Suffering in a hospital right now. 227,000 were infected on friday alone, with another 2,500 americans losing their battle with the disease. Its getting so bad the nations top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, says some parts of the u. S. Could be forced to postpone elective surgeries as hospitals fill to capacity. And vaccines, theyre on the way, but a new cnn Analysis Shows most states will not have enough vaccines in the first shipment to protect Health Care Workers and the most vulnerable of citizens. In georgia, where the pandemic is a focal point, in two contentious u. S. Senate runoff races, coronavirus cases are surging. The state seeing a record high of new cases on friday, more than 5,000. But despite that, President Trump will hold a rally there tonight, encouraging supporters to vote for the republican candidates in the upcoming election, a race that will determine which Party Controls the u. S. Senate. First, this breaking news out of california, much of the state is now on the brink of new stayathome orders. This, after icu beds in two regions of the state have fallen below 15 availability. Cnns alison kosik is here with more on this. This is nearly 23 million people. When could these stayathome orders go into effect . Fredricka, the regional stayathome orders could go into effect within 24 hours in those regions in california, if they fall below the 15 mark of having availability of icu beds. You see San Joaquin Valley falling below 15 , which means theyre on the verge of stayathome orders being declared. These hospitalizations not just happening in california. Theyve been actually skyrocketing all over the country, actually setting a record, a new record on friday. As a brutal second wave strikes, coronavirus becomes the leading cause of death in america. 14,000 deaths have been reported since thanksgiving. In a cnn town hall friday, dr. Anthony fauci said we are headed for a postholiday surge. The event usually is followed by two to three weeks later, you see the increase in cases, which puts it right at the cusp before the christmas holiday, where youre going to have more travel and more congregating. Reporter numbers broke records around the country this week. Johns hopkins reported almost 228,000 cases and more than 2,600 deaths friday alone. Experts warn the worst is coming. What lies ahead for the next few months, its actually our worst Case Scenario in terms of overwhelmed hospitals, in terms of the death count. Reporter the university of washingtons institute for Health Metrics and evaluation projects over 260,000 more people could die by spring. The cdc tweeted friday hospitalization rates are at an alltime high, reiterating to the public wear a mask, wash your hands, avoid crowds. New cdc guidelines also surge postponing travel and in some circumstances wearing a mask at home. In california, covid cases shatter hospitalization and icu records, hitting a singleday high of more than 22,000 cases, almost 10,000 hospitalized and over 2,200 in icu. Governor gavin newsom imposes emergency measures with a regional shutdown order of five bay area counties, covering more than 5. 8 million people. The order will require bars, theatres and salons to close while retail must operate at 20 capacity. Masks will be mandatory. The bottom line is if we dont act now, our Hospital System will be overwhelmed, if we dont act now well continue to see a death rate climb, more lives lost. Reporter orders go into effect this weekend, statewide orders are expected soon. New hope is on the horizon with pharmaceutical Companies Working to obtain fda approval and states making Vaccine Distribution plans. But the public is urged to take immediate action. If we as a country uniformly do the things that we know can mitigate against spread, those simple things alone, despite the enormity of the problem, can make a difference. Reporter president elect biden said this week he will push major mitigation efforts when taking office. Im going to ask the public for 100 days to mask. Just 100 days to mask. Not forever, 100 days. And i think well see a significant reduction. Reporter new york will now begin using hospitalizations as the metric to decide whether to keep areas of the state open or go ahead and close them. The governor of new york, andrew cuomo, is blaming the rise of covid cases in the state on what he calls living room spread, meaning small gatherings of family and friends, not Mass Gatherings that you would think. That is why he thinks were seeing rising cases in new york. Alison kosik, thank you so much for that. The fda could issue emergency use authorization for Coronavirus Vaccine as early as next week, but president elect joe biden says his Transition Team has not seen a detailed Vaccine Distribution plan thus far from the outgoing trump administration. Cnn politics reporter rebecca buck joining me now from washington. Rebecca, how is the white house responding to this, sharing at the very least of details to the Transition Team . Reporter thats right, fred. The president and the white house are defending their efforts that have been made so far to plan ahead for Vaccine Distribution. This, of course, is going to be the major question mark hanging over the next few months here in the United States, after a vaccine or multiple vaccines are approved by the fda. But president elect joe biden and his team, they of course have been planning as much as possible for their approach and their response to the coronavirus pandemic when Biden Takes Office next month. They are now expressing some serious concerns this week about the preparations that have or have not been made by the current administration. I want you to take a listen to what biden had to say about this. There is no detailed plan that weve seen, anyway, as to how you get the vaccine out of a container, into an injection syringe into somebodys arm. And its going to be very difficult for it to be done and its a very expensive propization. Reporter one person who will be aiding biden and his administration in their efforts to combat the virus is dr. Anthony fauci, the nations top Infectious Disease expert, and someone who biden has asked to come on as his chief medical officer and point man on the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci this week taking a slightly different view than biden on the issue of Vaccine Distribution, actually defending the work that the military specifically has done on this, but also making the point that a lot of this will be up to states and localities when it comes to the distribution process. Take a listen to what he had to say as well. Well, there clearly is an organized approach thats right from the military component of operation warp speed, general gus perna, who is responsible for the actual transport. Once it gets there, anderson, it is up to the state and local authorities in their individual way to make the decisions about the distribution, as well as the logistics of it. So it really is going to be at the level of the state. Reporter now, of course, that is just the Vaccine Distribution that is going to be one piece of a very complex puzzle when it comes to combatting the coronavirus pandemic for president elect joe biden when he takes office. One other element, as you can imagine, is going to be just preventing the spread of the coronavirus as that vaccine is distributed through the population as we work toward that herd immunity in the United States, and biden saying this week that he expects he is going to be urging americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his presidency. If theyre already Wearing Masks, asking them to continue, for those who are not, asking them to start. And then of course theres the economic element here. Will congress be available to come together and pass a stimulus . Biden is urging them to do so, even before he takes office. No doubt that with millions of americans hurting, businesses hurting, hell still have work to do when he takes office as well. Rebecca buck in washington, thank you so much. Unemployment benefits and eviction protections are set to expire for millions of americans at the end of this month, but help could be on the way. Lawmakers are now trying to strike an optimistic tone after unveiling a 908 billion framework that would provide funding for state and local aid. Unemployment insurance, Small Business loans and Vaccine Distribution efforts. Its less money, but over a shorter period of time, and we need to do it to save lives and livelihood, with the hope that much more help is on the way. Compromise is within reach. We know where we agree. We can do this. Let me say it again, we can do this. We need to do this. So lets be about actually making a law. Joining me now to discuss is congre congressman from new york, the vice chair of the congressional problemsolvers congress. Good to see you. Thanks for having me on. How optimistic are you . How close to a deal are you . You know, ive been optimistic for a long time now so i dont know to be pole indianaish about this, because of the fact that theres no longer a president ial election going on and because of the fact that the georgia races are so important to everybody, people are finally waking up to the reality that we must get something done now. Speed is what matters. We have to pass a package. Its not as much money as i would have liked, but as part of compromise we came down dramatically in our number just because we have to get something done now before christmas. You had tweeted that a smaller relief package for the winter is much more important than a larger package two months from now. When people look at these deadlines, unemployment or rent moratoriums lifted by the end of the month, is it feasible that people might see some relief checks in a matter of weeks, a couple, two to three weeks . Unemployment checks, yes. Rent relief, yes. My concern, you know, there wont be stimulus checks in this deal, which is unfortunate. But the bottom line is that people recognize that the effects of the pandemic are so uneven. Some people are still working from home, theyre working remotely and getting paychecks and doing their jobs. Some people are actually succeeding in this environment, Online Retail is a great example. But other people are so desperate. Its cruelly uneven, the effects of this pandemic. Some people have lost their entire livelihoods in their Small Business. Some people cant pay their rent or utility bills. So people have got to wake up in washington, d. C. Theyre living in some fantasy land. There are cries for help, that people need help. And the democrats, republicans, the finger pointing, were sick of it. We have to come together and get a deal done. While you mentioned Online Retail may be doing better than expected, brick and mortar retail, not so much. Restaurants, i mean people who are accustomed to going to work cant. The business is not there. So can you express or give some sort of framework, an idea of what the framework for a bill might be and might any of these details be available, even publicized, perhaps, by monday . Yes, theres a framework that exists currently where theres money for it to increase Unemployment Insurance by 300, where theres money for rental assistance, where theres money for state and local governments. Not nearly as much as i would have liked to have been in there, but we have to get something done because our schools are facing layoffs, our police officers, Civil Service workers, money for Small Businesses, an extension of the ppp program, hundreds of billions of dollars for that program. Money for distribution of vaccines. I mean, the whole initial segment was about the need to get these vaccines out to people. That takes money. And coordination. Money and coordination. And what kind of role do you see, while it has been said, even dr. Fauci reiterated last night on cnn, that it will be up to states and localities to come up with their own prescribed distribution approaches to any kind of vaccines. But what role do you play on capitol hill to help offer some sort of guide post or perhaps even put in some restrictions as this vaccine rollout is on the horizon . I think our biggest role on capitol hill right now is to get the money. Right now the military is preparing the distribution to the states, the states, hopefully, are all putting plans in place. We know that new york state is doing that effectively under governor cuomo. This is not going to happen overnight. There are going to be hundreds of thousands of distributions of Vaccines Available for Health Care Workers and vulnerable populations to begin with, but it will take months and months before its out to the general public. In the meanwhile, everybody has to do a better job Wearing Masks and washing their hands and watching where theyre standing next to people. So we still have a long winter ahead of us. We have to continue to focus on stopping the spread. There will be a great boost, but thats not going to happen overnight and people cant get frustrated. First, we have to continue to stop the spread. You wrote an oped in the New York Daily News earlier in the week in which you said even if the halls of congress are so filled with toxic smoke that it sometimes becomes impossible for members of congress to see their better selves, biden has the skills to help get us through this. He will help the new congress commit itself above all else to find common ground. So youre optimistic on that, too, that what has become a huge bipartisan divide, you see that wedge perhaps potentially shrinking with the Biden Administration. What do you foresee in terms of if it continues to be a majority leader, mitch mcconnell, in the u. S. Senate, do you see that he will have an open approach to working well with the Biden Administration . Well, i think that hell have a better relationship with biden than people would expect. They knew each other in the senate for a long time. Most important, biden knows what hes doing. He knows the policy, the politics, the people, he knows how to get things done. Every democrat and republican have fought with each other throughout the history of the United States of america. Some know how to get things done. We know that Newt Gingrich went after bill clinton and the democrats went after george bush and mcconnell went after obama, we know that the democrats and trump have had a hard time. But biden knows how to get things done working together with people, finding common ground. Im the vice chairman of the problem solvers caucus. We Work Together all the time finding common ground, building trust. Most people want to Work Together to get things done. You need effective politicians who know the policy and know the people to get things done. Joe biden is that person. Do you see joe biden as having a particular advantage particularly as it pertains to working with people on the hill, given that he was a senator for so long and also worked directly with senator mcconnell . Yeah, he knows the system. Theres a lot of poohpoohing of politicians. He knows the politics, he knows the policy, he knows the people, as i said. He knows how to get things over the finish line. Hes got the personality. And hes not running for another office after this in the future. This is it. He has devoted his life to public service. He wants to get things done. Hes going to Work Together to bridge that divide. I know he can do it. Congressman, thank you so much. All the best. Thank you. 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