murthy, thank you.hanks for your time this weekend and we will of course be tracking the work of your task force. >> dr. murthy: well, thank you so much, chris. it's really good to be with you today. >> chris: up next, we will discuss president trump's legal fight to contest the 2020 election with two leading experts on constitutional law. does the president have a case? ♪ did you know that geico's whole 15 minutes thing... that came from me. really. my first idea was "in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower... over you. figuratively speaking." but that's not catchy, is it? that's not going to swim about in your brain. so i thought, what about... 15 minutes. 15 percent. serendipity. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. serendipity. ♪ >> chris: 12 days after the election, president trump still refuses to concede or begin the transition to president-elect biden. but so far at least his legal challenges to the vote count have had little success. if we want to discuss the state

murthy. >> sure, todd. good morning. dr. murthy, he actually served our country in the past.s an internal medicine doctor, he has worn the uniform, he served as surgeon general. he has the experience. he's a great doctor. again, he's an internal medicine specialist, not an infectious disease specialist so that is critical. because coronavirus is an infectious disease, similar to ebola, hiv, influenza, that sort of thing. so very important that they do have an infectious disease expert leading the team because this virus has taken the lives of thousands of people in this country so we need to make sure that obviously the health and safety of americans being led by an experienced doctor is on that task force, very important. jillian: who would you suggest, if you had the opportunity to give a recommendation of an infectious disease expert or do you think they might have a short list already? >> sure. well, currently we have dr. birx, we have dr. fauci, admiral gerard, they're doing a tremendous job trying to mid gait the amount of deaths in the country. they are the world's top

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murthy, thank you very much for being with us. we have just heard about the stresses they are under in texas, extraordinary measures they're taking. what will president-elect biden be able to do as soon as he takes office to curb this surging pandemic? >> well, thanks, judy. it's good to be with you. and the situation in the country is really dire right now. we have cases that are exploding. we have hospitals that are filling up. we have a death toll that's unfortunately marching upward. and it's -- imperative that we act immediately. president-elect biden has put together a series of plans when he was running for office, to lay out how he would respond. and part of the job of the committee, the group that he's put together on covid, that i'm a part of is to take these plans and put a finer point on them to in fact use the latest science and form them. and i can tell you what they'll generally center around. they'll center around some basic principles that involve stopping the spread of the virus. reopening safely and protecting t

murthy again.now, the narrative, the messaging that the governor is sending to her people, not only is it false, but it's just downright reckless and harmful. she cares about the freedom of her people and wants them to be happy? i don't know how happy they'll be if and when they get severely ill and get hospitalized and, god forbid, are in an icu and put on a ventilator. none of that's considered freedom, right? and it's not a coincidence that the same state that refuses to mandate masks or even encourage masks, which we all know save lives, saves lives, it's not a coincidence that that same state has one of the highest if not the highest test positivity rate in the country. in stark contrast, new york city, which just passed the -- approached the 3% test positivity rate just announced school closures in response. that's government officials, electing officials making decisions based on data, speaking closely to their health advisers to make decisions to protect their people, joy. >> yeah, indeed.

and geeta guru—murthy.ion — and insists he will fight to ensure every vote is counted. the numbers tell us it's clear, they tell us a clear and convincing story — we're going to win this race. as biden supporters celebrate — donald trump warns that legal challenges are onlyjust beginning. we'll bring you the latest in the race for the white house — we're live in washington shortly. the uk government bans all visitors from denmark — due to outbreaks of a mutated form of coronavirus in the country's mink farms which has spread to humans. greece becomes the latest european country to reimpose a lockdown due to rising rates of coronavirus.

you'll see the work get underway. >> reporter: vivek murthy was born in the u.k. had been named for a four year term as surgeon general in 2014 by then president obama. president trump forced him to resign in april of 2017. another top priority will be the mask mandate, saying it will be implemented by working with governors. biden said if they refuse, he will go to mayors and county executives to get the local masking requirements in place, along with the mask mandate here's a look at the rest of biden's seven point plan. he wants to restore the obama era white house national security director for health security and biodefense and re-engage with the world health organization, relaunch the u.s. agency for international development's pat though jen tracking -- pathogen tracking program and call on local authorities to reinforce state orders. one day after crowds hit the streets to celebrate a projected biden/harris win, harris tweeted saying covid-19 was still a threat, to wear a mask and social distance. take a look at the shoulder to shoulder celebrations in maj

biden is expected to 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 ag

vivek murthy, rick bright, who was the whistle-blower during the trump administration, dr.r, michael oysto osterhome. nearly 106,000 new coronavirus cases were reported overnight. that's the fourth highest day since the pandemic began. 43 states are seeing increases in new case. no states in green there headed in the right direction. 57,000 americans are now hospitalized with coronavirus. 19 states seeing records. joining us now is cnn medical analyst, dr. rochelle walensky. she's the chief of infectious diseases at bostmass general hospital in boston. your reaction to this list that we're seeing of doctors. vivek murthy, yale associate dean, a number of doctors we see regularly. what do you think? >> good morning, john. i'm really enthusiastic. the biden -- president-elect biden has stated in his plan that this is going to be a plan based on science, a plan that utilizes the consummate public health professionals which we see in that list. it's going to be founded on trust, transparency, and accountability. and i think that list just demonstrated that he's going to stick t

i'm geeta guru—murthy. biden says he's confident he's going to win the us presidential election — and insists he will fight to ensure every vote is counted. the numbers tell us it's clear, tell us a clear and convincing story — we're going to win this race. joe biden is ahead in the four remaining states that will decide the outcome — where final ballots are still being counted. we'll bring you the latest in the race for the white house — we're live in washington shortly. a week into its second lockdown, france passes 60,000 coronavirus cases in a single day — its highest one—day total since the pandemic began. the uk government bans all visitors from denmark — due to outbreaks of a mutated form of coronavirus in the country's mink farms which has spread to humans. scotland becomes the first nation in the uk to ban parents or carers from smacking or hitting their children. and, in half an hour here on bbc news — click scrubs up to meet the many—armed robot on wheels that's making keyhole surgery more availa

vivek murthy, michael osterhome, zeke emanuel. the biden team clearly wanting to say, we are going to take this seriously, even if the president doesn't. we'll start showing our seriousness now. talking about it now. it will be interesting to see how they relate to this new information and process this new vaccine information today. >> i think that's right and there's a lot still to play out, as you say. it's going to have to be reviewed, this vaccine. the biden team, i imagine, is actually going to be pretty encouraging about it. as we know, biden has had this rollout today of what his coronavirus task force would look like, among the people that he has named, dr. rick bright, who was dismissed by the trump administration. so i think it's hard to untangle any of these things from each other, john. but again, this is a promising development. >> maggie, let's talk about what's happening inside the white house in terms of the transition. over the weekend, we saw the trump team launch a slew of lawsuits. i mean, i should say, since e

working group the 1st man is going to 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 ele

murthy, thank you so much for your time this morning.nt-elect biden has predicted a dark winter ahead. how specifically will his coronavirus plan be different than the trump administration's and what are you able to do right now before he's inaugurated on january 20th? >> well, thank you so much. it's really great to be with you this morning. you know, we find ourself at a grim mark in this pandemic. you know, we're seeing cases skyrocket. over 168,000 cases yesterday which is the most we've ever seen. we're seeing hospitals fill up. we're seeing the death toll continue to rise. and, you know, what's really important here is i think to recognize what the cost of this pandemic is because it is the lives that are lost, but it's also the many people who are struggling with lingering symptoms, those who have been hospitalized. it's jobs lost and economic pain. it's kids who can't go to school, and it's people who are not able to go home for thanksgiving. this is a difficult moment, but i also want to point out that the mental health impact o

everybody is getting up earlier, vivek murthy was fired by president trump years ago.k you very much. >>> now, let's turn to the tax side of the story, right you all care about and what a biden white house and that still undecided senate makeup might mean for your money as well. robert frank joining us now t r terrified of 62% tax rate in the past where do we stand on the tax side and what are people saying as there's still a lot we don't know >> yeah, brian i'm here to tell you that's probably not going to happen as it was laid out earlier. now the markets of course not expecting big taxes here from the new biden administration, but the campaign telling me last night that he remains committed to getting something on the tax side, saying he's quote laid out plans to revamp tax code so rewards work of ordinary americans, not wealth. and he looks forward to working with congress to deliver that. and the big question here is, as you mentioned, the senate and if the gop retains control. now, tax hikes are not likely in that scenario. but even if we get a 50/50 split tax ex

meeting earlier with 12-member pandemic task force led by former obama surgeon general vivek murthy and top vaccine expert fired by president trump, rick bright. their work given just as the president is stopping the administration as officially designating bidened winner, preventing biden team from access to key data as well as federal funding, all of which is usually done immediately under legislation for an orderly transfer of power established after the kennedy assassination. the focus to tackle covid as the vaccine from pfizer is announced, 90% effective. the first vaccines were to be 50% effective. this groundbreaking announcement comes from pfizer ceo on cnbc. >> it is a great day for science, it is a great day for humanity. you understand the hopes of billions of people and millions of businesses and hundreds of governments that were on our shoulders, now we can tell them i think we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. >> and it still needs final fda approval but that could come rather quickly. wall street now rejoicing in response to pfizer's news. the dow surging to rec

chris: thank you, joining us now doctor vivek murthy former surgeon general and co-chair of the bidenion, covid task force, doctor, the latest numbers on the covid surge are deeply alarming, let's take a look more than 180,000 new cases just on friday that is up 76% over the past two weeks, more than 68000 people in hospitals and more than 1400 deaths friday. what is going on, what is causing this really troubling surge? >> you are right, were at an alarming pace of this pandemic and these are staggering numbers, we never really thought we would see in terms of cases and hospitalizations, not to mention the overall death toll, what is happening, we never really got our caseload down to a level that was manageable in the spring and we didn't actually have the testing and contact tracing to prevent subsequent rises in infection but what is happening in particular with winter as people move indoors this is the perfect set up for the virus because we know it is easier to spread indoors and outdoors but one last component which is important is pandemic fatigue, people are tired we have bee

vivek murthy are among the contenders for the post as biden's advisers are blocking trump's attempt to under fire for telling the truth about the election. >> it's dangerous, the entire transition, trump's whole behavior right now should frighten the american public. >> reporter: we're also learning a handful of current and former trump officials are reaching out privately to the biden transition team. believe it's important to put country over party. they're reaching out to them directly one on one, trying to help with this transition, even as president trump refuses to acknowledge the outcome of the election. mr. biden clearly is sounding the alarm as more than a quarter million americans have now died of covid. jeff zeleny, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >> jeff, thank you for that report. >>> president trump meantime remains focused on fighting the election he lost instead of confronting the virus raging in front of him. he's doing so while sequestered inside the white house. no public events on his schedule. no time for taking questions from reporters. no accountability. we get more f

. >> the first, a 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.

murthy, who is heading up right now the covid task force. the thing i kept saying to you there, a lot of names being bandied about right now are names we heard a lot about over the summer. that's why when biden said he was going to select a woman in doing so, he elevated so many more names of women in the party who are capable, who are qualified leaders, and now we're seeing those names emerge again as potential picks as we go down the cabinet list. this is why when they say, and jen psaki said this on the sunday shows, but i've been hearing diversity and reflective governance are key concerns as biden continues to roll out his cabinet, joshua. >> thank you, ali. ali vitali from delaware. >>> president trump's efforts to overturn the election results are clearly not working. presidential transition begins, at least on paper, with the general services administration. it handles things like keys to federal office space and signing up for a dot gov email address. what exactly is she waiting for? let's discuss it with jennifer r rubin. an msnbc

scientists and experts and will be co-chaired by former surgeon general of the united states, vivek murthyer fda commissioner david kessler. >> that plan will be built on bedrock science. it will be constructed out of compassion, empathy, and concern. i will spare no effort, none, or any commitment, to turn around this pandemic. folks, i'm a proud democrat. but i will govern as an american president. >> meanwhile, the current white house is facing yet another outbreak inside its ranks. nbc news has confirmed that five more members of trump's team have recently been diagnosed with covid-19 including his chief of staff mark meadows, a trump campaign aide and at least three additional white house staffers. at least 38 members of trump's west wing or campaign have been diagnosed with the disease since october. we're now at three straight days with more than 100,000 new covid-19 cases and deaths continue to hover at over a thousand a day. 238,000 americans have died of covid-19 during this pandemic. if you're choosing to celebrate this weekend, please be safe, wear a mask, keep your distance. >

former surgeon general murthy has been tapped to lead that group.re do we know about him and about the task force? >> joshua, we know that murthy is a graduate of yale medical school. he served as president obama's surgeon general for two years. he has been an outspoken voice during the coronavirus pandemic. he gave a speech at the democratic convention this year and was highly critical of the trump administration's handling of this problem. he said that the country had the talent and resources and technology to defeat this virus and in his words, what we're missing is leadership. now it looks like president-elect biden is going to put him in a position of leadership and he can show the country what he meant by that. >> emi, what do you think the significance of him building this task force before he starts to even build his cabinet? i wonder if maybe this might be politically advantageous since sometimes cabinet nominations can sort of telegraph where on the political spectrum an administration is going to land or what some of the policy agendas mi

vivek murthy, former surgeon general.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 and like all the other kind of like quacks and limbenle 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's not afraid to let scientists communicate the reality of what's going on to the public. i'm 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 real dar

vedvik murthy, a former surgeon general who had been serving as a public health advisor for the campaign. as a candidate, biden made an effort to reach across party lines. this could extend to his cabinet. the progressive who helped build the coalition which led biden to victory are also making a bid to be included. >> progressive grassroots movements, black and brown and white in environmental played in a honestly important role in bringing out the vote. the progressive movement today deserves important places in the biden administration. >>> ally says he does not plan to concede anytime soon. so far they have not backed the presidents claims of widespread voting fraud. >> it is important for the cause of democracy and freedom that we don't allege fraud, and theft and so forth, unless there is very clear evidence of that and at this stage, that evidence has not been produced. >> reporter: he says he is moving forward, and at his victory speech, vowed to represent even those who voted for his opponent. >>> for all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand the disappointmen

of this corner of i was working group the 1st man is going to 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

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i'm geeta guru—murthy.lection — and insists he will fight to ensure every vote is counted. the numbers tell us it's clear, tell us a clear and convincing story — we're going to win this race. joe biden is ahead in the four remaining states that will decide the outcome — where final ballots are still being counted. we'll bring you the latest in the race for the white house — we're live in washington shortly. a week into its second lockdown, france passes 60,000 coronavirus cases in a single day — its highest one—day total since the pandemic began. the uk government bans all visitors from denmark — due to outbreaks of a mutated form of coronavirus in the country's mink farms which has spread to humans.

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 i didn't really get see women in powerful roles and. >>so impacted my self esteem >>yeah, i've seen makes it pretty scary t

: biden today 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 a

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

and geeta guru—murthy. biden says he's confident he's going to win the us presidential election — and insists he will fight to ensure every vote is counted. the numbers tell us it's clear, they tell us a clear and convincing story — we're going to win this race. as biden supporters celebrate — donald trump warns that legal challenges are onlyjust beginning. we'll bring you the latest in the race for the white house — we're live in washington shortly. the uk government bans all visitors from denmark — due to outbreaks of a mutated form of coronavirus in the country's mink farms which has spread to humans. greece becomes the latest european country to reimpose a lockdown due to rising rates of coronavirus. people are told to stay home unless absolutely necessary. scotland becomes the first nation in the uk to ban parents or carers from smacking or hitting their children. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across

earlier my colleage geeta guru—murthy spoke to the shadow home secretary nick thomas—symonds — who saideadership. the prime minister has said that he loathes bullying, and yet today he has comprehensively failed a test of his leadership when he has had a report on his desk precisely on that issue. sir alex allan could not have been clearer that the home secretary has not consistently met the high standards of the ministerial code. the home secretary is the person in government responsible for law and order. i am frankly shocked that the home secretary remains in post when it is sir alex allan who has made those findings, had a very, very distinguished career, and yet it is him that is resigning today. the report does say that her behaviour has been in breach of the ministerial code, even if unintentionally. so perhaps newly into one of the biggestjobs in government, her behaviour was unintentionally bullying. she deserves a second chance, doesn't she? sir alex allan's advice suggests that the behaviour may not be intentional, but the crucial point here is his finding that she has not co

and we had -- vivek murthy on our programming on gerkgerk and he does not -- good morning america he does not feel there is a need for a national lockdown at this point. but what he did emphasize is testing. and one area where he feels the united states and his current administration have lacked. and that they would like to make up the gaps there and getting rapid and quick testing to communities that really need it. communities that are disproportionately affected. it was also interesting hearing the president talk about the rollout of a vaccine. he said that would come likely by april. at that point, joe biden will be the nextresident of the united states. but right now, they don't have access to a vaccine distribution plan because of this holdup with the transition. president trump blocking this transition process and blocking that critical information from the next president of the united states. robert: evan, you've written extensively on china. won a national book award. and china has congratulated president-man elect biden and viceresident-elect harris. what's the import of th

but we we do know who is going to be heading that 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

earlier my colleague geeta guru—murthy spoke to our world affairs editorjohn simpson about the foreignus democracy. i personally don‘t think it is fragile at all. i think a country that can absorb four years of the most disruptive and least controlled president in its history, and can have an election at which he is voted out, not by a very large majority, is a country with a very strong system indeed. it looks chaotic, the chinese, the russians both love it and say, is this the kind of system that you want? but in fa ct, kind of system that you want? but in fact, it will work, it will produce a new president. i think after a while, trumpism will start to fade. what does that mean for other leaders here? we mentioned brexit and boris johnson seen leaders here? we mentioned brexit and borisjohnson seen as allied in style a nd and borisjohnson seen as allied in style and political instincts to a degree with trump, will that reflect badly on the current british government? will it bode ill for a potential trade deal? joe biden doesn‘t really like borisjohnson. and he has said some quite h

nabarro is special envoy to the world health organization on covid—i9, and told my colleague geeta guru—murthys great news for the fight against the virus. i have such a big smile on my face. my face is all creased up and i am so pleased. you just said it in your report, this is a relatively inexpensive vaccine. it is a vaccine that can be kept at normal fridge temperature. and it is a vaccine that does seem, as we heard, in certain dose combinations, to be as effective as some of the other vaccines that need to be kept under different circumstances, and will be more expensive. so, this is really good. and i'm so, so excited. congratulations to all involved. the scientists, the volunteers, 50,000 of them. great. but, as with all good bits of news, there is always that extra bit. there is still work to be done to take all the data, and there is more data to come in, to the regulators so that they can decide whether they are ok to give an emergency use authorisation for the uk, or whether they think more work has to be done. and then we have one other thing, which is this vaccine is not going to

you can see hello, you're watching the bbc news channel — with me, geeta guru—murthy. growing, but the race in the remaining battleground states is still incredibly close. reeta chakrabarti takes a look at the electoral map and where the presidency will be decided. this is the state of play at the moment. this is the electoral map, and you can see the states in grey are the ones that are still to be decided, and there are some very close races going on. it's so close in georgia that they're going for a recount. arizona is also extremely close. pennsylvania in the east, which we have all been focused on all day, well, there we have seenjoe biden edge his way past donald trump. and the democrats are now confident that they will take pennsylvania. what happens if they do? well, let me turn pennsylvania blue using the blue pen, and you can see that takesjoe biden past the winning line, and he will then have won the election. but what's interesting... i will take pennsylvania away from him. joe biden has other routes to the white house too. let's assume that he succeeds in

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 do. >>a new administration brings a new outlook for bay area representatives with a friend in the white

vic murthy to cochair the covid task force.hen they announced a vaccine could be ready in november, this is what he did to throw cold water on the idea. >> i think it's very difficult to give specific dates, you had to be clear about the distribution plan for this vaccine because it will take months to get the vaccine out even under optimal circumstances which is why the vaccination campaign we developed has to be top-notch and executed well. >> laura: i guess he forgot to buy a vowel. fortunately for the restst of us that nd was wrong and trump was right. today pfizer announced promising early results from its clinical vaccine trials. anticipate having enough doses for 15 or 20 million people by the end of the year, this year. that's good news, right? not if you are the governor of new york. >> it's good news-bad news, george. the bad news is it's about two months before joe biden takes over and the trump administration is rolling up the vaccination plan and i believe it's flawed. how can we shape the trump administration vacc

it's a 12-person task force headed by a number of scientist, people like former surgeon general, murthy. president-elect biden will try to explain what he's going to do to try to get this pandemic under control. already have some sort of a clue as to what his plan will entail. there's already a transition web site that's up, called build back better. it includes a 7-point plan to deal with the pandemic, including quote regular reliable and free testing to all americans. looking ahead for what joe biden plans to do, and that's make good on a number of his campaign promises. so once he is sworn in as president, that may include several executive actions, which include rejoining the paris climate accord, the world health organization, but again, the first priority at this point is dealing with the pandemic. so waiting to hear more information about that coronavirus task force. christine, laura. >> jason, thank you so much, the trump campaign is spreading baseless claims of election fraud as it tries to contest joe biden's victory. the last gasp focuses on dead people and a little known tru

vivek murthy has been invited to brief people. how much do you think they can shape policy?> somebody who is out in the states where so much is determined by what happens by the states, i think providing a national leadership framework for what we can all do together, what kind of work can we do now before he even becomes officially the president i think is very significant. i think it's telling a story. it's basically what is it that we need to do in the upcoming months to try to deal with this pandemic. that's something he doesn't have to be president for to actually make it happen. >> have a positive influence in a whole bunch of areas. in the last hour i had a chance to speak to dr. anthony fauci and he says help is on the way with a vaccine. now that we've learned pfizer's vaccine is 90% effective according to fiepfizer, he said things go smoothly they could be vaccinating people before the end of the year. how encouraging are the developments? >> i think it's very encouraging that we have a vaccine that shows it works. i'm a bit more cautious than others maybe because

. >> former surgeon general vivek murthy and former fda commissioner david kessler are expected to lead the new task force. >>> california is inching toward a sobering milestone, getting close to 1 million total cases. the state recorded more than 7600 new cases and reported 73 additional deaths. governor gavin newsom is giving an update on the state's response during the pandemic during a news conference today. you can watch that at noon on www.kpix.com and streaming on cbsn bay area. >>> today, bay area health experts will discuss vaccine element. the bay area council will host a virtual meeting with prominent doctors. they will discuss california's plan to vet any vaccine before its distribution as well as a variety of issues. creek over 19 testing is happening soon at santa clara. the tests are available this coming wednesday at the central park library. the nasal swab tests are meant for people who do not have symptoms. appointments online are required. >>> health experts are offering tips to keep your family safe from the coronavirus during thanksgiving. they say pick your guests

vivek murthy and others helping the president-elect get through this.is so critically important. you mentioned -- this is really important on a practical level, a new partnership with pharmacies to provide vaccines across the country. tell us how the this will work. the pfizer vaccine has to be refrigerated at a low temperature. i don't know if pharmacies have refrigerators like that. >> by the time we do that distribution, we'd be in larger public vaccination campaigns. initially in december and january we'll have targeted vaccinations also helped in large part by some of our largest chains like walgreens and cvs. in december we said we believe we'd have enough vaccines for our most vulnerable citizens and january enough for our senior citizens as well as our emergency first responders and health care workers and then we move, as supplies come off the line, vaccinating more and more americans to the point by the end of march, early april we think across all the vaccines we invested in we have enough for all americans who wish to get vaccinated. it's du

we know there are three co-chairs of this advisory board, vivek murthy, former surgeon general advising biden on this for a while, david kessler, a former fda administrator, or commissioner rather, and dr. marcella nunez-smith, from yale university. they're going to be heading up a consortium of doctors, experts, scientists, who will be advising biden and harris as they move forward on this. now, also the number of board members, one that stands out would be dr. rick bright. he was the whistle-blower from the trump administration, who said that his early actions and concerns about the pandemic were not heeded, and poppy and jim, that's drawing a stark contrast right there in terms of letting the science lead by putting him on this board versus the way the trump administration has handled it. >> brittany, we're going to be in a bizarre situation here in a normal world that we all occupied, that there would be a transition and cooperation between the outgoing administration of trump and the incoming administration of bi n biden, but you have the parallel tracks, bide an announcing his tea