reporter: at any given food drive there's always someone at the front of the line and today in santa monica it was maria and satorino viegas who showed up three hours early. like so many others he lost his job at a restaurant he says that the had a little bit of savings and now looking for cans and bottles to recycle as these lines wind all across the country inside cars are families that never thought they would be waiting for food donations two days before christmas >> coming from last year, going to restaurants on a regular basis and living life to the fullest, it was definitely a shock to us. >> reporter: the los angeles regional food bank has given out 120 million meals sinc the pandemic began but when an estimated 1 in 4 people live insecure here during the pandemic it's still not enough. >> the food bank's distribution increased by 145% since the pandemic hit and we're not necessarily reaching everyone who needs help. >> reporter: as the viegas receive the food they tell us what volunteers here again and again they plan to share this blessing with others in their community that need

now normally the promenade here in santa monica is very busy. people here are taking significant precautions. but the state says it's just not enough. california hospitals are filling up fast with cases skyrocketing. tonight nearly every one in the state is being ordered to stay home. at the height of holiday shopping all stores are now limited to 20% capacity. hotels are being told not to take in tourists, only essential workers and at restaurants, no indoor or outdoor dining. without that revenue, angela marsden sas she may have to close her restaurant. in the same parking lot, a production company legally set up catering for its crew. >> tell me that this is dangerous, but right next to me, as a slap in my face, this is safe? >> reporter: tonight a grim reality, every hour the u.s. is seeing more than 8,000 new covid cases and nearly 100 deaths. dr. anthony fauci telling norah o'donnell today the worst is yet to come. >> the blitz from thanksgiving isn't even here yet. so we getting those staggering numbers of new cases and and hospitalizatio

in santa monica chris wolfe. >>our new tonight at 10 we want to check this out because hundreds of president trump supporters and counter-protesters gathered at the state capitol today. you can see some of the damage that was done here because afterwards some people return to their cause to find their windows shattered and their tires slashed some cars even had to be towed the damage was so bad. pro trump demonstrators gathered at the state capitol and they were met by opposing groups, sacramento police say they work to keep the 2 groups separate, but there were some clashes. one group left the capitol on march back to their starting point where they were. string of cars vandalized this car even has its tire smashed, but it's unclear right now exactly how many were damaged in the extent of all the damage you can see right here. >>now the very latest on this rain transition of power between president trump and president elect joe biden according to the washington post very few republican lawmakers are willing to e

that's the one i opened up in santa monica. lemonis: you mean a storefront?torefront with a kitchen. lemonis: oh, so this is what the first step was. rachel: this was the first step. david -- we had been old friends. he was working for another project in marketing. i said, "do you want to help me market it?" and so, as we were growing this business, we decided to sell to stores. so i came up with the babies and -- lemonis: babies being -- rachel: the babies. these. i'm sorry. this is the baby. lemonis: not your kid-- not your babies. rachel: not my babies. the babies. lemonis: okay. okay. rachel: and that was the pivotal turn i made. lemonis: i love the size. love the size. i think the packaging's very clever, 'cause i can see the product, and i know what it is, so... i think the cookies are amazing. rachel: thank you. lemonis: can we see the factory? probably need to put a hair net or something. rachel: yeah, and i'll give you a coat. lemonis: okay, listen, if i learned anything throughout my entire time with jackie's cookies, it's how not to wear a hair net

highway system, kerry motorists over 2400 miles from chicago, illinois to santa monica, california. time"matter of photographer ellen and historian nick look at scenes along the route. while in amarillo we rode along with nick, following the path of the old highway. highwayo you think this is still popular today even after decades it was decommissioned? >> it has to do with nostalgia today. placeswant to revisit that they experienced as a child. that is a huge part of the nostalgia. but there is another kind of nostalgia as well. it is called anna moya. it is a desire to visit a place in the past that you never experienced. and so, for younger americans, and for international tourists of all ages for whom route 66 was only something they may have heard about, coming to do route 66 by car or motorcycle or bicycle today is getting to visit a distant past that they have only seen in books. when route 66 came through town in 1926, our airport, at least the modern airport, was not here. today, you can drive on northeast 8th and you run into a fence that is now protecting the modern airpo

sheila kuehl voted to ban outdoor dining last tuesday, she came right here to a restaurant in santa monica outdoors. rewind the clock to that board of supervisors meeting. that's when kuehl had said outdoor dining was too dangerous to continue to allow during our surge in covid-19 cases. >> and then there's the issue of the six foot distance. it's a bit of magical thinking on everyone's part to think that at any restaurant anywhere, the server keeps a six-foot distance from the table where he or she is taking an order. so the servers are not protected from us, and they're not protected from their other six tables that they're serving at that particular time, plus all of the hours in which they're working. so it is a most dangerous situation for them. >> reporter: evidently not dangerous enough for the supervisor to get a final restaurant visit in before the ban went into effect on wednesday. her spokes woman tells us quote she did dine on the very last day it was permissible, she love el forno, and has been sad to see it like lane other restaurants suffering from a lack of revenue. sadly s

and in venice and santa monica. is again down the civic center in. union station and you. believe we have designed a program. that is to serve them do you know what they are going to ask them any questions don't judge them that's muddy waters and how they ended up being on the street it's not our job to judge them. nobody likes to be a speed sleeping on the payments in their traffic going to get around in a totally unsanitary conditions that's nobody's wish to be that way. and. there's a 1000000 reasons why people become homeless it's not all. these mental illness and it's not always drug addiction yes those are true. i think those are 2 reasons that have a really negative connotation so it's easy to say only crazy people become homeless and it's easy to say only attics and drug users become homeless that's never going to happen to me and my family but the truth is in the united states most people are a paycheck or 2 away their their one unpaid credit card away you know their one payday loan away. their one unexpected pregnancy away their one job loss away there are so man

mike. >> mike: jeff starting us off in santa monica. jeff, many thanks.olice in wisconsin say they have arrested a former pharmacist suspected of intentionally spoiling hundreds of doses of the coronavirus vaccines. he ruined the vaccines by removing them from refrigeration for two nights. he was arrested for criminal damage to property. >> just 5 days remain before the runoff elections that will decide the balance of power in the u.s. senate. candidates were all campaigning today but senator david perdue was noticeably absent from his event after someone he was in close contact with tested positive for coronavirus. both purdue and his wife tested negative for covid-19 today but have said they will follow cbc guidelines and remain in quarantine. correspondent peter doocy has the latest live from gainesville, georgia, tonight. good evening, peter. >> and mike, somebody on the -- somebody on the purdue campaign with covid-19 tested positively. so, even though the candidate tested negative today, he is going to stay at home until he produces more negative te

regional food bank at the santa monica airport this morning. gadi, this is a scene that's become all too familiar over this country over the last nine months or so. we understand the food bank where you are doesn't open for another hour. what are they expecting there when it does open? >> reporter: that's right. we're already seeing a trickle of cars come in. they're mobilizing here for what's going to be a relatively large operation here. they're expecting to give out about 3,000 meals. you've got volunteers here, and they're starting to set up. but we've been here since about 7:00, 6:30, 7:00, and people were already lining up then. this is the line of cars that stretches all the way lieu the parking lot, next to the hangars at the santa monica airport. this is a car that we know has been here since 6:30 in the morning. we talked to them this morning. this is the vee ig giegas famil. earlier you told us about being out of work. when was the last time that you were working. >> -- >> so in march. what happened? >> i work in the restaurant. >> y

>>they chose to demonstrate outside the santa monica home of la county supervisor sheila fuel condemningtions. only hours after she warned about the dangers of eating at restaurants even outdoors and voted to ban the practice she died out at her favorite local restaurant. this hypocrite. makes the final decision on this and then goes out hours. after voting no and and going on not complete tiring raft of. >>this is this is so unhealthy and she goes on does it herself. >>derek olson co owns 8, 1, 8, brewery in canoga park and says he spent a quarter of a million dollars to the covid compliant in the past several months he says the latest government restrictions could be the final deadly blow to his business the tasting room was what made it made it happen for us and our employees and when when you take that away we can survive all son and so many others believe that restaurants and eateries have been unfairly targeted as nonessential businesses and covid clusters if the science was there and we have the numbers to back that you know it might be a different story. >>i'm losing everything.

christina coleman live in santa monica, california talking new lockdowns and also there are businesses pushing back against the lockdowns, hi, christina. >> that's right, governor gavin newsom is facing pushback that closes playground and a lot of people questioning the decisions, make many restaurants owners who says there needs to be more science to justify these orders. parents are having a hard time making sense of the new lockdown rules, too. many wondering why malls can stay open with kids walking around and going to toy stores and wandering around the mall and playground have to close further impacting their childs' lives during this. the new stay-at-home order breaks the state into five regions and when one of them falls below 15%, and the shutdown is triggered for that region, and every reach is close to that threshold, but yesterday, the bay area went ahead and implemented the restrictions. health officials saying that the aggressive action is necessary to slow the surge in cases. >> we know that if we wait we are just delaying the inevitab inevitable. if we wait one or two m

that he has retained the same behavior of his rural counterparts in patagonia and in the western santa monicas. but at its core, his story is about survival. and a lot of people can relate to a story where it's about an individual basically facing some very, seemingly insurmountable odds and defeating them. his ability to get into this park, cross through freeways that have killed multiple mountain lions before... and live in a space that is an unprecedented amount of space for a mountain lion to survive in. usually, a male mountain lion needs about 200 square miles of space to itself and griffith park only offers 9 square miles. pauly: we know that the level of urbanization that we are bringing to this landscape is causing immense fragmentation. what are the impacts of freeways like the 405 and the 101 and the 5 going to do in terms of allowing these populations to continue to have gene flows so that we're not facing massive issues of inbreeding? ordeÑana: i'm sure there's a lot of times where he's a lot closer than we think. but he's doing what pumas do best, which is avoiding people at all

. >> reporter: in california, where many icus are at capacity, the famous santa monica pier has been shut down. the cdc and cities like san francisco urging people to stay home. >> do not celebrate with folks or people outside of your family or people that you do not live together with. >> all right, trevor ault is live from times square and trevor, as i look at your shot right now, it is incredible. how quiet, how empty it is. we have never ever seen anything like this. trevor, what is the celebration or lack there of, going to be tonight? >> reporter: well, tom, aside from a few hundred police officers, it is eerily empty out here. a surreal scene to cap off what has been a surreal year. now, there is a small stage for concerts for those special guests, a few dozen front line workers, but even they have their own individual areas because officials do not want a crowd of any kind. tom? >> everyone told to watch the celebration on television. all right, trevor, thank you for that. >>> and news tonight about the slow rollout of the coronavirus vaccines across the u.s. the cdc reportin

john's in santa monica, they've actually built tents for covid patients in their own parking lot. tonight across america, millions of americans living near hospitals that are running out of space. norah. >> o'donnell: in the parking lot, jonathan vigliotti, thank you. tonight, president-elect joe biden is set to address the nation after he was officially elected by the electoral college. what is usually a formality took on extra importance this year and tonight we're hearing from republican lawmakers who for the first time are recognizing the next administration. cbs' nikole killion joins us from wilmington, delaware. good evening, nikole. >> reporter: good evening, norah. now that the president-elect has secured enough electoral votes, he will address the american people tonight and cbs news learned he will say neither the pandemic nor an abuse of power could change the people's will. >> ayes, 55. no's zero. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: president-elect joe biden officially sealed his win as the state of california pushed him over the top fulfilling their constitutional du

john's in santa monica, they've actually built tents for covid patients in their own parking lot.ight across america, millions of americans living near hospitals that are running out of space. norah. >> o'donnell: in the parking lot, jonathan vigliotti, thank you. tonight, president-elect joe joe biden addressed the nation after he was officially elected by the electoral college. what is usually a formality took o ask tra importance. cbs's nikole killion ,oins us from wilmington, delaware. delaware. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden made one of his strongest arguments yet about the legitimacy of the election, saying the historic turnout is a clear demonstration of the will of the american people that should be celebrated and not attacked. in a prime time address, president-elect joe biden praised the courage of america's voters for his electoral college win. >> mr. biden: the electoral college votes which occurred today affect the fact that even in the face of a public health crisis unlike iencedng we've experienced in our lifetimes, the in our lifetimes, the people voted. th

kaylee hartung joining us from a hospital in santa monica. and kaylee, this current surge in california, if it continues here, health officials already making painful decisions. >> reporter: yeah, whit. hospitals just like this one will be completely overwhelmed if this surge continues, and one doctor here just telling me, they are already rationing care. officials warn that in as little as two weeks, doctors could be making even more dramatic decisions about who lives and who dies. whit? >> all right, kaylee, our thanks to you tonight. >>> next tonight, a reality check on the vaccine rollout. operation warp speed hoping that 20 million americans would be vaccinated by the end of the month, but so far, just 1 million people have received the vaccine. so, what's behind the delay? and what does that mean for that larger target of 200 million doses delivered by the end of march? here's abc's victor oquendo. >> reporter: tonight, as nursing home residents and health care workers are among the first to get the vaccines, reality setting in that the

. >> reporter: in santa monica, citizens like laura, pushing back on the issue of playground go es. >>> 0% of l.a. public schools recommend by nonwhite children, and with their schools being closed sense march and enough to the play grounds, there is really nowhere for them to go and be kids. >> reporter: a local group will petition for the right to keep parks open, and speaking of staying open? ? i think it's absurd. we're not closing. decided to remain open. >> reporter: standing her ground, saying she has gone well beyond the call of duty, only to be forced to shut down again. >> we have ventilation symptoms all over. barriers. technicians wear shields, disposable gloves. they have their masks on. so i think it's unfair for a salon to go above and beyond what is required, for it to be shut down. >> handle county has recorded more than 43,000 cases this past week. that's more than the county recorded in the spire month of october. >> well, with hospitals nearing icu capacity in other parts of the state, a stay-at-home order is in effect in san joaquin valley. businesses will have to

restoration of peace security and stability to the war torn yemen mohammed art i'm talking to us from santa monica thank you very much andy. the u.k. parliament has overwhelmingly approved a trade deal with the european union as it prepares for an orderly split from brussels the british prime minister signed the agreement soon after hailing it as the start of a wonderful relationship with the e.u. but if politicians held a special session to make sure the deal was in place before the december 31st deadline the agreement sets out new trade and security regulations as britain leaves the blog with a new e.u. trade deal doesn't include gibraltar spain's foreign minister's warning of a possible hard bragg's it for the british territory if there's no agreement by later on thursday gibraltar lies next to spain and it could face border delays as tariffs and travel restrictions kick in on the 1st of january both sides have refused to comment on the progress of negotiations norwegian rescuers are searching for 11 people including children missing after a village was buried in a landslide 10 others are being

were no clean water in santa monica? were to shoot out chemicals where quality poor people in the privileged neighborhood with income housing and indigenous communities. so there is a huge disparity even though we all feel the change eventually as part of the crisis. so talk about how linked these racial inequalities are to climate change. >> i write about in the book. after annie got out of school, school,, i don't know how she describes it but how you would choose to put the red go a refinery or a waste dump or something like that and in school but once you face reality there is a study that came out 1987 i believe that so in those communities of color and low income it is assumed they don't have the ability to fight back so to grow up in the situations where kids are and to be over the playing fields him people are at these places but then you can just smell it and then they go up and down. latex to the home or the school because there is panic but then that has to stop. and it is one reason why those communities are

democratic supervisor voted to ban outdoor dining but she was spotted eating out in santa monica so peoplede of her house. >> it's hypocritical for them. >> they are not afraid. they are doing what they tell you not to do. >> also we are learning a couple boarded a flight from california to hawaii despite testing positive for covid and were arrested on sunday and posted bail at $1,000 each. a lot going on with covid. hypocrisy and covid restrictions and how it's handled legally. >> john: thanks for that. more now on the lockdowns hypocrisy. sean duffy. the french laundry is a great restaurant, not that i have eaten there. but it's a den of hypocrisy for democratic lawmakers. >> i had not heard of it until gavin newsom went there. what a hick i am. when you layout stories about the democrats who layout rules for us and break their own rules. they don't believe it. they are setting rules with you they don't believe they are in danger of catching or dying from covid. they would not going to thanksgiving dinners and get on airplanes but they do because they don't believe the science. why are t

story is la county supervisor voted to ban outdoor dining, that night went to a restaurant in santa monicaoing it because it is my favorite restaurants, inexplicable decline in revenue. we will find out why and try to spin it like she's a hero. >> look at the california regional stay-at-home order, 48 hours after the regional hospital icu capacity dropped 15%, nonessential travel restricted, retail operates at 20% capacity, restaurant limited takeout and delivery, 3 we closure of bars, salons and barber shops. let's listen to the los angeles mayor. >> don't meet up with others outside your household, don't host a gathering or attend a gathering. time to cancel everything. >> cancel everything. people have been canceled so much this year, restaurant owners struggling, so many business owners struggling. if you are one of those business owners just barely making ends meet, paycheck to paycheck to pay your bills, how do you feel when you hear cancel everything? >> inexplicable rhetoric that is wildly unnecessary. progressives understand, conservatives understand, there is only trade offs. pro

live in santa monica, california. >> officials here in l.a.e reached a terrible milestone, more than 10,000 people have died here in l.a. county and we are learning, 25,000 statewide, the third state to hit that mark. on top of all of this, this new, more contagious strain of coronavirus. southern california, san diego county, dr. jose they found in it and a man who is 30 years old, that leaves them to believe it's on an isolated case and there are probably more people with this variant. dr. anthony fauci said the development is not out of the ordinary. >> i'm not surprised you have a case and more cases in california and likely we will be seeing reports from other states, colorado and others. californians should feel this is something that is expected. >> first responders and hospitals, but specifically southern california are bracing for possibly another wave as the holiday season wraps up. they don't have any more icu beds and people and ambulances, sometimes they're being turned away. they help people listen. >> let's hope so. thank you. m

live in santa monica california with the latest. christina, when the lockdown go into effect?-at-home order will go into effect for the southern california and san joaquin valley region starting tomorrow. these are going to be some of the strictest covid lockdowns had here in california since spring. this latest statewide shutdown are focused on hospitalizations. the new regional stay-at-home order breaks into five regions and one falls below 15% icu capacity, the shutdown is triggered for that particular region. in this case and the socal and san joaquin valley, the new order going into effect in those areas as of tomorrow. >> this is time-limited based upon the facts. it's based upon what's happening on the ground. it's based upon epidemiology, is based upon transmission rates. it's based upon what's happening by regions. reporter: officials in the bay area decided not to wait. they announced yesterday they will implement new restrictions starting tomorrow as well. retail will be capped at 20% capacity playgrounds, museums, campgrounds, zoos, theaters bars and amusement park

supervisors, after grandstanding at the hearing saying outside dining promptly drove of restaurant in santa monica a lawsuit. the judge gave not one, not two but three chances, they couldn't present anything and it was 3 hours of them trying to browbeat the judge into upholding this and she didn't do it. it was an amazing reveal of the fact that the county has no evidence. shannon: he asked them to come back with that, you mentioned the la county supervisor from the board of supervisors, the ap reported on this talks about her, hours after voting to ban outdoor dining, during los angeles board of supervisors meeting, she referred to outside dining is a, quote, most dangerous situation because of the possibility of virus transmission among unmasked patients, this is a serious health emergency and we must take it seriously. andrew, you have gone viral pushing back on this and pushing back on her. what about the fact the county didn't show up with the evidence the judge asked for about how this is too dangerous to eat outside? >> it doesn't surprise me. i wouldn't of opened by big mouth so much if i

supervisors sheila cool was caught dining outdoors in santa monica.drew, citizens are going to be slapped with major fines and restaurants too. but politicians go out there and they go and do exactly what the regular people cannot do. >> nothing says take my roles less seriously than not following your own rules, right? this most recent, which obviously that kind of distilled down from the top. after gavin newsom's 15-20 course hypocrisy dinner eating indoors, eating without masks on, group of over 20 when the day before he said don't do all of the things about to do. now they ban outdoor dining which actually -- there is no science saying you should band outdoor dining. that one, the sciences unequivocally that everyone agrees there is no reason should be banning outdoor dining. but they still go and dine lltdoors. >> now your governor announced today that there could be these more -- very serious new rules that go into effect on covid. watch. >> if these trends continue we are going to have to take much more dramatic arguably drastic moree action th

jonathan vigliotti joins us from santa monica in hard-hit california. good morning to you.you tell us about the situation there? >> good morning to you, gayle. the situation is so dire here in california that hospitals like st. john's here in santa monica have set up tents like this in their park lot to deal with the possible overflow of covid patients. the patients will be brought through this tent and then entering here through this area where they will be treated and they will recover. this is all necessary because in the central valley, all icu beds are gone. just 3% of beds are left here in southern california as the death toll continues to rise. >> america's hospitals are under siege as doses of the first coronavirus vaccine arrive on the frontlines. in california, hospitalizations are up almost 250% in the last month. at usc medical center, capacity is falling fast. >> we had no more icu beds. we were completely full. >> reporter: dr. frank lovecchio works in phoenix. he says his hospital is treating more coronavirus patients than at any other phase of the pandemic.

it hours after saying that, she was seen eating dinner outside in santa monica. >> wait a minute, restaurants are dangerous, but you're going to eat in a restaurant? it blows me away. >> again, the supervisor was eating outside on the last day it was allowed to. for the 31,000 restaurants who had to stop serving outdoors and for all of the people who work at them, it's hard to hear and see something like that when many of them are worried about losing their jobs right now. >> shannon: is so many of those restaurant owners say they are not going to survive another round of this. we will track it. thank you. senators working toward a new coronavirus relief package. with just a handful of days in this current congressional work. matt, time is of the essence. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel takes a look tonight. >> bipartisan lawmakers are trying to break gridlock by proposing a $908 billion covid emergency relief framework designed to provide help through the first quarter. >> be stupidity on steroids if they left without an interim package. >> $160 billion for state, loc local, a

highway system, kerry motorists over 2400 miles from chicago, illinois to santa monica, california.ime"matter of photographer ellen and historian nick look at scenes along the route. while in amarillo od

. >> so from there she went out to a place in santa monica.ners that are fighting her vote were stunned by the hypocrisy. >> wait a minute. restaurants are so dangerous but you're going to go eat in a restaurant? it blows me away. >> she said the new rule tuesday took effect wednesday so danger, yes, but no apology. now dr. fauci said moments ago talking to us from colorado that that undermines what little confidence people and in official decision making. >> the county has their own ideas on right and wrong. i'm just not in agreement with it. >> so this restaurant in redondo beach is defying the order, facing fines and a loss of license. >> i think it's just wrong to shut all the restaurants down. >> i'm tired of people telling us what to do. i worry about it, yes. it doesn't rule my life. >> so some cities are considering like pasadena, have their own health department to avoid the county rules. restaurants like in michigan to california are looking at lawsuits allowing them to stay open. >> bill: thanks, william la jeunesse. nice to see you

dining at restaurants and then promptly went out for an outdoor meal at her favorite restaurant in santa monica. you'd think they'd learn, wouldn't you? we've got a big show for you. we're going to introuse you to monetary -- introduce you to monetary theory. you don't pay for anything. you'll meet the man who declared an autonomous zone around his bar. now, that is defiance. and you'll meet the california guy who is flipping burgers on the sidewalk because they shut his restaurant down. and today, yes, we have got a tuesday morning rally. "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ anything can happen, anything can happen. stuart: anything can happen. yes, anything can happen. isn't that right, susan? [laughter] anything can happen. >> anything. so optimistic. i like that on a tuesday. stuart: big smiles this morning. you like the tie? >> i like the tie. stuart: let's go. [laughter] we've got a rally. >> fantastic. stuart: west virginia got a rally going on -- we've got a rally going on. we're going to be up about 300 at the opening bell, and we're coming off an historic november for the stock m

so, sheila went and ate out in santa monica at a great restaurant, but no one else can. seriously we have to take this. but she scarfed down a plate of food that someone else served to her. >> ben: i am reminded of the line by the great norm mcdonald in response to bill cosby where people were saying the worst thing is the hypocrisy. he was saying there are worse things than hypocrisy. the vote is the worst thing here. you shouldn't vote to prevent anybody from being able to eat out. they should be able to do the same things you are doing, and i just think this is a situation where we have some the examples over and over again of the hypocrites who show that they want to live by a different set of rules that all of those who are out there, and that is just terrible, but also an indication of who they really are. >> kennedy: yes, and she clearly does think it is safe. l.a. county has said they only know 3.1% of cases come from restaurants. indoor and outdoor. she is your supervisor, isn't she, leslie? >> leslie: i'm sorry. they can't operate on people because there are no

outdoor dining in lang, a los angeles county supervisor was seen eating at an outdoor restaurant in santa monica. while it was completely legal for her to be eating there at the time, her argument for closing out door dining was because it keyiates a quote most dangerous situation. >>> today the christien voted to centers for disease control decided on the vaccine roll out process. >> reporter: the cdc advisors holding a forum today on which groups should be first to get a vaccine. phase one to include healthcare workers. governors will have the final say as to how they will distributed a vaccine. by friday, states must it in schmitt details to the federal government, laying out where they want the shipments to be delivered. >> they tend to follow what cdc puts forward, because it's a very representative body, a very san francisco process as they move forward. >> reporter: meanwhile, the cdc said the weekly hospitalization rate is at its highest point in the pandemic. the surge is devastating rural hospitals. one missouri doctor said his facility has been forced to decide which patients they can

jeff paul in santa monica, california with the latest on that. hi, jeff. >> yeah, sandra. grim milestone. 25,000 now dead throughout the entire state. only the third state to hit that mark. here in l.a. county, deaths have surpassed 10,000 people and hospitals have not kept up. now you have the new strain of the coronavirus that is reportedly more contagious, popping up now. just south of us in san diego county, all of this happening a day after it was discovered in colorado. did yours found the new strain from a 30-year-old man that started showing symptoms a few days ago. they said he had no history of travel. that leaves them to believe this is not an isolated case and other people could be walking throughout the county with the same variant. as alarming as this sound, dr. fauci says this development is not out of the ordinary. >> i'm not surprised that you have a case and likely more cases in california and we likely will be seeing reports from other states, colorado is the first to do that. i don't think the californians should feel this is something odd. this is some

executive chef of a restaurant in santa monica and the owner of go-cart world in carson, cindy harrisith you, i read about your story about closures and as we've heard from many business owners, a ton of money trying to come into compliance and make sure you could be open and shut down again -- i think at many points you are asking please tell us what we need to do to comply and from what i hear, what you got in response was not exactly the friendliest response -- did you get any information? >> no. when this thing for thing first started in march, we understood why we had to close down and people were already making that decision with their feet, we had receipts dropping by a substantial percentage by the end of february. we weren't against that but afterwards we stayed closed and then they opened the golf courses and they allowed other things to open -- so we opened and l.a. county showed up, shut us down and said you can't be opening, your nonessential -- keep in mind, this is at a time when nail salons were open and hair salons were open if they did their services, perform the ser

some stood outside of county supervisor's home in santa monica holding up signs and listening to speakers there. this morning across southern california, a stay-at-home order is now in effect for some 27 million people. it kicked in last night. over the weekend, residents of los angeles and san diego took the opportunity to enjoy one last outing for the time being. >> that was definitely our motivation and coming out tonight. we wanted to take advantage of the holiday and our last night going out. >> our heart goes out to the workers. we wanted to support them. >> the new order follows governor gavin newsom's announcement that any region falling below 50% of available icu capacity must go into lockdown. >>> anytime, cvs is ramping up its staff as it prepares to vaccinate americans for the coronavirus. in an email, the drugstore says it is hoping to find pharmacists, nurses, and pharmacy technicians to help administer the vaccines. cvs and similar stores will be among the places the coronavirus vaccine will eventually be available. >>> covid-19 has really crippled countless industries, bus

. >>> here is a look at santa monica.ealth department just announced a new travel quarantine for the area. anyone who travels back to the area must isolate for ten days. it's unclear if anyone who violates the quarantine will be punished. >> i think we are now in a viral tsunami. >>> with new year's eve just two days away la's mayor is urging people to stay home. officials say that los angeles county icu's are completely full and on average up to 600 people are testing positive for coronavirus every hour. area hospitals are reaching their limits. the massive influx is costing some hospitals to put some patients in the hospital's gift shop, chapel and conference rooms. >>> hazel hopkins is operating in crisis mode. it has 37 patients in house. 20 of them being treated for coronavirus. the surge in patients forced them to set up an over flu tent outside the er. >> we are hoping that -- people do understand that this is a crisis. you know we are at a critical point here of maintaining our staff level and maintaining bed capa

you can walk down the santa monica pier here but you can't stay long.estaurants here, all closed. from l.a. to the bay area nearly 85% of californians are under the strict new lockdown at least through christmas. this morning, more than 30 million californians under lockdown after hospital icu capacity dropped to critically low levels in the state leading to closures for businesses and banning gatherings with anyone outside your household until after christmas. los angeles county reporting 10,000 more cases sunday. a new record and statewide over 30,000 new cases in a single day pushing the total over 1.3 million people infected. >> this is the greatest threat to life in los angeles that we have ever faced. >> we cannot survive. my staff cannot survive. look at this. >> this frustrated l.a. restaurant owner posting this emotional video showing a television crew's tented dining setup just a few feet from the outdoor dining area she was forced to close. >> everything i own is being taken away from me, and they set up a movie company right next to my outdo

and it's happening down in santa monica right now with these supervisor. have eight employees down there. like a lot of people, i'm trying to run a business in california. and it is amazing, martha, you know, hp is leaving today. joe rogan left a couple months ago. people in -- i'm not telling you anything new, but people are leaving and they are not just leaving because of the unintended consequences of policies that don't suit them from a business or economic standpoint. they are leaving because something feels fundamentally wrong. and the level of hypocrisy is ranked, and it's stinks to high heaven. >> martha: they are leaving new york too. that's why we see so many boarded-up buildings here in the street of new york. it doesn't look anything like it should. the owner will be on with tucker carlson tonight. i just want to mention that. this migration, people moving around the country, i mean, that's what they knew encouraged all along. go ahead, pick up your stakes and go where there's a better opportunity and perhaps a better work environment, right? >

this is the santa monica airport. a line that wraps all the way around this parking lot. in and out. in and out. people coming and asking for food, and they're loaded up with about 80 pounds of food. a lot of people are also getting two different servings of that 80 pounds because they're picking up food for other people. what we've heard several times here is that there are people in their community that cannot drive. so they are the designated ones that come down here and pick up food for everyone else that lives in that neighborhood. and they're going to be sharing that. again, this is millions and millions of meals being given out this week right before christmas. and millions and millions of meals that have been given out throughout the pandemic. so, what we're seeing here is just a little bit of that mobilization. but you also have to consider that covid-19 continues to rage. the volunteers here, we are told that there are 12 people. 12 volunteers, that are out, because they have covid-19 themselves. and the cov

after she voted to shut down outdoor dining, she came right behind us here to a restaurant here in santa monicahere, guess what, she dined outdoors, doing exactly what she had said three hours before hand was dangerous to do. can you believe it? we reached out to her staff about it and she told us that yes, she ate there, but she went there because she felt bad for the restaurant because they are losing their finances during the pandemic and she wanted to stop by one last time to support them before the ban went into effect on wednesday night, but that's entirely beside the point because just hours before, she had said it was just too dangerous to eat outdoors and then a few hours later she's eating outdoors. as you can imagine, restaurant owners here are absolutely furious about this. they say this is just another example of the ongoing hypocrisy with our leaders. they say look, she either believes dr. dining is dangerous or she doesn't. she isn't listening to her own messaging and that's why there is so much frustration with the public tuning folks out. so to wrap this up, we've been trying t