right now on "america this morning" find the votes. >> i only need 11,000 votes. fellas, i need 11,000 votes. >> the bombshell reporting of president trump pressuring election officials in georgia to recalculate votes. his argument including conspiracy footage and fake footage. trump lashing out at the poll workers and even the fbi. was the call a crime out? what's next as some republicans fight to overturn joe biden's win? rethinking the rollout. how some doctors are hoping to speed up coronavirus vaccinations as hospitals brace for conditions to get worse. some even running low on oxygen for patients. deadly church shooting. a pastor is killed during a

face-off with a fugitive. the suspect using the victim's own gun before fleeing. how police were able to find the shooter. plus, from bond girl to sitcom mom, paying tribute to a real life bombshell. is anybody out there? how one professor claims he could prove that aliens exist. recipe for success. how people on tiktok have cooked up a $1 million idea. good monday morning i'm mona kosar abdi. >> i'm alex presha. kenneth kenneth moton is off. we begin with president trump's phone call. >> the president is heard asking georgia secretary of state to find the exact number of votes he would need to beat joe biden. >> today the president and president-elect are heading to georgia ahead of tomorrow's runoff elections that will decide the balance of power in

the senate. >> abc's elizabeth schulze begins our coverage from washington. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mona. another phone call from president trump is raising legal questions. this time in an audio first obtained by "the washington post," he's heard demanding action to overturn the election. this morning president trump on a recorded call is heard urging election officials in georgia to reverse his election loss to joe biden. >> look, all i want to do is this -- i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> reporter: during the call saturday trump was pushing brad raffensperger to recalculate the vote. >> there's nothing wrong with saying that, you know, that you've recalculated. >> mr. president, the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong. >> reporter: the president launching into a barrage of conspiracy theories, providing no evidence to support his

claims. >> do you think it's possible that they shredded ballots in fulton county? that's what the rumor is. also that dominion took out machines, that dominion is moving fast to get rid of their machinery. do you know anything about that? that's illegal. >> reporter: general counsel for the secretary of state's office chimed in. >> no. dominion haven't moved any machinery. >> have they moved the inner parts of the machines and replaced them with other parts? >> no. >> reporter: the call raises questions about whether trump violated election laws. >> there's no question that this is morally problematic that the president of the united states sounds like he's pressuring a state secretary of state to help him win the election. i don't think you'll see any criminal charges here in connection with what has

happened. there's certainly an argument that the president has walked right up to the line. >> i think a tremendous abuse of power. i think if there were more days left in the term another round of impeachment based on this obstruction. >> reporter: vice president elect kamala harris says the call was an abuse of power. >> it was a bold face abuse of power by the president of the united states. >> reporter: trump and his allies have lost more than 50 legal cases trying to prove voter fraud. still 140 house republicans and at least one dozen senators say they'll object to certifying joe biden's win during a joint session of congress wednesday. their objections will amount to nothing more than political theater without a majority vote in the house and senate. >> we ought to have a fair inquiry, a fair audit into the results and we ought to resolve these claims.

not just mississipdismiss them hand. >> reporter: this comes ahead of georgia's runoff elections tomorrow, which will term which party controls the u.s. senate. some republicans fear the president's false claims of a rigged election will cost the party. >> it's disgusting. it's going to be interesting, all these members of congress that have come out and said they'll object to the election, i don't know how you can do that with a clear conscious. this is so obviously -- beyond the pale is probably not even the way to describe it. >> reporter: there are growing security concerns here in washington. police are bracing for street demonstrations wednesday when congress certifies joe biden's win. mona? >> elizabeth, thank you. one other note from washington nance pelosi has been elected to her fourth term as house speaker. democrats now hold the slimmest majority in the house in two decades. turning to the pandemic, covid vaccinations are expected to ramp up this week. some doctors are calling for a new strategy including possibly

cutting doses in half. meanwhile hospitals are preparing for conditions to get worse. this morning doctors are bracing for an onslaught of new covid cases. >> we're averaging 2 to 3,000 deaths per day. when an event occurs like the holiday, you have a couple week lag before you see an additional uptick of cases which is always followed by hospitalizations and deaths. >> reporter: despite warnings to stay home airlines have seen more than 14 million passengers in the past two weeks, even as the u.s. death toll surges higher. >> it's like treading water from 100 feet below the surface. you're already drowning, but you have to keep trying because that's what you do. >> reporter: covid hospitalizations topping 100,000 for more than a month. california seeing the worst of it. >> what's happening in los angeles can and will be coming to many communities across america. >> reporter: in l.a. the army corp. of engineers helping hospitals running low on oxygen. overwhelmed funeral homes turning away families.

in the bay area 43 staffers at this san jose hospital now testing positive. the outbreak being linked to a worker who wore an inflatable christmas costume. the county is banning employee break rooms for all businesses. across the country near boston a second emergency field hospital is opening today. >> this is going to be an exclusively covid positive place. >> reporter: meanwhile, a new vaccine is bringing hope, the first doses of oxford's vaccine are being distributed in the uk. back here in the u.s. the rollout of the pfizer and moderna vaccines are coming out at a slow pace. >> there have been a couple glitches. that's understandable. >> reporter: some of the first public vaccination events were held this weekend in houston where 250,000 people called the health department for only 750 appointments. >> i just want to get back to normal. i want to see my kids. >> reporter: "operation warp speed" is now considering drastic measures.

probably giving out half doses of the moderna vaccine to double their supply of shots. >> we know it induces identical immune response. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci warned against stretching the doses. >> we don't know if that's going to be good enough. >> supply isn't the only issue. shipping problems, funding issues at the state level and even weather have been blamed for delays. now to east texas where a man is charged with murder in the shooting of a church pastor. officials say a suspect fleeing from pastor was hiding in the bathroom. the pastor walked in and found him. the sheriff says the suspect grabbed the pastor's gun and shot him before taking off in the pastor's vehicle which police tracked down thanks to technology. >> a 2018 gmc pick-up which thank god had onstar on it and was able to assist us in locating the suspect. we got into a short pursuit. we had onstar shut the vehicle

down. >> two other people were injured during the shooting. a major reversal from the pentagon. the aircraft carrier "nimitz" will remain in the middle east. the decision comes days after the acting defense secretary ordered the ship returned to the u.s. to deescalate tensions with iran. he's citing iranian threats against president trump for keeping the ship in the region. time for a look at your monday morning weather. expect a day of rain and mountain snow along the west coast. what's left of a weekend storm that moved through the northeast is making roads slippery in parts of new england this morning. expe expect lingering snow and showers in pennsylvania and west virginia. major cities of the northeast will be drying out. 44 in new york. 35 in boston. snow will be melting in the midwest with temperatures up to 15 degrees above normal.

coming up, two passings to note including a bond girl and food network star. also, new details ahead about a woman accusing a teenager of stealing her phone. what we've learned about her past. and rob gronkowski's

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by the way, you didn't say what part of the state you come from. >> no, i didn't. >> one-time bond girl tanya roberts has died. she starred alongside roger moore in "a view to a kill." roberts was also an angel in "charlie's angels." she was 65. food network star kerry

vincent has died. she hosted "save my bakery." she was fighting an unspecified illness. she was 75. we turn to the woman who falsely accused a black teenage or of stealing her phone. we're learning more about her past. some critics demand she be arrested. megan tevrizian has more. >> this is my phone. >> reporter: this morning the woman behind this video identified as 22-year-old miya ponsetto. >> that's mine. >> are you kidding me? you feel like there's only one iphone made in the world? >> reporter: last month she wrongly accused keyon harrold jr. of stealing her phone at a manhattan hotel where he and his family were staying. the video seen more than 3 million times was shot by keyon harrold's father. miya ponsetto is seen wrestling with the teen. her phone was later found and returned by an uber driver. >> i mean, i don't know what would have happened if my dad

wasn't there. >> reporter: the incident sparking outrage leaving harrold and his family asking why. >> the toughest answer a parent has to give her child, son, unfortunately it might be because you're black. >> reporter: they wait to see if charges will be filed against ponsetto. new details emerging about her past. in february she was charged with public intoxication at a beverly hills hotel. in may she was arrested again charged with a dui. her sentence included probation, community service and nine months of alcohol counseling. keyon harrold's family saying the incident has further societal repercussions. today ponsetto has not apologized apologized. new york city's mayor called the incident racism pure and simple.

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votes. >> now at 5:00, president trump asking georgia election officials to recalculate the vote. the call that is raising a lot of questions this morning. a serious covid-19 outbreak among staff at a south bay hospital, an inflatable christmas costume may be to blame. new details about one person working that day. and the astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine now being used in the uk. we will hear from the very first person to get that shot. and a look at live doppler 7. mike is looking at increasing rain this morning. where it's hitting the hardest. >> good morning, everyone. >> happy new year! can we still say it. >> we can still say it. >> this is the first time i've seen all of you in 2021 and it makes me happy. >> and i know people a