♪ good morning to you, our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning." tuesday, november 10th, 2020. i'll gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. the trump administration is on a collision course with president-elect biden. president trump's attorney general mobilizes the justice department over claims of voter fraud. in the meantime, mr. biden's team considers legal action over delays in the transition. how the unfolding drama could impact national security. 1 million new covid cases in ten days. hospitals and morgues are overrun in some areas. but there is new hope for a vaccine. we'll talk to hhs secretary alex azar and a member of mr. biden's coronavirus task force.

>> the future of obamacare is in the hands of the supreme court. justices hear a key case today that could cost more than 20 million americans their coverage. how it's likely to play out with a newly conservative court. and the fight for votes in georgia. we'll talk with stacey abrams about how she helped a red state turn out for president-elect joe biden. >> how did she do that? first, here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> i will be a president for every american. this election is over. it's time to put aside the partisanship. >> the biden team is considering legal action so that the transition can begin. >> you are welcoming fraud and you are welcoming illegal voting. we want maximum sunlight. maximum transparency. >> the attorney general wrote a letter authorizing federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud before the election is certified. >> joe biden announced that he's moving forward with his own

coronavirus task force. >> we need bold action to fight this pandemic. we're still facing a very dark winter. >> dr. fauci says he's optimistic after pfizer announced its vaccine is proven to be about 90% effective in clinical trials. >> we may have doses that we're able to give to people by the end of november, the beginning of december. >> president trump did interrupt a slew of false tweets alleging election fraud to announce he had fired his defense secretary. >> all that -- >> helped rescue the patriots playoff hopes. >> trying to get there. looks like he does. touchdown! >> and all that matters. >> biden and harris, it was a flawlessly choreographed evening. except for one moment when a confetsty cannon went off a based on the candidates' reactions, doesn't look like they were expecting it. >> get out of there, joe! they're trying to take you out. kamala, get down! >> almost immediately after the news was announced, people all over the country started to

celebrate. the joy was infectious. as is coronavirus. the volume of people that were doing that who just two weeks ago were going, i can't -- it's disgusting that trump's holding these rallies. it's so irresponsible and they're like -- ♪ >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." he's got a point. >> it's a very good point. i think that celebration came from a lot of people who have had a really long year and wanted to let something off. hopefully it's not going to make the problem worse. >> seem to be enjoying the relief. they're saying anyone that was out there that way, you should get a test sooner rather than later. the new efforts in the trump administration to obstruct the biden/harris transition team. the president-elect has been preparing for months to take power, but since president trump will not admit defeat, he is

being denied access to essential government resources. >> this comes as attorney general william barr issues a new memo paving the way for prosecutors to investigate claims of voter fraud, even though none have been substantiated. key republicans like mitch mcconnell are also supporting the president's refusal to concede. paula reid is at the white house. what's the attorney general saying exactly? >> good morning, anthony. well, in this memo obtained by cbs news, the attorney general is urging prosecutors to look into allegations of fraud. but at this point, the trump campaign has not provided any evidence of fraud. so the real impact of this memo is that it now allows the president to say the justice department is investigating. it allows him to continue to delay concession and undermine the trust in the outcome of this election. attorney general william barr has given the president's

unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud a boost by allowing prosecutors to go around longstanding policies to investigate allegations of fraud. in a memo obtained by cbs news, he says prosecurs can pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities before the election is certified. but judges in michigan, georgia and nevada have rejected lawsuits backed by the campaign saying they presented no serious evidence. >> there have been no factual allegations that support the idea that there was any kind of fraud or improprieties in the vote counts. >> cbs news contributor and election law expert david becker served in the doj during the 2000 election dispute in florida. >> but in no circumstances should the attorney general or the department of justice be serving as the president's personal lawyers in a campaign capacity to protect an election in which he clearly received fewer votes in the popular vote

and fewer votes in the electoral college. >> while barr's memo gives doj the okay to investigate, it does clearly state parameters, writing claimsirregularities that would not impact the outcome of an individual election in an individual state should normally be deferred until after the election. with just 70 days left in office, the president is shaking up his own cabinet, using twitter to announce the firing of defense secretary mark esper. esper was the fourth person to hold the job in four years. he clashed with the president last summer over using active duty troops to quell protests. >> i do not support invoking the insurrection act. >> in an interview with "military times" shortly before his firing, esper admitted he often had to pick his battles against the president as he wonderd who is going to come in behind me. it's going to be a real "yes man" and then god help us. esper's replacement, christopher

mill miller was seen entering the pentagon on monday. he's known for a lot of national security experience. when it comes to president trump's political future, the president has formed a political action committee or pac signaling that he may have political ambitions beyond the anticipated january transition. >> we'll see. god help susnot a phrase you want to hear from your secretary of defense. paula, thank you. the trump administration continues to hold up the transition. president-elect biden's team is considering legal action of their own. it comes at a crucial moment for the country on issues like the pandemic. president-elect biden announced his new coronavirus task force yesterday and our ed o'keefe is following all of it. good morning to you. what do we know about these potential legal challenges from the biden team? >> good morning, tony, from delaware. by law, the biden transition office has been open since the summer. now it's supposed to be getting broader access to federal agencies since mr. biden is now president-elect. so far trump administration ofatcials are holding back, and

that comes as the biden team is making its own plans to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. following the launch of his new coronavirus task force, president-elect joe biden urged americans to stop the spread of coronavirus by wearing a mask. >> do it for yourself. do it for your neighbor. a mask is not a political statement. >> biden was briefed on the positive early results of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine trial. and while he praised the news, he said wearing masks and social distancing remain critical. >> 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. >> in addition to the pandemic, the biden/harris transition is preparing to fill more than 4,000 positions across the federal government. but the transition office is being blocked from full access to federal agencies by emily murphy, a trump appointee who leads the general services administration that handles the logistics of a transition.

gsa has said murphy will only grant biden's team full access and funding once she ascertains a winner is clear based on the process laid out in the constitution. responding to reporter questions late monday, they said if the gsa doesn't act soon, there are a number of options on the table. legal action is certainly a possibility, but there are other options as well that we're considering. so far, just four republican senators have congratulated the president-elect. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell isn't one of them. >> and president trump is 100% within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal options. >> but at the same time, he sowed doubt on the presidential election results, mcconnell praised congressional results, all of which were on the same ballots. >> voters across the nation elected and re-elected republican senators to a degree

that actually stunned prognosticators. >> republican senators mitt romney and marco rubio are among those calling on gsa to give mr. biden broader access to agencies now that the transition is under way. romney says that the biden team deserves it because of national security reasons and rubio says that allowing the biden team to begin visiting federal agencies and doing the work it needs to do wouldn't impede the president's ongoing legal challenges. gayle, one of the reasons this matters is really for national security purposes. among other things, the biden transition team at this point should be getting classified briefings, access to secure facilities, the ability to submit more names for background briefings. they can't even talk to the state department yet to help them facilitate the calls they're getting from world leaders to congratulate mr. biden. it's a bit of a mess. one they hope gets cleaned up in the coming days. >> it's a bit of a mess that continues to grow. thank you, ed. more than 10 million americans have been infected with covid-19 since this

pandemic began. and that includes more than 1 million new cases since the end of october. that is the worst stretch of infections so far in this country. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in detroit with more on the story. good morning to you. we know the midwest is getting hammered by this virus right now. >> sure is. good morning from the banks of the detroit river. listen, nearly half of all the cases in the united states are right here in the midwest. in fact, in michigan, their new coronavirus cases, the rate of new cases, has soared 300% in the last four weeks. listen, it's accelerating around the country. the case count. it's notable hospitalizations are at levels we haven't seen since july. across the u.s., hospitalizations due to coronavirus are close to record highs. cases are on the rise in 46 states and experts warn the worst is yet to come. on sunday, utah's republican governor introduced a statewide mask mandate for the very first

time. pointing to overcrowding in utah's hospitals. >> they are really at the brink of not being able to take any more people and the overflow mold, particularly in our intensive care units. >> reporter: in el paso, texas 1 in every 5 coronavirus tests is coming back positive. icus are at capacity. at this funeral home, one room is filled with bodies. the home says it has 220 people awaiting burial or cremation. and that most of them died from coronavirus. >> a lot of families that have had a loved one pass away from covid, they are all worried that they may be next. >> reporter: the united states is now averaging over 950 deaths every day. and the virus continues to claim the lives of people like austin tanner. he was 18 years old from melvindale, michigan. he died october 27th. we spoke to his mother carrie. tell me what's going through your mind right now? >> pain, loss, hurt.

it's horrible. i feel empty, lost and alone without him. >> reporter: carrie doesn't know where or how her son caught the virus. she says he only left the house to go to church and to a support group for his anxiety. austin had autism. and carrie says he was terrified about catching the virus. >> because he was overweight has nothing to do with this disease. this virus, whatever it is. this plague that is taking over our country, the world. his weight had nothing to do with it. it is this horrible, horrible virus that is attacking people. and it's not prejudice. it will attack anyone. >> carrie was telling us how much the community loves austin. her peers had elected him homecoming king in high school. and when austin died, the family was still in quarantine so the

community went to their home and actually held a vigil for austin in the family's front yard. tony? >> such a job of reminding us of the human toll of all of this. the drugmaker pfizer plans to ask the fda for emergency use authorization soon for its coronavirus vaccine after announcing promising results from its clinical trial just yesterday. the u.s. government is preparing to roll out multiple vaccines as soon as they're ready. and health and human services secretary alex azar is leading those efforts and joins us now. good morning to you. tremendously good news, this progress on the vaccine. i'd like to give americans some practical information about what happens next. what is the date you foresee when the first american may get this all-important shot in the arm? >> well, tony, as you said, yesterday was an incredibly historic day in public health here in the united states. the u.s. has the first vaccine with phase three effectiveness data. it was incredibly positive, this pfizer vaccine. over 90% effective in the

clinical trials. so at this point, pfizer will submit an application for emergency authorization. i anticipate them doing that very quickly. fda will then run through its processes looking at the science and the evidence and they'll make an independent determination on whether to authorize that vaccine. we have millions of doses of the vaccine already prepared and pfizer will be producing up to 20 million a month over the next several months for use. so i would be thinking in december, we would be focusing on vaccinating the most vulnerable. we'll have to look at the data and see which groups. but focused on the most vulnerable. and by the end of january, we'd have enough for health care workers and first responders and by the end of march to early april, we should have enough for all americans, not just pfizer, but, of course, the other vaccines in our portfolio. the great news is with pfizer coming in positive, it really enhances the probabilities that we'll see the other vaccines in our portfolio that can deliver

that kind of volume of production. moderna in particular, we hope to get results very soon. >> secretary azar, the federal government is leading the distribution but at some point it will go to the states who will administer the doses. how are you able to guarantee the people who get this vaccine on the early side are those who need it most and, included in that population, are those who are vulnerable or part of poorer communities, communities of color, those hardest hit? >> we're working in collaboration with the governors to do this. they'll actually make the determinations of who should get the vaccine within their state. we'll make recommendations based on the professional judgment of the cdc. but the governors will be in the driver's seat. we've got plans from all 64 health jurisdictions in the united states. and they'll run that process. we'll support it with the distribution system. pfizer will be distributing their vaccine and connecting it up with kits we've prepared for syringes and needles, et cetera, to get that to people.

comprehensive local planning will happen and incredible data systems to make sure people who get it get the same vaccine at the appropriate time for the booster, the second shot if it's the pfizer or moderna vaccine. >> you mentioned the two shots. gus perna, the official in charge of distribution at the federal level told "60 minutes" his worst nightmare is you have the vaccine and americans don't take it. do you share his concern and what do you say to those vaccine hesitant americans? >> vaccine hesitancy is a real problem. i hope the whole country will come together and say this was an independent process. it's exactly what i've assured the american people of for months which is, there would be an independent data and safety monitoring board that determines if you even see data. that happened. there will be a pharmaceutical company, a great reputation like pfizer that will determine if the data fits their ethical standards. that will go to the fda and they'll consider it against publicly published standards and guidance.

they'll have a committee of independent advisers. and fda will make the determination if this vaccine meets their standards in a public and transparent way. so everybody will be able to talk to their health care provider and determine if it makes sense for them. but data and transparency and rule of law are what i hope will cause people to have great confidence in the integrity of any vaccine or therapeutic just like the eli lilly monoclonal we authorized last night. >> we are running up against the wall here. we appreciate your perspective. it is good news for the country. >> absolutely. thank you. ahead, a look at a blockbuster obamacare case heading to the supreme court today. why health care for millions of americans is on

we have much more news ahead including how dr. anthony fauci responded to the stunning news about a potential coronavirus vaccine. then we'll hear from stacey abrams, how she helped get a record-breaking number of people out to vote in her state.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." news of a successful coronavirus vaccine is giving a huge boost to the effort to stop covid. the drug giant pfizer said yesterday that its vaccine candidate has -- was more than 90% effective in early testing. dr. anthony fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, called the news extraordinary. he also says there are likely to be other effective vaccines coming soon. dr. john lapook shows what this could mean for the fight against the coronavirus. >> reporter: the news from pfizer was even better than expected. >> i would have been very satisfied with a 70% effective

vaccine. >> reporter: according to a pfizer press release, out of almost 44,000 trial participants, 94 got sick from covid. four weeks after the start of the two dose regimen and seven days after the second dose protection from symptomatic covid was greater than 90%. >> we were jumping out of the chairs screaming basically, this is unbelievable. oh, my god! we may put an end to this terrible pandemic. >> reporter: pfizer's chief scientific officer expects the company to file for an emergency use authorization for the vaccine in two weeks. pfizer has late stage trials in the u.s. moderna is expecting to release interim data later this month. dr. anthony fauci says pfizer's results could convince even hesitant americans to roll up their sleeves. >> by the way, i have a vaccine that's more than 90% effective, there will be much more

enthusiasm about getting that vaccine, no doubt about that. >> reporter: louisiana physician joined pfizer's phase three vaccine trial this summer. she sees hope in their results. >> i was ecstatic. also, you know, i feel really privileged and honored to be part of history. >> reporter: operation warp speed, the federal government's effort to acceleration development and distribution of a covid vaccine, has pledged to buy 100 million doses, enough to vac senate 50 million people with an option for 500 million doses. >> we want to have multiple successful candidates to have vaccines for all 7.5 billion people on the planet. >> reporter: dr. mark mulligan leads the trial at nyu langone health in new york city. >> it's not like flipping a switch. it will take a long time before there's enough supply available to get people vaccinated. we need to manage that expectation. >> reporter: beyond supply issues there are challenges

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million americans could lose their health care coverage during this pandemic. jan crawford is at the supreme court with more on this story. good morning to you, very big case. >> reporter: it really is, gayle. that's what we all remember. affordable care act's requirement that americans have to buy insurance, so-called individual mandate. that narrowly survived the supreme court challenge back in 2012. different court now. three new justices nominated by president trump. that issue of the individual mandate is back again with the ultimate question whether the rest of the law can live on without it. since president obama signed the affordable care act into law a decade ago, it's been under attack. >> obamacare is a disaster. it's a wreck. it's a train wreck and it's only getting worse. >> reporter: president trump vowed to dismantle it. republicans repeatedly tried to repeal it. after coming close in 2017, they

succeeded in eliminating a central provision, the penalty for not purchasing insurance setting the fine to zero. >> we essentially repealed obamacare because we got rid of the individual mandate, which was terrible. >> reporter: now a group of 18 states along with the trump administration say that without a penalty, the individual mandate is no longer constitutional. and the rest of the law must be struck down. were you aware of president trump's opposition to the affordable care act? >> i had no animus to or agenda for the affordable care act. >> over 70 attempts to rip down the affordable care act but now donald trump has said explicitly he's going to do it through the courts by making the nomination we see here today. >> reporter: democrats made this kasen tral in their opposition to justice amy coney barrett's nomination. >> i'm not here on a mission to destroy the affordable care act. i'm just here to apply the law and adhere to the rule of law. >> reporter: the issue was front

and center during the presidential election. >> i'm in court to terminate this really, really terrible situation. >> overturning the aca could mean that people have to pay to get covid-19 vaccine once it's available. that's right. >> reporter: critics of the law hope a more conservative court will make this case different than 2012 when the mandate was upheld. >> nine justices right now have the power of life and death. >> reporter: jessica struggles with rheumatoid arthritis and has fought to defend the aca which covers expensive treatment she relies on. >> if there is no aca and my insurance companies kick me off, i don't know how to pay for it. i don't know if i could pay for that. the thing is, my disease is not going to stop if the aca is repealed. >> reporter: now the challengers in this case, they have got a pretty long row to who hoe hoe .

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>> wow. >> start including me in those retirement ads. thank you, peggy. appreciate that. here are a few stories we think you will be talking about today. 2020 is officially the busiest hurricane season we have ever reported. subtropical storm theta is the 29th storm breaking the record in 2005. it's in the central atlantic and not a threat to the u.s. forecasters had to find names in the greek alphabet for only the second time in reported history. the hurricane season will last another 20 days so there is still more time for history to be made. last time the greek alphabet was used was was back in 2005. >> then before that it was the fall of greece. >> very good. very good. >> just another reason to love 2020. >> exactly. >> i know, right? >> so "jeopardy."

>> yes. >> touching tribute for its long-time host alex trebek before last night's episode. executive producer mike richards told viewers that he and his staff along with fans suffered an enormous loss. >> over the weekend we lost our beloved host alex trebek. on behalf of everyone here at "jeopardy." thank you, alex. this is "jeopardy." >> after he spoke the stage went dark before the episode began. alex died sunday after battling pancreatic cancer. he was 80 years old. the news appeared to inspire his fans. the pancreatic cancer action network saw a 450% increase in web traffic after trebek's death and more than $55,000 in donations. and i love this story. wanted to share it with everybody because the news around politics especially can be demoralizing but when you hear about this, the traffic, the donations, the generosity, the love, that is part of alex

trebek's legacy. >> he encouraged other people to take a look. it happened to him, let me double check. it was such a beautiful tribute to alex. the simplicity was so beautiful and so powerful. >> really eloquent. one of the things we mentioned yesterday, he continued working into october. we will see him up until christmas day. he said when he kept going to work he would find new energy to fight everything, which sort of surprised me, but it's why we can still see him all the way until the end of the year. >> never bad, anthony, if you're known for being a kind and decent human being. beloved, whenever you hear about alex trebek, everybody uses the word beloved. there's a reason for that. our favorite young drummer finally, finally got to meet her eye doll. >> hi, mr. gross, amazing to meet you. >> i can't believe i'm talking to you. i feel like i'm meeting a

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♪ it is tuesday, november 10th, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. pandemic plans. the future biden administration get ready for office despite opposition from the president. we'll talk to michael osterholm. stacey abrams fight of a life time, how she helped make georgia a swing state again while battling voter suppression. new ways to learn, for our school matters series, how a teenager is helping to revolutionize the way kids learn remotely. >> smart kids. first here's today's eye opener at 8:00.

the president-elect has been preparing to take power but since president trump will not admit defeat, he's being denied access. >> the attorney general is urging prosecutors to look into allegations of fraud. at this point the trump campaign has not provided any evidence of fraud. biden transition office is supposed to be getting broader access to federal agencies. so far, trump administration officials are holding back. that comes as the biden team is making its own plans to tackle the pandemic. >> it's accelerating around the country the case count but notable hospitalizations are at levels we haven't seen since july. what is the date when the first american may get this all-important shot in the arm? >> i'd be thinking in december we would be focusing on vaccinating the most vulnerable and by the end of january have enough for all of our health care workers and first responders, and by the end of march to early april, we should have enough for all americans. >> according to pfizer the covid vaccine they developed is surpassing all expectations and testing out at 90% effective.

it is incredible. we could get a covid vaccine, i cannot wait. i cannot wait for another four months to go by, get my two vaccine shots, wait another 28 days for it to kick in, and then just hug someone about to sneeze. >> he does have a unique way of putting it in perspective. it is very exciting to hear. >> i'm sectioniexcited. >> a vaccine on the horizon. the newest coronavirus outbreak could reach its peak at the same time that president-elect biden is sworn in, according to one former fda commissioner. mr. biden calls this pandemic one of of the most important battles he will face. yesterday he and vice president-elect kamala harris announced a 13-member covid advisory board to prepare his administration's response. the president-elect vowed to follow the science and urged americans to put aside political differences and please wear a mask. >> the goal of mask wearing is not to make your life less

comfortable. it's to take something -- or to take something away from you. it's to give something back to all of us, a normal life. the goal is to get back to normal as fast as possible. >> joining us now is a member of the preside-elect advisory board, michael osterholm, director of the center for infectious disease research and policy at the university of minnesota. good to see you. a lot of people are excited to hear you on the board because you're known as a straight shooter who pulls no punches. thank you for taking the time. >> thank you. >> what's the advisory board's goal at this particular moment? >> well, obviously it just formed yesterday. >> yes. >> so we're still working that out. i'm very encouraged that president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris are really looking at the critical issues around how do we stop this virus now, what can we do, how do we make the transition to vaccines, and so i think that

it's going to offer a lot of good information for how cities, states and counties can really move forward on their own without any other federal leadership. >> are you encouraged that, are you encouraged that they said up front they're going to pay attention to the science? >> yes, and i think that that has been clear for months, in terms of listening to the discussion about this, is that science has to run the day, and i think that that's what's going to happen here and i'm very encouraged. i'm encouraged by the other members of the task force. i think that they really are outstanding colleagues who can bring a great deal to the table so i'm encouraged. >> mr. osterholm, we've seen a surge in cases and hospitalizations in this country. in europe they had to go back to lockdowns in some cases. do you see that possibly happening here again? >> well, first of all, if you interview 50 people, they'll give you 75 different definitions of what a lockdown

is. >> good point. >> it's one of the challenges we have and i think there's no question that our hospitals are about to be overrun. we're going to see by far the darkest days of this pandemic between now and next spring when vaccine becomes available. on labor day, we are at 32,000 cases a day in this country. now we're running in the 120,000 to 130,000 cases a day. do not be at all surprised when we hit 200,000 cases a day. our hospitals are already overrun. >> why is that happening that the cases are jumping so quickly and such great number? what are we doing wrong? >> well you know, gayle, we have a perfect storm coming together. we have pandemic fatigue. people who were distancing themselves from others for months have just decided i kind of am done with it, even though the vir us isn't done with them. a group i call pandemic anger, up to a third of the population believes the pandemic is still a hoax and a politically motivated activity. then you pile that all together with indoor air, where basically

we're bringing people indoors moch of mu much more. the average house will recirculate its air one to two times an hour. in the hospital it's 12 times an hour so you see virus accumulated in homes so when you have a dinner like a thanksgiving dinner, it's not unusual to see transmission of one person to 5, 10, 15 people in the home. add that up together right now and that's what's happening. we just are not taking this virus seriously. >> mr. osterholm, when you say homts wi hospitals will be overrun, i'm concerned distribution of the vaccine will come in part through hospitals. is there a worry the resources of hospitals could be tied up with treatment and not have the wherewithal to actually work on the prevention with vaccination? >> you know, i couldn't have said it any better. you nailed it. we're very concerned about that. we need to get vaccine to our health care workers. we know already in this country

that upwards of almost 1,500 health care worker vps di eers s a result of covid-19. not a all acquired at work but many did. we are very concerned about the shortage of staff now just to treat patients than to try to overlay the vaccine issue even within the health care setting itself is going to be a challenge. >> in your view, what does this administration need to do right away? >> well, first of all, we have to understand that operation warp speed has been a remarkable effort in terms of bringing vaccines forward. i give them great credit for that. there are huge challenges in how to distribute it. this vaccine kept at mine us 94 degrees fahrenheit. we don't have refrigeration praigss li operations and very few resources to go beyond the initial planning. the public health world out here are concerned about the planning that the military is bringing

forward as touted by many as the answer when in fact in many cases we're concerned it's part of the problem. and so i think that there are going to be huge disconnects trying to get the vaccine out into the communities and then finally we've got to get these communities convinced they need it. we're seeing data right now suggesting 50% to 75% particularly in our communities of color, are not at all willing to take the vaccine, because of pconcerns for safety. we have a lot of educating to do before we're going to see people transfer a vaccine to a vaccination. >> all right, michael osterholm, always good to see you. i'm sure we'll be seeing you again. >> good to see you. i hope so, thanks, gayle. ahead a conversation with how abrams rallied i record-breaking number of voters in her

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the state of georgia set an all-time record for the number of votes cast during this election, and this morning those votes are still being counted. right now president-elect joe biden is leading president trump in the traditionally red state by more than 12,000 votes. and many are crediting the efforts of the one woman, one woman in particular the state's former house minority leader stacey abrams. mark strawsman is in atlanta where he rams. >> please welcome back to a late show, stacey abrams. >> reporter: suddenly it seems,

everybody, stephen colbert included wants to talk to stacey abrams. >> are you allowing yourself time to celebrate. >> i had about 17 minutes on saturday afternoon. i'm good. >> good evening, my fellow americans. >> reporter: much of america met her last year giving the democratic response to president trump's state of the union address, but it was last week when abrams really made her mark. nearly 5 million georgians voted, a record. joe biden's poised to win here. he should thank abrams and new georgia project. they've helped register 800,000 new voters in georgia, a stunning number, mostly in communities of color. >> we knocked on doors in pockets of communities that had never been touched and we kept coming back. is there anyone else in your family that needs to register? what about your neighbors? >> stacey abrams now 46 graduated from spelman college and yale law school. she became a state rep and eventually georgia's house minority leader. but her passion since she was

17, fighting voter suppression, barriers to the ballot. >> politicians believe their way to preserve their power is to impede the ability of voters to be heard, and typically they target people of color, young people and they target the poor. >> reporter: in 2018 abrams ran for governor in georgia. barack obama endorsed her. oprah winfrey campaigned for her. but the year before this republican run state slashed nearly 670,000 voters from its rolls. nearly 70% of them black. georgia's secretary of state overseeing the purge, republican brian kemp who was ab bram's opponent in the governor's race. she lost by 55,000 votes. so you've never conceded that race because you believe it was stolen from you? >> no. i believe it was stolen from the voters. i just said it can't happen again and that has been my mission for the last two years. >> reporter: after that loss

abrams founded another group, fair fight. in this recent election it worked to blunt voter suppression in 20 states. >> we were in michigan. we were in wisconsin. we were in north carolina. we were in pennsylvania. voter suppression happens anywhere. >> reporter: do you think you're helping change the trajectory of the democratic party? >> we changed not only the trajectory of georgia, we changed the trajectory of the nation because our combined power shows that progress is not only possible, it is inevitable. >> reporter: abrams' next challenge is the super bowl of runoffs in january. georgia will elect both its u.s. senators. control of the senate itself hangs in the balance. >> people will do almost anything when they know success is likely. it is the actual thing that can change the future, and i believe they'll show up. >> reporter: showing you this mural one more time. at the very top of the building someone repainted it. you can see the names ossoff and warnock. they are the two democratic

candidates running for u.s. senate who will race in next january's runoff election. something else to consider here. if you've ever been to atlanta you've often seen murales of congressman john lewis. abrams told me his death bed plate was go vote. >> i keep hearing that story, mark. did stacey say anything about a possible position in the biden administration? i've heard people say what does stacey want? whatever hell she wants, ambassadorship. maybe too premature? >> reporter: her focus at this point, gayle, is the january runoff. they honestly believe that now that they've proved to people that if you register and you vote, you can make a difference, it will be much easier to get them to vote again. runoffs typically turnout is not as good as the general election. they're hoping to sustain that momentum because they know that republicans here are really going to bring all possible

weapons to bear on keeping control of the u.s. senate but winning both of these seats. >> i know she's all over that race. there is a little bit of a republican versus republican drama, mark. you have senator kelly loeffler and david perdue calling for the resignation of georgia's republican secretary of state because they say this election was an embarrassment. do you think this movement has any legs, anything to this? >> reporter: i mean, they're turning on each other, gayle, because they're looking for a way to put the president over the top. by all accounts this recent election, record turnout, new machines went very, very smoothly. there has been zero proof, i mean zero of widespread irregularities. >> that seems to be consistent what we're hearing nationwide. always good to see you in atlanta, georgia. >> you too. >> bye. we'll be right back.

this morning the vatican has released its investigation of theodore mckarack who used to be one of the most powerful leaders. he lives in disgrace ousted as a roman catholic cardinal for the sexual abuse of a minor and young men studying for the priesthood. this report names other high ranking officials who knew about the allegations but did nothing. chris is in rome. this goes right to the very top, doesn't it? >> reporter: well, that's right, anthony. this long awaited report admits that pope john paul ii who made him a cardinal and appointed him to washington, d.c., knew about allegations of sexual misconduct but chose to ignore them and instead take him for his word. >> control this will never happen again. >> reporter: theodore mckarrick

seemed above reproach. then last year pope francis defrocked him for sexually abusing minors and adult seminarians making him, now 90 years old, the highest ranking official ever forced out of the priesthood. damning evidence shows they knew about him for years. who were his enablers and how this was swept under the rug were questions that have burned for more than two years. ever since francis ordered this report by the vatican sec cre tear yacht of state which helped propel him to the top of the church hierarchy. francis asked them to follow the truth wherever it would lead. they hope his fall from grace will lead to consequences and prevention. now the report goes on to say pope benedict did take the allegations more seriously but not seriously enough to initiate a connonical trial.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's time to bring you some of the stories that we call talk of the table this morning. anthony is first. >> i was worried about what the coronavirus was going to do to christmas because it's disrupting all of these holiday traditions and things. >> yes. >> not worried anymore? >> i am. but i was relieved to see that not even covid can cancel one great christmas tradition which is a visit with santa claus. this year the experience will be contactless or virtual. bass pro shops and cabellas will screen families taking their temperatures. st. nick will sit behind a glare free clear protective barrier. >> clear now. >> see how it is at the end of

the day. macy's is offering virtual visits to santa land. some malls are putting santa inside a giant inflatable snow globe. i don't want to know what the air in there is going to be like. for in person visits many venues are encouraging safe visits. >> i do like this. >> i like that it's happening. i'm envisioning the questions from kids. santy clause, why are you behind a glare free protective barrier. >> it will make for memorable photos. 20 years from now, 30 years. my mom loves a photo of me crying on st. nick's lap in a mall when i'm 5. >> have you gotten past that? >> haven't been back since. >> it is -- the visit to santa is actually very traumatic. >> but there is something to see the way a child's face lights up when they see santa, when they really think -- when they really get it. when they get excited to see santa. that never gets old. >> i am worried about the

chimneys. with the virus, you don't know -- >> is that a -- >> it could be a super spreader. >> santa could be a super spreader. >> want santa to be careful. >> hope he gets that vaccine first. we should have asked azar about that. >> i'm talking about fun election news. joe biden won the state of vermont by 2 to 1 margin. that wasn't close there. here's what i want to talk about. the nearly 2,000 voters who were not happy with joe biden or donald trump wrote in their favorite picks for president. the state of vermont has decided to publish the full list. so we get to read everybody's write-ins. some dead presidents, ronald regan, dwight eisenhauer. santa claus earned a single vote and someone looking for divine intervention put jesus christ. republican write-ins. mike pence, mitt romney got some

write-ins. oprah. >> trey anastasio. >> the last two front man trey. >> phish. >> phish fans are really hard core. >> got two votes. probably do a good job. >> he beat jesus christ. >> he did. >> mike rowe. host of dirty jobs. >> is that the order. is that the order? >> those were near the bottom. >> oh, okay. >> romney and pence got a fair number of votes, like in the dozens. >> when you look at that list you think who really wants the job? i think it might be mike pence might be the only name on there. i know oprah doesn't. all right. >> trey anastasio. >> if you're into that thing. >> want to see him at the whitet house. >> mine is about not politics or santa, mine's about a hit

children's book. it's called hair love. the narrator's what's making the news today because she's a pretty big deal. >> dream scape presents hair love by matthew acherry. narrated by blue ivy carter. >> i love that little voice. you probably know blue ivy is the 8-year-old daughter of pea on say and jay z. there's a talk that blue could get a grammy nomination for spoken word. would not be unusual in her house. her parents have 50 grammys between them. it won an oscar this year. hair love, i love this story, tells the story of a black father learning to style his daughter's hair. matthew cherry was here when he was nominated and it was so exciting when he won. listen, blue ivy has already got a song writing credit for her feature on beyonce's song "brown

skin girl." she is -- listen, she gets -- >> do we know how she got the gig? >> she is qualified. >> i know she knows people. >> she knows people but she's very qualified. she's getting guidance from two of the best in the business. she's already got a poise and -- she carries herself wise beyond her years and she's still a little kid. this is very exciting. very good choice to pick her. more people will be interested in that book. >> i'm a fan of anything that helps "hair love." >> it's about hair and fatherhood. >> it's a great story. >> good choice, blue ivy. in today's eye on money, stock markets got a major boost from the promising covid vaccine news and the prospect of divided government in washington. the dow soared more than 800 points or nearly 3%. pfizer surged more than 7.5%. wish i had some of that.

biontech and they said their experimental covid vaccine is more than 90% effective. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger joins us now. is the market reaction premature considering this vaccine is still a ways off? >> reporter: well, i think that investors are really looking past the exact timing of when this will be widely adopted and accepted as a vaccine because really it doesn't matter to them whether it's three months or six months, it really matters that there's optimism that consumers and businesses will get back to their usual ways of spending. i think that that reaction on the pfizer stock may have been a little over done. this is a massive company. one vaccine is not going to change the fortunes by 7.5 or even 8% but, again, many times markets over react to the up side and the down side. >> how much do the election results factor into the market surge, jill?

>> you know, last week we had a huge week for stocks. in fact, it was the best election week since 1932. sentiment really became very happy with the idea of a democratic president, a republican controlled senate, a democratic house because the idea here would be, well, a biden presidency with the split chambers would not be able to enact new taxes on either corporations or the wealthiest 2% of americans. it would not be able to do a huge spending bill like a green new deal and probably would have a somewhat steadier, less mercurial hand when it comes to the china trade policy. >> so about 55% of americans according to a gallup poll are invested in the market. what would you tell people to do right now? >> reporter: remember way back when in march where you were pulling your hair out freaking out that markets were plunging and at that time i came on and i said, please do nothing? i am asking you to do the exact

same thing, to really tamp down those emotions. here's what we have learned since march. it is very difficult to predict the short-term movements of markets. market timing does not work. time in the market does work. don't worry about the next four days, the next four weeks, the next four years. you're a long-term investor. you are investing for decades in the future. so stick to your game plan. >> got to keep cool. so where do you think the economy stands now relative to the pandemic? how much pressure is the pandemic still putting on this economy? >> i think we're still under pressure, but the data have been good. we have recouped about 2/3 of the economic losses that we saw back in march and april. and that's great news. and when we look at mar and april time horizon, remember, there were 22 million jobs just vanished. we've gotten back more than half of those. here's the but, unfortunately. we still have an economy that's

about 3.5% smaller than it was at the end of last year and we all have about 10 million fewer jobs than we had before the pandemic. so there is still a critical need to focus on the economy, to control the virus and allow the economy to get back to its better self. >> we haven't gotten a new injection of stimulus money, jill. do you think that is something we really still need? >> reporter: i think we absolutely need it. when i speak to economists, they say we're in this very strange in between period. right now as i said the economy has been improving but think about it. the surge of virus, it is absolutely apparent that that is causing consumers and businesses to pull back a little bit. we have municipalities that are clamping down on some of their reopening efforts. and so the time between right now and the time between this vaccine could be widely available and adopted is critical. people will need help.

we know that individuals will need help helping them getting through this period with extra unemployment, with extended benefits, with relief from eviction potential and foreclosures. this is really something that's terribly important. you know, just recently goldman sax actually put out a note that said more than half of small business owners are not paying themselves and four in ten have said they already started laying off people because they cannot get their businesses back to their previous conditions fast enough. >> it's been a real struggle. jill slchlesinger, thank you. we'll introduce you to a 17-year-old who is helping kids around the world with their remote learning. (garage door opening) it is my father's love...

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ready to go. >> reporter: 17-year-old sophia joffey is back to learning in person in toronto. >> good morning. >> reporter: she calls it a privilege to be physically in class. >> all the desks are socially distanced and this is what our notes look like on the board. >> reporter: sofia, like millions of other students, had to turn her bedroom into a classroom back in march when the covid pandemic began. how did that make you feel, that social isolation? >> it made me really upset actually because this part of high school where you get to flourish is really difficult to have that being taken away from you. >> reporter: and then there was the actual learning. when sophia went to seek out academic help online she was surprised with what smee found. >> i remeber thinking that, you know, the school systems must have great lists of recommended resources for online learning and i was wrong. i was binge watching netflix while doing school and i did some research on netflix and i saw that they personalized their recommendations based on more

than 75,000 categories. if we could take that level of personalization and technology to online learning, it could truly transform the world. >> reporter: so this summer sofia launched her own website elearn.fyi. a collection of more than 300 online resources. it's one stop shopping with links to everything from coding and museum tours to foreign languages. the free site has attracted visitors from canada, the u.s., and more than 100 other countries. >> i was so excited. i sent it to all my friends and to the teachers and i even asked my principal at the elementary school to make sure to send it to her staff because it is useful. >> reporter: karen dabsy's 14-year-old son liam recently started using the site for help in math. >> i have a lot more questions. it's harder to understand questions through the computer screen. with the websites i can ask the questions at any time i want really and i get the answers and

i succeed and i learn and i understand things. >> it's been a rocky time. nobody expected this. >> reporter: researchers found remote instruction during this pandemic could put students anywhere from 3 to 14 months behind in school. robin lake is the director of the university of washington center on re-inventing public education. >> there's a lot out there. it's just not organized and it's not available in a way to parents and educators that helps them separate what's quality from what's not worth their time. >> walking back to class. >> reporter: and that's exactly what sophia is trying to change. she's helping put order to these chaotic times. how does it feel knowing that you are changing the landscape of online learning? >> with all the uncertainty of online learning, it's really difficult to digest. and i know that i can't be the only one feeling that way. >> reporter: a feeling turned into action in a time of need.

for "cbs this morning," meg oliver, new york. >> got two customers with liam and his mom. liam is sitting there, mom was just as excited as everybody else. what did she do exactly? she took everything, like one stop shopping? >> yeah. >> please translate. >> it all began because she was doing an online course while watching netflix, which did not escape the attention of parents and teachers out there. that's going on a lot. >> yeah, it is. >> so you go to one site and you can get whatever you need? >> there's a reason the mothers are as excited as the kids, because this has been such a challenge for parents. >> your wife's a teacher. >> it's really hard getting everybody focused on the same page. when kids fall behind, it's very hard to bring them back. >> bravo, sophia. >> well con. before we go, why a coronavirus survivor decided to get married in a parking lot just months after being admitted

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minutes to 9:00. more rain is expected to dampen the bay area this week. as we look at the roadways this tuesday morning, bayview bridge is still busy. traffic is still backed up to the foot off the main. brake lights westbound as you work your way out to berkeley and stay slow to emeryville and speeds 20 miles an hour with a 20 minute from highway four to the maze. there is a crash along highway one south bound as you work your way near carlos street south of montero one week is blocked. mary? it's a cold start to our day we are looking at temperatures in the 40s. a live look at the hotel camera with deaths in china. as we go through our afternoon a cool below average for daytime highs and mid to upper 50s to low to mid 60s later today with mostly sunny skies.

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