Wear masks or practice social distancing. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And all around the world. Appreciate your company. Im michael holmes. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Violence in washington, d. C. Is overshadowing what had been a mostly peaceful demonstration in support of president Donald Trumps baseless election claims. Officials say one man was stabbed and is in critical condition. The Mayors Office says two Police Officers also were injured, and 20 arrests were made. Trump supporters and counter protesters clashed, but it is not clear who was responsible for the violence. Thats not stopping the president , though, from weighing in, as you might imagine, tweeting that his supporters, quote, aggressively fought back after he says antifa attacked him. Our sara sidner gave us an update a short time ago. There were thousands and thousands of people who came out to support donald trump because they believe that the election was stolen, although they are going on false information. They were it was a wholly peaceful event. But as night fell, thats when we started to see some skirmish skirmishes. And really, what youre seeing are several Different Things. Youre seeing antifascists who are out who are antitrump as well. And when they see someone from the trump supporting side of things who come into the area where they are, weve seen arguments unfold and then sometimes violent acts unfold as well. Weve also seen conversely some of those folks who are antitrump who are walking the streets in large groups and then we have seen Trump Supporters, including the proud boys who he infamously told to stand back and stand by during the very first 2020 president ial debate with joe biden, we have seen them running towards a group of people who were not being aggressive until confronted with a bunch of folks who were coming and screaming curse words at them and started to turn into a bit of a melee. And cnn senior political analyst Ron Brownstein joins me now. He is also a Senior Editor at the atlantic. Appreciate that coming on, ron. Weve seen the incidents on the streets of the nations capital. The country clearly divided. But doesnt whats coming from the Oval Office Just multiply the intensity of the division, worsen the polarization . This is where we are as a country. It is hard to imagine, you know, america four, six, eight, ten years ago being in this place with running street battles on the streets of multiple american cities. And a president who is putting gasoline on all of these fires, essentially congratulating his supporters for fighting and attacking others in the streets. I mean, with the silence and kind of a betting and enabling of essentially an entire Political Party that is allowing the barriers between its coalition and far right extremists, whether its qanon or the proud boys to be dissolved by this president. I mean, its extraordinarily dangerous moment for america. I think people around the world can recognize the kind of symptoms theyve seen in other country, and we are moving down a path that we have not seen in modern american history. See, and this is something weve talked about in past days as well. You know, youve got the situation where the president is sort of stoking his base and saying i didnt lose. I was robbed. You were robbed. Where are republicans on this . When does it become a dangerous situation with republicans in congress not stepping up to the plate and saying enough . We are way past that point. I mean, you know, as we talked about last night, as ive often said, every time he breaks a window, the republicans in congress obediently sweep up the glass. There is no way he would have behaved, so many of the things he would not have done if republicans had stood up at aanypoint. And there has been i think any means necessary miami mindset that has taken root in much of the Republican Party. If they believe that President Trump has picked the lock and figured out how to hold power, they are willing to give him as much rope as he needs, even to the point looking the other way as he openly dyspoistorted the government of ukraine. Allowing him to go on in this way and so few of them acknowledging the obvious, that President Trump has lost the popular vote by well over five million votes. Joe biden has won a higher popular share than even Ronald Reagan in 1980, that the key states in the Electoral College are not really that close. Biden won michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania by triple the margin that trump did in 2016. They are watering this kind of extremism. Theyre allowing the oxygen in the room for this to develop. And it is just an ominous indication not only for these next few weeks, but for these next few years about what direction the party may be headed. Speaking of next few years, joe biden of course ran on uniting the country. I mean, you have to wonder how he does that with the temperature as high as it is. Do you think its possible . Look, it is very difficult, as weve said. If democrats had 50 votes in the senate and a narrow majority in the house, i think biden will be able to make deals with republicans that is his instinct. He will frustrate the leftawway republicans. If the republicans have the majority in the senate and the ability to simply block what he wants to do, he is going to find it very hard to pry any of them from Mitch Mcconnells grip. I think the dynamic, the paradox is in democrats have more control there might be more bipartisan deal making than if republicans have the capacity to block his agenda. Yeah, barack obama writes than in his memoir, about mitch mcconnell. All right, ron, weve got to leave it there. Ron brownstein in los angeles. I appreciate you sticking around. Thank you, michael. Turning our attention to the pandemic now. The u. S. In dangerous territory. Coronavirus cases spreading like wildfire, and it isnt even winter yet. One medical expert points out its not an issue of hot spots anymore. The entire country is a hot spot. The u. S. Just topped 100,000 new daily cases for the 12th day in a row. Hospitalizations hit a new high for the fourth straight day. Overwhelming medical facilities and Health Care Workers across the cant. And the daily death toll topped 1300 at least three times this week. California reported nearly 10,000 new cases of coronavirus on saturday. Take a lock at the massive line of car, look at them there theyre lined up for coronavirus testing at the l. A. Dodgers baseball stadium car park. The States HealthDepartment Says theyre seeing the fastest rate of increasing new cases since the start of the pandemic. 81 californians died from the virus on saturday. Cnns Paul Vercammen is in los angeles and spoke with the citys mayor about the covid crisis. Here in Los Angeles County and the city of los angeles, they have dramatically ramped up testing, especially here at Dodger Stadium. By all accounts, the most busy testing site in the country. If you look behind me, you can see those are the six lines of cars that have filtered through here. Earlier this week, they had one day where they tested a thousand people. Another day last night about 7800, from what we understand. Theyre able to move people through here rather quickly, about a 20minute wait per average and instrumental in getting this done for the city, mayor garcetti. This was an extraordinary measure you took. Why . We see the tsunami coming. But the good news is we can hear the alarm as well. We stood this up as the biggest Testing Center in america along with our firefighters and core volunteer group, and its been incredibly successful, to help people know when they have the symptoms and when they dont have the symptoms, whether or not theyre positive. And right now this is right outside Dodger Stadium, if this were a baseball game, were in the bottom of the six and the game will be decided in the next couple of innings. Given whats happened here in los angeles with unemployment, there are a lot of people extremely concerned about how theyre going to continue to make ends meet, or really not meet given everything that has hatched. Can you assure them were not headed for some kind of complete lockdown in los angeles if the numbers continue to get exponentially worse . Well, the god thing about where we are now is were smarter than we were in march. We understand this blanket kind of lockdown which did the trick then may not be the best way now. In other words, weve had the best numbers while these things have been closed, and weve had the worst numbers, approaching them now, while the same level of things are closed. Its not whether a store open or not, its about your and my behavior. Its i know that person. Im familiar with them. I can hang out with them. And three other people tomorrow and three other people the next night in my backyard or maybe we go indoors or open a window. Those things are whats causing the spread. To me its really getting people to realize cancel vacation plans right now. Do not sneak in other households for thanksgiving. Get a chicken instead of a turkey, or a small turkey. To me the mantra is two things. Dont share your air, and dont do stupid things. Words to the wise, dont do anything stupid among his tips. And as you can see behind me, his vision being carried out as they are testing more people at Dodger Stadium than ever before. Become to you now. And joining me now from san francisco, an internal medicine physician at california Pacific Medical center. Good to see you, doctor. Havent seen you for a while. These numbers, they are simply staggering. What is your fear about the trajectory about whats to come . Well, michael, we know that over 1780,000 new cases of covid19 were reported on friday. Were reaching new highs every day with frankly exponential growth. The fact that were at the beginning of flu season as well as holiday time, with many people congregating indoors is extremely troubling. Were still many months away from a widely available safe effective vaccine. Im very concerned things could get much worse. The fact is that hospitalizations and deaths lag behind new cases by approximately two and four weeks respectively. Right now, were running out of front line Health Care Workers, and hospitals are seeing shortages of medications and ppe, which means that care will suffer. And this is not just for patients with covid19, right. People can only receive high quality medical care if we have enough hands and supplies and beds to go around. We need everyones help right now. Please keep wearing masks. Dont congregate indoors with others, and please stay home for the holidays. It will make a huge difference and save thousands of lives. What needs to be done in your view on day one of a Biden Administration to turn this thing around, or at least put a lid on it . What should they do differently . So many things. Enacting a National Mask mandate for one. A new cdc report released this past week indicates that mask wearing reduces the risk of transmitting and catching the virus by more than 70 in various instances. Also ramping up the ability to do more Rapid Testing and have Consistent Health mentaling in place will be critical. The boyden administration has a wonderful covid Advisory Team in place. But i would also look to the expertise of Mental Health professionals who understand trauma given the impact the pandemic has had for the psychological wellbeing of so many americans. Yeah, including medical workers. I wanted to ask you this too, because its something ive sort of been following along with more months now. There was a team of scientists at the university of Matagorda Bay health system. They looked at 519 Covid Patients who had been treated and released. Ha they checked in two months. A third reported Ongoing Health issues. Nearly half said they had been emotionally affected by their illness. How worry ready you about ongoing covid impact on people who survived the initial infection . Michael, were learning more and more every day about this novel virus. There are some very concerning longterm impacts for those who survive, including Mental Health problems, even major organ dysfunction, issues with blood clotting and neurological impairment. So the bottom line is surviving covid does not mean youll have a symptomfree life. In addition, we dont know how long immunity lasts. Therefore, being infected once doesnt necessarily provide immunity against future infection. Yeah. Thats very concerning. We just dont know. Doctor, really appreciate it. Great to see you. Thank you so much. Were going take a quick break. When we come back, europe trying to keep its second coronavirus wave under control with new restrictions and lockdown. Some people arent having any of it. Well show you what happened in germany, next. Ling with the ninja foodi smart xl grill. 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A few encouraging numbers coming out of other countries. Cnns melissa bell following all of this from paris. Good to see you again, melissa. The lockdowns continue. There is some good news. Fill news on the covid landscape where you are. Thats right, michael. You and i were speaking yesterday about those countries that have been in lockdown for more than two weeks. Thinking here france, germany, belgium, and that have seen a slight tapering off of infection rates and encouraging figures in terms of the new numbers. Now in those countries, the lockdowns stay in place. But what were seeing is other countries where far from stabilizing, the figures are getting a lot worse. You mentioned austria, where sebastian kurtz, saying they had lost track of the tracing system, and that 77 of new infections they simply couldnt trace. They didnt know where they were coming from. Hence the new partial lockdown that will come in from tuesday. And greece, primary schools and nurseries to close from monday. Extra measures aimed at bringing down the cases where they continue to rise. And in italy, another interesting case. Kind of in between the two cases. If been several regions under lockdown for a while. Its increased the number of regions on friday, even as it hit a record in terms of number of new cases. It came down yesterday from the more than 40,000 recorded then to just over 37,000. Buff still a worrying rise and one that suggests that for the time being, the partial lockdown is nowhere being brought to an end, michael. And we saw a video there of some disturbances in germany. Talk about the public reaction. Has there been a lot of resistance . Well, down, i think whats so interesting about this second wave of partial lockdowns compared to the first is theyre much, much looser than what we saw in the spring. Essentially, a number of European Countries in the spring shut down to bring that first wave to an end, really confining people to their homes almost spirely. This time you see 80 tonight streets of paris and other european cities where the second lockdowns are in place. Anything you might do for fun, the shops, the restaurants, the cinemas, the theaters. But many people are going out to work and most School Children are back in classrooms here in europe. So there is a lot more activity out there. Its simply not as strict as it was. And yet there is this sort of corona fatigue thats set in. Weve seen the protests in italy. Weve seen them in spain as well and now germany and frankfurt yesterday. The antimask protesters have come out. They were delayed in their protest because they were made to put their masks on before they could march. And antiantimast wears came out to demonstrate. The water cannon had to be used against both groups, a reminder of growing disfigures about these sorts of restriction on their freedoms and the damage that these are doing to the economy, michael. You said something that was interes