lighter. the lanes off to the right have a backup. all right, stay warm. that's going to do it for us this morning. >> the "today" show is up next. a live lock for you at the bay bridge. that sun is coming up. beautiful. good morning, president-elect team biden moves into high gear launching today on first step to the new administration, including a new covid task force and turns the page on a new era. >> it's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the te harsh rhetoric, lower the teerature, see each other >> this morning the pres again. ident >> this morning the president le loss, but world leaders still refusing to accept the including key trump allies move loss, but world leaders on, andi including key trump allies move sound the alar on, and some key republicans >> the eyes of the world sound the alarm. a >> the eyes of the world are on us us. the eyes of hi the eyes of history are on us. . >> this morning, state by state, why the election results are >> this morning, state by state, clear and what, if any, legal

why the election results are path the president still has. >> clear and what, if any, legal n path the president still has. pe fifth straight day and surpasses running rampant, the u.s. tops 100,000 coronavirus for the 10 million overall and breaking just this fifth straight day and surpasseg 10 million overall. on the vaccine front, pfizer and breaking just this morning reveals their vaccine is 90% on the vaccine front, pfizer effective. reveals their vaccine is 90% how soon could it be available effective. all eyes on eta, overnight the tropical storm makes a rare how soon could it be available? all eyes on eta, overnight november landfall in s the tropical storm makes a rare florida packing high winds and november landfall in south heavy rain, on track to strengthen into a hurricane when florida packing high winds and it reaches the gulf before heavy rain, on track to slamming back into north florida and heading up the east coast. strengthen into a hurricane when we're tracking the very latest. it reaches the gulf before remembering alex trebek, an slamming back into north florida outpouring of grief and and heading up the east coast. we're tracking the very latest. remembering alex trebek, an outpouring of grief and ackinthe gratitude after the beloved hos >> dies of cancer.n how friends and family are gratitude after gratitude after the belo celebrating his life and legacy. all that, plus breesing "jeopardy" host dies of cancer how friends and family are celebrating his life and legacy.

all that, plus breesing right along. >> drew brees and his right along. new >> drew brees and his new orleans saints crush orleans saints crush tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers >> reaching for it is emmanuel sanders for the touchdown! >> it's a quarterback duel for the ages tod and the tampa bay buccaneers. >> reaching for it is emmanuel 9th, 2020. sanders for the touchdown! >> announcer: from nbc news, >> it's a quarterback duel for the ages today, monday, november this is "today" with savannah 9th, 2020. >> announcer: from nbc news, 9th, guthrie and hoda kotb from this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> okay good morning, welcome to "today." studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody. it's good to have you with us on a monday morning i know why you're smiling. drew brees did it. good day and welcome to "today," >> did you use the word crush? 38-3, i don't want to dance and i know why you are smiling, anyone, but wow, drew had a hoda, because drew brees did it. great night last night. >> did you use the word crush? 38-3, i don't want to dance on a anyone, but wow, drew had a >> a little great night last night. bit. >> okay, you're dancing. >> a little bit. >> also happen got these growing tribut

>> also happening today we've o got these growing tributes to alex trebek. alex trebek. he faced his cancer fight wi he faced his cancer fight with such grace, with an uplifting su attitude and courage.n upliftin we're going to honor his remarkable life with some of the people that loved him just we're going to honor his remarkable life with some of the ahead. and as cases of the coronavirus continue to surge, e there is some breaking and ahead. hopeful news on the vaccine and as cas front this morning, where we f stand in the race and how soon one could become widely coronavirus continue to surge, available. there is some breaking >> breaking news from pfizer hopeful news on the vaccine front this morning, where we stand in the race and how soon one could become widely just a few moments ago.availabl. >> breaking news from pfizer just a few moments ago but first to the top story. wi, president-elect joe biden is launch two days after being t ntino declared the winner, president-elect joe biden is launching his transition. the president continues to challenge the results. our team of correspondents is ready with everything you need to know. let's get started with nbc's kristen welker, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi savannah and hoda, good morning to both of you. president-elect joe biden winning the white house over the weekend exactly 48 years to the day he won his first senate seat, and today he gets to work officially launching his transition and rolling out a

task force to combat the coronavirus. with cases surging all across the country, it is an urgent and pressing challenge for the soon to be president. >> reporter: this morning on his first workday as president-elect, joe biden is putting the focus on the fight against covid, a key campaign promise. he's expected to announce a 12-member task force to combat the pandemic. >> our work begins with getting covid under control. >> reporter: as he prepares to become the nation's 46th president, mr. biden visited the grave of his late son beau on sunday, capping off a history making weekend. >> the people of this nation have spoken. they've delivered us a clear victory. >> reporter: in his first address to the nation as president-elect, biden spoke to a deeply divided country and called for unity and healing. >> i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify. >> reporter: reaching out to the more than 70 million americans who did not vote for him. >> i'll work as hard for those who didn't vote for me as those who did.

>> reporter: and vowing to african-american voters who helped him win he won't forget them when he goes to the white house. >> there were moments when the campaign was at the lowest ebb, the african-american community stood up for us again. you always have my back, and i will have yours. >> reporter: biden joined by vice president-elect kamala harris, the first black and indian american woman to break that glass ceiling. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: all of it giving way to a weekend of jubilance. biden supporters celebrating in the streets from the white house to the coast, and congratulations pouring in from leaders around the world, and while democrats cheered the news, few republicans reacted, but senator mitt romney who

unsuccessfully chald obama in 2012 did offer his congratulatio congratulations. >> he does want to bring the country together. he does want to bring honor and respect into the white house. he is a man of character. >> reporter: now, on covid, the president-elect says he also plans to work with governors and mayors to implement a mask mandate, and he says he's going to expand testing. on his first day in office, biden vowing to reverse a number of trump era policies. everything from rejoining the pressure is mounting on paris climate accord to president trump to accept the election results and publicly reinstating daca. concede something that so pressure is mounting on president trump to accept the ts election results and publicly concede something that so far he has yet to express willingness to do. nbc's white house correspondent nbc's white house correspondent pendent peter alexander has that part of the story. good morning, peter. >> hey, hoda. president trump is some of his backers insisting this thing still isn't over looking to ramp

up his leg fights. now to drive it home, the president's re-election effort is planning to hold campaign style rallies in the coming weeks that may include president trump himself according to a campaign official. those rallies focusing on those legal challenges in battleground states where the president is projected to lose. president trump defiant in defeat, no concession, and no new statement for the cameras since thursday before joe biden was projected to be president-elect. instead, the president with back to back trips to his golf club is venting his anger on twitter, they slapped warning labels on more than a dozen tweets including one that falsely claimed victory. but pressure is building even among allies insisting it may be time to move on. >> if your basis for not conceding is that there is voter fraud then show us we can't back you blindly without evidence. >> reporter: republican senator mitt romney calling trump the 900 pound gorilla with this warning. >> it is important for 2 cause

of democracy and freedom that we don't allege fraud and theft and so forth, unless there is very clear evidence of that. >> reporter: also weighing in is the last president george w. bush making congratulatory calls to joe biden and kamala harris, and saying that the president has rights to make chals, but he can say that the american people have a right to believe that the election was fair. its integrity will be upheld, and its outcome is clear several world leaders also accepting the results from canada to australia to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who congratulated biden and harris while thanking president trump for his friendship still, the president's message is being echoed by loyalists >> trump has not lost. do not concede mr. president, fight hard. >> at this point we do not know who has prevailed in the election the media is desperately trying to get everyone to coronate joe biden as the next president but that's not how it works. >> reporter: some repeating the

unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud without providing evidence. >> there is strong evidence that it was an election that at in least three or four states and possibly ten, it was stolen. >> reporter: overnight, republican commissioner allan schmidt who oversaw the counts in philadelphia fighting back against the allegations. >> inside looking out, it feels all very deranged. >> deranged? >> at the end of the day, we are counting eligible votes cast by voters the controversy surrounding it is something i don't understand. >> reporter: and revealing that his office is receiving threatening calls. >> calls to our offices reminding us that this is what the second amendment is for, people like us >> you're getting calls like that >> yes >> that's a not so veiled death threat. >> yes, for counting votes in a democracy. >> reporter: those comments from late last night. also congratulating president-elect biden one of

president trump's closest allies, the british prime minister boris johnson back here at home, here's where things stand in these key races in those crucial states. joe biden leads in all of them, first pennsylvania biden's up by more than 43,000 votes there for now that is outside the margin that would mandate a recount. to arizona where biden is holding onto a 17,000 vote advantage. the former vp up more than 34,000 votes in nevada if president trump won in a recount there, he'd have to pay for it and now finally georgia, they are likely headed to a recount where biden's lead is 10,000 votes savannah and hoda. >> thank you, peter. let's bring in chuck todd and kasie hunt. chuck, how do you see this playing out? the world is moving on you even see staunch trump allies and friends accepting the results of this election some republicans have done so. there may be grounds for a recount in some states, but not enough to change the outcome how do you see this playing out

over the next few days >> well, i think you're going to see some more elected republicans that -- to start acknowledging, quote, president-elect joe biden, and i think that's going to happen particularly on kasie's feet there on capitol hill more and more of it maybe they will give him another day here, but every day the president goes without providing any evidence is a day it looks like they're trying to manufacture it, and their credibility just whittles away. >> let me ask you that, kasie, because what elected republicans do right now is really important. i just saw ted cruz kind of circling the wagons and defending the president and saying, oh, we have to look at this election. i was reminded back in 2016 and i believe we have the tweet, and ted cruz won the iowa primary beating donald trump, and here is donald trump saying that ted cruz didn't win iowa, he stole

it. so this is just a long standing pattern from the president if he loses, he claims he stole it the question is what are elected republicans going to do about this how long do they circle the wagons around the president? >> well, and that tweet, savannah, makes it all the more remarkable what we saw from ted cruz in peter's piece there because the reality is all republicans and democrats who are elected, they rely on these vote counts to be not just accurate and true but also believed and accepted by americans. and while, yes, the president has been given a grace period by some of his staunchest supporters here, it's becoming very clear that the pendulum is swinging, power has moved, and there is going to be increasing pressure as the days roll on for them to acknowledge that joe biden is the president-elect, and i think they're also very conscious that the country is

grappling with an enormous crisis coronavirus cases rising at an incredible rate. the biden team trying to put together that task force today and actually have the ability to get the government to focus on that, i think that's going to start to be the focus here. >> and we're about to focus on it with a public health expert chuck, before i leave you, not that we needed another wrinkle, but we have one. you know, the results of the election with regard to the senate are not yet clear we don't know who's going to control the senate will it be the republicans, or will it be the democrats, and it's going to hinge on these runoff elections for two senate seats in georgia how does that complicate everything, including when the president accepts the results of this election? >> well, look, this is exactly -- i'm glad you focused on this point because the president, the more he sort of saps attention, money, resources away from the effort in the georgia runoff, i mean, just

asking for a recount in georgia would be extraordinarily not just distracting to the effort th just distracting to the effort o try to secure a sena that republicans want to have to in those georgia runof try to secure a senate majorityf anything, you could in those georgia runoffs, but if anything, you could actually -- it could backfire. it could backfire. you ask for that recount, that you ask for that recount, that only fires u only fires up democratic voters even more who feel as if what are you trying to do, ta are you trying to do, take this away, which could then all of a away, which could then all of a sudden gin up turnout even sudden gin up turnout even greater for the de greater for the democrats, and d then if they win tho then if they win those two runoff seats, they get the runoff majority here. seats, they get e so this is a real fear, savannah, that the president's majority here. sort of selfishness right now will actually hurt the republicans even more and maybe cost them those two runoff a r seats. savannah, that the president >> kasie hunt, thank you, chuck sort of self todd who literally hasn't had a day off yet, since you did "meet the press" yesterday. will actually hurt the >> it starts now. republicans even more and maybe >> tea and lemon and honey for cost them thos the voice.e two runoff seats. >> kasie hun have a good rest and we'll see todd who literally hasn't had a day off yet, since you did "meet the press" yesterday you tomorrow probably. ea and lr we do have breaking news on the coronavirus front this th morning.this morning. new cause for hope that could not come at a new cause for hope that could time with cases and not come at a more important

hospitalizations surging time with cases and nationwide and around the world. hospitalizations surging pfizer and another compa nationwide and around the world. reporting promising results for pfizer and another company are reporting promising results for their vaccine. their vaccine. we're goin we're going to talk about that and more with dr. ashish jha in just a moment. but first, miguel almaguer has more details. hey, miguel, good morning. >> good morning, here at many hospitals, they are at the brink, and we are learning that 10 million americans are infected with the virus, but there is good news on to vaccine front. >> reporter: in what could be a potential breakthrough in the battle against covid, a vaccine

developed by pfizer and benon tech saying that it is a 90% effective. this is coming amid a large and deadly surge. biden is expected to appoint members of the coronavirus task force as soon as today. >> i will spare no effort, none or any commitment to turn around this virus. >> reporter: the seven day average of the virus is 100,000 new cases per day. large crowds gathering nationwide to celebrate the election, adding to concerns about the virus' spread. in hot spots like utah, families like lindsey wooten's have been devastating. the parents were hospitalized

spending their 34th anniversary in the icu. >> my dad was able to come up to hospital in time to hold my mom's hand as she passed. >> reporter: her mother, just 56, her father survived but may never fully recover. wooten who also lost her grandfather to the virus says many in her parent's community have been skeptical about the covid. >> well, it was really frustrating that people were turning this political, that people were bickering back and forth whether to wear a mask or not wear a mask. it isn't political. >> reporter: this morning one family's pain as scientists work to provide hope for all. pfizer says more safety information could be released in the coming days and millions of doses could be rolled out in the coming days and the stock markets are hitting historic levels and this is the good news by the next year that many investors were looking hoda, back to yo for and it is now here. u.

thank you. joining us now t hoda, back to you. he dean of bn university school of public hoda, back to you. thank you. health joining us now the dean of brown university school of public it w health.as sort of nice to wake p it was sort of nice to wake up and hear positive news when it t came to the coronavirus. pfizer says they have a vaccine came to that may be 90% effective. break it down for us. what does that mean? does that mean a vaccine chat md be happening soon? and if soon, when? >> yes, good morning, hoda, thank you for having me on this is good news. i have to say i'm pleasantly surprised. we were all hoping to hear about a vaccine sometime this month or early next, and i was expecting a vaccine might be 70% effective if we were lucky this is better than i was expecting. it's still early in terms of production there's going -- it's going to take some time to get the vaccine out to the american people, but this is clearly a positive step forward. >> okay. and no time line idea on that, dr. jha? >> so in my best guess on time line, i think we're going to start seeing some people getting vaccinated later this year so basically december

i expect doctors, nurses, first responders probably in early january, february. most of us, most people in the community probably march through june would be my best guess. we just need to wait for my data from pfizer about how many doses they have before we make guesses. >> president-elect biden made an announcement today that he has a covid task force that he's starting up. one of the things i think they're discussing is a mandatory mask mandate what are the top couple of things you think he should implement right away >> yeah, so, you know, we are -- despite that good news on pfizer, we are entering probably the two hardest months of the pandemic i expect a lot of people getting sick and dying we've got to start really acting the two things that we think that can make the biggest difference in the short run, if everybody wore a mask. so i believe in a national mask mandate. i think it's more than necessary, and then second is having widespread testing available. that can make a profound difference on bringing the virus under control. so that's where i would

encourage the president's team to focus. >> all right, dr. ja so much. we appreciate it. good to see you. >> thank you. we are also watching a major weather story this morning. tropical storm eta now drenching south florida. more worries on the way, dylan's in for al this morning watching the track, hi, dylan. >> hey, good morning, guys. eta is going to be around all week long, so let's get to it. we do have tropical storm warnings in effect for southern florida. some parts of florida have already picked up ten inches of rainfall. here you can see the storm moving to the west, northwest at 13 miles per hour. conditions will improve across the florida keys, but watch what happens this week. most of the week this storm will be out over the gulf of mexico. likely it's strengthening to a category 1 storm because of the warm water. then as it weakens, it also reapproaches northern florida. that's going to be a concern into the weekend for areas like gainesville, areas like tampa.

we could see a couple inches of rain across florida and could see gusts of 50 to 60 miles per hour today. that's a look at the weather across the country. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. running dry of supple, bouncy skin. never! hydro boost. pair with new serum for 4 times the hydrating power. neutrogena® good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. take a look at how cold it is as you get ready to head out the door for work. we're going to see those temperatures in the 30s across many of our inland valleys, even along the coastline of point reyes one degree above freezing. as we go into today we're going

to see those temperatures staying on the cool side only reaching into the upper 50s and low 60s. not as much wind and we'll get some sunshine. this is the kind of weather we'll see throughout much of the workweek. and that's your latest forecast back to you guys. all right, dylan, thank you. coming up, remembering an icon, how fans, friends, and former contestants are celebrating the life of beloved "jeopardy!" host, alex trebek. plus, we'll talk with one of his friends, also the executive producer of his show. also ahead, we'll talk about the mail-in ballot, still dominating the election conversation tom costello is going to give us a reality check on how the ballots were counted, but first (garage door opening) it is my father's love... it is his passion- it is his fault he didn't lock the garage. don't even think about it! been there, done that. with liftmaster® powered by myq®, know what's happening in your garage- from anywhere.

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let's get to your 7:30 headlines. president-elect joe biden rolling out a 12-member task force this morning to help his new administration tackle the coronavirus. biden says dealing with the pandemic is one of the most important battles his administration will face the u.s. is now averaging more than 100,000 new infections every day. a highway patrol helicopter crashed onto a street in raleigh, north carolina, sunday. thankfully nobody was hurt officials say the chopper hit several trees on the way down but somehow landed upright the pilot was on a training mission was headed back to the hangar when it crashed the cause of that accident still under investigation. and now to the nfl and a matchup between two future hall of fame quarterbacks on sunday night football >> they sent kamara that way as well, 3rd down and 10, brees hangs in the pocket, wide, wide open. is he inbounds is the question.

touchdown. >> that was just the beginning, drew brees threw four touchdown passes as the new orleans saints blew past tom brady's buccaneers 38-3 with the win, saints move into first place in their division we've got you with brees, somewhere dylan dreyer is crying she's tom brady nation. >> i can hear her. she's back there. >> we'll keep you guys separated today. let's move on to those tributes continuing to pour in for legendary "jeopardy!" host alex trebek. >> the man millions welcomed into their home every night waged a very public battle against pancreatic cancer. he died over the weekend at the age of 80. first, nbc's joe fryer joins us. >> generations of fans and trivia lovers are celebrating the life of alex trebek more than 30 years after he walked onto the "jeopardy!" stage his last day on set less than two weeks ago. at 80 years old, alex trebek was still doing the work that he loved. >> here he is, the host of

"jeopardy!" alex trebek! >> reporter: this morning, millions are remembering the man with all the answers, alex trebek >> we provide the categories and the answers. >> reporter: the host of "jeopardy!" for more than three decades, trebek smoothly delivered the clues before the questions. >> from the greek, 1,200. >> answer, daily double. >> reporter: his work ethic and dry sense of humor cemented him as the world's foremost quiz master, while his exasperation with contestants. >> what is a korvier >> no. >> who is mr. shoe >> no. >> who was alexander the great >> no. >> do you think we should go to commercial >> welcome to celebrity "jeopardy!" >> reporter: was famously parodied on "saturday night live" by will ferrell. >> let's just do states that end in hampshire for 200. >> trebek opened up about the satire to jen. >> do you like the way they portray you on "saturday night live"? >> absolutely. it doesn't bother me one bit. >> please answer in the form of a question. >> you can make fun of us all you want, and i love it. >> they have decided to go all out.

>> reporter: born and raised in canada, trebek began his career as a newscaster and then game show host on cbc 1973, trebek came to america to host "the wizard of odds" on nbc before taking over "jeopardy!" in 1984, last year his courageous public battle with cancer took public stage. >> this week i was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. after completing chemotherapy treatments, he returned to his post. >> i'm on the mend and that's all i can hope for right now. >> reporter: after the pandemic delayed taping for months, trebek returned again. grateful contestant shared his heartfelt appreciation. >> i learned english because of you. this is a pretty special moment for me. thank you very much. >> reporter: "jeopardy!"'s winningest contestant ken jennings wrote alex wasn't just the best ever at what he did he was also a lovely and deeply decent man and i'm grateful for every minute i got to spend with him. more than 8,000 "jeopardy!"

episodes later, trebek leaves an indelible mark on american life. >> gone from one show to another show, they all prepared me for the show that many people feel i was destined to host >> trebek is survived by his wife of 30 years jean, and children matthew, emily, and nicky. "jeopardy!" tells us that episodes hosted by trebek will air through december in fact, the last one is set for christmas day. quite the gift for all of us savannah and hoda. >> thank you very much mike richards is the executive producer of "jeopardy!." he's with us now mike, good morning we are so sorry for your loss. you had the incredible opportunity of working with alex up until -- up until the end just tell us what it was like working with him >> you know, he was even better than what you would hope for he was incredibly hardworking. he cared about the show. he cared about the importance of the show and that it helped

people want to be smarter. he made that cool. he made being smart cool, and then i think the greatest thing about him was how much he loved his family i mean, that's really of all of the things he did and all of his accomplishments, his greatest accomplishment to him was his family and his love of his life. >> i know you were in touch with him a little bit over the weekend, i think so many of us were just struck by the grace and dignity with which he handled this diagnosis what were those final days like for him? i know he was surrounded by family >> i'm so sorry to say we just lost his audio why don't we just pause it there for a moment because i know we all -- all of our viewers want to hear what he has to say should we just take a little pause right now? yeah, we don't have the audio. we'll try to get it back

we so apologize. because we really want to hear what mike has to say. >> yeah, mike shared some beautiful moments with him there are so many people -- when the news actually broke about al ex trebek, i was shocked because he was just on the show a couple of weeks ago, and i think a lot of people saw him. he said that he was improving and he's getting better. i think that it was just jarring. >> i was asking him about his family, and alex had gotten to swing on his swing with his wife one more time over the weekend which is one of the traditions they really valued all his kids had been around him. just having that legacy as a family man i also loved reading that he -- i think we have him back now, mike, i was just asking you and we didn't get to hear it because of our audio issues. i had read that you had said he'd gotten to swing that one last time on a swing with his wife before he passed. >> he did. he had a swing in his backyard that he loved. he actually rebuilt it earlier this year. he was very handy.

i don't know if a lot of people know that, and even in his book he described that he wanted his final day to be sitting on his swing next to his wife jean and kind of watching the horizon, and he got to do that. he was coherent. he wasn't in pain, and the fact that he had a nice final day i think makes all of us in the "jeopardy!" family feel so much better. >> mike, there are so many parts of alex that we know we know he's smart we know he was a loving family man. we knew he was just a terrific guy, but what i didn't know was how funny he was we just happen to have this little clip, and i hope you'll watch it with us he actually walked out to host the show without wearing pants, just take a look >> i never heard that one. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our show. i was informed backstage a few minutes ago that our three contestants, ken, brad and jerome wanted to relieve some of the tension, and they said we must do the program without trousers

now, can we get a camera behind to make sure that they have done the same as i? >> oh, here we go. >> they did not. >> and he walked off and, you know -- >> what a loving thing to do, actually, to break the tension >> yeah, he wanted the contestants to perform at their highest levels, and he reveled in a great "jeopardy!" game when it was competitive those are some of our best contestants of all time there, and there was an enormous amount of tension on the set. they all knew that there was a lot on them to perform and that just goes to show he had an incredible sense of humor, but also how important it was to have a great "jeopardy!" game. he loved that. he would get to the end of a show and say, boy, wasn't that great? and he'd look right at the contestants and say thank you. that just sums him up. >> for someone who i think we all felt we knew.

>> yes. >> reading about him in these last few days, you know, it just fills your heart because he seems to be even more and even better than you might have hoped, and one thing that i just loved, mike, he apparently is legendary as he was, he didn't really love like a lot of fawning or you're so great, alex you're such a legend, and didn't you have a little interaction with him along those lines >> well, he didn't enjoy being overly complimented or fawned over he was alex trebek, and he didn't suffer that kind of bloviating as he would describe it on what ended up to be our final day of taping i knew he was in enormous pain. as he was leaving, i said that was maybe the most incredible thing i've ever seen, and he kind of had his head down and looked up and he said, thank you. when he accepted that, that he

was really fighting, and it was just so important for him to do this show and to support everything that it means to america. >> yeah, mike, thank you so much for sharing your stories, your -- it was great to learn more about him, thank you so much. >> so beloved and our hearts go out to you and everybody who got to work with him. thank you so much. >> thank you, mike. >> actually in the next half hour, harry smith is going to join us with his perspective of what make alex trebek so special. we look forward to that. also ahead, a post election ballot breakdown how they were counted. the count still going on in some places, and why they prove the system does work coming up after this

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good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. in walnut creek the temperature this morning 35 degrees. it is very chilly not only here but across the bay area. we're going to see those highs today staying well below normal and reaching into the upper 50s and a few low 60s in the inland valleys. as we go through the forecast we're looking at more of the same. a lot of 60s throughout the week and frosty mornings to start. we will be watching out for some rain by the end of the week. and that's your latest forecast back to you. >> all right, dylan. >> thanks, dylan. the woman who just made history on yosemite's iconic el capitan, we'll take you behind the scenes of her historic climb. but first, these messages. ♪

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for african-american men, but if prostate cancer is detected early enough, it's a very treatable disease, and we all know ladies, that if anyone can get through this, al roker's the guy. he's loved by so many. we've seen this huge outpouring of support on social media, and beyond that, i was in my yard this weekend, i had no less than three neighbors walk by, hey, how's al roker how's he doing al's just fine we checked in with him over the weekend, and al being al was preparing sunday dinner and acting as if nothing was going on. >> exactly by the way -- >> he's incredibly positive and he has a really good prognosis he is just super positive about it, and we are too. >> and to your note, craig, i was walking down the street. i had two guys come up to me and say i had exactly the same surgery that al's having tell him he's going to be okay al is everybody's friend. >> and everybody who wrote something on instagram about al, it was really so nice because al is the first person to come to you when something is good or bad. >> no question, no question. >> we are wrapping our arms around al, sending our prayers

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distributing those doses as soon as next month. stocks jumped enormously on that news. >> reporter: i'm kris sanchez in san jose where a change in the weather means more changes. restaurants are adding more heaters when they can track them down. they're reinforcing outdoor dining against the cold and the wind so this doesn't happen. salons and gyms are also dealing with the same challenges as restaurants that limited indoor capacity and trying to make the outdoor experience comfortable. customers will have to decide for themselves whether to expose themselves to the elements or potentially expose themselves to greater covid risk by going inside. let's see how long these colder temperatures are going to stick around. here's kari. it's going to be a while as we're starting out with temperatures this morning. mostly in the 30s and 40s. make sure you're wearing the extra layer or two. we're going to see our highs today only reaching into the upper 50s and low 60s.

as we go through the forecast we're looking at more weather like this all throughout the week. only some slight warming. we are going to stay dry up until late thursday into friday when our next weather system will move in and we are looking at some spotty showers in the forecast throughout the weekend, so we are going to see some changes in our forecast over the next several days. laura? bundle up. we could use the rain. thanks so much and thank you for joining us as well. another local news update coming up in about half an hour. join us for our midday news at 11:00 a.m. as well. have a great morning. bundle up and we'll see you soon.

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it's 8:00 on "today," joe it's 8:00 on "today," joe biden addresses the nation after defeating donald trump in the race for the white house. >> i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify. >> president trump not yet ready to concede, this morning biden's first move as he prepares to take office and a closer look at the vice president-elect who is breaking barriers. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. plus, a category all his

own, we'll take a look back at the life and legacy of alex trebek >> did you come up with the correct response to our final? you're the best, alex, thank you so much. >> just ahead, harry smith's touching tribute to the man who held a special spot in americans' households. and climbing to the top, we'll introduce you to the first woman to free climb a dangerous route of yosemite national park's el capitan in under 24 hours shattering a glass ceiling 3,000 feet high today, monday, november 9th, 2020 ♪ i'm nancy and i'm celebrating my 16th birthday on the "today" show >> it's rachel and josh and shay from new york city, celebrating our first anniversary. ♪ >> we're all celebrating >> my 70th birthday.

>> from virginia >> good morning, everybody, welcome to "today. it's monday morning. we're so glad you started your day with us. hope you had a good weekend, and we have a new week started. >> a lot of nice people we're going to visit with later on in the show we should get started. >> yes, let's do let's get to the president-elect joe biden, he is getting a running start to the job that he won't step into in two months, but he does not have the cooperation of the president who is still challenging election results this morning. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker joins us with the latest kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah, good morning to you president-elect joe biden wasting no time getting to work on his agenda officially rolling out his transition and a 12-member task force aimed at combatting covid-19. it does come as president trump is still refusing to concede the race this morning on his first workday as president-elect, joe biden is putting the focus on the fight against covid, a key campaign promise he's expected to announce a 12-member task force to combat

the pandemic >> our work begins with getting covid under control. >> reporter: in his first address to the nation as president-elect, biden spoke to a deeply divided country and called for unity and healing >> i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify. >> reporter: it comes as president trump remains defiant in defeat, no concession, instead tweeting as twitter slapped warning labels on more than a dozen trump tweets this weekend including one falsely claiming victory but pressure is building, even among allies insisting it may be time to move on. >> if your basis for not conceding is that there was voter fraud, then show us. we can't back you blindly without evidence >> reporter: also weighing in, the last republican president, george w. bush, making congratulatory calls to both biden and kamala harris saying president trump has the right to pursue legal challenges, but

adding the american people can have confidence that this election was fundamentally fair. its integrity will be upheld, and its outcome is clear still, the president's message is being echoed by loyalists. >> do not concede, mr. president. fight hard. >> reporter: some repeating his unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud without providing any evidence. >> there is strong evidence that this was an election that in at least three or four states and possibly ten it was stolen. >> reporter: meantime, city commissioner al schmidt who is overseeing the vote count in philadelphia hitting back at those accusations on "60 minutes" late sunday. >> in the birthplace of our republic, counting votes is not a bad thing. counting votes cast on or before election day by eligible voters is not corruption. it is not cheating, it is democracy.

from the inside looking out, it feels all very deranged. >> deranged? >> at the end of the day, we are counting eligible votes cast by voters the controversy surrounding it is something is something i don't understand. >> and revealing his office is receiving threatening calls. >> calls to our offices reminding us that this is what the second amendment is for, people like us >> you're getting calls like that >> yes >> that's a not so veiled death threat. >> yes, for counting votes in a democracy. >> reporter: now, as for president-elect biden, he says he will work with governors to institute mask mandates all across the country and on his first full day in office, he says he will sign a series of executive orders aimed at reversing key parts of the trump administration savannah. >> kristen welker, biden headquarters in wilmington,

thank you. breaking overnight, tropical storm eta made landfall in the florida keys with torrential rains and powerful winds, and now it's on track to strengthen into a hurricane nbc's sam brock is in key west with the latest. hey, sam, good morning >> reporter: hoda, savannah, good morning, this has been an historic season. we are now in november and taking about the 12th storm to make landfall, but it was the first one to do so in florida. eta actually started out in central america, then was in cuba, which is 90 miles away from where i am as the science suggests then here in florida, tens of thousands of people without power right now. most of that is in miami-dade county, broward county, palm beach county here on the 125 mile stretch of the florida keys, they've upgraded their infrastructure over the years. battered so heavily by hurricanes in the past that the power outages are only in the 100s.

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now to a major milestone reached at the famed el capitan cliff in yosemite national park. 34-year-old emily harrington became the first woman ever to free climb the famed golden gate route of el capitan in yosemite national park in under 24 hours. harrington posting on instagram on sunday i never believed i could actually free climb el cap in a day when i first set the goal for myself. it didn't seem like a realistic objective for me, adding impossible dreams challenge us to rise above who we are now to see if we can become better versions of ourselves. you've been talking about this story all morning. >> i have. yes, i have, it's so impressive. i love climbing stories, and she is really -- 24 hours. >> amazing. >> crawl up el cap, pretty good, i've got to say. got the news covered, let's do a boost. there are some milestones in life that a child and their dad probably will never forget, like when this little slugger catches

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counted. >> so how did the percentages shift in crucial states? nbc's tom costello is exploring how things played out. hi, tom, good morning. >> good morning to you so you know that the experts were telling us be prepared for this vote to take days to tabulate, and that is exactly what happened, and despite these baseless claims on social media of election fraud, election officials and elected officials including many republicans say the system worked exactly as it was supposed to. there simply is little to no evidence of fraud. across america, patience was put to the test in the days following the election as people waited to learn who the next president would be >> i keep praying that it won't take long. >> reporter: election workers making sure to count every ballot, a process veteran commissioner of the federal election commission ellen weintraub has said has proven to be secure. >> there is no evidence of any kind of voter fraud in this election the results were tabulated honestly >> the american public -- >> reporter: former republican

homeland security secretary michael chertoff points to the results as proof of no manipulation. >> if you look at the fact that there was apparently a fair amount of ticket splitting where people voted for joe biden for president but then may have voted for a republican for the house or for the senate, that reinforces the idea that there was no fraud. >> reporter: republicans, in fact, did better than expected in the election defying the polls to pick up seats in the house of representatives the fate of the senate majority now coming down to two runoff elections in georgia president trump points out that he was ahead early in many states highway went on to lose, so-called mirages that many experts anticipated before election day in pennsylvania where officials could not start counting the more than 2.6 million mail-in ballots until after the polls closed on tuesday, it was a red mirage, which the day of votes in first, president trump led joe biden by more than 696,000 early wednesday morning, but as

mainland ballots were tallied, biden pulled ahead first, on friday morning by just 5,500 votes, he since expanded his lead to more than 43,000 in ohio where absentee ballots were the first to be counted, it was a blue mirage. >> biden had the early lead, while the republican vote is starting to come in, as you can see the county maps getting redder. >> bide was in the lead early tuesday night. president trump passed biden an hour later by 177,000 votes. the president now has a 460,000 vote lead. a lot of eyes were also on the battleground state of florida. >> we've got a big call to make, it's official now, nbc projects florida goes to president donald trump. >> reporter: the results came in quickly since officials were allowed to count mail-in ballots weeks before but in other battlegrounds the counting is not over pennsylvania can count mail-in ballots received up to three days after the election day, seven days in nevada, nine in

north carolina a vital legal, methodical and democratic process to pick the leader of the country working as designed >> tom, it's so interesting to see how it really shook out and the order in which the states chose to count the votes really affected how things looked early on now we've got the votes counted and now we have the result, but people have been concerned about voter fraud. how common is it really? >> reporter: yeah, and in fact, social media is full of candidly disinformation, misinformation alleging all of this, but listen, the judges so far have not been ruling in the republicans' favor on this the judges rather are saying there simply is no evidence of it, and a loyola university law school professor actually did some research on this and found that out of a billion ballots cast, a billion with a b from 2000 to 2014, he could only find 31 cases of voter impersonation

that were confirmed, so it seems to be one of these myths, urban myand legends that takes off every few years. as you know, president trump accused hillary clinton of engaging and the democrats of engaging in voter fraud four years ago, accused ted cruz of engaging in voter fraud. both of those times of course were when president trump did not like the results. >> so interesting, we've got republican officials in these key states like arizona and georgia where the race is really tight. so it's actually quite a relief, tom, to see how you've broken it down and people can have confidence in the process. thank you. >> all right we have 20 minutes after the hour, and we will go to dylan, and get a check of the weather. >> good morning, again, everyone, we're going to focus once again on tropical storm eta. this is something we're going to be talking about all week long tropical storm warnings still in effect for southern florida with those tropical storm conditions across the florida keys. heavy bands of rain affecting parts of miami and southern florida with reports of more than ten inches of rain in some areas already. conditions will improve. winds will ease through the day.

we'll look at another two to four inches of rain across the keys then the storm moves to the southwest, then to the north, possibly strengthening to a category 1 hurricane it should weaken again as it moves to the north it might make another landfall as we go into friday night and saturday morning across northern florida. we will see an additional two to four inches of rain across southern florida and gusts up to 50, 60 miles per hour. most of the rain this week will be out over the gulf of mexico we certainly have to keep an eye on it as we get into friday and saturday, but we still don't know exactly where this storm is going to go, so we'll be wa >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. taking a look at our high temperatures for today. it's going to be very chilly, and we are feeling that right now. it only warms up to the upper 50s and low 60s today. we have sunshine and not a whole lot of wind. as we go into the next several days, our temperatures will be cooler than normal, reaching into the upper 50s, low 60. and we will be watching out for

a chance of rain in the forecast by the end of the week. we may also see scattered showers this weekend. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you >> look who's in the house. >> hello. >> it is carson. the clock just struck pop start time. >> a lot to start with pop start this morning hello, everybody, the weekend, we have the rock and roll hall of fame inductees happening, and we have some great musicians final finally in the rock and roll hall of fame, even though the ceremony was more of a taped special. featured a ton of big names, depeche mode, the doobie brothers and most notably notorious b.i.g. and the nine inch nails and some big names including whitney houston, including jennifer hudson who spoke about how she was inspire

by whitney as a little girl. >> being a little girl seeing this goddess command the stage with her presence, then her voice and thinking like who is this i want to be like that. >> and not just jennifer hudson, alicia keys also talked about the very first time she met whitney houston. >> one of clyde davis's pre-grammy parties i was still in awe of this crazy world i was newly welcomed into, and she marched right up to me and she said you are going to write a song for me. i couldn't believe it. that the greatest voice of all time just demanded that of little old me? >> another part of the special was dedicated to eddie van halen who passed away last month, fellow guitarist slash of guns n roses remembered. >> he had a massive impact on guitar playing and i don't think that there is anybody who has not picked up a guitar since 1978 who has not been touched in

some way by eddie van halen's influence. i really miss him playing and really miss him as a friend. >> that whole rock and roll hall of fame special is streaming on hbo max, a ton of other big names show up including bruce springsteen. and cold play's chris martin. next up "the crown" returns to netflix this month. with its return comes the debut of princess diana into the story. her romance with prince charles will be a central story line, and on the graham norton show, josh o'connor talked about a specific thing he noticed the prince would do and mimicked it for the show. >> there's one thing i noticed in every time he got out of the car, he'd do this thing -- still does it now -- i saw something recently anyway, he gets out of the car and he goes cufflink, checks the cufflink, checks his pocket square, and then waves so every time he goes to a public event or anything, it's cufflink, cufflink, pocket square. >> i wonder if he's ever not had his pocket square.

and it is completely -- >> back in the car, back in the car. >> now we're going to be watching prince charles for that. miley cyrus, she has a brand new album out later this month it is called "plastic hearts." in addition to new original songs, it's going to be featuring covers and remixes including a mashup of midnight sky which sounds identical to see stevie nicks and believe it or not, they mesh together perfectly. ♪ just like the one we know ♪ just like the one we know ♪ ooh baby ooh >> yeah, i mean, when you first heard "midnight sky," what "edge of 17" and fleetwood mac

song. >> good for her to pay homage to stevie nicks. another song of miley's having a big weekend, variety reporting that "party in the usa" miley's hit from 2009 that single has reached the itune's top 200 chart, as well as the top 100 list on spotify following president joe biden becoming presi good morning to you. it's 8:26. i'm marcus washington. firefighters are still at the scene of a fire. this is burning at the paper plant in san leandro. it started early this morning at georgia pacific paper plant. firefighters got there in time to save all the structures, but it is still burning a lot of the cardboard boxes. drivers on the way to work this morning may be able to see some of that smoke from interstate 880 or 580. there are no reports of injuries, and it's still unclear how that fire started. well, we're starting off to a cold start of the day. meteorologist kari hall is

tracking those temperatures. i guess we'll warm up just a little bit. >> yeah, it's going to be at least sunny today, but we are feeling some really cold air, in fact, near record low temperatures. as we look at the commute this morning leading through the tri-valley, 30s and 40s. only into the mid-50s for the middle of the afternoon. and this is the kind of weather we'll see throughout the week. highs reaching into the low 60s and staying dry up until about late thursday into friday when our next weather system will be coming in. we'll be tracking some rain for the weekend, marcus. >> thanks, kari. i'll have another local news update coming up in 30 minutes.

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night coverage. >> gym mai ♪ hey, guys, 8:30 now, it's a monday morning november the 9th, 2020, start of a brand new week and look at us, we got a happy my today plaza crowd we're going to visit in with all of these folks, birthdays and anniversaries, a whole bunch to celebrate. also ahead we've got -- >> better basics for your homes

to make cleaning easier, sanitizing safe, even a kitchen gadget that might save the day on thanksgiving. we love it when jenn falik shows us what she's found. also coming up, harry smith will be joining us for a special tribute to the remarkable life of beloved "jeopardy!" host alex trebek craig, what do you got coming up in the third hour? >> just ahead on the third hour, the always entertaining paul reiser is going to join us to tell us about his new show it's called "there's johnny," and it's a fictionalized look behind the scenes at johnny carson's "tonight show." looking forward to catching up with paul. first, though, dylan in for al on this monday morning how about another check of the weather, my friend, how are we looking? >> it's looking really nice if you're in the northeast. enjoy the sunshine, we do have a snowstorm across the northern rockies and the northern plains as well where we could see another couple inches of snow. by the middle of the week, more

snow across the northern rockies, fall-like temperatures start to work back into the plain states, a little more seasonable, and then heavy rain up and down the east coast we also have to keep an eye on what's going to happen with tropical storm eta as it continues to make its way into northern florida we're still watching the track of that. friday it is looking nice across the northeast, as things clear up, temperatures up around 60 or so, and then a big northwest storm makes its way into the northwest with a lot of snow in the higher elevations and a lot >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we go through our forecast, it's going to pretty much be the same. cool mornings and fairly cool afternoons, too, but at least we'll have some sunshine and that may help it feel a little bit better. but we're only looking at highs into the low 60s for the next several days. by thursday, we'll see the approach of a new storm system that could bring us some scattered showers by the end of the week. looks like we could also see off and on rain especially heading through saturday.

>> ask that's your latest forecast. thank you. no matter how you voted, there's no denying the 2020 election made history kamala harris elected vice president. >> sheinelle jones with more on that hey, sheinelle, good morning. >> good morning to you guys on this monday. kamala harris rose through the ranks as a former prosecutor and state attorney general and senator and now she's the first woman and woman of color to be elected to the nation's second highest office. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. [ cheers and applause >> reporter: history in the making, kamala harris has shattered one of the last glass ceilings in america. no stranger to trail blazing, this vice president-elect is also a lady of firsts, the daughter of an east indian mother and jamaican father as a kid she was bussed across town when her school began to integrate. after attending howard university and then earning a law degree, harris became a prosecutor and district attorney she says on a mission to help

change the system. >> the discharge the duty. >> upon which i am about to enter. >> upon which i am about to enter. >> congratulations attorney general. >> she later broke barriers as california's first black and first female attorney general. >> our new u.s. senator, kamala harris >> reporter: in 2016, harris smashed another barrier, becoming the first black woman to win a california senate seat and just the second ever elected to the senate. >> has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested you open an investigation of anyone? >> i wouldn't -- i wouldn't -- >> yes or no >> reporter: in washington, harris made her mark by asking the tough questions that rattled her adversaries and quickly went viral. >> i'm running for president because i love my country. >> reporter: and last year harris became one of the few black women ever to run for president.

after an unsuccessful bid, she pivoted joining the biden campaign with the promise of the country's second highest office. >> the answer is absolutely yes, joe, and i'm ready to work i am ready to do this with you, for you. >> reporter: and with that, kamala harris stepped up as the first woman of color on a major party ticket >> the road ahead will not be easy, but america is ready >> reporter: as vice president, what role will she play? and how will she influence this administration new jersey senator cory booker had this to say of his good friend and colleague. >> she has an ability to stand her ground, and anybody who knows her knows she does that, standing up for what she believes in and who she's fighting for but she actually has a way of also finding common ground. >> reporter: if her senate record is any indication, harris will most likely continue her work on police and criminal justice reform, protections for immigrants and her campaign promise to end the filibuster and focus on climate change.

>> she's got a great record. she's tough. she is going to get a lot more questioning because of being a woman, and i think she is more than ready to handle it. >> i feel extremely proud to be an american to be able to be here to bear witness to this. >> this is a huge day, a lot of dreams realized. >> reporter: as kamala harris prepares to take her oath as our nation's number two, she follows in the foot steps of the 48 vice presidents who came before her, all of them white, all of them men. her nomination redefines who gets to lead our country >> i want to be able to do the same things she's doing, kamala harris is a very much inspiration to me. >> there's no denying we're in a divisive climate, but it stands that obviously she is a trailblazer. all weekend long you can see the power of representation. you see little girls all over social media feeds, you know, they see themselves in her

this morning we saw this headline, a lot of you may have seen this picture. this is "usa today" with her picture smack dab in the middle, with the title madame vice president. again, no doubt about it, she is a trailblazer this morning >> there's something jarring about seeing that image. >> all the predecessors. >> look at this. >> yeah. >> there you have it history being made >> all right, sheinelle, thank you so much. and just ahead, from sanitizing to cooking, jenn falik is here. falik is here. she' there's no bad time to start at amazon...

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today at home, our series that highlights innovative products to make everyday life just a little easier. >> this morning with the holiday season upon us, we are helping make your home clean and also safe. >> we're so excited. lifestyle expert jenn falik joins us with some of her favorite products, i know first on your list, a portable humidifier.

>> yes, no one wants to be the person that coughs in your own house, in someone else's house if you're going somewhere for the holidays or someone's coming to stay with you, i love this. it's $39 you can put this in your car it's great to add moisture, put it on a night table and it can last for eight hours you can just do it for a few minutes if you want to clear up and give yourself some moisture. it's great, it's so cute, too. it is great guest room accessory. >> is it -- >> no, it is a humidifier. i also love to use it at home for tmy skin to steam it. you can use it for that as well. it's just going to give you that dose of moisture so you're not the person coughing from dry air, you know, when the heater's on, it sucks all the moisture out of the room. >> got you. >> it's great, $39 and cute. put it in your car, your guest room, whatever you want. >> this is such a 2020 theme, how about the do it yourself mask station you've got going there.

>> i know. i am not a dyi girl by nature. the last thing i ever thought would be like my biggest instagram hit ever is this diy mask station it's a way to take any acrylic organizer you may have around the house, what i used to use for makeup we put this in our mud room by our door, and it's got everyone in the family's mask goldie's alexa's u mine and brians people come to your house, they've got that we have our sanitizer. >> we have that in our house, jenn, it's a shoe box, but it's but it's got all of the masks thrown in there. >> it works. >> what about the gloves >> so this is created by celebrity stylist, and she's known for coming up with these cool innovative inventions these are called wander gloves if you're going out doing errands, it's unavailable, we're doing more grocery shopping, things like that to get our homes ready for the holidays these gloves are antimicrobial

they're uv protective. they've got the touch screen sensors. these are great to take with you when you're going to the grocery getting the gas, whatever it may be this is going to keep your hands clean and it comes with a resealable pouch, so you're not going to cross contaminate then you can throw these in the wash, they're like new, use these again. i like these better than a rubber glove, you feel like you have a much better grip on things, and it keeps you nice and clean. our next better basic is so smart, i feel like -- and maybe it's because i've got young kids i'm always washing water bottles. i can never feel like i'm actually getting them really clean. these are bottle brights. these are little cleaning tablets. you can put this, and you fill your water bottle with water, drop this in, 30 minutes later your water bottle is completely clean. if you have guests coming and everyone's got water bottles everywhere, this is an easy way to cut down on your dish loads. >> speaking of the dishloads, i

am obsessed with these sponges. >> obsessed. these were in my first better basic segment. they were created by two moms who were sick of the gross, icky sponge situation that's in all of our kitchens. it has fade technology. so when this design here starts to fade, that is when you know to change it out. it is anti-microbial. they're different material than most sponges are, so they dry completely and don't get smelly. they don't get gross, and you can get a pack of four like this you can have them on auto delivery, and i love that it kind of reminds you when your sponge is officially gross. >> i can't believe dylan's obsessed with a sponge. >> i'm obsessed with the sponge. and it just keeps mailing you new sponges. you don't have to go to the store to keep buying them. >> and you got a bread scooper >> yeah, this is so smart. this is the inside scoop this is a bagel scooper or bread scooper. it makes it really simple, if you want to eat a little healthier, this can scoop out

the inside of a bagel, it leaves more room for toppings. and it is a smart little innovation and it is like 12 bucks. it is going to make life in the kitchen so much easier. i love this, and another thing that is going to make the kitchen less messy and so much simpler, it is betty bossy it is a sauce maker. if you're doing a hollandaise or any sort of oil based sauce, pour everything in there, you give it a little spin and you've got a perfectly whipped up delicious sauce. >> it looks like r2-d2. >> it sort of does, right? >> yeah. the little thing on the bottom, becomes a top so you're fully contained. you can put this on top afterwards and you stir it you don't have to clean a million different things you don't have to worry about the sauce separating you've got everything here in one. this is the betty bossi. so easy. >> i am obsessed with that. >> so smart, right >> thank you, jenn >> you can find all these products and more at today.com/shop. >> good stuff there guys. up next, we've got harry smith reflecting on the life of alex trebek and what made him so

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welcome back, craig joins us once again as we turn back to the loss of alex trebek. >> what a tremendous loss it was because, you know, alex trebek was of course one of the most beloved game show hosts of all time but you know, guys, he was so much more than that, and harry smith is with us this morning to share a very special tribute hey there, buddy >> good morning, all i'll tell you what, i began watching "jeopardy!" when art fleming was the host, okay you didn't go to 20th century philosophy class in college because you were going to watch "jeopardy!" instead bad stuff, bad moves. alex trebek became the host, and what we learned very early on is that he was kind he was unflappable he was consistent. he was a pro's pro, but he was

so much more than that >> here is the host of "jeopardy!" >> he has been our dinner companion for decades. >> and here is your clue. >> reporter: he showed up in our household more consistently than any relative alex trebek was not a game show host he was like a friend whose presence was always welcome. >> did you come up with the correct response to our final? you're the best, alex, thank you so much. >> reporter: never showy, never the showoff. he handled the most difficult pronunciations with ease. >> the first woman in space was valentina. >> and when a contestant blew an answer, an answer alex felt the person or any person for that matter should have noun. >> dallas cowboys? you think we should go to commercial >> reporter: he exhibited only the slightest bit of disdain. >> if you guys ring in and get this one, i will die >> reporter: those of us who

watched "jeopardy!" a lot often felt we knew when he liked a contestant. >> james. >> what is antarctica. >> >> that's it. >> james. >> what is the creature from the black lagoon. >> reporter: was there just a touch more enthusiasm as he or she would race through a category, the audience cheering. >> james in the lead with 7,400. >> reporter: more than anything, we knew alex liked a good game, a smart game he was always so pleased when all three contestants did well where the wit and the wagers in final jeopardy would determine the champion. >> did he risk enough? oh, he did indeed. 7505, he's the new champion. >> reporter: when alex told us he had cancer, he delivered the message with the same steady demeanor with which he commanded the show. >> and with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, i plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease >> reporter: but we were shaken.

>> alex trebek. >> when the show resumed this fall with a healthy looking alex we wondered if he had won the battle that's what we hoped. >> what a great way to start off a new season, right? let's do it again tomorrow >> reporter: so when word came sunday, it was just too sad. deep down we knew it was coming, but lord knows we didn't want to accept it. >> he was a special person and we will all miss him. >> i felt like i knew alex because i watched him since i was their age. >> reporter: supper time will not be the same. we miss him already. and you know, when it gets to be 6:30, 7:00 eastern time tonight, i'm not sure how we're going to react when we turn on the television to be perfectly honest >> well, they've -- you know, they have those shows that he did at the end of his life, which he apparently was just -- it was hard for him to do it, but he taped a bunch of shows to

get us all through christmas you know, i loved reading, harry, that you know, everyone says how smart he was. i always thought to myself, he has the answers. so cute, i really did and then i read this morning that he used to quiz himself. he would always go through all the questions that were going to be in the show and then he would quiz himself to make sure that he did pretty well, that he had most of the answers. then some. you never -- he was unflappable, right? listen, i have to tell a personal story i was on celebrity jeopardy once many years ago somebody called up and said somebody's canceled, will you please come on i was like oh, god, just scared to death after "jeopardy!" i was in the red, even in double "jeopardy!" i was in the red, somehow pulled together, got enough answers right to have the highest amount of money by the end of the double jeopardy round, and even then it just was -- it is the most frightening, scary, humiliating experience you can

have >> wow that was beautiful, harry. beautiful tribute. as we were pointing out earlier in this show, alex got a chance to actually ride on a swing with his wife in his final moments so he had a very peaceful kind of end. harry, thank you so much we'll be back in a moment, but give you my world ♪ ♪ how can i, when you won't take it from me ♪ ♪ you can go your own way xfinity mobile's fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. and right now get $250 off. learn more at an xfinity store today.

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behind us. we received positive news in this fight with the announcement that there's been progress made toward a successful vaccine. soon, the expectation is the fda will run a process of rigorous reviews and approvals. it must be grounded fully in science so the american people can have confidence any vaccine is safe and effective. at the same time, it's clear that this vaccine even if approved will not be widely available for many months yet to come. the challenge before us right now is still immense and growing. although we are not in office yet, i'm laying out what we expect to do and hope can be done, some of it, between now and the same we're sworn in, so the purpose of this is to let you know what we're going to do once sworn in. and so there's a need for bold action to fight this pandemic. we're still facing a very dark

winter. there are now nearly 10 million co-vid cases in the united states. last week we topped 120,000 new cases on multiple successive days. infection rates are going up. hospitalizations are going up. deaths are going up. this crisis claims nearly 1,000 american lives a day. nearly 240,000 deaths so far. to projections indicate we could still lose 200,000 more lives in the coming months before a vaccine can be made widely available. so we can't forego the important work that needs to be done between now and then to get our country through the worst wave yet in this pandemic to reduce the spread, to save lives. that's why today i've named the covid-19 transition advisory board comprised of distinguished public health experts to help our transition team translate

the blueprint we can put in place as soon as kamala and i are sworn into office on january 20th, 2021. we'll seek to add other members to this board during this important -- additional important perspectives on public health and expertise throughout the transition. this group will advise on detailed plans, build on a bedrock of science and keep compassion, empathy and care for every american at its core, making rapid testing widely available, more widely available, much more widely available, and building a core of contact tracers who will track and curb this disease while we prioritize getting vaccines first to the most at risk populations. developing clear and detailed guidance, providing necessary resources for small businesses, schools, child care centers to reopen and operate safely and

effectively during the pandemic, protecting both workers and the public. scaling up productive life saving treatments and therapeutics, and when it's ready, making sure a vaccine is dwibted ek wittily and free for every american. it's em perative we ramp up our personal protective equipment to make sure our brave health care workers have what they need to do battle safely against this virus. we're going to get states, cities and tribes the tests and supplies they need and protect vulnerable populations at risk, most at risk in this virus, older americans and those that have conditions. we're going to address the health and economic disparities that mean this virus is hitting the black, latino, asian american, pacific islanders, native american communities

harder than white communities. focusing on these communities is one of our priorities, not an afterthought. i will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around once we're sworn in on january 20th. to get our kids back to school safely, our businesses growing, and our economy running at full speed again. and again an approved vaccine manufactured and driblted as quickly as possible to as many americans as possible free of charge. we'll follow the science. we'll follow the science. let me say that again. we'll adjust to new data when it comes in and will be and work in cooperation with governors and local leaders of both parties fighting this in their communities every day. there's good happening at state and local levels. governors, mayors, stepping up. the advisory board will listen and learn lessons from their

experience. because we know we won't fully defeat covid-19 until we defeat it everywhere, my advisory council includes ek perts on global health security to restore u.s. global leadership to fight this pandemic. this is a crisis that effects everyone. and as i've said throughout this campaign, i will be a president for every american. this election is over. it's time to put aside the partnership and the rhetoric that is designed to demonize one another. it's time to end the politicalization of basic responsible public health steps like mask wearing and social distancing. we have to come together to heal the soul of the country so we can effectively address this crisis as one country where hard working americans have each other's backs. and we're reminded in our shared goal to defeating this virus. as we work toward a safe and effective vaccine. you know, the single most

effective thing we can do to stop the spread of co-vid is wear a mask. the head of the cdc warned this fall after the foreseeable future, a mask remains the most potent weapon against the virus. today's news does not change that urgent reality. i won't be president until january 20th, but my message today is to everyone. it's this. it doesn't matter who you novot for, where you stood before election day. it doesn't matter your party, your point of view. we can save tens of thousands of lives if everyone would just wear a mask for the next few months. not democrat or republican lives. american lives. you know, maybe we save the life of a person who stocks the shelf at the local grocery store or saves the life of a member of your place of worship. mayb i