good morning, america. the potentially life-saving vaccines rolling out across the country. pfizer set to ship out nearly 3 million doses this week, the first doses arriving this morning for seniors and health care workers battling the pandemic on the front lines. all this as the nation now closes in on a staggering 300,000 american lives lost to covid-19. our team is on the ground tracking those shipments across the country. a top executive at u.p.s. joins us on the critical operation, and the u.s. surgeon general standing by with the very latest. the electoral college set to vote today, cementing joe biden's victory following a weekend of violence as trump supporters clashed with counterprotesters. the security concerns today in some state capitals as the electors get set to gather.

breaking news. major u.s. government agencies hacked by russian spies stealing data and spying on federal workers since the spring. a large-scale breach with what's being called potentially "grave" consequences. the very latest on the investigation this morning. snowstorms on the move. the northeast bracing for a brutal one-two punch. where you could see up to a foot of snow, and will the wicked weather throw a wrench in that massive vaccine rollout? a college basketball star's frightening on-court collapse right in the middle of a game. the top scorer dunking just moments before, but then rushed to the hospital. the latest on his condition and the support from gator nation this morning. stunning security breach. >> what is going on? >> a man climbing onto the wing of a plane right before takeoff at a major airport. the question this morning, how did he get there? and celebrating charley pride. ♪ i woke up this morning thinking i could do the honky tonk blues ♪ >> country music's first black

superstar passing away from covid-19 complications. this morning, the new questions surrounding the cma awards where he accepted that lifetime achievement award, many with touching tributes for the trailblazing pioneer. ♪ kiss an angel good morning and love her like the devil when you get back home ♪ we do say good morning, america. when i was a country music deejay, i used to love playing charley pride. >> what a mellow voice. >> we hope you had a good weekend, everybody. this is a day americans have been waiting for for so long, the first shots of the pfizer coronavirus vaccine expected to be given to americans today, t.j. >> we cannot believe it. it has been a year and we made it to this day, and a big day because this massive effort is under way to distribute the vaccine throughout the country. overnight this plane, this was landing at l.a.x. they started to unload the vaccine there. those shipments arriving as the

united states reports nearly 300,000 american lives lost to this virus. >> let's take a live look at the u.p.s. hub in louisville, kentucky. that's inside one of the jets about to be loaded up. shipping vaccines to more than 400 locations. this is a sign we hope that it is the beginning of the end of the pandemic and we do have some encouraging news in our new poll. more than 80% of americans say they want to get the vaccine. we'll talk to the surgeon general about this take a look at that, the very first person to get the vaccine right ear in new york at the long island jewish medical center. we have team coverage of this critical mission to get this vaccine distributed all over the country. tom llamas starts us off at a hospital here in new york. >> reporter: sandra is the critical care nurse that received that vaccine live in that news conference. she also says it gave her hope,

she like so many healthcare workers on the front lines have been in this battle with covid-19 going in really with just ppe and now the process starts to hopefully make them bullet proof and for us to get the upper hand on this virus. this morning, americans expected to start receiving the first doses of the long awaited covid-19 vaccine. health care workers, seniors and first responders among the first to receive the shot. >> we could have every nursing home patient vaccinated by christmas. >> reporter: this week pfizer shipping 2.9 million doses to all 50 states and u.s. territories. 145 locations are set to receive those vital vials today. but several hospitals have told abc news they don't know the exact timing of the vaccine delivery due to security reasons. however, across the country, they stand ready to receive the shipments. here in new york, northwell health setting up nine centers

to begin vaccinating its 56,000 frontline workers as early as this afternoon. in chicago, rush university hospital transforming its lobby into mass vaccination bays and montana's governor tweeting out this shipment progress receipt showing the state's first vaccine delivery on its way writing, the most important package we've ever tracked. for millions receiving the potentially life-saving vaccine can't come soon enough. alison wise has been fighting the virus on the front lines at the university of iowa hospital and is set to receive her vaccine today hoping it ignites a return to normalcy. >> i'm going to go treat some covid patients and see a handful of them in the morning, then i'll take a little break when it's my assigned time, get my covid shot and go right back to my covid patients. >> reporter: at michigan's beaumont hospital this doctor says he will be getting the vaccine in the next two to three days and documenting his experience so that patients know what they can expect.

>> this is truly an innovative moment. unlike anything else in history by the nature of the tiny vaccine. it will get us back out there. i want to be among the first to sort of let the patients know what this is all about, what they can expect and i'm excited to be part of it. >> reporter: so you saw it right there. the doctor wants to make sure his patients understand e everything they can about this vaccine. because there's a public awareness campaign, americans have to take the vaccine for this to work and for us to finally get the upper hand and take control of this virus. george? >> sending an important message right there, tom. we'll be covering the shipping all through the day as well and pfizer's storage facility with alex perez. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. take a look behind me here. that is the dock where the trucks are loaded with the precious cargo. 500,000 doses already shipped

out and more is expected to go out today. take a look inside this building. carefully core graphed assembly line. on trays and removed from those ultra cold freezers, placed into special boxes and lots of dry ice that can maintain those cold temperatures. those boxes then put into waiting trucks escorted by u.s. marshals for transportation. much of it headed to area airports. now each vial contains five doses and there are 195 vials per tray. today, another 400 boxes are expected to be shipped out. now pfizer officials tell me even though delivery is under way, production of the vaccine remains a 24/7 operation, something they say will continue for at least the next year. robin? >> alex, thank you. u.p.s. one of the major carriers delivering the potentially life-saving vaccine. victor oquendo is at a u.p.s. hub in louisville, kentucky. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. that vaccine will be transported in a plane just like this one.

this massive 747, you can even see one of the shipping containers right there behind me, so far this mission of the century is off to a good start but this is just the beginning, some 145 locations across the country set to receive shipments today. it ramps up tomorrow with more than 400 locations receiving deliveries, and fedex and u.p.s. say that they are both ready. let's give you a view inside the cockpit of that historic first flight on sunday. u.p.s. on the way to retrieve shipments from michigan before bringing it back to louisville. we had a chance to speak with the pilot. he told us it was a moment of hope and change. fedex following suit back to their hub in memphis. these rivals turned teammates through "operation warp speed," both immediately started sorting that precious cargo at their facilities, unloading planes, running it through the conveyer belts, scanning packages. every single shipment of the vaccine has some high-tech tracking devices on it. pfizer has their own as do u.p.s. and fedex. not only will these monitor the precise location 24/7 but also

they will read temperature, so important because as we know that pfizer vaccine has to be kept very cold. t.j. >> all right, victor, thank you. and we are joined now by the president of u.p.s. healthcare mr. wes wheeler. at the company's command center in louisville, kentucky, and also inside one of those cargo jets. mr. wheeler, we appreciate the time. i know it's busy and, look, you have a lot of work to do but just what was it like to see that plane with that vaccine land at your facility yesterday? what was that like for you? >> it was amazing. actually my favorite pilot actually captain houston mills is the head of our flight operations. he actually flew the plane in, so, and i knew houston well, but it was a life-changing event for me after four or five months of planning. we finally had the vaccines arriving here, the first vaccines that will go to the american public. it was amazing. >> you said four or five months of planning. i know you all actually did trial runs. is everything working the way

it's supposed to? they arrived yesterday. where are those vaccines now? >> right now all the vaccines that we were assigned by "operation warp speed," they're all sitting at market, which means they're sitting in either the aircraft that landed last night or they're sitting at a dock at a ground operation this morning. as soon as the crews arrive this morning, they'll be offloading those jets and those docks and they'll be delivering with our traditional brown trucks this morning to their vaccine locations. >> now, they, once again, they are getting on those brown trucks, that's amazing that this whole -- through the whole pandemic that ultimately your brown trucks are going to be taking a lot of this vaccine to hospitals, to health care facilities and, sir, i know the vaccines going to different places at different times. but at what point today do you anticipate those trucks are going to be pulling up to places and delivering vaccine? how soon is that going to be happening? >> i can tell you that because every shipment with the vaccine carries a label that looks like this, it's a radio with an

active tag. because this is on each shipment, the drivers know they're carrying a vaccine, and because they know they're carrying a vaccine, and because they know how important this is to the american public, i think it's kind of a race out there right now. as soon as the trucks pull out from their hubs around the country, they're going to be trying to get to those locations as fast as they can. between 8:00 and 10:30 this morning they'll be arriving. >> i know you can't give specifics, and again, this is what you do. you haven't done anything quite like this but you are pretty much experts in shipping vaccines and doing cold supply runs, but also security. again, not specifics but are you all taking some extra steps to secure this particular payload? >> the security issues we are dealing with directly with "operation warp speed." they are actually assisting us with that. we have our own security and this is, of course, which i won't describe in detail, but "operation warp speed" is providing some direction to us when they're on the ground, of

course, when they're in the confines of this facility, this is like ft. knox here. >> all right, wes wheeler, again, at the company's command center with u.p.s. i know it's a very busy time but important work. you didn't have a whole lot of time to celebrate but it was worth celebrating. mr. wheeler, thank you for your time this morning. >> we're still working. >> global pandemic, what's a sign it's over? a brown truck pulls up to a hospital. it's amazing where we are. big day. >> such a critical operation. such a critical one. one potential complication for shipping the vaccine, the weather. the east coast could look at two snowstorms this week and ginger is tracking that for us. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: good morning, robin. think of round one as a nuisance. round two as something that could paralyze those operations. let's go ahead and get into it. the first one is already moving through the northeast, but it started as three to four inches of snow, oklahoma city skiing in the streets there. that's a daily record.

tulsa had five inches, that's the most they've seen in seven years in any month, then you go to rogers, arkansas, right through the ozarks, 40 to 50 cars slid off that road alone. they had more than half a foot in some places so here's how i think it will go down. we move this one out quickly today. it's mostly rain along the coast. storm two is the problem, and wednesday afternoon, if you are in philadelphia or washington, d.c. or they're trying to get vaccines around there wednesday night, that's going to be an issue. new york city to boston, wednesday night through early thursday morning, this could again potentially drop up to a foot of snow. wonderful for those that love the holidays and don't have to go anywhere. horrible for the shipments of the vaccine and anyone that has to travel by thursday morning. george. >> okay, ginger, thanks very much. we move on now to another milestone of the 2020 election. the electoral college votes officially delivering the victory to joe biden and kamala harris. it all begins in just a few hours, and mary bruce is in washington with the latest. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, you know this is usually a routine process but with the president still refusing to recognize the reality that he's

lost, this is now getting a lot of attention so today across the country electors will meet and cast their votes cementing joe biden's victory but president trump is still defiant. he is clinging to his false claims and insisting that, quote, it's not over, even after his legal challenges have repeatedly hit dead-ends and the supreme court handed him that crushing legal defeat. meanwhile, joe biden is moving ahead tonight after he is formally chosen as the next president he will be addressing the nation, george. >> okay, mary. meantime, because of covid and security concerns, there are some new procedures this year in the electoral college. >> reporter: there are, george. you know, we have heard some electors say they've been pressured and intimidated by voters who believe the president's conspiracy theories that the race was somehow rigged so we are seeing some stepped up precautions and, in fact, across the country this morning cities are bracing for demonstrations, over the weekend here in d.c. we saw the president's supporters including members of the extremist group the proud boys flooding the streets of d.c. and violently clashing with counterprotesters. >> that was ugly. in the meantime on covid, mary, there is some confusion over whether or not top white house staffers are going to be getting

the vaccine right away? >> reporter: yeah, so here's the deal, senior officials across all three branches of government will be receiving vaccinations including at the white house and in congress, but we just don't know yet who or when, but we did see a lot of outbreaks growing -- of outrage growing overnight that after months of downplaying the threat and severity of the virus, that the president's staff would be among the first in the world to receive it, but now this morning the president is saying he's delaying plans to immunize his top officials saying they should receive it later in the program. the president said he is not scheduled to receive it but will at the appropriate time. of course, he said he thinks he's immune while joe biden has said he will take the vaccine publicly at some point to try to help build public confidence, george. >> thanks very much. robin, you're sitting down with the vice president-elect this week. >> it will be her first solo interview since the election and i'll be talking to her tomorrow. you'll see the interview on wednesday on "gma." now to that breaking news, the big concern this morning after a large-scale hack of u.s. government agencies by russian spies. our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has the latest on

the investigation from washington. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: robin, good morning. u.s. officials suspect the russian government has been spying on federal agencies on a potentially brazen and broad scale. the treasury and commerce departments have been hit in what my sources are calling a highly sophisticated attack from the kremlin that may have also targeted other agencies. u.s. officials believe that the russians hacked into computer systems and were able to secretly look at communications of u.s. government officials for months. u.s. officials say the hack could have, quote, grave consequences. the fbi's investigating and the national security council has been alerted. late last night the homeland security agency that deals with cyber and infrastructure threats announced an emergency directive calling on all federal agencies to stop using and shut down computer products from a company called solarwinds orion. high, high concern, t.j. >> all right, thank you so much. we want to turn now to our breaking story from the sports world.

after more than a century, cleveland's major league baseball team is now planning to drop the indians from its name. this follows a similar move by the washington football team after fans and native american groups had protested the name for years and years. a formal announcement from the team is expected at some point this week. no word on if they're going to change this and drop indians immediately and no word on what a new name could possibly be but people have been protesting asking for this for a long time and change is coming. >> long time coming. we're following a lot of other stories this morning, including what you need to know about the vaccine right now. the surgeon general jerome adams is standing by. and that terrifying moment you see right there, when basketball star keyontae johnson collapsed on the court. we have the latest on his condition this morning. but first, let's go back to ginger. >> and, robin, it doesn't take a lot of snow to cause a lot of accidents. more than 200 in minneapolis. i-35 shut down in both directions, only about a half inch of snow. so that cold air is going to be part of the issue coming in with those storms. we have two computer models we look at regularly and wanted to

share them with you, the american model still has a lot of inland snow, that's where that foot plus right through the higher elevations of pennsylvania. the european model, this one takes it a little farther north through connecticut and rhode island. of course, we'll fine-tune it as we get closer and, remember, wind will be a big issue too. near-blizzard conditions by thursday morning. all right, let's go ahead and get a check with the select cities sponsored by amazon. . good monday morning. how about that weekend's rain?

i can't wait until our hills turn green in the next couple of weeks. the storm door is open but we get a break today and today. flooding is still possible from the king tides today and tomorrow and our next storm arrives wednesday and thursday. look at these temperatures today. 56 to 58, 59 degrees. that's where we should be this time of the year. colder tonight with frost possible in our deepest inland valleys. mid to upper 30s a lot of folks will want to blame me for the snowstorm this week. i want all of you to know that my 5-year-old son invited this. he wants to learn how to ski. i didn't think it would be possible by his birthday this weekend. but guys, it's adrian's fault. >> wow, mom, put it on him. thanks, ginger. we'll be right back, folks. >> wow, mom, put it on him. thanks, ginger. we'll be right back, folks. er. we'll be right back, folks. ask, 'are my bones strong?' life is full of make or break moments. that's why it's so important

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the first doses arriving for seniors and health care workers battling the pandemic on the front lines. all this as the nation closes in on a staggering 300,000 american lives lost to covid-19. also right now, a big question, will the weather throw a wrench in that massive vaccine rollout? the northeast bracing for two snowstorms on the move, a brutal one-two punch. and the first woman to play in a power five game, vanderbilt senior sarah fuller upped her game. this was wonderful to see kicking two extra points. now becoming the first woman to ever score in a power five game. that was this weekend. vanderbilt's coach adding of his three kickers fuller is the most accurate from this distance. >> good for her. we'll continue with our top story, the rollout of the pfizer coronavirus vaccine. we have a new poll with ipsos this morning finding 40% of americans want to get the vaccine as soon as possible, 44% prefer to wait a bit and the surgeon general, dr. jerome adams joins us to talk more about the vaccine. the encouraging news in that poll. thanks for joining us. only 15% of the american public right now says they don't want to get the vaccine.

>> absolutely. i think it's important for people to know that vaccines are going out. they're safe and they're highly effective and you see in the pew poll that we went from about 30% of people who said they would get the vaccine just a few weeks ago to now 60%. that's great news on a great day, and it's balancing the really somber news that we've got still over 2,000 people dying every day from this virus so i want people to know hope is here. help is on the way but we still need to remember to wear our mask, wash our hands and watch our distances until we can get vaccinated. >> we have to do that in the meantime. talk about the potential side effects of a vaccine and what people should be ready for when they take it and what they should be concerned about. >> well, that is a great question. and let me give you some real practical advice.

we know that we're going to first vaccinate people who are vulnerable. but for everyone else out there you should be going right now to get your flu shot if you haven't already and talk to your doctor about vaccinations. get your questions answered. because it is okay, it is normal to have questions. what's not normal is to let misinformation rule you. vaccines will sometimes give you a sore arm, they can give you a little bit of a mild fever or you can feel a little bit bad but that's normal. that means the vaccine is actually working. so i want people to know that, again, we've had people vaccinated for literally almost 100 years in this country and particularly the flu vaccine, hundreds of millions have been vaccinated. this covid vaccine, i will be getting it when they tell me i can get it. that's how confident i am in its safety and, remember, 95% effectiveness means we can put this pandemic away if we get enough people vaccinated. >> when do you think that will be? when will you be getting the vaccine?

there's been talk about when top administration officials should be getting it. where they should be in the line. >> well, again, we need to make sure we're immunizing for impact. that means we're immunizing the people nose likely to be harmed and seniors, people in nursing homes are 40% of the deaths even though they're 0.4% of the population so makes sense to start with them. our health care and frontline workers will be next and i still practice medicine. i also travel around the country and deploy as part of my job as surgeon general, i was in montana just this weekend in hospitals there helping people respond to covid. so i imagine i'll be in that first tier but, again, we want to make sure we're getting the people who are most likely to be impacted vaccinated first. we also recognize that there's a symbolic part of someone like me getting vaccinated giving people confidence that they can get vaccinated so, again, when they tell me i can i will and maybe on "good morning america" with you, george. >> you're welcome any time. you mentioned that pew research survey. it found 60% of whites and

latinos say they're going to get the vaccine but only 40% of blacks will. how can you explain that and also change minds? >> we know people of color and particularly african-americans have legitimate reason to be distrustful of the medical institutions and the government. when you look at the tuskegee experiment where, again, quite frankly, african-americans were treated very badly, so we need to acknowledge that, we need to help people understand there are protections in place to make sure that ever happens again, independent data safety monitoring boards and the office of human research protection and then we need to engage and i'm working with the vaccine consultation panel, the national medical association, the rainbow push coalition, many other groups out there to help people understand and get their questions answered, and when you answer their questions, when you acknowledge what happened and answer their questions more and more people will have confidence and one more important point, george, many people haven't seen someone die of measles or die of polio. this vaccine, i think, actually can promote confidence because people are seeing the horrible

impacts of a vaccine preventable disease all around. >> no question about that. one final question, once somebody gets the vaccine, how safe are they and should people feel free -- are they safe to see them at any time or still have to be careful? >> we still need to be careful into at least the second quarter of next year because these vaccines were tested with an outcome of severe disease, not a prevention of infection, so we don't know yet whether they will prevent infection but they could prevent you from being in the hospital and ultimately passing from this virus. still incredibly important to get vaccinated but we're going to need to continue to wear our masks, wash our hands and watch our distance as we slowly start to re-open with the assistance of these great vaccines. >> thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you. special edition of "20/20: the shot: race for the vaccine" about the timing of the vaccine airs tonight at 10:00 eastern. robin. >> and george, we'll have much more on this top story

throughout the morning. now we want to turn to that college basketball star, keyontae johnson, who is in critical condition after collapsing on the court in the middle of the game. erielle reshef joins us now with more. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. just minutes before keyontae johnson collapsed on the court, he was celebrating a play with his teammates but things took that terrifying turn. we do want to warn our viewers the video is disturbing. this morning, this shocking video, florida gators basketball star, keyontae johnson, suddenly collapsing on the court. the top scorer and preseason player of the year dunking just moments before, then taking a dramatic turn. >> johnson with the strong finish off the assist. >> reporter: he can be seen coming out of a time-out hud -- huddle, his head dropping, he stumbles and then alarmingly he falls face first onto the floor. teammates visibly upset calling for help. >> we've had a heartbreaking situation here. you see this florida team in tears. >> reporter: johnson taken out on a stretcher and rushed to local tallahassee memorial

hospital where as of this morning he remains in critical but stable condition. his family flying in to be by his side and coach white with him in the hospital tweeting, please keep praying for keyontae and his family. we all love him. along with the basketball community including his teammate tre mann saying, i know you're fighting, bro. god got you. the florida gary tors playing hours from their home court. releases a statement saying, keyontae received terrific care on site by the fsu staff and at tallahassee memorial which has worked in consultation with uf health. we're glad his parents can be by his side and all feel the support of gator nation. earlier this year johnson tested positive for covid-19 but it's unclear if that's related to this incident. t.j. >> all right, erielle, certainly hope he's going to be okay. thank you so much. we want to turn now to that stunning security breach at a major airport.

a man somehow climbing onto the wing of an airliner with passengers on board as the plane was getting ready to take off. gio benitez with this story. >> oh, my gosh. what is going on? >> reporter: this morning, a demand for answers after a man managed to hop a fence at mccarran airport in las vegas saturday afternoon and climb onto the wing of an alaska airlines plane with passengers on board. >> where does he think he can go? >> reporter: listen as the pilots ask for security. >> we have our motors shut down. is law enforcement on their way? >> we're calling them right now. they should be on their way soon. >> reporter: identified as alejandro carlson walked, then crawled across the wing of the plane, the fbi initially responding but local officers take over surrounding the plane. then getting on the wing themselves, as they approach you can see carlson trying to climb the wing tip but then -- >> there he goes. >> oh. >> reporter: he falls right off landing hard on the pavement. police immediately move in to make the arrest.

paramedics bringing in a stretcher. but incredibly he had only minor injuries. and carlson has been charged with trespassing and disregard for public safety. but, again, this plane was just about to take off. so, robin, this could have ended very differently. >> it certainly could have. thank you. coming up next, celebrating country music superstar charley pride. the latest on the trail blazer passing away from covid complications after attending the in-person cma awards. ♪ kiss an angel in the morning and let her know you think about her ♪

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back now on "gma." we are celebrating the life of country music legend charley pride who just received a lifetime achievement award at the cmas last month. but that appearance at the indoor event is now raising questions after he passed away from covid complications. janai norman has the latest. ♪ woke up this morning >> reporter: this morning, the entertainment world mourning the loss of country music's first black superstar, charley pride. the pioneering singer died saturday from complications related to covid-19. the trailblazing megastar broke racial barriers going on to become a top-selling artist and one of country music's most beloved figures. dolly parton tweeting, i'm so heartbroken. what a horrible, horrible virus. charley, we will always love you. ♪

♪ just about a mile >> reporter: the son of mississippi sharecroppers pride sold 70 million records. he was inducted into the country music hall of fame in 2000 and just last month pride was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the cmas. >> you know, you might not believe it, but i'm as nervous as i can be. >> reporter: that night he sang one of his signature hits, "kiss an angel good morning." ♪ kiss an angel good morning >> reporter: but now, questions about that indoor event. attendees seen without masks and some wondering if pride could have contracted the deadly virus at that ceremony. in a since-deleted tweet maren morris writing, if this was a result of the cmas being indoors we should all be outraged. rest in power, charley. representatives for both pride and the cmas releasing a joint statement saying, charley was tested prior to traveling to nashville. he was tested upon landing in nashville and again on show day

with all tests coming back negative. after returning to texas following the cma awards, charley again tested negative multiple times. the cmas also noting everyone affiliated with the cma awards followed strict testing protocols outlined by the city health department and unions. now fans and artists celebrating the life of the country crooner. he was 86 years old. and at the record label rca he was second only to elvis in record sales. pride leaves behind his wife rozene married for 64 years and their three children. >> thank you, janai. always a gentleman, charley pride. >> stay with us here, folks. we will and right back. ill and right back.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. the covid-19 vaccine is rolling out across the country right now. pfizer shipping out almost 3 million doses this week. the first ones arrived this morning for seniors and health care workers battling the pandemic on the front lines. with hospitals on the brink, the nation closing in on 300,000 american lives lost from the coronavirus. we're tracking the critical shipments across the country. montana's governor shows the state's first delivery on the way calling it the most important package we've ever tracked. sia breaks her silence over hollywood actor shia laboeuf calling him a pathological liar saying, he conned her into an adulterous relationship. this coming after his ex-girlfriend, musician fka twigs sues him for abuse. we have the latest this morning. one-on-one with kareem abdul-jabbar opening up in his

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alison wynes has been fighting the virus on the front lines at the university of iowa hospital and is set to receive her vaccine today hoping it ignites a return to normalcy. >> i'm going to go treat some covid patients and see a handful of them in the morning and then i'll take a little break when it's my assigned time, get my covid shot and go right back to my covid patients. >> reporter: we're seeing more and more images of those shipments dealing to those hospitals and now doctors and nurses receiving those first injections. more and more americans will receive that vaccine, but today feels like a monumental day, like we'll finally get a control on this virus that's killed so many americans all across this country. >> thank you. a special edition of "20/20: the shot: race for the vaccine" airs tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc, george. now to another milestone in

the 2020 election. the electoral college votes today, officially delivering the victory to joe biden and kamala harris, beginning in just a few hours and mary bruce in washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is supposed to be a cut and dried process. electors gathering in their respective states to cast their ballots rubbing stamping results. because the president is refusing to recognize the reality he lost this process is now getting a lot of attention. so today they will be cementing joe biden's victory but trump is still defiant, he's clinging to his false claims and insisting it's not over, even though it is and all of his legal challenges have hit dead-ends. now some electors say they've been harassed and pressured by the president's supporters who believe trump's conspiracy theories that the race was somehow rigged and cities across the country this morning are bracing for demonstrations. meanwhile, joe biden is moving ahead. he is planning to address the nation tonight after he is formally chosen as the next president. t.j. >> all right, mary, thank you so

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♪ rainy monday morning here in new york. welcome back to "gma." and tomorrow on "gma" the men of "the bachelorette" that will be with us live. i'm told not a whole lot of guys left. so tonight's big episode airing at 8:00 eastern on abc. time for "pop news" with lara. good morning, lara. good to see you. >> hi, robin. good morning to all of you and

we're going to begin this morning with apple music naming taylor swift as their 2020 songwriter of the year. for her two surprise albums "folklore" and "evermore" and here's taylor talking about the making of both of them and how the second one ended up even happening. take a look. >> when i put out "folklore," i remember just feeling so proud and happy but still like foot on the gas like let's keep going. this is fun. i'm not finished with this and everybody, all my collaborators, they all felt the same way about it so we just kept going. with this one i have this feeling of a sort of quiet conclusion and sort of this weird serenity of like, we did what we set out to do and we're all really proud of it and that feels really, really good. >> i bet. it is so good and the full interview will be available tuesday night on apple music and apple's honor comes on the

perfect day, taylor turned 31 on sunday and to celebrate her birthday she released a new dance remix of her first single from "evermore" called "willow" writing on instagram, not to be all it's my birthday and i just want to dance but it is and i do. so we released the "willow" dancing witch version remixed by elvira. who knew. congratulations. happy birthday to the endlessly talented taylor swift. thank you for the gift of new music. now, a collaboration made in '90s pop music heaven. the backstreet boys and britney spears teaming up for a new single and it's everything fans have been hoping for, the backstreet boys confirming the news on instagram over the weekend writing we've been asked about the possibility of a collab like this for the past 20 years. today is the day. britney and backstreet is finally here. take a listen. ♪ ♪ it's kind of killing me

♪ like playing with matches, matches, matches ♪ ♪ do some damage, some damage >> it's good, right? and catchy. yes, i'm already working on my moves, robin, "matches" is a new track on britney's new deluxe of "glory." you can stream "matches" pretty much anywhere right now. a great collaboration finally happening. and finally, with the entire concert and touring industry shut down this year, a group of nashville stagehands and crew members have used their free time to make something special. with millions of dollars worth of high-tech concert lighting equipment just sitting in warehouses going unused look what they did, guys. they got together and they built this. an amazing christmas light show. it's happening at the nashville state fairgrounds speedway track. if you are in nashville or the

area, hop in your car from now until december 31st for a very merry, a very bright holiday show. all proceeds will benefit so many in the music and concert industry through the music cares covid relief fund. had to share that with you. >> beautiful, beautiful. >> that's just spectacular. >> that was. we move on to our cover story. a new allegation from sia against shia laboeuf after his ex-girlfriend british singer fka twigs sued him for abuse. zohreen shah joins us from los angeles with the details. good morning, zohreen. >> reporter: good morning, george. fka twigs' accusations against shia labeouf were already explosive, but now a second woman has come out, superstar sia and she is not holding back. ♪ >> reporter: this morning, superstar sia breaking her silence, speaking out against shia laboeuf amid allegations of abuse from ex-girlfriend fka twigs. sia revealing on twitter, i too

have been hurt emotionally by shia, a pathological liar who conned me into an adulterous relationship claiming to be single. i believe he's very sick and have compassion for him and his victims. just know if you love yourself, stay safe. stay away. ♪ "elastic heart" and went to 2015 music video for laboeuf starred in sia's "elastic heart" and went to offer a message of support for fka twigs saying, i love you, this is very courageous and i'm very proud of you. the groundbreaking allegations on the homes of fka twigs' waging legal battle against laboeuf. the singer suing her former flame alleging relentless abuse during the course of their one-year relationship beginning in 2018. the singer whose legal name is tahliah barnett claims laboeuf once forcibly slammed her against his car and then strangled her and knowingly

transmitted a serious illness. >> she's fulling your head. >> reporter: laboeuf and fka twigs met filming his film "honey boy" in 2018 and she now says her ex is a danger to women everywhere telling "the new york times" in a recent interview i don't think people would ever think that it would happen to me but i think that's the thing. it can happen to anybody. in response to fka twigs' claims, laboeuf wrote in an email to "the new york times," many of these allegations are not true, but he continued he owed the women the opportunity to air their statements publicly and accept accountability for those things i have done. laboeuf has not respond directly to the new allegations from sia. now, t.j., while this may seem isolated to a few people in hollywood, one legal expert tells us the implications could be huge. that every time major allegations like this drop, it is significant for women who may feel they're trapped in similar situations.

t.j. >> zohreen, thank you so much. we want to turn now to a "gma" health alert from none other than legendary basketball giant kareem abdul-jabbar. caught up with him recently. this was for his first interview speaking about his battle with prostate cancer more than a decade now after the diagnosis. he told me why it was so important to tell his story now. >> good hustle by kareem abdul-jabbar. >> reporter: he's the nba's all-time leading scorer. the league's only six-time mvp and a six-time nba champion. basketball legend kareem abdul-jabbar says now is the right time to be interviewed on tv about his own private battle with prostate cancer. first diagnosed 11 years ago. why did you choose now to speak about it? why was now the right time and you knew it was going to get attention. >> we're at a crossroads here and people are even going to take health care seriously and promote it and support it or people will be struggling and we want to end the struggling.

we want people to be well. >> reporter: kareem hopes his story will bring more awareness to health care disparities in the u.s. african-americans have the highest mortality rate of any racial group for all cancers combined and have higher rates of diabetes, hypertension and heart disease than other groups and now the trend continues with the coronavirus. >> all the basic inequities in our society that are there to begin with have been exacerbated by the pandemic. so the fact that people of color have more face-to-face jobs with people, they're more likely to be involved in health care and have to use public transportation. just those factors by themselves will make people of color more susceptible, more vulnerable to a pandemic. >> reporter: in addition to prostate cancer, kareem has dealt with leukemia and had heart bypass surgery but the 73-year-old recognizes he's fortunate. as a financially secure

celebrity, he says he's gotten excellent medical care and acknowledges that's not the case for most people of color and he's now joined the health equity program at ucla where he is helping to reach out to the black community. >> i live in this community. i want to see this work. >> he's enjoying his life right now, has a grandbaby, another one on the way but we were talking about earlier, the numbers of people, african-americans, who are -- who say they don't want to take the vaccine. he was making that point that as people see somebody that looks like them, taking that vaccine, he's also putting and pushing that message also got to take that -- >> he's done that on so many other issues. >> can we put the picture up with his granddaughter? he was very proud of that. we just got a quick shot of him. he just showed it. >> yeah, he has one 6-year-old granddaughter and another one on the way. >> all the things he accomplished, all these things and to see how he lights up when he's with his granddaughter. >> and talking about basketball during that interview.

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genius. >> this is for you. lotta light. this little light, what's awesome about this, you can pop it on, you get bright light anywhere. your purse, backpack, tackle box, toolbox, keep one in your bag so, if you need it to light up a anyone new or light the pathway from your car to the door, there are a zillion options and if you don't have to worry about turning it off because after 60 seconds it shuts off automatically. a huge assortment of these, they're terrific, and today they're $8. >> $8, can't go wrong. oh, and for the music lover on your list you have something for them. >> these are awesome from mukikim. portable instruments. so not only do they make great music for hours of fun for families, kids and adults together but what i love is that they store really easily. they fold up and put away so whether you want pianos, drums, bongo, xylophones, it's not going to take up a ton of space, they have a record and playback feature. a lot of music and laughter and

family fun with these. all 50% off, $10 to $50. >> this is it? this is it. the last one before the holidays, tory? >> you got it, baby. this is it. we've had an awesome year celebrating so many small businesses and hoping you guys stretch your dollar. >> you have done it, my friend. you have done it. thank you, tory. we have partnered with all the brands on these deals. you can get them on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. coming up, kristen wiig, pedro pascal, stars of "wonder woman 1984" join us live. >> announcer: tonight on abc with multiple coronavirus vaccines within reach, inside the race against time. >> this isn't a normal time line but these aren't normal times. >> announcer: how safe is it? tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central on abc.

good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi aaron from abc7 mornings. cliff house is shutting down. the restaurant posted the announcement on its website. while the pandemic hasn't helped, the owners say the closure is actually as a result of delays by the national park service. trying to reach an operating contract. cliff house has been running on short-term contracts since the last long-term contract expired in 2018. the cliff house will close permanently on december 31st. king tides continue and they could cause some flooding this morning and also tomorrow morning. possibly wednesday around noon. today 10:19, tomorrow 11:04 and that does extend into san francisco and the san pablo bay.

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update in about 30 minutes. you can always find the latest on our news app and at ♪ do you remember the 21st night of september ♪ love this song. welcome back to "gma." we are counting down to christmas. 11 days left, so many are getting into the holiday spirit with their decked out trees. >> we ask you to share your photos using #gmaseeyourtree. there's one decorated by kema. she loves reading westerns. she said she created a tree out of her favorite books with a cowboy on top. >> this is the fiesta tree. this is from melissa in san antonio. their annual fiesta celebration had to be postponed. her family is celebrating both christmas and fiesta at the same time. robin, you have one more and i got to see this one. >> okay. this country is courtesy of amber. >> wow. >> i walked in last week and our home in connecticut. that's little man lukas. he's the present that keeps on giving.

the only present under the tree. it was nice to walk into our home and have the tree lit up like that. >> gorgeous tree. >> just kind of gets you, makes you know that it is christmastime. so thank you, sweet amber. >> thank you, robin. keep sending us your creative photos using #gmaseeyourtree. and now two of the stars from the upcoming "wonder woman 1984," you know her from "bridesmaids" and him from "the mandalorian" and "game of thrones." welcome, guys. >> hey, guys. >> kristen, i understand this "wonder woman" fascination is a long time coming to you extended to your childhood wardrobe. >> i guess if you call underroos wardrobe. i didn't wear them out of the house, but, yeah, and i was wonder woman for halloween when i was a little girl too. so -- >> i wore my underoos out of the house. >> of course you did, pedro. thank you for that image. people who have seen it already

have talked about this is a perfect movie for the times that we're in. why do you think it's resonating with folks like that? let me begin with you, pedro. why do you think that's the case? >> i think that something special that patti jenkins does is there's such an emotional impact and happened with the first one and with this one, using the '80s as its era to, you know, represent greed, frankly, and going after what you want but getting it and it not being enough and that being something that, you know, ultimately can consume the world and so the context might be a little relevant at the moment. i don't know why i'm talking like this. >> keep doing it. >> kristen, why do you think it's a perfect moment, perfect movie for the moment we're in right now? >> yeah, i mean, what pedro

said. i mean, there's so much -- it's such a special franchise character because she's all about love and hope, and it's not just, like, you know, killing the bad guy. it's, you finish the movie and you're, like, oh. it makes you look at yourself, and it makes you ask yourself what you would do, and just that kindness can heal the world and i think that's a really great message right now. >> all right. so let's take a quick look. here's a clip. >> oh, barbara. >> hi. >> perfect. >> i have someone i would like you to meet. >> a pleasure. >> oh. miss minerva. >> it's doctor actually. have we met before? you look familiar. >> no. life is good. but it can be better. >> oh, my god. you're on tv. oh, my gosh. you're the oil guy.

>> the oil guy. i'll take it. >> pedro, your hair was the other star of this movie for sure. kristen, you have some pretty serious fight scenes as your character cheetah here. so did you -- i don't know the best way to put it. i'm not suggesting you weren't always in butt kicking shape, but how much work did you have to put in to become this superpowered villain? >> it was a lot. i still feel like i'm recovering. yeah, i mean we did physical training, stunt training. we had an amazing stunt team. and patty really wanted all this stuff to be as practical as possible so, yeah, it was painful and it was -- it was fun, though. i like doing that. >> not painful for me. >> you got a break. you've done your action-packed

scenes but they were doing all the tough ones. >> yeah. >> yeah. this is the best experience i've ever had because of that. [ laughter ] >> but i have to say, you could tell that you all had fun. you had fun, i know you did in filming this, and word on the street, kristen, is that you took some videos between takes? please tell me it's going to see the light of day somewhere. i can only imagine what they must be. >> i think they will. yes, pedro. yes, you're in some. i mean, we had some time on the side of, you know, waiting to shoot so we had to, you know -- >> masterpiece between chris and i directed by kristen, but we still need an ending. >> i'll figure out something. >> you seem sure. you seem sure, pedro, these videos will not see the light of day. >> i can only hope.

>> well, guys, tomorrow, we are going to have gal gadot, wonder woman herself is going to be on the show. your first question you think we should ask of her tomorrow? >> i think we all need to know, gal, what are your coping mechanisms for being so unattractive? >> pedro! >> your average looking person needs to know, how do you -- how do you cope? >> how do you deal? >> we will put that on the list. >> that will be right there. you first, t.j. >> all right. kristen, pedro. good to see you both. congrats on the movie. it is an absolute blast. good to see you both. we'll see you down the road. tomorrow wonder woman herself gal gadot is going to join us, "wonder woman 1984" will be in select theaters and available on hbo max on christmas day. and what's next? robin? >> our 12 days of christmas

cookies. >> 12 days of what? >> only on day three. come on back. ♪

♪ ♪ back now on "gma" with our 12 days, 12 days of christmas cookies. we count down to the 25th. we got to see what cookie we got going. ooh, robin, we got a lot of days of cookies left. >> we do. >> there's a lot going on.

on this cookie. this is a chocolate peppermint cutout cookie this morning from author of her own cookbook, christina tosi. these look pretty serious, christina. this is a -- what do we have? the lords are leaping theme here. >> okay, so this cookie is super simple. it's all about chocolate and peppermint bark as i call it, the flavor we're feeling here at milk bar new york city and our nomad flagship shipping it nationwide. cocoa powder, flour, confectioner sugar and salt in that bar, is super simple. you need one egg and some vanilla extract, and, you know, the secret to every great cookie, holidays and beyond, melted butter. you take those ingredients and you just bring them together until they make a really, really

nice round of cookie dough. this cookie dough you divide up into four sections. i like po pop it in a political -- plastic it in the fridge until 15, 20 minutes, just so it firms up nicely so it's super easy to roll out. i use a little bit of flour on the cutting board, a little rolling pin until it's about a quarter of an inch thick and from there the fun really begins because it's all about a cutout. lords a leaping for me it's all about -- i like to do high kicks with my red converse, i've got these really great high top cookie cutouts and you just go straight into the dough trying to preserve as much space as possible but honestly if you don't have a great cookie cutout you can use whatever kind of shape you have lying around at home, the top of a jar or cup or hand carve yourself a little. i'll give you a little t.j. how is that? you can cut out your cookie

dough by hand or with a cutter and from there, this cookie dough gets transferred onto a baking sheet. this is kind of where we catch bakers up but honestly something as simple as a rubber spatula will do. you get under that dough and you get a really, really, really easy transfer of that cutout onto a baking sheet. in the oven, 350 degrees, six to eight minute, set a timer. chocolate cookies always hard to tell when they're done baking? >> but then the fun begins. >> this is pretty delicious. >> now the fun begins and you get to decorate them. >> that's right, robin, you get to decorate them so a quick and easy glaze is a mixture of confectioners' sugar and milk brought together. if you want that glaze to have a little color, some personality, you can always use extract or food coloring and from there and here's my pro move, robin. you're right, the decoration of these cutout cookies is what's key.

i put a little bit of that glaze into a ziploc bag. use a little scissors. cut the tip. >> oh, i know this trick. >> and -- you know this trick, right? >> that's a good one. >> from there you have your own at home piping bag and can you go straight down onto one of your cookies and i like to just outline the cookie like this before i fill in the center and from there it's all about what kind of brilliant flavor combination you can dream up. for me it's peppermint, it's chocolate. it's peppermint bark. i've got some candy cane, some pretzels. these are the flavors we're feeling at milk bar this holiday season. a little bit of that candy cane crushed on top. some pretzels. the sky is the limit, robin. >> a little of everything. looks delicious. looks so good. >> well, christina, thank you so much for walking us through day three of our 12 days of cookies.

thank you so much and can you -- you can get christina's cookie recipe on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. tomorrow -- >> you didn't close the door over there. >> i was bad at this as a kid. more cookie recipes coming your way tomorrow, ginger, please take this so i can go close the door. you've got it, t.j., go, go, go. now to something you won't want to miss, the movie "nomadland" starring frances mcdormand and the film comes out in february, and it has already won awards and has a bunch of critics bu good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. fog expected the next couple of days. it will be gone about noon with sunshine and seasonal

my best angle, all right. walt disney said if you can dream it, you can do it. that's what the disney dreamers academy is all about. while a pandemic posed some obstacles, yes, it did this year, it was still full of that signature disney magic. janai norman has here. >> my dream and my goal is to become ans astronaut. i want to work for nasa. >> reporter: we first met her last january when she found out she'd been selected for the disney dreamer academy. [ applause ] >> reporter: a program designed to give high school students from around the country opportunities to achieve all of their dreams. >> these kids are all driven and all basically have an idea of what they want to do and they basically help us get there. >> reporter: setting up deep dive sessions with industry leaders. >> you're a dreamer. dreamers are very important. >> reporter: where dreamers can meet people who have reached their own goals. >> talk about their experiences, what they've been through and then the kids are inspired by it

and then they're like, okay, because you did this, maybe i can actually do this. >> everybody, put them up, let me see them. >> reporter: due to covid-19, this year's dreamer academy was a little different than usual. pivoting to virtual sessions over the last few months, finally culminating with a virtual commencement. >> class of 2020, welcome. >> i would like to thank disney's dreamers. i have a dream i want to pursue and their whole program is to help kids know they can do it too. see people who have done it and help them, you know, get there. >> reporter: for these dreamers it's the culmination of a powerful and hope filled program that proves dreams really do come true. for "good morning america," janai norman, abc news, new york. >> such a wonderful program, janai, thank you. coming up one of the biggest boy bands on the planet, cnco brings us a very special performance. come on back. ♪ ♪ and i'll stand by you

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