>> this is your department. >> space mountain? >> i say haunted mansion. >> let's do it. >> yeah. good morning, america. president-elect joe biden hits the ground running after his historic victory. >> this is the time to heal in america. >> gearing up to fight the covid crisis, announcing a new task force to tackle the pandemic. >> i will spare no effort, none, or any commitment to turn around this pandemic. >> as covid cases in the u.s. surge to 10 million, texas hit with a tidal wave of hospitalizations. 6,000 in one day. this morning, former acting director of the cdc dr. richard besser and new york governor andrew cuomo join us live. defiant. president trump refuses to concede defeat saying the election is far from over and vowing to take the results to court with 72 days until the inauguration. shattering the glass ceiling.

>> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. >> kamala harris taking her place in history, the vice president-elect of the united states. this morning, some who know her best, her howard university classmates and sorority sisters. that's right, aka, join us live. happening now. tropical storm eta on the move making landfall in the florida keys. the record-breaking 12th named storm in the u.s. this year, ginger is tracking the path this morning. here he is, the host of "jeopardy," alex trebek. >> celebrating alex trebek, the beloved "jeopardy" host who came into our homes every night for nearly four decades. passing away after his public and valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. tributes continue to pour in from all around the world. how he told us he wanted to be remembered. one of our final interviews. and what some of his most famous contestants have to say. we hear from them live as we

honor the life and legacy of a television legend. >> so long, everybody. we do say good morning, america. great to have you as we start a new week together and celebrate the life of alex trebek. when this news broke yesterday, it was kind of like, what more? what more, 2020? what more do you want from us? >> he was really america's friend in our living rooms every night for so many years and we are going to miss him. this came at the close of a historymaking weekend. there were spontaneous celebrations when the news broke saturday morning that joe biden has defeated donald trump, will be the next president of the united states. he told the nation saturday night, it's time to heal. >> and yet, president trump is still refusing to accept those results spending the weekend golfing and vowing to keep fighting. we're going to have much more on that in just a moment. >> right now, president-elect biden is hitting the ground

running set to announce his covid task force today. as cases here in the u.s. surge. mary bruce is in washington with the latest. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, after a weekend of celebrating, this morning it's time to get down to business. never before has a president-elect faced so many urgent and complicated problems. from the pandemic to the economy, to trying to unite the country, joe biden has a very long to-do list in front of him, and this morning he is making it clear he's already getting started. after celebrating their historic win -- >> this is the time to heal in america. >> reporter: and finally, shattering that glass ceiling. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. >> reporter: this morning, the biden/harris team is getting to work. their first priority, getting the pandemic under control. the president-elect today announcing his team of

scientists and experts to tackle this crisis. >> our work begins with getting covid under control. i will spare no effort, none, or any commitment to turn around this pandemic. >> reporter: his plan includes doubling the number of testing sites and boosting tracing. calling on governors to mandate masks and a task force to look at racial disparities. looking ahead his team unveiling its official transition website, buildbackbetter.com, outlining issues he says he's tackle on day one, much aimed at undoing president trump's most controversial actions like the so-called muslim ban and rejoining the paris climate accord, but perhaps their biggest challenge, uniting the country. >> to make progress we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies. they are americans. they are americans. >> reporter: biden with a direct appeal to the president's supporters. >> for all those of you who

voted for president trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. i've lost a couple times myself, but now let's give each other a chance. it's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again. >> reporter: president trump still has not conceded the race and is vowing to file long-shot legal challenges releasing a campaign statement saying only, this election is far from over, and many top republican leaders still won't recognize biden's win. >> joe biden has won this election. why can't you acknowledge it? >> it's time for the president's lawyers to present the facts and then it's time for those facts to speak for themselves. it seems unlikely that any changes could be big enough to make a difference. >> reporter: but biden and harris would not be denied their moment. >> we did it. we did it, joe. ♪

>> reporter: harris relishing her place in history becoming the first woman, the first black american and the first asian-american to become vice president-elect. as news of their victory spread saturday, huge celebrations broke out in cities across america. from black lives matter plaza in front of the white house to philadelphia, where the city's vote helped push biden over the top. ♪ good-bye >> reporter: and outside his childhood home in scranton, pennsylvania, where it all began. now, looking ahead, biden's agenda could face a real challenge on capitol hill with it looking likely that republicans could retain control of the senate. all eyes of course, on those georgia runoff races that will determine the balance of power here in washington, and george, biden could also face some real challenging just trying to reunite his own party going forward. >> mary, what more do we know about the task force and what it's going to be doing? >> well, there are some familiar names on this task force we have

just learned including former surgeon general vivek murthy and former fda commissioner david kessler, yale professor marcella nunez-smith and rick bright, that whistle-blower vaccine expert who spoke out against the trump administration's handling of this pandemic and, george, we have been hearing about biden's plans to tackle the crisis for months. their challenge now, how to put all of those promises into action. >> it certainly is. mary, thank you very much. we also have breaking news on the coronavirus crisis. just moments ago, pfizer announced their two-shot vaccine is now more than 90% effective in a clinical trial. that announcement came just before we came on the air. we want to bring in our friend and former colleague dr. richard besser, head of the robert wood johnson foundation. rich, you also used to run the cdc. what do you make of this pfizer news? >> well, it's exciting news, george. i always like to take some caution until drug company data have been reviewed by scientists, but if this holds up, this was looking seven days after the second dose of vaccine. the vaccine was 90% effective.

they'll look again at 28 days and look further than that but the bar for approval was 50% and a vaccine, if it truly is 90% effective, could have a dramatic effect on the pandemic in the long run. it's not going to help us this winter, but it could be a real game-changer. >> so you say it won't help us this winter. when -- let's assume it tests out, there is a good peer review and tests out after 28 days. when could it be widely available? >> well, it depends on production and distribution, and i haven't seen the data on that. you know, if there was vaccine widely available in being able to be distributed, and people across the country wanted to receive it, then you're talking next summer, next fall. it's not going to help us in the short term. there the things that the president-elect is talking about in terms of the task force and moving forward are the things that are going to make a difference. >> and right now, we are in the middle of a serious surge. >> yeah. i mean, george, this is a worst case scenario. we see cases surging around the country.

we see the country divided in terms of what needs to happen, in terms of control, we see the supports for people, people of color in particular that have evaporated. at the new year people's protection from eviction and mortgage foreclosure going away. we see the time of year where viruses thrive the most, people moving indoors. if we don't unite as a nation over the next 70-plus days before inauguration, we're going to see tens of thousands of deaths that could be prevented. >> tens of thousands of more deaths right now, so you've got joe biden out there announcing his task force, announcing what he wants to do, but president trump still in power until january 20th. what can be done? what must be done? >> well, you know, i'm hoping, george, that governors around the country get on board. you know, we saw that with utah issuing a mask mandate. if we saw every governor across the nation issue a mandate, say, let's lead with science, just as the new administration is planning on doing, let's follow the guidance of science, we could see dramatic improvements

in this. it's still going to be a rough winter. we've got flu going on, and this is going to continue. but we could see improvements and we could see leveling off if we take the measures that public health knows will be effective. >> dr. rich besser, thanks very much. in our next hour, new york governor andrew cuomo will join us with more on the pandemic. amy. george, turning now to president trump's refusal to concede this election. cecilia vega has more now on what is going on inside the white house right now. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hi, amy. good morning to you. so, yeah, the reality is certainly starting to set in among the trump team any way that this has slipped away from them. there are these conversations that have been happening among many about possibly trying to convince the president to make a graceful exit, lean into the potential for him to be a party kingmaker in the future elections, but there is also a camp that is hesitant to have that with him directly and give him a few days to come to grips with this reality he has, indeed, lost this race. there's also however another camp including those like rudy giuliani who are saying fight

this, stay in this fight. we will continue to file these legal challenges and actually they are expected to file another legal challenge again later today even though almost all of them, all but one of the challenges they have filed so far have been tossed out. now, the president this weekend, you saw the images, he was out there on the golf course most of the weekend, in fact, he was on the golf course when the news came in biden had won this race. we don't expect to see him officially, nothing on his public schedule today. on the other hand, vice president mike pence will lead one of the coronavirus task force meetings today ironically given that the biden team announced their coronavirus task force as well, and amy, we haven't seen vice president pence in that role for -- this is going to be the first time that we've seen him in that role. >> reaction has started to come in from around the world. leaders including trump allies like boris johnson, benjamin netanyahu have already been congratulating biden on his victory, correct? >> reporter: yeah. so many allies not waiting for president trump to concede to call and make those congratulations. you mentioned in israel, india, britain, even saudi arabia,

they've all called president-elect biden to congratulate. two big ones, silence, our neighbor to the south, mexico and russia, vladimir putin has yet to call and congratulate waiting for what they're calling the final results to be in before making that phone call. >> all right, cecilia vega in washington for us, thank you. robin. as you can imagine this has been a special moment for the biden family. want to take a look at that group hug that was tweeted out by his granddaughter, naomi, when they got the news. that road to the moment, a long one stretching back well over three decades. our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl has a closer look. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. joe biden will be the oldest person ever inaugurated president of the united states but when he takes that oath of office on january 20th, he'll be fulfilling a dream that he has had since he was a kid in grade school. >> i'm humbled by the trust and confidence you placed in me. >> reporter: for joe biden, the

long and winding road to the white house has been marked by decades of public service and personal tragedy. born november 20th, 1942, a self-described scrappy kid from scranton, pennsylvania, in grade school he famously overcame a stutter and started talking about his dream of becoming president. at just 29, he launched his first major campaign in delaware running against an established incumbent for the u.s. senate. biden was considered the longest of long shots. >> joseph biden, 29 years of age, a democrat according to our abc decision desk has beaten boggs. >> reporter: and with that, he became one of the youngest ever elected to the senate. but soon after, a different kind of unthinkable. his young family was involved in a terrible car accident, killing his wife, neilia and his infant daughter and badly injuring his two young sons, beau and hunter. two weeks later he was sworn in

at their hospital bedside. >> so help you god. >> i do. >> reporter: biden would later marry jill jacobs, an english teacher, and have another daughter ashley. he would never give up on those grade school dreams of becoming president. >> today i announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> reporter: launching a bid for the white house in 1987 and again two decades later, both unsuccessful. when he finally made it to 1600 pennsylvania avenue, it was as vice president to barack obama. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> reporter: the two built a deep, personal bond. >> this also gives the internet one last chance to -- [ laughter ] -- talk about our bromance. >> reporter: as obama's second term came to a close, biden pondered another run, but then tragedy struck again. in 2015 he lost his son beau, to brain cancer, a devastating blow that sidelined him in 2016.

>> the most relevant factor in my decision is whether my family and i have the emotional energy to run. >> reporter: four years later, biden said he would try one more time. >> i feel an obligation that i said to get it right. the character of the country is on the ballot. >> reporter: on this election day, biden visited his son beau's grave and made the pilgrimage back to his childhood home in scranton writing a note on the wall, from this house to the white house, with the grace of god. >> with full hearts and steady hands, with faith in america and each other, with love of country, a thirst for justice, let us be the nation that we know we can be, a nation united. a nation strengthened. a nation healed. the united states of america, may god bless america and may god protect our troops. >> reporter: yesterday, biden went to church and made another visit to his son beau's gravesite.

he had dreamed of beau running for president, and when beau was dying of cancer, he urged his father to run again. george. >> and, jon, you covered joe biden in the senate, and you covered him as vice president. this will be a head-snapping change in washington from donald trump to joe biden. >> reporter: it really is, and the biggest thing with biden covering him all those years, especially running around the senate with him, is he is somebody who made that personal connection, personal connection with reporters like me, young reporters like me when i first came to washington and certainly with his colleagues including his republican colleagues, his political foes, he is all about establishing the personal connection and seems to believe that he can convince anybody and make -- come to agreement with just about anybody. a very different approach than the current president. >> that relationship with republican senate leader mitch mcconnell is going to be so critical. >> reporter: well, it's really going to be something, you know, donald trump has not talked to

nancy pelosi for over a year. it's hard to imagine anything like that with mitch mcconnell. he knows mcconnell well. it's going to be the most important relationship in washington. >> jon karl, thanks very much. we are following a lot of other headlines this morning including the legacy of alex trebek. the friendly face who we invited into our homes for 37 year, the tributes are pouring in and some former "jeopardy" contestants are joining us live. yes, and how vice president-elect kamala harris made history redefining the office inspiring little girls everywhere. we're talking exclusively who with some of the people who know her best her sorority sisters from howard university. but first to ginger with the latest on that tropical storm. good morning, ginger. good morning. eta made landfall in the florida keys and has dropped up to 11 inches of rain in south florida. video there from ft. lauderdale, hollywood's had a lot. you got it all the way down to miami this morning and you also have this, the first time they have seen in florida a tropical storm make landfall in november

since mitch in 1998 so it's been a while, and you know this is the 12th landfalling storm which we've never done in recorded history, just this season alone, and so as it moves away now from south florida, you still have these heavy bands, miami getting doused. west palm too and what it's going to do is kind of hang and chill in the gulf of mexico. still see moisture in florida and then it's going to try to turn by week's end back toward north florida and that's where i get concerned about the squeeze with a front only because we're going to end up seeing more significant rain in north florida all the way through south georgia. we'll be watching that. your local weather in 30 seconds. first though, the select cities sponsored by planet fitness.

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♪ but while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. welcome back to "gma." that's kamala harris making her first speech as the vice president-elect sharing her historic moment with little girls around the country. coming up, we have an exclusive interview with kamala harris' howard university sorority sisters all in just a bit. >> that is coming up. but first, we're going to celebrate our friend and tv legend alex trebek. t.j. holmes sat down with him a number of times since his diagnosis and he joins us. >> the last time i was with him a few months ago we talked about how he wanted to be remembered and he said he wanted to be remembered and i quote as a reasonably nice guy, but he went on to say it would be greedy of him to actually expect anything more.

that is that trademark trebek humility that endeared him to so many people. so many millions of people would who now, of course, are mourning the fact we lost him but also recognizing we should be celebrating the fact that we got to have him. >> here he is, the host of "jeopardy," alex trebek. >> reporter: simply beloved. >> let's have some fun. here comes the "jeopardy" round. >> reporter: that charm. >> bright and successful. those three words definitely apply to our champion, lisa. >> reporter: that quick wit. >> let's look at the thousand dollar clue just for the fun of it. >> reporter: that mustache. all part of america's nightly routine for nearly 40 years. sunday alex trebek, the humble host of "jeopardy" passed away after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. canadian-born george alexander trebek started his career as an announcer with the canadian broadcast corporation. >> good evening and welcome to our show. >> reporter: before taking the helm at "jeopardy" in 1984 at

the age of 44. >> welcome to america's favorite answer and question game, "jeopardy." >> reporter: the man with all the answers would set a guinness world record with most game shows hosted, but in 2019 he revealed his stage 4 cancer diagnosis. >> i'm going to fight this. >> reporter: trebek kept up his fight publicly becoming an advocate, raising awareness for the illness and giving frequent updates about his own treatment and experience. >> i'm used to dealing with pain but what i'm not used to dealing with is these surges that come on suddenly of deep, deep sadness and it brings tears to my eyes. >> reporter: never shying away and at times brutally honest about the toll the cancer was taking on him and his family. >> there was one day a few weeks ago when jeanne asked me in the morning how do you feel and i said i feel like i want to die. it was that bad. >> do you use that word burden

with your wife? >> yeah, i've used it. >> she says what to you. >> she says, you're not a burden. she's a saint. but she has so much goodness in her that she is always giving out, always putting out to help me get over difficult moments and there have been some difficult moments, and i'm just in awe of the way she handles it. >> reporter: support for trebek showed up at times on "jeopardy." >> what is, we love you alex. that's very kind of you. thank you. >> to see that vulnerable side of him really caught me off guard too but then also made me really grateful that, you know,

i could kind of bring this like love and appreciation to him in a way that would touch him so deeply. >> reporter: and now tributes pouring in from former contestants turned cheerleaders. from james holzhauer, a/k/a "jeopardy james," alex was an impart arbiter of truth and facts in a world that needs exactly that. he was someone you could count on to entertain you every weekday even when his health barely allowed it, and from "jeopardy" legend ken jennings, alex wasn't just the best ever at what he did, he was also a lovely and deeply decent man and i'm grateful for every minute i got to spend with him. a statement from the show says trebek died peacefully at home surrounded by family and friends. he leaves behind his wife of 30 years, jeanne, daughter emily and son matt and perhaps the legacy he hoped for. >> what you see on air really is what i am and i'm a

reasonableably nice guy and i'd like you to view me that way. i don't go out of my way to malign anybody. i want to be considered as helpful and generous and kind. >> get this, he always talked about how great of a job that was, and he would never leave it and he talked about literally, guys, sometimes he would have to pick himself off the floor in pain and go right back to the set and do the show. he died yesterday. ten days ago he was in the studio recording shows, and so we lost him, but you're going to get to see him for a little while longer. he's banked enough shows -- he will be on the air, new shows until the end of the year, but, wow. >> you know, my oldest daughter, ava actually cried when we got the news yesterday and watching that made me tear up because we as a family watch "jeopardy" every single night and mostly because of him. he was the reason we watched. >> such a calming presence. especially what we needed during this time.

>> yes. >> this year we're having. >> always remember he comforted me about his diagnosis. i go out there. he's the one in pain. no, t.j., it's okay, i'm okay. he comforted me. i'll always remember that. we have plenty of stories we're talking about and always remember yesterday when i got the news, all the joy, all the humor, all the laughs he gave us. >> when he was here in the studio, remember, when he was in the studio may of 2019 and the same thing, he made us all feel better. we wanted to -- anyway, yeah. >> and right up until the end he kept on with it. t.j., thanks very much. we'll have more on the life and legacy of alex trebek coming up in our next hour and talk live to a couple of the "jeopardy" champions whose lives he touched. coming up, our exclusive interview with kamala harris' sorority sisters joining us live about the vice president-elect. a/k/a strong. these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin.

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saturday night in delaware, moms and young girls among the millions watching all across the country taking in the emotion of a moment. actress mindy kaling tweeting, crying and holding my daughter. look, baby, she looks like us. while singer ciara embraced her daughter. >> we can do anything we put our minds to, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: harris' niece meena posting this pic captioned vice president auntie, the daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants is no stranger to firsts. the celebrations reaching the tiny village in southern india, where harris' maternal grandfather was born. in 2010 she made history as the first black woman elected at california's attorney general running the country's second largest justice department, then in 2016 as a first black and indian-american woman elected as a u.s. senator from california sworn in by then-vice president joe biden.

>> i do. >> reporter: a full circle moment. harris, a graduate of howard university, shattering a glass ceiling for race and gender, felt by her howard university sorority sisters from alpha kappa alpha. the toldest historically black sorority. >> ultimately the final numbers showed, you know, what direction we want to go in and so that is what makes me excited, you know, those -- so with the tears i ultimately shed will be tears of joy. >> reporter: not lost on the generation of women she continues to pave the way for. >> that's very empowering and eye opening knowing that you could potentially do everything that you want to do just because you have an example set for you. >> reporter: and joining us now, three of kamala harris' closest friends, her alpha kappa alpha sorority sisters, welcome jill louis she's there in dallas, lorri sadler in the atl and monique poydras is in washington, d.c. and you got, oh, a couple -- a little backup there, i see, monique. >> yeah.

that's right. that's right. >> lorri, let me begin with you. what was that moment like personally for you when your close friend walks out on that stage with mary j. blige playing? what was that moment for you? >> wow. it was absolutely amazing. absolutely amazing and what made it even more special was to share that moment with my three daughters. i actually have three daughters, the oldest is a graduate of clark atlanta university and i'm very proud to say it's also our sorority sister. my middle daughter is currently a student at howard university, and actually the silver lining of the pandemic was that she was at home in georgia voting with us as a family for her first voting opportunity and then, my youngest daughter is a high school student so experiencing it with them was really amazing and seeing their reaction and they're well aware of the history and the struggles that

we've had in this country but what they know is that we had a black president and now a black female vice president and this totally shapes their reality and for them what they said was, they realized there are no limits for them. and that was what was really amazing. >> i'm sure that they feel that way. full disclosure. my mother, howard university, aka, she was one of your soros back in the day 1946 when she graduated so i fully know what your motto is. scholarship, sisterhood and service to the organization, so, monique, tell me, what was it about kamala harris, even back then, that destined her to be in the position of leadership she's in? >> you know, it's just her drive and her characteristics as a leader and as a public servant,

you know. it's no surprise, you know, her journey and it's just again such an amazing time and chapter for america because they are about to get a woman who works so hard and is going to work so hard for the country alongside president-elect joe biden. it's amazing so, you know, reflecting on our time at howard university, we're talking about someone who was dedicated to social justice issues, to protesting apartheid, you know, the activities that she was involved in clearly, you know, just transcends where she's at today and it's just overwhelming and just so amazing and we're so proud of kamala. >> jill, i would imagine or not imagine, i heard that she was

unflappable. there was a time when you all were rushing at the doors because it was initiation. can you share a story there for us, jill? >> oh, sure. so, the thing that always characterized kamala was grace under fire, grace under pressure, if you can imagine being with 38 women and needing to get places, do things, have deliverables and she was even keel throughout and we used to give her some ribbing because many times we were wearing these black coats that people have seen pictures of her in and they'd be in a gigantic pile, imagine 38 black coats in a pile. she was able to carefully pick out hers and put it on and be ready to go. >> unflappable even then. ladies, thank you so much. forgive me for not wearing pink. i should have known either pink or green, but i do have on purple. my dad was a que dog at howard

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. president-elect joe biden hits the ground running after his historic victory. >> this is the time to heal in america. >> gearing up to battle covid-19 announcing a new task force to tackle the crisis. >> i will spare no effort, none, or any commitment to turn around this pandemic. >> this as president trump refuses to concede defeat saying the election is far from over. vowing to take the results to court. combating covid. as the virus surges in so many places in the country, 31 states hitting a weekly record for number of cases and hospitalizations also approaching a new record. we talk to new york governor andrew cuomo live just ahead. meet the new first and second families. joe and jill biden. their kids and grandchildren.

this moment over the weekend, biden swarmed by his grandkids, and kamala harris and husband doug emhoff, the nation's first second gentleman, and are you ready for major, the bidens' german shepherd making history as the first ever rescue dog headed to the white house. and celebrating alex trebek. >> let's have some fun. here comes the jeopardy round. >> the beloved "jeopardy" host in so many of our homes every night for almost 40 years passing away after his public and valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. this morning, his life and legacy. the "gma" moments you haven't seen and how he impacted generations of fans. two "jeopardy" champs joining us live this morning as we say, good morning, america. good morning, america. hope you're doing well this monday morning. alex trebek saying let's have some fun. we had so much fun with him over the years. even briefly on "gma" as a special correspondent.

on assignment in alaska with a musk ox. >> we're going to have so much more on the life and legacy of alex trebek coming up. in the meantime, we talk to new york governor andrew cuomo live with the very latest on the pandemic amid that breaking news headline about a potentially 90% effective vaccine. and first though, amy, the president-elect and vice president-elect, there's way lot that brings them together. especially when it comes to family. something they talked to me about when we sat down recently in delaware. we'll introduce you to their families just ahead. they know the hard work is just beginning for the administration starting by forming their team to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. mary bruce is backtracking what's next. good morning again, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well now that the victory celebrations are over it's time to get down to business. joe biden and kamala harris have a very long to do list ahead of them and today they are jumping right in starting at the top of the list with how to tackle this pandemic.

this morning, the biden/harris team is getting to work. their first priority getting the pandemic under control. the president-elect today announcing his team of scientists and experts to tackle this crisis. >> our work begins with getting covid under control. i will spare no effort, none, or any commitment to turn around this pandemic. >> reporter: his plan includes doubling the number of testing sites and boosting tracing calling on governors to mandate masks and a task force to look at racial disparities looking ahead, his team unveiling its official transition website, buildbackbert.com, outlining issues he'll tackle on day one much aimed at undoing president trump's most controversial actions like the so-called muslim ban and rejoining the paris climate accord but perhaps their biggest challenge, uniting the country. >> to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as

our enemies. they are not our enemies. they are americans. they are americans. >> reporter: biden with a direct appeal to the president's supporters. >> for all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. i've lost a couple times myself, but now let's give each other a chance. it's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again. >> reporter: now looking ahead biden's team has outlined four big priorities, the pandemic, the economy, racial equality, and climate change, but george, his agenda could face a real uphill battle on capitol hill with it looking likely that senate republicans will retain control there. all eyes of course, on those georgia runoffs and how they will determine the balance of power, and

team could face challenges trying to unite their own party going ahead. >> thank you. many of those senate republicans still not acknowledging the biden victory. to the white house now. cecilia vega is there. the president making false claims about the election still refusing to concede. >> reporter: continuing. he doesn't have anything on his public schedule and spent most of the weekend golfing but he is right now up and tweeting about the stock market, this potential for good news on a covid vaccine. you're right, the quick big question this morning is, when and if he will concede the race. we know the reality is certainly setting in for many on his team behind the scenes. there are conversations happening about whether they could convince him to perhaps exit gracefully. to potentially take on the role of a kingmaker of the party in future elections, but in the meantime, his team is still pushing ahead with legal fights. he has rudy giuliani in his ear telling him don't give up. keep fighting. they plan to file another legal action today even though almost all of them except one so far have been tossed out. now, this morning a number of allies are not waiting for the president to concede and called president-elect joe biden to offer congratulations, among them britain, india, israel, they've all made that phone call but, george and amy, two big

names so far have not. the president of mexico and vladimir putin, they say they're waiting for the results to come back in, amy. >> all right, cecilia vega in d.c., thank you. we turn now to the big game on sunday for football fans, you heard robin like that, yes, the battle of the two best quarterbacks in the nfl, drew brees and the new orleans saints marched all over tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers. the internet lighting up over the face-off and what may have been, wow, the worst loss of the six-time super bowl champion, the saints blowing out the bucs 38-3. >> say it again. >> i wish we -- >> say it again. 38-3. >> 38-3. the saints came marching in. >> who dat. who dat. wait. when you strut, you stumble. still a lot of season left to play. coming up, getting to know the new first and second families. how the biden and harris families are making history. and meeting the moment. the road to this monumental victory. how we got here and what the

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back here on "gma" and our cover story right now. meeting the new first and second families. both joe biden and kamala harris embracing their blended families and bringing america its first second gentleman. rachel scott has their stories for us this morning. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: hey, robin. good morning. this is a first and second family like we have never seen before. they are changing the face of

politics and doing it by their own rules. ♪ as joe biden and kamala harris declared victory their families were by their sides watching history unfold. the president-elect introducing himself to the nation, as jill's husband. >> folks, as i said many times before, i'm jill's husband. and i would not be here without her love and tireless support of jill. >> reporter: dr. jill biden will be america's next first lady and the first to have a full time job while serving in that role. with a doctorate in education she's worked as a community college professor for years. >> i am most excited about, you know, having a platform and raising up military families, certainly raising up the profile of teachers, you know, i've been a teacher for 36 years and pushing free community college.

>> reporter: as for her position in the administration she's hoping to restart the initiative joining forces which she launched with michelle obama supporting service members, veterans and their families and she's been joe's right hand for 45 years, and is a fierce defender of her husband. back in march, pushing away a protester who jumped on stage at a rally. jill and joe met on a blind date in 1975. marrying two years later. his first wife and daughter were killed in a car crash. jill helping raise his two surviving sons, beau and hunter. the couple welcomed a daughter ashley in 1981. joe talking about the strong female influences in his life when robin sat down with him last month. >> i've been surrounded by my whole life by not a joke, by women who were smarter than i was, who are tough. >> reporter: the family has grown. biden has seven grandchildren. >> he will pick up our calls no matter where he is. >> reporter: and they are his biggest fans.

they're with him as he got word he was headed to the white house. later joining their grandfather who they call pop on stage for the celebration. kamala harris came to know joe biden through his late son beau. the two serving as attorneys general at the same time becoming close friends. >> and while i first knew joe as vice president, i really got to know him as the father who loved beau. my dear friend who we remember here today. >> reporter: during that time she would also meet her husband, entertainment lawyer doug emhoff on a blind date. >> the kamala harris that i know, she wears chucks and jeans. in fact, that's what she was wearing when i got down on my knees and asked her to marry me. >> reporter: the couple's wedding ceremony celebrating their indian and jewish heritage. with his wife on the ticket emhoff making a little history himself becoming the nation's first second gentleman, even taking a leave of absence to focus on the campaign. >> is doug there? >> yes, let me get him.

hey, dougie. >> reporter: though harris is cementing her name in history as the first woman of color to serve as vice president, to doug's two children cole and ella she's known at momala in >> vice president will be great, but momala will always be the one that means the most. >> reporter: harris inspiring the next generation telling her 4-year-old niece she could lead the nation or anything else. >> you know, you could be president but not right now. you have to be over the age of 35. >> i'm going to be an astronaut. >> reporter: the daughter of indian and jamaican immigrants trailblazing her own path to the white house. and there's a little bit of a social media debate going on on what exactly to call doug emhoff so in the running right now you got second gentleman, second dude, number two man, second husband and emhoff seen his kids got in on this suggesting titles but said second gentleman appears to be the front-runner but he will leave it up to

everybody else to decide. my bet is on second gentleman. >> i bet you he says call me doug a lot. rachel, thanks very much. we'll go to that breaking news now on the covid crisis. pfizer announced this morning that their two-shot vaccine is more than 90% effective in clinical trials. let's talk about that now with new york senator andrew cuomo. thanks for coming back again this morning. we were talking yesterday about the importance of vaccine distribution. what do you make of this news? >> well, it's good news/bad news. the good news is the pfizer tests look good and we'll have a vaccine shortly. the bad news is that it's about two months before joe biden takes over and that means this administration is going to be implementing a vaccine plan. the vaccine plan is very important and it's probably the most ambitious undertaking since covid began. just to put it in focus, we did

120 million covid tests in this nation over seven months scrambling doing everything we can. we now have to do 330 million vaccinations, maybe twice, my state does more testing than any state in the united states. we did 12 million tests. we have to do 20 million vaccines. and the trump administration is rolling out the vaccination plan and i believe it's flawed. i believe it learns nothing from the past. they're basically going to have the private providers do it and that's going to leave out all sorts of communities that were left out the first time when covid ravaged them. >> so what needs to be done that the trump administration won't do that president-elect biden could do? >> yeah, the biden administration, when you deny -- when you deny a problem the way trump did, you can never solve it and that's true in life. the trump administration denied covid. so they were never ready for it. there was no mobilization of the government.

and they're still doing the same thing. they're going to take this vaccine and they're going to go through the private mechanism. through hospitals, through drug market chains, et cetera. that's going to be slow and that's going to bypass the communities that we call health care deserts. if you don't have a rite aid or a cvs then you're in trouble and that's what happened the first time with covid. why do we have such a disparity in the infection rate and mortality rate in covid? because some communities don't have the same access to health care. i'm sure the biden administration is going to address that. i think his first step saying let's focus on the science, let's depoliticize testing data, listen to the scientists is the exact opposite of trump but you have two months and we can't let this vaccination plan go forward the way that trump and his administration is designing it because biden can't undo it two months later.

we'll be in the midst of it and i'm going -- i've been talking to governors across the nation about that. how can we shape the trump administration vaccine plan to fix it or stop it before it does damage. >> and we're in an emergency right now. we're seeing cases rise across the country and cross over, 10 million at some point today if we haven't already. even new york which had been below 1% positivity for so long now climbing above 2%. >> well, i feel good -- new york is the third lowest in the nation, okay. we learned over the past seven months. we're not in denial. we get it and our infection rate is very, very low nationwide. only vermont and maine, i think, have a lower infection rate and they're more rural states, et cetera. but you have to control the virus. you know this, is not really unknown. we've all had a virus in our

home, george. you know, we know how to deal with it. you isolate people who have a virus. you do the testing. you follow the data and you put in restrictions and government has to step up. you need a national mask mandate and when you see the virus starting to flare up, we call them microclusters, we do so much testing that we can see it in a neighborhood, then you bring in restrictions to close down activity in that neighborhood. i understand that politically it's difficult, but that's what you have to do. you see a little flame, you stamp it out and we're doing that all across the state. you will see through the fall the number going up nationwide. that is going to happen. scientists said that was going to happen. it's going to be managing the infection increase which is going to be the challenge. >> governor cuomo. thanks very much for your time this morning.

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the man who knows how donald trump and joe biden tick. "the washington post" associate editor and author bob woodward is known for his in-depth interviews with and books about presidents including his latest best sf -- best-seller, "rage" about donald trump. this morning he joins us. bob, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> we'll begin with president trump. you've spent time with him. you've written two books about him. when we look back at his presidency, years, even decades down the road, what do you think ultimately his legacy will be? >> well, he's got an opportunity to repair it. i remember 12 years ago when john mccain conceded very graciously to barack obama, one of the things mccain said is we never hide from history. in many ways trump has spent his life hiding from history. he now has lost the election by

more than he won in 2016, so whether he's going to face that fact or at what time is something we're going to be dealing with for the next several months. >> how would you characterize what president-elect joe biden is inheriting from this white house as he tries to move this country forward? >> he is inheriting grave difficulties for the country to say the least. biden, when i did two books on obama, i spent a lot of time looking at how biden operated. he's very sophisticated. legislative negotiator. he knows you have to get democrats and republicans together, lock them in a room, get them off their talking points, prevent leaks and just go at it as we know. biden can talk longer than anyone.

there are lots of hurdles, hurdle number one, two and three is mitch mcconnell particularly if the republicans maintain a majority in the senate. >> what role are you anticipating vice president-elect kamala harris will play in a biden administration? >> it turns out that obama assigned many negotiating roles to biden when he was his vice president, and interesting question is whether biden is going to find his own biden in kamala harris, his vice president. there is that opportunity and so she's going to be tested. >> and, bob, finally, more than 70 million people voted for donald trump. this country is as divided as it's ever been. how do you see joe biden trying to bridge that gap? can he do it? how will he try?

>> well, you know, he said he's going to try and i think he's a believer in let's negotiate, let's listen, let's compromise. he comes from the old senate tradition. he and mcconnell were in the senate together for 25 years. this is joe biden's opportunity to make a series of deals for a lifetime. >> bob woodward, we certainly always appreciate your insight. thank you so much for being with us today. >> thank you. coming up next here on "gma," celebrating alex trebek. we talk to two "jeopardy" champions whose lives he touched. ♪ nnouncer: tomorrow morning on the day before t >> announcer: tomorrow morning on the day before the cma awards wake up from nashville with -- >> hey, i'm darius rucker. good morning, america. ♪ >> announcer: yes, it's darius performing for you. >> this is going to be so good. >> announcer: tomorrow only on "good morning america."

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the news continues now with "good morning america." ♪ it's just something about hearing that tune. it just -- hmm. welcome back. this morning we are celebrating the life and legacy of alex treb trebek, the long time host of "jeopardy." so much more. so much more than a television personality having an important impact on the lives of his fans and going to tell us more about this, t.j.? >> look, we almost don't know television without alex trebek. 37 seasons so a lot of people have those stories, right? i grew up watching you. i used to watch you with my grandma and granddad then in recent years people have been telling this story, i went and got a cancer screening because of you. or i went and had pain checked out because of you. alex trebek through a stage 4 cancer diagnosis kept going, kept working and he kept finding new ways to have an impact of people's lives.

>> and now here is the host. >> reporter: alex trebek first entered our living rooms back in 1984 and he never left. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to our show. >> reporter: that deadpan delivery of his. >> what did you do? i'm responding incorrectly. >> reporter: just part of the reason he was so beloved. through the years, trebek becoming an institution, a sought after celeb that we just couldn't get enough of including here at "gma." >> game show host, alex trebek would tell you it is what is a musk ox. >> reporter: here he is on aseine -- assignment in alaska for us. >> you stop that. >> reporter: he would make countless appearances on shows like "cheers." >> let's see what your wager was. you bet 22,000 big ones? that takes you down to zero. you bet it all, clint, why would you do something like that? >> reporter: and "the golden girls". >> what is a heifer? >> you're right.

>> reporter: getting "the simpsons" treatment. >> you were down $5,200. >> reporter: just months after his cancer diagnosis last year, trebek opened up to robin. >> what have you learned about yourself through all this journey? >> i think i've learned that i'm an extremely lucky individual because in spite of of the fact that this diagnosis is not a good one, i have managed to receive so much love from so many people. >> reporter: trebek used his own fight to educate others. >> i had something rocky just gave me. made me feel kind of good. an email from a woman who said, i just wanted to thank alex for speaking about his symptoms because it made my brother-in-law -- thank y thank you, alex. my brother-in-law decided because he was experiencing some of the same symptoms to go and see his doctor. let's take a look at your response. did you come up with the right one? no. what is we love you, alex?

that's very kind. thank you. that's very kind of you. >> put into terms what they mean to you, fans of the show? >> they are the most important elements in my life outside of my family and friends. they have expressed their feelings about me in so many positive ways that i can't help but be touched by what they have to say. >> reporter: and here late last year trebek speaking to michael strahan alongside his wife of 30 years, jeanne. >> very simple question. do you know you're married to an icon? >> he's just my husband. >> but i liked it better when she would bow when i came into the house. those days are gone. >> reporter: trebek always the humble host acknowledging his place and the show's place for a generation of tv viewers. >> can't tell you how many letters are from young people who say, i got started watching "jeopardy" with my grandmother or my grandfather. >> my grandfather would sit me on his lap and we'd watch you

and i credit you for my perfect diction so thank you. >> well, that's great. >> it's an important part of many people's lives and how can i not be affected by that expression of emotion or feeling about a television program? that's all it is. it's a tv show. but it's feel good television. i the best kind of reality television, i feel. >> yes, it's feel good tv and we'll get to see him longer. they taped enough shows that we'll see him at least through the end of the year with new episodes and, look, i got to spend some extraordinary time with him and a lot was heartbreaking and sad about the diagnosis but i'll leave everybody on an up note on a happy note about alex trebek. we talked about his humor. you saw it there, and something he did with me, and i couldn't believe he did it. we went out and he had downtick in his condition, and

he had been taking this medication that actually darkened his skin. looking at him you could tell something was off with his color and just deadpan, just serious and stoic he looked at me and said, t.j., don't be peopled by this makeup. i take this off, i'm blacker than you. he's so serious about his condition. he tells me that joke and i just fall out, so many stories and experiences. i know all of us have them with our time with him, and just a value. a treasure of my life to hang with him. >> thank you for sharing that. he made everybody feel special. he had a way of doing that. and unfortunately, burt thakur is having some technical issues so he was not able to join us, but joining us is "jeopardy" champion buzzy cohen. he's going to join us right now. hey, buzzy, good to see you. you went nine games in 2016, tournament champions 2017, captain of the 35th anniversary all-star team so you knew alex very well. you spent a lot of time with him. tell us go the man you knew and why he was so good at his job. >> i think alex's genius was he

made the contestants the center of the show. it wasn't about the host or the game or anything, and you really felt like when you were on the stage or when you were watching that he was really rooting for the contestants, and everyone at home was sort of playing along and being a contestant themselves, and so you knew that alex in some way was rooting for you, and i think that's part of why everyone felt so connected to him, even when he would tease you about a wrong answer. it would be the way a teacher would be, like, come on. you should have known that, right? so i think in a way he kind of became this mister rogers-type character for everyone at home. someone who came into our home who we knew wanted us to succeed and that was really true and as t.j. said he had a great sense of humor that we didn't see as much of on the show but when you got to be in the studio with him, he was just so funny and so warm and we're all -- everyone who got to meet him is really better for it. >> yeah, he's touched so many

people's lives and, buzzy, what i love with my kids, circled around the tv set is they're all shouting out the answers and he really made it cool to be smart, wouldn't you say? >> totally. >> absolutely. absolutely. especially as, you know, tv and culture started to value a little bit of style over substance, he really championed knowing the right answer, not being able to bs your way through it but really knowing stuff and having fun with it and laughing about knowing it, laughing about missing it and he used to say on set are you the kind of person who shouts out the answers from home or are you a liar? because we all do it, right? >> we certainly do. we certainly -- you know, buzzy, we would have been talking about alex like this even if he had not been diagnosed. but he was. and the way he publicly shared his journey, just really -- it just adds to what many of us have known about him. he really wanted to make a

difference, didn't he? >> he knew how important he was to the fans. he really respected the trust that he had earned by being the guy with the answers, being really plain spoken, straight shooting and i think that it was important to him to continue to earn that trust and i think coming forward himself saying in his own voice that he was facing something that had kind of a tough outlook, a really tough outlook and told us as much but told us he was going to fight and he sure did and i think we all have been blown away to know that he's continued to tape every opportunity he got because he knew how important the show was not just to himself, it wasn't about his ego totally but it was also about all of us who looked forward to seeing him on our screen every evening when we finished our day so i'm just really thankful that he continued to live with so much integrity.

>> he sure did. if you had to choose one memory to share, what would it be? >> you know, after the all-star games there was a big party and usually alex sneaks out and doesn't attend those, but it was the 35th anniversary. it was a big deal and he was there and i got to bring my young daughter and at that time she wasn't really watching tv but of course we watched it every night so alex trebek was the biggest star in the world and he was on her tv every night and she ran up to him and gave him the biggest hug and he was so excited and just wrapped her in his arms. you can see that picture right there. wrapped her in his arms like she was his granddaughter and later in the evening he was kind of trying to sneak out the side and she saw him from across the hall -- the whole party and just ran after him and was like i'm going to get one more hug and i think, you know, just knowing that she got to have that connection with him and that's something that we can all share in, it's, you know, hopefully

his memory will continue to be a blessing for all of us. >> thank you for sharing your memories with us. >> absolutely. thank you for having me. >> you were very blessed to have had that kind of relationship with him, buzzy. thank you, thank you. >> thank you. >> you take care. you know, for many years i did the 6:00 p.m. "sportscenter" with bob ley and charley steiner. we would have "jeopardy" on, a little secret. we would play along during the commercial breaks, we were -- how about those saints but we had the show on our set and we would watch it and we would play final "jeopardy" and bob always got the answer right. used to drive us crazy. we'll be right back. >> not that yo make your holidays happen...at ross! surprise! ahhh! yes! i love it! you don't have to spend a lot to give a lot to the ones who mean the most. you've got the holidays, and we've got you, with the best bargains ever... ...at ross. yes for less!

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back now with b back now with 13-year-old brayden harrington. like president-elect biden brayden has a stutter and when they met on the campaign trail it changed brayden's life. will reeve has his story. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, george. it was arguably the most emotionally resonant moment of that remote virtual democratic national convention. brayden talking about the encouragement and inspiration he s -- received from then-candidate joe biden. now brayden is offering his words of encouragement to the president-elect. >> i was really happy for him and i have a really strong feeling that's going to be a great president this time. >> reporter: brayden harrington introduced himself to america at

the 2020 democratic national convention. where the 13-year-old shared with the country the impact of the bond he shares with president-elect joe biden. >> he told me that we were members of the same club. we stutter. it was really amazing to hear that someone like me became vice president. >> reporter: brayden met biden on the campaign trail in his home state of new hampshire earlier this year. brayden's dad telling then-candidate biden about his son's stutter. a struggle biden faced as a young man himself. here biden encouraging brayden on the rope line. >> and it took a lot of promise you, you can do it. i promise you. and don't let it define you. you're handsome. you're smart. you're a good guy. i really mean it. >> reporter: biden and his team stayed in touch with the harringtons. the next president passing on

tips to brayden to battle that stutter. that gesture leaving a mark. >> for the president-elect to have taken the time to do that for us means the world and he opened up massive opportunities for brayden to build his confidence and see that his stutter doesn't matter. it's been a gift. i can't call it anything other than that. >> reporter: now brayden harrington credits president-elect biden with changing his perspective. on a major life challenge. >> before, my number one fear was my stutter, and that was close the the scariest thing in my life, and now i see it as a gift, and i see it as a way to improve mentally and physically. >> reporter: before the final presidential debate brayden recorded a video for biden on international stuttering day telling him how good it felt to get his fears and feelings out there about his stutter. while watching the video, biden

remarked about brayden, he has such heart. he has maturity beyond his years. george. >> boy, he sure does. thanks very much. let's go to ginger. >> and, george, i got a little snow and record high temps all over the map here. let's start with salt lake city where they had officially had 3.7 inches. places close had a half foot. in montana, it was up to 19 inches and blizzard conditions, and in southern california, big bear, more than a foot of snow. so some big changes coming to the west. you still see rocky mountain leftovers there, idaho up to ten inches and then just east of this through minnesota, northern wisconsin, you could still see another couple of inches, but let's talk records because records were broken all the way from indianapolis and detroit to new york city and atlantic city, and today we can do it again. traverse city could make it to 75 degrees that would definitely break a record down to cleveland, sti

. good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. the chill just about over by 9:00. frost advisory by then. high clouds and sunshine. frost possible the nexexexexexem ♪ born to be wild coming up next meet the future first dogs. how the bidens' german shepherd major is making history.

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>> announcer: the night before the cma awards. >> country music in 2020 is -- >> alive and well. >> announcer: raw, emotional, the abc special with robin roberts, tuesday night on abc. and welcome back. the bidens are preparing to move into the white house, bringing along their two german shepherds and one of the dogs will be making history. janai norman is here with more on that. good morning, janai. >> reporter: hey, amy.

yeah, it's been a while since there's been a dog living in the white house. but it is a long-standing tradition and when the new first family moves in, they'll be bringing with them two dogs including the first first rescue dog. the biden/harris ticket boasts a number of firsts. the first president beginning they adopted major from the delaware humane association. german shepherd major making major history himself as the first ever rescue dog in the white house. it was reported that major came from a litter of german shepherd pups that were surrendered and not doing well at all. adding to their fur family after welcoming their first german shepherd champ ten years earlier. >> i have two german shepherds. one thinks he is secret service and he is and another one is a puppy we brought along because my vet said your shepherd is 12 years old. he's getting slow, the best thing to get him going is get another puppy. >> reporter: president-elect biden wanted to bring tdogs bac to the white house, and made it

a point to feature his pups on his instagram page during his campaign posting this clip of major writing, no ruff days on the trail when i have major motivation. they'll be joining an elite list of presidential pups from president theodore roosevelt's mongrel terrier skip, the breed famously dubbed the teddy roosevelt terrier. the kennedys' welsh terrier charlie, and pushinka, the reagans' rex, the bush's beloved scottish terrier barney, to bo and sunny, the portuguese water dogs president obama promised his daughters. >> sasha and malia, i love you both more than you can imagine and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the white house. >> reporter: and with all eyes on the new first family, one thing is for certain. these dogs will be sure to raise

the roof. a little fun fact about presidential pets. the oldest white house pet was president calvin coolidge's raccoon, rebecca. yes, that was her name. in november 1926 she was sent to the white house alive for thanksgiving dinner where president coolidge pardoned and adopted her instead. guys, you can thank me for that. >> we'll forgive you for that one. thank you. >> get your rescue on. >> that's right. we'll be

that came from me. really. my first idea was "in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower... over you. figuratively speaking." this is an abc news special report. now reporting, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. good morning. we're coming on the air right now because president-elect biden has just met with his coronavirus task force. he's just started speaking. let's listen in. >> today that work begins. it starts with doing everything possible to get the covid-19 under control so that we can reopen our businesses safely and sustainably, resume our lives, put our -- put this pandemic behind us, and we just received positive news in this fight with the announcement that there's been progress made toward a successful vaccine. soon the expectation is the fda

will run the process of rigorous reviews and approvals. the process must also be grounded in science and fully transparent so the american people can have every confidence that any approved vaccine is safe and effective. at the same time it's clear that this vaccine even if approved will not be widely available for many months yet to come. the challenge before us right now is still immense and growing. although we are not in office yet, i'm just -- i hope something can be done. the purpose of this is just to let you know what we're going to do once we're sworn in. so there's a need for bold action to fight this pandemic. we're still facing a very dark winter. there are now nearly 10 million covid cases in the united states. last week we topped 120,000 new cases on multiple days.

infections are going up, hospitalizations are going up, deaths are going up. this crisis claimed nearly 1,000 american lives a day, and nearly 240,000 dead so far. the protections still indicate we could lose 200,000 more lives in the coming months before a vaccine can be made widely available. so we can't forego the important work that needs to be done between now and then to get our country through the worst wave yet in this pandemic. so reduce the spread torks sa, lives. that's why today i've named a covid-19 transition advisory board comprised of englished public health experts to to launch our plan into action, a blueprint that we can put in place as soon as kamala and i are sworn in to office on january 20, 2021. we will seek to add other members to this board during

this important -- very additional important perspectives on public health and expertise throughout the transition. this group will advise on detailed plans, build on a bedrock of science and keep compassion, empathy, and care for every american at its core, making rapid testing widely available, more widely available. much more widely available, and building a core of contact tracers who will track and curb this disease while we prioritize getting vaccines first to the most at-risk populations. developing clear and detailed guidance, providing the necessary resources for small businesses, schools, child care centers to reopen and operate safely and effectively during the pandemic, protecting both workers and the public. scaling up productive life-saving treatments and therapeutics and when it's ready, making sure an approved

vaccine is distributed equitabye and efficiently and free for every american. with cases rising once more, it's imperative that we ramp up our production of personal protective equipment. to make sure our brave health care workers have what they need to battle safely against this virus, we're going to get states, cities and tribes the tests and the supplies they need. we're going to protect vulnerable populations who are at risk, most at risk of this virus, older americans and those with pre-existing conditions. we're going to address the health and economic despaispari that mean this virus is hitting the black, latino, asian-american, pacific islanders, native american communities harder than white communities. focusing on these communities is a priority, not an afterthought. the bottom line, i will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around once we're sworn in on

january 20th, to get our kids back to school safely, our businesses growing and our economy running at full speed again. and to get an approved vaccine manufactured and distributed as quickly as possible to as many -- to as many americans as possible, free of charge. we'll follow the science. we'll follow the science. let me say that again. we'll adjust to new data when it comes in, and we'll listen and work in cooperation with governors and local leaders of both parties who are fighting this virus in their communities this very day. there is so much good work happening at state and local levels across the country, governors, mayors. they're stepping up. the advisory board will listen and learn lessons from their experience. because we know that they won't fully defeat covid-19 until we defeat it everywhere, my advisory council includes global

health security to restore global leadership to fight this pandemic. this is a crisis that affects everyone. as i've said throughout this campaign, i will be a president for every american. this election is over. it's time to put aside the partisanship, and the rhetoric that was designed to demonize one another, and end the politicizing of mask wearing and distance. we have to effectively address this crisis as one country, where hardworking americans have each other's backs and we're united in our shared goal, defeating this virus. as we work toward a safe and effective vaccine, we know the single most effective thing we can do to stop the spread of covid is wear a mask. the head of the cdc warned this

fall that for the foreseeable future, a mask remains the the most potent weapon against the virus. today's news does not change that urgent reality. i won't be president until january 20th my message today is to everyone, it doesn't matter who you voted for. where you stood before election day. it doesn't matter your party, your point of view, we can save thousands of lives if you just wear a mask. you know, maybe we would save a life of a person who stocks the shelves at your local grocery store, your place of worship. maybe saves the life of one of your children's teacher. please, i em mroer you -- wear mask. do it f