it's tuesday, january 5th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." election showdown. control of the senate hangs in the balance as voters cast ballots in georgia today. phone call fallout. more backlash after president trump urges georgia officials to overturn election results. the new details and the growing divide within the gop. vaccinating america. the first nurse in the u.s. to get a covid vaccine shot now gets her second. the biggest surprise as her story is told throughout the country. good morning. good to be with you.

i'm anne-marie green. we are going to begin with the critical pair of senate runoff races happening today in georgia. the high stakes contest will determine which party controls the chamber. yesterday president trump and president-elect joe biden were in the state trying to shore up last-minute votes for their respective parties. meanwhile, mr. trump continued to make false claims about election fraud. debra alfarone is in washington. debra, how did these two men rally the voters in the 11th hour? >> reporter: well, anne-marie, president trump appeared at a rally in northwest georgia and he told the crowd without evidence that democrats were trying to steal the white house so the people in the crowd can't let them steal the senate. now joe biden, the president-elect, he was in atlanta and he encouraged people there to vote saying you can change america. the balance of power in washington will be decided in georgia today. >> one state can chart the course, not just for the next

four years but for the next generation. >> reporter: voters head to the polls for twin runoff elections with control of the senate at stake. the state turned blue for joe biden in november. yesterday he urged georgians to rally behind democrats jon ossoff and raphael warnock. >> they're principled, qualified, decent. >> reporter: last night president trump held his own ral rally. a win by either candidate keeps the senate in republican hands. >> this could be the most important vote you will ever cast. >> reporter: the president also continued his baseless attack on the 2020 election. >> there's no way we lost georgia. there's no way. >> reporter: democrats are now calling for a criminal investigation into president trump after his phone call pressuring election officials to change the results. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. >> reporter: georgia secretary

of state brad raffensperger spoke to cbs evening news anchor norah o'donnell about that call. >> why do you think the president wanted to speak to you directly? >> probably to see if he could influence me to change my plans. >> another shot down the conspiracy theories. >> everybody's vote is going to count. everybody's vote did count. >> reporter: more than 3 million georgians cast ballots during early voting for today's runoffs. and because of that we may not know the results of these elections for several days, anne-marie. >> oh, my goodness. sounds like a repeat of something we just went through in this country. debra alfarone in washington. thank you so much, debra. so the national guard has been called in ahead of tomorrow's planned protests by trump supporters in washington as congress certifies the electoral college vote. more than 300 members of the national guard will be deployed to help local law enforcement handle any violence. the mayor has asked residents to stay away from downtown

washington today and tomorrow. at least three groups have submitted paperwork to hold pro trump rallies this week in the nation's capitol. a few dozen democrats are supporting a move to censure president trump over his phone call with georgia's secretary of state. hank johnson of georgia who delivered questions during mr. trump's impeachment hearing introduced the resolution yesterday. he's calling on mr. trump to acknowledge joe biden's win in the presidential race. meantime, there are calls for both federal and state investigations regarding mr. trump's phone conversation. the incident is dividing the gop. natali brand reports from the white house. >> reporter: house democrats are urging the fbi to open a criminal investigation into president trump's stunning one-hour phone call with georgia's secretary of state. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we

have. >> mr. president -- >> reporter: a source familiar with the matter tells cbs news the saturday call was the first time the two parties spoke since election day despite 18 prior attempted calls from the white house. >> i didn't feel intimidated. i can stand on my own two feet. there's no 12,000 votes out there. >> reporter: on fox news channel members of the president's party gave mixed reaction. >> i didn't hear anything that the president hasn't already said for weeks now. >> this call was not a helpful call. >> reporter: congressional republicans are also split over plans by dozens of gop lawmakers to object to wednesday's counting of electoral college votes. ohio senator rob portman is one of the latest republicans to come out against the plan saying in a statement i cannot support allowing congress to thwart the will of the voters. the objections are expected to temporarily delay but not overturn certification of the results. >> joe biden will be the next president of the united states

of america notwithstanding the delusional fantasies of some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. >> president trump lashed out at republicans who refused to challenge the results on twitter calling them the, quote, surrender caucus. ahead on "cbs this morning," georgia lieutenant governor jeff duncan talks about the president's phone call, his state senate races and tomorrow's certification of the electoral college results. new york state reported its first case of the new coronavirus strain that's believed to be even more contagious. governor andrew cuomo said it was detected in a symptomatic man in his 60s who works at a jewelry store in saratoga springs outside of albany. cuomo says the man has not traveled recently and is on the mend. in northern california there was a covid outbreak at a hospital. at least 44 staff members were infected since december 27th. one of those workers died.

officials say that the outbreak may have been caused by an inflatable holiday costume worn by a staffer at kaiser-permanente san jose medical center. the employee who died was a registration clerk in the e.r. the hospital is testing employees and deep cleaning. and this morning england is under a new national lockdown until at least mid february. prime minister boris johnson said that the new coronavirus variant is spreading in an alarming way. schools and colleges are now shut down and people are being ordered to work from home if possible. officials in kenosha, wisconsin, are taking precautionary measures ahead of an announcement of whether a white officer will be charged in the shooting of jacob blake, a black man. the decision is expected to come any day now. the officer shot blake seven times in august after police responded to a domestic dispute.

blake survived but was left paralyzed from the waist down. blake's father said he's ready to fight for justice. >> we're not going to stop in kenosha. we're headed to d.c. we're headed to nancy pelosi's office. we're headed to whoever's going to be in charge of the senate because this has got to be a federally heard, for not just my son but for everybody who's suffered police brutality. >> the city leaders say they plan to install barriers and implement a curfew when the decision comes down. so coming up on the "cbs morning news" now, drama on the slopes as a skier dangles from a chair lift by just her jacket. and bargain airfares. southwest is offering one-way trips for under $30. this is the "cbs morning news." . we've always done things our own way. charted our own paths. i wasn't going to just back down from moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. psoriatic arthritis wasn't going to change who i am.

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now some establishments are finding a new way to turn up the temperature. kate smith has more. >> reporter: eating outdoors under a tent. >> we have your mulled wine. >> reporter: has customers warming up to something new on the menu. >> as we are outside, i'm freezing so i'm often looking for something that's warm. >> reporter: and that's where the upscale korean steakhouse cote in new york is serving mulled wine. tell me what we're looking at here. >> these are the two mulled wine cocktails we offer. >> reporter: beverage director says it comes warm. >> apple cider is what it kind of reminds me of. >> the pandemic completely changed how we interact with our guests. >> reporter: simon kim who owns the restaurant thinks the drinks could become the next big thing. >> for the first time in new york city hot cocktail became more of a necessity. >> reporter: offering mulled wine is more than just keeping up with trends.

bars and restaurants are adapting their menus to hold on to business. >> it's a survival mechanism. >> chris stang says hot cocktails are part of that survival. you can find spiked cider in washington, d.c., the sportsman club in chicago has hot toddies and there's hot buttered rum. >> there's been a lot of necessary guess what you would call innovation. >> reporter: in new york that includes this 19th century flaming whisky concoction at dante. back at cote. >> this is really a hot ticket here. >> reporter: which has the restaurant developing new hot cocktails for future men use. kate smith, cbs news, new york. coming up on "cbs this morning," part 2 of an exclusive cbs news investigation into why doctors are not being disciplined for medical malpractice. plus, dr. tara narula takes

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