i want to give a special thank you to colorado national guard members. from the beginning of this pendant they put themselves in harm's way to search committees, protect coloradans. they help set up and staff testing centers around the state. they coordinated mask and gowns storage. they are delivering vaccines, on the front lines every day. members were deployed to help the staff at the facility at the outbreak work whenever% of the residents in the pacific tested positive and the person that contracted the variant ultimately ended up contracting the virus not necessarily connected with the facility, the time as we indicated likely earlier, was already an outbreak bear, what do additional testing. there is a lot we don't know about the virus but there's also a lot we do know, namely, how you can avoid getting hit and increase your chances of not contracting the virus. avoid social interaction with people upside down, keeping a distance six feet, wearing and mastering others. as vaccines work the way into colorado it doesn't like it's back to normal yet.

first, a quick update on where we are in colorado. a number of new cases today, preliminary numbers 2451 in colorado, and that is with 24,000 people tested. what we've seen the last few days, perhaps to the holidays is a number of people tested has gone dead. we want to encourage anybody with symptoms come flulike, cold like symptoms please get tested. it's much better to identify this early, prevent unnecessary risk for your loved ones and family members and others and get the treatment you need if you need treatment. we couldn't have just over 1000 people hospitalized in our state for coronavirus, and we also mourn the death extent it can gnosis them to the 3009 at one coloradans who have died from covid. we have over 4750 people have died with covid at 3901 that have died because of covid. we were also over 84,000 vaccines administered. we are an main the top 45 states for vaccines administered per capita, for population. we are proud of that peer we want to build that lead. we want to be number one. as more coloradans receive vacc

variant of covid-19's in colorado. he has not recently traveled and is currently recovering and isolation with mild symptoms. we are working to identify any of those exposed. as i said, this is unlikely to be the first person in the u.s. iere are probably many, but am proud that we detected it here. i want to thank then for the sophisticated system that they have put into place. there is a lot that we do not know. we are studying and monitoring how it works. had many mutations. there are many transmissions out there. mightms to show that this spread more quickly. if it does transmit more quickly, more people get it. the cdc and scientists in england, where this was first detected, continue to emphasize that it is the same thing that we need to do to slow the spread of the virus. avoid gatherings with those outside the home and wash your hands regularly with soap and water. 15%data shows a mask is effective. we have a very easy, simple, low cost called a mask. where one. to beturns out transmissible, it does not mean th

mark udall in 2014 to become colorado's junior senator. senator gardner lost his reelection bid this year the democratic challenger, former colorado governor john hickenlooper. you to the people of colorado for this incredible honor that you have lent to me these last six years to serve you in the united states senate. thank you to my fame jamie, mom and dad and lisa who supported me this last decade of service with your love and sacrifice through missed ball games and lost teeth, school concerts and junior high dances. sore throats and first moments. thank you to my incredible staff, many in the chamber today who are in colorado and washington who made so many great things happen and whose difference will be felt for generations to come. you leave a mark on the country far beyond the etching of a signature. -- signature, desk, and the floor. thank you to my colleagues and senator bennet. thank you for the honor of serving along your side and commitment to our nation, capitol police, the staff, support staff in the senate who make it all p

con mÁs detalles del caso colorado nos vamos con sergio de telemundo dÉnver.en de aproximadamente unos 20 aÑos de edad que segÚn las autoridades no tiene antecedente de haber viajado recientemente y se encuentra bajo aislamiento esto al sur de dÉnver colorado. informaciÓn fue confirmada por el gobernador de colorado y funcionarios de salud pÚblica del estado quienes inmediatamente dicen haber i informado del hallazgo alonso centro de control y prevenciÓn de enfermedades autoridades afirman que el individuo no tiene contactos cercanos identificados hasta ahora pero que sÍ estÁn realizando una v investigaciÓn para identificar otros casos y contactos potenciales para determinar cÓmo fue que el joven que no ha v j viajado se pudo haber contagi o contagiado. fueron el primero del paÍs en reconocer la variante fue a travÉs de un anÁlisis de muestras de pruebas cientÍficos del reino unido donde inicialmente fue identificada la nueva cepa del covid-19. dicen que es mÁs contagiosas que las variables identificadas previamente pero no quiere decir que los resienta monto

it was an individual who is part of our colorado national guard. two nations. we also know that it's not whether prevalent because we've also been analysing the strains are a number of cases, it's not yet the predominant strain in this part of our country but i can certainly vouch for it being the case. as you're saying it's probably been seeded for travellers in november and december, tell me about the measures you put in place since you became aware of its presence there in colorado. we've requested from the national authority to have a temporary halt to visitation for nursing homes for residents. they are being inoculate and now, nursing home should be inoculated by january 11. but for this last month and a half we want to have a hiatus on visitation in those facilities with the prevalence of the virus in our state. how difficult has the whole tight rope and in terms to be her husband going down with a in december. when i went through the figures there it is absolutely startling, over 340,000 deaths now. i think over 40,000 deaths in the last 16

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i'm joined now by the governor of colorado, jared polis. those cases of the uk variant. how concerned are you by that cropping up concerned are you by that cropping up in colorado could tell that this was not exactly the kind of new year's gifts that we were wanting from the united kingdom, but nevertheless we expect that this virus is likely in many states. colorado scientists were the first to discover the variance, isolated, it's a train for them. it was an individual who is part of our colorado national guard. we fully expect that it's already here, as indicated with so much travel and commerce between our two nations. we also know that it's not whether prevalent because we've also been analysing the strains are a number of cases, it's not yet the predominant strain in this part of oui’ predominant strain in this part of our country but i can certainly vouch for it being the case. as you're saying it's probably been seeded for travellers in november and december, tell me about the measures you put in place since you became aware of its

the more contagious variant first found in the uk confirmed in colorado. a member of the national guard. tonight, a second possible case there and now a confirmed case in california. the race to slow the virus as america records its deadliest day of the pandemic. more than 3,700 u.s. lives lost in just 24 hours. a 41-year-old just elected to congress dying from the virus in louisiana. and now soldiers called in to help at some of california's hospitals on the brink. >>> plus, vaccine timeline trouble. as the nation falls far behind schedule. tonight, we have answers on why so few doses are making it into the arms of americans. in florida, seniors lining up to roll up their sleeves. one man there for nearly 24 hours. as operation warp speed officials respond, saying they need to do a better job. >>> the holiday slam. heavy snow and now a tornado strike. ginger zee standing by with what to expect on new year's eve. >>> the surprise airport attack. the moment by moment footage. the chaos and confusion as hundreds scramble for cover after an explosion overseas

, i'm going back to colorado. they wanted me back up there." he's just saying, like, "you know, i don't know what they're doing, either. but it's just -- we got to cooperate. they're doing their job. let's just get past it so we can move on." >> i just wanted to first, fred, thank you for coming. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: again he shared his recollections about that day at the vacation home. >> it was a beautiful day and it went to hell. there are so many things i wish i had done differently. >> reporter: and again described what happened to leslie after she posed for that last photo. >> she was flailing in the air, screaming. and i was screaming. and she hit and never made another peep. >> reporter: if fred's account of the accident was the same, the tone of this interview was different. the cbi agent made it clear they didn't believe his story. >> and, you know, i want to take this opportunity to ask you everything that's making me think that this may not have been an accident. >> ask me anything you want.

days after colorado reported the first u.s.oronavirus strain in the u.k., california says it's found it there as well. live in santa monica, california. >> officials here in l.a. county say they've reached a terrible milestone, more than 10,000 people have died here in l.a. county and we are learning, 25,000 statewide, the third state to hit that mark. on top of all of this, this new, more contagious strain of coronavirus. southern california, san diego county, dr. jose they found in it and a man who is 30 years old, that leaves them to believe it's on an isolated case and there are probably more people with this variant. dr. anthony fauci said the development is not out of the ordinary. >> i'm not surprised you have a case and more cases in california and likely we will be seeing reports from other states, colorado and others. californians should feel this is something that is expected. >> first responders and hospitals, but specifically southern california are bracing for possibly another wave as the holiday season wraps up.

and we likely will be seeing reports from other states, colorado were the first to do that.have that much of a prominence of this in the uk with all the travel, not only directly to the united states but through other countries intermittently like where you go from uk to france, france to the united states, etc, then canada has cases. so, i don't think that the californians should feel that this is something odd. this is something that's expected. let's take a look in a bit more detail about the situation in the us. covid cases continue to remain high across america. there were 229,349 in the last 2a hours. there were also 3,808 people who died with covid in the last 2a hours — that takes the total across the us to 310,259 covid deaths since the pandemic began. in colorado, meanwhile, there have been 330,859 total cases of the virus detected, and 11,750 people have died of covid in the state since the pandemic began. colorado state governor, jared polis, said he didn't think the variant is widely prevalent in the us. this was not exactly the kind of new year's gift that we w

a group of people uralerbal colorado -- r colorado that they cannot go to a restaurant with only a fewases of covid in the area, one-size-fits-all does not work. there may be one plan necessary for denver and a different plan appropriate for the rural areas. when the governor shuts down a state completely, it doesn't take into account the different medical conditions of theviduals, as well as different financial constraints of various counties. to thewe look forward likelihood, almost certainty, of a blighted administration. president-elect joe biden announcing his senior economic team. as you look at that possibility, are there a risk where you think you could work as a republican congressman with the new administration? ken: there are a number of areas where there will be common ground, but i'm very concerned about the president-elect -- if heis president-elect -- how is addressing what he considers the divisiveness. i think he is creating more divisiveness than calming americans. when you talk about going back into the paris accord, restarting the iranian agreement, those are things

we've identified obviously from the united kingdom, some other parts of the globe, identified in colorado yesterday, has been identified here in the state of california. >> reporter: that was the bombshell the governor delivered during a live conversation with dr. anthony fauci today. santa clara county's public health officials were unhappy but not surprised to hear that the new, more infectious strain of covid now being detected in california. >> we are not surprised at all that that train strain is in oue and very likely in the bay area. >> reporter: officials say the availability of icu in the south bay increased from 7% yesterday to 9% today. but they didn't have much time to feel good about that once the governor delivered the news about the new strain. but everyone is quick to try and ease concern with dr. fauci noting that the current vaccine is likely to be just as effective against this mutated strain and noting that while it appears to be more infectious, it's not necessarily more lethal. >> there's no indication at all that it increases the virulence. by virulence, i mean the

colorado.be clear, that doesn't mean that colorado is the first state that has people with the variant. in fact, it's very likely it exists in many states, particularly states that have more interaction with the united kingdom. >> eric: the governor of colorado and colorado state health officials identified the first known u.s. case of the new covid strain that they first saw in the united kingdom . health experts say they expect to see more infections popping up in our country. let's bring in dr. ashis from the brown university school of public health in providence. good to see you. >> thank you. >> eric: this is the first case and it's concerning, a young man in his 20s. he has no travel history. he's in isolation. does that tell you how contagious this new strain will be? >> yeah. thanks for having me on. we know this strain looks like it's about 50 to 70% more contagious. it also says this is in the community. he didn't get it by the u.k. he got it from somebody in colorado and spreading in

huffman, and the gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. huffman. mr. huffman: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the matter under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. million huffman: mr. speaker -- mr. huffman: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, mr. huffman, is recognized. mr. huffman: i rise in strong support of h.r. 970, introduced by my friend, representative brown of maryland, a member of the natural resources committee and vice chair of the house armed services committee. mr. brown's bill directs the national park service to remove a statue of robert e lee from the antietam national battlefield in maryland. this 24-foot statue of general lee was dedicated in 2003. 138 years after the end of the civil war. it wa

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i do have the colorado numbers. let me just put those up. >> sure. >> 251,000 doses delivered, 82,000 administered. >> yeah, so we're one of the top five states in getting it out. i think i attribute part of that to something we put in place when we got our first vaccine which is all of our distribution partners meaning hospitals, community health clinics, have to use every dose we give them within 72 hours or we simply reassign it somewhere else. but, look, if we had more doses we would get those into arms as well. the demand at this point far exceeds the supply and while there is a little lag time in reporting to get all the information back, we are working aggressively with our partners to get it out and we've expanded our initial group, we're inn october lagt now to people 70 and up and we expect that will be completed in the next four or five weeks. >> at the same time that this is happening are you also lifting some restrictions in your state? >> depends on the area you are in. we have areas that have had a 14

lena wen, also scientific director at colorado's department of public health and environment.i could begin with you since colorado of course one of the first states to identify the presence of this variant, it's now in california, dr. fauci and others have said for days now it's here in this country. and clearly what we're seeing, are we not, that it's spreading within the community. these are not people who necessarily brought it themselves from outside the country. >> absolutely that's correct. the cases we have identified here in colorado, one confirmed and one probable, both have no history of travel during the incubation period, indicating that it is likely caused by community spread. there's likely more of it out there that we haven't found yet. >> okay. do you have a sense based on how previous variants spread, if you see a couple of cases like this, do you have a sense of how far it's out there at this point? >> it's likely circulating around inside of our communities right now, given that we've seen it now show up in a second state. it's likely we've seen travel assoc

crece la preocupación con la vainte del coronavirus , en california deetctan la nueva cepa y en coloradodos personas afectadas. >>> me imagino lo peor, al ver que es el primer caso acá . >>> los espcilist as dicen que es normal que un virus mute peor qué tanto debemos preocuparnos con esta vairnte del coronavirus ?. >>> además adiós a los cheques de 2000 miol dólares pues no hay manera que se preube . >>> sui son 600 es bueno ¿verdad?. >>> si los ocheques de 600 dólares son un hecho, le diremos quién lo recibe y el 2020 ya se va y se prepara para despedir el año como ningún otra, cuáles son los orituels para despedir el año ? . >>> creo en dios pro sobre todas las cosas pero la mandad eite . >>> esperemos que sea mejor que este 2020, comeznamos con la alarma por la nueva cepa de coronavirus con alarma antes de que acabe el año . >>> hoy se reveló nuevo caso de la nueva variedad de coronavirus en el sur de california y se suma a los reportados en colorado y es gente un 50 y 70 por ciento más contagioso también se propaga gente los niños y también las autoridades temene que suba la presión

thank you to my staff in the chamber today who are in colorado and washington and made so many great things happen and whose difference will be felt for generations to come. you leave a mark on the country far beyond the etching of a signature and thanks to my colleagues, senator bennett thank you for the honor of serving along your side and serving to the nation's capital to please the staff to the support staff inhe the senate wo make it all possible. but above all most importantly, thank you to this great and extraordinary nation for all that it means it represents. the optimism that for two centuries has led people around the globe to give up everything they had just to be here, to be part of this nation, to then turn around and fight through the political strife and pandemics to go to the war to save the union, to know how lucky and blessed we are that out of all of the billions of people through the thousands of years of human history we have had the privilege of being here. there's been a lot of coverage how the pollsters got it wrong congress is about as popular as a rocky mo

and elizabeth, first, let's start with colorado and word of this new variant found there. what do we know about it, and what's the biggest concern from public health officials? >> brooke, the biggest concern is that we've only caught one of these. there is general agreement among experts that this uk variant, given the high levels of traffic, you know, travel that go on between the two countries, even now, there's probably hundreds of these cases, but we've just caught the one. so, let's take a look at this one, and this sort of illustrates my point. it's a colorado man in his 20s, and he had no travel history. so, he didn't go to the uk. he caught it from someone here in the u.s. and there's an additional suspected case that is awaiting confirmation. there's general agreement that the surveillance system for mutations like this one, it's not very good in the united states. who knows what other mutations are out there but are just not being caught. the cdc says they are working on a better system. brooke? >> speaking of not very good, the vaccine rollout in the u.s. off to

spacemen in colorado. we partnered to fund critical improvements to our infrastructure from i-25 along the front range to the southwest cheat. and just last week, senator collins, after colorado, 127 years after colorado became the first state to grant women the vote by popular referendum and a hundred years after ratification of the 19th amendment, the senate passed our bill to install america's first outdoor monument honoring the women's suffrage movement here in washington, d.c. that was typical of the legislation that we carried together because the idea actually came from fort collins, colorado. it didn't come from washington, d.c. so many of the best ideas that we worked on together came from colorado. cory is a student of colorado history and the country's history. he understands the significance of a bill -- the significance of a bill like that. over the years we worked together late into the night to help communities across our state get back on their feet after devastating floods, wildfires, gold

vivo y en directo noticiero telemundo 48 >> nueva cepa de coronavirus (covid-19) en un paciente de coloradoe trata de un joven de aproximadamente 20 años de edad que no tiene antecedentes de haber viajado recientemente la información fue confirmada el martes por el gobernador de colorado y funcionarios de salud pública del estado autoridades dicen que no tiene contactos hasta ahorapero tratan de determinar y en reino unido fue identificada la última cepa pero no quiere decir que hayan situaciones más rgaves dicen que la vacunasfue probada personas con la nueva variante y harán una conferencia de prensa para amplair la situación en colorado sergio telemundo >> hablamos de los casos de inectados han batido récord en lo que va de la criiss de salud por el total de contagiados en el país un millón representan contagios que en el último año en la última semana el pago de 600 dólares pude sre depositado en sus cuentas en twitter notificaron pagos los cheques se enviarán mañana miércoles mientras millones de estadounidenses esperan esta ayuda económica seguimos conociendo historias de indocumentad

colorado scientists were the first to find the variant in somebody in colorado.know it's not widespread yet here because we looked through a number of different rna sets, and this is the only case we found. but what happened in england, don, is because this variant appears to be contagious, it essentially overtook the other variants of the virus and became the predominant strain in southwest england. so that's what we're -- you know, it's all contagious, don. any version of this virus is contagious, so it's really the same precautions. avoid socializing with people outside your home. wear a mask. keep six feet from others. >> so, governor, colorado isn't getting ought the vaccine doses that you were promised. what's your reaction to president trump blaming you, your fellow governors, for the lagging distribution? >> well, look, if you give us more, we're happy to distribute more. we set a rule in colorado every provider, hospital, community, health clinic we work with has to use and deploy within to f k folks' arms within 72 hours. please send it. we're ready to

el segundo caso en colorado todavÍa no fue confirmado.encia del supercovid en estados unidos las autoridades alertan de que cualquier persona que usted permita que ingrese a su hogar podrÍa comprometer la salud de su familia. carolina: gracias por la informaciÓn. mientras tanto la pandemia provocÓ caos total en gran parte de hospitales de los Ángeles. estÁn tan llenos que los mÉdicos salen a ver pacientes afuera a la ambulancia. si se llega al hospital es imposible que se separe de los contagiados de covrid. juan carlos nos haqua de - habla de eso y gÉ por qué lo peor estÁ por venir. reportero: este fue el panorama abrumados. >> nuestro sistema estÁ realmente saturado en este momento. hasta ahora tenÍamos una zona covid y una zona no covid en la sala de emergencia. hoy por hoy es todo covid. reportero: exglica que no se puede dar el lujo de separar a los pacientes. segÚn su padecimiento o gravedad. >> si una persona llega grave con otra cosa que no sea covid seguramente estarÁ compartiendo cuarto o compartiendo mismo lugar que una persona

one in aurora, one in colorado rings. this is video fro opening day from the colorado springs location. they went wild. there was a 14-hour wait. now both locations are seeing a surge in cases. 80 staff members have tested positive. 80. but in colorado restaurants don't have to close during an outbreak. in and out says all employees tested positive are now in isolation and will continue to follow public health guidelines. no customer cases have been linked to those restaurants. >>> the animated movie "soul" premieres tomorrow and pixar is enlisting an all-star cast. the jazz band from oakland set to play during the premier. the movie'swriters and directors spent some time at the oakland middle school for research because the movie follows a middle school band director. pixar wanted to make sure the teaching scenes in "soul" looked authentic. they'll be joined by jamie foxx and tina fay. >>> what one 49er is doing to sput smiles on childrens faces in his own neighborhood coming up. my mother died when i was a kid. it inspi

case of the new covid 19 coronavirus strain was detected in a 20-year-old man in colorado. in his payment, colorado health officials say the man did not travel to the uk where was first detected. the colorado state lab found his coronavirus sample had eight mutations on the spike protein specific to the new strain. scientist do believe it makes it more transmissible. >> we are dealing with a virus that can transmit from person- to-person with greater facility. that is very disturbing. >> reporter: uc berkeley public health officials say the new variant does not appear to cause more severe symptoms or illness. he says the current covid 19 vaccines will likely work on the new strain. >> none of the labs detected this strain in california. we are changing some protocols and testing sites are asking about travel history for those that traveled to britain. >> reporter: there is concern that the rollout has been slow on the vaccines. they did suggest that 20 million americans could be backstay by the end of december. cdc data shows only 1.2 million doses have been administered wi

stephanie, thank you so much for all the reporting out of colorado. we'll get back to that in a second, but let me share this. >>> overnight, britain has become the first country to authorize the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. it is cheaper. it is easier to distribute than others, which is certainly good news. cnn's phil black is live in london. and phil, del me motell me moree vaccine green light. >> reporter: well, it's those logistical conveniences, brooke, that are the reason why this is being considered something of a game changer, not just for the uk, but internationally as well, globally, particularly for developing countries. there's a lot of hope attached to this particular vaccine, because it doesn't need to be stored at these ultra-low temperatures like the pfizer vaccine, for example. so, it can be moved around. it can be stored more easily, essentially, just in a regular fridge. you can get it to people with a lot less hassle. and so, roll it out more widely. that's the idea. now, the british government has also announced a shift in tactic t

that means other people in colorado have it. and there's no reason to think it's somehow confined to colorado. it's really an issue that we have not been doing gentlemen nomic surveillance in the way the uk and other countries have been. we've got to step up and be looking for these kinds of things. much easier to track it if you're looking for it than to be surprised by it. >> it seems to be a pattern where we feed had to step up. testing being one of them as well. dr. reiner, he's con iffident t vaccine will work. when it comes to the vaccine, the numbers don't lie. nearly 2.6 million vaccine doses given, a far cry from the 20 million that had been promised. the head of operation warp speed said that we know it should be better. at least he's being forthcoming about that. do you see enough urgency right now to fix this? >> absolutely not. and when i hear the admiral, i have these real awful memories of the horrible rollout for testing in the united states where it took almost two months to test a total of 20,000 people. there

¿quÉ nos puedes decir sobre esta nueva cepa que se identificÓ en colorado?alta y eso indica que haya mÁs casos, mayor demanda, los recursos mÉdicos ya estÁn bastante ocupados pero no hay mayor mortalidad. carolina: doctora y hemos visto que en el condado en colorado se confirma un caso y hay otro caso posible. ¿esto significarÍa que podrÍamos estar viendo muchos mÁs casos otra vez de paÍses que quizÁs ya están y no lo sabemos aÚn? fÁtima: probablemente la transmisiÓn estÁ sucediendo y se espera que en las prÓximas dÍas se identifiquen mÁs casos de esta variante. carolina: doctora, ¿protegen las vacunas que se estÁn aprobando en estados unidos contra esta nueva variante? es una pregunta muy importante que todos queremos saber. fÁtima: es muy importante. no hay evidencia de que la vacuna que se estÁ aprobada para uso en estados unidos no sea eficaz. de hecho son altamente eficaces y se asume que la variante tambiÉn cubra la enfermedad. entonces lo importante es recordarle a todas las personas que tienen requisitos para vacunarse, personal mÉdico y personas que

it a man in colorado with no recent travel history. have been hospitalized. icu capacity is at 10.4%. southern california and the san joaquin valley continue to have zero percent capacity. it a true crisis there. those two regions will have the stay-at-home orders extended as health officials warn people not to gather for new eve's eve. melanie woodro has more. >> that announcement was expected but meanwhile, there are admissioned additional another variant of covid was detected in colorado. >> it is very likely it could be here but it's not yet detected. now, this is not a surprise. all viruses mutate over time. >> it one of several warnings on the heels of the new year. >> please, over these last few days and the celebrations that are planned, we hope some are cancelled, some are done differently so that we can maintain and bring down this spread but we know and expect that some of that will happen. >> we cannot afford to have

colorado was the first state to detect this. and governor jared polis from that state, he is standing by to join us live next. >>> tonight dr. anthony fauci is offering a new timetable for when life may return to normal in the united states. he says it could happen by early fall if covid-19 vaccinations pick up. but there's more evidence the vaccine rollout is lagging. the cdc now reports more than 2.6 million vaccinations have been administered but that is a sliver of the nearly 20 million doses available to be distributed to the states. let's bring in dr. peter hotez, dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine. dr. hotez, thanks as always. i want to begin with dr. fauci's prediction that we will return to a sense of normalcy in the early fall part of next year as the vaccine rolls out more slowly than many had anticipated. what do you make of that timeline? it's depressing to think about that we may have to wait until early fall now to get back to normal. >> well, i did -- when i heard that

you are a strong advocate for colorado joining this compact.e, and why did you want to see that happen? >> well, chris, thank you for having me on tonight. and i was a strong advocate. we pushed legislation in 2019. our state legislature passed it. but to tell you it actually went on the ballot this last election, and the people of colorado voted. they decided to pass the national popular vote compact. and colorado is now the first state to adopt the national popular vote by the people's vote. and i just think it's fantastic, as secretary of state i'm guided by the principle of one person/one vote and that's what national popular vote does. so i'm excited to have this conversation and to continue to see the momentum of the national popular vote compact. >> i think some people think this is a fairly abstract affair and it's happened twice, and it doesn't affect our politics in the intervening periods. but you're someone who works intimately in our politics at the ground level. and i wonder if you think it has a kind of systematic skewing effect

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it was found in colorado. the man who tested positive for it is in his 20s and has not traveled, as far as we know. that suggests that the variant may already be spreading in the community undetected. there is also a second suspected case there, that is under investigation. this comes as the pandemic in the u.s. is shattering more records. more than 3,700 american deaths were reported yesterday. that is the highest number yet in a single day. and a record number of people, nearly 125,000 are hospitalized this morning with coronavirus. the situation becoming so severe in los angeles that several hospitals have had to turn patients away because of a shortage of oxygen. >> just alarming in america in 2020. one of the latest victims of the outbreak, republican congressman luke letlo of louisiana, he was set to be sworn in this weekend, he died just two weeks after his diagno diagnosis. >>> also this morning, the uk has just approved the oxford astrazeneca vaccine with the first doses to be given on monday. this co

colorado is investigating a potential second case there. both in members of colorado national guard deployed to an assisted living facility south of denver. we're told six guard members in total were working there colorado confirmed the first case in the nation yesterday, though experts have been warning us the variant is also already circulating. nbc news's vaughn hillyard is in sun city, arizona. >> reporter: we're in arizona where they're facing record hospitalizations like many states across the country including there in california. we should note colorado health officials say they're currently analyzing 24 suspicious samples with these question marks circulating around this mutated strain governor gavin newsom in california, at a press conference alongside dr. anthony fauci announcing that the mutant strain was also found in southern california. to note, dr. fauci said this was not to be unexpected they believe these current pfizer and moderna vaccines are still enough to cover these mutated strains. contessa >> vaughn, you've been tr

colorado gonvernor announcing a man in his 20s with no recent travel history. experts warning the strain be is more contagious but not more lethal. that's good news. more cases are likely to follow. that news coming on one of the deadliest days of this pandemic. get this. more than 3,300 americans, thousand three hundred americans died on this day alone. and set to be sworn in dies of covid leaving behind a wife and two very young children. our hearts go out to them right now. >>> good news overnight, believing a game-changer for developing countries, because the vaccine is cheaper to make and doesn't actually require cold, complicated storage from astrazeneca. >>> other good news, second stimulus checks on their way to americans and should continue to roll out late other than this week, but the fight to direct those payments up to $2,000 still playing out. not far from over and we're covering it all. but we want to start with this breaking news on the coronavirus and our team are roste erreport covering every angel's it. kerry sanders, good to see you on this.

9 y lo hizo con el además no recibieron televisión para incentivar a la población a incentivarse coloradoa el país que se reportó inicialmente en el coronavirus. >> de saluda sergio ornela desde entender colorado la persona contagiada es un hombre de 20 años que se encuentra actualmente en aislamiento y no tiene antecedentes de viaje según las autoridades quienes informaron al centro de control y prevención de enfermedades sobre este hallazgo insular de salud pública del condado están realizando en este momento 1 investigación exhaustiva se sabe que el individuo se está operando de forma aislada y permanecerá ahí hasta que pudo digan 2 funcionarios de salud (ininteligible ) >> cabe mencionar que la de colorado fue el primero en el país en realizar la muestra de pruebas las recomendaciones por parte de las utilidades continúan siendo las mismas seguir el tratamiento social y el uso de la mascarillas baremos pendientes por momento es todo de mi parte >> palo alto las de covid 19 ahora son más fáciles de hacerse ya no se requiere el koto net en su nariz se puede administrar de 1 manera priva

stephanie, let me start with you there in colorado, the confirmed case of this covid variant, they're now watching this potential second case. we have learned both men were members of the national guard. what else do you know? >> reporter: so this is what's interesting. it explains why they're both not in the counting now. both men were deployed to work here at this assisted living facility, because there had been an outbreak of the coronavirus here. so they were short staffed, they needed more hands on deck. that's why both these men were here. one is confirmed, the other is not confirmed yet, but they did say six of the colorado national guard that were deployed here, these two came back testing positive, one confirmed for sure. they're now both in separate counties in colorado, isolating and recovering, but obviously what they are looking to do is flag any other case that is come out that look like they may have the sequencing of this genome and be able to tell whether or not they were infected. however, looking at what they have seen so far, they don't look like they have spread.

lawmakers to take drastic action to enhance police accountability over the summer colorado became theirst state to end qualified immunity. >> it allows a jury to make the determination of whether or not there was a constitutional violation. >> reporter: meaning police officers can now be held personally liable for up to $25,000 if their department determines they acted in bad faith police union officer rob pride claims the new law leaves the community less protected. >> it's causing officers to hesitate doing their job. we do not want them hesitating >> reporter: and even leading some officers to leave the force entirely >> if they have to make a split secon decision to save the life of a community member or themselves we don't want them thinking about $25,000. >> if that hesitancy is keeping people in our communities alive, i think it's the right thing. officers should have to think before they pull the trigger they should. >> reporter: mcclain's family and activists now hoping other states will follow suit erin mclaughlin, nbc news, denver. >>> in upstate new york, a man who drove o