good morning. leading cause of death. the coronavirus now reported to be the top killer in the united states. new restrictions set to take effect in california and texas. hospitals from coast to coast overwhelmed, as the number of beds dwindle and the number of patients gets bigger every y. >> there's too many people sick at a time. we can't -- we can't take care of all of them. we don't have the capacity. >> is a vaccine rollout near? and is it the light at the end of a very dark tunnel? we'll talk to one member of the fda vaccine advisory committee. plan of action.

president-elect joe biden urging congress to pass a covid relief bill now, before he takes office, to stop the economic fallout that's come as a result of the pandemic. >> we remain in one of the worst economic job crises in economic history but it doesn't have to stay that way. if we act now, now, i mean now. >> while his team begins to put a plan in place to distribute the coronavirus vaccine, president trump saying nothing about the pandemic, keeping his focus on disputing the election instead. under arrest. a high school football player charged after this attack on a ref in the middle of a game, and now his entire team is paying the price as well. >> all that, plus, her royal virtual highness. queen elizabeth doing something she's never done before, holding an audience with new ambassadors online, proving the 94-year-old

queen is adapting to anew normal just like the rest of us. today, saturday, december 5th, 2020. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander, kristen welker and dylan dreyer. welcome to "today" and thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. dylan has the morning off. peter, good to see you. it's pure joy to see the queen on zoom. she looks absolutely delighted by it. >> you just hate to be the royal butler who had to say, excuse me, i think you're muted. >> it probably happened a couple of times. >> it happens at our house all the time. first, we we want to begin this morning as we have been for so many saturdays with the worsening coronavirus crisis. >> we have just reached a new record high in this pandemic, with experts warning that we have not seen the worst of it yet. overnight, more difficult news from a research center at the university of washington,

coronavirus is now the leading cause of death in the u.s., ahead of heart disease and lung cancer. >> that's right, and the latest numbers are just stunning, especially when you look at this graphic, which shows the number of cases since march, beginning in november. we've essentially seen a steady climb with cases skyrocketing from 100,000 a day to more than 200,000. >> on friday, there were more than 214,000 cases, nearly 2,700 people died as a result of covid. that means that four americans have died in just the last couple of minutes that we've been on the air. >> frightening numbers, but there is hope on the horizon. our team is covering it all. we want to begin with megan fitzgerald who is in los angeles. good morning to you. >> reporter: kristen and peter, good morning to you. millions of people waking up this morning in california's bay area are being asked to spend their weekend at home unless it's for outdoor exercise or

absolutely essential travel. and by tomorrow night in some parts of the bay, that's an order. it comes as icu availability becomes even more scarce and hospitals across the nation feel the strain. the cars lined up in phoenix aren't here for a covid test, but a test run of how the new vaccine will roll out. the relief can't come soon enough. for the third day in a row, over 200,000 new cases and record hospitalizations, nearly two americans will dying every minute. >> there's too many people sick at a time. we can't -- how do you take care of all of them? we don't have the capacity. >> reporter: the cdc doubling down on mask wearing, urging americans to wear them everywhere and anywhere, even indoors. in minnesota, state officials say they have run out of trained professionals for long-term care facilities, so national guardsmen will turn training

into action, deploying to fill the need. in texas, after seven straight days of high hospitalization levels, new restrictions in the dallas-ft. worth area. >> it's not science. >> the showdown over hitdown spilling over onto cnbc. >> i disagree, i disagree. you can have your thoughts and i can have mine. >> reporter: frustration reaching a boiling point as the vaccine rollout offers hope, a shot at a return to normalcy, the vice president saying on friday they're ready the moment scientists give the go. >> within 48 hours from the fda's approval, we could be vaccinating people literally in all 50 states. >> reporter: as the fight against the virus continues, one world war ii veteran has won. he got out of an alabama hospital this week, just in time to celebrate his 104th birthday.

home this morning, surrounded by love. his family just grateful that covid didn't take their hero. and here in southern california, icu capacity at hospitals has dropped below 15%. what this means is if things don't improve by tonight, by tomorrow evening we could be seeing new stay-at-home orders. and here in los angeles in the last seven days we saw more covid-19 cases than in the entire month of october. kristen and peter. >> just staggering, but incredible to see major ruton, that 104-year-old released from the hospital. thank you for that. >> meantime, in the uk, they are just days away from being the first country to administer the covid vaccine. nbc's sarah harmon is in london with more on how that's going to

be done. good morning. >> reporter: peter, kristen, good morning to you both. st. thomas' hospital here in london will be among the first to start administering this vaccine, but there's an immense logistical challenge still ahead. this is a vaccine that requires two doses, 21 days apart, and extremely cold storage. it's almost time. this morning across the uk, select hospitals are preparing to administer the pfizer vaccines to the public. it could start as early as tuesday. >> i'm going to be giving you the vaccina perkins and i'm going to give you the vaccination today. >> reporter: at this hospital nurses practice on each other. >> is it going to hurt? >> it's probably going to be uncomfortable but hopefully not too painful. >> reporter: they'll be among the first to give and receive the vaccine. >> nervous, excited that there's something out there that can protect us as well as our patients. >> reporter: it's the biggest

vaccination program in uk history following a top secret operation to transport the doses from pfizer's facility in belgium to medical centers across the uk. one challenge, the vaccine must be kept at minus 94 degrees fahrenheit. the uk was first to grant emergency authorization for the pfizer vaccine. in an interview here on "today," dr. anthony fauci backtracked on his public comments that the uk rushed the approval process. >> and i apologize publicly on bbc about that. i felt badly that it came across that way. no, the brits are good, they know what they're doing. they're really pros, so that was just not really what i meant. >> reporter: experts warn the vaccine isn't a get out of jail free card. >> how optimistic should we be about where we are with the vaccine right now? >> it's only when you've got a lot more vaccine and a lot more people immunized that you can really start to see the actual pandemic itself coming under

control. >> reporter: first priority for vaccination will be people over 80 and those who work in nursing homes, followed by front-line health care workers. public health officials warn demand could quickly outstrip supply. peter, kristen. >> sarah, thank you. back here in the u.s., the fda vaccine advisory committee plans to meet on thursday to discuss the approval of the pfizer vaccine for emergency use in the u.s. dr. james hildreth is the president and ceo of medical college. thank you for joining us. it's good to see you. let me dive right in. given the meeting this week, how quickly can the vaccine advisory committee make a decision about the potential use of a vaccine here? >> thank you, good morning. i'm happy to be with you. we'll spend the day on thursday reviewing the data from pfizer and at the end of the day a vote will be taken. by the end of the day next thursday, there could be a

decision made about the vaccine. >> so by the end of the day on thursday we could know. how soon thereafter could we start seeing this? >> if the fda commissioner decides to issue approval, the eua on that day when the vote is taken, as early as friday of next week we could see vaccinations happening across the country. >> so that raises questions about vaccine distribution, and that is good news if there is an approval as early as the end of next week. there has not for this country been a clear and consistent plan in terms of a national response. why should americans have confidence that there will be one as it relates to vaccine distribution? >> well, first of all, the u.s. army or a general from the u.s. army is responsible for the logistics. one thing that our military does very well is large-scale mobilizations like this. i also think that they should know that drug companies such as cvs are involved. cvs stores, if you look at them in total, 80% of our population

lives within three miles of a cvs store and that's one example of how we're mobilizing, taking advantage of existsing infrastructure to make sure we get this right. i think americans can be confident that it's going to be distributed and done very well. >> doctor, let's talk about confidence in the vaccine itself, because nearly 40% of americans say they don't trust the vaccine for one reason or another. we're particularly seeing that in communities of color. so what is your message? what can you tell them and how confident are you that the government will be able to instill confidence in the vaccine? >> well, it's a really important issue and we spent a lot of time dealing with that. my response would be a couple of things. the fast speed of the developing of this vaccine is related to technology, existing infrastructure and really incredible science. the other thing is that we're identifying trusted messengers, making sure they are confident in the vaccine and allowing them

to be the ones who are conveying the messages to the minority communities. we think that's going to work. we need to give them agency, the ability to make a decision for themselves, and that requireses giving them sufficient information. we're confident we can do that. >> all right. dr. hildreth joining us on a critical saturday morning, we really appreciate your time. just remarkable to hear him say they could have authorization by the end of next week. >> that means by the end of next week americans may be getting this vaccine for the first time. it's a good moment, doctor, thank you. let's move on to other news. just 46 days until he takes the oath of office. president-elect joe biden calling on congress to pass a covid relief bill before he assumes the presidency. this while president trump is focused almost exclusively on last month's election and an upcoming senate runoff in georgia. we want to begin with ali vitali near president-elect biden's

home in wilmington, delaware. ali, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. president-elect joe biden is asking americans to wear a mask for the first 100 days of his term all to help slow the spread of the virus, while also discussing what he called a dire job situation. all of this paints a clearer picture of the multiple crises biden is set to inherit on january 20th. a grim economy and a worsening pandemic. joe biden making clear he's got no time to waste. >> folks, we remain amidst one of the worst economic and job crises in modern history, but it doesn't have to stay that way. if we act now, now, i mean now -- >> reporter: biden urging congress to pass more than $900 billion in covid spending. as the clock ticks down on relief programs ranging from unemployment assistance to eviction moratoriums set to expire right after christmas. >> 12 million americans will lose their unemployment benefits they rely on. merry christmas. >> reporter: this last jobs report of 2020 showing only

245,000 jobs added in november. and a growing number of americans leaving the workforce altogether. not employed, but not looking for a job either. the stalled recovery leaving critics saying this round of relief doesn't go far enough, but biden promising this is just the start. >> it's just a down payment. this is not the end of the deal. >> reporter: optimistic about bipartisanship but coy on conversations with key republicans, including senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> have the two of you spoken yet? >> we'll be in dire trouble if we don't get cooperation. i believe we will. >> reporter: biden's team putting together their own plan to distribute a vaccine as the president-elect highlights his predecessor's lack thereof. >> there is no detailed plan we've seen anyway as to how you get the vaccine out of a container into an injection syringe into somebody's arm. and it's going to be very difficult for that to be done in this very expensive proposition.

>> reporter: now, one former health official telling nbc news about the, quote, amazing challenge the biden team now has to build public confidence, all while, quote, being set up to fail. with this in mind, the transition team will roll out picks for key health roles early next week. sources telling nbc news, a role that he also filled during the obama years. despite the growing covid and economic crisis, president trump has yet to make any public comments this week about either. instead he's focused his attention on sowing doubt in the election he lost more than four weeks ago. later today he'll be in georgia t campaign for the two republican senate candidates there ahead of january's runoff election in that state. nbc's kelly o'donnell is at the white house with more on all of that. kelly, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kristen. after weeks of what has looked like self-imposed isolation with fewer events and appearances than we've come to see over the

last few years, today the president is going back to something he knows and thrives on, the campaign rally. but there is a big unknown. will the president deliver the message that republicans need in that runoff race in georgia or will he be about himself and his own election grievances? like a campaign flashback. >> hello, georgia. hello, georgia. >> reporter: president trump promoting tonight's georgia visit on twitter, just after his campaign filed a new challenge to georgia's presidential results that turned the state blue for biden. in a virtual campaign event friday, barack obama urged democrats to help a biden presidency succeed by giving him a democratic-led senate. >> you need to understand this is not just about georgia. this is about america and this is about the world. and it's in your power to in fact have an impact. >> reporter: democrats need to win both seats in the january

runoff to take control of the senate. polling shows republican incumbent senators david perdue and kelly loeffler in tight races against democratic challengers jon ossoff and raphael warnock. campaigning in savannah friday, mike pence focused on the future. >> the road to the senate republican majority runs right through the state of georgia. >> reporter: republicans worry the president's relentless attacks undercutting voting integrity and his own defeat will sour turnout for the senate races. senator david perdue, who has not publicly acknowledged bidenes win appeared to do so in a video meeting with a republican jewish coalition obtained by "the washington post." >> if we can keep the majority in the senate, we can at least be a buffer on some of the things the biden camp has been talking about in terms of their foreign policy.

>> reporter: rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel tried to thread the needle between the president's unproven claims and turning out the vote. >> and we're not giving up. but the best way to fix it is to send two senators to washington who are going to fight for election integrity so this never happens again. >> reporter: and runoff races are the most difficult to predict as far as which voters will turn out. today melania trump, the first lady, will be joining the president. that's something we haven't seen very often and it's just one more sign of how important this runoff is to republicans and arguably on the other side to democrats as well. >> kelly o'donnell at the white house for us this morning. kelly, thanks. with dylan off this morning, we'll get our first check of the weather from meteorologist bill karins. bill, our first nor'easter of the year whacking parts of the northeast. >> yeah, good morning. what a wild day it's going to be in areas of new england, waking up to temperatures in the 40s and heavy rain.

you're going to go to wed hoping with your fingers crossed that you still have power because of heavy snow and gusty winds. at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon is when we get the heavy rain transitioning over to heavy snow, especially interior sections. watch out in the hills outside of hartford, worcester and a good chunk of maine. the storm is gone but the time we get through sunday morning with just a little lingering snow so really the high impacts are today. and look at that pink area there. that's up to 12 inches of snow just outside of boston, right through worcester and all the way up i-95 through maine. so charge your devices this afternoon. heavy, wet snow and >> we're start out with clear skies. 49 degrees right now. a live look over san jose, a very chilly 40 degrees and as we head in towards the afternoon, we'll see mostly clear

conditions. a couple of afternoon clouds temperatures in the low to mid 60s. the air is expected to be unhealthy as which continue to see some wood smoke in the area. full forecast at 7:00 a.m. >> and that's your saturday forecast. >> all right, bill, thank you very much. still to come right here, history on the hill. the house passes a bill legalizing marijuana, but will the senate

we are back on a saturday morning with the weekly download, our look at the week's top stories. >> among them, the kickoff to an unprecedented shopping season. holiday shoppers spent a record amount of money on cyber monday. >> the biggest online shopping day in u.s. history, with early numbers on track to hit over $11 billion in sales.

capping off the five-day online shopping sprint between thanksgiving and cyber monday. back to the skies. nbc's tom costello rode on a demonstration flight for the boeing 737 max, designed to boost confidence after federal regulators gave the okay for the grounded jets to go into operation once again. >> for 20 months the 737 max has sat on airfields around the world. on wednesday this max took to the skies. >> the jets had been grounded after two fatal crashes overseas. tiger attack at tampa's big cat rescue. a long-time volunteer reached into the cage during feeding when a tiger clamped down on her arm, nearly tearing it off. >> i could see that the arm was detached at the shoulder, that it was barely hanging on by skin. >> the volunteer is recovering after surgery. ceo carole baskin emotionally addressed her staff after the

incident. >> it's that kind of instant misjudgment -- >> baskin made famous in the documentary "tiger king" runs the business. elliott page says that he is transgender. >> he's sharing his truth posting in an open letter, hi, friends. i want to share with you that i am trans. i feel lucky to be writing this, to be here, to have arrived at this place in my life. >> page came a star in the movie "juno" that earned him an oscar nomination. some of the week's wildest moments caught on camera. an unexpected soft landing on a highway in minneapolis. a small plane with engine failure landed successfully amid the traffic. a french formula 1 driver was involved in a fiery crash at the bahrain grand prix, his car splitting in half. he escaped with minor burns.

a dolphin trapped by rope. >> watch out, watch out. it's caught in a net. >> rescued by two jet skiers who cut it loose so it could rejoin its pod. finally, the rockefeller center christmas tree, 75-foot norway spruce from upstate new york, was lit up for the holidays, minus the crowd. >> believe it or not, this is the 88th time. >> 3, 2, 1, light her up. >> one of the best traditions. still to come on "today," why this 9-year-old motor cross athlete isn't slowing down even after an accident that almost killed him. and fmer presidentor

good saturday morning. a live look over san jose. oh, 40 degrees out there as we start our first weekend of december. thank you very much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana has a look at your microclimate forecast. >> good morning. it's in the 30s in north bay. a lot of bay area. 36 degrees in fairfax. so we're sort of getting used to the cold mornings where we start off in the 30s and then start to climb into the 60s. a look at your microclimate

highs, this afternoon, a couple of afternoon clouds. it will be widespread 40s for first half of the morning and then look at the 60s by the afternoon. what are we looking at for today? well, we have got the cold start by the afternoon. we could see an increase in cloud cover and we're monitoring for the possibility of some drizzle especially up to the north bay and then the windy conditions ahead. >> see you then, thanks. we begin with the lockdown. it is back to march for most of us. there's a lot of frustration and concern as businesses prepare to shut down. it includes marin, contra costa and santa clara counties. it starts monday or tuesday. and the new rules run through january 4th. that includes hair salons, zoos, playgrounds all forced to close once again and restaurants can only do takeout. retail stores can open, but at 20% capacity. we spoke to linda wynn, she

was closed for six months during the spring and early summer because of the pandemic and now she is facing this new closure along with all the other small businesses. >> that's how people get the nails done more for the holiday and now they shut down again. we don't know what we can do with our financials. >> i got through cancer, i hope to god i can get through this. >> the devastating blow for businesses that are already hanging by a thread. several business owners we spoke with say they want to see evidence that proves that shutting down indoor operations will curb the -- flatten the curve during this pandemic. one stanford professor says she thinks the state is choosing to shut down small businesses because they're considered nonessential. a hard choice during this crisis. coming up, it will mean a change of plans for a lot of people t impact of the new stay

at home order and what it will do to your social bubble this holiday season. we'll explain that and have all of your top stories and vianey arana's top forecast at 7:00. mean while, back to the "today" show.

should you tell someone if there's food stuck in their teeth? >> yes. unless it's somebody you don't like. >> he said you can throw him a little shade without any big moral implications there. we're back on a saturday morning, december 5th, 2020, with the former president barack obama having a little fun, late-night laughs with our friends jimmy fallon taking part in a new game called obama settles it. much more from the former president coming up this morning in today's popstart. >> obama unleashed in his post presidency. all right, we do want to begin with a check of the

headlines. covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the united states. according to researchers at the university of washington, the nearly 12,000 deaths in the last week puts coronavirus ahead of heart disease and lung cancer as the nation's top killer this week. and in california, nearly 6 million people in the bay area have been ordered to stay home in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus in the region. the order begins sunday night and will last through january 4th. the rest of the state will likely go under similar orders in the next for you days because of an alarming drop in intensive care availability in hospitals statewide. a federal judge has ruled to the trump administration has to fully reinstate the daca program that protects young undocumented immigrants, also known as dreamers, from deportation. the ruling is effective immediately. the judge has ordered the department of homeland security to post a public notice by monday for first-time daca applicants. this is the latest blow in the trump administration's attempts

to end the program. a texas teen is facing an assault charge after a violent incident at a high school football game. you can see the moment right here. the senior bowled over a referee after he was ejected from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct. he was charged and spent some time in jail before posting bond. his team won the game which would have sent them to the playoffs but the local school district is banning them from the competition. also this morning a vote in the house of representatives that you never could have imagined a generation ago. house members overwhelmingly approved a bill to legalize marijuana. as nbc's morgan chesky reports, it's now facing an uphill battle in the senate. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: this morning marijuana advocates one step closer to national legalization. the democrat-led house voting to decriminalize the drug and expunge criminal records of marijuana offenders, marking the

first time ever congress took up the issue at a federal level. >> it's time to get it out of the shadows, to be able to help people have the services they want and to be able to get serious about research. >> reporter: with arizona, new jersey, montana and south dakota voting to legalize marijuana, 15 states plus d.c. now allow recreational pot. 34 more states allow it for medical use. the move, a far cry from the '80s when nancy reagan told teens to just say no. >> it's a very, very dangerous problem that we have. >> reporter: the war on drugs and its harsher laws sent thousands to prison for marijuana and hit minority communities especially hard. even today, the aclu says black americans are nearly four times more likely to be arrested for possession. evelyn la chapelle spent five years behind bars for helping a friend save marijuana. now she fights to help release

others. >> i don't think anyone should be serving time for a plant that has been deemed essential during a global pandemic. >> reporter: despite the vote, senate majority leader mcconnell says the house bill won't even hit the senate floor. >> the house of representatives is spending this week on pressing issues like marijuana. marijuana. >> reporter: with one in three americans now living in states where it's legal, the issue may not be up in smoke just yet. for "today," morgan chesky, nbc news. >> the times are certainly changing. >> they sure are. well, let's turn and get a check of the weather from bill karins. bill, i know you're tracking some heavy winds in southern california. >> yeah, wiee had that bonfire earlier this week. this is december, the rainy season, but the problem is we haven't gotten any rain. winds are expected to pick up. fire weather outlook from the mountains outside los angeles to outside san diego, elevated

gusts up to 35. with the bonfire they did get a decent amount of control of it and it's 30% contained. it's better than it was. so today's forecast, we focused on the nor'easter, the horrendous conditions outside of boston all the way through portland, into maine later on this evening. the southeast, windy, cool, not bad. the middle of the country is not bad so much of the country is looking at a gorgeous weekend forecast. tomorrow still windy and chilly with that exiting nor'easter. a new storm will track in the northwest, but overall if you're outside of the northeast and outside of that fire risk, you're looking at a >> cold 30s in fairfax, and the cool start by the afternoon. we'll be in the low to mid 60s throughout the bay area. 65 in san jose. 65 in concord. 64 in napa. there's a spare the air alert in effect today.

no wood burning inside or outside. we're dealing with unhealthy air quality because of some drifting smoke in the north bay and the south bay. full forecast at 7:00 a.m. >> and the worst news of all for all our friends in california, there's zero rain in the forecast for the next week, and this is their rainy season. >> the golden state can't catch a break these days. bill, thank you very much. just ahead right here, concerns for the safety of our front-line health care workers as many are being told to reuse their n95 masks multiple times. is decontaminating them enough? ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! (announcer) and you may lose weight. adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds.

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disheartening. >> reporter: to combat ongoing mask shortages, his hospital and others across the country are taking unprecedented action. they're reusing n-95 masks after decontaminating them with chemicals or uv light. a study of nurses found 58% are required to reuse their masks and 53% said using decontaminated masks makes them feel unsafe. at lucas' hospital nurses are toelds to reuse their n-95 five times before they're decontaminated. >> what's the condition when they come back to you to be reused? >> reporter: there's two elastic bands on the back that sometimes snap. they're stained. >> reporter: he sent pictures of n-95s that have been decontaminated. he said they're visibly soiled and they no longer fit securely. in a statement lucas' hospital told nbc news that any masks that are dirty or damaged after

reprocessing can be thrown out. >> the study is the question of is the mask safe. >> reporter: he studied science at the university of massachusetts. >> what were the findings of your research. >> reporter: some do damage masks and some don't. >> he tested 80 masks decontaminated by methods including uv light, hydrogen peroxide and bleach. >> so the more particles that get through is more virus that can get through. >> that's right. >> these two masks look identical, they feel identical. i can't see any visible damage. >> right. it's dangerous. health care workers grabbing these off the shelf don't have the time or ability to evaluate whether the mask is functional or not. >> reporter: he and the largest nurses union in the country say they're concerned with the decontamination method done by battelle who decontaminates

hundreds of masks at a time. but they offer 1 of 12 given emergency authorization and the only company to get a federal contract worth $400 million. it allows them to offer their services for free to hospitals. >> i spent a lot of time looking at battelle's materials. >> reporter: jane is with national nurses united and specializes in health and safety. she reviewed multiple studies on decontamination methods. she said health care workers have reported problems linked to battelle's decontaminated masks. >> they report skin irritation, even approaching the level of chemical burn. >> reporter: the fda sent battelle a warning letter saying the company hasn't been properly reporting adverse events. battelle declined to be interviewed on camera but said the complaints they logged are a fraction of the percent of the 3.2 million masks they have decontaminated. the company has conducted numerous studies and found no issues with fit or performance

and that masks can be decontaminated more than 50 times and still be safe. el paso, texas, nurse yvonne says battelle decontaminates 200 masks a week at her hospital and so far no issues have been reported. >> doing the decontamination process with battelle is extremely beneficial to not only maintain appropriate levels for ppe but also to give a level of confidence for your workforce. >> reporter: meanwhile, peltier said battelle declined to give samples of his masks to be tested. he managed to test some he obtained from health care workers but said the sample was too small for meaningful results. >> we don't know if they're going to fail right away or fail over time. as scientists we have to protect those putting themselves in harm's way. >> reporter: national nurses united says it wants to use plastic respirators that were designed to be reusable and cleaned instead of these

decontaminated n-95 masks. meanwhile, battelle tells us they are working with the fda to address the issues that were raised in that warning letter. the company says this process was always intended to be a stop-gap measure until supply chains for ppe returned to normal. by the way, peter and kristen, we did reach out to the three largest makers of n-95 masks. they all told us that these n-95s were made to be single use products. kristen and peter. >> vicky nguyen, thank you. what an important report. it is hard to believe that this many months into the pandemic we are still talking about front-line workers reusing masks. >> this is a conversation we had in march and the idea that it's november, december, and we're still talking about it is really concerning. more needs to be done. >> vicky, thanks for that. coming up, why this motor cross athlete and his if you have moderate to severe psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla.

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discovery, or you can name it serendipity. >> reporter: the doctor at orlando health arnold palmer hospital for children looked at alexander's ct angiogram. as his young patient recovered on his own from a severe concussion, the doctor spotted what's called an avm. >> here on the brain model we can see that the avm is positioned in the right occipital lobe in alexander's brain. >> reporter: untreated, an avm like an aneurysm in an adult can burst without warning. >> so if this went untreated, what did the doctors say could potentially happen? >> well, they said he probably wouldn't have made his teenage years. >> wouldn't have lived? >> wouldn't have lived. >> reporter: it took a delicate 8 1/2 hour brain surgery to eliminate the avm, what was only spotted because of that accident, now surgically removed. >> but the -- that doctor's team

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we spoke with linda wynn. she was closed for six months during the early pandemic. now she is facing another closure this weekend along with other small businesses. >> that's how people will get the nails done more for the holidays and now they shut down again. we don't know what we'll do with the financials. >> i got through cancer i hope to god i can get through this. >> a devastating blow for businesses hanging on by a thread. several business owners and customers we spoke with say they want to see evidence that proves that shutting down hair and nail salons and outdoor dining will actually bend the curve during this pandemic. one stanford professor says she thinks the state is choosing to shut down small businesses because they are considered nonessential. a hard choice, she says, during this crisis. 6:29. coming up this morning on "today

in the bay," it is going to mean a change of plans for a lot of people. we'll tell you the impacts the new stay at home order will have on your social bubble and how it could change your holiday season. we'll have that plus all your top stories coming up at 7:00. right now, back to "today." good morning. leading cause of death. the coronavirus now reported to be the top killer in the united states surpassing heart disease and lung cancer. hospitals around the country reaching their breaking point with a number of patients exceeding the number of beds. >> there's too many people sick at a time. we can't -- we can't -- how do you take care of all of them? we don't -- we don't have the capacity. >> new restrictions set to take effect in california and texas. and the cdc urges mask wearing even inside. we're live. plan of action. president-elect joe biden pushing congress to pass a covid

relief bill now before he takes office to stop the pandemic's economic fallout. >> we remain amidst one of the worst economic and job crises in modern history, but it doesn't have to stay that way. if we act now, now, i mean now. >> while his team begins to put a plan in place to distribute the coronavirus vaccine, president trump saying nothing about the pandemic, focusing almost entirely on disputing last month's election. and holding court, virtually. queen elizabeth breaking new ground in the midst of the pandemic, meeting new ambassadors online. her royal highness proving she's just like the rest of us. today, saturday, december 5th, 2020. >> happy birthday, grandma! >> we love you! >> good morning from atlanta! >> hi! we want to wish everybody out the

there, our friendsly family and all the dogs a happy holiday season. >> good morning from massachusetts. >> this is isaiah from new hampshire. shoutout to my dad who just finished radiation, 30th day. he's all done with cancer, we're very proud with him. >> and shoutout to my family. i love you guys and miss you guys. >> happy holidays. >> big shoutout to dad. so glad to hear he's coming out well on the other side of radiation right there. good morning to you, welcome back to "today" on this saturday morning. that's always the best part of saturday, hearing from folks around the country. right now trying to get into the holiday spirit on a different set of holidays. >> celebrating the animals as well. that dog was so cute dressed up in his reindeer gear. the latest of course on the coronavirus crisis. >> overnight a research center at the university of washington said coronavirus is now the leading cause of death in the u.s., ahead of heart disease and lung cancer. that news coming as hospitals across the country report being overwhelmed and reaching capacity. >> nbc's meagan fitzgerald is in

los angeles for us this morning as new restrictions get set to take place in parts of california. meagan, good morning. >> reporter: peter and kristen, good morning to you. millions of people waking up in california's bay area are being asked to spend their weekends at home, unless it's for outdoor exercise or essential trips. by tomorrow night in some parts of the bay, that's an order. it comes as icu availability becomes more scarce and hospitals across the nation are feeling the strain. the cars lined up in phoenix aren't here for a covid test, but a test run of how the new vaccine will roll out. the relief can't come soon enough. for the third day in a row, over 200,000 new cases and record hospitalizations. nearly two americans are dying every minute. >> there's too many people sick at a time. we can't -- we can't -- how do you take care of all of them? we don't -- we don't have the

capacity. >> reporter: the cdc doubling down on mask wearing, urging americans to wear them everywhere and anywhere, even indoors. in minnesota, state officials say they have run out of trained professionals for long-term care facilities, so national guardsmen will turn training into action, deploying to fill the need. in texas, after seven straight days of high hospitalization levels, new restrictions in the dallas/ft. worth area, including bar closures and limited business capacity. >> if you're wearing masks -- >> it's not science! >> the showdown over shutdown filling over on to cnbc. >> i disagree! i disagree! i disagree. you can have your thoughts and i can have mine. >> reporter: frustration reaching a boiling point as the vaccine rollout offers hope, a shot at a return to normalcy. the vice president saying on friday, they're ready the moment scientists give the go. >> so within 48 hours from the fda's approval, we could be vaccinating people literally in

all 50 states. >> reporter: as the fight against the virus continues, one world war ii veteran has won. major wooten got out of an alabama hospital this week, just in time to celebrate his 104th birthday. home this morning, surrounded by love. >> you can't dwell on the covid. >> reporter: his family just grateful that covid didn't take their hero. and here in southern california, the hospital icu capacity has dropped to less than 15%, meaning if things don't improve by tonight, we're going to be seeing a new stay-at-home order coming into effect by sunday evening. in los angeles alone, there are more covid cases recorded in the last seven days than in the entire month of october. kristen and peter. >> that's why i like those happy stories like we were able to share right there. meagan fitzgerald, thanks so much. the fda vaccine advisory

committee will meet on thursday. they're going to discuss the approval of the pfizer vaccine. earlier this morning peter and i asked dr. james hildreth, a member of that committee, if approval could come within the bike. take a listen. >> we'll spend the day thursday reviewing the data by pfizer. at the end of the day a vote will be taken. by the end of the day next thursday there could be a decision on the vaccine. >> the doctor went on to say distribution could begin as early as the next day, next friday. >> big headline there. president-elect joe biden won't take office for another six weeks, but he's still calling on the current congress to pass a covid relief bill before he assumes the presidency. this while president trump remains focused almost exclusively on last month's election. nbc's kelly o'donnell is at the white house with more on all of this. kelly, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kristen. president-elect joe biden is trying to set expectations in line with the troubling crises that become his responsibility next month. mr. biden's forecast described

both the economy and the pandemic as grim in the months ahead. he talked about the scale and cost of the task to mobilize the vaccine distribution process, which will largely fall on his watch. biden says his team has not seen a trump plan for how the injections would be given down to the patient level. the president-elect also said urgent relief aid is needed and he would support another round of direct cash payments to americans, though that's not currently on the table in the latest negotiations. >> we remain amidst one of the worst economic and job crises in modern history, but it doesn't have to stay that way. if we act now, now, i mean now. >> reporter: biden has repeatedly declined to respond when he was asked if he had spoken with republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, but he expressed confidence they can work together on more covid relief after he takes office. kristen. >> kelly, that's right, a lot of

pressure on congress to get something done. meanwhile let's talk about the president. he is headed to georgia a little later on today. what can you tell bus that? >> reporter: tonight he's getting back to an environment that president trump has used to validate his own political strength, a rally crowd. but this time it's notably different because republicans who want to hold the senate need the president to focus on getting out the vote for the two senate runoff races next month. there is concern he will go off that message to talk about his complaints about his own defeat and could that dampen turnout. so tonight is a real test. kristen. >> sure is. kelly o'donnell at the white house. kelly, thank you. time for a little morning boost. of course we've all been social distancing for the last few months and in that time video chatting has become the ultimate necessity. so it only makes sense that the queen of england would work virtually as well. the 94-year-old queen holding her first virtual audience on friday, meeting three foreign ambassadors. as per tradition, the guests were all at buckingham palace

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was given to president trump. >> so this morning we are getting an exclusive look inside a facility in south dakota that's actually offering the new antibody therapy to some of its high-risk patients. nbc's dasha burns has more. >> reporter: south dakota this morning facing a coronavirus nightmare. the founding fathers never could have imagined. the highest rate of hospitalizations per capita in the country. no statewide mask mandate. doctors and nurses here desperate to save lives while waiting on the vaccine. >> we are, you know, at capacity. >> reporter: sanford health, the largest provider of rural health care in the country may have an answer to keep people out of the hospital, building a bridge to the vaccine. >> it's a really exciting time for us, to be able to move upstream in the disease. that's a win-win for our staff and for our patients. >> reporter: the solution, monoclonal antibodies. the same therapy given to president trump, ben carson and

chris christie. valerie and her husband are among about 200 patients that have received this experimental antibody treatment at sanford health. >> that's a weird feeling, when you see on your chart, you know, your covid test is positive. >> reporter: health workers reach out to high-risk patients within 24 hours of their positive covid test to offer them the new antibody treatment. >> when we got this phone call, even though we know the infusion is still being studied, we thought if this is something that can help us to mitigate those symptoms and stay out of the hospital, we were just all for it. >> reporter: when folks arrive at this outpatient therapy center, first they are screened by the nurses here. then they get an iv infusion that takes about one hour. then they are monitored for an hour after that to make sure they don't have any adverse reactions. all told, the process takes about three hours. a recent trial reported a 72% reduced risk of hospitalization compared to patients on a

placebo. >> how much of a game-changer is this? >> we're really looking at trying to keep people out of our hospitals to reduce that pressure that's on our staff and to have better outcomes for our patients. >> reporter: in all my conversations with doctors, nurses, patients, i heard a sense of real empowerment after months of feeling helpless in the face of this virus. there's finally an option for action. the chief medical officer here told me she feels like they can finally take their future into their own hands. kristen, peter. >> some hopeful news there. dasha burns, thank you for that. we do want to get another check of the forecast with bill karins. bill, i know you've got more on this nor'easter we're tracking. >> yeah, what a crazy first winter storm for the northeast and areas of new england. i just saw the updated forecast from the national weather service for worcester, mass, and they're calling for 12 to 18 inches of snow today and it's going to fall in a hurry this afternoon. we're dealing with winter storm warnings everywhere in the reddish color, the white is winter weather advisory. the worst of the storm is

northeast connecticut, through mass, all of new hampshire and maine. if you're in those areas, you have a chance of losing power this afternoon and this evening. charge all your devices now while you can. how much snow are we talking about? i mentioned that 12 to 18 possible just outside of boston. in boston itself i think 4 to 6 inches is a safe bet up to portland, maine, probably the safe, 4 to 6. interior sections of new hampshire will get a lot. new york city all through long island, it's just a rainstorm for you. the winds, we get heavy wet snow pasting the trees and then wind gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour. that's why we're going to see some downed tree limbs and even downed trees and that's going to cause us to have power outages later on this afternoon and this evening. so it's raining now, heavy >> and we've got a lovely start to our day. look at how beautiful it is in san francisco. 50 degrees right now. we have a couple of 40s and we woke up to some 30s to the interior valleys including the north bay.

morning forecast we could see some areas of patchy frost. by today the afternoon clouds will roll in and we get an evening chance of some drizzle. mainly for the north bay. everywhere else should stay dry. looking ahead to sunday and monday, we're talking about mountain wind. and the spare the air alert is in effect for today. full forecast at 7:00 a.m. >> and we will get thundersnow out of this storm. you will see pictures of it snowing hard and lightning and thunder in massachusetts. >> yeah, that's some real weather. a good weekend to hunker down in large parts of the country. still ahead right here, president obama telling jimmy fallon what it's like

all right, we're back now. time for a little popstart and savannah sellers is joining us this morning. savannah, good morning. >> hey, guys, good morning. good to be with you on this

saturday. first up, we've got president obama and jimmy fallon. the president was fallon's guest on "the tonight show" last night. the pair covered plenty of ground. let me tell you, from the president's love of music to life at home with malia and sasha during the pandemic. >> we go through cycles, they love you, they think you're terrific. they get to around 12, they think you're a loser. by the time they come back to you and in this case, you know, sasha is now 19, malia is 22, you know, they suddenly like you again. they're interesting and they're smart and they're funnier than you are. >> presidents, they're just like us, right you guys? he also talked about his new book "a promised land." next up we've got drew barrymore. the actress turned talk show host gave a behind-the-scenes look from inside her wardrobe closet on instagram specifically sharing a bit of a wardrobe

malfunction that actually a lot of us can relate to these days. >> well, let me keep it real with you. yeah, that happens. i have to have like a brassiere thing put in there. >> drew said she's been eating her stress a little bit lately and asked if anyone can relate. fellow actress sharon stone commented you are so pretty and we are not defined by our waistline. me too, by the way. and you guys, i think a lot of us can relate, so thank you, drew, for keeping it real for all of us. and finally, "saturday night live" is back with a new show tonight after a four-week hiatus. jason bateman is hosting with morgan wallen as the musical guest. >> what do you want for christmas? >> this is the only christmas gift i need. >> same for me. >> oh, okay. i guess you don't care about world peace. >> if you hadn't interrupted us and let us finish. >> world peace is a good one. >> no more hunger, no more covid

would be great. >> the last time bateman hosted was in 2005. you might remember that wallen was supposed to be the musical guest back in october, but after videos surfaced of him breaking snl's covid safety protocols he was pulled from the show. he apologized in this video and now the show is giving him a second chance. he's a lucky guy because that can of course make some careers as you guys know, and that's your popstart. >> he sure is lucky. i am so excited, savannah, jason bateman hosting. i'm so psyched snl is back. >> world peace. world peace, kids, top of your list, always. by the way, you can always see savannah every weekday morning from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. on nbc from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. on nbc news 9 ( ♪ ) ready to juvéderm it?

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