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known as the utah monolith, this was the moment it was found. this planet? 0rsimply an intriguing work of art? the curious structure sparked a national guessing game with people desperate to work out what it was and how it got there. who does this kind of stuff?! chuckles. before long, people were setting out to see it for themselves, some travelling more than nine hours to find it in the desert. now, hardly two weeks later, and the object has vanished. there was several people walking out of the wash that leads to the location, and just before we were there, somebody had mentioned "oh, by the way, it's not there any more" and we were heartbroken. we were like "no!" but it was still cool to see, you know, the small piece that was left and to see the actual location, and just the beauty of everything around it. imean, i mean, it's three different panels. it's unclear how the structure first got there and it's equally unclear where it has gone. the utah bureau of land management denies removing the object, and released a statement saying: now, wit

huffman, and the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop, will each minutes.0 the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. r. huffman: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and include remarks extraneous material on the consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. huffman: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. h.r. 1964, the lumbee recognition act, introduced by our colleague from north carolina, mr. butterfield, ill finally extend recognition to the lumbee tribe of north carolina. he lumbee tribe resides cumberlandn roboson, in that state. s -- has approximately 60,000 members. it's the largest tribe in north carolina. also, the largest tribe east of the mississippi river. ninth largest tribe in america. in 1885, this tribe was of northd by the state carolina. it then sought federal recognition from the united 1889, and they've been seeking that recogniti

utah is the ultimate open-concept kitchen. now, there's a lot of speculation about this mystery plinth, so we're going to dive in with our very first monolith-themed monologue, which we're calling ♪ ♪ >> the mono-logue >> stephen: that is actually a longer intro than the special with obama on monday. here's what happened: a crew from the utah division of wildlife resources was surveying the area, counting bighorn sheep by helicopter. incredibly dangerous job: you have to fly the chopper, count the sheep, and not fall asleep. we've lost a lot of good sheep counters that way. these people in the helicopter, they noticed the monolith, because, according to one utah wildlife spokesman, "we fly pretty low for these surveys so we can identify the gender of the sheep." hang on. yeah, okay, alien monolith, but... you can tell a sheep's gender from a helicopter? now we know why they're called "big horn!" ( laughter ) ah! the crew landed for a closer inspection. here they are, doing this for some reason. and we have footage of man's fir

so if you're like utah the utah delegation sit down and decide who they'll vote for with their one vote and other states do the same. they get to decide their own internal mechanisms and it is decision is unanimous and they don't cast a vote and they have to pick among the top five finishers with the electoral college for president meaning they can only vote for people who received votes in the electoral college and they can only vote for people in the top five receiving votes and this was how the founders thought that they would select a president after washington. and no one would win the electoral college and there would be one to ten people who received electoral college votes and they would go to the congress and congress would certify the votes or throw out some of their abnormalities and then they would sit down and decide among the top five finishers who should be president and then they would vote and do it. it never really worked that way. it only kind of worked that way one time, and it was for an odd reason. but it's never worked that way -- it hasn't really worked out that

none of that was working in utah. we got to the election, to the fact in utah getting up to 4,000 cases a day. there's no way you can keep using a political filter on something like a mask, for example. those issues gave way to realities. this became something bigger than politics for our governor. he has been wanting to get this mask mandate, he is even more free now to do this. we'll see more of this going forward, more restrictions from governors and republicans that tried to make it so people could just use their individual freedoms, that's given way to public health concerns in a significant way. we'll see what impact it has in the state of utah. >> and what kind of impact are you seeing in terms of resistance? we saw when democratic governors did it, michigan comes to mind, you had protests outside state capitols, in fact people charged with trying to kidnap the governor of michigan, one of the reasons allegedly because of her coronavirus restrictions. are you seeing protests against the governor? >> that's happ

ask your doctor about living longer with kisqali. >>> the governor of utah and the utah labor commissionatewide mask mandate because of the rising number of coronavirus cases there. businesses must now require employees to wear masks, promote mask wearing to their customers and put up signs explaining the rules. >> cnn correspondent lucy cavanaugh is in salt lake city. she has one family's journey we have to hear. >> reporter: the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging the state of utah. cases skyrocketing. the death count soaring. officials sounding the alarm. >> we're at the breaking point and ready to have some serious repercussions. >> reporter: utah's seven-day new case average now at a record 2,738 cases. the positivity rate for the first time surpassing 23% and the death toll nearing 700 and climbing. >> those numbers should be alarming to all of us as we look at the death rates and those who are being hospitalized and the overrunning of our hospital system. >> the surge wreaking havoc on hospitals. >> reporter: is utah at a tipping point when it comes to covid infections? >> i think so

in utah they usually meet in the utah state capitol building to cast their votes and to this day they still cast large floppy paper ballots that are very fancy. they write in the names of the people. these days they have the names of the winners printed on them but they can cross it out and write something else but they're fancy parchment type ballots that the electors actually sign and fill out and then they vote two times. two ballots now, on one ballot who they think should be president. president, vice president, the two ballots are not distinguished. they voted for two people. those ballots are certified by a state official and mailed to the president of the senate who can tell me who the president of the senate is. >> the vice president. >> the vice president. so technically they mail them to the vice president. which can get awkward when the vice president is also on the ballot or in the case of al gore, super awkward for him as this process plays out because the president of the senate plays a key role in the certification process here. so is that it? no, we're still not done.

in the case of utah to utah governor. when a state governor manages the election so much go look and see if they could find the names of the electors for utah on the governor's office website. you should know because it'll say donald trump or mike pence under joe biden and kamala harris you may never actually know who the electors are unless you pay attention to what happens in december and january. all but do states then select their electors as a winner take all vote. that is the candidate who receives the most votes in the state gets 100% of the electors in that state appointed to the electoral college. there's two exceptions to this main in a basket. their first two electors handed out to the statewide winner. and then one elector handed out per winner in each of the congressional district. sometimes you see nebraska victor electoral votes, for instance in 2016 you had three of maine's vote go to hillary clinton and one went to donald trump, 2008 you went for nebraska college votes went to john mccain and one too bara

roger and pam were headline news in utah.e of definitive physical evidence linking them to kay's murder, they remain free. day by day, they went about their business, as if their lives were still quite normal. then, on july 28th, 2010, utah county prosecutor, tim taylor, took a dramatic step to break the logjam. he presented the case against roger and pam to a grand jury. >> so, why call the grand jury? why not just charge them? >> we thought the grand jury was a great tool to force them to come in to talk. >> reporter: it was a secret proceeding. no defendants. no defense attorney. only prosecutors, police, some members of the mortensen family. even some of pam's co-workers. all, in front of 16 jurors, whose job was to decide whether or not they should charge roger and pam with kay's murder. and, in just over an hour, the jury decided to indict. >> so, what did that say to you? >> well, there was enough to proceed. >> it sort of reinforced what you were already thinking. >> it -- it -- it did. >> reporter: and that same day,

utah is shattering records and cases are skyrocketing.uarter of new test results are now positive. as i.c.u.s fill up, healthcare workers are feeling the strain. >> we are tired. mentally, physically, emotionally exhausted. >> reporter: nurses nate and janine roberts work at intermountain medical center, utah's largest hospital, where for some patients even the cold covid reality still isn't real. >> they deny it, their family members deny it. >> we have patients who literally are on life-support, we're working super hard to get them better. finally helping them to wake up and then the first thing they are trying to communicate is that it is all a hoax. >> reporter: this really affects you. >> of course it does, yeah. >> reporter: the stress is being felt around the nation. >> this thing is going crazy. it's spreading like wildfire. >> reporter: in st. louis residents are now being urged to stay home. >> we have no backup. if we stay on the path that we're on, even just two more weeks, we will not have the staff we need to care for patien

in utah, there are no icu beds left in the entire state. a key model used by the white house projects 2,200 deaths a day by mid-january. a total of nearly 440,000 deaths by march. and that's if we do everything right, which we're not. this is happening in the united states of america, now. donald trump is still the president of the united states of america, yet he hasn't said a word out loud in public for eight days. since the last time we heard his voice, 7,000 americans have died. since the last time we heard his voice, there have been 920,000 new cases. what a time to all of a sudden get shy. it's not just the silence, his administration is refusing to coordinate the pandemic response with the incoming biden administration. so let's go to delaware. cnn's mj lee covering the president-elect. the arizona win just adds to the electoral college count and the inevitable victory that so many have already called, mj. >> it sure does, john. this is quite the political achievement for joe biden. a state that a democratic presidential candidate ha

october 7th on the university of utah. author brandon wynford discusses -- book john herbie wheeler john hervey wheeler. 10:00 p.m., three films to watch -- mark veterans day. professor curry: in that case i am going to share my screen and start talking about the electoral college, everybody's favorite thing. today we are going to start our week of talking specifically about the electoral college, what it is, how it works, why it is important. why george c edwards doesn't like it. why most political scholars kind of hate the electoral college, it is not very popular among the political science sector. we are going to go into george c edwards book, hopefully read most of it, you get an argument against the electoral college. it is useful because it lays out all of the common arguments for it as well. which is helpful for allowing each person to make up their mind about what they think about this institution genuinely speaking. i do a whole week on this americansry few understand the full extent of the process. if you take a

in utah they meet in the utah state capitol building to cast their votes. to this day they still cast large paper ballots. they write in the names of the people -- these days they have the names of the winners printed on them, but they can cross them out and write something else. they are these big fancy parchment type ballots that electors sign and fill out, then they vote two times, they have two ballots, one ballot for who they think should be president. they vote a second ballot for the person who should be vice president. those two ballots are not -- prior to the 12th amendment those ballots were not distinguished. those ballots are certified by a state official and mailed to the president of the senate. who can tell me who the president of the senate is? collector the vice president? -- >> the bite president -- the vice president. >> technically they mail them to the vice president, which can get awkward when a vice president is on the ballot. or in the case of al gore, super awkward for him. the president of the senate plays a key role in the certifi

>>> good monday morning, utah. it is december 7th. snow and ice. december 7th, 2009. i was reviewing a bank robbery case and the sergeant asked me to reach out to patrol. they were out on a missing family out on the west side of town. >> jennifer gave permission to the police to break a window and go into the house. >> the smallest officer just kind of shimmied in and he was like, "wait, what is up with the fans?" there are two box fans pointed at the carpet in the living room, and we were all confused. >> the officers cleared the entire residence and found nobody inside the home. and the powell vehicle, which was a blue minivan, it wasn't parked in the garage. >> the first thing i saw was susan's purse was on a table and i started pulling out things. i found her keys, her wallet -- it had her driver's license and her credit cards. >> you would expect that if she had left on her own, was intending to go someplace, she would have taken those items. >> the kitchen, the master bedroom was fairly clean. i mean, the bed wasn't made. the bedroom for the

is,: a headline out of utah local leaders urge residents not to gather for thanksgiving as utah again smashes a daily covid-19 record. guest: well, utah is where i live. it is in a, i think, a crisis with this. we are seeing it double every two or three weeks. if it were to double again, it would very clearly exceed our capacity inside hospitals. we are right at the breaking point now. so, i am asking the question, as i did before, what is going to stop this? giving, we are all planning our thanksgiving. those states have asked their citizens not together because they are finding the place where this is spreading the fastest, most easily identified and the most certain, is in informal gatherings in homes. that caused a little bit of controversy because people thought, wait a minute, are you telling me what i can do inside my own roof? i don't like that. well, none of us like this. what they were pointing out is, it is a reality, that that is with -- is with the disease is spreading. that is not just true in utah, it is across the country. what will ultimately allow this to stop will b

narrator: eric frey is one of the utah investors.ing in a hotel around 2006. so, we go down there, and she's there, of course. and, you know, it's all about her and her childhood and how she was the only blue-eyed blonde in all of japan, so they just ate her up. narrator: frey says she's persuasive. she claimed she was gonna own the utility districts and get us -- you know, every time a toilet flushed, we'd get paid. every time a light turned on, you know, we were gonna make money off of that. narrator: frey says he takes out a home equity loan and invests $125,000. authorities say carpenter raises over $1 million from the utah investment group. one of the big spending sprees was right after you know, there were diamonds. there were fancy dogs. there was one boyfriend she had, and she promised him that once the company got going, he was gonna get a maserati. narrator: a few investors actually make the trip to california to see their investment in person. i had a gentleman from utah who showed up at our front door, and he basically wa

a utah wildlife team counting big horned sheep by helicopter spotting the object.y triangular monolith, stainless steel. the discovery prompting all sorts of theories, but officials believe it's an illegal art exhibit. they also don't want to encourage visitors to what they describe is extremely rugged terrain. >>> and elon musk apparently taking off, too. tesla's ceo briefly edging out bill gates today to become the world's second richest person behind amazon's jeff bezos. musk and gates are now essentially tied, worth about $128 billion each. musk owns more than 50% of spacex, which of course just brought four astronauts to the international space station last week. >>> when we come back here tonight, the dog missing for ten days, so many searching in town, and then the stranger with a drone. that's like getting two desserts! wait... do we have to thank our moms twice? i don't know... breyers combines 100% grade a milk and cream with real oreo cookies. better starts with breyers. milk and cream with real oreo cookies. with new rewards from chase freedom unlimited

more on our website including speculation about that monolith in the utah desert.here was some sunshine around on sunday across south wales, south—west england. some areas saw temperatures of 15 degrees. for many, though, it was another one those dull and gloomy sort of days. but the weather is changing and that's happening now. these weather fronts coming down from the north—west bringing patchy rain southwards on monday, the breeze picking up and blowing away that area of high pressure that's brought all the gloom during recent days. so, a frost—free start, but still quite gloomy in the south. the mist and fog are lifting as that patchy rain heads its way southwards. the rain affecting the hills in the west, little rain or no rain across southern parts of england. and in the afternoon, we get some sunshine after the rain in scotland and one or two showers. here, those temperatures start to drop away, mind you, but elsewhere, we stay in the mild air. temperatures 9, 10 or 11 degrees. that patchy rain continues to work its way southwards during monday evening, clea

is utah at a tipping point when it comes to covid infections? >> i think so. >> reporter: this dr.oversee the university of utah hospitals intensive care unit is preparing for another surge. >> ask me in two weeks, we'll be having a different conversation again because we'll see our hospitalizations increase across this state and, again, it's the suffering that weighs on me, the suffering of patients, the staff who feel helpless. >> i'm declaring a new state of emergency to address hospital overcrowding. >> reporter: the crisis leading governor herbert to issue a two-week state of emergency, urging all utahans to mask up. ramping up testing across the state even deploying more national guard to help with testing and contact tracing. >> it's crazy to think that this lady right here is -- this is what she is now, just memories, it's heartbreaking. >> this is one of the last photos taken of them together. >> reporter: but lindsey wooten said those measures are too little, too late, her grandfather died of covid-19 last month, days later the woman she calls her best friend, her mom, al

in utah they are to use masks. bars are still open. i was told it drives them crazy and said utah is going down a dangerous road >> look what it might look like with an increase from the past month as we look towards the next seven weeks right now we see about 117,000 cases, new ones. by thanksgiving, assuming our estimates hold, numbers go up to 157,000. dangerous because the holidays bring people together. see this here. an estimate of 191,000 every day and two weeks after that we get to christmas, that's 222,000 of new cases every day. that is why officials warn against gathering for thanksgiving how about dr. fauci? >> my wife and i are going to have dinner alone together we are going to zoom with our children and laugh and eat with our children. >> you could follow the fauci. or you could follow these rules -- remember, avoiding the gathering altogether is the safest bet >> have you tried to reach out to the president and if you have, what would you say to him? >> mr. president, look forward to speaking with you >> what does it sa

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utah has more shorelines than the u.s. pacific coast. how is that possible?proach the monolittle, it will beckon. >> the monolith wills itself. it is not ours to question the ways of the monolith. >> so

. >> reporter: week after week, trains carrying coal from utah unload their cargo at the marine terminal in richmond. trucks full of petroleum coke and oil industry byproducts, driving by the phillips 66 refinery. from here, they are transferred onto ships, headed for asia, burned as fuels. a thriving business that richmond residents say is happening at the expense of their health. >> obviously i don't like it. >> reporter: dahlia and her mother were among the thousands of residents that tried to stop coal shipments through the town. >> these train cars travel through residential areas in richmond. >> bad for the environment, not just the pollution of the town, but basically the pollution of the world. >> reporter: pushback from residents resulted in a new city ordinance, that phases out the storage and transportation over three years. we have learned that the terminal along with the utah coal company that exports the kolkata and phillips is t6, which exports the petco, are looking to overturn the ordinance. they claim among other things, that it violates their constitutional right to fr

the two run very different businesses in utah but share a common experience.s lack of funding. the number of women-owned businesses grew 21% from 2014 to 2019. numbers for black women grew faster, at 50%. yet one organization says black women receive less than 1% of venture capital. >> instead of asking about up side, we are asking about down side. tell me how this is going to go wrong. just throughout, there are so many road blocks and obstacles preventing women and black women specifically from getting funding. >> to combat, they developed new pattern utah. the movement joined with other organizations to provide grants and mentorship for black women led businesses in the state. they're two of the inaugural recipients. the program is looking to expand nationwide. >>> new, a sweet 97-year-old man has a message for everyone who drives past his home in phoenix, arizona. >> he is blind and partially deaf but it doesn't stop him from spreading the love. >> i have been doing this for a long time. i can't tell you how long. >> reporter: charlie sits under a big tree

a bizarre metal structure is found in utah's red rock country. >> good morning. i'm tom hanson. we begin with concerns over a possible surge of coronavirus cases. millions of americans are ignoring warningses to stay home for thanks giving. the cdc is worried that small get togethers could turn into super spreaders. there are 88,000 people in the hospital with covid-19 in the u.s. that's a record according to the covid-19 tracking project. the number of deaths yesterday topped 2100. the most since early may. and johns hopkins says the u.s. has recorded 22 straight days of at least 100,000 daily cases. we have a reporter in washington. health officials fear it's going to get worse. >> yes, tom. because even though thanksgiving travel is way down this year over last, still, a million people a day packed airports across the country last weekend. many americans are scaling back thanksgiving this year. >> we're going to do a zoom call or face time. we'll make some type of contact and, you know, give thanks just to be over the phone. >> health officials say small gatherings are the bi

the class prior to the vice presidential debate which took place october 7th at the university of utah. >> all right. in that case i'm going to share my screen and we're going to start talking about the electoral college, everybody's favorite thing. okay. so today we're going to start our week of talking specifically about the electoral college, what it is, how it works, why it's important, why george c. edwards doesn't like it. in fact, why most political scholars kind of hate the electoral college. it's not popular among the political science set. you'll get a whiff of george edwards book which hopefully you've read most of it, if not all of it. you get an argument against the electoral college.

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which to place on october 7 at the university of utah. in that case, i am going to share my screen and we will start talking about the electoral college, everybody's favorite thing. ok. start a are going to week of starting specifically about the electoral college, what it is, how it works, why why mostrtant, political scholars hate the electoral college. hopefully you have read most of the book so far, if not, all of it. you get an argument against the electoral college, but it's a useful book because he lays out all of the common arguments for think isl, which i helpful for allowing each person to make up their own mind about what they think about this institution generally speaking. i do a whole week on this one elect the's how we president, but very few americans understand the process. theou take a course in american presidency, you should probably walk away understanding how this process works. but also because it's really important in how it structures how elections turnout. we started our discussions of presidential nominations by

>>crews with the department aero bureau and the utah division of wildlife resources first discovered it last wednesday it was during a bighorn sheep count the bureau of land management is now determining whether or needs to investigate further. the area is a publicly manage land making the installation illegal without proper authorization. >>and that was the call no reporting. kind of metal it is that they've determined that could be a clue, it's not earth metal then there you go it is a ok you're such a scientists can open its wraps up kron 4 news at 9 o'clock that's right. but our primetime coverage continues at the top of the hour new tonight at 10 a southern california county bans all forms of in person dining on the day before thanksgiving a desperate plea to survive from restaurant and bar owners and parents of a 6 year-old killed in a senseless shooting that asked this past summer talks as san francisco reports a grim trend with homicide case is a new effort to try to curb violence in the city's under-served communities and if you're going to have your thanksgiving dinner outd

headline out of utah, local leaders urge people not to gather for thanksgiving as utah again smashes local record. doublewe are seeing this every two or three weeks and if it were to double again, it would clearly exceed our capacity. we are right at the breaking point now. so i'm asking the question, as i .id before inc.'s. the state has asked that citizens not

i want to talk about that wild story out of utah in a second.rt with the data we're getting in specifically about kids. 1 million u.s. kids have been infected with coronavirus. put that in perspective for us. >> yeah. listen, yes, we have had about a million cases in children since the pandemic began. that represents roughly 11 1/2% of total cases. importantly in the last week there were 112,000 new cases involving children. the highest ever in a week since the pandemic began. and let's put this into context. we know now happily that children tend to not haves a severe disease as adults do. they make up roughly 3.3% of total hospital zags and fortunately, well less than 1%, about 0.15 children of children's cases results in death. but what we don't know and what's really important is that we don't know the long-term physical emotional or mental health consequences of children having had co-vid. and let's not forget the inflammatory syndrome in children which according to the cdc as of october 30th there have been around 1100 cases of that. >> so

brandon webb, a specialist at intermountain health in utah in the infectious diseases unit.ou joining us. we are seeing skyrocketing cases in utah and hearing that the state's icus are almost at capacity, 89.3%. describe to us what you are seeing in your facility and what you're hearing from fellow physicians around the state. >> absolutely. if you tour one of our hospitals today, what you're going to see is the effects of contingency care. we are at or beyond capacity, and so what you're seeing is entire wards that are full of covid patients alone, seeing icus that are full. you're seeing new hospital wards being built in emergency departments and in children's wings, and you're seeing a lot of health care workers who are committed, exhausted, and discouraged a lot of times because most of these cases are preventable. >> so when you say preventable, let's talk about exposure and the usage of masks, because we know the incoming biden administration is saying that they will be issuing a nationwide mask mandate, and for some reason the wearing of masks has become a political t

state of utah has disappeared. 3 and a half meter tall pillar was 1st discovered 2 weeks ago, firmly dug into the ground. but it's now been removed according to utah's bureau of land management, and they say they were the ones who moved it and aren't tailor. none of the top stories on our 0 to grand forces say they've shot down an ethiopian military plane and captured the pilot as well as retaking the town of axum. this a day after prime minister read said the military had completed its operation in the region. if european state media says at least 70 graves, some individual and some mass have been found in the to korean town of her marrow, the red cross says hospitals in mccalla are overwhelmed and running low on supplies, including body bags. the u.n. says at least 110 civilians have been killed and many more injured in attacks on 2 villages in the northeast of nigeria. last funerals have been held her some of the dozens of farmers who were killed while working in rice fields in borno state. around 30 of the men were reportedly beheaded, security forces are searching for dozens mor

i don't think it's necessarily unique to utah.omes along with this pandemic. we can't ignore the implications from a social standpoint and how it affects people's mental health. and that, i think is driving a lot of people's actions. and we understand that. and i think up until recently, most people haven't been personally affected by it. so they see this as, oh, this happens to somebody else. but now as cases go up and people are being affected personally, i think that's probably going to change. >> so you are hopeful. you think that this will turn around? >> we have to be hopeful. we have to be optimistic. and, yes, i think this will turn around, eventually. i think it's really a matter of how many people are going to die until that happens. >> as it stands tonight, a mask mandate is in effect indefinitely across utah. the governor has placed restrictions on public gatherings, but they expire right before thanksgiving. it's unclear if they'll be extended. >>> next, how to track an out-of-control pandemic. you'll hear from two ex

cal was supposed to play arizona state, ucla was supposed to play utah, but arizona state in utah both have covid-19 outbreaks. now, cal's games against washington and the sun devils, but at least the bears get one in. pretty much a glorified scrimmage. a pac-12 covid testing error kept mills and three other players out of last week's loss at oregon. the conference has apologized. sports in a pandemic. a hard two words. crazy times. >> my two words, get tested. >>> derek jeter just became -- of the miami marlins. she most recently served as the president of these corporations. she is 21 years in major league experience, the front offices of the white sox, they say that yang is the first in north america. >>> no good options, the tough choice made between layoffs and toll hikes. my investigators say a bizarre arson was all one big coverup. >>> and spacex ready to carry more astronauts into orbit. >>> showers continue to make their way across the bay area. we will be tracking when those showers will come to an end and the veriest counties coming up we love our new home. there's so much s

>> well, as people know here in utah, we really do believe in civility.in the importance of trying to work together. i'm very proud that on that list of republicans, a lot of them do come from utah. former governor jon huntsman, mike lev it, and we believe in trying to find ways to work together. i also mentioned in those tweets that it's important to let the process play out. we still have some very close race. we have one right here in the state of utah. all the ballots need to be counted, and that's okay. that's a good thing. congratulations are all that have been made and hope we can work together over the next four years. >> let me ask you, four republican senators have congratulated biden. you talk about people from your neck of woods. you mentioned your former governors, mike leavitt was on the show the other night. we are hearing in private many more republicans are doing what you're doing in public. they won't do it in public, but they're doing it in private. just listen. >> they call me to say, you know, congratulations, please convey my well wi

. >> i'm placing the entire state of utah under a mask mandate. >> reporter: in utah, the governor is issuing a state of emergency while wisconsin saw more than 100 newly admitted patients sunday alone, and in indiana officials are now calling for retired health care workers to relieve overworkehom. a new study reveals hard hit states have seen cases quadruple in nursing homes since may. in notre dame new rules for students after this scene over the weekend. the school's now cracking down ahead of the holidays hoping to keep students from bringing the virus home. university officials sending a letter warning that the school can pause registration for students who fail to appear for testing and students may not leave the area until they test negative. meanwhile, another sports team with an outbreak. nine people connected to the l.a. dodgers have tested positive just days after their third baseman tested positive during the world series. and now concern about these street celebrations after joe biden was projected the winner of the election. >> remember that we are in a current active p

luckily for utah we didn't have a first surge. we were protected.shut everything down very quickly and so this is really sort of our second surge. so compared to july, we had, you know, sort of average day of about 700 cases per day. now we're at about 3,000, 4,000 cases per day. >> my goodness. >> we're eclipsing our summer values by three and fourfold right now and no peaking in sight unfortunately. >> frightening. what is the scene inside your hospital in providence? what are your colleagues feeling right now? >> honestly, don, my colleagues not just in rhode island but across the country are exhausted. we have been fighting this virus for months now. we have been making our way through with limited personal protective equipment. we have been on the front lines talking about how to stop transmission of the virus and yet here we are in the fall exactly where we did not want to be, seeing our emergency departments, our hospitals, and our icus fill up with really sick patients. and the thing that's different now as opposed to the spring is it is not

. >>> and an unexplained metal sculpture that popped up in utah has now disappeared. the growing buzz this morning. >>> and was we fight the coronavirus pandemic california is mandating face masks to stop the spread. abc7 wants >>> welcome back. it's 5:22. if you're just joining us, here's the 7 things to know this morning. number one, san francisco and san mateo are now in the purple tier. that means a curfew starting tonight from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for nonessential businesses. it lasts until at least december 21st. >>> number two, santa clara county implemented a mandatory two-week quarantine for travelers coming into the county from 150 miles or more away. essential workers, people passing way and people getting hospital treatment are exempt. >>> moerderna will ask for emergency for its vaccine today. >>> will have his first security briefing today. it comes after he sprained his ankle walking his dog yesterday. >>> santa rosa, 68 today, inknee nine degrees warmer than average. >>> it's quiet out there. we have a drive time leaving the central valley of about

right now to the former utah governor, a republican that planned the transition for senator mitt romney in 2012 a few republicans congratulated biden publicly. romney and former president george w. bush. do you acknowledge the election results in the biden victory? >> i think it is quite apparent that former vice president biden is the president-elect. but i will say that there is no reason we can't begin a transition to a new administration and go through the process of validating the elections at the same time. >> the president-elect is moving ahead with the transition process. do you wish more republicans would speak out publicly about it and offer congratulations? >> the most important thing is that the biden team is moving things forward to establish an effective and peaceful transition of power. there will be a lot of politics at play. that is the right thing to do. if in fact it doesn't or he does not the biden team needs to move forward and transition to be ready. >> all right. it seems like the biden transition team is doing just that even though they haven't released the fundi

the numbers just keep getting worse here in utah and certainly nationwide. cases skyrocketing, deaths rising. state and health officials are now ringing the alarm that something needs to change as hospitals in some of the worst-hit areas across the country are reaching and in some cases even surpassing capacity. record highs across the country. on wednesday, the united states reporting more than 144,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases. >> this is exactly what many of us expected would happen after labor day. and unfortunately, what we expect is it's going to go much higher than it is now. >> reporter: more than 65,000 patients are hospitalized with a coronavirus right now, the most of the entire pandemic. several states reporting their highest case counts to date, including illinois, where governor jb pritzker warned that he is concerned about the growing rate of hospitalized coronavirus patients. >> across the state, the majority of our regions are seeing far higher rates of hospitalizations for covid-19 than they ever did last spring. >> reporter: in north