transit that's at least 300 kilograms per wagon and there are 3 trains with more than 50 wagons per hour elam oscar in yes shows us where a 2nd set of tracks is to be built so that more coal can be transported she says houses here are subtly by the dust many of also sustained damage because the ground shakes when the trains go by they now face demolition she tries to reach out to older people in the area. many feel trapped and helpless. in the colas we have no. pollution even if those things are not god. i know. then you have been killed problem do you have any test. in future you can be like the bob one must have your wildlife sanctuary is part of the western ghats a mountain range recognized by unesco as one of the world's 8 hottest hotspots of biodiversity nonetheless nearby thousands of trees have been felled to make way for a substation for the power line to serve the new railway tracks krishna's or who's tried lives in the protected area fears the land trees animals and water sources are in jeopardy. the missiles world wide anyone is gone they will start coming in dollar bill a just the

cnn's stephanie elam in los angeles this morning. stephanie, we hear this daunting headline that the national guard has been called in to help the l.a. county coroner because deaths are happening so quickly one death every ten minutes. it's daunting to hear. >> reporter: for many people in new york, jim and poppy, and maybe internationally, when you look at the numbers it's like how can this be happening at this point? it's clear we saw december was the worst of the pandemic and it's expected at this point that january may rival that and that's not a good thing. to put it in perspective, in the u.s. more than 20.6 million people have been infected with the coronavirus. you see the deaths are approaching 352,000 and you see the hospitalizations at a record number, that number 125,000 and more than 500 in that number. and that number of record hospitalizations, that is being mimicked here in california when you look that we have a record number of hospitalizations as well in the state, the idea that you can have approaching 22,000 peop

stephanie elam, thank you so much for keeping us posted.nd it goes without saying, this is what the president, donald trump, could have been focused on, instead of trying to overthrow the results of the election. but he chose instead his undemocratic, violent path. this morning, "the wall street journal" is calling for his resignation. will others join that call? it will be very interesting to see if there is a rise in volume for that request. 12 more days to go. will he last that long? we'll bring you the very latest, next. (burke) deep-sea driving, i see... (customer) something like that... (burke) well, here's something else: with your farmer's policy perk, new car replacement, you can get a new one. (customer) that is something else. (burke) get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ less oral steroids. taking my treatment at home. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help

transit that's at least 300 kilograms per wagon and there are 3 trains with more than 50 wagons per hour elam oscar in yes shows where a 2nd set of tracks is to be built so that more coal can be transported she says houses here are solely by the dust many of also sustained damage because the ground shakes when the trains go by they now face demolition she tries to reach out to older people in the area. many feel trapped and helpless. in the colas dr tony we have. not well you should give and if those things are not gone what. i know. then you have been killed and you have any chance it is months in future i could be what. the bad one might have your wildlife sanctuary is part of the western ghats a mountain range recognized by unesco as one of the world's 8 hottest hotspots of biodiversity nonetheless nearby thousands of trees have been felled to make way for a substation for the power line to serve the new railway tracks krishna's or who's tried lives in the protected area fears the land of trees animals and water sources are in jeopardy yet what did that once the what the missiles for why w

and you thought elam was bad so it was like a good day to start watching the hogs. if you want to know what's going on in a city. you want to. see this joyce. graves see this least systemic deception. which. brings up as. well going to watching the hawks i robot and i'm so please a look at this i mean this is this is for and this is one of those really packed exciting news weeks for a disc of stories coming from all different angles let's start i want to ask you. representative cheryl. we saw these people bring in large groups through the capitol on tuesday on the monday before the day before the 6th of the 5th you know she's pulling no punches she's basically saying we need to investigate these people to see if they were there scouting out what what was to happen the following day i applaud her for having the courage to actually speak out on this because she definitely wasn't the only only congressperson to see these large groups of people that were touring the capitol even though tours had been canceled since march of last year due to kobe 19 there are a lot of qu

government controls occupied palestinian territories while other groups have used the term for decades its elam has only done so in very specific contexts the group says how it wherever palestinians live in the occupied west bank east jerusalem or israel they have fewer rights than jewish israelis india's supreme court will hold the implementation of controversial new agricultural laws farmers have been protesting since november they say the changes will undercut prices the government says the agriculture sector is long overdue for reforms judges say they are disappointed with how the government has handled the standoff and ordered the creation of a committee to negotiate ugandan opposition candidate bobby wine says his home has been raided by the military as the accuses the ruling party of intimidation wine spoke to the media along with 2 other opposition candidates saying they'll work together to monitor thursday's a presidential election they also are supporters to help by reporting any suspicious activity of voting stations last night one of our team members my driver sometimes and works ma

elam's the rommany watching after their allies my headquarters here in doha are also coming up they want 'd to sell it. to work for all of georgia the u.s. state of georgia relax its 1st black senator moving democrats a step closer to securing a majority in the senate also in the u.s. members of congress prepare to turn a ceremonial occasion to certify the presidential results into a partisan fight. and the netherlands is the last day you nation to begin its covert 1000 vaccination rolled. back into the program police in hong kong have arrested more than 50 pro-democracy politicians and activists in early morning raids it's the biggest crackdown so far under the controversial national security law which china imposed last year beijing declared the polls illegal immoral that the 600000 people who voted broke the law we begin our coverage with adrian brown in hong kong. former legislator lam choking didn't seem surprised when police came knocking at his front door early on wednesday morning they tell him he's suspected of violating the new national security law. a scene played out of more

is dealing with the pen demick as well as the financial crisis a 3rd possible option is that mother elam a then decide to dissolve parliament and head towards elections but most believe that that's very unlikely as no one really wants to have an election in the middle of a pandemic and so we'll have to see what happens in the next days and perhaps even week ahead and see most of the pandemic that has the political turmoil that effects of italy is the response to the pandemic well you couldn't have a political crisis here in italy at a worst possible time i mean there has been many government prices here in this country there have been some 66 or so different governments since world war 2 but this time around it is different more than 85000 italians have lost their lives due to cohabit 19 part of the countries and lock down the rest of dealing with very severe restrictions and then of course the vaccination program that has started but already has hit stumbling blocks in terms of supply so there's some urgent and is that need to be dealt with let's not forget the financial situation and t

. >> reporter: i'm stephanie elam in los angeles. state of california is working to turn vaccines into vaccinations at a much quicker rate. to that end, all people over the age of 65 in the state are now allowed to get the vaccine. they join along with health care workers and people who live and work in long-term care facilities, meaning that now 6.6 million californians are eligible to get the vaccine. they are opening up three large sites for vaccinations. that's cal expo, dodgers stadium and disneyland in orange county. >> reporter: i'm ed lavandera. texas is the first state in the country to deliver 1 million doses of the vaccine. that's half of the 2.1 million doses the state has received so far. they are in the process of ramping up the delivery. they've created 28 massive distribution hubs across the state. mostly at civic centers and stadiums in the more highly populated areas, and the goal is to deliver more than 300,000 first doses and more than 500,000 second doses per week through the end of this month. >>> i'm erica hill

cnn's stephanie elam joins us from los angeles.i mean, you watched that curve, it's still going up, right? if they are already turning people away from essential medical treatment, what do they plan to do next week or next month? >> reporter: that's the exact point, jim, i wish we could somehow make people really understand how bad this is. and you saw how bad december was. health officials here think that what can happen in january will be worse than december. they're saying that we are on track to see about 1,000 people a week die here. we had record number of hospitalizations in california, about 22,000 people in the hospital battling coronavirus right now and it is playing out here in los angeles county, they're saying of the people getting tested and there is a massive lines that are happening right now here in l.a. county, after people have finished up their holiday endeavors they're getting tested, one out of every five people who is tested is testing positive for the coronavirus. that is how prevalent it is among the people

elam eyestrain us organizes many of these events she's on a mission to stop the passage of coal for the state. she says the coal goes to steel factories and power stations up to a 1000 kilometers away in the neighboring states of karnataka and maharastra it's not even for the go inside themselves. you want them the next day we meet her at the railway tracks she says the freight cars lose a lot of coal and coal dust because they're not properly sealed. you can see this clearly on the tracks in the month one that goes into groundwater that sits into our belts into our drinking water. well you think 4 years ago she discovered the dust was threatening the health of her family. my son you see concrete is kickoff. and i took him to several doctors they did 7 tests. he had to take the neighbor lice so he was also put on steroids. but due to his education we had to move to the city. and over there no month my son was fine. over $10000000.00 tons of coal arrived at the port of every year it's then transported by truck or train across the central government has approved a plan to increase coal im

stephanie elam is in los angeles. it sounds dire, stephanie.cene for us. >> reporter: that's right. one note there, that 45,000 number is for the entire state of california, not just for l.a. county, just to clarify, but this is still a dire situation. when you look, for example, at what has happened in san jose, silicon valley, there's one hospital there. 44 employees have tested positive for the coronavirus between december 27thth and january 1st, we now know that one of the these medical workers, who worked on christmas day, has now passed away. the reason why this is important. they're thinking this outbreak here could be traced back to an inflatable costume that was air powered that one of the staff members wore to lift spirits in christmas. they're thinking that could have been the force behind that. this is obviously noteworthy, because anyone who has tested positive can't work. what we're seeing here in california is the fact you may have other hospitals that could be opened, other places to put patients is great and all, but it doesn't

. >> reporter: i'm stephanie elam in los angeles.lahoma is trying to return its $2 million stockpile of hydroxychloroquine to the medical distributor. the drug was initially tauted by former president donald trump but over the summer the food & drug administration reversed its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat covid-19 after a series of studies showed not only did the drug not help coronavirus patients but might be harmful. >> reporter: i'm alison kosik in new york. they say walmart and sams club is ready to administer vaccines in certain states to those who are eligible. walmart says it's been preparing for a year for a vaccine rollout and it says with 150 million people passing through its doors each week, it's in the unique position to reach people where they already shop. >> thanks to our correspondents for all of those updates on the virus. we turn now to breaking news. pakistan's highest court ruling that four men convicted in the kidnapping and murder of journalist daniel pearl can go free. cnn's ivan

. >> reporter: i'm stephanie elam in los angeles.avin newsom is lifting the stay at home order that affected about 90% of the state's population. this as he and his health officials reported improving icu bed rates. it should be above 50% in all of the state. it will go back to the four tier color coded system. now southern california and the bay area, many counties will be in the most restrictive tears. >> reporter: i'm bianna goal low dreeg ga in new york. public health officials sounding the alarm among the student body with deaths by suicide doubling since the pandemic began in the clark county school district, the fifth largest in the country. 19 students have died by suicide since remote learning began last march compared with 9 deaths from the prior year. in addition, an early warning system put in place to help monitor student mental health episodes has sent 3100 alerts to officials. district psychologists have noted the difficulty in reaching students to provide counseling. >>> i'm elizabeth cohen. the cdc has defined close

stephanie elam on a remarkable life. >> in strength, there is power, and i think that we have learneda race of people. >> cicely tyson embodied strength and power in a decades-long career that paved the way for countless women of color. the daughter of immigrants from the west indis, tyson grew up in harlem and got discovered by a fashion editor at "ebony" magazine. she found her way into acting. in 1963 became the first black actress to star in a tv drama playing jane foster in "east side west side." >> i'll take her with me. >> reporter: tyson appeared in numerous tv shows in the '60s and '70s before making her mark on the big screen as well. she earned an oscar nomination for "sounder" about a share cropping family facing hard times in the great depression. >> the children and me will do the cropping. we have to. because we owe you all that money. >> reporter: around this time, tyson vowed to only accept roles that portrayed black women in realistic ways that reflected their full humanity. >> there were a number of issues as a woman born black and living in a country that did not r

cnn's stephanie elam is live in los angeles with more. what's the situation there this morning? >> alisyn, when you think about that number, 4,085 people lost their lives to the coronavirus in one day. if you actually just think about those deaths as being individuals, it really does hit home how bad this situation is right now. and it's playing out clearly here in california, where we have a record number of hospitalizations, almost 23,000 people in the hospital. we have a record number of patients in the icu, as well here in california. and the positivity rate is almost 13%, which is at the highest level since widespread testing has been around. so it shows you how rough things are here in california. and that picture painted very clearly here in los angeles county, which is really just the. it of the worst of it right now in the united states, as we are the densest and most populous county in the u.s. in fact, take a listen to how los angeles mayor eric garcetti portrays how things look right now. >> it's every six seconds now, a new case and every eight minutes, somebody's d

cnn's stephanie elam is live in los angeles with more.'s happening on the ground there, stephanie? >> reporter: it's awful, alisyn. when you talk to the health professionals who are on the front lines dealing with this, this is not a joke. many of the hospitals are being inundated to the point where patients have to wait hours before they can even get inside the hospital here. just to paint a picture of just how bad it is in los angeles county, take a listen to los angeles county supervisor hilda solis put into perspective how bad the numbers are right now. >> it took ten months to hit 400,000 cases, but we have reached another 400,000 within the last month alone. that is a human disaster and one that was avoidable. the situation is already beyond our imagination, but it could become beyond comprehension if the health restrictions in place are not fully obeyed. >> reporter: now, what we also know is that one person every 15 minutes is dying of the coronavirus here in los angeles county according to dr. barbara ferreira who has been updati

. >> stephanie elam, thank you. >>> and good morning. i'm erin burnett. welcome to cnn's special coverage of a monumental day in america. >> i'm anderson cooper. the next 24 hours will be historic as we follow several major stories from the senate runoff elections in georgia to today's planned republican stunts on capitol hill. in georgia, one race still too close to call while another seems to be decided. >> that state there, of course, the balance of power in washington in stake. democrats are one seat away from a 50/50 split, which means they would control it because that would put the deciding vote in the hands of incoming vice president kamala harris. the voting implementation of the state of georgia put the blame for the historic shift squarely on president trump. what happened? who's responsible? >> the president of the united states is 100% foursquare responsible. when you tell people your vote didn't count, this is all part of crazy town and people are stealing things, you undermine people's confidence in the vote. then you create a war at a time