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octogonerian it's monday, november 9th. "early today" starts right now good monday morning. i'm phillip mena. >> glad you're starting the new week with us i'm frances rivera joe biden is the president-elect securing the office that's twice eluded him before. nbc news projected his win in pennsylvania on saturday pushing him past the threshold of 270 electoral votes. his margin of victory could further widen as further votes are tallied. he continues to hold a lead over president trump in georgia and arizona. biden and kamala harris will hit the ground running today laying out their transition strategy and announcing a coronavirus task force nbc's tracie potts joins us from capitol hill with the latest tracie plenty of challenges lie ahead for the president-elect.

>> reporter: big challenge, and the biggest is probably this virus, frances, that has infected more than 10 million americans and killed more than 200,000. the president-elect says that will be the focus of his transition especially today. we've already got a layout of what his day is going to look like it starts with a briefing on covid- covid-19. >> folks, our work begins at 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, wedding, graduation, all the moments 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 and

convert it into an action blueprint that will start on january 20th, 2021 >> so hoping to get started on inauguration day with that coronavirus task force, that team that he plans to name today. also, we will hear directly from president-elect biden. he plans to make remarks about the virus and the economy later this afternoon frances. >> tracie, thank you well, nbc news is projecting that joe biden will win the race, several states are still counting their ballots this morning. as we mentioned, the race in georgia remains too close to call biden has a 10,000 vote lead over the president both georgia senate races are projected to go to a runoff. david perdue will try to fend off a run from david osoff then it will be a 50-50 split with the president-elect serving

as the ty breaker. biden maintains a slim lead. in north carolina mr. trump maintains a narrow lead over joe biden. 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 campaign in court to ensure election laws are upheld they have launched an official election defense fund to help raise money for the legal battle yesterday george w. bush wrote 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 to us all

>> now a tumultuous press conference the president's lawyer speaking out at the four seasons. the landscaping company in northeast philadelphia rudy giuliani challenged the legitimacy of the election it raised eyebrows because of a neighboring sex shop and cream ma tore yum. they say it would have proudly hosted any 2020 candidate and is commemorating its new found fame with make america rake again. we saw big reaction to the news around the world. there have been celebrations at ireland and india where biden and harris have ancestral roots. sarah, we're starting to hear from more world leaders as well. >> reporter: frances, good morning. that's right they had to wait a little bit, but we are getting

congratulations now pouring in from around the globe, although not from everyone. we'll talk about that in a second let's take a look at this tweet from prime minister justin trudeau. you might imagine he had this ready to go in his draft waiting to publish it. he didn't have the best working relationship with president trump. he offered his congratulations to joe biden and kamala harris over in india this was personal for prime minister modi. i want to read you what he wrote to kamala harris your success is a matter of immense pride. here in the u.k. prime minister boris johnson is going to be looking to forge a free trade deal he offered congratulations and raised the prospect of something else america's return to 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. >> reporter: over in israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu offered his congratulations. he called president-elect joe biden a great friend of israel when it comes to diplomacy it's what goes unsaid as to what actually matters more. as of this morning we have not heard any congratulations from vladimir putin or from bolsonaro from brazil. that silence speaking volumes. >> we know that all too well with the current president thank you, sarah. alex trebek, one of tv's most enduring personalities and the beloved host of jeopardy has

died trebek passed on sunday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. he was 80 years old. jeopardy's twitter account confirmed the news saying he was surrounded by friends and family as he died at home in the early morning. former jeopardy champions tweeted. jennings wrote in part, alex wasn't just the best ever at what he did, he was also a lovely and deeply decent man and holetower wrote in part you will never be replaced in our hearts, alex jeopardy will continue to air episodes hosted by trebek through december here's a look back. >> this is jeopardy. >> reporter: for more than three decades alex trebek had the actors. >> don't talk to strangers. >> and the questions >> it's part of a whale's tale. >> the proud host of jeopardy,

the nation's favorite quiz show. >> as i like to say, we are the television cruise show that people are not ashamed of admitting they watch hello my friends and welcome. >> reporter: he brought in three contestants and millions more at home to come up with the right questions. >> what are the profits? >> that's it >> reporter: he would drop his quiz master persona. ist just getting into this rap thing. i'm not too good at it but i was getting into it. tomorrow landry perfected the sh shotgun formation. >> do you think we should go to commercial >> if you guys ring in and get this one, i will die. >> reporter: his exasperation made him a saturday night target. >> well tomorrow to celebrity

jeopardy. >> hampshire england. >> you guys decide you each ask your own questions and answer it. >> an imitation he relished. >> we are now part of americana so we're fair game you can make fun of us all you want. >> i quit again. good night >> we have decided to go all out. >> reporter: born and raised in canada, trebek's broadcasting career began up north, first as a newscaster, then a game show host on cbc. in 1973 he came to america and nbc to host the wez ard of odds. 11 years later he would begin his emmy winning career on jeopardy now the world's record holder for most game show episodes hosted a true cultural icon even his facial hair and lack thereof debated by fans. there would be other jobs, classic concentration, the

"national geographic" beat, even moderating the pennsylvania governor's debate there 2018 eventually the canadian became an american. marrying twice and having two children, emily and matthew, with his second wife jean teaching all the way to the end. >> this week i was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. >> going on with the show until the answers ran out. >> thank you for watching. >> anne thompson, nbc news. >> going to take some getting used to seeing another host up there but at least we got alex trebek through his episodes. >> we lost alex trebek and reej gig philbin. tropical storm eta that has made landfall. it's packing a serious punch there is a risk of dangerous storm surge. in ft. lauderdale a man is in critical condition after being pulled from his car. rescue crews say there was no difference between a parking rot and a canal and the car quickly

sank >> let's get the latest on eta from meteorologist janessa webb. >> good morning. good morning, everyone turn around and don't drown. this is a low lying area across miami all the way into fort pierce we are seeing major flooding the national hurricane center just coming out this morning with 18 inches possible for isolated areas the track of this storm system, it is going to continue its journey well to the northwest at 13 miles per hour. now we're going to continue to watch sustained winds at 65 miles per hour this will remain a tropical system for at least the next 24 hours. turns back into a cat 1 hurricane and then all eyeons 0s

if you're in upper midwest, very strong cold front. upper 20s for daytime highs. also warm temperatures a wonderful weekend for the east coast. we'll take a look at hue long that will last. >> got to take advantage of it before that's gone thank you, janessa. all-star lineup were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame live ceremony was held this year it aired on hbo max. the class of 2020 included six inductees. the pesh mode, singer whitney houston and 9 inch nails, t. rex and the dub by brothers. the saints put on a clinic against the bucs in a sunday night showdown. >>roti pfing against the pandemic the wave of fraud hammering the coronavirus relief fund. was proven superior to humira®®

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stocks are continued to their post election rally. overnight dow futures were up nearly 50 points in early morning training the s&p and nasdaq are both in positive territory. >> can the post election rally continue and what should investors be looking for >> good morning, phillip yes, so u.s. futures point to a further gain for wall street to put this into context, the last week we saw the s&p 500 and dow both gain about 7% a piece and the tech heavy nasdaq rallied and today we're looking

at a 400 point rise in the dow investors are still putting money into the market and the basis for this enthusiasm seems to be that the chances of a blue wave that would put the democrats in charge of the house and senate have waned. they expect the more drastic policies not to come true. at this point it looks like the rally will continue. here's a fun question for you to break up some of the heavier news flow. what do you think the most consumed food was on election day? i'll put you out of your suspense according to doordash, french fries were the most eaten followed by chicken fingers, cheeseburgers, chicken quessedillas a lot of stress eating took place on election day. french fries the number one. >> i'm sure a lot of wine and beer consumed as well. >> even more so.

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when white people and black people couldn't be together. did you ever see that old footage? how did they look? you need some black guys looking at you like -- stop doing that >> comedian dave chappelle hosting the first post election snl. it focused on racism, president trump, and coronavirus >> meanwhile, chris christie's fat ass is in the icu.

chris christie got all the fixings. everything coronavirus likes to eat, that's what's in kris christie's body. fat, check asthma, check. diabetes, check. coronavirus is like -- >> it was worth the wait because we had to wait there was that college game that was on that pushed back way late into a really long day it was results day. >> but it was worth it maya rudolph alec baldwin, chappelle and the foo fighters. drew brees spent most of his career living in the shadow of tom brady but not sunday night they came out of the gates hot against brady and the bucs brees through for four tds brady threw three picks. he was kept out of the end zone entirely the saints win 38-3. the cowboys beat held a lead

over the undefeated steelers the steelers stayed perfect, 24-19. in l.a. a wild finish as the chargers cut into the raiders lead late in the game. gabe neighbors catch made it a 2-point gain they got a field goal and made it 31-26 with no time left here is justin herbert. it looks like the chargers pulled one out he stiepped out of bounds. >> tua is 2 and 0 coming out as a starter. he threw two touchdowns. and then jason sanders would give miami the win lamar jackson and the ravens bounced back from a slow start in indy. baltimore scored 17 unanswered in the second half ravens win the game 24-10. thank you so much for starting your week with us.

i'm fill lphillip mena. >> i'm frances riff vare roo. he can play the pianos with all ten fingers. he lost the use of his right hand after gtinget ♪ 100% beef and hearty chili. try my $5.99 chili cheeseburger combo. it's pretty delicious.

100% beef and hearty chili. try my $5.99 chili cheeseburger combo. it's pretty delicious. right now at 4:30, breaking news in the east bay from overnight. a fire at a paper plant going up in flames. our crew live there on the scene with more on this firefight under way. plus -- >> that plan will be built on bedrock science, will be constructed out of compassion, empathy and concern. working to tackle the pandemic. today president-elect joe biden naming new members of his coronavirus task force. the bay area scientist, the doctors making the list. and returning to the classroom. the south bay school district