says jay inslee, the politician lawyer. what do politician lawyers know about love? not much.ormal people know that love is impossible if you're forced to live alone in isolation and fear. now in an ideal world we would all be at the french laundry laughing and eating with our friends. it sounds wonderful. especially now. sadly, we can't do that. we are not the governor of anything. the man who got the photographm of gavin newsom that illuminated our moment on his with fox 11 as we said in l.a. we are happy to have him now. hey, bill, where did you get this? >> tucker, we got that photo that series of photos from a actually eating dinner at the french laundry that night, the same night governor newsom was there, she recognized him, asked the waitress if that's the governor and she said yes and then when she noticed what was going on she started snapping some photos and this whole situation has just been an absolute disaster for governor newsom when it comes to his credibility with californians because you hit the nail on the head earlier. when he told us in his apology the oth

. >> washington's governor jay inslee announcing new restrictions to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. >> indoor social gatherings from people outside your home are prohibited. outdoor gatherings limited to no more than five people. restaurants and bars closed for indoor city. >> reporter: amarillo, texas, ordering mobile morgues. >> there are more patients than beds in the hospital. we expanded the morgue capacity at the hospitals with the mobile trailer and requested a second while we wait for a portable morgue unit. this is real. >> reporter: on friday, president trump predicting pfizer will soon receive emergency use authorization for its vaccine and could be available to the general population by april but the trump administration is not working with president-elect joe biden's team. dr. anthony fauci said it could be a problem. >> almost like passing a baton in a race. you don't want to stop and give it to somebody. you want to keep going. that's what transition is. it certainly would make things more smoothly. ." >> i hope nothing interferes with operation warp speed. it is a m

. >> reporter: washington governor jay inslee ordered restaurants, gyms and other businesses to seize indoor operations starting tomorrow night. also beginning on monday, the hard-hit navajo nation will restrict stay-at-home orders. >> we'll do everything in our power to keep our people safe. >> reporter: hospitalizations across country at a record high of 69,000. the worst hot spots, north and south dakota, which lead the nation in highest death rates. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. >> we're clearly headed in the wrong direction. >> the pandemic feels like a wildfire. no matter what you do, it keeps spreading. >> imagine if you had a football game and there were 50 different coaches. we need one national game plan. if people on a local level want to call some audibles, fine. >> reporter: the largest school district in the country, new york city, won't shut down after all. again, panic buying. toilet paper and cleaning products disappearing from store shelves. el paso's lori brunette lost her husband, brother and four friends to covid. >> i turn on the news and i

and washington state governor jay inslee banning indoor dining and gyms. and right before thanksgiving, requiring at least a seven-day quarantine for any indoor gathering. >> today, november 15th, 2020, i have to report to washingtonians is the most dangerous public health day in over 100 years in our state's great history. >> reporter: a major reversal in north dakota, as it now reports 1,000 new cases a day. the governor issuing a mask mandate and indoor dining limits. >> our state is caught in the middle of a skyrocketing national covid-19 storm. >> reporter: but nurses there outraged at the governor's attempt to keep hospitals staffed by allowing infected nurses to keep working so long as they don't have symptoms. >> they feel like they're being hung out to dry at this point and we continue to just give and give and give, but no one is really caring about the nurses. >> reporter: nationwide, nearly 70,000 patients now receiving hospital care, a record high. as hospitalizations are climbing in every state except massachusetts and south carolina. >> the

this beh this behavior worries washington governor jay inslee. >> we have to understand the house isfire right now. >> reporter: deaths are now climbing in 43 states and puerto rico. hospitalizations are at a record high and jumping in every state. dr. anthony fauci telling "face the nation," the numbers speak for themselves. >> we're in a very, very difficult situation at all levels. just look at the numbers. almost 13,000cts. cases sat >> reporter: texas reaching almost 13,000 cases saturday alone. in el paso, with a back log of over 230 deaths, the texas national guard activated to assist with the overflow of bodies at the morgue. defiance across california where cases have tripled over the last month. >> the 10:00 curfew, we're not going to abide by it, it is ridiculous. >> u.s.a.! >> reporter: protestors burning masks in orange county. >> whooo! >> reporter: restrictions gripping the economy, making many americans anxious. >> i lost my job. i had four months with no income. >> reporter: thanksgiving giveaways like this one in los angeles are more welcome than ever. >> it's going

jay inslee ordered indoor dining, indoor gyms and movie theaters to close down. covid cases have doubled. doctors around the country are warning the nation is moving into a critical phase. >> a long line of drivers this weekend in chicago waiting to get tested for covid with more americans wanting to make sure they are virus free. new case numbers are breaking numbers. three west coast states asking residents not to travel out of state for thanksgiving. >> we're optimistic that thanksgiving 2021 will be the best. this year it's too dangerous to gathering to indoors. >> business owners especially for bars and restaurants may not make it. >> we can handle that for a few weeks. if it goes to march that's a different story. >> the covid response team will moot with advisers there's no plans for a nation wide lockdown. >> in the spring we didn't know a lot. we respondedded with an on-off switch. it's better to think of it as a dial. >> president-elect bide inchief of staff stresses the relief bill. >> chuck schumer urged reinstalling the covid bill. no more temper tan

>>washington governor jay inslee also unveiling a new set of statewide covid-19 restrictions among theost businesses including gyms movie theaters and museums must close their indoor services for at least the next month. meanwhile this morning we heard from doctor doctor anthony fauci who predicted when the country could begin to return back to normalcy doctor fauci said that prediction depends on a number of factors. most notably an effective vaccine. >>if we get the overwhelming majority of people taking the vaccine and you have on the one hand and effective vaccine on the other hand a high degree of uptake of the vaccine we could start getting things back to relative normal as we get into the second and 3rd quarter of the year where people can start thinking about doing things that would too dangerous just months ago, but we've got to put all those things together jake, we can't just wish it happening we've got to get the vaccine. it's got to be deployed and we can't abandon fundamental public health measures. so here's a look at how the recent spread of cases compares to the rest o

governor jay inslee also cautioned against panic shopping, emphasizing the supply chain remains strongople headed to stores to load up and supplies started flying off the shelves. >> between the holidays and the impending lockdown fear, it is hopping. >> do i need to go to every store and be crazy like everybody else? >> of these new restrictions are necessary to keep spiking covid cases under control. >>> when we talk about educational equality, we focus on high tech devices students might have. >> sometimes the obstacles may be more basic than that. when the pandemic hit, the owner of mercy restaurant on treasure island read about a man building student desks for his community. that inspired her to approach local carpenters about building desks for students on treasure island so long as she pays for the materials. they obliged and sunday they delivered the first 20. >> you would be sitting down and everything is going on around your house that is normal and you are like, i am in school. it is kind of weird. >> you know, have a little space in their house that is all there is. that is

and as soon as this hour washington governor jay inslee is expected to announce new restrictions that reportedly include a ban on indoor dining. washington state hit a new record in daily cases adding more than 2200 on saturday. new jersey has added more than 4,000 cases yesterday. that is the highest number since early april. restaurants and bars there must now close by 10:00 p.m. and the co-chair of the president-elect biden's task force said the country might not need to go into a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the virus. >> the way we think about lockdowns is i think different than it was in the spring and the spring when we didn't know a lot about covid we responded in a sense with an on/off switch. we just shut things down because, you know, we didn't know exactly how this was spreading and where it was spreading. we learned a mott since then that tells us the better way to think about these restrictions is a dial we turn up and down depending on severity. >> cory coughlin, we'll begin with you. the minneapolis-st. paul airport. what is the latest from there. >> yeah,

. >> reporter: in washington state, governor jay inslee announcing sweeping restrictions on indoor gatherings gyms. >> inaction here is not an option. we have to take bold, decisive action. >> reporter: michigan enacting a three-week pause that begins wednesday, targeting indoor social gatherings and other group activities. >> these steps are what the public health experts say we must take to avoid overwhelming hospitals and death counts like we saw in the spring. >> reporter: in el paso, the coroner's office overrun by the rising death toll. 380 deaths under investigation, haunting images show prison inmates helping to wheel the dead out of the medical examiner's office. new jersey hitting back-to-back daily case records. the governor with this message to people who find masks uncomfortable. >> you know what's really uncomfortable and annoying? when you die. >> reporter: as a number of cases continue to rise, president-elect joe biden has been blocked with coordinating from federal agencies, including teams inside health and human services planning the distribution of a vaccine. >> our exper

. >> governor jay inslee also banned more than one household from gathering indoors together ahead of thanksgiving. >> i think it's hard on the business owners. i think pulling back might be necessary. >> starting tomorrow, new jersey will limit indoor gatherings to less than ten people. >> we have got to get back in front of this virus. >> north dakota, now one of more than 20 states reporting record hospitalizations. critical care beds are in short supply, prompting governor to issue a statewide mask mandate. capacity is also being scaled back at restaurants, bars, and other venues. california governor gavin newsom apologized earlier today for attending a party a few weeks back in napa, california, that appeared to be in violation of the state's health covid guidelines. the democrat says he should have walked away from the crowded table. bret. >> bret: casey stegall in arlington, texas. thanks. michigan's governor's closing schools, suspending sports and stopping indoor dining, and that is not going over well in all corners of her stay. correspondent garrett tenney is live tonight i

and in washington, governor jay inslee reported its state saw more than 2,600 new cases tuesday, thehe pandemic began. earlier, inslee closing indoor dining services and limiting store capacity to 25% in response to the rising spread. >> it is a scientific reality that if things do not change, this number will continue to skyrocket. >> reporter: in montana, governor steve bullock announced a statewide mask mandate. and in st. louis, it is closing restaurants and bars to in-person dining and encouraging people to only leave home for essentials. in minnesota, cases are on the rise and local news reports say new measures are expected to be announced by governor tim walsh today. in kentucky, the kentucky governor also expected to announce new measures today, according to local reports. this comes after the state saw 33 people lose their lives to the virus, the highest number of deaths in a single day in that state. >> at this point, we've got a few months before the vaccines come to the rescue. we want to save as many lives as we can in that interval. and that's really up to all of us. >

and in washington governor jay inslee reported his state saw more than 2,000 cases, the highest sinceegan. closing indoor dining services and limiting store capacity to 25% in response to the rising spread. >> it is a scientific reality that if things do not change, this number will continue to skyrocket. >> reporter: in montana governor steve bullock announced a statewide mask mandate. in st. louis it is closing restaurants and bars to in-person dining and encouraging people to only leave home for essentials. in minnesota, cases are on the rise and local news reports say new measures are expected to be announced by governor tim wolf today. in kentucky, the kentucky governor also expected to announce new measures today according to local reports. this comes after the state saw 33 people lose their life to the virus, the highest number of deaths in a single day in that state. >> at this point we have a few months before the vaccines come to the rescue. we want to save at many lives as we can in that interval and that's real lie ly up to all of. >> reporter: it is all about saving lives

that assumes states do what, say, governor jay inslee did, governor pritzker did, what other governors are doing based on leading evidence. that there does seem to be some degree of, for example, curtail nothing door dining that they do that based on the evidence. that's what the model is premised on. 470,000 deaths if 40 states action as the evidence demands it to. if they don't take action as the evidence demands, that number climbs to 660,000 souls lost. so this is the most serious and dangerous part of the pandemic. >> about the challenge of getting the vaccine into american american's arms, i'm going to play this for you from dr. fauci today. we'll discuss on the other side. >> the process of the speed did not compromise at all safety, nor did it compromise scientific integrity. who looked at the data? was that some force that was maybe trying to put something over on you? no. it was actually an independent body of people who have no allegiance to anyone, not to the administration, not to me, not to the companies. >> so dr. gupta, you see what he's doing there? a lot of people did

in washington, governor jay inslee ordered a shutdown and further restrictions for restaurants and indoor gatherings. in new mexico, there was a stay at home order going in effect today for two weeks. and will close gyms, restaurant dining and limiting social gatherings to more than six week. in virginia, governor expanded the mask mandate to children as young as 5. in puerto rico, there was a 10:00 p.m. curfew monitored by the national guard and limited the capacity of gyms and restaurants to 30%. and in north dakota, the governor limited the size of social gatherings until december 13th, days after he suggested asymptomatic nurses with the virus should go to work with the virus. and the city of philadelphia is planning to add more restrictions this morning as the city reached over 1,100 new cases on friday alone. this is getting really bad once again. joining us now dr. ben gupta, a pulmonologist and an nbc news contributor. i appreciate you being on. we'll go through it. i know president trump as of friday was talking about no lockdowns. we're not doing lockdowns but the reality is the

, so he has been elected to a third term in washington and we expected in fully -- jay inslee to win.de a brief front for earlier last year, like many democrats did. did not go very far, but reelected to washington fairly easily as we expected. >> the state of washington was on the leading edge of the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year. was that one of his key reasons for winning? a democratic is state at the end, but he did get good reviews, good approval ratings for how he handled it, as did many democratic -- many governors regardless, democrat or republican and that is why we only had 11 governors races on the ballot this year. we are only seeing one change in an open seat. every incumbent governor that was on the ballot has been reelected. >> let's go to utah, spencer coxe, the republican, no real supplies -- surprise. tell us the dynamics in the continued dominance of republicans in utah. was also helping lead the state -- coronavirus response. gary herbert, the incumbent governor, term limited, very popular. between the primary the former governor jon huntsman. it is intere

washington's democratic governor jay inslee ordered gymnasiums, bowling alleys, museums, and zoos tohut down indoor operations. people will be barred in washington from gathering indoors unless they have quarantine. there is no enforcement mechanism. he says he hopes people obey anyway. governor ordered a statewide mask mandate after saying it was not necessary. in chicago, the mayor called on residents to restrict social gatherings to 10 people starting monday. in the instructions, she urged residents to stay home except for essential activities. all of this is happening as lawmakers return to washington after the election and are deciding, can they move forward on more economic relief? they have 14 days to do so if they adjourn on december 10, which is their scheduled adjournment. do you think they should come together and agree upon more economic aid? robert in maryland, you are unemployed, robert. are you unemployed because of covid? caller: yes, ma'am. host: what happened? caller: i work at a state university up here in frostburg. because of the virus, a lot of people on my job

host: gary in washington says i believe jay inslee is doing a great job of doing what needs to get donefirst to get covid in the nation, he takes action according to medical and science experts. i approve of his job 100%. i wish everyone would take this seriously. how about anyone who refuses to mask up be ordered to work a day in the icu covid ward or the morgue? nicholas in new york, what grade would you give governor cuomo? caller: i have to say i am kind of disappointed with how he has handled this. like it is aems big show with him. you have the press briefings he does every day. he had a book written. he just got nominated for an emmy or something. politicized. very i got to say i am disappointed with him and with the ever governors who sent the positive patients to some of the nursing homes. i have a very elderly grandmother that i just saw for the first time about a week ago, since this whole thing began. she is now very, very elderly. not a good age to not be seeing somebody for that long. i got to see her about a week ago for the first time, and it was like prison. it was thro

and then we have the governor of washington state, jay inslee issuing a four-week stay at home advisoryo a order. i think it said advisory. oregon's governor kate brown, issued a two-week freeze, ashley. interesting, violators face a fine, is that the story? ashley: that is right, a fine up to 1250 bucks, or they can spend up to a month behind bars. gavin newsom if he was in oregon. you're right, oregon governor kate brownish issued a two-week freeze, prohibits indoor and outdoor gatherings more than six people from two separate households the directive also means that restaurants and bars will have to reduce their business to take-out and delivery options through early december. gyms, museums, skating rinks will be required to close for two weeks. oregon has seen daily active rate has doubled the last few weeks. stuart: they will have an enforcement problem. i can see it from a mile with the holidays. new jersey is tightening restrictions. what is the governor saying there? susan: starting on november 23rd since you live in the state of new jersey, they will limit the maximum to 10 peo

the governor of the state of washington, jay inslee, issued a statement that made it very clear thatgards to the response on tribal reservations, it's the tribal nation that will lead and the tribal nation will adopt regulation standards, protocols. that's a very clear line here in the state of washington. we also have the authority under the stafford act. the nation was aggressively lobbying to include a provision in the stafford act that allowed tribal nations to declare their own states of emergency independent of the state. so, after hurricane sandy, there were some amendments to the stafford act and we were successful in ensuring in the amendments that tribal nations were able to independently declare states of emergency, which we did, we met that threshold. host: fawn sharp is our guest, president of the national american congress of indians. joining us until the end of the program today, 10:00 a.m. if you want to join the conversation, phone lines split by party as usual, with a special line for native americans. (202) 748-8003 is that number. duke, chester, pennsylvania, you

another governor's race, jay inslee ran for president on a very large platform, proponent of fighting change. at the same time he was holding on to the governor's seat, he has been relected easily since race after the poll closed in defeating republican loren culp. that is it for governors races for now but amy walter i want to come back to where we are with theenate races. new hampshire -- i'm sorry i actually want to come back to new hampshire in the presidenal race and why it took a couple hours for that to ll called. >> actuathis is good news for joe biden. this is a state that hillary clinton barely won in 2016 after democrats had been doilang vely well there in 2008 and 2006 and 2012. it comethat close it was just one of the othger sins we had seen throughout 2016 thanight about howe much challee had with that non-white college vote. i want to talk about the reach states for democrats. the senate races they knew were going to be ugh for them but they were honing because they spent a lot of -- they were ping because they spent a lot of money. they are now ofthe table. that's goon

take on a governor who was the center at the biggest problem of this country, washington governor, jay inslee obviously in the democratic primary process. but really distinguished himself in taking on the pandemic, and seeing what the right course was, early on. governor, thank you for joining us. don, what's your question for the governor? >> good to see you, governor. i am sure you listened to joe biden's speech tonight. he said that he had to deal with the coronavirus. he had to deal with systemic racism. and he had to bring the country together. that is a tall order, considering how divided we are right now. what do you think his chances are? >> i think they're great. and i think he's -- this is a magic moment of the man meeting the moment. and i'm serious about this. look. i -- i like his policies. i think his climate change clean energy jobs program is fantastic. i think he's going to be a great general in the war against covid. and it's going to be so refreshing to have a president who will help, instead of hinder, this effort. but i think, tonight, the thing he's doing which is the mo