More than 120,000 americans are waking up in the hospital. Battling the coronavirus. In addition to that, millions more worrying about the coming days and what that will look like as crucial Economic Relief runs out. 14 million are on the brink of losing unemployment benefits. Others can lose their homes. Small Business Owners do not know if theyll make it to the new year. Yesterday afternoon, the covid relief spending bill was flown to West Palm Beach physically where President Trump is spending his christmas but its unclear this morning whether hell sign it or not. Joining us this morning, nbcs Josh Lederman with the president in florida and jake sherman who covers capitol hill. Hes the coauthor of the widely read political playbook and sam stein. What we heard from the cdc, josh, why now with uk travelers . Well, the Trump Administration has been closely watching this situation in the uk with this new variant strain of coronavirus which the cdc now says Research Shows could be as much as 70 transmissible than the variant we have gotten used to. Theyre trying to find out what the right compromise to strike was. Many other yets have fully banned all travel from the uk. The Trump Administration did not want to go that far. Back in march the president did put a ban on many air travelers who are foreign nationals coming asking if they had been in the uk in the last 14 days so what they settled on was the decision to require people to get this negative coronavirus test within three days of traveling to the United States. It was called for from a number of different corners including andrew cuomo who has many flights that come in to new york as passengers make a stopover there before they go on to other places. Dr. Fauci and others had suggested that this would be the right measure at this point in time. So this order we do expect the president will sign it tomorrow. Going in to effect on monday and then after that well have to see that how that drops some of the air travel we are seeing. That order back in march had reduced the air travel about 90 from the uk. More on the travel restriction later on in the show. Josh, while weve got you right now what is the latest on the covid bus . What will the president do on monday or before monday with whats before him . Theres only one person who knows the answer to that question and thats president donald trump. His top aides are not sure what hell do with this. There where was a bona fide veto threat that he issued over the covid relief package, whether he might be willing to accept a compromise. Or whether he will simply sign that bill once it makes its way to him. We know the bill finished the enrollment process yesterday and it was in the process of being physically flown here to maralago where the president is currently vacationing. But the president threw this grenade in the process and then skipped town. With the last we heard from the president on this it was several days ago when he issued that twitter video shortly before coming to florida. Sam, remind us here as we look at this monday night is that hour. And what will happen if we do not come up with the deal here and we head towards the shutdown . Well, theres tons of economic damage that can ensue. Of course people are waiting for assistance, unemployment insurance. The uncertainty of the government funding too. All thats up in the air. Of course people would get 600 but he wants 2,000. So there was a high bit of drama insert by president at the 11th hour. If he does follow through and vetoes it what does congress do next . Will the house actually pass a standalone bill that ups the checks from 600 to 2,000 . And if so, what would the senate do . The Senate Leaders have said theres no appetite for at least 60 members to pass Something Like that. So we could be at some sort of stalemate. The other thing that trump is objecting to are a host of provisions in the spending bill that fund largely overseas ventures but also cultural institutions in the United States like the kennedy center. Are those red lines in the sand too . There are so many questions, its because the president inserted himself when he had not been part of the negotiations at all. That i think lawmakers are waiting for any signal whatsoever from trump before they can proceed. So yeah, you know, there are very few answers at this juncture but a lot of uncertainty and that trickles down to the average american who does need the money and the help and the assistance from the federal government just to get by through the holiday season. Jake, youre on the hill yesterday, in addition to that youre certainly watching what the president may be thinking as we were just hearing from sam. How much drama is related to this versus he just actually vetoing it. Where are we in that continuum . I dont know. Im not sure that he knows. This is the this is a complete disaster, richard. Theres no other way to say it besides that. The president as everyone noted was not involved here. There is no way, basically, to avoid a shutdown besides the president signing this bill, period, the end. The senate is not in on monday. The house isnt in on monday. Theyre going to pass the 2,000 check scheme, where it will go to the senate and die. Theres no compromise to be had, besides the one cut with congressional leaders so were in a crisis moment perhaps the First Time Since the debt creating crises from a long time ago. People are counting on the elected officials to do their job and the only person who is not is the president of the United States who is wandering into this process like a lost child. We need to some clarity given here. And without that clarity, were going to plunge this nation further into this crisis. Yeah, jake brought us back in history, i remember that overnight coverage myself, sitting in this very room. I want to read this. The Washington Post has been unindated with calls, who are stunned that President Trump and congress cannot agree on another emergency aid package. Several broke down crying in phone interviews. Take that context that jake just gave us and how historical this might be if it happens here. Ten out of ten would you say . Listen, it could not be worse, honestly, richard. We have a congress a president at a stalemate and americans are going hungry. They have no jobs. Many of them are sick or dying. They are desperate for the elected officials to step up and do what they were elected to do which is to protect this country. They are not doing this. This is not a time for games in washington. This is a time for action. We are at an extraordinary moment that requires assistance. The other thing that we havent talked about, the day after christmas, ie, tomorrow, the provisions in the past several months, eviction protection. A lot of other protections for people who are suffering under the weight of this economic crisis and the covid disaster are going to be eliminated. The Congress Passed a bill that they thought would help mitigate those effects and that tomorrows deadline would not be a major factor. With President Trump now threatening to veto it all of that is up in the air. As everybody has been saying, its the government funding. Its help for people who are desperate and struggling right now. I have to wonder, richard, as well what President Trump thinks this is going to do the races in georgia. We have two republican senators in runoffs it is essential to Mitch Mcconnell to keep those two, Kelly Loeffler and david perdue in the seats and they have voted in the whole package which is 600 direct payments and other assistance. What are they going to do now . Are they going to stick with the president or with the Republican Leadership in the senate, what are they going to tell georgians who desperately need this money. Jake, georgia . Listen, its a big problem. Loeffler and perdue were campaigning on this bill. They thought this was a political boon for them. And i dont know what they say now. I have not seen any comment either way. I know that the campaigns were freaking out a bit. Listen, im not i think we tend to overstate the impact of some of the things in the races but listen, if youre republican and you were campaigning or existing under the idea that you were working with a president who is a businesslike figure who could get deals done, this is not this undermines all of that to the extent that it was even an idea. Sam, 15 seconds. I mean, im with jake. We can tend to overstate the things. I will say this. Its not the close of the race that they wanted and if the government does shut down, that was when trumps popularity was at the worst. I dont know what the residual effects would be on perdue or loeffler, but its not the dynamics you want. Thank you so much with the president there in florida. Thank you for your time. As the president debates signing this bill, relief cannot come fast enough for so Many Americans who are struggling this christmas. Sam brock is in key brisbane, florida. Reporter we are staring at a National Crisis and thats Food Insecurity. When you talk to the organizers the biggest difference from when the pandemic started, its no longer episodic, but it is chronic. Im in miami and in south florida, feeds south florida is helping 1. 5 million families. Thats double what it was since back in the spring and this is happening not only in one slice of one state, but its going on all over the country. On christmas week, theres a crush of cars in san antonio waiting for groceries. I was like thank goodness, i have food until i get paid on the 3rd. Reporter its a scene reminiscent of the spring though the need has only strengthened since. They were so excited to get the food they get so emotional. Reporter the Lone Star State is not alone in demand or tears. Feeding south florida helps 200,000 families a week put food on the Table Including debby and her three kids. Its not a position you ever want to be. Its hard to ask people for help. I really dont want it, but i have no choice. At this point. Reporter coast to coast, a crisis deepens. Feeding america estimates Food Insecurity at 50 million people. Thats the equivalent of the populations of texas and florida combined. But grass roots help is pouring in. In cities like los angeles, Community Fridges are popping up where volunteers gather extra food from restaurants, bakeries and neighbors. Its amazing, if you stop by, you drop off some food you come back two hours later its empty again. Reporter the fridges are kept in homes, Small Businesses, some are even on the street. With those unable to contribute food, bring other items. Maybe you have a lot of blankets, you have access to something and you can bring things. Reporter in florida, jolene most does that pick up food for her five kids and then drop off blankets. Everybody has to help everyone, so thats the only way to get through this. Yes. Reporter warmth in a painful pandemic. And about an hour and a half from where im standing right now, out in palm beach county, President Trump as you were just talking about, richard, has returned to florida after scuttling a relief package that contained hundreds of millions of dollars for food assistance. All of that money right now is up in the air and here in south florida they had 16 1 2 Million Pounds of food a month going out to the families and thats set to be slashed to 8 1 2 million, a 50 drop as we see the lines expand even longer. All of this remaining ambiguous with Government Action up in the air. Richard, back to you. Not only on these holidays. Sam, thank you. Sam brock in florida. Congress has sent a covid relief bill to the president but its unclear if hell sign that. Ill ask congressman dan kildee what the democrats plan is if he does not do it. And a person is dying every ten minutes from covid19. Ery ten minutes from covid19. So you want to make the best burger ever . 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Org well, if youre just joining us, back to the breaking news overnight. The u. S. Will require all air passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for covid19 before their departure to the United States. Now, that new rule comes after the uk recently identified two new variants of the coronavirus that are more contagious. At the same time, the covid crisis intensifying in hardhit california. Los angeles county reporting a record 148 covid related deaths yesterday. And more than 13,600 new infections added to the count. The county is now outlining measures to ration er care at hospitals. Lets go now live to nbcs Megan Fitzgerald in los angeles. Megan, the numbers look very, very bad. How does it look on the ground . Reporter richard, this situation is worse than the county has ever seen before, but whats even more concerning you see a dire situation that county officials now is going to get worse. As you mentioned, they are seeing just the explosive numbers. Just think about this. A sevenday average of new daily infections at 13,000 or more. Thats what they saw last week. Then as you mentioned were seeing records for deaths. It was 145 on wednesday. Yesterday, 148 people died. The Hospital Systems just overrun. We have you know, we have been talking and reporting about how southern californias completely out of icu beds. You have the nurses and the doctors scrambling to try to create space where theyre not typically caring for the icu patients so that they can care for people that just continue to come. The projections is by next week, by new years eve, they expect to see 1,400 people going to the hospital every day. They cannot care for all of the people coming in so youll hear the doctors and nurses talking about the quality of care they are able to provide for the patients continues to subside. You are seeing Hospital Systems, you know, pleading with people, dont come to the hospitals unless its absolutely an emergency situation for you. Take a listen to the toll that this is taking on these frontline workers. You rotate fairly but those who are coming in just to help and, you know, rearranging things with their families to do it on different ways to be here. But to have to go into the patients room with the ipad and show the family their loved one through an ipad and have them wish them a Merry Christmas, its heart breaking. Reporter so certainly an enormous toll that this is taking on the frontline workers who continue to plead with people while christmas is here, trying to tell the last minute folks who have not gathered to just stay home. Richard . Nbcs Megan Fitzgerald, thank you. Joining us now is dr. Kavita patel, a former white house director in the Obama Administration and dr. Hazeltine. Dr. Patel, how stretched right now is the Health Care Infrastructure . As we know from the previous peak it was many of the Health Care Workers in places that were not as hard hit, midwest, south, helping those on the coasts. Now, everywhere is being hit. Yeah, richard, good morning. Great to be with you on this day. But not about this news. Youre absolutely right that especially in july. For example, the last peak the Los Angeles Area was in the july time frame, and theyre at four times that they were there and the people were trying to help those people on the coast. At this point, all coasts are being stretched thing. Not necessarily zero, but close enough where they cannot spare personnel unless and lets be clear, its personnel that are the shortages as that nurse eloquently stated and people are coming in on holidays. So this is desperate measures. Theres something called crisis standards of care that get enacted that kind of force the hospitals to make hard decision about rationing care. Kind of what you heard about whether the people can be treated. We do not let the system is broken as it is. But we do not want to let it break further and richard, thats what i fear could be happening, not just in l. A. County, but places like tennessee. Unfortunately in many parts of the country. Yeah. Were all watching that so carefully. Dr. Hazeltine, i want to move to the breaking news overnight and that is the cdc and their move for the uk and saying you must test negative before you get on the plane, before you let to the United States. What do you make of the cdcs latest move . A good one . Efficacious . Well, its cle