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Hospitalized with covid, a new record. >> its because of this virus, okay? >> if my beds are full of covid patients, i cant deal with those patients that need me when they come in with acute heart failure. we dont have staffing, so therefore, we dont have beds. >> reporter: the cdc extending its travel warning through the end of the year, pleading with people to stay home. as cases surge, the holiday season rush on testing continues. this drive through testing site in norwalk, connecticut, many ...

Multiple states with a new psa. >> mask up, illinois. >> mask up, ohio. >> mask up, indiana. >> reporter: those same governors now pleading with americans to avoid big family gatherings, writing in a new op-ed, "as hard as it will be to not see them this thanksgiving, imagine how much harder it would be if their chairs are empty next year." >> lets get right to tom tonight at a testing site at logan international airport. tom, officials are warning for weeks now really to avoid traveling. tonigh...

Antibodies. >> i saw the kids go through it. theyre kind of just passing it along, very, very light, mild symptoms. my concern would be the kids transmitting it to older faculty and staff members in the schools. >> reporter: with the situation worsening in kentucky, the governor asked if he were a teacher, would he go back inside a classroom? >> i wouldnt ask a teacher to do that today. today, where we are right now, i would not ask that. >> reporter: alabama breaking its record for the most cas...

>> i didnt get to say good-bye to my mom or my dad, no. and thats what hurts me the most. >> reporter: and tonight, with testing still a major problem in more than a dozen states, our own abc news/fivethirtyeight report revealing the disparity minorities face, finding testing sites are more scarce in black and hispanic neighborhoods and theyre often understaffed, leading to much longer wait times. the virus infecting 25-year-old arizona mother bertha, two weeks before the birth of her second chi...

Thousands of others, she should still be alive today." even inviting texas governor greg abbott to her mothers funeral, saying his statewide mask mandate was too little, too late. >> i invited him so that he can see behind these numbers there are real people who are suffering. >> reporter: in washington, d.c., this striking image. the national nurses union placing 164 pairs of shoes on the lawn of the capitol to mourn their fallen. >> you think about all those front line workers. victor with us ...

Tried seven other locations. ultimately, i did get a test at a private urgent care. the doctor tells me ill get the results in 2 to 7 business days. a new study finds that every day counts when it comes to testing. after a delay of three days it becomes more difficult to stop the spread of the virus. >> will joins us now from a testing site at dodger stadium. we know you have an update about trying to get tested there. we also want to mention, the cdc is delaying the release of its additional gu...

Hospital trying to pump life back into this covid patients ravaged lungs. but they lost her. the womans daughter says her mother got sick last month, about a week after her husbands funeral. she said many didnt wear masks. late today, president trump falsely claiming -- >> we have among the lowest mortality rate anywhere in the world. >> reporter: but dr. fauci presenting a different reality than the president. >> but as a country, when you compare us to other countries, i dont think you can say...

Indoor dining to less than 50% occupancy. you want to be in places where you can limit the number of people. >> reporter: three generations of keona coles family in that line before 1:00 a.m. is it worth spending a night in a car with an 80-year-old? yes? >> i say yeah. >> reporter: yeah? >> yeah, because its our lives, you know? and the lives of our families that we have to protect. >> reporter: people started lining up here before 1:00 a.m., and theres a reason for that. this testing site does...

The u.s. topping 3 million covid cases today. and tonight, this is the grim reality across much of the south and the west, where covid is exploding. >> in coronavirus, one minute youre looking great and the next minute, youre gone. >> reporter: this icu unit started with 46 beds. they doubled those and now need more. >> we are playing musical chairs in the middle of the night, moving one patient from one side to another. >> reporter: experts calling the sun belt the covid capital of the world. i...

Wanted to see him, thats all. >> that separation for covid patients and their families so difficult. matt joins us now from a testing site at dodger stadium. and matt, californias governor with a real warning tonight. many anxious to know if the state is going to see more restrictions again. >> reporter: tom, the governor talked about toggling back on those stay-at-home orders, which likely means reinstituting a lot of those restrictions that weve been seeing over the past couple of months. he m...