. it is not a surprise at this point that the virus isn't already in the united states. it's been spreading in the uk and other areas since at least september, we've learned. what's really concerning is that it's taken so long to detect it in the united states. it tells us once again if you're not testing for something, you're not going to find. it and now that

but let's begin with cnn's athena jones. that on the news of the uk variant, which is more easily transmissible, now present here in the u.s. and signs that it's already subject of community spread. >> absolutely, good morning, jim. it really is a scary thought. colorado health officials announcing the first known case of this covid-19 variant, first discovered in the united kingdom, which scientists in the united kingdom have stressed is much more contagious than the original strain. that man was a man in his 20s in the colorado community of elbert. there is now a second suspected case of the man with the same variant in the same county. both of these men were working at an assisted living facility in the town of simea, serving in non-clinical roles. now the state health department has diploid a rapid response team to that facility to test all the residents and staff. the first man had no known travel history, which suggests that this variant was already circulating in the community. and of course, now that you have the sec

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athena, thank you very much. we'll talk vaccine with our next guest, president and ceo of the biontech pharmaceutical organization. welcome back. >> thank you. it's nice to be here. >> more and more states are releasing their vaccine distribution plans, and just based on what you're seeing, how confident are you in a successful rollout? >> well, the good news is that a lot of governors are really roling up their sleeves. we've been on phones with governors across country rolling up their sleeves trying to get their hands on the latest and greatest information of how to prioritize the distribution of the vaccine and what's going to be necessary to make that happen. not just at major distribution sites but also at local and community pharmacies. so everyone has their eyes trained on this and the guidance that's coming out of the cdc, the centers of disease control and prevention, this week is very, very helpful. we just really recommend that people get the facts, and to that end the biontech organization just today

bartender athena foltz has been struggling to make ends meet for months she's one of many desperate for help going into the dark of winter >> we'll have to pay taxes in april and it's for like, what? what have they done for us nothing. >> reporter: the president demanding congress boost direct payments from the $600 his administration had supported to $2,000 now >> due to apply only to the minority leader. >> reporter: a democratic effort to do just that blocked by house republicans this morning >> merry christmas >> reporter: with federal unemployment insurance, rental assistance and other critical programs set to expire this week, lawmakers from both parties appealing to the vacationing president's better angels >> this is christmas eve surely the president of the united states, whether he's in mar-a-lago or any place else, ought to empathize with the pain and suffering and apprehension and deep angst the american people are feeling this christmas eve and sign this bill >> i hope the president looks at this again and reaches that conclusion that the best thing to do is sign the bill >

that would boost direct payments to $2,000, per person nbc's garrett haake has more >> reporter: athena has been struggling to make ends meet for months she is one of millions desperate for help going into the dark of winter. >> we are going to have to pay taxes in april and it's like, for what? what -- what -- what have they done for us? nothing. >> reporter: the president, demanding congress boost direct payments from the $600 his administration had supported, to $2,000 now. >> to apply only to the minority leader >> reporter: a democratic effort to do just that, blocked by house republicans. >> merry christmas >> reporter: with federal unemployment insurance, rental assistance and other, critical programs set to expire this week, lawmakers from both parties appealing to the vacationing president's better angels. >> this is christmas eve surely, the president of the united states, whether he's in mar-a-lago or any place else, ought to empathize with the pain and suffering and apprehension and deep angst that the american people are feeling, this christmas eve. and sign this bill. >> i

senators not athena have passed a bill legalizing abortion after a marathon session the vote was $38.00 to $29.00 in favor of a bill to allow pregnancies to end at up to 14. up 252-0000 women sick illegal abortions in argentina each year 40000 of them and up in a hospital because of complications during the procedure truth has more from the capital one as iran's. historic decision ending the criminalization of abortion in this mostly catholic country. after a long debate women outside congress waited anxiously for the vote to happen was. and when it did there was pure joy among those campaigning for that result was we are friends affected because there are no legal and safe abortion and it's a dead that we have as a society the state needs to deal with this issue we couldn't just continue ignoring it i'm so happy and i want us to know what is the debate lasted for about 12 hours and the bill was turned into law with $38.00 votes for and 29 against you can be. the be legalized abortion in argentina after 14 weeks into pregnancy it allows women to get a free abortion in a public hospital

it is modeled on the part than on freeze at the athena temple in athens from fifth century bc. but in this case, it is essentially a narrative frieze, not with athena and the greeks, but instead of soldiers marching to battle and going to war and coming home. here we have essentially a narrative of civil war troops, some fighting, some activity, but mostly a kind of a narrative story. and then we have this, one of the earliest monuments after abraham lincoln was assassinated. the emancipation monument by thomas ball in lincoln park, from 1876. what is shown here? you have abraham lincoln standing, leaning on a pillar. notice the profile of george washington. he's holding in his right hand on top of the pillar, the emancipation proclamation. at his feet, a formerly enslaved man, mostly nude, is leaning down and looking up in gratitude as abraham lincoln extends his hand over him. in fact, this monument was paid for by freed enslaved people. this made it rather controversial, both at the time and especially to our own day. it shows this man subservient to lincoln, and i think fre

." >> social media is calling this goofy bitch naked athena. what are you talking about?people were fighting for their right to live, to the protest against lockdown and face mask where people were fighting for their right to die. and we've all seen the clips of covid karens losing their shit in targettor whole foods for having to wear a mask. one of my favorite moments proved not every karen was a woman. >> the mask wars rage on. a dad loses it in a store after being told to cover up. the man's son literally picks him up and carries him right out of the store. >> i'll beat that ( bleep ) mask off your face and ( bleep ). ( bleep )! you're all a bunch of pussies wearing masks! >> your own son carried you out. you can't call someone else a pussy when you're being carried out by the person who came out of your balls. even naked bitch kept ther mask on. look, i can understand not wanting to cover a bul, symmetric face. i mean, look at your girl. but there's a deadly global pandemic ravaging the country. plus it's impossible to do a beauty routine under a ventilator. so even

athena jones has more from new york. >> reporter: with the united kingdom becoming the first westernountry to green light a coronavirus vaccine, plans are already under way to distribute it in the u.s. once the fda grants emergency use authorization. >> when eua decision comes, distribution to the american people becomes immediate within 24 hours. that is our goal. >> reporter: federal officials expect 40 million doses by the end of december and 5 to 10 million available the first week as vaccine makers ramp up production. the first shipment set to be delivered december 15th for these and december 22nd for moderna. cdc advisory committee recommending health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities be among the first to be inoculated. they expect to vaccinate the following number of people in december, january, and february. >> end of february we will have potentially immunized a hundred million people which is really more or less the size of the significant at-risk population. >> reporter: it will be months before most people get a shot and america is already in crisis

offered some sign of hope, the slow speed of distribution is also leading to disappointment as cnn's athena jones now reports. >> fresh signs of a deepening crisis which could make january a particularly challenging new month, hitting a high of covid-19 deaths for the second day in a row. more than 3700 people losing their lives to the virus, as the cdc projects as many as 80,000 more people will die in the next three weeks. hard-hit los angeles county surpassing 10,000 covid deaths since the start of the pandemic. >> we are at our capacity. and while we're seeing the caseload begin to level off, we know two or three weeks of more hospitalizations and more deaths that follow last week and the week before caseload, we are still going to have our toughest and darkest days. >> reporter: hospitalizations nationwide also setting a record again on wednesday. 12 states reaching new highs for hospitalizations, including georgia, where officials have set up a field hospital in an atlanta convention center. >> we're in a critical, critical point. >> and with california becoming the second state to id

athena, thank you so much for that reminder. let's get more on the first shipment of the pfizer vaccine could be coming to the u.s. in just 13 days. sara murray has been reporting on all these developments from the fda. sara, this is obviously a huge undertaking. how will pfizer pull this off? >> it is a huge undertaking, and pfizer is supposed to be the first out of the gate. that's the first the fda will be reviewing, but moderna is not far behind. december 13 is the date on the calendar for the pfizer vaccine, december 22nd is the date for the moderna vaccine. these are tentative. obviously the fda has to authorize these products before they can go out, but the hope is within 24 hours of that pfizer authorization that they and the moderna will be already going out. it's up to the states to make sure they get to the arms that need them. the first on that list is health care workers and people in these assisted living homes. a lot of these states will not get enough doses right off the bat, even to do all the health care worker

million americans have been vaccinated, the rollout is going much slower than promised, as cnn's athenaes reports. >> reporter: as coronavirus spikes, america faces a bleak winter. >> we just have to assume it's going to get worse. >> we predict all across the country a surge upon a surge upon april surge. >> reporter: the large numbers driven by holiday gatherings. 1.1 million people passed through airport security checks monday, the seventh day out of the last 11, with more than a million people screened. and health care providers are already being overwhelmed. >> at a certain point, you can't open up more beds because there are no personnel to work them. >> reporter: nationwide the number of covid-19 patients hospitalized reaching the highest level in the pandemic monday. and data from the department of health and human services show coronavirus cases accounted for 40% of icu patients last week compared to just 16% in september. >> this is the nightmare scenario we worked so hard to prevent because we know that's when the mortality rates absolutely skyrocket. >> reporter: eight state

. >> reporter: athena, for two and a half years, and carli for almost nine years, and lana is working and dad are always worried about my sisters. i'm always worried for them because what happened to me could happen to anybody. >> reporter: kari and other mothers are suing amphenol for dumping dangerous chemicals, and the company denies responsibility for causing the children's illnesses. they are a small band of determined parents, says stacie davidson, who may be changing the lives of children beyond the borders of franklin, indiana. >> you have all of these small pockets of cities and counties that are starting to have increase in cancers and pediatric cancer. that is what is so frustrating, is that franklin is not rare. ♪ fell naf feliÍz navidad ♪ >> cowan: feliÍz navidad is 50 years old this year, and it remains a christmas favorite. it is the work of jose feliciano, who has an ear for music and a lot more. as kelefa sanneh is about to show us. >> reporter: what are the sounds of connecticut? >> in connecticut, i like the sounds at night of the tree frogs that go, sh-sh-sh. >> re

. >> my name is athena, and we were besties from high school. going back in time. stacey called me and told me that she's getting engaged to be married, and stacey never sound like a giddy girl in love. she sounded giddy about her wedding and planning her wedding and making things for her wedding but she never talked about jimmy. >> i think that she started seeing sides of jimmy that he was very possessive. and it was kind of his way or no way. and i don't know that she was necessarily comfortable with that, so i think that they started butting heads. >> tell me, carol, when you got the call. >> h.e.b.'s called and said that stacey hadn't gotten to work. >> that's the first inkling that something is wrong. >> we made flyers and started walking door to door. >> hoping that we could find her alive. she's so beautiful. janie, come here. check this out. let me see. she looks... kind of like me. yeah. that's because it's your grandma when she was your age. oh wow. that's...that's amazing. oh and she was on the debate team. yeah, that's probably why you're the debate que