LIFE.
LIFE. YOU
LIFE. YOU SEE IT STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING SIGNED BARBARA LEE
EDWARDS. I'M CARLOS. CHICAGO
HAS COVERED 19 CASES CONTINUED
TO RISE. THE STATE HAS NOT SEEN
THE NEW STRAIN THAT'S CAUSING A
LOT CONCERN IN EUROPE. NEW
STATES BRANDED LEWIS TAKES US
BEYOND THE NUMBERS TO EXPLAIN
HOW LOCAL RESEARCHERS ARE
KEEPING A WATCH FROM HERE.
CARLO AND BARBARA LEAD THE
STATE IS ACTIVELY MONITORING
THE DIFFERENT STRAINS OF CORONA
VIRUS, ONE OF THE FACILITIES
THAT'S TRACKING THEM. SCRIPPS
RESEARCH HERE IN SAN DIEGO THEY
BELIEVE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY IF THE UK STRAIN SHOWS
IN OUR STATE. WE HAVEN'T SEEN
ANYTHING RELATED TO A NEW
STRAIN YET. THE UNITED KINGDOM
IS DEALING WITH A STRAIN OF
CORONA VIRUS MORE INFECTIOUS
THAN SEEN BEFORE. LABS DETECTED
A MUTATION THAT MAKES IT
STICKIER OR MORE APT TO
EXPONENTIALLY INFECT THE NEW
MUTATE COVERED VIRUS SEEMS TO
BIND A LITTLE TIGHTER A LITTLE
MORE EASILY AND ENTER THE CELL
OF THE HUMAN BODY EASIER THAN
OUR CURRENT COVERED VIRUS THAT
WE HAVE HERE. IT'S NOT UNUSUAL
TO SEE VIRUSES MUTATE. SCRIPPS
RESEARCH TRACKS THOUSANDS OF
SAMPLES FROM SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA TO STUDY HOW THE
VIRUS MOVES. IN FACT THERE ARE
MULTIPLE STRAINS OF CORONA
VIRUS ALREADY IN SAN DIEGO. BUT
SO FAR OFFICIALS SAY THE U.K.
STRAIN HASN'T APPEARED TO DATE.
I SAY TO DATE BECAUSE WE ALL
KNOW THAT WITH PEOPLE TRAVELING
IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE
THAT HAPPENS. GOVERNOR NEWSOME
CALLED ON THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO REQUIRE
PASSENGERS FROM THE UK TO
QUARANTINE UPON ARRIVAL TO HELP
DELAY THE POTENTIAL SPREAD IF
IT DOES ARRIVE. SEQUENCING LABS
WOULD BE THE FIRST TO DETECT
IT. CURRENT RESEARCH SHOWS THE
UK MUTATION ISN'T BY ITSELF ANY
DEADLIER, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IT
IS MORE INFECTIOUS. IT COULD
INEVITABLY LEAD TO MORE PEOPLE
IN THE HOSPITAL DURING A TIME
WHEN CASES ARE ALREADY SETTING
NEW RECORDS DAILY. AS WE HEAD
INTO THE CHRISTMAS ISLAND
HOLIDAY WE'RE FACED WITH
CONFRONTING THE STARK REALITY
THAT THIS IS THE DARKEST HOUR
IN DARKEST TIME WE'VE FACED
THROUGHOUT OUR DURATION OF
COVERT. HEALTH OFFICIALS
CONTINUE TO STRESS THE
IMPORTANCE OF WEARING A FACE
COVERING AND WASHING YOUR HANDS
AS MEANS TO PROTECT AGAINST THE
CORONAVIRUS STRAIN THAT WE'RE
SEEING CURRENTLY AND THE
POTENTIAL UK STRAIN. CARLO AND
BARBARA IN THE MEANTIME TONIGHT
THE COUNTY IS REPORTING TWO
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY
EIGHT NEW COPE AT 19 CASES AND
39 ADDITIONAL DEATHS. COUNTY
SUPERVISORS NATHAN FLETCHER AND
GREG COX POINTED TO A MASSIVE
SURGE IN CASES AFTER
THANKSGIVING AND PLEADED TODAY
WITH PEOPLE TO STAY HOME ON
CHRISTMAS AND AVOID LARGE
GATHERINGS. ACCORDING TO DR
WILMA WOOTEN, FORTY FOUR POINT
ONE PERCENT OF THE COUNTY'S
CUMULATIVE CASES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED AFTER THANKSGIVING.
SHE SAYS THE COUNTY IS ON PACE
TO REPORT ANOTHER 600 DEATHS
BEFORE THE END OF JANUARY.
SCRIPPS HEALTH CEO CHRIS VAN
GORDON SAYS THAT THERE ARE ONLY
24 ICU BEDS REMAINING IN THE
COUNTY. ALSO TODAY THE STATE
ACTIVATED THE FEDERAL MEDICAL
STATION AT PALOMAR MEDICAL
CENTER S CANDIDO COUNTY LEADERS
URGED SAN DIEGO TO STAY HOME AS
THOSE CURRENT OF A CORONAVIRUS
CASES RISE AND HOSPITALIZATIONS
AND DEATHS CONTINUE TO DO SO AS
WELL. LAST MINUTE SHOPPERS AND
HOLIDAY TRAVELERS ARE CAUSING
CONCERN AND FEAR OF AN EVEN
LARGER SPIKE IN COVERED CASES.
EASY TO THEIR HOPE BEGINS OUR
COVERAGE TONIGHT. WILL STORES
PEPPER OF SHOPPERS IN AIRPORTS
CROWDED WITH TRAVELERS? SO MANY
PEOPLE WOULD LAST MINUTE PLANS
ARE TRYING TO STRATEGIZE HOW TO
DO THINGS SAFELY. WE SPOKE WITH
A MEDICAL EXPERT ABOUT HOW YOU
CAN GET THINGS DONE IN THE
PANDEMIC PICKING UP JUST SOME
LAST A SMALL STOCKING STUFFERS
MAKING THE MAD DASH FOR GIFTS
BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND LOOKING
FOR CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS, SHOES
,PURSES AND CLOTHES AT THE
WESTFIELD UTC MALL. SOME
SHOPPERS HAD A STRATEGY. WE'VE
GOT REALLY, REALLY TO GET HERE
TRYING TO GET THE CROWDS. IT'S
THE BIG CROWDS CAUSING BIG
CONCERNS FOR MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS OVER THE RAMP AND
SPIKE IN KOVIC 19 CASES.
THERE'S A BIG FEAR THAT AFTER
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S WE'RE
GOING TO SEE EVEN MORE SPREAD
WHICH REALLY COULD BE
DISASTROUS. DR. ABBY OLA MARTY
AND FAMILY MEDICINE AT SHARP
RECENTLY HAS A FEW TIPS FOR
SHOPPERS SAFETY. YOU DEFINITELY
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU TRY
TO DO YOUR SHOPPING OUTDOORS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT IF
YOU CAN'T DO THAT, MAKE SURE
THAT YOU'RE SO MAINTAINING
SOCIAL DISTANCING. ALWAYS WEAR
A MASK. ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS
OR USE HAND SANITIZER BECAUSE
YOU'RE GOING TO BE TOUCHING
SURFACES THAT MANY PEOPLE
TOUCH. THE SAME GOES FOR
TRAVELING THIS SEASON AT
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AT SAN DIEGO
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE TRAVELERS PACKED IN
LINE READY TO CATCH THEIR
FLIGHTS. ALL WERE WEARING MASKS
THAT YOU CAN SEE AT EACH
CHICKEN STATION TO DROP OFF
LUGGAGE. THERE IS VERY LIMITED
IF ANY SOCIAL DISTANCING. WE
ARE HEADING TOWARDS A VERY
STEEP CLIFF, A VERY DANGEROUS
CLIFF WITH ALL OF THIS TRAVEL
THAT'S HAPPENING. ANOTHER KEY
SAFETY MEASURE IS TO LIMIT YOUR
TIME INDOORS OR IN LINE WHEN
POSSIBLE. THE MORE TIME YOU
SPEND SHOPPING, THE MORE YOUR
RISK IS TO TRY TO DO THINGS FOR
FREE. CROWDS THE BIG BANG AND
OUT OF TIME AND SHOPPING I
USUALLY WOULDN'T TOUCH A LOT
MORE. BUT NOT BEFORE. THIS YEAR
BROUGHT AN EASINESS FOR MANY
SHOPPERS FEARFUL THEY MAY BRING
HOME MORE THAN JUST A PRESENT
BECAUSE I'M AFRAID I MIGHT
CATCH GOOGLE'S YOU WANDER ALL A
BOOMING IS GIVING HERSELF TO
HOURS AT NORDSTROM WITH THE
BUDGET JUST NOTHING MORE THAN A
THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT MORE THAN
JUST CODE SAFETY PANDEMIC
SHOPPING HASN'T BEEN EASY. IT'S
BEEN A LITTLE CHALLENGING. THE
LINES ARE PRETTY LONG AND GET
THE MOST STORES AND YOU KNOW A
LOT OF THE ONLINE STUFF ISN'T
THERE LIKE USUALLY IN FOUR YEAR
OLD EMILY BROTMAN WAS HAPPY TO
GET A TOY EARLY FROM JAPAN SO
REALLY HARD TO FIND THING.
EVERYTHING IS OUT OF SOCKETS
YOU KNOW I WAS JUST THIS STORE
KIND OF PICKED BEAR HOPING TO
FIND SOMETHING IN TIME WHILE
SHOPPING SAFELY. HEATHER HOPE
HE STATE GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
IS SPEAKING OUT AS THE STATE
SHOWS MORE THAN THIRTY NINE
THOUSAND NEW CODED CASES 361
NEW DEATHS ARE BEING REPORTED
STATEWIDE TODAY. THAT'S ONE OF
THE HIGHEST STATEWIDE TOTALS
SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. THE
GOVERNOR IS URGING PEOPLE TO
STAY HOME AND STAY SAFE. HE'S
ALSO WARNING OF THINGS POSSIBLY
GETTING WORSE IN THE COMING
WEEKS. THE SURGE ON TOP OF THE
SURGE ON TOP OF THE SURGE
UNLESS WE ARE CAUTIOUS AND
MINDFUL ABOUT OUR TRAVEL PLANS
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AND ABOUT
OUR PROXIMITY TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE
OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS, THE GOVERNOR
SAYS. CALIFORNIA'S ICU CAPACITY
IS DOWN TO ONE POINT ONE
PERCENT. HIS COMMENTS CAME
AFTER A VIRTUAL ONLINE
CONVERSATION WITH SECRETARY OF
STATE NOMINEE SHIRLEY WEBER AND
U.S. SENATE APPOINTEE ALEX
PADILLA. PRESIDENT TRUMP LEFT
FOR FLORIDA TODAY AFTER
THROWING THE FATE OF THE CODED
RELIEF BILL INTO CHAOS.
MEANTIME, PRESIDENT ELECT JOE
BIDEN PRESENTED HIS NOMINEE FOR
EDUCATION SECRETARY. THE
PRESIDENT ELECT SAYS HE WANTS
SCHOOLS REOPENED DURING HIS
FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE.
SKYLER HENRY REPORTS HE'S
CALLING ON CONGRESS TO HELP
MAKE THAT HAPPEN. PRESIDENT
ELECT JOE BIDEN EMPHASIZED HIS
PLANS TO REOPEN SCHOOLS WHILE
INTRODUCING HIS EDUCATION
SECRETARY NOMINEE MIGUEL
CARDONA EARLY NEXT YEAR. I WILL
PUT FORWARD BEFORE THE CONGRESS
OUR PLAN IS WHAT COMES NEXT BUT
I ASSURE YOU IT INCLUDES
FUNDING TO KEEP EDUCATORS ON
THE JOB. THE FORMER PUBLIC
SCHOOL TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL
CURRENTLY SERVES AS
CONNECTICUT'S EDUCATION
COMMISSIONER. IT SHOULDN'T TAKE
A PANDEMIC FOR US TO REALIZE
HOW IMPORTANT TEACHERS ARE FOR
THIS COUNTRY. IN A SURPRISE
MOVE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW
DEMANDING LAWMAKERS REVISE THE
900 BILLION DOLLAR COPAY RELIEF
PACKAGE IT PASSED THIS WEEK
INCREASE THE RIDICULOUSLY LOW
SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS TO TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS OR FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A COUPLE
MOMENTS AFTER THE PRESIDENT
TWEETED HIS DEMANDS.
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS
RESPONDED IN OVERWHELMING
AGREEMENT. HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI TWEETED AT LAST. THE
PRESIDENT HAS AGREED TO TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS. DEMOCRATS ARE
READY TO BRING THIS TO THE
FLOOR. BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT
DURING THURSDAY'S PRO FORMA
SESSION, PELOSI WOULD NEED THE
COOPERATION OF HOUSE REPUBLICAN
LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY. THE
PRESIDENT'S DEMAND FOR THE
CHANGES HAS CAUSED A SPLIT WITH
SOME MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY.
SENATOR RAND PAUL ON FOX
NEWS CHANNEL IT'S A REALLY
BULLISH HEADED LEFT WING
SOCIALIST IDEA TO PASS OUT FREE
MONEY TO PEOPLE. THE ONE THEY
SHOULD NOT BE DOING IS AFTER
THE WORK WENT INTO THE BILL
HOLDING UP WHEN BY THE END OF
THE MONTH PEOPLE ARE GETTING
THEIR BENEFITS ARE GOING TO END
SOON AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP
ARRIVED IN FLORIDA WHERE HE'LL
SPEND THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED
ANOTHER ROUND OF PARDONS. AMONG
THEM ARE FORMER CAMPAIGN
ADVISERS PAUL MANAFORT AND
ROGER STONE, BOTH CONVICTED BY
JURIES IN CASES STEMMING FROM
SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT
MUELLER'S INVESTIGATION. ALSO
THE PRESIDENT'S SON IN LAW AS
FATHER CHARLES KUSHNER WHO
COMPLETED HIS SENTENCE OVER A
DECADE GO FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES
AND WITNESS TAMPERING. SKYLER
HENRY, CBS NEWS , THE WHITE
HOUSE. PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO
VETOED THE 20 21 DEFENSE BILL
WHICH CONGRESS OVERWHELMINGLY
PASSED MORE THAN A WEEK AGO.
LAWMAKERS ARE EXPECTED TO
RETURN TO WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK
FOR AN OVERRIDE VOTE. ALSO
TODAY THE PRESIDENT PARDONED 20
NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING MARGARET
HUNTER, WIFE OF FORMER
CONGRESSMAN DUNCAN HUNTER ONE
DAY AFTER DUNCAN HUNTER WAS
PARDONED. YOU MAY REMEMBER SHE
ALSO PLEADED GUILTY TO USING
CAMPAIGN MONEY FOR PERSONAL
EXPENSES WHILE SANTA ANA WINDS
HAVE RETURNED TO THE COUNTY. SO
BASICALLY MOTHER NATURE IS
PLAYING THE GRINCH AS WE GO
INTO CHRISTMAS EVE TOMORROW. SO
THE WINSBY IS STARTING TO PICK
UP. TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS. THEY ARE
INTO THE TEENS. WE'RE SEEING
THAT FOR RAMONA. THIS SAME FOR
JULIAN 18 MILES PER HOUR FOR
MOUNT LAGUNA, 15 MILES PER HOUR
CURRENTLY BOULEVARD. THOSE
GUSTS ARE STARTING TO PICK UP
AS WELL 30 MILES PER HOUR
CURRENTLY FOR JULIAN. FIFTY
SEVEN MILES PER HOUR FOR ALPINE
AND THEY'RE GOING TO INCREASE
EVEN MORE AS WE GO INTO OUR
FORECAST. SO WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT VERY DRY AIR THAT HAS
RETURNED TO MOST OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU'RE CLOSER TOWARDS THE
COAST, YOU'RE NOT NOTICING MUCH
OF A DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY
WITH 90 PERCENT AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR OCEANSIDE 69 FOR
DOWNTOWN. BUT THE REST OF THE
COUNTY WHERE YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE TEENS AND ALSO THE
20S, THIS IS GOING TO GO EVEN
LOWER. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A
RED FLAG WARNING THAT'S IN PLAY
PEAKING WITH THESE GUSTS AS WE
HIT THOSE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO
TOMORROW MORNING. AND WE ARE
ALSO TALKING ABOUT GUSTS TO
ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR IN THE
BACK COUNTRY. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD
AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR
COMPLETE FORECAST COMING UP
PROBABLY. ALL RIGHT CURRENTLY.
THANKS. ANOTHER HEALTH WARNING
TONIGHT FROM THE COUNTY THIS
TIME ABOUT HANTAVIRUS. A
WESTERN HARVEST MOUSE COLLECTED
ROUTINE MONITORING AND OPEN
SPACE ALONG THE BORDER OF
SANTEE AND SAN DIEGO HAS TESTED
POSITIVE. COUNTY HEALTH SAYS IF
YOU DO FIND RODENTS IN YOUR
HOMES NEVER SWEEP OR VACUUM UP
AFTER THEM INSTEAD USE WET
CLEANING METHODS TO KEEP FROM
BREATHING IN THE VIRUS GETTING
SICK HANTAVIRUS CAN POTENTIALLY
CAUSE DEADLY INFECTIONS IN
PEOPLE. THERE IS NO VACCINE OR
CURE. THE HOLIDAY GRINCH OR
GRINCHES HAVE VANDALIZED A
MONOLITH IN SCRIPPS RANCH. THIS
MONOLITH WAS COMMISSIONED BY
LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS TO
REPLACE ONE THAT WAS REMOVED A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. IT WAS
SUPPOSED BE DEDICATED IN A
COMMUNITY CEREMONY THIS MORNING
AS A SYMBOL POPE MAY REMEMBER
OTHER MYSTERIOUS MONOLITHS HAVE
POPPED UP IN DESERT'S CITIES
RECENTLY BEFORE THE ONE THAT
APPEARED IN SCRIPPS RANCH. BUT
STILL AHEAD TONIGHT IS AN
ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE
REALLY FRIENDLIER FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT? WHAT THE VERIFIED
TEAM UNCOVERED PLUS NEARLY TWO
DOZEN PEOPLE HURT AND WINDOW
WASHERS LEFT DANGLING 10
STORIES ABOVE THE GROUND AFTER
AN EXPLOSION INSIDE A HIGH RISE
AND A ROUTINE MEDICAL TASK
TURNS INTO A 12000 DOLLAR
MEDICAL BILL FOR A CALIFORNIA
WOMAN. SO CHRISTMAS FOR ME OF
COURSE IS ABOUT SPENDING TIME
WITH FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. BUT
IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE TRADITION
OF ELIAN. THAT'S POLISH. IT'S A
CHRISTMAS EVE VIGIL DINNER
WHERE WE EAT THINGS LIKE PIERO
BEACH AND FUN IN BARS. WE SHARE
A QUANTITY WHICH OUR WAFERS
THAT ARE BLESSED. AND THEN WE
SHARE BLESSINGS WITH ONE
ANOTHER FOR A HAPPY AND HEALTHY
NEW YEAR. WE ALSO GO TO
MIDNIGHT MASS CHORUS AND JUST
KIND OF SPEND TIME WITH ONE
ANOTHER. SO