hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom," and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, digging in his heels, president trump says he won't concede the election alleging widespread fraud. but that's not stopping president-elect joe biden from foraging ahead with his transition plans. plus, a bleak outlook, confirmed coronavirus cases in the united states surge past 11 million. one medical expert tells me why

hospitals could soon become overwhelmed. and lifting off into the history books. we'll explain why this mission to the international space station is a first. good to have you with us. while the u.s. grapples with a pandemic spiraling out of control, the man currently leading the country seems focused only on his own troubles. the u.s. passed 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases sunday. that's far more than any other nation in the world. the outgoing president meanwhile spent the day golfing and tweeting. donald trump finally admitted on twitter that he did lose the election before almost immediately backtracking and insisting he will not concede. he's now once again falsely

claiming victory tweeting in all caps that he won the election. he did not, of course. however, that's not keeping president-elect joe biden from getting to work. he and vice president elect kamala harris will talk about their economic plans monday, and discuss covid strategy with drug maker pfizer later in the week. but the new administration won't take over for more than two months, meanwhile, the president seems obsessed with the election he lost. cnn's jeremy diamond has more on that. >> for a brief moment on sunday morning, president trump acknowledged something that he has not acknowledged before, that is that joe biden has won this presidential election, the president saying in two words, he won, but the rest of the president's tweet for the rest of the day on sunday were filed with the usual garden variety of conspiracy theories, baseless allegations about the 2020 election and lies about fraud in this election. the president making very clear

in a follow up tweet that he was not at all conceding this election as some republicans are beginning to hope that he will do, saying quote i concede nothing, and saying that he still has a long way to go in terms of contesting the results of this 2020 election. the president's comments on twitter were really reminiscent of what we have seen from the president over the last week. sources have told me over the course of the week that the president has really vacillated between two states, on the one hand, this combative desire to pursue every possible legal avenue, and at other moments, the president appearing to start to come to grips with reality. as of sunday night, it was very clear that the president intends to continue fighting this out. he said that his administration or rather his legal team will be pursuing more lawsuits in courts in key battleground states. so far, the president's team and other republican allies who are trying to overturn the results

of the 2020 election, they have been unsuccessful. nine cases on friday alone were either dropped by those legal teams or dismissed by federal courts, many of which really laughed out some of the claims that were made by these lawyers who were not able to provide any substantive evidence of voter fraud. the cyber security and infrastructure security agency which is part of the department of homeland security, they in a joint statement with other local and state election officials, they said in a statement very clearly that the 2020 election was the most secure election in american history, and that there's no evidence of widespread voter fraud. jeremy die mondamond, cnn, the house. >> the president's top coronavirus adviser urged the state of michigan to reject new coronavirus measures. scott atlas criticized the new restrictions tweeting sunday, the only way this stops is if people rise up. you get what you accept. later on cnn, michigan's governor dismissed atlas's

comments saying she would continue to follow the science. we know that the white house likes to single us out here in michigan, me out in particular. i'm not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals. i listen to the people that actually have studied and are well respected worldwide on these issues, not the individual that is doing the president's bidding on this one. >> meantime, joe biden is pushing ahead with his covid-19 response as president trump refuses to concede. members of biden's coronavirus task force say the president-elect wants a greater focus on testing and contact tracing when he takes office. and sources say his team is looking to meet with drug companies and is seeking back channels to get around resistance from the trump white house. cnn's jessica dean has the

details. >> reporter: with a new week on the horizon for the biden transition team, we're learning from incoming chief of staff ron klain that the team will meet with drug manufacturers including pfizer to discuss a vaccine distribution plan. this as they continue to try to build their plan for a seamless transition on january 20th, while still not being able to speak directly to people in the federal agencies to coordinate with them. people like on the white house coronavirus task force or in health and human services who are also developing a distribution plan. that's because the general services administration, the federal office that's responsible for signing off on the transition has yet to do so. so that means that the biden transition team is ham strung in that way, but they are working around it. we're told they're also back channelling to local governments, to people in the medical community as they try to get their plans together for when biden takes office on january 20th. now, on monday afternoon, we are expecting to see and hear from

the president-elect and the vice president elect, joe biden and kamala harris, set to give remarks on the economy and building back better. that was their slogan on the campaign trail. now we wait to hear their plans for action when they take office on january 20th. jessica dean, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >> maria cardona is a democratic strategist and cnn political commentator. she joins me now from washington. alice stewart is the former director of communications for the ted cruz campaign, and she's also a cnn political commentator joining us from alexandria in virginia. great to have you both with us. >> thanks, rosemary. >> alice, i do want to start with you, and despite record covid case numbers during the deadly pandemic, the outgoing president playing golf again and tweeting that he's conceding nothing while still peddling his false claim the election was rigged. you're a republican.

why aren't there more in your party speaking out loudly and boldly against this false claim of a stall in election, and where is donald trump trying to go with all of this. >> we're starting to see more that are actually accepting reality. look, i firmly believe every legal vote and legitimate vote should be counted but those who look at the numbers have accepted the fact that we can count all the votes that are still out there, but it's not going to change the outcome, and it is critical that while we make sure we ensure the integrity of the election, we also ensure a peaceful transfer of power, which includes providing the correct information to the incoming administration about covid. look, whether we're talking about national security issues or the covid pandemic, this is about the security of the american people and not the ego of the american president. and it is critical that we make sure that the correct information gets in the right hands, and i think while the

numbers that we're seeing, rosemary, with 11 million cases now in the united states is tragic, i'm encouraged by the new vaccine. i'm hopeful that it will provide the boost that we need. it's troubling, we're seeing lock downs, breaking out again in europe. we're hoping that america doesn't go the same way, but let's just hope that this vaccine gives the confidence and the boost that americans and people across the world need to get to the other side of this vaccine or this pandemic. >> hopefully more republicans will speak out and say what you are saying there, alice. maria, turning to you. how should president-elect joe biden respond to the blocking of his transition to power by the outgoing president, and how difficult will it be for joe biden to hit the ground running come january 20th if he doesn't have access to security briefings or pandemic plans? >> well, i think that what the new joe biden and kamala harris transition teams are doing is exactly what they need to do. look, they can't keep waiting

until this president concedes because this president is never going to do the right thing. we have seen that in the four years that he's been in office, which is why the american public have kicked him out of office. but what the biden transition team is doing is they are proceeding as if joe biden is already in the white house in whatever manner that they can. he put in a covid task force, one of the first things that he did. he is already hitting the ground running in terms of focusing on the global pandemic that has now killed more than 240,000 americans. he is doing the job that president trump has refused to do because he is incompetent, and he only cares about his own ego, and look, it is important for more republicans to start stepping out and find their backbones, which they have lost in the last four years to say to this president, stop it, enough is enough. our american democracy is on the

line. rosemary, i can't even imagine what our allies and frankly, our adversaries are thinking right now at this point. people who have been on the receiving end of america being the ones to push democracy are now looking at us saying, oh, my go goodness, look what's going on in the united states. it's embarrassing, but luckily joe biden and kamala harris will put an end to that on january 21st. >> it is a surprise how intimidated some of these republicans are by donald trump. so alice, while the outgoing president sulks about the outcome of this tree and fair election, which is exactly what it was, he puts this country in danger. we already know the 9/11 attack was in part due to a late tra transition of george w. bush after the delayed 2000 results. how is it possible that donald trump's inability to accept these results is allowed to put this nation in jeopardy? >> look, i think as maria said,

the incoming administration is working through the channels that they can to access the information that is critical to the security of this nation. look, again, you have to keep in mind, we're talking about american democracy. this was a very close election. half of americans supported donald trump and they want to make sure that the results of this election are valid and accurate and fair, and that's the important process. but i think we can walk and chew gum in america at the same time, and i think we can make sure that these numbers are accurate, but also as i said, it's important that the president put aside his ego and put forth the peaceful transfer of power, open up the documents, get the gsa to provide this information to this incoming administration. i don't see it being a problem with joe biden and kamala harris with his background and his experience, his learning curve

is not as great as others who don't have the experience. i have the confidence that they can step in when the time is right. but i do wish that we would speed up this process because he does need to hit the ground running when he is sworn in, and i hope that over time, the president and the administration and more republicans will acknowledge the same thing. >> maria, how vulnerable is this country? >> i think it's quite vulnerable, and it is a scary thing to think that the president of the united states is the one who is culpable for putting us in a position to be vulnerable, to put us open to attacks that our adversaries are looking at us and saying maybe now is the time we can take advantage of this opportunity. he is going to go down in history as not just one of the most incompetent presidents that the united states has ever had but one of the most dangerous and irresponsible because of

exactly what he's doing now. and look, yes, there were 71 million americans who voted for donald trump, but right now, the numbers that joe biden got in the electoral college are equal to the ones that donald trump got, and donald trump called his a landslide. in addition, joe biden has gotten 5 million, almost 6 million more votes in the popular vote than what trump has gotten. look, this is a mandate. the american people spoke loudly and clearly. this president needs to get over it. he needs to get out of the way, and is stop putting america in danger. >> maria cardona, and alice stewart, many thanks for a great discussion. appreciate it. >> thank you, rosemary. >> thank you, rosemary. and coming up, hospitals across the u.s. are meeting a breaking point as the country battles a surge in coronavirus cases. the latest after this break. investing today wherever you are -

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america's coronavirus numbers keep spiraling out of control. johns hopkins university says the country topped 11 million

infections on sunday, just six days after it recorded 10 million. that is the nation's fastest time to a million new cases since the pandemic began. and the country has seen more than 100,000 new infections for 13 straight days. hospitalizations also keep breaking records. the covid tracking project shows the u.s. closing in on 70,000. and this as president trump refuses to concede to president-elect joe biden. the nation's top infectious disease expert says america's covid-19 response needs an easy political transition. take a listen. >> i have been through multiple transitions now, having served six presidents for 36 years, and it's very clear that that transition process that we go through, the time, the period measured in several weeks to months is really important in a smooth handing over of the information as well as it's almost like passing a baton in a

race. you don't want to stop, and then give it to somebody. you want to just essentially keep going. that's what transition is. so it certainly would make things more smoothly if we could do that. >> and it's not just the president-elect facing resistance from president trump. new york's governor now says he'll enforce the state's legal rights if the current administration doesn't change their vaccination plans. cnn's evan mcmorris santoro explains. >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo threatening to sue the federal government if the vaccine distribution plan is not equitable enough to hit communities he says may not be served by the current plan by this white house. the white house plan says the vaccine should be distributed through hospitals and pharmacies and other medical facilities. groups like the naacp and other groups have said those kinds of plans, those kinds of facilities just aren't common enough in communities that have been hit the hardest by the virus in its

worst days. in a fiery speech at a church in manhattan on sunday, governor cuomo echoed those concerns and said that the vaccine distribution plan must be fair. >> let me be clear, the black and brown communities that were first on the list of who died cannot be last on the list of who receives the vaccine period. >> reporter: cuomo is hoping to change the way this vaccine is distributed when it's distributed. and whatever changes he's able to make could have broad implications across the country country because whatever happens here in new york to those communities hit hardest by the virus, could have implications across the country. ev evan mcmorris santoro, cnn new york. dr. lena wen is the commissioner of health. she joins me from baltimore.

thank you for talking with us and of course for all that you do. >> thank you, good to join you. >> we are see skyrocketing covid cases in the u.s. 1 million new cases in the last six days taking the total number above 11 million with 1,200 deaths in just one day. state governors sounding the alarm, yet the outgoing president is playing golf and refusing to accept election results while blocking joe biden's transition to the presidency. so what needs to happen in this country right now to bring those cases down along with record hospitalizations and deaths? >> the entire united states is a fire storm of covid-19. it's a hot spot everywhere in the country. and we are in a dire position, hospitalizations are at a record high, and the reason i'm so worried about this is the hospital numbers are flat of the number of infections three to four weeks ago. we were at 80,000 daily

infections at that point. now we're at double that number. what is it going to look like in three to four weeks time. this is a time for us to absolutely be wearing masks. masks save lives. they reduce transition my more than 70%. and importantly, people need to stay outdoors, not socialize or gather indoors, even with loved ones, extended family and friends. our loved ones could carry coronavirus as much as strangers do. with holidays coming, it is critical for everyone to not gather indoors with anyone except those in our immediate household. >> that is such an important point as we count down to thanksgiving. and due to his transition being blocked. president-elect biden and his team are looking for back channels now. so they can get on top of the covid-19 pandemic. what might some of these alternative cana alternative channels be, and how

his or h horrify horrified are you as a doctor that the out going put is putting politics over saving lives. >> we're entering this extremely deadly winter ahead. what president trump should be doing every day as his number one priority is focus on coronavirus. actually, he has not met with his task force, it's reported, for five months, which i mind unimaginable. imagine if this were a war that we're in against a foreign adversary, and the president has not met with his top generals for five months. so it is a major problem that the president-elect is having to go around this current team. i think they can do a lot. they can meet with private companies, with state and local health officials, but they need to have the information from the current administration in order to make plans for something as basic as vaccine distribution, testing, masks, all of these things need to be ramped up right now, and it's unconscionable to prevent the

incoming team from doing these life saving actions. >> that was cnn medical analyst, dr. leana wen. a state that joe biden won by less than half a percentage point is conducting a hand recount. we'll have progress on the state of georgia, that's just ahead. number's veterans day

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well, mixed messages from the outgoing u.s. president who seems to be having trouble accepting his election loss. donald trump spent sunday golfing and tweeting. most of his tweets were flagged for misinformation.

in one, he did admit he lost the election. that tweet no longer appears on his feed. hours later he tweeted in all caps that he actually won. of course he still hasn't conceded and his administration hasn't released resources to biden's transition team. that's not stopping president-elect joe biden. he and vice president-elect kamala harris will talk about their economic plans monday, and discuss covid strategy with drug maker pfizer later in the week. well, the hand recount of votes from this month's election has finished here in fulton county, georgia. cnn has called the state for joe biden by a slim margin. the recount goes on in other counties. and cnn's amara walker has more on that. >> reporter: the hand recount of the 5 million ballots that were cast in the presidential election is still underway here in georgia. here in fulton county, which is the largest county in the state of georgia, we are told that all the audit teams involved in the

hand counting of the 528,000 ballots that were cast have finished. those counts will now be uploaded to the secretary of state, and it will be secretary brad raffensperger who will be announcing the final results. now, the fulton county election director says that, look, we expect the numbers to change and be different a bit slightly because you're introducing human error into the hand counting of the ballots, but he along with top state election officials including the secretary of state who is a republican say they do not expect the overall results to change. and interesting case here, though, in southwest georgia, a tiny little county called early county where only 5,200 ballots needed to be recounted. they finished on friday, and the elections director said that she was thrilled and a bit shocked because results of the hand count were exactly the same as the original results. all in all, the secretary of state has said that the recount has been moving smoothly, and it looks like many of the counties are on track to meet the

deadline, which is wednesday at 11:59 p.m. so that the secretary of state can certify the results by friday, the 20th. >> cnn's amara walker with that report. the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo is in france on the first stop of his seven nation tour. the trip may prove a little awkward. each and every one of the countries he's visiting has congratulating president-elect joe biden for his victory. something that pompeo and his boss donald trump refuse to do. so for more, let's turn to cnn's melissa bell who joins us live from paris. good to see you, melissa. so how difficult will this visit likely be, given the fact that france was the first to recognize joe biden's win? >> and the french government in the shape of its ministers has made clear over the last few days that it is looking ahead to the next administration and the work it's going to be able to do

with it on questions like multilateralism, climate, and international relations, but for the time being, the american secretary of state is being welcomed here in paris because as his counter part said in a investigation interview on friday, until january 20th, he is my counter part, and therefore will be received when he comes to paris, insisting that these were meetings with the foreign ministry and french president later today that come at the request of secretary of state pompeo and have been organized in full transparency with the president-elect's team. so what we expect is a wreath laying ceremony to the french victims of french terrorism over the last few weeks. he will meet are emmanuel macron. on the table, questions of the day, china, terrorism, and one of the sticking points and the french have made clear that they would make it clear to mike

pompeo they will oppose any discussion of a unilateral withdrawal by the united states from either afghanistan or iraq. you're likely to their about that. also on the table is likely to be iran. remember that the french have led efforts to try and revive the deal and will be looking on january 20th to see what they can do in that direction, but one thing that's worth noting is you're not going to hear much from any of those leaders, rosemary, because there no press conference planned. they will not be speaking as things are organized for the time being. you'll see pictures but won't hear terribly much about what was said. >> melissa bell bringing the latest from paris. many thanks. and right now, asian stock indices are reacting positively to a deal that just formed the world's largest trading alliance. 15 asia pacific countries signed the regional economic partnership in a summit in hanoi vietnam on sunday. the china backed deal accounts for nearly 28% of global trade, and excludes the united states.

and this comes as u.s. president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect, kamala harris are set to speak more about their plans for reviving the u.s. economy today. and cnn's john defterios joins us now. good to see you, john. of course donald trump pulled out of the transpacific partnership when he came to office. now this pact appears to increase china's influence in asia. is that how you see this? >> yeah, it certainly does, rosemary. this is hard evidence that if you pull out of a trade agreement, others move ahead, and sit at the bargaining table and make another one. donald trump moved away from asian and the tpp, and this is very different. a clear sign that multilateralism lives on in the world trade organization and particularly in asia.

this is comprehensive as you're seeing, rosemary, china to the north and new zealand, all the way to the south, the fastest growing region in the world and this propelled the asian stock markets to new records. nikkei was at a 29-year high, and the broader index is at a 33 year high. this is a halo effect. japan grew stronger than expected in the third quarter at 5%. china's manufacturing is rebounding and this is spilling into the u.s. future's market as well. as you can see here, they are building on the gains from friday when the s&p 500 hit a record, and up about 8/10 of 1%. what i find fascinating about this process is they're shutting out the noise, investors about the covid-19 spikes we see in europe and the united states and also the vote recount that's being called upon by donald trump. it's almost in a different shelf if you will. and investors are focusing on the transition by joe biden and kamala harris, and as you suggest in your lead in, they're going to be addressing an economic policy. the number one thing they have

to do is get a stimulus package out of the gate, and work with u.s. republicans, mitch mcconnell, because that's been a part for the last three months, negotiating since september, stopped around the elections and does biden move ahead and say let's put out an olive branch and get a deal done. rosemary. >> john defterios bringing the latest on that. thanks. former u.s. president barack obama has words of advice from mr. trump. obama sat down with 0i60 minute for an interview broadcast sunday, saying mr. trump needs to accept the election results and concede if the cares about his legacy. >> a president is a public servant. they are temporary occupants of the office by design. and when your time is up, then it is your job to put the country first and think beyond

your own ego, and your own interest asks disappointments. my advice to president trump is if you want at this late stage in the game to be remembered as somebody who put country first, it's time for you to do the same thing. >> in your view, it is time for him to concede? >> absolutely. well, i mean, i think it was time for him to concede probably the day after the election or at the latest two days after the election. when you look at the numbers objectively, joe biden will have won handily. there is no scenario in which any of those states would turn the other way, and certainly not enough to reverse the outcome of the election. >> and just ahead here on "cnn newsroom," we will find out why the british prime minister is now in self-quarantine for a second time since the pandemic began. back in a moment. unlike ordiny supplements- neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators

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welcome back, everyone. around europe, there is mixed news on the fight against the coronavirus. france is finally seeing a decrease in covid-19 patients in icus. that is the first decrease since the beginning of october, but in other countries, the news isn't so good. greece is closing all primary schools and nurseries for two weeks to try and bring a rising number of cases under control. while in germany, the country's economy minister is warning citizens to brace for another four or five months of precautions and restrictions to halt the spread. british prime minister boris johnson is in self-quarantine, according to downing street. he came into contact with a member of parliament who later tested positive for covid-19. mr. johnson has promised to

follow all the same rules that members of the public are being asked to observe. and for more on this, we want to turn to cnn's max foster. he joins us from outside 10 downing street in london. good to see you, max. so what all are we learning about boris johnson's second self-quarantine since this pandemic began. >> reporter: if we take you to this image, you can see the two men together on thursday. they are social distancing, some people saying not quite enough. they're not wearing masks. we're told they're in this covid secure environment there, but obviously anson then went on to contract or test positive for coronavirus, which is why boris johnson is currently working on his own in solitary confinement, we understand, in downing street at the moment. but he hasn't got any symptoms yet, and he's pretty fit if you take a look at the video he published this morning. >> it doesn't matter that i'm fit as a butcher or feel great, as so many people do in my

circumstances. it actually doesn't matter that i've had the disease and i'm bursting with anti bodies, we've got to interrupt the spread of the disease and one of the ways we can do that now is by self-isolated for 14 days, when you get contacted by nhs, test and trace. >> reporter: so obviously earlier in the year he ended up in intensive care because he had coronavirus. a lot of people looking now to see whether or not he'll catch it again. it's a big topic of debate around the world of course. he says he's stuffed full of antibodies, which suggests he's had a test for that as well. a lot of people looking to see if he does catch it again. lots of debate in the country about whether or not that's possible, and whether or not these viruses mutate, which may mean he can catch them again. >> yeah, of course, eight months ago he had this, so it would be questionable, of course, certainly from what we're learning now that he would still have these antibody.

we will find out more going forward. max foster joining us from outside 10 downing street in london. many thanks. cuba has reopened its international airport in havana, months after the pandemic forced it to close. the near total ban on tourism severely hurt the nation's struggling economy but now the government hopes the reopening can help turn things around. cnn's patrick oppmann reports from havana. >> seven months after ha va nva jose martin, this airport has now reopened. although with some significant changes. you see over here, people are getting their hands sprayed with a solution. when they get inside they have to have their temperature checked and you see people with face masks everywhere, which is the law. even some with face guards, so it doesn't look like it used to,

of course. and many less flights that we had before the pandemic. the flights have begun to come in first time in over seven months that there have been any kind of commercial traveling. think how devastating that has been to the cuban economy, which depends on tourism. that will slowly start to come back, and help people who have been closed months and months to reopen the homes they rent, a rent-a-car business, but when travelers arrive at the airport, they will have a pcr test here in this terminal. then they will have to go to the hotel, the home they're staying in and wait at least 24 hours to get the all clear, be told that their test has come back negative, and then they can really begin their trip. so while this airport is now open, tourism is slowly returning to this island.

it is going to be a drawn out process because cuba says they don't want to open too quickly to make sure the cases don't rise too quickly but at least for now, people are relieved this airport and tourism has returned to this island. cnn havana. >> it was a master's like no other. first, a covid delay, and then a major record shattered by this guy, dustin johnson's big win. that's next. robinhood believes now is the time to do money.

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5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, mission liftoff. >> a giant leap for elon musk's spacex, the company has launched four astronauts into orbit, to meet up with the international space station. rachel green reports from kennedy space center. >> reporter: history was made here today at the kennedy space center when nasa astronauts, mike hopkins, victor glover, shannon walker, and from japan's space agency, after a successful launch at 7:27 from launch pad 39 a, which is of course where

apollo 11 astronauts blasted off to the moon in 1969. the mission was pegged crew one and it was the first operational mission for kpas spaspacex's cr dragon. the count down was not without its tense moments, including a detected air leak when the hatch door was closed. technicians were able to troubleshoot the program, and the astronauts launched on time. they are currently making their way through space on a 27 hour journey before they rendezvous with the international space station where they will live and work for the next six months, bringing the total number of crew members to seven which will dramatically increase the amount of science and research the crew can perform. since the retirement of the shuttle back in 2011, nasa has not had a home grown way of getting to the international space station. and over the years, nasa has paid russia over $4 billion to

fly in their spacecraft to get. there. sunday's launch is significant because it marks beginning of flights to the international space station. nasa hopes the commercial flights will save the agency money and allow nasa to focus on deep space missions like going back to the moon and one day putting boots on mars. rachel crane, cnn, kennedy space center. >> earlier my colleague michael holmes spoke with former nasa astronaut leroy chow about how the new role of private companies is changing the space program. >> i think it has been very positive because as you know, several years ago as a member of the white house appointed committee to review u.s. space flight plans and part of what we put together as an option for the administration was to help these commercial companies develop the capability to deliver and return at nasa

astronauts and international astronauts commercially, a rental car model or uber model, if you will, where instead of maintaining the infrastructure, you know, within nasa, nasa can contract for these services after helping jump start these efforts and this is a great example with spacex now delivering their second flight with astronauts on board. this opens up the future. it opens up possibilities for other commercial companies to book rides or flights with spacex down the road. >> american dustin johnson is dawning the famous green jacket after winning the 84th masters. held unusually late this year, and he did it with the fewest strokes ever. andy scholes has the story. >> well, after that big third round on saturday that gave dustin johnson the lead, he was able to go out there in the final round of the masters on sudden, fight through the nerves

and cruise to victory to put on his first ever green jacket. i followed d.j. around the course most of the day, looked shaky early on, shoot 4 under for his final round, ends the tournament, 20 under par, which a masters record. d.j.'s little brother austin who caddies for him, tearing up on 18 as they were finishing up. his fiance, po lena gretzky running to give him a hug and kiss. d.j. grew up an hour from augusta in columbia, south carolina. he dreamed of winning this tournament as a kid, and he was very emotional when speaking about finally putting on his green jacket. >> growing up so close to here, it's always been, you know, a tournament that since i have been on the tour that, you know, since i played my first masters has been, you know, the tournament i wanted to win the most. as a kid, you dream of playing in the masters and dream about putting on a green jacket. couldn't be more happy, and, you

know, i think i look pretty good in green too. >> d.j. had been 0 for 4 in majors, and he said after this win, it feels good to close one out. there wasn't much drama either. d.j.'s five stroke win, the most since tiger won in 1997. tiger had a wild day, hit in the water on 12 three times. last year, tiger survived 12 in the final round while others found the water, which helped him win the tournament. this time around, not so lucky. tiger a 10 on a hole for the first time in thhis career. he fought back with broirdies wh five of the final six. we won't have to wait long for the next masters, 2021 tournament five months away. odd to not having the fans on the course. here's hoping they return in

2021. >> absolutely. and in belgium, a record breaking auction for a 2-year-old racing pigeon. this bird named new kim was sold for almost $2 million on sunday breaking last year's record by a significant margin. she was initially put up for auction at about $235, but bidding rose sharply, and she was ultimately sold to a buyer from china where long distance pigeon racing is becoming popular. one of the auctioneers says the new owner will likely want to breed her because belgium tends to produce elite birds and potential champions. thanks so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is up next. you're watching cnn. do stay with us. i feel like we're forgetting something.

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welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> good monday morning, nice to see you. i'm christine romans, it is monday, november 16th, 5:00 a.m. in new york. we have reports from wilmington, hong kong, berlin, london, paris, and cape canaveral. no matter you live, coronavirus is closing in. the united states has seen more than 100,000 new cases for 13 straight days. the first million cases in the u.s. took three months, the last million took six days. the positive test rateoa