bismarck, dickinson, and minot, north dakota, all managing heavy patient volumes. as of yesterday, there are a grand total of three icu beds available in all of bismarck, north dakota. bismarck is the state capital. over 70,000 people live there, but bismarck now has three icu beds total for the whole city. in the college town of dickinson, north dakota, there's one icu bed left in the whole city of dickinson. in minot, home to more than 40,000 people, there's only two icu beds left as of yesterday. the associated press has this report out of south dakota today. one local tribal health department in south dakota trying to get a patient who was ill with covid-19 moved to a hospital that could better take care of that patient, a hospital that was more capable. that local health authority in south dakota reports that they called 14 different hospitals in south dakota to try to find a place to transfer their patient. all 14 of the hospitals they contacted said they could not take a new covid patient. and, in fact, they were all trying to divert their own new covid pati

we read part of a plea that was published in the minot news from a doctor, harvard-trained, here in newrote in part, quote: there are these lessons for minot, unless there is a vaccine, things will not get back to normal. anticipate that covid-19 will also get there. social distancing applied ration aally to allow schools and businesses to function will remain a necessity. i envy you for being relatively untouched by the virus, but you are at risk. sadly, as we have seen in the last two weeks, we all can be at risk. so, please, heed the advice of health experts as we start to enter the season. arthel: meanwhile, there's an a alarming rise in coronavirus cases in wisconsin putting some hospital intensive care units at capacity. it has forced officials to turn the state fairgrounds in suburban milwaukee into a field hospital with more than 500 beds that opened this week. now, wisconsin's governor tony evers says the state's health care systems are, quote, on the brink of collapse. a top health official in brown county, home to the highest infection rate in the state, explains why. >> what

large crowds without masks in the setting of a panda i was also just talking to friends in sweden minot wearing mosques the boz a full why of a sort of relaxed. you know sweden is a very interesting piece that we looked at for her for a year isn't and decades to understand what happened there is social distancing at the beginning there was sort of a recommendation to the public to stay away from each other there were a lot of deaths at the beginning very unfortunately because a lot of their vulnerable older people people in nursing homes died and whether there is more immunity in the population is being speculated i think that's likely true they do stay away from each other in general but you're right things are much more normal in sweden they took a different strategy they are in a different place but it was at how expensive the beginning if an interview you said how much virus you're breathing is probably one of the most important determinants of how sick you get do you still stand by them. as you know we and others have been looking at that question of the viral dose or the viral ino

. -- minot and fargo. this will protect over $24 billion of property. these kinds of projects are supported by the north dakota legislature. they are key for us to continue to have a vibrant, present -- brilliant community. we will continue to fight for resources. if you have to reduce the state budget, where would you do that? what should be a priority? >> we should not have to cut the budget. it may be one we have to cut. , we have toom their add to other parts of the budget to take care of what is happening with covid. because we are running ahead, looks like we will be in pretty good shape. towe start planning, we have be looking for ways to deliver government services cheaper, weter, and more efficiently were able to have people work remotely. i think there are many opportunities for us to reduce costs. confident that even though the revenue picture looks good, we can continue to have costs out of the budget. not only hurting services but helping services be more efficient. kind ofpayers the same experience they get from anyone else. you can interf

in large crowds without masks in the setting of a pandemic i was just talking to friends in sweden minot wearing mosques the boz a full why and they say relaxed. you know sweden is a very interesting piece that will be looked at for her for years in decades to understand what happened there is social distancing at the beginning there was sort of a recommendation to the public to stay away from each other there were a lot of deaths at the beginning very unfortunately because a lot of their vulnerable older people people in nursing homes died and whether there is more immunity in the population is being speculated i think that's likely true they do stay away from each other in general but you're right things are much more normal in sweden they took a different strategy they are in a different place but it was at how expensive the beginning if an interview you said how much virus your breathing is probably one of the most important determinants of how sick you get do you still stand by them. as you know we and others have been looking at that question of the viral dose or the viral inoculat

sides to pluck tingling my guest this week from your of on is armenian foreign minister store of minot's economy how much responsibility does armenia bear for the conflicts escalation. armenian foreign ministers or of not the congo on welcome to conflict zone thank you very much there is currently fighting in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh which is governed by ethnic armenians but which is recognized as part of azerbaijan by the international community hundreds have already been reported dead you have been part of talks to broker to cease fires in that regard and yet the fighting continues what responsibility does armenia and the forces in the region which you back bear for the continued fighting that we have committed. selves fully to the 2 statements one in moscow the joint statement of the time for october and the 2nd one on the 17th of october committed fully to respect the cease fire to go back to the negotiations and to find the peace were a solution to this conflict we have been totally faithful however the german side has chosen the path of war the to cease fires have be

spring but it's far cry from where it used to be i'm standing here on the southern tip of broadway in minot and there was just a recent survey that by the end of the year not even 30 percent of employees will return to the offices i came to new york at the end of the ninety's when bill clinton was still sitting in the white house i experienced the burst of the dot com bubble the terror attacks of the financial crisis but at least economically that's really the toughest what i have seen and we shouldn't forget new york is not just the capital of the global financial markets it's also important for tourism for fashion for entertainment and a lot of that stuff is just not happening right now 1010 of thousands of people have left the city and the big question is if they will return if you want to look at some bright spots if you look them in the ball rolls for example there is business life going on but clearly it will take quite some time before a new york is spec to normal. challenges before us quarter with us from new york thank you. well a pandemic is a special challenge for women around th

in large crowds without masks in the setting of a pandemic i was just talking to friends in sweden minot wearing mosques the boz a full why and they say relaxed. you know sweden is a very interesting piece that we looked at for her for years and decades to understand what happened there is social distancing at the beginning there was sort of a recommendation to the public to stay away from each other there are a lot of deaths at the beginning very unfortunately because a lot of their vulnerable older people people in nursing homes died and whether there is more immunity in the population is being speculated i think that's likely true they do stay away from each other in general but you're right things are much more normal in sweden they took a different strategy they are in a different place but it was at high expense of the beginning if an interview you said how much virus your breathing is probably one of the most important determinants of how sick you get do you still stand by them as you know we and others have been looking at that question of the viral dose or the viral inoculate th

spring but it's far cry from where it used to be i'm standing here on the southern tip of broadway in minot and there was just a recent survey that by the end of the year not even 30 percent of employees will return to the offices i came to new york at the end of the ninety's when bill clinton was still sitting in the white house i experienced the burst of the dot com bubble the terror attacks of the financial crisis but at least economically that's really the toughest what i have seen and we shouldn't forget new york is not just in the capital of the global financial markets it's also important for tourism for fresh and for entertainment and a lot of that stuff is just not happening right now 1010 of thousands of people have left the city and the big question is if they will return if you want to look at some bright spots if you look them in the ball rolls for example there is business life going on but clearly it will take quite some time before a new york is speck to normal. that it has faced challenges before you cordo with us from new york thank you. well a pandemic is a special challe

it was a arista minot, former press secretary for the democratic national committee.e, progressives pushing for cabinet positions already, what do you make of it. >> does anyone care what alexandria ocasio-cortez says? i don't think so. when biden wants to become president he will decide to the cabinet decision will be on some of them might be progressive but even they will be eliminated, they will be pushing the biden agenda. he has said from the very beginning he will be an american president and a moderate president and i wouldn't doubt it for a second that he might have some republicans in the cabinet is also not too concerned about what she has to say. biden said from the beginning, we will have point people look like this country and i think you might include republicans and maybe some progressives with the agenda they will push will fuel the americas. >> dana>> harris: . r8, we will see. >> i promised that he will give that perspective and always be honest with him. is that a socialist or progressive perspective? >> [laughs] no, it is the perspective of a woman

the city of minot following suit.ut if you do not abide by that mask mandate, there's currently no penalty. >> it's interesting, josh, looking at your backdrop scene. i think that's snow on the ground behind you in north dakota. as the weather gets colder, people will move indoors. that's where officials are warning the risk is higher. josh letterman, thank you for that report from north dakota. >>> as we talk about case and hospitalizations rising there and around the country, president trump in pennsylvania is again targeting one of his top health ek perts after trashing dr. anthony fauci in a campaign call monday. >> people are tired of co-vid. people are tired of hearing dr. fauci and all these idiots, these people, these people that have gotten it wrong. every time he goes on television, there's always a bomb. there's a bigger bomb if you fire him. dr. fauci is a disaster. i get along with him very well. he's a democrat. he's a very good friend of cuomo family. he's been there a long time. i leave him there, and

health care provide or that side of the state, as well as grand forks up in the northeast corner and minote north of us. we're dab smack in the center of the state and as the state capital, that's one of our big industries. we really are a hub for health care. so we wind up having a lot of patients come to the bismarck area. >> do you have a sense, have your public health officials given you a sense of why you're seeing a spike now? i know there's been some speculation maybe this is still related to sturgis which, obviously, not in north dakota and south dakota but is it that or is this just the -- it's getting cooler? >> yeah, a lot of it with our population is asymptomatic. people that don't know they're sick that are spreading it. so the segment of the population we're trying to drill down on are the 20-year-old to 30-year-olds. unfortunately one of the areas we're having a spike is with a segment of the community that is at risk and that's our long-term care facilities. a lot of those 20-year-old to 30-year-olds also work in long-term care facilities. we're trying to drill down and get

in minot, home to 40,000 people, there's only two icu beds left as of yesterday. the associated press has this report out of south dakota today. one local tribal health department in south dakota trying to get a patient who was ill with covid-19 moved to a hospital that could better take care of that patient, a hospital that was more capable. that local health authority in south dakota reports that they called 14 different hospitals in south dakota to try to find a place to transfer their patient. all 14 of the hospitals they contacted said they could not take a new covid patient. and, in fact, they were all trying to divert their own new covid patients to other facilities themselves. 14 hospitals, no, we can't take your patient. we're looking for places to move our patients too. that local health department in south dakota serving the cheyenne river sioux tribe, they eventually found one hospital that could take their patient. but in order to find a place for their patient, they had to go across state lines into minnesota. the country is heading into what looks l

the surge has led to its first mask mandate in two cities, fargo and minot, although it carries no penalty for noncompliance. south dakota's cases are also among the fastest growing in the country with almost 35,000 confirmed positive. listen to what the mayor of sioux falls, paul tenhaken says he's hearing. >> is this virus a real deal? is it the biggest hoax ever? >> reporter: for the record he does not believe in mask mandates, but he does believe everyone should wear one. >> i need this entire region to be diligent. i need you in northwest iowa, southwest minnesota, northeast nebraska to be doing this as well. when your people get sick, they're ending up in my city. >> i was one of those people telling everybody that it wasn't real but it is real. >> reporter: samantha williamson wound up in an oklahoma hospital infected with the virus. she is a mother of three who now has this warning. >> sitting in here, it makes you realize that we take everything for granted. it's not fake and it is a struggle. wear your mask. >> reporter: ms. williamson is expected to be in the hospital for anothe

there are employers that require mask requiring but not a lot before well fargo and minot sa there ishey say wear them, but they are real not. so it is a real issue. >> and joel, one thing that doctors are begging for people to wear masks, i mean, all friends of mine on the ground have written letter, they designed petitions, they have been desperate to -- not to get people, they said that their patients are willing to do it, but they are being told by leadership, by the governor, and actually to be frank some of the mayors are speaking up in favor of masks. but then they have these messages and honestly, i'm just going to bring up president trump one more time, it is all bolstered by a president who makes fun of people wearing masks. so you have sensible people who want to do the right thing that are being told, oh, no, you don't need to, it is all up to the individual. public health imagine, emergenc need to do the right thing if we want to look forward to the future. >> and so we now see that the president is going after front li line o workers. speak to how morale must be coming f

how about we get to college football superfan josh duhamel, former minot quarterback. like "transformers." >> no, i don't want a premium package. >> reporter: before his rise to big screen stardom, josh duhamel played college football and is a college football fan and he is not letting the pandemic get in the way. instead, pivoting from tailgating to what he calls homegating. >> i love football season. it's my favorite time of the year. homegating is something that we're doing the same thing. we're just doing it from home. >> reporter: josh is a spokesperson teaming up with our sponsor general mills for their campaign to give us tips to get started. we've got a lot of food around. >> so what i'm going to do today, i'm going to make you one of my staples for every game. >> reporter: we begin with one of josh's favorites. a simple party mix. dump a bunch of m&ms, popcorn, pretzels, some peanuts, and, of course, you got your chex. >> reporter: i like it. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. and you dump that in there. >> reporter: now it's my turn. then the m&ms and then, hold on, that's

mayor mahoney, your active leadership on this cleared the way for at least one other city, the city of minotto follow in your footsteps just hours after you issued this mandate. have other communities in the state reached out, or do you expect that other hard-hit communities in the state might continue following in your lead and might institute these kinds of mandates, just to try to slow down that dramatic spread that you're describing? >> we talked to the ten major mayors from the ten largest cities in the state, and there was a lot of interest in the mask mandate. they're nervous because we keep seeing the numbers going up. so i sent out what our mask mandate was, shared it with all the mayors and you may see other mayors coming on board in the next couple of weeks. >> i went through the data today produced by the state as they're tracking bed space in the state's hospitals. and they post information on dozens of hospitals, and i was struck going through it by the numbers of zeros i was seeing on those tables for hospitals after hospital after hospital and community after community report