FIVE
FIVE FIFTY FIVE RIGHT NOW ON TWELVE AND TWELVE ICU BEDS FILLING UP FAST.
AND THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS STATE
LEADERS ARE DOING ENOUGH.
OUR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE
WORKERS ARE HANDLING THIS NEW
WAVE OF CAUVIN PATIENTS PLUS
THE FIRST 100 DAYS.
WHAT PRESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN
HIS PLAN TO COMBAT THE KORONA
VIRUS AND RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA IS NOW LEGAL IN
ARIZONA.
BUT BEFORE YOU LIGHT UP SEE
WHICH CITIES ARE CRACKING DOWN
BEFORE IT EVEN HITS THE
SHELVES.
TWELVE TWELVE STARTS RIGHT NOW.
12 MINUTES NO COMMERCIALS WERE
ON TV AND GO ON THE 12:00
NEWS APP WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE AS
WELL.
HEY GUYS, IT'S TRICIA.
HERE, LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO OUR
BIG STORY HAPPENING AT NOON.
WE'RE STILL SEEING A SURGE IN
CORONA VIRUS CASES AND FACT THE
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SERVICES IS NOW REPORTING MORE
THAN 40 400 NEW CASES AND
THAT'S JUST TODAY ALONE.
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED NEW
DEATHS WERE ALSO REPORTED BUT
DHS SAYS A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF
THOSE DEATHS REPORTED TODAY ARE
DUE TO DEATH CERTIFICATE
MATCHING.
SO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GRAPH.
OVER THE PAST MONTH WE'VE SEEN
AN EXTREME UPWARD TREND IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE AT THE
BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, DAILY
NEW CASES WERE AT ABOUT TWO
THOUSAND.
BUT NOW THEY'RE AVERAGING MORE
THAN 5000 MORE COVERED CASES
MEANS MORE PEOPLE IN THE
HOSPITAL AND THAT'S BECOMING A
HUGE PROBLEM HERE IN OUR STATE.
EVEN THE WHITE HOUSE
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE WANTS
STATE LEADERS TO DO MORE.
TEAM TWELVE'S COLLEEN SIKORA
SHOWS US JUST HELIERS ON
HOSPITAL ARE HANDLING THE
SECOND WAVE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG EIGHT MONTHS.
I THINK WE'RE EXHAUSTED.
AND IF YOU ASK VALLEY ICU NURSE
CIARA HOLLOWAY, WE ARE IN A
BALANCING ACT OF TRYING TO
MAINTAIN OUR CAPACITY.
>> THE MOST RECENT INCREASE OF
CAUVIN 19 CASES IN ARIZONA IS
PROVING JUST AS TRIAGE THE
PATIENTS YOU KNOW ARE VERY
DIFFERENT.
>> THEY'RE MUCH MORE COMPLEX
THIS TIME AROUND.
>> KOVIK, 19 PATIENTS ARE IN 43
PERCENT OF ALL ICU BEDS IN USE
RIGHT NOW IN ARIZONA, DATA FROM
THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SHOWS
PEOPLE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR KOVIK, 19 STARTED GOING UP
X-BAND ANNUALLY IN ARIZONA
HOSPITALS.
BACK ON NOVEMBER 6TH THE BANNER
THUNDERBIRD HAD AN INCREASE OF
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO
PERCENT OF KOVIK 19 PATIENTS
OVER NOVEMBER AND MOUNTAIN
VISTA MEDICAL CENTER IN MESA
HAD THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
FOUR PERCENT INCREASE IN
PATIENTS IN THE SAME TIME
PERIOD SINCE THANKSGIVING.
WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF OUR
NOT ONLY OUR KOBIE CASES BUT
OUR NON COLEBY CRITICAL CARE
CASES.
THE WHITE HOUSE CORONA VIRUS
TASK FORCE RECOMMENDING IN
THEIR ARIZONA REPORT THAT
MITIGATION EFFORTS MUST
INCREASE ADDING SPECIFICS LIKE
ENSURING MASKS IN PUBLIC AND
REDUCING CAPACITY OR CLOSING
PLACES LIKE BARS AND
RESTAURANTS.
>> GOV. DOUG DEUCY LAST WEEK
SET MONEY ASIDE TO HELP EXPAND
OUTDOOR DINING AND KEPT INDOOR
CAPACITY AT BARS AND
RESTAURANTS AT 50 PERCENT AND
SET MONEY ASIDE TO HELP GET
MORE NURSES TO ARIZONA.
BUT DON CADEAUX, CEO OF THE
ARIZONA NURSES ASSOCIATION IS
STILL CONCERNED OVER WHAT'S TO
COME.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A YOU KNOW,
PRETTY MUCH A BATTLE OR WHO
GETS THE NURSES IN WHICH STATES
KNOWING NURSES AND ALL FLOORS
OF THE HOSPITAL ARE BEING
STRETCHED.
>> THOSE NURSES, ALTHOUGH
THEY'RE NOT IN THE ICU, THEY'RE
BEING STRETCHED AS WELL BECAUSE
THEY'RE TAKING ON MORE COMPLEX
PATIENTS, MORE PATIENTS THAN
WHAT THEY TYPICALLY WOULD HAVE
AS A PATIENT.
ALL RIGHT, COLLEEN, THANK YOU.
>> WELL, A BIG GAME CHANGER IN
THE STATE OF THE PANDEMIC COULD
BE A CORONA VIRUS VACCINE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING.
THE FDA HAS CONFIRMED PFIZER'S
VACCINE IS SAFE AND IT 95
PERCENT EFFECTIVE.
IS PFIZER PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.
NOW THE FDA SAYS ALTHOUGH IT
COMES IN TO DOSES, IT LOOKS
LIKE THE VACCINE PROVIDES QUOTE
SOME PROTECTION.
AGAINST THE VIRUS JUST AFTER
ONE DOSE.
NOW TOMORROW THE FDA WILL
CONSIDER THE VACCINE FOR
EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION
HERE IN THE US.
THE FDA ANNOUNCEMENT COMING ON
THE SAME DAY THE UK RULED OUT
PFIZER'S VACCINE.
BUT A NEW WARNING FROM UK
HEALTH OFFICIALS HAS PEOPLE
WORRIED ABOUT GETTING IT.
THEY SAY IF YOU HAVE A QUOTE
SIGNIFICANT HISTORY OF ALLERGIC
REACTIONS YOU SHOULD NOT GET
PFIZER'S VACCINE.
NOW THE ADVICE COMES AFTER TWO
HEALTH CARE WORKERS HAD AN
ALLERGIC REACTION JUST A DAY
AFTER THEY GOT THE SHOT.
SO THE BIG QUESTION A LOT OF
FOLKS ARE ASKING RIGHT NOW WHEN
WILL WE BE ABLE TO GET A
COVERED VACCINE?
WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS AS
SOON AS THE FDA GIVES THE GREEN
LIGHT, THE U.S. WILL BE READY
TO DISTRIBUTE IT TO EVERYONE.
THEN WE'LL GET IT DISTRIBUTED.
>> VERY QUICKLY WE HAVE THAT
ALL SET.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS MORE WILL
QUICKLY FOLLOW EVERY AMERICAN
WHO WANTS TO VACCINE WILL BE
ABLE TO GET THE VACCINE.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS IF THE
VACCINE GETS OUT SOON THE U.S.
COULD BE BACK ON TRACK BY
SPRING.
MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT ELECT JOE
BIDEN IS LAYING OUT HIS PLAN TO
GET THE CORONA VIRUS UNDER
CONTROL.
JUST YESTERDAY BITING GIVING US
A GLIMPSE OF WHAT HIS FIRST 100
DAYS IN THE WHITE HOUSE WILL
LOOK LIKE MASKING VACCINATIONS
,OPENING SCHOOLS.
>> THESE ARE THE THREE KEY
GOALS IN MY FIRST 100 DAYS.
>> THE PRESIDENT ELECT SAYS
HE'S ALREADY IN TALKS WITH DR.
ANTHONY FOUSHEE ABOUT WHAT'S
NEXT FOR THE US AND WE NEED
SOME GOOD NEWS ON WEDNESDAY.
RIGHT.
WELL, ALL THE TIME LARRY
FITZGERALD IS READY TO GET BACK
ON THE FIELD AFTER TESTING
POSITIVE FOR KOVA 19 BACK IN
NOVEMBER.
DAY GOODNESS HERE.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FAN
FAVORITE.
ALL OF US AND WAS MISS
EXTREMELY DURING THE PAST FEW
GAMES.
BUT IT'S ALL GOOD BECAUSE HE'S
EXPECTED TO HIT THE FIELD THIS
SUNDAY.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ARIZONA
CARDINALS FANS INCLUDING MYSELF
ARE PUMPED TO SAY THE LEAST.
WELL, IT'S TIME FOR YOUR FOUR
ONE ONE FORECAST.
THERE'S A CHANCE OF RAIN FALL
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, JAMIE
HERE BHOOT WEATHER IS COMING
BACK.
WELL, IT IS GOING TO BE THE
LAST MILD DAY AT LEAST IN THE
SEVEN DAY FORECAST BECAUSE
TEMPERATURES STILL AIMING FOR
THE UPPER 70S INCREASING CLOUDS
AS WE HEAD INTO THOSE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS.
AND YES, THE CHANCE OF RAIN IS
SHOWING UP IN THE FORECAST.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF
STATE.
MORE 50S AND 60S, THE HIGH
COUNTRY AND THAT CLOUD COVER
BUILDING IN LATER TODAY.
SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST.
NOW CHECK OUT YOUR FUTURE CAST
AND YOU'LL SEE ALL THAT CLOUD
COVER CONTINUES TO RIDE TO THE
NORTHEAST.
AND THEN FINALLY LATE TONIGHT
COMING IN THROUGH THE SOUTH
CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.
RAIN LIFTING AND HEAVIEST WILL
BE SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.
WHAT THE FORECAST MODELS HAVE
BEEN GROWING MORE AND MORE IN
FAVOR OF BRINGING THAT RAIN
INTO THE VALLEY.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE NECESSARY
TALKING ABOUT THUNDERSTORMS.
IT IS A REMOTE CHANCE RIGHT NOW
BUT RAINFALL TOTALS SAFE TO SAY
LOOK LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO
TREND TOWARDS QUARTER INCH
MARK.
THERE'D BE SOME GOOD RAINFALL
FOR THE VALLEY BUT YOU CAN SEE
HEAVIER AS WE LOOK TO THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE.
HERE'S A FEW OF THOSE MODELS
AND WHAT THEY THINK MAY HAPPEN
FOR THE VALLEY.
LIKE I SAID, I THINK QUARTER
RIDGE IS A SAFE ESTIMATE THERE.
SOME AREAS MAY PICK UP A LITTLE
BIT HEAVIER RAINFALL DROPPING
TEMPS ON THURSDAY.
WIND FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY IN
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WITH SOME
SNOW SHOWERS LOOKING TO THE
EAST INTO THE NORTHEAST ON
FRIDAY AND FOR THE VALLEY.
WE'LL JUST SIT IN THE 60S WITH
THE SLOW WARMING TREND RIGHT
INTO THE WEEKEND AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD TO A
WARDROBE CHANGE IT SOUNDS LIKE.
BUT WEATHER IS BACK IN THE
FORECAST.
>> OH, I'M GETTING EXCITED.
ALL RIGHT.
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GOOD LUCK.
ANOTHER BIG STORY WE'RE STAYING
ON TOP OF ARIZONA IS ELECTION
RESULTS.
THE ARIZONA SUPREME FOR
UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMING JOE
BIDEN WON OUR STATE'S 11
ELECTORAL VOTES.
IT SAID THE GOP IS CHALLENGED
FAILED TO PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE
OF MISCONDUCT OR ILLEGAL VOTES
,FRAUD OR ANY ERROR THAT WOULD
UNDERMINE THE CERTAINTY OF OUR
ELECTION RESULTS.
A CONTROVERSIAL INITIATIVE ON
THE BALLOT THIS ELECTION THE
LEGALIZATION OF REFEREE
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA THAT IS
NOW VALLEY CITIES ARE NOW
STARTING TO LAY OUT GUIDELINES.
AND THAT'S FROM MARIJUANA SALES
IN THEIR BOUNDARIES.
THE CITY OF MESA IS ONE OF THE
LADIES TO VOTE ON HOW THEY PLAN
TO HANDLE THIS NEW LAW.
TEAM TWELVE'S JOHN WALL JOINS
US FROM MESA.
AND JEN, WHAT ARE THE COUNCIL
EXACTLY VOTE ON?
>> YEAH, AND A SIX TO ONE VOTE
THE MACE'S CITY COUNCIL PASSING
WHAT THEY'RE CALLING MARIJUANA
PROHIBITIONS.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO REGULATE HOW
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS SOLD
IN THE CITY.
NOW THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS
CONSUMERS WILL SEE AND THESE
WILL BE ADDED TO THE CURRENT
CITY CODE.
BASED ON LAST NIGHT'S VOTE,
MARIJUANA PROHIBITION IS ONLY
ALLOWS MEDICAL MARIJUANA
DISPENSARIES TO SELL
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN THE
CITY.
THOSE PLACES MUST OBTAIN A DO A
LICENSE.
DELIVERY OF MARIJUANA IS ALSO
BANNED UNLESS IT'S DONE BY A
NONPROFIT MEDICAL MARIJUANA
DISPENSARY GOVERNED BY THE
STATE.
AND FINALLY, MARIJUANA TESTING
FACILITIES AND THE CONSUMPTION
OF MARIJUANA ON CITY PROPERTY
VEHICLES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
AND PRIVATE PROPERTY IS BANNED.
MESA IS JOINING CITIES LIKE
CHANDLER, GILBERT AND
SCOTTSDALE AND REGULATING
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA SINCE
PROP TWO, 07 WAS PASSED LAST
MONTH OR IN MESA.
JOHN WALL TWELVE NEWS .
ALL RIGHT, JOHN, THANKS FOR
LAYING IT ALL OUT FOR US.
WELL, IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER
NEWS THE STORIES THAT YOU MAY
SEE TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
TODAY A VIRAL VIDEO SHARED BY
THE POPULAR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT
GOLFERS DOING THINGS IS GETTING
A LOT OF BACKLASH.
LISTEN TO THIS.
AFTER ONE GOLFER TEED UP AND
SPLATTERED OUR STATE SYMBOL THE
SAGUARO CACTUS, ONE OF MY
FAVORITES.
WELL, IT'S EVEN LED AN ARIZONA
GOLF COURSE TO BAN THE GOLFER.
TAKE A LOOK.
OH, IT HAPPENED AND WE COPART
GOLF CLUB A FOR ME DOWNHILL
COURSE REPEATEDLY RANKED BY
GOLF AS THE NUMBER ONE PUBLIC
COURSE IN THE STATE THE WORLD.
CACTUS ARE A PROTECTED SPECIES
IN ARIZONA.
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW AND
IT'S ILLEGAL TO INTENTIONALLY
DAMAGE THE SYMBOL.
A SPOKESMAN FOR KOBOL GOLF CLUB
SAYS THE GOLFER IS NO LONGER
WELCOME.
TIME MAGAZINE IS SET TO
ANNOUNCE ITS PERSON OF THE YEAR
TOMORROW NIGHT ON NBC.
BUT THE READER'S POLL MAY HAVE
ALREADY GIVEN US A CLUE ON WHO
WILL GRACED THE COVER THIS YEAR
ESSENTIAL WORKERS TAKING HOME
THE MOST VOTES.
THOSE INCLUDE NURSES, DOCTORS,
DELIVERY PEOPLE, GROCERY STORE
EMPLOYEES AND MANY OTHERS WHO
CONTINUE TO RISK THEIR LIVES ON
THE FRONT LINES COVERED
PANDEMIC.
DR. COUNTY RECEIVED THE SECOND
MOST VOTES.
GOOGLE JUST RELEASED ITS ANNUAL
URINE SEARCH LIST.
IT FEATURES THIS YEAR'S TOP
TRENDING SEARCHES.
GOOGLE SAYS WORLDWIDE SENTENCES
WITH THE WORD QUOTE WHY LIKE
WHY IS TOILET PAPER SOLD OUT OR
LOOKED UP MORE THAN ANY YEAR
BEFORE?
NO SURPRISE MANY OF US HERE.
ELECTION RESULTS AND CORONA
VIRUS TOPPED THE US TRENDING
SEARCHES LIST ZOO