i'm christi paul. >> good morning, christi. good to see you. i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >> so good to have you with us, marty. >>> a stunning analysis from the mayor of los angeles. the surge in coronavirus is the, quote, greatest threat to life his city has ever faced. >> covid-19 is the leading cause of death this week. roughly one american died from coronavirus every 43 seconds. >> president trump's largely been silent on the pandemic. we're going to hear from him today. >> hours from now president trump is heading to georgia to campaign for two republican senators. >> exactly one month from today there is a runoff in georgia. this is the race that will determine the balance of power in the senate. >> the president's trips are worrying some republicans because they fear he could do more harm than good. some conservatives say they don't want to vote. >> kyung lah said she spokes with some voters who say president trump was the true winner of the election. >> reporter: 60 miles west of atlanta is harrelson county. >> thank you

>> reporter: good morning, christi.here are some complicating factors when it comes to when president trump will take the vaccine because he's not quite out of that 90 day window. public health experts say that people should wait about 90 days between when they get infected with coronavirus and when they receive the vaccine. doctors aren't necessarily recommending that he get it right now, but we aren't hearing much from president trump in the meantime. in fact, he's done very little to promote the vaccine, to encourage people to receive it once it becomes available for them to do so. that's really a pro it can af role that's being taken on by other members of his administration as trump remains focused on his election-related grievances and largely out of the public eye in which should be rolled out across the country. vice president mike pence, as you mentioned, received the vaccine on camera yesterday. he assured people that the science behind the vaccine is sound. >> vigilance and the vaccine is our way through and

attorney at the time named chris christie. yes, that chris christie. something jared kushner has reportedly been holding a grudge about ever since. but tonight jared's dad gets a full pardon, which i believe is trump's first foray into pardons for his own family, in this case family by marriage, but could blood relatives be far behind? also on tonight's pardon list, roger stone. and i know you're thinking, hey, didn't trump already pardon him? no. first he got bill barr to intervene in the prosecution of roger stone to try to get stone a shorter sentence. then he commuted the prison sentence that roger stone did get. remember, he was convicted of lying to congress on the russia investigation. but, you know, when you lie to protect donald trump in the russia investigation, a commutation of your prison sentence is apparently not enough of a reward for that kind of loyalty. so in addition to bill barr intervening to try to get him a lighter sentence, and in addition to trump commuting the sentence that he did get, on top of all of that tonight, roger ston

i'm christi paul. >> good morning, christi. good morning, everyone.'m martin savidge in for victor blackwell. we start today with the covid-19 numbers, because they are the number one cause of death in the united states this week. coronavirus caused more deaths than heart disease, lung cancer, even stroke. cnn's alison kosik is outside of mt. sinai hospital in new york. f alison, the numbers are alarming and we know that a vaccine is on the way. but the concern is how do we get the numbers down until then? >> reporter: absolutely, martin, good morning. hospitalizations are skyrocketing. it's raising concerns about overwhelming hospital systems including right here in new york. as a brutal second wave strikes, coronavirus becomes the leading cause of death in america. 14,000 deaths have been reported since thanksgiving. in a cnn town hall friday, dr. anthony fauci said we are headed for a post holiday surge. >> the event usually is followed by two to three weeks later. you see the increase in cases. which puts it right at the cusp, before the christmas

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christie is told in chapters.famous mystery writer of all time. the other mystery is what happened over the course of the disappearance, told through the perspective of her unfaithful husband, former pilot. >> her husband, they married during world war i, when ago that was serving in the war, rare for girls of her class, she's a nurse and worked in a pharmacy which is where she gathered her knowledge and she put to use later. when he emerged from the war, in many ways he was a very different person than he started out. >> benedict believes archie may have suffered from ptsd. whatever the circumstances, the strain developed in the marriage came to a head in 1926. christie was gone and no one knew where. thousands volunteered for a search, lakes were dragged. headlines were splashed across newspapers worldwide. >> you think this window and drama that played out helped launch her onto the next level? >> right. when she disappeared, she wasn't the agatha christie we think of today. she was well established but not wel

christi? >> i'll take it, suzanne. we'll see if any of these sticking points are enough to lead to a shutdown. they have until sunday night. thank you. >> thanks. >>> vice president mike pence is taking his coronavirus vaccine yesterday on live tv trying to knock down skepticism and fears. a lot of questions this morning about whether the president will do the same. >>> a half dozen government agencies targeted in a massive data breech. a lot of companies, homeland security responsible for them. why secretary of state mike pompeo says he believes russia is responsible. narrow to those whose dogs... also fit under the bed. no, not that one. ok, that one. meaning, you. you're the one we made mywalgreens for. with pickup in as little as 30 minutes. to make saving, shopping, and holiday chaos...easier. introducing mywalgreens. join for 30 minute pickup at walgreens.com secret stops sweat 3x more ♪yo yo yo yo yo yo start your day with secret. than ordinary antiperspirants. with secret you're unstoppable. no sweat. try it an

christie spoke in a video posted to his twitter account.yi in isation icu foreven day thought about howrong i s to remove myask at t white hse. day i thk about w wrong is t l mask wein dide us, peciallys we now kno u'rewice as ke that get covid- if u do't ar a mask. because if you don't do the right thing,ould a end up on the wrong side of history. amy: while he was hospitalized with covid-19 in new jersey, the former governor chris christie was treated with a monoclonal antibody therapy produced by eli lilly -- a promising drug that's in extremely short supply. christie's vip treatment came after he reportedly turned down a chance to participate in a clinical trial for a separate antibody drug, produced by regeneron, because he was unwilling to accept the chance that he would receive a placebo. to discuss all of this and more, we are joined by dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health, and former director of harvard university's global health institute. welcome back to democracy now! all over this country, i mean

attorney chris christie. and then christie, of course, become trump transition chair. what's so bad about that? it's the father-in-law. you know, it's his son-in-law's father. isn't that the right thing? kushner is no ordinary white-collar criminal. this man set up his own brother-in-law with a prostitute and then sent the video to his sister. that is the kind of thing that only trump would see a pardon available. he commuted stone's sentence for obstruction of congress, threatening a witness earlier this year before he was set to surrender. we know why he did it. roger stone is many things, but one of them is loyal to those that he sees as on his side. trump returned the favor. manafort has been home serving confinement after covid, but this is no mercy pardon. these are rewards. you notice what manafort never did, right? never talked about trump, not a word. republican senator ben sasse put out a statement tonight calling it all rotten to the core. welcome to the party, brother. welcome to the party. the time is over for your delicate dance. sasse, you've got a great

i'm christi paul. look who's in with us. >> hey, christi. good to see you all. i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. we will start today with covid-19 being the number one cause of death this week. the coronavirus has now caused more deaths than heart disease, lung cancer or stroke. cnn's allisison kosik is outsid mount sinai hospital. the stats are so alarming. we know a vaccine is on the way. the concern is how do we get these numbers under control until then? >> reporter: absolutely. good morning, martin. we are seeing hospitalizations skyrocket across the country hitting a new record on friday. it's raising concerns about overwhelming hospitalizations including here in new york. as a brutal second wave strikes, coronavirus becomes the leading cause of death in america. 14,000 deaths have been reported since thanksgiving. in a cnn town hall friday, dr. anthony fauci said we are headed for a post holiday surge. >> the event is usually followed by two to three weeks later you see the increase in cases which puts it right at the cusp before the christmas h

chris christie was the attorney at the time. he's the father of jared kushner, we have been told by white house officials that jared kushner did not play a role in this pardon but obviously this is something that's on everyone's mind for some time to come. another name that stood out margaret hunter who's the wife of duncan hunter, the former congressman who was pardoned last night. she's also an estranged wife of duncan hunter, they were involved in misusing campaign funds. the underlying thing here is the president mattis using his pardon power which he has been obsessed with and realized that essentially there is no curb on it and he's using it in the last days in office to try to reward people, friends and those associated with his campaign that he believes were wrongfully pursued or prosecuted. >> is there any reasons to believe these pardons went through the traditional process involving the justice department? >> no. we don't think they have so far. in the case of the 20 last night that were announced, only three of them

christie spent a week in emergency care with covid—related symptoms.preader event. this message isn't for everyone. it's for all those people who refuse to wear a mask. you know, lying in isolation in icu for seven days, i thought about how wrong i was to remove my mask at the white house. today, i think about how wrong it is to let mask wearing divide us, especially as we now know you're twice as likely to get covid—19 if you don't wear a mask — because if you don't do the right thing, we could all end up on the wrong side of history. let's talk now to angela kender, who's been campaigning for mask mandates since she lost her mother to covid in june. thank you so much forjoining us, angela, and we are so sorry for your loss. it must be so difficult, especially now with the holidays just around the corner, but when you hear chris christie saying that, where a mask, do you issue at her that earlier from our national leaders? absolutely. yeah, it's something that should have been being sent for many months at this point, and by not only him but his colle

by the way, he was put away by chris christie when he was u.s. attorney in new jersey for tax

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take a bow, ryan christie.helping hand by christoph was followed by the trickiest of chips. liam gave hope after the break. stephen kingsley had been the equaliser. it's a goal! game on. it was to go all the way to penalties. both teams scored in extra time and christopher iyer won it from the spot. he did it the hard way, but it's a quadruple trouble for celtic. chris mclauglin, bbc news, hampden park. ryan christie scored their first goal. frustrated, but to come back like that, to keep coming up and keep getting knocked down again, boys stepped up. young boys as well. ten months out or something. he's been so amazing. it's never been donein been so amazing. it's never been done in club history, so history makers again. aberdeen are up to third in the scottish premiership after they won 2—0. there was an element of fortune about aberdeen‘s first goal in the second half. professional foul on first goal in the second half. professionalfoul on sam first goal in the second half. professional foul on sam cosgrove,

democrat christy smith conceded to incumbent california congressman mike garcia. the republican hold means that so far the party did not lose any congressional seats to democratic challengers this year. and according to the cook political report, republicans won 27 of the 27 house districts identified as tossups. claire, a lot to learn from there? >> well, this really if you want to dissect it, mika, this is what's driving the republican's silence right there. there was no political price to pay for blind allegiance to somebody who lies every day. donald trump. that trumpism was not disqualifying in districts where many of us thought it might be. and that's a wake-up call for the strength of this -- and, you

christy smith, democrat conceded to republican representative mike garcia in california last night. that race, the winner only won by 339 votes. that shows you how tight some of these contests are. somebody else who flip ad seat from democratic to republican in florida was carlos him menses. listen. >> we were not buying here in south florida and other parts of the nation. we have a great opportunity to take control in 2022. reporter: it is interesting that a number of house republicans are talking about the possibility of the gop winning the house in two years when they haven't even sort the out the numbers for 2021. this is where things stand. democrats have 222 seats, republicans 206. seven races are unsettled but the democratic majority would be down to as few as four or five seats next year. keep in mind there is chatter about president-elect biden tapping ohio democrat marsha fudge to be the secretary of

. >> reporter: christie is competitive by nature. she loves soccer and volleyball but a constant pain in her left leg was slowing her down. >> we thought it was just a sports injury. >> reporter: tests and x-rays found a tumor on her left femur. >> it didn't register in my mind at first. i said, what did they say? and then she started crying so i started crying. >> reporter: christie was diagnosed with austell sarcoma. a common cancer for children. she received chemotherapy starting in. she had a nine-hour surgery in april. >> the tumor was 10.5 centimeters long so they ended up taking double that. 20 centimeters. they put this rod in. >> it looks like a carpark. >> reporter: all this in the middle of a pandemic. no friend visits and no roaming the halls. ucsf staff helped her pass the time. >> christie's here. get her campuses and paint. that creative energy just started coming out so she started painting more. painting lots of campuses. >> reporter: christie was in and out of the hospital during 19 weeks of chemo. in july she celeb

. >> christi, this is a very unusual move. i've done it once over the years during the government shutdown in 2019. i blocked where federal employees were about to lose their paychecks. and then we have to guarantee federal employees back pay for this or any future shutdown.

in california, democrat christy smith has now conceded to mike garcia who retains his congressional seat in the 25th district of los angeles. mary annette miller meek won over democrat rita hart and i was 2nd congressional district by just six votes. the balance of power and lower chamber now stands at 222, democrats 207 now with republicans, democrats holding a much slimmer majority than they had hoped. meanwhile, several newly elected republicans including new york congresswoman-elect nicole malley a talk us in california congressman elect, michelle steele has banned together to create their own so-called squad calling themselves the freedom force and they are both with me today. so glad to see both of you. first of all, michelle tell me why you felt like you needed to band together and form this force, this freedom force.

>> reporter: in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> let's take a closer look at icu bed availability in california. southern california and the san joaquin valley, you see zero percent availability. look at the bay area. a big drop overnight. much better than over there in southern california, but still we're now at 7.5%. that is down from 10% just yesterday. here's the availability by county. six counties are in the red zone. as you probably know by now, that means less than 15% available icu beds. san mateo county dropping down to 4%. santa clara county at 5%. napa county hit their all-time low and you can't get any lower, zero percent up there. the health department up there says they have no icu beds available, partly because of staffing. >>> grief and anger over a dying family member led to a violent scuffle at a solano county hospital. about ten loved ones were gathered outside fairfield's north bay medical center last night. a relative inside was dying from

governor christie, senator heitkamp, frank, leigh, thank you for being here.today. >>> before we go, our annual tribute to the team that works so hard behind the scenes to bring you "this week," this week and every week. have a happy new year. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> up next, public health officials in california are testing for a new and possibly more contagious variant of covid-19. we'll talk to experts about if they believe it's already here in the bay area. >>> and good morning you to, a live look outside from our east bay hills camera where temperatures are in the 40s. you see all the cloud cover. but how long 'til we see some rain? i'll have the answers next.

in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, christie. >>> so as we wait for the fda to green-light the covid vaccine, we are getting a look at what vaccination cards will look like. governor newsom tweeted this photo out today. everyone who gets vaccinated will get one of these after their first dose. experts say cards -- yes, even in this high tech world, paper cards are still the simplest way to keep track of who gets both of those shots. >> we're going back to the future. >>> let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. happy friday to you, jeff. when's that rain coming? >> it's here. >> yes. it's so nice that it's friday. it feels really good. we can get into that weekend even though it's going to feel a lot different for us with our shelter at home orders that we all have. but this rainfall might give you the reset you need to, you know, to get through all this. let's go ahead and bring you into stormranger, our mobile doppler radar. we have it scanning. it's the only one in the bay area, and it is closer to the ground, so it's better able to give us

take a bow, ryan christie.and from christoph berra was followed by the gds of chips. —— the cheeky us. stephen kingsley given an equal dell my equaliser. game on. both teams are he did it the hard way, but it's the quadruple travel for celtic. chris mcglocklin, bbc news, hampden park. such a dramatic and pulsating final. worth the wait for celtic. here's ryan christie, who scored the first goal for celtic. frustrating but to come back, to keep coming up and getting knocked down again, stepping up taking a penalty. amazing. great for the boys, it's never been done in club history. history makers again. aberdeen are up to third in the scottish premiership, after they won 2—0 at ten—man kilmarnock. there was an element of fortune about aberdeen‘s first goal, early in the second half — ryan hedges‘ shot took a deflection on its way in. kilmarnock had brandon haunstrup sent off in injury time for this profession foul on sam cosgrove, and cosgrove got up and did this from the resulting free—kick. aberdeen level on po

chris christie saying this, just moments ago. >> this is who he is. he was not going to accept losing lightly or easily, if losing came and that's what's happening. >> well, he was never going to accept losing. never. never going to accept the result of our free and fair election. never going to accept the will of the people. how can you support someone like that? a person, who doesn't care about democracy. a president, who does nothing, as america passes another, terrible milestone. more than 17 million cases of the virus. one of those is congressman cedric richmond. joe biden's incoming white house senior adviser, and director of the office of public engagement. who has tested positive for covid. and i spoke with him just a little while ago. and i am going to fill you in on what he said about his -- his case, and what contact he did -- or he had with the president-elect. i, also, talked to congresswoman katie porter, who told me that she is quarantining now, at home, with her kids, after being exposed at work. and now, we are learning that the healt

rally over or are we just taking a little breather here boom bust co-host christi i joined because christie is big quinn really going to reach that 20000 mark by the end of this year. i think there's still a very strong possibility we have 20004 year and i mean we've had a very strong rally so far so a little price correction in order to get under or and to cool off for a little bit so overall prices are down about 10 percent since touching its new all time high 10 days ago so a lot of it stems from the proposed regulations in the u.s. that's bringing a lot of fear and uncertainty in the markets and then you also have a lot of profit taking as we get into year end for tax purposes from traders who have made an absolute killing in the latest rally so i think you have a lot of good momentum here but got rejected at the 85 to 7 every 3 times and fell to next support level at 78 where i had a very good song so we had some technical support in this area and we also have a ton of how it's just on the horizon you have the launch of facebook's new d.m. going as we talked about and on top of that yo

and governors christie's description of mr. kushner's crimes and his prosecution of them really speak for themselves. with the other pardons, the president is clearly unraveling the mueller investigation. and so, that's the -- the stone in the manafort pardons are part of that. but i think, if we look at the bigger picture of what's going on. when we look at last night's pardons, and we look at the new pardons, tonight. what it shows is what this president is doing in his last days of office. and what he's not doing is he's not actually doing the work of president. instead, he is doing what he's always done, is catering to his own, political interests. rewarding individuals, who had his back and didn't cooperate with investigations, in order to save his own, political interests. and he is rewarding friends and family and close, political allies. what is he not doing? he's not leading a government response to the coronavirus. he is not leading a government response to the major, cyberintrusion by the russian government. he's not

christie is saying, i didn't wear a mask. i got covid. i ended up in the icu, and you might too if you ignore the guidelines and the science. now, you remember him from jersey, running for president, led the trump transition in 2016. but it is time for transition again, and i welcome the governor back to "prime time." governor, thanks for joining us. it's going to see you looking well. how are you feeling? >> feeling very good, chris. back to 100%. >> good. thank god for that. best to you and the family. first, one beat. what do you say to members of your party who are in congress who are even contemplating doing something on january 6th to disturb the certification of the electoral college? >> chris, you know, whenever anybody loses an election, party, individual, there's great disappointment. but elections have consequences, and this one was clearly won by president-elect biden by the same margin in the electoral college that president trump won four years ago and by even more, nearly double the popular vote. this election, there's been

. >> christie, what was that like ringing the bell? >> i don't like being the center of attention. it was more nervous. like i rang it, and then backed away and was, like, okay, can go home now? >> reporter: mom knows her daughter's competitive spirit helped her beat cancer, and she can't thank the staff at ucst enough. >> they just make you feel hike -- >> everything is going on okay. >> everything is going to be okay. >> so great to see her doing well. and we have posted more information about giving tuesday on our website. you can go to ktvu.com/givingtuesday to learn more. >>> a free food giveaway was held today at the alameda county fairgrounds. open heart kitchen as dream teamed up with tri-valley haven to give a box of dry goods and produce. >> anyone can come through the line. they give just a brief amount of information. we create a bar code for them. then they have that bar code to come back and get scanned each week, so then they can just come in, get their groceries. >> organizers say since the pandemic, the number of food

christie had a hard time recovering from covid.onsistent issue coming up over and over again. being able to distribute to communities, the most vulnerable. are you worried about that? >> absolutely. that is the problem with the vaccine, it is a brand new technology. there will be some fits and starts, in the ability to scale up productions, we are hearing about supply chains for producing the vaccine. it requires for pfizer, freezer technology. it will be one of the more difficult ones to roll out. the acip made the decision to give it to nursing and assisted living residents, and because they account for 39% of the deaths. the they only account for 6% of the population. there is another important piece to this. we have to stabilize our health system. we have had more than a thousand health care workers lose their liv lives. nurses, health care heroes are exhausted. this is when the mortality rate shoots up, when you start to overwhelm the system, even though president-elect biden called for 100% face masks, we have to we are getti

christie currents at 40 something, it's a young field, a very young field.t lynn grants was the leader at one stage, and she's just a joy to watch come there, there's a lot of movement there. we must draw your attention to what is arguably the shot of the day. we are showing the shot of the day. we are showing the shot produced by maia stark, who is also a swedish player. one a shot that was. just a breathtaking performance, a great shot from her? absolutely stunning. she just laughed when she got in, i think that was a wonderful response. and thoughts over the coming days? thoughts over the coming days — we've got a few british girls in there, georgia hall didn't have the best day yesterday, she's back a little bit today. they're really the best british players today. if the cut is plus three, we've got charlie hull and bronte law, and possibly we might have mel read in there as well. lynn grant is one to watch for the future, but i've just got so much time for christie kerr after her accident and age that she's had. she's old, but after her accident, she's

here's christy smith with that story. >> so we're surrounded by wineries and restaurants. it's a huge part of what draws people to sonoma. >> reporter: at jack w, the store is open for business, but there's a big difference this saturday. >> our foot traffic is much smaller and lighter than it would be on a typical saturday. it's really impacting the general visibility, especially around the holidays. it should be our busiest time. >> the outside would be our alfresco tasting patio, as it were. >> reporter: cathy harsh burger is with just cone sellers. they were allowed to have tasting in the breezeway, but that's changed. >> we are no longer able to serve customers outside. so there's no more wine tasting. normally, you would see high-top tables out here and people enjoying wine. >> reporter: sonoma county issued an stay-at-home order after recent spikes in cases. there is no outdoor wine tasting or dining. >> there's a sense of a little bit of panic, like what do you do? what do you do to offset this order? or how do you get creative? >> reporter: they're still open to s

pence and she knew christie for a long time and said he may need help with this on capitol hill and all the speculation but people again that i spoke with were right in the middle of this and said once milania said to donald pence is your guy he is content to be number two and not gunning for the job like the other two alpha she said she thought the other two alpha and just to be content to be vice president so also knows how to prevent one - - present argument to trump in a way that is appealing because trump likes to be the star and again it was a very appealing way with a vice presidential candidate so why do we care about first ladies it is a matter so someone said that to you what would you say? why do we care about milania trump? >> i have somebody call a lifeline there is a marvelous book called matriarch and susan you know a lot about the subject for she will matriarch about the george bush life and answers the question. >> and for barbara bush it was the era in which she grew up and centerstage born 1925. and women did not have the opportunities they have now and were not taken

when we return, former new jersey governor chris christie will join us.mp is trying to overturn an election he lost and why so many of his followers still refuse to wear masks. >>> plus, that massive russian cyber attack, we're learning new details about how deep inside of the treasury department the hackers were able to get. so many big questions remain. we'll ask one of the reporters on that story. an later, heading into what is expected to be a long, dark winter, americans say their mental health is suffering like never before. we'll talk to a psychologist about one of the hidden tolls of the coronavirus pandemic. "deadline: white house" continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. nywhere. (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. every minute. understanding how to talk to your doctor about treatment options is key. today, we are redefining how we do things. we find new ways of

one thing on what governor christie said.ion between mitch mcconnell's interests and donald trump's interests. mitch mcconnell needs georgia to fall towards to republicans. joe biden needs it to fall to democrats so the senate is not a killing field for his agenda. i think there's a deep part of donald trump that wants to see these republican senators go down as a way to show without me on the ticket you can't win. i'm not sure donald trump is interested in seeing the two senators in georgia win. there may be a part of his motivation to prove a point here on his way out. to yvette's point, there's a strategy that the biden administration -- incoming administration is focusing. they know there's a constraint -- and joe biden and kamala harris between them have about 45 years of work in the u.s. senate, not counting the staff there. there's limitations and boundaries on what you can get done when it's so divided. the cabinet is making some overtures to the progressive wing of the party knowing that on the policy front it will b

let's remember it was chris christie, then u.s.o became later governor of new jersey and a trfump ally who wa behind that prosecution of jared kushner's father. that's why christi didn't get a job in the administration. jared kushner had largely been absent from the white house in recent days. he'd been in the middle east. but he was spotted there today and travelled with president trump on air force one to mar-a-lago this evening to begin the president's break. so, he was with the president as this news came out. and then of course the other theme is a further rebuke to the russia probe, the special counsel mueller investigation, which the president has deemed a witch hunt and felt like it shadowed unfairly in his mind his administration throughout his time in office. and we're seeing those two pardons tonight, roger stone and paul manafort, two of course, manafort in particular, this was widely held, former campaign chairman had served time, you know, was convicted two years ago i believe, but never turned on the president and ex

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he released a new christie says the ad began running yesterday.ny for then future supreme court justice amy coney barrett. christie had just helped president trump prepare for a presidential debate. there's speculation christie could be laying the groundwork for a second presidential bid. >> i don't care about that. i say bravo, governor christie. >> that he went to the lengths to do this and put this out there. >> whatever the motivations underlying it, it's a good message. >> so he had a rough road in the hospital there for a week. >> thank you, governor christie, i think that's very important. he knows what he's talking about too on this particular subject. he knows. >>> i'm up next. some people say america has a drinking problem and some people say it's no problem at all. the survey suggests happy hour -- >> what do you say? >> i'll let you know. there's an interesting study suggesting that happy hour starts early for some people working from home during the pandemic. so one poll surveyed 2,000 americans. 46% of those working from home have cl

christy smith shows us some of the efforts under way to help. >> reporter: there was a steady line of cars here in san jose saturday morning. an event that pivoted to a drive through. >> today, the salvation army is here, and we serve 500 families in our community, in partnership with the san jose sharks. >> they will be getting a gift card to walmart. they will be receiving a food box and receiving a bag of toys. >> reporter: volunteers helped for the holidays. san jose sharks forward e vanlder cain came out. >> especially in the finals and the pandemic and how many people have been affected by it, it's great to lend some positivity to some people during this time. >> we increased the services that we're providing because of covid. a lot of these families have been impacted by covid, a lot have lost their jobs or laid off because of covid. and people are really hurting. >> reporter: the daily food pantry used to handle 150 people a day. that number has doubled. in san francisco, the salvation army will be safely delivering a thousand more meals to home bound seniors for christmas thi

now, former new jersey republican governor chris christie is a big deal in that party. and he is singing a different tune from the choir when it comes to covid. he just put out a psa to warn americans, don't do what i did. not easy to say in politics, by the way. christie is saying i didn't wear a mask, i got covid, i ended up in the icu, and you might too if you ignore the guidelines and the science. now, you remember him from jersey running for president, led the trump transition in 2016, but it is time for transition again. and i welcome the governor back to p"prime time." governor, thanks for joining us. it's good to see you. you're looking well. how are you feeling? >> doing good, chris. back to 100%. >> good. thank god for that. best to you and the family. first one beat and then i want to get to the ad. what do you say to members of your party who are in congress who are even contemplating doing something on january 6th to disturb the certification of the electoral college? >> chris, you know, whenever anybody loses an election, party, an individual, there's grea

christie do we have time for me to add something to that or do we have to move on?> yes, please. >> you are talking about how long of a process that isn't it reminds me there's a series of peaceful and that it can take as long to get out of conflict is to get in it. it in my recovery circles they say you go to a vast 20 miles into the woods you have to go 20 miles back out so you don't spend 20 years learning of behavior and learning way of thinking and suddenly you are out. it's a very long process. i have found that helpful in the ways in a national way the people are saying can we just be done with race? we had the civil rights act and obama was present so as it's a thing of the past. if we just think about race is a conflict in the united states said started in 6019 with the rival the first kidnap african until the signing of the civil rights agreement. it was. in 45 years. something around that. we are all made if we were in the post-conflict stage we are 50 years into a very long journey. i want to remind people not to be so premature in my announcement. these

>> christie, what that like ringing the bell?eing the center of attention. it was more nervous. i backed away, and i was, like, okay, can i go home now? >> reporter: mom knows his daughter's competitive spirit helped her beat cancer and she can't thank the doctors, nurses, and staff at ucsf enough. >> they just make you feel like -- >> everything is going to be okay. >> everything is going to be okay. >> and we hope she continues to do well. we have posted more information about giving tuesday on our website. you can go to ktvu.com/deliveringtuesday to learn more. ktvu.com/givingtuesday. >> i'm going to slow this down. this is basically saying what i've been saying. just dry, dry, dry. here is tuesday, wednesday, thursday. here is friday. see, everything is going the wrong way. going right up over saturday, sunday. that's a drag. that's the bad news. that's the headline, though. hate to be bad news in the headline, but it is. we need rain, and the weather, it's good news bad news, or is it -- just the weather is great, but the ba

chris christie says this a moment ago. >> this is who he is. he's not going to accept losing. >> he was never going to accept the results of our free and fair election. never accept the will of the people. how can you support someone like that? a person who does not care about democracy. a president who does nothing as america passes another terrible milestone. more than 17 million cases of the virus. one of those, director of the office of public engagement, who's tested positive for covid. i spoke with him a little while ago. i am going to fill you in of what he said about his case and what contact he did or had with the president-elect. i talked to congresswoman katy porter who told me she's quarantining now after being exposed at work. we are learning the health and human service secretary, alex azar's wife has tested positive. listen. i am not damming minute, anyone can get it. the virus is insidious, right? this is all about the behavior of our leaders and what they have said and what they are saying now and how they are be heyi behaving

in sonoma christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> make no mistake distribution has begun. right now boxes are being packed and loaded with vaccine with emphasis on quality control. >> the head of operation warp speed says vaccine distributions have already started shipments. we mentioned it earlier, going to arrive by maemd across the u.s. and here in the bay area ucsf expected to get several thousand vaccines within the next week. a spokesperson for the hospital says each box will have 975 doses in each shipment. stanford expects a delivery of 3,900 doses of the pfizer vaccine by wednesday. plan to start vaccinations on friday. first doses going to go to high risk front line workers. that seems to be the m. o. we've reached out for details but have not yet heard back from hospital leaders. we mention the cdc panel clearing the vaccine for distribution, but one final step remains before widespread distribution can happen. the cdc director robert redfield has to approve the recommendation which he is expected to do quickly. it is clear for people 16 and older. pregnant wome

nbc bay area's christie smith is in san francisco with a closer look at that plan and whether it will work. >> i am ecstatic. this is precisely the turn of events that we needed in order to get students back in school. >> reporter: that's san francisco supervisor hillary ronen reacting to governor newsom's announcement, not only as a politician but also a mom. >> i'm a mother of a second grader, and i can tell you that distance learning is not the same as in-person learning, especially for the little ones. >> reporter: ronen has pushed for educators to be prioritized for getting the vaccine, in part to get them back in the classroom. now, the governor's plan could add more motivation for hesitant districts. >> here's the plan. phased in, in-person learning strategy that would focus disproportionately on those youngest cohorts and those that are most in need, our high-risk children. >> reporter: the governor says funding will be used for everything from personal protective equipment to testing. >> we're proposing an early active legislative plan to provide an additional $2 billion of s

nbc bay area's christie smith shows us some of the efforts under way to help. >> reporter: there was a steady line of cars at the sap center in san jose saturday morning, an event that pivoted to a drive-thru amid the pandemic. >> we have the opportunity to serve 500 families from our community in partnership with the sap center and the san jose sharks. they will be getting a gift card to wal-mart. they will be receiving a food box, and they'll also be receiving a bag of toys. >> volunteers who kept covid safety in mind for the holiday and then sharks evander kane came out. >> we've increased the services we're providing because of covid. a lot of these families have been impacted by covid. a lot have lost their jobs or been laid off because of covid. and people are really hurting. >> the daily food pantry used to handle 150 people a day. that number has doubled in silicon valley. in san francisco the salvation army will be delivering more meals to seniors for christmas this year. >> through program project room key we've been able to get 29,000 people off the streets during this pan