president-elect joe biden holds on to the lead in arizona as president trump shows no signs of conceding the election. and following a weekend of golf, this morning he will pursue numerous lawsuits in multiple states. now, covid numbers skyrocketed in a territoryhat we've never seen this morning we'll learn who will head up joe biden's coronavirus task force and more about their plan >> folks, our work begins with getting covid under control. we cannot repair the economy,

restore our vitality or relish life's most precious moments, hugging our grandchildren, our children, birthdays, weddings, graduations, all the moments that matter most to us, until we get it under control. >> this morning we'll have much more ahead. we'll look back and remember the life of the legendary man with all the answers and questions, "jeopardy's" alex trebek. plus, a busy week nine in the nfl. all the upsets and surprises plus, we're gearing up for one of golf's most auspicious events the masters begin this week. "early today" starts right now glad to start the week with you. i'm frefr. >> and i'm phillip mena. the transition will begin to a presidency half a century in the making joe biden is the president-elect, securing the office that's eluded him twice nbc news projected his win in pennsylvania on saturday, pushing him past the threshold of 270 electoral votes and his margin of victory could

further widen as the final votes are tallied. biden continues to hold the lead over president trump in georgia and in arizona biden and kamala harris will hit the ground running today, laying out their transition strategy as well as announcing a coronavirus task force nbc's tracie potts joining us now from capitol hill with the latest tracie, plenty of challenges lie ahead for the president-elect. >> reporter: lots of challenges, phillip. good morning, everyone those challenges begin with getting certified election results. because the trump campaign has made it clear that they will roll out a new set of challenges, legal challenges to the results, starting today. but the biden team is already focussing on transition, moving ahead, how do you establish a new presidency and deal with the virus that has devastated not only the health but the economy of this country? we expect to hear the president-elect talk about that

today. >> folks, our work begins with getting covid under control. we cannot repair the economy, restore our vitality or relish life's most precious moments hugging our grandchildren, our children, birthdays, weddings, graduations, all the moments that matter most to us, until we get it under control on monday i will name a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisers to help take the biden/harris covid plan and convert it into an actual blueprint that will start on january the 20th, 2021 >> reporter: and as he said, he wants that action plan to start on inauguration day. but starting today, he's getting a briefing, he and vice president-elect harris, this morning on coronavirus

we will actually see and hear from president-elect biden he's making remarks on this later today before another briefing on the transition phillip? >> got their work cut out for them tracie, thank you. president trump is refusing to concede, vowing to forge ahead with a legal fight to contest the election he continued to push baseless claims of voter fraud over the weekend and said starting today, quote, our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner is seated. the campaign has launched an official election defense fund yesterday former president george w. bush dismissed concerns of any fraud writing in a statement, quote, the american people can have confidence that this election was fundamentally fair its integrity will be upheld and its outcome is clear the challenges that face our country will demand the best of president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris and the best of us all we must come together for the sake of our families and neighbors and for our nation and its future

now to a tumultuous press conference the president's personal lawyer speaking out at the four seasons. not the fancy hotel. we're talking about the landscaping company in northeast philadelphia rudy giuliani challenged the legitimacy of the election while several challenged the legitimacy of that location. especially raised eyebrows because of a neighboring sex shop and cheap torium. four seasons said it would have proudly hosted any 2020 candidate and commemorating its newfound fame with its make america rake again stickers and other merchandise. around the world people have been watching this race closely. there have been celebrations in ireland and india where biden and harris have ancestral roots. we're joined by nbc's sara harman in london sara, we are starting to hear from more world leaders as well. >> reporter: frances, that's

exactly right. we're starting to hear the congratulations pour in after the world waited several days on the edge of their seats to find out who the winner was going to be prime minister of canada, justin trudeau, breaking his silence on twitter and write, our two countries are close friends, partners and allies. we share a relationship that's unique on the world stage. i'm really looking forward to working together and building on that with both of you. over in india, this was personal prime minister narendra modi tweeting, your success is path breaking i'm confident the vibrant india/u.s. ties will get even stronger with your support and leadership now, here in the uk, the prime minister, boris johnson, is going to be looking to forge a free trade deal with joe biden he had a word of congratulations and he also seemed to take a swipe at president trump's decision to leave the paris

climate agreement. take a listen to this. >> i look forward very much to working with president biden and his team on a lot of crucial stuff for us and i think now with president biden in the white house in washington, we have the real prospect of american global leadership in tackling climate change >> there was also congratulations from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. now, remember, america's policy towards israel changed a lot during the trump administration. the big question there this morning is whether things will go back to how they were under the obama/biden years now that joe biden is set to take the white house. guys, we have not heard from jair bolsonaro of brazil or vladimir putin of russia guys >> definitely wanting to hear from them. all right. sarah, thank you. health officials are warning against a holiday season filled with hospitalizations and deaths after a wave of record-breaking covid cases have hammered the country.

in just ten days we've gone from 9 million infections to over 10 million. when this outbreak first began it took three months for us to reach that many positive cases and things are very critical in texas. the lone start state has now become the first to reach over 1 million infections cases are exploding in harris, dallas and el paso counties. the defense department is deploying medical teams to el paso to help contain the surge officials have had to double the morgue capacity with several mobile units to handle the surges in death. and one of america's most vulnerable groups, senior citizens, now affected in 20 hard-hit states. nursing home cases surging up to 400% that's according to a report in the associated press they also found that weekly infections quadrupled among nursing home staff from may to the end of october. hollywood has lost a star. "jeopardy" host alex trebek has died after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years. the pop culture icon died on sunday at the able of ge of 80

trebek has been the face of the quiz show since 1984 and was best known for his soothing voice, understated humor and, of course, his signature mustache fans mourned trebek's death on social media including celebrities, world leaders and former "jeopardy" contestants. canadian prime minister justin trudeau called prebeck who was born in ontario an icon. "wheel of fortune" host pat sajak praised his poise and strength ken jennings wrote, alexwasn't just the best at what he did, he was also a deeply decent man nbc's max barger looks back at his life. >> reporter: alex trebek was synonymous with the quiz show that called itself america's favorite "jeopardy" won himself a loyal audience worldwide with and without his once trademark

mustache when trebek first hit the "jeopardy" stage in 1984 he was already a successful on-air host his career began on radio, close to home in canada. he moved to television, hosting a bilingual quiz show for students after a stint in news and special events, but the ontario native with a degree in philosophy found a niche in game shows. he eventually set the guinness record for the most game shows by the same host and his native country's second highest honor, the order of canada trebek lived most of his adult life in los angeles where he and his second wife jean raised two children between tapings in the "jeopardy" studio, a relaxed trebek often talked with the audience. >> if you have no personality then you can't be a contestant you could be the host of the show but not a contestant. >> i'm a lot looser i think than

most people think i am i don't take too many things seriously. >> reporter: trebek has some serious health scares, including brain surgery in 2018 after suffering a fall >> i have some news to share with all of you. >> reporter: then in the middle of "jeopardy's" 35th season, trebek announced he had been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer, saying he planned to beat the low odds for survival. >> i have to because under the terms of my contract i have to host "jeopardy" for three more years. >> reporter: trebek had already thought about his replapt. >> it's probably going to be a woman. >> really? >> it will be somebody younger somebody bright. somebody personable. >> reporter: as the man with all the answers through a record-breaking career, alex trebek was, without question, one of tv's most enduring personalities. mark barger, nbc news. >> for so many of us he was just there all the time, right? he was such a kind man, he seemed like. obviously i never met him but, you know, he was kind.

and even though people didn't know the answers all the time, he didn't make people feel bad. >> never thought about who might replace him because we had been thinking about him getting better >> that day will come. let's turn to the dangerous weather situation developing in florida. tropical storm ada made landfall in the keys overnight. its bands lashing the southern part of the state with strong winds and heavy rain sturrid storm surge is now a major concern this morning in fort lauderdale, rescue workers had to break a window to get to a driver. the rising water concealed a canal and the car sank quickly the driver was hospitalized, in critical condition let's get the latest on ada from nbc meteorologist janessa webb hi, janessa, good morning. >> good morning. good morning, everyone we have these tropical bands that continue to pound on south florida. ada is continuing to be a big time rain-maker and that's going to continue throughout your morning through midafternoon the flooding threat is going to

be very big this afternoon sustained winds to 65 miles per hour is a quick movement with the storm system out of the west northwest to 14 miles per hour we're going to see the transition back into a hurricane by tomorrow morning and then it aims back towards florida later this week.way in, and it's this across the upper midwest we are seeing temperatures in the upper 20s. we'll take a look at your week ahead coming up. >> all right thanks, janessa. time for today's quick hits. vince vaughn confirmed a sequel of the 2005 comedy "wedding crashers" is in the works with his original co-star owen wilson vaughn said they're in the idea stages of the film.

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in today's top stories, stocks are set to continue their post-election rally as investors hoped news of joe biden's election election victory would reduce the odds of a drawn-out election fight. overnight dow futures were up nearly 400 points in early-morning trading. the s&p 500 and nasdaq futures were both in positive territory. today the real work begins for the joe biden transition team the president-elect is expected to lay out his plans for the transition and also announce a coronavirus task force nbc's mike memoli has the latest good morning, mike >> reporter: on saturday night after a hard-fought campaign, joe biden and kamala harris

celebrated their victory as president and vice president-elect of the united states today the enormity and the reality of the task of governing ahead of them comes into focus as they stand up their transition team. the first order of business, announcing a 12-person task force to help implement joe biden's plans to tackle the covid-19 pandemic. we should expect to see more announcements from the president-elect over the course of the next few days as be fills in his administration. now, in his address to the nation on saturday night, joe biden called for ending the era of deemization, reaching out to trump supporters, asking them to give him a chance. the reality, though, is his administration will depend in large part on the makeup of congress and the two senate races up for grabs in georgia. nbc is projecting that joe biden will win the race, several states still counting ballots this morning the race in georgia remains too close to call. biden has about a 10,000-vote lead over the president.

both georgia senate races are expected to end in a run-off incumbent david purdue will try to fend off a challenge from jon ossoff if democrats win both seats, the senate will likely be a 50/50 split with the vice president-elect serving as the tiebreaker the race in arizona is too close to call. right now biden maintains the lead in north carolina mr. trump maintains a narrow lead over joe biden. i find it fascinating that georgia is essentially going to decide the effectiveness of joe biden's first couple of years. >> waiting still all right. it's not the early spring classic of years past but it's masters week at augusta national practice rounds for this year's tournament begin today with the first round starting thursday morning. defending champion tiger woods looks to retain his green jacket against a packed field of competitors. check out the golf channel for a preview. >> he won last year? it feels like he won five years ago.

that's how the year's been. >> considering so many things, how it started and how we are now in november. >> time warp. all right. thanks so much for being with us for "early today." i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. coming up on "today," a look at kamala harris' historic ad tro ♪ 100% beef and hearty chili. try my $5.99 chili cheeseburger combo. it's pretty delicious.

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