While taking his first steps out of the hospital. Its the end of a long fought battle with covid19. More than 30 days away from his family, he is now back home in daly city. Getting a heros welcome. A day made it his own. Its can paul loo day lius wife caress of receiving a proclamation from San Mateo County supervisor david kind of a chorus is strength and passion as described by her husband is what has been keeping him alive is impossible to describe it to put the word. The pain honestly, the shock. The uncertainty clarissa was not sure if this day would come fearing the worst can called her from the hospital last month and said babe dont let me die at that it was a bit of a shock and if they hear him say they dont let me die because you never expect when you leave your husband at a hospital that youre not been that theres a potential that you may never see him again. The will to live driving the diabetic 38 yearold father of 2 to beat the odds today is a day of celebration. Today is
Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in washington. This is a special edition of the situation room. Right now this historic moment. When the Scientific Community agrees that the United States is taking the first real steps to ending the coronavirus pandemic. On the desk of the cdc director right now, the final clearance for a now authorized advantage seep to make its way into the american pun. When he signs it and were told it could be any moment now the vaccine goes. This is a truly historic moment. More horrific milestones reached today in the us. A Record Number of hospitalizationings. More than 108,000 americans, 108,000 americans are in hospitals sufg from covid right now. The u. S. Also surpassing 16 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. It took just four days to add one million cases here in the United States. This map, by the way, showing where infections are highest, where most people are getting sick. The next thing to expe
Longing for a half way normal life in the face of continuing high infection rates. Like in france, where almost all covey restrictions have been lifted. Despite the summer wave of infections that has just swept across europe, the governments reasoning, 80 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, and infection rates are largely stabled. We asked around in the capital paris. What did people think of the end of coverage restrictions . Dumb you marta is a taxi driver in paris and someone who still takes the cupboard 19 virus very seriously. He alleges was extraordinary dom, your keeps masks and to have sanitizers ready for his passengers. The cab driver nearly lost his father to the corona virus during the 1st wave 2 years ago. An experience that has made him extra careful, uncle, he says, people should not lower. They got either you, papa, i still g, samantha, my father was in a coma for 10 weeks when he got covered. No, he was in a desperate and really catastrophic state. Luckily h
Already near their breaking point. This tremendous stress on the Health Care System. To say to this tremendous Health Care System which is at Maximum Capacity today, this is a Hospital System where we have our foot to the floor and the engine is at redline. Dana President Trump telling americans the peak of this terrible pandemic is still ahead after saying this could be the toughest week yet. Lets bring in kristin fisher, she is reporting live it from the white house for us today. Kristin. Dana, everybody from President Trump to the Surgeon General, to dr. Fauci say that this week and next week are going to be two of the toughest weeks in american history. You know, we have heard so much about how hard hospitals are being hit by this, especially those hospitals in new york city. That they are very close to their breaking point, and now, today, we have some hard data to back that up from the watchdog that oversees the department of health and human services. The departments Inspector G