it a little bit harmless to be able to eat in a restaurant and then come back home back to the navajo nation then not know that you might have brought the virus back. >> sy: you are navajo and of course and you were actually w rn in the same hospital where you are physician. dr. calderon, how has that helped you understand the health care challenges currently facing the navajo nation? >> it's been very, very instrumental for me to understand where the community is coming from and a lot of the fear that the community faces. it's been very important to me and very usefue to understand both aspects of both traditional navajo medicine and n medicine and to sort o deliver messages and education to the community in a way that >> sy: dr. sophina calderon, the deputy chief of staff of touba regional medical center. thank you.nk >> tou. >> woodruff: six months ago edday, george floyd was ki under the knee of a minneapolis policefficer, triggering protests in cities across america. the minneapolis police department is facing calls for its abolition while struggling with high attrition and low mora, as

navajo nation for 30 plus years, we have peabody and the northwestern region of navajo nation, which r hotspot within the nation. therelot of our people up , the waters and our lands are contaminated by uranium and our elders had to work through -- they justn uncles -- shut down last year in 2019. a lot of our people have worked through those unsafe environments and certainly have those pre-existing and underlying conditions that we need to consider and why we are so vulnerable to the virus. amy: we're going to go to break and come back to talk about what native americans can do, and that has to do with voting, which certainly people came out in force. we would like to ask you to stay with us come allie young. we will also be joined by a native american from wisconsin. jodi archambault, in this last 30 seconds we have you, can you overall talk about the massive voter turnout -- at least increase in native american turnout -- not noted in that mainstream media? >> sure. i just want to say despite the risk of being exposed to covid, the numbers were incredible. i think this is something

stephanie: the navajo nation, home to more than 170,000 navajo, is currently under a strict lockdowneti't end november 6th. that means non-essential workers must stay at home unless there's an emergency or an immediate need for food. since covid found its way to the vast territory, which spans parts of three states, more than 600 navajo have died of covid. and in recent ys, daily positive covid cases reached an all me high. the navajo president, jonathan s z, says the uncontrolled spread of the vi impacting all communities on the navajo nation, including gallup, new mexico, where dr. daniel mays has been seeing it at the hospital where he rks. dr. mays is a fellow with the university of california, san program, which s helped to provide health care on the navajo nation since 2015. k dr. mays, thu so much for joining us. describe what you're seeing, where you are. are you seeing another surge as in many parts of the y? dr. mays: absolutely. whis we are seein surge in new cases, new diagnoses of covid-19, as well as hospitalizations. what we saw in the spring was a wave. what we're loo

in navajo nation, for 30-plus years, we had peabody up in the northwestern region of navajo nation, which our hot spot within the nation. and a lot of our people up there -- the waters and our lands are contaminated by uranium. and our elders had to work through -- and even my own uncles -- you know, they just shut down last year, in 2019. so a lot of our people have worked through those unsafe environments and certainly have those preexisting and underlying conditions that we need to consider in why we're so lnerable to this virus. amy: jodi archambault, can, at least increase in native american turnout, not noted in the mainstream media? >> sure. i just want to say that, despite the risk of being exposed to covid, the numbers were incredible, and i think that this is something often overlooked by mainstream media, only because mainstream media has a tendency to leave out the full picture when it comes to native americans. inact, cnn did an info graphic and did a breakdown of all the different people who voted in the election, and for native americans, they called us something else -- am

now that many of these hospitals around the navajo nation are seeing an increase in hospital usage, ourt we might not be able to send some of our citizens that need immediate emergency care off the nation. so we're building up here the limited resources we have. we also are reactivating or alternate care sights a mentioned in previous segments, you know, i think this time around there have been a lot of lessons learn here as well. we just pray that our cases don't beat the first wave. we haven't beat the first wave yet, but here in this country the third wave has surpassed the first and second waves. >> like someone on our team said, it feels more like a tsunami at this point. there was a lot of talk about the power of the navajo nation as voters in the election, specifically in arizona. i'm wondering if you've had any contact with the biden transition team, specifically when it comes to the issue of coronavirus. there's a lot being made of lack of resources and information being given to the biden/harris transition team. if you talked to them, tell you what you have said to them. >> pr

and that means, stay on the navajo nation. ends off the nation now is not the time to come home or visit. we're all in this together. we are just praying and hoping that we will continue to utilize those same protocols that we used to get past the first wave in the second wave, poppy. >> you know, help is coming in the form of a vaccine, but people need to be patient, right, until there's widespread vaccination. we just learned from the cdc yesterday that americans living in rural areas like yours are now three times as likely to die from covid as those in urban centers. and you have called this an invisible monster. what have you been told about when a vaccine is coming to navajo nation, how much you're going to get and how you're going to get it in the arms of people living in very rural communities? >> right now, poppy, there are over 100 of our navajo citizens doing the clinical trials and it's up to them, it's voluntary. so they are studying the effects of those vaccines on native americans, the navajo people and the trans

straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," we'll take you to navajo nation, struggling with covid andote learning. a mountain faces a name change as colorado revisits an old wound suffered in another century. and later, a bullied boy's message of hope. surge is extraordinarily difficult for teachers, parents, and children across the country, with many students once again returning to all-remote learning. some confront extra obstacles, including native americans, and a new meax community, part of navajo nation. lilia luciano has their story. >> reporter: navajo nation is in lockdown as covid-19 surges throughout the reservation. that means kids won't be back in a classroom any time soon. >> i did really good, but this year, not so good because it's, like, really hard. >> reporter: for autumn wilson, the anguish of the pandemic was stacked on grief. >> not too long ago, a yearing, we lost our dad. and it was really hard for four of us. >> reporter: her dad died of complications from alcoholism, a different pandemic long plaguing the nation. >> getting my work done is really hard for me

martin savage reports. >> reporter: winter-like cold has returned to the navajo nation. last spring covid-19 devastated this navajo reservation that stretches across arizona, new mexico and utah. in may, infection rates surpassed new york and new jersey. d. dixon's younger sister infected. >> she went to get tested and said she tested positive. >> two days later, she listened helplessly as her covid battle ended in a hospital room. >> i was talking with the nurse, you can't go. you got to come home for us. you just hear that, that tone of her life is not -- she came on the phone and says she was gone. >> now covid's back. navajo health officials warn the uncontrolled spread in 34 communities and fear and outbreak as bad as spring for worse. >> the cases have been increasing. there is no plateau. there is no flattening. >> how many icu beds do you have here? >> we have 14 in navajo area here at this site we have six. >> last time the navajo sent many of their cases off reservation to larger hospitals in new mexico and arizona, health volunteers poured in. that's not likely

>> reporter: winter cold has returned to the navajo nation. so has coronavirus. 0 square mile navajo reservation that stretches across arizona, new mexico, and utah. in may, per capita navajo infection rates surpassed new york and new jersey. dee dixon's younger sister among those infected. >> she went in to get tested. and she said she tested positive. >> reporter: just two weeks later, dixon listened helplessly over the phone as her sister's covid battle ended in a distant hospital room. >> i was talking to her, and i was telling her, sisteher, you you have to come home to us. by 5:45, you just hear that -- that tone of her heart-stopping and the doctor came on the phone, and she said she was gone. >> reporter: now covid's back. navajo health officials warn of the virus' uncontrolled spread in 34 communities and fear an outbreak as bad as spring or worse. >> the cases just have been increasing. there's no plateau, there's no flattening. >> how many icu beds do you have here? >> we have 14 in navajo area. here at this site, we have six. >> reporter: last time the

locking down the entire navajo nation for three weeks. ♪ announcing the news on navajo radio. >> goodeeling good, feeling they want to stay home and take care of themselves. >> reporter: under the order, people can only leave their homes for emergencies or essentials. government offices and businesses must close. learning is online. gas stations and grocery stores can open, but under limited hours and capacity. using strict sanitizing procedures. checkpoints like this one are designed to limit off-nation travel. non-residents and tourists can pass through, they just can't stop. face masks already mandated now are encouraged to be worn indoors with family. >> we're like an island in navajo nation. of course if you have record breaking numbers all around us, it will come in to that nation or that area. and that's what's happening today. >> reporter: aggressive screening continues. officials say more than 50% of the nation's residents have been tested. more than 250 contact tracers work to isolate transmission. health officials identified sites to quarantine thousands and to place hundre

one woman whose family suffered a terrible loss. >> reporter: winter-like cold returned to the navajo nationhas coronavirus. last spring covid-19 devastated the sprawling 27,000 square mile reservation. in may per capita navajo infection rates surpassed new york and new jersey. this woman's younger sister infected. >> she went in to get tested. she said she tested positive. >> reporter: two weeks later she listened as her sister's co-vid battle ended in a distant hospital room. >> i was talking to her. i was telling her sissy, you can't go. you have to come home to us. by 5:45, you just hear that, that tone of her heart stopping and the doctor came on the phone and she said she was gone. >> reporter: now co-vid's back. navajo health officials warn the uncontrolled spread in communities and fear an outbreak as bad as spring or worse. >> the cases have been increasing. there's no plateau or flattening. >> reporter: how many icu beds do you have here? >> we have 14 in navajo area. at this site we have six. >> reporter: last time the navajo sent many of their cases to new mexico and arizona, hea

get started today. >>> tonight navajo nation locking down for three weeks of an uncontrol spread of coronavirusan 140,000 people. it is the second surge for the navajo community. more than 600 have died since the pandemic began. martin savidge is live. >> reporter: winter like cold has returned to the navajo station. last week coronavirus devastated the navajo reservation that stretches across arizona, mexico and utah. in may, infection rate surpassed new york and new jersey. >> she wanted to get tested and she says she tested positive. >> just two weeks later, dixon listened helplessly over the phone as her covid battle ended in a distant hospital room. >> i was talking to her, you can't go, you have to come home to us. by 5:45 you just hear that tone of her heart stopping and the doctor came on the phone and says she was gone. >> reporter: now covid is back. navajo health officials warned the virus is uncontrollable in 34 communities and fearing it will get worse. >> the case has been increasing and there is no plateau and no flattening. >> reporter: how many icu beds you have here? >> we hav

in navajo nation, they had to build a new cemetery to take all the dead. why he is laying here. i always think it shouldn't have happened. the presidential election is above all a referendum on donald trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and arizona's vote can swing the result — it is america in miniature with extremes of landscape and temperature, poverty and wealth. and the people we encountered on ourjourney across the state represent all that is american. kindness, generosity, determination, and grit. this country's leader has a duty to represent everyone, not cherry pick and that means understanding the patchwork of cultures and ideas and ethnicities that make up this great nation. and the sensibilities of those on the right and the left. the winner of the presidential election will be the candidate who understands that focusing on what unites rather than divides is all that really matters. guiding this country to a better shore reachable from here. hello. there is some drier, colder weather to come in the week ahead. but before then, still so

the navajo nation has had the highest per capita rates in the how are you helping this community? additional steps are you taking in coordination with your neighbors, surging help to these communities? there?pecifically are you doing >> i would say new mexico has been very effective and led, i'd like to say without diminishing the very difficult challenges and decisions the governors in states that neighbor us utah and arizona where the navajo nation is embedded in all three states, we have not been as effective in coordinating. again, the indian health service which is the federal effort here is also not coordinating and are not very supportive. we have sa verytrong relationship with the navajo nation, so they have a very strict sort of containment issues, and we are engaged in that. we provide traffic support, food, water, personal supplies, educational support, testing, contact tracing, we're doing that, and we've crushed this virus in indian country and in were lucky not to have it get into every single trimml ity. i don't think we're going to be that lucky this time. given th

of health for the navajo nation, and this is noteworthy.ecause this is one of the communities that has been hardest hit by the covid-19 pandemic. some 8,600 cases per 100,000 people, and this is a community that is basically on lockdown until december 6th. i will also tell you that we do expect the biden transition team to have a busy week ahead. you'll recall that joe biden himself is expected to receive his first presidential daily briefing since becoming president-elect on monday. sometime this week he is expected to announce some members of his economic team. one of those people, even though we don't know exactly which announcements will be made this week, could be janet yellen. she's expected to serve as the treasury secretary. she's the former federal reserve chairwoman. we also should note that even though biden has announced some members of his national security team so far, there have been some omissions like who is going to be named the cia director and who is going to serve as his defense secretary, so those are some announcement

the navajo nation has been hit very hard by the coronavirus.dent-elect make a commitment and try to reveal tomorrow a team, a coronavirus task force team. what are your expectations there? >>> when we had dr. fauci speak to the american people, he is said navajo could be a model in helping to push back coronavirus in. >> but we are going through our second waive. it's because we listened to our public health professionals, we are mandated to -- we even have curfews to keep people at home. i'm sure the team will reach out to the and a half show nation. to see what has worked.

i the navajo nation has been under weekend lockdowns for almost the entire year.t doesn't seem to have done any good. if you look at sort of big states, you mention california, california has 40 million people. they've had two deaths of people under 18 still. they've had 18,000 deaths total which is 1 for 2,000 people in the states, but to deaths under 18. they've almost had to have the deaths of people over 75. that's the case everywhere. you're hearing about north dakota now. north dakota is supposedly falling into the sea under a wave of coronavirus doubts. guess what, 85% of the coronavirus deaths are people over the age of 80. we are twisting our society inside out for a virus that we know better than ever affects the very old and very sick. i will say one last thing about gavin newsom. it's funny that gavin newsom went to a restaurant that's a three-star michelin restaurant. what's not funny that gavin newsom's kids get to go to school in person and yours don't. he won't even defend that.'t >> tucker: it's unbelievable. thank you for calling it out. alex ber

native americans, specifically the navajo nation helped flipped arizona for biden. you issued your support for congresswoman deb haaland to be nominated as secretary of the interior. do you think that will help the biden administration address the struggles of native americans in this country? >> first of all i want to say that congresswoman deb haaland is so qualified for this specific position from the decades of work that she has done with native communities, to her time as the chair of the subcommittee on federal lands in the natural resources committee. deb haaland is a phenomenal candidate. when you stack on top of that the fact that she knows so much about the relationships between tribal nations and the government, she would make a fantastic adviser in the biden administration. >> are you concerned about the equitable distribution of vaccine to native communities? have you got assurances from the incoming administration or the outgoing administration? >> i'm glad you asked about this. when we think about the native community neies in this country equity, we

two things the nation is asking residents to refrain from doing for now. the navajoh says the advisory will be in place until the risk and cases decline. a 56-hour weekend curfew will begin friday night. >> thanks to all of our correspondents for those updates on the virus. >>> the state of georgia is set to conduct a full recount of millions of presidential ballots by hand. joe biden leads by more than 14,000 votes in the state but the results are being questioned ahead of two crucial runoffs that could change the balance of power in the senate. cnn's kyung lah has more. >> reporter: christine and laura, control of the u.s. senate comes down to georgia and the two senate seats here in play. two republican incumbent senators, kelly loeffler and david perdue are trying to rally their base. loeffler was the headliner of a save our majority rally north of atlanta. now, this rally comes on the heels of her and senator perdue's attacks on a member of their own party. the republican secretary of state in charge of the election. the senators are calling on brad rafe r rafen

valentina blackhorse dreamed of one day leading navajo nation. born and raid in kayenta, arizona, valentina participated in native american pageants, where she demonstrated her deep knowledge and affinity for navajo culture, skills, and language. quiet, warm, and caring, valentina was dedicated to passing on her culture to yountiger genes, including her one-year-old daughter. she was just 28 years old. arlene saunders was as captivating as her soprano oper. vo born and raised in cleveland, ohio, arlene spent most of her career in germany, performing with the hamburg state opera on stage and on televis she would go on to sing at the biggest opera house in the world,he met. down-to-eartand elegant, arlene moved to w york in 1986, where she married the man she loved to dancend sing with, raymond raskin. arlene was 89 years old. abdelfattah abdrabbo was often the first persont his canton, michigan, mosque arriv 4:00 in the morning to lead the a nrise prayer. lestinian immigrant, abe arrived in the u.s. in the 1970s with closeo nothing. devoted, tirel

and executive director of the navajo nation department of health.s stands out and is so notable is because this is one of the hardest hit communities by the covid-19 pandemic. if you look at the numbers, around 8,600 cases per 100,000 people in that community. this community has been forced to go on lockdown until december 6. so, again, beefing up its covid-19 advisory board, the biden transition team. it's one of the many things happening behind the scenes. i will also note that we do expect a relatively busy week ahead for the biden transition team. joe biden himself is expected to receive his first presidential daily briefing on monday. these are the classified briefings that have been put on hold until the gsa formally ascertained that biden was the winner. so that is expected to come on monday, and then sometime this week, we also expect that biden will name some members to his economic team. we don't know exactly which positions are going to be announced, but one of those names could be janet yellen, who is expected to be named his treasury se

one of the new names is jill jam, a mebl of the navajo nation. she serves as the executive director of the navajo nation department of health. one of the reasons this is noteworthy is because this is a community that has been especially hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic. you look at the numbers. some 8,600 cases for every 100,000 people in that community. and this is a community that has had to go on lockdown through around december 6th. now, i will also note that we do expect a pretty busy week coming ahead for the biden transition team. on monday, for example, we expect biden to receive his first presidential daily briefing since he became president-elect. these are classified briefings that have been on hold until the gsa would formally ascertain that he had won the election. we also expect biden to announce some members of his economic team, one of those names could be janet yellen who is expected to serve as his treasury secretary if she is confirmed. we're also expecting some other key appointments including who is going to be joe biden's c

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 see the numbers. every time we see the numbers, it's like a shot in the gut. >> reporter: in san antonio, this boy is turning 5 in a week, but neither of

also beginning on monday the hard hit navajo nation will reinstate a stay at home order, no visiters will be allowed. >> we're going to do everything in our power to keep our people safe. >> hospitalizations across the country at a record high of more than 59,000. 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 right now feels like awhile fire. no matter what you do, it keeps spreading, why is that happening. >> imagine if you had a football game. and there were 50 different coaches. we need one national game plan. and than if people on a local level want to call audibles, fine. >> if everything goes according to plan with the vaccine, when will we be back to normal. >> people need to know we not going to suddenly be back to normal. it is going to be gradual change over the course of 2021. >> the largest school district in the country, new york city won't shut down tomorrow after all. this as share-- more than 200 people each,

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on the vast and remote stretches of the navajo nation where people live in isolated communities there is keen interest in the presidential election. voted early so that we can know how important kony should joe is a nurse and has seen firsthand the devastating effects of culvert 19 on the reservation according to the u.s. census bureau there are about 6800000 native american and alaska natives in the u.s. but native voters could have a disproportionate effect on the election in several important swing states the native american vote at least in 7 battleground states could actually sway the election one way or the other many native americans believe president donald trump has treated them disrespectfully as when he used a white house ceremony honoring navajo world war 2 veterans to attack one of his critics democratic senator elizabeth warren they call or pocahontas. who turned the suspects the colts or other native voters oppose trump's decision to green like controversy oil and gas pipelines on native land many demand stronger efforts to end extreme poverty and low life expectancy on

of course, they have their own sovereign nations like, you know, across america, lakota nation, navajo nation. and i mean, they're interesting places to go see, and it does feel like another outside of america, like it feels like a different people, like a different, you know, entity, it doesn't feel like the united states of america. and yet it is like it is the foundation of it. so it's good that that's the one thing that's good versus we as older people bow vs us soldier like this is actually being recognized in america. now. the native american population on the land that was taken from them and all the deals that were violated as well. yes, well the history of broken treaties with the us government in the native population is quite extensive and pretty well documented. and of course, it is a remarkable when you travel through the dakotas and you see the lands of the nations that live there and who are still there. and it's a crying shame, you know, and it is the scar and it's horrors, horrible. in the you know, here we have this thanksgiving celebration which was the beginning of the end

this tie is from the friends of the navajo nation, they made this tie, to honor them today, they got all of their ballots in as of today. all counted and processed. at least the navajoinati nation taking care of their business. >> how did this election play out for them? how did they turn out with numbers and voting? wh what's that been like? >> looking at the final results, who made up a greater share of theec lectera the electorate. >> the question, they remain in the lock down, that is yet mail-in votes were key out there. in beginning the process, october 7th, so their votes could count. >> seriously, thank you for keeping an eye on that. >> you look great. >> throw that in there. >> thanks. >> good to have you with us. picking up on the point, about the legal cases, something we discussed over the past hours and days, it is one thing for the president and the allies to say there is fraud. they want to investigate in one state to win the election. talk to us about a legal standing to challenge in multiple states in hopes of overturning a result. >> that is a really tall order. wha

. >>> this morning on "the dish" arizona born indigenous chef brian yazzie comes from the navajo nationditions from his family. he's brought them to minnesota, using local ingredients to create modern dishes while caring for his community in a particular time of need. jamie yuccas has his story. >> the ingredients, techniques, and presentation are all rooted in tradition. >> did your mom make indigenous food? >> growing up i remember my muslim, you know, stepping out the back door, getting some lamb's quarters or known as wild spin arab. >> reporter: indigenous food is known for three key ingredients called the three sisters. >> corn, bean, and squash. corn is one of the main staples with my tribe. here in the midwest, there's one sister that we add called the fourth sister, and that is wild rice. >> reporter: brian yazzie started cooking for his family, a big family, when he was just 7 years old. >> being the youngest out of eight siblings and coming from a single-parent household, i tried my best growing up to help my mom. >> reporter: when he wasn't stove, yazie got involved with the

whether it is a 5g network built in new york city or the navajo nation, everybody wants it to be securea democratic or republican issue. we need to provide funding for smaller carriers to move equipment. congress has not seen a partisan affiliation. i think the recognition that the chinese communist party is a threats in this area, and the recognition we need to work together, congress and the executive branch and independent agencies, speaks well to the unity on this issue. emily: at the same time, your fcc ended the most direct fcc regulation of rod bans networks which some would say undermine their security. how does the fcc worked to ensure broadband networks remain secure under this new framework? ajit: i would argue to the contrary, the decision we made to remove regulations has been a fantastic end of it to the american people. since we made the decision in 2017 to remove the net neutrality regulations, the u.s. has doubled with respect to broadband, millions more have access to the internet, and in the last eight months. there is increased demand on the internet. the networks ha

they include a nurse and epidemiologist, and a member of the navajo nation.d in a statement, he needs a team that offers diverse perspectives perspectives and viewpoints. as cases skyrocket, it's hard to imagine anyone wanting to crowd into a jam-packed bar. but police say it's happening, in secret. just earlier this morning, in new york, the sheriff's department shut down an illegal, bottle club. they say more than 390 people were caught at the makeshift club, which, also, didn't have a liquor license. reporter, stephanie elam, has a look at some other, busted parties. >> reporter: from a fight club called the rumble in the bronx. >> these activities were illegal, and sometimes deadly, before covid-19. >> reporter: to a warehouse shooting in los angeles. >> turned out, itself was a gathering for a large party. >> reporter: coast to coast, secret parties busted by cops like this allegedly illegal bottle club with 320 people inside. where deputies, also, shut down a swingers club, with 80 people inside. >> the best and most pragmatic method for deputy sheriffs

. >> reporter: the navajo nation taking the initiative, shutting down for three weeks. >> the cases have just been increasing. there is no plateau, there is no flattening. >> reporter: up in iowa yesterday, an old-time high death toll. today there is finally a partial mask mandate. >> i think your workers across iowa gave a collective sigh of relief. >> yet no mask rule inside dakota despite heavy cases. he was airlifted to minnesota. >> when they flew me over here, i literally did not know if i would see the next day. >> reporter: he did, but not many more. john died 13 days after being in the hospital. >> i want people to care enough about their neighbors, their family, that they wear a mask. >> reporter: now, every week the cdc puts out a sort of status report. the language has been getting more and more ominous. the latest version of this report speaks of an aggressive unrelenting, expanding spread across the country. it says the situation is not improving. it's deteriorating, and this report calls the current mitigation efforts inadequate. brooke? >> our thoughts with john's family.

also beginning monday the hard-hit navajo nation will have to reinstate a stay-at-home order, no visitorslowed. >> we'll do everything in our power to keep people safe. >> hospitalization in the country at a record high of more than $69,000. than 69,000. north and south dakota lead the nation in highest death rates. cbs chief medical correspondent. >> we're clearly headed in the wrong direction. >> the pandemic feels like a wildfire, it keeps spreading why is that happening? >> imagine if you had a football game with 50 different coaches. we need one national game plan. and if people often a local level want to call audibles than fine. >> if everything goes according to plan with the vaccine when will we be back to normal? >> people need to know it won't be suddenly back to normal. it will be a gradual change over 2021. when you start taking the vaccine it will take months for it to really kick in. >> the largest school district in the country new york city won't shut down tomorrow after all the, st all with more than 200 people each in these clubs. and panic buying and toilet buying and

jill jim of the navajo nation spent her work serving tribal communities and dr. david michaels was assistant secretary of labor under president obama. they are expected to continue with diversity being a big priority of jay johnson is up for second of defense and james clyburn, who galvanized black voter turnout for joe biden is looking to shift the focus from rural america to hunger initiatives, saying biden needs to give black people more representation but asian americans are calling for inclusion, in a letter saying record turnout helped georgia turn blue. also, the congressional hispanic caucus today urging biden to pick michelle grisham to head up health and human services, so a lot of picks to come, arthel. arthel: thank you very much. eric. eric: now to coronavirus. the cases keep sweeping and surging across the country. the numbers coming out of the holiday weekend are not good. the ughs now has more than -- u.s. now has more than 13.2 million reported infections, so far 270,000, nearly that number of americans have succumbed to coronavirus. one study pr

. >> reporter: the navajo nation taking the initiative shutting down for three weeks. >> the cases just have been increasing. there is no plateau. there is no flattening. >> reporter: tomorrow, oregon goes into what they are calling a two-week freeze. >> people here, we felt lucky. we had lower numbers than almost any other state in the country. and i think people got relaxed. >> reporter: over in iowa, yesterday, an old-time high death toll. today? there is finally a partial mask mandate. >> i think the health care workers from across iowa gave a collective sigh of relief. >> reporter: but no mask mandate in south dakota despite ridiculous rates of rates. >> this is like toilet paper a very hygienic tool. >> my people are happy because they are free. >> reporter: john caught covid-19 and eventuallily air-lifted to minnesota. >> when they flew me over here, i literally didn't know if i would see the next day. >> reporter: he did. but not many more. john died after 30 days in the hospital. >> i want people to not go through this, what i did. i want people to care enough about their neigh

they were in the navajo nation and the pueblos. when msf was asked, they said it's because the u.s. health care system cannot cope with this crisis. people are dying because of those failures and also the massive inequities of black americans, hispanic and indigenous americans, that to them and many other health officials this is a humanitarian crisis here in the u.s. >> earlier today, u.s. southern general dr. jerome adams was interviewed on national public radio. let me play this clip. listen to this. >> there is no information that we have that we don't share with the american public in general and that is not available to the biden task force. >> listen to this. here's what a member of the biden advisory told ana cabrera when she asked if access to the public information that is out there already is enough for the incoming biden coronavirus advisory council. listen to this. >> a lot has been made public when it comes to research and studies. what information do you need access to from those agencies that isn't public? >> i think the most critical thing is to know in detailed fas