randi kaye, reporting in west palm beach florida. >> millions more people in england are now under the toughest level of restrictions called tier three. infections have spiked and there are new fears of the virus accelerating the spread. the prime minister hopes there will not be a third lockdown after christmas, but he's not ruling it out. selma, what's the latest? >> despite the fact that there has been growing concern for the medical community, command for tougher and tighter restrictions, the prime minister is insistent to go ahead with a relaxation of rules during christmastime. there is a period of time days between december 23rd and december 27th in which people will be allowed to break their social restrictions, up to three households can come together and celebrate the holidays in a small, confined space and share a meal together. this has many doctors and nurses concerned, pleading with the prime minister to be concerned. that crucial number, while early analysis now shows that's going over one after a few weeks of it being under one, hospital capacity across england is alrea

randi kaye reporting in west palm beach is florida.ack to you. >>> president trump sent out a tweet to mark the emergency authorization of the moderna vaccine. he said congratulations, the moderna vaccine is now available. and president-elect joe biden released this statement. we are grateful to the scientists, medical experts and trial participants who helped to deliver these vaccines and evaluated their safety and efficacy free from political influence. >>> the u.s., u.s. health care workers are the first to get the shot. practicing neurosurgeon dr. sanjay gupta is one of them. he got the shot live on cnn friday. so, why was it so important for him to get vaccinated in such a public way. dr. gupta explains. >> it was quite an extraordinary moment, i have to tell you, to get that vaccine. and a real collision of my words. as a health yeah worker, they're vaccinating people at the hospital where i work. and when my turn came, i did not hesitate. but also as a journalist who have been covering the story of covid for so long, i had reall

as cnn's randy kaye reports this is bad and especially brutal in one particular state. >> reporter: thenited states, now in far worse shape than any point during the pandemic. deaths reported on thursday 312,000 and predicted 560,000 u.s. deaths in april. >> we are 100% icu capacity. >> more than 233,000 on thursday, about 1 in every 216 americans has been infected this week alone. hospitalizations also mounting nationwide. more than 114,000 americans hospitalized as of thursday. all eyes are on california which seems to be offering a grim preview of what the rest of the country can expect. >> there is so much coming in so regardless of how much staffing, how good the staffing is, it's still not enough. >> reporter: the state's health department says two people are dying from covid every hour. it's so bad there are now zero icu beds left in california and forcing some hospitals to set up tents in parking lots. >> we are drowning in covid-19 patients right now and up to our neck. our concern if we can't people to do better we could go under. >> reporter: the director of the l.a. county h

centuries later in 1900 and the threat looking at you and i have actors polio has nearly been there randi kaye did it and the vaccine is 99 percent effective the flu vaccine is a tricky one as the virus mutates regularly so people have to get flu shots every year to help protect against the most common strains generally the effectiveness of the flu shot hovers around so with these recent phase 3 clinical trial results showing vaccines that have north of 90 percent efficacy we have lots to be hopeful about well yes but neither but just because the results have been good so far that doesn't mean we can instantly go back to life as we know it not everyone will be able to get vaccinated that includes people whose immune systems are compromised or weakened by existing conditions and it will take a while to get vaccines to everyone who can be vaccinated so masks and social distancing are the way it's going to be for a while yet. social distancing is hard for many people. touching others and being touched does things to us in the us. when touched the skin sends electrical signals to the brain that ca

randi kaye, cnn, palm beach, florida. >> lot of legal fights for president trump, ahead.he man pursuing the civil lawsuit in a d.c. courtroom joins us now. d.c. attorney general, karl racine. mr. attorney general, thanks for joining us. as we mentioned, stephanie winston wolkoff was deposed today. i know you can't share details as it's an ongoing civil case. can you share whether she was cooperative, or not? >> miss winston wolkoff has been fully cooperative, since day one of meeting her. and her deposition today, i think, you know, was truthful, honest, and fulsome. though, i cannot talk about the details of the deposition, i can tell you that it strengthens our case, and our case is a just case because it demonstrates that the trumps took advantage of the presidential-inaugural committee, and funneled money, a million dollars, essentially, into their own pockets and purses through the trump hotel. >> and can you just walk us through how you believe that the inaugural committee may have overpaid the trump family, trump family business, and what you found after years of c

let's check in with cnn's randi kaye. she's in washington. all eyes are pushing the bill. >> reporter: will they or won't they green light that moderna vaccine. if they do green light it, millions of more americans could be vaccinated, and with the situation going from bad to worse, the time is now. the united states seeing its darkest days since the pandemic began. but more help is likely on the way. the fda could recommend emergency use authorization of moderna's coronavirus vaccine at any time now. the cdc is expected to discuss distribution plans for moderna's vaccine over the weekend. >> we likely will see shots in the arm by the early part of next week. i would hope monday or tuesday. >> reporter: those shots in the arm can't come soon enough. deaths reported thursday, 30,270. they're predicting 500,000 deaths by april. all eyes are on california which is in a gruesome predicament. l.a. county's health department says on average two people are dying from covid-19 every hour. and there are zero icu beds left in southern california. the d