elects take their oaths at the capitol, the event will be limited and are discouraging crowds. it will include a reimagined parade is how they describe it. thank you so much for joining us. brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. hello, i am brianna keilar. i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world. there's a feeling of hope and optimism now as the country sets deadly coronavirus records. thousands of health care workers are being vaccinated. this started yesterday, it continues today. front line heroes are getting their shots of course so they can help others. >> it is almost hard to put in words, right, to tell you what my deepest soul feels, having received the shot. this to me, this is a life line.

this to me, i don't have to be afraid. i know that in another month and a half i will not have to be afraid to touch people. >> meanwhile, the united states set another record for hospitalizations. more than 100,000 monday, and that came as the u.s. crossed another troubling milestone of 300,000 people dead. this week, the fda advisory board will review data on the moderna vaccine as they consider emergency authorization for a second vaccine. today, they released a statement on what they've seen so far, saying they don't see any specific safety concerns that could derail giving moderna the green light to distribute the vaccine. while it is the health care workers and nursing home residents that are the first wave that will be vaccinated, dr. anthony fauci is urging president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris to also get vaccinated as soon as possible. >> for security reasons, i really feel strongly that we

should get them vaccinated as soon as we possibly can. you want him fully protected as he enters into the presidency in january. >> the biden transition team says an announcement is coming soon on plans for the president-elect and the vice president-elect to get vaccinated. dr. fauci says 75 to 80% of people need to be vaccinated to get the u.s. closer to achieving herd immunity. new survey from kaiser family foundation found 71% will say they'll definitely or probably get the vaccine, short of the goal to protect all of us. miami-dade county has been hard hit by the pandemic. today, workers at the health system in miami are about to be the first in the facility to get the vaccine. rosa flores joins me on the phone to talk about this. tell us what you're seeing, tell us how many people and who are being vaccinated this hour. >> reporter: brianna, it is a historic, emotional day for the

health care workers. we learned from miami jackson health that health care workers are getting vaccinations, two physicians, two nurses, respiratory therapist and environmental service worker are getting vaccines as we speak. as you mention, miami-dade was hard hit during the pandemic. this particular hospital with summer surge had 2,000 patients at one time. the state had to send in nurses to meet demand because there were so many patients at one time. that hospital had to convert regular beds to icu beds to meet demands. even though there has been a lull, there was a lull after the summer surge, right now we're seeing another surge of covid-19

cases here in miami-dade county, reporting 950 patients total for this county. this is historic and also emotional, brianna, for all of the front line workers. again, seven front line workers getting the vaccine today, and there is a press conference scheduled within the hour where these health care workers are sharing their thoughts and feelings with the public, what it means to them. we heard emotional accounts from other health care workers around the country, but again, tshowin us nurses, doctors here in miami-dade county are getting the first vaccines that arrive in miami jackson health for the first time. an emotional and historic moment for the county, brianna. >> and for the country. thank you so much, rosa flores live from miami. there's another major milestone.

food and drug administration has given authorization to the first coronavirus test people can take home and read at home. health reporter jacqueline howard is with us to talk about details of this. i have so many questions. i am sure the viewers do too. how does it work, how accurate is it, and when can we get it. >> this is an antigen test, looks for the virus in your nose samples. when you get the test home, requires you to take a nasal swab and you do get results at home and the test kit connects with a software app on the phone that helps you interpret results. so there have been at home tests before, but the difference with this test is you get results at home. previous tests required you to send your nasal swab sample into a lab to then get the test done. the plan here, brianna, hearing from the fda that tests will be available in drug stores, the

company said it plans to produce about 3 million tests in january. and the estimated cost is up to $30. the big difference again is that you can get the test done at home, you can read the results at home. fda commissioner steven hahn said earlier today this is a milestone in covid-19 testing. >> certainly is. jacqueline howard, thank you so much for the details. i want to talk to someone among the first people to get the vaccine. we have helen cordoba, icu news at kaiser permanente, the first one at that facility to get the shot. welcome. thank you for coming on. tell us how you're feeling. >> hi, good morning. thank you for the opportunity. today physically feeling all right, just a little arm soreness which was to be expected. mentally, emotional, still

processing the magnitude of it all, encouraged and hopeful. >> you're an icu nurse, face to face with covid patients every day. is this something that's going to give you more confidence now that you can do your job, be safe while doing it? >> definitely. we have the proper ppe and know how to use it. there's still a level of fear and uncertainty that you can pick it up, still take it home. so having the vaccine is just another form of ppe for us. i have a mom at home, she has medical history. last thing i want to do is bring the virus home. this is just really comforting. helps ease our anxiety in a great way. >> does this change anything, does it change the way you prepare for your day, that you conduct your duties or that you

don ppe or anything like that? >> not at this moment just yet. it is just the first shot. i still have to complete the series. overall, still be putting on ppe as normal, conducting social distancing, wearing a mask, washing my hands. i think once i get the second dose, maybe things will change. for now, out of safety and precaution, i am encouraged knowing i have another layer of ppe being built with it. >> certainly, good way to think of it. we saw a survey, 30% of people say they'll probably not or definitely not get the vaccine. i wonder what your message is to them. >> i was on that same boat. i was definitely like nope, no way, not me, no, thank you. and here we are. and so i encourage all of those folks that are hesitant or

definitely on the no train to do research, do your own informed research, which is what i did. i sought out information, spoke to fellow co-workers, physicians, anyone that was an expert in the field within my access and tried to really get more information on the vaccine to make that decision. so i encourage people if you have the chance, educate yourself as much as possible so you can make that decision for yourself because up until this point, the science is what guided us to keep us safe. we have to trust the science and keep going, you know? >> keep going. trust the science. helen, thank you so much. congratulations. >> thank you very much. thank you for the opportunity. >> and moments from now, president-elect joe biden is set to campaign the first time in the georgia runoff races that will determine the balance of power in the senate. plus, i ask a republican

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it is december 15th, one day after the electoral college made it official that joe biden is the next president of the united states. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell appeared on the senate floor today, finally accepted the long determined outcome of the election. >> the electoral college has spoken. so today i want to congratulate

president-elect joe biden. >> of course, the outcome of the election had been determined and reaffirmed dozens of times before the electoral college spoke through projections based on votes through actual vote counts in key states, through recounts, through certifications of vote in key states, through dozens of court challenges lost by trump and allies in key states. the electoral college and 538 electors was the final step planet trump was clinging to as it procrastinated on accepting the outcome of the election. >> certifications are a procedural step. the reality is electors don't vote in each state until december 14th. state legislatures each have the opportunity to delegate where they want electoral votes headed. >> when the electoral college gets together to certify the election, the american people can have full confidence in its

outcome. >> trump aides and confidants said over and over and republicans in congress that dodged questions about who the next president is. >> everything before monday is really a projection. >> i think we have a threshold coming december 14th that when the electoral college meets. >> the electoral college will determine the winner and that person will be sworn in on january 20th. >> some republicans in the senate grappled with the obvious, acknowledged biden's win. others are trailing vladimir putin in acknowledging the president-elect. like the wisconsin senator, ron johnson, who announced if biden won the election, it is certainly walking down that path, isn't it. it is not walking, it walked. a month ago. the only thing going down a path is senator johnson and it appears he is being dragged. he said a large percentage of the american population don't view this as a legitimate result

for a host of reasons, reasons like the senators that won't acknowledge the result of an election. johnson's colleague jim in hoff was asked if he will accept it. he said i am not going to comment. marsha blackburn wouldn't say if biden was president-elect once he crosses 270 electoral votes. quote, we're going to be watching it, thanks. senator chuck grassley, longest serving senator, was asked if he would acknowledge it. he said i don't have to, the constitution does. the follow-up was do you acknowledge him as president-elect. quote, i follow the constitution. senator john barrasso calls the topic of whether biden is president-elect a gotcha question. only a gotcha question if you think the job of reporters is to participate in the alternate reality that senator barrasso is currently navigating in. senator lindsey graham said it is a very, very narrow path for the president.

i don't see how he gets there given what the supreme court did, but having said that, i think we'll let those legal challenges play out, end quote. narrow path? there's no path for trump. it is a brick wall made of more than 7 million votes and 74 electoral votes. but the one that takes the cake is north dakota senator kevin kramers. and bear with me. this is a long trip through a river. he said well, it seems to me being elected by the electoral college is a threshold where a title like that is probably most appropriate and i suppose you can say official if there's such a thing as official president-elect or anything else-elect, an inauguration that will swear somebody in, that person will be the president of the united states, but whether you call it that or not, you know there are legal challenges that are ongoing, and not very many, probably not a remedy that would change the outcome, but so

i don't, again, i don't know how a politician refers to another politician, but it does look to me like the big race is really between the inaugural committee and justice department at this point, so we'll see how the emails turn out, end quote. it is nonsensical word salad from a politician who knows that when you're elected to an office, it should be acknowledged. this is from appearance in 2018 after winning a senate seat. this is after he won that seat in 2018. >> here with reaction to all of it, i have north dakota senator-elect, republican kevin kramer. good to have you, sir. >> kevin kramer. another one we worked hard on together, right? great job, kevin. senator. senator-elect, very shortly senator. >> very shortly, in just 36 days, president-elect biden will be president biden. many republicans continue to

enable the cries of a rigged election that wasn't, all the things said to pacify trump and supporters whose votes they rely on, now define the republican party. when they're done fist bumping, senator harris congratulations in one moment, only to cast doubt of the election on the next, they may find what a slippery slope they're on. a path as senator johnson might say where the party that doesn't believe in science, the party that promotes conspiracy theories, the party that undermines public health which kills people, and the party that promotes racist extremism becomes the party that opposes the most american of things, democratic elections. somewhere on this slippery slope is a point of no return and republicans may just find it is in the rearview. meantime, the country will experience another last ditch effort backed by trump to overturn the election. and this is expected to come in the form of a floor fight in congress on january 6th. this is when the house and

senate must officially count that electoral college vote, 306 to biden, 232 for trump. some staunch reporters led by brooks may contest results. this is an attempt doomed from the start, among multiple reasons, the democrats are the majority and control the house. joining me now, republican congressman from virginia. sir, thank you so much for coming onto talk about this. you won't be there january 6th after losing your primary, but what is your reaction to the plan? >> it is stupendously ridiculous. when you look at this. and listen, i know mo, this is ridiculous. something you were saying earlier about those who seem to say the voters don't think it was a fair election and they're pushing that information. there's a term we use in the military when confirmation bias got exploded, trying to get the

conclusions right. i'm not sure what people are looking at now, but when you look at court cases and source of court cases and people pushing the conspiracy theorists, not sure what you gain unless you have a base demanding this or pandering to that set of voters, knowing you're going to lose. i think it is damaging to democracy. when you look at the baseline of this, all of this is conspiracy theories. i think they harm democracy, it is that simple. >> i want to listen to something that steven miller said. >> as we speak today,a they're going to vote and send results to congress. this will ensure all legal remedies remain open. >> alternate electors, real remedies remaining open. what do you think he is talking about? >> talking about people trying to keep loyal to the tribe.

i think he is talking about people doing things that don't matter to keep some constituency happy we don't think needs to stay happy now. i hate being so blunt on this, but what are we doing now? why are we doing this when we know the election has been decided. we know we'll have a new president. transition is not foreign to american politics. i don't know about you, i don't remember it being foreign to american politics where people recognized the winner of a duly elected winner. i don't remember that happening. what you're seeing is rhetoric for fundraising. let's see what the numbers look like january 6th. i bet they'll be staggering. they're saying this isn't something we should be doing, it is ridiculous. it is based on conspiracy theories, running against a powerful republican

establishment that can fund you out of office or in if you're worried about your career. that's what you're seeing. this is a continuing fundraising pitch from certain individuals who want to stay in the grift. >> we saw the senate majority leader on the senate floor today acknowledging joe biden will be the next president. i just wonder how you view that, does he get credit for that coming here several weeks later and finally admitting what we've known since the election or thereabouts? >> senator mcconnell is a calculating guy. he should have done this much earlier. that simple. should have done this much earlier. people should respect the decision not only of voters but electors. knew this was going to happen. i don't know anybody, it is like denver. my goodness, you were right. 1 in 59 court cases, how is that possible. you look at the sources and facts, it is very possible. the source is ron watkins from qanon or some weird oh posting

about nsa taking over the election. once you see the sores of that a few weeks ago, not tough to think the information should be called in question, not a huge stretch. i think that's the issue we're having, why again, we are fighting in the rabbit hole. not that we're going down the rabbit hole, there's a war in the rabbit hole. i want to pop into the sunlight, i don't want to stay down there with that ridiculousness. >> what is your message, direct message to president trump at this point? >> accept the election, have integrity, move on. >> you were censured by a county in your district for among other things officiating a same-sex marriage, calling out voter fraud claims as false, and openly considering voting for joe biden over president trump. i want you to listen to a friend of yours, michigan congressman paul mitchell who left the republican party officially yesterday, protesting the republican resistance to acknowledge biden's win.

>> this party has to stand up for democracy first, for our constitution first, and not political considerations. not simply for raw political power. that's what i feel is going on, i have had enough. yes, i will take abuse from the far left and far right. my opinion, the extremes of both parties are dragging their parties and this country off a cliff. the majority of americans are in the middle. >> i know that you've said you thought about leaving the gop. do you agree with mitchell about the extremes of the parties? >> yes. paul is a friend of mine. you know what the cushions were, do we attack from the inside or outside. that's been my biggest decision to make, do i try to stay in the republican party and change it because unfortunately we have a two party system or do i do it from the outside. it is an intelligence decision. part of that you mention was censorship. i was censured for individual

liberty and marriage equality, censured for having opinion to think we should have open mind to vote, censured for going against conspiracy theories and qanon. i would think normal people thinking would say we're good on you, man, but i was censured for things that are nonsensical. it is tribal. fringes have taken over dialogue of the parties, paul and i have had the discussions so often. what an incredible guy paul mitchell is. he is taking abuse. i know what it is like to take abuse from the fringe, i have taken it so much from far left and far right so much. i have a framed set of censorships, might have broke the record for the republican party, i am the mvp. that and two dollars gets me a cup of coffee. i couldn't careless. i care that people are buying into that. >> that's what i want to know. to you, what is the road out of the tribalism you talk about?

almost like a covid vaccine, we need a vaccine for this disinformation. i am on the board of the research institute, released a massive anti-conspiracy screen on anti-semitism, how that's the baseline. how do we do it? you have to use three things. big data, we have to use facts based analysis, we have to use those. but really we have to use compassion for the american people and quantitative analysis to make sure we can maybe have another line of facts that people can look at hear than echo chambers in bizarre social media platforms. that's where i am going to fight now. if i have to do it from the inside, i will. it is difficult not to go to the outside to become willingly tribalist and attack from there. it is one of the hardest decisions i had to make. i don't know the right way to go on that. >> sir, thank you so much for joining us and for being so

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now that president-elect joe biden has called on the nation to, quote, turn the page and unite following the electoral college vote, he is turning his attention to the state of georgia. he is about to make his first appearance in the runoff raises, looking to boost democratic candidates, jon ossoff and raphael warnock whose wins tilt the balance of power in the senate to democrats. jeff zeleny, senior washington

correspondent in atlanta covering this. biden's appearance, falling on the second day of early voting. how effective could the visit be? >> reporter: brianna, certainly drawing attention to the georgia runoff race. if you live in the state of georgia, you would be hard pressed to not know there are two runoff races going on. nearly a half billion, billion with a b, spent on advertising here from all sides. the candidates as well as outside groups. there's no question the president-elect's visit will focus attention on this race as well. as mr. biden was flying here to atlanta a short time ago, he revealed he has spoken to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. we know that finally six weeks after election day, the majority leader recognized mr. biden as president-elect. we heard from biden what he said during the phone call to mitch mcconnell. >> had a great conversation with

mitch mcconnell today. i called him to thank him for congratulations, we disagree on a lot of things, see what we can work together on. and we agreed we would get together sooner rather than later. >> reporter: of course, that will be one of the most intriguing an important relationships in washington in the new year. president-elect biden and mitch mcconnell. it hinges on georgia, what title kaunlds wi mitch mcconnell will have. will he be the senate majority leader or if he will be the minority leader, then it wouldn't matter as much. that phone call, so fascinating, brianna. they have a history of cutting deals. that's dynamic in the new year. next few weeks in georgia will play a key role into the biden agenda in the first year. >> sounded friendly enough from the president-elect's perspective. jeff zeleny, thank you so much

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by early next week, a second coronavirus vaccine may be available to millions of americans. data released by the fda shows that the moderna vaccine is highly effective preventing covid-19 and has no specific safety concerns. this news comes ahead of a thursday meeting to weigh emergency use authorization. talk about it with an emergency medicine physician from houston, the medical director at the baylor college of medicine. great to see you. i want to get your take on some of the breaking news at the top of the show that the fda authorized the at home

coronavirus test. do you trust it will give people accurate results? >> well, the studies sound like they're going to give people accurate results at home, but this actually isn't the first at home test that's been authorized by the fda. the fda authorized another at home test almost a month ago now, but that test is available by prescription only. now, the test hasn't been making a ton of waves, i haven't heard a lot about it because physicians haven't been prescribing it. the problem with at home tests, it can potentially give a false positive or negative result. false positive may cause a scare, but is not as dangerous as false negative. you test at home, think you're safe, you could be spreading the virus onto others. >> i want to talk about differences between the two vaccines, moderna vaccine and pfizer one. can you explain why doses of vaccines are so different? >> so doses of pfizer and

moderna vaccine are a few weeks apart. pfizer requires two doses of vaccine three weeks apart, moderna requires two doses of vaccine four weeks apart. i can't say why each company chose 3 and 4 weeks respectively, but the process of a multi dose vaccine is not new and has been done for decades. the measles, mumps rue bell a is a multi dose. hepatitis a and b are multi dose. var sell a. hpv, all of these are multi dose vaccines because the initial dose prime minists the body. second and third dose guarantees a robust immune response. >> i want to ask questions from viewers. tj freeland wants to know in the process of receiving the first dose of one vaccine, if available, can one take the second dose from a different

manufacturer? >> no, tj. i like the ingenuity, but that's not recommended. i don't think any manufacturer would give you the second dose of a vaccine you didn't get the first dose of. >> and the next viewer asks is the vaccine effective, safe for those on immuno suppressant drugs like cancer survivors or transplant recipients. >> hard to say. neither pfizer nor moderna, people that had immuno suppressed systems included. we can't say with 100% certainty that the vaccine is safe and effective for that special population of patients. we can, however, say that covid is extremely dangerous for those that have suppressed immune systems. i recommend speaking to your doctor about your specific case, but i have colleagues that are newer obvious

neurologists and they recommended patients get vaccinated. >> talk to your doctor. great advice. we have a question from las vegas. the people taking coronavirus vaccine, will they become asymptomatic, able to infect people that have not been vaccinated? >> a very interesting question. in both the pfizer and moderna trials what they were looking for was symptomatic illness. they did not test to see if people could have potentially still become infected with covid and be asymptomatic. they tested for people with symptoms and developed covid or severe illness of covid, secondary end point. no one can say for sure it absolutely prevents you from getting covid and being asymptomatic, which is why as much as we are trying to push the vaccine and as happy as we are that a vaccine has been released, we're telling the public, masks and social distancing are not going to go away anytime soon. >> very important to know. great to see you. thank you so much for being with us again. >> good to see you too, brianna.

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finally acknowledging joe biden as the next president of the united states. vladimir putin offering his congratulations did the same today. actually beat the senate

majority leader to the pumplnch >> reporter: hi there, brianna. of course, so far president trump has not conceded or congratulated president-elect joe biden, but now one of president trump's biggest international allies, vladimir putin, has. in fact, the kremlin put out a cress release ear press release saying there was a telegram to joe biden gra congratulating him winning the election. russians are late doing this. most international leaders congratulated the president-elect and the vice president-elect shortly after the election took place. russians waiting several weeks saying they wanted to wait until the electoral college made things official thinking that was appropriate in that telegram. vladimir putin said he was willing to work together with president-elect joe biden. of course, we remember u.s. intelligence services say the kremlin actively tried to undermine the u.s. election to try to help president trump get

re-elected. brianna? >> fred, thank you so much. putin's congrats comes on the heels of a serious hacking of u.s. federal agencies by groups suspected to be linked to russia. so far at least three agencies including the departments of homeland security, agriculture and commerce, have been hacked. experts expect that number to grow. these hackers are even targeting the agency responsible for protecting the u.s. from cyber attacks. for more, bring in cnn national security correspondent vivian salama to talk about this. what do we know about these attacks and why do we think these actors are limpinged to russia? >> reporter: this is a massive attack, brianna, impacting agencies across the board. you listed a couple. there are still investigations into other agencies as well. now, a lot of these agencies actually rely on the same company for their software. it's no wonder this is having such a huge impact. solar winds, the software

company blelieves about 18,000 private and government users down it loaded russian-tainted software updates. essentially gave these hackers a foothold into these government systems. so you listed a couple agencies that have been impacted. the government is also investigating possible breaches at the department of defense, at the treasury department and at the u.s. postal service. now, our sources tell us that this definitely has the fo footprints and hallmark of a russian-linked actor. they believe that and are following it closely. however, the president obviously throughout his presidency has been reluctant to call out russia on any hackings, elections or software attack and doing so now. we have yet to hear anything from the president, even with five weeks left to go in this presidency he's staying the course when it comes to russia. >> saying nothing. thank you for that report from here in washington. we have so much more ahead on the blitz to vaccinate thousands of frontline workers fighting the coronavirus,

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all right. just in to cnn we've learned president-elect joe biden will nominate former presidential candidate pete buttigieg to bent next transportation secretary. covering the biden campaign there in atlanta, jeff zeleny.

the former vice president, president-elect is and chief political analyst gloria borger from washington. jeff what more can you tell us about this pick? >> reporter: we know president-elect biden as he continues rounding out his cabinet settled on pete buttigieg add transportation secretary. an appointment made in wilmington, delaware. he wants to fill out the domestic side. perhaps commerce, transportation. this is key. the first rival of joe biden's from the 2020 primary who would be nominated to join the cabinet. that, of course, is significant. you know, if you think back to the early part of last year and this year, pete buttigieg, he tramps j ben