there are critics of the c.d.c. who question the purpose of the c.d.c. . they say that the c.d.c. was specifically created in order to be able to tackle a crisis like the coven 1000 pandemic. but that it has not been effective in dealing with the crisis. what do you say to that? it depends on what the expectations were compared to the monday. to date we have been given what i have seen, sometimes east, that the expectations towards us were far outside the legal mandate that we have been provided with. and that of course then can lead to well disappointment in the expectations if they go beyond what we have been basically permitted in the legal base to do so. the c.d.c. doesn't have any executive powers. your recommendations, as i understand, are not legally binding. so how can you be sure that countries will follow your advice? we cannot be sure we can only ensure that we have a close contact tool to colleagues in the countries that to be are open to their questions that we consult them in preparing our guidance. so that it is not a priori, infeasible for dam. and otherwise, we ca

but at the end of the day, it is the c.d.c.t they will do is, they will make the recommendations after the e.u. a., the emergency youth authorization, is actually implemented, because then they will know all of the discussions made with the f.d.a., and they'll say on the basis of our determinations and the advisory commission, this is the prioritization of people who will get it. and as we hope that things go well, and i think they will, and if these vaccines get the e.u.a., maybe 20 million people will be able to get vaccinated by the middle to the end of december. >> brennan: will you take it? >> doctor: if i'm within the group that is recommended, definitely i would. i would look at the data. right now the f.d.a. will make the determine makes, but determination,but i would ho hesitation to take it, nor to recommend it to my family. >> brennan: anthony fauci, thank you. "face the nation" will be back with symone sanders, a biden key advisor. stay with us. ♪ >> brennan: we want to turn to the presidential transition and senior

it's interesting that c.d.c. are continues to say that they took extraordinary measures as if they did all they could not withstanding the fact that the court of appeal has said that the in action in san quentin by those same officials has been quote morally indefensible we have a situation where the measures c.d.c. are took may be unprecedented because we're in the midst of a global pandemic the likes of which hasn't been seen in in the lifetime of anybody living today but is been grossly inadequate and that's why we are in the situation we are in where there was an explosion of co that at san quentin this stammer and in july people began dying at san quentin those 29 people 28 incarcerated people and one staff member who have died should be alive today that blood is on the hands of the c.d.c. are officials and the reason that they don't speak really publicly i think is that they are used to operating in complete secret with complete impunity and there is no accountability 29 people died at san quentin and where

gov newsom and c.d.c. are have an opportunity and that is to stop the further spreading of kogan 1900 by stopping our prison transfers and also stop dropping people off at ice detention centers sadly we can't go backwards we can't correct terrible decisions already made but what we can do is we can start making terrible decisions we can understand that there are many people many vulnerable people within a vulnerable population with co-morbidities who have loved ones ready for their safe release who have organisations planning for safe release and this is a place where we can all lean in and understand that we have an opportunity to save lives a lull us into this global pandemic so many lessons learned life's last act and now what. that's what i was going to bring up femi thank you for saying that again lessons learned and lessons have not been learned and there is a clear example with the chart you gave earlier right now and corcoran which is a chance for california i spent 5 years there there's 392 cases

c.d.c. are are the california department of corrections and rehabilitation is the agency that carried out the transfer on july 1st the state senate how the hearing to address the unfolding crisis. diaz was the head of c.d.c. our at the time but the question of who was responsible for the transfer is complicated in 2006 after decades of overcrowding that led to ellis' and death a federal court appointed overseen for to oversee health care in california's prisons that office signed off on the prison transfer perspective what responsibility do you do you take with our current level well outbreaks with them why i share all of the same accountabilities as the secretary. on all matters and i'm accountable and. responsible both for the successes. and for the failures after the disastrous transfer and me. that was nothing more than the worst prison stroke in state history we see the same kind of lack of regard in our own c.d.c. our system when it comes to how we treat these prisoners we have a respo

c.d.c. and the 64, state, hole and agencies. for allocation, the c.d.c. is highly respected long standing advisory community will make recommendations to the director about how to prioritize populations for distribution of scares vaccine and will be allocating them on a proratea population basis. then the federal government will have a contract one of the world's leading distributors of pharmaceutical products to ship the product from manufacturing sites to where the jurisdictions decides where it needs to go. we have been working closely where it needs to be shipped and administered and submitted to c.d.c. to review. shipped and administered and submitted to c.d.c. to review. we have done a great deal of work to support jurisdictions this these efforts. last week, we reached agreements to allow administration by pharmacy chains to cover more han 60% of the pharmacy. states can have the products shipped to these for administration. they live within five miles so vaccinations is easy access o

but not everyone is heeding the c.d.c.nings-- a packed restaurant in florida, lines outside a bar in st. louis, and this large outdoor party in los angeles. plus, the empty seats at the thanksgiving table. >> he always sat next to me, and i just can't do it. >> reid: late-night decision: the supreme court blocks covid restrictions on religious services. what does that mean for churches, synagogues and mosques? breaking news: president trump says it will be very hard for him to concede the election to joe biden. what the president is saying tonight about the electoral college, while still claiming victory. thanksgiving in a war zone: for u.s. troops in syria, there's soccer, candy for the children, and turkeys-- but not for eating. how the troops are spending the holiday. a different kind of black friday: what retailers are doing to get customers back into the stores, as online shopping could set records. dramatic rescue like the scene out of a movie-- a hiker's nine-hour struggle to get help. how he used a flashlight to gu

c.d.c.'s new guidelines for the c.d.c.'s me guidelines for a safe tha a safe thanksgiving. and, "profiles in service." on this veteran's day, we salute a 100-year-old world war ii fighter pilot, as he flies into the record books. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with breaking news. the coronavirus is now spreading so quickly, public health experts say it is simply uncontrollable, and they're warning the days ahead will be e en worse. tonight the u.s. is shattering records set in those first unimaginable days of the crisis. on tuesday, the country reached another new high of infections in a single day, more than 136,000. things are now so dire in places like missouri and wisconsin, at least one out of every three people tested is positive. more than 1,400 people have been killed by the virus in just the past 24 hours. e most to die in oneie in one day in months. the death toll is now growing so fast, one model says it will reach 400,000

and the c.d.c. changes its guidance. masks protect the wearer, too.s, the human toll tonight-- a covid widow's grief. >> i can't sleep in our bed. because he's not there anymore. >> o'donnell: president trump >> o'donnell: president trump attends his first public event in nearly a week as his campaign continues his legal fight, even with election officials from laims ofties rejecting claims of voter fraud. voter fraud. national security concerns grow as president-elect biden's transition is blocked. two former white house chiefs of staff warn, delays could put american lives at risk. plus, could biden name some members of his cabinet this week? tropical storm eta bears down on florida's gulf coast, as 13 million americans are under watches and warnings. tens of millions of americans are making holiday travel plans. the c.d.c.'s new guidelines for a safe thanksgiving. and, "profiles in service." on this veteran's day, we salute a 100-year-old world war ii fighter pilot, as he flies into the record books. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donn

here's how former c.d.c. director dr.t this weekend: >> we're all so sick and tired of this virus but unfortunately it is spiraling out of control. when people travel, the virus travels. and this thanksgiving could be the super bowl of super-spreading events. >> stephen: don't put it that way, please. people love the super bowl! you have to compare it to a party call it "the awkward retirement party for patricia from accounting who doesn't want to retire but is being forced to by the company and she is crying while packing up the kitten figurines on her desk and you don't say anything because you don't want to be the one who she feels close to now..." of super-spreading events. frieden continued: >> it's better to have a zoom thanksgiving than an i.c.u. christmas. >> stephen: that is a sobering thought. and the title of a very grim hallmark movie. this holiday season, every family needs to have a covid plan. especially the first family. because on friday, we learned that don jr. tested positive for the coronavirus. oh my

the c.d.c.s an emergency meeting tuesday to vote on who will get a new covid vaccine first. the country hits a new record for infections, despite warnings to scale back thanksgiving celebrations. hospitalizations hit new highs, cao, with at least 50 americans now dying every hour. plus, the backlash tonight. were the results of one vaccine trial too good to be true? dashing for deals: from new york to miami, some americans ignore covid to line up for savings, but will the pandemic put a damper on this year's shopping season? refusing entry? president trump falsely says joe biden can only enter the white house by proving he won. is t house by proving he won. is the president changing his tune one day after suggesting he would accept the electoral college's decision. no proof of fraud: a federal court deals another blow to the president's attempts to overturn his loss. the scathing ruling tonight from a judge the president appointed. plus the former head of u.s. election security talks to cbs news

. >> brennan: plus the c.d.c.siders shortening the length of quarantine if you're exposed to the virus. four million passengers pass through airport checkpoints since friday, ignoring the warning to stay home. the new measures to keep travelers safe, including plexiglass and no-touch bag scanners. plus, the thanksgiving forecast. will you be able to hold your thanksgiving dinner outside? transition underway: president trump signs off on sharing the official intelligence briefing with president-elect joe biden as the biden national security team takes center stage. >> america is back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. >> brennan: plus the annual white house tradition of pardoning a thanksgiving turkey. the tale of two americas: as the dow closes at a record high, there are 50 million americans struggling to put food on the table, with food lines stretching for miles. and we'll introduce you to one goea deli owner who wants to make sure no one goes hungry. >> like, these people need food now. >> this is

the c.d.c.ls americans to stay home and not travel. the new guidance tonight: cancel your plans to celebrate thanksgiving with friends and family. and so what does that mean for college students who want to come home for the holidays? "racing to a cure": the breaking news. pfizer will apply for authorization tomorrow, as the military says, once approved, it can distribute a vaccine nationwide within 24 hours. and astrazeneca says its vaccine looks especially promising for the elderly. hospitalizations up more than 100%. this hospital in nevada using a parking garage as overflow space for patients, as more than one in five hospitals don't have enough nurses and doctors. school closing chaos: protests over the return to remote learning in the nation's largest school district. >> education is a right, and dining is not at all. >> o'donnell: the terrible toll tonight on low-income families. as president trump loses more of his legal challenges, the strong words tonight from president- elect joe bide

tonight, the c.d.c. has a grim prediction: the u.s. death toll from covid could hit 321,000 by mid-december. by then, hospitals could be overflowing with patients in many parts of the country. here's cbs' adriana diaz. >> reporter: at chicago's rush university medical center, they've set up a covid triage area in the lobby. they're making room for an expected post-thanksgiving surge. >> there are 19 patients waiting for a bed right now. because we don't have any upstairs. >> reporter: dr. meeta shah works in the emergency room. >> there is a kind of overwhelming sense of apprehension as to what's going to come in the next 10 days. >> reporter: in california, health officials expect shortages in nurse-staffed i.c.u. beds in the next two weeks. >> we have a full i.c.u. of people with covid on ventilators who are fighting for their lives. so this is real. >> reporter: the state hit a record for daily cases yesterday. overnight, the supreme court, now with justice amy coney barrett, blocked new york's strict congregation restrictions on ho

meanwhile the c.d.c. study finds pregnant women with covid are higher risk for severe illness, death and delivering pre term. health officials say the impact on infants is still unknown. 16 states with single day records for new coronavirus cases over the weekend. despite the nationwide increase in infections, the c.d.c. says voters who are sick or quarantining can still go to the polls on election day as long as they take proper precautions, wearing a masks, social distancing and telling poll workers about their condition. there are new rules for travelers going to new york. starting wednesday, the state will require visitors from non- neighboring states will be tested before and after they arrive. this comes as massachusetts governor reintroduces a strict curfew. the cases in wisconsin at testing centers like this one in kenosha. they closed an hour and-a-half today after finishing the allotment of 750 tests. a county official told you it's been like this for weeks. norah. >> o'donnell: how is there sti

c.d.c. are or the california department of corrections and rehabilitation is the agency that carried out the transfer on july 1st the state senate how the hearing to address the unfolding crisis. diaz was the head of steam d.c. are at the time but the question of who was responsible for the transfer is complicated in 2006 after decades of overcrowding that led to illnesses and deaths a federal court appointed overseeing for to oversee health care in california's prisons that office signed off on the prison transfer perspective what responsibility do you do you take with our current level outbreaks with them why i share all of the same accountabilities as the secretary. on all matters and i'm accountable and. responsible both for the successes. and for the failures after the disastrous transfer and. that was nothing more than the worst prison screw up in state history we see the same kind of lack of regard in our own c.d.c. our system when it comes to how we treat these prisoners we have a re

the c.d.c.s the spread of coronavirus is now so out of control, americans should cancel their thanksgiving plans and not travel at all for the holiday. in a blunt and ominous warning, the government's top health protection agency now says ignoring those warnings and holding gatherings could lead directly to family members dying from covid-19. california's governor says things are so dire there, starting saturday, he's issuing a mandatory order requiring nearly everyone in his state to stay in their homes overnight. at the same time as we come on the air tonight, there is breaking news from the white house. coronavirus task force and it is very hopeful. moments another vice president pence told reporters the drug company pfizer will apply for emergency authorization for its vaccine tomorrow morning. and the army general in charge of distributing that vaccine says as soon as it's approved, millions of doses will ship out across the country within 24 hours. well, tonight, the nation's top infectiou

tonight, cbs news has learned the c.d.c. and white house coronavirus task force are now considering shortening the recommended length of covid quarantines, not because of new research, but simply to get more people to follow the rules and stay home if they're exposed. across the u.s., every week, new infections are accelerating faster than the week before. tonight, los angeles county, home to 10 million people, is debating a strict new lockdown that could leave streets and restaurants empty. and l.a.'s mayor says cases are climbing so quickly in his city, they'll be out of hospital beds by christmas. nationwide, things are even worse. a record-shattering 85,000 americans are hospitalized with covid-19 tonight. doctor tells cbs news they are running low on help and running out of hope. and as americans head into a holiday traditionally focused on filling up their plates, millions are now lining up at food pantries, just struggling to get enough to eat. we have a lot of new reporting for you and your family, and our correspond

. >> whitaker: in february, testing for covid-19 was limited to the c.d.c.' reserved for people who had traveled to china or had contact with an infected person. none of the patients then in evergreen hospital qualified. and when the government moved to expand testing operations, the tests they shipped to public health labs were defective. the c.d.c.'s test was the first one approved and the first one put out there, and it didn't work? >> dr. geoffrey baird: it had a problem with one of the-- the components of the test, caused some false positives. >> whitaker: dr. geoffrey baird chairs the department of laboratory medicine and pathology at the university of washington school of medicine. he watched as the administration's bungled roll- out stymied national testing and surveillance as the virus gained a foothold in the united states. scientists in baird's world- renowned lab had been monitoring the novel coronavirus since december, and dr. baird had invested millions to prepare for it, including making their own covid-19 test. >> baird: we could make a drug t

out of the equation so biden's going to bring this c.d.c. back to track the information on coburn 1000 patients now lastly is frequent 100 test for all right now they say free 9 to frequent 1000 nest but that's actually not the case it's only free if you have health insurance everybody else has to pay something out of pocket so he wants to make sure everybody gets access to a free kovan 100 tests brant and sorry there's been a new informal krone virus found in denmark what do we know right now so last week the danish government reported that a mutant form or a krone virus in a mink farms can now spread. back to the virus and you know guess how the bank got the virus in the 1st place well from farm workers but this is a problem a genetic change of the kron a virus is not occurring in the main now what does that mean if so it has the potential to make a future vaccine not effective and so denmark is in is in the process of killing all minks in the country's main farms so that's that 15000000 makes in total to reduce the risk of the animal real

atlas says to ignore the c.d.c. and don't fear the pil-grim reaper. >> announcer: it's "a late show" with stephen colbert! tonight, he's dying up there. plus stephen welcomes ll cool j, dave grohl and musical guest foo fighters, featuring jon batiste and "stay homin." now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater office building in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: welcome! to "a late show." i don't know why i'm yelling. welcome to "a late show." it's just you and me. i'm stephen colbert, your host. mark, chris, evie is here. always a lovely night. you're looking lovely over there. >> folks, as you always do -- that's not news. folks, as much as it's hard to contemplate, our nation is in the grips of a seemingly endless plague, and he won't leave the white house. it's been 12 days since the president lost the election and he continues to pursue his strong legal argument of "but i don't wanna!" i'll catch you up on the latest presidential self-pity party in my sadomasochistic segment: >> one, two, a r

you know, the biden team has also signaled that they will put the c.d.c. front and center including career officials who were cast aside in the trmp administration for, you know, straying from the message of the trump administration wanted to convey. so he's trying to signal in that way that he ca muffing lar fedal response. they're going to try to help the states as they can. is they are going inherit an o enormous crisis. cases are already at almost 200,000 a day. it's hard to predict where they will be by the time they take over. so it is gng to be an ormous challenge that they're going to inherit. robert: fareed, what would you add here about president-elect biden? fareed: i think biden has exactly the right instincts. he has very good people around him. but i think that one of the understand is that the united states really failed at every level. it's not just president trump. trump, you can blame him for a lot of things. and i think he deserves that blame. but it's been a broader systemic failure. one of the things i talk about in my book you look ar

we've been working closely with "operation warped speed" and the c.d.c. for several months now.t involvement in terms of administering the vaccine will be in long-term care facilities. that is not anything that is new for us. our pharmacists, our nursing professionals, have gone to skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, for several years conducting seasonal flu clinics. so we have the systems. we have the processes. we have built the logistics directly for the covid vaccine. we just received information in the last few days that more than 25,000 long-term care facilities have selected c.v.s. to be their covid vaccine provider. so wir wire in the final steps of our logistics plan. "operation warped speed" said 24 hours after approval the vaccines will be on the road. and 48 hours after we receive those vaccines, we'll be in those facilities providing that vaccine into the arms of the elderly and most vulnerable population. >> brennan: for someone who has a loved one inside a nursing home right now, when they hear the f.d.a. approval, can they expect within three

now, once you are outside, the c.d.c.mendations such as "use disposable items, like utensils." i'm sorry, why? do other people share their silverware at thanksgiving? "nana, could you pass the peas? also, your fork? these carrots just aren't the same without the sweet zing of fixodent." ( laughter ) i don't understand that at all. i don't. c.d.c. also recommends, bring your own food. so just tell your aunt that you can't have any of her hot fruit casserole this year because it is dr. fauci's orders, no other reason, i love hot fruit. they also advise using single- use options, like salad dressings and condiment packets. i knew that drawer of condiment packets would come in handy some day! "uncle carl, here's the mashed potatoes, and a packet of teriyaki sauce from 1997. it's got a picture of frasier on it! remember frasier days at panda express? there you go, you might want to mix that up, got a little separated." so, how did things get so bad with covid? well, for starters, there's a complete vacuum of leadership, and no

well, the c.d.c. has also recommended against traveling this week and for thanksgiving, especially. but still millions have traveled through the airports in the united states. enjoy this stage with their families, students, parents, siblings were just families who want to gather as they have always been doing. they don't want to change anything in their lives because of covert 19 and the country's top in fake infectious disease expert. remember, he said that people in airports that they are going to get the united states into even more trouble than we are right now. already. we want to yesterday to dulles international airport in washington, and we talked to some off the travelers. let's take a look, brant travels great new problems whatsoever. everybody that i've seen, you know, paying attention to the social, distancing of everything, everybody's wear masks. so there wasn't any problems whatsoever. trouble was actually a whole lot easier than what i thought it was going to be. well she's seeing people, some of them feel comfortable and the think it is a brand that traveling seems

well, the c.d.c. has also recommended against traveling this weekend for thanksgiving, especially. but still millions have traveled through the airports in the united states. enjoy this stage with their families, students, parents, siblings or just families who want to gather as they have always been doing. they don't want to change anything in their lives because of covert 19 and the country's top in fake infectious disease expert. remember, he said that people in airports that they are going to get the united states into even more trouble than we are right now. already. we want to guest today to dulles international airport in washington, and we talked to some off the travelers. let's take a look at their travels, great new problems whatsoever. everybody that i've seen, you know, period attention to the social distancing everything, everybody's wear masks. so there wasn't any problems whatsoever. travel was actually a whole lot easier than what i thought it was going to be. well, she's seeing people, some of them feel comfortable and the think is a brand that traveling seems to b

the c.d.c.now bracing for as many as 20,000 more americans to die in just the next three weeks alone. the country's top infectious disease expert saying he's hoping pfizer's new vaccine may help change that. dr. anthony fauci says the new shots could get emergency approval as soon as next week and could be available to most americans by april. well, tonight, we'll take you inside the complex plan to make that happen. president trump took credit for the vaccine's development today on twitter while continuing to falsely allege election fraud and without providing proof. president-elect biden called mr. trump's refusal to concede the race an embarrassment, saying republicans who won't acknowledge his win are intimidated by the president. he says that won't stop him from taking office in january, even though tonight the trump administration is still refusing to start the transition process. there's a lot of new reporting to get to. we've got our team of correspondents standing by to cover it all. cb

maybe it's not possible to space and why was the regional office thinking that way because when the c.d.c. wrote its original report on what meat packing plant should do it gave some very clear guidelines work it masks but then the companies intervened and got c.d.c. to pull back they were both in the same price at the end of the chevys this conversation that will go on we will revisit it i promise we'll in a sentence full. i had to be hopeful because. i thought about it. dave. mike lee thank you so much also lots of science happening on you tube for you there saying thank you for bringing the voice of the voiceless america's forgotten about this story months ago as kiesha said no one is disposable keesha your words are resonating in my belly your words are resonating dave thank you very much indeed all right this is time to wrap up this conversation that we're having on t.v. but i'm taking it over on instagram so i'm certain minutes if you're watching the live show on the a.j. stream instagram account i'm going to be chatting to suzanne he's the code director for the food chain workers a

but we're going to begin first with the millions of americans ignoring warnings from the c.d.c. to travel tonight. a dangerous move that health experts are warning will send the deepening crisis into an even faster and deadlier tail spin. tonight one model used by the white house says americans should expect the death toll to double by the first of march to nearly half a million people nationwide. with millions already on the road or in the air tonight, part of an estimated 50 million americans expected to travel for thanksgiving, experts say it is guaranteed that cases of coronavirus will soon explode even more than they are right now. more than 3 million americans have been infected since the beginning of the month. that means about one out of every four infections of covid- 19 since the pandemic began has happened in just the past three weeks. the country is seeing record numbers of hospitalizations and averaging 1500 deaths every single day, the highest it has been in six months. about the only good news ahead experts say is that another vaccine created by the drug maker ast

the who, the c.d.c., and what people may not realize is that the u.s. public health institution and some of the best interests in all the world are great friends and colleagues of doctors in china and that's fine. but we also took a part in funding their research, think of this, we also helped them to design their version of our c.d.c. and there was a certain cockiness, an over confidence on the part, i believe of americans doctors that they would be forth coming. they had a professional medical relationship with individuals that they thought would obviate any communist institution in beijing or wuhan. they truly believed it. you could-- none said it to me, but in my discussions with them from january on, those doctors, they were very, very certain that they would know best about what would be going on in wuhan. even as that virus was unleashed by the chinese communist party on the world, an unsuspecting world. and did not acknowledge it, i declared on my show, victor, that it was a viral pandemic two weeks before the who would move to that point. the c

they politicized c.d.c., and that has tremendous consequences because the c.d.c. has not been able to make public health recommendations. they've been able to do recommendations ave been, you know, sort of isctored to fit the needs of the admration. and then, finally, the administrati really has -- instead of taking a central role, for example, advocating an act to start having a mass production of p.p.e., they sort have left it up tthe states, and said the states have to fight amongst themselves about getting testing, and that has had of that.nces as a result >> woodruff: i want to ask you, you know, about what should be done next. but before i do that, i have to point out it is not just the united states that is seeing a surge in covid again. it is happening across europe. so this is takg place other parts of the world. >> doctor: absolutely. and i've talketo colleagues in europe, and the colleagues in europe recognizthe mistakes they made. they made the mistakes that i think we're all making. which is, number one, people are tired of the pandemic. there covid f