kessler, you mentioned dr. vivek murthy, former surgeon general. you and he and the other members of the coronavirus task force -- i mean, it was such a relief to not see, you know, cable news personalities and, like, people who run pillow companies, like, all the other kind of quacks and liminal influencers that the president has chosen to listen to here. but sort of after that initial relief, it has made a lot of us start thinking about what it means to have a president who takes science seriously, who wants to put science at the forefront of the decision-making here and who is not afraid to let scientists communicate the reality of what's going on to the public. i am thinking about what these next couple of months is going to be like and looking at those numbers and thinking about what our hospitalization and death rates are going to be like. do you anticipate, you and your other coronavirus task force members with the president, do you anticipate personally briefing and doing that kind of public communication as we go into what's going to be a

kessler served as fda commissioner from 1990 to 1996. two other ucsf doctors, robert rodriguez and eric goosby are on the board. the board is made up of 13 people. the president-elect emphasized he will rely on science when it comes to containing the virus. we talked to a doctor about the importance of this task force and addressing covid-19. >> we can trust a science-driven coronavirus task force to not spread mixed or rumors about unvalidated studies or unfound cures or treatments that might get peoples hope up for no reason. then that leads to bad outcomes. >> president trump's team says they will start prosecuting their case in court today. that includes a federal suit to be filed alleging voter fraud throughout pennsylvania. abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl says according to people close to the president in the coming days he will come to accept his fate, but they do not expect him to say that he lost the election. they do believe he will accept a peaceful transfer of power. >> certainly hope so. >>> today gove

kessler served as fda commissioner from 1990 to 1997. two other ucsf doctors, robert rodriguez and eric goosby are on the board. >> we can trust a science driven coronavirus task force to not spread mixed or rumors about unvalidated studies or unfound cures or treatments that might get peoples hope up for no reason. then that leads to bad outcomes. >> joe biden says he will rely on science when it comes to containing the virus. >>> this morning the biden team is responding to a big announcement before pfizer's covid vaccine. data released overnight shows that the vaccine could be 90% effective in fighting the virus. >> pfizer says it is on track to file an emergency use application with u.s. regulators this month. they are encouraged by the study and found the vaccine effective in covid-19 without prior evidence of infection. officials have repeatedly said it's unlikely any vaccine will arrive before the end of the year. initial supplies will be limited. joe biden released a statement reading in part that america is still losing over 1,0

david kessler first began became known two-minute viewers in 1994 as fda commissioner he bucked the powerful tobacco industry by trying to get nicotine regulated as a drug. it took a lot of guts to do that. the professor has fought and most recently called out the pharmaceutical industry for creating the opioid epidemic but he's not the only fighter from ucsf on biden's team. they were to those dark early years of the aids epidemic later appointed by president obama as the u.s. global aids coordinator. >> they will be able to lend tremendous perspective into things, how to handle this pandemic. finally, dr. robert rodriguez will be lending his experience on the front lines in emergency room physician recognizing nationally as an expert on the effects of extreme stress on er records during the pandemic. three men tasked with covering the greatest health emergency in our lifetimes and they all come from our own backyard. k fact not lost on governor newsom today. >> i would be shocked if you do not hear more announcements over the coming weeks and months of other high-profile californians getti

kessler. >> reporter: dr. david kessler is a professor at ucsf and former fda commissioner and a former surgeon general of the united states. both have been key medical advisers to biden throughout the pandemic. they'll have a monumental task. the coronavirus is rampaging across the country. >> as a country we're certainly not in a good place with 126,000 cases yesterday approaching a path of 2,000 deaths a day. >> reporter: the task force will have three main goals. coordinate the most cutting edge medical science, having a government experience to get things done as quickly as possible and get the public to buy into their plan especially if the trump white house doesn't cooperate. >> everybody has to get on the same page. if we hear different things from different groups it will confuse everyone. on january 21st or the day after we're not going to be where we want to be. >> reporter: in his speech this weekend president-elect joe biden told america our return to normal cannot begin until the country can get

kessler is a leader in academia. the former dean of ucsf served as fda commissioner under president george h.w. bush and was repinted by president bill clinton. >> he understands the way the fda works. the way the federal regulatory process works. >> reporter: dr. rodriguez is an emergency medicine professor at ucsf school of medicine. he's currently working in the e.r. department and icu of two major trauma centers including zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. >> he's also written about the mental health of caregivers of doctors and nurses and others on the front lines of covid. >> reporter: abc 7 spoke to him in july when he was volunteering at a hospital in his hometown, brownsville, texas. >> we're trying everything, but these patients are extremely, extremely sick. >> reporter: dr. eric goosby is internationally recognized as an infectious disease expert and his prominent role fighting hiv and aids under the clinton administrations. >> he has been the u.s. aids coordinator. has run the international progr

kessler served at fda commissioner from 1999 to 1997, appointed by george h.w. bush and reappointed by president clinton. other team members including dr. rodriguez, he served as professor of emergency medicine of uscf where he worked on the front lines and icu of two major trauma centers and the last is a doctor on infectious disease and professor of medicine at usf. during the clinton administration a part of the cares act. he went on to become the interim director of the white house's office of national aid policy and the obama administration. the president-elect begins to lay groundwork for new administration, he says his team is focusing on those most at risk in the midst of this pandemic. take a listen to what he had to say during that national address. >> we are going to address the health and economic disparities that mean this virus is hitting the black, latino, asian american, pacific islanders and native american communities harder than white communities. folks in these communities is one of our priorities. not an after-thought. >> reporter: in that n

pledged to make tackling the pandemic his first priority in office, former fda commissioner david kessler and former u.s. surgeon general doctor vivek murthy will lead the team kessler's served as the head of the u c s f medical school from 2003 until 2007. well the biden team also unveiled its official transition website build back better dot com. it lays out the executive actions that he'll take on day one of his presidency. many which are aimed at reversing several of president trump's policies. and you can't talk about president elect joe biden without talking about vice president elect kamala harris. well harris is the first woman and woman of color to hold that office, she's a bay area native she grew up in the east bay shot out to oakland and over the weekend people gathered outside of her childhood home and wrote messages right there on the sidewalk. well during her victory speech saturday night harris said that while she is the first to hold the office she will not be the last this is one mother daughters reaction to the news take a listen. i just think about growing up you know

surgeon general along with david kessler who's a former commissioner of the food and drug administration including as well dr rich bright a former director of the biomedical advanced research and development authority that's significant because he was a whistleblower in may complaining that he was removed from his post after complaining that the trumpet ministration had not taken his warnings about the pandemic seriously enough but it's a long haul to get through this transition period and the key issue here is the general services authority now this is the body that determines when the translation process for me begins now there's nothing outlined about what is the basis for this decision a spokesperson for the administration says and i quote to duty is to ascertain the apparent successful candidate once the winner is clear based on the process laid out in the constitution now this is significant because previous transitions began when it was decided generally that the projected person was going to be the winner here piers to be the implication that the administration authority is waiti

both of them will serve as co-chairs of the biden coronavirus task force kessler once served as the dean and vice chair at the ucsf school of medicine from 2003 to 2007. doctor bob wachter with ucsf sharing his thoughts about the challenges that this team now faces and having kessler on board. >>but one of the things that am so excited about with biden coming into office is he will choose competent people and he will listen to them and that's not been the experience of the last 4 years which is partly why we're in the mess that we're in so i think this is a terrific start and i think you'll see that task force begin to come out with recommendations now the problems of course he does not control the levers of power for another 2 months, but he does have the opportunity to begins setting an agenda and on things like getting people to wear masks and distancing and things like that. hopefully he will compete he will create a competing narrative to the one that's been coming out of the current administration and people would begin to trust that these are the right recommendations that the evi

the chairs are former surgeon general yvette murphy, former fda commissioner david kessler, and other interesting names include zeke emanuel, dr. oysterhome, all of whom you've seen a great deal here on cnn, and dr. rick bright, the whe whistle-blower who sounded the alarm about the trump administration pandemic response. a lot going on with this both policy wise and politically. the move intended to show that the transition team is focused on the pandemic and ready to take charge. overnight, nearly 106,000 new coronavirus cases were reported in the united states. that's the fourth highest day since the pandemic began. 19 states reporting record hospitalizations. >> president trump still refusing to concede. sources tell cnn that trump advisers are discussing holding rallies so the president can continue to gin up his supporters with baseless claims of voter fraud. the trump team has already lost a number of lawsuits on that front. and we have new details about what the president's inner circle is telling him to do. we begin with the biden transition. cnn's jessica dean is live in wil

tonight we now know that former fda commissioner david kessler and former u.s. surgeon general doctor vivek murthy will lead that team kessler who once served as the head of the u.s. c f medical school from 2003 to 2007. today the biden team also unveiling its official transition website. build back better dot com and lays out the executive actions that president elect biden is set to take on day one of his term many of them aimed at reversing many of president trump's policies. oakland native and vice president elect kamala harris is now set to become the most powerful woman in washington. but question of what a biden presidency presidency will mean for the bay area. kron four's dan thorn talked with some congressional leaders from the bay area about what they're hoping to see with this new administration, yeah well one of the good things is having somebody like kamala harris is from the bay area. having the ear of the president elect joe biden but summer washington leaders also say that it's important to have an administration that also thinks a lot like you d

be former surgeon general dr vivek murthy and a former food and drug admin is a commissioner david kessler is going to be the 2nd man other members expected to be announced tomorrow monday a meanwhile all trump is still refusing to concede we have been seeing during the day that he has been attacking the democrats on twitter and he continues at the false claims of electoral fraud we also know that donald trump is planning to give an interview tonight to a conservative radio program hosted by mark levin to talk about the mail in ballot process. now for more analysis william blue cross from us election t is with me here in the studio hey biden's 1st act as president elect is to put together a coronavirus task force that sends a very clear message about his virtues on the doesn't as a follow through from his campaign which was his promise that he was going to coronavirus the number one priority in the very beginning of his term and that he was going to put science 1st now of course we don't know what the exact impact the coronavirus played on the election and what people went to the polls vot

murthy, kessler.n for looking at clinical trials, making sure that we can make them more efficient, preventative medicine. i always have loved a lot of the philosophies of what these individuals bring to the table. i will be interested to hear what they have to say. moving forward i do want to make sure they are respecting all americans. what are we going to do? how are we going to move forward while preserving people's individual freedoms but also doing what is right for our country as this is a highly contagious virus and the spread was inevitable. we start talking about universal mandates. specifically mask-wearing and while i understand the concept behind that i think the overall message needs to be just an encouragement of wearing masks. that's what we see in countries across the globe. it's not draconian measures. overall recommendation and really an understanding of why it is important to do it. when you start seeing governors say like in new jersey right now where they are still halting in per

but what about linda kessler of nicholson georgia?inda kessler died in 2003. 17 years later, she was still voting in presidential electio elections. edward of trenton georgia spent his life working construction and teaching school. in his spare time he loved bluegrass music. according to those who knew him, he played multiple instruments and enjoy jam sessions. when he died five years ago at the age of 82, it seemed like he was gone from this world for good, but no, last week he voted for president. and he wasn't the only one. on your screen right now you will see the names of other deceased voters. everyone of them played a role in last week's presidential election. as of tonight there aren't enough of them to alter the outcome that could change as we learn more. but for the moment, the point is they exist. they are dead, but they voted anyway. the question is how did they do that? how exactly did they cast their ballots? and the short answer is, by ma mail. dead people tend to vote more often when you make it easier for them to vote

david kessler. dr. murphy who served as surgeon general under the obama administration. and dr. marcella smith a professor at york university medical school. two other members of advisory board are also doctors at ucsf. >> that is of the birth any of us. that ucsf would be front and center as it provides the town pool that vice president biden now president-elect joe biden would choose from. we couldn't be more prideful. and more proud that extraordinary institution. >> all three of them have impeccable credentials. that can show what an advisory board can do effectively from what trumps advisory board didn't do. >> to start, we can expect the incoming biden administration to emphasize mask wearing and other public health measures. >> the goal of mask wearing is not to make your life less comfortable. or take something away from you. it is to give something back to all of us. a normal life. the goal is to get back to normal. as fast as possible. >> reporter: other measures the president promised his great a dashboard to keep track of the number of deaths and cases. a 25. our inv

kessler served as fda commissioner from 1990 to 1997. he was appointed by president h.w. president bill clinton. dr. robert rodriguez served as a professor of emergency medicine at ucsf school of medicine where he works on the frontline in the emergency department and icu of two major trauma centers. and an expert on infectious disease at the school of medicine during clinton administration was the founding director of the ryan white care act, the largest federally funded hiv/aids act. he was in the obama administration. and as new cases continue to rise across the nation, local epidemiology experts say the next administration's task force is crucial in not only coordinating the nation's latest medical innovations and vaccines but getting the public to buy into their plan. take a listen to what experts had to say. >> everybody has to get on the same page and if we are hearing different things from different groups, it's just going to confuse everyone and we're not going to on january 21st or the day after we're not going to be where we want to be. >> reporter: so presiden

tells nbc news it will include former surgeon general vivek murthy, former fda commissioner david kessleryale university's dr. marcella nunez-smith. melanie barnes is a former director of the white house domestic policy council under barack obama. she also worked on the obama/biden transition team. melanie, it's great to see you again. i guess i need to ask you how this time is different from all other times, because in all other times, generally speaking, the person who lost, i was going to say the guy who lost, admitted he lost and there was generally an active move toward handing over the administration smoothly. we don't know if that's going to happen. >> first of all, good morning, it is a pleasure to be with you. and it is morning in america and indeed around the world again. you're exactly right, when we started the obama transition, we had the benefit of a bush white house that from the top down said we are going to work with you, this is about the peaceful transition of power, and that was the directive that spread across the administration. so when we had to begin going into the

former surgeon general vivek murthy, former fda commissioner, david kessler, and yale university's dr. marcella nunez smith. >> that plan will be built on bedrock science. it will be constructed out of compassion, empathy, and concern. >> reporter: health experts say the biden administration will enter the white house at an extremely difficult point in the crisis. >> by the time that the biden/harris administration takes over, this virus is going to have already run rampant through communities across the united states. >> reporter: as biden aims to fight the coronavirus, president trump is focusing on fighting the election results. still insisting without evidence there is widespread voter fraud working against him. despite no proof to support allegations of widespread fraud or illegal voting in the united states, some of his top republican allies backing the president's refusal to concede. >> at this point, we do not know who has prevailed in the election. the media is desperately trying to get everyone to coronate joe biden as the next president, but that's not how it works. >> trum

new covid task force lead by former surgeon general vivek murthy and former fda commissioner david kessler. >> they're going to take the biden covid plan and they're going to turn it into policy and action ideas. >> cbs news learn president-elect biden is expected to unveil a series of executive actions to reverse some of president trump's policies on day one. that includes rescinding a travel ban on several muslim majority countries. reinstating the daca program and rejoining the world trade organization and the paris climate agreement. major? >> garrett: nikole killion, thank you. we all know the questions l president trump concede and if so when. paula reid is at the white house. >> good evening, major. president trump has not yet made any public remarks, though he was spotted earlier today at his virginia golf club. cbs news has learned some aids have been urging the president to speak out but instead he has been on twitter. today asking quote since when does the lamestream media call who our next president will be. of course back in 2016 the media called the race for mr. trump. but wi

kessler under george h.w. bush. dr. eric goosby and dr. rodriguez is an emergency medicine doctor. >> the three people that have within chosen are, bring re different lenses to the pandemic. they are all remarkable leaders. >> the president-elect has made defeating the pandemic his number one priority once he becomes president. >>> with coronavirus cases surging, more than 60% daily over the past couple weeks, the united states' count topped the 10 million mark. california reported more than 7200 cases today. the 14-day rate is rising now at 3.7%. governor newsom said there's a reason for the spike. >> people are letting their guard down. they're taking their mask off, they're starting to get together outside their household cohorts. we're seeing more businesses open and more people mixing. as it gets colder we'll see more still. >> the governor hinted new restrictions will be coming as soon as tomorrow. >>> in the south bay, santa clara county public health officials are on high alert tonight as they reported seeing a sharp uptick in covi

former fda commissioner david kessler and former u.s.eral doctor vivek are going to lead. the new biden covid team kessler was head of the u c s f med school from 2003 to 2007. so a bay area tie there. the biden team also unveiled its official transition website. you can check it out it's billed back better dot com. and it lays out the executive actions. that he's going to take on his very first day our in the presidency. many aimed at reversing several of president trump's policies. and as kamala harris made history, many california politicians are thrilled to have an ally in the white house jessica mensch has more on that story. >>first woman in this office i will not be the last. >>watching come alive on stage last night was incredibly incredibly happy moment, not only for me, but for our 5 daughters and our granddaughters longtime friend and co-worker congressman john garamendi has known harris roughly 2 decades working alongside her own insurance fraud cases when she was san francisco's district attorney ernie he believes here's his

kessler is a leader in academia. the former dean of ucsf served as fda commissioner under president george h.w. bush and was reappointed by president bill clinton. >> he understands the way the fda works. the way the federal regulatory process works. >> reporter: dr. rodriguez is an emergency medicine professor at ucsf school of medicine. he's currently working in the e.r. department and icu of two major trauma centers including zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. >> he's also written about the mental health of caregivers of doctors and nurses and others on the front lines of covid. so all really important perspectives. >> reporter: abc 7 spoke to him in july when he was volunteering at a hospital in his hometown, brownsville, texas. >> we're trying everything, but these patients are extremely, extremely sick. >> reporter: dr. eric goosby is internationally recognized as an infectious disease expert and is known for his prominent leadership roles fighting hiv and aids under the clinton and obama administration

what he says is his top priority that is the coronavirus pandemic is being co-chaired by dr david kessler who served under the bush and clinton administrations on sunday biden visited a church cemetery where family members about it including his late son donald trump is still refusing to concede defeat and is escalating a legal offensive his campaign says it's about to launch challenges in states where he's disputing the counting of votes. including israel's benjamin netanyahu and saudi arabia's mohammed bin selman congratulated biden was former u.s. president and republican george w. bush also sent his best wishes. we've got kimberly hall kit standing my 1st at the white house but 1st let's go over to mike hanna he's in joe biden's hometown of wilmington biden's team mike already busy pushing forward with plans for when he takes office what's happening there today. well indeed yes in the building behind me the president elect is likely to hold a virtual meeting with members of his coronavirus task force the full list of which is being announced her 1st thing this morning as we previously

as co-chairs of his coronavirus task force kessler actually served as the dean and vice chair at the ucsf school of medicine from 2003 to 2007. and here's a quick look at the latest coronavirus numbers for california and the bay area across the state we've seen now more than 976,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus with more than well almost 18,000 deaths for the bay area more than a 123,000 confirmed cases with the death toll now approaching 1900 currently sits 1839, it's 5.36 and it wasn't coronavirus say was cancer that killed. >>a long time running a jeopardy host alex trebek we're going to take a look back at his career hosting the beloved quiz show for more than 30 years. what a finish for the raiders the whole game came down to the last play. >>they thought they lost it, we'll show you how they want it we'll have highlights coming up. when i found out . . . . . . i had hiv, it was difficult for . . . . . . me to accept. i decided . . . . . . hiv doesn't define me. my name's dimitri. and i'm on biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment . . . . . . used for

david kessler, was the former dean of school of medicine.former fda commissioner so understands the system really well. laws and legislation around new medications and therapeutics. and robert rodriguez whose whole career has been devoted to eliminating despair's seas and thinking about vulnerable populations. >> thank you for your time, we appreciate it. >> my pleasure, stay well. >>> now a look at something beautiful. this artist led the way for what became known as this bay area's art. this is currently at a san francisco museum of modern art. it's his first large-scale work in 30 years. [ music playing ] >> you can find more of our news coverage at kqed.org on the newsroom. you can reach me on twitter, facebook and instagram. from all of us at kqed newsroom. thanks for joining us, good night. robert: the election is over. but the faceoff continues. bind this is the team to heal in -- president-elect biden: this is the time to heal in america. robert: biden and harris win the white house. but days later, the president refuses to aept the

david kessler is one of the cochairs. dr. robert you get's and dr. eric kim gusby are also board members. typically, transition teams work closely with the outgoing administration. >> ordinarily departments within the executive branch will make office space available for the new team coming in. they can start their transition. the fbi will start background checks. >> reporter: reminded the head of the general services administration announced she would not release the millions of dollars and transition funding, saying in ascertainment has not yet been made as to the winner of the election. the electoral college makes the official declaration december 14. >> it is possible to do this starting in mid-december but we will have a more rushed transition. >> reporter: one challenge will include selecting cabinet members. >> we are an important part, a critical part of the democratic coalition and progressives should be represented in the administration. >>> bernie sanders did not answer whether he would accept a cabinet role, difficult decision as the gove

kessler under george h.w. bush. dr. eric goosby and dr.ez is an emergency medicine doctor. >> the three people that have within chosen are, bring re different lenses to the pandemic. they are all remarkable leaders. >> the president-elect has made defeating the pandemic his number one priority once he becomes president. >>> with coronavirus cases surging, more than 60% daily over the past couple weeks, the united states' count topped the 10 million mark. california reported more than 7200 cases today. the 14-day rate is rising now at 3.7%. governor newsom said there's a reason for the spike. >> people are letting their guard down. they're taking their mask off, they're starting to get together outside their household cohorts. we're seeing more businesses open and more people mixing. as it gets colder we'll see more still. >> the governor hinted new restrictions will be coming as soon as tomorrow. >>> in the south bay, santa clara county public health officials are on high alert tonight as they reported seeing a sharp uptick in covid cases

david kessler will help lead the team. the professor has fought junk food producers and the tobacco industry. >> i particularly admire him because of his taking on big tobacco at a time when it took a lot of guts to do that. >> reporter: would be shocked if you don't hear more announcements over the coming weeks since months of other high-profile californians getting picked to either advise or picked for formal roles in the new administration. >> finally, dr. robert rodriguez will lend his experience on the front lines. he is an emergency room physician nationally recognized as an expert on the effects of extreme stress on e.r. workers during the pandemic. we're learning more about the research behind pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. it could be ready in weeks. in the trial of 44,000 participants, half got two doses of the vaccine and half got a placebo. the analysis looked at 94 participants who came down with symptomatic covid-19 seven days after the second dose, the vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing disease

so david kessler was head of the fda for many years before becoming the dean of medicine, has been a strong advocate of -- he's a pediatrician, health in general for americans of all walks of life. he has an a understanding of rules and regulations, as well as public health and medical health care, so to speak. eric guzby, who can say much more beautiful words than -- and words of praise for somebody as wonderful as him. he's been one of president obama's architects and president bush before obama in terms of our support of hiv work across orders, so particularly in other countries and africa, and is well liked by both sides of government, bipartisan, so robert rodriguez, emergency room physician. a lot of his work has been in access to care. i think the nomination of him to the committee comes with a lot of emotional and i think broad value in terms of trying to reach all members of society with regardless of where you come from. >> their selections represent what biden had said all along, that the pandemic will be priority number one for his administration. i know you must have wat

patient advocates policy experts act practicing clinicians epidemiologist for allah just doctor david kessler has been named one of 3 co-chairs on the task force he served as pcommissioner of the fda under presidents george h w bush and bill clinton doctor wachter says cassler knows how to make the washington machine move any move the ball way down the field in terms of in terms of nutrition in terms drug use these dog good he gets things done he understands how the federal government works understands research and i think he'll do a terrific job at this doctor eric goosby also brings previous washington dc experience he worked with the obama administration to implement the emergency plan for aids relief yeah, eric is a legend is an expert in global health. he's an expert also your deep commitment to underserved populations not only the united states. >>but around the world and doctor robert rodriguez is expected to bring the experience of a practicing emergency room physician to the team works primarily at those are covered san francisco general and so he's his life is really devoted to taki

. >> reporter: former fda commissioner david kessler will lead the group. >> joe biden will make good on his promises on the campaign trail. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden is expected to unveil a series of executive order's on his first day in office. they include rescinding president donald trump's travel ban on several muslim majority countries, reinstating the daca program, and rejoining the world health organization and the paris climate agreement. >> this is what the american people voted for. >> reporter: president donald trump has yet to can see the election while his campaign pursues legal challenges. many elected republicans are against the fight. legal experts say the campaign's argument lack evidence. >> even if they had merit, they would result in the overturning of the election. it might result in a few dozen ballots here or there being thrown out. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden is ahead by 45,000 votes in pennsylvania and 10,000 votes in georgia. debra alfarone, cbs news, washington. >>> we have heard about the long delays trying to get through to edd for

patient advocates policy experts act practicing clinicians epidemiologist for allah just doctor david kessler has been named one of 3 co-chairs on the task force he served as commissioner of the fda under presidents george h w bush and bill clinton doctor wachter says cassler knows how to make the washington machine move any move the ball way down the field in terms of in terms of nutrition in terms drug use his dog good, he gets things done he understands how the federal government works understands research and i think he'll do a terrific job at this doctor eric goosby also brings previous washington dc experience he worked with the obama administration to implement the emergency plan for aids relief yeah erica is a legend is an expert in global health. he's an expert also you know deep commitment to underserved populations not only the united states. >>but around the world and doctor robert rodriguez is expected to bring the experience of a practicing emergency room physician to the team works primarily at those are covered san francisco general and so he's his life is really devoted to ta

be former surgeon general dr vivek murthy and a former food and drug admin is a commissioner david kessler is going to be the 2nd man other members expected to be announced tomorrow monday a meanwhile the whole trump is still refusing to concede we have been seeing during that they that he has been attacking the democrats on twitter and he continues at the false claims off electoral fraud we also know that donald trump is planning to give an interview tonight to a conservative radio program hosted by mark levin to talk about the mail in ballot process. while donald trump remains determined to contest the election former republican president george w. bush says the outcome is clear in his statements on his website bush said he had cold joe biden and camilla harris to extend his congratulations he went on to say though we have political differences i know joe biden to be a good man who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country he also congratulated donald trump for a hard fought campaign. well the leaders have also lost no time in sending messages of congratulations to joe biden

also the fda commissioner david kessler under president obama as well. one added name here that struck me immediately was that of risk bright. you might recall him as the whistle-blower under president trump who had resigned after he said warnings that he was giving about the pandemic were being ignored. he is part of this commission. let's get the read right now from all of this on a day we have some of the tantalizing news out of the likes of pfizer, biontech, about a vaccine the two parties are saying is 90% effective. a great day certainly in the world community waiting to see such a vaccine but the response today at the corner of wall and broad as has been across the world, torrid. all the major market averages are in record territory. a stunning 1151 pointed a vans in the dow jones industrials. all of at a time the u.s. passed the 10 millionth case mark. better than 230,000 americans have died from the virus to date. dr. tom price joins us the former health and human services secretary. secretary, doctor, what do you make of what the president-elec

david kessler is a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology and a former fda commissioner under presidenteorge h.w. bush and president clinton. eric gooseby an internationally recognized infectious disease expert who also worked on aides policy in the obama white house. and robert rodriguez an er and icu expert. >> covid front and center for the administration as the u.s. hit a record high for daily cases. 133,000 new cases reported tonight. that news follows a big announcement this morning. pharmaceutical company pfizer says its vaccine is 90% effective. it could mean we're on track to have a vaccine by thepd of this year. but the medical community is reminding us it will be some time before it's widely available to the general public. here's nbc bay area's terry mcsweeney. >> my first word when i heard about it this morning was wow. >> reporter: doctors around the world with a similar reaction when pfizer of america and bio m tech of germany announced their coronavirus vaccine candidate was more than 90% successful in a phase three trial. health experts say it may be ready for fda appro

name former surgeon general vivek murthy who was fired by trump and former fda commissioner david kessler to lead the group and will call for doubling the number of covid testing sites, investing in at home testing and encouraging governors to mandate masks. the president-elect over the weekend calling on the country to unite. >> let's give each other a chance. it's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again and to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies. they are americans. they are americans. >> sources say biden is also discussing reversing some trump policies with executive orders including rejoining the paris climate accords and the world health organization. as for trump other sources believe he will eventually concede, but right now he's focused on recounting votes. >>> two runoff elections in georgia could decide which party takes control of the u.s. senate. incumbent republican david perdue did not get the 50% of votes needed to clinch his race against jon osso

briefed by his new coronavirus task force led by former obama surgeon general vivek murthy, david kessler, who ran the fda under george h.w. bush and bill clinton and dr. marcella nunez-smith, a professor of public health at yale. >> we'll follow the science. we'll follow the science. let me say that again. and we'll adjust to new data when it comes in, and we'll listen and work in cooperation with governors and local leaders of both parties. >> reporter: he also implored every american to do their part. >> it doesn't matter who you voted for. where you stood before election day. it doesn't matter your party, your point of view. we can save tens of thousands of lives if everyone would just wear a mask for the next few months. not democrat or republican lives, american lives. >> reporter: biden returning to the central theme of his campaign, unity. a message he emphasized the night he won. >> for all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. i've lost a couple times myself. but now, let's give each other a chance. it's time to put away the harsh r

patient advocates to policy experts act practicing clinicians epidemiologist far allergist doctor david kessler has been named one of 3 co-chairs on the task force he served as commissioner of the fda under presidents george h w bush and bill clinton doctor wachter says cassler knows how to make the washington machine move in he moved the ball way down the field in terms of in terms of nutrition in terms drug use his dog did he gets things done he understands how the federal government works understands research and i think will do a terrific job of this doctor eric goosby also brings previous washington dc experience he worked with the obama administration to implement the emergency plan for aids relief yeah, rick is a legend is an expert in global health. he's an expert also we're deep commitment to underserved populations not only the united states. >>but around the world and doctor robert rodriguez is expected to bring the experience of a practicing emergency room physician to the team works primarily at zuckerberg san francisco general and so he's his life is really devoted to taking care

by donald trump in 2018 as well as a former commissioner of the food and drug administration david kessler so this is really a heavyweight team that will be advising biden and which will form part of his coronavirus task force as he and his. vice president elect come harris go forward but biden has made very clear through his campaign and he's made very clear since he was spoke as president elect that he believes that the way to combat the pender make is to follow the science. as i mentioned earlier u.s. president george w. bush issued a note of congratulations to the president elect when she posted on instagram he thanked biden for the patriotic message that he delivered on saturday night adding that it also called komla her 1st to congratulate her on her historic election to the vice presidency he goes on though we have political differences i know joe biden to be a good man who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country and i offered him the same thing i offered presidents trump and obama my prayers for his success and my pledge to help another republican senator mitt romney

by donald trump in 2018 as well as a former commissioner of the food and drug administration david kessler so this is really a heavyweight team that will be advising biden and which will form part of his coronavirus task force as he and his. vice president elect harris go forward but biden has made very clear through his campaign and he's made very clear since he was spoke as president elect that he believes that the way to combat the pandemic is to follow the science he is been listening to scientists he will follow what they tell him and this is the key he believes to beginning to combat the ongoing pandemic all sorts of issues remain though not least the fact that the pandemic continues to spike in a vast number of u.s. deaths more and more cases of infection and more and more cases of death so there is still sun 9 weeks to go before inauguration day the incumbent president has appeared there to do very little about the pandemic according to many observers so you do have this look you know this whole before joe biden actually takes power and is able to put into action his plan his agend

force to tackle what he says this is top priority the coronavirus pandemic is co-chaired by dr david kessler who served on the bush and clinton administrations on sunday biden visit a church cemetery where family members are buried including his late son donald trump spent the day playing golf and side washington and is still refusing to concede defeat his campaign is planning legal challenges and states vary he's dismissing the counting of votes where world leaders including israel's binyamin netanyahu and saudi arabia's mohammed and sound man have congratulated joe biden while former u.s. presidents and republican george w. bush also sent his. swishes well here's some more of what george bush had to say in that notes posted on instagram he that buys in for the patriotic message that he delivered on saturday nights and saying that he also called on the harris to congratulate her on her historic election for the vice presidency he goes on that we have political differences on no joe biden to be a good man who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country i offered him the same thing

particular task force at this moment it is vivek murthy who's the former surgeon general and david kessler who's a former commissioner of the food and drug association another person who's going to be on that task forces dr marcella nunez smith who's a public health expert at yale university so we see already that real scientific heavyweights is being gathered around joe biden and his vice president and the president elect to start dealing with this pandemic he has introduced a plan before during the campaign he outlined the plan as he said there that they are going to get it into position to be able to translate the plan into action and to be able to start implementing that plan come january the 20th when he's formally inaugurated as the u.s. is $46.00 president so there's clearly an absolute priority for the year but ministration the incoming administration but this is a very difficult stage where we are seeing the coronavirus cases peaking around the united states at levels that have not been seen since earlier in the spring and this is something that will be in place will remain it wou