. >> well, they're not used to el paso. we've got the reputation that el paso doesn't make a lot of decisions that are not made by the state. we're so isolated in this area. we get -- it's hard to get the same economic development money. so this is no different. this is one more step in saying, you know, you shouldn't have the authority. >> reporter: help cannot get here fast enough. the news of the first safe and effective trials for vaccine for the virus providing hope. if a vaccine is approved by the end of the year, pfizer expects to produce enough vaccine to cover 25 million people. health care providers and sen r seniors in nursing homes will be the first to receive it. dr. smith was the first to join the human trials. now she's happy to help bring an end to the pandemic. >> as an african-american female, knowing that this disease was affecting african-americans and people of color disproportionately, i also wanted to be part of the race to a cure, not so much a cure, but something that could help prevent covid-19. >>

so we have to make sure that we are ready for this winter, not only here in el paso, but also around the country. resources are finite. there is already a backlog in dealing with the dead refuge generated more outside. the hospitals serve as makeshift more to our east. funeral homes in el paso are so overwhelmed that families sometimes have to wait a week to bury a loft. one funeral director sam, selves are struggling to cope earlier. this race is we're live on the level of stress is very high because it is not comparable to how it used to be some months ago we had around 30 services for months. right now we're having around 80 beaches where this 2nd wave of the pandemic is not only hitting record numbers of people, many of whom could die. loco lockdowns, in that bacile to try and curb the spread are wreaking havoc, a businesses here in el paso. there's a 10 pm curfew, but even during the day, many people stay at home. this is where the economic effects of the pandemic and most clearly be seen downtown el paso seems abandoned. also this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of its sout

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la tragedia de eta, buscan a personas tras el paso de la tormenta tropical. en la región hay más de 200 fallecidos. >> estaba colgado del palo, no encontraron ayer. >> la tragedia es tan grande que guatemala planea pedir ayuda a estados unidos para reconstruir el país. un equipo de noticias telemundo está allí con los damnificados. el presidente donald trump no concede y mike pompeo dice que habrá segundo término. >> cambiar el resultado de las elecciones no está en el futuro. >> joe biden dice que la negativa de donald trump es una vergüenza. el mayor reto para obamacare, la corte suprema más conservadora en décadas revisa la ley de cuidado accesible, ¿cuál es la postura de los jueces? el programa podría sobrevivir. ¿para cuándo la vacuna? el doctor anthony fauci dice que la aprobación de la vacuna de fai ser podría llegar pronto. las autoridades insisten en el uso de la mascarilla, aseguran que protege a los demás y al que la porta. >> (música). >> el paso de eta trajo una catástrofe a centroamérica, los diluvios dejaron devastados a g

we get cordy needs 10 testing centers in el paso. he works for a private company that is being paid by the state of texas. but his main concern in the pandemic is not political, not boy, i don't have full knowledge of what joe biden is planning to do in his administration. but until now we haven't had any kind of difficulties with the current administration. i don't think it's a matter of resources, but the main concern is how to communicate to the people what to do or not. look at noida supporters. biden supporters to different sites that seem to come together in the past in fear of the coronavirus. and here are some of the other developments in the pandemic of south korea will tighten social social distancing rules from thursday. in the greater solarium parts of going one province as new infections. german chancellor angela merkel as a caution. the situation in germany is still very serious. although infection numbers are not rising as fast as they were markland regional german leaders postponed a decision on further tightening. th

here in el paso, there's a 10 pm curfew. but even during the day, many people stay at home. this is where the economic effects of the pandemic can most clearly be seen. downtown el paso seems abandoned. also this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of its soft. now the owner has to attend a few clients himself. the current situation had a clear impact on his political decision. he voted for joe biden. i knew he could do better than donald trump from, and i think we all hope the same. we hope for a different government that supports us focus or some money of all works just around the corner. for him, the presidential race is not over yet. no author implicit in the button is not going to be the president of women currents going to be donald trump. he feared his business might be hit by the pen demick, but now he has orders until july next year. republicans, he says, are good for the construction sector, despite his support for trump. he has his own opinion on covert 1900, specially after he tested positive. everyone is going to get the virus and we're going to fill up the hosp

reportera: el gobernador de texas finalmente permitiÓ al juez del condado de el paso imponer el toque de queda para frenar el creciente aumento de contagios en esta ciudad fronteriza. >> estÁ enfocado en la gente que se junta para el recreo o socialmente y que no debe estar en la calle. reportera: la restricciÓn comenzarÁ maÑana a las 12:01 y terminarÁ el lunes a las 5:00, justo los cinco dÍas de mayor movimiento por la celebraciÓn del dÍa de acciÓn de gracias. yo quisiera que cerraran >> yo quisiera que cerraran todo . reportera: ella acaba de dar positivo al covid por segunda ocasiÓn. >> la gente se enoja porque cierran bares y restaurantes, pero cuando te cierren la puerta del ataÚd se va a enojar mÁs. reportera: hay 250 es -- cadÁveres en morgue es mÓviles. y tendrÁn dos almacena mitos adicionales. >> con este nuevo centro de distribuciÓn nos permite que todos los cuerpos puedan ir allÍ hasta que las funerarias estÉn preparadas. reportera: el juez y otras autoridades le suplican a las personas que no se reÚnan este jueves para celebrar la acciÓn de gracias para

paso always say el paso and juarez are two parts of the same place. it's interchange between those two. it's not like it's a national border between them. judge, good to see you again. thank you for your time tonight. we wish you the best of luck in dealing with this crisis upon you. >>> coming up next a former top health and human services official who resigned in protest over the trump administration's management of the coronavirus and is now a member of president-elect joe biden's advisory board joins us live. they guarantee you won't find a lower price anywhere for the plans they offer, so you're not just picking by chance. no copay?... sweet. with health insurance plans constantly changing, having the wrong fit could mean missing benefits or costing you thousands. healthmarkets' fitscore instantly ranks plans both on and off the government exchange to find one that best fits your insurance needs. in minutes, you can find out if your current plan is the right fit, or if there's another one that can get you more coverage or help save you money. and

not only here in el paso, but also around the country. resources are finite. there is already a backlog in dealing with the dead. referee generated more outside, the hospitals, serve as makeshift more to ari's. funeral homes in the past so are so overwhelmed that families sometimes have to wait a week to bury aloft one funeral director seven selves are struggling to cope and you are in this race is the level of stress is very high because it is not comparable to how it used to be some months ago, we had around thirty services per month. right now, we're having around eighteen reasons for me. and this is where the economic effects of the pandemic can most clearly be seen. downtown el paso seems abandoned by some money of all works just around the corner for him, the presidential race is not over yet. north of president biden is not going to be the president of the currents going to be donald trump. he feared his business might be hit by the pen demick, but now he has or until july, next year. republicans, he says, are good for the construction sector. despite h

not only here in el paso, but also around the country. resources are finite, there is already a fact luck in dealing with the dead refuge. aerated marks outside the hospitals serve as makeshift more terrorists. funeral homes in the past so are so overwhelmed that families sometimes have to wait a week to bury a last one. funeral director sam, selves are struggling to cope in your industry, says we are on the level of stress is very high because it is not comparable to how it used to be some months ago we had around 30 services for month. right now we are having around 80 visas for me is this 2nd wave of the pandemic is not only hitting record numbers of people, many of whom could die. local lockdowns in the past will to try and curb the spread are wreaking havoc a business. here in el paso, there's a 10 pm curfew, but even during the day, many people stay at home. this is where the economic effects of the pandemic and most clearly be seen downtown at basle seems abandoned. also this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of its south. now th

paso always say el paso and juarez are two parts of the same place. it's not like it's a national border between them. thank you for your time tonight. we wish you the best of luck in dealing with this crisis upon you. >>> coming up next a former top health official who resigned in protest oevl the trump administration's management of the coronavirus and now a member of president-elect joe biden's advisory board joins us live. bs advisory board joins us live where can a healthier heart lead you? for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. >>> our window of opportunity is closing. if we fail to improve our response now, based on scien

not only here in el paso, but also around the country. resources are finite. there is already a backlog in dealing with the dead. raffy generated more outside the hospitals, serve as makeshift more to ari's. funeral homes in the past so are so overwhelmed that families sometimes have to wait a week to bury a loft. one funeral director 7 selves are struggling to cope earlier in this race is one year to the level of stress is very high because it is not comparable to how it used to be some months ago we had around 30 services per month. right now we're having around 18 reasons for me as this is where the economic effects, the pandemic can most clearly be seen. downtown el paso seems abandoned by some money of all works just around the corner. for him, the presidential race is not over yet, nor for president biden is not going to be the president is a woman currents going to be donald trump. he fears his business might be hit by the pen demick, but now he has orders until july next year. republicans, he says, are good for the construction sector. despite his supp

paso always say el paso and juarez really are two parts of the same place. the interchange between those two, it's not like it's a national border between them. judge, good to see you again. thank you for your time tonight. we wish you the best of luck in dealing with this crisis that is upon you. >>> coming up next a former top health and human services who resigned and is now a member of president-elect joe biden's advisory board joins us live. solving. at new chapter vitamins we've been busy too... innovating, sourcing organic ingredients, testing them and fermenting. fermenting? yeah like kombucha or yogurt. and we formulate everything so your body can really truly absorb the natural goodness. that's what we do, so you can do you. new chapter wellness, well done. (children laughing) ♪ (music swells) (dog barking) ♪ (music fades) (exhales) experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. every time you touch a surf

>> i wasn't in new york but one of the things people don't realize when you think about el paso, for a city of almost a million on the border, we probably have less health care resources than a lot of large resources. new york is a mecca of health care in the united states. we struggled with nursing shortages, physician shortages but with the government's help and dod we're getting those resources, get our hands what's going on now. so i speak to our communities to say these resources are here right now. as our country goes up 45, 50 states increasing their infectivity rate, it won't be here forever. we just need to focus in and get this done for our community. >> doctor, thank you very, very much for what you're doing on the ground and projecting that hope as well. we need that right now. >> thank you, poppy. >>> jim? >> this just in to cnn, cnn can now project president trump will win the state of alaska. david chalon is standing by. david, this was expected. what does this tell you? >> yes, it was expected, three electoral added to president trump's column here. that you brings hi

a dire scene unfolding here in el paso. and these are really the darkest days of the pandemic this city has faced, so far. we watched yesterday as more mobile morgues, those massive, refrigerated trailers, were rolled next to the county medical examiner's office, not out of precaution but necessity. simply because they are running out of room as the virus rages in this community. we know that, right now, it's being fought on two fronts. the medical front with hospitals having a growing number of partnerships here. and then, you have kind of the civic-community front, which is facing a controversial shutdown order, that actually expires at midnight tonight. i'll talk about that, in just a second. but as far as the hospital resources go, staffing is being increased as much as possible. we know that patients are now being put two to a room, to make sure they have as much space as possible in the hospital. and tents have already gone up outside of multiple medical centers here in town. to try to provide some sort of organizatio

the death toll here in el paso now stands at more than 750 people. >> nbc's valerie castro in el paso, thank you for joining me. i have family in el paso. thank you for your reporting. stay safe. and tomorrow don't miss "on assignment with richard engel: race for the vaccine." nbc's chief foreign correspondent talked to a group of experts from around the world to talk about the rollout of the vaccine, how it could save millions of lives. that's tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. with the holidays coming up, covid fatigue is setting in across the country. but a doctor in utah says now is not the time to let your guard down. i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months after just 2 doses. skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. before treatment your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms such as fevers, sweats, chills, muscle aches or coughs, or if you plan to or recently received

not only here in el paso, but also around the country. resources are finite, there is already a back luck in dealing with the dead refuge generated more outside the hospitals serve as makeshift more terrorists. funeral homes in el paso are so overwhelmed that families sometimes have to wait a week to bury a loft. one funeral director sam, selves are struggling to cope earlier. this race is and we had it was the level of stress is very high because it is not comparable to how it used to be. some months ago we had around 30 services from and right now we're having around 83 reasons for me is this 2nd wave of the pandemic is not only hitting record numbers of people, many of whom could die. loco lockdowns, in the past, will to try and curb the spread are wreaking havoc a business. here in el paso, there's a 10 pm curfew, but even during the day, many people stay at home. this is where the economic effects of the pandemic can most clearly be seen. downtown at basle seems abandoned. also, this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of its south.

but you know, it's a difficult situation for el paso. then if you enter the -- you know, my only tool that i felt at the time was to be able to have a stay-at-home order, and obviously, that went through our district court, judge moody. it t was slowed down by the eighth circuit court, but then it was, you know, challenged. and so, here we are, pretty much trying to figure out what to do under these circumstances. and it's difficult. it's difficult for a community. we're a community that is coming out of our first anniversary of the tragedy in walmart. so, a beautiful community that was asked to come out and be united and now being asked to come back and stay at home. and so, you know, all of these things are a challenge at this time, and we've got this symbiotic relationship with our beautiful neighbors to the so h south, and they're really being challenged. they've had shutdowns, complete shutdowns over weekends, all essentials, everything shut down for the weekend. we've got donyana county from new mexico right there. so, when you hav

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el paso, the city of el paso alone, has more people hospitalized than most states and we learned this morning the city is bringing in new mobile morgues, they're doubling the number of these mobile morgues to handle the spike in deaths. cnn's omar jimenez is live in el paso. omar, you have seen firsthand the huge toll this is taking. >> reporter: that's right, john. it's every awful aspect of this pandemic converging on the city. out of the entire hospital capacity we have here for anything around 50% of the patients that are in the hospital are for covid-19, members of the u.s. army and air force are here assisting, that's along with the nearly 1,400 personnel the state has sent in as well just to try and slow down in any way what has been an explosion of coronavirus. churches are empty. businesses, no different. and the new reality for el paso, texas, where coronavirus has taken hold, unlike any other place in the country. based on the number of active cases and the population, one in every 30 people in the county actively has covid-19. the test positivity rate has been at 20% or hi

>> a horrible situation there in el paso and much of texas. our thanks to nbc's valerie castro for that report. >> joining us now is dr. regena bassett at baylor college of medicine. doctor, good morning to you. how concerned are you about these numbers? and specifically, texas? tell me about right now how texans are doing with not only covid fatigue, but mask wearing. >> lindsay, i'm extremely concerned. these numbers are dire. they're very, very grim. we've reached yet another milestone, but it's not a good one. the situation in el paso right now is so bad that governor abbott has had to actually deploy state resources down to el paso in order to help their overwhelmed facilities. the united states department of defense has also had to deploy federal aid down to el paso. they're using tent hospitals, because their hospitals are full. their icus are full. they're using the convention center as a makeshift medical facility, because they just don't have a space to take care of all of these patients. and what we're not realizing is aside from sp

here in el paso, there's a 10 pm curfew, but even during the day, many people stay at home. this is where the economic effects of the pandemic can most clearly be seen. downtown at basle seems abandoned. also, this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of its south. now the owner has to attend the few clients himself. the current situation had a clear impact on his political decision. he voted for joe biden. i knew he could do better than donald trump from the and i think we all hope the same. we hope for a different government that supports us. focus some money of all works just around the corner. for him, the presidential race is not over yet. no author implicit in the biden is not going to be the president of women currents going to be donald trump. he feared his business might be hit by the pandemic, but now he has orders until july next year. republicans, he says, are good for the construction sector. despite his support for trump, he has his own opinion on covert 1900, specially after he tested positive. everyone is going to get the virus and we're going to fill up the h

not only here in el paso, but also around the country. resources are finite. there is already a back luck in dealing with the dead refuge generated more outside the hospitals serve as makeshift mortuaries funeral homes in the past, so are so overwhelmed that families sometimes have to wait a week to bury a last one. funeral director sam, selves are struggling to cope and you are in this race is and we had it was the level of stress is very high because it is not comparable to how it used to be. some months ago we had to run 30 services for month. right now we're having around 80 percent of users for me is this 2nd wave of the pandemic is not only hitting record numbers of people, many of whom could die. loco lockdowns, in the past, will to try and curb the spread are wreaking havoc a business. here in el paso, there's a 10 pm curfew, but even during the day, many people stay at home. this is where the economic effects of the pandemic can most clearly be seen. downtown el paso seems abandoned. also this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of its south. now the

el paso has been trying to do something to make things a little less horrible. on october 29th their local county judge, ricardo sameniego, their top elected official in el paso who we have had on this show ordered a strict two-week shutdown of all non-essential businesses in defiance of the texas attorney general and the governor. and there is some evidence it was working. el paso has been reversing its spike in the wake of that order. you can see it there. the incidences coming down on this chart. but the state sued to reverse the shutdown order and on friday an appeals court ruled against el paso's shutdown, even as those bodies continue to fill the mobile morgues. and look, no one, no one wants to tell people they can't go out or to put businesses out of business or prevent americans from going about their normal lives. but at some point you reach a breaking point. and that's where we are now. we are breaking. we are at the breaking point. there are too many cases for hospitals to handle. in north and south dakota one doctor said things are as bad as it gets

all of us in that community or the population of el paso is 680000. yet more people are hospitalized with in this desert city and the totals in most us states. this parking lot is now a covert, overflowing. the downtown convention center is a field hospital. and doctors and nurses have worked without rest calling on colleagues from around the state for help. we are now basically outsourcing to be able to do it in i think that's on the good side if the origin it or helicopters are now transferring coded patients from el paso to emergency rooms across the state of texas to hospitals in san antonio and dallas. and here in houston, 1200 kilometers away, doctors here say they are treating not only those el paso covert patients, but also bracing for another influx of their own. we've got to change that. we have to stop that because all of us, every week, every person health at the moment we had diabetic exhausted. but doctors say there is no relief in sight. and that conflicting government orders are largely to blame . el paso's county executive order to lo

the boot a city of el paso's, resorting to mobile molds to separating the number of deaths will spiral on the america's great scientists. discuss the dire situation with a doctor from the washington pain center. look at that, see that right there just arrived? this is one of the many refrigerator trucks arriving in places like arizona and texas, so requested by health care officials there because they're literally running out of room to store the bodies of people who have died from coated 19. what makes that situation worse is that often one community, like in this case, in the case of texas, el paso, it gets hit so hard that it simply runs out of beds, runs out of morgue space. in fact, here are the numbers, the paso community alone, bejar county is what it's actually called, where officials say that right now, according to the county dashboard that we have verified by the way, there are more than 26000 active cases and more than 1000 people who are hospitalized on the number is growing one county. so although it depends, obviously in which community you live, it is safe to say right

not only here in el paso, but also around the country. resources are finite. there is already a backlog in dealing with the dead, refugee aerated morgues outside. the hospitals serve as makeshift more tourists. funeral homes in a passel are so overwhelmed that families sometimes have to wait a week to bury a loft. one funeral director sam, selves are struggling to cope and you are in this race is and we are the level of stress is very high because it is not comparable to how it used to be. some months ago we had around 30 services for months. right now we are having around 80000 of reasons for me is this 2nd wave of the pandemic is not only hitting record numbers of people, many of whom could die. local lockdowns in the past will to try and curb the spread are wreaking havoc, a business. here in el paso, there's a 10 pm curfew, but even during the day, many people stay at home. this is where the economic effects of the pandemic can most clearly be seen. downtown el paso seems abandoned. also this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of its soft. now the owner h

the streets of el paso are empty. as the city's funeral homes struggle to find space for the dead attend, the morgue truck has been requested to hold the bodies of people dying faster than can be buried. unfortunately, in my field, more levy is a fact. also the mission, the numbers i thin, the numbers of people who are now having these, all of these, what is really being malls are for us all of us in the store. the population of el paso is 680000, yet more people are hospitalized with in this desert city and the totals in most us states. this parking lot is now a covert, overflowing. the downtown convention center is a field hospital, and doctors and nurses have worked without rest calling on colleagues from around the state for help. we are now basically outsourcing to be able to do it in i think that's on the origin. it or helicopters are now transferring coded patients from el paso to emergency rooms across the state of texas, to hospitals in san antonio and dallas. and here in houston, 1200 kilometers away. doctor

examples, el paso, north dakota and south dakota. just do this. we need more republican leaders to step up. this is mostly in the middle of the country, mostly red states. we need strong republican leaders to get together and talk to all of the governors and get fl buy- their buy-in at this point and throw out these fake ideologies that not wearing a mask is tied to political allegiance or calling covid-19 a hoax or saying that the deaths were due to other causes that was all do you to a deliberate disinformation campaign that came out of the white house. we need republican champions to step up and say forget all of that stuff, we have to step up and make sure masks are available. >> i think that the messaging, even just the word lockdown, which is something you hear from scott atlas, president donald trump. not being able to go to a bar after 10 p.m. is not a lockdown. you can call it safety measures. but they call it lockdown as if there's some sort of nationwide, you know, lights out situation. it's just not true. that's not what's happening. e

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biden supporters to different sites that seem to come together in el paso. you harvest him joins us from the german institute for international and security affairs. he's in tallinn. so in your opinion, what went wrong in the world's top economy? well, there are 2 sets of factors, i would say that went wrong. the 1st set has to do with the trumpet ministration. trump, himself wasn't very interested and listening to experts doing the right thing, trying to do the best job he can and mitigating the spread of the virus. and the other set of factors concerns, structural issues in the united states. the fact that they have a very unequal health care system. the fact that the welfare state is quite weak and quite fragmented, and lot of people don't receive welfare. and the 3rd factor is that they have federalism, and a lot of action is actually up to the states and their governors not to recenter government. i would say those are the main reasons why it didn't go so well in the united states. let's pick up on the 1st one of those then what, what effect did the alp

morgan chesky is in el paso, a city that is running out of morgue space. morgan, i freed to say that one more time for our audience. we've heard from our president and others, we're turning a corner. this thing is just the flu. it's just more testing. why there's more positives. el paso, texas, is running out of space to put dead bodies in their morgues. >> hmm. yeah, steph. just to the hear you say that drives home the tragic point we're witnessing firsthand here in the city. it we were here a week ago for election day and just in that time span it has become so much more dire here that we witnessed mobile morgues being dropped off at the county medical examiner's office yesterday and should be ten in place here by end of this week. i just want to say this isn't out of a precautionary measure but by simply running out of ro due to the virus running so fast through this border community. a reason they think cases are spiking quickly and one is the fact you have multigenerational households here in this area. another is that big box retail stores are still

brock miller has been deployed to afghanistan, his medical unit now on the ground in el paso where covid is exploding. >> even compared to any experience i've had in my training or since deployment, it's also the busiest i've ever seen a hospital. >> reporter: one of that very hospital's covid patients is taylor soderberg. can you describe that feeling of you know what it's like to try to walk and get into the emergency room when you can't breathe? >> the feeling is like you're drowned. you know, you're just grasping for that breath. >> reporter: tonight, every state in the nation seeing hospitalizations, icu admissions and ventilator use on the rise. in oklahoma, hospitals are overwhelmed. >> our worst nightmare right now is having to choose between a patient in a car accident and a patient with covid. >> reporter: but the governor resisting a mask mandate. and in south dakota where the positivity rate is nearly seven times the national average, the city of sioux falls voting down a mask mandate. that came just hours after the cdc updated its guy dance, saying wearing a mask protects yo

paso. and matt, there is a new forecast i know just out tonight as we come on the air, as well, looking at which parts of the country could actually see substantial growth in cases in the next coming weeks? >> reporter: policy lab, david, is predicting that substantial growth in the northeast through the mid-atlantic and significant growth in california and west coast cities like portland and seattle, roughly following those deadly trends that we've been seeing here in texas, the midwest and the rockies. david? >> but make no mistake, this is across the country tonight. matt gutman leading us off again. matt, thank you. >>> and now to the growing concern that thanksgiving could actually fuel the most dangerous spike yet. and tonight, the cdc with guidance for families planning to celebrate the holiday. here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, with thanksgiving just two weeks away, and the pandemic exploding, health officials warning close family gatherings could accelerate the su

what are you hearing from people in el paso? >> well, alicia, as you said, you hear the numbers and it starts to get hard to understand exactly what those numbers mean. when you see the mobile morgues that have been brought into the hospital, that tells the whole story. there are more than 4.5% of the population that is infected. the city is reporting more than 31,000 active cases as of today. now the debate is how to prevent the spread so those numbers don't continue to go up. nonessential businesses just went through a two-week lockdown. one of those businesses was a local beauty salon. ruth salazar is the owner and says she's only been in business for a year. she can allow customers to come back but she's weighing that decision. should she reopen the business so she can continue to support her family or stay closed to keep her customers safe? here's what she had to say. >> yes, absolutely. i want to get back to business. every day that passes, it's money lost. it something that has me losing sleep at night. i don't want to pu

at 12:01 this morning, a new shutdown went into effect for el paso. the county judge here saying the positivity rate has dipped somewhat, but the case numbers rising, hospitalizations rising and, unfortunately, the death toll is as well. and that's why nonessential businesses will be closed here through thanksgiving. the county judge asking everyone in this community, just try to do the best you can to socially distance during these holidays because they attribute these big gatherings here in this community to a lot of that rising numbers that we've seen. in the meantime, we know governor greg abbott has ordered a field hospital double its capacity from 50 to 100 beds at a convention center here in el paso. and we know that more army and air force personnel have been deployed to this area to work in those tents outside of hospitals to try to handle that influx of patients. i had a chance to speak to one of those doctors yesterday who had just a very eerie description on how he's comparing this current fight to a prior one he was engaged in. take a lis

downtown el paso seems abandoned. also this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of itself. now the owner has to attend the few clients himself. the current situation had a clear impact on his political decision. he voted for joe biden. i knew he could do better than donald trump, and i think we all hope the same. we hope for a different government that supports us. some money, it all works just around the corner. for him, the presidential race is not over yet, nor from president biden is not going to be the president of the immigrants. going to be donald trump. he feared his business might be hit by the pandemic. but now he has orders until july next year. republicans, he says, are good for the construction sector. despite his support for trump, he has his own opinion on covert 1000, specially after he tested positive. everyone is going to get the virus and we're going to fill up the hospitals. testing is one of the crucial instruments to avoid to this problem may get cordy needs 10 testing centers in the past. so he works for a private company that is being paid by the sta

a massive indoor halloween party shut down and yet another temporary morgue set to arrive in el paso. >>> and the other news tonight, the tropical threat. the new storm gaining strength in the caribbean tying a record for most named storms in a season. will it reach the u.s. mainland? we have the timing and the track. >>> and pulled from the rubble, a man rescued 34 hours after a devastating earthquake and the desperate search for dozens still trapped. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. and tonight we are on the cusp of one of the most uncertain election outcomes in recent history after the most heated campaign season in memory. the pandemic and the economy are defining the candidates' closing arguments to an electorate that's extremely polarized but also energized. more than 93 million americans have already cast their ballots. we could see 150 million americans vote this time. that's never happened before. president trump in five battleground states today, all ones he took four years ago, now fighting to keep them telling supporters a, quote,

you know, the county morgue in my hometown of el paso is full. that could have been avoided and it should have been avoided but they don't care. and this is exactly what is happening right now. it's a policy decision they've made so they can go out and campaign and hold their rallies and continue fighting the election results and everything else that's on their agenda and instead of protecting american lives. vice president pence, that's great for him. he's going on vacation as a member of the coronavirus task force sitting down with the biden transition team. and saying, your number one job, i know, is to protect people and protect them from this virus, which is what i was chosen to do but my boss prevented me from. but instead we're going to hold back and not support the incoming president which is so unpatriotic and un-american. >> there are a few things to talk about here when thinking about what is our goal here. when it hit places primarily the new york metro area, the idea was exponential growth and fixed supply of hospital capacity led to

con el paso de este sistema frontal el viento ha soplado en esta zona y ha mejorado la calidad del aire. temperatura moderada en la regiÓn de santa clara. un poco de lluvia en la regiÓn de san mateo. san mateo y santa clara recibirÁn un poco de lluvia. ya no estaremos detectando temperatura mÁxima de los 60 -- 65° ramÓn: son la bajas calificaciones de los estudiantes latinos? marÍa antonieta no se explica. reportera: el director de una escuela en santa rosa dice que la mala calificaciÓn de los estudiantes no es sÓlo por la pandemia. una persona culpa a los padres por no poner atenciÓn a sus hijos. se reporta mal aprendizaje desde que comenzÓ la enseÑanza remota. el 50% de los estudiantes han sacado bajas calificaciones este aÑo. >> hemos tenido un aumento de estudiantes que han recibido, especÍficamente f, mÁs que los aÑos pasados. reportera: el profesor dice que ha sido clave el aprendizaje a distancia. >> el aprendizaje a distancia ha tenido mucho que ver, mucho de los estudiantes no tienen el acceso a la tecnologÍa. reportera: una de las soluciones es comunicarse con