erica?on, thank you. >>> joining me now to discuss, cnn senior political analyst and former advisor to four presidents, david gergen, and sabrina siddiqu. i wa i want to play a reminder of what happened after he won the election four years ago and his assessment of how things went at that point. take a listen. >> every four years, we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power. and we are grateful to president obama and first lady michelle obama for their gracious aid throughout this transition. they have been magnificent. thank you. thank you. >> the president's press secretary, kayleigh mcenany seems to be doing her best to rewrite history. >> something that i would note is just we talked a lot about transfer of power and the election and it's worth remembering that this president was never given an orderly transition of power. his presidency was never accepted. >> so, sabrina, we know there was an orderly transfer of power. we know that there was a transi

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>> thank you for having me, erica.ou know, i think that hospitals across the country have tried to prepare as best as they could. but the fact is that they're going to be receiving an onslot of patients. they are receiving an onslaught of patients and with that cases increasing exponentially over the last even few days, our hospitals are going to be at and over capacity. and what happens -- when that happens, it compromises the care that patients receive. not just patients that are coming in with coronavirus. patients that are coming in for run of the mill illnesses like heart attacks and strokes. that's what we really have to be concerned about. even over the next week or so. >> as we look at all of this, you are founder of advancing health equity which is focused on the bias in health care. one thing coronavirus has exposed is the long-existing disparities when it comes to health care in this country. and as we look at this new updated data on covid-19, from the cdc, we're seeing that hospital rates among black and l

erica? >> jason carroll with the latest from delaware, thank you. >>> it's now been one week since the election was called for joe biden. president trump still not admitting he lost the election, though he broke his silence yesterday to discuss the pandemic and a possible vaccine, although did not acknowledge his defeat. for the very latest, let's bring in sarah westwood who joins us from the white house. the president is not conceding. not surprising at this point. the fact his administration is not yet helping the biden team with the transition. we've heard what the biden team has to say. but that's really a significant development or lack of a development on its own. >> that's right, erica. that's a process that ordinarily would be well under way in a normal election year. there's office space here in washington, d.c., that's been set aside for the biden transition team that's just sitting empty at the moment. federal agencies across the government are effectively twiddling their thumbs b

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i'm erica hill in for frederica whitfield. we begin this hour with a nation suffering facing two gripping c crises. there's the coronavirus pandemic rising at nightening levels we've not yet seen and the white house actively resisting the transition. on friday alone more than 184,000 new cases. it is a stunning surge, and yet it's consistent with the trend we've been warned about. five straight days now of record breaking new cases, new highs at hospitals as well as many reach critical capacity and staff is stretched thin. president-elect joe biden is making the pandemic his top priority. one of his advisers calling the coronavirus a national security threat. yet despite that very real threat the current white house is refusing to cooperate, still refusing to low the transition team to classified information, information that could be vital in helping to stop the spread of the disease. today biden meet with his transition advisers to go over their next steps which include speaking with former meantgon officials who worked unde

but we do have erica cattery standing by with details erica hasten, ah, yes, we're seeing a lot of blue there and i've been watching our sunnyvale camera every couple minutes i see people you know really taking advantage of this drying clear whether that we're seeing i see people coming by and jogging and walking outdoors so we can expect. >>dry conditions for this weekend and here we have another person's polling by enjoying the sunshine there temperatures in the 60's right now they're out in san jose 6563 in conquered a lower 60's right now out in valais ho temperatures a little above normal for this time of year where we're normally around 60 so our winds are also looking very light across the bay area huge change compared to what we saw yesterday when those gusts out in oakland for example or up to 40 miles per hour. we have that wind advisory but winds will not be an issue for us tonight or for the weekend it should be pretty light across the bay area. so like i mentioned tomorrow will be clear for us going to see an increase in clouds come sunday and then monday california will se

i'm erica hill. the coronavirus pandemic that has hit the united states harder than any other country, well, just look at the number on your screen. we have now surpassed 12 million confirmed cases of the virus here in the united states. we have watched that number rise throughout the day today. each one of those numbers, each one of those more than 12 million nearly 44,000 cases is a person. a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, a friend. someone who is either current lip infected or perhaps dealing with the after effects of this disease, which we are only just now beginning to hearn about of those long-lasting effects. more than 12 million cases on the number of american who's have died, that number has risen above 255,000 today lives lost to this pandemic. the cdc is worried that people will not avoid gathering with anybody except for those in your immediate household. we have new guidance, most infects are spread by people who don't show any symptoms, even more than previous

boy, erica, you laid it out well. everything happening with president trump complaining about the results of the election, they really are a far cry in terms of the importance as to what happens here in georgia over the next month or so. these two races will determine who controls the united states senate in the next congress, if the democrats are able to sweep, that means the democrats will have control of the house, the presidency and the senate. if even one of these republicans is able to hold on, mitch mcconnell and the republicans will continue to hold the majori majority. >> we're also going to be looking to georgia again not just are for the senate race, the trump administration requesting a recount in georgia. joe biden was announced the winner on friday following a hand audit. this will be the third time georgia's 5 million votes will be tabulated. is anything likely to change, ryan? >> if you talk to the experts, erica, they flat reply sly say . many say this is just an exercise in futility. the results in g

thank you erica. >>a surge in covid cases in los angeles county now forcing health officials there to issue a new 3 week stay at home order that is set to go into effect on monday under that order all public and private gatherings will be banned except for religious services, businesses can remain open, but they will have to do so at a significantly reduced capacity. beaches trails and parks will remain open, but you can only gather with folks from your immediate household. lee county officials say they will be taking the order seriously to try and limit the spread of the virus which they say is already at a dangerous level. >>right now we're doing the best we can and that's everybody needs to help it's a it's a joint partnership between the restaurants and the community to follow the protocol to keep up and running. we also have. and so we have compliance with health officers that are visiting or 24 parks all weekend. >>is were seen gathering such not be happening. >>experts say the new cases are on

>>mean look your the sun while you can all right, thanks erica. >>all right here is an update now to an already weird story and it's an even weirder update these so-called mysterious monolith that was spotted in the desert of utah over a week ago has now disappeared do on friday night, some person or some group removed the structure from its location in utah's red rock country. the bureau of land management says it did not touch it and doesn't know who did so that's the model it's their right. the structure there in the middle. correct it's gone. but it's been a week now since the agency announced that they actually founded which was illegally built on federal land they said that the structure was probably a work of art but since then on it has garnered plenty of attention from around the world. and the agency never revealed its exact location over fears that someone would go looking for it and that would become stranded. but now that they say an unknown party has been responsible for removing it. so obviously aliens. natural choice, but i will sa

we have salty he is a republican strategist into one of mexico erica pinero is a policy and litigation director at lotto that's a nonprofit that provides free legal aid adding to our zone at the center of the quake is an al-jazeera are of a cause for the whole i guess it's really good day to have you here or erica let's start we hear a lot of talk about immigration and want to talk about the southern u.s. border make it real for us tell us a story that takes us there into the what you will doing so we understand this is not just a talking point the people's lives we're talking about. thank you for having me and during the trumpet ministration we saw thousands of children separated from their parents thousands more separated from other family members and destruction of the s.l. asylum system this administration has implemented a number of policies that have effectively blocked access to protections in the united states and have resulted in tens of thousands of vulnerable migrants being trapped at the us mexico border and some of the most dangerous cities in the world and really being pu

erica let me share this with you this is one of a community following online and he says having trump this is on twitter right now having trump for a 2nd term is excruciating torture his foreign policy and take on immigrants is wanting his 4 years was a night of darkness but hopefully morning is coming as pretty the way that he put it that's going to school me up a so you can see it very clearly erica how do you catch mice the last 4 years thinking about immigration i would have to agree with that post it has been torture especially for people affected by these policies i would disagree with you by saying that most people got where they needed to go after the muslim ban and other travel bans that have been implemented by this administration there are thousands of families still separated including. indian h one b. holders let's not forget in july of this year the trumpet ministration issued a ban on entry for work visa holders which resulted in hundreds of families being separated and so the rhetoric around legal versus illegal immigration or you know the fact that it's just another p

i'm erica hill. thanksgiving days away and look everything else in 2020 we know this holiday will be like nothing we have lived through before. the cdc begging americans not to travel, not to gather in groups outside of a household and to skip frankly many of the traditions that define this holiday for so many americans but we know it's for the right reasons because we want to be here, we want the people we love to be here when we can gather together with them again. to do that we have to stop this raging virus from spreading like wildfire through entire families. this weekend, the pandemic is on a deadly tear. again. nearly every state reporting a rapid surge in new cases and with that we are also seeing the death toll rise sharply. more than 10,000 covid deaths reported in the united states in the past week. right now nationwide more people are in the hospital with coronavirus than at any time sense the pandemic began. leadership from the white house, even as the pandemic gets worse, is not there.

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erica hill joins me. and i want to point out, you are the mashed potatoes to my candied yam. >> indeed, we're the carbo couple this morning. >> we're carbo loading for what's in store today. of course, this holiday is very different than past years. millions of americans are facing health and economic crises as the coronavirus pandemic surges. more than 90,000 americans are waking up on this thanksgiving in the hospital. the u.s. is breaking hospitalization records for the 16th consecutive day. more than 262,000 americans have died, which leaves so many families with the agony of an empty seat at the table today. also, 50 million americans are food insecure. president-elect biden wants all americans to come together, he says, to defeat the virus. >> i know we can and we will beat this virus. america's not going to lose this war. we'll get our lives back. life is going to return to normal, i promise you. this will happen. this will not last forever. >>> we're also following breaking news from overnight. a

all right before we go tonight, let's check in again with erica before. >>we leave, yeah, it's a calm night out there, no fog and we don't see any clouds out there you can see the we are at about 51 degrees here in san francisco right out in livermore currently 37 right now also in santa rosa palo alto looking at 43 degrees again we have this high pressure that's why it's a try here in the bay area in fact checking in on that drought monitor map. you can see northern california at the extreme drought level compared so cow. so we don't expect any rain the rest of november as well probably the first couple weeks of december in fact, i'm making a comparison here for our rain total so far for rain season you can see at a lower mutchler compared to last year san francisco this time last year had over an inch of rain and this year we only have about half an inch so far. >>temperature down in socal tomorrow, la will be in the mid 70's in case, you're heading out 60 out in sacramento, 63. >>and sac san francisco start temperatures actually a little above normal f

>> good afternoon, erica. the president-elect spent today with his advisors but taking time out for recreation. we saw him on a bike ride with his wife, jill biden. the person with him asked him and he said, yes. he said he hopes to have a couple cabinet announcements by thanksgiving but it could be later than that. we will wait to see how that timeline plays out. remember, when he was choosing his vice-presidential partner it took a little longer than he said it would. he's looking at all his options. he's also continuing to meet with this covid-19 advisory board. the trump transition team and biden know very well when they take office in january it will be a dire situation across the united states. they're trying to do everything they can to prepare for that focusing in on what they can do right now. remember, the general services administration has still not formally signed off on him being the president elect which triggers that formal transition process. what does that mean? it means his transition team c

, thanks erica. >>another defeat for president donald trump in his bid to overturn the presidential race. today, the pennsylvania supreme court tossing out a lower court's decision that would have prevented the state from certifying other races on the november, 3rd ballot. as part of a unanimous decision pennsylvania state's high court tossing out a judge's recent order to stop certification of any remaining contests the justices say that the underlying lawsuit was filed months too late. the republican plaintiffs sought to either throw out 2.5 million mellon bad ballots submitted under the long or direct the state's republican controlled legislature, to pick pennsylvania's presidential electors the move comes a day after a federal appeals court in philadelphia. rejected the trump campaign's efforts to challenge the election results there. >>and this weekend on inside california politics a special on vice president elect kamala harris from oakland to the state capitol from junior senator to vp hear fr

>>no rain for a while thanks erica, thanks erica. >>we have breaking news that we're following the sunday night on the san jose right now police there on the scene of a stabbing. that's unfolding right now on north capitol avenue in the 2, 200 block their of our north capitol avenue. so far they know of at least one victims suspects unknown at this time. >>there's also another situation that's unfolding in san jose other than the stabbing. they're also asking people to stay away on the other incident that's just north of downtown. there's a family disturbance they say there's a barricaded suspect this is the 200 block of jackson street. and streets are closed. they're asking people to stay away from the area. jackson street between north 4th and 6 and north forth between taylor and empire other and ford information is available right now on that barricaded suspect, but it seems that it is a separate incident right now of the stabbing that's on north capitol avenue where there is one victim more details as soon as they come into the n

erica, we know that a vaccine is coming. as a matter of fact, the hospital that you see behind me is one of the first hospitals around the country that's going to get that vaccine. but you and i know that a vaccine is not going to fix this overnight. >> and also so important to remember each one of those numbers is a person with loved ones mourning them. rosa, thank you. >>> turning now to our breaking news, the u.s. supreme court siding with religious groups in the dispute over coronavirus restrictions in new york, limiting attendance at religious services due to the pandemic. cnn's polo sandoval joining us now with the breaking details. >> that decision coming in late last night. the supreme court basically barring the state of new york from banning strict attendance limits at houses of worship due to covid. governor cuomo first imposed these in october and since then, the catholic diocese of brooklyn and several synagogues have been launching a legal fight against the state of new york. important to point out here that th

rosa, good morning. >> erica, good morning. the u.s.d-19 hospitalization record with more than 90,000 americans waking up in a hospital room this morning. that's a 35% increase in just the last two weeks. look, hospital systems around the country are getting tested right now. this at a time when experts are warning that the thanksgiving holiday will only make it worse. as man

erica?thank you, jason. >>> that hand recount that jason just mentioned is actually expected to be completed there this afternoon. we've got a live look for you at the process unfolding in atlanta. the republican secretary of state said he's hoping this live look, this access and transparency will help built conference. this as some call for his resignation. joining me congresswoman -- congresswoman-elect, once this is done, do you think we can put this behind us? >> we're just waiting for everything to be said and done. we're watching the process, monitoring it, but i am confident once the recount is concluded, we'll see the same that we saw in the aftermath of the election that joe biden won georgia. >> so to that end, so much of the conversation in the last couple weeks have centered around election integrity. americans need to know their votes are counted. as the chairwoman of the georgia state democratic party, you served in the georgia state senate, have you had any contact, are there

we have cnn's erica hill in las vegas for us.ca, this has to do with verifying voters' signatures. explain this to us. >> reporter: yeah, that was part of what was brought up in the suit filed by the trump campaign and republican party here in nevada which as you mentioned, brianna, the judge shot down. this is a heavily democratic county as you know, of the actor voters, 1.2 million active voters are in clark county. the judge denied on all fronts, saying the party didn't have standing to bring this issue. matching machine used here in the county. they have issues with that. verifies 30% of ballots, they had concerned what observers were allowed to see, whether they could see signature matching, whether that process is robust enough. in addition to that, there were questions as you point out about ballot processing that started october 20th. the judge again denying the entire request. everything will move forward as it has been doing since october 20th here in the county. they showed no evidence there were any issues with signat

erica? >> jessica dean, thank you. >>> in both brief appearances today by president trump, not even a slight mention of his dwindling days in the white house. however, cnn's kaitlan collins reports, other members of his administration are acknowledging what is now officially in the works. >> reporter: while refusing to commit to the tradition of conceding the election, president trump took part in another tradition tell white house today. >> corn, i hereby grant you a full pardon. thank you, corn. >> reporter: trump granting leanency to two turkeys in the rose garden ahead of the thanksgiving holiday while making only a veiled reference to the presidential transition now under way. >> as i say, america first. shouldn't go away from that. america first. >> reporter: it was his second appearance in front of cameras today after the white house gave reporters a two-minute notice for this one-minute presidential statement. >> the stock market just has broken 30,000 and never been broken, that num

i'm erica hill in for jake tapper today. on cnn continues right now. ♪ >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news! >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we are following breaking news. president-elect joe biden announcing historic picks for top posts in his cabinet, including former federal reserve chair janet yellen to be the country's first woman treasury secretary. he is naming the first woman to

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erica, thank you so much for doing this. we really appreciate it.ok is really groundbreaking. >> thank you. let me thank you for inviting me on and for taking the time to have this conversation. i love to talk about history but more specifically the lives of african-american women during the 19th century. harriet tubman became very clear early on that it was time to do a refresh on harriet tubman an think about her as a person more clearly as an activist right now we are thinking abo what social justice and activism looks like and there's no better representation of it at least in the 19th century and harriet tubman so it is wonderful to talk abo her. >> what wonderful about this book is that you bring out things abo harriet tubman's life that most of us, who some of us think we know about the street, we definitely know about the underground railroadnd her le but you bring up so much about her. her world as part of the women's suffrage movement. >> my goal with this book, what i wanted to do was write about something else first accessible. that was

. >> erica, good morning. the u.s. shattering its covid-19 hospitalization record with more than 90,000 americans waking up in a hospital room this morning. that's a 35% increase in just the last two weeks. look, hospital systems around the country are getting tested right now. this at a time when experts are warning that the thanksgiving holiday will only make it worse. as many americans celebrated thanksgiving, the coronavirus pandemic is reaching record levels of cases and hospitalizations across the united states. the danger of spreading the disease causing some to downside their celebrations or even spend the day alone this year. but millions of others chose to ignore warnings from health experts not to travel. with the tsa reporting more than 6.8 million people have flown through u.s. airports in the week before thanksgiving, this black friday, retailers are encouraging shoppers to go online. >> this year it's a lot less people. >> but some customers are still going inside stores, even waiting outside in lines fo

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erica, what was your mom's 50th birthday wish?uch for making this happen for her and making her 50th birthday so special. >> can you believe, guys, this is timing. willie just happened to be filling in today, and you guys only wanted big willie. >> it worked out erica, that's a good-looking mug. happy birthday we also have sunday today slippers so stay on the line and we'll send you a pair of slippers giving stuff away now. >> we should point out, leslie is an essential worker she's been working through the pandemic hats off to you. keep that willie head close. >> thank you, leslie happy birthday >> love it >> let's put the big board back up and, you know, we've got another birthday where's kennedy? kennedy is turning 5 today >> kennedy >> kennedy is from massachusetts. kennedy, what did you want most for your 5th birthday? >> what did you want most? >> i wanted -- >> okay. we got you a willie geist mug. incredibly disappointing birthday. >> happy birthday, kennedy. >> let's sees diehls they from kingsville, texas. >> wait, where

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i'm erica hill.se in 2020 we know this holiday will be like nothing we have lived through before. the cdc begging americans not to travel, not to gather in groups outside of a household and to skip frankly many of the traditions that define this holiday for so many americans but we know it's for the right reasons because we want to be here, we want the people we love to be here when we can gather together with them again. to do that we have to stop this raging virus from spreading like wildfire through entire families. this weekend, the

as erica smartly noted., close, 49.3 to 48.7, so the trump campaign says let's keep counting. they have every right to do so. let's see if consistency east. to erica's point most of the votes, 72, 3% are going to come out of here. las vegas, fastest growing suburbs in america. more than seven in ten votes right here out of this county. joe biden winning 53-45 if you look now. about 84% in clark county. that means giant chunk of votes out of predominantly democratic area, which are mail-in votes, which we know are going toward joe biden. every reason for biden to think they will grow here. in the western part of the state reno, you get further north, more rural and republican, down in the suburbs. they say it's close, used to be swing area, leans democratic, 51-47. the bulk of the votes in the two big population centers, reno area around it and vegas area and around it. joe biden ahead by 7,000 votes. again, common sense tells you you're leading, have you mail-in you're likely even if they split like this. bu

our national correspondent erica hill hat latest information from new york. after state after state, they are shattering records as this crisis worsens. >> reporter: they certainly are. one example we learned today from across the river, over in new jersey, the governor saying that the numbers they saw over the weekend were the highest they have seen since the start of the pandemic. think about how bad it was in this area at the very beginning and the concerns, of course, is with more cold weather, with the holidays coming at us so quickly, now is the time to clamp down because there is a large fear about what is to come. amidst grim new records nationwide a bright spot. moderna's coronavirus vaccine more than 94% effective according to early results. >> now we have two vaccines that are really quite effective so i think this is a really strong step forward to where we want to be. >> reporter: the moderna vaccine is also easier to store. it doesn't ripper the drastic cold temperatures needed for pfizer's vaccine which could make distribution easier when it's

our clerk today is erica major. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> yes, due to the covid-19 health emergency, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and room are closed. members will be participating in the meeting reportedly. this is taken pure pursuant to the state and local directives. members will participate in the committee as in the same extent as physically present. depending on your provider, cable channel 26 or 78 or 99 or sfgov.org are streaming the

. >> reporter: when erica lost her job in december, the mom-to-be immediately began to search for hercovid hit. >> reporter: the opportunities paused or gone, erica had to reassess. >> i was six months pregnant. so for me i was really trying to wrap my head around probably not being able to find a job until after my baby was born. >> reporter: what erica found was the mom project. a free online talent marketplace that connects mothers with work opportunities at major companies like apple, google and facebook. >> women have absolutely been more impacted by this downturn. there's an economic reason for that women have been more exposed and in sectors of like retail and hospitality that have suffered the greatest playoffs. >> i received a call from the recruiter i was working with at the mom project about a role at a company doing live online classes and they had just started their search for a head of marketing. >> reporter: they helped erica score an interview that led to her current role. >> i actually ended up accepting my offer the day before my baby was born so i didn't actually st

how those folks could help the country out of this pandemic, but i want to begin with my colleague, erica hill, who has more on just where this country stands today. >> reporter: new freezers at hospitals, planes at the ready. pharmacies gearing up. as a coronavirus vaccine gets closer. >> we should have enough vaccine by the end of the year to immunize 20 million americans. >> reporter: moderna now says its vaccine is 100% effective at preventing severe cases of the virus. health care workers will likely be the first to receive an approved vaccine. the cdc is meeting on that tomorrow. and then once it's widely available -- >> we can get back to normal, kids can be back in school, we can be working and very importantly, we can see our loved ones again. >> reporter: to do that, we need less of this -- >> if you traveled on thanksgiving, on thanksgiving holiday, you should assume you've been infected or exposed to the virus. >> reporter: -- and more of this. >> it's going to get worse over the next several weeks. >> reporter: new cases added in november, more than 4.25 million. now account

Érica estÁ muy cerca de la zona.nto de rÍos, puentes colapsados bloquean las carreteas. las familias no reciben ayuda. segÚn las autoridades, lo que viene puede ser lo peor. terminÓ su paso esta madrugada, aÚn se desconoce con exactited la magnitud de las perdidas materiales y sobre todo, de las perdidas humanas. los sobrevivientes agradecen por estar vivos. pero no pueden creer que lo perdieron todo. >> rompiÓ el cuarto. donde vivÍa. no tenemos con quÉ taparnos a la noche. reportera: las autoridades no llegan, los damnificados son solidarios entre ellos. el huracÁn eta entrÓ por esta zona el martes pasado. hoy las imÁgenes hablan por sÍ solas. las carreteras bloqueadas, el desborde de rÍos no permiten llevar ayuda. las autoridades en el departamento hacen su esfuerzo para rescatar a los atrapados. >> hay gente del otro lado esperÁndonos. pero ustedes estÁn viendo, pedimos este carro particular. pero no pasamos. no podemos. y ya serÍa arriesgar nuestras vida tambiÉn. reportera: la zona sur del paÍs la mÁs afectada, t

but, of course, the clock ticking. >> certainly is, erica hill reporting for us. thank you. more on the situation in new york when mayor bill deblasion joins us live. i want to chat now with dr. sanjay gupta. more people are hospitalized with this virus than at any point in the pandemic, going back to january. you now say this is a humanitarian disaster that's under way in the united states. an extraordinary statement. explain what you mean by that. >> well, you know, wolf, i think a humanitarian disaster, an event or series of events that have led to so many deaths have, at times, overwhelmed the health care system. there's concerns about it overwhelming certain hospital systems going forward. and you just look at the numbers, wolf. you and i have both been reporting on these stories for a long time. i was reflecting on the types of disasters that i've covered over the last 19 years, the tsunami in south asia. 227,000 people died, haiti earthquake, 220,000. the famine in somalia, one of the toughest stories i ever covered, 260,000 people died. you look at what's happening h

erica sigue en san cristÓbal, en la zona de la tragedia.. sin casa. sin dinero, sin familia. es un dolor que no se puede describir. reportera: decenas de desaparecidos, los familiares que quedaron con vida le piden a los socorristas buscar como pedro, que no sabe nada de sus seres queridos. >> mi mamÁ se muriÓ, un hermano. la tierra se bajÓ encima de mi mamÁ, se murieron. hay tres de mi familia salieron corrienro. reportera: no sabe quÉ harÁ con su vida. >> me quedÉ solito. sÓlo yo. reportera: poco a poco la ayuda estÁ llegando vÍa aÉrea. muchas zonas incomunicadas por las carreteras y puentes afectados. >> el lugar inaccesible, no hay posibilidad de carretera, ni tampoco de levantar los derrumbes. reportera: ni la capital se salvÓ de la furia de eta. en una zona donde las casas estÁn a la orilla de un lago, quienes la habitan salieron en sus lanchas. >> se identificÓ personas que resultaron afectadas, el dato tambiÉn de 44 personas fallecidas. alrededor de cien tambiÉn personas que se reportan desaparecidas. reportera: las autoridades advi

>>erica thank you still to come tonight here on kron 4 news at 8. a mysterious monolith has disappeared. locals think took it let you know after the break. >>life form. okay. who does this kind of stuff. >>a giant metal monolith in the middle of utah's red rock desert has been stolen the mom was first appeared in the desert a little over a week ago. there's no clear sign where it came from or how it got there. people at first were joking it was put there by aliens but now they're sailing saying that the aliens have taken it. >>we were were the other is what they're trying say. >>a it was early holiday shopping look honey i got you this model left. >>i mean you have to have some pretty strong equipment to put that in there and then like rip it up again aliens take >>that wraps up kron 4 news at 8, but we still have much more ahead tonight don't go to where sports night live with kate rooney is coming your way in just a few moments the forty-niners facing some uncertainty on where they will play they are. >>not technically homeless, but they need a ho

our national correspondent erica hill is joining us from new york right now.rom an official called operation warp speed. >> reporter: there is. i'm going to get to the good news in a moment. i want to let you know we just learned the fda has now scheduled an advisory meeting to discuss moderna's request for emergency use authorization so we are just learning that meeting has been scheduled for december 17th. as you said in terms of the good news the director of supply production and distribution for operation warp speed said today that 100% of americans who want the vaccine will have had it by next june. new freezers at hospitals. planes at the ready. pharmacies gearing up. as the coronavirus vaccine gets closer. >> we should have enough vaccine by the end of the year to minimum nobel prize immunize 20 americans. >> reporter: health care workers will likely be the first to receive an approved vaccine. the cdc is meeting on that tomorrow. and then once it's widely available. >> we can get back to normal. kids can be back in school and we could be working and ve

bookseller and critic erica rohrbach. the finalist for this year's prize in nonfiction are a furious sky. our critic called it a sweeping history of nature's power. fathoms by rebecca a thoughtful and viciously crafted appeal for the preservation of marine mammals. the address book a standup book of sociological history and current affairs. world of wonders the writing dazzles. michael dennis l smith urgent provocative work that deserves the broadest possible audience and cast by isabel wilkerson that exposes the history in which you can take pride. to all of the finalists, we needed your voices this year. thank you for sharing your talent and congratulations to all of you. the winner for the 2020 prize for nonfiction is stakes is high. wow. i'm genuinely excited to be a finalist. i didn't expect to win anything and i'm honored to be a finalist among such an amazing group of authors $50,000 a day before my birthday is a lot of money to be irresponsible with and iromise that i will not let youown. my editor it is as much h

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erica dunbar is a professor of history at rutgers university. >> we're reckoning with this very realue around social justice, around representation, this conversation about who we want to be as americans. >> reporter: tell me what you're going to feel when you look at that mountain and it's got an indian name? >> you know, i think the first thing i'm going to think about is those tribes that were forcibly removed from our beautiful state that continue to call colorado home that would love for an opportunity to go back to a mountain, take their family and say, "this used to be ours, and it's still being recognized. we're being acknowledged." >> reporter: what's in a name? it turns out everything. barry petersen, cbs news, denver. >> yuccas: important conversations. next on the "cbs weekend news," an update on a christmas tree stowe away that touched hearts from coast to coast. quite a sight over aurora, colorado. fast food fans spent up to 14 hours in line at a just-opened in and out burger, the first one in the state. apparently, they didn't realize it would have just been faster to